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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Don't deport war resister Kimberly Rivera
September 17th, 2012Writing in today's Globe & Mail, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on Canada to welcome U.S. Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera.
Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones who are held in high regard are not militarily powerful nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try to make the world a better place. I truly believe that Kimberly Rivera is such a person, and that Canada can only benefit from allowing her to stay.
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While the audience of this blog is typically from well beyond the boundaries of my home county (and, I'm happy to say, even beyond the confines of this continent), I frequently look back to that place, as I have spent a considerable number of years writing about its history. No doubt, it's fascinating to me […]
February 3, 2009 by Robert Moore
I was wondering if I could interest the present generation by giving them a little of the history of antebellum days of slavery and how some things were done in by-gone days – things that I know did really happen. Now all I shall tell of will be done without doing violence to the truth […]

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
When dessert worlds COLLIDE!
In which the cupcake truckers set up, uh, truck right in front of Pinkberry last evening on St. Mark's Place.
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Director of Solution Design : 3rd Party Logistics
Director of Solution Design : 3rd Party Logistics - Company Description:
Xpedient Management Group is a 3rd party logistics company specializing in warehousing, transportation and innovative supply chain solutions.
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Director of Solutions Design : 3rd Party Logistics
About the Job
Our Solutions Design team provides innovative solutions for our customers complex logistics needs in facility design, transportation, network design and supply chain management.
A passion for problem solving, a strong ambition and a personal drive for professional excellence help our design team maintain their commitment to continuous improvement.
Xpedient offers a variety of logistics engineering roles in a dynamic environment. Ideally, candidates should have a college degree in industrial engineering or other quantitative degree. Job seekers with experience using advanced transportation and warehouse model tools may also be qualified for this senior role.
Do complex logistics problems spark your interest? Solve them at Xpedient Management Group. Apply today
Position Summary
Leads and directs the engineering of transportation, logistics and supply chain solutions to support sales and operational requirements. Partners with Operations, Product and Sales to build account stability and customer satisfaction by focusing managers and associates on continuous improvement opportunities. Develops positive relationships and regularly communicates with both internal and external customers. Works with business partners to define the vision for future state capabilities (processes/technology/organization) ensuring engineering capabilities meet current and future transportation customer requirements. Partners with other management to develop business plans, budgets, and align engineering plans with corporate strategies.
Project Scope : Directs and manages warehouse and transportation design processes to drive solution value and quality and process quality and efficiency; ensures engineering work is error:free.
: Directs and works with the operations team to structure solution design work for RFP's and other sales opportunities and operational analyses.
: Develops and continually grows a deep understanding of customers' business and solution needs and proactively aligns resources to develop a solution.
: Partners with Operations and Sales to ensure we are meeting or exceeding the customers' expectations.
Leadership and Talent Management : Directs recruiting activities to ensure that the design group is staffed with skilled, motivated associates.
: Sets performance standards to inspire people to higher levels of performance than they would realize on their own.
: Identifies strong performers and determines correct career development opportunities and provides them specific training and development plans.
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Rules of File Referencing
9 Jun, 2011 By: Scott MacKenzieFrom the Trenches: These rules will help you keep multi-person CAD and BIM projects in order on a file server.
Editor's Note: This tutorial establishes a set of general rules for naming and storing your linked files and xrefs. Scott MacKenzie, a Cadalyst contributing editor and BIM (building information modeling) manager in an architectural office, wrote these rules for managing CAD and BIM files; however, this approach to organizing drawings and models on a server could benefit CAD/engineering offices in any industry, including manufacturing.
Consistently following a few simple rules will minimize confusion for anyone who is navigating through your projects, now or in the future.
Folder Use
Files used for linking and referencing in a project should be placed in folders specifically designed for reference and linked files.
- Do not link or reference files from archive folders.
- Do not link or reference files from incoming, outgoing, sent, or received correspondence–type folders.
- Do not link or reference files from other projects. The other project you link from may be archived and removed from the server before your project is finished — then all those linked files will be missing!
- Do not link or reference files from your C: drive (Desktop, My Documents, My Pictures, etc.), or any local computer drive.
- Files shall be referenced only from the same network drive and project folder structure.
Folder and File Naming
Be consistent in your file naming. Once you have a standard established, stick with it. Monitor what is going on and keep things consistent!
- Files and folders with a date in the name should only be used for archive purposes.
- Do not use files with "_copy" in the name as current working files.
- Do not leave files with "_copy" in the name within current work folders.
- Keep file and folder names short whenever possible. If folder and file names get too long, they can prevent files from being opened. (Long file names can be annoying anyway.)
New Work vs. Old
- Do not name files with the term "new." All active project files (linked or host) shall be considered as new work unless noted otherwise.
- Do not name files with the term "old"; use "obsolete" instead. (Old can mean something other than obsolete.) After renaming the file, move it out of the current work folder.
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Detroit's Bankruptcy Has Retirees Concerned About Their Benefits (Investment News)
Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. Now the fate of retiree benefits for Detroit's municipal workers is uncertain. Retirees in the city's biggest pension funds, The General Retirement System and the Police and Fire Retirement System, are worried the city could use this filing as a pretext to change retirement benefits, according to Investment News. Detroit has a statute in place to prevent any such changes but how this plays out has yet to be seen.
"…Advisers in the area have been bracing clients for Detroit's bankruptcy filing.'We've seen this coming, so I've been preparing them to save money and shore up for health care expenses,' said Leon LaBrecque, managing partner at LJPR LLC in Troy, Mich.
"The biggest fear is that retiree health care arrangements are up for grabs and can be negotiated away, requiring retirees to pay more out of pocket for their care. Many municipal workers in Detroit didn't pay into Social Security and aren't covered by Medicare, according to Mr. LaBrecque. 'Those poor people could end up with dramatic increases in health care expenses.'"
BlackRock Thinks There Are A Few Things Investors Should Know (Advisor Perspectives)
In a new Q&A BlackRock's Russ Koesterich answers some questions that investors have half-way through the year. Here's an excerpt.
"Q: What are the opportunities now in fixed income?
A: In light of potential Fed tapering, I continue to prefer
credit sectors over those more sensitive to interest rates (like
Treasuries and TIPS). I also continue to like municipal bonds and
believe that high yield still provides a better yield-to-risk
payoff than many other fixed income alternatives.
"Q: What is the outlook for gold?
A: While I still believe that investor portfolios should contain
a strategic allocation to gold, changing monetary conditions
provide for a less accommodating environment. All else being
equal, gold returns are likely to be lower and more volatile than
has been the case over the past four or five years."
Hedge Funds Just Had Their Worst Month In A Year (Preqin)
Hedge funds had a monthly net return of -1.52% in June, according to Prequin's latest report. ""Following on from the strong Q1 performance, when hedge funds were up 3.35% and funds of funds not far behind with Q1 returns of 3.16%, Q2 performance was looking to be equally buoyant until this disappointing June brought the quarter's performance down to 0.14% and -0.61% for hedge funds and funds of hedge funds respectively."
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Wirehouses Now Think FA Productivity Is More Important Than Headcount (The Wall Street Journal)
Wirehouses have a new way of gauging success. Revenue per financial advisor or FA productivity has come to be the new measure, replacing advisor headcount, according to the Wall Street Journal.
During the most recent quarterly earnings call Morgan Stanley's CEO James Gorman said the headcount will "bounce around" quarter to quarter that productivity is more important.
SEC Sues Steve Cohen For Failing To Supervise Portfolio Managers, Seeks To Bar Cohen From Overseeing Investor Funds (Business Insider)
SEC is suing SAC Capital's Steve Cohen for failing to supervise portfolio managers and prevent them from and "prevent them from insider trading under his watch," according to a press release. The SEC is also trying to bar him from overseeing investor funds.
Meanwhile the SAC released a statement saying, "The S.E.C.'s administrative proceeding has no merit. Steve Cohen acted appropriately at all times and will fight this charge vigorously. The S.E.C. ignores SAC's exceptional supervisory structure, its extensive compliance policies and procedures, and Steve Cohen's strong support for SAC's compliance program."


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Let's keep it real. Many citizens will be concerned with race and representation. There is strength in diversity, but currently the Tennessee Congressional Delegation is not inclusive.(snip)During the last 30 years, I have gained invaluable experience and knowledge by serving as superintendent of one of the nation's largest public school systems and as Mayor of the eighteenth largest city in America. It seems clear to me that the nation and the Ninth Congressional District could benefit from my vast executive experiences and those are just a few reasons I am seeking the office of Congressman of the Ninth Congressional District in the United States of America.
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. " — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Mayor tells us why he's running for Congress.
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- Tom Guleff said...
I like the slogan - "Let's Keep It Real". I might use that one day.
- Thu Jun 18, 04:19:00 PM CDT
- Blinders Off said...
This is going to be a nasty race for the 9th District.
The worst thing Cohen can do is try to win over Herenton's solid base and get into a street fight with Herenton.
The talk amongst many intelligent people I know who can vote in that race is Cohen has more support than he probably think he does. - Thu Jun 18, 05:18:00 PM CDT
I want to contribute to Cohen's campaign, but I'm momentarily (one hopes only momentarily)tapped out from the continuing sucky economy, the looming property taxes, the Presidential campaign, contributing to all the social service agencies, and Cohen's last two races.
This is truly a situation where the lousy state of Memphis economics works in favor of the mayor, unless one stops to think about who drove the local (as opposed to the US) economy into the ditch.-CD - Thu Jun 18, 05:23:00 PM CDT
All this garbage about how the 9th seat being a black seat is a fucking LIE. It means that, according to Nikki, Sidney, and now Willie that neither I nor my children nor my grandchilren or theirs should ever be elected to congress in the 9th district because they are the wrong color. Can you believe this SHIT?
Do the perpetrators of this crap really believe it, or is it just a campaign rhetoric of the most divisive sort. Besides, hasn't this bullshit already failed miserably twice? - Thu Jun 18, 08:39:00 PM CDT
- autoegocrat said...
"Bored and grumpy." I like that.
Anon 8:39, I like the cut of your jib. - Thu Jun 18, 10:28:00 PM CDT
Herenton is trying to perpetuate the old style politics by playing the race card which unfortunately has worked time after time, for white and black politicians.
I would hope that Cohen will stay away from that rhetoric and train his troops to do the same. They don't need to be out there shouting "King Willie" and using excessive profanity (eg Anon 8:39) but use more of populist argument that Herenton has made his fortune and is just there for his ego but you the voters need jobs, jobs, jobs and cohen is producing. - Fri Jun 19, 08:44:00 AM CDT
- Tom Guleff said...
This is also classic Dog-whistle politics used by many politicians(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics). A carefully coded message. Never underestimate the mayor.
I wouldn't get upset, because there's many more to come. - Fri Jun 19, 10:02:00 AM CDT
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Fulham have lodged a £5m bid with Tottenham for Tom Huddlestone according to reports.
The Daily Mail claim that Fulham have prioritised a move for the midfielder and are confident of securing Huddlestone's services before the close of the transfer window on Thursday.
The Cottagers have been linked with the 26-year-old throughout the window and it would now appear that interest has been firmed up with a serious offer.
Reports earlier this month suggested Tottenham valued Huddlestone at £7m, however a bid of £5m may be too good to turn down for a player who had been told he could leave earlier this month.
The former Nottingham Forest player, who has been at White Hart Lane since 2005 and has four England caps, has struggled to hold down a place in Spurs' midfield in recent seasons.
Injuries at Tottenham looked like they could scupper a deal, but the early arrival of Lewis Holtby from Schalke has made Andre Villas-Boas more open to selling.
Fulham are also understood to be in advanced talks about signing AC Milan midfielder Urby Emanuelson on loan. The 26-year-old Netherlands international can play in a variety of roles, including left-back, midfield and as a winger. Reports suggest Emanuelson is already in London to finalise the deal.


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Buying in Florida??? Call Brian in Sanford!!
Guys, I cant say enough about Brian Williams from Fields Jeep in Sanford, FL. He went out of his way for me and provided the best service I have ever run into at a dealership. He and his dealership is first class all the way.. I drove over 400 miles round trip to pick up my 10A and would do it over and over again.
If anyone is even thinking about buying/ordering, please do yourself a favor and give him a call or email. Tell him Chris J from Delray sent you... I promise, you will not be disappointed. Spread the word!! email@example.com (407) 878-7710 |
Thanks for the heads up. I will most likely use him when i order. He's about 2 hours from me here in Jacksonville. Road trips are always fun :D
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Was this Brian ever at the Field's in Illinois?
I've already been working with him the last few days. their location is about 2 hours or so for me as well, but i think it'll be well worth it to work with a quality dealership. he has been very informative with info for the 2014s as well as pricing info for a wrangler i will be ordering soon.
Yeah pat got me in touch with brian and ordered my 14.. I think im making him crazy with my changes though lol
Which reminds me that the woah_amie purchasing saga has all gone quiet..... it's like waiting for next week's episode of Mad Men.
I can say it has to be tho entire Fields family, I am currently dealing with Pat and Brian G in Northfield on a new 10A that is coming in. Pat and crew are top notch.
Yeah i bought 2 range rovers from fields land rover here and they have are the best dealership ive dealt with and i buy at least 1 car a year..
I live like 5 miles from Fields Jeep in Sanford Florida, great people. And yes they stock our Wrangler Antennas!!
I'll echo the sentiments regarding Brian (and Ryan) at Fields Auto in Sanford. I drove down from Jacksonville to get my 2013 JKUR last fall and they were great to deal with.
haha, Fields Sanford must be a popular place, I bought mine from Kevin S, he does happen to be dating my mother in law (a good thing actually ;) ) but he was a savior to us, got us in our JKU, has answered all of our questions, and is a genuinely super nice guy!
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NCRP Meet and Greet
Mark your calendars for the upcoming NCRP MEET AND GREET SOCIAL on March 2nd, 2012 from 2-4 pm in the foyer of Bioinformatics. This is an informal social for us to network together and to further explore the needs of research professionals on campus. There will also be plenty of opportunity to learn about how you can become an active member on one of the NCRP committees. Please take a moment to stop by.
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text: Ameren Fifth Israeli company lands in St. Louis; announces pilot project with Ameren By Maria Altman • Jan 27, 2017 Jason Rosenbaum I St. Louis Public Radio Atomation is a startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, but the company will soon have an office in St. Louis. The two-year-old tech startup has developed an IoT (internet of things) platform that connects physical objects to the internet. CEO and co-founder Guy Weitzman said the company is already working with four customers in the St. Louis region, including Ameren. Ameren replaces old streetlights with more energy-efficient technology By Wayne Pratt • Apr 7, 2016 Wayne Pratt|St. Louis Public Radio Ameren Missouri says many of its customers could soon be noticing lower bills. The electric utility is upgrading streetlights throughout its system with LED technology. Ameren shares its diversity training with other groups By Maria Altman • Jan 21, 2016 Courtesy | Ameren Corporation Promoting diversity within a corporation is nothing new. But Ameren Corporation announced Thursday it will make its new "Discussion Across Differences" videos and materials available to other groups, free of charge. Callaway nuclear plant union warns of possible strike By Maria Altman • Dec 6, 2015 Security guards at the Callaway nuclear power plant near Fulton warn they could go on strike if they don't reach a contract agreement with Ameren Missouri. The United Government Security Officers of America Local 11 represents 91 security officers at Missouri's only nuclear power plant. They've been on a month-to-month contract since rejecting an agreement with Ameren Missouri in July. Sierra Club pushing Ameren for ambitious renewable energy targets By Wayne Pratt • Nov 13, 2015 Véronique LaCapra / St. Louis Public Radio The Sierra Club is appealing to Ameren shareholders in an attempt to prompt the utility to move away from coal-based energy. The organization has submitted a resolution to shareholders calling for at least 30-percent wind and solar sourced energy by 2030 and at least 70-percent by 2050. Ameren pledges $2.5 million for Ferguson Commission priorities By Camille Phillips • Oct 3, 2015 Camille Phillips | St. Louis Public Radio Updated at 10 a.m. Oct. 4 with more detail on recipients - Ameren Corporation has pledged $2.5 million dollars to programs that support the Ferguson Commission's priorities to reduce poverty and improve educational opportunities in St. Louis. The commission's other priorities include justice and racial equity. Ameren announced the funding Saturday during an employee festival celebrating diversity. Missouri regulators unable to say whether air near Ameren's Labadie power plant is safe to breathe By Véronique LaCapra • Sep 24, 2015 Art Chimes Updated 5:00 p.m., Sept. 24 with vote result - The Missouri Air Conservation Commission has voted to designate parts of Franklin and St. Charles counties as "unclassifiable" for sulfur dioxide pollution. Thursday's vote follows a recommendation by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources earlier this week. Sierra Club: Ameren's Labadie power plant permit violates water quality laws By Véronique LaCapra • Sep 1, 2015 Labadie Environmental Organization The Sierra Club says Ameren's Labadie power plant in Franklin County does not meet state and federal water quality standards and wants it brought into compliance. On Friday, the environmental group filed an appeal with the state, alleging the plant's operating permit does not do enough to protect wildlife or groundwater. EPA's Clean Power Plan puts stress on Ameren's intended transition to cleaner energy By Áine O'Connor • Aug 19, 2015 Áine O'Connor | St. Louis Public Radio This story was updated on August 20, 2015 with corrections to details of the Clean Power Plan and Integrated Resource Plan. Coal has continued to fuel arguments over health hazards, hidden costs, and energy efficiency since "St. Louis on the Air" tackled Missouri's problematic coal dependence in a July show featuring an ex-miner from Appalachia. Ameren drops plans for second nuclear reactor By Wayne Pratt • Jul 31, 2015 Ameren is not moving forward with plans for a second reactor at its Callaway Nuclear Power Plant in mid-Missouri near Fulton. Ameren's application for a second reactor at Callaway was filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008. But funding issues hampered the project. State lawmakers have balked at the utility's efforts to allow Ameren to charge customers for the facility as it was being built. During a conference call Friday morning with analysts, Chief Executive Officer Warner Baxter cited several reasons for the decision to pull the plug. Supreme Court says EPA should have considered costs when it set pollution limits for power plants By Véronique LaCapra • Jun 29, 2015 Syracuse University News Services Updated 10 a.m. Tuesday with cost information from Ameren. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Obama administration, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have considered costs to industry when it set limits on mercury and other emissions from power plants. The court's 5-to-4 decision was a victory for industry groups and more than 20 states — including Missouri — that had sued the EPA over its 2011 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Is Ameren responsible for electrocutions on Lake of the Ozarks? Missouri Supreme Court says no By Rachel Lippmann • Jun 16, 2015 (via Flickr/John Picken) (Updated 3:50 p.m., June 16, 2015 with ruling from the Supreme Court.) The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that Ameren Missouri is not responsible for the deaths of two young children who drowned after being electrocuted on the Lake of the Ozarks. Ameren owns the lake, which is part of its Osage power plant. Alexandra and Brayden Anderson were swimming in the lake on July 4, 2012, when they were shocked by a stray current from the family's dock and drowned. Their mother sued Ameren, saying the company regulated the installation of docks on the lake and was therefore liable for the deaths. Fight continues over Franklin County coal ash landfill: Benefit or mistake? By Véronique LaCapra • Jun 12, 2015 Véronique LaCapra | St. Louis Public Radio The chambers of the Franklin County Commission were filled to near capacity for much of the day on Thursday for a public hearing about proposed changes to the county's coal ash landfill regulations. The regulations will affect a coal ash landfill that Ameren wants to build next to its power plant in Labadie. Residents to weigh in on plans to scale back Franklin County's coal ash landfill restrictions By Véronique LaCapra • Jun 9, 2015 Véronique LaCapra | St. Louis Public Radio In April, Franklin County considered a proposal to ease its restrictions on coal ash landfills. Even though that meeting was open to the public, county residents were not allowed to speak. This Thursday they'll get their chance. The all-day hearing with county's board of commissioners is the latest installment in a six-year battle over Ameren's plans to build a coal ash landfill next to its power plant in Labadie. Environmental group appeals nuclear plant license renewal By Maria Altman • Apr 23, 2015 (courtesy Ameren) The Missouri Coalition for the Environment filed a federal lawsuit Thursday over a federal agency's renewal for Ameren's Callaway Nuclear Power Plant. Ameren Wants More Time To Meet New EPA Carbon Emission Goal By Stephanie Lecci • Feb 11, 2015 Veronique LaCapra I St. Louis Public Radio Ameren is asking for more time and pitching an alternative plan to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to cut power plant carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The EPA's Clean Power Plan would require states to meet incremental goals starting in 2020, to measure progress toward the final target reduction. Ameren, Franklin County Strike Back In The Legal Battle Over Labadie's Coal Ash Landfill By Véronique LaCapra • Feb 5, 2015 Ameren Missouri There's a new twist in the legal wrangling over Ameren's plans to build a coal ash landfill in Franklin County. On Tuesday, Ameren and Franklin County together filed a lawsuit against the Labadie Environmental Organization, a nonprofit made up of area residents opposing the landfill. With A Possible Hike In Electric Bills, Missouri Regulator Wants To Hear From The Public By Camille Phillips • Jan 4, 2015 Tom Taker via Flickr St. Louisans wishing to comment on the possibility of an increase in their electric bill will have two chances to speak with the Missouri agency that regulates investor-owned utilities Monday. The Missouri Public Service Commission is holding a public hearing at noon at the Holiday Inn on Watson Road near Kirkwood and another at 6 p.m. at St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley. Environmental Group: Ameren's Labadie Landfill Plans Do Not Comply With New Federal Coal Ash Rule By Véronique LaCapra • Dec 23, 2014 Tennessee Valley Authority A local environmental group is asking state regulators to deny Ameren's request to build a new coal ash landfill next to its Labadie power plant in Franklin County, on the basis that the landfill would not comply with new federal regulations. Ameren Missouri Submits Energy Efficiency Plan By Maria Altman • Dec 22, 2014 (Flickr, sciondriver) Ameren Missouri officials say the utility will invest $135 million in a three-year energy efficiency plan to begin in 2016. Ameren filed the plan with the Missouri Public Service Commission Monday. The utility said it's expected to provide more than $260 million in customer benefits over 20 years. Ameren's director of energy efficiency, Dan Laurent, said the plan also is expected to save about 426,000 megawatt hours. Missouri Government And Industry Energy Plans Include Renewables, But Will They Go Far Enough? By Véronique LaCapra • Oct 1, 2014 Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio Updated 10/1/2014 to add comments. Missouri is making headway toward developing a Comprehensive State Energy Plan Wednesday with the inaugural public meeting in St. Louis of the plan's steering committee. Also on Wednesday, the state's largest electric energy provider, Ameren, released its energy plan for the next two decades. Noranda Loses Bid To Obtain Lower Electrical Charge From Ameren By Jo Mannies • Aug 21, 2014 Veronique LaCapra I St. Louis Public Radio As expected, the Missouri Public Service Commission has blocked the effort by Noranda Aluminum Inc. to get its electrical bill cut by about 25 percent. Ameren contended that the cut would have forced rate hikes for most other Missouri customers in the state. EPA Official Talks Carbon Emissions With St. Louis Business Leaders By Maria Altman • Aug 6, 2014 (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio) The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan will be a historic milestone in the vein of the 1970's Clean Water and Clean Air acts. That was Karl Brooks' message to members of the St. Louis Regional Chamber at a breakfast event Wednesday morning. Brooks is the administrator of EPA's Region 7, which includes Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. The Clean Power Plan proposes cutting power plants' carbon emissions by 30 percent by the year 2030. Labadie Residents Win One Legal Challenge Against Ameren's Coal Ash Landfill ― And File Another By Véronique LaCapra • Jul 25, 2014 Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio Updated 7/25/14 with information on a new lawsuit. The Labadie Environmental Organization (LEO) has filed another lawsuit in their long-running campaign to prevent Ameren from building a coal ash landfill in Franklin County. Missouri Public Service Commission Gives The Go-Ahead To Ameren's Coal Ash Landfill Plans By Véronique LaCapra • Jul 2, 2014 Image courtesy of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources The Missouri Public Service Commission has signed off on Ameren Missouri's plan to build a coal ash landfill at its power plant in Franklin County. The five member commission unanimously granted the utility company's request for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity on Wednesday. That certificate gives Ameren the ability to expand the area of its Labadie power plant to build the new landfill. Cutting Carbon Emissions: Creating Or Killing Jobs? By Maria Altman • Jun 15, 2014 Veronique LaCapra I St. Louis Public Radio The Environment Protection Agency's proposed regulations on carbon emissions released earlier this month are sparking debate on whether the rule changes will create jobs or kill jobs. The new rules seek to reduce American's carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector by 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels. States have until June 30, 2016 to draft plans for how to reduce their average emissions. Stakes High For Missouri Electricity Customers In Battle Between Ameren And Noranda By Jo Mannies • Jun 8, 2014 (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio) On Tuesday night at Harris Stowe University, St. Louis area residents will finally get a chance to weigh in on a utility battle that – one way or another -- will likely affect how much they pay for electricity. Conducted by Missouri's Public Service Commission (PSC), which oversees utilities, the 6 p.m. hearing will center on two dueling narratives: Critics See Danger In Coal Ash Landfill's Intermittent Contact With Groundwater By Véronique LaCapra • May 28, 2014 Labadie Environmental Organization Updated on Wed., May 28. Critics of Ameren's proposed coal ash landfill in Franklin County argued Tuesday that it would sometimes be sitting in groundwater. That's a problem, because most Franklin County residents get their drinking water from groundwater wells ― and coal ash contains toxic substances like arsenic and lead. Meeting Tuesday To Take Public Input On Ameren Coal Ash Landfill By Véronique LaCapra • Apr 8, 2014 Labadie Environmental Organization The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is hosting a meeting on Tuesday to get public input on Ameren's plans to build a coal ash landfill next to its power plant in Franklin County. The meeting will focus on whether the agency should grant Ameren a landfill construction permit. Ameren Missouri's Vice President of External Affairs and Communications, Warren Wood, said the new coal ash landfill will be state-of-the-art. Loss Of Rebate Clouds Missouri's Solar Industry By Maria Altman • Mar 19, 2014 Stephanie Zimmerman, St. Louis Public Radio Those in Missouri's solar industry are losing their sunny outlook. A combination of lower solar equipment costs, a federal tax incentive, and an attractive state-mandated rebate pushed sales through the roof in 2013. The solar industry reported an additional 1,700 jobs in the state. Pages1 2 3 4 next › last »


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Summertime feeding? I need some help I joined this site for horse advice, because the only person who helped me with my horses was my dad, and he passed away so I need some help. We keep our horses on a 7-8 acre farm behind my house. I know their feeding schedule for the winter, but have no idea about the summer. My dad would take care of that, so I don't really know how to take care of their feeding during the summer. It may seem silly, but just in case because the weather is getting warmer I wanted to know. They graze all day, but do they need any additional food? Like after riding or something? Sorry if I sound a little clueless. Thanks |
Concerning your horses feeding regime, it's difficult to say what extra feed you need to give them, if any, without knowing the quality/quantity of your grazing and also whether your horses are in no/light/medium or hard work. If you're not sure, then I would definately ask your vet or call one of the big horse nutritionists (Nutrena, Purina etc...) who have qualified nutritionists and will be able to give you expert advice. In the meantime, you need to make sure that the horses have access to a fresh supply of water as well as salt/mineral blocks. If your grazing is really really poor then you might have to supplement it with hay or haylage even in the summer months. If you have any ponies who are prone to laminitis then you will need to restrict their grazing now. Hope this helps! |
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Run The Jewels Succeeds With Free Music And A True Connection With Fans
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Techdirt has always been a place where we have discussed new emerging business models for the entertainment industry, including the music business. For far too long, there has been a battle about how musicians should monetize their art, with one side claiming that infinitely reproducable music files should be costly out of respect for the musicians and the labels that produce them, and the other side pointing out that this doesn't make any economic sense and that there are plenty of ways for artists to monetize their work without pretending the internet doesn't exist. Free music has always been at the forefront of this discussion, as some artists have given away music files as a way to make money elsewhere: live concerts, merchandise, etc. Yet, no matter how much money the new models can and do make for those musicians that embrace them, there is a stigma about what is essentially art enjoyed for free. And that stigma is often dressed up as a concern for artists.
Yet that concern must wane as examples of artists making the internet work for them have proliferated. And those examples are no longer relegated to smaller artists with short music lifespans. Recently, Killer Mike and El-P from the exploding hiphop group Run The Jewels were guests on The Daily Show (we can't embed the video because Comedy Central, stupidly and inexplicably, doesn't use HTTPS — but you can view it at that link, or this one for our Canadian readers). While most of that conversation didn't revolve around the music industry, the first few minutes of the interview certainly did and both artists' explanation for why they chose to give away their music should sound quite familiar to Techdirt readers. Here's El-P:
I ran a record label for 10 years back in the day, I ran a record label called Def Jux, and it completely collapsed under the weight of the whole music industry, essentially. People stopped buying and we were based on an old model.
We kind of did the first record just as a thank you to our fans. We were really thankful that we had our solo careers, we had been working together, and we didn't want to go through everything. We didn't want to look at the first week sales, we didn't want to compete, we just wanted to give something away. It just occurred to us, it just felt right. We wanted to get the hearts and minds of people, we didn't want to trick them into buying a record with one single and, you know, we just didn't want to play the game.
We released it and we just gave it to everybody and said "if you like it, support us, and if you don't? That's fair."
What is clearly on display are two artists, one of whom had previously run a record label, that are far more interested in their art and their fans than they are playing the record label business game. Instead, Run The Jewels decided to give their music away for free, while also setting up a way for their fans to support them by buying the music as well, and it is working. Why? Why would young hip hop fans with internet connections choose to pay for music that was otherwise available for free?
Because Killer Mike and El-P connect with their fans on so many levels -- they treat their fans well, don't take themselves too seriously, and have built up a following that enjoys their work. For example, the whole Meow the Jewels effort from a couple years ago fits right in with our increasingly long list of examples artists connecting with fans and giving them a reason to buy. It started with (of course), offering the music for free, combined with a variety of premium packages -- including the "I'm on the List, Asshole" package, in which you get backstage passes to a bunch of shows, and a promise that El-P and Killer Mike will pretend to be friends with you. But El-P also joked about remixing the album with just cat sounds, called "Meow the Jewels." And their fans took them seriously and put together a Kickstarter campaign. The guys originally felt uncomfortable about this, but eventually embraced it with a plan to donate all the music to charity. And, of course, they did, in fact, make the remix, and it's... actually pretty cool.
But it's not all jokes. Both guys are politically active and outspoken, which has helped build an even stronger connection with those who agree with their political leanings. In addition, the group also still makes all kinds of money off of merchandise and concerts, which has always been a key source for musician income. What's missing is a traditional record label siphoning away money for the kind of marketing efforts the band can now do themselves because of the internet and free music -- which enables a two-way path with the fans. It helps the group connect with the fans and deliver them awesome music, while also allowing the fans to support the artists back. No label needed.
Were the stories told by the labels accurate, we shouldn't even know who Run The Jewels and these two artists are, never mind being able to watch them explode onto the scene in the way they have. This is a success story that needs to be bookmarked and used as a rebuttal against those that say music must not be given away for fear of artists failing to make it.


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Thanks Psionic Brawler for the title! This started with a doodle of Jeff and wound up being the chosen four with all of the EB enemies (sans bosses and alternate colors) in the background. I may have missed one or two- but it took me awhile to draw them all in.
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mistycat85 | Pencil Eraser Complete |
After a minor explosion and lots of work, Apple Kid completes the Pencil Eraser! Since there's no image for what the invention actually looks like, it was fun to figure out what I wanted it to be.
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I drew this the day after valentine's day- so it's late, but I got the pose for paula stuck in my head, and it had to be drawn.
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This is the fault of my friend Chris. I was complaining about P-Chem (think physics + chemistry + calculus in one course.) and he went "P Chem P Chem Mr Saturn P Chem P Chem." and this had to be created.
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Chilly Up in This Club: Did Chris Brown and Rihanna Split?
Romance was in the air at the Grammys last Sunday night as Chris Brown and Rihanna cuddled for cameras, but sources say by Wednesday they were giving each other the cold shoulder.
"[Chris] promptly ordered three more bottles of Ace of Spades champagne, which came out in a procession of sparklers and scantily clad cocktail waitresses, causing a spectacle, which he clearly wanted Rihanna to see," the source revealed.
Brown reportedly called it a night around 2:15 AM, leaving in a metallic Lamborghini, while RiRi kicked it until nearly 3 AM.
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This program project uses an innovative approach to investigate the association of total and compartment specific body fatness with cancer risk in a multiethnic population. The protocol involves re-contacting 2,000 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study (200 each in 10 sex-ethnic groups) for direct characterization of body fat amount and distribution using whole-body DXA and abdominal MRI and to obtain biospecimens and questionnaire data. Models that incorporate lifestyle behaviors and markers of blood biochemistry, genomics, metabolomics and the gut microbiome will be built to best predict each of several adiposity phenotypes (total fat mass, trunk-to-periphery fat ratio, visceral fat, deep and superficial abdominal subcutaneous fat, liver fat). Next, these predictors, taken as surrogates for the adiposity phenotypes, will be tested in nested case-control studies for association with breast (n=1,217 cases) and colorectal cancers (n=1,379 cases) using pre-diagnostic biospecimens and questionnaire data that are already available in the MEC. The role of the Recruitment &Data Collection Core (Core B) is: 1) to recruit the 2,000 MEC participants for the cross-sectional study of adiposity phenotypes and to perform the data and blood/stool specimen collection;2) to collect a stool sample by mail from an additional ~4,200 MEC subjects for whom GWAS genotype data are already available;and 3) to retrieve and ship the newly collected and previously stored biospecimens for the laboratory analyses by the four research projects in the P01. Recruitment for the cross-sectional study will occur during the first 3.5 years and involve close coordination between the two MEC study locations, with the assistance of the Body Fat Compartments Imaging Core (Core C) and the Data Management &Analysis Core (Core D). The University of Hawaii Cancer Center will re-contact 1,200 Japanese American, Native Hawaiian and white cohort members aged 65-70 years residing on Oahu, Hawaii. The University of Southern California will re-contact 800 African American and Latino participants residing in Los Angeles. Both sites have access to a clinical research facility for data collection and imaging, and are highly experienced in conducting studies with similar protocols on the MEC population.
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Years after the Dreadnoks came to America with Zartan, Road Pig was in the middle of a barroom brawl he started when he noticed a news report showing the arrest of Zarana and Zanzibar in New Jersey. Road Pig hopped on his motorcycle and single-handedly attacked the State Police station where the Dreadnoks were being held. The police were unable to stop Road Pig as he knocked down the bars of the jail and rescued the two Dreadnoks. Over the next few years, Road Pig (and Donald) remained by Zarana's side, joining the Dreadnoks as they ran Cobra's community on the Jersey Shore, Broca Beach. As most of the Dreadnoks left Cobra's employ, Zarana -- and Road Pig -- continued working for the Commander, helping to fill the void left by the departure of most of his high command. In the years after the Joe team was disbanded, Road Pig joined the newly expanded Dreadnok organization once again led by Zartan. The group once again began working for a renewed Cobra years later, Road Pig included. He later joined Cobra in the fight against the forces of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. (GI 83, 89, 90, 91, 93, 98, 99, 128, 129, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140; SM 21; GIv2 2, 6, 11, 12, 24, 36, 38; BF 2; AE 5, 19, 20; DDH; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
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A stunned Motherwell board are seeking a new manager and sanctions against Aberdeen after Craig Brown resigned just 24 hours after pledging his continued allegiance.
The former Scotland manager and assistant Archie Knox are set to be appointed by Aberdeen before their Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash against Hearts tomorrow following a dramatic U-turn.
Motherwell announced on Wednesday that their management team were staying despite holding talks with Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne.
Brown insisted he only met Milne "out of courtesy" while stressing it would be a huge wrench to leave Fir Park.
But, with strikers Nick Blackman and Alan Gow out of contract next month, he also appealed for funds to at least maintain the strength of his squad, and clearly was not satisfied with the response.
Brown rejoined Motherwell less than 12 months ago, initially on an interim basis following the sacking of Jim Gannon, and looked set to finish his coaching career where it began in 1974.
Instead the 70-year-old has swapped the challenge of securing Motherwell's fourth successive European adventure for an immediate fight at the bottom of the SPL.
Motherwell stopped short of criticising Brown but the author of a long and emotional statement, released moments before midnight, made no secret of the hurt his departure has caused.
"We are surprised and disappointed by the decision of our management team to leave the club at this time and in this way," it read.
"But it is not in our ethos as a club to stand in anyone's way.
"We also have far too much respect for Craig and Archie and what they have achieved in the game to do anything other than wish them happiness in what they are setting out to do and to thank them for their efforts in the last year.
"It is very difficult to understand their decision but we must respect it.
"We have done absolutely everything we could to keep them and to support their personal ambitions and demands for a bigger player budget."
But Motherwell did not hold back when commenting on Aberdeen's role in the drama.
Although Brown and Knox were working without contracts, despite the club announcing they had agreed 18-month deals in February, SPL rules forbid clubs to approach employees of another team without consent.
The statement continued: "We believe that the conduct of the board of Aberdeen in this matter has been wholly inappropriate and in clear breach of SPL rules as well as basic courtesy.
"At no point did they inform us or seek our permission to speak to critical employees of our club and to seek to entice them to leave our employment.
"We realise the desperation they are feeling and the pressure they are under from their fans for their own performance as a board but to go about their business in this way is a matter of gross discourtesy.
"It is also conduct which is beneath the integrity we would expect of a club of Aberdeen's stature.
"We hope Aberdeen's fans will reflect on that and understand our need to do something about it.
"We have raised this matter with the SPL and will pursue the matter vigorously and by all means."
The statement finished with a rallying cry to Motherwell supporters.
"Loyalty is clearly all too rare in football but we know we have it in ourselves for the club we love. Motherwell is a special club from a special place as anyone touched by us knows well."
Brown and Knox, who enjoyed unprecedented success at Pittodrie as Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant, will have to perform considerably better than the last management team to leave Fir Park for Pittodrie.
Mark McGhee and assistant Scott Leitch lasted just 18 months and leave their successors with a confidence-drained squad sitting joint-bottom of the SPL having collected just four points from their last 13 games.
McGhee appeared to misjudge the state of both clubs' financial muscle when making the move - he soon baulked at the cost of a loan deal for Lukas Jutkieiwcz shortly before the then Everton striker signed on at Fir Park.
But Brown said yesterday: "Aberdeen said we could turn over some players.
"They have a budget the same as everyone else and if we were bringing people in, some would have to go.
"But I think there would be a bit more flexibility than we have at Motherwell."
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Lot 65: A lot of 4 Seljuk bronze items
Antiquities Auction 54: Discovery Sale
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06 November 2016
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Live AuctionDescription: A lot of 4 Seljuk bronze items, c. 12th-13th Century AD, including two finials, one with the head of a horned animal and the other in the form of an animal head. The two items appear to be a small cap, and an animal figure. The largest L: 5 in (12.9cm). Ex collection of Eric DeKolb, NY.
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Executive Summary: The Florida Supreme has held that the Florida Civil Rights Act's (FCRA) prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination based on pregnancy. See Delva v. The Continental Group, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1316 (April 17, 2014). In reaching this conclusion, the Court noted that pregnancy is a "natural condition and primary characteristic unique to the female sex." The Court's decision resolves a split of authority among the lower courts on this issue.
In Delva, the plaintiff claimed her employer took adverse employment actions against her, including scrutinizing her work more closely and denying her requests for shift changes, after she revealed she was pregnant. The trial court dismissed her lawsuit, and the Third DCA affirmed this decision, finding the FCRA does not prohibit pregnancy discrimination. The court relied in part on the reasoning of O'Loughlin v. Pinchback, 579 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the First DCA noted that the FCRA, which is patterned after Title VII, was not amended when Congress amended Title VII by enacting the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The Third DCA's decision in Delva was in direct conflict with the decision of the Fourth DCA in Carsillo v. City of Lake Worth, 995 So. 2d 1118, 1120 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), which held that the FCRA does prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy. Accordingly, the Florida Supreme Court agreed to review the Third DCA's decision to resolve this conflict.
The Florida Supreme Court's Decision
In reviewing the Third DCA's decision, the Florida Supreme Court noted that although O'Loughlin stated that the FCRA does not recognize pregnancy discrimination, it ultimately affirmed the plaintiff's recovery on her pregnancy discrimination claim, which was filed only under the FCRA. The Court also noted that reliance on the O'Loughlin decision has produced varying results, as the decision has been interpreted differently by federal district courts analyzing pregnancy discrimination claims under the FCRA.
The Court then analyzed the specific language of the FCRA, which provides that it is unlawful for an employer to "discharge or to fail or refuse to hire any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's . . . sex . . ." Fla. Stat. § 760.10. In interpreting this provision, the Court attempted to give effect to legislative intent in enacting the statute by examining the language of the statute and its plain meaning. The FCRA explicitly provides that it should be liberally construed to further the general purposes of the Act and the special purposes of the specific provision involved.
The Court noted that § 760.10 does not specifically include the term "pregnancy" in listing the classes of protected individuals. The Court also noted, however, that the FCRA explicitly makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate against an individual because of that person's sex. Quoting a decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Court analyzing a similar state law, the Court embraced the Massachusetts court's "common-sense reasoning . . . that pregnancy is a natural condition unique to women and a 'primary characteristic of the female sex.'"
The Court construed the FCRA to further the statute's purpose of ensuring that women in Florida are free from discrimination based on their sex and concluded that pregnancy discrimination is subsumed in the FCRA's prohibition against discrimination based on an individual's sex. The Court quoted with approval a decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court holding that "pregnancy discrimination is subsumed within sex discrimination, as '[a] woman should be no more burdened than a man if she chooses to combine the roles of parent and employee, simply because the woman must bear the child.'" The Florida Supreme Court held that "to conclude that the FCRA does not protect women from discrimination based on pregnancy – a primary characteristic of the female sex – would undermine the very protection provided in the FCRA to prevent an employer from discriminating against women because of their sex."
The Court remanded the case with instructions to reinstate the plaintiff's complaint, but did not rule on the merits of her complaint.
Employers' Bottom Line:
The Court's decision resolves a long-standing division among the lower courts on this issue. The Florida legislature is also considering legislation that would amend the FCRA to prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy.
Although Title VII also prohibits pregnancy discrimination, the Court's decision increases the potential recovery for a successful plaintiff who files both a state and federal pregnancy discrimination complaint, because the state law does not have the same damages limits as Title VII. Accordingly, employers should continue to be vigilant in ensuring that their workplaces are free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination based on pregnancy.
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It has snapped up everything from the Beatles to the Duchess of York. Now the US is rushing to welcome another British export: high street fashion.
The retailer All Saints took more than $1m (£680,000) last week after opening a flagship shop on New York's Broadway, while the preppy British label Jack Wills and UK street-wear favourite Superdry are all proving hits across the Atlantic, striking a chord with fashion-hungry Americans tired of "homogenised" home-grown brands.
While many UK retailers are licking wounds inflicted by the economic downturn, a band of resilient brands are cashing in in the US.
"The main reason they are doing so well is because they are quite different to anything else trading over there," said Jess Brown, editor of Drapers magazine. "Retailers like All Saints and Jack Wills behave more like brands; they don't slavishly follow catwalk trends like high street shops such as New Look and Topshop." All Saints now plans to roll out 30 to 50 shops across the US in the next five years, while "university outfitters" Jack Wills, which offers public school-style casual wear, is preparing to launch a third US store in Boston in July. The retailer has opened shops in the past six weeks in upmarket Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, popular Massachusetts summer haunts of well-heeled Americans, and is forecasting a full year turnover of £65m for 2010.
Eric Musgrave, director general of the UK Fashion & Textile Association, said: "Jack Wills is viewed by many people as a British take on Abercrombie & Fitch. It will be very interesting to see how Jack Wills does in the home of the look it is channelling," he added.
Superdry, a streetwear brand worn by David Beckham, which blends US vintage style with Japanese design, launched on Broadway in November. Total group sales of its owner, SuperGroup, were up by 83 per cent, to £139m, in the 52 weeks to 2 May, with wholesale sales up 98 per cent to £54m. Further store openings are planned for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Miami this year, with eight more US stores planned for 2011.
"Being British is cool to Americans, especially those who are style-conscious," said Kevin Fegans, spokesman for the online fashion retailer Asos. Asos already ships to the US but is launching a standalone American site in the autumn. Its head, Nick Robertson, said users would benefit from pricing in dollars and the use of American vocabulary, such as "sweaters" instead of "jumpers".
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British successes include the high street chain Reiss, which opened nine stores in the US between 2005 and 2008. Topshop has also welcomed 30,000 shoppers every week to its Broadway store since opening last year.
US retailers are, of course, also still testing the British market. UK shoppers were able to buy J Crew, popular with the First Lady, Michelle Obama, for the first time last month through the website Net-a-Porter.
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In this year's gingerbread centerpiece, circus animals parade around a miniature carousel decked out in fantasy-fashion with candy cane poles and gumdrops.
Martha Rial, Post-GazetteThis holiday carousel is made of gingerbread, candy canes, gumdrops and royal frosting.
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Artsy-craftsy bakers who love to make cut-out cookies for the holidays will want to add this edible carousel construction to their repertoires.
It is made using an all-purpose gingerbread from a tried-and-true cookie recipe. Ornamental frosting, called royal icing, is used as glue, caulk and piping. Egg white and cream of tartar ensure that the confectioner's sugar icing dries hard.
This is a family or group project that takes about 10 to 12 hours to complete, with those working hours spread out over a week, depending on how ambitious the decorators are and how fast the various stages take to dry.
Your first decision is where the finished carousel will be displayed. I chose a 12-inch diameter size for the base of the carousel because it will fit nicely on either my wide window sill or on the buffet. I also just happen to have a 12-inch lazy susan, perfect for a merry-go-round. Make it larger, if you like, but keep the discs in proportion.
You need to assemble everything you will use before you begin, so allow plenty of time to shop and gather materials. For circus animals and other decorations, check Pier 1, Christmas ornament departments and Michaels, the Arts & Crafts Store. Find dowel sticks at hardware stores. Make a supermarket run for ingredients. No special equipment is needed. Expect the project to cost approximately $50, which depends on how elaborate you are with decorations. It can add up.
I suggest that you plan to construct the carousel in four stages. You must allow at least 24 to 36 hours between stages for drying. Make up the dough at the first session. Second, roll, cut and bake the discs, and allow to dry. Third, begin layering and construction of the major pieces, and allow to dry. Then ice and decorate the carousel in a last session. The last piece to be set in place is the decorated roof.
To ensure that the roof has a wide, stable base, I used an empty short, wide nut can for the center. When the label is peeled off, the can looks like the mirrored "machinery garage" that's at the center of all merry-go-rounds.
If you want to make circus or farm animals cut out of decorated gingerbread cookies, use the same recipes below.
You will need:
A work area, such as a card table, that will be out of the way and undisturbed
2 long dowel rods, 1/4-inch in diameter
2 long dowel rods, 1/8-inch in diameter
Ruler, sharp knife
Long, even rolling pin, such as a broom handle
Miniature circus animals and holiday decorations
1 empty nut can, 4 inches tall, label removed
Candy canes, more than 4 inches long
Candies, miniature marshmallows, sprinkles
2 recipes gingerbread dough, approximately
2 recipes royal icing, approximately
2 or more flat-sided cookie trays
Parchment paper
Cooling racks
Lazy susan, platter or tray for display
You will make 5 gingerbread discs. The base, No. 1, is 12 inches in diameter. The roof, No. 2, is 10 inches in diameter. The second-level disc (to be set on the base), No. 3, is 8 inches in diameter. Two extra decorative roof discs, No. 4 and No. 5, are 6 inches and 4 inches, respectively.
Martha Rial, Post-GazetteThe gingerbread roof of the carousel is decorated with a reindeer, a snowman, Christmas trees and other holiday ornaments.
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Miniature circus animals adorn the holiday carousel.
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Disc No. 1, is rolled 1/4 inch thick. Discs No. 2 through No. 5 are rolled 1/8 inch thick. The bottom disc needs to be thicker for stability. Because there is baking powder in the dough, the discs will be thicker and slightly wider when baked.
Note: Make 2 recipes of gingerbread dough. What you don't use can be frozen and used for gingerbread cookies. You will roll out the dough using a slab method, as it is called in pottery classes.
Basic Gingerbread for Carousel
This is a good traditional recipe to keep on file for any gingerbread architecture. You will need two recipes to make the carousel.
- 3 cups flour, plus flour for dusting
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup molasses, light or dark
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted and cooled
- Ornamental royal icing to decorate (see recipe below)
In a medium bowl, mix the dry ingredients. In a large bowl, mix the egg with molasses, brown sugar and melted butter. Blend the flour mixture into the egg mixture until all patches of white disappear.
Tape a large piece of parchment paper securely to a flat work surface. Place the 1/4-inch dowel rods 14 inches apart and parallel, and tape them in place.
Place blobs of dough onto the paper and press them into a rough disc. Cover with a second sheet of parchment. With the ends of the rolling pin resting on the dowel rods, roll out the dough. When the rolling pin rolls easily over the surface, the dough will be uniformly thick.
Remove the top piece of parchment paper and reserve. Place a 12-inch diameter mixing bowl upside down on the dough, cut around it with a sharp knife, gently lift the bowl and pull away the scrap dough; reserve the scraps. Remove tape and dowel rods from the paper; set aside.
Using a flat-sided cookie tray (rimless), lift parchment and dough disc onto the tray. Bake at 350 degrees until done and dry, about 15 to 20 minutes or more. (No, the paper will not burn, and it can be reused.) Allow the disc to cool on the tray placed on a rack. When completely cool, use the flat bottom of a quiche pan, a flat cookie sheet or a large, wide spatula and transfer the base to a drying rack. Allow to dry for at least 24 hours.
Continue to roll, cut and bake the remaining discs using 1/8-inch dowels as a thickness guide.
Decide which sides are the flattest, prettiest sides of the discs and place those sides up when constructing the carousel.
For the base: Spread a medium-thick layer of royal icing on the platter, tray or lazy susan that will be the base of the carousel. Center the 12-inch disc, No. 1, and gently press to secure. Spread a medium-thick layer of royal icing on that disc. Center the second level disc, No. 3, and gently press to secure. Spread a medium-thick layer of royal icing in the center of disc No. 3. Center the nut can, and gently press to secure. Set aside to dry and harden.
For the roof: Spread a medium-thick layer of royal icing on disc No. 2. Center disc No. 4 over it and press to secure. Spread a medium-thick layer of royal icing on disc No. 4. Center disc No. 5 on it and gently press to secure. Set aside to dry and harden.
When discs have hardened, begin the decorations.
Place wreaths, candies or other small decorations on the sides of the center can, securing them with dabs of icing.
Pipe a ring of rosettes around the base discs. Set animals in place, securing them with dabs of icing. Pipe a ring of rosettes and squiggles around the roof discs. Set decorations in place, securing them with dabs of icing. Place some sort of decoration in the center of disc No. 5 as a topper.
When the decorations and rosettes are completely dry and hardened, prepare the candy canes.
Measure the distance from the surface of the base disc to the top of the can, about 4 inches or so.
Lay one unwrapped candy cane on a cutting board at a time. Measure the length you want it to be. Using a sharp knife, make a quick but gentle blow to the candy cane. It should break fairly clean.
Place the bottoms of the candy canes on the base disc, No. 1, right up against the center disc, No. 3. Secure with royal icing. Hold in place for a minute or two until the icing begins to set up. This is the only tricky part of the construction because the canes might want to tilt. You will need 9 canes, more or less depending on your own design.
Buttress the candy canes on the second disc, No. 3, with gumdrops or other candy, securing them with dabs of icing.
Allow everything to dry and harden for at least 24 hours.
Spread a medium-thick layer of royal icing onto the top of the can and place a generous, but not runny, dab onto the top of each candy cane.
Gently place the decorated roof onto the can. Press gently. Don't worry if all of the candy canes do not touch the underside of the roof.
When the roof is dry and secure, use royal icing in a pastry bag as a caulking gun, and squirt some icing onto the top gaps between the roof and tops of the candy canes. Allow to dry completely.
Keep the carousel in a cool, dry place away from humidifiers or leaky windows.
Ornamental Royal Icing
- 2 1/3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 egg whites, from pasteurized eggs
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
Beat all ingredients together. Cover bowl with a damp cloth until ready to use or it will dry out while you are working. Place icing in a pastry bag with a plain or rose tip. If you don't have a pastry bag and decorative tips, place the frosting in a zip-lock plastic bag and take a tiny snip off a corner. Use to pipe outlines and decorations.
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Deputies Travis Turner and Keenan Storey always are out looking for someone. As warrant officers for the Hall County Sheriff's Office, they spend their workdays riding from place to place, attempting to serve warrants, arresting wanted men and women, and carrying them to jail. Sometimes they're easy to find, often they aren't. Sometimes they hide, sometimes they run. Sometimes, they even fight. "You have a few that just do not want to go to jail," Storey said. Turner and Storey are two of the sheriff's eight warrant officers, who in an average month serve between 400 and 450 arrest warrants. Of the county's 7,000 outstanding warrants, many are for probation violations, failure to appear in court and other offenses "that could be taken care of quite simply if people would just take the steps to do so," said Sheriff's Maj. Ramone Gilbert. Instead, a cat-and-mouse game unfolds, often with street-savvy fugitives staying one step ahead of their pursuers. They'll switch up addresses, or cars, or go to unusual lengths to hide when the law comes knocking. "I've actually pulled a girl out from under a bathroom sink before," Turner said of one arrest. "You check a lot of places." He's found folks lying flat under beds, cowering in closets and buried under a pile of clothes. "His foot was sticking out," Turner recalled. He's even heard of one suspect curled up in a clothes dryer. "The attic is the worst," he said. "You do not want your head coming up first." Warrant service is one of the most dangerous and least-heralded jobs in law enforcement. In recent years, several metro Atlanta warrant officers have been killed in the line of duty. The peril, officials say, comes from dealing with people who are about to have their liberty taken away. "Almost everybody they come into contact with is going to jail," Gilbert said. Said Sheriff Steve Cronic: "You never know what you're getting when you knock on that door. It can be a particularly dangerous job." "It's always something that's on your mind at all times," Turner said of the risks. "Safety is the utmost thing, for him and for me. I'm watching him, he's watching me, to make sure we both get home to our families at night." "The small things can turn into something really big," Storey said. On one recent afternoon, Turner and Storey ride up to the far tip of North Hall, to a little road off Chestatee, where they've been tipped off that a man wanted for a probation violation is staying. Storey takes the front door, Turner the back. At first, they think they may have a runner. But this suspect, who Turner knows on a first-name basis through many encounters, is in bed and doesn't put up a fight. He's led out in handcuffs as his sister and brother-in-law look on disapprovingly. "Did you call?" he asks them, wondering if they tipped off the law. "You lucky they got you before I did," his brother-in-law responds. Back at the Hall County jail, one young man makes it easy for the team by surrendering at the jail. That's one warrant they can mark off their list and save some gas. As he's led to the booking area, he asks Turner how long the probation warrant's been out for him. Meanwhile, Storey stands in the jail's parking lot, talking with people, working for information. "A good portion of the job is just talking and communicating," Storey said. "Both Deputy Turner and I worked in the jail before we came to the warrant division. Just from working in the jail, there's been a few guys I've run into on the streets that give me the information I need. You treat people with respect, they're going to treat you with respect." Sometimes communication is limited, however. The warrant division has no Spanish-speaking officers, and language problems often arise. Of the county's 7,000 outstanding warrants (a number whittled down from 10,000 since Cronic took office in 2001), 45 percent are for suspects of Hispanic ethnicity. One woman who comes to the door with fresh dye in her hair speaks barely any English as her Rottweiler barks at the officers from behind a chain-link fence. Getting the woman to secure the dog costs the officers precious time that could be used for a quick getaway, if their man, wanted on a stalking warrant, is there. But this stop is, in the major's words, "a dry hole." "If you serve six or eight warrants in a day, you're doing really good," Gilbert said. In the span of a little more than two hours, the deputies hit four locations and come up with two arrests, counting the surrender at the jail. A stop off Friendship Road yields no arrest, but results in an encounter with the wanted man's surprised and distraught wife, who "thought he had taken care of that." "He can't go to jail. He can't go to jail," she said. "Who's going to feed the babies?" The reactions Turner sees when he shows up at a doorstep run the gamut. "Sometimes they'll say, 'I was waiting for you to come,'" Turner said. "Others will run out the back door as soon as they see you pull up. It's just a range of emotions, as you might expect from someone who knows they're going to jail." Despite the risks, Turner says he enjoys his job. "I get to different things," he said. "I enjoy dealing with people, and with this job, I get to deal with the A to Z of the community."


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Sales tax hike will add $61 billion to household burden: Japan government panel
TOKYO (Reuters) - Raising Japan's sales tax next year will saddle households with an additional burden of about 6 trillion yen ($61 billion), private-sector members of a key government panel said on Friday.
The government should take comprehensive measures, including steps to ease the pain on low-income households and boost corporate capital spending, if it were to proceed with the tax hike, the members said at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting.
The members said the Bank of Japan should also continue to take active measures to meet its 2 percent inflation target at an early date.
The panel, which includes key economic ministers as well as the Bank of Japan governor, is the government's key council to debate long-term macro-economic policies.
Japan will see its sales tax rise to 8 percent from 5 percent in April and to 10 percent in October 2015 if the increases are implemented as scheduled.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Shinichi Saoshiro)
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