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UC Merced artists will showcase their work at the Bobcat Art Show, which started its monthlong run on Monday.
The show, now in its ninth year, features works submitted by students and faculty and staff members. This year, the show received 52 entries that cover a variety of media including painting, drawing, photography, digital media, sculpture and mixed media.
The exhibit is being held simultaneously in the UC Merced Art Gallery, located in Room 106 of the Social Sciences and Management Building, and on the second floor of Kolligian Library. A reception is scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 24 in the gallery.
To see the exhibits, visit the gallery from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and in the library during operating hours.
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To fend off a potentially expensive lawsuit or town-wide referendum, the Town Council voted 5-0 Thursday to delete a stairway proposed for the south side of Memorial Fountain.
Architect Mark Marsh had included the stairs as part of a multimillion-dollar renovation of the Town Hall Square Historic District.
"If we end up in the courts over this, it’s going to be a significant delay. And if we end up in a referendum, it’s divisive," Councilman Michael Pucillo said before making the motion.
Mayor Gail Coniglio agreed: "To me it’s not something we should fall on the sword for as a community."
In a Nov. 5 letter, Town Attorney John Randolph told Town Manager Peter Elwell that the council should consider eliminating the stairs.
That followed an email from resident William Cooley saying the stairs could prompt a legal fight related to green space.
A 1983 town charter amendment prohibits reducing green space in Memorial Park and nine other town parks — excluding structures added for public utilities or recreation — unless approved by voter referendum.
When the state gave the town a traffic turn-around space north of Town Hall four years ago, that parcel — since converted to green space — was added to Town Hall, not to Memorial Park, Cooley wrote last month. As a result, the parcel doesn’t increase the park’s green space, he wrote. The stairs would have reduced green space in the park.
The council vote directed Randolph to prepare for December’s meeting a resolution that would link the former turn-around space to Memorial Park. The vote also preserved Marsh’s extension of the sidewalk on each side of Town Hall north to Memorial Park’s lower terrace. The nearly 85-year-old fountain is on the smaller upper terrace, closer to Town Hall.
Adding the former turn-around parcel to the park will result in a net increase in green space, even with the sidewalk extension, Randolph said. The former turn-around parcel would add 1,800 square feet to the park and the sidewalks would cover about 1,100 square feet within the combined parcel, he said.
Councilwoman Penny Townsend said walking from Town Hall into the park as it exists now — without sidewalks — is dangerous. Townsend, Coniglio and Council President Robert Wildrick said extending the sidewalk is a public safety issue.
"Anybody who would use this to create a lawsuit would be disrespectful to the safety of the town and I would not be very pleased with any human being or group of people who would do that," Wildrick said. "It’s the wrong thing to do."
The council approved phase 2 of the Town Hall Square renovation last month but eliminated proposed parking and road changes. It previously approved phase 1, reconstructing the park’s double-bowl fountain. Addison Mizner designed the fountain and park in 1929.
Also Thursday, the council approved a $350,000 state preservation grant designated for fountain restoration. That work should begin in about three weeks, said Public Works Director Paul Brazil.
The council also approved a $54,981 engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn & Associates for the Town Hall Square project.
About 20 members of the Garden Club of Palm Beach, which has a hand in nearly every town beautification plan, attended the meeting and stood up to show support for the renovation. The club has committed $100,000 for the project, the biggest donation in its history. Club President Vicky Hunt said she accepts the stairway removal in the "spirit of compromise." Those stairs would have connected the existing park to the south-side green space.
"We would have loved the steps," Hunt said. "We’ve always supported (the project) in its entirety, but I think the most important thing is we have a unanimous decision by the council."
Will Kotowicz of Secret Meat Club is opening up a charcuterie shop called Meulewy’s in late 2017. Right now he sells his charcuterie through a subscription service.
When people ask me to describe the local food community, I often explain its growth in terms of bench strength. In the last 10 to 15 years, our city has seen ever more food leaders move into the culinary rotation, adding to the overall complexity of the game in Edmonton.
The city has a great culinary school in NAIT, churning out new talent for growing numbers of independent restaurants. New specialty retail, such as olive oil shops, cheese and fishmongers, artisanal bakeries and wine stores, opens regularly. We have dozens of food-focused events year around — from farmers’ markets and outdoor long table suppers to pop-ups promoting new concepts. Numerous festivals — from Northern Lands to Taste of Edmonton to What the Truck?! — enrich the culinary landscape.
Adding to the culinary excitement recently is a flurry of folks who make a specialty of hand-processed meats, including the very passionate likes of Will Kotowicz. So far, meat lovers must visit restaurants such as Clementine (11957 Jasper Ave.) to sample Kotowicz’s fare. But within the next six months, Kotowicz and his partners (chef Peter Keith and Glendon Tan) will open their retail outlet called Meuwly’s. It will be located downstairs from Northern Chicken at 10704 124 St.
Food lovers in Edmonton who are fond of Instagram may already be familiar with Kotowicz’s work, as he has a popular Instagram account called Secret Meat Club. Secret Meat Club is also a side business for Kotowicz and Keith, a subscription service that supplies 50 customers (there’s a waiting list of 150) a monthly box of charcuterie and other artisanal products.
Chef Roger Letourneau of Clementine has Kotowicz’s products on his menu because he thinks they are exceptional. What he serves depends on what is available, but you might find a custom-made jambon de Paris, delicately flavoured with pepper and star anise.
In fact, salt and meat is just the beginning, and it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the number and variety of processed proteins that populate the world of charcuterie. Kotowicz, a former savoury chef at Duchess Bake Shop, is largely self-taught when it comes to cured meats, but has worked extensively in the field at spots including Sangudo Custom Meats as well as with renowned charcutier Craig Diehl of Charleston, N.C. He prides himself on the use of Old World farm-style techniques, steering away from commercial preparations such as spray-on mold starters that yield a uniform flavour.
Most of the meats in the planned shop will be processed (it’s not a butcher shop per se). But Meuwly’s (named for Will’s grandfather) will also sell sauerkraut, salad dressings and spice rub mixes. There will be a separate commercial kitchen for teaching classes and making products such as pickles.
Only the imagination limits what can be done with charcuterie.
Until Meuwly’s is open, charcuterie fans can find Secret Meat Club products on the menu at District Coffee, MEAT, Duchess Bake Shop, Three Boars, Highlands Golf Course, Iconoclast and La Boule.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T LAUGH ANY HARDER: There’s Aziz Ansari. You know him from NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation and as the host of this year’s Video Music Awards, and now he’s right here in your backyard. Watch the funny man dish out laughs as part of his Dangerously Delicious Tour at the House of Blues. Tickets are $30 and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
THEY’RE ON A ROLL: Mothers, hold onto your children. These “dolls” are far from sissy. The San Diego Derby Dolls put on one heck of a show and physical impact is the name of the game. They’re taking the rink at the Del Mar Fairgrounds’ Wyland Hall. Ticket prices range from $13 to $40, depending on where you sit. The show gets rollin’ at 7 p.m.
BLACK KEYS: The Black Keys are playing at the Soma. Opening up for the Keys is the blues, rock singer Nicole Atkins. The show is at 7 p.m. and admission is $30.
JUPITER FARMS, Fla. — The partial government shutdown has left 800,000 government employees without a paycheck.
The shutdown is not just hurting them it's hurting their pets.
At Town and Country Feed and Supply in Jupiter Farms it's easy to find a helping hand.
For 45 years the owner Ritchey Brown has made it his business to know what's going on in the community.
"It's a tight neighborhood," he said.
For some of his neighbors, this is a tough time.
"It's heartbreaking is what it is," Suzie Flournoy said.
The partial government shutdown is going on its 28th day and for some local federal government workers that mean no paychecks.
"Hopefully the shutdown will end soon, but we will help where we can," Flournoy said.
Keeping her word she reached out to Brown. It's an unlikely partnership for an unlikely cause.
"It could be your dog, your cat, your horse, your cow, your sheep, goats or chickens," Brown said.
Until the partial shutdown ends the store will be giving away free pet food to their neighbors needing a little extra help. Brown says farm animal food can add up.
"Your chickens going to be about $20 for your horses it will be around $50 a week or more," he said.
Brown says if people are interested in donating they can stop by the store during normal business hours.
"It's nice to know that we can help when things aren't so good because people have been really good to us over the years," he said.
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POLITICAL commentator Martin Henry yesterday said the resignations of two Government ministers in less than a year is not an indictment on the leadership of Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
Henry's comment comes in the wake of reports yesterday that Government Senator and Minister of Education, Youth and Information Ruel Reid had tendered his resignation from both the Cabinet and the Upper House amid allegations of corruption and nepotism.
Reid's resignation, at the request of the prime minister, comes eight months after former Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Dr Andrew Wheatley tendered his resignation following the explosive Petrojam scandal.
“I think the prime minister has taken the correct course of action in light of the events unfolding, and as far as we have the details about an investigation into activities at an educational institution. Once a police investigation is involved we've moved away from the usual media-driven scandals and calls of corruption to a substantive issue which is being investigated by law enforcement,” Henry said in an interview with the Jamaica Observer.
He added that Holness has very little control over the behaviour of individual members of his Government and has had to make choices from the available pool in the House of Representatives and from the appointments he has made in the Senate.
“Obviously, one would expect that the prime minister would have made good-faith appointments based on the calibre of the persons that he has selected. Thereafter though, their own course of action and behaviour would have to be attributed to the actors themselves. The prime minister has taken an early and decisive action to request Minister Reid's resignation as the investigations unfold. I doubt if we can ask very much more of a prime minister as head of the Government,” said Henry.
Reid, in his letter of resignation dated March 22, 2019, said he was made aware of investigations by authorities into the operations of his ministry and related agencies under his watch.
He said in the interest of good governance and transparency, and to allow for a full investigation and resolution of the matter “I hereby resign from the Cabinet of Jamaica effective March 22, 2019.
“I look forward to serving again at the earliest opportunity,” said Reid.
Yesterday, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) said it was concerned that in a matter of months, two Cabinet-level ministers have had to step down.
“The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce notes the decision by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to request the resignation of the Minister of Education, Youth & Information Senator Ruel Reid. From what we understand, this decision was occasioned by allegations of impropriety with respect to the minister's portfolio, and in the prime minister's view, it was appropriate for the minister to be permanently detached from his responsibilities during investigations into the allegations,” the JCC said in a statement.
“While we are not aware of the details of the allegations, one benchmark of good governance is that if there are substantive imputations of impropriety, the persons at the centre of those allegations should step aside — even temporarily — without the shadow of their presence casting doubt on the investigative process,” the statement said.
“This principle, we believe, recommends itself throughout all facets of the public sector. While we commend the prime minister for initiating this process, we nonetheless are concerned that in a matter of months, two Cabinet-level ministers have had to step down. We look forward to quick and transparent updates on the process and the results of the pending investigation,” the chamber added.
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft Surface will initially be Wi-Fi only. I can hear the wailing of Microsoft Surface fans "No! Why? No 4G?" while Apple iPad fans smirk and laugh at you for even considering abandoning the mighty iPad.
So why no 3G/4G wireless for Microsoft SurfacE? Well, Microsoft would have had to negotiate with wireless carriers prior to the super secret Surface announcement, which would have likely caused info about the device to leak and taken away all the buzz from their big announcement.
Further, the cost of the Microsoft Surface is already more than an iPad so adding 3G/4G wireless would have added even more to the cost. Of course, carriers could subsidize some of the cost if they lock you into a multi-year plan.
Can't easily share the 3G/4G connection with family members. Example: You're driving in a car with your kids all on their own devices. They can't connect over your embedded 3G/4G connection. That's why I like the Verizon Mi-Fi Wi-Fi hotspot, since you can easily share the connection with family members.
Firefighters will actually be able to see through flames thanks to infrared hologram technology, a new study in Italy has found.
Researchers created a system that cuts through smoke with infrared lasers. The lasers bounce off of anything—people, furniture, pets—and go back through an imager to show the firefighters a 3D view of everything around them. Current infrared camera monitors firefighters use are much more limited. They can be blinded by thick smoke and flames because they have a lens that must zoom in on light. Smoke, for example, makes it hard to focus.
We'll be getting another national media blitz in the coming weeks as several shows are set to air Charleston segments.
On Mon. Jan. 16 at 10 p.m. on the Food Network, the first Charlestonians pop up on Guy Fieri's Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, which recorded here back in the fall. The episode is "all animal," according to the description, and will be profiling the Tattooed Moose's legendary Duck Club along with some food in Queens and Vancouver.
On HDNet (carried by DirecTV, Dish, Berkeley Cable, Knology, and Southern Cable), the show Drinking Made Easy will air Wed. Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. Host Zane Lamprey drank his way across town, stopping for a Southern Screwdriver and some country ham at Husk before heading to the Gin Joint to try and make their most popular six cocktails in six minutes. He also went to Red's Ice House on Shem Creek for a pitcher of Firefly Lemonade and some dolphin watching, Grill 225 for a Nitrotini, and FIG for some perfectly measured Negronis. Finally, he and crew trekked out to Firefly Distillery on Wadmalaw for some sweet tea vodka. I watched a screener of the episode, and there are some funny things that go down, but the money shot has to be the Six Pack Challenge, which had them playing underwater hockey.
Andrew Zimmern was also here recently, stopping by Bowens and Bessingers for his Travel Channel show Bizarre Foods. The Charleston episode is slated to air on March 5.
Those who believe that standardization in the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants would alleviate many of the industry's problems have just been bolstered by a report of the congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA).
A low-level debate over moving from customized reactor design toward standard models has been going on for some time.
Supporters of increased standardization argue that it can help cut costs, enhance safety and streamline the licensing process. Opponents worry that the technology is not yet mature enough for such a step.
There is also industry resistance to extreme standardization, such as a single reactor design for all future plants. Such a policy would mean wholesale changes in the structure of the industry.
The OTA report, released May 20, concludes that standardization can play a vital role in maintaining a viable and safe program for nuclear energy by yielding safety benefits "that are intuitively valid, even if they cannot be demonstrated unambiguously," and by reducing the time and cost of building new nuclear plants.
While there is no proof that increased standardization would enhance the safety of nuclear reactors, there is a general "intuitive" feeling that this would be the effect, the OTA reseachers report.
This intuitive thinking holds that reducing the diversity that now exists in the nuclear industry would allow increased attention to be given to improving each plant design. It would also, proponents point out, increase the amount of operating experience for each design and make it possible for improvements at one plant to be immediately applied to others of similar design.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff feels that much of the confusion surrounding the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania resulted from the fact it is impossible for them to be familiar with the idiosyncracies of all of the 77 one-of-a-kind reactors in the nation.
The industry already has taken some steps toward greater standardization. Since the days of the Atomic Energy Commission the federal government has prompted this goal in a rather lackluster way. The NRC has also considered, but not implemented, one-step licensing, a procedure the OTA feels would give a big boost to standardization.
Anti-nuclear groups are against one-step licensing because it would give them only one chance to intervene against construction of a nuclear power plant. There are two steps in the current licensing procedure: a nuclear plant developer must go through a preliminary safety analysis report to get a construction permit; then, once the reactor is completed, it must pass a final safety analysis report before receiving an operating license.
According to the Ota, ever-increasing licensing delays, especially since Three Mile Island, reinforce the need to reexamine the merits of standardization.
They can't say much about it, but several lucky fans apparently attended Taylor Swift's first reported Reputation secret session in London Friday night (Oct. 13). There, a room full of people had the opportunity to listen to her upcoming album in its entirety, nearly a month before its Nov. 10 release date.
"Incredible," "fire," "a bop" and "so different yet so her" were among the vague yet intriguing words used to describe the unreleased album. According to one fan, there's at least one track that gave everyone all the feels: "LITERALLY EVERYONE WAS SOBBING."
Besides getting a much-coveted sneak peek of Swift's new music, those who get handpicked for the Reputation secret sessions get to meet her and, based on some snapshots, leave with a parting gift of a Reputation-era snake keychain with the city's name on it (in this case, London).
Swift introduced her fans-only secret sessions just before her last album, 1989, was released in 2014. At that time, she held special events at her places in London, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York City and Westerly, R.I.
Check out a bunch of tweets from the first Reputation listening party below.
And yeah YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THIS ALBUM. IT IS SO DIFFERENT YET SO HER, A BOP.
Double Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin will lead the four-strong British dressage team at next month's European Championships in Germany.
Dujardin, 30, will ride her multiple medal-winning horse Valegro in Aachen.
The world champion will be joined by fellow London 2012 team gold medallist Carl Hester, 48, on Nip Tuck, as well as Michael Eilberg on Marakov and Fiona Bigwood on Atterupgaards Orthilia.
Britain won the European team title in 2011 but came third two years ago.
Germany won that event, with the Netherlands in second place.
Dujardin will defend her individual European titles as well as taking part in the team event.
She said: "Valegro is in great form, as ever, and we are looking forward to defending our European titles."
The FEI dressage event will run from 12-16 August.