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The Lowndes County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building in Hayneville, AL. It has served as the Lowndes County courthouse since 1856. The Greek Revival-style building is one of only four antebellum courthouses that remain in use in Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971.
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The Calhoun School
The Calhoun Colored School was a private boarding and day school in Calhoun, Lowndes County, AL. The Calhoun Colored School was first designed to educate rural African American students according to the industrial school model. As the school developed, it raised its standards, created a large library, and offered more of an academic curriculum. The principal's […]
Jonathon Daniels' Murder Site/Cash's Store
The Varners Cash Store is the Memorial site of Jonathon Daniels' death. He was the 26th civil rights worker to be murdered. The 26-year-old died from a shotgun blast while he saved the life of another.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom House
The Jackson family provided this property for the headquarters and home of the Lowndes County SNCC staff. This is where civil rights activists came to work when visiting the country. The first SNCC project to promote the slogan "black power" was the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. This site is located in Hayneville, AL.
First Missionary Baptist Church, Hayneville
The First Missionary Baptist Church in Hayneville is significant for its role in the 1966 elections in Lowndes County. Local black community leaders joined with members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to form a third party, the Lowndes County Freedom Party to run a slate of African Americans in the county's November 1966 election. […]


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July is National Blueberry Month and gardening centers are gearing up to explain the range of sweet to spicy types and how to plant, fertilize, water and prune them.
Here are five fun blueberry facts from the experts at Al's Garden Centers:
- Blueberries are one of the only fruits native to North America, but are found on almost every continent.
- Blueberries are one of the oldest known plants still living—they have been traced back 13,000 years.
- Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color.
- Blueberries have lots of antioxidants that are believed to help keep you healthy.
- Blueberries are easy to pick and there are no thorns or stickers on the bushes.
Bernadine Strik, a berry specialist with the Oregon State University Extension Service, says three categories of blueberry plants are best suited for Oregon climates -- Northern highbush varieties, rabbiteye varieties and half-high varieties.
For more cultivar recommendations, see the newly revised OSU Extension publication "Blueberry Cultivars for the Pacific Northwest." The 22-minute video "A Grower's Guide to Pruning Highbush Blueberries" (also in Spanish) offers detailed pruning advice.
Al's Garden Centers will hold Kids Club classes (Blueberries or Bust!, $5) starting at 11 a.m. July 5 at the Woodburn location, 1220 N Pacific Hwy.; July 12 at the Sherwood location, 16920 SW Roy Rogers Road; and July 19 at the Gresham location, 7505 SE Hogan Road.
Reservations are needed.
Children will learn how to grow blueberry plants and take one home. They will also learn how important bees are in pollinating fruit trees and berries.
On July 19, adults can take a free blueberry basics seminar at 1 p.m. and
enjoy a free tasting of Thompson Farms blueberries from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
July 19 at all three Al's Garden Centers locations.
-- Janet Eastman
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Many years ago I worked with a woman who was a nursing mother (and she was a nurse) and she was HUNGRY. She would make cheesy tuna potato melt for lunch using two potatoes because it was full of vitamins, fiber and protein and it kept her full. I have used this many times with smaller portions and I never tire of it. It's part of my single serving food series.
If you don't like tuna, just add any cooked meat. If you have cooked vegetables, that would also be a great addition.
This can be put together with only three ingredients. It makes a great lunch or dinner for one. Of course, you can add more and split with someone you love.
1 potato
5 oz can of tuna (use more or less to suit your appetite)
1/3 cup of cheese (again, adjust for your taste)
• Scrub a potato, stab several times with a knife and toss in microwave for 2-3 minutes.
• When cooked, put the potato in a microwave safe dish and cut into smaller pieces. (Leave the peel on.)
• Open a can of tuna and drain it, but don't squeeze out all the moisture.
• Scoop the tuna onto the potato.
• Sprinkle the cheese over the tuna and potato.
• Microwave about a minute until cheese is melted and tuna is hot.
• Season with salt and pepper, if you like.
• I use small Yukon gold potatoes. The skins are easy to eat and they are supposed to have more nutrients.
• Don't peel the potato or you'll lose valuable nutrients.
• Be sure the potato is thoroughly cooked before adding other ingredients.
• For cheese, I like the lower fat blends that use both a white and a yellow cheese.
• If you want more flavor, add salsa or Mexican cheeses.
This is a great "go-to" meal that will keep you full for hours. The tuna has such high protein and the fiber of the potato stick with you. The cheese makes it all warm and wonderful.


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Rangers tab Perez for Saturday start
Rangers pitcher Martin Perez will get his first major league start against the A's on Sunday.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The
Texas Rangers are turning to left-hander
Martin Perez to start Saturday's game against Oakland.
It will be the first major-league start for Perez, who pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief Wednesday night. Texas manager Ron Washington said the Rangers decided to go with Perez over Justin Grimm because he's left-handed.
Oakland is hitting just .222 against left-handed pitching.
Perez is excited about his opportunity.
"I just want to do my job," said Perez, who allowed four runs (one earned) against Detroit. "I just want to do the same I did in spring training, just throw the ball over the plate and see what happens. Attack the zone early and throw my breaking pitch for strikes. Throw quality pitches and help the team, that's what I want."
While Perez is the Saturday starter, there are no guarantees after that. Washington said the Rangers would use the off day to give all the starters an extra day of rest. Roy Oswalt will start Tuesday's series opener in Chicago and the Sunday before the All-Star break. The July 6 starter is still to be decided.
Derek Holland will start Monday for Round Rock and Washington said the plan is still for him to make three rehab starts, although that could change.
Keeping cool
The Rangers hit in the batting cages for a third-consecutive Friday to try and avoid the heat.
Washington said he can tell a difference when his team hits inside vs. taking BP on the field on triple-digit heat.
"You can tell when we hit on the field, you really can," Washington said. "We're just sluggish for a few innings but we've got to do it sometimes. We just can't keep hanging out in here. We've got go get out there."
Washington said it's important for the club to take BP outside because it gives the infielders work and the players can run the bases. He also wants his club to get used to the Texas heat, which isn't going away any time soon.
The Rangers will take BP outside Saturday but not Sunday.


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at the heart
of every atom,
stillness in motion,
moving in and out of light
through forest, through water,
through the wings of birds,
the humble flesh of worms,
the addict in the alley
and the lovers.
galaxies die and reform
in the space between breaths,
we empty and are filled,
we circle the sun,
magic spirals
from heart to heart
across arcs of spinning stars
as we dance the dance
and lightly disappear
into each other.
We are the Dance. Found photograph as 35 mm slide.


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Balancing the broadly differing wants and needs of restaurant guests takes a lot of baby coddling. Or maybe not. This past week, a Northern California restaurant highlighted the Hobson's choice restaurant operators often face when it comes to policies on children within their four walls. Shake's Old Fisherman's Grotto on the wharf in Monterey, Calif., dove headlong into the controversy, drawing jeers from some parents and cheers from other patrons with signs that prohibit ...
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Bethel Baptist Church in Collegeville, the headquarters church of Birmingham's civil rights movement when the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was pastor from 1956-61, will be celebrating on Sunday.
While the historic church that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan three times still stands, the Bethel congregation moved into a larger new sanctuary on the same block in 1997, where attendance averages about 250 for the Sunday services. "We were growing and needed more room," said the Rev. Thomas Wilder, who has been pastor since 1988. "Even now we need more room."
But at least the new sanctuary is finally paid off. It took 17 years to pay off the $1 million mortgage, Wilder said.
Bethel Baptist will have a mortgage-burning ceremony on Sunday at 3 p.m. to ceremonially mark the end of the church's debt.
"We're going to burn a replica of the mortgage and have a grand celebration," Wilder said. "We'll recognize people who have been members for a long time."
The guest speaker will be the Rev. James Brooks, pastor of New Pilgrim Baptist Church, which recently completed a new building.
Wilder said Bethel Baptist now has a need for a new youth center in Collegeville.
The church already tutors about 100 neighborhood children.
"I need a place for them to do tutoring," he said. He envisions a youth center with a fine arts academy.
"A lot of kids in the summer don't have a lot to do," Wilder said. "We could host a summer program on civil and human rights.
A lot of it did start right there."
Wilder said the youth center is in the idea phase. "Since we just got out of debt, we're not looking to get into debt," he said. "It's going to cost several million to do what we need."
The historic church building where Shuttlesworth preached has been renovated and is now used for seminars, tours and visiting exhibits.
Click here to read Greg Garrison's profile of Thomas Wilder for Birmingham Magazine


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A US Attorney who isn't getting fired
But Kenny--who, again, has never had his job threatened--seems to have made a little boo-boo.
Poorly written Justice Department documents cost the federal government more than $100 million in what was supposed to have been the crowning moment of the biggest tax prosecution ever.
Walter Anderson, the telecommunications entrepreneur who admitted hiding hundreds of millions of dollars from the IRS and District of Columbia tax collectors, was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison and ordered to repay about $23 million to the city.
But U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said he couldn't order Anderson to repay the federal government $100 million to $175 million because the Justice Department's binding plea agreement with Anderson listed the wrong statute.
Friedman said he could have worked around that problem by ordering Anderson to repay the money as part of his probation. But prosecutors omitted any discussion of probation -- a common element of plea deals -- from Anderson's paperwork.


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PVF1799 wrote: I'm betting Dad got some paint from the garage and one of us Rau boys painted that box.
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Jim Becker wrote:PVF1799 wrote: I'm betting Dad got some paint from the garage and one of us Rau boys painted that box.
Including behind the tag? I'm beginning to think there were 2 tool boxes.
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ricky racer wrote:Looks teal to me. If you're redoing it for your dad and he says teal, then it should be teal. If you are restoring it for you, then gray will match what you rememeber. Have fun.
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Sarah Ginaite Rubinson
Partisan/Resistance Fighter
Sarah was born in 1924 in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. During the German occupation, she was imprisoned in the Kovno ghetto where she lost most of her family. She would eventually come into contact with members of the underground movement and begin working with them. Here she talks about the activities of the partisan unti that operated in the Kovno area:
Interviewer: … what a partisan is different from what you were doing already as a resistor?
Sarah Rubinson: The partisan, we lived in the forest in a camp, detachment. It was a pro-Soviet, and we went like guerillas, like the guerillas are doing to fight them in any possible way.
I: So you were assisted by a Soviet?
S: Yes, by a Soviet. Not assisted but it was directed by the Soviet, by the Soviet, yes.
I: Were they, were the Soviets former prisoners of war? Or were they just from the area?
S: The leadership was from, were from airborne. They were sent from Moscow. Lithuanians, regionally Lithuanians, communists, devoted communists, mostly, mostly. Some were local Russians, very little. And some were Jews escaped from the Vilna ghetto.
I: Was partisan activity widespread in the area? Were there many partisans?
S: In our… it was called Rudnicki Forest. It was over 2,000 around in many detachments, not only our detachment. In our detachment was approximately 200. Most of them were inmates from, escapee from the ghetto, Russian former prisoners of war, a few local Poles, a few local Russians. Fifteen percent of us were women.
I: I was just going to ask you that. Were there, were there any children out there?
S: No, no, no.
I: With 200 partisans out there were you in individual, small groups? How did you live and survive out there?
S: I don't know what it is called, you know, special like a tent but inside it was built a tent, about 30 people lived in one tent, 30 people, so yes. I don't remember exactly, 30 or 20, maybe 30.
I: And what was your main task when you became part of the partisans?
S: Again?
I: What was your main duty, what did you do?
S: Everything in the partisans, everything, from peeling potatoes to going to, going to a battle, to surround the local police, to… everything we did and everyone personally had a special, like some kind of division. It was intelligence, my husband was in the intelligence group, so he had to go to talk to the local people to find out a lot of things, he was. I was sent back to ghetto with four more people, so five days, no four days, four nights, we went hundred miles from Rudnicki to the ghetto. And was very cold; it was the first days of January. It was very cold, like today in Toronto or Montreal. Snowing, and we went and we smuggled into the ghetto. We had to meet our leadership and to pass him some kind information and to restore the connection. And I stayed in ghetto for three weeks with my mother and with my sister and my mother was very nervous, she saw that they got my letters, they were so happy, through this person [unintelligible], that I was safe and now why I came. So I said don't worry, everything is okay. I started to, I tried to help them, but unfortunately nothing worked and during the liquidation of the ghetto, in the beginning of July, 1944, end of June and beginning of July, 1944, the Kaunas ghetto was liquidated and my family was, rest of my family, was deported to Germany and survived only my sister and my sister's husband, and perished my husband's family, his father, his sister, Liper Rubinson father, sister Sonya Rubinson, my mother Reveka Gin, the mother of the child, the child survived, the mother of the child, most perished in the ghetto. So that's it.
I: What were some of the, some of the acts of sabotage that was done by the partisans?
S: In the ghetto was sabotage, in partisan you don't do sabotage, you kill, you struggle, you murder, what kind of sabotage can you do in… in ghetto you can, or when you were working for the Germans you can sabotage, but in, it is like a military union, unit.


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ThyssenKrupp AG on Wednesday named the management team for the stainless division of its proposed $3.7 billion steel plant in north Mobile County.
The German steelmaker said Ulrich Albrecht-Frueh will serve as chief executive officer of ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA LLC. Albrecht-Frueh has held a variety of leadership positions with ThyssenKrupp over the past 10 years, including a key European innovation project and the stainless steel melt shop operation in Krefeld, Germany.
The company also named Michael Lutter as chief financial officer. Lutter brings 16 years of experience in corporate finance, including seven with ThyssenKrupp AG and ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG, according to the company.
"We are honored and excited to take on this new challenge," said Albrecht-Frueh, who recently moved to Mobile from Germany. "We look forward to developing not only a state-of-the-art stainless steel facility, but also a world-class work force in Alabama."
Albrecht-Frueh and Lutter both served on the ThyssenKrupp site selection team that chose Alabama for the new steel mill, which is scheduled to begin producing carbon steel and stainless steel beginning in March 2010.
"Ulrich and Michael have proven to be exceptional leaders during their years of service with ThyssenKrupp," said Michael Rademacher, vice chairman of the executive board of ThyssenKrupp Stainless. "The new stainless facility represents a very important component of our company's global growth strategy. We are confident that our new management team will successfully lead the way."
ThyssenKrupp also announced that Russell Wilkie will serve as head of site preparation. An expert in industrial greenfield projects, Wilkie recently moved to Mobile from a position with ThyssenKrupp Stainless in Shanghai, China.
The company said additional management positions, including the head of human resources, will be announced in coming weeks.
The 2,700-worker mill, located on a 3,565-acre site near Calvert on U.S. 43, will process carbon and stainless steel for the North American market. The company has said it expects to employ up to 29,000 during construction over the next three years.


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Egalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
by Patricia Aste
The story of history's only successful slave insurrection and the man who lead it.
Global Voices
En Route to Baghdad
by Simone Duarte
En Route to Baghdad is a portrait of the peacekeeping career of former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose death in a 2003 Baghdad bombing attack became a tragic metaphor for the effort to bring stability to Iraq.
Independent Lens, Global Voices
End of the Rainbow
by Robert Nugent, Mitzi Goldman, Michel Zwecker, and Jean-Pierre Gibrat
End of the Rainbow explores the human dimensions of industrial gold-mining in two remote locations: Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo and Guinea, West Africa.
Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices
End of Waiting Time
by Perez Molero, Jesus Sanjurjo, and Valerie Delpierre
During the long dictatorship of Spanish General Francisco Franco, hundreds of people were arrested, executed or disappeared. Today, the families of those who vanished have begun to search for answers about their relatives.
Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices
The English Surgeon
by Geoffrey Smith and Rachel Wexler
A British neurosurgeon confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine.
Global Voices, POV, Global Perspectives Collection
Escape from Auschwitz
by Alex Dunlop
The story of two young Slovak Jews who managed to escape and help save as many as 120,000 Jews by sharing their detailed account of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Global Perspectives Collection, Secrets of the Dead
Every Day Is a Holiday
by Theresa Loong
A war veteran and P.O.W. takes a long and complicated path to U.S. citizenship, made even more dramatic by his daughter's discovery of his wartime diary.
Facing the Dragon
by Sedika Mojadidi
An Afghani female parliament member fights to secure rights for women in her campaign for re-election, in a province under siege from Taliban and insurgents, while a brave female journalist covers the volatile new presidency and growing violence against women.
The Fighting Spirit
by George Amponsah, Jacqui Timberlake, and Mike Tait
Three young boxers from Bukom, Ghana try to navigate the glittering prizefighting rings of Europe and North America through triumph and defeat.
Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, AfroPop
First Australians
by Darren Dale and Rachel Perkins
This epic story combines landscapes, interviews, art and archival footage to present the birth of contemporary Australia from the perspectives of its first peoples.
Global Perspectives Collection
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MUSKEGON, MI – Three headlines for Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, plus a tip about what's coming up:
What's hot now: MEAP scores released: North Muskegon, Spring Lake, Grand Haven have area's highest scores
MUSKEGON, MI – Pass these papers to the back, please.
Test scores are being handed out Friday morning, Feb. 28, by the Michigan Department of Education. The statewide Michigan Educational Assessment Program, or MEAP, test is taken by students in grades 3-8.
Cops, courts and fire: Two times a killer: Prisoner pleads to first-degree murder of cellmate in Muskegon
Robert Allen Hall, already a convicted murderer serving a life sentence, Friday elected to change one word of his sentence – from "with" to "without" chance of parole -- by pleading no contest to the premeditated first-degree murder of his prison cellmate at Muskegon's Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility.
Make sure you don't miss: Muskegon business leaders thrilled, yet concerned, with plans for $220 million medical center
MUSKEGON, MI – Mercy Health's plan for a new medical center has Muskegon business leaders excited, concerned and impressed.
Coming up: Dedication to fallen Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II


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Average grade: 9.8 %
Length: 7.9 km
Altitude start: 1020 m
Altitude top: 1800 m
Ascent: 780 m
Maximum: 20 %
Bussalp rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 1103 (all)
Ranking Switzerland: 110 (all)
Ranking Jura mountains: 8 (all)
Difficulty score: 112.51 what?
Bussalp ratings
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The Bussalp is situated in Bern.
This climb belongs to the
Jura mountains.
Starting from Grindelwald,
the Bussalp ascent is 7.9 km long. Over this distance, you climb 780 heightmeters.
The average percentage thus is 9.8 %.
The maximum slope is 20 %.
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To be upfront -- I do not have ample amounts of time for dating. I am a mom to my son, who is smart, funny and so energetic to be around. He's my rock and I love spending time with him.
I am health-oriented, genuine and open-minded. Life is unexpected by what is thrown at us each day, so I make it simple and enjoy it as much as possible! I try not to stress about the uncontrollable or get worked up over the past.
I have a great smile that's hard to miss since I'm usually laughing or smiling about something!
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Delicate is the word you might associate with lavender's aroma -- the flowery essence used in soaps, lotions and those little bags some people throw into closets and drawers holding their sheets and towels.
In cooking, a little lavender goes a long way.
"Too much can be really strong, so you use it lightly," says Joelle Mollinger, the chef and co-owner of Joelle's French Bistro in Skaneateles.
"It's like other strongly flavored herbs that you might use, like rosemary or thyme," said David Hirsch, executive chef at the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca. "You want it in the background, so you might not notice it at first -- it wouldn't hit you over the head -- but there is an essence there that you discover."
Like other herbs, lavender as a culinary ingredient is more of an accent than a dominant flavor. It adds zest to desserts like ice cream or creme brulee, puts a zing into lemonade, cocktails or dressings, even offers a zap of flavor when sprinkled on delicate meats, like lamb, or used in stews. And, of course, it's a fine garnish.
The details
What: Fourth annual Finger Lakes Lavender Festival
Where: Lockwood Farm, 682 W. Lake Road (Route 41A), Skaneateles, just south of Mandana.
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Activities include: Cut your own lavender; workshops on planting, caring for and harvesting lavender; crafts and arts vendors, sheep-shearing demonstrations and more. Chef David Hirsch's cooking demonstration is 1 p.m. Saturday only.
For more information: call 685-5369 or go to fingerlakeslavenderfestival.blogspot.com.
Learning to use lavender in cooking will be one of the focal points at this year's Finger Lakes Lavender Festival, Saturday and Sunday at Lockwood Farm on Skaneateles Lake. Mollinger will be there offering crepes made with a lavender-infused cream, while Hirsch will lead a presentation Saturday about cooking with herbs, including lavender.
Farmers Gary Lockwood and Karen Wheeler-Lockwood grow about 2,000 lavender plants -- and about 20 varieties -- on what they describe as a "flower and fiber" farm (they also raise sheep). They make lavender products like lotions, candles and soaps, plus wedding bouquets and more.
Lockwood is one of just a handful of lavender farms in New York state. Washington state is the leading lavender-growing region in the country.
The Lockwoods have made a thorough study of lavender and its uses since converting a former sheep pasture into the lavender fields beginning in 2001 and going into the commercial lavender business in 2005. They grow pink and white varieties in addition to several of the purple -- the color most associated with lavender.
Their website offers some words of wisdom to those thinking of cooking with lavender.
"Adding too much lavender to your recipe can be like eating perfume and will make your dish bitter," says the entry at lockwoodfarm.blogspot.com.
"The key to cooking with lavender," the entry continues, "is to experiment; start out with a small amount of flowers and add more as you go."
From garden to kitchen
Lavender is related to mint but is most often cited as a substitute for rosemary.
Culinary lavender
These four English varieties (scientific name Lavandula angustifolia) are suitable as cooking herbs:
Royal Velvet
Many of the most common varieties can be grouped under the categories of English or French.
And while many people might consider French cuisine superior to English, the opposite holds true when using lavender.
The English varieties, Wheeler-Lockwood said, have a sweet aroma that is suitable to the kitchen. French lavender varieties have aromas described as woody, or similar to the strong-smelling substance camphor.
"You wouldn't want to cook with French lavender," Wheeler-Lockwood said, adding those varieties look good and make fine bouquets.
English varieties that can be used in recipes include Munstead, which Wheeler-
Lockwood says is the most common variety found in local gardens, plus Hidcote, Royal Velvet and Folgate.
The best way to prepare lavender for kitchen use is to pick and dry it.
Lavender should be picked when just a few of the flower buds, or florets, at the top of each stem are open, Wheeler-Lockwood said. Cut them about 1 1/2 inches above the woody part of the stem, she said.
Stems can be gathered into a bunch, then held together at the bottom with a rubber band. Hang the bunch upside down in a dark, dry place for about two weeks.
"The dark helps them keep their color," Wheeler-Lockwood said. Once dry, strip the flower buds off and put them in a sealed container, like a plastic bag or jar with an airtight lock. They'll stay usable for about a year, Wheeler-Lockwood said.
You can use fresh lavender instead, but it won't last as long. Use about one-third as much dried lavender as fresh, the Lockwoods say.
Infusion is one way to make use of lavender. It can, for example, be placed in honey to add aroma or sealed in a container of sugar.
Hirsch, of the Moosewood, has infused it in hot milk, letting the flowers steep in the milk for about an hour, then straining them out. He also suggests infusing the flowers in a custard sauce.
It can be added to a container of other dried herbs -- like rosemary, thyme, sage, basil, etc. -- to make your own homemade version of "herbes de Provence," a blend frequently found in high-end shops and spice aisles of supermarkets.
"You see it in lots of infusions in high-end restaurants these days," said Mollinger, of Joelle's French Bistro.
But, she said, it has taken a while for home cooks to catch on. She thinks the weekend festival will help.
"People will see that lavender is not just for perfume," she said.
Lavender Honey Crepes
From Joelle Mollinger, of Joelle's French Bistro
For the crepe batter:
1¾ cup flour
Ð cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups whole or low-fat milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or rum
1 tablespoon melted butter or oil
For the lavender honey sauce:
2 tablespoons honey lavender (see note)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
For the lavender honey cream:
¼ cup cornstarch
¾ cup sugar, divided
2 cups milk, divided
4 egg yolks, lightly beaten
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon lavender honey (see note)
2 tablespoon of unsalted butter
1 cup of whipped cream
To make the crepe batter: In a bowl, sift flour, sugar and salt and set aside. In another bowl, combine milk, eggs, vanilla and butter. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until the ingredient are blended in a smooth batter. Let the batter rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Make the crepes by heating a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium-high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, to desired size for each crepe. Tilt the pan with a circular motion so that the batter coats the surface evenly. Cook the crepe for about 2 minutes, until the bottom is light brown. Loosen with a spatula, turn and cook the other side.
To make lavender honey sauce: Mix lavender honey with lemon juice. Drizzle on the warm crepe. Fold the crepe.
To make lavender honey cream: Combine cornstarch, ¼ cup sugar, ½ cup of the milk and the egg yolks in a bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until completely smooth. In a nonreactive saucepan, bring to a boil the remaining milk, sugar and salt.
Add 1/3 of the hot mixture into the cornstarch mixture, whisking constantly, then add it the saucepan and continue cooking over medium heat, stirring with a whisk until the mixture come to a boil.
Remove the pan from the heat and add vanilla, honey and butter. Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap directly on the cream. When the mixture cools, add the whipped cream.
Served with the warm crepes.
Note: You can use a commercial brand of honey lavender. To make your own, see the adjoining recipe.
Lavender honey
From everything-lavender.com
3 tablespoons fresh lavender flowers or 1½ to 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers (dried
lavender buds)
16 ounces of light-colored honey (such as clover honey)
Put the lavender flowers and honey into a saucepan over medium heat to warm gently. Stir and mix together. Allow to sit over the lowest setting or gentle heat about ½ hour. Pour, while still warm, into a container that has a lid, such as a glass jar with a screw top. Set aside for a week or so in a cool place, then strain out the flowers and re-bottle.
Purple Passion Lavender Lemonade
From Lockwood Farm, Skaneateles
¼ cup lavender flowers, plus sprigs for garnishes
1 cup water, for boiling
1 12-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 cup grape juice
1 quart cold water
Lemon-lime soda or Champagne
Cover lavender flowers with boiling water and let steep 10 minutes. Strain.
Combine lavender infusion with lemonade concentrate and grape juice. Add cold water.
To make: Fill glass ½ full of lavender lemonade over ice, then top up with lemon-lime soda or Champagne. Add a lavender sprig.
Lavender Salad Dressing
From Lockwood Farm, Skaneateles
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon grain mustard
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon dried lavender blossoms
Blend all ingredients together in a blender. Serve on spinach, arugula or other salad.
Lavender Scones
From Lockwood Farm, Skaneateles
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
4 tablespoons butter
¼ cup sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lavender florets or 1 teaspoon dried culinary lavender, roughly chopped
2/3 cup milk
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in the sugar and lavender florets, reserving a pinch of lavender to sprinkle on the top of the scones before baking them.
Add enough milk to make a soft, sticky dough. Bind the mixture together and then turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface. Shape the dough into a circle, gently patting the top to give a 1-inch depth.
Using a floured cutter, stamp out 12 scones. Place on a baking sheet.
Brush the tops with a little milk and sprinkle with the reserved lavender. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden. Serve warm, with plum jam and clotted cream.
Lavender Martini
From Lockwood Farm, Skaneateles
1 ounce lavender buds, crushed
2 ounces vodka
1 dash dry vermouth
Almond-stuffed olive, soaked in vermouth
Fill a large martini glass with crushed ice. Use the stem of the lavender as a stir stick, swirling the ice around the glass and infusing the lavender flavor into the ice. Roll the stem briefly between your fingertips to swirl the ice around and chill the glass.
Muddle the fresh lavender in a muddling glass and fill with crushed ice. Pour the vodka and the dash of dry vermouth into the glass. Stir briefly. Empty the ice from the martini glass and shake out any water. Strain cocktail into chilled martini glass. Garnish with olive.


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"When I was first getting to know coaches before they had seen me play they usually ask for your height and your weight," said Weber. "When I would e-mail them back and say that I was only about 5'5" and 130-135 pounds, they would always question that at first. But when they had seen me play they knew that I had other areas to my game that would make up for being small."
In the end, his talent was far too great for colleges to ignore as Weber, a center midfielder, will continue his soccer career at Rutgers University.
Weber, who made the verbal commitment to Rutgers in mid-October, made his decision public this week.
"We made a tape up and we put a game on it from last year and we went sent it to all of these schools. They loved him as a player, they thought he was tactically one of the best kids they had ever seen. But every one of them was concerned about his size," Newton coach Pat Brennan said. "He isn't the biggest guy in the world and when you don't get to see him in person, you don't understand how good of a player he is."
You could count Rutgers as one of those schools, who may have doubted Weber early on, but according to Brennan, the coaches quickly became convinced after seeing him in a Sep. 29, game against Sparta. Weber had two assists in the game, a 4-1 victory, and thoroughly dominated.
"Andy was just unbelievable," said Brennan about his performance that day in front of Rutgers' coaches. "They were like 'we don't care that he's 5-foot-5, he's unbelievable. It worked out perfect. It couldn't have been better."
After that game, the attention from Rutgers increased dramatically. The interest was mutual as proximity to home was one of the factors that made Weber pick the New Jersey school over Massachusetts, Rhode Island and a few others.
"I ended up going down there in mid-October, just to meet with the coaches and the school," Weber said. "When I went there I really liked the school a lot. I got along very well with the coaches and it's only an hour and 10 minutes away from my house, so that's always nice. My family can still come see me play."
For the season, Weber has four goals and 13 assists for a Newton team which is 19-4 and will be playing in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 2 semifinals next week. Last year Weber a First Team All-West Jersey selection as Newton won a section title.
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Parents, school supporters disgusted with closure process
WENTWORTH – The Chignecto-Central Regional School Board's decision to move Wentworth Elementary closer to closure is not sitting well with members of the community.
The board voted at a special meeting Tuesday to move five schools to the next phase in the closure process with public meetings during March, after which it will make recommendations to the Department of Education with closures occurring as soon as September.
Cecil MacLeod chaired the Wentworth school review committee and admitted to being disappointed and angry with the board's decision.
"I'm pretty angry, I'm not going to lie. I'm furious that not even a single school out of the five is going to be saved with the facts we put in front of them," MacLeod said Wednesday. "That is disgusting and infuriating to all of us who put in probably 10 times the effort the operational department did to put us on the chopping block."
MacLeod said looking at what the board brought forward to back the closure process and comparing it to what the community review committee submitted shows the board hasn't done its homework and is using a flawed process.
"They sit there in their suits and hand out pacifying facts and most board members just suck it up and take it," he said, adding he's disappointed the area's own board member didn't vote for the school.
MacLeod said the board will not save money closing the school in Wentworth because there will be added transportation costs and he's furious the board plans to divide the community by sending some students to Oxford and the rest to Pugwash.
He also pointed out the board is using enrolment projections based on the 2006 census instead of the actual information presented by the community.
"I honestly feel wholeheartedly there is an agenda and I'm disgusted by it," he said. "Unfortunately for them I'm going to get a lot louder. I've been nice about it until now, but I'm not going to be nice about it anymore. If that's the way the school board is going to operate that's the way I'm going to have to operate too."
Carol Hyslop, who is a former school board member, said she's disappointed with the board because it really didn't consider the information that was collected by the review committee.
"People are not taking the busing issue seriously and the amount of time the students will be spending on the bus. They're already on too long now. If they do as planned, they'll be on the bus for almost two hours one way," she said. "I'm also concerned with splitting the community with students on one side of the highway going to one school and those on the other side going to another school."
She said this is the fourth time the school has been on the chopping block and she said the present process did not include options for keeping it open.
Wentworth's public meeting will be on March 5.
Cumberland South MLA and PC Party Leader Jamie Baillie said he's frustrated with the board.
"The board relied on a faulty report when they started the review. The community spoke up, did its homework and poked giant holes in that faulty report and still they're going ahead with the review," Baillie said, adding the report ignores busing standards in place to prevent students from spending too much time on the bus. "It contained incorrect information on the state of the school itself and enrolment projects that our outright wrong. For those reasons that review should have been stopped in its tracks last night."
He said the reviews don't take into consideration the role of small, rural schools in the communities they're located. It's a policy, he said, that needs to be in place at the Department of Education level. Until then, he said, none of the reviews are valid.
Baillie said he's already been touch with the chairwoman of the school's advisory council, Andrea Rushton, and he will work with the community to fight the closure.
Also, with this being an election year, he is promising to stop the process if he becomes premier.
The school board's Wentworth representative, Margaret Nicholson, could not be reached for comment on Wednesday


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Valentine's Day is coming and it is a great time to get creative with photos!. Here are a collection of 17 excellent valentine's day photo ideas to inspire you.
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Tulip Heart by Harri Väyrynen
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Love by Fabrizio Ciacchi
Simply love+ by Marty
The roots of our love by Escaped emotions
Valentine's day – Lightpainting by Alexandre Bordereau
Love is by Onixa
Lovers by Fproject – Przemyslaw Kruk
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Only both of us by Nooh Essa
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Aromas of dark berries, vanilla, burnt toast and aromatic herbs are balanced by the supple finish.
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That's what I mean- Adobe has not made that available to other developers.Originally Posted by JerrodDRagon
Here's what Opera has to say here http://my.opera.com/community/forums....dml?id=171703
Why Flash 7 is used, and not a newer version
It seems that Flash 7 is the latest version available for licensing from Adobe. This means no Flash 9 for platforms not directly supported by Adobe.
Basically, in this case one has to rely on a closed implementation from a single vendor rather than an open standard. That vendor has chosen to prioritize things in a certain way.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Devils feel fortunate to play in Game 7, regardless of 8:30 p.m. start
Devils coach Pete DeBoer said he was a bit surprised by the NHL scheduling Thursday's Game 7 as an 8:30 p.m. start, but doesn't view it as a big deal.
"It is what it is," DeBoer said. "I understand the reasons behind it. There's no advantage either way. We'll play whenever they tell us."
With the Rangers and Ottawa Senators also playing a Game 7 Thursday, the NHL wanted to stagger the start of the games so they would not run simultaneously.
After surviving Game 6 Tuesday night on Travis Zajac's winning goal 5:39 into overtime, the Devils are just happy to have a chance to play a Game 7. They don't care that much when it starts.
"We know that we're really fortunate and happy to be in the position that we're in to play an 8:30 game tomorrow," goaltender Martin Brodeur said. "Hey, we could have been on vacation, so we'll take an 8:30 Game 7. So, we're looking forward to the challenge and we know that these guys are playing well in their building. We played with a lot of desperation yesterday and it worked out well and we're going to expect the Panthers to do the same thing knowing that after tonight, we'll have a decision if we're moving on or we're going home."
At the very least, the later start will give the players more time for their afternoon naps.
"It's a unique time start, but we've got to adjust," captain Zach Parise said. "It's better than 6:30. I'd rather have it later than earlier."
For some of the early-bird special crowd in Florida, that start might be past their bedtime. DeBoer joked with semi-retired goaltending coach Jacques Caron about that.
"I was bugging Jacques Caron whether he could stay awake," DeBoer said laughing.
The game will be televised in the New Jersey/New York market on MSG Plus and the radio broadcast can be heard on WFAN 660 AM.
For those outside the New Jersey/New York market, the game will be televised on the NHL Network and picked up in progress on NBC Sports Network following the conclusion of the Rangers-Senators games. The NHL Network/NBCSN telecast will be blacked out in the New Jersey/New York area.
DeBoer said he will make no lineup changes for Game 7, which means he'll have dressed the same 20 players for all seven games. Rookie defenseman Adam Larsson, left wing Eric Boulton and right wing Cam Janssen will be the healthy scratches again.
Larsson, Boulton, Janssen and backup goaltender Johan Hedberg were the only Devils to go on the ice today.


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Two alumni from Fredonia State University College received Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Alumni Association during the October homecoming festivities. Honored were actress Mary McDonnell (1974), currently the sole female cast member in the Robert Redford film "Sneakers" and best known for her role in the movie "Dances With Wolves," and 82-year-old Ray Fadden, for his lifelong work on behalf of Native Americans.
Thirty years ago - 1982
"Please Write To Me, Joe" written by Pete Harris of Center Street, Fredonia has been given honorable mention in the Kentucky Fried Chicken National Country Music Songwriting Contest. His was one of 32,000 entries. A songwriter for more than 40 years, Mr. Harris has had several songs published, including "You'll Find Out" in 1960 by Capitol Records.
Forty years ago - 1972
Mrs. Dorothy B. Dillenburg has been appointed postmaster of Sheridan. She replaces Harry Coogan, who retired after nearly 25 years of service as the Sheridan postal chief.
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Bus drivers at Brocton Central School have been honored for maintaining unblemished safety records. Clyde McEwan, transportation officer and principal of the senior high school, presented citations to the drivers.


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Senate and Assembly Republicans and Democrats — as well as taxpayers — have come out in droves against Paterson's proposal to delay by a few weeks $700 million in tax refunds. The state is facing a $1.4 billion budget gap that needs to be closed by April, and Paterson says the delays are necessary to ensure the state doesn't go bankrupt.
But lawmakers concede they can't stop Paterson.
"We have a lot of tough choices to make in order to solve New York state's budget problems, but we should not engage in gimmicks...that will not solve our long-term problems," said Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse.
"Taxpayers who played by the rules and did the right thing should not be penalized because state government failed to manage its finances and cash flow," said Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua.
Legislators from both sides of the aisle in both houses have introduced bills that would require the state to provide tax refunds within 30 days of a taxpayer filing a return. If there's a discrepancy in the return, the state would have 30 days to notify the taxpayer in writing or pay 6 percent interest on the refund owed.
"The long and short of this is that it's simply not the state's money," said Sen. Darrel Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent.
Several Senate Republicans, including DeFrancisco and Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, have launched online petitions to try to pressure the governor into changing his mind. Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution asking the governor to abandon his plan.
Ultimately, it will be up to Paterson to decide what action the state will take.
"He can do it unilaterally — the executive has the prerogative," said Assemblyman Al Stirpe, D-North Syracuse. "However, if we do pass Legislation saying (the state) has to pay interest, he may back off it. He's backed down from other ideas before."
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i have recently got an sky hd+ box and the voices and picture are out of sync on all channels , i have tried contacting customer services but the keep cutting me off , i have tried all the suggestions on the forum , has anybody got any ideas ?
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The first thing I would try is a forced software update. Then do a planner rebuild.
If you go to the audio setting menu on the Sky box, change the HDMI audio output to Normal if it isn't already set. This is assuming you are using the TV's speakers.
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i did that and yes it has worked to a certain extent but if we fast forward a program it goes out of sync again and we have to pause and start again and at moment that rectifies it , thanks


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The very real work of implementing Affordable Care Act (ACA) protocols is wreaking havoc among IT departments across the healthcare industry. So it's as good a time as any to examine what healthcare organizations really need to do in the wake of the ACA.
I've dedicated my professional life to delivering on the promise of data for healthcare. Much of that time has been a slow uphill climb, until 2009 when the HITECH act was passed, then the Holy Grail, 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed and helped organizations realize what a critical player data is going to be in the future of healthcare.
While everyone agrees electronic health records and standardized data across the healthcare industry will contribute to improved care and lowered costs, the reality of implementing those changes, ushered in by the ACA, is difficult for organizations. To many it's like sitting in a dark movie theatre when someone yells "FIRE!" There's a rush to find and get through the door to the other side, but everyone is in the dark, kind of directionless and in a panic.
But it's not that healthcare organizations don't want to be strategic in the new post ACA landscape. It is just now there is very little time to do it well. To really implement changes that effect growth and success, healthcare organizations need to understand the critical steps necessary in building an ACA action plan, and one of the most important ways to succeed is to build a "Business Intelligence" program.
Sweat the Small Stuff, for Once
Since the ACA rolled on to the discussion agenda, legislators, healthcare leaders and everyone in between have debated and discussed the big picture policy. But there's been an absence of practical focus on the actual strategies and tactics necessary to implement many of the Act's changes at ground level. The clock is now ticking and organizations must deal with the details - formulating a real-world plan for making real changes in the way they collect, analyze and use data.
One Team, One Goal, Inside and Out
In the recent Healthcare BI Summit, attendees identified one major issue in the evolving landscape, and it's internal-the ongoing challenges and hurdles faced by management teams and IT departments that do not value the other's opinion. Before you do anything to re-tool data practices, it's critical to ensure leadership and technology functions are marching in time and heading in one defined direction. No transition process can exist without this.
Create Analytics Function Now
Analytics and data science is now and will continue to be the healthcare data buzzword of 2014, but don't wait until then to either start or upgrade an analytics function. As more organizations turn to data to drive operational and business decisions in all aspects of the healthcare continuum, a sophisticated analytics program and team is essential. The challenge can be finding the right, skilled and experienced resources.
Standardize + Visualize
There are hundreds of data interaction points in the life of a healthcare data stream. From patient onboarding to exam note taking and billing, and from clinic to hospital, lack of data standardization and common systems to interpret the data is one of the biggest challenges to operational effectiveness in the electronic record keeping age. Organizations must take a macro view across all functions and departments to create systems and protocols that provide easy, efficient user experiences at every stage. Visualizing that data will ensure that a broader set of decision makers have access to dashboards and easy visual analytics reporting will be a key factor in successful data experiences.
Train Talent, Organize Structure
As organizations do all of this, their talent and partner needs are going to change. There may be significant impacts on the structure of departments assigned to process data and on the organizations themselves. It's critical to the future success of any healthcare business intelligence program to make a talent recruitment, growth and retention plan that serves the data need for the organizations' long term success a priority in 2014 and beyond.
Laura Madsen is a sought-after speaker and expert on Business Intelligence Programs in the healthcare industry and author of "Healthcare Business Intelligence: A Guide to Empowering Successful Data Reporting and Analytics."
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How seriously do you take the hot stove?
That's the question of the week -- well, that and how long a Massachusetts transplant such as myself will stand in line to vote in a swing state tomorrow.
In all seriousness, though, if you're a baseball junkie, there isn't much to fill in the void right now other than a whole lot of unsubstantiated rumors that'll likely never come to fruition.
For example, sources tell media folks that the Red Sox will be a player for first baseman Mark Teixeira. That rumor has been out there for a while, but there's also this:
... The perception of a few baseball officials is that the Sox' priority is to come up with a catcher, whether it's bringing back Jason Varitek or going another route. One scout said, "They'll try to take care of the catching first and then see what's out there and explore a guy like [Mark] Teixeira or [Jake] Peavy or [CC] Sabathia or [A.J.] Burnett. They might even explore Prince Fielder because they know the Yankees will. But think about it; they don't have to do a whole lot. They came within a game of going to the World Series." ...
That passage, found on The Buzz, the Globe's trade rumor Web page, led to this post, with the headline, "Red Sox interested in Fielder?"
Of course, as I'm reading that passage, all I'm seeing is an anonymous baseball executive speculating on what the Red Sox might do. I'm seeing that the Sox "might even" explore going after Fielder -- a far step from saying they're "interested" in him. But hey, when you throw a question mark on the end of a headline, it's good to go, right?
There's also this tidbit at the bottom of a Rocky Mountain Daily News story this morning:
RED SOX are ready to give Jed Lowrie the shortstop job, putting pressure on management to unload Julio Lugo and $18 million he is guaranteed over next two seasons. CF Coco Crisp also will be shopped.
So, there you have it. Crisp will be shopped, no attribution needed.
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The Shadehill Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program which consists of Shadehill Dam and Reservoir is located about 12 miles south of Lemmon, South Dakota in the northwestern part of the state, immediately downstream from the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Grand River. Current benefits provided by the reservoir are flood control, fish and wildlife conservation, recreation, and silt detention. Shadehill Dam and Reservoir was also constructed to provide irrigation benefits but due to the salinity levels of the water, the irrigation distribution system was never constructed. The soil and water were incompatible and there are currently no contracts for water supply from the reservoir. Shadehill Dam and Reservoir lands are owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation is responsible for operation and maintenance of the dam, outlet works, and spillway. The administration of the reservoir lands and recreation management programs are contracted to South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks.
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The dam and associated dikes are rolled-fill earth structures. The dam has a crest length of 12,843 feet and a maximum structural height of 145 feet. The two dikes have a total length of 1,360 feet with a maximum structural height of 83 feet. The reservoir has an active capacity of 81,443 acre-feet. The uncontrolled service spillway is a reinforced concrete conduit, 13.5 feet in diameter, with a morning-glory inlet, and was designed to accommodate a maximum flow of 5,700 cubic feet per second. The controlled outlet works are a horseshoe-shaped concrete conduit with a capacity of 600 cubic feet per second. The original outlet works was modified in 1960 to provide a 600-cubic-foot-per-second-capacity outlet extension to the Grand River. This modification provides additional flood control capacity and permits flood control releases to the Grand River when the reservoir water level is below the crest of the spillway. An open-cut unlined emergency spillway with a bottom width of 1,500 feet and capacity of 127,000 cubic feet per second is located immediately upstream from the left abutment. The spillway discharges into Flat Creek, a tributary of the Grand River downstream from Shadehill Dam. The drainage basin area above Shadehill Dam is about 3,120 square miles.
Shadehill Dam and Reservoir are operated and maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation.
The early settlers in this area were cattlemen who established widely separated ranches on the open range. Major settlement took place from 1900 to 1910, after the railroad was extended into the region. Favorable crop yields and prices stimulated farming operations, and most of the lands which appeared suitable for tillage were brought under cultivation. Recurring years of deficient precipitation, combined with submarginal quality of much of the cultivated land, contributed toward the abandonment of much of the crop land for tillage.
In 1938, following urgent requests by local residents as result of several extreme drought years, the Bureau of Reclamation made an inspection of the Shadehill Unit area which led to the initiation of further investigations.
Investigations leading to the development of the Shadehill Unit began in 1931. In the course of studies made by the Corps of Engineers, a topographic survey was made of the reservoir site on the Grand River immediately downstream from the confluence of the North and South Forks. This was followed by a reconnaissance survey by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1938-1939 to determine the quality of available water and conduct limited field investigations. In 1941, while the Indian Service was preparing plans for the construction of Blue Horse Dam, approximately 30 miles downstream from Shadehill Dam, the Bureau of Reclamation was making further studies for a reservoir at the Shadehill site. It was jointly agreed that the Shadehill Unit would be the preferable initial development as it offered a greater probability for rapid conversion to irrigation. The Indian Service would participate in the cost and receive part of the stored water for use on reservation lands.
A water supply and quality study of the Grand River and detailed engineering field surveys of the dam and reservoir site were carried out from 1945 to 1948. Land classification surveys of potentially irrigable lands that could receive irrigation water service from Shadehill Reservoir were also undertaken during this period.
The unit was authorized by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, Public Law 534, which approved the general comprehensive plan set forth in Senate Document 191 and House Document 475, as revised and coordinated by Senate Document 247, 78th Congress, 2nd session.
Construction of Shadehill Dam began April 19, 1949, and was completed August 15, 1951. The first impoundment of water was made on July 1, 1950.
Facilities provided for outdoor recreation around the reservoir include picnic sites, campgrounds, swimming beaches, areas for seasonal use cabins, and a marina. All recreational areas and facilities, including the fishery, are administered by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks.
Flood control benefits are provided by the the exclusive flood control capacity of 217,708 acre-feet and surcharge capacity of 111,203 acre-feet for a total flood capacity and, as of 1998, has reduced downstream flood damages by $8.8 million.


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Alice was a very modern take on the classic. 1st Act was energetic and entertaining, while the 2nd Act was a bit drawn out and dry. The talet is well rounded and as for performances, it was a delight. I waited with my kids to meet Alice after the performance and was diappointed that she came out in jeans and tshirt. It sort of ruiened the fantacy
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"Ms. Swados' new dramatized cantata…made me think of Carroll very deeply…[She] magnificently catches most of Carroll's divine nuttiness."— The New York Post
_Alice _
A musical rendition of Lewis Carroll's classic storybook characters
Music and Lyrics by Elizabeth Swados
Directed by Vanda Eggington
Lewis Carroll's children's stories,_ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_ and Through the Looking Glass, have delighted readers and inspired imaginations since they were written almost 150 years ago. This musical adaptation is no different as it presents catchy original songs through such beloved characters as Alice, The White Rabbit, The Cheshire Cat, The Mad Hatter and more.
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North Syracuse, NY - The conversion of Toll Road Park into a senior housing complex in North Syracuse has officially begun.
North Syracuse village officials are joining local developers this afternoon for a groundbreaking on the $11.3 million affordable senior citizens housing complex just off North Main Street (Route 11).
The project is financed almost entirely with government help to keep the rents below market rate, the developer has said. Tenants must meet income guidelines.
In 2008, the North Syracuse village board authorized its former mayor to enter into an agreement to sell the former Toll Road Park property to Two Plus Four Construction and The Bragman Companies, pending approval of the village attorney and village engineer. The sale was finalized earlier this year.
Under the agreement, the developers would pay $71,000 for the eight-acre site just off Route 11, a figure that was reached after an independent appraisal of the property. That money must go back into the village parks system to satisfy requirements of the legislation that allowed the park to be taken off the state's park registry and developed for affordable senior citizen housing, village officials said at the time.
The complex owners will be Lakewood Development, which is Two Plus Four Construction's development arm, and the nonprofit Southern Hills Preservation Corp. Two Plus Four Management will manage the complex. Two Plus Four is based in East Syracuse.
North Syracuse plans to grant the owners a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for the development, village officials have said.
The state Division of Housing and Community Renewal last year awarded $927,308 in federal tax credits to the limited partnership that will own the complex, the developers said at the time. The partnership will sell the credits to a syndicate of investors, which will generate about $7.4 million for the project.
Other financing includes $2.6 million from the state, through the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, in the form of a 1 percent, interest-only mortgage. There is other government money in the project as well.
The complex will consist of two 30-unit apartment buildings, a community center and green space with walking trails, village officials have said. It is located on roughly four acres of land on the site of what was once Toll Road Park.
The old school house and a playground will be moved to a different area of Toll Road to better serve visitors, said Mayor Diane Browning.
In 2006, Browning -- then a village trustee and deputy mayor -- sent a survey to more than 2,000 senior citizens in the village and found there was an overwhelming need for affordable senior housing, she said. Browning had become the village's senior advocate in 2006.
Today, there are nearly 400 senior citizens have signed up to hopefully live in the apartment complex when it opens, Browning said. Construction is expected to be completed at the end of 2011, she said.
"This means they will have affordable housing and they can stay in the community, which they've probably lived here for years," Browning said. "They will have access to the library, banks, churches and grocery stores. It makes them more independent."


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Reaching 96 percent of a fundraising goal is not too shabby when you are able to say that $738,900 is going to agencies that make a difference in the area.
The Marshalltown Area United Way held its final report luncheon for the 2012 campaign Thursday where the latest figures were announced. The original campaign goal was $770,000.
"It was a challenging year with all the (economic) uncertainty," said Don Turbiville, a campaign co-chair with Ken Anderson. "In spite of that, the community stepped up."
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Tom Campbell, right, of the United Way board, gives gifts of appreciation to the 2012 United Way campaign co-chairs Ken Anderson, left, and Don Turbiville during the campaign final report luncheon Thursday at Fisher Community Center.
The United Way funds 32 human service agencies in the area, providing critical programs for those in need.
"United Way is so important to our community," Anderson said.
The key to the campaign is meeting the needs of those in the community, not the goal, Anderson said. Aside from collecting donations from individuals and companies, the United Way also holds special fundraising events throughout the year - which were met with success in 2012.
The Power of the Purse event in October raised more than $18,000, the JBS pork sale at Hy-Vee in November raised $8,000 and the golf outing last June netted $5,000.
Anderson commended Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper for helping with Marshalltown city staff contributions, which doubled this year.
Anderson said they will continue to try to gather funds to help even more in the community and come closer to the goal. They still plan on collecting money for this campaign until Jan. 11.
"The clock is still ticking," Anderson said. "We are still going after every dollar."
United Way Executive Director Nancy Steveson is pleased with the campaign results.
"We definitely have much to be grateful for," she said.
The 2013 campaign will be co-chaired by Todd Eipperle of the Boy Scouts and Jeff Badger of U.S. Bank. To learn more about the United Way or to donate call 641-752-4688.


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Are Bad Habits Ruining Your Life?
I'm not talking about little things like leaving wet towels on the floor. I'm talking about fatal flaws - like being late or overeating - that hurt your health, your relationships and your reputation. So, courtesy of Fitness magazine, here are the causes and the cures for 3 dangerous bad habits:
- Yo-Yo dieting. According to nutrition expert Linda Spangle, people who are constantly losing and gaining weight never see themselves as thin. They need a more realistic self-image. So, get out and see how other people react. Take a public speaking class or join an improv group. Once you start thinking you're a thin and confident person, you'll eat like a thin and confident person.
- You're always late. Let's face it, you have all the skills you need to be on time. So being late could be your way of avoiding confrontation. For example, someone who's late for an interview might not want to admit they don't want the job. Or someone who's always late to meet a certain friend might not feel like that person's very supportive. If this sounds like you, examine the reasons behind your actions - then speak up.
- Picking fights with your spouse. If you're always having a spat, you might be testing your partner to see if they really care. The fix here is to think before you speak. Instead of picking a fight, practice communicating your needs. That's what will really keep your relationship on solid ground.
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I have been pregnant and given birth to three full-term children and each time, I had a feeling I knew which gender I was carrying. I found out early with my older two children and left the third one waiting until the birth when my husband announced we had a girl.
With each pregnancy, I knew the gender of my child-to-be. Even though I had not really been pregnant before my son, I was correct that he was a boy. The same is true for the two girls — I was right when I predicted their gender.
Basically, I am 3 for three and it's because I have my own unlikely ways to predict gender. I have no idea if these will work for you, but for me they've always seem to hold true.
7 Probably-Not-True Ways to Predict Baby's Gender 1 of 8
While I don't know if this is totally accurate, each of these have been true for me and it's totally how I predict it. I haven't been wrong yet.
The Heartbeat 2 of 8
If you know your baby's in-utero heart rate, that can give you an indication of which gender you're carrying. For me, babies with the higher heart rate meant a girl (in the 150's) and a lower one means it's a boy (in the 130's).
Your Skin 3 of 8
It's been my experience that if my skin glows, I am carrying a boy and if I'm hit with the dreaded pregnancy acne, I'm carrying a girl.
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I have got no idea how it works, but the chart has never been wrong for me. You look on a chart with your age at conception and the month you conceived and it tells you which gender you're going to have. It has never been wrong for me.
Check it out yourself -- Chinese Gender Prediction Chart on Parenting.com
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You have to listen to your gut because well, sometimes it will be right. For me, I always had an instinct from very early on which gender I was carrying and wasn't wrong. I even go as far as only having the gender predicted names chosen and I've not had to quickly brainstorm yet.
:: Would this accurately describe what you went through during your pregnancies for which gender you carried? ::
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Dress warm and carry a big creel.
After a balmy February buoyed hopes for a central Oregon trout bonanza in April, March roared in to dump snow, close roads and send resolute campers scurrying back to the closet for their raingear.
No real Oregonian lets a little rain or snow get in the way of opening day of trout season. They realize there are plenty of bright spots statewide.
Stocking trucks are busier than ever after additional money was appropriated by the Oregon Legislature last year to raise and buy trout.
Also on the table for the first time (and also thanks to the Legislature) is a new second-rod license/endorsement good in almost all lakes, ponds and reservoirs. Excluded are reservoirs where salmon and steelhead pass through, such as those on the Columbia River and Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam. Two rods are legal upriver from Hells Canyon Dam.
The endorsement costs $17 for resident or non-resident license holders. Children 13 and younger can fish two rods for free. The endorsement is good from bank or boat, but all other fishing rules apply (only one daily limit per angler regardless of how many rods catch fish).
A roundup of current conditions and the state's outlook begins with central Oregon, where many campers and trout traditionalists will find Saturday's dawn.
Around the Century Drive loop, access remains blocked from Mount Bachelor, but roads are open from U.S. 58 and Sunriver into Davis Lake, Wickiup and Crane Prairie reservoirs and Twin Lakes. All will be open for fishing Saturday, and some campsites are accessible.
Less predictable are Lava and Cultus lakes. Elk Lake will not open until May.
In Newberry Crater, some of Paulina Lake is ice-free, but it was not known Friday whether the boat ramp will be plowed. The lodge will open May 1 or 8. East Lake is higher and won't open until later in May.
Crescent Lake is open although surrounded by snow, and fishing has been good for mackinaw.
Odell Lake is ice-free, and boat ramps will be open (fishing remains closed until Saturday). Rainbow trout are found at each end of the lake and along the south shore. Locals say the mackinaw are working on schooled kokanee in 30 feet or less of water.
Diamond Lake will not be accessible for the opening, although the lodge is open. Rick Rockholt, lodge marketing director, said the ice needs another week or two of warmer weather (or a few days of warm sunshine) and is NOT safe for ice fishing.
Have a computer? Each lake has a lodge or resort nearby, and a little Google goes a long way.
Here are highlights from a spring fishing outlook by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The full report is expected online early this week:
Northwest: Trout fishing is closed in most coastal streams until May 22 as juvenile steelhead move to sea, but once open, two trout per day (longer than eight inches) will be allowed in several tributaries.
Spring chinook runs typically track those into the upper Willamette River, and improvement is expected over last year.
Many waters are already open and have been stocked. Check the department's Web site for regional and local stocking schedules.
A youth angling event is scheduled at Vernonia Pond from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 1.
Southwest: Landlocked spring chinook are stocked in Applegate Reservoir for trout anglers. Reservoir levels rise and fall, but as of last week, all ramps are usable.
As with the Northwest zone, numerous lakes and reservoirs have already been stocked with trout.
Fish Lake has also been stocked with spring chinook, but they were stocked last year as three-inchers in an attempt to control tui chubs. Biologists don't know how they wintered but will begin looking soon. The lake is accessible and ice-free, with an open boat ramp.
Willamette Zone: Most streams draining the Cascades are closed to trout fishing until May 22.
Check stocking schedules for lakes, ponds and reservoirs already visited by state trucks.
In an effort to help wild trout this year, trout won't be stocked in a stretch of river below Hendricks Bridge Wayside in the McKenzie River.
Central Zone: The lower Deschutes River is open to spring chinook fishing through the end of July, with the best fishing below Sherars Bridge (the upper boundary for salmon) in early to mid-May.
Lake Billy Chinook has a spring bull trout fishery along the shoreline, with a 24-inch minimum length. A Warm Springs tribal permit is required in the Metolius arm of the lake.
Ochoco Reservoir has been good for holdover rainbow trout but will probably not fill this year, and the boat ramp is questionable.
Suttle Lake offers an early-morning and evening troll fishery for brown trout in addition to a 25-fish limit for kokanee.
Northeast Zone: Wallowa Lake has already yielded state-record kokanee.
The Snake River will open Saturday for spring chinook fishing from Dug Bar upriver to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam. Barbless hooks only are allowed, and the daily bag limit is four fin-clipped salmon per day, but only two longer than 24 inches. Anglers must stop fishing for salmon when they have kept either four salmon or two adult salmon, whichever comes first.
Southeast Zone: Beulah Reservoir was drained last fall and will not fill.
Chickahominy Reservoir is low and muddy after high winter winds, but fishing should be good if the water clears. The impoundment is 15 percent full, and the fish are likely to die by late summer or early fall.
Most desert lakes and reservoirs are very low, and many fisheries will be lost by the end of summer, so plan a desert outing in spring or early summer for the best fishing.


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The campaign in favor of the tax measures on the Jan. 26 ballot has just reported some major contributions from their union supporters as they catch up to their business opponents.
The campaign opposing the tax measures is also continuing to haul in big money from several of the state's major business interests. We're now getting a much better picture of spending because the campaigns are now required to report each transaction every seven days instead of 30 days.
So we got a slug of new spending reports overnight. The most eye-catching ones were from the unions to the Vote Yes for Oregon campaign. Perhaps most important was the $250,000 given by the national leadership of Service Employees International Union. That's the first real significant money coming from out-of-state, although it should be noted that SEIU Local 503 is the largest union representing state workers in Oregon. Local 503 recently gave another $210,000 (bringing its aggregate contributions to nearly $493,000).
Other big contributors to the pro-tax campaign:
--Oregon Education Association, $500,000 ($827,000 aggregate for campaign).
--American Federation of Teachers, Oregon chapter, $200,000
-- Oregon Health Care Association, $75,000 ($101,000 for campaign). The association represents nursing homes and assisted care centers, which rely heavily on state and federal health care spending.
Additionally, the Salem Statesman-Journal reported this weekend that the national headquarters of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has pledged $500,000 to the pro-tax campaign. Oregon AFSCME has already given $250,000 and pledges another $250,000, according to the story.
On the opposition side, Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes reports these large new contributions:
--Associated General Contractors, $24,500 ($214,000 for campaign). Plus, an associated committee, Building a Better Oregon, gave $27,000 (totalling $52,500 for the campaign).
--Oregon Bankers Association, $25,000 ($125,000 for campaign).
--Oregon Restaurant Association, $25,000 ($115,000 for campaign).
--Associated Oregon Industries, $17,000 ($223,000 for campaign).
The National Association of Realtors kicked in $6,500 and the Oregon Association of Realtors gave $50,000. Also of interest: the Oregon Business Council, which normally stays out of political campaigns, has spent just over $16,000 on research help for the opposition campaign.
All told, Vote Yes has raised $2.37 million while the opposition campaign has raised $3.1 million. But those numbers aren't comparable since Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes spent around $700,000 or so collecting the signatures to place the tax measures on the ballot.
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Foods That Help You Lose Weight: Back to Basics
You are probably very used to hearing about "The best foods that help you lose weight fast". Your parents or your doctor keeps telling you "You should eat lots of fruits and vegetables". They always tell you that it will make you strong and healthy. They force you into eating them without really knowing the full reason why.
Now that you are older, you are still probably avoiding these greens because; you do not like how they taste. Especially now that your parents are not watching what you eat – there is absolutely no reason for you to eat fruits and vegetables anymore, right?
Eating Healthy To Lose Weight
However, if you are on a quest to drop a few pounds, then it is best to listen to your parents again. Those two enemies of yours are two of the best types of foods to help you lose weight. It is just fair for you to give them another chance because; they can very well be the best foods that help you lose weight quickly.
Fruits and vegetables are very crucial for your diet if you need help to lose weight. You need to eat lots of these because; it gives you the nutrients that help your body become stronger, which allows you to have more energy to use when you exercise.
However, that is not the main reason why these are two of the top types of foods that help you lose weight. You need fruits and veggies for one very important thing: Fiber!
The concept of having fiber in your stomach is simple:
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- It makes you feel full longer
- It gives your mind the idea that you do not need to eat anymore because your stomach cannot handle any additional food
Aside from that, fruits and vegetables also take longer for the stomach to digest. Having food in your stomach makes you less likely to eat more. Foods high in fiber makes your bodywork harder to digest them; this makes you burn more calories just by eating.
Another reason why fruits and veggies should be your best friends when you are trying to drop a few pounds is their calorie density. Unlike pizza, pasta, or any other delicious food you love to eat, these greens have a very low calorie count. You get full and satisfied, while only taking in a few calories. Fruits and veggies are great foods that make you lose weight and fill you up fast at the same time. Hitting two birds with one stone is the name of the game!
Exercise Less and Eat More
Have you ever wondered why almost all Vegetarians you know are thin, or in-shape? This is exactly the reason why! Your body becomes satisfied while taking in a low calorie count. This gives you a lot of wiggle room in terms of losing calories via exercising. If you eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, you have a larger room for error.
If for example you usually exercise for 1 hour – if you ate nothing but fruits and veggies the whole day, then you are excused to just spend 40 minutes of your time for exercise (though it is still better if you exercise full-time). Having this luxury is one of the main reasons why fruits and vegetables are the best diet foods for quick weight loss.
Give Your Body What It Needs For Quick Weight Loss
While fruits and vegetables take longer time to digest, they are actually much easier to digest than foods such as pizza, potato chips, baked goods (doughnuts and cake), etc. Those foods offer your body nothing but loads of Trans-Fats and loads of sugar. Add in the fact that what is inside of you from fruits and veggies is actually healthy, and good for your body. This makes this healthy eating experience even more fulfilling.
Despite all these, many people still dislike these healthy foods that help you lose weight. In a fantasy world, you can definitely hope that pizza and burgers are foods that would help with your weight loss. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
For you to lose weight you must be willing to sacrifice some of the food that you are accustomed to eating (junk food)! This means that you should be ready to give up your favorite fast food restaurants for a while and start-eating healthy foods that help you lose weight and fill you up.
Now that you have read all the amazing things that eating healthy can do for you – you should stop avoiding them, and start embracing them instead! Embrace fruits and vegetables with open arms, and incorporate them into a well-balanced, healthy diet. You cannot go wrong with foods that help you lose weight fast such as these two!


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Those who are caught speeding on the cameras will receive a $60 fine, roughly $17 of which will go to the city, according to Mayor Todd Strange.
In February, Strange said the city will probably have two vehicles with the speed cameras at first, and will expand the amount if necessary. They will be clearly marked police vehicles, Strange says, with fake lights on top. The cameras will be put on the dashboard or rear area of the cars.
There will also be signage near where the cars will be, but Strange said Department of Public Safety director Chris Murphy's thinking is if you speed past a marked police car, that's fair warning enough.