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Two notable trends--one expected, the other a bit more eye-opening--mark LBM's M&A activity over the past month.
The expected trend involved a trio of closures at single-store operations. The unexpected one saw a pair of companies spread their wings a bit, when Kodiak Building Partners bought a components manufacturer and framer and Professional Builders Supply (PBS) acquired a roofing and siding installer that's based in the Carolinas but also will take PBS for the first time to Nashville, TN.
Kodiak's 25th transaction since its founding landed Mandere Construction and Northwest Building Components, both based on a 12-acre site in Rathdrum, ID. Northwest produces wall panels and floor and roof trusses, while Mandere provides framing and installation services. Company founder John Mandere will continue as president, Kodiak said in a news release. The two companies will become part of Kodiak's General Lumber division.
The acquisition of Charlotte, NC-based SouthEnd Supply will add roughly $100 million to PBS' annual revenues, according to a news release. It marks an expansion of PBS' installed sales work outside of lumber, as SouthEnd specializes in roofing and siding installations. Theoretically, it also adds eight branches to the PBS network, including one in Nashville, TN, that would be a new territory for a PBS operations that currently is centered in the Carolinas. SouthEnd will continue to operate as a separate company, but it's possible that many of its locations will merge with existing PBS stores. That's why we didn't put them on the map above.
Beyond those two deals, the most notable M&A activity involved Central Network Retail Group. On May 20, it acquired H&M Lumber of West Helena, AR, and then on June 3 followed that with a deal to buy Germantown (TN) Hardware, located near CNRG's headquarters in Memphis, TN. H&M Lumber will be rebranded and operate as part of CNRG’s Home Hardware Center brand., a press release said. This is the 24th store in the Home Hardware Center brand, which is headquartered in Natchez, MS, and operates stores in five states.
All the closures involved single-store operations: Bear Paw Lumber, Havre, MT; Do-it Center, Riverside, CA; and Trio Home Center, Ellis, KS. June also is expected to be the month in which Marson and Marson will close its Chelan, WA, store and merge into the Lake Chelan Building Supply location in the same city. TAL Holdings bought Lake Chelan Building Supply earlier this year.
May saw two openings of greenfield branches: S.J. Neathawk launched a new operation in Montvale, VA, while The Lester Group unit launched a new branch of its New River Building Supply stores in Christiansburg, VA.
So far in 2020, we have had 124 locations involved in deals (94), openings (16), or closures (14). We had 101 locations at this time last year.


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Nonprofit organizations may have the chance to get their events and programs funded by the Port of Long Beach’s grant program.
Throughout this month, the port is accepting submissions for its Community Sponsorship Program, which funds activities that raise public awareness of the region’s maritime industry.
Community groups have until 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 30 to submit their grant request for port sponsorship.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners — which has set aside $1 million for Fiscal Year 2022 – will make the final approval.
Submissions will be reviewed based on “how they can help the port inform the community of its critical role as an economic engine and jobs creator,” according to the port. Applicants should consider the timing of their events since it will take roughly 60 days after the application deadline before commission approval.
Applicants are advised to plan ahead for their events — after the application period closes, it will take about 60 days before recommendations will be sent to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for a decision, port officials say.
For more information, visit www.polb.com/sponsorship.

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The last soldier surrendered. During World War II around 450,000 German soldiers were imprisoned in 700 camps across the United States. After the war ended, these prisoners were repatriated to Germany. But seven of them escaped and disappeared into the vastness of America.
Most of the seven were eventually recaptured, except for one man. He evaded American authorities so successfully that he lived a secret life for forty years. But in 1985 he turned himself in, on The Today Show, of all places.
How he managed to live a double life for so long, evading the FBI (who had his picture on their Most Wanted posters for four decades) as well as other government authorities who were trying to track him down, is a remarkable tale.
Georg M. Gärtner was born in Schweidnitz, Lower Silesia (which is now a part of Poland) in December 1920. When Germany became embroiled in the World War II, he enlisted in 1940. He volunteered for combat duty in the Afrika Korps under Rommel in 1942. This was partly out of a desire for adventure, but also partly because he hoped to escape being sent to the Eastern Front.
He arrived in Libya in early 1943, but at that time Britain has already sent the German troops on the retreat. Gärtner was assigned to an artillery unit, as a sergeant, and fought in a huge but hopeless battle that saw German forces retreating up to 50 miles (80.4 kilometers) a day.
In May 1943, he was one of around 220,000 German and Italian soldiers who was forced to surrender to Allied troops. He was then transported to a prison camp in Deming, New Mexico. Camp life for the German POW’s in the American camps was easy. Prisoners were well-fed and had ample opportunity not only to socialize and exercise, but they could also study college courses and were given beer as a treat on occasion.
Things started to change, though, toward the end of the war. Reports of the horrors that had taken place in the liberated concentration camps started to make their way around the West. So the American guards became increasingly harsh and hostile towards the Germans.
The end of the war
The war ended and it was time to send the German prisoners back to Germany. Gärtner was terrified of the prospect of having to return home because home was now under Soviet control. He knew that his fate was dire as a German POW.
Since he spoke excellent English, he saw that his only chance of survival was to escape the American prison camp and stay in the United States.
So he began preparations for his escape by carefully observing the train track that ran past the camp. He made detailed notes about the train schedule. He knew it was his way out.
On the night of September 24th, 1945, while the other prisoners were watching a movie, Gärtner waited for a gap in the searchlights, crawled under two gates and hopped onto the passing freight train. He rode the freight train all the way from New Mexico to San Pedro, California. He had a chance of a new life and a new identity — one which he would live under for the next forty years. And so he became the last last soldier of the Afrika Korps.
When guards discovered that he was missing, they interrogated all of the other prisoners. But since Gärtner had not told a soul about his plan, nobody had any idea he had jumped onto a train.
The last soldier built a new life
It was easy for him to blend into the increasingly multicultural climate of California. To begin with, he took on the name Peter Petersen and claimed to be a Norwegian immigrant. He worked with other migrant laborers on farms for some time, but then changed his alias to Dennis Whiles.
He eventually managed to acquire a social security number and a driver’s license under the name of Dennis Whiles. This was to be the name he would keep for the rest of his double life.
He worked a great number of jobs, including that of a ski instructor, which led to his involvement in a famous incident. The passenger train City of San Francisco got trapped in a blizzard in the Sierra Nevada in January 1952. Gärtner headed a ski rescue mission to get to the stranded train. He was one of the first skiers to reach the train and as a result had his picture – along with the other rescuers – taken by Life magazine.
Ironically, nobody recognize him from the FBI Most Wanted list.
He married an American woman, Jean Clarke, in 1964. He managed to keep his true identity secret from her for the next 20 years. However, in 1984 she started to ask questions that were increasingly difficult for him to answer. So he eventually came clean to her about who he really was.
After that, he confessed publicly by making an appearance on The Today Show in 1985 to “surrender” to Bryant Gumble on national TV.
Then he got great news! The FBI and the US government decided not to prosecute or deport him since he was not officially an illegal immigrant (as he had originally been brought to the US against his will) or committed any serious offenses.
Gärtner became an official US citizen in 2009. He published a book about his life, entitled Hitler’s Last Soldier In America. He lived to the ripe old age of 92, and passed away in Loveland, Colorado – as the last soldier of the German army in an American prisoner camp.
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Debbie Johnston, Senior Vice President of Policy Development
Last week the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury issued a final rule that will allow consumers to buy short-term health plans to provide coverage for up to 36 months. These limited duration plans are not required to comply with federal requirements for individual health insurance coverage, such as essential health benefits, coverage of pre-existing conditions or the requirement to sell to any consumer regardless of health status. While these products may be appealing because of their cheaper price tag, they could end up costing a patient far more by covering fewer benefits and health conditions—which could result in an increase in medical bankruptcies. Policy experts also believe these plans will increase provider bad debt and undermine the individual insurance market by attracting younger, healthier people away from the current risk pool and driving up the costs for those that remain. It is estimated that about 600,000 Americans will newly enroll in a short-term health plan under the rule, increasing federal spending on marketplace subsidies by $0.2 billion in 2019 and $28.2 billion over ten years.

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Which is something I still think constantly all the time. They would have never thought of talking about dating. When I was 23, or 24, so already a dude for many years, my parents got wind of some girl I was going out with. ” Then there’s the classic joke, which is not funny, like, “I like the women and I like the food, but I don’t like anything else.” Which is a lot of people’s attitudes towards other people’s races. I was the only one in the video who grew up eating dosa.I was sitting in the car with my dad and he told this really impassioned story about how one of his cousins got some girl pregnant and then they had a kid and it ruined his life. And I was like, what conversation is this right now? I think it’s more because I’ve been such a crazy guy for the last 10 or 11 years that when they met her, and she has a good job and everything, they were like, things could be worse. But they understood that I was finally making money and was on TV and in magazines, so people appreciated what I was doing, and so it was real. Well, there was one other half-Kerala and half-white guy.
So Indians from India were East Indians, where people from West Indies were West Indians.Anyways, Indians didn’t even have a slur that you could call us. There was one incident when I was very young, like seven years old. And I’m not going to jump all over people for pronouncing it wrong, because there’s lots of East Asian names that I see and I’m like how in the hell do you pronounce that? I hadn’t really thought about identity before that. I don’t know why they’d think they were flattering me, or that that is an entrée into a bigger conversation.It was then that we realized it was not normal to be surrounded by Indian kids or Colombian kids. I went to school with a bunch of Malayali kids, and a lot of them were Christian converts. But after the first day of school, I came home and asked my mom why do I have this name? But she was like, how can you even say a thing like that? The other guy in the band is Punjabi, though he could speak Spanish, so he could front like he was Dominican, maybe. But anyways, people thought all of us were Indian at some point, too. The country lives in a black white duality, which doesn’t even demographically make sense any more. I thought everybody knows that that’s not a thing you do.Maybe you should have had this conversation with me 10 years ago? And still to a large extent in NYC and a lot of places I go, Indian girls just don’t really like me. Maybe it was because between like 15 and 24, for all intents and purposes I was a bum. Obviously they would prefer if I were dating a Telugu girl. Between like 18 and 24 years old, I was just dicking around the city. I had odd jobs like passing out flyers for Greenpeace. When I was 22, I was like, I’m just going to falsify a resume and carpet bomb craigslist. I worked for this guy who was in subprime mortgages. He had this crazy idea that he would was going to go to China and buy thousands of cell phones and list them on ebay, and that’s how he’d make money. It was only later when I saw that movie that I was like, hey what the hell. If someone doesn’t know something and we’re being friendly, I want them to ask. I live in Williamsburg now, and when people think of Williamsburg they think of Bedford Avenue and hipsters.This is what you have to say to me about men and women? So I was in charge of setting up the POS and backend. People who don’t know me don’t ask me too many cultural questions or stuff now. But where I live is super Puerto Rican and Dominican, now a lot of Mexicans. There was no white people bar within 7 blocks in any direction.And now when I walk around, there’s white people in the stores and talking to each other.
And white kids in that neighborhood greet each other in the street.
My parents don’t use forks” — he talked candidly with us about racial dynamics in Queens, why his relatives in India think he and his brother, Hari, are singers and lawyers, and why he’ll probably never leave New York. One of my parents is from Andhra Pradesh and one is from Telangana. Like, “I’m Indian and I think you should stop being a crybaby.” It’s such a classic Indian move of hedging your bets and aligning yourself with mainstream sentiment. It was Long-Island-y white people, if you know what that means.
My dad is from a more rural farming background, one of nine kids. If you don’t know what that means, I’m not going to say it.
I feel excluded from that, which sucks, because dude. That was the first place I went outside of New York. When I go to other places, I’m a weird guy, just walking around. She specializes in getting people to tell stories they never expected to share.
She's mom to the Korean-Colombian-Mexican-American Alejandro, aka The Future of America.
My mom, her father was a professor and her grandmother marched with Gandhi and went to jail during the independence movement. But the kids there would call us “Hindu” or “Gandhi” or “Curry.” I mean, there wasn’t even a racial slur for Indian kids, and I don’t know if that’s good or bad.

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Riders in the Sky: Christmas the Cowboy Way
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It's a great big western ho-ho-ho from America's Favorite Cowboys! Those wacky, four-part harmonizing cowboys have spruced up the bunkhouse, donned their sequined yuletide outfits, and unleashed their vivid imaginations to create a holiday musical fantasy for Saddle Pals of all ages. Christmas The Cowboy Way will feature their unique brand of cowboy humor sprinkled with a dash of holiday spice, which includes original songs like "Riding Home On Christmas Eve," "Deck The Bunkhouse Walls," and "The Last Christmas Medley You'll Ever Need To Hear." You’re also invited to join Riders in singing traditional holiday classics such as "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and others. All this yuletide charm is augmented with the classic, western favorites Riders have been singing for 30 years. Put on your merry cheer, saddle up, and ride!

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A protest organised by Extinction Rebellion, aimed at raising awareness around climate change is underway in Wellington this morning.
Stout Street in the central city is closed between Ballance Street and Lambton Quay, with around 200 to 300 protestors congregated there.
About 20 protestors have tied themselves to a bright pink painted boat in the city, as well as the same thing with a car at the other end of the street, 1 NEWS reporters Cushla Norman said.
Extinction Rebellion kicked off a week of action with a "street party" and "non-violent civil disobedience" on Lambton Quay at 7am.
It's the first of more than 60 demonstrations around the world with one message, "make history or be history".
They have three demands: That the Government declare a climate emergency, that a citizens assembly is set up so that citizens have their say in how the issue is tackled, and they want net zero emissions by 2025.
The group says the lack of meaningful action is pushing people to take a stand and risk being arrested.


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This Wild Bugatti Truck Has a Ton of French Supercar Mojo
Enjoy this long-haul Bugatti fantasy.
Take a break from the news for a minute and feast your eyes on these wild, amazing, and frankly pretty awesome renderings of a fantasy Bugatti truck created by Prathyush Devadas, a senior interior designer at Chinese automaker Dongfeng. He incorporated some key Bugatti design elements into the rig, which could be a cargo hauler or tanker of some sort, and we're going to go ahead and assume it can handle an equally exotic-looking trailer, because of course it can.
The C-shaped stylistic elements from the Chiron have been applied to the forward area of the Bugatti Hyper Truck, and a circular glass pod that holds the driver riffs on the Chiron's—and Bugatti's—iconic horseshoe grille. The truck adopts the long, low-slung look and strong character lines you'd expect from a Bugatti. There's no talk of a potential powertrain, but if this truck isn't electric, we'd like to see how to might perform with the Chiron's quad-turbo, W-16 engine installed—it makes 1,479 horsepower and 1,180 lb-ft of torque in the supercar. Or even better, let's toss in the THOR 24 semi truck's 3,972-hp setup!
Although we'd love to see a Bugatti truck on the streets next to a Tesla Semi, the chances of that happening are so unlikely as to be impossible. For now, Bugatti is focused on expanding its lineup (very modestly, of course) with the new Pur Sport, a $3.5 million coupe that boasts performance upgrades over the standard Chiron. Bugatti recently finished building half of the 500 Chirons in the model's planned production run, and we await news of its possible SUV model.
Take a closer look at the Bugatti Hyper Truck in the additional photos below, which are courtesy of the artist.
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Notebook: Boxing writers unanimous in picking Mayweather
LAS VEGAS – Two reporters were taking separate polls of their fellow boxing writers, asking who they believed would win the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight and how, and had collected quite a few picks.
Every response was exactly the same: Mayweather by decision.
“No one picked Mosley to win or Mayweather by knockout?” someone asked one of them.
“Not one person,” he said.
Mosley was asked after the formal portion of the news conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand what he thought about the writers’ predictions. He didn’t seem to care much either way. He’s been the underdog before.
“That’s what Mayweather normally does,” said Mosley, surrounded by reporters. “He normally beats guys by decision. He moves around and outboxes his opponents. Maybe they’re [the writers] going for the safe bet, if you will.”
Mosley has pointed out that people also made him an underdog before he fought Antonio Margarito early last year.
That was the case in part because Mosley looked sluggish before finally stopping Ricardo Mayorga in the final round of his previous fight and in part because Margarito was destroying his opponents, including Miguel Cotto in his previous fight.
“I told everybody that (Margarito) can’t beat me with that style,” said Mosley, referring to the Mexican’s face-first aggression. “Margarito threw a thousand punches the fight before. They thought I was too old to keep up with that, that if he didn’t knock me out, he’d win by decision. That didn’t happen.
“ÔÇª I don’t really care. People picked Margarito by a landslide. They were talking about my health, whether he was going to retire me. That’s not going to be the case (on Saturday). I’m telling you guys: He’s not going to beat me.”
Mayweather was a 4-1 (-400) favorite Wednesday afternoon at the MGM. Mosley was a 3-1 (+300) underdog.
Subdued: The formal portion of the news conference on Wednesday, the final one before the fight Saturday, was remarkably cordial.
That could be expected from Mosley, one of the most-respectful men in the sport. However, the masters of trash talk, Mayweather and his relatives, father Floyd Sr. and uncle/trainer Roger. also couldn’t have been much nicer.
“You know what was newsworthy about that press conference? Not a single swear word,” said one knowledgeable boxing observer.
Mayweather the fighter got in a subtle dig at Mosley’s trainer, Naazim Richardson, complimenting Richardson on his ability to respond to trash talk in kind.
Richardson, not really amused, just shook his head at that notion. The dignified man had no intention of slinging mud back and forth with someone like Mayweather. He was just defending his soft-spoken fighter from attacks.
“There’s been a lot of back and forth on (HBO’s) 24/7,” Richardson said. “Something was pulled out of contest in reference to me. ÔÇª I’ve been around a long time. I’m aware when someone puts things out because they want to intimidate you. I’ve said if I got on camera I would never turn into a buffoon. I never said I wouldn’t speak on behalf of my athlete, to defend my athlete. That’s something I still stand by.”
Richardson then praised Mosley but also might’ve gotten in his own little jab.
“I would rather see my fighter behave like Shane Mosley than see him fight some of the great fighters out there,” he said. “I’d rather see him have the character, the conduct of Shane Mosley because the world is watching. We always represent more than just ourselves.”
Cotto fight: Mosley was asked how he can expect to outbox Mayweather when he couldn’t outbox Cotto in November of 2007, a fight he lost by unanimous decision.
Mosley said he expected the then-unbeaten Puerto Rican star to try fight aggressively but was surprised when Cotto decided to box instead, implying that in effect he failed to adjust well in the fight.
“I’d never seen him box anybody,” Mosley said. “I always saw him walk people down. I was like, ‘What? He’s boxing?’ I let my guard down a little bit. I thought, ‘He can’t outbox me. He’ll have to try to fight me and knock me out.’
“I didn’t know he could box that well. I thought afterward, ‘Now, let’s do the rematch. I know he can box a little.”
The rematch never happened.
Rematch clause: A rematch clause in their contract gives Mayweather the right to demand a second fight if he loses to Mosley.
However, Mosley said he would’ve given Mayweather a rematch — passing up a possible fight against Manny Pacquiao — regardless of the contract because he’s so grateful for this opportunity.
“I have an obligation to fight Mayweather again because he fought me,” he said. “He chose to fight me first. I have to do that favor for him. He would be the first one I talk to (after Saturday). Then I can go to the next step.”
Mosley has had four rematches — against Oscar De La Hoya, Vernon Forrest, Fernando Vargas and Winky Wright. He’s 2-2 in the first fights and 2-2 in the rematches, having beaten De La Hoya and Vargas twice each and losing two fights to both Forrest and Wright.
Drug tests: Mosley said he has had eight drug tests under the Olympic-style system during his training camp, including four blood tests and eight urine tests.
He said eight tests “is a little excessive.” He suggested that three tests are reasonable, one at the beginning of camp, one in the middle and one toward the end. And he laid a potential problem with random testing for many non-heavyweight boxers. What if he’s trying to make weight but must drink water to produce a urine sample in the final days leading up to the fight?
That could cause him to come in overweight.
“Like told them, you can’t knock on my door and expect me to try to make weight after drinking a gallon of water to do a urine test getting that close to the fight,” he said. “Maybe I can do blood test ÔÇª but I’m not able to drink that water for a urine test.”
Mayweather, speaking with reporters, said he had no problem with the testing and took the opportunity to criticize Mosley. Mosley admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs before his fight against De La Hoya in 2003.
“I’m not really sure,” Mayweather said when asked how many tests he’s had. “But I’m glad. ÔÇª I want to show the world I’m a clean athlete. I don’t have to cheat. When I go to the Hall of Fame, I want to have done it the old-school, hard way. I worked my way from the bottom to the top.
“ÔÇª I’m not saying (Mosley’s) not a future hall of famer but we don’t know how many fights he fought being clean. Even the Margarito fight. We don’t know if he was on nothing or not.”


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As we watched Millie and Liam’s love story unfold on Love Island, it wasn’t long before their social media accounts were flooded with comments and questions. But, unfortunately, it became apparent as they scrolled down that the couple may not have met in the Love Island villa in the first place.
As recently as three years ago, both couples went on the same vacation, posting pictures from the same location only a few days apart. Of course, it is a popular destination for young people, but they happened to be there at the same moment is a complete accident.
Earlier this year, Millie uploaded a picture of herself at the O Beach premium beach resort in Ibiza, and Liam did the same. However, Liam claims that Millie wasn’t in the background of Liam’s shot, despite some people’s belief that she was.
Was Millie really in that photo of you in Ibiza three years ago?’ she was asked during a Q&A session on Instagram. It’s not Millie, Liam muttered as he shut it down.
He certainly clarified that. Every prior winner had an original islander in the couple. The couple created history on Love Island by being the first two bombshells ever to win the competition.
However, they had already declared their love for one another and had become exclusive earlier in the show. As quickly as Liam and Millie moved together, it appears that they’re moving even faster now that Liam has said that he plans to move to Essex to remain more close to Millie.
According to him, “I adore where I’m from, but I want to try something different, and Essex seems like a great option.”
I met a few boys who talked about moving in together and relocating to Essex in the villa. That’s something I would consider doing, and I intend to move to Essex.”
There will come a time when Millie and I will be living together. Since about seven or eight weeks, we’ve been living in the villa together.” So we need to be patient and wait for them to stay together and announce the news to us.

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O.Z. Tyler Distillery is teaming up with Louisville-based StructuRight Structural Health Monitoring Systems to use an app-based system to better monitor the structural stability of the distiller's rickhouses.
StructuRight, which began operation on Jan. 1, 2019, is a company that provides internal and external structural and health monitoring for all types of structures, allowing for real-time assessment and monitoring.
The implementation of StructuRight's patent-pending, sensor-based Smart Sensing Unit will make O.Z. Tyler the first distillery in the nation to utilize a tech-based monitoring system. The system will measure distance, angle, vibration, temperature and humidity in the rickhouses.
All data, including any change notifications, will be saved to a secure database and relayed to a cellphone.
The partnership between the two came about after the partial collapse of Warehouse H on June 17, Jacob Call, master distiller and operations manager for the distillery, said.
"We started looking around for better ways to monitor," he said. "Traditionally, employees would go and weave a plumb bob. It was really a visual inspection to monitor if posts were bent or broken; there were cracks in the foundation, drainage issue; things like that. This new system measures things like angle, distance and temperature. We will be able to set different parameters based on a significant event or big changes in the environment and receive an alert if an issue arises."
The designs of rickhouses haven't changed much in the last 50 years among many distillers, primarily because of the painstaking process of aging bourbon properly, he said.
"In other spaces, it (bourbon) will age differently," he said. "some are houses are palletized; bourbon doesn't age as well or as fast in a palletized warehouse or regular warehouse. A lot of big distilleries are still building rickhouses today like they were 50 years ago. You have better wind control and basing now, but there is not a whole lot of difference. The design hasn't changed much over the years. This will be more of a way to monitor and keep a jump on things that may have been missed in the past."
The distillery is going to start slow with the new system, starting with one rickhouse, with plans to expand if the new approach proves viable. The first installation will take place in September, in a yet to be determined location, he said.
In an industry whose very bar is set by tradition, Call hopes that other distillers will follow in O.Z. Tyler's footsteps toward adopting the new monitoring system, he said.
"As an industry, we should always be looking for a better and safer way to monitor buildings," he said. "We have a responsibility to keep them safe and secure and protect the environment, so I hope other distillers pick it up. It really advances the monitoring for us."
Jacob Mulliken, 270-228-2837, email@example.com


In a previous article we talked about condensation on the interior of a basement foundation wall. We talked about the condensation being a result of two primary things—the moisture in the interior air and the temperature of the interior side of the exterior wall. The first thing to check once you have determined that the problem is condensation is to make sure that the relative humidity is not too high. In our heating climate we typically have relative humidity levels between 30% and 40% during the winter months. As the temperature goes down outside so should the relative humidity in the house. If the humidity is too high make sure that there are no sources causing the humidity such as a clothes dryer not vented to the outside or cooking without venting to the outside. Both of these can product contribute to excessive humidity.
If the humidity is within a normal range then you may want to consider insulating the basement walls.
The goal of insulating the walls is to reduce the amount of warm moist interior air that comes in contact with the cold foundation wall. A good method to accomplish this is to use a rigid foam insulation that is secured directly to the foundation wall with an adhesive specifically designed for this application. Apply the adhesive continuously to the top and bottom of the wall and then intermittently in between to secure the panels. The panels are typically available in 4’x8’ and 4’x9’ sheets. Minimize any gaps between sheets. If necessary the panels can be attached with nails or mechanical fasteners to help hold them in place until the adhesive cures. Once the adhesive cures the joints between the panels should be taped with a tape designed to work with the product.
This is actually a good do-it-yourself project and can be completed with a minimum of tools. If installed correctly almost no air will penetrate the insulation or get behind the insulation to the concrete foundation wall. And the nice part is that even if some air get behind the insulation, the rigid insulation is unaffected by moisture and should not result in damage.
If you choose to insulate your basement you will also reap other benefits. Obviously it will help reduce or eliminate dampness or frost on the exteriors walls. You will benefit by lower heating bills due to improved insulation and possibly reduced air infiltration/exfiltration. You may even be able to raise the interior relative humidity thereby improving the comfort in the home. And finally you can take satisfaction in completing a good do-it-yourself project.
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Have floating exchange rates lost their validity?
Just how Ayoba is the JSE's biggest telecoms share?
Avoid increased risk by staying in balance
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This week’s headlines praised a behavioral therapy parents can offer their babies to reduce the intensity of children’s autistic traits and lower their chances of being diagnosed by age 3, but independent experts are calling for it. Caution: The observed effects were small and the study’s analysis raises questions as to whether its findings will resist replication.
“Even with less than optimal statistical analyzes and poorer than ideal results, this is important, relevant and timely work,” says April Benasich, professor of cognitive developmental neuroscience at the University. Rutgers from Newark, New Jersey, who were not involved in the research.
The study follows a 2019 single-blind randomized controlled trial of 103 babies who showed behavioral signs of autism at 9 to 14 months of age. Six months later, the babies who had received the experimental therapy did not behave differently from controls on a measure of autism traits.
In the new work, the same team followed 89 of the children up to the age of 3. By that time, 12 had been diagnosed with autism, and those in the control group, who had not received the experimental therapy, were three times more likely than those who had to meet diagnostic criteria for the disease, according to study. The work appeared on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
“Although these effects were of a fairly small magnitude, with uncertain clinical significance,” says Benasich, “it is still worth doing and, most importantly, teaches parents valuable skills for communicating with their children. “
The children in the study all tested positive for signs of autism on the revised Social Attention and Communication Monitoring measure at 9 to 14 months of age. The tool is more accurate when given multiple times, but many children only take it once before being referred or not to a specialist, says lead researcher Andrew Whitehouse, professor of research on the autism at the Telethon Kids Institute in Western Australia.
Parents of 50 babies learned to administer experimental therapy, called iBASIS-Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting (iBASIS-VIPP). In 10 bi-weekly sessions, parents watched videos of their own interactions with their child, while a trained therapist offered them communication tips. Parents practiced their skills with their children for at least 15 minutes a day during the initial five-month study period. The parents of 53 other children received no training, but some received other therapy elsewhere.
The new work reassessed autism traits in 44 children in the control group and 45 children in the treatment group at ages 2 and 3, using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Program (ADOS). Clinicians also assessed children for autism at age 3.
Those whose parents had received training had less pronounced autistic traits than controls, measured over a period of 12 months to 3 years. And three children in the treatment group were diagnosed with autism, compared to nine controls.
“Children who fell below the diagnostic threshold still had developmental difficulties,” Whitehouse says. “However, this study showed that by working with each child’s unique differences, rather than trying to counter them, iBASIS-VIPP therapy effectively supported their development throughout early childhood.”
The results are consistent with studies of the same therapy in younger siblings of children with autism – the so-called “little siblings,” who are about 20 times more likely to have autism than the general population. After their parents were trained using iBASIS-VIPP, baby siblings showed a significant reduction in autism traits by age 3, as measured by ADOS or l ‘Autism Observation Scale for Infants, according to a 2017 study.
The primary outcome of the study, differences in trait severity, was statistically significant on a one-sided test, which only examines whether a treatment is more effective than the control condition. But choosing a one-sided test over a more stringent two-sided test – which explains the possibility that one treatment might be more or less effective than usual treatment – increased the chances that the results would be statistically significant, says Benasich.
“This analytical choice rules out the possibility of exploring an effect in the other direction and, given the poor statistical results at the unilateral level, it is likely that the bilateral results do not reach or reach significance,” explains Benasich.
Autism diagnoses at age 3, the secondary outcome of the study, reached conventional statistical significance levels for two-tailed testing, although a prerecorded plan to conduct the study called for unilateral testing, Whitehouse said.
The small number of participants also lowers confidence in the results, says Regina Nuzzo, senior statistical communications advisor at the American Statistical Association, who was not involved in the study.
Statistics notwithstanding, the survey presents a “very rare” example of a research team doing everything in their power to assess early intervention in autism with minimal risk of bias, says Kristen Bottema-Beutel, associate professor Education, Curriculum and Society at Boston College. in Massachusetts, which did not participate in the work.
“They ticked all the boxes that researchers never tick,” she says. For example, the team pre-recorded their assumptions and detailed how they randomized the groups.
But the premise of the study – what Bottema-Beutel calls a preventive intervention to prevent people from becoming autistic – raises ethical concerns, she says. “Many autistic traits are just differences, they aren’t necessarily something that will make it harder for you to reach developmental milestones.”
The team is sensitive to this concern, Whitehouse says. “Our goal of supporting parent-child interactions is to support and enrich the social environment around the baby – creating learning opportunities for the baby that are tailored to the child’s unique abilities. “
He and his colleagues plan to continue to follow the children to see if the effects detected in the study persist.


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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
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I’m a big fantasy fan, and you have to give Tolkien props for practically creating the genre. In all honesty, though, I’ve always found the Lord of the Rings Trilogy to be a bit slow. While I enjoy poetic imagery and can understand the desire to wax lyrical, sometimes I get a little irritated at the sheer wordiness of this series. Every time I revisit these books, I remember why I prefer authors like Neil Gaiman or R.R. Martin for my fantasy fix. The Fellowship of the Rings is well-written and enjoyable, especially in the last few chapters, when the action really picks up. But be warned — you have to slog through quite a bit of speech-making, pointless discussion, and long descriptions of travel to get to that point.
Even so, this is a classic of the genre, and should be read and experienced by any fantasy lover at least once. A point to keep in mind is that The Lord of the Rings was published at the tail end of an era in which books had been the predominant form of entertainment for centuries. In 1954, television was not yet common in every home, and while films were available, they were a theater-only treat. In a sense, Tolkien is one of the last authors to write in the same literary style as Dickens, Twain, Austen, and the Bronte sisters (though obviously in a different genre).
Authors today — even authors of epic fantasy — write differently. They know they have to compete with the internet, television, movies on demand, and mobile devices. Plots come at a faster pace these days, and the action and reaction occurs in swift succession. There is no time or desire for writers who begin their books with long, meandering paragraphs and tend towards tangential writing. In order to be a success, the book must immediately grab and hold the attention, and keep it throughout. I’m not saying any of this is bad — I’m just pointing out that Tolkien was writing for a much different audience. Reading his books requires cultivating a different frame of mind.
That challenge is largely ameliorated by the second book, though — The Two Towers and Return of the King chronicle the bulk of the action, so pacing picks up quite a bit. Long story short: The entire series is a bastion of the fantasy genre, and a must-read for any fantasy fan. Luckily, by the end of the first book, the pace starts picking up. By the second book, it’s whipping right along, and the third book is also a great read.
As a side note, I have recently learned that the estate of Tolkien is apparently displeased with Peter Jackson’s film rendition of his work. That makes me feel a little odd in my high recommendation of the films, since Tolkein’s descendants apparently feel they’re not at all representative of his work. Still, I really do feel like the films do a good job of representing the tone and feel of these books, and I generally do not like films based on books I’ve read. I believe the total of films based on books I’ve read that I actually like is somewhere at 5 (if you count each LoTR installment separately) — the other two are Stardust and The Princess Bride.

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I'm with you Valanx new music rules.Listening to the old stuffis all well and good but i think you have to keep pushing boundries and looking for new bands all the time.I don't evan listen to that much metal these days but i still keep me ears out for new metal.Aechenemy are a band i have heard you all mention so i downloaded some stuff the other day and it turns out the rock big style.
Another Angel Witch fan, yippee that's brilliant. I didn't realise there were so many loyal Angel Witch fans still around!!!! Yes the first album is available on CD but there is an expanded version out right now which has the same 10 original tracks as the album plus 10 bonus tracks as well, so it would be better getting that one Wilks. Praise Angel Witch everyone
Yeah mate, thats one way of putting it
Ive liked them for a couple of years now since Angela joined, still cant believe her vocals...Totaly unreal for a woman to sing like that!!
Well that's not strictly true but I still listen to loads of NWOBHM along with loads of Rush, Zeppelin, AC/DC, Sabbath, UFO, Scorps, Floyd, Krokus etc. Really what I'm saying is that the music I listen to today is more or less the same music I listened to about 20 years ago. I will go out and get new CDs but it will be the new CD from an older band like Lionheart and AOR. There are some newer bands I listen to, I really like Tool/APC and I'm into that Open Hand, Drive-By Truckers.
The thing is I've got loads of cds that folk have given me, must have about 20 sitting in a drawer and they've been sitting there for about 9 months and I haven't listened to any of them cos to listen to them means I'd have to stop listening to Saxon, Diamond Head/ Sabbath, Girlschool etc and I know probably some of them will be quite good, but I know for a true fact that I won't like any of those bands nearly as much as I love all the stuff I'm listening to just now. The cds I'm talking about that I've not listened to yet are stuff like Gov't Mule, Panic, Opeth, Nevermore, Kings X, Kyuss, Spirital Beggars - some of them might not be really new bands but they are all new to me cos I haven't heard them yet. In fact I must make a point to night of sticking a few of them on, I've heard that Gov't Mule as supposed to be brill, as are Panic.
But I realise I need to start listening to newer bands cos even the bands I've went to see over the past year, apart from Open Hand and Drive by Truckers, the rest have all been bands that have been around for years like Rush, Saxon, Budgie, Whitesnake, Priest, Scorps, Thin Lizzy and the bands that I'm seeing later this year are all old bands as well, Budgie again this week, Motorhead, Girlschool, Magnum, Dio, and the 5 bands playing at the NWOBHM concert. These bands won't be around for a great deal longer, so I have to start getting into new bands or else I won't have any concerts to go to, which would be tragic indeed.
Midnightrider - I was going to recommend Dragonforce to Crusader as well. I only heard of them a few months ago but they are so amazing, they totally blew me away. I was checking their tour dates a few months ago and noticed they are playing in Edinburgh, quite fancied it and thought I'd better check out the Merch to see if they had any decent girl tshirts. There was one but I'm afraid there's no way I could wear it cos of what it says on the front
"Dragonforce DIRTY Power Metal SLUT
I think its this weekend they're playing but I don't think I can make it now, if it was Glasgow I would definitely go but its like 50 miles away, hopefully they will come to Glasgow and then I will see them for sure. They would be totally mindblowing live.
Ive just logged on to www.dragonforce.com and heard a song called 'My Spirit Will Go On', and. . . . . . .
Its Fooookin Awsome
It's EXACTLY the sort of stuff im looking for!!
Im off to HMV on saturday to buy the album
Thanks for the info. . . . . . . .
LOL Crusader, that's exactly what that song is "fackin awesome". I love that song and Dragonforce are just totally sensational, this is the kind of music that I've been waiting TWENTY YEARS for!!!!!!!!! How tremendous would they be live - absolutely jawdroppingly tremendous!!!!! And stuff it, if I ever get to see them, I'm going to buy that power slut tshirt hehehe.
After seeing CRU's link (thanks!) i just went and Downloaded the tune myself, yeah its preetty decent! I love the solo its all over teh place!!!
Let us know what the album is like ok C?
Actually Crusader, Have you heard; Guardians of Time : 'Machines of Mental Design' ?? Same sort of stuff as that dragonforce, GOT has better vocals though!! imo
Try and catch them live if you get the chance they are awesome.The guitarist Herman Li is a friend of a friend and have had a drink with him on several occasions (once at Wacken)and is a really sound guy.His previous band were called Demoniac and released a cd called The Fire and the Wind which i absolutely love top guitar shredding.If you see it anywhere pick it up,it is quite rare to see it anywhere and could be worth a few quid as Dragonforce really seem to be getting popular in metal circles.Let us know what you think of Sonic Firestorm when you get it.
Just been on the Guardians Of Time website, and heard 3 sound clips, good stuff
Looks like i'll have to add there album to my C.D. shopping list
I see what you mean about the vocals, they do go a bit high in places (which i love) it reminds me a bit of Michael Kiske's vocals when he was in the mighty Helloween
I bought Sonic Firestorm by Dragonforce yesterday!!!
Great album, 8 tracks, 7 are fast and one is a bit slow.
My fave song is 'my spirit will go on', and 'once in a lifetime'.
If you like fast power metal, then this album should be on your next shopping list
I love Angel Witch!! I was jamming their debut a few days ago.
You rock Twisted Tony!!!!! Angel Witch are totally magnificent, they are still one of my fav bands and it's fantastic that there's so many AW fans on here. Years ago a load of my pals were into Angel Witch but I think nowadays it's just like me and one other friend who are still heavily into them. I will be a diehard Angel Witch fan till the day I die - and of course a Saxon fan, Diamond Head and Girlschool. Those bands are still the best in my opinion.
I've not listened to any Angel Witch for a couple of days - no wonder I don't feel too well - going to stick on some right now, that'll make me feel better!!!
Do you like HAMMERFALL Crusader? Just wondered...
Er, i haven't heard of them (yet) so i don't know.I HAVE just got the first Dragonforce C.D. Valley Of The Damned It arrived in the post this morning, and im just about to play it. If its even half as good as Sonic Firestorm it will be worth buying!!
I have seen ANGELWITCH back in 1986 at the Dynamol Open Air festival in Eindhoven. It was on the parkinglot in front of the Dynamo Club. I think it must have been the only dutch gig they ever did. But I may be wrong on this.
A friend of mine was able to see them last year in Zottegem,Belgium. That was the line up with the guys from Heathen. He said it wass absolutely brilliant. I wasn't able to go than due to work but this was a great line up. Kevin with Lee Altus(Guitar,he is in EXODUS now),Jon Torres and Darren Minter. Too bad that line up didn't last very long.
Have you seen Angelwitch recenly?
No Ekib I'm afraid I've not seen Angel Witch for years and years and years. Can't really remember the last time I saw them but it would have probably been around 1987/88 or thereabouts. I knew they were playing Wacken a few years ago but unfortunately I didn't get there to see them. I should have made more of an effort.
I still listen to AW a lot, probably at least every second day I'll listen to some of their stuff, and they are the one band that I would most like to see again.I cant really see them getting back together again but you never know, I must not give up hope cos I really would sell my right kidney to see them play one more time.
Well let us know, from the good things you have said about them and the tunes i downloaded from the site they do sound like some pretty good power metal! Like Hammerfall, who i am listening to now incidently
BTW: your 'land of the dead' gif is just teh cool !!!!
Yeah and when you not listening to them you are talking about them!!!!
Princess - Did you not go to the NWOBHM weekend a few years back at the LA2? Angelwitch and Samson on the Friday, and Saxon on the Saturday. That was a good weekend


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Every now and then, Selma will stumble across a recipe on the interweb that she has to make. I don’t even have a say in the matter. When she has her heart set on something, there’s no stopping her (just like when she wanted me). Anyways, this recipe comes from another awesome blog called The Wholesome Pursuit. Oddly enough, the author of the blog is also from Lancaster, PA. Yes, home of Shady Maple and the Amish. We’ll actually be back to visit in a few weeks and I can’t wait for twisty cones and delicious Amish pies.
Anywho, here is the real reason you are here…
- 3 cucumbers
- 1/2 of a fennel bulb
- 1/2 of a sweet onion
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 5 Tbsp sugar
- 4 1/2 oz (9 Tbsp) apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1 orange
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3/4 tsp ginger, grated
Start by slicing up the cucumbers, onions, and fennel bulb. Because we don’t have a mandolin slicer, and because I’m deathly afraid of them, Selma sliced them up by hand. The slices need to be as thin as you can get them.
Yes, it was a tedious job getting all of them just the right size but it was totally worth it in the end.
Next, in a medium bowl, add in the salt and sugar to the cucumbers, fennel, and onion. Toss them around a bit and then cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 20 min. The salt and sugar pull out moisture from the veggies and helps create the marinating brine.
While that’s resting, make the marinade by combining the vinegar, olive oil, honey, zest and juice of 1 orange, minced garlic and grated ginger in a small bowl. After the 20 min is up, add in the marinade and make sure everything is covered. Cover again with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-4 hours (although overnight wouldn’t hurt as well).
Serve chilled with your favorite BBQ or just eat it alone like a savage.
We decided to pair it with my BBQ braised beef sandwiches because this salad reminds me a lot of summer.
We’ve made this salad on multiple occasions and we still can’t get enough of it. This is definitely one of our new favorites. If you are looking for a refreshing snack or side for your next summer BBQ, then look no further. Thank you Casey Campbell from The Wholesome Pursuit for sharing this!
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Norwalk’s Juice of the Month for August is watermelon juice. Here are some helpful tips for juicing and storing your watermelon juice.
To press watermelon, place no more than 1 and 1/2 cups of sliced watermelon into the center third of a flat cloth, then fold the cloth into thirds, keeping the pulp in the center third. Seeds do not need to be removed for pressing. Place the folded cloth onto the center of the juice tray. Repeat these steps for the second cloth. Always juice with two cloths and check that the juice tray is centered on the press plate.
Turn on the Norwalk, and turn the press lever to press the juice. Do not let the tray sit fully pressed for longer than 10 seconds, before turning the press lever off and letting the juice tray down.
Juice needs to be stored quickly to stay fresh and reduce oxidation. Pour into small glass jars for storing in the refrigerator, leaving only enough room at the top of the jar for the lid. This ensures there is limited oxygen in the jar, and will keep your juice fresh longer. Enjoy this delicious pulp-free juice, which can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.
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STA, 3 November 2020 - Tomaž Kavčič, a chef running a Michelin-starred restaurant, has made an urgent appeal to prevent what he sees as an imminent collapse of the top-notch culinary industry, floating the idea of a positive discrimination as a way out of the coronavirus lockdown.
In a letter addressed to the public and decision-makers, the chef writes that the top-class cuisine sector is on the brink of collapse.
"If we let it collapse, it will take starting from scratch (...) Generations of chefs, waiters and sommeliers may disappear, become scattered at the far ends of the world or leave for other type of business," he wrote.
Despite the relatively positive experience following the spring shutdown, Kavčič, the chef of the Pri Lojzetu restaurant at Zemono Castle in the west of the country, has "the feeling it won't be the same this time around".
Talking with the STA, he said it was right that healthcare, education and other key systems should take an absolute priority and that the first job at hand was to deal with the health crisis and abide by government measures.
However, he also hopes that Slovenia as one of the first countries in the region to adopt restrictions in the second wave of coronavirus, will also be the first to restart businesses.
When the time comes, he proposes a gradual reopening of hospitality establishments where those that respect all government preventive measures and can meet the highest safety standards be allowed to open first.
"My proposal is that a group to form the needed standards and examine compliance with them should also involve experienced experts from our hospitality field," Kavčič says in his appeal to the authorities.
Creative hospitality should be recognised as "the top of the pyramid, as providers who guarantee highest standards at all levels".
Hospitality providers should be divided between those who can create the conditions to serve in their establishments, those who can meet the conditions for delivery and those who cannot meet proper standards in the given circumstances.
"It would be a positive discrimination to preserve at least a tiny bit of normality and keep in shape an industry that is becoming a leading motive for visiting Slovenia," says Kavčič.
He also called for financial aid proportionate to last year's revenue and to the headcount, a full writedown of social charges, interest-free bank loan repayment deferrals, equalising VAT rates for food and beverages at 9.5% (rather 22% for beverages) and allowing movement between regions and municipalities based on a restaurant bill or booking.
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(Glens Falls, NY)… Rick Schofield scored a pair of goals to help the Rochester Americans return their winning ways with a 6-2 win over the Adirondack Phantoms Saturday night the Glens Falls Civic Center. Rochester has now won four of its last five games and have picked up points in five straight as the Amerks improve to 5-2-1-0 on the season.
Kevin Porter and Evan Rankin rounded out the scoring for the Amerks as they each found the back of net for the second time in as many nights while David Leggio earned his fifth win of the campaign with a 28-save effort.
The Amerks took a 1-0 lead as Schofield jammed the puck past sprawled Adirondack goalie Scott Munroe for his first of two goals. A mad scramble in front of the net was created by Alex Biega and Frederick Roy, who were credited with assists, and Schofield was there to deposit the puck past the screened Phantoms goaltender. Roy’s assist marked the first point of his professional career.
The Phantoms pulled even within the first minute of the second period when Harry Zolnierczyk took a Sean Couturier pass and sent it past Leggio for the equalizer.
The Amerks responded quickly as Porter scored his third goal of the season. The power-play goal was set up by Luke Adam as he drove to the net and fed Porter, who buried it past Munroe for a 2-1 lead.
Halfway through the second period, Schofield tallied his second goal of the night, to give the Amerks a 3-1 lead. Nick Tarnasky made his way into the slot and slid a pass to Schofield, who beat Munroe on the glove side.
The Amerks took a 4-1 lead as they scored their second power-play goal of the night as Rankin tipped a Marcus Foligno shot from the slot to put the Amerks up by three.
Mike Testwuide cut Rochester’s lead to 4-2 with his first of the season at 5:16 of the final frame, but Nick Crawford and Tarnasky would each score in the final minutes of regulation to secure the 6-2 win for the Amerks.
Rochester returns to home ice on Friday, Nov. 2 when it hosts the Hamilton Bulldogs at 7:05 p.m. at The Blue Cross Arena to open its November schedule, which features five Friday night home games. The North Division showdown will also be the first of back-to-back tilts between the two teams and can be heard live on Sports 1280 AM WHTK. In addition, the game will be televised live on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (Channel 26).


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Harris Taylor "Pop" Collier (May 28, 1876 – May 4, 1935) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach for Tulane (1899) and Georgia Tech (1900). Collier attended the University of Virginia, where he played on the football team and served as the team captain in 1898.
A native of McKenzie, Tennessee, Collier attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He played on the football team in 1895 as a guard. He also played on the baseball team as a right fielder and pitcher. Collier then attended the University of Virginia, where he studied medicine. He played on the baseball team, and from 1896 to 1898, on the football team. According to a fraternity newsletter, he was considered "one of the best tackles Virginia has ever had." Collier held the position of football team captain in 1898. The yearbook, Corks and Curls ranked him as the best "all-around athlete". At Virginia, he was the vice president of the Tennessee Club.
Collier then attended the Tulane University School of Medicine from which he graduated in 1900. He was a member of Sigma Nu and Theta Nu Epsilon. While a medical student, Collier also coached the Tulane football team. The Olive and Blue scored no points and finished the season with a 0–6–1 record. Following his time at Tulane, Collier coached at Georgia Tech for the 1900 season, finishing 0-4-0.
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- "Football Practice Begins". The Atlanta Constitution. September 19, 1900. p. 6.
- "DR. HARRIS COLLIER DIES IN TENNESSEE", Daily Democrat-Times, Saturday, May 04, 1935, Greenville, Mississippi, United States Of America


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The first sightings of newly discovered work from Saul Leiter’s abundant archive of colour slides.
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Published on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, this portraits recall what it was like to live in New York the following summer.
This illustrated book celebrates Ruth Orkin’s life and work with an extensive overview of this exceptional artist’s oeuvre.
This book is a collection of over 180 photos of the inadvertent art created by trashing NYC subway advertising.

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text: Hoodman is one of the first companies to create innovative, useful drone accessories. We are happy to be the first and only firm to give you a choice of 5 pro drone landing pad sizes to fit your specific drone size. Hoodman is the originator of Orange, rugged, weighted perimeter drone landing pads that do not require stakes to keep them in place. We made the first hoods for drone pilots needing to see iPads glare-free outdoors. Also first with magnetic mount hoods and controller sling straps for DJI RC controllers. Hoodman made the first tripod mounts for drone controllers to have a hands-free workstation. We created a drone belt that holds your controller and goes wherever you go. Hoodman made the first rugged orange ground control point kits for aerial mapping. The Sky Ruler is another first scaling constraint to verify scale in aerial mapping. Drone flight zone tape was created to clearly mark your drone flight ground operating zone and keep the public safely out of harm’s way.

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The Feisty Forager: Chickweed
March Madness — Day 1
Basketball fans might associate March Madness with the NCAA, but we in the American South know that with the arrival of March, our surroundings begin to explode. In fact we can count the number of hours before we will be overrun with poison ivy, stinging nettles, kudzu, copperheads, all manner of winged and crawling creatures who sting, and vines and weeds which twist around every plant we might wish to nourish in our gardens.
Fortunately, a huge majority of said weeds are edible. So why all the fuss of gardening? We could just as easily eat from the volunteer plants which surface in our well-planned plots and which we go to such lengths to eradicate.
One of these early arrivals is chickweed. A pea-green cutie with slightly succulent leaves and delicate star-like flowers, this plant loves untended soil, and will be glad to crop up in all your garden borders. If you have chickens, you can toss them handfuls, and know that your egg yolks will be the richer. If you don’t have chickens, you can pull handfuls for yourself, wash and chop, and throw in a pot with potatoes and onions and broth, and mix with a stick blender, stirring in heavy cream or butter just before serving.
Or you can toss into a salad (the flavor resembles raw corn), or use for a garnish to any spring dish.
Stay tuned for the next ingredient to typify March Madness. By the end of the month, you will be ready to rock!
For more recipes from the field and forest, check out Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America.

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Marianne Faithfull - All I Wanna Do In Life flac album
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|A||All I Wanna Do In Life
Producer, Arranged By – John Worth*Written-By – Allen Reynolds, Sandy Mason Theoret*
|B||Wrong Road Again
Producer – Derek WadsworthWritten-By – Allen Reynolds
|NES 013||Marianne Faithfull||All I Wanna Do In Life (7", Promo)||NEMS||NES 013||UK||1976|
|SRS 510.041||Marianne Faithfull||All I Wanna Do In Life (7", Single)||Nems||SRS 510.041||Netherlands||1977|
|K-6572, NES 013||Marianne Faithfull||All I Wanna Do In Life (7", Single)||NEMS, NEMS||K-6572, NES 013||Australia||1976|
Dreamin' My Dreams is the sixth studio album by English singer Marianne Faithfull. It was released in 1976 by NEMS Records and it is Faithfull's first and only record of country music. The album was re-released two years later in 1978 as Faithless. The main differences between the two albums are: the album art and Faithless including 4 more tracks and some tracks rearranged. The musicians on both versions of the album are The Grease Band.
Band Name Marianne Faithfull. Album Name All I Wanna Do in Life. Type EP. Data de lançamento 1976. Estilo de MúsicaFolk Rock. Membros têm este álbum0. 1. All I Wanna Do in Life. Other productions from Marianne Faithfull. Give My Love to London. Horses and High Heels.
The young, innocent Marianne Faithfull who debuted in the ‘60s with the sullen yet sweet cover of the Mick Jagger-Keith Richards penned As Tears Go By was a weathered, struggling drug addict by the mid-‘70s and had the voice to prove it. These country and folk tunes reflect her experience.
Watch the video for All I Wanna Do In Life from Marianne Faithfull's Iit'S All Over Now, Baby Blue for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. You've been right and I've been wrong, I've been weak and you've been strong. You've been good and I've been bad, Think I've had enough o. iscuss these lyrics on MetroLyrics.
Listen to Marianne Faithfull lyrics sorted by album. New music videos and mp3 for artist Marianne Faithfull. The World Of Marianne Faithfull (1969). Love in a Mist (1967). Faithfull Forever (1966). North Country Maid (1966). Marianne Faithfull (1965). Blazing Away (1900). Lost & Found, Vol. 6. ▼ Other Songs. Lyrics for album: New Songs.
Marianne Faithfull's first new album in a decade revealed the weathered voice she later would put to good, if harrowing, use in a series of albums for Island Records starting with Broken English in 1979. Here, that voice was smoothed out and used for pop and country material including such songs as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," "I'm Not Lisa," and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.
album: Marianne Faithfull format: mp3 bitrate: CBR 192 kbps. Again The Way You Want Me To Be All I Wanna Do In Life.
You’ve been good and I’ve been bad, Think I’ve had enough of that. cause all I wanna do in life Is to love somebody with all my might. All I wanna do in life Is to love somebody with all my might. I loved the days, you loved the night, I loved to love, you loved to fight. I drive to you, you’re far away, It gets harder every day.
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Ross Brawn, the former F1 technical director and team owner, has been linked with a move to replace Bernie Ecclestone as the CEO of the Formula One Group. According to some sources Brawn, 61, has already signed the deal with Liberty Media, the new owners of F1, but when this will be officially announced is anyone’s guess.
Another day, another rumour in the crazy world of Formula 1.
Is this a likely move?
With Jean Todt at the helm of the FIA there is no doubt that this is a possibility as Jean knows Brawn very well from their time at Ferrari. Brawn’s also stated that he would return to F1 but only if he is involved in improving the sport and this role would undoubtedly give him that opportunity. Add all of that to the fact that he’s been fishing for the past three years and must be getting bored, I honestly believe that he’d be interested in the role.
But what about the man he’d be replacing?
Bernie has basically run Formula 1 for the last twenty years and has been actively involved with the decision-making for the last forty. However, he’s getting on a bit, he’s 86 now and all the traveling around the world must be taking its toll on the man.
Despite what many say about Bernie if he left the sport now he’d be doing so with it in a lot better state than he joined it. He’s overseen the sport going from a deadly activity that happened somewhere every now and again to one of the top events on television.
Is this a good move?
Ross Brawn was one of F1’s most important figures for nearly twenty years and success non-coincidentally followed wherever he went. In his time with Benetton the team won a constructors’ championship and Schumacher won two drivers’ titles. In his time with Ferrari the team won six consecutive constructors’ titles and Schumacher won five straight drivers’ titles. You see what I’m getting at.
If Ross is half as good as the F1 CEO as he has been in his previous roles in the sport he’ll be a success. The man knows the sport inside and out and if you’ve seen some of his strategy calls you’d know he has unrivaled foresight. I struggle to see a better candidate for Bernie’s replacement.


Hi everyone, I am not sure this goes here, but I am putting it here because I suspect my issue could be a software issue. I got my Moto X (2013) right before the new Moto X came out. Prior to that, I had a phone that was stuck with Jellybean. Since I have been using the new phone, I have noticed that it will randomly disconnect from bluetooth or wifi and then immediately reconnect again. This never happened on the old phone, or at least if it did, it wasn't frequently enough for me to notice. So on the new phone, I have noticed it doing this, and at least twice it has happened while I was in the car, using the phone on bluetooth so it is slightly annoying. Then, we tried out a Droid Turbo and I noticed it would do the same thing. So I am not sure if this is a software or a hardware issue, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem?


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Sweet little white Pretzel Bunny Butts with fluffy marshmallow tails and adorable pink and white paws will add a touch of whimsy to your Easter baskets. Watch the video tutorial to see how much fun they are to make.
Last year I created Peanut Butter Bunny Butt Pretzels using round pretzel rings and you loved them so much that they became one of my most popular Easter treats, but many of you couldn't find the circular pretzels in your local grocery store.
The good news is that you can use traditional mini pretzel twists to make Bunny Butt Pretzels and they are just as cute.
I loved the look and taste of the peanut butter bunny butt pretzels, but I thought it would be fun to change things up a bit and make them using white candy melts. My only concern was the white marshmallow tail showing up against the white bunny butt.
I chose to use traditional White Candy Melts which are off white instead of the Bright White Candy Melts which have an almost identical color to the marshmallows. If you make these pretzel bunny butts using melted and tempered pure white chocolate there will be even more contrast. Most pure white chocolates made with cocoa butter are very creamy looking. Some have almost a yellow tint to them.
You can see how the tail really pops out when using Peanut Butter Candy Melts to make the pretzel bunny butts, but I have to admit I like the white bunnies better .
Being the pretzel twists are a bit larger than the pretzel rings I needed to make the bunny paws a bit larger so I used jumbo heart sprinkles and candy pearls to create the toes and pad. The heart sprinkles were bright pink so I matched them with bright pink pearls.
These treats are equally as easy to make and look pretty darn cute!
Watch the video below to see how you can make a whole bunch of Pretzel Bunny Butts for your Easter baskets.
You can find the supplies needed to make these Pretzel Bunny Butts on Amazon (commission earned for sales).
- 12 ounces White Candy Melts melted
- OR 12 ounces pure white chocolate melted and tempered
- 72 jumbo pink heart sprinkles
- 216 pink sugar pearls (1 jar)
- 36 mini marshmallows
- 36 mini pretzel twists
Spoon ¼-1/2 teaspoon of white candy melts onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet and spread it out into an oval shaped bunny foot.
Immediately add one pink heart sprinkle for the pad and three pink sugar pearls for the toes.
Repeat creating more feet then freeze until hard, about 2 minutes.*
Roll mini marshmallows into small balls.
Arrange pretzels about 2 inches apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Fill the center of one pretzel with white candy melts.
Immediately add a marshmallow tail to the rounded top edge of the pretzel.
Add two candy feet, one set over top of each of the smaller rounded edges of the pretzel.
Repeat making more pretzels then pop them in the freezer for about 3-5 minutes until the candy coating hardens.*
*If using pure white chocolate, refrigerate instead of freezing.
- You can use white candy melts or pure white chocolate to make these Pretzel Bunny Butts. See my Chocolate Making Tips page for detailed instructions on melting chocolate and candy melts.
- If you prefer, you can make brown bunnies by using Light Cocoa Candy Melts, Peanut Butter Candy Melts, or pure milk chocolate.
- This recipe makes at least 36 Pretzel Bunny Butts but may make more depending on the size of pretzel twists you use and the amount of chocolate used for each bunny.
If you love the Pretzel Bunny Butts, you might also like these other cute Easter bunny food craft ideas.
Bunny Butt Push Pops Bunny Butt Cupcakes
Bunny Paw Deviled Eggs Bunny Butt Pretzels
Reese's Bunny Paws Brownie Bunny Butts
Chocolate Bunny Butt Cookies Bunny Butt Ice Cream Cones
If you recreate these Pretzel Bunny Butts
be sure to link to this tutorial and send a picture to firstname.lastname@example.org,
so I can share it in my Readers' Gallery.
If this Easter Recipe interests you, then you should go and check out all these other delicious ideas.
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I was wandering the shelf life of these, the Oreo lamb pops, and the rice krispie treat bunny pops? You do such great work, I can only dream to be as good as u! I look forward to your reply.
Hi JoAnn, That is so sweet!
The shelf life of these pretzel bunny butts will be dependent upon the freshness of the ingredients you are using. If you have really fresh pretzels then they could keep up to 2 months if stored at room temperature in an airtight container. I would definitely say they will keep for up to 3 weeks unless your pretzels are just about the expire. The Oreo Lamb Pops will have a similar shelf life but the rice krispie treats won't keep for quite as long. Once dipped in white chocolate the cereal treats will stay pretty fresh but I'd say the maximum would be for a month with them being the freshest within 2 weeks.
Have fun making your Easter treats!
Thank you for the reply Beth. That gives me a good time frame of how early I can start making them. I am so excited. I can only hope they look half as good as yours. I have tried many of your recipes and I look forward to making many more. Keep up your excellent work!! Your work is truly inspirational!! 🙂
Thank you so much, JoAnn! I'm so happy to hear you have made several of my recipes. I hope you have fun making your Pretzel Bunny Butts! I'm sure they'll turn out great.
Those bunny butts are some of the cutest ones around! Love 'em!
Thanks, I think so too! 🙂
The bunny butts are so adorable, I'm gonna make them for Easter, my family and grandkids will like them.
I'm so happy to hear that! Have fun making your cute Easter treats. 🙂
Thank you so much for the bunny but recipes. My grand children will love helping me with these. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!
You are welcome. Have a great time making them with your grand kids!
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These are simply adorable. My son's girlfriend shared your bunny butt how-to video on Facebook and I love it. You know, I never have been able to find those round pretzels, so these minis fit the bill! Love your newest bunny treat. 🙂
I'm so happy to hear the video was shared by your son's girlfriend. It's going viral right now which is amazing! 🙂
I have found the pretzel rings at Meijers grocery store. If they don't have them the manager of the snack department will order them for me. They are their brand. Just a FYI 🙂 Pam Mosele
That is great to know. We have a Meijers near us. I'll have to check it out.