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A rising baseball star is crashing the Super Bowl with his first major national commercial.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, last year's American League rookie of the year and runner-up for the league's MVP, will be featured in a new ad for Subway, along with Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin, Justin Tuck of the New York Giants, Olympic speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno, and boxer Laila Ali, among others.
The ad marks Jared Fogle's 15-year anniversary of losing 245 pounds by eating Subway.
Trout says being part of a Super Bowl ad is ``an incredible feeling.''
The endorsement is a natural for Trout, who grew up eating the restaurant chain's sandwiches (His favorite: chicken teriyaki with hot peppers and oregano)
Since his favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles, isn't playing, Trout says he enjoys checking out the commercials.
``Some get pretty creative, some of them get a laugh, some prove a point,'' he said. ``I'm sure I'll be getting a lot of text messages during the Super Bowl just to mess with me a little bit.''
As for the game, Trout says he thinks San Francisco to win even though he wants Baltimore to prevail.
``I've got a lot of 49ers fans on the Angels, and I know I'll hear it when I get to the spring,'' he said.
Pitchers and catchers report this month, and soon Trout will be playing alongside slugger Josh Hamilton. Trout said he texted the former Rangers superstar to welcome him to the Angels.
``The next thing he said to me was, `Get your legs loose.' I was pretty excited. It will be pretty fun.''
- Beth Harris -http://twitter.com/bethharrisap
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WILMINGTON, Del. - D.O.E. Technologies, Inc. and a related company, doeLegal, LLC will pay $130,000 and furnish other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The Wilmington-based companies sell e-billing, electronic discovery and litigation management products to law firms and corporate legal departments.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Christopher Vely, a sales representative with unilateral conductive hearing loss, repeatedly asked the companies' management to provide the reasonable accommodation of permitting him to telecommute or to work in a quiet area because his disability impaired his ability to make sales calls from his cubicle in the companies' noisy sales office. The companies initially allowed Vely to make calls from his home, but later rescinded his full-time telework arrangement, failed to provide an alternate reasonable accommodation, and refused to engage in the interactive process to determine a suitable alternate reasonable accommodation. In addition, the companies fired Vely in retaliation for his request for a reasonable accommodation, the EEOC alleged.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability. The law also requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the employer. The EEOC filed suit its lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Civil Action No. 11-cv-000861, after first attempting to resolve the matter through its conciliation process.
"It's not only good business sense for employers to make simple and inexpensive modifications to the workplace for a qualified employee with a disability - such as allowing sales calls to be made in a quiet room or permitting telecommuting for certain jobs - but federal law requires that they make a good-faith effort to do so," said EEOC Director Spencer H. Lewis, Jr., of the EEOC's Philadelphia District Office.
In addition to the $130,000 in monetary relief to Vely, the two-year consent decree resolving the lawsuit enjoins D.O.E. Technologies and doeLegal from engaging in any adverse employment actions or retaliation in violation of the ADA and requires the companies to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The companies must provide training on the ADA to all managers and employees and distribute modified ADA reasonable accommodation and anti-retaliation policies. The companies will post a notice regarding the resolution of the lawsuit and will report to the EEOC regarding its compliance with the consent decree.
EEOC Regional Attorney Debra M. Lawrence added, "This settlement, and in particular the extensive training requirements and expanded company policies on providing reasonable accommodations and preventing retaliation, should protect all employees and applicants at these companies from any disability-based discrimination."
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The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 had the following early entries for the family: William Blaunchard in Wiltshire; Reginald Blanchard in Yorkshire; and Robert Blaunchard in Lincolnshire. A few years later the Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire listed Nicholas Blaunchard in Lancashire in 1332. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 include: Willelmus Blaunchard; and Elena Blaunchard. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"The name of Blanchard or Blanshard, which also occurs in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, has long been in the county of Lincoln. John Blauncherde of Lowthe gave £25 for the defence of his country at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Long before this, in the reign of Edward I., we find the name of Blaunchard in the county in the reign of Henry III. the name also occurred in Wiltshire, and, in fact, Blanchard or Blaunchard is also an old Wiltshire name, occurring in the hundred of Warminster in the 16th century." [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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For many, Arthur Avenue is the Italian mecca in the Bronx--affectionately known as the other (some say "true") Little Italy. However, as we recently discovered, it's not the only spot north of Manhattan for sweet Italian goodness. Enter Morris Park, " a roughly rectangular swath of the east Bronx...bordered on the south by Sacket Avenue, on the east by Eastchester Road, on the north by Neill Avenue and on the west by White Plains Road." Now, we'd heard that Morris Park was a good neighborhood for Italian bakeries, but once we saw that even the parking meters were decked out in the colors of the Italian flag (left), we knew it was true. Here's what we enjoyed in Morris Park, the other other Little Italy:
Conti's Pastry: Conti's Pastry shop has been churning out sweetness since 1921, and clearly they're doing something right. The smell upon entering this shop was incredible, and the rows of baked goods in the cases were beautifully arranged and appealing. Keeping it simple we opted for the (huge!) marble pound cake. The buttery cake, threaded with bittersweet chocolate, was a dreamy, light and decadent bite all at once. 786 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx; 718-239-9339. Online at contispastryshoppe.com.
Enrico's: Not far from Conti's, Enrico's Pastry Shop is perhaps a misnomer--while they do have a pastry case, the other items--breads, italian ices, take up a lot more space here. For some reason, the cookies weren't singing to us here--but the filled doughnuts, freshly frosted, were quite good, with no scrimping on the cream filling. 1057 Morris Park Ave., Bronx; (718) 823-7207.
Morrone Bakery: (Cakespy Note: Not to be confused with the late, much-loved Morrone Bakery of East Harlem--though it may be the same family?). They get points off for service (the employee seemed far more interested in text messaging than in talking about the origin of Italian tricolor cookies with us), but really, the attractively displayed and well-lit array of baked goods spoke for themselves. We settled on a cakey tricolor cookie and a few butter cookies. The butter cookies were nicely crumbly; the tricolor cake-cookie held its own--and was certainly a good-looking confection--but wasn't quite as good as the gussied-up version we picked up later the same day at How Sweet It Is in Manhattan. 1946 Williamsbridge Road; Bronx, NY 10461 (718) 828-8111; another location on Arthur Avenue.
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There's a saying that when something happens once, it's a fluke. Twice, we should start paying attention. Thrice, it's no longer mere coincidence but is a definite pattern or trend. When it happens a FOURTH time, then we know something out of the ordinary definitely is going on!
This is the case with the Obama regime and zombies. Yes, zombies. The soul-less walking dead who inhabit the nightmarish world of horror movies. The walking dead who aren't real, except to voodoo cultists like Obama's mother-in-law Marian Robinson.
First, the U.S. federal government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the name of education, published a tongue-in-cheek graphic novel, titled Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic, in March 2011, advising Americans on how to deal with a zombie apocalypse.
In the graphic novel, a "zombie pandemic" has taken place in the southeast of the United States. This is how the CDC describes Zombie Pandemic:
CDC has a fun new way of teaching about emergency preparedness. Our new graphic novel, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic" demonstrates the importance of being prepared in an entertaining way that people of all ages will enjoy. Readers follow Todd, Julie, and their dog Max as a strange new disease begins spreading, turning ordinary people into zombies. Stick around to the end for a surprising twist that will drive home the importance of being prepared for any emergency. Included in the novel is a Preparedness Checklist so that readers can get their family, workplace, or school ready before disaster strikes. Click on the image below to view the novella. A transcript can be found by clicking on the "accessible text" PDF. To order your own copy of the novella click here.
You can also read the comic on the CDC's website.
Next, as reported by Christian Toto of Breitbart on Oct. 29, 2012, Hollyweird director Joss Wedon ("Avengers" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") appeared in a video pimping for Obama. Whedon goes on the attack, saying a Romney administration will bring on "the zombie apocalypse":
The same day, Oct. 29, 2012, the federal govt held a 5-day military exercise in San Diego to defend the United States against — you guessed it — a zombie apocalypse.
As reported by Julie Watson for the Associated Press, hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others participated in a counterterrorism summit, hosted by security firm Halo Corp, at a 44-acre Paradise Point Resort island in San Diego bay. The keynote speaker was former CIA Director Michael Hayden. The five-day summit was an approved training event by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Grant Program and the Urban Areas Security Initiative, which used precious taxpayer dollars to fund the $1,000 per person registration fee and coursework on everything from the battleground tactics to combat wounds to cybersecurity.
Called "Zombie Apocalypse," the Halo exercise followed the CDC's campaign launched in March 2011. In the scenario, a VIP and his personal detail are trapped in a village, surrounded by zombies when a bomb explodes. The VIP is wounded and his team must move through the town while dodging bullets and shooting back at the invading zombies. At one point, some members of the team are bit by zombies and must be taken to a field medical facility for decontamination and treatment.
As described by Brad Barker, president of Halo Corp: "This is a very real exercise, this is not some type of big costume party. "Everything that will be simulated at this event has already happened, it just hasn't happened all at once on the same night. But the training is very real, it just happens to be the bad guys we're having a little fun with. No one knows what the zombies will do in our scenario, but quite frankly no one knows what a terrorist will do. If a law enforcement officer sees a zombie and says, `Freeze, get your hands in the air!' What's the zombie going to do? He's going to moan at you. If someone on PCP or some other psychotic drug is told that, the truth is he's not going to react to you. No doubt when a zombie apocalypse occurs, it's going to be a federal incident, so we're making it happen."
According to a report compiled by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who chairs the investigations subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee:
The marquee event over the [San Diego] summit, however, was its highly-promoted "zombie apocalypse" demonstration. Strategic Operations, a tactical training firm, was hired to put on a "zombie-driven show" designed to simulate a real-life terrorism event. The firm performed two shows on Halloween, which featured 40 actors dressed as zombies getting gunned down by a military tactical unit. Conference attendees were invited to watch the shows as part of their education in emergency response training. […] According to the firm's public relations manager, the exercise was brought about "utilizing Hollywood magic," and setup in a "parking lot-sized movie set [with] state-of-the-art structures, pyrotechnic battlefield effects, medical special effects, vehicles and blank-firing weapons."
Here's a video of the Halo exercise (h/t The Examiner):
Why the zombie obsession?
Maybe "zombie" is a code word for something else?
Sure enough, on the eve of the Nov. 6, 2012 presidential election, after Obama exhorted his supporters to "vote for revenge," a Democrat activist website, RepublicanZombieDefense.com, released a vile "Get Out the Vote" ad in which Obama supporters use machine guns, grenades, garden shears, and chainsaws to maim, behead, and explode — you guessed it — brain-dead zombies.
The zombies are Mitt Romney supporters, i.e., Republicans and conservatives.
And so, now we know why the Obama regime is obsessed with zombies.
The Nazis had dehumanized Jews as vermin and bacillus before exterminating them. Dehumanizing — regarding another as less than or not human — makes it easier to kill that person. After all, we have no qualms killing bugs or worms or chickens or pigs or cows….
Draw your own conclusions as to what it means that the Obama regime and its acolytes dehumanize their political opponents as zombies, and repeatedly fantasize about killing those zombies.


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The classic tune promises that, if we just stay On the Sunny Side of the Street, we'll be "rich as Rockefeller."
On a recent trip to see the great houses of the Hudson River, we treated ourselves to a tour of Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate. It was a brilliantly sunny spring day and, after a month of rain, the gardens were lush and green. For an hour or two, we could at least feel as rich as the Rockefellers.
Why not learn from the experts?
Spectacular setting
Kykuit (Dutch for "lookout") sits atop the Pocantico Hills, near Tarrytown, N.Y., affording spectacular views of the Hudson River. The design of the formal gardens was originally commissioned to the famous landscape architect who also designed New York City's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmstead.
But John D. Rockefeller Sr. wasn't happy with the result and soon began redesigning the property himself. Ultimately, landscape architect William Welles Bosworth was called in to finish the work, creating the Beaux-Arts style gardens visitors see today.
In all, Bosworth created seven distinct gardens at Kykuit, including a Japanese garden, a morning garden, and a rose garden.
Many examples of formal design
While many of the fountains and classical sculptures are from the original period of construction, former New York Governor (and, later, US Vice President) Nelson Rockefeller changed some of the garden terraces and incorporated a number of monumental sculptures into the surrounding landscape.
For those who appreciate formal garden design, Kykuit offers many examples of the use of axes and focal points, mass, scale and proportion, perspective, controlled views, symmetrical balance, etc. [To see examples, scroll through the three photos at top. Click on the arrows at the right base of the first and second photos to go back and forth among them]
For gardeners, Kykuit is a good reality check on how much garden (or how little) we should aspire to, if we want to manage it ourselves.
Shortly after we returned home, our wall of rhododendrons came into bloom and I was thrilled to see that, though not so numerous as those at Kykuit, ours looked splendid. If riches are counted in rhodies, we're doing just fine.
If you go:
Tickets for Kykuit tours can be purchased through Historic Hudson Valley , which also manages ticket sales for nearby historic Philipsburg Manor and its vegetable and medicinal gardens, and Washington Irving's home and Romantic-style landscape, Sunnyside . Tours at both Philipsburg and Sunnyside are conducted by costumed guides.
Be forewarned that, while it is possible to visit all three sites in the same day, it is an exhausting schedule. Plan on returning to your hotel room to catch your breath, or going out for a relaxing dinner afterward.
For armchair travelers:
For armchair travelers and history buffs, the book, "Great Houses of the Hudson River," edited by Michael M. Dwyer, is an excellent reference. The exquisite photos and exacting histories and descriptions in it inspired and motivated our trip.
Lois de Vries, a popular speaker at regional flower shows and garden clubs, writes from her home in rural northwestern New Jersey. To read her other posts at Diggin' It, click here. She's a field editor for Better Homes and Gardens and Country Gardens magazines and has been a contributing editor for other national publications. She was awarded the Jefferson Presidential Award for public service in environmental work. Click here and here to read about her garden design and environmental ideas and her holistic approach to gardening.You can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook.


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Mos Espa is the Tatooine spaceport that not only Anakin Skywalker called home but also held the pod race in Star Wars: Episode I. The location is fictional, but the people who live there right now are very real.
After George Lucas and his crew wrapped filming, they left the set standing — much like they did with the recently saved Lars Homestead. Mos Espa, however, wasn't deserted. People moved in.
Japanese website Rocket News recently visited the spaceport's set in region part of Tunisia. The set, however, now has occupants. One of them was raising birds. Another sold trinkets.
Mos Espa is comprised of between 15 and 20 buildings. According to Rocket News, many of the buildings seemed sturdy, but some were only facades.
Rocket News also visited Luke Skywalker's home in the 1977 film. It's been converted into a hotel called Hotel Sidi Driss that offers bed and board as well as the opportunity to freak out about staying on for one more season and not applying to the Academy.
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Ok nam Park and Sam Oh
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Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29, 2008
Discussions of classification system design are limited to providing technical recipes, lacking detailed how-tos. Previous literature has addressed collaboration in classification system design; however, there has been a lack of discussion on how collaborative system design could be formed, or on the benefits and challenges that exist in system design. The present study aimed to introduce a generic design structure for a classification system with a focus on collaboration. A collaborative model for classification system design involved diverse stakeholders, including domain experts, system owners, catalogers, librarians, designers and evaluators, and described how collaboration works throughout the design process. It investigated the limitations of the current available discussions of classification system design. The value and focal aspects of collaborative design on the basis of literature review are clearly stated 1) to capture diverse perspectives from stakeholders and current problems in the work place, 2) to respect stakeholders as experts, and 3) to keep an iterative design and feedback loop. The results of a case study in Korean Traditional Performing Arts and its design structure were presented. A collaborative model that adopts process analysis techniques from social process models was shown. This generic model of classification system design captures needs, goals, and contexts of a classification system design, the required design criteria and the possibly diverse perspectives from stakeholders. Collaboration in the case study reveals the role and tasks of each stakeholder across an evolving design process. Domain experts provided subject expertise and feedback. Internal stakeholders functioned as information and feedback providers; in addition, these stakeholders acted as an important communication liaison. Evaluators also offered subject expertise. Designers were mainly analyzers, design executors, and sharers of their analysis of domain and design methodologies. The task interdependencies of the stakeholders as a collective group helped designers to incorporate knowledge and prepare the final product.
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'Dance Emerge' dance concert showcases eclectic workDance performance April 18-21 displays talent of 14 young choreographers, 60 dancers
Thursday, April 11, 2013 04:04 PM
Muhlenberg College dancers tell their stories through movement, as the Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance Department presents "Dance Emerge," a showcase for dance works created by emerging choreographers, April 18-21 in the College's Dance Studio Theatre. Jeffrey Peterson and Teresa VanDenend Sorge are co-artistic directors for the concert.
"The choreographers have developed mature works that ultimately explore elements of the human experience, including themes of loss, community, and celebration," VanDenend Sorge says. "An eclectic array of innovative choreography, the concert will run the gamut from contemplation to exaltation."
'Dance Emerge' will showcase 14 choreographers and 60 dancers from the department's dance program, which is among the most highly regarded programs of its kind. The concert features costume and lighting designs by the department's acclaimed professional staff.
Muhlenberg College's Theatre & Dance Department offers one of the top-rated college performance programs in the county, according to the Princeton Review rankings. Muhlenberg is a liberal arts college of more than 2,200 students in Allentown, Pa., offering Bachelor of Arts degrees in theater and dance. It has been named annually among The Fiske Guide to Colleges' top 20 small college programs in the United States, and the American College Dance Festival Association has consistently recognized dances premiered on the Muhlenberg stage for excellence in choreography and performance.
"Dance Emerge" runs April 18-21 in the Dance Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown.
Performances are Thursday and Friday, April 18-19, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 20, at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 21, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for patrons 17 and under, and $8 for students, faculty and staff of all LVAIC colleges. For groups of 15 or more, tickets are $13.
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Antique Mystique
John and I spent the weekend traipsing through one of the South's largest annual antique fairs. BECAUSE THE FUN NEVER STOPS HERE. (And also THE WEATHER WAS VERY NICE.)
Of course, the stuff we like is less "antique" and more "cheap junk we can take apart and make into rayguns." So if it's not broken and/or rusty and/or less than $20, don't talk to me.
Anyway, sometime after our third hour of backing slowly away from tables filled with what I can only assume - going by the prices - were Shakespeare's personal knick-knacks, I had an epiphany:
Bakers, don't change out those old window display cakes; call them antiques and sell them!
Here, I'll get you started:
Lovely Art Deco centerpiece. Very Rare. $1,200 FIRM
See? Not so hard! Just leave out any nonessential details that might hurt the sale, like the fact that the stuffed birds are lined with asbestos.
Buyers like antiques with interesting stories, so be sure to include lots of historical anecdotes with your cakes. Even if you have to make them up.
Authentic WWI-era German Weiner Schnitzel, model THX1138. Very rare. Once gnawed on by the Duke of Gloucester. $7,500 or your left kidney. (Left only! Do not ask me to consider the right!!)
Pop culture items are super valuable, which allows you to capitalize on anything that evokes even the slightest hint of childhood nostalgia:
Batman memorabilia! Very rare. Perfect for collectors! $835 or will trade for 1947 Superman Golden Carrot Trophy with original "Bat-a-Veg" chopper/axe.
(And if you can spot the Batman piece in under 30 seconds, you win a gold star.)
Naturally, vintage Disney items are ideal for
bilking delighting your customers:
Authentic Vintage Disney Snow White collectible cake - complete set! Comes with original 1927 cat litter garnish! Eyeball not included! $4,000
Still, nothing can compete for your client's money quite like antique dolls. And as every serious doll collector will tell you, the creepier those suckers are, the better. Chipped porcelain faces with vacant soul-sucking eyes? BINGO. Shove that thing on a cake, pronto! Preferably face down.
Original Kewpie doll and accessories. Very rare. Found in the ruins of an abandoned asylum. Possibly haunted. Seller not responsible for any damages or demon possessions. Priced to sell. I'll give you $50 if you take it.
Ok, $75. NO RETURNS.
Creepy Kewpie there still isn't THAT creepy, though, so I did you a favor, bakers. See, this weekend I found you the perfect cake topper. So just put one of these on your old cakes...
...and watch it fly out the door!
Probably under its own power.
Because it's haunted.
And will no doubt try to kill you.
Hey, Rebecca H., Ann P., Clara B., Elvira E., Leah B., DON'T GO TO SLEEP.
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Irma Harmeson, 96, of Pleasanton, died peacefully on January 15, 2012 in Livermore, CA.
Irma was born in 1915 in Sidney, Illinois. In 1938 she received a Business Degree from the University of Illinois. She married Robert H. Harmeson in 1940.
Irma enjoyed being a homemaker, raising her children and spending time with her grand and great-grandchildren. In Illinois, she worked at Western Union, Collegiate Cap and Gown, and sold Fashion Two-Twenty cosmetics. Music was important to her as she played both the piano and organ. She and her husband loved to dance. Throughout her life she was active in community women's organizations, her church, multiple military organizations, and Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity.
Irma and Robert retired to Mesa, AZ where they enjoyed many years of travelling and pursuing their hobby - genealogy. After her husband's death, she moved to California and continued her visits to family and friends.
Irma was preceded in death by her parents; brother; her husband; infant daughter; and son, Leigh.
She is survived by her children: Raynor; Terry; Linda, and Leigh?s wife, Janet. She also leaves behind her five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Irma will be dearly missed. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Sunshine Acres, 3405 N. Higley Road, Mesa, AZ 85215 or www.sunshineacres.org.


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Chelsea Day School is a nursery/kindergarten for children ages 2 through 5. It was founded in 1981 by its current director, Jean Rosenberg.
The school welcomes children of all racial, religious and ethnic backgrounds. It is licensed by the Department of Health of New York City and is chartered by the New York State Department of Education and the New York City Bureau of Social Services. Chelsea Day School is a non-profit, educational corporation. The school is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS).


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Yesterday, Jessie, Nicki and I had the pleasure of joining the Denver Craft Ninjas for an amazingly fun sewing workshop where we shared how to sew mittens from recycled felted sweaters. I can't think of a better way to spend an afternoon than sewing and laughing with old and new friends who share the love of creating. If you're involved in a local sewing guild or group, I'm positive you know what I mean!
We started with recycled sweaters that we'd felted in advance. If you've never tried it, felting is a great opportunity to reuse old sweaters that have holes or stains or that you just don't wear anymore. Felted sweater fabric is warm and dense, doesn't ravel and is super easy to sew. You can usually get more than one pair of mittens out of a sweater, depending on the sweater size and how much it shrank during felting. We had two mitten patterns to choose from, one that's made from two pieces and one that has three pieces for a slightly better fit in the thumb. Everyone chose a sweater and started cutting!
The next step was to customize the mittens. It's easier to do this before construction so that you don't have to reach inside the layers to stitch or needle-felt. We had a lot of fun goodies on hand for embellishing, including wool felt and yarn for needle felting and applique, embroidery thread and many, many cute buttons. I brought along pictures of some of the ideas I found last week, but I have to say, I was completely amazed and inspired by how creative everyone was at personalizing their mittens! So many cute and clever ideas!
Miriam used a cable knit sweater and added cute buttons:
Katie used scraps from another sweater to make these super-cute fox appliques:
Liz cut out wool felt circles and added buttons:
Ninja-in-Chief Becky used a Fairisle patterned sweater and matching buttons:
Erin lengthened the pattern and added a cute embroidered monogram to her pink mittens:
Kristina from The Nerdy Sewist added a button and loop to keep from losing her mittens! So clever! Read about her mitten-making experience on her blog.
Amy shortened the pattern a bit and added a cute cluster of buttons:
Elizabeth cut out this lovely snowflake applique:
Betty added a little pink heart and button:
I was really excited to have my mom there! She added these pretty bluebird:
Everyone's mittens turned out fantastic! Thanks again so much to everyone for coming–we loved getting to sew with you!
If you're inspired to make your own recycled sweater mittens, here are the instructions and pattern:
Recycled Sweater Mitten Pattern
Recycled Sweater Mittens Instructions
Be sure to send us photos or post them to our Facebook page when you're done! Happy sewing!


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Chinese Takeout
Following the game's introductory mission, you'll get to explore your safe house and otherwise drive around Liberty City for a minute or two. During this time, you should receive a text message from Tony to meet him at the Maisonette 9 club. Drive due south from your safe house, and you'll get there easily enough, and in short order. Upon your arrival, you'll watch as Luis heads inside automatically, and waits for Tony to conclude a phone conversation. Hereafter, Tony rushes Luis back outside. It appears he needs to be driven to a location in Chinatown.
What's going on in Chinatown? As you'll find out when you're driving Tony to your destination at the southern end of Algonquin (more specifically, at the intersection of Albany Street and Diamond Street), he'll be pretty tight-lipped about what's happening. However, when you finally arrive at your destination, you'll get a better idea of just what's going on. Before you even enter the meeting, you'll see a Chinese mobster speaking with a familiar character (if you've played The Lost and Damned, that is). Then, you'll get your chance to do the talking.
Indeed, it appears something nefarious is afoot. This Chinese mobster will try his hardest to keep things easy and polite, but it won't take long for the conversation to devolve. After Luis is rather clear that he and Luis aren't patsies to sort out the Chinese character's licensing issue, a gun is drawn. Seemingly in a bind, Luis eventually flips the script on this man, kicking the gun out of his hand and sending him to an unconscious swoon on the concrete ground. Unfortunately, a bullet is fired off from the gun, and the noise from the shot has alerted his friends to what's going on up here. Good thing Tony handed Luis a gun on the way over.
This strange looking gun "out of a sci-fi movie," as Luis puts it, will be your best friend as you attempt to get out of this half-finished building. You're several floors up, and getting down to the ground level and back outside will be no easy feat. If you've played Grand Theft Auto IV (and I can't imagine you haven't, if you're playing this DLC), you'll know exactly what to do, how to fight, et cetera. Combat hasn't changed at all. However, if you're in need of some combat-based help, be sure to follow the on-screen prompts as you move forward, since they'll instruct you on all of the rules of combat. There is one thing you'll want to ignore, however, and that's how to swap guns. While this will come in handy later, there is absolutely, positively no reason to swap out your powerful assault rifle for an Uzi. Keep that in mind as you move out.
Take things slowly. Luis is Tony's bodyguard in addition to being his partner, so don't expect Tony to wield a gun and help you out. As far as combat is concerned, you'll be on your own. Don't round any corner without looking first, and be sure to stare down to the bottom of stairwells when you approach them, since enemies are almost always on their way up. This is a pretty straight-forward battle with unintelligent AI, so there's no excuse for dying here, especially because not only will you be drowning in ammunition, but you'll encounter two pieces of body armor moving forward as well, if you need it.
Eventually, you'll reach the building's bottom level, an indoor mall of sorts. This is where your Chinese adversaries will put up their final fight. Clear these enemies out and emerge outside via a double glass door. You won't be able to proceed until the scared (and slow) Tony finally comes down the final hallway and emerges outside himself. Once he does, get in the car and drive him back to his place on Feldspar Street, following the GPS to get you there. Once you arrive, the two partners will, for the time being, bid each other adieu.
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- explore clemson
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explore clemson
clemson university and the surrounding area offer plenty of opportunities to explore both indoor and outdoor activities. if you're looking for outdoor entertainment, our beautiful campus borders the 900-plus-mile shoreline of hartwell lake where swimming, skiing and sailing are favorite pastimes. the mountains are less than an hour away and provide areas to canoe, kayak, white-water raft, hike, camp, snow ski and fish. indoor recreation is even closer to home, with the on-campus fike recreation center, which features multiple courts and studio rooms, an indoor track, a climbing wall and much more. clemson's downtown provides many dining and shopping possibilities. plus it's walking distance from campus.
places to see
here are just a few iconic places on campus to add to your list to explore.
bowman field
stretching out from tillman hall, bowman field was originally a parade ground for clemson cadets. today the field is used for student leisure activities and student organization events.
brooks center for the performing arts
the robert howell brooks center for the performing arts brings an exciting array of fine arts performances to the community.
carillon garden
used for activities ranging from student meetings to weddings, the carillon garden is nestled between sikes and tillman halls and overlooks the clemson library. it was given to the university by the golden anniversary class of '43 and is dedicated as a lasting tribute to the entire class and particularly to those who lost their lives during world war ii.
cemetery hill
behind memorial stadium is the burial site of many famous clemson leaders and friends, including university presidents and members of the calhoun and clemson families.
centennial oak
clemson university is the home of the largest bur oak in south carolina. the tree is believed to be more than 100 years old and was given its name when clemson celebrated its centennial in 1989.
clemson conference center and inn and walker golf course
the clemson conference center and inn is a 17,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility for symposia, meetings, seminars and other programs. the center includes the madren continuing education and conference center, an 18-hole championship golf course and an 89-room inn.
clemson memorial stadium
better known as death valley, clemson memorial stadium is one of the 10 largest on-campus stadiums in the united states.
fort hill
the home of john c. calhoun and later of his son-in-law, university founder thomas green clemson, fort hill is a registered national historic landmark located in the center of campus.
littlejohn tiger
outside the littlejohn coliseum stands the littlejohn tiger, a gift from tiger brotherhood. the sides of the statue read: "that the tiger's roar may echo o'er the mountain height," the last phrase of clemson's alma mater.
military heritage plaza
military heritage plaza overlooks bowman field and features a life-size statue of a cadet and 41 sets of footprints of former clemson cadets to commemorate the spirit of clemson's military heritage.
memorial park and scroll of honor
across from memorial stadium, memorial park pays tribute to clemson alumni and friends who have served the state and nation from a multitude of professions. a walkway in the park leads to a reflection point overlooking the scroll of honor that lists clemson alumni who have died in military service.
outdoor theater
the outdoor theater, also called the bandstand or amphitheater, was a gift from the class of 1915. the stage is a sunburst of gray, red and beige marble with the year 1915 set in. it is used for activities from pep rallies and outdoor movies to concerts. it's located in front of the r.m. cooper library's reflection pond.
president's park
located between the president's home and sikes hall, president's park is one of the most beautiful paces on campus. housed in the park is the president's park rotunda. in conjunction with the class of 1957, the rotunda was built to portray clemson's historical responsibilities of teaching, research and public service.
red caboose
in the south carolina botanical garden sits the red caboose. it was brought to the garden in 1972 with the efforts of marguerite "reet" busby senn and the class of '39 to reflect the generation of the '39ers, for many of whom the journey to clemson had marked their first train ride.
south carolina botanical garden and bob campbell geology museum
the south carolina botanical garden is a 295-acre public garden just off campus that features several thousand varieties of ornamental plants and a unique collection of nature-based sculptures. on its grounds you'll find the bob campbell geology museum, which displays a large collection of gems, minerals and other specimens donated by collectors.
strom thurmond institute of government and public affairs
strom thurmond institute of government and public affairs houses more than 34 tons of papers and memorabilia of s.c. sen. j. strom thurmond, the graem yates collection of presidential portraits, the rare book collection, the university archives and manuscript collections.
t. ed garrison livestock arena
the t. ed garrison livestock arena is a showplace for livestock activities in the state and hosts horse and livestock shows, rodeos, sales, 4-h activities, educational programs, and industrial and agricultural exhibitions.
tillman hall
tillman hall has become an icon of clemson university. its clock tower houses the 48-bell clemson memorial carillon, and outside the building's doors sits the bronze statue of university founder, thomas green clemson. it was named for benjamin ryan tillman, s.c. governor, u.s. senator and life trustee of the college.


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As we've explored previously, video games — especially the classics — deserve better box art than they're getting. Wonder what we want instead? This is the kind of stuff we want.
These retro-inspired pieces by Boris Lechaftois are another take on 2010's "video games as old books" thing, but in this case there's no books to be used as a crutch. These are just lovely, minimalist designs, ones that we'd love to see adorning the matte-finished, digi-pack boxes of all these games when they're inevitably re-mastered and re-released.
You can check all these out over on the artist's society6 site, with some of them even available as prints for purchase.


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Airplane Manufacturers and Major Business Aircraft Sales At a Glance
Fewer than a dozen airplane manufacturers account for the vast majority of business jets and turboprops being built today. Here are the key facts about each of those manufacturers, including data on their parent companies, their 2008 business aircraft sales and the models they offer.
Airliner manufacturer Airbus followed Boeing into the pre-packaged bizliner market in 1997 when it announced the Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ), a then $35 million executive version of its Airbus A319 airliner. At first, ACJ sales lagged those of Boeing's 737 airliner variant. But in recent years, ACJ sales have surpassed Boeing's on an annual basis, thanks largely to orders from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. In 2006 Airbus established a beachhead in Miami to market the ACJ more aggressively to the North American market and added a second U.S. authorized completion center to finish the aircraft's custom interiors.
The A319 ACJ is one of four aircraft (A318, A319, A320 and A321) in Airbus's A320 family. Worldwide, more than 2,600 A320 family aircraft are flying, mostly for the airlines. More than 800 of them are based in the U.S. with airlines that include Delta, Frontier, Jet Blue, United and US Airways. Airbus claims that more than 25,000 pilots are qualified to fly the airplane and that the fleet has accumulated more than 40 million flight hours and enjoys a dispatch rate of 99.6 percent.
Boeing Business Jets
The BBJ spawned in 1996 from a partnership between Boeing and General Electric (maker of the CFM-56 series of engines for newer-generation 737s). Now entering its fifth decade of production, the 737 twinjet is the most successful and ubiquitous jetliner ever produced.
The BBJ took components of two 737 models, the 737-700 series airframe and the larger 737-800 series wing, landing gear and center fuselage section. Anywhere from three to 10 auxiliary fuel tanks can be installed in the belly of the airplane, giving it a maximum unrefueled range of 6,196 nautical miles (eight passengers) or 14 hours in the air. A larger, stretched version called the BBJ2 boasts 25 percent more cabin capacity, but at the price of slightly reduced range. In 2005, Boeing announced the even larger BBJ3, based on the Next-Generation 737-900ER. The BBJ3 has 1,120 square feet of cabin space. More than 100 BBJs have been sold.
Bombardier Aerospace
Bombardier began as a snowmobile manufacturer in 1942 and has grown into one of the world's largest manufacturers of rail cars, business jets and regional airliners. Over the years, the company has expanded its aircraft business largely through acquisitions, buying brands such as Canadair, DeHavilland, Learjet and Shorts.
Bombardier entered the business jet market through its Canadair and Learjet acquisitions. Canadair had acquired the manufacturing rights to an innovative business jet designed by Learjet founder William Lear. The Learstar 600 featured a stand-up cabin, high-efficiency engines and a new airfoil design. It was later badged the Challenger 600.
Canadair buckled under the strain of bringing the Challenger to market and Bombardier acquired the state-owned company in 1986. It used the 600 for the foundation of its popular regional jets and refined the model over time. It also added the larger and longer-range models of the Global series. In 1990, Bombardier bought Learjet and in 1995 it founded the Flexjet fractional corporate jet ownership program.
Cessna Aircraft Company
Cessna spent $35 million in the late 1960s-then half the worth of the company-developing a twinjet called the Citation. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Citation destroyed much of the market for business twin turboprops. Fairchild, Mitsubishi, Piper, Rockwell and even Cessna itself stopped building them. Today, the only "vintage" twin turboprop still in production is the venerable Beech King Air.
Of the roughly 16,000 business jets worldwide, Cessna has made one-third of them-after entering the market almost a decade after several of its competitors. Two years ago, Cessna delivered its 5,000th Citation. Last year the company delivered 466 jets.
Cessna's eight business jet models are precisely positioned along well-defined performance and price points. This strategy has enabled the company to sell more bizjets than any of its competitors. Cessna currently manufactures the fastest business jet, the 520+ knot, Mach .92 Citation X, and one of the slowest, the 340-knot, $2.9 million entry-level Citation Mustang, with plenty of choices between. Probably not since Alfred P. Sloan commanded General Motors from 1923 to 1946 has a company so skillfully executed branding, market positioning and the concept of stepping up customers through price-progressive products.
Cessna is a majority partner in the CitationShares fractional ownership program.
Dassault Falcon
Dassault Industries, EADS and a small group of private investors own Dassault Aviation, of which Dassault Falcon Jet is its marketing and support subsidiary in the U.S. The company's plant in southwestern France builds its airframes. Aircraft destined for U.S. buyers are outfitted with avionics, interiors and paint at Dassault's Little Rock, Ark. maintenance and completion facility.
Dassault's Falcon 20 business twinjet first appeared in the U.S. in 1963 and quickly developed a reputation as a rock-solid, comfortable airplane. The French company was already renowned for its Mirage fighter jets, and the Falcon's military heritage translated into an aircraft that in many ways was overbuilt. Using the Falcon 20's fuselage, development of the Falcon 50 trijet began in 1973. The new model was the first civilian aircraft fitted with a highly efficient supercritical wing. That, along with new engines, gave the Falcon 50 a true unrefueled transatlantic cruising range. The three-engine design also provided the 50 with better safety margins over water and great short and "high-hot" field capabilities.
Production of the 50 series ended in 2008, but the trijet philosophy remains a Falcon Jet staple on the larger Falcon 900 series, first delivered in 1986, and the new long-range 7X. The same fuselage cross-section of those aircraft is used on the shorter, super-midsize, twin-engine Falcon 2000 series that entered service in 1995.
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira DR AeronÁutica
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has been building airplanes for more than 30 years, but made its first splash in the American market in the 1970s with its family of commuter turboprops. In 1994, the Brazilian government sold the company to private investors who began developing a regional jet, the ERJ Models 135/145. The new RJs carried the company to $3.4 billion in annual sales and $380 million in profits by 2004. Today, Embraer is the world's fourth-largest commercial aircraft manufacturer. More than a thousand 135/145s have been built and the airframe served as the foundation for the company's first business jet, the Legacy 600, in 1999. The Legacy was the first stage in a plan to develop a complete line of business jets that may someday account for up to 20 percent of company revenues. That project appears well under way.
In 2005, the company announced plans to develop two entry-level jets, the Phenom 100 and 300. Deliveries of the 100 began late last year. Embraer claims a combined order book of 850 Phenoms and is building an assembly and delivery center for the aircraft in Melbourne, Fla. In 2006 the company announced the Lineage 1000, a large business jet based on its Model 190 airliner. Deliveries began this year. In 2008, Embraer announced it was proceeding with development of two new midsize jets, the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500.
Gulfstream Aerospace
Gulfstream has been building business aircraft since 1958. In 1966, it introduced the GII, the first large-cabin pure business jet. The GII was designed by Grumman, the same company that developed carrier-based naval aircraft, most famously the F-14 "Tomcat" as well as the original GI turboprop.
Grumman sold its Gulfstream division in 1978. After subsequently passing through three civilian owners, the company is today owned by another defense contractor, General Dynamics. Over the years, subsequent iterations of the aircraft have been developed with different engines, avionics, wings and fuselage length, but they all still use the GII fuselage cross-section.
In 2001, Gulfstream bought Galaxy Aerospace, thus adding two smaller aircraft, which it renamed the G100 and G200, to its product line. Those aircraft are manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries but completed at Gulfstream facilities in the U.S. An improved version of the G100, the G150, was introduced in 2005.
Gulfstream manufactures its four large-cabin jets-the G350, G450, G500 and G550-in Savannah, Ga. These aircraft are mainly differentiated by cabin length, range and price. The G550 has an unrefueled range of 6,750 nautical miles. Last year, Gulfstream announced that it was developing two new aircraft: the G250, which will be an updated and improved G200, and the G650. The G650 will have a larger and wider cabin than the G550 and be able to fly up to 7,000 nautical miles unrefueled. The G650 is being designed to have a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.925, a speed that will make it the world's fastest civil aircraft.
Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
In 1937, Walter Beech introduced the Model 18, arguably the first cabin-class twin-engine business airplane. In 1958, Beech launched the Queen Air, a twin piston-engine aircraft that remarkably resembles today's twin turboprop King Air.
Beech delivered the first King Air in 1964. It was an immediate hit; quickly Beech commanded an amazing 77 percent market share of the corporate twin turboprop market. Several models of updated King Airs remain in production today.
Walter Beech died in 1950 and his widow, Olive Ann, oversaw the company until its sale to Raytheon in 1980. Raytheon sold the company to an entity formed by several investment firms in 2007. The company was renamed Hawker Beechcraft to reflect its two aircraft brands.
Today, the company makes King Airs as well as jets including the Premier 1A and Hawker series. Several of these models were acquired from other companies, including Mitsubishi and British Aerospace, before the sale of the company to Raytheon. Hawker Beechcraft pioneered the use of composites on business aircraft on several models it developed, including the discontinued Starship turboprop and the current Premier and Hawker 4000 jets.
Piaggio America, Inc.
The Piaggio Avanti is the sole survivor of a trio of fast pusher turboprops developed in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s. Italian airframe maker Piaggio teamed with Learjet (then owned by the Gates Rubber Company) on a design that became the P.180 Avanti.
Learjet, then awash in financial difficulties, bailed out of the program. Piaggio took on the project alone and the aircraft has been manufactured in fits and starts as the company has endured various financial struggles, including bankruptcy in 1994. Over the last several years, Piaggio has been buoyed by major foreign investments and production has increased at stable rates. The Avanti was first delivered to customers in 1990. In 2005, the aircraft was updated with glass-panel avionics (the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 system), given slightly more powerful Pratt & Whitney engines and branded the Avanti II.
The Avanti II is made at Piaggio's venerable Finale Ligouri plant in Genoa, Italy, and then flown to Jet Works in Denton, Texas, where updated executive interiors are installed. Seventy percent of Avanti sales are in North America. Because the $7.4 million, 398-knot turboprop has speed comparable to that of a light jet, interior dimensions nearly equal to those of a midsize Hawker jet and better fuel efficiency than a King Air 350 turboprop achieves, the Avanti offers the market a unique value proposition.
Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd.
Based in Stans, Switzerland, Pilatus has been making airplanes since 1939 and is the world's largest manufacturer of single-engine turboprops. Most of these are military trainers like the U.S. Air Force's "Texan II."
The first PC-12 flew in 1991. The single-engine turboprop can alight from rough and short airstrips-as short as 2,300 feet-climb to 30,000 feet, cruise at 269 knots and fly nearly 1,400 nautical miles with 45 minutes of IFR reserve flying time. Maximum takeoff weight varies from 9,920 to 10,495 pounds, depending on serial number. The PC-12's maximum useful load (passengers and fuel) is 4,233 pounds. Its electrically actuated 53-inch-wide rear cargo door can swallow motorcycles, snowmobiles, pianos and even outsized wildlife. Various executive or utility configurations generally offer seating for two pilots and six to 14 passengers. The airplane is routinely flown single pilot. After a two-and-a-half-year flight test program, the PC-12 received Swiss certification in 1994. In 1996, Pilatus established its Broomfield, Colo. operations to better serve the Americas and, by 1997, the 100th PC-12 had rolled down the production line. Today, more than 800 PC-12s are in service.


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At this time (2/6/19), we are awaiting a decision about funding from the National Science Foundation. With the government shutdown in January, the NSF was not able to issue any information about proposals. As soon as we know whether the SURE-REU program will be funded by the NSF in the Summer of 2019, we will update this website.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE-REU) Program in Molecular Biosciences at UNC-Chapel Hill provides talented undergraduate students the opportunity to carry out independent research projects under the guidance of faculty mentors in the following areas: biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, cellular biophysics, structural biology, computational biology, genetics, genomics, and proteomics. For 10 weeks during the summer, undergraduate students are immersed in the SURE-REU (REU program in Molecular Biosciences) experience; they work side-by-side with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty who serve as role models and as mentors. They discover how modern biological research is formulated, carried out, and reported in an environment that stresses collaboration and multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. SURE-REU undergraduates acquire skills critical to success in research and teaching careers and to gaining entry to top graduate departments of their choice. Making informed career choices is a major theme of the Program; participants hear about careers and lifestyles in forums with scientists inside and outside of academia and with current graduate students and post-doctoral fellows at UNC-Chapel Hill. Our journal club and seminar program expose students to emerging areas of research and provide insight into the scientific method. At the end of the Program, all students present their work at our annual Summer Research Symposium and Poster Session.
Although we give preference to students with little prior independent research experience, all talented undergraduates with a genuine desire to pursue a career in biological research and teaching are encouraged to apply. Admission is limited to rising sophomores, juniors and seniors; first generation college students and students from groups under-represented in the sciences are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Mashable U.S. Summer Tour - Seattle
Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM (PDT)
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San Francisco | DC | New York City | Chicago
Mashable has such a great time in Seattle for the first SummerMash that we decided it's time for another visit. The Mashable team will be represented by Pete Cashmore, Adam Hirsch, Ben Parr, Karen Hartline, Brett Petersel, Vadim Lavrusik, and Jolie O'Dell and looks forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people. It wouldn't be a Mashable event without food and drinks so plan on getting there early. We'll also have some fun news for an after event coming soon. Stay tuned!
When: Saturday, July 10th, Tuesday, 8:00 - 11:00 PM
Where: Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
What else?: Drinks Tickets, Light Appetizers and a few surprises!
Socialize: Facebook , Foursquare , Meetup , Plancast , Twitter (#summermash)
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I love lentils! They are high in fiber, a complex carbohydrate and a great source of protein. And they are inexpensive, versatile and delicious.
Most people associate lentils with wintertime meals, but eaten cold in a salad, their warm and earthy flavor still comes through. It�s like they have an infinite pairing possibility with fresh vegetables and an array of cheeses.
As simple as they are to cook, you can prepare them anytime. Once cooked, just drain the liquid off and store them in an air-tight container for later use.
There are more than 50 different varieties of colorful lentils from Egypt and India alone, but the most common type you�ll find here are the brown and green ones.
If you find the green ones known as Puy lentils or French lentils, they are more tough and firmer than the brown and do take longer to cook. That makes them perfect for salads, but the brown ones work just as well as long as you don�t over-cook them.
When using them in a salad, I only use a combination of extra-virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar � but any type of vinaigrette works great depending on the vegetables and/or cheese you decide to use.
Now that area farmers markets are filling up with fresh local produce, try whipping up a delicious cold lentil salad for your next get-together, picnic, lunch or dinner. It�s so good that you�ll forget you are eating healthy.
1 bag dried lentils, rinsed and cooked according to package directions, drained and cooled
1 cup tomatoes, seeded and chopped
� cup green onions, thinly sliced
� cup white onion, finely chopped
� cup celery, thinly chopped
� cup carrots, finely shredded
Salt and pepper to taste
� cup extra-virgin olive oil
� cup red wine vinegar
� cup blue cheese crumbles
In a large mixing bowl, combine cooled, cooked lentils with tomatoes, green onions, white onions, celery and carrots. Add in salt and pepper to taste. Pour in olive oil and red wine vinegar and toss gently with a wooden spoon. Add in blue cheese and toss again. Taste for seasonings, may want more oil or vinegar depending on your taste.
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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel System
During the 1930s, New York City began to explore various schemes to handle the automobile traffic and congestion in Lower Manhattan. Robert Moses, then Chairman of the Triborough Bridge Authority, proposed a massive suspension bridge linking the lower tip of the Manhattan at the Battery to Brooklyn at Red Hook. This scheme was massively unpopular in the eyes of New Yorkers, most prominently First Lady Eleanor Rooseveldt, who believed the bridge would be detrimental to the overall aesthetic of New York City. Nonetheless it took an executive order by President Rooseveldt to over-rule Moses' plans for a bridge and allow the tunnel project to proceed in 1939. The City employed its chief engineer Ole Singstad, designer of the Lincoln Tunnel, to oversee the Tunnel's development. The project was begun on October 28th 1940, but delayed from 1941 until 1946 because of due to material shortages during World War Two. By this time Moses had taken control of the Tunnel as it now fell under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. He fired Singstad and replaced him with Ralph Smillie who, after a faulty Moses-inspired redesign, completed Singstad's design. The tunnels opened on May 25th, 1950 and remain an important part of New York's transportation network to this day.
Although the Tunnels (consisting of 4 lanes of traffic held in two tubes) are in themselves a major feat of engineering, the system also includes 4 major above-ground structures: the Battery Parking Garage, a ventilator building off of Governor's Island, and Portal/ Ventilator Buildings at both the Manhattan and Brooklyn Sides. At 9,117 feet the tunnel is the longest of its kind in North America. All of the above ground features of the system are designed in a Streamline Moderne aesthetic.
1940-1950. (5 year hiatus due to World War Two)
The Brookyln-Battery Tunnel System was at the time of its construction the longest continuous underwater tunnel in the world; today it remains the longest in North America. The Tunnel was designed by engineer Ole Singstad, Chief Engineer for New York City and utilizes an innovative system by which a trench is burrowed into the river bed with cast-iron rings being the principal structural component of the tunnel. The road bed is then laid into the 31 foot diameter wide tunnel. Essential to automobile tunnels is ventilation, and the ventilation towers of the Tunnel are capable of exchanging the entire volume of air in the tunnels every 90 seconds. The above-ground structures which house ventilator equipment are built entirely of reinforced concrete (with the exception of the Garage which includes glass-brick window-walls).
In the early to mid decades of the 20th century, American society was being rapidly altered by the proliferation of automobiles. Personal transportation revolutionized not just the urban fabric of cities, but also they way the people thought about them leading to the rapid growth of suburban areas - and the means to get to them. Anticipation of the demand to live in Manhattan but live in the suburbs of Long Island led to the development of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
The buildings and tunnels are a product of and for the Automobile Age. The structures associated with the tunnels (particularly the Garage and Governor's Island Ventilator) are built in the Streamline Moderne style, a later offshoot of the eclectic Art Deco movement. This style is particularly apropos in that it emphasized depicting movement and transportation in buildings in an historical moment when both automobiles and air travel where becoming more accessible to a wide segment of the American public. By building a tunnel instead of a bridge, views of lower Manhattan were preserved.
The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel System is a grand feat of urban engineering and architecture, as much so as the better known bridges of New York City or the aqueducts of antiquity. The story of its construction is a rich part of the history of New York City and involved many if not all of the historical figures associated with construction in New York during the 1940s. Still serving its intended use exquisitely, it stands as a monument of the industriousness of mid-twentieth century America. The Manhattan Portal continues to be the last image of Manhattan thousands of Brooklynites see every work day.
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Old world charm meets modern sophistication with the Reef Collection by Hinkley. Choose from a cast aluminum construction with a Victorian Bronze finish or a Hematite finish to complement any decor. The lights come with translucent sand-blasted glass and will light up any indoor or outdoor space. Choose sconces for inside and posts for outdoors.


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Latest News ...... Saturday, 21st September .....The 1st Team won 4-1 at home to Winsford United.....The Reserves lost 3-1 at Freckleton.
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uesIn 1933 the Chorley Sunday League became the Chorley Alliance League and a Charnock Richard village team was entered, but on the outbreak of the Second World War the league and team were temporarily suspended. At the end of the War, in 1945, the Chorley Alliance League was reformed along with Charnock Richard F.C. The team proved to be a tremendous success, eventually winning the league title in the 1947-48 season, losing only two games, and scoring 107 goals. This success prompted them to try and run two teams, but they ran into difficulties and the club closed at the end of the 1948-49 season.
In 1955, under the leadership of Ron Wilcox, the present club was reformed, and once again played in the Chorley Alliance League.
In 1957 they moved to the Preston & District League, where they have spent most of their time, apart from a brief flirtation with the Bolton Combination. In the Preston & District League they were soon amongst the honours, beating English Electric in 1957-58 to take the Guildhall Cup. Success also came in this competition in seasons 1963-64, 1968-69, and more recently in 1992-93. A number of league championships have also come their way, including winning the Premier Division in 1988-89.
The 1967-68 season saw the village team take the Lancashire Amateur Shield, beating Vickers Sports Club from Barrow after a replay. Further success came in the Shield in seasons 2001-2, 2006-07, 2010-11 and 2011-12.
In 1993 the club moved to the West Lancashire League, and since then both the First and Second teams have gained promotion to the top division of their respective sections. They have also been successful in the West Lancashire League, winning the Premier Division Championship on seven occasions, in seasons 1997-98, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15. They also won the Richardson Cup in 2001-02, 2003-04, 2013-14 and again in 2014-15. Numerous other honours have also come their way over the years including two recent Goldline Trophy victories at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium ,the Wilf Carr Memorial Trophy in 2009, and the Northern Counties Senior Cup in 2012-13. The Reserve team have also been amongst the honours in the West Lancashire League. Following winning the Reserve Division championship in seasons 1996-97 and 1997-98, they completed a league and Houston Cup double in 2013-14, losing only one game in the entire season. The 2013-14 season was therefore one of the best ever seasons for the club in the West Lancashire League with both the 1st Team and Reserves completing league and cup doubles. The club has however kept its links with the Preston & District League (now renamed The Mid Lancashire League), they have an Academy team and Veterans team playing in that league. The Academy team caters for younger players making the step up into adult football.
The three senior teams are now referred to as the First team, Reserve team, and Academy team. A large number of junior teams also play in the Mid Lancs Colts Junior Football League and the Central Lancashire Junior Football League, with a youth team also playing in the Lancashire Sunday Football League.
The club moved to Mossie Close in Charter Lane in 1968, after playing elsewhere in the village, and the adjoining club house was opened in 1988. A new ground has recently been developed on the opposite side of Charter Lane, known as Mossie Park, which now stages West Lancashire League games, with the new changing rooms having been opened in July 2011.
Charnock progressed to the North West Counties League in 2016-17 after finishing as runners-up in the West Lancashire League in the previous season and won promotion to the Premier Division in the first season when finishing runners up in Division 1.
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Not all who say they are prophets of the Lord really are and their words are not true. God commands us to ignore them.
8 "For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them,' declares the LORD. " Jeremiah 29:8,9
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Diligent Recruitment
Many people think of diligent recruitment as only consisting of the requirement in the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA). Complying with MEPA's diligent recruitment requirement is important, but comprehensive, multi-faceted diligent recruitment involves a more systematic approach to recruiting, retaining, developing, and supporting a pool of families who can meet the needs of children and youth in foster care. Implementing comprehensive diligent recruitment can help you achieve improved placement stability and permanency for children.
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Diligent recruitment involves multiple elements. Our materials and technical assistance can help you address all of these elements. According to the Children's Bureau, comprehensive, multi-faceted diligent recruitment programs should include:
- Procedures for consistently updating the characteristics of children in care utilizing information and analysis of AFCARS data and other data available to the State, region, or county;
- Procedures for ongoing analysis of the current pool of available foster and adoptive placement resources;
- Collaboration and public-private partnerships with groups representative of the communities from which children come, to help identify and support potential foster and adoptive families;
- General, targeted, and child-specific recruitment, including relationship mining for youth, to meet placement needs of children in care;
- Recruitment and development of homes, including relative homes, that can provide placement as a part of concurrent planning for the child;
- Recruitment and development of homes that can accommodate siblings in care so siblings can be placed together or reunited when they have been separated in care;
- Recruitment of foster homes to ensure children and youth may be maintained in their schools when placed in foster care;
- Procedures to ensure that all prospective parents, including relatives and people who have important existing relationships with youth in care, have access to the home study process, including foster and adoptive parent training at a local or community level and that the home studies are initiated and completed in a timely manner;
- Utilization of a "customer service" model in responding to prospective foster and adoptive parents, and to reduce the dropout rates;
- Procedures or processes to address barriers presented by the agency in order to increase the rate of retention of prospective foster and adoptive parents and to reduce the dropout rates;
- Procedures for training staff to engage effectively with diverse cultural, racial, and economic communities who are reflective of the children and youth in foster care;
- Procedures for providing training to prospective foster and adoptive parents regarding the characteristics, needs, and issues of children who have experienced trauma, as well as adoption clinical issues;
- Procedures to deal with linguistic barriers;
- Procedures to ensure a non-discriminatory fee structure, including the use of purchase of service arrangements with public and private agencies (including community-based and other organizations) when necessary to facilitate and support placement;
- Dual licensure of foster and adoptive homes;
- Utilization of adoption exchanges, including AdoptUSKids and/or regional or local exchanges;
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- Training strategies for staff and community partners.
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Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 is a year-long international effort highlighting the contributions made by mathematics in the study of global planetary problems: migrations, climate change, sustainability, natural disasters, pandemics... and in the search for solutions.
Solving equations often involves taking square roots of numbers and if you're not careful you might accidentally take a square root of something that's negative. That isn't allowed of course, but if you hold your breath and just carry on, then you might eventually square the illegal entity again and end up with a negative number that's a perfectly valid solution to your equation.
Science advisors to government are an embattled lot. Remember the l'Alquila earthquake debacle or David Nutt's stance on drugs which cost him his job. Bridging the gap between politics and science isn't easy. Politicians like clear messages but science, and the reality it tries to describe, is rarely clear-cut.
Modelling the spread of disease is a difficult business. Epidemiologists use incredibly complex models involving huge amounts of transport, social contact and disease data to predict the spread of diseases. But is there a way to hide all this complexity and draw a simpler picture of how diseases spread, even in today's complex world?
Sequences of numbers can have limits. For example, the sequence 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ... has the limit 0 and the sequence 0, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, ... has the limit 1. But not all number sequences behave so nicely. Can we still discern some sort of limiting behaviour?
Yesterday we opened the Plus New York office, amidst snow covered streets at the foot of the Empire State building.
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Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself kicked out of the presidential protection detail after rescuing the President (Aaron Eckhart) from a car accident, but failing to get the First Lady (a cameo by Ashley Judd). When a terrorist army seizes the White House, though, Banning runs to the firefight and finds himself in the middle of a global tug-of-war. Can Banning rescue the President's son, free the President himself, and stop the terrorists before they turn America into a nuclear wasteland of famine and desperation?
Olympus Has Fallen had originally been on my list of films to see before my sudden assignment to Vatican City in March interrupted my mostly-regular cinema visits. Fortunately, the Blu-Ray/DVD was released about ten days ago. Thanks to a week's prep for a routine but rather unpleasant medical test (which turned out entirely fine), I didn't get to the cinema this week either, and figured I'd catch up with this film.
The trailer promised action, and Olympus Has Fallen robustly delivers on that promise. The action looks realistic, and the assault reasonably well planned enough to get over the massive suspension of disbelief it requires to have the audience buy the sacking of the White House. Butler gives a good performance as a Special Forces-turned-Secret Service agent, and Rick Yune offers another as the malevolent terrorist leader Kang. While certain aspects of the film are predictable, the execution is first-rate, and OHF keeps the audience riveted at all times.
The plot, however, has its problems. Unfortunately, to discuss that, it's necessary to reveal critical plot points, so anyone interested in that critical analysis should read past my final rating. Otherwise, stop there. In this genre, plot holes really are secondary to action anyway, and the film is enjoyable enough that viewers will keep watching even while offering oh come ons with increasing frequency.
The film is well cast, but as with most action films, character development isn't necessarily a priority. Radha Mitchell plays Banning's wife, but like the President's son (Finley Jacobsen), she's more of a plot device than a part of the story. Michelle Leo makes the most of her role as Secretary of Defense, but Morgan Freeman seems a bit befuddled as the Speaker of the House who suddenly becomes acting President. Angela Bassett mainly exists to assure everyone just how awesome Banning is. Eckhart rises above the material as President, while Dylan McDermott plays against type as Forbes, Banning's old colleague who has some interesting new friends. Viewers will have a difficult time figuring out who anyone else is, especially the Vice President (Phil Austin), who is so inconsequential that you're not sure if you've ever heard from him. Other than Kang, there isn't an interesting character at all among the terrorists.
We can nit-pick the characters and the plot all day long, but the key question is this: Is Olympus Has Fallen entertaining? The answer is a definite yes. Olympus Has Fallen is a good popcorn flick and a fun way to pass a couple of hours. It's not Hamlet, and it doesn't try to be, either, nor is it an application for Mensa or an entrance exam for the Secret Service. It's just fun, and a chance to root for the good guys. Get ready to cheer — but just don't think too much about it when you do.
We can't use the usual rating system for films already out of the theaters, so let's use this:
- 4 – Buy the Blu-Ray/DVD
- 3 – Worth a rental price or pay-per-view
- 2 – Wait for it to come on a TV channel you already get
- 1 – Avoid at all costs
On that scale, Olympus Has Fallen earns a 3. There's no reason to add it to your library, but the fun you'll have is worth the cost of the rental or PPV.
Olympus Has Fallen is rated R for lots of violence and some realistic bad language. It's not for children or younger teens, as the violence is very realistic and gory at times.
If you're interested in the plot issues, keep reading — otherwise, keep scrolling down to the comments.
Some spoilers below.
The plot of Olympus Has Fallen has enough holes to … well, to allow a terrorist army into the White House. There are several, but let's hit three of the biggest.
First, the terrorists have coordinated air and ground fire, strategically placed armored or large vehicles, heavy weapons, and what looks like a hundred people on the ground (the movie later says 40), along with the infiltrated terrorists in a South Korean diplomatic detachment. That would take millions and millions of dollars, which might make sense if the villains came from the Middle East, but doesn't if they're from desperately impoverished North Korea — especially if, as the film implies, they don't have any connection to the DPRK government. We wouldn't catch wind of that kind of movement of assets? Next, the Speaker of the House as acting President (Morgan Freeman) is willing to give up South Korea to save the life of the President and secure a "Cerberus" system that would render our ICBMs useless, but that's hardly realistic. We're not going to trade South Korea and millions of deaths just to save a hostaged President.
Finally, the Cerberus system is supposed to be a super-secret nuclear fail-safe that allows the US to self-destruct an accidentally released nuclear ICBM, accessible only to the President and two other people. I'd guess that we have self-destructs on a much lower level than that, but that's not the real gaffe here. Self-destructs by definition deal with blowing up rockets, not detonating the nuclear warheads, which would defeat the purpose of a self-destruct. Nuclear warheads have to be armed for a purposeful launch, but would be unarmed and safed while sitting in the silos. See here for a brief explanation of safing and arming. No one just leaves nukes armed, especially not the US, and nukes have to be detonated very precisely. An explosion underneath the device won't do it. Setting off the Cerberus system with ICBMs in the ground wouldn't arm the warheads — a self-destruct fail-safe would hardly include that command — so blowing them up in the silos wouldn't create a nuclear wasteland. It would destroy the silos and kill a lot of people who work in and around them, and there could be some leakage of the nuclear material, but it wouldn't produce the outcome the film seems to assume. Whoever wrote this doesn't have a good grasp of how nuclear weapons and self-destructs work, and apparently didn't bother to find out.


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Symbol of the Tiger
The tiger symbolizes power, mystery and intelligence. Its striped coat serves as camouflage, while patterns on its forehead symbolize the Chinese mark of wang, meaning king. Regarded as the undisputed ruler of its domain, the "King of the Forest," has influenced Asian village life for centuries. It is said that in mythical times a deal was struck between tigers and humans so that each would respect the other's territory.
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