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Train derailment in northern Spain caused by rockfall; 11 injured
MADRID – Spanish authorities say a rockfall has derailed a train, injuring 11 passengers after the first carriage partially plunged into a river just west of the northern city of Santander.
Regional government spokeswoman Patricia Fernandez says three passengers were taken to hospitals in Santander and Torrelavega with serious injuries while eight received first aid for minor injuries.
Heavy rain and hail had been falling in the area and a rockfall caused the carriage to leave the tracks at Cabezon de la Sal, 450 kilometers (280 miles) north of Madrid, according to Adif, national operator of rail infrastructure.
Divers were called to the scene Friday evening, but national train operator Renfe said all passengers had been accounted for and a search of the river had not been necessary.


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Distance Learning
To help expand national access to instruction in Central Asian languages, CeLCAR works with IU's Department of Central Eurasian Studies and the Committee of Institutional Cooperation (CIC) to offer distance education courses in Pashto, Uzbek, Mongolian, and other Central Asian Languages.
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Indiana University and CeLCAR are developing online language courses for Central Asian languages. These are instructor-led courses that will bear full university credit, open for enrollment worldwide. The languages of Dari and Pashto were tested in summer of 2017 and are now available, at the introductory level. More languages and levels will follow.
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There is loyalty, and there is inertia.
Either way, the persistence of a large bloc of Packers fans has been rewarded, as 5,000 names are being taken off the team's season-ticket waiting list, the most in one offseason.
The Packers gave a glimpse of the expansion of Lambeau Field yesterday, which includes 7,000 new seats. The bulk of those are going to people who have been waiting to get in for decades.
"The folks coming off the list have been on for 30 years, so there's some patience on their part. That's the great thing with the support the Packers have," Packers director of public affairs Aaron Popkey said, via WBAY.
Team officials said the project, which includes suites, escalators, new concession stands and standing room areas is 98 percent finished, and should be complete before the team's shareholders meeting in late July.
While they took pride it making it look like it blended into one of the league's most traditional buildings, they think it's going to be even louder than before.
"I think it'll be pretty dramatic in that top area," said Stuart Zadra,vice president of Hammes Company, the contractor on the project. "It's got metal behind it that's just going to reflect, and I'm sure people are going to be pounding on that metal cheering on Aaron Rodgers and the Packers."
And with 7,000 new voices, the effect should be dramatic.


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The myth and truth of Godhra
By Arvind Lavakare
Since no 'secularist' or 'liberal' or 'objective' person ever challenged the above sets of figures, some questions arise: Who killed 200-odd Hindus so early in those riots? Was it the police or the Hindus themselves? And what made those 40,000 Hindus rush to relief camps? Was it fear of Hindu mob violence, rape, arson and murder?
Two recent 'news briefs' in print are critical evidence of a reality that's been totally ignored by our 'liberals' who have, for four years running, gone on and on and on about the 'genocide' of Muslims in Gujarat after the sudden inferno in the S-6 compartment of Sabarmati Express had consumed 58 Hindus, including 26 women and 12 children, returning home after performing kar seva at Ayodhya.
In its edition of March 19, 2006, The Sunday Express carried the following report from Ahmedabad:
"Post-Godhra riot case: 7 get lifer
The city sessions court on Friday convicted seven people in a post-Godhra riot case and sentenced them to life term for the murder of 35-year-old Mukesh Panchal, a resident of Lambha. He was attacked by the accused and went missing on November 7, 2003 from Shah-e-Alam Darwaza. His mutilated body was found near Chandoka Lake on November 11. One of the seven accused—Javed Shaukat Ali—meanwhile managed to give the cops a slip and fled from the court."
In its edition of Wednesday, March 29, 2006 The Indian Express carried the following report, also datelined Ahmedabad:
"Nine get jail in post-Godhra riot case
The city sessions court on Tuesday convicted nine accused in a post-Godhra riot case. Additional Sessions Judge Sonia Gokani sentenced Mushtaq alias Kanio Ahmed Sheikh to 10 years in jail for murder and attempt to murder. Eight others were sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawful assembly, possessing weapons and rioting."
Out of the five convictions so far in l'affaire Godhra, the above two rip the blindfold on Godhra that the country was subjected to since March 2002. Those two convictions conclusively prove that even as some Hindus in Vadodra, Ahmedabad and a few other parts of Gujarat were provoked into insane killing, arson and loot by the S-6 carnage, the Muslims in that state were hardly the cattle hiding from the slaughter house that they have been made out by the "secularists" in and outside our national English media. Do you, for instance, recall reading about the mutilation of Mukesh Panchal's cadaver in any of the English print media? Did you hear a sound byte about it on our TV?
Yes, despite all the media and the consequent political, propaganda about the 'genocide' of Gujarat's Muslims, the reality is that some of that community were also engaged in murder, rioting and unlawful assembly with arms in hand.
This trend was discernible to the objective person four years ago itself. Thus, in its issue of April 28, 2002, The Times of India reporter, Sanjay Pandey, told us that of the 726 people who had been killed by then in the post-Godhra riots, 168 were Hindus. In its issue of June 24, 2002, India Today carried an article saying that the official figure of all people killed in Gujarat in the three months following the S-6 massacre was 800, of which a quarter were Hindus. The Union Home Ministry's Annual Report 2002-03 said that about a third of the total dead in the Godhra riots were Hindus. It also said that, at one stage, 40,000 Hindus were in riot relief camps.
Since no 'secularist' or 'liberal' or 'objective' person ever challenged the above sets of figures, some questions arise: Who killed 200-odd Hindus so early in those riots? Was it the police or the Hindus themselves? And what made those 40,000 Hindus rush to relief camps? Was it fear of Hindu mob violence, rape, arson and murder?
More proof of the blindfold on Godhra came in 2005, when the UPA coalition (comprising the 'secular' friends of Muslims) made a statement in Parliament that 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed in those riots.
But our national media simply refused to remove the blindfold on Godhra. Hence it was that the elites of our society continued to rant about the Gujarat 'pogrom of genocide'; some cussed Indians even conspired to deny a US visa to the Chief Minister of one of the country's fastest developing states.
Aiding and abetting that conspiracy were reports from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International et al. The National Human Rights Commission joined in; written lies by the likes of Arundhati Roy and fake e-mails added fuel to the fire. All of them went to town about the Gujarat 'genocide' with blinkers on, a blindfold underneath. None wanted to touch upon the minority community's role in that tragedy.
But the latest criminal conviction of 16 Muslims evokes the recall of the Justice Tewatia Report on the Godhra issue published on April 26, 2002 under the aegis of the Council For International Affairs And Human Rights, based in New Delhi.
It was a report based on a six-day field study of a team headed by Justice D.S. Tewatia, former Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court. Its other members were Dr J.C. Batra, senior advocate, Supreme Court, Dr Krishan Singh, academician, Jawahar Lal Kaul, veteran journalist, and Prof. B. K. Kuthiala, Dean, Faculty of Media Studies, G.J. University, Hisar.
The five-man team visited three affected areas and relief camps in Ahmedabad, interacting freely with the public and members of both communities, and without government interference. In Godhra, five delegations from both communities and also of mixed composition presented their views and facts to the team. Similarly, free discussions with the public and affected communities were held in Vadodra at seven affected areas and five relief camps. It collected information from the staff at the Godhra Railway Station, district administration, including the Collector and Police Commissioner, passengers traveling in Sabarmati Express on 27.02.02 in S-6 compartment as well as in other compartments, staff of the Fire Brigade, Godhra, reports in 22 newspapers and nine magazines (local, regional and Delhi) and views on media coverage articulated by some 500 persons including intellectuals like lawyers, doctors and businessmen. The site where the train was initially stopped and stoned was also visited. A high point was that 13 delegations consisting of 121 citizens met Justice Tewatia's team and presented their viewpoints and information. The delegations ranged from the Association of Hoteliers to a group of Vanvasis and affected Muslim as well as Hindu women.
Based on the considerable oral, audio and visual evidence obtained from the above interactions, the Justice Tewatia team's conclusions most relevant to the blindfold on Godhra were as follows:
Burning of 58 Hindu pilgrims on February 27, 2002 was an act carried out at the behest of then government of Pakistan which had planned to burn the entire Sabarmati Express carrying some 2000 passengers. The primary objective was to create Hindu-Muslim communal conflagration in India. The actual perpetrators were jehadi elements in the predominantly Muslim town of Godhra where
a very high traffic of telephone calls was recorded between Godhra and Pakistan, especially Karachi, before the date of the carnage
an abnormally large number of passports were issued,
there was a large number of persons without ration cards
a large number of unemployed Muslims had mobile phones,
though there is no tradition of being a Muslim pilgrim center and the local Muslims are not affluent, three istema (religious gatherings) have been held and attended by large numbers of foreigners, and
an Assistant Collector (a young Muslim from eastern UP) went on leave two days before the gory incident and did not return till the middle of March though the district of his posting was aflame with communal riots much earlier.
The vacuum pipe between the Coaches No. S-6 and S-7 was cut thereby preventing any further movement of the train. Miscreants threw bricks and stones at the train as soon as it left Godhra railway station. The stoning intensified after it finally stopped about 700 metres from the station. The passengers of the train, particularly Coaches S-5, S-6 and S-7, were the main targets. Burning missiles and acid bulbs were thrown on and in the coaches. One such acid missile landed in Coach S-7 and a fire started which the passengers were able to extinguish. But the attack continued and more burning missiles were thrown into the Coach S-6.
In an effort to control the subsequent riots, the Gujarat government
Publicly announced its decision to employ the Army on the evening of the day riots began on February 28 (Within less than 24 hours at least one brigade of Indian Army had air-landed at Ahmedabad),
Made preventive arrests of over 33,000 people,
Fired over 12,000 rounds of bullets,
Fired over 15,000 rounds of tear gas shells,
The involvement of Vanvasis in the post-Godhra riots added a new dimension to the communal violence. In rural areas the Vanvasis attacked the Muslim moneylenders, shopkeepers and the forest contractors. They used their traditional bow and arrows as also their implements used to cut trees and grass while attacking Muslims. They moved in groups and used coded signals for communication. Apparently, the accumulated anger of years of exploitation by Muslim moneylenders (interest of 50 per cent per annum), shopkeepers and forest contractors had become explosive after moneylenders sexually exploited their womenfolk.
The media selected, distorted and added fiction to prove their respective points of view. The code of ethics prescribed by the Press Council of India was violated by the media with impunity. It so enraged the citizens that several concerned citizens in the disturbed areas suggested that peace could return to the state only if some of the TV channels were closed for some weeks. Even the Vanvasis complained that the media had no time to hear their agony and was spreading canards against the Hindus. Newspapers published in English from Delhi invariably editorialised the news. Direct and indirect comments in the news writing were so telling that the personal likes and dislikes of the news reporters were too obvious to be missed. They appeared to have assumed the role of crusaders against the State Government from day one. It coloured the entire operation of newsgathering, feature writing and editorials.
Conclusions 1 to 4 above are indicators as to why our national media, ever afraid to criticise the Muslim and ever ready to indulge in BJP/Hindu bashing, bypassed the Justice Tewatia Report, despite its high credentials and the fact that it was publicly released at a press conference in New Delhi. After all, our 'secular' national media simply could not have tolerated giving even a line to report's conclusion 5 above. Hence, they simply buried the whole report itself, put a blindfold on the country vision of it. After all, they had found their Hindu-bashing agenda in the post-Godhra riots and they were hell-bent in pushing it full steam, right up to the Supreme Court and beyond to the United Nations.
Will the criminal conviction of 16 by two separate sessions judges in Ahmedabad remove the blindfold on Godhra that the 'monster media' put on the people of this country?
(The writer can be contacted at 202, Dosti Erica, Antop Hill, Wadala (E), Mumbai 400 037.) URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=129&page=17
Ayodhya and After – by Koenraad Elst @ http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.org/books/ayodhya/ch1.htm
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Gujarat has outgrown riot
– Swapan Dasgupta, Pioneer
A decade ago, during President Clinton's embarrassment over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the White House spin doctors excelled themselves. At a time when the world was eagerly awaiting the publication of the Starr inquiry report, the President's image handlers put out the word that this was a hurdle he would find extremely hard to negotiate. Soon the beltway was agog with speculation of an extremely damaging report and Clinton's imminent resignation.
The Starr report, when it was released, was certainly an indictment of Clinton's waywardness. However, it was nowhere as damaging as the political grapevine anticipated. In the backdrop of soaring expectations, the Starr report came to be viewed as a virtual exoneration of the President and provided him a much-needed political respite. Clinton's handlers successfully created a mismatch between promise and delivery and neutralised the potentially damaging effects of the Starr inquiry.
The editors of Tehelka certainly succeeded in creating a buzz over a sting operation they promised would be "the most important story of our time" — a claim that invoked visions of Bob Woodward emulating what the Google advertisement suggested the Indiana Jones' of the world do: Retire. It was also known that the story would centre on Gujarat and the one man who has defied the stormtroopers of secular fundamentalism. With Assembly elections a few weeks away, Tehelka's hype suggested that this was the end of the road for Narendra Modi.
There was never any ambiguity over the central aim of the sting: To secure the downfall of Modi. The covert filming of half-crazed killers and braggarts had one objective: To somehow implicate Modi. The reporter Ashis Khetan quite openly admits that he was initially despatched to Gujarat to do "a sting operation on Chief Minister Narendra Modi's involvement in a spate of fake encounter killings."When that pre-judged investigation failed, Tehelka fell back on the riots of 2002. It successfully exposed the warped minds of those who participated in the killings. However, there is no question that the sting was driven by the sole aim of securing the downfall of Modi by non-electoral means. Journalism was the means to a political objective.
Journalists are not historians; they live for the moment. The bloodshed that began with the jihadi arson in Godhra has been in the public domain for five years.The butchery at Naroda Patiya and the Gulbarga Housing Society in Ahmedabad has been dissected and some of the perpetrators identified and charged in the courts. Activists have made films on the 2002 riots and been showered with awards by a grateful Congress establishment. Novels centred on the Gujarat riots have routinely filled the remaindered sections of warehouses and "academic" studies have argued that "Hindu militancy" poses a greater threat than Al Qaeda.
The only problem with this inspired activism was that it left Modi politically unscathed. In the five years since the riots, Modi has established a few things. First, he has conclusively demonstrated that he has the popular mandate. Second, that despite loony voices on both sides of the sectarian divide, he is not going to be bogged down by identity politics.There have been no riots in the past five years and hopefully this track record will persist. The thrust of his administration has been rapid economic growth, administrative efficiency and modernisation. In five years, Modi has not only aroused regional pride, he has made Gujarat the best governed State.
The riots — horrible as they were – are fast becoming history. The people of Gujarat, both Hindus and Muslims, have moved on. No one, and certainly not the Congress, wanted the forthcoming elections to be dominated by sectarian tensions. There are other pressing concerns. By resurrecting the riots, without at the same time being able to nail Modi personally, the sting has raised the communal temperature needlessly and fuelled minority victimhood.
This is not to suggest that Tehelka shouldn't have exposed the monsters; it should just have avoided the desperate search for a high political dividend.
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=SWAPAN171%2Etxt&writer=SWAPAN&validit=yes
Related Story:
A Requiem for Godhra @ http://voxindica.blogspot.com/
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Tower of Time® 5 Year Baby Handprint Kit
Baby's Handprints are a precious reminder of those important first few years of life. This Tower of Time® handprint kit has 5 colorful tins perfect for preserving baby's handprint for each year thru the 5th birthday. This gift will be cherished by the parents for years to come!
Tins are graduated in size to accommodate baby's growth
Includes non-toxic plaster and complete instructions
Tins are multicolored and numbered from 1-5.
Beautifully tied with a yellow gros grain ribbon
Measures 6 1/8" diameter x 5.5"H


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I wrote a post on all-female bands from the 1910s-1950s, and a post covering all-female bands of the 1960s -- here's my attempt at a conclusive A-Z (and other alphabets) of all-female bands of the 1970s. Details are often sketchy or non-existent and as always corrections and contributions are appreciated!
Die Atztussis were an anarcho-punk band from the Kreuzberg section of West Berlin, active at least as early as 1979 when they played the Antifaschistischen Festival. The members were Cordula (vocals), Kiki (bass), Menusch (guitar), and Petra (drums).


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Using a custom image in the menu bar title
From Joomla! Documentation
Via manifest xml since
Make sure the image itself is going to be uploaded in your manifest file. Now link it via the img attribute of the administration/menu section. Example
<menu img="../media/com_mycomponent/images/mycomponent-logo-16.png">COM_EXAMPLE</menu>
Via css
To use a custom image in the Menu Bar title we need an image (obviously) and a little bit of CSS.
First off, create the following folders in your administrator component (we're using a fictitious component called com_notes as the example). Then place your image in the images folder and create a new file called default.css in the css folder, like this:
com_notes |- assets ..|- css ....|- default.css ..|- images ....|- logo.png
The code for the CSS file looks like this:
/* Toolbar */
.icon-48-notes {
background: url(../images/logo.png) no-repeat left;
Next we tell the menubar handler function to use this css by the following invocation of the title method of JMenuBar:
JMenuBar::title( JText::_( 'Notes List' ), 'notes' );
Notice that value of the second argument, notes, marries with the suffix of the CSS class.
Finally we need to load the component custom CSS file. Place the following code typically near the top of admin.notes.php:
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();
$document->addStyleSheet( '/components/com_notes/assets/css/default.css' );
You can, of course, use default.css for more than just the title styling.


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An OC graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism will:
- Have been encouraged to sustain or adopt a Christian worldview characterized by participation in a Christian community.
- Have been encouraged to successfully balance career, family, church and community.
- Be familiar with appropriate theories of mass communication.
- Have developed the appropriate writing styles and skills expected by future employers.
- Have an understanding of the fundamentals of research and be able to interpret research findings.
- Understand the ethics of communication.
- Be successfully able to pursue a career in the converged world of journalism as a reporter, producer, or editor characterized by the ability to acquire, process, and distribute newsworthy stories in formats appropriate for print, broadcast or web and within the US legal and regulatory framework.
Student must complete a minimum of 126 hours including the major, core, and minor if required. Elective hours may be needed to reach 126 hours.
39 hours, minor required
1. 10 hours mass communication core courses
- COMM-2613 - Media, Faith and Culture
- COMM-4631 - Senior Seminar in Communication
- COMM-4713 - Media Law
- COMM-4723 - Media Ethics
2. 5 hours of experience: you must choose from
- 1341, 1351, 1371, 1381
- An internship may substitute for one of these hours.
3. 15 hours journalism core courses
- COMM-2113 - Writing Across Media
- COMM-2643 - Media Production
- COMM-2833 - Reporting
- COMM-3453 - Electronic News Writing
- COMM-3723 - Interviewing
4. 3 hours journalism required chosen from
- COMM-3823 - Feature Writing**
- COMM-4123 - Electronic News Producing*
5. 3 hours communication courses
- COMM-2213 - Voice and Articulation
- COMM-2413 - Photographic Principles and Practices
6. 3 hours chosen from either
Advanced Production **
- COMM-3653 - Television Field Production
Advanced Writing**
- ENGL-3493 - Technical Writing
- ENGL-3523 - Creative Writing I
- ENGL-3533 - Creative Writing II
- ENGL-3813 - Individualized Writing
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G. Political science
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To make these, I used some old business card magnets that I had laying around. You know the kind that come on phone books or in the mail. They are thin enough to cut on my Fiskars trimmer and work great for this sort of thing. The size is up to you, but mine were approximately 1 1/2" squares. The cool thing about bottlecaps is you can use a 1" circle punch and the dot fills the bottlecap perfectly. I sell gold and silver bottlecaps in my Etsy by they way :). So I filled the bottlecap with black 1" circles and then used the diecut letter sheet that G45 makes. As for the rest of the squares I used the diecut sheet of tags from G45 and some of their paper. The tags work so good for these small magnets. I trimmed a couple with lace and found some cute little metal embellies for decorating them. I used some tiny watch parts, metal butterflies, and brads (with the tabs cut off the back). For the "Kitchen" I just printed that off from my computer then tore and inked the edges!!
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I Learned a Lot at MY First Ever Cooking Class And when I say first ever I mean first ever class I taught…and first ever I attended. Most of us never take one class and are fine cooks. This was a new experience for me.
Most people know more than they think they do and just need more confidence in the kitchen.
Many hands really do make light work. 2 1/2 hours of cooking goes by in a flash.
Apples and Fontina cheese make an amazing Quesadilla. Confession: I have only eaten quesadillas and never made one until two days ago. The recipes for all of the dishes prepared are included in the menu below. Our friend Jack shred the cheese…Fontina is relatively soft cheese that crumbles as it shreds. Katie, a pharmacy student loves to cook but doesn't have time jumped at the opportunity to make the quesadillas. She did a great job.
There is a reason why ingredients are already prepped. Doing the fine dice on the apples on a surface a few inches higher than I was accustomed with a cutting board which was sliding around and an unfamiliar knife spooked me at first. Chef Paul gave me a cloth (to replace the one I put over my shoulder – my moppina ) to stabilize the board and we got back on track.
Our Menu:
Wheat tortillas filled with apples and red onions flavored with D'Avolio Black Current Balsamic Vinegar, black beans and Fontina cheese. These are served with a seasoned Greek yogurt dipping sauce.
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts rubbed with D'Avolio Milanese Gremolata Extra Virgin Olive Oil and seasoned with Basik's Hunter Blend seasoning available at D'Avolio.
Tiny rice shaped pasta with roasted grape tomatoes and garlic seasoned with Olio Fresca Herb Mix, available at D'Avolio's and D'Avolio Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Ordinary canned peaches made extraordinary with seasoned mascarpone cheese and a drizzle of D'Avolio 18 Year Traditional Balsamic Vinegar. For an extra kick we sprinkle just a pinch of Vanilla Bean salt.
Even the best plan can get mixed up. And, the result will be great…just different than the plan. I made up the above menu and Independent Health included it in a nice handout at D'Avolio Kitchen.
A very astute participant noticed I switched the oil in a few of the dishes. Oops! This totally unintentional action just proved the point D'Avolio has been making since they opened their first store a little more than a year ago:
Be fearless.
Cooking, preparing healthy delicious food should not be stressful. Experiment with flavor…try the unexpected (like spontaneously adding D'Avolio Cranberry Pear White Balsamic Vinegar to mascarpone cheese) and be sure to write down what you love. Write it down because when you go back to the store you will be smacked by the volume of selections.
Have fun with your food. If you add one dish new to you each week…heck, even just one flavor combination (write down what you like…you will notice a pattern) then you will have learned to make over 50 new things.
So, when is our next cooking class? What would you like to learn? We are only limited by our imagination! Let's learn together!
Have a yummy day!
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Hope College presented awards honoring teaching, service and scholarship to multiple faculty members during the college's annual recognition luncheon on Monday, Jan. 10.
Hope College presented awards honoring teaching, service and scholarship to multiple faculty members during the college's annual recognition luncheon on Monday, Jan. 10.
° Named a "Towsley Research Scholar" was Ernest Cole, assistant professor of English.
° The "Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Awards" were presented to Tom Smith, who is the Dr. Leon A. Bosch '29 Professor of Management and chairperson of the department, and Jeff Tyler, who is a professor of religion.
° The "Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Awards" were presented to Annie Dandavati, who is a professor of political science and director of women's studies, and Chuck Green, who is a professor of psychology and director of the Philip Phelps Scholars Program.
° The "Academic Computing Advisory Team (ACAT) Innovation Award" was presented to Susan Cherup, who is the Arnold and Esther Sonneveldt Professor of Education.
° The "Provost's Awards for Service to the Academic Program" were presented to Mary Inman, who is a professor of psychology, and David Klooster, who is a professor of English and chairperson of the department.
The Towsley Research Scholars Program is funded through an endowment made possible through a grant from the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation of Midland. Through the program, newer Hope faculty members receive support for a project for four years. The foundation's awards to the college have also included grants for the construction of the Van Wylen Library and the Schaap Science Center, faculty development in the pre-medical sciences and support for an endowed chair in communication.
Cole plans to complete a book project based on his study of post-civil war Sierra Leone. He has been particularly interested in the experience of survivors of the war who had arms, legs or hands amputated by anti-government rebels during the decade-long conflict, which ran from 1991 to 2001, and his work has included interviewing survivors in two of the resultant amputee camps which continue to exist. His research is exploring the way that the amputees' self images are shaped by their injuries, and he argues that it is crucial for them to be provided the opportunity to become functional and re-integrated into society rather than left in the camps in a state of dependency, not only for their sakes individually but for the future of the country itself. "One's perception of the mutilated or amputated body and an understanding of what it signifies is crucial not only to empowerment and liberation but is also a key ingredient in achieving peace, forgiveness and reconciliation," he said.
Even as he is working on the book, he is completing a series of video-based interdisciplinary learning modules based on the project, working in the college's New Media studio with students in the digital humanities and in the Mellon Scholars program at Hope. A three-minute introductory video is included on the video-sharing website YouTube.
Cole is a native of Sierra Leone, where he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees and began his career conducting research and teaching English at Fourah Bay College. At the outbreak of the civil war, he left for The Gambia, where he taught at The Gambia College for a number of years. He subsequently pursued a doctorate at the University of Connecticut; he completed the degree in 2008, the same year that he joined the Hope faculty. He teaches Post-Colonial Literature, with an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa, the Caribbean and India.
The Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented to faculty members who have been teaching at Hope for at least seven years and who have demonstrated recognizable excellence in specific activities or aspects of teaching. The award is named in memory of Dr. Janet Andersen, a professor of mathematics at Hope who died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005.
Smith was recognized for his open-door policy and caring approach to working with students in conjunction with his interest in the process of learning. He serves as co-director of the college's London May Term, during which he teaches one of the college's Senior Seminar courses, and from 2001 through the spring of 2005 he was coach of the women's golf team. His research interests include the strategic use of operations management, and the incorporation of biblical principles in management theory and practice. In the fall of 2005, the student body presented him with the college's 10th annual "Faculty Appreciation Award." He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1993, and was appointed to his endowed professorship in 2006.
Tyler was recognized for combining high expectations and commitment to his studying his academic discipline with commitment to mentoring students and helping them learn effectively. He is director of the college's interdisciplinary Senior Seminar program. His teaching emphasis is on the history of Christianity, particularly during the Middle Ages and Reformation. In 1999, he was one of only approximately 40 scholars nationwide to receive an award through the Fulbright Senior Scholar Program for study and research in Germany during the 1999-2000 academic year. In 2001, the graduating senior class presented him with the 37th annual "Hope Outstanding Professor Educator" (H.O.P.E.) Award. He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1995, and is a 1982 Hope graduate.
The Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Awards recognize members of the Hope faculty who are superior teachers and have also contributed significantly in some other area of professional life. The award was established in memory of Dr. Ruth Yzenbaard Reed, a 1965 Hope graduate who was associate dean of Macomb Community College. Reed died in August 1999 at age 55.
Dandavati has led or co-led study-abroad programs to nations including Mexico, Chile and Rwanda, and in the fall of 2009 served as the college's exchange professor to Meiji Gakuin University in Japan. Her areas of interest in both research and teaching include comparative politics, Latin American politics, gender and development, and human rights, topics about which she has published and spoken internationally. In 1997, the college's graduating class presented her with the Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award, and she also presented the college's Commencement address in 1997. In 2004 she received the college's Multicultural Life Award and Outstanding Hope Woman Award. She also currently serves the college as faculty moderator, and this past fall she was named director of the international studies major. She has been a member of the faculty since 1992.
Green has directed the Phelps Scholars Program since the program began in 1998. His active involvement in the college's academic program has included service in the past as director of the educational assessment program, as co-coordinator of the general education program, as director of the First-Year Seminar program, as director of the Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research and chairing the committee concerned with restructuring the college's core curriculum in the mid-1990s. He also delivered the college's Opening Convocation address in 1999. Green received a Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award in February 2005. Recognition that he has received from Hope has included being invited to deliver the Opening Convocation address in 1999; the "Provost's Award for Service to the Academic Program" in 2003; the "Vanderbush-Weller Development Fund" award for strong, positive impact on students in 2006; and the "Faculty Appreciation Award" from students in 2006 and 2010. He has taught at Hope since 1983.
The Academic Computing Advisory Team (ACAT) Innovation Award is presented to a faculty or staff member who exemplifies innovation and ingenuity in the application of technology to the academic program. The innovation may have been used in the classroom or out, in teaching or in research, or in any form of academic support or performance.
Cherup has played a leadership role in blending classroom technology into the department of education's curriculum, to help prepare students graduating from the program for its use as professionals. Her ongoing commitment to the effort began with a 1993 sabbatical during which she traveled some 15,000 miles to investigate how schools around the country used technology in the classroom. In 2002, the department received one of only six "Distinguished Achievement Awards" nationwide from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) for "exhibiting exemplary models" for integrating the society's "National Educational Technology Standards" for Teachers. Her publications include the chapter "Technology Integration" included in the 2004 book "Finding our way: Teacher education reform in the liberal arts setting," which was written by the department of education at Hope. She was voted the co-recipient of the college's "Hope Outstanding Professor Educator" (H.O.P.E.) Award in 1988 by that year's graduating class; delivered the college's Commencement address in 1989; and was named a recipient of the college's "Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching" in 1999. A 1964 Hope graduate, she has taught at the college since 1976 and was appointed to her endowed professorship in 2006.
The Provost's Award for Service to the Academic Program is presented to individuals who have provided special contributions to the academic program through student academic support, general education, assessment work, implementation of programs that support/enhance the curriculum, and any activity outside of formal teaching that contributes to the overall excellence of the academic program.
Inman's research is focused on issues related to racism and discrimination, including perceptions of discrimination, stereotype threat and impression formation. She conducts her research collaboratively with students who are majoring in psychology, and her research students have received recognition from Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology, for the quality of their work. In 2000, she coordinated a professional conference at the college that featured presentations by several of the college's alumni who were either teaching or in graduate school and conducting research related to discrimination. She has contributed her scholarly expertise to campus discussions related to racism and discrimination. In addition, she has been actively involved in shaping the work of the college's Human Subjects Review Board, which reviews proposed research projects involving human subjects. She has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1999.
Klooster has been actively involved in the emphasis on writing throughout the curriculum at Hope. He co-oversees the Expository Writing component of the General Education program, and directs the "Writing Corner," a peer-mentoring program for both students and faculty. He has focused on making a difference abroad in addition to his work with Hope students. He co-edited the book "Ideas Without Boundaries: International Education Reform Through Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking," which discusses an effort to help students in formerly communist nations of Central and Eastern Europe to better prepare for democratic life. He has worked with teachers in European nations including the Czech Republic and Armenia, and more recently in Liberia. He has twice held Fulbright awards to teach American literature teaching abroad, in Slovakia in 1992-93 and in Austria in 2005. In 2008, he received the college's "Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award." He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 2000, and is a past faculty moderator.


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I had no idea I was going to commit today. I just came out here for a camp. I planned on doing it after the season. But I just loved it that much. —Austin Kafentzis, Jordan High quarterback
MADISON, Wis. — Athletes often rely on their instincts when making tough decisions.
Utah's hottest prep football recruit said he did just that when he made an unexpected decision to offer a verbal commitment to the University of Wisconsin Tuesday afternoon.
"I had no idea I was going to commit today," said Jordan High quarterback Austin Kafentzis, the reigning Deseret News Mr. Football who won't graduate until 2015. "I just came out here for a camp. I planned on doing it after the season. But I just loved it that much."
Kafentzis had just finished a morning workout with other high school players and Wisconsin coaches when Badger offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig, a former offensive coordinator at Utah, suggested they break down some film during the break between morning and afternoon practice sessions.
"I was standing in this waiting area filled with all of their trophies with my dad, and I said, 'I really want to commit right now,'" said Kafentzis, who called his high school coach, Eric Kjar, to discuss his decision with him. "My dad told me I had to do it myself, so I asked coach Ludwig if coach (Gary) Andersen could come in and meet with us."
When Andersen, who left Utah State University last December to take over the Badger program, arrived, Kafentzis offered him his commitment.
"I just had this gut feeling," he said, "that whether it was now or in two months or in a year, I feel like this is the place I want to play. It's just one of those things where you go with what you feel."
Kafentzis said he realizes he may be giving up other opportunities, but he loves the rich history of the Big Ten and the atmosphere on campus and in Madison.
"Everyone has been so great," he said. "I came here for a spring game, but it's really different being able to play on the field, talking to Gary and Ludwig. It was an eye-opening experience getting the whole package. It just felt like home. Everyone always says you should go where you feel comfortable on and off the field."
The 2012 Mr. Football winner led the Beetdiggers to a 5A state title last year with 2,860 yards passing and 31 touchdowns. He also rushed for 1,689 yards and scored 23 touchdowns on the ground. Kafentzis has accumulated 6,048 yards passing in two years, while rushing for 3,066 yards in the same time.
His efforts earned him national attention, both from recruiting scouts and college coaches. He also earned the 2011 MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year award and was the 2012 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year.
Kafentzis' commitment to the Badgers follows that of East High School star running back Ula Tolutau.
Kafentzis said Andersen told him he sees him as a quarterback despite playing defensive back at times and despite speculation by some scouting services that his athletic ability and speed will mean colleges will want to see him change positions.
"He told me he thinks I'm a quarterback in college," said Kafentzis. "And I really do believe that I can do that."
Kafentzis said he hadn't felt pressured before making the decision, but admitted he felt relieved in the afternoon practice session.
"They said I didn't have to throw, but I wanted to play," he said. "It's another day of football. ... And I did feel way more comfortable, like something came off my shoulders and I could just play."
He and his father, who is Jordan High's defensive coordinator, celebrated with dinner and then planned to drive to Milwaukee before flying home to Utah on Wednesday morning.
"It's been crazy, but I can't wait to come home and start working toward another state title," he said. "I'm happy I committed, but I want to get back to work."
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Swedish style in a compact package.
The C30 now faces increasing competition from other compact luxury cars, but it still has the upper hand when it comes to looks with its unique glass liftgate, long side glass, and chopped tail. Even though it is 8.4 inches shorter, the C30 is built on the same platform and shares a wheelbase with the S40 sedan (no longer available in the United States), so it feels quite roomy inside. The rear buckets — there is seating only for four — are spacious enough to comfortably accommodate two adults. Despite the C30's diminutive overall footprint, there is a reasonable amount of cargo space, thanks to the hatchback body style. The C30's interior is a fine example of Scandinavian design. Its center stack is clean and symmetrical, although there are too many buttons of the same size. The 227-hp turbo-charged five-cylinder is reasonably engaging, but the driving experience leans more to the side of luxury than do some of the C30's more enthusiast-oriented competitors, such as the Volkswagen GTI and the Mini Cooper. Shoppers looking for more substance with their style should opt for the optional Polestar upgrade that nets 23 extra horsepower. The C30 is the only car in its class to offer a blind-spot monitoring system, which shouldn't be a surprise, since safety has long been a hallmark of the Swedish automaker.
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Automatic windshield wipers and headlight washers are standard for 2013. A new Premier trim level includes a sunroof, a power driver's seat with memory, a load cover, and an auto-dimming mirror. Premier Plus gains Keyless Drive and xenon headlights. The limited-edition Polestar bumps the turbo's output to 250 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque. Only 250 will be produced.
Front, side, and side curtain air bags; ABS; and traction and stability control are standard. A blind-spot monitoring system is optional.
High Mileage
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Sprightly powerplant
Roomy rear seats
Detached driving experience
Hard-to-use center stack
Sluggish navigation system
Base Price Range: $26,395–$33,745
DRIVE: Front-wheel
TRIM LEVELS: T5, T5 Premier, T5 Premier Plus, T5 Platinum, T5 R-Design, T5 R-Design Premier, T5 R-Design Premier Plus, T5 R-Design Platinum, Polestar
BODY STYLE: Hatchback, 4-passenger
ENGINE: 2.5L turbo I-5, 227/250 hp, 236/273 lb-ft
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Just to be sure two important new features for the Destination z community don't get lost in all the recent news about the new System z10 Business Class mainframe:
- STUDENTS: You really don't want to miss this chance to win a scholarship to add to your mainframe skills. The new IBM Destination z Enterprise Computing scholarship is sponsored by a group of IBM Destination z Business Partner members and supporters listed to the left. If you're in engineering, computer science, and business information management students you should consider applying.
- Check out the latest new Destination z members -- OpenTech, B.O.S., and DataDirect are the latest IBM Business Partners to join the community. And here's something you shouldn't miss: Several members of the IBM Destination z community are featured on a new video that you can watch on IBM-TV. Check out their passion for the mainframe and for the Destination z community. You can find a link to it on the Destination z home page.
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BBGA Format : 2009 is the latest version.
I emailed the BBGA about their 2009 format guidelines.
I wanted to know if there's a more recent version than the format formatting guidelines posted here: http://www.bbga.org/bread/formula_formatting
Short answer: No.
Laverne Dicker, Director of BBGA Membership Services, responded:
No, nothing more has been published on Guild format since the three articles in 2009. Our formula editors are discovering that reformatting is an evolving process - with new questions continuously coming up - but they have not compiled all of the details or made them available to our members yet.
She He She (really this time!) also mentioned (note the paragraph in bold):
You might consider joining The Guild. The network of educational resources in The Guild is unsurpassed. In addition to our magazine and our regional classes, which are taught by some of the best artisan bakers in the country, we also have an eGroup where our members can post questions and answers. I remember when a new member posted on the eGroup that she was having trouble with a formula from Jeffrey Hamelman's book, Bread, and she asked for advice. One of the people who answered her question was. . .Jeffrey Hamelman. J Current eGroup topics include pita bread and retarding shaped loaves, and recently there have been lively discussions about genetically modified wheat, butter blocks, and sourdough crumb.
Some of our members have found that an intense but educational way to learn more about Guild format is to volunteer for our formula review group. Every formula used in our classes or printed in Bread Lines is first converted into Guild format, and our volunteer formatters (who have skills in math, baker's percentage, and Excel) work with formula editors on this process.
You can sign up for Guild membership through our website, www.bbga.org, and I've also attached membership forms in case you'd prefer to sign up through mail or fax.


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Recently, we have featured the work of artists like Douglas Sonders and Fred Levy, who photograph dogs as a means of advocating for the voiceless and promoting awareness about animal rescue. With the "Rescue Me" project, the photographer Brian Moss occupies a unique space in this dialogue; in contrast with the polished, slightly commercial aesthetic of other animal portraits, his photographs of shelter dogs are emotionally raw and candid, delving more deeply into the psychology of his canine subjects.
Moss's photographic setting is the Bergen County Protect & Rescue Foundation shelter, where he arranges a poignantly modest and "tiny 'studio tableaux' […] in between a sink and a leaky washing machine." Shot under a relatively shallow depth of field, this magical little corner becomes all the more intimate; as well-worn towels and tender, raggedy blankets blur into the distance, the dog subject is fixed with stunning sharpness, revealing the touching imperfections of the face: eye gunk, snouts rubbed raw, noses flushed with pink.
Moss's project was born from necessity; he felt for the animals left homeless, and yet it was too painful for him to volunteer at a kill shelter. This shoot, which takes place at a no-kill facility, is his tribute to the creatures he longs to help. The honest gaze of the artist's images are reminiscent of his earlier project with body builders; here too, he seeks out a genuine connection with his subjects. The dogs aren't posed to appease to viewer or to elicit less emotion, but instead they are free to express their inner fears with darting eyes, unsteady legs, and perked ears. Rich with empathy, Moss's lens offers rare and invaluable insight into the hearts of our fellow creatures. Take a look. (via Lost at E Minor)


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Leetonia accident
Three children were taken to Salem Regional Medical Center Tuesday after this Salem Tri-County Church of God van driven by Joseph Linger, 69, of Salem pulled into the intersection at Madison and State streets in Leetonia and was struck by a pickup driven by Robert Thomas, 71, of Salem. Sgt. Rick Dattilio said the crash happened around 5 p.m. and his department requested assistance from the highway patrol. The Leetonia fire department also responded to direct traffic and contain fluid that was leaking from the truck. Both vehicles were totaled. Three other children in the van were not injured. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer


text: Mark S. Lussier, Romantic Dynamics: The Poetics of Physicality Submitted by rc-admin on Wed, 07/04/2001 - 06:58 Mark S. Lussier, Romantic Dynamics: The Poetics of Physicality. Romanticism in Perspective Series. Basingstoke, U.K.: Macmillan, 2000. ix + 220pp. $59.95 (Hdbk; ISBN: 0-312-22671-3). Reviewed by Alan Bewell University of Toronto In this book, Mark S. Lussier announces "physical criticism," a theoretical perspective that seeks to illuminate the productive interchange between literature and science, particularly the ways in which physical theory and poetic expression share similar models in their representation of the mind and physical world. Lussier's goal is to take criticism beyond the mechanistic and dualistic models of mind and universe that continue to influence contemporary thoughtthe world of Bacon, Descartes, Locke, and Newtontoward a theoretical perspective that responds to the far more complex and dynamic models of the mind in relation to the physical world that emerged with Romanticism and are now being renewed in contemporary science, especially in biology, ecology, and theoretical physics. Quantum theory has undercut the Newtonian absolutes of space and time. The stabilities of matter in the Newtonian cosmos have been replaced by indeterminacies and relativity, and the meaning of time, always a flexible concept, has been transformed. Since Heisenberg it has been difficult for scientists to employ naively the Lockean model of experience, in which the mind passively registers the sensory data supplied to it by the outside world. Scientists can no longer be said to be removed what from they observe, something that has not been lost on social constructivists. Ecological criticism has insisted even more powerfully upon the crucial necessity for human beings to recognize that they exist in nature and that they need to develop new, less destructive ways of interacting with it. Lussier's "physical criticism" synthesizes ecology and physics in order to provide an alternative to the cultural legacy of mechanistic philosophy. He uses the term "dynamics" to describe this more complex and holistic conception of the interaction of the mind and the physical world. In his view, Romantic poetry not only anticipates these developments, but has played an important role in providing "physical criticism" with the language and metaphors needed for representing this new world. Read more about Mark S. Lussier, Romantic Dynamics: The Poetics of Physicality


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I have two files: abc.exe and abc.cmd - both along the path somewhere. abc.exe is a command-line utility. abc.cmd is a wrapper around abc.exe.
When I type "abc" in the command prompt, how can I figure out which file is being run and the full path to it? I tried utils like where and which, but both require you to enter the extension to tell you where the file is being run from.
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I think you can wear them. Otherwise my teacher wouldn't have suggested it.
I just can't take it when people nearby are chatting--I can tune out anything that's lower than that, but when it gets to bands doing sound checks right below you, the score's going to drop a bit. Come April or so I'll start taking tests in the library and see if I can get used to a low level of noise, but I'm wearing the earplugs anyway so I don't get distracted.
Ah, my dad said that earplugs are verboten because of the possibility of them being audio transmitters in disguise. I guess I wouldn't need them on the day of the test, though--given my test site, it's pretty secluded and quiet enough so that I would be able to take it and not want to kill the nearest noisemaking thing.


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Templeton's million-bottle day
Governor joins southern Carroll County in TR Spirits' milestone celebration
By DOUGLAS BURNS
, Staff Writer
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad holds the 1-millionth bottle of Templeton Rye produced at the Templeton facility during a packaging ceremony Wednesday. Branstad helped label the bottle, which will be distributed to an unknown area in Iowa in the next week. Assisting with the labeling is Gin Knobbe, who has been employed with Templeton Rye Spirits since its opening in 2006. The bottle can be identified with a nondescript nine-digit code.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad holds a card with the number "5" visible for guests and members of the media during a labeling and packaging ceremony Wednesday at Templeon Rye Spirits in Templeton. The company produced its 1-millionth bottle, and it was shipped for distribution to a retailer in Iowa today. Templeton Rye Spirits will release the remainder of the nine digit serial number during the upcoming weeks, and it is hoped the unknown buyer will come forward to claim a prize. Company officials plan to invite the individual to Templeton for a tour and ceremony. Taking part in the unveiling are (from left) Nick Romey, Templeton Area Betterment Corporation; Joe Behrens, Templeton Community Betterment Association; Steve Larson, adminstrator Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division; Templeton Mayor Ken Behrens; Gov. Branstad; Kevin Boersma, distillery manager; Scott Bush, co-founder and president Templeton Rye Spirits; and Keith Kerkhoff, co-founder Templeton Rye Spirits.
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What if you buy Bottle 1 Million?
Templeton Rye Spirits president and co-founder Scott Bush joked that he and co-founder Keith Kerkhoff briefly considered drinking the 1-millionth bottle of the popular Prohibition-era inspired whiskey. But they realized it would be best to share it with Iowans who helped the Templeton company flourish.
And in doing so, they have come up with a marketing plan where the nondescript bottle will be randomly distributed to a retailer within the next week to 10 days. The bottle's nine-digit production code was recorded by Bush, Kerkhoff and distillery manager Kevin Boersma Wednesday as Gov. Terry Branstad placed the 750-milliter bottle in an ordinary Templeton Rye shipping box.
The timing isn't coincidence. Dec. 4, 2013, marked the eve of the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
The box and pallet were to be sent to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for distribution on Dec. 9.
Where the bottle will end up is based entirely on random chance. Boersma said where - and how quickly - the lucky bottle winds up on a store shelf depends on the pace of orders for Templeton Rye.
Templeton Rye is now distributed in 40 states. But Bush wanted to make it clear to guests and members of the media gathered Wednesday for a special ceremony that the 1-millionth bottle would be sold in Iowa - the state that has supported the company's efforts since it began distribution in 2006.
With the help of Branstad, Templeton Rye unveiled the first digit of the nine-digit serial number at the end of Wednesday's ceremony. The first digit is the number "5" and for the next eight weeks the company will reveal one additional number. The last digit will be released on Jan. 17, 2014, the date of Al Capone's birthday. Reportedly, Capone favored drinking the illegal version of Templeton Rye.
The company has a special website dedicated to the million-bottle celebration where the serial numbers will be published: http://www.templetonrye.com/millionthbottle/ See let's say you buy the millionth bottle. What then? "Think you've found it? Contact us at email@example.com and let us know," Templeton Rye says on the website.
After all, you can drink it neat or on the rocks, but Templeton Rye is always served with some intrigue.
What's next for Templeton Rye?
Templeton Rye Spirits president and co-founder Scott Bush said the company plans to consolidate the full production in Templeton.
"Our goal is to bring all facets of production here," Bush said. "That's a big thing."
TR Spirits has worked with MGP, a former Seagram's facility in Lawrenceburg, Ind., since 2002. The distilling takes place in Indiana with all the bottling in Templeton.
Bush said TR Spirits owns land around the Templeton facility so the company is set up to expand.
"We plan to distill the first Templeton Rye whiskey here in 2014," Bush said. "That will be a big step forward."
Bush hesitates to go further with timetables on the consolidation.
"There are so many moving parts to it," Bush said. "It could be five years. It could be 20 years. It's tough to say. It will happen."
At that point, the Templeton facility would see its employment increase from the current 20 to as many as 50 full- and part-time people, Bush said.
Templeton Rye is now in 40 states - and there is no region the company has failed to penetrate.
The company plans to enter the foreign market as well.
"That's another thing that we're really looking at closely," Bush said. "There is Templeton Rye available places (outside of the United States), but's that's when guys will buy it in the states."
Bush said the likely first international move is into Canada.
"I was just in Europe, in Germany, for an industry event about two months ago, to study it," Bush said.
Bush compared starting Templeton Rye Spirits to watching an iceberg.
"You look at it on a day-to-day basis, it doesn't look like it's moving," Bush said. "When you look at it over a year or two, you can see how far things have come."
December 5, 2013
Gov. Terry Branstad had about as much fun as possible with Templeton Rye on a Wednesday morning - without actually drinking The Good Stuff.
The governor carefully placed labeling on Templeton Rye Spirits' 1-millionth bottle, guided by the practiced hand of company veteran Gin Knobbe during a mid-morning ceremony in southern Carroll County.
Branstad beamed as he assisted company co-founders Scott Bush and Keith Kerkhoff seal the box for shipping Bottle No. 1 million to the state's liquor warehouse in Ankeny for general distribution into the Iowa market.
"That's one of the benefits of being governor," Branstad said. "You get to do fun things."
Hounded in its Prohibition-era infancy by government "revenuers," Templeton Rye basked in the statewide media limelight cast by an admiring governor for the better part of two hours.
Branstad was on the job Wednesday, so no nipping from the bottles rolling down the production line. But the five-term governor told Carroll Countians, that, yes, he does drink Templeton Rye. Had a little on Tuesday night, as a matter of fact, the governor said.
In remarks during a formal ceremony Branstad said Templeton Rye's entrepreneurial spirit is an inspiration.
"They're putting Templeton on the map," Branstad said to a crowd of about 100 people gathered for the event.
He sees major potential for economic development associated with the growing Templeton company.
"I understand you're in about 40 states and will probably be in all 50 states in the very near future," Branstad said. "Obviously, this can become a significant tourism attraction. We think of the site where 'Field of Dreams' was filmed and the amount of people that go there. I think there's going to be a lot of interest in this."
Branstad said there's a bottom-line effect on the state's economy as well.
"I want to thank you for this because the state gets a 50 percent mark-up," Branstad said, referencing the state-regulated sales of liquor. (There's also a state sales tax of 6 percent and federal excise tax, the latter representing about 8 percent of the actual purchase price of a $25 bottle of whiskey, according to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division.)
With its first product hitting the market in 2006, Templeton Rye has grown into a brand recognized across the United States (Templeton Rye is even in Hawaii now.)
"Our product celebrates the state of Iowa, and we're really starting to get some national recognition," Bush said.
He said company employees deliberated for some time about what to do with the 1-millionth bottle. Should they put it up in a museum? Display it in the Templeton Rye building?
"A lot of times we thought about drinking it," he said.
Templeton Mayor Ken Behrens said Templeton Rye has been a big part of the region's history.
"I can only hope that we will see many milestones," Behrens said.
Prior to the ceremonial bottling, Bush and Kerkhoff led the governor on a tour of Templeton Rye, through the initial production area first used in 2005 and into the 11,000-square-foot expansion of 2007. Branstad delighted in the history of the showroom area, discussing how his predecessors handled the booze trade and reading old newspaper articles on Templeton Rye.
He recalled seeing the 2011 Kristian Day documentary "Capone's Whiskey: The Story of Templeton Rye."
Branstad noted that the older people interviewed in that film were reluctant to divulge many details.
"That generation was brought up not to talk about Templeton Rye," Branstad said.
One western Iowa ag-businessman with ties to the bootlegging era, 93-year-old Gus Schroeder of Wall Lake, attended the event, where he chatted with the governor and obliged media members with interview requests.
The great-uncle of Scott Bush, Schroeder said memories of his long-gone relatives, some of the early pioneers of the rye trade, surfaced as Branstad extolled the legal incarnation of Templeton Rye.
"I would think they'd have to be happy because it would be an advancement, a tremendous advancement, and something they started," said Schroeder, whose dad, Frank, was involved in "big-time" production in Sac County.
At one time, the Schroeders had 3,300 10-gallon kegs of whiskey stored in a cattle shed, Gus Schroeder said in an interview with The Daily Times Herald.
"They went out at eight kegs a time in the back end of a car," he said. "The back seat was taken out. We could get eight of them in there."
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Along with breaking out the pool to cool off every day, we found some other activities to do outside and make the heat more tolerable. We beat the heat.
Something easy for George to do (that Henry enjoyed as well) that kept him cool was simply a bowl of ice cubes. Though they didn't stay frozen long, we added to them to keep the activity going.
George particularly enjoyed the ice!
At first when they ice was still frozen, he could pick them up easily and put them in his mouth.
I think the chill of the ice kind of scared him at times!
Once the ice melted a little (or George slobbered all over them), they became super slippery. Which made is almost impossible for George to grab them.
He tried and tried, over and over.
Until it finally led into a complete meltdown (pun intended).
George had enough after that.
He dumped out the ice and moved on to other things.
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Navy Sailor Marries High School Sweetheart at Airport Following 11-Month Deployment
You could say these newlyweds were flying high after tying the knot.
Navy sailor Dylan Ruffer and Madison Meinhardt got married at Reno-Tahoe International Airport shortly after he landed following an 11-month deployment.
The couple, both 19, planned to get hitched earlier this year, but plans were scratched when Ruffer's deployment in the Middle East was extended, so when they learned he was being given a six-day vacation this month, Meinhardt's father jokingly recommended she meet Ruffer in a wedding gown at the airport. That set the stage for the most non-traditional of wedding ceremonies.
And while the airline industry is typically besieged by bad press, it seemed to get it right this time. United Airlines got into the spirit of the occasion by making all of Ruffer's trips VIP flights and the airport chipped in by decorating and providing enough space for 150 guests, as well as helping out with a DJ and catering.


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With its vast forests, pristine lakes, wide open prairies and the magnificent Rocky Mountains, the province of Alberta contains a diversity of natural landscapes that few other places can match.
Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area
The Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area is dedicated to protecting habitat and providing space for native wildlife in Areas located just outside the south-western city limits (Lake Mckenzie, Shawnessy, Sundance) of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Calaway Park
Western Canada´s Largest Outdoor Family Amusement Park. Nestled in the foothills of the majestic Canadian Rockies only 10 km west of the city limits of Calgary Alberta on the Trans Canada Highway.
Calgary Aero Space Museum
The Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary is dedicated to creating a world class aviation museum. It offers educational, cultural and recreational facilities, featuring the development of aviation in Western Canada; past, present and future. The museum focuses on the achievements of Calgarians and Albertans in the field of aviation in war and peace.
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Welcome to Calgary and the Canadian Rockies. This site is dedicated to the traveller and travel planner who are looking for resource material and information about this beautiful city and the surrounding area.
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The seed that was to grow into the world renowned Calgary Exhibition and Stampede was planted in the fertile soil at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in the year 1884. Now one of the Worlds Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.
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Situated in the heart of world renowned Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff is home to breathtaking natural landscape and is just a short trip to world famous Lake Louise, Canmore and Yoho National Park. Skiing, mountain climbing, hiking, cycling, and wildlife viewing are just a few of the activities you can enjoy amongst the dramatic peaks of Canada´s Rocky Mountains.
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Calgary is just minutes away from world class skiing and hiking in the majestic Rocky Mountains, outstanding camping and golf in Kananaskis Country and the beautiful scenery of Banff National Park. Calgary is also home to the world famous Calgary Stampede and Exhibition.
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At Heritage Park, you can. Strolling through our 1910 town, you might catch some good old-fashioned gossip at the bakery or livery stable. Hear a suffragist speak about the newly founded women´s movement. Ride an antique ferris wheel. Or thrill as a massive steam locomotive rumbles by.
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Operates the Nanton Lancaster Society Air Museum in Nanton, Alberta, a community of 1700 people 65 km south of Calgary. A member of the Alberta Museums Association, the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association, and the Canadian Aviation Historical Society.
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A fantastic collection of naval artifacts including three RCN fighter aircraft which flew on the decks of HMCS Warrior, Magnificent and Bonaventure.
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FB: Massachusetts Fines Morgan Stanley $5M Over Discussions of Estimates Pre-IPO
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As further fall-out to the botched initial public offering of Facebook (FB) on May 18th, Massachusetts's secretary of the commonwealth Francis Galvinthis afternoon announced that Morgan Stanley (MS), the lead underwriter of the IPO, has agreed to a $5 million fine without admitting to, nor denying, what the state said were violations it committed of securities laws and "dishonest and unethical practices in the securities business."
The court filing goes through a substantial amount of interesting detail and history, including describing a 2003 settlement between Morgan Stanley and nine other firms with the government over "inappropriate influence by investment banking" upon the firms' research analysts."
At issue are matters discussed on pages 17 and 18 of the filing, which describes how Facebook's chief financial officer provided revised financial projections for the then-incomplete Q2 on May 9th, which were coming in lower than previously expected, as well as for the full year, which was also coming in lower than expected.
Those figures were communicated to Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs, in succession, the filing notes, and then to other analysts in the syndicate.
But Facebook's revised S1 prospectus from that day had nothing but vague statements about a growing trend of mobile users resulting in lower advertising revenue.
Here is what the S1 said, for example, about trends in the second quarter:
Based upon our experience in the second quarter of 2012 to date, the trend we saw in the first quarter of DAUs increasing more rapidly than the increase in number of ads delivered has continued. We believe this trend is driven in part by increased usage of Facebook on mobile devices where we have only recently begun showing an immaterial number of sponsored stories in News Feed, and in part due to certain pages having fewer ads per page as a result of product decisions. For additional information on factors that may affect these matters, see "Risk Factors—Growth in use of Facebook through our mobile products, where our ability to monetize is unproven, as a substitute for use on personal computers may negatively affect our revenue and financial results" and "Risk Factors—Our culture emphasizes rapid innovation and prioritizes user engagement over short-term financial results."
Note that when Facebook finally reported Q2 results, on July 26th, revenue came in at $1.18 billion, which was the original forecast compiled by Morgan Stanley, and toward the high end of the $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion figure Facebook's CFO had originally guided analysts for in mid-April during roadshows. But by the time of the Q2 report, the average Street estimate had fallen to $1.15 billion.
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- Yield:serves 3 to 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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- 2 medium tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped (about 2 cups)
- 1/2 chipotle chili en adobo
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 2 medium zucchini, chopped into 1/2-inch dice (about 3 cups)
- 2 Japanese eggplants, chopped into 1/2-inch dice (about 3 cups)
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped into 1/2-inch dice (about 1 cup)
- 2 medium cloves garlic, minced (about 2 teaspoons)
- Handful of fresh cilantro, chopped
- 12 corn tortillas, warmed
- Cotija cheese
- 2 limes, quartered
Combine tomatoes and chipotle in a blender and process until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Heat 1/2 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet over high heat until smoking. Add the zucchini and shake to form a single later. Season with salt. Cook without moving until well browned on the bottom, about two minutes. Flip the pieces and cook until browned on second side, another two minutes. Transfer the zucchini to a large bowl and set aside. Add another 1/2 tablespoon oil to skillet, heat until smoking, and cook eggplant in the same manner. Add to bowl with zucchini.
Add remaining tablespoon oil and heat until smoking. Add onion and bell pepper, season with salt, and cook, stirring often, until pieces are browned but not too soft, about 2 minutes. Add garlic, stir well, and cook until very fragrant, 15 to 20 seconds. Add blended tomato sauce. Stir occasionally, and cook until it has thickened slightly, but still has some liquid. Add zucchini and eggplant. Stir well, and cook until all the vegetables are fully softened, three to five minutes longer, reducing heat if tomato sauce threatens to burn. Season with more salt and pepper as necessary.
Serve immediately with tortillas, cheese, and lime.
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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - DS
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The new series entitled Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is exclusively playable on Nintendo DS. The new series features character classes, item creation plus impressive multiplayer functions. It is as charming as it has always been; however, some features of the new series particularly the battle system is far too traditional.
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I am really astonished with the popularity of the Dragon Quest series in Japan. Being one of the grandfathers of Japanese role playing game, Japanese people shows an understandable affection towards this game. When there is a new series set for release, the country is always in frenzy; and excitement rains down through the avid fans of the game. However, The Dragon Quest series is not just a hit in Japan but it is already hitting strides in the U.S.
The new series entitled Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is exclusively playable on Nintendo DS. The new series features character classes, item creation plus impressive multiplayer functions. It is as charming as it has always been; however, some features of the new series particularly the battle system is far too traditional.
The game starts by creating your character with the use of the game's creation system. This gives you the chance to be creative when selecting the face type, hair style, etc. of your character. After you have created your character, you start off playing as a member of an angelic race of guardians. You have the opportunity and the duty to guide and protect mortals in the game. The gameplay lets you collect glowing seeds of light that has to be offered to the great tree Yggdrasil. The goal of your race is to let the tree bear fruit, which in turn becomes a symbol of ascension to the Almighty's throne.
However, the adventure does not stop there as your hero is stripped off of his wings and halo and eventually cast down towards the land of the mortals. And this is where the challenge begins: you have to find (the player's) your way back home.
As mentioned earlier, the new series has features that are traditional particularly JRPG's. It is not a surprise to Dragon Quests loyal fans, however. Basically, the gameplay is all about getting into a battle by which a party can control at least four characters. You have the task of issuing orders to your party on how to fight off enemies.
The entire feature of the game - especially when it comes to battles - revolves around selecting the right option such as to attack or use some magic item. Your primary concern is the health and status of your party. The most exciting part is having boss fights. Your party encounters danger all throughout. The whole aspect of the game is quite conventional and traditional already. It won't be much of a problem to the loyal gamers of the series but it may pose quite a challenge to those who are still beginners.
The positive features of this game include the number of different characters or Vocations as they are called in the game. There are Warriors, Mages, Priests, Thieves and Martial Artists. The strength of your party is totally dependent on the Vocations you choose.
The game is a multiplayer oriented game. Your friends need to also have their own copy of the game to be part of your party. If can't find enough friends that have this game, you get a chance to choose vocations from your A.I. allies. It is quite a task to try and finish the game on your own. But there is a caveat when you create A.I allies; they don't have emotions. They don't do dialogues and they lack personality. This can create boredom for you as no interactions are going to happen.
A good move is to engage more often in the game's multiplayer. You can create your game and let others join you to create a team. This is great system as it promotes team play for different players in the game. Other players can help in your quests and some can just wander off in the map. For players who just want to help their friend, the game itself provides a reward as you may receive treasures and money as well.
There's still a lot of room for improvement in the game particularly the feature where your character's appearance change when you switch battle gears. The features have not been exploited and elaborated well but you can probably expect some more improvements in future versions of this franchise series. The game is fun and exciting. It is a worthy investment and absolutely worth your time.
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I feel the need make a post on behalf of March's figure as I don't think he is getting enough love!
Whether it is because many of us have him already or because he is mostly a repaint, there is no excuse not to love this toy!
Some people have said he doesn't even have a dark wash on his skin, it is there if you look though, its even a little dark around the eyes.
The detailing on his belt and shackles is friggin cool!
The power sword being orange and having the metallic orange also?
This toy rules!!!
Fakerkicks all sorts of butt!