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Sunday, November 18, 2007
The Cupboard is Bare Pizza
One really nice thing about having frozen pizza dough on hand is that you almost always have a few things on hand that you can put on top of a crust, and, after it's been baked on high heat on top of a pizza stone for five or ten minutes, it doesn't look like a meal born of desperation. Well, more like laziness actually.
I had fallen behind in my novel writing, what with book club and a fundraiser that I felt that I had to go to, and work, of course, which always seems to get in the way of my projects.
I took the pizza dough out of the freezer in the morning and figured I'd go grocery shopping later. At dinner time, I was still trying to get up to 33,000 words, so I just looked around to see what I had. It turned out that I had onions, a few olives, sun-dried tomatoes, some wilty-looking basil, and Monterey Jack and Parmesan cheeses. Peter Reinhart recommends no more than three or four ingredients atop a pizza, and he's probably right. I may have had more weight than I should have asked this thin crust to hold, but I don't know what I would have taken off. I caramelized the onions, chopped the olives and tomatoes, chiffonaded the basil, and grated the cheeses--you can do all that in the time that it takes for the oven to get up to 550. Put together a salad and pour some wine while the pizza bakes and hey presto! Dinner is served.
4 comments:
- Melinda said...
Basil doesn't really count...too light. So I think you made the max. quota.
It looks delicious! Now, back to the keyboard.
- breadbasketcase said...
Thanks for being so forgiving about the extra ingredients--but such a hard taskmaster to force me back to the keyboard.
I'm up to 38,000 words, but my plot is now in a big fat mess!
- Carol said...
When we were in graduate school, when pizza was pretty much defined by red sauce and conventional toppings of the Italian sausage, green peppers and muchrooms varieties, we and friends would make "poverty pizza" with just about any savory leftovers and knobs of cheese that had made it to Friday night. It was always edible and sometimes even memorable, but always unrepeatable. It did widen all our horizons about what could make good pizza toppings.
- breadbasketcase said...
I remember the days when sausage, pepperoni, and mushrooms were the mainstays of pizza--and the only cheese was mozzarella, and lots of it. Parmesan was exotic--no Parmigiano Reggiano, of course--and goat cheese unheard of. And you'd never think of making a pizza without red sauce. The pizza was good, but it's so nice to have all the other choices.
I love the "poverty pizza" story!


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"It's been called that before, but not by you."
It becomes quite clear that Bilbo Baggins has become infatuated with his mysterious ring he acquires in the first Hobbit film. Now, he is learning to take advantage of it in certain situations—it's quite a helpful took for a burglar—all while beginning to grasp what wearing the ring entails.
Bilbo Baggins (reprised by Martin Freeman) has come a long way from his books and stories in his newest film, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." He admirably fights spiders, Orcs and faces a giant dragon. He has accepted his role as the burglar within the dwarf clan as they travel to Lonely Mountain to reclaim the Dwarves homeland.
It's not just Bilbo who has grown up; rather, the entire film has matured from the original into a spectacle, a non-stop thrill ride with crazy escapes, spritely enemies and side quests that actually give "Desolation of Smaug" more of a "Lord of the Rings" feel, at times. While concerns about making the singular Hobbit book into a three-part epic are legitimate—there are quite a few unnecessary and poorly executed additions—the film still delivers on the entertainment and, for the most part, gets the key elements from the source material correct, albeit a little dramatic, as most Hollywood movies go.
The best improvement that "Desolation of Smaug" has going for it is the pacing. From the opening scene (including a cameo by Peter Jackson, the director who might have been the first person seen in the film), Gandalf and Thorin, the Dwarf leader, are talking in secrecy at the Prancing Pony in a scene that actually is a prelude the first film and gives first hints at the bigger threats to Middle Earth. Meanwhile, Orcs are hunting down the Dwarves right where the first film ends.
The action doesn't stop throughout. The book was far too much of a bore at times. Even "An Unexpected Journey" dragged in too many spots, losing its momentum. The sequel, though, covers a lot for its 2 hour, 41 minute run time. This isn't to say the movie is too fast. It slows down at all the right spots and visits with the characters to make it easier to attach to them. Thorin, who is in line to be king, isn't just leading a bunch of oddball Dwarves anymore.
The dwarves get caught by the Elves along their journey (in a different way than the book), so Bilbo hatches a scheme to break them free. The ensuing barrels-down-the-river scene (my favorite of the entire movie) was entertaining, well choreographed and unbelievable all at the same time. It knacks of the scene in the first Hobbit movie when they were escaping Orc captivity by crashing down the caverns while wedged in between two large mountains and somehow not harmed at all.
The discovery of the secret door into Lonely Mountain was fun. Once inside the mountain, Bilbo must discover a gem to help the Dwarves reclaim their land.
That's where Smaug (voiced well by Benedict Cumberbatch) comes in. His size nothing to scoff at; Smaug is the clever fire-breathing dragon who is guarding the Dwarves' loot in anticipation of their return. Smaug and Bilbo have an interesting exchange of wits, and the Dwarves hatch plans to eradicate the Dragon. Some scenes with Smaug get ridiculous, though. Somehow his mountain-filling fire breath doesn't seem to be effective against the Dwarves, and he isn't able to cover much ground despite his size covering most of the ground.
Where the pacing comes to a screeching halt is the ending. The movie jumps back and forth between Smaug, Lake-town, Gandalf's side quest and other mini storylines too much, which discombobulates the movie's flow.
The decision to bring back Legolas (reprised by Orlando Bloom), who is nowhere in the book, was forced, gimmicky and useless. The story of Legolas, Tauriel (a she-elf played by Evangeline Lilly who also was nowhere in the book) getting caught up in a love triangle with the elf Kili was fruitless and a waste of time. That's not to say it wasn't cool to watch Legolas in kick-butt action. In fact, there were quite a few interesting choices of death that made for some fan-friendly "ooh-aah" visuals.
The cinematography as a whole was improved. It sprawled over a much more vibrant Middle Earth, panning to capture the scope and vastness of the landscape. When Gandolf climbs the side of a mountain, with rocks for steps, there's a feeling of danger and isolation, especially when the last one he steps on crumbles beneath his feet as he nearly tumbles to his death. The Lonely Mountain is not far from Lake-town, a place inhabited by humans who are always fearful of the threat of Smaug awakening from his slumber. Like the story's pace, the camera gave the film a sense that everything was on the move.
The ending was abrupt and harsh, so be ready for that.
Obligatory 3-D comment: Watching in Imax was spectacular. I watched the original on a normal screen, and that was a mistake. Your eyes don't get buggy watching in 3-D.

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Oversized Crescent Shawl
Designer Ágnes Kutas-Keresztes
Finished Size 61 1/2" wide at upper edge and 25" tall at center point.
Yarn Tahki Yarns Montana (100% pure new wool; 130 yd 120 m/3 1/2 oz 100 g): #002 bark, 5 hanks. Yarn distributed by Tahki-Stacy Charles Inc.
Needles Size 13 (9 mm): 32" circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions Cable needle (cn), tapestry needle.
Gauge 9 sts and 14 rows = 4" in St st; 9 1/2 sts and 14 1/2 rows = 4" in k1, p2 rib.
"This crescent shawl was inspired by old stone castles, which fascinate me. I love visiting them and taking photographs. When I started designing this shawl, I was looking at some of the pictures, and I wanted to create an edging resembling the archways I saw." – Ágnes Kutas-Keresztes


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Two chefs at the pass
(If you are reading this post on a RSS reader, you might want to click through to Chez Pim for the slideshow.)
Alain Passard was at Manresa this past weekend to cook with David -three dinners for very lucky people who managed to call within 45 minutes of the announcement and got their tables. Three dinners, sixty covers at each one, sold out in less than an hour. The man is a rock star.
I got to hang out with said star this weekend. Yeah, now you can hate me even more. Heh. Or perhaps not, because I took lots of photos so I could share the experience with you. So, hate me a little less perhaps?
Here's the first set in a series. I call at 'At the pass'. The shots were taken around the area called the pass in the kitchen. Hence the name. Yep, quite creative, me.
'The pass' is shorten from the word le passage in French, meaning the way. It's the area where the assembling and final plating take place before the plates leave the kitchen and land on your table. It's where the chef usually stands and keeps watch -unless (s)he has a TV show, or another restaurant in Vegas. The pass is always full of action, where the orders are laid out so that the chef can juggle the firing and plating orders like playing a deft game of solitaire.
As the night progresses and the kitchen gets busier, tension builds up until the air is so taut you can cut it with a knife. The heat lamp -there mostly for the plates and not the food, this is not the Mac Do- illuminates the pass so that it's so bright I almost always overexpose my shots. It's where the fun is, but it's also very difficult to photograph. So forgive me if these photos are not so great, but I love the atmosphere and intensity that they've managed to capture.


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Sensors: World's fastest laser displacement sensor?
The Keyence LK-G5000 laser displacement sensor has a newly developed RS-CMOS sensor that provides a 392 kHz sampling rate-that's 8 times faster than previous models-
Keyence's Active Balanced Laser Control Engine (ABLE) is now more powerful as well. ABLE II intelligently optimizes sensor performance by balancing laser emission time, laser power, and gain. Furthermore, ABLE II has a faster high-speed tracking ability. Dual-port data transfer, using a quad speed clock, enables pixel data to be transferred eight times faster than conventional models, thus simultaneously achieving high speed and high resolution. A newly developed HDE (High Definition Ernostar) lens combined with twice the pixel resolution results in highly-defined received-light wave patterns. Three selectable built-in algorithms also improve the application solving potential.
A translucent object can cause a diffuse reflection beneath the surface when the laser beam penetrates inside the object and the received-light wave pattern gently broadens. The Real Peak Detect (RPD) algorithm is able to detect the "Real Peak" by canceling the impact of the broadened wave patterns.
Multi-Able Control for transparent targets optimizes the laser intensity by sensing and adjusting to the reflected light for each layer of a transparent object. High accuracy is accomplished because the measurement is not affected by each layer's reflectivity. The Center and Peak Composition (CPC) algorithm for high luster resins attains more stable high-definition measurements by combining two wave form patterns of reflected light from the target. One wave form is a result of the highly reflective surface while the other is a result of light reflected from beneath the surface.
Added capabilities include the ability to perform calculations for up to 12 sensor heads for flatness, warpage and multi-point thickness. As an added bonus, the LK-G5000 includes the ability to measure speed and acceleration while measuring displacement.
– Edited by Renee Robbins, senior editor
Control Engineering News Desk
Sensors: Process and Discrete Sensors news from Control Engineering


text: Here are some photos sent in by Belvedere legend Adrian (he of Moparbulance fame) of what appears to be a 1958 Plymouth with shortened wheelbase. The emblems claim it's a Hemi, and the 8,000 RPM redline on the tach is certainly a good indicator of hoonage afoot. These photos come from Tulsa, during the festivities surrounding the Buried Belvedere last summer. Any reader who knows more about this car- particularly if anyone has been crazy enough to stand on the gas all the way down the quarter-mile- please fill us in.


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - drug/health test Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in drug/health test Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message danniedoodlesJoined: 27 Dec 2012 Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: drug/health test sorry if this is already somewhere on the board, i tried searching and coulnd't find it. any information you can provide regarding the drug/health test that takes place once you arrive would be greatly appreciated. i have found some information on google of epik/gepik teacher's experiences but not hagwon's procedure. i have also read some things that say you do this as soon as you arrive, and others say it must be done within the first 3 weeks of arrival. Back to top John Stamos jr.Joined: 07 Oct 2012Location: Namsan Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: I don't know if hagwon and public school procedures differ (and I would assume they don't), but I had one done in Gangnam, which cost around $80 around a year ago, as we all walked from station to station in space suits. Is the general test called 공무원채용신체검사? I hope it is, because I had to get one done this week. I had a ladyfriend look it up and did it for only 7,000 won in Yongsan, at the big center down the street from the main drag towards the river. Apparently, that should be good enough, we'll see. But, I had to put a long cotton swab up my ass an inch to test for "salmonella" to comply with regulatory mandates. I was quizzing the lady about this ass swab salmonella test for minute or two while she was draining my AIDS infected blood from my arm. I received no definitive answer to my butt swab/salmonella inquiries. Still, I just want to know... does the best test for detecting salmonella require you sticking a cotton swab up your butt? Is the medical check at this location legit, as well? Back to top ttompatzJoined: 05 Sep 2005Location: Kwangju, South Korea Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: drug/health test danniedoodles wrote: sorry if this is already somewhere on the board, i tried searching and coulnd't find it. any information you can provide regarding the drug/health test that takes place once you arrive would be greatly appreciated. i have found some information on google of epik/gepik teacher's experiences but not hagwon's procedure. i have also read some things that say you do this as soon as you arrive, and others say it must be done within the first 3 weeks of arrival. It is a set of standard tests done at a government approved health facility (hospital). It is required as part of your ARC application. You MUST (legal requirement) have your ARC within 90 days of your arrival in Korea. Many schools do it much faster (usually within your first month) because if there are any complications you need to be re-tested and that can cause delays BUT it still all has to be completed before your ARC application and that 90-days from arrival deadline is set in stone. . Back to top SkippyJoined: 18 Jan 2003Location: Daejeon Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:16 am Post subject: Like ttompatz said. The drug test if part of the health check. Basically pee and blood. Skippy Stock List This question comes up once in a while. Wish most people searched first. In general all you have to do is use common sense. Live clean for a while and you will be fine. Drug test upon arriving in Korea Another drug test--by 3/31? BF failed drug test, school wants me to stay..Help Drug testing in Korea Drug Test - Marijauna back on the table? Question about drug test/health check mid contract drug test? New Drug Test Rules starting next month I failed my drug test twice~~!!!! Drug Test? E2 Visa Drug Test - Mushrooms Drug Test Cannabis drug test unavailable in Korea, but is new E2 law Drug test on Tuesday. Please advise. New Drug Test Rules starting next month Holidays and drug testing... CDI/Chungdahm Drug Test Drug testing for physical can anyone confirm the cannabinoid test has been removed Back to top ThreequalsevenJoined: 08 May 2012 Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:37 am Post subject: I work at a hagwon and my director brought me to the hospital for the check within the first week. Really, it your employers decision. You will have no control over the situation. If you're wondering what I think you're wondering, yes, they test for weed. And there's none here, so you'd best start getting used to it now. Back to top John Stamos jr.Joined: 07 Oct 2012Location: Namsan Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:34 am Post subject: Threequalseven wrote: And there's none here Fiction. Back to top danniedoodlesJoined: 27 Dec 2012 Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:47 am Post subject: hey skippy thanks for the links. I usually use my phone to browse and it's not the best medium. I knew it had to be all over these boards! thanks for all the answers everyone too and btw - not worried about the green stuff. I am recovering from a bad cold/sinus infection and was prescribed meds and idk if they will interfere with the test. I'm going to talk to my doctor about bringing a copy of the script just in case! Back to top johnny_russianJoined: 24 Dec 2012 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:05 am Post subject: dannie, from what i've heard some nasal sprays can make you test positive for drugs (can't remember what drug it is though). so if you were given nasal spray you might test positive, so i think it's a good think that you are bringing the scripts. apparently some pain meds can also make you test positive for morphine. the guys at EPIK said that every year they have at least one South African fail the drug test because South African pain meds have stuff in them that makes them test positive. i''m not sure what the deal is with private schools, hagwons etc., but i know for EPIK if you fail the test they let you re-take it at a later stage once the meds are out of your system (at your own expense of course). Back to top danniedoodlesJoined: 27 Dec 2012 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:28 pm Post subject: nasal spray! crazy! i don't have any nasal spray though. i was also considering taking something to help me sleep on the long flight over. now i'm nervous about that too - - i didn't even THINK about it until just now either.... any advice? Back to top johnny_russianJoined: 24 Dec 2012 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:41 am Post subject: i wouldn't take anything on the flight, apparently sleeping pills can interfere with a drug test as well. this is a list i found of medications that can cause false positives. as you will see, it is a VERY long list http://www.askdocweb.com/falsepositives.html just about anything can cause a false positive, so try to stay away from all medications 2 weeks before you have to do the test to be absolutely sure. most medication you can pee out in 2-3 days, so don't have to worry about a false positive if you stop taking any meds 3-4 days before if it's a urinalysis. if the drug test is a blood test most medication is out of your bloodstream in around 7-8 days (i think). you can speed up your liver processing it out of your blood by taking a liver supplement (like milk thistle or artichoke extract) and a b-vitamin complex (or a mutlivitamin high in vit B). so abstaining from any meds 1 week before the test should be fine, but if you want to be 100% certain give it 2 weeks. Back to top johnny_russianJoined: 24 Dec 2012 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:45 am Post subject: one thing about that false positive list though - it doesn't give the false positive rate, and for some meds the rate is very low. something like 0.5%, which is only 1 out of every 200 people who take the test who have taken that medication. so even if you take some of those meds you could still get a negative. but the thing is, do you really want to risk being the 1 person out of every 200 people who test false positive? another interesting thing i found - apparently just being black can sometimes cause a false positive for marijuana! i quote: "Black Skin. This is not a joke! Those of African origin, certain Orientals, or pacific Islanders might test positive for marijuana. Dr. James Woodford, a toxicologist associated with Emory University labs hypothesized the pigment melanin which protects the skin from the sun, approximates the molecular structure of the THC metabolite to cross react on the marijuana urine test. Dark skinned Caucasians such as those from the subcontinent of India could also read positive on marijuana tests. The body eliminates some melanin in a dark person's urine sample." from here: http://www.passthetest.com/false_positives.htm Back to top NYC_Gal 2.0Joined: 10 Dec 2010 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:20 pm Post subject: danniedoodles wrote: nasal spray! crazy! i don't have any nasal spray though. i was also considering taking something to help me sleep on the long flight over. now i'm nervous about that too - - i didn't even THINK about it until just now either.... any advice? Don't sleep on the long flight over. You could get DVT, which can be quite serious. 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China won't let earthquakes hinder its quest for energy.
Companies such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and China National Petroleum Corp. are starting to drill for gas and oil in shale rock in Sichuan, the nation's most seismically active province, a process geologists say raises the risk of triggering quakes.
"For the Sichuan basin, earthquakes are a problem for shale gas and shale oil production because of the tectonic conditions," said Shu Jiang, a professor at the University of Utah's Energy & Geoscience Institute in Salt Lake City. "The siting of the wells could cause some artificial earthquakes."
China's shale gas reserves may be almost double those of the U.S., where unlocking the commodity slashed energy costs, reduced imports and raised the prospect of energy independence.
The U.S. shale boom may add as much as $690 billion a year to GDP and create 1.7 million jobs by 2020, according to a study by McKinsey & Co. For China, emulating the U.S. would provide greater energy security and help curtail dependence on burning coal that blankets cities in smog.
"Once they crack the code on shale, they'll want to push aggressively on it," said Neil Beveridge, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., referring to geological and regulatory issues surrounding development.
Heavily Faulted
A key step in producing shale gas is hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, where millions of gallons of pressurized water, chemicals and sand are injected underground to shatter rock and release trapped gas. Afterward, some of the liquids return to the surface and often are disposed of in underground wells.
Disposal of waste fluid has been linked to quakes in the U.S. and China.
Sichuan lies at the crossroads of some of the earth's most active fault lines.
"The Sichuan basin is at the edge of the biggest continental collision in the world, India smashing into Asia," said Julio Friedmann, chief energy technologist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and former research scientist at Exxon Mobil Corp. "That's stressing the continental crust."
More than 2,700 quakes of varying magnitude were recorded around an underground injection well in Zigong, Sichuan, during a three-and-a-half year study by the Earthquake Administration Bureaux of Sichuan, Hebei and Zigong Municipality.
"With the beginning of increased water-pressure injection, seismic activity around the test well showed a significant increase," researchers led by Zhang Zhiwei wrote in a 2012 paper.
Fracking was linked to minor earthquakes near Blackpool, England. The U.K. placed a moratorium on the process for 18 months to assess the well. Drilling resumed in December.
Since 2000, a flurry of mostly small, yet unusual temblors were recorded in the central part of the U.S., prompting the Department of the Interior to commission a study of the events in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Ohio and Arkansas.
Wastewater Wells
The investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey did not suggest that fracking was causing the increase in quakes, though noted: "USGS scientists have found, however, that at some locations the increase in seismicity coincides with the injection of wastewater in deep disposal wells."
While most induced temblors are not strong enough to be felt on the surface, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake linked to a disposal well in November 2011 in Oklahoma knocked down 14 homes and injured two people. Sichuan is almost eight times more densely populated than Oklahoma.
A 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, the most powerful in China in more than a decade, killed 69,227 people, including 5,335 schoolchildren, after thousands of classrooms crumbled. China is home to three of the 10 deadliest earthquakes of all time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Induced Earthquakes
"Anytime you're going into an area that's more heavily faulted, the risk is higher that you could cause induced earthquakes," said Briana Mordick, a staff scientist at the Natural Resource Defense Council and former geologist at Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) "Sichuan is definitely a concern."
Mordick said calculating seismic risk from tectonic stress is not simple.
Southwest China, which includes Sichuan, and the Upper Yangzi area account for 40 percent of the country's shale gas reserves, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. China aims to produce 6.5 billion cubic meters of shale gas by 2015 and as much as 100 billion cubic meters by 2020, from zero output this year. Current regulations don't require earthquake surveys as part of the standard environmental impact assessment.
The Ministry, which regulates the oil and gas industry, didn't respond to calls and faxes seeking clarity on rules governing seismic studies before drilling.
Pre-Drill Analysis
"We do detailed structural analysis as routine part of our pre-drill evaluation," Shi Jiangtao, a Shell spokesman in Beijing, said in an e-mail. "This means that we evaluate the geology by using seismic, surface geology, nearby well data, etc."
Shell, which plans to invest $1 billion a year in China's shale gas industry, declined to comment directly on earthquake hazards in Sichuan. China National Petroleum, Shell's partner, didn't respond to an e-mailed list of questions. China Petrochemical Corp., which is also drilling in the area, didn't respond to calls and e-mails seeking comment.
Source : Bloomberg
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Where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came...
One of Downtown's not so best kept secrets...
Clearwater FL, December 31, 2008 - Angie's Restaurant, located on the corner of Myrtle and Cleveland St. has been serving Clearwater delicious home cooked meals for over 35 years.
Angie Chaconas, who took over the diner in the 70's, gave the restaurant to her son Louis roughly 11 years ago. "Yes, I own it," states Louis. "But Mom's still in charge." Retirement planning does not exist for Angie Chaconas who proudly expressed that she finds joy in hard work. With so much to do in running a restaurant, and making sure each customer is served a hot homeâcooked meal, leaving with a full belly and a smile of their face; happiness at Angie's is not in short supply.
Prior to the Myrtle Ave. and Cleveland Streetscape construction project (3 years ago), Angie's Restaurant was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, with the rerouting of traffic away from Cleveland Street and road closures, less customers came and Angie's Restaurant reduced their hours; closing at 3:00pm. Now that the construction is over and Downtown Clearwater is seeing increased traffic, popular demand from customers warranted the decision to increase the restaurant hours to stay open until 8:00pm. "There used to be a time…" Angie
Creating a Better Clearwater - Local Group Builds Community Spirit
Clearwater FL, January 2, 2009 - A new organization called Create Clearwater was formed to help build stronger community resources and higher quality of life in the area. In the span of a few short weeks, the group produced a number of educational programs, implemented a project to start a community garden in Clearwater, they are putting together a "Shop Local and Shop Green" guide for Clearwater (www. ClearwaterGreenGuide. com) and greater Tampa Bay, and started planting a demonstration "food forest." This food forest comprises a mixture of fruit trees, bushes, vines, vegetables and herbs that can provide both a concentrated food supply and natural beauty for the yard, while only requiring in a small space to do so.
Create Clearwater is focused on creating local, organic food supplies, revitalizing neighborhoods, environmental issues, and building a strong local economy – as well as other quality of life issues.
"We don't see a contradiction between a strong local economy and protecting the environment," says Cory Brennan, a natural systems designer and founder of Create Clearwater. "In fact, when you design correctly, protecting the environment should create more abundance for everybody, not less. That is the beauty of this program:
When most people think of hormones they think of the things that drive you crazy in your teens and for many their entire lives. But that's really giving these guys a bad rap and doesn't really tell you what they are all about. These little guys are the messengers. Different hormones carry different messages all over the body.
The endocrine system consists of different glands. Glands produce and release things, both inside and outside the body. Each gland in the endocrine system has a different job. The "master" is the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea and has several key jobs. It helps to control nervous function, controls the rest of the endocrine system and controls a few things directly having to do with childbirth and milk production. It's definitely the boss.
To Promote or Not to Promote Lessons of The Great Depression
We've all read the recent Chicken Little headlines about the economy and where it's going. It's pretty easy to have one's own optimism and confidence shattered by such gloom and doom. These pronouncements are the equivalent of being hit over the head with a cudgel: the reality of how bad things are seems quite convincing. It's natural in face of such "news" to duck and go from offense to defense.
From my personal experience, I've been noticing that my listings are being shown more, and that prices seem to be stabilizing. Buyers are poking
out their heads again, that they are finding that the water is fine!
Even the National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales in Florida increased in October, actually by 15% over last September. Condo sales are also up, but not so drastic, with a 5% increase over last year.
Last October's median home price was $222,200 and this October's median home price was $169,700. That is a 24 percent decrease in one year.
Prices had flown out of reach very quickly, and this adjustment, although painful to homeowners that now owe more on their home that it is worth, is really good news to people looking to buy.
From the Desk of Sheriff Jim Coats December 2008
As we begin the New Year, I would like to thank the citizens of Pinellas County for their overwhelming support. I look forward to my second term as your Sheriff, and my staff and I have implemented many initiatives despite having faced some serious and unprecedented budget challenges along the way.
All of our programs and services have been scrutinized to determine their cost effectiveness and productivity. This analysis became especially important during the past year when it became clear that there would be a significant reduction in our budget even though our operating costs had increased. Through some reorganization, including the elimination of some positions and modification of services, we endured and we are now planning for the future.
It is anticipated that we will once again face budget cuts in the coming fiscal year; however, I am confident that our ongoing efforts to ensure efficiency will allow us meet the challenge ahead. Some of the initiatives aimed at saving money, while still providing superior service to our citizens, include improvements in some patrol operations, crime prevention programs, and the use of volunteers.
Do You Believe in Magic?
Interview with an Illusionist… By Megan Brazil
Clearwater FL December 31, 2008 - When I heard that David Copperfield was coming to town I got incredibly excited. My excitement was twofold, David is not only a magnificent illusionist (who I never miss a chance to see his show) but I have known him for years through my late brother Chappy Brazil who was also a magician and a friend of David Copperfield's. So, when TBI asked me to do the interview with him, I jumped at the opportunity to give TBI readers insight into the mystical world of a magician.
The Interview
Megan: How has magic changed since you began as a magician, for you, and for the audience?
David Copperfield: "After so many years, it all comes down to loving what I do and keeping up with the times. Performing my show is something I constantly think about. When I am on the road and heading to my next venue, I think about my audience: 'Is it a college town or a family town? Should I make the music LOUDER for College kids?' New tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh each and every show; which has also provided some of the best comic relief of the day!
Ruth Eckerd Hall Restores "Capitol"
Clearwater FL, December 31, 2008 - Downtown Clearwater is undeniably expanding. With the recent sprouting of towering condos and tasty restaurants, the city's growth can no longer be hidden. The downtown area is now expanding in a new direction. A performing arts center.
From the penthouse of the Waters Edge building, Mayor Frank Hibbard and Robert Freedman on behalf of Ruth Eckerd Hall delightedly announced Ruth Eckerd Hall's purchase of The Royalty Theatre, with the intention of injecting Downtown Clearwater with a shot of culture. The creation of a performing arts center is expected to stimulate the economy of Downtown Clearwater by increasing and strengthening the arts presence which in turn will draw people and businesses to the downtown area, hopefully creating the right environment in which private businesses can prosper.
The Royalty Theatre will be returning to its roots, as well as its original name, The Capitol Theatre. "I'm starting that trend right now," joked Mayor Hibbard. The name of the theatre changed to The Royalty Theatre in the 1990's when it was purchased by The Royalty Theatre, a local community theatre company.
The 20th Annual "Say No to Drugs" Holiday Classic 5K - 10K Run
Clearwater Florida, December 20, 2008 - Once again, a team of over 200 volunteers ranging from local business executives to children of the community worked together to orchestrate what has become one of the premier races in the Tampa Bay area. Top runners in prior years have included six-time World Ironman Triathlon Champion Mark Allen, Canadian Olympian Peter Maher, American Olympian Ronnie Holassie, Swiss Olympian Dan Otz as well as local Clearwater stars Mary Level-Menton and Judy Mercon-Maguire.
This year Heather Gollnick, 5-time Ironman champion and past national and world champion at national and world duathlon level, placed 4th overall.
The 20th Annual Say No to Drugs Holiday Classic drew 940 runners. "Last year we had 805, which was our previous highest ever year. What makes this [statistic] even more spectacular is that, this year, we were up by 140 runners with 3 other races taking place the same morning in Tampa, St. Pete and Tarpon Springs – with one of them sponsored by ESPN! Last year we were the only race on that day, so [this year] we're especially pleased…" Race Director Chris Alexander proudly remarked.
Hibbard Proclaims Human Rights Week
Clearwater FL, December 10, 2008 - It was a chilly day for the gold coast of Florida; nevertheless, there was a lot of warmth at the Pangea Café in downtown Clearwater. It seems there is another holiday to be celebrated in addition to the traditional ones. December is Human Rights Month for the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the 60th Anniversary of this auspicious event was about to be honored by Poets and Youth for Human Rights.
On December 10th, 1948 led by the courageous Eleanor Roosevelt, the nations of the world united with the conviction to guarantee 30 rights to mankind. Clearwater was celebrating in its own way as it had for the past few years with poetry and a special reading of the Declaration. Adding to the honor of the occasion was a proclamation from Mayor Frank Hibbard declaring Human Rights Week and the inaugural presentation of the Clearwater Humanitarian Awards.


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The movement parade
Throughout its rich history, Blancpain has been conspicuous by its capacity to develop outstanding movements that have left their mark on their epoch. Over the last six years, the Manufacture of Le Brassus has displayed a remarkable spirit of creativity and has launched eighteen new watch calibres, used in the finest creations in its collections. An exhibition of skill and inventiveness dedicated to the inner beauty of the watch.
As a crowning glory, these new calibres, fruits of the pursuit of simplicity, accuracy and performance, are embellished with refined finishes. Blancpain thus strengthens its image as a Manufacture of Haute Horlogerie, at once supremely mastering complications and ensuring progress in the art of watchmaking in its smallest details.
It is men and women who give life to a fine watchmaking timepiece. Working together in the Blancpain Manufacture, these craftspeople, with their cutting-edge expertise, produce every watch in its entirety, from initial design to assembly.


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Midnight Movie Madness
Time for another Alibi Midnight Movie Madness screening at Guild Cinema in Nob Hill. This weekend it's the ridiculous, insane, awesomely entertaining 1977 Japanese horror film House (Hausu). Check out the brain-melting trailer on the right for just a taste of what awaits you Friday and Saturday night at 10:15 p.m. and Midnight. Tickets are a mere $7, $5 if you're a club member at Burning Paradise Video.


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Mila Kunis has been voted FHM's sexiest woman in the world and is apparently "the perfect girlfriend" as well.
Ashton Kutcher must be blushing with pride.
The British men's mag released its annual list of 100 sexiest women on Wednesday that included a bevy of busty babes, with Kunis, Rihanna and British actress Helen Flanagan topping the list based on FHM's 2013 poll. Alas, Gwyneth Paltrow, People magazine's most beautiful woman of 2013, was nowhere on the list.
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"The nation has spoken, and the verdict is that she is officially the perfect girlfriend," said Dan Jude, FHM's 100 Sexiest Editor, said of Kunis. "Not only is [Mila] naturally stunning, but she has a great sense of humor and isn't afraid to poke fun at herself."
The 29-year-old actress can in part thank her role in "Ted," voiceover work as Meg (ugh!) in "Family Guy" and her recent interview coaching a newbie BBC reporter while doing the rounds for "Oz: The Great and Powerful."
Brit beauties have topped the list for the past three years, and the American brunet was No. 14 on FHM's list last year with Britain's "X Factor" and sex-tape maker Tulisa Contostavlos taking the No. 1 spot (She is now No. 11). Kunis was also named Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" in 2012.
Jude said that factors in Kunis' selection were "all about being natural, it's about accessibility, relatability, someone who's down to earth. Mila Kunis ticks all those boxes, and that's why I'm not surprised she's No. 1."
PHOTOS: Mila Kunis in 'Oz: the Great and Powerful'
The Ukraine-born actress has appeared in both high- and lowbrow flicks, achieving quite the diverse pedigree in the process. She's slated to next appear in the crime drama "Blood Ties" with Zoe Saldana and Marion Cotillard, the dramedy "The Angriest Man in Brooklyn" with Peter Dinklage and Robin Willams and to star in "Jupiter Ascending" with Channing Tatum and Sean Bean.
"In some ways, it feels like Mila's been around forever, growing up alongside us and constantly enriching all our lives with her ever-increasing attractiveness," the mag deftly puts it. "From her role as teenage strumpet Jackie in 'That '70s Show' ... to her awards-bagging 'Black Swan' performance (in which she crossed tongues with Natalie Portman), she's always been there — a reliable source of easygoing elfin sexiness in a world of pain, sorrow, stubbed toes and no phone signal."
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10. Georgia Salpa
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This afterschool curriculum includes six lessons plus supplementary materials (e.g., videos, PowerPoint presentations, and images) that explore how light from the electromagnetic spectrum is used as a tool for learning about the Sun. The curriculum... (View More) is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of afterschool programs and includes recommendations for partial implementation based on time constraints. It was specifically designed to engage girls in science. (View Less)
This is the first module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Activities are self-directed by students or student teams using online videos and data from the SDO satellite to explore, research and build knowledge about... (View More) features of the Sun. Students build vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections, and creating resources to use in their investigations. Each activity comes with both a teacher and student guide with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos and internet resources. Activity 1A: Structure of the Earth's Star takes students through the features and function of the Sun's structures using online videos, completing a "Sun Primer" data sheet using information from the videos, and creating a 3D origami model of the Sun. Students use a KWL chart to track what they have learned. Activity 1B: Observing the Sun has students capture real solar images from SDO data to find and record sunspots and track their movement across the surface of the Sun. Activity 1C has students create a pin-hole camera to use in calculating the actual diameter of the Sun, and then calculate scales to create a Earth-Sun scale model. Students reflect on their learning and results at the end of the module. An internet connection and access to computers are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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In this lesson students investigate the effects of black carbon on arctic warming and are introduced to a mechanism of arctic warming that is not directly dependent on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: black carbon deposition on Arctic snow and... (View More) ice. It can also be used to introduce the concept of albedo. Prerequisite knowledge: students understand the concepts of absorption and reflection of light energy. This lesson is designed to be used with either an Earth/environmental science or chemistry curriculum. It may also be used as an enrichment activity in physics or physical science during a unit on energy. Includes suggested modifications for students with special needs and low technology option. Requires advance preparation, including freezing ice samples overnight. (View Less)
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Students will learn about NASA's Fermi satellite and gamma ray sources through reading a NASA press release. They will also learn about gamma rays and the electromagnetic spectrum by viewing a NASA eClips™ video segment. Then, students will use... (View More) percentages to explore the origins of mysterious gamma ray sources in the sky using NASA Fermi data. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Art are identified. This activity is part of the Space Math multi-media modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school textbooks. The modules cover specific math topics at multiple levels of difficulty with real-world data and use the 5E instructional sequence. (View Less)
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The 9-session NASA Family Science Night program emables middle school children and their families to discover the wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics being performed at NASA and in everyday life. Family Science Night... (View More) programs explore various themes on the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the Universe through fun, hands-on activities, including at-home experiments. Instructions for obtaining the facilitator's guide are available on the Family Science Night site. (View Less)
This is a lesson about detecting ice on the permanently shadowed craters of Mercury and the Moon. Learners will consider what might be in that ice and will examine why the polar regions of Earth, Mercury and the Moon are colder than elsewhere on the... (View More) planets. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is the lesson 12 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about ice worlds in the outer planetary regions and the role they play in understanding the Solar System. Learners will role-play stories connecting science-related literature to ice worlds, view and interpret space-based images of... (View More) ice worlds, and investigate surface and interior features of outer planetary ice worlds. Photometry and spectroscopy will be used as background. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is the lesson 11 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
Learners will design and conduct experiments to answer the question, "how does distance and inclination affect the amount of heat received from a heat source?" They will measure heat change as a function of distance or viewing angle. From that... (View More) experiment, they will identify how the MESSENGER mission to Mercury takes advantage of these passive cooling methods to keep the spacecraft comfortable in a high-temperature environment. This is lesson 3 from MESSENGER Education Module: Staying Cool. Note: the student guide starts on p. 24 of the PDF. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about infrared radiation. Learners will investigate invisible forms of light as they conduct William Herschel's experiment and subsequent discovery of infrared radiation. They will construct a device to measure the presence of... (View More) infrared radiation in sunlight, explain that visible light is only part of the electromagnetic spectrum of radiation emitted by the Sun, follow the path taken by Herschel through scientific discovery, explain why we would want to use infrared radiation to study Mercury and other planets, and explain how excess infrared radiation is a concern for the MESSENGER mission. This is activity 1 of 4 at the Grade 5-8 band of "Staying Cool." (View Less)
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Learners will build a spectroscope and use it to observe various types of lights. This activity requires spectroscope kits, diffraction gratings and fluorescent and incandescent light sources. The kits are available for purchase in packs of 25 from... (View More) Astronomers without Borders. A variety of resources accompany this activity, including PowerPoint presentations, online videos, activities, and activity guides for both grades 2-4 and grades 5-8. (View Less)
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Mr. Speaker, I heard the hon. member preaching about what Canadian culture is and how it should be dealt with. She mentioned imposing culture on all Canadians. She should commend the Reform Party which believes in the equality of all citizens. We believe that every community has the right to promote their culture, but it is not up to the government to promote Canadian culture.
I ask the hon. member if taking God out of the constitution is the culture she wants to promote, as an hon. member from her party is trying to do.


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Dale Yarmosh, of Amityville wins Longest Drive Contest
Dale Yarmosh, of Amityville, won the Longest Drive Contest at Chairman Ernie Caramanico's New York Tire Dealers Fifteenth Annual Golf Classic honoring John Gamauf at the Stonebridge Country Club in Smithtown this month. He is shown at the event.
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BELEK, Turkey (AP) – Tiger Woods bogeyed his last hole to finish the rain-delayed first round at 2-under 70 in the Turkish Open on Friday, leaving him six shots behind leaders Henrik Stenson, Darren Fichardt and Thomas Bjorn.
Most of the field was up early to complete the round after the start on Thursday was delayed by rain. Woods got up even earlier to watch television coverage of Stanford's 26-20 victory over Oregon in college football.
Resuming at the 11th hole, Woods hit a 20-yard chip over a bunker to 4 feet and sank the birdie putt. He also birdied the 13th but spoiled his round when he found a water hazard with his second shot at the 18th and took a bogey.
Stenson, who was at 4-under overnight, birdied the 11th, 13th and closing two holes to join South Africa's Fichardt and Denmark's Bjorn atop the leaderboard at 8 under. The trio also shared the course record as it's the first time Maxx Royal is hosting a European Tour event.


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Set in the heart of the countryside and offering horse riding and fishing, Estancia Don Jose - GuenGuel provides rooms and bungalows with free Wi-Fi in Río Mayo. Río Mayo bus station is located 2 km away. The rooms and bungalows have a comfortable rustic style. Each comes with a private bathroom with hairdryer, heating and a desk. The bungalows include a kitchen and minibar. At Estancia Don Jose - GuenGuel you can enjoy the spacious well-kept garden. Tours can be booked at the onsite tour desk a...nd a laundry service is available. Room service is also possible here. Mayo River and Río Mayo Airport are both found 3 km from the property.Read more
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Jim Olesen to receive award for contributions to the arts at Brandeis
Professor James Olesen from the Department of Music is the recipient of the 2012 Festival of the Creative Arts Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Arts at Brandeis, Office of the Arts Director Scott Edmiston announced.
The choral director at Brandeis since 1972, Olesen has performed with conductors Leonard Bernstein, Charles Munch, Gustav Meier, Leopold Stowkowski and many others; with premier musical organizations including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Robert Shaw Chorale and the American Ballet Theater at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera House.
He has recorded for Columbia, RCA and Decca Records. He founded and directed the Orpheus Singers, a chamber choir performing repertory from the 15th century to the present, and is a former director of the Back Bay Chorale.
Olesen has served as music department chair and on many university committees, advocating for the arts faculty and collaborating with other faculty and departments on music programs. He was instrumental in the creation of the Office of the Arts and School of Creative Arts mission. In 2008, the University Chorus, under his direction, gave the first international tour of any Brandeis student music ensemble.
In addition to the regular Brandeis concert season, Olesen directs vocal preparation for the annual "Messiah" concert and directed Copland's "The Promise of Living" for President Fred Lawrence's 2011 inauguration.
Recipients of the award are selected by the School of Creative Arts Council, the Office of the Arts and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences. Olesen will receive the award at a luncheon April 27.
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The Providence Gridiron Club's list of legends increased last Wednesday evening at the Quonset 'O' Club in North Kingstown, where the 67-year-old football social and dinner club held its annual Awards Night.
Five people with ties to three Warwick schools were among those honorees who received prestigious awards during the program, the 19th consecutive such event that the Providence Gridiron Club has held to honor this state's best in amateur football.
"The Providence Gridiron Club takes great pleasure in these presentations," Dick Fossa, the club president and head football coach at Narragansett High School, told a crowd of nearly 200 people. "It's not football season, but we're thrilled to honor 10 players and five coaches, as well as to preserve and further enhance our great game here in Rhode Island."
Bishop Hendricken's two-time All-State lineman Max Heintzelman, the 6-3, 290-pound senior who recently received a scholarship and signed to play at Bryant University beginning in the fall, was the lone player honored from the Hawks' two-time defending state championship team.
Heintzelman, who has also been selected to the Rhode Island All-Stars squad that will play the Connecticut All-Stars in June in the annual Governor's Cup, was one of five players who received the Jack Cronin Division I High School Lineman of the Year honor.
Derek Durand, a running back who played for Toll Gate High's Titans this past fall, received the Division II-B High School Back of the Year. He has yet to announce his future plans.
Another former Toll Gate Titan – Eric Anderson who is now the head coach at South Kingstown – was honored as the Division I Coach of the Year.
"Eric does a great job at SK," said Fossa, whose Mariners are part of a tremendous South County rivalry versus the Rebels. "His teams are sometimes overmatched, but the Rebels are always a tough team to beat."
Yet another former Toll Gate High star – Doug Johnson – was honored for being selected as the University of Rhode Island football Rams Most Valuable Player during the 2011 season. Johnston was also honored by the PGC after his outstanding senior season with the Titans as a running back/linebacker back in 2008.
The fifth person with ties to Warwick schools football was Emo DiNitto, who among his many accomplishments was the one-time head coach at Bishop Hendricken and later Toll Gate.
DiNitto, who is president of the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, was honored with the Lawrence P. "Larry" Gallogly Humanitarian Award.
Fossa told the Warwick Beacon that DiNitto was honored for his many, many outstanding contributions to football as an educator, coach and administrator. He also coached Bishop Hendricken to the school's first state football championship back in 1963.
The late Gallogly, who was a one-time insurance executive and part-time copy editor at the Providence Journal, unselfishly contributed to many people and organizations in the state's athletic community for many years.
The Lou Cimini Officiating Award went to John Abbate, president of the Rhode Island High School Football Officials Association. The late Cimini was a long-time hockey coach at La Salle Academy.
The prestigious Gilbane Awards, which go to the overall winners after the respective Division I, II-A, II-B, III and IV have been named, were: Mike Washington, Central, Player of the Year; Frank Wiley, Middletown, Lineman of the Year; Mike Kelly, Chariho, Coach of the Year; and Josh Morris, La Salle, Back of the Year.
All of the Gilbane Awards are selected by the Providence Gridiron Club's Executive Board. Those members are: Jim Anderson, Burliegh Brigs, Tom Centore, Bud Conley, secretary; Dick Fossa, president; Charlie Gibbons, Charlie Holdredge, Joe Magliocco, vice president; John Merolla, Tom Milewski, treasurer; Jim Norman, Tony Rainone and Clint Robertson.
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Psychic Medium/ Graham Connolly
01/02/2017 11:00 am - 01/02/2017 5:00 pm
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Graham Connolly by trade is a microchip designer and holds a MSc in Electronics and Microchip Design from the United Kingdom. His primary interests however lie in the Spirit Realm and serving community. Graham is a traditional Usui Reiki Master, a graduate of Spirit Passage's 2-year Shamanism and Shamanic Healing program (inaugural). In recent years Graham has taught alternative therapies, meditation and mediumship classes and holds a Certified Medium certification with NSAC and has taught workshops and tutored at the International Spiritualist Federation and Lily Dale Assembly, NY as well as around the USA.


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A Canandaigua man with a prior felony DWI charge now faces multiple charges following a traffic stop on July 14.
A Canandaigua man with a prior felony DWI charge now faces multiple charges following a traffic stop on July 14.
According to Canandaigua City Police, David E. Bradley Jr., 34, of 4299 Route 21, Canandaigua, was charged on July 14 at 12:54 a.m. with failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, failure to obey a police officer, failure to keep right, and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
Police said they observed the driver of a black Pontiac crossing over the center line. A traffic stop was attempted, but the driver, Bradley, allegedly failed to pull over, police said.
Police said the vehicle eventually stopped on Route 364 at Fallbrook Mobile Home Park, but Bradley allegedly failed to remain in the vehicle and attempted to walk away, allegedly ignoring a police officer's commands. Police determined that Bradley was allegedly driving while intoxicated, though he allegedly refused to take a breath test, they said.
Further investigation revealed that the suspect was out of jail on bail following another felony DWI and has a prior conviction two years ago, police said. He also has a suspended license for an alcohol conviction, officers said. Bradley was taken to Ontario County Jail for arraignment on July 15.


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Building A Career
By Matt Hawkins
April 2, 2014
Looking back on nearly four decades in the business world, Bradley alum Howard Lance '77 noted the importance of mentors, versatility and an open-minded approach to opportunities. Lance, an executive advisor at The Blackstone Group and retired Harris Corporation CEO, spoke to Bradley students in late March.
An undergraduate co-op experience at Caterpillar set Lance on an engineering path, but early career opportunities to work with customers opened new possibilities.
"It was like a light switch went off, so I decided to give it a shot," he said. "I had no background in business so I had no business doing it, but I was lucky I had mentors."
That led to a shift to the business management side that defined the rest of his career.
"I never thought I would be a CEO or aspire to be a CEO until my late 30s," Lance said. "If you take care of the job you have, the next job will take care of itself."
With technology ubiquitous in both business and engineering, he recognized the need for the modern workforce to be versatile in both fields. Thus, convergence efforts like those on the Hilltop are needed.
"The notion of convergence, which Bradley is leading in, is the forefront of what's going on in business," Lance said. "In the end, for a commercial enterprise, it's not just about creating things but creating things people will buy."
"The sooner you can get these capabilities, the better you'll be and Bradley is on the cutting edge," he added. "It's the right thing at the right time."
In addition to cross-disciplinary knowledge, Lance encouraged students to be lifelong learners who can adapt to an ever-evolving world.
"Markets can change overnight. Many organizations 20 years ago who would've been market leaders are now market laggers. What you've got here is important, but do you have the skills to go forward?" he said. "The days of being able to come out of college, start your career and go into the cubicle are gone. We need people who can go into bigger cubicles and work with four, six, eight people and solve problems."
In addition to a diverse skill set, Lance suggested students seek wise counsel. Mentors, he said, were crucial to his success.
"What I am is a compilation of all these great people who taught and allowed me to do things," he said. "I could not achieve what I have in life without them. I'm a product of their good guidance."
Lance's wisdom resonated with mechanical engineering majors Adam Smetters '14 and Andrew Davis '14.
"Convergence is important for engineering because it teaches us how to think differently," Smetters said.
"As a senior close to graduating, a lot of things he said are what I'm considering," said Davis, noting points Lance made about prioritizing time and details.
Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology, Foster College of Business, Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Honors Program cosponsored the presentation.


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In his view, producers are well served to pay less attention to price outlook information and more attention to strategy. "Some of the same people now predicting $3 corn were those predicting $9-$10/bu. when prices were $8 two years ago," he says. Fogel thinks it's wise to not get caught up in either overly optimist outlooks or—as is the case today—extremely pessimistic ones. Fogel told producers at the Top Producer Seminar on Jan. 30 in Chicago that it's possible corn prices could dip further—although he isn't predicting it—and that it's a mistake to think both corn and soybean prices can't drop below the cost of production. With less than 20% of 2014 anticipated corn production priced—and some think it's far less than that—and just half of 2013's, many producers are in the unenviable position of potentially facing two years of production with market prices less than breakeven, he says. "Chicago commodity traders don't care what your breakeven is." Prices could either head lower or higher and nobody yet knows the events that will occur that drive them because they haven't yet occurred, he notes. Fogel believes the best marketing tools to protect producer balance sheets in 2014 against downside risk are put options, and such a strategy is actually quite easy to understand and implement. "If you can't understand the strategy your market advisor tells you within five minutes it's too complicated," Fogel says. Even though options have premiums—with corn December puts about 30 cents and 50 cents for November soybean puts, Fogel is not a fan of selling calls to offset part of the cost of buying a put. Two reasons: selling calls raises the specter of margin calls and makes the strategy more complicated. Unlike the excitement surrounding market news, market strategies that protect your balance sheet are quite the opposite. "Good marketing is really boring, but it works," he says. While not a fan of selling calls, Fogel says there is a reason to sometimes buy them. That's when producers sell grain in the cash market, but want the opportunity to enhance their price on the upside. When basis is strong, combining cash forward sales and buying call options can be a strategy that works, he says. Using puts and calls in the manner he describes "put you ahead of 90% of those marketing grain," he says. In Fogel's view, one of the challenges producers have had in forward pricing both 2013 and 2014 crops is that in 2012, those who sold early saw rapid price escalation occur after they sold. That has made them less likely to market in recent months. Unfortunately, that left them unprotected against the huge drop in corn and soybean markets. In 30 years, there has never been a lower percentage of corn booked. "A lot of corn is yet to move," he says. Fogel sees another marketing challenge. That's exaggerated attention on news of production problems in localized areas last summer and whether USDA reports were accurate. Last summer, he says, many were so focused on reports of production problems in southeast Minnesota and Northeast Iowa—which were real—and whether USDA was accurately accounting for them that they lost sight of excellent conditions in the Eastern Corn Belt. "When you start fighting with USDA, you lose," he says. Because of concern over Upper Midwest production, many failed to implement risk reduction marketing strategies, he says. "The market crashed while everyone was looking at Iowa. That cost producers a lot of money." Instead of challenging the market, it's a far better strategy to defend against moves that can go against you, Fogel says. For more information on the Top Producer Seminar or Tomorrow's Top Producer events, visit www.TopProducerSeminar.com. .................................... 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KiranBellubbi necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 187 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo that is fresh, that inspires confidence and serves as the primary ID for the company. We are a tech-startup in Silicon Valley that is working with Internet Merchants to help them optimize their sales. We also provide a Rewards program for consumers.
1. We want a logo that indicates: success, growth, profit, rewards.
2. Our company helps online merchants improve their profitability byproviding software as a service that helps them deliver personalized offers to consumers
3. We also offer consumers the ability to earn rewards which they can spend at other merchant sites.
4. We want a logo where the graphic element can be used without the company name, yet still represent the company (think Nike and the swoosh).
5. We want a logo that can also work in a reduced size, inline with a product listing/description.
1. Logo's that follow/borrow from the design trend ideas for 2009-2010 (http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-09.php) or the design trends of 2008: http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-08.php
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Allison Price saved her best for
The senior point guard, one of four Golden Eagles playing in their final home game in Eblen Center, pumped in a career-high 17 points to go with six rebounds and five assists to lead Tennessee Tech to a 69-53 Ohio Valley Conference victory over Austin Peay Saturday night.
The victory was No. 799 in the program's history, and also clinched the seventh seed in the upcoming OVC Tournament. Tech improved to 8-20 overall and 6-11 in the league, while APSU slipped to sixth place with a 13-14 overall record and 9-7 mark in the conference.
An 8-0 Tech run to close the first half pushed Tech into the lead, and set the stage for the Golden Eagle victory. Tech held a double-digit lead for most of the second half on their way to winning for the fourth time in the last six games in a late-season surge.
Senior Blair Bowens also reached double figures with 15 points, along with six rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Tech got its trademark balanced scoring in the box score as Jasmine White netted nine, Vivian Nwosu scored eight, Meagan Lyons and Tacarra Hayes had seven and Simone Rutledge chipped in with six.
Hayes and Rutledge, both freshmen, provided critical play in the post when both White and Nwosu fell into foul trouble. Each finished with four, along with Rutledge.
The Lady Govs were paced by Ashley Herring with 20 points and eight rebounds, along with two steals, while April Thomas had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Nicole Jamen added eight points.
APSU also needed contributions from the bench, as Herring and Emily Pollock each fouled out and Jamen and Whitney Hanley had four fouls apiece.
Austin Peay overcame an early Tech lead and pulled on top at the 13:26 mark of the first half, 12-9, when Herring knocked down her first 3-pointer. The Lady Govs controlled the lead, going up by six for their largest margin, 23-17, when Hanley drained a trey with 8:34 to go.
The Golden Eagles came back to tie the contest at 25-25 on a layup by Price. APSU went up one, before the Golden Eagles scored the final eight points of the period to take a 33-26 lead into halftime.
Tech did a great job protecting the basketball, committing only six turnovers in the first half. That helped to overcome an 18-14 rebounding edge by the Lady Govs.
A 3-pointer by Blair Bowens allowed Tech to grow its lead to 11 points at 39-28. Four times after that, Austin Peay cut the lead to nine, but the best the Lady Govs could do was get within eight, 54-46, with 7:21 to go, on a 3-pointer by Herring.
An 8-2 Tech run, capped by a 3-pointer from the corner by Price, made it a 14-point game with 3:09 to play. Tech went 4-for-5 at the free throw line to maintain its margin, and White canned a 25-foot 3-pointer with 12 seconds to play for the final 16-point margin.
Tech forced 23 APSU turnovers while committing just 13 in the game. Rebounds were dead-even at 34 apiece.
The Golden Eagles have one game remaining in the regular season, a 2 p.m contest at Jacksonville State next Saturday (Feb. 28), as the Golden Eagles bid for their milestone 800th win.
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JMitch needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 142 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Contract Package.com (R) / http://www.contractpackage.com
Built the first contract packaging directory website in 1999. Receieved USPTO registered service mark for "http://www.contractpackage.com" for promoting contract packaging businesses on the internet. I work as an independent contractor selling packaging services, and operate this website. In 2009 I am updating the website with an upscale look and complete re-build. I want a custom logo to enhance this approach. Website hits are ~ 250,000/ yr with ~ 120,000 page views/ yr.
Purchasing departments, purchasing managers, marketing departments within the contract packaging and contract filling market. My target customers make products for other companies that do not have the existing equipment to make the product itself. These services are primarily referred to as: contract filling, contract packaging, and contract manufacturing. A contract filler, fills items like liquids or tablets into containers like bottles, pouches, tubes, etc. A contract packager, performs: assembly, fulfillment, wrapping, boxing, sealing or more of a secondary packaging function. Contract manufacturing is the process of blending or mixing liquids, or forming tablets, prior to filling. I would like the logo to reflect a - global packaging source -.
The target audience needs to recognize the logo to associate with this website and its quality. My audience wants to quickly locate manufacturers to complete the projects and quality is essential.
The target audience needs to recognize the logo to associate with this website and its quality. I would like the logo to reflect a - global packaging source -. Logo's with and without the website address included are acceptable. Depending on creativeness I would prefer that the website address be included, but not to the extent that it would impede the quality of the design work. Be creative, show me the best options, be artistic. Good luck and thank you.
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The EGSL electric slide series from Festo is designed for pick and place systems or planar surface and 3D gantries. Even with heavy loads, these slide units operate with linearity and parallelism to an accuracy of + .0006 in. The EGSL sliding electric guide also offers exceptional energy efficiency.
The EGSL electric slide provides an economical positioning function for strokes of up to 11.8 inches (300 mm). The enclosed ball screw prevents dirt or small work pieces from entering the guide area. Based on the high-precision guide of the DGSL, the pneumatic equivalent of the EGSL, these electric slides are available in four sizes as measured in slide width: 1.4, 1.8, 2.2, and 3 inches (35, 45, 55, and 75 mm).
The motor, which is matched to the mechanical components, does not project beyond the slide. It can be mounted axially or in parallel. This results in a rectangular slide that can be easily integrated into an application. The sensors on the slide itself are also easy to install and make position sensing simple.


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Boeing forges ahead with new 787 versions as grounding drags on
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As a regulatory probe of battery faults that grounded Boeing's marquee 787 Dreamliner drags into a third week, the planemaker is moving forward with plans to boost output and develop two more versions of the jet.
Production is set to rise to seven a month in midyear, from five now, and to double to 10 by year-end, Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said on an earnings call Wednesday. In addition to the 787-8, the version comprising all 50 planes grounded by a battery fire on one and an emergency landing by another, the company is working on two more variants, the -9 and -10.
Boeing said nothing in the probe has called into question its use of a lithium-ion battery at the center of the review.
The company, which detailed its plans in a fourth-quarter earnings report, forecast at least 60 Dreamliner deliveries this year, while still lacking a timetable to resume shipments.
"It could range from absolutely nothing to a big problem," Richard Tortoriello, a Standard & Poor's analyst who reiterated the rating he downgraded to hold after the emergency landing, said in an interview.
"When you're in a waiting game like this, where you don't know what the risks are, it's best not to be a cowboy." Boeing cautioned that Tuesday's deliveries and earnings forecasts rested on the presumption of "no significant financial impact" from the 787's woes. The jets have been parked since Jan. 16.
Investigators haven't yet found a root cause, McNerney said on the earnings call, so "if this assumption changes after we have gained greater fidelity, we will let you know."
The planemaker predicted 2013 net income of $5 to $5.20 a share, in line with an average estimate of $5.16 in a Bloomberg survey of 25 analysts. That's predicated on the delivery of 635 to 645 commercial planes, up from 601 in 2012, as it increases jet output more than 60 percent in the four years through 2014.
The 787 projection, which trailed estimates by analysts, wasn't hurt by the current halt in deliveries, said Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith. The shipments are lower mostly because of the delivery of about nine 787s that were built before the model was certified in 2011 and need "significantly" more catch-up work than the 32 from that batch delivered last year, he said.
Boeing aims to have all of those early models fixed and delivered by 2015, he said.
McNerney said the Chicago-based planemaker still expects to assemble the stretched 787-9 by midyear, with deliveries beginning in early 2014. It's marketing the 787-10, with plans to seek official approval from the board to start selling that variant later this year.
"I fully expect guidance will get modified when we get closer to knowing the root cause" behind the battery faults, said Ken Herbert, an analyst with Imperial Capital in San Francisco who has an in-line rating on Boeing. "Until there's more out of it and they know more concretely, they've got to approach it like this."
U.S. and Japanese authorities are still trying to determine what caused the battery-fault warning that forced an All Nippon Airways Co. 787 to make the Jan. 16 emergency landing in Japan and sparked a fire in the lithium-ion packs on a Japan Airlines Co. jet in Boston on Jan. 7. U.S. regulators said Wednesday they asked Boeing to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 Dreamliners after Japan's All Nippon Airways revealed it had repeatedly replaced the batteries even before overheating problems surfaced.
Analysts and investors have been baffled in estimating how much the 787's grounding will cost Boeing. The expense will depend on how long the fleet is parked, what fixes might be needed, and what compensation may have to be paid to customers and suppliers.
"While we are limited by the rules of the investigation on what we can say publicly, let me assure you that's not always comfortable for us," McNerney said on the call. "Nonetheless, we rigorously support the process because it gets to the right answers, the right way. And that is what has made air travel the safest form of transportation in the world. We do believe good progress is being made in narrowing down the potential cause."
Engineers aren't being diverted from the new 787 models, nor from development of upgrades to the 737 and 777, to aid in the investigation, McNerney assured investors, adding that its "drain on resources is not significant."
The CEO said Boeing is prepared even if engineers go on strike. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace expects to decide Wednesday whether to ask members next week to authorize a walkout over Boeing's plan to switch new hires to a 401(k)-style retirement plan, rather than the traditional pension.
"We're all very hopeful that our discussions with Speea will not come to that," McNerney said. "But I think we're going to have enough experts available to keep looking at this issue if it goes that far," he said of the 787 investigation.
Boeing rose 1.3 percent to $74.59 at the close of New York trading Tuesday as investors reviewed the quarterly earnings data. The shares previously had fallen 5.2 percent from Jan. 4, before the battery fire. On a price-earnings basis, they're trading at a 22 percent discount to competitor Airbus' parent, European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.
Operating cash flow, which is driven by deliveries, was $7.5 billion last year and will be greater than $6.5 billion this year, Boeing said. Carriers pay about 60 percent of the price of a plane in installments after they place an order and the rest upon receiving the plane.
Fourth-quarter net income fell 30 percent to $978 million, or $1.28 a share, compared with $1.39 billion, or $1.84 a year earlier, after a favorable tax settlement of 52 cents a share wasn't repeated. Full-year profit fell 2.9 percent to $3.9 billion, or $5.11 a share, surpassing Boeing's October forecast for earnings of $4.80 to $4.95 a share.
Sales jumped 14 percent to $22.3 billion in the quarter, from $19.6 billion a year earlier. Revenue will rise this year to a range of $82 billion to $85 billion, from a record $81.7 billion in 2012, Boeing projected.
The commercial unit's fourth-quarter earnings rose 29 percent to $1.27 billion as sales gained 32 percent to $14.2 billion.