|Publication number||US4931608 A|
|Application number||US 07/285,815|
|Publication date||5 Jun 1990|
|Filing date||16 Dec 1988|
|Priority date||16 Dec 1988|
|Publication number||07285815, 285815, US 4931608 A, US 4931608A, US-A-4931608, US4931608 A, US4931608A|
|Inventors||Randolph L. Bills|
|Original Assignee||Ran Free|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (27), Classifications (8), Legal Events (7)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a hot pad for absorbing energy and heating articles, and more particularly to such a hot pad for absorbing energy in a microwave oven.
One of the many advantages of the use of a microwave oven is the ability to cook foodstuffs on a plate, with the plate remaining sufficiently cool that it may be manually removed from the oven without the use of thermally insulated gloves or handles. This "advantage" arises from the fact that typical plates (including dishes, platters and the like) are formed of microwave-transmissive material and are devoid of moisture which would absorb and become excited by the microwave energy so as to effect sensible heating of the plate. To the extent the plate heats up, such heating is due to heat transferred from the food on the plate. It is not possible to heat an empty plate or similar article in a microwave oven. A hot meal should be served on a warmed plate so that the meal remains hot (or at least warm) during the eating thereof. Unfortunately, as noted above, plates of microwave-transmissive material cannot presently be heated in a microwave oven. Thus, the need remains for means to enable such plates and other similar microwave-transmissive materials to be heated in a microwave oven.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hot pad for absorbing energy in a microwave oven and heating articles (such as plates of microwave-transmissive material) in thermally conductive contact with the pad.
Another object is to provide a method of using such a hot pad to heat a microwave-transmissive article in a microwave oven.
A further object is to provide a method of using such a hot pad to heat an article outside of a microwave oven.
The above and related objects of the present invention are obtained in a hot pad for absorbing energy in a microwave oven and heating articles in thermally conductive contact with the pad. The hot pad comprises a flexible and conformable pad defining a plurality of individual flexible and conformable closed pockets. Each of the pockets is formed of a microwave-transmissive heat-resistant material and at least partially filled with microwave-absorbing particulate matter.
In a preferred embodiment, the microwave-transmissive material is a fabric, and the microwave-absorbing particulate matter is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, ferrites and garnets. The particulate matter occupies only a portion of the total volume in each of the pockets, and the pad, intermediate the pockets, is flexible and conformable so that the pockets may be moved into different orientations relative to one another.
The thermally conductive contact is preferably direct physical contact.
The present invention further encompasses a method of heating a microwave-transmissive article in a microwave oven using the hot pad by placing it in thermally conductive contact with the article to be heated. The pad may be used to heat a plurality of such articles, the pad being placed above at least one of the articles to be heated and below at least one of the articles to be heated.
The present invention further encompasses a method of heating an article outside of a microwave oven using the hot pad by placing the pad in the microwave oven for a period of time sufficient for the microwave-absorbing particulate matter in the pad to absorb microwave energy and reach an elevated temperature, and then removing the pad from the microwave oven and placing it in thermally conductive contact with the article to be heated. Preferably the pad is conformed into at least partially encapsulating relationship with the article to be heated.
The above brief description, as well as further objects and features of the present invention, will be more fully understood b reference to the following detailed description of the presently preferred, albeit illustrative, embodiments of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a hot pad according to the present invention, with portions thereof removed to reveal details of internal construction;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view thereof taken along the line 2--2 of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the hot pad in use in a microwave oven.
Referring now to the drawing, and in particular to FIGS. 1 and 2 thereof, therein illustrated is a hot pad according to the present invention, generally designated by the reference numeral 10. The hot pad 10 has two outer layers, an upper layer 12 and a lower layer 14. The upper and lower layers 12, 14 are sewn or otherwise secured together about the margin 16 of the pad 10 and in a gridwork composed of vertical columns 18 and horizontal rows 20 to define a plurality of individual closed pockets 26. If desired, to facilitate hanging of the hot pad 10 on a wall hook when it is not in use, a conventional loop 28 may be formed or added to the pad 10 at one corner thereof.
While the illustrated pad defines a 3×3 pattern of pockets 26, for a total of nine pockets, other arrangements are equally satisfactory, including a 4×4 pattern, for a total of sixteen pockets. Further, while the illustrated pad is approximately 8.5 by 8.5 inches square, larger or smaller hot pads may be used for particular applications and such hot pads need not be square, but may be rectangular, circular or of any other desired configuration.
Layers 12 and 14 may be formed of any conventional microwave-transmissive, heat-resistant material which, in the thickness used, will provide a flexible and conformable layer. A preferred material is a fabric such as cotton. Depending upon the nature of the material used to form the layers 12, 14 and the anticipated temperatures to which it will be exposed, the layers 12, 14 may be joined marginally and in a pocket-defining gridwork by sewing, adhesives, heat sealing or other conventional means for joining layers. For fabrics such as cotton, sewing is preferred.
As best seen in the upper left pocket 26 illustrated in FIG. 1, each of the closed pockets 26 is at least partially filled with a microwave-absorbing particulate matter 30. Any conventional microwave-absorbing particulate matter 30 may be used with aluminum oxide, ferrites, garnets being preferred, and aluminum oxide being especially preferred. If necessary, the matter may be pulverized to provide particulate matter of suitably small dimensions (about 1/16-1/8 inch in diameter or maximum dimension if not round). The particulate matter 30 occupies only a small fraction of the total volume in each of the pockets 26, typically forming a thin, somewhat irregular, not necessarily continuous layer within the Pocket. For an 8.5 ×8.5 inch hot pad 10 having nine pockets 26, about 0.5 teaspoon of the particulate matter 30 is preferably used. While each individual particle of the particulate matter 30 may be rigid and inflexible, the partially filled pocket 26 as a whole remains flexible and conformable due to the small size of the particles 30 and their ability to flow past one another within the pocket 26. Thus, not only is the pad 10 as a whole flexible and conformable, with each pocket 26 being movable relative to its adjacent pockets, but each pocket 26 itself is individually flexible and conformable. Thus, the pad 10 easily conforms to the upper surface of an article upon which it is placed and/or the lower surface of an article placed thereon, thereby to establish a good thermally conductive contact with the article or articles.
As one or both of the layers 12, 14 of the pad 10 may be in contact with a plate subsequently used for the service of food, the layers 12, 14 are formed of a heat-resistant material which will not leave any toxic residue upon the articles which they engage. While the microwave-absorbing particulate matter 30 need not be non-toxic if it is totally enclosed by the pockets 26, it is preferably inert and non-toxic to avoid contamination of a food product in the event that a pocket 26 becomes torn and the particulate matter 30 leaks therethrough onto an article on which food will later be served.
Referring now to FIG. 3, therein illustrated is a microwave oven generally designated 50, a stack of four plates 52 or other articles to be heated, and a pad 10 according to the present invention disposed intermediate the bottom two plates 52a, 52b and the top two plates 52c, 52d. The flexible and conformable nature of the pad 10 permits the upper surface of the second plate 52b and the lower surface of the third plate 52c to cause the adjacent surfaces 14, 12 of the pad 10 to conform generally to both adjacent plate surfaces to establish a physical, thermally conductive contact therewith. While the pad 10 is not in direct physical contact with the first and fourth plates 52a, 52d at the bottom and top of the stack, such first and fourth plates 52a, 52d are in direct physical and thermally conductive contact with the second and third plates 52b, 52c, respectively, so that the pad 10 is also in thermally conductive contact with the first and fourth plates 52a, 52d.
During operation of the microwave oven 50, the microwave energy within the interior will pass through the microwave-transmissive plates 52 and through the layers 12, 14 of the pad 10 to be absorbed by the particulate matter 30 within the pockets 26 of the pad. The particulate matter 30 absorbing the microwave energy will then heat up as the absorbed microwave energy is converted into sensible heat, and the plates 52 in thermally conductive contact with the pad 10 will in turn be heated by the dissipation of heat from particulate matter 30 through the layers 12, 14. Transmission of heat energy from the particulate matter 30 to the articles 52 to be heated is primarily through conduction, although convection may also contribute to the heat transfer, especially in connection with the articles 52 on top of the pad 10. For example, where the plate 52 has a large depending circular flange extending downwardly from the bottom thereof and contacting the pad 10, the transmission of heat from the pad 10 to the plate 52 will be primarily through conduction via the flange, but also partially through convection as the heat rises from the portion of the pad spaced directly below the plate base within the flange. As a result of the confined space defined by the pad upper surface, the plate base lower surface, and the laterally surrounding flange, the cumulative heating of the plate base may be substantial.
It will be appreciated that the pad 10 has a large surface area and thus dissipates heat relatively rapidly. Thus, once the microwave oven 50 is turned off, the pad is almost immediately safe to handle as long as the handler does not press tightly upon any of the pockets 26. In any event, the pad may be grasped by the loop 28 for immediate hanging on a wall hook. The plates 52 in thermally conductive contact with the pad 10, on the other hand, are heated by the pad more than is the handler's hand for one of two reasons. Either the plate has a large relatively planar surface area to which the pad can easily conform or the plate presents a relatively small surface area (such as the above-mentioned flange) to the pad so that the entire weight of the plate is concentrated in this small surface area. The first factor typically dominates where the pad is placed on the upper surface of a plate, and the second factor typically dominates where a plate with a downwardly extending flange is placed on the upper surface of the pad. The greater the pressure driving the pad and the plate together, the greater the heat transfer between the two articles, presumably because the particulate matter is better able to at least partially envelop the adjacent plate surface as the pad conforms thereto. Thus, the surface temperature of the plates being heated may be substantially higher than the apparent surface temperature of the pad when the pad is only lightly or briefly contacted by the handler.
Once a hot pad 10 has been heated within the microwave oven 50 (regardless of whether or not plates 52 are present in the oven), the heated hot pad 10 may be removed from the oven 50 and at least partially wrapped around a loaf of bread, a plate of rolls or other foodstuffs in order to heat or maintain warm the foodstuffs. The flexible nature of the pad 10 and the individual pockets 26 allows the pad to wrap around and at least partially encapsulate the article to be heated, thereby facilitating the attainment of a desirably efficient thermally conductive contact between the hot pad 10 and the foodstuffs to be heated or maintained warm and further permitting the hot pad 10 to physically seal off the foodstuffs from ambient cool air.
To summarize, the present invention provides a hot pad for absorbing energy in a microwave oven and heating articles in thermally conductive contact with the pad as well as methods of using the hot pad to heat articles within and outside of a microwave oven.
Now that the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described in detail, various modifications and improvements thereon will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims should be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the spirit and scope of the invention herein.
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|U.S. Classification||219/759, 99/DIG.14, 219/730, 426/241|
|Cooperative Classification||Y10S99/14, H05B6/6494|
|16 Dec 1988||AS||Assignment|
Owner name: RAN FREE, 2301 BROADWAY, OAKLAND, CA. 94612, A PAR
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July 8, 2010 was a historic day for Georgia public school students, as the State Board of Education voted unanimously to enact Rule 160-5-1-.35 which prohibits the use of seclusion, prone restraint, mechanical restraint, and chemical restraint. The Rule limits the use of physical restraint to those situations involving imminent danger. Additionally, the Rule requires schools to notify parents within one school day that their child has been restrained. Before this historic vote, schools could restrain or seclude any student, at any time, for any reason.
The Safe Schools Initiative commends the Department of Education and the State Board of Education on this inaugural action to limit these dangerous practices. However, one key safeguard is noticeably missing: there are no provisions for reporting incidents of restraint beyond informing parents. Oversight, data collection and analysis are pivotal in identifying schools that need additional support to appropriately maintain a safe educational environment. After receiving overwhelming public support for data collection, the Board decided to withhold data collection about individual districts until the federal government mandates such practice. The Board publicly announced its eventual intent to collect outcome data; but the timeline, methodology, and stakeholder access to information are all unknown.
The Safe Schools Initiative is a collaborative effort of five organizations – the Georgia Advocacy Office, the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, the Institute on Human Development and Disability at the University of Georgia, and Parent to Parent of Georgia – to end the restraint and seclusion of students in Georgia schools.
PREVIOUSLY IN GEORGIA, students in public schools could be restrained and secluded for any reason, at anytime, by any employee of a school district, without telling the student’s family. On May 13, 2010, the Georgia State Board of Education initiated Rule 160-5-1-.35 “Seclusion and Restraint for All Students,” which bans seclusion and greatly limits the use of restraints for all students in Georgia public schools.

domain: sociology


Cocolixe: Futuro EP
Cocolixe from Barcelona (Spain) knows how to melt American soul, 60's French pop and old Italian ballads into a minimal electro mini-pop mixture. This is a refreshing cool summer breeze for the lounge at the Mediterranean Sea. He's a composer and electronic alchemist, a restless investigator of the latest trends, and he knows how to delight the audience with his particular melting pot of techniques and styles. His first album brings us stuttering beats, looped voices and a wild mix of styles.
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In Borderlands 2, the Quasar (Borderlands 2) is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source but has an increased chance to drop from Ultimate Badass Varkids. In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, this grenade is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source but has an increased chance to drop from Felicity Rampant.
Special Weapon Effects
E=mc^(OMG)/wtf – Always shock. Increased blast radius (larger singularity radius and Tesla effect) and reduced damage. Enemies pulled into the blast radius suffer shock damage over time until the grenade detonates.
Usage & Description
The Quasar itself will always have a singularity effect that is not noted on the item card, and it will always spawn with the shock element. It has the largest singularity pull and area of effect of any singularity grenade mod in the game, but as with all shock grenades it is best utilized against enemies with strong shields.
When compared with an equivalent (same components and level) purple shock singularity grenade, the Quasar has reduced damage, but increased shock area of effect and singularity pull. The Quasar also has an exceptionally low fuse time, which can be useful in many situations. This makes the use of this grenade situational, especially where crowd control is important.
The Quasar counts towards the Singled Out Badass challenge, regardless of whether or not enemies are killed by the implosion, Tesla field, or explosion.
A Gaige invested in the Wires Don't Talk skill can enhance the damage dealt by this weapon. If she is also invested in Electrical Burn, she could also inflict burn damage for more DoT.
The flavor text is a reference to the equation for matter-energy equivalence, E=mc², where 'E' is energy, 'm' is mass and 'c' is the speed of light.


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Premiers from Germany's 16 states have agreed on a radically new financial system between federal and state governments. The federal government still has to approve the measure, which is set to cost billions yearly.
After lengthy negotiations, Germany's state premiers submitted a proposal on Thursday that would drastically reorganize the federal-state financial model. Premiers from all 16 states met in Berlin to finalize and present their proposals.
In order to finance the new system, the states require 9.6 billion euros ($10.5 billion) per year from the federal government. It is still unclear whether Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble will agree to the conditions, since his previous offer to the states was 8.5 billion euros per year.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted cautiously to the states' agreement, saying: "The federal government has taken note of it. We have not had any opportunity to deal with the proposals."
Under the proposed financial system, the controversial practise of fiscal equalization between the states would be replaced with a turnover tax system. The financial system would be valid until 2030 and could be canceled at any time, if at least three states side against it.
The compromise is an achievement in its own right, since there have been tensions between financially strong and weak states for years, as well as resistance from eastern German states. Volker Bouffier, state premier of the state of Hesse, remarked: "It is almost historic, what he have accomplished here today."
Breaking old borders
According to the state premier of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, the previous special position of east German states will no longer exist. In its place, there will be a provision for the promotion of structurally weaker regions. "The old GDR-border does not play a role anymore," the politician said. He also pointed out that in order for the new rules to be adopted, changes must be made to the constitution.
Bavaria's state premier Horst Seehofer also left the meeting satisfied. He went so far as to hint that he would withdraw Bavaria's lawsuit against the financial equalization practice."After long discussions, we finally have a reorganization of fiscal equalization," he told the German newspaper "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger."
"The process of financial compensation will be canceled and the tax distribution will be fairer," Seehofer said, adding that the agreement would relieve Bavaria's tax burden by 1.3 billion euro.
The financial laws governing federal and state governments - including a solidarity package for East-German states - are set to expire in 2019. This reform is one of the key collaborative projects between Germany's CDU and SPD governing coalition.
rs/rc (AFP, dpa, Reuters)

domain: law


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The Broward State Attorney's Office has decided not to press battery charges against an attorney accused of slapping a deputy after being kicked out of a courtroom for wearing shorts.
Crystal Holjes, whose legal name is simply "Crystal," was dragged out of Broward Circuit Judge Barry Goldstein's courtroom by two armed deputies on Sept. 13. She was wearing a skort, a violation of the dress code Goldstein was enforcing at the time.
She said she was slammed against the wall outside the courtroom. The deputies wrote in their report that she slapped them, knocking the glasses off the face of one.

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Sixty Oregonians ended their lives last year by taking a lethal drug dose prescribed under the Death with Dignity Act, state officials have reported. That’s the highest annual total in the 11-year history of the law—11 more than in 2007. Deaths from a drug prescribed under the Oregon law now account for two of every 1,000 deaths in Oregon.
As Jack Kevorkian was released June 1 from a Michigan prison after serving eight years for second-degree murder in the assisted death of a man with Lou Gehrig’s disease, new polls suggested that his cause retains strong support.
Republicans control both chambers of Congress and likely could muster enough votes to block the Oregon law that allows physician-assisted suicide. But an apparent about-face by an Oregon senator could alter the political landscape in the Senate.
Thirty-seven Oregonians died by doctor-assisted suicide last year, a slight decrease from 42 the year before, according to a state report. During the seven-year history of Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act, assisted suicide has accounted for 208 deaths—roughly one in 1,000 deaths in the state.
The Bush administration asked a federal appellate court July 12 to reconsider its spring decision to uphold Oregon’s assisted-suicide law. It would like the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to set aside its May ruling that backed the only law in the country that permits doctors to assist patients in hastening their deaths, the Associated Press reported.
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A San Antonio Police Officer fired a shot at a car theft suspect in the parking lot of a northwest side motel today after he attempted to back the car into her and her partner, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
Chief Bill McManus says the officers were on 'directed patrol,' meaning they were patrolling for a specific type of crime, in this case auto theft, when they identified a stolen car in the parking lot of the motel on Laureate St, which is near I-10 and Fredericksburg.
McManus says when the officers approached the car, there were two men inside, and the driver threw the car in reverse in an apparent attempt to run over the officers.
"As the officers got right up into the door wells, the driver threw the car into reverse, trapping the officers," he said. "they were trapped between their patrol car, and the open doors of the vehicles."
He says the officer fired one shot, which struck the stolen car but didn't hit anybody. The suspects immediately surrendered. McManus says one man had a gun in his waistband, but didn't use it to threaten the officers.
When they went into the motel room where the suspects were staying, they got another shock.
"There were two females, and two young children, two and three years old," he said.
The two men in the car, and one man in the motel room, who had an active felony warrant, were arrested. The children are being placed with Child Protectiver Services.
Nobody was hurt in the incident and the officer who fired is on desk duty, which is normal for situations like this.


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Occupied Kashmir Students and Youth Forum launched "India Must Quit Kashmir" Movement
SRINAGAR - In occupied Kashmir, APHC leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Tehreek-e-Muzahamat, Bilal Siddiqi, has said that India has created an atmosphere of fear in the territory to prevent people from expressing their aspirations and sentiments.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Bilal Siddiqi in a statement issued in Srinagar said, Indian troops barge into homes, harass the inmates and ransack household goods.
Jammu and Kashmir Students and Youth Forum has launched "India Must Quit Kashmir" movement by displaying banners bearing pro-freedom and quit Kashmir slogans across the territory.
International news Agency Reuters, in a report maintained that India has launched a massive crackdown against Virtual Private Network users in the territory for accessing social networking sites.
On the other hand, a large number of people from different civil rights organisations held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding restoration of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that granted special status to occupied Kashmir.


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domain: food


Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Ind. J. Mater. Sci
Source : Ind. J. Mater. Sci, Volume 7, Issue 4, Number 4, p.219-226 (2011)
Url : http://www.tsijournals.com/articles/fabrication-and-performance-of-hybrid-betel-nut-areca-catechu-short-fibre-sansevieria-cylindrical-agavaceae-polypropylen.pdf
Keywords : betel nut, Hot press molding, Hybrid composite, Mechanical properties., Sansevieria cylindrical
Campus : Coimbatore
School : Centre for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, School of Engineering
Center : TIFAC CORE in Cyber Security
Department : TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security
Year : 2011
Abstract : The objective of this research was to investigate the mechanical perfor- mance (tensile, bending and impact) of Polypropylene (PP) compositesfilled with betel nut (Areca catechu) short fibre (Bn) at different compositions (3,5,10,20 and 30wt%), using the extrusion and hot press molding technique. Results showed that Bn10:PP90 mixture (BnPP) was found better perfor- mance among the composites prepared. Because ofthe suitability of Sansevi- eria cylindrica (Sc) as a filler in PP composite asshown in our previous work, Sansevieria cylindrica is subjected to hybridize with betel nut short fibre in fibre in PP composite to achieve superior mechanical performance. Dielectric strength, water sorption capacity, degradation behaviour such as simulating weathering and soil buried test of different composites were also performed.
Cite this Research Publication : A. M Kumar, G Reddy, R., K Reddy, H., Y Reddy, V. Mohana, P Reddy, R., and N Reddy, S., “Fabrication and performance of hybrid betel nut (Areca Catechu) short fibre/Sansevieria cylindrica (Agavaceae) polypropylene composite”, Ind. J. Mater. Sci, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 219-226, 2011.


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michele Minghetti has fond memories of sitting in his grandmother’s kitchen in Italy, tasting the many delicious dishes she would make from scratch.
“My dad is Italian, and my mother is half Italian half American,” he said. “I was born in Switzerland, but I lived various years in Italy.”
After graduating from Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, Minghetti wanted to bring that authentic Italian experience to West Michigan. So, he went straight to the source to learn from the best. Part of that desire came from noticing a lack of authentic Italian options in West Michigan.
“I missed Italian food. I always hear that people like Italy, and I thought, you know what? I can bring this with me and provide it to the people of West Michigan who deserve it,” he said.
Minghetti traveled to Italy over the summer as an apprentice to the bakers who make focaccia daily. He learned the process is quite different from how it is typically made in the U.S.
“They make it thicker here. We make it very simple. We only use six ingredients. One that is very important is the olive oil we use. I had to try 12 different varieties of brands to figure out which one is the best because I could not find the one I use back home in Italy,” said Minghetti. “The process of baking is also longer to let the dough rise, which gives even more enzymes to the bread, giving it a stronger flavor. It’s kind of healthier for you. It’s easier to digest.”
Minghetti and his brother, Raphael, started Dante’s Bakery, named after the Italian philosopher. Their focaccia and other baked goods are sold at Bridge Street Market in Grand Rapids, D&W Fresh Market in Breton Village, local farmers markets and online. He hopes to open his own storefront sometime next year.
Above, watch the video to see one Italian’s reaction to trying Dante’s focaccia.


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Lee Clark insists he’s not ready to quit as manager of Blackpool, despite watching what he described as the club’s “slow death”.
The Seasiders lost their sixth game on the bounce at home to Charlton on Tuesday, when Clark was again subjected to abuse from supporters.
Many consider his job impossible, but Clark is as defiant as ever about his future.
The Pool boss said: “I’m not going anywhere because I know I can change this. We are at the bottom of the well and things have to change. We will change them but at the moment it feels like a slow death.
“I’ll turn this around next season. I’m 100 per cent confident I will do well here at Blackpool.
“I’ll have the players to help me, and by June 29 (when pre-season training begins) the numbers in the squad will be in the high teens.
“We want to be able to hit the ground running. I’ve been assured that what I’m looking to do will be addressed. Talk is cheap, though. We have to deliver.”
Despite signing 21 players since replacing Jose Riga in October, Clark insists he is far from happy with his squad.
And he hit out at claims this is his side which is failing. “I heard shouts the other night from fans saying that was my team. Well, it isn’t,” he said. “Four, five or six at best were mine – the rest were youngsters.
“I will have to withstand what will come in the next few weeks. The only way I can change the opinion of supporters is by winning games.
“Even some of the players I’ve brought here in the short term might have to go to help us achieve what we want here.
“I’ve tried to bring in stop-gaps in the short term to try to get a reaction. That hasn’t happened.
“When I took this job I knew there was a massive chance of us going down, but I also knew I’d be given the chance to be part of a massive rebuild.”
It’s not just on the field where Pool have problems. They still don’t have a kitman and are relying on club secretary Chris Hough to assume the role.
That’s one of many things Clark wants to improve. He promised: “There’s been an outcry because we haven’t got a kitman but that will all be sorted.
“Every area of the backroom team will be covered with the right people. All the rubbish that comes with this club will stop and the fans will get what they deserve.”
Last night’s defeats for Fulham and Rotherham mean Pool’s relegation cannot be confirmed this Saturday, when Leeds visit Bloomfield Road. Pool remain 18 points from safety with 24 still on the table.
With an international break to follow this weekend’s fixtures, the earliest Pool’s fate can be sealed is on Easter Saturday at Bolton.


Kahlee, San Diego transplant by way of Gardena, California, has paid dues in the hip hop scene in America’s Finest City for the past decade plus, earning him the respect and footing to begin creating platforms to showcase what our city has to offer. #HipHopWeds‘ flagship event at Normal Heights’ Air Conditioned Lounge, Hip Hop House SD (an extension of a pillar in Arizona’s hip hop scene), opened the door for the now weekly rotation of hip hop on Wednesday nights. Each week of the month offers something a little different, but each night is guaranteed to provide those in attendance with perfectly curated hip hop to carry them through hump day.
Some Fourth Wednesdays:
ROTATING: This month, celebrate the holidays with Norm Rocwell and Tramlife, for Prayer Hands.
DE LA FLOW (Hip Hop en Espanol): Resident multi-lingual emcee, SD’s own Karlo, will be hosting San Diego’s only home for the Spanish-rap community.
Hip Hop Weds has showcased some of SD’s most respected DJ’s, emcees, and producers and continues to put together lineups that make heavy-eyelided Thursdays more than worth it. Tonight, November 15th, the AC Lounge will be packed with those eager to hear DJ JabaOne, Real J Wallace and DNYKAY, Miki Vale, Tall Can, Tec, Innate, LEON the GOD, and Quality A. Come on out and feel at home with other hip hop heads at HipHopWeds’, The Hip Hop House.
Peace, Love & Hip Hop,
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The training program includes the following:
- Extensive one-on-one teaching
- Thirteen rotations of four-weeks each
- ACGME approved ESIR (Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology) curriculum
- Additional select rotations at hospitals serving different patient populations, including Children's Hospital of Los Angeles for pediatric radiology and UCLA for chest radiology
- Fourth-year residents are provided with substantial elective time to develop a subspecialty of interest and to assume greater responsibility in that area
- Extensive research opportunities
- Sponsorship to attend annual meetings, if research accepted for presentation (Radiological Society of North America, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, American Society of Neuroradiology, Association of University Radiologists and the American Roentgen Ray Society)
- Participation in the four-week radiologic pathology course sponsored by the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology
In addition, the radiology resident is the liaison with the house staff. Reviewing studies with house staff and discussing imaging procedures provide a basis of experience for future interactions with clinicians.
An active program of interdepartmental and departmental conferences and seminars is maintained, including the following:
- Daily subspecialty conferences
- Monthly radiology, pathology and neuroradiology conferences
- A bi-weekly, five-hour lecture series at the UCLA
- Additional conferences, including basic science courses
- Bi-weekly physics lectures
- Weekly Brant and Helms conferences
- Monthly journal club
- Board review sessions
- Introductory call lecture series during July, August and September to develop the clinical foundation and imaging skills required in emergencies and in-house calls
The department has access to the entire American College of Radiology learning files, an extensive selection of audiovisual materials, essential journals, textbooks and other educational materials.
Practice and Fellowship Opportunities
All graduates elect to pursue fellowships. Thanks to superior preparation, most graduates have been successful in securing fellowships in the subspecialty and institution of their choice. Most of these physicians go into private practice, and about 20 percent develop successful careers in academics throughout the United States.

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San Francisco-based Nevados Engineering has developed an all-terrain, single axis tracking system and was just awarded $3 million in combined funds from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative and the California Energy Commission (CEC) through its Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program for its efforts.
Nevados Engineering says its tracker will help solar developers build projects without the need for land excavation or grading, which would significantly reduce costs and environmental impact. The terrain-agnostic tracker and control system also enables developers to use land that typically would not be considered for solar installations, including slopes of up to 20° in any direction. The state and federal awards will fund the next 18 months of Nevados’ development activities, including demonstrating Nevados Engineering’s intelligent tracking software and reducing manufacturing costs by roughly 50%.
“This is a good example of how state and federal agencies can work together to support innovation,” said California Energy Commission Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller. “It is hoped this award will commercialize a technology that should be able to make projects more cost competitive while reducing the environmental impact. It is also a good example of the partnership the Energy Commission has made with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator to bring innovative clean energy technologies to the marketplace.”
Through its previous 2015-16 SunShot award, Nevados Engineering designed, built, and is now testing full-scale rows of the tracker system on simulated rolling terrain. The pilot program, located near Davis, California, is also testing the newly developed control system which optimizes, in real time, the energy output of each row of modules. Bankability and UL studies are near completion and a wind tunnel study to design for adverse wind conditions has been completed. The pilot of four rows of 20 modules each has been operating over the last year and is exceeding expectations, according to the company.
“The world is not flat,” remarked Yezin Taha, Nevados Engineering Co-Founder & CEO, in a presentation to stakeholders. “More than one billion dollars was spent last year alone to flatten land for solar development projects. Our solution not only alleviates the tremendous cost of grading and time intensive construction schedules, but improves ROI through intelligent tracking and installation on sun-facing slopes.”
Nevados Engineering has also secured a contract for an 8.4 megawatt utility-scale solar project to commence in 2018. The project is situated on south-facing slopes, which should provide a substantial increase in power generation versus conventional flat-land tracker installations.
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data I was asked to compare the energy loss of a system of two boxes moving towards each other, colliding elastically and in-elastically in two different situations that are not influenced by friction. There are no springs attached to either mass 3. The attempt at a solution I believe the magnitude of the energy lost in the inelastic collision is more than that of the energy lost in an elastic collision undergoing no net external force, is energy loss due to internal forces in these situations? I believe there is no change in kinetic energy or momentum in an elastic collision while there is a change in the kinetic energy of the system in an inelastic collision but no change in momentum in this case. How is energy lost if there is no deformation of the material? No heat generated by the collision? Could sound really give off all that energy? I'm not sure, thank you for your time.


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Let us reduce our waste to the source.
The composting allows to reclaim the biowaste and to produce our own compost to feed naturally our grounds and gardens while participating actively in the environmental protection.
Inescapable for our environment, the practice of the composting will reduce an important part of household waste that we produce, called fermentable waste, representing until 40 % of household refuse.
These are not-unimportant data when we know that today an inhabitant produces 360 kg of household waste a year.
To meet the needs of various housing environments, individual and collective, the SICTOM selected two types of equipment answering two kind of process of waste transformation. The first one is the composting intended for the private housing environment possessing a green space to be maintained and the second is the (lombri-composting) worm-composting which addresses mainly the collective housing or the detached houses without garden.
The composting is a transformation process of the organic waste which permits to produce an amendment called the compost.
The compost is a quality fertilizer without unpleasant smell. It is comparable to the humus, very often used for the agriculture and the gardening. The humus is a dark colored earthy material which is present in the superficial layer of the ground. It results from the decomposition and from the partial reorganization of the waste.
THE BENEFACTIONS OF THE COMPOST
The compost is beneficial for our ground thanks to its amendment quality, and makes the plants of our garden grow by its quality of fertilizer.
He acts on the ground by his physical, chemical and biological properties:
- it improve its structure by making it more lumpy,
- it contributes to the renewal, even to the increase of the humus capital in the ground,
- it improves the hydrical results of the sandy grounds and reduces the erosion,
- it improves the aeration and the drainage of the heavy grounds,
- it provides plants with a “sparingly” nourishing supply such as a fertilizer with slow action,
- it increases the potential of reheating of the ground, thanks to its dark colouring.

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Her Fabulousness The Ladylinoleum published an interview that we had recently on the supercool website WhipUp.net and I'd like to welcome all my new friends that are visiting here for the first time after reading the article. In case you are one of the few people that haven't discovered Whip Up yet, here is how the founder Kathreen describes it's purpose:
"This website has been created in order to bring the best original and exciting crafts to the attention of many. To create a community of artists, crafters and makers and share ideas in a central space.
Whip up is a multi author site with contributors from around the world united by a passion for making things, for beautiful design and for a desire to share ideas with others."
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Too much fiber leads to
diarrhea in cats. The natural feed of cat includes birds, cockroaches,
lizards etc. Fresh water should be always available in cattery.
If the cat owner wants to maintain proper nutrition
to the cat, the feed supplementation needs to be paid emphasis during
provision of canned food to cats.
Bone mixed meat pieces may be given instead of
meat alone. It is to be remembered that one should pay attention
on feeding habits like licking of feed by tongue etc.
Cats do not properly digest lactose of the milk
and hence restricted milk supply is the required one in cats. Mineral
supplementation is a must in cat health food.
Calcium and phosphorus needs to be present in cat
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Better by the patch. Inspired by vintage quilts, our Patchwork Measuring Cups feature a different geometric pattern on each cup. They’re pretty enough to display on the countertop when you’re not scooping flour, sugar and salt.
- Stoneware in Multicolor.
- 4.4"diam. x 2.3"h (nested).
- Includes 1cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup and 1/4 cup.
- Dishwasher and microwave safe.

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Joe Burgo is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who’s been in practice for almost 40 years. He also writes books for a popular audience mostly focused on shame and narcissism. In this episode Joe explains how a sense of shame can be a root cause of gender dysphoria and how gender transition can be idealized as a “cure” for all kinds of shame – gay shame, outsider shame, survivor of sexual abuse shame, feeling weird or different shame, and so on. The impact of the medical model on society is also lifted up as Joe describes how his depth-approach to psychological pain is often dismissed in a world seeking a solution for every problem and a pill for every ill.
Joe’s blog: http://www.afterpsychotherapy.com/

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The 16 action-packed days of Tokyo 2020 have flown by.
We have had excellent sporting drama, new heroes rising, world information damaged and loads of historical past made.
So what are the stats to savour from this Olympic Video games? BBC Sport and Nielsen Gracenote have a look…
US beats China to prime desk
America prime the medal desk for the sixth time in seven Olympic Video games. In any respect seven, they’ve received essentially the most medals.
Japan’s third place within the medal desk – with 58 medals together with 27 gold – is the nation’s joint finest with Tokyo 1964 when internet hosting and Mexico 1968.
Nice Britain completed second in Rio 2016 and third in London 2012. Nevertheless, that is Group GB’s second finest efficiency at an abroad Olympics, after Rio (67 medals).
Australia return to the highest six of the medal desk for the primary time since Beijing 2008.
Exterior the highest six international locations, Italy had their finest ever Summer time Video games with 40 medals, as did the Netherlands (36 medals), New Zealand (20 medals) and Brazil (21 medals). The Brazilians repeated Nice Britain’s feat of enhancing on their medal whole on the Olympics instantly after internet hosting.
Germany didn’t end within the prime six of the medal desk for the primary time since re-unification of East and West Germany in 1990. The final time there was no German group within the prime six of the medal desk was on the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.
Norway’s Karsten Warholm ran an astonishing 45.94 second men’s 400m hurdles race to obliterate his earlier world report and take gold at Tokyo 2020, in one of many moments of the Video games. And Britain’s history-making swimming group set a new world record time within the 4x100m combined medley relay.
However regardless of some pre-Video games concern over shoe expertise having an excessive amount of sway in athletics particularly, there have been fewer information set in Japan.
Simon Gleave, head of sports activities evaluation at Nielsen Gracenote, stated: “The 22 world information damaged in Tokyo is down on the 27 in Rio 5 years in the past regardless of the addition of one other sport, sport climbing, by which information will be damaged. In weightlifting solely 4 world information went – three to the identical individual Georgian super-heavyweight Lasha Talakhadze – in comparison with eight in Rio.”
British power in breadth
This was Britain’s best ever swimming performance.
Nice Britain’s power is within the variety of sport-discipline combos the nation medals in. Medals have been received by Group GB in 25 totally different sport-discipline combos, breaking the report of 23 set at Rio 2016. Nice Britain received medals in simply 12 sport-discipline combos as just lately as Sydney 2000. Neither China nor USA received medals in as many sports activities as Nice Britain.
Observe biking and athletics are the one sports activities by which Group GB have received at the least 4 medals in at every of the final 4 Olympic Video games.
|Sports activities with 4+ medals||Gold medals||Whole medals|
|Tokyo 2020||Swimming; Biking – Observe; Crusing; Boxing; Athletics||12 gold = 55%||32 medals = 49%|
|Rio 2016||Biking – Observe; Athletics; Rowing; Gymnastics – Inventive; Swimming||14 gold = 52%||35 medals = 52%|
|London 2012||Biking – Observe; Rowing; Athletics; Boxing; Crusing||19 gold = 66%||34 medals = 52%|
|Beijing 2008||Biking – Observe; Crusing; Athletics; Rowing||14 gold = 74%||32 medals = 63%|
As soon as once more, swimming and athletics have been the core of the US Olympic efficiency, offering 56 medals together with 18 golds (50% of their whole medals, 46% of whole golds).
9 freestyle wrestling medals – together with three golds – is a US finest tally in that sport since 1904. Nevertheless, regardless of the performances of Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky, 11 swimming golds was the bottom because the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
A lot to Michael Johnson’s irritation, the USA’s athletics efficiency set some unwanted records. Their seven athletics golds was the joint lowest in US Olympic historical past, with the US males’s two athletics gold medals additionally an all-time low. There have been no males’s observe golds for the primary time and despite the fact that the lads received 10 athletics medals in whole – that was additionally their lowest return in Video games historical past.
China’s core sports activities of diving, taking pictures, weightlifting, inventive gymnastics and desk tennis produced 25 golds and 46 medals in Tokyo (66% and 52% of their totals respectively). Twelve diving medals and 11 taking pictures medals have been each Olympic information for China.
The eight medals, together with seven golds, in weightlifting have been additionally each Chinese language Olympic information and it was their finest efficiency in desk tennis (4 gold, three silver) since Sydney 2000.
Fourth place desk
The one desk you do not need to end prime of – fourth place is usually thought of because the “worst place to complete”. Exterior the medals, typically with the tiniest of margins sufficient to separate ecstasy and heartache.
At Rio 2016, Group GB completed fourth on 16 events, a post-war report. They usually nonetheless got here second within the medal desk.
|Group||Variety of fourth locations|
|Russian Olympic Committee||15|
|Supply: Nielsen Gracenote|
Ladies’s medal desk
Canada’s girls boosted their nation’s place within the general medal desk by profitable 75% of the group’s medals and 71% of all of the Canadian gold medals.
Nice Britain – who despatched extra feminine athletes than male for the primary time – completed the Video games with Lauren Value’s boxing gold and Laura Kenny as flagbearer. However they have been the one nation within the prime 10 for girls’s occasions in Tokyo whose feminine opponents have received lower than 30% of their nation’s gold medals.
|Nation||Gold||Silver||Bronze||Whole||% gold from girls||% all medals from girls|
|Whole||133||133||154||420||45.5% common||45.5% common|
|Supply: Nielsen Gracenote|
Of the international locations within the prime 10 of the general medal desk, Italy and France don’t seem within the prime 10 of the medal desk for girls’s occasions. Italy’s girls have received 20% of the nation’s gold medals and 37.5% of the medals. For France, that is 20% and 45%.
ROC v Russia 2012 v Russia 2016
The Russian Olympic Committee have carried out higher – (20 golds, 71 medals) than Russia did at both the 2012 or 2016 Olympics. In 2012, Russia received 68 medals together with 20 golds. 5 years in the past in Rio, the Russian group received 56 medals with 19 golds amongst them.
GB v Australia
|2000 – Sydney||4th||tenth|
|2004 – Athens||4th||tenth|
|2008 – Beijing||sixth||4th|
|2012 – London||eighth||third|
|2016 – Rio||tenth||2nd|
|2020/21 – Tokyo||sixth||4th|
|Supply: Nielsen Gracenote|
Simon Gleave, head of sports activities evaluation at Gracenote, stated: “The duel between Nice Britain was received by Group GB for the fourth Video games in a row however it has not been as shut on gold medals between Group GB and Australia since 2008. Nice Britain now lead 17-10 in opposition to their outdated sporting rivals.”
What a time to be an Italian
It has been a golden summer time for Italy. Eurovision winners in Could; Euro 2020 winners in July; a primary ever Wimbledon finalist in Matteo Berrettini; and now a report medal haul of 40 – together with 10 golds – making Tokyo 2020 their finest ever Video games.
Italy’s earlier highest medal whole was 36 at each the Los Angeles 1932 and Rome 1960 Video games. And their 5 athletics golds featured a number of the Video games’ standout moments, together with Lamont Marcell Jacob’s prestigious men’s 100m sprint victory, the lads’s dramatic 4x100m relay victory, and Gianmarco Tamberi’s iconic shared high jump gold.

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Dealing with BYOD risks
BYOD is a double-edged sword, bringing increased productivity and cost-savings but increasing the risk of data breaches at the same time. Administrators need to somehow manage the enterprise data on BYOD devices -- whose owners generally put convenience ahead of security -- while at the same time avoiding interference with the user's personal data. Devices running Windows 8.1 can take advantage of various new security measures aimed at overcoming the problem of "your data, their device" and the thorny issue of administrators accessing BYOD devices.
A typical example of Microsoft's BYOD security effort is the improved DirectAccess feature. DirectAccess provides remote connectivity to users by automatically initiating and closing connections to access resources on an organization's intranet; this eliminates the need to fiddle with setting up VPN connections, a struggle for many users. This automatic secure connection also allows administrators to publish security updates and Group Policy settings to the remote devices even when the user is not logged on to the device, keeping devices compliant with configuration baselines and security policies.
Join, To Go
Organizations running Windows Server 2012 R2 can also allow users to connect their personal Windows 8.1 devices to organizational resources without requiring a full domain-join by using Server 2012 R2's self-service access tool, Workplace Join. Apple iOS devices are also supported and Android devices will be supported in the near future. By installing a certificate on the device, it allows users -- whether employees, suppliers or customers -- to register a non-corporate-managed device in Active Directory to gain secure single sign-on access. This authorizes permitted network applications and services that were previously available only from corporate-managed Active Directory domain-joined PCs.
Workplace Join can be used in conjunction with the Windows Intune device management service, which allows administrators to apply policies, deploy apps and ensure that the device is up to date while still allowing users to retain control of their devices. This combination avoids the problems of privacy invasion and increases the chances of it being accepted by BYOD users. (The Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), which uses the Open Mobile Alliance Device Management protocol, is a device-management protocol. SCEP is now supported in Windows 8.1 so administrators can use mobile device management tools other than Windows Intune.)
Windows To Go, available with Windows 8.1 Enterprise, is another option for turning laptops and tablets with a USB port into managed devices without violating BYOD users' privacy by actively managing their devices. Users start their device from a fully manageable, corporate image installed on a bootable certified USB drive that keeps the device's operating system, applications and data both intact and inaccessible to anyone other than the user.
Windows 8.1 does more than make managing BYOD devices easier for both administrators and users. Other security features -- such as remote business data removal, improved malware resistance, and fingerprint-based and multi-factor authentication -- protect devices and data from unauthorized access and software threats. Automated device encryption is provided by TPM 2.0, and although it won't be a Windows 8.1 certification requirement until next year it is already appearing in various types of mobile devices.
A strong case
Microsoft knows that BYOD is here to stay and its software needs to offer both security and ease of use for administrators and users. The Windows 8.1 operating system ticks many of the security boxes necessary for it to become a serious option for those looking to follow a secure BYOD strategy. Enterprise network and security managers can make a strong case that by encouraging users to choose Windows 8.1 certified devices, they can offer provide those using personal devices with access to enterprise data and resources while minimizing the chance that malware or a data-theft incident involving a mobile device will wreak havoc on a protected internal network.
About the author:
Michael Cobb, CISSP-ISSAP, is a renowned security author with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He has a passion for making IT security best practices easier to understand and achievable. His website http://www.hairyitdog.com offers free security posters to raise employee awareness of the importance of safeguarding company and client data and of following good practices. He co-authored the book IIS Security and has written many technical articles for leading IT publications. Mike has also been a Microsoft Certified Database Manager and registered consultant with the CESG Listed Advisor Scheme (CLAS).
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By Bjoern Graas and Gregor Fischer, dpa
Berlin (dpa) – Thousands of revellers danced through the streets of Berlin on Saturday, accompanied by 25 parade vehicles blasting music, as part of the “Love Train” march for tolerance and social inclusion, as well as to mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
“Significantly more than 10,000 people took part in the Love Train today,” said police on Twitter. Organizers did not immediately provide their own estimate, though had earlier put the number at around 50,000. Police had expected 9,500 participants to show up.
Police said the Love Train (Zug der Liebe) was peaceful and had led only to some traffic delays.
Participants danced to electronic beats and dressed in ’90s raver style, with some holding signs reading “Will dance for beer.”
“A new wall has formed in many people’s minds. We want to break it down,” said Jens Schwan, a spokesman for the demonstration.
“Many especially younger people likely don’t know a thing about what happened back then, and how important the year 1989 was for the entire country,” organizers wrote on the march’s website.
In August 1961, the communist government of East Germany began the construction of the Berlin Wall. The structure divided the city and its residents for more than 28 years.
The division of the two Germanys ended after a series of peaceful protests in East Germany led to the fall of the wall on November 9, 1989.

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Severe thunderstorms forced the Black Eyed Peas to cancel a free benefit concert in New York's Central Park Thursday night, angering tens of thousands of fans who waited hours in the rain to see them perform.
You may not have this problem living in the idyllic Northland, but in the Big Apple, it's increasingly hard to find a good course. Problem solved! Recently this guy has been popping up on the streets of Soho with his 9 iron, a bag of 8 oz. milk cartons and a smart cabana hat.

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I recently had a stay at Somerset Hospital. I want to commend the nurses from the head nurses to the kitchen staff and all the staff in between. They all went above and beyond their call. If you needed a nurse, they were there immediately and always asking if there was anything else they could do.
I just can’t say enough good things about them. If there was another word for fantastic, I would use it. They don’t get paid enough for what they do. Their work is all that is on their mind when they are in the hospital.
The ones that don’t like the hospital should try doing the nurses job for a day. I’m sure they would change their minds.
When a patient rings for help, they run not walk to them. They do four or five things at one time.
I recommend Somerset Hospital to anyone who needs one.
Care and compassion is their job and they do it exceptionally well.
Thanks to all the nurses and especially the ones at Somerset Hospital.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Tennessee Aquatics held a swimming clinic Saturday morning to teach kids the breast stroke and raise breast cancer awareness.
Called "Breast for Breast", the clinic raised money for the UT Cancer Institute. UT swimmers, coaches and even Olympians like Davis Tarwater helped teach kids the essentials of the breast stroke.
Money raised will help those currently battling breast cancer, like Kim Kredich, who is married to UT's head swim coach.
"To see this, with people in the community I don't even know wearing these pink shirts, Breast for Breast - knowing that wow, I was part of the catalyst for this idea. It's truly overwhelming," said Kredich.
Organizers said the clinic raised about $10,000.
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During a press conference on Monday about a major gun seizure, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "I think if I had a son and that son was stopped, I would have some real questions about it."
He added, 'Having said that, I think that if I thought long and hard about it—I actually thought that Bill Thompson said it right. Bill Thompson said he didn't like 'stop-and-frisk,' but he had a son he wanted to make sure the kid didn't get killed, and the only way you should do that is to get guns off the streets."
Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill deBlasio, who does have a son who's statistically very likely to be stopped and frisked in New York City, has said he opposes racial profiling in stop-and-frisk, though it's not entirely clear that even he would completely end the practice. And as someone who is living in New York and who does have sons who statistics show would be prime targets for stop-and-frisk, this is a matter of some urgency.
At the end of the day, the justification that Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly use for stop-and-frisk is not about statistics, because statistics are not on their side. Three separate university studies have failed to find any correlation between stop-and-frisk and the huge drop in violent crime in New York since the early 1990s when the crack and gang epidemic in the city began to wane.
In fact, it's just as likely that gentrification of some of New York's worst neighborhoods or the economic boom during the Clinton years or just the aging out of notorious New York gangs or just time and circumstance brought crime down as much or more than the random stopping of young black and brown men.
The success rate for finding a weapon or drugs in a 'stop-and-frisk' situation is just 1 in 147 stops for African-Americans, 1 in 99 for Hispanics, and 1 in 20 for whites. That means that of the more than 500,000 mostly black and brown people stopped, only around 16,000 guns were taken off the street. Surely that big gun bust that the mayor and police commissioner were bragging about didn't come about as a result of stopping, questioning, and humiliating hundreds of thousands of one-off minority residents of the safest big city in America.
So what Bloomberg is left with, and what will be part of his legacy, is this notion that brown people are simply more criminal than white people, and so they should accept the idea of being stopped and frisked for the greater good of New York. In fact, minority communities should welcome what Bloomberg calls the "inconvenience" of being treated like a criminal by the NYPD because they are also more likely to be the victims of violent crime. And yet, we don't stop and frisk young white men entering public buildings or schools or movie theaters in response to the statistic that young white men are most likely mass shooters.
Mayor Bloomberg, you have done admirable work advocating gun control, and New York is indeed a safe city because of smart policies on guns. But three-quarters of the drop in violent crime in this city took place before stop-and-frisk, including during the era of community policing and are partly led by your police commissioner, Ray Kelly.
It is entirely possible to be aggressive on gun control, to have a smart, stepped-up police presence in high-crime neighborhoods, and to protect and serve all New Yorkers without treating some of us like criminals.
And not for nothing, but Mr. Mayor—if you had a son who was stopped and frisked, the policy would have never had to go to court because you wouldn't have stood for it.


Shamed Directors Named
Shamed Directors Named
The Directors of an HGV recruitment company have been banned from running an employment agency for up to ten years following action taken by the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS).
The hearing at Leeds Employment Tribunal follows an investigation by the EAS which is part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The Tribunal heard how the businesses run by David Allon, Marc Hedley, Sian Pemberton and Angela Roberts breached the law by:
failing to keep records
withholding payment of wages to drivers
failing to issue terms of employment to drivers
failing to carry out checks on drivers, such as confirming their identity or that they held the correct driving licences and
supplying drivers who did not hold the required licences.
The agencies supplied HGV drivers to hirers in Yorkshire and the North of England and traded under various trade names including Driverwise Recruitability, 'Driverwise Recruitment', Driverwise/Staffwise, Recruitability, 'Recruit' and 'Recruit Employment'. The companies are now dissolved and the businesses have ceased trading.
Both Allon and Hedley were Directors of Driverwise Limited whilst Allon was also a Director of Recruit Employment Limited. Pemberton was a Director of Recruitment Employment Limited and Roberts the Company Secretary.
The Tribunal banned David Allon from running or being concerned with the running of an employment agency or employment business for the maximum period of ten years. Sian Pemberton, Angela Roberts and Marc Hedley, were banned for five years.
Lord Young, the Minister responsible for employment relations, said:
Rogues like these give the recruitment sector a bad name so I am delighted to see the Tribunals decision putting the brakes on their unacceptable behaviour.
The EAS will continue to take action against unscrupulous agencies to protect workers and hirers from illegal practices. This case sends out a clear message to the industry that we will act against those agencies who break the law.
EAS brought this case under the Employment Agencies Act 1973. The misconduct was brought to their attention by a total of 26 complainants, including drivers and hirers.
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) Operations Director Alex Fiddes said:
"VOSA welcomes this firm action by EAS against irresponsible agencies. In closing them down they have removed a threat to road safety. An unqualified driver in a 44 tonne lorry is an accident waiting to happen."


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Forty more countries have eased travel restrictions for Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Keep in mind, however, that rules in destination countries are different from our own. The country's pandemic task force recently restricted foreign travel to essential missions.
Filipinos are now allowed to enter the following countries, subject to compliance with COVID-19 protocols: Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, New Macedonia, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, and Sudan.
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases recently reimposed the ban on non-essential outbound travel, expect for those leaving the Philippines for work, business, medical emergencies and humanitarian purposes. On Tuesday, Metro Manila will revert to a strict quarantine or MECQ.
China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Marshall Islands, Sri Lanka, and Guyana allowed entry exemptions for dual citizens of the destination country and/or returning residents, OFWs with work visas and contracts, diplomatic or UN passport holders, and government officials on official travels, the DFA said.
The DFA said the borders of 55 countries remain closed. Despite the easing of restrictions, the agency reminded potential travelers to check dates with airlines and embassies or consulates before booking a flight.


(This is the second in a series of articles about the impact of Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposed budget for 2014-15)
Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposed budget came in for some rough handling in a key legislative committee this week, particularly some proposals related to education.
Brewer has proposed giving K-12 schools a roughly $250 million boost, including $70 million in voter-mandated inflation adjustments, $40 million to reward schools where students improve scores on standardized tests and $17 million to develop a computerized system for tracking the test scores. K-12 schools account for about 40 percent of state spending.
However, the news of a roughly 7 percent increase in K-12 funding is partially offset by the suggestion that the state continue to withhold money for building new schools and facilities. The budget recommends continuing to suspend $239 million in capital spending for district schools and $16 million for public charter schools. The Legislature assumed responsibility for funding school facilities after the state Supreme Court ruled the property-tax-based system gave rich districts far more to spend than schools in lower-wealth districts, like Payson.
The increase in overall school funding proposed by the governor for 2014-15 comes after billions in cuts over the past several years. Arizona during the recession cut education funding more deeply than any other state, according to one national survey. Even before the cuts, Arizona had made the third-deepest cuts in school spending in the past six years, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Arizona has cut inflation-adjusted spending per student by 17 percent since 2008 — about $62 per student.
The governor’s budget would also take $15-per-student from each district to pay for expanded, high-speed Internet access for many schools. That proposal would cost Payson schools about $36,000.
The governor’s budget message said only 11 percent of the state’s schools meet the 100 Mbps standard Internet speed and access. By contrast, in Utah 95 percent of campuses are fiber connected, although it’s actually spending only slightly more per student. In Arizona, the build-out of the system will cost $360 million over the next six years. Half the schools needing the connection are in rural areas like Payson.
That plan drew criticism this week in the state appropriations committee according to an Associated Press report. Several lawmakers from both parties questioned whether districts that had high-speed Internet access already should pay a per-student assessment to help other districts. They also said the charge amounted to almost a quarter of the inflation adjustment.
Voters approved a ballot measure years ago requiring the Legislature to give K-12 schools an inflation adjustment every year. However, the lawmakers withheld that adjustment for three years during the recession, using the money to pay for other things when state revenues fell by nearly a third. A public interest law firm won a lawsuit challenging that decision. The state is still in court arguing it should not have to make up the withheld payments, at a cost of somewhere between $300 million and $1.2 billion.
The governor’s budget faced an even bigger potential problem this week when the independent Joint Legislative Budget Committee Director Richard Stavneak revealed that the committee wants to use a lower growth and revenue increase projection. Gov. Brewer’s budget projects a $435 million surplus in the course of the next four years. The JLBC projections instead project a $933 million deficit over that same period.
For each of the past three years, the Legislature has rejected key elements of Republican Gov. Brewer’s budget, although both chambers have big Republican majorities.
The governor’s budget message focuses heavily on her support for a $40 million increase for schools where students make gains on standardized tests.
The state has also required school districts to overhaul teacher evaluations and make sure that roughly half of a teacher’s evaluation will depend on student test scores. Those evaluations will then play a key role in raises, promotions and layoffs.
Supporters of the stress on test scores that lie at the heart of both state and federal education reforms say the system will hold teachers and school districts accountable, force schools to improve their curriculum and give parents a tool they can use to compare their children’s school to others.
Critics of the system fear it will mostly reward schools in rich districts, penalize minority students, give misleading information to parents, narrow the curriculum, undercut local control of schools and crowd out electives by focusing all the attention on a few subjects.
Gov. Brewer’s budget message said the proposed Student Success Funding program that the Legislature decided not to fund last year will reward schools when students either reach or exceed grade-level proficiency targets and students make above-average progress, even if they remain below or above grade level. The system would also take into account graduation rates.
At least initially, the system will rely on scores on the AIMS tests students take in grades 3-8 and grade 10. The rewards in grade 12 will depend on the graduation rate.
The state intends to soon abandon the AIMS test altogether in favor of a different, national standardized test. The federal government provided big payments to states that adopted this national, standardized testing system, partly of the effort to induce states to adopt Common Core curriculums that stress critical thinking skills.
The changeover from the long-established AIMS test to a new, national test that may not match up to the curriculum very well could pose a complication with the all-out effort to link school and teacher evaluations and funding to test scores.
Arizona State University Associate Professor David Garcia did an analysis of the likely effect of a similar proposal the governor included in last year’s budget. He predicted the bulk of the money would end up going to the larger, high-wealth school districts.


Since the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab) we've learned that Kevin Smith, Daniel Craig, Ewan McGregor and Simon Pegg made cameos - and that Yoda nearly made one (opens in new tab). We can probably expect more in-jokes, references and sly nods once the movie is granted a home video release, but if you can't wait until then for your next easter egg fix, savor this new tidbit.
In an interview with Nerdist (opens in new tab), David Acord, who worked as a sound editor and sound designer on the film, revealed that The Force Awakens sound team had access to Skywalker Sound's entire audio archive. That includes the whole Star Wars screen canon - Rebels, The Clone Wars - and as well as everything within the Skywalker Library.
The library houses sounds from every movie the production house has worked on, leading to this nifty connect between a galaxy far, far away and a certain archaeologist: "When the rathtar is rolling down the hallway after Han and Chewie, I put in the sound of Ben Burtt’s boulder roll sound from Raiders of the Lost Ark when the boulder is chasing Indy."
Did you spot it? That's a well-hidden tie between the two franchises, and without being able to rewatch and rewind The Force Awakens at home, it would be nigh-on impossible for anyone to detect it in the cinema. The same goes for another unusual piece of foley that formed the basis of Kylo Ren's Force sound. "The really chunky and animalistic rumble—is my cat’s purring," Acord adds. "It’s heavily pitched and slowed version of my cat’s purr that becomes Kylo Force rumble." Well, who knew that deep down Kylo Ren was just a pussycat.
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4 Skinless, boneless Fish Fillets (about 1 1/4 pounds)
2/3 cup bread crumbs
2 Tablespoons snipped fresh dill weed
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Rinse fish and pat dry with paper towels.
Cut fish into smaller (8) pieces.
In a shallow dish beat egg. In another shallow dish combine bread crumbs, dill and 1/2 tsp each salt & pepper.
Dip fish pieces into egg, then into bread crumb mixture. Set aside.
In large skillet heat olive oil over med-high heat. Add fish. Cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until fish is golden brown and flakes easily with a fork. Drain on paper towels.
Nutrition Info Per Serving: Calories 219.7 Total Fat 8.2 g Saturated Fat 2.1 g Polyunsaturated Fat 1.1 g Monounsaturated Fat 3.1 g Cholesterol 86.5 mg Sodium 225.5 mg Potassium 56.4 mg Total Carbohydrate 13.2 g Dietary Fiber 0.8 g Sugars 1.2 g Protein 24.0 g


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We have some great new work in this year and I will be drip-feeding you pictures as and when I get get them all done and up on the website. It's a big job with so much new work all coming in at the same time, so bear with me. That's if I can get them done before they sell!
After a phone enquiry this morning I have managed to get some of Margaret Johnson's new glass pieces uploaded today. There is still more to come, so keep your eye out for it or by all means get in touch, you may just get in first.
We are privileged to have some new and exclusive designs from Margaret and stunning they are too! So, if you like them you had better hurry, I am sure they won't be around for long.
In fact, if you want to get the jump on everybody before everything goes online, pop into the gallery to see it all in the flesh, you won't be disappointed.


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Chennin Benson knocked down two free throws with 1.5 seconds left on the clock to give the Rams the lead and the victory in the low-scoring affair. Benson totaled nine points and Kirsten Bernhardi added eight points. Hattie Snyder recorded a game-high 12 points and hit two 3-pointers in the loss.
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The third Pee-wee Herman movie, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, will be available to stream on Netflix beginning March of next year.
The Judd Apatow-produced film will mark the directorial debut for Inside Amy Schumer's John Lee and the return of Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman.
Pee-wee's Big Holiday began filming earlier this year. Reubens said he was "really ready for this to happen," telling Rolling Stone the project had been stalled for years.
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos called the movie a "passion project" for both Reubens and Apatow, and said Netflix is "delighted by the opportunity to introduce such a beloved character to a new generation."
According to the plot synopsis, Pee-wee's Big Holiday begins with "a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger" inspires Pee-wee to take his first-ever holiday in an "epic story of friendship and destiny." The movie was written by Reubens and Arrested Development's Paul Rust.
So there you have it: March 2016 for a new Pee-wee adventure. Are you excited? Do you think it will include something to horrify the kids like Large Marge in the original Pee-wee movie, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure? We want to know what you think in the comments.


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Living in luxury and enjoying fine dining, with a delicious surprise menu, at 3 evenings. This is wellbeing for all senses!
- 5 nights in an exclusive Studio Suite with balcony and terrace
- Dinner hopping in various fine restaurants on 3 evenings. We arranged for you a delicious 3-course tasting dinner together with the chef the cuisine (drinks not included)
Included services in the package
Wine tasting and winery tour
Take the opportunity to meet with top winemakers of our region. Experienced winemakers will bring you a trace closer to the mistery of fine wines during an interesting wine tasting.
E-bikes - complete mobility
Experience the most beautiful scenic spots and cultural highlights of the region with the electric bike.
Afternoon snack in the vinotheque
Afternoon snack of South Tyrolean delicacies and Italian Antipasti in our Vineria. A delightfully sparkling aperitif or an elegant glass of wine will sustain the relaxed mood of sunny days of vacation.
Breakfast Gourmet until 12:00
À la carte & breakfast buffet until 12:00 either in the breakfast lounge or on the sun terrace with view to the lake
Use of trendy Vespa
"La dolce vita on two wheels": Use the trendy Vespa to esplore the South Tyrolean Wine Road (including helmet and third party insurance)
Pure relaxation at our Spa lounge with stylish indoor pool and sauna or on our panoramic roof terrace. Fresh fruits, nuts, mineralwater and a variety of teas in the spa lounge.
Dinner hopping in various fine restaurants on 3 evenings:
Ristorante Panholzer a Caldaro
Ristorante Pillhof a Appiano
Ristorante Romani a Termeno
A bottle of South Tyrolean Wine in your suite.

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Posted on 06. Oct, 2010 by bricf13.
Yes, I have them. I’ve finally just dumbed it all down for those of you that have been asking…and got a little artistic…(hey, I was bored and I miss art class) and decided to draw out the “nuts and bolts” of hitting. These are the 3 things I learned to flat out dominate day in […]


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National League Preview from The Sports Network
Friday, June 1st (All times Eastern)
Cincinnati Reds (28-22) at Houston Astros (22-29), 8:05 p.m.
Probable Starting Pitchers: Cincinnati - Mike Leake (1-5, 5.47) Houston - J.A. Happ (4-4, 4.37)
(Sports Network) - The first-place Cincinnati Reds seek to regain lost momentum tonight when they visit Minute Maid Park for the first of three weekend games with the host Houston Astros.
The Reds hadn't lost a series since April before pulling into Pittsburgh and dropping two of three earlier this week to the Pirates, including a 2-1 decision on Wednesday in which veteran A.J. Burnett stymied them on just two hits over seven innings.
Cincinnati leads the National League's Central Division by 1 1/2 games over defending World Series champion St. Louis, which opens a series tonight in New York against the Mets.
The Astros, who dropped four in a row in Colorado and have lost six straight overall, are on the fringe of contention in fifth place - 6 1/2 games in back of the Reds.
Houston turns to lefty J.A. Happ to make the start while seeking to get back to the success that saw him win two straight outings on May 17 and 22 against Milwaukee and the Chicago Cubs.
Happ allowed a single run on 12 hits in 12 innings of those wins, but dropped a 5-1 decision at Los Angeles against the Dodgers in his last start on May 27 after allowing three runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings.
He's 1-1 in four career meetings with the Reds with a 6.17 earned run average across 23 1/3 innings, in which he's allowed 16 runs on 24 hits and nine walks.
All four of Happ's wins in 2012 have come in Houston, where he's 4-2 in six starts and has held opposing batters to a .273 average.
The Reds counter with righty Mike Leake, who's toiled all season in an unsuccessful effort to find consistency.
The 24-year-old entered the season after a career-best 12 wins in 29 appearances last season, but immediately stumbled from the gate with losses in his initial five decisions.
He finally broke through with eight innings of one-run ball for a 4-1 defeat of the Atlanta Braves on May 21, but was shelled for nine hits and three runs in just 3 2/3 innings five days later against Colorado, getting a no-decision in a game the Reds ultimately won, 10-3.
Overall, in 49 1/3 innings, he's given up 35 runs on 59 hits.
Leake dropped a 6-4 decision to the Astros in Cincinnati on April 21 while giving up three earned runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
On Thursday in Colorado, Carlos Gonzalez helped the Rockies with a three-run home run in a 11-5 win for the Astros.
J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run while Jose Altuve added three hits and an RBI for the Astros.
Bud Norris (5-2) was torched for nine runs in just 1 2/3 innings as he lost for the first time since April 24. He was 4-0 with a 1.17 earned run average in May coming into the game.
On Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Reds shortstop Zack Cozart hit a double to start the night, but Burnett allowed almost nothing after that in the Pirates' win in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Burnett (4-2) went seven strong innings, allowing only two hits and one unearned run. After Cozart's leadoff double, the next Reds hit came from Chris Heisey to leadoff the seventh inning.
"We couldn't muster back-to-back hits," Reds Manager Dusty Baker said. "We really couldn't have, really, any hits."
Johnny Cueto (5-3) kept Cincinnati in front for most of the night, allowing only two runs on five hits in seven innings.
"He's matched up with a bunch of real good pitchers," Baker said. "He certainly could have had a chance to win that."
Heisey and Joey Votto delivered back-to-back singles with one out in the ninth, but Joel Hanrahan struck out Miguel Cairo and Ryan Hanigan to close the door on his 13th save of the year.
The Reds took two of three over the Astros at home in late April.
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Looks like the recall is only for 2010 Wranglers with 4WD and automatic transmissions.
I really don't see how it is in your power to force an automaker to extend their warranty. I would probably just let this go if I were you.
You said that the insurance paid you 'wholesale" value---this is not what is supposed to happen. You are supposed to get full Fair Market Retail. If you didn't get that, I'd devote energy to fighting the insurance company, not the automaker.
If you don't like your settlement, you have a right to hire your own appraiser and submit an upgraded appraisal (presuming the appraiser finds a greater value), and if the insurance company won't agree to that, you have the right to an arbitration hearing.


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Miami, Apr 7 (EFE).- The northeastern Florida city of St. Augustine, the oldest in the United States, this weekend is paying tribute to Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521), who discovered Florida in 1513, with an equestrian and military exhibition and live music, among other events.
The celebration Saturday coincided with the date on which the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Florida was being commemorated and with the celebration of a Mass in the city's Cathedral Basilica dedicated to the baptismal font of Ponce de Leon, a replica of which was sent from Spain to the United States.
The installation of the replica font, which the City Hall of Santervas de Campos, Spain - Ponce de Leon's birthplace - gave as a gift to the St. Augustine city government, is one of the main events being held amid the celebrations in this country.
St. Augustine, founded in 1565 by Spaniard Pedro Menendez Aviles, is participating in various ways in this year's events for the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's arrival on the Florida coast, a landing which marked the start of Spanish exploration and colonization of North America and was the beginning of the modern history of the United States.
The Florida city each year welcomes 4.5 million visitors interested in exploring its historic past.
The old city is home to the impregnable Castillo de San Marcos, which dates to 1672. Its walls were built of coquina stone and it served as a refuge for local Spanish colonists and defended the city from the attacks of pirates and then-enemies of Spain.