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Would you rather rub pasta sauce in the face of your worst scurvy enemy or share a plate of spaghetti with yer favorite lass/gent?
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That's not even a question. Waste sauce on some loser, or eat spaghetti with a friend? I'll take the latter, thanks.
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Ya gots sumfin burnin inna galley MJ ?
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KALAMAZOO—Kalamazoo Public Schools sixth graders who make up the Class of 2019 will continue touring and participating in activities at Western Michigan University throughout April so they can get a first-hand look at college life and the opportunities available through a college education.
For the fourth year in a row, WMU has opened its residence halls, classrooms and dining halls through a partnership with KPS called Bronco BUDS—Building Unique Dynamic Students. The program encourages early middle school students to set their sights on college and take advantage of the Kalamazoo Promise tuition scholarship program.
The goal of the program, which this year began March 20, is to make sure all of the district's 950 sixth-graders are transported to WMU for a day to engage in hands-on activities related to choosing a college career and to take a University tour. The latter includes a visit to a classroom and residence hall, and the students also eat lunch at a campus dining hall. KPS students are guided through their college experience by WMU students and staff. Many of the college-student guides are Kalamazoo Promise scholarship recipients themselves.
Bronco BUDS is an annual program for KPS sixth-graders and one that is reinforced with programs each year, beginning with the Class of 2016 and continuing as these students move toward high school graduation.
Linden Grove Middle School and Milwood Magnet School Center for Math, Science and Technology came to campus in March.
Scheduled visits in April include students from these schools on these dates:
- Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts: Wednesday, April 10, and Friday, April 12
- Hillside Middle School: Wednesday, April 17, and Friday, April 19
For more information, contact Vanessa Laurent, graduate assistant for the WMU Office of Diversity and Inclusion, at email@example.com or (269) 387-6325.

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I finally (well almost) got the english audio for this one.
I already have a french DVD rip
videoresolution: 720x380 (1.89:1)
videobitrate: 975kbit/s at 25fps
videocodec: xvid
audiocodec: mp3
audiobitrate: 128kbit/s 2ch 44.1khz
hopefully I will be able to sync it properly since the source video is in 29.97fps
If anyone is interested I can share the movie.
I'm already sharing the first one (widescreen) version.


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Fast track: ALS drug moves forward
Getting a medication from drug trial to drugstore shelf can be a trial in itself, one local doctor has learned. But after a frustrating year in which a UVA ethics committee halted his project and four of his original subjects died from their disease, the study is now on a fast track.
"The FDA has been strongly encouraging me to develop this drug very quickly," says Dr. James Bennett, a UVA neurologist who has been working to develop a treatment for ALS. More commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is a fatal degenerative neurological disorder that robs its sufferers of the ability to speak, swallow, move, and, eventually, breathe.
Though Bennett is no longer overseeing the actual research on pramipexole, a drug he discovered languishing on the shelf of a German pharmaceutical company, he remains the drug's sponsor, a role usually reserved for large drug companies. He arranges supply of the drug, raises the money for research, and coordinates the extensive attendant paperwork.
In fact, with support now from both the FDA and the UVA ethics committee, the drug is currently being tested in one clinical trial at UVA and at several other locations around the country, and a second clinical trial for a higher dose of the drug– may soon be under way.
In addition, members of the original group of patients– which Bennett says has dwindled from 15 to 11– has had access to the drug since September on what the FDA terms a "compassionate use" basis. That designation is reserved for unproven experimental drugs approved for use in the terminally ill. Thanks to the FDA's approval, doctors around the country will also now be able to offer the drug to their own ALS patients, as long as they follow a certain protocol and collect data from those patients.
For Bev Nicola, one of the original participants, resumption of pramipexole came not a moment too soon. Stricken with ALS in 2003, the 65-year-old Richmonder has lost the ability to speak, swallow, and walk. (She believes the drug allowed her to articulate several words when she participated in the study last year.) Her ability to cough has also been severely impaired, and as a result, she was hospitalized with pneumonia for two weeks in the summer of 2005.
Since she resumed taking the drug– which acts as a "super anti-oxidant"– in September, she says, she is once again able to cough productively– something most people take for granted, but which for Nicola could be the difference between life and death.
"I haven't been able to do that in three years," she explains by email. "I'm feeling great."
It is difficult to determine whether Nicola is the only participant who is noticing improvements. Mary Jane Gentry– the other study participant The Hook interviewed for a February 24, 2005 cover story, "She's dying: His drug could save her"– had reported regaining use of her left hand following her initial treatment with pramipexole. But after UVA's ethics committee declined to renew Bennett's study, citing safety concerns, Gentry's condition worsened. She died on May 26, less than four months before the drug became available once more.
The list of study participants is confidential, and doctors and support staff say they are trying to remain objective until they have established scientific evidence the drug works.
"We're deliberately not talking about the study in our support group," says Cathy Easter, director of the Richmond office of the ALS Association, expressing concern about the "placebo effect," in which patients believe they are receiving effective treatment and therefore report improvement in their condition.
"One of UVA's issues was they felt that perhaps the patients were thinking they were receiving benefit," Easter says. "We're just trying to make sure that we're not putting anything into anyone's mind and that everything is strictly scientific."
Bennett, too, says that to protect his objectivity, he's not asking patients how they're feeling. But despite his cautious approach, he has high hopes for the drug.
"If we could extend the life of someone with ALS by one year," he says, "that would be significant."
Dr. James Bennett hopes to find a pharmaceutical company that will license the ALS drug he's developing.
Recovered from a bout of pneumonia, Bev Nicola says she's "feeling great."


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #723
"Give me thy heart," says the Father above,
No gift so precious to him as our love,
Softly he whispers wherever thou art,
"Gratefully trust me, and give my thy heart."
"Give me thy heart, Give me thy heart,"
Hear the soft whisper, wherever thou art,
From this dark world he would draw thee apart,
Speaking so tenderly, "Give me thy heart."
"Give me thy heart," says the Saviour of men,
Calling in mercy again and again;
"Turn now from sin, and from evil depart,
Will I not succor thee? give me thy heart."
"Give me thy heart," says the Spirit divine,
"All that thou hast, to my keeping resign;
Grace more abounding is mine to impart,
Make full surrender and give me thy heart."
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JUNEAU, Alaska — It's a subject that can cause nervous snickering, a little uneasiness and even a few bad jokes.
But many in the southeast Alaska community of Klawock, population 800, weren't laughing last April after a 26-year-old registered sex offender was accused of molesting a local family's pet dog.
The man was spotted by a local woman coaxing the Labrador retriever into the woods near a ball field. There he allegedly tied it to a tree, taped its muzzle shut with duct tape and had sex with it, witnesses told police at the time.
The man had been twice convicted of raping a young boy and more recently had served probation for assault after lunging at a child. While the incident with the dog was reported to the police, Klawock Mayor Don Marvin said nothing happened for two days while fearful parents escorted their children home from school.
"When this incident happened, we had a community that was scared," Marvin said.
Because Alaska has no law against such an attack, Ketchikan District Attorney James Scott eventually charged the man with two counts of criminal mischief, which was later changed to a theft charge.
In requesting a $10,000 bail, Scott told the court that the state was concerned that if a small child had been available and unattended that day, "the small child would have been found taped (and) tied in the woods."
Looking for ways to prosecute
Shocked by that and other similar cases of involving humans having sex with animals, lawmakers in Florida and Alaska are considering bans on bestiality. They are among 15 states where the practice is not explicitly illegal.
Alaska's House Judiciary Committee on Friday heard testimony on a measure that would expand the state's animal cruelty law to include sexual conduct. It would make the practice a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.
In Florida, a bill that would make sex with animals punishable by up to five years in prison has been unanimously approved by two Senate committees and has two other committee stops before reaching the full chamber.
Florida Sen. Nan Rich, a Democrat, has a thick folder in her office containing news clippings of cases around the state of people having sex with animals. While the act is sickening enough, she says research has shown that people who molest animals are likely to rape or molest people.
"There's quite a number of cases," said Rich, holding up an article. "This one is, unfortunately, a man having sex with his guide dog. This is about a goat's death, a female goat in Walton County that had been sexually assaulted. Unfortunately it's not an isolated incident. We need a mechanism to prosecute."
Cases, bans and protections
The Walton County case in 2006 helped bring the problem to light. There were at least four goat rapes in Mossy Head, including one that resulted in the animal dying. Instead of being charged with a sex act, a suspect was charged with stealing two goats, said Dee Thompson, the director of Panhandle Animal Welfare Society.
Authorities in Tallahassee, Florida, also struggled in 2005 to find charges that would fit against a blind man accused of having sex with his guide dog. The man was initially charged with felony animal cruelty, but prosecutors dropped that charge and recharged him with "breach of the peace."
In Tennessee, bestiality was banned in 2007. Arizona did so in 2006 after a Mesa deputy fire chief was accused of bestial acts with his next-door neighbor's lamb. Washington state also banned sex with animals in 2006, after a man died of a perforated colon from having sex with a horse on a farm in rural King County.
In Alaska, Lynn's measure is backed by the Department of Corrections, the Alaska Farm Bureau, the Humane Society of the United States and the Alaska Peace Officers Association.
Rachel Dzuiba, a veterinarian at the Gastineau Humane Society in Juneau, said it would not only protect animals but also protect the public against a cycle of abuse and violence.
"The act of forcing a living creature to engage in a sexual activity without the ability of consent cannot simply be viewed as a personal choice — no more than forcing a child or an impaired adult would be," Dzuiba told the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing Friday.
Complaints about sexual deviancy
The society's executive director, Chava Lee, said she has received several complaints at the Juneau animal shelter about sexual deviancy against animals.
"In each case that has come to my attention, coercion, abuse, threat of physical harm or terrorizing a human during the practice of a sexual assault on an animal was present," Lee said.
According to the national Humane Society, several studies highlight the link between the sexual assault of animals and sex crimes against humans, including:
- FBI research on the backgrounds of serial sexual homicide perpetrators that uncovered high rates of sexual assault of animals;
- A report in the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry that said twenty percent of children who sexually abuse other children also have histories of sexually abusing animals; and
- A Utah State University study showing 37 percent of sexually violent juvenile offenders have a history of animal sexual assault.
The committee also heard testimony from Klawock Chief of Police Cullen Fowler who said the dog that had been allegedly assaulted did not require veterinary care but appeared to have suffered.
Fowler said the pressure of the taped muzzle cause blood vessels to burst in its eyes and the dog was sensitive to the touch, jumpy and afraid for a long time after the incident.
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Terms of sale for purchases on Kamiceria
Introduction: The offer and sale of products on the Kamiceria website are regulated by the following general conditions of sale.
The products purchased on the website are sold by:
Kamiceria srl
Viale Industria 85/4
41012 Carpi (MO) - Italy
P.IVA / Italian VAT number: IT02773140369
• The offers and the sales on the Kamiceria website combine a remote agreement dictated by the Articles 50 ss. of the Legislative Decree September 6th 2005, no. 206 (Consumer Code), and by the Legislative Decree no. 70 of April 9th, 2003 (so-called Law on Electronic Commerce). The purchase of products is intended for consumers.
• These Terms and Conditions control the relationship between the Client and Kamiceria for the purchase of products on the website.
• The Customer must read the conditions of sale that Kamiceria makes available in order to allow the Customer to duplicate and store the recalled conditions in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree no. 70/2003.
Purchase methods
• In order to purchase the Products the Clients must register by entering their personal data, following the instructions provided by the registration program, and must fill out the purchase order and send it to Kamiceria in the electronic format available on the website. Purchase orders must be accurately and completely filled out.
• The Customer must enter the selected product/s into the Shopping Cart and, having read and accepted the shipping costs towards the cost of delivery (if any), may continue by clicking on Proceed to Checkout
• Upon completion of this transaction, the Customer will view a web page that requires billing, destination and payment method information and shows the total amount of the order.
• Once you have filled in all the fields and after selecting the desired payment method, click on Place Order Now.
• At this point, if you choose to pay by credit card you will be redirected to the secure site of Banca Sella, and if you choose to pay by Paypal you will be directed to the web site Paypal.it, where you will be asked to provide the information required to conclude the transaction.
• If the Customer needs to modify the purchase order or to change some the information s/he can contact the toll free Italian number at 800090507 (free only in Italy) or send an email by our form here. Particularly, the Customer has the right to change the amount of items to be purchased, adding or deleting one or more products from the shopping cart.
Agreement conclusion
• Once the Customer confirms the purchase order, the conditions of sale and any other information contained on the website are fully acknowledged and accepted by the Customer.
• The Order Confirmation of Kamiceria sent to the Customer through the email address provided, will constitute the acceptance of the proposed agreement.
• The Customer may check the status of his/her order at any time through the personal My Account area.
• The prices of the products are quoted in Euros / Dollars / Pounds and are inclusive of taxes applied in the Italian territory.
• Product prices are excluded from delivery charges (unless specified by "free shipping"). The shipping amount will be clearly indicated to the Customer on the purchase order in the Shipment section at the bottom of all pages.
• The Customer may choose between four methods of payment: cash on delivery, credit card, Paypal and bank transfer.
• Cash on Delivery (EU only): The Customer must pay the exact amount indicated in the order directly to the courier upon delivery. The Courier is not authorized to accept checks or bank drafts.
• Bank Transfer (Italy only): bank transfer in favor of Kamiceria srl S.r.l. bank code: IT89M0200823300000000312616 BIC: UNCRITM1068.
The bank transfer must be made within 5 days from order date. After this period, any unpaid orders will be automatically deleted from the system.
• Credit card: The Customer must provide the required information that will be managed by Banca Sella. The information will be encrypted by using encryption systems that prevent third party access. When the transaction is finished, if successful, the payment system of Banca Sella will send an email confirming the transaction to the Customer and an email authorizing the shipping of the order to Kamiceria.
• Paypal: the Customer must provide the required information that will be handled directly by PayPal without having to re-enter your credit card or debit card information. PayPal is a leader in online payments.
Delivery in Italy
• The delivery of the products will be carried out by UPS courier.
• Kamiceria will deliver to the UPS courier within 1-2 working days after receiving the purchase order. The system will send the Customer an email alert that the shipping has taken place with its tracking number to monitor the delivery.
• Barring unforeseen events, delivery in the country will be equal to 2 working days from delivery to the UPS courier. For places that are hard to reach, such as mountain resorts, small islands, outer suburbs, delivery times will be equal to 3 business days.
• Upon receipt of the product the Customer must verify:
• That the package is tightly sealed - Each package is sealed with tape bearing the Kamiceria logo. Customers are advised NOT to accept the box if the package is not intact or if the tape is damaged. If the package is not intact or damaged or the tape has been tampered with, the Customer must immediately report the complaint to the carrier, otherwise the product will be considered duly delivered, and you may not request any missing items from Kamiceria.
• If the Customer is absent, the courier will leave a notice bearing instructions for delivery within the next 72 hours. After that date the package will automatically return to the Kamiceria warehouse.
• It is not possible to indicate a specific day and/or a specific time for delivery.
N.B. The delivery may be delayed up to 10 days during Christmas and mid-August holidays (from 24/12 to 02/01 and middle week of August).
Shipping abroad
• Customers may purchase and receive products outside of Italy. The shipping costs will vary from country to country, and payment will be possible through: credit card, prepaid card, Paypal, Sofort Banking, Ideal and cash on delivery (EU countries only).
• Delivery to all UE countries is free. The shipping costs for extra EU countries vary on destination, you may consult the shipping table here.
• At our website you won't need to pay any taxes. Import taxes, regulars duties and/or other fees are carriage paid, at the expense of Kamicera, so the Customer has no additional charges to the total amount of his order.
N.B. The delivery may be delayed up to 10 days during Christmas and mid-August holidays (from 24/12 to 02/01 and middle week of August).
Discount Coupons - Sales – Gifts
• Kamiceria can place discount coupons that can be used by the date specified on the voucher inside the package or send them via email.
• The coupon must be entered in the shopping cart page inside the box Discount Code and confirmed by clicking on Apply Code. The system will update the total of the order minus the value of the voucher.
• The coupon is not applicable with other commercial offers.
Right of withdrawal
• In pursuance to Articles 64 and following of the Legislative Decree no. 206/05, the Customer may exercise the right to withdraw from the transaction, without penalty and without specifying the reason.
Warranty against faulty or nonconforming items
• Products purchased on Kamiceria are subject to the discipline applicable in pursuance to Article no. 128.
• This warranty will apply to products that present manufacturing faults that cannot be seen at the time of purchase, provided that the product is used correctly and with due diligence and that it is used respecting its purpose and in accordance with the instructions on the labels on the inside of the item.
• In the presence of defects, the Customer may return the item free of charge following the procedure of Easy Returns from his/her account (this procedure is available for orders made and delivered in all EU countries)
• If the item has been purchased and used in a extra EU country, the shipment is to be paid by the Client, who must accurately package the item including its relative accessories (cards, bags, pins etc.) and send it to: Kamicera srl (reparto resi) Viale Industria 85/4 - 41012 Carpi (MO) Italia.
• Defective products will be promptly refunded. As soon as we receive the returned items, we will issue the refund in the same payment form as tendered at the time of purchase. The refund procedure will be quickly activated by Kamiceria, but the credit refund timing depends on your bank: it can possibly take up to 30 days.
Return Policy EU countries:
According to our return policy, if you are not completely satisfied, you may return the products that are not up to your expectations within 30 days after the receipt of the order, using our "Easy Return" service (you cannot return regular embroidered shirts). Return is free of charge for all EU countries.
Prepare your package and request pickup online through your personal account, by clicking on "Easy Returns" and fill in the form. The next days our trusted courier UPS will pick up your package from your home or office. Within 72 hours of receipt we will issue the refund in the same payment form as tendered at the time of purchase.
The right of withdrawal is deemed to be correctly exercised when the following conditions are fully respected:
1. The products must not be washed, ironed;
2. The products must be returned with all their accessories: tags, labels, pins and clips, as well as whatever is part of the original package of the product;
3. The products must not be damaged.
Return policy Extra EU countries:
According to our return policy, if you are not completely satisfied, you may return the products that are not up to your expectations within 30 days, using any postal service of your choice to our address:
Kamiceria srl
(reparto resi), Viale Industria 85/4, 41012 Carpi (MO), Italy.
Please note that return shipping charges are the responsibility of the Customer, who must accurately package the item including its relative accessories.
As soon as we receive the returned item/s, we will issue the refund in the same payment form as tendered at the time of purchase.
Any possible custom duties and taxes are at Customer expense for return procedure. These costs are deducted from the final refund.
Timing and procedures for reimbursement:
The refunded amount will correspond to the value of the purchased garment. The refund will be made by the same means chosen for the order:
- If you paid by credit card: we shall transfer the amount paid for the item *
- If you paid by PayPal: we shall transfer the amount paid for the item being returned. The credit refund takes a few minutes.
- If you paid cash on delivery: we will make a bank transfer. You will be asked to communicate your IBAN and BIC codes.
Any possible custom duties and taxes are at Customer expense for return procedure. These costs are deducted from the final refund.
* The refund procedure is shortly activated by Kamiceria, but the credit refund timing depends on your bank: it can possibly take up to 30 days.
Privacy policy:
• In order to purchase Products on Kamiceria you must register and provide your personal information on the specific form. Upon registering you are assigned a username (email address) and a password by which you are identified at the time of access to the website.
• The information provided on registration is processed by Kamiceria for the purposes and in the manner described below and in pursuance to the Legislative Decree 196/2003 (Privacy policy) and its subsequent amendments.
• Personal information is processed for the following purposes:
a) obligations relating to the signing and performance of the contract,
b) statistical purposes and dispatching of advertising material, also through the use of electronic mail.
• The processing of personal data for the purposes mentioned is carried out both by computerized and non-computerized means only for the time needed to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. Specific security measures are taken to prevent data loss, illicit or incorrect and unauthorized access.
• Refusal to provide data for the purposes of purchase on Kamiceria makes it impossible to buy the products offered on the website.
• The data controller is Kamiceria srl Viale Industria 85/4 - 41012 Carpi (MO) Italia - P.Iva: IT02773140369
• The personal data provided to Kamiceria is known only by individuals in charge of controlling such information and competent within the corporate structure to carry out the activities necessary for the proper management of the relationship with the Customers in the context of the indicated purposes.
• The individuals subject to the personal data may at any time exercise the rights under Article 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 and in particular, the right to obtain confirmation of the existence of data, to request correction, addition and deletion of the information by sending a written request or by sending an email by our form here.
Information and complaints
For information or clarification on the conditions of sale and the products the Customer can contact us toll free 800090507 (free in Italy) from Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 12.30 am and from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm (UTC/GMT +1 hour) or send an email by our form here.
Applicable law and settlement of disputes
The General Conditions of Sale are ruled by Italian law, with particular reference to the Legislative Decree no 206 of September 6th 2005 (the so-called "Consumer Code") and the Legislative Decree no. 70 of April 9th 2003 on electronic commerce, and any other regulations applicable in the field.
In case of disputes arising in relation to the General Conditions of Sale with Kamiceria, Kamiceria srl commits to observe the regulations of the conciliation service RisolviOnline.
RisolviOnline is an online mediation service provided by the Chamber of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, by which you can reach a friendly legally binding agreement that satisfies both parties, thanks to the assistance of a qualified and impartial mediator that is quick and convenient via the Internet. We invite you to visit www.risolvionline.com if you would like more information on our conciliation service offered by RisolviOnline or if you should wish to send a request for conciliation.
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There are four types of cookies, please find all the information below.
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Value, Quality and Convenience: Kamiceria allows you to shop whenever and wherever you like and gives you a wide range of high quality garments to choose from. Shopping on Kamiceria is easy and pleasant, you have numerous shirts, sweaters and ties from which to choose and you will have them delivered to your home or office in no time. There is definitely something for everyone's taste and style!
Kamiceria is able to provide good value for money, thanks to its shirt industry experience in addition to collaborations with top Italian and global shirt brands, which are deeply committed to quality. In addition to great prices, Kamiceria often has special offers and promotions, especially at the end of each season.
Kamiceria provides a quick UPS delivery, which is always FREE in every part of the European Union with no minimum purchase. And if you are not completely satisfied, you may return the products that are not up to your expectations within 30 days of receipt, thanks to our Free Return Policy.
In addition to these services Kamiceria gives you an opportunity to personalize every purchased shirt with your embroidered initials! If you wish to receive specific information for any kind of request, we suggest you to contact our staff writing to our email address [email protected]
Quality, reliability and efficiency are the strongest points of Kamiceria, in addition to its optimal delivery policy, which is always FREE in every part of the European Union, with no minum purchase.
Orders are processed very quickly, within 2-4 working days, depending on the product purchased. Your order will be delivered within 5 working days from the time of dispatch. Over the Christmas period (December 24th to January 6th) and the Ferragosto public holiday (the week of August 15th), shipping may be subject to delays of up to 5-7 working days..
Furthermore in all EU countries, customers have the possibility of paying cash on delivery without any additional charges (except for embroidered items).
If you wish to receive specific information for any kind of request, we suggest you to contact our staff writing to our email address [email protected]
Want to return an item, but don't know how to do?
Click here to find out how to return items purchase on Kamiceria.
Return is free for all EU countries. Kamiceria is committed to providing its customers with quality products while striving for excellence in customer satisfaction: if a product, after it has been tried on, does not live up to your expectations you can return it free of charge within 30 days after receipt.
With the "easy return" will send a carrier to your address Free of Charge to collect the items you wish to return.
Follow these simple steps to return the item(s):
1. Prepare your package and request pickup online through your personal account, by clicking on "Easy Returns" and fill in the form.
2. The next days our trusted courier UPS will pick up your package from your home or office.
3. Within 72 hours of receipt we will issue the refund in the same payment form as tendered at the time of purchase.
Please note: You cannot return custom embroidered shirts.
Kamiceria is able to provide good value for money, thanks to its collaborations with the best companies in the industry. In fact, Kamiceria sells only the best collections of men's fashion, which have been chosen based on design and manufacturing quality. In order to maintain high quality standards we are committed to searching and selecting only the top Italian and global men's shirt brands. We want to give our customers a great service and a wide range of high quality garments to choose from.
All brands: 51 LAB, Alea, Aplomb, B-Settecento, Bagutta, Balestra, Barba, Belmonte, Blue Sail, Blusalina, Bonser, Brooksfield, Caliban, Calvin Klein, Carrel, Casamoda, Confezione Artigianale, Coveri Collection, DELSIENA, DNL, Dino Erre, Eterna, Eton, Filippo Riberti, Finamore, Frarica, Gant, Guglielminotti, HUGO - Hugo Boss, Harmont & Blaine, Ingram, Kamiceria, LB1974, Luigi Morini, M5, MCS, Mastai Ferretti, Meyer, Mon Art, Monteverdi, Navigare, New England, Nologo, Nove11, One & Way, P-CLUB, Philo Vance, Privati Firenze, RNY, Ragman, Raipan, Regent, Roberto Vicini, Seidensticker, Selected, TP'S, Telayo, Timberland, Tintoria Mattei, Tommy Hilfiger, Trussardi, U.S. Polo Assn., Vitamina, Webb & Scott, Xacus, Yan Simmon.
By becoming a client of Kamiceria you will enjoy a special treatment that includes various exclusive offers year-long such as discounts and sales on the purchase of our shirts.
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Laser-Powered Accelerator Plan Gets Boost from Recovery Act
A strangely colored beam pouring out a quadrillion watts of peak power spewing out subatomic particles juiced up by a ten-billion-electronic-volt laser plasma accelerator housed in a facility dubbed the "experimental cave?"
While it may sound like Dr. Frankenstein's lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) officials are calling it BELLA—short for Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator and not for that Lugosi guy who played Dracula, though he too lurked in dark, cavernous places.
To be built with the help of $20 million in funding from the Obama administration's American Resource and Recovery Act, the project is part of the lab's $115.8 million in Recovery Act funding awarded the lab in March by former LBNL director and now Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
The total cost of the laser facility will be $28 million, with the balance of funding also coming from Department of Energy accounts.
Designed to replace vastly larger particle accelerators used in the study of the fundamental properties of matter, the research equipment will be housed in an existing structure, Building 71, on the northern edge of the lab's campus.
Construction of Building 71 was begun in 1957 to house the lab's Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator (HILAC), according to the environmental assessment released by the lab to cover the BELLA project.
The Department of Energy in 2007 listed the structure as eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places "because of the important role that the building had played in the nuclear physics and accelerator development" at the lab, according to the environmental assessment.
But the removal in 2008 of the last equipment used in the HILAC experiments represented the disappearance of the building's last remaining historic elements, the environmental assessment concluded.
Unmentioned is the fact that building interiors are expressly excluded from the City of Berkeley's Landmarks Preservation Ordinance, which evaluates buildings solely on their exteriors and precludes designating interiors.
Likewise, interiors aren't mentioned in the criteria for designating an official California state landmark, which include:
• Association "with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States."
• A connection with "the lives of persons important to local, California or national history."
• Embodiment of "the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values."
• Documentation that the site "[h]as yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation."
To be considered for designation, structures need only meet one of the four criteria, according to the state Office of Historic Preservation (http://ohp.parks.ca.gov).
Neither the city nor state landmarks laws are mentioned in the environmental assessment, which was prepared by a Berkeley private planning firm, Design, Community & Environment, which also prepared the environmental analysis for the university's controversial Long Range Development Plan 2020.
The city has designated landmarks on the UC Berkeley campus and at LBNL, but the sites are outside the city's official jurisdiction, though sometimes at least within the state's purview. The BELLA itself is exclusively a federal project, and LBNL's status as a federal lab operated under contract by the university adds to the legal complications of the environmental review process.
"The Proposed Action would not affect cultural resources," the environmental assessment states, though the assessment also notes that the project would make one significant alteration to the building's exterior—a 2,000-square-foot rooftop structure housing a utility room and stairwell.
While the labs' project review has been conducted under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), project critics like Pamela Shivola and Mark McDonald of the Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste said at least a preliminary review—a document formally entitled an initial study—should be conducted under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
In an June 10 letter, Shivola told city Planning and Development Director Dan Marks that a broader review was needed because of the site's "proximity to residential neighborhoods. . .and the Lawrence Hall of Science, a children's school and a museum just a few hundred yards away."
"This is very important," Shivola told a reporter before a recent city planning commission meeting.
In addition to its relative nearness to residences and places where children congregate, McDonald and Shivola point to the area's seismic faults, and the predictions of state and federal geologists that the Bay Area's next major shaker is most likely to come from the nearby Hayward Fault, which runs directly beneath Memorial Stadium.
The heart of the new facility is the experimental cave—from which much of the equipment mentioned in the environmental assessment—has already been removed. The environmental assessment notes that of an estimated 100 truckloads of material involved in the project, one will be filled with hazardous material destined for a licensed waste facility.
"Most of the material will be what you find in any old building, including asbestos and lead," said LBNL spokesperson Paul Preuss, though some traces of other hazards might be present, including possible spills of small quantities of radioactive materials.
The environmental assessment acknowledges that "several instances of low-level surface radioactivity have been detected in Building 71 equipment," include Americium-241, Cesium-137 and curium-244, as well as subsequently cleaned-up traces of beryllium and PCBs.
Experiments will be conducted by new equipment surrounded by heavy radiation shielding, including three-foot-thick concrete walls plus "an additional 16 inches of lead, 36 inches of steel and another six feet of concrete to absorb the radiation and reduce exposure levels."
The environmental assessment also states that the beam will produce subatomic gamma rays, neutrons and photomuons, even workers standing near the beam's terminus—the point of most potential exposure—would receive less than a fifth of the allowable exposure level over the course of the year.
But McDonald is skeptical, noting that federally set levels of radiation have changed over the years. He also cites a 2001 city-commissioned review of radiological monitoring at the lab prepared by researchers at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Heidelberg, Germany.
That report concluded that radiation levels from lad accelerators had exceeded permissible levels 40 years ago at the lab's border at the Olympic Gate monitoring station.
Preuss and the environmental assessment both insist that the new accelerator won't emit unsafe levels of radiation.
The new accelerator will produce a beam about a million times more powerful that that emitted by the last-generation television's cathode ray tube, he said, "so you definitely would not want to stand right in front of it."
But, "energetic as they are, none of the electrons in BELLA's hair-thin beam are going to get out of the experimental area," he said, "and no one can get through the interlocked doors when it's on—it will shut down if anybody tries."
The device also stops abruptly in the event of an earthquake, Preuss said. In addition, the device, which is a mere three feet long, isn't expected to irradiate other materials in the cave.
McDonald and Shivola remain skeptical.
The environmental assessment is available at www.lbl.gov/Community/BELLA.


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Elbe hills focus group meeting for sept. (change)
We will have a change in the location of our upcoming focus group meeting. On September 8 at 7:00 PM-8:30 PM we will meet at Graham FD Station #91. This is the Silver Creek Station located at 10012 187th St E, Puyallup. The station appears to be west of Meridian. Lipoma Firs Golf Course is to the east of Meridian at this intersection. Please enter through the back door as the main entrance will be locked. Do not ring the doorbell as I think it alerts emergency responders.
Topics of discussion will include: the Busywild Trail, plans for rehabilitating it, etc ; road work in Elbe Hills; and WOW workparty on September 17-18. See you all on Thursday. Please pass the change of location on to anyone who might be interested in attending.
Nancy Barker
South Puget Sound Region
Elbe Public Use Forester
Member #40 Hombres jeep club
Region 2 landmatters chairman
My notes from the Elbe hills focus group meeting on 9/8/2011
Past events and happenings, Nancy has a WCC crew working at the park doing maintenance work. Been there for the past 3 weeks.
The PNW4WDA work party got work done on the mainline and lower sunrise trail. Created some diversion barriers to keep water from running down the trail into one of the dispersed camping spots.
WTF has been very busy rebuilding and improving the log crawl area.
Nancy will have the rental machine up there for the rest of this month to get a few more projects finished before the rain starts.
Busywild, Nancy and the DNR were very unhappy with the comments made on the NWW forums about how the DNR "lying to us" about keeping the busy open during the logging process. The outcome of this is that they will most likely not even try to keep trails open during logging anymore. They will just be closed until the project is finished.
There was lots of discussion about how the trail has changed from the logging. Its no longer dark in there in the middle of the day. Seems quite a few of the holes and approaches were changed around to facilitate the logging. Not to many worries though as the trail will recreate itself once the users get it back and the rain moves back in.
Discover pass, The DNR will most likely start enforcing the pass and writing tickets in Nov. They have been educating people for a while now
Equipment, Nancy has been busy researching small tractors and is figuring out what kind of machine to buy with the grant money. Looking at small excavators with multiple buckets. Also looking at rubber tracks and the new hybrid tracks made of both steel and rubber.
Upcoming events,
WOW wp on sept 17th and 18th May have to be rescheduled (more to come)
Snow Jam event is the only one on the calendar at this time (Jan)
Next meeting is on November 10th. Nancy's boss Doug will be at this meeting.
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Marijuana sellers in California are using Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to promote their products, reports Fox News.
It is legal to grow and sell marijuana for medicinal purposes in California. Sellers can advertise their products, but are not allowed to put them up for sale on sites like eBay.
So, marijuana sellers use social networking sites to find buyers and and offer free delivery of goods.
One such seller, Artists Collective is experiencing great success with Twitter, Fox News says:
"We've been open for six months, and I've been doing this project for 18 [months], and only in the last two weeks with a Twitter account has anybody started paying attention to us," says Dann Halem, director of Artists Collective. "That sends a message — an important one — and it really has been, strangely enough, the fact that we're using Twitter that has opened the door."
No comment from Twitter on this.
Meanwhile Facebook told All Facebook it will shut down Artists Collective's Facebook page and that it "might take further action against the admin accounts."
"We do not allow people to promote illegal activities on Facebook. Section 3.4 of the SRR states: You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
People who use Facebook to co-ordinate illegal activities are fools. We will aid in the prosecution of people orchestrating illegal activities off of Facebook, such as in this case. We work hard to make Facebook a safe and secure environment, and we encourage users to report anything suspicious. We also include a specific tool for reporting drug-related content."
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Western Council of Construction Consumers Recognizes Mammoth Lakes Courthouse
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — The Western Council of Construction Consumers has recognized Mammoth Lakes Courthouse with its top honor — a distinguished award — at its 2012 Owners' Projects Excellence Awards gala on Oct. 16.
The 20,000-square-foot, two-story building is a major improvement over the former courthouse, which was housed on the third floor of a strip mall. The facility was completed in 16 months under an aggressive schedule to enclose the building before the first big snowstorm in the winter of 2010-2011.
The new building features two courtrooms, space for new judicial services, improved security and access to court services, secure parking for judges, and inmate holding cells.
The new courthouse is the first unit on acreage that will one day become a government center in the south county.
Completed on time and under budget, the Mammoth Lakes Courthouse is designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates. It utilizes a steel frame structure and exterior finishes of brick, glass and metal siding.
Sundt served as the construction manager at-risk for the project, which was commissioned by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Mammoth Lakes Courthouse is one of seven criminal justice projects in California Sundt has worked on in the past five years.
The courthouse features self-help computer stations, 3 customer service windows (where there was only one before), and a jury deliberation room. There are two light and airy courtrooms, with high-tech digital evidence presentation equipment.
There is also a hearing room for small claims, traffic, family law, and arraignments, for when the other two courtrooms are busy.
There is video equipment for remote arraignments in the jail in Bridgeport, which is an hour away.
The video equipment is important, particularly in the winter, when driving conditions in this remote area can be very dangerous. "[The remote arraignment] is a very efficient way for us to meet the requirements for someone to be arraigned," said Hector Gonzalez, CEO, Mono Superior Court
Security is much improved over the former courthouse. The new facility includes modern perimeter screening; video monitors; five holding cells including one for juveniles; and a secure attorney-client interview room, whereby the attorney does not have to enter the detention holding area to meet with his or her client.
A secure elevator locks out staff when inmates are being moved and secure pathways eliminate chain-gang parades through the public hallways, according to California Courts News.
The project was funded from a special construction fund. "Because of prudence and foresight, the courthouse construction fund that paid for our courthouse was established years ago," said Hon. Stan Eller, presiding judge, Mono Superior Court. "Money was set aside exactly for this purpose. Money did not come from the general fund."
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Owner: Administrative Office of the Courts
Architect: Mark Cavagnero Associates Architects
Constructor/CM: Sundt Construction Inc.
Structural Engineer: Forell/Elsesser Engineers Inc.
MEP Engineer: Gayner Engineers
Civil Engineer: Triad/Holmes Associates
Landscape Architect: AECOM
Lighting Designer: Auerbach Glasow French
Acoustical Consultant: Charles M. Salter Associates
Telecom, A/V, Security, Threat Assessment: TEECOM
Capital Value: $14.9 million
Start Date: April 26, 2010
Completion: July 27, 2011
Safety Record: 63,984 approx. man-hours with no recordable or lost time injuries


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Hockey Liveblog
Just out with thw wife watching the Hitmen (Calgary) play the Pats (Regina)[1]. We're between the second and third period and the Hitmen are ahead 3-2. As a former Reginian Who attended dozens of Pats games as a kid I do feel some residual loyalties (even if none of these players were born the last time I regularly went to WHL games). Maybe it'll be a tie.
[1] When meeting people outside of Canada saying you're from Regina is almost always greeted with an incredulous grin and an amused "you're from where?!?" (think about it)
Update: Calgary wins 4-3


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shredbettys avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 157 designs proposés par 44 designers freelance.
Shred bettys started as a group of snowboarding girls getting together to ride the terrain park but has since evolved into a much wider social network and company. We are now in need of a logo that respresents what shred bettys is about and is fresh, clean, simple and clearly identifiable.
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Shred bettys started as a group of snowboarding girls getting together to ride the terrain park but has since evolved into a much wider social network. Shred Bettys now holds weekly riding events, weekly social and industry nights and is the host of major events throughout the season.
Our target market is 18-30 year olds.
Shred bettys promotes a sense of community and support of one another and whilst we are not feminist we are feminine and our logo should reflect that. Please avoid the girl power style and anything too loud or complex. Fresh, clean, simple and clearly identifiable.
The logo should include the words shred bettys(maybe presented as one word or two, shredbettys, in title case or lowercase) with a graphic incorporated or attached. The logo should be easily usable in the following forms.
1. The wording shred bettys with a symbol/graphic.
2. The symbol/graphic should also be able to be used by itself
The graphic does not have to obviously represent girls snowboarding, something a little more abstract and creative would be welcomed.
In consideration of colouring we have to date been using fuchsia pink for the wording, however we are open to other colour options.
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[Intro - Joe Budden - talking]
Mic check, one two, one two
This what the f*ck I'm talkin about right here though
You ready Parks?
[Verse 1 - Joe Budden]
Check it (woo!), if all else fails, I get back to what I know
Ratchet for my foes (uh), watchin for informants, take a stab at it with snow
Long john jacket for the cold, some habits are hard to outgrow
I work so hard, you think the studio's my lodge inn
If all else fails (what?)
I don't have a doubt that I'd be back in that studio apartment
Gettin it in, closet size living room and the kitchen's my den
Playin lotto, hopin numbers'll save the day
Back to price checking, back to layaways
Since I ain't never hit nothin like a bad fadeaway
Back to the corner, takin a bag of haze to face
Basic flow, when I tried to get my cake to grow (what?)
I hit the pawn shop and turn into Trader Joe
Sheisty kid, yack ya jewels while they glistenin
Snatch the hearing aid from a senior, while they listenin
If all else fail, don't know where I'd be
Scratch that, probably at home, nowhere to be
Or probably f*ckin a broad that, I treat like a floor mat
Ugly enough to cover her face when a gauze pad (uh)
And that's a step down from my New York rat
That ride it like a horse back (uh), with the horse back
But it won't fail, so if you try to rob the kid
Banana clips by the bed'll put a stop to it
Nevermind that, first you gotta beat the guard
I can change the channel on my TV and see the yard
If it all failed, I'm ready for the scam
Forgin fake checks screamin �Catch Me If You Can�
If all else fails, I'd be out pullin Jerz capers
Knowin me, I'd be best friends with my worst haters
Uh, I'd be dustin off the AR or be behind state bars, for jackin a bait car
If all failed, I'd be right back in them block cyphers
Just to show these local n*ggas I'm a lot nicer
Cause the less you succeed, the more you loved for it
While the more you achieve, the more you snubbed for it
If all else failed and my pockets were empty
Everything I despised, I'd probably envy
Ignorant sh*t rappers floss that offends me
Cause I wouldn't be able to attain it, it would tempt me
Frontin in my man's Maserati
I might bag somethin with a modest body, from a college party
Next morning hungover so she can't remember
I would deck my whole crib out from Rent-A-Center
If all else failed and I ain't get a break yet
I'd get unemployment while collectin a paycheck
Would it mean I wasn't built for the bright lights?
Say goodbye to front row seats at fight night
If it all failed, I'd have a pretty common future
From a Chart House n*gga to a Ramen noodler
Would my girl say you no longer attract me
Pack up all her sh*t and head South with an athlete?
My name would hold no weight, so I'd lose the perks
OD on OxyContin, abuse the percs
I'd be a felon gettin my scriptures tatted on (uh)
First 48 star gettin ratted on
If all else fails, I wouldn't take precaution
New hooptie every month would be my way of flossin
And the crib would be an all night party
With six baby moms, then I'd Jet 'em like Cromartie
Uh, fantasizin the girls I could of dated
Hood referrin to 'em as the one that could of made it
Uh, I'd be the only one who cares
Or am I just recitin my fears as they appear?
Shouldn't of even put the idea in the air
Cause it's not possible, let's make that clear baby (ta)


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Wayne and Mildred Uhler will celebrate 70 years of marriage.
Wayne Uhler and Mildred Taylor were united in marriage Aug. 6, 1942, at Munson United Brethren Church. They have lived in the same house in Munson since 1948.
They are the parents of Lucille, who is deceased, Elaine (and Denny) Schaffner, Jean (and Jack) Schoenegge and Nancy (and Mark) Crisp. They have seven grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Their daughters have planned an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 5, at Fayette Christian Church, in the Uhlers' honor. Friends and family are invited to join in the celebration.


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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn the U.S. commercial, economic and financial embargo against Cuba for the 21st year in a row.
The final tally Tuesday was 188-3, with Israel and Palau joining the United States. The Marshall Islands and Micronesia both abstained. Last year's tally for the symbolic measure was almost identical, 186-2, with three abstentions.
The embargo was first enacted in 1960 following Cuba's nationalization of properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations. Sanctions against the Caribbean nation were further strengthened to a near-total embargo in 1962.
Speaking before the General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez railed against the embargo calling the U.S. policy "inhumane, failed and anachronistic."
"Keeping this policy in force is not in the national interest of the United States. Quite on the contrary, it harms the interests of its citizens and companies — especially in times of economic crisis and high unemployment — which, according to every poll, are demanding a change of policy," Rodriguez said. "What's the point of encroaching on the constitutional and civil rights and the freedom of travel of Americans by preventing them from visiting the Island when they can visit any other place in the planet, including those where their country is waging wars?"
Rodriguez added that although U.S. President Barack Obama had offered a new beginning with Cuba, after the 2008 election, "the reality of the last four years has been characterized by a persistent tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade."
The United States has made clear that although some restrictions on travel and remittances have been eased under the Obama administration it is not prepared to lift the sanctions entirely until the communist-run nation enacts more far-reaching political and economic reforms.
Ronald D. Godard, a senior U.S. adviser for western hemisphere affairs, defended the embargo as a "one of the tools in our overall efforts to encourage respect for the human rights and basic freedoms to which the United Nations itself is committed."
"Cuba's resolution seeks to identify an external scapegoat for the island's economic problems when they are principally caused by the economic policies that Cuban government has pursued for the past half century," Godard said.
UN once again votes to condemn Cuba embargo
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn the U.S. commercial, economic and financial embargo against Cuba for the 21st year in a row.


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Lazy afternoon and full meals may result into nap. But it was Monday 13th and your manager (boss) caught you….
Next time you caught sleeping at your desk, tell following things to your box:
- They told me at the blood bank this might happen
- This is that 15-minute power nap they raved about in that time-management course you sent me to.
- Whew. Guess I left the top off the White-out. You probably got there just in time!
- I was not sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm.
- I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance.
- I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminating towards people who practice Yoga?
- Why do you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem.
- The coffee machine is broken.
- Someone must have put decaf in the wrong pot.
- and in Jesus name Amen.
Source: http://www.msxnet.org/humour/sleeping


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Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson believe that a great deal about the economic, social, and political life of a country can be explained by the quality of political institutions, especially the degree of extractive exploitation they embody. Their book Why Nations Fail has been well-received in the popular press and Their blog posts supporting it seem, to a layman, compelling and persuasive.
How have their ideas been received by the historical profession? What have they published about extractive institutions in the specialist, peer-reviewed literature? How original are they and how much do they owe to prior thinkers? What about their reception by political scientists, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, and other possibly relevant professional disciplines?
Obviously this question is somewhat open-ended, so answer or ignore as much as you like.


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Exclusive discount for Season Ticket Holders! Save $500 on a Private Suite, including infield and home plate locations, for all games in the regular season. Private Suites include 12 tickets, 4 parking passes, a catered food and nonalcoholic beverage package and a scoreboard message.
(Offer is subject to availability and restrictions apply.)
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Another option is our buy one facility on select dates and get another FREE! Private, Summit and Mezzanine locations available.
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Questions? Contact the VIP Hotline at 303.312.2222 for additional information and availability. Remember to let us know you are a Season Ticket Holder.
Mountain Ranch Club provides a unique game and dining experience. Reserved seating is available both outside on our two tiered patio and inside on the lower level of the restaurant. The large glass window becomes open air for seating inside when the weather permits. Tables accommodate two or four people and include a personal TV. Each game ticket includes $30-$50 of food/concession credit (depending on game date). Tables will be available as a Full Season, 20 game package option and limited availability for single game purchases.
Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille Reservations: As a Season Ticket Holder you will still be able to make Reservations in the Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille. Please note that the Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille is now the top tiers of the restaurant and bar. You may call Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. MT at (303) 312-2525.
Present you Season Ticket Holder Identification Card for a 10% discount on food items during games.
As our best fans, Rockies Season Ticket Holders are often extended the opportunity to receive exclusive ticket offers and discounts from our partners. Discounts and offers may be sent at various points throughout the year to the e-mail address we have on file with your account.
As a Season Ticket Holder you will receive 20% off any regular priced, non-collectible purchase.
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Vegetarian Polka Dot Stew
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes5 servings
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup uncooked pearl (Israeli) couscous
- 2 medium carrots, sliced
- 1 plum tomato, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 cans (19 ounces each) ready-to-serve tomato soup
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Shredded Parmesan cheese
- In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in the couscous, carrots, tomato, onion and garlic. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until tender and water is absorbed. Stir in the remaining ingredients; heat through. Sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition Facts1-1/2 cups: 309 calories, 2g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 879mg sodium, 60g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 10g fiber), 14g protein.
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May 15, 2018
Won't be making this again.
Jun 27, 2017
Turned out delicious! Both my husband and brother loved it. Im not a fan of cooked spinach so I skipped that bit but added extra cheese. I've made this about 4 times now. Soo gooood!!
Apr 2, 2013
This recipe took seconds to make and is delicious. I couldn't believe how good and healthy it was. My husband said he liked it better the next day after the flavors married a bit. Any time I can get my husband to eat and like a vegetarian meal, is a battle won on healthy vs. husband :)
Jan 24, 2012
This recipe is good. I cooked it in a slow cooker by putting all the ingredients in except the couscous and water. I doubled the beans and added two 14.5 oz cans of diced tomatoes. The cooked couscous was added later.
Jun 3, 2010
I cook for a family of four twice a week... they seriously ask me to make it at least one of the nights EVERY WEEK! haha! this recipe is easy and always turns out perfect for me.i make sure to use "pearled" cous cous every time to make it more polka-dot-like.
Feb 20, 2010
Excellent meal for a weeknight. To up the appeal for my (decidedly non-vegetarian) husband, I served this over roughly crushed tortilla chips. The fresh-grated parmesan cheese over the top is a perfect finishing touch.
Feb 18, 2010
Enjoyed this stew, but there is likely enough salt from the tomato soup that you don't need to add more. I used chicken broth to cook the couscous, so it was not vegetarian (but nice an rich) at our house. The children all enjoyed this stew as well the adults.


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Rigby won't seek third term in 63rd District office (UPDATED 3:53 p.m.)
WINSTED -- The 63rd District will have new representation along with its new boundaries.
State representative John Rigby announced on Monday that he will not seek a third term in the Connecticut General Assembly, citing family and work commitments. Rigby, a Republican who serves as the ranking Republican on the legislature's Labor Committee, is in his second term in the House of Representatives, having barely defeated challenger William Riiska in 2010. Rigby's final margin of victory in the race was 35 votes.
"I am keenly aware of the great responsibility that comes with representing the interests of thousands of people throughout the Northwest Corner," Rigby said in a press release. "It was a difficult decision to step away, but I have no doubt that it's the right move for me and my family."
So far, the only candidate, potential or declared, to file papers with the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission is Michael Renzullo, a Democratic Winsted Selectman. Renzullo officially entered the running in February, after he moved from an exploratory committee to a campaign committee, but there is still time for other candidates to throw their hats in the ring.
Winsted Republican Town Committee chairman Glenn Albanesius confirmed that his predecessor as committee chairman, David Cappabianca, intends to file his paperwork with the state in the coming days. Albanesius said several other candidates may declare their intentions as well, and according to town committee secretary Bryan Sundie, one of those candidates may be Jay Case, who is considering entering the race. Case, a former Winsted Selectman, confirmed his intentions in a press release on Tuesday.
"I've done my best to follow the examples set by my parents, both of whom encouraged me to do whatever I could to help my friends and neighbors," Case said in a press release. "That opportunity was what I enjoyed about serving as a selectman in Winsted, and I want to continue to work for others-- this time as their next state representative."
Redistricting carved up several districts in the northwest corner of the state, and the 63rd District received a significant makeover. The district stretched as far west as Falls Village and as far east as Hartland and Barkhamsted, but the newly-redrawn district encompasses Winsted and Colebrook, as well as parts of Goshen and Torrington.
Both of Torrington's current Representatives are Democrats, which could mark a change in the district's electorate. During the 2010 election, Rigby led Riiska by a total count of 2,151 to 2,060 in the five towns to be redistricted out of the 63rd District.
These towns will be divided between the 62nd and 64th Districts, represented by William Simanski and Roberta Willis, respectively. Willis and Michelle Cook, both Democrats, currently represent Torrington.
"My new mission will be helping Republican candidates who believe in the same kitchen table, common sense principles my constituents follow each and every day in their homes," Rigby said.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that Michael Renzullo had formed an exploratory committee. Renzullo officially entered the race in February. Additionally, the story said Rigby "barely defeated William Riiska twice". Rigby won the 2008 election with 70 percent of the vote, defeating Riiska 6,102 to 2,610. Rigby held his seat in the 2010 election by a 4,242 to 4,207 margin, following an automatic recount.
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text: This model of a mug is created by 3ds Max. It is in 'editable poly' form with 'mesh smooth' modifier applied. The handle and the decorations are different elements, they can be removed from the 'element' sub-object level, which is done and included in main zip file. By decreasing the render iterations value (which is currently in 2), it can be rendered as a low-poly object. I suggest to remove the stars and the curves in case of making the mug simple. I rendered the preview images with simple materials just for looking good. A multi/sub-object material can be applied so easily, the body and the handle have material ID 1 and the decorations have material ID 2.


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I've been selecting columns for a book of my favorites, written over the past 22 years for the editorial page of the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel. I just came across this column about Gene Letourneau, published shortly after his funeral in 1998. I still miss Gene. How about you?
Gene Letourneau's last cast
The warm breeze wafting through Sacred Heart Church in Waterville last Thursday surely must have carried Gene Letourneau's spirit to the great hunting ground beyond our imagination.
As expected, Letourneau's funeral featured stories about fly fishing and hunting dogs, but we also heard about his musical talent, faith in God, and devotion to his family, especially his lovely wife Lou who died in 1996. The light went out for Gene then, and he began his own hike to join Lou. He's there now, sipping that Heavenly cold clear spring water.
We are bereft, for the irreplaceable outdoor writer has left behind his canoe without so much as a wake we can ride for even a short way. His paddle dipped too quietly, I guess, for his bosses to realize the impact he was having on the people of Maine, his devoted readers and correspondents.
Gene's daily outdoors column, titled "Sportsmen Say," that started my day as a kid, is gone, found in none of today's daily newspapers, still wondering why they're losing subscribers.
I was privileged to appear in a video of reverence and praise presented to Gene at his spectacular retirement party at the Augusta Civic Center a few years ago. My remarks focused on the real magic of his newspaper column, in the section called "Chips from the blazed trail."
It was here that Gene presented first-hand reports he received in letters and phone calls from sportsmen throughout the state, accounts of their exciting adventures, latest fishing successes, hunting prowess or simple observations of wild birds and animals.
I always felt this was the secret of his column: he let the voices of his readers and fans be heard. "Sportsmen Say." Indeed.
Gene connected with people, whether or not they shared his passion for hunting and fishing, because he presented Maine's outdoor traditions in their own words, kept them informed, shared his extensive knowledge (while keeping some secret ponds to himself to protect those precious resources), always in simple, clear prose.
Every day started for us with some exciting news from Gene. Even cooped up in the office, we could be transported, briefly, into the wilds of Maine. It was glorious. And it came to us every day.
Gene was the only reporter, in all the years I've lobbied at the legislature and attended hearings there, to be called upon by legislators to offer his views from the audience.
"Gene, what do you think?" they'd often ask in the middle of a hearing or work session. And he would, in his humble quiet voice, without rising from his chair in the back, tell them.
That would be unthinkable today: a reporter called upon at a public hearing to provide advice. Such was the respect we all felt for this remarkable man.
Not surprisingly, his advice cut to the quick, offering common sense and focused on what was right for the natural resources he cherished. He made it seem simple. And it is.
Gene often criticized the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, holding their feet to the fire for mistakes. And he saw many. He was especially harsh on the agency for spending all of its federal funds on research and staff instead of habitat purchases and protection.
First to recognize the arrival of coyotes and their horrible impact on deer, he waited impatiently for years for DIF&W to acknowledge their presence and later their impact.
I was doing well at Gene's beautiful funeral service until his son, Fred, cast this final poem upon the water Gene now paddles.
At this time in my life, I can see the trail ends.
I've caught more than my limit of good times and friends.
I thank God every day for a long happy life,
For the music we made, for the love of my wife.
I'll take down the canoe for one final trip,
And cast a Grey Ghost gently over the slip.
Let no one believe that the best days are through,
Inscribe on my stone, please, "Gone fishin' with Lou."
I cast a few tears for that final trip we all must take, that final cast we all can take, and for what we have lost already.
It seems impossible that we will ever again pick up a daily newspaper in Maine to read about the hunting and fishing adventures of a favorite writer and our friends and fellow sportsmen. We get occasional reports, usually in weekend papers, but nothing day in and day out.
Maine's daily newspapers are sailing on different water today. I guess they figure the quiet waters canoed by Gene Letourneau are no longer exciting enough to sell papers. Oh, how wrong they are.
There was a lot of passion in that quiet, humble man, a sparkle in his eyes that let you know he loved every bit of his life, every song, every minute in the field. His was an exciting life, shared every day with his readers.
Hundreds of thousands of Mainers revered Gene Letourneau and doted on his every daily word. Where, oh where, will we find that daily dose of outdoor Maine now?
Kennebec Journal, July 13, 1998


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OSNews.com: Interview with Everaldo and Jimmac
OSNews.com interviewed two of the most popular artists in Linux world of art: Everaldo Coelho from KDE and Jakub Steiner (Jimmac) from the GNOME camp. Currently Everaldo works for Lindows and Jakub works for Novell. They were very kind to answer questions related with the art in Linux, its future and much more.
Good info
Nice and interesting interview. :)
By LinuxArt at Fri, 2004/05/21 - 5:00am
SVG incompatibilities
Reading again how the SVG created by Adobe Illustrator is not entirely compatible with KDE, wouldn't it just make sense to fix|extend our SVG implementation to understand the Illustrator extensions?
By Arend jr. at Fri, 2004/05/21 - 5:00am
Common Icon Set
Wieh the name's soon going to be the same when will KDE and Gnome have the same icon set?
By Ben Meyer at Fri, 2004/05/21 - 5:00am
Re: Common Icon Set
That's some way off yet, I'd guess. There was an effort by a RedHat guy to do this a while ago, but it failed.
However, there is a new project trying to push this, and some other interim solutions :) We're doing it through freedesktop.org, and so hope to do it "properly" rather than from one DE only, or as an external project.
We're working on:
- A set of tools to do cool things with SVGs (e.g. change colour schemes)
You can find most of the info on this page:
Though don't be misled - it's not just a project related to the lila icon theme ;) We've also got the Crystal GNOME and Flat people involved so far.
By Tom Chance at Fri, 2004/05/21 - 5:00am
Re: Common Icon Set
Sounds fantastic. Other then a few zellots I don't know anyone who doesn't use applications from multiple DE's so this will be most appreciated.
By Ben Meyer at Fri, 2004/05/21 - 5:00am
Re: Common Icon Set
>>There was an effort by a RedHat guy to do this a while ago, but it failed.
Why did it fail?
By JohnFlux at Sat, 2004/05/22 - 5:00am
OT: Why Mono is Currently An Unacceptable Risk
By ac at Sat, 2004/05/22 - 5:00am
GMail seems to have a serious problem...
By ac at Sat, 2004/05/22 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
Don't see anything wrong...
By Fred Emmott at Sat, 2004/05/22 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
Seems to be a KPart running in Koqueror.
By reihal at Sat, 2004/05/22 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
I think he was pointing at the "Gmail does not currently support your browser" text. This is easily fixable by adding the domain gmail.google.com/Mozilla 1.6 to the browser identification list.
By Niek at Sat, 2004/05/22 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
Far better to leave it as Konqueror and click "sign in anyway". That way they see Konqueror traffic, and QA the service with Konqueror, adding it to *their* list of supported browsers.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Mon, 2004/05/24 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
Even better: don't ever use Gmail, due to the horrible privacy issues.
Pay for an email service, or set up your own IMAP + webmail server if you can.
Maybe GMail could be useful as a file storage area, for strongly encrypted, not very private files, though? :-)
By Martin at Tue, 2004/05/25 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
gmail is MUCH better than any other webmail service.. it makes reading kde-cvs a snap :-)
By anon at Wed, 2004/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
Yes at least Google provides information regarding what they are doing with your information. Yes they do scan your email but only to provide you with targetted ads on the right side of the screen. A stated privacy policy, front and center, is much better than little or nothing.
Besides Google turned down Microsoft for a take over bid. Either they are MORE evil (I don't get that impression) or they are helping to forward the revolution...
I understand that Google runs a large RedHat cluster for most of their heavy analysis.
By Gordon at Sun, 2004/08/08 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
there is no mozilla 1.6 option in konq,
By VolcomPimp at Sat, 2004/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
> there is no mozilla 1.6 option in konq
Then create one.
By Anonymous at Sat, 2004/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
dono why my last post is on twice...
By VolcomPimp at Sat, 2004/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
In Control Center, Internet & Network/Web Browser/Browser Identification
By Anonymous at Sat, 2004/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
well what if it is not an option in this list of identifications (ie no version of mozilla more recent than 1.2 ...)?
By pep at Mon, 2004/07/12 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
1) That is my question also. Can we just change the list??
- I've tried both adding this to browser identification settings (chose 1.2), but nothing changed, when I try to login again.
2) I've also tried just ignoring gmails 'does not work, but continue anyway' link, and that also just returns to "index page", after I enter username/pass.
So that gets me a bit further than 1).
By beast at Wed, 2004/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
Yes you can change the list, but no it doesn't help!
On Gentoo the folder with the browser identities is:
I edited mozoncurrent.desktop, to give firefox 0.9.3 user/id to no avail
Can anybody with a mac post the 100% correct Safari >=1.21 user/id? That may well work...
By David Connolly at Thu, 2004/08/19 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
I tried using a current Safari User Agent string with Konqueror/KDE 3.2.3 on FreeBSD. Still no go logging into gmail. I get the same response that I get with no masqueraded user agent, but without the warning.
User Agent I used:
By David Early at Wed, 2004/08/25 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
te invito ven a gmail atte flora
By flora at Fri, 2005/10/07 - 5:00am
Re: GMail
may be somebody knows what exactly GMail needs to work correctly, so we can choose what identification string is the most correct? i thought that it based on safari engine, but it did not worked, so i needed to use Mozilla 1.7.3 identification to get it work
By SS at Thu, 2005/11/17 - 6:00am
Where is the source of the icons?
Both Everaldo Coelho and Jakub Steiner do their Icons in Adobe Illustrator. Where can one download the source files (.ai) of the icons? Or are the icons not Open Source at all?
By testerus at Sun, 2004/05/23 - 5:00am
Re: Where is the source of the icons?
By Torsten Rahn at Tue, 2004/05/25 - 5:00am
Adobe Illustrator
It's a shame that Adobe does not provide its products for Linxu and we lack behind in that area. However sodipodi is not that bad.
And there is other software such as Css-Editor Style studio where there is no equivalent Linux tool.
By gerd at Mon, 2004/05/24 - 5:00am
Yay, you're back!
Where did the site disappear to? I only noticed how often I checked for updates once it stopped responding.
By Bob at Wed, 2004/06/16 - 5:00am