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A Message to ParentsWelcome parents of future Utah State Fraternity/Sorority Life (FSL) community members. This webpage is designed to help you become more informed about FSL Life and to aid you in the process of discovering what it means to be FSL. The Student Involvement office invites you to learn about FSLs through this website and its many links. We encourage you to talk with your student during this decision, and help them find the house that best fits with his or her values, goals, and personality. FSL life is one of many ways to become involved with your University. Through academic excellence, community service, leadership, and personal growth, FSL students excel in all areas of college life. The FSL community at Utah State University consists of eight fraternities, three sororities and alumni who value character, leadership, friendship, scholarship and service. The community is organized by two councils who oversee the chapters as their governing body. These councils aids in helping the community uphold standards, policy and procedures, as well as community-wide activities. Our goal is to ensure your student's Utah State FSL experience provides a safe and enjoyable atmosphere for growth and development, friendships and academics during their college years. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns:
Kevin Webb
Associate Director of Student Involvement and Leadership
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 435.797.3124
Understanding Fraternity & Sorority Life
Structure: FSL fraternities and sororities generally are members of an umbrella conference or council. At Utah State University, most FSL chapters belong to one of two campus-based councils that provide leadership and support for all council members: Interfraternity Council (IFC) represents general fraternities and Panhellenic Association represents general sororities.
HazingHazing is illegal in Utah and is prohibited by Utah State University. Sanctions for violating the hazing policy may include suspension of the chapter and individual disciplinary action against involved students. USU defines hazing as any action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule. Such activities and situation include but are not limited to:
- Any form of physical abuse.
- Physical and psychological shocks.
- Morally degrading or humiliating games and activities.
- Any activity that might reasonably be expected to bring embarrassment or psychological harm to the individual.
- Any activity that might reasonably be expected to bring physical harm to the individual.
- Any requirement which compels an individual to participate in any activity which is illegal or contrary to the individual's genuine moral and/or religious beliefs, or contrary to the rules and regulations of the educational institution and/or national/international fraternity.
- Creation of excessive fatigue.
- Any activity that might reasonably be expected to degrade or otherwise compromise the dignity of the individual.
- Wearing, publicly, apparel which is conspicuous and not normally in good taste.
- Any activity that might reasonably be expected to require an unreasonable or inordinate amount of the individual's time, or in any manner, impair the individual's academic efforts.
- Any activity that might reasonably be expected to make the individual an object of amusement or ridicule.
- The required consumption of any liquid, gas or solid matter.
Joining a FSL Chapter
Recruitment is the process of finding potential new members to join fraternities and sororities and is commonly used to describe formal recruitment. Formal Recruitment is the time when all sororities and fraternities recruit under one organized structure; this usually takes place once a year during the fall semester. Informal Recruitment, each sorority and fraternity chapter recruits individually, takes place during the spring semester. It is important to remember our fraternities and sororities are always on the lookout for new members to add to their organization, in short, anytime is the right time to join!
Minimum Requirements
All FSL organizations require you to be a current student at a college or university in order to become an active member. Individual houses also have additional requirements for membership including a minimum GPA or a minimum number of credit hours per semester. The sororities at Utah State require a minimum of a 2.5 GPA in college, or a 3.0 GPA from high school, for freshmen. The fraternities require at least a 2.5 GPA with some organizations requiring a 3.0 GPA for freshmen. For more specific information regarding requirements, refer to the student involvement office, or the specific FSL chapters.
General ProceduresThe recruitment process is based on "mutual selection", meaning sometimes students may not receive a bid from their top choice. We encourage all students interested in FSL Life to learn about each chapter and get to know the members as much as they can to insure they make the best choice for their commitment. We also encourage students not to shy away from their 2nd or 3rd choice houses, as many of our members become lifelong members in these organizations.
New Member Education
Students become fully acquainted with the chapter and its members during the new member education process. In this period new members learn about their chapters, including the national organization structure (if applicable), values, expectations, traditions and rituals. Upon the successful completion of the new member education process, students will be initiated into the chapter. Initiation is a formal bestowment of the chapter's rights and privileges to a member. Once initiated, members of FSL chapters enjoy the rights and privileges, as well as the responsibilities, which come with affiliation.
HousingThere are four housed fraternities and two housed sororities at Utah State University. They are all located adjacent to campus on what is known as "Greek Row". Typically, the chapter house is owned and/or operated by a house corporation comprised of alumni. Each chapter that operates a chapter house sets its own requirements for members to live in the house. Typically, freshmen live on-campus in residence halls, and many then move into fraternity and sorority houses their second year. Each chapter also establishes its room and board rates and house rules. Both residential sororities employ a live-in house director or house parents to oversee the house operations. Some residential Greek houses offer meal programs for members.
Financial ObligationsEvery FSL organization involves a financial obligation. Dues and fees are paid every semester for active membership and include different costs for each chapter. The chapter costs vary, and estimated amounts can be found in the Recruitment section of this website
Fraternity/Sorority Terms
- Active Member: A student that has been initiated into the organization and is a currently participating member.
- Bid: An invitation from the Greek organization to join and become a member.
- Big Brother/ Big Sister: An active member assigned to a new member to be their mentor throughout their time in the organization.
- Chapter: Term used to refer to a general, Greek letter, social, college fraternity or sorority. Chapters may be local or nationally affiliated.
- Exchange: Activity between 2 or more Greek organizations on campus
- Hazing: Mental or physical harassment and/or abuse of any member. Hazing is prohibited by university policy, State law, and the policies of national fraternities and sororities.
- House Director/ House Parents: Usually a couple, employed by the sorority to live in the sorority house and take care of duties assigned. (examples: cooking, yard work, repair work, etc.)
- Initiation: Ritualistic ceremony in which new members become lifetime members.
- Interfraternity Council (IFC): The local campus governing body for fraternities, generally who are nationally affiliated with the NIC.
- Legacy: A person who has a mother/father, brother/sister, aunt/uncle, and/or grandmother/grandfather that is a lifetime member of a specific Greek letter organization.
- Nationals/ Headquarters: A body comprised of alumni, employees, and volunteers working to govern the entire national organization. There is a physical location for every national headquarters.
- National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC): An umbrella council for a coalition of Multicultural Greek-letter organizations (MGLOs) established in 1998.
- New Member: (referred to by some organizations as a Pledge) Member who has accepted a bid but has not yet been initiated into the organization. Collectively, the New Members who join the same semester are called the New Member Class or Pledge Class.
- New Member Education: Process in which New Members learn about the organization before becoming an active member or a lifetime member.
- North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC): The trade association representing 73 International and National Men's Fraternities.
- National Panhellenic Conference (NPC): The national governing body for 26 member inter/national sororities/women's fraternities.
- Order of Omega: An undergraduate Greek Society recognizing "fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in inter-fraternity activities."
- Panhellenic Council: The local campus governing body for sororities affiliated with the NPC.
- Pin: Fraternity/Sorority membership badge
- Recruitment/ Rush: A series of events offering members and potential members the opportunity to get to know each other.
- Umbrella Organizations: National or Internal organizations that seek to unify and further the interests of their member organizations. Most are not governing bodies but instead strive to provide one unified voice.


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If you think of a 'Pals Battalion', you will invariably think of a bunch of lads from a northern, industrial working class town. Say, Hull, Sheffield, Manchester, Tyneside, or Liverpool. So ingrained has this perception of the pals become, that you could be forgiven for thinking that nowhere south of Watford Gap raised any similar units. I even remember reading on a military history forum that, in the opinion of one member, a Battalion had to be from the North of England to be entitled to be called a Pals Battalion.
I've just taken Peter Simkins excellent 'Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914-1916′ out of the library. It is without doubt a great history of how the New Armies were recruited and raised, and launched into action, and Simkins does give good coverage to some non-Northern Pals – the Royal Sussex Downs Battalions, for example, and the Cardiff Pals. Yet I am slightly amazed to find not one mention of the 14th and 15th Battalions of the Hampshire Regiment, or, as they were otherwise known, the 1st and 2nd Portsmouth Pals.
I don't think that history has been too kind to the Portsmouth Pals. Formed by the Mayor of Portsmouth and recruited locally, overwhelmingly from local young lads, many of whom no doubt knew each other, I think they are perfectly entitled to be called Pals. They served in the same manner as other better-known Pals Battalions, in particular at Flers and Guillemont on the Somme and again at Third Ypres, and were in New Army Divisions. Obviously, by the end of the war the numbers were being made up by men who were not from Portsmouth, but all the same, losses were horrific. The 14th Battalion lost 644 men killed, whilst the 15th lost 781 men. When we consider that the amount of wounded was often three times the number of those killed, then the two Portsmouth Pals Battalions lost their entire strength several times over as casualties.
For Portsmouth to raise two Pals Battalions – or three if we count the 16th Battalion, the Depot Battalion – was nothing short of magnificent. Remember that a very large proportion of Portsmouth's young men were already serving in the Royal Navy, working in the Dockyard or were perhaps already serving soldiers, Portsmouth being a significant garrison town at the time. Nowhere else south of London managed to equal this feat. The Royal Sussex Regiment did have three 'Downs' Battalions that could be refered to as Pals, but these recruited from a much wider area and didn't quite have the same link to place as the Portsmouth Pals did.
To put things into context, Southampton – at the time comparable in size to Portsmouth – did not raise any Pals Battalions of its own. Perhaps the people of Portsmouth were so keen to do their bit, as they were well used to sending young men off to fight, and it did not take too much to stir the martial spirit in a town that would have been full of serving and retired sailors and soldiers. I'm looking forward to reading the Portsmouth Evening News editions from those heady days in the summer of 1914. To what extent did these brave young men answer Lord Kitcheners call?
Related articles
- The Home Front during the Great War (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)

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Sustainability seminar
The Environmental and Conservation Organization will hold a symposium titled "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream," an interactive mixed media event that explores where the planet is today, how it got this way, what is possible now and how people can be change agents for the future.
The symposium will allow participants to evaluate and understand the significance of long-term sustainability. Attendees will learn how to help create an environmentally sustainable, socially just and fulfilling human presence on Mother Earth.
The symposium will be held from 6-8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 in Village Hall at 110 Village Center Drive, Flat Rock. The symposium is free and open to the public, with love offerings only. Seating is limited to 60 people. To reserve a space, call ECO at 828-692-0385 or visit www.eco-wnc.org.
Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner
The 21st annual Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Crown Plaza Resort in Asheville.
The dinner is an opportunity for candidates to meet with supporters in Western North Carolina. Those who attend a separate, private reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. will get an opportunity to meet and speak with U.S. Senate candidates.
Former U.S. Rep. Taylor is one of Western North Carolina's longest-serving congressmen. He represented Western North Carolina in the 11th Congressional District from 1991-2007. The Senate candidates will be joined by N.C 11th District U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, 10th District U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry and many other statewide and local elected Republican leaders.
Tickets are $50 per person. Reservations must be made prior to the dinner. Checks should be made out to "Charles Taylor Christmas Dinner" and mailed to: Charles Taylor, P.O. Box 66, Brevard, NC 28712. Call 828-243-2187 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Charles Duke to speak
Astronaut Charles Duke, a former South Carolina resident who walked on the moon during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, will speak at a special fundraiser for the Upcountry History Museum-Furman University at 8 p.m. Thursday in the museum's Resource Room.
Apollo 16 was the 10th manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth to land on the moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands. Duke served as lunar module pilot for the mission, and, along with Commander John Young, spent a record 71 hours conducting research activities on the lunar surface.
Tickets are $75 per person or $125 per couple for members of the museum, and all proceeds benefit the museum's general fund. The cost includes a 7 p.m. reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres. Tickets for Duke's lecture may be purchased by calling 864-467-3100.
A World Aids Day ceremony begins at 5 p.m. Sunday with a candlelight vigil at Agudas Israel Congregations, 55 Glasglow Lane, Hendersonville. The Aids memorial quilt will be on display from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Info: 828-693-9110.
The Women to Women peer support group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 4 in room 221 of Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. West in Hendersonville. All topics are welcome. Info: 828-595-4713.
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Inside ASIS&T
ASIS&T 2004 Just Weeks Away
As this issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science & Technology goes to press, only a few weeks remain before the 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting kicks off in Providence, Rhode Island. Registration materials for the November 12-17 meeting have been sent to all ASIS&T members and are available on line at the ASIS&T website www.asis.org.
Focusing on the conference theme of Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts, which raises awareness of the role of information science in fostering integration and cooperation in the global information society, dozens of practitioners and researchers in all aspects of the information profession are finalizing their presentations, most of which will fall within seven major tracks.
Program Session Tracks
Among the titles included in the track called Disciplinary Issues are E-Science: The New Environment (sponsored by SIG/STI); National Security Policies (SIGs/III & IFP); Studying Scientific Collaboration (SIG/Metrics & ISSI); Outside Theory on the Inside of LIS (SIGs/HFIS, CR & ED); The State of Libraries and Information Services (SIG/III); Ain't Ms. Behavin' (SIG/HFIS); and contributed papers grouped into three sessions.
The second track, Digital Libraries, includes Important Technical Issues for Digital Libraries (SIGs/III & DL); Use of a Virtual Community (SIG/DL); Building Digital Libraries (SIGs/DL & III); Digital Library Education and Training (SIG/DL); Digital Library Repository Service (SIG/DL); Diffusion of Knowledge (SIGs/HFIS & DL); Digital Preservation (SIGs/DL & STI); and Digital Libraries for Consumer Health Information (SIG/DL) and contributed papers in one session.
User Behavior, the third track, features Empowering Users (SIG/USE); Emotional Design: The Influential Role of Affect (SIG/USE); Mental Models of Information Retrieval Systems (SIGs/USE, DL, HCI & CR); Cognitive Work Analysis (SIGs/CR & USE); Social Network Analysis (SIG/USE); and contributed papers in five sessions.
In the fourth track, System Design, speakers will address Information Visualization (SIG/VIS); Information Visualization for Searching and Browsing (SIG/HCI); Advances in 3D Image Applications (SIG/VIS); Diligently Seeking Collaboration; The NISO Metasearch Activity (NISO & ASIS&T Standards Committee); Beyond the Sandbox: Wikis and Blogs (SIG/STI) and contributed papers in six sessions.
Information Organization, the fifth7 track, features Interdisciplinary Concepts of the 'Work' Entity (SIGs/CR & HFIS); Why Can't Johnny File? (SIGs/CR & USE); Document, Record, Work (SIG/HFIS); Metadata and Ontologies to Support Training and Learning Processes (SIG/DL); and three sessions of contributed papers.
In Knowledge Management and Use, the sixth track, speakers will address Information-Related Management Issues (SIGs/KM & MGT); Blogs for Information Dissemination and Knowledge Management (SIG/KM); Managing Information from Scientific Research Projects (SIG/STI); and Challenges in Knowledge Management Education.
The final track, Resources and Services, focuses on Reference Services and Knowledge Bases (SIGs/STI, LT & USE); LibQUAL+ (SIGs/MGT & KM); and contributed papers in two sessions.
Plenary Speakers
Two plenary sessions featuring big names in the digital world will help to set the tone for the Annual Meeting.
The first of the two plenary sessions is Sunday, November 14, when JC Herz, principal of Joystick Nation and a noted journalist and lecturer, will discuss the application of complex systems and game design to products, services and learning systems. Herz's professional focus is networked interaction design and systems that leverage the intrinsic characteristics of networked communication. Herz currently sits on the National Research Council's Committee on Creativity and Information Technology. She was also the first computer game critic at the New York Times.
The second plenary session at the 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting features keynoter Tim Berners-Lee, widely regarded as the inventor of the World Wide Web and recently knighted by Queen Elizabeth. Berners-Lee currently serves as director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). In his session on Monday, November 15, Berners-Lee will speak on "Semantic Web The Web of Machine Processable Data." He will, no doubt, draw upon his experiences with the Enquire system he created early in his career, which became the foundation of the World Wide Web as we know it today.
Pre-Conference Workshops and Seminars
As always, the ASIS&T Annual Meeting includes several educational opportunities through pre-conference workshops and seminars. This year's meeting features eight continuing education courses on Friday through Sunday, as well as new editions of two popular SIG workshops on Saturday. See your Preliminary Program or the website for details of these courses.
Conference Arrangements
The 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting will be held at the Westin Providence hotel, located in the center of the city. Within walking distance of world-class shopping, theater, cultural events, historical sights and an array of local attractions, the Westin Providence is holding a block of rooms at special conference rates ($179 single/double) for ASIS&T meeting attendees who make reservations by October 21.
News from ASIS&T Chapters
The Southern Ohio Chapter of ASIS&T (SOASIST) joined 10 other professional societies in Ohio's Miami Valley for the 16th annual fall joint meeting of the group. Focusing this year on a "ripped from the headlines" topic, the program featured Harold Jones, computer forensic specialist, speaking on Computer Forensics. Computer forensics is the application of computer investigation and analysis techniques to discover, recover, analyze and present computer-based material in such a way that it is usable as evidence in a court of law. Jones is a decorated 25-year police veteran, detective and private investigator. Patricia J. Carter represented SOASIST on the planning committee.
The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (LACASIS) has named Youn Noh the winner of the 13th annual Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition. The winner receives reimbursement funding up to $1,000 for registration, airfare and hotel expenses to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting and a one-year membership in ASIS&T. Noh is a third-year student in the information studies program at University of California, Los Angeles. Her interests are in the areas of information technology and classification. Upon graduation, she plans to pursue a career in academic librarianship.
Also from LACASIS are details about the chapter's annual Fall Workshop, scheduled this year for October 1. Balancing Access, Privacy and Security in Your Organization will include discussion of such topics as California and national legislation; digital rights management; digital reference; and radio frequency identification.
The New England Chapter of ASIS&T (NEASIST) selected Asim Qayyum, doctoral student at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, as the 2004 winner of the chapter's Student Travel Award competition. His paper, "Readers as Authors: Analyzing Markings Made on E-documents in Private or Collaborated Reading Environments," was judged the best paper in information science among those submitted. Asim will be awarded up to $750 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
News from an ASIS&T SIG
ASIS&T Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) has added its latest membership newsletter to its website www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII. This issue (volume 4, number 2) contains an update on the SIG/III International Paper Contest and news on activities at the upcoming ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Providence.
News About ASIS&T Members
Martin Dillon, formerly of OCLC and the OCLC Institute and most recently head of acquisitions and editor in chief of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) at Libraries Unlimited, has joined Scarecrow Press as head of acquisitions in library and information science.
Amanda Spink, School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, and Bernard J. Jansen, are co-authors of the recently published Web Search: Public Searching of the Web (Kluwer Academic Publishers). The book provides a synthesis of Web search research including the technological, social, organizational and human-computer interaction context of Web search.
Paul Solomon, previously an associate dean in the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has been named interim dean of SILS. He will serve until a new dean is appointed and arrives on campus. Solomon, whose research focuses on the role of information in people's lives, teaches SILS courses on research methods, international and cross-cultural perspectives, user perspectives, management and organization of information. He holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington and University of Maryland.
Gisela von Dran, assistant professor in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, has been appointed director of the school's master's degree program in library and information science. In her new position, she will be responsible for the management and leadership of the LIS program and serve as the primary contact to the professionals in the field working with current and potential students.
Two ASIS&T members are among four recent appointments to the faculty of the College of Information Science and Technology (IST) at Drexel University. Robert B. Allen joins Drexel from the University of Maryland, where he was professor of practice. His current research considers many aspects of digital libraries such as interfaces for browsing National Historical Newspaper Digital Library, digital preservation of project documents from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and developing a forum for computer and information science education modeled after Math Forum. Laurie J. Bonnici comes to Drexel after having taught at Georgia Southern University, Texas Woman's University and Florida State University. She has also held positions in the information industry. Her teaching interests include change management and management of information technologies, management and leadership for information organizations, Web design and development, database design and development and systems design and development.
Three ASIS&T members were among the five members of the Special Libraries Association's Competencies Task Force honored as this year's winners of the Factiva Leadership Award for their work revising the SLA competencies document. Winners include Joanne Gard Marshall, dean of the School of Information and Library Science at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Eileen Abels, a professor at the University of Maryland; and John R. Latham, director of SLA 's Information Center.
Jane Greenberg, a faculty member in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill since 1999, has been promoted to associate professor. Greenberg's research, teaching and publication activities focus on metadata and classification. She is the principal investigator of the Metadata Generation Research Project, a collaboration with the National Institute of Environmental Sciences. Greenberg is developing a model to facilitate the most efficient and effective means of metadata generation.
Mary T. Kim, assistant professor and coordinator, Kent State University School of Library and Information Science, died August 26 in a Columbus hospice. Mary joined the Kent State faculty in 1987 and was instrumental in developing the Columbus campus library and information science program. She coordinated the program and taught library and information science research methods and library management classes. Mary was active in professional library organizations, and she also served as Research Record column editor for the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.
Among her survivors are her daughter, Mison of Dublin, OH; mother, Mary V. Grogan of Cranston, RI; and sister, Nancy Kent of Glastonbury, CT.
A scholarship in honor of Mary Kim has been established through the Kent State University Development Office. Mary was told about the scholarship fund before she died and was very pleased and honored. Donations should be sent to KSU Development Office; P O Box 5190; 1061 Fraternity Circle; Kent, OH 44242 or online to https://www.givetokent.org/secure/form1.asp. Please make note on your check or cover note that your donation is In Memory of Mary T. Kim.
News from Institutional Members
UT Austin School of Information Establishes Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record
With a gift from former Supreme Court of Texas Justice William Wayne Kilgarlin, the School of Information at the University of Texas-Austin will establish the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record.
Through research and graduate education, the Center's mission is to advance knowledge and practice in the preservation of the record of human enterprise, creativity and discovery. Building on the School of Information's programs in preservation management and conservation studies, the new center will also address pressing concerns in digital preservation and will promote research, education and public outreach in the broad area of cultural records management.
Andrew Dillon, dean of the School of Information, says, "The Kilgarlin Center is a tremendously exciting undertaking which will bridge traditional intellectual divisions to advance research and education on the significant preservation management problems facing our society."
William Kilgarlin was a member of the Texas House of Representatives and served on the 215th Judicial District Court before being named to the Supreme Court of Texas in 1983, a position he held until 1988.
Florida State University Hosts Anniversary Celebration
The Information Use Management and Policy Institute of the School of Information Studies at Florida State University opened its doors to its public in late August for a reception celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Institute and introducing a new suite of offices.
Charles R. McClure, Institute director and Frances Eppes professor, said, "During its five-year existence, the Institute has been very successful in conducting research related to a wide range of topics within the field of library and information science, such as information policy, management, user needs, evaluation, usability and access."
The Institute has been awarded numerous grants from federal, state and private funding sources, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (see below), the American Library Association, the U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Association of Research Libraries, the Florida Division of Library Services and the U.S. General Accounting Office.
Grant projects, totaling approximately $2 million, have resulted in high quality research studies, findings and results. John Bertot, professor and associate director of the Institute, said, "Researchers have also been prolific publishers of research articles, book chapters, online tutorials and books on topics related to Institute research."
In the past five years, the Institute has brought new opportunities to Florida State University faculty and students. Jane Robbins, dean and assistant director of the Information Institute, noted that "numerous faculty members of the university have worked in collaboration with the Institute on research projects, and the Institute has provided funding for a number of faculty members and graduate students to develop their own research proposals."
Gates Foundation Grant
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded more than $300,000 to the Institute to support two national surveys in 2004 and 2006 to study the status of public libraries in their use of technology, their roles in providing network-based services and resources, and the ability of public libraries to impact their communities through technology and network-based services and resources.
Nearly every public library in the nation provides free access to computers and the Internet.
People with lower income and education levels often rely on libraries as their only access point to computers and the Internet.
The survey data will help public libraries better understand their role in the provision of network-based services and resources and will give national and state policy makers, library advocates, practitioners, researchers, government and private funding organizations and other stakeholders a better understanding of the issues and needs of libraries associated with providing Internet-based services and resources.
Bertot, McClure and Paul T. Jaeger, manager for research development at the Institute are co-principal Investigators on the project. Bertot and McClure have conducted similar studies approximately every two years since 1994.
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Seeking to enhance their credibility and lure new fans, Major League Soccer clubs have binged on big-name foreigners in recent years.
But this year the tide has turned for underachieving stars with an exodus of designated players and other big names following David Beckham, for whom the category was created, out of MLS.
Scottish midfielder Barry Robson became the latest Monday, with the Vancouver Whitecaps dumping the 34-year-old and his almost $600,000 salary after a solitary disappointing season.
Philadelphia's Freddy Adu, the unwanted one-time wunderkind now apparently washed up at age 23, was cast adrift Monday by his current club and former youth team coach John Hackworth.
Brek Shea, often mentioned as the next breakout American star, apparently is on his way out of Dallas and auditioning for English Premier League club Stoke City after an unhappy and injury-plagued 2012.
Also exiting MLS are Chicago's Mexican international veteran Pavel Pardo (who retired after a 19-year career), Seattle's Fredy Montero (who paid the price for failing to ever score in the playoffs) and D.C. United striker Hamdi Salihi of Albania.
But Galaxy coach and general manager Bruce Arena announced Monday after the club's first outdoor session of the year – albeit with almost as many returning players absent for one reason or another (13) as present (14) – that Landon Donovan would not be one of them.
After two years of almost non-stop playing, a burned-out Donovan announced late last year he needed an extended break from the sport and at age 30 could retire altogether. But after meeting Sunday with the playmaker, Arena said Donovan would return to see out the final year of his contract.
"We've given him a little bit more time off," Arena said. "He's definitely playing this year. We're just working out the return date that made sense for all of us. We're going to work out (the exact timing) soon."
That will boost Galaxy fans who might find out this week whether 34-year-old Chelsea star Frank Lampard will join the club.
Lampard has plenty of deep-pocketed suitors in Europe and could end up following in Beckham's footsteps – but that might mean Milan rather than Southern California, according to one tabloid report.
Personnel moves aside – 20 of the 30 players on the roster at the end of last season are returning – one of Arena's main concerns is to use the wings more effectively this year.
Hector Jimenez was tried in that role early in 2012 and Christian Wilhelmsson later on, but neither proved particularly effective. Arena has brought in former Houston midfielder Colin Clark, who conceded Monday that Galaxy opponents tried to exploit that weakness last season, as a potential solution among others.
"Teams tend to drop off on us, get numbers behind the ball, so you need to stretch them out a little bit and establishing width is one way of doing it," Arena said.
While the defending MLS champion Galaxy has specific needs, on the other side of Home Depot Center on Monday new Chivas USA coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola had plenty of prospects on the field.
That included Chivas USA's sole draft pick Carlos Alvarez, a midfielder from East L.A. who was taken No. 2 overall in last week's draft.
But with last year's 7-18-9 Western Conference cellar dweller seeking to return to its Mexican roots, five players from the CD Guadalajara mothership also are auditioning.
Those players are goalkeeper Antonio Rodriguez, 20, a Mexican youth international; defender Mario de Luna, 25, who made more than 70 appearances with Chivas; defensive midfielder Edgar Mejia, 24, who has more than 100 appearances with the club to his name and forwards Jose Manuel Rivera, 26, who also had a spell in Finland, and Giovanni Casillas, 19, who reportedly once attracted the attention of Real Madrid.
"Chivas, maybe, can take them in," said Sanchez of the quintet in limited English while acknowledging the team has plenty of gaps. "This week nine players are trying out."


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Image of the Day: Nighttime satellite view of North Dakota gas flaresPosted by Jim at Thursday, January 10, 2013
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10 January 2013
Boston, Massachusetts (Ceres.org) – The rapid growth in domestic oil production has set the United States on track to become the world's top oil producer by 2015, but investors are wary of the environmentally damaging practices associated with that growth, specifically the burning off—or flaring—of natural gas that is produced as a byproduct from oil wells.
In North Dakota's Bakken shale region, widespread flaring across millions of acres lights up the night sky, burning off enough energy each day to heat half a million homes. Flaring is also prevalent in other key shale regions, like Texas's Eagle Ford. Excessive flaring of natural gas affects regional air quality and creates significant greenhouse gas emissions that investors are seeking to reduce.
Acting on that concern, Mercy Investment Services, Inc. has filed a shareholder resolution with Continental Resources, Inc., a major Oklahoma-based oil developer operating in the Bakken, requesting that the firm "adopt quantitative, company-wide goals, based on current technologies, for reducing or eliminating flaring in all operations and facilities under the company's financial or operational control."
"Flaring poses financial, operational, and reputational risks to Continental, and is a potential threat to its license to operate," the resolution reads. Furthermore, the resolution contends that gas can be captured economically: "Due to the relatively high liquids content in Bakken gas, flaring in this region represents substantial forgone revenue." Unless Continental acts on this resolution, shareholders will vote on its recommendations at the firm's annual meeting, usually held in June.
"The flaring of natural gas is a tremendous economic waste, and it threatens oil developers' license to operate, as well as the environment," said Pat Zerega, director of shareholder advocacy at Mercy Investment Services, the lead filer of this resolution. "Numerous Sisters of Mercy, as well as myself, live in areas of Pennsylvania and New York affected by flaring from shale gas operations, and our concern over the environmental impacts of flaring continues to grow. Continental should focus on eliminating this wasteful practice."
The domestic oil industry's practice of allowing billions of cubic feet of natural gas to be flared or vented is only loosely regulated at the state level, and growing domestic oil development has propelled the U.S. into the top 10 gas flaring countries globally along with Russia, Nigeria, and Iraq. Flaring is of particular concern in North Dakota, where the number of producing oil wells grew 21 percent between January 2012 and October 2012, according to the North Dakota Industrial Commission.
In its most recent report on oil production, the state's Commission also noted that while "the high liquids content makes gathering and processing of Bakken gas economic" and "additions to gathering and processing capacity are helping," at least 30 percent of this gas continues to be flared. Given the rapid growth of oil production in the region, these estimates may lag behind actual flaring levels.
The shareholder resolution cites two firms that are taking action on flaring: Hess, which achieved a five-year target of 50 percent flare reduction in two foreign countries, and Whiting Petroleum, a firm with a stated goal of zero flaring-related emissions.
"Even with lower natural gas prices, there is no reason that oil developers in the Bakken should be burning off a fuel that their colleagues in the Marcellus region are working to capture. It's simply bad practice, and it is making domestic oil a particularly high-carbon source," said Andrew Logan, director of oil and gas program at Ceres. "Ceres has been working with the oil industry to eliminate its most wasteful and environmentally harmful practices. Flaring can be reduced to essentially zero, and the industry should hold itself accountable to achieving this goal."
This shareholder resolution adds to growing investor concern over flaring. In March 2012, Mercy Investment Services and other investors representing $500 billion in assets sent a letter to 21 of the industry's largest shale oil producers, including Continental, urging them to reduce or eliminate flaring. The signatories of the letter included F&C Asset Management, Boston Common Asset Management, Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, PaxWorld Management, Portfolio 21 Investments and Presbyterian Church (USA), among others.
Ceres coordinates annual shareholder filings on a range of sustainability issues. Additional examples of Ceres's work with shareholders can be found in Investor Power, a publication highlighting action on palm oil, hydraulic fracturing, the homebuilding sector and the electric power industry.
Investors Press Continental Resources to End Wasteful Flaring of Natural Gas
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- "CUT!! Who IS this idiot? You! YOU! Why are you in my space? WHY?"
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Stephen "Steve" Scott is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986).
Scott is a film producer at the InterGlobal Films studios in Vice City.
Scott is a pornographic movie director, based at the InterGlobal Films studios on Prawn Island, Vice City. According to the VCPD database, Scott has an "unnatural obsession" with sharks and mountains of mashed potatoes.
Scott attended Juan Cortez's party on his yacht. He first meets Tommy Vercetti after Vercetti purchases the studios. Vercetti begins to help Scott, hiring both Candy and Mercedes Cortez for one of his films, distributing advertisements, obtaining damaging photos of Congressman Alex Shrub and Candy Suxxx, and then creating a spot light display to advertise his latest film.
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- Film director spotted at various parties where organized crime carries on. Thought to be seeking any money he can to finance his films. Shows an unnatural obsession with sharks and mountains of mashed potatoes.
Prominent Appearances in Missions
- GTA Vice City
- The Party
- Recruitment Drive (Boss)
- Dildo Dodo (Boss)
- Martha's Mug Shot (Boss)
- G-Spotlight (Boss)
- Keep Your Friends Close... (Post mission phone call)
- Scott has a star on the Vinewood Walk of Fame in Grand Theft Auto V.
- Scott is a parody of film director Steven Spielberg. After completing the asset missions for the InterGlobal Film Studio, posters for the film Bite, starring Candy Suxxx and directed by Scott begin to appear. This is a reference to the film Jaws, directed by Spielberg. The film Closer Encounters, also directed by Scott and starring Candy Suxxx, is a parody of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Spielberg.


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NEAR THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER — The last U.S. combat troops were crossing the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, bringing to a close the active combat phase of a 7½-year war that overthrew the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein, forever defined the presidency of George W. Bush and left more than 4,400 American service members and tens of thousands of Iraqis dead.
The final convoy of the Army's 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., were about to enter Kuwait shortly after 1:30 a.m. (6:30 p.m. Wednesday ET), carrying the last of the 14,000 U.S. combat forces in Iraq, said NBC's Richard Engel, who has been traveling with the brigade as it moved out this week.
"We won! We won! It's over! We brought democracy to Iraq!" a soldier shouted as fellow soldiers celebrated their arrival in Kuwait this week.
For Staff Sgt. Heon Hong of Guam, the brigade's departure, which began over the weekend, marked the end of his third tour of duty in Iraq.
"I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad we're done with Iraq," Hong said as his transport arrived this week. Hopefully, I never come back to Iraq."
Another soldier, Sgt. Devon Scarey of Deltona, Fla., said simply, "It feels awesome."
Brig. Gen. Nick Tooliatos, deputy commanding general for First Theater Sustainment Command in Kuwait, stood at the border all night saluting each soldier as he or she crossed."I couldn't have asked for a better honor than to greet some soldiers who have done great work for a year fighting our nation's war, and to just be here and render honors to them and welcome them and thank them for a job well done," Tooliatos said.
"It's a historic event," he said. "In 2003, we rolled across this berm into Iraq, and now as we get ready to transition the security of Iraq to Iraq's own forces, this is a significant retrograde of a combat unit."
50,000 advisers remain
The timing of the final departure was a closely held secret, occurring in dramatic fashion two weeks ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline President Barack Obama had set to withdraw combat forces and close Operation Iraqi Freedom, which the U.S.-led multinational coalition began March 20, 2003, in the belief that Hussein possessed an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction that threatened the West.
In a statement, Obama called the troops' withdrawal a "milestone in the Iraq war" and said, "I hope you'll join me in thanking them, and all of our troops and military families, for their service."
At one point, the United States had blanketed the country with nearly a quarter-million-strong combat force; by the end of the month, Obama said, about 50,000 U.S. troops will remain in the country, in a non-combat role providing support and training for the Iraqi military.
Christopher R. Hill, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, said it was now Iraq's responsibility to form a stable long-term government and Washington's responsibility to "see Iraq as a country and not as a war."
In remarks Wednesday to the U.S. Institute for Peace in Washington, Hill said he was optimistic about the prospects of a stable government, but he added, "If it's instant gratification you're looking for, you had better look elsewhere."
The new U.S. ambassador, James F. Jeffrey, presented his credentials Wednesday to President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday.
In those 7½ years, 4,415 U.S. service members lost their lives.
Estimates of the number of Iraqis who were killed are more problematic, complicated by difficulties in determining which combatants were from Iraq or were sympathizers from other countries in the region, by deciding whether to include victims of bombings and other attacks by anti-coalition elements, and by the biases of who is doing the reporting.
Iraq Body Count, a non-governmental organization based in Germany whose tallies are commonly reported by Western news agencies, puts the current toll at 97,000 to 106,000. By contrast, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Al Mustansirya University in Baghdad said in a report heavily criticized by U.S. officials that more than 650,000 Iraqis were killed in "war-related activities" just in the period from 2003 through 2006.
Struggle continues in Afghanistan
The 4th Stryker Brigade, a unit of the 2nd Infantry Division that is known as the Raiders, arrived a year ago to provide security for the Iraqi elections on March 7 and to help coordinate the transition of command to the Iraqi military.
The formal handover actually took place Aug. 7, when three Raider soldiers and two Iraqi soldiers pulled down the the brigade's colors at Forward Operating Base Constitution, leaving only the flags of the Iraqi government and the 6th Iraqi Army Division flying.
Still, the departure means the end of only some combat operations in the greater region. As many as 100,000 U.S. combat forces are still operating in Afghanistan, which they are not tentatively to conclude until next July.
"I think the biggest challenge is the combination of running two theaters," Tooliatos said, "not only drawing down things in Iraq but working to get things into Afghanistan to the right place at the right time so that the soldier on the ground has what he needs to fight, win and survive on the battlefield."
Pfc. Timothy Berrena of Fairfield, Conn., is likely to be one of those soldiers. After 12 months on this tour in Iraq, he has re-enlisted.
"I'm hoping to do one more [tour] before I get out. I'm sure the next one will be Afghanistan if it's anywhere," Berrena said.
"It's another chapter in the book," he said. "It's a good experience — met a lot of great kids here. You've got kids in the military who can't even buy a pack of cigarettes yet, but they can come over here and fight for their country. I'm just glad to be a part of it."
'No one else is going to get hurt'
For others, like Pvt. Nicholas Kelly of Seattle, the day meant "I'm on my way home now."
"It was a great feeling, you know, being in the country for 12 months," Kelly said. But "finally getting out is a great feeling."
Staff Sgt. Steven Bearor of Merrimac, N.H., said he, too, was looking forward to "going home to the family. I like it."
But the best part, he said, is knowing that "no one else is going to get hurt."
The Iraqi security forces "are ready to go, Bearor said. "I have all of faith and confidence they will be able to pull off the job."


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A Dell Precision mobile M6800 stated that the system would attempt to boot to the wrong volume after the user installed a non-certified storage device.
In this case the primary hard disk drive (HDD) was replaced with a Kingston SV300 Solid State Drive (SSD)
As a best effort solution, Dell advised the M6800 user the following workaround:
Example of SATA settings for an mSATA card with optical drive and storage device in the secondary slot:
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I've spent the past few days zapping aliens and maneuvering troops in the iPad version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and I'm happy to report that it's XCOM: Enemy Unknown on iPad, which is really all that you need to know.


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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tarte Fine
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so delish and so close to lunchtime..ReplyDelete
wish I could run to the corner and grab a tarte fine au pomme..
miam miam
Carol:) i just made pies..not fines..and wrote on ardoise:) This post made me smile at how sometimes bloggers can think the same thing:)ReplyDelete
those tartes fines are superb..but I must admit the papers stole my heart..So pretty!
In Provence I should have looked..Bread was prettily wrapped..but with words..not anything like these.
I would be tempted to fold and take home:)
Your watercolor is beautiful.
The painting, the cute little shop, the food, Its all yummy. Soon you will be there ejoying it all in person. Are you working off some calories now so you can indulge while there? :))ReplyDelete
NO Cris I'm not!ReplyDelete
I just ate a dixie cup + pretzels :(
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I must know: Have you been able to salvage the fab paper wrappings from the tart? Or is it too gooey? Actually, you could lick it clean.... :-)ReplyDelete


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Sliding Sens try to halt skid in Philly
The Ottawa Senators have seen their playoff chances take a hit thanks to a recent losing streak.
The sliding Sens will try to halt a five-game funk and get their postseason quest back on the right track when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers for Thursday's test at Wells Fargo Center.
The 0-5-0 losing streak has hurt Ottawa's postseason chances and the club enters Thursday's action tied with the New York clubs for the last three playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The Rangers, Islanders and Senators each have 44 points on the year, but Ottawa has a game in hand over the other two clubs.
The Rangers are off on Thursday, while the Islanders are playing in Boston.
Three of the Senators' five losses during the skid have come by one-goal margins, including Tuesday's 3-2 loss in Tampa. Steven Stamkos scored the game-winning goal with 5:04 left in the final period to lift the Lightning to the close victory.
A Sergei Gonchar penalty put the Lightning on the power play with 5:20 left. Tampa Bay got the puck into the Ottawa zone. Martin St. Louis passed the disc to Vincent Lecavalier to the right of the goal. Stamkos darted to the net and pounded home a feed from Lecavalier. The Lightning went 2-for-7 on the power play in Tuesday's win.
Daniel Alfredsson and Guillaume Latendresse both lit the lamp for Ottawa, which is mired in the club's longest skid since it went 0-6-1 from Jan. 21-Feb 7, 2012.
"The penalties are the penalties," Ottawa head coach Paul MacLean said. "They were penalties. This time of year, you have to take hits to make plays and you have to expect that you're going to get hit and you can't just retaliate and take penalties. That puts your team in a bad spot. A number of the penalties we took tonight we didn't have to."
Craig Anderson made 21 saves in the setback and fell to 0-2 since returning from an ankle injury.
The loss in Tampa dropped Ottawa to 0-4 on season-long seven-game road trip. The Sens are just 6-11-3 as the guest this season compared to a 13-3-3 mark at home.
While the Sens' recent skid has damaged their postseason chances, Ottawa's playoff prospects are still much rosier than Philadelphia's. The Flyers are 12th in the East and seven points out of the conference's final playoff spot with just nine games left in the regular season.
Philadelphia has lost two straight in regulation on the heels of a season-best four-game winning streak. Both setbacks have come by identical 4-1 scores and the latest loss was Tuesday's defeat to the New York Islanders.
John Tavares and Casey Cizikas scored 28 seconds apart late in regulation to help the Islanders down Philadelphia, 4-1, at Nassau Coliseum. It was the Flyers' first loss on Long Island since a 6-4 setback on April 1, 2010. Philadelphia had won seven straight at the Coliseum before Tuesday's setback.
Jakub Voracek's first-period strike was the sole offense for the Flyers. Meanwhile, Steve Mason's first Philadelphia start didn't go as planned, despite the former Columbus netminder stopping 28 pucks. Ilya Bryzgalov is expected to get the start on Thursday.
"It's frustrating," Flyers forward Scott Hartnell said. "You can't just expect to score one goal and win a game. You got to continue to push it. Mason played great for us. He was really solid back there."
The Flyers could get forward Danny Briere back from a concussion on Thursday after he sat out the last nine games. Briere, who has a disappointing five goals and eight assists in 26 games this season, is questionable for this evening.
In other injury news, Flyers defenseman Nicklas Grossmann will likely miss the rest of the season with a concussion. Grossmann, who hasn't played since March 18, will miss another 2-to-3 weeks of action, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. In addition to Grossmann, the Flyers will also be without injured defensemen Braydon Coburn, Andrej Meszaros and Marc-Andre Bourdon tonight.
Philadelphia does own a solid 12-5-2 record at home this season and will try for a fourth straight win at Wells Fargo Center tonight.
The Flyers beat the Sens, 2-1, in regulation on March 2 in the only meeting between the clubs this season. Philly has won three of five in the series overall and Ottawa has dropped four of its past five in the City of Brotherly Love.


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Natural Colors Contribute Micronutrients
The key role of color in product development and the micronutrients contributed by natural colors.
Color makes a powerful statement about food. The dazzling colors of ripe fruits and vegetables act as beacons, signifying that flavor, aroma and nutrition are at their peaks. The latest trend in nutrition is to "eat a rainbow," and thus assure a wide spectrum of dietary vitamins, minerals and the colorful phytochemicals that act as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agents.
One could argue that survival instinct underlies "eye appeal," the culinary art of meeting our color expectations of food. And that instinct is a bit picky; we tend to shun inappropriate colors that may indicate food is spoiled or tainted.
"Color is the first thing a consumer may consider when purchasing a food or beverage item," says Jason Armao, director-colors at Wild Flavors Inc. (www.wildflavors.com), Erlanger, Ky. "Appearance is extremely important to the consumer's perception of a product. Some factors color influences include flavor, identity, quality, consistency, appeal, and freshness.
"When creating a product, color is without a doubt one of the most important factors to its success," he continues. "Yet, when a developer designs a product, it tends to be the last thing considered."
The laws of color
The Romans recognized the value of giving food eye appeal. They took advantage of spices such as saffron along with the pigments in berries, pomegranates, grapes, carrots, beets and spinach to make common foods more appetizing. Early in this country, copper carbonate, gold and silver leaf and other ores and minerals added color and often poison to food. So, in 1906, the U.S. established the Food and Drug Act, a voluntary certification program that regulated the addition of colors to foods.
The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act of 1938 made certification mandatory and regulated what color enhancers could be added to foods, drugs and cosmetics. The year 1960 saw the creation of the FDA's list of approved color additives. Then the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 required that color additives be listed in the ingredient statement. Today, all new color additives must be tested and proved safe. Even then, the FDA may restrict their use to certain types of foods.
"The FDA defines two types of color additives: certified and exempt from certification," explains Margaret Lawson, vice president-science and innovation at D.D. Williamson and Co. (www.caramelcolor.com), Louisville, Ky. "We often use the terms 'synthetic' and 'natural' in common language, but this is not the regulatory language of the FDA.
"The certified colors (FD&C Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Blue No. 1, etc.) require on-site certification for the purity of each batch. Certified color additives are commonly known as 'artificial' or 'synthetic' colors. However, colors such as annatto extract, turmeric, elderberry color concentrate, and caramel color are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and therefore do not require certification," continues Lawson.
Armao further clarifies the FDA position: "According to U.S. color additive regulations, there is really no such thing as a natural color unless for example you are using elderberry juice concentrate to enhance the color of elderberry jelly. If you were using elderberry juice concentrate to color strawberry jelly, the color would now be considered artificial since the elderberry juice concentrate is not inherent to the strawberry.
"Typically, the preference when labeling exempt colors is to call out the color by name," Armao continues. "For example, if using black carrot juice concentrate to color a beverage, the label would read 'black carrot juice concentrate (color).' "
Color me natural
The synthetic palette allows the culinary artist to match just about any desired color. To a great degree, the food is an inert canvas with respect to synthetic colors. Final colors will be stable, relatively inexpensive and have a long shelf.
There's only one problem: Increasingly health-conscious consumers want the synthetics out. "Up until the recent past, most consumers completely accepted the use of synthetic color additives," says Armao. "Today, the consumer has become more educated when purchasing foods and beverages. Many consumers scrutinize product labels looking to make healthier choices. As a result, the trend has been to utilize colors coming from natural sources in an effort to keep a 'clean label.' Growth of retailers that market natural foods or organic foods also has fueled the consumption of foods containing colors from natural sources."
Liat Simha of Lycored Corp. (www.lycored.com), Orange N.J., notes, "Consumers are demanding a clean label -- one devoid of listings of artificial ingredients -- and this has manufacturers looking away from synthetic colorants." And that means toward the natural palette, which includes anthocyanins, derived from apples, berries, grapes, red cabbage, sweet potatoes and flowers, such as roses and hibiscus.
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Mobile & Wireless Slideshow: Enterprise Mobility: 'Backdoor' Devices Frighten CIOs
The growth of platforms like Apple's iOS and Google's Android has been great for consumers who want to be able to do more with their smartphones. But for CIOs, it's not all fun and games. Employee-owned, "backdoor" mobile devices entering the corporate network are a major source of concern. Indeed, in a recent report, research firm Forrester identified two types of "undocumented" mobile workers: the mobile mavericks and the mobile wannabes. Mobile device management provider Mformation Technologies commissioned research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 200 CIOs in the U.S. and 100 in the U.K. for a study on the state of mobile security in the corporate world. It found that, in addition to "backdoor" devices, the recent WikiLeaks issue has caused CIOs to worry more than ever about how to protect enterprise data.


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If You're Feeling Sinister
Has DiS seen this? Really interesting Pitchfork doc on the making of the album:
Particularly of note: Chris Geddes has apparently discovered the elixir of youth.
It's true...
both that it's a decent documentary and that Chris hasn't aged a day. Good Tim that lad.
I'm unable to see the YouTube clip where I am at the moment.
I'm hoping it's one where geeks win, a bit like B&S' Fans Only.
Stuart David
is also a very very nice man. Actually most of the band come across as just very very nice people.umlaut_ampersand this'd this
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Good doc.
The don't look back gig at the barbican was amazing. Anyone else go ?
Started watching and need to finish
Such a good album, and that old footage is niiiiiice.
It's a great documentary
It's a bit too reliant on the Fans Only footage but the new interviews are great.
Can't work out what's going on with Isobel's accent though.
this documentary is brilliant. i cried for a bit after Isobelle was going on about how great their lives were then. :'''(
the best band ever. i love when people go on about how twee and disgusting belle & sebastian are. they're the best band there ever will be.
I always saw them as a band with great melodies, interesting arrangements and a keen emotional wedge. I'll also say that they're extremely good at what they set out to do, and that Half Man Half Biscuit kinda perform their function for me (there's more in common between the two bands than one might suppose). I don't remotely object to them or their music, but I rarely feel a strong need to listen to them. I don't know where this is going. Perhaps I am fishing for recommendations? I know the first two or three albums quite well (school).
do you know the Dear Catastrophe Waitress LP? that's a masterpiece
there is some beautiful songwriting hiding behind the jaunty Frankie Valli-ness of their later stuff. Waitress and Life Pursuit are criminally underrated, mainly by morons obsessed with maintaining their knitwear aesthetic.
Also, if you don't have the Push Barman collection of their EPs, then get that, cos it's their very best work.TheWza, NickDS, watsona7, and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
oh yeah I *do* know DCW!! my schoolfriend had that on rotation in our last couple of years
apart from the title-track (sorry) and 'if you find yourself caught in love' (hmmm) it was great. opener, 'lord anthony' and 'stay loose' especially, iirc
never heard the life pursuit
yeah the title track is neither here nor there
Caught in love is brilliant though! Stay Loose is so underrated, that double guitar solo.. Life Pursuit is great, VERY upbeat and poppy, and some of the music is a bit pastichey at times, but lyrically their best album since Sinister. Sukie in the Graveyard and Dress Up In You are probably the highlights.
your footage sounds amazing. do you have a tracklisting for the bootleg and is it available in any way at all? was the footage taken at the same show? and [sorry for all the questions] did you ever meet the band, and if so what were they like?
life pursuit
was my favourite Belle & Sebastian album for a long, long time. Now it's ..Feeling Sinister. Never write off their later stuff, even Write About Love has some charmers (one or two..)calumlynn this'd this
my favourite is probably DCW
(Album I fell in love with them to)
then Tigermilk (weirdest)
then Life Pursuit (pop perfection)
- _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
it's not footage sadly
just audio. I'll happily send you some bootlegs, just send me a message, only the ICA show is good quality though, there is some other good stuff if you're prepared to put up with terrible sound quality (December 97 show at Manchester town hall is a good one, live version of A Space Boy Dream).
haha yeah i've spoken to Stuart and Stevie a couple of times- i was an extra in God Help The Girl and i was in a Write About Love thing too. They were charming. Did the whole 'dancing on stage' thing too, at ATP in 2010. But now a belle & sebastian-obsessed ex girlfriend lives in Glasgow and she's part of that whole Glasgow indie pop circle, so i feel like B&S aren't 'mine' in the way they once were, sadly.
bad luck!
oh dear that sounds awful with the ex girlfriend, that's the sort of possession over music we're all susceptible to [but shouldn't really be!]. i remember when someone at school got into pavement and i struggled listening to them afterwards [he was horrible in fairness]. that would be amazing i'm more than happy to put up with bad quality. i interviewed stevie a while back and he seemed lovely.
Pitchfork actually asked me to supply them with some rare B&S bootlegs for this documentary
doesn't sound like they actually used them in the final thing, though. But the Pitchfork guy was very nice in the emails he sent. Claim to fame.
shame they didn't use it,
there's so much repeated footage in it, it started to annoy me
yeah i know, like that New York session thing from 1997
we've already seen it on Fans Only! Come on! One of the bootlegs I gave them was a great quality one, from a 1996 show with Tindersticks at the ICA, they could have at least used that.
this series is fantastic
i really love the lonesome crowded west one tooSevered799 this'd this
I never saw the Lonesome Crowded West one :(
I feel like there's a persistent, raging debate between Modest Mouse fans over whether or not that's their best record. I think it's Moon & Antarctica, but LCW is flawless nonetheless.
the LCW doc is very good, I watched it last night
(it's on pitchforks site if you want to see it)
There's a making of doc from the time on youtube too but I've not watched it all yet.
finally watched this
it's fucking great. oh god, i don't think i will be listening to anything else for weeks now.
Not sure where else to put this, but...
...have been listening a lot to Write About Love recently. I've come to the conclusion that it's actually wonderful, after writing it off a bit the first time round.
It really is a great, mature pop record.


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South Dakota State Earns Second Straight FCS Playoff Appearance
South Dakota State is heading West to open the FCS playoffs November 30th, as the Jackrabbits open post season play at Northern Arizona, at 7:00pm Central time.
The Jacks are in with an 8-4 overall record, 5-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference, thanks to a four-game winning streak to end the regular season. SDSU won the finale at Youngstown State yesterday 42-13.
Saturday's game at the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona will feature two of the top running backs in the nation. SDSU junior Zach Zenner is #2 in FCS with 1,695 yards, NAU senior Zach Bauman is 9th with 1,355 yards.
The Lumberjacks, from the Big Sky Conference, went 9-2 this season, 7-1 in league play. One of NAU's non-conference wins was at home against South Dakota, September 21st, 22-16.
SDSU was one of just two Missouri Valley Conference teams to make the expanded field of 24 teams.
This is South Dakota State's third appearance in the FCS Playoffs. They lost in round one at Montana in 2009, and were eliminated in round two last year at North Dakota State.
As expected, two-time defending National Champ, and fellow Missouri Valley Conference member, #1 North Dakota State is the top seed, earning a first round bye. The Jacks lost to the Bison, at home, 20-0, in week five.
The next seven seeds also get to sit on the sidelines in round one:
2. Eastern Illinois
3. Eastern Washington
4. Southeastern Louisiana
5. Maine
6. McNeese State
7. Towson
8. Montana
South Dakota State beat 4th seed Southeastern Louisiana 34-26 on the road in week three. The Jacks beat 2nd seed Eastern Illinois in the opening round of the playoffs last season in Brookings, 58-10.
SDSU has played one other playoff team this season, beating Butler, at home, 55-14, in week one. The Bulldogs host Tennessee State in round one.


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To lulz is the act of "lulzing" which is laughing uncontrollably while you are under the influence of alcohol, drugs etc... You may lulz out of random, even when something funny does not happen. Lulzing has no limits! Lulzing also may include crying out of pure laughter, spitting out your drink/having it come out through your nose, ROFL-ing (literally) and most importantly, saying the word "lulz" out loud and/or using it in a sentence while laughing.
While smoking weed, Rory told Carlie she "wants to watch Treehouse, because she is baked out of her mind". While this is not particularly funny, Carlie proceeded to lulz and said "I am lulzing up a storm" through tears of pure joy.
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Synesis necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 151 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Choucas Noir
Design a logo to be used on the website, and on all promotional materials - headed paper, business cards etc. Choucas Noir means 'Black Jackdaw'. The apartment is ultra-high end luxury and the logo must convey this sense of refined elegance and prestige.
Highly paid professionals and corporations, mostly UK-based.
We are open to pretty much any kind of concept, though more abstract designs may be preferred. The design will be used on the website and in small print media, so should not be too detailed.
The client would prefer minimal/abstract, but any style or concept will be considered.
The name 'Choucas Noir' means Black Jackdaw:
Plenty of images can be found on google - designs should probably include some reference to the bird, either in flight, standing, or something more abstract like just an eye and beak, or wing and claw. Feel free to be as creative as you like here.
The apartment is in the mountains, so some reference to mountains and snow is possible, though NOT required.
You can include the name in the design, though it is NOT required. There is no font as yet, so any font can be used.
Black shoud be part of the design, otherwise there is no real restriction except that the palette should not be too varied. It could anything from an abstract one colour design through to something more complex using two or three colours.
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Officer Alexander E. Thalmann has died of his injuries. We will update this as soon as information is available.
From SUE BOOK, Sun Journal Staff --
For a second day Sunday, off-duty New Bern police officers stood vigil at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for fellow Officer Alexander E. Thalmann, who was shot in the line of duty Friday night.
Thalmann, 22, who has been with the department since August 2013, was shot in his face after he attempted to stop Bryant Augustus Stallings, 35, for questioning near Craven Terrace at about 11:45 p.m. Friday.
Fellow Officer Justin Wester, 23, who has been with the New Bern police since November 2012, answered Thalmann�s call for backup. He was shot in the leg by Stallings and returned fire, killing him.
Wester also was treated at Vidant early Saturday for his gunshot wound and released.
Thalmann was reported as breathing on his own with stable vital signs Saturday afternoon, but it was clear from evidence of defibrillator use at the scene and guarded comments by all connected that his condition is critical. He remains in intensive care and is on a respirator.
New official information on his condition could not be obtained from Vidant or from city officials Sunday, although New Bern Mayor Dana Outlaw and several Board of Aldermen members indicated they awaited an email on Thalmann�s condition.
The mayor urged all to keep Thalmann in their prayers, as did New Bern Police Chief Toussaint E. Summers Jr. Saturday as he ended a news conference in Greenville, where those close say he has remained.
Outlaw called an emergency meeting of the board at noon Saturday for an official report on the incident and for the board to authorize acting City Manager Mark Stephens to support the officers during this difficult time and to provide accommodations for their families to be close by.
Thalmann is reportedly from nearby Washington, where he lives with his mother. Wester is from Rocky Mount, where his father has also been in law enforcement.
At a 3 p.m. Saturday press conference held by city officials at the Greenville Police Department, Summers released the wounded officers� names and read a statement from District Attorney Scott Thomas reiterating much of what he said earlier in the day, including that as a matter of standard procedure, investigation of the officer-involved shooting incident has been turned over to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Thomas and New Bern police, including the chief, were at the incident scene with the SBI until 5 a.m. Saturday. Thomas said, �I have nothing at this point to indicate that it was not justified.�
A relative and friend said Stallings, who had been in prison and vowed never to return, was walking Friday night with someone who had warrants out against him and who disappeared from the scene.
Summers said at the news conference that Stallings was stopped because of suspicious behavior.
Thomas said, �Stallings has a brush with the law but he is not in the system now.�
Records indicate he served time for convictions on charges including drug possession, larceny and resisting an officer.
Questions raised by relatives and community members about why Stallings was stopped and circumstances surrounding the shootings are likely to be addressed by the SBI report, which is expected in about two weeks.
Stallings� address was listed as 500 Old Pollocksville Road when police released his name about 10 p.m. Saturday.
Police said they had attempted to notify his family and apparently have. A funeral is being arranged by Oscar�s Mortuary, Inc., with details to be announced later.
Sue Book can be reached at 252-635-5665 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter@SueJBook.
Earlier stories:
Man dead, two officers wounded in Craven Terrace
Family, friends remember dead man


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Calm is related to Old Spanish and Portuguese calma, which meant "heat of the day." That was the time when everything stopped for a while so people and animals could find some shade; the time when everything got quiet and calm. It comes from the Latin cauma for "burning heat." Now would be a good time to go find some shade and be still.
Day comes from Old English daeg, which is related to the words for "day" in other Germanic languages (dag in Swedish Danish, Tag German). Etymologists have traced it back to a root that also gave rise to Sanskrit dah, "to burn." It shows up with its "hot" sense in Lithuatian dagas, "hot season," and Old Prussian dagis, "summer." I think "burn season" may be more appropriate than "hot season" this summer.
Bath can be traced back to an Old Germanic base bajo-, meaning "to foment," and related to the Latin fovere, meaning "to warm something up." It originally had the primary meaning of submersion in hot liquid and then came to be used for a bath in liquid of any temperature. Make that cold baths in cold Champagne for everyone!
Breed is related to the Old Germanic root bro-, "to heat something up," like when birds warm their eggs to help them hatch. I hate to think of what new kinds of mold and bacteria might be breeding in garbage cans right now…
Chafe comes from the French chauffer, "to warm." It was used in English in the sense of warming things (this is how we get "chafing-dish"), but also for rubbing the limbs in order to warm them up, which led to the sense of "irritation through friction." What we need right now is a word for irritation through heat.
Something that is flagrant is glaring and obvious, like … something that is on fire! It comes from the Latin flagrare, "to burn." Flagrant was indeed used to mean "fiery" for a time, but now the metaphorical meaning seems to be more popular. However, I will not take exception if you were to exclaim, "this day is positively flagrant!"
Effervescense comes from the Latin exfeverscere, "to begin to boil," which is based on fervere, "to be hot." (The root that also gives us fervid, fervent, and fervor). The word has lost the hot part of its sense leaving us with just the bubbly part. Cold effervescent Champagne for everyone!
Ink can be traced all the way back to the Greek form that also gave us "encaustic," meaning "to burn in," and referring to the process of burning wax paints onto objects to make the colors stay. Thankfully, we don't have to use fire to burn our words onto the page anymore, although my hot computer is kind of burning my wrists right now.
For as long as it's been in English, "phlegm" has been associated with mucus and phlegmatic humor (from the theory of the 4 humors). The phlegmatic humor has always been thought of as the cold, clammy one, but the word "phlegm" relates back to the Ancient Greek phlegma, which referred to inflammation or the clamminess caused by being heated, which in turn relates back to the Ancient Greek for "burn" or "blaze." And about the image of burning phlegm, I have nothing more to say. Apologies.


text: Sofie Hannibal and Nan Na Hvass are the lovely ladies behind Hvass & Hannibal, a Copenhagen-based art and design studio that has popped up on a lot of blogs lately. The duo were even guest blogging over on It's Nice That last week! They have oodles of great work but I especially like these colourful illustrations.


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Tensile Testing of Steel Cords
Steel cord is formed by twisting multiple strands of steel wires together to form a cord structure. It is often used as a reinforcement material in conveyor belts and radial tires for passenger cars, buses, or heavy equipment vehicles. Compared to other traditional reinforcement materials like nylon, steel cords possess superior mechanical properties, such as higher tensile strength and modulus and better heat resistance. When used as a reinforcement material in radial tires, it offers high road stability, improved steering response, and longer tire service life. Since some of the key performance indicators of tires are dependent on the reinforcing steel cord, it is important for an engineer to understand the properties of the tire cord and how it functions in a tire.
We were approached by a leading manufacturer of steel cords to provide a gripping solution to test their products. The two test samples were similar, except that one had a thin wire that was wound around its entire length while the other did not.
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Services & Resources
The educational goals of the Shipley Center include
- How to start your company
- Where to locate your business
- How to build your management team
- How to talk to investors
These goals are pursued in cooperation with SWAT teams composed of students from the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Business.
Also to bring awareness to commercializing innovation, Matthew Draper, Deputy Director of the Shipley Center teaches "SB437-Commercializing Innovation". This course focuses on how to successfully commercialize an innovation. While it is important to come up with an innovative idea and develop a product concept, it is equally critical to effectively design and launch the product in the market and ensure its long-term success. This is where the innovation efforts of a large number of entrepreneurs and companies fail. The course provides an exposure to various product design approaches and strategies. Understanding commercialization activities such as pre-product launch planning, market testing, actual product launch, and post-launch follow-up is a major part of the course. These commercialization activities among other things involve developing a marketing plan for the product, identifying the proper intellectual property strategy, reviewing technical feasibility, pitching to investors, and crafting a business model for the product. The course provides a run-through of the complete cycle from idea to market entry.
Patent Attorney, 3D Printing and Mobile App Seminars
Shipley Center Mini-Series Returns
The Shipley Center for Innovation at Clarkson University is partnering with the law firm Wood Oviatt Gilman LLP of Rochester for a business mini-series called, "Where do I begin!"
Have you ever had a great idea you thought could make money but didn't know what your next step should be? The Shipley Center can play a central role in helping you commercialize your idea and assist in taking your idea to market.
The topic for October 29th at 6pm – 7:30 pm, will be with Dennis Danella, intellectual property attorney with Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP. Dennis will discuss protecting your idea through the patent process including what is needed for a mobile software application ("app") patent. The discussion will also cover the differences in forming a (LLC) Limited Liability Company, corporation, or a partnership.
The topic for November 4th , 6 pm – 7 pm will cover 3-D printing with Shaun Jones, Technical Assistant for the Shipley Center for Innovation. Shaun will discuss the benefits of prototyping using a 3-d printer.
Also on November 4th, 7 pm – 8 pm, Craig Basford from Jack of Trade Apps will cover the creative design process needed for app development and what it takes to make your app idea a reality.
All session will be in the Peyton Hall Conference room, 65 Main Street, Potsdam.
There is no charge for this series and is open to the public. Please e-mail email@example.com to register.
Wood Oviatt Gilman LLP is a law firm out of Rochester, NY that represents companies in a variety of intellectual property and corporate matters and has worked with companies in industrial, retail, and medical fields to obtain and protect intellectual property including trade secrets. Additionally, they assist companies in protecting their intellectual property from undesired exploitation by employees, independent contractors and third-party.


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This weekend I headed down to Foodswings, Williamsburg's own vegan comfort food joint. I had been trying to corral my boyfriend into going here with me since before he was my boyfriend, so it had been a long time coming. Although I was able to sample their "chicken" at the Seed Expo a few weeks back, I wanted the entire diner experience. What do I mean? I wanted a burger and a shake, dammit.
Foodswings is not health food, and it doesn't try to pretend it's health food. When you think "comfort food," do you conjure up a raw crudite platter? No. You think creamy, fatty, tastes so good "junk" food. I met a very nice Brooklyn-based vegan couple a few weeks ago, when they came to stay at my mom's farm. I asked them if they liked Foodswings, and the woman groaned inward and said she thought it was awful. Why? "It's junk food!" she said. Mmmm. All the better to eat you with, my dear!
You see, I spend 90% of my meals crunching cruciferous veggies and hearty whole grains. I love simple, good for you food. It's mainly what I eat at home. So I don't mind eating an occasional artery clogger—even though Foodswings menu touts being cholesterol free! .
I also try to avoid "fake" meat because I hate the idea of my food being "fake," and I don't support eating meat, so I'm not trying to eat something masquerading as meat. But every now and then, usually when trying a new vegan restaurant, I get over myself and get down on some faux flesh. Okay okay, so Foodswings!
We ordered a few different burgers, some "chicken" wings, mac n cheese and a couple of shakes. Mmmmn, my food baby is still kickin'.
The Vegan Heart Attack
All Foodswings burgers are seitan based, and this one was piled with soy bacon, soy cheese, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, red onions and vegan mayo. All of the flavors were on point, but unfortunately, the actual burger itself was pretty crumbly and falling all over the place. It felt like it needed some sort of coagulate to hold things together a bit better. But shoved into a bun and piled high with deliciousness, it was tasty.
The Cowboy
This burger had more soy bacon and a deep fried onion on the top! Mmmnnphhh. I've never had a fried anything on top of a burger, and I love the extra crunch. I renamed it the Panty Puddler. You're welcome.
I. Love. Buffalo. Sauce. Period. The buffalo sauce all over my wings was moan inducing. Hot, but not so much heat that it overwhelmed the other spices. While the BBQ wings were also good–smokey and spicy-sweet–I basically refused to share the buffalo wings. I lent out one bite to my guy and horded the rest like a classy lady.
Mac Attack
For me, the key to a good mac n cheese is texture, and and Foodswings' mac was amazingly rich and creamy. However, my non-vegan friend took a nibble and said while the texture was right on, flavor-wise it tasted like a roux. She liked it, but wasn't getting the same "cheese" flavor I was.
Bahh, I had trouble choosing a shake because, in typical American fashion, there were just too many options! In the end, I chose "the Tank," which was chocolate icecream, peanut butter and cookies. I hadn't had a milkshake in at least five years, and this did not disappoint. It had that thick, full texture of a real diner milkshake, and I mean anyone who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate together should not be entrusted with children or small animals.
Have you been to Foodswings? Do you share my opinion on comfort food? If you're gonna eat healthy, please do! But if you're gonna indulge, then call a spade a spade. Not all vegan food is "healthy;" Foodswings is most definitely an indulgence. A heavenly, heavenly indulgence. Go drool over their menu. Oh, and it's important to note that their potato skins were called "4skins," and for that playful raunchy humor they will forever be in my good graces. Sexyfood high fives all around.