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The BC Liberal Party has seized on comments by an NDP candidate in Cariboo-Chilcotin from last week, that appear to suggest the party has dramatically changed its stance on fracking.
"The position of the NDP is that there will be a moratorium put on fracking for the next two years while the science will be brought together to find out the effect, if anything, that fracking has on the water table," the NDP's Charlie Wyse told an all-candidates meeting on Friday in Bridge Lake.
On Monday, Energy minister Rich Coleman said the comments show the NDP will drive billions of investment from the province.
"Right now in north eastern British Columbia there are companies spending hundreds of millions of dollars drilling for natural gas," he said Monday.
"They've just been told by the NDP that they'd actually shut them down."
New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix responded, saying Wyse misspoke, and that the party's position has long been clear that it does not support a moratorium.
"It's clear he misspoke," said Dix.
"We don't support a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing," he added.
"We do support a review. We are concerned around the issue of water use and we will conduct that if we are elected, based on the science."
Coleman said even if that were the case, it shows the NDP aren't ready to govern.
"Maybe this is a case where they really don't know what they're doing, but the fact of the matter is you should have these things sorted out," he said.


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Next Course: "Studies in U.S. Military History"
I just took a break from working on my academic book review due today to register for my next class which starts April 7. "Studies in Military History" is the second in the "core" requirements courses and so deals with more general topics. The first was "Great Military Philosophers." The course examines the military heritage of the United States from the colonial period to the present. "Through a study of the literature of American military history, this course is a study of the individuals, military policies, postures, organizations, strategies, campaigns, tactics, and battles that have defined the American military experience."
The reading list looks outstanding. Since I've placed my book order, I've posted these books on my virtual bookshelves that you can find here. The breadth of conflicts dealt with required that I expand my shelf categories which I'm completely fine with. I'll post more about each of these as I get into the sememster.
- American Civil War and The Origins of Modern Warfare
- A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the 7-Year War
- The Army and Vietnam
- Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
- For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America, Revised and Expanded
- A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783
- War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
- The Philippine War, 1899-1902
- Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
- The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945
- The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
- Strategies of Containment: A Critical Reappraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War
- Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
- Their War for Korea: American, Asian, and European Combatants and Civilians, 1945-1953
The instructor, Kelly C. Jordan, also looks excellent (ok they've all been excellent).
BA, History, Virginia Military Institute, 1986
PhD, Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1999
MA, History, The Ohio State University, 1996
From the AMU staff biography site:
Kelly C. Jordan is a Colorado native who received his bachelor's degree from the Virginia Military Institute but never quite got the hang of the South. Moving to the Midwest, he earned his master's degree and Ph. D. from The Ohio State University. A retired Army lieutenant colonel, Jordan served for 21 years in the Infantry in mechanized and light units, including service in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. He retired from active duty in August of 2007. He is the author of numerous publications, including works addressing Military History, Military Education, and Strategy. He is currently preparing his Ph.D. dissertation regarding the combat effectiveness of the US Eighth Army in Korea for publication. Dr. Jordan has served on the faculties of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, the United States Naval War College, and the University of Notre Dame, and he specializes in 20th century post-WWII land warfare, the Korean War, limited war, military leadership, and the development of US Army doctrine. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and writing, he is a huge Notre Dame football fan (even this year!), and he is always looking for ways to incorporate movie clips and other cool things into his classes, discussions, and presentations.
Really looking forward to this class! Now back to my paper!!!

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By Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian
Ahead of the rainy season there are huge concerns over shelter, sanitation and human rights. The US has a responsibility to help.
Last month actors and human rights advocates Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte, along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson sent a letter to Congress and the Obama administration calling attention to "serious mistakes that have unnecessarily delayed the delivery of medical supplies, water, and other life-saving materials." The letter was also signed by some 90 scholars and Haiti advocates. (Disclosure: I also added my signature).
The letter asked for, among other things, "A public announcement as to what measures our government will take going forward to make sure that the mistakes of the first two weeks are not repeated."
Although the aid delivery situation has since improved, there are still major deficiencies and it is not clear what our government's plan is to prepare for the rainy season, which can begin as early as the end of February; and the hurricane season, which begins in June.
The Washington Post reported on 2 February that there are "hundreds of thousands of desperate people who apparently have not received food and shelter." The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders reports "increased cases of diarrhoea and skin rashes from the poor sanitary conditions of living outside" and warns that "rains could bring more serious diseases like typhoid, measles or dengue."
"Measles is the leading killer of children," says Unicef spokesman Kent Page. "In the conditions of these makeshift camps, if there was to be a measles outbreak it would spread like wildfire."
The UN is calling for donations to a $700m agricultural investment fund, since the March planting season is approaching and farmers will need tools, seed, fertilisers, and other inputs. Irrigation and riverbanks have also been damaged. The majority of Haiti's population still lives in the countryside, and many grow food for subsistence and local markets. An estimated 482,000 people have migrated from Port-au-Prince to rural areas since the earthquake, which will put further strain on the countryside.
On the positive side, the Haitian government, in collaboration with the UN, has begun a programme of immunisation "including rubella and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines for children under seven and diphtheria and tetanus for older children and adults," although press reports indicate that these fall far short of needs and will have to be expanded quickly. USAID reports about 70,000 households have received tents or other shelter material, out of about 260,000 needed.
Shelter for the hundreds of thousands of homeless is a most urgent need as the rainy season approaches, and sanitation is also important to avoid the spread of water-borne diseases. USAID is arguing that we should "think outside the tent," and begin to build more permanent structures, but the Haitian government says they need tents first. Since there are recurring aftershocks that could persist for months, anything but earthquake-resistant structures would appear dangerous, especially to shell-shocked survivors of a devastating earthquake. On the other hand, tents will be problematic for the rainy and especially hurricane season, depending on the level of flooding.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that 33 cents of each US government dollar to Haiti goes to the military. There are already 6,000 US troops in Haiti, in addition to the 12,500 UN troops, and Washington has talked about deploying 20,000. This is clearly overkill. The AP reports just one cent of each US dollar is going to the Haitian government. This is also a serious problem. Haiti needs a government, and years of US and private efforts have destroyed most of it. Haitian government revenues, not including grants, are just 10% of GDP, more than 50% lower than most poorer countries in Africa, such as Rwanda, Mozambique, Niger and Burundi.
USAID is currently funnelling millions of US taxpayer dollars into questionable organisations such as Chemonics, Development Alternatives, Inc (DAI), and its own Office of Transition Initiatives, which has been involved in shady political activities in various countries where the US was opposing democratically elected governments.
It must be recalled that Washington, in collaboration with Canada and France, destroyed the Haitian government and wrecked the economy by cutting off international aid from 2000-2004, in order to overthrow the elected government. Thousands of supporters of that government were killed after the 2004 coup, and many imprisoned, including officials of the elected government. All this happened while UN forces were occupying the country. There was little outcry from Washington-based human rights organisations.
So human rights will also be an issue in the months and years ahead, as Haitians organise to have a voice in the reconstruction efforts and the future of their own country. This is especially true given that the country's largest political party, Fanmi Lavalas, was excluded from the last national elections in April – leading to an 89% boycott according to the official count – and from the (now rescheduled) elections that were planned for this month.
For all of these reasons, the US Congress and civil society will have to play a watchdog role. However, it will be difficult to get people to disturb the public relations efforts of the Obama administration with regard to Haiti. The Washington Post reports that the administration's Haiti operation "could advance US diplomacy in a region long suspicious of US intentions."
"I think that the United States will look very magnanimous," says Cresencio Arcos, a former US ambassador to Honduras and now a senior adviser at the National Defence University's Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies in Washington. "Haiti is good for the United States, to show its humanitarian side," he said. "It's perfect for this administration, which is Democratic and liberal."
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Movie : Angaraka
Year : 2014
Banner : SSS Studios
Cast : Prajwal Devaraj, Praneetha, Hardhika Shetty, Avinash, Jai Jagadish, Muni, Dharma
Music : Arjun Janya
Lyrics : Gouse Peer, Gee Gee, Shyam Shimoga
Direction : Srinivas Kaushik
Producer : Smt Jayasudha Raghavendra
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 10-Jan-2014
Runtime : 134 mins
The story is focused on three characters - Viji (Prajwal Devaraj), his lover Priya (Pranitha) and Kavya (Hardika Shetty) who is in love with him. Viji's father (Avinash), an aspiring politician, promises his friend Rajashekhar (Jai Jagadish) that he would get his son married to Kavya, but celebrates the marriage with Priya. He cites horoscope as the reason for this. The horoscope of Viji and Priya does not match. But why does he send his men to kill Priya? What does Kavya do? There is some drama in the climax.
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A 13-year-old boy was killed and at least six more people were wounded in a shooting on Chicago's West Side Friday, authorities said.
The shooting took place around 6 p.m. in the 700 block of South California Avenue near the intersection of Lexington Street and California Avenue, according to police spokesperson Veejay Zala.
Two people were taken in serious-to-critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, two others were transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and one person was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital in good condition, fire officials said.
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One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and another person refused treatment, authorities said.
Police, along with family and friends at the scene, said the victim killed in the shooting was a 13-year-old boy.
Antonijah and Antonisha Johnston watched in horror as they say their 13-year-old friend dropped to the ground. Like dominoes, six others followed.
"They had come out the store and they started shooting," said Antonijah Johnston. "I had thought it was fireworks."
Police said details on circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
Witnesses said the shooting may have been a drive-by and that some of the victims were young teens, but police could not confirm their ages.
"Kids have no jobs," said area resident Larry Morris. "After school, they need jobs, something to do. More time they can be on these programs and stay off the street -- even people who are failures -- they deserve a second chance."
The shooting took place less than 2 miles from where an 11-year-old girl was fatally shot while at a sleepover with friends last weekend.
A prayer circle gathered near the scene of the shooting Friday night. Praying for change.
Check back for details on this developing story.


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No. 3 Gonzaga Bulldogs pound Santa Clara Broncos, 85-42
- No. 3 Gonzaga 85%2C Santa Clara 42
- The Bulldogs won their ninth game in a row
- Gonzaga has won 27 of the past 28 games against the Broncos
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Santa Clara's Kevin Foster scored the first basket of the game.
That's about all that went well for the Broncos as No. 3 Gonzaga crushed them 85-42 on Wednesday.
"It was a rough performance all around," Santa Clara coach Kerry Keating said. "You make it hard on yourself when you're not competing defensively."
"This is always a tough place to play," Keating added.
Elias Harris scored 17 points and Kelly Olynyk added 15 points for Gonzaga (26-2, 13-0 West Coast), which is riding its best ranking in the poll ever and won its ninth game in a row.
The Zags held Santa Clara to 30 percent shooting (16 of 53) and outrebounded them 45-22.
"They outscored us, outrebounded us and outplayed us," Keating said. "They solidified their position as one of the best teams in the country."
Brandon Clark led Santa Clara (19-9, 7-6) with 14 points. Leading scorer Foster was saddled with three fouls in the first half and finished with just four points, 14 below his average.
Gonzaga needs one more victory to claim at least a share of the WCC regular season title it lost last season. The Broncos are battling to finish in the top four to earn a bye into the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament next month.
Santa Clara averages 75 points per game, and had not scored less than 60 points in a game all season. They lost just 81-74 at home against Gonzaga.
But cold shooting did them in.
After Foster scored the first basket, Gonzaga scored 15 straight points over the next 6 minutes to take control. Gonzaga led 22-5 after 11 minutes, with most of their baskets on layups. The Broncos made only two of their first 16 shots, firing mostly from long range.
Olynyk's steal and stuff ignited a 12-2 Gonzaga run that put the Bulldogs ahead 34-9.
"We had a fast start right away and kept it going," Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos said. "To do that and focus and not relax for any part of the game is good."
Gonzaga led 44-15 at halftime after shooting 60 percent (18 of 30) and getting 15 points from Harris. Santa Clara made just 6 of 28 shots, 21 percent, and was outrebounded 25-10 in the half. It was easily the lowest scoring half of the season for the Broncos.
"They played more aggressive early on the defensive end," Keating said of the Zags. "Rebounding was not there for us."
Santa Clara also scored the first basket of the second half, and Gonzaga replied with a 14-2 run that pushed their lead to 58-19. The Bulldogs substituted heavily after that.
Gonzaga shot 56.9 percent for the game and made 7 of 17 3-pointers.
The Bulldogs host San Diego on Saturday with a chance to clinch at least a share of the WCC regular season title they lost of Saint Mary's last season.
"It's huge," Pangos said. "We want that one bad."
Santa Clara's poor offensive showing came despite the fact they are among only three teams in the nation that have four players who have scored at least 1,000 points in their careers: Foster, Evan Roquemore, Raymond Cowels and Marc Trasolini. Foster is the leading scorer in Santa Clara history.
Gonzaga has won 27 of the past 28 games against the Broncos.
After going 0-16 in WCC games last season, the Broncos are enjoying one of the biggest turnarounds in WCC history.
Gonzaga's only losses this season are to Illinois and at Butler. The Bulldogs 26-2 start is the best since the 2003-04 team opened 28-2.
Gonzaga is 118-8 in the McCarthey Athletic Center since it opened in 2004.


text: The wife of Oman's foreign minister, Nora Al-Daher, lost her claim against London's Ritz Hotel over an alleged gambling addiction. In 2012, the Ritz sued Ms. Al-Daher to recover £1 million credit advanced to her to gamble which she did not pay. When the Ritz sought recovery of the debt, Ms. Al-Daher counter-sued in negligence, claiming that the Casino breached its duty of care to her by giving her credit when they were aware that she had a gambling addiction. In one evening, she lost £2 million at the Ritz Casino and two months later, lost $5 million at Las Vegas casinos. She is married to Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi. She and her husband are politically exposed persons, meaning that financial institutions globally are required to subject their financial transactions with heighted due diligence and monitor their transactions on an on-going basis.


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3 rescued in bridge collapse amid China flooding
Today's news from the Associated Press was selected by Media Writing student Ashley Husbands.
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers in mountainous western China pulled three people from a raging river following a bridge collapse Tuesday amid heavy flooding that has forced thousands to evacuate their homes.
Three cars and a delivery van fell into the torrent when the nearly 50-year-old Qinglian bridge broke apart just before noon in the city of Jiangyou in the western province of Sichuan, the local government said in a statement posted on its official website. It said an earlier report that a pair of passenger buses had plunged into the river was incorrect.
The two-lane bridge was built in 1967 and a replacement span is under construction. China has been pouring resources into building infrastructure, but many older bridges and dams are of poor quality and urgently need repairs or replacement.
China's Civil Affairs Ministry announced Tuesday that flooding in Sichuan since Sunday has affected an area that is home to 360,000 people, damaging or destroying 300 homes, and forcing 6,100 to evacuate.


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First SaaS, Now WaaS? BitYota Moves From Stealth With $12M in Big-Data Play.
BitYota — a data "warehouse-as-a-service" start-up led by a former top Yahoo engineering exec — has emerged from stealth mode with $12 million in funding from some top Silicon Valley investors, including Jerry Yang.
The company describes it as a "SaaS-model Data Warehousing platform" — which essentially means it is in the explosive business of helping businesses better manage and understand ever larger troves of digital data in the cloud.
BitYota said its service will first be available on Amazon Web Services.
"Companies across every spectrum have an undeniable need to use data to unlock new sources of economic value but relatively few companies have invested sufficient time, money or people to do this right," Dev Patel, CEO of BitYota, said in a statement. "We believe that data and analytics should be broadly accessible to everyone inside the company and it shouldn't take a fortune to analyze data."
Patel should know big data — he was, until last summer, a top engineering exec at Yahoo, working on advertising products and data platforms. Previously, he was CEO of Whereonearth, a geo-targeting company that Yahoo bought in 2005.
The start-up got its $12 million funding from a range of investors, including Globespan Capital, the Social+Capital Partnership, Dawn Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Crosslink Capital and Morado Ventures, as well as individual investors such as Yang and others.
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Liverpool edge Swansea in 7 goal thriller
Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson scored two goals apiece as Liverpool registered...
Glasco Martin IV led a potent Baylor rushing attack with 98 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries as the Bears captured the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl with a 49-26 victory over No. 17 UCLA at Qualcomm Stadium.
Lache Seastrunk added 16 totes for 138 yards and a touchdown for Baylor (8-5),
which racked up 306 total yards on the ground en route to ending its season
with a four-game win streak.
Nick Florence completed 10-of-13 passes for 188 yards and a pair of touchdowns
while adding 37 yards and a score on 18 carries in the win.
Brett Hundley threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns on 26-of-50 efficiency
for the Bruins (9-5), who dropped their final three games of the season.
Jerry Johnson paced all receivers with 116 yards on five catches, while
Shaquelle Evans, Joseph Fauria and Logan Sweet each hauled in touchdowns in a
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The rock face dipped away in front of my bike tire. I was braking too hard and the metal frame began to wobble below me. I had a decision to make. I could either release my claw-like grip on the levers or fall to the side hoping not to slide down the unforgiving granite on my face.
Adrenalin pumped, I was breathing too fast, and sweat dripped down my back. I had to let go of the brake.
The Trek Dirt Series is a travelling mountain bike camp designed primarily for women. Originating in Whistler, the camp has expanded across B.C. to Alberta and then onto Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah and Colorado.
In the past 12 years they've put more than 8,500 riders through their paces in both downhill and cross-country biking. A petite blond lady introduced herself on the first day of the camp to 66 women sitting patiently in the sunshine. Candace Shadley had been working for Cycling BC when she launched the Dirt Series program in 2001 as part of an initiative to grow the sport.
As the mountain bike technical director, she was aware that the percentage of women in the sport was very small and in need of some attention.
Shadley had the inside edge when devising the camps, what would she have wanted when she was first starting out? Whereas men tend to excel in a competitive environment, it's relationships and supportive settings that motivate women.
With this in mind she went for the low-hanging fruit — the ladies looking to improve their riding skills who didn't have an outlet. She enhanced the experience by picking world-class biking destinations and by 2004 the rapid growth and spreading geographical demand was enough to warrant Shadley taking the program on full-time.
I signed up for the second Whistler camp of the season and on Day 1 international accents filled the air as participants picked up the latest demo equipment. A woman in her 30s had flown over from Germany and was contemplating how she'd get one of the new Trek Lush cross-country bikes back on the plane. Demo reservations were about as competitive as the program spots themselves as the camps are already sold out until August this year. Their pre-season numbers are up by nearly 70 per cent over previous years, a testament to both the growth of the sport and also the popularity of the program itself, with a third of their business coming from past participant referral.
It was with a mix of excitement and trepidation that I wheeled my own cross-country bike out for the first part of the program — skills training. On the lush grass of Rebagliati Park we split into groups of eight and spent the morning rolling over boxes, balancing on teeter-totters and skinny bridges, and developing our braking strategies. One of our coaches, Anita Naidu, had just got back from Syria where she works as a project engineer. A multi-sport athlete and competitor, we were in good hands as we navigated the series of skill tests with the odd prompt and word of encouragement. The participants ranged from complete beginners all the way up to advanced riders. There's definitely a place for everyone, but it's worth taking time over the pre-camp questionnaires, which cover experience and what you want to achieve.
In the afternoon it was time to put our new-found skills to the test. Our group headed out to "Cut Yer Bars," an intermediate cross-country trail that's a favourite with local riders. We navigated roots and rocks on the uphill, stopping to "session" areas that were more technically challenging. As we looked out over a steep rock roll I had to think about what I wanted to get from the camp as that all-too-familiar "What am I doing here?" panic crept into my mind. I wanted to advance my technical ability and push a few boundaries, but could I keep my fear in check? Our afternoon coach, Karen Mann, who holds a degree in Psychology, summed it up perfectly, "You have to think about your goal, and if achieving it out-weighs the possible risks. One day out of five you feel amazing; you will push yourself and everything seems to click, three of those days aren't going to be that memorable, fun, but nothing special, and one of those days will be a struggle. Know how you feel and make your decision based on that. Are you in the right mood and is it worth it?" As I stared down the steep slope I decided to leave this one alone — there's always tomorrow, especially on a two-day camp.
That evening we reconvened at the Garbanzo Bike and Bean for pizza, beer and advice on maintaining our bikes. Within a group of inquisitive and supportive women we were able to ask all those questions that started, "This might be stupid but …" That night I couldn't keep my eyes open past 9 p.m., the sign of a day well spent.
On the morning of Day 2 the sun was out in as much force as the ladies. I had decided to head into the bike park and got kitted out with a full-face helmet, elbow and knee pads, as well as a mean-looking double-suspension bike.
As I wheeled my bike over to the chair lift, I may have looked the part, but I wasn't feeling it.
Mann's words echoed inside my head from the day before as we approached a steep rock roll with a sharp right turn at the bottom. Was this worth the potential risk? I thought back to the skills I'd developed. I had the braking, I had the balance; I just needed the confidence. With one coach at the apex of the rock, and another at the bottom I was well covered. However, it was another participant's words that made me turn those pedals. "You can do this. I've seen what you've achieved so far and you've got this." How could I let her down?
As the bike wobbled beneath me I slowly released the brakes.
I pushed my front wheel forward over the rock, extending my arms until I felt the ground come up to meet me, my body coming forward to absorb the contact. I shifted my eye contact to look around the next bend — I'd made it.
"Most women who come on the camp find a new sense of confidence," says Shadley.
"That spills over into their everyday life with the knowledge that they can learn something new, a sureness that they can conquer their fears, and the excitement at having done something that they didn't think possible."
The Dirt Trek Series was an emotional roller-coaster for most of the women I talked to. At times they felt completely out of their comfort zones, struggling to keep control and at others they were on top of the world, elated at having mastered a new skill or conquered an old demon. We all shared the ups and downs, pushing each other through patches of doubt and celebrating the results. This is a bike camp that taps into the female psyche — a more gentle approach to a sport needlessly dominated by the guys.
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I planned out where to place the stripes before "gluing" it down to the cake. That's probably why it took so long. In addition to that, rolling the fondant ball border took a while also. I learned a neat trick though to get the balls to be all the same size.
To get uniform or same sized balls for your border, you roll out your fondant flat using spacers, or rolling bands to get it to the same width. Then, using any small cookie cutter, cut out several pieces. Then roll them into balls. Every ball will be the same size. Yay.
The stripes were pretty random, I just cut them out randomly, but carefully planned the placement of each stripe. On top of the cake, there is suppose to be the letter "G" in hot pink fondant. It was still drying when I took this photo.
I learned another trick to get fondant to dry quicker and more sturdy. Add gumpaste. I made a 1/2 gumpaste 1/2 fondant mixture and formed the initial "G," it was the only one that defied gravity. The pure fondant ones broke. Sad =[ Gumpaste is my new love.
This is the letter "G" that will go on top of the cake.
Just imagine it on top. =]
I have been pretty busy this month making custom desserts for people. I'm having tons of fun and learning all these neat tricks that I get to share with you. I'm going to post some wedding sugar cookies I did this week next.


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Monday, March 13, 2017
Drive Time with Iscoscope
This year Maps Mania has already featured a number of interactive maps which help you visualize how far you can travel for a specific period of time. These isochrone maps include farfrom.io, walkshed.js and TravelTime.
Of course how far you can travel can be constrained by the time of day when you travel. When traveling by public transit you might be able to travel further during busy commuting times if your transit network runs a more frequent service during these times. Conversely you probably can't drive as far during the rush hour due to the increased amount of traffic on the roads.
Isoscope is a driving time map which takes into account the time of day when you travel to visualize how far you can drive in a defined period of time. Enter your location into Isoscope and it will present you with an isochrone map showing how far you can drive for every hour of the day. The map features 24 layered polygons, each of which represents a different hour of the day. You can use the control panel to highlight the isochrone layer for any particular hour of the day. You can also adjust the map to take into account the different days of the week.
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In the Blog
Think Before You Tattoo!
I got my first tattoo when I was 18. It was actually my 18th birthday present from my sister and was part of an amazingly wild May 2-4 weekend. But as crazy as the weekend was, the tattoo part of it was extremely planned out.
I had wanted a tattoo forever, and although my mom was okay with it, she made sure I had found a reputable (i.e. clean and capable) place to get it done and had really, really thought about what I wanted.
She talked to me about how having a tattoo visible in certain places could effect aspects of your life like your career. She explained to me that what I may want now might not be so cool 20 years down the road. She even drew examples on my back so I knew exactly where I wanted my tattoo placed.
To this day, I love my tattoo (and each that has followed) and have no regrets.
But that's just me.
Kimberley Vlaminck on the other hand…
The 18 year old Belgian girl is in a bit of trouble after lying about the circumstances surrounding getting 56 stars tattooed on her face.
Kimberly had initially loved the tattoos when they were finished, but when her father freaked, she lied and told him that she had only asked for 3 stars. She claimed the tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, had misunderstood her request because of a language barrier, and when she fell asleep during the tattooing he went ahead with all 56.
The truth has now come out (after Kimberly was caught on tape admitting it), and it seems no one really believed her story in the first place. Frankly, I don't know too many people who could fall asleep while having their face tattooed!
I post this here not to say anything bad about Kimberly (she made some bad choices and now has to face up to them…excuse the pun!), I'm posting this as a cautionary tale.
For goodness sake, really THINK about your tattoo before you get it inked on your skin!
I've never had it done myself, but I'm guessing that getting a tattoo like Kimberly's removed is not fun!!!
Although she could just keep them. She doesn't get my respect for lying (or then threatening to sue tattoo artist Toumaniantz), but keeping those stars would be pretty hardcore…I guess. Though they can't come close to Toumaniantz himself:
So what do you think?
Was Kimberly's biggest mistake not considering the consequences of her tattoos? Was it lying about them and blaming someone else? Or was it letting society (and her dad) convince her there was something wrong with her tattoos when she initially loved them?


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|For the real world inventor, see Orville Wright (real world).
Orville Wright is the head of the Wright family, the weakest crime family in New Reno, in 2241.
A well-dressed gentleman, Mr. Wright is apparently perpetually pissed off, with his brown hair graying around the edges.[1] His area of work in Reno is alcohol brewing and distribution.
|The following is based on Van Buren and has not been confirmed by canon sources.
Following the defeat of the Enclave, the Wrights survived a bloody turf war and held all of Reno. Orville went on to oppose Tiaret Van Graff and her family over Redding's gold reserves, but could not openly fight her, as the NCR would wipe out the victor.
|End of information based on Van Buren.
All his work is done under the nose of the head of the Temperance Union, Ethyl Wright, his wife. As the crime family follows a traditional, patriarchal model (at least officially), Orville manages every decision and draws strategy practically singlehandedly, which puts him under a great deal of stress daily, especially when one of his sons (usually Christopher Wright) talks back.
Around 2241, one of his sons, Richard Wright, apparently died of a Jet overdose—a blow particularly hard-felt since the Wrights pride themselves on their clean living, refusing to use drugs.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
|This character starts quests.
- Find out who was responsible for Richard Wright's overdose: Orville is Richard's father and as such wants closure on his son's death.
- Find a way into the Sierra Army Base: Orville Wright wants an edge on the other New Reno families; he wants you to loot what you can from the army base and bring it back to him.
Other interactionsEdit
Orville Wright can be assassinated by giving one of his children playing outside the mansion a gun and telling them to turn off the safety, wave it around and point it at their father. Upon leaving and returning, Orville will be found dead and the gun lying next to him.
Orville Wright will not give quests to the Chosen One if they are a slaver.
|Other items
|Red old outfit
Stimpak x2
12 gauge shotgun shell x20
Orville Wright appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.
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Join the Club
There are people who have a natural attraction to chairs. One of my friend's husband says he's afraid without intervention and a little personal fortitude he might live surrounded by dozens of individual chairs. I don't want to disparage the sofa, but sofas are mostly functional. They can be stylish. But they don't have distinct personalities like chairs.
Mark Weaver in Rooms to Inspire, Annie Kelly.
Sometimes it's not so much of an attraction as an obsession. Not so much a club, say, as maybe CA. Chairaholics Anonymous.
Rooms to Inspire, Annie Kelly.
I went to an estate sale with a neighbor one time. We both spied the funny, vintage wing chair that is now in my office at the same time. She said, "You get it. If you don't have a place for it, I'll take it." Yes, maybe to her attic. To be friends with the other chairs there.
Patrick Naggar and Terese Carpenter in House and Garden, Book of Style.
I'm not throwing stones. I have some chair issues myself. My problem is, I don't want to stop. Even though I know it's not healthy to have three pairs of chairs in the basement, well, you never know when there will be the right place. You might never come upon a good chair again so you better get them while you can.
The late Roger Banks Pye, Colefax and Fowler Interior Inspirations.
One of my favorite styles of chair is the klismos. The Greeks dreamed this baby up in about the 7th century B.C. and it's been making comebacks ever since.
Michael S. Smith in his book, Elements of Style.
Klismos chairs are characterized by legs that curve out, a back support of a rectangular panel that curves to hug the body.
Stephen Sills and James Huniford in their book, Dwellings, Living with Great Style.
Beyond that, the maker can do any crazy thing he wants to it. Widen it. Deepen the seat. Craft it from metal, aluminum or wood. Gilt, wicker, carvings.
Banks Pye, again.
Still klismos. You can see the style has quite a following. Klismos chairs work well as side chairs, desk chairs (careful about arm height) and dining chairs.
Steven Gambrel
, above, his own home,
Elle Decor
. Below, in House and Garden.
Hmm...dining chairs. That would be a nice excuse to acquire ten new chairs. Nice upholstered seat. Perhaps even the back.
Neirmann Weeks
Perfect spot for a meeting. "Hi. My name's Mrs. Blandings...and I'm a chairaholic.
Image, top, Albert Hadley for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Druckman in Albert Hadley, The Story of America's Preeminent Interior Designer, Adam Lewis.
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The Rich—A Necessary Cog In Our Economy
The United States runs on capitalism, where the means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit. So a capitalist, by definition, is a generator of wealth, as is the typical successful business owner.
In my experience (and strong opinion), business success is never plain luck. However, successful entrepreneurs who have worked their tails off to become affluent have been shoved into a separate minority group, usually referred to as "the rich."
My research has failed to discover an authoritative source as to who is considered rich. However, based on my consulting experience, the rich have a net worth of $4 million or more.
Certain politicians propose to take bigger portions of the rich's wealth by various taxing schemes including increased income tax and capital gains rates; killer estate tax rules and rates; a surtax; and limitless taxing of earnings that are subject to social security taxes. They do this because "the rich can afford it."
However, the rich are an essential ingredient of the fabric of America. They are a necessary cog in the wheel of a prosperous American economy. Below are three segments of the economy in which the rich are necessary:
• Taxes. Recent IRS data shows that the top 1 percent of taxpayers (those who earned $410,000 or more in 2007) paid 40.4 percent of all Federal income taxes. Yet, they only made 22.8 percent of all the reported adjusted gross income.
In 1993, economist Burt Hauser published data about the income tax system. Hauser's Law states: "No matter what the tax rates have been in postwar America, tax revenues have remained at about 19.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)." The simple truth is that an increase in GDP increases tax revenues while an increase in tax rates (which sock the rich) reduces tax revenues. Three times in our country's history, across-the-board income tax rate reductions—during the administrations of John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush—all resulted in increased income tax revenues in the years immediately following the rate reduction. So, if Washington wants more tax revenues, it should increase the GDP and not tax rates.
• Jobs. Closely held business, or the "rich" business owners, create two-thirds of all the jobs in the United States.
• Charity. The rich are the backbone of philanthropy in our country. Their contributions fund medical research, universities, hospitals, education and other charities in the United States.
The rich, by any definition, are the ones with wealth beyond what is needed to meet their basic living expenses. They invest their wealth in Wall Street (supporting larger companies), put it at risk in their own businesses (creating more jobs), fund various charities and yes, are guilty of spending a portion on high-end goods and services (creating jobs). It seems logical that destroying the rich by taxing away a large portion of their wealth will not help the poor. In the long run, excessive taxing of the rich will backfire, reducing the tax revenues to Washington.


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In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown.
Former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who was found guilty of first-degree murder, was spared the death sentence Tuesday after he agreed to forgo an appeal.
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office agreed to two life sentences without the possibility of parole in exchange for not appealing.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, but Gosnell's age would have made it unlikely he would be executed before his appeals ran out.
Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of three counts of first-degree murder for the death of three babies that prosecutors said were delivered alive and subsequently killed. He was convicted of other charges as well, including infanticide, manslaughter, conspiracy and running a corrupt organization, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported.
The verdict was announced on the 10th day of deliberations, capping a two-month trial that featured grisly testimony about botched late-term abortions and became a flashpoint for both sides in the national abortion debate.
Gosnell was sentenced Tuesday for the deaths of two of the babies. He will be sentenced on the remaining charges, including the death of the third baby, on Wednesday.
Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell convicted of first-degree murder


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Prunus species
Trees and Shrubs, Bonsai
Soak seed, stratify 4 months, and sow 4" apart early in spring, just covered, well-drained soil essential, sunny spot preferred. Needs light to germinate. If germination is difficult, try planting and keeping seed warm for 2 weeks before stratification, or simply sow early in fall, ideally into cold frame for some protection
Plant purchased specimens early spring or fall, giving roots plenty of room. Many forms are self-fertile. Propagate named cultivars by softwood cuttings, air layering, or by grafting, especially by the side-veneer method. Ring-bark or tourniquet air layering works but slow. Suitable for bonsai, especially Prunus mume, the Japanese flowering apricot, and Prunus spinosa, blackthorn or sloe; these are hardy to zones 7-9 and 5-9, respectively
Edible species described in more detail under Fruits and Vegetables
See Also
(Eremurus robustus, Eremurus himalaicus)
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Yes Virginia, U.S. Manufacturing Is Alive and Well
During a recent press tour with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, MMS Editor Emily Tudor got to see what the state was doing to strengthen manufacturing and train the next generation of skilled workers.
The state of Virginia is doing something right. Attracting and keeping viable manufacturing operations is a priority for the state as is evident from some of the facilities I visited during a recent press tour with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. In fact, the week after I visited the Rolls-Royce Crosspointe facility in Prince George County, President Obama travelled to the facility and outlined his proposed National Manufacturing Innovation Network. We're not exactly talking small potatoes now, are we? Manufacturing has fought its way into the news as a major mover and shaker of the U.S. economy, but with the lack of skilled employees, it seems the industry could be on shaky ground.
Here are some ways that facilities, schools and programs within the state are moving manufacturing in a more stable direction:
- Educating the future workforce at technical community colleges. John Tyler Community College (JTCC) works hard to teach students the skills they need to thrive in the manufacturing workforce. They have advisory councils that closely monitor the curriculum and make changes to meet industry and specific company needs. In fact, the college met with Rolls-Royce to show the curriculum they were teaching students. With Rolls-Royce's help, the school was able to tweak their program to teach what students need to join their particular workforce. The college says that some of their first program graduates are working at Rolls-Royce today.
- Bridging the gap between universities and manufacturing facilities. The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) enables industry members to support direct and generic R&D initiatives at the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. Organizing industry members include Canon, Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik, Siemens and Sulzer Metco. CCAM will focus on two areas of advanced manufacturing research: manufacturing systems and surface engineering. As an added benefit, the companies learn who some of the best students are, which can help them find talented employees down the road.
- Employing traditional methods of teaching manufacturing skills through apprentice programs. Newport News Shipbuilding is the largest industrial employer in the state of Virginia with more than 20,000 employees. Of these employees, more than 2,800 are Apprentice School graduates. Over the last three years, the school has received almost 10,000 applications; however, about 200 students are accepted into the school each year. Newport News Shipbuilding, the City of Newport News and the Commonwealth of Virginia have partnered to build a new $70 million apprentice school campus that is scheduled for completion in 2013.
These three actions are not a panacea that will stop an aging workforce from retiring or fix the entire U.S. economy. But perhaps approaching these issues from multiple directions is the best solution. Virginia has proven that this can work. The state has become a virtual hotbed of advanced manufacturing and innovation. If we open as many routes of entry into the manufacturing industry as possible, we just might find the talent, innovation and creativity to light a spark in the future generations and keep manufacturing strong for years to come.


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Bishop Druitt College
The intention of this artwork is to make its audience think subjectively and structurally about the idea of the 'family tree' and the audience's place within their own family. Parts of the artwork have been created subjectively by drawing on the history of my family and incorporating old wedding photos from our family albums. The tree has been built with the intention for it to look constructed, like an Ikea slot-together table. By building the tree and cage in this manner, it presents the idea that families do not grow naturally, but are constructed and produced. The birds flying from the cage represents my current position within my family.
Birds of a feather, Killing time and Listening to reason are works made from timber utilising a range of techniques. Outline the techniques and explain how they reveal an idea or concept. Consider the titles and discuss in what ways they can assist the audience in arriving at a deeper understanding of these artworks.


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Martin Named to Head Appropriations and Budget (Dec 03, 2012)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Incoming Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon has tapped Norman Rep. Scott Martin to head the powerful Appropriations and Budget Committee.
Shannon announced Monday that Martin would serve as chairman of the committee where he has served as co-chairman for the last four years. Martin replaces Rep. Earl Sears of Bartlesville, who headed the panel for two years.
Martin, a Republican, promised in a statement to ``work hard every day to watch over our tax dollars.''
Shannon also announced Monday that Rep. Pam Peterson of Tulsa will serve as the next majority floor leader, who coordinates when bills are scheduled for a hearing on the House floor.
Shannon also named Reps. Fred Jordan of Tulsa and Dennis Johnson of Duncan as majority leaders and Todd Thomsen of Ada as majority whip.
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Blank Memo - Wallet Cards
Conveniently shaped to fit in any card holder, these minimalist to do wallet cards are perfect for writing down your short term or long term tasks.
- 30 Cards
- New: 82 x 52mm
- Date Marker
- Printed on light weight smooth card stock
- Fits card slots
Planner Inserts
- 32lb Premium silky smooth high brightness paper, made in the USA
- Acid free & FSC certified
- 10% recycled content (Do to the nature of recycled materials, you may find very small specks on some pages of our products)
- Fountain pen friendly
- Pre-punched 6 hole for ring planners (PO, A6, PE, PW, A5)
- Pre-punched for disc-bound planners, unless specified (HA, MH)
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Delaunay Triangulation – From 2-D Delaunay to 3-D Delaunay
Author: Wang Jing
Institute: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Delaunay triangulations are widely used in scientific computing in many diverse applications. While there are numerous algorithms for computing triangulations, it is the favorable geometric properties of the Delaunay triangulation that make it so useful.
The fundamental property is the Delaunay criterion. In the case of 2-D triangulations, this is often called the empty circumcircle criterion. For a set of points in 2-D, a Delaunay triangulation of these points ensures the circumcircle associated with each triangle contains no other point in its interior. This property is important. In the illustration below, the circumcircle associated with T1 is empty. It does not contain a point in its interior. The circumcircle associated with T2 is empty. It does not contain a point in its interior. This triangulation is a Delaunay triangulation. This presentation discusses how to extend 2-D Delaunay to 3-D Delaynay.


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Emanuel School
I don't accept that there is a boundary between 'ancient' and 'modern'. I look at a city not as something dead and mechanical but as brimming with underlying ancient energy, and perceive this energy, once expressed in myth and ritual, still expressing itself in everything we do and create.
Natural materials and fibres have been used since ancient times and are still used today for both utilitarian and aesthetic sculptural purposes. Consider how living cultural traditions such as seen in Indigenous artist Anchor Kulunba's Mandjabu (conical fish trap) continue to have relevance and presence in contemporary society and art practices. Analyse how both traditional and contemporary practices are evident in Hezki Symonds' work.


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No. 1 Duke (16-2, 3-2) vs. Maryland (15-4, 3-3)
Saturday, January 26, 2013 • 1:00 p.m. • CBS
Durham, N.C. • Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle
Analyst: Clark Kellogg
Blue Devil IMG Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Bob Harris
Analyst: John Roth
Sirius/XM – 91
The Opening Tip
- Duke is 16-2 on the year after suffering its second road loss of the season, 90-63 at No. 25 Miami. Duke has won at least 16 of its first 18 games 18 times under Coach K.
- The Blue Devils are ranked No. 1 in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Duke has been ranked in the AP Top 10 for 105 consecutive weeks and has been ranked No. 1 five times this season.
- The Blue Devils are 10-0 in Cameron Indoor Stadium this season.
- Duke is one of only two two teams in the country ranked in the top five in the AP and Coaches polls, the NCAA RPI and SOS rankings.
- Coach K absorbed 18 losses by at least 15 points in his first three seasons at Duke. In the 30 seasons since, Duke has suffered 21 setbacks by 15 or more points. The Blue Devils are 12-3 in games following a loss by 15 or more points in that span (five losses ended Duke's season).
The Last Time Out
- No. 25 Miami shot 56.9 percent from the floor and 47.4 percent from three-point range on the way to a 90-63 upset of No. 1 Duke in BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
- Miami finished with two 20-point scorers and four double-figure scorers as the Hurricanes hit nine three-pointers and became the first team to score 90 points against Duke since St. John's on Jan. 30, 2011 (L, 93-78).
- Mason Plumlee recorded his ACC-leading 12th double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Rasheed Sulaimon led the team with 16 points. Amile Jefferson and Alex Murphy also scored in double figures with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
- Miami carded eight blocks for the most by a Duke opponent this season.
- The loss marked only the sixth time in the last 10 seasons that Duke has lost a game by more than 15 points.
Numbers Game
- Duke, ranked No. 1 in the latest AP Poll, has been ranked in the top 10 of the poll 105 consecutive weeks. The last time Duke was not ranked in the top 10 was Nov. 19, 2007.
- Under Coach K, Duke has played more games as a No. 1 team (217 entering Saturday's contest) than it has as an unranked team (141).
- Duke is playing its 195th straight game as a top-10 team in the AP poll. Duke is 162-32 in that span.
- Under Coach K, Duke is 401-163 (.711) against teams currently in the ACC.
- Duke and Kansas are the only two teams ranked among the top five in the Associated Press Poll (No. 1), Coaches Poll (No. 1), NCAA RPI (No. 1) and Strength of Schedule index (No. 2).
- Since the 1988-89 season, Duke has lost just 19 games by 15 points or more. In games following those losses, Duke is 11-1 with seven wins by 20 points or more (excludes season-ending losses).
- Duke has lost back-to-back games just once since the 2009-10 season. Duke's record following a loss during that span is 15-1.
- Duke leads the ACC in three-point percentage (.405) and three-point field goals per game (7.6 3pg.). The .405 three-point field goal percentage would rank as third-best in school history.
- Mason Plumlee logged double-doubles in both meetings against Maryland last season. Plumlee averaged 19.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 blocks per game against the Terps in 2012.
- Mason Plumlee has led the Blue Devils in rebounding in 16 straight games and in 17 of Duke's 18 games. He leads the ACC in rebounds (11.4 rpg.), double-figure rebounding games (13) and double-doubles (12).
- Since Ryan Kelly went down with a foot injury prior to the N.C. State game, freshman Amile Jefferson has seen his minutes jump from 8.8 per game to 22.7 per game. Jefferson has increased his scoring average (3.1 to 9.7 ppg), rebounding average (1.9 to 6.3) and field goal percentage (.531 to .560) with the increased minutes.
- Quinn Cook ranks second in the ACC in assists at 6.1 apg. Bobby Hurley (1990-93), Dick Groat (1952), Jason Williams (2000-01), Chris Duhon (2003-04) and Quin Snyder (1989) are the only Blue Devils to average over 6.0 assists per game in a season.
Duke-Maryland Series History
- Duke leads the all-time series with Maryland 112-61, including a 54-16 mark in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Duke is 53-21 against Maryland under Coach K.
- Duke has faced Maryland 173 times, more than any other out-of-state opponent.
- In the regular season, Duke is 99-56 against Maryland. Duke is 12-5 against the Terps in the ACC Tournament and 1-0 in the NCAA Tournament.
- Duke has won five straight games against Maryland and 11 of the last 12 meetings.
Duke vs. the Atlantic Coast Conference
- Duke is 900-491 all-time in the regular season against teams currently in the ACC (includes games when those teams were not members of the ACC).
- Under Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 338-142 against the ACC in the regular season and 53-18 in the ACC Tournament. Krzyzewski ranks second in ACC history with 391 career league wins.
- Duke has dominated the ACC regular season since 1997, logging a 207-54 record during that span which is 33 more wins than the next closest school.


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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Sept. 9, 2014) — In China this week, Novus's Sustainable Feed Raw Material Application lecture series kicked off with the launch of the world's leading protease feed enzyme, CIBENZA® DP100, into the Chinese market.
Protease enzymes are scientifically proven to significantly increase the availability of dietary amino acids to monogastric animals. Formulating diets with CIBENZA DP100 allows producers to enhance the digestibility of a broad range of protein sources, ranging from highly digestible soybean meal to feather meal, which falls at the other end of the digestibility spectrum. In addition to improved nutrient utilization, CIBENZA DP100 supports a consistently high growth performance, improves flock uniformity, optimizes gut health and ultimately reduces feed ration costs.
Novus International, Inc. hosted the lecture series in Xi'an and Hangzhou, China where industry leaders, academics and members of Novus's research and development team discussed the advantages of using cutting-edge enzyme technologies to support operations. CIBENZA DP100 has proven itself to not only optimize animal performance, but reduce feed costs as well, making it a valuable economic tool for producers.
The forum included opening remarks from Flemming Mahs, Novus general manager for Northeast Asia, as well as prominent professors from China Agriculture University. Key speakers shared their personal testimonies about the effectiveness of CIBENZA DP100, research results and the importance of strategic enzyme application in animal production. Novus's longstanding dedication to poultry science and industry-leading research in animal nutrition was also highlighted at the series.
"The Sustainable Feed Raw Material Application lecture series was a momentous event and extraordinarily successful," commented Mahs. "Novus is passionate about providing sustainable enzyme solutions to the animal feed industry, and it was great to see this initiative being so well-received among the forum's participants."
For more information about CIBENZA DP100 and other nutrition-based solutions offered by Novus, visit the company's website at www.novusint.com.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in nearly 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace mineral, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, MERA™Met aquaculture feed additive, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2014 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Free release fire pumps are standard pumps used as fire pumps. These standard pumps are not made for fire pump application, which can cause poor functionality in a sprinkler-pump application due to risk of clogging and instabilities in System pressure.Standard Pumps (DIN or ISO) are used for many different applications, but not as fire pumps for sprinkler systems. This is due to the material specification, design and performance, that do not meet the requirements for a fire pump –and standard pumps should therefore never be used as fire sprinkler pumps.
Following differences typically describe the differences between a Standard pump and a "Listed / according to " fire-pump:
Specification ______Listed fire pump ___Standard pump____Reason__________
Internal pump parts Non corrosive Cast iron Clogging
Pump curve Stable Unstable Pressure fluctuation
Max permissible flow At NPSH = 5 mtr* Dep. of NPSH Cavitation
Driver sizing At NPSH= 16 mtr** Overloading
Certification ID at nameplate No certificate Identification
*Depends on the Fire Pump Standard – but typically between 4,5 to 5,5 mtr.
** Depends on the fire pump standard – but typically at NPSH=16 mtr. or at max point on power curve


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I like storms. I even like riding in storms. It's not often that I fear the weather; Your chances of getting sucked up into a Swirling Vortex of Doom or getting struck by lightning are pretty slim.
Last night, I got scared.
The skies were ominous when I left, and there was a strong wind out of the north. I didn't have my waterproof backpack with me, so I'd wrapped my phone up in a plastic bag. I was ready for rain and headwind. Some co-workers offered me a ride home, but their sedans wouldn't accommodate my bike, and I didn't feel like messing with the bolted front axle to remove the wheel so it'd fit in a trunk. They wished me good luck. That made my day, at least.
Riding across 113th, there were a few times I was nearly blown straight off the road by crosswind. Once I got myself into a headwind situation on Santa Fe Trail Drive, I was okay. I had to put my sunglasses on because the wind was blowing debris at me with stinging force. Then came the first few sprinkles and even more wind, clawing at my forearms and calves. All while trying to hold a straight, assertive line on the road. A kind man in a pickup drove next to me for a while and asked if I needed a ride. I thanked him and waved him on. I'd later regret that.
After a few miles, the deluge set in, and it was like riding into a sandblaster nozzle. There was zero visibility and the driving rain caused burning pain on all my exposed skin, even my scalp as it drove its way through the vents in my helmet. Lightning strikes were landing way too close for comfort and finally drove me to find the nearest overpass to wait under for a while. It's easy to write off a lightning strike as a one-in-a-million probability until you've heard the sharp sound of arcing electricity right before you feel the thunder a few times in a row.
Shortly after getting back out on the road, I would find myself being passed far-too-closely by a lane-straddling semi as I tried to go over one of the gnarlier railroad crossings. Despite my assertive lane position, I didn't get nearly enough room, and I couldn't make a perpendicular cross like I usually do. The rear tire hit the second rail, lost traction, and tried sliding right out from under me. I managed to stay shiny side up without stopping, thanks to fixed gears' natural tendency to be easier to control in low-traction conditions. I would have looked for the plate number of the truck, but it had stopped to wait for a left turn and I didn't feel like waiting around.
The rest of the trip was uneventful as can be when you're dealing with storms. At least I felt refreshed when I got home, even if I did have to wring three gallons of water out of my backpack, clothes and shoes.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
I like storms. I even like riding in storms. It's not often that I fear the weather; Your chances of getting sucked up into a Swirling Vortex of Doom or getting struck by lightning are pretty slim.
10 comments:
- Dean Fuhrman said...
I was driving at about the same time you were riding. Holy smokes ... you are a dedicated biking dude. Glad to hear you made it out safe and sound. That storm was a beast.
- July 21, 2010 9:55 AM
- Jennifer said...
I've been afraid to ride in storms since a microburst (macroburst?) sent me to the ER last month. Glad to hear (read?) you're OK. Seems like the storms where you are have been wild this summer.
In related news, this.
- July 21, 2010 10:02 AM
- Noah said...
I don't really have an alternative right now. I can take a bus to get to work, but all bets are off on the homeward trip. My car is out of commission and has been for quite a while.
Had I known, I would have asked my boss if I could leave a bit early. I may have also left the bike at work overnight and just hitched a ride with a co-worker.
- July 21, 2010 10:02 AM
- Noah said...
Jennifer: F. That. *heebiejeebies*
- July 21, 2010 10:03 AM
"At least I felt refreshed when I got home" - LOL
Glad to see you are already riding again after your deer encounter.
- July 21, 2010 11:11 AM
- Apertome said...
Lightning is one of few things that will keep me off the bike. Statistically maybe there's not a huge chance of anything happening, but sitting high on a metal object in an electrical storm seems like it's asking for trouble.
We have had some truly amazing lightning storms here recently, too.
- July 21, 2010 1:02 PM
- Chris said...
I know exactly what you're talking about with the lightning. I got caught in a bad storm up in the boundry waters on a canoe and lightning hit the lake a hundred yards from us and we could feel it...don't mess with mother nature!
- July 21, 2010 6:01 PM
- Unknown said...
I was driving my wife back to Brookside from Menorah when the same storm hit. I was sorry to even be out in a car. A bike would have been unpleasant.
- July 22, 2010 2:23 PM
- Ron said...
I've been weary of lightning ever since a bolt struck way too close to me. But I still ride in it-although with much anxiety. It was a devil of a rain that night! A much better ride just after the torrent (and Lee's Summit tornado) passed.
- July 23, 2010 7:40 PM
- amidnightrider said...
The rest of the trip was uneventful you said. Ha! After all that, what more could have possibly happened?
- July 23, 2010 9:55 PM
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This is the first Thanksgiving in at least five years that I haven't hosted both my family and the mountain man's to our home for an evening of food and conversation. This year, we're packing up and heading over to my mom's house (and "we're" includes my half siblings from my dad's second marriage).
There have already been some near-disasters, but we're all extremely thankful to have each other in health and happiness. The next twelve months are guaranteed to test us, but I hope we are all here and have as much to celebrate next year as we do today.
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A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours today Kelly! ((HUGS)) That present is beautiful!
I love reading your blog -- I wish I could commit to taking the time to write more often, like I used to, too! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Birthday! I know you had a wonderful weekend. So did, I - I love going home for the holidays and being with my family!
Hope to see you soon!
Kelly Miller
Aw, thank you ladies!
I hope you had a wonderful holiday with your fam.
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2010-11: Tied for third on the team in singles victories, going 15-7 overall, 9-1 in dual play, while also achieving an undefeated 5-0 mark in A-Sun play... went 1-0 at the No. 3 and No. 4 singles position, 4-0 at the No. 5 slot, and 3-1 when playing at No. 6... finished the regular season having won nine of 10 matches, winning 20 of 22 sets played... defeated then-No. 20 San Diego's Nils Schive in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 (Mar. 18)... earned A-Sun All-Academic honors.
2009-10: Compiled a 10-11 overall singles mark including a 7-1 record in Atlantic Sun play...Teamed with Daniel Isaza to go 1-2 in doubles action
2008-09: Only Buc to go unbeaten during the season…Posted a 3-0 mark after having to sit out most of the fall and spring season…Went 2-0 at the No. 6 position, while earning one victory at No. 3…Saw action with teammate Daniel Isaza in two doubles contests…Went unbeaten with Isaza for a perfect 2-0 mark in doubles...Did not drop a set in A-Sun singles action, with wins over Lipscomb, Belmont and FGCU.
Prior to ETSU: Played for coach Gert Ramakers... had a career combine ITF ranking of 1351... defeated fellow countryman Karim Ahamd (6-2, 6-1) during play at the ITF Leewenbergh... helepd Belgium win the European Championships at the age of 14.
Personal: Born November 1, 1991... majoring in business... son of Hubert Bonnevalle and Gisele Peche.Honors:-2011 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team-2010 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team-2009 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team


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Sharing The Big Picture
The theme of visibility in manufacturing finds expression in numerous ways at this shop. One of the most conspicuous is the use of plasma displays in strategic areas to summarize the company's performance as reported by its shop control/data-collection system.
The plasma screen display over the main shop area at Vanderhorst Brothers Inc., a 30-person shop in Simi Valley, California, would be hard to miss. That's the point. The plasma display shows key information about the shop's overall performance in alternating PowerPoint slides. Each slide displays a summary of key performance data: monthly sales to date, on-time delivery, jobs due within the week and jobs shipped today.
Brian O'Rell, company president, believes that this high visibility is critical to the shop's success. "It's a picture of what's happening," he says. He hopes the picture is always a positive one, but sometimes it isn't—and that needs to be seen by everybody, too, he says.
The data shown in the slides is current. They reflect information summarized from the company's shop control/data-collection system. The reports generated by this software are management tools meant to help Mr. O'Rell and his top managers make good decisions about shop activities. These top managers include Mr. O'Rell's wife, Juno (the company controller), their son Bob (who manages the integration of new projects into palletized machining centers), and Josh Church (the shop's quality manager). All rely on this software to do their jobs. As Mr. O'Rell explains, "These reporting tools give our shop visibility. That is, they help us see where we are having problems and where we are making progress."
The two plasma screens—one by the coffee maker in the central lobby and one mounted in the machining area—bring that visibility to the rest of the employees. "Everyone in the shop has a better view of what's going on," Mrs. O'Rell says. Of course, "everyone in the shop" includes shop visitors, some of whom may be customers. They can see the status of their jobs, too.
Mr. O'Rell admits that occasionally this isn't an ideal situation when a customer's particular job happens to be running late. "It doesn't happen often, but hiding it doesn't help. We can't get better if we don't see where we need to make changes and improvements," he says.
As it is, sharing information visually has been an important part of the shop's emphasis on better communication. "The value of communicating effectively with our workforce was one of the main lessons we learned from the SCMG," Mr. Church says, referring to the Southern California Manufacturers Group, an association of local aerospace shops that meet regularly to assist one another in their self-improvement efforts. Providing all employees with the big picture of a shop's performance is one of the "best practices" endorsed by a consensus of group members.
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A Shop In Transition
Mr. O'Rell would certainly agree that his company has seen a lot of change lately. Some of the biggest changes have occurred in the last year and a half, a period when the shop installed several palletized machining systems. These machines mark the most dramatic step in the company's transition from a job shop to an aerospace production house based solidly on the principles of lean manufacturing. Mr. O'Rell says that this change started about 8 years ago.
At the time, the shop's business was about 80 percent commercial job shop work—mostly simple work in small batches—and 20 percent aerospace. Mr. O'Rell and his wife had recently acquired the company from its original owners, Hank and Ed Vanderhorst, who founded it in 1973. Mr. O'Rell had joined the shop in 1983, so he had a clear idea of the shop's past direction and the path it needed to take in the future.
He could see that the company had to transform itself in order to survive. The simpler job shop work was likely to move overseas, but the more difficult, higher margin work was likely to grow. However, growing that side of the business would involve new technology such as five-axis machining, wire and ram electrical discharge machining (EDM), multitasking mill-turn machines, and automation for unattended operation. It would also require developing new
skills, both on the shop floor and in the office.
"We knew we couldn't make all of the changes at once; that it would have to be a step-by-step process," Mr. O'Rell recalls. This meant setting priorities and concentrating on the most important things first. A lot of guidance and good suggestions for making the right choices came from the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA), a membership organization consisting of prime contractors, Tier-1 suppliers and other supplier companies in the aircraft, defense and space industries (www.seaonline.org). SEA was formed in 2004 to promote the adoption of lean manufacturing and other techniques that bolster supply-chain efficiency and competitiveness. Vanderhorst Brothers joined in 2005.
Membership in this organization gave the O'Rells and others on the management team a chance to learn what the big aerospace firms look for in their manufacturing partners. "We quickly realized that to stay in the aerospace business, we had to do it right," Mr. O'Rell says about plans for change in his shop.
Being part of an active peer group such as the SCMG has also provided benefits, especially the opportunity to see what similar companies are doing. Shops in the group meet to share ideas and learn from their experiences. For example, several members are implementing various aspects of lean manufacturing, so sharing advice and practical suggestions is helpful. Members also tour one another's facilities. "We got a picture of what our own shop should look like from seeing other successful shops," Mr. O'Rell says.
It was this vision that largely inspired him to acquire the palletized machining centers. A Matsuura MAM72-35V, a vertical machine, was installed in June 2007. The shop worked closely with Selway Machine Tool Co., the builder's local distributor, to configure the system and equip it adequately with pallets and tooling. This five-axis machine is integrated with a vertical pallet pool that accommodates 32 pallets. It was the first of its kind in Southern California. A 240-pocket carrousel keeps all the tooling for numerous jobs at the machine. The shop quickly learned to run this machine in unattended mode during nights and weekends.
About six months later, the shop completed installation of a cell consisting of two Toyoda FH450S five-axis HMCs integrated to a linear pallet system that uses a rail-guided robot to store and retrieve 450-mm pallets. The system accommodates 42 of these pallets on three tiers. Each machine has a carrousel holding as many as 494 tools. Selway was also the source for this system.
For a shop of this size, bringing in these palletized systems and getting the shop acclimated to their operation has been a major preoccupation. Nevertheless, the shop simultaneously undertook several other initiatives in keeping with recommended modernization programs. One of those was establishing a homegrown training and incentive program called Operation Top Notch. For this program, the management team set up a matrix of prioritized training classes that follow SEA's recommended training guidelines. Upcoming courses are posted where all can see, and employees are encouraged to enroll. Other improvement initiatives focus on areas in which excellence is likely to lead to increased sales, and in turn, to increased earning power for employees.
The idea for the plasma displays also grew out of experiences with the peer-group meetings. Good communication was a constantly recurring theme in discussions and presentations. For the O'Rells, the whole issue of sharing a picture of shop performance was especially urgent because of all the changes going on in the company. They believed that this picture would validate the new direction of the shop while reinforcing the importance of meeting customer expectations.
From JobBoss To PowerPoint
The first plasma screen, located by the coffeemaker, was installed in late 2006. This location was chosen because it is a high-traffic area for both shop and office personnel. The second screen was put up in March 2008. The screen is mounted in a spot once occupied by a dividing wall that was removed in preparation for the Toyoda cell, thus turning a barrier into a "beacon of visibility." The front of the screen faces most of the shop's manned workstations.
The slides alternately appearing on the screens are simple. They have to be for effect—the meaning of the information conveyed has to be grasped at a glance. The slide showing month-to-date sales is simply a graph with a line that moves from point to point toward the end of the month (ideally in a steady, upward direction). The on-time delivery slide shows a pie chart with a slice representing the percentage of late shipments, if any—emergency jobs taken on as favors to good customers is the usual cause for this "bad slice" to appear. Likewise, the slide showing jobs due during the current week is simply a list of job numbers, customers, part numbers and quantities due. The total value of shipments for the day appears on another slide.
The simplicity of these displays is both revealing and concealing. It reveals some important features and characteristics of the shop control/data-collection software that provides the data. However, the simplicity conceals the resourcefulness and diligence of Mr. Church, who designed the slides and wrote the macros that keep the displayed data up to date.
"We started using JobBoss from Exact Software in April 2002. This software made it possible to build the display system that taps into it," Mr. Church explains. Of course, the software was originally acquired on the strength of the modules the shop needed most. Currently, Vanderhorst uses the Job Entry module, the accounting module, the ShopBoss scheduler, the quoting module, the material control module and the data collection module.
According to Mr. Church, one reason why this software has proven valuable to the company during its transition is that it is extensible. This means that third-party software programs can be linked to this software for a seamless exchange of data between applications. One of these programs is Crystal Reports, which users can obtain directly from JobBoss. Crystal Reports is designed to easily create customized reports that extract data from standard database systems. Other applications can also take advantage of JobBoss's extensibility, including custom programs or even short macros.
In this case, Mr. Church used PowerPoint to create the slides and charts (initially based on sample data). He then created a macro for each slide using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Each time the PowerPoint presentation advances to the next slide, the appropriate macro is executed. The macro connects to JobBoss using its standard ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) interface. It then automatically queries the database and updates the data for each slide. In turn, PowerPoint automatically updates the graphical charts to reflect this new data. The underlying hardware is relatively simple—the plasma display serves as the monitor for a standard workstation (connected to the company's network) running PowerPoint.
Much of the data in JobBoss—such as due dates, shipped jobs and on-time delivery—is updated in real time. Other data, such as shopfloor performance, is updated at least once every shift. The company has 10 computer terminals in the shop and office areas for entering data and querying the database. On the shop floor, operators can enter data such as part count, machine time and status when operations are completed or at the end of a work shift. As data is entered, the slides on the plasma screens are automatically updated.
Picturing The Future
With many developments and changes to contend with, Mr. O'Rell expresses some frustration with the fact that some things he wants to make happen for his shop have to wait. Doing more with the shop control/data-collection software is one. "We've only scratched the surface of what we can do with the customized reports from JobBoss," he says. "Although we have the most important information at our fingertips now, we know we are overlooking some of the details that could be organized and presented in a meaningful format for us."
For example, the shop is already using a custom Open Order report to communicate with customers regarding part stock, schedule status, delivery dates and other vital information. Recognizing the value of this customization, Mr. O'Rell is eager to explore other opportunities to sharpen his image of the company's performance. He says it is good to know that the software can grow and change as his company does.
In the meantime, Mr. O'Rell has his hands full with a number of urgent matters—a typical situation for shops like his, as he gathers from listening to other shop managers in his peer group. An immediate concern is completing the auditing process for certification under AS9100, a quality standard for aerospace manufacturers issued by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Vanderhorst is already certified for ISO9001-2001, but a number of customers have alerted their suppliers that compliance with AS9100 will also be required. AS9100 requires deeper documentation, more thorough planning, more detailed supplier management and other improvements. The final external audit is scheduled for the first quarter of 2009.
Also on the horizon is an upgrade to the shop's inspection capabilities. The shop is evaluating direct computer controlled (DCC) coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) to automate part inspection. Its inspection areas are well-equipped with metrology instruments, including a Mitutoyo CMM, but they could become a bottleneck because aerospace parts are increasingly complex and tightly toleranced. Mr. O'Rell points to a computer housing for a 737 jetliner as as an example. This part, about the size of a textbook, has 1400 dimensions.
This part went into production before the palletized machining cells were installed, so the existing process involves operations on several stand-alone CNC machines. As time permits, this part's process will be re-engineered for done-in-one production in five axes on one of the cells. The new process will require using the shop's unique fixturing system. In this system, all blanks are pre-machined with a standard shape that matches modified clamping components.
Looking beyond these short-term projects, however, the O'Rells envision another eventuality to prepare for—retirement. Down the road, they expect to see the next generation of owners and leaders to take over responsibility for the company. Younger members of the management team, such as their son Bob and Josh Church, will have to be prepared to keep the current momentum going.
According to Mr. O'Rell, this vision of the future is part of the picture in which the new machining cells figures so prominently. Mr. O'Rell believes that these cells—and the lean manufacturing principles they embody—will position the company for lasting competitiveness, even in the face of a globalized market for aerospace production. "We want Josh and Bob to grow with this technology and be part of making it happen," he says.
In the months and years ahead, the company does seem to have a lot to look forward to.
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This family began with the marriage of Jerry Lonnie Henderson and Dorothy Evelyn Black on May 18, 1963 in Sheffield, Alabama.
Jerry was born in Itawamba Co. Mississippi to Conard Webster and Ovie Viola (Towery) Henderson. Dorothy was born in Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. Alabama to Grady Lee and Dorothy Lee (Willingham) Black.
Jerry has worked as a full time Gospel preacher since 1971. He has preached in several different states. Jerry resigned from full-time located work in December 2009 and now he and Dottie are living in Florence, AL. For the past few years they have traveled the Pacific Northwest during the Spring and Summer months while Jerry has worked with several small congregations throughout that region. For Jerry's reports from these trips select the Jerry's Blog link under Jerry and Dottie in the menu above. As of March 2013 Jerry is working full-time with the Sunnyside Church of Christ in Sunnyside, WA. Dorothy is a happy homemaker and has worked on the family genealogy since 1978. She is putting all of her records on the Family Tree Maker program.
Jerry and Dorothy have four children: Daniel Lee, Mary Elizabeth, Jeffrey Scott, and Timothy Ray.
Dan married JoBeth Melton on November 22, 1984 in Sheffield, Colbert Co. Alabama. JoBeth is the daughter of Glenn and Jo (Smith) Melton. Dan and JoBeth have four wonderful children: Rachel Lee born in 1986, Rebekah LeAnne born in 1990, Ruth Leah born in 1993, and Isaac Lee born in 1993. Dan has been preaching the Gospel since 1994. After over 12 years in Jasper, TX, Dan now preaches for the Church of Christ at Tanner St in Malvern, AR. Rebekah's life on earth ended in an automobile accident in the fall of 2010. Her faithfulness to God and family will always be remembered and admired. Ruth and Isaac are now on their own and both are seeking music degrees at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX.
On September 23, 2008, Dan & JoBeth's oldest daughter, Rachel, married Andrew Armitage in Jasper, TX. Andrew is the youngest son of John and Carolyn Armitage. They now live in Lumberton, TX and worship with the Dowlen Road Church of Christ in Beaumont, TX as do Ruth and Isaac.
Mary Elizabeth (Beth) works at Belk's in Florence, AL and attends East Florence Church of Christ.
Jeff married Tonya Anne Gautney on June 5, 1993 in Center Star, Lauderdale Co. Alabama. Tonya is the daughter of James and Kathy (Kennedy) Gautney.
Tim married Anna Maria Burney on December 15, 1995 in Florence, Lauderdale Co. Alabama. Anna is the daughter of Jackie and Anita (Hargrove) Burney. Tim and Anna have a wonderful daughter Brooklyn Nicole born 1998. Their son Austin Bryce was born in 2005. Tim, Anna, Brooklyn and Austin live in Rapid City, South Dakota, where Tim preaches for the Southside Church of Christ.
You will also find Matthew Allen, the son of Sam and Donna Allen, included on these web pages. Matt is a fine gospel preacher that Jerry and Dorothy refer to as their "son". We have "claimed" him as our "son" since we lived in Malvern, AR in 1978. Matt married Becky King in June of 1994, they have a daughter Emilea born in 1996 and a son Zackary born in 2000. Matt is now working with the Kettering Church of Christ in Kettering, OH.


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Daisho of Japan says sayonara to Huntington
Daisho of Japan is no longer serving yakitori and ramen in the heart of Huntington. No sushi either. Or anything else. The restaurant has closed, as has the Huntington village branch of Dragon Gate, which had offered Chinese takeout from an entrance around the corner.
When Daisho opened last fall, its yakitori was exceptional, as was its soul-warming ramen soup. The restaurant garnered a two and a half star rating and was among Newsday's Top Ten picks of the year.
But a visit last month showed the restaurant had fallen upon hard times. The place was empty, the service as halfhearted as my ramen soup with eel, which was stingily portioned and wan in flavor.
A call to the affiliated Dragon Gate in Huntington Station elicited the information that rental issues were behind Daisho's closing.


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Film, VideoAll-American news. [1944-03]
All American news III All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include segments about Harry McAlpin, the first African-American reporter to be given White House press credentials;...
- Contributor: Barnett, Claude - All American News, Inc - Alexander, William D. - Owen, Chandler - Glucksman, E. M. (Emanuel M.)
- Date: 1944