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What are some transitional pieces I can start wearing now?
Few things in life are as thrilling as shopping for fall clothes. That being said, it is nearly impossible to wait until the days get shorter and cooler to debut our new autumn finds. So, with a casual summer approach, here is what and how to wear some great transitional pieces...now!
Must-Try #1: Oversized Men's Trousers
We fancied the fall runways' offerings of intentionally big menswear trousers, styled with sweaters and jackets. And while it's not cold outside yet, we see no reason why you can't be the first amongst your peers to rock this trend. Just style your trousers with smaller tank tops (in classic white) and flat, summery sandals (in a color, perhaps?) to make it between-seasons friendly. Cinch your waist with a skinny men's belt, and brighten the entire look with a colored clutch and punchy lipstick.
Must-Try #2: Cable-Knit Sweaters
Nothing is cuter or cozier than a good old cable-knit pullover sweater in cream or oatmeal. We say wear it on a summer night, but paired with leather or silk shorts to celebrate the sweater's texture and versatility. Finish the look with a simple strappy heel to make your gams the star or with a Birkenstock to feel effortless.
Must-Try #3: Oversized Coats
Everyone from Chloe to Stella made us covet an oversized menswear-inspired coat for fall. To get the most mileage out of this overcoat investment, start wearing yours over sundresses (especially in softer floral prints and colors) on cooler summer nights. We love the masculine-feminine feel of this look, and suggest pulling out some great earrings and high heels to boot.
Must-Try #4: Leather
So you pulled the trigger and bought some amazing skinny leather pants: now what? While wonderful in winter too, this year-round favorite looks equally great now paired with casual knit pocket or graphic tees. Opt for open-toe shoes and perhaps a cross-body bag to punctuate its summer casual feel. If you're more of a leather jacket girl, style this trusty piece over a breezy midi dress in a fun print or even a romper, as it is sure to make your playsuit ready for night.

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A lovely trip to Carmel where we spent a wonderful week at the Highlands Inn. While there we visited many interesting places the most beautiful of which was the Point Lobos State Park. Also saw the Carmel Mission, the Monterey wharf, historic points in Monterey, Big Sur (what a flop!), Seventeen Mile Drive, museums and others. We had a marvelous time. Even got a chess set and spent several enjoyable hours learning the game. Our cabin had a fire place and we were able to toast a few marshmellows [sic].
Not only did she describe it, but there's pictures!
This must be the cabin she describes.
I'd heard about the Highlands Inn as a child but never pictured it looking like this. I'm sure it was very peaceful and romantic.
And here's mom at the door – Malcom must have been the name of their cabin.
And here's Dad sitting on the porch.
I wonder what Mom was taking a picture of.
Could it be this?
Fish Fleet at Monterey
Mom looks so happy here.
And last but not least, Mom in her "honeymoon garb" (that's what Dad wrote on the picture). Even though I know that brides usually have new nighties and such for the honeymoon, you don't often see them in the photos!
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Hi! So I am a first time mom, my husband and I were just matched with a birth
mother who is due in November. I have always dreamt of breastfeeding my child,
and I would like to breastfeed my adopted baby!
So...I am not sure where to start, so I'll share some of my story and maybe that can help, I am open to ANY advice
So, I have had a breast reduction surgery, it went well, and I have full nipple
sensation. I have healed well, and by time of baby's delivery surgery will be post-op at one year, I had my surgery November 2012.
I have PCOS, thus the infertility and adoption, I am on metformin currently to help
with PCOS, as well as birth control and a mild depressant to help counter some of
the hormone effects of the BC.
I live in a rural area, my town is less than 600, and the nearest city has about
15k. The lactation consultant in the nearby town has never helped an adoptive
mother, and my OBGYN has not either. Everyone is willing to help and is
I have looked up SNS and lact-aid, from what I understand having supplemental
option is important. My biggest goal with breastfeeding is skin on skin bonding.
While I do really want to produce milk, my biggest goal is the bonding experience.
So....has anyone been successful in breastfeeding an adopted child? What were
your families thoughts? What medications or any did you use? What were some
of the biggest challenges you faced?
Thanks for your time and help!!!!


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Very interesting Party for sure ! Modest House, driveway set up (1/2) and a no holds barred 1 Year old birthday party!Cotton candy Machine, Bounce House, Children Games, Popcorn Machine a Petting Zoo, Indian food grill (HOT!) and Flirting with Fire Pizza!! Wonderful Indian people who just loved Pizza!! . Could have done 50 pies with only 3 topping- Jalepeneos , Galic and Peppers, oh few peppadews and maybe 1 onion? great people great party !!
Thanks for sharing John, very nice pizzas.What are those black things you have on the table's legs?nico
From when I worked with John, those things on the legs just raise the table higher.
Nico under the table are a simple set of what are called bed risers available at any store such as bed bath and beyondor container store They raise the table closer to height of the surrounding tables and gives a nicer presentation right around $10 bucks for set of 4 work great and pretty stable tooJohn
Yes PVC works welll depending on you table base. if its flat bottom no go I also use a 4X4" piece of PVC board under my tables for the skinny legs dont go into soft grass or ?? Has small hole just bigger than screw base also 1/2 way in center that I place the adjustable prep table legs into. then quicly adjust screw base to level. very slick and doesnt table cant slide off !John


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This Mario Kart 7 game for the Nintendo 3DS introduces you to Mario and the world of kart races. With this game cartridge, you can pick your favourite character from the Mushroom Kingdom and give them their individual kart.
The kart can be customised to give you an advantage as you race against friends. You can give the kart over sized wheels for cross country races, or small wheels for city courses. There is a new glider ability that allows you to fly over short cuts whenever there is a burst of wind over the course.
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Senators beat Penguins in shootout to end seasonby Wes Crosby
PITTSBURGH -- The Ottawa Senators closed their regular season with a 3-2 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center on Sunday night.
Senators forward Kyle Turris wristed a shot over Jeff Zatkoff's glove in the first round of the tiebreaker, and Jason Spezza ended the game when he beat Zatkoff with a backhander in the second round. Robin Lehner stopped Pittsburgh's Beau Bennett and Jussi Jokinen.
Lehner also made 26 saves through 65 minutes to earn his 12th win of the season. The Senators did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs but did finish the season on a five-game winning streak, which Spezza said allows them to enter the offseason on a positive note.
"It's a nice way for us to finish. We won a lot of games at the end even though they didn't mean anything, but it showed we were playing for each other," Spezza said. "It's hard to play a back-to-back and a game that doesn't mean very much, but I thought we battled hard and it was a good feeling to end on a winning note."
The Penguins, the Eastern Conference's second seed as the winner of the Metropolitan Division, will play the Columbus Blue Jackets in the playoffs. Their Eastern Conference First Round series begins Wednesday.
Pittsburgh finished with 109 points, the second-highest single-season total in franchise history, but coach Dan Bylsma said that will not mean much if the Penguins do not play well in the playoffs.
"You can talk about the number of wins and the number of points and ranks in Penguin history, but really that's just given us our spot in the playoffs," Bylsma said. "That's what we know. That's where we're going to be and our success will be measured in playoff wins."
Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby didn't dress for the game but still captured the second NHL scoring title of his career. Crosby finished the season with 104 points.
The Senators (37-31-14) finished five points behind the Detroit Red Wings, the second wild-card team in the East.
"I think one thing we have to do is we have to go into training camp and start at square one and go from there," Senators coach Paul MacLean said. "This is really a moral victory, the last five games we played and being able to find ways to win. We have work to do and we have to come to training camp in September prepared to do the work and make the changes to our game.
"That's going to make us successful.
The game entered the third period tied 2-2 after the teams traded goals in the second.
Lee Stempniak gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 5:16 when he tipped a shot from Bennett past Lehner for his fourth goal since joining the Penguins at the NHL Trade Deadline.
Pittsburgh held the lead until Mark Stone scored a power-play goal at 17:14. With Chris Kunitz in the penalty box, Stone collected the rebound of a shot by Patrick Wiercioch and wrapped it around Zatkoff's left pad.
Each team managed two shots through the first 14:27 of the first period, but the game then opened up and each team scored before intermission.
Jokinen opened the scoring with Ottawa's Milan Michalek in the penalty box for hooking. He attempted a pass to James Neal that deflected off Senators defenseman Eric Gryba's skate and through Lehner's five-hole at 14:46.
Turris answered at 18:38 when he slapped a shot past Zatkoff with one second left on a penalty to Pittsburgh forward Harry Zolnierczyk to tie the game at 1-1.
The Penguins finished the season with more than 500 man-games lost to injury, but have started to get some players back in the lineup. Jokinen said the return of players such as defensemen Kris Letang and Paul Martin will be pivotal in the postseason.
"That's really important. We've been battling through a lot of injuries to a lot of our key guys," Jokinen said. "I think during the playoffs we're going to need our depth, for sure. We showed during the regular season we have depth and every guy has to do their roles and be ready to jump in when they are playing."


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Clemson's Dabo Swinney is readying himself like a normal fan for the upcoming weekend.
It's a rare autumn Saturday that a college football coach isn't fretting over an impending game, especially this early in a season, but Clemson's Dabo Swinney is readying himself like a normal fan for the upcoming weekend.
"I'm stocking up on my chips and dip," Swinney said during Saturday's postgame press conference after a 52-13 win over South Carolina State. "I've never had a schedule like this. It's very different with four Saturdays where we don't play."
After winning on consecutive Saturdays to open the season in vaulting to No. 3 in the Associated Press Poll behind No. 1 Alabama and Oregon, the Tigers begin their unusual slate of games with this week's bye. Next up is a Sept. 19 ESPN Thursday primetime outing at North Carolina State.
The Tigers also have Saturday, Nov. 9, off prior to their second and final Thursday evening game of the regular season when they host Georgia Tech on Nov. 14.
Players will get this Monday and Friday off from practice with Saturday serving as the start of their normal game week preparation.
"Saturday will be like a (normal) Monday (and so forth)," Swinney said. "Just normal game preparation. Practices won't be quite as long because obviously we'll have some more time to get ready."
The Tigers figure to be heavy favorites, even twice as the visiting team, over their next four with home games against Wake Forest and Boston College sandwiched between an Oct. 5 visit to Syracuse. Swinney said he was happy to have additional time to prepare for North Carolina State, no matter that the Wolfpack squeaked by FCS foe Richmond, 23-21, Saturday on a 48-yard field goal with 33 seconds left.
"I'm glad we've got some extra time to get ready for N.C. State because they're going to be a tough team and they're going to present some challenges for us and we've got to play well. It's conference, it's division, and it's on the road, check, check, check. It's a huge test for our team."
It's easy to chalk that up as coach-speak before considering the Wolfpack had one of the leading roles in helping squash what had been shaping up to be a very special season for the Tigers two years ago. Clemson arrived in Raleigh 9-1 and ranked seventh before an embarrassing 34-13 defeat was the first in losing three of its last four games.
"I can still see it like yesterday how bad we played up there a few years ago and I'm anxious to get back up there and play better. We need to play well," Swinney said.


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Why? As the nation attempts to process the horrible events of Newtown, this is the single most important, yet, elusive quarry. Chasing "why" is often referred to as etiology — the study of causes.
Extending the term, Micha F. Lindemans, the editor of the Encyclopedia Mythica, discusses the formation of "etiological myths." As he states, "These are stories which provide a mythological explanation for peculiar things in nature or certain events and customs of which the origin has long been forgotten."
The media is rife with etiological myths about the Newtown tragedy. Many of them demonstrate just how narrow-minded and naïve people can be. Writing for Salon.com, Prachi Gupta's editorial, "Five crazy right-wing theories about why the Newtown shootings happened," discusses a few standouts.
The first example comes from National Review writer Charlotte Allen. She argues that the over-feminization of elementary schools is at the root of it: "Think of what Sandy Hook might have been like if a couple of male teachers who had played high-school football, or even some of the huskier 12-year-old boys, had converged on Lanza."
They would have died. This is victim blaming and it's morally reprehensible.
Then there's Gupta's quote from evangelist Sam Morris. Morris is guilty of conflation because he attributes the killing to teaching "this junk about evolution" and schools teaching children how to be a "homo."
My home state's erstwhile former governor, Mike Huckabee, espoused his own dubious theory on Fox News: "We ask why there is violence in our schools… we've systematically removed God from our schools."
A quality that all three of these "explanations" share can also be found in the contention that Adam Lanza was "evil" or a "monster." Lanza certainly did things that were evil and monstrous. Nobody disputes that, but he, himself was not evil or a monster. He was a very sick kid who was failed by society.
When we argue that 'the devil made him do it' or even worse, as the Westboro Baptist Church does that 'this is God's wrath,' we subconsciously detach ourselves from the fact that we collectively failed to prevent it. This isn't God punishing us. It's us punishing us.
We punish ourselves because we continue to tolerate a political system based on money instead of ethics, reason and common sense. Two of the central issues of the Newtown massacre —- mental health care and gun control —- provide the most egregious examples.
During the 1960s, the national move to shutter mental hospitals transformed America. Instead of being made to reform in-patient care, the health care industry turned thousands of profoundly sick individuals out onto the streets. Concomitantly, we permitted the health care industry to artificially overprice treatment, while allowing them to propagate the lie that mental health is somehow distinct from physical health. This only serves to reinforce the pointless shame and stigma of having a mental illness.
As to the gun lobby, it uses masculine fear-mongering to convince atavistic reactionaries that gun idolatry in preparation from some great populist revolution or Mad Max apocalypse is the only way to be truly American.
I own guns. They are my possessions. They do not define me. I am just as much a man without a gun as I am with one. Gandhi was even more of a man. As was Jesus.
If we want to prevent this from happening again, we have to start by un-defining corporations as people. They aren't human and they don't deserve human rights.
We then need comprehensive campaign finance reform. Only once we unyoke Congress from the talons of lobby groups will our "representatives" be obliged to vote their intellect and conscience instead of their campaign accounts.
Lastly, any solution to problems of this scale starts by asking what we individually should be prepared to sacrifice in service to a greater good. I don't get to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater because my right of free speech is less important than the rights of the other people to be safe in public. I don't get to force my religion down your heretical throat even though I'd be doing it for your own good — because your right to go to hell trumps my right to stop you.
What might happen if we applied that same logic to violence, health care and gun idolatry?
Matthew Pate is a former law enforcement executive who holds a doctorate in criminal justice from the University of Albany and who has advised police agencies around the country. He writes from Pine Bluff, Ark. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Strasbourg (Alsace, France)
Strasbourg (population in 1959, 167,149; population in 2007, 702,412) is a city in Alsace, France, at the junction of the Ill and the Breusch rivers, two miles west of the Rhine (coordinates: 48° 35′ 4″ N, 7° 44′ 55″ E). Its strategic location between Switzerland and Wittenberg made it an important center during the time of the Reformation, but its importance derived also from prominent leaders in the city, first of all Jacob Sturm and in the ecclesiastical realm, Bucer, Capito, and Hedio. All of these men were interested in the Anabaptists, and especially in the beginning had personal friends among them; Matthäus Zell, and after his death his widow, championed the cause of the Anabaptists. No doubt the close friendship of the Zells with Schwenckfeld contributed to their kindness to the Anabaptists.
Strasbourg was the haven of refuge for Anabaptists from Switzerland, Holland, and North and South Germany. When persecution forced them to leave Augsburg and other localities they came in large numbers to Strasbourg. The Anabaptists called Strasbourg the "City of Hope," and the "Refuge of Righteousness."
Strasbourg responded to the Protestant Reformation as early as 1523 when Matthäus Zell expressed his views on the custom of having godfathers, and left the language of the ceremony of infant baptism as optional, either Latin or German. Through the agitation of Clemens Ziegler, a layman, who wrote pamphlets against infant baptism stressing the importance of faith (in which he was greatly indebted to Luther), Bucer wrote to Zwingli on 31 October 1524, to request Scriptural proofs to combat certain false prophets, probably including Carlstadt. That he had the opponents of infant baptism in mind is doubtful, since Anabaptism did not have its real beginning until January 1525. During the same month of October Capito entered the discussion between Luther and Karlstadt on the sacraments, insisting that it was merely a quarrel of words, and that the rites, being purely external, should not be a cause of division among Christians.
Capito at that early date stated the position of Strasbourg: tolerance in external matters. In November 1524 Capito and Bucer wrote to the preachers of Zürich that they had heard that Carlstadt was agitating against the practice of infant baptism, and declared themselves prepared to retain infant baptism as a mere external ceremony with the condition that instruction follow it later. About the same time Nicolaus Gerbel wrote a letter to Luther warning him of Carlstadt's influence on the Strasbourg Reformers, and on 23 November 1524, the Strasbourg Reformers directed a letter to Luther in which they stated that they with Luther had hitherto retained the practice of infant baptism, even though it scarcely corresponded to the practice of the early church and to the Scriptures. In December of that year Strasbourg received communications from both Zwingli and Luther in reply to the Strasbourg statements about the place of infant baptism. In answer Bucer stated his position clearly for the first time, clearly discussing the issues of the ban and infant baptism. He idealized the ban and to some extent longed for it in the church, but thought it impossible in the present situation of the church. As for baptism, his favorite term is that it was an external thing, and hence not bound to any particular age in life. Since there are two baptisms, the inner and the outer, of which only the inner is of decisive importance, one should not overstress the time of baptism. He dealt in this writing with the arguments advanced by Ziegler, but most directly with those of Balthasar Hubmaier, The title of this writing, which is clearly composed by Bucer although it bears the names of all the Strasbourg preachers, is Grund vnnd vrsach ausz gotlicher schrifft der neüwerung an dem nachtmal des Herren . . . . . , tauff, . . . zu Strassburg fürgenommen (1525).
In May 1525 the Strasbourg preachers again had to take a stand on the matter of infant baptism and urged their people to place their trust in Christ alone and not in any of the ceremonies which had been done away with. Baptism they defined as a sign of faith and of entrance into the Christian life, by which the parents testify that they will train their child in a Christian manner. Parents were urged not to rush to baptism with weak infants, as though salvation consisted of external washing, and yet they were not to neglect baptism, since it had taken the place of circumcision.
In July 1525 Balthasar Hubmaier published in Strasbourg his important work, Von dem christlichen tauff der gläubigen. This book was the Anabaptist reply to Zwingli's book on baptism, and while it was written in Waldshut, Hubmaier himself says that it was published in Strasbourg.
In February 1526 the Strasbourg ministers appeared before the city council to indicate their position on infant baptism. The major point of consideration was that they did not wish to be innovators, and since infant baptism had always been practiced they wished this practice to continue, only that parents ought to wait until a convenient day and not rush their children to be baptized. In March another prominent Anabaptist, Wilhelm Reublin, arrived in Strasbourg. When Michael Sattler arrived is not certain, but it was by early 1526 if not late 1525. Hans Denk, arriving in November, had an open disputation in December 1526 with the Strasbourg ministers, as a result of which he was dismissed from Strasbourg. As far as is known this is the only open disputation ever held in Strasbourg, for later all requests for public disputations were rejected by the council. Before the close of 1526 other prominent Anabaptists arrived, for example, Jakob Gross, Jörg Tücher, and Wilhelm Echsel, all of whom engaged in conversation with Bucer about baptism. While the affinities of Capito and Bucer to Anabaptism remained, Michael Sattler at this time (1526-27) wrote a letter to them in which he listed twenty differences between him and them, and requested prayer for the imprisoned Anabaptists. Here the basic difference in the view of the church becomes clear, Sattler insisting on a believer's church and separation between the world and the church. He signed the letter as a "brother in God the heavenly Father." This close relationship is evident also from Capito's letter to the authorities at Horb in 1527 expressing his consternation concerning the martyrdom of Michael Sattler.
In early July 1526 the Strasbourg preachers wrote the Getrewe Warnung der Prediger des Euangelij zu Strassburg vber die Artickel, so Jacob Kautz Prediger zu Wormbs kürtzlich hat lassen aussgohn . . . , in which the position of Denk was also attacked.
While these skirmishes were going on, Strasbourg as a city had not taken any official action on the issue of Anabaptism, and not until 27 July 1527, was the first mandate issued against the movement. This mandate indicates that the basic issue of the council against the Anabaptists was that they threatened the absolute right of government and were separatists. As a result they ordered no one to lodge or feed them. This mandate was not enforced very strictly, although in the spring of 1528 Lukas Hackfurt, Fridolin Meiger, and Pilgram Marpeck were all arraigned for giving shelter to the Anabaptists. During these years the Anabaptists worked very closely with the charities of the city which were directed by Hackfurt, who himself was sympathetic to Anabaptists. The Anabaptist group grew after 1527 because of persecution elsewhere, and their need for temporary material assistance was great.
For the Anabaptist group as a whole these years at Strasbourg were marked by tension. The composition of the group was in constant flux and what it lacked in stability it made up in diversity. There were also those who were on the fringes of Anabaptism, admiring it from afar but unable to bring themselves to shoulder the cross. Such were Ludwig Haetzer, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Cellarius, and Sebastian Franck. But there were also some who had joined the Anabaptists but could not integrate their past experience with this new view of the Christian life, and therefore soon left the Anabaptist fold. Such were Kautz, Hans Bünderlin, and Wilhelm Reublin. Both Reublin and Christoph Freisleben differed, however, from Bünderlin and Kautz in that they had made lasting contributions to the Anabaptist cause, while the positions of Kautz and Bünderlin had always been rejected by the majority. Nevertheless the presence of all of these variant personalities in Strasbourg, many of them remaining only a brief period, others like Melchior Hofmann remaining for an extended period of time, caused a leavening to take place which threatened the very existence of Anabaptism. This resulted in a major parting of the ways during these years, from which developed the radical eschatological group with a Valentinian view of the Incarnation represented by Hofmann on the one hand, and on the other hand the quiet spiritualism of Kautz and Bünderlin with its depreciation of historical exegesis and forms. In the center stood what later became the Marpeck brotherhood in other parts of southern Europe, represented by Marpeck himself, Leupold Scharnschlager, Wilhelm Reublin, and probably Fridolin Meiger. It is significant that at this early date Scharnschlager was already opposing Hofmann's Valentinian Christology, and that effective means were used to combat the arguments of spiritualism advanced by Bünderlin as seen in the Clare verantwurtung, as well as the Zwinglian arguments repeated by Bucer, which stressed the difference between inner and outer participation in the ceremonies of the church. While this central party took over the missionary emphasis of Hans Hut and the tradition left by the Tirolese martyrs (Schiemer and Schlaffer), they took over elements from Denk only with extreme selectivity.
After this period of stress and strain Marpeck was expelled from Strasbourg. His exile came about in part because the authorities concentrated their fire on the Anabaptist leadership, and after Reublin's dismissal Marpeck had become the leader of the Strasbourg Anabaptists, but in part also because Bucer exerted pressure upon the council to enforce the mandate of July 1527, which was renewed on 24 September 1530. When Capito, a friend of Marpeck's, left town on 8 December 1531, Bucer immediately started proceedings against Marpeck, which resulted in his expulsion at the end of January 1532.
For the next two years Scharnschlager was the leader of the Anabaptists. Just how active the group was at this time is not clear. About a year later, when Thomas Adolf came to be baptized by Scharnschlager, his request was not granted because Scharnschlager had been requested to temporarily suspend baptisms because of some unwholesome elements in the Anabaptist fold. The discussions of the council in 1530-40 were almost entirely occupied with Claus Frey and Melchior Hofmann, who was arrested in May 1533 and died in prison there ten years later, at the end of 1543. On 3 March 1534, "Täuferherren" were installed, constituting a commission for handling Anabaptist matters. Scharnschlager was asked to leave Strasbourg after a hearing on 27 May 1534. At this hearing mention was made of Scharnschlager's desire that the city council as government should not rule over one's faith and decide for the individual what he should believe. He also refused to inform on his fellow Anabaptists, and was therefore imprisoned. On 16 June 1534, he wrote a defense of his faith, stating that since he had not yet fully explicated his position to the council, he would like to develop it further. This defense, found in the Strasbourg archives, is important for a number of reasons. It is one of the clearest extant testimonies to the belief of the Anabaptists that they were actually following in the footsteps of Martin Luther in a number of key points. Scharnschlager discussed Luther's position on the authority of government over matters of faith at some length and insisted that this is exactly what the Anabaptists believe. If government had jurisdiction over faith, said Scharnschlager, Strasbourg would still be under the Roman hierarchy. He stated that he was willing to submit to the council if they were questioning him as elders in the place of Christ, but if they were doing it as government officials he could not allow them to judge his faith. Finally this defense is of importance because it states clearly that Scharnschlager rejected the approach being used at Münster at that very time. Even if there were ten thousand Anabaptists in Strasbourg and only five others, Scharnschlager says that these five would not be compelled to become Anabaptists.
With the departure of Scharnschlager from Strasbourg the Anabaptist movement lost one of its finest leaders. While the movement continued there, the city became more of a meeting place for the series of Strasbourg conferences than the location of a strong continuing congregation.
During this decade, however, the influence of Strasbourg was pronounced in other cities of South Germany. Augsburg had as one of its most prominent ministers Wolfgang Musculus, who had earlier been Bucer's secretary and who had always been more tolerant than Bucer. The relations of Strasbourg to Münster have never been fully clarified, but it is becoming increasingly clear that they were intimate and far-reaching. Rothmann had spent some time in Strasbourg in 1531, and had been tremendously impressed with the way in which "Christ and Caesar" were working hand in hand. The Strasbourg clergy received a stenographic report of the disputation between Rothmann and his colleagues in August 1533, and wrote the Bericht aus heiliger schrifft . . . (1534), a 100-page reply to the ministers at Münster. The publication of this Bericht at the request of Augsburg indicates that many looked to Strasbourg for help in dealing with the Anabaptists in both the area of theology and practical suppression.
The mandate of 3 March 1534, stating that views not in accord with the Augsburg Confession would not be tolerated, and the synod of 1533 in which all were allowed to present their views to the ministers and a select group of the council, did much to weaken the Anabaptist cause in Strasbourg. On 28 April 1535, compulsory baptism of all infants was ordered. Before this, in 1534, Kilian Aurbacher had written a moving letter from Moravia to Bucer about the danger of compelling people in matters of faith (this letter has been preserved), but its contents were not heeded, and on 23 March 1538, the city council issued a new mandate with four harsh provisions: (1) all Anabaptists were to be banished; (2) in case of return, the offender was to be imprisoned for four weeks on a diet of bread and water, then exiled again; (3) upon a second return he should be punished by cutting off his fingers or by placing him in neck irons and branding his cheek; (4) if he returned a third time, he should be executed by drowning.
On 23 November 1534, Hans Frisch, from Horb, said that there were three groups of Anabaptists in Strasbourg, the factions of Reublin, of Hofmann, and of Kautz, the latter two being somewhat intermingled. At the end of this decade, 29 May 1539, Ruprecht Schwarz, from Mainz, reported to the Strasbourg authorities that there were a number of gatherings in Strasbourg, and said that the Hofmannites and the Swiss Brethren could not attain agreement. The Swiss Brethren, he said, numbered about 100, while the Hofmannites did not exceed five.
It has been estimated that in 1534 the number of Anabaptists in Strasbourg was about 2,000. It is certain that this number did not increase, but rather decreased, for soon the meetings took place outside the city, and the church came to be known as the "Waldskirche." Bucer expressed satisfaction that he could now rest and concentrate on winning Anabaptists for the Reformed cause in Hesse through Peter Tasch. John Calvin, the Reformer of Geneva, who stayed at Strasbourg in 1538-41, took great pains to win over the Anabaptists, particularly the French-speaking among them. In a few cases he was successful; one of his converts was Jean Stordeur.
On 9 April 1540, the Strasbourg Council issued the final mandate against the Anabaptists. Those refusing to take the oath were threatened with loss of life, and those sheltering Anabaptists with corporal punishment and loss of property. This mandate also contained the statement that from time to time large numbers of Anabaptists met in uncustomary places, such as out in the fields.
In later years Marpeck addressed a letter to the people around Strasbourg on the question of Christian liberty, which shows that he felt that they were abusing their Christian freedom and were not taking sufficient precautions to protect the weaker brother. Only he is truly free, who is free in Christ, Marpeck asserts. During that time and later the Strasbourg group was visited by Pilgram Marpeck, as is evident from a reference in one of Scharnschlager's letters to the Strasbourg Anabaptist brotherhood contained in the Kunstbuch. This letter is not dated, but possibly belongs in the 1540's, The circular letters No. 3 and No. 35 of the Kunstbuch, dated 1544 and 1547, were addressed to those in Alsace. The last known writing of Marpeck, dated 22 January 1555 (No. 15), was sent to a certain Abraham at Langnau in the Kinzig Valley, in which he adds the request to greet certain persons in the Leber Valley, mentioning them by name. The important leader of the Marpeck brotherhood in this area at this time was Sigmund Bosch. It appears that Marpeck served as liaison for the Moravian, the Swiss, and the Strasbourg Anabaptists. According to court testimony of 29 May 1561, there were three groups of Anabaptists around Strasbourg then—the Bilgramites, the Gabrielites, and the Sattlerites.
An interesting testimony of the faith of the Strasbourg Swiss Brethren is found in a lengthy tract titled Concerning the Incarnation and Deity of Jesus Christ (extant in a Dutch print of 1666), written to counter the Socinian wooing of the Strasbourg group begun in 1590 by Voydovsky and continued by Ostorodt, where particulars are given.
The importance of Strasbourg for Anabaptist history consists in the issues which were resolved there; during the early years. Foremost of these were the issues of spiritualism and religious liberty. - Klassen
Strasbourg was the scene of at least six important Anabaptist Conferences, 1554, 1555, 1557, 1568, 1592, and 1607. Strasbourg was also represented at the conference in 1591 which drew up the Concept of Cologne. These conferences are described in the following article, Strasbourg Conferences. It is probable that the 16th-century congregation died out. If so, it was renewed by immigration later from other parts of Alsace. In 1796 a conference was held in the neighborhood of Strasbourg, of which little is known. Representatives from the Strasbourg congregation at the Essingen Conferences were Hans Rogi for 1759, and Christian Rub for 1779. The general letter of the French Mennonite congregations of 1808 concerning military service was signed for the Strasbourg congregation by Johann Rotacker and Hans Egli. Little is known about the congregation in the 19th century. It must have been small and without influence. Its meetings were held monthly, in places around the city, first at Robertsau, later at Neudorf in the home of an elder. The last known elders were Jacob Egli and his nephew Christian Egli. The latter moved to the region of Chalons-sur-Marne circa 1855; the former died in 1883. After his death the congregation dissolved, some moving away, while the rest joined the Reformed Church. Strangely, Strasbourg does not appear in any of the Dutch Naamlijsts or German Namensverzeichnisse or yearbooks. - Bender
Gerbert, Camill. Geschichte der Strassburger Sectenbewegung. Strassburg, 1889.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV.
Hulshof, Abraham. Geschiedenis van de Doopsgezinden te Straatsburg van 1525 tot 1557. Amsterdam, 1905.
Kreider, Robert. "The Anabaptists and the Civil Authorities of Strasbourg, 1525-1555." Church History XXIV (1955): 99-118.
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It was earlier this year when I realized that the song in the video above, "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, was twenty years old. I remember when I was first introduced to Public Enemy back in high school. My friend Adam put on the album "Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black" while we were playing video and board games. It was the first time I had been exposed to hip hop and shortly thereafter it became the first hip hop album I bought. I had never listened to any band with a social and political agenda before Public Enemy. "By the time I get to Arizona", "Can't Truss It", and "Shut'em Down" were like shots being fired across my world perception bow born from my very mundane suburban living. I knew things were not right in the urban community, but I had never heard it told from street perspective. This cultural grain of salt has stayed with me through the years. However, like a lot of my fickle music interests as a teen, the album got heavy play for a month and then retired to a CD folder, rarely to be heard again.
I've been thinking about "Fight the Power" recently since I bought the Public Enemy retrospective "Power to the People". I've been playing it on my iPod when I've been working on ideas for the library that has been resisted in the past. While the song is more closely identified with a call for racial equality, I thought this article from Salon about the song and its impact said it best: "When Public Enemy called us to battle, it revived the notion that it just might be possible to fight the system. At the very least, we knew it was necessary."
In the last couple of weeks, I've been keenly following the state budget battle out in Ohio. Governor Strickland had announced a 50% cut in funding to libraries as part of his proposed budget. Since a majority of libraries are state supported, this would mean the crippling and/or closing of many libraries around the state. I've joined and contributed to the Save Ohio Libraries Facebook group that was set up in order to organize rallies, distribute state legislator contacts, and public lobbying of the Governor. The genesis of this group has been phenomenal as it gained over 20,000 members in the first week (the current tally as of the time of this post is roughly 45,000). It is full of photos, links, video, and active postings on the wall and in the discussion boards. While I have not received a message from the group creator, I have been checking it (as well as following #saveohionlibraries on Twitter) for updates as to how things are working out. I can't say that my posting presence on this massive group has gone unnoticed.
The other night, I got a Facebook message from an Ohio resident which read:
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NJ has some budget cuts, but we aren't in the same trouble as Ohio libraries!
Her last message thanked me for my involvement, but this whole series of events has been fascinating. This certainly is not the first time that social media has risen to a grassroots cause, but it was the first time I experienced it from a front row seat. It held me in rapt attention in the evening for most of last week as the number of group members climbed and people started offering their words, links, and other forms of support. In concert with libraries all over the state and the Ohio Library Council, this virtual march ran as a prelude to actual ones. These Buckeyes, proud and defiant, have focused the outrage of the populace into political action. (As of the time of writing, the budget is still in the air.)
As engrossing as this whole situation was to watch unfold in the belly of social media, it was during a drive up to work where I had a thought that gave me significant pause: why is it that the library community can be this organized and passionate when it comes to budget battles and less visible during other times? (With the exception of book challenges, possibly.) Does it take being pushed to the brink of non-existence to ignite the fire in our bellies for our profession and rally the public to our noble cause? What can be done now to prevent putting ourselves in this position in the future?
As it can be expected, I have a few ideas.
We need to radically reframe the public and political dialogue about libraries. How? By advocating that libraries are an essential service of a modern industrialized society. Information literacy has become a new set of basic skills for people living in the developed world. Even if a job does not require them, it is more than likely you will need them to apply to that job as businesses move their employment applications online. Data is the new goal of our hunting and gathering ways, whether it is to determine the lowest airfare available, how to contact an old friend, or find out what the weather will be like tomorrow. Our materials (print, video, audio, web) are fuel for the human curiosity engine that resides in all of us.
We educate, enrich, and enhance the lives of our patrons. Whether it is through materials or programs, computers or classes, or simply being there for our patrons when they are looking for someone to talk to, libraries matter to their communities. There is no private or government entity nor internet service or website that equates to the personal service we offer or the depth and breadth of information we can access. Our role in society is unduplicated, unequaled, and undisputed in this new age of information.
Therefore, we are essential.
In order to broadcast this type of message, it is pressing that we believe in it ourselves. There can be no false enthusiasm or facade to this belief; it must be complete and genuine. Personally, in seeing the passion presented by my peers at conferences and gatherings, this is perhaps the easiest aspect that I am proposing. However, I can see how it would be a true barrier in a world that minimizes and marginalizes the very mission of the library. It is imperative to rise above the critics, to instill ourselves with confidence about our restless profession, and to take pride for our service and toil on behalf of our patrons. For if we don't believe that we are essential to the public, why should they believe it themselves?
From this, I see the hardest yet most rewarding part: a sustained public movement towards the safeguarding and custodianship of the public library and its ideals. While moving towards this goal can feel Herculean, we are already surrounded by the necessary building blocks.
Some of these are more familiar and "traditional" methods of building relationships with the community by getting to know your patrons and politicians. A Friend's group can work as an extension of the library as each member becomes an ambassador of the library. Local media in the form of newspapers and radio stations provide a broadcast platform to reach out to the community. Encourage local politicians to define a stance on the library and library funding and invite them to come and see the collection for themselves. In addition, any marketing campaign that can be run (alone or in conjunction with a Friend's group) at the community level should work to raise the visibility of the library. These tried and true methods are pretty universal for libraries around the country.
On the other hand, there are the exciting new methods possible through web 2.0 social media. Witnessing the growth and development of the Save Ohio Libraries Facebook group has really reinforced this concept with me. For the price of time and effort, you can create content that can be used to reach out and interact with patrons far beyond the walls of the library. It is this extension into the lives of our patrons as a relevant and important service that will ensure the survival of the local library in the future. It latches onto the underlying appeal of constant and immediate contact as offered by text messages, email, and Facebook or Twitter-like updates. With the improvement of our communication technologies, this is the opportunity to groom this technological type of relationship with people. As communication methods grow, as different types of web based social networking appear, and as the product of information evolves, the library needs to be in step with these advances. Our patrons are moving along with the improvements, and so should we.
The difference between the traditional methods and web 2.0 social media is that the latter is more personal since the conversation never ends. Beyond the aforementioned constant contact, it becomes a part of the information lifestyle that people have grown accustomed. We meld into the other popular web services that people use to manage their daily lives. The ability to order groceries online coincides with placing materials on hold; watching YouTube becomes no different than watching a movie on Overdrive; and calling or emailing the reference desk is seen as an upgraded internet search. Not only are the tools on hand, but there are more being developed and refined with each passing software innovation cycle. Twitter, Jaiku, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Picasa, Blogger, Livejournal, these are examples of social media of today; can you imagine what is down the road from these illustrious starting points? We will never lose the personal touch that is exemplified by more traditional patron relationships, but we should work to enhance it through the communication and information technological wonders of social media.
For librarians looking towards the future of the public library, now is the time to create our own functional social networks for advocacy. Now is the time to forge new friendships and connections with librarians both local and national. And now is the time to share experiences and knowledge resources when it comes to organizing the library grassroots. It is through these bonds that we can support one another during the inevitable crises that play out across the country when the ideals of intellectual freedom are endangered, when our content is challenged, and when our very existence in the community is threatened. Librarians call upon each other to help with a reference question; how can we not call upon others to help one another weather the ideological storms? Our professional egalitarian ideals should not mean that we treat everyone equally yet suffer all of the hardships alone. We are now one immense information sharing entity, intricately connected through phone and ethernet. The closing of one library is a loss of a unique community resource to the whole system and we should treat it as such.
This is not a call to replace specialty or state library associations in their advocacy roles, but to supplement them. Our assets are thousands of additional eyes and ears with computer savvy capable of finding and reporting information back to the others. It is an intelligence network staffed by passionate library professionals that extends wherever a library stands. With the increasing ease of user content creation, information sharing has never been easier for those who are bold enough to utilize it. This is a strength that we should seek to use for the benefit of libraries from coast to coast.
(In terms of the ALA, at least one person I know doesn't think that the ALA is doing enough. I don't really know enough about the organization to make any declarative statements, but I have been watching for their actions and words during the Ohio budget crisis.)
I realize in closing that the latter half of this post is more passion than substance in calling for a change in our collective course of action. But passion is the unquenchable thirst that drives each and every one of us to go farther and reach higher, whether as a librarian, an athlete, a parent, or just to be a better person. And library advocacy has become my passion, much in the same way that you can hear it in the voices of the testimonials in this video from NYPL.org:
So, I say to you, dear reader, who is with me?


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York Properties LLC has filed $3.9 million and $2.1 million loans on its property at 3100 Bellbrook Drive in Whitehaven.
The company, which is affiliated with St. Clair Foods at that same address, filed the Tennessee deed of trust and security agreements Feb. 4 through Triumph Bank.
Oscar H. Edmonds III signed the deeds as managing partner of York Properties. Edmonds is president and CEO of St. Clair Foods, a company he launched in 1976 that makes dozens of food products.
The company's main property at 3100 Bellbrook in Whitehaven's Bellbrook Industrial Park is a 112,718-square-foot facility built in 1965.
The Class B warehouse sits on 9.85 acres at the northeast corner of Bellbrook and Brooks Road and had a 2012 appraisal of $1.7 million, according to the Shelby County Assessor of Property.
York Properties also owns an adjacent parcel to the main facility.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Memphis-area home sales for January increased 46.1 percent from a year ago, with 1,259 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of Realtors MAARdata property records database.
Total sales rose 8.9 percent from December. Average sales price was up 7.3 percent at $123,696.
Inventory declined 6.3 percent, with 6,070 units listed for sale. Sales volume for the month year over year increased 56.6 percent to $155.7 million.
The MAARdata system includes records of all property transactions in Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties.
– Sarah Baker
Evolve Bank & Trust is opening a full-service branch in Marion, Ark., in March.
Evolve bought and is currently renovating a 7,000-square-foot SunTrust Banks Inc. building in Marion, and once completed it will be Evolve's fifth branch in eastern Arkansas.
Evolve currently operates branches in Arkansas and Tennessee and mortgage production offices around the U.S.
– Andy Meek
Vandana Peterson has joined the Memphis office of Jackson Lewis LLP as an associate.
Jackson Lewis is one of the country's largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms.
Peterson has served as an assistant dean and adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. She's also worked as an associate in Clifford Chance LLP's corporate finance and restructuring groups, in addition to being a summer associate for McDermott Will & Emery LLP's antitrust and government regulatory practice.
The government says it recovered almost $8 for each dollar it spent investigating health care fraud over the past three years, including a record $4.2 billion last year.
The $7.90 average return on investment is the highest in the 16-year history of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Program. Since 1997, the program — a joint effort of the departments of Justice and Health and Human Services — has returned more than $23 billion to the Medicare trust funds.
Overall, the Justice Department opened more than 1,100 criminal health care fraud investigations last year involving 2,148 potential defendants. More than 800 defendants were convicted of health care fraud-related crimes during the year and the department opened nearly 900 new civil investigations.
– The Associated Press
The boards of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways have pushed back meetings to consider final plans for their merger, Associated Press sources say.
A source close to the matter said Sunday that the AMR board wants to meet in person, and that the US Airways board would only meet after the AMR board approves a deal.
The source requested anonymity because the talks are private.
It is not clear when the two boards would finally meet. People familiar with the matter said negotiations are continuing, on issues that include AMR CEO Tom Horton's exact title and role in the combined company.
Discussions were centered on Horton being a non-executive chairman of the board while US Airways management, led by CEO Doug Parker, would run the day-to-day operations of the new carrier, which would keep the American Airlines name.
The negotiations could still fall apart. United Airlines and Continental Airlines were within days of announcing a merger in 2008 when that deal fell apart, although they later resumed talks and completed a deal in 2010.
If American and US Airways combine, it would create the world's biggest airline as measured by passenger traffic, although United Continental Holdings Inc. would still be slightly bigger if regional operations such as United Express and American Eagle are counted.
On Friday, US Airways pilots ratified an agreement covering their pay and working terms if there is a merger.
That was the last major piece to fall into place on the labor side for a merger to occur.
American Airlines pilots approved a similar agreement in December. All three of American's unions support a merger that would result in US Airways management running the new company.
The committee representing unsecured creditors in AMR's bankruptcy case had planned to meet Monday.
With agritourism taking root at farms across the state, the University of Tennessee Extension's Center for Profitable Agriculture is updating a decade-old survey on the industry.
The 2003 survey included responses from 48 percent of Tennessee's agriculture operations.
The Center for Profitable Agriculture's Megan Bruch told the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/12FYzd0) that 68 percent of respondents included agritourism in their operations.
Common attractions included retail markets, farm tours, pick-your-own farms and petting zoos.
Many farmers earned $25,000 or less a year from their agritourism operations, but 15 percent made more than $100,000. At the time, total projected revenue from agritourism was more than $21 million.
Bruch said updating the survey will help quantify agritourism's standing in Tennessee. She expects to see larger numbers for visitors and sales.
Farmer Andrew Dixon said he's already filled out his survey and sent it in.
His family's Grandaddy's Farm in Estill Springs opened to the public seven years ago.
"Agritourism, basically, is another crop for us," Dixon said. "We've got corn, wheat and soybeans as our main row-crop operation, and agritourism is another way for us to diversify and to help spread out our risk."
Each fall, people come to the farm for tours, a produce market, a nature trail, hay rides, mazes, tractor-tire swings and a farm-oriented playground, he said. The contact with the public brings in funds and also helps to market the farm's products.
The price of oil dipped slightly toward $95 a barrel on Monday as investors cut back on speculative positions and most Asian markets were closed for a holiday.
By early afternoon in Europe, the benchmark oil contract for March delivery was down 30 cents to $95.42 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 11 cents on Friday.
Trading was expected to be light for much of the week with several Asian markets shut for the Lunar New Year.
Analysts noted that for the first time in eight weeks there was a net reduction in investors' positions betting that the Nymex contract will continue to advance.


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Jennifer Allen-Johns, 39, of Hinesville, Ga., passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
Jennifer Allen-Johns, 39, of Hinesville, Ga., passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
Jennifer was raised in Shawnee and graduated from Liberty Academy in 1993. After high school, she attended St. Gregory's University and pursued her love of acting and theology. She later went on to graduate from Cameron University in 2006, majoring in psychology.
She married SFC Ronald Johns in July of 2009. After their wedding they settled down in Hinesville, where she worked as a Sign Language Interpreter.
Jenny enjoyed spending her time volunteering with children with disabilities, painting, crocheting and cooking.
She was preceded in death by her father, Francis Allen and grandfather, Manuel Luna.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Ronald Johns, of Hinesville; mother, Diane Allen, of Shawnee; brother, John Allen, of Shawnee; sister and brother-in-law Christina and Isaiah Terneus, of Shawnee; grandmother, Edelma Luna, of Los Angeles; aunt, Lydia Luna, of Los Angeles; and nephews: Nate, Aden, Eli and Jaxon Terneus, of Shawnee.
The family has designated contributions be made to Faith 7 Activity Center, 301 S. Kennedy Ave., Shawnee.
A memorial prayer service will be at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 9, at St. Benedicts Catholic Church; 632 N. Kickapoo; Shawnee. This will be a time to share memories of Jenny. Following the service, the family will gather for a reception to meet with family and friends.
A memorial mass will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church.


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Olympic hopeful Wilfredo de Jesus has joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as a fulltime track and field coach.
De Jesus will work primarily with the throwers but will also help with the strength training and off-season work for all speed and power events.
De Jesus, who is eyeing to compete in the 2012 London Olympics, is the 2007 Puerto Rican National Athlete of the Year. He also is Puerto Rico's record holder in the Under-23 hammer throw at 64.39 meters and brings a wealth of experience in the throwing events.
"We are thrilled to welcome coach de Jesus to the Academy," men's and women's head track coach Gregory Lott said. "He is a skilled technician that is well versed in all throwing events. Competing at such a high level has given him experience in several types of throwing programs and allowed him to accumulate the knowledge necessary to help other athletes excel. His work ethic and energy will be a strong asset to our program as a whole while he helps to build the dominate throws group within the Landmark Conference."
De Jesus has represented Puerto Rico at several international competitions including the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 2009 (Havana, Cuba) and in 2010 (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) finishing as high as seventh place in the hammer. He was a bronze medalist at the 2007 Junior Pan American Games in the same event.
He also has been involved in competitive weightlifting since high school, where he twice finished as national runner-up for Puerto Rico in the Super-Heavyweight class. He currently competes for USA Weightlifting during his "off-season" in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk.
His collegiate honors included the IC4A indoor champion in the weight throw (2011), IC4A outdoor champion in the hammer throw (2011), America East indoor champion in the weight throw (2009, 2010 and 2011),America East outdoor champion in the hammer throw (2009, 2011), America East Conference indoor performer of the year (2011) and SUNY-Albany indoor MVP (2011).
De Jesus earned a B.S. degree in human biology at SUNY-Albany in 2011.


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noel qualter needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Basic site redesign plus headers. Please read full brief for essential details.
London Table Magician
Desired Color Scheme:
White, light, bright
Desired Style:
corporate with a dash of quirkiness
Accepted File Formats:
ideally layered
Here is what i want from you. Basic site redesign plus 4 additional graphical headers.
I'm looking for a redesign of my current site http://www.noelqualter.com. In its current guise the site is about 2 years old and i'd like to give it a fresh look.
The main focus should be on corporate design as my boo-kers are CEO's and media executives. i also work at private parties and weddings so the site needs to appeal to those demographics as well.
To sum up - modern, crisp, stylish design with a dash of quirkiness.
I like the look and feel of this site http://www.24-7media.de/mileyworld/ do not copy it! I am not wild on the colours, I like white and light colours.
The site will include two embedded youtube clips in the middle of the page which are short videos of me. I would also like lots of photos of happy people watching magic...people don't buy magic, they buy the experience magic brings.
IÂ want the logo, phone number and email address all in a banner at or near the top of the page. one of the things I like about the other site (link above)Â is that the banner isn't right above. If you look at my current site you'll see a photo of half my head above a line. i would like this picture to be the main focus of the banner.
I would also like the site to suggest an air of celebrity like you may see for a TV personality or comedian.
I also want 4 additional header/banner for use on other pages. I will give a link to download additional phootgraphs for you to use as source material.
Here is a Yousendit link where you can download photos of me performing, additional artwork, logos etc. Feel free to use liberal amount of photos of happy people. http://download.yousendit.com/7F75586127CF5D2B
Any questions? PM me or post here.


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LocationLangenargen, Germany
Architectsk_m architektur
Architect In ChargeDaniel Sauter
Area16431.0 sqm
Project Year2010
Text description provided by the architects. This family house was planned and built during the creation of the surrounding agricultural farmstead.
The new house is located a short distance from the farm complex, in the middle of an orchard.
An elongated one-story building appears to float slightly above the flat lawn.
The flat roof and the north facade, together with a slightly raised floor envelope, are all clad in copper and protectively encase the floor to ceiling glazing on the east, west and south facades.
The large glazed areas and the flat roof make optimal use of solar energy. The large roof overhangs the main core, protecting it from overheating in the summer.
A heating pipeline in the farm building, fired with own wood, carry most of the energy for the home.
The energy concept is supplemented with a photovoltaic system on the roof of the adjacent farm building and a stove in the living area.
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Volume 18 Issue 51 | May 12 - 18, 2006
Call to crack down on liquor licenses
By Albert Amateau
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver held a five-hour public hearing last Friday about a bill to drastically limit the number of new liquor licenses in neighborhoods oversaturated by bars and lounges.
Residents said their neighborhoods were unlivable at night because of noise, traffic and violence generated by an overwhelming number of bars. They urged passage of an amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law that would eliminate exceptions to the rule against new licenses being granted for premises within 500 feet of three other existing licensed establishments.
But nightlife and restaurant representatives said that an ironclad 500-foot rule would be absurd for Manhattan, especially in districts like Times Square and the new Time-Warner complex at Columbus Circle where many licensed establishments are located in one building.
In an interview just before the May 5 hearing, Silver said he was open to fewer restrictions in business districts like Times Square. He said the proposed legislation was drafted because the State Liquor Authority, which administers the A.B.C. Law, was a failure.
They feel that their job is to issue licenses, said Silver, noting that there are no New York City members of the S.L.A. Silver said the proposed legislation was intended to stimulate conversations about how to deal with oversaturation and problem bars.
Residents have the right to enjoy their homes in peace and to a good nights sleep free of excessive noise and free of violence, Silver said at the opening of the hearing. Currently, the S.L.A. may grant exceptions to the 500-foot rule if a new license is in the public interest, including economic benefits to the city. Of the last 22 license applications that went through 500-foot hearings, 18 were granted, Silver noted.
The speaker repeatedly asked witnesses if they favored an amendment that would make exceptions to the 500-foot rule subject to concurrence by a local body, like the City Council or a separate City Liquor Authority. Noting that the no S.L.A. official was at the hearing, Silver said he would schedule another hearing for the agency to testify.
Several residents and nightlife representatives said they might favor different levels of licenses for different areas and separate liquor license rules for bars, lounges and large clubs. Nightlife representatives called for paid detail off-duty, uniformed police officers to patrol in the areas of bars and lounges, to be paid for by the owners. The Police Department, however, opposes paid detail.
Albert Capsouto, a Tribeca restaurant owner, said many neighborhood restaurants and bars are still struggling since 9/11 and the bill would make it harder for them to renew liquor licenses.
Newly elected Assemblymember Sylvia Friedman, representing the 74th Assembly District, including the East Village, said, There is no connection between the S.L.A. and our community. She said the neighborhood was plagued with people spilling out onto the streets going from one bar to the next.
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, whose 75th Assembly District includes the west side of Chelsea and Hells Kitchen with more licensed establishments than anywhere else, he noted said he did not think the nightlife business should be shut down. Instead, he insisted, We need stronger legislation and more focused enforcement by the S.L.A.
City Councilmember Rosie Mendez, who represents the East Village and Lower East Side, said the neighborhood quality of life was endangered by the oversaturation of nightlife.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the streets are loud with horn honking, drunken revelers and its not a nice thing to talk about with pools of vomit that residents have to step around on their way home and other unsanitary conditions, Mendez said. It depletes the resources of police, the Department of Buildings and the Fire Department.
Mendez complained that the S.L.A. has ignored the impact on the community of exemptions to the 500-foot rule.
Local determination must be mandated and no loophole, she said. Bad behavior underage sales, excessive noise should be punished by revocation, Mendez added.
But Christine L. Nicholas, director of NYC & Co., the citys nonprofit tourism agency with 1,800 members, said the $22 billion nightlife industry employs thousands of workers, many of them recent immigrants. She said the S.L.A. should retain discretion in granting exceptions to the 500-foot rule. She agreed, however, that concurrence by a local entity would help the situation.
Nicholas said better enforcement of S.L.A. and local zoning regulations were the answer to oversaturation. Phoning the city 311 hotline, she added, was the solution to noise and disruption a suggestion greeted with derisive guffaws by the opposition.
But Adam Silvera, founder of Save Avenue A, said, Oversaturation under Governor Patakis S.L.A. has doubled and tripled since 1997 with no end in sight. Local enforcement, he added, was a smokescreen to allow the S.L.A. to continue granting licenses, he said.
Robert Bookman, counsel to the New York Nightlife Association, said the 500-foot rule was a bad idea and called for different rules for different areas.
We need different rules for Times Square and the Lower East Side, he said, adding that bar locations are governed by zoning. We go where the zoning law tells us to go, he said.
The situation is broken, it does need fixing, said Bookman. He called for paid detail. Were willing to pay [police] not to be our bouncers, but to patrol the sidewalks where our bouncers are just limited to asking people to move on, he said. The smoking ban in public places has put thousands of people onto the streets and has contributed to unnecessary noise, he added.
Neighborhood advocates, however, called for moratoriums on new licenses for oversaturated neighborhoods. Zella Jones, of the Noho Neighborhood Association, noted there were 28 licensed bars within 45 feet of each other on Bond St. Internet promotion brings thousands of patrons to venues in residential areas and the S.L.A. has not recognized the problems, Jones added.
We need a new law that distinguishes between large clubs and local bars. Noho might like a few small restaurants, Jones said.
Sean Sweeney, director of the Soho Alliance, said the neighborhood group has spent $500,000 in the past 10 years in legal fights against the S.L.A. to win court reversals of licenses the agency has granted. The neighborhood, he added, has a high percentage of people who live and work in their lofts.
Mardi Gras lasts 12 days in New Orleans but in Lower Manhattan its 365 days a year, Sweeney said. We wont settle for anything less than elimination of the exemptions to the 500-foot rule.
Lower East Side and East Village residents were also adamant in calling for a 500-foot rule with no exceptions. Courtney Lee Adams and Marcia Lemmon were among those who called for a moratorium on new licenses and a permanent ban on exceptions to the 500-foot rule.
Take a walk down Avenue B, Ludlow St., Orchard or Essex on any given Thursday, Friday or Saturday night, said Susan Howard, president of the Norfolk St. Block Association and a member of the Lower East Side Association. Watch the sea of taxis up Avenue A to 14th St. from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., she added.
Howard called for a 500-foot rule with no exceptions and a stronger 200-foot rule, which bans licenses within 200 feet of a house of worship or a school. (The rule only applies for premises on the same block and does not apply across streets.)
Applicants who say they intend to open restaurants, but change soon after getting their licenses into bars or lounges with no kitchens, should be closed, Howard said.
These are all too common practices and no one gets so much as a slap on the wrist for doing so, she added.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tequila Week: Reposados Part 2
Today I continue tasting reposado tequilas.
Herencia de Plata Reposado, 38% abv ($39)
The nose has a very pure agave note. The palate, though, has an artificial sweetness too it. It comes on almost like egg nog with a boozy vanilla then picks up some bitterness that lasts into the finish.
Aha Toro Reposado, 40% abv ($50)
The nose is floral and earthy. The palate on this one starts with guryere (I kid you not) and just gets funkier as you go. The finish is umami with mushrooms in damp soil and a touch of salt. This is a very unique flavor profile and one I'm not sure what to make of but it's a good break from some of the overly smooth reposados I've had.
Don Eduardo Reposado, 38% abv ($40)
This is one of the few repeated brands in the tasting. I tried the blanco version and didn't find it very interesting. The reposado is quite sweet and floral on the nose. The palate is a bit spicy with some ginger beer and clove. This is quite nice. Clearly, time in the barrel has a positive impact on the Don Eduardo spirit.
Con Alma de Mujer Reposado, 35% abv ($28)
The nose is very pure with a nice balance of all the tequila notes, floral, earthy, sweet. The palate though is quite diluted, very watery tequila flavor. The notes on the nose are there but very muted at 35%. I wish, as with many of these, that this were stronger and some of those flavors could really sing. It's fine but not all that interesting at this level.
Tomorrow: the añejos.
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Canon renews full-frame lenses with 24-70mm F2.8 II and stabilized wide-angle primes
Canon has released three EF lenses, including an updated 24-70mm F2.8 II USM. The latest version features what is promised to be a more durable body, despite being a little smaller. In addition to this high-end full-frame standard zoom, there are completely redesigned semi-fast 24mm and 28mm F2.8 primes, both of which feature USM focus motors and image stabilization.
Ultimately, the most interesting thing about these launches is the fact that Canon feels the need to update various full-frame lenses, almost as if something likely to test the quality of its existing versions was in the offing.
The wide-angle lenses update two of Canon's oldest primes: both the EF 28mm F2.8 and 24mm F2.8 date back to the late 1980s. The new variants add Canon's latest 4-stop IS and ring-type USM (complete with full-time manual focus), and look like they should be perfectly nice lenses. We're just not entirely sure who they're for; APS-C users have the 17-55mm F2.8 IS USM, and full frame users are more likely to be using the company's L series optics. It's also a little unusual to see stabilization added to lenses this wide but that's the decision Canon has made.
Class-leading performance, unrivalled flexibility – Canon launches three new lenses
Canon today adds to its world-famous EF lens series with the launch of three new lenses for photography professionals and enthusiasts. The new EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM professional zoom lens is an update to the popular EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, while the new EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM and EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM are the world's first1 wide-angle prime lenses to feature optical Image Stabilizer (IS) technology. All three provide the highest levels of performance for modern digital photographers, combining premium image quality with durable, userfriendly designs.
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM: the ultra-high performance standard zoom
The new EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM features completely redesigned optics to provide outstanding clarity, image quality and durability. A compact design makes it ideal for carrying on every shoot, and a range of optical enhancements provide improved performance – capturing greater detail across the frame while reducing distortion throughout the entire zoom range, particularly at the maximum 70mm focal length.
With a redesigned optical system that includes two Ultra-low Dispersion (UD) and one Super UD aspheric elements to minimise chromatic aberration and colour blurring, the lens delivers consistently sharp, high-contrast images. Each lens element also features Canon's optimised Super Spectra coatings to reduce ghosting and flare and ensure excellent colour balance. Additionally, a fluorine coating minimises the amount of dust, dirt and fingerprints that adhere to the front and rear of the lens, helping to maintain superior image quality.
The EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM also enables photographers to capture their subjects up close, with a minimum focusing distance of 0.38m at all focal lengths throughout the zoom range. A ring-type Ultrasonic Motor (USM) works in combination with a highperformance CPU and advanced AF algorithms to ensure accurate, silent and ultraresponsive autofocus. For those who prefer to maintain full control in every shot, fulltime manual focusing allows photographers to precisely tweak or alter the focus of their shot at any time, even when AF is engaged.
Distinguished L-series design
The EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM is the latest lens from the elite L-series to offer Canon's high-grade and user-focused design enhancements. The mechanical structure of the lens has been improved to offer enhanced zoom durability and greater shake and shock resistance within the lens barrel. The size of the lens has also been reduced by 10mm compared to the previous model, providing enhanced portability and greater convenience in everyday use. A new Zoom Lock lever also enables photographers to lock the zoom position at the extreme wide end to prevent damage to the lens in transit, while a water and dustproof construction2 enables users to continue shooting in harsh conditions.
Introducing the world's first wide-angle primes with IS
Canon today also launches the new EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM and EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM – the world's first 24mm and 28mm fixed wide-angle lenses to feature optical IS technology. Ideal for landscape and reportage, both lenses offer outstanding flexibility allowing photographers to shoot an even broader range of scenes and subjects – combining fast apertures with IS to enable sharp results when shooting handheld, even in low light conditions.
Offering an advantage of up to 4-stops over lenses without IS, both lenses are ideal for capturing more of the scene thanks to their wider focal lengths. Both feature a wide f/2.8 aperture, allowing photographers to explore shallow depth of field, or to shoot in lower-light conditions. Wide apertures and IS technology also make each lens ideal for shooting fast-moving subjects, while Canon's advanced IS technology is able to detect intentional panning movement and automatically switch from Normal IS mode to Panning IS mode – helping users to capture movement with greater accuracy.
Silent, high-speed AF performance is provided by the inclusion of a ring-type USM and additional features including optimized AF control. Full-time manual focusing also ensures adjustments can be made even when AF is engaged, while a minimum focusing distance of 0.20m (EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM) and 0.23m (EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM) allows photographers to get even closer to smaller or more detailed subjects.
Designed to perform
Both the EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM and EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM feature redesigned optics to improve image quality and reduce the need for post-production. An aspherical glass moulded (GMo) lens element is incorporated to correct aberration throughout the optical system, while Canon's optimised Super Spectra Coatings reduce ghosting and flare for stand-out image quality. Externally, both models also boast a number of design similarities with Canon's professional L-series lenses, with a similar coating on the barrel and a similar design on the focus ring. A distance scale is also included to assist with landscape photography, while the compact design makes these lenses an unobtrusive addition to any kit bag.
1 According to Canon research as of February 2012
2 Waterproof construction around the lens mount, switch panel, zoom ring, focusing ring and zoom lock.
Weatherproof when used with weatherproof EOS bodies.
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