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FRAMINGHAM - Like leafing through a stack of old yearbooks, visiting Alumni House brings back memories of life at Framingham State from the innocent old days of white pinafores to the Class of 2014, graduating into a very different world.
Since 1971, a stately three-story house on Adams Road, built nearly a century ago by a grain merchant, has served as the repository for the archives, memorabilia and collected recollections of thousands of students who attended the Normal School that grew into a college and then university in the heart of Framingham.
The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni, which owns Alumni House, is celebrating the 140th anniversary of its role maintaining records, preserving artifacts of student life and assisting thousands of undergraduates and alumni.
Executive Director Deborah Cleveland said, "We're the keepers of the history and memories of our special family.''
Since its founding in 1839 as the Normal School in Lexington, the current Framingham State University has gone through 11 name changes.
In 1853, it was designated as the State Normal School in Framingham and became the State Teachers College in Framingham in 1932. After becoming Framingham State Teachers College in 1945, it became Framingham State College in 1965 and Framingham State University in 2010.
Drawing from its own archives and objects loaned by alumni, the exhibit is strongest when it evokes the innocent nostalgia of an all-girls campus when the drama club staged plays with female students playing male roles and the sophomore class built an annual May Pole and students danced around it until the 1970s. Kegs parties were decades away.
Kathie Patterson recalled having a "fabulous and wonderful time'' as a member of the Class of 1974, several years after males were first admitted in 1964.
A former elementary school teacher, she "enjoyed the photos and objects in the exhibit that showed student life from way back when to modern times.'' She's especially glad the exhibit chronicles the social changes on campus and FSU's new emphasis on science and technology.
"Before men got there, students were wearing white gloves. But things changed and it moved into modern times,'' said Patterson. "It's really something to see how the college has changed so much over the years.''
Filling seven rooms and the hallways of the three-story house's rooms, the "140th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit'' mixes archival photos of campus life, souvenirs of the institution's evolving role and tributes to graduates' achievements. Visitors don't have to be alumni to see the exhibit.
A 1973 graduate who majored in history, Cleveland said in just the last year the Alumni Association provided financial aid to 75 students through numerous scholarships and gave financial assistance to six alumni.
She added that the association played a significant role in raising funds to preserve the college chapel in the 1990s.
Visitors will see the bustles and corsets worn by turn-of-the 20th century students and photos of a handsome young politician named John F. Kennedy candidate visiting campus. They'll groan at old rules requiring students to sign in and out of the dormitories and get permission for nights away from campus and smile and the gift ukulele signed by the entire Class of 1926.
One poignant aspect of the exhibit features visits to the college by John F. Kennedy and later efforts organized by now-retired English Professor Emeritus Mary Murphy, who organized students, staff and local volunteers to address 15,000 reply cards for Jacqueline Kennedy in 1964 after the president's assassination.
And, in the first-floor dining room, visitors will see a dinner plate-sized Toll House chocolate chip cookie, an edible tribute to alumni Ruth Graves Wakefield who invented the recipe 14 years after graduating in 1924 with a degree in Househouse Arts from what was then the Framingham State Normal School.
Colleen Zammer, a 1989 grad who has baked specially wrapped souvenir cookies for the exhibit, credited the association for organizing an exhibit that conveys "the small community feeling'' alumni treasure about their college years.
"The exhibit shows former and prospective students what life is like on campus, the fun they can have and the accomplishments they can achieve,'' said the board member from Abington. "It might look different to people from different classes, but they'll be reminded it was a time to learn and grow.''
Zammer said "the longevity of the college and (IAFSA ) speaks for itself.
"I think it demonstrates the university and association have been doing something right to keep going for so long. They continue to propagate many things that made students appreciate it way back when and that's why they keep coming back,'' she said.
Chris Bergeron is a Daily News staff writer. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 508-626-4448. Follow us on Twitter @WickedLocalArts and on Facebook.
"The 140th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit''
WHERE: Alumni House, 42 Adams Road, Framingham WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, through the fall. On Thursday, July 10, the IAFSA will celebrate its 140th anniversary during an Open House from 1 to 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served. ADMISSION: Free INFO: 508-872-9770; www.alumnihouse.org
Exhibit at Alumni House celebrates student life at Framingham State
FRAMINGHAM - Like leafing through a stack of old yearbooks, visiting Alumni House brings back memories of life at Framingham State from the innocent old days of white pinafores to the Class of 2014, graduating into a very different world.

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ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I., - November 9, 2010 – The Ritz-Carlton Club, St. Thomas recently named Ronald Hulsey as the new general manager of the oceanfront, destination club property. In his new role, Hulsey will oversee daily operations for the largest Ritz-Carlton Destination Club property with 105 destination club residences spread over 10 acres and located adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas.
"I am delighted to welcome Ronald back to The Ritz-Carlton Family and to this opportunity in St. Thomas," said John Hearns, vice president, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences operations. "His prior experience with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company complemented by his extensive residential management familiarity makes Ronald an excellent choice to lead our Ladies and Gentlemen in St. Thomas and to provide our Members with exemplary vacation experiences."
Most recently Hulsey was general manager of Cibolo Creek Ranch Resort, a luxury boutique resort in Texas. He started his career with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC in 2005 as the opening director of residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. During his three year tenure in Grand Cayman, Hulsey also assumed responsibility for golf operations, which included a nine-hole Greg Norman designed signature course. Prior to joining the opening team at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, Hulsey gained extensive residential property management and private country club management experience over a 26-year span in various leadership positions at three private country clubs and two residential resort communities in Texas.
A native of Texas, Hulsey and his wife, Barbara, are relocating to St. Thomas.
About The Ritz-Carlton Club, St. Thomas
Located on the eastern tip of St. Thomas on a half-mile stretch of beach, the 105-residence Club provides a luxurious vacation home in paradise – without the maintenance and responsibilities associated with home ownership. Members enjoy personal concierge services, which assist them with their every need prior to and throughout their stay, and the privileged use of the services and amenities available at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas – including the 53-foot catamaran, Lady Lynsey, and a full-service spa, salon and fitness center. Designed as a private club, Members have the opportunity to access their luxuriously-appointed home Club or other Ritz-Carlton Destination Clubs through reciprocal use privileges. Members also have the ability to utilize additional time as available. For information, please visit "www.ritzcarltondestinationclub.com".


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American-style pineapple & banana pancakes
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal230
- fat6g
- saturates1g
- carbs42g
- sugars11g
- fibre1g
- protein6g
- salt0.7g
- 100g/4oz fresh or drained canned pineapple
With its tuft of spiky, dusty green leaves and cross-hatched, golden orange skin, the pineapple…
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- 1 tsp baking powder
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Sunflower oil
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- Greek yogurt and maple syrup, to serve
Yogurt is made by adding a number of types of harmless bacteria to milk, causing it to ferment.…
Roughly chop the pineapple and slice the banana. Tip the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar into a bowl and mix well.
Make a well into the centre and crack in the egg, then gradually mix the egg into the flour, adding the milk gradually to make a soft batter.
Stir in the pineapple and banana. Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the batter in heaped tablespoonsful, well apart to allow them to spread. When bubbles appear on the surface, flip the pancakes over and cook until light golden.
Cook all the pancakes and keep them warm. Serve 2-3 pancakes with a spoonful of yogurt and a little maple syrup poured over.
Recipe Tip
Making it differentOther fruit combos that work well in this batter include a small, chopped mango and the grated rind of a lime (omit the cinnamon); 100g/4oz blueberries and a small chopped ripe pear, or replace the fresh fruit with 100g/4oz ready-to eat dried fruit such as chopped apricot and sour cherries or cranberries. Replace the yogurt with a good scoop of vanilla ice-cream
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New Flavored Fizzy Waters from Spindrift Soda
As a member of the Soda Stream club, I pump multiple bottles of seltzer at home daily. Any other fizzy water fiends out there? Then you, too, will appreciate this new line of fruity flavored waters from Spindrift Sodas. We've already tried all six of their "anti-sodas": all of them just barely sweet with real fruity-pulpy bits floating around in the carbonated drinks, and no more than 70 calories per bottle.
Spindrift just released a new line waters, which come in three flavors: Lemon (zero calories), Raspberry-Lime and Tangerine (both 10 calories). It's carbonated water with just a splash of fruitiness, and none of that fakey aspartame aftertaste since all of the ingredients are natural.
Lemon: Brightly citric, without tasting like lemon dish soap. Very refreshing; tastes like you just squeezed a real lemon wedge into fizzy water, instead of some artificial lemon syrup, as is often the case with other lemon-flavored waters.
Raspberry-Lime: Raspberry puree with a deeply fruity, slightly tart berry flavor and fresh lime juice to cut it with some tanginess.
Tangerine: Very reminiscent of Orangina, but without the sweet soda aftertaste. Sparkling water with just enough fresh-squeezed juice to give it a mild tangerine-y essence.
Finally! Some flavored waters that actually taste like freshly picked-from-nature fruit. But because they're so fresh, the drinks can't be shipped with other sodas in warm crates packed into trucks. Spindrift founder Bill Creelman had to find distributors of fish, produce, and cheese willing to deliver his bottles with other perishable items, hence the limited distribution to markets. You can currently find Spindrift at select stores in Cape Cod, Nantucket, New York, Chicago, Boston, Charleston, Portland, Newport, Burlington, and around California. Or order them online.
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This essay will focus on violence in the forms of prostitution, pornography, and sadomasochism because I think that through an exploration of these, one can find the roots of violence against women. In arguing this, I'm not saying that violence against women is a recent phenomenon. I'm saying that prostitution and sadism have existed for millennia. For example, pornography is not a phenomenon of the twentieth century—for example, ancient Greece had "art" depicting gang rape of prostitutes, sexual abuse of boys, and so forth. This also raises a contentious question: what constitutes "violence against women?" As a radical feminist, I include the ejaculation industry , also known as the "sex industry", as being part of it. This includes prostitution in all its forms, including pornography, stripping, escort services, and, in ways, women who are in relationships with men for economic security, as well as sadopatriarchy, generally known as BDSM (bondage, domination-submission, sadomasochism).And I just wanted to say to this person (still may, actually) that... there's a difference between what we think and what we do, and a difference between what we do and what we mimic.
If one is doing exactly what one's oppressor does, for example gay male pornography that eroticizes gay bashing, child sexual abuse, battery, and rape, how does that change anything? How is self-hatred and/or hatred of others suddenly revolutionary when sexualized?
[When asked by me why she's a member of a BDSM related community on LJ]
I want to be more assertive, but not aggressive. I'm not interesting in harming or humiliating my partner. I don't fantasize about it [BDSM] anymore (haven't for years--but have still had unequal fantasies a few times, about pedophilia).
I think there's a lot of emphasis in anti-BDSM circles (or other circles that are "sex-critical" (in quotes because it's only one phrase I've heard to describe people, and some don't identify with it)) on what you think about. What fantasies go through your head, and how and why. It's all about whether what's in your head is "what the oppressor does."
And if you do play, or you do like the rough sex or the D/s, or whatever, there's no possibility of it being playful or mocking or subverting the actual violent experiences. (By "subverting" I'm not here arguing that doing scenes by itself is politically meaningful/destabilizing of norms. I'm meaning "change/remap the meaning of this particular experience. Mock it, be a send-up of it, etc.)
And that just strikes me as strange, because I think back to childhood, and... kids play all the time. Kids re-map, think about, toy with their experiences through play all the time. It's a part of what play does and is about for a child: practice for adult life, attempts to experience or at least mentally visualize experiences they've not had (whether that be being a parent, having a job, or being a fairy princess astronaut rockstar. ;)
And... kids' play is not always innocent. Kids who have experienced abuse will often try to work out what happened to them in play, copy behaviors they've seen, etc. Some kids also just like to play naughtily. I remember best friends of mine burning the ends of toothpicks with candles, then putting the charred picks in our mouths, pretending they were cigarettes. I don't think any of us went on to smoke, and I know I for one thought cigarettes were Very Bad News.
But it was fun to pretend to be bad. And we had lots of games in which we did: Bonnie and Clyde-style, criminals on the run, with glamorous lives. Did it mean we wanted to steal, fight, rape? No.
(the following may be triggering/upsetting)
Actually one thing my friend in that particular game often wanted -- which leads me to wonder now if anything did ever happen to her as a kid, but I have no idea -- was play rape. We didn't actually know what the word meant, as you'll see in a moment, but we were playing "bad people" -- and how would a Bad Guy and his moll have sex? It would be Bad People Sex, and Bad People raped.
We didn't really gather that rape meant nonconsensual, just that it meant Bad + Sex. So my friend would climb onto my parents' bed and writhe, crying out "Rape me, Jack! Rape me!" while I looked on dumbly, knowing too little about the mechanics of sex to even know how to ape it and feeling nervous and scared and like I shouldn't play at *rape*, whatever it was, because it was something horrible in the real world, though I didn't know what or why.
I don't know. Some play can definitely hurt too, whether it's kids playing darkly or adults doing edgy BDSM. But playing with difficult things is a part of life. Imagining yourself in unjust situations, wondering what you'd do, wanting to feel the power or the awe of another person. And surely there's no reason to curse people for what they think about rather than what they do. The whole idea of not having or not wanting fantasies any more is so odd to me. Who cares what you thought about today? Why do you?
And yes, I get that some anti-BDSM people think that doing BDSM at all counts as "doing" exactly what you're thinking of doing -- but I don't buy that. I don't see how doing something in a consciously playful context as an adult is any different than playing as a kid. I don't even see why it's assumed that adults shouldn't play -- clearly kids need more play as a developmental thing, but it's never seemed to me that we completely change as we move from one stage of our lives to another.
I mean, the "play" defense doesn't defend long-term D/s by itself because those power roles are real. But even there -- how is a consensual contract/dynamic that's constantly re-examined and re-negotiated (as it is in the case of anyone I know who has a successful relationship) the same as slavery, when the concept of one is a working intimate relationship and the concept of the other is an unpaid laborer (yes, even in the case of a sexual slave) with no rights?
People have a very odd definition of sameness.


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Road crews say it's a waste to fix roads until it gets dry
This warmer weather is certainly a needed break from the bitter cold, but area public works crews warn it's making the roads deteriorate further.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said a portion of Interstate 94 at Ryan Road is one of their top priorities when pothole season comes to an end.
It's been repaired several times this winter already, but crews said it's a waste of taxpayer money to fix them again until there are a few dry days.
It's nearly impossible to swerve around every single bump, frost heave or pothole. Almost every county in the state has its prime problem areas.
Sonia Wooten said driving around Wauwatosa is brutal on her car.
"Oh, my God, you cannot avoid the potholes. They are like everywhere in the street, and this is just going down North Avenue, and I think they could do a better job," Wooten said.
Brian DeNeve, with the Department of Transportation, said their crews are doing the best job they can, but said they are battling the weather pattern of warm air then snow and cold.
"If we were to go grind down some of those bumps, we would just have to repair those repairs, even more so, so is that really the smartest way to allocate our resources when we can just wait a little while, and hopefully Mother Nature is on our side," DeNeve said.
Whether you're on the interstate or on a city street like Wisconsin Avenue, it feels as though you're riding in a bumper car.
Menomonee River Parkway is such a mess that drivers dodge danger just to get through.
It's bad enough during the daylight trying to navigate around the potholes, but when it gets dark, people really can't see where the divots are in the road, and that makes it especially dangerous for drivers and their cars.
Roads rip open when it gets warm too fast, so road crews are hoping for dry air instead.
Drivers just want a smooth ride.
"It's very frustrating. You pay taxes for certain things, and that's one of them. I think it should be fixed a bit better," said Ken Kaye of Milwaukee.
WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino spoke with the DOT Friday evening about the price tag for all these repairs. It said it's just too early to tell and asked drivers to just have patience right now.


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Dear Reader: Do you think you are related to the individuals listed in this post? Please drop me a note! I love hearing from cousins and others researching my family!
My great-great grandfather Fridolin Wild was born on 6 Mar 1844 in Aibling, Germany. He arrived in the United States in 1868, via Buenos Aires, and lived in San Antonio, Texas, until he died in 1919.
Fridolin held various positions in sales throughout his life. He was a traveling salesman and returned to Germany briefly in 1889 according to a passport application and ship passenger list. The 1910 census appears to show that he was a partner in the wholesale liquor business. I hope it wasn't Prohibition that did him in.
Fridolin married Lina Hoyer in 21 Sep 1872. Her parents were from Germany as well.
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It's really a pity. You're side is getting so desperate, they're into trying anything. They believe the populace is sooooo stupid that they would believe that Saddam was sincere enough to extend an olive branch and war could have been avoided. CUMBAYAH!
Meanwhile the economy is improving, support for the war is steady, the nine mental midgets are imploding and little-by-little states are turning red.
Nine, freaking candidates, a sympathetic media and not one can put a dent in the "Fratboy" and "Pork Chop's" popularity.
It just gets better and better!


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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
New kit Red Leopard & a Freebie too!
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Check out my new kit I call Red Leopard. I'm obseesed with artist Arthur Crowe and his tube Leopardess inspired me to make this kit.14 papers 1000 X 1000
60 Elements, and so much more than shown in preview! i can't shove it all in!
You can buy at in my store right now at Treasured Scraps
I've made a little freebie sampler for you all too. I hope you like it.
Which you can download HERE
Sunday, June 12, 2011
I Need a Man Blog Train
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Some fellow designers and I have made up a freebie train for you! We chose a masculine theme and color palette as it's Father's Day this month, and we celebrate maleness in all forms! LOL. I hope you enjoy. People might be in different time zones, so if their part isn'[t psted, stop by then next day to check! Leave some love along your way!
Here are all the stops.
Crystal with: Crystal's Scrap Creations
Heza with: HezaScraps
Darlin with: Darlin's Creations
Jessica with: Gothic Inspirations
Shani with: Wicked Princess Scraps
My preview is here. You can download my part HERE.
Here are all the stops.
Crystal with: Crystal's Scrap Creations
Heza with: HezaScraps
Darlin with: Darlin's Creations
Jessica with: Gothic Inspirations
Shani with: Wicked Princess Scraps
My preview is here. You can download my part HERE.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June Blog train- Strawberry Wine
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Gothic Inspirations blog train this month is called Strawberry Wine. I decided to to give you a CU freebie! I hope you enjoy it and can use it.
Here's the rest of the stops. make sure to leave some thanks if you snag the goodies!
Jo with: A Taggers Scrap
Angel with: Angel Flower Scraps
Annette with: AW Design
Becky with: Becky's Creations
Jill with: Created By Jill Scraps
Stu with: Creative Crazy Scraps
Daniela with: DarkMoon's Dream
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Sharon with: Designs by SharonB
Pia with: Digital Blue Print
Miriam with: Ellanoir design
Jessica with: Gothic Inspirations
Hezalin with: HezaScraps & Tags
Victoria with: Maitri Scraps
Sally with: Mythical Designs
Angel with: Naughty's Angel Creations
Nette with: Nette's NightOwl Works
Lee with: MidnightMusic WordArt
Edna with: Miss Edna's Place
Pam with: pamkez
Rieka with: Rieka Rafita
Kimberly with: Scrap Rebellion
Stef with: Stef's Scrapkits
Kara with: Sweet Cravings Scraps
Tracey with: Tracey's Tags and Treasures
Tracy with: Tracy Did It
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Mark Taylor
125 Ratings
Ideal Property Inspections
Franklin, TN
BS Degree 20+ Yrs Const Lic Gen Cont NHIE & PHII Cert NACHI, Cert Mold Insp NEHA Cert Radon Insp TN Lic.,Ins.
We perform inspections with immediate feedback to our clients during the insp. Reports are detailed yet easy-to-read & inc. digital pics for easy understanding. Inspections are performed to the highest standards in the industry.
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Nashville, TN
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Mt Juliet, TN
Tennessee State License #1490
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Nashville, TN
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Jesse Zumbro
2 Ratings
Zumbro Home Inspection
Clarksville, TN
TN Licensed (#1676) Certified Professional Inspector
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Jason Daley
58 Ratings
Daley Home Inspections, LLC.
Mount Juliet, Tn
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ASHI Certified Inspector,Tennessee License#1087,ITA Trained. NADRA Deck Inspector. Certified Residential Thermographer
Combining over 15 years of experience in most phases of residential construction and conducting insurance inspections. We offer Pre-purchase, New Construction Inspections, Builders Warranty inspections & Radon testing. Call to schedule.
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Sammy Durrett
230 Ratings
Easy Choice Home Inspections
Gallatin , TN
TN licenes 1419 , member HITA, member SAR
We will simply give you the facts, so you can make your home buying choice easy.
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David Klein
1 Ratings
Reliable Inspection Service Experts, LLC
Baxter, TN
TN State Lic. #1959, InterNACHI member
17+ years in the construction industry afforded me the knowledge and understanding of residential & commercial developments. Now I share my experience with you by providing quality inspections in the Upper Cumberland area.
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John McDevitt
1 Ratings
AmeriSpec of Music City
Brentwood, TN
TN Lic. # 1460 ; FAA Remote Pilot Cert. 3912027 ASHI and HITA
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Jason Perigo
170 Ratings
Cumberland Inspection Service LLC
Dickson, TN
TN Home Inspector License # 1361 TN Elec License # 00057162 INACHI # 14121208 IAEI # 7019356
Our customers are everything to us. Providing you with honest, straight forward, and detailed information is our mission. We are here for you before and after the inspection. Call us anytime and we will be glad to help.
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Lane Rockensock
1 Ratings
Rock Solid Home Inspection llc
Lebanon , Tn
Tennessee License Number 1976. InterNACHI member Radon certified Thermal camera certified
15+ years in multiple trades gives us a very particular set of skills. Skills we will use to insure your investment functions properly, but most importantly is safe for your family.
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Larry Rollins CMI
34 Ratings
Top 2 Bottom Home Inspections
Lebanon, TN
Tn License #477. Certified Master Inspector, Gold Member of Homegauge, Member BNI international. Radon Certified.
One of ten Certified Master Inspector's in Tennessee, I bring 35 years of residential construction and inspection experience to bare. Standard inspectors are only held to state minimum standards, I enjoy being held to the highest standards.
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475 Ratings
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Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson suffered minor injuries when a truck collided with his SUV on the Long Island Expressway in New York Monday night.
The rapper was treated at a Queens hospital for minor neck and back injuries, a spokeswoman told NBC 4 New York in a statement.
"He was released this morning and is doing fine," his rep said.
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The crash was first reported by Thisis50.com, a site with ties to 50's official website, according to Today.com.
The site said 50's bullet-proof SUV nearly flipped over after having been rear-ended by a Mack truck.
Photos posted on Thisis50 showed the rapper wearing a neck brace on a stretcher, the damaged SUV and the truck that hit it.


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Governor Nixon Pushes for Money to Rebuild Fulton State Hospital
FULTON - Gov. Jay Nixon pushed for the legislature Thursday morning to approve a $198 million bond to be used to repair the Fulton State Hospital.
The hospital is Callaway County's largest employer and is in disrepair, which critics say is a safety hazard to hospital staff and patients.
Gov. Jay Nixon assured that if passed, the $198 million bond would meet revenue estimates.
The bond does not need voters approval to be passed. When asked whether putting the bond before the legislature rather than taking the issue to voters was unconstitutional, Nixon said that was not an issue.
Kurt Schaefer, R-19th District, who is chairman of the Senate appropriations committe, has questioned why Nixon is insistant to rebuild the Fulton State Hospital. Schaefer said Nixon has seemed uninterested in the past. Nixon said he has always been a supporter of rebuilding voters shouldn't be distracted by political rhetoric.
Last year, the legislature approved $14 million which is now being used for site designs. Nixon is asking for supplemental funding to go towards the operations of the new Fulton State Hospital during its first year in operation. The approval of the supplemental funding means if the $198 million bond is approved, the rebuild of the new Fulton State Hospital will be ready to go immediately.


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Overall: [42-23] Last week: [3-3]
Washington 14 – California 22: I predict a low scoring game. Hopefully can get revenge for To$h as well as the bowl streak ending two years ago. A big win on the national spotlight on Friday night might bring second life into the program.
Stanford 28 – Colorado 17: Stanford is going to be begin musical chairs but should take care of the Buffs.
Washington State 14 – Utah 34: I think Utah is a team to watch down the stretch in the Pac-12.
Oregon 35 – USC 26: Been looking forward to this game for a while. The shine has been wiped off a bit because of USC's two losses but this should be entertaining none the less.
Arizona 23 – UCLA 48: UCLA win for the California is starting to look more and more like a blip on both sides.
Arizona State 17 – Oregon Sate 24: Corvallis is a tough place to play. Just ask USC or Cal.


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On one side of the debate, the city claims they properly notified the surrounding community about plans for the 216-room hotel, and on the other is a community that says they were blindsided by the move.
Community Board 4 district manager Christian Cassagnol said he was just as surprised as everyone else when he received a letter from the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) on June 6.
"It's not that we're against the homeless situation," Cassagnol clarified, stating his support for housing the homeless. "It's just that there is this element of shady practice going on here."
Although he acknowledged that CB4 would not have any control over the decision from DHS to use the site, Cassagnol suggested the lack of communication from operator Samaritan Village and the hotel owner is what has led to the community uproar.
"The hotel refused to put management on the phone under all circumstances," he said. "By the time they informed us it was going to happen, it was too late."
Cassagnol suggested the very vocal opposition in Community Board 5 over a proposed 125-family shelter on Cooper Avenue in Glendale could be one possible reason for the lack of communication.
"This is my first time ever dealing with Samaritan Village," he said. "We're trying to set up a meeting, but in my opinion, this is something that should have been done a month ago."
A representative from DHS said this week that the decision to house families with children at the Pan Am Hotel "was made after the Glendale Civic Association meeting," on May 22 and that all elected officials were notified about the facility.
"As the number of families with children residing in temporary, emergency shelter grows, we must consider all available options to address our capacity needs and meet our legally mandated right to shelter," the representative said in a statement. "In the short term, DHS is using the Queens Boulevard facility to provide essential shelter and supportive services to families with children."
Councilman Daniel Dromm responded that his office was left out of the outreach process.
"I am upset that I was only informed that 36 homeless families would be given shelter at the Pan Am Hotel as it was actually happening at around 4:45 p.m. last Friday night," Dromm said last week. "My office and our community were given no advance notice."
With the Metro Hotel homeless shelter just one block from Pan Am, Dromm said his main concern is the overcrowding in nearby schools and the community.
"The hotel has 216 rooms. I believe it is bad policy to bring that many needy people into one place," Dromm said. "While I recognize and support the need to house our homeless, I believe that this number is way too large. While DHS has promised my office added security and additional social services at the site, I still believe Elmhurst is overburdened."


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Fabrications Craft Club – NO CRAFT CLUB!
26th December 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm£5
Welcome to Fabrications fortnightly Thursday evening Community Craft Club!
An open studio night where you can come as a group of friends or on your own, meet other local crafters in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Tea and biscuits will be provided, sometimes club participants bring in home made cakes, which is always a well received surprise!
If you have attended any of our classes, the craft club offers extra support and an opportunity to practise what you've learnt and maintain continuity with your learning. Bring along your personal projects, SOS (save our stitches!) or making dilemmas (be it knitting, crochet, sewing etc), get some advice from Barley or other club participants, get access to our workshop facilities.
The evening is self directed. A fun and creative evening of social making and sharing.
*If you would like to use a sewing machine – PLEASE BOOK IN, as machines will be limited.
*If you would like to use a sewing machine – PLEASE BOOK IN, as machines will be limited.
Basic sewing skills required. EMail or call on 020 7275 8043.
(If you would like to learn how to use a sewing machine and basic machine sewing skills, we offer the following classes"Provisional Driving" – introduction to using a sewing machine and "Beginners Sewing" & 'Introduction to garment alterations"


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Chicago Tribune Exec Leaving Company
By: Robert Channick | Chicago Tribune
Brad Moore, who oversees RedEye, TribLocal and other niche publications for the Chicago Tribune Media Group, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities, executives said Friday.
Moore, vice president of targeted media and business development, is credited with helping develop a diverse portfolio of publications into an emerging profit center, according to executives. The group also includes Chicago Magazine, Metromix, Hoy and Mash.


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New Living Art IV
November 7th – Dec 8th
Opening Reception Thursday, November 7th at Steambox, 5 -7pm and Moxie Studios from 7 – 10pm
The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art [IMOCA] is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the fourth annual New Living Art exhibition on Thursday, November 7th, 2013.
In 1943, a group of artists rebelling at the closed, conservative, 'tennis club' institutions for art, decided to stand together and do something about it. The Irish Exhibition of Living Art, which was created and thrust into being in that meeting, was not just a response to not being in 'the club;' it was arguably the incentive, or perhaps the incendiary, that sparked the atmosphere that allowed many or most of the opportunities available to Irish-based artists today- The Arts Council, Culture Ireland and the Percent For Art scheme, among others. IMOCA established the NLA exhibition in 2010 as a tribute to that vision and determination.
The curator selected for the NLA IV is Emmanuelle Marion, Co-Director of D.Ploy Dublin, and Curator Director of Bio.Space033, a multi-disciplinary creative space in Dublin. Marion has been working in Cultural policy and International arts management for almost 15 years both in Ireland and abroad. She based her curatorial approach to this exhibit around the theme, "Locked in, Locked Out," in reference to the centenary anniversary of the Dublin Lock-out.
"The centenary of the Dublin Lock-Out is a unique opportunity to assess our social and political status quo, not only as a Nation, but also globally" says Marion. It also coincides with Ireland's presidency of the EU- "That's why we invited several international artists to join 30 Irish artists in exploring universal notions of identity, power and justice."
The exhibit will once again span IMOCA's two current affiliate art centres, Moxie Studios in D2 and Steambox in D8, with an opening reception at Steambox from 5pm – 7:00 and at Moxie from 7pm – 10pm.
NLA IV gallery hours are Tuesdays- Sundays 12 -5pm through December 8th.
IMOCA would like to give special thanks to our supporters, which include The Goethe Institute, The French Embassy, Camoens, D.Ploy Dublin, Inov8 Print & Design, Moxie Studios and Steambox. image C. Rosaleen Breen
Introducing some of our participating International Artists:
Sara Maia is one of Portugal's foremost artists. Her work has been described as a cross-over between Frida Kahlo, Hieronymus Bosch and Goya. Sara Maia will present a troubling site-specific installation created over 2 months in Dublin especially for the NLA. Sara Maia's work is shown around the globe, most recently at the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Museo de la Republica in Lisbon, and at the Galerie Kuzcynski Paris next spring. Sara will teach masterclasses during the course of the exhibition.
Kevin Abosch Claiming roots in the USA, France & Ireland, the world- acclaimed photographer's quest is to take celebrity portraiture to a whole new level. From the impressive collection 'Faces of Ireland' presented in Dublin airport to the 'Faces of Tech' showcased on Times Square, Abosch has been photographing citizens of many countries, activists, artists and even vegetables. For the NLA he will present his new series 'Intimate Portraits of Killing Machines'.
Participating Artists:
Kevin Abosch
Rosaleen Breen
Eilbhe Brennan
Úna Burke
Sinéad Curran
Gerry Davis
Jim Doyle
Angie Duignan
Aoife Flynn
Amanda Jane Graham
Dee Harte
Robert Henke
Daire Irwin
Billy Kenrick
Patricia Klich
Aly Lavin
Róisín Loughrey
Kevin Maguire
Sara Maia
Steven Maybury
Karl McClelland
Sinéad McDonald
Hugh McElveen
Brenda Murphy
Lorraine Neeson
Eoin O'Dowd
Kate O'Kelly
Damien O'Reilly
Rosie O'Reilly
Sara Pfrommer
Paul Quast
Erin Quinn
Félix Ramon
Niamh Redmond
Amanda Rice
Eva Richardson McCrea
Irene Siragusa
Gianna Tasha Tomasso
Michael Bruce Weston


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On a day that was all about MLS history in a game that was all about Chris Wondolowski, the league's best striker wouldn't be denied.
The San Jose forward potted a PK in the first half, tying Roy Lassiter's single-season mark of 27 goals as the Quakes played to a 1-1 tie at JELD-WEN field against a very game Portland Timbers side. Bright Dike put home his fifth of the season midway through the second half for the final score.
OPTA Chalkboard: Portland gum up the works vs. SJ
Lassiter set the record in 1996, and it hadn't been approached in a decade. The record-tying strike came thanks to Wondolowski's partner up top, Steven Lenhart, who was pulled down in the box by Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts for a clear penalty.
Wondolowski took the penalty kick in the 24th minute, calmly pounding it past Ricketts for the 1-0 lead. But from there, the Timbers put the clamps on.
Led by defenders David Horst and Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Portland gave San Jose precious few looks on net. And come the second half, they began to put a bit of pressure in the other direction, attacking brightly through Diego Chara and Darlington Nagbe.
But it was Dike who was the man on the spot, equalizing in the 67th minute when he cleaned up a rebound from his own shot on San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch. Those were Portland's first and second shots on goal after a punchless first hour.
The build up to Dike's goal came on a counter after Wondolowski just missed out on a golden opportunity to set the record. His header on a cross by Shea Salinas angled just outside the left goalpost.
That turned out to be the striker's last, best chance to better Lassiter's record. He and San Jose eventually had to settle for the draw, which sees them into the playoffs on a nine-game unbeaten run, but with only one win in their last four.
The result for the Timbers puts a merciful end to a disappointing season, albeit with a few positives coming off their Cascadia Cup-winning victory last weekend over the Vancouver Whitecaps. Portland went unbeaten in the three-game series with San Jose, with two ties and a victory, and lost just once in their last four. They'll have the third overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft.
San Jose will play the winner of the LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver Whitecaps Knockout Round next weekend.


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UCLA Anderson Essay 1
1. Please provide us with a summary of your personal and family background. Include information about your parents and siblings, where you grew up, and perhaps a special memory of your youth. (Please limit to 2 pages, double-spaced)
All essays of Anderson require double spacing. 1 page or two page. I'm not sure what the font size or margin spacing should be. That would affect the word limit a lot.
Well, this essay is a lot different from all the essays of application. It forces you to focus on your personal side. I guess you have to be strictly personal in this essays as they want to know who you are personally rather than professionally. What my thinking says is we should refrain from just stating the facts and focus on experiences. Like, rather than stating, my father is an XXX, my mom is yyy, we should be writing like, my father being an xxx, I learnt abc from him, etc. Got the point? I would be following this approach. Let me know if I'm on track.
I found these analysis helpful
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In the meanwhile, I have browsed each and every page of Anderson's website and noted down some salient points about the school which I liked and would be relevant to my post MBA goals.
Well, now over to my essays. Would write about other B-school app experience as well.
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Egypt: Israel's Gaza offensive to end Tuesday
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi says Israel's "aggression" against Gaza will end Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Zagazig, Morsi did not provide any evidence to support his prediction that an end to Israel's weeklong offensive against Gaza is imminent. He only said negotiations between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers will yield "positive results" during the coming hours without elaborating.
His prediction in comments carried on Egypt's official MENA news agency comes as international diplomatic efforts to end the fighting picked up pace with the scheduled arrival in the region later Tuesday of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.


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Printed some backups of my favorite PDF patterns
Saw a very sweet poster by all the mothers day flowers
Shared a custom order I made for an awesome client
Pieced some mini letters for a new quilt.
Found a picture on my computer that flash backed to Sophie just a few months old
And I received my third Oliso (this one works) And I love it!
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bhaw wrote:Is Quick the new Fleury?
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He no longer seems the indomitable force.
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Are you working your life away? Yes, you, the one working six days a week, 12 hours a day. Oh, so you "rest" on the seventh day? Hey, even God rested on the seventh day. You, however, put in a few more hours. When did you confuse your job with your life? Leisure, wellness, fun, and stress reduction are all an essential part of any productive routine. If you have a hard time kicking back, here are a few suggestions you should try.
1.) Close the mental office "door" and turn off work each day. It's OK to love what you do; it's OK to have passion for your work. But you're not defined by what you do professionally. Stop being a workaholic, and learn to slow down.
2.) Leave work on time, so you can get home and enjoy your personal life. Your personal life is at least as important as your work life. Facing this reality and learning to work with it will make you feel more successful and less stressed.
3.) Keep your stress levels low. Lighten up and laugh at life's absurdities. Remember, the lower your stress level, the higher your appreciation of life and your ability to care for others.
4.) Rest, relax, and play daily. Some 40 percent of people surveyed say they don't spend enough time enjoying leisure activities. The biggest obstacle to play? Ourselves. Give yourself permission to have fun.
5.) Go on a long vacation each year. Everyone needs a change of pace and scenery and fun on a regular basis. Vacations offer the restorative power many people desperately need. Without the ability to recharge your batteries for a long period of time, you're on a slippery slope to burnout.
6.) Create fond memories with the people you love. Don't ignore your family in favor of earning a living. Create positive experiences that stir their emotions and will therefore impact them, so they'll remember the good times.
7.) Have a regular "family time" with loved ones. The traditions you share with your family are important ways to nurture and express your love for the important people in your life, and to create those fond memories that make you a family.
8.) Make time for a favorite hobby. Having a hobby is a great way to re-energize. Whether you like to knit, create scrapbooks, or design clothes, do something regularly. Make time for it. Hobbies are a wonderful outlet for the creative expression missing in many people's lives.
9.) Force yourself to slow down and stop rushing around. Time management doesn't mean packing your day like a moving van, ensuring every single minute is full. What's really at issue is not the quantity of time, but its texture.


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Bethenny Frankel's days as a NYC "Real Housewife" may be over.
"I don't see myself going back to 'The Real Housewives [of New York City]' the way that the cast is now," the reality star told People of the drama-filled Bravo series.
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If she does quit the New York City show, she doesn't have to worry about her TV future – her spin-off, "Bethenny Getting Married?" is already a hit.
"[It] has been so well received, everyone loves it and it's really all about me, so that takes a big weight off my shoulders," she told the mag. "I guess I can carry a show."
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Bethenny went on to praise her fans for tuning in to "Bethenny Getting Married?" which notched record premiere ratings for Bravo.
"I just am so happy. I really have the best fans. They're so interactive and they root for me," she said. "I could cry. I have the best fans. It's all about the relationship with the fans."
Bethenny's not the only "Housewife" to consider jumping ship on the franchise. "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Dina Manzo announced recently that she would be leaving the series over a feud with co-star Danielle Staub.
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ATLANTA (AP) The Detroit Pistons' game at the Atlanta Hawks scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed due to the winter storm which has made travel unsafe in Atlanta.
The Pistons were unable to make their scheduled flight into Atlanta on Tuesday night from Detroit.
The game will be rescheduled but no date was immediately announced.
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Featuring an amazingly detailed face of an African Lion, this art print was originally hand painted by our in-house artist team, and now available as a reproduction giclée art print (archival using pigment inks), unframed or framed. If you look up close you can see the original and incredible brush stroke detailing from our artist's brush. Read more about our unique process (HERE)
Our art prints are available either as a print (unframed) option, or as a framed ready-to-hang option.
We print our paper art prints to order in Australia, on a quality 230gsm matte white art paper using archival inks. We have a range of sizes available to choose from, framed or unframed. For a contemporary look when framed our art prints have an unprinted white border around the art as product images display, which is included in the finished paper art size dimensions. However, should you want your art print printed edge-to-edge (no white border at all) please clearly note this in the 'comments' box at checkout on the cart.
All unframed art prints are rolled and shipped in a protective mailer tube.
All prices are in Australian Dollars AUD$
Unframed 21 x 29.7cm (A4); Framed 24cm x 33cm
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For International Customers (outside of Australia): We ship unframed prints, in mailer tube.
For Australian based customers, in addition to offering all unframed prints, we also offer a framed print option in our metric sized art prints (A4, A3, A2, A1, A0) and also 61 x 91cm and 50x70cm which fit Ikea Ribba frames. Please note, finished framed sizes are 3cm larger than the listed print dimensions, when framed.
Our picture frames are all top quality Australian made-to-order, from sustainably sourced genuine timber mouldings (in Natural Raw Oak, White Smooth Wood, Black Smooth Wood or Black Grain Textured Painted Wood colour options) that have a 20mm wide profile, and are 40mm in depth for the Black (Smooth & also Grain) and Smooth White wood, or 36mm depth for the Raw Oak wood frames. These are not just your standard store bought removable-backing frames! They are gallery quality, are framed and fitted to your 'The Print Emporium' print, and will last for many years to come.
Our frames all have acrylic shatterproof plexiglass, which also means no breakages in transit. There is hanging wire and secure metal D-rings on the back, which means your framed print comes ready-to-hang upon delivery.
Or of course, should you prefer to frame your print yourself in your preferred frame, our range of print sizes will fit standard metric frames, and we offer several sizes that fit Ikea Ribba frames.
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We hope you are all staying safe and well. Just a little note to say for us It is business as usual here at present with our production in terms or staffing and manufacturing, and luckily we make locally in Australia, and do not import.
We custom make-to-order proudly in Australia, & are ourselves based in Melbourne and shipping daily currently at present. We really do appreciate your business in this strange unforseen time.
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Production Times in a Nutshell: (during Covid-19 period)
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For Australian customers, we offer both unframed art prints, and also stretched canvases, and framed art prints. We ship our unframed prints rolled in a protective mailer tube, with Australia Post Eparcel (who use local couriers such as Couriers Please, or Fastway Couriers) with signature required on delivery as standard. All framed items (canvases or framed prints) are safely shipped in protective boxes with Allied Express couriers for bulky items, or Australia Post Eparcel for unframed prints (sent in mailer tube). As our range is made to order locally in Australia, please allow 2-4 weeks production time for framed items, or 2-4 days for unframed prints, freight transit time additional. Note: We cannot deliver to PO Boxes or Parcel Lockers.
If our courier partners have attempted delivery, left a calling card and your order returns back to us , to redeliver out, a shipping fee applies quoted at cost to ship to you with our courier.
For International customers: All unframed art prints are shipped worldwide with Australia Post Eparcel International Air Mail sent rolled in protective mailer tubes. Dispatch ex-Australia is approx 10-21 days from order, as a guide, as all prints are printed to-order. In busy seasonal times, some delays may occur, please allow this. All parcels are shipped with a tracking number and 'signature required' on delivery, to ensure safe arrival. Australia Post International (who we use to ship our overseas orders) partners with all major postal services in each country, and a calling card will be left if the recipient is not at the delivery address at the time of delivery. Note: We cannot deliver to PO Boxes or Parcel Lockers.
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There are a lot of people who are excited about home window tinting in Chino Valley nowadays. Just like is the case with tinting in cars, your windows at home can be tinted to help you keep away the dangerous UV rays. It is important to consider this so that you are in a good position to enjoy spending time in your house without having to worry about too much rays from the sun. It is the simple things like these that eventually make life more comfortable for you. Having the right tints for the house is more or less the same as having the perfect window blinds or window shades. Whenever you are in the room, you will never have to worry about the rays of the sun interfering with you when you are watching TV, or even when you are enjoying a good conversation.
Fair price breakdown
The first thing that will determine the cost of Chino Valley home window tinting is the number of windows that you want to have tinted. The bigger the number of windows, the more you will have to pay in installation costs and the cost of the window tints. You should also notice, however, that it is much cheaper to install tints on more windows than installing on a single window because of the cost of installation that will apply.
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Do you have any old window tints that were applied to earlier on? If you have any such tints, you would need to have them removed first before the installation of new home window tinting in Chino Valley. Because of this reason, you also have to factor in the cost of removing the old tint before the new one is applied. These are some of the factors that will see the cost of the service go up unless your contractor offers to remove the old tint for free.
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When a woman went into premature labor in her Long Island home, she didn't expect to see the feet of her baby come out first. That's when she called 911.
A 911 worker – another mother-to-be – got the call and coached the Manorville woman in labor through a safe delivery of a beautiful and healthy baby girl, reported Newsday.
EMS dispatcher Christine Springer got the call just after 3 p.m. Tuesday. Her shift was about to end at the Yaphank emergency services dispatch center when the frantic call came in.
"She's out! The feet are out of her!" yelled Debra Guidice, the mother of the woman in labor, Newsday reported. According to the paper, it was the first time Springer handled a breech birth in her five years on the job.
Fortunately, the call ended happily – and quickly -- for everyone.
It only took four minutes for baby Nevaeh to pop out. She weighed 3 pounds, 9 ounces and was born about six weeks early.


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Nothing seemed out of place to Antoine Bethea as he walked the same halls at Denbigh High he used to cruise a decade ago, and ran around on the same practice field he and his teammates used to refer to as "the pit."
He's now a two-time Pro Bowl safety in the National Football League with the Indianapolis Colts, and the owner of a Super Bowl ring, but on Saturday, Bethea had the opportunity to give a little of his time to about 215 kids at his second annual football camp at Denbigh.
"I was walking around the school reminiscing a little bit," said Bethea, who during his rookie season in 2006 was a member of the Super Bowl-winning Colts, and who made it to the Pro Bowl in the '07 and '09 seasons. "It's all fun, but it just makes me think about how I was a lot like these kids back then."
Bethea worked with the 8-to-14-year-old kids on fundamentals and drills, and spoke to them about the importance of getting an education. He was joined by several camp counselors that included Darryl Blackstock, a former Heritage High standout and Virginia linebacker who now plays for the Oakland Raiders.
"The kids and even the parents will walk away from this camp with smiles on their faces," Bethea said. "Maybe they won't remember the camp, but hopefully the ones that do remember the camp will remember…what I talked about – hard work and dedication. I know they'll get something out of it."
Though he signed a four-year contract extension in '10 with the Colts worth $27 million, Bethea isn't the kind to take it for granted. Perhaps his attitude has something to do with the unlikely path he took to the NFL.
"I'm trying to conserve that money as much as possible," Bethea said. "Life after football is going to be a lot longer than the time I'm playing in the league."
Coming out of Denbigh, he wasn't an elite recruit, spurning opportunities to play at Norfolk State, Christopher Newport or Randolph-Macon to accept a football scholarship to Howard.
He was good enough at Howard to draw attention from some NFL teams, but again, he wasn't seen as a hot commodity.
Indianapolis drafted him in the sixth round. It didn't take him long to make an impression. He started 14 games as a rookie, and has been a regular starter every since, collecting 595 career tackles and 12 interceptions.
"I still think I have a lot to prove," Bethea said. "I still consider myself the underdog. When people talk about the best safeties, I want them to mention my name. All the time, that doesn't happen, so that still means I have some learning to do, some growing to do."
When he gets back on the field this season with Indianapolis, which tied for the worst record in NFL last season at 2-14, it'll be with a much different team that will be led by first-year coach Chuck Pagano. The most obvious change will be at quarterback without No. 18.
After 13 years as Indianapolis' starter, including 11 Pro Bowl seasons, neck surgery kept Peyton Manning off the field last season. He was released in March and signed with the Denver Broncos. Now, Indianapolis heads into this fall with No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Luck as its quarterback.
"It's going to be different (without Manning)," Bethea said. "It's a change I don't think anybody expected at the start of last season. Then again, it just goes to show you the business side of it. Sometimes change is good. We've yet to see that, but I believe with the new regime we have around the facility, there's a very good spirit.
"I'm not going to say it's refreshing, because a lot of the people that brought me in are gone. It's not a good thing to see, and a lot of my boys are gone, but we have new coaches that are going to teach us new things. That's going to make me a better player."


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House Committee Praised for Holding Hearing on Gulf Restoration
Hearing follows two new reports recommending Congress use oil spill fines to restore Gulf
(Washington, D.C.—Dec. 7, 2011) Groups supporting restoration of the Gulf Coast today thanked House leaders on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for drawing attention to the benefits of the RESTORE Gulf Coast States Act of 2011 by holding a committee hearing on the bill today at 10am. The RESTORE Act would ensure that fines paid by BP and the other parties responsible for last year's Gulf oil spill are used to support both environmental and economic restoration in the region, instead of going to unrelated federal spending.
"Holding those responsible for the Gulf oil disaster accountable and making sure the fines they pay go back to the Gulf region is both a matter of fairness and common sense," said a joint statement by Environmental Defense Fund, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, Ocean Conservancy and Oxfam America. "We thank Chairman Mica and ranking member Rahall for holding a full committee hearing on this critical issue. Our thanks also go to leaders throughout the Gulf region who are working across the aisle to get this bill passed, so the ecosystems of the Gulf can continue to be a driver of our nation's economy and a safe home to the communities that make it a national treasure."
A bipartisan group of nine Gulf senators have introduced a similar bill in the Senate, also called the RESTORE Gulf Coast States Act (S. 1400). The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee overwhelmingly approved the bill in September.
Today's hearing comes on the heels of Monday's release of the final report by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. It recommends Congress ensure that a "significant portion" of the $5 billion to $21 billion in expected fines for last year's 4.9 million barrel Gulf oil spill go to restoring the Gulf.
Duke University also released a report on Monday concluding the Gulf oil spill fines could kick start the launch of a long-term investment in ecosystem restoration and create jobs that would benefit at least 140 businesses with nearly 400 employee locations in 37 states.
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Joanne Sasvari
Special to The Sun
On these cold, dark, grey November days, we yearn for food that warms both body and soul. And here on the bountiful, seafood-rich West Coast, that means one dish above all others.
"In November, what's better than chowder and beer?" says Mike McDermid, partner relations manager for Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise program.
That's the whole idea behind the Nov. 21 Chowder Chowdown at the aquarium, when a dozen local chefs will compete to see who can produce the best seafood stew, be it rich and creamy, tomato-y and tangy, or something altogether different.
"What these chefs are creating – chowder is the generic term, but these chefs are creating amazing meals with sustainable seafood," McDermid says.
More importantly, the event, which was first held five years ago, is designed to raise awareness of the aquarium's Ocean Wise program, which encourages consumers to opt for sustainable seafood rather than species that have been over-fished or badly managed.
"It's one of those great organizations that's started the public learning what's wrong with our food system," says competitor Chris Whittaker, chef at the Listel Hotel's ultra-local and definitively Ocean Wise restaurant forage, which is scheduled to open the night before the Chowder Chowdown. "It's allowing us chefs to set the bar and lead by example."
And chowder, with its humble origins, is the perfect dish to take the Ocean Wise message beyond high-end restaurants to the average consumer who just wants to enjoy something hearty and delicious. That's very evident in the crowd that comes to the event.
"One of the nicest things about Chowder Chowdown is everybody comes out to it," McDermid says. "It's the most diverse crowd we get at any of our events."
There may be white-hatted chefs behind the soup pots at the Chowdown, but chowder was first cooked up centuries ago as "poor man's food," a seafood stew enjoyed in French fishing villages from Bordeaux to Brittany. That's where the name most likely originated, the word "chowder" a natural evolution from the French "chaudiere," or cauldron, named for the pot in which it was cooked.
From France, chowder migrated to Cornwall and the English coastal villages, and from there to the New World, where the early settlers made their chowder with salt pork and biscuits. Even today, North American chowders typically feature bacon and crackers.
Different regions are known for different styles of chowder, the most famous being the creamy New England and tomato-based Manhattan variations. Here on the West Coast, we're best known for a creamy chowder that's often made with salmon, but can comprise a wide range of fish and shellfish.
Aside from that, as guests at the Chowder Chowdown will discover, there aren't many rules about what goes into a chowder.
Chowder can be cream-based, tomato-based or broth-y. It can be loaded with bushels of vegetables or almost none. It also demands a starchy companion, such as sourdough bread, crackers or a breadcrumb topping.
And it can be flavoured with everything from simple salt and pepper to wine, beer or spirits, as well as exotic spices, smoky paprika, zingy Tabasco, savoury Worcestershire sauce and a whole bouquet of fragrant herbs including dill, parsley and fennel.
But despite all this wanton variety, there is a certain traditional chowder ideal.
Whether a chowder is cream- or tomato-based, it should be thick like a stew, not thin like a soup, says Whittaker, a self-proclaimed chowder traditionalist who won the People's Choice Award at the Chowder Chowdown two years ago.
"It should have that thick, creamy mouth feel," he adds.
When he makes a chowder, he keeps the base simple – bacon, butter, flour and fish stock – and gets creative with the rest of the ingredients, especially the seafood, which can include clams, oysters, halibut, salmon, spot prawns, scallops or whatever is in season.
And one more thing, he says.
"Chowder is an indulgence. Don't try to make it low-fat or with soy milk or anything like that. It's an indulgence for a cold day, and unfortunately, we've got lots of those coming up."
Tomato, Butter Clam, Honey Mussel & Bacon Chowder
The 2011 Ocean Wise Toronto Chowder Chowdown winning recipe by Morgan Wilson, chef of Trois Bistro in the Marriott Hotel, Toronto, would be ideal served with corn bread.
20 butter clams
20 Cortez Island honey mussels
1 cup (250 mL) Mission Hill Chardonnay, divided
1 tablespoon (15 mL) butter
14 cup (50 mL) extra virgin olive oil
14 cup (50 mL) smoked bacon, diced
14 cup (50 mL) Vidalia onion, diced
14 cup (50 mL) leeks, diced
1/2 clove garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon (15 mL) tomato paste
2 tablespoons (25 mL) flour
14 cup (50 mL) dry vermouth
1 cup (250 mL) fish stock (Ocean Wise)
1 cup (250 mL) stewed heirloom tomatoes, chopped, juice reserved
14 cup (50 mL) yellow potato, diced
14 cup (50 mL) celery, diced
14 cup (50 mL) carrots, diced
1 fresh bay leaf
Worcestershire sauce, to taste
Tabasco, to taste
Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
1 pinch lemon thyme
Soak the clams and mussels in fresh, cold water for 15 minutes (this helps them eject any salt water in their systems). Drain, scrub and remove beards.
Heat a large pot, add the clams and half the wine, and cover. Steam for 5 minutes or until all clams have opened. Remove the clams and set aside the liquid to cool. Remove the clams from the shells and chop. Discard any unopened clams.
Repeat for the honey mussels.
Heat olive oil and butter in a large pot on medium-high heat. Add onion, leeks, garlic and bacon and sauté until vegetables are soft and bacon is almost crispy.
Add tomato paste and stir to coat all ingredients. Sift the flour into the pot to form a roux. Deglaze with the remaining white wine and the vermouth.
Stir in the fish stock, tomatoes, tomato juice, reserved clam and mussel nectars, and bring to a boil, allowing the liquid to thicken slightly.
Reduce to a simmer and add potato, carrots and celery together with the bay leaf. Cook gently for half an hour until the vegetables are al dente.
Return the clam and mussel meat to the chowder. Adjust seasoning with Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt and pepper. Finish with the picked thyme.
Serve in a heated bowl with warm roasted corn and charred chili bread on the side. Serves four.
Smoked Out Landish Oyster Chowder
The 2011 Ocean Wise Vancouver Chowder Chowdown winning recipe by Paul Cecconi, executive chef of Local Lounge and Grill in Summerland, features parsnips, squash, and brown-butter breadcrumbs, as well as oysters sustainably farmed by the Out Landish Shellfish Guild (www.outlandish-shellfish.com).
12 cup (125 mL) pancetta, diced
1 tablespoon (15 mL) butter
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 rib celery, diced
1 leek, diced
8 cloves garlic, sliced
1 tablespoon (15 mL) smoked paprika
1 medium potato, diced
2 medium parsnips, diced
2 cups (500 mL) butternut squash, diced
12 cup (125 mL) flour
1 cup (250 mL) white wine
3 quarts (3 L) fish stock (Ocean Wise)
1 quart (1 L) whipping cream
1 tablespoon (15 mL) fresh thyme, minced
1 quart (1 L) Out Landish shucked oysters (Ocean Wise), smoked and chopped
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
In a large soup pot over medium heat, sauté pancetta in butter until almost crispy.
Add onions, carrot, celery, leek, garlic and smoked paprika and sauté for five minutes. Add potato, parsnips and squash and sauté for an additional five minutes.
Add flour, sauté for another five minutes to make a roux, then stir in wine, fish stock and cream. Let simmer for 15 minutes.
Add fresh thyme and oysters, simmer for 25 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Top with brown-butter breadcrumbs (see recipe, F7).
Serves a crowd.
Fish stock
Making your own fish stock is a snap, says chef Chris Whittaker of the Listel Hotel's Forage restaurant.
"It's fairly simple," he says. "Use the bones or shells from the fish (you use in the chowder) or with clams, the liquor that's left from steaming."
Simply take your shrimp shells or fish bones and place them in a big pot. Add chopped leeks, onions, celery, carrots and peppercorns, and fill the pot with cold water. Bring to a simmer and cook for about an hour. Strain out the solids, cover and chill the stock, and use within a day or two.
Brown Butter Breadcrumbs
12 loaf white bread, crust removed
12 cup (125 mL) butter
Preheat oven to 300° F (150° C).
Blend bread in a food processor until it reaches a medium crumble.
Brown butter in a pan, then toss in the breadcrumbs and mix thoroughly.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, sprinkle breadcrumbs evenly on top, then toast the breadcrumbs in the oven until crispy, about five minutes.


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As of right now you can go to Windows Essentials 2012 (Web install) and download the Windows Essentials suite which has Windows Live Writer 2012 as part of the package. This version runs on Windows 7 and Windows 8. This is build 16.4.3503.728.
I have not had a chance to talk much with the team as to what has changed, but I am using the new version to make this post. I know that they are taking advantage of IE 10 in Windows 8 so it should, and I can say does, work well on Windows 8. Some of my pet peeves are fixed.
Of course Windows Photo Gallery is also great which is what my team worked on


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Wearable Pregnancy Ultrasound by Melody Yi-Yun Shiue
Melody Yi-Yun Shiue Demonstrates The Prevue Wearable Pregnancy Ultrasound
Melody Yi-Yun Shiue, the lead designer of the awarded project PreVue by Melody Yi-Yun Shiue spells out, PreVue is a solution to enhancing maternal-fetal bonding as a reassurance window. It is an e-textile based apparatus that uses 4D ultrasound. Latest stretchable display technology is also employed on the abdominal region, allowing other members of the family especially the father to connect with the foetus in its context. PreVue not only gives you the opportunity to interact and comprehend the physical growth of the baby, but also an early understanding of its personality as you see it yawning, rolling, smiling etc., bringing you closer till the day it finally rests into your arms..
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Just wanted to point out that I've noticed that Terrell Owens rarely catches passes cleanly without a bobble of some sort and Peyton Manning almost never throws a spiral. Two odd characteristics for two players toward the top of their respective positions.
TO bobbles – Manning no spiral
2 Responses to "TO bobbles – Manning no spiral"
joshywoshybigfatposhy Says:
November 26, 2008 at 2:44 pm |
– favre throws to the far side of the field off his back foot while being chased by 300lb linemen (or used to)
– warren spahn had a ridiculously high leg kick
– beethoven created things he couldn't perceive
– the roman emperor claudius stammered and limped
– louis armstrong has both the best and worst singing voice of all time
– derek zoolander can't turn left
it all adds character to brilliance. unfortunately, peyton's bitching and moaning, and t.o.'s … everything else — they subtract from character, so they end up about like the rest of us, just much, much wealthier.
packerhigh Says:
November 28, 2008 at 11:28 pm |
Please don't even mention TO's name. Who cares about Puke Manning. We killed the Colts!


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Wow! Time flies. We've been up in the mountains and I've been away from the computer for quite some time. We were SO blessed in 2011… Engaged, married, new home, new pup, can't wait to see what 2012 will bring. No, to those wondering, no babies. (sidenote: these wedding pictures must make me remind you that our wedding will be on JANUARY15th!!! :) WE Channel! and that whole week I'm going to post ALL our wedding pictures in their glory, well not all but a lot! YAY!)
Our very first Christmas card! :) Our wedding, the night of our engagement, our first family picture in the snow and another wedding shot! (All wedding pictures taken by Jonathan Moore Photography)
I'll post all about our Christmas festivities tomorrow and then of course those darn resolutions for 2012 will be coming up soon. As for running, I'm back in the game! Had a tough but good high elevation run in Big Bear and going for a long run tomorrow. Can't wait for those miles to start piling up!