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The Chestnut Hill Film Group's "Tuesday Nights at the Movies" continues Oct. 15 with the 1946 film noir, "Suspense."
"Suspense" follows Frank Leonard, the proprietor of an ice-skating revue, and his wife Roberta, the star of the show's main act. When a shady peanut-vendor named Joe Morgan makes suggestions to improve the main act, Leonard promotes him to a management position. The plot deepens when Leonard suspects that Morgan is not only moving in on his business, but also his wife. Later on, things get stranger when Leonard is found dead.
The film is directed by Frank Tuttle and stars Barry Sullivan as Joe Morgan, Albert Dekker as Frank Leonard and former Olympic skater Belita as Roberta. It was released by the now defunct Monogram Pictures, and its 1.1 million dollar budget was one of the most expensive at the time.
The movie begins at 7 p.m. at Woodmere Art Museum. Doors open at 6:30. Admission is free, although donations are recommended.
For more information please call 215-247-0476. To see a list of the films being screened by The Chestnut Hill Film Group, visit armcinema25.com/chestnut-hill-film-group.


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Motivational Speaker to give talk about Substance Abuse, Aug. 22, 2008
By Roger Renteria
SOCORRO, N.M., Aug. 22, 2008 – A recovering meth addict and suicide survivor will offer a cautionary tale to Tech students and the Socorro public schools students next week. David Parnell will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Macey Center about his fight with substance abuse.
Parnell will share his story about his battle with the methamphetamine addiction, which nearly cost him his life. Parnell is traveling the country, talking about his addiction in hopes to prevent others from going down the same path. During the day, he will speak about his drug abuse at Sarracino Middle School and Socorro High School.
He will speak about his 23-year addiction to drugs — seven of those years using meth. Parnell began abusing drugs at the age of 13 and later progressed to methamphetamine use. He attempted suicide by shooting himself in the face with a shot gun, virtually blasting his face off. He said that police believed that his injuries were so severe that he would die on the way to the hospital. He has had over 15 surgeries to reconstruct his face and has been drug free since then.
The event is sponsored by the Residential Life office at New Mexico Tech, the 7th Judicial District Attorney, the City of Socorro and Health Family Initiative.
Ruth Stoddard, director of Residential Life, said she recommends that students attend the event. She and Sara Grijalva, assistant director, worked with the Seventh Judicial District Attorney's Office to bring Parnell to campus.
Stoddard said the new crew of residential assistants are very receptive to having Parnell come to speak at Tech.
"This is an opportunity to educate students to make appropriate life decisions," Stoddard said.
Keri Penner, pre-prosecution diversion director with the District Attorney's office, said Parnell's story is both a cautionary tale and an inspirational story.
District Attorney Clint Wellborn said his goal is to prevent people from beginning the drug in the first place because it's harder to seek treatment. He said first-time users are students from junior high to college. He hopes that by telling the truth, not based on ideas, that people will make the right choices.
"People don't understand how addictive methamphetamine is," says Wellborn.
Methamphetamines are intensely addictive. Effects of methamphetamine include lack of sleep, hallucinations and paranoia. Physical effects include sores, skin outbreaks, weight loss, chemical burns and "meth mouth" — the deterioration of teeth and gums.
Wellborn and Penner both said meth addiction affects everyone in the community, not just family and friends. Many users resort to crime to feed their habits, Wellborn said.
"Law enforcement officers catch addicts committing crimes such as domestic violence, identity theft, falsifying checks and neglecting their own children to feed their habit," Wellborn said.
The environmental impact of producing methamphetamine is costly. Penner said producing a pound of meth produces five pounds of waste, much of which is toxic. In the cooking process, chemicals are mixed together, producing harmful fumes. Wellborn said houses have been condemned as an environmental hazard and torn down.
"The only way to stop this is to educate kids and prevent it," Wellborn said. "It can be treated, but the effects are long-lasting."
Parnell will speak in Magdalena the next day. He will also speak at schools in Truth or Consequences, Reserve and Torrance County.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Low Carb Loaded Baked Potato Soup... with No Potatoes!
Low Carb Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Put 1 1/2 cups of chopped fresh cauliflower in a small pot with 1 cup of chicken broth. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes (you can use frozen cauliflower; just cook until very soft). Remove from heat and add 3 wedges of Garlic Herb Laughing Cow Light cheese and a few shakes of black pepper. Use a stick blender to puree until smooth, or cool to warm and puree in the regular blender. Pour into a large bowl and top with 1 Tbsp sliced green onions, 2 Tbsp 2% reduced fat sharp cheddar, and 1 tsp bacon bits.
This is sooo yummy. You can also make substitutions if you like; instead of green onions, you can use fresh chives, and instead of Laughing Cow cheese you can use regular or light cream cheese plus some garlic powder. On Medifast, this whole recipe equals your entire Green serving for the day, 1/8 of your Lean, and about 1.25 condiments as well as 1.5 fats. The bacon bits are not technically on plan but only contain something like 10 calories, so you decide! For those who count calories or carbs, here is the nutritional breakdown for this recipe, including the toppings:
214 calories
9 g fat
12 g carbs
5 g fiber
15 g protein
and 139% of your RDA of vitamin C!
This is going into the regular rotation. It is that good. Enjoy!
18 comments:
this looks SO good! I love potato soup but don't make it because I can't eat it.I will be making this soon.Thanks for sharing!!
- September 22, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Floriana said...
Looks really yummy. Get well soon, Lyn.
- September 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM
I am absolutely going to make this! Deb
- September 22, 2011 at 3:38 PM
I took a leaf from your book and used cauliflower in place of rice in a risotto (I caramelize the onions and garlic first, toss in a teeny bit of white wine, some water, cook until tender, stir in a handful of asiago and chopped black olives). It was delicious!
- September 22, 2011 at 4:09 PM
You're such a creative cook! Maybe you should publish a book - I hardly ever cook, so I'm in awe of those who do and make it seem so easy!
- September 22, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Amanda said...
I LOVE using cauliflower in place of potatoes and have been making "faux mash" for a while now, but hadn't thought about soup (d'oh!). This looks beyond delicious. I'm definitely trying it!
- September 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- Bring Pretty Back said...
This looks DELISH! I need some healthy fall comfort food recipes~
Thanks for sharing,
Have a pretty day!
- September 22, 2011 at 7:47 PM
- debby said...
I love mashed cauliflower, so this looks extra good to me!
- September 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- als said...
Looks great -I'll definitely be giving this a try! Thanks for sharing this!
- September 23, 2011 at 12:28 AM
- Erika said...
Wow that looks delicious! And perfect now that chilly weather is coming. Thanks for posting your recipes, Lyn! They are always so creative. Even for someone not doing low-carb, I think it's always good to switch it up :-)
- September 23, 2011 at 5:41 AM
I'm making this! Feel better soon Lyn
- September 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Forty Pound Sack said...
Sounds fab! Can't wait to try this. Hope you're feeling better today ~
- September 23, 2011 at 3:13 PM
- AngryPorkchop said...
Now this does look good! I've never really given cauliflower a chance but I'm trying this for sure!
- September 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- ALF said...
Made it, it's quite good. I chopped half a head of cauliflower and used a can of chicken broth (14 ounces). My store was out of the laughing cow, so I used an equivalent amount of allouttte garlic and herb spread. I have two servings of it, will be taking it to work for lunch.
- July 15, 2012 at 2:26 PM
This looks great. I will have to try it. I did something like this for clam chowder that is low carb. Thanks
- September 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- Teri Law said...
I thought we could only have 1/2 cup of cauliflower, and only 1/2 cup of any cooked vegetable. And no cheese, etc. I think it looks good, but I don't think it counts as a full 1 1/2 green.
- May 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM
- Lyn said...
On Medifast 5 & 1, we get 3 servings of veggies. Each serving of cooked cauliflower is 1/2 cup. Check your program materials or the Medifast site; you don't want to short yourself on your veggies! Also, see the Meatless Lean list for approved choices such as low fat cheeses, soy burgers, Egg Beaters, etc. It is also on the Medifast site or you can find a link to it on my Medifast Tips page.
- May 22, 2013 at 9:06 AM
- Tracy said...
I do the same except I use parmesan! It is yummy
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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spoilers will be present within the article.
- "The Levitation Charm is one of the first spells learnt by any young witch or wizard. With the charm a witch or wizard can make things fly with the flick of a wand. The charm is an excellent test of your magical skills, wand control and above all, patience."
- —An excerpt from Book of Spells[src]
The Levitation Charm[3] (Wingardium Leviosa[1]) is a charm used to make objects fly, or levitate.[1] It is taught to first years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1] There are a number of lesser variations of the Levitation Charm, such as: the Hover Charm, the Rocket Charm, and the Floating Charm, but the Levitation Charm remains the original and best.[2]
- "The Levitation Charm was invented in 1544 by warlock Jarleth Hobart who mistakenly believed that he had at last succeeded in doing what wizardkind had so far failed to do, and learnt to fly."
- —Miranda Goshawk, Book of Spells[src]
The Levitation Charm was first developed in the sixteenth century, and warlock Jarleth Hobart is credited with its creation.
On 16 July, Hobart invited a large crowd of wizards, among which was the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, to witness his "maiden flight" — a public demonstration of his own revolutionary charm on himself. He climbed onto the roof of his local church and, after several speeches and a rousing performance of the national anthem he leapt and, having cast the spell, was left hovering in mid-air. At first, he seemed to have succeeded but, after having spent nearly three minutes watching him hanging in mid-air, the crowd grew impatient to see him move somewhere, and booed him.
In response to the catcalls, Hobart tried to move in midair, and started performing vigorous swimming movements, which produced no effect. Mistakenly believing that his clothes were making him heavier and impeding his movement, Hobart stripped thus making him fall ten feet onto the ground below, as it were the clothes that were holding him up in the air — they had been charmed by the Levitation Charm, not Hobart himself. He fell completely naked on the ground, breaking sixteen bones, and received a fine for "outrageous silliness" from the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot in 1544.
Hobart returned home, humiliated, where he realised that his spell could make objects levitate for varying lengths of time, depending on the skill of the spellcaster and on the weight of the object. He also concluded that small animals or even children could be levitated, but that they had no control whatsoever of their movement once airborne.
He thus made a second announcement, and an even larger crowd gathered to see his second demonstration of the spell (hoping for another laugh at his expense). Hobart's demonstration was, at first, by far more successful than the first one: he showed the onlookers how he could easily levitate objects ranging from small rocks to fallen trees. Hobart decided that, for a finale, he would levitate the Chief Warlock's hat — what he managed to levitate, however, was the Chief's wig, exposing his bald head to the gathered crowd. The Chief was not amused, and was determined to duel Hobart, but the Warlock levitated the Chief's robes over his head, and ran for it.
This is also the first spell students learn to cast during their Charms lessons in the first year. They revise it in the second[4] and their third year.[5] The theoretical Charms O.W.L. exam includes a question on the Levitation Charm. Hermione Granger was the first student in her class to levitate a feather much to Ronald Weasley's annoyance.
- "He eventually realised that he had invented a spell that would lift objects into the air and could cause them to hover for varying lengths of time, depending on their weight, and the skill of the spellcaster."
- —An excerpt from the entry in Book of Spells[src]
Despite its strengths, however, the Levitation Charm has one fatal flaw: it does not work on human beings. Though a human can be levitated using this charm, it is actually their clothing that is being affected. The charm is apparently not strong enough to allow a human to do anything more that float a few feet off the air using this method, and therefore does not allow the true flight afforded to most other objects.
Almost anything can be lifted with this spell, although the object levitated depends on the skill of the caster and the weight of the object[2]
Known uses
- Ron Weasley: "Wingardium Leviosa!"
- Hermione Granger: "You're saying it wrong. It's Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the 'gar' nice and long."
- — Hermione being condescending toward Ron[src]
|Jarleth Hobart
|The first use of the spell was that of Hobart using it on himself as he leapt from the roof of a local church, remaining suspended in mid-air for a brief period of time before the crowd of wizards gathered to watch his new spell.
|31 October, 1981
|Delphini used this spell to attack Harry Potter with a church pew, but failed to do so as Harry rolled over to avoid being crushed under it.[6]
|Draco Malfoy
|31 October, 1981
|Draco used this spell to elevate Delphini in the air and out of sight.[6]
|Harry Potter
Harry used this spell to levitate two cakes containing Sleeping Draught.[7]
|18 June, 1996
|He later used it during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in the Brain Room in an attempt to remove some brains from himself, which managed to attack him.
|27 July, 1997
|Harry used the spell a third time during the Battle of the Seven Potters to levitate the side-car he was sitting in after it was separated from the motorbike it was connected too.
|Hermione Granger
Hermione was the first student in her charms class to master the spell in the first lesson; whilst doing so she attempted to teach Ron Weasley how to correctly cast the spell, much to his annoyance.[1]
|30 December, 1997
|Six years later she cast the spell again to move Ron from wreckage in Xenophilius Lovegood's house after an Erumpent horn exploded.
|Lee Jordan
|Lee used this spell twice to levitate nifflers into his professor's office to annoy her; however, eventually another of his teachers got blamed for it.
|Ron Weasley
|31 October, 1991
Ron used this spell to defeat a troll which Professor Quirrell had let into the school.[1]
|2 May, 1998
|He also used the spell again seven years later to levitate a twig in order to press the knot on the tree that was trying to beat him up which would freeze the aforementioned tree.[8]
|Bill Weasley
|August, 1994
|Used this spell to levitate the table to fight table levitated by his brother Charlie.
|Charlie Weasley
|Used this spell to levitate the table to fight table levitated by his brother Bill.
|Rita Skeeter
|13 November, 1994
|Used it noverbally to levitate the candles in the Broom cupboard.
|Xenophilius Lovegood
|30 December, 1997
|Xenophilius used this spell in 1998 to attempt to clear wreckage on his staircase in order to apprehend Harry Potter during the confrontation at his house.[9]
|Minerva McGonagall
|1 May, 1998
|McGonagall used this spell during the Ousting of Severus Snape, causing a torch to fly off of its bracket and spin around, creating a wild movement of flames similar to that of a lasso in an attempt to thwart the death Eater.
|Severus Snape
|October 1996
|Snape may have used this spell so that he could examine a cursed necklace without touching it, though that might have been a Hover Charm.
Other practitioners
Wingardium is a composite word, based on: English to wing meaning "to fly" (e.g. the plane winged skywards[14]); arduus (meaning "high, tall, lofty, steep, proudly elevated"[15][16]) or arduum (meaning "steep place, the steep"[15][17]); and the common Latin ending -ium. Leviosa probably derives from Latin levo, meaning to "raise, lift up", or levis, meaning light (of weight).[15][18] Altogether, therefore, the incantation could best be read as "lift up high".
Behind the scenes
- "This charm ought not to be seen as a joke spell. It can be most useful in duels and can lift physical obstacles and can even Levitate small creatures (though this is likely to confuse any poor animal and is certainly not to be encouraged)."
- —An excerpt from Book of Spells.[src]
- Whilst it was originally assumed that this spell and the Hover Charm were the same, they are not; the Hover Charm makes the target hover, whereas this one is always described as making it fly.
- The fictional character Babbitty may have used this spell to levitate a horse.[19]
- In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the trio does not use this spell to stop the Whomping Willow from moving, although they do know it. It is only in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that they use the spell to stop the tree.
- As a homage to the scene in the movie, the PC version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) had feathers flying out of the wand when the spell was used.
- In the GBC video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this spell is used to lift small enemies (havling no effect on large ones), and will deal damage depending on the target (e.g. if it is very light, flying, or, has a shell, it deals very little damage).
- A potential variation of this spell is Alarte Ascendare, used by Gilderoy Lockhart to unintentionally send a snake flying into the air.
- This may have been the spell that Bill and Charlie Weasley used to levitate the tables and have a fight with them.
- The first question of the 1996 Theory of Charms exam required students to give the incantation and wand movement for a Levitation Charm.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Reparo is not present, Wingardium Leviosa is used instead as repairing charm. It levitates broken LEGO pieces to form a new or previous object.
- Although this spell canonically produces no visible effects (apart from its actual spell effect of levitation) - a possible sign of its simplicity - it sometimes does in other HP media. For example, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the spell connects objects and wand via a yellow stream of light continually released from the wand tip whereas in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBA version) a blue orb of magical energy is shot at the target. In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 a pink glow appears around the object and levitates it.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 the Levitation Charm is also a double up of the Cruciatus Curse for Death Eaters. It works the same way as the Levitation Charm by lifting it's victim off the ground, but instead it causes them to writhe and scream.
- This spell is Warwick Davis's favourite line.[20] and his favourite spell in the series.[21]
- In The LEGO Batman Movie, Lord Voldemort uses the incantation of this spell for effects normally completely unrelated to it, emitting a green light similar to the Killing Curse and transfiguring people into fish.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (GBA version only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (GBA version only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Nintendo DS version only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- LEGO Dimensions
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Harry Potter: Spells
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault(Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: The Wand Collection (mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wonderbook: Book of Spells - see this video
- ↑ See this image from J. K. Rowling's Pottermore.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Four, Scene Eleven
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 32 (The Elder Wand)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Wing, definition of
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Latin word list
- ↑ Arduus, meaning of
- ↑ Arduum, meaning of
- ↑ Levis, meaning of
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3FP-nmkFL0&feature=relmfu
- ↑ https://www.pottermore.com/news/what-are-the-harry-potter-cast-members-favourite-hogwarts-classes
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Jack Parker
Brentwood, California
Early Fords
The Yesterday's Young Guns archives are a constant surprise; just look what Jack Parker sent in a while back! He writes, "I have been going through my old photos, especially those of my first cars from 1965-72. My first was a '53 Studebaker with a Chevy motor, fenderwell headers, and a '64 Ford Thunderbolt hood scoop. Next was a '34 Fordor I bought and redid in 1967 and again in 1970 with the fuel injection system from a Corvette. This car fell off the trailer on the way to the Santa Rosa car show in 1968.
"The '34 and my '32 three-window were some of the first cars with Corvette rearends, and I put the same IRS and Corvette motor in my '33 sedan delivery too.
"I purchased the '32 from a friend in 1971. It had been featured in Hot Rod magazine in November 1968. In 1974 I bought another ex-feature car, this time a '32 roadster that had been in STREET RODDER magazine in 1972. It was an original L.A. Roadsters car owned by Bill Stroppe. The two '34 Victorias were owned in 1970 and the green one was in Rod & Custom in the same year, shown in the San Mateo car show report. I traded the '23 T-bucket for my '34 Fordor. After I sold it, the new owner was killed in it in a head-on wreck."
I don't know about you, but I'm amazed at the number of hot rods Jack owned in such a short period of time. Thanks for sharing them with us, Jack.
George T. Schneider
Cutchogue, New York
1932 Ford Roadster
We showed you George Schneider's '34 coupe in this column in 2009, when he mentioned he was following it up with a '32 roadster. The '34 was put together in a year, and George clearly doesn't waste time when building cars, as the roadster has been finished for over a year already, with a build time of just eight months, after two years collecting parts. George jokes that he should nickname the roadster "The eBay Special" as with the exception of the seat, tires, glass, and some miscellaneous parts from the local auto parts store, the entire car was put together with parts bought online.
The project started with a good deal on a vintage Westcott body, found in Baltimore, to which George added steel reinforcement where there was none from the factory, under the dash, and behind the seat.
Found in Pennsylvania, the frame is from JW Rod Garage and was fitted with a 9-inch (with 3.25:1 gears) from John's Industries, located using a Pete & Jakes ladder bar kit. A split wishbone mounts a dropped I-beam up front with F-1 brakes, and a steering box from the same truck. George once again hit the road, this time to New Hampshire, to collect a '67 283 that he found online. Bored 0.060 and stored for 11 years since the rebuild, he got a great deal, and it started right up with no leaks and with 50 pounds of oil pressure. A Saginaw four-speed with a hydraulic clutch assembly complete the driveline.
The body, including the steel grille shell and hood, the frame, and suspension were all painted in his driveway using John Deere Blitz Black, before George installed the mid seat from a Dodge Caravan, covered with an upholstery kit from EZ Boy Rod Interiors. Stewart-Warner gauges, a vintage Signal Stat, and a repro steering wheel finish the cockpit. Now that this one's done, George tells us he's fitting a '55 Olds 324 V-8 in a '40 coupe. Guess we can look forward to another email from New York in a couple of months.
Jeff Ghiglia
Reno, Nevada
International Metro Van
Jeff Ghiglia writes that this '45 International Metro Van was an extremely fun project that was tackled at Superglo Auto Body in Reno, Nevada. He says it "sure gets the looks", and we don't doubt that. Built over an '03 Chevy S-10 chassis with a Vortec V-6, it's been airbagged to get it on the ground (though we suspect a little channeling of the body was involved) and rolls on 20×10 and 18×8 five-spokes.
With a van this size and a frame that narrow, wheels of that width were needed to increase the track to reach the body sides! A custom dash, seating, steering wheel, and tach mount were fabricated, though the body was left stock, in its "as-found" patina. That must have been a relief for the guys at the bodyshop!
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Pizza Joint Offering Women Free Pizza in Exchange For Showing Their Racks
Bad promotions seem to be a trend right now in the Midwest.
First, there was a Wisconsin golf course's tasteless gimmick for people to play nine holes for $9.11 to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks. Then, there's a pizzeria in Champaign, Illinois that recently offered women free pizza for showing their breasts.
There's got to be a better way to see boobs at no charge. In fact, if you look around your house, there are plenty of things just taking up space that you can offer in the hopes some lady will show you her mounds.
Here are some ideas:
- Your fantasy football championship trophies that no one cares about but you
- The textbooks from that month you spent in college
- The baseball card collection you were convinced would pay for your college education
- Your Ryan Braun jersey
- Your VHS copy of 'Under Siege 2'
- Your broken Iron Sheik bobblehead doll
- Your 'Saved By the Bell' fan club membership card
- Your copy of Monopoly with the thimble and race car missing
- Your Sports Illustrated sneaker phone
- Your parachute pants
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2013 Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference Offers Options, Opportunities
OTTUMWA, Iowa ― A full day of information awaits the attendees of the 2013 Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference at Bridge View Center in Ottumwa on Jan. 19. From the welcome at 9:30 a.m. through the final breakout session ending about 4 p.m., people will find knowledge and value in every aspect of the day, and that's the goal according to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach beef program specialist Byron Leu.
"The Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference has been, and will continue to be, successful because it provides information and access to speakers that beef producers have come to expect," Leu said. "The steering committee has put together a program with information people need to prepare for the coming year."
This year's program focuses on topics designed to help producers recognize options and opportunities in a variety of areas based on past weather-related conditions. From feed and water options to cover crop possibilities, experts from universities and private industry in the Midwest will lead these sessions and offer producers valuable information to put into practice on their farms.
"Past NCBA president Steve Foglesong will talk about one man's perspective on learning from past experiences, Rick Rasby from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present information on confinement feeding of beef cattle, and Glynn Tonsor from Kansas State University and Lee Schulz from Iowa State will provide a look into the future of the cattle industry," Leu said. "Other speakers include Andrew Hansen from John Deere Ottumwa Works, Wyaconda, Mo., producer Kenneth Suter and Iowa Beef Center director Dan Loy from Iowa State."
There also are two panel discussions with individual focus on water-related topics and forage alternatives.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. The official welcome is at 9:30 a.m. followed by two general session speakers, and lunch and exhibit viewing. The afternoon begins with a salute to Al Seim and a general session speaker in the auditorium, followed by two break-out sessions with five choices. Admission is $15, which includes lunch and a copy of the conference proceedings. No preregistration is necessary. Review and download the conference brochure at www.iowabeefcenter.org/events/2013CCCC.pdf.
The Iowa Beef Center was established in 1996 with the goal of supporting the growth and vitality of the state's beef cattle industry. It comprises faculty and staff from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and College of Veterinary Medicine, and works to develop and deliver the latest research-based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information about IBC, visit www.iowabeefcenter.org.
Source: Byron Leu, ISU Extension beef specialist


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The Baltimore Ravens will take to the practice fields for the first full-team practice of training camp on Thursday after veterans reported for duty on Wednesday.
But that didn't stop head coach John Harbaugh from getting a jump-start on team-building activities for the defending Super Bowl champions. According to the team's official website, Harbaugh cancelled practice for the team's rookie class Wednesday and took them on a field trip to the battlefields of Gettysburg.
In addition to the rookies, a handful of veterans – including quarterback Joe Flacco – came along for the ride.
They were led on a tour of the site by a handful of Gettysburg historians and six members of the Maryland Army National Guard who relayed the stories of the famous battle to the players.
"What I got from it is what it takes to win a battle, to overcome adversity and keeping the big picture in mind. Keeping the focus on the common goal and achieving that goal," linebacker Arthur Brown said.
The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was earlier this month. The battle took place over three days from July 1-3, 1863.


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DT: Yes, that was the depressing thing for me. I came away from Snowbird feeling really happy. And within a month, I realize it wasn't going to work. And I have not been involved in anything even called "Agile" until last month.
AB: Last month?
DT: That's right, last month. I have not gone to any Agile conferences. I have not joined the Agile Alliance.
AB: Why is that?
DT: Because it got immediately productized in many different ways. The whole point, to my mind, of the Agile Manifesto is that it's a set of personal practices that may scale to team level. You do not need a consultant to show you how to do that. It may help to have someone facilitate, but you do not need a consultant. And yet immediately what happened was that everyone and their dog hung out an Agile shingle and the whole thing turned into a branding exercise.
AB: Yes.
DT: And so now in the software world, if you're selling something and it doesn't have the word "Agile" somewhere in the title, it's not good. And I hate that because we had something that was…it was my best attempt at the time to present a set of free-standing, self-contained values that could be applied by all. And now it's just become mush. It's become devalued to the point where it doesn't mean anything.
AB: Everything has to at least do lip service to Agile to be adopted today.
DT: I also have a pure English-language abhorrence to the people who use Agile as a noun. As in "I do Agile." No you don't. It's like saying "I do orange."
AB: When you were meeting at Snowbird, was there a feeling there that you were doing something important that was going to change software?
DT: Good question.
AB: The fact that you chose the term "manifesto" suggests that you were planting a flag.
DT: There was a lot of discussion at the time about what it should be called. And, to be honest, I can't remember to what extent we were thinking of posterity when we came up with the word "manifesto." Even the word Agile was debated a lot.
AB: That's what I've heard.
DT: I think we discussed "lightweight." There was some sense that this was going to be bigger than the 17 of us because we agreed on the last day that Ward [Cunningham] was to go create a site that would allow people to sign up. Ward is someone who is always building community. And I think we all went along thinking that would be a really good way to spread the word. But the reality was that I don't think any of us were particularly marketing people. The fact that it took off as quickly as it did was that we just happened to say the right thing at the right time. We didn't actively push it particularly, it just kind of pushed itself or actually pulled itself.
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AB: You're the person who can take credit most for having popularized Ruby.
DT: Yeah, I'm OK with that.
AB: My perception is that the Pragmatic book and then the Pickaxe book laid the seeds. And Ruby on Rails was the tinderbox. Would you agree with that?
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DT: So the story is, we [Andrew Hunt and I] had finished writing Pragmatic Programmer. And in that book, there's a section on domain-specific languages (DSLs). And we really wanted to expand that section. In particular, we wanted to write about expressing a system as a domain-specific language. Because we felt that if you did that, you could show the DSL to your customer and they'd be able to understand it and then, by throwing a switch, it would be able to execute. And so we thought that was kind of cool.
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DT: So we started writing a book about DSLs, and we chose Ruby as the vehicle for that simply because I'd fallen in love with it while writing the Pragmatic book. And so we found ourselves trying to explain what we were doing on the Ruby side of things. So, we realized that we had to document the Ruby language first and then come back and write our book. And in the way of these things, what started as 15 pages documenting Ruby quickly grew to 400 pages and took up all our time. At that time, we hadn't been working for three-and-a-half years and so we decided we needed to stop and get back to honest work.
AB: So you went directly from the Pragmatic book to the Ruby book?
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In Translation: Egypt's constitutional crisis of consensus
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As many readers know, the selection process for Egypt's constituent assembly — which will write the country's next constitution by next March at the latest — was decided a week ago. After weeks of debate, the Islamist majority in parliament (the Muslim Brothers and the Salafists) decided to keep 50 of the 100 seats for MPs. Secular forces have long advocated that the constituent assembly should be diverse, and there are more worrying indications that the Salafists want to blackball any figures they consider too secular. There is a growing movement to deny both parliament and the assembly legitimacy, either on constitutional grounds (the parliament may be declared unconstitutional in a case that has moved from the Appeals Court to the Supreme Constitutional Court) or simply because many feel the assembly should be as representative as possible — if it looks like parliament, it will include few minorities or women, for instance.
This is a serious issue, and not just for liberals and leftists. If there is a sizeable number of people who think the constitution is illegitimate and the consensus around is weak, there is a risk down the line that this would make a coup (soft or hard) easier. Egypt will be naturally coup-prone in the next few years, and while the Brothers say they want consensus, the Salafists have a more winner-takes-all approach and want to nominate figures such as Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, a popular preacher, who will push for a very strict interpretation of Sharia.
The commentary below is by Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, a lawyer and former head of the Stock Exchange and Investment Authority who was elected to parliament in Asiut, on the Social Democratic Party list (part of the Egyptian Bloc). Bahaa-Eldin is a widely respected technocrat, someone with extensive legislative experience (he wrote several laws over past decade governing investment, and during his tenure at the investment authority won much applaud for cutting red tape). His article is important in that it reflects the potential for rejection of the future constitution by a significant part of the political spectrum, rather than a document that has wide consensus, and the increasing polarisation of politics.
Update: Liberal parties have abandoned the nomination of the constituent assembly in protest.
The Constituent Assembly and the Crisis of Consensus
By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, al-Shorouk, 20 March 2012
Last Saturday afternoon, the plan designed to achieve consensus among the political forces hit a setback, at least in regards to drafting a new constitution for Egypt in which all of society's forces participate. The setback occurred when the major parties in Parliament limited deliberation and discussion, and in a few, brief minutes made use of the majority they enjoy as they rushed to finalize the formation of an assembly to draft the constitution. They decided that half the members of the Constituent Assembly will be drawn from the ranks of MPs, and the other half from outside of Parliament. It is true that it may be said the decision to form the Constituent Assembly was reached in a democratic manner, and through a peaceful, legal vote that expresses the right of the majority to impose its opinion when it likes. This is true under normal circumstances. However, this description does not apply to what happened with the formation of the constituent assembly, because it involves an unnecessary maneuver, and because it concerns the pressing issue on the scene that is most in need of consensus right now – that is, drafting the constitution and forming the Constituent Assembly tasked to do so.
The unnecessary maneuver was that two weeks ago, the majority party announced its position that only 40% of the Constituent Assembly should be drawn from MPs. We imagined that this left room for reflection, deliberation and discussion to reach the required consensus. Then suddenly, mere minutes before voting was to take place, the leader of the party's parliamentary block announced that this percentage had been increased to 50%, and the issue ended with the agreement of the two main parties, as if no other parties or points of view existed, and as if they had no interest in allowing any type of deliberation or discussion. I know well that these other parties only represent a minority, and that their opinion might not have an impact on the final result, but how can we talk about consensus if matters are decided without a discussion and exchange of views? This is a dangerous indication that consensus will be a slogan invoked for secondary issues, while in important issues, it will be enough to rely on their guaranteed majority to snuff out any real debate or discussion, or attempt to bring different perspectives together. Consensus does not mean that the majority has to abandon its views or yield to the minority's opinion; however, it does mean that there should at least be deliberation before major decisions are taken, that an attempt should be made to reconcile different perspectives and concessions should be made on some demands out of consideration for preserving unified ranks. But none of this took place on Saturday.
The difference between 40% and 50% may seem trivial, such that this reaction is undeserved. However, the reality is that the issue does not only concern the numbers, but also the logic of forming the Constituent Assembly and its relation to Parliament. This Parliament was elected to carry out its legislative and supervisory role, and to select the members of the Constituent Assembly – not to arrogate unto itself half the seats in the Constituent Assembly. The result is that all of Egypt – including all its legal, constitutional and academic experts, labor leaders, NGOS, judges, intellectuals, and writers, men and women, Muslims and Christians, people young and old – all of them will be represented in the Constituent Assembly by 50 people, while the MPs alone have reserved the remaining half for themselves. This means that we have lost the historic opportunity for the Constituent Assembly to express the diversity, wealth, expertise and capabilities that Egyptian society contains, because we have decided to limit ourselves to this narrow field out of concern for their party majority and from fear of losing control of what this would bring about. Egypt deserves a constitution in keeping with her legal history and her standing in the Arab nation, and she deserves to have her constitution written by her best and most expert sons. However, the MPs have decided to undertake themselves a task for which they are not necessarily the most qualified.
On the other hand, last Saturday the parliamentary majority unfortunately ignored all the proposals put forward by the minority parties about guaranteeing a quota for the representation of women, Christians and other sectors and currents of society. This forebodes that the formation of the Constituent Assembly will hold the same flaw as that which tarnished the formation of the Parliament itself, where the representation of women and Christians does not exceed 2%, something that is shameful by every measure. Although this was indeed the election result, there was at least the opportunity to correct this situation in the Constituent Assembly in order to express a wider spectrum of opinion within Egyptian society and to move beyond clear-cut party lines. It would also have been a chance to express the consensus necessary to draft a constitution and construct a nation for all Egyptians, of whatever creed, conviction, personal interest or party affiliation. But for the Parliament to replicate itself in a miniature assembly governed by party affiliation alone is a great loss and an irreplaceable opportunity.
The plan to achieve consensus faltered on Saturday, and the experience of this day will cast its shadow on the entire next stage, and on a number of decisions the Parliament and the Constituent Assembly are expected to make. In these circumstances, the political and social forces that have been excluded from the decision-making process will have to make up their minds quickly. They can either be active participants – within the bounds of their fair share of society – or they will find no choice but to withdraw from a scene that does not recognize them, and does not give them a chance for true, equal participation in the decision-making process.


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[Editor's note: Inexplicably, the Associated Press will make us wait three more weeks to find out the various 2012 season award winners. To bide the time, the AP has named its All-Pro team. The full team appears below.]
QB: Peyton Manning, Broncos.
RB: Adrian Peterson, Vikings (unanimous), Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks.
FB: Vonta Leach, Ravens.
TE: Tony Gonzalez, Falcons.
WR: Calvin Johnson, Lions; Brandon Marshall, Bears.
OT: Duane Brown, Texans; Ryan Clady, Broncos.
OG: Jahri Evans, Saints; Mike Iupati, 49ers.
C: Max Unger, Seahawks.
DE: J.J. Watt, Texans (unanimous), Cameron Wake, Dolphins.
DT: Geno Atkins, Bengals; Vince Wilfork, Patriots.
OLB: Von Miller, Broncos; Aldon Smith, 49ers.
ILB: Patrick Willis, 49ers; NaVorro Bowman, 49ers.
CB: Richard Sherman, Seahawks; Charles Tillman, Bears.
S: Earl Thomas, Seahawks; Dashon Goldson, 49ers.
P: Andy Lee, 49ers.
K: Blair Walsh, Vikings.
KR: Jacoby Jones, Ravens.
QB: Aaron Rodgers, Packers.
RB: Alfred Morris, Redskins; Jamaal Charles, Chiefs.
FB: Jerome Felton, Vikings.
TE: Jason Witten, Cowboys.
WR: A.J. Green, Bengals; Andre Johnson, Texans.
OT: Joe Thomas, Browns; Joe Staley, 49ers.
OG: Marshal Yanda, Ravens; Logan Mankins, Patriots.
C: Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers.
DE: Justin Smith, 49ers; Julius Peppers, Bears.
DT: Justin Smith, 49ers; Ndamukong Suh, Lions; Haloti Ngata, Ravens.
OLB: Chad Greenway, Vikings; Ahmad Brooks, 49ers; Clay Matthews, Packers; and DeMarcus Ware, Cowboys.
ILB: Daryl Washington, Cardinals; London Fletcher, Redskins.
CB: Champ Bailey, Broncos; Tim Jennings, Bears.
S: Eric Weddle, Chargers; Jairus Byrd, Bills.
P: Thomas Morstead, Saints.
K: Phil Dawson, Browns.
KR: David Wilson, Giants.


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Blake Shelton to Miranda Lambert: 'I Have Nothing to Hide From You'
Country power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert aren't daunted in their marriage, even when the peskiest of divorce rumors surface in the tabloids. You see, the couple has an open book policy in their marriage, and that honesty leaves no room for doubt or distrust.
Shelton opens up in his new cover issue of People, explaining that there are no secrets between him and his wife. "[I tell Miranda], 'I have nothing to hide from you,'" he admits. In fact, the 'Sure Be Cool if You Did' hitmaker spills that his key to making their marriage work is access to his telephone.
"That's always been our policy," he shares, adding that he tells her, "'Here's my phone. Go through it.'"
"That's really the kind of trust we have," Shelton continues. "There are no secrets. [I'll say,] 'Go dig through my drawers or my computer if you feel like you need to.' And that's been a really good thing, because I don't want her to ever have any doubts."
The couple's emotional performance of 'Over You' on 'The Voice' recently was a clear sign that the Shelton-Lambert household is built on solid ground -- they have a mutual respect and love for each other.
Shelton, an Oklahoma native, teamed up with his wife on Wednesday for the 'Healing in the Heartland' special. The show, which was his brainchild, raised money for victims of the recent Moore, Okla. tornado.


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This Friends Star Sounds Completely Different In Real Life
Can you believe it's been 22 years since we first heard that famous "Oh, My, GOD!"??
Maggie Wheeler, who played Janice on Friends appeared on the UK's This Morning, and of course, we just had to hear her catchphrase!
More importantly though - how different is her voice?! When she's speaking naturally, we were so surprised!!
Here she is in a longer clip from Oprah's Where Are They Now series - have a listen...


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Chelsea Art Gallery Highlights – September 2011
Photos by G. Various Artists.
Here's some cool art you can see this month if you are in the Chelsea area in New York in September 2011.
"Word Up! A Survey of Recent Text Based Work" at Benrimon Contemporary (located at 514 West 24th Street, 2nd Floor). The exhibit features works from Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Krueger, Robert Indiana, Richard Prince, Jason Rhoades, SONIC, Trey Speedle, Do-Ho Suh and John Waters. Through October 22, 2011.
Tomokazu Matsuyama – "East Meets West" at Joshua Liner Gallery (located at 542 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor) through October 8, 2011.


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The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. have tapped a woman with a wealth of department store industry experience to be its next president and CEO.
Kathryn Bufano, 61, will replace Brendan Hoffman on Aug. 25, according to a news release.
Hoffman announced in March that he would not be renewing his three-year contract when it expired Feb. 7, citing personal reasons. He will officially resign Aug. 25.
Bufano will receive a base salary of $900,000, according to documents Bon-Ton filed with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. She will receive a signing bonus of $350,000, plus an additional $250,000 in March, when the company pays bonuses for 2014, according to the documents. She also has entered into a "restricted stock agreement and a restricted stock agreement — performance shares," according to the documents.
Bon-Ton will pay relocation expenses to move Bufano and her family to the company's headquarters in Milwaukee, according to the documents.
Bufano has served as president and chief merchandising officer of Belk Inc., a Southern-style department store chain based in Charlotte, N.C., since August 2010 and previously served as its president of merchandising and marketing from January 2008 to August 2010, according to the release.
From 2006 to January 2008, Bufano was CEO of Vanity Shops Inc., a privately owned mall-based specialty retailer based in Fargo, N.D. From 2002 to 2003 she was executive vice president and general manager of soft-lines for Illinois-based Sears Roebuck & Co. Prior to 2002, Bufano served as president and chief merchandising officer for Dress Barn Inc., part of the Ascena Retail Group Inc. of Mahwah, N.J., and in various positions in the Macy's East and Lord & Taylor divisions of Federated Department Stores, now known as Macy's Inc., according to the release.
"We are excited to have an executive with Kathryn's talents and background assuming the role of president and chief executive officer of the company," said Tim Grumbacher, board chairman and chief strategic officer. "Her years of experience in the department store industry will allow her to refine and drive the strategic growth initiatives we have put in place over the last several years."
Grumbacher also complimented Hoffman, who helped hire Bufano as his replacement and will work with her until she is made a member of the board.
"The board of directors and I would personally like to thank Brendan for his leadership, initiative, accomplishments and dedicated service," Grumbacher said. "We wish him well in his future endeavors."
In the release, Bufano said she is excited about her new opportunity.
"I have great confidence in the company's future and I look forward to working with management and the board in executing a successful strategic plan and increasing shareholder value," she said.
The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., with corporate headquarters in York County and Milwaukee, operates 270 department stores, including 10 furniture galleries, in 25 states in the Northeast, Midwest and upper Great Plains under the Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates.
The company trades its shares on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol BONT.


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News for Foodies 10.13.11
The Amber Waves Farm, at 375 Main Street in Amagansett, will host an Oktoberfeast celebration on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. featuring local food and drink from a variety of producers.
Included on the menu will be Mecox Bay pulled pork sliders, Iacono Farm barbecued chicken, Amber Waves soft pretzels and fall greens salad, sweet potato soup courtesy of Sunset Beach Farms, Quail Hill Farm German potato salad, Balsam Farms red cabbage cole- slaw, bread and sweet treats from Carissa's Breads, Milk Pail hot apple cider, and fresh hop beer from the Montauk Brewing Company. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $10 for children, and can be purchased at the gate.
The transition from weekend outdoor activities to indoor leisure makes brunch come to mind, and one choice now is East Hampton's Cafe Max. Sunday brunch is served from noon to 3 p.m. and features three courses for $20, or a la carte entrees from $14 to $16.
Before or Apres Films
This weekend, while the Hamptons International Film Festival is in town, Serafina, which is on East Hampton's North Main Street, will offer a prix fixe for those looking to grab a bite between films. The three-course prix fixe, which includes a glass of Prosecco, will be offered for $21.95 all night tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday, and until 7 p.m. on Saturday. Those looking to have a late-night drink on Saturday night, perhaps to discuss their cinematic day, will find Serafina serving specialty cocktails and complimentary pizzas at the bar, after 11 p.m.
Chefs at Fund-raiser
A fund-raiser at 230 Elm in Southampton on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. for the Barnaba Institute's work with victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation will feature cuisine by a team of Hamptons chefs, led by Jon Albrecht, the executive chef at Tutto Il Giorno in Sag Harbor, and is hosted by Giancarlo Esposito.
Tickets to the event, which are $100, will include samples of each chef's best fare. There will be a cash bar and live and silent auctions, as well as music by Brian Keene, a Grammy Award-winning composer and guitarist, with Tony Aiardo, a composer, pianist, and vocalist, and by the Scott Hobson Band.
Additional information can be obtained by contacting the event coordinator, Laurie O'Kunewicz, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Signature Dishes
On Wednesday at noon at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton, Keith Greene, the chef at Schmidt's Market and a participant in season two of the Fox Network's "Hell's Kitchen," will demonstrate how to prepare some of his signature dishes. The event is free, though reservations are required. Those interested may register at www.myrml.org, or by calling the library. Participants may bring a bag lunch.
Taste Premium Teas
At Plain-T's "T Loft" in Southampton there will be a chance to sample sips of exotic rare hot and iced teas from gardens around the world and to learn about premium whole-leaf teas each Saturday from 3 to 5:30 p.m. The tea space is located at 87 Powell Avenue. Those with questions can send an e-mail to email@example.com.
Daily Prix Fixe
The Living Room restaurant at c/o the Maidstone in East Hampton is offering a prix fixe nightly beginning at 5:30, with three courses for $35. The special continues all night on Sunday through Thursday, but concludes at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Appetizer choices are a lettuce salad with shaved fennel, radishes, and merlot vinaigrette, sautéed seasonal forest mushrooms with toasted brioche, or cured gravlax; for entrees diners can choose handcut fettuccine with wild mushroom Bolognese, Black Angus hanger steak with creamed spinach custard, potato purée, and grilled red onions, or seared Atlantic salmon with savoy cabbage and roasted beets. A choice of dessert is also included.
Cooking Demonstration
A free cooking demonstration at the Loaves and Fishes Cookshop in Bridgehampton on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. will focus on preparing a goat cheese and mint frittata.
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NEW YORK (AP) Yankees ace CC Sabathia will have his pitching elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews following inflammation that landed him on the disabled list in August.
An MRI showed a bone spur in the left elbow and the Yankees believe it has existed since he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 2001-08.
``Yeah, you have to be concerned, because like I've said, I've never had any problems with the elbow before,'' Sabathia said outside Yankee Stadium on Saturday, according to the New York Daily News. ``We have to wait and see ... It's something that I've not felt before, never had, so it's best to go get it checked out and go from there.''
Also Saturday, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter had surgery to repair a broken left ankle. Dr. Robert Anderson operated in Charlotte, N.C., and the Yankees said complete recovery for their 38-year-old captain is expected to take four-to-five months.
Jeter was injured last Saturday in the 12th inning of Game 1 of the AL championship series against Detroit while trying to field a grounder. The Tigers went on to sweep the Yankees.


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Adoption means that the connection between the child and the caregiver is legal and binding on both parties, not just convenient. It makes it a crime for the caregiver to abandon the child. It also makes it legal for the adoptive parents to make decisions that seriously influence the child's destiny: what type of religious education will occur; what schools the child will attend; methods of discipline that will be used, et...More


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Concentration: Psychiatric Mental Health
Fall: August 15
Spring: December 15
Summer: March 15
The admission process is rolling up through the deadline.
Number Required: 2
From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from employers, college faculty members, professional colleagues.
Applicants must complete undergraduate statistics and health assessment courses.
Yes. Nursing.
The Goal Statement should be approximately 500-1,000 words and include the following: reason for your interest in a graduate degree; why you are interested in Temple's program, and your future career goals.
The GRE/MAT is required. Acceptable Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller's Analogy Test (MAT) scores, achieved within the last five years. The College of Allied Health Professions expects GRE or MAT scores at or above the 50th percentile.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted:
Foreign applicants must receive a minimum score of 600 on the TOEFL examination paper and pencil test or 250 on the computer based test.
Applicants are required to interview with the track coordinator, Carol Dakin, Ph.D., R.N. To schedule an interview please call 215-707-4628.
A resume is required.
Graduate credits from an accredited institution may be transferred into the Department of Nursing, Graduate Studies. The credits must be equivalent to coursework offered at Temple and the grade must be a "B" or better to transfer. The decision is made by the director of the Graduate Program in conjunction with the faculty member responsible the course in question. The maximum number of credits a student may transfer is 6.
A copy of the applicant's Nursing License is required.
Health Sciences
Core courses are offered on the TUCC and HSC campuses. Specialty courses are offered on the HSC except for Nurse Anesthesia. Specialty courses in the Nurse Anesthesia track are offered at Pennsylvania Hospital.
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 36
Required Courses:
Students earn a total of 15 credits in nursing core courses, 3 credits in research, and 13 credits in the psychiatric mental health specialty.
Internship: No internship is required.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
This program has no culminating events.
Dept. of Nursing, Graduate Studies
College of Health Professions
3307 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Monique Lassiter
Program Coordinator:
Graduate Chairperson:
Margaret P. Shepard, Ph.D., R.N.
Jill B. Derstine, Ed.D., R.N., FAAN
At Temple, nursing education strongly reflects the values and goals of the discipline of nursing and the broad mission of Temple University. Graduate nursing education prepares the professional nurse to function as an expert in a specialized area of nursing or as a provider of primary care to clients. The curriculum focuses on the health needs of diverse populations with an emphasis on urban communities. Such education fosters the development of independent and collaborative problem solving in providing care in a variety of settings. The advanced practice roles stress the importance of academic excellence, critical thinking, and the use of scientific knowledge in decision making. The environment promotes intellectual dialogue and fosters individual growth and research in advanced nursing science.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 6 years
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m. Students are able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Dept. of Nursing, Graduate Studies
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3307 North Broad Street
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The program is nationally ranked among the "Best Graduate Schools 2001" by
U.S. News & World Report.
The Department of Nursing is accredited for 10 years, through 2012, by the Collegiate Commission on Nursing Education.
A master's degree in nursing is offered in the following areas of specialization: Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH), Nurse Anesthesia (NA), Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP), and Maternal Newborn Faculty are actively involved in research related to urban health problems, family dynamics, cardiovalscular risk factors, critical thinking, clinical leadership, and a variety of chronic health problems.
Graduates of the program are employed in a variety of diverse settings including both inpatient and outpatient settings affiliated with hospitals and clinics.
Not applicable.
Non-matriculated students are able to take a total of 9 graduate credits prior to matriculation. However, students must submit a complete application before registering for a third course. Only core courses may be taken as a non-matriculated student, that is, N553, N554, N555 or N557.
The Department typically has one Teaching Assistant per academic year. This individual assists with undergraduate laboratory teaching and tutoring, outcome data collection for program evaluation and research related activities as requested by individual faculty. The committment is for 20 hours of work per week in exchange for full-time tuition scholarship and a stipend. Students will be contacted in June regarding the application process for a September appointment.
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Dieting, exercise, and medication have long been regarded as the conventional methods to achieve weight loss. Sometimes, these efforts are successful in the short term. However, for people who are morbidly obese, the results rarely last. Recent research reveals that conventional methods of weight loss generally fail to produce permanent weight loss. Several studies have shown that patients on diets, exercise programs, or medication are able to lose approximately 10% of their body weight but tend to regain two-thirds of it within one year, and almost all of it within five years. Another study found that less than 5% of patients in weight loss programs were able to maintain their reduced weight after five years.
There are literally hundreds of diets available. Moving from diet to diet in a cycle of weight gain and loss - yo-yo dieting - that stresses the heart, kidneys and other organs can also be a health risk.
Doctors who prescribe and supervise diets for their patients usually create a customized program with the goal of greatly restricting calorie intake while maintaining nutrition.
These diets fall into two basic categories:
Many patients on Very Low Calorie Diets lose significant amounts of weight. However, after returning to a normal diet, most regain the lost weight in under a year. Ninety percent of people participating in all diet programs will regain the weight they've lost within two years.
Behavior modification uses therapy to help patients change their eating and exercise habits. Like low-calorie diets, behavior modification, in most patients, results in short-term success that tends to diminish after the first year.
If diet and behavior modifications have failed you and surgery is your next option, it is important to understand that diet and behavior modification will be instrumental to sustained weight loss after your surgery. The surgery itself is only a tool to get your body started losing weight - complying with diet and behavior modifications required by most surgeons would determine your ultimate success.
Starting an exercise program can be especially intimidating for someone suffering from morbid obesity. Your health condition may make any level of physical exertion next to impossible. The benefits of exercise are clear, however. And there are ways to get started.
A National Institutes of Health survey of 13 studies concludes that physical activity:
New theories focusing on the body's set point (the weight range in which your body is programmed to weigh and will fight to maintain that weight) highlight the importance of exercise. When you reduce the number of calories you take in, the body simply reacts by slowing metabolism to burn fewer calories. Daily physical activity can help speed up your metabolism, effectively bringing your set point down to a lower natural weight. So when following a diet to attempt to lose weight, exercise increases your chances of long-term success.
Examples to get you started:
Overall, walking is one of the best forms of exercise. Start out slowly and build up. Your doctor, or people in a support group, can offer encouragement and advice. Incorporating exercise into your daily activities will improve your overall health and is important for any long-term weight management program, including weight loss surgery. Diet and exercise play a key role in successful weight loss after surgery.
New over-the-counter and prescription weight loss medications have been introduced. Some people have found them effective in helping to curb their appetite. The results of most studies show that patients on drug therapy lose around 10 percent of their excess weight and that the weight loss plateaus after six to eight months. As patients stop taking the medication, weight gain usually occurs.
Weight loss drugs can have serious side effects. Still, medications are an important step in the morbid obesity treatment process.
"Since many people cannot lose much weight no matter how hard they try, and promptly regain whatever they do lose, the vast amount of money spent on diet clubs, special foods and over-the-counter remedies, estimated to be on the order of $30 billion to $50 billion yearly, is wasted." (New England Journal of Medicine)


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LKP1231 wrote:My emg results were told to me without a lot of info at first stating just fascis in left thight and right calf. The neuro made some other comments that confused me and I pushed for more information. Wish I had left it there.
They were not fascics they were signs of motor denervation. I think because he felt they could be from the issues picked up on the MRI from my lower back he just gave me the least info he felt necessary. But bc of that he left me confused. I did then see a neuromuscular specialist who agreed with the current diagnosis but also said the emg should have been more extensive to determine the cause. Nothing was tested in my back to support the back theory. So I'm doing physical therapy (and btw I never had any pain numbness or tingling either to support the back diagnosis). I go back to the first neuro Nov 20. I do have an appt with an *** clinic Dec. 22. I'm pretty terrified. Thanks for reading.
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text: Every weekend in football season, high school marching bands such as Shawnee Mission West erupt with joyful noise.With 200 young musicians in West's band, it's a lot of blowing, pounding and tooting on instruments. Their fortes can rattle the bleachers and rouse the faithful. But the music is doing more than raising school spirit, it's damaging ears -- sometimes for a lifetime. It's not just high school band students at risk, it's anyone who plays an instrument. Educators striving to reduce risks associated with school activities -- such as football concussions and chemistry burns -- now are looking at the band room. Earplugs are joining mouth guards and safety goggles. Last fall, the National Association of Schools of Music, which accredits more than 640 schools of music, made the topic of health risks associated with playing music a required course for all music schools. Among topics such as overuse and performance anxiety, hearing loss is the biggest concern of all. One class has been taught at the University of Kansas School of Music, said the dean of music, Robert Walzel, a clarinetist and saxophonist. "There isn't a one-size-fits-all to the answer of preventing hearing loss," he said. "And we also don't want parents to be scared of music programs, or keep their sixth-grader out of music. Awareness goes a long way." Awareness arrived last fall at Shawnee Mission North when a band mom and speech pathologist, Karin Soper, was sitting several rows back in the bleachers, feeling her ear drums assaulted. Even neighbors blocks away can hear the band in its morning practices. If it was loud outside, how bad was it inside the band room? Then she saw the tiny earplugs her son's band director was wearing. "If the band director was wearing earplugs, what about my son?" she wondered. Soper called the University of Kansas Medical Center to talk with an audiologist. The audiologist the band room with a dosimeter to measure decibels. West's band director, Bill Thomas, welcomed the science. "She held it while we played one of our pieces. You could see the needle move into the red zone," Thomas said. He was surprised. The band kids were surprised. At times the levels were dangerously high. At KU, too, some instrumental instructors are wearing dosimeters to measure daily exposure as they teach private lessons in their studios. "Our trombone teacher was really reaching high levels," Walzel noted. Thomas bought his own meter and installed an app on his smart phone. He tests levels now during practices and performances and inside different venues, just out of curiosity. "The basketball buzzer that sounds off during pep band ... it's nearly off the chart," he said. He's checked movie theaters. Restaurants. Noise levels don't just harm when a marching band goes by or a rock group plays. Area sports venues are dangerous places for ears as well. Last fall, Arrowhead Stadium pegged 115 decibels for an average reading. Allen Fieldhouse was at 125 decibels for the duration of the KU-Mizzou game. (Takeoff of a jetliner from nearly 100 feet is about 100 decibels.) Scientists have known the dangers for years. A 1997 World Health Organization report found that North American children "may receive more noise at school than workers from an eight-hour workday at a factory." But music hasn't been associated as noise. Research shows that classical musicians are more susceptible to hearing loss than rockers because they rehearse, teach and perform more hours per week. While rock concerts are louder, classical musicians are dosed longer. Listening to a sound that registers 100 decibels (which can be reached by a flute, for instance) only takes 15 minutes before reaching the maximum daily exposure limit, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. Which raises the question for musicians: To plug or not to plug, and with what? Comparing earplugs to sunscreen, audiologists say that earplug technology can help block immediate hearing damage. Musicians' earplugs are not supposed to affect the perception of pitch or timbre Etymotic Research offers these earplugs. The company also has created an Adopt-a-Band program advertised on its website: "For the price of a slice of pizza and a soda," the site says, "you can provide your favorite musicians the opportunity to play loudly and proudly by giving them the tools and education they need to hear for a lifetime." Two high schools in the area, Shawnee Mission West and Shawnee Mission North, have joined the program that offers the plugs at a reduced price of about $6. Another perk of the program: Band directors are rewarded with a free custom-fitted $175 pair of plugs, molded to their ears. West's band director Thomas, who now wears the custom-fitted plugs, is a believer. He keeps also spare pairs of ER-20s in his car and his pocket to hand out when students misplace theirs. "Spread the gospel," he said. "Wearing earplugs will save your ears." To Shawnee Mission North's director, Chad Reed, the earplugs aren't perfect but are better than nothing. "Do you know something is in your ears? Well, yeah. But it's well worth the trade-off, especially when I stand before the drum line. I have to have them in. It physically hurts if I don't." Many high school musicians, however, are leaving the technology in the cases, said Corbin Warner Jr., a 16-year-old drummer from West. Although he wears them, "most everybody here has stopped wearing them." Kris Chesky, associate professor at the University of North Texas College of Music, and director of the Texas Center of Music & Medicine, believes that Etymotic's ER-20s are a waste of money. "Those specialty musician ear plugs protect no better than the 50-cent foam plugs," he said. Chesky and his research teams tested the ER-20s and dispute the company's claims. They distort, he says. "Research shows that when musicians use ER earplugs, the intensity and timbre of the music they produce is altered.... Musicians can't wear them and still play well." Chesky, who plays professional trumpet gigs in the Dallas area, owns three sets of custom earplugs. But when his trumpet comes out, his earplugs stay in the case. His team collected a year's data using North Texas' nine lab bands, recording sound levels and averages, testing ER-20 earplugs with musicians and nonmusicians. The team has presented its research at conventions across the country and in Europe. Etymotic has threatened Chesky with legal action. A few months ago, the company sent Chesky a 20-page cease and desist order. But Chesky isn't backing down. Etymotic did not respond to requests for comment. Angie Reeder, an audiologist at the University of Kansas Medical Center who works with Etymotic, has heard the hearing/comfort/distortion issues before. "This is the chasm between audiologists and musicians. We think we've found the answer and the technology, and the musicians are telling us, no, not yet. This outlines the importance of collaboration between audiologists, hearing health care providers and musicians to find what works." Chesky said he will continue sounding the alarm that the joyful noise should be more subdued. He worries that the public will assume plugs are the easy fix. "The field of music and music education must recognize the limitations of existing products. More than one musician friend has bought expensive ear plugs only to stop using them. "That breaks my heart." Chesky advocates one big change that musicians at all levels, from high school to college to professional, need to hear. Play proudly, just not loudly, he said. "Play musically." 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Eduardo Fernando Catalano was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and came to the United States on scholarships to the Universities of Pennsylvania and Harvard. In 1945, he entered a General Motors design competition using a hyperbolic paraboloid, and won second place out of 914 entries.
He was a graduate student of Walter Gropius and an undergraduate student of Marcel Breuer, both professors at Harvard and considered the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.
Catalano taught at the Architectural Association in London until 1951 when he was recruited as a Professor of Architecture by Henry Kamphoefner for the NCSU School of Design. In 1956, he moved to Boston and taught at MIT until 1977. Buildings designed by Catalano include the US embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Pretoria, South Africa, the Juilliard School of Music at New York City's Lincoln Center, Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro (below) and the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge MA.


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Career Tips >> Browse Articles >> Job Seekers: Resume, Interview and More
Job-Hopping: Career Killer or Savior?
Tania Khadder | AdminSecret
Job-hopping. It's career suicide.
That is, if conventional wisdom and my father are to be believed.
They tell us to stay at a job for at least two years. That the longer you stay in one place, the more dependable you'll appear. And the better your chances for success when you do look for a new job.
They tell us that too many jobs in a short period of time makes you a flake.
Forget job offers. Instead, you'll be getting offers of advice on how to mask all that job-hopping on your resume.
But how bad is job-hopping really? Is there anything to gain from all that moving around? Let's find out!
This article will look at the benefits of job hopping, its role in this economy, the right and wrong way to do it, and how to put a positive spin on it the next time you're looking for a job.
The Changing Landscape
We all know career dynamics have shifted dramatically over the years. Gone are the days where college grads joined a company and stayed for life, rising through the ranks to win that ultimate workplace trophy: the corner office.
According to Business Week's Richard Florida, people under the age of 30 change jobs almost once every year and a half (compared to the national average of once every three years).
And really, it's not surprising. Workers feel less incentive to stay put. Pensions, in the traditional sense, are virtually obsolete. We're increasingly paying the price for our employer-sponsored healthcare. Loyalty is no longer about putting in your time, or paying your dues. It's about providing measurable value and being rewarded for it.
Corporate culture has changed, and employees are responding to it in the only way that makes sense to them.
Chris Murdock, recruiting expert at LandingJobs and former "Senior Sourcer" for Yahoo, says job tenure – and expectations around it – have changed. "It used to be that people would stay at a company for life, but nowadays, if you've been in a company two years, you're the seasoned professional," he says. "Some even think if you've been at a company for five years, you should move on. That it's too long."


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Newbie's virtual appliance stores up trouble for EMC
Tintri's dilemma: When (not if) to get bought
Open...and Shut With $11bn at stake, you'd think that someone would have solved the virtualized storage problem by now. The problem, however, is that there's so much more money in the existing storage market.
It's an "innovator's dilemma," Clayton Christensen style. It's therefore not surprising that it took a newbie Tintri to try and up-end the storage market with a virtual storage solution.
The storage behemoths like EMC and NetApp have huge, high-margin general-purpose storage businesses to defend, based on systems like Direct Attached and SAN that were designed in and for a pre-virtualized world. True, these vendors can and have tweaked their tools to mostly work for VMs, too, but there are plenty of problems. None of the incumbents has the incentive to create a dedicated virtual storage offering since to do so would cannibalize hugely profitable general purpose storage systems they sell now that largely work OK, but not great, for VMs.
The company arguably best positioned to fix the virtual storage problem is VMware, but it's also very conflicted. VMware has to play Switzerland in the storage industry, not taking sides, particularly since it's owned by one of the industry's biggest storage players, EMC.
So, while VMware efficiently pools CPU, memory and networking resources, storage remains largely outside its reach, though the company offers guidance on storage management for VMs. This leaves storage as a very complicated virtualization problem, especially with mission-critical applications like Microsoft Exchange or Oracle Financials.
In sum, each of the companies best positioned to understand and solve the virtual storage problem is the least likely to actually do so.
Tintri, recently funded with $17m by NEA and Lightspeed Venture Partners, fits Christensen's mold for an upstart disruptor. Tintri was founded by the guy who ran VMware's desktop and server research and product development between 1999 and 2006. It's telling that he felt the need to leave the virtualization leader to make effective virtual storage management happen.
Tintri doesn't have to appease EMC. It doesn't have to serve its existing VM business. It can focus on solving the current bane of enterprises wanting to virtualize more, not less, of their IT: storage-related performance crashes and/or sky-high storage costs. Most estimates suggest that most enterprises have yet to virtualize even 30 per cent of their infrastructure, with storage being a prime reason.
The virtual storage world is a classic case of the innovator's dilemma, with Tintri challenging the status quo. Ironically, I'm betting that Tintri will get bought for a boatload of cash by one of the incumbents long before it's able to seriously disrupt the industry.
There's too much money at stake for the incumbents not to eat its lunch. ®
Matt Asay is senior vice president of business development at Strobe, a startup that offers an open source framework for building mobile apps. He was formerly chief operating officer of Ubuntu commercial operation Canonical. With more than a decade spent in open source, Asay served as Alfreso's general manager for the Americas and vice president of business development, and he helped put Novell on its open-source track. Asay is an emeritus board member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). His column, Open...and Shut, appears twice a week on The Register.


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