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Crack treatments consist of placing specialized materials into prepared cracks to prevent water and incompressible intrusion into the cracks and underlying pavement layers, and to reinforce the adjacent pavement.
Chip Seal is an application of a bituminous binder covered with an application of clean graded aggregate to an existing asphalt surface.
The principal materials used to create slurry seal are aggregate, asphalt emulsion, and filler, which are mixed together according to a laboratory's design-mix formula.
One of the most versatile tools in the road maintenance arsenal, Micro Surfacing is a polymer-modified cold-mix paving system that can remedy a broad range of problems on today's streets, highways, and airfields.
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Eat this Now: Beef Tartare on Koji Toast at Bar Tartine in San Francisco
It's no secret that Bar Tartine creates some of San Francisco's best bread-based dishes. It's also no secret that Bar Tartine's gifted chef duo, Nick Balla and Cortney Burns, have a particularly unique passion for everything pickled and fermented. Some chefs live by the whole beast; Balla and Burns live by the whole jar.
All of Bar Tartine's breads are baked in the restaurant's 15,000 pound brick oven. Between the seeded kamut, sprouted rye, and the cracked red wheat, you'll (almost) forget the legendary country loaves from big sister Tartine Bakery (the recent champion of our sourdough taste test) three blocks away.
Nighttime is when the confluence of Bar Tartine's various influences comes into play, and you'll find many of them in the seemingly mundane Beef Tartare on Toast ($19). To understand this dish, a little backstory is helpful: Balla graduated from high school in Budapest, which explains the Eastern European lilt—beef tartare belongs to many cooking cultures, but certainly can be found frequently across Eastern Europe. As for the bread, well, the restaurant is owned by a world-renowned bakery, and the toast base is triangles of thick-sliced, sourdough bread that frankly doesn't need any topping.
You could stop right here and enjoy every bite. Except there's a secret to this sourdough.
The secret is a fermented ingredient that draws on Balla's fascination with the subtleties of Japanese cooking (which he explored further with stints at the highly regarded izakayas Nombe and O Izakaya): koji. A mold that's used to ferment soybeans in sake and soy sauce, koji is the key to unlocking an unparalleled, super umami-rich beef tartare on toast.
After hosting a special koji-themed dinner in May, Balla shifted his wagyu beef tartare, then flavored with horseradish, towards its present koji-enhanced state. Today, the mold is both folded into the sourdough bread dough, and into a house-made cultured butter that's slathered between the toast and ruby-hued beef. The beef comes from grass-fed, organic cows from Sonoma County's Mindful Meats, and Japanese radishes and dill are the finishing touches.
The earthy beef, crunchy radish, and koji-fueled bread and butter duo come together on a sleek Japanese wooden serving board. Sure, you're more used to seeing sushi rolls presented like this, but why not the more rugged tartare? It just goes to show Bar Tartine's myriad influences, all held together with finesse.
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A high school softball player hits .571 (which was not, by the way, the best average on her team) with nine homers and 46 RBI, and she doesn't make the all-state team. Tough shit, homegirl, most would say. We've all had our disappointments, especially in high school. But our fathers never sued.
Well, Ally Paskas's proud papa isn't quite suing, yet. Just discussing his options.
Here's what the litigious dad, Mike, had to say:
He feels his daughter must be included on the first team and her exclusion is detrimental to her college softball future.
"I'm going to go as far as I can with this," said Mike on Tuesday night. "This is going to end up in a courtroom. I'm going to bust their chops until they change their rules. It's not fair that coaches make deals on voting who should be All-County."
Oh, shut up, sir. Americans rig far more important elections than the Bergen County softball all-star vote. We would add that any college coach who recruits on the basis of all-star selections is doomed to wind up with a bunch of crappy players, the softball equivalent of Glen Sather's mid-2000s New York Rangers. And, Christ, she made the second team. As a tenth grader. Relax.
A tipster writes in: "This parent is a menace. He's been involved in youth sports in my town for a long time and is always causing a problem. He's been in numerous fights with parents, officials and other coaches." Noted.
Any of you others have stories of local fathers gone rogue? Let us know.
Cooper: Sometimes County selections are hit and miss [NorthJersey.com]
Softball Scoops: The All County Commotion [Varsity Aces]


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No shortage of controversies as Congress picks up the pace.
Congress heads into more turbulence this week with controversies over the Veterans Affairs Department, the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap, and a looming highway-funding crisis all coming to the fore.
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders and Sen. John McCain are ironing out a plan to address delays in care at VA medical centers, and once they agree on the details their bill is expected to be hotlined toward a floor vote.
Both the Senate and House Armed Services committees will dig into the debate surrounding the Bergdahl release in exchange for five senior Taliban detainees. The Senate panel gets the first crack with a hearing Tuesday featuring testimony from Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work and several other Pentagon officials. The House committee follows suit on Wednesday with a hearing at which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is scheduled to appear.
Meanwhile, a House and Senate standoff seems imminent as leaders in each chamber push radically different plans for replenishing—at least for a few months—the nation's Highway Trust Fund. It is projected to go dry by early August at the height of the construction season, potentially halting thousands of infrastructure projects—and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden says "failure is not an option." But Senate Democrats are already dismissing the House GOP's plan that involves finding money by cutting back Postal Service deliveries on Saturdays. Members of Wyden's panel are to discuss their preferred short-term and longer-term options this week. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor counters that "a lot of misinformation" is circulating about the Postal Service idea.
Here's what else Congress is up to this week:
- The House on Monday evening is to begin debating a list of amendments to its version of the fiscal 2015 Transportation/Housing and Urban Development funding bill, with a final vote on the bill possible by late Tuesday. A final vote is also expected later in the week on the House's Agriculture appropriations bill.
- The House Foreign Affairs Committee is to hold a hearing Tuesday on challenges in confirming Iran's nuclear compliance, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a Thursday hearing on the implications of a nuclear deal with Iran.
- The House is to vote this week on three more tax-credit extenders. Those items would make permanent small-business expensing at 2013 levels and would address two provisions in the tax code for S corporations.
- The Senate on Monday will cast procedural votes for M. Hannah Lauck to be a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; Leo Sorokin to be a U.S. district judge in Massachusetts; and Richard Franklin Boulware II to be a U.S. district judge in Nevada.
- Two Senate committees are holding hearings Wednesday on the nomination of Shaun Donovan to be director of the Office of Management and Budget.
- The Senate might take up a student-loan bill that forms a part of the Democratic caucus's election-year-themed agenda. The bill would allow college graduates with high outstanding student-loan rates to refinance at 3.86 percent, the level set for some government-backed loans in last summer's legislation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill pays for the cost to the government by enacting a tax on millionaires.
House Leads
House Appropriations Committee leaders late last week still weren't sure how many amendments to the $52 billion Transportation/Housing and Urban Development funding bill might be taken up under the open floor rule. There could be dozens.
Passage of the bill is anticipated, though last year the 2014 version of the so-called THUD bill was pulled from the floor due to lack of support. Later in the week, the House is to take up the $20.9 billion Agriculture funding bill.
That will bring to five the number of annual spending bills finalized in the House, out of 12 that need to be completed for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. In addition, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to hold full markups of the Defense and Homeland Security appropriations bills on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Senate has yet to bring any of its versions of the 12 annual spending bills to the floor, and none are on the floor agenda this week. But appropriators there will continue their markups, taking up what could be the most divisive measure in the Labor/Health and Human Services bill this week. Majority Leader Harry Reid and Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski have set aside two weeks later this month and two weeks in July for floor consideration of the spending bills.
But with the summertime recesses ahead, there is reason to doubt that two-chamber agreements on all 12 bills can be reached before Oct. 1. Lawmakers may have to again adopt an omnibus or continuing resolution to keep some government agencies and programs funded until some later date, most likely in a lame-duck session after the Nov. 4 election.
DEFENSE and NATIONAL SECURITY
More VA Scrutiny
The agreement announced last week between Sanders and McCain on VA reform would expand veterans' access to private doctors, community health care facilities, and Defense Department medical facilities.
It would seek to provide better accountability at the beleaguered Veterans Affairs Department by allowing for the immediate firing of senior managers, but as a check on that authority there would be an expedited appeals process. The deal also includes money for hiring new medical personnel, and would clear the VA to lease 26 new facilities to expand access to care.
Meanwhile, the House Veterans' Affairs Committee plans to keep pressure on the brewing scandal with a hearing Monday on VA access to health care and records falsification with officials from the VA inspector general's office, the Government Accountability Office, and the VA.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's planned Thursday hearing on the implications of a nuclear deal with Iran comes after a bipartisan group of senators had called for stricter sanctions against the Islamic Republic, which Reid ultimately blocked from consideration because of the White House's contrary view of the proposed measures.
On Monday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on border security. This comes as the immigration overhaul legislation that passed the Senate remains stalled in the House. Cantor did not include any mention of the bill in a memo Friday on the House's June agenda.
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I was watching AMVs for a long time, but started making my own videos just in 2009.
My zeroth AMV, Debonair Saber v1.0, submission for KTA '09 (Polish AMV contest), was rather bad in many ways, so I haven't uploaded it here but YouTube and minus.
In 2010 I finished my first AMV, Leviathan, which doesn't have many mistakes seen in my previous work. I doubted it can win any contest, but I sent it to a few, because competing is fun!
Surprising results:
- MondoCon Autumn 2010 AMV Contest (Oct 2, 2010)
^- qualified to top 20 - ended at 6th place
- EXP Con 2010 AMV Contest (Oct 8-10, 2010)
^- reportedly well received by the audience
- KuroKiiro Festival II AMV Contest (Nov 5-7, 2010)
^- qualified to the final
- Ikkicon V - AMV Contest (Dec 31, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011)
^- qualified to the final, 2nd in top 10 action, best amv overall
You may also want to look at my unworthy banners, because worthiness is a relative notion.


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In case you missed it, Melissa Harris-Perry stepped into quite a storm in reaction to President Obama's speech in Chicago on Friday. Watching the clip up above should get you caught up on why.
I have very often praised Melissa on this blog - but I have to say that I disagree with her take on this one completely.
Overall, I think its important to say that what President Obama was talking about was fatherhood - not marriage. He did mention marriage, but only in saying that we should remove obstacles for those who want to get married.
I think that's an important distinction to make because not all dissolutions of a marriage end in an absent father and not all marriages result in a present father. As someone who grew up in a family where my father was physically present but emotionally absent, I'll claim to have "daddy issues" myself.
In some ways, this might be the tie that binds the whole issue of gun violence across its permutations of white men involved with mass shootings and those in predominantly urban areas by men of color. It comes down to a question of manhood - and what does that mean. Melissa rightly points to some of those white men but fails to make the connection.
Rachel Kalish and Michael Kimmel (2010) proposed a mechanism that might well explain why white males are routinely going crazy and killing people. It's called "aggrieved entitlement." According to the authors, it is "a gendered emotion, a fusion of that humiliating loss of manhood and the moral obligation and entitlement to get it back. And its gender is masculine.No matter our race, as children we learn what it means to be a man (or how to relate to men) from the adult men in our lives. And for most of us - that means that we learn it (or don't) from our fathers.
I'd suggest that for the last few decades, our entire culture has been struggling with the whole question of what it means to be a man - and just as importantly, what it means to be a father. Yes, there are some differences in how that has played out in communities of color as it is wrapped in to our history of racism. But the central question is the same.
As a woman and a feminist, I want to do all I can to encourage dialogue about that question while I also recognize that it is not my place to answer it. That's why I found this video so important.
Yep, I think that if boys (and girls) had men like that in their lives, it would make a huge difference.
What I particularly found offensive about what Melissa did with this was to derisively cast President Obama's admission that he wished he'd had a father as a "daddy issue." The way I see it, the President has grappled deeply with this particular loss he shares with so many of us. In talking about that - he's made himself vulnerable. His journey - and his honesty about it - should be something we respect and emulate.


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However, I think pre-orders should not be done strictly because it is a limited edition.
"pitiful and cheap" ??A CDR sounds the same. Can last a similar length of time if made well using good disks. And will usually cost more per CD than a pressed CD. Usually takes more work to create. And is very useful for short runs and re-releases. They also empower the artist, rather than the pressing plant. I could go on ...It feeds into a contemporary mythos ... like people do who say "I'll never buy downloads."Many people are past that.
@Julio Di Benedetto @mgriffin Also, if you're the kind of artist who can quickly sell 200-300 discs, why not do pressed CDs instead of CDRs?If the label won't press a CD and will only do a CDR, the artist doesn't have much choice. It's the labels' decision. My way or the highway sortof approach. It's tough enough just finding labels to release something period.
Not wishing to hijack this thread and considering that the CD / CD-R issue has been discussed to death here, but I feel I should comment on the following:'CDRs are barely worth publishing' and that they are 'pitiful and cheap'Neither statements are true in my view, The CD-Rs I've had made up aren't cheap to make at all. More to the point.
Just got an email about a new Ishq release. Considering I just spent $20 on a new Ishq disc which came out last week (on his own label, Virtual), in addition to a boatload of other music, my wallet hasn't had time to recover. This release is called "Lyght" and is a 100-copies CDR, which does not get released until 12-21-2012.
Remember the Merzbow limited edition of one CD, which came "packaged" in the CD player of a Mercedes-Benz car, which was included?


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I'm off to Philadelphia today, speaking to the students at Tyler School of Art hosted by Martha Madigan (be sure to check out the public art pieces on her website) and then on Tuesday evening giving a public lecture hosted by Brilliant Studio in Exton, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). Doors open for "wine, lite fare and tours of the studio" at 6 p.m.; my lecture will begin at 7:00. ASMP members are given a substantial discount on the fee Brilliant is charging ($30 ASMP members, $50 all others).
Complete details on the Brilliant Studio website's homepage, from which you can download a PDF.
From there it's on AIPAD in NYC on Wednesday, where I'm sure I'll see many of you seeking inspiration from the masterworks and contemporary images, and information on the market for photography.


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The government is shirking its duty and responsibility to veterans by misdiagnosing them with personality disorders, ending their service and cutting benefits, U.S. Rep. Phil Hare said Monday.
The government is shirking its duty and responsibility to veterans by misdiagnosing them with personality disorders, ending their service and cutting benefits, U.S. Rep. Phil Hare said Monday.
The government has saved an estimated $12.5 billion by denying benefits to veterans, so Hare introduced a bill that would require fair mental health evaluations for returning veterans. If approved, the legislation would place a temporary moratorium on personality disorder discharges until an independent review board determines the diagnoses are legitimate.
"It's one thing to put people in harm's way. But when you do, you take care of them when they come home. You take care of them with their education, you take care of them with their health care and you take care of their families, too," Hare said Monday from the American Legion Hall.
Chillicothe resident Donald "Louie" Schmidt has been battling the issue since he was discharged Oct. 31, 2006, after completing two tours in Iraq. He initially was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, but that assessment was changed to a pre-existing personality disorder just weeks before his discharge, said his mother, Patrice Myers.
The Army wanted Schmidt's $15,000 re-enlistment bonus back plus interest and penalties. They took $4,000 — his last paycheck — to begin the compensation and Hare is working to expedite Schmidt's repayment.
"Four thousand dollars to Louie is a lot of money and it's his money. He re-enlisted voluntarily and it never ever ever should have been taken away from him," said Hare, D-Rock Island.
"This is one case and there are several thousand others. To treat service people like this and to come up with this scheme is absolutely to me just mind-boggling."
Estimates show the government has saved roughly $12.5 billion by discharging more than 22,000 veterans from 2001 to 2006 with personality disorders and denying benefits.
"This is not a question of can we afford to do this. We spend $4,000 per second on this war," said Hare, who sits on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Schmidt has said he would have preferred to continue in the Army.
After being denied seven times, he finally is getting disability; his application cited major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia and hearing loss, among a host of physical problems.
The irony of the personality disorder diagnosis is that Schmidt was medically screened four times before he went into the Army. If he had the disorder then, why was he allowed to serve, Hare asked.
Schmidt, 24, said he's still struggling. "Some days I stay in bed and some days I don't."
Hare said it's unlikely the bill, which is currently sitting in the House Armed Services Committee, will be approved this session because it's almost over. It would be first on the agenda when the House reconvenes in January.
Research shows 25 percent of troops returning from Iraq are psychologically wounded as a result of their combat, many with post-traumatic stress disorder. Nearly 20 states have passed laws on veterans' mental health challenges, many aimed at closing gaps left by the Defense Department or Veterans Administration.
Schmidt said he never would have anticipated this happening to him.
"It's America. We're supposed to be the best in the world and we're not."
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Most hailish weather: Chunks of ice pummel Greene County, and a possible lightning strike enflames a house at 971 Grayson Lane in Redfields June 16.
Worst loss to movie magic: UVA alum/special effects genius Stan Winston, 62, who won visual effects Oscars for Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Jurassic Park, dies June 15 in his Malibu home after a long illness.
Worst week for self-inflicted wounds: A man found staggering down the sidewalk near Buford Middle School is taken to UVA Medical Center with a serious wound June 10 that police later say they believe was self inflicted. And Afton Motor Lodge resident David Eddy, 42, is airlifted to the hospital June 11 after he accidentally shoots himself in the chest.
Worst spots to speed: Elliot Avenue, Brandywine Drive and Franklin Street now that City Council approves 3-2 to hit speeders with an additional $200 fine June 16.
Worst vandalism: A hole is punched in the gas tank of a tractor trailer parked at Woodbrook Shopping Center on U.S. 29 June 16, requiring clean up of 200 gallons of diesel fuel, NBC29 reports.
Whitest: Elementary students in Albemarle County's gifted program are 85 percent white, 9 percent Asian, 4 percent African American and 1 percent Hispanic. In middle schools, 87.5 percent of the gifted students are white.
Biggest payout: UVA's Board of Visitors ups this year's spending of its $3.2 billion endowment to five percent, generating an additional $16 million.
Biggest benefactors: John and Tussi Kluge give 16 Aboriginal paintings from their private collection valued at $1.3 million to UVA's Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
Biggest induction: UVA coach Debbie Ryan joins the Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame June 14 in Knoxville.
Largest enrollment: Piedmont Virginia Community College reports 4,484 students enrolled this past spring, 1.7 percent higher than a year ago.
Deepest cuts: VDOT slices road improvements 44 percent in its six-year plan, including improvements to U.S. 29 north, in the area where teen Sydney Aichs recently was killed. Charlottesville Tomorrow details the cuts.
Best way to become part of the solution: On his CvilleDave blog, Mayor Dave Norris encourages citizens to apply for positions on eight local boards and commissions, including the Planning Commission, Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Transportation Plan Committee, and PVCC Board.
Best way to see free flicks: Charlottesville parks and rec screens locally filmed Evan Almighty at twilight June 21 in Washington Park, Akeelah and the Bee July 12 at Tonsler Park and E.T. August 9 at Meade Park.
Newest med school dean: Dr. Stephen DeKosky comes from the University of Pittsburgh's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center to lead the University of Virginia's Medical School.
Most targeted marketing: Democratic Congressional candidate Tom Perriello runs ads on Christian radio touting his own faith-based creds.
Most tickets issued during a secondary offense: Albemarle police write 860 summonses between May 18-June 1, 32 for seatbelt violations as part of the national Click-It-or-Ticket safety campaign, even though in Virginia, drivers not wearing a seatbelt cannot be pulled for that offense.
Best way to save gas: Leonard Sandridge, UVA chief operating officer and executive VP, encourages flexible hours, carpooling, four-day, 10-hour work weeks, and telecommuting for university employees whose jobs allow that sort of flexibility.
Best reason for a toast: UVA researcher Bankole Johnson, already the toast of the town, gets his due in U.S. News and World Report. "Alcohol is a treatable disease," the weekly quotes Johnson, chairman of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the university. A 14-week clinical trial showed the drug topiramate, already in use to treat seizures and migraines, reduced the craving for booze in 371 diagnosed alcoholics.


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Well, the board is either fixed, or it's going to run terribly. Cross your fingers and hope for the best. I'm at my technical limit right now.
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I've had a mas 36-51 for years and i believe it was once an original purpose made mas 36 that was upgraded to the 51 designation. The marking on the receiver looks more like a 36_51, the dash is definitely not centered and looks more like an underscore and the serial number itself isnt one of the double letter prefixes along with still being a cursive single letter prefix. It was definitely upgraded/refurbished since it looks practically brand new and the buttstock doesnt have the typical MAS stamp.
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"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein
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The Mas 36-51 were numbered separately from the standard Mas 36 series, a total of around 150.000 were made starting with F prefix in 1953 and with the highest known number G 49xxx in 1959.
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Please. explain the -51 designation?
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CARLSBAD, CA, and CHICAGO — Two major health club chains are working with reality television shows to help Americans get in shape.
On the The Biggest Loser Sept. 13 season premiere, Mark Mastrov, 24 Hour Fitness chairman and CEO, appeared on the show to welcome the new members of the Biggest Loser club on air and encouraged them to continue their quest to make health a priority in their lives.
This is the second year that 24 Hour Fitness has sponsored the show, but this year, the branded content will be even more prominent. The chain outfitted two gyms (one indoor and one outdoor), supplied fitness equipment and provided uniforms for the new cast. In addition, 24 Hour Fitness certified personal trainers continued to take contestants' official measurements during weigh-ins.
Also new this year is the addition of motivation shirts, which originated in a 24 Hour Fitness advertising campaign. The advertisements featured people working out while wearing a T-shirt that stated their motivation for getting healthy. NBC picked up on the idea and incorporated it into the program, creating personalized shirts that reflected the motivations inspiring each contestant.
Bally Total Fitness also drew upon the popularity of a reality TV show — The Apprentice — to help Americans get fit. Both teams on the show designed a workout during the show's premier episode. The winning team's fitness class, now called the "Apprentice Workout," is now offered in more than 400 Bally clubs nationwide. The group exercise class delivers a full body workout in a half an hour. Bally opened the class to all of its members and offered free passes to non-members to try the new workout. All attendees received free Billionaire in Training T-shirts and were entered into a sweepstakes.


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This Sunday, October 27th, the Steelers play the Raiders in Oakland, rekindling a rivalry that during the 1970s amounted to a blood war that brought suffering to both sides. In the crucible, Mean Joe Greene and Double-O, Jim Otto, went helmet-to-helmet, two Hall of Fame ironclads, like football's Monitor and Merrimack. These two teams met in playoff elimination games, beginning in 1972, for five consecutive seasons; Pittsburgh won three times, Oakland twice.
Forty-one years later, the opposing sides still don't agree on what transpired during the Immaculate Reception.
It happened in1972, the same year that Richard Nixon was re-elected president, and the two teams' current head coaches, Dennis Allen and Mike Tomlin, were born. In a divisional playoff game, Pittsburgh trailed the Raiders 7-6 with 22 seconds left at Three Rivers Stadium. The Steelers faced fourth-and-10 from their 40, needing only a field goal to win. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw, escaping the rush, lasered a pass downfield to running back John (Frenchy) Fuqua. Safety Jack Tatum slammed into Fuqua's back just as the ball arrived.
The ball ricocheted seven yards, back to Franco Harris near the Raiders 42. Harris made a shin-high catch, and galloped down the left side and into the end zone with five seconds left for a game-winning touchdown. Or was it?
Tatum swore that he hadn't touched the ball, which would have nullified the play. Fuqua swore that Tatum did touch the ball. The referees conferred: two officials said they saw Tatum touch the ball. Five minutes became ten, and more. Raiders Coach John Madden blew a gasket. Privately, his players called him Pinky because of moments such as this when he turned pink with rage.
Referee Fred Sweringen finally signaled touchdown. Pinky Madden roared. The Steelers won 13-7. In Pittsburgh, all heaven broke loose.
NFL Films later called it the most controversial play in league history.
The play lives in lore now, and also in the memories of those who experienced it firsthand.
The Steelers' Jack Ham and Rocky Bleier told me they couldn't bear to watch the play, and didn't. Ham turned his back to the field as he cut tape from his wrist, figuring the season was over. Same with Bleier, who reached for a Gatorade that he didn't want. Joe Greene wasn't ready to give up. "This season has been too good," he told a teammate on the sideline before the play. "It ain't gonna end this way."
On the Oakland sideline, two rookie linemen, Dave Dalby and John Vella, discussed how much money this victory was about to bring them: $7,500. "And even if we lose the next game," Dalby said, "we'll get $15,000." That would nearly double their first-year salaries.
To hear Fuqua talk about the play in the four decades since, you'd think he scored the touchdown, or at least threw the pass. He took the hit, and if you count up all his retellings through the years onstage, at dinners, charity events, gatherings of Steeler fan clubs, and in impromptu conversations in bars, Tatum has rammed into his back about a thousand times, and Tatum might hit him a thousand times more.
Fuqua, now 67 and living in Detroit, always was a grand storyteller. In his best story, he said he was a French count who fell asleep while sunning on the French Riviera, and when he awoke he had turned black. Steeler broadcaster Myron Cope took to calling him Count Frenchy Fuqua. He dressed colorfully, winning locker room Dress-Offs against teammates with his lavender capes, Musketeer hats and mod shoes with goldfish swimming inside glass heels.
His telling of the Immaculate Reception typically suggests to listeners that, at long last, he will finally tell them what really happened. But then in his well-rehearsed payoff, he says only, "What happened on that play was truly immaculate."
On Wednesday, October 30 author Gary M. Pomerantz will be joined on-stage and in conversation with Steelers greats Franco Harris, Andy Russell, Rocky Belier, and owner Dan Rooney at the Heinz History Center. Visit HeinzHistoryCenter.org or call 412-454-6435 for ticket information.GARY M. POMERANTZ is a nonfiction author and journalist, and has served the past six years as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. Pomerantz spent 17 years as a daily journalist (1982-1999), first as a sportswriter for The Washington Post where he covered Georgetown University basketball, the Washington Redskins and the National Football League, and later at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and Pomerantz has appeared on The CBS Early Show, CNN Sunday Morning, the BBC World Service's "Outlook" and NPR. He has written four books, including The New York Times' Notable Book of the Year, When Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn (1996). For more information, please visit GaryMPomerantz.com.
His most recent book, Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now will be published on October 29th, by Simon & Schuster, a CBS Company.


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My husband brought home a flea infested puppy about 3 weeks ago. He said she was playing in the street and people were honking their horns at her. She was oblivious of course. He first saw her on his way to the park while walking our other dogs, on his way back, there she was causing trouble. Somehow he managed to convince her to come to him, he leashed her and brought her home.
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toleranzen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 600 diseños de 164 diseñadores freelance.
LMC (Levnedsmiddelcentret, or Centre for Advanced Food Studies) is an organization that coordinates food research between five universities in Denmark. The centre represents a network between researchers but also has a secretariat to take care of administrative matters. FOOD Denmark Research School is a Research School in which PhD students in the area of food science follow scientific and generic courses of relevance to their studies and research. The FOOD Denmark Research School is a part of LMC.
Researchers, students and science community.
Reasons for new logo design: letters are too massive, the M is too prominent, the clouds in the middle of the logos have a dubious meaning and should be removed, colours are very dark and match poorly with each other, in the FOOD Denmark logo there is too much difference in letter size between FOOD and "Denmark Research School", there should be a better connection between "FOOD Denmark" and "Research School", respectively.
We want to preserve the basic ideas in the logos: the LMC logo should consist of the letters L, M and C (in that order), and the FOOD Denmark logo should contain the phrase: "FOOD Denmark Research School", colours should still be variations of green, blue and red (+/- black), the connection between the two logos should be easy to identify, logos should have some similarity in appearance.
Suggestions: tone of colours could be changed to lighter versions (acceptable red versions would include orange and pink), and/or they could have a metallic look, some graphic element may be added to the letters in the logos - other ideas are welcome!
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Friday, November 5, 2010
CSN Stores Giveaway ~ enter here!
I'll give you 5 chances to enter. You only need to do one of these, but are welcome to do up to 5 of them.
I will be using random.org to choose the winner so each entry has to have a separate comment.
How do you enter, you ask?
1. Leave a comment on this post that you want to enter the giveaway. (Make sure I have a link back to your blog or an email address so you can be notified if you win.)
2. Blog about this giveaway and link to this post on your blog. Be sure to come back and comment again for your second chance and to show me the link to where you blogged about it.
3. Become a follower or subscribe to my blog. Both options are in the sidebar at the left. Again, be sure to leave another comment to let me know.
4. "Heart / Favorite" my Simple Joys Paperie Etsy shop, and come back here to comment and let me know.
5. Visit the Paperweights page of my website, and come back here to comment and let me know which one is your favorite. Choose by item #.
You have 10 days to enter. The drawing will take place on November 15th. I will announce the winner here on the blog, and then email the winner with their one-time use code for any CSN Store.
Have fun! :)
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I'm back - have made your Simple Joys Etsy store a favorite - okay, it has always been a favorite, but now I'v bookmarked it, hahahaha. Usually I just google. And I love the paperweights. #24 - the hand is my favorite, though I'm also very partial to #9.ReplyDelete
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I would love to be part of the giveaway but hope the winning code can be used online as we have no CSN stores nearby.
I have been a follower of your blog for awhile now. Hope that helps me as I love your goods.
I am way ahead of you as your stores are all among my favorites on Etsy. Sorry, if I had a blog I would post about your giveaway and your great gifts.
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Lana, Thank you for the email today. And for offering a gift certificate---Love the bookcase you are interested in---it's just perfect! And I love the paperweight #21---it would always remind me of you and your style of creative objects for us to love.ReplyDelete
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Word Champion Haydn level 7 answers
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T erry & Janet DeWitt are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary Nov. 24, 2012.
They were married Nov. 23, 1962. They have three children Wendy (Mark) Root of Greeley, Misty (Jim) Hablutzel of Lamar, & Dustin (Staci) DeWitt of Wiley. They have six grandchildren Melissa & Emily Root, Waylan & Nolan Sharp, Kory & Katy DeWitt and one step grandson Leif (Alicia) Hablutzel and a great grandson Fritz Hablutzel.
Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt are lifelong residents of Lamar. The DeWitt family welcomes friends & family to attend a celebration of their anniversary Nov. 24, 2012 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Lamar Christian Church 811 South Main. No gifts please.


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Jaak Panksepp of Washington State University woke up one morning and told his students: "let's go tickle some rats." Panksepp wondered whether the rat chirps his laboratory had been studying were actually a form of animal laughter. Panksepp recounts what he found in this video and in an account of his work by Jesse Bering in a chapter from Bering's new book Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? . . . And Other Reflections on Being Human, published this year by Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book chapter appeared in the July issue of Scientific American.
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WE RECOMMEND: Sullivan's Travels dir. Preston Sturges
Sullivan's Travels (1942) dir. Preston Sturges
A steam locomotive barrels at high speed through the night, as two men desperately battle it out hand to hand until falling into a river. This turns into three men in a screening room watching this film. The director is unhappy, saying "I want to hold a mirror up to life." He argues with the studio executives about what kind of films to make in troubled times. He wants to make a serious social commentary. The studio wants light, fluffy entertainment. The director decides to take off to travel, learning what problems common people have. Everyone is against it; even his butler argues that the poor don't need serious movies. The studio threatens to sue him unless they can turn his travels into a publicity stunt. They follow in a luxurious camper, with cook and staff in tow. He tries to ditch the crew, but soon he gets into real trouble, first from a farm widow, and then he meets Veronica Lake in a diner. She becomes his guide and companion through the underside of life.
Sullivan's Travels is one of the funniest films about film and the place of art in everyday life. It veers around, from slapstick to despair. You have seen some of this before: a kid driving hand-decorated car, prisoners watching a cartoon, even the title of the unmade film are all appropriated by the Coen Brothers in O Brother, Where Art Thou? As the saying goes, "When you steal, steal from the best." And Sturges' film is one of the best comedies of the nineteen forties or any time.
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Perennial, shrub, tree
Stem: bark often peeling distinctively
Leaves simple, generally cauline, alternate, opposite, rarely whorled, evergreen or deciduous, often leathery, petioled or not; stipules 0
Inflorescence: raceme, panicle, cyme, or flowers solitary, generally bracted; pedicels often with 2 bractlets
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals generally 45, generally free; petals generally 45, free or fused; stamens 810, free, filaments rarely appendaged, anthers awned or not, dehiscent by pores or slits; nectary generally at ovary base, disk-like; ovary superior or inferior, chambers generally 15, placentas axile or parietal, ovules 1many per chamber, style 1, stigma head- to funnel-like or lobed
Fruit: capsule, drupe, berry
Seeds generally many, sometimes winged
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, 3000 species: generally worldwide except deserts; some cultivated, especially Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, Rhododendron, Vaccinium
Reference: [Wallace 1975 Wasmann J Biol 33:188; 1975 Bot Not 128:286298]
Subfamilies Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Vaccinioideae sometimes treated as families. Nongreen plants obtain nutrition from green plants through fungal intermediates.
Shrubs, small trees
Stem prostrate to erect; fire-resistant burl sometimes present at base; bark generally reddish, smooth or gray, rough, and shredded; hairs generally alike on twig, inflorescence axis, bract
Leaves alternate, spreading to ascending, evergreen; blade surfaces generally alike, sometimes convex, differing in color (stomata restricted to lower surface) or hairiness; margin flat to rolled
Inflorescence: raceme or panicle-like, terminal; branches raceme-like; flowers bracted; bracts leaf-like, generally flat or scale-like, generally folded, keeled; immature inflorescence present late summer through winter
Flower radial; sepals generally 5, free, persistent; corolla generally 5-lobed, urn-shaped to ± spheric, white to pink; stamens generally 10, included, filament base glabrous or hairy, anther 2-pored, awns 2, recurved; ovary superior, base surrounded by nectary disk, chambers 210, ovule 1 per chamber, style 1, stigma head-like
Fruit: drupe, berry-like, generally ± spheric; pulp generally thick, mealy; stones 210, free, separable, or strongly fused
Species in genus: ± 60 species: North America (especially CA) to C.Am, Eurasia
Etymology: (Greek: bear berries)
Reference: [Wells 1988 Madroño 35:330341]
Observation of hairs requires 10X magnification. Distribution of many species local; hybridization occurs in areas of overlap
Horticultural information: Beautiful but mostly DFCLT due to fungus and often salinity and alkali. Avoid overhead watering in hot weather. CVS are the easier garden subjects.
Shrub 12.5 m; burl large, generally wide, ± flat-topped
Stems erect; twigs tomentose or short-bristly, glandular or not, sometimes with long, soft or stiff hairs
Leaves ascending or erect; petiole 510 mm; blade 24.5 cm, 12.5 cm wide, generally elliptic to ovate, base wedge-shaped to rounded, sometimes ± lobed or truncate, margin entire or toothed, surfaces alike, bright green to strongly glaucous, shiny or dull, glandular-puberulent to -bristly, papillate, scabrous, or puberulent to finely tomentose, or becoming glabrous, smooth
Inflorescence: branches 36, ± crowded; bracts generally 510 mm, leaf-like, upper bracts sometimes 35 mm, ± deltate or awl-like; lower bracts 815 mm, leaf-like, lanceolate to ± ovate; pedicel 310 mm, finely tomentose to short-glandular-bristly; immature axes 13 cm, ± crowded, not concealed by long bracts
Flower: ovary hairs generally like pedicel hairs
Fruit 610 mm wide, ± hairy, smooth or finely glandular-bristly, sticky
Ecology: Rocky outcrops, slopes, ridges
Elevation: < 2200 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area, Outer South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California (except Channel Islands)
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Diary of a Lokean mystic.
A Decent Proposal: Pagan Social Services
Friends, Romans, heathens, pagans, countrymen and women, lend me your ears. From time to time, many of us bemoan bad behavior in our communities, but today I would like to put forth a serious question: what would you like to do about it?
I know that we are scattered and often many of us are isolated or solitary in our practices. But faith should bring us solace in our grief and a network of support when we are in need. What can or should we do to facilitate this?
We do have charity, and there are people doing admirable things on the local level, like Alley Valkyrie in Eugene, Be the Light Chapel, or Kyrja Withers' organization, Hands of the Goddess here in Central Florida. And yes, Kyrja still does open and active community work as a Pagan, despite hate crimes perpetuated against her and her family. Hands of the Goddess also has a South Georgia chapter. The Maetreum of Cybele provides shelter for abused women, despite harassment from local authorities.
And those are just the people that are on my personal radar; I'm sure there are many more out there who could and would like to help people, which brings me to this question: If you do charity work, are you willing to have your contact information (or the organization, if you run an org) put up on a database where someone could put in their zip or city/state/province and find local, pagan-friendly assistance?
I have a friend who is programmer who has put forth the willingness to do the code. But I need contact information for counselors, therapists, hypnotherapists, shelters, food pantries, emergency housing, and medical assistance. Said contacts don't have to be Pagan, but they need to be Pagan-friendly. We need to network and support each other. The discrimination against Pagan charities is less likely to continue as we show solidarity and as we do more work, because then the public begins to understand that we're not scary – we're the people who help the needy. So please, let's network. Send me your social services information. Let's get it up and easily found by whoever needs it.
Example for a submission:
Name: (organization or person)
Need: (shelter, food assistance, counseling, etc)
Phone number:
Web and social media links:
Where and how to donate:
Any other pertinent information (ex: shelter that does not discriminate against trans* individuals)
And if you're reading this and you need assistance right now, 2-1-1.org can connect you to social services – in my area it pulls up the United Way, which is an org that has a mixture of secular and faith-based assistance programs.
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
If your programmer friend needs any backup, let me know.
This is something I tried to do a few years ago to try and get some contacts in the Pagan community throughout the country. I think I got about 40% of the states covered, some overly so, and we stuck together for a few years but when nothing was really happening for us to work on, groups returned to their own business (as they probably should). Unfortunately, that contact list is long gone or I'd point it toward this post.
Good luck and let me know how I can help!!
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
Thank you for taking on this task. I've tried to collect names of Pagan charities, and sometimes even asking the question has resulted in hostility, ranging from, "Why would we want to be like the Christians?" to "Who are you and why do you want to know?" I think the numerous conversations about real Pagan institutions is building in momentum, and I sincerely hope that momentum propels this project.· Heather Freysdottir and Heather Freysdottir likes this comment.
Wednesday, 05 February 2014
OMG this is so awesome. Our local community leaders really want to provide services to Pagans in need but we have a difficult time identifying those who need help. Sign us up!!!!!
Wednesday, 05 February 2014
http://www.pagansinneed.org is our food pantry. We are just local to SE Mich but I'd love to hook up with other groups for ideas. E-mail email@example.com
Wednesday, 05 March 2014
Thank you all for your support; for now I've started a Pinterest board for the social services that I'm already aware of at http://www.pinterest.com/freysdottir/pagan-and-pagan-friendly-social-services/. It can be a starting point for people until we get the database built. If you'd like to help with the board, please email me at lokisbruid AT gmail DOT com.
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Usually when hurricanes threaten, the US Navy puts to sea to ride it out. With our retired ships, that's just not possible.
Hurricane Ike took a heavy toll on the coast of Texas, including Seawolf Park in Galveston, home of the USS Cavalla (SS-244) and USS Stewart (DE 238).
Your help is needed to make repairs and restore these pieces of our Naval Heritage. Click on the attachment below to see how you can help.
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Thanks for posting the information about the Cavalla and the help she needs. I am also proud to report that under the direction of our President, The board of the Madison assn has agreed to send a donation of $100.00 from the Madison association. I would like to challenge our members to consider matching this amount. The Cavalla Historical Foundation is a 501 c 3 organization and donations are tax deductible.
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The Fortune Teller's Prediction - Trick
|The Magic Tale:
The magician shows the audience a large, old, tattered envelope with a hand written note attached. He explains that he received this mysterious envelope from Lulu - an Italian gypsy Fortune Teller who gave him a reading 10 years ago. He then requests a volunteer to whom he says: "Lulu told me that inside this envelope we will find her picture, holding the exact card that you'll select in a minute ... but if it doesn't work, don't blame me. It's her prediction and I've never ever opened this envelope. How's your Italian? Not so hot? Well, as Lulu knew no English, looks like I'm going to have to translate it for you."
Whilst translating Lulu's note the magician asks the volunteer to select a card. Finally, he opens the envelope and extracts Lulu's card. Showing only the top side of the card, he exposes Lulu holding all 52 cards of the pack in beautiful fans. As the audience laughs derisively , he turns the Mega-Card over to show Lulu now holding only the volunteer's card!
This trick is a wondrously illustrated version of the well known "52-on-One" principle.
You simply have to force a card.
The fascination is in the entertaining story with the surprising PUNCH on the Mega-Card
The Magical Tales series transforms Magicians into enchanting storytellers, pre-equipped with ready-made highly entertaining and extremely visual powerful routines. The Magical Tales Series is a new and revolutionary concept in the world of magic. The first Tales are for the Adult market, but in the near future Tales will be added for:
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VANCOUVER - British Columbia emerged as one of two big winners in a historic shipbuilding announcement Wednesday, as the federal government awarded North Vancouver-based Seaspan Marine Corp. an estimated $8-billion contract expected to create as many as 4,000 jobs in B.C.
Irving Shipbuilding Inc. of Halifax got the richest slice of the $33-billion federal program, winning the right to construct at least 21 military vessels.
Seaspan got the smaller piece of the pie, meaning the B.C. company will build seven non-combat vessels: one major icebreaker, two naval support ships, three fisheries vessels and one oceanographic vessel.
Wednesday's announcement was billed by Ottawa as the largest-ever federal procurement program.
Davie Shipyards of Levis, Que., failed in its bid, but will get the opportunity to vie for $2 billion in contracts to construct more than 100 smaller vessels for the defence department and the Canadian Coast Guard. Both Irving and Seaspan are excluded from those contracts.
News of the Seaspan contract was met with immediate exuberance across British Columbia Wednesday, with politicians and shipbuilders alike joining in celebration.
"Eight billion dollars is huge," said Premier Christy Clark immediately after the announcement.
"At a time like this, when the world is experiencing all this economic uncertainty, it is going to be big."
New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix was equally exuberant.
"It's really good news," he said. "Obviously, it's the second- biggest contract today. Nova Scotia won the biggest contract, but these are significant jobs and to that extent, obviously it reflects the hard work we've been doing on it and that others are doing on it."
Seaspan CEO Jonathan Whitworth said he was "incredibly excited."
Provincial officials said that when combined with other operations at Seaspan, Wednesday's multibillion-dollar contract could create an annual average of 4,040 direct and indirect jobs in B.C. over a period of eight years.
Construction on the new vessels is not expected to begin until late 2012 officials said, although economic activity will start almost immediately as the company needs to build more than $150 million in new infrastructure.
The mood had been tense at Seaspan headquarters in North Vancouver Wednesday morning as Whitworth and his team waited for a decision — one they all knew could either make or break the shipbuilding industry in B.C.
The answer came in a 12:14 p.m. call from Ottawa.
After one ring, Whitworth snatched up his phone, listened for a few minutes, his face impassive. The others in the room barely breathed.
Finally he smiled, saying: "We are extremely happy and proud to be chosen on the non-combat package."
He jumped to his feet, exclaiming, "We won" and danced on the spot while Seaspan officials hugged and congratulated each other.
A similar scene played out in Victoria, as Clark and her B.C. Liberal caucus gathered to watch the announcement on TV. The room broke out into cheers as the bid was announced and Clark began circulating to hug her colleagues.
"What this means is we will see thousands of jobs come to British Columbia as a result of this federal money — thousands of high-paid jobs, people who are going to be able to support their kids," Clark told reporters, who were let into the room only after the news was made public. "I'm absolutely delighted."
Moments after talking to the media, Clark spoke to Whitworth.
"I'm absolutely thrilled," she said into her cellphone. "It was great working with you on this. I'm glad we were successful together."
Later in the day at a news conference with Clark, Whitworth told reporters that two years ago, many thought the B.C. shipbuilding industry was on its last legs.
"Today is living proof that sometimes that scrappy dog catches the bumper of that car," he said, adding he believes the process was fair, open and transparent.
Whitworth added that the jobs this contract brings to B.C. will be high-paying ones, with annual salaries ranging from $40,000-$50,000 up to $120,000.
Whitworth also said he was not disappointed at not being awarded the larger contract for military vessels.
He said the non-military contract is the largest federal procurement package ever awarded in B.C., adding that the money allocated to shipyards for the military contract also includes money to purchase weapons and communications systems.
As well, he said, the federal government has plans for another 17 vessels which should fall under the non-combat sector that are not part of the package awarded Wednesday.
In the end, Irving beat Seaspan for the combat work with a score of 82.8 to Seaspan's 74.9. That took Irving out of the running for the non-combat package. Seaspan earned 76.8 points on the non-combat package, a significant spread over Davie's 63.2 points.
Kyle Washington, chairman of the board of Seaspan Marine Corp., had adjusted all the blinds in the office while waiting for word. The news was a "goosebumper," said an ecstatic Washington after the announcement.
The win is "substantial, monumental, company-changing, industry-changing," Washington said.
Seaspan will build the ships in North Vancouver and they will then be towed to Victoria for finishing. On Wednesday, Whitworth said about 80 per cent of the new jobs will be created in North Vancouver, and 20 per cent will be in Victoria.
At the Seaspan yard in North Vancouver, workers were ecstatic.
Welding supervisor Surjit Parmar said the feeling is "just great. It means we have a job for the next 15 to 20 years. You can start your career here, and end it here. Everybody is jubilant."
Parmar, 62, who has worked with Seaspan for 37 years, said losing out on the larger contract is not an issue, because "this is one of the biggest orders we've ever had at Vancouver Shipyards."
Alan Cail, day shift supervisor for machinists, mechanics and pipefitters, just started with Seaspan six months ago.
"I'm in the right spot at the right time. Timing is everything," he said.
Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose said on Wednesday that Canada was the only member of the 28-state North Atlantic Treaty Organization that didn't have a "strategic alliance" with its shipbuilding industry.
"This is truly a win for Canada because we are revitalizing our shipbuilding industry and making it internationally competitive like never before," she told reporters. "This innovative strategy brings predictability to federal ship procurement and eliminates cycles of boom and bust, providing benefits to the entire marine industry."
The federal government has been desperate to avoid any repeat of the Mulroney government's 1986 decision to award the CF-18 fighter maintenance contract to a Montreal firm even though a bid from Winnipeg was technically superior.
That decision helped Alberta populist Preston Manning launch the Reform party with the help of his young policy adviser Stephen Harper, leading to the destruction of Mulroney's old Progressive Conservative party.
The Harper government, known for putting a political spin on the most mundane government decisions and announcements, went to unusual lengths to avoid any hint of political favouritism.
Four senior bureaucrats were put in charge of evaluating the bids, but they assessed the information on a "blind" basis. In other words, the documents state that the proposals are coming from "Company A, Company B or Company C," an official said earlier this week.
The Harper government also brought in outside consultants, including the British consulting firm First Marine International, to review the capabilities of the three shipyards.
And the accounting firm KPMG was hired to ensure the selection process was fair.
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"We've been trying to do this for two years," said Joseph Bradley, a district committee member. "Racing in a Cub Scout derby is great fun."
There were 53 cub scouts who attended the derby, and each pack was given the opportunity to design their own racing vehicle.
In the Bears category, Adam Marzak came in first, Andrew Boselli took second and Jack Fisher came in third place. First place among the Tigers went to Declan McCracken, second to Dilan McCraken and third to Steven Camacho.
Among the Webelos, Brendan Boylan came out on top, followed by Aidan Acosta and Michael Agate. Clyde Sheridan led the Wolf division with Jack Carlis coming in second and Noah Gharib in third.
"Win or lose, they take pride in having done their best," Bradley said. "When scouts race in a Cub Scout derby, they learn a craft skill, the rules of fair play and good sportsmanship."
Fred Pagan, Cub Master of Pack 349 from Our Lady of Mercy Church in Forest Hills, worked to secure a venue for the race and build the ramp. Normally a derby such as this would use a steep hill, however many organizations with a suitable site were weary of having injured children on their property.
Despite it taking over two years for the scouts to find a venue that would host the derby, Pagan is optimistic the event will continue.
"They're already talking about next year," he said.


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My Name is Berth Dereither, I'm 18 years old and I live in the Netherlands. I have heart failure and I'm living with an LVAD right now.
3 years ago I was feeling very tired and I had a lot of stomach pain. I went to the local hospital. They didn't know what was wrong and they thought it was nothing. I stayed there for few days. After those days, my fingers turned black. So then they rushed me to a bigger hospital. They just did everything to know what was wrong with me. They knew there where something wrong with my heart, so they transported me to another hospital. When I woke up I didn't remember anything. It was very blurry actually in the first time. After a while, they told me I had a really... I had heart failure and I had a heart operation and now I have an LVAD.
That device supports my heart. It pumps the blood through my body. I had really no idea it was something that serious. After the implant, I had to learn a lot about the LVAD, how it work. I only have to change the batteries and I have to know what the alarms are. So when I have to change the batteries it's just "click click". The batteries last for the entire day and I have a spare set in my bag with me all the time. My life improved a lot and there aren't many things I can't do right now.
I can do a lot of stuff, like go for a walk with my dog. I love the photography. I go to school. I love doing things with my girlfriend and meeting my friends.
When I go back from my check-up, it's very short actually. They have to check my blood pressure and my device and stuff like that and when I'm ready I travel home again by train.
The first in the future will be that I need to have a donor heart and then my hopes are that the technology will go forward and there will be ... LVAD will be totally implantable and permanently.
If there wouldn't be an LVAD I'd had to wait at the hospital for a very long time. Maybe I wouldn't even made it and I would be dead right now.
So the LVAD is a fantastic device. If you have the opportunity to have it and you need it, then I would totally recommend it to you.
These narrated animations explain how a healthy heart works, what happens to it in heart failure and how various treatments work to improve your health
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As Ballmer and Mulally toured Microsoft HQ yesterday to tout the SYNC system they met with a Jalopnik reader and MicroFord fanboy in his Mustang. You can guess what happened next.
We'll leave the name of the employee secret, just in case he offended anyone, but the story is great:
Bwahahaha, was running around MSFT's main campus to go grab some stock 99 cobra springs for the IRS swap I have planned for my beater foxbody this winter.
I saw a few familiar heads in a Ford Fusion Hybrid, and so I popped down a gear on my four-speed, and made a raucous noise as I passed them.
I just dusted the CEO of my brand-of-choice.
That's cool. Almost as cool as Mulally's red, Ford-badged sweater vest.
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A 90-minute life changer
Around the world, from Brazil to France, Korea, Chile and South Africa, soccer games make people cheer and weep. We travel the world in pursuit of the ball
Kick-off in Dhaka, Bangladesh: There's no stopping people who want to play, however capacious their clothes
Form-fitting and affordable: A David Beckham fan in Rio de Janeiro has come up with his own version of his favorite English player's national-team shirt
In the mountain village of Bhachok in Nepal, players just keep the ball rolling and ignore the gradient – they know it's an uphill battle
Forgot to turn on the turf heating? While professional players take the winter off, amateur dribblers in Grue, Norway, are just getting started in the snow
Talk about a packed stadium: No one leaves to get a beer when Changchun Yatai FC plays Guangzhou Evergrande in China
Soccer is just as popular in Frisian villages as anywhere else. So what if the chalked goal line isn't perfectly straight!
The game is just as good seen from the standing section of a stadium, a VIP lounge or the top of a fence, as demonstrated by these spectators in Cameroon
Keeping cool: This soccer player in Senegal is still working on his overhead kick … Goal, goal, goaaal! Time for the final whistle? Not quite …
"We're finally feeling again"
Sports philosopher Gunter Gebauer explains why soccer transcends cultural barriers
Twenty-two players, two goals, one ball – why does the world regularly go crazy over something so straightforward?
Soccer is not as simple as most people think. In fact, much of what happens on the pitch is beyond our understanding. Chance – in the form of the ball – plays a far greater role in soccer than in other sports: The ball can bounce, rebound, spin or be thrown off course by the wind. "Ball control" really doesn't come into the equation.
So it's not actually a sport but a game of chance?
That's precisely what makes it so exciting. There's a special dramaturgy to a soccer game. Each decision, each mistake, can be crucial. As in Shakespeare, the beautiful and the terrible are never far away – it's all or nothing. It's no coincidence that the classical tragedy also lasts 90 minutes. Soccer is really just a play acted out on the pitch. Remember the qualifier between Germany and Sweden back in 2012? Germany was leading 4:0, but by the final whistle, the score was 4:4. It was pure drama.
But Shakespeare isn't for everyone…
We're all the same when it comes to our love of great stories. The rise and fall of heroes, stories that end with a showdown – we find similar scenarios in South American mythology and African royal dramas. But soccer also appeals to people from different cultures in different ways. Spectators from cultures with a strong dance tradition delight in the virtuosity of the players' footwork. In Asia, people love the collective effort, the idea that everyone is involved.
And what about Europeans?
In Europe, we tend to celebrate the sport's artificial primitiveness. After all, what is avoided at all costs in this sport is the use of that significant element of evolution: the human hand. The idea of drawing strength from this weakness has huge appeal. And when the ball hits the back of the net after a seemingly impossible shot, the stadium goes wild.
Each competition inspires more soccer fans. Some just watch while others start playing themselves. Will it never end?
Digitalization is making our civilization more and more artificial. Soccer, once so scorned, provides a nice balance. A mouthful of grass, a grazed knee or a jab from your opponent's elbow: Where else do you experience such direct physicality? We are finally feeling again. If only for that reason, soccer won't be losing its fascination anytime soon.


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Ms. Pharmafakeones was furious. She'd ordered 4 roast beef and 4 turkey sandwiches, and was angry because she'd asked the deli to label them so people could tell what kind of sandwich it was without opening it.
Instead (according to her), the deli had only written "their own codes" on the wrappers, so she wasn't sure which were which.
My staff noticed that 4 of the wrappers said "RB", and the other 4 said "Gobbler".
Ms. Pharmafakeones was amazed at how my staff were able to figure this out.


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1. This is NOT directed at any one person.
2. This is open for discussion
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I talked to our Super Admin Tommyp on the phone at length about the topic of what to delete or not to delete going forward.
So we wanted to create a list of topics that will be deleted and some that are open for discussion and interpretation, but should no longer be created because they might get deleted.
We feel this is the only way to keep the forum on track and move it in the direction of preserving history.
The mention of cliques did come up and it is important to understand, we want a "Functional" community of drummers. This would entail taking the friendships behind the scenes or on other personal levels and not on the forefront of the posts on this forum. This will in itself will help the situation. Use the PM system more, pick up a phone or send a direct email.
We will delete these posts if they are not *structured* correctly:
1. Links to eBay
2. Links to Craigslist
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4. Links to any other auction site
5. Product or Web Site promotions
6. How much is this drum worth (go to http://www.drumquestion.com)
*structured* - includes photos, text and an actual topic of discussion.
These types of posts (below) will be discussed prior to deletion, but will probably be deleted immediately:
Any topic which would be considered "Pals" talking about life which leaves open ended discussions which will eventually turn into a debate, form cliques, create groups that continue to go against each other. These topics really do not help the history.
Some of these might start like:
1. What is the best drum color
2. This "company name" hardware sucks
3. Who makes the best drums
4. Check out my video
5. Who listens to "Fill in the blank"
6. This happened at my gig
7. The guitar player did this last night
8. Any mention of a specific dealer that is not constructive in some way.
There will be some hurt feelings or people that do not read this post and then get something deleted, but we are here for advancement of drum history. (Link people directly to this post.)
As we create friendships we need to try and keep them apart from dealing with posts and new members.
Think of it as a business level work relationship! You can go out and have fun with the people from work, but come Monday morning it is back to focusing on the job at hand.
The "world" is our boss and when people come here, they will make the decision if this is the place to get the help they need and the answer to the question they really need help with.
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Okay... now's a good time for me to chime in on this, and these comments are directed to our membership, et al:
In the most simple terms: Continue doing as you have been!... it's really that simple. Don't dwell on the "deletion parameters" as in most cases, you won't even be affected. I think what will be allowed and/or deleted will become pretty apparent as time goes on. But again, most all of the membership will notice very little. And so with that, carry on men!... and women where applicable!
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Augie Awards and Scholarships for Foreign Language Students
AATF Outstanding Senior in French Award
The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) recognizes one graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in the study of French as well as exceptional commitment to the French language and the many cultures where it is spoken. A recipient at Augustana University must: be a French major, a non-native speaker of French, have acheived a minimum 3.4 GPA in French, and have completed an Honor's Thesis with a minimum grade of A-. MDFL recipients include:
- 2016—Megan Gades
- 2015—Madeline Nykamp
- 2014—Laura Bane
- 2013—Kelly Silvers
- 2012—Meredith Reynolds
- 2011—Jorgen Lervick
- 2010—Chris Johnson
- 2009—Linnea Thunselle
- 2008—Andrew Kightlinger
- 2007—Amanda Robson
- 2006—Allison Girtz
Gerhard and Marilyn Schmutterer Award
An annual award for a student studying in the Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages, this scholarship, established in 2001, is in honor of Dr. Gerhard Scmhutterer—who taught German, Geography and World History at Augustana University from 1953-1985—and his wife Marilyn. Recipients include:
- 2013—Jordan Erkens & Jeffrey Nielsen
- 2012—Jordan Erkens & Evan Livermore
- 2011—Valerie Scott
- 2010—Stefan Szwarc
- 2009—Michael Swanson
- 2008—Clara Fischer
- 2007—Susanna Hohm
- 2006—Susan Dorris
- 2005—Marshall Goodge
- 2004—Jade Nelson
- 2003—Timothy Sestak
- 2002—Amanda Fenolio
- 2001—Lindsey Hibma
Ruth Sorlie Stenseth Memorial Award
An annual award for a German major, this award was established in 1969 in honor of Ruth Sorlie Stenseth who taught German at Augustana University until her death in 1964. Recipients include:
- 2012—Marissa Knaak
- 2010—Mikal Dickey
- 2008—Hannah Drexler
- 2006—Susanna Holm
- 2004—Matthew Pierce
- 2001—Miranda Gasow
- 1996—Katrina Gordon
- 1994—Krista Olivier
- 1992—Andrew Grayot
- 1990—Mark Viste
- 1989—Claudia Behr
H. M. Pat Blegen Memorial Scholarship
Established in 1981, this award was given to a language major or minor, preferably in Norwegian. The award was given in memory of Dr. H. M. Blegen who served as Professor of French and Spanish at Augustana University from 1927 until his retirement in 1965 and thereafter as the college archivist until his death in 1980. The Scholarship is currently inactive. Recipients include:
- 1998—Chad Wolbrink
- 1997—Crystal Foster
- 1996—Lisa Genrich
- 1991—Astrid Billat
- 1990—Connie Wright
Samuel Delman Scholarship
Established in 1981, this award was, until 1999, awarded to a student majoring in foreign languages. Recipients include:
- 1999—Whitney Sutherland
- 1998—Rachel Lindquist
- 1997—Christine Barrow
- 1996—Jeremy Borger
- 1995—Michael Powers
- 1994—Paul VonFischer
- 1993—Paul VonFischer
- 1992—Bradley Souter
- 1991—Korine Land
- 1990—Susan Fedde
- 1989—Heidi Mann