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First time. Los Angeles. Vacation. Tourist Sights. Vegan Foodz.
Every time I start to tell the stories of my short vacation in Los Angeles, I start squealing about catching up with an old friend, or dramatically demonstrating how I threw out my back on the morning of the last day – so, I'll let the photos do the talking.
The Top 5 Highlights:
1) The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
I find myself telling my friend and co-organizer on a couple different projects, Michele, "Thank You!" on an average of 3 times a week, it not daily, and this recommendation deserved a big one. Casual vegan sushi at Taiyo and big laughs at UCB made for a fun evening.
2) Flore Cafe. A small part of me wanted to wake up and brunch outside this cafe every day. If only I were that cool… Photos below. More coming.
3) Intelligentsia Cofffeebar. Located at the Silver Lake junction, the Chicago-based roaster clearly boasts great coffee (vacation = lattes), endless hipster eye candy and a shaded patio to enjoy both with their wireless, where I often planned my next stop.
4) Sunglasses and simultaneous young coconut consumption. If I had glimpsed cool kids sipping other tropical fruits walking down the street, I'm sure I would have tried that, too. I know, it happens elsewhere, but this was like 3 girls, 3 blocks.
5) Late night vegan pizza delivery. What do you do when you've already deemed the vegan restaurant attached to your hotel inedible and you're beat? Thank you, Cruzer Pizza delivery!
Runner Up: Seeing people reading scripts in public. I only saw this twice, once on the subway (which was handy!) and once on the bus (again, handy and easy?!?), but it cracked me up, both times. No offense. I love television.
The Photos & Foodz
Obligatory Sight-seeing.
Necessary star power. Not the one I posed with.
Graffiti-orientated sight-seeing.
There's always been something eerie about Mickey Mouse.
Schoolyard Graffiti!
Is this a real landmark? I don't know. Palm trees and a dinosaur were enough for me.
Vegan-friendly Silverlake: where I didn't go…
As much as it pains me not to visit a cafe that shares a name with one of my favorite friends, there just wasn't enough time…
Options, options, options.
Aforementioned pizza delivery:
Ordering was a bit odd, but quick. I'm glad I went for the "extra crispy" (Italians use quotes) crust. Not sure why that meant overcooked seitan sausage bits, but the rest was tasty — and delivered to my door! in 20-something minutes!!
Again, this one can be filed under the worst vegan food in LA & a dumb reason to book an adjoined (but quite cheap & decent) hotel: Vegan House.
My first meal..or should I say..bites of a meal, really blew, even for $4.99 "Happy Hour" fair. The order was bland, messed up, most of the vegetables were worrisome, the 'chicken' was mushy, and there were multiple pieces of hair. Negativity over.
In Silverlake, but sadly, encountered closed up:
Down West Sunset Blvd:
That whole Flore brunch thing I was talking about: buckwheat pancakes, blueberry sauce, tempeh bacon.
Inside Flore:
I was terrified of how under-toasted this bread appeared – and somehow, some noochy tofu, tempeh and avocado combining way, this was a kick ass BLT – with a side of fresh fruit, to boot. Kudos, Flore.
And kudos, sprouts.
Flore Deli Case:
I had just visited a Veggie Grill days before in Irvine, and was happy to come across one again. If this is the future of mainstream veganism, we're gonna be all right*.
*Which is, admittedly, a much longer conversation about mainstream veganism and society.
It's so…normal. And refreshing. And fast. Throw some of these into America, STAT.
Cajun Tempeh Burger. I don't normally find myself saying such things, but I even really liked the citrusy slaw!
Inside the V to the G
I almost bought half price tickets to see Tim Allen and grunt the night away, but somehow, I resisted…
Instead, UCB! And here's their neighbor – a freaking conscious convenience store.
Back to Silverlake – pictured because I really liked that they advertise their guacamole like so. How inviting.
Oh look, another vegetarian restaurant. This is getting exhausting.
And another that I actually visited: Pure Luck. Sweet service and pickle chips. Boring wrap. Why talk about anything else?
Half pickles/Half fries plate
Spring Rolls. Served fresh.
Scoops = mini vegan ice cream mecca = vacant shoppe = who cares, I was coaxed into sampling every flavor (okay, 4? 5?).
Vegan selections of the day included Salted Chocolate, Pomegranate Blueberry, Coconut Mocha and Banana Oreo.
Light & Creamy Banana Oreo with some fixin's
I clearly caught this employee shirtless ?!? and dancing in the back…Sorry!
Fairly befuddling.
If I hadn't come across Bar Keeper on my last day of vacation, lamenting that I'd already spent too much, I would have spent even more at this kitschy cocktail supplies store.
Be still, my heart. Be still, my nose. New spices and Coconut Bali Smoked salt won out over vintage cocktail stirrers and exotic bitters. Not that shocking.
Inside Spice Station:
Now, this is vacationing.
And back to reality…


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ETSU holds a 7-3 all-time series advantage
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 2, 2013) – The ETSU women's basketball team hits the road to open Atlantic Sun play when it travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on the USC Upstate Spartans on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 5 p.m. ET inside the Hodge Center.
ETSU (2-5) will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak, having dropped a road contest at LSU, a home meeting with Appalachian State and most recently a tilt at North Carolina. USC Upstate (4-7) comes into the game off back-to-back losses including a heartbreaking, overtime, home loss to Furman. The Spartans are led by senior guard Tee'Ara Copney who averages 12.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Upstate also gets contributions from freshman center Brittany Starling who posts 7.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per contest. The two teams split decisions last season against one another, with each coming away victorious at home. Live video stream can be found at ASun.TV, as well as live audio at UpstateSpartans.com. Live stats can also be found at UpstateSpartans.com.
ETSU holds the edge in the all-time series against Upstate with a 7-3 record. The Lady Bucs and Spartans met twice last season, with the most recent being a 74-68 Upstate victory on Jan. 28, 2012 in Spartanburg, S.C.
For more on Friday's game read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
ETSU (2-5) closed out non-conference play with a trip to Chapel Hill, N.C. to battle the North Carolina Tar Heels (12-1). The early part of the first half was a back and forth affair, with each team holding a lead, albeit a short-lived lead for the Lady Bucs. UNC responded and went on an 18-7 run to close out the half. The second half started with much of the same where the Tar Heels scored the first 17 points and the rout was on. ETSU suffered its worst loss of the season in an 85-44 decision. The Lady Bucs were able to outrebound the Tar Heels, 47-39, and got solid production from the bench, highlighted by Cara Bowling's (Elizabethton, Tenn.) nine points and six rebounds.
Wednesday's contest in the Hodge Center will be the 11th all-time meeting between the two schools. The Lady Bucs and Spartans last met last season on Jan. 28 when Upstate bested ETSU, 74-68. This loss evened the season series after ETSU previously topped Upstate, 67-64, on Jan. 4. The matchup featured a dominating effort from Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.), who posted 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds against the Spartans. In a game that saw 14 ties and nine lead changes, no other Lady Buccaneer player reached double figures in scoring as freshman guard Brianna Bogard (Georgetown, Texas) finished with nine points, but had five turnovers to only one assist. The first half had six ties and two lead changes, but the Lady Bucs held a one-point advantage at the break, 32-31. After further back and forth action, Upstate went on a 7-1 run with 7:25 remaining in the game to put the Spartans up by one. The Lady Bucs remained close, but late free throws sealed it for Upstate, 74-68. The loss dropped ETSU to 5-16, while Upstate improved to 6-15.
The emergence of redshirt-sophomore Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) has provided a badly-needed inside presence for the Lady Bucs. In the transfer's first action as a Lady Buc due to NCAA regulations, the center came off the bench and posted a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds in a loss to Appalachian State. This performance awarded Burley A-Sun Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 26.
ETSU used a strong showing at the free throw line to knock off Morehead State back on Dec. 2 inside Johnson Arena … the Blue and Gold knocked down 23 of their 27 free throw attempts and went 12-of-14 at the charity stripe in the final minute of play … overall, ETSU ranks fifth in the Atlantic Sun in free throw shooting (69.5), while Destiny Mitchell (2nd, 83.3) and Brianna McQueen (3rd, 80.0) each rank in the top-5 individually.
The Blue and Gold have out-rebounded the opposition in five of the seven games this season and enter Wednesday's game with a plus-3.7 rebounding margin (43.4-39.7), ranking first in the A-Sun … in its game at Morehead State, ETSU out-rebounded the Eagles by 20, 46-26 … the Lady Bucs' plus-3.7 rebound margin currently ranks in the top 100 in the country.
Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) has scored in double figures in four out of seven games of the season and is averaging 13.8 points per contest … Mitchell scored a season-high 26 points in the opener at High Point back on Nov. 10 and added 14 points and 16 rebounds in the 10-point win vs. Memphis to close out the month of November ... Mitchell is currently fourth in the A-Sun in scoring (13.8), third in rebounding (8.2), third in steals (2.5), second in free throw percentage (83.3) and sixth in field goal percentage (47.9).
Mitchell is well on her way to become the 21st Lady Buc to join the 1,000-point club ... She is on pace to break the 1,000-point mark near the end of February as she registered 347 points as a freshman and 367 points as a sophomore for 714 total points ... through ETSU's first seven games of the 2012-13 season she has scored 83 to move her career total to 797.. if Mitchell scores in similar fashion in the next two years as she did as a rookie and a sophomore, she will put herself in the top-10 in Lady Buc history.
The Lady Bucs have been a tough team to beat when it comes to the second half of the season (games played from January-March) … since January of 2008, ETSU is 76-29 (.724) in the months of January through March, including a program-best 19-3 mark in 2009-10.
ETSU fans wanting Buccaneer news, score updates, in-game promotions and much more sent to their mobile device can do so by signing up for "Buc Updates." Click here to sign up today!
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Several days ago, we published a slide deck of 12 math problems designed to stir up controversy.
The response was enormous — millions of clicks, more than a hundred comments, and a barrage of angry emails.
One problem, however, caused by far the most dissent: The Monty Hall Problem, a problem inspired by the famous game show Let's Make A Deal.
Here, we'll go into even more detail to prove one of the most contested ideas in all of math.
If you didn't get it on the first go around, don't worry. Even Paul Erdős, one of the most respected and prolific mathematicians in history, didn't believe the result until he saw a computer simulation.
This one goes out to all the Monty Hall "Truthers" out there. You know who you are.


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Many still remember Cliff's rustic alter-ego, "Charlie Weaver," who at one time was so well known, you could not only buy a book or a few records, but even a toy replica of him (which still commands a high price on eBay). Charlie's humor was not usually based on him enjoying an alcoholic nip now and then, but fermented cumquat juice never hurt anybody.
Charlie Weaver is probably best remembered by baby boomers who saw him on "The Hollywood Squares," and enjoyed the old rascal's often risque quips. The download below might raise a slight smile for those fans. "Happy New Year" is part song, part monologue, and if it amuses at all, it's because Arquette created such a wonderful voice for the Weaver character. If you never heard of the guy, the track might be a tad mystifying, although you'd get the idea that he was in the same comic league as fretful old cuss and 50's sitcom star Walter Brennan, and that the way he gradually gets tipsy is a slight homage to corny Red Skelton's "Guzzler's Gin" bit. Weaver was popular on radio and on TV at a time when subtle comedians such as George Gobel and Lum & Abner were successful, and homespun, recognizable characters (including Andy Griffith's Mayberry bunch) were beloved by millions.
The track is from Charlie's second (and last) album, "Charlie Weaver Sings (?) For His People" on Columbia. His earlier album was an audio assortment of "Letters from Mama," which he became famous for reading on the old Jack Paar "Tonight Show," and you'd either have to be 70, or a comedy buff, to know about that. (I hasten to add, I'm in the latter category.) And in case you missed the previously posted "Cumquat Time in Mt. Idy," no need to search the blog for it. It too is right down below.
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Mortgage company gets tax breaks to build new facility on Wehrle Drive
PHH Mortgage Corp. plans to move its soon-to-be-acquired mortgage servicing business in Depew to a new facility it intends to build on Wehrle Drive in a move that is expected to preserve 400 local jobs and potentially create 400 more.
The Amherst Industrial Development Agency on Friday approved a series of tax breaks worth $4.55 million for the $34 million project, which would build a 97,000-square-foot back-office facility at 1760 Wehrle. The project also is expected to receive $3 million in tax credits through the state's Excelsior Jobs Program.
Depending on how the project plays out, the $7.55 million incentive package could work out to an average of almost $19,000 for every job retained, if PHH simply keeps much of the existing operations here and does not expand. But the value of the incentives per job would decrease markedly if the company followed through on the potential expansion and increased its local workforce to 800. Then, the incentives would be worth a little less than $9,500 for every job created or retained.
PHH is acquiring HSBC Mortgage Corp.'s mortgage processing and services business, now located in a 172,630-square-foot building at Walden Avenue and Dick Road, in a deal that is expected to be completed next year.
IDA officials said PHH was seeking a site that could accommodate both the existing operation as well as a potential expansion. PHH also is considering moving the mortgage servicing work to its Mount Laurel, N.J., campus and has excess capacity at its loan origination and servicing center in Jacksonville, Fla., IDA officials said.
That puts all of the 400 existing Depew jobs at risk if PHH were to choose to locate the project in either Florida or New Jersey, IDA officials said.
IDA officials said PHH quickly decided it was not an option for PHH to remain at the Depew building, which will continue to house other HSBC operations and will have a large amount of vacant space once the mortgage business moves out. HSBC is expected to announce plans to move out of the One HSBC Center tower in Buffalo once its lease expires in October 2013, and the Depew site has been listed as a potential landing site for some of those downtown operations.
Richard Sibley, PHH's vice president of administration, said the company would "look at" signing a long-term lease for the project if the IDA incentives were approved. "We need those incentives to stay competitive and advance the business."
Sibley said PHH has done an "exhaustive study" of real estate here and elsewhere. "Our commitment is to this site," he said. "We would not bring to the table an offer such as this on a short-term basis."
James J. Allen, the IDA's executive director, said he thinks there is a "very good" chance that PHH will end up putting all 800 jobs in the new Amherst office, which is expected to be ready by the end of next year. "I'm very confident," he said. "This is a great win for the region."
Sibley said the region has enough workers with the skills and education to support the hiring of an additional 400 workers as part of an expansion that would be completed by the end of 2015. "The outstanding workforce in Erie County is a key reason we decided to remain in this area," said David Tucker, PHH's president, in a statement.
"They have more than enough people with the education and qualifications for those 400 slots," Allen said.
The HSBC mortgage operations employed 680 people at the time the deal with PHH was announced in May, but PHH said only 400 of those workers were expected to transfer to PHH, with another 80 remaining with HSBC. That potentially could leave about 200 of the Depew workers out of a job, although PHH said at the time it had about 100 unfilled positions tied to the HSBC work that those employees could apply for.
Construction on the new building could begin as early as March. PHH is expected to move the mortgage servicing and processing operation to temporary space until the new building is completed, probably by the end of next year. The tax breaks were broken into two separate deals. An entity controlled by PHH will receive sales tax breaks worth an estimated $1.3 million, while the building's developer, Zaepfel Development, is receiving an incentive package that includes $2.5 million in property tax breaks over a 10-year period, along with an estimated $569,000 in sales tax savings and a $140,000 reduction in mortgage taxes.
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text: Best New Restaurant Design\nAD spans the globe to spotlight a dozen eye-catching eateries where the architecture and interiors are as exciting as the cuisine.\nThe Look: Located in a 1917 smokehouse in the city's South of Market district, this expansive two-story spot was designed by local architect Cass Calder Smith. Retaining the original structure's timber beams and exposed brick walls, Smith introduced contemporary elements such as oblong-shaped, stainless-steel "fire orbs" that are suspended from the 20-foot ceilings and sleek, cantilevered Macassar ebony tables.\\n\\n The Food: Chef Matthew Dolan's New American menus exploit Bay Area bounty in dishes like grilled Louisiana prawns with Japanese-pepper grits and yellowtail sashimi with salmon caviar and horseradish sorbet.\\n\\n Contact: 415-495-5875; 25lusk.com\nThe Look: Gutting a house in the Mexican capital's residential Polanco district, local firms Rojkind Arquitectos and Esrawe Studios transformed the three-story structure into a glowing, futuristic cube of contemporary design. A fishnetlike skin of precision-cut steel encases the restaurant's glass walls, while the striking geometric interior features floating entry staircases and a tea lounge that's lined in boldly grained wood and has a lush vertical garden at one end.\\n\\n The Food: This new branch of Katsumi Kumoto Kawasaki's beloved Japanese restaurant focuses on traditional sushi and sashimi cut from the freshest seafood and features an extensive sake menu.\\n\\n Contact: 011-52-55-5280-9069; toritori.com.mx\nThe Look: Inspired by the golden 1920s of Weimar Berlin, this double-height restaurant occupies the former gymnasium of a Jewish girls school, built in 1928 and recently transformed by gallerist Michael Fuchs into the House of Art and Dining Culture. Restaurateurs Stephan Landwehr and Boris Radczun—who are also behind the art-world hot spot Grill Royal—introduced custom-made ceramic tiles and beech chairs, Murano chandeliers, paintings by Daniel Richter, and—perched prominently above the glass-fronted kitchen—Cosima von Bonin's rocket sculpture, Miss Riley.\\n\\n The Food: Chef Siegfried Danler serves up hearty dishes like rich stews and rotisserie suckling pig, sourcing ingredients locally and making sausage, pickles, breads, and pastries in-house.\\n\\n Contact: 011-49-30-3300-6070; paulysaal.com\nThe Look: When David Bouley closed Secession and decided to makeover the Tribeca space as a Japanese kaiseki restaurant, he hired the hip Japanese design firm Super Potato to mastermind the refit. Featuring natural stone, reclaimed timber, and salvaged steel, the restaurant finds its focal point in the bar area, where a wall fashioned from 25,000 irregularly stacked books, pages facing outward, gives the impression of richly textured wood parquet.\\n\\n The Food: Brushstroke is a partnership between Bouley and the Tsuji Culinary Institute of Osaka, with chef Isao Yamada, a Tsuji alumnus, overseeing the eight- or ten-course seasonal menus. The offerings change monthly, but there are a few recurring items, such as the beloved steamed chawan-mushi—egg custard with black truffle sauce and king crab.\\n\\n Contact: 212-791-3771; davidbouley.com\nThe Look: On the top floor of the 118-story International Commerce Center—making it the world's highest bar—this spot at the Ritz Carlton also commands attention for its futuristic-luxe interiors by Masamichi Katayama's Tokyo design firm, Wonderwall. Multifaceted marble surfaces abound, and crystal drips from the ceilings, while the terrace provides the city's best views over Victoria Harbor.\\n\\n The Food: Though OZONE is more bar than restaurant, the large menu ranges from oysters and sushi to tapas-style small plates like tempuras and Wagyu beef rolls with enoki mushrooms and foie gras.\\n\\n Contact: 011-852-2263-2263; ritzcarlton.com\nThe Look: The design firm Yabu Pushelberg teamed up with hotelier Ian Schrager to reinvent this clubby 1938 icon, located within Schrager's new PUBLIC hotel. They paired smart nods to the past (round, leather-covered oak banquettes, vintage photos of former guests like Sinatra) with decidedly contemporary touches. Milan-based Dimore Studio created the centerpiece floor-to-ceiling light installation, consisting of 500 glowing cast-resin orbs.\\n\\n The Food: Jean-Georges Vongerichten is behind the menu, which includes adaptations of farm-to-table dishes from his New York spot ABC Kitchen as well as updates of Pump Room classics, such as chicken liver toasts and Wiener schnitzel with arugula and sweet potatoes.\\n\\n Contact: 312-787-3700; pumproom.com\nThe Look: For this intimate space in the middle of bustling Ginza, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma drew inspiration from the Chinese village of Bama, a place known for the longevity of its residents. Combining clean-lined traditional furnishings with natural accents such as light fixtures made with dried corn husks (used by locals in their native dress), Kuma created a contemporary interpretation of Bama's rustic aesthetic.\\n\\n The Food: The café's cuisine also comes from Bama, where hemp is a common component of the healthful diet. The menu, featuring hemp tofu, hemp pickles, and a number of dishes dressed with hemp oil, meshes with the slow-living concept of LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) popularized by the Japanese magazine Sotokoto, whose publisher owns the restaurant.\\n\\n Contact: 011-81-3-6255-6840; bama-cafe.com\nThe Look: Something of a design gallery as well as a restaurant, this Palermo district hot spot is decorated with 100-plus pieces of midcentury and contemporary furniture from the collection of architect-owner Marcelo Joulia. Designs by Arne Jacobson, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Ron Arad, and Frank Gehry, among others, are artfully arranged in the former industrial workshop located beneath Joulia's studio.\\n\\n The Food: Conceived by Mauro Colagreco, Argentina's only chef with two Michelin stars, Unik's small menu uses sustainably grown produce to create unique takes on classic local fare, including slowly cooked Patagonian leg of lamb served with cumin-spiced quinoa.\\n\\n Contact: 011-54-11-4772-2230; unik.pro\nThe Look: Located across the street from the former headquarters of Denmark's national radio station (hence its name), this rustic-modern space was created by the young Danish design firm HolmbäckNordentoft and graphic designer Christina Meyer Bengtsson, the wife of owner Claus Meyer. Reflecting the kitchen's close-to-nature ethos, they made handsome use of well-weathered salvaged wood, offset by contemporary lighting and furniture, including sleek black bentwood chairs by Tom Dixon.\\n\\n The Food: Meyer helped launch Noma, the renowned Copenhagen restaurant where chef René Redzepi invented new Nordic cuisine, and Radio has adopted a similar focus on the seasonal and local with dishes such as goat with glazed cabbage and wild garlic and a dessert with beetroot, malt, and ice cream.\\n\\n Contact: 011-45-2510-2733; restaurantradio.dk\nThe Look: Conceived by design partners Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku as an ode to haute couture, the white-on-white space at the Mandarin Oriental hotel plays with layers of draped fabric (installed by artist Heidi Winge Ström) to create an intimate culinary cocoon—and the perfect blank canvas for chef Thierry Marx's avant-garde innovations.\\n\\n The Food: Just seven months after opening, Marx received two Michelin stars. His multicourse tasting menus reflect French and Asian influences, with signature dishes like shellfish mousse and caviar crostini.\\n\\n Contact: 011-33-1-70-98-73-00; mandarinoriental.com\nThe Look: Two years in the making, architect-cum-restaurateur Taavo Somer's new Williamsburg spot exudes a welcoming vibe he calls "primitive modernism." It's a clean-lined rusticity, with whitewashed brick walls, terra-cotta floors, and lots of timber, including exposed beams, Somer's own hand-built furniture, and stacks of logs ready for the wood-fired oven.\\n\\n The Food: A back-to-the-land sensibility infuses chef Ignacio Matto's simply prepared food. The menu changes daily, with ingredients—Point Reyes oysters, Dutch Valley sweetbreads, Maple Leaf Farm duck breast—left largely to their own devices, unencumbered by much finessing from the kitchen.\\n\\n Contact: 347-689-3594; isa.gg\nThe Look: Japanese designer Yamagiwa Jumpei's masculine, Deco-tinged vision for the restaurant—located on the sixth floor of a restored 1923 building on the Bund—features a ceiling covered with multifaceted polished-steel panels, floor-to-ceiling window walls that maximize the skyline views, and a central glass aging room that elegantly displays wines, cheeses, and cured meats.\\n\\n The Food: Chef Umberto Bombana—whose original Otto e Mezzo in Hong Kong is the only Italian restaurant outside Italy with three Michelin stars—emphasizes bold Mediterranean flavors, especially the white truffles for which he's particularly known.\\n\\n Contact: 011-86-21-6087-2890; ottoemezzobombana.com


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Jesus' parable of prodigal son made into movie
'We all know one, have been one, or are waiting for one to come home'
Just in time for Father's Day, one of the greatest father-son stories ever told will be coming to the silver screen.
In the Bible's Book of Luke, Chapter 15, Jesus told the parable of a son who demanded his inheritance from his father, then left home and squandered it all. The great twist of the tale is that when the boy comes home, the father runs to meet him with open arms and celebrates the son who was as dead, but is now alive. The father's reaction is so unexpected, in fact, the faithful, older son is stunned by the father's forgiveness.
Now the timeless tale is being told again – the same characters, the same moral, the same stunning forgiveness – but in a modern setting that makes the parable immediately relevant to today's audiences.
Debuting in theaters May 16 and on DVD June 3, "A Long Way Off" from Word Films, ProdigalFilm and Uptone Pictures is more than entertainment, but a movie with a message.
"We made 'A Long Way Off' to bring to remembrance the oft-forgotten fathers," Executive Producer Gerald McGlothlin told WND. "In a lost world that sometimes puts youth on a pedestal, we must not forget that behind millions of successful young men and women is a loving father. It is our hope that by watching this movie, many estranged sons and daughters will do as our lead character ultimately does: return home to reconcile with both their earthly and heavenly Father."
Read a review of "Grace Unplugged," another Prodigal-themed project, or go directly to the WND SuperStore, where the DVD is available for purchase.
There's no question Christian audiences watching "A Long Way Off" will recognize the familiar key elements of Jesus' parable, but that doesn't mean the movie is inherently religious or "preachy."
"The story of the prodigal son is not unique to any religion," Producer and Director Michael Davis told the Raleigh News & Observer. "I've always been drawn to that story because it's universal, and stories that are universal can appeal to many different people on many different levels."
In fact, the slogan for the film is, "We all know one, have been one, or are waiting for one to come home."
The film's cast includes, among others, Robert Davi (from "Goonies," "Die Hard" and James Bond's "License to Kill"), Edie McClurg (known from "Ferris Buehler's Day Off") and two actors from the hit Christian film "Courageous," Robert Amaya and Rusty Martin, and stars Jason Burkey from the film "October Baby."
Fox News Channel and syndicated radio host Sean Hannity, who also makes a brief appearance in the film, testifies, "We need great faith and family films like 'A Long Way Off.'"
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According to McGlothlin, the film's release right before Father's Day is particularly poignant.
"There have been countless studies that show having a loving father in a home provides children with far better shot at succeeding in life," McGlothlin told WND. "Overflowing prisons attest to the sad state of growing up without a father or being estranged from a father.
"We are releasing our film shortly before Father's Day with the hope that many will return home to their fathers," he continued, "We hope many sons and daughters take their fathers to see this film. We hope many fathers take their sons and daughters to see 'A Long Way Off.'"
To that end, McGlothlin's Moving Visions is coordinating with churches across the country to conduct screenings in conjunction with the theatrical release. Churches interested in hosting a screening should contact Moving Visions through its website.
Interested audiences can learn more through ALongWayOffTheMovie.com.
Read a review of "Grace Unplugged," another Prodigal-themed project, or go directly to the WND SuperStore, where the DVD is available for purchase.


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A nearly-lost playground game
In one-room country schools, all the students played games together at recess. The rules and rituals of the games were taught to the young by the playground elders, who had been taught in that same way when they started school.
The passing-down of traditional games from older to younger children ended when the little country schools were closed. A few games have survived, but so many have been forgotten.
For example, "Anty Over" was a game that my schoolmates and I enjoyed playing when we attended a one-room school in Nebraska, fifty years ago. I doubt if my own children have ever heard of this ritualized ball game.
[H]e rose and strolled back again past the little schoolhouse, and it was recess. Long before he reached it he heard the voices of the children shouting, "Anty, anty over, anty, anty over." They were divided into two bands, one on either side of the small building, over which they tossed the ball and shouted as they tossed it, "Anty, anty over"; and the band on the other side, warned by the cry, caught the ball on the rebound if they could, and tore around the corner of the building, trying to hit with it any luckless wight on the other side, and so claim him for their own, and thus changing sides, the merry romp went on.
Source: The Eye of Dread by Payne Erskin. Published 1913, by Little, Brown & Company, Boston.
We played the game very much like it is described above, with one minor addition. If the attempt to throw the ball over the schoolhouse was unsuccessful, we yelled, "Pig's tail!" Then, when the next throw was attempted, we yelled "Anty anty over!" again. Or sometimes, "Anty eye over!" which was our way of saying it fancy.
After the ball went over the schoolhouse, a few moments of high suspense followed. We didn't know if the other team had caught the ball or not. If they hadn't caught it, they would call "Anty over!" pretty soon and throw the ball back. But if they had caught the ball, they were going to run around the schoolhouse and try to tag us.
When the other team came around, they usually split up and came from both sides of the schoolhouse at the same time. Because we didn't know who had the ball, we didn't know which way to dodge! The only escape was to run wildly around the schoolhouse to the side the other team had just vacated.
Our teachers always warned us to be careful of the schoolhouse windows, and I don't remember that we ever broke any of them, though we certainly rattled the window screens a few times with our badly thrown balls.
In Dialect Notes, published by the American Dialect Society in 1895, alternate names listed for Anty Over included Anty-anty-over, Antny-over, Anthony-over, Baily-over, Colly-over and Colly-up.


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It seems that HP has invested in its hardware division big time with several unveilings this week, including notebook PCs, the HP Photosmart 5520 e-All-in-One printer, Ultrabook and Sleekbook offerings as well as for businesses, the HP t410 All-in-One (AiO) Smart Zero Client.
HP Pavilion notebook PCs include enhanced features and reflect the company's new HP Mosaic design approach.
From the press release: The company also unveiled the HP Photosmart 5520 e-All-in-One printer, featuring HP wireless direct printing (1) and HP ePrint, enabling users to print from virtually anywhere.(2)
- For stylish on-the-go computing, the HP Pavilion m6 is the ideal balance of mobility, performance and entertainment wrapped in a sleek, brushed silver aluminum design.
- The redesigned HP Pavilion dv-series and g-series notebook PCs offer performance in a simple yet distinct and colorful design.
- For users that want to balance affordable printing and brilliant quality at home, the HP Photosmart 5520 e-All-in-One is a compact, web-connected all-in-one printer for the home.
HP expanded its award-winning notebook portfolio with thin and light Ultrabook™ systems and Sleekbooks packed with the latest technologies for both consumer and business demands.
New additions to the HP collection include:
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- Offering both style and substance, HP ENVY Sleekbooks and HP ENVY Ultrabook systems provide the ultimate entertainment experience in 14-inch and 15.6-inch diagonal display options.
- The enterprise-ready HP EliteBook Folio 9470m was built from the ground up to be everything a business Ultrabook should be, with the security, manageability and reliability features IT demands.
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- New Ultrabook systems for business — including the HP EliteBook Folio 9470m, HP's first no-compromise Ultrabook for business users — which deliver the style and simplicity users demand, combined with security and manageability to help businesses keep control of their IT.
- HP EliteBook p-series notebooks that are designed to MIL-STD 810G testing for vibration, dust, altitude, temperature and drops.(1) The new series features the HP EliteBook 2170p, the smallest, lightest HP business notebook, as well as new additions to the highly configurable HP ProBook b-series and the redesigned HP ProBook s-series.
- Four desktop PC series — the HP Compaq Pro 4300 Business Desktop and All-in-One PC, the HP Compaq Pro 6300 and the HP Compaq Elite 8300 — balancing secure manageability, flexibility and trusted reliability.
- New commercial displays, including the HP Compaq L2206tm multitouch-enabled monitor and the HP Compaq LA2405x LED backlit monitor.
- New software solutions, including HP Premier Image(2) for a cleaner, faster user experience with streamlined deployment and HP BIOS Protection,(3) which offers hardware-level protection against virus attacks and other security threats to meet National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines.
Among the products announced for businesses are:
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- The highly customizable HP RP7 all-in-one retail system with a sleek and stylish design that fits into a variety of retail settings.
- The HP L6015tm and L6017tm Retail Touch Monitors with multitouch projected capacitive screens for retail and hospitality environments, and the HP L6010 non-touch Retail Monitor for use as a customer or associate-facing display.
- New high-performance HP Z220 Workstations and HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations, packed with reliable and professional-class features.


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Winners announced for the inaugural Music Teacher Awards
Classical Music staff - 21 March 2013
On 20 March 2013 the winners were announced for the first ever Music Teacher Awards for Excellence. The awards were created by Rhinegold Publishing and Music Teacher magazine to celebrate excellence in the UK's music education sector and to recognise the projects, organisations and products that are contributing the most to the development of music education in the UK.
The awards ceremony and gala evening was sponsored by Classic FM and Yamaha, presented by Classic FM presenter Margherita Taylor, and attended by 180 guests from across the music education sector.
The Music Teacher Awards for Excellence were held on the first night of Music Education Expo, the UK's largest exhibition for music educators. The event was held on 20 and 21 March 2013 at London's Barbican Centre, and had over 120 exhibitors and 3,700 pre-registered visitors.
The winners were selected from a pre-announced shortlist by an experienced panel of music educators, chaired by Christopher Walters, editor of Music Teacher magazine.
Best musical initiative: Young Pianist of the North International Competition
Best vocal initiative: Gloucestershire County Youth Choir
Best print resource: How to Create a Successful Music Ensemble
Best digital/technological resource: JamPod
Best school music department: King's School, Grantham
Hub innovation award: Portsmouth Music Hub
Lifetime achievement award: Peter Dunkley
Music Teacher magazine editor's award: David Idowu Choir
Best classical music education initiative: National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain
The award winners will be featured in the May issue of Music Teacher magazine, due out on 24 April, and available digitally from www.pocketmags.com or in print from http://rhinegold.subscribeonline.co.uk
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AIA Announces Top 10 Green Buildings in The US
Each year, the American Institute of Architects' Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE) awards the Top Ten Green Projects. Based on ten judging criteria, they select the 10 most sustainable new buildings here in the US. This year's winners includes a treehouse in West Virginia, a homeless center in Portland, and a public park in Brooklyn.
The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program celebrates structures that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions which protect and enhance the environment. Entries are examined in regard to their design and innovation, integration with their community, land use and effect on site ecology, bioclimatic design, energy and water use, approach to light and air, materials and construction, long-life considerations, and feedback loops.
2014 Winners
1. Sustainability Treehouse: The Sustainability Treehouse, an interactive interpretive and gathering facility in the forest, was conceived and created as a unique icon of outdoor adventure, environmental stewardship and high performance building design. Owned by Boy Scouts of America and located in West Virginia. Design Architect: Mithun; Executive Architect/Architect of Record: BNIM Glen Jean.
2. Bud Clark Commons: As a centerpiece of Portland's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, Bud Clark Commons (BCC) represents a new approach to providing dignified housing and comprehensive services to help those experiencing homelessness. Holst Architecture.
3. Bushwick Inlet Park: The Bushwick Inlet Park transforms the Brooklyn waterfront from a brownfield industrial strip into a public park. Kiss + Cathcart, Architects.
4. Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Modernization: The Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt (EGWW) Federal Building Project modernized an existing 18-story, 512,474-square-foot office tower located in downtown Portland. SERA Architects Inc., Cutler Anderson Architects.
5. Gateway Center - SUNY-ESF College of Environmental Science & Forestry: The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) Gateway Center transforms a barren parking lot into a striking symbol of environmental stewardship and climate action leadership. Architerra.
6. John & Frances Angelos Law Center: The new home of the John and Frances Angelos Law Center/University of Baltimore unites classrooms, faculty offices, administrative space, and the law library under a single roof for the first time in the history of the school. Behnisch Architekten.
7. Arizona State University Student Health Services: The 34,000-square-foot Arizona State University Health Services Building is an adaptive reuse project that transformed the existing sterile and inefficient health clinic into a clearly organized, efficient, and welcoming facility. Lake|Flato Architects, orcutt | winslow.
8. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Headquarters: The headquarters for The David and Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos, California brings staff, grantees and partners together to solve the world's most intractable problems. Passive, bioclimatic design strategies support the core philanthropic mission while serving as the basis of the net zero energy (NZE) and LEED Platinum building performance. EHDD.
9. U.S. Land Port of Entry: Located along the Minnesota-Canadian border, the Warroad Land Port of Entry is a 40,108-square-foot facility that supports the mission-driven demands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency responsible for securing the nation's borders and promoting legal trade and travel. Snow Kreilich Architects, Inc.
10. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: The Aspinall U.S. Courthouse modernization/high-performing green building renovation preserves an anchor in Grand Junction, Colorado, and converts the 1918 landmark into one of the most energy efficient, sustainable historic buildings in the country. Design Architect: Westlake Reed Leskosky and Architect of Record: The Beck Group.


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Event: Bollywood stars such as Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Dia Mirza, R Madhavan and others graced the Big Star Entertainment Awards.
Guest List: Dia Mirza, Kareena Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, R Madhavan, Manoj Bajpai, Priyanka Chopra, Zoa Morani, Sakshi Tanwar, Dhanush, Tina Ambani, Shibani Kashyap, Rohit Shetty, Saloni Daini, Vaibhavi Merchant, Gurucharan Singh, Kirron Kher, Moonmoon Dutta, Dilip Joshi, Ayub Khan, Disha Wakani, Ashutosh Gowariker, Ekta Kapoor, Ila Arun, Onir, Mohit Chauhan, Shivaji Satam, Ragini Khanna, Rahul Vaidya, Rajpal Yadav, Atul Agnihotri, Alvira Agnihotri, Himesh Reshammiya, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sudhir Mishra, Shreya Ghoshal, Monica Bedi, Rakhi Sawant, Armaan Verma, Sonali Bendre, Bappi Lahiri, Bappa Lahiri, Poonam Pandey, Ganesh Hegde
Date: 18-Dec-2011
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
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this is a discussion within the Everything Else Community Forum; A massive solar storm arrived at Earth early Thursday, and is expected to shake the globe's magnetic field until early Friday morning, while expanding the Northern Lights. A giant blast of plasma spat from the sun at as much as ...
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Giant blast of plasma headed toward Earth!
A massive solar storm arrived at Earth early Thursday, and is expected to shake the globe's magnetic field until early Friday morning, while expanding the Northern Lights.
A giant blast of plasma spat from the sun at as much as 4 million miles per hour Tuesday -- by some measures the largest solar event since late 2006 -- and it could lead to serious issues on Earth, forcing some planes to reroute, knocking out power grids, and blacking out radios.
The sun unleashed the cosmic double whammy late March 6, erupting with two major flares to cap a busy day of powerful solar storms, Space.com reported. One of the flares is the most powerful solar eruption so far this year.
Super Tuesday? You bet! joked Joseph Kunches, a space weather scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The storm grew as it raced outward from the sun, expanding like a giant soap bubble, scientists said. Its initial effects arrived at the Earth early Thursday morning at about 5:45 a.m. EST, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.
"It's hitting us right in the nose," Kunches had predicted Wednesday. The blow appears to be more of a a glancing one that will interact with the Earth's magnetic field throughout the day.
Both of the huge flares ranked as X-class storms, the strongest type of solar flares the sun can have. They followed several weaker, but still powerful, sun storms on Tuesday and came just days after another major solar flare on Sunday night.
By some measures this is the strongest one since December of 2006, Kunches explained. Solar activity has already led to an R3 level radio blackout on NOAAs space weather scale, he explained, a midstrength event on a scale that reaches to R5. Such effects are caused by X-ray emissions from the sun.
The bigger effects will hit the planet over the next 24 hours.
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Our high-tech world seems to have weathered a solar storm that was still showing signs of life late Thursday.
While some experts think the threat from the solar storm passed by earlier in the day, space weather forecasters said it's still too early to relax because the storm's effects could continue through Friday morning.
Around midnight EST Thursday, the storm reached what forecasters called a "moderate level."
"We've seen a bit of an increase in mag (magnetic field) geo-activity, relative to what we saw earlier today," said Norm Cohen, a senior space weather forecaster at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo.
He wasn't aware of any significant effects to key electrical or technological systems, but said there was a two-hour blackout of high frequency radio communications -- affecting mainly ham radio operations -- stretching from eastern Africa to eastern Australia.
Hours earlier, NASA solar physicist David Hathaway said that it appeared that the storm was over, based on a drop in a key magnetic reading.
But Doug Biesecker -- also with the weather prediction center, which forecasts solar storms -- pointed to an increase in a different magnetic field measurement.
Scientists do agree that other storms may be lining up in the cosmic shooting gallery in the coming, days month and year.
The storm, which started with a solar flare Tuesday evening, caused a stir Wednesday because forecasts were for a strong storm with the potential to knock electrical grids offline, mess with GPS and harm satellites. It even forced airlines to reroute a few flights on Thursday.
Read more: Solar storm not nearly as bad as could have been | Fox News
Uhh ohh ... not over yet...
The sun is continuing its active streak this week, firing off another solar flare late Thursday (March 8) from the same region that produced this week's strong solar storm.
An M6.3-class solar flare — a mid-range eruption — spewed from the surface of the sun last night at 10:53 p.m. EST (0353 GMT March 9), according to an alert from the Space Weather Prediction Center, a joint operation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service.
Space weather scientists use five categories — A, B, C, M and X — to rank solar flares based on their strength and severity. A-class flares are the weakest types of sun storms, while X-class eruptions are the most powerful.
The M-class solar flare exploded from the same sunspot region, called AR1429, which has been particularly active all week. This dynamic region has already unleashed three strong X-class solar flares. On Tuesday (March 6), two powerful X-class eruptions triggered the strongest solar storm in eight years, Bob Rutledge, head of NOAA's Space Weather Forecast Office, told reporters today (March 9).
"When you take overall intensity and length — how long it persisted — we're confident in saying by some measures, it was the strongest storm we've seen since November 2004," Rutledge said. "That doesn't mean that between November 2004 and today we haven't had brief periods that were more intense. If you look at the storm overall for length and strength, it was the strongest storm since November 2004." [Photos: Solar Flare Eruptions of 2012]
A fast-moving cloud of solar plasma and charged particles, called a coronal mass ejection, was triggered by the Tuesday X-class eruptions, and this wave of energetic particles hit Earth yesterday. The resulting geomagnetic storm was weaker than expected, but solar physicists say there is a potential for conditions to escalate.
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The Mind-Boggling Mystery of Octomom in a Bikini
Octomom Nadya Suleman has disrobed again, this time for America's trashiest magazine Steppin' Out.
Whereas traditional tabloids like Star (where Octomom debuted her "bikini body") employ fleets of photo retouchers, most of Steppin' Out is literally printed in black and white, on a shoestring budget supported by laser-printed ads for strip clubs. There's no way they have the budget for the kind of photoshopping one would assume a woman who carried eight infants in her uterus all at once would need. Did Octomom really transform her midsection from the hideously distended varicose nightmare at right, to the taut plane of even-toned flesh at left?
We emailed literally pimping Steppin' Out editor Chaunce Hayden to find out.
From: Maureen O'Connor
To: Chaunce Hayden
Date: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Is that really Octomom's body? No stretch marks??
From: Chaunce Hayden
To: Maureen O'Connor
Date: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:31 AM
I swear to you.. almost no photoshopping.... As she puts it in my interview, "I snap back really well."
From: Maureen O'Connor
To: Chaunce Hayden
Date: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:32 AM
For the record, what exactly constitutes "almost no photoshopping"?
From: Chaunce Hayden
To: Maureen O'Connor
Date: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:37 AM
haha..... Nobody is perfect Maureen! But I've done a lot more work on celebs who are "Hollywood hotties"... I could have taken out the vains in her hands, but I really don't think she needs that kind of work. Some slight skin smoothing at best. I wanted to show her as she really is. And what you see is really what you get.
Seriously? Maybe her new calling as a personal trainer is a good one, after all. [Steppin' Out via press release, Star, TMZ]


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June 27, 2013 - Time Is Running Out to Sign Up for State Scholarship Program
The deadline for a popular state scholarship program is quickly approaching for Oklahoma high school students who just completed the 10th grade.
July 1 is the deadline for those students to enroll in Oklahoma's Promise, a state scholarship program that allows high school students – from families whose annual income is $50,000 or less – to earn a college tuition scholarship. Special income provisions apply to children adopted from certain court-ordered custody and children in the custody of court-appointed legal guardians.
"Now is a critical time for Oklahoma families preparing for their child's college education," said Chancellor Glen D. Johnson. "Oklahoma's Promise provides a wonderful opportunity for many Oklahoma high school students to earn a tuition scholarship for college. We encourage every eligible student, especially high school sophomores, to sign up for the program before the July 1 deadline."
The Oklahoma's Promise scholarship covers college tuition for up to five years until the completion of a bachelor's degree at any public college or university in the state. It will also pay a portion of the tuition at an accredited Oklahoma private institution or for courses at public career technology centers that are approved for credit toward an Associate in Applied Science degree at a public college. The scholarship amount does not include fees, books, supplies, or room and board.
Students must enroll in Oklahoma's Promise during eighth, ninth or 10th grade. Students who just finished their 10th-grade year will not be eligible to enroll after the July 1 deadline.
After students enroll in Oklahoma's Promise, they must attend class regularly, take a 17-unit college preparatory curriculum, pass those courses with at least a 2.5 GPA and achieve at least an overall 2.5 GPA to earn the scholarship. Students must also agree to stay out of serious trouble and avoid drugs and alcohol.
The Oklahoma Legislature created Oklahoma's Promise in 1992 as an incentive for middle and high school students to commit to academic success and prepare for college.
Since its inception, nearly 130,000 students have enrolled in the program. An estimated 19,300 students will receive Oklahoma's Promise scholarships this fall. Since 1996, college students have received $420 million in scholarships through the program.Oklahoma's Promise is recognized by many as America's best college access program and is considered a model that emphasizes both academic preparation and financial support for college. For more information about Oklahoma's Promise or to apply online, visit www.okpromise.org. Information is also available by emailing email@example.com or calling 800-858-1840.


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Week Ending June 5, 2005
During the past week, the dredge Liberty Island pumped 85,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beaches of south Hollywood. The 19 dredge-loads of sand pumped out this week brought the total quantity placed to about 253,000 cubic yards along approximately 2600 feet -- one half mile -- of beach.
The Liberty Island recently put into Port Everglades and took on 160,000 gallons of fuel, enough to work for another three weeks before having to refuel again. Food, spare parts, and personnel are brought aboard on a regular basis while the ship is working.
Also this week, rail cars of stone arrived at a rail siding in Opa Locka from the quarry in Georgia, and marine mattresses were delivered. The marine mattresses will be filled with the stone to form the foundation for the rubble-mound spur and T-head groins to be built at the north end of John U. Lloyd Beach State Park. Assembly and filling of the mattresses will proceed while the larger rocks (which will comprise the structures) are on their way from the quarry.
The business end of the discharge pipe. Note the distinct lack of beach in front of the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa just ahead of the pipe.
A view of the new beach looking north from the discharge area: Note how wide beach is now.
Here the pipeline is discharging sand as bulldozers wait to spread and grade the materials. In the distance you can just see the dredge with its tug tender offshore. The dredge pumps out from over a mile offshore.
Empty marine mattresses stacked at the rail siding in Opa Locka.
At the rail siding in Opa Locka, train cars full of stone, which will be used to fill the marine mattress foundations.
Offloaded stone is readied and will be used to fill the marine mattresses with a font end loader.
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WASHINGTON -- Metro says it has fallen behind on its effort to expand cellphone service throughout the transit system and may not complete the project until 2015.
In a letter to Congress on Tuesday, Metro General Manager Richard Sarles says there is still much work to do to provide wireless access throughout the system. He requests for the project's deadline to be extended to December 2015.
Sarles says Metro has been focused on safety issues after a crash that killed nine people. So the wireless project has been a lesser priority.
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PINGREE — Ashley Lambson and Trina Nicholson were among a group of people drying noodles at St. John's Catholic Church on Sunday.
"My grandmother (Rosemary Ray) has done this for years, so we help her out," said Lambson.
Members of the parish make homemade noodles for about three weeks each November. The noodles are among the items sold at the church's annual Christmas bazaar, scheduled on Dec. 4 this year.
"It gives the money to the church to be able to help the community out," Nicholson explained.
Muriel Judge said the bazaar originally was a way for church members to raise money to retire the debt for the building and property.
"Now we can do something for the community," she added. "And we get great support from the community."
The bazaar, always scheduled on the first Saturday in December, will run from noon to 4 p.m. In addition to the homemade noodles, items for sale will include needlework and crafts. And, there will be a raffle for a quilt, an afghan and $50 in cash. Tickets will be available at $1 apiece or six for $5.
And, Judge said, a lunch which will feature such items as homemade stew, chicken noodle soup, chili and a variety of breads will be on sale for $5.
Sunday's work crew includes people in a wide range of age groups. Among those working were those in their early 20s and others in the late 80s and even older.
St. John's Catholic Church is about one and one-half miles north of Pingree on Sheeptrail Road. There is a sign directing people where to turn.
The church was dedicated in 1981. Judge said that, to her knowledge, the bazaar started, "a long time ago. That's the official word." She and other parishioners estimated that it has been going 25 years.


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The Leo Edwim Ames Art Scholarship Endowment has been established by his family to support MFA students in Fine Arts in his honor. This exhibit celebrates his achievements as an artist. Contributions can be made at www.uidaho.edu/giving/make-a-gift
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Future Trends in Nanoelectronics
German-Russian Workshop
June 14 - 16, 2011
The goal of the workshop is to strengthen the existing bilateral collaboration and to establish a German-Russian scientific network in the field of nanoelectronics. Special emphasis is devoted to the contribution of students and young scientists of both countries.
The workshop will be held at Research Centre Jülich on June 14-16, 2011. (Workshop location)
During the workshop physics and applications of nanoelectronic structures will be discussed. This includes:
- novel fabrication schemes of nanostructures
- structural, optical, and transport properties of nanostructures
- spin phenomena in nanostructures
- semiconductor-superconductor hybrid structures
- superconducting devices
- topological insulators
- scanning probe techniques
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Local Organization:
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Der Workshop ist eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des Deutsch-Russischen Jahres der Bildung, Wissenschaft und Innovation.
Information on the EU-Russia Cooperation in Nanoelectronics Technology Network EU-RU.NET


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Real Property Valuations
Valuation of Exempt Real Property by Class and County,
Calendar Year 1994
While about $116.7 billion of assessed real property value
was taxable in Ohio during tax year 1994, about $20.3 billion
was exempt from taxation due to provisions of the Ohio
Constitution and the Revised Code. Table PE-2 shows the value
of the exempted assessed real property by property class and
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The exempted property is broken into property classes based
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purposes for which the property is used. Real property owned
by federal, state, or local governments is exempt from real
property taxation and is shown in the table under the
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categories of "Charitable Institutions" and "Churches".
Property used as cemeteries and fixtures used in cemeteries
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incentives for economic development and urban renewal; these
forms of exempt real property would fall under the heading of
"Tax Abatements".
The largest class of exempted assessed real property is
"Boards of Education" property valued at approximately $3.3
billion. The fastest growing class of exempted property is
the tax abatement category.
The figures shown were compiled from the Exempted Real
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Little did Jack Shubitowski know what was in store when he left Flint-based Citizens Bank in 2007 to take over as president and CEO of Milford-based Huron Valley State Bank. It was a boom time for community banks — a handful recently had opened in Southeast Michigan, and five more were scheduled to open in 2006. Huron Valley had opened in August 2005 and was 55 percent owned by Clarkston Financial Corp. A year later, Clarkston, under financial pressure from commercial loans gone bad, sold its share of Huron Valley. Many of the area's community banks were in a death spiral. Crain's reporter Tom Henderson talked with Shubitowski about what happened next.When I inherited the banking beat at Crain's in 2005, I remember one community banker told me, "Tom, owning a community bank is a license to print money." Those days changed fast.
They sure did. We aren't printing any.
As a new bank, you weren't saddled with a lot of bad loans. Still, it was big news when you got back in the black at the end of 2009.
We've had four profitable years now. We're pretty excited about that.You've added a second branch on M-59 and consolidated your lenders into downtown Milford. Any expansion plans?
No brick-and-mortar for now. We're expanding our commercial lending. We're doing more Small Business Administration loans. The residential lending market in Milford has bounced right back. We're doing home equity loans again. Deposits are up 17 percent in a year. We're at $92 million in assets and growing. We hope to hit $100 million next year when we have our 10th anniversary.
Industry observers say consolidation will continue to be a theme in banking. Are you looking to either be a buyer or seller?
That is a big topic of conversation. There are no immediate plans to merge. When you talk to bankers, the topic always comes up. If we continue to grow and be profitable and remain well-capitalized, we can remain independent. You have to keep shareholders happy.Any other news?
We just had a strategic planning session. We're forming a holding company. It's a five- or six-month process. You can take on debt on a holding-company level that looks like capital at the bank level. The holding company can have shares authorized that can be used as employee or director compensation and which can be used as currency in the event of an acquisition.
There's that A-word.
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Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has revealed that he's turned to Sir Alex Ferguson for advice in the race for promotion to the Premier League.
The Bluebirds currently lead the Npower Championship by seven points, and also have a game in hand on their nearest two nearest rivals – Hull City and Watford.
However, the Hornets host Cardiff this weekend and will be looking to close the gap at the top, but Mackay has sort advice from the Manchester United supremo ahead of the vital run-in.
"We had a conversation a couple of weeks ago on [the promotion race]," Mackay told BBC Sport in reference to his conversation with Ferguson.
"He's been easily accessible and I've been able to pick up the phone and ask a question now and again. I don't think I'm that different from a lot of young Scottish managers that he has got a lot of time for.
"And that's one of the great things about him - he does have a lot of time for people; time for football people and in general for young Scottish managers who have been able to talk to him."
Mackay has an interesting connection to the Red Devils chief, with his father – also named Malky – playing alongside the Scot for Queen's Park in the 1950s.
And, Mackay jnr is in no doubt that Ferguson is one of the very best in the business when it comes to management.
"He's arguably the best British manager of all time. If you can't learn for somebody like that, then I don't know who you can learn from," the Cardiff City manager concluded.
"We had a conversation a couple of weeks ago on it (losing the title last season). They brought their squad down here towards the tail end of last season to prepare for one of their big games.
"They used our training pitch and the stadium for some privacy. I had a cup of tea with him then. He's someone that has helped us and it's not a bad thing to have."
Ex-Manchester United starlet Fraizer Campbell won't be available for Cardiff at the weekend for their match at Vicarage Road, whilst Ferguson will lead his Premier League leaders into battle against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Monday night.


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Edrie's Rainy Day Nursery
Name: Edrie (5 months)
Location: Portland, OR
Though we now know Edrie is a girl, we didn't prior to her birth. We knew it was popular, but a grey and yellow color palate worked perfectly for a gender neutral nursery. We were on a tight budget and I love to craft, so many projects in the room were DIY.
We first painted the walls. It took a few tries to find the right color, but Wet Pavement by Valspar worked perfectly. The dresser and rocker we already had, but they each got updates. The dresser was sanded and painted white. The rocker got a fresh coat of paint (Sun Ray by Behr) and new upholstery.
I couldn't resist making a cloud mobile, a nod to our return to rainy Oregon while we were expecting. I also made the quilt, crib skirt, and changing pad cover. Searching out fabrics for this room was a lot of fun. I was glad to use the embroidery hoop and bunting ideas to showcase a few of them!
I was heavily inspired by the nurseries featured on Apartment Therapy, especially Norah's Sweet and Sunny Nursery. The cloud mobile was certainly not my idea, though I LOVE it...they are all over pinterest and etsy. The bookcase was craigslisted, but originally from Ikea, as are the lamp and frames. The Follow Your Heart art is from Kohl's.
Thanks, Nicole! Readers, visit Nicole at Grant and Nicole.
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Consensus Report
Letter Report on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (2009)Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
A climate treaty could be negotiated by the end of 2009, yet current methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions have limitations for treaty monitoring and verification. This National Research Council letter report assesses whether NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), which failed on launch in early 2009, could be of use in monitoring emissions. The report concludes that the observatory could have tested the engineering designs and measurement concepts required to develop a robust capability for monitoring emissions from space. It also could have monitored carbon dioxide emissions from large local sources, such as cities and power plants, providing the first few years of baseline data for a climate treaty.
Key Messages
- Although OCO was not designed for treaty monitoring and verification, it would have provided baseline emission data from large fossil fuel sources as well as essential tests of the engineering designs and measurement concepts required to develop a robust capability for monitoring emissions from space.
- Existing measurement methods alone are insufficient to independently verify reported emissions trends.
- NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), which failed on launch in February 2009, would have provided proof of concept for spaceborne technologies to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, as well as baseline emissions data.
- The committee's study is focused on emission estimates of the greenhouse gases resulting from human activities (e.g., fossil fuel burning, deforestation, agriculture) that have the greatest potential to warm the planet and in particular on CO2.
- This letter focuses on the capabilities of an OCO and currently deployed satellites that measure atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and their potential role in monitoring and verifying a greenhouse gas treaty.


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Kay E. Mahoney 3/25/2012 7:02:20 PMCongratulations on your finalist. Adorable baby. Good luck in the next round. #1451980
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Ionia youth swimmers fair well with Grand Rapids YMCA team
The winter months have been a good one in the pool for numerous Ionia youth and teenage swimmers.
Along with a successful season for the high school boys swimming and diving team, the Ionia members of the Rapids Area Y Swimmers (RAYS) team have also had a successful season, which they capped off with many top finishes in the 8 and under and 9 and over state championship meets.
"It's a big commitment to swim on a competitive swim team for both the swimmers and their families, but with hard work, dedication and efforts, they are rewarded," RAYS coach Paula Wood said. "Not only when they hit the wall and look up at the clock after having their best race of the season, but the experience helps build character and promotes a healthy and active lifestyle."
In the YMCA 9 and Over State Championships on Feb. 23 and 24. Robby Denney placed in five 10 and under events. He finished 16th in the 50 Breaststroke (46.5), ninth in the 200 Free (2:40.78), 23rd in the 50 Butterfly (41.78) individually.
Denney joined Emmet Scmehling, Brice Kerr and C.J. Hier on two relay teams as well. The quartet took third in the 300 Free Relay (2:11.37) and reset the RAYS team record in the 400 Free with a time of 4:49.94.
Shelly Reglin competed in three 10 and under events, finishing 11th in the 100 Individual Medley (1:25.17), 18th in the 50 Back (40.02) and 13th in the 50 Breaststroke (46.07).
Ionia boys swim team member Peter Pelon took seventh in the 200 Free (1:55.51), fourth in the 500 Free (5:24.19) and ninth in the 100 Breaststroke (1:16.65); while Lindsey Wood took 25th in the 13-14 100 Free (1:02.55), 17th in the 500 Free (5:56) and 21st in the 200 Free (2:15.71).
Ionia junior Patrick Wood competed in four 15 and over events. He took second in the 200 Free (1:52.42), sixth in the 100 Back (1:00.55) and third in the 100 Butterfly (56.44).
The team of Wood, Pelon, Nate Kozycki and Evan Blank took first in the 400 Free Relay (3:25.94) as well.
On Feb. 17, the younger RAYS swimmers competed against the top swimmers under 8 years of age in their state championship meet.
Valarie Hoppes led the way for the RAYS, competing in five events. Individually, she finished second in the 8 and under 100 IM (1:39.4), third in the 7 and under 25 Free (16.4) and third in the 7 and under 50 Free (37.96).
Hoppes joined Kaitlyn Lenters, Jane Puglessi and Maggie Hier on the 7 and under 100 Medley Relay team, which finished eighth (1:27.39), and Puglessi, Sydney VandLente and Abby Schulz in the 7 and under 11 Free Relay, earning first with a time of 1:20.47.
Hannah Kahle finished fifth in the 6 and under 25 Free (22.19) and seventh in the 6 and under 25 Back (28.12). She also took 19th with teammates Lindsey Michell, Olivia Williams and Rhian Machiela in the 8 and under 100 Medley Relay (1:27.39); and third in the 100 Free Relay with Michell, Adie Sandberg and Sam Connor.
Brynn Lepien competed in three 8 and under events, taking 15th in the 25 Free (18.74) and 17th in the 50 Free (43.46) individually.
She also swam with Hallea Michell, Ashland Sandberg and Heir in the 100 Free Relay and took ninth (1:19.25).


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Jaime Hernandez: The 1981-D Susan B. Anthony Dollar has the second lowest mintage in the series. It compares in mintage with the 1981-P and 1981-S Dollars, as all three of them have mintages under three and a half million.
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Department of Revenue News Release
April 20, 2011Missouri Department of Revenue Asks Court to Close Blue Springs Motels Until Owner Abides by State Tax Laws
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Revenue has filed an injunction to close two Blue Springs motels for operating without a state sales tax license and failure to pay sate and local sales taxes.
The petition for injunction, filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court, asks for the closure of the America's Best Value Inn and Midwest Inn (both located at 1110 N. 7th Highway in Blue Springs) until its management begins to abide by Missouri tax laws.
"Most hotels, motels and inns legally operate with up-to-date business licenses and pay the taxes that are owed," said Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. "It's not fair to those businesses when others try to skirt the law and avoid paying the taxes that are due."
The petition was filed against MGP Investments, LLC, which is the company that operates the motels. The registered agent for the company is Stephanie Hazelton of Kansas City, MO. The company has operated the motels since at least 2006, and it has also done business as Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.
According to the petition, the company did not obtain a state sales tax license before it opened or since it has been in operation, as required by state law.
The company's current outstanding state and local sales tax liability is $193,350. This figure represents unpaid sales taxes for almost every month between August of 2007 and January of 2011. The total debt includes the base tax owed ($153,746), interest and penalties, including a $10,000 penalty for continually operating without a state sales tax license.
The petition specifically asks the court to direct the company to keep the hotel closed until it pays the taxes that are due, posts a sales tax bond and submits an application for a valid sales tax license. Circuit Court Judge Edith L. Messina has ordered a May 4 hearing to determine if the Department's request will be granted.
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! Go to the Department's Twitter page at http://twitter.com/MoRevenue to follow the Department.