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New Elm Street coffee shop inspired by a bygone eraBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader April 04. 2013 8:08PM
St. Anselm College graduate Alexandra Puglisi makes cappuccino Thursday during the grand opening of her coffee house, Cafe' La Reine on Elm Street in Manchester. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
MANCHESTER - Alexandra Puglisi got some good business advice as she celebrated the grand opening of her European-style coffee shop at 915 Elm St. with a roomful of family, dignitaries and well-wishers on Thursday. "What are you going to do to market this?" former Gov. John Lynch asked as he leaned over the counter for a cup.
He advised her to take advantage of her proximity to large employers like the law firms and banks nearby. "Figure out how to get someone in each business to email friends a menu," he said.
A 23-year-old graduate of St. Anselm College with a business degree, Puglisi clearly appreciated the advice, but was one step ahead of the longest serving governor in New Hampshire history, and a good businessman in his own right. She named her contact at the McLane firm, an attorney she'd met while in college, and said she makes it a point to do her banking at Citizens Bank, across the street.
Lynch stood on one side of Puglisi, with Mayor Ted Gatsas on the other, as she cut the ribbon to formally open Cafe la Reine, a Queen City cafe, to a round of applause and the clicks of cameras.
It was the culmination of an idea that began shortly after the young restaurateur graduated from St. Anselm in 2011. She spent much of her high school and college years working at Cobbetts Pond Pizzeria in Windham, her hometown. There she learned the ropes of the food service industry and last summer decided to go for it.
"I stopped working altogether and focused on my business plan," she said. "I knew if I didn't do it that way, I would never get around to it. If I hadn't done that, I wouldn't be here today."
Puglisi was inspired by a class at St. Anselm titled "Paris and New York in the 1920s and 1930s," a time of inspired conversation in coffee shops and bistros that led to some of the great works of modern literature and art. She hopes to recreate the ambiance recalled in books like "A Moveable Feast," Ernest Hemingway's memoir of his years in Paris as part of the American ex-patriate circle of writers.
"I love the idea of the coffeehouse, and the cafe atmosphere," she said, "all of the things that developed out of that - the books, music, poetry."
After settling on Manchester as the location, she walked up and down Elm Street throughout the summer and fall, looking for just the right spot between Hanover and Bridge streets. She and her Dad visited coffee shops and cafes in Boston, Cambridge, Mass., Somerville, Mass., and traveled to London and Ireland.
She put together a well-received business plan and was able to get a commercial loan, with some help from her grandfather, a successful Massachusetts businessman who co-signed on her behalf.
The long, narrow and intimate space at 915 Elm was exactly what she was looking for, and the landlord was happy to have her as a tenant. By February, the renovations were under way and the equipment on order. A seven-member staff, including Puglisi's two younger sisters, is trained and ready.
The decor is decidedly rustic, with New England artifacts dotting the walls. Old snowshoes, fishing gear and maps gathered at yard sales, flea markets and from the family basement suggest a bygone era.
Coffee from fresh beans is available in all of its forms, including espresso and cappuccino, with a large, red industrial espresso machine dominating the counter. The menu plays on the Queen City theme, with sandwiches named after queens from Cleopatra to Elizabeth, along with fresh baked goods and sweets.
Puglisi has heard from a local musician who'd like to host an open mic night and has had requests for poetry readings. The doors have been open for the past week, attracting about 60 customers a day.
Her business plan calls for 200 a day to make ends meet, and if everyone at Thursday's grand opening tells four friends, she could be well on her way.
One customer she should be able to count on has an office just a few doors down, where he now does business consulting.
"I plan to become a regular," Lynch said.


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Why Digital Museums Need "Walls" Part 3: Transforming the Online MuseumPosted: October 30, 2012 Filed under: Why Digital Museums Need "Walls" 1 Comment
This is the third post in a 3-part series on reimaginging André Malraux's Museum Without Walls and what it means for the future of digital exhibitions.
The first virtual museum was a prototype of online database museum: an image collection with label information accessed through pull down menus or search options. But access is utilitarian rather than aesthetic, informative rather than experiential.
In his book, Malraux mentions the time when paintings were mere decoration and statues were interfaces for divine communication. Art objects did not always have the aesthetic and conceptual impact they have achieved through mere presentation in a museum space. To Malraux, art becomes art when it takes on an added significance through display in an art museum. Pre-historic cave painters did not believe they were creating art. They thought that drawing a buffalo on the cave wall would lend them greater strength in the hunt. These paintings are now revered as beautiful, powerful images rather than tools.
Online museums are currently in this tool-like stage. An equally powerful transformation must occur in the digital space, one that transforms a mere "objective" image of an artwork into an object of meaning and contemplation in itself. We paint our recreations of Picassos and Monets in pixels instead of pigments but the act is essentially the same. We have been putting images of paintings and sculptures online for chiefly utilitarian, not artistic purposes.The online representation of art must become an art in itself.
Art "was always recognized as something different in kind from the world of appearances, for that quest of quality implicit in all works of art inevitably leads it rather to stylize forms than slavishly to copy them." pg 87 — online museums should be stylized museums, not direct copies.
Bear71 embodies this new stage because the found footage has been transformed from documentation to illumination. It has become stylized. It is no longer the thing in itself but a greater thing fraught with symbolic weight.
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So, enough with the whining. Let's get on with something way more fun. How about a giveaway? Onalee sent in this picture of her Fiddlesticks quilt using KT fabrics. Thanks for sharing - it looks great! This is a simple pattern to piece featuring 2 1/2" strips. I've got the pattern and some strips to get you started if you comment here by Sunday 10pm. Let me know your favorite home remedy for colds/flu or to stay well this winter. I'm ready to try anything!
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So, enough with the whining. Let's get on with something way more fun. How about a giveaway? Onalee sent in this picture of her Fiddlesticks quilt using KT fabrics. Thanks for sharing - it looks great! This is a simple pattern to piece featuring 2 1/2" strips. I've got the pattern and some strips to get you started if you comment here by Sunday 10pm. Let me know your favorite home remedy for colds/flu or to stay well this winter. I'm ready to try anything!
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- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Lynne... What a surprise when I got on the site and saw my quilt. Thanks for using it! Just sent you another one I finished this morning, it still needs quilted, but it is my 10 years and counting BOM.ReplyDelete
I have come down with something also... lots of Vit. C, and hot tea with lemon and honey. Also I do a lot with herbs. Two that work great are Echinacea Supreme and the one and only thing I use for sore throat is Pau D'Arco. I use them in a liquid form with a dropper. The Pau D'Arco i drop right down my throat... it makes your throat stop hurting almost immediately! Some are afraid to try these herbs... but these ones are my go to when I feel a cold coming on. Mine started yesterday, this morning I had a sore throat, just a dropper full and that is gone. Cold not gone, but it does keep it from lasting so long. I get these at my local health food store.
Thanks again for using my quilt..
Get feeling better...
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- Debbie TJanuary 24, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Sorry to hear that you weren't feeling well. Last year I had that awful cough that seemed to hang on forever. Someone told me to try honey and lemon and it either worked or the cough just ran its course. Thanks yet again for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I put on an old thermal undershirt that used to belong to my Dad and rub my whole chest down with Vicks. The shirt is almost the only thing I have of Dad's and I just love wearing it when I'm sick-makes me feel wrapped in his love.ReplyDelete
So glad you are feeling better. We always go with the hot lemon with honey. The hotter the better. When the cough is bad--straight honey on a spoon. Along with some of the old remedies such as rubbing Vicks on the bottom of your feet!!! It does work.ReplyDelete
We live in arid Utah so I find that running the humidifier always helps with a speedy recovery.ReplyDelete
Nothing is worse than a sore throat. You don't want to swallow but it seems like that's all you do. I read somewhere to cure a sore throat wrap a wool sock around your neck. I don't know why a sock but keeping your neck warm does makes you feel better.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 1:18 PM
GLAD YOU'RE BETTER!ReplyDelete
Have a really really hot soak in the bath and drink a hot drink at the same time. This is supposed to help heat up the body enough to kill off a stubborn virus. Have your flannel jammies waiting near by to keep you warm when you are done. Feel better soon. This looks like a fast and fun pattern. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Take it easy! I think a glass of damson gin helps too!!ReplyDelete
Hot orange juice/lemon juice with honey..has to be really hot.ReplyDelete
Sleep, hot liquids, more sleep. The humidifier helps with sleep! Love the quilt 'cause I love strips!ReplyDelete
I take vitamin C, hot tea, and put a warm rice bag on my feet. Thanks for the giveaway. Kathie L in AllentownReplyDelete
I'm glad to hear that you are feeling a bit better. Don't you love the "it's just a virus" line? Ugh. I had "just a virus" a few years back. Not fun. After the third day of a fever, I thought I was going to die. Remember to drink lots of water and some toasty chicken noodle soup. I never drink enough and my cough get out of control.ReplyDelete
Bless your heart...a sore throat is the pits! I'm glad you are much better! The quilt you posted is gorgeous!! I just love KT fabrics!ReplyDelete
Here it goes...herbal teas that contain echinacea, ginger, and some honey to sweeten that tea. Airborne, the stuff you can buy at a drugstore or wal-mart or target and let it dissolve in water--take it at the first sign of illness, or when you are going to travel on an airplane, or be around a lot of folks during cold/flu season. Oil of oregano capsules work wonders for the immune system! Also, odorless garlic helps sore throats, and is a natural antibiotic. Hope this helps! God bless you, and thank you for your blog! :)
I love the quilt. I love the simplicity of the pattern.ReplyDelete
Our all time favorite cold remedy is Oil of Oregano. My children don't like the taste, but have come to realize that it works!!! Now they ask for it whenever a sore throat or drippy nose start. I use Oreganol P73. Just 3 or 4 drops in 2 oz of juice and swig it down. And the cold is gone in about 3 days!!
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Glad that you are beginning to feel better. I like tea with lemon and honey when I am not feeling well. I also agree that staying hydrated is important, which can be be difficult when one has a sore throat. Hope you continue to feel better. Love the pattern, thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
What a bummer to be so sick for so long. I'm glad you are feeling better. I don't have any wonderful cures. I just know washing your hands as often as possible can help prevent those pesky germs from getting to you to start with.ReplyDelete
The quilt is gorgeous. Would love to try making it.
Hot tea...a warm wool shawl...fleece jammies...and cozy slipper socks on my feet. And then there are vitamin C tablets to.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you're getting better. I think viruses are getting tougher with the weird weather patterns. Strange winter here this year.
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 3:02 PM
How exciting to have a chance to win the pattern and some fabrics to begin the quilt made by my talented cousin!!! Sorry to hear you are ill. I just avoid hand contact with people, and it seems that Vitamin D (if you are lacking it) helps the immune system. Get plenty of rest and the antibiotics should kick in soon. Thanks -- Lana D.ReplyDelete
I take vitamin C when I feel something coming on. Between that and a Mind over Matter attitude, I hope to ward off the cold/flu. I think it works, sometimes.ReplyDelete
Vitamin C, but not from a pill. I have an orange almost daily and when I start having a sore throat (even a tickle) I start gargling with warm salt water and drink hot tea with honey and lemon. I'm serious about the tea - a few years ago I was scheduled to sing for my nephew's wedding and got laryngitis. About a half gallon of hot tea and lemon and honey in 24 hours shook it so I could sing. Good luck and thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I use Vitamin C crystals, really keeps the lungs clear.ReplyDelete
I have displaced ribs, so I can't get coughing colds, so I do take cillin when I have to.
Another thing I do when I am sick is make spaghetti sauce with hot peppers and red pepper. The red pepper sweetens the sauce and the hot gives it a nice zing, plus everything in it is full of vitamin C.
One thing I do religiously is to wash my hands as soon as I come home from being out in public. I try to stop those germs at the door. I'm a big believer in Zicam when I feel symptoms coming on. It really seems to stop or minimize anything that tries to get a foothold in my respiratory system. Staying hydrated also helps the immune system.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 4:03 PM
I find it essential to go for a walk outside every day to get fresh air and blow the germs away. I work at a University and the students are always sick around me. I also soak in a hot bath every night to relieve stress, followed by a good night's sleep. Of course, quilting on the weekends to restore my sanity too! Thanks for the opportunity to win something beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Welcome to the 'flu' club! I too have been ill with the crud for over a week. My absolute favorite is chicken noodle soup, warm baths and my electric lap robe. Anything that provides comfort! Love the pattern and fabrics.ReplyDelete
That quilt is the fourth quilt made from Kansas Troubles fabric - was down to smaller 2 1/2" pieces. I really like a tea made from boiling a piece of gingeroot (about the size of your thumb) and cut in half lenghtwise, in 4 cups water with 2-3 cinnamon sticks. Refrigerate, then when you need a tea, heat with a tsp of honey. This sooths a cough. Also, I start taking Airborne as soon as I feel like a cold is coming on.ReplyDelete
We've had something going around too. For the first time ever we tried alka seltzer, and it really helped us feel better.ReplyDelete
I love the Fiddlesticks quilt. What a great way to use small strips!
I hope you feel better soon!!
Beautiful quilt.ReplyDelete
I get a flu shot every year and the first sign of a sniffle hot tea with honey. Something few of us ever get, lots of rest.
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 5:02 PM
I am so sorry you have been sick. I have found that lots of liquids...hot or cold...keeps the "junk" more fluid and easier to blow or cough out. A nice warm quilt and flannel jammies make you feel more comfortable. Don't forget your flu shot.ReplyDelete
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I swear by a hot bath in which I've poured rubbing acholol. it'll ease a sore muscle and cool a fever. And don't forget the Vicks Vabor rub!ReplyDelete
How kind of you....you have to go to the doc and we get the "lollipop" **smile** I am like DebrafromMD, I wash my hands religiously and keep my hands away from my face. I haven't had a cold, sniffles or cough in years. Hope you're as good as new SOON. Thanks for the chance to win some of your beautiful fabric. SWarrenReplyDelete
Sorry you have been feeling so yucky. My husband has been coughing since before Christmas. Medicine didn't help so he goes back to the Dr. tomorrow. I like to drink lots of fluids and wash my hands a lot! Thanks for the opportunity to win!ReplyDelete
Oh, the joy of being healthy!! My DH eats an orange every day and has not had the flu for about eight years. Like others, I wash my hands reguarly but with an organic liquid soap, don't use any antibacterial soap. I also try to sip a large glass of filtered water with two teaspoons of organic apple cidar vinegar and squeezed lemon juice in it thoroughout the day, as well as drinking filtered water regularly. Hope your feeling better soon.ReplyDelete
Drink a lot of water, wash hands and drink some Traditional Medicinal Throat Coat Tea. Feel better! Beautiful quilt!ReplyDelete
Onalee's quilt is gorgeous! Sorry you have been sick for so long. Tea with honey and lemon and lots of rest. ;-) We are kinda handwashing freaks here too. One yr DD had a child in her class very allergic to peanuts, they put a sink outside the classroom, and everyone had to wash their hands before going into the classroom~ what a difference it made with colds in her class that year! Healthiest kids in school. LOL So I'm always telling DH and the kids, wash your hands! LOL Hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Sorry to hear that you caught the flu bug. This winter I got a flu shot. Seems to work since I have been around people who have it and I haven't yet!!!!!! Also I too wash my hands as soon as I get home. Quilting also helps you feel better, play with your fabric and you will soon start to feel better!!!!ReplyDelete
Carol L
Sorry to hear you've been sick. As far as health remedies, I've only got one word for you...HONEY.ReplyDelete
Glad to hear that you are beginning to feel better! When I think that I may have a virus, I begin drinking lots of ice cold water or hot peppermint tea. Spraying my nose with Saline solution helps. I'm completely hooked on Black Cherry sugar free cough drops:) Take care! Take naps if you can.ReplyDelete
Hope you are feeling better soon! I get a mug of hot water and add a tablespoon of honey and the juice of half a lemon and sip it, really helps to soothe a sore throat!ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you've been sick but hope you'll soon be back to you old self. My husband swears by Alka Seltzer but I like hot tea and a spoonful of honey to soothe the throat. Also use a lot of hand sanitizer!ReplyDelete
Being sick is so not fun... I hope that you'll be feeling much better very, very soon! My cold remedies are: lots of rest, as much as possible; echinacea and vitamin C-- mega doses; lots of clear liquids and hot chicken soup; Nyquil at night-- helps me sleep; and if I'm achy or feverish-- tylenol (and if I'm really bad, I take Ibuprofen too-- just be sure to eat something with it..)ReplyDelete
Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful prize!! :-)
Sorry to hear you have been feeling poorly...never any fun. Along with the usual, drink lots of liquid, get lots of rest, Vit C and chicken soup my Mom was a big believer in making regular jello and drinking it down while it was a warm liquid. It was easy to 'eat', gave needed calories and settled an uneasy stomach. Hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
my favorite "cure" for the common cold is vix vapor rub (the old fashioned gooey kind) NyQuil, flannel jammies, wool socks and puffs plus tissues...oh and a shot of tequilla! Hope you feel better soon and thanks for a chance to win - laurieReplyDelete
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OOOOO K... here goes. I read this recently - and it sounds a bit painful - but - when you have fever - IF you put ice at your feet and wrap them up at night as you sleep... your body will send the heat down to your feet and you'll wake up fever free. Have not tried this (not sure I would) but - ?ReplyDelete
My favorite best thing I like when I am sick - is - Phenergran and sleep it off with a dog on both sides of me cuddled up close. I ask to keep phenergran (sp?) in my home for midnight emergency's.
When your throat hurts so badly - anything to numb your throat... like popsicles - icy cold numbing sweet ice. If you get real fruit ones - you can be adding vitamin C too.
Hope you are feeling better now.
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I hope you are feeling better. My favourite remedy? Echineacea and also the juice from 1/2 lemon freshly squeezed in a cup of cold water. Seems to work for me.ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you have been sick. I drink lots of green tea when I feel something coming on and lots of water also Echineacea. On a happy note: brought home a charm pack of Sandhill Plums yesterday. YUM!ReplyDelete
Kathy in Michigan
Benadryl, water, and prayer....grin. Feel better.ReplyDelete
Nothing better than honey for a sore throat. I'm not sure if you have 'Vicks Vapor Rub' in the US, if you do rub some on the soles of your feet, cover with socks before you go to bed. Hope you are feeling much betterReplyDelete
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Drink plenty of Kangen water, echinacea, and Vit. C. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Sorry you are down. I was for 2 weeks went to dr. and got meds. Stay in bed and keep warm and use vicks it really helps. Get beter soon.ReplyDelete
Love the pattern and would love to make it.
Sandy S.
Hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
My remedy, lot's of rest, water, cough drops and medicine (if appropriate).
Hope you feel better soon, sorry, I don't have any home remedies, unless it is rest, rest, rest.ReplyDelete
Hot lemonade is a suggestion that was made for me and my sorethroats by my grandma. I found out later that she would have hot brandy so maybe that is another suggestion I should make! Get better soon!ReplyDelete
So sorry to hear you have been sick. A sore throat is just the worst! I like to suck on hard candy, peppermint or butterscotch, when I have a sore throat. The extra moisture just makes my throat feel better. Plus aspirin, lots of fluids and rest. Hope you are all better soon! Thanks for a chance to win. That looks like a great quilt for my grandson's high school graduation gift. It is very masculine looking, he is headed to Army boot camp right after he is out of school. I think it would work great! ! !ReplyDelete
Take extra C and stay home.ReplyDelete
Ooo, I like that--thanks for the giveaway! So sorry you've been feeling so crappy but hopefully those meds'll kick in with a vengeance. No home remedies for me--I run to the doc as soon as I get sick for drugs! LOL I'm a weanie.ReplyDelete
My favorite is chicken soup with a hefty dose of cayanne pepper to clear the nasal passages! Works like a charm. Home made is best but I have used canned and added the cayanne pepper.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Fiddlesticks looks like a fun pattern. Thank you for the opportunity to win. My favorite cold remedy is hot and sour soup from the nearest chinese restuarant. Warms me up and clears out congestion like cayanne pepper does. Hope you're feeling 100% soon. andrea in calif. lucases(at)hotmail(dot)com.ReplyDelete
Wow Lynne, I am so sorry to read that you have felt yucky sick. It seems I am either super healthy or really sick, not much in between. Over the years I have narrowed down what works for me...when I feel as if I may be getting sick I start with two echinacea herbal supplements (too harsh on an empty stomach, eat prior to taking) and one supplement every 12 hours for 2 or 3 days; drink more water than you care to and keep warm. If my throat hurts, the old rememdy of salt in warm water to gargle (sp?) with as often as I can...I haven't found anything that works better. If you don't have echinacea, zinc tablets can be substituted but I never take more than 1 every 12 hours, never longer than 2 days. Hope you find what works for you to keep those yucky colds away.ReplyDelete
Lynne - get well soon. It seems when we are as busy as we are - the sickness goes on forever! I drink plenty of water and orange juice and gator aid. More than I want. "they" say we are dehydrated and that we need more fluids which is why we feel achy. And I allow myself to sleep and rest.ReplyDelete
Is it February yet? I'm waiting for the Sugar Hill Plums! lol! Beautiful quilt in the picture and it looks like it's a quick stitch too! Glad you are feeling better.... when I am that sick it is sleep, hot liquids, sleep, sleep and more hot liquids... soup , tea, and more soup... and some more sleep... lol!ReplyDelete
Hope you feel better soon. My suggestions for staying well is to always get a flu shot each year, and always use the hand sanitizer cloths they have at the door of the grocery store/WalMart to wipe down the cart before touching it. And my tip for controlling a cough is chewing gum - Wrigley's 5 Cobalt works really well for me. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry you are ill, and this won't prevent the cold/flu, but it will make your throat feel better! I like to drink *green tea with honey and lemon in it. It is very soothing and I have read that the green tea is also good at clearing the sinuses too. Feel Better, LyndaReplyDelete
*FAVORITE green tea? Tazo brand "Zen" (green tea,lemon verbena, spearmint, and lemongrass)
Love the quilt! I just found a box of KT leftovers (I always purchase at least 1/2 yard more than the pattern requires) and decided to use them for my first BOM project. My 8y/o twins have had a nasty cold and when I made chicken soup, the youngest said, "OH! I LOVE this kind! (Lots of carrots & clear broth). Hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
Oh, so sorry you are not feeling so hot but on the mend.ReplyDelete
I love grapefruit and I find if I eat 1/2 a grapefruit a day I stay well. I find eating an orange will do it too. Lots of vitamin C.
I wash my hands a lot in the winter too.
Get well soon.
Oh boy, sorry you are stuck with this bug. I think our warmer conditions this winter are lending to all of these bugs floating around. Just make sure you get enough rest and I have found that "Musinex" helps to clear up some of that excess crud we cough up. Love the quilt and everything looks so great in KT fabrics.ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon. I drink a lot of water to try and flush out the cold.ReplyDelete
Feel better soon! I cannot live without my Neti pot. Get lots of rest...that seems to work the best for me!ReplyDelete
When I am sick like that, I sometimes am able to convince my husband to make his cure-all soup for me. It's great when you're congested or if you're suffering from an upset stomach. Saute finely chopped onion in just a little bit of butter until translucent. Add a can of chicken broth (we use Swanson). Serve hot and enjoy. Simple yet I think it's effective. Of course, part of it might be the fact that I'm being waited on LOL!ReplyDelete
Hot tea with honey and lots of rest! Get well woon!ReplyDelete
Bless your heart. About this time last year, I suffered through a nasty viral illness that sounds similar to your experience. I try not to touch my face, my glasses, and especially my eyes whenever I am out and about, hoping that I won't infect myself. However, I knew the exact moment I infected myself in this particular instance. My son had been ill. I accidentally picked up his water glass and took a sip. I hoped I hadn't caught his bug, but a few days later, I succumbed. Had the sore, raw throat, and the cough seemed to hang on forever! I think my constant coughing spread germs to my two parrots, and they ended up at the vet for treatment. The birds recovered after receiving antibiotics. What a costly epidemic that turned out to be (in our home, anyway)!ReplyDelete
Take care. Hope you spring back quickly.
Home made cough syrup was one of my mother's...fresh squeezed lemon, honey and some gin. It worked.ReplyDelete
Onalee's quilt is "WOW"!
CathyC in Alberta
Sounds like tea & honey have the overwhelming vote but if you hit it with a little bit of Brandy you sleep really well. Of course having a cat curl up at your feet to keep you warm & cozy is always a good feeling. Wonderful quilt! Thanks for all your generosity.ReplyDelete
So sorry you "caught" the bug. It has sure been making it's way around Kansas. My husband and I had it in November. All we could do was rest (sinning at a recline), take Mucinix, and drink tea. Hope you are soon much better.Replies
Meant that to say SITTING in a chair, but it is kind funny.Delete
Warm drinks, I like hot chocolate or cider but lots of liquid, more than you think you need. And a good antibiotic! I hope you feel better soon. Darn, its miserable to feel miserable. So Sorry.ReplyDelete
Drink a "ton" of water and rest. I hope you are feeling better. It is just miserable to be sick. I have no patience for it at all.ReplyDelete
Best Wishes,
I had what you have...only longer. You MUST have homemade chicken soup. If you cannot cook an organic whole chicken for broth, use two breasts. Cook until meat is ready to fall off. Strain. Put in fridge for fat to collect to top. Discard fat. In the broth put cut up celery hearts, small chopped onion, organic carrots, chopped.Put one container of Pacific organic chicken broth. Add fresh organic parsley. In separate pot, cook pasta. I prefer homemade pasta but it is hard to find in the store. Put that into your soup along with the shredded pieces of chicken. I would make this for you if I could. Please try this...it is my life saver and has been for 40 years...Love, Mary
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Hot tea with honey!ReplyDelete
Conny from Red Deer, Alberta
Take lots of vitamin C. My daughter takes EmergenC every day in the winter. (she's at college with lots of kids. i.e. germs) Hope you get to feeling better soon!ReplyDelete
Love the quilt!
An old remedie is a warm wet handkerchief covered with a scarf before you go to bed...ReplyDelete
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My favorite remedy would be a brandy hot toddie. It may not make it go away but you'll feel better!ReplyDelete
So sorry you have been feeling under the weather! My favorite treatment for a bad cold/sore throat is to chow down on really hot (think jalapenos), freshly made salsa. For me, it seems to burn a sore throat out very quickly. I also load up on lots of vitamin C.ReplyDelete
The quilt is lovely!
My all-time favorite cold/flu remedy was a hot toddy made for me by British nun. I was in college, traveling in the UK, and had picked up Something Nasty. Coughed so much I didn't have a voice any more. Coughed so much, I wasn't able to sleep. The sister brought me this wonderful hot drink that soothed my throat and then knocked me out. The uninterrupted sleep meant I was miles better the next day! I think it was brandy+honey+hot water, but I regret to say I didn't ask when I thanked her.ReplyDelete
Feel better!
Sorry to hear you have been sick! I find that hot peppermint tea helps me when I have a sore throat. Or throat coat tea.ReplyDelete
I love that Fiddliesticks quilt--it looks fast, easy and beautiful in those fabrics. I'd love to win this giveaway!
Sorry to hear you've been sick! My favorite thing when I am sick is hot peppermint tea or throat coat tea. I hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
I love that Fiddlesticks quilt! It looks so quick, easy and beautiful!
Thanks for offering the giveaway!
- Helen SmithJanuary 25, 2012 at 11:31 AM
So sorry to hear that you have been sick. My best remedy is hot tea and honey and LOTS of rest! Love the quilt, would love to win the pattern and strips.ReplyDelete
Viruses run their course. That said the best remedy I do is wash evey door knob and handle you contact. The bathroom, stove & fridge. Be sure to clean your computer key board just no soap and water as the two don't mix! The reason, while your body is trying to fight you are an easy target for more germs and can transfer to others easily. Handles are one of the best storehouses. Hot water and soap work best. Find a warm corner and heal quickly.ReplyDelete
I've become a believer in Zicam. I started with a sore throat a couple of months ago and started the Zicam right away for the next 48 hours. Oh, I did get the cold, but it really only lasted 4-5 days instead of the 10+ and didn't settle in my lungs like it normally does.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great giveaway! Pain reliever, hot tea and rest help when I get sick. I hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
Hi Lynne, good to know you are slowly "on the mend" We usually take a couple of aspirin, and have hot lemon and honey drinks, doesn't hurt to take some Vitamin C pills as well. :)ReplyDelete
I love that pattern using the strips, it looks great. Sandy. :)
I can't take a lot of cold medications due to other medications - my go to soother is Tang, but made with hot water instead of cold. It is citrusy and helps soothe my throat and open up my sinuses. Knock on wood- I have not needed it yet this season. Hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
Ginger tea with a spoon of honey drink it when hot or warm. I hope this will help. Thanks :)ReplyDelete
Tea, hot chicken soup, OJ, lots of blankets and a dog or cat or two.ReplyDelete
The best remedy is to SURRENDER and go to bed!If not better in a few days, go to the doctor. Hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Hot green tea, homemade chicken noodle soup seems to work pretty good along with rest that most women like me don't want to give into.ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you've been under the weather. Lots of bed rest and chicken noodle soup is my remedy. And I always practice avid hand washing to help avoid getting sick in the first place. Hope you're feeling better soon!ReplyDelete
I have no remedy just alot of sympathy.My husband just went through it coughed for 2 1/2 weeks and he is recovering from open heart surgery (dec7) at the same time.Very painful to cough.Hope you are better soon.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:48 PM
I just read the remedies. I try Robitussin, hot tea and honey, drink a lot of water/liquids, and get plenty of sleep. A nice stack of patterns to read, or quilt magazines, a little hand work---always a thought to try and keep my mind off of being sick. A warm quilt or two to cover with. Hope you feel better. I just love this quilt. I love your fabric! Take care.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Hi LynneReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you are down and out. Sounds like your're going to make a speedy recovery with those meds. I make some good homemade chicken noodle soup. With the homemade noodles and frozen vegetables(from the garden). Along with alot of water and rest. Something my grandma told me to do. I gotta hand it to her, it works for me and my family. Beautiful quilt. Great job Onalee. I will have to add that pattern to my library. Looks like there will be some strippin going on. Fabric that is!!!! Love your fabric. Take care and get well. In Stitches Diane
Hope you are feeling even better this evening. I'm very lucky as I don't get sick. I can't remember when the last time was that I had a cold or flu. (I'm knocking on wood.) I try not to say that too much as I'm afraid one of these times I'm going to get with something terrible. I attribute my "healthiness" to eating a yogurt every morning for breakfast. It seems that ever since I started doing this I haven't been sick. I would drink alot and get extra rest if I was sick as that's what my mom always said would help make you feel better. Love the quilt. Take care of yourself.ReplyDelete
Don't you hate that when they make you wait, and suffer, before they give you anything? Glad you are on the mend. Love the Fiddlesticks. I'm just finishing up a Schnibbles with some of my KT stash.ReplyDelete
Glad you are feeling better! I try very hard not to catch anything so I keep up with flu and pneumonia shots, wash my hands whenever I go out ( carry little bottle of hand sanatizer )and in the winter try to avoid crowded places. If I start not feeling well, I drink lots and lots of fluids and sleep alot under my comforter and quilts, better if my kitty snuggles with me :) Just have to remember your body is struggling to get better so just rest no matter what you think you have to do.ReplyDelete
the quilt and the fabric are just beautiful!! thanks for the chance to win.
hhmmmm...A nice hot cup of tea and a cozy quilt combined with nowhere to go are the best remedies in my book! They almost make it worth being sick. :) Feel better soon!ReplyDelete
What a great giveaway! Nothing makes me feel better than knowing there is nowhere I have to be...an emptied schedule and a warm quilt and some lemon tea and I am nearly happy to be sick. :P feel better soon!ReplyDelete
I hope you are feeling better. In our house the best remedy is definitely chicken soup. I always make extra and keep a container or two in the freezer. When I am sick, all I have to do is defrost and heat.ReplyDelete
So sorry to hear you were under the weather. I usually have at the very least, turkey broth in the freezer (made from the Thanksgiving "remains"). It makes great soup. I think the remedy has something to do with the steam as you eat it as hot as you can stand it. I am also a believer in giving in, going to bed under a wonderful quilt and not worrying about what needs to get done. Glad you are on the mend and thanks for another great give away.ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilt! The best home remedy is rest--and plenty of it---to get through a cold/flu. Homemade chicken noodle soup never hurts either. Hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
sorry to hear your not feeling well, I snuggle under a blanket with lots to drink from juice,to broth, and a good book. Lots of rest. Hope your feeling much better & thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I use hand sanitizer and wash my hand so much in the winter I have to use lots of hand lotion. I have not been sick in a few years (Hope I didn't stick my foot in my mouth). My family been doing too and we have been healthy.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Karin E :)
So sorry to hear you have been sick, I pray you will be much better!! You may not believe this, if you are all stuffy with nasal congestion, maybe a bit of scratchy throat, if you will rub some Vicks Vapo-rub all on your neck around your tonsil area, and even put a dab of it into your nose before you go to bed at night, when you wake in the morning you will feel all better!!ReplyDelete
Drink plenty of fluids, and snuggling up under your favorite quilt helps too!
Being sick is such a waste of our time. I hope you are up and feeling much better. When I start to feel a sore throat or cough come on I really overload on vitamin C both a supplement and oj. And then I work really hard at talking myself out of being sick...sort of mind over matter. It works some of the time. Your pattern and, of course, the fabric both working together to make a really great looking quilt. Love the chance to win...maybe 2012 will be my lucky year. Thanks!!!!!ReplyDelete
I've been there too - I use Vicks as well as strong cough drops, peppermint, hot green tea/lemon/honey, GatorAde, a hot rice bag for the achy parts, and lots of rest.ReplyDelete
Meanwhile, I like that quilt and appreciate inclusion in the drawing for the giveaway.
I use Vicks also on your chest and throat. My husband hates the smell, but I think it helps. I am also a believer in the NeilMed Sinus Rinse. Start using it at the first sign of a sinus problem.ReplyDelete
Onalee did a beautiful job on the quilt. Please include me in the drawing and thanks for the chance to win.
My favorite remedy is home made chicken soup. I also take vitamin c and zinc. I really think the combination helps.ReplyDelete
Get feeling well soon.:)
Advil cold and sinus seem to work well for me and dont make me feel yuckier than i already do, get some extra rest if you can love the fiddle sticks quilt she did a great jobReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you are sick. I haven't gotten a flu for years and am grateful for that. I did have a short cold recently that hubby gave me :P I had just made a mixed fruit salad with grapefruit, oranges and pomegranate seeds and kept a bowl in the fridge...ate it up in three days and when I finally started his cold, it wasn't nearly as bad or long in duration...I say get some vitamin C!!!!ReplyDelete
- Debbie (email@example.com)January 27, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Sorry you're feeling bad, hopefully better by now. Warm liquids and quilts are the best remedies, plus it helps to have someone around to take care of you! Relax your body and mind, people feel better when they let everything go. That quilt is beautiful and love the fabrics, of course, they're my faves.ReplyDelete
My Italian neighbour gave me a bottle of home made grappa. No germ will survive1ReplyDelete
Hope good health returns soon.
- AnonymousJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:05 PM
I drink GatorAde and eat chicken noodle soup. Advil cold and sinus really helps too. Hope you are feeling much better by now.ReplyDelete
At the first sign of a cold or flu, I start drinking baking soda and water, 1/2 tsp per mug I believe. I drink it every couple of hours to start and then less as I feel better. Room temp water tastes the best to me and I just chug it all down so I only have to taste it once. The purpose is to balance your body's PH and make it more alkaline, which is an environment in which viruses cannot survive. I originally got the tip from an old Edgar Cayce book. Generally works pretty well for me.ReplyDelete
Lovely quilt. Hope you are feeling better now. Kay JayReplyDelete
I drink ginger tea. Fresh ginger is good for the immune system, so throw some in a stir fry too. I like zinc lozenges for a sore throat.ReplyDelete
Lots of tender loving care from your family is a goodReplyDelete
cure for the cold or flu. Hope you are feeling better
Lots of great remedies to try! I had the same creepin crud and it continues to hang on but not like the first few days. I've found my humidifier to be a god-send and anything "mentholated." Just try to keep "rested" so we don't run ourselves down and get it all over again!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 6:51 PM
This my first time to your blog. I love the fabrics.ReplyDelete
As my mom always says drink lots of water.
Oh, and keep your doors locked. :)
Glad you're feeling better. I've started taking vitamin D, so far so good, and hopefully will stay that way. I love making quilts with the 2 1/2" strips - they go together so quickly! Thank you for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
For a sore throat, gargle with hot water. And drink lots of clear liquids. Love that Fiddlesticks quilt.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 10:49 PM
Sorry to hear you been sick! For sore throat gargle with salt in warm water and drink a lot of water. I love the quilt and could see myself putting one together. Would love to win! Thanks for your wonderful fabrics and sharing with us!! I appreciate it!! Patty D from Crystal City, MO.ReplyDelete
My mohter always made me drink hot tea. To this day I consider tea to be "medicine". But, my Mammaw started every day with a pot of tea and lived to be 89.ReplyDelete
When I got the crud last month nothing was working. I resorted to hot tea, lemon and honey - heavy on the lemon. If my cough got too bad I switched the tea to bourbon but kept the honey and lemon and as hot as I could stand it. It did help a lot.
Lots of fluids. Chicken soup really does have some healing properties. Good luck and thanks for the chance to win.
Just checking in to see if you are feeling better. I am looking forward to your updated web.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:03 AM
hanging my head over a boiling pot of lemon water with a towel over my head. rest, rest, rest....jmhReplyDelete
Lynne, OK, here's the "cure" from an old office nurse of many years...first off, take a good hot shower, that will clear everything, then, have a pair of buttered (real, not not not margarine) toasts, and a small cup of V8, then finish it off with some good hot Red Rose tea...the shower alone will make you feel human again, and the liquids and vitamins in the juices and tea will spruce you up, the buttered toast will activate all the energy..take care, do not even think of housework...Feel better, take those meds...Best, JeanneReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Wash your hands often. Think of the grocery cart at the store, the door to the public restroom, and the list goes on. Don't touch your face or put your fingers to your mouth. There are so many things you can touch where you will pick up other people's germs. Hope you are feeling better. CherylReplyDelete


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Leyland ready to see what Rondon can do
By Jason Beck /01/23/2013 9:01 PM ET
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Seven years have passed since Jim Leyland came home for the first time as Tigers manager. He knows the reception he'll get when he comes back for the Tigers Winter Caravan. It's not going to be about a homecoming as much as how they can bring a title home.
He also knows the question he's going to face -- here and maybe everywhere else. The closer is the question that starts it all.
Leyland came ready.
"I'm excited about the [Bruce] Rondon situation," Leyland said Wednesday night at Fifth Third Field before the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens Fandemonium event. "That's obviously going to be a big topic. Let's face it. But in talking with [team president/general manager] Dave [Dombrowski] yesterday, everybody would like to be in a situation where you had a veteran closer who's been through the wars in the ninth inning. A lot of people disagree with that. I see on the computer once in a while, people say, 'Oh, that's not that big of a big deal.' But it is. And if you look at all the good teams, most of them all had good closers. Look at all the teams that won, they had closers.
"It's just going to be exciting. We'll just have to wait and see. But we're a real good team, there's no question about that."
To have the closer as the most serious question left isn't the worst sign for a team heading into Spring Training. For a contending team, though, it's a serious question, and Leyland sounded Wednesday like someone making it his priority to figure out what he has in Rondon.
He knows Rondon's triple-digit fastball, and he knows Rondon's strikeout stuff. The physical strengths, he knows. The mental side, how Rondon handles the pressure of closing, is Leyland's question.
It's the biggest question Leyland has faced at closer since 2009, when Fernando Rodney ended up beating out Brandon Lyon for the job after Lyon had a four-homer outing near the end of camp. However, Leyland has never gone into Spring Training with the Tigers with a closer having so much to prove and so little of a track record.
This situation harkens back to Leyland's previous stops as a manager. He learned from those.
"I learned that the most important part of being a good closer," Leyland said, "is the ability to turn the page. [Jose] Valverde didn't blow many, but when he did, he was able to turn the page, right there until the end, I think. ... I think that's the biggest thing. [If] you blow one, you need to be able to forget about it. Some of them can't do that for a while. Other guys are just calloused and they can do it right from the get-go. I'll just have to wait and see. I don't know much about this kid."
He plans on spending much of camp trying to figure him out.
"I've got a lot of patience," Leyland said. "We'll see how he looks. The one thing about Spring Training is I'm going to spend a lot of time with him. And I'm going to get a feel for what he's like -- in other words, if I think he's calloused enough to do this. Is he going to be able to turn the page if he blows one early in the season? Those are things you just don't know until they happen."
Leyland hopes to be able to ease Rondon into the role, and he isn't ruling out using someone else alongside him. In some ways, he set up the possibility of a bullpen by committee if he has to ease Rondon along.
"Hopefully he'll save a couple, and if he looks real good, save another one," Leyland said, "and if he looks a little fragile, maybe use someone else for a day and maybe break him in. It's tough to do that with a closer, but I think you just use common sense and play it by ear."
The Tigers have two days of stops in metro Detroit and across the state before thousands of fans brave the winter chill and hit Comerica Park for TigerFest on Saturday. Leyland expects to get the question several more times.
The answer should be the same. He can't know what to expect once camp rolls along. In Rondon's case, the one sure thing is what the radar gun will say.
"I don't know if he's going to throw it in the ocean," Leyland said, "but he's going to throw hard."


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In doing a live television show, there's no delay or filter to edit out the gaffes, which can make for exciting tv experience. It can also make for some pretty embarrassing moments. Lucky is this personality who recently experienced a wardrobe malfunction while in the middle of a serious discussion on a tv program -- the show was pre-taped.
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Wildcats second despite playing against larger schools, now 13-2 on the season heading into SSL showdown with Bakersfield Christian
The Taft High varsity boys' tennis team finished second in Division II of the Lynch Cup tournament and the JV team won its bracket in the West Spring Classic Friday and Saturday.
On Thursday, the varsity and JV teams both shut out Shafter 9-0.
Varsity players Oscar Martinez and Pastor Magana, playing No. 3 doubles, went undefeated in the tournament. The No. 1 doubles team of Matua Iakopo and Brayan Herrera were 3-1. Taft, the only Division IV playing so high in the tournament, beat DII East, 4-2, and DI Frontier 4-2, before falling to undefeated DI Centennial, 4-2. Taft finished with a close 3-3, 8-8 sets, 56-49 games win over DII Tehachapi.
Taft won DII of the Lynch Cup last year but ran into a Centennial team loaded with seniors, coach Jim Carnal said. Still the matches against larger schools left the Wildcats with a 13-2 overall record and helped the Wildcats as they strive for the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Section playoffs. The tournament standings left Taft as the No. 6 school in Kern County behind only Division I schools Stockdale, Liberty, Garces and Centennial and DIII Bakersfield Christian.
Taft's JV team beat Independence, 6-0, on Friday and host West, 5-1, and Ridgeview, 5-1, on Saturday. The tournament had one other bracket. Liberty, Frontier and South played at host Foothill.
Taft's varsity team travels to Wasco on Tuesday. Taft, 5-0 in the South Sequoia League, will host 5-0 Bakersfield Christian in a showdown for league supremacy on Thursday.


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Lansing boys' basketball reaching new heights — Lions make state finals for first time in 63 years
Lansing boys' basketball coach Rod Briggs wanted a timeout — badly.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel wasn't going going down easy, having scored eight-straight points, and a once healthy Lions' lead head been cut to 49-42 late in the third quarter Friday.
Last year, Kapaun put together a similar rally and carried the momentum throughout the rest of the 2012 state semifinal. The Crusader surge eventually wore down that Lansing squad to the tune of a 72-49 defeat.
But last season, Lansing wasn't nearly as experienced as it was this time around. They also didn't have Roy Clayter, either.
Clayter came out of the timeout and took the game over, using his size and athleticism to get close-range shots, or more often, a foul. When he was double teamed, the senior transfer kicked it out to the perimeter for a wide-open 3-pointer.
The forward's tour de force stemmed Kapaun's momentum and carried the Lions to a 71-56 win. More importantly, it also catapulted the Lions into tonight's state final against undefeated Shawnee Mission South.
"We've been working at this for several years," Briggs said. "We've got some guys who will be playing in their ninth state tournament game tomorrow. It has been a process."
For the first time since 1950, Lansing will compete for a state crown when the team faces the No. 1 seeded Raiders, 24-0, at 6:15 p.m. inside the Topeka Expocentre. If the 22-1 Lions can pull off the upset, it will be the first state boys' basketball title in school history.
All that nearly melted away, though, in the third quarter. That is when Clayter went into beast mode, however, at a time when the Lions had become uncharacteristically complacent in their offensive execution.
"We were settling for some outside shots," Briggs said. "No team has shot well from outside in this tournament, so we needed to get closer shots."
Lansing got the memo. Clayter quickly got to the line on two straight possessions. The Lions took his cue, with paint-makes by Joe Schneider and Donte Gibson at the start of the fourth quarter.
By the time Clayter shook the shot clock with a one-handed jam on a fast break, Kapaun's run was long in the rear view.
"Coaches tell us to take advantage of mismatches, and I had a smaller guy guarding me, so I took advantage and got to the line," Clayter said.
Behind Clayter's 21 points and 11 rebounds, Khalil Bailey had 16 points and Joe Schneider had 14.
"Roy Clayter is among the most talented players I've coached, especially from an athleticism standpoint," Briggs said. "He has taken it to another level this tournament."
Early on, Lansing worked their way out to a 17-11 advantage by the end of the first quarter. The Lions' half-court pressure forced Kapaun to labor through possessions. By the second quarter, the defense started forcing turnovers.
The turnover discrepancy was 9-2 at halftime. By the end of the game, it was 14-4.
But when it looked like the Crusaders might buckle early in the third, the opposite happened, and they started narrowing the gap.
Briggs called the timeout, and this time around, the rest of the night belonged to the Lions.
Now, it's on to the undefeated Raiders.
Shawnee Mission South breezed through the first two rounds of the state competition. First, the top seed took down Salina South (9-12) 82-38.
Then the squad took out Mill Valley 70-57 in the semis to earn its spot in the finals.
For obvious reason, Briggs called the Lions an underdog. But that means little to the ball coach and his players.
"They're undefeated and we've got one loss," he said. "But this isn't a series. All we have to do is beat them once."
For up-to-the-minute results from today's final, follow Twitter.com/LVTSportsGuy.
State Tournament Notebook — Friday Edition
* Thirty-six members of the Lansing High School band made the trip to Topeka Friday to support the basketball team.
For senior member J.T. Hager, this was his third trip to the state tournament.
"I think it's a great experience for the band to go to state," Hager said. "I think the basketball team appreciates the support we give them."
* Over 100 Lansing students packed into four pep buses and made the hour-long trek to support their fellow Lions.
The fans also made fatheads ― giant cardboard face signs ― of the whole basketball team including head coach Rod Briggs.
"We have great fans," Lansing athletic director Gary Mattingly said. "It's nice to see them come out and support their school."
* Last, but certainly not least, the Lansing cheerleading squad descended on Topeka to cheer on the boys.
"I have been to state three years," senior caption Megan Goebel said. "I'm ready to see them win."
* The Class 5A state basketball tournament attracted media from all over the state as well.
Numerous radio and television outlets were there to cover the action, including Kansas City's MetroSports, Topeka's WWIBW radio and Wichita's CBS affiliate in Wichita KWCH 12.
* Friday's starting lineup for the Lions included guards Lucas Mein, Dontae Gibson and Joe Schneider plus forwards Clay Young and Roy Clayter.
Lansing donned its white tops and shorts with red trim for the contest.
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DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — I was spending a few days in the Colorado woods when I voluntarily logged off the digital landscape. No laptop. No TV. No radio. No phone. Not so much as a wristwatch. For someone like me, who, like so many others, finds his every waking hour filled with emails, text alerts and old-fashioned phone calls, it was an alien but placid world.
Then, late Tuesday, I re-occupied the grid after booting up my iPhone and got an awful surprise: Robin Williams had been found dead on Monday.
Today we live not so much in an information age as in total submersion, like citizens of Info-Atlantis. To shut our eyes and ears to information intake is to retreat into an alternate, now-unnatural state, for which we are liable to pay a price.
For me to get the news of Williams' death more than a day after everyone else served to compound the shock I joined them in with lots of other feelings of my own. Like my sense of negligence at being out of reach. Like my remorse at having dealt myself out of this communal experience.
I was absent as the world was united in grief over the loss of an entertainment giant. No one likes to be blindsided, much less being the last one blindsided.
Granted, some of what I'm feeling is specific to my job. I'm part of the media machine. To be out of touch, however fleetingly, leaves me disoriented.
But today nearly everyone is part of the media machine. Everyone who tweets or has a Facebook page or uploads a video to YouTube. Everyone who blogs or posts a comment to a blog. We all are part of this ecology, both feeding into it and feeding on it.
So we are all complicit in the way that tragedies and other bombshells come at us so quickly and, at times, so overwhelmingly. And we understand the brevity of each story's life span, as it gives way to the next story. Dare to step away too long and you're liable to miss one of them.
By Williams' sad passing, I have been reminded yet again of what we all know, or should, about our obligations in the modern world: We log off at our peril.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier. Past stories are available at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/frazier-moore


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ROCKFORD - Thomas Kopelman is now Rockford Lutheran's scoring leader.
He finished with 22 points, setting the record against Rock Falls in the Crusaders' 82-51 win Friday in the Big Northern West Conference.
Kopelman needed 11 points to surpass Eric Clark's 1,865; he had 12 by halftime, with the Crusaders leading 41-12.
"It's been a real blessing to be able to do this," he said. "I've been blessed with great teammates and coaches. They all helped me to achieve this goal."
Nate Wieting had 10 points for Lutheran.
Christian Life 66, Keith 23: The Eagles led 36-10 at halftime en route to the win. Brady Pond scored 20 for Christian Life.
East 69, Guilford 58: Tony Evans Jr. had 20 points to lead East, which led 55-36 after three periods. Guilford's Sedrick Jones Jr. had 20 points.
Harlem 73, Belvidere North 63: Alex Karbarz finished with a game-high 27 points for Harlem in the 10-point win. Jake Howe had 14 points for North.
Boylan 73, Freeport 58: Boylan's Brock Stull had 24 points and John Parris added 23 in the win. Giovanni Offard had 14 points for Freeport.
Auburn 78, Jefferson 48: The Knights outscored the J-Hawks 48-22 in the second half. Laytwan Porter scored 24 points and Antione Reed had 15 for Auburn.
After a bit of a struggle in the first quarter, Boylan (16-4, 8-2) was able to pull away from Freeport (6-14, 5-6) in a 56-30 victory that pushed the Titans' win streak to 12 games.
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Belvidere North 54, Harlem 34: Keri Dodson scored 22 points for North in the team's 20-point win. McKaela Schmelzer had 15 points for Harlem.
Hononegah 75, Belvidere 51: Hononegah outscored Belvidere 25-13 in the third period to pull away from the Bucs. Haley Kershner had 17 points and Karley Kolberg had 15 for Hononegah. Cynthia Santiago had 21 points for the Bucs.
Guilford 59, East 37: Guilford's Shamara Glover went 22-of-29 from the free-throw line and finished with 29 points. Coriesha Bailey had 17 points for East, which trailed 27-3 at halftime.
Auburn 81, Jefferson 36: Natashalee Adames had 18 points to lead the Knights, who had 12 players score in the game. Courtney Moss had 17 points for Jefferson.
Pearl City 38, River Ridge/Scales Mound 36: Greta Heimerdinger scored six of her 10 points in the fourth period to help lead Pearl City. Kayla Downs had 12 points for Pearl City, which trailed 20-11 at halftime.
Dakota 46, Pecatonica 22: Kristi Ebbers scored 13 and Kendalyn Rockey had 10 points to lead Dakota.
Galena 55, Warren 40: Allison Kubat scored a game-high 24 points in the loss for Warren, which fell behind 28-16 at half.
Freeport Aquin 52, Lena-Winslow 20: Katie Stykel scored 12 points and Haley Chang added 11 for Bulldogs. Kenzie Temperly had six points to lead the Panthers.
Stockton 56, West Carroll 26: Kara Wright went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line and finished with 17 points for Stockton. Abby Maike had 11 points for West Carroll, which trailed 20-4 after first period.


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I have worked as an exploration/field geologist, museum staff, kayak instructor, gardener, remediation geologist, community pollution prevention specialist, grant program manager.
I came to ITP to explore how technology could be used to unify communities around potentially divisive environmental issues. Community members may be better able to agree on difficult decisions regarding ambiguous and confusing environmental problems when they realize similarities in their appreciation of a resource and the customs, traditions and economies that depend on it. As a digital immigrant, I am also intrigued by the technological paradox for children: the adverse impacts of pervasive technology on their health and well-being and the importance of technology in providing them with appropriate skills and social connectivity in the 21st Century. Technology --- from the Internet to wired toys, hand-held devices, public kiosks and exhibits --- can help reveal shared values and new paradigms when used as interactive social interfaces and outlets for creative expression.
Some issues I'd like to explore through this lens include the growing disconnect between children and nature outlined in Richard Louv's book, The Last Child in the Woods; challenges posed by federal regulations related to non-point source water quality (residential, commercial and industrial stormwater runoff, agricultural runoff and construction runoff); and impacts associated with mountain top removal coal mining along the Appalachians.


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I've been holding off posting because I've been kinda busy lately. My boat has been assigned a new run that transits the coast from New York to Fort Lauderdale, then to Baltimore via Chesapeake Bay and back to New York. The trip is just over twenty-one hundred sea miles and covers offshore and inland routes. The one thing that was surprising was how easy it became getting used to the absence of internet and phone contact. It's not so great that I can't speak to the Missus everyday (something I've really gotten used to) but it's not too awful bad being away from civilization for a bit of time. We have a couple of communication blackouts on the way that last from one to two days at a time. The watch is busy and the time goes by.
It's really a beautiful trip even though the weather can make things a bit interesting. In my career I have been working the New York Harbor and New England ports as far north as Bucksport Maine and south to Norfolk Virginia, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay and River. Lots of nice little runs that were just long enough. In the last three months I've been past Cape Hatteras 7 times. The last few months have been interesting in another way, I'm getting a taste of what my deep sea brethren experience, but on a much smaller scale.
We're seeing how very alive the ocean is and have had quite a few "escorts" along the way. We're seeing the US military conducting practice runs using all kinds of equipment and have been treated to a couple of high speed "fly-bys" courtesy of the US Navy.
We've been getting a taste of the Florida sun while the Northeast is still being gripped by the last gasps of winter. Of course there wasn't really all that much basking going on to speak of, we're under 200 gross tons and that means 6 hour watches are the rule. Work the watch, catch some sleep, work the watch again, every day. At the end of two weeks we're ready to head for home. The round trip without delays amounts to about eleven days or so, delays can add a certain tension as crew change approaches.
We've been fortunate that the schedule hasn't been upended all that much, but it evens out eventually. I don't really worry about crew change until I can determine with some certainty that we'll be local or not.
Trying to catch a connecting flight dragging a sea bag and brief case has taught me to travel lighter than I'm used to. A good backpack can carry everything I need without having to check a bag. If I have to go to a different vessel, I have enough to keep clothes on my back and brush my teeth for the duration.
By the way, we have a new system on board, "WxWorx on Water" by XM Radio. This little device connects via usb cable to the boat's laptop and collects weather data from a satellite system that allows us to look at weather buoys and reports anywhere we wish. It takes the guesswork out of the coast run by giving us real time data along the route. Satellite photos, fronts, waves, wind, even what fish are being caught along the way. Nice. It's not like a true weather fax, but it'll do. I'd rather read the professional estimate of expected weather than to try to make a determination based on isobars and wind feathers alone. I'd recommend this system without reservation to anyone making extended voyages. The weather radar and buoy features alone make it worth the price.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck isn't happy about Rosie O'Donnell returning to "The View."
The former panelist, now on "Fox & Friends," was so bothered by the news about her former co-host -- who left the show after her only season in 2007 following a nasty argument with Hasselbeck -- that she called into her show Wednesday while on vacation.
"I think this has been in the works for a long, long time," said Hasselbeck, perhaps hinting that her own exit last year may have had something to do with bringing O'Donnell back. She added the hire was "not surprising."
"What could ruin a vacation more than to hear news like this?" Hasselbeck said to her current co-workers Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade. "I know Rosie very well. We worked quite closely.
"Talk about not securing the border! Here in comes to "The View," the very woman who spit in the face of our military, spit in the face of her own network and, really, in the face of a person who stood by her and had civilized debates for the time that she was there."
O'Donnell must have needed some water after all that spitting.
According to Radar, 37-year-old Hasselbeck marveled that after leaving under unpleasant circumstances, 52-year-old O'Donnell gets to return "with a bunch of control, ready to regain a seat at 'The View' table."
Well, come on ... it's "The View." It's not real-world important like, you know, LeBron James possibly going back to Cleveland.
Hasselbeck went so far as to intimate Barbara Walters' farewell show was really a promotional vehicle for O'Donnell's return, evidenced by the former stand-up comic pitching a bit to make light of their past disagreements.
"She wanted to re-do the split-screen and voice it over from our original confrontation right there -- I was not up for that," Hasselbeck said. "She seemed to have a lot of control for Barbara's farewell show.
"Again, it (was) Rosie O'Donnell's 'Hello show,' in my opinion."
Yes. Because Rosie O'Donnell has more power than Barbara Walters.
Hasselbeck predicted trouble between O'Donnell and future castmate Whoopi Goldberg.
"I don't think it would be wise for Rosie O'Donnell to challenge Whoopi Goldberg on anything," she said. "I really don't."
Tony Hicks provides celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Contact him at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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BNSF 2012 economic development efforts lead to record investments and jobsWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
BNSF's economic development generated approximately $1.8 billion in new investment and more than 6,200 new jobs in 23 states.
The 194 new and expanding facilities located on BNSF in 2012 included signature rail equipment manufacturing projects in Fort Worth, Texas and Rochelle, Ill. Efforts in 2012 also included 44 projects to support the agricultural industry in 12 states, including 10 new grain shuttle facilities.
The expanding oil and gas industry continued as a major source of economic development projects for BNSF. As demand for crude oil from the various U.S. shale formations continues to rise, so do investments in new rail facilities. In response to this demand, last year, the BNSF economic development team assisted customers in locating and completing five new crude oil unit train terminals in North Dakota and Montana. In addition, several new destination crude oil facilities were located in Washington, Missouri, Texas and Florida. These investments surpassed $300 million.
"2012 was a record year for BNSF economic development efforts. We broke our all-time job creation and project completion records and attained the second highest level of customer investment in our service territory," said Vann Cunningham, BNSF assistant vice president, economic development. "This is a testament to the economic development potential of rail transportation, its growing importance to the nation's economy and the commitment of our partner state and local economic development organizations to supporting rail-served industry investment and job creation in their communities."


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HILLSDALE � Tamara Lorraine Norton of Hillsdale passed away on Nov. 6, 2012 at the Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility. She was born on Sept. 6, 1964 in Hillsdale, to Roger and Joan Norton.
Tamara is survived by her parents, Roger and Joan Norton of Hillsdale; one son, Adam (Nicole) Norton of Hillsdale; one brother, Michael K. (Cindy) Norton of Osseo; one granddaughter, Braelynn Norton; one nephew, Michael R. Norton of Osseo; one niece, Jennifer Norton of Lansing; and several aunts and uncles.
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If foreclosures and high unemployment weren't ample evidence of a recession, the animals coming into Foothills Animal Shelter might be.
Facing hard times, many pet parents are having trouble footing vet bills and keeping food bowls full. Consequently the shelter, which celebrated its first year of operation this month, is seeing more paws coming through the front door, and animals are overall in worse health than they were only a year ago.
"The economy, we believe, is affecting people, and they're relinquishing their animals," said Foothills executive director Heather Cameron. "We are seeing a lot of sad customers. … Some people have their cat of 16 years, and they just can't afford to take care of them anymore."
From January to July, the number of healthy animals brought into the shelter was slightly less than the number seen at the former Table Mountain Animal Shelter during the same time period in 2010. However, the number of adoptable older animals, sick animals and those with mild behavioral problems rose by more than 30 percent. The number of animals deemed unhealthy — having a bite history or severe health problems — increased by 4 percent.
"We're just seeing higher treatment needs," Cameron said. "Some of the animals are so unhealthy that the kindest thing to do is to euthanize them."
But despite the overall condition of the animals arriving at the shelter, Foothills' rate of live release, or animals adopted or transferred to another shelter, increased from 72 percent to 78 percent when comparing the seven-month period in 2010 and 2011. During that time frame in 2010, the shelter was operating in the TMAC building.
That puts the new shelter's rate on par with that of the Denver Animal Shelter and Denver Dumb Friends League, both of which recorded live-release rates of 78 percent in 2010. During the entirety of 2010, Foothills' rate was 75 percent.
Of the 3,997 adoptable animals taken into the shelter from January to July, including older special-needs animals, 344, or 8.6 percent, died via lethal injection, 1 percentage point less than during the same period in 2010. During 2008, 2009 and 2010, the rates were 12.6 percent, 12.4 percent and 9.59 percent, respectively. By contrast, Denver Animal Shelter's rate in 2010 was 4.2 percent.
Though Foothills' capacity is approximately equal to that of the former TMAC location, the new building's capabilities have a better impact on animal health, Cameron said.
The room available for cats to roam, for example, is three times larger. And the new building's air filtration and circulation system is vastly improved, leading fewer animals to contract illnesses from air-borne pathogens.
"What had changed was the kind of shelter we were able to provide for those animals. … We have healthier animals, honestly," Cameron said. "Their rates of upper-respiratory infections were very high. … There's no longer this stagnant, disease-ridden air in the shelter."
The shelter's capacity can fluctuate depending on the makeup of its population at a given time, Cameron said. Dogs take up more space than rabbits, for example, but the shelter's available space is also somewhat flexible.
Typically, Foothills can hold about 530 animals. But on July 21, the shelter's population skyrocketed to 724, after the Sheriff's Office brought in 194 rabbits seized from an Arvada farm. Foothills initially kept the rabbits in a barn at the nearby Jefferson County Fairgrounds but later moved them into the shelter's garage, Cameron said.
The new $9.7 million shelter was constructed after Jefferson County agreed to contribute $3 million, in addition to $5.2 million raised through dog-licensing revenue and $1.5 million in donations. Of the donations, which are projected to be reached by 2015, the Foothills Animal Foundation has so far raised $1.2 million in gifts and pledges. The building is expected to be paid off in 2029, Cameron said.
The shelter's 2011 budget is $1.9 million, up substantially from the prior budget of $1.48 million at the TMAC site. Funding comes from animal-adoption fees, donations and municipal and county assessments.
Though revenue is largely down for counties and municipalities across the country, the Foothills 2012 budget could actually increase, Cameron said.
"If anything, our budget will go up, because the number of animals coming through our door continues to increase," she said.
The 30,000-square-foot facility has a staff of 33, including one full-time and one part-time veterinarian. Foothills also has 511 volunteers.
The shelter doesn't have a set time limit for any animal, and Foothills works with other locations to trade dogs and cats that haven't had luck being adopted, Cameron said.
"You're hoping that with the right amount of care and attention … those animals are going to do fine. … (But) it's a very difficult living situation," she said. "We've had animals here over a year. … We have no time limit. It's all about the individual animal."
But despite its resources, more animals come in every year than can find homes. Consequently, hundreds of potentially adoptable dogs, cats and small animals are put down.
"No one works in a shelter because they want to euthanize an animal. It's the most heartbreaking part of the work," Cameron said. "You don't work in a shelter to get rich. You work in a shelter because you love animals."
Contact Emile Hallez Williams at email@example.com 303-933-2233, ext. 22. For updates, check www.ColumbineCourier.com.
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Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Dog adoptions range from $80 to $500 depending on age and breed.
Cat adoptions normally range from $35 to $150, though the shelter is currently adopting all cats seven months and older for only $25.
Rabbits, including those from the Arvada farm, can be adopted for $25, and the shelter is currently offering a two-for-one rate.
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I suspect Tom may come out with some kind of cleaning of the pistons every X number of hours.
If we don't do that I would think alot of grease is going to be built up and end up going somewhere and causing a problem.
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Shoebox vent.
Last night when I was topping my 88cf airhog tank......I seemed to have a hard time getting the shoebox to vent when I was finished. It did NOT vent with its usual gusto and it seemed like I had to screw it a lot further in than previous times and it was a slow vent. My guess would be some crap may be in the vent. What should I do to try and clear this problem??
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The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://is.gd/C5mwUz) at least 24 winning tickets have been counted so far in this year's Nenana Ice Classic. The goal of the contest is to guess when the ice will give way on the Tanana River in the tiny community of Nenana, about 55 miles south of Fairbanks.
The ice broke up Friday at 3:48 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.
This year's jackpot of $363,627 is the largest in the classic's 98-year history.
Ice classic manager Cherrie Forness says thousands of tickets remain to be counted. She says it could take about a week before the total number of winners is announced.
The popular game draws entries from across the state and elsewhere.
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New observatory to study airport capacity in Europe
The Community Observatory on Airport Capacity was officially inaugurated today. The Observatory's task is to advise the Commission on the development of measures to improve the capacity of the European airport network. It will also play a vital part in implementing the Commission's action plan on the capacity, effectiveness and safety of airports in Europe.
Closing the inaugural meeting, Antonio Tajani, Commission Vice-President responsible for transport policy, said 'the Observatory will help us in our efforts to avoid any future shortage of airport capacity which might arise from the continuous growth in air transport, while complying with environmental standards'.
The idea to set up such an observatory was announced in the action plan for airport capacity, efficiency and safety in Europe, which was adopted by the Commission in January 2007[1]. The plan contains specific measures to maximise the effectiveness of existing airport infrastructure and to improve the planning of new infrastructure. It also provides for raising the safety and environmental compatibility standards of airport hubs to the highest levels.
The Observatory will serve as a forum for the exchange and monitoring of data and information on airport capacity and will operate as a pan-European observation centre. It will issue non-binding opinions, either at the Commission's request or on its own initiative, which will serve as a basis for producing guidelines or regulatory instruments. The Commission will therefore be able to seek its opinion on methods for assessing airport capacity, infrastructure planning procedures, train/plane Intermodality and airport accessibility.
The composition of the Observatory will ensure that all stakeholders are represented and that it operates in an effective manner. All the Member States, Eurocontrol, the SESAR Joint Undertaking, academia and the Commission will be represented, as will airports, airlines, the local authorities concerned, airport coordinators, environmental groups and people living or working near airports.
The Observatory has been set up for a period of five years, at the end of which its provisional work programme should have been completed. That is also the time at which SESAR should be entering its operational phase, deploying new technologies to improve the operational capacity of airports.
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[1] COM(2006) 819 final of 24 January 2007. The Commission's action plan has been endorsed by the European Parliament (Resolution of 11 October 2007) and by the Council (Conclusions of 2 October 2007).
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