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|The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Judith Anderson
Genres: Drama
UR 2005 1hr 56min
Although this was director Lewis Milestone's only venture into the realm of noir, it remains a classic of the genre. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers stars Barbara Stanwyck as the title character, a tough, spoiled, willful... more »
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More Melodrama Than Noir, And Not Bad
C. O. DeRiemer | San Antonio, Texas, USA | 12/20/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Some people call this a noir, and a good one. Some call it a psychological study of guilt. I think it's a melodrama, but a well-crafted one. What moves it from noir to melodrama for me is that there are two weak motivating actions for the plot; the first (the death of the aunt) doesn't have enough power to justify the drama, and the second (a conviction of an innocent man) is barely mentioned until the end of the movie.
Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) is driving west when he decides to go through Iverstown. He has a car accident and has to stay in town until his car is fixed. He meets a young woman, Toni Marachek (Lizabeth Scott), just out of jail and on probation for a crime she wasn't guilty of. Sam decides to go to the district attorney to see if he can help her. Years before as young kids, Sam and the DA, Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), were sort-of friends, tied together by their friendship with Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck).
Now O'Neil is married to Martha. He's running for re-election. Martha inherited Ivers Industries and is the wealthiest woman in town. She's a force to be reckoned with. She inherited millions when her aunt fell down a flight of stairs 18 years ago...the night she and Sam were planning to run off, when Walter was in the house with her and Sam. Her aunt (Judith Anderson), a rigid, disapproving, condescending woman, fell with the help of a crack on the head from a cane wielded by Martha. A few years later a man was hanged for the crime, prosecuted by Walter with testimony from Martha. They married and now live a loveless life, with Walter still the uncertain and sometimes scared child he used to be and Martha a controlling woman. Walter drinks heavily and Martha is contemptuous of him. Now Sam is back, innocently, but Walter in particular is convinced Sam is out to shake them down. "He's a gambler, a sharp shooter, an angle boy," he says to Martha. "They come through my office by the hundreds. Couldn't you see blackmail in his eyes?"
Things quickly spiral down into a morass of misunderstandings, guilt, what might pass for love, and temptation. Walter loves Martha. Martha loves Sam. Sam loves Toni but is tempted by Martha. Toni loves Sam. All is resolved one night in the Ivers' mansion with Martha, Walter and Sam playing out a potentially murderous triangle. But it's 1946, and with the Production Code in place there's little doubt which two people will die and which person will survive as a wiser man. When Martha urges Sam to kill Walter so that they can be together, Sam puts his finger on it. "Martha,' he says, "you're sick...in your mind, I mean, that's where you're sick...so sick you don't even know the difference between right and wrong."
The movie is beautifully photographed, for the most part the pacing is good, the establishment of the three leads' personalities as children is excellently carried over into the performances and personalities of the three as adults. Unfortunately, the death of the aunt just doesn't seem to be a strong enough element to justify all the angst. The aunt was in the process of beating Martha's cat with her cane on the stairs when Martha grabbed the cane and struck her aunt. Any half-way competent lawyer would have been able to get a young heiress off without relying on Martha coming up with having seen a large burglar running from the house. This makes what follows, even with Martha's intensity, seem out of proportion. Some of the dialogue, especially that given to Stanwyck and Douglas, is solid and uneasy...or maybe it's their expert line delivery. But a good deal of the words Heflin and Scott have to say can sound artificial. "They said they wouldn't hurt you," Toni says to Sam when she tries to explain why she helped set him up for a beating. "No more parole, they said, if I went for it. I'd draw the whole five, they said, if I didn't. I went for it. Go ahead and hit me, Sam. I've got it comin.'" Sam looks at her questioningly...then tenderly. "The one thing you've got comin', kid, is a break."
Even so, as melodrama it's fun to watch. Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin do nice jobs, and Kirk Douglas makes a strong impression. He may be playing a weak drunk, but you look at him while he's on screen.
The DVD picture is in great shape. If you buy this movie, be sure you get this Paramount version. There are a large number of other public domain versions out which look terrible. There are no extras."
Image Entertainment did a good job on this DVD
bixfan4 | 09/09/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"In response to "Good movie yet awful copy" from "Noir": Your experience is common: videos and DVD's from Gotham, Dark City, and Alpha are very poor quality. I purchased the Image Entertainment DVD of Strange Love (ASIN: 6305944369) and can tell you it's probably the best print of the film you're going to find. Picture sharpness is good, sound is acceptable, and there are no missing frames to cause a "jumpy" picture. The brightness & contrast are normal for most of the film, except for a few early scenes where the picture looks washed out and grey. According to the research I've read, after this film dropped into the public domain, no one took the responsibility for preserving it, and as a result the best surviving print has suffered a lot of deterioration. However, I can easily recommend the Image Entertainment version of Strange Love Of Martha Ivers. Please note, that is NOT a blanket endorsement of all Image Entertainment DVD's -- for example, they did a TERRIBLE job on another Lizabeth Scott movie, Too Late For Tears -- it looks as bad as anything from Alpha or Gotham, yet Image charges a premium price for it. Skip Too Late For Tears, but definitely buy the Image/Hal Roach DVD of Strange Love. And while you're at it, why not write to Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90038, and ask them to give us a DVD of another Barbara Stanwyck film noir, The File On Thelma Jordan (Paramount owns the rights). Let's all let the studios know we will support film noir and other classic films!"
Jackie Beedle | Yorktown, Indiana | 08/11/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's a fine little race to watch, with everyone trying to stay one step ahead of each other in this malevolently decadent thriller about love, marriage,... and murder. Barbara Stanwyck is cunningly vicious in her role as a woman whose mysterious and intriguing past forced her to give up her childhood sweetheart, (Van Heflin, in a well-executed performance) bound her to marry a man she hated (Kirk Douglas, in an auspicious film debut)... and made hers one of the richest and most modern industries in America. But now her tightly knit secret is beginning to unravel... her husband is beginning to drink, her ex-flame is back... and he's trying to solve a famous crime committed in the town years and years ago. A remarkable film, with the suspense of a Hitchcock thriller, atmosphere of a Wilder noir, and the acting of a Wyler drama, come together to make this noir a chilling and memorable experience, ranking with "Double Indemnity" and "North By Northwest". A must-see for fans of film noir."
wdanthemanw | Geneva, Switzerland | 03/20/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"First and only film noir directed by Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front), first movie of Kirk Douglas, a screenplay written by Robert Rossen (The Hustler), THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS is the kind of film any movie buff should have the desire to see. The Paramount Home Entertainment release I bought here at Amazon presents a near perfect copy of this movie but, beware, no extras at all.
Two scenes of the movie, Judith Anderson's death and the tragic finale deserve to stay in a film noir anthology, as well as the performances of Kirk Douglas and Barbara Stanwyck. Note also than the numerous close-ups of Lizabeth Scott and the silly epilogue of THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS must not be accredited to Lewis Milestones nor to Robert Rossen. They were shot, after the completion of the film, by Byron Haskin on the producer Hal B. Wallis demand.
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The council gave an initial 4-0 vote on the ordinance's first reading Tuesday night. Councilwoman Wendy Leece was absent, having left the meeting early. The ordinance faces a second council approval Dec. 3 before it is adopted.
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by Lou Mancinelli
A vocation versus avocation, a job or a hobby, such is the decision many enthusiasts of the arts face. Is my art a job or a hobby?
For five-year Chestnut Hill resident Richard Redding, the arts, while they provide their refuge from a sometimes stressed life, are an avocation. Redding is an accomplished saxophonist. He owns and plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes. He's performed in bands since high school and has on and off throughout his life. Over the years he has performed with local artists like Tom Gala, Zan Gardner and Ben Arnold.
His day job is Director of Community Planning at the City Planning Commission (CPC). It's a major role in a major city agency involved with deciding on development projects from neighborhood plans to large-scale developments.
Redding will perform with local band Saint Mad in a production of "Mt. Airy Home Companion: The Holiday Show," Saturday, Dec. 8, 7 to 9 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 9, 4 to 6 p.m., at the Allens Lane Art Center, 601 West Allens Lane.
"It's a great way to balance life between office work and something that is very different," said Redding, 60, about performing.
Raised in Glenside, Redding graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1970. Four years later he earned his bachelor's degree in Community Development from Pennsylvania State University. He was hired by the CPC in 1974 as a planner for Northeast Philadelphia. He earned a master's in public administration from Temple University in 1982.
"Music enriches lives," said Redding. "It can be therapy. It's good for the soul."
"Soul" might be a word not often voiced in the city bureaucracy, but Redding has always weaved between and felt comfortable among different crowds. As a teenager in the 1960s he enjoyed folk music and grew up on the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin. But he also was familiar with the psychedelic scene.
"I felt that I was different because I mingled between both groups," Redding recalled.
Mingle is what he has continued to do throughout his career as a city planner and on the side as a musician. Being a city planner requires one to collaborate with various city agencies, officials and neighborhood organizations. It requires the ability to communicate.
Music can be just the same. A musician who is used to mingling with others might fit better into different roles in different groups. For Redding, music is as much about music as it is about making friends and creating sound experiences.
He plays in several bands. He's performed with The Flying Mangos for almost five years. The Latin/Caribbean group recently released an album via CD Baby entitled "Para Debora" ("For Deborah" in Spanish because the CD is dedicated to the deceased parents of bandmember Pam Graboyes). For the last year he has performed with Reverend Chris & the High Rollers, a jazz and pop band. He's also performed in R&B group The Knights of Soul.
Redding first started to take saxophone lessons in the fourth grade. His father worked as a banker in Philadelphia and also played the instrument. Redding heard classic players like Benny Goodman at an early age. When he went to college, music was secondary to his education, as it remains secondary to his work as a planning professional.
"It's always been a sideline to me," he said. But each time he stops playing for a bit and starts again, he realizes he's nearly left behind a gem. "I kick myself and say you gotta stick with this."
It's a testament to his determination and endurance to be able to perform his professional duties and enjoy his music avocation. Right now, Redding is involved in the Phila2035 initiative. It's a project designed to create 18 different neighborhood plans for all the neighborhoods across the city. Those plans will inform future zoning, development and land-use issues in Philadelphia. As such, it's the makings of the blueprint of Philadelphia's future.
For the majority of his career, Redding worked as community planner for West Philadelphia. In 1994 he authored the West Philadelphia Plan, a 150-page comprehensive plan. It analyzed every neighborhood, identified areas in need of urban renewal, studied community groups and investigated how to revitalize low-income areas with high vacancies. These things, which make up community dynamics, are what attracted Redding to the field.
In his time at CPC, Redding said he's seen the definition of Center City change from being defined as stretching from South Street to Spring Garden Street to now, where it's considered to exist between Washington and Girard Avenues.
Redding married his second wife Madeline a year-and-a-half ago. He had two children during his first marriage. He has served on the community advisory board of the Netter Center for 15 years and is the former chair of music ministry at the Unitarian Society of Germantown on Lincoln Drive. He practices saxophone every other day.
"I'm a busy guy, like so many other people," he said. "But the music is something I enjoy."
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Buzzkill. A new study in mice suggests that caffeine could influence fetal brain development.
It's often one of the first questions a woman asks her physician when she learns she's pregnant: Can I keep drinking coffee or caffeinated sodas? Soon-to-be moms are generally told by doctors not to drink more than a cup or two of coffee a day, a recommendation in line with a 2010 review concluding moderate caffeine consumption doesn't promote premature births or miscarriages or harm fetal growth. But a new study in mice offers the controversial suggestion that at larger doses, caffeine can impair memory and increase the risk of having seizures.
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To date, no large-scale study in people has found any negative effect of caffeine exposure on fetal brain development, says Kimford Meador, a neurologist at Emory University in Atlanta. One reason for that could be that few high-quality studies exist because of the challenges of teasing apart the effects of caffeine from other variables affecting pregnant women, such as nutrition, stress, and other drug use, he says. Considering that one "Venti" coffee at Starbucks contains 410 mg of caffeine—more than twice the dose recommended for pregnant women by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which conducted the 2010 review on caffeine—it's probably time to take a closer look at the substance that so many rely on to get out of bed in the morning, Meador says.
One of the ways that caffeine speeds up brain activity in adults is by blocking the activity of a neurotransmitter called adenosine, which acts as a brake on neuronal firing and makes us sleepy. Carla Silva, a neuroscientist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, was studying the role of adenosine in fetal brain development when an obvious experiment occurred to her: Why not use caffeine to study how adenosine alters brain development?
Silva decided to focus on the fate in mouse fetuses of a small subpopulation of a type of cells called GABA neurons, which regulate the flow of information in the brain by keeping the electrical impulses of their neighbors in check. Without enough GABA neurons to balance out the brain's electrical activity, disorders such as epilepsy can result, she says.
Over the course of early brain development in mammals, GABA neurons migrate from a transitory, heart-shaped embryonic structure called the ganglionic eminence to the hippocampus, two curved ridges of brain tissue deep in the brain that are key to memory and learning. To determine whether caffeine would interfere with this mass migration of cells, Silva laced the drinking water of female mice 15 weeks prior to pregnancy with enough caffeine to mimic the blood concentration that a human would get from drinking about three to four cups of coffee per day. After a day or so of getting accustomed to caffeine's bitter taste, the mice lapped up the caffeinated water throughout pregnancy and while their pups were nursing.
After the mouse pups were born, Silva and her colleagues examined slices of brain tissue to see if being exposed to caffeine had altered their GABA neurons' maturation or migration. (The mice were bred to produce a glowing green protein only in these cells.) At 6 days after birth, the drug-exposed mouse pups had 41% fewer GABA neurons in the hippocampus, the authors report today in Science Translational Medicine. The numbers of GABA neurons in the hippocampus were similar in non-drug exposed and drug-exposed pups a few months later, however, suggesting that the cells had simply been slow to arrive. "It was quite surprising to find this delay in migration," because similar effects have been seen in animal models of cocaine and amphetamine exposure, Silva says.
Although drug-exposed pups ended up with similar numbers of GABA neurons compared to drug-free pups, the caffeine-exposed offspring performed badly on a series of memory tests and were more susceptible to seizures as they matured, Silva says. "We still don't know how or why," she says, but "caffeine exposure in early life resulted in long-term consequences" for the mice.
Although the work is an "interesting, necessary start" to understanding the influence of significant caffeine consumption on pregnancies, "a number of questions need to be answered before sounding the alarm," says Barbara Thompson, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and an expert in the effects of cocaine on fetal brain development. The subtype of GABA neurons that Silva studied were a very small population of cells, so it's not possible to know how widespread such an effect might be in the brain, she says, and the effects on the mouse pups' behavior and cognition were mild. Although there are some general similarities between the brain changes that Silva found in the caffeine-exposed mice and those that have been observed in cocaine-exposed mice, "I wouldn't say caffeine should be banned like cocaine should be banned," she says. "The results don't show that at all."
To rule out the possibility that individual differences in sensitivity to caffeine between mouse mothers or pups didn't lead to any misleading effects, the work needs to be replicated several times in much larger groups, and in different breeds of mice, Silva says. After that, more work will be done to show that the findings apply to humans. For now, however, "this study is not enough to give advice to pregnant women," she says.


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Naval Academy probing allegation of sexual assault by 3 members of football team
WASHINGTON – A Pentagon spokesman says the U.S. Naval Academy is investigating allegations that three members of its football team sexually assaulted a female midshipman.
Army Col. Steve Warren, said Friday that he had no further details. He said academy officials are monitoring the investigation and evaluating options for adjudicating the case.
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Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the chiefs of each military branch, are scheduled to testify next week at a Senate hearing.


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Centreline Commercial Kitchens has been established since 1998 catering to the small and large caterer alike. We provide service covering design, supply and installation from initial layout concepts right through to handover of a complete kitchen including after sales support. We are equally happy to provide very competitive quotations on one-off items or bundles of Light Equipment and are able to offer a prompt and knowledgeable response to any enquiry you may have. To support you we have a network of installation and service engineers covering locations throughout England and Wales. All are Corgi or NIC EIC registered with extensive product knowledge. Our office is equipped with the latest Autocad 2004 technology.
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Our scope of services covers the following specialisations: Contract Design - fully experienced Autocad designers, new fit-out or refurbs. Project Management - from order to handover and beyond. One contact for the Project Contract Supply & Installation - itemised tendering and installation teams. Extract & Supply-Air Kitchen Ventilation Systems - canopy only or full systems Heavy Equipment Sales - fully warranted for minimum 12 months (eg. prime cooking eqpt, all refrigeration, tabling, sinks and ancillary items) Light Equipment Sales - (eg. pots, pans, utensils, cutlery, crockery & glassware). Special Fabrications. Breakdown Servicing - Our aim is to provide you with the best advice, equipment and service at all times.
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Chalkboard Signs
301 Fairfax Drive, Essex SS09GG
Tel: 02081334585
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Chalkboard Signs is the leading UK supplier of professionally sign written chalkboards and blank chalkboards or your pub, bar, restaurant, cafe or even the home. You are purchasing direct from the chalkboard artist who not only designs the chalkboards but cuts the boards to ANY size you require!
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Here you can buy Blackboards, Chalkboards and A-boards direct from a UK manufacture! or your pub, bar, restaurant, cafe or even the home. You are purchasing direct from the chalkboard artist who not only designs the chalkboards but cuts the boards to ANY size you require! The Chalkboards can either be sign written boards or blank chalkboards. Order your chalkboard securely online today with free delivery and very competitive prices why shop anywhere else?
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ClubKing Ltd
25 Mead Business Centre, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 7BJ
Tel: 0845 226 3174
Fax: 01992 501235
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ClubKing Ltd is the largest online and mail order supplier of leisure and fundraising products that will entertain your customers, as well as bringing extra revenue to your establishment. We offer a lottery that is fast gaining popularity in pubs. This comprises of a secure coin operated machine dispensing pull tab tickets. The tickets are like scratch cards. The player reveals the symbols on the back of the ticket. If 3 symbols in a row are the same, then the player can win a range of prizes up to Ł1000. Each ticket sells for Ł1. You are guaranteed to earn 15p on each ticket sold. 20% of ticket sales must go to charity. There is a 50% prize payout. Further revenue can be raised from advertising using the LCD screen on the dispenser. There is no Gaming Licence and no VAT on profits.
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The ClubKing Pub Pull Tab Lottery will supplement your income alongside your current gaming machines. Our experience has found that the smoking ban has had no effect on the sale of pull tab tickets. ClubKing Ltd will loan you the dispenser free of charge. We also provide other pub products: • Bingo – Machines, cages, tickets & dabbers • Raffle – Cloakroom tickets, drums & machines • Darts - Boards, cabinets, scorers & accessories • Snooker & Pool Accessories – Spare balls, racks, cues, etc • Classic Fundraisers – Football & rugby cards • Traditional Pub Games – Dominoes, cribbage, card games, poker, etc • Wall Mounted Cigarette Bins • Wristbands for door entry • Roll Tickets for your different events and needs • Restaurant Order Pads • …and much, much more!
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Tom King
Direct Pads
Boskins, Fernhill Farm, Fernhill Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire OL12 6BW
Tel: 07894 214833
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Direct Pads is a small family run company specialising in waiter/waitress check pads. From basic newsprint style pads through to the four part carbonless pads. we offer next day delivery on all orders via overnight carrier. We can also provide bespoke pads to suit your individual establishment. Give us a call on the telephone or send an E-Mail and we will be in touch straight away. Your one stop for all your waitress and waiter PADS. If for any reason we cannot take your call we will contact you at your convenience. This is your link to quality cost effective order pads from a company that cares. Samples and prices upon request.
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Carbon check pads, Carbonless check pads, Till rolls, Bespoke Check pads.
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EZ Touch
54 Mount Pleasant Road, Wallasey, Merseyside CH45 5EW
Tel: 0151-638-2088
Fax: 0151-639-0988
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EZ Touch is the trading name of Stewart Roberts Associates Ltd., a company established over 25 years ago. The partners Geoff & Paul Roberts have 45 years & 30 years Point of Sale experience respectively. During the past two years all connections with basic cash Register have been discontinued and the supply of Touch Screen terminals is the only product available in the range.
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EZ Touch is a basic software programme, written in house, for Pubs, Clubs, Hotels and Fine Dining establishments. This product is supplied fully loaded on a Touch Screen PC, operated under Windows XP Professional. Various add-ons can be incorporated within the system. For example:- Customer indication, Magnetic card reader, Bar and Kitchen Printers, not forgetting wireless Hand Held Waiter / Waitress order Pads. Back office software, with immediate Stock control reporting, together with direct links to Sage Line 50 Accounting packages is available. Our prices reflect that we have written and, therefore, own the EZ Touch software. We import all the hardware ourselves, and due to these facts avoid the commissions always expected by the unproductive middlemen in our industry.
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Filton Brewery Products
The Coachmakers, 116A Seaside, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 7QP
Tel: 01323 416948
Fax: 01323 431259
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FILTON BREWERY PRODUCTS LTD have been supplying quality goods and services to breweries and the licensed trade for over 10 years. Our roots are in cask ale cooling and dispensing, but these days we manufacture a wide range of products from fork lift trucks to beer taps. In addition to our own products we supply an extensive range of goods from other reputable manufacturers. Our aim is to provide you with a wide variety of products at good prices, and to make purchase as easy as possible.
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Bar, Kitchen & Restaurant Equipment / Cellar Equipment / Gifts Games & Puzzles / Display Items / Event & Hire Equipment / Garden Supplies / Security / Health & Hygiene / Waste Management.
Global Foodservice Equipment
104-108 School Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire RG31 5AX
Tel: 0870 600 4333
Fax: 0870 243 4334
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Global Foodservice Equipment are a National Supplier of Catering Equipment, Janitorial & Disposables. We are an independent company with values of offering Quality Products,Competative Prices,backed by a team that offer Excellent Service. From experienced Telesales to Field Sales Advisers ensures we offer our clients the best advise and support in the market.
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We offer over 11,000 products lines covering, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Bar Equipment, Tableservice Equipment, Kitchen Utensils, Heavy Cooking Equipment,Furniture, Disposables & Janitorial. A Free Full Colour 240 page Catalogue. A Full Online Secure Ordering Website with discounts of up to 25% for Online Ordering. State of the Art Technology offering A Virtual Catalogue Online to see everything you require with links to all sections for Online Ordering. Field Sales Assistance Nationally to help you specify the right piece of equipment to do the job. Global Foodservice Equipment truely offer the "One Stop Shop For All Your Non Food Purchases".
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Mike McDonald
Unit 3 & 4 Wortley Business Park, Leeds, Yorkshire (West) LS12 4WE
Tel: 0113 2631193
Fax: 0113 3224631
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Hotelware has been supplying quality Catering Supplies for over 30 years and we are pleased to welcome you to our online store where we are sure you will find your Catering Equipment requirements at very competitive pricing, so there's no need to shop around. Our prices are checked daily against our competitors and our mission is to ensure that our professional catering equipment is the cheapest available. With over 30 years of service to the private and public sectors, Hotelware has earned its reputation for quality and value. We have established excellent relationships with many catering equipment manufacturers and have strong buying power, enabling us to pass big discounts on to you. Just look at our prices and special promotional offers and see for yourself.
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See an identical product priced cheaper elsewhere and we will match it, we will not be beaten on price, and that's guaranteed. LEEDS TRADE COUNTER OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY FROM 9AM UNTIL 5PM Visit our new on-line store with over 18,000 items available same/next day. Our website shows all our stock levels in "real time" and has a fast order facility, and very reliable delivery service by our own employed drivers. We also have special offers on our Facebook Page which are always up to date. You can also follow Hotelware on Twitter!
Premier Lighting and Lampshades
84 Cox Green Road, Bolton, Lancashire, Greater Manchester BL7 9HE
Tel: 01204 414366
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Premier lampshades are British manufacturers of top quality custom-made, contemporary and traditional lampshades. As lampshade manufacturers, we have over 25 years of experience and pay great attention to both quality and detail of our lampshades. We have a dedicated team of professionals who ensure a consistent level of quality and service at all times. All our lampshades are custom made to our own individual design using the highest quality fabrics. All are enhanced by top quality braids, fringes and tassels to complement each lampshade. We have provided lampshades for numerous pubs, hotels and interior designers.
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Premier lampshades offer hand made fabric lampshades custom made to suit your needs. We can offer the shades in bulk and have a bespoke service available. We also offer a lampshade recovering service for those tired looking lampshades. If you like the lampshade style you already have we can recover them in either our fabric or your own fabric. This service works well if you are having curtains etc made and you would like the lampshades to match. In addition we have a large range of indoor and outdoor lighting in all styles and designs. Discounts are offered on multiple item orders, please ring for more details.
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Simply Logos
49 Redhill Drive, Redhill, Bournemouth, Dorset BH10 6AG
Tel: 0845 094 2216
Fax: 01202 469330
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Need new work clothing? Simply Logos are providers of personalised workwear situated in Bournemouth. If your company, team or club need new work clothing, be it tee-shirts (tee shirt printing available), safety wear, uniform or promotional clothing we will supply it.
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We offer personalised work attire including:Polo shirts, Sweat shirts, Tee-shirts, Fleeces. We also supply all types of workwear such as: Trousers, Shirts, Overalls, High Viz clothing, Safety Footwear, Jackets, Gloves, Corporate Uniform. Many brands of workwear are available including: Mascot, Dr Martens, Fruit of the Loom, CAT, Regatta, Sealtex, Centurion, ... plus many, many more. Contact us, your providers of high standard workwear and uniform to find out what we can do to provide for your requirements via our website or telephone.
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4 Plas St Andresse, Vale OF Glamorgan, CF64 1BW, Wales (South) CF64 1BW
Tel: 02920 350043
Fax: Mobile 07980 814605
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Established in 2008, The Flowerbranch is a South Wales based company specialising in flameless candles and topiary art.We supply a range of completely safe flameless candles from tea lights, to 9" real wax church candles either for sale or for hire. We have supplied Mayfair Hotel in London, Le Gallois Restaurant in Cardiff, The Hilton Hotel , Ha Ha's and The Saunton Sands Hotel in North Devon. With more and more venues becoming conscious of fire regulations and the dangers real candles can pose, we are finding that our flameless candles offer the same ambience as real candles but without the associated risks. We keep a wide range of candles in stock, and most orders can be fulfilled within 3-5 working days. For our full range or products visit us at www.theflowerbranch.co.uk
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With two weeks to go before Opening Day, Kirk Nieuwenhuis should be thinking about where he would live in New York rather than Las Vegas.
Nieuwenhuis, who made a strong first impression with the Mets last year, came to camp penciled in as the center fielder and first in line to win the leadoff spot. However, a hitless streak at the start of the exhibition schedule punctuated with a rash of strikeouts followed by a deep bone bruise on his left knee made this a washout spring.
It should be fun for a young player competing for a starting job."Fun?'' Nieuwenhuis asked. "It should have been fun, but it's no fun spending time in the trainer's room. It's no fun when you can't get onto the field. This has been a very frustrating time.''
Nieuwenhuis was injured two weeks ago, and yesterday participated in batting practice and outfield drills. Once he runs the bases, he'll be cleared to play, but it will be a minor league game.
Perhaps early this week Nieuwenhuis will get in a game, but Collin Cowgill has already leaped past him as well as Jordany Valdespin. Matt den Dekker also made a strong impression defensively, and still has a chance to make the team if he finishes with a hot two weeks with the bat.
Nieuwenhuis doesn't say it, but despite his youth and inexperience, he's smart enough to know the score. All he has to do is look at the stat sheet and compare his at-bats to Cowgill's. Fans think spring training stats don't matter, but players know better.
"I haven't seen a lot of pitches,'' Nieuwenhuis said in about as direct an admission that he'll open the season at Triple-A Las Vegas. "You need at-bats in spring training. You need repetition, and I haven't gotten them.''
Nieuwenhuis was brought up early last season after Andres Torres was injured and got two hits in his first game. Then he rattled off a seven-game hitting streak. Three times he had three hits in a game and at the end of April was hitting .325 with a .386 on-base percentage.
Nieuwenhuis remained productive in May – hitting .294 at the end of the month – and carried it into June and was emerging as an early Rookie of the Year candidate hitting .297 while playing a near flawless center field.
However, by the middle of the month, pitchers started figuring him out and his average plummeted. Anybody can hit fastballs, but Nieuwenhuis was having trouble with breaking balls and off-speed stuff and his strike zone widened for pitchers, who didn't have to be so fine.
Nieuwenhuis sustained a hand injury in July and at the end of the month was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo, where he injured his foot and was lost for the remainder of the season.
At the time of his demotion, Nieuwenhuis was down to .252 with a .315 on-base percentage, and in 282 at-bats had more strikeouts (98) than hits (71).
Although general manager Sandy Alderson had his apprehensions with Nieuwenhuis, his early success last year coupled with the Mets' wide-open outfield situation, enabled him to come to camp with a fresh start and high expectations.
"Strikeouts are acceptable to a point,'' Alderson said. "If a player has a high on-base percentage and produces a lot of runs, you can take the strikeouts.''
Nieuwenhuis got off to a slow start this spring with only one hit and seven strikeouts in 20 at-bats. He was quickly removed from the leadoff spot as manager Terry Collins searched for other options, including Valdespin and Cowgill.
"I know the strikeouts have been a problem,'' Nieuwenhuis said. "I don't want to strike out. I need to put the ball in play. Seeing pitches is very important, and you get that through repetition.''
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Fast start propels Blackhawks past defending champsby Brian Hedger
CHICAGO – The Los Angeles Kings came into United Center with a chance for revenge and an opportunity to cut the Chicago Blackhawks' bid for an NHL record short by a couple of games.
Instead, the Blackhawks ultimately did to the Kings at the "Madhouse on Madison Street" what they did to them at Staples Center in the season-opener. Chicago downed the defending Stanley Cup champions 3-2 on Sunday afternoon by controlling the first two periods and hanging on to secure the win despite a pair of Mike Richards power-play goals in the third period.
"A lot of people want to look at this streak and think that we're just incredibly hot right now and that everything is going our way, but really we're playing a simple game, we're playing smart and we're getting good starts to games," Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said, after adding a goal and an assist. "Obviously, we don't want to give up two goals in the third period, but at the same time we did what we had to do. Everyone is contributing and when you have that lack of satisfaction and that hunger every single night, it doesn't matter who you're playing."
The Blackhawks (12-0-3) still haven't lost in regulation and are now tied with the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers at 15 straight games to start a season with at least a point earned. The win puts them one game away from tying the 2006-07 Anaheim Ducks for the NHL record – which they'll have a chance to accomplish on Tuesday night against the rival Vancouver Canucks.
"Just throw some more, whatever, incentive into the game," Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp said of the Blackhawks' ongoing feud with the Canucks. "It seems like it's something new every time we play those guys. It's always a fun atmosphere, especially in this building."
The fun started early for everybody but the Kings (5-6-2) in this game.
The visitors started the day 12th in the Western Conference, fifth in the Pacific Division and came in struggling offensively despite winning their previous two games. The Kings then found themselves down 2-0 after 20 minutes thanks to early goals by Brent Seabrook and Toews before Sharp potted the eventual game-winner just 56 seconds into in the second.
Chicago also got a strong outing from goalie Ray Emery (25 saves), who won his second straight game pitching in for injured Corey Crawford (day-to-day, upper-body injury). Emery ran into the most trouble in the third, when L.A. pressed and got both of its goals from Richards off power plays. He scored both off slap shots, the first from the point just 56 seconds into the period and the second from the left circle at the 12:50 mark.
The Kings unsuccessfully pushed for the tie, even getting a late power-play in the last minute, but couldn't get another puck past Emery before the horn sounded.
"I thought we had a great first 40 minutes and then they got some momentum off their power play goal early in the third," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "They had a great third period. We had 40 and they had a great 20 and the clock ran out … which was nice."
Jonathan Quick got the start for the Kings and made 34 saves to keep his team within striking distance. He was busy all game, but especially in the first – when Seabrook scored followed by Toews, who poked home a rebound of his own shot in the crease to cap a power play 10:32 into the game.
Seabrook's goal came 3:33 earlier, when Keith set him up perfectly in the bottom of the left circle with a cross-ice, tape-to-tape slap pass. Quick couldn't recover in time to stop the shot and was also missing his stick thanks to Blackhawks forward Brandon Bollig – who knocked it out on a brief collision outside the crease and then blocked a Kings player's efforts to slide it back.
Kings coach Darryl Sutter was not pleased about the goal counting.
"[I] didn't like the Seabrook goal, being that our goaltender should've been allowed to have a stick," Sutter said. "It was pushed away. It should've been a penalty. The shorter referee was standing right there by the bench. The other guy couldn't see it, but the shorter one had the same view that I did and should've made the call. We shoved the stick to him and they shoved it away. It shouldn't be a goal."
Instead, it counted and highlighted an impressive shift by Chicago's fourth line – which has stood out the past few games. Leading up to Seabrook's tally, just 11 seconds prior, Quick was forced to make a sprawling highlight-reel save on Marcus Kruger's backhand attempt from point-blank range.
"The slow start kind of cost us," Richards said. "We gave them a lot in the first period with penalties and some turnovers and they scored some goals, which put us behind the eight-ball pretty quick. Off the start, we weren't ready to play."
The second period looked about the same as the first, with the Blackhawks taking a 3-0 lead on Sharp's goal – his third of the season and first since Jan. 24, a span of 10 games that saw him ring a number of shots off posts and crossbars. This time, Sharp pounced on a loose puck in the slot and buried a wrister over a sprawled Quick – who'd gone down to stop a tip-shot by Toews near the right post.
Another great bounce and another golden opportunity seized by the NHL's hottest team.
"What's important to us is getting home-ice advantage and making the playoffs," Toews said. "Those are our goals. Once you get there, the real season starts. That's a long ways away. When you get to that point, no one really cares or remembers these streaks at the start of the season."


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After deciding he wanted more from life at the age of 18, David Thomason left a job with his father's dry walling company in Illinois and hitchhiked across the country, arriving in Boulder in August.
With no money and no established support network, Thomason at first spent his nights on the banks of Boulder Creek. That changed the day he encountered an outreach representative from Attention Homes, a local organization dedicated to providing treatment, counseling and shelter to at-risk youth.
The woman gave Thomason some food and hot cocoa and told him about the organization's Runaway and Homeless Youth Shelter, a place where he could sleep out of the rain, feel safe, and be directed to available support and services.
"They instantly let me in and were extremely helpful," said Thomason, now 19. "I've never seen any place like this. The staff is really good at keeping you motivated to stay on course. They'll help you find a job so you can stay off the streets."
Street dangerous for the young -- even in Boulder
Located at 3080 Broadway, the shelter, commonly referred to as "The Source," is the only emergency overnight space in Boulder County for unaccompanied homeless persons ages 11 to 21. The shelter typically takes in kids over the age of 15, but will not turn away younger people, although parents and/or social services are contacted in those cases.
All the shelter's clients are expected to contribute by performing chores and must keep their space clean.
The house was donated to Attention Homes, a nonprofit in existence for 47 years, in 1985 and up until this year had not seen major renovations, according to Executive Director Jim Rianoshek. The building formerly served as the organization's adolescent residential care center, which provides full-time care and housing for youth referred by social services, but in December 2010 it transitioned to its current use. The residential care center has since moved to South Boulder.
"We discovered there was this great need and people really weren't paying attention to or weren't aware of it," Rianoshek said of Boulder County's homeless youth population. "The street is a dangerous place, even here in beautiful downtown Boulder."
The Source provides clients with emergency shelter for an initial period of three weeks and connects them with resources and programs designed to help them transition to long term housing and/or family reunification, according to staff. Clients can stay for about three months if they begin working with a case manager and establish, then begin striving for, long-term goals.
"This is the time in these kids' lives where we can prevent them from becoming chronically homeless," said Katie Green, the runaway and homeless youth program manager. "This is the time where we can help them turn it around and realize their dreams and become contributing members of society."
After months of major construction, staff last month unveiled a $613,000 renovation and 2,200-square-foot expansion at the Source that added six beds on top of the 10 it offered previously. A much-improved kitchen area was also constructed, as was an updated, separate space in the basement for day drop-in programs.
Rianoshek said the added space was "huge" in terms of what it means for those it serves.
Major project benefactors included the Wyss Foundation and Jackie Long, the City of Boulder Affordable Housing Fund, Ronald McDonald House Charities, The Colorado Group, and The Steffens Foundation.
'When everything else is falling apart'
While staying at the Source last year, Thomason found a job canvassing for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign and saved enough money to buy bus tickets for himself and his girlfriend, Kayla Golden, 19, to California. He and Golden returned to Boulder last week and are staying at the Source again while looking for new jobs.
Thomason said he was impressed by the expansion project. He said moving the drop-in center from the main floor -- which also houses the girls' bedrooms -- to the basement has helped keep the living areas cleaner, and the additional capacity can only be a good thing for the many homeless youth he encounters in the Boulder area.
"There are a lot of kids it keeps off the streets," he said. "It's really nice to have a place to go when everything else is falling apart. Someplace you can go and feel safe."
The expansion at the Source was based on necessity, according to Attention Homes staff. After serving an estimated 200 unduplicated youth in 2011, the facility helped more than 500 last year. As of last week, the facility had provided services to 240 individual youth already in 2013, according to Green.
A point-in-time study conducted by the Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative on Jan. 23, 2012 identified 162 unaccompanied homeless people between the ages of 13 and 24 staying in Boulder County, including 19 between the ages of 13 and 17. Results of the organization's 2013 study are not yet available.
Attention Homes estimates there are 90 youth-specific homeless shelter beds in the entire seven-county Denver metro area.
Homeless youth are far less likely to graduate high school than their peers -- only about 75 percent do so -- and are susceptible to exploitation, with 80 percent of runaway girls reporting some form of sexual or physical abuse, according to statistics provided by the organization.
Considering the depth of the need, adding six beds may not seem like much, but as Green explains, every bit of space is helpful.
"We've had to turn away as many as seven kids in one night. It feels horrible to say no," Green said. "It's just nice having the increased capacity so we don't have to make those tough decisions as often and so we can offer the space for the youth in need."
Expansion translates to added programs
The expansion also benefits youth seeking to take advantage of drop-in programs in the afternoons, which are open to clients as old as 24. Increased space means as many as 40 clients can receive meals and other services provided at drop-in, up from about 25 before the project.
More space also means more room for staff, who provide 24-hour supervision as well as goal-focused casework for every client who stays more than three weeks at the shelter, Green said. And it means more space to expand services, such as regular visits by a nurse from the People's Clinic who meets with clients and helps them schedule necessary medical appointments.
"When the kids come to us they are usually wary of adults but once we establish a relationship, in time they trust the services and they are more likely to access the services or show up at the appointments," said Green. "It is so much more successful when service providers can come on site and meet the kids."
Green described the Source as "the hub of a wheel" that partners with many other organizations, including Workforce Boulder County, the Bridge House and area food banks, to alert clients to available services and teach them how to access them.
The drop-in program also provides a chance for enrichment, with groups such as Art as Action visiting the shelter the past three weeks and engaging the youth though various arts opportunities. Sarah Leversee, Art as Action's artistic director, said her organization had donated tickets to its live performances to Attentions Homes clients for years, but the expansion has finally provided a chance for some on-site interaction.
Attention Homes relies heavily on the work of dedicated volunteers, with individuals and groups helping out at the Source all year round, whether it be by preparing meals or reaching out to kids sleeping on the street.
A longtime volunteer recently recognized for his service to Attention Homes is Dan Hanesworth, who has been performing all manner of handyman and repair work at both Attention Homes residential facilities for nearly six years.
A retiree who spent most of his professional career in commercial real estate and construction, Hanesworth said he reviewed plans for the expansion project before construction began. From his perspective, among the most important things achieved by the project is sending the message that people care about homeless youth and want to improve their lives.
"That house before the expansions and the renovations was in OK shape but it was clearly an old used facility, and the kids coming in there -- I don't know what they expected -- but it was just an old house," he said.
"I think what they have done to expand it to make it more modern just speaks to someone caring enough about them to say, 'Here is a facility that we've done to make your lives better in what way we can.'"
Life, like art, is 'what you make of it'
Among the young people taking part in an Art as Action creative writing/poetry workshop at the Source on Thursday was 19-year-old Ty Ridenour. Ridenour first came to the Source seven months ago when he aged out of the foster care system and had nowhere to go. Through working with Attention Homes case manager Tawny Rogers, Ridenour was able to focus on his goals and will graduate from Skyline High School later this month.
"You get the feeling they are here to reach out to you, not just because it is another paying job, but because it's their inspiration," Ridenour said of the staff.
Ridenour has transitioned out of the Source, and is now staying at the Boulder Shelter For the Homeless while looking for steady work, but he still comes by the Source for drop-in programs like the Art as Action workshop and an ongoing graffiti mural project. He said he especially likes the graffiti project because what was once -- and sometimes still is -- considered vandalism, is now being considered a legitimate art from.
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February 2014 Fellow Feathers Meeting Minutes
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Tom White, Steve Rodrigues, John Simpson, Emily Hutchinson, Jim Mueller, Duane Cromleigh, Tom Rust, Brad Martin, Ward Carter, Chuck Kranz, Larry Carpenter, Van Pelham, Ken Martin, Karl Almendinger, Janica Lee, George Artz, Tom Low, Dave Kiesling
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Motion put forth to stop debate regarding hours requirement rule put forth, seconded, passed.
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This is such a good reminder, Sue! I've been using Google Books more and more and am always amazed at what's available for FREE! Nice article!ReplyDelete
Google Books is also full of local histories, town reports, compiled genealogies by surname, etc. If you have minister ancestors, you'll find sermons and church histories. If your ancestors went to college, there are yearbooks and alumni books. Lots of city and town directories. You never know what you'll find!ReplyDelete
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Earlier this week, head coach Dan Bylsma said that Penguins goalie Jeff Zatkoff would start one of the team's back-to-back games this weekend in Florida – he just wasn't ready to share which one that would be.
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Zatkoff will make his NHL debut against the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center in Pittsburgh's first road game of the season, as the Penguins look to improve to a perfect 4-0 on the season.
The 26-year-old has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. He didn't get it in four seasons with the Los Angeles Kings organization behind Jonathan Quick and Jonathan Bernier, and wasn't sure if he would get it here ranked third on the depth chart behind Marc-Andre Fleury and Tomas Vokoun.
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"I like to stay calm and approach the game the same way I approach every practice," he said. Maybe take an extra five minutes beforehand just to really focus. I've played a bunch of games. This is obviously at the NHL, but I'm confident in myself that I can go out, play and play well."


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Human cloning has finally been discovered! OK, that's an exaggeration but seriously, there's something a bit off with this year's Miss Korea contestants. South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery per capita according to the Economist, so you do the math when it comes to the picture below.
The photos sparked a fiery debate on Reddit, with users doing some serious bashing on how ubiquitous plastic surgery has become in Korea. One user wrote, "I live in Korea, and older women complain how girls don't look Korean anymore because of all the plastic surgery. It's so common to the point if I meet a girl, I just assume she has had something done. Girls here consider eye surgery just like using makeup."
Don't get me wrong, these girls are very pretty. But it's uncanny how similar their chin, eyes and nose are. I've actually heard that those three features often come as a "package" at many plastic surgery clinics in Korea.
(Thanks, Julie!)