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'Steel City Confessions' by Thomas Lipinski
Promising Dorsey mystery comes to a messy conclusion
Sunday, March 07, 1999
By Diana Nelson Jones, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
In Tom Lipinski’s third Carroll Dorsey mystery, our hero finds himself a hired gun of the Catholic Diocese. His job is to put himself and, if possible, contrary evidence, between the DA’s office and a priest it suspects of murder.
This lucrative little job comes up just as Dorsey is preparing to testify in the trial of Mrs. Leneski, a character from Lipinski’s second novel, “A Picture of Her Tombstone.”
Mrs. Leneski shot and killed the sleazeball doctor who sold drugs to her granddaughter. She makes no bones about what she did — walked into Novotny’s office and shot him dead — but Dorsey wants to soften the blow of her punishment, so he is preparing to lie and say that Mrs. Leneski’s action was not premeditated.
Meanwhile, the district attorney knows Dorsey is trying to nix his crusade against Father Crimmins, the suspect priest, so he sics two young toughs from his office on him to intimidate him.
The Leneski trial is a nonjury one, which seems odd. The judge gets a call from Martin Dorsey, Carroll’s father. Though retired and recovering from a stroke, he still wields enough power from the days when he moved and shook city politics to call in a favor.
Mrs. Leneski’s punishment is reduced to house arrest; seems the elder Dorsey was untroubled enough by Novotny’s demise to want to thank the old lady. This rankles the DA so much, you can hear the snarls of the little Rottweiler in his soul.
Lipinski enriches his landscape, Pittsburgh, with characters we can imagine as real. The old-boy political realities are only a bit heightened by being in a detective novel. Besides, courthouse shenanigans never sound farfetched.
Then there are the many associations — people who know each other the way people in Pittsburgh do. Dorsey and Crimmins used to play basketball together.
And throughout the book, Lipinski sprinkles Pittsburgh places generously with Dorsey’s movements — the South Side, where he lives in an electric-fan-cooled row house; Point Breeze, where Crimmins supposedly gunned down a member of his congregation, a CPA, so he could share the hefty insurance package with his lover, the widow; the Evergreen Bar on Penn Avenue; the Westin William Penn, Downtown; and Aspinwall, where Dorsey’s girlfriend, Gretchen, owns a house.
As he digs to find motives that might point at other culprits in the CPA’s murder, Dorsey discovers startling evidence from the proverbial left field.
Crimmins is an unlikely suspect. He’s too sympathetic. The story holds its tension because of the possibility he is guilty and because of the shock value if he is not. But the ending is the book’s big problem; the denouement actually falls apart. It’s as if Lipinski has abandoned the clean, well-thought-out structure that got him believably to the end.
The climax is cartoonish and, as in murder mysteries on TV, goes on and on, with the gun-toter talking too much. As characters flood the scene, the tension evaporates and people act differently than you would have thought they would. The revelations are flat when they aren’t puzzling and out of character.
The reader has no feeling for the strength of the priest’s relationship with the widow and no sense of the widow at all. There’s no point of reference for believing in or accepting the outcome; the reader was allowed no insight.
Even the most surprising of surprise endings, if they are deft, should have had some foreshadowing, enough to do a “gotcha!” in the reader’s craw.
This ending seems inspired by bad TV and leaves more of a “huh?” feeling.
But if you’ve become a fan of Carroll Dorsey, you’ll be glad you kept up with him in this story, glad to see he’s staying in reasonably good shape, glad that Gretchen is back for good, even glad that his old man still has clout. And eager to meet up with him again.
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A study published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine identified positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans as a potentially useful tool for predicting local recurrence in lung cancer patients treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
RFA, which uses localized thermal energy to kill cancer cells, is increasingly used as an alternative treatment for patients unable to undergo surgery or other therapies to treat lung cancer.
“This study reinforces the utility of 18F-FDG-PET imaging in cancer detection and follow-up while also providing new insight into factors that can be used for earlier prediction of recurrence after radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors,” said Amit Singnurkar, M.D., FRCPC, assistant professor of radiology and medicine at McMaster University and lead author of the study “18F-FDG PET/CT for the Prediction and Detection of Local Recurrence After Radiofrequency Ablation of Malignant Lung Lesions.” Dr. Singnurkar was previously a nuclear oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where the majority of the study was conducted.
The five-year study followed 68 patients with 94 pulmonary lesions, including metastases and primary lung cancers. By reviewing 18F-FDG PET/CT scans performed before and after RFA, researchers were able to determine several indicators that could help predict local recurrence.
Among pre-RFA scans, lesion size and type of tumor (primary or metastases) were factors in determining potential for local recurrence. Standardized uptake value (glucose metabolic activity) was also a factor in pre-RFA scans, although not independent of lesion size. PET/CT scans conducted after RFA indicated that 18F-FDG uptake patterns, size of ablation margins and standardized uptake value were parameters that could predict the likelihood of recurrence.
Information gleaned from the pre- and post-PET/CT scans can increase the accuracy of recurrence detection and allow earlier diagnosis. This ultimately can facilitate better management, leading to improved patient outcomes.
“Used correctly, molecular imaging can provide more accurate and earlier results than anatomic imaging alone,” noted Singnurkar. “Molecular imaging has the potential to detect and characterize disease earlier, at a point where it can be more amenable to therapy.”
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 200,000 patients will be diagnosed with lung cancer and nearly 160,000 will die from the disease this year. The lungs are also a frequent site for metastases from breast, colorectal, prostate, head and neck, and renal cancers.
Authors of the scientific article, “18F-FDG PET/CT for the Prediction and Detection of Local Recurrence After Radiofrequency Ablation of Malignant Lung Lesions,” include: Amit Singnurkar, Steven M. Larson and Heiko Schröder, Department of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Stephen B. Solomon, Department of Radiology/Interventional Radiology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; and Mithat Gönen; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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Tottenham leave Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Jan Vertonghen and Serge Aurier in London for Bayern Munich clash
- Tottenham take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday
- Both sides have already qualified for the knockout rounds of the competition
- Spurs have taken the opportunity to rest a handful of their players this week
Tottenham have travelled to Germany without Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Jan Vertonghen or Serge Aurier for their match against Bayern Munich.
Spurs and Bayern have both already qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League and there was an expectation that they would rest some of their big names.
And they have now confirmed that they will be without the quartet of players for Wednesday night’s match.
Tottenham Hotspur will be without Dele Alli (left) and Harry Kane (right) at Bayern Munich
Jose Mourinho’s side have instead announced that Alli, Kane, Vertonghen and Aurier will train at Hotspur Way on Wednesday rather than playing.
There is a belief that young striker Troy Parrott could start in the place of Kane in the game.
Mourinho is thought to be giving serious consideration to starting the 17-year-old, who made his Premier League debut on Saturday against Burnley.
The Portuguese manager ensured he was given the match ball at full-time to mark the achievement.
Defenders Serge Aurier (left) and Jan Vertonghen (right) have also been left in London


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The Iowa Environmental Mesonet—observing climate at the mesoscale
Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. S. Takle and S. E. Taylor
In response to needs for more spatially detailed, real-time observational and climatological data, information from over 300 stations from five different weather-observing systems existing in Iowa are being gathered at Iowa State University initiating the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM). This mesonet attempts to capitalize on the existing amount of data being gathered, which is not being used optimally.
Five different organizations are responsible for the data collection (National Weather Service (NWS), Federal Aviation Administration, Iowa Department of Transportation, United States Geological Survey, and Iowa State University) for specific real-time purposes. Several problems existed with the data. None of the data was available from the same site; nor was it reviewed for inter-comparison of data. Some internal quality control was done for some of the systems individually.
The IEM has succeeded in consolidating the data feeds of these streams. Quality control is being initiated on the data to determine comparability. This is allowing not only display of combined current data, but also the development of climatologies that are not commonly disseminated (http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu). Data such as wind climatology, seasonal rainfall and growing degree days can be displayed in great detail across the state. The increased density of stations available from the IEM allows more detailed resolution of climate than was possible before. New instrumentation will be added to collect data, such as soil temperature and soil moisture, which are currently lacking or non-existent.
By combining the systems the state hopes to create a research quality mesonet at a lower total cost than developing a new system from scratch. The effort, also, ties with an Iowa State University Agronomy departmental initiative to intensively study agro-ecosystems. Part of this initiative is to develop a base-line of long-term measurements of the agro-ecosystem for the purpose of assessing how agriculture interacts with the surrounding ecosystem.
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Supplementary URL: http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu
Joint Poster Session 1, Joint Poster Session with Reception
Monday, 13 May 2002, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
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The coughing, the nebulizers, the pills, the doctor's appointments, the needles, hospital stays, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines, surgeries, fevers, fatigue, and so much more -- cystic fibrosis requires so much physical and mental strength and bravery. I thought my journey through lung failure, transplant, cancer, and chemotherapy would be my toughest fight yet. I was wrong of course. What I've heard my whole life, that motherhood is the hardest job you'll ever have, is true.
I have physically and emotionally endured more than I ever could have imagined. But nothing compares to the beauty, love, sacrifice, and struggle of motherhood. My mom taught me from the very beginning that there were lots of ways to build a family. I had secretly always wanted to be pregnant, give birth, breastfeed, and raise three kids. But deep down I knew I'd have to find a different path to motherhood.
At age 25, after talking to my family and my doctor, I decided that I wasn't ever going to carry a baby. When I met and fell in love with my husband, Adam, I told him from the beginning that I wanted a family but, similar to other aspects of my life, we would need to go the unconventional route. With the blessing from my CF care team, I went through in-vitro fertilization (IVF). One year, three embryo transfers, and two different surrogates later, we were pregnant.
As Bryce grew bigger and stronger in Kim's tummy, my lungs grew weaker.
By the time Bryce was ready to come into the world, my lungs were ready to retire. I was too sick to be there for his birth. The first person he met, the first person to hold him, the first person to kiss him was not me.
I waited close to 50 hours to meet my boy. It was the longest, darkest two days of my life. But man was it worth the wait!
Four weeks later, I received my life saving double-lung transplant. Of course, being sick, on oxygen, and having a fever was NOT how I envisioned starting things off with Bryce. But yet again, life reminded me how little control we have over our lives at times.
The night I got “the call,” I kissed Bryce good night and a wave of fear washed over me. “What if I don't see him again?” But the other part of me knew I would never be the kind of mother he deserved without new lungs. My transplant recovery was nine days from the operating room to discharge. I pushed through the pain and exhaustion because of Bryce. He was starting to try to smile and that was a first I was not willing to miss!
Fast forward: Bryce is four and half years old now. He is the most beautiful, tenderhearted soul. He loves T-ball, basketball, swimming, the beach, and Cheerios! My determination and passion to not just live but to thrive has always been there from the day I was born. But, as a mother and organ recipient, I feel even more responsibility to take care of myself. Motherhood and chronic illness demand two opposing mindsets. I put the needs of my child first. It's instinctual. When Bryce cries, when he's hungry, when he's scared, when he's sick, when he wants to play, or sleep, or test my patience … no matter what's going on with me, the world freezes and nobody else matters but him.
But my responsibilities as a cystic fibrosis, diabetic, and lung transplant patient, include full night sleeps, resting when I am tired, eating regularly to keep my blood glucose steady, staying away from sick people, avoiding crowded places especially during flu season, and traveling to see my care team at least every three months.
I am constantly being pulled in two different directions. I have missed Bryce's first day of pre-K while in the hospital and I have taken him to the pediatrician when he was sick. As a mother and a patient, neither of those scenarios were easy for me. After sinus surgery, I wasn't able to lift him for 4-6 weeks. He cried and wanted me to hold him and when I put him to bed, I cried in the shower.
Ultimately, it takes a village. My husband, our parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and total strangers have all helped raise Bryce.
After four and half years of love, adventure, giggles, potty training, surgeries, fevers, ear infections, nose drips, and birthday parties, I have decided that ultimately what Bryce needs the most is ME.
He needs me to be alive and healthy so I can love, guide, and support him for as long as possible. It's with a very heavy heart that I have to watch other people care for him when he is sick, leave him so often to go to my clinic visits, stay in bed while someone else drives him to school, or drag him to a lab appointment when his friends are at the park.
Some days I still cry in the shower, but most days I know deep inside that I am a good mother and I am a good patient. They don't have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, CF has made me a better mother and being a mother has helped be a better patient. Through my struggles, I have learned resilience, compassion, patience, persistence, and gratitude.
I can't imagine my life without the struggles of CF, but I also can't imagine my life without Bryce. Luckily, I don't have to. To all the CF patients who are thinking about becoming a parent someday, it is a deeply personal decision, one that I hope includes your partner, your family, and your CF care team because it's going to take a village!
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Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Virginia
13: Virginia, City Point, Box 2, Civil War Stereographs
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Wars and Conflicts:
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Gift of Reginald W. Okie
Library, Third Floor
The Army and Navy Club, gift of Reginald W. Okie
Written on verso: Built after the great explosion. August 9, 1864.
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Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va.
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American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York

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- In line with the planned manufacturing schedule, cut all the different job folders in the correct sequence.
- Ensure that each cut part is labelled as per the standard process.
- Ensure that all cut parts are palletised safely and in the correct sequence before being moved to the next machining area.
- Load material into the automated storage area ensuring that correct allocations of space and part numbers are utilised.
- Assist with material management by flagging up any concerns on stock levels.
- Manage the cutting process to ensure that offcuts are fully utilised during optimisation.
- Monitor cutting time versus planned time.
- Monitor the quality of cut as well as dimensions and report any issues to the supervisor.
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Wednesday 26 August 1992
Neither Allen nor Farrow showed up for the hour-long hearing yesterday, the first round of their custody dispute. Lawyers for the film- maker asked the state Supreme Court Justice, Phyllis Gangel-Jacob, to remove the children's passports, saying Farrow had threatened to take Satchel, 4, Dylan, 7, and Moses, 14, out of the country.
Judge Gangel-Jacob then told lawyers for Farrow that she was prohibited from taking the children out of the US. The judge set a closed-door hearing for yesterday evening, to be attended by Allen and Farrow, for them to try to resolve their dispute. Allen sued Farrow for custody of their three children on 13 August.
The dispute has been complicated by child abuse allegations against Allen, 56, and by his romance with Farrow's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Farrow Previn, believed to be between 19 and 21.
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Promoting regular physical activity has been considered one of the most important aspects of preventive medicine in recent years. This is due to the fact that tremendous evidence has been found about the positive association between increasing physical activity and desirable health effects. Findings have been summarized in a number of review documents; however, most of these reviews emphasize findings retrieved from research conducted in Western countries. Few papers were found to summarize findings in physical activity and health of the Hong Kong Chinese population. Epidemiological studies revealed that there exists distinct diverse health status among different ethnic groups due to culture, beliefs, genetic makeup, health practices, and behaviors in these highly diverse groups. This chapter reviews what is known about the association between physical activity and health in the Chinese population of Hong Kong. Current health issues including coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and so on, that are specific to the Hong Kong situation are reviewed. Moreover, findings in physical activity participation levels of Hong Kong adults and children are introduced. Results indicate that the associations between physical activity and health found in the Chinese population of Hong Kong share similar trends as those reported in Western countries. Three quarters of Hong Kong children and adults are not physically active enough to achieve health benefits. The physical activity level for the Hong Kong Chinese population remains low. The need for promotional and intervention programs on physical activity participation is pressing.
Stanley Sai-chuen Hui
André O. Werneck, Edilson S. Cyrino, Paul J. Collings, Enio R.V. Ronque, Célia L. Szwarcwald, Luís B. Sardinha and Danilo R. Silva
Background: This study describes the levels and patterns of television (TV) viewing in Brazilian adults and investigates associations of TV viewing with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Methods: Data from the Brazilian Health Survey, a nationally representative survey that was conducted in 2013 (N = 60,202 men and women aged ≥18 y), were used. Information regarding TV viewing, physician diagnoses of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease was collected via interview-administered questionnaire. Data on covariables (including chronological age, educational status, skin color, sodium consumption, sugar consumption, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and leisure-time physical activity) were also self-reported. Logistic regression models and population attributable fractions were used for the etiological analyses. Results: The prevalence (95% confidence interval) of >4 hours per day of TV viewing was 12.7% (12.0–13.4) in men and 17.5% (16.8–18.3) in women. Men and women being younger or older, moderately educated, living alone, smoking tobacco, and drinking alcohol were associated with higher reported TV viewing time. Odds ratios (95% confidence interval) revealed that >4 hours per day of TV viewing was associated with type 2 diabetes [male: 1.64 (1.23–2.17) and female: 1.33 (1.09–1.63)], hypertension [male: 1.36 (1.14–1.63) and female: 1.20 (1.05–1.37)], and heart disease [male: 1.96 (1.43–2.69) and female: 1.30 (1.00–1.68)]. Exceeding 4 hours per day of TV viewing was responsible for 6.8% of type 2 diabetes, 3.7% of hypertension, and 7.5% of heart disease cases. Conclusions: Independent of covariates, >4 hours per day of TV viewing was associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. High volumes of TV viewing are prevalent and appear to contribute to chronic disease burden.
Stanley S.C. Hui, Neil Thomas and Brian Tomlinson
The impact of physical activity, aerobic fitness, and body composition on coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in Hong Kong Chinese adults has not been previously investigated.
The study surveyed 707 randomly selected middle-age Hong Kong Chinese by telephone for Physical Activity Rating (PAR). Three hundred and sixteen respondents (age: 45.1 ± 8.1 y) participated in subsequent aerobic fitness testing (VO2max) and CHD risk factor screening.
More than 70% of respondents did not have sufficient levels of physical activity. Fifty percent of the men and 19.5% of the women had two or more CHD risk factors. PAR correlated poorly with VO2max and CHD risk factors. VO2max showed significant associations with CHD risk factors. The adjusted odds ratios of having CHD risk factors for unfit participants ranged from 1.11 to 6.61 as compared to fit participants. Obese but fit individuals demonstrated lower odds of CHD risk factors than the obese and unfit individuals. WC was found to be a stronger predictor for CHD risk factors than BMI.
The prevalence of CHD risk factors in middle-age Chinese in Hong Kong was high and was related to levels of aerobic fitness and obesity.
Rebecca L. Vivrette, Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Jennifer L. Martin, Karen R. Josephson and B. Josea Kramer
To determine seniors’ beliefs about falls and design a fall-risk self-assessment and educational materials to promote early identification of evidence-based fall risks and encourage prevention behaviors.
Focus groups with community-dwelling seniors, conducted in two phases to identify perceptions about fall risks and risk reduction and to assess face validity of the fall-risk self-assessment and acceptability of educational materials.
Lay perception of fall risks was in general concordance with evidence-based research. Maintaining independence and positive tone were perceived as key motivators for fall prevention. Seniors intended to use information in the educational tool to stimulate discussions about falls with health care providers.
An evidence-based, educational fall-risk self-assessment acceptable to older adults can build on existing lay knowledge about fall risks and perception that falls are a relevant problem and can educate seniors about their specific risks and how to minimize them.
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-0164 Healy , G.N. , Clark , B.K. , Winkler , E.A. , Gardiner , P.A. , Brown , W.J. , & Matthews , C.E. ( 2011 ). Measurement of adults’ sedentary time in population-based studies . American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41 , 216 – 227 . PubMed ID: 21767730 doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011
Jordan A. Carlson, J. Aaron Hipp, Jacqueline Kerr, Todd S. Horowitz and David Berrigan
SOPARC (System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities) . Preventive Medicine, 86 , 153 – 166 . PubMed ID: 26946365 doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.02.029 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.02.029 Eyler , A.A. , Blanck , H.M. , Gittelsohn , J. , Karpyn , A. , McKenzie , T.L. , Partington , S
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( 3 ), 213 – 218 . PubMed ID: 23540322 doi:10.1071/HE12213 10.1071/HE12213 Motl , R.W. , Dishman , R.K. , Saunders , R. , Dowda , M. , Felton , G. , & Pate , R.R. ( 2001 ). Measuring enjoyment of physical activity in adolescent girls . American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21 ( 2
Ellen Freiberger, Elisabeth Rydwik, Astrid Chorus, Erwin Tak, Christophe Delecluse, Federico Schena, Nina Waaler, Bob Laventure and Nico van Meeteren
-8062.2011.00383.x 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00383.x Glasgow , R.E. , Green , L.W. , Taylor , M.V. , & Stange , K.C. ( 2012 ). An evidence integration triangle for aligning science with policy and practice . American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 42 , 646 – 654 . PubMed doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2012
Deborah A. Cohen, Bing Han, Sujeong Park, Stephanie Williamson and Kathryn P. Derose
. ( 2016 ). The first national study of neighborhood parks: Implications for physical activity . American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51 ( 4 ), 419 – 426 . doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2016.03.021 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.03.021 Craig , C.L. , Marshall , A.L. , Sjöström , M. , Bauman , A.E. , Booth
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text: This paper presents an account of the chronological and geographical distribution of grammars of the English language printed in the eighteenth century in the British Isles. The analysis, which views linguistic historiography in the light of the history of the book, is based on a new electronic database of eighteenth-century grammars and grammar writers (ECEG). The focus of this study lies in the dissemination of printing in the provinces - by country, county and town/city. Printers and their networks with grammar writers are explored, as are printing activities involving grammars written for schools. Furthermore, the cross-examination of the grammar writers' place of birth and the grammars' place of printing brings to light interesting patterns of geographical mobility, e.g. between Wales and the West Midlands. As grammars played a pivotal role in the codification of the English language, the findings of this paper offer new insights into market forces and the role of printers in the context of the eighteenth-century normative grammatical tradition. This study thus takes a unique perspective which it is hoped will open the path for future interdisciplinary investigations into the production of books in general, and of English grammars in particular. © 2012 The author.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A senior police officer, who was released on police bail from his detention made under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) for alleged connection with the organised crime group Nicky Gang, withdrew his habeas corpus application.
THE green light given to sports and recreational activities conducted in open areas was a relief to many.
KUALA LUMPUR: The new Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani is on the right track by focusing on strengthening integrity among the police.
A HIGHLY political moment - that was how the final meet-the-press session of former inspector-general of police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador struck many people.
KUALA LUMPUR: The police force will step up its in-service training to keep officers up-to-date on dealing with current issues, besides having town hall sessions to engage with local communities.
KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani made a surprise visit to a roadblock near the Rawang toll plaza.
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In Canadian provinces that rely heavily on coal generation, electric cars generate more greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than gasoline vehicles, University of Toronto civil engineering professor Chris Kennedy told CBC’s The Current earlier this week.
“If you’re living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Nova Scotia, an electric car does not make you green?” asked host Anna Maria Tremonti. “You’re better off filling up at the pump?”
“You’re better off filling up at the pump,” Kennedy replied. “Or if you really want to go for something greener, you should be buying a conventional hybrid car.”
In a study in the journal Nature Climate Change, Kennedy estimated carbon emissions per gigawatt-hour of electricity at close to zero for hydroelectric, nuclear, and renewable electricity, 500 to 600 tonnes for natural gas, and 1,000 tonnes for coal.
“For a given country or province, if average emissions were under 600 tonnes of CO2 per gigawatts-hour, then switching from conventional to electric cars, buses, and trucks would lead to a reduction in carbon emissions,” CBC reports. But “the take-home message is actually for governments in some Canadian provinces and other countries: That they need to get their average emissions below the 600-tonne threshold so they can benefit from technology like electric cars.”


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SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholder rights attorneys at Robbins Arroyo LLP are investigating the acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) ("Onyx") by Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) ("Amgen"). On August 26, 2013, Amgen and Onyx announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a transaction under which Amgen will acquire all outstanding shares of Onyx for $125.00 per share in cash. The merger is expected to close at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2013.
Is the Merger Best for Onyx and Its Shareholders?
Robbins Arroyo LLP's investigation focuses on whether the board of directors at Onyx is undertaking a fair process to obtain maximum value and adequately compensate its shareholders in the merger. As an initial matter, fourteen analysts have a target price for Onyx above the $125.00 merger consideration, ranging between $129 - $160. In addition, Onyx traded above the offer price as recently as August 14, 2013, and traded as high as $136.87 on July 8, 2013, closing at $135.80 that same day. It should also be noted that the premium to be gained by shareholders of 6.87% is significantly below that earned by other shareholders in transactions involving companies in the same industry in the past year.On August 8, 2013, Onyx released its second quarter 2013 earnings, revealing that revenue was up 110% from $72.7 million for the comparable period in 2012 to $153 million. Further, the company's reported loss of $53.2 million for the second quarter 2013 was a vast improvement over the net loss of $106.05 million in the year prior. At that time, the company, through its chairman and chief executive officer, Tony Coles, M.D., expressed that several factors "provide a compelling platform for the current and future growth of Onyx," and stated that it was "committed to expanding the label globally" having "a clear strategy to enable a filing in Europe in the second half of 2014" and "becom[ing] an emerging global oncology leader." Given these facts, Robbins Arroyo is examining Onyx's board of directors' decision to sell the company to Amgen now rather than allow shareholders to continue to participate in the company's continued success and future growth prospects, and whether they are seeking to benefit themselves.
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Soda is the guilty pleasure of many Americans, both young and old. Aside from water, soda is the most consumed beverage, beating out milk, coffee, tea, and beer.
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The Steigenberger Grandhotel & Spa on the Petersberg has been known for years as the former guest house of the Federal Government. In the middle of the Siebengebirge, not only celebrities like Bill Clinton or Nelson Mandela were once guests here, but recently the successful blogger Ana Johnson too! Last weekend we were able to get an impression of the exclusive hotel on the Petersberg, which only recently reopened after two years of renovation.
Before I tell you about the 103 stylishly furnished rooms and the 9 spacious suites, I don’t want to miss out on depicting the idyllic scenery on our approach to the Petersberg. Already from here you have an enormous view of nature and the Rhine Valley.
Once you arrive at the top, you can feel the peculiarity of the hotel at first hand. You don’t just drive along the entrance to an exclusive five-star hotel, but a castle-like building that receives you accordingly.
Under a bright blue sky, we could check-in directly in our Rheinblick Suite. By the way, here, the name stands for its true meaning. For me, the view was particularly so special, because I could also see my home from up there.
In our spacious room, we missed out on nothing. Also, our French Bulldog, Chuck, enjoyed the spacious area very much.
Pure relaxation is offered by the very comfortable box springboard and the pillow menu. But if you need even more relaxation, you can visit the modern spa area. My absolute favourite was the fitness room with the latest Technogym equipment.
All sports fans can, of course, relax directly in the sauna, the indoor pool, or simply in the relaxation room with a view of the Rhine.
Absolute relaxation, can, of course, never be complete without a special kitchen. Already in the morning, you get everything your heart desires with a great view on the Rhine. In summer, you can sit on a beautiful outdoor terrace and savour the fresh delicacies.
At least once you should try the kitchen of the star chef Anthony Sarpong. We were not only impressed by the unique and remarkably delicious dishes, but also by the local wine accompaniment. If you like, you can even visit the winegrowers at the nearby winery the next day, and take back a souvenir with you.
The extremely attractive cuisine is also offered at festivities in the hotel, especially in summer, the hotel hosts a large number of weddings in the beautiful banqueting halls. Here, every bride gets 100%, a fairytale wedding!
Only recently, the Lonely Planet ranked the city of Bonn 5th, among the best travel cities in the year 2020. So, if you are planning a city trip to Bonn, you can enjoy the proximity to the centre of Bonn and nature in the Hotel Steigenberger on the Petersberg.
However, it is not a must to leave the Petersberg on a short weekend trip. The Petersberg offers a variety of hiking trails right in front of the door! But if you still want to explore the Siebengebirge, I’d recommend to drive to the parking lot of the Drachenfels and hike from there to the Drachenburg.
On the 30-minute way to the top, you will pass some rustic restaurants, the castle Drachenburg and some donkeys, which make the ascent easier for some.
From Cologne Bonn Airport, it takes only 25 – 35 minutes (depending on the traffic situation) to get to the hotel.
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Coronation Street's Gary Windass has already killed Rick Neelan and is responsible for Rana Habeeb's death.
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According to bookmakers Betway, Gary's ex-girlfriend Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) is likely to be the next target,
The betting firm has given odds of 5/1 that Sarah will be killed by her former flame in a brutal bloodbath.
Sarah had already admitted to Gary that she reported him to the police as she thought it was him who sabotaged the Underworld roof.
She also broke his heart by moving on with hunky lawyer Adam Barlow.
And is he now about to get his grisly revenge?
As well as Sarah, the betting firm also thinks Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo) may be at risk from Gary if the lawyer keeps pushing Gary about what happened to Rana.
Corrie fans have also speculated that loan shark Rick may not actually be dead.
Many have noted that fans haven't actually been shown a dead body, so they think he could return to kill Gary.
Whatever happens, we're sure it's going to be explosive.
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Black Mold Destroys Homes
In Texas, a potentially fatal black mold has forced 19 families to evacuate their homes and move into hotels. The Gabberts have lived at the Residence Inn with their 3 children for 3 months, since they discovered their home in Lubbock was filled with black stachybotrys mold. ?It?s kind of stressful, but we?re making the best of it,? says Ashley Gabbert.
The mold can cause allergy-like symptoms, as well as skin rashes, respiratory infections, bloody noses, fever, headaches, tiredness and neurological symptoms. It can also suppress the immune system.
Before they discovered the mold, Ashley took headache medication every day while she was pregnant with her now 10-month-old son. Her 2-year-old has been hospitalized twice with respiratory problems.


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Give your health a fresh start with Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start cookbook
Ever wished a dietitian would come into your home and plan healthy meals for you?
With Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start Cookbook, it’s like New Zealand’s favourite dietitian has done just that and packaged all her meal ideas and healthy tips into a lovely book you can refer to over and over again.
Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start Cookbook contains recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and the occasional dessert, as well as weekly meal plans, exercise tips and ideas for what to eat if you want to lose weight or maintain the weight you’re currently at.
All the work of calorie counting has been done for you, because it’s something Nadia doesn’t want her readers to obsess over.
Lim says, “Instead of counting calories I want you to get used to knowing your food groups and portion sizes. If there’s anything you should be counting, it should be nutrients!”
All meals feature some form of protein, along with fresh fruit or vegetables, carbohydrates and healthy fats.
Breakfast recipes include smoothies, homemade muesli, jazzed up scrambled eggs, breakfast fruit parfaits, banana pancakes, and loads more.
Lunch recipes feature soups, quesadillas, salads, open sandwiches, frittatas, noodle boxes and more.
Dinners are divided into vegetarian, meat, chicken and sea-food/fish recipes with lots of options like spaghetti Bolognese, pies, curries, Pad Thai, kebabs, soups, salads, stir-fries and so on.
Desserts that caught my eye include the Bitter Chocolate ‘Ice Cream’, Baked Custard, Instant Chocolate Avocado Mousse and Chia Pudding with Fruit Salsa.
But I think my favourite section is her Healthy Snacks section at the back of the book. It includes clever twists on common favourites like Chocolate Chickpea Cookies, which feature chickpeas in place of flour for a protein-rich, gluten-free cookie. This section also features a variety of tasty dips, bliss balls, ice blocks and other nutrient-filled baking recipes.
In Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start Cookbook there are over 100 recipes, so there should be something for everyone looking to revitalise their health this year.
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Dell has announced two new devices on its XPS brands. There is an updated XPS 15 and XPS 17.
The XPS 15 has been redesigned with improvements and introduced an all-new XPS 17 with larger screen sizes so you can see and do more. Both devices offers new designs and latest technology innovations.
The XPS 17 is the smallest 17-inch laptop on the planet. The virtually border less, 4-sided infinity edge display makes it smaller than 48% of 15-inch laptops available today, putting the XPS 17 into a class of its own.
According to Dell the XPS 17 was designed to be the most powerful XPS laptop ever made, the XPS 17 features the latest 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics with Max-Q design. Packing this much performance into a laptop of this size requires engineering ingenuity to keep the system performing smoothly. Under the hood, we’ve packed a unique thermal design for increased fan airflow to fuel demanding projects.
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Preslava presents his latest hits at Royale Palms Casino
The pop-folk singer Preslava will sweep the guests of Royale Palms Casino off their feet with her breathtaking hits from her latest album. The star will sing at the famous casino located at 14, Todor Alexandrov Blvd. on October 26th (Saturday). The fuss around her new look and travels to a luxury destinations during this summer was a prove that she is among the most popular artists in the country and a real professorial. At the beginning of last month, Preslava released a brand new album. The interest towards “To Burn In Love” is huge due to the fact that this is her first project of that caliber for the last 8 years. “Favorite songs from the album will be among my repertoire that I will sing for the guests of Royale Palms Casino,” she said days before the show. Further Preslava added this will be her first appearance at the famous casino and that the hosts have prepared special prizes for the evening through the additional bonus game # “Hot30”.
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Weird 101: Grounding
I fucking hate being grounded.
I love—LOVE, I tell you—being all up in my head. Embodying Vata’s air energy and meditating all night is a low-key fave pastime. Whenever I’m feeling shitty I lean hard into my watery natal chart (Pisces-Scorpio-Cancer sun-moon-ascendant pew pew pew!) and spend the night in the bathtub. Huge fan of burning palo santo or incense or these little guys in order to get into some kinda mood. Feeling light, heady, intuitive—it’s just so comfortable. Gimme dat ~open third-eye~ life.
But, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. Enter grounding.
I hate to use that term, because when I say it, I immediately feel boring and unimaginative. When someone I don’t know is described to me as grounded, I instantly assume they’re about as interesting as a tree trunk—dense, dull, and one-note, but grounded AF. Also, seems like people are ‘earthing’ or grounding everywhere, and I feel fucking dumb walking around barefoot in the park by my house in the middle of Los Angeles in the name of recalibrating my energy to the earth’s.
I mean, obviously, I’m wrong. Being grounded and centered is a really good thing. (So is walking around in nature. Duh. Planet Earth is bae.) Because when we’re not, those other elements—the fire, the air, the water—take over. And you’ll feel it.
Symptoms of having a little too much air, water, or fire? They range from the ‘that seems normal-ish’ to ‘that’s preeeeeeeetty weird.’
You have a hard time focusing
You’re constantly multi-tasking
You’re late, a lot, because you delude yourself into thinking tasks won’t take as long as they actually do—not because you’re actually an insensitive asshole
You’re extra emotional, or sensitive to the emotions of the people around you
You’re lacking energy or drained, or wake up feeling exhausted
You fall asleep in meditation
You feel nervy or anxious or overwhelmed
You’re easily overwhelmed
You’re forgetful about meetings, appointments, deadlines
You find it hard to have a normal conversation because you lose your train of thought
You feel like you’re slightly out of your body—you knock into things or have accidents a lot. Cuidado!
You see dead people. Kidding! Kinda, maybe not tho.
Personally, this ungrounded quality almost always manifests itself in my life as tardiness. I hate being late; for most of my life, if I wasn’t 15 minutes early for an appointment, meeting, or date I would work myself up to the near verge of a panic attack. Not cute! Don’t do that! I was a little too grounded. A bit caught up in the physical, what people thought of me, blah blah blah. So I started doing things like meditation and getting monthly Reiki sessions and burning palo santo to counteract that anxiety and, yah know, be a more normal chill person. [Sound familiar, anybody?]
As a recovering Type A perfectionist, I notice I sometimes lean in a little too hard to the Type B persona—so much so that it actually causes me more anxiety, which sort of defeats the purpose. I once was so grounded, physical, and present in the tangible world that I ignored my intuition and mind. I’m sometimes hesitant to let the pendulum swing back into that ‘grounded’ place, for fear that I’ll lose all the lovely, airy parts that I’ve discovered.
But the key, it seems, is just being aware. And then doing what you need to do to get back on track. How annoyingly simple, right?
If you ran through the above list and it resonated a little *too* much, but you’re not that into walking around in dirt everyday, here are some ways to realign yourself that could help:
These grounding shoes.
These grounding patches if you’re on a budget.
This grounding mat if you’re not.
This grounding exercise.
This grounding scent.
This grounding mushroom adaptogen.
This grounding group activity. |This grounding meal (technically, eating anything will get you back into your body by making your more aware of your physicality, and that re-grounds you).
And pretty much anything that reminds you that you’re a human being on this planet in a body that feels things will get you grounded. Including getting laid.

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We love some airports more than you might imagine, even construction-clogged LAX. But we don’t love Los Angeles or San Francisco airports nearly as much as the airports in Portland, Oregon or Indianapolis.
Those are the results of the J.D. Power 2016 North America Airports Satisfaction Study, released this week. Nearly 39,000 travelers took part in the survey, which ranks large and midsize airports according to customer satisfaction on a 1,000-point scale. It evaluates the facilities based on terminals; accessibility, security checks, baggage claim, check-in/baggage check and food, beverage and retail service.
Portland International Airport, whose now-departed carpeting was — inexplicably, some say — the object of much of the public’s affection (it has its own Facebook page), has many things to recommend it, said Michael Taylor, director of airport practice for J.D. Power.
The king of the hill in the large-size-airport category offers excellent access and gives a sense of place, which is an important part of how we feel about an airport, he said.
“It tells you, ‘I’m in the Northwest,’” Taylor said.
Merchandise and food and drink, including the craft beer for which Portland is renowned, are Northwest-centric, which was partly responsible for the airport’s 786 score.
LAX, which is in the midst of construction, drew a score of 702 — a 32-point increase over last year, thanks in large part to the completion of Terminal 2 — on the survey, putting it at No. 26 out of 31 airports. San Francisco’s 725 points gave it a No. 21 ranking. The bottom of the pack included Boston’s Logan International (689), Chicago’s O’Hare International (689), Philadelphia International (688), New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International (669) and New York’s LaGuardia (649), which is in the midst of a major redesign.
Indianapolis International Airport was No. 1 in the midsize airport category, with 794 points. San Jose and Oakland ranked 22nd (761 points) and 30th (726 points), respectively, among the 33 airports evaluated.
What put Indianapolis at the top? Taylor cited its open spaces, which give travelers a bit of breathing room.
And that’s part of the issue with the nation’s airports, the report said. They were not designed to handle the number of passengers who tromp through them every day. LAX, whose beginnings date to the 1920s, started commercial airline service in 1946. The airport served almost 75 million passengers in 2015. In 2005, it handled 61.5 million. LAX may have 100 million passengers by 2040, the Southern California Assn. of Governments estimated in a July 2015 Los Angeles Times article.
If that takes your breath away, consider this: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is already there. It is expecting 100 million by the end of the year.
Putting that into perspective, Taylor noted that Atlanta’s passenger count is the equivalent of about a third of the U.S. population passing through “a few buildings in Georgia.”


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Nine competitively selected Fellows are participating in the third year of FamilyFarmed’s Good Food Business Accelerator, and they represent a wide range of exciting entrepreneurial ventures: from unique pies and clean meals to tea-infused energy bites and indigenous wild rice cereal, and from locally sourced juices and sparkling fruit tonics to pickled produce and sippable soups.
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food Trial run tests train travel for Chicago-bound farm products, Illinois Farmer Today Chatham Entrepreneur Just Got ‘Tea Squares’ In 6th Whole Foods, DNAInfo How a Mexican American Farmer Is Making Organic Food More Accessible, Takepart Ten Questions with Harry Rhodes, Executive Director […]
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food Turning Detroit’s Abandoned Homes Into Greenhouses, The Atlantic Milwaukee County To Be Home To Largest Urban Organic Fruit Orchard In US, Wisconsin Public Radio National Good Food Conversation Why Washington’s First Lady is Growing Her Own Grains, Civil Eat A Sustainable Food […]
Though known as a “celebrity chef,” Chicago’s Rick Bayless much prefers to talk about food than to talk about himself. So it was no surprise when he turned an acceptance speech into a loving tribute to the late Julia Child — the TV chef and author who Bayless credits with shaping his culinary career — when he received the second-ever Julia Child Foundation Award at a dinner at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 27.
Rick Bayless received the second-ever Julia Child Award at a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History. His speech, marked by humility, focused less on himself than on the huge impact Julia Child had on his own career and on the nation’s food culture. Please enjoy the transcript of his speech.
“Team Leverage,” a collaboration of three major Good Food entities in the Chicago region, faced serious competition from four other strong finalists in the Food to Market Challenge. The team won the $500,000 award because of a strong social purpose — bringing healthy, nutritious, affordable food to more school children and their families — plus a distribution model with strong potential to be expanded in Chicago and replicated elsewhere.
Chicago is a national leader in the urban agriculture movement, and FamilyFarmed recently conducted a bus tour of four of the leading sites that are growing food — and jobs — on the city’s South Side.
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food City of the big food companies once more?, Crain’s Here’s How Scraps Can Help Grow The Food Of The Future, HuffPost Meet the Fruit: Aronia, a “Superfood” Native to the American Midwest, Modern Farmer Real Good Juice Co. Expands To Lakeview, Coming […]
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food Rooftop wheat fields elevate Chicago’s urban farming scene to exciting new heights, Inhabitat In Englewood, Whole Foods opens to cheers, high hopes, Chicago Tribune Here Are 14 Local Products At The New Englewood Whole Foods, DNAInfo Will selling to ConAgra affect Bayless’ […]
There was an air of promise that surrounded Wednesday morning’s grand opening of the Whole Foods Market store in the troubled Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food How is it possible that bacon sausages didn’t exist until he invented them?, Crain’s Rumi Spice Founders Among ‘Most Innovative’ Women, Fortune Magazine Says, DNAInfo Kellogg Students Plant Edible Learning Garden, DNAInfo Urban farms bring free, local produce to area food deserts, […]
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: FamilyFarmed in the News Kendall College Launches a Business Incubator for Food Entrepreneurs, ChicagoInno Midwest Good Food Can Whole Foods Lift Up New Englewood Plaza? Business Owners Have Faith, DNAInfo Midwest Farmers Brew Up Hops For Local Craft Beer, Earth Eats New Fulton Market Harvest […]
FamilyFarmed’s Good Food Business Accelerator held on event to promote applications for its next program session, which runs from November to April. And the four program grads who took part in a panel discussion agreed: Entrepreneurs seeking to scale up their small Good Food business and dramatically expand their networks should apply.
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food Chicago awarded $1M USDA urban farming grant, Chicago Tribune National Geographic Gives Nod To Lula Cafe’s Royale Breakfast Sandwich, DNAInfo Lula chef Jason Hammel to lead 3rd annual Taste Talks Chicago, Chicago Tribune Growing Pains for Detroit’s Urban Farms, CityLab How Lady Buggs […]
Farms running community supported agriculture businesses, or CSAs, have multiplied across the United States in recent years. Under this practice, farms are able to raise revenues for their plantings by selling subscriptions to consumers, who receive boxes of products from the farm over the course of the season. Now the concept has spread to another food sector: sustainable seafood. And, as this article about southwest Oregon shows, businesses and other economic development boosters are working together to build a growing seafood market.
FamilyFarmed’s Good Food on Every Table website is launching a new series titled “Growing Young Farmers.” This series will provide a platform for members of this new generation to discuss why they have chosen farming, the opportunities that motivate them, and the challenges as well. And we could not be happier to kick off the series than with this following essay written by Kara Gunthorp of Indiana’s Gunthorp Farms, a leader in sustainable livestock production.
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food Chefs offer their take on perfect picnic sandwiches for Labor Day, SunTimes Illinois death tax hits family farms where it hurts, Chicago Tribune Young farmers are freshening the face of Wisconsin agriculture, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel National Good Food Conversation Why Farm-to-Institution Sourcing […]
The best Good Food news we’ve read this week: Midwest Good Food To open first Chicago restaurant, Sweetgreen had to first find the farms, (FamilyFarmed connected Sweetgreen with Prairie Fruits Farm, plus GFBA alum are also providers) Chicago Tribune Farm-to-table hotspots for the whole family, Chicago Parent The chefs at Honey Butter Fried Chicken […]
FamilyFarmed’s Good Food Business Accelerator GFBA is accepting applications through Sept. 19 for its third cohort of competitively selected Fellows in its intensive six-month program, which will run from November to April.
In this latest installment of Good Food on Every Table’s “Farm to Table: Keeping It Real” series, Chef Jesse Badger explains how Chicago’s Spoke and Bird addresses the challenges faced by small restaurants in developing relationships with their farmers for meat and produce purchases.


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I’ve come to the realization recently that despite being a life long New Englander, there are just some things I have somehow not done. For example, I’ve never been to NYC. I don’t know what Dunkin Donuts coffee taste like (I don’t drink coffee). And somehow, much to my embarrassment as a self-professed outdoorsy local, I had never summited any mountain in the White Mountains.
Fortunately, I changed that this weekend. Twice in fact. And I may have been bitten with the hiking bug – finally.
On Saturday, Rob, our buddy Ryan, and our dogs (Yuri and Kina) decided to give the Welch Dickey Loop in the White Mountain National Forest a try. We’d read a decent amount about trail conditions and seen a variety of pictures. We figured that at 4.5 miles round trip it wouldn’t be out of our comfort zone or too much for our pups. So, how was it?
So good. Can we go again?
Getting There: Getting to the trailhead for the Welch Dickey loop is incredibly easy. Jump off exit 28 on 93 North towards Waterville Valley. Once off the highway, continue driving for about 5.5 miles until you see Upper Mad River Road on the left. Take it and then in 0.6 mile turn right onto Morris Road. At this point you’ll start seeing signs for the trailhead, so keep following them. They’re hard to miss! Despite being there on a stunning Saturday on Labor Day weekend, finding parking was easy.
The Trail: On a scale of easy to “What am I doing here?!”, the Welch Dickey loop started off as a easy to moderate counter clockwise hike as we followed the yellow blazed trail. Within the first section, we simply encountered what you’d expect on a trail – rocks, logs, roots, and the usual. Nothing crazy at all other than one slab section that we all flew up quickly. It was a great way to get the heart pumping and legs ready for what was to come. But first, a beautiful scenic vista that I could have just stayed at all day.
For those of you hiking with young kids or dogs who don’t do well with uneven terrain, this vista is probably as far as you want to go. After this point, the trail quickly became constant steep slab (we’re talking 20-30 degree slopes!) and sketchy scrambles, all mixed in with a fine assortment of “Oh hey, that’s a cliff”. The trail rapidly became something on the difficult side of moderate, but still very doable in dry weather.
In less than 4 hours (we stopped for a lunch break and a few water breaks), we had summited both Mt. Welch (2,605′) and Mt. Dickey (2,734′), learnt a whole lot about running up and down slabs, and perfected the art of hoisting 80 pound puppies up big jumps. Would we do it again? Heck yes.
- Starting Elevation: 1,060′
- Elevation Gain: ~1,800′
- Distance: 4.5 miles RT
- Time: Half Day
Is this trail kid friendly? Dog friendly?: Yes and no. While the entire trail was absolutely stunning, you can safely get to the first vista (and one of the best) fairly easily. So, if you have little kids or those that aren’t crazy about heights I think that’s as far as I would go. Once you get past the vista, the route gets steep, twisty, and there are a surprising amount of cliffs! As for dogs, we usually meet a lot while hiking but on this one I think we met only one other who made the entire trek like our two. If you do decide to bring your dog, I highly recommend: a long non-retractable leash, a harness (we had to hoist ours up a few difficult sections), and if you have dog boots – bring ’em (we are definitely getting a pair soon).
What should you bring?: First up, you will need $3 for a day pass or a White Mountain National Forest parking pass. Other than that, this is definitely a trail that feels easier if you have your hands free to help with scrambles, steep declines, and slabby runs, so I’d highly recommend bringing a simple day pack with water, snacks, first aid kit, sunscreen, and a camera!


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Amazon Music offers unique voice commands on the Amazon Echo; a customer can ask Alexa to play a specific song, album or genre. If customers are unsure what they want, Alexa can help; they can ask Alexa to play music based on their mood and she will learn what music tastes they have and personalize what she offers back. She can even identify a song based on snippet of lyrics…she is very clever! A customer is not restricted to being a Prime Member to take out a subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited.
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The Royal Horticulutral Society (RHS) are strongly encouraging gardeners and homeowners to swap their fences for hedges, as they begin their study into which species are best for tackling the climate crisis and pollution. There are various environmental benefits of planting a hedge, as oppose to fences or walls. These benefits include, but are not limited to filtering air pollution, providing homes and food for wildlife and controlling rainwater.
Poor air quality can have a significant negative impact on respiratory and cardiovascular human health causing asthma and other breathing difficulties – the last thing that you want to worry about while relaxing in your garden is the quality of the air you’re breathing in. The capacity of plants, especially Leylandii and Thuja (Western Red Cedar) to remove air pollution is well documented. Hedges, as barriers between sources of pollution like traffic and urban residents, are significantly effective, at least in improving air quality in the local area around the plants. Note, especially if you’re living in a busy area, like a main road, hedges are the best way of filtering out air pollution and have been shown to be better than urban trees on their own.
Planting a hedge provides incredibly varied habitats for wildlife, offering food, shelter, protection from predators, and safe travel corridors for hedgehogs and other small mammals as well as innumerable birds and insects. Birds eat the berries and nest in the branches, bees yield nectar and pollen from the flowers, and butterflies drink nectar from the flowers. Laurel and Portugal Laurel hedges produce fragrant white flowers in spring and early summer followed by berries which are a good source of food to birds. Hawthorn produces rose-like flowers in spring, followed by Haws (hawthorn berries); Hazel produces catkins followed by hazelnuts and Field Maple produces seeds in autumn. Leylandii & Western Red Cedar (Thuja) provide dense nesting sites.
Hedges are especially essential for bees and other pollinating insects as they not only have flowers for them to pollinate but also provide shelter and security for bees at the edges of open fields and gardens. Here, where bees have a lot of plants and flowers to pollinate, they require shelter and protection from predators and a hedge provides that for them acting as a home to run back to if birds and other predators approach.
Rain is the UK’s main personality trait, but managing rainfall remains an increasing issue for towns and cities due to the continuing reduction in the area of permeable surfaces against the large quantity of rain we get. As a result of climate change, experts predict that more heavy rainfall events will continue to happen. A 2016 survey by the RHS suggested one in four UK front gardens are paved over and nearly one in three front gardens have no plants! Through carefully planting, however, gardens can offer more protection against flooding in the UK, as hedges soak up rainfall – think of it a bit like a modern-day moat!
The RHS will study how different species provide their benefits, by looking at factors including leaf shape, texture and branch structure, which are all make them more adept at various roles. The two-year project/trial will research the best combinations of hedges for year-round benefits to urban areas. They will study plants in a laboratory setting but also in a real-life application, and will be trialling six combinations of mixed hedging, using four plants: privet, western red cedar (Thuja), hawthorn and elaeagnus.
We’d love to be able to discuss and give you more information on the most environmentally friendly hedge for your garden – we have a variety of immensely effective hedges! Please get in touch with us.


Scott Shearer disappointed to lose on debut but says youngsters will learn from defeat
Scott Shearer was disappointed to lose 2-1 to Fleetwood on his competitive debut for the club but the experienced goalkeeper says there were still plenty of positives to take from the performance at the Highbury Stadium. Crewe were a bit unfortunate not to take something from the contest after twice hitting the crossbar and captain Matt Tootle seeing his penalty saved just after the hour mark. If Tootle had converted his spot-kick it could have been a passage back in the game and Crewe could have collected the point that Shearer felt the overall performance deserved.
The summer signing from Rotherham United told Crewe Alex Player: “The lads were disappointed not to get something from the game with the chances we created and the performance we put in. We perhaps merited a point for our efforts but we paid the price for a bit of sloppiness for the first goal and the lad has hit a worldie for the second one. You can’t do much to stop those.
“We have to quickly move on from that. We have a lot of games coming up and there will be times when we don’t do as well as we did at Fleetwood and we will get the three points. That is how football works sometimes.
“There were certainly a lot of positives to take from the game and we are a young team who will learn from this. The young lads will only get belief from the performance and they will be thinking that we can go away from home, to difficult places, and cause an upset.
“It could have happened at Fleetwood but we didn’t get those fine margins but we quickly move on and go again at Barnsley.”
There is more from Scott now available on Crewe Alex Player. Why not subscribe now so you don’t miss out on live commentaries from Alex games and have access to all the exclusive video content?


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New Video: Fergie Feat. Nicki Minaj – ‘You Already Know’
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Fergie is ready to release a new album on September 22 in Double Duchess. The latest release heading into the new album is “You Already Know” featuring Nicki Minaj. The black and white music video brings in the sexy duo side by side with the host artist serving looks in an oversized chess game while Nicki evokes heart eyes in a white suit and black tie.
Check out the video below and be on the look out for Fergie’s album next Friday.

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I’m so close to my vacation I can taste it, and I’m excited. Yesterday I managed to draw and ink four comics for next week. My agenda today involves coloring and assembling them all. Then I can use Saturday to finish up some shipping, and other odds and ends, and then at 12:01 Sunday morning, I’m on vacation.
Update: Brian has agreed to put the BriWorld archives back up. They should be back up within a week.
Many of you know my friend Brian Carroll. You probably know him as the man behind Instant Classic and related properties, but what a lot of you don’t know is that Brian had another comic before Instant Classic, called BriWorld. Brian absolutely hates BriWorld, but has agreed to put the archives back online only if 200 people are interested. Brian is a good friend of mine, and I’m a big fan of everything he does, so I was wondering if you might join me in crushing Brian’s reluctance into the ground, and voting. You may need to register. It’s entirely your decision. I’m just making people aware.
Here are some of the things I’m going to be working on after I return from my vacation, hopefully recharged and refocused. These are just a few of the items on my enormous ‘list of things to do’.
I’m going to make Xbox and other console skins available for purchase, as well as auction/raffle off another one-of-a-kind Xbox skin with a free Xbox attached to it.
I’m going to whip up some original artwork to give away via contests on the site. I’ll also put some up for sale on eBay for those that prefer to rely on their wallets, as opposed to their luck and skill in contests. I figure original art will make a nifty Christmas gift for any CAD fan.
I’m going to start preparing for Winter-een-mas, which we start celebrating around New Years. I’m going to make sure there are greeting cards ready for the season, as well as trying to get Winter-een-mas t-shirts available and shipping in time for the holiday. We’re going to make this the biggest Winter-een-mas yet.
I’ve got a lot of work to do around the site, bringing things up to date, such as the CAD link banners.

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Trey Gowdy dominated Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who testified before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning. The exchange between the two is simply amazing. Enjoy…
Daily Caller has the scoop:
Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy aggressively questioned the presence of a special counsel in the Russia investigation while questioning Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Wednesday.
During the House Judiciary hearing, Gowdy noted that the entire purpose of appointing a special counsel is to get rid of conflicts of interest. However, there seem to be numerous conflicts of interest on Robert Mueller’s team.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 13, 2017
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Honestly, I’m still full of doubts about this ‘high standard’ especially after what we’ve learned recently. I really want to believe Rosenstein as he seems to be, from what little I know, a standup guy at the DOJ. If he weren’t such a guy, then I think Jeff Sessions would have told Trump not to appoint him to the position. So while I am full of doubts, it’s still my hope that this investigation is run without bias until its conclusion.
More from Politico:
House oversight committee chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) has referred allegations that President Donald Trump sexually assaulted women to the Justice Department, rebuffing a request from House Democrats that his committee investigate the claims.
“Those alleging sexual assault or criminal sexual conduct deserve to be interviewed by law enforcement professionals, and charging decisions should be made by prosecutors based on the quantum and quality of the admissible and provable evidence,” the former prosecutor continued.
And Gowdy for the win?
You’d have to think so.
There’s not much that gets passed the South Carolina Congressman. He’s a bull!


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Cape Town - President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that the issue of the the R150m Digital Vibes contract which has implicated Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will not be swept under the carpet as investigations continue.
The president, who was addressing the media in Parliament after his reply to the Presidency budget vote, said he was still dealing with the matter.
There have been calls for Ramaphosa to act or fire Mkhize after he was embroiled in allegations of corruption involving communications company Digital Vibes.
The company was awarded a contract of R150m by the Department of Health.
Ramaphosa said he will wait for the probes to be concluded by the Special Investigating Unit.
“When I met the minister we had a discussion, then we met and discussed the report that they had put together through the investigation in the department and I said this matter needs to be taken forward by the SIU,” said Ramaphosa.
“As I said in Parliament yesterday this matter is on my desk. This matter is not going to be swept under the carpet. This matter is going to be dealt with and as it is now I am dealing with the matter,” said Ramaphosa.
He said it was important they allow processes to conclude the matter.


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Finding the right cosmetic dentist can put you on the road to obtaining the smile you’ve always dreamed about. Cosmetic dental problems can leave you feeling embarrassed, leading to social anxiety and poor work performance. With the right cosmetic dentist, you can leave those feelings behind knowing you have a beautiful smile that projects confidence and capability.
Choosing a Cosmetic Dentist
While the American Dental Association does not recognize cosmetic dentistry as a specialty, there are many techniques that require additional training and skills. Here are some tips to help you make a good decision.
- Training and certifications: many cosmetic dental procedures are innovative and can only be taught by the company that developed them. Look for certifications and postgraduate training in those types of procedures, including Invisalign®
- Associations: Membership in many professional associations, like the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, can demonstrate a commitment to excellence and ongoing education
- Payment plans: since many cosmetic dental procedures are not covered by insurance, be sure to discuss payment plans
- Scheduling and location: Being able to make it to your appointments is an often overlooked key to successful smile makeovers.
If you live in or around Winchester, Massachusetts, and are considering cosmetic dentistry, please contact Divine Smiles today by calling cosmetic dentist Dr. Ryan Clancy at (781) 396-8558 to schedule an initial consultation.