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Common materials such as sand, gravel, pebbles, shells, etc. are used to represent crustal materials from an unknown planet. Students begin by sorting, classifying, and making observations about the sample. Using that information, they must then... (View More) interpret the geologic and biologic history of the planet. The lesson is part of the Mars Educxation Program series; it models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
In this lesson, students learn that the sun heats up land, air, and water and study basic line plots of authentic NASA data. Students will practice drawing conclusions based on graphed data. The lesson provides detailed procedures, related links and... (View More) sample graphs, follow-up questions, extensions, and teacher notes. Designed for student use, MY NASA DATA LAS samples micro datasets from large scientific data archives, and provides structured investigations engaging students in exploration of real data to answer real world questions. (View Less)
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This is a book about the importance of the Sun's energy as it relates to its impact on the Earth's environment. Learners will read or listen to a story about a young boy, Joshua, who finds out that the Sun provides the Earth with energy in the... (View More) form of light and heat, which is necessary for all forms of life, for maintaining Earth's environment, and for allowing humans to produce their own forms of energy. Additionally, an extension activity is included, Searching for the Sun, where learners can conduct a hands-on experiment observing how plants grow towards sunlight in order to make conclusions about why the Sun's energy is a necessary component for life. Reading and vocabulary activities are also included. (View Less)
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This is an activity about sunlight as an energy source. Learners will create a plant box and observe that a plant will grow toward the Sun, its primary source of energy. This hands-on activity is an additional lesson as part of the book, The Day... (View More) Joshua Jumped Too Much. (View Less)
This is an activity about seasons. Learners compare the seasons though identifying seasonal activities and drawing scenes in each season. Then, they compare the temperature on thermometers left under a lamp for different lengths of time to explore... (View More) how Earth heats more when the Sun is in the sky for longer periods of time. Finally, learners use a flashlight and a globe to investigate how the spherical shape of Earth causes the seasons to be opposite in each hemisphere. This hands-on activity is an additional lesson as part of the book, Adventures in the Attic. (View Less)
This is a book about seasons. Learners will read or listen to a story about two twins, Matt and Matilda, who are tasked with creating a model of the Earth-Sun system for a science fair project. Through some wild seasonal changes they experience... (View More) while creating the model, the two come to a better understanding of the causes of Earth's seasons. An extension activity is included (Reasons for the Seasons), as well as reading and vocabulary activities. (View Less)
In this activity about the Sun's influence on plant growth, learners will create a plant box and observe that a plant will grow towards the Sun, its primary source of energy. By periodically collecting data on the growth of the plant, they can come... (View More) to their own conclusions about why the plant grew towards the sunlight. One to two weeks are needed to grow plants for this lesson; also, time is needed to construct the plant box. Potting soil and bean seeds are needed for this activity. (View Less)
This is an activity about the motion of the Earth around the Sun. Learners will act out the motions of Earth as it orbits around the Sun over the course of one year, starting with modeling one day, then one year, and finally the months.
In this hands-on activity, learners begin by estimating the size of each planet in our Solar System and Pluto and making each out of playdough or a similar material. Then, learners follow specific instructions to divide a mass of playdough into the... (View More) size of each planet and Pluto and compare the actual modeled sizes to the students' own predictions. This activity requires a large amount of playdough material per group of learners. Three pounds is the minimum amount required for each group. (View Less)
In this hands-on activity, learners will build a solar cooker by lining a box with reflective material and adding a translucent cover. The cooker can be used to make food products. This activity recommends use of empty (clean) pizza boxes. This... (View More) activity requires a sunny outdoor location for an extended period of time. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students


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Brunch & Bravo.
Monday, March 12, 2012
13 comments:
- la vie quotidienne said...
mmm yummy!! I'm hungry! urghs
xoxo from München
La Vie Quotidienne
- March 12, 2012 at 3:01 PM
- Emily said...
I've been meaning to try Rabbithole, it looks absolutely fabulous!
- March 12, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- jacquelyn | lark&linen said...
sounds like an AMAZING weekend - and I'm seriously jealous of your brunch spread
- March 12, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- rebecca said...
your weekend just showed my weekend what's up. so glad you had a marvelous time.
- March 12, 2012 at 3:57 PM
- Jennifer Young said...
wow! that is super cool, shoko. sounds like a blast. i want to brunch with you!
- March 12, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- Shoko said...
Emily, you should! Their breakfast pastries and dessert are always awesome.
Jen, next time you're in New York we'll brunch!
- March 12, 2012 at 10:08 PM
- jiji said...
ooh always looking for good breakfast spots in the burg--thanks for putting that on my radar! and weekends were designed for hanging out on your couch to watch bravo. there aren't enough rachel zoe marathons in my opinion.
- March 13, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- Melissa said...
That sounds like an incredibly fun weekend!I'm going to have to keep those brunch places in mind...and keep an eye out for one of those awesome cabs!
- March 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM
- Shoko said...
Jiji, I couldn't agree more.
Melissa, yes, keep your eye out! They're so much fun - and they're free!
- March 13, 2012 at 6:58 PM
- Lisa said...
Shoko - this looks like the perfect weekend! I would have loved a ride in that taxi!!
- March 13, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Chessa! said...
love this. I haven't seen one yet but I will keep my eye out. I love Andy Cohen so much I'll watch anything he has his hand in.
- March 14, 2012 at 10:10 PM
- Shoko said...
Monica - me, too!
- March 14, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- wmbg. said...
i laaaaaaaav bravo. did you rub shoulders with any of the reality stars??? srsly obsessed with every. single. show.
it's sad. but so good.
- March 16, 2012 at 12:40 AM

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Set to be the most authentic and compelling tactical real time strategy game ever designed, Wartime Command will excel in detail and accuracy, especially in its portrayal of period weapons of war.
In addit ion to bringing innovation and a new epic 3D visual standard to tactical strategy gaming, the intense experience of Wartime Command's gameplay is compounded by the amount of research invested in the game by the development team at 1C in Russia.
Over 300 individual vehicles, planes and weapons have been recreated from military blueprints, photographic reference and technical information. Vehicles and planes are fully modelled from military data, internal schematics and up to 20 external photos taken from all angles.
All aspects of vehicle, armour and damage levels make use of the game's sophisticated physics engine. In a Tiger Tank, for example, front, side, rear, top
and turret armour values will be depicted correctly - as are the ballistics and damage of any projectile hitting the tank.
Commanders will be able to see the effect of the enemy's bullet and shell holes on the armour, which c ould even destroy parts of the tank… watch in awe as the tracks are damaged or even blown straight off. Return fire and hit the turret or barrel of an e nemy tank in the right place and see it come flying away from the chassis. F ire into a crack in an enemy tank and take out the crew within.
It's not only the vehicles that are authentic - the battlefield environments are being recreated from accurate topographical maps, street maps, aerial images and
period landscape photography. Every hill, valley, embankment, forest, road, building and landmark will look as they were in the real battles.
Buildings and landscape elements are destructible too. Fire shells into the ground on a water plain and the scorch-edged hole created by the impact will grad
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With such historically rich detailing and authenticity, Wartime Command: Battle For Europe 1939-1945 is set to be a landmark tactical war game when it's published for PC by Codemasters in the spring of 2004. To keep up to date with the game's development and join the community in the forums, check the web site at www.codemasters.co.uk/wartimecommand


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I submitted all my application materials. When should I expect to hear from the University?
Once your application is complete (admission application form, college prep form, application fee, transcripts and test scores), we need approximately two to three weeks to complete processing. At peak times, December through February, it may take four to six weeks.
How do I know if you received all my application materials?
Log on to Zipline to check the status of your application.
I want to check on my application, but I forgot my UANet ID and password. Who can help me?
You can call the Helpdesk at 330-972-6888.
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When do I come to orientation?
After you've submitted your Intent to Enroll form and paid the confirmation fee, you will receive an Enrollment Packet that lists your date for New Student Orientation. Learn more about the enrollment process.
My orientation letter says I need to take placement testing. What does that mean?
Placement tests help determine the right classes for you to take. Remember to take your placement tests at least a week before you come to orientation. Learn more about placement tests.
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Housing selection/assignments are made on a rolling basis depending on when you completed your housing contract.
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What if I don't get along with my roommate?
College is a time of growth and new experiences. Your new roommate will be different from you... chances are, he or she is just as apprehensive about living with a stranger, too! The Department of Residence Life and Housing works very hard to place compatible roommates together. Because of all the time and effort spent on residence hall assignments, there is a 30-day freeze on housing changes. Give your living situation a try... you may make a new best friend in the process.
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I'm so excited to start school… where can I get some great "Fear the Roo!" gear for the summer?
Glad you asked! The University of Akron has two campus bookstores; one in the Student Union, and the other in the Polsky Building on High Street. The Zips Adidas Team Shop, located in InfoCision Stadium, has a great selection of Zips gear, too... great for graduation wish lists!
I keep hearing funny abbreviations, and I don't recognize any of them! What do all those short terms mean?
This is a good one. There are some shortened terms you might hear around campus... kind of a verbal shorthand for some of our more wordy places. Here are a few of the more common ones. See how many you already know!
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You can go to the Health Center in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center to see a health care professional. No insurance needed.
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Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder
Spence Pub., 2003 - Social Science - 364 pages
Piercing the emotionalism, fear-mongering, and euphemisms of the assisted-suicide movement, Wesley Smith's new book exposes the attempt to strip the sick and disabled of their human dignity. One of the nation's leading writers on euthanasia delivers a badly needed dose of clear thinking and genuine compassion.
Through original reporting, exhaustive research, historical analysis, and extensive interviews, Smith makes a compelling case against legalizing assisted suicide. He explores the truly humane and compassionate alternatives that can change a death wish into a desire to live.
The first comprehensive response to the assisted-suicide movement, Forced Exit changed the debate when it was originally published eight years ago. Now thoroughly revised and updated to keep pace with the movement's advance, this important book provides chilling evidence of how powerful and dangerous the death culture in America has become.
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First enacted in the 1970s, the SBT was touted as a way to maintain steady state revenues. Eventually, the tax came under attack for many reasons, but business owners objected in particular to levies for each job and for the health insurance coverage that may have gone along with it. Former GOP Gov. John Engler supported an eventual phase-out over decades. In 2002, the governor and Legislature OK'd a tactic that ended the SBT at the end of 2009.
After some years of legislative and gubernatorial sparring, in early 2006, Republican Oakland County Administrator L. Brooks Patterson declared war on the long-reviled SBT. In his annual "State of the County" speech in February, Patterson announced he would launch a petition drive to put the death of the SBT on the November ballot. Dumping the SBT would promote job creation in Michigan, which is suffering from one of the highest unemployment rates in the U.S.
In March, the Legislature voted to repeal the tax. Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed the bill, noting that the Legislature had no plans to replace the revenue.
Then Patterson found an end-run around the governor. He presented the petitions directly to the Legislature, which by majority vote could approve the ballot question with immunity from gubernatorial veto.
On Aug. 9, 2006, the Legislature did just that. Granholm signed the bill the next day.
"Is there a risk in doing what we are doing today? Yes, there is a risk in doing what we are doing today," reads a statement by Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema, R-Grandville, from Aug. 9. "… Ladies and gentleman, the greatest risk is doing nothing and saying we can wait because this is too hard. We need a catalyst for change and economic recovery and this is it."
The SBT's funeral now is set for Dec. 31 of this year, and it's up to the politicians in Lansing to figure out what will follow. They have no lack of advice and input, from local and state Chambers of Commerce to Granholm's November proposal, which they left in the air prior to the holiday break.
Granholm's Michigan Business Tax proposal would:
**Cut the tax rate from 1.9 percent to 0.125 percent.
**Focus taxes on gross receipts, profits and assets.
**Exempt state school taxes on personal property.
**Raise taxes on insurance premiums from 1 percent to 1.25 percent.
**Retain the threshold of $350,000 in gross receipts before a business must pay the tax, but phase in businesses from $350,000 to $750,000.
In September, the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce proposed replacing the SBT with a 0.75-percent tax on gross profits. Businesses under $350,000 would pay a $150 fee. The personal property tax would be eliminated. The Chamber also proposed cuts in Medicaid and incentives for schools and local governments to save money by working together.


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The latest teaser sketch for Season 4 of "Portlandia" takes both statement art and McDonald's to task.
In "Anti-Corporate Student Art," Fred Armisen plays a Portland Community College art teacher asking his students to stick it to big business by painting Ronald McDonald in a thought-provoking way.
"Ronald McDonald," he says, "plus something violent and crazy like money equals shock. Shock me."
He asks the model dressed as Ronald McDonald, who happens to be his wife, to pose in a gas mask, with a gun, in an attack position and other frightening poses.
The best, most shocking piece ends up in the most ironic of places, where it literally causes heads to explode.
Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have done it again. Season 4 of "Portlandia" premieres at 9 p.m. Feb. 27 on IFC. Guest stars include Olivia Wilde, Kirsten Dunst, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Sudeikis, Steve Buscemi and many more.
Does the new sketch win over the "Prarie Home Companion" tailgating sketch? Watch it here.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning country-folk duo The Civil Wars have cancelled their British tour dates, citing "irreconcilable differences" via Twitter and Facebook.
The pair made the announcement shortly after performing at the Roundhouse in north London late on Tuesday, but they added that they hoped to record together soon.
"We sincerely apologize for the canceling of all of our tour dates," said the band, which comprises Joy Williams and John Paul White.
"It is something we deeply regret. However, due to internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition we are unable to continue as a touring entity at this time ... Our sincere hope is to have new music for you in 2013."
The band said it would "do its best" to reimburse fans who had made travel reservations to see them.
The Civil Wars released their debut studio album "Barton Hollow" last year and went on to scoop two Grammy Awards - the highest prize in music - for best folk album and best country duo/group performance.
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Lobaton homers in 10th, Rays beat Jays 2-1
Lobaton homers in 10th, Rays beat Jays 2-1
Aug. 18, 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Fl. (AP) — Jose Lobaton came up big again for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Lobaton hit a solo home run in the 10th inning and the Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Sunday.
Lobaton sent a 2-1 pitch from Brad Lincoln (1-2) with one out into the right-field seats. Lobaton had a game-ending triple in the ninth Friday.
"It's different," Lobaton said. "Walk-off triple, that was amazing. Walk-off homer, run the bases like that, is unbelievable. It's something that you want to do all the time. Hopefully it's not the last one."
Lobaton's parents were at the ballpark for both of his key hits.
"Seriously, that's pretty cool for him," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Very, very cool."
Jake McGee (3-3) struck out one during a perfect 10th.
Tampa Bay took two of three from Toronto, which hasn't won a series at Tropicana Field since April 2007.
Rays starter Chris Archer allowed one run and four hits over seven innings.
Blue Jays right-hander Todd Redmond, a St. Petersburg native, gave up one run and six hits over six-plus innings in his first start at Tampa Bay.
"We wasted great pitching out there," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "If you're going to play in prime time, you've got to win those games. We've had so many of them over the course of the season and we haven't been able to win them."
Evan Longoria put the Rays up 1-0 in the first with his 24th homer, an opposite-field drive to right that resulted in a video review after a fan in the front row caught the ball just above the fence.
"One bad pitch to Longoria, one of the best-hitting third basemen in the game right now," Redmond said. "You do that, and you pay the price. (The fan) probably reached over a little bit, but it was probably just far enough to where it didn't matter."
The Blue Jays tied it at 1 when Edwin Encarnacion connected for his 31st homer this season with two outs in the seventh. He nearly put Toronto ahead in the ninth, but his two-out drive off Fernando Rodney hit off the top of the left-field wall and the slugger wound up with a double.
"Very, very lucky right there," Maddon said.
Archer retired nine in a row before Anthony Gose started the fourth with a single. Gose stole second and went to third on Jose Bautista's one-out flyball, but was left stranded when Encarnacion flew out.
Gose was the only Toronto baserunner until Encarnacion's seventh-inning homer. After the home run, Adam Lind and Brett Lawrie had consecutive singles before Mark DeRosa grounded out.
The Rays got a one-out double from Longoria in the fourth and Yunel Escobar hit a leadoff double to begin the fifth, but Redmond worked out of both jams without allowing a run. Redmond also got an inning-ending double play from Wil Myers with two on during the sixth.
Tampa Bay also wasted a scoring chance in the seventh with no outs when pinch-runner Sean Rodriguez was caught in a rundown between third and homer after pinch-hitter Jason Bourgeois failed to get a bunt down.
NOTES: Tampa Bay LHP Matt Moore, on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow soreness, played catch after being shut down for three days after experiencing elbow discomfort during a 55-pitch bullpen session Wednesday. The All-Star plans to throw again Monday. ... Blue Jays SS Jose Reyes was out of the lineup for the second straight game due to right knee soreness. ... Myers started in right field after being the designated hitter the previous three games. Maddon has said Myers is physically fine, but that he wanted to get the rookie off his feet for a few days. ... Rays INF Ryan Roberts accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Durham.


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Bible Milk For New Believers
A believer in Jesus Christ needs to grow both in grace and knowledge. "That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works"
King James Bible Study - Help in the Time of Need
The Issue:
The Basic Truths Of Life!
Everyone that ever walked on this planet must come to terms in this life with some basic TRUTHS. These will be the basic truths that no one can argue with, if they are sane. Of course, if you believe what God says in His Own BOOK about you, then you will have no problem with accepting these basic truths.
1. The Brevity Of Life
"For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." (James 4:14b) Our life is brief! like a vapor, or like smoke. "Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?" (Job 7:1) He is born, and then he will die! This is certain! (The exception being Enoch and Elijah, and also, those believers in Jesus Christ who are alive when He comes for His Church.)
2. The Brevity Of Your Remembrance
You will soon be forgotten. A man is remembered only a little while, and then he is forgotten. "He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him anymore. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness." (Job 7:10 & 10:20-22)
3. The Sureness Of Trouble
Life is bale full of troubles. I have also found this very true!!! "Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." (Job 14:1).
4. The Verity Of The White Throne Judgment
"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). You will not miss this one unless YOU ARE HID in the CLEFT OF THE ROCK!
5. The Eternality And The Finality Of What You Do With Jesus Christ:
We will all be held accountable over this issue. It is a hard fact of life, my friend. Now will you take God's offer of eternal life ... purchased by His Son ... for all those who will put their trust in Him ... a thumbs down? You will everlastingly suffer the consequences!
6. That Men Never Learn From History
We learn from History That Men Never Learn From History! It is a heart problem! Men refuse to learn the "lessons" afforded by the light of HISTORY: the recorded historical events which occurred as fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Now, these are the basic truths with which we all must deal with one way or another!
7. What Should You Do?
"But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:
that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved"; [Romans 10:8-13]
Believe The BOOK!
The King James Bible
This is God's Holy WORD to you and I! Do you believe it? The A.V.1611 (or The King James Bible) is God's word PRESERVED in the English language for you and me. It came from the English Reformation. This Bible declares that: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." [2 Timothy 3:16] God's inspired word is preserved in the A.V.1611. The word "preserved" means maintained inspiration. "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." [Psalm 12:6-7] "PRESERVE." .
Home In The Hills:
[Or New Jerusalem]
Everybody is going home someday. Everybody is going to their LONG HOME. When you die, you are going to go to your "long home" whether, it be in "Heaven" or in "Hell". Do you realize that truth? "Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:" [Ecclesiastes 12:5]. Read More?
21st Century Spiritual Milk For Babes
Old Paths Baptist Mission © 2011 Richard St.James
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby"[1 Peter 2:2]
Question Number 09
Question: What is sin?
Answer: Sin is a transgression of the law..
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." [1 John 3:4]
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The Formula
The "spiritual milk" for the 21st Century believer in Jesus Christ is the same spiritual milk that was recommended by the Spirit of God for now almost two thousand years.
This SINCERE MILK is the basic starting food so necessary for every new born-again believer to GROW.
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[2 Timothy 3:17] That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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Reference Notes:2 Peter 1:21 "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
Prophecy involves future things … in future events. Prophecy is a foretelling; a prediction; a declaration of something to come. History is the record of the fulfillment prophecy.
Bible "prophecy" came not "by the will of man". Man's "will" was not involved at all. Bible prophecy came by the Holy Ghost WHO is GOD. God "moved" certain men to speak certain words that are God's words in "old time".
• God's words that "holy men" "spake" "in old time" are preserved … for all time.
• God's words are kept.
• God keeps them. Man does not keep them. The scholars do not keep them.
• God preserves them … in spite of the scholars. This is a direct promise of God.
This promise is found for all generations of men forevermore to see in Psalms twelve: "The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." [Psalm 12:6-7]
Do you see what I see?
• The words of the Lord are pure words.
• The words of the Lord are purified seven times.
This promise literally extends [in the English language] to all of US [the English-speaking nations on this Earth today].
Now, the seven purifications [or the translations] into the English for the English-speaking nations on this Earth are these:
• The Tyndale's New Testament … in 1526.
• The Coverdale's Bible … in 1535
• The Matthews' Bible … in 1537
• The Great Bible … in 1539
• The Geneva Bible … in 1560
• The Bishops Bible … in 1568
• The King James Bible … in 1611
This seventh book represents a purified BOOK, and is the word of God in the English language.
Therefore, we have this promise from God that God actively maintained the "pure words" of God.
We have therefore, in the Authorized Version of 1611 [A.V. 1611] Bible … the "settled" words of God:
"For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven." [Psalm 119:89]
The A.V. 1611 King James Bible, or any of its editions [1613, 1644, 1676, 1680, 1701, 1769], is the settled forever.


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A natural forest typically begins as a large group of small trees, perhaps as many as several thousand to the acre. Over a period of many years, the numbers are reduced to only a few large trees per acre. Foresters, farmers and gardeners have long realized that an acre of land can produce only a certain amount of plant growth for either many small stems or for a few large ones.
In general, the plants that survive are those that are best adapted to local growing conditions and those best able to compete effectively for sunlight, moisture and plant nutrients. There is a tendency for the strong plants to get stronger and the weak plants to get weaker, eventually resulting in a natural thinning process. As the eventual losers decline in vigor, a few will pass out of the picture each year. Periods of drought, early and late frosts, wide fluctuations in temperature, insect and disease epidemics, wildfire and other forces may speed up the natural selection process.
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Various stresses cause reduced tree vigor and allow secondary diseases and insects to cause further decline or death of branches, roots or sometimes entire trees. (Photo by Robbie Doerhoff, Missouri Department of Conservation)
As with humans, a decline in vigor makes plants more susceptible to other problems (Figure 1). Insects and diseases, alone or in combination, may cause tree decline and eventual death. In unmanaged forests, natural forces determine which trees are removed. In managed forests, professional foresters make the decisions about which trees will be removed to achieve management objectives.
Various stresses cause reduced tree vigor and allow secondary diseases and insects to cause further decline or death of branches, roots, or sometimes entire trees. One of the major causes of stress in trees is planting them in locations to which they are not suited. Some examples:
Another major cause of stress in trees is allowing too many of them to occupy an area. Crowded trees compete with each other for nutrients, moisture and sunlight. Not all will survive when trees increase in size. Although some trees will eventually dominate, their growth is slowed and stress is created until the final survival decision is made by nature.
Many other factors also place trees in stressful situations and eventually lead to their decline:
Many stress situations such as those listed can be avoided by checking with a tree care professional or by acquiring a knowledge of the cultural requirements of different tree species and the characteristics of the area in which the trees are located or will be planted.
Symptoms of decline may develop quickly or they may not be noticeable for years. Early symptoms include premature fall coloration, late spring leaf development, decreased twig and stem growth, leaf scorch, death of tissues between the leaf veins, and premature leaf drop. Later symptoms include dieback of larger limbs and branches; sprouting from the trunk of the tree; heavy seed crops; foliage noticeably smaller, lighter green and sometimes produced in tufts or clumps on sprout-origin tissues. The foliage over the entire tree may also look thinner in decline conditions.
Certain fungi that cause stem canker or root infections are often associated with the decline of many tree species. When trees are under stress, physiological changes occur in the roots, allowing the fungi to infect and kill them. In the autumn, clusters of mushrooms may form at the base of trees that have been infected. These growths indicate that root and trunk infections are present.
Many wood-boring insects are also associated with the decline of trees. The ash borer, bronze birch borer and the flatheaded apple tree borer are examples of insects that breed in various hardwood tree species that have been weakened by drought, defoliation or other adverse conditions. Scale insects are also commonly associated with tree stress.
Tree decline can often be minimized by taking these preventive maintenance steps:
In caring for trees in a yard, more intensive control measures may be justified. Get an accurate identification of the problem by submitting samples to a plant diagnostic clinic. Very few foliar diseases on mature trees need to be treated with fungicides. Raking and removing fallen leaves may reduce a source of inoculum. Dead limbs may be pruned out, when warranted, to remove sources of disease or insects. Care should be given to avoid spreading disease on pruning tools by sterilizing the pruning tools with wood alcohol, household bleach or other approved disinfectants.
Nutrient deficiencies can be corrected by proper fertilization. Mulches to conserve moisture, prevent deep freezing and prevent soil crusting are usually beneficial. But do not apply mulches too deeply around stems. Properly timed watering will reduce moisture problems.
Even large, well-established trees can be damaged by a severe drought. A few well-timed irrigations can greatly reduce the stress encountered by trees during a drought and may prevent the onset of decline.
During a midsummer drought, it is common for about 1/4 inch of water to be lost from the soil per day. Under these conditions, most available water would be depleted from the root zone of a tree within 14 days. If the soil is a clay loam, to completely replenish soil moisture in the tree root zone (to a depth of 18 inches) would require about 3.5 inches of water.
Fortunately, it is not necessary to wet the entire tree root zone. Irrigation applied to turf will usually supply enough water to trees in a lawn to greatly reduce drought stress. However, where turf and tree roots exist together, a rapid depletion of soil moisture will occur. These areas require more water than areas where few tree roots are present. A large mulched area under each tree will allow fine tree roots to grow near the soil surface without competition from grass roots and will allow more efficient irrigation and fertilization of both trees and turf.
If valuable trees are located in a nonirrigated area, a deep soaking irrigation every two or three weeks during a drought will prevent excessive drought stress from developing. Application of 2 to 3 inches of water over half the surface area contained within the drip line will be of great benefit to a drought-stressed tree. It may be necessary to irrigate on two or three consecutive days to apply this amount of water without runoff.
After irrigation, the soil should be moist to a depth of at least 12 inches and preferably 18 inches. Keep track of the number of inches applied with a rain gauge. The depth of water penetration usually can be estimated by pushing a 3/8- or 1/2-inch diameter steel rod into the ground. The rod will stop when it reaches dry soil.
An effective way to water smaller trees (up to 3 inches in stem diameter) is with leaky buckets. To water a tree about 2 inches in stem diameter, place four 5-gallon buckets 2 feet from the trunk in a square pattern. Two or three holes should be punctured in the sides of each bucket near the bottom so that the water will drain out in about five hours. The buckets should be refilled and moved to dry areas under the same tree two or three times and then moved to another tree. To water smaller trees, use the same procedure but with two or three buckets. If the drought persists, the tree should receive a watering cycle every week or 10 days.
A permanently installed drip irrigation system will achieve the same results as the leaky bucket technique with much less effort.
Overwatering can also seriously damage trees. It takes 62 gallons to apply 1 inch of water to 100 square feet. Applying this quantity of water for several days to a soil that already has a good moisture supply can suffocate some of the tree roots. Inexpensive timers are available that can be attached to the outside faucet to ensure that the desired amount of water is applied.
Here are some ways to prevent the common causes of tree decline:
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PARIS (AP) — Unemployment levels in the world's advanced economies could improve next year, even though the number of people without work will likely continue to rise in several European countries, a leading international economic body said Tuesday.
In a report published Tuesday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicted that the jobless rate for the countries that use the euro would rise from 12.2 percent to 12.3 percent by the end of next year. Many countries, like Greece, Spain and Portugal will see a much sharper increase as their economies struggle to recover.
But good news is on the way for some countries. For the 34-country OECD, unemployment is projected to fall slightly next year from 8 percent to 7.8 percent. The United States could see its unemployment rate fall from 7.6 percent to 6.7 percent, while Germany's could drop from 5.3 to 4.7 percent.
The OECD says young people and low-skilled workers have borne the brunt of high unemployment.
"The social scars of the crisis are far from being healed," the organization's secretary-general, Angel Gurria, said. "Many of our countries continue to struggle with high and persistent unemployment, particularly among youth."
In some countries, the youth unemployment rate is double the overall figure, as young people struggle to even enter the job market at the most basic level.
The report warned that many people who have been out of work for a long period are now facing the possibility of losing their unemployment insurance and having to shift to less generous benefits. In many countries, even unemployment benefits are not what they used to be, as many governments have been forced to make big cuts to public spending; the report said average spending per jobseeker in the OECD has fallen around 20 percent since the crisis began.
The report said there are no quick fixes to unemployment, only the slow work of making labor market reforms. It praised countries like Greece, Italy and Spain that have made such reforms, introduced as part of efforts to tackle their debt problems and turn round their economies.
It also cautioned against falling back on offers of early retirement in the hopes of combatting unemployment, noting that the trend of older workers staying in their jobs longer hasn't seemed to have an adverse effect on young people.
"Bringing back early retirement schemes or relaxing rules for disability or unemployment benefits for older workers would be a costly mistake," the report said.


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Windham residents asked for their ideas in town planning
WINDHAM — With the 2015 master plan process to kick off this week, Windham town officials plan to offer plenty of opportunities for residents to have their say in the process.
During Wednesday night's planning board meeting, town staff and officials from the Southern N.H. Planning Commission (SNHPC) will be on hand to share an overview of the upcoming plan process.
Community Development Director Laura Scott said SNHPC would be working closely with the board to develop a community survey, host community outreach meetings and compile data to complete the initial phase of the 2015 master plan.
"Right now we've anticipated completion of Phase I by the end of this year," Scott said Monday. "So this week is the official launch of our data-gathering and community-involvement phase."
The upcoming master plan will mark Windham's first time working with SNHPC in the process.
Windham's last master plan was completed in 2000, though an update was done in 2005.
"Generally, we do a new master plan every 10 years," Scott said, noting that updates are done much more frequently.
"It's the best way for us to prioritize where we're at right now and where we'd like to be," she said.
During this week's meeting, the planning board is also expected to discuss what outreach they will be doing to various boards, committees and community groups.
Once Phase I is completed, town officials will begin the lengthy process of thinking up ways to put the plan into action.
All members of the public are invited to attend Wednesday meeting to learn more about the master plan and to get involved. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Windham Town Complex.
For more information, visit the master plan page of the town website at www.windhamnewhampshire.com or contact Scott at 432-3806. She may also be emailed at email@example.com.


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WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is floating a plan that would force Medicare cuts onto people aged 56 and younger, breaking a campaign promise not to touch benefits for those older than 55.
The tweak is under discussion by Republicans as part of Ryan's fiscal 2014 budget plan in order to meet an important Republican pledge to balance the federal budget in 10 years, people familiar with the plan said.
Ryan's change would reduce expenditures slightly for the costly healthcare program near the end of the 10-year budget window. Americans now become eligible for Medicare benefits at age 65.
But it provides fresh ammunition for Democrats to attack Republicans for being too eager to put the burden of reducing deficits on those reliant on the social safety net while minimizing tax increases on the wealthy - a refrain that reverberated throughout last year's presidential and congressional election campaigns.
As the Republican vice presidential candidate last year, Ryan deflected criticism of his plan for Medicare cuts by saying that these would not apply to those 55 or older. He and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had repeatedly said this would keep the popular fee-for-service healthcare program largely unchanged for current seniors and provide a 10-year window for people to make savings adjustments as they contemplate retirement.
The change, if adopted, would cut that window down to nine years.
Ryan is expected to release his fiscal 2014 budget plan next week, with a vote on the House floor expected around mid-March.
His plan will reprise his controversial proposal to reduce Medicare spending by converting it to a voucher-like system that subsidizes the purchase of health coverage from private insurers. He proposed similar plans in 2011 and 2012, arguing that without these changes, the program would become too costly and go "bankrupt" as the massive Baby Boom generation ages.
Last year's plan was rebranded as "premium support," and a Republican aide on the Budget Committee said this year's version will be called "competitive bidding."
Ryan spokesman William Allison declined to comment directly on the proposed age change. He said the Budget Committee would advance a "responsible, balanced budget."
"With respect to Medicare, House Republicans will again put forward a real solution to protect and strengthen Medicare for current seniors and future generations," Allison said in an emailed statement. "His reforms ensure no changes for those in or near retirement, a sharp contrast to the real harm inflicted on seniors by the President's health-care law."
Republicans, including Ryan, have criticized President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul law for shifting some $700 billion in Medicare payments to hospitals and insurers over 10 years to help fund subsidies for the uninsured.
The Budget Committee aide said Ryan's budget plan would effectively end the provisions known as Obamacare, as it has attempted to do in past years, but it would not restore the higher Medicare payment rates. Instead, it would keep those funds for deficit reduction.


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The peak of the rut is hitting in some parts of the country and a few reports are trickling in about scraping activity in the Southeast, meaning it won't be long there before it's hitting full speed.
Whether you're a gun or bow hunter, doctoring an existing scrape or making a mock scrape with Smokey's Preorbital Gland Lure is a good way to get a buck's attention. Yeah, we know the season has started and yeah, we know you may think messing around with a scrape or making a fake one may not work now.
But, they do. Bucks are ramping up their interest in everything going on around them. All it takes is a little bit of Smokey's Preorbital Gland Lure on the licking branch above the scrape to get a buck or doe to take notice. Bucks rub their head and antlers on the area, along with licking it, and Smokey's scent is taken from real bucks. So you're getting a bottle of the good stuff.
Here are a few tips:
Use the following 5 tips to assist your use of Smokey's Pre Orbital Gland Lure:
Travel corridor: Find a licking branch in a travel corridor bucks use. Base the location on past observation, old rubs and natural funnels. Use a licking branch that was used last year, establish a new one or make your own by tying a new branch about five feet off the ground.
Licking branch: Before touching anything in the area, put on a pair of rubber gloves. Select a sturdy but flexible branch. Limbs from maple, white oak, ash, beech or poplar produce better results than pine and black cherry. Notice the species deer in your area use. Don't use a dead or fragile limb.
Application: Mash the tip of the licking branch with a pair of clean pliers. This allows the branch to hold the lure, and exposes the lure to more surfaces so that air currents can pick it up better. Dip the tip of the branch in a bottle of Smokey's Preorbital Gland Lure. Use just a tiny amount.
Camera: Set your camera so it's not looking into the sun and leave the area without crossing any primary trails.
Checking camera: Since this is a low-impact scouting method, don't check your camera any more frequently than once every week to 10 days. Even if it rains, traces of the lure will stay on the licking branch.
(Note: If you're skittish about using the cameras during the season and checking them, that's understandable! Smokey's Preorbital Gland Lure also is good to use before and after the season for camera surveys.)
Make a few mock scrapes or quickly slide in and fix up an existing one — presumably both will be within an ethical shooting range — and then get ready!


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The first near-Earth asteroid to be discovered was 433 Eros in 1898. It made history then, in part by enabling the best determination of the astronomical unit and hence the scale of the solar system.It made history again in 2000 and 2001, when NASA's NEAR-Shoemaker probe took up orbit around it and then descended to its dusty surface. Eros is the second-largest near-Earth asteroid, after 1036 Ganymed, measuring 21 × 7 × 7 miles (34 × 11 × 11 km).
And now you have an opportunity to view this celebrated object telescopically, as it makes a swing past the Earth this month and next. This is Eros's closest approach since the much-observed one in January 1975, when it reached magnitude 7.0, and it'll be its last close pass until January 2056.Click here to download finder charts showing its path southward across Leo, Sextans, and Hydra as it brightens from magnitude 9.2 on January 12th to 8.8 on the 18th and then 8.6 from January 25th to February 13th. It fades back to 9.0 by February 25th. Eros passes its closest to Earth on January 31st, but even then it's not very close as near-Earth asteroids go: 0.18 a.u., or 70 times the Moon's distance.
On the charts, the ticks mark its position at 0:00 Universal Time on the indicated dates. This falls on the evening of the previous date in the time zones of the Americas. Interpolate to put a pencil dot on the track for when you plan to look. Stars are plotted to magnitude 9.0. In late January and early February Eros will be creeping along by almost 3? per hour, so you can see its motion during an evening.
• Amateurs and students can use position measurements of Eros to (re)compute the length of the astronomical unit. Read more and join the project .
• From Italy, Gianluca Masi at Bellatrix Observatory writes, "at the Virtual Telescope we will offer a live online observing session" of Eros's passage, in exchange for a 1-euro donation, starting at 0:00 February 2nd UT.


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The Brenley California King Bedroom Group by Magnussen Home from Boulevard Home Furnishings. We proudly serve the St. George, Cedar City, Hurricane, Utah, Mesquite, Nevada area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Light, bright and undeniably homey, this group of furniture gives Cottage style a fresh-faced update. Crafted simply of panel-seamed, natural pine, this furniture offers the practical elegance of heirloom pieces collected over time, while still maintaining a pulled-together look. In solid pine with a natural umber finish, enjoy the natural, timeless beauty and durability of this solid wood furniture. A renewable resource, solid wood materials become more beautiful and valuable with age. Natural imperfections, blemishes and knots are present and color variations create the unique individual character and beauty of this furniture.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating more than a dozen apparently random shootings targeting vehicles on Kansas City-area roads and highways to determine whether they are connected, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
Darryl Forté, the Kansas City, Mo., police chief, met with the FBI Monday to discuss the incidents and had scheduled other meetings this week with federal investigators, Capt. Tye Grant said.
Thirteen shootings have been reported since March 8, most of them in an area on the city's south side known as the Grandview Triangle, where three interstate highways and U.S. 50 intersect. Three people were wounded, but none were considered life-threatening, Grant said.
While there are similarities in geography, time of day and the circumstances of the shootings, there is no physical evidence connecting them, Grant said. In all of the cases, someone fired shots just before reaching a highway exit ramp or road split, then veered off in a different direction from the victim's vehicle.
Detectives and police analysts started noticing a pattern last week after reports of shootings started coming in, and by Sunday had identified 13 that had occurred over a four-week span. Ten of them happened in Kansas City, Mo., with the other three in the suburbs of Leawood, Kan., Blue Springs, Mo., and Lee's Summit, Mo.
"Some of the people didn't realize they were being shot at, so when the incidents were reported they were taken down as possible property damage," Grant said.
In the March 8 shooting, a 72-year-old man was driving south on Interstate 435 near the Interstate 470 interchange at 9:45 p.m. when he heard a loud noise and noticed a crack in the front windshield. He pulled over and found a bullet hole in his hood.
The next shooting didn't happen until three weeks later, when a 22-year-old woman was driving south on Ward Parkway with her 3-year-old daughter at 1 p.m. on March 29 when a car pulled up alongside and she heard a loud popping noise. She was taking her daughter out of the car at home when she noticed a large bullet hole in the door near where the girl had been sitting.
The most recent shooting was Sunday, when a 57-year-old Blue Springs man was driving east on Interstate 470 when he heard two large bangs and thought he had run over something. About that time he also felt what he thought was a charley horse in his left leg, but when he put his hand down he found blood, pulled over and called 911.
The man had been shot in the calf, and officers found three bullet holes in the driver's side of his car.
One other driver was shot in the leg, while the third was shot in the arm, police said.
"This isn't the first time I've heard of a random shooting reported, but as far as several of them possibly being linked, I can't think of another situation that has occurred in the Kansas City area," Grant said.
Kansas City police already work closely with their federal counterparts, he said, so involvement by the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the case isn't unusual.
No new shootings have been reported since Sunday.
The police department, FBI and ATF are offering a $7,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the shootings.


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Tissue Culture Lab
What Is Tissue Culture?
Tissue culture is a method of plant propagation done in a laboratory. There are many methods of plant propagation including using seeds, cuttings and division.
Plant tissue culture involves growing plants in an artificial medium under sterile conditions in a jar, flask or test tube. In theory, this process can go on indefinitely, producing many plants over time. Some plant tissue cultures are started from very small sections of plant tissue. The plants produced this way are exact copies, or clones, of one another. While cloning is important for producing multiples (hundreds, thousands, even millions) of an individual, tissue culture offers other ways to propagate plants that are not "clones." Some plant tissue cultures are started from seeds. When seeds are used for tissue culture, each new plant is genetically different from its parent plant. Many of the orchids grown in the lab are started from seed. Tissue culture is commonly called "cloning" and "micropropagation."
Why Tissue Culture?
The plant tissue culture lab allows Garden staff to research new methods of reproducing rare plants and using this information to further plant conservation efforts.
Many plant species are threatened because people illegally take plants out of the wild to sell. Commercial laboratories can use the results of our research to produce thousands of plants for retail, thereby lightening the pressure on natural, wild plant populations. With tissue culture, a large number of plants can be produced in a short amount of time compared with traditional methods of planting seeds, cuttings or divisions. Many of everyday plants ware produced from tissue culture, especially tropical houseplants. Tissue cultures started from seeds are sometimes easier and faster than conventional cloning and offer the additional benefit of increased genetic diversity.
How to Do Tissue Culture
Flasks of nutrient medium are first sterilized under high heat and pressure to kill any fungal or bacterial contaminants. The medium in the containers is made of sugars, inorganic salts, plant hormones and a gelling agent (like agar).
The plant material used to start a culture is called an explant and must be disinfected before being placed on a sterile medium. To maintain the sterility of the plant cultures, the containers are opened only in a laminar flow hood, which contains a high-efficiency particle absorption (HEPA) filter. This creates an environment free of airborne organisms that could contaminate the tissue culture. The container of nutrient medium is first sterilized under high heat and pressure to kill any fungal or bacterial contaminants. After the culture has been started, it is stored under lights and carefully monitored for contamination. After a period of days or up to several months, the explants will show signs of growth. Leaves, roots and other organs will begin to develop.
In time, under the proper conditions, the cultures will grow and multiply. They can be divided or subcultured into new flasks as the nutrients in the medium eventually run out. This process can go on indefinitely, producing many plants over time. Plants grown in the laboratory can be transferred to soil conditions carefully by selecting the correct soil mix and gradually lowering the humidity level.
Tissue Culture Benefits
The Garden works to find new ways of propagating native plants like native orchids and trillium. As our research develops, we share our results with the nursery industry. When nurseries are able to get large numbers of native plants from commercial tissue culture labs, they are less likely to sell plants that have been taken out of the wild.
Some of the rare plants that are grown in the tissue culture lab will be replanted in their native habitats. Others are made available to institutions like nurseries, universities and other botanical gardens for research.
Plants grown in this laboratory will be used in endangered species recovery work. One of the main focuses in this lab is the germination, growth and multiplication of native terrestrial orchid species such as the monkey face orchid (Platanthera integrilabia) and the Kentucky ladyslipper orchid (Cypripedium kentuckiense). Tropical orchid species are also grown in the lab for use in Garden displays, for exchange with other institutions, and for recovery work in countries such as Ecuador.
What Can You Do?
- Ask where the native plants you buy come from?
- Are they collected or propagated?
- Never buy plants taken from the wild.
- Support the Garden and other organizations that research and protect endangered plants.


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ANW/Crestwood, the parent company of brands such as Paper Adventures and TPC Studio, has announced that its deal to acquire most of Creativity Inc's brands is now final. Creativity Inc. brands Westrim Crafts, Autumn Leaves, DMD, Crop in Style, Hip in a Hurry, Room Relish and Paper Bliss are all now a part of ANW/Crestwood.
Creativity Inc. had previously announced in February that it was selling its scrapbooking brands and its Hip In A Hurry brand to ANW/Crestwood. Shortly before that announcement, Creativity Inc. was seen clearing out the remaining inventory for those brands at CHA Winter 2010 and had indicated to Scrapbook Update it planned to shelve the brands.
Creativity Inc. is retaining the rapidly-growing Blue Moon Beads brand.
At ANW/Crestwood, the Paper Bliss brand will become part of the TPC Studio product group. The rest of the newly acquired Creativity Inc. brands will be made into a new ANW/Crestwood unit called CreativityWorks. This unit will be based in the Los Angeles area and will operate in parallel to the company's existing consumer units, TPC Studio and The Paper Company. Executive Vice President Nick Lazarou and Vice President Abbey Blaszczyk will run CreativityWorks for ANW/Crestwood.
For 2010, an agreement between the two companies will have product shipping continue out of the Creativity Inc. location in Van Nuys, CA. By the end of the year, however, ANW/Crestwood anticipates consolidating shipping for all of its units in one location. CreativityWorks will continue to operate a Hong Kong procurement office as Creativity Inc. has historically done for the purchased brands.
In a statement, ANW/Crestwood President and Co-CEO Mark Caliguire said, "We have acquired a business with a long history in the craft market, with brands that have been mainstays for years, but more importantly, this new company is comprised of a group of people with energy, creativity, product knowledge and a desire to continue to broaden into a number of new markets while expanding our core craft business". He added, "I am excited about the sourcing expertise we have acquired and how well this will integrate into our current product teams."
EVP Nick Lazarou stated, "The owners of ANW/Crestwood bring a new commitment to energizing this business. We have been given the green light to take this to another level with the commitment of the financial and creative resources necessary to make CreativityWorks a consumer products company to be reckoned with."
Added VP Abbey Blaszczyk, "We have been working on designs, licenses and sales strategies to execute in anticipation of the finalization of this deal, and we are ready to hit the ground running with numerous product presentations in an array of consumer retail channels".
ANW/Crestwood has a large booth (#1623) reserved for CHA Summer 2010 in Chicago.


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Keep the angry birds at bay with a clean drivetrain.
You don't want to be the guy with drivetrain that sounds like he's torturing a family of swallows with each pedal stroke. If you're as meticulous with your bikes as we are with ours, you know the importance of keeping your chain clean of dirt and grime that will quickly degrade your drivetrain. Though a few drops of chain cleaner and an old t-shirt often do the job for cleaning, Portland Design Works designed the Mister Sparkle Chain Cleaner for those times when a gentle rub isn't enough to clean off mud and grime.
There are lots of chain cleaners on the market, but the Portland Design Works cleaner has efficiency and aesthetics working for it. When you look at anything Portland Design Works makes, you'll notice no detail is overlooked. Every piece of the Mister Sparkle is made to benefit the efficiency of the cleaner. The small, two-piece assembly has a rounded, narrow construction and clamps onto your chain below the chainstay, after you fill the small reservoir with a cleaning agent. Unlike many chain cleaners that are clunky and awkward to use, the Mister Sparkle eliminates the chain and derailleur fight by installing a thin swing arm that flips onto the back of your derailleur. This small arm holds the tension on your derailleur and rolls with your jockey wheels to keep the chain in place as you cycle it through the cleaner. The point of this isn't just for chain placement, but also so you don't have to hold onto Mister Sparkle, he can hang out as you pedal your chain to cleanliness.
Portland Design Works recommends you use Boeshield T-9 with Mister Sparkle for a gentle cleaning and lubrication. For dirtier cleaning sessions, use Simple Green to get into smaller crevices, and finish the chain with lubrication.
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- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
While the elegant design shows some promise, those hopes are quickly dashed. The shallow reservoir and lack of a sponge (like the Park Tool Cyclone, for example) results in seepage of solvent and a saturated, wet chain. Does clean the chain okay, but be prepared to also clean yourself, your frame, the floor...
There are better options...
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This chain cleaner isn't quite as burly as a Park Tools or Muc Off one, and in that, it doesn't do a good job of cleaning your chain. The arm hook doesn't do a good job of holding it in place. Spend the money to get a better one.
once I you-tubed how to open it (should be a pic on packaging), I found it to be more than "just" functional. it has a nice "weight" to it. I found it to clean my chain with less effort than the other guys listed here. very happy.
not durable
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
started having problems with it after a few uses. brushes started coming out. plastic tabs broke after 2 nd use. Replaced with a park tool
Good for the price.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I bought them little gem as an alternative to the Park Tool version. I gave this an average rating because on the second use, the plastic tabs that secure the upper casing to the lower broke. The saving grace is the included metal band that acts as a fail-safe in connecting the two portions together. Other than that, it works as designed and a handy little device.
Works every time
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Kind of uses a lot of lube (since you have to fill it up to use it, but I think it is worth it. Pretty darn easy clean up too.
Are you using this tool to clean your chain or to lubricate it?
The Mister Sparkle in action!
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Super easy
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
It took me a minute to get this set up right the first time I used it, but once I got it on my chain it was really easy to use. The video posted below is really helpful for first timers. I've been impressed with how quickly and thoroughly this cleans my chain. Way more effective than a wad of paper towels and some cleaner... It's really quick to take off and clean up as well.
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Quick instruction demo by PDW.
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works good
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On Monday, AT&T will announce the availability of the eagerly awaited Nokia Lumia 900, a high-end yet inexpensive device that the company's sales agents are allegedly drooling over internally. Selected as Microsoft's premier carrier partner for Windows Phone, AT&T sells more of these handsets than any other company. And yet, as I promised Microsoft before its latest mobile platform launched, this carrier has done nothing but disappoint Windows Phone users again and again, delaying and sometimes refusing to ever release valuable software updates. If that's how Microsoft's "premier" partner behaves, how will this platform ever survive?
The latest AT&T/Windows Phone uproar involves the Windows Phone 8107 update, which was rolled out by Microsoft in the first week of January. This update includes fixes for several bugs, including a common one in which the on-screen keyboard inexplicably disappears while you're typing. Other fixes include Gmail syncing and location access, among others. It's exactly the type of fix that all Windows Phone users should get automatically.
Except that that's not how Windows Phone works. As I explained in Windows Phone Software Updates Revisited, there's been a lot of confusion about how and when wireless carriers can block software updates from reaching end users. And the answer, it turns out, is that carriers can block updates whenever they want to. AT&T, somewhat surprisingly, has been the most aggressive about doing so. In fact, it's never immediately delivered a Microsoft software update to customers. Not once.
As Microsoft's Eric Hautala wrote at the time, the 8107 update is "available to all carriers that request it." AT&T has obviously not done so. And as of this week, it appears it never will do so. "We are not currently planning to offer the Windows [Phone] 8107 update," an AT&T community manager wrote in the company's support forums in response to numerous complaints.
I'll remind readers that AT&T is Microsoft's premier partner for Windows Phone ... that this carrier had a bigger selection of handsets at the system launch in late 2010 than any other carrier .. and that AT&T has an exclusive month-long lock on LTE-based Windows Phone 7.5 handsets that extends to mid-year. That latter arrangement angered AT&T's chief rival, Verizon Wireless, so much that its CEO threatened to abandon the platform until LTE devices were made available. And as of today, Verizon not coincidentally sells only a single Windows Phone handset, the out-of-date Trophy model it first began selling in early 2011.
I'll also remind Microsoft that I told you so. In an October 2010 reviewer's workshop at which I was warned that an AT&T representative was present, I told Microsoft and that representative that AT&T and the other carriers would have no qualms about blocking software updates in order to sell new phones. And I was told in return that I didn't understand the close nature of their relationship and that the wireless carriers understood that a good user experience was key to the success of the platform.
Well, that has certainly played out as expected. So I'll just reiterate what I've said all along. We can't trust AT&T or the other wireless carriers to do the right thing, ever. The biggest success of the iPhone is that Apple was able to wrest control of the software-updating process away from carriers and put it in the hands of the users for whom these updates matter most. And iPhone users have been rewarded with a long string of free software updates that have enormously improved the usefulness of the devices over time.
Microsoft, too, has delivered a similar string of useful updates. Sadly, many Windows Phone users never get to see most of them. And the reason is that the carriers are evil—pure and simple. They don't act in the best interests of users; they act in accordance with their own lazy self interests. And it's time for this to stop.
AT&T, I'd like my on-screen keyboard to stop disappearing when I'm typing. Microsoft fixed this bug in January, after putting that update through a series of tests that, get this, were partially designed by AT&T. There is no good reason for me and other Windows Phone users not to have this update already. No good reason at all.


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The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted unanimously to continue an investigation of dumping allegations, by ruling preliminarily that U.S. lemon juice producers have been materially injured by Argentine and Mexican imports.
The decision was made in response to a petition filed on Sept. 20, 2006, by Sunkist Growers Inc., (supported by Ventura Processing), requesting that antidumping duties be levied to offset the unfair prices offered by Argentine and Mexican processors into the U.S. market over the past three years.
"We are very pleased that all the commissioners voted to move forward with this investigation," said Tim Lindgren, Sunkist President and CEO. "The U.S. has simply been flooded with unfairly priced juice in recent years, disrupting the market and making it very difficult to earn a reasonable return. A thorough investigation is warranted by both the Commission and the Commerce Department."
On Oct. 13, the ITC held a preliminary conference to review the data contained in the petition concerning the material injury caused by dumped imports from both countries. On Oct. 11, the U.S. Department of Commerce formally decided to initiate an investigation in response to the Sept. 20 petition.
Both the ITC and the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue the investigation, with a preliminary determination of dumping scheduled for Feb. 28, 2007. If affirmative, this decision may impose an antidumping tariff on imports from those countries, which should strengthen the bulk price for juice in the United States.
Given the limited volume of lemon juice which is used in making beverages, any additional duty is very unlikely to be felt by the consumer at the checkout counter, but will help domestic processing remain a viable user of domestic lemons.


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A Potato is a Potato is a Potato
The popularity of the humble potato has waxed and waned with varying degrees of drama over the course of its 2,200-year history. It was revered in ancient Peru, where slices of potato were used to treat broken bones and to prevent rheumatism. Upon introduction to Europe in the 1600s, it was blamed for leprosy and thought to be poisonous (the French listed it as a dangerous aphrodisiac). In Ireland, crop failure due to potato blight was one of the causes of a mass migration to America during the mid-1800s, and the loss of over a million lives. During the Alaskan Gold Rush around the turn of the 20th century, potatoes were so highly valued that they were traded for gold; a hundred years later, the low-carb diet craze caused Americans to shun potatoes in any form. In recent years, potatoes have begun to win back some of their lost honor, to the delight of Hudson Valley farmers, who have always grown them. If there's anything that history shows, it's that potatoes have staying power.
According to the Empire State Potato Board, New York farmers cultivate approximately 20,000 acres of Valley Table potatoes (fourteenth in the nation for potato production), a figure that largely reflects the "processing" market-potatoes destined for a deep fryer or to become dehydrated flakes. A closer examination of the region's farms clearly shows a deeper truth: Nearly everyone grows potatoes. Most do so on a small scale, perhaps to add diversity to their market stand, CSA Gshare or kitchen table. But even those farmers who have become known for their potatoes tend to view them as just one crop among many. In the Hudson Valley, potatoes are truly a crop of a diversified farmer.
Although the Irish potato famine devastated that nation in the 1800s, it was not because potatoes were an inferior food source. For decades, Irish farmers were able to feed their families on a diet of potatoes, supplemented with buttermilk and seasoned with salt and sometimes fish, and were actually far healthier than their English counterparts, who subsisted on less nutritious bread. What was exposed was the danger of monoculture: Irish tenant farmers grew almost nothing else, and when the potato blight, which did not affect other vegetables, struck their fields, it was a disaster.
Chemical pesticides and farm subsidies now preclude major potato disasters among American farmers, but monoculture remains a concern. In potato regions like Idaho, farmers almost exclusively grow one type of potato -- Russet -- on thousands of acres with little crop rotation and no diversity. To farmers like Bob Kiley, of RSK Farm in Prattsville, it's a shame. "Taste is not a qualifying issue for those farmers," he explains. "With Russets, like anything you buy in the store, the variety of whatever it is you're buying has been grown because it produces a large volume. If you're growing potatoes for someone else to process, you're not worried about a tender, tasty little potato -- you want tons of potatoes."
It's the opposite for most farmers in the Hudson Valley, who grow a variety of potatoes intermingled with other crops. Joe Schwen and his wife, Rebecca, of Common Ground Farm in Beacon, grow up to 10 varieties each year, including All Blue, which remain blue throughout, even after cooking; Chieftain, a typical red-skinned, white-flesh variety; and Carola, Yukon Gold and Kennebec, yellow varieties good for mashing. "I can't grow just one variety," Schwen chuckles. "That's not any fun. They do take a lot of space, but everyone wants potatoes. They're one of the easiest crops to grow if you have the right equipment." Schwen spent one winter creating a special tractor attachment for weeding his potatoes.
Though most may believe that a potato is a potato is a potato, "There's a real difference in taste," says Daryl Mosher, who grows 10 varieties of potatoes on five acres at Brittany Hollow Farm, in Rhinebeck. "People come up to our stand from Ireland or parts of Europe, and they say 'This is the first time in 20 years I've had a real potato.' It's nothing like your standard white supermarket potato."
Cooking, of course plays a large role, though there are no hard and fast rules. Traditionally, "starchy" potatoes such as the Yukon Gold have been used for baking, mashing, fries and chips, while "waxy" potatoes are recommended for roasting and boiling. In Kiley's experience, it all comes down to personal preference. "I'd recommend the starchier potatoes to roast because they'll taste like a baked potato, but a lot of people like to roast waxy potatoes, like the reds. It all works."
Mosher says that "Potatoes taste like the ground," and New York seems to have good ground for potatoes, reflected in the success of the dozens of heirloom varieties now widely available. Green Mountain, Austrian Crescent, La Ratte, Rose Finn Apple, Katahdin and German Butterball are all grown by New York farmers. And, Mosher, who sells to several area restaurants and caterers, says there is an increased interest in local potatoes among Hudson Valley chefs. "I'm really finding that chefs are seeking out local products a lot more," he says. "They're learning that it's important." It's been a similar experience for Kiley, who delivers his 12 varieties, including five types of fingerlings, to a growing number of restaurants in Schoharie and Ulster counties. "I like watching what the chefs are doing in the kitchen," he says. "They all do something different. But to me, just the fact that they're using my potatoes and putting them on their plates is a good thing for both of us."
For their part, chefs seem to understand it doesn't take much to make a good quality potato taste good. "They know they don't need to do a lot with my potatoes," Kiley says. "They pretty much cook 'em and serve 'em, and that's fine with me."
A chef's typical technique, which most farmers endorse, involves boiling potatoes (especially fingerlings) until just tender, then finishing in the oven. The result, a nice, crisp skin without the shrinkage that can come from roasting them for an hour, looks good on the plate and tastes even better. For mashing, the Carola is fast becoming the gold standard. "Until someone can show me something that's better, I think they're the best potato on the planet," Kiley says. "The more you do to them the more you screw them up. A little salt and pepper, a little butter, some milk or cream, and you're done."
On the other side of the culinary coin is the fried potato. Today's fast-food culture has taken one of nature's most complete foods -- rich in protein, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins such as riboflavin and Vitamin C -- coated it with cheap oil and transformed it into two of the most unhealthy foods available: mass-produced French fries and potato chips.
But New Yorkers need not give up the fry and the chip altogether. For starters, many Hudson Valley chefs are reclaiming the French fry from its soggy, oily fate. At Dragonfly Grill, in Woodstock, the "Dragon fries" are cut from RSK's Adirondack Blue potatoes, resulting in a blue French fry. Many others restaurants feature hand-cut fries -- quality potatoes, often local, sliced to size in the kitchen, not pulled out of a plastic bag from the freezer. It's a trend the region's farmers would like to see continue.
Green Mountain, a variety that dates back to the 1840s and which holds a place on Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste, once among the most popular potatoes for baking, now is known among purists as a top choice for frying. Kiley picked it up last year as an answer to the Russet. "Everyone was buying my fingerlings and then picking up a case or two of Idahos for their fries," he says, shaking his head. "So now I'm growing these. They'll never have the volume of a Russet, but boy they make a phenomenal fry."
It's harder to make a case for the potato chip, but at least you can go local there, too. The potato chip was supposedly invented in Saratoga Springs, NY, in 1853, when a cranky diner, after complaining that the potatoes were tasteless and soggy, was presented with thin, heavily salted slices of potato, fried to a crisp. They soon became a Saratoga delicacy. Even for the health-conscious consumer, the allure of the potato chip can be hard to resist—we seem to have an innate taste for salt, and everyone likes food with a crunch. For the discerning, there are plenty of traditional, kettle-cooked varieties, some sprinkled with top-quality sea-salt, others dusted with aged cheddar. If you want to keep it local, try North Fork Potato Chips. Made on a family farm on Long Island, the chips are sliced from the farm's Andover, Marcy and Norwiss varieties, then kettle-cooked in sunflower oil. Incidentally, the farm machinery there is powered by the biodiesel fuel that is produced by the chip-making process.
Summer is the season for French fries and potato chips, so easily tied to burgers and barbecues. But as temperatures begin to drop and sweaters come out of storage, boiled, mashed and baked potatoes, perhaps the ultimate comfort foods, begin to appear on restaurant plates and kitchen tables.
When you come right down to it, potatoes may have had a complicated history, but they remain one of the simplest foods in the eyes of consumers, and for good reasons: They're healthy unless heavily fried; they're versatile in the kitchen; and, as the saying "meat-and-potatoes" suggests, they're the traditional side dish for almost any meal, not the least of which is the Thanksgiving feast.
Do local farmers and your family a favor. This year, make it a farmers' market Carola and leave the sack of Russets at the supermarket.
How you want 'em?
Ask a farmer what he or she likes to do with potatoes and you probably won't get a lengthy, complicated recipe, but something more along the lines of "fried with salt and pepper" or "boiled with butter." The people who grow our food often have valuable suggestions about what to do with it. Here are a few simple techniques for potatoes, from people who grow them.
Starchy potatoes, like Carola or Yukon Gold, will result in a fluffier texture, but red-skinned potatoes and All Blues are becoming popular. Leave the skin on, since it's the source of most of a potato's fiber, many nutrients are located close to the skin, and it will add flavor and texture. In a large pot, add water to cover the potatoes, a pinch of salt, then boil 15 to 20 minutes, until the potatoes can be easily pierced by a knife. Drain immediately. A basic recipe calls for butter, milk, salt and pepper. Amounts can vary according to taste and quality, so try adding ingredients slowly as you mash, tasting often. You can substitute cream, sour cream or even yogurt for the milk. Other possible additions include chives, shredded cheese, garlic, or a mix of fresh herbs.
Home Fries
By the most basic definition, home fries are potatoes that have been diced, shredded or sliced, par-boiled, pre-baked or fresh, then fried. Clearly, it's open to interpretation. If you're aiming for cubed potatoes, it's best to par-boil them to ensure they're cooked through. For sliced or shredded home fries, you'll probably want to start with fresh, uncooked potatoes that can easily be shredded using a cheese grater. A mandolin is a great asset for slicing, but is not absolutely necessary. Typical home fry spices include hot pepper, garlic, salt and paprika, but a simple fry with butter, salt and pepper is delicious. Fry in oil or butter, over medium heat, turning or stirring until potatoes are browned and cooked through. If you want to include onions, add them first.
For best results, choose small, local potatoes, such as Carola, fingerlings, or red-skinned potatoes like Chieftain. If the potatoes are small, leave them whole; if large, cut them into chunks. In a pot, add water to cover potatoes, a pinch of salt, and cook 15 to 20 minutes until tender. Serve with butter, salt and pepper.
A big baked potato with "fixings" can be a meal in itself. Start with a large, starchy potato such as Green Mountain, Yukon Gold or Kennebec. For a crispy skin, do not wrap the potato in foil. Poke several holes in the skin with a fork, to allow moisture to escape during baking. Rub the whole potato with oil and salt and roast in the oven at 350°F for about an hour. Common toppings include sour cream, butter, shredded cheese, hot peppers and crumbled bacon.
Where to get it
Here's a list of the farmers consulted for this article:
Common Ground Farm
At Stonykill Environmental Center, Town of Fishkill
P.O. Box 59, Glenham, NY
RSK Farms
13255 Route 23A, Prattsville, NY
Brittany Hollow Farm
150 Route 9 North, Rhinebeck, NY
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Flaky, mild-mannered cod fish is crusted with saltines, Dijon mustard, dill, parsley, butter and fresh lemon juice. Flavors that love cod! And cod loves right back. The fish is baked then flash broiled to render the seasoned topping crusty and golden. Nestled underneath is the super moist and creamy fish, delicate and flaky, it falls apart to the touch and melts in your mouth.
This recipe is a cinch to make and not only comes together quickly but bakes in a matter of minutes. It's a good dish to prepare for someone who is on the fence about fish or just a picky eater. I feel comfortable recommending it for the first timer too, if you never cooked fish before and are thinking about it, here's a little nudge in the right direction.
1 pound of cod fillets
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 a lemon, juiced, plus more for serving
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 teaspoon dried dill
1 clove garlic, minced
sea or kosher salt and fresh black pepper
16 saltine or Ritz crackers, crushed into fine crumbs
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking pan with parchment paper and add the fish to it. In a medium bowl whisk together the butter, lemon, mustard, parsley, dill and garlic. Taste and season with salt and pepper as well as additional lemon juice or mustard if desired. Add the cracker crumbs and combine well, the crackers should be moist but not sopping wet, if mixture seems too buttery add more cracker crumbs; too dry, add more butter in tablespoon increments.
2. Divide the crumbs between the fish and use your fingers to pat it evenly over top. Bake for 15-16 minutes depending on the size of the fish, until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F. Then broil for 1-2 minutes or until top turns golden, checking every 20 seconds. Serve immediately with additional lemon.
Makes 3 servings.
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