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Doubts over Portsmouth's Israeli backer
An Israeli businessman reportedly interested in backing Portsmouth has had three of his businesses placed in receivership.
Levi Kushnir attended Portsmouth's Premier League match at Hull City last weekend as a guest of Ahmed Al Faraj, brother of Portsmouth's latest owner Ali Al Faraj, leading to speculation that Kushnir and Hong Kong-based businessman Balram Chainrai were about to loan cash-strapped Portsmouth £15m to help pay off their debts.
However, the 56-year-old Kushnir saw his holdings in Kital Holdings and two other companies that he owns placed in receivership last week after a Tel Aviv District Court agreed to the request of his creditors, Gmul America Investments.
In another twist, Kushnir and Chainrai last month successfully sued Beitar Jerusalem owner Arkadi Gaydamak, father of former Portsmouth owner Alexandre, for £16.5m, and were given the right to seize heavily indebted Beitar as surety.
Property developer Kushnir flatly denied that he is about to loan money to Portsmouth. He said: "I've no connection to the club. These are stupid rumours."
New Portsmouth Director of Football Avram Grant was also at Saturday's game, sporting a stubble as he mourns the death of his father, Meir Granat.
With Portsmouth manager Paul Hart struggling to lift the side off the foot of the table, it may not be long before Grant assumes the role of team manager, which is the wish of the club's Saudi Arabian owner Ali Al Faraj.
Israeli super-agent Pini Zahavi, who engineered the club's latest takeover, after Al-Faraj bought 90 per cent of Sulaiman Al-Fahim's shares in the club last month, advised him to install Grant as manager then. However, Portsmouth CEO Peter Storrie persuaded Al Faraj to give Hart more time.
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Codeartists has created a new web application named Timekiwi.It allows users to create a timeline with the help of your social media accounts.There are many social media sites that supports Time kiwi such as Twitter,Tumblr,Posterous,wordpress.com and Instagram.This site basically provides a new take on lifestreaming by converting the Timeline format into final product.
If you want to include a account into your timeline then just click on "Show me my timeline" and after clicking, the remaining work will do by the Timekiwi itself.In the context of Twitter the previously old retweets will be seen in your timeline but the aboriginal retweet function and the replies would not be seen in your timeline.
There are two types of layouts are currently available for the timeline,horizontally and vertically.You can also share the link directly from the social networking sites scch as Facebook,Twitter etc.The feature of printing your timeline is also available.If you want to add instagram in your timeline then connect it at last.
Wordpress provides the option to choose the exact date and time of your post before publishing the post,so with the help of wordpress you can create a historical timeline by importing the information from the wordpress into Timekiwi.It is very important that before adding your wordpress acoount to Timekiwi your entire timeline is ready to display or not.

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Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan
Dr. Chinsamy-Turan's work has been recognized by several highly acclaimed awards: for example, in 1995, she was awarded the National Research Foundation's President's Award, and in 1997/1998 she received the Royal Society of South Africa's Meiring Naude Gold Medal for Research Excellence. In 2003 she won the National Science and Technology Forum Award for outstanding contributions to science engineering and technology, and in 2005, she won the Distinguished Women Scientist Award from the South African Department of Science and Technology, and the South African Woman of the Year Award which acknowledges her contributions to science both in terms of research and science communication.
Dr. Chinsamy-Turan has published extensively – both in international scientific journals (including four publications in Nature) and in the popular press. She is President of the Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering, and has also served as the Director of Iziko Museums Natural History Collections (which includes the South African Museum) where she was able to actively pursue her interests in communicating science to the wider community. Dr. Chinsamy-Turan is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and the University of Cape Town. She is the author of the first book devoted entirely to fossil bone microstructure: The Microstructure of Dinosaur Bone – Deciphering Biology Through Fine Scale Techniques (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005) which has been internationally acclaimed. Her latest book, published in 2008, is entitled Famous Dinosaurs of Africa and is specifically written to educate and excite children about the fabulous African heritage of dinosaurs.
Dr. Ősi is the head of a vertebrate paleontological research group at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. He received his Ph.D. from Eötvös Loránd University in 2007. He is one of the discoverers of the Upper Cretaceous Iharkút vertebrate locality in western Hungary, and has conducted systematic excavations at this important European site during the last 14 years. Here, he and his colleagues have revealed a unique, Santonian-aged (~85 million-year-old) vertebrate fauna that includes Hungary's first dinosaurs.
In addition to working at Iharkút, Attila has also participated in paleontological field research in Argentina, China, and Spain. His general research interests focus on the paleobiological and paleobiogeographical aspects of archosaurs. He is especially interested in archosaurian jaw mechanisms and dental function, as well as the biogeographic history of late Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates in the western Tethyan archipelago.
Dr. Paulina Carabajal (nicknamed "Premji") is a dinosaur paleontologist at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA), CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue in the town of San Carlos de Bariloche in Rio Negro Province, northern Patagonia, Argentina. She received a Ph.D. in natural sciences from the Universidad de La Plata in 2009 under the supervision of Drs. Zulma Gasparini (Universidad de La Plata) and Phil Currie (University of Alberta).
Premji studies the cranial and endocranial morphology of dinosaurs to understand the paleobiological implications of these anatomical regions as well as their impact on the evolution of the group. Her research also includes collaborations on the paleoneurology of Argentinean pterosaurs and fossil crocodyliforms.
Premji´s general research interests include the morphology, evolution, and paleobiogeography of theropod dinosaurs. She has participated in numerous field expeditions, mostly in Patagonia, but also in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, Montana, the Gobi Desert, and Antarctica.
Dr. Curry Rogers is an Associate Professor of Biology and Geology at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is a Research Associate in Paleontology at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature, the Science Museum of Minnesota, and the Museum of the Rockies. She received her B.Sc. in Biology from Montana State University and her Ph.D. in Anatomical Sciences from Stony Brook University.
Kristi's research is focused on the evolutionary history and paleobiology of the long-necked titanosaurs, a group of sauropod dinosaurs, as well as upon the signals of growth and life history recorded in bones of living and extinct vertebrates. Her work has taken her around the world in search of dinosaurs, from Argentina to Zimbabwe (and lots of places in between). Her most rewarding work thus far has been the detailed study of sauropod dinosaurs inhabiting the island of Madagascar, which resulted in the discovery of two new sauropod dinosaur genera, Rapetosaurus and Vahiny, as well as the tiniest sauropod baby yet known. Kristi has been the recipient of an NSF CAREER grant aimed an an investigation of the effects of environmental stress on growing bones. She's appeared on screen in programs by Nova Science Now, BBC Horizon, the National Geographic Channel, and the Discovery Channel. When not studying fossils, Kristi's practicing and teaching yoga as a certified yoga teacher, or hanging with her daughter Lucy (age 13) and her husband Ray (also a Macalester Geology professor and collaborator) in Montana.
Dr. Gold is a postdoctoral researcher and instructor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Biology from the Richard Gilder Graduate School, at the American Museum of Natural History in 2015. She also received an M.S. in Geosciences from the University of Iowa in 2011, a B.S. in Geology and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Maryland in 2008.
Dr. Gold's research focuses on the neuroanatomical changes that occur in dinosaurs as they acquire the ability to fly. She uses two high resolution imaging techniques for her research: Computed Tomography (CT) to image the skulls of theropods and recreate their endocasts and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning to image the brains of living birds. She uses geometric morphometric techniques to analyze changes in shape in the endocasts of theropods.
Additionally, Dr. Gold created and runs DrNeurosaurus.com – a bilingual (English and Spanish) blog for kids about paleontological news.
Dr. Randall Irmis is the Chief Curator and a Curator of Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah and an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics at the University of Utah. Randall grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and then moved west for university, where he graduated magna cum laude from Northern Arizona University with a BS in Geology (Emphasis in Paleontology) and received his PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008.
Randall's research asks how vertebrate animals living on land evolved through deep time, particularly in response to climate change and other extrinsic events. Much of his research has focused on the beginning of the age of dinosaurs, the Triassic Period. He is interested in how ecosystems changed during this time, and why dinosaurs become so successful while other animal groups died out? This research has resulted in many field seasons at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, where critical fossils have been found documenting this early time of dinosaur evolution, as well as in similarly aged rocks in Utah, Arizona, Argentina, and Ethiopia. Irmis is also leading a long term field project in the Late Cretaceous of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Utah), where his team is investigating why this area had such unique dinosaur and other vertebrate species 80-75 million years ago, despite a lack of physical barriers.
As a graduate student, Randall was fortunate to receive funding from the Jurassic Foundation, and he is excited to support the next generation of paleontologists as a board member.
Lindsay Zanno (Jurassic Foundation President)
Dr. Lindsay Zanno is Head and Curator of Paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and an Assistant Research Professor at North Carolina State University. Zanno received a B.S. in Biological Anthropology from the University of New Mexico (summa cum laude, 1999), a M.S. in Geology (2004), and a Ph.D. in Geology (2008) from the University of Utah. Her lab uses active field explorations, comparative phylogenetic methods, and next-generation visualization approaches to reconstruct the lost biodiversity and paleobiology of Mesozoic ecosystems including complex transitions in dietary ecology, social/sexual selective forces, and key novelties in dinosaur evolution.
Despite over 17 years of international expedition experience, Zanno has a soft spot for the American West from where she has described many new species, including Siats meekerorum, one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs discovered on the continent. Her North American expeditions gather data on faunal dynamics during the Cretaceous—a time period bracketed by biotic turnover associated with the establishment of a transarctic land bridge and terminating with remarkably high species diversity linked to tectonic evolution of the Western Interior Basin.
Zanno's work garners worldwide media attention and has been featured extensively by notables such as the Science Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, New York Times, NPR, and the BBC. She was recently featured as Science Advocate for the Walking With Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular, on-air host for The Ice Age Exhibition, and coordinates several paleontology-focused citizen science and STEM education projects. In 2012 she launched the real-time social media platform—Expedition Live! connecting the public with paleontologists in the field. Zanno's published impact ranges from top science journals such as Nature to everyday Tweets, including over 120 technical works and a children's book on the cycle of life.
Matt Lamanna (Jurassic Foundation Past-President)
Dr. Lamanna is an Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and the principal dinosaur researcher at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Matt received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. His research interests involve exploring the effects of large-scale geographic and environmental changes on dinosaur evolution, distribution, and diversity, especially in the Southern Hemisphere continents. Within the past 18 years, he has directed or co-directed field expeditions to Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, China, Egypt, and Greenland that have resulted in the discovery of multiple new species of dinosaurs and other Cretaceous vertebrates. Foremost among these finds is one of the largest land animals ever discovered, a 95-million-year-old titanosaurian sauropod (long-necked plant-eating dinosaur) from Egypt that Matt and colleagues named Paralititan stromeri in 2001. The discovery of Paralititan received extensive media coverage and was documented in The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt, a film that aired on the A&E network in 2002. Matt also consulted on and narrated The Science Channel's documentary Rise of the Feathered Dragons, which chronicled his team's discovery of exquisite new specimens of the Early Cretaceous bird Gansus yumenensis in northwestern China. He has appeared on other programs for PBS (NOVA), the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and more.
Matt served as the principal scientific advisor to Carnegie Museum of Natural History's $36M Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition renovation project. In 2014, he led a team that named Anzu wyliei, the most complete oviraptorosaurian theropod yet found outside of Asia, and co-authored a paper that named another giant titanosaur species, Dreadnoughtus schrani. Most recently, in early 2016, he co-named two more new titanosaurs from Argentina, Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi and Sarmientosaurus musacchioi. Apart from paleontology, he enjoys fishing, watching football, working out (not frequently enough), and irritating his neighbors by playing guitar. Matt was Jurassic Foundation President from 2009 to 2016.
Victoria Arbour (Jurassic Foundation Communications Director)
Dr. Victoria Arbour is an NSERC postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. She received her BSc from Dalhousie University in her hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, completed an MSc and PhD at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and was the Brimley Postdoctoral Scholar at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Victoria is a world-leading expert on the armoured dinosaurs known as ankylosaurs. These dinosaurs had unusual tails that were modified into axe-like weapons, and Victoria's work has covered the evolutionary origin of ankylosaur tail clubs, the biomechanics of tail club impacts, and what features constrain the evolution of tail weapons. Her research also investigates the biogeography of dinosaurs and how changing climate influenced dinosaur distributions in North America and Asia. Victoria and her colleagues have named two new species of ankylosaur, Ziapelta sanjuanensis from New Mexico, and Zaraapelta nomadis from Mongolia. She helped create the massive open online course Dino 101, reaching over 70 000 learners around the globe. She was also featured in the recent television documentary Dino Hunt Canada, and has served as a scientific consultant for the film Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, the documentary Clash of the Dinosaurs, and the upcoming video game Saurian.


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World Hope Canada began in the year 2000, when Anne Medders and Georgina Hayes were visiting Odessa, Ukraine.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Photo Gallery – Beulah 2015
It's always such a treat to visit Beulah Camp and this year was no exception. The Evening on the Boulevard found Pastor Rod Guptill of Woods Harbour Wesleyan Church in Nova Scotia, shown above, selling lobster rolls. This is a fundraiser Woods Harbour Wesleyan has done for a number of years and all the funds go to support Hope House in Ukraine. They raised over $1,500!! BRAVO!
We'd like to send out a big thank you to Mark & Karen Cooney and the VBS kids again this year. The kids worked tirelessly all week to raise funds to support our Fish for Hope program in D. R. Congo and they raised $1,100, enough to provide one week of training for 80 fish farmers!
I love Beulah because it's such a great opportunity to connect with those who love the work we do. Can't wait till next year!!


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After taking part in the Writers Symposium at Gen Con last year, organizer Jean Rabe asked me to contribute a story to one of her upcoming anthologies: Hot & Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance. She co-edited it with Martin H. Greenberg, an icon in genre anthologies, and I'm pleased to say she bought a story from me for it.
This was a bit of a challenge for me, as I'd never tried my hand at writing a romance before. That may show in the amount of action I packed into this particular love story, but there's plenty of unbridled attraction running through it to pique anyone's interest. It's set in Georgia at the height of the Civil War, and despite all the work I did on Deadlands, I managed to resist putting zombies into it. More's the shame for some of you, I'm sure, but it's meant as a romantic tale, not a horror story, of course.
The book should hit shelves around June 7. I can't wait for you to read it!


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The city centre boasts an amazing wealth of shops, many of them unique to York.
You'll find places selling fine china, designer clothing, rare books, antiques… the list goes on. And because everything is concentrated in a small area, it's easy to combine sightseeing with some retail therapy.
In fact, many of York's shopping streets are so scenic that they're attractions in themselves.
On the town: Stonegate in York
The Shambles is one of the best-preserved medieval byways in Europe, with attractive half-timbered houses overhanging the narrow street. They're now home to lively cafés and independent boutiques.
Highlights include the contemporary jeweller Lily Shambles and Chocolate Heaven, whose name speaks for itself.
Stonegate is another stunner of a street: a mixture of ramshackle medieval and stately Georgian architecture. Here you'll find several of York's famous names, including Mulberry Hall for tableware, Pyramid Gallery for arty gifts and trinkets and Bettys for an unbeatable afternoon tea.
Near the Minster, you'll find Swinegate Quarter, site of a former medieval pig market. Its three main streets, Little Stonegate, Back Swinegate and Grape Lane, have become a noted shopping area, and are particularly good for picking up antiques.
Meanwhile, Goodramgate is now as famous for its independent stores as for its row of 14th-century houses, including Twenty Two Interiors, Cleggs and Rafi's Spice Box. There's also a National Trust shop on the street.
High Petergate and Low Petergate, named after the Cathedral of St Peter (popularly known as York Minster) are the places to go for designer fashion and gifts.
For quirky, bohemian charm, head to Fossgate and Walmgate – you'll be able to browse for second-hand books, bric-a-brac and antiques. There's even a doll's house specialist, The Miniature Scene.
And don't forget Newgate Market, where you can meander around more than a hundred open-air stalls.
York's most modern shopping area is Coney Street, which has an excellent selection of all the national high-street chains. But if you fancy a short trip from the city centre to bag the best designer bargains, York Designer Outlet will fit the bill.
Covering the area of three football pitches, it has more than 120 outlet stores including Reiss, Ted Baker, Paul Smith, Le Creuset and Bose.
Getting there is easy thanks to a park-and-ride bus service from the city centre, which operates seven days a week. And there's a spacious food court for a coffee break when you're all shopped out!
York offers a host of spine-tingling firsts for you to try – find out more at visityork.org/first
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[HISTORY: Adopted as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article I Excavations
§ 165-1 Definitions.
§ 165-2 Permit required; exception.
§ 165-3 Permit application requirements.
§ 165-4 Standards for issuance of permit.
§ 165-5 Permit conditions.
§ 165-6 Term of permit.
§ 165-7 Indemnification of town.
§ 165-8 Maintenance of work.
§ 165-9 Inspection and approval.
§ 165-10 Penalties for offenses.
§ 165-11 Incomplete or unsatisfactory work.
§ 165-12 Release of bond and surety.
§ 165-13 Rules and regulations.
§ 165-14 Severability.
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§ 165-1 Definitions.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory.
- Any person (See definition.) doing business subject to this article, either as principle contractor or as a subcontractor.
- The town engineer of the town.
- All surfaces installed and designed to carry or guide vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
- Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
- The individual authorized to supervise the maintenance of the town roads.
- ROAD or HIGHWAY
- The entire right-of-way width of any dedicated or other legally acquired public highway situated in the town.
§ 165-2 Permit required; exception.
No person shall make any excavation, trench or otherwise alter, open or remove the surface of any road or highway or reconstruct, repair or alter any curb, curb cut, driveway, road or road drainage in the Town of Bethany until a permit has been obtained from the Road Foreman or his authorized agent. The Bethany Department of Public Works, its agents and contractors shall not be required to obtain a permit when working on a road or highway in the Town of Bethany.
§ 165-3 Permit application requirements.
Application for a road excavation permit shall be made on forms provided by the Road Foreman.
The application shall include the following information:
The location of the work area.
A description of the work to be done.
The name, address and signature of the party doing the work.
The name, address and signature of the party for whom the work is being done.
The name and address of the owner or agent in charge of all properties abutting the work area.
Estimated cost of the work.
Estimated starting time and duration of the work.
A fee to the Town of Bethany in the amount established by resolution of the Board of Selectmen.
The Road Foreman may require detailed plans and specifications and other engineering to be submitted with the application where he shall deem the same to be necessary information for the issuance of a permit.
§ 165-4 Standards for issuance of permit.
The Road Foreman shall approve a permit hereunder when he finds:
That the plans for the proposed work meet the standards for this article as determined by the Road Foreman and, if appropriate, the Town Engineer.
That the operation will not unreasonably interfere with vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the demand and necessity for parking spaces and the means of access to the properly affected and adjacent properties.
§ 165-5 Permit conditions.
Pursuant to § 165-2 of this chapter, approved permits shall not be delivered to the permittee until all of the following are delivered to the Office of the First Selectman:
A certificate indicating public liability insurance coverage of the permittee of not less than $500,000 liability for one person, $1,000,000 liability for one accident and $500,000 property damage with the Town of Bethany included as an additional named insured.
A performance bond with surety in the minimum amount of $1,000 and in greater amounts if required by the Road Foreman, said performance bond to be in an amount in relation to the estimated cost of the work to be done, as determined by the Road Foreman. All bonds shall be in the form of certified checks made out to the Town of Bethany or passbook pledges in the name of the Town of Bethany.
All such bonds and insurance coverage required by this section shall be for the period of one calendar year and renewals. Evidence of such bond and insurance coverage shall be in form and in companies or sureties satisfactory to the Town Counsel.
§ 165-6 Term of permit.
Permits issued under this chapter shall expire one year after approval unless the Road Foreman deems a shorter period appropriate.
§ 165-7 Indemnification of town.
The permittee agrees as a condition of the permit to save harmless and indemnify the town, its officers, agents and employees from any and all liability, damages and costs that may in any manner be incurred by the town by reason of or in connection with the act or omission of the permittee, his agents or servants in the performance of the work under the permit.
§ 165-8 Maintenance of work.
By accepting a permit, the permittee shall guarantee to maintain the permitted work for a period of one year after completion of the work allowed under this permit. The performance bond shall include said conditions of maintenance within its provisions.
§ 165-9 Inspection and approval.
All operations for which a permit is granted hereunder shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the Road Foreman.
§ 165-10 Penalties for offenses.
Any person violating any provision of this article or any regulations promulgated hereunder shall be fined $50 per day for each provision of this article thus violated. Each day of such violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
§ 165-11 Incomplete or unsatisfactory work.
Any work not completed or not completed in a satisfactory manner under this article, within three days after notice in writing to the person taking out a permit for the same, may be completed by the town and all costs shall be defrayed by calling the bond and expending the surety posted for the project.
§ 165-12 Release of bond and surety.
The bond and surety posted for activities allowed pursuant to this article shall be released only after satisfactory completion of the work and the end of the maintenance period. A written request must be made to the Road Foreman for such release. No bond and surety will be released until one full year has elapsed after completion of the project and the Road Foreman or, if appropriate, the Town Engineer determines that the work remains satisfactory.
§ 165-13 Rules and regulations.
The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt or amend by resolution such permit fees, rules, regulations and specifications for the construction and repair of pavement, driveway aprons, curbs, curb cuts and trench excavations as may be in the best interest of the town to effectuate the terms of this section. Said regulations and any amendments, addenda, revisions, updates and supplements thereto shall be filed in the Town Clerk's office.
§ 165-14 Severability.
In the event that any part of this article is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such finding shall not affect the remaining portions of this article.


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RALEIGH — Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R-Forsyth) announced Friday seven key projects in Senate District 31 will be completed sooner as a result of major transportation funding reforms passed by the General Assembly in 2015.
Yadkin County residents will enjoy the widening of a portion of East Main St. in Yadkinville, according to the announcement.
According to the N.C. Department of Transportation, the accelerated projects in Forsyth County include widening U.S. 158 from Winston-Salem to Stokesdale, widening I-40 between Bermuda Run and Winston-Salem, construction of the Northern Beltway, including both the western (I-40 to US 52) and eastern (I-74/US-321 to US 52) sections, widening a portion of Harley Drive in Walkertown, as well as the construction of the new Forum Parkway Connector in Rural Hall.
"Jobs depend on our transportation infrastructure," said Krawiec. "These projects will be an economic boon to our local communities, and will make our area more appealing to job-creating companies now and on into the future."
These local projects are among an additional 92 highway projects that will be built and another 90 existing projects that will be sped up statewide, due to a long-term, comprehensive plan for transportation funding lawmakers passed as part of this year's state budget.
The plan added more than $700 million in new funding for transportation needs over two years. It also ended a decades-long raid of state transportation funds for non-transportation spending and helped ensure that 99 percent of those dollars will actually be used to build and maintain safe roads and bridges.
Thanks to the reforms, North Carolina will spend an additional $4.5 billion on new construction and maintenance priorities over the next 10 years — without having to borrow money.
The complete list of accelerated schedules for transportation projects will be presented to the state Board of Transportation for review at its December meeting, with approval expected in January 2016.


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|Christian Padoy, Didier Le Couviour
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|Saint-Gobain Vitrage
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|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (40), Classifications (34), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to novel protonic, conductive, electrolytic materials. It more particularly relates to the production of electrochromic systems mainly operating in light transmission, such as glazings for buildings or cars.
2. Discussion of the Background:
EP-A-253 713 discloses an electrochromic system operating by the insertion/deinsertion of protons in a layer of an oxide of a transition metal such as tungsten trioxide in contact with a solid electrolyte such as a protonic, conductive, electrolytic, macromolecular material formed by a phosphoric acid-polyoxyethylene (H3 PO4 -POE) complex. This material must be prepared under anhydrous conditions, taking particular care with the choice of solvents, in order to avoid a rapid deterioration of the other layers of the system associated with the electrolyte and in particular electrochromic material layers or electronically conductive layers or electrodes, between which is applied the potential difference necessary for coloration or decolorization.
Moreover, in order to prevent bubbling, which, after a few hours of operation totally degrades the optical quality of the system, EP-A-477 065 recommends a thorough degassing of the electrolyte, in vacuo and preferably at a high temperature, not only to avoid the trapping of air during the assembly of the glazing, but also so as to evacuate the air, or any solvent traces, trapped in the first polymer preparation phases.
This treatment is particularly effective in that it eliminates the bubbles which normally appear after a few dozen hours of operation. It also reduces the haze phenomenon, or in other words the proportion of the light diffused through the glazing, which when it becomes excessive no longer permits correct vision through the glazing. However, the degassing or more specifically the heating operation performed during the degassing (typically 3 hours at a temperature of 100�/120� C.) does not permit the elimination and even increases the yellowing of the polymer and the purity in the yellow, the latter essentially representing the perception of the color by the eye. This coloration of the glazing, in the decolorized state, is undesirable and in any case yellow is not very highly esteemed for building glazings.
In addition, this hot degassing treatment acts in precisely the same way as a thermal test and causes the deterioration of the polymer as when exposed to high temperatures. In this regard, it should be noted that an electrochromic system used as an external glazing can reach or exceed temperatures of about 80� C. under the combined effects of solar radiation and the black body effect when the glazing is in the colored state. Independently of any hot degassing treatment, there is consequently a problem of aging by yellowing of the polymer at temperatures of this level.
Analysis of the problem reveals that this yellowing is probably due to the formation of free radicals, which is aided by an acid medium. Although it is known to delay the formation of free radicals and/or block the action of the free radicals formed by means of an antioxidant, to date it was not known what antioxidants, if any, would be compatible with an acid medium and the synthesis solvents and would not affect the optical properties of the polymer, where it is desirable to have a maximum absence of coloration, a high light transmission and a high quality of transmission, i.e., the absence of any significant light diffusion.
Another problem encountered during the thermal tests is that of a drastic decrease in the viscosity of the material. Thus, after about 20 hours at 100� C. the flow of the material is already significant, and after about 100 hours the viscosity is so reduced as to be completely incompatible with a vertical position of the glazings, which can admittedly be accepted, e.g., for car sunroofs, but not for building glazings. Thus, during the assembly of the electrochromic system by a procedure similar to that currently used for the preparation of laminated glazings, the polymer is heated and an excessive flow is a handicap. It has also been found that this high temperature flow phenomenon even occurs in the absence of a hot drying treatment of the polymer, although such hot drying treatments tend to accentuate the problem.
Thus, there remains a need for protonic, conductive electrolytic materials which exhibit a reduced tendency to undergo yellowing. There also remains a need for protonic, conductive electrolytic materials which maintain a high viscosity even at high temperatures.
Accordingly, it is one object of the present invention to provide novel protonic, conductive electrolytic materials which exhibit a reduced tendency to undergo yellowing.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel protonic, conductive electrolytic materials which maintain a high viscosity even at high temperatures.
These and other objects, which will become apparent during the following detailed description, have been achieved by the inventors' discovery that one should avoid the use of major families of antioxidants including phenolic derivatives (for which is has been found that at the concentrations needed to obtain the desired effect, there is both a slight yellowing of the polymer and the appearance of a milky effect making the glazing translucent), metallic derivatives (rejected due to their coloration), and amino derivatives (for which it has been found that there exists a precipitation phenomenon in the acid medium with also a milky effect formation). Most antioxidants of the family of phosphites and phosphines have also proven unsatisfactory, due to the appearance of a milky effect at the necessary concentrations for obtaining the sought action. However, triphenylphosphine, an anti-yellowing additive mainly used during the extrusion of plastics materials, has proved satisfactory, no precipitate or milky effect occurring, even at high concentrations, e.g., approximately 1.5% (based on the weight of the additive-free polymer).
The inventors have also found that by adding to a protonic, conductive polymer of the solid complex type of anhydrous phosphoric acid in polyoxyethylene, a thixotropic agent such as fumed silica (i.e., silica obtained by pyrogenic reaction), in a proportion generally between 3 and 20%, based on the weight of the orthophosphoric acid-polyoxyethylene complex and excluding other additives, said percentages being given for a polyoxyethylene with a molecular weigh of approximately 5,000,000, it is possible to obtain a material which maintains a high viscosity even at high temperatures.
A more complete appreciation of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIGS. 1 to 3 are graphs showing the evolution of blur during a thermal test at 100�, 110� or 120� C. (haze in % on the ordinate, duration in hours on the abscissa);
FIGS. 4 to 6 are graphs showing the evolution of the light transmission, T, during a thermal test at 100� C., 110� C. or 120� C. (TL in % on the ordinate, duration in hours on the abscissa);
FIGS. 7 to 9 are graphs showing the evolution of the dominant color during a thermal test at 100� C., 110� or 120� C. (dominant wavelength in transmission in nm on the ordinate, duration in hours on the abscissa); and
FIGS. 10 to 12 are graphs showing the evolution of the purity in the dominant color during a thermal test at 100� C., 110� or 120� C. (purity in % on the ordinate, duration in hours on the abscissa).
Therefore, in a first embodiment, the present invention provides protonic, conductive, electrolytic, macromolecular materials of the solid complex type of an anhydrous orthophosphoric acid and polyoxyethylene comprising an antioxidant additive of the triphenylphosphine (TPP) type. This antioxidant additive is e.g., added in a proportion between 0.5 and 3 wt. % and preferably between 1 and 1.25 wt. %, based on the weight of the polymer H3 PO4 -POE complex, for a POE polymer, whose number average molecular weight is approximately 5,000,000. It is possible to use within the scope of the invention a POE having a different molecular weight and in particular a higher molecular weight. It is therefore possible to choose a POE with a number average molecular weight of 6,000,000, and 7,000,000 or 8,000,000.
The triphenylphosphine type antioxidant may be triphenylphosphine itself or it may be tritolylphosphine or trixylylphosphine. Triphenylphosphine is preferred.
The present protonic, conductive, electrolytic macromolecular complex comprising a solid complex of H3 PO4 and polyoxyethylene and an antioxidant may be prepared by dissolving anhydrous H3 PO4 in crystalline form in an appropriate solvent, e.g., THF and adding the solution to the POE followed by addition of acetonitrile to form the complex. A film of the resulting solution is formed and and dried to give a film of the complex. Since triphenylphosphine is itself soluble in THF it may be added in at the same time as the H3 PO4.
The phosphoric acid is preferably added in a concentration of 0.5 molecule per ethylene oxide monomer unite, i.e., with a ratio (O:H) of the number of oxygen atoms of the polymer to the number of hydrogen atoms of the acid between about 0.2 and 1 and preferably equal to 0.66. For such an O:H ratio, the proton conductivity and optical transparency are advantageously maximal (see U.S. Pat. No. 4,844,591, which is incorporated herein by reference).
Preferably, the weight ratio of H3 PO4 to POE is 0.9:1 to 1.1:1, more preferably about 1:1.
It should be noted that triphenyl phosphine not only has a favorable effect on the thermal tests, but also on the ultraviolet ageing tests by delaying the action of the peroxides formed under the action of the radiation, although the formation thereof is not completely prevented.
In a second embodiment, the present invention provides a macromolecular material having protonic conduction, whose viscosity at a temperature of about 100� remains compatible with a vertical positioning of the system in which the material is incorporated as an electrolyte, by incorporating fumed silica in the material. Fumed (or pyrogenic reacted) silica known as a thickening agent particularly for adhesives, pharmaceutical or cosmetic ointments, permits a very significant reduction in the flow, thus permitting installation in the vertical position without any problem.
Chemically unmodified, hydrophilic "fumed" (pyrogenic reacted) silicas on the surface of which are located siloxane groups and, in a smaller quantity, silanol groups, are satisfactory provided that they are used in relatively large quantities of about 12 wt. % or higher, particularly between 8 and 16 wt. %, based on the weight of the H3 PO4-POE solid complex. Moreover, the polymer remains fragile and in particular relatively sensitive to tearing, which is unexpected because hydrophilic fumed silicas are recommended for reinforcing elastomer materials.
This is not the case with hydrophobic fumed (pyrogenic reacted) silicas, obtained by a chemical modification of their surface by means of silanes so as to replace the silanol groups with silane groups. With such hydrophobic silicas, the sought increase in the viscosity is obtained for proportions generally between 4 and 10 wt. %, based on the weight of the H3 PO4 -POE solid complex, i.e., approximately one half that required in the case of hydrophilic fumed silicas. Very good results were obtained with a hydrophobic fumed (pyrogenic reacted) silica added at a rate of 6 to 8% by weight, based on the weight of the H3 PO4-POE solid complex. As in the case of the antioxidant additive, these proportions are given relative to the weight of the additive-free H3 PO4-POE polymer for a POE with a molecular weight of approximately 5,000,000.
Surprisingly, such hydrophobic fumed (pyrogenic reacted) silicas lead to a macro-molecular material which does not stick, is only slightly sensitive to tearing and which is self-supported at ambient temperature. Thus, the material can be prepared before hand, stocked in sheet form and cut to the desired dimensions, with a view to the assembly of the electrochromic system, thus obtaining operating conditions close to those used for laminated glazings, such as windscreens. Fumed or pyrogenic silicas (both hydrophilic and hydrophobic) are described in Iler, The Chemistry of Silica, Wiley-Interscience, NY 1979, which is incorporated herein by reference. Specific examples of the fumed Silica include Acticel, Aerosil, Amorphous Silica Dust, Aquafil, Cab-O-Grip II, Cab-O-Sil, Cab-O-Sperse, Cataloid, Colloidal Silica, Colloidal Silicon Dioxide, Davison SG-67, Dicalite, Dri-Die Insecticide 67, ENT 25,550, Fossil Flour, Fumed Silica, Fumed Silicon Dioxide, Ludox, Nalcoag, Nyacol, Nyacol 830, Nyacol 1430, Santocel, SG-67, Silca, Amorphous, Silicic anhydride, Silikill, and Vulkasil. The average particle size of the fumed silica is suitably 3 to 20 mm, preferably 5 to 15 mm.
However, hydrophobic thixotropic agents suffer from one deficiency, namely that of "crazing" on their edges and which is probably due to their hardness. However, advantageously this phenomenon disappears for the preferred polymers according to the invention, which have undergone heating for degassing.
It has also very advantageously been found that an anti-oxidant of the triphenyl phosphine type gives the polymer properties facilitating its drying and in particular its degassing, which can be carried out at a lower temperature. As will be shown hereinafter, this leads to completely unexpected results with respect to the optical performance characteristics. Moreover, this treatment at a lower temperature is less likely to deteriorate other layers of the system and in particular those beneath the polymer, when the latter is directly deposited in situ.
Advantageously in the simultaneous presence of a hydrophobic fumed (pyrogenic reacted) silica and triphenyl phosphine, the temperature during the hot heating treatment can be reduced by 10�/20� C., for an identical treatment time and without limiting the anti-bubbling effect on the anti-crazing effect. The optimum hot treatment temperature is then approximately 100� C., which is favorable both for the aging of the polymer and for that of the other system layers. It also becomes possible to perform this treatment on the single film, which is self-supportable.
The present invention also relates to a process for treatment by drying of the previously defined macromolecular material. This drying can be carried out at a temperature between 90� and 120� C., preferably 100� to 110� C., for approximately 1 to 3 hours.
Other features of the invention will become apparent in the course of the following descriptions of exemplary embodiments which are given for illustration of the invention and are not intended to be limiting thereof.
Preparation of the Standard Polymer:
25 g of anhydrous orthophosphoric acid (H3 PO4) in crystalline form (reference 04102 of SOTRACHEM FRANCE), having a molecular weight of 98, is dissolved with stirring in 400 ml of tetrahydrofuran (THF) (reference 28551296 of PROLABO FRANCE). 23 g of polyoxyethylene (POE) (reference 18947.2 of ALDRICH), whose molecular weight, given in the catalogue, is 5,000,000 is added. This is followed by the addition of 600 ml of acetonitrile (ACN) (reference 20060296 from PROLABO FRANCE). The H3 PO4 -POE complex forms and the mixture becomes viscous. The polymer in solution in the mixture of solvents ACN/THF is homogenized accompanied by stirring for 24 hours for 1 liter of preparation and 3 or 4 hours for 4 liters of preparation.
The polymer solution is then placed in a container, whose bottom has a calibrated slit of 1.1 mm, located 5 cm from the support to be covered. With the slit open, the polymer flows out to form a curtain of homogenous thickness. The speed of the support is regulated in such a way that the angle formed between the curtain and the vertical is at the most 30� so that the film undergoes no stress by stretching.
The film is then dried under a flow of dry air, at ambient temperature and for 8 hours. Its thickness is then 80 microns. It then undergoes prolonged drying for 72 hours at ambient temperature (reference) or 3 hours in the oven at a temperature of 100� C. (test No. 1) or 120� C. (test No. 2), under a pressure of 0.05 millibars. It is also possible to carry out this degassing phase in two stages, a first hot stage, under atmospheric pressure and a second stage in vacuo and at ambient temperature.
The assembly to form a laminate takes place at 120� C., under a pressure of 6 bars and for 60 minutes.
Anti-oxidant Additives:
Triphenyl phosphine (available under reference 60404 from RIEDEL de HAEN), which is a solid product at ambient temperature and soluble in THF, is consequently added to the preparation at the same stage as the orthophosphoric acid.
Thixotropic Agents:
The tests were performed on the basis of fumed (pyrogenic reacted) silicas marketed under the registered trademarks AEROSIL of DEGUSSA, GERMANY. The silica content of these silicas exceeds 99.8% (based on the substance calcined for 2 hours at 1000� C.), the other residual constituents being essentially alumina (<0.05%), ferric oxide (<0.003% for the two hydrophilic variants and 0.01% for the hydrophobic variant) and titanium dioxide (<0.03%).
The two tested hydrophilic variants are marketed under the references AEROSIL 200 (TX1) and AEROSIL 380 (TX2), the former having particles with an average size 12 nanometers (BET surface according to DIN standard 66131 200�25) and the second approximately 7 nanometers (BET surface 380�30).
The hydrophobic variant is available under the reference AEROSIL R 974 (TX3). The average particle size is 12 nanometers (BET surface 170�20).
In all cases, the thixotropic agent is added to the polymer as a THF suspension in order to avoid the formation of lumps. The percentages are calculated with respect to the weight of the H3 PO4 -POE complex.
It should be noted that the polymer with a hydrophobic thixotropic agent as the additive is advantageously less sticky and more resistant.
Flow Tests:
The polymer is poured on a 100�100 mm2 glass, covered with transparent adhesive paper except for a central disk of 50 mm. On removing the adhesive after drying, an 80 μm thick polymer disk having a diameter of 50 mm is obtained. Assembly takes place with another 100�100 mm2 glass and butyl at the edges of the glasses. After autoclaving, the diameter increase giving the flow (in %) is measured. The Aerosil charge is expressed as a weight percentage based on the POE+H3 PO4 weight. It should be noted that when this percentage is below 6%, the mechanical effect of the Aerosil is substantially invisible, except with regards to the hydrophobic additive TX3.
The test results are summarized in the following table.
______________________________________ FLOW AT 120� FLOW AT 130� C.______________________________________Reference 36% 47%Test No. 1 70% 80%Test No. 2 + TX1 (%) 6% 70% 80% 8% 40% 35% 10% 31% 37%Test No. 2 + TX2 (%) 6% 70% 80% 8% 28% 35% 10% 18% 25%Test No. 3 + TX3 (%) 6% 40% 58% 8% 10% 32% 10% 5% 12%______________________________________
As indicated hereinbefore, the degassing treatment at 120� C. (test no. 2) has a very negative effect on the mechanical strength of the polymer. However, the three tested additives make it possible to again obtain the mechanical strength of the reference polymer and even improve it very significantly, particularly with the hydrophobic additive TX3. In practice, in order to avoid any deterioration of the product, it is desirable for the flow at 120� C. to be below 10%. This aim is achieved with additive TX3 for an additive percentage of approximately 8%, whereas this percentage must be raised to approximately 14% for the additive TX2 and approximately 18% in the case of the additive TX1, which gave the least satisfactory results, at least if for financial reasons it is wished to adopt reduced additive contents.
Aspects of the Polymer:
As will be shown hereinafter when comparing the evolution of the different optical properties during thermal cycles, the addition of fumed (pyrogenic reacted) silica essentially has no effect thereon compared with the solid complex H3 PO4 -POE alone. However, with the hydrophobic thixotropic agent, the stresses imposed by the thermal tests give rise to crazing on the edges of the glazing after only about 20 hours. Advantageously this phenomenon no longer appears with polymers also incorporating TPP as the antioxidant and which also appears to act as a slightly fluidifying agent without significantly affecting the viscosity of the polymer. Thermal tests on a large glazing (height 80 cm/width 60 cm) installed in the vertical position with a polymer having 8% of agent R 974 and 1% TPP revealed no flow after 600 hours at 100� C. and only 1 mm flow after 300 hours, when the hydrophobic thixotropic agent proportion is reduced to 6%.
Haze is conventionally defined as being equal to the diffused light proportion compared with incident light. Beyond 1% it starts to become prejudicial, the eye then perceiving a slight deformation of images.
FIGS. 1 to 3 show the evolution of the haze of a glazing constituted by two glass plates assembled by a polymer of the following type:
A: Standard polymer dried at 20� C. for 72 hours (reference)
A': Standard polymer heated to 100� C. for 3 hours (test no. 1)
B: Standard polymer heated to 120� C. for 3 hours (test no. 2)
C: B+8% hydrophobic thixotropic agent R 974 (test no. 2 +8% TX3)
D: C+1% TTP (test no. 2+8% TX3+1% TPP)
E: A'+8% hydrophobic thixotropic agent R 974+1% TPP (test no. 1+8% TX3+1% TPP)
the above being a function of the test at 100� C. (FIG. 1), 110� C., (FIG. 2) and 120� C. (FIG. 3).
At the scale used, curves A and A' coincide. In order to be effective, the heating must be performed at a minimum of 110� C. Curve B demonstrates this effectiveness, but with still haze of more than 1% after approximately 800 hours.
Comparison of the different curves of FIG. 1 clearly shows an advantage for the polymers D and E for which the haze remains below 0.5% after 1800 hours at 100� C. This result is confirmed by the test at 110� C. At 120� C., (FIG. 3) it can also be seen that the polymer E (for which the drying was performed at 100� C. only, deteriorates less rapidly than the polymer dried at 120� C., whereas in the absence of any additive, the polymer derived at 120� C. is better than that dried at 100�.
The following photometric data are used based on the illuminant D65.
Light Transmission (FIGS. 4 to 6):
The classification of the polymers A to E is substantially the same as in the preceding case, except that the polymer C has a behavior virtually identical to polymer B. It should also be noted that the deterioration of the light transmission is delayed by more than 500 hours for the polymer E (attenuation after �1500 hours, to be compared with �600 hours for polymer D, 200 hours for polymers C and B and as from the start of the test for polymer A). As hereinbefore, the tests at 110� and 120� C. confirm this classification, polymer D being the only polymer not to demonstrate the deterioration of the light transmission as from the start of the test at 120� C. In fact, the curve has a plateau during approximately the first 150 hours.
Evolution of the Color (FIGS. 7 to 9) and the Purity (FIGS. 10 to 12):
FIGS. 7 to 9 show the evolution of the dominant color (dominant wavelength in transmission) as a function of the duration of the test, it being pointed out that the wavelength of 500 to 530 nanometers corresponds to green tints and 550 to 570 nanometers to yellow/orange tints, generally much less valued for glazings. For polymers A, B and C, yellowing appears after approximately 250 hours. The duration of the test is doubled for a polymer D and is further extended by approximately 540% for polymer E.
The curves of FIGS. 10 to 12 show the evolution of the purity in the dominant color precisely follows the same tendencies. Thus, not only do the polymers according to the invention have a clearly reduced yellowing tendency, but also the purity in the dominant color (or in other words the perception of the dominant color by the eye, is much lower than with polymers D and E.
This application is based on French Patent Application FR-94/02048, filed on Feb. 23, 1994, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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JAMES CHASE Receives "Best Visual Artist Award" from Local Arts Commission
JAMES CHASE (2014 MFA in Studio Art – Printmaking) who now lives in Hookset, New Hamphire with his wife Amy, received a "Best Visual Artist" award from the Rochester Arts and Culture Commission this month.
In other news, James recently accepted the position as Director of Community Education and Visual Arts Faculty at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester. He had previous served as Fine Arts, Humanities and Languages Program Coordinator at Manchester Community College.
Over the summer he was in a 2-person exhibition entitled "Layerical Swords" with ceramic artist Justin Gerace at the Chases Garage Artist Studio and Gallery in York, Maine. He has also received a commission to start large multi-location public arts project in Rochester.
James serves on the New Hampshire Humanities Steering Committee that has received a Mellon Foundation Grant to Support the Humanities in the amount of $824,000 over the next three years.


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Remember when I mentioned that the hubster and I had a romantic, food-filled New Year's Eve at home? Well, here's what we ate… "Turkey" Tempeh, Maple-Glazed Brussels Sprouts, Cornbread Stuffing with Tofurky sausage, mashed taters and cranberry sauce. If it sounds a bit Thanksgiving-y to you, that's because it was, but what can I say? The holidays were *almost* over, but we just weren't done stuffing our faces yet!
The Turkey Tempeh turned out okay, but not as good as I hoped. The flavor was great, but the texture was a little off. I feel like I'm not very good at preparing tempeh, so I take full blame for the results. Check out the original recipe, it'll probably turn out better for you. Also, please don't judge me for serving canned cranberry sauce… it's the only kind he really likes!
The Brussels were AMAZING! I'm firmly of the belief that maple syrup makes everything better though, so that didn't surprise me. I'll even admit that I was munching on these little suckers the next morning, straight out of the fridge- and they were just as yummy cold! My recipe, adapted from the one in Forks Over Knives, is below. Give 'em a try! This was my first time preparing brussels at home, and this recipe is super easy.
The Cornbread Stuffing was also a hit. I had seen the (non-vegan) version on Pinterest and had been thinking about making a compassionate version for a while. That recipe is also below. Like all stuffings it was ridiculously filling, but also really good. The cornbread is a nice change from the traditional stuffing, and of course the Tofurky gives it that extra "oomph". The celery and onions let you pretend that it's a little healthier than it actually is 🙂
- 1.5 lbs Brussels sprouts
- 1/4 cup diced sweet onion
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1.5 T dijon mustard
- 1.5 T Bragg's liquid aminos
- 1.5 T cornstarch
- Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Cut the stems off the sprouts and discard, then cut the sprouts in half. Cook in the boiling water for 2 minutes, then drain and rinse in cold water.
- In a large skillet or saucepan, saute the onions and garlic in a little bit of water for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the cooked sprouts and continue to saute for another 4 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, mustard, Bragg's, and cornstarch. Pour the mixture into the pan and mix everything together, then let it cook for another 2-3 minutes. You'll see the sauce start to thicken, then you'll know it's done!
- 1.5 cups onion, chopped fairly small
- 1.5 cups celery, sliced thinly
- 2-3 links of Tofurky Italian sausage, sliced in half longways, then sliced across into thin half circles
- 1/4 t sea salt
- pinch of black pepper
- 1 lb prepared cornbread, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 6 cups)
- 1/8 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
- 1- 1/2-3 cups veggie broth
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a 3-qt baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a skillet over medium heat, saute the onions and celery in some water for 4-5 minutes. Add the tofurky, cover and reduce heat to medium-low and let sit for another 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl, and season with salt and pepper.
- Add the cornbread, parsley and sage.
- Heat your broth in a small sauce pan. Once simmering, pour over the stuffing mixture and toss gently. Keep adding until the bread is moist but not wet. Spoon into the prepared baking dish and cover with foil.
- Bake until heated through, 20-25 minutes.
- I used a 3-qt baking dish because my smaller ones were dirty, but I definitely think you could squeeze this into a 2.5-qt dish.
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To Laura, age 5 1/2:
I saw a wonderful thing this morning! Just as the sun came up, I was walking on the meadow path by the creek. It is down the hill from my and Mimi's house. A hundred blackbirds ate their breakfast in the meadow grass. As I walked toward them, the birds closer to me flew up and settled on the other side of the flock. They did so continuously. They were a rising and falling wave of black birds against the green-brown field.
At once they decided—all together, as if they had the same mind—to fly to a tree. They rose in a wavery but true sphere of black bodies and wings toward a tree. It is winter, still, and the tree has bare branches. The tree has a teardrop shape, rounder at bottom, narrower toward the top that ends in a point. How marvelous!
As the ball of birds flew upward it took the shape of the tree, but larger at first, and then shrank to the size of the actual tree as the birds lighted on its branches. It was wonderful to watch this happen with the grey sky in the background. The tree seemed to have black leaves, too, but just for a minute.
So, blackbirds are artists in a flock! This morning they also reminded me that God is an artist. He makes art together with his creatures. Now, how wonderful is that? What a beautiful thing I saw this morning! I thought of my granddaughters, right then and there. I wanted you to know about it too. — Papa
Update, May 25, 2011.
David Lyle Jeffrey remarks on the poetry of Richard Wilbur in the June/July 2011 issue of First Things and mentions a poem on the birds. Of course Wilbur's observation recalled what I saw and reported to Laura. He wrote,
As if a cast of grain leapt back to the hand,
A landscapeful of small black birds, intent
On the far south, convene at some command
At once in the middle of the air, at once are gone
With headlong and unanimous consent
From the pale trees and fields they settled on.
After a paragraph or two of Jeffrey's comment, another stanza from Wilbur reads,
Delighted with myself and with the birds,
I set them down and give them leave to be.
It is by words and the defeat of words,
Down sudden vistas of the vain attempt,
That for a flying moment one may see
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Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron offered the role of Snow White's killers
Actress Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron have proposed the role of the evil queens in two different screen versions of the tale of Snow White,
Theron is considered as a candidate for the role in the Universa Picture's film Snow White and the Huntsman. According to the story of this film, the huntsman, whose evil queen sends to kill the main character, saves her life. Moreover, he even teaches the basics of survival of the girl in harsh conditions.
Deadline.EXCLUSIVE: An intriguing tale of rival Snow White is unfolding between Universal Pictures and Relativity Media. I'm told that Charlize Theron is hot and heavy in negotiations to play the Evil Queen in Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman (with Michael Fassbender the front-runner to play the woodsman). For its rival project The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, Relativity Media is courting Julia Roberts to play the Evil Queen. That film will be directed by Tarsem from a script by Melisa Wallack.
Universal is negotiating with Theron at the same time that she is reading the script for a key role in J. Edgar, the Clint Eastwood-directed film that will star Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover. The studio is moving quickly after paying $1.5 million against $3 million for the Evan Daughtery spec script that will be directed by Rupert Sanders.
The projects are very different, and both films are on the fastest possible track. It will be interesting to see if both fairy tales have happy endings.
Heat Vision reports that Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) is the front-runner to play the woodsman in Snow White and the Hunstsman. Universal is continuing talks with Theron to star in the film, and considering their options for the lead role. The studio first leaned toward a name actress, like Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning or Saoirse Ronan. But now the unknowns — Keough, Jones, Heathcoat, and Vikander — are gaining favor. Screentests will be held over the next few days.
Here is a recap of the three Snow White films in development:
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• housed at Universal
• Joe Roth will produce; Rupert Sanders is attached to direct
• Evan Daugherty's screenplay gives the Huntsman an expanded role where he becomes chained to Snow White for part of the story and acts as a mentor figure, teaching the teen girl how to fight and survive
The Brothers Grimm: Snow White
• housed at Relativity Media
• Brett Ratner will produce the Melisa Wallack script; Tarsem Singh has been offered the director's chair
• intended to be in 3D
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- "Dueling Snow White Films Target Charlize Theron And Julia Roberts As Mean Queens" and related posts (deadline.com)
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Carlton coach Mick Malthouse is set to be sacked as Carlton coach on Tuesday after slamming the club's board and chief executive Steven Trigg in an incendiary radio interview.
The Blues board was meeting on the club's headquarters at Princes Park to decide how to end the stand-off with Malthouse.
President Mark LoGiudice had declared on Monday the club would make a call on Malthouse's future in two weeks, prompting the most experienced coach in AFL history to take to SEN radio to slam the decision.
Malthouse insisted he would not resign, effectively daring the club to sack him.
"If people can judge me after 30 years, what's two more weeks mean? That I lose it totally or gain more knowledge about it?" he said.
"There's not a lot to gain by two weeks is there?
"I don't really get it – if you don't know about the person now, what does two weeks show?"
The move raised the stakes in a dramatic end-game for Malthouse, who is out of contract at the end of the year.
When asked whether he thought he would be reappointed to the coaching role, Malthouse gave a simple "No".
Malthouse lamented that the coach was always the first to be sacrificed when boards needed to relieve pressure.
"Good boards stay sound. Boards crack under pressure, and the first thing that goes is the coach because it relieves a bit of the pressure," the veteran coach said.
"They beat their chest because they've made a decision, and they move on.
"Very few of them ever work."
In a startling admission, the embattled coach also said Trigg had spoken to him about appointing a caretaker coach mid-season, a concept he described as "damn ridiculous".
"What do they get out of it, is it an ego trip or a pressure valve release? I don't know," he said.
Malthouse said he knew it would be an uphill battle to keep his job after the pair who brought him in – former chief executive Greg Swann and former president Stephen Kernahan – left the club last year.
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There's this thing that happens to me when someone demonstrates their gift. I first noticed it when I watched Tara Duus twirl her baton for the first time at an event. She took her place in front of the crowd and when the music started and she hurled her baton to the top of the three story ceiling and caught it as if someone had just handed it to her I got a tear. I knew, at that moment, that I was witnessing someone exhibiting their gift.
I notice it all the time now. When I witness someone displaying their gift my heart starts pounding a little faster, my breath slows down, my face becomes flush, and I get a tear. I feel it in my heart.
It happened this morning when I went to see Mike Massey speak at his church. The ease with which he interacted with everyone who attended that had questions or comments during the study and the passion with which he spoke was remarkable.
I get that same feeling when I read Robyn Goodpasture's Facebook posts and when Darin Britt encourages me to keep on, keepin on. I stopped dead in my tracks when my husband Allen met Melody for the first time and instantly dropped to the ground to play with her and so effortlessly related to her when she was only 5.
If you've ever been around Brett Sharp when he's at an event and he hugs or says hello, or gives a high five to everyone that shows up – I mean everyone. It's so effortless and kind and gracious. It's like when I'm totally loosing my mind with frustration as I try to do something new on WordPress or when I'm working through a concept and I call up Brian Duvall and he gently guides me to the answers that were right there all along. He just shared his gift with me and I am speechless.
I feel like the luckiest person in the world to notice people's gifts. If only I had a way to appreciate them with the same impact that they've had on me.


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Post 80- Whatever Happened to Julia Stiles?4
My friend, Josh Delman (Editor in Chief of the fabulous but short lived humor periodical, The Eastern Review), recently propositioned me to answer the titular question of this post, so after hours of meticulous research, this is what I have come up with:
Julia Stiles broke out into the mainstream with her widely acclaimed performance in 1998's 10 Things I Hate About You. Just how acclaimed was she? She walked home that year with an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Chicago Film Critics Award for most promising actress of the year and film critic Adina Hoffman of the Jerusalem Post, even called her "a young, serious looking Diane Lane!" If praise like that doesn't make phones start ringing at CAA I don't know what does. (That was a joke. But her acting chops were appealing to both teens and adults.) Julia spent the next few years racking up the Teen Choice Awards, appearing opposite such heartthrobs as Freddie Prinze Jr., Josh Hartnett, and Sean Patrick Thomas (who she appeared with in 2001's major hit Save the Last Dance). That film (which won her more MTV Movie and Teen Choice awards as well as a Rolling Stone cover) gave her actual clout in the industry and she used it to get a small but pivotal and money-making role in the Bourne Identity franchise, a fun part opposite William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin in David Mamet's State and Main, and a meaty dramatic role opposite Stockard Channing in 2001's The Business of Strangers. But in the mid 2000s, she started to fizzle. Mainstream flops like Mona Lisa Smile, The Prince and Me, and A Guy Thing seemed to demonstrate that she couldn't handle comedy or light material. She still got some nice paychecks from the Bourne movies, but she herself was no longer bankable (and had been usurped by the likes of Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst and Natalie Portman), so she turned to the stage, and went to college. She graduated from Columbia University in 2005 with a degree in literature.
In 2004, she performed in London in a revival of Mamet's Oleanna opposite Aaron Eckhart, (in 2009 she reprised this role on Broadway opposite Bill Pullman). I happened to see that production in LA before it went to Broadway and can vouch that Ms. Stiles was extremely effective and a magnetic performer. She also spent the mid to late 2000s doing smaller and more serious dramas like Edmond (2005), The Omen (2006), and The Cry of the Owl (2009).
In 2010, she followed the path of many talented actresses looking for work and went to television where she starred on the sixth season of Dexter and was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for her performance. She has also became a new muse of playwright Neil LaBute, appearing in short films that he directed and a new film he wrote called Seconds of Pleasure, and almost appearing on Broadway (opposite Dane Cook!) in LaBute's play Fat Pig, but the show was cancelled due to financial trouble. It seems Ms. Stiles is has been keeping extremely busy as of late, with three movies coming out in 2012 and at least two currently in pre-production. The biggest profile picture is David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Handbook, in which she stars opposite Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, and Chris Tucker in his first non-Rush Hour role since 1997. The other films are smaller, but seem to have great casts and directors.
So what happened to Julia Stiles? It's the classic case of intelligent, strong, classically trained actress-turned teen queen-turned flopper-turned legitimate actress again. I see her emulating Maggie Gyllenhaal or Michelle Williams and perhaps becoming something close to Gwenyth Paltrow over the next few years in terms of film choices (serious work on stage and screen mixed in with the occasional paycheck flick). She's not going to be as big as Anne Hathaway, Reese Witherspoon, or Amy Adams, but she's a talented, bright actress who is also into charity, so I imagine she's happy.
Josh, if this wasn't enough and you really want to know exactly what Julia Stiles is up to, you can follow her blog: http://juliastilesblog.com/.


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Mother's Day baking with kids
Let the kids pick one of these pretty and fun recipes for Mum – we promise they won't leave the kitchen in too much of a mess!
Roll up their sleeves, tie on those little aprons and bake something extra-special this Mother's Day. Whatever age your kids are, we've got a recipe to suit, from no-bake pistachio fridge cake to deliciously decadent dark chocolate squares.
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'I love Mum' biscuits
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Chocolate refrigerator cake
No-bake recipes are perfect for little ones. Customise this recipe for Mum by using her favourite biscuits, nuts and dried fruits – just keep the quantities the same as in the original recipe.
Easy maple syrup flapjacks
Little ones love flapjacks and so will Mum when she finds out you've baked these especially for her!
Decorating tip: Drizzle with a little milk or white chocolate when cool, leave to set, then serve on a pretty floral plate. Kids can complete their gift with a bunch of fresh daffodils and a homemade card.
Recipes for 6-10 year olds
Iced flower cookies
Ideally, you'd roll the cookie dough very thin for these delicate flower biscuits – but we're sure Mum won't notice if they're a bit chunky!
Orange yogurt cake
This superb cake contains orange juice, orange zest and yogurt to make the sponge extra tasty and moist. Present it to Mum on a pretty cake stand, too – we love this one from Sainsbury's with its stylish scalloped edge.
Butterfly fairy cakes
Fairy cakes are a bit smaller and often less sugary than their American cupcake counterparts. Heart-shaped measuring spoons (available from Sainsbury's) aren't just useful for baking – they make a great gift alongside your cakes for Mum, too.
Decorating tip: Bake your fairy cakes in floral cupcakes cases, then dip the "wings" in buttercream and princess sprinkles by Sainsbury's. Adorable!
Recipes for 11-15 year olds (and big kids too!)
Fudgy chocolate squares
Bittersweet cocoa powder and smooth dark chocolate make these moist chocolate cakes quite a grown-up treat.
Decorating tip: Use mini blossom cake decorations by Sainsbury's with small pieces of fresh mint so they look like real flowers.
Bumblebee & flower biscuits
You'll need a steady hand to decorate these cute bumblebee biscuits! Give to Mum in a little box, along with a jar of Taste the Difference orange blossom honey. Younger children can help make the flower biscuits too.
Decorating tip: Use black writing icing pens by Sainsbury's for your bumblebee biscuits rather than a piping bag. It's much easier!
Rhubarb & orange custard tart
This stunning tart sure makes the most of seasonal rhubarb and makes a lovely girly gift for Mother's Day. Cheat a little and use ready-rolled dessert pastry, or make your own using our foolproof recipe.
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It was a case of running under dual carriageway bridges and little road ways used mostly by dog walkers. Lots of dodging dog crap which added to the variation in exercise i suppose (clean it up people ffs!)
Oh yeah new trainers arrived today going to take them out for a spin in the morning.