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The Economic Development-Planning Department promotes the community as a good place to live and work through business attraction and retention activities.
In fact, The City of Westland was one of the first cities in the state to establish a full-time Department of Economic Development. The staff writes grants, administers various contracts, helps boards, and maintains a database of information about the City.
A Team Approach to Economic Development
Our Team approach is based on the principles of retention, expansion, attraction and leadership. The City of Westland wants you to succeed and we share your priorities of completing a project on time and on budget. The Team collaborates with you to provide one point of contact, a fast response to your needs, and the flexibility required to achieve your goals.
Our Fast-Track to Business Team, which consists of the Mayor, City Council President, Planning Director, Economic Development Director, Building Director, Planning Commission Chairman and Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman can be assembled quickly to craft a development plan that will help "cut the red tape" and expedite the approval process.For more information on doing business in the City of Westland, please contact Lori Fodale, Economic Development Director at (734) 467-3264. | http://www.cityofwestland.com/business/ecdev.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Fittingly, the menu is all about the meat, available in dozens of combinations with or without potato and vegetable side dishes. Pork ribs can cost anywhere from $5.39 for a small plate with two sides to $24.99 for a full rack with four potato sides and four vegetable sides. Spice-rubbed chicken is priced similarly, from $6.50 to $21.19, and boneless meats like smoked turkey, sliced beef, double-smoked ham, and shredded pork, are available starting at $3.50 for a sandwich and ranging up to $9.25 for a large combo with two sides. Lucky for me, there is one gargantuan plate with nearly everything on it; the sampler, for $33.95, showcasing all six meats, along with a dozen side-dish portions, half potato, half vegetable.
I ordered it, and the miracles poured forth: A pile of double-smoked ham as dewy and tender as custard, with a deep, smoky taste I've never encountered before. It had none of the chemical taste that dominates so many hams today. Turkey breast, evocatively smoked, was also amazingly tender and tasted of turkey. Plied with the vinegar-touched bottles of sauce that sit on the tables, it came alive in a way that I've never known barbecued turkey to do before: creamy, smoky, mellow, tart. Remarkable. The shredded pork shoulder was understated, the crumbled meat radiating the taste of smoke. Dash some of the house barbecue sauce upon it and you've got the best pulled pork in Minnesota; hot, smoky, meaty, as big and various as the moments in a thunderstorm. The beef was unlike any I'd ever had before. Thin-cut, pale, bearing no visible fat, it reminded me most of an Italian deli roast beef.
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And then, of course, there were the ribs. There were three on the sampler, big, six-inch-long bones bearing tons of meat, smoked at a low temperature so there was still fat in there, the meat having that gorgeous, gelatinous texture of duck confit or osso buco. Dress that pork with sauce, and the richness is cut perfectly. Indeed, these are the best pork ribs I've had in Minnesota.
And that sauce! All of John Hardy's sauces are doctored versions of Open Pit. I bought a jar of the medium, for $3.75 a pint, and from the label it looks like the additions were mayonnaise, Tabasco sauce, pickle juice, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice. But the unforgettable results belie the humble origins. The sauces, which run through six gradations, from mild to "bad-boy hot," seem to take on different character when paired with each meat. They make the pulled pork seem smokier, the moist ribs sweeter. There is genius in these sauces. (Doctoring Open Pit is a proud American tradition. When I used to work in an upscale, American-bistro restaurant, we used to doctor Open Pit with whole, smashed and roasted tangerines, cloves, and espresso.)
At John Hardy's the side dishes do everything they can to glorify the barbecue experience. Jo-jos here are irregular discs of deep-fried skin-on potatoes. But the various thicknesses of the discs result in some being crisp as potato chips, while others have the sweet fruitiness of home fries. Fried okra were crisp nuggets in a cornmeal crust; black-eyed peas were smoky and loaded with black pepper; baked beans were a must-have: Sweet and kissed by molasses, swimming with visible shreds of pork, they're nothing but great. Some of the other sides were indifferent. Stewed okra with tomatoes was very plain, macaroni salad tasted like nothing but pasta elbows and mayonnaise, the coleslaw was average, and the garlic bread that accompanies nearly every meal tasted like margarine.
But sometimes with barbecue I'm particularly glad for those strange, unsophisticated notes, the awful garlic bread, the 1973 basement-workshop interior design, the bottomless glass of pink Country Time lemonade--which John Hardy's sells for 99 cents. Why? For the same reason I'm glad I blundered into Roscoe's Barbeque first: Because it clarifies the point that no matter how much sugar, gloss, or popular appeal you infuse barbecue with, it will remain essentially agrarian and rural. It will stay essentially what you can do when you've got very little, when you've got nothing but a lot of time on your hands, and some beans and some sticks and some animals. Real barbecue is when things are hardscrabble and bony and fatty and somehow someone makes them great. And so, as sometimes happens in a shaggy tale with two heads, a story that started out as the receiving of shit and guff, and devolved into confusion and disorientation, ended up in insight and delight in a nothing-looking shack at the side of a four-lane highway.
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Now here's something you don't see every day. Dubbed "The World's Most Touching Gameshow," Grab My Junk is part burlesque and part game show. And yes, there will be plenty of audience participation. Throughout the night, performers will give it their all during scintillating musical numbers. Afterward, contestants will be asked to answer randy personal questions about the dancers. The prizes for the first round will include junk from host Jonny Porkpie's apartment (think unused school books and typical garage-sale detritus). For the second round, folks will be able to trade up for better prizes, including books on burlesque and other fun things. But it is the third and final round where the big guns come out. The best jewels are hidden in the host's pants, of course, and, as the name implies, audience members will be invited to reach in to (hopefully) pull out the best items. The show also co-stars NYC burlesque artist and author Jo "Boobs" Weldon, and will include performances from local talents Ophelia Flame, Gina Louise, and Switch the Boi Wonder. (Photo by Don Spiro)
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Mike Hatch
Having twice run unsuccessfully for governor (in 1990 and 1994), Mike Hatch tried a new gambit in 1988, and it paid off. Casting healthcare companies as the Devil, Hatch won the DFL primary and then defeated Republican Charlie Weaver in the general election. And he has been on a tear ever since. Sometimes it seems Hatch is on TV more than an ambulance-chasing lawyer. He sued U.S. Bancorp for peddling confidential customer information to a telemarketer, and Minnesota Public Radio for its reckless use of the word occasionally to describe how often they sold membership lists to other groups. More recently he set his sights on Allina Health System and its executive perks. Hatch's modus operandi--drop the bomb via press conference, using the media coverage to embarrass his target on the ten o'clock news--has not won much kudos...until now, that is. Battle on, Mike!
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The year 2011 was one wild night on the town. Check out some highlights.
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Django Reinhardt was never one to follow anyone else’s fretwork. Every innovator inevitably spawns a legion of impersonators, however, and these days it seems that every locality has its own “Hot Club” spinning out lockstep gypsy jazz (a term that Reinhardt wouldn’t have recognized, let alone endorsed). The Hot Club of Detroit, though not without its debts to the great guitarist, is the rare edition that takes its inspiration from Reinhardt’s spirit rather than being a slavish knockoff. The drumless group’s latest — Junction (Mack Avenue), due out in August — takes its furthest strides afield, though its work with French vocalist Cyrille Aimée (who just so happens to hail from Reinhardt’s hometown) wouldn’t feel out of place in a Parisian café.
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WHAT THEY SAY
Here's what they've said
“given that this is the event that first showed such budding superstars as Razorlight, Keane and Amy Winehouse, there are bound to be a few genuine gems on display” The Evening Standard
“there are plenty of festivals that devote themselves to showcasing ‘emerging’ artists, musicians and performers but there are few with the track record of City Showcase” Metro
Nihal & Bobby Friction – Radio 1 DJs: ‘City Showcase gives the Asian Acts of tomorrow a stage today. By exploring the diversity and creativity of British Asian music, it confounds stereotypes and inspires all those who witness the acts who perform.’
Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury – Chair of London Cultural Consortium: ‘City Showcase is vital to ensure the future development of the UK’s wealth of musicians and designers. We have the freshest and most exciting mix of new music and fashion design anywhere in world. City Showcase plays a vital role in nurturing and supporting talent. Well done.”
Damo & Simon Webbe from Blue - Managers of Lyrican @ UK Team: 'It's hard to break in the UK and City Showcase gave Lyrican a great opportunity to play to new audiences both public and trade - it is great to see a festival dedicated to the discovery of new music and new talent – it was a fantastic night - thank you City Showcase'
Myleene Klass: Innovative. New artists with new opportunities with a wide demographic of people come to see you and its free! Fantastic!
Martin Talbot, ex-executive editor, Music Week: "In less than a year, and after just two events, the City Showcase has become a key event in London's live music calendar. Music Week sponsored one of the showcases in September and was delighted to be associated with what was a storming evening of great music and vibrant new talent."
Iain Baker - Musician and NME Radio DJ and ex-Xfm DJ - A great concept with great music
Mark Goodier, Classic FM and BBC Radio DJ - “I thought it was a super event – with wonderful talent”
The Bedford, Balham, SW12: All of the artists were fantastic and everyone of them brought something very special and unique to the night that they were involved in. Due to the calibre of the performers audience numbers were enhanced.
Anna Chen (MC for Chinese night): The whole event was a brilliant success. I was especially impressed, not only with the talent on show, but with the techies and stage managers who got the whole thing running smoothly and on time.
City Showcase acts
Keane: “It's hard to get anywhere as a band, and the City Showcase gig we played at the Islington Academy in February 2003 was a great opportunity for us to play on a bigger stage than we were used to. At that time we didn't have a record deal, so knowing there was no hope of tour support(!), every decent gig we were offered was a godsend and helped make us a better band.”
It was the first gig where it wasn’t just our Mums, Dads and a load of our mates – it was a big deal for us….at a slightly bigger venue than we were used to in front of people that didn’t know who we were. It was a good step on the ladder.
‘just wanted to thank you for getting us involved with The City Showcase this year and to tell you that we have had a great week. The shop gigs especially were fantastic, we had a great time and made some really good contacts.’
it was refreshing to be part of such a positive experience
Massive thanks for giving us the opportunity to perform, may I say it was without question the best organised gig we have ever performed at and the chance to bring down a band gave us the freedom to do something we don’t often get to do as ‘urban’ artists.
Workshop attendees:
Very helpful, gave good insight into all aspects of industry.
Informative seminars and a useful networking event.
Always great to be amongst like-minded people with great advice on offer from music pros.
This week has restored my faith in music quite literally – after a bad experience in the pop world, it has not only helped me feel not so jaded but revaluated my passion for music.
‘thank you so much for a simply wonderful week. we both feel so uplifted and positive about moving forward with positivity and direction now thanks to all the advice support and information we gained from all the sessions.’
Fashion
Wayne Hemingway: “City Showcase is a great concept. Getting exposure in different ways to the norm could be a launch pad for the lucky few. City Showcase provides ongoing advice from industry experts also helps to keep expectations real - something rare in this business. London needs to support and provide a platform for new talent if it is to remain one of the world’s cutting-edge fashion capitals. City Showcase does this, and it’s great to see London leading the way for promoting raw talent.”
Hannah Marshall – designer: ‘I am happy I got to take part in such a fantastic event, so thank you. I have made two valuable contacts and hope to keep in contact with both performers for future opportunities.’
Oliver Goddard (fashion designer): It was a pleasure to take part. Holly and I will be collaborating in the future. It's a great way to market my products. Through City Showcase, my designs are now on sale at Potassium in Marble Arch. WGSN will be covering my work for their online articles. This should be great promotion for myself, Holly, and City Showcase
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“No one says, ‘I can’t wait to be a stripper,’ ” says Anne Yeargin about her identical twin, Amy Freeman.
Freeman was at a low point in her life in January 1999—not because of what she would be doing, but because of what drove her there. “I was very helpless,” she says. “My girls were suffering, and I couldn’t get any child support—even after I sent the state after my ex-husband.”
Freeman felt that in her financial bind, she could depend on no one. When she ultimately called a strip club for a job, she was told to bring in a bikini so she could audition. The 27-year-old entered what was then The Million Dollar Saloon (now the Southern X-Posure club at 3420 S. State) shaking with nervousness.
She literally trembled as the music started. When she was asked to take off her top, “the modesty issue was kind of freaking me out, but I’d already developed the ability to shut down in my marriage.”
From the moment her bikini top dropped away, Amy became Sapphire, an exotic dancer named after her birthstone. “I’m a pretty shy person—the last person you would ever think would have the guts to do this. I just created an alter ego and was somebody else onstage. I was terrified the first day, but after a while, it got really easy. Dancing was exciting and exhilarating for Sapphire.”
Long, Hard Road
Before she learned to take it all off, Amy Freeman had worked as a Continental Airlines reservationist, where she got travel perks—but low pay. Working as a licensed massage therapist for a chiropractor also didn’t provide a living wage. Even with multiple jobs, she didn’t pull in enough to support her two daughters. Her former husband was still in the picture but often quit working and stopped sending child support..”
She got to the point where she wasn’t making any money and was desperate. Sitting on her bedroom floor one day, sobbing, she decided to try working as an exotic dancer. “It was a long, hard road for her,” says her sister Yeargin.
The three clubs where she eventually worked had opulent names: The Million Dollar Saloon, The Golden Fleece and the Gold Bar Saloon (now known, respectively, as Southern X-posure on State Street and Duces Wild on 300 West. The Gold Bar Saloon on 3300 South has closed). Arriving for her first shift from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Freeman soon learned the routine of donning a g-string, using a glue stick to attach pasties to her nipples (she would remove them later with a baby wipe) and adding stiletto heels before heading out to dance on five different stages. A bouncer escorted her between the stages. After the fifth dance, she went backstage to put on a dress and re-emerge to mingle with men in the main club area.
She’d heard about dancers in Las Vegas beginning their evenings with a couple of drinks to loosen up and summon courage, but such imbibing isn’t legal in Utah. “If they were high or something,” she says, “they did it before they came into the club. It was never an issue for me; I’ve never been a big partier.”
She utilized her talent as a longtime dancer and never needed to take pole-dancing lessons. “I just watched, and it sort of came naturally. A lot of girls could do amazing tricks on the pole. I could spin around, but I just taught myself.”
Master of
Drink Tickets
Freeman discovered she had a knack for letting men talk about themselves and making them feel important. She recalls a broad spectrum of men who worked on oil rigs, drove trucks and owned their own businesses. Occasionally, there was a bachelor party. Her sister Yeargin might stop in to say hello but, mostly, she remembers a lot of solitary men who seemed lonely, were extremely quiet and just sat there. “One guy who appeared to be totally unemotional suddenly handed out a huge chunk of money that seemed to come out of nowhere,” Yeargin recalls. And a man with a foot fetish threw money at Freeman whenever her toes were painted perfectly.
Yeargin saw a man she knew from the business world who jokingly—but seriously—admonished her not to spread it around: “Don’t say anything.” Yeargin saw a wide range of people “who I wouldn’t guess that’s what their habits are.”
There is a wide age range among dancers, too, from the 18-year-olds allowed to dance fully nude at the alcohol-free American Bush to a 50-ish woman with the stage name of Jasmine who could still do the splits.
Dancing is similar to waitressing, Freeman says, in that each dancer receives a small paycheck—like a food server—and that tips received are an important aspect of being paid. The dancer, in effect, rents out her time when she dances on the stage and receives tips. Her dances are followed up with subsequent mingling with the customers, who buy her drinks as a way of paying for her stage time that night. Two types of drinks are available at the club: traditional drinks purchased from the bar and nonalcoholic “dancer drinks” that cost $5 each.
At the end of the night, each dancer has to turn in five drink tickets, or pay $25. “Every time they would buy you a drink, you would get a drink ticket. I would sit down with a man, order a drink, excuse myself briefly, saying ‘Just a minute,’ then go sit with another guy. I was a master at getting drink tickets. Whenever somebody came up short, I gave them away.”
Freeman usually worked Thursday through Saturday nights, bringing home anywhere from $50 to $400 a night. “A lot of girls go down to Vegas where you can make more money,” she says. "You can touch the men and climb on them." Dancers also drive to Wyoming to make more money because lap dances are allowed in bars where alcohol is served—not so in Utah. Also, oil-field workers there are known to leave big tips.
“I know that some men will pay $1,000 for a private dance,” when a patron pays to have time alone with a dancer at a private stage where only he can sit. “There are golf tournaments where they pay girls hundreds of dollars. It is quick, easy money.”
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Anatevka, Russia in 1905 might as well be Akron, Ohio in 2008. Air-headed, elitist republicans (small “r”) are
running a corrupt government, but are
about to be replaced by populist democrats (small “d”). The economy sucks.
Basic goods are either unattainable or
are too expensive for the citizens to purchase. People are losing their humble
homes. Members of the community are
trying as best they can to help cheer up — and cheer on — their neighbors.
The story of “Fiddler on the Roof” is
based on an 1894 story written by
Sholem Alecham. The 1964 musical
that evolved features music by Jerry
Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harrick and
book by Joseph Stein. Remarkably,
these three names are missing from the
32-page Civic Light Opera of South Bay
Cities complimentary program. The
show runs through Dec. 21 at the
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
So, why a fiddler on the roof? He’s not
a real character in the story. But, as
Tevye – the story’s centerpiece – explains
in his opening monologue, “We are all
fiddlers on the roof” attempting to make
the best of things while trying hard not to
fall. The title comes from works by Marc
Chagall, a Jewish-Russian painter born in
1887 whose depictions of the times often
included a fiddler.
Chagall’s early work is honored
through the sets of the CLOSBC show.
His 1911 painting “Rain” is undoubtedly a model. Chagall’s later 20thcentury success was in surrealism, but if you
need drugs to enjoy his popular paintings at the museum, you needn’t worry
upon entering the Redondo theater.
His early works actually look reasonably like the subjects he’s painting.
Credit for the sets, however, must go to
the Fullerton Civic Light Opera, who
leased the construction to CLOSBC.
Fear not. There are many local contributors who deserve praise.
Musical Director Dennis
Castellano is high on the list.
Vocally, the score of "Fiddler”
requires solo, duet, trio, ensemble
performances, and everything in
between. The cast, thanks to
Castellano, sings with great precision, especially in the ensemble
pieces. It must be noted that the
CLOSBC cast numbers 34, so ensemble singing can be daunting.
Castellano has molded his crew
well. From the opening number,
“Tradition,” it quickly becomes
apparent that the large group on
stage is vocalizing with precise diction and near-perfect pitch.
Castellano, director of the Music
Theatre Program at UC Irvine and a
regular director at many California
playhouses, also leads the 17-piece
orchestra. As per usual at CLOSBC,
the accompaniment is spot on.
Cameron Patrick’s violin playing is
most laudable (kind of important
with the word “fiddler” in the
show’s title). Praise must also be given to sound
designer John Feinstein, who two
weeks ago won LA theater’s Ovation
the cheap seats). Everything that happened on stage was pleasantly audible.
With such a large cast, Feinstein must
have been dealing with more micro-
phones than there are bars in Hermosa
Beach. City Council need not worry:
everything was shut down by 11 p.m.
Jon Engstrom directed and choreographed the show. His credits are endless and include 11 CLOSBC productions, most recently “Annie Get Your
Gun.” The show was well-cast and the
big production numbers (including “To
Life,” “The Dream” and “Anatevka”)
were performed with much spirit.
Cossacks did authentic Russian dances
in “To Life,” and the full company
employed moves (with clever effects)
in “The Dream” that have never before
been attempted in “Fiddler.” If Tevye
from 1905 could have time-travelled to
Redondo Beach to witness this number Saturday night, he would have
scrambled back, quite confused, to the
DeLorean in the parking lot.
There were many solid singers in the
cast. Teyve’s wife Golde (Victoria
Strong) has a pleasing, controlled voice
when she duets with Tevye (Thomas
Fiscella) on “Sabbath Prayer” and “Do
You Love Me?” It would have been nice
if composer Jerry Bock would have
written a solo or two for the character,
especially as performed by Strong. “Far From the Home I Love,” sung
by daughter Hodel (Michaelia Leigh),
may be among the lesser-known
pieces in the show. Not for long if
Leigh has anything to say (sing) about
it. Her representation was tender and
tearful and most effective.
Fiscella looks, acts, and moves
about the stage like everyman’s image
of the slightly flawed milkman who is
the crux of the story. His bearded visage and his booming voice are exactly
what one would expect from a troubled milkman with five unmarried
daughters. Fiscella sometimes forgets
to concentrate on pitch during his
vocals, which are many. Still, like Zero
Mostel, who played the role on
Broadway and in the 1971 film, he
sells songs like “If I Were a Rich Man”
because it takes only the opening
monologue for him to suck the audience into his believable portrayal of
the character.
This show should be a hit. After
all, the songs need not be sold –
most everyone knows the majority
of the score. It’s a good evening of
family entertainment. I saw many
youngsters in the audience with
their parents. I also heard a dad or
two trying to explain the circumstances of 1905 Russia to the kids
between musical numbers. Good
luck! I’ve got three grown offspring
who would have a tough time defining the term “czar.”
“Fiddler on the Roof,” CLOSBC,
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center,
1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo
Beach. Through Dec. 21; Tuesday-
Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.;
Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. Dec. 13 and
20. Sunday evening, 7 p.m., Dec. 21.
Tickets $45-$60. Call 310-372-4477 or
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(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner;
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(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner;
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The sweet-faced little Israeli girls drawing with markers have their hair in pigtails. It makes it all the more shocking, then, that they are doodling on artillery shells — shells about to be aimed at Lebanon, where several hundred civilians have been killed in the past few days. Any photographer would be out of his mind not to capture this shot. It’s a lot of things at once: the very image of innocence playing with a tool of death and destruction; a sad comment on the culture of war; a view of Israelis that we don’t often see in the West, where pictures of young Palestinian children wearing fake suicide bomb belts are a more common sight.
No wonder, then, that those photographs, taken by Associated Press photographer Sebastian Scheiner, showed up everywhere — from the Washington Post and the Dallas Morning News to smaller papers like the Memphis Commercial Appeal, not to mention all over the blogosphere.
You don’t need to be Susan Sontag to know that images of war always present us with a problem of representation. They are usually emotionally charged, bloody, wrenching, and almost always presented with no real context. What are we looking at? The man screaming in grief or pain. The dead child amidst the rubble. The father throwing his body over the lifeless corpse of his son. What we receive in these moments is more than just news; it’s a jolt of emotion, be it anger, despair, or frustration.
To look at the way the photos of the little girls have been used by bloggers is to understand how this enigmatic image — Who are these children? Where are their parents? Why are they so close to weaponry? — has become emblematic for many people opposed to the Israeli assault. For those pathologically inclined to hate Israel no matter what, it is a confirmation of all the worst fantasies they have about Jewish society. Most of the Web sites expounding this view have interpreted the photos as Israeli children sending a message to Lebanese children, and have even placed them next to shots of dead Lebanese children, sometimes with a caption such as, “Dear Lebanese/Palestinian/Arab/Muslim/Christians — Kids, Die with love. Yours, Israeli Kids.”
But reality is always more complicated (and infinitely more interesting) than propaganda, and it’s worth understanding the provenance of these photos, at least as an example of how much we miss when we react emotionally to pictures that are intended to get us riled up. Luckily, Israeli blogger Lisa Goldman has done this work on her blog, On the Face. She tracked down Scheiner, the AP photographer who snapped the shots, but he wouldn’t talk on the record. So she got an account instead from a reporter for Yediot Aharanot, an Israeli daily, who was at the scene.
For the full story, you must visit her blog, but, in a nutshell, the children are from Kiryat Shmona, a community that is smack on the border with Lebanon. And as Goldman explains it:
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I've read your post and the blog you reference, but I'm still not sure that I'm getting all the information I really need to understand the pictures.The parents are reported to have written comments on the shells before handing the markers to the girls, including some which are directly addressed to the leader of Hezbollah, but then limited the girls to drawing Israeli flags? Doesn't this belie the claim that nobody thought of the significance of these acts?
Writing messages on bombs, shells and missiles is commonplace in the military (a U.S. message), and military service is mandatory for most Israelis. There are soldiers visible in the pictures. The parents were present. Yet we are to believe that none of the adults present realized the significance of the messages? (I do believe that they underestimated the significance of the photographs that were being taken - but I find no reason to believe that they didn't understand the significance of their messages.)
I simply do not believe that Israel would leave any citizen, let alone a child, stranded in a city under constant bombardment if they wished to leave, and would provide the means of evacuation if those citizens lacked the means to evacuate themselves. This should be extremely easy for you to verify.
Posted by Aaron on Fri 21 Jul 2006 at 01:30 AM
If only as much effort were expended giving context -- and justification, even for the deplorable like this -- Palestinian/Arab actions.
Posted by Dennis Forbes on Fri 21 Jul 2006 at 07:15 PM
Oh please, spare us the excuses. You have children writing messages on shells. Of course this was instigated by the parents. It's callous, it's hateful, and it's unacceptable. Period.
Posted by Al on Sat 22 Jul 2006 at 01:56 AM
I think that's a blunt way of saying that here it appears that CJRDaily is endorsing and advancing a particular spin rather than attempting to cut through the spin.
Posted by Aaron on Sat 22 Jul 2006 at 12:06 PM
That sounds a familiar story. Way back when the Iraq war was about to start I was living in a part of town with a lot of Muslims, we held a rally and BBC journalists turned up with American flags and lighter fuel.
I fled before things got out of hand, but there never was a news story on burning flags so one assumes they didn't get anybody to actually burn one. And that's the difference here, in both cases the journalists were trying to create a story where there was none, but the Israelis parents actually allowed it to happen.
Posted by LordRich on Sat 22 Jul 2006 at 12:55 PM
This article and the linked blog indicate that the only encouragement of the girls was by their parents. Blaming the press is fun, but the information provided contradicts your thesis.
The use of the word "doodle" is interesting, as it suggests a meaningless, absent-minded scribble. This, of course, was drawing, not doodling. This is the sort of careless or misleading word choice that CJR Daily traditionally would criticize.
Posted by Aaron on Sat 22 Jul 2006 at 06:06 PM
This is a comment left on a blog that reposted the story:
please stop this. i couldnt even read the whole article i had to skim through it trying to reach the point, and you know what this is a terrible empty excuse for demonic pictures. if the children were unaware of the meaning of such an act, i'm sure the parents looming around in the background are well aware. the parents were simple letting of steam and frustrated after being in shelters for 5 days??? WE WISH WE HAD SHELTERS THAT WE COULD HIDE IN FOR 5 DAYS. 7 of my family were killed, my niece was found in the field next to our house because she was blown out completly ... can you compare what is happening to us to what is happening in isreal, can u even compare??? you are an educated rational logical person, tell me is there a comparsion between what is happening, please enough, kill us, we are dead, but do not take away the peace of death by tormenting us with excuses to make it sound like the isrealis are not to blame... they took my home and my land, they now live on it and call it their home while i am a REFUGEE with no passport no identity no rights no nothing and u say that they r right, they r fruestrated becasue they have been in shelters for 5 days, i have seen my family murdered right in front of my house, they have the whole international worl supporting them, what bull**** what bull****what bull**** what bull**** u say... this is injustice and God will not let this go, this is our suffering, God will not let this go.
it took us so much time to build our house, we built it with our own hands and everymorning my grandmother would spend hours in the garden, perfecting it, growing tomatoes and pears that were celbrated through all of lebabanon and we had our own heaven on earth with swings and flowers and trees and now it is all destruction with my grandmother lying dead with so many of the hands, my family that built this ruined house just for nasrallla whom i do not even support, after we were kicked out of palestine, when the isrealis took our land, we came here and through hard work we were able to start again and have a new life away from home, but now the isrealis have ruined us again, our second try, and they killed the half of my family that was left after the first time, i am so depressed i do not know what to do with my self or who to tell my story to or who will care to listen when i am a palestinian muslim, i am nothing in the eyes of the west, 2 isreali soldiers for so much destruction that is the balance in the modern world lieave me in my grief i cannot read such utter injustice anymore
Posted by jenan on Sat 22 Jul 2006 at 07:26 PM
Excellent link here re Palestinian Children: Behind the Images of Children With Guns
And another:"They Hate, We Don't"
Posted by jenan on Sat 22 Jul 2006 at 07:44 PM
Gal,
You are too much. You are just angry that the media didn't keep its mouth shut like it usually does.
You are spoiled by a media that usually suppresses facts like these about Lebanon and Israel
Posted by RepresentativePress on Sun 23 Jul 2006 at 10:45 PM
What a fascinatingly biased article. On so many levels... Even hitting the Dianaesque blame-the-photographers excuse, which writers tend to exploit without thought.
First, I find it very hard to believe there were a dozen photographers around them. There simply isn't room. And for the record, photographers do not use long lenses when in close.
Ultimately, attempts to confuse what's in front of our eyes with squirming wordplay can't change the fact these kids were drawing on shells. Some things are not complicated.
A problem of representation and context? Yes, I wonder what the motivation is of all those suffering or dead victims in news photos. Gal--the people in the photos are representing themselves and their condition. The context is war. Pretty simple.
Posted by dave y on Tue 25 Jul 2006 at 02:42 AM
"'[T]he photographers gathered around. Twelve of them. Do you know how many that is? It's a lot. And they were all simultaneously leaning in with their long camera lenses, clicking the shutter over and over.'"
Oh my god. Those poor little girls. Practically forced to doodle on those shells by the mean, nasty long camera lenses. Vicious. When all their parents wanted was to let them have some fun, and play like normal children, with high explosives.
Certainly has the ring of truthiness to me.
Posted by Mithras on Tue 25 Jul 2006 at 04:39 AM
What utter crap. You complain of the HORROR of the Israelis having to hide in shelter for days, while Lebanese people are being sliced to bits by Israel bombs.
At first, when the Hezbollah captured the Israeli troops, the response was justified by Israel's fear of terrorism. But now, the death toll in Lebanon is 10 times greater than that of Israel, and growing everyday!
My family is Jewish, but I don't understand how our country people can blow up innocent civilians and towns, all the while saying that they're "just aiming for Hezbollah"!
I THINK YOUR BOMBS ARE MISSING THE TARGETS!! DOES THAT 3 YEAR OLD CHILD WITH NO HEAD LOOK LIKE A TERRORIST?
Like 'Mithras' said, those girls weren't forced to draw on those bombs.
I know that you're probably going to read this comment, and think, what does a 16 year old girl, in Model UN at high school, know about the war.
But I must say, I know much more than you biased people, who exaggerate, only to get in a good story.
Posted by Model UN on Tue 25 Jul 2006 at 09:51 AM
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can u tell me where u found dat story about the palestinian guy.."WE WISH WE HAD SHELTERS THAT WE COULD HIDE IN FOR 5 DAYS.."..it broke my heart to read it..if the person who wrote it is reading this,i want to tell him that there r ppl who care,n i pray to my God to help u,n bless u..n i wish n pray with all my heart..jenan,plz tell me where u found this post..
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For the record I am conservative in my thinking but try hard to keep an open mind and give all an opportunity to voice their opinions. Many of my friends have differing views than mine when it comes to politics, but very few who disagree that much of what our Country was founded on is disintegrating before our very eyes. In the end, whether of liberal beliefs or conservative – we are ALL AMERICANS.
This did not just start yesterday, there has been an eroding of America for many years now. Those of you who are 30 or older need only look back to your years as a child, when we all said the Pledge of Allegiance in the classroom. Many of our children have never pledged allegiance to our Flag:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The problem with Americans is that we feel that the jobs that are available are beneath us. We are quick to complain about the immigrants who are moving into our country – guess what folks – they are here because there is WORK. Work, that is right, I said it! They are doing the manual labor or menial jobs that many of us would not even consider as a viable option. They are here because of the promise for a better life! One free from persecution where the sky is the limit. I hate to say it, but these same immigrants place more value of being in America than many of those who were born in America.
Whoa is me! Whoa is me! Folks we have not seen bad. Bad is the Great Depression. Bad is persecution of women and children living under Taliban law years ago in Afghanistan. Bad is being of Jewish decent in Germany during Hilter’s brutal reign. Bad is being one of the victims of 9/11. Bad is the Widow and Children of one of our Fallen Heroes. Need I say more?
We have many issues in our Country in this day and age. No one person can be blamed for the financial crisis that hit us. We probably will never know how many or even who was to blame as the powerful in our country seem to protect their own – from corporate America to our elected leaders. You only need to look at the billions of YOUR tax dollars that have been given to numerous corporations that were deemed ‘Too Big To Fail’ to realize this. There have not been, nor will there be any accountability – let alone any repayment (well, unless you consider repayment by you, me and our children as repayment).
Only today I received an email from a lady who wanted to let me know that I should refrain from supporting a group of mothers who cared about their children in the Armed Forces. She was polite in her dissent, but wanted to state her dissatisfaction with me publicly supporting them as this was viewed as a group that was partisan. Partisan? REALLY? Mothers fearing for their children’s safe return is now partisan? COME ON!
This last week saw closed door meetings with political leaders and the attack on a news organization by our very own administration. All the while, our Generals charged with carrying out combat operations in Afghanistan are desperately awaiting a decision from our government. I got it that there are those of you who disagree with our presence in Afghanistan but this is a battle we must fight there and that we must win. If we do not, we will only see more tragedy on our own soil.
If you really want to participate in the direction of this great country, I strongly suggest you do so by exercising the rights that our founding fathers gave us (and no I am not talking about the right to bear arms):
These two PEACEFUL means granted to all Americans by our Founding Fathers are so very powerful. They have been there since day one but sadly many choose not to exercise either right. Rather, the remain silent in terms of speech and vote. Only after the fact to they choose to cry foul – knowing all along that they were simply too busy or afraid to speak out or stand in line at the polls to cast their ballot. Those who fill the halls of our local, state and federal capital buildings are there because those who believed they could make a difference went to the polling stations and voted them in.
It is time for everyday Americans to wake up, to give notice of their displeasure or support of the direction that our elected leaders are taking this Great Country. Being an elected leader means that you are prone to having people who both support you and oppose you – it comes with the job! At no time should they be calling for the banishment of free speech or free press.
I will leave you with the words of The Star Spangled Banner which was composed by Francis Scott Key in 1814:
In addition to exercising the right to vote and to free speech, there is another freedom at risk in our society: The right to freely exercise as an equal citizen with an equally respected sense of patriotism, if your religion does not center on God.
If we are all equal citizens with equal responsibilities for addressing the problems you raise, I think it is necessary to drop “under God” from the pledge so that the pledge would read just as it did throughout all of WWII (which in the end turned out OK anyway). With the greatest respect to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, if we don’t find those words unconstitutional, then those rights to vote and to free speech will be easier to slip from our grasp as well, when someone says they’re not just turning a blind eye to constitutional encroachment but that there’s simply no constitutional encroachment. Some blind eyes are blinder than others apparently. That’s how “under God” stays in the pledge, and that’s why however much we claim otherwise, we don’t really have religious liberty for everyone. Just those whose faith is about God. It’s hard for Christians to understand why that’s a problem after all. But aren’t we past thinking of everyone else as soulless heathens?
I agree with a lot of your other remarks also…. everyone should be more politically active starting with reading more and relying on TV less.
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Heir of Black Falcon wrote:Ridley kinda scares me with his treatment of historical movies... I know they are just for fun but I dislike when people distort events and people, intentionally or not, when with perhaps a little research have done it right.
Maedhros wrote: -snip- the almost accurate ones can do more "harm"in that matter I think...
Heir of Black Falcon wrote: I think a home grown story is fine but Gladiator is only partially so. It actually uses many historic figures/characters and for the most part stays relatively close to who they likely were. The idea that the republic could be brought back is not all that uncommon a sentiment in the Roman Empire for example. So yes he created characters and events but relied still on real people, real occurrences and real sentiments without grossly misrepresenting real historic characters. Of his movies this one is one I felt he maimed the least though I still have some complaints that could have made it a bit better. It is when the balance is out to one side completely I get frustrated.
What is sad is when characters that are well known and have no evidence for being a villain or a coward are made so by some Hollywood director who cannot take the time to learn the period he is directing. To me that is part of his job.
Maedhros wrote:Actually I prefer a home made story based around historical events to a an almost accurate story. I love Gladiator for example
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What do y'all think about this?
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Ohio voters face an unappetizing choice this fall: Do they retain Ohio's long- standing procedures for drawing congressional and legislative districts after each census -- procedures manipulated by rapacious Republicans last year as they sliced and diced communities to lock in control of what is really a 50-50 state?
Or do they opt for State Issue 2, a well-intentioned but overly complex effort at reform that purports to remove politics from the most political of democratic exercises -- and yet may guarantee only prolonged litigation?
Supporters of Issue 2 allow that it's not perfect, but warn against making the perfect the enemy of the good. The real alternative, they say, is a bad system that keeps getting worse.
It's a tempting argument. But Issue 2 isn't a piece of legislation that can be passed, then fixed by the General Assembly.
Issue 2, whose cumbersome mechanisms could invite lawsuits, would go into the Ohio Constitution -- and amending that is, quite rightly, a difficult process.
So we urge a "no" vote on Issue 2..
The 99 new Ohio House districts are generally less egregious, although they, too, take some strange twists and turns in order to stymie competition.
Such gerrymandering is more than mere political mischief. Packing districts with Democrats or Republicans feeds the partisan rancor in Washington and Columbus. In lopsided districts, primaries often are decisive, and they favor candidates who toe the party line. They don't reward compromise or independence.
The results are groupthink and gridlock.
Political cartography in Ohio has two parts. New legislative districts are created by a board that includes the governor, secretary of state, auditor and two legislators. Because of their 2010 sweep, Republicans dominated the latest process -- and took full advantage.
On a parallel track, legislative committees draw new congressional lines. Last year, the GOP in Columbus essentially ratified a map crafted by U.S. House Speaker John Boehner. Having ousted five Democratic incumbents in 2010, Boehner and Co. had to draw some very odd lines to protect their gains.
The GOP's overreach emboldened a group of good-government advocates to propose Issue 2. The coalition picked up support from labor and the Democratic Party, which in 2010 rejected a promising legislative effort to require bipartisan agreement on new maps.
Issue 2 would create a panel of Democrats, Republicans and nonaffiliated voters to draw compact, competitive districts for Congress and the General Assembly.
Sounds good, but the devil is in the details.
The details include a Rube Goldberg selection process that involves appellate judges -- who are, remember, nominated in partisan primaries -- and requires that even the registered Democrats and Republicans who serve be free of political ties. Advocates talk of commission members who might bring important academic skills to the table. They could just as easily be unsophisticated do-gooders subject to manipulation by party leaders, lobbyists or staff -- much like the "citizen politicians" promised by term-limit advocates are now. Finally, there's no requirement for bipartisan agreement. Either party's representatives could pass a map by winning over the unaffiliated members.
A better, simpler approach would require bipartisan supermajorities and impose clear, enforceable guidelines on mapmakers. The redistricting could be done by a hybrid panel of lawmakers and expert nonpoliticians.
One more idea: Open primaries. In heavily Democratic or Republican areas -- and there are some places where you simply cannot draw a competitive district -- that might mean two members of the same party advancing to the November ballot. But because winners will have to appeal to a broader electorate, the odds would favor candidates in the middle or with wide political appeal. That would help fix much of what ails Congress and the Statehouse.
Yes, Ohio needs reapportionment reform. But it can do better than Issue 2. | http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/10/issue_2s_pitfalls_are_too_deep.html | 2013-05-18T10:43:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The Broadview Heights Lions Club focuses on charities for the disabled with a particular emphasis on the visually impaired through Lions Club International.The Broadview Heights Lions Club focuses on charities for the disabled with a particular emphasis on the visually impaired through Lions Club International.
Their motto, “A volunteer organization dedicated to leadership development through community service,” is followed through the financial and social support of various causes.
Club Vice President Keith Gaydosh said the group was founded to focus on visual disabilities, but dozens of organizations benefit from the Lions.
“We support well over 15 to 20 different organizations,” Gaydosh said. “The real projects are the eye clinics and the whole disabled assistance vein of charities.”
The Lions do more than write a check to help the organizations they support.
“We’re doing things in the community,” Gaydosh said. “People come back to us to let us know how we helped, and we welcome them back to our dinner meetings to be speakers.”
The Lions belong to an Ohio district that has the unique worldwide distinction of offering two eye clinics, one at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland and the other at Summa Hospitals of Akron. Case Western Reserve University is one of the centers of research supported by the Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation.
“We are a leader in our area,” Gaydosh said. “We support eye research and raise money to buy equipment to take to other countries.”
Gaydosh said a familiar presence around the city are the Lions eyeglass collection boxes, which are located at City Hall and opticians’ offices for worldwide distribution.
The club also supports two athletic events for the disabled –Northeast Ohio Challenger Baseball Little League for young adults with physical and mental disabilities and Cleveland Scrappers Beep Ball, baseball for the blind.
The Broadview Height Lions are the main supporters of South Hills Lend-a-Hand, a food pantry serving Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Independence.
“The Lions founded South Hills Lend-a-Hand in 1987, and we are the key contributor,” Gaydosh said. “We gave $6000 last year. We’ve seen a huge increase with double the number of families at year’s end compared to May. It grew every single month and we just received 10 more applications.”
Among other local efforts, five Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School graduating seniors receive a scholarship for $1,000 every year.
The Lions main fundraiser is the Bloodview Haunted House, which has grown in size as well as in popularity over the years.
“Our haunted house is our biggest payback for the year,” Gaydosh said.
The annual reverse raffle, dinner, and open bar will be Feb. 13 at Carrie Cerino’s in North Royalton. Last year over 150 tickets were sold to over 200 people, said Gaydosh. And a third fundraiser is the annual pancake breakfast. This year, he said, the Lions are considering pairing the pancake breakfast with the annual Easter egg hunt.
The Broadview Heights membership, now at 60, is becoming more diverse with more female and younger members, bringing fresh ideas, according to Gaydosh. Recently, the Lions discussed the possibility of a fashion show upon the suggestion of Lions member Louise Fiszer.
“We’re not just a men’s group, half our members are women,” Gaydosh said. “And our women have some awesome ideas.”
Contact Sun Star-Courier at
(216) 986-2358 | http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/index.ssf/2010/01/broadview_heights_lions_have_a.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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After months of the kind of familiar push-and-pull that happens when a struggling club tries to restart its flat-lined business with a game plan that grinds against the neighborhood's wishes, one Cleveland Heights club has been ordered to close its doors for good.
MYXX, located in the Cedar-Fairmount area, must cease operation by October 1st, according to judgment rubber-stamped by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul this month. Until that time, the club is operating under shorter hours, according to Cleveland Patch, which has gone a good job tracking the MYXX saga, a conflict that not only pitted the establishment against the neighborhood but eventually against city hall.
The club is located in the old Jillian's spot. After the grimy pool hall closed up over a year ago, the building's owner doubled the space, tricked the footage out in a chic décor, and dubbed the new concoction MYXX. Business was slow for quiet awhile.
Eventually, the bar began hosting promoted events that drew crowds that normally don't hang around Cedar-Fairmount — i.e young and African-American. Cleveland Heights police were soon regulars at the club due to noise complaints and reports of underage drinking. In one incident a fight broke out on the premises; in the subsequent confusion, a Cleveland Heights cop was hit by a car.
Eventually, Cleveland Heights' city council declared the business a public nuisance and started rolling on the legal procedures to close down the business for good. Cleveland Heights Mayor Ed Kelley, a vocal critic of the bar in the past, had this to say in a press release regarding Gaul's decision: “I am counting the days until Oct. 1.”
So what's going to happen to this big-ass retail space? The building was recently purchased, but there's been no word on what the future owners might have planned.
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Macaroni Snowflake - 5
Delicate snowflakes can be made with your own hands. For this you will need macaroni of different shapes. An easy kids’ craft project will be favored by your kid.
Use your imagination and make a Christmas tree ornament as snowflakes have their own inimitable beauty.
Tools and Materials:
macaroni:
- fiori pasta/ flower pasta
- tortiglioni
- a glue gun
- white acrylic paint
- a brush
Step-by-step instructions:
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Take two kinds of macaroni. Inlay the snowflake without gluing and pay attention to the factthat it has 6 “arms”. This is how many “arms” any snowflake has!
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Apply the glue with the help of the glue gun to one fiori pasta item. Stick 6 tortiglioni items to it in a circle and then glue a flower pasta item to each tortiglioni one. Do you know that the snowflake shape depends on the climate? The most beautiful and complicated in their structure snowflakes appear in the places where the climate is more severe and where the climate is milder the structures of snow crystals are simpler.
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The craft can be decorated with white acrylic paint. After the paint is dried you can run a white thread through fiori pasta and hang the snowflake on the Christmas tree. Or it is possible to make a wonderful pendant which has no equal in its beauty. You will never buy such an exclusive snowy embellishment in a shop. Santa will like your craft for sure! | http://www.clickacraft.com/crafts-material/macaroni/macaroni-snowflake-5 | 2013-05-18T10:31:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Of course you want your motel room in Sparta to be affordable, but you don't want to sacrifice quality! It is easy to find a great hotel in any destination of your wanting if you do your homework. The internet web is a great place to start. You can compare prices, as well as read user reviews on most any hotel you could imagine. Another benefit.
So you want to get top comfort for the cheapest price you can, but still get the accomodations of an experience you won't forget? Well booking in Spartacan be more difficult than you believe especially in a very large area that you will want to reserve a year ahead to get a room that suits you because about time summer comes around rooms are reserved imperative now than ever to plan year ahead for vacationing and dining in your favorite hotel to solve hassle of last second searching.
Boutique motels in Sparta are popular in the United States and in the United Kingdom. These can be classified as "lifestyle" or "design" hotels that can match the customer's trendy personality. Routinely, the costs are below four star hotels but with four star accommodations. The furniture is chic, colorful, near hip hang outs, restaurants, and bars. Boutique hotels offer.
You use motels when you're home away from home. Whether you're on a business trip or a vacation, hotels and motels alike are places you can rest for a reasonable costs. Reserving.
If you are looking to holiday for a few days, consider coming to Sparta for entertainment, and relaxation. The area is not flooded with hotels, which is an asset to the area.
The finest hotels in Sparta are:
Wyvern Hotel - rooms cost about $119.00 a day, roof pool, tables
Umbrellas, Bar and Lounge also on roof, good restaurants
Four Points by Sheraton - 108 rooms, situated on edge of Charlotte Harbor;
Best Western Hotel - Also on Charlotte Harbor, prices for rooms run about $95.00 a day; within
walking distance of other hotels and Fishermen's Village.
These are the only a couple hotels in Sparta although there are motels that are less expensive but they are right in town and not near any water.
When planning a trip to Sparta, most individuals already know that they can search for hotels online and shop around for the best prices. However, price should not be your only issue. You wouldn't want to stay in a grungy hotel room just because it's the cheapest. Look over customer reviews of the hotel and see what other travelers have to say. If at all possible, call a friend in the area and ask them what they think of the different hotels. Furthermore, plan. | http://www.clickdiscounthotels.com/hotels/usa/kentucky/sparta/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Pregnant Catherine leaves hospital
Duchess was admitted for acute morning sickness
was admitted Monday with hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that involves nausea and vomiting more severe than the typical morning sickness many women suffer during early pregnancy.
Her hospitalization prompted the early announcement of her pregnancy.
In his first public comments since then, Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, said he was "thrilled" by the news.
"It's a very nice thought to become a grandfather in my old age, if I can say so," he told reporters in London. "I'm very glad my daughter-in-law is getting better. Thank goodness!"
He also made a humorous reference to a story that dominated the UK headlines Wednesday, involving two Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital in which they impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles.
"How do you know I'm not a radio station?" the prince joked..
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Senate Testimony on Sea Level Rise by Ben Strauss
Testimony for Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, April 19, 2012
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These increases are likely to cause a great deal of damage. At more than half the 55 sites where we studied flood risk, storm surges on top of sea level rise have better than even chances to reach more than 4 feet above the high tide line by 2030. Yet nearly 5 million U.S. residents live in 2.6 million homes on land below this level. Multiplied by the national average sales price of existing homes in 2010, this stock comes to more than $500 billion of residential real estate, in a rough estimate.
An enormous amount of infrastructure also lies in the same zone, from airports to wastewater treatment plants, and including nearly 300 energy facilities — as you can see in the second display, along with values for some individual states, and population figures. The facilities shown are mainly natural gas, oil and gas, and electric facilities. More than half are in Louisiana, the vast majority there unprotected by levees.
In 285 municipalities, more than half the population lives on land below the 4-foot mark. One hundred and six of these places are in Florida and 65 are in Louisiana. In 676 towns and cities spread across every coastal state in the lower 48 except Maine and Pennsylvania, more than 10 percent of the population lives below the 4-foot mark. Maps and statistics for 3,000 coastal towns, cities, counties and states are searchable by name or zip code at sealevel.climatecentral.org, and I urge you and your colleagues and staff members to explore the places important to you.
In conclusion, the risks from sea level rise are imminent and serious; this is not a distant problem only of concern for our children. Escalating floods from sea level rise will affect millions of Americans, and threaten countless billions of dollars of damage to buildings and infrastructure.
Thank you for your attention. | http://www.climatecentral.org/news/senate-testimony-on-sea-level-rise-by-climate-centrals-ben-strauss/ | 2013-05-18T10:31:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Detecting Tornadoes
Program Summary
While most people would do anything to stay away from tornadoes, some scientists seek out these storms. Scientists are assisted by a nationwide network of Doppler radars, which are powerful tools for monitoring severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. These radars allow scientists to visualize the winds within the storm, and by using those winds they provide forecasters with advance warning.
Smaller, portable Doppler radars are currently being used in a field project called Vortex 2. During the 2009 and 2010 tornado seasons, Vortex 2 has been tasked with seeking out tornadoes in "tornado alley". Vortex 2 scientists intend to collect the most complete three-dimensional pictures of tornadoes that have ever been generated.
The results of this project may result in a better understanding of how tornadoes develop, which could lead to better short-term tornado forecasts and warnings. Additional study is needed to determine if a warming climate may lead to more tornadoes, or causes a change in where and when tornadoes appear.
CREDITS: Mike Coniglio, NSSL; NOAA; Dave Lewellen, National Science Foundation | http://www.climatecentral.org/videos/web_features/videosweb_featuresdetecting_tornadoes/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Rock climbing Stockton-on-Tees, England
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The. Wilkinson, a New Hampshire–based guide and accomplished climber, traveled to Nepal to hear firsthand accounts from the Sherpas who worked on K2 that summer and were largely underrepresented during the aftermath, and he unveils the risks these climbers took in rescue attempts. “If it weren’t for the malicious timing of the serac’s final releases [the avalanches that ultimately took many lives], five more climbers would have escaped K2,” Wilkinson writes. “The real tragedy was that they [Sherpas] had almost pulled off one of the great rescues in the history of the mountain… and no one even knows about it.” —Amanda Fox | http://www.climbing.com/?archive=the-rest-of-the-story | 2013-05-18T11:02:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms (tDCSsmokers)
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We hypothesize that transcranial direct current stimulation will reduce tobacco withdrawal symptoms of tobacco dependent smokers abstinent from smoking for more than 10 hours.
- Urge to Smoke scale [ Time Frame: 20 minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]This is a 10-item self-report questionnaire. It measures the level of urge to smoke cigarette
- Negative affect [ Time Frame: 10 min ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Use self-report questionnaire Profile of Mood States to assess negative affect
- Reaction time on an attention task [ Time Frame: 20 minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Participants will perform a computerized visual attention task. Performance measures including reaction time and accuracy.
Detailed Description:
We will recruit 35 non-smokers and 30 adult smokers who smoke > 15 cigarettes/day for more than two years and are 18-55 years old. We expect about half of them will be females. All participants will be screened for drugs of abuse and female participants will receive a pregnancy test. Each smoker will participate in four tDCS sessions, one for sham and three for real tDCS, each for one set of electrode montage. The first set is dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (i.e., F3 and F4 of 10/20 EEG system) and neck. The second set is middle line prefrontal cortex (Fz), superior parietal cortex (Pz), and bilateral inferior temporal cortex (T3 and T4). The third set is left dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (F3) and superior parietal cortex (P1), and right inferior temporal cortex (T4). The sequence of real and sham tDCS will be counterbalanced among participants. Each session will last for 20 minutes and there will be a minimum 48 hours between the two sessions. Participants will be required to be abstinent from cigarette smoking overnight for a minimum of 10 hours and arrive at our lab around 8:30 AM for each tDCS session. After arrival, each participant will provide a breath sample for detection of any alcohol in their system, an assay of CO and for verification of abstinence from cigarette smoking. We will place a nicotine patch (Nicoderm with 21 mg nicotine) on the back of participants. We will also ask each participant to chew a nicotine gum (Nicorette gum with 4 mg nicotine) for 30 minutes. The participants will perform a battery of computerized tasks including the N-Back working memory task, and an attention task involving watching a computer screen and pressing buttons to indicate more odd or even numbers displayed on the screen. In addition participants will complete the following questionnaires related to mood, nicotine withdrawal, mental state, possible side effects, and cigarette craving: Profile of Mood States (McNair et al 1971), Shiffman-Jarvik Withdrawal Scales (Shiffman & Jarvik 1976), and Urge To Smoke (Jarvik et al 2000), tDCS side effects questionnaire, Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale (Welsch 1999), Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen 1983), Spielberger State/Trait Anxiety Questionnaire (Spielberger 1970).
Each participant will repeat above battery of cognitive tasks and questionnaires after tDCS. Then they will be instructed to smoke one cigarette after this second battery of tasks/questionnaires, and repeat the second battery of questionnaires after cigarette smoking.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Good general health
- Age between 18 and 55 yrs
- Smokers must smoke at least 15 cigarettes per day for the past two years (as indicated by self-report)
- Must give a breath CO sample of at least 15 ppm to verify current tobacco consumption during screen
- Must give a breath CO sample of 7 or less ppm to verify tobacco abstinence during the abstinence session
- Cocaine and alcohol patients should meet DSM-IV criteria, and is confirmed after clinical interview with a structured interview with the SCI-PG and SCID-P.
- Right-handed, as indicated by the Edinburgh Handedness Questionnaire
- Smokers should have no illicit drug use, as indicated by negative results on urine drug screens of cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates, or benzodiazepines at all sessions
- Smokers should consume less than or equal to 10 standard drinks of alcohol per week (one standard drink consists of one 12 oz. beer, 6 oz. of wine, or one shot (1.5 oz.) of hard liquor (80 proof) (as indicated by self-report)
- Absence of any past or current DSM-IV Axis I diagnoses (as verified by the SCID)
- English as a first language (subjects may be bilingual), and able to read and speak English fluently (as indicated by self-report)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any medically significant acute or chronic medical condition as indicated by self-report (significance is determined by the P.I.)
- English as a second language (as indicated by self-report)
- Left-handed or ambidextrous as indicated on the Edinburgh Handedness Questionnaire
- Marijuana use of greater than one joint once per week. The subject's urine must screen negative at each session, so the subject is instructed to refrain from using marijuana for the 72 hours prior to each session.
- Pregnant, as indicated by a positive result on the urine pregnancy test given at each session
- Below normal intelligence (Shipley estimated IQ of 85 or less) as indicated by a combined score of <45 on the Shipley Institute of Living Scale
- Evidence of head injury involving loss of consciousness for 5 minutes or more and/or requiring hospitalization (as indicated by self-report)
- Depression, as assessed by the SCID or a score of >18 on the BDI (see appendix)
- Probable childhood ADHD as indicated by a score of >46 on the Wender Utah Rating Scale and/or by self-report
- Self-report of learning disability or dyslexia
- Current or past use of psychotropic drugs (i.e., any antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychostimulants (i.e. Ritalin), benzodiazepines (i.e., Valium, Xanax), or use of any other drugs known to affect cognitive functioning (as indicated by self-report).
- HIV positive (as indicated by self-report)
- Positive TB test (as indicated by self-report)
- For subjects participating in the smoking portion, consumption of more than 10 standard drinks of alcohol per week (see inclusion criteria for description of standard drink)
- Presence of any past or current DSM-IV Axis I Diagnoses, as verified by the SCID
- Abnormal uncorrected vision or hearing which would affect performance on cognitive tests (as indicated by self-report)
- Smokers group:
- Has not smoked 15 or more cigarettes per day for a minimum of the past 2 years
- A CO breath sample of <15 ppm during any session (except the abstinence session)
Presence of a pacemaker, catheter or device implant that might be interfered with by the current applied during tDCS.
b) Eligibility to participate in the study will be determined by trained research personnel who will screen potential participants over the phone.
c) Minors are excluded because the study involves cigarette smoking. Participants over 55 are excluded due to their increased probability of smoking-related and age-related health problems. Pregnant women or those of childbearing potential who are not using birth control will be excluded because the studies involve cigarette smoking and therefore pose a risk to a fetus.
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Homeopathic Medication and Nutritional Oriented Diet to Treat Overweight Pregnant Women With Mental Disorder
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Edgard Costa de Vilhena
Collaborator:
Amparo Maternal Maternidade Social (USaoPaulo)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Edgard Costa de Vilhena, University of Sao Paulo
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00942097
First received: July 16, 2009
Last updated: May 8, 2013
Last verified: May 2013
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of homeopathic treatment in pregnant women with overweight and class I obesity with suspicion of a mental disorder.
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Mental Disorders Obesity Psychotic Disorders
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Further study details as provided by University of Sao Paulo:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Weight [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Comorbidities [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Newborn weight [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Pregnancy period [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Collateral effects [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Self perception health [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Apgar score [ Time Frame: 9 month ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Detailed Description:
The weight gain during pregnancy has been reported as an important factor of being overweight after delivery and comorbidities. There are a lot of restrictions to treat pregnant women due to fetus development. Homeopathy presents itself as an integrative medicine that could treat with less collateral effects improving general health. The investigators are going to test the effects of homeopathy.
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women with less than 28 weeks,
- BMI from 26 to 35 Kg/ m2,
- SRQ-20 positive.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diabetes
- Cardiopathies
- Hypertension
- Nephropathies
- Psychiatric treatment
- Drug users
- Pulmonary Chronic Disease
- Suicidal ideas
- No eating (appetites)
- Problems of BMI measurements (disabled people)
- Concomitant homeopathic treatment
- People who are looking for just 1 medical appointment
Additional Information:
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Excessive wound fluid can inhibit wound healing and can lead to maceration of the peri-wound skin, further breakdown, and excoriation and skin sensitivities if inappropriately managed as it can be corrosive in nature. The use of skin barrier preparations such as LBF should be considered to protect the delicate peri-wound area.
Figure 1: A wound which has been highly exuding. Note the maceration to the peri-wound area.
Wound Infection is caused by multiplying pathogenic bacteria which cause a reaction in the patient. Infection can be systemic, causing the patient to become ill or local, only affecting the wound bed and surrounding tissues. At assessment the health care professional should observe for the clinical signs of infection: pain, heat, erythema, cellulitus, oedema, pyrexia, malodour, delayed healing, wound breakdown, fragile granulation tissue, excessive exudate and the presence of pus. Patients who are immunocompromised cannot display these signs as they do not host a traditional immune response and therefore need to be monitored very closely and carefully.
Wounds which are necrotic / sloughy need to have this tissue removed as it can act as a focal point for bacteria and the peri-wound protected as the exudate levels can be high.
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Systemic wound infection may be treated with antibiotics; local wound infection may be managed with antimicrobial dressings or topical antiseptics. Any dressing selected should be considered for its viral / bacterial properties to minimise cross infection. Dressings should be changed more frequently and the wound closely monitored during this time.
Figure 2: An infected wound
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Taco Burger
Last week while I was enjoying my tacos I thought that a taco burger would be a good idea and this weekend I got around to making them. I kept the burger patties themselves pretty simple just seasoning them with the taco seasoning and grilling them up. Near the end of the grilling I topped them with some cheddar cheese which melted nicely. From there I proceeded to construct the burgers using some of my favorite taco condiments including salsa, lettuce, tomato and avocado. At first I was thinking of using guacamole but then I decided to go with a mixture of avocado and mayo as I often enjoy mayo on my burgers and this way I would get the best of both worlds. The taco burgers turned out great! The patties were nice and moist and juicy and so full of flavour! All of the taco flavours worked really well in burger form though the burgers were a bit messy.
Taco Burger(makes 4 burgers)
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
3 tablespoons taco seasoning
4 buns
4 slices cheddar cheese
salsa
guacamole
tomato
lettuce
1 pound ground beef
3 tablespoons taco seasoning
4 buns
4 slices cheddar cheese
salsa
guacamole
tomato
lettuce
Directions::
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37 comments:
Kevin! Man oh man, that looks so good! I want lunch now.
Mmm looks yummy! How creative!
This looks so juicy and I know the flavors work well together. That mound of cheese makes it! YUM!
holy smokes!!! that looks great Kevin...
Burger me - this looks good!
I love the presentation of this Taco Burger!
That oozy, melted cheese did it for me. Anybody got a cigarette?
What a scrumptious creation!
Cheers,
Rosa
Nice!!! I love the melted cheese at the top of those patties.
Burger goodness on a bun!
looks like a little mountain of heaven :)
I have just been to a party and my stomach is so full, but not even that keeps me from wanting this burger badly!!!!
What a fantastic burger and picture - it looks delicious!
this is such a natural flavor combination! sounds down right delicious!
I so would love a bite! This looks incredible. great shot
Hi Kevin!
Why have I never thought of making a taco burger?? That sounds so great!!
I make taco's all the time, and burgers for that matter. I think my family would love this "merger" of ingredients!
Thanks for posting, and I am totally starving now! :0)
Holy smokes! That's a tall burger and it's topless too! Looks delicious!
What a great idea..how come I didnt think of that!!LOL..Everything you make looks delicious.Figtreeapps
What a great idea, I am making that for my in laws on Friday!
Oooh, just saw a taco pizza last night. All these taco foods are making us hungry.
Mmm...tacos! My son would love that.
Another new creations, that looks so delicious!
I'm loving all of these taco-flavored foods. Especially the burgers with the guacamole/mayo!
The downside to being a food blogger is that as you travel from post to post, your brain gasps each time and asks the stomach 'You sure you aren't hungry? You must be. Right? Come on.." and so on. This burger has started an internal debate. Oh boy!
WHOA...this sounds so so good. I will surely give this one a try.
This is my first time over..I love cooking blogs and discovered your's on another blog.
I am signing up to follow you and I sure will be back.
Love it, I could go for one right now. You are so inventive and if you use that much cheese you are alright in my book.
I love how you take one thing and then go in every possible direction with it!
What a great idea to make this favorite dish into a burger!
This looks amazing.
Just made burgers yesterday...too bad I didn't see this first! Between this taco burger and White on Rice Couple's Umami burger I have my next burger-making days all sewn up! :)
The melted cheese is killing me!
That sounds like a great burger, Kevin. The flavors go perfect together.
what a great idea!
I like this idea. Nice way to wake up a bland burger.
I am in heaven!!!!!!!
Hi there Kevin! Totally LOVE your various burger recipes! I hope you don't mind but I've placed a link to your blog over at my Tumblelog at
You have a truly great blog and love your dedication to food / cuisine and thanks for sharing!
wow sounds delish! i just made taco soup the other night using taco seasoning and canned chipotle peppers for extra smokey flavor. i look forward to trying your burger :)
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Bang Bang Shrimp
Crispy jumbo shrimp served with a trio of Asian inspired sauces
12.25
Classic Chicken Tenders
Crispy buttermilk chicken tenders with home style fries and ranch dipping sauce
9
Wings Three Ways
Crispy Chicken wings with your choice of buffalo, teriyaki or ranch dipping sauces
9.50
Pepperoni Sandwich
Provolone, Ricotta, Parmesan & Roman Cheese, hand folded crust sprinkled
with Asiago Cheese and Parsley with Marinara
7
Chili Cheese Fries
Crispy fresh cut fries with chili, cheddar cheese, sour cream and guacamole
6
Cilantro, Pesto, Chicken & Spinach Quesadilla
Mozzarella Cheese, caramelized onions, baby spinach, tomato and chipotle aioli
10
Caprese Salad
Roma tomatoes, fresh mozarella and balsamic syrup
7.50
Classic Burger
Fire grilled Angus burger served with lettuce, tomato, onion and your choice of one topping
with your choice of side (see server for choices)
11
Prosciutto & Melon Salad
Fresh Mozzarella and basil pesto oil
9
Chopped Caesar Salad
House made croutons and parmigiano-reggiano
4.50
Seasonal Fruit and Berry Salad
Toasted coconut and honey yogurt
6
ONE Members Receive 50% Discount on Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages
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Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate
Main Number: 913.428.0548
About the Club
Calendar
Sat. March 9 - Sat. March 16
Clubhouse & Course Closed12:00 am - 12:00 am
Clubhouse Closes at 5:00pm today12:00 am - 12:00 am
Wine Wednesday5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Empty Nesters6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Burger Night5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chef's Fresh Catch5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Grill hours 11:00am to 9:00pm12:00 am - 12:00 am
Saturday, March 9 - no events
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2011 – The Captain’s Log will show 2011 to be a year of great accomplishment. With membership as a primary focus, we started the year with only 147 members, and a goal of achieving 200. Through very creative incentives and determined efforts of the Membership Growth committee, we added 66 new members, ending the year with 193 boating members, and 5 applications in process. The weather on Island Opening day presented a real challenge – in fact the event was cancelled, a detail learned by 3 brave mariners only upon reaching the Island, after braving howling winds and 4 foot waves to get there. The spring monsoons continued right through Memorial Day weekend. We were finally able to walk Swim Island again after the phragmites were cut down, as that reclamation effort continues. It was gratifying to again see the harbors full for the July 4th weekend. Club Island has what must be the last remaining Ash trees standing in the State of Michigan, as we removed those infected with the emerald ash borer and treated the few remaining healthy trees. 6 new docks were installed in the southeast harbor as the dock replacement program continues. The sprinkler system was the recipient of much attention as it was restored to working order. Upgrades to the shoreheads and showers continued, and the WiFi system was further improved as well. The Board was able to add $50,000 to our reserve fund, the result of remarkable fiscal management. A great entertainment calendar provided many memorable events. And in stark contrast to Opening Day, a spectacular warm day and sunshine made it all too hard to leave the Island for the season following Island Closing day.
2010 – “In with the old” – The most notable event of 2010 was the completion of the purchase of our beloved Club Island. We celebrated Independence Day on July 4th by observing the Birth of our Nation, as well as our own Independence from the State of Michigan. The Past Commodores planted our Flag on the Island and the Property Deed was presented to the Board of Directors. Mission accomplished! Deep gratitude was expressed to the Members for their support over the many years to attain this monumental goal.
And, “In with the new”- as Wireless Internet Service was made available to all boats in the Harbors. In the past we would escape to Club Island to “get away from it all”. But now, we can’t live without the connection to the rest of our World.
A 900-pound anchor that was recovered from a Great Lakes schooner in Lake Huron was presented to the Club by the Past Commodores. It will be used as a Memorial centerpiece.
The economic meltdown of 2009 had a dramatic effect on our Club. Our membership count decreased as the lake water levels lowered. The number of Boating Members plunged to 147 this year. Consequently, the budget depth sounder was closely monitored.
In an effort to increase Membership, the Board of Directors offered innovative incentives for sponsoring New Members. The Incentive Programs were successful and there is a significant influx of new members for the coming year.
A limited number of wells were made available for seasonal rental to generate additional revenue.
Pictures of Past Commodores in the Club House that were faded were scanned and restored.
Several more new docks were installed in the North Harbor.
An area in the Club House was designated for the “Tweens”. It features a ping-pong table, foosball game, TV and furniture.
The Annual Barge Party was spectacular even though it was postponed by unfavorable weather.
The gales of November arrived on Labor Day Weekend, yet many Members braved 40 mph winds and 50-degree temperatures and ventured to the Island.
Aerial spraying on Swim Island was done in the fall to treat the invasive Phragmites so that we can reclaim that land.
Full Speed Ahead!
2009 - After a hard winter, many repair projects needed to be made. Seawall repairs topped the list. More than 80 linear feet of seawall was repaired or replaced, where needed, and tie-backs were replaced also. In the course of the repair work there was damage to the grounds and the lawn irrigation system. Repairs were made as spring weather permitted. Just days before the 4th of July Holiday, a transformer that was struck by lightning and damaged beyond repair was replaced. Large blocks were placed to stabilize the “Swim Island” bridge. Although the “Work Boat” had provided service in the past, it became expensive to maintain and it was sold. Replacement of “unsafe” docks began in the North Harbor and this project will resume in 2010. Many events were on the Entertainment Calendar; annual favorites, as well as a new event, “The Diva Party”. Twenty boats went on the 10-day Rendezvous that included ports of Lake Erie and concluded at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. The annual “Barge Party” was cancelled twice due to unfavorable weather. Several Friday night cook-outs became “cook-ins” due to unfavorable weather also. All events, especially the Holiday weekends, continued to surprise and delight all. Lake water levels were the highest in the last decade. Membership reached 171, including 8 new members. The Population of children under the age of 18, at best count, was 202. Island Acquisition, begun in 2005, and accompanied by the struggle of bureaucracy, is approaching completion of the process, as initial payment toward the purchase was made and received by the State of Michigan. It is with much optimism and expectation that Club Island ownership will be a reality in 2010.
2008 - The interior of the Club House was painted and the Island Store was updated by removing the low ceiling thus providing more efficient air flow. Two Vulcan Hart commercial stoves were installed and they have doubled the cooking capacity for oven and surface cooking. Several large tree stumps were finally removed. The mounds of dredging spoils at the entrance to the South Harbor were leveled and also provided fill dirt where needed. These areas were then raked and seeded. The Members and their guests enjoyed an entertaining season at Club Island. The Entertainment Calendar was filled with events to be enjoyed by all. We are proud of our talented members who volunteer their time and energy. The Calendar was highlighted with the Mates Boat Handling Course in June, the CRBC Rendezvous at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club in July, and Halloween in September. The Barge Party in Goose Bay continues to be a favorite event and this year was no different. The weather was outstanding. It was an afternoon of great food, new games, and a record setting attendance of 70 boats. The Purchase of Club Island from the State of Michigan has not yet been completed. The property has been surveyed, the paperwork submitted and we expect this purchase to be finalized in the near future. Membership stands at 194, and Members, their families and guests of the Clinton River Boat Club are appreciative of their beautiful gem, known as “Club Island”.
2007 - was a significant year for the Clinton River Boat Club. Through hard work and skillful negotiations we are very near closing the purchase of Club Island from the State of Michigan for one fourth the original estimated price, saving additional expense for our membership. We completed several facility maintenance projects in spite of Mother Nature challenging us with 70 MPH winds during a storm in early Spring which uprooted many trees and downed all the birdhouses. The electrical system in the West Harbor was upgraded. After nine consecutive barge trips laden with wood chips, we added 120 yards of new mulch to the playscape using our new barge ramp to transfer the materials. The clubhouse received a much needed face lift including new roof shingles, exterior repairs and paint and Club Store upgrades. Once again we had a full social calendar. The Barge Party set a new record with 63 boats. Finishing the year with 202 active boating members, the most in eight years...priceless
2006—On September 30th Club Island celebrated its 50th anniversary acknowledging the Island’s dedication in 1956. Ironically, fifty years later we are in the final steps of purchasing the Island. During the entire year a special committee pursued this purchase with the State. Late in the year the Michigan Legislature passed a bill, signed by Governor Granholm, which allowed the membership to purchase the Island. The next year will see many administrative processes with Clay Township and the DNR to obtain the deed and determine the final purchase price. We aggressively instituted a new membership drive which resulted in 35 new members. Twelve more trees were planted in the event we should lose some to the Emerald Ash Borer. The east side South Harbor received a long awaited electrical upgrade. Manhole cover assemblies were installed over the septic system along with a pump out. In the Spring we dredged over 1500 yards from both harbors creating “Club Mountain” on the east side. We had a full year of fun and diverse social activities, including our third rendezvous at the Cove Marina in Canada. Reminiscent of years past, we managed to squeeze 117 boats onto Club Island for our Labor Day celebration. Halloween on the Island tipped the scales with 108 trick or treating costumed goblins. After many beautiful sunrises and sunsets...it was a very good year.
2005—Club Island took full advantage of the newly acquired Pontoon Boat. The 38 ft long and 10 ft wide boat has the capacity to carry 7000 pounds of cargo. This vessel will be used to transport everything to the Island. One of the first deliveries to the Island was a used Gator purchased from former member Dean Holloway. This gator was in excellent shape and added to the Islands growing fleet of vehicles. The next large delivery was twelve trees that were added to the Island. There is always a need for trees, but the impending infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer made the need for trees more urgent this year. Later in the year the Island’s front end loader needed to be replaced and again the new pontoon boat was beneficial. The end of August, the 16 year old Ford lawn mower required replacing and again the new pontoon boat came through. The Board of Directors purchased a new Kubota lawn mower to replace the Ford lawn mower. Problems with the East side electrical and the need for more power on the West side of the Island made it necessary to form a committee to revamp the electrical system, work is still proceeding. A committee was formed to investigate the purchase of Club Island. The land today is currently under the lease which will expire in 2013. The Committee put forth a plan to purchase the Island and presented it to the Membership which overwhelming endorsed the plan to buy the Island. Work is still underway for the purchase.
2004 – Club Island was full of construction activity in early April. Massive loads of materials and heavy equipment were ferried to the island to prepare for the PlayScape. The Club saw unprecedented member support for the construction of the PlayScape project with financial donations and the many hours of physical labor. A new tradition began with free Friday night barbecues. The Commodore and his helpers personally prepared and served the dinners to promote mingling among the members. A second commercial-grade barbecue grill was purchased. In a combined project with Detroit Edison, the main electrical supply line from Harsens Island was removed from the telephone poles and buried under ground. The year was brought to a close by the demise of the Club’s 24-year-old pontoon boat. A committee was formed to research and procure a new pontoon boat that will meet the Club’s needs in time for the spring.
2003 - A new stand-by generator for the clubhouse was purchased and installed. The kitchen and bathroom plumbing and the septic system received serious maintenance performed by several of our hardier members. New Purple Martin birdhouses were installed. The by-laws underwent an in-depth review and the membership approved an update. The west side seawall cap was removed and replaced with welded cleat and electrical pedestal brackets. The kitchen remodeling was completed with final trim, painting and installation of the appliances. Six new Webber gas grills were installed. The island was treated with weekly insect control. The new work boat was put into service. The North dingy Well pilings were jetted into place and secured. The membership overwhelming supported the purchase and installation of a new children’s play-scape. The Board of Directors approved the funding for a swing set and play-scape and the installation of the play-scape in 2004.
2002 - Due to cost and onerous permitting requirements, the potable water project was abandoned. Necessary dredging was completed in the north and south harbors. Weekly insect spraying began in July and appeared to be highly successful. A 25 foot workboat was acquired through Marc Boeckl and will be refurbished over the winter. The barge had several leaks repaired. All propane tanks were upgraded with new safety valves. The big project of the year was a major renovation of the kitchen. Some two dozen dedicated and talented members removed appliances, replaced the floor, walls and ceiling, including light fixtures, then reinstalled everything; all over a period of three weeks in September.
2001 - The 2001 Grounds & Maintenance Committee was extremely active. The pole barns which stores the majority of supplies and equipment was completely reorganized. A storage platform was erected to store seldom-used articles. A new wash down sink and plumbing was installed in the maintenance garage. A new high-pressure pump was installed in the pump house. Locks were installed on the dry storage cabinets in the clubhouse. A new freezer was installed in the kitchen to store ice. New boards replaced rotten boards in the gazebo decks as well as decking around the clubhouse and all decking was re-stained. The entire back wall of the caretaker’s apartment facing the south lagoon and main support decking were replaced. A new door wall was also installed and the interior was painted. The exterior of the clubhouse was completely repainted. All clubhouse carpeting was steam cleaned. The ventilation systems for the men and women’s rest rooms were dismantled and a new air handling system installed for greatly improved ventilation. Six new Weber gas grills were installed. The barge and Lund boats were both painted and the barge was refitted with a new 50 HP Yamaha outboard. The sprinkler pump for the south lagoon (west) was rebuilt and the sound system for the island was completed. The fire truck was replaced with a trailer and pump-mounted apparatus. Numerous dock boards were repaired or replaced in the north harbor. Frames under power boxes in north harbor were replaced and power boxes painted. A seawall cap failure in the south harbor was repaired. Contracts for dredging both the north and south harbors were awarded and dredging scheduled to be completed prior to the 2002 boating season. Planning for a potable water system was authorized.
2000 - The new ships store opened in July with the hard work and generous donations of over 40 members. The new store was ahead of schedule and under budget. Seawall repairs were made in the South Lagoon. A new Power Lift for the Island Barge was installed in the North Lagoon and dredging was required at the North and South entrances due to low water.
1999 - New Tennis Courts were completed and officially opened in June. Plans for new Mates Store were approved and construction will be completed in summer of 2000. New transformer panel & wiring were installed at West End of South Lagoon with (11) new boxes. New cluster piles installed at North End for barge ramp area along with new piling for pontoon hoist. New lawn tractor & new snow fencing were purchased and sand bed installed around swing sets. New defibrillator purchased and installed in secure casing in Club House along with specialized training for several members.
1998 - Erosion areas were backfilled and repaired, along with dredging of the North & South Harbor entrances. Overhead lattice was removed from South end of Club house & new gutters and down spouts were added, also a new hot plate grill was replaced in the kitchen. The Tennis Court renovation was started after Island closing. The old Court was broken up & filler stone was added to raise the court 6”. The maintenance building and barn went through a major renovation and two new John Deere utility carts were purchased.
1997 - The renovation of the South Harbor was completed from a pilot project started in 1996. (66) wells were extended 50 ft. and all the steel pilings were replaced with wood. This was also a year of high water and our swim beach was washed away. We are applying for permits from the DNR to implement a plan to save Swim Island.
1996 - The underground sprinkler system for the entire island was completed. The system has thirty separate zones and (210) sprinkler heads. Seventy fiberglass picnic tables replaced all the old wooden tables. Twelve wells in the South Lagoon were renovated and extended to 50 ft. as a pilot project for the potential of a long range project.
1995 - Brought on the required repair of several seawall Tie-backs that had given away. The old Club house had a new ceiling, new lighting & new carpeting installed. Also, the Men’s & Ladies bathroom & hallway were freshly wallpapered. The underground sprinkling system was also started.
1994 - The Past Commodores’ Patio was built around the Clubs’ newly erected Flag pole. New windows, entrance door, and the Mates Show Case were installed in the old Club House. The old Club House and apartment were re-roofed. The repair of several docks had to be done because of the ice and severe cold. We also had to repair the tie-backs on approximately 300 feet of seawall at the North end.
1993 - This year brought on the completion of the new clubhouse addition, one of the finest projects done at Club Island. The Club also finished the new dinghy wells in the North lagoon.
1992 - The board decided to provide gas barbecue grills in strategic locations, in framed pits for each of the harbors. The new club house addition, facing the south harbor, was begun and fully enclosed before the end of the season. Based on a survey, the board also approved the addition of 20 new dinghy wells to be added in the North Lagoon, this project is to be completed by Memorial Day 1993.
1991 - The Club sent the red Farmall Tractor to a local rehabilitation center for a complete overhaul and rebuilding. Also we completed the Dinghy Lagoon with all new galvanized docks and wood pilings.
1990 - The Club finished the two gazebos and added decking around them. The Club purchased a new Ford lawn cutting tractor. The Fall brought the start of the rebuilding of the Dinghy Well Lagoon.
1989 - This year brought some major additions to our Club with the building of two gazebos by Club members at the beach area. We also painted and re-carpeted the Club House.
1988 - gave us the enjoyment of seeing green grass and a high and dry island. We also now have a very complete and operational kitchen which we were able to acquire at salvage prices with the help of Len Williams P/C. We added a pole barn for all of our equipment. The Club now has new sprinkling equipment and in the fall new large dingy wells were added at the end of the South Lagoon along with four new large boat wells.
1987 - Completed the seawall project. Also with Membership Labor, the club built a new play area for the children, purchased by the Mates. Planted 38 new trees around the island, laid sod & planted grass on the Southwest area of the island, and installed all new electrical service to the South Lagoon on the North & West Walls. The Club also negotiated a new lease with the State of Michigan with a 25 year extension thus renewing our present lease to the year 2063, thanks to Doug Busbey P/C.
1986 - Completed the North end seawall, landscaping & electrical projects. Also, installed with Membership Labor was a complete drain system around the Club House, tennis courts and garage areas. With an assessment of $1,000.00 per active member, the Club undertook the major task to secure the entire island with seawall.
1985 - The remaining work to the Clubhouse was completed and celebrated. The North Lagoon continued to suffer land erosion due to high water. Our membership took positive action by voting a $150,000 debt retirement program which provided funds to seawall the North Lagoon fill-in the land with over 6,000 yards dredged from the lagoon and install a modern electrical system. The mates contributed a much needed outdoor sound system.
1984 - This year the Club undertook several major projects. The Clubhouse was expanded to include a caretaker’s apartment, brand new and larger men’s and ladies bathrooms, a much needed increase capacity septic system and a covered patio. The Clubhouse was also completely redecorated with new carpet, paint and furnishings. Much to the relief of our members and Clay Township, we were able to remove the caretaker’s trailer from the island.
1983 - Early Spring arrived wet, windy and rainy, along with high water. Swim island was identified by a dock protruding from the water! North Lagoon docks were partially submerged. In the first week of May, a tornado passed northeast of the island; gratefully we suffered only minor damage. The pump house was replaced, plans for the Clubhouse were prepared and reviewed and approved. The garage acquired a drill press and a bench/cabinet/sink assembly. Needed replacement of spiles and rebuilding of some docks in the North Lagoon was completed. Plans for remodeling the Clubhouse were approved and included quarters for the caretaker and upgrading of the septic system.
1982 - Progress continued. CRBC joined the Harsen’s Island - St. Clair Flats Association. Lagoon entrances were dredged and lights installed on the entrance signs. First time ever, the trees were trimmed on the island. Two golf carts were purchased for authorized use and proved their usefulness quickly. A 32’ pontoon hull was purchased to be remodeled into a “barge” to reduce hauling costs. A part of the North Lagoon at swim island was dredged which will allow more swing room for boats.
1981 - An era of accelerated progress began. Additional expansion to the Clubhouse was being considered. The tennis courts were re-coated and the West wall of the South Lagoon was finished. A portable oxygen unit was donated to the Club and new tennis screens were installed. Dinghy harbor received new docks and new screens were placed on the Clubhouse. Drain pipes were installed in low areas on the island and patio blocks were placed at the cooking and tennis areas.
1980 - The North wall of the South Lagoon (300’), received needed repairs, and repairs began on the West wall of the South Lagoon. Tennis courts were re-seamed. Because sand was clogging the shower heads, water filters were installed. The Planning Committee began in earnest to assess the Island’s future requirements.
1979 - A new dinghy area, 40’ of seawall along the Westside of the South Lagoon was built to accommodate a few of the larger dinghy’s. We repaired the Middle Channel wall break. The West end of the North Lagoon also received 200’ of new steel seawall. The Michigan Legislature passed the “Wetlands Bill;” Clay Township, Harsen’s Island and St. Clair Flats, for a defense committee and the season ended with a possible threat to our efforts to acquire the island.
1978 - Machinery needed repairing and mud piles from dredging required leveling. The electrical and spile replacement project on the West side of the South Lagoon was completed. The bridge to the Swim Island was raised. We gained an additional pinball machine, bumper pool table and a new large portable grill. Increased use of the showers required time limiters to be installed. The Mates efforts resulted in a new wet-dry vac and teen furniture.
1977 - The season started with replacement of broken and rotted piling, including quite a few dock supporting piling. The new piling is steel pipe which should last longer. After much to-do with the D.N.R., a 10-year permit to do dredging was finally official, and dredging of both entrances was started because of the lower water level. The bridge over Obitz Cut was removed, partly to help with the dredging and to replace bridge supports. The Mates again supported the club by purchasing benches for the tennis courts and clocks for the courts and clubhouse. New plastic seat covers for the furniture and a sound system were supplied. Donated rose bushes and edging material made three beautiful rose plantings around the clubhouse. As Fall came on, electrical work, to bring the west side of the South Lagoon up to the same standards as the east side, was started, to be completed by the Spring of 1978.
1976 - the east side of the South Lagoon looked like a disaster area before the bull dozing and back-fill work was completed on the new steel wall, completed in the Fall of 1975. To cover the backfill, new sod was ordered and laid in place by members. The electrical work, consisting of new pedestals and wiring was also completed. Electrical wiring in the North Lagoon was fixed and two new pedestals were installed. A new drainage system consisting of two large basins, pipe trenching, and covers for the basins were installed as part of a filter-drain for the clubhouse. The ever faithful Farmall Cub Tractor was given a new lease on life with a new engine installation. The Mates were again very helpful. New furniture was purchased, subsidized with the proceeds of a special dinner for that purpose. A new vacuum cleaner was purchased and a shower and patio stones for the children to rinse the sand off when playing at the beach was installed.
1975 - First boaters to Club Island in the spring could see the slight drop in water level. It was a welcome sight, but the bridge over Obitz Cut ended in water instead of on land as the erosion continued. Spring maintenance started with replacement of rotted pilings, plugging holes in the South Lagoon seawall and the Planning Committee assessing the electrical service problems. Two new boat-wells were built on the east side of the South Lagoon using steel sheeting in anticipation of sheeting the entire lagoon. The outer wall of the dinghy docks was extended to provide additional protection there. The Board, acting on the recommendation of the Planning Committee, had the North Lagoon electrical service reworked and some repairs made for the South Lagoon. Restroom floors were tiled, walls painted, and in the Ladies’ head, wallpaper and new curtains were added. New bamboo curtains, table and chair caddies were purchased for the clubhouse. The kitchen was renovated; floor and wall tiled, painted, and two new large Formica covered work tables were donated to cover the stoves. This project delighted all the committees who use this area. Late in the fall, the Board made the final decision to start the replacement of the South Lagoon seawall’s, starting at the south end and to include the entire east side, including all new electrical power. The work began in November, and the wall was completed as ice filled the lagoon, entrapping the contractor’s equipment for the winter.
1974 - again a year of high water and much work to be done: back-filling and grading for the new bulk-heading, grading of land on the entrance, north side of South Lagoon. Sump pumps were installed to carry away water standing in low areas, along with sand bagging the North Lagoon shores to keep the water out. A pledge campaign was started to raise money necessary to build two tennis courts in the area of the original Tot Lot. The play equipment was moved to a new location near the beach. A real monumental task ensued to construct two regulation courts and a combination basketball court along with back stop fences, resulting in a beautiful addition to our Club. This project was spearheaded by then Commodore John Boll. All of the equipment, cement, gravel, sand, and two huge transit cement trucks were barged to the Island from the Clinton River. For instance: 237 tons of stone, 112 tons of fill sand, 180 tons of mason sand and 1400 bags of cement, plus graders, bulldozer’s and cranes. Finally, the finishing touches were added: grading and filling completed, sod laid around the new courts, and grass seed sown. The Mates donated a sunshade for the Clubhouse to prevent fading of the Past Commodore’s pictures, new pedestal and wall-mounted fans, redwood furniture
and drapes, a water slide for the beach and a large load of trees, planted around the Island to further enhance its beauty.
1973 - found the grounds covered with reeds and debris carried over the land by the winter storms and the continuing plague of high water. The Muscamoot Bay side of the Island was washed away to within a few feet from the south end of South Lagoon. An order to throw up a dike along this area was acted upon at once, until a decision could be made on what course of action would be taken to eliminate the problem. A General Membership meeting was held at the Island and approval was given to use reserve funds and secure a bank loan to bulkhead the Bay side from the entrance of the South Lagoon to the dinghy area, some 1700 feet in all. The dinghy area was also a disaster, 800 feet of all-new steel bulkheading was installed, as well as restoring the docks. It was also necessary to raise 14 docks in the South Lagoon which were under water. The Mates donated a new facing for the fireplace and new wood paneling was installed to hold all the Past Commodore’s pictures. The floor was tiled and new carpeting installed to finish the interior of the Clubhouse.
1972 - the trash disposal problem was resolved by purchasing (8) Dumpsters which were barged to the mainland. The trash pit was covered to make a much neater entrance to the Island. The steel seawall started in 1971 on the Middle Channel side of the Island (to connect the previously installed seawall on Obitz Cutand the entrance to the South Lagoon) was in place and back-filled by Fall. A 200’ opening was made to provide a beautiful sand beach near the pump house. The Mates purchased and installed new accent lights for the Clubhouse and a large spotlight for the flag pole. The newly remodeled kitchen, including new storage and power vent-hood over the stoves, received the final coats of paint.
1971 - marked another year of high water. Steel seawall was installed around the garage and the entrance of the South Lagoon to protect the shore and establish an area for the new Dumpsters, and a platform to hold them, in preparation for trash removal. The most outstanding item of the year was the purchase and installation of a new equipment and storage building to house the tractors and other equipment needed for maintenance of the Island.
1970 - the original Obitz Cut was closed, and a new channel opened; 235’ of steel seawall made the North Lagoon safer from the wash of passing boats. A new pump-house and two new large capacity pumps were purchased. The Clubhouse was remodeled and a new ceiling and lighting fixtures installed.
1964 - the water for swimming was declared unsafe, so a new beach, complete with diving board and foot bridge from the main island, was constructed.
1962 - marked the year that club members were able to enjoy breakfasts and parties under cover.
1961 - sod was laid in a six-foot area around the South Lagoon. Also in 1961 the cement was laid for the clubhouse building.
1960 - August Markus presented an entire plan for the further development of Club Island. This plan included drawings for the clubhouse as well as boat wells, electrical and plumbing layouts. In fact, at one point he devised a “Markus Goldberg” potable water system and it worked. Equipment was also purchased for maintaining the Island. The Island was maintained and the service to island equipment was done by Dick Sarns from 1956 to 1964 at no charge to the club except for parts.
1959 - Electricity was installed by R.E. Parsons, but soon proved inadequate.
1958 - grass seed was sown, but there was still no progress on getting electricity to the island.
1957 - it was agreed to convert the club to a non-profit corporate status. This meant an eventual increase in dues, and a requirement that each member must own one share of $10 common stock as a condition of membership. Also, anyone who felt able could further contribute by purchasing preferred stock, non-interest bearing, at $10 per share. By May of 1957, the progress included dredging of an entrance channel to a depth of 12’, dredging of a turning basin, installation of docks to accommodate boats up to 40’ in length, and a dry recreational area for the 250 members.
1956 - The summer was spent in feverish activity by Club members, who wielded shovels, rakes, sledge hammers, etc. On Sunday, September 30, 1956, with 33 boats at the docks and approximately 200 members and their families, the new property was formally dedicated. The official ceremonies were begun with a prayer by member Robert H. Wright, and a blessing by Monsignor Skrzycki of Mt. Clemens, followed by the introduction of the then Commodore Gerrit Schamhart. He described the accomplishment, complimented the membership for their interest and enthusiasm, and predicted great things for the future. Hunter Judd, a Director, properly named our acquisition “Club Island” and it was also agreed that l.D. cards in the form of yearly stickers be issued to each member, to be prominently displayed on their boat.
1955 - twenty acres of property consisting of an island located just off Lake St. Clair between the Middle Channel waterway and the area described as Muscamoot Bay was selected. The property seemed to be mostly swamp and had been in possession of Henry Obitz since 1914. Under the able guidance of Stanley Pelitier, countless details were worked out and the idea presented to the general membership who unanimously endorsed it. The Club sponsored the Sea Scout Ship, S.S. Ranger #147 from 1955 through 1958.
1951 - Following the 1950 annual meeting, Vice Commodore Richard Sarns sent a letter to all members, announcing “the Clinton River Boat Club is sponsoring a class in Pleasure Craft Operation & Maintenance with the ultimate goal of forming a Power Squadron.” On March 5, 1951, 14 members were present for the first organizational meeting of the Mount Clemens Power Squadron. Past Commodore Wallace Gerlach nominated Stanley Peltier to be the first Commander. Stan was a CRBC Director and editor of the newsletter. Mr. Peltier suggested that the Mount Clemens Power Squadron be considered primarily an educational organization and that care be taken not to have it interfere with the social aspects of CRBC. Seven CRBC Past Commodores are charter members of the Mt. Clemens Power Squadron.
1949 - the forerunner of our present roster was 4”x 6 1/2” and consisted of 23 pages. It included member’s names, city, boat name, and a short history as well as the constitution. The next years saw an even greater increase in members, including boaters from Detroit, Royal Oak, Farmington, Birmingham, Pontiac and Rochester. Summer cruises were planned and winter parties on shore were organized, but a need was felt for a permanent clubhouse.
1948 - the CRBC put up matching funds with the Michigan Waterways Commission to dredge and widen the entrance to the Clinton River.
1945 - Trombly assembled all the necessary material on a make-shift barge and started at the foot of 9 Mile Road towed with a 24’ Chris Craft. Several miles off shore one of those unexpected storms usual for Lake St. Clair came up. The barge was lost after pulling out the cleats on the tow boat. It ended up on shore near 12 Mile Road. The next day the barge was picked up and finally made it to the Old Club. During the next week Trombly and one of his sons erected the docks, driving the piles by hand. It was soon found that any and all boats were using the docks, other than Clinton River Boat Club members. During the winter the ice wrecked the dock and that ended the first attempt. Some other highlights were the meetings at Gowanie Golf Club. Arrangements were made with Alex MacDonald, the manager, to hold all meetings and parties at Gowanie.
1942 - the Club had grown to 52 members. Our first attempt to establish our own facility was made in 1945. Chris Matthews, who was a State Senator received permission from U.S. Corp of Engineers and Dept. of Natural Resources to build a landing dock on what we called Government Island which is South of the Old Club on the South Channel. Wallace S. Gerlach made arrangements with Albert Trombly from St. Clair Shores to construct a dock on the North end of the Island.
1940 - the club organized a Reserve Coast Guard Flotilla, #71, and also enrolled as a member of the Inter- Lakes Yachting Association. At the close of 1940 there were 36 members on the roster.
February 19, 1940 - the Clinton River Boat Club of Mt. Clemens, Michigan was founded by a group of local boaters interested in cruising, good fellowship, and boating safety. The annual dues were nominal and activities were limited to cruises in summer and shore parties in winter. The charter membership count totaled 22 under the guidance of Commodore J. R. Doll. John Ott made the motion to name the fledgling club The Clinton River Boat Club. The club burgee was designed by Msgr. J. C. Mies. On March 11, 1940, the Constitution and By-Laws were formed and a Board of Directors was elected. | http://www.clubisland.org/node/10/ | 2013-05-18T10:51:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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ECOSTATION REOPENING!
AN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
In EcoStation, families can explore environmental issues by visiting a native plant garden, a woodland area, the bayou table, a pond and a research pavilion. They can participate in diverse, hands-on activities such as insect collecting, tree rubbings, footprint identification and more! New components will show how much sunlight is needed to power the exhibit and determine how much daily trash output can be reduced through recycling.
This one-of-a-kind exhibit enables kids to explore first-hand how their actions impact the environment every day and see what they can do to make a positive difference for their community. Activities will change weekly and include favorites such as water quality testing, soil type explorations and more that can be used either in the exhibit or can be taken home for environmental research in their own backyard!
“Through the experiences visitors encounter in EcoStation, they will walk away with a better understanding of how the world around them works in harmony and how to better combat environmental issues that affect them daily,” said Mindalyn Galli, science educator at the Children's Museum of Houston.
SOAK UP THE SUN
Through a partnership with Standard Renewable Energy, EcoStation is almost fully powered by solar energy. The five-panel, 800 watt pole-mounted solar array produces 500 kWh of electricity each year, which is used to provide power to the exhibit. A monitoring system located nearby displays information in real-time, including energy produced, energy consumed, energy returned to the grid, and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the solar power prevents from being spewed into the atmosphere. Kids can also investigate a miniature solar panel and learn how clouds affect the output of power.
“Standard Renewable Energy is committed to helping Houston continue to be the leading city in the energy industry, with an eye to the future of energy that is vested in renewable natural resources. This is an example of how we can help our beloved city achieve its goal of sustainability for years to come. We are pleased that this will not only have an impact for this particular project, but that the installation
will serve a greater benefit by educating our children and community about the applications and availability of solar energy,” said Standard Renewable Energy CEO John Berger.
In addition to the educational display, a 55 panel, 8.8 kW solar array located on the roof of the parking garage generates clean power, which is used to power the lighting in the Museum’s new parking lot. The system produces 11,000 kWh of electricity annually and is expected to prevent more than 22,880 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year — the equivalent of planting 912 trees or keeping 768 cars off Houston streets for a day every year!
Explore your world in EcoStation and learn the positive impacts that solar energy has on the environment!
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Jason Herskowitz is a self-proclaimed "music/tech nerd with a bad social media habit". He focuses his efforts on creating products and platforms for both content creators and music consumers with both Official.fm and Tomahawk. Herskowitz's past includes stints as the VP of Product for LimeWire, TotalMusic (Sony / Universal Music joint venture) and Director of Product for AOL Music (Winamp, AOL Radio, MusicNow).
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make honesty the first priority. - Dr. Wendell Davis, Project Manager, Bayer Healthcare, Animal Health
show me how you create positive brand equity to help strengthen sales. - Marie Mazur, Pharm D, Head Worldwide Commercial Operations, Global Influenza, CSL Biotherapeutics
provide flexible solutions and be committed to my project. - Dr. Julia Knebel, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Global Dep. Bioph. Mark. Com. Bus. Int.
deliver on time, under budget. - Joe Plevelich, Commericial Operations, Femme Pharma Global Healthcare Inc.
think of my customers as your own and place their safety at the top of your priority list. - Mick McGuinness, Senior Director, Asia Pacific Region Quality Operations, Merck
be transparent, i.e. notify me of events that are specific to my product or process as well as to other system type events that occur that may indirectly impact my product.- Lynn Kelleher, Director QA, Archimedes Pharma
perform as if the product were your own and it was your only product. - Jeffrey Sherman, MD, FACP, CMO, Executive VP, Development and Regulatory Affairs, Horizon Pharma Inc.
execute with integrity. - Raymond Joseph, MD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Executive Director, Gastroenterology & Orthopedics US Development Ferring International PharmaScience Center US
be experts in the field, charge competitively for services, provide a quality service, and be flexible enough to handle scope and timeline changes effectively. - Linda Brown, Quality Director, Kawa Research Institute
demonstrate experience and being able to meet deadlines. - Stefano Persiani, Ph.D., Director Translational Sciences and Pharmacokinetics Department, Rottapharm/Madaus R&D Division
deliver my products on time as scheduled. - Dr. O. Mutlu Topal, Keymen Pharmaceuticals
treat me as if I am your most important customer. - Alkesh Amin, Sunovian
ensure reliable, on time deliveries of my product, clear communication when issues arise, and foster a sense of ownership for the products you make and responsibility to the patients we serve. - Nelson Lugo, Sr. Director Manufacturing, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
show me how you will provide a solution that ensures efficiencies. - Lynn Sutton, RN, MN, ANP, VP Clinical Services, Allos Therapeutics, Inc.
offer a clear plan at a competitive price. - Mark Tepper, Ph.D., President & CEO, JB Therapeutics Inc.
be able to deliver on time what was promised. - Suresh Patti, R&D Project Manager, Lannett Company Inc. | http://www.cmoleadershipawards.com/index.php/en/articles/28-content-bottom-a/27-as-a-cmo-if-you-iwant-my-business-you-need-to | 2013-05-18T10:21:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
It’s no secret that I love being productive and efficient, especially online. When I worked at LivingSocial, I learned tons of great Google search tricks to improve my searching, find more relevant results, and uncover “hidden” gems, like a potential candidate’s email address.
Jenn of Avenue Gray (a fellow North Carolinian doing digital marketing who I met on Twitter, of course) was nice enough to let me guest post on her blog about my favorite little Google tricks and Boolean tips!
You may have learned but quickly forgotten Boolean searching from your middle school, high school, or college days of searching academic databases in the library to find scholarly articles for upcoming papers. If you’re like me, you blocked Boolean searching from your memory, discounting it as yet another skill that was relevant in school but irrelevant in the real world.
Allow me to correct you. Thankfully, I relearned how to master Boolean searches, as well as Google searching hacks, when I worked as a Junior Recruiting Coordinator. Let me tell you- finding resumes of potential great candidates is nearly impossible without Boolean tricks. But the best part? I now use these search tricks to find everything from new gluten-free recipes to interesting content for my clients to tweet to new blogs to follow.
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The career of Fred Kirby proves that a performer who finds the right regional basis can sustain a lengthy career and be incredibly influential without leaving town. His accomplishments are a bit like an extremely slow motion version of a winning one-two punch combination. On one hand, there is the early Kirby career as a talented cowboy singer and string band player in the historic days of both the recording and broadcast industry. There are fine Kirby recordings that have been reissued from this period, with and without his Charlotte-based colleagues the Briarhoppers, a long-running string band institution that seems to have involved about a third of the old-time musicians in the state. As a songwriter, his material seems to have an appeal as indestructible as some of the subjects he wrote about, including both divine and atomic power. The latter theme was one of his favorites, resulting in not only the famous song "Atomic Power," but the ominous "When the Hellbomb Falls." His courage, or perhaps his bad taste, in singing about such subjects resulted in renewed attention to his work as the years went on. His songs showed up on the soundtracks to films such as Atomic Café and the PBS documentary Race for the Superbomb, and he even had his songs covered by modern-day punk rowdies such as Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon, all part of an enormous catalog of recordings of his songs by other artists that are quite often credited incorrectly. One credit he did get would probably be enough to satisfy any country songwriter: not just one, but two cuts on a Little Jimmy Dickens release. By the time Biafra got around to "Atomic Power," Kirby was secure in the second phase of his career, that of an adored Charlotte television personality. Adored by who? Kids. Although his film career in the early days could hardly be said to have taken off with the gallop of his trusty horse, Calico, Kirby took to the small screen and the live audience of children like a tired cowpoke to a pot of steaming chili. For the record, his one film credit was the 1951 Kentucky Jubilee, also featuring fellow Briarhoppers member Claude Casey, but scholars should be advised the cowboy singer tends to get credit for every appearance by any actor named Fred Kirby, of which there are a few, including one with a small part in the ghastly Olivia Newton-John vehicle Xanadu. At any rate, folks who grew up during the '60s, '70s, and '80s in the Southeast, especially in the Carolinas, will no doubt have grown up on Kirby, unless they were barred from the television. He was a major fixture on Charlotte's channels WBT and WBTV, as well as a star on the WLS Barn Dance. As an older man, he spent most of his last years performing as a summer attraction for kids in the Appalachian mountains rather than even consider retiring. In 1998, UNC-TV reminded many viewers of the glory days of kiddie television with a documentary retrospective entitled Stay Tuned Boys & Girls: Kiddy TV Shows of the Past, proudly advertising a cast of "hometown heroes" such as Kirby, the Old Rebel, Joey the Clown, and Uncle Paul. The most unique aspect of these programs was the way in which youngsters could go down to the local station and be on their favorite show, which had to be an absolute thrill for any child.
As an early country performer, Kirby recorded for the best labels, including Bluebird, Columbia, Decca, MGM, and others. For many years, these 78s and 45s were the stuff record collectors butt heads and chins over, a situation rectified by the superb Cattle, which released an excellent Kirby CD. In addition, he shows up on vintage recordings by the Briarhoppers, most of them taken off original radio broadcasts. The Kirby recording repertoire included a smattering of hard-to-find cowboy songs, such as "Where the Longhorn Cattle Roam," "Night Time on the Prairie," and "Get Along Old Paint, and the superb but much less well-known answer to "Home on the Range," simply entitled "Home." His talents as a writer of country, patriotic, and gospel songs fill out the balance of his song material, including "Hang Your Head in Shame," "Heartaches and Flowers," "When That Love Bug Bites You," and "The Old Country Preacher." His country songwriting and kiddie shows seem to have truly worked hand in hand, at least in terms of knocking out influential musicians of the future. The Charlotte media payed several large tributes to Kirby following his death in 1996, but not surprisingly, the man had created his own best epitaph in a song title: "I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say." ~ Eugene Chadbourne, Rovi | http://www.cmt.com/artists/fred-kirby/biography/ | 2013-05-18T10:17:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Toby Keith's latest hit, "Red Solo Cup," has been certified platinum by the RIAA for 1 million digital downloads. In addition, Keith's "Made in America" has been certified gold for 500,000 digital downloads. Both songs come from his current album, Clancy's Tavern. Meanwhile, David Nail's "Red Light" has reached gold status for 500,000 copies. The single was released in 2009 and received a Grammy nomination.
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Hovnanian Shares Fall on Disappointing Results
Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises said late Tuesday it lost four times as much money in its fiscal fourth quarter compared to last year because of fallout from the housing downturn and an accounting charge.
It was the fifth consecutive quarterly loss for Red Bank-based Hovnanian, which operates in 19 states.
After paying preferred stock dividends, the company reported a net loss of $469.3 million, or $7.42 per share, for the quarter that ended Oct. 31. This compared with a loss of $117.9 million, or $1.88 per share, for the same period a year ago.
Hovnanian said an accounting determination resulted in a $54 million tax expense in the quarter instead of an expected $162 million benefit, for a $216 million swing.
Quarterly revenue fell 20 percent to $1.39 billion from $1.75 billion in the same period last year.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial, who apparently did not factor the accounting charge, expected Hovnanian to lose $1.49 per share in the quarter on revenues of $1.32 billion.
In addition to the accounting charge, Hovnanian incurred $383 million in quarterly pretax charges for land impairments and other items. It was not known if the analysts expected that amount, said Jeffrey T. O'Keefe, Hovnanian's director of investor relations.
Shares fell 60 cents, or 7 percent, to $7.80 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock has steadily declined from a high of $37.58 to a low of $6.75 over the past year.
Hovnanian will not pay dividends on its Series A preferred stock in fiscal 2008 because of indentures on senior and senior subordinated notes, J. Larry Sorsby, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said in a statement.
The company projected, however, that it would have more than $100 million in cash flow from operations in fiscal 2008.
"We certainly are finished with everything that we feel needed to be evaluated at this point in time," President and Chief Executive Ara K. Hovnanian told CNBC. "If the market stays in the current doldrums, we think we've accounted for everything. Obviously, if the market deteriorates more for new housing...then, as everyone has, there will be more reckoning to come."
Hovnanian and other homebuilders have been struggling amid the subprime mortgage fallout, as a record number of foreclosures has made it harder to get loans, weakening the housing market. Earlier this month, Toll Brothers Inc., the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, reported its first quarterly loss in 21 years.
Hovnanian's results came as the Commerce Department reported that construction of single-family homes in November sank to the lowest level since April 1991.
Also on Tuesday, the Federal Reserve moved to protect home buyers when they take out new loans. And the U.S. Senate on Friday approved bills that would allow more government-backed loans to borrowers with weak credit and permit homeowners to receive tax-free mortgage forgiveness from their lenders.
Contracts Drop 10%
Hovnanian said its net contracts for the fourth quarter, excluding joint ventures, fell 10 percent to 2,781. The dollar value of net contracts decreased 13.6 percent to $875 million from $1.01 billion in the year-ago quarter. Hovnanian's contract cancellation rate grew to 40 percent from 35 percent last quarter and in the fourth quarter a year ago.
For fiscal 2007, after paying preferred stock dividends, the company reported a loss of $637.8 million, or $10.11 per share, compared with a profit of $138.9 million, or $2.21 per share, for the prior fiscal year.
Annual revenue fell 22.4 percent to $4.58 billion from $5.9 billion in fiscal 2006.
Net contracts for fiscal 2007, excluding joint ventures, fell 20 percent to 11,006. The dollar value of net contracts decreased 22.6 percent to $3.84 billion from $4.97 billion last fiscal year.
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After Stress Tests: Investors Look for Winners and Losers
Now that the bank stress-test results are in the rear-view mirror, the move toward picking winners and losers in the industry is likely to accelerate.
The process could be critical for a market that has rallied for the past two months less on the conviction of long-term investors and more on short-term trading interests.
While few expect banks to lead the market, the importance of the sector in a bull market has some thinking that the stress tests could serve as a signpost for whichever way stocks move next.
"Financials are going to be a case of the haves and have-nots," says Uri Landesman, head of global growth strategies at ING Investment Management in New York. "You've had a pretty good rally in the have-nots and this probably will be extended. The haves probably haven't rallied enough."
Indeed, even as the government began peeling back the shroud of mystery over the stress tests, the results in the stock market were muddy.
Bank of America, which will need to close a $34 billion capital cap, was the strongest among bank stocks in Thursday's moribund market.
Conversely, two of the banks that portfolio managers have been mentioning as winners in the financials derby, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs , both moved decidedly lower.
The two banks are seen as being strong because they are in a position to repay Troubled Asset Relief Program money and thus not be constrained by government guidelines regarding executive compensation and other requirements.
"Companies that will emerge from TARP in the investment banking business will be at a real advantage," Landesman says. "You're going to have a huge edge in terms of being able to retain and attract investment talent."
As a group, banks have staged a major rally since the stress testing began, and the buying surged Wednesday after news began to leak on how much capital the banks would need to raise—about $74.6 billion in all.
But the move was led by companies with big toxic asset burdens like Bank of America and Citigroup, and is being attributed mostly to the trading of already beaten-down shares.
Now, investors with a longer view of the market will be expected to come in and decide which banks have the most stability going forward.
"Companies with good balance sheets are not the ones that have participated in this rally. It's been the weakest ones that have been participating," says Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at The Hartford. "For the market to be viable, to be a positive market longer term and for this rally to have legs, you need more conviction buyers, you need institutional buyers."
To be sure, the rally can't be completely written off as bargain hunting.
Several time-tested Wall Street maxims are coming into play as the market looks to dig its way out of a devastating bear market, and the one being focused on with the leaked stress data centers on how investors hate the unknown.
Even though some of the numbers tied to the various capital-deficient banks were ugly, Wall Street cheered a sense of certainty about what needs to be done and voiced its expectations that at least a good portion of the institutions will be able to meet their capital needs.
"The more information you have, the more transparency you have, that is when you start to see the longer-term buyers coming in," Krosby says. "We think that we've already seen some of that conviction buying."
Still, investors remain generally wary over the market environment, which is another reason the current stock surge has been such a fertile playground for those with a short-term trading mentality.
The surge in the major indexes since the March lows—a time in which the S&P 500 has gained 25 percent—has happened mostly with low trading volume, a condition that sometimes suggests a bear market run.
Also, some with a more bearish slant on the market have criticized the stress tests as too benign because they don't take into account a true worst-case economic scenario. The results, the bears reason, are not to be trusted because of the threat of more economic problems due to continued consumer weakness.
As a result, portfolio managers remain cautious about the investing environment.
"I take all these results with a grain of salt," says Kevin Mahn, portfolio manager for the SmartGrowth mutual funds at Hennion & Walsh in Parsippany, N.J. "I'm concerned about the dilutive effect of these companies having to convert preferred shares to common stock."
Mahn remains pessimistic about the market, holding a position in the ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF that bets on the broad stock index going lower.
"There's a lot of things up in the air right now," he says. "If one of those things goes the wrong way you could see a pullback in the market. I think investors should remain cautious in the second quarter."
With a momentum trade being the main force behind the market's movements, other market pros think it will take time for investors to get and then provide clear guidance as to which financials will be the strongest in the future.
"The market hasn't been terribly discriminating in terms of picking winners and losers. I think it shows the market isn't quite yet to that rational sorting period," says Lee Schultheis, president of AIP Funds in Harrison, N.Y. "Hopefully volatility will settle down a little bit and people will focus more not on which tide we want to jump in but to catch our breath and figure out who the winners and losers are in all the spaces."
For Schultheis, the best bet will be to watch the government.
"Our view has been that you don't bet against the ultimate player in the market, which is the Fed and the Treasury," he says. "They have a potentially unlimited time horizon and a potentially unlimited balance sheet and have shown they're going to do whatever it takes to get us through this period and they're going to err on the side of overkill."
Besides, a pullback in the market can be a good thing for investors.
Many with a longer view have been waiting for an entry point but are afraid of jumping in at the top of such a violent rally and getting bitten by a sharp retracement.
"If you believe in the longer-term prospects for the this market, a pullback is a good entry point," Krosby says. "Prudence indicates that you're going to have a pullback, we're going to have a test. That usually brings in new buyers." | http://www.cnbc.com/id/30629955 | 2013-05-18T10:24:02 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Bank of England Minutes Suggest More QE Possible
Associate Editor, CNBC
The Bank of England (BoE) considered a further round of quantitative easing to help boost the flagging UK economy, the latest minutes of its interest rate setting committee, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) showed on Wednesday.
The minutes of the meeting held on September 7 and 8 showed that only one member, Adam Posen, voted for the Bank to take action immediately. But the minutes also revealed that most members now feel that an additional round of monetary easingof around 50 billion pounds ($78 billion) will be necessary in the coming months.
Posen has consistently called for further action by the Bankfor the past year, while he has usually been opposed by external MPC member Martin Weale and deputy governor Charles Bean, both of whom have acknowledged the worsening economy situation in the UK and dropped calls for interest rates to be raised.
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The minutes noted a range of issues including the continuing sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the worsening economic situation in the United States, and weaker export markets. It also pointed to a series of economic reports that showed global economic growth as well as UK economic growth coming in well below expectations. In August the Bank lowered its own economic growth forecast for the UK by 0.4 percent.
As if to add to the gloom the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned countries around the world on Tuesday they needed a plan B to deal with the worsening global economic outlook for this year and 2012. The IMF warned Britain specifically that fiscal austerity alone would not be enough to avoid the UK economy falling back into recession as it cut its growth forecast for the UK from 1.7 percent to 1.1 percent for 2011.
Separately, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday that UK government net borrowing excluding financial interventions rose to 15.934 billion pounds in August from 14.003 billion pounds a year ago, above analysts' forecasts for a reading of 13.2 billion pounds and a record high for the month.
Including financial interventions, public sector net borrowing also rose last month to 13.161 billion pounds from 11.852 billion pounds in August 2010, above economists' average forecast in a Reuters poll of 11.25 billion pounds.
However, public borrowing excluding financial interventions in the 2010/11 fiscal year was also revised down to 136.7 billion pounds, mainly due to revisions to local government data, the ONS said.
In an interview last Friday ahead of the Liberal Democrat annual party conference Business Secretary Vince Cable urged the BOE to take action immediately to curtail sliding growth.
"The danger of not acting is that you get a vicious downward spiral," he said.
The BOE minutes appeared to show that many members of the MPC now agree with Cable.
“This is clearly a major swing in a dovish direction and follows the BoE’s Quarterly Bulletin on Monday, which suggested that the 200 billion pounds of asset purchases the BoE made was equivalent to around 150-300bp of interest rate cuts,” James Knightley, senior economist at ING Financial Markets, said in a research note.
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However, Jeremy Batstone-Carr, director of private client research at Charles Stanley, told CNBC.com that further QE in November would be unlikely to have much, if any, real impact on the economy.
“Whether it is November or not will depend on how the financial markets perform between now and then. We managed to get through yesterday but the concerns the market have is that central bank policy has been shown to be ineffective,” he said.
Batstone-Carr added that investors were now ahead of analysts in predicting the outcomes of certain economic events, such as further QE.
“Today will be interesting because the US Fed will announce Operation Twist, but the markets have already priced that in. The markets have been expecting this - which is effectively QE3 -for some time and to some extent there is an expectation of QE4, because the central banks need to do whatever they can to improve the economic situation. The problem is they don’t have that many tools and to some extent central bank policy is becoming immaterial because the markets don’t believe it can work,” he added. | http://www.cnbc.com/id/44605903 | 2013-05-18T11:04:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Entrepreneurs Are Finding Silver Linings in Greece
Assistant News Editor, CNBC.com
Despite a severe recession and a nearly 25 percent unemployment rate, Greece can offer business opportunities for the savvy and creative entrepreneur, according to a new enterprise helping start-up businesses in Greece.
“The time for a total reboot of the economy is now,” Haris Makryniotis, Managing Director of Endeavor Greece, an organization launched in Greece to help entrepreneurs find their niche in the market and build up their businesses, told CNBC.
“It was time to focus on growth to get out of the crisis,” he said. “Now is the time for entrepreneurs to flourish and the time for creativity. We need to create new business models and jobs and have a bottom-up approach rather than top-down theoretical approach.”
The Greek division of the global non-profit organization is the newest group aimed at helping new companies create economic growth, jobs and affluence that will boost local communities.
Already operating in locations such as Latin America, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, Endeavor says it has helped entrepreneurs create 200,000 jobs and generate over $5 billion in revenues worldwide.
One fledgling digital app business, Taxibeat, which allows customers to locate and rate taxi services, is only a year old and has already expanded from Athens into Brazil and Bucharest.
The founder, Nick Drandakis, told CNBC that the successful mobile application has helped his firm gain a 10 percent share of the total taxi market in Athens.
“We have created a market base that wasn’t there before. Customer service and safety was a problem, customers had no choice or quality of service before, taxi drivers just didn’t care."
"Now, they know that they can be rated by our customers and the service has improved massively.”
Greece is struggling with what one economist described as an economic “freefall”, but Drandakis said although the climate was "bad", there was still room for opportunities.
“Sometimes the best ideas come when your back is against the wall,” he said, adding that in the next 15 months he plans to expand further into 10 to 12 countries.
Haris Makryniotis from Endeavor Greece agrees that Greece had similar investment opportunities to other emerging markets. In fact, he said, Greece was a pilot for other ventures in Poland, Spain and Portugal.
“Greece meets a number of criteria for successful entrepreneurship- there is a crisis and there is an opportunity,” he said.
Nearly one in four Greeks in the labor force are currently unemployed and the country is now in the fifth year of a recession.
International lenders are considering whether to release another tranche of bailout funds even as the country is looking to find further savings of 11.5 billion euros.
But many entrepreneurs are still putting their money, and faith, in the country and its future recovery.
Nikos Kakavoulis, is the founder of Daily Secret, a digital enterprise that sends a daily “curated email newsletter” to its subscribers with tips on things to see, visit and explore in their city.
Kakavoulis told CNBC that Daily Secret didn’t start as a business, but rather as a “good karma” project designed to remind Athenians “what they love about their city". Now, the project has gone global with offices in New York and “daily secrets” emails sent from Tel Aviv, Shanghai and Istanbul, among other cities.
Kakavoulis said that Daily Secret has made the most of being a digital business focusing on emerging markets.
“Daily Secret is a Greek digital media project that has managed to escape Greece [and its economic pressure],” he told CNBC. “The world is moving in a new direction, we wanted to focus on emerging markets and the first generation of people who are truly mobile.”
He told CNBC that the opportunity posed by the crisis would be “a terrible thing to miss."
“I would say the crisis is a crazily big opportunity for people to invest in Greece. There is a whole movement of young people with ideas that deserve investment.” | http://www.cnbc.com/id/48983221 | 2013-05-18T10:13:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Howdy folks.
After alot of debate Ive decided to move ahead with building a CNC mill for my desktop but I'm struggling with direction. I was hoping I could throw down some criteria and have you guys give me some tips/pointers or flat out tell me I'm being too demanding/not suited for desktop machines
I've been eyeballing the Craftex version of the G0704 really hard but I am hesitant to go in blind
My needs:
I do small one off work in aluminum, usually paintball stuff. Up until now I've been doing it via band saw, graph paper and hope but now it's time to get more serious. To reiterate:
-I do very little to no steel work but would like to have the option to do light cuts later
-I take .025 doc with a roughing cutter ( in this case I imagine my rougher would be a 1/2 inch end mill)
-Drilling/reaming are very common operations
-Boring will also occour but this is probably going to be rare
-Most parts on paintball guns carry a +/-.01 tolerance to account for Oring swell, etc. The only really critical parts are the mounting holes where the surfaces will mate
-I want to occasionally do some woodwork with it.
-The smallest cutter I am going to be using is a .03mm ball nose
-The largest cutter I am going to be using is a 12mm .059 rad end mill
-I live in Canada (Windsor to be specific) and would like to buy from Canadian suppliers where possible to save myself the border hassle. If there is a HUGE price discount to go over the boarder I will gladly do it (provided I can haul it back in a ranger)
Ideally I would like:
6+ inch Y travel
12+ X travel (bigger is better, ofcourse)
0-8000 rpm spindle speeds
+/- .003 tolerancing
100 ipm realistic machining speed at the above listed DOCS
Less than 4000$ up front to get it up running and cutting (Not including tools, vises, etc etc etc)
So what say you guys? Am I being too needy here or is this something I can actively accomplish?
If.
Bolt a high speed spindle on the side of the head and you can make anything you want
with the craftex.
Are there any particulars I should know about the craftex version of the g0704 platform?
I looked briefly at Hoss's website, are there other resources I should be referencing?
What have you guys managed to get accuracy wise from these machines?
I love the idea of a turn-key operation but unless I get some outside financing I just don't see it being feasible. | http://www.cnczone.com/forums/benchtop_machines/147261-getting_started.html | 2013-05-18T10:55:51 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hello,
We have long a koike 2500G, with a lynx hybrid d10, with a mysterious problem:
With floppy, the parts are appromimatly 10 times smaller than those drawn, with a lag at the end of cut (the scalling factor is correct).
The settings look correct.
I removed and replace the battery on the motherboard without success.
There is no problems with the shape library.
Someone have this problem or any solution?
Thanks | http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general_waterjet/125800-lynx_d10_koike_2500g.html | 2013-05-18T10:13:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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(C they wanted to kill him," the father of a 14-year-old girl said, according to G1. "If the club had not deployed those security guards, today you would be interviewing me to speak of a murder or lynching."
The alleged events were reported to a local military police station, which responded to the scene, a statement from the social club said.
The diplomat had been a member of the club for about a year at the time of the alleged assaults. His membership has since been suspended, the social club said.
Iran's promise to investigate the allegations is a change in position after initially calling the incident a "misunderstanding arising from differences in cultural behavior" and a result of media bias, a statement from the Iranian embassy in Brazil said.
At the time, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota pressed Iran for additional information.
"We would like a clarification from the embassy regarding the very worrying accusations," Patriota said, according to Agencia Brasil. "We hope to get to the bottom of the facts and from there decide what measure to take."
Iran and Brazil have enjoyed largely amicable relations for more than a century.
Iran also has worked to strengthen ties with Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba. It has opened six embassies in the region since 2005.
CNN's Marilia Brocchetto and Shasta Darlington contributed to this report | http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/25/world/americas/brazil-iran-diplomat/index.html | 2013-05-18T10:22:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Jeremy Ryan is the News Resources Manager for CNY Central.
UTICA -- A synthetic drug known as "bath salts" is being blamed for three incidents of bizarre behavior over the weekend.
First, on Friday night around 10:40 police had been called to a home on Downer Avenue where a 20-year-old man was reportedly acting abnormally and aggressively, having threatened to kill his mother and other family members. Officers say Aubrey Vails had ripped a door off its hinges and was punching a car in the driveway. He was arrested without incident and charged with criminal mischief.
Second, around 6:00 p.m. Saturday Utica Police officers were called to Stanley's Bar on Court Street to check on a woman described as 'emotionally disturbed'. When an officer approached the 41-year-old, who was reportedly sweating profusely with a blank stare on her face, she allegedly lunged at him and tried to bite his face. Police say she screamed that she wanted to "kill someone and eat them." The woman was taken into custody and sent by ambulance to St. Luke's Memorial Hospital for a mental health evaluation and treatment. The hospital determined that the woman was under the influence of the synthetic drug known as "bath salts".
Police say they have chosen not to release the woman's name, but criminal charges could be filed at a later date.
Finally, later Saturday night, police were called to the Radisson Hotel on Genesee Street about 8:00 pm for a report of a man locked in the women's bathroom for two hours. When police entered the bathroom they found 30-year old David Nichols, of Noyes Street in Utica, who appeared disoriented and had broken the bathroom light.
Police say they found two hypodermic needles and 'bath salts' in Nichols' possession. He has been charged with trespassing and criminal mischief.
Last week, Utica Police arrested 35-year-old Gino Placanica after they say he tried to force his way into the Parkside Court home of his three-year-old son's mother by violently kicking at the door. While Placanica was trying to break down the door, police say the child was screaming, "Stop daddy stop." Police say they found Plancanica hiding on the roof of the house sweating profusely with white residue on the outside of his mouth, complaining of shortness of breath.
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SYRACUSE -- A Syracuse Police unit was patrolling near Central Village Housing Complex near the 500 block of Oakwood Ave. late last night when they heard “shots fired" in the area.
Officers say they caught 19-year-old Charleston Paige, of Syracuse, running from the scene.
After investigating the area, police say they found a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic handgun in the area where Paige was running from.
Paige was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment and criminal use of a firearm.
Paige was taken to the Justice Center where he is set to be arraigned Saturday in Syracuse City Court. | http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?list=~%5Cnews%5Clists%5Crecent&id=815418 | 2013-05-18T10:22:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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People are looking for the magic bullet. The sure shot. The secret weapon to build a wealthy empire the easy and fast and efficient way.
It happens sometimes. Someone will stumble over something that there is a market for. It’s very rare that a person finds wealth and success without one magic ingredient.
Practice.
As children, we were taught to practice. Practice our multiplication tables. Practice our clarinet. Practice our baseball pitch.
As adults, we forget the value of practice. In the world of fast and easy, and the path of least resistance, we take on an attitude of entitlement. We undervalue the simple act of practicing our skill, our trade, our passion.
Great creative work gets even greater through repetitively creating and re-creating. When we do what we love, why wouldn’t we choose to do more of it?
When I am practicing coaching, or practicing asking for my fee, or practicing serving – I am at my very best. Through the very nature of being in action, I create perfect systems; gaining confidence about what works and what doesn’t. I stay open to my passion evolving yet stay focused and in a state of action.
Practice is the secret weapon. It makes everything possible. The raw talent is inside you – the practice makes it real. The amount of time a person spends practicing their art, or their game, or their life – significantly improves it.
It’s simple. What do you practice?
Coach Charrise.
Practice is a powerful weapon, but also has a double edge.
If you practice indulging yourself, kidding it, escaping challenges…unfortunately you’ll become skillfull at that ! | http://www.coachcharrise.com/the-secret-weapon/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Foster and Lane focus on southern West Virginia high schools and have been covering the recent boy's basketball seasons. "We have covered schools such as Scott, Logan, Lincoln County, and George Washington along with others. However we are always looking to expand our coverage in future seasons." Foster stated.
WVSN records all broadcasts and than uploads them through their website on a brief tape delay and all games from the past season are still up and available for viewing. "We have had the chance to cover some great games this year and it's been a great experience for us." said Lane.
However when asked about their biggest reward for covering games both Foster and Lane agree that its the kid's response to what they do. "We really feel like we are giving something back to them, something that they deserve." went on to say Foster who grew up in the area and was a football standout at Scott.
Lane on the other hand is new to the area as he was born and raised in a small rural community around Sugarcreek, Ohio. "While attending Alderson-Broaddus College I quickly realized how attached West Virginians were to their athletics and it was contagious I soon found myself with them."
After basketball season WVSN looks to cover both baseball and softball for local schools and also football in the fall. "We can't begin to say thank you enough to all of those who have helped get us started, we really believe that this is something that will grow over years to come." Foster concluded.
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Excellent Job Boss............. Very Informative... Keep it UpReply
what if i have something like this char *str="Hello World"; is this imply the str is the pointer to constant data. as when i do some strcpy kind of operation on str , it will assert. so can we say that char *str="Hello World" equal to const char *str="Hello World" if yes , why is it implicit.
Please see this Item from Guru of the Week for a bit of an explanation: Basically, a C++ program has an area of memory called const data, which stores data whose values are known at compile time, such as string literals. Because a declaration such as the one in your comment creates a pointer aimed directly at this region of memory, rather than allocating new (modifiable) memory and copying the string literal into it, the results of attempting to write to it are undefined.Reply
The declarations of myPtr are switched in the two examples: The statements are switched in the 1st and second examples: const char * myPtr declares a pointer to a constant character. You cannot use this pointer to change the value being pointed to: char char_A = 'A'; --> char * const myPtr = &char_A; // should be const char* myPtr ... *myPtr = 'J'; // error - can't change value of *myPtr
That is what I get for letting someone get me to post it before I proofed it. It should be a bit better now (assuming the cache on the site has refreshed the article | http://www.codeguru.com/comment/get/48404210/10/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
When Does Cloud Make Sense
Before we get into when does the cloud make sense, we probably should start with defining what cloud we are talking about. After all cloud computing has been a topic thrown around and used in various contexts over the last 10+ years. In this article, we will primarily look at when the following make sense:
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Software as a Service (SaaS)
SaaS is one you hear about quite often as it tends to come up in business discussions as an inexpensive turnkey method for getting into a particular application or service. There are many SaaS providers and a wide range of available applications. Microsoft includes a number of SaaS applications including Dynamics CRM Online application. As is the case with the Dynamics CRM application, quite often the online version is a hosted version of a customer installable on premise application. This is not always true, but many providers have started creating online versions of their on premise apps to lower the barrier of entry for customers.
SaaS services are often priced on a per user basis with varying levels of options such as Free, Basic and Pro. Some of the services may include options for additional storage, feature packs, etc.
Advantages of SaaS
- Low barrier to entry, ready to use almost instantly
- Scale up the number of users as needed
- No need to manage servers
- Support Included
Disadvantages of SaaS
- Reliant on the provider for issue resolution
- Unable to optimize servers for your needs
- (Generally speaking) no direct access to the database
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
One of the primary services provided by IaaS providers are Dedicated or more commonly Virtual Machines. IaaS providers make it very easy to purchase virtual machines of just about any size running various Linux distributions or Windows Servers. The pricing is most often charged on a per hour basis and cost as little as $0.10 to $0.15 per hour. Thus you can purchase as many servers as needed to scale your application. In addition to Virtual Machines, IaaS providers include other basic infrastructure such as IP addresses, network traffic, storage, firewall, load balancing, virtual networks, etc. Like Virtual Machines, each of these services is charged on an as used basis such as per GB/month, per hour, etc.
In recent years, IaaS providers have begun to grow both in number and size. This method of providing cloud services was mostly pioneered by Amazon with their Amazon Web Services (AWS) products, which are used today to support many of the top web sites. Since the initial launch, Microsoft, Google, and many others have entered the marketplace to compete with AWS.
Advantages of IaaS
- Used properly, IaaS can be used to support even the largest websites
- Inexpensive, Low Maintenance
- Makes it possible to outsource almost your entire IT infrastructure
Disadvantages of IaaS
- Reliant on a 3rd party for critical application uptime.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
PaaS services are often built upon underlying IaaS services with a few differences. Instead of dealing with installing your application on a server, you deploy your application through the provider's tools. In order for your application to run you may need to utilize provider specific libraries and/or use with avoid specific libraries not allowed by the provider. Most traditional websites are able to run on PaaS providers with little or no changes; however, you may need to make changes to support specific provider capabilities.
Why go through the process of supporting PaaS? The answer is simple, simple scalability. Unlike IaaS where you would need to provision additional servers for your application, PaaS allows you to scale your application without the need to deal with individual servers.
Advantages of PaaS
- Simplified Scalability
Disadvantages of PaaS
- May be tied to a single provider
Conclusion
So when does the cloud make sense? While a simple question, the answer is not. Overall, the cloud does make sense (which is why it's become so popular); however, there are many cases where the cloud does not fit. Here are a couple of the possible issues, which may prevent you from using cloud services.
- General Comfort Level
- Security, Privacy Concerns and/or Corporate IT Policies.
- Standards Compliance, for instance PCI (Payment Card Industry) or HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
While there are other minor concerns, which arise from time to time, the main issue is the overall comfort level with trusting an outside organization with your IT Infrastructure. Yes, there are legit items, which prevent you from being able to use the cloud; quite often it makes much more sense from a cost and reliability perspective. For those cases where comfort level is the main concern, start with a smaller project and slowly build up confidence before attempting to use it for critical business functions.
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JulieAsking
01-30-2005, 07:15 AM
I am trying to build my site to look good at both 800 and 1024 resolutions. I have a html page attached to a template and that template is built using a 100% width table. On this html page I am making another table to I can insert an image in one cell and text in the next cell horizontal to it. (I have three columns altogether and they are built using percentages not pixels - the table itself is 80%).
I indented the text in the second cell. This all works well in 800 res but when I change to 1024 res the text is placed too far away from the image unless I undo the Indent. I am teaching myself this stuff as I go and TAbles are sure proving interesting!
Do I accept that this is a normal difference when a page is viewed at different resolutions,or is there a trick to solve it?
Thanks for any advice.
Julie
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01-30-2005, 07:33 AM
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Graft-Creative
01-30-2005, 10:13 AM
Do I accept that this is a normal difference when a page is viewed at different resolutions,or is there a trick to solve it?
In a word: Yes. A page designed to expand and contract to fit the users resolution is bound to look different depending on resolution. The trick is, to decide which parts of your page you want to expand, and which parts you dont want to.
Use fixed widths for the sections you want to stay fixed (personally I think it's a good idea to apply fixed or maximum widths to any blocks of text, to ensure good readability - even at high resolutions). The use percentages, as you have, for the parts you wish to be able to expand.
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That's because tables were never intended as a device for laying out pages - they were intended to display tabular data, such as timetables or comparison charts. If you rely on tables for your layout, you'll soon find yourself nesting table within table within table - just to get the simplest of layouts to look right.
Why not look into using css for your layout - or at least use a transitional approach where you have a table for your main layout - then use css to style everything within your main table layout.
Kind Regards,
Gary
JulieAsking
01-31-2005, 12:09 AM
Gary
Thank you for your reply. The thing that worries me about CSS (apart from a whole new learning curve that will take time) is that from what I read, not all browsers will display CSS the way you intended.
As I will eventually be moving on to doing a website for my boss I am concerned about this. A lot of his patients are older people and may not use the latest browsers to begin with. Am I right in "playing it safe" with just using HTML do you think?
Cheers
Julie
Graft-Creative
01-31-2005, 12:53 AM
Trust me, tables are no way to guarantee that a site looks the same in every browser - this is why so many of us jumped on css for layouts - I've spent many hours in the past banging my head against the monitor in despair, wondering how the hell I could get my table based layout to look exactly the same in IE & netscape; often ending up making two different versions of the same site - but that was nearly six years ago, things have moved on a little now :) I still bang my head against the monitor now & then, but at least it feels like I'm working with the technology - rather than against it.
With the css/semantic html approach - you are concentrating on your content; the important stuff - take away your stylesheet - your document still makes sense, even to your elderly customers using old browsers and slow connections. Web Standards & accessibility aren't muttered in the same sentence so often for no reason.
The learning curve is really no greater than the one required for learning to use tables for layouts - plus there's the incentive of, well, just learning things the way they are meant to be, instead of learning to bludgeon outdated hacks into some semblance of a decent layout.
Anyway, back to your question, lke I said, have a go at a transitional approach & in the meantime this could be worth a read
Kind Regards,
Gary
mindlessLemming
01-31-2005, 03:05 AM
Take Gary's advice on this one, he's leading you down the right path :)
Bite the bullet now and get into CSS, as opposed to becoming too comfortable doing it the wrong way. (if anyone still wants to have the 'table layout isn't evil' debate; bring it :p )
The sooner you switch, the easier it will be.
..and it's not like CSS is a fad that's going to fade away. Tablular layouts are the fading fad in this scenario..it was just a very long fad ;)
JulieAsking
01-31-2005, 04:41 AM
Gary and Andrew
Thanks for your thoughts. I read that site you sent Gary and I also had a play at the hotdog site with CSS and I admit it's impressive. I guess at the very least now I will have a style sheet happening. Looks like the library's gonna be fresh out of CSS books tonight.
Gary - one thing - when you said <take away your stylesheet - your document still makes sense, even to your elderly customers using old browsers and slow connections>, I'm taking that to mean that if the browsers the oldies are using wont read CSS, everything on the pages will just appear in correct placement but in default mode. You are telling me this is safe right?
Cheers
Julie
Graft-Creative
01-31-2005, 11:28 PM
..........wont read CSS, everything on the pages will just appear in correct placement but in default mode. You are telling me this is safe right?
Kind of Julie - there are a couple of different ways of hiding stylesheets from older/uncommon browsers - the result being that those older browsers are presented with a page somewhat akin to a plain word processor document.
If your html is properly marked up, using headers, paragraphs, lists etc, then the resulting page will be fully usable to anyone, using any possible device to access your site.
What you can also do is feed older browsers a basic set of styles, while hiding the more complex stuff from them - but at the same time letting modern browsers use all the style information they can handle.
A couple of things to bear in mind that might help your understanding of css:
CSS isn't a new fad, as Andrew said, it's as old as the first graphical browsers, and maybe older than that. Each browser, be it IE, Netscape, Opera, has a default set of css rules built into it; default rules on how to display every html tag there is. So using CSS for your design means you are adjusting, or overiding the browsers default stylesheet.
See, CSS isn't the latest, greatest elitist fad - far from it.
Secondly, if you think of each element or tag as living in it's own little box to which you can apply positioning, borders, backgrounds, margins, padding etc then css will make a lot more sense. It really is such a powerful layout tool - while html is no layout tool at all, nor was it ever intended to be.
Hope that helps a bit,
Gary
JulieAsking
02-03-2005, 06:25 AM
Gary, Thank you for the time you have taken in your replies. I am getting quite excited about this CSS method and am working through some tutorials to gain an understanding of it. It is good to have this forum holding my hand.
Cheers
Julie
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My dream is to be able to measure bean temperature. I'm curious how they actually measure bean temps in a Diedrich? Anyone know?
I have snooped around on both the Buzz and RK websites and forums. I would like some recommendations as to which grill and which rotisserie motor to use, but strangely enough, there is zero info on both sites. I would think there would be some good opinions out there (case in point: Jason at the Coffee Emergency told me that he had to modify the gas valve on his grill to allow for more BTU's. I would like to avoid that if possible...).
As for the rotisserie, you'll want the deluxe model which has a 1 piece spit - other kits have a 2 piece spit that fastens together in the middle. The 1 piece spit should be stronger than the 2 piece, in theory.
I like the idea of an alternative to the spit rod that come with kits. It's a shame to have to buy a rotisserie kit just to get a rod and dump the motor. So for the 1/2" threaded rod, are you recommending a particular type of metal (stainless, etc)? Where would someone purchase 1/2" rod in stainless or is it too pricey?
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Shay gave presentations on scanning with Linux (Xsane), the Boodler soundscape generator, and ImageMagick. Some notes on Boodler: Startintg with a standard Ubuntu install, you will need the following packages to install and run boodler: python2.6-dev and python-qt4. (These in addition to the boodler download itself.)
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Jason Childs Introduced as Shorter's New Head Lacrosse Coach
Shorter University Director of Athletics Bill Peterson announced today the hiring of former Mercer head coach Jason Childs as the university's new head men's lacrosse coach.
Buczek Heads To FIL World Championship With The United States U19 Team
Rising sophomore Connor Buczek continues his stint with the United States Men's National Under-19 Team as it begins competing for the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Turku, Finland. Team USA, which looks to bring home its seventh straight world championship, opens the tournament on Friday, July 13 when it faces off against Australia. The tournament runs through July 21.
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Matt Kavanagh, an incoming freshman attackman for the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team, will play for the United States in the upcoming Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 World Championships. The 12-team tournament will take place July 12-21 in Turku, Finland.
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Wyoming running back Alvester Alexander is taking a leadership role with the running backs and, given the chance to get more totes, is responding. Alexander, who has led the team in rushing the last two years, was sharing time until Ghaali Muhammad was lost for the season in early November.
Alexander responded to a bigger workload with 83 yards on 15 carries in the win over Air Force. Look for Alexander to get about 15 touches a game as the Pokes still use multiple backs for depth.
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Iḷisaġvik College’s Uqautchim Uglua, or ‘language nest’ program, celebrated important milestones in 2012. The school introduced an Iñupiaq Early Learning Associate of Arts degree to meet the college’s goal to increase the number of indigenous certified teachers on the North Slope. This degree offers a holistic approach designed to support Native students in their learning experiences, has a traditional Iñupiaq emphasis, and meets accreditation requirements.
A strong Iñupiaq studies component is incorporated into the degree with 12 required credit hours of Iñupiaq language, cultural and traditional arts. Students can choose from an education or business track. The degree will prepare students to open their own language nests, become educational paraprofessionals, or continue their education at a four-year institution to become a certified teacher. New education courses include Child Development, Introduction to Early Childhood Profession, Family and Community Partnerships, Teaching Children’s Health and Wellness, Language and Creative Expression, Practicum, and Small Business Planning for Child Care.
The first student cohort will be held during the spring 2013 semester as Uqautchim Uglua brings program students together during a brief residency at Iḷisaġvik College. Courses are offered via distance delivery to facilitate the participation of students living in the outlying villages, across Alaska, and the United States.
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Uqautchim Uglua teacher Tuuqlak Diaz reads to the students in Iñupiaq.
An Iñupiaq language immersion nest and teacher training center (lab school) also opened at Ilisagvik College in November, 2012. The language nest serves as a teacher training lab school and observation site for students in the Iḷisaġvik College’s Iñupiaq Early Learning Associate of Arts degree. Practicum and internship opportunities are conducted in an Iñupiaq immersion early learning setting for twelve students ranging from birth to three years of age.
Uqautchim Uglua Learning Center (lab school/language nest) models the delivery of the North Slope Borough School District’s Iñupiaq Learning Framework in a preschool setting. By extending this curriculum to pre-school students and stressing the strengths of traditional Iñupiaq parenting, the North Slope’s youngest children will develop the cognitive, interpersonal, and motor skills they need to enter school developmentally ready for academic success. The program is starting with three-year olds. Younger age groups will be added as the curriculum is developed.
Students’ parents participate in a Parent Empowerment Group and will interview Elders to capture traditional parenting information. The information gleaned will be compiled and shared with our partnering institutions and language nests. Traditional parenting information will also inform education courses. Our program is working with the North Slope Borough School District in establishing goals and objectives associated with this important project.
After seeing the Alaska Cultural Standards, Martha Stackhouse, Teachers for the Arctic Coordinator, created examples of the standards at the college level for instructors as they integrate the Inupiaq culture into their classrooms.
Progress has been made embedding the Iñupiaq culture and values into the Iñupiaq Early Learning AA program. The Culture-Based Curriculum Coordinator, Robert Suvlu, has been working to infuse culture across the curriculum and develop teaching techniques for culture-based instruction designed to support students enrolled in the Iñupiaq Early Learning AA program.
Iḷisaġvik College President Pearl Brower said, “Iḷisaġvik College is Alaska’s Only Tribal College. Part of our mission is to perpetuate our Iñupiaq culture, language, values, and traditions. The creation of the Iñupiaq Early Learning Degree and the start of the language nest movement on the North Slope falls directly into the mission of the college and need for our support to encourage these programs for the future of our region’s self-sustainability and local control. I am excited to embark on these new endeavors.”
An overarching goal is to increase the number of Iñupiat teachers on the North Slope through a bachelor of education degree articulated with a partner Indigenous teacher training program. The degree program is moving the college one step closer to an articulated agreement with a four-year institution to provide students with a seamless transition.
Uqautchim Uglua Interim Program Director Devin Bates said, “Uqautchim Uglua is one central embodiment of a serious, consolidated and sustained effort by the people, communities and entities of the North Slope to indigenize regional education systems, increase the number of state-certified Iñupiaq teachers on the North Slope, address issues pertaining to child care, and attack Native language and culture degradation concerns head on. It is a program that is infused and defined by the very same excitement and optimism its mission helps to bring to the North Slope community. Though it is a young program, we are already seeing markedly positive results, and while a great deal to be done lies ahead of us, we can clearly see that we have just the tools we need to continue moving forward. It is one of the great honors and privileges of my life to be a part of what we are doing here.”
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The College of Idaho has been named one of America’s Best Values in Liberal Arts Colleges by "Kiplinger’s Personal Finance." The annual report, released Oct. 24, features 200 schools that combine outstanding academics and great economic value. The C of I was included because of its high four-year graduation rate, low average student debt at graduation, excellent student-to-faculty ratio, on-campus resources and overall value. The full list of schools can be found at.
The College of Idaho is offering four service-learning opportunities this school year through Campus Ministries’ Potter’s Clay program. Campus Ministries will lead experiences in Mexico, Haiti, Ecuador and Caldwell.
“The purpose of service learning is two-fold,” said C of I campus minister Phil Rogers. “It’s an opportunity for students to make a difference in the world, but it’s also a very powerful thing to take part in. We’ve had more than 500 students participate in Potter’s Clay programs in the past 15 years. For many, it has been a life-altering experience.”
Mars and Mercury are the planets of interest at The College of Idaho’s Whittenberger Planetarium this month. Come learn about these alien worlds and see the latest findings and images captured by NASA spacecraft during recent voyages to space during the October public show, set for 7 p.m. Oct. 17 inside Boone Science Hall on the C of I campus in Caldwell. The show also will include a quick tour of the constellations and planets visible in the Idaho night sky this month.. | http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/blog/news/201210 | 2013-05-18T10:31:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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