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Bill, Furnished the Freestate Party
Author: Blanton, Napoleon B.
Date: May 15, 1856
This itemized list of items reportedly "furnished the freestate Party" was submitted by Napoleon B. Blanton of Douglas Co., who operated a toll bridge over the Wakarusa River south of Lawrence. The total bill was for $191.26, including provisions and tolls: "I have thrown my bridge open free for the freestate party from the 15th of May to the 20th of September. . ."
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: James Blood Collection, # 281, Box 1, Folder 10
Item Number: 101335 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Blanton, Napolean Bonaparte; Blantons Bridge; Blood, James; Food; Free State Party; Transportation; Wakarusa River
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with PCB/PCBA services, they have outstanding communication among Chinese. $$. A very good alternative if you don't need it in a rush, or in large volume. Eagle files are accepted too.
Eagle files are accepted too.
== Other fab lists ==
== Other fab lists ==
Revision as of 07:30, 21 August 2008
The following is a user-submitted list of PCB manufacturers. Your results may vary.
- This page lists "board houses" that take your custom PCB layout file and convert it to a custom printed circuit board (PCB) (ready for the next step: "assembly" adding parts). For "standard" prototyping PCBs, see stripboard and other techniques.
(FIXME: briefly mention the most relevant "capabilities": "preferred" and "minimum" trace width / spacing / via hole size / via pad diameter. Link directly to the manufacturer's "capability page" so readers can confirm these numbers for themselves. Boards that push the limit of manufacturability cost more than robustly designed boards that use preferred sizes.) For more details, see Submitting PCB's for fabrication.)
Best prices around for >2 layer boards. 4-layer boards up to 30 sq in. with 7/7 are $210 for 5, including shipping. Turn time is about 10 days including DHL from China. Service is not as fast as bigger outfits like Advanced Circuits, but still fine.
2.50 / square inch + $10 setup, must use your own software to generate Gerber files. Easy-to-use web ordering interface, but slow turnaround time -- 10-20 days. Boards come out very nice -- precut, double-sided with silk screen and solder mask on both side.
Advanced Circuits
Good online design rule checking, easy web ordering interface, and small standard trace/space tolerances. Students can order single PCB's for $33 each.
Peter Todd mentions "bare bones prototype: printed circuit boards" http://BareBonesPCB.com/ :
- 2-layer, FR-4, 0.062" thick
- All-holes-plated
- 8-mil line/gap (?)
- Cut to rectangle shape only
- No mask
- No legend
- Minimum hole size 0.015
- 6 mil line, 10 mil gap on inner layers
- 5 mil line/gap on outer layers (?)
- 0.010 inch final finished hole size
- minimum pad size: 0.024" (minimum 0.014" over finished hole size )
Bulgarian PCB manufacturer - $33 for a 6.3" by 3.9" board. I.E. cheaper than BatchPCB, but with a minimum board size requirement, and a more complicated ordering process. (shipping cost?)
- white component mark on one side
- traces/spaces >= 0,254 mm (0,010")
- via hole size: 0.6mm (0,024") ( standard drill tool: 0,7 mm (0,028") minus plating 0,1mm (0,004") ) ; via pad size: ???
extra cost:
- silkscreen both sides
- minimum track/spaces: 0,203 mm (0,008")
- minimum via hole size: ??? ; minimum via pad size: ???
Sunstone Circuits aka PCB123
Sunstone Circuits Offers their own free (proprietary) schematic and PCB layout software -- easy to use, but you are locked into using their service. Integration with ordering system simplifies the process of ordering boards.
preferred ("Q2") capabilities:
- traces/spaces >= mm (0.006") (the Sunstone DFM rules mention preferred width: 0.010", clearance 0.006")
- finished via hole size: mm (0.016") ; via pad size: 0.030"
- Pre-set finish drill sizes: .016, .020, .025, .029, .033, .036, .040, .043, .046, .053, .061, .067, .080, .087, .093, .100, .110, .125, .141, .151, .167, .193, .251
- power plane clearance: 0.012"
- 2-side Solder Mask
- 1-side Silkscreen
- instant online quote
- has "PCB123 - free PCB Design Software from Sunstone Circuits"
extra cost:
- 2-side silkscreen
- minimum track/space: 0.005"
- minimum via hole size: 0.008" ; minimum via pad size: ???
All orders submitted before noon ship the next day. UPS ground shipping is free. Since they are located in the Portland, OR area this means you can get a board overnight to most places in the Northwest US.
Basic service is a two layer board routed to any size and shape. Two 9 sq inch boards for $63 (including shipping). Soldermask and silkscreen doubles the price.
Eagle gerber conversion scripts are provided.
PCBEXPRESS is apparently a division of Sunstone Circuits.
5 Boards for $60 ($12 ea. for 10 sq. inches) with a 5 day turn time. Good quality work, but turn times can be delayed if you have to correct any issues that don't meet their specs.
AP Circuits
2 boards, 2 layers next day shipping for as low as 7.95 each. or 2 boards, 2 layers, 2 solder masks and legend one side for as low as 9.95 each. 3 Day Service
Online quotes at http://www.apcircuits.com/ap/calculator
Full CNC contour routing including plated slotting, oversize holes, internal cutouts for a modest fee
Instructions for creating Gerber and NC output from many popular PCB programs are also on this site.
4 2 layer boards for $18.99 each. Great prices for production board runs. Helpful staff.
preferred: (FIXME:)
- minimum 0.004" (0.1 mm) trace/space
- minimum finished hole size: 0.008" (0.2 mm)
Similar to PCB123, in that they have free propietary schematic and layout software, but their Mini-Board service (3 identical boards, 2.5" X 3.8", no silkscreen) is priced well at $51 total, which includes shipping. If you need small boards quickly, this is a good choice, since they ship the next business day.
Fast turnaround (~8days + shipping), instant online quotes. $30 tooling fee, under $2/sq in.
Speedy PCB Prototype
No minimum order, must wait 24 hours for quote, $9.9 for protos, no extra charge for soldermask, silkscreen, E-testing, very low price on 2, 4, 6 layers.
quick turn prototype and vol production choice, based in CN, price competitive while quality guarantee, contact for more detail: email@example.com
Roca Printed Circuits
(FIXME:) prototype prices: 3 small 2 sided prototype boards for a total of $54 + $22 shipping.
Custom PCB
Myro PCB
4 small (max. 30 sq. inch) 2 sided prototype boards for a total of $80 + $35 shipping
- Min. track/space 0.015 mm (0.006"). (This looks like a typo -- is it really 0.15 mm ?)
- 0.35 mm via hole (0.014")
- 0.32 mm inner clearance (0.013").
Imagineering, Inc.
- min. track/space 0.08 mm (0.003")
- ...
- instant online quote
Onboard Circuits
- Accurate, Fast PCB Quotes. OnBoardCircuits.com is the easiest Printed Circuit Board PCB quote site on the internet. We strive to make your purchasing process simple. From quick-turn prototype and ramp-to-volume production boards to full-scale production printed circuit boards, every phase is monitored and managed by highly qualified professionals.
GC Aero
"GC Aero specializes in the design and manufacture of flexible circuits and completed assemblies."
"Minco has the ability to wind flat inductive coils and laminate them within flex circuits."
Uniflex Circuits
- polyimide flex circuits
- .003"/.003" Minimum Trace and Space on 0.5 oz. copper
- .010" (drill size) Minimum Inner Diameter
- .014" Minimum Annular Ring Over Drill Size
- minimum pad size: 0.038" (calculated from min drill size + 2*annular ring)
Printed Wiring Technologies Ltd
- FR4, Rogers 4003, Rogers 4350, Rogers RT/Duroid
- "Lead Free HASL" or Gold surface
- solder resist: Green, Green (Matt), Red, Blue, Black, or Clear
- silkscreen: White, or Yellow
- Minimum Track & Gap: 0.127mm (5 thou)
- Minimum Hole (Drilled): 0.25mm
- Minimum Annular Ring: 0.127mm (5 thou)
- Minimum Inner Clearance: 0.254mm (10 thou)
- minimum Track & Gap: 0.0762mm (3 thou)
- minimum Hole (Drilled): 0.20mm
- minimum Annular Ring 0.0762mm (3 thou)
- Minimum Inner Clearance: 0.216mm (8.5thou)
Seeed Studio
Hobbyists created studio with PCB/PCBA services, they have outstanding communication among Chinese. They have some $10 offer for rather small board and $89 for combined designs. A very good alternative if you don't need it in a rush, or in large volume. Eagle files are accepted too.
Other fab lists
Other web sites with a short list of recommendations:
- "How to make really really good homemade PCBs" by Mike Harrison 2007
- "PCB fabbing advice" by Chris Anderson 2008
Other web sites with long lists of PWB fabricators:
- http://massmind.org/techref/pcbfabs.htm
- http://dmoz.org/Business/Electronics_and_Electrical/Contract_Manufacturing/Printed_Circuit_Boards/

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I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm sorry for having not posted in a few days!
I've been working extremely hard preparing promotional materials for Outer Colony over the last few days. I'm working with a video editor to produce a trailer, so the whole weekend has been spent capturing dozens of hours of gameplay footage and building some awesome colonies. I've found and fixed a whole bunch of new bugs, too, so another improved release should be coming shortly. It's been a blast playing OC and getting this all together, but it required my full attention, and I just haven't had a spare minute.
On the bright side, I'll aim to be back in action on the boards tomorrow, and some exciting Outer Colony news should be on the horizon. In the meantime, here's a pretty neat screenshot of the colony I've been building all day yesterday and today:
Sorry again, and I'm looking forward to replying to all the great stuff you guys have been posting!
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Hi ! I`m trying to write an OS, but I already have some problems with the bootloader. I`m trying to load some assembly code from hard disk, that will set protected mode and load kernel, but i don`t think it loads what it should load. After it calls the int 13h and jumps to the address specified it does nothing and doesn`t even return.
I am using vmware virtual machine. Can anyone give me some advice how i can verify what it loads into the memory? I also posted some code. Maybe there is some problem with the coding.
I compiled the asm file with: nasm -f aout -o x.bin x.asm ;gcc -c -o c.o c.c ; ld -T link.ld -o pmk.com x.o c.o ; and wrote it to the third sector (x00000002-x000) with Runtime`s DiskExplorer.
Here`s the code that should load it:
jmp start
mov ax, 0x7C0
mov ds, ax
mov [bootdrv], dl
mov ax, 0x1000
mov es, ax
xor bx, bx
mov ax, 0x0201
mov ch, 0
mov cl, 3
mov dh, 0
mov dl, bootdrv
int 13h
jc read
jmp 1000h:0000h


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The Office of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing (OCPRM) is responsible for promoting the brand, academic programs and outreach of Tuskegee University. This office interacts with various entities on and off campus to ensure that a uniformed, concise image of the university is portrayed. The skilled staff produces print, broadcast and Web communications, as well as implements and enforces communication and identity policies.
OCPRM is always pleased to assist university departments with promoting news, conferences and more. To relay a clear request for services (writing, graphics, media relations, etc.), please complete and submit the Marketing Services Request form at least two weeks in advance.
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OTTAWA — When Jody Wilson-Raybould was growing up in Comox she watched proudly in class as her father urged prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, during a nationally televised conference, to include an aboriginal rights section in the 1982 Constitution Act.
On Thursday, Wilson-Raybould, the B.C. regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations and daughter of aboriginal leader Bill Wilson, is expected to be acclaimed as one of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's so-called "star" candidates in the new riding of Vancouver Granville.
The riding, created in the recent seat redistribution that gave B.C. six new federal seats, is considered one of a small handful of urban B.C. ridings the Liberals have a chance of taking in the 2015 election.
Several longtime Liberals expressed interest in contesting the nomination, but the party used "moral suasion" — according to one party member — to persuade them to not challenge Trudeau's choice.
Her candidacy, and the potential to be part of a new government led by Pierre Trudeau's eldest son during a turning point in Canada's relations with First Nations, appears to have the ring of destiny.
A landmark Supreme Court of Canada hearing in June emphatically gave meaning to the vaguely worded clause in the 1982 Constitution Act, by granting a B.C. First Nation full title to a large area. Analysts and many politicians, including Wilson-Raybould, have called the decision a "game-changer" that will empower other First Nations as they collaborate with, or oppose, companies trying to create wealth in the natural resource sector.
"This is a very critical period in our history and I'm concerned about the direction we're heading," the 43-year-old former Crown prosecutor told The Vancouver Sun in an exclusive interview Wednesday. "I believe there is a genuine need to embrace the new legal reality in this country and ensure there's an overarching framework that provides the necessary tools to reconcile with all First Nations in this country, and that doesn't exist right now."
She chuckled at the suggestion she's fulfilling destiny linked to her father and her leader's father.
"Whether it's destiny, or just the right time and the opportunity to have met Justin, who I think is an amazing leader and an honest and hard-working person, I look forward to the years ahead and I think there's tremendous opportunity."
Wilson-Raybould first met Trudeau when he attended an AFN meeting in Whitehorse last year and sat in on a discussion about land claims that Wilson-Raybould chaired. He arranged a private meeting with her and invited her to run. And, signalling his interest in her candidacy, he invited her to co-chair the Liberal convention in Montreal earlier this year.
Trudeau, despite promising an open nomination process to party members used to a top-down approach of some past leaders, has made no secret of his interest in recruiting some heavy hitters. Like former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien before the 1993 election, Trudeau is anxious to build a team around him that can be used to deflect charges that he doesn't have the experience or intellectual heft to run the country.
Wilson-Raybould has been groomed to play a leadership role since she was a child.
At age 8, she told Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham in 2012, her grandmother held a naming potlatch on Gilford Island, naming her Puglaas, or "woman born to noble people." Puglaas is now Wilson-Raybould's Twitter handle.
And during the constitutional conferences, Bill Wilson told Pierre Trudeau that either of his daughters could some day become prime minister.
Wilson-Raybould followed in her father's footsteps by getting a law degree but, unlike Bill Wilson, she practised law, starting out as a Crown prosecutor in Vancouver for three years. She was later convinced to become a member of the B.C. Treaty Commission, which she did for six years, and in 2009 was elected to her current post with the AFN.
Wilson-Raybould, who lives with her husband Tim Raybould on the North Shore but is looking for a home in her riding, said she will remain in her current AFN post until the election campaign begins.
Then she will take a leave of absence and, if she wins the seat, will quit the national body that is currently leaderless due to bitter internal divisions over a federal education reform act.
There have been some internal party grumbling about Trudeau's commitment to open nominations. Sam Wyatt, who recently resigned from the Vancouver Granville riding association board for personal reasons unrelated to politics, said the party has used "moral suasion" to convince potential Wilson-Raybould challengers to stand aside.
"There's no question that Jody was the leader's pick and that he'd like her to win, and I would like to see her win," Wyatt said.
But it would have been healthier for the riding and party if several candidates were vying for the nomination, selling memberships and bringing new activists into the party, he said.
"It's unfortunate. Maybe they haven't got a chance or maybe they feel somebody won't be happy if they did, but those are decisions that ultimately they've made."
The Vancouver Granville riding includes areas carved out of several existing ridings. One the north, it starts just south of the South False Creek area; it's bounded by West Boulevard and Arbutus Street on the West, Main Street then Cambie Street on the east and stretches south to the Fraser River.
Vancouver Crown prosecutor Alex Burton and businessman Taleeb Noormohamed both indicated an interest in running, but neither did. Burton, contacted Wednesday, said he's decided not to enter his name and will support Wilson-Raybould.
"Her resume is impressive and I'm sure she'll be a great candidate," he said.


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With the London 2012 Olympic Games taking place July 27 through Aug. 12, we wanted a way to let our Olympians know we're all rooting for them.
Hence, the Twitter hashtag #go4gold.
If you want send a go-get-'em, good-luck-Team-USA message to our Olympians, just be sure to add #go4gold to your tweets.
Sports news
@NBCLA will retweet our favorite well wishes, and you can follow the whole conversation here.
Don't be afraid to include a Twitpic (or Instagram photo) with your tweet (bonus points for wearing red, white and blue).
So let our Olympians know SoCal will be watching, cheering, hoping and rooting for them to do their best and bring some medals back home!
Oh, and we've put together a list of our local SoCal Olympians, so you can send some support to our local athletes, too.
#TeamUSA We will be rooting for you every step of the way- Please know that all of us Americans are so VERY PROUD of ALL OF YOU! #go4Gold — CarolJansenD'Agnese (@SDScoop) July 17, 2012
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"Hi Jess, come on in. What can I help you with?"
You wouldn't think these simple words would be so meaningful – but coming from an advisor, they're a beautiful thing to hear.
Scheduling at Ohio State is an undertaking – after four years at OSU as an undergrad, I am well-aware of the pressure of scheduling. Funny thing, that doesn't seem to be present at Fisher.
My window to schedule opens later this month and I plan on a marketing track with a focus in brand management. However, should I combine that with strategy? I also want to learn as much as possible about operations…and we can't forget about the importance of data analysis.
OK, starting to feel a little bit stressed again.
Best way to handle the stress feeling? Go talk to an advisor. Best part about Fisher? The advisors know your name, know how to help and know the incredible resources at Fisher. Within minutes of talking to my academic advisor, Jen Mercer, I was already developing a plan for my Fisher career.
There are numerous class opportunities offered at Fisher and it can be quite an undertaking to figure out your schedule by yourself. As a first-year, some of my classes are scheduled for me, but I get to decide a couple of classes for spring semester. After a quick 15 minute conversation with Jen, I had a clearer path of what classes are required to graduate and how to ensure I have a strong, diverse, academic background.
Here at Fisher, you have the opportunity to talk and connect with advisors. They know how to help and support you along your journey as an MBA student. My advisor's office is located on the first floor of Gerlach Hall in the Graduate Programs Office. You simply walk in and talk to someone at the front desk to make an appointment.
When you're there, stop by and say hi to Ms. Alisa McMahon, probably the BEST resource at all of Fisher. One sentence in this post doesn't do her justice, so I'll tell you more about her later. But in a nutshell, she is the keeper of all knowledge, second-mother and smiling face that you need to have in your life (and she makes tea if you're not feeling well).
During my program I've found that my Fisher family includes an incredible group of people that are all behind me, cheering me on. This fact, along with countless others, makes me so happy that I chose Fisher.
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Too many chefs today 'put the cart before the horse,' says this stadium specialist. So, he emphasizes details and the basics.
At A Glance: SPORTSERVICE
•Revenue: Around $500 million
•Services: Concessions, upscale dining and catering (suites)
•Accounts: American Airlines Center (Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks); Bush Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals); TD Banknorth Garden (Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics); Miller Park (Milwaukee Brewers); Petco Park (San Diego Padres)
Born in Bavaria 38 years ago, Rolf Baumann left home at the age of 14 to embark on a three-year-long apprenticeship, the beginning of his official culinary training. Following several years of restaurant experience in Heilbronn, Germany, Baumann came to the U.S. in 1984 to work as a pastry chef for Marriott Market Center in Dallas.
During the 1980s, he earned positions of greater responsibility in hotels throughout the country. In 1991, he opened restaurants in several midwestern cities as well as Baumann's Bistro in Jonesboro, AR; all were sold by the end of the decade.
In 1998, Baumann joined Delaware North Companies' Sportservice as executive chef for Busch Stadium, home of the 2006 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, with responsibility for all premium dining restaurants and concessions totaling 70 outlets and generating $47 million in annual revenue. While there, he also contributed to Sportservice's culinary research and menu development and assisted with food and beverage service for other Sportservice-managed events including the Australian Open, Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the National Hockey League All-Star Game.
For the past seven years, as corporate chef for Sportservices' Well Bread Restaurant Services Group, Baumann has been splitting his time between two home bases: a condo in St. Louis and an apartment in Buffalo. But his stays are infrequent, since he's on the road about 85% of the time, overseeing and mentoring 22 Sportservice culinary teams in North America.
As a classically trained chef and avowed perfectionist, Baumann's work ensures the quality and variety of Well Bread's food offerings at baseball parks, arenas and entertainment complexes across the country and in Canada. It's a task he lives and breathes 24/7. He only wishes there were more hours in a day to devote to his all-consuming passion—food.
Karen Weisberg, FSD's senior editor, recently pried Baumann away from work to get his comments on his frenetic lifestyle and to share his insights on what it takes to build a highly successful career.
KW: You're on the road 85% of the time. What's your goal for each site visit?
Baumann: Normally, I spend two days in each place—one day to make my observations, the next to correct the food and the way chefs handle themselves, sanitation, food quality. We set standards and they must maintain those standards or exceed the bar.
Most chefs have an outdated mentality regarding food display. Today, there should be smaller portions, nutritional value—and presentation is huge. I need to get them updated to 2006.
KW: How do you make that happen?
Baumann: I grab the chef and say, 'Walk with me. Tell me what's wrong with it.' Often they just don't know how to get to the solution. Sarcasm, in a nice way, is a good way to get to them because most have a passion about food.
KW: When do you have time for yourself?
Baumann: I haven't taken a vacation in five years and not a day off in eight months. What I live for is to make each place a little better when I leave—make the guests happy, the clients happy. Saturdays and Sundays are the busiest times in this business—the world doesn't stop because we take a day off. Everybody has to eat. I visit 22 units in the course of the year with multiple visits to the five or six that are a bit more demanding. When I do take a day off, I'll usually spend five to seven hours in the office.
KW: How do you keep in shape?
Baumann: For the last three years I have tried to work out three times a week when I get off work. My normal day starts at 3 a.m. and I'm at work by 4 a.m. 90% of the time. For a recent St. Louis Rams' football game, I clocked about 17 miles on my pedometer, so the job is physically demanding.
KW: Do you actually have time to cook on the job?
Baumann: I'm still cooking four to five hours a day in the kitchen. If you don't maintain your kitchen etiquette—your skills—you'll lose the timing, the efficiency, the creativity. I wish I could spend more time in the kitchen. It's also good for young chefs to see the corporate chef working side by side with the staff.
KW: How do you mentor the younger chefs?
Baumann: I spend four hours at a time giving practicals, that is, cooking tests. Every time we give a practical to a chef who wants a job at sous chef level or above, I'll assign a commis [a beginning chef] to the chef who's taking the exam. It's an education for the chefs when I get done with them.
KW: Do younger chefs accept your classical methods?
Baumann: I'm a very fundamental chef; a lot of chefs are weak on the fabrication skills—for example, how to make a sauce correctly. Even though basics are fundamental, in 2006 they want to put the cart before the horse. There is a debate regarding do we need to know the classics. Yes, you need to know how to make the basic sauce before you can go and experiment.
KW: Surrounded by food all day, what do you choose to eat after work when you're home?
Baumann: Usually I eat out or at either of the two units in St. Louis or in Buffalo when I'm 'home.' I eat healthy—sushi or a light fish under four ounces.
KW: What do you love to cook?
Baumann: Fish, anytime. I think the number of species is incredible, but I prepare it simply so not to mask the flavor of the fish. And I love to bake artisan breads, such asiago with goat cheese and caramelized onions—and pastries. For every big function, I do all the breads. Bread is the first impression of the meal. Also, I'm German and bread is a big part of my life. The hardest thing is pastries because the discipline is difficult. You have to watch it constantly and pay more attention to detail. Plus, it's very labor intensive.
KW: If stranded on a desert island, what two kitchen items would you want to have?
Baumann: I'd have my French knife and a sauté pan, then I could make five-star meals for anyone.
KW: If you actually took a vacation, where would you go and what would you do?
Baumann: I'd like to have the time off to see what are the new trends in food. I'd go to Bavaria and talk to the restaurant chefs—and ask to be their commis for a day because you learn so much!
KW: Who was your greatest influence?
Baumann: My grandmother owned a guesthouse in Germany—she was one great cook. I was forced labor in her kitchen. I remember her onion cake, served as an appetizer with wine sauce to dip it in. I ate that when I was seven or eight—I have a good memory for food, not for school.
KW: What do you wish for at this stage of your life?
Baumann: I wish I was more diplomatic. I definitely get the respect and response I want but I'd like to have the diplomacy skills to deal with investors and get someone to use my name and provide the dollars to open a restaurant. They use their money and I do the work—it's called sweat equity. I'm also planning a book, "Secrets of a Stadium Chef," and I'm now in the process of getting a publisher and a writer.
KW: What's your recipe for success?
Baumann: It depends on the individual. I want to be the best—I'm not the type of chef who wants to be second best. I feel it would be an injustice working only 9 to 5. Obviously, it pays off. I'm 38 years old and corporate chef of a $2-billion corporation and there's a reason why.


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I can remember when I was but a youngster of voting age in the early '70s living on Olivet Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia, stopping on my way to work to read the Voter's List (a separate list was posted for each of the elections - municipal, provincial, and federal) stapled on the local telephone pole outside of the apartment.
I had to stop and check the list to see if I was there, and that they had spelled everyting correctly, and I was always there - and, yes, the information about me was true!
You will find information on the Voter's List held be the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) under <www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.006-e.html>.
You will find that the LAC holds the Federal General Elections Lists for the years 1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980 - only they are only available by microfilm.
You may want to check the Provincial and Territoral Archives who hold Voter's List for provincial elections, and there are many municipal archives who also hold voter's lists.


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Over the course of more than two decades, "Ramon" had done incalculable damage to the United States' security, selling Top Secret information to the Soviet GRU (military intelligence) and KGB, and to the KGB's Russian successor agency, the FSB, and its foreign arm, the SVR.
Would "Ramon" stop this time? More than a month earlier he had placed a piece of adhesive tape on the park's signpost. He had been passing by the post frequently — often several times on the same day — to check for a response from the Russians. On January 23, 2001, an FBI agent had reported, "Target drove past Foxstone Park signal site shortly before six p.m. Came virtually to a stop, then drove away." Three days later the agent reported that "Ramon" had driven by the post three times, about an hour apart, at 5:37 p.m., 6:42 p.m., and 7:44 p.m.
He was early today — almost two hours ahead of the time he had arranged with his Russian contacts. But this appeared to be the real thing. "Ramon" parked the Taurus and got out. He walked down the trail a couple hundred yards through the woods to a footbridge, one of his "dead drops." He looked nervously about and then taped a package under the corner of the bridge. He was nearly back to his car when the command over a bullhorn brought him to a halt: "Freeze! Freeze exactly where you are! Do not move!"
Half a dozen FBI agents sprang from behind a blind and surrounded him. Two days after the arrest, at a February 20, 2001 press conference, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh announced that Soviet-Russian spy "Ramon" was actually one of the FBI's top counterintelligence specialists, Robert Philip Hanssen.
According to Director Freeh, "Hanssen provided to the former Soviet Union and subsequently to Russia substantial volumes of highly classified information that he acquired during the course of his job responsibilities in counterintelligence. In return, he received large sums of money and other remuneration. The complaint alleges that he received over $600,000." Freeh noted the "full extent of the damage done is yet unknown," but characterized it as "exceptionally grave."
Hanssen, charged the federal grand jury indictment, "did knowingly and unlawfully combine, confederate, and agree with other persons … including officers of the KGB/SVR, to knowingly and unlawfully communicate, deliver, and transmit to foreign governments, specifically the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its successor, the Russian Federation … documents and information relating to the national defense of the United States," with the knowledge that the same "would be used to the injury of the United States."
"The information he is alleged to have provided," said Freeh, "compromised numerous human sources, technical operations, counterintelligence techniques, sources and methods, and investigations." There was blood on Hanssen's hands. He had, said Freeh, "disclosed the identity of two KGB officials who … had been recruited by the U.S. Government." Both of these agents, Freeh noted, were arrested, tried, and executed after they had returned to Russia. Subsequent reports indicate Hanssen may have been responsible for the deaths of two additional defectors.
Hanssen, Putin, and 9/11
The sensational capture of the top-level Soviet/Russian mole in one of our nation's most sensitive intelligence posts, however, was largely forgotten a few months later when the far more sensational September 11 terrorist attacks captivated world attention. This was both ironic and tragic since the 9/11 attacks should have been viewed (and should be viewed now) in the context of — and in connection with — the enormous national security compromises revealed in the Hanssen espionage fiasco. All of the context and connections of the Hanssen-Russia-al-Qaeda-9/11 nexus are still not known, but the evidence and information available thus far indicates that the much-lamented intelligence failures that left America vulnerable on September 11, 2001 have been vastly compounded by even greater misdirection of our intelligence in the "War on Terror" ever since. We are referring specifically to the misdirection of our intelligence away from consideration of evidence that the 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks were a strategic operation sponsored by our new "ally," Russia.
The policy "experts" who dominate our governing institutions, think tanks, universities, and major media were virtually unanimous in singing paeans of praise to Russian President Vladimir Putin for being the first world leader to express condolences and support during our tragedy. Even today, after several years of steady marching toward a renewed form of Stalinist-style, Soviet governance, the Putin-Medvedev regime in Moscow is viewed by much of our so-called intelligentsia as the indispensable partner in a global battle against radical Islam.
Dr. Michael A. McFaul of the Carnegie Endowment (and a frequent media go-to expert on Russia) is typical of the dominant mindset. He writes, on the Carnegie website:
On September 11th, Putin did not hesitate to call his new friend, George W. Bush, to communicate his full support for the United States and the American people. Putin did not let a decade of unfulfilled expectations in U.S.-Russian relations color his rhetorical response. While some leaders and people around the world believe that the United States "got what it deserved" on September 11th, Putin expressed sympathy as a leader of a country that also has suffered from acts of terrorism against civilians in the capital.
The following Monday, September 24th, Putin announced a five-point plan to support the American war against terrorism.
"The potential to build a new foundation for Russian-American relations is great," McFaul says, and we must not allow this "window of opportunity" to be wasted. "Leaders in both countries must lead," he insists. "They must act boldly, abandon business as usual, take chances, and use this moment to map the path to a new future." (Dr. McFaul is now senior director for Russia on the Obama administration's National Security Council.)
Notwithstanding the Kremlin's increasingly tyrannical rule, many of our policy elites continue to share Dr. McFaul's deadly illusions vis-à-vis Russia and the threat of global terrorism. More sober-minded realists would have viewed Putin's 9/11 condolences and offers of support in much the same vein as they would the Mafia godfather who sends flowers to the funeral of the rival he's just rubbed out and cries crocodile tears as he expresses condolences to the victim's widow and children, assuring them that he will spare no effort to find who did the foul deed.
The PROMIS Connection
One of the important early bits of information that leaked out to link Hanssen, Putin, and 9/11 concerned references to Hanssen's alleged delivery of copies of the FBI's enhanced version of the controversial PROMIS computer software to the KGB/FSB. The Russians then, reportedly, provided a copy of the software to Osama bin Laden, thus facilitating al-Qaeda's money laundering and other activities, as well as enabling al-Qaeda to monitor and evade U.S. law enforcement, intelligence, and military efforts to kill or capture them.
Developed in the 1980s by Inslaw, Inc. as a powerful case-management, people-tracking program for the U.S. Justice Department, the PROMIS (Prosecutors Management Information Systems) software has been the source of ongoing litigation and investigation. In 1985, Inslaw launched a suit against Justice, claiming that the Justice Department had defrauded it of millions of dollars in licensing and service fees. Inslaw charged, moreover, that the government had illegally converted PROMIS into a covert intelligence tool, which it sold to other governments, with a Trojan horse trap door, in order to spy on those governments.
In 2001, a number of stories — in the Washington Times, Washington Post, and Fox News — reported that PROMIS-derivative software provided to the Soviets by Hanssen had found its way to bin Laden. An October 16 Fox News report, for instance, provided this exchange between anchor Brit Hume and correspondent Carl Cameron:
HUME: There's now a disturbing indication that Robert Hanssen, the FBI man accused of spying for the Russians in what officials said at the time of his arrest was a massive security breach, ended up helping Osama bin Laden.
As correspondent Carl Cameron reports, Hanssen sold the Russians an extremely sensitive piece of U.S. technology, and the indications are that they, in turn, sold it to bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network. Carl.
CAMERON: Fox News has learned that government officials suspect Osama bin Laden may have highly sophisticated U.S. government software, that has been used by several governments, including the United States, for classified intelligence and law enforcement information.
Bin Laden allegedly purchased it from Russian sources, after Russia got it from convicted spy and former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was nabbed earlier this year....
The software program is called PROMIS. Sources tell Fox that U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have used and constantly modified PROMIS software to manage caseloads, track and store classified information, and keep it secure for decades.
But the concern is that bin Laden or al-Qaeda could get online and use it to monitor the worldwide criminal investigation and hide themselves, to monitor the worldwide financial investigation and hide their money, or monitor government operations of the governments that use the software.
As a senior agent in the FBI's counterterrorism bureau, sources say Hanssen was tasked with helping allies like Germany and England with the installation and use of their versions of the PROMIS program. Numerous countries now, however, are tightening their cyber security. Germany stopped using PROMIS software just last week. Great Britain began closing it down just a few months ago. Canada has actually investigated potential tampering with its PROMIS programs, and Israel has used it on and off for years, too.
In its case against Hanssen, the U.S. government did not mention PROMIS directly, but government sources say PROMIS-derived software programs were at the heart of the case. The lengthy FBI affidavit supporting the criminal complaint notes that Hanssen made extensive unauthorized use of the FBI's Automated Case Support (ACS) system, reportedly a PROMIS derivative, to obtain information for the KGB/SVR and to monitor the FBI's search for the Soviet mole (Hanssen) within the bureau. The affidavit does not explicitly say that Hanssen gave a copy of the ACS software to his Soviet/Russian co-conspirators, but it does say he gave them 26 computer diskettes and more than 6,000 pages of documents in the 27 letters and 33 packages he delivered to them over the years.
ComPROMISed Intelligence
Among the highly sensitive software programs that may have been included in those deliveries are the FBI's Field Office Information Management Systems (FOIMS) and the Community On-Line Intelligence Systems (COINS), both, reportedly, PROMIS derivatives. In the aforementioned FBI affidavit, the government goes as far as saying Hanssen gave the KGB/SVR "an official technical document describing COINS-II," which was, said the document, "the then-current version of the United States Intelligence Community's 'Community On-Line Intelligence System,' which constituted a classified Community-wide intranet."
It is not likely the government will confirm or refute the Hanssen-PROMIS-Russia-bin Laden thesis (or provide documents to publicly settle the matter) any time soon. However, quite apart from that important issue, the Hanssen case exposes the dangerous schizophrenia that exemplifies our relations with Russia, most especially as it relates to national security and terrorism.
The federal indictment of Robert Hanssen charges that the 25-year FBI veteran "did knowingly and unlawfully combine, confederate, and agree with other persons … including officers of the KGB/SVR, to knowingly and unlawfully communicate, deliver, and transmit to foreign governments, specifically the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its successor, the Russian Federation … documents and information relating to the national defense of the United States," with the knowledge that the same "would be used to the injury of the United States."
"It was further a part of the conspiracy," claims the indictment, "that the defendant HANSSEN's espionage relationship with the USSR was converted into an espionage relationship with the Russian Federation after the USSR dissolved and the Russian Federation came into existence."
Robert Hanssen began his betrayal of the United States by providing crucial American secrets to the Soviet GRU and KGB, which Vladimir Putin and much of the current crop of Russian leaders then worked for. Hanssen ended his treasonous career conspiring with the Russian FSB/SVR, which Putin and company now run and oversee. There is virtually no difference — other than cosmetic changes in labels and uniforms — between the KGB and FSB/SVR or between the Soviet and Russian leadership. There is continuity — of personnel, methods, and objectives — from one to the other.
The Hanssen case is far from being the only example of this KGB-to-FSB continuity. In 1996, five years before Hanssen's arrest, FBI special agent Earl Edwin Pitts was arrested for selling secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia. In 1994, CIA counterintelligence agent Aldrich Hazen Ames was arrested for his ongoing espionage for the KGB and FSB/SVR. Ames' nine-year career of betrayal resulted in devastating intelligence and national security losses for the United States. In June 2001, less than three months before 9/11, U.S. Army Colonel George Trofimoff, a military intelligence analyst, was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia over a 25-year period. These cases and others more than vindicate former CIA counterintelligence chief James J. Angleton and Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn, who argued that overwhelming evidence indicated there were high-level moles within our intelligence community. They and their warnings were disparaged, discounted, and dismissed — with disastrous consequences for our nation. Unfortunately, Robert Hanssen was not the last mole; we can be virtually certain there are others.
Blindness and Betrayal
The KGB-FSB continuity does not extend merely to espionage; it also includes all of the traditional KGB activities: active measures, disinformation, propaganda, assassination — and terrorism. As The New American has demonstrated in a series of articles, the modern terrorism phenomenon, which was launched by the Soviet KGB in the 1960s and '70s, is continuing today under the auspices of the Russian FSB (available soon at www.exposingterrorism.com). The main difference today is that the Kremlin strategists have determined that it will be far more effective — for many reasons — for them to run their terror operations as deniable assets under the banner of Islam.
There is another major difference; while Putin and the Russian Politburo continue to use terrorism as a form of asymmetric warfare against us, our leaders insist on pretending it isn't happening. In fact, they insist Putin & Co. are our trusted "allies" against terrorism. The Obama administration is continuing the course set by George W. Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In a "Joint Declaration on a New Relationship Between the United States and Russia," Presidents Bush and Putin said on May 24, 2002, that our countries had "embarked upon the path of new relations for the twenty-first century," and are "committed to developing a relationship based on friendship, cooperation, common values, trust, openness, and predictability."
They further declared:
We are achieving a new strategic relationship. The era in which the United States and Russia saw each other as an enemy or strategic threat has ended. We are partners and we will cooperate to advance stability, security, and economic integration, and to jointly counter global challenges and to help resolve regional conflicts.
Pardon me for puncturing the balloon, but it must be noted that we've been treated to this spectacle before. Few may recall that several years before he was faced with the unpleasant task of announcing traitor Robert Hannsen's "exceptionally grave" betrayals to the KGB/FSB, Bill Clinton's FBI Director Louis Freeh was singing the praises of the KGB/FSB claque running Russia. On July 4, 1994, Freeh was in Moscow opening the FBI's first legal attaché office in Russia and joining Russian Interior Minister Viktor Yerin in signing a protocol for close cooperation between the FBI and FSB. "We can honestly say that our two nations have more in common than ever before.... We are united in purpose and in spirit," declared Freeh. FSB boss Sergei Stepashin was even more jubilant. "Together, we're invincible," he effused. Clinton's Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke was only slightly less giddy about the new relationship . "We are in a new phase of foreign policy," he declared. "The FBI is moving to the forefront of this new foreign policy." Mr. Holbrooke, a director and leading light at the globalist Council on Foreign Relations, is now a key adviser to the Obama administration and its point man on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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text: James J. Spina December 2006 James Spina The Eye-volution of Man It's the oldest niche in the world.No matter if you base your opinions on evolution or religion there's no getting around the fact men represent a significant segment of any given "market." I've got the God-thing going so for me that apple purchase in Eden was the start of a powerful buying urge. And even if you bide by the strict evo-solution there comes a point where our "man" stood up and figured out he needed shoes for his aching feet and, a few years later, glasses to help him see where he was going.Beyond demographics and cultural tugs and music affinities and just about any segmenting you might layer on the original plan, it turns out men "need" and that need-niche is huge… and… getting bigger. And rather than just tag along on that growing quest, eyewear is actually a critical crest of this whole scenario.|| At 20/20 we've been harping on "his" optical needs AND wants with a special issue every year but this issue officially previews an extraordinary eyewear retailing initiative Jobson Optical Publishing is targeting throughout all of 2007. Get ready for a wave of editorial projects from 20/20 and Vision Monday, our sister publication, dedicated to increasing the awareness of the men's eyewear market and delivering the latest developments in that market. We'll be dealing with everything from men's lifestyle branding to consumer research data. All will be bookmarked by powerful trend-tracking, in-depth tech analysis and a publishing environment that should energize your understanding of what it takes to attend to the vision needs of today's male eyewear patient: the Modern Man in his eyewear.So take a trip through the Age(s) of Man starting on page 25. Say hello to designer John Varvatos on page 42. Keep current with the MANdates of What's Right Now on page 79. Bulk up on some solid male Basics on page 87. And get used to saying "It's a guy-thing" with an eye on a niche you simply cannot ignore. James J. SpinaEditor-in-Chief[email protected]


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Apparently, Dayton, Ohio, officials think that tossing pepper spray* into a mosque nursery, filled with infants and directly in the face of their ten-year-old babysitter, is nothing more than a random chance chemical irritant attack. Certainly not a hate crime. In fact, it was probably motivated by love — James Dobson-style "tough love" for those youthful infidels. It should be called a "love crime" but our politically correct bureaucrats would never consider tracking crimes of love.
* a pepper-spray-ish substance, anyway
By some bizarre coincidence it happened after the DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" was mailed to local homes and inserted as an ad in the Dayton Daily News and 70 other newspapers in the midwest. It's weird how coincidences happen like that, but it certainly doesn't suggest the mosque was targeted after locals were inundated with anti-Muslim information.
According to the Dayton Daily on Monday (9/29), a cop still had to determine if a crime even happened. Three days after the
attack incident, which took place Friday 9/26. There's no need to rush because, you know, who even knows if a crime took place? I mean, so often people sneak up to open windows where religious minorities have gathered and spray cans of noxious substances directly into the faces of children. Heck it happens all the time that cans like that just happen to fall into people's hands when they're standing by open windows, and they're so startled they just accidentally press the button, and somebody's gonna get sprayed. By accident. Or out of love. Or whatever, but certainly not out of any malicious motive. And if you're standing by an open window of a mosque and a can falls into your hand — by accident — what the heck else is going to happen?


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Last month, the fitness industry saw quite a flurry of activity in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives introduced a Healthy Choices Act, the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (along with other organizations) introduced a National Physical Activity Plan, and the Childhood Obesity Taskforce, requested by President Barack Obama and headed by First Lady Michelle Obama, released a 70-point plan for decreasing childhood obesity.
As I reviewed these plans for a story in this issue, part of me felt good to see groups coming together to create these plans. However, another part of me kept wondering, who's going to fund all this? These are just plans that could fall by the wayside unless they have funding.
I recalled a conversation I had a few years ago with Dr. Kenneth Cooper, founder of the Cooper Aerobics Center. At the time, the Texas legislature mandated that students take a fitness test, but they did not fund the mandate. So, Dr. Cooper took it upon himself to raise the necessary $2.5 million to fund it.
Will we need to do the same with these plans? Helen Durkin, executive vice president of public policy for the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), says the groups that worked on the National Physical Activity Plan are actively seeking funding for it.
Of course, concerns about how the Healthy Choices Act will be funded are moot unless that bill actually is passed. And the possibility of that happening is slim,according to Durkin. She expects it will take several sessions of lobbying, and possibly the attachment of various parts of this bill onto other bills, for it to pass.
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), who introduced the act, had plenty of big guns standing beside him during the press conference announcing the bill: Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH); Audrey Tayse Haynes, senior vice president of the YMCA of the USA; Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association; Pam Bailey, CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA); Richard Wolford, chairman, president and CEO of Del Monte Foods and chairman of GMA; and Penny Lee, executive director of the Campaign to End Obesity. However, it's an election year, so politicians are more focused on campaigning in their home states than sitting in House or Senate committees discussing new bills.
And heck, even if they were in their committees, it doesn't mean they'd ever see the Healthy Choices Act appear on their agendas. The Workforce Health Improvement Program (WHIP) Act and the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act have never even made it out of subcommittee, which they must do first before going to a full committee and then possibly going to the full House or Senate for a vote. Why should we expect any more attention on the Healthy Choices Act than on those bills?
So, why even put this bill together in the first place? Well, for politicians, it's a way to show that they care about the obesity problem (even if they never go any further than introducing the bill). For the fitness industry, it's a way to put together a comprehensive approach to treating obesity that brings together industry, government and the nonprofits. Durkin calls the bill a "placeholder" bill.
"It's a placeholder bill for our nation's best policy ideas for moving the needle back on obesity," she says. "It's a great roadmap for any legislator interested in fighting obesity."
A roadmap. I guess you have to start somewhere. I just hope these plans don't stop there, too.


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David Beckham hairstyles get their name from former English soccer team captain, David Beckham; who in his heyday, came to be as much loved for his sense of style (dress-wise and accessory-wise) as for his football prowess, which was also remarkable.
For the most part, Beckham hairstyles are characterized by long hair, which has for long been David Beckham's trademark - often making him really stand out in a field of twenty-two players. Besides being long, the hair that makes up these David Beckham hairstyles has to be worked into some sexy style, to 'complete the look.'
While few men would have dared to don them when they first came up, perhaps for fear of having their sexual orientation being doubted, we have in recent years seen more and more men adopting the Beckham hairstyles. This is attributable to a number of factors. One is the increased 'self-confidence' levels in general population: where people are nowadays much less concerned about what others think about them. If a man knows donning a David Beckham look will make him feel good, he just goes ahead to get it - with a 'so-what' attitude, regarding those who raise eyebrows about the style. It is his hair, after all. Then there is the rise of the metro-sexual man, a man who, while strongly masculine and 'straight' is also very much in touch with his 'feminine side' - as another factor behind the rise of Beckham hairstyles, which are what would be traditionally considered 'feminine looking.' As mentioned, the metro-sexual man is in touch with his 'feminine side' and just as women have in recent years been adopting masculine things that make them feel good, the metro-sexual man is also ready to adopt some feminine things that make him feel good; with no apologies whatsoever for that.
Besides these factors, however, there are a number of 'stand-alone' reasons which make David Beckham hairstyles worth considering for a man.
First is the unapologetic sexy look they confer to their wearer, as mentioned earlier. If you want to come across as a sexy man (who has no apologies to make for being that sexy), then the thing to do would be to acquire a David Beckham look- and you pass the message along clearly, especially to the ladies who find a man who has the courage to wear such a 'distinctive' hairstyle quite irresistible.
Second is the fact that in spite of their great looks, Beckham hairstyles are really not too expensive or labor-intensive in their maintenance. The distinctive look they come with is acquired through clever use of styling techniques (and quite easy ones at that), rather than expensive accessorizing, as in other hairstyles of their stature.


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Going away is old news – today is all about discovering. We may not have invented days out, but we know the best ways to spend them. Whatever your age and however big your family, you can enjoy fun times and thrills at Germany's many theme parks. Or step inside the worlds of discovery, where it's all about finding things out, being amazed, having new experiences and getting active. Some places are more than just an address on a city map: zoos and animal parks present a world of animal adventure for families, nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. If you or your kids want to play, get creative and enjoy fun and games, make the indoor interactive worlds top of your list: all-weather attractions that educate and entertain in equal measure. If you've never been, then now is the time to see what all the fuss is about!
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Seven People Shot at Album Release Party in Chicago
There was no love and hip-hop going on at an album release party in Chicago Wednesday night (March 20), where seven people were shot by at least one gunman.
Rappers Lil Mouse and King Samson were performing during an event at Mr. G's Entertainment Center when a fight broke out prior to the shooting, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Hundreds of people were at the party, filled with mostly 20-somethings. Police say someone threw a chair and then guns shots were heard, causing the crowd to panic and begin running away from the club.
There is speculation that the violence was gang-related but police are still investigating the incident. The cameras inside the club also weren't working that night.
Justin Lewis, King Samson's manager, sent out a tweet about the shooting. "Condolences to all the victims. (King Samson) does not promote violence, we fight against violence."
Thirteen-year-old rapper Lil Mouse is known widely for his gun-waving video 'Get Smoked,' which went viral last summer.
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Ysbrant Scheerjer (d. 1549)
Ysbrant Scheerjer, an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake at Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on 16 November 1549. He had held religious meetings in his house, and there "read from the Bible and the New Testament." Persisting in his "errors" he was sentenced to death.
Reitsma, J. Honderd jaren uit de Gesch. der Hervorming . . . in Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1876: 63.
Sentence Book of the Court of Friesland.
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By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information
SALEM, Ore. – (Individual Results | Team Results | Fourth Round Pairings) Defending national champion Oklahoma City maintained the clubhouse lead for the third-straight day of the 2013 NAIA Men's Golf National Championships presented by FORE! Salem. The 62nd annual event is being played out at Creekside Golf Club and is hosted by the Cascade Collegiate Conference and Corban University (Ore.).
The Stars carded their highest single-day total of the championship with a third round score of 1-over par 289, but hold a 16-stroke advantage over second-place Texas Wesleyan. The Rams shot 279 on the day, which is the lowest single round team score since the event moved to Creekside Golf Club in 2012, to vault from No. 8 to No. 2 in the team race. Rounding out the remainder of the top five are Cal State San Marcos, Johnson & Wales (Fla.) and Grand View (Iowa).
Individually, Aaron Flores of Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) and Sondre Ronold of Oklahoma City are tied atop the leader board. Flores, who started the afternoon in sixth position with rounds of 72 and 71 to open the championships, carded a 69 that included four birdies on the front nine and two on the back. Conversely, Ronold struggled during his round with a 2-over par 74, but was able to maintain his No. 1 position because of back-to-back 69's on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Seven other individuals rest within four strokes of the leaders entering the final day, including Adam Loran of Cal State San Marcos (70-69-74—213), Anthony Marchesani of Oklahoma City (68-72-73—213), Dylan Anthony of Texas Wesleyan (72-72-70—214), Colin Brennan of Johnson & Wales (Fla.) (69-74-72—215), Tyler Christians of Grand View (Iowa) (70-72-73—215), James Marchesani of Oklahoma City (72-75-69—216) and Michael Palmer of Oklahoma City (71-72-73—216).
Following third round action the field is cut to 17 teams and the top 40 individuals. The fourth and final round will begin play on Friday at 7:30 a.m. PDT with Shane Gilbert of Southwestern (Kan.), Julian Taylor of William Woods (Mo.) and Trevor Banks of Virginia Intermont starting on No. 1. Back-nine action opens at 7:40 a.m. with Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Northwestern (Iowa). For the complete fourth round tee times and pairings, click here.
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MONDAY, June 1, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- About half the people who have a major stroke soon after a less serious brain event, such as a transient ischemic attack or "mini-stroke," do so within 24 hours of the minor event, a new study finds.
The message here for people who have a TIA is to "seek medical attention immediately, particularly if you have either weakness or speech disturbance that lasts more than 10 minutes," said the study's senior author, Dr. Peter M. Rothwell, a professor of clinical neurology at the University of Oxford in England.
"Don't wait until the next day -- it may be too late," he said.
Reporting in the June 2 issue of Neurology, Rothwell and his colleagues looked at the medical records of 1,247 people who had a TIA, which is a momentary blockage of blood flow in a brain artery.
Of those, 35 went on to have recurrent strokes within the next 24 hours. In that group, 1.2 percent of the second strokes occurred within six hours, 2.1 percent within 12 hours and 5.1 percent within 24 hours, the team found.
"That about half of all the recurrent strokes in the seven days after a TIA occur in the first 24 hours highlights the need for emergency assessment," the researchers wrote.
That assessment should look at the well-established "ABCD2" stroke risk factors, Rothwell said. These include:
- A: age over 60
- B: blood pressure reading that is high
- C: clinical symptoms of physical weakness
- D: duration of the TIA
"Patients should be investigated and treated as an emergency, certainly those with a high ABCD2 score," Rothwell said.
While TIAs and minor strokes are well known to be warning signs of major trouble ahead, "no study has shown how high the risk is in the first few hours -- i.e., that TIA and minor stroke is a true neurological emergency," he said.
Immediate action can lessen the risk, Rothwell said. "We published a paper in Lancet in November 2007 looking at the benefits of emergency treatment versus standard treatment," he said. "We showed that the risk of major stroke can be reduced by up to 80 percent simply by initiating standard treatment as an emergency measure -- aspirin plus or minus clopidogrel [Plavix], statin therapy, blood pressure reduction."
Clopidogrel and aspirin are both aimed at the clots that can cause a stroke by blocking a brain artery. Statins are drugs such as Crestor, Lipitor and Zocor that lower blood cholesterol levels.
Brain images can illustrate why risk of a recurrence might be highest in the hours after a TIA or minor stroke, Rothwell pointed out. "When we do perfusion [blood flow] brain scans in these patients, we do sometimes find that they have occluded an artery in the brain with a blood clot but the brain is surviving on indirect blood flow from the other vessels," he said. "After a few hours, this indirect blood flow sometimes fails and the affected brain area then dies -- they have a stroke."
Dr. Howard S. Kirshner, vice chairman of neurology and director of the Stroke Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a spokesman for the American Academy of Neurology, agreed that "all of this supports the idea that TIA is a medical emergency, that patients who experience a TIA need to seek medical attention right away."
"For the emergency department, TIA patients should not be sent right home but should be kept for observation and tested," he said. "They can be sent home if the tests are negative and they already are started on a secondary stroke prevention regimen."
Dr. Daniel Laskowitz, an associate professor in neurology at Duke University, said that the study is important because it marks a new emphasis on prevention in stroke medicine.
Once a stroke occurs, treatment options are limited, so where the effort needs to go is stroke prevention, Laskowitz said. And this adds to a body of literature that if you have a TIA, you are at very high risk of a stroke."
"A TIA should send a strong warning. It is not something that needs to be seen next week," Laskowitz stressed. "There are clear interventions that we can perform to prevent a stroke. So this has a direct practical application to how we manage stroke.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday released information about the jury sequestration for the George Zimmerman trial, including where they were staying, their activities and the cost of their sequestration.
The jury began staying at the Marriott on International Parkway at Lake Mary on June 21 and each had their individual rooms. They convened in a suite to eat and socialize.
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In the 22 days of sequestration, the jury watched television, exercised at the hotel fitness center, and spent weekends being visited by family and friends. They also went on trips to the Volusia Mall, to St. Augustine, and to the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum; got manicures and pedicures; went bowling; and, went out to eat several times at local restaurants.
Deputies said most breakfasts and dinners were provided through the hotel but the jurors ate out at Outback Steakhouse in Sanford and at Amigo's in Altamonte Springs. The group went out for lunch twice, both times to Senior Tequila's in Winter Springs.
Jurors also went to the movies to see "World War Z" and "The Lone Ranger" and were allowed to use their cell phones once a day in the presence of deputies.
The release stated: "In accordance with Florida Statutes, the Clerk of the Court is responsible for juror expenses for meals and lodging. Jurors paid for their own personal purchases and appointment costs. The Sheriff's Office paid for the movie and bowling excursions and the Ripley's admission. Although exact costs are not yet available, the hotel cost was approximately $1,000 daily, and meals were approximately $375 per day. The excursion expenses were approximately $350. In total, sequestrations costs were approximately $33,000."
SCSO said preliminary figures show about $320,000 was spent on deputy overtime, equipment, other trial-related expenses. The jurors had security at all times.


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I'm just crazy about chocolate chip cookies. There's no question about it. I crave it all the time. I also have a knack for knowing which chocolate chip cookies are good just by looking at them.
For work, I am required to make frequent trips to the bank. At my company's bank, they have a food table. They always have coffee, lollipops, and quite often, chocolate chip cookies! The first time I saw these cookies, I said to myself I must take one. I can tell they were good because they were plump and had a wonderful dark color to it. Once I tasted it, I knew it was home-made. It kind of tastes like my chocolate chip cookies, but a bit more salter. I still very much enjoyed it. Since then (about two weeks ago), I've been taking one every day. 🙂
I found this recipe while browsing through recipes online and I saw this recipe used in some of the food blogs I read. I first heard of Jacque Torres, Mr. Chocolate, on Top Chef: Just Desserts, so I guess he's pretty famous. I wanted to try his cookie recipe just because it has dark chocolate (my favorite kind of chocolate), and it had bread flour (love using this in cookies because it makes it plump and chewy).
Also note that this recipe makes big cookies! I think there's no other size it should be, even though I love bite-sized foods. It reminds me of cookies that are sold in bakeries because they're so huge and they have a good look to it that just screams "eat me because I taste beyond good!"
Here are the basic steps in photos to making the cookies. As always, the recipe will be at the end of this post.
Then you add the big bittersweet chocolate chips.
This is the most important step. You must let the dough chill for at least 24 hours. In my opinion, chilling makes the cookie taste much better. Press it with plastic wrap and make the dough the next day or a couple days later. Either way.
After you take the dough out of the refrigerator, you get to roll them up into golf balls! It's pretty easy since the dough is chilled. It's not as sticky and gooey.
After you put them in the oven, they'll come out like this.
You'll love it so much, you'll want to it more than just one at a time.
I love dark chocolate, so this is just perfect for me. These cookies were gone within a week! Yes. They're that good. Now go make some! 🙂
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe adapted from The New York Times
makes about 2 dozen cookies
2 cups minus 2 tablespoons (8 1/2 ounces) cake flour
1 2/3 cups (8 1/2 ounces) bread flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
2 1/2 sticks (1 1/4 cups) unsalted butter
1 1/4 cups (10 ounces) light brown sugar
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (8 ounces) granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
1 1/4 pounds bittersweet chocolate disks (I used 1 bag of Ghiradelli's bittersweet chocolate disks)
- Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
- Using a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined, 5 to 10 seconds. Drop chocolate pieces in and incorporate them without breaking them. Press plastic wrap against dough and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours (I chilled my dough for 24 hours). Dough may be used in batches, and can be refrigerated for up to 72 hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Set aside.
- Scoop 6 3 1/2-ounce mounds of dough (the size of generous golf balls) onto baking sheet, making sure to turn horizontally any chocolate pieces that are poking up; it will make for a more attractive cookie. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack for 10 minutes, then slip cookies onto another rack to cool a bit more. Repeat with remaining dough, or reserve dough, refrigerated, for baking remaining batches the next day. Eat warm, with a big napkin.


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Week market: Boarding house offers option
In condos, trailers, with her parents, even in a van– Melissa Marsh has experienced just about every possible living arrangement in Charlottesville. For the past few months, she's even resorted to crashing with friends. But there's one way she says she's never lived: by herself.
"It's so expensive," she explains, referring to the area's skyrocketing rents, which have pushed the cost of one-bedroom apartments to as much as $800 per month.
Marsh, a 32-year-old Subway sandwich shop employee, says her life will change for the better come mid-May with the opening of Carlton House, a 10-room boarding house where she and nine other single adults will rent rooms by the week, biweekly, or monthly. Marsh, the first resident to sign on, will serve as "tenant manager," and will handle the cleaning of common areas, distribution of mail, and generally monitoring tenant behavior.
Carlton House owners say they want it known that this is not a home for people with special needs.
"We are a residence; there are no special services," says Barbara Null, who co-founded Carlton House with her business partner, Carolyn Wicker.
Null says the duo, both former mortgage brokers who entered the real estate development biz two years ago, recognized a gap in the housing market and set out to fill it.
For two years, they scoured the city until they found a suitable location: the former Virginia Neurocare building at the corner of Carlton Road and Carlton Ave. The two-story, 4,500-sq.-ft. structure was formerly used as a residence, says Wicker, so it was not difficult to convert it to its new use. A coat of paint, new carpets and furniture in the common areas, as well as improvements to each room's private bath is all it took, she says.
Satyendra Huja, planning guru for the city, says the new boarding house comes not a moment too soon. "There's a need for it," he says, particularly among people who are currently homeless. "I meet many people at the soup kitchen who could use that kind of facility."
Null hopes a variety of people will call it home, if only temporarily. She's hoping to hook up with hospitals to provide visiting doctors with a place to stay while in town. And although some boarding houses have a reputation for being "seedy," she says that description will not fit Carlton House. She and Wicker will screen residents carefully, checking to be sure that each is gainfully employed and will treat their new home with respect. No smoking will be allowed anywhere in the building, and alcohol consumption is permitted only in the private rooms. Also off-limits: overnight guests, including children.
Rates for the rooms range from $135 per week (about $585 per month) for the smallest, up to $160 per week ($690 per month) for the large, upper-level front rooms that have two windows. The price includes shared use of two kitchens and of televisions in common areas. Although those prices may not be much less expensive than the rent for many one-bedroom apartments, Null points out that the cost includes all utilities. In addition, the option of paying week by week makes it "much easier," says Marsh.
Judging from several other businesses in town, the demand is real.
Over on Harris Street, Affordable Efficiency Suites has been offering short-term housing for the past six years, and manager David Hungate says there's no vacancy.
Each fully furnished one-bedroom suite comes with a full kitchen, queen bed, bath, and cable television including HBO. All utilities are also paid, but the price is a bit steeper than for Carlton House: $265 per week, or $935 per month. Tenants must offer five-day notice before vacating, but Hungate says that's not typically an issue.
"We have someone who stayed for three years," he boasts, "and is still going."
A third short-term option in town is Residence Inn by Marriott, which offers housing for singles, couples, even families. But a few nights at the Inn could tank some budgets.
For the cheapest stays– 30 days or more– a studio apartment runs $84 per night (a whopping $2,550 per month). For the family-sized three-bedroom suite, rent is higher than a downtown-penthouse at $3,300 per month. The average stay, says manager Debbie Rushing, is 45 nights.
To soften the blow, Rushing points out that the rate includes a buffet breakfast for all occupants seven days a week, as well as a "light" dinner Monday through Thursday. The Inn also offers a grocery shopping service and dry cleaning valet service at no additional cost.
Though Null and Wicker won't offer such luxuries at Carlton House, they believe the relatively low cost of their boarding house will tap into a strong– and as yet unmet– demand. If they're right, they say, they plan to open more.
"Conrad Hilton," laughs Wicker, "started out running a boarding house."
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The annual trainee day out came around again on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 when some 25 trainees and students together with training managers Julia Kolem and Jasmin Nürnberger set off for the adventure park in Nagold.
On May 15th 2018, Personnel Development Officer Julia Kolem welcomed eight girls from the first Girls' Day Academy in Pforzheim.
On March 23, 2018, 17 specially selected students from Lise Meitner High School (Lise Meitner Gymnasium, LMG) had the opportunity to discover Rutronik for a day.
After two and a half years of intensive learning, classwork, and a lot of practical work, it was finally almost over, with the final examination moments away.
On Saturday February 3, 2018, the Nagold-Pforzheim Employment Agency held the regular "Beruf aktuell" (Jobs today) vocational training fair in the CCP and Jahnhalle in Pforzheim. As with every year, Rutronik was represented at a stand on the upper floor.


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