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'Smash' Recap: Ivy & Karen Team Up Against Rebecca
Hell hath no fury like two potential understudies scorned! Rebecca better watch her back.
Just when you thought Ellis (Jaime Cepero) was the worst thing to happen to Bombshell, along came Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman) on the April 16 episode of Smash to remind us all that, despite what Dan Savage claims, it doesn't always get better. After butchering "Let Me Be Your Star," Rebecca introduced a few creative changes to the show: In a nutshell, longer scenes and less singing — which is great for a musical.
The only bright side to Rebecca's arrival was the unlikely alliance of Karen (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy (Megan Hilty). Hell hath no fury like a potential understudy scorned, so between Karen's tenacity and Ivy's crippling addiction to prescription drugs, I'm sure they'll be able to cook up a wacky scheme for ol' Becky.
But maybe Ivy should help Karen out with her man problems first. Dev (Raza Jaffrey) spent the hour getting awfully close to his lady friend at the mayor's office, while Derek (Jack Davenport) fantasized about Karen — as Marilyn — singing "Our Day Will Come." Neither Dev cheating nor Karen hooking up with Derek are unexpected twists to the series, but it will be interesting to see how each will affect things moving forward.
Of course, Bombshell still looks like a masterpiece compared to the train wreck that is Julia's (Debra Messing) marriage to Frank (Brian D'Arcy James). The two came together this week to help get Leo back on track in school, but don't expect a reconciliation anytime soon; Frank remains understandably pissed. I'm not going to lie, I'm getting a lot of sick pleasure out of watching Julia deal with the fallout of her affair with Michael (Will Chase). Affairs on TV often go unpunished, so I'm glad Smash is putting her through the hell she deserves.
Even though she couldn't save her own relationship, Julia did manage to play Cupid for Tom (Christian Borle) and Sam, but things got a little awkward when Sam started talking about religion. He sees sex as "holy" and wants to take things slow, which I'm sure is exactly what Tom wanted to hear the week after breaking up with a guy for being Republican.
What did you think of this week's Smash? Do you like Rebecca's take on Marilyn — at all? Are you rooting for Karen and Dev to break up? There are only three episodes left until the season finale, so hit up the comments section with your thoughts on what's to come!


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About the Update
The Mission Valley Community Plan Update, a high priority for the Mayor and the City, represents a significant planning effort for the City of San Diego. The Update will establish goals and objectives for future improvements and development that will implement the policies contained within the City's General Plan while enhancing the community for existing and future community residents, businesses and organizations.
Project Description
In conjunction with the community, the City staff and the consultant team are in the process of preparing a comprehensive update of the 1985 Mission Valley Community Plan and Mission Valley Planned District Ordinance Zoning regulations.
The community plan will implement the updated General Plan by utilizing the General Plan elements to ensure that the new citywide policies and programs from the General Plan are reflected in the community plan. The updated community plan will include the following 10 elements and identify a land use plan to address land use conflicts: Land Use and Community Planning; Mobility; Urban Design; Economic Prosperity; Public Facilities, Services and Safety; Recreation; Historic Preservation; Noise; Housing; and Implementation.

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Starbucks Corporation (NYSE: SBUX) is an international coffeehouse that has built one of the world's most powerful and recognizable brands of high-quality coffee and the unique "Starbucks Experience."[1]
Starbucks first revolutionized the coffeehouse industry by marketing expensive, high-quality coffee as well as a "third place" between work and home - a warm, clean, and inviting environment where customers go to escape the chaos of daily life. [2] However, while the company faced significant growth in the early 2000s, Starbucks faces significant headwinds as its stores face saturation in the domestic market. A shift in consumer spending triggered by the global recession has also driven consumers to less costly competitors such as McDonald's.
Starbucks Corporation generates revenue both from its company-operated retail stores and from specialty operations.
Through its "company-operated retail" coffee houses, Starbucks sells high-quality whole bean coffee, freshly brewed coffee, premium teas, a variety of cold blended beverages, various food/pastry items, and coffee/beverage related equipment and accessories, as well as a line of CDs. Starbucks operates 11,131 retail stores in North America and 5,727 stores internationally.
Starbucks' success is due in large part to the trendsetting triumph of its coffeehouses as an informal and convenient "third place" outside of home and work, ideal both for informal meetings and a quiet moment away from the hubbub of daily life. Wi-fi internet access in all stores also makes it a place where customers can work. Book and music events also take place at Starbucks, in accordance with the company's goal of making each location a community center of sorts to garner the loyalty of local customers. [3]
Starbucks' specialty operations segment tries to develop the company's brand through third parties outside the traditional coffeehouse.
Starbucks currently has over 11,500 stores in the United States alone. Over the past two years, Starbucks has expanded aggressively, adding 3,500 stores, often within eyesight of existing stores. Until recently, the company has been blessed with extraordinary growth in transactions per store (traffic) and same store sales, which has consistently been in the high single to low double-digits. Much of this may be attributable to the US economic slowdown, but investors fear that these weak growth figures could indicate saturation in the U.S. market. Regardless, Starbucks aims to double its US locations to 20,000 and eventually open 40,000 locations worldwide. [4]
As the global economy continues its recovery, Starbucks is planning to open an average of more than one store each day. China is SBUX's largest target, as it is expected to be the biggest growth market over the next two years. As such, Starbucks continues to close domestic stores that have already saturated the market, and replacing them with international stores abroad.[5]
Starbucks road to fame was marked by a move into a small coffee drinker market over one decade ago, but as Starbucks starts to hit market saturation, large and small enterprises alike are starting to enter to steal market share.
McDonald's introduced the McCafe to select stores, where customers can purchase espressos and cappuccinos. These drinks, which are priced in the $2-4 range, represent McDonald's foray into the high-margin caffeinated beverages market, currently dominated by Starbucks.[6]
Analysts have taken notice of this threat and expect McCafe to have a negative impact on Starbucks' same-store sales.[7] In a response to the McDonald's challenge Starbucks is teaming up with Burger King, which would begin selling Starbucks' Seattle's Best Coffee in about 7,250 U.S. outlets. The new drinks will sell for $1 to $2.79 and will replace Burger King's BK Joe brew. [8]
The resulting "coffee war" amongst the food giants began to tear away at the premium model which Starbucks used to hold so steadfast. In response, these large companies specifically McDonald's began a large ad campaign to orient customers away from Starbucks and to cheaper alternatives. This bidding war allowed small-time coffee chains such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) and Caribou Coffee Company (CBOU) to steal market share as unique quality coffees, the very type of business model that Starbucks attempted to implement in the early days.[9] However, as commodity prices for coffee continue to rise, it is uncertain whether these small chains will be able to survive.
Starbucks targets a higher-income crowd of the young and college-educated, a group that tends toward higher luxury-consumption levels. Although this focus allows the company to maintain high profit margins, it also puts Starbucks at greater risk from a shift in consumer spending habits. If Starbucks chooses to expand further into coffee for home consumption, it could find a new consumer base in baby boomers (the largest demographic, 26% of the population), who are more likely to drink their coffee at home but who are more price sensitive than "yuppies" (young urban professionals). Teen coffee drinkers are also important to Starbucks--many believe that this segment will be the main driver of domestic specialty coffee consumption in the next few years.
Starbucks' close competitors include other specialty coffee shops, doughnut shops, and restaurants.
Starbucks holds a dominant position in the specialty coffeehouse market and has no single clear rival in the sector. (Its closest specialty coffeehouse competitor is Caribou Coffee, with 415 stores in the US--less than 5% of Starbucks' 11,000-plus). Its most intense specialty coffeehouse competition is dispersed among the thousands of independent or small-chain coffee shops around the nation and the world.
The National Coffee Association estimates that the US coffee market will reach $29 billion in 2011 [10], and the markets the two competitors target are different. The former aims at the cheaper coffee to go, whereas the latter aims at providing a premium experience for a luxury price. McDonald's larger retail footprint may overlap more with Starbucks' core markets, but their stark differences as stores are reflective of the general differences between their core customers.
Privately owned Dunkin Donuts is another major competitor, with nearly 5,000 stores in the U.S. Although Dunkin' Donuts' retail footprint also overlaps largely with that of Starbucks, their customer experience is much more similar to the coffee-to-go model rather than the "third place to work and relax" model. Consequently, they are likely to compete more directly with McDonald's than with Starbucks.


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Oh She Glows
For the past 6 years, I've shared energizing, plant-based recipes that my family and I enjoy on a daily basis. My goal is to inspire you to embrace more plant-based foods in your diet without feeling the least bit deprived. And yes, my recipes are great for meat-eaters and picky kids too! Most of my recipes are gluten-free and many are allergy-friendly (just check the recipe for the allergy info).
Honey & Jam
Spoon Fork Bacon
Cookie & Kate
I've been hanging onto this recipe for Halloween. They're a variation that I discovered when making Jessica's chocolate peppermint cups earlier this year, which is kind of mean, now that I think about it. I'm sorry. Bottom line: These peanut butter cups are far more tasty and somewhat more redeeming than your average Halloween haul. They're also easy to make, requiring just a few basic ingredients. What are you waiting for?
It's been a lazy day Sunday and I just wanted something simple to satisfy my sweet tooth. No frills or flowers or fluff needed. A simple slice of cake always wins with me. And look at that slice … freckled with miniature chocolate chips equals perfection. Chocolate chips just kind of make people happy. They tend to cheer me up anyway. I'll take them in cake or cookies and of course, by the handful 🙂
A Cozy Kitchen
The recipes I love to make are ALWAYS comforting and cozy and often times are inspired by my Latin-American background. My mom is Peruvian and my dad is Colombian. You'll find some traditional classics from both countries as well as a bunch of mash-ups that hopefully aren't offensive (I was raised in the US, after all). Another thing you'll find a lot of: pastries, cakes, breakfast stuff and lots and lots of pie.
Gerry's Kitchen
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What's Gaby Cooking
During my second week of culinary school I got a job as private chef and the rest is history! I worked as a private chef for a few fantastic families in the LA area and eventually made the move to What's Gaby Cooking full time! I now eat way more than just buttery noodles with cheese and everyone that I grew up with is still in shock I learned to like fish!
Andie Mitchell
Twelve years ago, I weighed nearly 300 pounds. After 20 years of being big, knowing I needed to change—and trying to, but failing—hitting 268 on the scale was my turning point. I started eating better, learning about nutrition for the first time in my life. I started exercising regularly. In short, I overhauled my life. A little over a year after I began, I lost 135 pounds. It was the hardest and most rewarding experience, and although I didn't realize it at the time, I was only at the beginning.
Smitten Kitchen
What I'm wary of is: Excessively fussy foods and/or pretentious ingredients. I don't do truffle oil, Himalayan pink salt at $10 per quarter-ounce or single-origin chocolate that can only be found through Posh Nosh-approved purveyors. I think food should be accessible, and am certain that you don't need any of these things to cook fantastically.
Girl Loves Food
My first mother's day was filled with pretty flowers, heartfelt cards, cheese platters, spending time with family, and a very long car ride. Will and Marin gave me a beautiful card and breakfast in bed. […] For dinner, Will made me delicious braised short ribs and parsnip puree, and we finished our night watching the original Twin Peaks. It was quite a motherly day.


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Simple Elegance: Holiday Décor in a Mediterranean-style Home
A new Mediterranean-style home in Pacific Palisades is a study in elegant restraint
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Thankfully, Klaas and Dede Vlietstra don't believe in bad omens. Having just bought a beautiful home in Pacific Palisades, California, the Vlietstras intended to make only small modifications before moving in. Unfortunately, they learned that good intentions only get you so far.
"Once we really started poking around, we found things that we simply couldn't live with," remembers Dede. "There had been five separate additions put on the house, the wiring was poorly done, and, in places, the insulation had been done with newspaper. It was a huge fire hazard."
Starting over seemed easier, so they called architect Thomas Proctor and began the two-year process of razing it and building the Mediterranean-style home they had always wanted.
Craving a home for upcoming holiday celebrations with their family—including children Nicholas, 18, and Barbara, 16—they pushed to move in before Thanksgiving, ignoring the fact that the house wasn't yet complete. "We had temporary power at first," recalls Dede. "We lived like that for a few weeks, and then—the day before Thanksgiving—we lost all power. The food was spoiling before our eyes."
While a massive power failure on Thanksgiving eve might have sent most homeowners sprinting for the closest take-out joint, the Vlietstras finally had luck—and persistence—on their side. A few hours into total darkness (and more than a few calls to the utility company), an employee from the power company happened to drive by and obligingly saved the day.
"We literally flagged him down and begged him to help," says Dede. "I hate to admit it, but I might have even turned on the tears." The waterworks obviously worked. Power was restored, Thanksgiving dinner preparation continued, and the family moved on to phase two of their premature move-in.
"We were so busy with the rebuild we completely forgot that we had to furnish the house," laughs Dede. "We thought we could do it ourselves, then woke up one morning and realized we'd painted our bedroom Pepto-Bismol pink. We called Catherine immediately. She absolutely rescued this house."
Designer Catherine Bailly Dunne remembers it differently. "I was blessed that Klaas and Dede knew quality. It was just a matter of helping them pick out the things they loved."
Although the house is large, architect Proctor paid special attention to creating rooms that are manageable in size. "I never feel as though I need to shout to be heard," says Dede. "I didn't want a house that seemed too large."
It may not be Versailles, but step through the Mediterranean-style facade, past the courtyard fountain designed by Klaas, and into the groin-vaulted front entry, and this home feels more South of France than Southern California.
The restrained color scheme is infused with Provence-inspired yellows and blues, with hints of eucalyptus blue thrown in for good measure—this is California, after all. Gilt-frame Louis XVI-style chairs (with French blue upholstery, of course) hold court in the dining room. Bergères are sprinkled throughout. Even the Christmas decor has Francophile tendencies—petite Eiffel towers dangle from tree limbs and dot tabletops.
"If I'd had my way entirely, I probably would have picked out even more French antiques," says Dede. "Catherine helped me balance it with more up-to-date pieces."
"No one wants over-the-top," notes Dunne. "That's not how people live. It doesn't look authentic. You want to mix antiques with more contemporary pieces."
Over the holidays, the family congregates in the well-used living room—designed with entertaining in mind. Two large velvet-clad sofas face each other in the center of the room, flanking the carved marble mantel designed by Proctor. Pairs of bergères, tucked into quiet corners like smitten teenagers, are impeccably placed for those intimate tête-à-têtes.
The living room's wall color, a perfect foil for rich walnut woodwork and refined French furnishings, was inspired by an unusual source. "We just couldn't find the perfect shade of white," says Dede. "The painter walked in one morning wearing a white T-shirt, and I said, 'That's it! That's the white I want.' Our living room is now the color of our painter's T-shirt."
In the sparingly furnished dining room, an opulent Murano glass chandelier betrays its Italian roots, socializing with French antiques and reproductions—its understated golden hue playing off the gilded chairs below. Shimmery pinecones and those ubiquitous Eiffel towers festoon the family's antique dining table throughout the holiday season, and the occasional modest wreath or garland will be espied, but overall, decorations are kept to a minimum.
"I've accumulated things over time, but I try to keep Christmas decorations simple," says Dede. "To me, it makes the things you do put out all the more meaningful."
While the interiors might be described by some as formal, Dunne's marching orders were strictly this: Keep it livable. "Believe it or not," says Dede, "the suede dining chairs have never been a problem. We've even had the kids making gingerbread houses with frosting in the dining room. That's the house we wanted to live in. Elegant but user-friendly."
The same rule applies to the kitchen. Visitors might find stains on the marble countertop (the better to remember holiday spills past) and dishes from a recent dinner piled in the generous apron-front sinks, but that's how Dede likes it. "I was adamant that I wanted personality in this house," she says. "It's evident that we live here. And I love that. It's life."
Upstairs, the lofty master bedroom is well-suited for Klaas, whose 6-foot-4-inch frame made diminutive pieces impossible. The painted four poster's generous proportions offer a prominent perch from which the couple can gaze out over the canyon that slopes off just beyond their back door. The ideal place for a little daydreaming—or travel planning.
"The best thing about this house is that it could be in France. It could be anywhere," says Dede. "It's like we're on vacation, except that at the end of the day I have to do the dishes."
Photography: Joe Schmelzer
Architect: Thomas Proctor, Thomas Proctor Architects, 8650 Holloway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90069; 310/659-2125.
Interior designer: Catherine Bailly Dunne, ASID, Catherine Bailly Dunne Interior Design, Inc., 16738 Bollinger Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272; 310/454-4047.
Living Room
Simple holiday decor shimmers against the living room's white walls—inspired by a plain white T-shirt. Colors pulled from the rich antique rug reappear on a pair of bergères and the velvet sofas.
Living Room Details
The Christmas tree glitters in gold and green. A collection of gilt-framed artwork hung on the wall behind creates a masterpiece in itself.
Living Room Fireplace
Velvet-clad sofas in the living room face each other across a marble mantel designed by architect Thomas Proctor.
The home's pediment-crowned entry opens onto a private courtyard. Vines on the sides of the house perfectly complement the seasonal decorations around the front door.
Dining Room
In the dining room, the glow of the golden-hued Murano glass chandelier mixes flawlessly with walnut woodwork above and dainty gilt-frame chairs below.
Dining Room Details
Glittering pinecones, diminutive Eiffel towers, and gleaming gold place settings in the dining room create a glamorous holiday tabletop.
Dede Vlietstra with Labrador retrievers Homer and Cousteau.
Dede's favorite room? The kitchen. "I could live in this kitchen," she says. "Actually, I do!" Roman shades from Cowtan & Tout pair with sage-colored runners to cool the auburn flooring and cabinetry.
Master Bedroom
Refined patterns and an understated palette replaced the master bedroom's previous pink scheme. "If I were to use one word to describe this house, I'd say soothing," says homeowner Dede Vlietstra. "I love being here."
Master Bedroom Window Seat
The master bedroom's window seat overlooks the canyon beyond. "The view is so spectacular," says Dede, "I don't think we ever close the curtains!"
Master Bathroom
Classic materials—primarily walnut and marble—emphasize the gracious architecture in the master bathroom.


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Mango Lassi is a soothing cold drink for hot summer days or to brighten up any meal. This pale drink is a blend of mango and yogurt. A popular drink in Indian restaurants.
Serves 3 to 4.
- 2 cups ripe mangoes peeled and chopped
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons sugar (Adjust to taste)
- 1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves (Optional)
- 3 cups crushed ice or ice cubes,(use as needed)
- Blend yogurt, mango, and 2 tablespoons sugar and taste before adding more sugar. How much sugar is used depends on the sweetness of the mango and the yogurt.
- Add and cardamom powder and blend. If it is too
thick, add some water to desired consistency. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with mint leaves. ice and cardamom powder and blend again.
Adjust ingredient quantities depending on the sweetness of the mango and the thickness of the yogurt. Mango Lassi it is better if the mangoes are not fibrous.


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IFA 2013: Lenovo Launches S5000 Thin and Light Seven-Inch Tablet
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | September 5, 2013 - 03:39 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: tablet, s5000, Lenovo, ideatab, android 4.2
Today, Lenovo announced a new high end seven inch tablet called the IdeaTab S5000. The new tablet measures 7.9mm thick and weighs 246 grams (0.54").
The chassis has a laser engraved "fabric feel" back cover finish and chrome accents on the side. A large 5" 1280 x 800 (350 nit) touchscreen display dominates the front of the device. A 1.8MP webcam sits above the display and a Lenovo logo is located below the display. The tablet also has a rear 5.0 MP camera.
The IdeaTab S5000 is powered by a MediaTek 8389 SoC with a quad core CPU clocked at 1.2GHz and PowerVR™ Series5XT GPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card), and a 3,450 mAh battery. The tablet is rated at 8 hours of continuous Wi-Fi web browsing or 6 hours of HD video playback. It has a OTG (On The Go) USB port allowing it to act as a host and connect to devices such as external storage. The S5000 can further be configured with HSPA+ 3G cellular connectivity.
The S5000 runs Android 4.2 and comes with Lenovo suite of customized smart apps for document and photo editing (among other things). The IdeaTab S5000 will be available in Q4 2013 for an as-yet-unannounced price.
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The Bayou Cane Fire Department is throwing its biggest public safety expo yet this weekend.
The Bayou Cane Fire Department is throwing its biggest public safety expo yet this weekend.
Firefighters have partnered with at least a dozen other groups to entertain people with activities such as motorcycle demonstrations, police dog demonstrations, monster trucks and a mock vehicle crash showing the dangers of texting while driving.
The event is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Southland Mall parking lot.
Prizes will be awarded. Firefighters will also be handing out free smoke detectors while supplies last.
The public can also speak to the Bayou Cane Firefighters Association about the district's upcoming ballot proposal for a property tax renewal and increase.
Besides a major Terrebonne and Lafourche law enforcement presence, groups participating include the Brothers in Blue, the Bikers Against Child Abuse, and Terrebonne High Jobs for America's Graduates.
Fire Battalion Chief Brian Boudreaux, who organized the event, said he wanted the expo to be more hands-on, rather than "you walk around, look at a booth, look at a booth, and when you're done looking it's time to leave."
Firefighters organize the public safety expo every year as part of Fire Prevention Month.
"But," Boudreaux said, "we would also like to remind everyone fire safety should be practiced year-round."


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HAMILTON, N.Y. - Ferris State University opened the 2013-14 men's ice hockey campaign off in victorious fashion as the Bulldogs recorded a 7-4 road win over Colgate on Saturday (Oct. 5) evening in the series opener at Starr Rink in Hamilton, N.Y.
Ferris State fought back from a 2-0 deficit and scored the final three goals of the night en route to the win. The seven goals were the Bulldogs' most since an early 7-3 home win over Mercyhurst in week two last October.
The host Raiders struck first at 5:48 of the first period as Mike Borkowski notched the first lamplighter of the contest at even-strength with both Darcy Murphy and Joe Wilson adding assists.
Colgate struck again nearly two minutes later when Andrew Black found the back of the net to give the Raiders a 2-0 edge. Both John Lidgett and Mike McCann picked up assists on his goal.
Ferris State, though, rallied back with three consecutive goals in the second period. The first came from senior forward Cory Kane only 3:53 into the period off an assist from junior defenseman Jason Binkley.
Senior captain Scott Czarnowczan netted the Bulldogs' second goal at 13:29 of the second off a power-play feed from forwards Justin Buzzeo and Garrett Thompson to tie the contest up at two goals each.
The Bulldogs took their first lead at 16:42 of the second as Binkley notched his first goal of the year and second point of the night with senior Justin DeMartino and sophomore Brandon Anselmini earning helpers. The 3-2 lead stood after two periods of play.
However, the Raiders fought back with back-to-back goals to regain the lead. Tyson Spink tallied an even-strength goal only 58 seconds into the final frame as Kyle Baun and his brother, Tylor Spink, picked up the assists.
Less than a minute later, it was Tylor Spink that found the back of the next on a power-play goal with assists credited to Baun and Borkowski to give the Raiders a 4-3 edge.
However, the Bulldogs were not done as freshman Kyle Schempp notched his first collegiate goal at 3:01 of the third period after receiving the pass from DeMartino and Czarnowczan. The goal tied the game back up at 4-4 heading into the homestretch.
Ferris State surged ahead on Thompson's first goal of the year at 5:29 of the third as the senior forward recorded his first goal of the year on the power play off a Buzzeo assist.
Soon after, Buzzeo returned the favor by hammering a shot home off a feed from Thompson at 9:46 to give FSU a two-goal advantage.
The final Bulldog goal came on an empty-netter from sophomore Matt Robertson with 53 seconds to play in the game.
Ferris State received a complete-game, 28-save performance from junior goaltender CJ Motte in net. He had five stops in the opening period, nine in the second and a game-high 14 in the third and final period of action.
On the opposite side of the ice, Colgate's Charlie Finn made 25 saves for the Raiders in 59:15 between the pipes.
Ferris State and Colgate both tallied 32 shots apice for the game. FSU had 12 shots in both the second and third periods after being limited to eight scoring chances in the initial 20 minutes of action.
FSU finished two-of-four on the power play and killed off two-of-three Colgate tries on the penalty kill in earning the victory. Overall, the Bulldogs were called for six penalties totaling 12 minutes and the Raiders had seven for 14 minutes in the box.
An announced crowd of 1,476 fans were on hand for the season opener between the two teams. With the win, the Bulldogs improved to 7-4-1 all-time versus the Raiders and moved to 3-2 in five matchups played in Hamilton to date.
With Saturday night's contest, FSU was the first team in the revamped Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) to officially open the 2013-14 regular-season.
The Bulldogs will go for the season-opening sweep on Sunday (Oct. 6) at Starr Rink in an afternoon contest slated to begin at 4 p.m. (ET). The game can be heard live on Sunny 97.3 and the Bulldog Sports Network online at FerrisStateBulldogs.com with Dan Kowalski calling the action starting with pregame coverage at 3:30 p.m.


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By Archives Staff
Title: Earl L. Butz papers, 1966-1976
Primary Creator: Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer) (1909-2008)
Extent: 28.81 Cubic feet
1. Correspondence, c. 1971-1976 (8.6 cf)
This series includes a range of both personal and professional correspondence materials from 1971-1976 including thank-you letters, letters of congratulations, topical correspondence with colleagues, and memos. Also included is one box of letters sent to Earl Butz in response to his resignation as Secretary of Agriculture in 1976.
2. Subject Files and Miscellaneous Papers, ca. 1966-1976 (7.4 cf)
This series is primarily comprised of subject files related to Butz's work as Secretary of Agriculture, political activities and the Republican Party, and some family or personal materials. Types of materials in these files include brochures, clippings, correspondence, reports, and photographs. A number of materials formally document Butz's daily activities as secretary, including appointment books and telephone logs. Two boxes contain materials related to Butz's travels as Secretary, including itineraries, background materials on various countries, and correspondence pertaining to a visit.
3. Statements and Speeches, c. 1971-1976 (4 cf)
This series includes collections of Butz's public speeches made as Secretary of Agriculture. The speeches are organized chronologically in binders, and each binder includes an index of speeches by date. Copies of the speeches sometimes include handwritten revisions, annotations, and marginalia.
4. Albums and Scrapbooks, c. 1960s-1976 (8.16 cf)
This series includes a number of scrapbooks and photo albums pertaining to Butz's career. Types of materials represented are news clippings reporting on Butz's professional activities, photographs from his travels as Secretary, and clippings on general political events and issues throughout the 1960s and '70s.
5. Artifacts, c. 1965-1996 (.65 cf)
Items in this series include several objects from Butz's life and work including a jacket from time spent at Camp David.
Date Acquired: 06/01/1978. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994, Purdue University, Racism in language., Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Resignation from office, United States. Department of Agriculture
Forms of Material: Books, Correspondence, Photograph albums
Languages: English
Earl Lauer Butz was born in Albion, Indiana. He received a BS in Agriculture in 1932 and his Doctorate in Agricultural Economics in 1937, both from Purdue University. After receiving his PhD, Butz taught in Purdue's Department of Agriculture. From 1946 to 1954 he was head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. He later served as Dean of Agriculture from 1957 to 1967, and as Dean of Continuing Education and President of the Purdue Research Foundation from 1968 to 1971.
Butz held two cabinet-level positions in the federal government. In 1954, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in the administration of President Eisenhower, a position he gave up while serving as Dean at Purdue. In 1971, he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Nixon. He continued in that post following Nixon's resignation from office, serving under President Ford until 1976. Butz resigned from his position that year due to controversial remarks made to Rolling Stone magazine. Butz died in his sleep at the age of 98 years on February 2, 2008.
Conn, S. 2008, February. Obituary: Earl Butz, 1909-2008. Exponent.
Dr. Earl L. Butz (1909-2008 ), educator, administrator, and government official was born on July 3, 1909 to Harmon Lee Butz and Ada Tillie Lower in Albion, Indiana. Dr. Butz graduated from Purdue University in 1932 (B.S., Agriculture) with a major in animal husbandry. During his undergraduate career at Purdue he served as an editor to the Exponent, and was a member of Iron Key Honor Society and Alpha Gamma Rho (a national agricultural fraternity). In 1937 he received his PhD from Purdue in Agricultural Economics, and joined the Purdue staff as an agriculture instructor.
During 1943-1944 Dr. Butz was on leave from his University duties and worked in Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. From 1946 to 1954 he was head of the agricultural economics department at Purdue. Butz was Dean of Agriculture from 1957 to 1967. From 1968 to 1971 he was Dean of Continuing Education and President of the Purdue Research Foundation.
During his time at Purdue University he was active in professional, academic, and civic organizations. These included being president of the Lafayette Kiwanis Club, vice president of the American Farm Economic Association (now called the American Agricultural Economics Association), vice president of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vice president of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences, and national president of Alpha Gamma Rho.
In 1954, Dr. Butz was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In that same year he was appointed to the chairmanship of the United States delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In 1957 he resigned both offices to become the Dean of Agriculture at Purdue. In 1968 he was promoted to the positions of Dean of Education and vice president of the Purdue Research Foundation.
President Richard M. Nixon appointed Dr. Butz Secretary of Agriculture in 1971. He continued to serve in that capacity into the President Gerald R. Ford administration (1976). Dr. Butz was a highly controversial figure throughout his tenure in this position. He resigned on October 4, 1976, a result of controversy in response to comments he made in public.
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008.
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Purdue University
Racism in language.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Resignation from office
United States. Department of Agriculture
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Accruals: The bulk of the collection was donated by Earl L. Butz on June 1, 1978. Additional donation from Earl Butz on July 30, 1987. Some artifacts donated by Martha Graham in January 2007.
Access Restrictions: The majority of this collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions: Boxes marked "Closed Files" have restricted access due to donor request.
Physical Access Note: Collection is located onsite.
Acquisition Source: Earl L. Butz
Related Materials:
Oral history collections featuring interviews with Earl Butz include: Marshall A. Martin agricultural oral history interviews, 1993
Purdue Office of Publications Oral History Program collection, 1969-1989
A 2007 oral history interview with Earl Butz has been digitized and is available through Purdue's e-Archives.
Preferred Citation: MSF 64, Earl L. Butz papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Processing Information: All materials have been housed in polyester sleeves, acid-free folders, and acid-free boxes. All newsprint has been photocopied and in most cases original newspaper clippings have been discarded.
Finding Aid Revision History: An earlier box-numbering system was replaced and the collection consolidated and organized into series in August 2016. An index of old and new box numbers is available for reference. Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained.
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Deus Ex 3 is now available for pre-order on Steam, which reveals the game is scheduled for Feb. 2011.
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NSR writes: "The koha project has elected a new coordinator, Pat Eyler, and is in the process of building a new, feature rich version of its library catalog and intranet suite. More good news (and features) expected shortly!" Congrats Pat! Be sure to have a look at the meeting notes and irc log and more backstory, props, and a def'n of kaitiaki for a fascinating look at a healthy open source process.
Press Releases
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bookshare.org launches
from their about page: "Bookshare.org dramatically increases access to books for the community of visually impaired and otherwise print disabled individuals. This online community enables book scans to be shared, thereby leveraging the collections of thousands of individuals who regularly scan books, eliminating significant duplication of effort. Bookshare.org takes advantage of a special exemption in the U.S. copyright law that permits the reproduction of publications into specialized formats for the disabled." Congrats to Alison et al, who've been working to make this real for some time now... and see what you can do to help! Maybe your library can help with scanning, or sponsor an organizational membership.
brent simpson writes: "OpenSourceSchools.org is a new website dedicated to fostering the adoption and successful use of free and open source solutions in education.
We have organized the site into informational categories. Our idea is to use the roles of those in the school community as a lens through which to view how free and open source software and content can serve a school. That is, instead of starting with categories such as operating systems and applications, or books and videos, we end with them. We start by asking questions such as these:
As everyone reading oss4lib knows the library is an integral part of any school and we will welcome discussions of library and related software."
Prospero Discussion List
Eric writes: "To subscribe to the new Prospero email discussion list go to : auto.med.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/prospero. A Web archive is also available at auto.med.ohio-state.edu/pipermail/prospero." Judging by the traffic already on the list it looks like this will be even more useful than the webboard.
Leviathan awarded grant from LinuxFund
as reported by lwn.net, see the LinuxFund site and the Leviathan Project proposal. An excerpt: "I am proposing creating a complete library system for all library transactions. It will be created with three tiers. The base tier will be a SQL RDMS system. The SQL code will be GPL and follow the SQL '92 Standard. This allows the Library implementation to use "free", Postgresql or GNU SQL, or commercial, Oracle or DB2 or etc., for the database backend. This gives the library or company implementing the solution to choose a "best" setup for the specific library system. The database will be based upon the current MARC Standard. It will include all currently recognized item types and be expandable, as new item types become available." LinuxFund has awarded $1000 to this project effort. Congrats to Donald, and to LinuxFund for choosing this and several other deserving efforts. Good luck! Hopefully you'll find some time savings by working with some of the projects listed here...
XML Schema now a Recommendation
In case you missed it, from the W3C Weekly News: "The World Wide Web Consortium today released XML Schema as a W3C Recommendation in three parts: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Structures, Part 2: Datatypes. The specification is stable and has been reviewed by the W3C Membership, who favors its adoption by academic, industry, and research communities. XML Schemas define shared markup vocabularies, the structure of XML documents which use those vocabularies, and provide hooks to associate semantics with them." For more see the press release or the Primer (which is itself a Recommendation too) for an introduction.
Big doin's at W3C
This week's W3C Weekly news packs some big punches: "Canonical XML Becomes a W3C Recommendation, XML Protocol Requirements Working Draft Published, XML Schema Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation", and more. All are summarized as news items with lots o' links at w3c.org. All three of these are of particular note; the canonicalization piece is vital, the Protocol bits look to be a meta(replacement?)-standard for XMLRPC/SOAP/Jabber-type environments, and XML Schema is huge. Big doin's indeed.
news from w3c: XForms WD, XQuery WDs (5!), more
among other news seen on w3c-announce: "The W3C XML Query Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of XQuery: A Query Language for XML. The XQuery language is designed to be broadly applicable across all types of XML data sources from documents to databases and object repositories." [Also...] "the XForms Working Group has released a new Working Draft of XForms 1.0. The draft describes the architecture, concepts, processing model, and terminology underlying XForms, the next
generation of Web forms." Find out more at w3c.org.
epixtech to release source for their NISO CIP impl
Ben writes: "epixtech announced earlier this month that it "plans to offer Open Source licensing for its software to implement the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP). It's great to see major vendors participating in the Open Source world." Agreed, but let's see the code. :)
Open Archives Protocol 1.0 delivered
Today's the day: the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is posted, and the public forum in D.C. is going on as we speak. Everyone in our community would do well to take a close look at 1.0 and consider the opportunities this new standard provides. Maybe we can get someone attending the meeting to report back, too (hint, hint). More info on the overall project can be found at the Open Archives site. Congrats to Herbert and Carl, et al.!


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New York City: Baruch College (The City University of New York): In celebration of the "world of jazz," The Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Series presents "Rez Abassi and His Sextet" at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Avenue, entrance on 25th Street, between Lexington and 3rd Avenue) on October 23, 2008. There will be performances at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The performances will take place in Engleman Recital Hall, in Baruch's Vertical Campus at 55 Lexington Avenue.
The concerts are free to Baruch students, faculty and administration. There is a nominal ticket charge for non-Baruch community individuals. To purchase tickets and for more information, please call 646-312- 4085 or visit www.theatermania.com.
These concerts--organized by the Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Committee--is funded by the Baruch College Performing Arts Center and The Baruch College Fund.
In addition to Mr. Abassi, the Hinton series will present Italian-born singer Roberta Gamberini (December 3, 2008), jazz journalist Dan Ouellette talking about his online biography of Ron Carter (November 19), master percussionist and Nuyorican Bobby Sanabria (February 19, 2009), and Columbian-born jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda (April 23, 2009).
About Rez Abassi
Rez Abassi (www.reztone.com/) is considered by many to be one of the foremost modern jazz guitar players on today's scene. He has developed a unique sound both as a composer and instrumentalist and has honed his skills with performances throughout the world. Born on the Indian sub-continent, removed at the age of four to the driving sounds of Southern California, schooled at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music in jazz and classical music, as well as a pilgrimage in India under the tutorial of master percussionist, Ustad Alla Rakha, Rez Abbasi is a vivid synthesis of all the above stated influences and genres. Click on www.reztone.com/bio.html to read more about Rez Abbasi.
The Hinton Jazz Series
The Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Series has made its home at the Baruch Performing Arts Center since 2003, although the Series has been a part of Baruch culture since 1992.
The inaugural Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives concert in 1992 starred jazz bassist Milt Hinton himself together with his picks for an "All-Star" ensemble: Seldon Powell (saxophonist), Bob Rosengarden (Drums), Mike Walters (saxophone and woodwinds), Derek Smith (piano), Jay D'Amico (piano), Mike Grey (trombone), and John "Bucky" Pizzarelli (guitar). This magical first concert saw famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis join the group during the second half.
The following year Tito Puente and his big band also played to a full house with some students and faculty dancing in the aisles. In 1994 the concert was billed as a "Tribute to Women in Jazz" and featured a performance by singer Ruth Brown and Friends and the group Straight Ahead with the award-winning violinist Regina Carter. In 1995 trombonist extraordinaire Slide Hampton and the Big Band Bird filled the bill for the fourth annual concert.
In 1996 America's jazz statesman Dr. Billy Taylor and the Billy Taylor Trio graced the Baruch College stage. In 1997 Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band gave a performance that offered a unique blend of Latin and jazz traditions. The 1998 annual concert presented virtuoso drummer Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Big Band.
The world famous Mingus Big Band played at the 8th annual concert in 1999. The Bronx Horns, consisting of Tito Puente's brass section, together with Dave Valentin (flute) and Randy Brecker (trumpet), performed at the 9th annual concert in 2000. In 2001, The Heath Brothers ("Percy, Jimmy, and Tootie") with special guest trumpeter Jimmy Owens, performed at the 10th annual concert.
In 2002 (season #11) the Hinton Committee expanded its offerings with a series of concerts, including a November 6, 2002 concert featuring "The Latin-Jazz All Stars" with several world-renown Latin-jazz musicians: trumpeter/leader Michael Mossman, tenor saxophonist David Sanchez, trombonist Steve Turre, pianist Arturo O'Farrill, alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, bassist Andy Gonzalez, and percussionist Phoenix Rivera. The 2002-2003 season also featured the Marty Sheller Big Band, Chris Washburne's SYOTOS Latin-Jazz ensemble, and "Rumbamerica," an Afro-Cuban ensemble made up of some of New York's top Afro-Cuban drummers, singers, and dancers.
The 2003-2004 season featured the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the "Sax in the City" quartet, the Ted Piltzecker Septet, and the Roberta Piket Trio.
For the 2004-2005 season the Hinton committee again organized a series of concerts starting with the November 4, 2004 performance of the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra under the direction of virtuoso pianist Arturo O'Farrill. Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew performed in the lobby of the vertical campus in early December 2004. On February 10, 2005 Grammy-nominated vocalist Carla Cook appeared in Baruch's Engelman Recital Hall venue, as did the Andy LaVerne Piano-Organ Trio (with drummer Danny Gottlieb and keyboardist Gary Versace) in March 2005.
The 2005-2006 season saw "Drummer of the Year" Bobby Sanabria and Quarteto Ache perform in October 2005, followed by the George Gee Swing Orchestra on December 1, and the 2006 Grammy-award winning Turtle Island String Quartet on February 15, 2006. The 2005-2006 season ended with a performance by the Andy Middleton Octet. This performance marked the first time a Hinton jazz series concert was co-funded by Chamber Music America (CMA). Middleton garnered a prestigious jazz composition commission from CMA in 2004.
The Hinton Jazz series' 15th season (2006-2007) opened with a spectacular performance by world-class bassist Rufus Reid and his quintet on October 19, 2006. In December 2006 the series continued with "Drummer of the Year" Bobby Sanabria leading the 19-piece Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. As part of Black History Month celebrations, jazz/R&B/Funk bassist Lonnie Plaxico led a sextet at a February 15, 2007 concert. The 15th season ended with a lecture on legendary pianist Art Tatum given by Arnold Laubich on February 27.
The series' 16th season featured jazz/bluegrass mandolinist Andy Statman, a return appearance by Grammy-nominated singer Carla Cook, and during Black History Month (February) the gospel brass group The McCollough Sons of Thunder.


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Over the last year, the library has made considerable efforts to expand its green initiatives by using 100% recycled paper, installing rooftop solar panels, turning off excess light fixtures, and even pioneering the first zero-waste events on campus.
In our continued effort to reduce waste on campus, students can now visit "Recycleland" in the library's lower level front stairwell. Here, students, faculty, and staff can bring a variety of items for recycling, including batteries, print cartridges, old cell phones, and plastic bags.
Did you know that the average person produces 4.5 pounds of trash every day? That's about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year! The EPA estimates that 75 percent of solid waste is recyclable, but only about 30 percent is actually recycled. This does not even include the approximately 40 million tons of e-waste produced globally each year, of which the U.S. accounts for over 2.6 million tons. With over a billion cell phones purchased globally each year, it is vitally important to reduce the number of non-biodegradable electronics that are dumped into landfills.
Plastic bags can prove particularly wasteful, and both the District of Columbia and American University have made significant steps in the last years to help curb this waste. This year, the Campus Store, Eagles Nest convenience store, and Subway eliminated the use of plastic bags, replacing these environmentally harmful bags with reusable canvas totes and biodegradable paper bags. The library is a convenient location to recycle any remaining plastic bags on campus.
So, bring your recyclables to Recycleland today and do your part to help make AU a greener campus!
The library thanks Helen Lee and Mark Feist in Facilities Management for helping secure receptacles.


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University of Vermont
2011-12 Online Catalogue
Cell and Molecular Biology (Master of Science)
General Requirements
Specific Requirements
Requirements for Admission to Graduate Studies for the Degree of Master of Science
Biology (three semesters, including genetics), chemistry through organic, mathematics through calculus, physics (two semesters), physical chemistry. Satisfactory scores (60 percentile) on general (aptitude) Graduate Record Examination. Students who do not have all of the courses listed but who have a good academic record will be considered for admission to the program. Deficiencies may be made up after matriculation.
Requirements for Advancement to Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Science
Completion of any deficient admission requirements.
Masters candidates are required to take six credits of Cell Biology (CLBI 301 & CLBI 302), six credits of Biochemistry (BIOC 301 & BIOC 302), two credits of CLBI 381 Seminar and six research credits. The remaining nine credits are to be completed in combination of at least one course credit and eight research credits. Studies committee and advisor will guide student in course selection.
All students must demonstrate satisfactory progress; finish minimum course work within three years; and finish cumulative exam within prescribed times limits; participate in seminar program.
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Photo Essay: What Would You Save From a House Fire?
"If your house was burning, what would you bring with you?" asks growing online interview project The Burning House, which gleans submissions from around the world. The result: a series of revealing, neatly arranged still lives of personal belongings and intimate, detailed lists, torn between the "practical, valuable and sentimental." There are writers brandishing their beloved first editions and designers showing off their shotguns. There are odd, totemic trinkets and tins of dirt. But what seems to link most of these interviewees are gadgets they "can't live without" that will replace all their books and hold all their memories. Take a look at some of our favorites.
Chris Adamiak, 30. Milton, Ontario. Maintenance worker
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Relive the dynasty of Tamerlane on this Silk Road adventure
Strategically positioned along the Silk Route, the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva were famed trading centres for the caravans that passed this way in ancient times. On this Overland trip we follow in their footsteps, discovering magnificent architecture and bustling bazaars that have changed little since the rule of Tamerlane. We'll stay with nomads in the Turkmenistan's desert, explore the imposing Oxus Valley, tour the wonders of Samarkand and head into the markets of Ashgabat to practice our bargaining skills.
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RE/MAX is quickly shedding its label as a small firm amid the Lowcountry's string of real estate brands.
The international chain plans to increase its Lowcountry footprint to seven offices before the end of the year, according to Eddie Sturgeon, the company's business development consultant for the Carolinas.
The franchise has five offices in the region, which includes the recent opening of RE/MAX Elite at 91-A Broad St, downtown Charleston, headed by broker-in-charge Bradley O'Mara, and RE/MAX Main Street Realty at 1112 N Main St., Summerville, headed by broker-in-charge Sam Broadway.
These new offices add to the locations in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley and North Charleston. Before the end of the year, the company plans to add RE/MAX Alliance at 1200 Two Island Court in Mount Pleasant and RE/MAX Full Sail, an office somewhere in the James Island/Folly Beach area, Sturgeon added.
He said the company is seeing strong growth potential in the Lowcountry, efforts fueled in-part by positive gains in the local housing market.
The trend goes beyond RE/MAX. Johnson & Wilson Real Estate Company recently opened an office at 207-B East 5th North St., Summerville.
The Charleston Trident Association of Realtors reported 741 real estate offices in the region in September, up from 696 for the same time in 2012. The Lowcountry lost several real estate offices during the recession, so this growth spurt marks some rebuilding on that front. The high was 918 brick-and-mortar locations in 2008.
Developers FrontDoor Communities and locally based Middle Street Partners say they are partnering to develop Freeman's Point, a 42-acre waterfront master-planned community within Seaside Plantation off Secessionville Road on James Island.
Single-family detached homes will be priced in the high $300,000s.
Earlier this year, Altanta-based FrontDoor Communities unveiled a second wave of new homes to be built in the new Tributary community in RiverTowne Country Club off S.C. Highway 41 in Mount Pleasant.
Middle Street Partners of Sullivan's Island was involved in the development of the 270-unit Cooper River Village apartment complex at the south end of Mathis Ferry Road, also in Mount Pleasant.
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Alex & Sierra Celebrate After Winning 'X Factor' Season 3!
Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton flash a smile together while attending the season three finale of The X Factor at CBS Television City on Thursday (December 19) in Los Angeles.
The boyfriend-girlfriend singing duo (from Simon Cowell's Groups) were joined by their fellow contestants Jeff Gutt (from Kelly Rowland's Over 25s) and Carlito Olivero (from Paulina Rubio's Boys).
Alex & Sierra have been dominating the iTunes charts each week with several of their cover songs going straight to number one.
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The Great American Spit Out
Dear Editor,
Thursday, February 24th is "The Great American Spit Out." That is the annual day when all Tobacco Chewers are encouraged to try to quit for one day. It is the largest event during the annual "Through With Chew Week" sponsored by ThroughWithChew.com. That week runs from February 20th through the 26th. It is a great time to reflect on the use of "smokeless tobacco" and understand that it is not necessarily safer than smoking.
Research shows that there are over forty toxic and cancer causing chemicals in spit tobacco and the one day attempt at quitting will demonstrate to the user the large amount of nicotine that is added to the product to keep users addicted. As a matter of fact, one can of Long Cut Skoal contains the same amount of nicotine as four packs of regular Marlboro cigarettes.
So, give it a try. Try to quit for one day, that is. And take some time to learn its hazardous effects on the body, and to reflect on what type of role model you're displaying to those around you. And if you do decide to make a change in your life, be aware that there is a local program for help. Contact Dave at 828-9622 for free counseling and patches or gum.
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The "Occupy Wall Street" style of amplifying the public?s voice was used to disrupt and express displeasure over Minnesota legislation opponents say is an attack on the poor.
The Minnesota House Health and Human Services Reform Committee met on February 22, 2012, to review and pass three bills restricting welfare.
Representative Daudt?s bill, HF2080, received the most complaints. This bill reduced life-time coverage from a maximum of 60 months to 36 months. It required applicant paid for background checks for drug convictions, reduced exit level from 115% of poverty to 100% of poverty and reduced sanctions from 7 to 3 offenses.
How much money would this save? Legislators don?t know. There was no fiscal note on the savings projected.
Opponents argued that this bill attacks primarily children and and makes the poor scapegoats.
The expenses represent .5% of the state budget. The speakers objected to the focus of all three bills considered for attacking the poor while doing nothing to increase jobs or other programs to get people out of poverty.
Representative Patti Fritz, DFL, HD 26B, said, "I'm stunned… we should be looking for ways to feed the poor, not take food from the mouths of their children. I'm disgusted with this bill. It does more harm than I could ever imagine."
As the committee moved to vote, protestors "Mic Checked" the room repeating chants of disapproval of the bill. The bill was passed with a voice vote as the protests continued.
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Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Get Their Own 'Breaking Dawn' Baton Rouge Love Nest!
Finally Rob and Kristen are getting plenty of one-on-one time together in their very own house!
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are living together! The onscreen and real-life Twilight couple are in Baton Rouge, La., filming the fourth installment of the Twilight series Breaking Dawn, and Life & Style is reporting that the couple have moved into a house together!
"They moved out of their hotel Nov. 1 and into their own house," reveals a magazine source. "They wanted more privacy, plus it's more fun to play house in a real house."
Rob and Kristen were reportedly staying at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center where rooms range in price from $350 for a river-view suite and upwards.
This isn't the first time that Rob and Kristen have reportedly lived together. The couple have previously played house together in LA and also when they were filming Eclipse in Vancouver, Canada.


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The Omega Speedmaster is undoubtedly one of the most historically significant wristwatches in the world. Alone its role in the Apollo Moon missions is enough to make this series from the Swiss manufacturer a legend.
Are you looking for a watch with both impressive history and technology? The Speedmaster collection offers a large selection of chronographs. The manufacturer emphasizes the functional nature of these watches, differentiating them from those in the De Ville collection. This allows the more classic, elegant De Ville dress watches to take on another role in Omega's portfolio.
If you have concrete technical demands for your watch, you will limit the available selection. If you want a watch that deviates by only a few seconds per month or one with an alarm function, then you should consider a battery-powered Speedmaster with a quartz movement, such as the Skywalker X-33 or the Spacemaster Z-33.
If you prefer watches with mechanical movements, history, and the potential to increase in value, then you need look no further than the '57 model, the Mark II, or the Racing. The Professional series offers several interesting models and special editions, both modern and vintage.
The Speedmasters with reference number 2998 from the early 1960s are the rare precursors to the Professional. You should be prepared to spend more than 20,000 euros for one of these rare watches. A well-maintained Professional from the mid-1960s costs around 10,000 euros. These watches were produced before the Moon landing and have reference number 105.12 and caliber 321.
A Moonwatch made after 1968 can be identified by its reference number, 145.022, as well as its caliber, 861. Such a watch usually costs around 10,000 euros, though some could cost more depending on their condition and rarity.
Omega still produces the watch to this day with little to no changes from the original. New, the watch costs around 3,500 euros. It can be identified by its reference number, 322.214.171.124.01.005. This version is the authentic version, which you can confirm by examining the glass used. This watch uses Hesalite, as was standard in the 1960s. Hesalite is Omega's name for Plexiglas. It doesn't splinter and can be affordably produced and replaced. The Professional with reference number 318.104.22.168.01.006, on the other hand, uses sapphire glass. Sapphire glass is synthetically produced and is harder and more scratch-resistant than mineral glass or Plexiglas, but also more expensive. For a new version of the Speedy with sapphire glass, you can expect to pay about 300 euros more than for the Hesalite version.
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CAM Capitalizes on 64-Bit Computing Power
PowerMILL 2010 CAM software is designed to boost productivity capitalizing on the latest background-processing and multi-threading computer technologies.
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PowerMILL 2010 CAM software is designed to boost productivity capitalizing on the latest background-processing and multi-threading computer technologies. According to the company, the combination of these two developments is estimated to reduce toolpath calculation times by up to 25 percent, although this will depend on the size and complexity of the part. In addition, 64-bit technology removes the memory limitations of 32-bit computers, allowing more efficient toolpath generation especially for large or complex parts.
PowerMILL 2010 includes over 50 other major enhancements including updated toolpath-creation forms that make it easier to locate requisite commands while providing a logical access to the more advanced options. In addition, a new toolbar allows faster and easier creation and editing of workplanes, the company says.
Rest roughing has been enhanced to give better control over the start points for each segment of the toolpath while minimizing air cutting. Offset roughing, a popular approach for high speed machining, has been enhanced so thin slivers of material that may damage the cutter are not left for the final pass.
Improvements related to the company's Race-Line strategies have been made to generate smoother toolpaths for semi-finishing and finishing operations. For example, sharp changes in direction in 3D-offset toolpaths are now automatically made much smoother as the tool approaches and leaves rather than introducing an arc at the point of change. Enhancements have also been made to collision avoidance, constant-Z-axis toolpaths and other CAM functions.
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The Arctic bear facing extinction because of global warming is bringing home the consequences of cheap energy and - until recently - the need for little sacrifice.
It also reminds us that a choice soon may come between accepting higher electricity and transportation costs and reducing the pollution that is raising the earth's temperature.
In listing the bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration is taking pains to draw a line between protection of the majestic mammal and the origin of its plight - global warming.
"This listing should not open the door ... to regulating greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, power plants and other sources," said Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, in line with views expressed by President Bush last month.
There is a reason for that. Business fears the bear.
But will the administration, in its final eight months in power, be able to maintain that firewall. The odds are it will not.
Environmentalists already are working on strategies for lawsuits challenging the limits that Kempthorne put on the polar bear listing. That includes assuming no relationship between greenhouse gas emissions from, for example, a Texas power plant, and melting sea ice, and that the bear should have no more protection from oil drilling than it now has.
In fact, those restrictions may not survive a new administration.
All three presidential candidates agree that mandatory restrictions on greenhouse gases are needed. An increasing number of businesses, including some oil companies and coal-burning utilities, and religious leaders are acknowledging the need to address global warming.
It is no wonder that some in the business world view the bear with trepidation.
The massive and powerful furry creature that lumbers across the Arctic ice may accomplish what 20 years of environmental activism has not done: force the issue that global warming already is having an effect and there is a price for both action and inaction.
This "puts a face on it, a polar bear face," said Bob Corell, director of the global change program at the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.
Scientists long have talked of the visible damage that global warming has done to sea coral, for example, but it has escaped the notice of the average person.
The polar bear is different.
"This animal is big, it's charismatic and it's powerful. It's beautiful and it generates sympathy. If it blinks out, you'll notice," said Steven E. Sanderson, president of the Wildlife Conservation Society. It manages the Bronx Zoo and three other New York City zoos, the home for three polar bears.
"They are very popular personalities," he said. One of them, Gus, is now more than 20 years old at the Central Park Zoo, and once was declared one of New York City's most important personalities.
Sanderson said he welcomes the listing of the bear as threatened and that as a result it will get some additional protection. But he worries it might be too late for many of the 25,000 polar bears that roam the wild from Alaska to Greenland. "There's so much climate change inertia built into the system already," he says, making it likely the sea ice will continue to recede.
No one really knows how much influence the bear will have on the climate debate. But it is certain that there will be plenty of polar bear pictures on display in the Senate when lawmakers next month are expected to begin debating the cost of curbing greenhouse gases and the cost of doing nothing.
Legislation would, for the first time, impose mandatory limits on carbon dioxide, the leading heat trapping pollution, which comes from burning fossil fuels. Such limits, by all accounts, will mean that people will pay more for electricity, gasoline and other fossil energy.
But then there are other costs: the loss of an Arctic icon.


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Two indie features take different paths off the beaten track.
Reviews: Discopath, My Guys
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
Directed by: Renaud Gauthier
Starring: Jérémie Earp-Lavergne, Sandrine Bisson, Ingrid Falaise, Christian Paul, Katherine Cleland, François Aubin
Running time: 81 minutes
My Guys
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
Directed by: Joseph Antaki
Starring: Kendall Savage, Catherine Castellucci, Adrian Benn, Francis Moreau, Martin Brisebois, François Bryon, Jimmy Duperval
Running time: 81 minutes
MONTREAL — Montreal's indie cinema scene is alive and well at Cinéma du Parc in the coming week, as two offbeat films by first-time directors take the screen for short runs.
Groove is in the heart — in the form of a razor-sharp 45-RPM record — in Renaud Gauthier's slick and ridiculous Discopath, a riotous slasher flick about a killer who is set off by the pulsing beat of '70s dance music.
The story starts in New York City (where else?) as burger-joint cook Duane Lewis (Jérémie Earp-Lavergne) goes off the deep end when he is invited to the trendy nightclub Seventh Heaven by a babe on roller skates (Katherine Cleland). An inventively splatterific death scene ensues.
Warning: If you don't like the sight of fake blood and comically severed limbs, this film isn't for you. But if you go for bursts of playful gore, it's a blast.
Lewis escapes to Montreal as the NYPD searches for clues. He finds a job at a French Catholic all-girls school, where he is befriended by Sister Mireille Gervais (Ingrid Falaise) and math teacher Francine Léveillé (Sandrine Bisson), but he can't keep his urges under wraps for long. Once he hears the call of the music, his dark impulses rise to the surface once again.
Discopath was shown at last year's Fantasia International Film Festival, and it's easy to see why. Despite some narrative lulls, it's an amusingly sadistic tale driven by a great soundtrack.
While Gauthier goes for gore, Joseph Antaki just wants to have fun in My Guys. It's the tongue-in-cheek tale of a self-professed "fag hag," Georgette (Kendall Savage), who sees her royal status among her group of gay boyfriends threatened when new girl Janine (Catherine Castellucci) arrives on the scene.
Savage is a delight in the lead role, even doubling as Georgette's twin sister, Georgina. Castellucci, whose real last name is Antaki and who is the director's niece, is the link between these two films; in Discopath, she is a hot-to-trot schoolgirl who lands in trouble with her roommate (played by Sybille Gauthier, sister of the director).
Georgette gets up to all kinds of adventures with her boys, most of them revolving around how to get Janine out of the picture. The hammy tone takes cues from the John Waters school of filmmaking, where vraisemblance is secondary to nudge-wink chuckles.
One of the group's favourite hangouts is the Gay Village's Cabaret Mado, and this film will find its audience in anyone with even a passing interest in that part of town.
Both movies demand a certain amount of indulgence, but each yields rewards to the open-minded viewer.
Discopath screens in English and French with English subtitles Tuesday, June 10 and Wednesday, June 11 at 9 p.m. at Cinéma du Parc, 3575 Parc Ave. My Guys screens Thursday, June 12 to Saturday, June 14 at 9 p.m., also at Cinéma du Parc.
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Madonna has healthy passion for talent and yoga
WHEN you think of a talent agent, you might think of a chain-smoking, tough-talking ball-breaker, working the phones, doing deals.
Think again.
Madonna Williams, founder of Williams Talent Management, responsible for discovering and nurturing numerous actors including Lincoln Lewis, Jordan Patrick Smith, Anna McGhan, Jessica Green and Hugh Parker.
And she is as well known for her work in fitness and wellbeing, as she is for her work in the entertainment industry.
Madonna has her own health and wellness brand, has held various critical health education and training roles with employers including Sanctuary Cove Recreation Club, Golden Door Mirage and Queensland Education and is a respected personal trainer, fitness video presenter, and accredited nutritionist.
But it is yoga that is her real passion.
"I have been doing yoga for 16 years and teaching for 11," said Madonna, a qualified yoga instructor
"I was initially drawn for emotional reasons. I was really involved in a yang lifestyle such as triathlons - activities with more go - and yoga seemed boring.
"I was grieving over the loss of a friend and although it was slow I was able to really let go of my negativity."
"It was a feeling of 'wow' and I thought - I really need to feel like this at the moment."
"The point of yoga is the union of the mind, body and spirit."
"As a teacher every class is dynamic.
"It can depend on the weather, my life experience or my moon cycle. I like to be intuitive with my students as so many factors affect the rhythm (of the class)."
"None of my classes are the same; they are nurturing and nourishing and always full of surprises."
Madonna has just released her first book, Zen Soul Your Life.
"The book is an A to Z guide on thoughts, food and postures that can transform your health, energy and attitude," she said.
"My intention was to help people transform and heal."
"Yoga helps creates connections between people because it strips away the layers of tension, negativity and ego. Therefore we become more truthful and when we bring that into a relationship the other person mirrors that."
Yoga and mental health
Yoga can benefit your mental health by helping you relax, and it is often used as an effective form of psychological therapy.
Studies have shown regular yoga sessions reduce anxiety and stress, resulting in better health, better mood and better concentration throughout the day.
Yoga has also been used to help treat a wide variety of emotional and mental disorders, including acute anxiety, depression, and mood swings.


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Last week I had a chance to ask Chip Yates some questions over email about the progress of the SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing Electric Superbike program. Chip's responses tell us his team's ambitious performance goals are on track and they are quickly signing on sponsors. SWIGS.COM Pro Racing remains the only electric motorcycle race team to put the cards on the table for 2010 in regards to target performance.
In late 2009, Chip announced he had assembled a team including two MIT grads turned aerospace engineers to develop an electric superbike to compete in the TTXGP race series. The press release mentioned some very impressive and somewhat controversial goals for the SWIGZ.COM bike including the ability to turn AMA SuperSport lap times (GSX-R600) and a KERS system to return braking energy back to the battery.
Since the announcement, the electric motorcycle racing landscape has changed dramatically with the entrance of the FIM e-Power series and the TT Zero race replacing TTXGP at the Isle Of Man. Some races have conflicting schedules that will force teams to choose one event or the other. Chip explains what series the team will run and which they will not. Unfortunately the team is not releasing any of the electric drive specs and vendors yet but some details should be announced next month.
See the full Q&A with Chip Yates after the break.


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Friday, May 8, 2009
Lovely Blog Award
Thanks to Cindy of Everything's Relative for nominating me for the Lovely Blogger Award. Cindy has been doing a wonderful series of posts on her great-grandparents, Clarence and May, and May's second husband, Leonard. They remind me somewhat of my own great-great-grandparents, Oscar and Virginia, whom I'll have to dig up more stuff on before I can do my own series of posts.
I would like to nominate the following for the One Lovely Blog Award:
1. Debbie at Blanton Family Roots and Branches
2. Elyse at Elyse's Genealogy Blog
3. Jo at Wibbling Jo's Genealogy Blog
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Richard Zuehlke was unpacking a box of donated household miscellany at the Goodwill store where he works when he came across a gold-trimmed black case. Inside was a Purple Heart.
Such an honor shouldn't just be floating around, he thought. Another pass through the box yielded a sepia-toned portrait of Pvt. James E. Roland, whose name was engraved on the medal.
Zuehlke's bosses agreed the thrift store was no place for an honor posthumously awarded to Roland for military merit during World War II.
After a Facebook post and some dogged determination on the part of a Patriot Guard Rider who saw it, the medal will soon be back where it belongs — with Roland's family in tiny Westover, Pa., the former mining town where he's buried.
How it wound up at a Goodwill 200 miles away, though, remains anyone's guess.
"It seemed like it may have been mailed to somebody," said Buffalo-area Patriot Guard coordinator Linda Hastreiter, who began looking for Roland's relatives after learning of the Goodwill Facebook post.
"For 69 years it's been somewhere," Hastreiter said.
She began searching immediately. Nearly a month later she tracked down Mary Roland Struble, a distant cousin and Westover's mayor.
Hastreiter and other members of the military advocacy group will receive the medal from Goodwill in Buffalo on Tuesday. Riders on motorcycles will escort it from DuBois, Pa., to the cemetery on Saturday and present it to Struble at Roland's gravesite.
"This is just totally amazing. It makes me very proud," Struble said by phone Monday.
Hastreiter first looked for relatives in New York before using the Internet to find that he was buried in Westover. She called the half-dozen Rolands she could find in the town of 688 people, eventually connecting with the mayor.
Struble, who said her family has a long history of military service, had known about Pvt. Roland from the town's 1990 sesquicentennial celebration. A picture of the hometown hero was on the front of the program with his biography inside. It said he died while fighting at Anzio, Italy, on May 23, 1944.
But Struble didn't know at the time that she was related — though from his picture she'd suspected. "He's got the Roland smile," Struble said.
And she'd never heard mention of any medal.
When Hastreiter informed her the medal had been found, "it was a shock," Struble said.
Struble was able to trace her relationship to James Roland through her grandfather, who she remembered speaking of a cousin who turned out to be Roland's father.
Before enlisting in September 1943, Roland worked at Duncan Motors in Niagara Falls, N.Y., about 20 miles from the store where the Purple Heart was dropped off. But he'd never married and his parents remained in Westover, Pa. They are buried next to their son, Struble said.
Hastreiter wonders whether the military mailed the medal to Roland's old Niagara Falls address, perhaps the last one they'd had for him. Struble's theory is that Roland's twin sister or another relative had lived with him in New York and had received the medal and passed it along until its last caretaker died.
"Somebody was probably cleaning out the house and just packed the stuff up to go to the Goodwill and it ended up there," she said. "That's the only thing we can think of."


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Serving it up on the net
WHEN Rodd Jensen returned to his hometown of Mackay after a 24-year absence, he was disappointed to notice the region still lacked good customer service.
"I found it was just there you go, if you don't like it there's the door," Mr Jensen said.
Not content to accept the status quo, Mr Jensen has recently created a Facebook page which aims to praise businesses that practise good customer service while publicly denouncing those who don't.
The site is called LOST (Lack Of Service There) POST (Plenty Of Service There), and can be found by using the Facebook search tool.
Mr Jensen said his own experience in the hospitality industry had encouraged him to create the site.
"I left (Mackay) at 17 to learn what I do because there was nowhere up here that supplied any training, or if (there were) they were few and far between," Mr Jensen said.
"I'm a manager in the hospitality industry; that's what I've done the majority of my life. But in life I look for treatment of a person, not just a dollar sign or a number, basically."
Mr Jensen said as moderator of the site, he would make sure posts were made in a constructive, not defamatory manner.
"It is in no way to be defamatory and all posts come to me," he said.
"I will contact the business themselves, the public relations department or management to query if it's just one little thing ... (or) if it's an ongoing ... problem.
"No staff are individually mentioned on the page."
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