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Portland declares city-wide parking ban
Parking ban begins at 10 p.m.
The city of Portland has declared a city-wide parking ban starting at 10 p.m. Tuesday and lasting until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Vehicles left on the street will be towed to the city's impound lot located at the Ocean Gateway International Marine Terminal at 40 Commercial Street at the owner's expense.
There are a number of places people can park at no charge during a parking ban including:
-Deering Oaks - on the left hand side of Tennis Court Road only
-State Street gravel lot - abutting Deering oaks
-Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot
-Hadlock Field parking lot
-All Portland Public School lots except the lots at Reiche School which abuts the school and playground
-Parking lot at Nathan Clifford School
-Parking lot on Munjoy Street, formerly known as the Adams School lot
-Cutter Street lot (off the Eastern Prom)
-Beach Street lot accessible from Commercial Street
-Lot across the street from the International Marine Terminal on Commercial Street
-Dougherty Field
-On Peaks Island, parking is available at the Welch Street parking lot, the St. Christopher's Church parking lot, the Brackett Memorial Church parking lot, and the CMP back lot at Island Avenue and City Point Road
-Many parking garages in the area are open for parking bans at reduced rates.
Vehicles can begin to park in the designated areas at 5 p.m. Vehicles must be moved from the city lots by 7 a.m. Wednesday.


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Domain Registrations
Star Wars Attack Squadron domains registered by Disney
Disney has registered 24 domains which vary in form, but all point to something called Star Wars Attack Squadron. The registrations don't provide any other details, so while it's possible it could be some sort of game, it could be anything since the firm now owns the Star Wars brand: a cartoon, TV show, movie, […]
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Sony registers The Last of Us 2 & 3 domains, The Order: 1886 speculation resumes
Sony has filed some domain registrations for The Last of Us and more for its mysterious The Order: 1886.
All the Bravest trademarks, domain registrations filed by Square Enix
Square Enix has filed a trademark application, a domain registration, and a a European Community Trademark for All the Bravest. We're unsure what the firm has in the works, but the trademark a myriad of items from arcade to software, even strategy guide and music. The domains and trademarks were registered on November 29. More […]
Sony Pictures registers 18 "Console War movie" domains
Sony Pictures has registered 18 domains this week for "Console War movie" in various forms. The domains, dug up by Fubsible, range from TheConsoleWarmovie.com to consolewar.net and everywhere in between, and all were registered on August 23. Sony Pictures is the television and film production/distribution unit of Sony, and none of the registrations were filed […]
Halo Infinity domains snapped up by Microsoft registrant
MarkMonitor, a company Microsoft regularly employs to make domain name registrations, has gone on a slightly mental shopping spree to try and secure the name Halo Infinity.
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Sony registers The Last of Us 2 & 3 domains, The Order: 1886 speculation resumes
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Internet radio playback to your GO speaker is available through Libratone App.
Top 5 radio stations in your geographical area is automatically preloaded into Favourites.
To start Internet Radio please follow this procedure:
- Start Libratone App
- Press the Nightingale button in Libratone App to access the main menu
- Press "My SoundSpaces"
- Press your GO speaker
- Press favourites and select your radio channel.
To mute/unmute Internet radio, short press the Nightingale on you GO speaker.
You can use the Libratone App to change and store your favourite radio stations. Read about how to change the preloaded radio stations here.
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Have you looked at the XBee stuff? Cost seems comparable,
The NRF24l01 looks interesting, but I don't think I've see anyone interface these with an arduino. Have you already gotten that part worked out already?
i know that nrf24l01 uses pins 9,10,11(MOSI),12(MISO),13 (SCK) could that be a problem using ethernet shield with it ?


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PCC Club Shoot – November 2020
November 28 @ 08:00 - 16:00Free
The PCC Club Shoot – November 2020 will be held at Vektor Shooting Club on 2020-11-28. Registration for this match will be on Practiscore here :https://practiscore.com/vektor-pcc-club-shoot-11-2020/register
Club Shoots are FREE of charge for Vektor club members who pre-registered on vektor.co.za before 17:00 on the Friday before the event. R50 for members who did not pre-register, and R150 for visitors. Visitors contact us first to book. Sign the register BEFORE 09:00. You will not be allowed to shoot if you arrive late.
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My longtime judge and friend Diana has acidly observed on occasion that I race past the elegant-looking displays that she favors, while lingering lovingly at the most outlandish ones.
"I think you gave me whiplash!" she complained Monday night as I quickly negotiated a cul-de-sac in front of one beautiful home in the Bethlehem area. "If they had SpongeBob SquarePants lit up out front, you'd have stopped."
She has a point. I love elegance, too, but my Christmas Light Tours are mostly about the homes that make your eyes bug out and your jaw drop.
It's not about "Ohhh, isn't that darling?" It's about "HOLY GUACAMOLE!"
That familiar conversation aside, this was a strange year for my 20th annual attempt to direct you to the area's best Christmas lights. The weather was horrible, and rain wreaks havoc with some displays. That means a bunch were unlit when we passed, which is particularly problematic with ones I haven't seen before. We also ran into — not literally, although it was tempting — an inordinate number of missing, damaged or faded road signs, presenting challenges we didn't need in the dense fog and occasional downpours. Street crews, get on the stick.
Still, there was lots of laughter, food and oohhs and ahhhhs from my judges as we hit pretty much every corner of Lehigh and Northampton counties in search of the best nominated displays. In all, we drove seven nights, almost 29 hours and 650 miles, not counting my pre- and post-judging reconnaissance missions. The results have been organized into eight tour routes, all named for things I consumed in my travels:
Some of the homes that didn't make one of these tours were really nice but didn't fit comfortably into a route or were nominated too late. Go to themorningcall.com for a list of all nominees so you can visit the ones near you. We also have videos and more photos. Wherever the nominee is collecting for charity, I'll make a note of that, too.
Two houses are collecting for charity but not on my tour routes: 7125 Carls Hill Road, Upper Milford, collecting for Keystone Soldiers (I put directions on the nomination list), and 333 E. Washington Ave., Bethlehem, collecting for Second Harvest Food Bank or household items for Hurricane Sandy victims.
I want to thank George, Pat, Leslie, Adrienne, Louise, Jon, Diana, Roni, Chief Ralph and Das Cook, and particularly drivers Dave, Devil Dog and Steve and everyone who brought treats. A special thanks, too, to the creators of Panther Vision, the official LED light hat of Bill White's Christmas Light Tours, and to Wally Ely, my partner every year on our RCN show, which premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19.
Mad Dog Jack and Mike, we missed you this year. We especially missed Mike's heartwarming traditional hillbilly joke and Mad Dog's stunt driving.
Another thank you to everyone who has contributed so far to Second Harvest Food Bank in connection with this year's fundraising campaign — keep the checks coming to me all month at The Morning Call, 101 N. Sixth St., Allentown 18104 — and all the decorators who are trying to help others by collecting for charity. As you're touring, be sure to bring along some money and nonperishable food to contribute.
Finally, I need to thank all the decorators whose exuberance, creativity and generosity brighten the holidays for all of us. Whether we're cooing, "Ooooh, isn't that darling?" or crying, "HOLY GUACAMOLE!" we owe them a real debt of gratitude.
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Sure, coral reefs are pretty, but they also have creepy almost alien-like superpowers: An entire reef can be regrown from a tiny chunk of coral.
Dr. Graham Forrester of the University of Rhode Island simplified what happens when the underwater structures regrow themselves:
To use a gardening analogy, the sourced coral is like an orchard of fruit trees. Storms knocked some twigs off the trees and we replanted them on barren ground. The twigs grow and blossom to form a new orchard. It's the same process
Sounds innocent, but I'll still keep being paranoid that I'll wake up to a beach overtaken by coral. [Restoration Ecology via io9]


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In seventeen colorful cast iron Dutch ovens, we cooked the same hearty beef stew, being careful to weigh the ingredients, cut everything in precise sizes (yes, we use a ruler), and use the exact same brands, down to the salt, and cook on the same burner on the same setting on the same gas range. Guess what? Sometimes we couldn't believe we prepared the same recipe! The winners simmered up a ragout with tender, melt-in-your mouth meat and vegetables and a thickened, velvety-textured sauce that we couldn't stop eating. Others gave us tough or stringy beef in fatty, acrid-tasting gravy.
In deciding which to recommend to you we also measured how much room each oven offered for browning and how evenly each browned and maintained a simmer. As you'll have to lift your's from cabinet to stovetop to the sink and then put it back in the cabinet, we weighed each with its lid on as there's other ways for you to get a workout. We also put just the covers on the scales..after all, even if your Dutch oven simmers steadily, you'll have to lift the lid occasionally to stir, season, or sample. Naturally we checked to see how easy it was to get them clean and gave each a wallop against a sink to check for chipping. One of the nice things about these cast iron pots is that they're attractive enough to bring right from the stove to the table even for company meals, so who wants a chink in the finish?
To our surprise, our top picks came from a trio of celebrity chefs--Mario, Wolfgang, and Michy. For the details, check out our article Best Dutch Ovens. Other pots we loved: Cuisinart Chef's Classic Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven, $105 in your choice of cardinal red or provencal blue and Lodge Color Porcelain Enamel on Cast Iron Dutch Oven, $105 which comes in red, blue, green, pumpkin, and burgundy.
Once you're ready to start braising, here's some tips we picked up along the way.
- To avoid greasy splatters that detract from the beauty of the pot and are a cleaning nightmare, brown meat in a nonstick skillet before you braise it.
- Clean enameled cast iron by hand, regardless of what the instructions say, to preserve the luster of its colorful finish.
- Add mushrooms and/or pearl onions to stews at the end to maximize their hearty flavors. Quickly sauté them, then stir them in for the last 5 minutes.
- Perk up a hearty stew with a handful of chopped fresh herbs. Add them right before serving...long cooking kills their flavor. Think beyond parsley...basil, tarragon, or even cilantro add an unexpected accent.
- For a bit of zing, simmer a strip of orange peel along with a beef or veal stew. Use a vegetable peeler to remove a swath of rind.
- Cut meats and veggies into evenly-sized pieces so no one will bite into a chunk that's underdone.
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Gonzalez feeling good after bullpen session
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli.
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez threw a 25-pitch bullpen session on Wednesday morning and reported no problems with his lower back.
"I was able to throw some pitches off the mound and I'm happy with that," he said. "I'll be doing everything with the team now. [Thursday], I'll just be playing catch and then Friday, another bullpen, and that's probably going to be 100 percent."
Gonzalez was followed by Kelvin De la Cruz, who has been slowed with a hamstring injury. Both guys pitched on the mound off to the side, with the strings at home plate with bullpen catcher Jett Ruiz (who is auditioning for the job) behind the plate.
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Hi Everyone! Wow, it's been a while since I've written! Mainly because I had taken a break from going to Denver! Our main concern of course was getting rid of the bleeds, and Dr. Robinson (DDS and Plastic Surgeon) did that by cauterizing the capillaries in my gums! It took a while for me to adjust to not having to worry anymore while I was eating a meal, or brushing my teeth or having a bleed in the middle of the night! So, after taking time emotionally, physically and mentally, I was ready to get back to CO!
About a week before my appt. time, I get an e-mail from one of Dr. Yakes P.A.'s - Mandi Shaw, that she was very excited that I would be there next week! I just can't emphasize enough how awesome everyone @ Swedish is! I had posted on Facebook that I would be there the following week, and immediately got a response from one of the nurses (Laurie) @ Swedish, also looking forward to seeing me! They make their patients feel so great and well taken care of!
Took the shuttle to the car rental area and picked up a vehicle. Headed over to Ted's Montana Grill since it's near the airport where we have befriended one of the waiteresses there! Turns out Michelle used to live in Calallen! She is the sweetest person, the kind that would give you the shirt of her back! I keep in touch with her on Facebook but hadn't seen her in a while, so it was great visiting with her again!
I had a mushroom swiss bison burger with sour cream and avocado and Mark had a bison burger called The Kitchen Sink and it included ham an over easy egg and avocado and who knows what else!
Here is another nurse that came by and was excited to see us! It's so great being there, just knowing how well you're going to be taken care of!
We finally board our plane in Houston the next day, and that had already been delayed once! Had to call my ENT to tell them I'd be an hour late! The one good thing that happened was that I met a really nice person on the flight! Her name is Leone Lewis and we had lots to talk about, because she also has pets! Just wish I hadn't been hacking the whole time, but I really enjoyed talking to her! I gave her one of my blog cards and she gave me her number so I could send her a cute dog cartoon I had!
Thanks so much again to everyone for all your love and support! Couldn't do this without you!
Love and Hugs!
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Keoni is a Hawaiian variant of John. John originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It has been one of the most popular masculine given names over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. Throughout history it was borne by numerous kings, princes, emperors, popes and saints, the most famous being John the Baptist and John the Apostle. More recently, the famous bearers include John F. Kennedy and John Lennon.
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September 15, 2021
Stitch and Chat
Come join the group to stitch ,visit and make some new friends ! The times are 1-4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as some Saturdays . Click on the calendar to see the schedule. If you are visiting from out of town, please come join us.


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Webinar Series: Capacity Building and Learning on Solar Powered Water Systems
Solar Powered Water Systems (SPWS) in Humanitarian Context – Types and Configurations - This webinar, the first of the four-part webinar series, will introduce the SPWS technology focusing on different configurations such as DC vs AC, standalone vs hybrid, and submersible vs surface pumping. Lorentz and Grundfos will highlight their SPWS solutions available in the market as well as their applicability in the humanitarian context. A case study will then showcase SPWS examples from around the world. Read more...
Wednesday, 25 Nov at 11:00 a.m. CET (Registration link)
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A gracefully tall and slender three-light fixture with a long tapered teardrop finial issuing from the armback. The fluted arms have scrolled tails and broaden at the tips. Based on a 19th-century chandelier design.
Overall: 21-3/8" h. x 9" w. x 8" d.
Backplate: 6-3/8" h. x 2-5/8" w.
UL listed for use in dry environments
3 Candelabra sockets, maximum 60 watts per socket
2" x 3" Vertical junction box required
Available with a larger backplate.
For other configurations and sizes, see our Lena Family.
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M20 series PCB through hole mounting industry standard sockets with a 2.54mm pitch designed for use in board to board applications. With a high quality, compact design these M20 series connectors meet the design requirements for increased PCB density and height restrictions. The housings of these M20 sockets are made from UL94V-0 high temperature Liquid Crystal Polymer and withstand the same reflow soldering processes as SMT versions. Highly durable dual beam contacts offer an improved electrical connection and increase the overall connector reliability.
These M20 PCB socket connectors are available in single and double row configurations and various contact numbers
Compact design
High temperature thermoplastic housings
Highly reliable dual beam contacts
Up to 300 mating operations
Current rating of up to 2A per contact
These M20 series PCB sockets are suitable for use in a wide range of applications and established as standard connectors on embedded PCs, motherboards and large electronic systems. Applications include consumer electronics, communications, drives and controls, industrial monitoring and personal computing
Stock number 681-6860 has a dual (top and bottom entry) configuration with 5.08mm tail spacing.
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You'll struggle to find a games company with a richer arcade heritage than Midway. Having been responsible for more coin-op classics than you could shake an arcade stick at, the publisher has decided to delve deep into its vaults for a new compendium of old school gems. Featuring no less than two dozen of yesteryear's finest - some of them dating back as much as 20 years - Midway Arcade Treasures is an essential slice of nostalgia for gamers who are old enough to remember, and a great history lesson for those who aren't.
The full 24 games on offer are as follows: SpyHunter, Defender, Gauntlet, Joust, Paperboy, Rampage, Marble Madness, Robotron 2084, Smash TV, Joust 2, Bubbles, RoadBlasters, Stargate, Moon Patrol, Blaster, Rampart, Sinistar, Super Sprint, 720, Toobin', KLAX, SPLAT!, Satan's Hollow and Vindicators. A pretty massive and wide-ranging selection, we think you'll agree. Sure, graphically, they're a world apart from what you're used to on PS2 but, as the vast majority of these inherently playable beauties testify, gameplay is king. Add in a load of DVD-style extras such as game histories, interviews with the creators and original music and you have a sure fire retro winner on your hands.
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When is it okay to spoil a movie? When does trolling become art? One artist asked these questions by spoiling the ending of Looper to anyone who happened to drive by. SPOILERS AHEAD (duh)
Seriously, many spoilers. DO NOT READ the next paragraph if you care about how the movie resolves the central crisis.
The message reading "LOOPER/SPOILER ALERT/BRUCE WILLIS DIES" was put up on a "hacked" road sign as part of a one-night installation called "Troll." The installation was just a remotely-programmed road sign in Castleberry Hill, Atlanta.
Rather than warn drivers of impending zombie attacks, artists put trollish messages up on the board and "mimic the incendiary remarks put forth by internet pranksters," as the event's web page describes. The installation asks us why we, ourselves troll.
What does it say about us, that given the opportunities the web provides of a perceived audience and anonymity that we can so easily transform into altered and ill-mannered versions of ourselves? Why are so many of us engaging in and enjoying this form of identity deception and how does this affect the online space we all share?
Truth be told, knowing that Bruce Willis dies at the end of Looper isn't that big of a spoiler. It'd be much more of a spoiler to say that the movie spends just as much time on time travel as it does on a telekinetic toddler who can explode people's chests with his mind. It's not like anyone's spoiling The Sixth Sense here, or shouting out that Snape kills Dumbledore.
The question remains if this installation was pointlessly provocative, or if its question about trolling was worthwhile?
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Archive for November, 2013
Dog-Friendly Charlottesville and Shenandoah VAMonday, November 11th, 2013
The hometown of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville is now the home of the University of Virginia. It is also the gateway to Shenandoah National Park one hour to the west. The area is filled with historical attractions. There are a number of dog-friendly activities in town for visitors and residents alike. Shenandoah National Park is one of the most dog-friendly National Parks in the nation.
Dog-Friendly Corpus Christi TexasMonday, November 11th, 2013
Corpus Christi is the deepest port in Texas. The port is home to the USS Lexington Air Craft Carrier. It is also the gateway to Padre Island National Seashore, with nearly 100 miles of pristine beachfront. Corpus Christi is a resort town with many beach going visitors. It is also dog-friendly with many dog-friendly beaches and activities.
A Dog's Tourguide to Denver ColoradoMonday, November 11th, 2013
Warning – Pit Bulls and Pit Bull Mixes are not allowed in Denver and some suburbs
Denver was founded in 1858 to supply miners in the Rockies. Due to its relatively mild climate when compared with the higher Rockies Denver grew fast. In 1876 Denver became Colorado's State Capital. Denver is located on the high plains at an altitude of 5,280 feet which is why it is known as the "Mile High City". Denver has some dog-friendly attractions and things to do with your dog. The city, however, has the strictest anti pit-bull laws in the country and should be avioided by anyone with a a pit bull or any mixed breed that can be confused with a pit bull. This unfortunate law, established in 1989, effectively bans about 10 percent of dogs from visiting the city, or residing there.


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A bone density test is used to measure bone mineral content and density. It may be done using X-rays, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA), or a special CT scan that uses computer software to determine bone density of the hip or spine. For various reasons, the DEXA scan is considered the "gold standard" or most accurate test.
This measurement tells the healthcare provider whether there is decreased bone mass. This is a condition in which bones are more brittle and prone to break or fracture easily.
A bone density test is used mainly to diagnose osteopenia and osteoporosis. It is also used to determine your future fracture risk. The testing procedure typically measures the bone density of the bones of the spine, lower arm, and hip. Portable testing may use the radius (1 of the 2 bones of the lower arm), wrist, fingers, or heel for testing, but is not as precise as the nonportable methods because only one bone site is tested.
Standard X-rays may show weakened bones. But at the point when bone weakness can be seen on standard X-rays, it may be too far advanced to treat. Bone densitometry testing can find decreasing bone density and strength at a much earlier stage when treatment can be beneficial.
A bone density test determines the bone mineral density (BMD). Your BMD is compared to 2 norms—healthy young adults (your T-score) and age-matched adults (your Z-score).
First, your BMD result is compared with the BMD results from healthy 25- to 35-year-old adults of your same sex and ethnicity. The standard deviation (SD) is the difference between your BMD and that of the healthy young adults. This result is your T-score. Positive T-scores indicate the bone is stronger than normal; negative T-scores indicate the bone is weaker than normal.
According to the World Health Organization, osteoporosis is defined based on the following bone density levels:
In general, the risk for bone fracture doubles with every SD below normal. Thus, a person with a BMD of 1 SD below normal (T-score of -1) has twice the risk for bone fracture as a person with a normal BMD. When this information is known, people with a high risk for bone fracture can be treated with the goal of preventing future fractures. Severe (established) osteoporosis is defined as having a bone density that is more than 2.5 SD below the young adult mean with one or more past fractures due to osteoporosis.
Secondly, your BMD is compared to an age-matched norm. This is called your Z-score. Z-scores are calculated in the same way, but the comparisons are made to someone of your age, sex, race, height, and weight.
In addition to bone densitometry testing, your healthcare provider may recommend other types of tests, such as blood tests, which may be used to find the presence of kidney disease, evaluate the function of the parathyroid gland, evaluate the effects of cortisone therapy, and/or assess the levels of minerals in the body related to bone strength, such as calcium.
A bone density test is mainly done to look for osteoporosis (thin, weak bones) and osteopenia (decreased bone mass) so that these problems can be treated as soon as possible. Early treatment helps to prevent bone fractures. The complications of broken bones related to osteoporosis are often severe, particularly in the elderly. The earlier osteoporosis can be diagnosed, the sooner treatment can be started to improve the condition and/or keep it from getting worse.
A bone density testing may be used to:
Bone densitometry testing uses a low dose of radiation. You may want to ask your healthcare provider about the amount of radiation used during the procedure and the risks related to your particular situation. It is a good idea to keep a record of your radiation exposure, such as previous CT scans and other types of X-rays, so that you can tell your healthcare provider. Risks associated with radiation exposure may be related to the cumulative number of X-ray exams and/or treatments over a long period.
If you are pregnant or think that you may be, you should tell your healthcare provider. Radiation exposure during pregnancy can lead to birth defects.
There may be other risks depending on your specific medical condition. Be sure to discuss any concerns with your healthcare provider before the procedure.
Certain factors or conditions may interfere with a bone density test. These include the following:
This test may be done on an outpatient basis or as part of your stay in a hospital. Procedures may vary depending on your condition and your healthcare provider's practices.
Generally, it follows this process:
The entire scan takes about 30 minutes. A portable scan that checks only your forearm, finger, hand, or foot, takes a bone density reading in a few minutes.
While the bone densitometry procedure itself causes no pain, the movements of the body parts being examined may cause some discomfort or pain, particularly if you have recently had surgery or an injury. The technologist will use all possible comfort measures and complete the procedure as quickly as possible to reduce any discomfort or pain.


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DavidGilbert99 writes with this excerpt from IB Times: "The Sandy Hook shooting once again raised the debate about how much power violent videogames wield over teenagers. Following proclamations from the National Rifle Association and the establishment of a study by the National Academy of Sciences to investigate the psychological effects of violent games on children, a group in Connecticut is now having its say Southington, a town 30 miles from where the shooting took place, is offering gift tokens in exchange for violent videogames, as well as other violent media such as DVDs or videos. The group, called SouthingtonSOS, said in a statement: 'There is ample evidence that violent video games, along with violent media of all kinds, including TV and movies portraying story after story showing a continuous stream of violence and killing, has contributed to increasing aggressiveness, fear, anxiety and is desensitizing our children to acts of violence including bullying.'" Any Yes, they plan to destroy the traded-in games. (Note: Beware the obnoxious auto-playing video ad with sound; adjust volume accordingly.)
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It's the end of another fine year for Leeds music, but don't worry I'm not going to bore you with a load of self indulgent lists whilst there's still lots of great stuff being released and promoted. Several artists that I've mentioned before have been busy in studios readying new releases. The first being Paul Thomas Saunders who is set for a memorable 2012 when his debut album is released in the spring. In the meantime, in true prolific form, he is releasing another EP in early 2012 entitled 'Descartes Highlands' - and if you bob over to his website there's a sample track of airy, electronic bliss to be had from it for free.
Next are Post War Glamour Girls who only recently had a very triumphant single launch, but are back already with new release Suburban Barbarian. It's a slower, smoother track that has echoes of Wild Beasts at their most sultry whilst maintaining plenty of originality.
The Wind-Up Birds have put their name into the Santa hat for the bitterest Christmas song. 'Working Christmas Day' is an anthem for those with a dislike of the 25th December, which makes Fairytale of New York seem like a beaming ray of sunshine. Have a listen here, all donations received will be passed to Barnardo's.
Elsewhere, fans of Ryan Adams, The Boss and their ilk may find some adulation for Daniel Pearson's recently released, luscious debut album Satellites. Steeped in so much Americana goodness it could have actually been written and recorded in some backwater Virginian town. www.danielpearson.net
A few weeks back Halifax's Wot Gorilla released a free download only single named 'is'. It's an excitable slice of math-rock, who's soft vocals and kaleidoscopic rhythms are reminiscent of an early Tubelord.
Champions of all things noisy in Leeds, Brew, delivered an ear pummelling combo on 12th December with a single release from new signings Blacklisters and an EP from Hawk Eyes (who I have mentioned before on here when they were known as Chickenhawk). Blacklisters' release is a download single entitled 'I Can Confirm' with accompanying screenprints and t-shirts from Drew Millward. Hawk Eye's release is an EP called Mindhammer, from which the below track 'Crack Another One' is taken. Both releases possess enough terrifying, in-your-face raw power to ensure your family worry about you over the holidays should they hear you listening, and these songs deserve to be played loud, so make your grandparents worry.
Hookworms' record has finally had a proper vinyl release, seek it out as they are one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Leeds in recent times, and wiped the floor with several much more well known names at last months Constellations Festival. As did Eagulls, who at the time of writing are on a tour of Europe with Iceage, and if you're not yet familiar with the band then you really should acquaint yourself via this interview with Dom Gourlay.
Making the most of the Holy Trinity Church's festive backdrop are Joseph & David, who will be holding a gig there on the 19th December to celebrate the launch of their new Rise Up The Sun EP, with support coming from Beccy Owen and Jonathan Woodhead. The EP is a beautiful piece of piano driven folk, which demonstrates how they have mastered the dynamic between calming stillness and explosive euphoria, through the use of rich instrumentation and a strong voice. Tickets
If a church gig isn't your idea of a good Christmas party then Brew Records are throwing an end of year do at the Brudenell Social Club on the 16th that has a rock solid line-up. Headlined by new signings Holy State it also features That Fucking Tank, the aforementioned Hookworms, and Double Muscle. Facebook event
Other gigs of note:
Saturday 17th December – Adelphi – Laura J Martin
Friday 30th December – 02 Academy – The Wedding Present
Friday 6th January – Brudenell Social Club – Cymbals Eat Guitars + Milagres
Friday 20th January – Leeds University Union - M83
Saturday 21st January – The Cockpit – Various Cruelties
Sunday 28th January – Brudenell Social Club – Veronica Falls
I've mentioned Anthologies here before as a website to keep a close eye on, and this December they've been busy creating beautiful videos of some of Leeds finest artists performing original takes on old Christmas favourites (and a couple of obscure songs too!). The videos, filmed in various locations around the city, are being teasingly drip fed out in an advent calendar fashion. Although there's already plenty of goodness there to feast upon, such as this video of talented chap Grant K. Fennell covering Low's classic 'Just Like Christmas'...
As if this wasn't good enough reason to visit anyway, the site is encouraging donations for local organisation Simon on the Streets and at the time of writing has earned them £135. So visit the site, enjoy the songs, and dig deep into those pockets.
Earlier this year the illustrious Jumbo Records celebrated it's 40th birthday with a party in it's St Johns Centre home, and with them being a knowledgeable haven for music lovers from West Yorkshire and far beyond, we thought it'd be worthwhile hearing their recommendations and thoughts. Matt from the store kindly answered a few questions...
Hi Matt, it's been another busy year for Jumbo Records what have been your highlights?
I think our 40th Birthday (yes Jumbo has been around for that long!) was excellent, and also Record Store Day which involved us putting on some damn fine bands. This years Leeds International Film Festival was another incredible hotpot of goodies with some great music films. There have been some really great DIY festivals on too and the same goes for next year. There's way too much going on in this city to keep up!
How do you feel about the current health of the Leeds music scene in comparison to past years?
It's very much as healthy as it ever was - Leeds always has a strange draw of continuous talent, that either involves musicians replenishing the productive pool (lots of students, Leeds College Of Music, and some fantastic talent from the surrounding) or the fact that the live scene is so strong for local talent and scenes. It very much works on all levels, whether it's a traditional folk jam at the Grove, a clutch of electronica artists experimenting round a house in LS6, or a jazz jam in the Sela. It's healthy and more importantly, it's pretty much the norm to see and hear all these styles around (which also influences musicians too). I'd pretty much say that the focus has gone towards either folk or electronica as far as the Leeds has gone, but with some rather noticable exceptions in the punk and indie scenes, plus jazz/funk. Slightly further afield we love the Wilful Missing's new album, and anything on the Philophobia label. There are WAY too many favourites to list and I'm sure by the time the article goes to print we'll have thought of double the amount we've listed here, but that's the beauty of it, there's just so many interesting things going on in the local scene.
In terms of local releases what have been the staff favourites this year?
Phew! Now that's a hard one for sure - personally I think there have been some extremely strong releases from all quarters of the music scene to be honest. To pick just a tiny amount that come to mind I think both the Skank Agenda and Acid Drop albums have been pretty inspiring as far as punk attitude go and have caught the wave of feeling against the horrible Thatcherite consumer hell we live in right now. Electronica wise we have the some wonderful soundscapes by Ithaca Trio (who incidentally did a special sound recording for our 40th Birthday), and also Stormloop and the odd-core tronics of Gaye Device. Indie-wise Just Handshakes (We're British), The Whatevers and This Many Boyfriends have made a real impact as have Eagulls, not to mention the folk/country brilliance of Serious Sam Barrett. Ellen And The Escapades keep going from strength to strength and we enjoyed Gary Stewart's solo offering and also Rosie Doonan and Sam Airey too. There have also been some great hip-hop albums like the No Pretense and even the excellent Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra has proved the Leeds can do Afrobeat with the best of them.
…and which local releases have been popular with Jumbo's customers?
It's always a pleasure to see not just family and friends buying local releases, and some of the best ones have flown out across the board. We've had not just shop sales, but mail order from all over the world for the Serious Sam Barrett EP , Ithaca Trio, Eagulls, Ellen And The Escapades plus shop plays have yielded a lot of new fans for The Whatevers and Gaye Device.
What forthcoming releases from Leeds artists that you're really anticipating?
Well, Serious Sam Barrett and Ellen And The Escapades both have forthcoming albums out next year and we've been lucky enough to hear some tracks and I'll eat my hat if they don't prove to be MASSIVE next year.
Are there any forthcoming Leeds gigs that you are looking forward to?
Too many to mention but anyone passing only needs to pop in to our listening booth to find a plethora of flyers that'll consistently give you the chance of finding some more great music. It's all out there to be absorbed if you get off your couches and make the effort...
The below playlist features some of the artists Matt mentioned above. It includes a demo of a new Just Handshakes (We're British) song, a track from No Pretense's horror themed EP, Ellen & the Escapades last single, and ends with a soundscape created by Ithaca Trio crafted from recordings taken in the shop during their birthday week that will transport you straight back there.
Jumbo Records - DrownedinLeeds playlist by DrownedinLeeds
Remember though Leeds is blessed with two great records stores; there is also Crash Records on the Headrow, who we also hope to speak with at some point in 2012.
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Hydrangea macrophylla in winter.
Often I am asked, "Why don't my hydrangeas bloom?"
Usually the answer lies in what happened to your hydrangeas during the preceding winter or right at winters end.
Except for two species ( H. arborescens & H. paniculata ), hydrangeas form flowers during the previous growing season (on so-called "old wood"). These nascent flower buds have to survive the winter and the unstable weather of early spring to blossom in full glory in our summer gardens.
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Winter protection of hydrangeas has two parts:
Winter care can be as simple as doing nothing if minimum temperatures in your garden do not threaten your hydrangeas and if a late frost doesn't occur after the stems have emerged from dormancy. However, most of the showy hydrangeas are foreigners in the US. and may need some protection, particularly if you like to push zonal gardening limits.
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Use whatever you can get your hands on garbage cans, large plastic pots, sheets, blankets, fur coats, frost blanket material and secure the cover to the ground with whatever is at hand bricks, pieces of firewood, landscape staples, flower pots, children's toys.
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What about those bare brown sticks and leftover tawny flowers of hydrangeas in the winter landscape? I personally like how they look, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you feel compelled to tidy up leafless brown stems and faded flower heads by whacking your hydrangea to the ground, remember that you are removing your bloom as surely as would bitter cold or a hard late frost.
There is some thought that the dried flower heads help keep frost from nipping next year's bloom, but you will do no damage if you must prune them just the faded flowers, no more. As I sit at my desk, one of my winter joys is watching the birds feed on the seeds of the Hydrangea paniculata 'Floribunda' right outside the window. Flashes of color in the winter landscape.
When summer comes and you are surrounded in glorious bloom you'll hardly remember all the trouble you went to. Lift that glass and give yourself a toast. Cheers.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Pet Peeves Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Pet Peeves Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 206, 207, 208 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:48 pm Post subject: Pet Peeves "'Equation,' 'Gingerly' And Other Linguistic Pet Peeves by GEOFF NUNBERG February 23, 2010 My friend Scott is always sending me indignant e-mails with examples of people using the word "equation" to mean just a situation with a lot of factors, when nothing is actually being equated as in, "Family members are a critical part of the doctor-patient equation." I tell him I think of this as just routine journalistic bloat, and not even he thinks it's a threat to the republic. But he enjoys grousing about it, all the more because it doesn't seem to annoy anybody else that much. It makes for a fine pet peeve. I have peeves of my own. When I hear people say "oversimplistic," I suspect they don't know that "simplistic" means that all by itself. I wish somebody would drive "arguably" and "quite possibly" into the sea. And it seems to me it's almost always a bad idea to begin a sentence with "I pride myself on." A pet peeve should be like a pet theory or a pet story a tic or fancy that you nurture in your bosom and make your own. You can have a pet peeve about people who mispronounce "mascarpone." But it's odd to use the phrase for off-the-rack gripes that everybody shares. Saying that you have a pet peeve about "thinking outside the box" or "Your call is important to us" is like saying you have a pet theory that you should feed a cold and starve a fever. I have this notion that "gingerly" shouldn't be used as an adverb, as in, "She hugged the child gingerly," because there's no corresponding adjective "ginger" you wouldn't say, "She gave the child a ginger hug." I'll concede that "gingerly" has been used as an adverb for 400 years, and nobody's ever complained about it before. But so much the better: Every time I see the word used as an adverb, I can take a quiet satisfaction in knowing that I'm marching to a more logical drummer than the half-billion other speakers of English who haven't yet cottoned to the problem. Writers tend to have lots of these notions. Kingsley Amis held that it was incorrect to use "pristine" to mean pure rather than "original," and that you shouldn't say, "I was oblivious to the noise," since "oblivious" can only mean "forgetful." And in a usage book he published a few years ago, Bill Bryson contended that it was wrong to use "expectorate" as a synonym for spit, since it really means to cough up phlegm from the chest. The word did originally mean that, but it's been used to mean spit since Dickens' day. And Bryson knows perfectly well that it would be unreasonable to insist on the original meaning think of the mischief it would work with Major League Baseball's rule 8.02, which says that the pitcher shall not expectorate on the ball. But Bryson also understands that it's the very unreasonableness of the argument that makes it so handy to have around when the dinner conversation flags. obody ever took this quite so far as the 19th-century writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce. He's best remembered today for his stories and his satirical Devil's Dictionary, but in 1909 he wrote a book called Write it Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults. It was republished for its centenary last year with entertaining annotations by Jan Freeman, who writes the language column for The Boston Globe. Bierce had a gift for discerning usage errors where no one else would have thought there was anything amiss. Take the sentence, "Since I made no money last year, I had to live in a dilapidated shack with a dirt floor with 10 other people." By Bierce's lights, it contains five errors. You should say "earn money," not "make money"; "last year" should be "the previous year"; "dilapidated" shouldn't be used for a wood structure since it comes from the Latin word for stone; "dirt" shouldn't be used to mean earth; and you shouldn't use "people" with a specific number it should be "10 other persons." This makes Bierce sound like a caricature of a cantankerous pedant. But he clearly enjoyed being perverse and ornery, and my guess is that his journalist colleagues wouldn't have taken any of this too seriously "Oh, that's just Ambrose being Ambrose." The weird thing is to see rules like these passed down as traditional linguistic wisdom. Take that edict that you ought to say "10 persons" rather than "10 people." You can still find it in the recent editions of Strunk and White's revered Elements of Style, along with antique admonitions against saying "contact us" or calling something "worthwhile." The linguist Arnold Zwicky calls these zombie rules. Somebody should have run them through a wood chipper long ago, but here we are in 2010 assigning students a style guide that tells them that correct English requires them to write, "There were 5,000 screaming persons at the Lady Gaga concert." It's bad enough that that leaves students with the impression that mastering good usage requires learning an esoteric code. But it also robs those rules of the kinky charm they had when they were merely somebody's quizzical peeves. Now those personal crotchets are presented as the authorized standards of proper speech, as if you could decree the tune the language is obliged to dance to. But the English language doesn't owe anybody a living it was here first." Have any pet peeves you'd like to share? I've given up on trying to get "hopefully" used correctly - it's hopeless. But I'm still fighting the "less/fewer" and the "amount/number" battles. Oh, I have others, too. But I'd like to hear yours. And, the next dog I get, I swear that I'm going to name him/her "Peeve," just so when I introduce him/her to people, I can say, "And this is my pet, Peeve." Regards, John Back to top GlenskiJoined: 15 Jan 2003Posts: 12844Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: Few vs. less ticks me off. This happens in spoken or written English. People usually foul up and write "then" instead of "than". Arggh. Except vs. accept. Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject: Hi Johnslat, The notion that -ly adverbs are somehow illegitimate if loosed into the world sans the care and attention of a corresponding adjective seems in-teresting, if somewhat olde-worlde, but how (or where?) on earth can anyone mispronounce "mascarpone"? (I'm from Europe btw). As far as Geoff's proposed pet, Peeve, is concerned, I once thought of naming two dogs Pills and Coke, just for the fun to be had calling for them at Festivals. To be fair I was seeing a girl who went by the name of E at the time. Aceeeeeeeeeeeeeed! Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:50 am Post subject: Dear stillnosheep, " . . . but how (or where?) on earth can anyone mispronounce "mascarpone"? (I'm from Europe btw)." Heck, quite easily. I even had to look it up to see what it meant. And when I heard the audio of the word, I knew that I'd have mispronounced it. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mascarpone Regards, John Back to top SashadroogieJoined: 17 Apr 2007Posts: 11061Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:30 am Post subject: Presently for currently! Disgusting!! Back to top steki47Joined: 20 Apr 2008Posts: 1029Location: BFE Inaka Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: To/two/too Their/there/they're Your/You're I see this a lot. On forums filled with "English teachers". Grrrr! Back to top tomstoneJoined: 09 Dec 2009Posts: 293 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject: You're correct, your peeve is also one of mine. Their lack of attention to detail means that they're butchering their own language, the one that they're there to teach! If they don't care enough to take two minutes to proofread their own posts, they'll be sloppy in the classroom, too! Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject: And let's not forget the ever-popular "loose" for "lose." Lose it! Regards, John Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:36 pm Post subject: DEFINATELY ! Back to top jdlJoined: 06 Apr 2005Posts: 632Location: cyberspace Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:00 pm Post subject: John. It must be the weekend. Seems you have too much time on your hands! Isn't there a bike path calling your name? Hilarious, by the way. Thanks for the levity! Give my regards to you friend Scott. He has brightened our outlook. Back to top steki47Joined: 20 Apr 2008Posts: 1029Location: BFE Inaka Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: tomstone wrote: Their lack of attention to detail means that they're butchering their own language, the one that they're there to teach! Nice! Very nice! You're making a good point with your post. BTW, my Japanese wife used to work at an English school and was constantly correcting those kinds of errors in the teachers' reports. Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: johnslat wrote: And let's not forget the ever-popular "loose" for "lose." Lose it! Regards, John They loose 'loose' for 'lose' and thereby lose? Loosers! Moving on back:Last edited by stillnosheep on Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:28 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:26 pm Post subject: johnslat wrote: sns wrote: " . . . but how (or where?) on earth can anyone mispronounce "mascarpone"? (I'm from Europe btw)." Back to top nickpellattJoined: 08 Dec 2006Posts: 1522 Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject: People not recognising the weak form 'should've', 'could've' and typing it as 'should of', 'could of' ... I see that a lot on facebook. 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Viktor and Aneta Urich have just welcomed their 100th grandchild into the world. Their newest grandson, Henry, was born two weeks ago, and the couple, who live in Grande Prairie, Alberta, are thrilled to add yet another grandkid to the list: "We were happy and we were waiting for it. We want to have a party in the church with all the family together."
For the Urichs, getting the family together isn't as easy as it is for most people. They have 16 children, plus their spouses, plus their 100 grandchildren. With numbers like that, an Urich family gathering is larger than many people's weddings! It's hard to imagine being able to keep track of all the kids' and grandkids' names, but Viktor says they can do it: "There are a few hard years, but when the children grow up, it gets easier." Let's hope they've not gotten in the habit of buying all the grandchildren birthday presents, or they'd probably be bankrupt by now.
As strikingly large and difficult to manage as the Urich family sounds, 16 children is three less than the Duggars have now. When watching 19 Kids and Counting, it's easy to get distracted by Josh and Anna's two kids and think, "Oh, weird, Jim Bob and Michelle are grandparents, even though they're still having children themselves!" But stop and think for a second about what will happen when Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Jukebox, JuicyCouture, Jezebel, Jamboree, etc. all start breeding. If they each have as many—or even half as many—kids as their parents had, we're talking about potentially hundreds of additional Duggars who could be clogging up our airwaves over the next few decades. We're going to need a whole new channel dedicated just to showing episodes of Duggars: The Next Generation.
Local family marks arrival of 100th grandchild [Daily Herald Tribune via HuffPo]
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founded in 1936 as the community Association of North Strathmore. In 1933 "The Onderdonk Farm" was purchased for development by Levitt & Sons who built North Strathmore.
The original name of the development was:
The Onderdonk House built in 1836 was transferred to the Strathmore Association and has been maintained by the Association ever since.
Onderdonk Family History:
Horatio Gates Onderdonk was born on August 14, 1808, at Cow Neck (today Port Washington) and died April 6, 1886 in Manhasset. He was the son of Joseph and Dorothy (Monfort) Onderdonk; he graduated from Columbia College in 1829 and married Elizabeth Schenk Onderdonk (his cousin) on January 23, 1830. They had six children: Sarah (b. 1831), Maria (b. 1832), Josephine (b. 1835), Annie (b. 1839), Catherine (b. 1841) and Andrew J. (b. 1847).
Horatio Gates Onderdonk is said to have pursued mercantile interests in N.Y.C. after graduation from college but studied law soon thereafter and was admitted to the bar. He maintained offices in N.Y.C. and at his residence in Manhasset. He was appointed county judge of Kings County by Governor Marcy. A Democrat, he attended the Reform Dutch Church in his community where the Onderdonk family plot is still located.
By 1836, the presumed year of construction of the Onderdonk house, Horatio and Elizabeth Onderdonk had three children. One of these, Maria, is presumed to have died in childhood. Each of the others lived to adulthood and all but Anna are known to have married. The youngest, and only son, Andrew J., would inherit the house.
While following in his father's footsteps professionally, Andrew remained childless and the house was later inherited by a nephew, George O. Linkletter. By 1933, the Onderdonk farm was purchased for development by Levitt and Sons who soon after built North Strathmore on 46 acres bordering the north side of Northern Boulevard. The house itself served as an office facility for the development, until the formation of the Strathmore Association, a membership organization composed of the owners of Strathmore property. The house and four corner plots adjoining "The Circle" were conveyed to the association on December 3, 1936, and the property has been maintained by the Strathmore Association since that time.
Onderdonk House History:
It is said that the Horatio G. Onderdonk House in Manhasset is one of Long Island's finest Greek Revival dwellings. It was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936 and entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The house is recognized as a Town of Hempstead landmark. Owned and operated by the Strathmore Association Inc., since 1936, has undergone partial restoration in recent years.
When the Onderdonk House was built in c. 1836, it was representative of a class of dwelling being built elsewhere on Long Island and in other localities within an easy commute of New York City. Many of these houses are now gone, giving the
Onderdonk House added significance as one of the few examples of its type, left standing today.


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ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia has hired Jeremy Pruitt from Florida State as defensive coordinator only two days after losing Todd Grantham to Louisville.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said Tuesday he is "ecstatic" to hire Pruitt, who has coached on three straight national championship teams at Alabama and Florida State.
Under Pruitt, Florida State led the nation in scoring defense and ranked third in total defense while winning the national championship in 2013.
Before moving to Florida State, Pruitt was the secondary coach at Alabama for three seasons, including the Crimson Tide's national championship teams in 2011 and 2012.
With the Feb. 5 national signing day only three weeks away, Richt moved quickly to hire Pruitt, who is known as a strong recruiter.
Grantham left Georgia on Sunday to become Louisville's defensive coordinator.


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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, September 29
Oh, hello there …
? Dan Uggla: .429 AVG (12-for-28) lifetime vs. Braves starter Derek Lowe
? Brian Roberts: .421 AVG (8-for-19) lifetime vs. Rays starter Jeff Niemann
? Andre Ethier: .500 AVG (5-for-10) lifetime vs. Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin
? Joe Mauer: .529 AVG (9-for-17) lifetime vs. Royals starter Luke Hochevar
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Mark Ellis: .455 AVG (10-for-22) since '05 vs. Angels starter Joel Pineiro
You'll thank me later…
? Billy Butler: .080 AVG (2-for-25) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
? Paul Konerko: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
Top MLB streakers
? Trevor Crowe: 13 games
? Victor Martinez: 13 games
? Corey Hart: 12 games
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BTS – Kinsler hitting lefties at a .370 clip and is leading off today v. Vargas of M's, a hittable lefty.
HR – Kinsler goes deep
survivor – Braves as this is a must game for them.
Home run: Robinson Cano
Survivor: Braves
It totally FIGURES that I get hot in HR BTS just as the season is winding down and no postseason Beat the Streak contest there.
By the way, how is there a delay in a domed stadium in Toronto?
Ceremonies. I'm hoping Robinson Cano can come through.
lol ceremonies for what?
Finishing over .500 for the first time since the '90s?
lol ceremonies for what?
Finishing over .500 for the first time since the '90s?
—– I think there manager is getting honored because he's retiring. As for the blogs there is not much activity as no one witnessed me end that awful losing skid.
I am a little worried about the postseason contests, since there are no banners up at all.
But even if there is no official contest tonight, I am still going to dilligently pluck away at it, as practice for next year, and to keep some excitement for myself during the playoffs.
Is anyone else in?
Just shows how much you yanks care about Canada. How do you not know Cito Gaston is in his last year as Blue Jays manager? You either know nothing about baseball…or your a classic yank. You guys must of cried when the Jays won the world series in 92 & 93.
You know whats great.. The Blue Jays have the 4th best team in the American league with one of the lowest payrolls. imagine we actually spent some money.
PS unless your a red sox or yankee fan ( Band wagon jumpers. i would love to see you guys hoping for either in the 80's ) You got nothing on the Blue Jays.
Thats my rant for today hah
What I dreaded a few blogs ago maybe dreadfully happening. http://beatthestreak.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/09/beat_the_streak_report_thursda_64.html#comment-5878761
How depressing if it does happen, it would make 2010 one of the worst seasons and add an extra month without games until next April. I should have quit survivor too.
Home run: A-Rod is off AND Jose Batista, Paul Konerko, Dan Uggla, Albert Pujols, Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki, Jim Thome, Cory Hart and Prince Fielder have NEVER homered against their opposing pitcher and some of them are seeing completely unfamiliar pitchers for the 1st time, while others are seeing pitchers who have allowed very few home runs like Francisco Liriano who has only given up 6 HRs in 186 innings. What a bad HR day. I'm taking Dan Uggla anyway who is 6 for 12 off Duke but dreadfully has no homers against him. Duke has allowed 24 homers in 155 innings, 4 times as much as Liriano.
Survivor: Padres – If they lose today there season is over.
Add Vladimir Guerrero, Hideki Matsui and Joey Votto to that list.
HR futility against opposing pitchers *AO – against opponent
Player——- HRs AO in ABs AO
Jose Batista 0 in 5 abs against Francisco Liriano
Price Fielder Never seen Dillon Gee
Carlos Gonzalez 0 in 6 abs against Chris Carpenter
Vladimir Guerrero 1 in 16 abs against Scott Kazmir
Cory Hart Never seen Dillon Gee
Paul Konerko 0 in 10 abs against Jon Lester
Hideki Matsui 0 in 20 abs against Cliff Lee
Albert Pujols Never seen Jason Hammel
Jim Thome Never seen Shawn Hill
Troy Tulowitzki 0 in 3 abs against Chris Carpenter
Dan Uggla 0 in 12 abs against Zach Duke
Joey Votto 0 in 8 abs against Brett Myers
TOTAL 1 home run in 80 combined at bats!
I'm changing to Vladimir Guerrero from Dan Uggla. Kazmir has had a rough year and has allowed 25 homers in 144 innings and Guerrero is 8 for 16 off him overall although just 1 homer.
Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez are out for the year and Josh Hamilton will return tomorrow.


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It's looking a little more ragged and empty these days. The sunflowers are all bloomed little blossoms are blossoming off the side of the stem while the big old droopy first growth sags over at the top. Most of the carrots are picked--turns out the Mermaid Girl loves them beyond all other vegetables, and, flattered, I've been packing them in her camp lunches all week. The zucchini doesn't seem to be amounting to much, despite everyone's dire predictions that I'd have more than I knew what to do with. It appears to have some kind of virus. And there's some corn, but I'm not sure if I planted enough for it to take. But there are still the tomatoes (most of them) to go. It's true, what they say about homegrown tomatoes. They are like a drug. Sometimes I just go out and stick my head in the plants and breathe in.
Then there were the potatoes. I hadn't even planned on planting potatoes; it seemed too mysterious and dirty. Not sexy dirty, but literally dirty. I mean, even when you buy potatoes in the store, they're often covered in dirt; how much yuckier would it be to actually grow them yourself? I think I've mentioned I don't even really like dirt that much. Plus there were all these warnings about where to plant them, and how to plant them, and weird diseases and such, and it all seemed like too much trouble.
But back in the spring, when I went to pick up the dirt from that woman at my synagogue, just as I was leaving she literally tossed a couple of little plants at me, saying, "Here, want to try a couple of potatoes?" So I shrugged and thanked her and took them, and when I shoveled all the dirt into my garden I stuck them in; why not? Then a few days later, I saw a potato I'd bought-- a supermarket one, not even organic--was too shriveled to eat and was sprouting like crazy, so I stuck it in the ground next to the other potato plants. Again: what the heck?
The plants grew and grew-- you can see them in the photo up there, up front, second from the right, just left of the zucchinis--but the thing about potatoes is that you never can tell what's happening underground, and if you dig around to try to find out, you could mess up the whole root structure. I had one false start when I dug a little and found what I at first thought was a real grown potato and then thought was maybe the seed potato, so after that I just left it alone.
Until one hot day late last month, when I was spraying the Mermaid Girl (who hasn't liked that name for years and now says she wishes she'd picked another one) and her friend on the trampoline, and I stepped backward onto a rock. Only it wasn't a rock; it was a HUGE purple potato. So once more I dug, filled with hope despite myself, and this is what I found:
That's my hand, over on the right: a grownup-size hand, about six or seven inches from fingertip to wrist. So: some substantial potatoes, there.
Gardening metaphors are so easy that they feel cheap, but it's true: you can never tell what's growing underground, out of sight. I've been out of sight of this blog all summer, and I wish I had something as substantial as these potatoes to show for it, but mostly I just have a summer. And a garden.
And a kid who turns ten years old tomorrow. Tomorrow!
A really statistically abnormal bunch of my friends have become dog-owners this year, and it's no coincidence that they all have kids my kid's age (or sometimes older). When I asked, rather plaintively, WHY, I got variations on the same answer: "So there will be SOMEONE who's happy to see me when I come home."
I'm a hard-core non-dog person, so maybe that's why I planted a garden this summer: somewhere on the grounds of this house, there is some living being that responds at least kind of predictably to the nurturing I put into it.
There's a song I've been singing to myself all summer, from a musical I love, "The Fantasticks". It starts out "Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt/ that's why I love vegetables, you know what you're about!" and goes on to complain that while vegetables are dependable, "With children/ It's bewilderin'/You don't know until the seed is nearly grown/Just what you've sown."
I love my kid to pieces, RW and I both do, and there are several signs that what we've sown is growing up into an excellent person. But at almost-ten, she's already moving into her own world. Less and less of who she is, who she will become, has to do with us, and what we do or don't do.
One thing is for sure, though: the person she is growing into, that person is an intensely private person. Not someone who would be happy to think of her life and times being splashed all over the Interwebs, even pseudonymously. That's the kind of characteristic that you can cutesify and more or less ignore in a four-year-old. In a ten-year-old? Not so much. I've seldom asked her permission to write about her in this space, partly, I'm ashamed to say, because especially as she got older I was generally sure the answer would be a resounding negative. So I'm thinking this is a pretty good time to close up shop, at least for now, on Booland, which hasn't really been Booland (as she hasn't been called Boo) for some years now. It's not the only reason, but it's a big one.
Like I said, gardening metaphors are easy; really, you can compare *anything* to planting a seed. When I started this blog, over six years ago, I didn't know what I was planting: just that I needed to write, and I needed community. And blogging has given me what I hoped for, and more. I've been writing for six years, more-or-less (less, these days...) regularly. And I have more friends in the computer than I can count. If you're reading this, you're probably one of them, and I'm more grateful to you than I can say.
That's really the end of this post. The rest of this is totally naval-gazey and skippable, unless you are deeply interested in other people's internal worriting:
As I write this post, I'm imagining the "oh-no-not-another-one" dread it's inspiring among the few readers still following. I've felt that same sinking feeling, reading the final posts of one favorite blogger after another, these past few years. So I have this urge to apologize: I'm sorry! I could well start blogging again, sometime! Maybe even soon! A relative recently observed that I'm other-directed: I need feedback, I need to share, I don't write (or live) well in isolation. And I think that's true. But I also think that the feedback, the praise, the comment-mongering, can be a drug, more addictive and yet less satisfying than the smell of tomato plants.
Here's what I mean: a week or two ago, I wrote a post, or I mean a "note," on Facebook. It was just something I wrote, and then I posted it. And some people commented to say they liked it. And the next day, when I sat down to write something else, there was a little imp, a very familiar little imp, in the back of my brain, chattering under the words I was trying to write: "Will they like this? Will they? Will they like it more than yesterday's? Maybe they won't like it as much. Maybe they'll like it more! Maybe they'll LOVE it! I wonder if they will. Maybe they'll hate it. Maybe no one will comment at all. I wonder if they'll like it?"
I know that little imp, way too well. I've fed her copiously for the past six years. And I think I need to give her a rest for a while. I need to figure out a way to balance the other-directedness, which is as much a part of me as my hair and eyes, with the praise-junkie-ness, which is a Problem. So it's really not just respecting my kid's privacy, and not just concerns about my own anonymity and privacy (which has also been compromised, probably inevitably after six years but still a cause for some alarm), and not just that the blog world has changed: it's not her, or them. It's me.
So, Booland is done, at least for now. But I'll be around: on Facebook, and following other blogs (because that's one addiction I just can't quit), and, you know, in the Real World too. So if you're a lurker, and you want to stay in touch, comment or email me: email@example.com [careful of the spelling; there's no "e" in the middle.]
And I'll see you in the ether. Or, well, elsewhere.


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Chicken Liver Pate
An easy and delicious rich pate thanks to the Cuisinart Food Processor.
* 2 pounds raw chicken livers, trimmed
* 2 medium onions, cut into quarters
* 1 teaspoon paprika
* 1 teaspoon curry powder (optional but good)
* Salt and fresh-ground black pepper, to taste
* 1 cup butter, at room temperature, cut into tablespoon-size pieces
* 1/4 cup Cognac
In a saucepan, combine the livers, onions, paprika, curry powder, if using, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook at a slow simmer about 10 minutes. Let cool 15 to 20 minutes.
In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, process the mixture until pureed. With the motor running, add the butter and the Cognac through the feed tube and process just until well incorporated. Pack the pate into a 2 1/2- to 3-cup crock and refrigerate several hours or overnight. Makes about 16 servings.
Per serving: 185 calories, 67 percent calories from fat, 14 grams total fat, 8 grams saturated fat, 226 milligrams cholesterol, 3 grams carbohydrates, .5 gram total fiber, 3 grams total sugars, 3 grams net carbs, 10 grams protein, 41 milligrams sodium.


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