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But although the powdery little hearts themselves haven't changed much over the years, the pithy statements adorning them have. To keep up with the times, NECCO refreshes the messages. For instance, this year's hearts bear such modern phrases as "UR HOT," "TEXT ME" and "LOML."
To add the new messages to the mix, some phrases must rotate out. The company sent the Atlantic a list of retirees. Some of the most notable:
No, those are not made up. Yes, FAX ME. Has anyone ever faxed anyone for a date? For that matter, was reading once considered a romantic activity?
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Monteverdi Master Chorale will present its spring concert, "Song and Dance," at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 600 Wilshire Blvd., and at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 800 Fourth Ave.
The concerts will feature music celebrating singing and dancing, highlighted by Johannes Brahms' "Liebeslieder Waltses," Benjamin Britten's choral dances from "Gloriana" and selections from Randall Thompson's "The Peaceable Kingdom."
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Fall is here, and for the next several weeks gardeners will be cleaning up and preparing for spring. Summer-flowering bulbs, such as this canna, can be dug, dried and stored for winter in a cool, dry place, saving you money next year. / Rob Zimmer/Gannett Wisconsin Media
See a video featuring fall garden cleanup by visiting this story at wisconsinrapidstribune.com/yardmd.
YardMD columnist Rob Zimmer took a tour of northeast Wisconsin to seek out the hottest gardening destinations. From garden centers to public gardens, he found destinations featuring amazing plants, colorful and inspired garden art and decor and much more. Watch each of the videos and use them to plan your next gardening adventure. Find his video series at wisconsinrapidstribune.com/yardmd.
Rob Zimmer serves up a video tip each week. See his YardMD advice on planting fall bulbs on Tuesday at wisconsinrapidstribune.com/yardmd.
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Fall has arrived, and all across our area over the next several weeks gardeners will be busy preparing their gardens for the long winter ahead.
Beginning gardeners, and even some experienced gardeners, often question what they really need to do in fall to best prepare their gardens for winter and the coming spring.
The answer depends entirely on how much effort you want to put into it, as well as what blooms you are interested in seeing in the spring. For example, if you want to have tulips and daffodils in your garden next spring, now is the time to plant these bulbs. Spring-flowering bulbs need a period of cold in order to bloom.
These are just a few of the many fall gardening activities to consider this autumn.
Divide and grow
Fall is a great time to divide and replant divisions of your favorite perennials. This includes irises, coral bells, daylilies, hostas and more.
Dividing most perennials is easy. Simply dig the clump from the ground, and pry apart divisions of the plants with your fingers. Each division should contain a healthy root system, and a rosette or fan of leaves. Plants that are rhizomes, such as irises and peonies, should be divided into divisions that contain a section of the rhizome, growth points or eyes, and roots.
As you lift and divide your perennials, you will see how easy it is to obtain dozens of new plants for free.
To cut or not to cut?
As for the plants that are already blooming, or have finished blooming for the season, how you proceed is a matter of personal choice. Dont let any of the experts tell you what to do in your garden.
Annuals can either be left standing for winter interest in the garden, or to reseed themselves, or they can be pulled completely from the ground, roots and all, and composted or set aside for municipal yard waste pick up.
I leave some annuals standing to allow them to self-seed each winter. This is especially true of cosmos, cleomes, marigolds, sunflowers and morning glories.
Perennials can be treated the same way. Many gardeners prefer to cut perennials back to the ground each fall and dispose of the waste for convenience during the autumn months. This also eliminates clutter in the garden and can help prevent diseases and fungus from becoming a problem.
However, personally, I prefer to leave them standing, for the beautiful winter interest element they provide. A clump of wonderfully textured, snow-covered sedum in winter, for example, cant be beat for winter beauty. The rattle of tall purple coneflowers in the stiff winter breeze as they scatter their seed over the snow is another priceless winter gardening element.
In some cases, allowing the foliage of the plant to naturally die back and cover the crown of the plant provides the best winter protection. This is true for plants such as hostas, coral bells, hellebores and daylilies.
In addition, many perennials provide precious food for wintering songbirds in your yard and garden.
Look to mother nature when making your decision whether to cut back your perennials or leave them standing. In our prairies, woodlands, and wetlands, wild perennials stand freely all season long.
Saving summer-flowering bulbs
To save money on summer-flowering bulbs, such as gladiolus, begonias, cannas, calla lilies, dahlias and others, you may choose to dig up these bulbs and rhizomes in fall, allow them to dry and store over winter in a cool, dry place. These can then be replanted next spring. You will find, as you dig these, that your supply has probably greatly increased over the summer growing season.
All of these bulbs can be lifted after the first killing frost. Simply dig, cut back the foliage to within a few inches of the bulb and allow to air dry for a week or two.
Store on a basement shelf, or in paper bags. It is not necessary to pack these bulbs in peat moss, newspaper or other fancy methods. For years, I have simply spread these bulbs on the bare basement floor where they sat until the following spring.
Cleanup time
Obviously some perennials and other garden plants do require fall cleanup. A good example is tall bearded iris. Irises should be cleaned up as much as possible during fall to prevent rot and disease. To do this, simply cut back the foliage to within 6 inches of the ground. Divide these plants if they appear overly crowded in the center.
Summer and fall blooming shrubs can be pruned back at this time as well. Hardy hibiscus, most hydrangeas, spirea and nine bark are good examples.
Fall is not the time to be pruning spring-blooming shrubs, at least, that is, if you wish to see blooms in spring. Spring blooming shrubs such as forsythia, lilac, azalea and rhododendron should be pruned immediately after flowering.
When cleaning up garden beds, most plant material can be composted, or tilled directly back into the soil. This is especially true of vegetable gardens. Avoid putting diseased plant material back into the soil or compost bin.
Protecting trees and shrubs
Last winter, gardeners saw an unbelievable amount of damage to trees and shrubs caused by foraging rabbits in winter. To protect your favorite trees and shrubs this winter, you may want to consider wrapping or protecting the trunks.
There are many options available to you, and protecting your trees need not be expensive. A simple roll of chicken wire or wire mesh is all that is needed. Cut to form circular cages that can be wrapped around the trunk to protect from hungry rabbits. There are also many pre-made cages and protectors available in metal and plastic, as well as tapes and hardware cloth .
Be sure the cage and protection is high enough to protect during heavy snows. Anticipate the snow line around the tree or shrub and extend the cage so it reaches at least 24 inches above that mark.
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Chris Taylor's 'inner nerd' is "alive and well" for Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation creator Chris Taylor and his studio Gas Powered Games is now owned by World of Tanks developer Wargaming, and so is the infinite war machine that is Total Annihilation.
"I don't even need to be coy", jokes Taylor. He admitted his 'inner nerd' "died a little bit" when releasing Supreme Commander 2, but it's "alive and well" for the future...
Gas Powered Games "doing something great," but it's "too early to talk about"
Wargaming.net now owns Gas Powered Games, and boss Victor Kislyi teases that Chris Taylor and his studio in Seattle are "doing something great," but wouldn't reveal anything about the project.
The Supreme Commander studio was rescued from bankruptcy after an ambitious Wild Man Kickstarter campaign failed to achieve success. He added it is "going to eclipse everything".
Wargaming.net marks 15th anniversary, opens US office, confirms British aircraft
World of Tanks creator Wargaming.net is celebrating 15 years of being in this business of games. Things are going well as they announce a new Austin, Texas office to handle global communications.
The studio also confirms the "many iconic military aircraft" of the British air force will be ready before World of Warplanes' official launch. It's also "too soon" for Total Annihilation news.
Rumor: Door now open for Chris Taylor to develop Total Annihilation sequel
With Wargaming.net now owning Gas Powered Games and picking up the Total Annihilation IP during Atari's auction of licenses, the situation is set up for Chris Taylor to make a proper sequel to Total Annihilation, his notable real-time strategy game.
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Shay Assad said DoD is buying smarter now, thanks to initiatives such as one that gives contracting officers unprecedented access to contractor financial information. (File)
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WASHINGTON — Back when he was a senior executive at Raytheon, more than a decade ago, Shay Assad could negotiate back-to-back contracts with military commands, knowing his government counterparts rarely spoke to each other.
But Assad, now the US Defense Departments director of defense pricing, said thats changed through, among other recent initiatives, the Contractor Business Analysis Repository (CBAR), which gives contracting officers unprecedented access to contractor financial information.
A contracting officer working to buy missiles from Raytheons Tucson, Ariz., subsidiary, for instance, now can access detailed pricing data on past business deals that both the company and missile division had with the Pentagon, according to Assad.
The idea is that providing access to pricing information will lead to a more informed acquisition workforce, strengthening the governments position at the bargaining table and resulting in a better deal for taxpayers.
Analysis that used to take months to do now comes up online, and within minutes, they can have that data, Assad said in a recent interview in his Pentagon office.
Assad cites CBAR as an example of how the Pentagon is buying smarter now, compared with a decade ago.
The CBAR, which is administered by the Defense Contract Management Agency, began early last year, providing nearly 2,000 users with information such as contractor pricing rates and compliance with cost accounting standards.
Starting June 24, for all negotiated pricing actions of more than $25 million, contracting officers also will upload data on prenegotiation objectives and contract negotiations into the CBAR, Assad wrote in a March 12 memo to commanders and deputy secretaries.
This is not another bureaucratic reporting requirement, Assad wrote. The purpose of this memorandum is to create a powerful information source that will arm your contracting officers and program managers with the data and analyses that will better inform them as business professionals.
This sort of pricing capability existed years ago within individual commands, he said, but subsequent acquisition workforce reductions took all that capability away.
Assad said training has improved, and the Pentagon has hired more than 300 pricing analysts to assist contracting officers.
We said wed bring 300 folks in, and weve brought in almost 400, he said. We have a tremendous centralized capability within DCMA.
As a result of Secretary [Robert] Gates workforce initiative, we decided we cant put that capability in every buying command. But what we can do is create a centralized capability that everybody can use.
Not every contracting officer gets access to the CBAR. Assad said access to the data, which contains confidential business information, is tightly controlled and CBAR use is monitored. We know who is online, when and getting what data for what purpose, he said.
Asked if the initiative, along with others, prompted criticism from former colleagues in the private sector, Assad acknowledges that things have gotten a little hotter in the kitchen.
This isnt about reducing the profitability of the defense industry, he said. Its about reducing costs. Its not that we want our contractors necessarily to be less profitable, because you need a healthy industry.
Adding to the Pentagons negotiating firepower is the creation of so-called integrated cost analysis teams (ICATS), which analyze whats happening at the 10 largest divisions of companies with which the Pentagon does business.
So if youre a contracting officer and you have a deal with one of those organizations, you can call one of those ICATs, and theyre there to help our contracting officers with some very relevant and specific engineering expertise and pricing expertise, he said.
A Jan. 11 memo by Assad and DCMA Director Charlie Williams announced that they were placing ICATs at several major defense contractor divisions, including Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, Texas; Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn.; and Raytheon Missle Systems, Tucson.
With the insight into contractor estimating systems and practices that DMCA gains from being co-located with these major contractors, it is the intent of the department to leverage this inherent advantage and enhance DCMA capability to the maximum extent, the memo said.
One US government entity looking to win more business from the Pentagon is the General Services Administration (GSA), which sells products and services to agencies across the federal government. From 2006 to 2011, Defense Department spending on GSAs supply schedules dropped from $13.1 billion to $8.1 billion, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Theres a role for GSA to play with us, Assad said. And one of the things weve urged the GSA to do is, we would like to see some schedules established where we could use them for the procurement of services on a cost-reimbursable basis, as well as fixed price.
There are just certain types of services that we would not use the schedules for because it forces you into the use of a time-and-materials contract or a fixed, firm-price contract, he said, noting that, for some knowledge-based services, cost-reimbursable deals are better.
I think theres an opportunity there for GSA, he said.
Meanwhile, GSA in April released draft requests for proposals to industry for its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) contract vehicle, which will offer agencies a wide variety of professional services and allow for cost-reimbursable contracts.


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Beth Schultz and Anne Marshall, right, both of Rib Mountain, laugh as they have their photo taken while participating in the Turkey Trot Nov. 10 at the 400 Block in downtown Wausau. / Dan Young/12 For '12
Watch the groups Loser Team entry video here: http://bit.ly/QjnleB
Loser Team weight loss totals:
2 Inspired 2B Tired: Currently down 33 pounds, biggest team loss in contest= 15 pounds
900 Club: Currently down 17 pounds, biggest team loss in contest= 7.8 pounds
Fatulous Four: Currently up 6 pounds, biggest team loss in contest= 16.5 pounds
Courtesy: Cheryl Denton, certified worksite wellness specialist at Aspirus Occupational Health
Four Wausau co-workers are on a mission to continue improving their health. They decided to enter the 12 For 12 Loser Team contest in April and uploaded a video they taped at the base of Rib Mountain.
The women became even closer in their endeavor to get fit and discovered that by leaning on each other, they helped one another work toward personal weight loss goals. As a group calling itself 2 Inspired 2B Tired, their goal together was, To hike up the mountain without being out of breath and having to stop.
Anne Marshall, Wally Prechel, Beth Schultz and Katie Stolze have walked up and down the road leading up Rib Mountain more than a dozen teams together. The group averaged a time of 1 hour 15 minutes without stopping on the five-mile route.
It definitely got easier as the months went on, Marshall said. Im proud of everyone for working so hard to get to this point.
The team also has competed in various 5-kilometer events such as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and a fundraising run to support the Never Forgotten Honor Flight, and Schultz pushed her body to the limit by entering the Warrior Dash and Tough Mudder, events she already is planning to repeat.
The group lost a collective 33 pounds, and the women have given up habits that were holding them back from healthier lifestyles.
Stolze does most of her exercising early in the morning at home. She said her family will be eating the vegetables she canned over the winter. Down a clothing size now, Stolze knows she has a better understanding of how to model healthier behaviors, In fact, her 5-year-old daughter has learned to enjoy raw vegetables, she said.
The mother of three grown children, Marshall said she is choosier now about where she dines out. She still wants to lose about 30 pounds and was at her heaviest point when she decided to join the Loser Team contest.
Prechel said she is somewhat fearful of falling off on exercise during the winter months, but her whole family is benefiting from the habits she has learned both better eating and more activity.
Its been an eye-opening experience; with my increased exercising, I have to say Im feeling like I do have more stamina, Prechel said.
The biggest weight-loser in the group, Beth Schultz, is down 14 pounds since her June 6 team weigh-in for the challenge. The Rib Mountain woman said losing the last 50 to 80 pounds is going slower than the first 100 pounds she had dropped in the past three years. She was tired, her knees ached and Schultz even struggled to put her socks on. Today, she is an energetic grandmother devoted to cardio exercise six times a week, weight training several times a week and healthy eating whether or not the scale moves much week to week.
We are a society of wanting things fast, easy and now. I found out that it does not work that way. It has to come from within, but at the same time, I believe people can be educated on choices, portions, and that exercise is not an evil thing. Find something you like and make it fun, Schultz said.
She lights up when she talks about her enjoyment of life with more energy, living with 100 fewer pounds on her body.
None of the women said she was finished; all have personal milestones they would like to reach beyond the contest.
This journey is my journey, my responsibility to keep active, Prechel said.
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Really? Would it change your point of view at all if he said he was going to take away all the stuff you want, but then says he cares about them?
Frankly, I'll take that over Obama castigating those rubes who don't know what's best for themselves because they cling to their guns even with the obligatory "I care about their welfare nevertheless".
I don't agree with Reaganomics, but I think he was much closer to Obama in terms of saying I care about people with whom I neither identify nor agree. Reagan either believed or tried to sell (I'm inclined to say the former) that trickle down economics benefited everyone. Romney comes pretty close to saying if you're poor, fvck you. I would probably vote against both Reagan and Romney, but I find it easier to support and respect Reagan, agree with him or not, than I do Romney.


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Grand Junction, Colo. (KKCO) – The Colorado Parks and Wildlife is forming a new sportsmen's roundtable to represent the different regions in the state.
At a sportsmen's caucus Wednesday night, two delegates were chosen by vote to represent the Western Slope region.
The two newly elected delegates will now meet the other delegates from the different regions at a roundtable meeting in Denver.
"They can bring back some of the ideas and more of a statewide prospective as well as we can have more discussion again on maybe different issues within the region or provide more information about the northwest region. They can then take that back to the statewide council," says Bill Devergie, area wildlife manager in Meeker.
The roundtable will meet four times during the year, aiming to work with the agency for wildlife management decisions and goals.
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See You in Sahel
John Dicker
Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat and
Jeffrey Tayler Houghton Mifflin, 272 pages, $25
Perhaps the best thing about the ill-defined genre of travel
writing is that smart writers sometimes visit bad places.
Not bad as in a lack of ATMs or dismal standards of customer
service, but bad. Think military governments, clockwork coups
waged by Uzi-toting 10-year-olds and forced female circumcision.
Its enough to make the actual Age o Empire seem halcyon
in hindsight.
of aid workers and the odd diplomat, Americans have little
business being in the part of the world that Jeffrey Tayler
visits in Angry Wind, especially during the prelude
to the invasion of Iraq. This was when the Atlantic Monthly
correspondent and linguistic wonderboy (fluent in French,
Arabic, Russian, English and presumably Elvish) decides to
hit the Sahel, a 2600-mile swath of sub-Saharan Africa stretching
from Ethiopia to the Atlantic. A land of desert, badlands
and brutal winds, the Sahel houses some of the most impoverished,
corrupt and, Sudan notwithstanding, ignored countries on the
planet. States like Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Mali exist in
a constant state of political instability complete with deep-seated
sectarianism, entrenched tribal hostility and a fatalism that
surrenders self-determination to the maxim of As God wills
it. (Secular translation: Dont worry, be happy.)
Wind is a travelogue with history and political riffs
thrown in for good measure. Much of the book is devoted to
the bureaucratic hoop-jumping necessary to travel not just
between these countries, but also even within their borders.
Like a schoolyard victim getting shaken down for his cookie
cash, Tayler has his passport and visa held hostage by indignant
bureaucrats and roving bands of soldiers hungry for bribes.
Once the proper palms have been greased, traveling is a maze
of hired guides and a chaotic network of perilously crowded
bush taxis. Here even an American passport is no protection
from roving bandits and the accidents common in a netherworld
of unregulated, off-road transport.
The Sahel is not merely a region of inconvenience to foreigners;
its also another staging ground for the struggle between
Islam and the West. Evoking uncomfortable similarities to
Saudi Arabia, Nigeria epitomizes Americas potential Africa
problem. Slated to become our third-largest oil supplier by
2007, the country is home to 12 states that have instituted
fundamentalist Sharia law.
The ferocity of faith is a stumbling block for Tayler, who
as an American is assumed to be a Christian. While he proffers
that though he was raised Christian, he no longer considers
himself one, this is roughly tantamount to inking Heathen!
on his forehead. On two separate occasions, by men of two
different faiths, he endures intense, thuggish demands for
on-the-spot conversion. (On the other hand, countless strangers
extended him hospitality, often at risk to their own safety.)
As much as any foreign writer might hope to avoid passing
judgment on a destitute people, its difficult for Tayler
to duck the roll of moral arbiter. For how does one remain
tolerant, or even open-minded to such indigenous practices
as forced female circumcision or, for that matter, slavery?
Both pervade much of the Sahel where even educated people
see the forced cutting of girls clitorises (without anesthetics,
and not in medical facilities) as absolutely essential to
their identity.
And its not just the locals who apologize for it. In one
brief but memorable encounter, Tayler lunches with a couple
of American Peace Corps volunteers who dismiss concerns about
circumcision as so much Western cultural imperialism. One
woman actually compares it to American women wearing high
heels to attract men. Her bonehead boyfriend notes, I was
against it too because I thought it was oppressive to women,
but now I know that women themselves perform it.
Ahh, multiculturalism. Such a good idea and such a slick slope
to stupidity.
Wind suffers more than its share of overwrought prose.
Too many pretentious adjectives are spilled on sunsets and
landscapes. Horrific scenes of destitution are rendered in
a tone that screams: Ive Seen the Face of Poverty!
crowd of gimping beggars, noseless lepers, clubfooted hags,
and drooling, spindle-legged elders pressed around me on the
sun-scorched lot, huffing fetid breath in my face, grabbing
at my sleeves with gooey hands.
The humanity . . . Oh, please.
Fortunately these passages are few and far between and dont
get in the way of Taylers otherwise thoughtful insights.
Ultimately its hard to dispute his underlying contention,
which is that America ignores the Sahel at its own peril.
As Tayler notes, the more education Sahelians receive, the
more likely theyll be to adopt the anti-Western politics
of the imams and jihadists.
After spending an afternoon in an underground church run by
Western missionaries, Tayler wonders, Where are the missionaries
of the secular culture of democracy and human rights . . .
Its a question that cant be asked enough.


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COWESETT. – Where else in Rhode Island can a child hold Roger Williams' actual shoe buckle? Or a sword used by a French Huguenot that dates back to 1414?
Or see colossal 1850s vases that were gifts to the same family from the King of Siam – the same king who wanted to open his country to the West, made famous by Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I?" Or see the original house and yacht china (yes, yacht china) still stacked in the pantry?
And get a tour by the living descendant of that same family who still lives in her amazing museum home?
The Answer to the above
There is only one place, the Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum on a 28-acre hill off Post Road.
Tours are by appointment only, but don't worry, they are seven days a week, offered by the three live-in stewards of what has rightly been called the most authentic Victorian mansion in New England, in many respects a home superior in its authenticity to even the Bellevue Avenue mansions of Newport.
Anne D. Holst, fourth generation descendant from the Slaters of Slaterville (and traceable to Roger Williams himself) and Christine and Wayne Cabral occupy, maintain, clean, polish, buff, repair, improve, keep up, exhibit and show off their magnificent estate which sits atop the most open land this side of the rolling hills of County Cork.
"We live in the house," said Holst. "Most small museums can only be open one or two days a week. But, we are always here. If someone wants to come at seven o'clock in the morning, we are up at seven o'clock., or at eight at night, we can accommodate that, too."
"The focus of the museum is the architecture and its many assets," said Wayne Cabral, who is director of the museum and its 27 rooms. "But it is still a family home."
What begins in 1872, built by William Smith Slater for his daughter, Elizabeth Ives Slater on her marriage to Alfred Augustus Reed, Jr., has remained in the same family since its erection, passing from female to female until reaching Holst, the current owner. The lineage can be traced to several notable state and regional figures.
General William Walker, the architect who also designed the Cranston Street and Pawtucket Armories and Warwick City Hall, designed the home. Local artisans of the highest skill were brought in to carve the woodwork. The McPherson Companies of Boston painted the frescos. "This High Victorian design was done in this style to only four other homes in New England," added Holst.
In addition to the amazing architecture and interior of the house, vast collections of textiles, porcelain, carriages, silks, original paper, art and so much more fill the property. It is a literal leap back into the Victorian Age.
At the impossible price of just $37,000 (in 1870s dollars), the mansion took 18 months to build. At the outrageous price of $100,000, it took a whopping 54 months to furnish, Holst said. "We have all the original bills," smiled Holst.
"To be perfectly blunt, the family was a bunch of pack rats," laughed Holst. "They amassed 150 years of assorted junk, or, rather, collectibles. After all, one man's junk is another man's treasure."
Except, in this case, it is all antique treasure. How impressive? A student from Corcoran College at the Smithsonian recently completed her senior thesis on a single room called The Egyptian Room, which is about to be published in Victorian Magazine.
The ceilings are 13-feet high on the first floor, 12-feet high on the second floor, 11-feet high on the third floor and even nine-feet high in the basement.
The original curtains, more than a century old, adorn many of the windows. There are World War II Blackout Shades in the Egyptian Room. "Of course, you have to explain what a World War II Blackout was to visitors," said Holst of the impossibly young and occasionally uninitiated guests.
"The history here is not only family history, but it gives a greater understanding of Rhode Island history," said Wayne Cabral. Anne Holst descended from state founder Roger Williams and Samuel and John Slater (think Slatersville with their mills all over New England) and Phillip and Zachariah Allen (think Allendale Mills).
"We are striving to convince the city of Warwick of the importance of this place," admonished Holst.
Because they have only existed for a decade as a museum (and a non-profit for less than seven years), the three stewards have not been able to procure substantial grants in an historical vein. They are currently reaching out to get elementary schools to visit, but many schools are cutting back on field trips, due to wilting municipal economies. The future lies in such groups and grants.
They also plan to improve their Carriage Museum on the grounds through October, where original Gypsy wagons and authentic horse-drawn carts await riders. These vehicles sit in the 1906 building erected after the original stable burned to the ground.
The family could have used Ann Holst's mother for that blaze, but she wouldn't be born for another three years. You see, it is generally believed that Holst's matriarch, Anne Crawford Allen, was the very first female Fire Chief in the world. That's right, the world.
"We still have her 1928 Dodge-Graham (fire truck)," said her proud daughter. She also was one of the first female pilots in Rhode Island and was one of the original "99," the first 99 women who flew planes after recruitment by the legendary Amelia Earhart.
But that's another story. Just go to this great museum and you'll hear it.
To set up a group or individual tour of the Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum, call 401-884-9490 or go to www.cloudshill.org [2].
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There is never a dearth of unusual beers for jaded tastebuds in this newfangled craft beer world. It makes me think of the line from Warren Ellis' Planetary comic series: "It's a strange world - let's keep it that way."
Now, Peak Organic Brewing's Espresso Amber isn't far out compared to some beers I've tried, but I have never come across a coffee beer that wasn't a stout or porter. When I saw it on the store shelf, my first thought was that the espresso would just overpower the amber beer flavor, usually strong on caramel malt. My second thought was, "All right, I have to know what they did with this."
Simply put, the brewery pulled it off. The initial aroma was the first surprise - instead of overwhelming coffee, I caught herbal hops with the coffee taking a back seat. The ale poured a darker amber than the norm, which would be expected with espresso added to it. The head was light tan and extremely creamy, leaving not so much lacing as spotting on the insides of the glass.
The first flavors were strong caramel and vanilla from the malt, which turned out to be from the use of Munich malt, a common ingredient in bock beers. It reminded me more of something like Alaskan Amber than a bock beer, however, and then the espresso kicked in with a pleasant roasted bitterness.
The mouthfeel, like the head, was very creamy and went well with the medium carbonation. The coffee flavor seemed to increase as the beer warmed up in the glass, but the amber profile stayed put.
Peak states that the 7 percent ABV Espresso Amber is the first Fair Trade certified beer in the United States and its website has a lot more information explaining the details. Its beers are mostly available in the eastern U.S., but I did purchase my 22-ounce sample in Wisconsin. I did not notice a Beer Finder link on the site, so emailing inquiries to the brewery may be your best bet to track down its products.


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Lakeside Evening Kiwanis of Fond du Lac donated $400 to the Children's Room of the Fond du Lac Public Library for the purchase of a new giant-book-shaped standing bookshelf.
The members of Fond du Lac Visual Arts have collaborated in an annual show at the Fond du Lac Public Library gallery through December. The range of work is vast: jewelry, ceramics, watercolor, collage, oils … it's a multimedia exhibit that showcases the diversity of the group.
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Fans of Stuart Woods might enjoy reading the latest novel by Randy Wayne White titled Gone. The greatest similarity between the two authors is the Florida setting, followed by the smooth flowing dialogue. Known for his Doc Ford novels, in which Ford is a marine biologist and sometime investigator, this new novel by White introduces a stunning new character, Hannah Smith. She is a descendant of the legendary Florida Smith women - Sarah, known as the 'Ox Woman' and Hannah, known as 'Big Six'.
The Fond du Lac Public Library's Lego Club for kids has been so popular, organizers have added a second meeting this month – 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 27. Kids who were unable to attend the earlier club meeting are invited to sign up for the free event at the Calendar, by calling (920) 322-3940 or stopping by the Children's Desk.
The Lego Club is exclusive for kids ages 7 to 12 – no adults or younger children. All materials are provided. Registration is required.
Here is the holiday closure schedule for the three Fond du Lac Public Library locations, the Main Library downtown; FDLPL Express, near Festival Foods; and Journeys at St. Agnes, inside the hospital:
Christmas Eve, December 24: Main Library and FDLPL Express closed. Journeys closing early at 4 p.m.
Christmas, December 25: All locations closed.
New Year's Eve, December 31: All locations close at 4 p.m.
New Year's Day, January 1: All locations closed.
Just in time to avert the mini-crisis on your holiday shopping list: What to get that helpful neighbor/adorable niece/plucky cat sitter? The Fond du Lac Public Library's BookCellar sells $5 gift certificates.
The BookCellar, located in the library's lower level, is Fond du Lac's only used books store. It sells books, movies, music and more at great prices: most books are $1, kids' books and paperbacks are 50 cents. It also has rare, vintage and collectible books at very affordable prices. The store is run primarily by volunteers, and proceeds benefit library programming.
The Fond du Lac Public Library will celebrate the Downtown Fond du Lac Home for the Holidays on Saturday, December 1, with a kids' holiday treasure hunt and guess-how-many game in the Children's Room all day. Just drop in during open hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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PADUCAH, Ky. (3/14/13) – The operator of a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix received multiple injuries as a result of a single vehicle rollover accident that occurred in the 5500 block of Bradford Road on Wednesday, March 13.
The initial dispatch at 11:25 AM was that the passenger car had rolled several times and a female occupant had been thrown from the vehicle. The investigation revealed that a 17-year-old female was traveling northbound on Bradford Road prior to the accident. As the youth topped a small hill, she met another car traveling in the opposite direction. The operator of the other vehicle stated that the youth was driving in the middle of Bradford Road and when the two met, the youth swerved toward the right side of the road and dropped off the edge of the roadway. The youth then overcorrected, which caused the car to slide sideways completely across the roadway and into the opposing ditch. When the car hit an earth embankment, it began to roll several times before coming to rest on the roof in the ditch. The youth was thrown from the car and came to rest next to her car in the ditch.
It was determined that the youth was wearing her seatbelt, but due to the violent nature of the roll, she slipped out of her seatbelt. She was treated and transported by Mercy Regional EMS to Baptist Hospital.
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AUBURN HILLS (AP) -- Ultimately, the NCAA tournament selection committee did what had been speculated by "bracketologists" for weeks, situating both Michigan and Michigan State at The Palace of Auburn Hills to begin the tournament.
Michigan State has received a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region and will open the NCAA tournament against Valparaiso on Thursday.
The fourth-seeded Wolverines (26-7) will face No. 13 seed South Dakota State (25-9) on Thursday in a South Regional matchup at The Palace of Auburn Hills, located about an hour's drive from Michigan's Ann Arbor campus.
The Spartans (25-8) are coming off a loss to Ohio State in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament.
Valparaiso (26-7) received a No. 14 seed after defeating Wright State to win the Horizon League tournament.
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South Dakota State won the Summit League tournament to earn the conference's automatic NCAA bid for the second straight year. Oakland University, which hosts the event at The Palace, won the Summit League the two seasons prior.
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Bert is adorable! Our beagle is a notorious food hound. I have no idea how she got up on the table and got two biscuits down last night - the chairs were all pushed in - maybe our cat was an accomplice? She begs for food all the time and eats like there is no tomorrow when fed. All our dogs love melon of any kind and apples. They beg for grapes but these are a no-no for dogs as I understand so they have to miss that treat!ReplyDelete
Irresistsibly cute!
I see one of my red flags coming up. My mind begins wondering.. " Just exactly who is training... who? " LOL This little man is gonna wrap y'all around his paws!ReplyDelete
I can see clearly why you fell in love with Bert. That is just too much cuteness to ignore. :)ReplyDelete
What a sweet face! Bert is making me feel guilty for not having a treat ready for him!ReplyDelete
I have a lot of help eating my supper too. Putter Jean (cat) sits right by my plate trying to stick her nose or paw in.....
He's so cute. Luv me some beagle babies.
Wow - he has beautiful markings! Cute little guy - and healthy!ReplyDelete
Bert always seems to be attached to a leash. Is he training you guys? or is he an incorrigable (sp) puppy who would rather get in trouble that eat????
I have never known a beagle who didn't like any food he/she met. Yes, they are incorrigible! But those eyes will win every time. How mad can one be when encountering those eyes..those soulful, cute eyes!ReplyDelete
What a total cutie! Who can possible resist such a sweet puppy? Puppies are worth spoiling!
Hugs to all!
Is it just me or does Bert LOOK BETTER already, since he came to live with you? xxx!ReplyDelete
I agree with cookiecrumb...Bert looks shinier. This puppy has definitely won the lottery!ReplyDelete
Bert is clearly on a diet, since he is scarfing salad.ReplyDelete
What a cute face! Beautiful eyes.ReplyDelete
You are going to have a tough time saying no to that face! Cuteness!ReplyDelete
I agree with Anon, Bert is obviously trying to lose weight by eating salad. And he knows how important veggies are for vitamins & fiber.
True story - our beagle once chewed through a baby-gate to get to a bag of dog food in another room. He ate a HOLE into the bag and walked inside the bag to eat. No morsel was on the floor, but there was a big, beagle-sized hole in the bag and a LOT of missing kibble. Everything worked out okay .. but we got babygates made with thick hardwood dowels after that.
My dogs really love bell peppers (all colors except green), tomatoes, cucumber, and frozen corn, peas, and carrot. Pears, apples, melons.....almost everything. :) They are foodies! Buttons insists on smelling our breath after we've eaten something tasty, lol.ReplyDelete
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Here's the sad truth about the loner down the block with the serious mental illness and maybe, just maybe you fear, an itch to hurt somebody.
He's a lot more likely to end up in a fight with a cop or an argument with a prison guard than a therapy session with a doctor in a hospital.
Approximately 30 percent of the inmates in Wisconsin prisons are mentally ill, according to a 2008 Legislative Audit Bureau report; about 10 percent seriously so. They account for virtually all "self-harm incidents" and attacks on staff. The Mental Illness Policy Organization contends, meanwhile, that a seriously ...


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Wildlife Services has confirmed four more hound depredations over the past few days.
Bear hounds have been killed in Iron, Lincoln, Sawyer and Bayfield counties. In all, 20 hounds have been depredated this bear training and hunting season.
Hunters are reminded to use caution while training and hunting with bear dogs.
You can find the map and other information on the dog depredation web page or by going to the DNR website (dnr.wi.gov) and typing keyword "wolf".
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In 1988 he co-founded with partner Lise Anne Couture (*1959), Asymptote, architectural design and research practice, based in New York. Hani has been a professor of architecture at the Columbia University graduate school of architecture and planning since 1989. In 1995 he co-developed the School?s advanced digital design program and has also been taught at numerous universities including the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, the University of Lund, Weden, the graduate school of design at Harvard University and the Stadleschule in Frankfurt.
Asymptote has produced a body of work that has placed the practice at the forefront of architectural and interactive digital design. Asymptote's projects range from spatial experimentation and installations to building and urban design to computer generated environments and architectures. They have created a virtual trading floor for the New York Stock Exchange and the Guggenheim Virtual Museum, which are fully navigable interactive multi-dimensional architectural environments.
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Ford Fiesta Alloy Wheels - Have You Had Buckled Alloy Wheels, Or Know Somebody Who Has? Let's Get Something Done About It!
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Having just bought an 09 plate Fiesta Titanium I am a bit worried about all the reports of buckled wheels. The problem with getting accurate figures is that many people complain in the the various forums that they are on and there is no one single point of contact for the problem. Ford will not as you suggest admit to the wheel failure unless forced to do so; like all of the car manufacturers. An online e-petition would work but I don't think you would get the required 100,000 signatures required to get a debate in parliment.
A consumer program/magazine like Which? or whatcar/autoexpress may have more luck in forcing Ford into an impass with regard to doing something about the wheels. I likely think the reduction in wheel strength will be due to cheaper materials/manufacturing methods being used to reduce their costs. I had a MONDEO Zetec S before this with 18" alloys and never suffered a problem with them.
I'll definately join in with any action if I get any problems with my car's wheels as I am very careful to try my best to avoid speed humps and the pot holes the coucil and highways agency like to fit/leave on our roads!
A consumer program/magazine like Which? or whatcar/autoexpress may have more luck in forcing Ford into an impass with regard to doing something about the wheels. I likely think the reduction in wheel strength will be due to cheaper materials/manufacturing methods being used to reduce their costs. I had a MONDEO Zetec S before this with 18" alloys and never suffered a problem with them.
I'll definately join in with any action if I get any problems with my car's wheels as I am very careful to try my best to avoid speed humps and the pot holes the coucil and highways agency like to fit/leave on our roads!
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 12:48 PM
Off topic here, but Clive, you are a policemen, better watch what I say now, Joke, I must say you are the first police officer that I have seen that has Superchips remap and Blue/White Side bulbs.
But hey I agree about the speed bumps although to be fair the same applys how many people drive over tham without buckling their alloys.
What can I say, I'm human too and love cars.
When you are pursuit trained and often need to drive everywhere like your !Removed! is on fire you appreciate a bit of extra poke when the mood hits.
Most of my colleagues drive high performance cars e.g cupra's and SLK's.
I'm not into flashy vandal magnets so a generally non descript car suits me fine.
You should experience my work car, every enhancement possible to allow for optimum performance has been done.
If you think that speed bumps are benign you should see the damage that chicane kerbs can do.
I wrote a armed response BMW off 4 years ago on one.
Railings were also involved resulting in a big mess and no front end left.
As they say, stuff happens.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 01:41 AM
I bent all four of the 16inch Zetec wheel within 6 months and only on very minor pot holes, lets say if I hadn't have avoided 500 holes successfully over the last 3 years I would have bent 500 of those rims. Almost every over Zetec I know of has also bent all of it's rims, most people just buy a new set and get over the stress. That doesn't mean the problem with these wheels isn't very serious. I'm writing from Australia by the way and ONE replacement wheel here retails at 550 UK pounds. So at over 2000 pounds to replace all four plasticine wheels everyone goes after market on the next set.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 08:00 PM
Just got mine back from Ford (along with the car, after a week of them having it), and they're a bit of a state to say the least. I've been back to Kwikfit (as Ford forgot to balance the wheels >_>) and the manager said there without doubt keep going at Ford, because after 8 months/13k, it's a joke.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 03:07 PM
I had an 11 plate ZS and the guy at the dealer told me avoid pot holes as the wheels buckle very easy ! He had the old shape ZS with these wheels on and explained he had got them damaged from the amount of people who had to have their wheels replaced and he had got them repaired for his car ! Very sift alloy !
Thank you for checking out this thread, it would be much appreciated if you could spare the time to read over this post, and if possible any replies that people have left and maybe leave some input of your own. There will be a poll for this, asking people to tick which alloy wheels they have had buckled, corresponding with their car model.
I am completely aware of the mass of threads about this topic, however most seem to be just complaining about them rather than actually grouping together on the matter in hand. There are steps we can take! However, let's discuss the topic first.
Basically it seems there is a large number of us here (seems mainly to be the Zetec S and Titanium owners) who're having hassle with our alloy wheels buckling and getting flat spots, now sometimes these are repairable, sometimes they're not serious enough and then other times the only action is to replace the wheel itself, now even with the first 2 options, should we really be going through this? Did you buy your Fiesta to be messing around every few months about the alloy wheels?
My story is this; I felt a vibration through the steering wheel of my Fiesta and within a couple of days went to Kwikfit to have what I thought was my wheels rebalanced as I and my dad (a mechanic for 40+ years) thought I'd lost a wheel weight. To my horror, when the wheels had been inspected, one wheel was terribly buckled, and the other had a less serious but unrepairable buckle as well. I was advised not to drive hard and to avoid motorways, effectively meaning really I need to get new wheels or take the car off the road as it's unsafe. My problem is, I don't just have £400 odd in my pocket to splash out, and also I only have 1 spare wheel. The thing is this wasn't all Kwikfit said, the mechanic said he see's Fiesta's in all of the time, and when I said about Corsa's he says they're fine, it's just the Fiesta's. To back this up, a lot of us on here have posted multiple threads.
So, I take the car in to Evans Halshaw (who in all of this I can give no fault too) to have their verdict, 2 new wheels and tyres. So I then go back home and give Ford a ring, well let's just say I have never had such an experience with a company, who takes £15,000 off someone, just to treat them like they're something off the bottom of their boot? They said there is no problem with the wheels and that I must have hit pot holes. Well, in that case why do I have two front wheels gone? To which the person on the phone said 'Exactly, why is it only the front two and not the back?' To which I replied, 'Well after all, the front wheels do have the full weight of a diesel engine over them...' and then there was a momentary silence from them, followed by being told I would have to find the money to pay for the wheels myself if I wanted the problem sorting, and when I said about not having heaps of cash lying round, that I would either have to borrow the money from friends and family, or take the car off the road. I genuinely couldn't believe what I was being told, I was being told that because they're putting wheels on cars that are unfit for purpose that I would have to take a 9 month old vehicle off the road?
So, here I am now. I'm posting so hopefully we can get together and do something about this, I'm thinking of contacting trading standards and hopefully Watchdog if we get enough support here. I aim to keep this thread alive so that anyone can chip in and hopefully get some help with the issue, so please post your experiences and thoughts on this, and let's try and get somewhere!
I have also posted on Ford UK's Facebook, which I urge anyone to do over this;
Thank you for your time.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 12:10 PM
I have a 2003 TDCI with Zetec alloys, I bought mine with a buckle already in :-(
Posted 12 July 2012 - 12:12 PM
Yep - I've had buckled wheels! Had to buy a new alloy from Ford for £110.
Posted 16 August 2012 - 07:16 AM
I have a Fiesta ST150 and have had to replace 2 wheels due to pothole damage, at a cost of £150+ each that's not cheap. If I have to repolace another, I shall change the whole set for something after-market. This is the only car I have ever had, also the only Ford, where a wheel, never mind two, has been damaged. It can only be the wheel quality.
Posted 17 August 2012 - 07:37 AM
Anyone think I've got a buckle...?
Got told 3 out of 4 of them are when I had my last service
Got told 3 out of 4 of them are when I had my last service
Posted 17 August 2012 - 08:27 AM
Ouch, it's pretty obvious there's a problem, I don't think this forum is mainly just for people with buckled wheels or anything, I don't get how Ford can actually get away with this because there is a clear quality control issue. This is the main reason I haven't gone for the 17 inch wheels yet, if the 16's buckle so easy I'd imagine 17's are easier still :/
Posted 17 August 2012 - 07:21 PM
A mention on Top Gear's news and auto industry happenings section, where they sit on the chairs together, would work wonders. More than any petition or Forum could do (with respect to posters here)
Posted 17 August 2012 - 08:46 PM
Nah! Good wash will get that out.
Anyone think I've got a buckle...?
Posted 19 August 2012 - 08:48 PM
Auto Express give this subject a mention.
Posted 21 August 2012 - 10:16 PM
Just to say I have the same problem 2 buckled wheels on Ford Fiesta 1.6 s done 13k,been driving 30 years and have never had a buckled wheel.
While I do not doubt that pot holes are the cause in my opinion the wheels are clearly not up to the job,its a fact that in most towns in the uk you are gonna hit pot holes at some point.
going to see the tomorrow will report back.
While I do not doubt that pot holes are the cause in my opinion the wheels are clearly not up to the job,its a fact that in most towns in the uk you are gonna hit pot holes at some point.
going to see the tomorrow will report back.
Posted 21 August 2012 - 10:51 PM
Ive had numerous fiestas now and never buckled a wheel, i think the answer is just avoid potholes and if u hit one and knacker your wheel you need to be writing to the council not ford!
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