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Money Flow
Tung Twista, Do or Die Buy This Song
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[Featuring Tung Twista] Now for some typical reason I'm rollin up some hoes and pattin my back seat hah My pimpin lyrical tactics is like a dirty kid flippin on a mattress Now flex this Verse One: Tung Twista Now I just be On the front porch with a torch ready to scorch two women peepin me cause really I'm gone In the zone they havin thoughts of freakin me keepin me company bumpin me for the privacy I'm on They can see I'm a cool muhfucka kickin the petty down with a tango on my razor fade Peanut butter complexion to silly processions of bitties a fifty sack got some reefers and a razor blade Like a game of Spades, crack the bullshit these days was made for me to devise strictly games that paid Women freakin me greedy lickin me doin body graffiti throwin they panties up on the stage, are you up on the age? Two players in the Chi, you're thinkin Do Or Die you and I can be naked cause I'm the love that you've been thinkin of The style of flow is a vocal calico to show you with the mic I be speakin love, what's the words, weak and numb Go to my crib, no need to bring a mask and glock try not to pass the block, gettin more hot than the astronauts sippin After Shock I ball cause I see you all on Rap-a-Lot let's get parley and then crack the spot Plenty Henny for my crew and I ain't even broke up half a knot Keep on holdin me while I roll to be we can smoke or ride and you can play with me to keep the passion hot Don't you know how the money flow Chorus: Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how the money flow Verse Two: Belo Mmmm, now they peep a brother Rolex Try and get race car, heavy on the skin tech Money clean like Windex givin up the ave like a brother gonna pass, but the hoe check Hoe flex I'm on the avenue, lay it back sip a half a brew So I see if I can have a fruit a peep show like the hoe when she thinkin bout me havin you She laughin too, and pass a few, beads around Smokin trees till the leaves come down She be clothed ain't a skeezer now, show em the paper that be caught up at your crib with your pantses down But money maker want a triple take Look at the nigga with the endless dividends of heavyweight See him ridin in the see-A, D-I, double-L, A-see always checkin paper in tall ways Pull em off the sprawlways Herd a couple hoes in clothes and I'm supposed to be all day Parley parley, dog that's how the money flow Chorus: Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how we do it in the 'O Don't you know Verse Three: AK-47 Bend the block with the indo, blowin out my window Rolex on my side do', lean back in the slow flow Gettin paid as the night go I see some fly hoe, tell me where you crib at Where's the place that you live at? Hit you on the phone till you be all alone so we can get it on baby just kick back Swiggin brews and Perrier Thick chick with a booty like a plizayer do AK (to where) to the pen And to tell all my niggaz to keep it strong They ain't got long (to what) to see where the niggaz is kick it where a nigga kick it Go where I go Cadillac to the show Po Pimp f*ck the dough hit the stage and become wicked Get the money and ride out, go back to the hideout Take a woman to the bed and spread them thighs out I'ma pull my surprise out Then my boys was flyin out, but two girls were chasin Deep in Chicago, been doin this since the nine-oh Comin up put a number on fryin hoes Let the money flow Chorus: Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how we do it in the 'O Verse Four: Nard Now for some typical reason I'm rollin up with a hoe and I'm pattin my back seat I pimp lyrical tactics like a dirty kid flippin on a mat never could I come flexless, when I wreck shit Then be dip through the Chi and enjoy my Lexus Better blow when you bob your head, to the fed shit Why you waitin for the next kid, motherfucker makin money just wanted to take a little get the dick wet Get my girl in bed Spend my money in the Southern, motherfuckers that's thuggerin, but I'ma come from the heart for start to stop all the niggaz the bigger the trigger the larger the dividends Pimpin and paperin leavin sugar in Till money flow like a dreamland But really though, could you tell me how the money flow? Chorus: Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how we do it in the 'O Don't you know, how the money flow Don't you know, how we do it in the 'O
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Novus Shares Latest Advances in Poultry Nutrition at ESPN 2015
Experts highlight the advantages of feeding high-quality MINTREX® chelated trace minerals over alternative mineral sources
ST. LOUIS (Sept. 4, 2015)— More than 1000 participants gathered in Prague, Czech Republic to attend this year's European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN). The ESPN gives industry representatives the opportunity to learn from one another by discussing critical topics in their fields. Novus International, Inc. was a diamond sponsor of the event and presented its latest advances in poultry nutrition with seven research posters.
Novus is dedicated to enhancing nutrition programs for the broiler, layer and breeder segments, and brings nearly 25 years of expertise in improving productivity in animal agriculture with sustainable solutions. During the ESPN, Novus hosted a lunch forum on mineral environmental constraints presented by Dr. Laura Star, Poultry Nutrition Researcher at Schothorst Feed Research. An overarching message at the lunch symposium was that producers can reduce the excretion of zinc, copper and manganese into the environment by lowering total levels of these minerals in animal diets, as well as increase safety margins by supplementing feed with phytase and organic mineral sources.
"Feeding high-quality chelated trace minerals offers significant advantages when it comes to animal performance," commented Dr. Alain Bourdonnais, Sr. Marketing Manager EME at Novus. "When compared to other organic and inorganic mineral sources, chelated trace minerals offer an improved technology that helps animals reach optimal nutrition even with reduced mineral supplementation. By including lower concentrations of chelated trace minerals, this not only alleviates minerals excretion concerns, but also significantly improves production efficiency."
For more information about Novus's presence and presentations at the ESPN, visit www.novusint.com/ESPN2015.
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(Olympia) A new state program allowing the private sector to conduct driver knowledge and skills testing has produced more good news for visitors to DOL offices: the shortest wait times in nearly a decade.
The new program allows driver training schools and school district driver training programs across the state to conduct driver knowledge and skills testing for new driver license applicants.
Moving those testing services outside of DOL removed some of the most time-consuming transactions at the agency's licensing service offices.
In recent months, the average statewide wait time at licensing service offices has remained steady at 10 minutes.
Driver licensing offices are currently maintaining the best wait times we've seen in eight years, despite an 11 percent increase in licensed drivers, and the closing and consolidation of several licensing offices over this time period.
Shorter wait times at those offices are also attributed to service innovations, including expanded online and mail-in options.
In 2012, nearly one-quarter of DOL's 3.4 million driver transactions were done by people who didn't step foot inside an office—by mail or Internet. In five years, that percentage has grown from 5 percent to 23 percent.
The drop-off in foot traffic at those offices provides employees with more time to inspect identity documents and for spending more time at the counter to better serve customers. It also allows more time for community outreach
To conduct driver tests, driver training schools must be licensed with the state or be part of a state-certified public school driver training program. They have to apply for the authority to administer driver testing, and are subject to audits and record checks.
After passing the tests, customers go to a licensing office to obtain their license. Customers are still required to pay the driver license application fee to DOL. Driver training schools will set the fee they charge for the tests.
The program is the final phase of implementing House Bill 1635, which gives the Department authority to contract with private driver training schools, school districts and motorcycle training schools to conduct some knowledge and skills tests. The bill was passed in an effort to reduce wait times in licensing service offices.
For a list of state-approved driver training schools, go to:http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/testing.html.


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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to land in March for 16k?
Local media over at Bulgaria got some details on the much leaked and anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, specifically pricing and release details.
Tablet.bg reports that the tablet will launch by the end of March. The WiFi only version will be around 699 Bulgarian leva (359 EUR). We have to note that the European price is significantly higher than the usual. Take for example, the iPad Mini costing around 340 EUR, while here on the Philippines, it's significantly cheaper.
We just did simple proportions, and we can estimate that the base model for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is expected to hit the Philippines between Php16,000 and Php17,000.
The report also said that a 3G variant may be coming at 869 Bulgarian leva (449 EUR) as well. Applying the same methods, we can estimate that the 3G Galaxy Note 8.0 may be worth an extra Php3,000.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 expected specs:
8-inch display @ 1280×800 pixels, 189ppi
1.6GHz quad-core Exynos processor
16GB and 32GB internal storage
with microSD support up to 32GB
5MP rear camera
1.3MP front-facing camera
Bluetooth 4.0
Li-Ion 4600 mAh battery
Android 4.2 Jellybean with TouchWiz
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been announced as the headline speaker at next week's Apps World North America event in San Francisco. Apps World is returning to San Francisco with the two day event expecting to attract for than 8,000 attendees and is designed to deliver the latest insight into the multi-platform apps ecosystem.
Keynote speaker Steve Wozniak will be sharing his experiences and insights into the industry with developers in the Developer World conference stream at 9.10 on February 5th, opening the two day show. Steve's keynote address will be followed by a live Q & A session with the audience.
"I'm delighted to be speaking at Apps World, sharing my experience of 30 years in the mobile and computing industry, as well as learning from and feeding off the passion and enthusiasm of the app developer community in attendance," Wozniak said.
Meanwhile Paul Irish, Developer Advocate for Chrome, and Kristian Segerstrale, co-founder of Playfish will also be joining the keynote line up, giving their insights and experiences of the apps industry and leading a stellar line-up of over 300 industry leaders.
Alongside the 11 workshops at the show covering the entire ecosystem including Retail, Payments, HTML5, API strategy, mobile strategy and TV apps there will also be 2 live hackathons happening on the exhibition floor and 7 start up zones demoing the next wave of app technologies.
Ian Johnson, MD of Six Degrees and Apps World organizer said, "We're delighted to welcome Steve, Paul and Kristian to this year's event, giving their perspectives on the mobile app ecosystem."
To see Steve Wozniak, Paul Irish and Kristian attendees can register here.
Now in its 4th year, Apps World has grown to be the leading global multi-platform apps events covering mobile, TV, HTML5, enterprise, gaming and more. This year's event is the second year the Apps World series has visited San Francisco. With over 8,000 developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals expected for two days of high level insight and discussion.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FibroGen, Inc., today announced results of a 2-year clinical study demonstrating that surgical implantation of biosynthetic corneas formulated with the company's proprietary recombinant human type III collagen (rhCIII) restored vision and promoted nerve regeneration (restoring sensitivity) in patients who had corneal damage and significant vision loss. The results of this phase 1, investigator-sponsored study were published today in Science Translational Medicine.1
Corneal damage and disease are major causes of blindness worldwide. In countries where tissue banking is available, such as the US, treatment is by implantation of human donor corneas. However, there is a severe shortage of human donor tissue worldwide. Patients who do receive donor human corneas, however, can still suffer complications, such as tissue rejection. Corneal prostheses, made from synthetic plastics are used in limited cases, but only where human donor grafts are contraindicated or have been repeatedly unsuccessful. These synthetic alternatives are not designed to replace donor tissues or promote tissue regeneration.
FibroGen pioneered the development of recombinant collagen production technology and is the only producer of rhCIII. Since 2005, FibroGen has collaborated with Dr. May Griffith of Linköping University, senior author of today's publication, to develop biosynthetic corneas molded from chemically cross-linked rhCIII. The biosynthetic implants are designed to mimic the human cornea, which is composed mainly of the protein collagen.
"Recombinant human collagen is a viable replacement for naturally occurring human collagen that does not have the limitations of human donor tissue or animal-sourced collagens, such as risk of disease transmission and availability of donor supply," said Dr. Griffith. "Our study provides proof-of-concept that corneal implants composed of recombinant human collagen can promote tissue regrowth and restore vision."
"These clinical results suggest that our collagen could potentially provide an important option for patients by reducing risk of disease transmission and increasing supply of corneal implant material in the face of the worldwide shortage of human donor corneas," said Thomas B. Neff, Chief Executive Officer of FibroGen. "This product concept continues to be improved and additional studies are planned."
About the Phase 1 Study
In the clinical study, 10 patients with corneal disease underwent resection, followed by surgical implantation with rhCIII-based biosynthetic corneas. Two-year post-surgery results demonstrated that 100% of the transplanted corneas remain viable at two years, cells from the patients' own corneas had grown into the implant, and nerves that had been severed during surgery regrew. In addition, the blink reflex and tear film were restored. In terms of visual acuity, at 24 months, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity improved in six patients, remained unchanged in two patients and decreased in two. None of the patients experienced any rejection reaction or required long-term immunosuppressive therapy, serious issues associated with the use of human donor tissue.
Unmet medical need for a biosynthetic corneal implant
Loss of vision due to corneal disease or trauma affects over 10 million individuals worldwide, but lack of access to good quality donor tissue severely limits the number of transplant procedures that can be done, particularly in the developing world. In the US, an estimated 42,000 corneal grafts are performed annually using optical tissue from cadavers; however, graft rejection can occur, and failure rates are significant. In addition, the mandatory use of steroids with cadaver-sourced corneal material limits their successful use to certain patient populations. Fully synthetic prostheses (without biological activity) have been developed, but their use has been limited to cases where human donor tissue fails repeatedly or cannot be used. Moreover, apart from the US, in most countries, tissue donation and banking systems do not exist.
About FibroGen's recombinant human collagens
FibroGen is the only producer of highly purified, fully characterized recombinant human type III collagen (rhCIII) intended to replace similar animal- or human-derived materials currently used in a variety of medical, pharmaceutical, and consumer applications. FibroGen uses proprietary recombinant methodology in a yeast expression system with human DNA sequences to develop synthetic versions of human collagens essentially identical to the native protein. Mixtures of various collagen types found in animal-sourced collagen are nearly impossible to segregate. FibroGen has been able to produce specific types of recombinant human collagen (e.g., types I or III) consistently and reproducibly. FibroGen has developed simple, scalable purification processes that provide highly purified and reproducible lots of protein in any desired quantity, and employs a series of rigorous analytical tests to ensure lot-to-lot consistency and high quality.
About FibroGen
FibroGen, Inc. is a biotechnology-based drug discovery and development company using its expertise in the fields of tissue fibrosis, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) biology to discover, develop, and commercialize novel therapeutics for fibrotic disorders, diabetic complications, anemia, conditions associated with tissue damage or injury, cancer, and other areas of unmet medical need. FibroGen also develops and produces recombinant human collagens and gelatins using unique production technology that provides the basis for FibroGen's proprietary cosmetic dermal filler and biomaterials supply business.
For more information about FibroGen, Inc., please visit www.fibrogen.com.
1Fagerholm P, et al., A Biosynthetic Alternative to Human Donor Tissue for Inducing Corneal Regeneration: 24-Month Follow-up of a Phase 1 Clinical Study. Science Translational Medicine Volume 2 (25 August 2010).


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If the headline sounds familiar, there's a reason.
In addition to being a near unanimous preseason No. 1 team in this year's USA Today coaches poll, Alabama received all but two first-place votes in this year's preseason Associated Press top 25 poll. To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Tide are overwhelming favorites to get back to the BCS championship game, the final one before the start of College Football Playoff.
It's the fourth time Alabama has been voted a preseason No. 1 team by the AP. However, only three times in the past 31 years have the AP preseason No. 1 team won a national title (Florida State in 1993 and '99; USC in 2004).
Ohio State, the team many feel will challenge for a BCS title in 2013, received a No. 2 ranking with one first-place vote. Pac-12 North foes Oregon and Stanford come in a No. 3 and No. 4, and Georgia rounds out the top five with the final first-place vote. South Carolina comes in at No. 6, Texas A&M — currently with Johnny Manziel — ranks at No. 7, Clemson at No. 8, BCS title dark horse Louisville checks in at No. 9, and the Florida Gators finish out at No. 10.
The SEC leads all conferences with six teams in the poll, five of which are in the top 10. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have five teams each, with the Big 12 placing four teams. The ACC has two representatives, while the AAC and Mountain West each have one. And if you're getting a sense of déjà vu, you're not (completely) crazy. Nineteen of the teams featured in the AP and USA Today poll are in the exact same spots.
Below is the full top 25 poll with first-place votes in parentheses.
1. Alabama (58)
2. Ohio State (1)
3. Oregon
4. Stanford
5. Georgia (1)
6. South Carolina
7. Texas A&M
8. Clemson
9. Louisville
10. Florida
11. Florida State
13. Oklahoma State
14. Notre Dame
15. Texas
16. Oklahoma
17. Michigan
18. Nebraska
19. Boise State
22. Northwestern
23. Wisconsin
25. Oregon State
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 95, Baylor 92, Virginia Tech 86, Miami 85, Arizona St. 53, Kansas St. 43, Fresno St. 36, Vanderbilt 19, Washington 17, Northern Illinois 16, Mississippi 11, Utah St. 8, Georgia Tech 6, Arizona 3, Cincinnati 3, North Carolina 3, Penn St. 2, BYU 1.
Some other notes from this year's preseason poll:
— Alabama's 58 first-place votes match Florida in 2009 for the highest percentage in poll history.
— In the past five years, four AP preseason No. 1 teams finished 10th or lower.
— Alabama is No. 1 in an AP poll for the sixth straight year. Since the poll began in 1936, only Miami (1986-92) has accomplished that feat.
— This is the seventh time that Ohio State has been named the No. 2 preseason team in the AP poll.
— Oklahoma State's No. 13 preseason rank is the lowest a Big 12 team has been ranked to the start the season in conference history. Says something about how wide open the conference looks to be this year.
— Stanford (No. 4), South Carolina (No. 6) and Louisville (No. 9) have their highest AP preseason rankings in history.


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A moonshot for energy
by Barry
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy made a momentous speech at Rice University. As he stood on that podium, he challenged the nation to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
Kennedy acknowledged that the mission would be expensive and probably dangerous.
But he explained its importance in these words: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills."
History shows the nation accepted the challenge and, with an unprecedented partnership between government and private industry, successfully landed that man on the moon. As Kennedy predicted, the world was forever enriched by the knowledge and technology of that effort.
Today the country needs a leader who will step up to the podium and challenge the country to mobilize in the same manner to solve the impending energy crisis. As the nation's need for electricity runs head on into a desire to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, it's becoming increasingly clear: We need a moonshot for energy.
No matter who moves into the White House in 2009, the next president likely will make climate change legislation a priority. It's already being debated in Congress.
What's not clear is whether the next president will have the courage of a Kennedy to put the full resources of the U.S. government behind meeting the challenges of a carbon-constrained world. Officials at Associated Electric Cooperative say one of those bills now being debated in Congress has the potential to add $500 million to the price Missouri co-ops, and the Missourians they serve, pay for wholesale electricity.
What may be sound environmental policy Missourians can support could become greatly flawed energy policy Missourians will oppose. It doesn't have to be that way.
The goal of reducing carbon emissions can be achieved without making electricity a luxury only the wealthy can afford — but only if government partners with industry to remove the uncertainties facing research and development of new technology.
When President Kennedy made his great speech, he did not threaten economic sanctions should industry fail to meet his lofty goal. Instead, he offered the full support of the government to get the job done.
Because it represents consumers, your electric cooperative is working to provide elected officials the information they need to make good policy decisions. Co-op members want to know how much this is going to affect their reliability and increase their electric bills and what elected officials will do to make it affordable.
To help in that effort, a Web site has been set up where members can start a dialogue with their elected officials. If you have Internet access, you can start the conversation with your elected officials now at www.ourenergy.coop. Or you can go to your electric cooperative office and ask for their assistance to contact your U.S. senators and representative.
Your participation could make a huge difference in the future price of electricity.
If another leader like John F. Kennedy emerges on this important energy moonshot, we wil tell him or her to lead and we will get behind them. Like JFK realized long ago, government has to be part of the solution when America tries to find the affordable technology needed to produce energy and reduce carbon.
Forcing the problem on the consumer's back through higher rates doesn't provide the leadership we are looking for and increases the importance of you and your family getting involved — NOW — by going to www.ourenergy.coop.
Hart is executive vice president of the Association
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Afternoon Tea at Atwood Cafe
Just for the holidays, Atwood Cafe is offering an afternoon tea menu, so stop by before year-end if you want to check it out. At the corner of Washington and State streets, it's the perfect pit stop as you trudge up and down State Street doing holiday shopping. They serve 40 covers a day for tea, and reservations are required.
Executive chef Derek Simcik doesn't have a pastry chef so he is responsible for both the savory and sweet side of the menu. Simcik started out as a savory chef, but first transitioned to desserts while working in kitchens in Vienna, Austria. He was born in Athens and has lived everywhere from Tunisia to Tokyo. It's only been the last nine years that the 30 year-old has lived in the United States and he's spent the past four years as the executive chef at Atwood.
Simcik's afternoon tea menu is not the most traditional nor the most extravagant, but it's one of the tastiest and best executed I've had. Plus, the cozy atmosphere amidst Christmas lights and wreaths is a great perch for people-watching along State Street.
The three different finger sandwiches are pretty simple, but sometimes simple is best. I love that they serve four of each sandwich even at tea for two, so there is plenty to go around. I was especially impressed with how soft the bread was. When sandwiches are prepped in advance, the bread often becomes quite dry at the edges, so I appreciate Atwood's commitment to freshness. The sandwiches here are made less than half an hour before the reservation and covered with a damp cheesecloth to keep them moist. A cucumber tomato vegetarian sandwich is served with Greek yogurt and celery salt for a slightly different and very refreshing twist on cucumber watercress. House-smoked salmon is pretty standard, with pickled red onions and crème fraîche, but with generous portions of salmon. Chicken salad sliders on sesame brioche round out the trio.
The scones at Atwood are a far cry from what I expected, but in a good way. These square biscuits are lighter and flakier than their British counterparts and each bite is punctuated with dried blueberries and raisins. A touch of still soft royal icing (scones are glazed to order) on top impressed, adding just enough sweetness to the fluffy scones. Instead of Devonshire cream, the scones are served with cream cheese, raspberry jam, and maple whipped cream. The whipped cream and jam are made in-house and absolutely delicious. I didn't even touch the cream cheese. The biscotti were a little on the sweet side, but very tasty when dipped in tea.
The sweet tray is a chocoholic's dream. At first, I thought this might be too much chocolate, but Simcik uses a Costa Rican 72 percent organic dark chocolate, and it's so good I can't complain. Plus, he pairs the chocolate with fresh strawberries and raspberries. The macarons are quite good, even if the chocolate overwhelms the buttercream fillings with the pistachio, lemon, and vanilla flavors. The raspberry macaron (filled with the same jam that's served with the scones) is the only one that is enhanced by the dark chocolate coating.
Afternoon tea served is served from 2-3:30pm daily in December, except Dec. 25 & 31. The cost is $35 per adult, $20 per child under 12 and $10-12 extra for bubbles.
For more afternoon tea in Chicago, check out Allium's offerings at the Four Seasons.
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Living and Working in Montana
Welcome to Big Sky Country where everything is larger than life. From mountains and river valleys to the spectacular Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, Montana offers majestic natural landscapes and a wealth of adventure. With summer festivals, fall harvests and a wonderland of winter activities, you and your family will be engaged outdoors all year around.
Providence Health & Services is one of Montana's largest health care providers with more than 40 clinics, two hospitals and over 2,000 caregivers across western Montana. Our hospitals are located in the thriving college city of Missoula, and Polson on the shore of Flathead Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. Providence also sponsors the educational mission of the University of Providence, Great Falls.
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One of the great misnomers in the dog world is the Great Dane. The dog has very little to do with Denmark, and no one has provided any good evidence that the originated there. However, the current consensus position is that it is a German breed. Its name in most other languages is usually a direct translation of "Deutsche Dogge," which means German mastiff.
However, I think a third possibility exists, one that I think is backed up by some historical accounts of these dogs. I think it may be that the mantle and harlequine (and white, merlequin, and mantle) dogs actually were from Denmark, while the other colors originated in Germany.
The first piece of evidence that brought me to this possibility is in Alfred Brehm's Life of Animals (1896). Although Brehm's book includes images of "tiger" German mastiffs (harlequins), it also shows an image of a "Danish dog." This Danish dog is a mastiff-type, and it is very similar to some of the German mastiffs in the book. It's just harlequin.
On the next page, Brehm has a depiction of some German mastiffs. The dogs are fawns, but they are virtually identical to the Danish dog in every way. The Danish dog has a thicker coat, but that might be an adaptation to the colder climate of Denmark.
Brehm did not put these two breeds together. Instead, the author discussed the breeds as being similar, but that the German mastiff's true colors was not harlequin– even though the book includes to images of two "tiger" German mastiffs. The exact text on the Danish dog and the German mastiff discusses them as if they are quite distinct from each other, and that the German mastiff was derived from the Danish dog:
To this group [the mastiffs] belongs, in the first place, the Danish Dog…though it may be considered a cross between Greyhound and Bulldog. He is a large, handsome animal of noble shape, has slender legs, a smooth tail and large, beautiful eyes; the muzzle is tapering, but, like the whole body, is of stouter build than that of the Greyhound.
Much more common than the Danish Mastiff or Dog is his near relative and descendant, the German Mastiff…distinguished as much for its beauty as its sagacity, and popular in Germany for still another reason. Who has not heard, or, at least read about, Bismarck's "Dog of the Empire"? The German breeders have been successful in developing this breed (which originally bore the title of the parent stock or that of "Ulmer Mastiff") to such an extent that for the last decade it has only borne the name of German Mastiff.
Its fur is short and thick, both on the body and on the tapering, slightly curved tail. The color is a uniform black, light or dark gray, brownish or light yellow. The lightcr.tints are sometimes brindled with darker hues; and those of a light gray ground-color usually have spots of a darker tinge; while those German Mastiffs that have a fur of uniform color frequently show white marks on breast and toes. The ears are of moderate size, placed high on the head, and are, as a general thing, partially split [cropped] (pg 218).
The center for this breed's development was Ulm, hence the name "Ulmer mastiff." Ulm is in the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg, but it is on the border with Bavaria. Historically, it has been in both Württemberg and Bavaria, as well as being its own free city for several centuries.
If you know anything about German geography, Ulm is in the south of the country. Denmark, while bordering on Germany, borders it to the north.
It is not impossible for German mastiffs to descend from the Danish dog, but it seems to me more likely that they were different forms of the same leggy mastiff type. I also don't think that these dogs were necessarily derived from crossing greyhound-types and mastiffs either, even though this was a common formula for British greyhound breeders to produce a "deer greyhound." The large genome-wide study on domestic dogs origins places the Great Dane with the rottweiler, a farm mastiff that was not regularly used for hunting. They could have some slight greyhound ancestry, but it is more likely that they are nothing more than modified mastiffs. This relationship with the rottweiler, which is associated with the town of Rottweil in the Swabian Jura in what is now Baden-Württemberg (where Ulm is also located), strongly suggests that southern Germany is the place of origin for the breed we call the Great Dane.
However, the evidence suggests that there actually was Danish dog. It probably got absorbed into the German mastiff or modern Great Dane breed. Brehm's text claims that German mastiffs were not marked in the same way as the Danish dog, but that the two breed's were similar. Perhaps similar enough to interbreed them to produce the "tiger" mastiffs that also appear in the Brehm book. "Tiger" is the German word for merle, and it is used to describe both dapple dachshunds and blue merle herding dogs.
Now, my reading of Brehm's dichotomy between German mastiffs and Danish dogs got me thinking.
I had originally poo-pooed the notion that there was any kind of Danish mastiff, except for the Broholmer.
But Brehm had me reconsidering my previous assertions.
I had to go back to the source.
The first person to mention Le Grand Danois (the Great Dane or Large Danish dog) was Buffon. In Buffon's Natural History: General and Particular (1781) , the large and small Danish dogs are mentioned. An image of the large Danish dog is provided. It apppears to be what we would call a mantle or "Boston" Great Dane:
Buffon contended that the "Irish greyhound" (the original Irish wolfhound) and the large Danish dog were the same breed. That may very well have been the case, but neither of these dogs exists today. And thus we cannot make comparisons using modern dogs. The Irish wolfhound as it exists today is recreated, and as I noted earlier, the dog we call the Great Dane today, which is an ancestor the modern Irish wolfhound, is a close relative of the rottweiler. Buffon wrote:
The large Dane, the Irish greyhound, and the common greyhound though they appear different at the first sight, are nevertheless the same dog; the large Dane is no more than a plump Irish greyhound; and the common greyhound is only the Irish greyhound, rendered more thin and delicate by care; for there is not more difference between these three dogs than between a Dutchman, a Frenchman, and an Italian. In supposing the Irish greyhound to have been a native of France, he would have produced the Danish dog in a colder climate, and the greyhound in a warmer ; and this supposition seems to be proved by the fact of the Danish dogs coming to us from the north, and the greyhound from Constantinople and the Levant (pg. 321).
This analysis suggests that the original Danish dog was in the greyhound family. Perhaps it was a deer greyhound with both mastiff and greyhound ancestry.
Other editions of Buffon's work, show a different depiction of the large Danish dog. While the original edition depicts a mantled dog, the 1833 edition shows a white dog with speckles.
This dog is not a harlequin, if we are to accept the artist's rendering. It is a Dalmatian-spotted dog. However, there was a tendency to group Dalmatians with the Danish dog, usually under the assumption that the spotting on both dogs is the same. It is not. Dalmatians are a ticked dog with an undetermined genetic modifier that causes them to have "communion wafer" spots. As I've noted earlier, the dog we call the Dalmatian today is most likely a derivative of the pointer family. There are, however, dogs that have been called Dalmatians that are more like the harlequin Great Danes or Danish dogs. The Bolognese artist Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) painted a "Dalmatian" in the seventeenth century. The dog in this painting is an obvious harlequin marked dog that looks like a large sight hound, not a speckled pointer.
It may be that the word "Dalmatian" is a corruption of the word Danish. The two words can easily be confused. And somehow, the smaller pointer-type dog got dragged into this name, even though it is of no relationship whatsoever to the German mastiff or the Danish dog.
And there are contemporary dogs in Denmark that look like this large sight hound-type. There is famous painting of Raro, a dog bred by King Frederick III of Denmark and presented to his daughter-in-law, Princess Magdalena Sibylle. This painting is also from the seventeenth century. The dog appears to be a "mantle" dog, but it appears to be a dilute liver or Isabella, a color not seen in modern Great Danes at all. This dog is quite similar to the "Dalmatian" in the Domenichino work, albeit with a shorter muzzle. This dog could also be a sable with the liver dilution gene, instead of the more common black sables, which are what most modern fawn Great Danes actually are. It could also be a cryptic merle, like this dog.
So there actually were dogs of this sight hound/ mastiff type in Denmark. The only images of these dogs I've found have been mantles or harlequins. As Brehm pointed out, the German mastiff breed was fawn, brindle, gray/blue, or black.
The six accepted colors in the modern Great Dane are exactly these same colors. However, harlequin doesn't breed true. It is a merle dog with one copy of the harlequin gene that was only recently discovered. However, its inheritance was understood, and it was known that breeding two harlequin Great Danes together would produce merles, whites, merlequins, and harlequin puppies. One never could get harlequins, and that is probably why the Danish dogs came in both harlequin and mantle. One of the three "breeding families" in Great Danes is the one where harlequins and mantles are interbred. Mantle or Boston Danes and homozygous black Danes are the only acceptable outcross colors to harlequins. That's partly because the harlequin gene is hidden when bred to a color other than merle, and the harlequin gene is lethal in utero. That means that one can have severely reduced litter sizes if one is breeding two dogs that unknowingly carry the harlequin gene. There is also an issue with breeding double merles, which is always a touchy subject. A certain number of double merles are going to be produce through breeding single merle to single merle. Some of these dogs are likely to have issues with their eyes and ears. White Great Danes are double merles with one copy of the harlequin gene, and can be produced through breeding two harlequins. All of these are problematic within this breeding family, but if you breed a merle dog to a fawn or brindle, there is a chance that some of the puppies can be cryptic merle. And when one breeds from one of these cryptic merles, one can unintentionally produce double merles– with all the possible health problems.
For those reasons Great Danes are still bred in color families.
However, I think part of the reason why these dogs are kept in color families is that the harlequins and mantles originally came from different stock than the other colors. They may have actually come from the hunting dogs of Denmark, while the other colors are from an indigenous German hunting mastiff strain, which is closely related to the rottweiler. The German hunting mastiff absorbed the Danish dogs, which were sight hounds with some mastiff ancestry.
It is well-known that most show quality Danes are fawn. The secondary show color is brindle. And the brindles and fawns were part of the early "improved" show Dane that was established in both Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth century. Most of the show Danes in Britain in the early days were of these colors, and the early show standard was based upon them.
It was often said that blues and blacks lacked breed type, but the blues and blacks formed a color family within the breed, so they were occasionally outcrossed to a fawn of good type. A black Dane that didn't carry blue would be bred to a superior fawn dog, and the best puppies would then be bred to blacks until they produced no fawns. Then the high quality homozygous blacks would be bred to blues to improve that type.
However, the mantle-harlequin family is much harder to improve in this fashion. As late as the early twentieth century, harlequins often were quite different in their body types from the standard fawns and brindles. This photo of three Redgrave Great Danes includes the well-known Ch. Viceroy of Redgrave standing next to what has to be an imported harlequin. I say "has to be," because the dog is cropped, and ear-cropping was banned in Britain in the 1890's.
This shows that the harlequin or tiger dogs were of a different type than the more established show lines of fawn and brindle.
This different type may be the result of the harlequins having a slightly different ancestry than the other colors, which I contend were the real Danish dogs.
The German mastiff is the modern Great Dane. However, there actually was another Great Dane. Buffon's Great Dane, sometimes called a Dalmatian, was actually a large sight hound that was closely aligned with both old Irish wolfhound and the greyhound. The dogs may have been nothing more than unusually colored Danish deer greyhounds, which were greyhounds with some mastiff ancestry. I don't know of merle sighthounds off the top of my head, but all European sight hounds are closely related to herding dogs, which are famous for their merle coloration.
The German mastiff is derived from mastiffs from southern Germany. These dogs likely share an ancestor with the rottweiler, based upon genetic studies and upon simple geography. The commoners bred their southern German mastiffs to herd, haul, and guard. The nobles bred theirs to hunt bears and boar– which is where we get another name for the German mastiff, "the boarhound."
The German mastiff or boarhound breed became popular as a pet, because it became a potent symbol of national unity within the German Empire. The improved pet German mastiff of the early German Empire absorbed the remaining Danish dogs– in a sort of parallel to how the Prussians conquered Schleswig and Holstein and later saw to it that both were made part of the German Empire.
But there actually was a Danish dog. It now exists only in the splotchy harlequin-mantle breeding family of the Modern Great Dane.
German mastiffs and Danish dogs became the Great Dane.


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Downtown Diane reins in her busy life by cooking.
Even in the calm and comfort of her own Pikesville kitchen, Diane
Macklin is in perpetual motion. She makes coffee with her new single-cup
Keurig brewer, throws open the doors of a cabinet to show off her
Indian spices, rifles through a recipe notebook to share her favorite
dishes, and quickly pulls items out of her refrigerator.
She has no qualms about showing off the homemade, basil-infused
vodka, which she proceeds to serve (at least on this weekday) well
before noon. "I'm on my fourth cup of coffee," explains Macklin, more
commonly known as "Downtown Diane." "That's why I'm so revved up."
But truth be told, the diminutive dynamo ("barely 5 feet," she
giggles) is always on the go. She's an entertainment, food, and travel
reporter, who dishes on hot happenings in and around Baltimore on her
website downtowndiane.net (she has more than 4,900 followers on Twitter)
and does a gig with 105.7 radio on the Norris & Davis Show.
When she isn't out and about, though, she can most often be found in
her homey kitchen, whipping up cauliflower curry stew for her daughter,
Jessica, 20, and meatloaf for her husband, Larry, and son, Josh, 18.
Preparing family holiday favorites, such as apple kugel (see recipe),
is also part of her repertoire. "I found this recipe on a cooking
website a few years ago," says Macklin. "I wanted something to add to
the Passover table that was a little bit sweet. Since you can't eat
noodles on Passover, I decided to substitute farfel [broken pieces of
matzo] for noodles. It's not your typical kugel, but my guests have
always loved it."
Macklin's sunlit kitchen—stocked with cookbooks (Roy Yamaguchi,
Rachael Ray, and Gertrude's John Shields among them), a wine rack, and
ample seating for family and friends—is the hub and the heart of the
home. "I've thought about redoing this kitchen," she says, "but I love
the light and the white, and I really use this kitchen. I have a friend
with a two-million-dollar house who doesn't know how to turn on her
oven, and I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?'"
The all-white kitchen is also a perfect backdrop for the colorful
Macklin who was named funniest girl at both Pikesville Middle and
Pikesville High schools. "I am the only girl in the family, and I have
two brothers," says Macklin. "I was always around my brothers' friends
and had to be outgoing."
Radio personality Steve Rouse can attest to her persona. "Diane is a
cross between Joan Rivers and Mother Teresa," says Rouse, who helped her
get started in radio. "Pretty crazy and very giving and caring, all at
the same time."
Macklin has always been a foodie. "Ever since high school, I've
worked for almost every restaurant in Baltimore," she says. "At various
times, I worked at Lee's Ice Cream, Sizzler ("I quit after the first
night because they told me to clean the dining room," she says,
laughing.), Miller's Deli, and York Steak House. "My favorite was
Lee's," says Macklin. "I still make an amazing milkshake because of
working there."
As a mass communications major at Towson University, Macklin interned
with radio and TV personality Eddie Applefeld, who was then marketing
director of Lexington Market. "I was in charge of leading the school
groups and teaching them about the different types of foods sold there,
including tripe and pig's feet," says Macklin, who went on to become a
marketing director for a Baltimore-area Domino's Pizza franchise at age
Although Macklin takes frequent cooking classes (at Roy's and Chef's
Expressions, for example), her own taste buds have been her greatest
"The secret to being a good cook," says Macklin, "is putting your own
touch on a recipe. If something calls for a certain amount of an
ingredient, do it according to your own taste. That's key. In the
kitchen, you have to be fearless."
Passover Apple Kugel
- 2 cups matzo farfel
- 4-6 apples (preferably Granny Smith), peeled and diced
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
- Cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fill a medium-sized pot half full of
water and bring to boil. Add farfel and cover. After five minutes, when
farfel has softened, drain.
In a separate bowl, mix remaining ingredients, adding cinnamon to
taste. (She likes to add cinnamon to the mixture and then sprinkle more
on top before baking as well.)
Add the drained farfel to the mixture. Mix well and pour into a baking dish. Bake for one hour.
Serves 8 to 10.


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You're not quite sure how — or when — it happened. You used to have so much fun in bed, but suddenly your sex life just isn't what it used to be. By 11 p.m. you're more interested in The Daily Show than in a steamy session with your guy. Even when you do work up the energy, sex feels so...predictable. The excitement, even the passion, are MIA.
The thing is, you like sex — a lot. And you love your partner. So what gives? "There are all kinds of emotional barriers to having good sex, from poor body image to boredom," says sex therapist Laura Berman, PhD, director of the Berman Center in Chicago and author of The Passion Prescription. "The good news is that you can get beyond them and reconnect with your sensuality."
Ready to light your fire? These moves will make sex hotter, happier, and just plain sexier.
1. Like yourself naked.
Women who have the best sex lives feel good about their bodies, says Joy Davidson, PhD, a sex therapist in New York City and the author of Fearless Sex. "They see themselves as strong and sexy." Unfortunately, according to Berman, up to 80 percent of women in the United States suffer from a negative body image. "Typically, when a woman looks at herself, her eyes go straight to her problem areas," says Berman. "She carries that feeling into the bedroom, and when her partner's kissing her thighs, she's busy thinking, 'God, I'm so fat!'" To boost your body confidence, give yourself a reality check. The next time you're at the store or in the gym, take a look around you at all the attractive women who are a variety of shapes and sizes. Remind yourself: There is no one ideal. Then ask your partner what he loves about your body, and write it down. Read the list every morning. Finally, compliment yourself. At least once a week, stand in front of the mirror naked and focus on your favorite features — your toned arms, your firm butt, your gorgeous breasts. Touch each part and say aloud what you like about it — this will help to reinforce your feelings, says Berman.
2. Make the mind-body connection.
Think about those moments in your life when you feel completely in tune with your body. Maybe it's after you finish a long run — your blood is pumping and you're relaxed and exhilarated. Or perhaps it's when you do yoga and achieve a mind-body meld. Chances are, this doesn't happen often enough. "When a woman has a negative self-image, she tends to disconnect from how her body feels," says Berman. To reestablish the bond, do something that makes you feel good in your skin at least once a day — treat yourself to a massage, go apple picking with your kids, wear the jeans that give you an ego boost the minute you slide them on. "Whenever you're tuned in to your body and what it's capable of, you're naturally more sensual," says Davidson.
3. Swear off sex.
It's extreme, yes, but highly effective. That's because when you tell yourself you can't have something, you want it even more. The same is true in the bedroom — especially if you and your partner have been together for a while and sex has become automatic. Instead of focusing on the end game, learn to enjoy the sensuality of sex. Tease yourself — and him. Get undressed, dim the lights and take turns exploring each other's bodies. "When you're the one doing the touching, concentrate on communicating love and sensuality to your partner," says Berman. "When you're on the receiving end, let yourself feel the sensations of each and every stroke. This will help you reconnect with each other on a whole new level." Not only that but by the time you're done, you'll be so excited you'll barely be able to stand it. Hold off (if you can!) for a night or two, to let the anticipation build.
4. Add a few thrills.
After a few years together, it's easy to get lazy in bed. But you both deserve better. "If you don't put energy into your relationship, you won't get energy out of it," says Davidson.
Research shows that new and adventurous activities may stimulate the brain to produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter that plays a key role in sexual desire. Do something daring outside the bedroom and dopamine levels may skyrocket — along with your sex drive. Challenge your guy to a heart-pounding activity like rock climbing or white-water rafting. "Experiencing something new and exhilarating together helps replicate that feeling you had in the beginning of your relationship when you couldn't get enough of each other," says Berman.
5. Tell him how to turn you on.
"Men want to be your knight in shining armor when it comes to sex — they're eager for you to tell them what feels good," says Berman. "The problem is, so many women are out of touch with their bodies they have no idea what to say." Help him, and yourself, by showing him what turns you on. Put your hand on top of his and guide him in how you want to be touched — including how much pressure to use. When you're ready to move on to oral sex, or to bring in a few sex toys, speak up. "This is the only way he's going to know what works for you," says Berman.
6. Change your routine.
When you're stressed out, it's impossible to feel sexy. That's because when a woman experiences chronic tension, her body produces higher levels of oxytocin, a chemical that cancels out the effects of the sex hormone testosterone. As a result, your libido takes a nosedive. Recharge your sexual batteries by doing things that let you break free from your hectic everyday life, says Berman. Play a CD that reminds you of your college days and sing along. Splurge on something you'd normally never buy — like platform pumps — and wear them for a girls' night out. When you're relaxed and feeling good about yourself, sex will start to seem within the realm of possibility again.
7. Make the first move.
A recent study at the University of Virginia found that the leading predictor of a woman's marital happiness was the level of her husband's emotional engagement. If you two are spending quality time together, you're happy. But when you're feeling disconnected, your relationship and your sex life suffer. Here's why: You need to feel close to him to be inspired to make love, and he often needs sex to feel close to you, explains Berman. How to break the stalemate? Make the first move, says Berman. "Do something simple like thanking him for taking out the trash. When you give him a little gratitude, it's a huge bonding moment for him." In response, he'll start tuning back in to what you need, and you'll be much more likely to want him in return.
8. Turn chores into foreplay.
Even in this enlightened age, women still spend about an hour more each day than men on household chores and childcare. No wonder we're not in the mood — we're tired! Research at the University of Washington shows that when men pitch in around the house, their wives are much more likely to be satisfied with the relationship and to want more sex. "All he needs to hear is that helping out is a form of foreplay," says Berman. The next thing you know, he'll be pushing past you to wipe the counter, change the kitty litter, and unload the dishwasher.
9. Leave your house.
You know it's good to escape — from work, the kids, the dust bunnies — and concentrate on each other. If you can't head off for the weekend, go out to dinner instead. But mix it up a little: Pick a place you've never been and order a dish you've never had. Better yet, visit him at work. Seeing him in a place that doesn't have anything to do with you will reveal a different side of him and reconnect you with the person you fell in love with. "You might see or learn something surprising that makes you view him in a sexier way," says Berman.
If you need another reason to exercise, consider this: Working out is a great way to boost your sex life. "It stimulates not only the body but the nervous system and the brain," says Davidson. "So you're more physiologically excited and more receptive to sex." Exercise strengthens your cardiovascular system, improves circulation, and gets blood flowing to all the right places. It also gets you in the mood by reducing stress and boosting your self-esteem. Working out gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment, says Berman. "When you do it consistently, it makes you feel good about yourself."


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Bad Hersfeld in north-east Hessen is known for the festival that takes place amid the world's biggest Romanesque church ruins. Martin Luther was attracted to this romantic town and preached here during his travels through Hessen.
Two years after Luther's visit, Bad Hersfeld became Protestant. Luther did not stay in Bad Hersfeld itself but at Eichhof Castle, three kilometres to the south. Originally built as a moated castle by the abbots in the 14th century, it symbolised ecclesiastical as opposed to worldly power. Today the splendid Luther room, now a popular wedding venue, is a reminder of his fleeting visit - even if he probably never actually stayed in this room.
Bad Hersfeld is on both the German Half-Timbered Houses Route and the Via Regia cultural route. The 14th century church and the many timber-framed buildings in the town centre are reflections of its long history.
Garden lovers will adore the glorious Park of the Seasons, which is part of the European Garden Heritage Network and was runner-up in Germany's 'most beautiful park' competition in 2008.
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Impossible-to-spell-correctly-on-the-first-try supercar maker Koenigsegg recently made a one-off version of their Agera supercar for a Chinese customer. Named after a delicious sandwich, the Agera R BLT allegedly cost the owner nearly $5 million.
And now he may never see it.
The car was commissioned by an anonymous Chinese businessman that wanted something a little more special than the already exclusive Koenigsegg Agera R.
This car, dubbed the BLT after Koenigsegg's customization division, has specially colored blue carbon fiber and red accents. But when it entered China, all of that customization didn't mean anything to customs, who immediately seized the car.
It was seized because customs says it was being smuggled. That means the importation tax wasn't paid on the car. China is apparently cracking down on cars like this being smuggled. It's unclear if the owner will ever actually get the car, but if he is able to he should expect a pretty big fine for trying to skirt the tax regs.
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The purpose behind the following articles is to give a little insight into lighting technology. The reader should be put in a position to understand information provided by manufacturers of lights and to compare them order to get a help for his purchase decision. Target is not an in-depth scientific representation. Rather I have tried to find an simple and easy to understand approach.
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The pulse of the midcoast after dark beats in downtown Rockland.
By Will Bleakley
Photographed by Hillary Steinau
[A] disco ball hangs in the center of Rock City Café, night and day. You know, in case of an emergency.
Rock City is Rockland's daytime hub, but everyone knows that the town doesn't go quiet once they stop serving coffee. The café needs to be prepared for whatever night brings. Throughout the day, this warehouse-like space attracts a cross-section of Rockland — suited professionals going over notes, budding writers working on their unproduced screenplays, museum curators, Japanese chefs, retirees reading the local papers. It's a certain mix of old and young, square and hip, that's rare for a Maine town without a liberal arts college.
This same crowd — not the exact one, but close enough — can be seen at night going to the Strand, the ninety-year-old independent movie theater, concert hall, and cornerstone of Rockland's nightlife. If you look down Main Street when the crowd of hipsters and seniors (the target demographics for the Strand's cinematic fare, i.e., any new Woody Allen film) exits the theater, it can feel like there's no place more alive in Maine than Rockland at that moment, however brief.
The signs for the Strand and Fog Bar & Cafe, as well as Robert Indiana's "Eat" art installation above the Farnsworth Art Museum — all reminiscent of marquees on a Broadway theater — light up Rockland's downtown. If the midcoast had a Times Square, this would be it. The theatergoers pour onto the main drag, often with a dangerous nonchalance, treating it like a pedestrian avenue. Those who are done for the night head to their cars, while the rest disperse around town. In the summer it's a leisurely stroll. In the winter, a mad dash.
A first date that's going well continues in the dim lighting of In Good Company, a wine bar. A group of friends, eager to argue about the film, grabs a late dinner at Suzuki, or they split duck nachos at Fog Bar where Casablanca is being projected on the back wall. A married couple heads to 3Crow, Rockland's newest addition, for a quiet cocktail, while an older man orders a Budweiser at Rock Harbor and watches the end of whatever game is on. In the distance, sounds of a nineties cover band at the Time Out Pub and inebriated karaoke at Myrtle Street Tavern echo in the street.
In November, other coastal towns are shut down for the night, or worse, for the entire season, but the Strand keeps running all year and Rockland stays vibrant. There's no comparison to big city life, although no one moves to the midcoast in search of that. But Rockland has a pulse, yearround, and on any given night there's something to do.
I didn't always appreciate that about my town. I haven't lived in Rockland long. Just two years. I was in Portland before Rockland, and New York City before Portland. For each transition I always had a somewhat condescending emergency escape plan. In Portland I knew I could easily see family in New York. When I moved to the midcoast, I was a ninety-minute drive away from my girlfriend of four years in Portland's West End. Right after we broke up, over the phone on a cold January night, I ended up in Rockland's downtown. The Strand had already gotten out, and Main Street was dead, but the post-show crowd could be seen through the frosted windows.
A new set of lights flashed at the southern end of the street. At Rock City, the tables and chairs had been pushed aside and the disco ball was spinning. Around one hundred people, dressed up as their New Year's resolution, packed the space and were dancing until midnight. I joined until the last song.
Knowing that disco ball hangs in Rock City, right across from the Strand, in case of emergencies, makes all the difference.


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Here are some unusual name combinations I've come across recently.
First Name + Middle Name
Above Hope Demmell
(female, married in 1619 in England)
Alma Mater Hughes
(female, born in 1887 in Texas)
American Queen Ingrain
(female, born circa 1894 in Alabama)
Americus Discoverer Le Ballister
(male, born in 1838 in Maine)
Apple Pie Bell
(male, born in 1886 in Georgia)
Apple Seed Powell
(female, gave birth in 1954 in Texas)
Atom Nucleus Blackwell
(male, born in 1983 in California)
Bacchus Naughty Orgill
(male, had a baby in 1841 in Jamaica)
Birds Eye Conrad
(male, born in 1871 in Indiana)
Biscuit Foot Cobbin
(female, born circa 1939 in Texas)
Bitter Jam McClellan
(female, born circa 1925 in Oklahoma)
Black Eye Wesley
(female, born in 1892 in Georgia)
Burger King Austin
(male, born circa 1856 in California)
Catfish Hunter Kay
(male, born in 1997 in Texas)
Cloudy Day Canaan
(male, born in 1885 in Pennsylvania)
Confederate American Kenner
(female, born in 1863 in Utah)
Country Dream Patterson
(female, born in 1987 in Texas)
Easter Daybreak Mullarkey
(female, born in 1891 in Scotland)
Egyptian Pyramid Wade
(male, born in 1993 in Texas)
Electric Music Sparks
(male, born circa 1896 in West Virginia)
Emancipator Lincoln Quinn
(male, born in 1889 in Mississippi)
Equal Rights Gotcher
(male, born circa 1865 in Arkansas)
Evening Star Babcock
(female, born in 1979 in California)
Gold and Silver Gadbury
(female, gave birth in 1909 in Texas)
Gold Dollar Davis
(female, born in 1893 in Virginia)
Gold Dust Fauntlery
(female, born circa 1903 in Arkansas)
Holly Berry Pharo
(female, born in 1880 in England)
Hush Vocal Bryant
(female, born circa 1914 in Oklahoma)
Ice Cream Goldsmith
(female, born circa 1871 in Alabama)
Ice Snow Franklin
(female, born in 1899 in Georgia)
Jelly Bean Carlton
(female, born in 1931 in Texas)
Jesus Mosquito Mansul
(male, born in 1953 in the Philippines – Mosquito was the mom's surname)
Joy In Sorrow Godman
(female, married in 1614 in England)
Lemon Lime Clay
(male, divorced in 1992 in Florida)
Lucky Boy Turipa
(born in 1948 in New Mexico)
Magic Brilliance Carter
(born in 1987 in North Carolina)
Magic Enchantress Creamer
(born in 1974 in California)
Mint Julip Wilson
(male, born circa 1921 in Illinois)
Northern Pacific White
(male, born in Minnesota in 1872)
Nucleus Demon Johnson
(male, born in 1987 in Texas)
Obey The Lord Jenkins
(female, born circa 1904 Georgia – sister of Prase)
Ocean Wave Hamilton
(male, born in 1888 in Texas)
Orange Lemon Thomas
(male, born in 1859 in Ohio)
Panama Canal Caldwell
(female, born in 1912 in North Carolina)
Pearl Shell Adams
(female, born circa 1901 in Tennessee)
Penny Nickel Sutherland
(female, married in 1987 in Florida)
Prase The Lord Jenkins
(female, born circa 1903 in Georgia – sister of Obey)
Quiet Glow Kellough
(male, born in 1881 in Ohio)
Rasp Berry Nelson
(male, had a baby in 1954 in North Carolina)
Red Apple Thomas
(female, born circa 1885 in Iowa)
Remember Death Comper
(male, born in the late 1500s in England)
Rocky Mountain Kennedy
(male, born in 1884 in Arizona)
Rose Of The Sea McKay
(female, born in 1884 at sea aboard the Duke of Westminster steamship)
Salary Grab Hamrick
(male, born in 1880 in Illinois – a reference to the Salary Grab Act apparently)
Sanspariel Audacious Thomas Philpott
(male, born in 1892 in England)
Somebody Nobody Lord*
(male, married in 1992 in Nevada)
*This one is a name change. Don't know what his birth name was.
South Pole Mitchell
(male, born circa 1908 in Georgia)
Star Spangled Banner Osborne
(male, born circa 1860 in Illinois)
Sterling Silver Slayden
(male, born in 1966 in Texas)
Summer Solstice Walker
(female, born in 2001 in Minnesota)
Superior Inches Brown
(male, born circa 1858 in Wisconsin)
Supreme Intelligence Thomas
(born in 1983 in New York)
Treasure Trove Kittenger
(female, born circa 1895 in West Virginia)
United States America Cook
(female, born in 1896 in Ohio)
Vernal Equinox Richardson
(female, born in 1898 in Texas)
Vice President Evans
(male, born circa 1918 in South Carolina)
Vocal Refrain Rose
(female, married in 1951 in West Virginia)
Washington Territory Stockand
(male, born circa 1869 in Washington Territory)
Yankee Doodle Norris
(male, born in 1910 in Tennessee)
Similar names from other posts: April Fool Harris, Acts of the Apostles Kennett, Aussie Trooper Kenna, Cash Money Smith, Christmas Carol Porter, Christmas Day Wagstaff, Christmas Eve Hayes, Dawn Siren Lingerman, Dee Day Edwards, Easter Lily Gates, Eclipse Glasses Banda, Eiffel Tower Sutherland, Emancipation Proclamation Coggeshall, Encyclopedia Britannica Dewey, Fearless Mentor Williams, Friday February Eleven Biddle, Harley Quinn Smith, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Legal Tender Coxey, Louisiana Purchase O'Leary, Luna Eclipse Hill, Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer, Nanda Devi Unsoeld, Oregon Territory Winters, Pitbull Shotgun Collier, States Rights Gist, Thursday October Christian, Union Jack Smart, Victory Pearl Harbor Moore.
First Name + Last Name
American Born*
(female, born circa 1854 in Georgia)
*This is her married name. Not sure what her birth name was.
American Crook*
(female, born in 1836 in Tennessee)
*Another married name.
Bitter Apple
(female, born in 1874 in Tennessee)
Bitter Berry
(female, born in 1845 in Alabama)
Black Berry
(female, born circa 1925 in Washington)
Bum Dials
(male, born circa 1934 in Kentucky)
Cashmere Obedience
(male, born in 1907 in the Philippines)
Cheese Bologna
(male, born circa 1879 in Austria)
Continent Walker
(female, born in 1594 in England)
Copious Midgett
(male, born circa 1894 in North Carolina)
Cucumber Pickle
(male, born circa 1850 in Michigan)
Danger Dangervil
(born in 1943 in Florida)
Death Bugg
(male, born in 1746 in England)
Death Knox
(female, born circa 1927 in Mississippi)
Delicious Bacon
(female, born in 1895 in Georgia)
Dewdrop Trulove
(female, born circa 1933 in Mississippi)
Elder Berry
(male, born circa 1901 in Minnesota)
Every Evelyn
(female, born circa 1917 in Alabama)
Gold Mine
(male, born circa 1901 in Alabama)
Green Land
(male, born in 1886 in Tennessee)
Honorable Charming
(male, born circa 1782 in England)
Howdy Guy
(male, born in 1784 in England)
Ineeda Nunn
(female, born circa 1915 in North Carolina)
Larceny Luckydoo
(female, born circa 1914 in Arkansas)
London England
(male, born circa 1914 in Canada)
Magnetic Love
(female, born in 1912 in New York)
Many Moore
(female, born circa 1880 in Pennsylvania)
Married Young
(female, born circa 1923 in Tennessee)
Minnie Merrycats
(female, born circa 1880 in Utah)
Mud Brown
(born in 1877 in Wisconsin)
Much Moore
(female, born circa 1900 in Georgia)
Mustard Mustard
(female, born circa 1841 in Delaware)
Need Butler
(male, born circa 1933 in Pennsylvania)
Never Fail
(male, married in 1928 in Oklahoma)
Nude Mann
(male, born circa 1871 in Ohio)
Obedient Beard
(male, born circa 1852 in Indiana)
Odious Nutt
(male, born in 1879 in Texas)
One Moore
(male, born circa 1869 in Missouri – the youngest sibling in the family)
Orchestra Harp
(male, born in 1873 in Kentucky)
Phoebe Beebee
(female, born in 1876 in England)
Pullman Carr
(male, born circa 1906 in Illinois)
Scholastic Sauce
(female, born circa 1889 in Louisiana)
Scot Land
(born in 1959 in Wisconsin)
Sea Shore
(male, born circa 1892 in Kansas)
Silence Bellows*
(female, born in 1896 in New York)
*Another married name.
Slipper Wearing
(female, born circa 1873 in South Carolina)
Smart Strong
(male, born circa 1923 in Arkansas)
Smelly Cotton
(male, married in 1906 in Texas)
Some Moore
(male, born in 1850 in Virginia)
Square Kitchen
(born in 1909 in Illinois)
Strong Beer
(male, born in 1846 in Indiana)
Superb Bullocks
(female, gave birth in 1916 in Ohio)
Teaspoon Typhoon
(born in 1953 in Michigan)
Tender Shoulders
(female, born circa 1939 in Kentucky)
Village Millage
(male, born in 1872 in South Dakota)
Wiggle Messenger
(male, born in the 1700s in Massachusetts)
Similar names from other posts: Cole Sellar, Constant Agony, Dill Pickle, Gettysburg Battle, Lottery Lament, Norman Conquest, Orbit Moon, Sacred Mango, Soda Popp, Ten Million, Truly Wright, Wrigley Fields.
Middle Name + Middle Name
Beata Apple Tree Hitchens
(female, born circa 1845 in England)
Ernest Big Boy Sloan
(male, born circa 1896 in South Carolina)
Lorelei Pink Dragonfly Dunlap
(female, born in 1996 in Texas)
Mary-Francis Morning Star Adams
(female, born in 1929 in Texas)
Nephi United States Centennial Jensen
(male, born in 1876 in Utah)
Ngan Ha Milky Way T Tran
(female, born in 1976 in Texas)
Oscar Church Bell Kham
(male, born in 1983 in Texas)
Shawn Country Cowboy Cunningham
(male, born in 1978 in Texas)
Shawn Hugh Hefner Moore
(male, born in 1975 in Texas)
Sidney Sweet Apple Granger
(male, born circa 1880 in England)
Similar names from other posts: James Good Hope Sky Martin, John Hodge Opera House Centennial Gargling Oil Samuel J. Tilden Ten Brook, Louis Meadows Brook Verhayden, Isaiah Olive Branch Williams, Rose Mary Echo Silver Dollar Tabor.
First Name + Middle Name + Last Name
Chevy Van Pickup
(male, born circa 1986 in Massachusetts)
Henry Ford Carr
(male, born in 1924 in Minnesota)
Jolly Jingle Bell
(male, born circa 1926 in Arkansas)
Little Bit Moore
(female, born circa 1924 in Tennessee)
South East West
(male, born circa 1932 in Oregon – an older brother was named North)
Sun Shine Summers
(female, born circa 1924 in Texas)
Supreme Knowledge Allah
(born in 2002 in Minnesota)
Tell No Lyes
(born in 1734 in England)
Similar names from other posts: Crimson Tide Redd, Happy New Year, Merry Christmas Easter, Trailing Arbutus Vines.
Which of these name combinations is your favorite?
I think I'd have to go with Married Young from the first + last list.
[P.S. For some of the above, I assumed the state where the person was issued a social security number was also the birth-state. I realize now that this isn't always the case. Sorry about that. If you've found a mistake, feel free to correct me in the comments.]


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Story highlights
- Forecasts storms push Endeavour's final flight back a day
- NASA still hopes to deliver the orbiter to Los Angeles by Thursday
- The shuttle made 25 space flights between 1992 and 2011
NASA says bad weather has forced it to put off the piggyback flight of the space shuttle Endeavour to California, where the now-retired spacecraft will be put on display.
The space agency announced Sunday that it has pushed back the start of the multi-day flight until Tuesday, a day later than planned. Storms forecast over the Southeast prompted the delay, NASA said in a statement announcing the postponement.
NASA still hopes to deliver Endeavour, the baby of the shuttle fleet, to Los Angeles by Thursday, the agency said.
The spacecraft and its Boeing 747 carrier are slated to make several stops and low-level flyovers along the route, with overnight stops in Houston -- home to the mission control center for the U.S. manned space program -- and at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California. Dryden is located at Edwards Air Force Base, the landing site for the first shuttle missions.
The jet-shuttle combo will make low-altitude passes over NASA's Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the agency's Michoud Assembly plant near New Orleans, where the shuttles' external fuel tanks were built; over the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, a last-resort landing site where shuttle pilots trained; and over San Francisco, Sacramento and other northern California sites.
Endeavor is scheduled to be on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles by late October. Built as a replacement for the ill-fated shuttle Challenger, it made 25 flights into space between 1992 and 2011.
The other two surviving orbiters, Discovery and Atlantis, are also being put on display at museums. Atlantis will be at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida; Discovery at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum annex in Virginia.


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Job Title: Assistant Librarian
Department: Youth Services
JOB PURPOSE: Under the direction of the Department Head, support the overall mission of the library by effectively providing library services to customers and their caregivers.
Essential Job Duties:
1. Provide customer-focused in-person and virtual reference and reader's advisory services to children from birth-eighth grade and their caregivers.
2. Assist with maintaining the circulating children's and teen's collections in collaboration with Youth Services professional staff.
3. Prepare and merchandize department displays and continually maintain interactive areas.
4. Assist in planning and presenting diverse and creative programs for children and their caregivers, including story time, craft programs, technology classes and other activities that support literacy and creativity.
5. Assist Youth Services professional staff to plan, promote and provide outreach services for area schools, preschools, daycares and community organizations. 6. Prepare booklists, website information, and promotional literature as assigned.
7. Ensure all policies and procedures of the Barrington Area Library are followed.
8. Serve on planning committees and attend library meetings as requested.
9. Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:
• Knowledge of and enthusiasm for children's literature.
• Ability and aptitude to teach and educate customers and staff in one-on-one or group situations.
• Ability to use creative problem-solving skills and communicate effectively.
• Familiarity with current technology along with essential troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work rotating and various work shifts including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to travel locally, as needed.
Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to:
• Demonstrate the ability to strategically balance the Library's goals and customer needs.
• Successfully assist in the facilitation of projects and programs.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Learn and utilize the Library's technology and procedures effectively.
• Demonstrate flexibility to work various shifts to accommodate the needs of the position.
Education and/or Other Requirements:
• Completion of bachelor's degree.
• Relevant work experience with children in a service-related industry is preferred.
Physical Requirements:
• Ability to frequently see, walk, sit, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and transport equipment and furnishings not to exceed 20 lbs.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate fluently in English.
• Dexterity to perform data entry on a computer, laptop, iPad, or other electronic device.
• Visual acuity sufficient to read print in 8 point font.
Note: This job description describes a general category of jobs. In order to meet the needs of the Barrington Area Library or its departments, employees may be assigned other duties, in addition to or in lieu of those described above, and any duties are subject to change at any time.
The Barrington Area Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Library will review any reasonable request for accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Interested? Download and complete the PDF application, then email it along with a cover letter and resume to email@example.com for consideration.


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Scott Brown will not run in Senate special election
Republican was presumed to seek Senate vacancy left by John Kerry
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, who lost his Republican re-election bid to Democrat Elizabeth Warren in November, said he will not run in the upcoming U.S. Senate special election.
"Over these past few weeks I have given serious thought about the possibility of running again, as events have created another vacancy requiring another special election," Brown wrote in a statement.
Brown's statement continued, "Even so, I was not at all certain that a third Senate campaign in less than four years, and the prospect of returning to a Congress even more partisan than the one I left, was really the best way for me to continue in public service at this time. And I know it's not the only way for me to advance the ideals and causes that matter most to me."
"That is why I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate in the upcoming special election."
MORE: Read Scott Brown's full statement
The decision by Brown's decision means the Republican Party will look to find another candidate for the June 25 election.
Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday appointed William "Mo" Cowan, his former chief of staff, to serve as the interim U.S. senator for Massachusetts until a special election is held June 25 to fill the seat left vacant by John Kerry's confirmation as the nation's next secretary of state.
Many presumed Brown would seek the Senate vacancy left by Kerry. Sources told the Associated Press earlier this week Brown was "leaning strongly" toward running.
Thursday, the deputy campaign finance director for Brown was elected leader of the Massachusetts Republican Party.
Democratic Congressman Edward Markey of Malden and Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Boston will both face-off in a Democratic primary.
The Democratic and Republican primaries are scheduled for April 30 and the special election for June 25.


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The long-running patent lawsuit in which TiVo sued Dish Network and its former division, EchoStar, has been settled with the defendants agreeing to pay US$500 million to Tivo.
The case was originally brought against the EchoStar subsidiary, which split from Dish Network in 2008.
The dispute has been in the courts since 2004, when TiVo first sued Dish for allegedly infringing its "Time Warp" patents for time-shifting on digital PVRs (personal video recorders).
The settlement follows a ruling in April, under which Dish would have had to disable PVR functions in its boxes. Instead, by agreeing to the payment, Dish can retain these functions. The April ruling confirmed a similar ruling made in 2009, in which a US District Court judge decided that EchoStar's attempt at working around the patents by rewriting its software didn't go far enough.
Dish and EchoStar are to pay TiVo US$300 million up front, with the remainder to be paid in installments from 2012 to 2017.
The kiss-and-make-up settlement includes permission for TiVo to use two of EchoStar's patents in TiVo-branded products; and TiVo will help Dish Networks promote the Blockbuster digital video service it acquired in April. ®


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My brother works at the local aquarium and as it was quiet this weekend he let us in for free. Lot's of fishy things in tanks to take photos of. The jelly fish took endless amounts of fiddling but I'm super pleased with the results.
Archives for December, 2012
Updated Lunar Lander
I've released a minor update to my Lunar Lander clone. Version 0.6.3 0.6.4 fixes a build error when using recent versions of Boost that a couple of people have noticed. There's also a new Dutch translation: Download it here: lander-0.6.4.tar.gz UPDATE: apparently some configure script changes I made cause breakage on FreeBSD so I've released […]