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Simplified Nursing Home Compare ratings help consumers make better choicesJanuary 26, 2018
Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health found that the increased use of composite ratings, such as the Five-Star Quality Rating System, leads more people to use the system to compare and choose better-suited providers.
Five-Star is anything but frozenDecember 13, 2017
The day after Thanksgiving, CMS further defined its intensions with the Five-Star Quality Rating System; more specifically how the new survey process and derivative data will be used in its calculation of the Health Inspection domain. Here's what that means — and doesn't mean.
Critics: Gaps in 'Compare' siteOctober 06, 2017
The federal website that informs consumers about specific nursing homes has "considerable" knowledge gaps, a pair of prominent Harvard University researchers asserted recently.
Nursing Home Compare not good enough, Harvard experts sayAugust 31, 2017
The Nursing Home Compare website is suffering from "considerable" knowledge gaps that may make it harder for consumers to make informed decisions about their post-acute care, according to some experts.
Report leads to question whether CMS has raised the quality bar too highMay 14, 2015
More than one-third of the nation's 15,500-plus nursing homes now bear the stigma of poor quality as a result of a tough new star ratings system implemented in February by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and posted on its Nursing Home Compare website.
More changes ahead for the current ratings system: fedsApril 06, 2015
Staffing and retention rates are expected to be added to the Nursing Home Compare website in 2016.
Changes to Five Star expected, providers fear lower ratingsFebruary 12, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is expected to unveil major changes to Nursing Home Compare today that could cause facilities to lose rating stars, according to industry sources.
The truth can set you free — or put your long-term care facility out of businessJanuary 11, 2013
Journalists generally get all warm and tingly when previously guarded information becomes available. It must be in our DNA. So I should probably be cheering ProPublica's announcement that the government is now releasing unredacted write-ups of problems found during nursing home inspections.
Nursing Home Inspect adds 16,000 deficiency reports to databaseAugust 30, 2012
The developers of the online Nursing Home Inspect updated its database this week to allow consumers to comb through 134,602 nursing home inspection deficiencies.
Medicare overhauls its beneficiary websiteAugust 22, 2012
Medicare beneficiaries now can research nursing homes and determine their coverage options from their smartphones or tablets, thanks to a Medicare website redesign.
New app lets users search nursing home deficiencies by keywordAugust 15, 2012
A consumer-targeted Internet tool unveiled Tuesday allows users to search the federal nursing home inspection reports and deficiencies by keyword, city and facility name.
The star treatment is here to stayJuly 20, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has just rolled out its latest version of Nursing Home Compare. If your facility garnered five stars, you probably love it. If you received one star, you surely hate it.
Scrutiny of skilled nursing facilities intensifies with Nursing Home Compare overhaulJuly 19, 2012
The government's Nursing Home Compare website now includes more information about surveyor inspection findings and antipsychotic medication usage, officials announced Tuesday.
A winning strategy for nursing homesJune 06, 2012
Last week, I heard one of the most insightful, no-baloney talks I've heard in a while from a long-term care official.
Five-Star insights: Will those stars ever illuminate your path?May 16, 2012
I recently asked a hospital discharge planner how she chooses which nursing home to discharge to. "Five-Star" was the reply. Was I surprised? Not at all. Once again, it demonstrates just how far this Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services consumer initiative reaches.
Be thorough on evaluating ADLs, expert advisesMay 08, 2012
The functional status and behavior sections of the MDS 3.0 often lead to risk and liability dangers for providers, a long-term care coding expert said Sunday.
Troubling steps ahead for Nursing Home Compare?April 13, 2012
A newly announced plan to mine data from Medicare Advantage plans might give many operators an unexpected spine shiver.
Nursing home meth lab fire kills one, hospitalizes fiveMarch 07, 2012
Investigators are blaming an Ohio nursing home fire — which killed one person and hospitalized five others — on a methamphetamine lab in a resident's room.
Vultures and the smell testFebruary 10, 2012
So I'm listening to the radio the other day when a friendly but serious voice starts in about about how putting a loved one in a nursing home is a gut-wrenching choice. It's all just a prelude to the kill shot: If you are dissatisfied or concerned about the care your loved one might be receiving, why don't you give his law firm a call? Lovely.
Nursing home quality measures should address short-stay rehab residents, group saysJanuary 13, 2012
The set of quality measures used on Medicare's Nursing Home Compare website should be updated to include more measures for short-stay rehabilitation residents, according to one panel of experts. The Nursing Home Compare program measure set contains a mix of process and outcome measures for safety and prevention of mortality, but there are some gaps, according to a new report from the Measures Application Panel (MAP).
Self-reported quality data from special focus facilities is unreliable, report suggestsDecember 23, 2011
Self-reported quality and staffing information from nursing homes categorized as Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) is unreliable and should not be published on Medicare's Nursing Home Compare website, a new report suggests.
Even with cuts, care should not decline, CMS saysAugust 19, 2011
Despite looming reimbursement cuts, the quality of care in nursing homes should not decline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Thursday.
Overhaul of Nursing Home Compare website is completeAugust 02, 2011
The redesign of the federal Nursing Home Compare website, which lets consumers file complaints more easily and compare facilities based on quality measures, is complete.
CMS to freeze providers' Five-Star ratings; agency announces more info heading to Nursing Home Compare websiteMarch 24, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is gearing up to make changes to its Nursing Home Compare website over the next few months, the agency has noted.
Nursing homes to be judged by 21 new quality measures on federal websiteMarch 04, 2011
The National Quality Forum on Wednesday came out in support of 21 measures to be used to care for both long-term nursing home residents and short-stay patients. These measures will be included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Nursing Home Compare website.


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University of Leicester academic Dr Ruth Page's paper published on cultural differences in Wikipedia entries surrounding Meredith Kercher case
Leicester, UK, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Leicester academic has encouraged people to look carefully at how articles are constructed on websites such as Wikipedia – and to understand that the information contained within is rarely as 'neutral' as it might seem.
Dr Ruth Page from the University of Leicester's School of English has published a paper in the academic journal Language and Literature entitled 'Counter narratives and controversial crimes: The Wikipedia article for the 'Murder of Meredith Kercher', which seeks to shed light on how articles on sites such as Wikipedia reflect the specific cultural contexts and biases by which they are written.
Since the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher on 1 November 2007 in Perugia, Italy, there has been conflicting evidence regarding how she died and who is responsible.
At the time, the press was quick to accuse Amanda Knox, one of Kercher's flatmates, as a 'femme fatale' involved in the killing, which gave the case its notoriety and world-wide media coverage.
In her paper, Dr Page compares coverage in the form of English and Italian Wikipedia articles surrounding the Meredith Kercher case, and has identified important differences between how the two depict the event.
She said: "In the case of the Kercher article, there is a difference in the ways the events selected for inclusion on the Wikipedia page have changed over time, and which differ according to cultural context.
"The versions of the article in the English Wikipedia that were current at the time of the first convictions drew on British news media and cited other documents which represented Knox in a negative light. However, in 2013, the English Wikipedia article presented a much more balanced picture of Amanda Knox.
"The Italian Wikipedia article for the Murder of Meredith Kercher, on the other hand, is very different and much more negative in the way the selected events and quoted material represent Amanda Knox.
"Interestingly, the Wikipedia articles continue to change – the English article has now been edited over 8000 times by over 1000 people. In this process of editing the 'facts' that are cited can come from different sources, and those 'facts' can be put together in ways that depict very different versions of events."
Dr Page's study involved accessing the page histories which are publicly available on the Wikipedia website for the English and the Italian articles, as well as French, German and Persian Wikipedia articles on the topic.
She analysed how the citations used in different versions of the article changed over time in terms of the nationality of the cited press reports and whether the cited material seemed to imply the guilt or innocence of the three main suspects in the case.
Dr Page's findings reveal how certain versions of events come to be more prominently published than others. The stance taken by the press in some cases influenced the stance that the Wikipedia article seemed to take towards the people involved in the case.
She added: "Wikipedia makes the process of how information is constructed very transparent and easy to access: looking at the archives of page histories and talk pages is like opening the bonnet of a car. It helps you understand how the car works properly.
"In the case of the Murder of Meredith Kercher, the pattern of citations pointed to a clear relationship between news media and the Wikipedia article, with one influencing the other.
"My study showed that social media sites use different resources to promote particular versions of events. In the case of Wikipedia, citations are crucial resources which can be used as material to determine whether an event can be included in the article or not and can shape the overall representation given in the article.
"Other social media sites use other kinds of resources to promote particular events: think about the value of retweets and hashtags in Twitter, or invitations to 'like' a page or post in Facebook.
"In a nutshell, social media sites are not neutral, and can be used or disrupted for all kinds of purposes and agendas."
Dr Page's article was published by SAGE Publications in the academic journal Language and Literature on 6 February. The journal can be found here: http://lal.sagepub.com/
Notes to editors:
For more information please contact Dr Ruth Page at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact the Press Office
Telephone: +44 (0) 116 252 2415
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Out of hours mobile: 07711 927821
Director of Press and Corporate News
Email: Ather Mirza
News Centre Assistant
Email: Ellen Rudge
How to find the Press Office:
The Press Office is located in External Relations in the Fielding Johnson South Wing, which also houses the Peter Williams Lecture Theatre. The Office is on the first floor, above the AVS Design Studio and Reception.


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January 31, 2008
NASSCO wins $459.8 million T-AKE award
General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $459,780,045 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-02-C-2300) to exercise an option for construction of T-AKE 10, including technical manuals, special studies, analyses and reviews; engineering and industrial services, and data; and long lead time material for T-AKE 11.
T-AKE is a new Combat Logistics Force Underway Replenishment Naval vessel intended to replace the current capability of the Kilauea-Class (T-AE 26) Ammunition Ship, Mars-Class (T-AFS 1) Combat Stores Ships, and when operating in concert with a Henry J. Kaiser-Class (T-AO 187) Oiler ship, the Sacramento-Class (AOE 1) Fast Combat Support Ship.
As an auxiliary support ship, T-AKE will directly contribute to the ability of the Navy to maintain a forward presence. In its primary mission role, the T-AKE will provide logistic lift from sources of supply such as friendly ports, or at sea from specially equipped merchant ships by consolidation, and will transfer cargo (ammunition, food, limited quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items, and expendable supplies and material) at sea to station ships and other naval warfare forces.
In its secondary mission, the T-AKE may be required to operate in concert with a Henry J. Kaiser-Class (T-AO 187) Oiler as a substitute station ship to provide direct logistics support to the ships within a Carrier Battle Group. I n its Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) role T-AKE will contribute to the accomplishment of the seabasing mission area.
Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed by Feb. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.


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Linsco Private Ledger can be found at Main St 1220. The following is offered: Investment Services. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Vancouver there are 67 other Investment Services. An overview can be found here.
Linsco/Private Ledger is located at 1220 Main St Ste 475, Vancouver, WA. This location is in the Esther Short neighborhood. This business specializes in Investment Services.


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Money Supermarket are doing a challenge where bloggers can think of 30 ways to save £1 and they'll pay up to £30 for them! Plus all the bloggers who do the challenge will be put into a hat and one could win £1000! If there are over 1000 tips, then they will DOUBLE the prize to £2000!
This challenge is right up my street! It's the essence of me and my blog!
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2. Bulk buy. If the opportunity is there (and you have the storage!) take it. Face it, student houses WILL use all that toilet roll.
3. Charity shops are getting rid of winter stock at the moment, stock up for next winter. I just bought all my hoodies for later this year.
4. When payday comes, STOP! Budget for the month and pay in cash.
5. Fill up your car with petrol in multiples of £5 or £10. That extra 35p each time isn't making that much of addition to your tank.
6. Whilst you are at it, fill the tank in one go! You'll get more for your money and you won't be paying for air!
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8. Don't be afraid of buying that top because it is damaged or has foundation on it. Could you fix it yourself? Stand up tall and ask for discount. If need be, be assertive and speak to the manager. You don't actually HAVE to shop there and if anything you will be doing them a favour. They'd have damaged stock lying around. As someone who has to damage off stock, it's mad how much stuff could still be used.
10. I'm a sucker for the Sainsburys Tuna Crunch Roll. Especially on a meal deal. But I can actually make it at home for a fraction of the price. Bring lunch to work Ashleigh, save £3! (Half an hours work...)
11. Do your research. I was quoted £600 for my car insurance renewal. However, after a quick Money Supermarket comparison, a company quoted me £500 for fully comprehensive. A bit more research showed that my current and the other company were actually SISTER COMPANIES! A confident phone call later, one insured car, a £100 saving a happy girlie!
|Yes I pay to have my car cleaned...that's my treat! And it actually works out cheaper, promise!
13. Points cards are an excellent way of making bonuses from your spending. Advantage Card...we beauty bloggers salute you!
14. Food shopping online can be a great way of controlling your food spend. Ocado price match to Tesco and you can buy a Smart Pass. £110 pays for your delivery for a year; whatever time and however many deliveries you want. £246.50 worth of deliveries or £110? Plus added bonuses...hmmmm....!
15. I ask for my hair products, facial cleansing and make up for birthdays/Christmas as I tend to buy myself what I need the rest of the year. My family just want to give me a gift, it doesn't matter what! Isn't that more useful than something pointless?
16. If you are going to eat out at a chain, check for vouchers or discount codes. I can count the amount of times Jamie and I haven't used a voucher on my left hand..there's nothing wrong with it!
|Pretty eh?! Review here ;)
18. Better that, take the time and do the manicure yourself or with friends
19. Sneak snacks into the cinema. Don't take the moral highground, we have all done it. Do you really even need a snack? We don't need them when we watch telly at home!
20. Buy a proper tupperware box for your lunch. Plastic bags everyday tend to add up
21. Reduced vegetables can be a lifesaver. Courgettes, onions, aubergine, mushrooms, cheap can of tomatoes = pasta sauce prepped in advance. Freeze in individual bags for quick meals. (Can be defrosted in microwave with no problems either!)
22. Go to the market. You can get great in season veg, super cheap, in vast quantities! Then cook everything in advance, just like the point above... ^^
24. Back to the reduced section...freeze everything! My friends wondered how Jamie and I could afford VEAL BURGERS last year...
25. Cut the lids off moisturisers, shampoos, conditioners....anything. A few extra uses has to be worth it.
26. Out of foot cream? A large tub of Petroleum Jelly from Wilkos is 55p and it will last FOREVER. Slap that on, add some socks and you are sorted!
27. Buy books from a charity shop. For £1 you could have a book, then donate it back after. I am terrible for getting overdue fines from the library, it's a safer and cheaper option for me!
28. Credit cards are risky. However, if you are in control, you could benefit. John Lewis' Partnership card offers 16.9% APR and you can earn John Lewis and Waitrose vouchers as you shop.
29. When you want to spend money, DO SOMETHING! ANYTHING! Are you sure that you don't just feel rubbish or bored? Use your time efficiently. Another pair of shoes won't make you happy, but a clean room might?
FINALLY...30. Be confident. Figure out how much things are actually WORTH. When you understand worth, then you really will save money.
I hope these tips will help you save a bit of money! Do you have any money saving ideas?
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The Series 4e cash management system is a continuing evolution of the product family, offering connectivity to an extended suite of Tidel peripherals, according to the manufacturer. The Series 4e offers retail organizations more choices in cash management functions, including note dispensing, coin dispensing and recycling as well as note deposit scalability. With the Series 4 and 4e, customers can adopt a wide variety of cash management solutions to fit their business needs, based on one common platform.
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HELENA – U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke's total campaign debt is now at about $83,300 under an amended Federal Election Commission report, up $26,000 from the $57,300 debt reported earlier this week.
Campaign spokeswoman Shelby DeMars said Zinke personally had paid some travel-related bills that the campaign accountant had overlooked, which resulted in the amended debt number for the period ending June 30.
Of the $83,300 in debt owed by the campaign, $68,000 is owed to Zinke. He made a $42,000 personal loan to his campaign during the primary campaign and then personally paid $26,000 in travel bills.
His Democratic opponent, John Lewis, reported no debts.


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What is teaser Tuesday? It's a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.
Grab your current read, flip to a random page, share two teaser sentences, don't include spoilers.
16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler
Jake is watching us as if he's mesmerized. I wonder if someone took his brain out or if he's developed a drug habit. Jack doesn't stare at girls like that. And his cheeks are blotchy. I look at Amy and try to see her through his eyes, but all I see is a tiny, quirky girl with brown hair and a skinny build. She's pretty, but nothing like the girls Josh dates. Of course, part of the beauty of Jake is that he sees people from the inside. And whatever it is inside of Amy, he seems to like it. (36% eARC Kindle)
"My dad invented Sour Cat," she tells Jake, as if it's natural she should tell him everything about her. Based on Jake's goofy smile, he doesn't mind. (36% eARC Kindle)
Paperback: 304 pages
Publication date: March 4th 2014
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Add on: Goodreads
So… I love Amy. And I love Amy and Jake. They're just so goofy and sweet.
So I already finished book, expect to see the review/blog tour for this end on February along with a guest post from Janet Gurtler!
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare
"He rested his chin on her head. "I'm going to ask you a question, Izzy. I've never asked this of a woman before. And it's taking me a great deal of courage to even broach the subject, so please- I beg you, consider your answer carefully."
"What is it?"
"Izzy, my heart…" he tenderly stroked her hair where it fanned across the pillow. "In the morning, will you make me a pancake?" (87% (arc) Kindle)
Papeeback: 384 pages
Publication date: January 28th 2014
Publisher: Avon
Add on: Goodreads
An extra teaser today b/c it's February and that means Valentine's and that means romance and that means love! And this so far is one of my favourite romance this year! Seriously, I just adore Izzy and Ransom.
Anyway, you can check out MY REVIEW of this for more fun quotes and also enter to win the Fire & Ice GIVEAWAY to win this book (or another romance novel!)
What's your teaser this week? Link us up below!
Author: Cyn
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The deep teal crystal beads were the one bead I added to the mix. That color is just too perfect, there was no way I could not use them. And I am quite taken with the juxtaposition of the classy, fancy crystal to the rough brown lava and then the carved bone. That kind of thing makes me stupid with joy. :)
Hope everyone enjoyed this! We will be doing it again, hopefully soon, so keep your eyes peeled. :)


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Our aim is producing quality products.
A & A Farms owned and operated by Al and Ada Beatty. We are contract growers with Prestage Farms of two nursery swine houses. We grow beef cattle, goats, hay, and plan to grow some fresh vegetables this summer.
At times, we may have farm equipment for sale, or may list requsted items to purchase that we may need for the farm.
We grow row crop of corn and soy beans. Also, pasture land is prepared for the beef cattle. We are currently beginnng to receive a breed of Spanish goats through A&T State University Grant program. We are also members of Twin Rivers Small Farmers Cooperatives.
farm equipment, swine, beef cattle, vegetables, goats
Highway 210 South, 1 1/4 mile South on Hwy 210 from intersection of highway 41 & 210. Located on left, brick house with gray and burgundy trim. There is a pond located on left side of house. We are almost half way between Fayetteville and Wilmington on highway 210. We are located approximately 45 miles southeast of Fayetteville and 60 miles from Wilmington.
7:00 am to 8:00 pm You may call from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm, Monday through Saturday.
At our home and farm as listed above.
A & A Farms
Albert C & Ada D Beatty
6089 NC Hwy 210 E
Harrells, NC 28444
BLADEN County
Phone: 910-532-4974
Fax: 910-532-4233
Beef cattle, equipment, fresh vegetables
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|Killaloe, Ontario (1978)
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada
BeaverTails or Queues de Castor are a Canadian-based chain of pastry stands operated by BeaverTails Canada Inc. The chain's namesake product is a line of fried dough pastries, individually hand stretched to resemble a beaver's tail.[1]
The chain originated in Killaloe, Ontario in 1978 and opened its first permanent store in Ottawa two years later. By early 2017 it had 119 franchise and license locations in five countries: Canada (the Maritimes, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec, where the franchise is called "Queues de Castor"), the United States (Keystone, Breckenridge and Horseshoe in Colorado, Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah and Dollywood's Splash Country in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee), Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, and Japan.[2][3][4]
Company history[edit]
BeaverTails pastries began when Grant and Pam Hooker decided to turn their family recipe for fried dough into a corporate business.[5] They sold their first pastries at the Killaloe Craft and Community Fair in 1978. Two years later, the Hookers opened up the first BeaverTails stand in the Byward Market in Ottawa.[6]
The BeaverTails pastry is similar to other fried dough pastries and is topped with a choice of sweet condiments and confections, such as whipped cream, banana slices, crumbled oreos, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate hazelnut. BeaverTails Canada Inc. through franchising currently operates 33 stores and 43 BeaverTails and Queues de Castor stands worldwide.[2]
"BeaverTails" and "Queues de Castor" have been registered as trademarks since 1988 by BeaverTails Canada Inc and its affiliated companies.[7]
President Obama[edit]
The product received national media attention in the US and Canada when it was served at the Canadian embassy during Obama's inauguration. The product was also mentioned in newscasts during the lead-up to U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa, as an example of how Canadian businesses were participating in Obama's visit. On the day of the visit, February 19, 2009, Barack Obama stopped at the ByWard Market on his way to the airport specifically to buy a BeaverTails pastry. One variation of the product was called the "Obama Tail", specifically in honour of the president's visit to Ottawa.[8]
See also[edit]
- List of Canadian restaurant chains
- List of coffeehouse chains
- List of doughnut shops
- List of doughnut varieties
- ^ Legaspi, Andre (2007). Frommer's Montreal Day by Day. Wiley. p. 140. ISBN 0-470-06931-7. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ a b "Store list". Beavertailsinc.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
- ^ "BeaverTails - BeaverTails Pastry since 1978 - International locations". beavertails.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "BeaverTails - BeaverTails Pastry since 1978 - Find a beavertails near you". beavertails.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ International Business Opportunities Centre
- ^ Kubacki, Maria (February 14, 2006). "Deep-fried icon of the valley as Canadian as ... the beaver". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "CANADIAN TRADE-MARK DATA - application no. 0686841". Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ^ "CTV Ottawa - Obama stops to shop in Ottawa's Byward Market". Ottawa.ctv.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
External links[edit]
- Media related to BeaverTails at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website


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Making Cake Balls is a piece of cake, literally.
handfuls of crumbled cake are rolled into balls, dipped in chocolate, and
Similarly, Cake Pops are cake balls on lollipop sticks with a candy coating. They're a tad more tricky to prepare but, as you will see, the decorating possibilities are endless because the candy coating comes in many, many colors, even chocolate. Great leftover cake idea.
They start the same way. In short, cake crumbles are held together by frosting and rolled into balls. Any variety or flavor of cake will do; red velvet cake balls are very popular, though, for their rich color. Likewise, the frosting may be store-bought or homemade. A half-recipe of my cream cheese frosting works well.
Makes 4 to 5 dozen
1 cake (1 box cake mix size) prepared, baked and cooled
1/2 to 1 cup frosting
Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper and set aside. Cut the
cake into large squares and crumble it by
hand, not too finely, into a large bowl. (Forgo the food processor this
Stir in 1/2 cup of frosting and test the consistency. It
should smoosh together without being
sticky. Add more frosting, a little at a time, only if necessary. Form the
cake mixture into walnut-size balls with a cookie scoop, mini ice cream scoop, tablespoon,
or by hand. Place them on the baking sheets and refrigerate for about 2 hours.
For Cake Balls:
1 16 ounce pkg. Baker's Semi-Sweet or White Chocolate
Sprinkles or 6 ounces Baker's chocolate (contrasting color) for garnish
Melt the Baker's chocolate in a deep bowl according to
package directions. Working with 1 sheet of balls from the refrigerator and 1
ball at a time, plop the balls into the chocolate and remove them with a fork.
Gently tap the fork on the edge of the bowl to remove excess chocolate. Return them
to the wax-papered baking sheet and garnish:
1. Sprinkle with sprinkles while still damp or...
2. Let the coating harden then drizzle with a little
contrasting, melted chocolate using a squeeze bottle or like this: Pour the melted
chocolate into a re-sealable plastic baggie, snip a very small bottom corner
off, and drizzle.
Repeat with the other sheet. Refrigerate.
For Cake Pops:
1 16-ounce pkg. candy coating
1 tablespoon shortening, give or take, optional
Lollipop sticks
Styrofoam block or cake pop holders
Decoration ingredients of your choice
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May 11, 2013 (CHICAGO) --Moms Demand Action marched on Chicago's North Side Saturday to call for tougher gun laws.
The group was formed after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Nate and Cleo Pendleton, whose 15-year-old daughter Hadiya was shot and killed at a South Side park, took part in the march.
"Different needs to happen. Unfortunately there have been laws that were very important that made sense that were not passed," Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton said.
The marchers want a ban on assault weapons and background checks for all gun and ammunition purchases. Organizers said the Chicago march was one of 20 held nationwide over Mother's Day weekend.


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Awakened Factions
The Dreamwalkers – Free Council
Disciples of Mustamho. The last of the Mojave. They believe in restoring the Shadow in accord with Human ambition
The Gamemasters – Free Council
A small group of Libertine Mages who fight fire with fire against Supernatural Manipulation against Sleepers regarding their Fates and Possessions. THey Maintain the Nevada Gaming Commission as an Eleborate front allowing them to work against Seer and Pentacle alike.
The Quiet – Guardian and Mysterium
A small group of Acolytes that predominately keep to themselves. They all have vowed never to work Vulgar Magic and practise a new tradition call Quiet Magic.
The Players – Guardian
Hedonistic Mages that revel in the powers givin by the Supernal over the Fallen World. They also form the bulk of the Labrynth in Vegas
The Prideful – Mostly Silver Ladder
A conglomerate of the warring parties interested in Ruling the Pentacle of Vegas. They all have some hand in the complicated crime-world of Vegas.
Sons of Atom – Mysterium and some Arrow
Scholastic Zeolots researching the connection between the Supernal and the Fallen in terms of human wrought events. Specifically they research the creation of the Atom Bomb and the Arcanum of Forces.
The Dread Army – Arrow
A military force smoldering in the Airforce Base. Their nightly training has lead to a wide collection of Veil Breaches.
The Welcoming Committee – Mysterium
Fringe diplomats that seek to plumb the mysteries surrounding Outsider contact on Earth. Such as Roswell.
Non-Awakened Factions
Lupo Family – Organized Crime
Mostly obsolete Italian crime family, notable solely for counting an inexperienced Silver Ladder Mage among its members. Retains some ties to prostitution in the Vegas area.


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OnePlus maintains its own online store in most countries, but it chose Amazon as its official sales partner in India. Today, OnePlus launched its official online store in India. The store currently lists the accessories and redirects back to Amazon for buyers looking for smartphones. The only strange thing about this store is that OnePlus chose to go with a new domain (OnePlusStore.in) instead of hosting the store directly on its official website – OnePlus.net. In fact, OnePlus has moved the entire website for India to the new domain.
Currently listed items on the store include:
- OnePlus 3 Back Cases
- Dash Charger and Cable for OnePlus 3
- Car Dash Charger for OnePlus 3
- Tempered Glass screen protector
- Icons Earphones
- Flip Covers for OnePlus 3
- Protective cases for OnePlus 2 and OnePlus X
Some of the accessories for the OnePlus 3 are currently out of stock. That said, there's nothing entirely exclusive or new with the store since all of these accessories can also be purchased from Amazon.in. OnePlus is probably only trying to cut down on some of the selling expenses by selling directly instead of selling via Amazon.
For a customer, I think it is still best to purchase from Amazon.in because of their wonderful customer support and easy replacements. Unless OnePlus stops selling on Amazon; or sells for a lesser price on OnePlusStore.in, there's hardly any reason for a customer to choose their store over Amazon.
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NAPA VALLEY — Craig Hall stands outside his contemporary mansion and points to a spot in his 20-acre grapevined "backyard."
"That block just got 100 points from Robert Parker," the 64-year-old Dallas real estate developer says.
He's referring to cabernet sauvignon grapes grown in the Rutherford Hills for Hall 2010 Exzellenz, which received a perfect score from Parker, a.k.a. the Wine Advocate, late last year.
In Dallas, Craig Hall is known as the chairman and chief executive of Hall Financial Group, which is building the 18-story Hall Arts office tower in the Arts District.
His wife, Kathryn Walt Hall, 67, was U.S. ambassador to Austria from 1997 to 2001. Before that, she was an attorney for Fulbright & Jaworski LLP who ran as a Democrat for Dallas County judge in 1986 and Dallas mayor in 1991.
Her holiday party for 140 girlfriends at the couple's high-rise condominium in Oak Lawn is a highlight of the season for some of Dallas' most high-profile women.
But in California wine country, the Halls are known as the owners of Hall Wines, which produces 40 high-end vintages that are landing coveted 90-plus points ratings with increasing frequency.
"We don't make wine for critics or try to please them," Craig says. "We don't know the critics, and we don't politic. All of a sudden we've gotten really lucky."
"No, no, no," Kathryn says, correcting him. "It's not luck. Our wines are extraordinary."
The Halls own 3,700 acres of prime Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino property with about 450 acres of planted vineyards.
Their two wineries, in Rutherford and St. Helena, are expected to produce 120,000 cases of 2014 vintages of Hall and Walt wines, $30 million in revenue and $7.5 million in operating profit this year.
Their best-known label, Kathryn Hall cabernet sauvignon, retails for $125 to $350 a bottle when you can get your hands on it. The least expensive, a 2012 Hall sauvignon blanc, costs $22 and is available at stores such as Central Market in Dallas.
"We're growing very fast," Craig says. "We'll do $48 [million] to $50 million in revenue next year, with $12 million in EBITDA."
But he admits that it's a bit like playing Monopoly. "If you're growing fast in the wine business and building a successful brand, you're definitely not making big money because you're investing back into the company and have more staff than you need."
This isn't the kind of enterprise the Halls thought they were starting when they bought the Rutherford property nearly 20 years ago. They saw it more as an outlet for Kathryn's lifelong passion for fine wine — more than a hobby but not quite a real business.
"Kathy originally wanted a nice, great vineyard to make a small amount, maybe 5,000 or 7,000 cases of wine." Craig says. "That's how we started."
"We [read that I] knew something about farming," Kathryn says. "But growing grapes is vastly different than producing and selling wine. Looking back now, we knew so little we didn't know what we didn't know."
The Rutherford estate, which includes their house, the vineyard and a visitors center, is remarkable, with spectacular views of Napa Valley. Artwork is everywhere, even in the winery's fermentation room.
When the Halls opened the winery in 2005, they brought over the Vienna Boys Choir and the former chef at the Austrian embassy for the opening party.
At first, the tight-knit northern California wine community treated the Halls like Texas interlopers. They didn't know that Kathryn's father, Bob Walt, had been a California grape grower and that her family has owned vineyards in Mendocino County for four decades.
"We have a lot of wealthy people who come to Napa Valley and try to make a show," says Paul Franson, a freelance writer and a columnist for The Napa Valley Register. "That's what people thought of the Halls at first. But as people got to know them, they realized that they have a lot of substance.
"I don't know of anybody who doesn't respect Kathy and Craig."
The Halls' first foray into the wine business ended after a warehouse fire destroyed 3,500 cases of 1996 and 1997 vintages. The Halls were in Austria, and when they returned to California in 2001, they restarted from scratch.
The Halls used infrared satellite mapping of soil conditions and hired a guy with a doctorate in viticulture to replant the estate. It takes four years to get the first full harvestable crop.
Their first wines were OK but nothing to write home about.
"All businesses are relationship-based. But this one is particularly so," Kathryn says. "I remember sitting across the table from this one sommelier [in 2002] who said, 'Why should I buy your wine? It's OK. But nobody's ever heard of you. If I put you on the list, nobody's going to buy it.' I thought, 'OK, he has a good point.' It takes time to build that."
In 2004, Craig started buying vineyards throughout Napa and Sonoma County.
"That's more my personality problem than good judgment or planning," he says. "We started buying everything that came up for sale because we could."
"We looked at quality, Craig," Kathryn says.
"I'm being a bit facetious, but not too," he says with a shrug.
Turn at the rabbit
Travel eight minutes downhill from the Halls' Rutherford estate to St. Helena and you'll see a 35-foot, 7,000-pound stainless steel rabbit at the entrance of the Hall Wines Winery & Tasting Room, which opened last month.
The winery and visitor center is the epicenter for the Halls' sales strategy.
Last year, 65 percent of its sales were direct to consumers — primarily to its 8,500 wine club members. It costs nothing to join the club, but members agree to buy at least two bottles every three months. Nearly all of them sign up during a wine tour or tasting.
The company makes nearly twice as much profit when it sells wine to members and online than it does working through distributors.
That's why the Halls went all out to build the new center, although they won't share how much they spent.
When they applied for a building permit in 2006, some vocal locals complained that it would be too showy and bring in too many tourists.
"There were articles, 'Oh, no! The Texans have come to Napa,'" Kathryn says. "There's this image that Texans do it bigger, bolder, flashier."
The original plans were scuttled by Craig's ill-fated gamble on American Airlines stock and "a whopping loss" from a fraudulent oil-and-gas investment that ended up in court. "It was a brutal time in 2008, 2009, 2010," says Craig, who collected $30 million in 2012 from his lawsuit.
Tapped out at the time, Craig came up with an investment plan to finish the project that's similar to a private placement of preferred stock. Investors get a fixed dividend, a certain amount of free wine and discounts on additional wines.
"Our goal is to have about 600 or so [investors], and we have 500 now," he says. "We have people all over the United States who are now partners in Hall Wines. They tell their restaurants and their friends about our wine. It helps build the brand. It's a unique, cool strategy."
The Halls scaled back from their original plans for the visitors center. They had originally hired world-renowned architect Frank Gehry to design it. Instead they went with a newly formed firm of young architects who gave it a hip California feel.
So much the better, Kathryn says. "When people came to visit, it would have been to see Frank Gehry instead of Hall Wines. Just as important, we're now green with a LEED gold-certified winery. Frank Gehry doesn't do that."
Acquired taste
Until Craig started dating Kathryn in 1991, he couldn't imagine why anyone would pay $50 for a bottle of wine, much less $100. Now he appreciates fine wines as much as she does.
Kathryn spends about half her time in California, about 40 percent traveling for the wine business and the remainder in Dallas to be with Craig. He spends about half of his time in Dallas, a third in Napa and the rest traveling elsewhere.
Before the Great Recession, they had a private jet. Now they fly American and sometimes on NetJets.
"I don't believe it is right to fly private when you are not giving raises and bonuses," Craig says.
Kathryn tools around the wine country in a 2015 Porsche Carrera. Craig's California vehicle of choice is a 2015 Tesla.
Both were married previously. They have a blended family of four grown children — one son and three daughters — who all work for some part of the Hall family empire. So far, none has shown interest in becoming a vintner.
So succession is on the couple's minds, but they have no answers.
Craig is more of the big-picture, financial guy. Kathryn is hands-on, day-to-day. But their roles aren't that tidy. "That's part of the challenge of working with your husband," she says.
One thing they agree on: They're risk-takers. Given the choice of playing it safe by harvesting not-quite-ready grapes or sitting out a storm or cold that might ruin the crop, they'll go for broke and hope for the best.
That's why Steve Leveque, their 46-year-old director of winemaking, decided to come to work for the Halls six years ago.
Each season, Leveque does a handful of expensive experiments, including one this last harvest that added dirt to the wine in a small fermentation tank. The result was three gallons of "earthy, dirty, more minerally" wine that will probably never see the dark side of a cork.
"Everyone here is committed to creating something great," Leveque says. "I was definitely at that stage of my career where if it's not at the highest end, I'm not going to be involved."
And he wanted to work for serious businesspeople.
"A lot of people who are doing this in Napa are driven by ego or as a hobby to create trophy wines," Leveque says. "There's an old saying, 'How do you make a small fortune in the wine business? You start with a large one.' That's not what we're trying to do here."
Last summer, Parker, arguably the best-known wine critic in the nation, sampled a number of Hall 2012 cabernets that are still in the barrel. He gave three of them 96 to 100 points and noted that Hall wines are typically better after they're bottled.
"So we could have three more 100 points when they come out next year, which would be fabulous," Craig says.
Leveque tempers his boss. "Great reviews are validating, no doubt; help business, no doubt. We're getting there, but it's still early in the process."
Craig admits that's why he's having such fun.
"Everybody who goes into this thinks that the wine will sell itself," Craig says. "Well, it doesn't. There are way too many people in it for the wrong reasons. In the wine business, you only have to do one thing right, and that's everything. There are so many moving parts, and it is a challenge in every regard. That's why I love it."
For Kathryn, it's almost spiritual.
"My job at its core is to bring more joy, more memorable experiences to people's lives," she says. "This is my heritage. Being close to the land brings me peace."
Kathryn Walt Hall
Title: Vintner and proprietor of Hall Wines
Age: 67
Born: Berkeley, Calif.
Resides: Primarily in Rutherford, Calif.
Education: Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1968; law degree from University of California, Hastings School of the Law, 1971
Career highlights: Worked as a corporate attorney for Safeway Stores, where she developed and administered one of the nation's first and largest affirmative action programs. U.S. ambassador to Austria from 1997 to 2001.
Craig Hall
Title: Vintner and proprietor of Hall Wines; chairman and CEO of Hall Financial Group
Age: 64
Born: Ann Arbor, Mich.
Resides: Primarily in Dallas
Education: Dropped out of college after three years at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan
Career highlights: Formed Hall Financial Group in 1968 at age 18 with $4,000 saved from small ventures he had begun at age 10. He was the largest individual shareholder of AMR Corp. at one point before the airline's bankruptcy.
Craig and Kathryn
Personal: Married in 1993 after prior marriages. They have a blended family of one son, three daughters and four grandchildren. They have a home in the hills of Rutherford, Calif., and a high-rise condo in Oak Lawn.
Hall Wines
Headquarters: St. Helena, Calif.
Ownership: Majority privately held by Craig and Kathryn Hall
Founded: 1995
Property: 3,700 acres in Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties of California; vineyards in Rutherford and St. Helena
Products: 120,000 cases of 40 types of wines under the Hall and Walt labels
Employees: 84
Financials: Revenue of $30 million, with $7.5 million to $8 million in EBITDA forecast for 2014; in excess of $48 million with operating income of $12 million forecast for 2015
SOURCES: Craig and Kathryn Hall


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With the planet of Passion in Gemini, the sign of Intellect, curiosity is your inner drive. Mental activity gets you going and you make an excellent politician, a convincing salesperson, a provocative speaker and writer. Your mind is active, alert but restless. Mentally-stimulating conversations, images and new ideas boost your physical energy and sexual drive, as well as boredom exhausts you on physical plane. You are open-minded, easily excited and contagiously enthusiastic when surrounded with inspiring audience.
You are forceful and blunt when you want to be; dancingly light and lacerating with your wit when it suits you: your sarcasm can quickly cut an opponent down. You verbally fence with the enemy to find his weak spot so you can puncture him, swiftly and neatly. You are a rabble rouser, a morale booster, an ideologist who can tell people how to do the impossible. You build verbal bridges for others to cross between the conceptual plane and the concrete world.
But, with Mars in the Air sign, you lack more earthly qualities: stamina, force of will and concertation. You are physically agile but don't possess the stamina to shine in strenuous competitive sports. You are also easily distracted as your mind seeks diversity. Your great ideas must be carried forward by others. You participate for the sake of the action, the excitement, the mental stimulus, more than for the result. You are talkative person, an impulsive debater and disputant, and you seldom talk nonsense, but you may use your quick wit to embarrass and discomfort others unnecessarily, particularly in company. However you use it – words are your strongest weapon. With Mars in Gemini, you should be careful not to neglect your education, because it makes hard for you to get ahead, as well because teaching and lecturing suits you.
You are practical and speak in order to produce effective action. The fact that you might never take action is incidental. Your role is to show the way. You make the most idealistic plan sound feasible and desirable. You are inventive, sometime marvelously ingenious. There are very few situations you can't deal with. But because of the abundance of nervous energy, you are also high-strung and easily irritated. You sometimes show a remarkable inconsistency in your beliefs; you can take an opposite stand to one you've already advocated with magnificent self-confidence. You also can be very indecisive at times.
You look at sex from intellectual distance: you need to be aroused mentally first, in order to feel sexual desire. Passions in you are easily aroused, but also quickly transferred to another object. You actually enjoy more in the adventure of anticipation, than you really feel the need to satisfy the sexual urges. You sublimate these impulses better than any other placement. However, when sexually involved, you tend to be playful, skillful and open-minded lover. For you, intellectual compatibility has the utmost importance when it comes to a relationship, and sexual loyalty is a bit vague concept for you. Mars in Gemini people may have more than one relationship and marriages during life – and sometimes they are taking place simultaneously.
Mars in Gemini famous people: activist Martin Luther King, actors Al Pacino and Sean Connery, actresses Uma Thurman and Kate Winslet, musician Jim Morrison


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Brace yourselves, xoVain readers. This is going to be a weird one.
It started when I was trying out some new false eyelashes the other day. It's my latest beauty obsession, despite the fact that I'm horrible at applying them. Still, I can't stop myself from buying the most ridiculous falsies that I can find. No natural lashes for me! I want it to look like a thick, fuzzy caterpillar fell asleep on each eyelid.
I didn't get into makeup as a way to "enhance my natural beauty"--that's not very exciting to me. I got into makeup because I was the one who always did everyone's Halloween makeup (and still do). I live for occasionally going a little wild with my makeup. Not for work, of course; but for hanging out with friends or going to the bar with my boyfriend? You bet I'll be there wearing two-toned lips or '60s Twiggy-inspired eye makeup. (Sorry, boyfriend.)
ANYWAY, all this is to say that sometimes I'll be trying out a new beauty look and realize that I've unintentionally morphed into some random fictional character. I often wear headscarves whenever I wake up to find that my pixie cut has turned against me, and one day, I was wearing a purple one while admiring my newest super-long lashes in the mirror.
My sister took one look at me and exclaimed, "You look like Yzma!"
This made us squeak in unison, "Is that my voice? Is that MY voice?" and then burst into laughter like the obnoxious idiots that we are.
Yzma, for the adults reading this, is the evil villain in the Disney movie The Emperor's New Groove. She has sickly purplish-gray skin, the craziest eye bags ever, and a total of eight spidery eyelashes that practically reach the top of her turban. She also has the baddest accessories.
I love this broad, and once I realized I already had part of her look, I decided, What the hell--let's go the rest of the way.
I passed on the lilac skin and the eye bags but was excited to borrow inspiration from the rest of Yzma's look as a nice change from my usual pink lipstick and Peter Pan collar crap. In the end, I felt delightfully evil and sexy. It's sort of a goth summer look that you can wear when you need to feel like a badass throne-usurper who should be carried around on a chair by a strong man all day.
I'll tell you how I did it. To the secret lab!
I started with clean, moisturized skin and added a matte base of foundation. You want a smooth, blank slate.
Prepare to spend the majority of the time on your eyes. They're dramatic and the most important part of Yzma's look.
First I applied some e.l.f. Eyeshadow Primer, then lined my Maybelline EyeStudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner entirely around my eyes, even in the inner corners and along my waterline--a first for me. Keep the eyeliner as thin as possible; you want your eyes to be defined, but not like a raccoon's.
I also used a brow pencil to define my eyebrows, as hers are very dark and angular.
Next is the purple eyeshadow. Good lord, I hate wearing eyeshadow (it never looks good on me!) and purple, of all colors... Well, it was a test. Adrianna might be able to pull it off, but I've always hated purple.
Still, I decided to commit to it, using Wet 'N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow in Kitten first and then darkening the color with a deeper shade of purple that I got from e.l.f, blending with my finger. Surprisingly, I didn't hate the end result!
Most importantly, you're going to need some super-long eyelashes: I used Sonia Kashuk Full Drama Eyelashes and Ardell Clear Lash Grip Adhesive (the lashes came with their own glue, but I've found the Ardell kind to work really well).
You want them to be longer on the outer edges of your eyes, and pointing outwards as well, rather than straight ahead. We're going for length, not thickness. I cut my the lash strip in half to achieve this look.
Finally, add a dash of magenta lip color--I used Revlon ColorStay Liner in Win--and some jewel-toned accessories. I dressed like a fairly normal person since it is not, sadly, Halloween, but I did wear the essentials: dangling earrings and a fabulous turban.
You can use any headscarf. Just wrap it above your forehead and tie it underneath your neck. Make sure to leave a strand of hair peeking out from the front.
My favorite thing about Yzma is her confidence. She's old, she's wrinkled, and she's scary beyond all reason. None of that stops her from taking pride in her appearance (girl obviously loves her local Sephora). She refers to herself as beautiful, and it's obvious that she means it.
So if you take any inspiration from this look at all, don't worry about the eyelashes and purple eyeshadow. Just channel the Yzma attitude.
Would you try this evil but sexy look this summer? Which Disney villains do you think I should take beauty cues from next?


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A single-vehicle crash caused authorities to close Highway 56 for three hours on Saturday, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears.
Highway 56 closed after single-vehicle crash
A single-vehicle crash caused authorities to close Highway 56 for three hours on Saturday, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears.
Construction continued this week on Wilton's wide-ranging infrastructure project.
Wednesday, Aug 8: A mailbox and a Highway 33 sign was hit in the town of Forest.
Kari J. Alton was arrested Aug. 8 for a probation hold, and charges were referred to the Monroe County District Attorney's office for felony bail jumping, according to Wilton Police Chief Jeremy Likely.
It's time to bolster your iron count for the Wilton blood drive, which is set for 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.
During Norwalk Lions Club's annual tractor pull this weekend, the Norwalk Public Library Board will raffle off about 20 gift baskets.
Thursday, Aug. 2: Milan Gilman of Viroqua was traveling westbound on Main Street in De Soto when a tie rod broke on the vehicle, which caused him to lose control and strike a utility pole. No injuries were reported.
The 33rd Norwalk Flower Fair will be at 101 Main St. on Saturday, Aug. 11, and Sunday, Aug. 12.
Mari Kabat of Cashton sells her wares at the Ontario flea market on July 21.
Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers is in the midst of an extensive dental department renovation that began in mid-June.
The Norwalk Rails to Trails Committee, which sponsors the Rails to Trails Marathon in the fall, recently donated to two village organizations: the Village of Norwalk and the Norwalk Sportsmen's Club.
Monday, July 23: Monday, July 23: The sheriff's office received a report of a skunk with a peanut butter jar stuck on its head in Viola.


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Here's a card I made using the digital stamp " Little Dancer Two" by A Day For Daisies.
I left the sentiment off this one and will add it when I go to use it.
Isn't she just adorable. A great image for the budding Ballerina in the family!
Thanks for looking,
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A new River North bakery serving cakes, pastries, tarts and other goodies opened its doors in early February. Fabcakes (714 N Wells St. 312-397-3300) is helmed by Fabiola Tyrawa, a baking enthusiast-turned-business owner whom the bakery is named after.
Tyrawa, who is from Poland, doesn't have a standard menu of treats but puts out pastries inspired by available ingredients and the seasons. Favorites include heart-shaped red velvet cupcakes with mascarpone cheese and croissants stuffed with goat cheese and fig or brie and cherry. You'll find fresh fruit incorporated into nearly every menu item, typical of Polish baking. This lighter take on desserts means you'll often find yogurt instead of heavy cream and other naturally sweetened treats.


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Mike Hearn, the man who succeeded Vern Pottinger as Belvidere's football coach and led the Bucs to nine playoff seasons in 10 years, has been voted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Hearn is retiring this year after coaching at Belvidere for 36 years: 19 as an assistant under Pottinger, 10 as the head coach and the last seven as an assistant again.
Mike Hearn's Hall of Fame news was two months from being official, but it was already spreading fast.
"I got a letter Christmas Eve; it was a great Christmas present," said Hearn, who retired this year after coaching football at Belvidere for 36 years. "My two kids were with me, Ali and Luke, and they immediately went on the computers to do the Facebook thing.
"They kept telling me how many likes I had. I don't do Facebook, so I didn't know what they meant, but they were really excited, so I thought that was cool. When my wife walked in, they showed her the letter. It was a pretty emotional time for our family."
Hearn this week was officially announced as a member of the latest Illinois High School Football Coaches Association's 2013 Hall of Fame class. He will be inducted at a banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign at noon on April 6.Widget: blog_inline_images image image_size Medium
Hearn coached the freshman team at Villa Grove, near Champaign, for one year as a student-teacher, then spent the next 36 years at Belvidere, starting and finishing as an assistant with 10 years inbetween as the Bucs' head coach. Hearn was 74-32 as a head coach, leading the Bucs to the playoffs nine times in 10 seasons.
His best season as a head coach was going 12-1 in 2005, but his greatest achievement might have been his first season in 1997, when the Bucs upset Boylan in their final game to sneak into the playoffs, then scored three TDs in the last eight minutes to shock unbeaten Park Ridge Maine South 19-10 in the first round. The No. 29-seeded Bucs had one first down to No. 4 Maine South's 11 in the first half, but had a 14-1 lead in first downs the second half and won despite Maine South completing 15 of 17 passes for 207 yards.
"I still can't believe we beat that team," Hearn said. "We had maybe one player that could start for them. But that game speaks for what I've seen all my years at Belvidere: Belvidere kids never quit. If there's any legacy that I'm involved in, it's that kids never quit at Belvidere."
I covered that game, and it remains one of the three of four most-memorable games I've ever covered, up there with Boylan's huge rally over Gurnee Warren in the early 1990s when Gurnee Warren basically introduced the no-huddle shotgun, all-passing offense to the NIC-10. Fullback Brian Dively gave me a quote after that game that could have also described Vern Pottinger's two state championship teams:Widget: blog_inline_quote quote "People measure teams by ratings and statistics, but when you've got heart, nobody stats that." quote_author Brian Dively, fullback on 1997 Belvidere football team
Another great quote from that game was the Belvidere quarterback talking about how the Bucs figured they would win at halftime, even though they trailed 10-0, because their defense had held Maine South scoreless twice in a row deep in their own territory to end the first half.
"Our defense stopped them. I felt like crying. We didn't have any points or anything, but just to have a chance, that's all we asked for," quarterback Karac Kotajarvi told me.
Hearn said he loved being an assistant coach — which included two state titles under the legendary Vern Pottinger — as much as a head coach. "My title doesn't matter," he said. "All those years were special to me."
Hearn said it was "perfect timing" to retire this year because his son, Luke, was graduating.
"I know his senior class better than any of the 37 years I've coached, since I've seen them play since kingergarten," Hearn said. "Next year would have been a letdown because of all of the excitement of this year."
Hearn will join his big brother in the Hall. Bill Hearn, a longtime assistant and briefly the head coach at Glenbard South, was inducted in 2010.


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Nasser Judeh, Jordan's foreign minister, said on Tuesday that the country was preparing for the possibility of chemical weapon use in nearby Syria.
The mobilization by the neighboring country raises concern that Syria's recently moved chemical weapons could be put to use. Syria started to move its chemical weapons out of storage facilities earlier in the week, though the reason for the move is unclear, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Judeh said that the issue of chemical weapons is of extreme importance to Jordan. He said that the country has taken all needed measures to confront the possibility of chemical warfare, though he did not mention specific measures taken, Associated Press reports.
Nawaf Fares, Syria's ex-ambassador to Iraq, said on Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would consider using chemical weapons if he thought they were needed to end the armed insurrection. The Syrian conflict has led to an estimated 17,000 deaths, according to BBC.
Relations between Jordan and Syria have never been strong, but the Syrian unrest has led to a further breakdown in relations. Since the start of the unrest in March 2011, floods of Syrian refugees have spilled into neighboring Jordan. The country has taken in approximately 27,000 Syrian asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch reports.


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Don't miss what is set to be one of the busiest seasons ever at Portsmouth Guildhall as a host of top quality stars and shows come to the city this Autumn!
Comedy lovers will not be disappointed as some of the country's top comedians take to the stage including Rob Brydon, Russell Brand, John Bishop, Milton Jones, Paul Chowdhry, Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan with a pre-show curry dinner upgrade available for just £14.50 which includes a curry with all the extras, a drink and early entry to beat the queues. Greg Davies' SOLD OUT 'Magnificent Beast' tour is visiting on 29 & 30th September - become a 'Guildhall Member' and never miss out on tickets again with advance notification and priority booking!
The Guildhall, renowned as one of the top music venues on the South Coast, is guaranteed to delight this Autumn with something for all tastes including Zara Larsson, Placebo, Marc Almond, Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, The Pretenders, War on Drugs, an evening of 80s legends; Midge Ure, The Christians and Altered Images Ft. Clare Grogan, Songs that Won the War, Shane Filan, Monk Misterioso, Dr Hook starring Dennis Locorriere, 'The Godfather of British Blues;' John Mayall and Spike Edney's SAS Band show with Tony Hadley, Fish, Tom Robinson, Toyah, Patti Russo and The Lounge Kittens all performing.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, in their 125th Anniversary year, begin their season of 12 concerts at the Guildhall including a range of concertos and symphonies from the great composers, 'Heroes & Monsters' Music from the Movies and a Christmas special of children's classic; The Snowman. The Portsmouth Chamber Music Series of concerts for 2017/18 also gets underway with concerts from solo pianist; Paul Lewis, Van Kuijk String Quartet and young violinist; Tamsin Waley-Cohen with accomplished chamber musician, James Baillieu.
Further entertainment through the Autumn takes the form of some great tribute, dance, musical and fun shows and events including Magic of Motown, Purple Rain – a celebration of Prince, Big Girls Don't Cry, Rip it Up, Australian Pink Floyd, Circus of Horrors, A Night of Dirty Dancing, Rain – 50 Years of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The DJ Shop Untouchables Darts, Portsmouth Beer Festival, Portsmouth Vegan Festival and a Cheese Fest!
With the season finale direct from London's West End, Thriller Live, a spectacular concert celebrating the undisputed King of Pop and the world's greatest entertainer, Michael Jackson! Experience MJ's non stop hits from pop to rock and soul to disco in this homage to the star's legendary live performances and innovative dance moves in a show you will never forget.
Enjoy a Hospitality or 2 Course Dinner Upgrade on the majority of shows this Autumn. For just £17.50, savour a delicious dinner in the sumptuous surroundings of the Lord Mayor's Banqueting Room and enjoy early entry to the auditorium.
You can also enjoy Portsmouth Guildhall by day! Explore the FREE Portsmouth Music Experience Exhibition and discover new bands and artists at our FREE Guildhall Introducing Live sessions. Relax and meet friends in the Guildhall Café or book a place on one of our monthly behind the scenes tours.
Plus on the 8th and 9th September, the Guildhall, as part of Heritage Open Days, will 'open up' giving people the opportunity to meet the Curator of its exhibitions, enjoy a backstage taster tour and have the chance to see the City's Silverware!
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Kuala Trang Village, Indonesia: Ayun feeds his grandfather's calf. The community gave the calf to his grandfather with the understanding that the proceeds would pay for Ayun's schooling, as both of his parents were killed in the 2006 Tsunami. Ayun himself could not own the cow directly because he lost all his identity papers in the Tsunami and was too young.
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April 19: Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO;
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April 22: Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL;
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April 26: Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH;
April 28: Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH;
April 29: Verizon Center in Washington, DC;
May 4: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY;
May 5: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY;
May 7: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA;
May 8: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA;
May 10: TD Garden in Boston, MA;
May 11: TD Garden in Boston, MA;
May 13: Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON;
May 14: Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City, QC;
May 16; Bell Centre in Montreal, QC;
May 18: Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON;
May 19: Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON;
June 11: MTS Centre in Winnipeg, MB;
June 13: Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB;
June 14: Rexall Place in Edmonton, AB;
June 16: SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, SK;
June 18: Fargodome in Fargo, ND;
June 19: Target Center in Minneapolis, MN;
June 21: Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NE;
June 22: Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA;
June 24: US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH;
June 25: Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN;
June 27: Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN;
June 29: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL;
June 30: Amway Center in Orlando, FL;
July 2: American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL;
July 3: American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL;
July 6: Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC;
July 7: Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD;
July 9; Prudential Center in Newark, NJ;
July 10: XL Center in Hartford, CT;
July 12: First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY;
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