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Another Good Year for Closet Organizing Systems at the 2014 Top Shelf Awards
Bill Curran, was the winner with his project "High Gloss Garage" in the Garage over 600 square feet category and Tom Mayfield, received Honorable Mention for "Home Office for Active Consulting Business" in the Home Office under 150 square feet category.
We are pleased to be adding our latest 2014 Top Shelf Award wins to our previous awards since entering the contest a few years back. To date, this gives Closet Organizing Systems a grand total of 10 wins and 5 honorable mentions. Design winners were celebrated at the 2014 Cabinets & Closets Gala Awards reception in Somerset, NJ, during the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo. Awards are given to honor designers for their creative organizational solutions and woodworkers for their outstanding design, craftsmanship and execution. Each category is intended to highlight functionality and originality, as well as design.View our Top Shelf Design Awards wins from previous years.
In the Garage over 600 square feet category, Bill Curran took the win with his project "High Gloss Garage". This sleek custom garage cabinetry system includes high gloss red, black, and wire bronze finishes to achieve a modern high-end car connoisseur look. The countertops were finished with a Mayan dyed copper metal laminate and all drawer boxes were lined with black and red speckled vulcanized high-impact rubber matting. Some added features include integrated seating bench, personal beverage center, concealed hot/cold water retractable hose reel, and a wet/dry shop vacuum system.
The TV was also equipped with its own high gloss surround cabinet with tiered picture frame to further accent the garage colors. The TV cabinet has LED back lighting to make the TV appear as though it is floating in space. Red and Black mouldings were added to the upper soffit area to conceal a multi-color LED lighting for added ambiance. To finish things off two car lifts were installed for more good boy toys. View full article
Impressing in the Home Office under 150 square feet category, Tom Mayfield, received Honorable Mention for his "Home Office for Active Consulting Business" project. Some of the challenges included creating more efficiency, work space and elegance for the daily operation while including a separate work center for limited use from a much larger room to one with only 127 S.F.
For this design, we created an L-shaped desk with a separate work space for computer and manual tasks. The desk adjoined a credenza across the entire back wall that placed all working files and office equipment at his fingertips. A free-standing triple lateral file for retained records with a bookcase above was placed nearby on a side wall, and a TV screen was mounted on the wall for easy viewing. We also created a second work station for an out-of-town business partner consultant that could be easily disguised in an existing closet space when it was time for him to leave. View full article
Closet Organizing Systems will stay the course and continue to impress as we look forward to entering our latest designs in the 2015 Top Shelf Design Awards competition.
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Garage Envy
Most people who live in houses with garages aren't able to park their vehicles inside because they store so many other items in that space. On line sites like Yahoo put the number at around 50%. Other sources like Ask.com put the number as high as 85%.
Some can't park all of their vehicles in the garage because they have three or more vehicles (and bikes) and a two-car garage. Or they have to buy very expensive parking spaces in city environments and just can't swing the additional expense.
Of the people who aren't able to get the two cars they own into their two car garages, the biggest reason is because they have other "stuff" inside the garage. That stuff can include things like power tools and equipment to do yard work as well as children's toys, bikes, skateboards, bats and balls. You name it. It gets tossed into the garage.
Which makes this space even more prime for custom storage solutions. You need to take advantage of the wall space and even the ceiling space to store these kinds of items.
So here are some suggestions for creating "Garage Envy" in your neighborhood:
From a storage and function perspective
Shelving is a must. Solid shelving is much better than wire shelving because it can hold more weight and things won't fall through the open slots in the wire.
At least one section with doors and a lock are helpful because you can safely store chemicals and cleaning products and not have to worry about kids getting in to them by accident.
Another excellent way to utilize the walls is with a "Slat Wall". This is plastic sheeting with grooves in it. The manufacturers make all kinds of baskets and sports equipment hooks and things so you can both see and store your items. And devices are adjustable and easy to move around, so as your kids get older and equipment and toys change, so can the location of your storage solutions.
From an "I want that" perspective
Add color. You can do it with the just the edgebanding or with the doors and drawer fronts or with the entire system. The garage is a terrific place to add a favorite color since the space typically involves lots of gray cement.
Add a television. And this can go beyond just the "game day gathering". If you're organized enough and have the space, having a television in your garage is a very cool thing that allows you to keep an eye on the game while still tinkering with your toys. What could be better?
Add a "dog wash station". Having a hose and water in the garage can be useful for cleaning up many messes, the most popular and frequent being hosing down that muddy dog before he sets paw inside the house.
We realize that most people don't have the resources to add these "I want that" features, but isn't it fun to look and dream? Or add some things to your Houzz ideabooks? Connect with us on our page for more ideas:
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An A-Plus Garage Design Project
Some of our cars are large, swanky SUV's, and some are hybrids. But most are popular, well-rated and dependable autos that we use in very utilitarian and functional ways to get us from point "A" to point "B".
So when we were asked to do a large "ultimate garage" design for a local vintage car collector, we were thrilled. The client wanted to achieve a very clean, showroom look but also wanted to have ample storage with garage cabinets for his normal garage items, car service parts, as well as his collection of car memorabilia.
Excellent. A garage design opportunity at its' finest – an "ultimate garage."
And that's what we gave it. Our finest (which, by the way, won us a Top Shelf Industry Design Award).
We worked very closely with the client to coordinate the "ultimate garage" project details. And details there were. We had to plan the garage design taking into consideration:
- The installation spacing of cars
- A car lift system
- Coordinating the plumbing for the urinal garage cabinet area (yes ladies and gentlemen, you read correctly, this garage has its' own urinal), which included a waterproof interior liner
- Investigating and testing the special Linex™ coating over with an MDF core for the countertop
- Designing the garage cabinets and spacing around the need of an air compressor
- Existing toolbox sizing
- Air and water hoses
- An already located slop sink area
The garage cabinets were made out of a brushed aluminum melamine and a special Linex™ coated countertop. We developed an approach for a new, durable and liquid resistant countertop surface for the workbench area all while making sure all storage was behind doors so we could achieve that "ultimate garage" showroom look.
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Hello, just wanted to introduce myself real quick! I am an Asturian-American living in Portland, OR. My family came here to America to work in the Zinc smelters for Andrew Carnegie back in the early 1900's. Like many other families from Asturias, both sides of my family lived in towns where Carnegie had Zinc smelters (Cherryvale, KS, Donora, PA, etc) so those towns had large Asturian communities, which I believe is a blessing because it allowed our bloodlines to continue and I can say that I have no other blood in me. Donora, PA was an amazing town with a large Asturian community, a large social club on top of a hill in town (which is still there and the remaining Asturians still meet there) Of course all of the mills and smelters shut down in the late 60's and everyonbe scattered across the country. We left Donora, PA and wound up in Southern California....I later left and came here to Portland, OR. I apologize, this may not be the place for this subject, I just wanted to give you a little background on myself. I have always wanted to play the gaita and have finally decided to start taking the steps, I am really glad I found this forum! I was reading some of the posts in here and notices a couple people mentioned someone here in Oregon a few times, I would like to hear more information about him if possible. Thank you all for your time and I look forward to speaking with you in the future!
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Merrill's daughter Clara has quite the appetite -- and it's all Merrill can do to keep up. Armed with her greenmarket bag, a wooden spoon and a minimal amount of fuss, she steps into the fray.
Today: A bright, fresh grain salad for long, summer days.
We're big fans of Bklyn Larder here at Food52. Owned and operated by the masterminds behind franny's (known for its chewy, blistered pizzas and vegetable-whispering chefs), Bklyn Larder is a small shop in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn that stocks a dizzying array of everything you want to buy: the best local cheeses and chocolates, the freshest spices, imported pastas and hand-rolled couscous, delicious house-made sweets like olive oil cake and dark chocolate shortbread cookies, and arguably the best selection of prepared foods in the Tri-state area.
Once or twice a month, I treat myself and stop in on my way to work for a buttermilk biscuit and coffee (breakfast), and a selection of a few small items to take with me for lunch. Everything is excellent: their tuna salad is beyond reproach, their soups are impossibly fresh (no limp greens or soggy beans here) and they have a spicy feta spread that may just be better than butter.
But the thing I crave the most is an unassuming little grain salad. To make it, they start with a base of not one but two grains: quinoa and farro (yes, technically that's one grain and one seed). To this winning combo, they add some chopped pickled fennel made in-house and a healthy dose of fresh dill. The result is an explosion of crunchy, nutty, fragrant and sour. I got so addicted to the stuff that I knew I had to start making it at home -- I couldn't justify multiple trips to Bklyn Larder each week, but I had to have this salad.
More: Turn your leftover quinoa into dinner, all week long.
Plus, I had reason to believe Clara might like it too; she loves most tart things, and she's recently revealed herself to be a fellow farro freak. So I quick-pickled some fennel using this recipe from Amanda as a jumping off point, cooked up a small pot of quinoa and a small pot of farro and stirred it all together with a slick of olive oil, some of the pickling liquid and lots of dill.
I ate the salad for lunch four days in a row. Clara was skeptical at first, but she came around once she got past its somewhat drab appearance and got a taste.
Although I haven't tried it yet, I imagine it would be even better with some of the pickled ramps sitting in my fridge.
Quinoa and Farro Salad with Pickled Fennel
Serves 6 to 8 as a side dish
For the Pickled Fennel:
1 medium fennel bulb, fronds removed but with stems trimmed, quartered and sliced lengthwise into 1/8-inch planks1 hot dried chili (optional)2 sprigs dill1/2 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds1/4 cup sugar1 tablespoon kosher salt3/4 cups apple cider vinegar3/4 cups water
For the Salad:
1 1/2 cups cooked and cooled farro1 1/2 cups cooked and cooled quinoa3 tablespoons olive oil1/2 cup finely (1/4-inch) chopped pickled fennel1 tablespoon fennel pickling liquidSalt and freshly ground black pepper to taste1/4 cup roughly chopped dill leaves (or half dill, half fennel fronds if you saved them)
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
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The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In honor of the Feast. The source is post-Schism, for those so interested:
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Here followeth the Nativity of our Blessed Lady.
The Nativity of the Blessed and glorious Virgin Mary, of the lineage of Judah and of the royal kindred of David took her original beginning...It is certain that Elizabeth was Zachary's wife, which was of the lineage of Levi, and after the law each ought to wed a wife of his own lineage. And she was of the daughters of Aaron, as Saint Luke witnesseth, and Anne was of Bethlehem, as Saint Jerome saith, and was of the tribe of Judah. And then they of the line of Levi wedded wives of the line of Judah, so that the line royal and the line of the priests were always joined together by cousinage. So that as Bede saith: This cousinage might be made sith the first time, and thus to be nourished from lineage to lineage, and thus should it be certain that the blessed Virgin Mary descended of the royal line, and had cousinage of the priests. And our blessed Lady was of both lineages, and so our Lord would that these two lineages should entresemble together for great mystery. For it appertaineth that he should be born and offered for us, very God, and very king, and very priest, and should govern His true Christian men fighting in chivalry of this life, and to crown them after their victory, the which thing appeareth of the name of Christ, for Christ is as much to say as anointed. For in the old law there was none anointed but priests and kings, and we be said Christian men of Christ, and be called the lineage chosen of kings and priests. But because it is said that the men took wives of their lineage only, that was because the distribution of the sorts should not be confounded. For the tribe of Levy had not his sort with the other, and therefore might they well marry them with the women of that tribe or where they would, like as Saint Jerome rehearseth in his prologue. When he was a child he had a little book of the history of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, but as he remembered a long time after, he translated it by the prayer of some persons, and found that Joachim, which was of Galilee of the city of Nazareth, espoused Saint Anne of Bethlehem, and they were both just and without reproach or reprehension in the commandments of our Lord, and divided all their substance in three parts: that one part was for the temple, that other they gave to the poor and pilgrims, and the third was for themselves and their meiny to live with, and thus lived twenty years in marriage without having any lineage. And then they avowed to our Lord that if he sent to them any lineage they should give it to Him, for to serve Him. For which thing they went every year into Jerusalem in three principal feasts, so that in the feast of Encenia, that was the dedication of the Temple, then Joachim went unto Jerusalem with his kindred, and came to the altar with the others and would have offered his offering. And when the priest saw him, he put him apart by great despite, and reproved him because he came to the altar of God, and said to him that it was convenable that a man cursed in the faith should not offer to our Lord, ne he that was barren should be among them that had fruit, as he that had none to the increase of the people of God. And then Joachim, all confused for this thing, durst not go home for shame, because they of his lineage and his neighbours which had heard it should not reprove him. And then he went to his herdmen, and was there long, and then the angel appeared to him only, and comforted him with great clearness, and said to him that he should not doubt ne be afraid of his vision, and said: "I am the angel of our Lord sent to thee for to denounce to thee that thy prayers have availed thee and been heard, and thy alms be mounted tofore our Lord. I have seen thy shame and heard the reproach. That thou art barren is to thee no reproach by right, and God is venger of sin and not of nature. And when he closeth the belly or womb, he worketh so that he openeth it after, more marvellously. And the fruit that shall be born shall not be seen to come forth by lechery, but that it be known that it is of the gift of God. The first mother of your people was Sarah, and she was barren unto the ninetieth year, and had only Isaac, to whom the benediction of all people was promised. And was not Rachel long barren? And yet had she not after Joseph, that held all the seigniory of Egypt? which was more strong than Samson, and more holy than Samuel? And yet were their mothers barren. Thus mayst thou believe by reason and by ensample that the childings long abiden be wont to be more marvellous. And therefore Anne thy wife shall have a daughter, and thou shalt call her Mary, and she, as ye have avowed, shall be from her infancy sacred unto our Lord, and shall be full of the Holy Ghost sith the time that she shall depart from the womb of her mother, and she shall dwell in the temple of our Lord, and not without, among the other people, because that none evil thing shall be had in suspicion of her, and right as she shall be born of a barren mother, so shall be born of her marvellously the son of a right high Lord. Of whom the name shall be Jesus, and by Him shall health be given to all the people. And I give to thee the sign, that when thou shalt come to the golden gate at Jerusalem, thou shalt meet there Anne thy wife, which is much amoved of thy long tarrying, and shall have joy of thy coming." And then the angel, when he had said this, he departed from him. And as when Anne wept bitterly and wist not whither her husband was gone, the same angel appeared to her, and said all that he had said to her husband, and gave to her for a sign that she should go into Jerusalem, to the golden gate, and there she should meet with her husband which was returned. And thus by the commandment of the angel they met, and were firm of the lineage promised, and glad for to see each other, and honoured our Lord and returned home, abiding joyously the promise divine. And Anne conceived and brought forth a daughter, and named her Mary.
And then when she had accomplished the time of three years, and had left sucking, they brought her to the temple with offerings. And there was about the temple, after the fifteen psalms of degrees, fifteen steps or grees to ascend up to the temple, because the temple was high set. And no body might go to the altar of sacrifices that was without, but by the degrees. And then Our Lady was set on the lowest step, and mounted up without any help as she had been of perfect age, and when they had performed their offering, they left their daughter in the temple with the other virgins, and they returned into their place. And the Virgin Mary profited every day in all holiness, and was visited daily of angels, and had every day divine visions.
Jerome saith in an epistle to Chromatius and to Heliodorus that the blessed Virgin Mary had ordained this custom to herself that, from the morning unto the hour of tierce, she was in orison and prayer, and from tierce unto nones she entended to her work, and from nones she ceased not to pray, till that the angel came and gave to her meat. And in the fourteenth year of her age, the bishop commanded in common that the virgins that were instituted in the temple, and had accomplished the time of age, should return to their houses and should after the law be married. All the others obeyed his commandment, but Mary answered that she might not do so because her father and mother had given her all to the service of our Lord. And then the bishop was much angry because he durst not make her to break her avow against the scripture, that saith: Avow ye vows and yield them to God. And he durst not break the custom of the people. And then came a feast of the Jews, and he called all the ancient Jews to council, and showed to them this thing. And this was all their sentence: That in a thing so doubtable, that counsel shall be asked of our Lord. And then went they all to prayer, and the bishop, that was gone to ask counsel of our Lord. Anon came a voice out of the oracle and said that, all they that were of the house of David that were convenable to be married and had no wife, that each of them should bring a rod to the altar, and his rod that flourished, and, after the saying of Isaiah, the Holy Ghost sit in the form of a dove on it, he should be the man that should be desponsate and married to the Virgin Mary. And Joseph, of the house of David, was there among the others, and him seemed to be a thing unconvenable, a man of so old age as he was to have so tender a maid, and whereas others brought forth their rods he hid his. And when nothing appeared according to the voice of God, the bishop ordained for to ask counsel again of our Lord. And he answered that, he only that should espouse the virgin had not brought forth his rod. And then Joseph by the commandment of the bishop brought forth his rod, and anon it flowered, and a dove descended from heaven thereupon, so that it was clearly the advice of every man that he should have the virgin. And then he espoused the Virgin Mary, and returned into his city of Bethlehem for to ordain his meiny and his house, and for to fetch such things as were necessary. And the Virgin Mary returned unto the house of her father with seven virgins, her fellows of her age, which had seen the demonstrance of the miracle.
And in those days the angel of our Lord appeared to the Virgin praying, and showed to her how the Son of God should be born of her. And the day of the Nativity was not known in long time of good Christian men, and as master John Beleth saith that, it happed that a man of good contemplation every year in the sixth ides of September was in prayer, and he heard a company of angels that made great solemnity. And then he required devoutly that he might have knowledge wherefore every year only on that day he heard such solemnity and not on other days. And then he had a divine answer that, on that day the blessed Virgin Mary was born into this world, and that he should do it to be known to the men of holy Church, so that they should be concordable to the heavenly court in hallowing this solemnity. And when he had told this to the sovereign bishop the pope, and to the others, and had been in fastings, in prayers, and sought in scriptures and witnesses of old writings, they established this day of the nativity of the glorious Virgin to be hallowed generally of all Christian men, but the utas sometime was not hallowed ne kept. But Innocent the Fourth, of the nation of Genoa, ordained and instituted the said utas to be observed. And the cause was this:
After the death of Pope Gregory, anon the citizens of Rome enclosed all the cardinals in the conclave because they should purvey lightly for the church, but they might not accord in many days, but suffered of the Romans much sorrow. Then avowed they to the Queen of Heaven that if they might go quiet from thence they should establish to hallow the octaves of the Nativity which they had long negligently left. And they then by one accord chose Celestin, and were delivered, and accomplished then their avow by Innocent, for Celestin lived but a little time, and therefore it might not be accomplished by him. And it is to wit that the church halloweth three nativities, the Nativity of our Lord, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Nativity of Saint John Baptist. And these three signify three nativities spiritual, for we be born again with Saint John Baptist in the water of baptism, and with Mary in penance, and with our Lord Jesu Christ in glory. And it behoveth that Nativity of baptism go tofore contrition, and that of joy also. For the two by reason have vigils, but because that penance is accounted for vigil, therefore that of our Lady behoveth no vigil, but they have all utas, for all haste them unto the eighth resurrection.
There was a knight much noble and devout unto our Lady which went to a tourneying, and he found a monastery in his way which was of the Virgin Mary, and entered into it for to hear Mass, and there were Masses one after another, and for the honour of our Lady he would leave none but that he heard them all. And when he issued out of the monastery he hasted him appertly. And they that returned from the tourney met him, and said to him that he had ridden right nobly. And they that hated him affirmed the same, and all they together cried that he had right nobly tourneyed, and some went to him and said that he had taken them. Then he, that was wise, avised him that the courteous Virgin and Queen had so courteously honoured him, and recounted all that was happened, and then returned he to the monastery, and ever after abode in the service of our Lord, the son of the blessed Virgin.
There was a bishop which had the blessed Virgin Mary in sovereign honour and devotion, and there he saw the virgin of all virgins, which came to meet him, and began to lead him by sovereign honour to the church that he went to, and two maidens of the company went tofore singing and saying these verses:Cantemus domino, sociæ, cantemus honorem,
Dulcis amor Christi resonet ore pio.
That is to say: "Sing we fellows to our Lord, sing we honour. Sing we with a voice debonair that sweet love which ought to please Him." And that other company of virgins sang and rehearsed again the same. Then the two first singers began to sing this that followeth:Primus ad ima ruit magna de luce superbus,
Sic homo cum tumult, primus ad ima ruit.
That is to say: "The first pride fell low from great light. So the first man, for his eating of the apple, fell low also." And so brought they to the church with procession the said bishop, and the two tofore began alway, and the others followed.
There was a widow whose husband was dead, and had a son whom she loved tenderly, and that son was taken with enemies and put in prison fast bound. And when she heard thereof, she wept without comfort, and prayed unto our Blessed Lady with right devout prayers that she would deliver her son, and at the last she saw that her prayers availed her not, and entered then into the church whereas the image of Our Lady was carved, and stood tofore the image and areasoned it in this manner, saying: "O Blessed Virgin, I have prayed oft thee for my son that thou shouldst deliver him, and thou hast not helped me his wretched mother, and I pray also thy Son to help me and yet I feel no fruit. And therefore like as my son is taken from me so shall I take away thine, and set Him in prison in hostage for mine." And in this saying she approached near and took away from the image the Child that she held in her lap, and wrapped it in clean clothes and shut it in her chest, and locked it fast right diligently, and was right joyful that she had so good hostage for her son, and kept it much diligently. And the night following, the Blessed Virgin Mary came to the son of the same widow, and opened to him the door of the prison, and commanded him to go thence, and said to him: "Son, say to thy mother that she yield to me again my Son sith I have delivered her son." And he issued and came to his mother, and told to her how our Blessed Lady had delivered him, and she was joyful, and took the child and came to the church and delivered him to our Lady, saying: "Lady I thank you, for ye have delivered to me my son, and here I deliver to you yours again, for I confess that I have mine."
There was a thief that often stole, but he had always great devotion to the Virgin Mary, and saluted her oft. It was so that on a time he was taken and judged to be hanged. And when he was hanged the blessed Virgin sustained and hanged him up with her hands three days that he died not ne had no hurt, and they that hanged him passed by adventure thereby, and found him living and of glad cheer. And then they supposed that the cord had not been well strained, and would have slain him with a sword, and have cut his throat, but our Blessed Lady set on her hand tofore the strokes so that they might not slay him ne grieve him, and then knew they by that he told to them that the Blessed Mother of God helped him, and then they marvelled, and took him off and let him go, in the honour of the Virgin Mary, and then he went and entered into a monastery, and was in the service of the Mother of God as long as he lived.
There was a clerk that loved much the blessed Nativity Virgin, and said his hours every day ententively. And when his father and mother were dead, they had none other heir so that he had all the heritage, and then he was constrained of his friends that he should take a wife and govern his own heritage. And on a day it happed that they entended to hold the feast of his marriage, and as he was going to the wedding he came to a church, and he remembered of the service of our blessed Lady, and entered in and began to say his hours. And the blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him and spake to him a little cruelly: "O fool and unhappy, why hast thou left me that am thy spouse and thy friend, and lovest another woman tofore me?" Then he, being moved, returned to his fellows and feigned all, and left to accomplish the sacrament of marriage. And when midnight came he left all and fled out of the house, and entered into a monastery and there served the Mother of God.
There was a priest of a parish, which was of honest and good life, and could say no Mass but Mass of our Lady, the which he sang devoutly in the honour of her, wherefore he was accused tofore the bishop, and was anon called tofore him. And the priest confessed that he could say none other Mass, wherefore the bishop reproved him sore as unconning and an idiot, and suspended him of his Mass, that he should no more sing none from then forthon. And then our Blessed Lady appeared to the bishop and blamed him much because he had so entreated her chaplain, and said to him that he should die within thirty days if he re-established him not again to his office accustomed. Then the bishop was afeard, and sent for the priest and prayed him of forgiveness, and bade him that he should not sing but of our Lady.
There was a clerk which was vain and riotous, but always he loved much our Lady, the Mother of God, and said every day his hours. And he saw on a night a vision that, he was in judgment tofore our Lord, and our Lord said to them that were there: "What judgment shall we do of this clerk? devise ye it for I have long suffered him, and see no sign yet of amendment." Then our Lord gave upon him sentence of damnation, and all they approved it. Then arose the blessed Virgin and said to her Son: "I pray thee, debonair son, of thy mercy for this man, so that thou assuage upon him the sentence of damnation, and that he may live yet, by the grace of me, which is condemned to death by his merits." And our Lord said to her: "I deliver him at thy request for to know if I shall see his correction." Then our Lady turned her toward him and said: "Go, and sin no more lest it happen worse to thee." Then he awoke, and changed his life, and entered into religion, and finished his life in good works.
In the year of our Lord 537, there was a man named Theophilus which was vicar of a bishop, as Fulbert saith, that was bishop of Chartres. And this Theophilus dispended all wisely the goods of the church under the bishop; and when the bishop was dead, all the people said that this vicar should be bishop. But he said the office of vicar sufficed him, and had liefer that than to be made bishop, so there was there another bishop made, and Theophilus was against his will put out of his office. Then he fell in despair, in such wise that he counselled with a Jew how he should have his oflice again, which Jew was a magician, and called the devil, and he came anon. Then Theophilus, by commandment of the devil, renied God and his Mother, and renounced his Christian profession, and wrote an obligation with his blood and sealed it with his ring, and delivered it to the devil, and thus he was brought into his office again. And on the morn Theophilus was received into the grace of the bishop by the procuration of the devil, and was re-established in the dignity of his office. And afterwards, when he advised himself, he repented and sorrowed sore of this that he had done, and ran with great devotion unto the Virgin Mary, with all devotion of his thought, praying her to be his aid and help. And then on a time our Blessed Lady appeared to him in vision, and rebuked him of his felony, and commanded him to forsake the devil, and made him to confess Jesu Christ to be Son of God, and to knowledge himself to be in purpose to be a Christian man, and thus he recovered the grace of her and of her Son. And in sign of pardon that she had gotten him, she delivered to him again his obligation that he had given to the devil, and laid it upon his breast so that he should never doubt to be servant of the devil, but he enjoyed that he was so delivered by our Blessed Lady. And when Theophilus had heard all this he was much joyful, and told it to the bishop and tofore all the people that was befallen him, and all marvelled greatly, and gave laud and praising unto the glorious Virgin, our Lady, Saint Mary. And three days after he rested in peace. There be many other miracles which our Blessed Lady hath showed for them that call upon her, which were over long to write here, but as touching her nativity this sufficeth. Then let us continually give laud and praising to her as much as we may, and let us say with Saint Jerome this response: Sancta et immaculate virginitas. And how this holy response was made, I purpose, under correction, to write here. It is so that I was at Cologne, and heard rehearsed there by a noble doctor that, the holy and devout Saint Jerome had a custom to visit the churches at Rome. And so he came into a church where an image of our blessed Lady stood in a chapel by the door as he entered, and passed forthby without any salutation to our Lady, and went forth to every altar and made his prayers to all the saints in the church, each after other, and returned again by the same image without any saluting to her. Then our blessed Lady called him and spake to him by the said image, and demanded of him the cause why he made no salutation to her, seeing that he had done honour and worship to all the other saints of whom the images were in that church. And then Saint Jerome kneeled down and said thus: Sancta et immaculate virginitas, quibus te laudibus referam nescio. Quia quem celi capere non poterant, tuo gremio contulisti. Which is to say: "Holy and undefiled virginity, I wot never what laud and praisings I shall give to thee. For him that all the heavens might not take ne contain, thou hast borne in thy womb." So sith this holy man thought himself insufficient to give to her laud, then what shall we sinful wretches do but put us wholly in her mercy, acknowIedging us insufficient to give to her due laud and praising? But let us meekly beseech her to accept our good intent and will, and that by her merits* we may attain after this life to come to her in everlasting life in heaven. Amen.
* - Reference Subdn. Benjamin Andersen's discussion of the term "merits" here, and my brief (and pathetic) comments on his post here.
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Day two started with a 10h00 skippers meeting for all the Wave Riders and conditions were looking good.
Wave Master then kicked off at 16h00 with the first rounds for men. The riders were all very excited for the chance to get onto the water and impress the spectators on the beach.
High tide pulled in and the waves were now pushing to 2 meters with a good northerly wind at around 15 knots.
The first rounds in single elimination for men started and Cameron Dietrich (HAW, CABRINHA) looked good, using the conditions as best he could, accustomed to his big wave Hawaii style.
He will face Abel Lago (SPA, RRD) who defeated the local rider Bruno Melo in the second round. Henrique Claudio (POR), who is from the local team decided to put himself to the test and take on the worlds best! He performed well on the waves he selected, with kick-backs on the face and used the power in his kite well. He will face Jesse Richman (HAW, CABRINHA), who came third at the first Wave Masters event in Germany.
Unfortunately conditions shifted a little too much as the tied had come in and wind dropped off to under 10 knots. The second round for the single elimination for men was not completed and the women s heats will start hopefully tomorrow if the wind returns.
Tonights festivities promise to bring in huge support and there is an exciting buzz around the beach. Lets hope that tomorrow there is wind and some good swell!


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The Cameron University Teaching and Learning Series will present Dr. H. Brooke Hessler addressing "Weaving Service-Learning into Your Course: From the First Day to Finals" on Friday, February 1. The presentation will take place at 2 p.m. in the Goodyear Room, Room 101, of the Sciences Complex and is open to the public at no charge. Dr. Hessler's topic will be of particular interest to educators.
After providing a brief overview of the Oklahoma City University model of service-learning across the curriculum, Dr. Hessler will share examples of how she has integrated civic partnerships ranging from a national museum to a neighborhood literacy center into her courses. She will also discuss ways to connect service-learning to research agendas through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).
Dr. Hessler is Professor of English and Eleanor Lou Carrithers Chair of Writing and Composition at Oklahoma City University. Her background is in the field of rhetoric – the art and practice of strategic communication. Most of her classes involved applied rhetoric projects that challenge students to deepen and broaden their knowledge by collaborating with people and organizations outside of campus. She was selected as a DaVinci Fellow in 2010.
Cameron's Teaching and Learning Series was launched in 2010 by the School of Liberal Arts. Additional presentations this semester will address undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity with guests from the national Council on Undergraduate Research and a discussion of the Top 30 Courses Project which is aimed at improving student learning, retention and graduation.
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New York, February 23, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the ongoing attack on journalists and bloggers in the Middle East. Today the Libyan deputy foreign minister warned foreign journalists crossing the eastern border that they will be treated as "outlaws," according to news reports. In Iraq, gunmen raided the office of a local press freedom group; in Egypt, pro-government supporters attacked a group of local journalists; and in Syria, a young blogger was arrested on Sunday, according to news reports.
Some foreign journalists in Libya have been able to enter the country through the eastern border, according to news reports, but today, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Khaim warned those who entered Libya illegally that they will be arrested if they do not give themselves in to authorities, according to Agence France-Presse. "There are journalists who entered illegally and we consider them as if they are collaborating with Al-Qaeda and as outlaws and we are not responsible for their security," Khaim said. Qaddafi's government lost control over the eastern border on Tuesday, according to news reports.
"We are alarmed by reports that the Libyan authorities consider journalists who have entered the country recently to cover the political upheaval to be outlaws and collaborators with Al-Qaeda," CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney said. "The world is closely watching how the authorities in Tripoli behave toward all journalists. They should desist from such threatening rhetoric and allow the media to work freely. "
Attacks on Internet connectivity in the region have continued. In Libya, Net connections with the wider world were suspended entirely for periods of several hours over the weekend. Levels of incoming and outgoing Internet traffic as recorded by monitors outside the country are unusually low, suggesting that the Net may be being artificially restricted or specific regions cut off from outside access. Yemen traffic also dropped earlier in the month, which Internet security experts Arbor Networks have suggested may be due to the installation of increased filtering.
In Baghdad today, armed military forces stormed the office of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), a local press freedom group, at 2 a.m. Bashar Mandalawy, a project manager at JFO, told CPJ: "They broke the doors, vandalized the office, broke furniture, and confiscated computers, cameras, and JFO's archives," including personal information for all the group's employees. Qassim al-Moussawi, a military spokesman in Baghdad, told The Associated Press that the raid was carried out by the Iraqi army, which allegedly had information about a "company operating without a license."
Today in Egypt, a mob loyal to former President Hosni Mubarak and guards for the Middle East News Agency (MENA), a government news service, attacked a group of journalists who were protesting outside the agency's building, according to local journalists. Mahmoud al-Arabi, a journalist for Al-Shorouk newspaper, told CPJ that around 25 journalists joined a dozen MENA journalists who were protesting against the agency's pro-Mubarak editorial line. The journalists demanded that MENA's head, Abdallah al-Hasan, step down. An unidentified journalist working for opposition newspaper Al-Ahrar was injured and hospitalized. The military dispersed the mob.
In Syria, security forces arrested popular blogger Ahmad Hadayfa--who writes under the name Ahmad Abu al-Khair--on Sunday in the coastal city of Banyas, according to local human rights groups. A fellow Syrian blogger speaking on the condition of anonymity told CPJ that Hadayfa's computer was confiscated along with his sister's. Hadayfa created a platform in Arabic that allows the hearing-impaired to listen to blog posts and his blog, Ahmadblogs, discusses technology and occasionally covers political issues. In one of his last posts, al-Khair wrote about the revolution in Tunisia, alluding to the possibility that a similar scenario could occur in Syria. "This blog post might have been the cause of his arrest," the fellow blogger told CPJ.


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In case you didn't get the memo yesterday: It's…it's…(I'm almost embarrassed to say it…)
It's Cookie Week.
I realize this news might be a little awkward, considering I declared it Pie Week around here just two weeks ago. But you know what? It's a woman's prerogative to arbitrarily assign sweets to random seven-day periods.
Or is it…is it "arbitrarily assign seven-day periods to random sweets?"
Anyway. It's Cookie Week! The best week of the year…next to Pie Week, of course. If you have great online cookie recipes to share, just post a link on Twitter and use the #CookieWeek hashtag. I'll be featuring some of your recipes later this week.
And speaking of cookies, this Saturday I'll be photographing and documenting an incredible cookie decorating class with a special guest that's going to teach us all sorts of great things. By the time the class is over we'll all be armed with the skills we need to decorate all the Christmas cookies we'd ever need..and we may even be able to yodel! Details later.
For now, here's one of my favorite little holiday cookie recipes. They're kind of kitschy.
I like that in a cookie.
Add butter and sugar to the mixer.
Mix them together until light and fluffy. Grab the rubber spatula out of your son's grubby, nasty hands and scrape the bowl at least once.
You might want to wash the spatula first, though.
Boys are grody.
Then drizzle 'em into the mixing bowl.
And remember: if you're using a microplane zester, run the zester over the fruit…not the other way around. You'll be a much happier, more well-rounded individual.
Then squeeze the lemon into the mixing bowl.
Mix it together again, scraping the sides of the bowl at least once.
Next, tell your boys they're not allowed to enter the kitchen until they're nineteen under penalty of law, then sift some all-purpose flour. Twice. That means sift it…then sift it again.
I'm really sorry. But I'm used to talking to little punks all day long.
Then dump the flour into the bowl.
Then eat a fistful of dough. Motherhood was a bitter pill today.
It's just that they take…my utensils…and bend them…violently…into the shape of swords.
Throw the dough into a ziploc bag and refrigerate it for at least an hour.
Later, when you're ready to bake the cookies, grab some candied cherries. These are not to be confused with Maraschino cherries, which are packed in more of a liquid concoction. These are candied cherries, and they're sold around the holidays in little plastic pots.
You'll know them when you see them because they'll be parked right next to the bright green cherries, which are so hilariously unnatural, they're almost pretty.
Throw a few onto a cutting board…
Then carefully slice them in half.
Meanwhile, back at the dough…roll the dough into small balls.
One at a time, press half of a cherry into each ball of dough.
Bake 'em for about 20 minutes. Take 'em out before they get brown.
Cute, sweet, and yummy. They're lovely and light, and you can really taste the citrus. Perfect for your holiday cookie plate!
And go ahead and give a few to your boys. Their dimples have more than earned it.
Here's the printable:
Christmas Cherries
November 29, 2010 338
- Prep Time:
- 75 Minutes
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Cook Time:
- 20 Minutes
- Servings:
- 36 Servings
- 2 sticks Butter, Softened
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 whole Egg Yolks, Stirred
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Zest Of 1 Lemon
- Zest Of 1 Orange
- Juice Of 1 Lemon
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour, Sifted Twice
- Candied Green And Red Cherries (sold Around The Holidays)
Add egg yolks, vanilla, orange peel, lemon peel, and lemon juice, and mix until combined. Use rubber spatula to scrape bowl, then mix again.
Add sifted flour and mix until combined. Place dough in a ziploc bag and refrigerate for at least one hour, or until firm.
When ready to make the cookies, preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cut candied cherries in half.
Roll dough into small balls and set on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Gently press the cherry halves, cut side down, into each ball.
Bake for 20 minutes, removing from oven before they start to brown. Cool on a wire rack.
*Adapted from a Helen Corbitt recipe.


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Ogden Theater
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According to a newspaper article at the time of its opening in late-1909, the Ogden Theatre initially was operated by the Utah Theatre Co., an organization comprised of Ogden people and prominent theatre investors from around the country. "The Ogden Theatre, which represents an outlay of about $100,000 was built by the D.H. Peery Estate", the article reported. David H. Peery had died, leaving his sons Harman & Louis in charge of the estate's business. "The work upon the structure, which is entirely new, save one wall…" (a remnant of the old Utahna Theatre, the prior structure at that location) was completed in less than four months.
Architect for the new playhouse was E.W. Houghton. Aiding Houghton was architect Leslie S. Hodgson who would go on to design Peery's Egyptian Theatre, followed by many of Ogden's great buildings including the Municipal Building and the Art Deco style jewel of the city – Ogden High School. The new theatre seated about 1,000 on the main floor and two balconies. "Every detail has been worked out and there is not a theatre in the west that is better appointed" the newspaper declared. The theatre was fitted with finery throughout. "There is not a pillar or post to obstruct a full view of the stage…" "Back of the scenes one is face to face with every modern convenience one could call to mind. The dressing rooms for the performers have every want supplied, hot & cold water, large expensive mirrors, myriads of lights as well as lots of room and comfort. The scene rigging is of the most modern type". A detailed description of interior décor was not included in the newspaper article, nor has any related information been discovered elsewhere.
A road company entertained first-nighters with a play entitled "Commencement Days". The grand opening orchestra was composed of Ogden musicians, aided by the Colonial Orchestra of Salt Lake City.
In April 1914 Harman Peery announced the D.H. Peery Estate "purchased interests in the Utah Theatre Company, taking immediate control and management of the Ogden Theatre". The theatre soon converted to movies only, and the second balcony was sealed off. In the depths of the Great Depression, the Peery's opted to lease their Egyptian Theatre and the Ogden Theatre to fledgling Twentieth Century-Fox under the banner of Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres. The Peery family would never again operate either property. Fox brought in Ted Kirkmyer as city manager. He recalled things being so depressed in the area that bartering for commodities was very common.
Then came World War II. Movie business boomed, and with over 125 passenger and troop trains stopping daily at Union Station, the Ogden Theatre and the city's four other theatres were packed and prosperous. As the 1940's ended, the introduction of drive-in theatres brought new competition to the downtown movie houses. Though drive-in's were restricted to 2nd-run pictures, people loved piling into the car and heading off to the Motor-Vu Drive-In, Riverdale Drive-In, Mt. Ogden Drive-In and the Starlight Drive-In. Compounding the woes of indoor theatres was an even more ominous threat, Television.
By the mid-1950's, the Ogden Theatre was showing move-over hits from the Egyptian Theatre, and many films from a new company American International Pictures. The fledgling outfit specialized in low budget sci-fi and horror double features, including such titles as "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", "The Wasp Woman" and "The Invasion of the Saucer Men". The Ogden Theatre occasionally ran 'art' or foreign films, but the real money-makers were weekend Spanish-language pictures appealing to the area's large migrant work-force. On a given weekend, the Ogden Theatre playing double-feature Spanish pictures could turn a bigger profit that would the Egyptian Theatre showing top, first-run mainstream films. Occasional wrestling matches were staged there, and The Ogden Civic Theatre presented yearly series of plays for a time.
When drive-in theatres began to show first-run pictures in the new decade, the Ogden Theatre was closed in 1966 after 56 years of entertaining Northern Utahns. The building was demolished in the summer of 1968. Nobody seemed to notice, or care.
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Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 as having 1,000 seats. It was operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc.
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Finnish blogger amputates Google from Google
A road map for regulators of the future
Getting a head start on the world's antitrust regulators, an astute Finn is offering a bastardized version of Google's search engine that ignores sites served up by Google itself.
Inspired by a recent New York Times piece that questioned whether the Mountain View search monopoly is morphing into a media company - which it is - Finnish blogger Timo Paloheimo promptly unveiled Google minus Google. Key in the word "YouTube," and the first result is Wikipedia.
Google minus Google
Built with the Google Custom Search Engine, Google minus Google conveniently filters out domains such as YouTube, Blogger, Gmail, Knol, Orkut, and - most importantly - Jaiku. In other words, it removes Google's conflict of interest. Or at least some of it.
In a statement tossed our way, Google seemed to greet Google minus Google with open arms. "For years, users have been able to customize their experience via the advanced search feature within web search," a company spokeswoman said, "and we welcome all efforts that help deliver useful information and expand user choice."
But it's worth noting that since its launch, Google minus Google has changed its logo. It used to look like this:
Former Google minus Google logo
We've asked Timo if Google, um, requested the change. But he has yet to respond. In any event, we applaud his new search engine. Now all we need is Google minus Wikipedia. ®
The Mountain View outfit did indeed request that logo change. "Google did ask in a polite - really - email that I stop using their logo,' Timo tells us. "The ads on the Google minus Google are tied to my AdSense account and the usage of their logo was against the AdSense terms of service."
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Creating New Experiences for Future Generations
Dallas Theater Center will engage, entertain, and inspire our diverse community by creating experiences that stimulate new ways of thinking and living. We will do this by consistently producing plays, educational programs, and other initiatives that are of the highest quality and reach the broadest possible constituency.
Since 1960, the nationally recognized Education Programs at DTC have served to engage the audience more fully and completely with the art, connecting the work we do with the world in which we live.
To learn more, please contact Rachel Hull, Director of Education & Community Programs, (214) 252-3927.
This season begins the fith year of a formal partnership between Dallas Theater Center and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (BTW). This academic year, 19 theatre cluster seniors – who auditioned last spring for the class -- are participating in an Advanced Acting Learning LAB, co-taught by Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, Brierley Resident Acting Company member Christie Vela and BTW Theatre Faculty Charlton Gavitt. In addition to regular weekly classroom learning, students are required to complete 20 hours of an artistic observership and will perform in a production during the spring semester. They are given full access to the rehearsal hall, the performance chamber as well as to the multitude of local and national artists with which DTC works. Four additional students were chosen as production interns, each fulfilling 60 hours of supervised work in their respective fields of interest (directing, stage operations, stage management and costume construction.)


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jimmifli needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
Transplant Nation is a social media site for people involved in the transplant community. We need a logo! Stat! (wth does stat mean anyways?)
The logo will be used to develop the branding for the rest of the site. So you really have an open pallet in terms of colours, fonts and typesetting.
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
web 2.0ish, glossy, reflective, anything that looks good
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
http://www.TransplantNation.org Site Launch:Â Monday March 3rd
The current design is a stock template that will be redesigned to match the new logo, it should not be used as a basis for design. The new logo needs to be modern web 2.0ish. It should focus on the community aspect of the site not the medical aspect. Most site members spend so much time around hospitals they don't want to come to a site that looks like one.
Focus on community, friends and family. Â Keep it bright, fun, clean and playful. Â A variation with BETA added would also be appreciated for the next few weeks before we launch.
Have fun!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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New 2020 ToyotaRAV4 LE SUV
- Stock: 0H7294
- Fuel Economy
- 26.0/35.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Silver Sky Metallic
- Interior Color
- Black Fabric
- Body
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel Drive
- Engine
- 2.5L I-4 cyl
Included Packages & Accessories
- Preferred Owner's Portfolio
- 50 State Emissions
- Rear Cargo Area Cover
- Door Edge Guard
Standard Features
- 2.5L 4-Cylinder Engine 203 hp @ 6600 rpm / 184 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm
- 8-Speed Automatic Transmission
- Front Wheel Drive (FWD)
- Toyota Safety Sense 2.0: Pre-Collision Sys w/ Pedestrian Detection, Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, Lane Departure Alert w/ Steering Assist, Lane Tracing Assist, Automatic High Beams, Road Sign Assist
- STAR Safety System: VSC, TRAC, ABS, Elect Brake-Force Distribution, Brake Assist & Smart Stop Technology
- Backup Camera
- 8 Airbags
- LATCH-Lower Anchor & Tether for CHildren
- LED Headlights
- LED Daytime Running Lights
- 17-in. Steel Wheels w/ Covers
- Audio - 7" Touch-Screen, 6 Spkrs, HandsFree Bluetooth Phone/Music, USB Media Port, SiriusXM w/ 3-Month All Access Trial, Android Auto & Apple CarPlay Compatible
- Fabric Seats
- Remote Keyless Entry
- For Full Product Details, Please Visit Toyota.com/RAV4
Dealer Notes
26/35 City/Highway MPG
KBB.com Consumer Reviews
- 5.0
My best paved mountain vehicle every
By Fin on Tuesday, May 28, 2019We drove over 2000 miles in four states Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. We drove mountains roads, on flat roads and also cities. Great vehicle for driving on paved mountain roads, goes up and down great, at 40 mpg or more ! Hybrid will hold just about any speed up and down . I drove up Vale Pass east of Vale, Colorado (at 70 to 75 mph, gas motor got loader but didn't slow at all). I was even more impressed coming down I didn't have to use any brakes ( held speed exact ) , The Hybrid electric motors/generators held vehicle at correct speed. I was on very steep paved mountain road in Arizona held at 50 mph on very steep grade (the noise of electric motors/ generators made did get louder, 3 times on very steep areas ) I was also on steep paved Interstate 70 in Colorado held 70 to 80 mph without braking, only had to brake around five different times in 280 miles through Colorado when other vehicles going slow got into fast lane. I did drive through light snow in New Mexico and Arizona, no problem of gripping the road. Very Happy !
- 3.0
Love it, but flawed
By BobR on Monday, December 02, 2019We love this new hybrid and all of it's new features for 2019. Lots of technology, good mileage. However, like others we experience the fuel gauge issue where you can only fill the gas tank somewhere between 3/4 and full. You never really know how much fuel you have. The Entunes 3.0 audio system is totally useless as it constantly displays errors on the head unit (download error) as well as error messages on your cell phone. Toyota continues after 7 months of ownership that these known issues will be fixed but despite many conversations with a case manager, no solutions are offered. Stay away from this vehicle until these issues are fixed.
- 5.0
Great car with feedback monitoring for hybrid
By ScottS on Monday, October 21, 2019I have the XLE with the tech package. This car is amazing. It keeps me from hitting stuff when I get to close. It warns me when people are crossing behind me. Adaptive cruise control is my new best friend. Best of all, I like the gas mileage. I'm getting over 41 mpg per tank of gas. I drive city highway and rural river highway. Beats the 24 mpg on my 2010 Kia Soul. I find the RAV4 responsive, the engine quiet enough, and the new technology intuitive enough. This car was worth the 3 month wait.
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Wednesday was Army Night at Nationals Park, and during the fourth inning presidents race, the racing presidents stopped in the outfield to hold an impromptu tug-of-war competition.
With Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln anchored on one side by the portly William Howard Taft, it appeared that George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt didn't stand a chance on the other side.
But the two former Army leaders let go of the rope, and as their competitors tumbled to the warning track, Teddy took off for the finish line.
The victory was the second straight for Teddy, who vaulted into unprecedented territory this late in the season: sole possession of first place in the standings.
On Tuesday night, Teddy had won after being the only racing president to survive the onslaught of a man in an ice cream cone who hunted down and tackled all of Teddy's competitors.
The costumed character, dubbed "Nice Cream Cone," was celebrating Tuesday's $1 dollar ice cream night at Nationals Park.
Race video for LetTeddyWin.com by YouTube member lfahome.
Tuesday's Vine video by @recordsANDradio
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Northside ISD is holding a Transportation Job Fair to fill 170 positions for bus drivers. The job fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 at the Culebra Transportation Station, 7001 Culebra Road.
Starting pay for bus drivers is $11.97 per hour. Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement, paid training, and 10 paid holidays. Uniforms are provided and there are job opportunities at multiple geographic locations within Northside ISD.
Interviews will be conducted on-site at the job fair for those who have completed their online application.
Minimum qualifications include:
- 21 years of age
- High school diploma or GED (preferred)
- No record of DWI or convictions for the past 10 years and acceptable driving record according to the Texas Department of Public Safety standards (driving record will be verified)
References are required, one of which must be a current or immediate past supervisor. Friends and relatives should not be used as references.
Candidates must also successfully complete a physical examination, drug test, fingerprinting and criminal background check.
The full job posting and online application is available on the Human Resources website.
Reminder- applying for specific job openings is a two-step process. First, candidates must complete the job application- the link can be found at the bottom of the Job Posting. After completing the application, candidates must follow the link at the end of the application to return to the Jobs page and select the specific position they wish to apply for.
For assistance in completing an online employment application for the Bus Driver position, visit the Human Resource office at 5617 Grissom Road on the following dates and times:
Thursday, Feb. 13, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 14 , 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Applicants can call (210) 397-8600 for more information.


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Netanyahu thanks Obama for 'unwavering support'
As the cease-fire took effect, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Obama for his "unwavering support for Israel's right to defend itself."
He also thanked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for helping broker the truce, which he said he agreed to so Israelis could "return to their normal routine," The Jerusalem Post reported.
Early reaction from Israelis, however, indicated many were unhappy with the deal.
At a news conference with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the prime minister said Israel had destroyed "thousands of Hamas rockets," along with the organization's command centers. But he also indicated that an invasion of Gaza might be possible in the future if hostilities resume.
"I know there are citizens that expected a wider military operation, and it could be that it will be needed. But at this time, the right thing for the state of Israel is to take this opportunity to reach a lasting cease-fire," he said.
Here's the statement his office issued when the truce was announced:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening, spoke with US President Barack Obama and acceded to his recommendation to give the Egyptian cease-fire proposal a chance and thereby give an opportunity to stabilize and calm the situation before there is a need to use greater force. The Prime Minister expressed his deep appreciation to the President for his support of Israel during the operation and for his contribution to the Iron Dome system. The Prime Minister reiterated that Israel would take all necessary steps to defend its citizens.
Shmuel Sandler, a political scientist at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar Ilan University, said Netanyahu "did a smart thing by giving some credit to the American administration. Giving some reward to the president and Secretary of State Clinton. It's significant, I think, that we finished the operation with American support."
Sandler said Egypt's involvement is also a positive sign.
"Israel has an interest in having Egypt more involved in Gaza and most important, it showed Egypt, even under the Islamists, that it has an interest in maintaining ties with Israel," he said.
But many Israelis voiced opposition to the truce with Hamas.
A quick poll by Israel's Channel Two found that 70% of Israelis did not support the cease-fire, 24% favored it and 6% were undecided, McClatchy Newspapers reported. And in Sderot, about 30 residents showed their displeasure with the truce by blocking a road and "chanting disparaging remarks" about Netanyahu, Haaretz reported.
"The Israeli government looks weak in the eyes of the world, in the eyes of the Arab street and, worst of all, in the eyes of their own citizens, who have been facing missile attacks day in and day out since Israel pulled out of Gaza," Jerusalem resident Joshua Halickman told USA TODAY.
Nathaniel Mizrahi, 59, who owns a printing shop in Tel Aviv, called the cease-fire "a terrible mistake," saying Israel did not finish what it started.
"We could achieve security only if we would continue to exhaust the enemy at least another week," he said. "Israel must enter Gaza, conquer it, clean all the seeds of terrorism."
Yossi Biton wonders aloud, "Why has Israel folded?"
"It is impossible to engage in dialogue with terrorism," the 50-year-old Tel Aviv municipal worker said angrily. "There is no such thing as a partnership with terror."
Biton also rejected his prime minister's desire to get life back to normal.
"I don't want the calmness," he said. "I'm ready to suffer more, sit in the shelter, as much it takes to extract completely the seeds of terrorism in Gaza."
Yael Talker and her two children fled Kibbutz Reim, about 2 miles from the Gaza border, and have taken refuge from the rockets since Friday in Ra'anana, in the center of the country. She won't return home just yet.
"I'll have to see whether the cease-fire is real. I'll take it day by day," she said by phone. "We have no personal bomb shelters and had to sleep in the (reinforced) kindergarten. If the cease-fire holds for just awhile, it's not enough."
After the truce went into effect at 9 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), Israeli police reported a dozen more rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, but the landed in open areas and caused no casualties or damage.
Nonetheless, Yasha Rozov, a 42-year-old artist, expressed happiness that the fighting had stopped.
"Generally, I'm against violence," he said. "I don't think you can solve the problem with violence. It is doomed to be an ultimate failure."
Speaking before the expected agreement, Fern Reiss, an American living in Jerusalem, simply gave thanks.
"As we go into Thanksgiving, with millions of Israelis in the south still eating dinner in their bomb shelter — but with the promise of a cease-fire on the horizon — I am truly thankful for everything we have," she said.
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Email Anthony Furey at email@example.com or call 416-947-2445 to tell him your hydro bill story. There's more to come. Much more. The politicians better be listening.
While the Blue Jays are soaring in popularity right now, one of the very people who built the Rogers Centre they play in is worried about paying the bills.
"I pay $110 more per month on my hydro bills than a year ago," Toronto resident Lino Virira told me over the phone. And his usage hasn't gone up at all. It's rate increases. "I'm afraid with the way it's going that I'm going to lose my house."
Virira came to Canada from Portugal and worked here for 42 years before retiring. One of his jobs included cutting steel for Rogers Centre — known as the SkyDome when it opened in 1989.
"I paid off my mortgage, I put two kids through school. But now every month I'm afraid to open my hydro bill," Virira said.
Ontarians who've got in touch with me to share their hydro headaches don't know who to turn to for help.
Ken Smart, from Port Perry, called his Liberal MPP, Granville Anderson, three times until he received a call back.
"He called back once and tried to argue with me about how wonderful everything is in Ontario," says Smart. "That's the type of response I get from my MPP, who's supposed to be representing me regardless of political stripe."
The 69-year-old and his wife don't use air conditioning and sometimes choose to go cold in the winter rather than turn on their expensive electric heat.
"I'm not partisan to any party, to tell you the truth," Smart adds. However, he says "too bad we don't have an election tomorrow or I'd be out beating the drum on every street."
While the Toronto Sun's hydro headaches series is only getting started, one Ontario MPP is already making sure the government can't ignore it.
"The Liberal government has lost over 300,000 well-paying manufacturing jobs," PC MPP Monte McNaughton said in question period Monday.
The critic for economic development read portions of a weekend Sun feature about the creation of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers of Ontario. It's a grassroots initiative by local companies that banded together to combat government policies like energy rates that are putting their businesses at risk.
"Is it time to admit this government's policies of expensive energy, over-regulation and high debt have led to hundreds of companies choosing to leave this province?" McNaughton added.
"The opposite is actually true," Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid shot back.
He cited as evidence the corporate welfare handouts the Liberals have doled out to various companies, as well as a recent trip he made to California where eight companies confirmed their interest in relocating to Ontario.
Meanwhile, out of the literally hundreds of stories Ontarians have shared with me, only one person said the situation "doesn't seem too bad."
Mark Cripps, of Hamilton, said via Twitter his bill was $114 for all of June and July and he ran the A/C all that time.
But after he posted the bill publicly, it became clear he was only citing the usage fee. After the delivery, regulatory and HST charges were added, the total came to $258.54.
I was confused why someone would understate their bill this way … until I Googled his LinkedIn profile.
He's the chief speech writer and spokesman for an Ontario cabinet minister. Cripps hadn't disclosed he was a Liberal staffer when he first shared his story.
Funny that. Go figure.


text: "Papers" is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Eleven million undocumented immigrants live in the United States. Of those, four and a half million were brought to the U.S. as children. These are young people who were educated in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home and who, upon high school graduation, find the door to their future slammed shut. 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school without "papers." It is against the law to work or drive. It is difficult, if not impossible in some states, to attend college. They live at risk of arrest, detention and deportation to countries they may not even remember. Currently, there is no path to citizenship for most of these young people. Graham Street Productions produced this film in association with El Grupo Juvenil (the "Papers" Youth Crew). These youth producers were actively involved in all aspects of the production. They have worked in collaboration with immigrant youth around the country who want to tell their stories and change immigration policy.


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Pavilion for Design Biennial Boston.
Most architecture is made out of planes. Plywood, sheetrock, glass. This one is different. It's a solid made out of lines. It races from the first dimension to the third without stopping to catch its breath. An array of triangular columns form a square plan with a circular void cut out. An architectural primitive in every sense of the word.
The devil is in the details. The grid appears normal, but falls in a quincunx pattern, creating a dialogue between triangle and square. The circular void forces slight deviations in the pattern: the square talks to the circle. This geometric game of telephone is juxtaposed with a rough materiality: knotty cedar posts, an aluminum mesh veil over the top. The experience is that of an abstract, diaphanous orchard with a clearing in the center where people can gather.
Pavilion for Design Biennial Boston.
Engineering: Brett Schneider
Project Team: David Amdie, Po Ming Chou, Karin Hostettler, Wilfred Rodriguez, Nil Shu Shang, Alice Zhen.


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Stop Curbstoning is a cause supported by a group of concerned corporations and organizations within the automotive industry. Our mission is to Inform Car Buyers, Unite Car Dealers and Motivate Municipalities to take action against this growing problem.
Stop Curbstoning was founded by AutoTec, LLC, a privately held company based in Birmingham, AL. AutoTec's flagship product, AuctionACCESS, is the automotive remarketing industry standard for managing dealer access to wholesale auto auctions. An inherent benefit of AuctionACCESS is ensuring that only licensed dealers are allowed in the wholesale auctions and potential curbstoners are blocked, eliminating a primary supply channel.