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The growing prevalence of smartphones and tablets offers engineers a way to remotely measure, monitor and control systems and provides a new platform for portable measurements. To help engineers better integrate the latest mobile technologies with their applications, National Instruments developed the Data Dashboard for LabVIEW and Data Dashboard Mobile for LabVIEW applications to visualize measurement data on their smartphones and tablets. By combining the portability, ease of use, faster start-up time and longer battery life of mobile devices with the power of LabVIEW software, engineers can more productively access measurement data from data acquisition and embedded monitoring systems while on the go.
Furthermore, engineers can monitor data for trends, view historical data over periods of time, instantly receive notifications based on measurements, or remotely control an application or test sequence. Using the Data Dashboard for LabVIEW application, engineers can create a custom, portable view of NI LabVIEW software applications on their tablets. Users can also create custom layouts of one, two, four, or six indicators and quickly swipe between multiple layouts. Data Dashboard for LabVIEW displays the values of network-published shared variables and/or Web services on charts, gauges, text indicators, and LEDs, and also provides the capability to connect to networked-published shared variables or Web service data without Web or app programming.
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Videos keep inmates, kids in touch
- Program keeps kids connected with their parents in prison
- CNN Hero Carolyn LeCroy has run the program for the last decade
- Actress Holly Robinson Peete recently joins LeCroy to observe the program
(CNN) -- For the last decade, Carolyn LeCroy has been helping children stay connected to their incarcerated parents through video messages.
LeCroy was honored as a CNN Hero in 2008, and has since expanded her Messages Project to prisons in five states.
Her story inspired actress Holly Robinson Peete, who recently joined LeCroy on a visit to a maximum security prison.
CNN's Anderson Cooper spoke with Peete about her experience.
Anderson Cooper: What was it about Carolyn's efforts that first sparked your interest?
Holly Robinson Peete: I learned about a subset of the population that I never thought of before, which are the children of incarcerated parents.
There was something about how hard of a sell it is; anytime you are talking about inmates or people in prison, people automatically -- there's some pushback. But with Carolyn's brand of philanthropy, I just found myself intrigued, and I had to help her out.
Read the 2008 story: Ex-con's videos keep inmates, kids in touch
Cooper: How does the Messages Project work?
Peete: The Messages Project goes into prisons across the country and films messages of incarcerated parents who are either reading a book, a bedtime story, giving a very positive message, giving love to the caregiver watching these children.
Something so simple you would think wouldn't be a big deal, but to a child who's lost their parent to incarceration, they watch these videos over and over again. It has a really positive effect on them. So many times, a lot of these children end up in prisons themselves, and this is something that might be able to stop that chain.
I think about watching my father's video. My father's been deceased for many years. When he was at my wedding, he just said, "I love you." I watch it over and over and over again, and it just lifts me up. To these children, these are not hardened criminals. Oftentimes they are just looked at as Mommy or Daddy. So, it's very important that the children know it's not their fault and that they know they're loved.
Cooper: How did you get involved with the program?
Peete: I met Carolyn in 2008 and we've been trying to get together. ... The Messages Project is now in Oklahoma, in Nebraska, in Virginia.
And we kept talking about California. It's the most incarcerated state in the country. And that's where I live. So I said, "We've got to get in there." And we finally made it in. It ... was a lot of pressure; I wanted it to go well.
Cooper: What did that day involve?
Peete: It involved me driving for hours and hours and hours to the middle of the desert, to the middle of nowhere California. ... It involved meeting five inmates who, most of them, may never come out of that prison. And they really didn't strike me as people who had done anything except that they were dads in that moment and they wanted to get messages to their children.
Cooper: What's it like seeing someone who is incarcerated and you know why they are there, and yet you see them in kind of a different light when they are trying to get a message to their child?
Peete: Apparently these are hardened criminals, people who are doing time for very, very serious offenses, often murder and armed robbery. I personally didn't want to know until I left what they did. I just wanted to appeal to them as a mom and as a parent.
I think we don't think about the impact of what the children of incarcerated parents have to go through. Sometimes their parents are just yanked, right in front of their eyes in some very difficult situations with policemen and guns. So, it's a mind-boggling situation for children, and these tiny messages are so impactful.
Cooper: It's an incredibly intimate act, the making of these videos.
Peete: Even being there and watching some of these men, I was moved to tears because I saw how gut-wrenching it was for them to say, "I'm sorry. This is not your fault. Daddy loves you and I just want you to be the best person you can be." Those little anecdotal things sound very clich�. We take it for granted if we've got a parent in the home, but hearing that for a child can make all the difference in the world.
I felt like I was doing something not necessarily for the inmates, but for their children. I was impacted by it for the rest of the day, and still am.
Cooper: You were recognized by a couple of the prisoners. What was that like?
Peete: We walked into the cell block, and ... two gentlemen that came out looked at me. One of them said, "Hey, Holly. What's going on? Remember you met me in Vancouver, and it was 1980. You were shooting '21 Jump Street.'" He said, "I've been trying to get a script to your agent." ... (laughs) Even in jail somebody has a script for you, Anderson. ...
I was just very blown away at his resourcefulness, because sure enough, three days later my agent said, "Did you meet a screenwriter in jail?"
Cooper: What is it about the CNN Heroes project that really caught your interest?
Peete: I'm a CNN Heroes groupie. ... The Heroes just use whatever it is that is at their disposal, and I'm always blown away by what they are able to accomplish with so little. And for no other reason than it is their calling, it is something they are drawn to.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Free Online Sources for Irish Family History and Genealogy
Despite budgetary constraints amid the financial meltdown that still plagues the island of my ancestors, when it comes to Irish genealogy sources available online, there is an ongoing effort to make available as many family history and genealogy resources as possible, and all FREE of charge.
A sincere THANK YOU must go out both to individuals and to organizations who are working their fingers to the bone to provide an abundance of free resources for online researchers.
The Finding Irish Family: Research Aids page of this blog has a long list of resources, both free and paid, available for Irish family history research. With a tip of my hat and a thank you to Amy Coffin for creating the blogging meme 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy, I would like to put the spotlight on some of those online sources which can be accessed for free. There are many others, so be sure to have a look at the research aids page.
Click on the blue links to access websites and pages.
1. 1901/1911 Irish Census - The National Archives of Ireland
Ever since parts of these census documents were first posted on their website years ago, the NAI have worked hard to update and improve this site. Not only can you view all of the information available from these census records, but you can view the original census documents, and all for free.
All thirty-two counties on the island are included. The census can not only be searched by surname but also by religion, occupation, relationship to the head of the family, literacy status, county or country of origin, Irish language proficiency, specified illnesses, and child survival information. They have accounted for almost any search term you might think of. As stated on the site, "you can now search for female married teachers in County Cork, or how many people spoke Irish in Ballyshannon, or how many Presbyterians there were in Roscommon".
Also visit the NAI Genealogy advice page on which they have their own long list of Irish genealogy websites, some of which are free.
Also be sure to connect with county hubs such as The Wexford County Hub, on which you can learn about the history of the area. Follow this link for an article about the Wexford workhouse, an article which provides some very interesting information and features some great images too.
2. The National Library of Ireland Digital Photograph Database
Through the NLI's free online photograph database, you can view over 33,000 photographs from the collections of some of Ireland's most respected photographers of history. Browse the collections of the Keogh Brothers, A. H. Poole, and others who used the medium of photography, beginning as early as 1860, to visually record the history of the land and its people.
3. Are you just beginning your Irish family history research, and need advice about Irish records? Take a look at the NLI's Family History introduction, and download the PDF which outlines resources available, and includes need to know addresses.
4. Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives
As the name suggests this is a project, so the work is ongoing, and regularly updated. Check this site often for updates. All thirty-two counties on the entire island are included. Some counties have more information posted than others. In particular, the work done by those focussed on County Dublin is excellent. Special mention has to go to Yvonne Russell and Joyce Tunstead who have done a spectacular job posting hundreds of headstone photographs and transcriptions.
5. Irish Genealogy
If you have ancestors who were hatched, matched or dispatched in County Carlow, County Dublin, County Kerry, or the Diocese of Cork & Ross, then you will want to search the church records on the Irish government website called 'Irish Genealogy'. They are currently working on adding County Monaghan, Diocese of Clogher. Although the site is slow to update, there are over three million records here, all available to view for free, and most include images of the original parish registers.
6. Cyndi's List
Cyndi has done an outstanding job bringing together over 3800 links across 32 categories for research, both free and paid, in the area of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Ireland has been a Free State only since 1922, and a Republic with no political ties to Britain since 1949, meaning some information applicable to your Irish ancestors may likely be found in British resources, so make sure to check them out as well.
As always, Happy Researching!
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Hello. Thanks for this list of resources! Some I have used successfully & others I will try out very soon. I am newly focused on my Irish roots, trying to gather all the information I can before a summer trip (my fist) to Ireland. Your post is very much appreciated!ReplyDelete
Hello Colleen,Delete
Thank you for your comments; they are much appreciated. I notice from your URL that you are searching for ancestors in Cavan and Tipperary (both very beautiful counties, BTW). Both County Cavan and County Tipperary have Heritage Centres for family history.
In Cavan the Heritage Centre is in Cana House on Farnham Street in the town of Cavan. They do the search for you, and an initial assessment costs around €35 (around $40 USD). Their database holds more than half a million records of baptism, marriages, burials, census records, pre and post famine land records and numerous other sources. Their earliest church records are 1702. Of course starting dates for church records vary for every parish denomination.
Their email address is: canahous at iol dot ie
Their phone number is: + 353 (0) 49 4361094
Tipperary is a little more complicated. In Tipperary, there are two Heritage Centres. Again, this is a paid service, and they do the search for you. The centre which covers records for Tipperary North is in the Gate House in Nenagh. I don't think they currently have email, but you can phone them at +353 67 33850.
The centre for Tipperary South is the Brú Boru Heritage Centre in Cashel.
Their email is: bruboru at comhaltas dot com
Their phone number is: +353 62 61122
Also, you can do some of your own research for both counties in Dublin. If you are searching for records of BDM after 1864 then the General Register Office (in the Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street) will have those.
Both the National Archives of Ireland (Bishop Street Dublin) and the National Library of Ireland (Kildare Street Dublin) have free genealogy advisory services, so you may want to consult with them first. Their websites offer the details. Also, on their website, the National Library has a full listing of all parish registers they have for view on microfilm.
You can also find some Cavan and Tipperary records through the Irish Family History Foundation; searching is free, but you must pay €5 for each record.
I hope this information is helpful to you in setting your plans.
Thank you so much for the list of resources. In addition, that is one of the most beautiful collages I have seen.Replies
Hi Kathy,Delete
Thanks for your comments; very much appreciated, as always. I'm glad you like the collage. It has some of my favourite photos, especially the one at the top with the Geraghty/ Magee children. The little boy with the big smile looking at the camera is my dad. I smile (and cry a little) every time I look at that one.
I'll add my thanks to Kathy and Colleen for this list. Great answer for Colleen. I hope she's checked back for it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Charlotte,Delete
As always your comments are much appreciated. Thank you. I hope Colleen checks back too.
Thank you so much Jennifer for these resources. Beautiful collage - and your dad on the horse - priceless!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Celia,Delete
Thank you for for your comments; they are much appreciated. I love the little guy on the horse too, but he's not my dad. Dad's in the top photo with all the kids.
Thanks for this very helpful list, Jennifer! It comes at just the right time for me, as I'm researching my husband's ancestors from County Antrim. Like the others, I love your collage too. How did you make it?ReplyDelete
Hi Shelley,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your thanks. I'm glad the list will be helpful. One of my great-granddads was born in Antrim, and my husband's family originated there too. I work on a Mac and made the collage through Aperture 3 by creating a book page and then exporting it into a pdf in Aperture. It's a lot easier than it sounds, just requires a little patience which is sometimes lacking on my end.
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Cheers, Jennifer


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|For the second year in a row Omega is the top luxury brand based on Internet searches.
China continues to show strong interest in Swiss luxury watches despite a slowdown in the world's fastest growing economy, according to a survey of Internet searches released Monday.
The Geneva office of the Digital Luxury Group, a digital consulting and marketing firm for luxury brands, said its analysis of 65 international watch brands shows that every category of luxury watches from "prestige" to "haute horlogerie" has seen an increase in interest the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, with a near 40 percent increase in aggregate searches.
"This shows that the attention expressed for Swiss watches in China remains strong despite the reported macroeconomic slowdown and the economic uncertainty linked to the political changes," according to the report released Monday.
"Interest for watches is increasing. This is opposite of what the media is taking about," added Florent Bondoux, head of Strategy and Intelligence at DLG, in a recent interview prior to the release of the report. He did, however, stress that online interest does not reflect sales.
"We know that this information aggregation in fact does not translate to sell out trends," he said. "The interest continues to grow, but there are indicators that the purchase cycle (as revealed by the data from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry) has slowed."
In March, DLG, in its WorldWatchReport, revealed that for the first time, China surpassed the U.S. as the country exhibiting the highest demand for luxury watches based on Internet searches.
The WorldWatchReport measured results in five market segments: "high range," "prestige," "couture," "women's jewelry," and "haute horlogerie" The largest growth in Internet search interest is in the "prestige" category, according to the survey. In addition, the best known international brands also received the most interest.
Out of the 65 brands analyzed, the top 10 most-searched luxury watch brands (Omega, Rolex, Longines, Cartier, Rado, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, IWC, Piaget, Chanel) represent nearly 80 percent of the search market, according to the survey.
The trend toward the big names also includes models. The top models searched this year remained unchanged compared to last year's survey but now account for more than 50 percent of all online watch searches. They are: Omega "De Ville" (19.6%), Omega "Constellation" (13.30%) Cartier "Ballon Bleu" (6.60%), Chanel "J12" (5.9%), and Longines "Master" (5.10%).
After years of growth in the major coastal cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing, interest has grown in the booming and vast interior of the country. Again, the advantage tends to lean toward the big watch brands as they are the ones who are able to invest locally in these communities, according to the survey.
Style (such as "men's watch" or "classic style") followed by price are the most important factors in searching for luxury watches, according to the survey. Bondoux said part of this reason is because the Chinese are becoming more sophisticated in luxury goods. It's also easier for Chinese consumers to search for style as many of the names for models have no Chinese translation.
"Their overall knowledge is increasing," he said. "We know that gifting is a very important factor in luxury watches. If you are buying for someone you would not necessarily look for the price but search for generic name."
The report can be downloaded directly at www.digital-luxury.com/chinawatches.
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For tractor and other farm machinery purchases, "there was a huge windfall in the 2013 tax legislation," says Roger McEowen, director of Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation.
One of the greatest sources of uncertainty for farmers in 2012 was the tax provisions set to expire on December 31.
Congress kept everyone in suspense working on the fiscal cliff package containing the new tax provisions right through 2012 and into the early days of 2013. President Obama signed The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on January 2.
With one exception, the act makes permanent key provisions from 2001 tax legislation originally set to expire in 2010 and later extended to expire in 2012. The payroll tax cut was allowed to lapse, and now all wage earners will see a tax increase in 2013.
Bonus depreciation or expense method?
But what does this mean for operations that purchased machinery in 2012? "The 50% bonus depreciation was extended through 2013," McEowen says. The bonus depreciation deduction can be taken only on new equipment or on buildings with a 20-year life span.
"The federal limit on Section 179 deductions was restored for 2012 at the $500,000 level and extended at that level for 2013," McEowen explains. "The purchase limit for property under expense method depreciation is $2 million through 2013." Expense method depreciation will drop to $25,000 in 2014 without additional legislation.
"Also, you can make or revoke a Section 179 election on an amended return for an open tax year," McEowen says. "That can be an important tool to minimize the impact of higher taxes in 2013."
Another good tax planning tool is the ability to elect out of installment sale treatment on deferred payment contracts and other installment sales, McEowen adds.
Farm bill extension and wind-energy credits
The new tax act also includes a nine-month extension of parts of the 2008 Farm Bill, including continuation of the dairy price support program, averting the so-called dairy cliff.
The extension package does make cuts in direct payments, although previous 2012 Farm Bill proposals in the Senate and House called for the elimination of the $50 billion program.
The farm bill extension contains automatic cuts to many conservation, energy, specialty crop and disaster assistance programs. Two energy credits survived: The biodiesel tax incentive will continue through 2013, retroactive to 2012, and the wind-energy production tax credit will continue.
What's the takeaway?
A battle over the 2012 farm bill will begin again in the new Congress. "Legal issues continue to be at the forefront of developments that are shaping the present and future of American agriculture," McEowen says, "and it is very likely that the involvement of the legal system in agriculture will continue to grow."
Points to remember:
Bonus depreciation can only be taken on new equipment or on buildings with a 20-year life span.
New equipment is eligible for both the bonus depreciation deduction and an expensed deduction. Used tractors are eligible as expensed deductions only; however, you can pick which equipment to deduct.
You cannot generate a loss under Section 179 deductions. You also can make or revoke Section 179 deductions on an amended return for an open tax year.
Not all states couple their tax legislation to federal tax legislation. For instance, the Iowa Department of Revenue is recommending legislation to couple with all federal changes except the 50% bonus depreciation for 2013.
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The Seasoned Traveler "Slovenia" In this Eastern European country, George Bauer stops in two enchanting alpine resort areas: Bled, with its perfect lake and stately 16th-century castle, and Bohinj, located in Slovenia's only national park. Other highlights include Skofja Loka, which boasts a charming town square and centuries-old inn; the capital city of Ljubljana, whose ancient roots are evident in the ruins and relics found in its Old Town district; the amazing rock formations of 4 million-year-old Postojna Caves; Predjama Castle, carved into the mouth of a rock cliff; and Lipica, birthplace of the famous Lipizzaner Stallion tradition. D
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The Victory Garden "Easy: Simplify Your Garden with Tricks and Tips" JOIN host Jamie Durie at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and learn how to "learn from the big guys" - garden tourists can recycle great ideas and put them to use in their own gardens. DECORATE your late-season garden with bold ideas for fall containers provided by gardening correspondent Paul Epsom. PRESERVE the freshness when lifestyle co-host Sissy Biggers learns Chef Michel Nischan's tips on growing vegetables and pickling for the winter. D
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For Your Home "Finding Your Style" Interior designer Leo Dowell gives Vicki the grand tour of Treillage, a European-style home in North Carolina. Leo and Vicki share tips to bring a posh Parisian flair into your home. D
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Martha's Sewing Room "Opulent Ornamentation" Embellished evening purse; "Back to Basics" segment for Sew Easy Stabilizing; Embellishing a pram pillow; Hand embroidered spider's web. Guests: Marinda Stewart, Paula Bramwell, Beverley Sheldrick. D
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Best of the Joy of Painting "Lake View" Join guest artist Steve Ross, Bob's talented son, and see beautiful rolling hills, trees and water reflections on canvas. D
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New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad "The Staff of Life/Bread and Butter Issues" Andreas creates flatbread canapes and country bread in snow-draped Oslo, Norway's capital.G
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Class "Brick-Cooked Chicken & Grilled Potato Salad" Joanne helps her student Yasu build her culinary repertoire by teaching her a unique way to cook chicken with a brick, and a new spin on potato salad. Recipes: (1) HERB-ROASTED CHICKEN COOKED UNDER A BRICK, (2) WARM GRILLED POTATO SALAD WITH OLIVES AND PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO. Student: Yasu Maskay - Public Relations Consultant. D
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Tengo Dudas" In this episode, Arturo asks Raquel if she would be willing to move to Buenos Aires.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Asf Fue: I" This episode begins a four-part review of the entire series and begins with the first segment.G
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Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives "Session 9. Human Evolution" Homo sapiens is now the only living representative of what was once a multi-branched bush of hominid species. This session examines mitochondrial Eve and other fossil clues that increasingly point to Africa as the point of origin of our species. How did humans replace their hominid cousins, including Neanderthal, leaving the chimpanzee as our closest living relative?. D
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Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives "Session 10. Neurobiology" Neurons. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Energy and Eccentricity" The precise orbit of a heavenly body. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Navigating In Space" Voyages to other planets use the same laws that guide planets around the solar system. D
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Discovering Psychology "The Developing Child" Traces the processes and stages of growth and considers the nature vs. nurture debate by showing how developmental psychologists study the relative influence of heredity and environment.G
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Discovering Psychology "Language Development" Examines the development of language and what psychologists hope to discover about the human mind, society and culture by studying how children use language in social communication.G
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Biz Kid$ "Using Your Credit-Crazy Or Compelling?" Don't live on borrowed time. Join the Biz Kids and you'll see the true cost of purchasing with credit. You'll also have an unsettling look at credit scores and the increasing number of people and places (employers, insurers, colleges, etc. D
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The Electric Company "The Incredible Return-A-Ball" Marcus sees a commercial for Francine's latest invention, The Return-a-ball, a ball that is supposed to come right back to you when you throw it. He can't resist buying it, but quickly discovers that it doesn't work. The rest of The Electric Company pitches in to help Marcus prove that Francine faked her commercial so he can get his pride and his money back. D
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Cyberchase "Chaos As Usual" Introducing Memoryville, home to a vast storehouse of Cyberspace data, where The Slugball Open, a Cyberspace version of baseball, is in progress. In their attempt to win for a day the Key to the City, Team Motherboard has made it to the finals . along with, you guessed it, Hacker! Unbeknownst to most (except, of course, to Hacker), this Key opens all doors to the city-including the door to the data storehouse! With surefire plans to win, Hacker can hardly wait to delete the data and create untold chaos. D
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Essential Pepin "Veg-In!" Ragout Of Asparagus; Zucchini And Tomato Gratin; Cauliflower Gratin; Artichoke Hearts Helen; Corn Tempura. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Chocolate Torte" Host Christopher Kimball visits the Hotel Sacher Vienna to taste Sacher torte, and test cook Yvonne Ruperti shows him how to make foolproof Chocolate Torte at home. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of baking chocolate. And finally, gadget guru Lisa McManus uncovers the best nut choppers. D
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Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "Italian Fire" Since Roman times, the Italian focus-hearth-has made monumental contributions to the world of live fire cooking. A new addition to the Primal Grill equipment collection, an authentic Italian-style wood-burning oven, inspired this show's menu: two versions of Italy's iconic food, pizza, cooked on the floor of the oven but easily adapted to a conventional grill; wood oven-roasted sweet and sour duck; and monster bone-in pork chops glazed with a reduction of red wine, honey, and balsamic vinegar. Benissimo. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Rustic Yet Refined" Joanne makes us a classic Italian frico and then with her student Stephanie demonstrates how rustic and refined can work well together in the same meal, making a spiced lentil and herb salad and halibut wrapped in prosciutto. Recipes: Frico with Bacon and Potatoes, Prosciutto di San Daniele-Wrapped Halibut Fillet, and Spiced Lentils and Herb Salad. Student: Stephanie Gerbracht, Wine Sales. D
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The Woodwright's Shop "Offset Turning" For hardwood handles and padfoot legs, it's easy to turn ovals and offsets by measuring once and turning twice. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "London: Mod and Trad" Rick checks out the Millennium Bridge, banters with Beefeaters at the Tower of London and strolls trendy South Bank.G
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Chocolate Torte" Host Christopher Kimball visits the Hotel Sacher Vienna to taste Sacher torte, and test cook Yvonne Ruperti shows him how to make foolproof Chocolate Torte at home. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of baking chocolate. And finally, gadget guru Lisa McManus uncovers the best nut choppers. D
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Kimchi Chronicles "The Fish Chronicles" A peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, Korea is a haven for fish lovers. Marja visits Sokcho, where most of her Korean family resides, to see the gigantic octopus come ashore in Daepo Port. Later, she enjoys a memorable meal of simply grilled shellfish in a seaside restaurant. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Spain On My Mind" Joanne shares with us her emotional connection to Spain. She begins by preparing Salmorejo, a cold tomato and bread soup she first discovered in Southern Spain, and then works with her student Joan to overcome his fear of cooking lamb by preparing a hearty lamb, white bean, and chorizo stew with a spicy infused olive oil drizzled over the top. Recipes: Salmorejo and Spanish Lamb Stew. D
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BATH | A Steuben County Grand Jury on Tuesday indicted two people in connection with an alleged kidnapping attempt in the Town of Bath.
Sarah Murphy-Sears, 25, and Brian Patterson, 19, both of Bath, were charged with two counts of second-degree felony attempted kidnapping, two counts of felony conspiracy, second-degree felony attempted assault, fourth-degree criminal mischief, two counts of second-degree felony assault, and first-degree felony attempted burglary.
According to State Police, Patterson and Murphy-Sears went to a Roosevelt Avenue home on Aug. 4 in an attempt to take Murphy-Sears' non-custodial son.
A caller reported that a man armed with a knife was attempting to enter an occupied home. The occupants of the house were able to fight off the man, who fled on foot, troopers said. One of the home's occupants suffered a minor laceration to the face.


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December 2012 brought the sad news of the passing of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI). Senator Inouye was an expert on and a champion of the US maritime industry. On June 14, 2011, I had the honor of presenting him with the Federal Maritime Commission Certificate and Award of Merit for his strong and dedicated support during war and peace of the waterborne commerce of the United States, the American merchant marines and the growth of our exports. During our meeting in his US Capitol office, Senator Inouye reminisced about former Federal Maritime Commission Chairman and Congresswoman Helen D. Bentley and former House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman Edwards A. Garmatz, two Marylanders with whom he served in Congress during his record-setting tenure.
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6 steps to keep medical bills under control
No expenditure can hurl you toward financial ruin as quickly as medical bills.
Medical debt is a major factor in the filing of consumer bankruptcies. And it often invades your life when you least expect it.
But you can take steps to keep your medical bills from getting out of hand.
"The best thing to do is to be prepared to the best of your ability," said Susan Sylvest, certified financial planner at Murphy & Sylvest in Dallas. "Understand what your insurance will and will not cover."
Sylvest speaks from personal experience, having dealt with health care providers for her own surgery as well her family's health needs. She learned firsthand how to deal with medical bills.
Here's what Sylvest and other experts say you need to know:
• Stay in network: Your insurance plan contracts with a wide range of doctors, hospitals, labs, radiology facilities and pharmacies. These health care providers are part of your plan's network and have agreed to accept your plan's contracted rate as payment in full for services.
The rate includes both your insurer's share of the cost and your share. Your share may be in the form of a co-payment, deductible or co-insurance.
For example, let's say your insurer's contracted rate for a primary care visit is $120. If you have a $20 co-payment for primary care visits, you'll pay $20 when you see a doctor in your network, and your insurer will pick up the remaining $100.
If you go outside of your network, you pay more because those providers haven't agreed to a set rate with your insurer. Your plan may require higher co-payments, deductibles and co-insurance for out-of-network care.
"For somebody who's been going to a particular doctor and may now have new coverage, they really need to be certain that the doctor they have a long-standing relationship with is part of their network," said Mark Rukavina, principal at Community Health Advisors LLC in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
"If their doctor, who is part of the network, refers them out to a specialist or to a particular hospital for care, they need to make sure those providers are also in the network because that unpleasant surprise of co-insurance trips up lots of people," Rukavina said.
Sometimes, asking the network question may be the last thing on your mind. In an emergency, you may not have the ability – or the desire – to ask for such details.
But in non-emergency situations, ask whether all your providers are in your network.
• Ask about costs: Before undergoing a procedure, ask how much it will cost and how much your insurance company will cover. Much of that will depend on whether you've met your deductible and annual out-of-pocket maximum.
Your insurance company can help you with this.
"The biggest thing that I have found is that when I've called the insurance company, there is usually something called either a case advocate or a nurse advocate," said Sylvest. "They are generally nurses who understand insurance as well."
She said the questions you should ask are:
• What do you know about my diagnosis?
• Should I get a second opinion?
• How much is this going to cost? Who's going to be involved?
"When trying to judge medical expenses, the biggie is trying to figure out who all will send you a separate bill," Sylvest said. "That is by far one of the most challenging things to discover. Call the insurance company and ask, 'How many people could I possibly get a bill from?' "
• Know the rules: Your insurance company may require pre-authorization for a procedure. For example, one employer's plan under Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas requires participants to call the insurance company before non-emergency outpatient MRI and CT imaging procedures to receive full benefits.
"So many insurance companies force you to call them for approval for something that they would deem elective or not time-sensitive," Sylvest said.
• Ask about financial aid: The Affordable Care Act requires nonprofit hospitals to have written financial assistance policies.
"This only pertains to nonprofit hospitals," Rukavina said. "But many for-profit hospitals do have financial assistance policies as well, so people should ask whether the hospital has any form of financial assistance they offer to patients."
Many nonprofit hospitals have their financial assistance policies structured in a way that they provide help to both insured and uninsured patients, he said.
"Even if somebody is insured, they might have a lot of first-dollar costs in front of them like for a deductible, significant co-pays or co-insurance," Rukavina said. "They should ask and see whether or not there's a financial assistance policy and whether it covers people with insurance, as well as the uninsured."
You should also ask your doctor or the hospital if they have extended payment plans.
"Many providers also offer prompt-pay discounts to people, so if you pay at or near the time of service, or within 30 days, they'll oftentimes offer a prompt-pay discount," Rukavina said.
• Get itemized bills: "The first and foremost thing any patient has got to do is get a detailed itemized statement," said Pat Palmer, chief executive of Medical Billing Advocates of America.
"What hospitals provide them is something like a summary deal. It will say, 'OR: $20,000,' 'Miscellaneous supplies: $30,000.' You have no clue what you're being asked to pay for."
Once consumers get the itemized statement, they should analyze each charge, she said.
"Prior to any payment, you want a detailed itemized statement of every item you've been charged for so you can see if you feel it's justified," Palmer said.
• Be your own advocate: It's important to speak up and fight for your rights.
"The key points for consumers to recognize are that health care's expensive and many of us are shocked when we get those bills," Rukavina said.
"But silence or not responding is typically not helpful. I've found that providers are willing to work with patients if they hear from them."


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Last night we joined the line-up of customs, classics and hotrods snaking along the Freeway to Mandurah, for the Summersun Twilight Cruise. We took the '50 Chevy Pickup for a run, and apart from incidental deafness and tinnitus, we had no trouble at all.
On arrival, there were scores of cars – a great display. Tracy's experiment shooting non-flash photos proved disastrous – but she did pretty good with the video. Although points deducted for not shooting the lineup of vehicles parked along the foreshore. Oh wait, that's probably Paul's fault for not doing a drive-by.
Anyway, see the little 1-minute travelogue below. There are a couple of TBirds, and an array of rods and customs overtaking us along the way. Had to suppress the soundtrack for copyright restrictions – just imagine Elvis' TrainRide playing while we await his permission to use it.
Join in next year – the most fun you can have on a mid-week night without getting arrested (no guarantees though).


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One Direction Seal 'X Factor' Season Finale With a 'Kiss'
Squeal!! One Direction performed on 'X Factor' for the second time this season, bringing their brand new single 'Kiss You' to the season finale (Dec 20). The group is the biggest act in the history of the show, even though they didn't win when they appeared on the British edition. Look at 'em now! We still shake our heads in disbelief, so much so that we get a headache, over the fact that they didn't win in 2010! WTF, U.K. viewers?
They boys began the song perched on a giant pair of plastic red lips...which were painted the signature color of 1D member Harry Styles' girlfriend Taylor Swift. She was probably backstage watching every move her man made, since they are pretty much tethered to one another and can't bear to be apart. But duty called and Hazza had teenage girls that he had to make scream.
It was another flawless perf from 1D, who were dressed in black, white and grey. The dancing was perfect. The harmonies were crazy catchy. The overall staging was amazeballs.
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With the Grand Island school year well underway, and with the capital project expanding the high school terrain a few feet further every day, the high school building foundations formed in the past are being restructured in the present with the intent to revolutionize the Island's future. In effort to preserve today's customs for the future, the Grand Island High School DECA business and marketing organization has coined a time capsule project to embody the atmosphere of the current school and community's culture.
"At the groundbreaking for the STEM wing at the high school with Mary Jane Fonte, the Junior DECA advisor and family and consumer science teacher in the middle school, I realized that these changes will lastingly impact GI as a whole," stated Cheryl Chamberlain, teacher and DECA advisor at the high school. "And, in effort to really make students feel at home even while the school is under construction, both MJ and I wanted to have them be involved with the capital project and the new science, technology, engineering and math wing in a fun, innovate way. I remember looking at MJ and asking, 'Wouldn't it be cool to have DECA create a time capsule?' and that's really how we got the idea to do this project rolling."
The time capsule is to be filled with the most significant items in students everyday lives concurrent to the beginning of construction; these items, in theory, in 25 to 50 years may be obsolete and unusual to students of future generations. Its location will be somewhere within the new STEM wing addition to the high school, and the capsule will be enclosed sometime within the next one or two years.
"For me, the time capsule is really significant because there's a possibility that my grandchildren will be present on the Island for the unveiling of the items whenever that may be - whether 25 years or 50 years in the future," Fonte said. "I'm also excited because two outgoing eighth-graders will be able to survey students in lunch and determine a list of possible items of what we can include in the time capsule. I laughed when they first suggested a teacher - one whose name they refused to disclose to me - but couldn't believe how brilliant other suggestions have been, like a package of loose-leaf paper: the students believe that in the future, we will live in a paperless school world. Other suggestions entailed an old laptop, a flyswatter because 'maybe in the future there will be air-conditioning here so that kids don't have to kill bugs that fly in from outside on hot days,' and other technology that is representative of our school and modern day culture."
"The student representatives at the high school for the time capsule project have tossed up ideas of signature trademarks that define our school culture, like iconic items with Viking pride, a piece of turf from Masters Field that will be completely revamped after construction ends, a yearbook for this school year, and a video that documents the learning environments and the traditional classroom setting so that future students know exactly what it was like to be a student during the capital project. This video will also include messages from students to fully let the future generations get a feel for our daily lives at the school; you never know what it might be like 20 to 30 years from now," Chamberlain said.
Amid the high school, there is one representative for each grade level from 9-12 to collect and formulate items for the time capsule that would be fitting to epitomize Grand Island culture. After narrowing down these choices to a list of around 25 possible items, the community will have the opportunity to determine the most popular and suitable things to place in the capsule via filling out a survey at the Taste of Grand Island at DECA's booth on Saturday, Sept. 28. A pneumatic tube donated by First Niagara at the festival will thankfully represent the time capsule, and DECA members will be manning their station in effort to promote the club's message and sell this concept of the time capsule to the public.
Personally, as the vice president and Grand Island representative of Region 12 DECA, I can say that the implementation of this time capsule project through DECA is something that DECA can inspire in students, as DECA helps shape individuals to think big and benefit their communities. This club has enabled me to learn to thoroughly interact and communicate with members of my community and market my ideas and visions to my peers; upholding these standards, DECA is putting itself out in society at the Taste of Grand Island this Saturday at their booth at the day-long event in effort to market the idea of the time capsule project, to inspire entrepreneurship in members that volunteer through selling refreshments to festival-goers, and to engage with society in order to reinstate the significance community member's opinions hold in the actions at the high school; if it weren't for taxpayers in the community, our DECA organization, nor the student's invaluable educations, would be available to us. Thus, in reality, the community dictates this project; your opinion matters immensely to us, so come out this Saturday and submit your opinion for which items would be best in the time capsule: the depiction of our present to the future depends on it.


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Hope everyone enjoyed Woman's Hour's Bank Holiday special on gardening women of all sorts today. Jane, Duchess of Northumberland was so impressive on her mission to transform the bleak land around Alnwick Castle. I can't wait to devote an area of my garden to night-time plantings inspired by Marylynn Abbott and Anne Jennings. Hear how Phyllis Reiss created those magical beds at Tintinhull. And, of course, it was great to be able to talk about those inspiring early women gardeners at Kew known as the 'Kewties' and 'Kewriousities' - not my puns!
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insists the Barclays Premier League title race is not over after his side were held 2-2 by Liverpool.
Sergio Aguero's angled strike 12 minutes from time rescued a point after Daniel Sturridge, against his former club, and Steven Gerrard had turned things around after Edin Dzeko's opener. The result means City have dropped further behind leaders Manchester United and the gap is now nine points but Mancini said that was far from insurmountable.
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Habitat for Humanity in Henderson County is offering a taste of the Low Country next month during an event to raise money for the organization.
Habitat for Humanity in Henderson County is offering a taste of the Low Country next month during an event to raise money for the organization.
The second Low Country Boil will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Jeter Mountain Farm. Tickets cost $40.
All money raised at the boil, which will also include a silent auction and music, will go toward Habitat's construction program, Executive Director Ron Laughter said.
Last year's event raised $22,000, which was used to buy building materials, heating and air conditioning supplies and other items for the homes Habitat builds.
Laughter said he hopes the fundraiser this year will raise at least $25,000.
"Last year was very successful," he said. "We had a sell-out crowd. We could have sold more tickets, but we hit our capacity."
About 250 people attended the fundraiser in 2012. Laughter said he hopes more than 300 people will come this year.
Laughter credited the community's commitment to supporting Habitat and the unique nature of a traditional Low Country Boil in the mountains with the success of the event.
"A Low Country Boil is a little different," he said. "It's not a chicken dinner."
The meal this year will be served in the traditional Low Country way, he added. It will include corn on the cob, shrimp, sausage and red-skinned potatoes. The food will also be served directly onto paper spread across a table.
"It's different. It's really good. In many ways, it's finger food," he said.
Good food is not the only reason Laughter says he expects people will have a good time at the Low Country Boil.
The size of Jeter Mountain Farm off Jeter Mountain Road will allow more people to attend this year and will give visitors the chance to explore the equestrian center, where horses are bred and trained.
The farm is situated on 411 acres and includes hay fields and forest land. It also includes 35,000 feet of barn and kitchen space. Hay is cut on the farm every year, pumpkins are grown in the fall and gardens are raised in the summer.
"It's really pretty," Laughter said.
The band Appalachian Fire will provide music, and the silent auction will "have a variety of high-quality items," Laughter said.
Henderson County's Habitat for Humanity is a Christian organization that builds quality, affordable homes and helps create strong communities. Habitat builds homes by partnering with volunteers, professional staff and eligible families who live in inadequate housing.
The organization was incorporated in Henderson County in 1989. It built 30 homes in the first 10 years and in 2007 celebrated its 100th built home.
Habitat is currently building 10 to 12 homes each year. Habitat accepts applications from families in need of a decent place to live.
Volunteers and the members of some of those families in need are currently building seven homes in the Dodd Meadows community in East Flat Rock. By next year, Laughter said 14 homes in that community should be either under construction or finished.
For more information about the Low Country Boil, volunteering or getting assistance from Habitat, call 828-694-0340 or visit www.habitat-hvl.org.


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Treasure Chest Thursday
Missing GGrandmother Obit
As I was doing the Saturday Night Fun exercise last feel on 'matrilineal' lines last week, I realized I did not have recorded the birthplace of one of my Great-Grandmothers. I mentioned it to my wife one day, and within a hour or so, here in my email shows up an Obit for her from a nearby town's newspaper. Neat! My wife works in Newspaper Archives all the time in her own research. I think I may have seen the obit before, years ago, but somehow had not recorded it in a handy place.
So, for me, this was a 'treasure' - I've spent most of my recent research times on hundreds of years ago, not 75 years ago. And, by the way, this obit was just 75 years ago this summer. The same summer that my Mother, Eileen, wrote the diary entries I've been sharing on Tuesdays, since mid-year. Looking back, on June 21, Week 25, she said: "Grandma to hospital. Have to operate." In Week 26, June 23, "Grandma failing all the time. Dad went up to Carroll in morning for the operation. No better at all." June 24 tells the final chapter.
Here is the Obituary:
Bayard News (online) Thursday, July 9, 1936, Page 1:
Margaret Jeanette Kinnick - obituary
Margaret Jeannette Williams, daughter of Elias and Ann Duncan Williams was born near Rock Island, Ill., September 20, 1898 (sic - actually 1869) and died June 24, 1936, at the age of 66 years, 9 months, and 4 days.
She moved with her parents to Scranton, Iowa, when six years old. A year or so later they moved to Coon Rapids, Iowa, where the remainder of her life was spent. Her mother died when she was ten years old and left six children. As she was the eldest daughter, the responsibility of mothering them fell upon her shoulders and how well and honorably she fulfilled that task.
Her father was married to Sarah Armstrong, July 4, 1887. This marriage, which proved such a blessing to the motherless children freed her from much of the responsibility of the family and she was privileged to go on with her education.
She taught school for several years.
She was married to Alonzo P. Kinnick, July 6, 1891. To this union five children were born, two sons and three daughters.
Her husband died in 1923 and once again the responsibility of the home fell wholly upon her shoulders.
When the last of her children were married, she took up practical nursing and made a decided success of it. Her happy and jovial disposition made her a favorite in the sick room and her services were always in demand.
She joined the Methodist church in early childhood and remained a faithful and devoted member to the end. She has been a member of this church for 49 years and the life which she led speaks better than any words we can utter. Her devotion to her family, whose interested always came first and her friendliness and loyalty to her neighbors was proverbial. She has set an example what we would do well to emulate. Wherever she knew that want and suffering existed found here there with her kindly ministrations.
Mrs. Kinnick seemed to love everybody and everyone seems to love her. The one word on the lips of all is what a pity that such a good and useful woman should be taken. She occupied a place in the community that will be hard to fill.
She was stricken about a month ago with infection in her ear and was taken to the Carroll hospital for an operation. It seemed to be successful and she left the hospital after a week or more. Last Saturday she suffered a relapse and on Sunday taken back to the hospital. Tuesday morning a mastoid operation was performed from which she never rallied. She passed away at 8:10 Wednesday morning.
She is survived by her five children, Paul H. Kinnick of Coon Rapids, Robert H. of Glidden, Lucille H. Herron of Coon Rapids, Gertrude Brideson and Lillian R. Ford of Baryard. Twenty one grand-children, and one great grand-child. One sister, Mrs. Josephine Brock of Spirit Lake, Iowa. A step-mother, Mrs. Sarah Williams of Coon Rapids; two nephews, L.W. Williams of Sac City, and Dwight Williams of Coon Rapids; two nieces, Mrs. Helen Schauf of Bayard, and Mrs. Frances Keck of Montgomery, besides other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the Coon Rapids Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Frank W. Clayburg of Villasca (sic), assisted by Rev. O. E. Cooley. Interment was made in Coon Rapids Cemetery.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Farewell Black Ships
Every now and then I get kind of sad when something of mine sales. I get soooo happy that someone wanted to pay for one of my creations when they could have gotten one of sooo many others, but I miss my little creations!
This morning, I shipped off 3 of my favorite necklaces, and well, I just sold I think my absolute favorite. I think I have the materials to make one more... do I sale it, or keep it? Oh what to do...
Here are some other related items to take my mind off the pain :)
Lapomme Plushie
Tiddlywinks Pirate Bear
Liz Amend OOAK Fantasy Fairy (I can't wait to own one of her darlings).
In other news, I bid on a Blythe doll on Ebay last night. I probably won't get it, but I want it sooo bad! You'll see why.... very soon! Sooo, if anyone has a Blythe they would like to sell, OR chandeler prisms, or, really anything funky like skeleton keys and such... give me a hollar! And o, I didn't bid on this one... are you kidding me, it's awesome, but hello, I'm broke! It's revamped by Rogue Dolls, she's a beauty and just sold for a pretty penny.
5 comments:
- La Pomme said...
The Pirate Bear is really cute! And thank you for featuring my sailboat. I hope you've gotten over your sale already :)
- March 26, 2008 at 3:07 AM
- A Punkin Card Company said...
I am glad I could help :P
- March 26, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Jane said...
Damn! I love that necklace, I would be thinking about keeping the last one too. :D
- March 28, 2008 at 7:45 AM
- Crafty Mama said...
I love that Pirate Bear!
P.S. You've been tagged. Visit my blog for more info!
- March 28, 2008 at 8:06 AM
- Little Lovables said...
Oh NO! :)
- March 29, 2008 at 10:52 AM
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It is of the outmost importance not only to design a website, but to define the brand identity, we want to create a signature look, easy to recognize and associate with the brand.
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Although we sell products meant for kids, we do NOT want the look to be childish, but we DO want something fun.
We need to use girlie colors, but they have to be bright. Our favorite colors are: hot pink, orange, red and lime green. You can play with them all or just use some.
We love to mix textures to give the sweet designs a bit of flair. Funky and fun stuff too.
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We have taken our first series of photographs, which you can look here:
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The desired logo will have no icons. It will only be the name with a very easy to identify font and some small thing to make it playful. For example, the letter i in the middle could be upside down (ZIRIMI).
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 27, 2012) – The ETSU women's basketball team begins a three-game road swing on Saturday evening when the Lady Bucs travel to the G.B. Hodge Center to face USC Upstate. Tip is set for 4:30 p.m.
The Lady Bucs – who won four of their nine conference games in the first half of the season – hope a strong performance against LSU on Tuesday night could help give the Blue and Gold the momentum they need to climb up the league standings in the final month of regular play.
ETSU (5-15, 4-5 A-Sun) is coming off a 71-68 setback to SEC power LSU inside the MSHA Athletic Center; however, the Lady Bucs have been playing a new style of basketball since defeating Lipscomb by 37 points back on Jan. 21. The Lady Bucs have done a tremendous job distributing the basketball as ETSU has totaled 24 assists, while knocking down 18 three-pointers during its last two outings – including a season-high 10 against LSU.
Freshman Amy Duke (Hendersonville, Tenn.) netted three of those 10 threes on Tuesday night as she finished with a career-high 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting against the Lady Tigers, while senior Gwen Washington (Manassas, Va.) stepped up with 12 points, six rebounds, three steals, and two assists in 28 minutes of play. Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.) got the Blue and Gold off to a hot start as she scored nine of the first 13 points to put her team up 10, 13-3, while the Lady Bucs led 33-24 at the break. From there, LSU gained some momentum after the half as they took a four-point lead early on, but the Lady Bucs responded and led by as many as six midway through the second half and by four with two minutes to play. However, the Lady Tigers scored the final four points in regulation and sent the game into overtime when Swayze Black's jumper as time expired counted. Again, ETSU held a lead with two minutes to go in overtime (68-65), but LSU registered the final five points to survive the scare.
As the Lady Bucs look to carry momentum into the second half of the conference season, USC Upstate (5-15, 4-5) enters the final nine-game conference stretch on a three-game winning streak.
After losing 13 of their first 14 games to start the season, the Spartans have won four of their last five games, including a 61-51 win over Belmont a week ago. USC Upstate led for the majority of the game against the Bruins, while the Spartan bench accounted for 32 points. Tee'Ara Copney came off the bench to score a team-high 15 points in 36 minutes of play, while Lauren McRoberts recorded a double-double (11 points/10 rebounds). The Spartans won the game at the free throw and three-point stripe, as USC Upstate outscored Belmont by eight at the charity stripe – 20 to 12 – while also netting four more threes than the Bruins.
Copney currently ranks second in the A-Sun in scoring with 15.7 points per game, while USC Upstate as a team is shooting 40.7 percent and limiting its opponents to 66.3 points per game versus conference foes. Overall, the Spartans are shooting 35.8 percent from the floor, but allowing 73.0 points per game in their 20 games played this season.
Should the Lady Bucs capture the series sweep against the Spartans, ETSU will have to do something they haven't done in almost three years – win in Spartanburg. Despite leading the all-time series, 7-2, the Lady Bucs have not won inside the Hodge Center since Feb. 23, 2009 when ETSU defeated USC Upstate, 90-84. The Lady Bucs lost by eight (78-70) last year and by seven (85-78) back on Jan. 4, 2010. However, the Blue and Gold took down the Spartans, 67-64, 24 days ago in Johnson City – where Natalie Pickwell (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Bowling did most of the damage. Pickwell finished with 22 points on 4-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc, while Bowling came off the bench to add 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting.
Fans unable to make the trip to Spartanburg can listen to all the action on WXSM-AM 640 The Extreme Sports Monster as "Voice of the Lady Bucs" John Stevens will carry the play-by-play. Live video will also be offered via A-Sun.TV, while live stats will provided by USC Upstate athletics.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest to institute public administrative proceedings pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") against Respondent Karyn Miller ("Respondent").
In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Respondent has submitted an Offer of Settlement ("Offers") to the Commission, which the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or in which the Commission is a party, and without admitting or denying the findings contained herein, except as to the jurisdiction of the Commission over Respondent and over the subject matter of this proceeding, and as to the entry of a Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief as set forth in Section III. C. below, which is admitted by Respondent, Respondent consents to the entry of this Order Instituting Public Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions ("Order"), as set forth below.
On the basis of this Order and the Offer submitted by Respondent, the Commission finds that:
A. At all relevant times, Respondent was associated with an unregistered broker-dealer.
B. On December 28, 2000, the Commission filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, SEC v. Web Hosting Headquarters Partnership, et al., Civil Action No. 00-4975-CIV-HIGHSMITH (S.D. Fla. Dec. 28, 2000) (the "Complaint"), against, among others, Respondent. The Complaint charged Respondent and others with violating the securities registration, broker-dealer registration, and antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, in connection with the unregistered offering of partnership units issued by Web Hosting Headquarters Partnership.
C. On December 19, 2002, without admitting or denying any of the allegations contained in the Commission's Complaint, except as to the Court's jurisdiction over her and the subject matter of the Complaint, Respondent consented to the entry of a permanent injunction enjoining Respondent from violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. On April 21, 2003, pursuant to Respondent's consent, the United States District Court entered a Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief against Respondent.
Based on the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest to impose the sanctions specified in Respondent's Offer.
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Sunday, 20 April 2014 11:55 AM
Here's a bit of good news for nervous Democrats: President Barack Obama's health-care law isn't going to be the albatross many feared it would be in this year's congressional elections. Enrollment has soared, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the program will cost less than initially projected and that premiums will rise only slightly this year.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid aren't popping the Champagne, however. The economy could clobber Democrats in November. And the president continues to alternate between telling Americans how much better things are and deploring how many are being left behind.
Both statements are true, but that makes for a message that's muddled, incoherent and too negative.
The Senate leadership and White House staff have started to meet each week to develop a coordinated economic message for the fall. They have a ways to go.
Politicians see the same poll numbers the news media does. In a recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, the sentiment about the economy showed no positive movement. A Bloomberg national survey last month indicated more pessimism than a year before about the economy, job growth and housing. A majority said they thought health-care costs were getting worse and gave Obama negative marks on health care and the economy.
Congressional Democrats find it especially frustrating that the president doesn't make a strong and more compelling case for the improvements on his watch. On health care, it isn't just that 8 million people have signed up for coverage under the law; health-care costs have been growing at the slowest pace in decades.
The Federal Reserve has forecast the economy will grow at a clip of about 3 percent this year, after five years of average growth of less than 2 percent after the financial crisis. Housing has climbed out of its slump, the energy industry is booming, the financial sector has recovered along with lending, and manufacturing is at least crawling, with a vibrant automobile industry.
Compared with the rest of the world, this is a great American comeback story. Europe is struggling; there are increasing worries about China. And Russia, despite its swagger, is an economic basket case, with a gross domestic product smaller than that of Brazil and about the same size as Italy's.
But there's a darker side to the American picture. The underemployment rate -- which includes the jobless, those working part-time for economic reasons and those who want a job but have quit looking -- was at 12.7 percent in March. Average hourly earnings have been essentially stagnant for the past five years.
This bothers Obama, as it should. Yet his attempts to tell this tale of two cities produce a disjointed narrative and a sense of a president still in campaign mode.
That's scary for Democrats on the ballot this year. Many of the crucial races are in Republican or Republican-leaning states where the president is unpopular and his health-care law still could be a liability.
And on the economy, which is likely to be the determining issue in the congressional contests, the White House and Democrats are winning on the parts or pieces -- a minimum wage increase, pay equity for women, more generous overtime regulations -- and losing the fight for the larger picture of people's lives and futures.
The White House says the president has repeatedly evoked the good news. The problem, aides contend, has been breaking through with a clear message. One time he did so was when he pushed health-care reform on "Between Two Ferns," the webcast hosted by the comedian Zach Galifianakis, which had two and a half times more viewers than the network nightly news.
Although Obama's personal story is one of can-do optimism, that isn't what he often conveys. He had a similar problem of tone during his 2012 re-election campaign, as he struggled to frame the message of an improving economy.
That turned around almost exactly two months before Election Day. The moment: former President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention in which he articulated how much the economy had improved since Obama took office and why continuing that progress hinged on his re-election.
That sound you hear from the Capitol's Democratic cloakrooms these days? "Bring Back Bubba."
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Why Companies Are Wary of the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone
China recently launched the Shanghai free Trade Zone as a move towards liberalizing its economy. But as the WSJ"s Andrew Browne tells us, foreign companies are questioning just how free the trade zone is.
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... I ... last night lights at Shanghai street rates and has a partly left some foreign companies cautious to set up shop I'm Deborah con joining me now is a Andrew Browne ... who has written a column on the topic this week ... ok and he um why aren't companies rushing to add to enter Shanghai Free Trade Center ... well you know was a was ... a bit of disappointment over the zone itself this was work really flag that was hike this being the next big ... liberal market reform in China ... and then they've launched it ... on the with very very little detail about how it's going to operate ... the that's the frustrating and then from a high levels of policy perspective ... it'll actually Korea ... I've that ... the top leadership is unanimous in supporting the stone unnerving wanted to worrying indications of that elite ... most Altria's what was the Bleecker Tong himself premium he ... didn't show up for the actual openings are ... many in Shanghai last month ... and nowhere to be lots of that free trade said that there were also a lot of having two hundred restrictions ... aam I announced as well ... um what are some of the more important will like can you tell us an example of that how it is perhaps difficult for ... for companies I aam to to do business ... political a lot of companies excitement was that they had flipped are all the usual restrictions ... on so that no in China ... everything is prohibited to a foreign investor unless it specifically permitted ... in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone the timing that upside all messing everything is ... permitted unless it's specifically for the budget ... I'm in the one album published a list with hundreds of of overinvestment ... pedigree or ... BES on them ... all on it which is prohibited to foreign investment so for instance in the four shows the manufacturer for those ... they have left ... the investment cap for foreigners a fifty percent ... now they have opened a number of areas professionals of this is the thing is in the crumple health care is another example so ... it's a mixed bag ... but I think people would generally disappointed ... I'm in the in the midst of restrictions that they threw up right off of that from day one ... ok and I and as you mentioned in your column at the area is just the eleven square miles on ... physically EU Barry is it exactly in Shanghai and what is the idea of the idea to really grow this area on ... further ... yet this is a curious thing you know it's eleven square miles twenty nine square kilometers but it's looking conspicuous is oh ... so with the patchwork ... there are I think for different parts to it ... sold one because it ... incorporates what's now a free for ... another bit of it incorporates ... pots all the Pudong International Airport ... and they put all this together ... in Columbus on high free trade zone in it's it's within who don't ... not so ... Adam you know the idea was that its apartment so it's it's not supposed to be a huge blow alike who don't itself it's where they can um all cool ... financial innovation ... trade innovation ... and then take the experiences theoretically that the law and ... within the Shanghai Free Trade Zone an applied to the country is a whole ... and as a sign that the foreign companies that you've stepped into what is it that they're waiting for what types of reassurance is do they really wanna get before entering ... look we wanna see the fine print ... um so little itself already has quite liberal with foreign investment rules of code on Delta get itself is one huge special investment loan ... I and so that investors are saying ok well it sounds interesting ... aam you know it could be an impossible we have already bought show us the fine print so ... you know at the moment if you take banking ... on that one of one of the big innovations that was that we were suppose to get RMB combustibility within this zone ... and easier rules at all on banking and finance ... and none of that disappeared ... and consequently the only two banks now in the world are shown an interest in setting up their oneness Citibank ... the other is DBS from Singapore but they are going into it not really understanding what they can to get out of it ... okay thanks Fran that's and Japan training us from Beijing for more on Andy's column you can get the beest dot com ...