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10 'next steps' to improve your WordPress blog
So you have set up a WordPress.com blog. Congratulations! I'm sure you are feeling proud of yourself — and you should.
I hope you have selected a theme that you like a lot (if not, you can change it easily).
I hope you have written and published your first post.
Here is a list of things you need to do next — and that means now — to make your blog speak for your competence and intelligence. What I mean to say is, your blog looks amateurish if you fail to do these things.
1 ) Change your TIME ZONE to the closest city that's in the same time zone as you (so that the time stamp is correct on your posts). Change this in Settings (see instructions).
2 ) Give your blog an intelligent TAGLINE (instead of "Just another WordPress.com weblog"). Change this in Settings (see instructions).
3 ) Upload a distinctive PHOTO so people can identify your comments easily (it does not need to be your face). Change this in Settings (see instructions).
4 ) Write something on your ABOUT page (see instructions) so it doesn't say this: "This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself …" (Nothing says "Amateur!" quite as obviously as an unchanged About page.)
5 ) Customize your blog's sidebar with WIDGETS (see instructions). For example, if your blog theme has a calendar on the side, you can remove it (why do you need that anyway?). You can add your own blogroll, or links to your own Twitter or Facebook pages. Some blog themes have two sidebars; some have a footer; all can be customized with widgets.
6 ) Learn how to embed images in your blog.
7 ) Learn how to embed YouTube videos in your blog.
8 ) Is the "site title" of your blog something like john's Blog or maria's Blog? Is that really the best you can do? Just look at the highlighted posts on the WordPress.com home page to see the clever and creative titles people have chosen for their blogs.
9 ) Delete the "Hello, World!" post. This is the little dummy post that every WordPress blog has as its first post. It looks quite stupid to keep this post on your blog. Learn how to delete it — and any other post you don't want to keep.
10 ) Learn the difference between TAGS and CATEGORIES. Then decide how you want to use these on your blog.


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The recipe for this lovely tall cake with its yummy old-fashioned frosting has been in our family for as long as I can remember.
17 Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes for a Crowd
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed cooked butternut squash
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 3 cups cake flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs whites
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in squash and maple flavoring. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in walnuts. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans.
- Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
- For frosting, in a heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, egg whites, water, cream of tartar and salt. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating over low heat until a thermometer reads 160°, about 8-10 minutes.
- Pour into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. Yield: 10-12 servings.
Originally published as Butternut Squash Layer Cake in Country Woman
September/October 2001, p33
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"This recipe is a copy of one already on the internet and located at:
http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Butternut-Squash-Layer-cake.It is almost verbatim.I suggest that if you wish to offer a recipe to be published, it should be your own and not one copied off of the internet.I did make the cake and, by the way, it was delicious.A lot of calories though due to all of the sugar used."


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DVDActive Gift Guide 2008
Marcus & Leigh return from chatting with Santa and have a few ideas for you all...
Marcus and Leigh took a winter wonderland trip to Santa's Grotto and asked the bearded one what the cool kids want for Christmas this year, and uncannily it turned out to be much the same as what Marcus and Leigh were going to recommend to all of you DVDactive readers. Who knew?
We've been spoilt for choice this year, with a wide selection of great movies hitting our screens. Now Blu-ray has begun to take a hold, many of us are really beginning to feel the benefits of HD and DVD is still managing to impress. With an already impressive movie selection making up the big hitters for the festive period, we thought movies was the best place to start.
The Dark Knight
Release: UK - 8th December 2008; US - 9th December 2008
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
I know that recommending The Dark Knight at this stage, is about as cutting edge as suggesting you try out turkey on Christmas Day, but that doesn't make either any less good. It may not be my favourite Batman movie (that'd be Returns) and Bale may not be my favourite Batman (that'd be Keaton or Conroy), but there is no denying just how much Nolan has achieved with this Bat-epic. For all of the well orchestrated action, the genuine sense of realism in a comic book world and across the board fine performances, Nolan got one thing right above all else—Batman and the Joker are bang on the money and the scene in the integration room is probably the Batman franchises finest moment on film to date.
Backed up with what looks to be a healthy set of extras and even a Limited Edition Blu-ray box set with a Bat Pod display for those of you who fancy treating yourself, this release is probably the biggest no- brainier of the year. After all, nothing says Christmas like a mourning orphan dressed as a bat going toe-to-toe with a psychopath dressed up as a clown.
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Release: UK - 8th Dec 2008; US - Out Now
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
The sequel to visionary director Guillermo del Toro's own 2004 film Hellboy, this instalment is bigger, better, and far more imaginative than what came before. Delving deeper into the monster's world than the last film, del Toro creates a vast array of weird and wonderful creatures that are as much Pan's Labyrinth as they are Hellboy, with a rogue's gallery of beasts that resemble the Star Wars cantina on a jolly boy's outing.
Of course, as before the centrepiece of the story is Ron Perlman as Hellboy, who delivers sarcasm and heart in equal measures that yet again shines through the prosthetics. With expansive sets and far more action than the first film, Hellboy II will be a visual feast for the viewer, and I know my family will be welcoming a red demon into the house on Christmas Day... but then again, we're weird like that.
Gabes review:
Hellboy II
It's a good Christmas to pick up some comedy despite not all of the 2008's offering hitting our shelves until the new year ( Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and in the UK's case, Tropic Thunder), but what is out there is still plenty funny to warm up those cold winter nights.
Family Guy Season Seven
Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD
The Griffins return for another bout of outrageously un-PC animated comedy. Generally described as the anti- Simpsons, Family Guy is lewder, cruder and arguably funnier than that yellow clan. With its mixture of hundred-miles-per-hour jokes and occasional surreal flights of fancy, season seven (actually season six, but let's not get into that here...) is possibly the best season yet. With the now customary bonus disc brimming with features, it's a must for fans of the series.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
I have a feeling that I'm in the minority here but I really loved Walk Hard. There's just something about John C. Reilly's performance as Dewey Cox and the world of Walk Hard that I found absolutely hilarious. The alternative takes on classic music history, the countless cameos and just how good the movie looks all makes it one of my comedies of the year.
The two disc edition is crammed full of even more greatness including a fantastic extended edition, rare music recordings and even a fake documentary from genuine musical stars telling of how Dewey Cox influenced their lives. I can and have watched this one a hell of a lot and it's totally one of my comedies of year.
Scott's review: Walk Hard
Okay, so horror isn't the first thing you think of when snuggling up in the sparkle of the Christmas lights, but here at DVDactive we like a bit of horror no matter the season, so heres what's on offer.
Release: UK – Out Now; US - 20th January 2009 (TBC)
Format: DVD
Horror, when done effectively, demands your complete attention and [REC] is one of the most effective horrors I've seen in quite a while. From the opening scenes there is something very genuine about it. It could be the cultural divide of it being a Spanish movie, or that it feels like a documentary you could have stumbled across late at night on TV, but whatever the reason, [REC] manages to capture a mood and tension that it holds onto throughout.
I rarely get sucked into horror quite as much as I did here and for someone that hardly ever gets the jumps whilst watching a scary movie, [REC] managed to make me leave my seat a good handful of times and was finally a movie that made use of the hand held camera approach à la Cloverfield and The Blair With Project to full effect. [REC] is a solid horror movie that leads up to an ending that's handled with just enough smarts not to undo all of its good work in the build up.
The Mist
Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
Based on a novella by horror icon Stephen King, The Mist is a horror film like they used to make. As a mist descends upon a small town in Maine, a group of local townsfolk including David Drayton (Thomas Jane) become stranded in a supermarket and are besieged by mysterious creatures that dwell within the murk. Whilst fighting off the creatures outside, alliances form on the inside and Drayton and his faction realise they are trapped inside with an enemy just as dangerous as whatever is lurking outside. With shades of films like The Thing, which are horror movies that work on far more levels that one expects from the genre, The Mist delivers scares and thoughtfulness in equal measure.
Going into too much detail will spoil some of the routes the plot takes, but it has to be said that the human conflict becomes just as white knuckle as the monster attacks by the third act and the film delivers a gut punch of an ending that I'm still surprised made its way through the Hollywood system. With strong performances from the whole ensemble cast (even the normally Ikea-like Thomas Jane impresses), the film will stay in the memory long after the credits roll. Released with a second disc containing, amongst other features, the fan-friendly black & white version of the film, The Mist is essential horror.
Marcus's review: The Mist
Music and Christmas, go together like crackers and crappy plastic toys. So what better way to enjoy Christmas time than catching up with your favourite bands. Though it has to be said that our recommendations might not go down so well over Christmas dinner.
Roadrunner United: The Concert
Release: UK - Out Now; US - 9th Dec 2008
Format: DVD
One for the 15 year old in the family (and the 30ish year old writing this review who should be old enough to know better by now, but doesn't), Roadrunner United: The Concert documents the coming together of some of the biggest names in American metal from the last 15 years. All residing within the Roadrunner record label, members of bands such as Anthrax, Slipknot, Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, Fear Factory, Stone Sour and Trivium come together to form a 'one night only' kind of supergroup, running through live renditions of some of the essential tracks from the label's impressive back catalogue.
Also featuring a bonus disc containing a 70 minute documentary with all the main players, this is one for the boys (and, again, me).
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 2
Release: UK – Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
I rarely pick up music on DVD and hadn't experienced any on Blu-ray, but with the release of The D's Complete Masterworks Vol. 2, I had to get involved.
Like the first volume, this includes a full 'D' gig and if you've ever seen one, you know they rock! This show was recorded at Moore Theatre and what's more, includes many of the tracks off of the recent Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny movie soundtrack, of which the highlight for me has to be 'Beelzeboss'. With immortal lines like 'I'm the Devil, I love metal', as well as all of the other classic 'D' tracks, performed by Rage Kage and Jables in ways only they can muster whislt being fueled by Satan - you just can't go wrong.
For those of you who don't get time to watch long running TV series for whatever reason, what better occasion is there than Christmas to catch up with big batches of TV box set goodness? Add to that a nice mince pies and some tinned chocolate and you have yourself the perfect viewing experience.
Lost Season Four
Release: UK - Out Now; US - 9th December 2008
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
Frankly I consider Lost the best show on TV, so this recommendation is an easy one. Anyone who watches the show will tell you just how exciting this latest season got with its new approach of telling us what happened in the future whilst letting events that affected it unravel in the present.
For anyone that lost track, it's well worth picking up the previous seasons too and catching up because now Lost has an official end in sight (the end of it's sixth season) you really don't want to miss out on what will no doubt continue to be one of the finest examples of television that the rectangular box that sits in our living rooms has ever provided.
Marcus' review: Lost: Season 4
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Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD
Filling in the gap between season six and the long awaited season seven, Keifer Sutherland dons the curly earpiece once again as Jack Bauer for this feature length movie. Packed with action both on the field and within the corridors of power and with the trademark real time concept still intact, the film bodes well for the proposed movie outing.
Expect the same quality and white knuckle tension we've come to expect from this seminal series and fans of the film should be pleased to hear that this DVD comes in an extended form and packed with features. This should be essential for fans of the franchise.
A clear sign that Christmas is fast approaching, is that those family movies that were all over the cinema and Happy Meals through the summer are now popping up on DVD & Blu-ray. This Christmas there's plenty on offer for those festive family get togethers.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
As I have always been a self confessed movie geek, my childhood Christmases were not gauged by Brussels sprouts and the Queen's speech, but by Doug McClure and Bubo the Mechanical Owl. Journey to the Center of the Earth is an all singing, all dancing update of seventies and eighties fantasy adventures and all of the elements are there—slim story, action heroes, dinosaurs and uncharted lands.
Available on DVD and Blu-ray, the first version is old school family entertainment, with Brendan Fraser agreeably channelling the spirit of Rick O'Connell again, fun action sequences (including a great mine cart sequence) and even a little heart. But the real treat is the 3D version of the film. Using the two sets of special glasses that come with the DVD, the movie really comes into its own and the enjoyment factor is raised a great deal. Ideal family entertainment of the kind they just don't make any more.
Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda
Release: UK - Out Now; US – Out Now
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
If you'd told me at the beginning of the year that I'd have a problem choosing between a Pixar movie and a Dreamworks Animation movie, I'd have laughed in your face, yet here I am with that very dilemma. On one hand Kung Fu Panda is a family movie full of heart, celebrating everything there is to celebrate about being a fan of something you love. Jack Black's performance is probably his best to date, even though he's not actually on screen, and I just came out of seeing this movie really loving every second of it. Wall-E on the other hand, is Pixar delivering yet another masterpiece. I may not have warmed to much to the human element of the story, but for me Wall-E as a character is Pixar's finest creation in a back catalogue of already fantastic characters.
Having only seen both of these movies once and waiting to watch them again on Blu-ray over the Christmas period, I am still divided over which I prefer. Is it the black and white bear that delivered Dreamworks most heartfelt fluke since the original Shrek or is it that awesome little litter-picking robot, who despite being let down by his human counterparts was still an absolute joy to watch. I'll tell you what, I'll just stay on the fence until after my second viewings and recommend both of these great animated gems.
Gabe's reviews: Wall-E & Kung-Fu Panda
Box sets, Box sets, Box sets. Is there a better item to unwrap on Christmas morning? This year there's quite a nice selection and some of them are really pushing the sleigh out for your collections.
Batman: The Complete Animated Series
Release: UK - N/A; US - Out Now
Format: DVD Only
What better to round up the year of the Bat than with The Dark Knight at his finest. The Batman Animated Series is a masterpiece, pure and simple, and to have it all in this deluxe box set is enough to make even me, already an owner of the entire series in individual series sets, want to get it again.
It's a shame they didn't have the foresight to include all of the animated movies and make this a completist's love-fest but with the entire run in one place with that pretty book and that gorgeous box—man alive this would make a great Christmas gift for any Bat-fan. Oh, and on a side note, Christmas 2009 request to Warner Bros, make a Justice League one to sit next to this on the shelf.
The Mummy Trilogy 3 disc Steelbook
Release: UK - 1st December; US - N/A
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
Let's face it, nobody's going to want to sit down after Christmas dinner and watch their brand new copy of Schindler's List. The Mummy franchise is, in my opinion, the new equivalent of the holiday family favourites I grew up with. Unpretentious, exuberant and quite simply fun, a good time is guaranteed for all but the most cynical movie critic on the big day.
The first film is by far the most successful, channelling the spirit of adventure that the Indiana Jones films revel in, while at the same time giving the extra zip in pace expected by the newer audiences. The second offering is slightly more frenetic in its storytelling but at the same time upping the pace and action skilfully. The initially maligned third film is far more entertaining on repeated viewings than most bloggers would have you believe and on the whole, the box set is guaranteed to entertain you, your little brother and your grandparents all at once—and there aren't too many franchises you can say that about, are there? Presented in a three disc steelbook and presumably with all the features intact, this is a nice little set and a great present.
What would a Christmas recommendation article be without a genuine Christmas recommendation? So, here they are, the ones that should be a staple for everyone's festive viewings and make you get that proper Christmas feeling.
Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format DVD
Bill Murray is on fine cynical form in this great update of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Relocating the classic story to modern-day America, we meet Frank Cross (Murray), a network TV President and self-confessed Scrooge.
But he is about to get a rude awakening when he is visited by three ghosts, who force him to re-examine his life and the error of his ways. Mixing genuinely funny comedy of the blacker, meaner variety with real heart and soul in the climax, all delivered by Murray on fine deadpan form (including the funniest Richard Pryor joke I've ever heard), this is classic stuff. Highly recommended.
Release: UK - Out Now; US - Out Now
Format: DVD
By far my favourite movie to watch at Christmas. That opening Phil Spector/Darlene Love Christmas track, the snow covered small town, Billy's frost covered VW Beetle. It's pure Christmas joy and that's even before the Gremlins turn up.
There's something incredibly Christmassy about a present that causes bedlam. A present so damn good the entire town finds out about it. Of course Billy's gift is a Mogwai and when you get one wet, it spawns a batch of nasty ones and when you feed them after midnight they turn into Gremlins and go on the rampage. However when a rampage involves singing Christmas carols, watching Snow White with your buddies and winding up causing havoc in a department store you can't help but get that Christmas spirit. Okay maybe not, but Gremlins is a Christmas classic and you just can't beat it.
So there you have it, a batch of recommendations that might help you along with your Christmas lists. Just remember, Santa only brings the cool stuff to the girls and boys who have been good all year not just in the big release season.
Editorial by Marcus Doidge
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There are some pretty mean car crashes in it, I'll give it that much.
Actually, I haven't seen it, but the action looks appealing to me.
Marcus1138 wrote: Chris Gould wrote: Mark Lim wrote: It means I get the Eagle Eye Blu Ray two weeks before December 28th!!
Having seen it I'm not sure that's a good thing.
Eagle Eye killed Shia's great run dead!
Won't be getting this... I already own Enemy Of The State.
Having seen it I'm not sure that's a good thing.
Eagle Eye killed Shia's great run dead!
Won't be getting this... I already own Enemy Of The State.
Chris Gould wrote: Mark Lim wrote: It means I get the Eagle Eye Blu Ray two weeks before December 28th!!
Having seen it I'm not sure that's a good thing.
Eagle Eye killed Shia's great run dead!
Having seen it I'm not sure that's a good thing.
Eagle Eye killed Shia's great run dead!
Mark Lim wrote: It means I get the Eagle Eye Blu Ray two weeks before December 28th!!
Having seen it I'm not sure that's a good thing.
Having seen it I'm not sure that's a good thing.
Already have The Dark Knight Blu-ray pre-ordered and poised to buy it on DVD for my parents, brother, and sister. I blind-bought Hellboy II a few weeks ago 'cuz I got it cheap.
The only other movies I want for Christmas this year are Wanted, Beowulf, and Tropic Thunder on Blu.
The only other movies I want for Christmas this year are Wanted, Beowulf, and Tropic Thunder on Blu.
Sam Spade wrote: Is it Dec 9th yet?
Thankfully, I don't have to wait like you people. I already got my Dark Knight Blu Ray over a week ago. It came with Wanted on Blu Ray as well. Now, I'm waiting for Mummy 3 which arrives on Monday for me, as well as Mamma Mia and Eagle Eye. Thank you Paramount!! It means I get the Eagle Eye Blu Ray two weeks before December 28th!!
Thankfully, I don't have to wait like you people. I already got my Dark Knight Blu Ray over a week ago. It came with Wanted on Blu Ray as well. Now, I'm waiting for Mummy 3 which arrives on Monday for me, as well as Mamma Mia and Eagle Eye. Thank you Paramount!! It means I get the Eagle Eye Blu Ray two weeks before December 28th!!
JackJackMN wrote: What is the middle movie, animated film from the looks of the cover, in other considerations in the family section?
It runs, from left to right.
Doctor Who Season 4, Mysterious Cities of Gold complete boxset, Horton hears a Who, Speed Racer, Clone Wars
It runs, from left to right.
Doctor Who Season 4, Mysterious Cities of Gold complete boxset, Horton hears a Who, Speed Racer, Clone Wars
The Dark Knight is SO mine!
What is the middle movie, animated film from the looks of the cover, in other considerations in the family section?
The ending on The Mist really threw me as well - am looking forward to hearing the commentary on it...
So, are these two the new Siskel & Ebert?
So, are these two the new Siskel & Ebert?
I hope that [REC] US DVD Date is real. If it is, then Happy Birthday to Me! Can't wait to own one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.
I've already pre-ordered my The Dark Knight Blu-ray! With a whole lot of other movies I ordered off Amazon on Black Friday, it's gonna be a real treat this month! Speed Racer, 300 and The Incredible Hulk on Blu-ray and SD DVDs of Babel, Eastern Promises, Zodiac DC, Dark City DC, Departed 2 Disc and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang... 'tis really the season to be jolly!!
I unfortunately won't have The Dark Knight for christmas because I'm waiting for the BD Steelbook. Oh well.
I bought WALL-E and Kung Fu Panda. Can't wait to get The Dark Knight. Where's Chronicles of Narnia and Horton Hears a Who?
Thank you for the GREMLINS theme
Not only is Gremlins my favorite movie to watch at Christmas time, it's my favorite movie of ALL TIME!! Great recommendations!
Frilsh wrote: Phil92 wrote: The Dark Knight is mine. You hear me? MINE, MINE, MINE!
Why The Hell Would Anyone Buy That? The Movie Was S**t, I Hated It
So Was Disaster Movie And Ace Ventura Jr. Pet Detective, But That's Not Stopping You From Buying Them, Is It
Why The Hell Would Anyone Buy That? The Movie Was S**t, I Hated It
So Was Disaster Movie And Ace Ventura Jr. Pet Detective, But That's Not Stopping You From Buying Them, Is It
Is it Dec 9th yet?
i liked Dark Knight so much, i bought the steelbook of the dvd AND blu-ray.............well actually the dvd is for my friend's boyfriend cuz i'm just that nice.
I'm definitely getting Hellboy II and The Dark Knight for Christmas.
Frilsh stop your trolling.
Phil92 wrote: The Dark Knight is mine. You hear me? MINE, MINE, MINE!
Why The Hell Would Anyone Buy That? The Movie Was S**t, I Hated It
Why The Hell Would Anyone Buy That? The Movie Was S**t, I Hated It
Just saw the Mist on BD yesterday... I'm still shaking from that ending. Holy S**t that was awesome.
And for the TV considerations, I'd like to recommend A Colbert Christmas: The greatest Gift of All. Just as witty as the daily iterations, and a fantastic send-up / tribute to Christmas specials.
And for the TV considerations, I'd like to recommend A Colbert Christmas: The greatest Gift of All. Just as witty as the daily iterations, and a fantastic send-up / tribute to Christmas specials.
Phil92 wrote: The Dark Knight is mine. You hear me? MINE, MINE, MINE!
Why so serious......
btw. it's mine to
Why so serious......
btw. it's mine to
The Dark Knight is mine. You hear me? MINE, MINE, MINE!
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Public (NYSE: RHP) | |
Founded | 1925 |
Founder | Edward Gaylord |
Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Key people
Colin Reed (CEO) |
Revenue | US$747,723,000 (2007) |
Total assets | US$2,336,867,000 (2007) |
Total equity | US$941,492,000 (2007) |
Subsidiaries | Grand Ole Opry |
Website | RymanHP.com |
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) is a hotel, resort, entertainment, and media company named after National Historic Landmark the Ryman Auditorium, built as a tabernacle by Captain Thomas G. Ryman in 1892 and later the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943-74. The hospitality group was founded by Edward Gaylord. Prior to its public ownership, it was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company, which was formerly owned by the Gaylord family for 71 years until 2011. The OPUBCO company was once the longtime publisher of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Until 2012, the company was known as Gaylord Entertainment Company, and earlier as Gaylord Broadcasting Company. The company has operated as a real estate investment trust since October 1, 2012.
Gaylord Entertainment came into existence after Edward Gaylord was persuaded by his wife, Thelma, to purchase the Opryland USA properties that had been put up for sale by American General Insurance. The Gaylords took the Opryland businesses, merged them with Gaylord Broadcasting (their existing television station and syndicated program division) and created Opryland USA, Inc. Opryland USA, Inc. became the Gaylord Entertainment Company when the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in the early 1990s. The company flourished as the leader in the "country lifestyle" business under the leadership of E.W. "Bud" Wendell until he retired in 1997.
The Opryland Lodging Group was formed with the opening of the 600 room Opryland Hotel (now named Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center) in November 1977. In addition to catering to guests from the Opryland USA Themepark and Grand Ole Opry, the hotel's first general manager, Jack Vaughn, sought to cater to conventions, a service that Nashville tourism had neglected until then. The hospitality group was a modest, but highly successful division of the Opryland USA properties of Gaylord Entertainment from the hotel's opening through the 1996 expansion of the hotel's almost 3,000 rooms and subsequent announcement of future Opryland Hotels in Florida, Texas and Washington, D.C..
In 1997, in partnership with the Nashville Predators (NHL) hockey team (of which Gaylord Entertainment owned a minority share), the company purchased the naming rights to Nashville's new downtown arena, which became known as the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The agreement − originally signed for 20 years at a cost of $80 million − was canceled in 2005, but the name remained on the arena until 2007. Gaylord also divested its ownership share of the franchise.
New management in the early 2000s believed that Gaylord Entertainment's future lie solely in the management of the hospitality arm of the company. With the exception of the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Wildhorse Saloon, and WSM radio in Nashville, all non-hotel businesses were abandoned or sold.
The hotels division was rebranded as "Gaylord Hotels" in 2000, with the company positioning it as a premium brand. The three previously-announced additional hotels were built. Three other hotels were planned for the areas of San Diego, Phoenix and Denver but were never built. Two other hotel properties were announced as acquisitions; however those were abandoned as well. Ten years after stating that the company's future was in the hospitality and convention business, the same management team reversed course, stating the company could not succeed in managing its hotels.
The company sold the Gaylord Hotels brand to Marriott International in the spring of 2012, completing its transition from a media conglomerate that once owned cable networks, theme parks, television and radio stations, restaurants, giant retail chains, newspapers, sports teams, Internet portals, record companies, as well as film, television, and animation studios into a simple real estate holding company. As a result of the sale, the company lost the rights to use the Gaylord name, resulting in the change to Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
In the 1990s, Gaylord Entertainment was Tennessee's second largest private employer; as of 2015, Ryman Hospitality now employs fewer than 100 full-time workers.
In May 2012, Marriott International agreed to purchase the Gaylord Hotels division and the rights to manage Gaylord's four hotels, the General Jackson Showboat, the Wildhorse Saloon, and Gaylord Springs Golf Links for $210 million in cash. The company changed its name from Gaylord Entertainment to Ryman Hospitality Properties when the deal was finalized in October.[1] According to Chairman and CEO Colin Reed, Ryman will continue to operate and manage the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium and WSM radio for the time being, stating that they are "iconic" assets.[2] The conversion cost more than 300 corporate employees their jobs with the company. The purchase came just as the poison pill put forth by the board of directors expired, opening the company up for a hostile takeover.
Robert Rowling, the Texas billionaire who owns TRT Holdings, bought 14 percent of Gaylord stock in early 2008.[3] Later that year, Gaylord rejected Rowling's bid to increase TRT's stake to 30 percent, saying there would be no benefit to the company and also noting TRT's potential conflict of interest, since TRT owns the Omni Hotel chain, which competes with Gaylord for conference and convention business.[4] In management's effort to see the Marriott plan to succeed, the company paid $185 million on August 7, 2012 for almost half of the shares owned by billionaire Robert Rowling and launched an offering to help him dispose of his remaining 5.6 million shares. Rowling had previously opposed the Marriott purchase saying, "The company can go on a diet without having surgery. We would rather see Gaylord maintain the status quo and implement the savings without permanently impairing the value of the Gaylord Properties by encumbering them with the onerous, long term Marriott Agreement." Omni would go on to open its first Nashville hotel in September 2013, adjacent to the downtown Music City Center.
Facilities owned and operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties include:
Facilities owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties, but managed by Marriott International, include:
Previously owned properties and ventures include:
In 1999, Gaylord Entertainment purchased the naming rights to the major downtown arena in Nashville (home of the Nashville Predators). The agreement was terminated in 2005, but the Gaylord Entertainment Center name remained on the building until March 16, 2007. The facility is now known as Bridgestone Arena.
Gaylord Entertainment also produced the long-running comedy/variety series Hee Haw (initially out of the studios of WTVF in Nashville) and distributed the program over their television stations and in syndication.
Ryman Hospitaity's only present broadcast property, as noted above, is WSM (650 AM) in Nashville, a heritage country music station with a 50,000-watt clear-channel signal. Oklahoma Publishing acquired WSM as part of its purchase of the Grand Ole Opry and associated businesses in 1983.[5]
Ryman, while it was a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing, owned several television and radio stations. The broadcasting subsidiary originated as the WKY Radiophone Company, named after its Oklahoma City flagship stations. In 1956 it became the WKY Television System, holding onto that moniker until 1975 when it took on the Gaylord Broadcasting Company name.[6] Below are charts of stations formerly owned by Ryman's predecessor companies.
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
Note: ** indicates a station built and/or signed-on by Oklahoma Publishing/Gaylord Broadcasting.
AM Stations | FM Stations |
City of license/Market | Station | Years owned | Current ownership |
Albuquerque | KRKE 610 (now KNML) |
1974–1980 | Cumulus Media |
KRKE-FM 94.1 (now KZRR) |
1976–1980 | iHeartMedia | |
Oklahoma City | WKY 930 | 1928–2002 | Cumulus Media |
WKY-FM 98.9 | 1947–1952 | defunct, went silent in 1952 frequency now used by KYIS |
Portland, Oregon | KYTE 970 (now KUFO) |
1977–1983 | Alpha Broadcasting |
KYTE-FM/KLLB 101.1 (now KXL-FM) |
1977–1983 | Alpha Broadcasting | |
Nashville | WSM-FM 95.5 | 1983–2003 | Cumulus Media |
WWTN 99.7 | 1995–2003 | Cumulus Media |
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
Montgomery – Selma, Alabama | WSFA | 12 (12) | 1955–1959 | NBC affiliate owned by Raycom Media |
Denver | KLZ-TV ** | 7 (7) | 1953–1954 | ABC affiliate, KMGH-TV, owned by E. W. Scripps Company |
Tampa – St. Petersburg | WTVT | 13 (12) | 1956–1987 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
New Orleans | WVUE | 8 (28) | 1977–1987 | Fox affiliate owned by Louisiana Media Company (Operated through SSA by Raycom Media) |
Lorain – Cleveland | WUAB | 43 (28) | 1977–1989 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Raycom Media |
Oklahoma City | WKY-TV ** | 4 (27) | 1949–1976 | NBC affiliate, KFOR-TV, owned by Tribune Broadcasting |
Fort Worth – Dallas | KTVT | 11 (19) | 1971–1999 | CBS owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Houston | KHTV ** | 39 (38) | 1967–1995 | The CW affiliate, KIAH, owned by Tribune Broadcasting |
Tacoma – Seattle | KSTW | 11 (11) | 1974–1997 | The CW affiliate owned by CBS Corporation |
Milwaukee | WVTV | 18 (18) | 1966–1996 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |


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Publisher | Netherlands, The: Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Publication Date | 1 May 2001 |
Country | Turkey |
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text: The city of Aurora has offered $240,000 to settle the multi-million dollar claims of four of Brent J. Brents' victims against the Police Department of Aurora and Arapahoe County. Three of the claims are from sexual assault victims, one is from Tiffany Engle, the apartment manager that Brents brutally assaulted and nearly killed in mid-February 2005. The victims have reportedly agreed to split the settlement in four equal $60,000 amounts. "I'm pleased with the sincere effort of the city of Aurora,� says Engle, responding to the offered settlement and the sensitivity with which the city has responded to the situation. An official announcement from the city of Aurora is expected in the next three to four days. Brents, an ex-con who was released from prison in 2004, went on a rampage through the city of Denver in February 2005, sexually assaulting at least five women and three children as well as attacking Engle. Engle, who underwent emergency surgery to alleviate pressure in her brain from the attack and had to go through eight weeks of rehabilitation, was Brents' last victim before he was caught near Glenwood Springs. Brents was sentenced to more than 1,300 years in prison in July. Arapahoe County is also named in the original notice; however, no settlement has been offered. Engle says she intends to go forward with a potential suit against Arapahoe County.


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This Consciousness that is aware Of Neighbors and the Sun Will be the one aware of Death And that itself alone Is traversing the interval Experience between And most profound experiment Appointed unto Men -- How adequate unto itself Its properties shall be Itself unto itself and none Shall make discovery. Adventure most unto itself The Soul condemned to be -- Attended by a single Hound Its own identity.


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Forums >Racing>Color Run? Whats the Point
I did one color run. Oh my, mix those colors up your nose, and you'll get some black stuff back for a day or two. It was different, and I did the event with friends. We had fun, but I wasn't a fan of not being able to breathe when that stuff went up my nose. I probably will not do another. It also bothered me that the color volunteers were breathing in the colored corn starch for quite a while. Let's just say they were not smiling, and I don't blame them.
I'd be interested in the rates of reactive airway issues from all that stuff they throw at you. That might make an interesting study. Any med students out there looking for a research project?
I'd be interested in the rates of reactive airway issues from all that stuff they throw at you.
That might make an interesting study. Any med students out there looking for a research project?
Live the Adventure. Enjoy the Journey. Be Kind. Have Faith!
Black stuff? OMG, gross. Sounds like a lawsuit just waiting to happen, if any medical issues arise from breathing all those particles in. I wonder if anyone on the risk management side of these events has actually thought that through.
Gotta give the dude who invented it credit for seeing the Hindu Holi festival and saying "people would pay money for that"?
What other religious festivals could we turn into for profit running events?
Gotta give the dude who invented it credit for seeing the Hindu Holi festival and saying "people would pay money for that"? What other religious festivals could we turn into for profit running events?
Maybe Buddha's Birthday. We could run as people dump tea on us.
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Crown of Thorns 5k? Medals could be little crucifixes.
How about that scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the monks are marching along chanting and slamming themselves in the head with a board? Speed the pace up a bit and maybe you've got a fun new 5k.
I have nothing more to add, compared with all the other comments, but I suppose... I just started running again this year after a 20 year pause. (Life, work, and family became a priorty). I have a pair of friends (a husband and wife), who did a mud run last year. They had a blast and invited me along. I said no, (and honestly after 20 years, I wouldn't have completed it). I promised I would run this year, and did.
I view a color run as the same sort of thing. Themed runs, (or events), are meant to get people started. Some stop there and others, such as me keep going. I also did a zombie run, earlier this year. The same couple I mentioned above helped organize it, so I went to support them. I also got a group of young adults together, from work, and we formed a team. It got them all out for the day, and most of them have been talking about running a local 5k this fall, and doing some "serious" training to prepare for next year's zombie run. Also worth noting, my daughter has cerebral palsey, and she took last place overall, BUT, she also completed the race. She would never have ran it if it wasn't a themed event. Getting her on the course, (and all the runs together to prepare,) made the cost well worth it.
So overall, I believe that if people want to spend the money, I think it is a good thing. Personally, I can't see myself doing a color run unless someone else wanted my support, but now that I have started running again, I am looking towards the next challange. I am looking at doing a couple more 5k races, in nearby towns, followed by a two day trail run challange, (10k on first day and 8k second day,) and I am hoping to run a 15k turkey trot by Thanksgiving. So... If these type of events get people out on the roads, then I have no issue with seeing them continue in the future.
I have an idea. Not a Religious event, but yet this event is sure to have your entire life flashing before your eyes at least one time.
" The Running of the Bulls" 5K. Race Slogan: We GUAURANTEE you'll set your lifetime 5K Personal Best Time!" -- (fine print.. "Or die trying"...)
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Minister General is the term used for the leader or Superior General of the different branches of the Order of Friars Minor. It is a term exclusive to them, and comes directly from its founder, St. Francis of Assisi.[1] He chose this word over "Superior" out of his vision that the brothers of the Order were all to be equal, and that the friar supervising his brothers was to be a servant who cared for (ministered to) them, not one who lorded over them. The original term is minister generalis in Latin and is found in Chapter 8 of the Rule of St. Francis.
The term is sometimes written as "General Minister", but this is the official form in the English language, in keeping with other official titles.
Francis chose this term to designate the leaders of the various communities scattered around Europe even within his lifetime.
In the 20th century, the term also came to be used as well by many religious congregations of the Third Order of St. Francis, in the effort to follow more closely the spirit of the founder of their Order.
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Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:HA) had a loss and missed Wall Street's expectations, AND came up short on beating the revenue expectation. The revenue miss is a negative sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are down 1.04%.
Hawaiian Holdings Inc. Earnings Cheat Sheet
Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share decreased to $-0.29 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.06 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Rose 12.69% to $490.75 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Hawaiian Holdings Inc. reported adjusted EPS loss of $0.29 per share. By that measure, the company missed the mean analyst estimate of $-0.23. It missed the average revenue estimate of $494.23 million.
Quoting Management: Mark Dunkerley, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented that "Our results for the quarter were disappointing but unsurprising. Our performance was undermined by an extraordinary increase in total industry capacity between Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast and in certain international markets during what is traditionally the weakest quarter of the year. However, good cost control and an improvement in our Neighbor Island segment helped offset some of the impact during the period. Looking ahead, published schedules show capacity beginning to decline in the second half which should improve the operating environment.
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Douglas Dunn Trips Up the Mind
then boss in man? is what Douglas Dunn calls his new dance.
then boss in man? opens Dunns dazzling, rich-in-invention program, part of the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival. I use the word dazzling with trepidation; its association with glitz could be misleading. But dazzling his work is, in the sense of getting you to think and making you very happy in the process. tbim? is a spare and spacious little work, anchored by some very wonderful music (a Bach Chaconne and pieces by Agustín Barrios, Astor Piazzolla, and Isaac Albéniz), played wonderfully by the extraordinary guitarist, Tali Roth.
Right away, Dunn makes you aware of the distances between people. Liz Filbrun is dancing near where Roth is seated when Dunn creeps on in the background and slowly makes his way to her. He darts a hand between her arms and dodges away, but shortly theyre leaning together, getting ready to launch a skippy little jig. When Kara Blazek enters, she stares at them as if they were another species, goes up to Roth and puts a hand on her shoulder. The wall-covering mirror at the back of the theaters studio-stage doubles the personnel and magnifies the space.
You can rarely predict whats going to happen in a piece by Dunn. His choreography melds a raffish elegance he picked up during his years as a dancer in Merce Cunninghams company with awkward or goofy moves that can be either comical or lovelysometimes both. You dont question why Jean Freebury sinks into a deep plié and then gives her hips a little wiggle. Or why Christopher Williams and Paul Singh, whove entered like cautious tightrope walkers, lie down and wriggle backward to no particular destination. Nor do you wonder what prompts the group to take Roth for a little stroll around the stage with them and then escort her back to her seat. And then theres Dunn, who for his second appearance wears a green hood and visor, sports an extra pair of green arms, and dances as if this were perfectly normal. Past his youth, the prince chooses frogginess?
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The dancers look sleek in Charles Atlass two-toned unitards: dark brown sides and bright-colored fronts and backs for the women, and the reverse for the two men. And theyre terrifically buoyant in Dunns springy, foot-lively movement. The piece, like the title, ends with a question. As Carol Mullinss lighting is dimming, Blazek is walking in a squat toward Roth. And then?
What actually happens then is an intermission, followed by a revival of Dunns Pulcinella, choreographed for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1980 (and restaged for that company in 2002). Igor Stravinsky drew on compositions by Giovanni Pergolesi (1710-1736) to create the gorgeous score for orchestra and singers that originally accompanied Léonide Massines ballet Pulcinella (premiered by Serge Diaghilevs Ballets Russes in 1920). Its interesting to think of Dunns work, which shook up some of the rules and conventions of the Paris Opera, in relation to the Commedia dellArte. The chicaneries and acrobatics of Commedia characters like Pulcinella (or Punch) were an influence on 18th-century balletslightly loosening its vision of regal behavior and adding lively steps to the repertory.
Mimi Gross, who designed the white costumes for Dunns work, drew on Giovanni Tiepolos lively drawings of Punchinello, as did Dunn. The choreographer himself appears in the overture to the work, wearing the towering white hat seen in those sketches and joining Williams and Singh in mischievous shadowplay behind and in front of a little fairground puppet theater (made by Peter Cramer and brightly painted by Gross). The 16 dancers multiply the Pulcinella character, and Dunn sets them hurtling through a storyless dance that portrays a far more benign kind of craftiness and trickery than we associate with the Commedia performers. These are nimble, wily athletes, dancing at the top of their form in a changeable, very theatrical world, created by the musics many mood changes and Carol Mullinss responsive lighting.
Dunn approaches ballet steps with a frisky nonchalance, but the dancing has its quota of handsome poses and spins, and more than its quota of leaps. Reid Bartelme does a lengthy, bounding, non-stop solothe kind you could possibly kill yourself doing. There are tricks and familiar Commedia imagery (like a dead, or faux-dead body carried aloft) and gentler passagesnotably for Blazek, for Bartelme and Filbrun, and for Jeremy Nuney Stigler and Hope Davis. But what you remember most are dancers flying on and off the stage, clustering and racing away, scuttling, vaulting, throwing themselves to the floor; rarely are any two of these handsome, idiosyncratic people doing the same thing at the same time, although themes do recur. The impression is of a bustling Saturday marketplace in some Italian town rendered into dance. You hardly know where to look, but everything you see is interesting. Also daring. Also just beautiful.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) Archaeologists in the Netherlands have found what they believe is part of the military road Roman soldiers once patrolled in the first century while guarding against hostile Germanic tribes at the Roman Empire's northern boundary.
Wooden poles were used to protect the roadsides from erosion, and experts hoped to use tree-ring counting techniques to find the exact date they were cut, said archaeologist Wilfried Hessing, who is leading excavations in Houten, 30 miles southeast of Amsterdam. Roman soldiers may have fled eastward along the route to more heavily protected forts in modern Germany during an uprising of local Dutch tribes in A.D. 69-70. The stretch of road discovered in Houten is believed to have connected two forts — Traiectum, which gives its name to modern Utrecht, and Fectio, modern Vechten. Known in Latin as the "limes," the road "was in use from roughly 50 A.D., for around 300 years before it fell into disrepair and eventually disappeared underground," Hessing said. "It was used for trade, but it was first and foremost part of a military strategy to guard the border," he said. With a road "you can respond more quickly, so you need fewer troops, just like today." The road was discovered by train company Prorail during preparations to add extra rail lines in the area. "It's in very good condition," said Houten city spokeswoman Marloes van Kessel, adding that most of it had been left buried to keep it from deteriorating. Hessing and Prorail will complete an excavation of a short stretch in the coming weeks, and carry out exploratory digs to determine the road's route further to the east, the city said in a statement. Excavations of parts of the limes are ongoing in other European countries, and the U.N. is considering declaring it a world heritage site. Although the limes' course is known from medieval copies of ancient maps, only several segments previously have been found intact in the Netherlands, and none with the top layer of hard-packed gravel well preserved. Archaeologists had been unable to figure out its exact location south of Utrecht along the Kromme, or "Crooked" Rhine, which has changed course over time and was transformed into a small waterway in the 12th century after the main flow was diverted. Hessing said that, after examining a cross-section of the road, it was clear it had been repaired several times. "It will be interesting to see if we can tell whether those repairs correspond with known military campaigns or were just part of standard maintenance," he said. Romans first entered this part of the Netherlands under Julius Caesar in the year 53 B.C. Fectio was established around 9 A.D., but Utrecht was not built until 47 A.D. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, an uprising began in 69 A.D., when a Germanic tribe captured two coastal forts. "The bandits were about to destroy the border posts (along the river), but these were set on fire by the commanders because they could not be defended," Tacitus wrote. Utrecht was among the forts burned. A year later, after first losing a battle on a flooded, marshy field near Nijmegen, the Romans pacified the Batavians, the tribe that was the main instigator of the rebellion. Hessing said the road was built of a sloping mound of sand and clay, interspersed with layers of gravel and smashed seashells, which would have stood about a meter (yard) above nearby fields. It was flanked by drainage channels, and wooden poles were also used to shore up the foundation in some places. Pottery shards were used as filler material, and will also help experts in dating the road, he said. The find is the latest of several near Utrecht. In 2002 archaeologists found the remains of a watchtower on the Rhine where detachments of three or four soldiers would have served as lookouts. Near the tower, they found bones and other remains of food the soldiers ate and such objects as a spear point, a coin, an ax, a sickle and an ancient pen. In 2003, they uncovered a 25-meter (25-yard) long barge, complete with covered living quarters and a decorated chest with lock and key — which led to the suggestion it may have been used by a paymaster to sail upriver carrying supplies to military camps and bases. Among the items found with the wreck were numerous leather shoe soles, complete with studded bottoms for extra strength; a knife, a saw; a wooden shovel; shears; a copper pot; clay cups and pots; a paddle with traces of blue paint; an iron crowbar, and a piece of wood with Roman numbers on it.
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Michael Klaus Schmidt is an award winning artist and illustrator. Raised in the Chicago area, his work has appeared in shows around the country and internationally, including Chicago, San Francisco, London, Toronto, New Orleans and more. Free opening reception Feb. 24, 7 - 9 pm.
February 19, 2017, All Day @ York High School
Have a fun-filled time at York High School's swimming pools on select Sundays. This free program is part of a cooperative agreement between Elmhurst School District 205 and the Elmhurst Park District. Lap swimming, open swim and diving boards will be available. Open to all Elmhurst residents
February 19, 2017, All Day @ Elmhurst History Museum
Marion Mahony Griffin was much more than a talented artist and architect: she was the backbone of the Prairie School of Architecture who brought the work of many more famous architects to life -- including her husband, Walter Burley Griffin, and the inimitable genius Frank Lloyd Wright. Her often uncredited work includes detailed, sumptuous renderings of such masterpieces as Fallingwater, Unity Temple, the Plan for Canberra, and many more. Griffin deserves recognition in her own right as the second woman to receive an architecture degree from MIT, the first woman architect registered in Illinois, and a pioneer in a field where few women dared to tread. This biographical exhibit explores her life, her work, and her legacy. Elmhurst History Museum – FREE elmhursthistory.org or 630-833-1457


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Common Ground | An idea to help those in need with grief counseling
Building a stronger. more resilient community takes people willing to identify needs and come up with creative ways to address those issues.
Recently, Grief Place Executive Director Eileen Elliott emailed me about an idea for mental health professionals to collaborate on a project that would provide free counseling to those who need services but don't have the resources.
Her solution? If each professional would take on one or two pro bono clients, a measureable difference could be made in helping people in great need.
Here's how she sees the issue: "Almost once a week at the minimum we get a call from people who are deeply troubled about many things going on in their lifes — especially the loss of a loved one," Elliott wrote. "I find myself in the same situation repeatedly. They need help, we as volunteers can give some help but some really do need professional services. That is when the problem seems to begin. Usually these people have no insurance, no funds and/or very limited coverage from their insurance company."
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text: FCC Fines Retailers $96,000 For Selling Analog TVsWilson Rothman10/23/07 10:57amFiled to: digital switchoverBest BuyFccRadio ShackTVsanalog tvsdigital TVsfred meyerhh greggHome Entertainment22EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Radio Shack, HH Gregg, FYE, Fred Meyer Stores, Ultimate Electronics and Boscov's all got smacked with fines totaling almost $100K because they sold analog TVs that were not properly marked with a warning sticker saying that they would basically stop receiving signal (at least, not without a cable box or other kind of assistance) when the digital switchover hits on Feb. 17, 2009. Advertisement According to Ars, the warning-sticker rule went into effect on May 25:Any company selling analog-only TV sets [must] display a prominent "Consumer Alert" in "a size of type large enough to be clear, conspicuous and readily legible" that is located on the set itself or immediately adjacent to it. Although the total fines levied were not terribly high, the per-TV charge is a stiff $8,000. As you may have read here, Best Buy got wise to this whole thing and decided to stop selling analog TVs altogether. Maybe that was just easier than training thousands of "blue shirts" to put warning stickers on the right TV sets. [Ars Technica] Reply22 repliesLeave a reply


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The annual GPS Store Far Out Shoot Out Tuna, Dolphin, Wahoo tournament is this week, hosted from the Ocean Isle Fishing Center. The Shoot Out has taken place from Ocean Isle since the mid 90s and is an annual fixture among offshore fishermen.
The big inshore fishing news right now is the strong flounder bite going on.
There is a lot of inshore fishing action right now on the Brunswick County shores, as a lot of different fish are hitting. The piers are having great success on Spanish mackerel and bluefish as well as bottom fishing targets like whiting, while inshore action on redfish and flounder is strong.
The fishing season is in full swing in Brunswick County as bluefish, redfish, flounder and trout are all showing up in greater numbers and hitting well. The best fishing is now at the edges of the day in the morning and again before sunset, but there are some fish moving around just about all the time now.
With the warmer weather, bluefish have arrived and begun to hit along the Brunswick County shores. Blues are a feisty, aggressive species that will hit virtually any bait or lure, but true bluefish fanatics know what artificial plugs and spoons to go to when they want to feel the bite of a nice eating-size snapper or big chopper bluefish on the line.
Water temperatures continue to climb, bringing more species to the spring fishing table. That said, the action that continues to be the strongest is the inshore redfish bite, which has been amazing all year long. Meanwhile, more keeper flounder are being landed and black drum and sea mullet are also available.
Finally, I am reporting that not only has the weather been cooperating but also so have the fish. It has been a long, cold winter, but I believe we are out. This past week we had stable weather with easterly winds, which pushed the Gulf Stream over top of the 30-fathom break, bringing to life such fishing hot spots as the Steeples, Black Jack and Winyah Scarp areas.


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String instruments > Violoncello and Piano
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour op. 12 for Violoncello and Piano
Editor: Rupert Marshall-Luck
Fingering: Rolf Koenen
Fing. vc: Claus Kanngiesser
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Pages: 32 (VII, 15, 5, 5), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
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Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour is one of those pieces by the British composer that has a particularly haunting melody. Composed in 1888 for his future wife Caroline Alice Roberts, the work became an enormous success early on. There are numerous arrangements – but the only versions for which the autograph manuscripts survive are those for Violin and Piano (HN 1188), Piano solo (HN 1190) and Violoncello and Piano. Up to now there has only been an arrangement of the cello part made by the original publisher, presumably with Elgar's approval. We are now for the very first time publishing the version following Elgar's autograph manuscript, which for unknown reasons had never been released. In addition we are publishing the trusted musical text from the first edition.


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I believe this is an Alva Museum Replica of a portrait called "Portrait Of A Young Man" by Baldassare Estense, an Italian painter (1443-1504). You can google the portrait and see if you see the similarities. This is a THICK heavy and huge pendant of base metal with a 14kt rose gold overlay. It measures a whopping 2 3/4" long and is solid. The triple link chain is original to it ( late 1950's) and it measures 18" long. This is signed Alva Museum Replica on the bottom and is one of their earlier pieces. THe quality on Alva pieces is very very good and they keep their beautiful gold coloring for years without even tarrnishing. You can tell they spared no expense then casting these. This is a great piece that would work well in renaissance and medieval revivals. But it also looks great with any newer fashions. VintageSparkles offers Layaway on all our Etsy pieces regardless of which site it comes from.All layaway payments will need to be in the form of a check or money order only. Please remember that vintage & antique items are not mint, nor are they perfect but they sure are full of old history and charm. Please use photos to make your decisions and read our policies prior to buying so you can have an excellent experience with us. Please use this number when ordering ga44944. If you want to see more of these pretties this is the link to my etsy store. http://www.vintagesparkles.etsy.com/
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How to identify pre-medical school resources
Knowing where and when to seek assistance is a much-needed skill when entering one of the many medical fields. Take one of the following questionnaires to see if you are utilizing the academic resources at your school.
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Advising opportunities are available for premedical and medical students. For premedical students, advising is offered in a variety of formats including individual, group, and workshops. Individual and group advising sessions can be arranged by contacting the COE office. The group sessions are most commonly offered to student groups visiting from undergraduate institutions. The workshop sessions are typically included as part of COE sponsored recruitment conferences.
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text: The Duck's Foot Pistol Put a Firing Squad in the Palm of Your HandAndrew Tarantola9/10/12 5:20pmFiled to: Past PerfectGunsFlintlockpistolDuck's footFirearms23EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkFlintlock pistols may have been super effective against single opponents because, as Boris the Bullet Dodger once said, "If it doesn't work you can always hit them with it." Against groups, however, they were comically useless—that is, until enterprising gunsmiths added some extra barrels.AdvertisementOfficially known as Volley Guns but colloquially dubbed the "duck's foot" (given their resemblance to the fowl's webbed feet), these multi-shot pistols compensated for unbearably slow reload times—upwards of two minutes or more—by unleashing multiple rounds in short order. Like a Victorian era version of Contra's spread gun, these unique firearms were quite powerful, typically employing .45 caliber or larger ball shot, and relatively fast, able to fire all barrels simultaneously or in rapid sequence.Despite their wrist-shattering recoil, these pistols became quite popular among bank guards, jailers, and sea captains who used it to repel pirate boarding parties and mutinous sailors alike. Even the Royal Navy found use for this weapon during the Napoleonic Wars, utilizing a seven-barrel .50 caliber version to clear the riff-raff as British forces boarded enemy ships. [Neatorama - Wikipedia - David Cushman - Image: Christie's Auction House]


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Montague Burton was an eager 18 year old who carried a desire to open a Cross-Tailoring Company in Chesterfield. Borrowing £100 from a relative in 1903 enabled him to fulfil his dream of opening a store that offered high quality made to measure suits at an affordable price range.
Burton continued to thrive and by 1929 had four hundred shops, factories and mills. Today, Burton is owned by Philip Green joining the collective of stores within the Arcadia Group. Keeping true to Montague's revolutionary ideas the store continues to offer good quality inexpensive suiting; however delving into other areas of menswear fashion to adapt to style needs in the industry.
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Gilson Graphics : Living on the Cutting Edge
Gilson Graphics executives (from the left)—Jeff Palmitier, Dave Gilson and Dave Oswald—stand in the finished goods portion of their company's expansive fulfillment center.
Garret Vanderhooning operates Gilson Graphic's Fujifilm J Press 720 sheetfed inkjet press, the first install in the United States.
Bird's eye view of the Grand Rapids, MI-based commercial printer's expansive fulfillment center.
Today, Gilson Graphics offers a wide range of products, from retail signage and collateral pieces to direct mail, incorporating both static and variable data printing. With a trio of 40˝ manroland sheetfed offset presses and a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52, Gilson Graphics serves the retail, higher education, gaming, manufacturing, medical, book publishing and agency verticals, to name a few.
Besides offset, digital (HP Indigo, Xerox Nuvera) and wide-format printing (HP, Océ, Mimaki), the company offers binding and finishing, fulfillment, kit packaging, specialty printing, marketing services, Website development, diecutting, folding and gluing. What has enabled Gilson Graphics to augment its service offerings and pump annual sales from $6 million to $23 million is the acquisition of seven firms during the last nine years.
Historically, Gilson Graphics wasn't an avid player in the M&A arena, but the Y2K decade saw a stagnation in sales and an accompanying decline in profits. Dave Gilson parlayed some of the profit his business had realized in the 1990s into working capital to acquire similar firms—many of them smaller commercial printers within close geographic proximity to Grand Rapids.
The additions—National Correct Color, Axis Digital Print and Imaging, Photolith Inc., Hastings Press, Commercial Printing Co. (CPC) and Integra Printing (as well as personnel from an educational testing composition plant in Atlantic, IA)—all shared one other trait in that they added a different wrinkle to Gilson Graphics' offerings. They also raised Gilson Graphics' employee total to 160, with two Grand Rapids production facilities to go with the Atlantic, IA, shop.
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Two of the bigger deals, CPC (2006) and purchasing assets of Integra Printing (2009), enabled Gilson to grow substantially. Jeff Palmitier, then-owner of Integra and now executive vice president for Gilson Graphics, notes how the previous generation owners had gone head-to-head for decades, operating a half-mile apart.