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Today at All Things Considered, we continue a project we're calling NewsPoet. Each month, we bring in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end of the day, to compose a poem reflecting on the day's stories.
The series has included Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith as well as Craig Morgan Teicher, Kevin Young, Monica Youn, and Carmen Gimenez Smith.
Today, poet Robert Pinsky brings us the news in verse. He served as the United States Poet Laureate from 1997-2000. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Sadness and Happiness, Jersey Rain and The Figured Wheel which was a Pulitzer Prize nominee. His latest book is called Selected Poems. He is also the author of several works of prose, including The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide. He is the poetry editor for Slate Magazine and he teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University.
Robert Pinsky sat down with Audie Cornish to talk about his day at NPR's All Things Considered, and about the poem he wrote for the show. But he told her that "write" was not exactly the verb he would have used. "I think 'compose' is more accurate. Because you're trying to make the sounds in your mind and your voice," he explained. "So I compose with my actual voice."
Writing on deadline can be daunting for a poet — but Pinsky said he finds that generating material is the easy part. "The polishing and the sandpapering and the worrying and turning around might be weeks... sometimes even months" he said. But was he concerned that he did not have enough time to fine-tune this poem? "I have the rest of my life to polish this if I want to," he told Cornish.
Pinsky differed from past NPR NewsPoets in another way too — when he came to the morning meeting, he didn't take any notes. That's because, as he said, he doesn't know how. "This was a disaster in junior high school," he joked, but he also added that "to me what you retain is a very important filter. And I can pretend to take notes, but it's not me."
And while other poets used structures to create verses quickly, Pinsky's poem was purely his own. "I love form, but I'm not interested in forms," he explained. I've never written a sonnet or a villanelle or a sestina or anything like that. For me it's a kind of line, it's a rhythm, its something musical." Pinsky said that his task was "to find a kind of line that seemed to generate something."
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Finally this hour, our NewsPoet. Each month, we invite a poet to spend the day with us here at ALL THINGS CONSIDERED and under what is decidedly prosaic deadline compose a bit of verse reflecting the day's news. Today, we're thrilled to welcome a former U.S. poet laureate, Robert Pinsky. Hello there, Mr. Pinsky.
ROBERT PINSKY: Hi, Audie.
CORNISH: So how long does it take you to write a poem that you're proud of usually?
CORNISH: I don't know if you found this deadline tough at all.
PINSKY: Write is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think compose is more accurate because you're trying to make the sounds in your mind and in your voice. So I compose with my actual voice and my imagined voice in my mind, so I can, quote, "write," end quote, or compose while I'm driving or in the shower. And everybody is different. For me, generating material doesn't take a long time. And usually, it's a matter of anywhere between five minutes and a couple of hours. Then the polishing and the sandpapering and the worrying and turning around might be weeks, sometimes even months.
CORNISH: It's interesting because unlike the other poets, you weren't taking any notes during our meeting this morning.
PINSKY: This was a disaster in junior high school when I was in the dumb class and all through high school. I don't know how to take notes.
CORNISH: Aha.
PINSKY: I delight sometimes in saying to - as when I'm a teacher, I love saying this is really important, so don't write it down. To me, what you retain is a very important filter.
CORNISH: Some of the other poets also looked towards a certain structure, for instance, the villanelle. For you, how did you approach this?
PINSKY: I love form, but I'm not interested in forms. I've never written a sonnet or villanelle or sestina or any of that. For me, it's a kind of line. It's a rhythm. It's something musical. So you get a kind of a tune in your head, (makes sounds), you know, every sentence has a rhythm, ya-dada-da, not only a rhythm but a melody.
CORNISH: Well, now, I want to hear it.
CORNISH: And your poem is called "From the River of News."
PINSKY: (Reading) "From the River of News." The president and his opponent are both speaking in Ohio. Both opposing speeches will be about the economy. The Egyptian high court has liquidated their parliament. In the Iroquois language, Ohio means a good river. Car industry statements defend the three-crew workday, though the three-crew system is hard on workers' households. In Mozambique, irrigation and agribusiness are expanding. In Russian, the word liquidate is especially sinister.
(Reading) Speeches and statements. Tongues, poems, reports, parleys. An Egyptian says this is the smoothest of military coups. We'd be outraged, he says, if we weren't so exhausted. Economy comes from household in ancient Greek. The saying is money talks; now, money is speech itself, according to our own high court. In Mozambique, the massive irrigation is bad for subsistence farmers, but Africa can feed the world, says a corporate spokesman.
CORNISH: That poem was titled "From the River of News." Our NewsPoet today, Robert Pinsky. Mr. Pinsky, thank you for talking with us.
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The Cellars at Jasper Hill: Researching for Our Cheese Caves
Some weeks ago, I made an immensely informative and inspiring trip to Jasper Hill Farm and The Cellars at Jasper Hill in Greensboro, Vermont.
The Jasper Hill enterprise was started by two brothers, Andy and Mateo Kehler. The determination that they have towards revolutionizing and solidifying the cheese-making industry in their state and in this country is unmatched in its political, scientific, and pastoral fervor. As a result, I want to share a bit of what got me so excited!
I start with a little bit of background into cheese terms and then give a snapshot view of my cave tour at Jasper Hill:
What is 'Affinage'?
Affinage is a French term used to refer to process or art of aging cheese. A person who ages cheese in France is called an 'affineur' (male) or 'affineuse' (female). When Ihsan Gurdal took over the reigns of Formaggio Kitchen, his intention was (and remains) to import, sell, maintain and serve cheese at its peak – perfectly ready to eat and pair with breads, meat, wines, etc. The art of affinage involves a large amount of science. Temperature, humidity, air flow of the storage space, salting, washing, and flipping of the cheese – all of these factors need to be taken into account.
What Is a Cheese Cave?
Essentially, a cave is an ideal cheese aging environment. Caves are cool but generally have high humidity levels. Cheesemakers and affineurs recreate and refine this environment in order to bring out the maximum flavor potential in a cheese. At Formaggio Kitchen, we have two cheese caves where we monitor both temperature and humidity. Recently, we have been reexamining how we age our cheeses – something that was necessary, as we have been bringing in an ever wider range of cheeses. As such, the timing was perfect for me to tour the Cellars at Jasper Hill.
The Cellars at Jasper Hill
Jasper Hill Farm is located in Greensboro, Vermont. The farm was started by Andy and Mateo Kehler who, in the last few years, have added The Cellars complex. This facility supports numerous cheesemakers in Vermont by providing storage, aging space and a distribution line for their cheese. Their caves were built to alleviate the structural and economic challenges small cheesemakers face in aging, selling, and distributing their own cheese.
The Cellars at Jasper Hill have 22,000 square feet of cave space dedicated to aging cheese. This square footage is divided between seven underground vaults, each housing cheeses of different styles or types.
Vault 1
This vault is currently empty and will be filled with cheeses yet to be determined.
Vault 2 – Washed Rinds
Washed rind cheeses are kept in this vault at 50°F with 97% humidity. Oma is among the cheeses stored in this vault, a cheese made by two brothers, Dan and Sebastian von Trapp. A take-away from my visit is the fact that they will soon be molding Oma in a smooth form – no more basket shape! The Jasper Hill team often have issues with the Oma rind developing mold in the crevices created by the basket-shape mold. Lesson: basket weave pattern on the rind seems better for hard rind cheeses, not high-moisture washed rind styles.
Washed rind cheeses are low in acidity and require very high moisture in order to maintain their lightly damp rinds. Their rinds are washed weekly with a brine and flipped once a day. Flipping the cheeses maintains even water retention throughout the cheese body.
The culture solution used to wash the cheeses attracts many different types of halophile bacteria. Halophile bacteria thrive in extremely high concentrations of salt. They often have an orange hue that is characteristic of many washed rind cheeses. If you have ever tasted Winnimere by Jasper Hill, you will recognize that salt is a key ingredient!
Vault 3
This vault is currently empty and will be filled with cheeses yet to be determined.
Vaults 4 and 5 – Cabot Clothbound Cheddar
These vaults, kept at 52°F and 87-90% humidity, hold the signature Jasper Hill cheese, Cabot Clothbound Cheddar. The affineurs in charge of aging the cheddar rub lard on the cheeses and then wrap them in cloth.
The Jasper Hill team feels that the ideal age for Cabot is generally somewhere around 12 months. We tasted several different batches, ranging in age from 10 to 14 months. These wheels are flipped once a week due to their lower moisture content.
Vault 6 – Bloomy Rind Cheeses
This vault, maintained at 49°F and 97% humidity, contains bloomy-rinded cheeses like Moses Sleeper and Constant Bliss, as well as Ascutney Mountain. The bloomy-rinded (containing penicillium candidum and geotrichum candidum) cheeses thrive at very high humidity levels. Because they are high in moisture, they need to be flipped at least once a day in order to drain correctly.
Ascutney Mountain is a bit different. It is aged for four months at Cobb Hill Farm, where it is made. However, Cobb Hill only has enough space for four months of aging so Jasper Hill holds some Ascutney and ages it for up to an additional 4 months. The rind becomes darker because the humidity level is so high in this cave.
Vault 7 – Natural Rind Cheeses
This vault is kept at 52°F with 87-90% humidity and contains natural rind cheeses like Landaff and Bayley Hazen Blue. "Wait," you say, "can you mix a cheese like Landaff with a blue like Bayley Hazen?" Yes! It is just fine to put natural rind blue cheese in the same cave as non-blue, natural rind cheeses. The reason? The rind on Landaff provides a natural barrier to prevent the blue molds from entering the cheese. Landaff is also a pressed cheese with a tightly knit curd structure so even if the mold found its way through the rind, the interior of the cheese discourages any blueing.
These cheeses are also flipped once a week. They are lower moisture, so they only need once a week flipping once they arrive at The Cellars.
The Nature of Cave Work
The work in the Cellars is filled with repetition and a keen awareness of cleanliness. The folks at Jasper Hill want to understand what types of bacteria and mold are growing on their cheeses so each step in the cheese maintenance process must be extremely hygienic and methodical. There are no windows in these caves and temperatures are strictly maintained. Thank goodness there is a stereo system in the cave. Bill, the affineur in charge of the washed rind cave, admitted that he would go crazy if he couldn't listen to music!
Back in Cambridge
In our caves, I work with over 250 different types of cheese, each with their own ideal conditions for storage and aging. Our caves are in the basement of the shop where there is already a cool and relatively humid environment. However, from season to season, the humidity, temperature and airflow fluctuate and I am constantly working to make sure our cheeses' needs are being met. From my visits to cheesemakers and affineurs, such as with the folks at Jasper Hill, I am learning techniques to create a consistent environment so that all of our cheeses will thrive. Working in this way allows us to develop a unique relationship with each type of cheese, each batch and indeed each wheel we have in the shop. So far, the results have been promising and I look forward to sharing more of our cave adventures!
Jessica Sennett is a cheesemonger and the Cave Manager at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge. She has previous experience as a cheesemaker both in the United States and in France and teaches our "Introduction to Cheesemaking" class.


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Prior to the local Realtor Association using the term Cumulative Days of Market, Realtors and homebuyers in the Charlotte region would sometimes focus solely on a property's Days on Market. The problem with Days on Market displays was that sellers could allow their property listing to expire and then re-list, and their Days on Market would go back to zero. This could make a listing that had been on the market for a long time appear to be a completely new listing.
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STOCKTON - A relative sense of peace and quiet returned to a south Stockton street where a man was seen hugging a woman Saturday night, just 24 hours after a gunman wounded two people in a drive-by shooting.
STOCKTON - A relative sense of peace and quiet returned to a south Stockton street where a man was seen hugging a woman Saturday night, just 24 hours after a gunman wounded two people in a drive-by shooting.
The lovers embraced near West Third and South Harrison streets, about 100 feet from where another man and woman were gunned down Friday night.
The male victim, believed to be in his 20s, was in extremely critical condition at San Joaquin General Hospital after being shot in the head, sources said. A 24-year-old female victim was in serious but stable condition, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.
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Authorities released few details Saturday, but police confirmed that witnesses reported the assailant may have been driving a dark-colored sport utility vehicle.
Homicide detectives searched the scene for evidence late Friday as rain fell over a city where Stockton police have investigated 63 murders this year, including three in the past seven days.
King Vang, 21, of Elk Grove, was killed in Stockton on Nov. 11. Police were told the shooting occurred near North El Dorado Street and West Hammer Lane, but they were unable to locate a crime scene and witnesses have been uncooperative.
Ounheuane Chantrirock, 34, of Stockton, was found dead Tuesday in a Mitsubishi Montero in an apparent murder-suicide in the parking lot at the Red Roof Inn on West Fremont Street. Police believe 45-year-old Montin Phiphatsirikajorn, also of Stockton, shot Chantrirock before killing himself. Police believe Phiphatsirikajorn and Chantrirock were involved in a romantic relationship with a history of domestic violence, Silva said.
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Speed really does kill when it comes to athletics.
Speed really does kill when it comes to athletics.
The 2013 Fiesta Bowl went as advertised with Oregon's blazing speed ruling out over K-State's efficient, but comparably run-the-clock offense in a 35-17 victory for the Ducks Thursday night at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Kansas State ruled the first half with the exception of the first 12 seconds when De'Anthony Thomas took the opening kick back 94 yards for a score, and the last 46 seconds when the Ducks covered 77 yards on five snaps and scored on a 24-yard pass from Marcus Mariota to Kenjon Barner.
To K-State coach Bill Snyder, it was a case of "… making some mistakes early in the game that were very costly."
That's the kickoff return, which he said was "… a major play in the ballgame," and the last drive of the first half that was kick-started by a missed Anthony Cantele field goal. "I would concur that it had a significant impact on the outcome of the ballgame."
In between Oregon's first and last first-half drives, the tortoise out-finessed the hare, so to speak, leaving the Ducks to playing webbed-footed as the Wildcats maneuvered the ball 58 yards on 10 plays, and 59 yards on 13 plays putting Oregon's high-falutin' offense in snooze mode on the sideline.
Oregon played alert in the third quarter scoring 10 unanswered points and eventually winning the game 35-17.
Overall Snyder summarized, "We were beaten by a better team. We just made too many mistakes."
Linebacker Arthur Brown added, "Give them credit where credit is due."
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Lawsuit claims NH hospital failed to care for mental patientBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
March 01. 2013 9:35PM
BRENTWOOD - A couple has filed a lawsuit against New Hampshire Hospital for releasing a man who went on a rampage at a Somersworth auto shop and injured the manager after being told his car would not pass inspection.
James Silva, and his wife, Dawn, of Brentwood filed a lawsuit in Rockingham County Superior Court alleging the state hospital had a duty to ensure that a Dover man's behavior would not pose a danger to the public before releasing him.
Michael Williams was arrested by Newington police on Dec. 8, 2011, hours after he attacked James Silva, the manager at Munro Muffler in Somersworth, then went on a rampage smashing store front windows at the Fox Run Mall in Newington, according to court papers. The two incidents happened days after Williams release from New Hampshire Hospital, according to court papers.
Lawyer David Gottesman said in the lawsuit that the hospital failed to properly evaluate and assess Williams, diagnose his psychiatric condition and keep him admitted at their facility. Williams was not named as a party in the lawsuit. He was charged in Strafford and Rockingham counties by local police, but his criminal case was ultimately resolved through mental health court in Strafford County.
Williams was arrested at the muffler shop after he punched through a display case with his fist and trashed the waiting room furniture, police said. Hours later, around 4:45 p.m. Williams went into the Fox Run Mall in Newington and smashed glass windows of seven stores, setting off a panic among customers.
At Williams' arraignment in 2011, his mother apologized for her son's actions and said that he had recently attempted to check himself into a local hospital because he felt unstable. The lawsuit against the state hospital does not specify damages.
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Lincoln – Nebraska's 2013-14 women's basketball roster will include four starters from its 2013 NCAA Sweet 16 team, four more significant contributors and three talented freshmen, Coach Connie Yori announced June 18.
The Huskers, who were able to begin summer practice sessions for the 2013-14 campaign on Tuesday, will open the season with an 11-player roster that features returning starters Jordan Hooper, Emily Cady, Hailie Sample and Rachel Theriot.
Hooper, a 6-2 senior forward from Alliance, Neb., returns as a two-time All-American and first-team All-Big Ten selection. The three-year starter enters her senior season on track to become just the third player in school history with 2,000 points and 1,000 career rebounds, while smashing the school's three-point record. Hooper averaged 17.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game as a junior for a Nebraska team that went 25-9 overall and 12-4 in the Big Ten. She has started 98 consecutive games and is a two-time academic All-Big Ten selection.
Hooper will split her time this summer between Nebraska and the U.S. Basketball World University Game Team. Hooper, who will participate in training camp in Colorado Springs June 25-July 1, will travel with U.S. Basketball to Kazan, Russia, July 8-15.
Cady, a 6-2 junior forward from Seward, Neb., has earned honorable-mention All-Big Ten selections in her first two seasons as a starter for the Husker. Cady averaged 9.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2012-13.
Sample, a 6-1 junior forward from Flower Mound, Texas, has joined Hooper and Cady in Nebraska's starting five for each of the past 67 games. Sample averaged 4.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore, including her first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds at No. 9 Texas A&M to send Nebraska to its second NCAA Sweet 16 in the past four years.
Theriot started Nebraska's final 28 games as a true freshman. The 6-0 guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, captured a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by averaging 7.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists in conference action. She finished her freshman season with 6.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest, despite playing the entire season with a foot injury.
In addition to Nebraska's four solid returning starters, the Huskers welcome the return of juniors Brandi Jeffery, Tear'a Laudermill and Katie Simon, and sophomore Sadie Murren.
Jeffery, a 5-7 guard from Vacherie, La., started Nebraska's first six games of 2012-13, before battling adversity and injury. She finished the season with 3.5 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, and has played in 63 games in her first two seasons with NU.
Laudermill, a 5-9 guard from Riverside, Calif., was one of Nebraska's most improved players throughout 2012-13. She averaged 5.9 points and 1.9 rebounds while playing in 33 of NU's 34 games. She has played in 61 games in her first two years in Lincoln.
Simon, a 6-2 forward from Roseville, Calif., enters her fourth season in the Husker program. She has appeared in 56 games, averaging 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds. Simon is also a two-time academic All-Big Ten selection.
Murren enters her second season with the Huskers after playing 18 games as a true freshman. The 5-8 guard from Colon, Neb., provided solid contributions for NU early in her rookie season before being sidelined by a back injury.
Fellow 2012-13 freshman Courtney Aitken from Dannebrog, Neb., chose not to return to the Husker team for her second season. The 5-9 guard appeared in six early season games before being sidelined by injury in December. She plans to continue her academic career at Nebraska.
The Huskers will try to make up for the loss of 2012-13 seniors Lindsey Moore and Meghin Williams with the addition of three freshmen. Moore, a 2013 first-round WNBA Draft pick, set school records for career assists, starts and minutes played as the top point guard in school history. Williams joined Moore as a four-year contributor to three NCAA Tournament teams and Nebraska's first two NCAA Sweet 16 squads.
Seward High School star Hannah Tvrdy has joined the Huskers for summer workouts to get a head start on her collegiate career. The 5-9 guard was a two-time second-team Super-State and first-team All-Class B selection for three-time state champion Seward. She averaged 15.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and more than four assists per game as a senior.
Nebraska's two other incoming freshmen will join the team later in the summer. Three-sport Michigan high school standout Allie Havers was a finalist for state player-of-the-year honors in basketball, volleyball and softball. She is one of Michigan's top prep pitchers and has led her Mattawan team to the state championships this summer.
The 6-5 forward from Paw Paw, Mich., was a two-time first-team Michigan Class A selection and the two-time Kalamazoo Area Player of the Year. Ranked among the top 80 players in the class of 2013 nationally, Havers averaged 19.3 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and 2.5 steals per game as a senior.
Esther Ramacieri rounds out the group of NU newcomers. The 5-8 guard from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada, averaged 7.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 3.6 steals for Dawson College in 2012-13. It was her second season in CEGEP at Dawson College after graduating from Felix Leclerc High School.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An art deco grand piano that sailed aboard the French ocean liner Normandie in the 1930s and spent decades inside a Buffalo mansion is up for auction.
Sotheby's in New York City expects the Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann-designed piece will sell for between $400,000 and $600,000 during an auction of 20th Century design works next month.
The piano was purchased by the Butler family of Buffalo in the early 1940s and for years was displayed in the Butlers' opulent mansion in the city.
Sotheby's says the piano is one of only six Ruhlmann pianos whose whereabouts are known and one of three that are similarly shaped.
"In a sense it's the opposite of what a classic, say Steinway, shape would be. It was Ruhlmann's great modernist style and innovation in the (19)20s that would come up with something like that," said James Zemaitis, the auction house's senior vice president of 20th century design. "Where the piano should go in it goes out on the side. Convex versus concave."
Made from macassar ebony and American walnut and accented with gilt bronze and ivory, Ruhlmann first displayed the style at the landmark 1925 Paris art deco exposition.
"In the main room, Ruhlmann exhibited another example of this piano," Zemaitis said. "That piano immediately became iconic because of its presence in the central room."
Aboard the Normandie, the piano now up for sale occupied the ladies' drawing room and music room, which was decorated with Ruhlmann's furniture in tribute to the French designer, who died in 1933. The Normandie sailed its maiden voyage in May 1935.
After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the U.S. Navy seized the Normandie while it was docked at Manhattan's West Side piers. The Navy planned to convert it into the troopship, the USS Lafayette, and the piano was sold along with the rest of the ship's contents in a series of auctions.
Before the conversion could be completed, a fire broke out aboard the ship on Feb. 9, 1942. Early the next morning, the ship capsized onto its port side at Pier 88. The vessel was eventually righted, but the conversion operation was deemed too costly, and the ship was sold for scrap after the war.
The Butler family, which founded and, until the 1970s, owned The Buffalo News, purchased the instrument at a New York auction in the early 1940s after having seen and played the piano while sailing aboard the Normandie, according to Sotheby's.
The piano has been passed down to the granddaughter of the original owners, who has declined to be identified.
The auction is scheduled for March 6.


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Word of the Day, This Day in History, Number to Know, Website of the Day, Today�s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
Word of the Day
fecund FEE-kuhnd; FEK-uhnd adjective; Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific. � Dictionary.com
This Day in History
Aug. 19, 1812: During the War of 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British ship HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The victory earned the American warship the nickname of �Old Ironsides.� The Constitution remains an officially commissioned U.S. Navy ship to this day.
Number to Know
217: The number of years the USS Constitution has served as a commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, officially recognized as the �Oldest Commissioned Warship Afloat� by Guinness World Records.
Website of the Day: USS Constitution Museum
Website of the museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
Today�s Featured Birthday
Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor, writer and producer, 45.
Daily Quote
�The thing is, if I don�t have sobriety, I don�t have anything.� � Matthew Perry
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Busy gun clubs may have to cap membershipBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader March 25. 2013 10:36PM
Chester Rod and Gun Club member Thad Hunter of Derry shoots his rifle at the club's range last week. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
CHESTER -- When Scott Jenkins began his first stint as president of the Chester Rod and Gun Club four years ago, his goal was to boost the number of members to 500. Fast forward to 2013, and Jenkins is learning to be careful what he wishes for.
Like other shooting ranges across the state, the Chester club has seen a jump in members over the past few months. In response, for the first time since it was founded in 1932, the group's board of directors has instituted a monthly membership cap, citing increased demand on club personnel as well as safety concerns.
"We're not doing anyone any favors if all we're doing is bringing people in to get the money," said Jenkins. "I think it has a lot to do with the capabilities of the club. It's one thing to want to grow as fast as you can and not refuse people, but it's another thing to show up on a Saturday and be turned away because there's too many people here or there's a three-hour wait."
The club voted this month to allow only 20 new memberships a month.
According to Bill Hovanasian, a member of the club's board of directors, over the past year, membership has grown by 40 percent.
"Everything here is geared toward safety, which is another reason why you want to limit the numbers," said Hovanasian. "Once you get too many people, things can get out of hand. When I joined, there were 300 to 400 members. Now we're up over 1,300. We were seeing about 70 people a month earlier this winter looking to join." There is a waiting list.
"Right now, we have about 80 names on the list," said Jenkins. "That pushes the waiting time out to August at this point."
"A lot of people who are joining aren't real shooters," said Jenkins. "They've bought a gun because they want to learn to hunt or to protect themselves or their families. Whatever it is, those are the people we really need to focus on because they don't have a strong background in firearms."
Although the cap has been in place just a few weeks, Jenkins said, the reaction from members has been mostly positive.
"The people who were already members have been fine with it, and the people who want to apply, only a couple haven't been," said Jenkins.
Other clubs
The Sunset Mountain Fish and Game Club in Canterbury has a cap of 500 members, with a waiting list after that total is reached.
The Hudson Fish and Game Club checks in as being at membership capacity. Both the Nashua and Goffstown Fish and Game Associations say they have reached maximum membership numbers, while the Londonderry Fish and Game Club currently has no membership cap.
The Keene Planning Board has approved a 26,138-square-foot indoor shooting range and educational building on Ferry Brook Road.
The Cheshire County Fish and Game Club hopes to begin construction in the next two to three years.
The Exeter Sportsman's Club also has no membership limits, but that may change.
"We are still accepting new members, but we are getting to a place where we as the board of directors are beginning to ask ourselves where do we place a limit," said Butch York, club president. "We get anywhere from eight to 15 prospective new members a month looking to join. That's actually unheard of in the colder months, and as the weather gets warmer we'll get even more people. Our membership is still open, but we're closely monitoring the situation on the range."
Personal safety
Jenkins said the people he sees at his range come from all walks of life.
Hovanasian said: "This is an expensive game. People want to learn how to use their guns, get used to them. It'll die down, but for now Mr. Obama has probably been the best gun salesman there ever was."
Joe Kenick Jr., the Exeter club's range captain. said he saw interest in gun ownership leap among women after Kimberly Cates was murdered in her Mont Vernon home in 2009.
Chester Police Chief William Burke said his department has received few complaints over the years regarding the club.
"By and large they are very good neighbors," said Burke. "There have been some noise complaints here and there, and I know the president there is always quick to try and address them when they come up."
Jenkins said he feels the reason behind the rising interest in gun club memberships are concerns over personal safety.
"People are nervous," said Jenkins. "The reality is if something happens at your home at 2 a.m., the police will come, but until they get there it's your problem. How are you going to deal with it?"
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Helen Marie Mead died December 25, 2012
Helen Marie Mead, age 84 of Quitman, Arkansas passed away December 25, 2012. Born April 12, 1928 in Lomesa, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Alma Menzel Richter and Alvin Richter. She was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Heber Springs, Arkansas.
She loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed gardening, bowling and knitting as hobbies.
Besides her parents, Mrs. Mead was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Oliver Mead and a son, Rodney Mead.
Survivors include two sons, Larry Gene Mead of Quitman, AR and Gaylon Ray Mead of Colorado Springs, CO; daughter, Carol Ann Mead of DM Air Force Base, AZ; one brother, Leon Richter of Pampa, TX, nineteen grandchildren; thirty-nine great grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be officiated by Rev. David Krause at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 Trailwood Drive, Heber Springs, Arkansas.
Cremation services are by Heber Springs Funeral Home, 1199 Wilburn Road, Heber Springs, Arkansas, 501-887-9152. Online Obituary: www.heberspringsfuneralhome.com


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Kenny Boynton and Mike Rosario each scored 15 points, lifting the Gators to a 75-36 win over South Carolina at the O'Connell Center.
As the blowouts keep mounting, No. 4 Florida is learning not to play to the scoreboard or the level of its competition.
There was no letting up in Florida's 75-36 win over South Carolina at the O'Connell Center. Walk-on Jacob Kurtz still dove for loose balls in the final seconds of the game, with the Gators up 41 points.
"What I've tried to get across to these guys is when you're up by a large margin, that does not give you the right not to do your job," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "The scoreboard has nothing to do with your responsibility on the court, and they've done a pretty good job playing every possession."
Florida's 39-point win over the Gamecocks was its largest-ever margin in a 62-game series that dates back to 1926. And it could have been worse. The Gators missed nine free throws (7-of-16) and led by as many as 46 points before bringing in their walk-ons and freshmen late.
Freshman Michael Carrera led South Carolina (12-8, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) with 13 points. Florida held South Carolina to its lowest scoring conference game in 21 years in the SEC.
"The more I studied them on tape, the more I realized there's a reason they've played as well as they have this year," South Carolina coach Frank Martin said. "When they play here in this building, they take it to even another level."
Florida (17-2, 7-0) won its ninth straight with another smothering defensive effort, holding an opponent under 40 points for the second time this season and under 50 points for the 11th time this season. In going 7-0 in the SEC, Florida has beaten six SEC opponents by more than 20 points, with three of those wins coming by more than 30 points.
"We'll get challenged when a team challenges us," Florida junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin said. "That's not something we worry about. We're just going to keep playing hard on offense and defense regardless."
Kenny Boynton and Mike Rosario led the Gators with 15 points apiece. Freshman Michael Frazier II added 12 points off the bench.
Defensively, Boynton held South Carolina junior guard Bruce Ellington to just 7 points on 2-of-9 shooting.
"It starts with defense," Boynton said. "We just never want to let up defensively. We take that as a challenge."
The Gators gave South Carolina fits with their press early. Florida forced nine South Carolina turnovers in the first nine minutes, building an early 17-4 lead.
"We want to make teams feel uncomfortable," Rosario said. "That's our style."
Florida maintained its defensive intensity for the rest of the half. Rosario scored 10 straight points during a 10-0 run, including a four-point play that put Florida up 21-6.
After Patric Young pinned a South Carolina shot attempt off the backboard for an emphatic blocked shot, Rosario scored on a dunk in transition to extend UF's lead to 33-8. But Rosario was called for a technical for hanging on the rim.
Damien Leonard made both free throws to cut UF's lead to 33-10 at half. It was just one point shy of the fewest points Florida allowed in a first half in the shot-clock era, which was nine in its season opener against Alabama State. It was also the fewest points the Gators have allowed in a half against an SEC team since the 35-second shot clock was instituted in 1986.
Florida held South Carolina to 14.3 percent shooting (3-of-21) in the first half and scored 12 points off 11 South Carolina turnovers.
And still, Wilbekin said the Gators weren't entirely pleased with how they played in the first half.
"There were a lot of lapses," Wilbekin said. "We were getting out in transition and we weren't making good decisions."
The Gators came out more settled in the second half, putting the game away with an 8-0 run that included 3-pointers from Rosario and Boynton. Florida finished the game 57.1 percent (12-of-21) from 3-point range. Frazier was 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, while Boynton was 3-of-6.
Florida heads into its matchup with Ole Miss on Saturday on its longest winning streak since winning 10 in a row to close the 2006-07 national title season. But following the game, Donovan still preached the importance of handling success.
"The more you try to live in success, the more capable you are of going backwards," Donovan said.
FREE THROWS: Junior forward Casey Prather (high ankle sprain) returned to game action for the first time since Jan. 12 against LSU. Prather had two points, two rebounds and an assist in three minutes off the bench. "He returned to full contact practice on Tuesday," Donovan said. "I wanted to get him in there a little bit in the second half to get a taste of competition. He'll have two more practices on Thursday and Friday, and I'll feel better about him heading into Ole Miss on Saturday." … Florida's announced attendance of 10,533 was short of a sellout. … UF's 17-2 start is its fourth best two-loss start in school history, behind just 2003-04 (18-2), 2005-06 (20-2), 2006-07 (24-2).


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This idea came to me when I had some sugar cookie dough left. I decided to add a bit of cocoa powder to the dough and shape it as a chocolate bar.As for the sugar cookie recipe I like to use this or this, but your favourite recipe will work as great, just add a bit cocoa powder and you're set!
To shape the cookies, roll out the dough and cut it in rectangles. Use a wood skewer to make the indentations that will form the typical squares of a chocolate bar. Bake them according to the recipe you're using.
I've made them in 2 sizes: small ones (the size of normal cookies) and big ones (almost the size of a chocolate bar), and both worked out great. Next time I think I might cover them in actual chocolate or use royal icing to make a fake wrapper, just to add some charm but even "naked", I think they're quite cute!
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Monday, April 01, 2013
Really ready (not really)
I keep having dreams that I am being put on bed rest. As someone who has never been put on bed rest, I most likely have an unrealistic (stupid) idea of that being something to actually hope for. Truth be told I would only enjoy that if I put myself there, and not if I were told to do it. Like anything, of course. I think I must be having strong contractions in my sleep that make me have these dreams. I do that though, have lots of contractions by now, most light, but every now and then a doozy with pressure. Because I have always done this, I fluctuate between ignoring them, and freaking out over them.
I knit these very, very small pants. You have my left hand there as perspective on how small these are: so small. I am a little in love with them. I happen to actually fall in love with everything I am knitting right now. I guess because all of it is small and cute, and does not take a very long time. I joined Ravelry, which is where I found the pattern for these tiny pants. I actually joined quite a while ago, but I just started spending more time on there since I began knitting, and I already suck at being on Ravelry. I haven't done anything with it but search and download stuff, which is awesome, and I do have intent to get myself all together over there, and post projects, pics, notes, etc. It seems like such a very good idea, bc I simply never make note of yarn when I start something, end up forgetting, then can't answer questions to anyone, including me even, so I can't even figure out how to wash it- ha! Not cool. Will do it.
My sister is coming today! Today, like in a few hours! I am so excited. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, I cleaned up the house (sorta), and I think this might even call for a shower and a trip to the grocery store. A few days ago I was checking out at my local grocery store and the very youngish girl helping me with that was like "wow, is this your first baby?" (Nicolas was standing right next to me, so um, duh, no, not my first baby). And I was like "oh, no not by a long shot (smile-what's the next question)". She was then like "wow, so when are you due?". I was like "I have two months to go still (here it comes)". She was then, with big eyes and staring at my belly, like "OH, Wow, you seem Really ready". I just smiled and said "Mm. Yeah. (you seem Really Not ready is what I wanted to say, bc I am getting kinda cranky)."
So yeah. Hope you had a beautiful weekend.
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You'll be ready, and here's a a wish for you:ReplyDelete
Healthy, easy, breezy, simple and joyful
for you and baby. Knit on, Anna Maria!
Knit on!Replies
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my favorite pregnant belly exchange was with a Chinese woman when I had 2 months or so to go:ReplyDelete
"You ready any day?"
"No, a couple months."
"Oh... twins then?"
"No, just one."
"Well I think baby's Daddy is a very big man." :)
I'm just very short and short-torsoed, so my bellies are impressive.
And cute pants!Replies
I love that! Ha. Good excuse! My husband us 6'5"Delete
- Anonymous12:30 PM
I loved Knitting pants for my babies.. and Ravlery too! My youngest DS had many knit items I would work on while he was in NICU. At the time there was a wonderful yarn shop just down from the Hospital. I used cloth diapers too and I was pretty much obsessed with both items as it was at the time the only thing I could control.ReplyDelete
Your little pants are very appealing! In themselves but also to think of the little tiny one to go in them!ReplyDelete
I try to be conscientious about Ravelry but wow, it's hard! Knitting has a lot of aspects to it, all immediately forgettable. And one's knitting bag instantaneously gets trashed with little yarn bands. Even when I am sure I will remember important things, like needle size, no.
I oh so LOVE pregnancy comments from random strangers! "Wow you are really huge!" Thanks? I was large to start? How does one answer that. Or, after having two boys...."aren't you just praying for a girl????" Uhm, sure because these two darlings standing here listening to that are just trash?ReplyDelete
LOVE random stranger comments. Only bested by Random Stranger Belly Rubs! What? My husband wasn't allowed to touch it some days and he put it there!!!!!
Anna you're going to LOVE Ravelry. I spend all my time there -- added you as a friend!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! Well at least you have an excuse for being cranky and I am sure you are not, unless provoked by let's just say well meaning people! Also, I love Ravelry, but don't spend as much time there since I started blogging etc... You will love it though!ReplyDelete
Love the wee little ones pants!
bless you! I have an "irritable uterus" and contracted all the time. I was put on bed rest with my twins and always had mine early, but of course, I only had 2 pregnancies and not 7! I wish you the best and I'm sure you will listen to your body and know when you really need to take it easy. I can't wait to hear her name and see pics. You have such beautiful children with equally beautiful names! Beth in Knoxville, and a fellow UT alum!ReplyDelete
Trust me, bed rest is a fantasy concocted by tired women. I called the 9 weeks of it I had House Arrest. I had no other kids yet and didn't particularly like my job, but it still sucked. One can only do so much reading, crosswords, and even crafty things before going completely insane. I even started playing video games with my husband and fantasizing about running away from my house screaming, pretending it was on fire so I wouldn't look completely crazy! Good times. But I did learn the pleasure of being allowed up to shower once a day and strawberry popsicles on the front porch when the sun went down.ReplyDelete
Rest well.
Oh boy, I was put on bed rest for 6 weeks with my 2nd baby, I thought I was going to love it.. seriously, someone telling me to sit on my tush for 6 weeks? Um, ok! I never sit down... so, the 6 weeks was torture! I would sneak to the kitchen to try to make lunch, dinner, etc., only to be sent back...not fun...ReplyDelete
But, that shouldn't stop you from getting yourself some needed r&r!
And, I agree with you on the cranky part with the grocery clerk. Hearing the words "You look _____ "(fill in the blank) when you are pregnant just isn't fun, regardless of how that sentence ends! ;)
I think I remember you mentioning once that you have fast deliveries, eh? See, you just get a head start on labor that way :) I hope you can avoid bedrest, but squeeze in some good rest until then!ReplyDelete
My baby is 6 months, and I just got asked by some drunk stranger last Saturday if I was "expecting." Thanks, buddy. Uh... :) Kali dynamis!
Having been house and bedbound for two years I can assure you there is very little worse especially as one can seldom sit in bed and knit, but I completely get the romantic idea of it as I used to share that vision. How wrong I was! As for the pants they are adorable and it sounds like they will soon be out to good use. Like you I joined ravelry several months ago and never really used it but only last week the bugs bitten and I've made a resolve to enter my crochet info as I go along. Why do people always comment on the size of your belly when your pregnant hey?ReplyDelete
- mdhansen4:50 PM
One week overdue and a couple of days away from being labor-induced, I'm hauling lumber out of a Home Depot on a cart. My friend Brenda was in the store that day and hollered to me over the cash registers "What are you doing - trying to induce labor?" I hollered back "Absolutely!" I got a standing O from the customers and the cashiers. And checked into the hospital on schedule anyway. They come when they come.ReplyDelete
- Rubiy5:55 PM
Bless your sweet heart. I'm short and carry HUGE. As in I start making strangers visibly nervous before I'm six months in. People just never seem to know what to say. I'd love to tell you that I was graceful and gracious about some of the more birdbrained comments. In reality, I perfected this fabulous "down home" smile, and replied sweetly and loudly with "Nope! I'm just really FAT!" Works a treat. It's also remarkably cathartic.ReplyDelete
Blessings for you and all your beautiful babies.
It goes both ways. I carry small, like really small. Last time I went to deliver the nurses thought I was about four and a half months are were pleasantly surprised when I told them it wasn't going to be a preemie delivery. So here's to looking clearly pregnant instead of a little chubby/fat.ReplyDelete
You're having another baby!!!!! YAY!!! (It's been awhile since I checked in on your lovely blog). This just totally made my day. I want a big family, so stalking yours keeps my head in the game when I second guess my decision. ;) This story is hilarious...and also not. Strangers...sheesh.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:28 AM
Since you are getting cranky as the pregnancy proceeds, I really hope I'm not stepping on your toes with this request... I would love to read a blog post about what it's like to have many children, what your (and your husbands of course) thoughts were as you were planning/creating your family. Did you always know you wanted many children? Have you ever had any negative comments? Was there ever a point where you thought you were done? Do you ever worry that you're spreading yourself too thin? I live in Sweden, the land of two-children households (I currently only have one) but with age on my side I'm looking for inspiration to do what's right for me and give my little Julius the gift of many siblings. I have a feeling you could be that inspiration.
I worked at a large oil company during my first pregnancy. I had ill-controlled asthma and suffered from severe edema. But I was still healthy and didn't require bedrest so I went to work every day. One day, about 7 months in, one of the VP's told me they'd need to wheel me in with a wheelbarrow pretty soon. People can be thoughtless. Thankfully, I get very dumb during my pregnancies so most of the comments didn't hurt my feelings because they didn't register as hurtful. Now, three babies later, reflecting upon that experience still hurts. But at least I have three beautiful children and no nasty VP to deal with! :o)ReplyDelete
Good luck with your few weeks and hope you have a healthy and uneventful delivery. <3
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In Nashua, a banner year for scholars, athletesBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 17. 2013 10:17PM
NASHUA - As the winter sports and academic competition seasons wind down, Nashua has again found many of its students standing at the top.
Of all the success students in the district are having, Superintendent Mark Conrad said perhaps the best story is that of the South unified basketball team.
"This is the first year we have fielded a unified basketball team. It is a new program for us and a great addition. It pairs up students in regular and special education services into one team. It is the spirit of bringing diverse students together, and I found it very exciting that in our first year, we won the state championship," Conrad said.
For Athletic Director Tom Arria, his experience with the unified basketball team "was one of the most enjoyable, worthy experiences I have had in my 13-year career."
"It was such a tremendous experience for everyone involved," he said. "Coach Mike McQuilken did such a great job, and the kids worked so hard. Seeing their faces at the end of every game and when they won the state championship, everybody was pleased, excited and happy."
Arria said North also fielded a unified basketball team but did not qualify for the postseason despite performing well.
In academics, for the fifth year in a row the Nashua High School South math team finished first in its league, the Fairgrounds Middle School team won a Math Counts competition in Plymouth, and 125 high school students achieved Advanced Placement Scholar recognition along with a number of students being named Merit and/or Presidential Scholars.
"Overall, our sports programs have done very, very well this year, both our winter and fall teams competed at high levels, going to finals or semifinals for individuals and teams," Arria said.
The N.H. Athletics Directors Association (NHADA) and the N.H. Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) recognized more than 80 students at North and South as scholar-athletes, and both scholar-athlete scholarships were awarded to Nashua students in a ceremony last month.
Seniors Daniel Auger, who plays basketball and lacrosse for South, and Elizabeth Shuman, a three-sport athlete in field hockey, track and lacrosse from South, won the scholarships.
"It was a very proud moment for me and all of Nashua," Arria said.
Arria also said members of the swim and wrestling teams won individual championships.
Conrad and Arria didn't reserve their praise for individuals or teams that won, but also recognized teams that showed strength and commitment in their performance.
Conrad singled out the schools' robotics teams, which he said did very well despite not placing at the BAE Robotics Competition last month, and Arria said he was proud of the two high schools' spirit squads.
"In the preliminary round ... North placed seventh and South placed third, which is the highest either school ever placed. They went on to states, but injuries plagued us going into the last meet. But they had good seasons. The girls worked hard," he said.


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William Elliott Whimore Bio (2008)
Well it's a goddamn shame what's going down
How we got to this I do not know
There's a sick sick wind that is blowin' 'round
And the captain's got to go
Sung over a martial drumbeat comes the first lines of "Mutiny," the opening track on William Elliott Whitmore's ANTI- Records debut Animals In The Dark, and it is immediately apparent that this is not simply a continuation of his Southern trilogy that spanned his last three releases. Rather than a reflection of life and loss and the world surrounding his Iowa horse farm on the idyllic banks of the Mississippi, "Mutiny," and others of its ilk such as "Old Devils," find Whitmore's focus turned outward, to the state of the country and the missteps of the government.
"Look at the guys who are screwing us right now compared to the guys who were in power screwing people 2,000 years ago in ancient Europe," Whitmore says emphatically. "That song applies to kings of old and President Bush. It's about how the people can become the servants of the government when the government should be the servants of the people. I say the monsters in power can bomb people, but they can't make something beautiful. So, I'm turning it around, counteracting their evil with beauty and art."
While songs such as these seem ferociously topical in today's political climate, the rare virtue of William Elliott Whitmore's songs is that they could have just as easily been sung in the desperation of a Hooverville during the Depression or in an uplifting choir of a 19th century rural congregation or marching on Washington in the 1960s. His timelessness and universality is both an allusive gift and a testament to his craft, and keeps Animals In The Dark from becoming an overtly political record. For all the ire in a number of the songs, there are stirring complements such as the modern hymn "There's Hope For You" and the achingly beautiful "Who Stole The Soul." It is Whitmore's ability to balance contrasts -- suffering and humor, truth and fancy, the literary and the earthy -- that make his releases so human.
Whitmore's appeal cuts a wide swath through the modern musical landscape. Rooted firmly in the Americana sound that he loves so well, Will plays the kind of music - raw and seemingly untouched by pop culture - that has drawn young dissidents to folk music since before Dylan's time. Like a young Billy Bragg, or better yet, like his self-proclaimed hero Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, Will's innate populism and unaffected sincerity resonate with the alienated and imaginative youth culture that surrounds punk, a scene that has embraced him. Honing his skills playing with Against Me, Converge, the Street Dogs, his beloved Pogues and Lucero among others, Will has the ability to quiet a rowdy crowd with just a banjo, a true testament to his voice and vision.
Whitmore was weaned on music by his musical parents - his father played guitar, mother the accordion. Young William dived unquenchably into their rich collection of "good hillbilly music," keenly studying vocal nuances perfected by Ray Charles, Hank Williams and George Jones. When his father handed him a $10 Sears and Roebuck guitar, Whitmore summoned Williams' rebel blueprint "Lovesick Blues" for instruction. "I still can barely play guitar or banjo," he says with a modest laugh.
Two unlikely crooners leveled an even more profound impact. "I always loved velvety singers like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra," the 30-year-old admits. "Man, I used to try hard to sing like that but soon realized that I couldn't. I used to smoke a lot and abused my throat. So, I turned my greatest weakness into my strength." At 20 - when he felt he "could start to put my fingertip on that template of old-time music" - Whitmore started writing songs and developing his signature country-blues moan.
His craft blossomed accordingly. Born and raised and still residing on a farm in Lee County, Iowa, Whitmore literally cultivates his song cycles from earth. In fact, he wholly envisioned the modern pastorals Song of the Blackbird (2006), Ashes to Dust (2005),Hymn for the Hopeless (2003) and Calendar Club of Danger and Fun (2002) while working his land. Whitmore's writing, in other words, links art and sustenance into an unbroken circle.
"I still live on the farm where I was born, still have horses and chickens," Whitmore says. "I write mostly when I'm out doing my chores - I love the land and love the simplicity. I don't even have a bathroom; I have an outhouse. I love to plant seeds in the spring and harvest in the fall and cut firewood in the winter. I draw a lot from relating the cycles of harvesting to those of birth and death."
The land is omnipresent in all of Whitmore's work, inescapable by Will as a writer and by the listener imbibing the heady brews he serves. Yet the ethereal notions of grace and justice seem to weave a chain that encircles Animals in the Dark, highlighting the maturation and growth of an exemplary artist.Whitmore showcases his classic songwriting and expressive playing of the acoustic guitar and banjo, but adds elements such as strings, an organ and a pedal steel, putting the songs into full arrangements and a band context for the first time. The results are a more expansive, cultivated sound, without losing any of the palpable soul that has garnered the 30 year old such critical acclaim.
"It's autobiographical, but also looking at the state of the world," Whitmore explains. "I was never good at writing protest songs like Bob Dylan or Michael Franti or Ben Harper. I was thinking about man trying to control other man, whether it's governments bombing another country because they want their oil or fighting for water supply. It's me being fed up with a lot of things."
For us, it's a poignant tome from one of today's best musical storytellers.


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I've seen several versions of this cake on different websites. Many of them used boxed cake and jello, to create the pink cake and artificial strawberry flavor. Cook's Country created a version of this cake, using real strawberries and scratch cake batter. That got my attention. To make the cake, we begin with frozen strawberries. Why? Apparently, the recipe author wanted this cake to be made any time of year. Strawberries are sacred in our kitchen. If I can't finish eating strawberries in their fresh state, I hull and freeze them.
All-Clad Saucier pan, and I am so pleased with it!)
Reduce speed to medium-low, add remaining milk mixture, and beat until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Give batter final stir by hand.
For the frosting:
Increase speed to medium-high and beat until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cream cheese, one piece at a time, and beat until incorporated, about 1 minute.Add reserved strawberry solids and salt and mix until combined, about 30 seconds. Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 2 days.
Let's get our last step finished, before frosting the cake:
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Will the incredible outperformance of the REIT industry ever subside?
Despite a residential real estate market that has been struggling since the crash of 2008, real estate investment trusts (REITs) have defied cynics (and logic) and trounced the performance of the broader market.
"In 2013, we think we will continue to see improving economic fundamentals that help drive real estate performance," Brackston Helms, senior vice president of national accounts with CNL Securities Corp., told AdvisorOne at FSI's 2013 OneVoice conference in San Diego on Tuesday.
He explained that non-traded REITs are an institutional class investment that is experiencing an interesting time.
Non-traded REITs are an alternative yield investment, Helms added, which can be of value in an artificially suppressed interest rate environment where yield is low or nonexistent.
"Where someone like my dad can get yield," he quipped.
Alternative investment markets have a strong interest in health care facilities at the moment, fueled by demographic support from baby boomers. Helm's firm sponsors CNL Healthcare Properties which announced on January 10 that it has acquired 10 senior living communities through two separate transactions totaling $158.2 million. The purchases add a combined 671 senior living units to CNL Healthcare Properties' portfolio.
Construction of new senior living facilities continues to trail the growth of America's senior population, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors & Housing Research, setting up an attractive supply-demand dynamic.
"If you think about areas of the economy that are more insulated and not as affected by downturns, health care is definitely one," he noted.
"Everyone at this event is looking for yield and as a result, looking closely at alternative investments. Non-traded REITs are an asset class with low correlation and provide another way to get yield," Helms concluded.
"Even with variable annuities in their accounts, investors are no longer going for the guarantees; instead they are using alternatives as a diversification tool.
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