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John DiStaso's Granite Status: Conservative NH group airs first TV ad of '14 US Senate election, hitting Shaheen for health care voteBy JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
June 05. 2013 8:41AM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5: CRITICIZING SHAHEEN ON ACA. The conservative advocacy group Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire today began airing a 30-second television ad in the state criticizing Sen. Jeanne Shaheen for voting in favor of the Affordable Care Act.
It's the first ad of the 2014 cycle focusing on the Democratic incumbent, whose campaign is actively raising money and aggressively preparing for her reelection run even as it remains unclear what Republican will take move to take her on.
The "Citizens" group was co-founded in March by several Republican activists and has Republican operatives Mike Biundo, Derek Dufresne and Kory Wood of RightOnStrategies working as its consultants.
It is a 501 (c)(4) self-described "diverse, nonpartisan grassroots coalition of concerned citizens, community leaders and other stakeholders concerned with promoting and preserving strong families and a strong economy for New Hampshire."
Biundo told the Granite Status the ad is airing on WMUR and state cable outlets with a total initial buy of $110,000.
The ad describes Shaheen as "the deciding vote for Obamacare," and says that as a result of the health care law, "employers may cut your weekly work hours from 40 to 29 to avoid the new taxes and penalties."
"Fewer hours. Less money. Tougher times. Tell Senator Shaheen you can't afford Obamacare," the ad says.
In a statement, Biundo said, "With skyrocketing healthcare premiums, New Hampshire is already feeling the pain from Senator Shaheen's deciding vote for Obamacare. Unfortunately for Granite Staters, the worst may be yet to come. Because of mandates in Obamacare that could force small businesses to cut their employees' hours from 40 to 29, harder times for many New Hampshire families could be on the horizon."
Group director Kristin Beaulier said, "While a majority of New Hampshire residents have said they do not support Obamacare, Senator Shaheen has yet to join them in opposition to a law that is already proving to have a negative effect on families in our state. Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire is calling on Senator Shaheen to join with her constituents, work to repeal the current law, and fight for New Hampshire families that will be forced to live with less."
Dufresne said the ad was produced Bill Eisner of NonBox, with offices in based Oregon, Florida and Wisconsin.
Republican former state Sen. Jim Rubens of Hanover said last week he is exploring running against Shaheen. Other Republicans considering candidacies are state Senate Majority Leader and former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley and former U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta.
Shaheen's campaign responded Wednesday afternoon with a fund-raising email entitled "First Attack," saying, "Today a right-wing group is launching a TV attack ad against me -- the first of the campaign.
"This is only the beginning. Groups like this one and Karl Rove's will spend millions to twist words and bend truths," Shaheen writes, urging supporters to contribute to her campaign.
The state Democratic Party earlier blasted the "phony attack ad." Spokesman Harrell Kirstein said in a statement that "the people of New Hampshire aren't buying it."
"Only the Republicans want to go back an re-fight the health care battle," he said.
"Everybody else knows health care reform is expanding coverage and reducing costs here and across the country. In New Hampshire 93% of small businesses already provide health care coverage. The people of New Hampshire know Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and they know she's on their side, fighting for middle class families and small businesses."
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman Justin Barasky added, "In 2012, Republicans and conservative outside groups spent hundreds of millions of dollars attacking Democrats over health care reform and it proved to be a failed strategy. These blatantly false attacks have already been discredited and rejected by New Hampshire voters. What matters most to voters is Senator Jeanne Shaheen's strong record of fighting for New Hampshire's middle class and small businesses. Republicans have been unable to recruit a serious challenger so now they've resorted to desperate, worn out attacks."
State GOP Chair Jennifer Horn responded to the Democrats' criticisms, saying:
"Polls show that Granite Staters overwhelmingly disapprove of ObamaCare because they know that it will damage our economy and kill jobs. As ObamaCare begins to take effect, New Hampshire small businesses will be devastated by onerous new regulations and working families will be burdened with higher health care costs. Senator Shaheen was aware of these issues before she ignored the will of her constituents and decided to ram ObamaCare through Congress. In 2014 she will face the consequences for imposing this disastrous law on New Hampshire."
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
MONDAY, JUNE 3: PORTMAN, AYOTTE AT NHGOP FUND-RAISER. Ohio U.S. Sen. Rob Portman will join New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte for a private fund-raiser for the state Republican Party next week.
Portman will attend a private business luncheon with Ayotte at the Tuscan Kitchen in Salem on June 14 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Tickets are $250 and can be purchased by visiting the state party's web site.
A Dartmouth College alumnus, Portman added the appearance at the fund-raiser to a previously scheduled visit to his alma mater, where he will participate in an American Politics panel as part of a weekend of events in Hanover for the Dartmouth Class of 1978's 35th reunion.
We understand that he reached out to Ayotte a few days a go to let her know that he would be in state, and Ayotte suggested that he host a fund-raiser for the NHGOP.
Portman, one of the leading GOP voices on fiscal issues in Washington, was on Mitt Romney's short list of potential vice presidential candidates when he last visited the state in July 2012.
He is up for reelection in 2016 but is also becoming increasingly mentioned as a potential presidential hopeful.
Portman in March became the first sitting Republican senator to voice support for marriage equality when he said his gay son had influenced him on the issue.
NHGOP chair Jennifer Horn called Portman "a leader in the fight to promote pro-growth policies that will create jobs and restore fiscal discipline to Washington. We are very pleased that he has agreed to help our party raise the resources that we need to elect responsible Republicans in 2014 who will help control spending, reduce taxes and limit government."
The fundraiser next Friday follows a successful event the party held on May 20 featuring Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
It was reported last month that Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will appear on the same day at a fund-raiser for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen at the home of state Senate Democratic Leader Sylvia Larsen in Concord. Gillibrand is also a Dartmouth alumnus and is attending the same reunion.
Shaheen, meanwhile, is hosting her annual "Senator's Harbor Cruise" fund-raiser this Friday, June 7, aboard the M/V Thomas Laighton, which will depart from Portsmouth at 6 p.m. Tickets are $100.
Shaheen's campaign raised $1.23 million during the first quarter of 2013, which ended on March 31.
(See our item below for more on the early stages of the 2014 U.S. Senate race.)
(The full Sunday, June 2, Granite Status follows.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 2: IS IT TOO EARLY? Not if you want to run for the United States Senate against a popular incumbent who happens to be a former three-term governor and who is out there raising millions of dollars herself.
So word that Republican former state Sen. Jim Rubens (a key opponent of casino gambling) is making calls exploring a run against Democrat Jeanne Shaheen isn't a case of "too soon'' at all.
Next month, if history repeats, after the Legislature (presumably) goes home, things should begin to heat up.
The summer of the off-year before an election year is usually when U.S. Senate races take shape.
In June of 2009, there was much speculation that Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte would run for the seat that incumbent Judd Gregg had announced his intention to vacate months earlier.
On July 7 Ayotte resigned. Two weeks later, she formed a U.S. Senate campaign committee.
Democrat Paul Hodes, on the other hand, had told us back in February of 2009, when Gregg announced his plans, that he would run.
Republican Ovide Lamontagne was even quicker than Ayotte, saying he was seriously considering running on July 2, 2009.
GOP businessmen Bill Binnie and Jim Bender were the late-comers waiting until the early fall of that year.
Dial back to the previous election, when Republican incumbent John E. Sununu was seeking reelection.
Shaheen, even as she headed the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, was being recruited to run as early as April, 2007, for a rematch of her 2002 loss to Sununu.
Democratic power Kathy Sullivan had set up a "Draft Shaheen" organization in June of 2009. Shaheen remained quiet during the summer, announcing her candidacy in September. But it was clear in July what was about to unfold.
This year, ever since Sununu announced in April that he won't go against Shaheen, GOP speculation has focused on state Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, former U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta and former U.S. Sen. from the Bay State, Scott Brown.
Bradley is viewed as a likely, though where he is right now seems less certain than where Ayotte or Shaheen were at similar times.
Bradley needs to get through the legislative session before making a final decision, although he has been speaking to GOP groups statewide, ostensibly in his role as majority leader.
It's going to be a tough June at the State House, with final action on the budget, Medicaid expansion and the state role in the administering the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) heading a list of big issues.
But if Bradley intends to become a candidate and raise money, July is the time to move, as it begins the third quarter fund-raising period.
The same goes for Guinta, although a Senate bid is beginning to look a bit unlikely. If he chooses another run against U.S. Rep Carol Shea-Porter, he can wait longer, but not too much.
Rubens, at least for a month, is expected to have the field to himself.
(Well, not exactly. Conservative activist Karen Testerman has expressed an interest in the seat. And Andy Martin, a former candidate in the New Hampshire presidential primary, actually announced on Memorial Day that he's running.)
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AFP VS. RUBENS. As we have reported, Rubens is expected to make a call for a "carbon tax" to offset climate change. He says it would be a major component of his campaign, should he run.
That puts him "to the left of Jeanne Shaheen," according to Greg Moore, executive director of the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire.
"There's no support in the U.S. Senate now for a carbon tax and I can't understand why any candidate would look at it as a key component of their campaign," Moore said. "It will drive up the cost of energy at a time when we have among the highest energy prices in the country.
"We'd like to sit down and talk to him about the negative consequences," Moore said.
Rubens proposes a "pollution tax" and cuts in corporate in individual taxes, which, he says, taken together, would be "revenue neutral."
Rubens, who spent 18 months living in a commune years ago, has never shied away from his belief in man-made global warming and a need to address it.
Nor has he been afraid to take on big business and the fossil-fuel energy industry.
Back in 2008, as a consultant for the Union of Concerned Scientists, he said big business and energy industry opposition to a cap-and-trade bill then pending in the Senate was "pure fear-mongering by industry front groups using slanted economics to try to maintain America's addiction to fossil fuels."
"Having failed to confuse the public about the science of global warming, they are now trying to confuse us on the economics of dealing with the problem," Rubens said at the time.
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NO 'OBAMACARE' HELP FROM NH? Bradley and fellow Republican state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford, joined by Sen. Sam Cataldo of Farmington, recommended in Senate Commerce Committee last week that legislation be killed that would allow the state to participate in implementing President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
House Bill 668, passed by the House in March, would change current state law that prohibits the state from setting up its own state-based insurance exchanges.
The bill would not only restore additional state authority on exchanges but would align state rules with pending ACA rules on broader aspects of the individual and small group markets.
It was a 3-2 party line vote in committee to kill the bill, and that's expected to be upheld by the full Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow, 13-11, majority.
But it was not, as of Friday, a slam dunk. Two, and possibly three, GOP senators were described to us by an activist who backs the bill as being "shaky,"
While Bradley and Sanborn will push for Senate Republicans to uphold the committee vote, even if the inexpedient-to-legislate motion does not win, their positions are established in clear contrast to potential Democratic opponents should they run for higher office next year.
While Bradley may try to take on "Obamacare" supporter Shaheen, Sanborn is considered a potential challenger to Gov. Maggie Hassan, who also backs the ACA.
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THREE FOR THREE? We'll see. New Hampshire Democrats have gone "two for two" in state House special elections since the November 2012 general election.
The third special election is Tuesday, June 4, in Claremont's Ward 2, and the candidates are well-known in their communities and in their respective parties. Both are also former House members.
It's a Democratic district, but not a "given" for the Democrats, observers in each party say.
The Republican, Joe Osgood, 59, owns Joe's Family Car Center, and lost to David Pierce in the 2012 District 5 state Senate election.
Osgood was elected to the House in 2005 and then served three full additional terms.
The Democrat is Larry Converse, 70, a retired factory worker who served in the House from 1983 to 1984 and again from 2004 to 2008. Political veterans will remember that Converse stepped up back in 1984 to be his party's sacrificial lamb to run against Judd Gregg for the 2nd District U.S. House seat.
Gregg won by 96,000 votes.
Democrats won the special elections held so far in Nashua and Manchester.
This one could be more competitive.
Osgood last November beat Pierce, who's from Hanover, in Osgood's home ward.
Still, a GOP victory here would be considered an upset.
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NHDP CONVENTION. State Democrats were scheduled to gather last Saturday at Nashua South High School for the annual state convention. On the list: party leaders, grassroots activist training sessions, and awards.
Don Manning, long-time party activist and former chief of staff to House speaker Terie Norelli, received the Peter Burling Legislative Award, while Londonderry activists Don and Pam Jorgensen received the Norm and Anita Freedman Award. Both recognize commitment to the party.
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RNC CO-CHAIR HEADS TO NH. Later this month, RNC co-chair Sharon Day will be in New Hampshire.
On June 14, she will speak about "Women and the GOP" at the Congregational Church in Exeter, with the event sponsored by the Rockingham County Republican Executive Committee, as well as the Exeter and Seacoast Republicans.
The following day, she will be featured at am activist training session at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua.
(John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jdistaso.)


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Jeanine DeLong, second-grade teacher at Newburg R-II Schools, was named the February staff of month.
The CTA (Community Teachers Association) at the Newburg R-II School District is recognizing a faculty/staff member every month who goes out of his or her way to make a difference.
The CTA finalizes the choice each month and the superintendent and school board then must approve the faculty/staff member.
February winner: Jeanine DeLong, 47, second-grade teacher.
How did you feel about receiving the honor? "I am very honored to have been chosen to receive this recognition. I work with many talented people who could and should be recognized for their hard work and dedication. We are a team at Newburg Schools. No one person does it by themselves."
How long have you worked at Newburg schools? "I have been teaching second grade for 22 years at Newburg. I taught four years at Dent-Phelps (School District) prior to coming to Newburg."
Education: "I have a B.S. in education from Missouri State University. I hold certificates in elementary education as well as one in early childhood education."
What inspired you to go into your position? "I grew up in a family of teachers. My parents, grandparents and many aunts and uncles were teachers. I saw them enjoying what they were doing. This, along with my love of working with children, inspired me to choose teaching as a career."
What is your favorite part of your job? "My favorite part of my job is being able to see children grow and learn. There is no better feeling than to see a struggling child finally grasp a concept. You never have to worry about becoming bored. There are never two days that are alike."
What is something about your job people may not know? "Not everyone can be a teacher. Anyone can get a degree, but it takes a special person to be a good teacher."
What are some of your hobbies/interests outside of your job? "I enjoy being with my family. I like to cook and be a homemaker. I also enjoy gardening and my pets."
Family: "I have been married to my husband, Rich DeLong, for 25 years in June. We have two children, Kaitlin (DeLong) Mudd, 22, and Drew DeLong, 19. My biggest passion in life is my family."

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CHICAGO, March 21 (UPI) -- A Chicago couple are charged with child endangerment after allegedly leaving their two children home alone while they went to Las Vegas, police say.
Antowain Johnson and Shanpreta Howard are accused of taking the two-day trip while their children, a 12-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl, were left unsupervised in their home in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. They were charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering the health and life of a child.
The couple took their trip in late February but charges were not filed until this week.
The boy attended school Feb. 23 and told a teacher his parents had left for Las Vegas the night before, police reports state.
Authorities contacted the father, who informed them he would return Feb. 25. Police then located the aunt of the children, who agreed to take care of them until their parents' return, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.


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Courtné Claudet
Hometown: Pawling, N.Y.
Major: Political Science
MINORS: International Studies, History
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Activities: treasurer and president of the United Students of Western, an organization dedicated to bringing international issues to light; lead volunteer for a legislative campaign in home district in New York; work full time as an estate manager
Honors and Awards: Leadership Award, Dean's List, certified in Conflict Resolution, senior thesis published in the Social Science Journal
At first, Courtné Claudet came to WestConn for the education program, but ended up majoring in political science. "I still want to teach, but after I have the real-world experience," she says. "I love politics and believe as Ghandi said, 'We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.'"
Claudet is not ashamed to admit she attended WestConn for more than four years. "I always struggled with math," she admits. "However, with hard work and the Math Lab, I finally persevered."
Claudet has a great deal of praise for her professors at WestConn. "Professor of Social Sciences Dr. Averell Manes was a mentor to me at WCSU. She inspired me inside and outside the classroom. I will take all that I have learned from her through my journey."
Asked what she will remember most about her WestConn experience, Claudet says, "I cannot name only one memorable experience because I have had a variety of educational and personal experiences that will last a lifetime."
After graduation, Claudet 's long-term goal is already in the works. "I am sending out my resume in the D.C. area. I want to get my J.D. and Adjunct Instructor Todd Brewster has inspired this goal."
Claudet's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Get to know your teachers. A professor once said to me, 'If I don't know your name by week four, shame on me, if I don't know it by mid-term, shame on you.' The best way to do this is ask questions, ask for help, and even though everyone is a little shy at the beginning, try to be involved in classroom discussions. Go make appointments with your adviser and the head of your department to develop a personal relationship with them. You will need their help and support at some point. Also, go to the Math, Writing and Resource labs. They are friendly, helpful and free!"


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While Ryan, Max, and Mike pursue the FBI mole with Director Franklin's support, Joe announces his resurrection to the world.
While Ryan tries to track down Joe's mentor, Joe, Emma, and Mandy start adapting to their new life at the compound.
While Ryan continues working with the FBI to find Joe and Lily, a new danger targets Max. Meanwhile, Joe, Emma, and Mandy arrive at the Korban Compound seeking refuge.
Hank's dream may contain clues to finding Rachel and stopping Mother's "New Jerusalem" plan. White Vincent and Theo reach a beneficial agreement. Father Mickle and the Shepherds travel with Hank, Beck and Arron to Tajikistan but what they find leaves them flabbergasted.moreless
Hank, Beck, Arron and the Shepherds arrive at the entrance to New Jerusalem to find Rachel and stop Mother's plan. The team isn't prepared for what they find and, with their faith shaken, it's up to Hank to save the world.moreless
Hank wakes up on Plum Island and is being held by Melanie Lynch aka Mother and the 41 Trust, but Hank's father makes a deal to save his life. Not willing to wait for Beck, Laila heads out on her own to find Hank. White Vincent makes a deal that could cost him everything. Everyone races to Plum Island to save Hank but not everyone makes it out alive.moreless
Still in the Faroe Islands, Hank, Beck and Laila are uncertain what their fate will be. Hank learns some new information about his parents and the 41 Trust. When Hank's mother tells him the secret she's kept all these years, Hank recognizes that his father is the missing piece to the puzzle. But searching for his father could spell the end for Hank.moreless
Hank, Beck and Laila are in the Faroe Islands in search for the True Cross with Beck hoping her husband is still alive. Fearing Hank is in trouble, Mr. Galliston goes to the magazine office to give him the truth about his early years but ends up in a confrontation with Lynch. Using a Passion Flower as his guide, White Vincent makes it back to the islands and races to beat Hank to the Cross. Discoveries on the island will change everything.moreless
Hank and Leila are in Strasbourg determined to beat the Pyrates to the True Cross. Molars shares some of his findings with White Vincent while held captive on a salvage ship. Arron and Rachel are sure there's a mole at the FBI, and when they meet up with Hank and Laila they discover they're correct. Beck makes a staggering discovery.moreless
Even though he's not ready to completely trust her, Hank teams with Laila to advance in the search for the True Cross by uncovering the mystery of the twelve clocks. The Shepherds realize Hank is an asset to them and ask for his help. Still employed by Mother, White Vincent makes progress on his own.moreless
Hank confronts his parents about his birth and childhood and, although worried about how it might affect him, they tell him. White Vincent recalls memories that parallel his and Hank's lives. Beck, Paige, Arron and Rachel head to Istanbul, Turkey for the next clock. Hank continues his search for information on doppelganger Commandant Korbin Sturm but makes an implausible connection.moreless
With an eye on escaping, Laila convinces wounded White Vincent to let her help him with his wounds. White Vincent enlists Hank to help him get the next clock, offering Laila's release as payment. As Hank proceeds towards finding the next clock, he figures out that people aren't always who they seem to be. The conspiracy is revealed as new information is revealed about Laila and the death of Beck's husband.moreless
Hank's frustrations mount as he questions his relationship with Laila and who she really is. Hank and Beck head to Asuncion, Paraguay, just behind White Vincent. White Vincent lets Hank in on some shocking new information about his past and their connection. Meanwhile, Aaron and Rachel meet up with the head of the 41 Trust, a woman with her own hidden agenda.moreless
With one step closer to finding Laila who is being held hostage by White Vincent, Hank returns from India and is charged with repairing the next clock. In an attempt to help Hank, Laila leaves a trail of clues. Hank has another showdown with White Vincent. With help from the FBI, Aaron and Rachel discover the key to unlocking the next clock.moreless
The confrontation with White Vincent is in the Canadian Tundra is almost fatal for Hank and Beck. With more questions than answers, the search is on for the next clock. Hank and Beck head to India while Rachel and Aaron chase elsewhere to find the final journey of the mysterious Rose Commandant.moreless
Hank Galliston, publisher of the paranormal enthusiast magazine, Modern Skeptic, is thrown into one of the biggest conspiracies in human history after his wife, Laila, is abducted by White Vincent, an international terrorist. It all started when Laila found an antique clock at a Brooklyn flea market. The clock has the power to do more than just tell time. Hank, aided by his staffers Rachel and Arron and FBI Agent Rebecca "Beck" Riley, sets out to find Laila but discovers the mission is so much more. Hank must decipher the treasure map and unlock the secrets found in the clock and keep what he finds out of the hands of the mysterious White Vincent.moreless
Taking a hard look at their present situation, Harvey and Mike must look into their past to see where their decisions have lead them.
Harvey turns to an old colleague he use to have beef with, to help defend the firm.


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Statement in relation to Kade Snowden and the Newcastle Knights
Statement in relation to Kade Snowden and the Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights Chief Executive Officer Steve Burraston makes the following statement in relation Kade Snowden.
The Newcastle Knights made an offer to Kade Snowden in December 2010; in recent weeks negotiations reached a point where pressure was placed on the club's roster and salary cap for 2012.
Acknowledging these salary cap pressures and a number of high profile players coming off contract at the end of this season and recognising the club's need for outside backs, a commercial decision was made to withdraw from all negotiations with Kade Snowden on Wednesday 9 February 2011. The club has not participated in any negotiation since that time.
We understand that the Sharks and Snowden agreed on terms recently and earlier today we acknowledged the Sharks' media release with respect and best wishes.
Any offer that has been made since 9 February 2011, did not come from the Newcastle Knights. We do not entice people to break contracts under any circumstance.
The Newcastle Knights wish Kade Snowden and the Sharks well.
Steve Burraston


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Before History Channel's "Vikings" premiered in early March, leading man Travis Fimmel may have been best known for his modeling days--and Calvin Klein underwear ads.
Many Chicagoans probably remember the blue-eyed Aussie for starring with Patrick Swayze in A&E;'s Chicago-set and filmed "The Beast" in 2009. Before that, he appeared in the short-lived WB series "Tarzan" in 2003, and has continued to star in independent movies.
But with the ratings success of "Vikings"--History announced Friday it was renewing the show for a 10-episode Season 2--Fimmel has turned his ax-wielding hero Ragnar Lothbrok into something of a breakout role.
"It was an amazing experience, mate," he told me over the phone. "I'm so happy that I'm at this point in my career."
Based on a Viking legend (and possible historical figure from what I read), Ragnar Lothbrok is warrior and adventurer, a farmer and father, husband, brother and a rebel, too. He dreams of exploring beyond the traditional Norse raiding routes decided by the local chieftain, Earl Haraldson (Gabriel Byrne).
That desire, and Ragnar's unsanctioned raiding voyages West to Northumbria (modern Britain), have brought him in direct conflict with the Earl, who in recent episodes attacked Ragnar's farm and neighbors and severely injured our hero.
In "Burial of the Dead," debuting at 9 p.m. CT April 7 on History (watch the preview below), Ragnar is still recovering from his wounds but challenges the Earl to a fight after he learns that the leader tortured his brother, Rollo (Clive Standen), to learn Ragnar's whereabouts. The episode kicks off the final four of the nine-episode season, which Fimmel said were his favorites.
"I feel like the show just gets better and better and better. There's so much drama in the last four episodes. I was excited to read the next script and the next and the next," he said, giving props to his co-star: "It gets very intense between Ragnar and the Earl and I really enjoyed doing those scenes. Gabriel Byrne is just amazing in his role. He's such a great actor. He's so great to work with."
Fimmel, who still goes home to Australia to work on his family's farm, talked about the aspects of his character with which he most identifies, his favorite Viking weapon (the ax, of course!) and the time he spent in Chicago.
You filmed "The Beast" in Chicago. Do you have any special memories of being here?
I love Chicago, mate. It's my favorite city actually in the States. Except for the weather is pretty drastic, but I had a great experience there in working with Patrick [Swayze] that I'll never forget.
Do you remember going to any special places that you hung out or anything?
Oh mate, I went to a lot of places in that city. I love the beach and all that stuff, mate. I lived on Wabash and the river and it was beautiful. The people cycle there.
Well Ireland's a far distance, and different.
Yeah, but it's just as cold thought. It's a beautiful country, mate. I've never seen such a place so green. It's great landscape.
Is it easy to get into the role being surrounded by all that nature?
For sure, mate. We were on the boats all the time. They actually built three boats for us, and we were just rowing up the rivers in the morning when it was very misty. It just felt very authentic. And all the set decoration and the costumes were so realistic and it really put you in the character.
It's got the adventure, the fun, the banter, the drama, the love stuff. So it's got a bit for everybody.
What part of all that do you like the most?
My favorite moments have to be the boat stuff. The action for sure. [Laughs.] Yeah, you don't have to remember any lines, mate.
You just have to beat the hell out of things.
I've told that joke so many times, mate.
Tell me about how the role came to you.
I actually put myself on tape and sent it to Ireland. I was pretty late in the process and they still hadn't found Ragnar so I was very lucky. Luckily they liked the tape and I was over there within a week.
So no time to prepare really.
Not a great deal of time but the writer, Michael Hirst, is amazing--a very intelligent man. He did so much research and made that available to me, too, so it really helped.
What qualities of Ragnar's did you most identify with?
I'm a farmer, too. I grew up on a farm in Australia and I still work there. And I don't know, I came to the city to try to make something of myself. I think Ragnar's all about making his children proud and I guess a lot of the stuff that I do is to make my future children proud. Be successful and make something of myself.
You play him as if he always seems a little bit bemused but still irritated by the Earl's fear of the unknown and everything. Is that something you were going for?
Yeah, for sure, the Earl's the older order, you know? And I think Ragnar realizes that there's not much more they can do in their own country. ... So he wants to expand and the old order creates a lot of conflict with them. So Ragnar goes behind the Earl's back and commissions a boat and he sets sail.
Why do you think he's so curious about the East?
He just wants more from life. He thinks there are things out there that will be intriguing and are more satisfying--and going back to that thing about making his children proud and somebody that they will hear legends about and that sort of stuff. He's intrigued with the world and he knows that their little country is not the only place in the world and he's heard rumors about other places. He's got the courage to try, you know. He's a pretty courageous going on a boat not knowing if you'll fall off the edge of the Earth or if there's gonna be anything out there.
He also seems a little bit more introspective or sensitive compared to what we know about Vikings from history. What everybody says about Vikings that they were just pillagers and everything.
Yeah, the Viking history is always portrayed by the Anglo-Saxons and other people that the invaded. The Vikings actually never read or never wrote so this show gives the Vikings the opportunity to show their point of view. And to show that they're caring people and they just--they actually needed to raid because they'd run out of resources. Especially the climate and the land in Scandinavia in like places like Sweden and Norway, there's not many resources at all so to survive they sort of had to--their population was getting bigger and, you know, they weren't gonna last.
Right. Were you surprised at all by some of the stuff you learned about the Vikings?
Yeah for sure. I thought of the Vikings like everybody else, but it all makes sense, mate. They've got family, they love one another. And what was surprising about how strict their laws were within their own society and how religious they were. They were very well organized, mate, and I think that's why they were so successful. They were very intelligent people.
How was the experience of acting the scenes where Ragnar and his group come ashore on a new lands and invade from the beach? That episode is cool.
I know, it's good fun for sure, mate. As an actor all that stuff makes it more enjoyable. It's better than sitting across the table with somebody talking or whatever. We're in boats and the fight scenes are really intense.
You guys were actually on the boats jumping, sloshing around in the water and everything?
Yes, for sure. I'm sure there's some CGI. There wasn't much snow in Ireland but, yeah, like I said they had boats specially made and we did a lot of work in the boats. It was great fun.
Did you have to do special fight training and stuff for this?
Yeah they had great stunt coordinators and that there. They choreographed it really good. And, yeah, I like all that stuff, mate.
Do you prefer the ax or the sword?
The ax, [it's] more Viking, yeah. We used a bit of both in all of it. We see swords in so many things now, it is great to have something different.
Were there any special challenges you faced during the production?
The weather was probably the biggest challenge over time, mate, and on such a tight time schedule. It was freezing. We just had to shoot inside the first fight scene it was just pouring down rain and the crew was having trouble getting equipment there and all that. But we had no choice. So it makes it very realistic. I'm sure they didn't pick sunny days to fight.
Odin appears in Ragnar's visions. How important was including that spirituality aspect?
The Vikings really were into their spirituality and their belief in their gods and Odin was Ragnar's god. And Odin was the god of slain warriors and curiosity. And rumor has it and legend has it that he actually hung himself, Odin did, just because he wanted to feel how death felt. And my character, Ragnar, thinks he's a direct descendent from him. That's how curious they were.
But Ragnar's not going to hang himself, is he?
Oh, you never know. Could be.
So in myth Ragnar dies when the King throws him in the pit of vipers or in the legend. At least that's one of the legends I read. Are you up for that if it comes to it?
Yeah, for sure. It may be fun. There are snakes everywhere.
You've done a lot of movies since landing the lead in "Tarzan" back in the day. And some TV appearances and everything. And we talked about "The Beast" a little bit. How does "Vikings" compare to all that experience?
It was an amazing experience, mate. I'm so happy that I'm at this point in my career. It's just the crew and Michael Hirst is just a brilliant, brilliant man. He created the show and it's a privilege to be on this show.
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Challenge #5 Prompt: One recipe, 100 variations! We're challenging each of you to put your own spin on the same recipe. How you do it is up to you. Will you try out some molecular gastronomy techniques? Share a super-secret trick? Or re-envision the dish from a different perspective? For the purpose of this contest and challenge, we are defining pizza as having a solid base, a sauce and at least one topping.
For this round of Project Food Blog we are challenged to re-think pizza in a recipe remix. I brainstormed all week long about every imaginable pizza you can think of. And some you would never think of. Like turkey, cranberry and stuffing pizza. Eww. Then I turned my attention to the dessert pizza. And the beloved cannoli. Cannoli dessert pizza was born.
Cannoli, an Italian dessert pastry, are made of fried tubes of dough that are stuffed with a sweet ricotta cream typically flavored with citron, pistachios, mini chocolate chips, candied cherries or orange peel. Growing up in my Italian-American family they were special treats, reserved for holidays like Easter and Christmas.
The first thing I did was experiment with crusts. I made a giant, soft, buttery cookie and quickly determined it wasn't enough like pizza. I moved on and made a baked crust out of cannoli dough but the texture was off. I went on a search for sweet pizza dough and happened upon Mary Anne Esposito's sweet dough recipe in her book What You Knead. It was then that the 'click' went off. And I started to believe. I also found inspiration for my second dessert there, in her Iris cookies.
The sweet crust is made from a soft, buttery, eggy yeast dough that I found real easy to work with. Because of the butter, eggs and milk in it, a three hour rise is required, longer than traditional pizza dough, so it takes some planning. You also need to plan ahead for the filling which requires draining the ricotta of it's liquid overnight or at least 5-6 hours in advance.
Cannoli cream in Italy is made with very creamy, sheep's milk ricotta, an ingredient that is hard to find here in the U.S. For that reason I use a mixture of ricotta and mascarpone; a rich, creamy, mild cheese you can find in the specialty cheese section of your market. The filling is flavored with vanilla extract, a small amount of cinnamon and orange zest. It is the true star of the show.
I made my own cannoli for this but I recommend buying the shells pre-made. They are time-consuming to make and because they're not a central part of the recipe store-bought will work fine. If you do decide to make them, the technique I used was to cut them into triangles like tortilla chips before frying.
To assemble both the cannoli pizza and the chocolate cannoli pizzettes the dough is cooked first with an egg wash that gives them a crusty barrier to help prevent them from becoming soggy. Once cooled the cannoli cream is generously spread over top, followed by the grated chocolate and the toppings. They are easy to personalize with your favorite toppings, pile them on or use them sparingly, it's entirely up to you. The two recipes are interchangeable, meaning you can make either one into one large pizza or into pizzettes.
Iris or Sicilian Ricotta and Chocolate Pies are typical Sicilian street food similar in some ways to doughnuts. They are made like ravioli with two rounds of dough pressed together and a filling of ricotta cheese flavored with orange and lemon, and pieces of chocolate. They are coated in crunchy bread crumbs and cinnamon.
I took the flavors from the Iris and made them into pizzettes. Tiny pizzas. Sugar replaces the bread crumbs and cinnamon normally found on the crust. Cannoli crumbs sprinkled over top fill-in for the bread crumbs. The cannoli filling is flavored with both lemon and orange zest. The toppings are a sprinkle of cinnamon, grated semi-sweet chocolate, cannoli crumbs and candied cherries.
- Make the sweet dough, while it rises prepare the filling and toppings.
- In a medium mixing bowl use a hand mixer to beat the ricotta and mascarpone together until fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract and cinnamon. Beat in sugar a third at a time until thick and fluffy. Stir in orange zest. Cover and refrigerate.
- When dough is ready preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a pizza pan and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Roll out dough on a floured board to fit pizza pan or use Peter Reinhart's method . Brush with egg wash. Bake for 15-18 minutes until golden brown on top and bottom. Remove from oven and cool completely.
- Spread filling evenly over top. Sprinkle evenly with white chocolate, followed by pistachios and cannoli crumbs. Scatter chocolate chips and then randomly place cherries about two inches apart over top.
- Cut into wedges to serve. Keep refrigerated.
Copyright ©2013 Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice by Reeni Pisano All Rights Reserved
- Make the sweet dough, while it rises prepare the filling and toppings.
- In a medium mixing bowl use a hand mixer to beat the ricotta and mascarpone together until fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract. Beat in sugar a third at a time until thick and fluffy. Stir in orange and lemon zest. Cover and refrigerate.
- When dough has risen preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a sheet pan or a 6-inch cast iron skillet and sprinkle lightly with sugar.Divide dough into 5-6 equal pieces and form into balls. Roll out on a floured board or use Peter Reinhart's method . Brush with egg wash and sprinkle all over with sugar paying close attention to the edges. Bake for 12-14 minutes until golden brown on top and bottom. Remove from oven and cool completely.
- Divide and spread filling evenly over each one. Sprinkle with cinnamon and chocolate, followed by cannoli crumbs. Place a few cherries in the center of each one. Keep refrigerated.
Copyright ©2013 Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice by Reeni Pisano All Rights Reserved


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Today we look back to November 1, 2009…
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"What Phish is doing tonight is more than covering a record," rock scribe David Fricke wrote in Festival 8's official Halloween Phishbill. "They're telling, through these songs, their own stories about ecstasy, madness and survival."
Oddly enough, though it's the one night a year Phish focuses most of its energy on another band's material, the band's Halloween covers continually serve as tangible report cards on the band's evolution—and this year was no exception. The Halloween Album concept debuted in 1994, a year known for theatrical novelties that aimed to push the boundaries of the traditional rock show. In 1995, as the group ascended to fulltime rock star status, the Vermont Quartet tackled The Who, one of the kings of loud, high-energy arena rock, and a year later, as Phish searched for a new sound, it found direction in the funky, rhythmic grooves of Talking Heads. Though controversial at the time, in retrospect Phish's decision to cover the loose, dark and unpolished songs of art-punks the Velvet Underground in 1998 was in-line with the more freeform, ambient textures the band would explore throughout 1999 (and foreshadowed the eventual blurred boundaries between the indie and jam scenes).
So it is fitting that Phish decided to cover the Rolling Stones' famed double LP Exile on Main Street,a classic rock opus built from a Phishy DNA of blues riffs, country honky-tonk, funky soul and guitar-heavy rock and roll, at a time when the band is actively revisiting and its own canon and reevaluating its legacy. Like the group's current jamming style, Exile's songs are gritty and loose enough to spiral into the unknown, but still focused and tight enough to fit with the band's polished performance approach. Even the album's theme—life in a rock and roll band—feels congruent with the band's return and current neo-classic period. Plus, something about the Stones' glimmer feels particularly relevant given Festival 8's Los Angeles-area location.
Like Talking Heads' Remain in Light and Velvet Underground's Loaded before it, Exile on Main Street is also a relatively left field selection by an influential artist, though most fans were likely more familiar with the LP than they think thanks to its ninth track, "Loving Cup." Phish debuted the song in 1993 to showcase McConnell's new baby grand piano and the piano-rocker has since blossomed into one of Phish's most cherished covers.
The Halloween story unfolded in classic Phish fashion: after "killing off" potential album choices on Phish.com for weeks, the band revealed Exile Saturday afternoon by handing out Phishbills to fans as they entered the concert grounds. Branded a "Schvice" publication after the band's old newsletter, The Phishbill was loaded with informative information (an essay on Exile on Main Street written by Fricke), the band's trademark sarcastic wit (humorous band bios, a glossy promotion for Time Turns Elastic sweatpants and inside jokes about everything from recent ticketing issues to Phil Lesh's liver donation raps) and informative information laced with sarcastic wit (a fake advertisement for David Bowie with UB40 shows at Miami, FL's American Airlines Arena from December 28-31 where Phish is rumored to play this New Year's Eve). Immediately before Phish took the stage for its Halloween set, a video mash-up by remix producers/DJs Eclectic Method of all 99 potential album choices was also show on the festival's jumbo screens (the montage ended with a 1970s Stones clips).
A throwback to its early Halloween covers, Phish stayed relatively true to the Rolling Stones' song arrangements, aided by a punchy horn section (trumpeter Dave Guy, trombonist David Smith and saxophonist Tony Jarvis) and pair of backup vocalists (Saundra Williams and Dap-Kings matriarch Sharon Jones). The album's opening number, "Rocks Off," found the band interjecting a touch of its signature qualities (vocal harmonies, bright guitar solos) into the Stones' trademark boogie. The set belonged to Page McConnell—who relied mostly on his trusty grand piano—and Jon Fishman, who not only sang Keith Richards' vocal parts, but did an admirable job replicating Charlie Watts' march-drumming technique. Throughout the set, Anastasio alternated between two Languedoc guitars, one tuned to replicate Richards' trademark rhythm guitar parts, the other for electric solos.
The four members of Phish alternated lead vocals early on with McConnell singing on the juke joint boogie "Rip This Joint," Mike Gordon utilizing his bluegrass-schooled high-pitched voice for the bluesy "Shake Your Hips" and Fishman offering straight-ahead versions of "Sweet Virginia" and "Happy" (McConnell actually sang lead on "Sweet Virginia" the one other time the band played the song in 1999). Though "Casino Boogie" contained a nice, rocking "Character Zero"-like jam, the set's first real improvisational vehicle was "Torn and Frayed," which shifted into the ether briefly before Anastasio strapped on an acoustic guitar for the country song "Sweet Black Angel." Each Halloween Album has also introduced a few new songs into the band's steady rotation of covers and "Torn and Frayed" feels like the strongest contender for Phish canon status—like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Drowned," Crosseyed & Painless" and "Rock & Roll" in years past.
Fittingly, "Loving Cup" was positioned in the middle of Exile and, along with a line about California in "Sweet Virginia," drew the set's loudest applause. From there the band breezed through the album's deeper cuts, with Anastasio settling on a style that meshed his trademark jazzy tone with Richards' lead-style of rhythm guitar playing. As the set rolled on and the band became more comfortable, it opened up as well, segueing from the swampy blues of "Ventilator Blues" into a trippy segment that climaxed during "I Just Want To See His Face."
Though they will likely be overshadowed by Exile in history books and Phantasy Tour posts, the group's additional sets also contained several moments of note. As expected, the band's afternoon set favored tight song structure over dark improvisation, opening with a rocking "Sample in a Jar" and a clean, sharp "Divided Sky." Anastasio addressed the crowd directly for the first time all weekend—remarking about the polo field's crisp grass—before handing over the microphone to McConnell for the light mock lounge song "Lawn Boy." Since its debut at Jones Beach in June "Kill Devil Falls" has developed nicely into an elastic rock-number that like "Chalk Dust Torture" and "Birds of a Feather" can stretch from a short, tight rocker into a lengthy vehicle for improvisation, and Saturday's version helped loosen the group up for its extended show. The rest of the set bounced between long-form compositions like "The Squirming Coil" and "Run Like an Antelope" and high-energy crowd pleasers like an extended "Runaway Jim" that ran into a bouncy-heavy "Possum." The festival staple "Bathtub Gin" also showcased the rock-and-roll piano that the members of Phish were likely first introduced to through classic 1970s rock acts like the Rolling Stones.
If the group's first and second sets showcased song structure, Phish's third set was a forum for improvisation. It opened with a version of the reunion anthem "Backwards Down the Number Line" that expanded twice—before the final chorus and after the song's final composed section—and then jumped into the group's strongest "Fluffhead" since the song came out of retirement this past March. As the group moved into the "Fluff's Travels" portion of the composition, the eight wooden installations at the back of the concert field also started spitting fire that seemed to dance along with the song.
Appropriately enough, the real meat of the group's third set was a long, funky "Ghost" that stretched out into a synthesizer jam, before returning to the song's structured segments. Phish then dusted off the now underplayed Los Lobos ballad "When the Circus Comes to Town" and brought its third set to a close with a bass-heavy take on its signature song, "You Enjoy Myself." All of the evening's guests then returned for a unique, full–sounding version of "Suzy Greenberg" infused by the guest horn section and vocalists. After bringing the "Suzy" to a close the band huddled and decided to jump back into a jam for a rare "Suzy" reprise.
"You decide what it contains/How long it goes/But this remains," Anastasio sang during "Backwards." He's talking about old friendship, but the same sediment can certainly be applied to the band's latest album conquest, which will no doubt continue to influence the band as it moves into its next phase of existence. "The only rule is it begins/Happy happy oh my friend."


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Keene woman pleads guilty to welfare fraud, will repay $75,000By MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
January 27. 2013 11:03PM
KEENE - A Keene woman who pleaded guilty to withholding information from New Hampshire Health and Human Services and U.S. Social Security has been ordered to pay $75,000 in restitution to the state and federal government.
Heather E. Melander, 43, pleaded guilty to two class A misdemeanors - welfare fraud and unsworn falsification - in Cheshire County Superior Court Friday afternoon.
New Hampshire Health and Human Services fraud investigators and U.S. Social Security criminal investigators began investigating Melander in the fall of 2011 after receiving written complaints about her lifestyle, Assistant Cheshire County Attorney John M. Gasaway Jr. said in court Friday.
Gasaway said those who tipped off investigators pointed to social media sites online in which Melander had shared information about her wedding ceremony in August 2007 to Dan Kaplan.
Kaplan is known as a successful entrepreneur in the area, Gasaway said.
Melander did not disclose her full financial picture, he said.
In a testimony letter posted on Memorable Events, a Westmoreland wedding planner's website, Melander recommends the wedding planner by describing her wedding reception, attended by more than 150 people, including how the planner had come up with the idea to have a separate tent and buffet for the 30 or so children at the reception.
Friday afternoon, Kaplan's Facebook account identified Melander as his wife and himself as the CEO and founder of Todaymedia.
In applying for state welfare benefits, Medicaid Healthy Kids for her children, Social Security benefits and benefits from an ex-husband for support of herself and children, Melander had presented herself as single with one bank account, withholding information about her marriage to Kaplan and her access to multiple bank accounts in and outside of Keene.
When confronted by an investigator, Melander tried to conceal her marriage, Gasaway said. "She was wearing a wedding ring. She was seen attempting to hide her hand up her sleeve when she was talking to an investigator."
Gasaway said the fraud goes back to January 2007.
Cheshire County Superior Court Judge John Kissinger advised her of her rights to a jury trial before he accepted her guilty pleas.
Melander said she understood. When he asked her for her highest education level, she said she has a bachelor's degree from New England College in Henniker.
Meander's defense attorney, William E. Christie, said Melander wanted to take responsibility and make restitution.
When accepting the negotiated plea for two 12-month suspended sentences, Kissinger said he took into consideration her lack of a prior criminal and her willingness to accept responsibility.
Also as part of the plea, Melander agreed to pay two $2,480 fines and restitution to N.H. Health and Human Services in the amount of $54,731.72 and to Social Security in the amount of $20,268.28.
Melander is ineligible for welfare benefits for five years. The agreement also requires her to complete any counseling or education ordered by the state and to tour a state prison.
"I understand there are a lot of records," Kissinger said to Melander. "I think if we went on to a trial it would result in significant incarceration. I wish you the best of luck."
According to city property records, Kaplan owns 600 Court St., valued at $216,000, and 94 School St., valued at $675,800.
On her Linkedin online account, Melander identifies herself as an artist and has a June 2011 recommendation posted for an interior designer she says she and her husband hired for "several substantial projects, and we would hire her again in a heartbeat!"
Melander is a member of the Monadnock Family Services Board, according to the organization's website.
Former board members David Orgaz of Greenville and Laura Hanson of Peterborough, who are also listed as board members on the website, said they completed three-year terms last fall and as far as they knew Melander had been on the board for many years.
Orgaz said he believes she is on the board's quality assurance committee and takes a very serious active role on the board. He described her as "very kind and generous," saying one December she opened her School Street home to host a holiday party for all Monadnock Family Services staff.
The board members were unaware of Melander's pending charges and Friday's plea agreement.
"To me it's an absolute shock," Hanson said.


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Having been raised on sugar sandwiches (yes I singlehandedly kept my dentist, Dr. Fletcher, in business), the discovery of Marshmallow Fluff was an epiphany.
One bite of a Fluff sandwich, and I knew the world was a bigger place than my home in the woods in Templeton. Gooey and sweet, but not too much of either, it was perfect on whatever brand of white bread my parents had at the time.
A few years later, while visiting a friend's house, his mother served Fluffernutter sandwiches. It was another perfect moment of discovery. Gooey, sweet, but tempered with peanutty taste, it seemed like the perfect sandwich.
Fluffernutter sandwiches are one of the perfect memories of my childhood, especially when they were made with Jif Crunchy peanut butter. I probably haven't had a Fluffernutter or Mashmallow Fluff in at least 20 years. I try to stick with hummus, tuna or straight peanut butter sandwiches for what I imagine are health reasons, but if I close my eyes I can still taste a Fluffernutter, and it brings a smile to my face.
The reason I am writing about the iconic sandwich today is because this past week, the state House of Representatives gave initial approval to a bill that would make the Fluffernutter the state's official sandwich.
Hearing that, I wondered why. Why not a Fishamajig from Friendly's, or some sandwich from Caf� Chew in Sandwich?
I am not trying to belittle Fluffernutters. I used to love them whenever my parents went off reservation and bought a jar of Fluff. They are good enough that someone, concerned they could contribute to childhood obesity, tried to limit how many times a week schools could serve the sandwiches.
There have to be a lot of sandwiches in the state worthy of consideration. The state gets a little crazy in naming official state things. The state song is "All Hail to Massachusetts," a choice made in the 1960s when people apparently thought the state should have a boring song. The Legislature, in a fit of insanity, also named Roxbury puddingstone the state's official stone. The official muffin is corn � again, boring.
Most disturbing to me is that chocolate chip, rather than oatmeal raisin, is the official state cookie.
But there is good reason the Fluffernutter is the official state sandwich. Even if some people think they contribute to childhood obesity, they are a truly Massachusetts treat. Marshmallow Fluff was invented in Somerville during World War I by Archibald Query, who sold it door-to-door. After the war, Archibald got out of the business, selling the recipe to H. Allen Durkee and Fred L. Mower of Lynn for $500.
The rest is history. Starting the business owning only Archibald's recipe, a barrel of sugar, a few tin cans, two spoons and a secondhand Ford, they created a gooey, sweet-tasting empire. There are now three types of Fluff: classic white, raspberry and strawberry.
Fluffernutters have not been around as long, at least under the official name. No, they were not the result of a collision between a truck filled with Fluff and a truck filled with peanut butter. They say the concept is old. Peanut butter may have been added to marshmallow fluff in a sandwich before Durkee and Mower bought the recipe, but back then it wasn't cool. It became cool in 1960 when a marketing firm looking for new ways to get people to eat Marshmallow Fluff named the sandwich Fluffernutter.
The marketing campaign was a huge success, and the sandwich has been popular ever since. A Fluffernutter was eaten on the International Space Station in 2011 by astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, a Lowell native.
Today the Fluffernutter remains a special Massachusetts treat truly deserving the title of official state sandwich.


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LED Waves is a Brooklyn-based LED lighting supplier specializing in retrofit and customized lighting solutions, as well as Original Equipment Manufacturing. While in-house manufacturing was previously limited to projects for private OEM clients, last year marked the turning of a new leaf for the company: LED Waves launched an exclusive line of energy-saving products engineered and assembled in the USA, available directly to end users and lighting specifiers alike. This was a significant achievement - both as a small company, and as one in an industry dominated by offshore suppliers.
With the introduction of the new Andromeda LED high bay replacement lamp, the small business is prepared to meet the industry's lighting needs on a larger scale than ever! It is designed to replace the 400+ Watt metal halide and high pressure sodium lamps used in large commercial and industrial facilities, using a fraction of the energy.
After over a year in development, the company is proud to share the Andromeda's LM-79 report, verifying its optical performance by a third party light testing laboratory. Released in conjuction with the LM-79 report is the new Andromeda spec sheet, available for download at LEDWaves.com.
Custom features now available on the Andromeda allow users to control the brightness, color temperature, and shape of their light. Lighting specifiers may choose from arrays of 24, 32 or 40 XM-L chips; in 4000K (neutral white) or 5700K (daylight); and topped with either a Bubble optic or a Ledil optic. (The Bubble optic produces a perfectly round distribution of light, suited for open spaces such as parking garages. The Ledil optic distributes the light in an oval shape, ideal for illuminating tight spaces such as warehouse aisles. A free lighting demo may be scheduled by calling LED Waves at 1(800)986-0169.
Measured using 40 LEDs with a CCT of 5700K, the Andromeda LED high bay produces over 18,250 lumens. With the lens removed, it is capable of 20,112 lumens! Industrial equipment specifiers should note that, as a directional light source, the lumen output from this LED high bay is 100% useful. Traditional models using metal halide or HPS technology are omni-directional, meaning that up to 60% of the light produced is aimed at the light fixture itself or other non-useful areas of the facility.
With such outstanding efficiency, plus an operating life of over 30,000 hours (backed by a 5 year warranty), the Andromeda is a true game changer - and not just in the LED lighting community. It is poised to revolutionize sustainable facilities management everywhere with its value-adding performance.
The Andromeda LED High Bay Replacement Lamp is an exciting new addition to the company's rapidly growing line of exclusive products made in the USA. This line includes an LED recessed light fixture, 2-foot and 4-foot fluorescent replacement T8 tubes, low voltage AND line voltage LED MR16s, and E26/27 Edison-base PAR20, PAR30, and PAR38 LED light bulbs. Looking ahead, LED Waves plans to offer at least one American-made option to fulfill every industrial, commercial or residential lighting application.


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Plaistow mom turns state witness in abuseBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
March 04. 2013 10:39PM
A Plaistow mother who went on the run to Universal Studios with her boyfriend after he was accused of abusing her 3-year-old son is expected to become a state witness against him at his upcoming first-degree assault trial.
The story gained national attention as Jessica Linscott and Roland Dow eluded authorities for nearly two weeks. The pair was apprehended by U.S. marshals on Nov. 28 in Orlando, Fla., days after doctors at Exeter Hospital concluded that James Nicholson had been severely abused, police said.
Linscott, 23, will return to court Wednesday to argue why she should be released on bail prior to her own trial, slated for June 3. She is being held on charges of endangering the welfare of a child at the Strafford County jail in Dover.
Prosecutors say Dow beat and burned 3-year-old James Nicholson between Nov. 1 and 16 while his mother did nothing to report the injuries as the child suffered seizures and a traumatic brain injury.
Prosecutors acknowledged that Linscott will become a state's witness in a court filing disclosing an expert witness they intend to use at Dow's trial. Dow could face 30 to 90 years in state prison if he is convicted on all eight charges.
The state's expert, Dr. Scott Hampton, will be asked to explain to jurors how people react to "intimate partner violence," Assistant County Attorney Michael Zaino said in court papers. Hampton is expected to testify about how victims of domestic violence are hesitant to disclose abuse and are sometimes dishonest, "in discussing the extent and nature of the violence even when suffering serious injuries," court papers say.
"The state will call Dr. Hampton to assist the jury in understanding (Linscott's) behavior and evaluating the credibility of (her) testimony," Zaino said in a court motion.
Linscott's bid for freedom was made public through a jail transport order filed in Rockingham County Superior Court. No written argument supporting Linscott's attempt to be freed was made public. The defense filed a sealed court motion three days prior to a judge setting a date for Wednesday's bail hearing.
Jury selection for Dow's trial is scheduled to begin April 29.


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Before wrapping up this year's flamingo census, the team surveys wetlands at the base of Mt. Pissis, the third highest mountain in the Americas.
SciCafe: Mapping the Urban Microbiome, Genome, Metagenome
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Geneticist Chris Mason talks about his desire to get the gene sequence of every thing and place he sees, and the ways in which we can use the information we get from our bodies as well as our environments.
Women's History Month at the Museum
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SciCafe Goes to Papua New Guinea
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At the March SciCafe, Museum researchers will recount their time in a remote area of Papua New Guinea. Here, ornithologist Paul Sweet talks life in the field—and the importance of good hiking boots.
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Meet the Nexus, shows you how everyday food, water and energy decisions have a profound effect on each other. The guide suggests nine simple choices that you can make to use food, water and energy more sustainably in your daily life – and save some money too!
The food, water and energy nexus is simply where and how these three systems connect:
- It takes water and energy to produce the food you eat.
- Energy is used to move water to your home, to heat that water and then to clean up the water you send down the drain.
- Water is required to run power plants safely and to produce oil, gas and coal.
- Some food crops are turned into fuel for vehicles.
Meet the Nexus breaks down the concept into easy-to-digest parts by revealing the hidden connections between food, water and energy in the grocery store, at home and in the kitchen. It also highlights how some local governments and small businesses are making good nexus decisions that protect the environment and keep costs down. You too have an important role to play. The more we all take these connections into consideration — we call it "nexus thinking" — the better the chances of achieving a sustainable future.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department warned its citizens to exercise extreme caution if traveling to Niger because of a threat from spillover in neighboring Mali.
The French government last week responded to a Malian request for military support to thwart the advance of Islamic militants. The State Department, in a travel warning, called on any citizens in Niger to "remain vigilant" given the potential for conflict spillover.
"The border region with Mali continues to be of specific concern since the Malian government's loss of control over its northern region in early 2012," the warning read. "The border is porous, and there are frequent reports of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and other terrorist or rebel groups crossing into Niger."
AQIM is said to be behind a deadly hostage crisis in nearby Algeria. The attack on a natural gas facility in the west of the country was seen as a response to the multilateral military operation in Mali.
Catherine Ashton, the top foreign policy official for the European Union, expressed concern about the attack. Western hostages are said to have been killed during the crisis.
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By: Rebecca Hancock, Category: Science, Date: 15 Sep 2009
A virtual platform is being created to unlock the Australian Museum's world-renowned Pacific Collection for a global audience.
The Virtual Museum of the Pacific is part of an ARC Linkage project between the Australian Museum (Vinod Daniel, Melanie Van Olffen, Dion Peita) and the University of Wollongong (Prof Amanda Lawson, Prof Peter Eklund, Prof Peter Goodall, Dr Brogan Bunt).
The Australian Museum, in collaboration with the University of Wollongong, is developing an interactive web-based access tool, the 'Virtual Museum of the Pacific', that will enable the Museum to unlock its world-renowned Pacific Collection to a global audience and engage with a range of stakeholders to interact with these collections.
The building blocks of the Virtual Museum of the Pacific are high quality digital images, including some three-dimensional images, and comprehensive data records about the objects from the collection database. The images and data will be accessed through innovative navigational tools, which will cluster similar objects together based on associative descriptors such as materials, techniques and provenance and display them using an attractive interface.
The social media component of the platform will enable Pacific Island community members, researchers, and the general public to add comments, discuss objects and upload their own stories, images and even videos. The Museum is aiming to build strong collaborations with Pacific Island communities and cultural institutions as well as investigate local technologies (such as improved internet access) to support engagement in this virtual platform.
Although this project is still a pilot, the collaboration is revealing interesting insights and it is already clear that the perspective of the communities of origin will enrich our understanding of cultural items in the collections.
The Virtual Museum of the Pacific is one of several ways the Australian Museum is exploring user-generated content, intellectual property and traditional knowledge as a means to promote the exploration of nature and culture.
Vinod Daniel discussed the Virtual Museum of the Pacific initiative on ABC Radio National on 14 September 2009. Listen here.
Tags Virtual Museum of the Pacific, Pacific culture,
Thanks for this post Melanie. The project sounds exciting and challenging.
You inspired me to finally upload a report I did on Pacific collections and exhibitions with our audiences back in 2003 which still resonates with people and I get asked about it often, so now it can be shared with everyone online.


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So, I have completely given up on my new year starting on Jan 1 where blogging/writing/community is concerned. I love the holidays WAY too much, and I love football (of the American variety with the oblong ball, of course) WAY too much, and so, that is why this year I waited until after the Super Bowl to get to this point (this was supposed to be posted last week, but #1 on the list got in the way!).
Last year, I promised to do some things in my resolutions, and because I failed on one (1. get the book finished quickly…it took forever due to unforeseen circumstances), and overly succeeded (time wise) on another (4. I did two pre-cons last year), and both of these took a lot out of me! This year, no book riding my back (yet), but I do have several projects on the way that I will announce later in a more grand way (very exciting stuff to me for sure).
This year, my goal is to get my community involvement right! I love the community, but sometimes I feel like it is crushing me. I don't want to be one of those people who quit the community, because I do love it and with my daughter grown up now, I have a lot of time to work on it. I enjoy the community so much, and I consider the PASS Summit part of my holiday season, and the people at the Summit a bit like family. So my goals for the year are to keep involved, but to make sure it is reasonable. So I present my 10 things goals for this next year.
Most of all, on average, have fun doing what I am doing. This is my hobby, and not currently my career. If I stopped blogging/writing/speaking my life would not change tremendously except that my Lego collection wouldn't stare at me longingly as I walk to my writing chair. At the same time, I would truly miss sitting here at my TableMate II destroying the keyboard on yet another laptop, and even more I would miss the people and experience of all of the conferences I get to attend.
I won't lie, often this keyboard is a drag to look at, but just as often it is a true joy. As long as I feel like the focus of Pete Townshend's Guitar and Pen:
"When you take up a pencil and sharpen it up When you're kicking the fence and still nothing will budge When the words are immobile until you sit down Never feel they're worth keeping, they're not easily found Then you know in some strange, unexplainable way You must really have something Jumping, thumping, fighting, hiding away Important to say"
I am going to keep writing and speaking… I really just have to.
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It's Social Media Week! To celebrate, we've put together this very special print-out-then-cut-out-then-keep-then-throw-away-after-a-few-days SMW bingo card. The rules are pretty simple:
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3. Attend as many events as possible at your friendly neighbourhood conference.
4. When you see things, tick them off on your card. Not any old things though - just the things featured on the card. Don't tick off a pretty rainbow or a worrying mole on your forehead.
5. As soon as you've ticked off all 16 things on the card, shout "I'm a winner!"
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8. Feel sad about there not being a prize.
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In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft replaced the familiar command-line tool Osql with Sqlcmd. Both tools perform similar functions, with subtle differences. For example, each tool can connect to a SQL Server instance for direct queries or batch job initiation. And, for my project, they can both perform the invaluable service of listing all listening SQL Server machines on the network. One of Sqlcmd's subtle differences is that you can use the command-line option /Lc rather than just /L to derive the server list:
sqlcmd /Lc
The c is important in the command because it produces clean output in the server list. If you don't use the c, the resulting list will contain a header (i.e., Servers:), and each server name will have leading spaces. This situation isn't ideal for the next phase of my project, in which you load the command output into a table to subsequently use as input to the SSIS package. This package, in turn, will automatically connect to each of these servers to retrieve specific information. You use Sqlcmd solely to get this list of servers. By itself, the command is useful to gain the first level of understanding of the SQL Server machines on your network. However, at this point it reveals nothing more than a server or instance name.


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Ribbon Lace Altered Vintage for Laura Luna
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Angel City, Cali...
I found this Ribbon Lace dress ages ago, maybe four years ago. Such a gorgeous textile, it's hard to see in the pictures but there are little glass beads embroidered through the ribbon creating a shimmer. It was a generously cut size 2 long tank dress with a matching bolero type jacket. I KNEW I could make something for myself out of it. My friend fell in love with it and wanted a flapper inspired short version of the dress.
I deconstructed the dress and re-incorporated the jacket as a back panel piece. The dress straps became a draping feature. I think the dress came out great, right on trend with all of the 20's inspired editorial these days. But then again, 20's is always on trend for ME!
Laura can wear a nude or black slip underneath the nude dress. She opted for the black slip at this fashion show. In picture #1 She wore a size 22 at the time and wore the dress as a sheath. Since she has lost weight in picture #2 she belted the dress for recent event. She still looks great in it!
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Vintage Ribbon Lace dress.
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Feb 3, 2012, 03.02 PMby daisylynn
Such a good job! Wonderful recreation!
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Feb 6, 2012, 08.46 PMby Vanessa Leigh
Feb 2, 2012, 06.04 AMby CationDesigns
Gorgeous fabric find, and the look is spot on!
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Feb 3, 2012, 05.12 AMby Vanessa Leigh
Thanks so much!
Feb 1, 2012, 07.55 PMby Vanessa Leigh
Thanks lovely! The fabrication is so unique, such a special find!
Feb 1, 2012, 01.42 PMby Petitemess
I love this fabric. Very beautiful dress.
Feb 1, 2012, 10.51 AMby Vanessa Leigh
thanks so much, i hope so ;)
Feb 1, 2012, 10.31 AMby rosarini
Love it .shows cuddly women look great if they have a well fitting garment such as this one.Well done to the creater of the garment.cheers
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This rug is 4'6" x 6'4" and finished with our signature gold plate.
Women from the indigenous Aymara group of Andean South America have practiced frazada weaving since pre-Colombian times. Weavers create colorful strips from hand-sheared sheep's wool on a backstrap loom. Then, two pieces are sewn together to create a frazada. Offering lively warmth and sturdy thickness, frazadas were originally used as blankets, created to protect against the chill of the Andean highlands. Today, these textiles are popular for their use as bright rugs and picnic blankets.


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The Wrestlefudge BLOGCAST is for fans of In Your Face Wrestling in Upstate NY! Every week (or thereabouts!), two IYFW superfans take to the virtual airwaves to share their excitement and passion for the hard work of their local, up and coming performers.
Features interviews with IYFW stars, gossip, show predictions/review, and much more nonsense!
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Here are the commands for defining variables and similar entities:
@defvr category name
@defvr command is a general definition command for
something like a variable—an entity that records a value. You must
choose a term to describe the category of entity being defined; for
example, "Variable" could be used if the entity is a variable.
Write the
@defvr command at the beginning of a line and
follow it on the same line by the category of the entity and the
name of the entity.
We recommend capitalizing the category name like a title. If the name of the category contains spaces, as in the name "User Option", enclose it in braces. Otherwise, the second word will be mistaken for the name of the entity. For example,
@defvr {User Option} fill-column This buffer-local variable specifies the maximum width of filled lines. … @end defvr
Terminate the definition with
@end defvr on a line of its
The template is:
@defvr category name body-of-definition @end defvr
@defvr creates an entry in the index of variables for name.
@defvar name
@defvar command is the definition command for variables.
@defvar is equivalent to '@defvr Variable
For example:
@defvar kill-ring … @end defvar
The template is:
@defvar name body-of-definition @end defvar
@defvar creates an entry in the index of variables for
@defopt name
@defopt command is the definition command for user
options, i.e., variables intended for users to change according to
taste; Emacs has many such (see Variables in The GNU Emacs
@defopt is equivalent to '@defvr {User
Option} …' and works like
@defvar. It creates an entry
in the index of variables.
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