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Gertrude Eva Chess
Gertrude Eva Chess, 93, Houghton Lake, died Jan. 4, 2018, at her home.
A funeral service, officiated by the Rev. George Spencer, was held Jan. 8 at Houghton Lake United Methodist Church. Burial will take place in Lake City Cemetery.
She was born March 4, 1924, in Logan Township, Ogemaw County, the daughter of John and Eva (Miller) Meiser. She married Josiah (Joe) Chess and he preceded her in death.
Mrs. Chess was a long-time resident of Houghton Lake where she worked and retired from Consumers Energy. She graduated from Flint Business College and worked for the tank plant there during World War II. She was a founding member of the National Corvette Restorers Society. She enjoyed painting, quilting and sewing teddy bears. She was a member of Houghton Lake United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her stepson-in-law, Raymond Godell; stepson, Bill Chess; and brothers, Floyd Meiser and Ronald Meiser.
She is survived by her children, Sandra Wendel of Roscommon, Roger (Carol) Wendel of Allouez and Wendel (Gretchen) Wendel of Grand Cayman, BWI; stepchildren, Grace Godell of St. Ignace and Mary Jo (Chris) Leverett of Eatontown, NJ; stepdaughter-in-law, Judy Chess of Culpepper, VA; brothers, Calvin Meiser of West Branch, Carl Meiser of Stafford, TX and William Meiser of West Branch; sisters, Alice Morache and Dorothy Tate both of Boise, ID; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Houghton Lake United Methodist Church.


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There really is no better place to enjoy cold-weather activities during the winter than New York City. With so many things to do in NYC in winter, from New York Fashion Week to catching the hottest Broadway shows and so much more, visitors to the Big Apple are truly have so many choices.
Winter Activities in NYC to Delight All Ages
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Winter Carnival – visitors to the city love embracing the frosty weather for a winter celebration. The carnival is a jam-packed weekend of skating, curling, dancing, and a range of musical performances. There's also an outdoor winter brew house and warming lodge. The skating events are the perfect chance to showcase the national champions, synchronized skating teams, and top athletes from the Special Olympics.
Ice Skating Rinks– winter in New York City and ice skating go hand-in-hand. Some of the most popular rinks include the Rink at Rockefeller Center, Trump Rink, and Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park. Ice rinks can also be found throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
St. Patrick's Day Parade– you don't need to be Irish to turn up for the infamous NYC St. Patrick's Day parade. The parade is one of the oldest and largest of its kind, and visitors and locals alike delight in donning their best green outfits for the day, as they watch marching bands and bagpipers march up Fifth Avenue all the way to 79th Street.
Restaurant Week -experience some of New York City's finest cuisine during the Restaurant Week. This popular 2 week event is hosted by the city every winter and summer and features a delicious variety of participants. The restaurants that take part in Restaurant Week offer diners a pre fixe menu with a sampling of appetizers, entrees and desserts. It's a great opportunity to try some extraordinary delicacies at a discounted price.
Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony – Every year hundreds of people flock to Rockefeller Center to watch the most famous Christmas Tree light up the night and kick off the holiday season. This fun filled evening features live entertainment and is broadcast on television. Once the tree is lit, visitors to the city can see the tree through the beginning of January.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular – There is no better way to jump start the holiday season than with a trip to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. See the famous Rockettes kick up their heels in this fabulous, festive show that keeps audiences coming back year after year. If you'll be visiting NYC in the winter, this is a show you won't want to miss.
Broadway 2 for 1 Tickets – Take advantage of NYC Broadway Week and purchase 2 fo1 tickets to today's hottest shows. With so many great shows to choose from like Kinky Boots, Aladdin and The Lion King, you may have to hit the theaters more than once!

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced recently that the Committee will hold a hearing next month on the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws, according to a release.
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 10, at 10 a.m. ET
Leahy has urged the Obama administration to determine its enforcement policy in light of several states legalizing marijuana and many more legalizing the use of medical marijuana.
Leahy is expected to call upon Attorney General Eric Holder to testify, seeking clarity on the administration's policy since Holder said in December and February that an announcement would come "relatively soon," as this report explains.
"It is important, especially at a time of budget constraints, to determine whether it is the best use of federal resources to prosecute the personal or medicinal use of marijuana in states that have made such consumption legal," Leahy said. "I believe that these state laws should be respected. At a minimum, there should be guidance about enforcement from the federal government."
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing will focus on reconciling federal and state marijuana laws, which have led to frustration and unpredictable federal crackdowns of those in the medical marijuana community, as ThinkProgress writes.
Several proposed bills will be up for discussion, such as The Ending Federal Prohibition On Marijuana Act of 2013: it would remove all forms of marijuana from the schedules in the Controlled Substances Act, meaning marijuana would not only be legal under federal law, but that it would be available for federal research funds and would allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana.
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Bulk freight shipper Rand Logistics, Inc. has taken delivery of its newest Canadian self-unloading vessel, increasing its fleet to 16 ships, including 10 Canadian flagged and six U.S. flagged vessels.
According to Rand, the new vessel will have the largest carrying capacity of any existing river class self-unloader and is anticipated to be the most efficient vessel of its class on the Great Lakes.
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"This vessel is the first new river class self-unloader to be introduced into Great Lakes service in over 40 years and will arrive in Canada in approximately 45 days," said Scott Bravener, President of Rand's Lower Lakes Towing subsidiary. "This additional capacity reaffirms the Company's commitment to support the growth of its customers and further solidifies our position as the premier service provider in the Canadian river class market."
"As reported in our first quarter fiscal 2016 financials, the new vessel will service existing business that is presently being delivered through a third party time charter, resulting in minimal profit to Rand," said Mark Hiltwein, Rand's CFO. "We anticipate transferring tonnage to our new vessel at or near the time the third party time charter agreement expires. Once fully utilized, we expect per day profitability generated from our newest vessel to exceed that of any of our existing assets."
Hiltwein added, "Since we announced the project in March 2014, we have been incurring higher debt and interest costs without the benefit of any earnings from this investment. As a result of the final shipyard vessel payment, offset by the cash generation of the business thus far in the 2015 sailing season, we are expecting that our September 30, 2015 debt balance will increase by approximately $10 million from the prior quarter end. We estimate that the new vessel will increase our overall return on invested capital by approximately 1 percent and our free cash flow per basic shares outstanding at the current Fx rate by between $0.18 and $0.22 on a full year basis."
Video footage represents the launching of vessel's forebody built by Chengxi Shipyard Co:
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DURHAM, N.C. - For the second-straight game, junior Chelsea Burns accounted for the game-winning goal with a penalty kick as the Duke Blue Devils (2-1-0) shut down Bucknell (0-3-0) 2-0 Friday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.
Goalkeepers EJ Proctor and Brooke Heinsohn each played a half to turn in the Blue Devils' first shutout of the campaign.
The Blue Devils put the pressure on the Bison from the start of the match, finishing the first half with a 15-2 shot advantage. Just as Bucknell looked poised to go into the half without any damage, Burns broke a scoreless tie with just 45 seconds left in the opening half. She was taken down in the box and received a penalty kick she converted into the game's first goal.
With her second score of the year, Burns has now tied her career high for goals in a season, set in 2015 during her freshman campaign.
Duke kept the pressure on early in the second half and extended the advantage to 2-0 as senior Imani Dorsey scored in the 52nd minute for her second goal in as many matches. Dorsey used assists from juniors Kayla McCoy and Taylor Racioppi to make it a two-goal lead.
Defense dominated for the Blue Devils Friday as the unit surrendered just three shots, two in the first half and one in the second. Duke also held an 11-0 advantage in corner kicks during the contest.
Duke returns to action Sunday with its first true road game of the year, facing Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va. The match is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET.


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Dundene is a small planet in the Phorlorn system.
There is enough water on the planet to comfortably support life and the atmosphere, while thin, is good enough to allow humans to walk around without pressure suits. Temperatures at the poles are extreme, but virtually all settlement is on the main land mass which straddles the moderate-to-warm equatorial region.
Dundene's gravity is about 80% of normal and permanent residence eventually leads to severe muscle atrophy.
While the seat of government in the system is officially on the primary planet, almost everyone who can afford it (or has enough influence) chooses to spend most of their time on Dundene.


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The original 1987 was a PG-rated horror spoof about a monster with an insatiable appetite for junk food. Though public domain was not forthcoming, a sequel, titled simply , came out in 1991; this time, the title character was an invisible imp who helped unpopular kids learn how to cope. Both films were chock-full of such TV icons as Harvey Korman, Dom DeLuise, more
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Ismond Rosen
In the Gallery Café
9 October — 3 December 2015
Ismond Rosen was an artist, psychoanalyst, and psychiatrist, who created a vast body of art and written work during his lifetime.
Ismond Rosen (1924–1996) was mainly self-taught. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris.
Together with over 500 works of art, Rosen's diverse output included television documentaries, art historical essays, fiction, major psychoanalytic and psychiatric publications, photographic exhibitions, journals and poetry.
A primary focus for Rosen was the exploration of the process of creativity. His sculptures and paintings directly informed his writings on psychoanalysis and creativity. Early studies for sculpture are included in this exhibition.
Described by the Wellcome Collection as a pioneer in the synthesis of art and science, his body of work includes innovative production techniques for stainless steel sculptures. Rosen's work is in the collections of the Vatican, the National Portrait Gallery, the Wellcome Collection, the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Berlin and the Royal Society of Medicine.
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I hope to be the recipient of a cake tomorrow as it's my burthday and I could smell baking early in the afternoon. I think my daughter Anna has benn a busy girl. Bless her she also tried to "help" her brother cobble together a birthday card for me. She is not so patient and he is no crafter! He asked if he could make one exactly the same as I helped him make for his Dad last month. That involved 3 pennant punch flags and a sentiment. It was all wonky but as they say ... it's the thought that counts.
So this is a fairly simple card using the large Swallowtail stamp from Stampin' UP. I've used pool party embossing powder and first edition designer series paper. I'm a bit of a fad person and at the moment I am using all the large individual stamps lots.
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Both 'Big Brother' launch shows have now taken place and the housemates have all been (attempting to) get comfy in the place they'll call home for at least the next month.
At the moment, everyone's being overly nice and making special efforts to get along, but we don't think it will stay like that for long.
Among them is Helen Wood, who hit headlines in 2011 when it was revealed she'd had a threesome with footballer Wayne Rooney, while working as a prostitute.
Helen is joined by a number of other interesting characters, including a Playboy model, self-confessed diva Mark Byron and the feisty Pauline Bennett, who will celebrate her 50th birthday in the house.
In the second launch show, the final six housemates entered the house, including model Ash Harrison and self-confessed big mouth Jale Karatup.
This year's 'Big Brother' has a 'Power Trip' theme and producers have promised that there will be plenty of shock twists, the first of which has already taken place.
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Since our founding in 1981, over 250 CD productions have been released on our record label, likewise called JARO. Among them are a number of albums which have been distinguished with music awards. The women's choir Bulgarian Voices Angelite, for instance, was nominated for the Grammy in 1993, in 1995 Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan won the international music prize of the UNESCO, the Warsaw Village Band was honoured with the BBC World Music Award in 2004, three times with the Polish equivalent of the Grammy Award – FRYDERYK Award, and the German record award- Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik (Besten Liste 2012). In addition, Hazmat Modine was awarded the French award "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cross" in the "Blues" category and has been in the World Music Charts Europe (WMCE) Top. No.1. We started to release our first book: "Lisboa" more than a travel guide or photobook ( with CD) and we continue with a book about New York in 2018 ( New York "Past & Present"). A 4 CD box set with book for the 70 birthday of Jasper van´t Hof is a major release as well a box set for THE BULGARIAN VOICES ANGELITE fall 2017
Music Production
In the course of our 35-year history and more then 250 music releases, JARO has always been distinguished by its broadmindedness with regard to style, thus producing: jazz, classical music, European-Arabic music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, world music, pop and a number of projects that defy classification in the usual categories. This attitude goes hand in hand with a conspicuous willingness to take risks and the very stubborn pursuit of an individual profile which hardly takes recourse to popular trends – but sometimes anticipates them! Each year from hundreds of emerging projects, JARO's rooster camp is picking only one that we think will have a novel impact on the world music scene –"JARO's Artist of the Year". Only in this way, we can assure the passion and heartedness into effectively promoting the artist.
Every year, JARO purposely publishes only a limited number of products – the products we can identify with. Our motto is: qualitative diversity. From the start, JARO has always placed itself entirely at the service of music and the musicians, setting its stakes on continuity: We have been working with many of our artists for more than twenty years. JARO is also cooperating with sub-publishing companies from different territories.
We act as a booking agency only for the artists that are releasing with JARO Medien Label. Our main focus is Europe. In other territories, we are working together with sub-agents. All in all, JARO organizes between 200 and 250 concerts and festivals a year. The geographical span includes: Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Finland, Belgium etc. Additionally, we have very close relationships with Polish and Russian promoters. JARO is only booking concerts for the artists we produce.
Music for Soundtrack
Music rights clearance is our business. Our job is to help you get the music you want. Our catalogue includes more than 50 artists adding up to over 1500 titles available for licensing worldwide. These cover diverse genres like: jazz, tango nuevo, world music, choir, a cappella, rock, classic, classical crossover, blues, gospel, fusion, rap etc. Among them are world renowned artists such as: the Grammy nominated Bulgarian Voices Angelite, the BBC award winning Warsaw Village Band, the UNESCO international music prize Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan, the famous Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and many more. For more information please click here.
Online Shop
The online shop counts more than 250 CDs. These can be shipped by us in CD format or acquired by you digitally through Amazon's, iTunes' and other distribution channels (more than 150 online shops all over the world). The CD usually comes with a nice digi-pack containing exquisite information about the project, short artist biography and the lyrics in the booklet. Additionally for some artists we offer different merchandise offers, e.g. t-shirts, caps, books. We offer same day delivery for Germany if the order was placed until 4 p.m., and 3 day-delivery to other EU countries. For visiting our online shop, please click on the Product Section of the website. Our abroad customers can pay by credit card or via PayPal.
Uli Balß – Founder and THE BOSS
1. Choose a movie title for the story of your life. Independent 2. What was your favorite toy as a kid? Märklin Eisenbahn 3. How often are you late for work? Never (nearly – once in ten years) 4. What is the craziest thing you would do for JARO? Nearly all the the things I do are already crazy. Otherwise the company would not exist. 5. What is your favorite artist? Johann Sebastian Bach 6. If you were a vegetable/fruit, what would you choose to be? Mango 7. Favorite vacation place There is not one favorite place, there are many places to go. If I would be young then I would try to climb Mount Everest.
JARO: The First 35 Years
For the record label JARO it all began with the Finnish band Piirpauke. Back then, the formation around the multi-instrumentalist Sakari Kukko was confronting the music critics in Germany and elsewhere with a number of riddles: Formally a jazz band, Piirpauke also played with rock elements, combining the whole thing with folklore found all over the world. In this context it should be pointed out that, at the time, terms now taken entirely for granted – for example ethno jazz, world music and world jazz – had not yet been invented; back then, people were making cautious use of the term "folk jazz."
Uli Balss wanted to find a forum for this band and its highly suspenseful sound – both of which were virtually unknown outside Finland. Guided by the principle of "learning by doing," Balss up and founded the record label JARO, his first production being the Piirpauke LP (we're still talking vinyl here!) "Live in der Balver Höhle".
Uli Balss was no newcomer to the music scene. In the town of Enger near Bielefeld in eastern Westphalia he had been organizing concerts at the local youth club since the early seventies, then going on to found the music club "Forum Enger" and organize two jazz festivals. In the process, he established contact to musicians from all over the world. Already in 1977, these activities led Uli Balss to found a concert agency which organized John Scofield's first European tours and introduced the fascinating qawwali singer Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan to the Continent, while also initiating the East German jazz musician Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky's first performances in Western Germany.
With the founding of the label and publishing company in 1981, the operation referred to today as JARO Medien GmbH took its final shape. Originally located in Enger, it has been at home in Bremen for more than twenty years. Today JARO is a CD label, music publisher, concert agency and distributor in one. In other words, JARO offers musicians an all-around service. Back in 1981, it was that aim that motivated Uli Balss to embark upon the venture of an independent label and publishing company.
Focus on Eastern Europe
From the beginning, Uli Balss and JARO devoted their efforts intensively to the music of Eastern Europe. Let it be recalled that, at the time, the Warsaw Pact was still in effect, and communication with the countries behind the Iron Curtain was accordingly complicated. The first contacts had already been established in 1977 to the Hungarian bandleader and drummer Imre Köszegi and the Polish band Crash. They were followed by the Bulgarian women's choir Bulgarian Voices Angelite, which was to become world-famous, and the Moscow Art Trio, a veritable symbol of the highly individual jazz style of Russia. The Georgian Hamlet Gonashvili, who was to die a tragically premature death, was as much a JARO musician as the Farlanders or the Moldavian formation Trigon. More recently, the Polish Warsaw Village Band has entered into collaboration with JARO, and in the autumn of 2006 the label will release an album by the Georgian band The Shin. Good familiarity with the various Eastern European music milieus have led to JARO's organizing concert tours in Russia and being called in to serve as a consultant to Polish television in the context of its festival in Sopot.
Focus on Vocal Music
Huun-Huur-Tu can also be considered among the groups JARO discovered in the East, though in this case it was the Far East: These overtone singers come from the former Soviet republic of Tuva, near Mongolia. At the same time, Huun-Huur-Tu stand for another major JARO focus, namely its great interest in unusual vocal projects. The latter are subsumed in our series V=Voice, which was founded in 1995. Further examples are the Portuguese Fado singer Dona Rosa, the German a-cappella formation Aquabella and the vocal ensembles Trinovox and Tam'Echo'Tam.
In many respects, the ensemble Sarband likewise belongs to this vocal music category. On a wide range of CDs, the group explores the relationships between Orient and Occident, Islamic, Sephardic and Christian music, thus providing listeners a means of access to the early music of the Middle Ages.
The Warsaw Village Band takes a somewhat different approach to tradition and old vocal techniques, making use of the so-called white voice of Poland. The members of the WVB experiment with their roots, creating an entirely new field of tension between tradition and modernity in the process. They play music that appeals to young people and have been met with enthusiasm by audiences from America to Japan. In the U.S. the sounds they produce are referred to as New Folk. The band members themselves prefer to emphasize the trance-like quality of their music.
What is more, JARO has frequently initiated crossover contacts. Mikhail Alperin, for example, the Moscow Art Trio's pianist, collaborated first with the Bulgarian Voices Angelite on an album, and later went on to direct a complex production with his Moscow Art Trio, the Bulgarian Voices Angelite and the overtone singers of Huun-Huur-Tu.
Confidence in Continuity
JARO has a high regard for lasting relationships, and has worked with such artists as the Dutch jazz pianist Jasper van't Hof, the Uruguayan bandoneonist Luis Di Matteo and the choir Bulgarian Voices Angelite for more as twenty years. To an extent, this approach makes it more difficult for us to maintain our presence in the media, since the constant search for new names has already long dominated radio, television and the press.
In the course of the years, we have succeeded in providing the bandoneon virtuoso Luis Di Matteo of Uruguay the opportunity to explore the widely diverse aspects of Tango and Tango Nuevo on various CDs, from the quiet solo album to Di Matteo's symphonic compositions, which he carried to realization with the Ulyanovsk Chamber Orchestra of Russia.
As in the case of Astor Piazzolla's Uruguayan counterpart Luis Di Matteo, it was also in the early years of its existence that JARO discovered the enigmatic power and captivating effect of the archaic and strangely fascinating Bulgarian vocal style and published recordings by the Bulgarian Voices Angelite, thus helping the women's choir towards world fame.
Jasper van't Hof virtually constitutes a category of his own, since JARO produced his well-known ethno-jazz dance band Pili Pili from the very beginning, while also granting him the opportunity to make a quiet but complex solo piano album and supporting him on his latest undertaking, the fusion band Hotlips. What is more, we are presently lending Jasper van't Hof an open ear for his collaboration with the jazz DJ, singer and "street poet" Charles Petersohn (another JARO artist).
The albums "Oh! That Cello" and "Charlie Chaplin" can certainly be included among the memorable publications brought out by JARO in the twenty-five years of its history. Here the cellist Thomas Beckmann plays compositions by Charlie Chaplin: At a time when few people knew that the great actor and comedian had even composed and, what is more, was a cellist of no little ambition, JARO put a feather in its cap by making his music accessible to listeners everywhere.
The JARO programme naturally also includes a number of audiophilistic and bibliophilistic rarities (including some that are worthy of both adjectives). The recordings by the French cult band Magma can definitely be regarded an audiophilistic treasure. Another is the renewed publication of Joachim Ernst Berendt's legendary "Choirs of the World" collection under the title "Voices! Voices" (3 CDs). And any musically minded book-lover's heart is certain to skip a beat at the sight and sound of Erik Satie's "Sport and Pleasure" with the pianist Johannes Cernota.
In 2002, with the aid of JARO, the Warsaw Village Band of Poland presented its CD "People's Spring" in Western Europe for the first time. Since then, the sextet's career has been on a steep upward climb. To date, JARO has published four CDs by the WVB.
Another new JARO ensemble is The Immigrant Orchestra, directed by the multi-instrumentalist and world music researcher Willy Schwarz, a native of the U.S. who now lives in Germany. The orchestra comprises eleven musicians of a wide range of nationalities (three continents are represented!) whose music is informed by a strong cultural-political component. We must learn to understand that the music of foreign cultures is something that enriches us – and not a bearer of fear and uncertainty.
A CD with the Georgian band The Shin is also released. The group consists of ten musicians and focuses on the rich musical culture of its native country, particularly the traditional song of Georgia.
One of the finest productions we ever released is "An Arabian Passion" by the ensemble SARBAND.
The New Bands
From 2007 onwards JARO established HAZMAT MODINE in Europe, more than 200 concerts all over the continent brought them best reviews. Their music shows influences from Jazz, Blues, Cajon and world music.
With the Portguese Oquestrada followed another discovery in 2010. They performed major German late night TV show, more than 30 European important festivals in the summer season 2011.
… and the JARO team is still hungry to discover next acts. The latest example is the Polish born actress ALDONA with her fall 2011 release "Sonnet" and for the beginning of 2012 the next US band from New York RED BARAAT, an Indian/American brass band; but in the end we host as well artists we have a comon history as Jasper van´t Hofs Pili Pili or Dona Rosa with their new CDs.In 2013, a new interesting artist from China was signed at JARO. Thus, we are happy to present: DaWangGang.


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Still, I did not run out and buy an expensive stove. I have some plans for this little kitchen that could very well include major changes. I shopped around and a "cooktop" in the size we needed varied in price from $450 - $1,000+. I just did not want to spend that. Seriously, I don't even really like to cook! I don't enjoy spending money on a stove.
I truly stressed about this. I was afraid to order this cooktop and not be certain it would fit properly or hook up properly since this stove is made for installation in other countries. The savings was amazing, though! I decided to take the risk. I made my first ever appliance purchase through eBay! Kind of scary! I mean, who has ever heard of WindMax anyway?!! Yikes! But, here's the deal... yes, "the deal"... That SIX burner stove was $245 and that included insured shipping!!!!!!! I was really sold on the glass top since I know it will be easier to maintain than an enamel top. Most of the lower end stoves sold locally are enamel. I am not wild about the stainless but I am liking it. This is not a top of the line stove, but I did not pay a top of the line price so I am pretty happy about that. It is well made, though. There are a few negatives I would give it in a product review.
1. The burners light weird and it does not come with instructions that tell about that. That information can be found online, though.
2. The front middle burner is too close to the knobs really.
3. It is obvious that the print in the stainless is going to wear off. That won't affect the use of the stove, though.
Overall, I think it was a great choice for my needs. And, the best part....
I cooked with more than ONE burner!!!! That means we had pasta that was cooked separately!!! Oh, how I have missed such a simple thing! In all honesty I struggled with trying to cook because my mind is still in "one burner mode". I still only used two burners! Ha! The mixed veggies were leftover from the night before, so I just heated them in the microwave. The bread was store bought and I heated it in the oven. I cooked the pasta on one burner and the chicken and sauce together on another burner. Pardon the disposable styrofoam plate. We had to remove the dishwasher due to it leaking.... Sigh... Hmmmm... I wonder if I can find a bargain dishwasher on eBay...


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The projects listed below represent just some of the many cases in which attorneys at the firm were successful in obtaining the entitlements needed for development approval. Examples of significant projects include:
Resorts & Clubs
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Phoenix Projects
Biltmore Adobe Golf Course
Mr. Lazarus represented the Biltmore Golf Course in a highly complex and controversial case in order to preserve property rights and allow for redevelopment of a portion of the course to high-end residential, while preserving the integrity of the golf course through establishment of CC & R's.
This lengthy process took substantial negotiation with property owners, the Biltmore Hotel and neighbors. A referendum and litigation was involved and a complicated negotiated settlement was crafted. The agreement was approved by the Phoenix City Council and 113 condominiums and townhomes were developed on the golf course while perusing the Biltmore Adobe Golf Course.
The Pointe at South Mountain Resort
In another complex case, lawyers at the firm represented Mutual of New York, the owners of the Pointe at South Mountain Resort.
This case involved the re-alignment of roadways, the golf course, flood control access and substantial infrastructure, including sewer, water and flood control, and the development of an extensive water park.
Wrigley Mansion Club
Mr. Lazarus represented George and Jamie Hormel, owners of the Wrigley Mansion near the Biltmore Hotel.
Mr. Lazarus was successful in changing the operation of the Wrigley to allow for greater community accessibility while maintaining its "private club" status through an interpretation by the City of Phoenix Zoning Administrator and Board of Adjustment.
Pinal County Country Club (Casa Grande)
Another example of a project in Pinal County is the Casa Grande Country Club Community.
Attorneys at the firm prepared and processed rezoning and special permit approvals for this residential community, which included some commercial uses, as well as process approvals for subdivisions, a master drainage plan and golf course design.
Private Country Club Pinal County
Another project in Pinal County in which lawyers at the firm have been involved is the processing of a multi-phased residential Planned Unit Development and golf course design.
Approval for these development entitlements included preliminary plat review and processing through the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, as well as Right-of-Way design through State Trust land holdings in cooperation with the Arizona State Land Department.
Phoenix Swim Club
Through Mr. Lazarus' exceptional skills in community relations, a Special Permit was approved by the Planning Hearing Officer which allowed the world-renown Phoenix Swim Club to continue operating at the 30th Street and Campbell location.
Numerous stipulations were negotiated with the surrounding neighborhood to enhance the facility's compatibility with the area's residential character, including hours of operation, number of major events per year, parking requirements, lighting and noise amelioration.
Tucson Projects
Starwood is redeveloping their Four Points Hotel on the southeast corner of Campbell and Speedway as an Aloft concept hotel. This property has been a hotel for over 3 decades, with a building that was outdated and not economically sound. The redevelopment required extensive discussions and negotiations with the City of Tucson on appropriate imposition of regulations to permit redevelopment of the project, as well as extensive discussions with the neighbors to ensure construction activities had minimal adverse effect on the adjoining neighbors. The project is expected to be complete in 2013.
Westward Look
The Westward Look hotel is a smaller, boutique hotel nestled in the foothills. Over the years, we have represented the owners of Westward Look in continuing to operate the hotel as a legal nonconforming (grandfathered) use within Pima County. We have worked with the owners to obtain approvals for expansion of buildings and services for the hotel within the legal parameters of a grandfathered use.


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SPRINGFIELD – One afternoon last week, a man got up from his chair outside the downtown Springfield offices of the Internal Revenue Service, tucked his accordion-style file folder under his arm and walked a few feet to a large assemblage of rusted metal arranged on the wall, all tools and hardware arranged in a rough starburst pattern.
Once there he looked, he sighed, then he stood up a little bit more straight and returned to his seat.
A new initiative to bring life and business to downtown Springfield through art was working.
"I just love to see the look on people's faces," said artist James M. Kitchen. "Springfield is great. It has great energy. I just love the verticality of the structures, the architecture. But people don't look around. No one sees what is around them. I want to draw people's attention to what is around them."
He recalls visiting Austria a half-dozen years ago and asking a local about the works of sculpture that graced nearly every street corner. He was told they were called Denkmal in German.
The most common translation for Denkmal in German-English dictionaries is "monument" or "memorial". But Kitchen said he was told Denk means to think and mal means a moment: think a moment.
"That's what I want people to do. Stop and think for a moment," he said.
Kitchen, who lives in Chesterfield, is probably best known for his sculptures that are on display on the lawn of the former Hampshire County Courthouse at the corner of King and Main Street in Downtown Northampton. His work has also been displayed at the Springfield Museums, a number of local art shows including the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton and L'Attitude Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston.
And now, through a partnership with arts booster Evan C. Plotkin, president of NAI Plotkin commercial real-estate brokerage, and MassDevelopment, owners of 1550 Main St. where the IRS is located, Kitchen has more than 20 of his sculptures on display in 1550 Main St. The works will remain on display there through most of 2012.
"We are really trying to make it a public space, a focal point," Zoe K. Agnew, vice president of asset management for MassDevelopment. "Absolutely it's a great thing. It's a public space that we want used by both tenants and the public."
MassDevelopment, the state's quasi-public economic development agency, purchased the former federal courthouse at 1550 Main St. in 2009 then spent $6.1 million renovating the space. The building now has offices for the IRS, Baystate Health and the city School Department. There are about 300 workers there on any given day.
Kitchen's work is also for sale, he said. They sell for $150 to $20,000 depending on size and scope.
The exhibit is the first phase of a three-phase program. When the weather gets better, Kitchen said he'll place large-scale outdoor sculptures around downtown Springfield with Plotkin's help. The third phase come as he begins using found metal artifacts from Springfield and related to its history in his work.
"I'm working on this bird where the tail is a monkey wrench," Kitchen said. "That was invented here in Springfield. And the ice skate, the Duryea car, the M1 rifle, Indian Motocycle."
As Kitchen talks he sweeps his hands back and forth, drawing out the tail of the bird in the air. He says he hunts for scrap metal in forgotten corners of old farms, bringing it home and fiddling with it until it speaks to him and its shape finds its way into one of his creations.
Many of the big sweeping curves of metal in his work are from the metal rims of old wagon wheels. "It's very poetic," Plotkin said. "We are really telling a story. The narrative is that you can strip away a lot from the city but you can't take those things that are inherent, that are in our fiber as a people."
Plotkin has long advocated the arts as a way to reinvigorate downtown Springfield. Draw people, he said, and you foster business and sense of well being in the community.
"I would describe it as a new way to think about Springfield in terms of art," Plotkin said. "How can we have Springfield relevant in the world of the arts. Visible and relevant. We want Springfield to be a destination for artists to work and to live. What better way to do that than to put it on display all over the city in key areas."
Plotkin sought out Kitchen at the Paradise City show and introduced him to the right people in Springfield. Plotkin loves that Kitchen incorporates local history into his work, literally in the case of scrap metal scavenged from area farms.
"It's a deeper story going on in each of with each of his pieces," he said. "I think of downtown Springfield as being one great big gallery."
Agnew said MassDevelopment already sponsors lunchtime counters there and helped CityStage host a "Thriller" zombie flash mob to promote a Michael Jackson tribute show at Symphony Hall.
As an economic developer, MassDevelopment's mission goes beyond just being a landlord, she said.
"We want more people to come downtown and do business with our neighbors," she said. "That helps everybody."
She's especially excited to get Kitchen's work displayed on the patio of 1550 Main St. near one of Springfield's busiest intersections.
Kitchen's eyes light up when you point to the patio, too. He points up to the very top of Tower Square across Bridge Street.
"You don't get that kind of verticality in Northampton or anywhere else in Western Massachusetts," he said.


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Tooru is Ruby's boyfriend in Season 1 and Sulfur's Jewelpet partner in Season 2.
He's a gray American Shorthair cat who symbolizes adventure and wears a necklace shaped like a green star. Debuting in Episode 10, He's aristocratic and charismatic as well as kind to everyone, especially Ruby. He is also a good adventurer and has good somersault and reflex skills. He sometimes called "Tooru-sama" by Ruby when he first met her and sometimes makes Ruby go nuts for him when he's around. He appears again in Jewelpet Tinkle as Sulfur's Jewelpet partner, also saving Ruby from drowning in one episode.
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- Dance
- Genuinely, my friend told me this a few years ago, Whenever I felt a bit apathetic or lacking in energy she would put music on full blast and just dance around with me for the duration of the song. Instantly I would feel much better about everything and motivated to get on with the day. If you just let yourself go a bit crazy you'll surprise yourself with how much better you can feel.
- Go on a walk (with no time restrictions)
- It looks like I'm trying to just get you fit but exercise does make you feel better...
For me, I walk my dogs around the field where I live. The walk can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and it benefits both me and my four legged friends. Sometimes, if you're feeling like you're doing nothing productive just leaving the house for a bit makes you feel accomplished. Walks are a good time to get your thoughts together, or just to listen to your music for a little bit. Ignore all social media and just enjoy the outside world.
- Create something (A meal, baking, loom bands, a new playlist... anything)
-Now, this doesn't mean you have to be a talented carpenter or fabulous seamstress. Creating something can be as simple as putting a few ingredients together and making your family/friends dinner. You might think that coming in from a long day and creating something is unappealing but it's important not you let yourself get into a rut. You'll hopefully feel a little more proud of yourself after doing this.
- Re-watch something you know you love
-For me, I re-watch Disney movies, Clueless, 10 things I hate about you, The Office (US), Gilmore Girls and Friends. You get the gist. Movies and TV shows that have made you smile before are probably going to make you smile again.
- The same applies so a book you have loved (I have read the entire Harry Potter series 4 times and it still makes me happy). As Oscar Wilde said 'If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all'.
- Put on a happy playlist
-You can find pre-made playlists of happy songs on Spotify and Youtube, or you can create your own. It's no secret that songs that make you love can put you in a better mood. So, take a little time and create your perfect cheer up playlist.
-Hint:'That Old Pair of Jeans' always makes me want to boogie, put on FatBoy Slim's Hula Hooping video and enjoy.
- Chill the fudge out
-Run yourself a bath. Make it a bubble bath. Put on some candles, put on your happy playlist (away from the bathtub, please don't put any electrical devices near the tub or this could all be very counterproductive), and just relax. If you're like me and get bored after ten minutes of this, bring a book or a magazine.
- Let yourself have the 'I don't want to get up today' day
-Sometimes you just need to put everything off and stay in bed, eating junk and watching movies. Allow yourself to feel whatever it is your feeling. Just let yourself sleep in til 12pm and ignore the stresses of life. You do you.
Monday, 2 February 2015
Small ways to cheer yourself up
No matter how great your life is, or how naturally happy you are, I feel like everyone has days where they don't want to get out of bed. I personally have been feeling like this A LOT recently and there's little ways I cheer myself up, even if it is just momentarily.
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