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The Best Small Town Business Links
by Tom Egelhoff
Tom's Promise of Quality Links
In order to qualify for a link on this page you have to do certain things: The majority of information on your site or page has to be free. Your site needs to contain info helpful to small business. Your site CANNOT BE full of ads, get rich quick schemes, or affiliate programs. Your site must provide information that will benefit a wide variety of business types.
If you know of a site that should be listed here, please email the URL and we'll check it out and add it to our list.
If you find an outdated link, please let me know. I try to check them on a regular basis but it's not always possible. Thanks.
Small Town Links
E-Commerce Business Sites for Small Business
Home Based Business Resources
Sites To Protect You From Bad Guys
Learn Baby Learn - Sites That Teach Business Stuff - Most Free, Some Not
Sites For Women Small Business Owners
The Feds - Government Sites, Plus Sites of Information and Statistics
Small Town Stuff
Listing of all US Chambers of Commerce - Here you will find addresses, phone numbers and links to Chamber home pages across the nation.
Small Town Newspapers - Need the news from back home? Find your small town newspaper or if they aren't here get them on. Searchable archives.
Home Town Locator - Need demographics on your town. There are 42,500 cites here with everything you every wanted to know about them. Even has aerial photos from space.
Small Market Radio Newsletter is the only publication devoted exclusively to radio in small and medium communities. Each week SMRN features industry news, sales tips, promotion ideas and management information for the small market broadcaster.
The Community Stewardship Exchange includes information, contacts and examples to promote community-based strategies that preserve and protect the ecological integrity of protected lands and at the same time meet the economic aspirations of adjoining landowners and communities. The Exchange is designed to be a tool for the people doing this important work-- people like you! Visit these guys, a very interesting concept.
CEO Express - If you're a small business in a small town, you may not consider yourself a CEO, but there is still valuable information you need. This site has a lot of information sites. Newspapers across the country and around the world. You can also set up your own customized CEO page.
Small Town Bound - A great site if you are thinking of moving to a small town. John Clayton is the author of Small Town Bound a great guide to small town life.
Moving to a Small Town - A Guidebook for Moving from Urban to Rural America
By Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering
Cost of Living Comparisons in US Cities - Relocation, cost of living, real estate, apartment availability in towns all over America. If you're relocating, get the info about your new town.
Rural and Small Town Programme - The Rural and Small Town Programme is interested in exploring how rural communities use tourism as a community development tool. We are interested in entering into research contracts with government and communities to help them address their rural tourism concerns.
Marketing The Uniqueness of Small Towns - In recent decades, rural-urban migration has begun to reverse itself. People are moving back to small communities in increasing numbers. Some communities have capitalized on this national trend, others have not. How's your town doing? This is a very detailed site with many great ideas.
National Associations of Counties - A site with all sorts of valuable info about member counties across the country.
Moving To A Small Town - Are you getting tired of the worsening commuter traffic, urban sprawl, and declining quality of life in the city? Smaller cities and towns may offer you the best alternatives for a more fulfilling life, including opportunities for employment and self employment, relocating your business, and early retirement. This site is for you if you are seeking information and guidance in finding a community for your lifestyle needs.
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Montana Boot Camp For Entrepreneurs - There are a great number of entrepreneurs trying to get their business funded, or trying to improve growth, market and product positioning. While there is a great deal of venture capital money, the gap between the entrepreneurs and the money is larger than the Grand Canyon. Entrepreneur America (EA) wishes to close that gap by mentoring entrepreneurs with pragmatic advice from seasoned, successful entrepreneurs. Webmaster: If you need money help check this one out.
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E-Commerce Sites
WS Radio - Check out the Entrepreneur Magazine Radio Shows that you can listen to online. Great guests (like me) and helpful information on lots of business topics.
Need Business Plan Help? Here is a great site to walk you through the steps. a break-even analysis calculator, how to do market research, and helpful articles to help you set up and organize your business plan.
Want to know who is driving traffic to your competition by linking to them? Check out http://www.linkpopularity.com/
http://www.changedetection.com - Let your customers know when you add new content to your company's web site. And it's free.
MindHarbor.com - There aren't any sites that can be all things to all people but this one comes close. If you are looking for business resources... there are a ton of them here.
refdesk - If its not on this page then you don't need it.
Internet.com's Guide - If you want to do e-commerce business on the web, this info site is a good place to start.
Webmonkey Marketing Section - This is a great source of e-marketing information.
Research Room on E-Commerce - The largest collection of articles, links and resources on e-commerce to be found at any single place on the planet. (According to them.)
E-Commerce Tutorials - Need to know how to do something in E-Commerce? Here's a good one.
E-Commerce Collections - More from the same site on a variety of e-commerce sites and articles.
First Data - "To accept credit cards your business will need a merchant account. Cardservice International is a leading provider of Internet based Merchant Accounts. This is the company I use on my home based business site and I'm a tough sell. I am very satisfied with their service and support." Check out their free guide below for more detailed information.
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Home Based Business Resources
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com - Entrepreneur Magazine. Information on starting, growing and managing small or home-based businesses. Includes links to Entrepreneur Magazine Online, Business Start-Ups Online, Entrepreneurs Home Office Online.
http://www.bizoffice.com - Small and Home Based Business Links. Information on managing and marketing small and home based business. Links to more help.
Sites To Protect You From Bad Guys
http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois/ - Did you ever go to a site and wish you could find out who owns it? Is he really in Bozeman, MT? Name, address, phone etc. This is the place. Go here and type smalltownmarketing.com in the second box and click "search" and you'll find me. Works with name.com, name.net, name.edu, and name.org.
http://www.antifraud.com/ - If you take credit cards at your site, here is a site to keep everyone honest.
PayPal - Uncomfortable about online credit card transactions? This is a national company that processes credit charges on the net safely and transfers the cash to the recipient by email. It really works great. You can also make secure payments from your bank account and set up an account so visitors can safely pay for your products on your web site.
ScamBusters - This is a site that keeps track of those that would try to separate us from our cash on the world wide web.
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Learn Baby Learn
Sites That Teach Business Stuff - Some Free, Some Not
Marketing Teacher - A British site with marketing articles, books, tips and lots of good information.
A Free Online Start Your Own Business Course - Here you will walk through a complete business startup from idea to opening the doors. A non profit group approved by The Small Business Administration. The also accept volunteers to help small business succeed.
My Favorite Free "How To Write A Business Plan" links
The Marketing Zone - is a sales and marketing site that helps small to medium sized companies integrate the magic of marketing with the science of sales. Free Resources and recommended reading suggestions.
http://www.findarticles.com - One of the best sites I know of for business research. Not only can you find thousands of articles that have been written on almost any subject, but you can also take the link to the magazine itself to see if you might want to subscribe. Hundreds of magazines are featured. I recommend this site highly.
Online Classes and Degree Programs - Online classes and degrees from a variety of top universities that you can take in your own home at your own pace. A great way to learn and improve your business.
http://www.sba.gov/ - The Small Business Administration offers several business classes on a wide variety of subjects.
Business Owners Idea Cafe -The Small Business Channel serves up "A Fun Approach to Serious Business" with hearty advice on how to start, finance and run a small business. Cyberschmooz Forums give virtual peer feedback on business ideas and questions. Free advice from experts, plus stress-busting fun diversions.
http://www.ed2go.com/ - Here is a site that offers several business courses that you can take on the internet but are tied to local colleges all over the United States. Just pick your state and school and sign up. They have a least one instructor that uses my break even analysis in their course.
SOHO.org - This is one of my personal favorites. At Small Office Home Office you'll find all kinds of small business information in various categories. It also publishes weekly articles.
http://homebusinesspayday.com/ - If you want to start a new business, or if you're looking for ways to jump-start your business, Gary Reed has put together this online catalog with books, audio tapes, and video guides which can help you get started in a business of your own. Most of these titles were created based on his own 30+ years of business experience. The rest have been personally "hand picked" by him and are authored by entrepreneurs "tops" in their field of expertise.
Here is a site by another friend of mine, Carwin Dover. You can read an article of his on this site called, The Great Balancing Act: Profession & Marriage If you are trying to juggle home and business, I highly recommend reading it and visiting his web site below.
Carwin Dover has an MS in Marriage and Family Therapy and is now a Life Coach for Individuals and Couples. He is also a member of International Coach Federation -- www.coachfederation.org
Personal Coach Training from Pat Williams -- Therapist University
Life Coach Training from Dave Ellis, The Brande Foundation -- 800-335-9938
Carwin Dover Your Personal Life Coach
Intentional Partnerships, 1105 Woodland Drive, Bozeman, MT 59718
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Montana Speakers Network, Inc. - A non-profit organization that promotes good speakers who present workshops and seminars on a variety of topics all over the US and Canada.
http://www.audible.com - Download books on tape.
ANCHORED DREAMS® founded by Azriela Jaffe, business coach, speaker, columnist, and author of "Honey, I Want To Start My Own Business," A Planning Guide for Couples, and Let's Go Into Business Together, Eight Secrets for Successful Business Partnering, offers practical assistance and emotional support to individuals, couples, and partners in business.
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Sites For Women Business Owners
re:invention - A Toolbox for Women-Led Businesses - This link will take you to their blog.
The Institute for Women's Leadership provides leadership training, coaching and consulting to women and men seeking to effect breakthrough change within their organizations.
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), the largest women's professional association and the largest women business owners' organization in the country, provides resources and services - through education, networking, and public advocacy - to empower its members to achieve career success and financial security.
WOW Network - Dedicated to women in business, Woman Owned provides business professionals networking opportunities and business information to assist in achieving success.
http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/1/2895 The Women's Business Ownership page is geared to assist women who are already in business and those who are thinking of starting a business. The programs designed specifically for women include: Demonstration Training Program, Mentoring Program, Women's Pre-qualification Pilot Loan Program, and Interagency Committee on Women Business Enterprise.
http://www.onlinewbc.org/ - Online Women's Business Center - Great info for women business owners or those just starting out.
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The Feds - Government Sites, Plus Sites Of Information And Statistics
Ref Desk - The most complete site of free information I know of. If you can't find it here you don't need it.
City-Data.Com - Find all the demographics you'll ever need for any city in the U.S. Great for finding information for your business plan. For example, how many furniture stores are in your city and how much business do they do.
Don't have the money to hire market research? Virtually all national, state and local census information you could ever possibly need is available FREE on the web at http://www.census.gov. If you are looking for specific demographic information about your own city or county start with "State and County Quick Facts."
The Robinson-Patman Act - This act addresses price discrimination against small business. Its intent is to regulate any tendency to injure competition. Every small business should be familiar with this legislation. I encourage you to print a copy, READ IT and keep a copy on file at your business.
NoLo Press Self-Help Law Center - Online legal assistance for the little guy.
SBFocus.com - The Search Engine for Small Business Where the business answer is just two clicks away
http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business - A lot of helpful information about business start-up. Your tax dollars at work.
http://www.uspto.gov/ - Want to know how to get a patent and trademark for your product? This is the place.
http://www.census.gov/ - Up to the minute population estimates along with census data, current population profiles of the U.S.
http://www.sb.gov.bc.ca/ - Two business plan sites.
http://www.dnb.com/ - The Dunn and Bradstreet site.
http://www.copyright.gov/ - Office of Copyright - Need to copyright something?
http://www.business.gov - The U.S. Business Advisor provides one-stop access to more than 70 organizations and agencies that assist or regulate business.
http://www.score.org - Service Corps of Retired Executives online information. Many local chapters in small towns. Check with your local chamber of commerce. They also have online counseling available.
SBDC - Here is a listing by state for your nearest Small Business Development Center. These folks will help you with your business plan and financing. They are pre-paid with your tax dollars so there is no charge for their services. Please take advantage of their expertise.
Manasota SCORE Chapter 116 - Covering Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Florida, and serving the cities of Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Northport and Englewood. This is a great site for businesses in the Florida area.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the net - Want to find out what's going on with a specific bill in Congress, here's your site. http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
Melissa Data Corp - This site has plenty of market research information. Click on free look ups for some of the best free research on the net.
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The Longman room at the Pearson Education's swanky office in Noida looked like a class room. Twelve production managers and executives of the leading book publisher and 8 of their print partners sat attentively, when the Henkel Adhesives - Welbound team discussed PUR technology. Anil Krishna, the Director of Henkel Adhesives India took the role of a teacher - discussing the basics of the technology, application, advantages and precautions.
PUR hot melt application has matured, world over, with faster curing adhesives and simpler application systems. Welbound worldwide has partnered the world leaders in PUR adhesives - Henkel, to roll out PUR in India. Krishna discussed the various advantages of PUR including superior strength, highest longevity, resistance to severe heat as well as cold, resistance to solvents, lay flat binding and so on.
Anil Krishna of Henkel talking to the Pearson team at New Delhi
In educational publishing the biggest advantages are stronger and durable books, flexibility that enhances readability and quicker turnaround in comparison to thread sewing. The printers who attended the discussions, agreed that thread sewing is the biggest bottleneck in book production. Even the fastest of sewing machines take four hours to produce 2000 books of 20 signatures - that will be cover drawn on a six clamp perfect binder in one hour. PUR will de-bottleneck the workflow, thereby increasing productivity drastically.
The three hour session saw the production team of Pearson clarifying various aspects related to environmental friendliness, page pull and flex values and the inroads made by PUR in India. P Sajith of Welbound explained that there are about 8 installations of PUR systems in India. These include HT Burda Ltd Noida, Repro India Ltd Surat, Lovely Offset Sivakasi, Pragati Offset Hyderabad, Sahaya Print Mumbai and Replika Press Kundli. Welbound works in tandem with Henkel and Robatech AG, a world leader in gluing systems, to convert existing binding lines.
The printers were shown a wide range of book samples, thin or thick, using different mix of paper - coated, recylced, high bulk , lay flat, stiff spine and so on. Anil Krishna explained the few machine settings that are needed to achieve these results. He also emphasised the fact that the print companies will need a systematic work flow and a disciplined team of operators in order to be succesful in PUR technology. This is also becoming very popular for hard cover books. For products like diaries, one can perfectbind the book block with PUR and round the spine within a stipulated interval.
The coming days will see a lot of interest in PUR binding as publishers like Pearson and Penguin are excited about this technology. As Sajith says : "PUR brings huge benefits for the industry. However, there is a learning curve - similar to the one we had when perfect binding was first introduced in India. We will need to spend a lot of time educating our customers and their operators. We already have a team of six application specialists from Henkel, Robatech and Welbound who are trained to train our customers" . Anil Krishna had the last word when he said: " Adhesive binding is finally Perfect "


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Mr.N.R.Bhattarai is an Electrical Engineer belonging to the State Electrical Engineering Service Cadre with a career spanning almost 33 years in the Electricity Sector. Mr. Bhattarai started his career as Assistant Engineer in the then Power Department, Government of Sikkim in the year 1982 and was posted to the 13 MW Lower Lagyap Hydro Power Project under the Central Water Commission, Government of India. Thereafter, he was posted to different sub-divisional offices in the State. He was instrumental in planning, construction and commissioning of 1MW Rimbi Hydel Project- II and 2 MW Dentam Hydel Project during the year 1989-1995. Mr.Bhattarai brings with him his vast technical knowledge and experience of handling various power systems and equipment. He commissioned the 66/11 KV 2x2.5 MVA Sub-station at Gyalshing in 1988-89. He was also involved in drawing/commissioning of 132 KV S/C Transmission line (first in Sikkim) from Legship to Melli and 132/66 KV 2x100 MVA Sub-station which was connected to the National Grid thereby immensely improving the stability of power in the State. He also has vast experience of handling not only administration but also revenue generation, transmission & distribution networks of all the electrical installations in almost all the districts of Sikkim. During the year 2005 to 2008, he was appointed as the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) of the Energy & Power Department, Government of Sikkim under Right to Information Act, 2005 and later during year 2013-14 he was also appointed as the Appellate Authority. During the said period he handled and successfully settled numerous litigations filed against the Department. Mr. Bhattarai has undergone several trainings and attended workshops at Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad and Central Electricity Authority, Government of India on important subjects like metering, billing and revenue collection, rural electrification system and reliability in distribution system etc. In April, 2014 he was promoted as Secretary and posted to Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department, Government of Sikkim on deputation. During his tenure as the Secretary, the State Civilian Award was conducted successfully on 16th May 2015 wherein more than 50 Awardees were honoured with the State Civilian Award by the State Government. The entire function including preparation of the citations, writings, medals and invitations were done under his supervision and guidance. Under his guidance, the Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department initiated the preparation of "Coffee Table Book" for 21 communities and conceived numerous new projects like "Mun Solung Statue at Lingthem", "Hanuman Statue at Namcheybong " and "Pitri Mochan" at Jalipool. A new concept was given to Jalipool Ghat (crematorium) and concept note was forwarded to the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
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By Linda O'Brien, J.D., LL.M.
In an action by electronics supplier Halo Electronics against a competitor over the alleged infringement of Halo's patented transformer technology, the totality of the evidence did not warrant an award of enhanced damages, the federal district court in Las Vegas has ruled. The case was decided on remand after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Federal Circuit's Seagate test for determining whether enhanced damages were appropriate under Section 284 of the Patent Act (Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., September 6, 2017, Gordon, A.).
Halo Electronics owns a patent on a design for transformers that expand to accommodate heat and reduce cracking and warping when exposed the high temperatures of consumer electronics. In 2002, Halo discovered that a much larger competitor, Pulse Electronics, had begun selling transformers that appeared to incorporate Halo's transformer technology. Halo sent two letters to Pulse, proposing that the company pay Halo for a license. Pulse did not respond.
In 2007, Halo sued Pulse for patent infringement. Following trial, a jury found that: (1) Pulse had directly infringed Halo's patent and had induced its customers to infringe; (2) the infringement was highly likely to be willful; and (3) Halo's patent was valid. Halo was awarded $1.5 million in damages, but the court denied a request for enhanced damages, which required a finding that the defendant was both subjectively and objectively reckless. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court decision.
In June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the district court and Federal Circuit decisions, abrogating the then-existing standard for enhanced damages. The case was remanded to determine whether enhanced damages were appropriate under the new standard. Halo also moved for an award of attorney fees.
Enhanced damages. The court found that, given the totality of the evidence, enhanced damages were not warranted. Section 284 of the Patent Act provides that, in a case of infringement, the district court may increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed. In In re Seagate Technology, LLC, 497 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007), the Federal Circuit adopted an enhanced damages test that required a claimant show that infringement was objectively and subjectively willful. The Supreme Court rejected the Seagateenhanced damages test as "unduly rigid" and impermissibly encumbering a district courts' discretion, the court explained.
In the instant case, evidence indicated that Pulse had independently developed expanding transformer designs that were similar to Halo's patented design, and that evidence supported Pulse's belief that Halo's patent was invalid or Pulse's products were noninfringing. Pulse also obtained two legal opinions about the validity of Halo's patent, the first of which was commissioned before Pulse was contacted by Halo to pay for a license. Halo's letters regarding a license did not state that Pulse was infringing its patent. Furthermore, Pulse presented evidence to show that prior art disclosed each element of the asserted claims, which raised substantial questions as to the obviousness of the Halo patent. Thus, Pulse's infringement was not so egregious and unusual that enhanced damages were appropriate, the court determined.
Attorney fees. The totality of the evidence revealed that Pulse did not defend the case so unreasonably as to make it an exceptional case. Moreover, Halo's request for fees was untimely for not having been filed within 14 days of the entry of judgment, and it failed to itemize or describe the requested fees, the court concluded.
The case is No. 2:07-cv-00331-APG-PAL.
Attorneys: Craig E. Countryman (Fish & Richardson PC) and E. Leif Reid (Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP) for Halo Electronics, Inc. Charles Richard Bruton (Dentons US LLP) for Pulse Electronics Inc., f/k/a Pulse Engineering Inc., and Pulse Electronics Corp., f/k/a Technitrol, Inc.
Companies: Halo Electronics, Inc.; Pulse Electronics, Inc.; Pulse Electronics, Corp.
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posted 04/06/05 12:38 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
The Monocan Palace has announced the death of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of Monaco, from heart and lung problems at the age of 81. The Prince was of course married to Grace Kelly, who famously had a long affair with Bing in the mid-1950s. I don't know what Rainier thought about this, but another great person who knew Der Bingle has passed on.
|Candace Scott
posted 04/07/05 01:22 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Actually I don't think Bing's affair with Grace was particularly long. Bing told Kathryn is was a brief fling, when he confessed "all" to her during their walk at Pebble Beach. Bing and Grace had their affair during the making of "The Country Girl" and I have read they would sometimes meet at Ray Milland's house to tryst. This displeased Ray, who was in love with Grace himself during the filming of "Dial 'M' for Murder." Ray finally asked Bing to find someplace else!
Bing and Grace were no longer a romantic pair during the filming of "High Society," they were merely friends by this time.
My favorite Bing-Grace story is told by Kathryn in her book. Bing and Kathryn visit Monaco in the early 60's and the moment Grace waltzes in, Bing and Grace cozy up together and basically ignore everyone else. To Kathryn's credit, she told the story without any rancor or jealousy.
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If I recall correctly Grace had a fling with every leading man on the Paramount lot (maybe) William Holden did say when it was known Bing was interested in Grace, others icluding Holden backed off because of the respect Crosby commanded at the studio. I also recall that the Prince banned the film High Society in Monaco, beacuse he did not like Crosby, regarding his relationship with Grace.
|Ronald Sarbo
posted 04/07/05 06:47 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Wasn't Bing a widower when this alleged affair took place? Wasn't Grace Kelly single? And isn't this site devoted to Bing's memory? Let Bing and Grace Kelly rest in peace already.
posted 04/07/05 07:35 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
The affair with Grace Kelly was an important turning-point in Bing's life, forcing him to delay his second marriage until late 1957. This site may be devoted to Bing's memory, but that doesn't mean we should try to gloss over anything negative he did. After all, he may have been a devout Catholic, but he was still only human. The fact is, there are only a handful of his friends still living, and we mourn the passing of each one.
|Judy Schmid
posted 04/07/05 07:57 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Just because a famous person is very old and dies and had a brief 'passing' encounter with Bing because his wife was 'close' to him - well, I guess I see it as a pretty tenuous connection...that's all.
|Candace Scott
posted 04/08/05 12:07 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Ronald, I don't follow your logic. No one here is criticizing Bing for having an affair with Grace Kelly. What man in their right mind would pass up an opportunity to be with her, she was a goddess! I don't care that Bing had affairs when he was married to Dixie either. Because Bing was unfaithful to an alcoholic wife and had affairs when he was a widower is nothing new and nothing particularly bad. Rules which apply ro regular people usually don't apply to men of Crosby's wealth, opportunity, stature and fame.
I have no understanding of this line, "Isn't this site devoted to Bing's memory?" Yes, but how does this thread about Grace Kelly and Bing intrude upon that concept? Sorry, but I just don't get it. It's common knowledge the two had an affair, big deal. It's not defaming either one to bring it up in response to a direct question.
|Ronald Sarbo
posted 04/08/05 01:44 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
"Bing was unfaithful to an alcoholic wife"
"They would sometimes meet at Ray Milland's house to tryst"
If this is "common knowledge" it only became so after Bing was deceased.
"It's not defaming either one"
I wonder if they would feel this way if they were still among the living?
|Ron Field
posted 04/10/05 12:00 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
It appears that some agree that having an affair while still married is okay. Do they feel that way if their partner did the same, or do they believe in having affairs. And how many times can you go to confession and say 'sorry, I've just committed adultery'?
|Brian R. Johnson
posted 04/10/05 01:14 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Ron - I don't know what's worse, people who cheat on their spouses or those that marry six or seven times. Certainly Hollywood has always been filled with examples of both.
Spencer Tracy was more faithful to his mistress than to his spouse. But, like Bing, he was a Catholic and refused to divorce his wife, even for Katherine Hepburn.
Then some give a pass to the spouses of alcoholics.
"If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography." - P.J. O'Rourke
|Ben Weaver
posted 04/10/05 03:02 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
I have always admired those fellas that have both a wife and a mistress where each has full knowledge of the existance of the other and this is accepted by all. A high level of tolerance is also reached when, such as in the case of the late French President, Francois Mitterand, both attend his funeral and share a tear stained hankie.
I suppose another requisite is that a fella can afford them both.
posted 04/10/05 04:45 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Sorry, I didn't mean to start an argument, just to observe the fact that Prince Rainier, married to Bing's mistress Grace Kelly, has passed on. I don't see what's so bad about this however because the affair is common knowledge, and in any case neither of the participants could still be alive today.
|Steven Lewis
posted 04/10/05 11:31 PM Central Time (US) no email address given
Gary Giddins will report in volume 2 of his biography of Bing that he did try to get out of his marriage with Dixie to marry Joan Caulfield. The church refused his request.
|Sue Horn
posted 04/10/05 11:50 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
If Bing and Grace were lovers at one time when both were single, that is fine with me. Personally, I wouldn't call it an affair, which to me has negative overtones of someone being unfaithful to another. A relationship, if it lasted, a fling if it was short-lived and meant little to either party. Something that didn't work out? More likely.
That Bing wanted to marry Joan Caulfield and tried to get an annulment is testimony to his loyalty to his Catholic faith. Those were the rules, and if he couldn't get the powers that were at the time to make the rules go his way, then he wasn't going to break them outright. The fact that everyone makes mistakes and some faiths allow those errors to be absolved through sincere confession (emphasis on the sincerity factor, with or without the intervention of other humans) does not make the person who is imperfect a hypocrite, just makes him or her a human being. I wonder how many of us are in a position to throw stones?
One of Colombia's former presidents was allowed to annul his marriage of 25+ years (and 6 or 7 children) in the '90s. He later went on to marry his mistress and then became the Ambassador to the Vatican for the Colombian government. My how things had changed in a scant 40 years!! Too bad for Bing that he couldn't have gotten that kind of a ruling...
Does anyone know when Gary Giddins' second volume is slated to come out? Hope it's going well. Can't wait to read it.
I hope we don't start getting into discussions on euthenasia and the difficult decisions that loved ones are forced to make when a family member lingers. That is a private matter, and one that I don't think the US government should legislate. I feel for everyone involved in the recent case that was splashed all over the media. Unless you've walked in their shoes, you can't kow how hard those decisions and disagreements can be.
Sorry for the length, Steven. This turned out to be more like two bucks instead of two cents.
|Ronald Sarbo
posted 04/11/05 09:00 AM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
Bing may have inquired about an annulment but at that time there was very little hope of getting one. He may have been trying to placate Caulfield or it was a case of wishful thinking.
Even if he received an affirmative from the Church would he have gone thru with it?
Would he have risked his career in this way?
These questions cannot be answered but to me it is almost inconceivable that he would have done so.
|Ron Field
posted 04/11/05 06:14 PM Central Time (US) contact the author directly
A bloke that lived over the road from me in Sydney got an annulment and his Mother said that it cost him a lot of money. If one has children I don't believe in an annulment as it is vertually saying ...' hey, I don't have any children..'. How do they feel in an annulment I wonder. I know a couple that got an annulment and they had 7 kids. Only of them talk to the father.


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Detective Sergeant Patrick Shea of London's Metropolitan Police and his new partner, Detective Chief Inspector Tommy Boyle, have been handed a high-profile murder case. In the penthouse of Kensington Tower, playboy Clifton Trentmore lay dead with his head bashed in, and the investigation reveals a man who was loathed by both sexes. With too few clues and too many suspects, Shea and Boyle must determine who hated Trentmore enough to kill him. But as Patrick digs deeper, he finds his suspects have secrets of their own.
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For our March Kids' Book Club we will be reading Danny Best: Me First by Jen Storer, illustrated by Mitch Vane. Both Jen and Mitch will be joining us for our TUESDAY discussion (the Thursday session will run as normal). This is the third book in a series; however you don't need to have read the others to understand this one. Join us in the Younger Sun for snacks and chats!
Danny Best is always first.
First to wrestle with a feral pig.
First to swim with crocodiles.
First to eat the eyeballs of a dead yak.
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Four new stories from everyone's favourite hero.
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I love it when we go out for 'coffee'... and get fruit smoothies inserted so we aren't up all night. We could probably talk for twice as long as we did, without running out of things to say. We two are like peas and carrots. We are so alike. We make each other laugh and giggle so so much. Two blondes, with such similar personalities. I wonder what people around us think. Not that it matters. If we knew we'd probably just laugh some more. We need to do this more often.
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James Lynch joins #Podvember17 to discuss big changes since our last conversation in Las Vegas like becoming a father, dropping the day job to pursue his MMA freelance coverage full-time, and the importance of working hard to get somewhere while being your own motivation and the ability to stay there. We also get into a little bit of MMA discussion toward the end. Please give James a follow @LynchOnSports and check out all of his interviews (which are stellar) on his YouTube channel. Links to these are also below, in the strategy guide.
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HDFC to announce foreign partner for insurance venture
The company is presently negotiating with two general life insurance players from Europe and Australia for the 26 per cent stake sale.business Updated: Oct 05, 2007 16:59 IST
Housing lender HDFC will announce the name of its foreign partner for the company's general insurance venture in the next three weeks for which it has shortlisted two foreign entities.
"We will come out with the name of a foreign partner in 2-3 weeks," HDFC Executive Director Renu Sud Karnad told PTI.
The company is presently negotiating with two general life insurance players from Europe and Australia for the 26 per cent stake sale.
"We are trying to assess which one fits best," she said.
It is believed that the shortlisted firms include Australia's IAG Group. Besides, the world's second largest re-insurer Munich Re's insurance arm ERGO is also being considered.
Without confirming or denying any name, Munich Re had said MoUs with partners (life and non-life) are close to finalisation.
Earlier, the US-based Chubb Corporation had 26 per cent stake in HDFC's general insurance venture.
Chubb, after five years of partnership, walked out of the venture in May this year by surrendering 26 per cent- the maximum permissible limit by any foreign entity stake to HDFC for an undisclosed amount. Following this, the venture became 100 per cent subsidiary of HDFC.
HDFC also runs a life insurance firm in joint venture with UK's Standard Life.
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All Genres: Horror Release Date: 19 Desember 2013 Run Time: 74 min Country: Indonesia Languages: Indonesia Quality: DVD Subtitle:– Director: Nayato Writer: Alexander Harry Stars: Evan Sanders, Masayu Anastasia, Cinta Dewi Mengejar Setan (2013) Full Movie Story Line: Andika and Tarina decided to settle in London after an accident that nearly claimed the lives of both of them. Andika buy an old house that is big enough of a man named Luqman because the price is quite cheap. The owner of the old house is a ghost that still haunts Jamilah and terrorize anyone who occupies the old home to avenge the injustice received during his lifetime. The ghost possessed Tarina. Jamilah ghost caused by increasingly violent, Tarina ask for help pack Broto, a psychic. Pak Broto managed to uncover a mystery veiled: the bodies are buried Jamilah unfair in the backyard. At the end of the story is known that Alia, the little girl and Andie Tarina child who from the beginning was always there with them turned out to be just a fantasy Tarina. He can not accept the fact that Alia was killed in a traffic accident before moving to London.


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5 NYC Beer Week Events That Don't Require Tickets
New York City Beer Week has an overwhelming selection of events, many of which require tickets. If you're like us you want to celebrate Beer Week without spending $35-$75 per night on event tickets, never mind beer dinners that can run you north of $100 each. While these big ticketed events and dinners are great, some of the best Beer Week events are pay as you drink at a local bar where special beers or particular breweries are being featured. Here are five exciting Beer Week events that you don't need a ticket for:
1. NY: The New Breed at Glorietta Baldy – On Wednesday February 25, this Bed-Stuy bar will be devoting the tap list to some of the newest of New York brewers. The 12 draft lines will include beers from Other Half, Braven, War Flag, and Transmitter among others. They are even throwing in some cider from Naked Flock in Warwick for those friends you have to drag out to beer week events.
2. Transmitter Brewing at Clinton Hall – Monday February 23, you can sip 10 different rare beers from the small Queens based brewery Transmitter Brewing. Owner and Brewer Anthony Accardi will be at the event talking about the brewery's small batch farm house style beers that include interesting beers like a Buckwheat Biere de Garde and a Saison fermented in wine barrels with Zinfandel grapes. You can find the complete tap list here.
3. Victory Brewing Night at Double Windsor – The Double Windsor in Windsor Terrace will host Victory Brewing and its Brewmaster Bill Covaleski on Wednesday February 25. The still growing tap list is already impressive with beers like Helios Brett Saison, Hop Ranch Double IPA, and their 19th Anniversary Ale.
4. Canadian Brewer Night at Mission Dolores – Mission Delores in Park Slope is hosting a night of Canadian Brewers on Thursday February 26 with beers from Parallel 49, Steamworks, and Howe Sound. Some of the brewers will be on hand for the event and all the Canadian beers on tap will be discounted from 7 – 10 p.m.
5. Split Thy Skull XVI at Mugs Ale House – If you haven't had enough extreme beers during the week Mugs Ale House gives you one last shot with their festival of high alcohol beers. Saturday February 28 and March 1 you can sip on an impressive list of beers that all top 8% ABV. The list includes brewers from all over the world like Canadian Dieu Die Ciel, Emilisse in the Netherlands, and Finback from Queens. It may also be one of your last chances to taste one of the beers brewed at the now closed 508 Gastrobrewery, Old Salty Barleywine 2014.


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Fin powerful Pro-Star adalah fin yang paling kami banyak jual untuk segmen market resort, atlit PON/Sea Games. Fin ini sudah terbukti sangat reliable dan powerful untuk kejuaraaan fin swimming nasional maupun internasional.
This is a futuristic fin, deriving from the Cressi deep sea skin-diving models, which introduces the use of more reactive materials also in the full foot fin sector of normal length. In fact, the blade is not made from copolymer but fromexceptionally light and reactive polypropylene.This material is combined with a comfortable thermo-rubber (elastomer), used for the foot, for the side stringers and for various inserts.
The blade originates from the upper part of the foot pocket, with a 20% increase in useful surface area compared to a traditional fin of the same length.
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Friends, I labor. I struggle within myself and within my Yearly Meeting with the issue of FUM. I come from New York Yearly Meeting, and we are duel affiliated with FGC and FUM. Right now there is a lot of anger within New York Yearly Meeting towards FUM because of some homophobic statements that have been made. Much of this anger comes out of misinformation and miscommunication; much of it also comes out of a legitimate sense of anger and pain. Pain that GLBTQ Friends that we love and hold dear are being hurt. I too take these concerns very seriously, I am both a Christian Friend and a queer identified Friend and this is an issue very close to my heart. However I don't feel like we can walk away from FUM or this pain. As Quakers we are called to love and cherish all people, not matter who they are or what they've done in there lives and other Friends, Friends who might not hold the same beliefs as we dos, should be no different. I feel strongly that if we as a Yearly Meeting walk away from FUM we clearly state that we cannot love, cannot connect, and labor with, Friends who do choose to be affiliated with FUM. I know that this not our intention, but I fear that will be the out come. I also feel that anger and pain is not a place from which good healthy decisions are made. Anger is good, it can lead to passion, which can in turn and in time lead to compassion and love, but we cannot act directly from anger. We cannot go with our first reaction to distance ourselves from things we don't agree with. That would not and does not do justice to us as people, any of us. We are FUM, we can not say they are some 'other' doing and saying things we find hurtful because we are a FUM Yearly Meeting. They are us, we are them, and I would grieve deeply if that were to change. I also fear that by leaving FUM we set ourselves up, as a Yearly Meeting, on a moral high ground I don't believe we actually stand on. Can we, in all honesty and with our heart open to God, say that we are so loving and open we can point fingers elsewhere and accuse others? I am a young queer Friend in New York Yearly Meeting and I do not see any Yearly Meeting Minute affirming our love and commitment to our GLBTQ Friends. I do see any Yearly Meeting Marriage Minute guaranteeing I will be able if I choose, to be married under any New York Yearly Meeting. As my brother, who is an agnostic liberal young Friend said to me, he (and I ) can think of no better message to other FUM meeting about our pain towards homophobic comments made then for New York Yearly Meeting to come out with an affirming Minute on our love for our GLBTQ Friends, made as a FUM meeting. We have work we need to do and we cannot do it from outside of FUM, we must labor with them and with each other on these issues.
I am at a crossroads, Friends. For over a year I have brought my need to continue this dialog with ourselves and with other FUM meetings to every meeting and gathering of Friends I have attended. Still I feel as if New York Yearly Meeting is moving toward a place where we will act out of pain and fear and leave FUM. I also feel as if none of us quite know what to do, on either side. We are stuck, hurt and divided, and I'm not sure were to go or what to do. I am part of a task group on our involvement with FUM but still that task group seems to be at loss about how best to serve New York Yearly Meeting in this. Friends I labor, with my own pain, with my own love, and I do not know what to do. Only that we must listen to God in this matter, and that seems to be the hardest course of all.


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|Did you know: Almost 40 percent of U.S. households have at least one dog and a third of U.S. households have at least one cat. Altogether, that's 164.6 million animals. Those pets don't just stay home, though. Many pet owners enjoy taking their animals with them when they run errands and some of them can even take their pets with them to work. These days, a good number of businesses are taking notice—using pet-friendly work environments to help employees de-stress and enhance the recruitment pool.In Germany, pets are particularly welcome at places of business with the exception of establishments that sell fresh food. In fact, pets can pretty much go wherever their owners go—even most government offices. Can you imagine how convenient that might be for pet owners in your community? Not that you would be the next pet store, but you would definitely be a welcome stop and preferred place of employment among people who enjoy taking their animals with them.
Adopting a pet-friendly policy
A pet-friendly policy can be customer-facing or staff-facing. Currently, 17 percent of workplaces allow employees to bring their animals to the office with them due in part to a number of studies showing the relaxing and even therapeutic nature of interactions with animals. This might be an idea to consider if you work in a high-stress environment like Jone Bouman does. Jone is the director of communications at the American Humane Association film and TV office in Los Angeles, California. Her Lhasa Apso terrier mix Twigden accompanies her to work every day. "He makes me utterly happy," she says. "And," she notes, "I've actually seen the faces of people in my office relax and their shoulders go down whenever they pick him up for a hug or he trots into their office for a visit."
We recognize a pet-friendly policy isn't for everyone and it will take serious consideration and buy-in should you venture down that "ruff" path. Some people have allergies or even fears of animals. There's also a fair amount of extra work that comes with allowing pets. But, if you decide that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, below are some basic starting guidelines for your new pet policy.
Make these rules and the others you agree upon very clear to your staff, visitors and returning customers.
Promote the policy
Pet-friendly business and workplaces are on the rise in the United States—you, too, can be one of them!
"U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics." U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics : The Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society of the United States, 12 Aug. 2011. Web. 05 Nov. 2012.
"Pets in Germany." How To Germany – Pets in Germany. How to Germany, n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2012.
"Becoming a Pet Friendly Business." Pet Friendliest Community | Becoming a Pet Friendly Business. Pet Friendliest Community, 2009. Web. 05 Nov. 2012.
Afzal, Sara. "Is Your Office Going to the Dogs?" Is Your Office Going to the Dogs? Five Top Dog-friendly Employers. – American Humane Association – CSMonitor.com. The Christian Science Monitor, n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.
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Fire tablets and Kindle e-readers are rarely expensive (at least unless you buy the luxe Kindle Oasis). They're built to be affordable, but this week they're at the lowest prices we've seen since late 2017. We've compiled every decent deal on Amazon-branded devices going on right now. The Fire HD 8, Fire TV 4K, and Kindle are now down to about $50 each, which is crazy. Other devices, like the Cloud Cam are now at or near the $100 mark.
You'll need Amazon Prime to get most of these deals. It costs $6 per month and has a free trial. Most of you probably already have it, though.
Fire Tablets On Sale
We're fans of some of Amazon's Fire Tablets. The Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 are our two favorites, along with the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition (if you're buying for a little one). All three are listed in our Which is the Best Fire Tablet? article.
We do not recommend the Fire HD 7 because of its lower quality screen, sound, processing power, battery life, and camera, but it is also on sale this week and is dirt cheap, perfect for a kid. Amazon also has a free 30-day trial to its FreeTime Unlimited featuring kid-friendly games, books, and TV service.
Fire HD Tablet Sale (Through April 16):
Kindles On Sale
The Kindle Paperwhite is our favorite ebook reader. It's just about $100 but still gives you a light and incredible battery life. But it's not the only decent ereader Amazon makes. You can read about every Kindle in Our Favorite Kindles.
If you do buy a Kindle, check out Kindle Unlimited. It's $10 a month, but you can read unlimited books (and listen to Audible books) for that price. If you're an avid reader, the math is in your favor.
Kindle Sale (Through April 16):
Amazon Cloud Cam On Sale
The Cloud Cam allows you to monitor your home and do other things like allow Amazon delivery folks to enter your home. You can access video for the last 24 hours and it has features like night vision and two-way audio so you can talk to your dog at home, for example. To get more, Amazon has a subscription with features like person detection.
Cloud Cam Sale (Through April 15):
Fire TV On Sale
Amazon's latest Fire TV supports Alexa and some advanced features like 4K HDR and Dolby Atmos sound. Both Fire TV versions are now just compact dongles for your TV, and either easily tucks away without much hassle.
Fire TV Sale (Through April 14):
Also On Sale: Amazon Tap
The Amazon Tap is the only Echo-like Alexa speaker that's on sale right now. If you're interested in these, check out our Best Smart Speaker and Which Amazon Echo is Right for You? roundups.


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The Grizzlies were able to prevent human wrecking ball Russell Westbrook from breaking the record for most triple-doubles in a season, but only by one rebound. Westbrook finished with 45 points, 10 assists, and 9 rebounds in a game that seemed out of hand in the third quarter (when the Grizzlies were trailing by 10, their largest defecit of the night) but ended up coming down to the wire.
Here are some scattered thoughts on last night's game, which pretty much locked the Grizzlies into a 7th seed and a likely first-round series against the San Antonio Spurs.
★ Wayne Selden deserves the look he's getting. I was not convinced Selden was the answer to any of the Grizzlies' problems, though he made an impression in training camp and preseason. I still don't expect him to be a big difference-maker in a playoff game. But I will say this: he's starting to look like an NBA player, and has already become a better defender than Toney Douglas. If you're looking for a 14th or 15th guy to carry into the playoffs, you could do worse than Selden.
★ Zach Randolph is ready. Z-Bo played very well last night, esecially in the second half. In the postgame, Fizdale said he was trying to wait until the 4-minute mark to put Randolph back in the game, but that he checked himself in with 4:30 to go and said "Can't wait, coach" as he walked past Fizdale on the way to the scorer's table. He was right. His scoring down the stretch was Vintage Z-Bo, and kept the Grizzlies in the game until the last minute when Westbrook dropped some bombs of his own. Randolph continues to make his case for Sixth Man of the Year, and continues to prove that coming off the bench, he's got years left to play.
★ We haven't talked enough about Tony Allen's rebounding this year. Allen finished last night with 7 rebounds, continuing his elevated rebound rate for the season. He may still struggle to finish around the rim, and he definitely shouldn't be the backup point guard, but Allen's rebounding has allowed him to remain relevant on offense even as he's struggling a little bit in other areas. His 70% shooting night last night certainly didn't hurt, either, but it's the offensive rebounding—the ability to create more possessions for a team that's starving for them—that is the most impressive new wrinkle in Allen's game.
★ The Grizzlies need Mike Conley right. We've seen how the playoffs go with no Conley (2016) and a 50% Conley with a broken face (2015) and with a hobbled Gasol (2014). You have to go back to the Conference Finals year, 2013, to find a postseason where neither guy was coming into the postseason with some sort of long-term malady. Gasol's foot seems to be fine—he said last night that it's a little weak from the lack of activity but not sore—so... with any luck at all, this may be a stronger Grizzlies team heading into the "real" basketball than we've seen in the past.
Three games are left, all at home: the Knicks, the Pistons, and the Mavericks. I can't imagine that all of the important players will play in all of these games, but at the same time, the Griz are still searching for their rhythm lately, so we may see them rest less than expected (especially since Gasol and Conley have both missed time recently). I think we'll see them try some weird lineups to see what works, while perfecting the rough edges they're still showing execution-wise.


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Rowell Brokaw's new Chemistry Teaching Lab at the UO is featured in Inside Oregon
This November 16, 2011 article "New labs for students result from space collaborations" in Inside Oregon features new science labs that have enhanced the educational experience for both students and faculty. Other lab renovations at the University of Oregon by Rowell Brokaw Architects include Nolen Prehoda Lab, Stickleback Core Facility, Transgenic Mouse Facility, Cyropreservation Facility, Willamette Hall Micrscopy Labs, the Klamath Hall General Biology Lab, and the Zebrafish International Resource Center.
New instructional laboratory spaces opened this summer and fall, thanks to creative use-of-space arrangements between the chemistry and human physiology departments. Two outgrown and outdated laboratories were transformed into new digs that enhance the education experience for hundreds of undergraduates who may be enrolling in their first – and sometimes defining – courses in science disciplines.
The renovations were set in motion three years ago when Mike Haley became the chemistry department head and established a priority of finding a new general chemistry labratory.
The old general chemistry lab in the basement of Klamath Hall was built in 1967, and the only freshening-up it received in the past 44 years was one paint job. Various course sections had to use the windowless, 3,300-square-foot basement room at the same time, with students on top of each other and conversations bleeding into one another.
With assistance from the university's Committee for Academic Infrastructure, a $750,000 project was funded to renovate a portion of the department that was under-utilized office and research lab space on the building's second floor.
The new general chemistry laboratory – which opened in summer session – is four distinct rooms, with each room configured for team projects. Windows bring in natural light, and a state-of-the-art ventilation system and high-tech educational tools improve the learning experience for the 800-plus students who will use the lab annually. The renovation also includes a prep space across the hall, with a new lab dishwasher and rubberized flooring.
"This is the first lab class many students will see in their freshman year," said Haley, the department head. "This greatly-improved facility will provide a modern, updated introduction to general chemistry and other disciplines that the UO leads."
The former chemistry lab space in the building's basement won't go dormant, thanks to an innovative space-sharing agreement between the chemistry and human physiology departments. With space at a premium and more students enrolling at the UO, creative thinking is opening conversations all over campus.
The anatomy lab used primarly by the human physiology department in the basement of Onyx Bridge creates hands-on opportunities for students. With five cadavers provided by Oregon Health Sciences University used for teaching and dissection, undergraduates at the UO get more access and experience with human bodies than students at many other universities.
However, the space was very small for a class of students. And the sink is a wooden trough with many handles and levers – all of which much be used by hand – which is not the most hygenic practice.
Human physiology instructor Jon Runyeon said faculty in his department jumped at the chance when presented with an opportunity to renovate the Klamath Hall lab that the chemistry department was vacating.
As one of the top 10 majors on campus, human physiology courses consistently fill to capacity. When the new lab space – estimated to be three times the size of the former anatomy lab – opened this fall term, there was more room for the existing cadavers and the potential to have more teaching and learning space down the road.
"Anatomy dictates function, and until you see it, it's difficult to comprehend," Runyeon said. "Bodies are different on the outside and even more different on the inside. Students who experience anatomy in this lab have a greater understanding of the human form."
The anatomy lab will mark its new location with an open house at 2 p.m. on Dec. 7, in 63 Klamath Hall.
According to Haley, the space didn't meet the needs of the general chemistry lab any longer, but the renovation is benefiting other UO students with an improved space that might be a different window into science.


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Jamie Oliver's latest London restaurant has furnished its cookline with a charcoal oven from Mibrasa after scouring the market for the most suitable solid fuel cooking option around.
The TV chef's new Barbecoa branch at Piccadilly, which takes its inspiration from the primitive cooking techniques Oliver has discovered during his travels around the world, features a Mibrasa HMB AB-SB 75 model, which includes a heating rack and mobile cupboard stand.
Steve Pooley, group executive chef at Jamie Oliver Group, set about looking for an alternative charcoal oven for the kitchen and his search led him to a number of different brands on the market.
"After coming along for a demonstration of the Mibrasa at our development kitchen, the oven was an instant hit and it immediately became a 'must have' piece of equipment for the Barbecoa kitchen," said Scott Park, development chef at Ascentia Foodservice Equipment, which supplies the brand in the UK.
The oven used by Barbecoa Piccadilly cooks at temperatures between 200°C and 400°C, locking in and enhancing the natural flavours of the produce used by the restaurant.
Installation was carried out by Advance Group, which project-managed the full kitchen delivery at the new site.
Barbecoa is understood to use a Josper charcoal grill at its first restaurant at St Paul's.
Oliver has described the Barbecoa kitchen as a "chef's dream come true". On his website, he says: "It's like an Aladdin's cave filled with equipment that no one else in London has – robatas, Argentinian grills, wood-fired ovens, Texas pit smokers and a tandoor oven – used with fruit woods like apple oak and cherry to give our food incredible flavours."


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Let's just get straight to books and movies shall we?
Just Started: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick, copyright 2009 by Speigel & Grau
If you ever really want to appreciate everything you have, read a nonfiction book about North Korea. I was shocked. I admit, I didn't know much about North Korea except the recent clashes with Kim Jong Un. Lovely looking fellow. This man is so cuckoo Nurse Ratchet is looking for him. He seems the sort that fondles Barbie dolls and small animals in his leisure time. So, if you will, to the tune of The Surrey With The Fringe on Top from Oklahoma:
"Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry when Kim Jong Un comes out in a hurry, when Kim Jong Un comes out in a hurry with his pants unzipped."
But I digress. This is the very first photo in the book, which surprised the hell out of me. This is a 2010 nighttime satellite photo of North Korea. Talk about not letting your people see the light! There is none! It seems to me that Kent State SDS would love it here! Everything they wanted to bring down in America in the 60's is down. As a matter of fact, everything is down period! No electricity, no jobs, no food. Lots of military though and a total freakazoid telling you to say everything is great (or else)!
Continued Reading: Kent State: What Happened and Why
Well, Mr. Michener is doing it again. I see no connection between the history of how Kent State became a University and the clashes between the rioters and the National Guard, but perhaps Mr. Michener was being paid by the line. However, it is really Paul Probius I wish to discuss. Remember him? The man is a dichotomy. He "is totally committed to tearing down Kent State, for he can see it accomplishing no good end." Rah! Rah! Tear down Kent State! "In the meantime, he will avail himself of whatever it has to offer; indeed he will probably continue at Kent till he gets his Ph.D." But not until I graduate!
Mr. Probius is married, but not working. What is worse for poor Probius is "My father's stopped my allowance . . ." So, you want to bring down everything associated with The Man, yet you live off his largesse, or did. For some reason when I read quotes from Mr. Probius, I can only think of Dustin Hoffman in The Rain Man. "Yeah….yeah…I'm gonna change the world, yeah. Just as soon as daddy re-starts my allowance….yeah….I'm not wearing any underwear."
A final note for now on Kent State and Mr. Probius' quotes, "Every day the present society operates, it brings itself nearer to collapse." And yet, here we are. Where are you Mr. Probius?
Just Finished: Haunted Happenings
The final chapter of the book was the best, and not just because it meant the book was coming to an end. The stories therein had potential for chills down the spine. Unfortunately, the pages of unfocused photos of "real" ghosts just made the entire book unbelievable. Had he left the photos out, he might have had a decent publication.
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Last Night's Movie: Silent Hill Revelation
I was completely prepared for the tenuous plot, bad writing and pathetic acting. After all, I was only interested in the special effects as the first Silent Hill had been full of amazing creatures such as Pyramid Head. He was too cool!
Or this guy
Sadly however, the only revelation in the second Silent Hill is that you're watching crap. What's more, you're watching crap without any cool special effects. This seemed more of a romance a la Stephenie Meyer (only slightly better). So if you're looking for kick-ass creatures and special effects, put this movie down and have a look at Thirteen Ghosts.


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