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From 'Yuck' to 'Mmmmmm'
By VIVIAN S. TOY
Published: October 19, 2003
Bridgehampton— THE lunch menu at the Bridgehampton's single public school includes some of the usual suspects like grilled cheese, tacos and fish cakes.
But a closer look reveals that they aren't very usual at all. The grilled cheese sandwiches are made with all-natural Cheddar and fresh-baked bread; the tacos contain braised chicken and are served with crème fraîche made from organic milk; and the fish cakes are made with local cod seared in organic soy oil.
The menu also lists unexpected items like baked salmon, roast leg of lamb and pasta with fresh pesto. Vegetable selections range from the standard green beans to roasted eggplant, collards and spaghetti squash.
Breakfast and lunch at the school did not become such a sophisticated culinary adventure until last year when the Bridgehampton Union Free School District, which does not have its own kitchen, changed from one provider to another. The food had come from the Southampton Union Free School District; now it's prepared by the chefs at the private and lavishly financed Ross School in East Hampton.
The new menus have drawn praise from grown-ups in Bridgehampton but more mixed reviews from students who were accustomed to a regular diet of institutional lunch fare.
''I like the pizza and hot dogs we used to get better,'' said Anajae Whiten, a second grader. ''But mmmmmm, the salmon is s-o-o-o good.''
Theodore Grocki, Bridgehampton's superintendent, said he knew the new organic and cooked-from-scratch diet would be an adjustment for many children in his school, which has only 170 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. ''But I've always felt that the quality of your typical public school lunch was pretty lousy, and the kids weren't eating it anyway,'' he said. ''Now, what they're getting is much more nutritious, and they're expanding their horizons. I've even seen some elementary kids taking tofu salad.''
The healthier menu from the Ross School is more expensive -- costs per meal at lunch have risen from $2.35 to $3.12 -- but Bridgehampton school officials say the food is worth it. ''It costs more, but we're getting more healthy and nutritious food,'' Dr. Grocki said.
Students who are able pay $1 for breakfast and $2 for lunch, and the federal government reimburses the school district as much as $2.19 per meal. That means that Bridgehampton picks up the tab for the difference.
The meal program at Ross is widely recognized as groundbreaking with its emphasis on organic and locally grown foods. The collaboration with Bridgehampton has created the first public-school lunch program of its kind in New York, school officials and nutritionists say.
Wendy Wolfe, the chairwoman of the New York branch of Action for Healthy Kids, a national organization dedicated to improving childhood nutrition and increasing physical activity, said that many schools, including New York City's public schools, were working hard to offer healthier meals, ''but no one has gone as far as offering organic food because it costs so much.''
Ms. Wolfe, who is a research associate in nutritional sciences at Cornell University, added, ''It's very hard to get a balance of healthy foods that are low-cost and that kids will eat.''
For Ann Cooper, the executive chef at the Ross School, getting children to eat healthier meals is her life's mission. Before coming to Ross four years ago, Ms. Cooper was the executive chef at the Putney Inn in Vermont. The six cooks she hired to work with her are also former executive chefs at white-tablecloth restaurants, and they share her vision of cooking with organic and regionally grown foods.
''What are we doing to change the way America feeds its children?'' she said. ''To really change the system, the cafeteria has to be seen as a classroom, and I would say that food and nutrition are as important as math or science.''
At lunch one day at Ross earlier this month, the extensive offerings included a full salad bar; a dish made with chicken, baby bok choy and radiatore, a ruffled pasta; roasted turnips; sautéed kale; and vegan sausage sautéed with peppers and onions. The brick oven in the dining room blazed through the lunch hour, turning out blue cheese and pear pizza or a simpler salami pizza. The pizza selections change daily, and so does the type of fresh baked bread.
Brett Diaz, a Ross senior from Water Mill, said that he felt a little overwhelmed when he first walked into the dining room as a ninth grader after having attended Southampton public schools. ''Lunch in public school was big cans of fruit and frozen stuff, and here it's all fresh and organic,'' he said. ''At first I just stuck to the pasta and pizza, and even then it was real different, but it tastes a lot better and it's better for you.''
Now he finds himself eating tofu regularly, and he raves about the seared tuna. ''It's the best thing they do here, with a little red in the middle,'' he said.
Toni Liquori, a nutritionist at the Community Food Resource Center, which has lobbied for better food in New York City schools since 1980, called Ms. Cooper a visionary for what she has done for school lunches.


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It was the first weekend of the 2011 season that all three regular 410 Sprint car tracks were in action.
Action kicked off with the season opener on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway where Stevie Smith led all the way for his second career opening day win at the track. Gorgeous weather greeted a big opening night crowd as Smith held off a late surge from Tyler Walker for the win with Doug Esh, Lance Dewease and Cory Haas the top five finishers.
Pat Cannon won Friday’s opening 358 Sprint feature at the Grove over Scott Geesey, Billy Dietrich, Blane Heimbach and Chad Trout.
Danny Dietrich put on a dominating performance in Saturday night’s 410 Sprint feature at Lincoln Speedway, taking his first win of the year by over a half lap ahead of Fred Rahmer, Alan Krimes, Justin Collett and Brian Leppo.
The 358 late models were in action at Lincoln where it was Gene Knaub taking that win over Steve Weikel, Bernie Beard, Grant Adams and Craig Wagaman.
Port Royal Speedway opened under new management on Saturday night and it was Blane Heimbach scoring an upset win in the 410 Sprint car feature over Stevie Smith, Mark Smith, Tyler Walker and Lance Dewease with Harrisonville’s Mike Wagner finishing sixth.
Pat Cannon made it two for two in weekend 358 Sprint racing and also became the area’s all time leading 358 Sprint car winner with 56 career wins. He defeated Nate Hammaker, Logan Schuchart, Steve Buckwalter and Matt Horst.
Selinsgrove Speedway hosted the Race of Champions Modifieds over the weekend with Friday night’s 358 Small block win going to Jeff Strunk over Jimmy Horton, Duane Howard, Stewart Friesen and Danny Johnson.
Saturday night in the Big Block RoC event, Danny Johnson finished third but was awarded the win after the first and second place finishers were disqualified for failing to meet weight requirements after the race. Johnson won over Billy Decker, Brett Hearn, Dan Vauter and Jimmy Horton.
This weekend, Hagerstown Speedway is slated to open with a Saturday evening regular show beginning at 7pm.
That’s it for this week as we sure hope warmer temperatures overtake these cold days coming up! Until next time, email reaches me at Bvores@comcast.net.

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R. Kelly Performs ‘Ignition and ‘I’m a Flirt’ With Phoenix at Coachella
Although he wasn't on the Coachella bill, R. Kelly made a surprise appearance during Phoenix's headlining set on Saturday (April 13) in Indio, Calif. The R&B mack performed a mash-up of 'Ignition (Remix)' with the band's song, '1901.'
Wearing a gold-encrusted white baseball cap, Kels led the crowd into a unified "toot, toot" and "beep, beep" while he sang his 2003 chart-topper. The Chicago singer kept the mash-up love going with a rendition of 'I'm a Flirt' and Phoenix's new single 'Chloroform' from their upcoming album 'Bankrupt!'
Elsewhere, R. Kelly ran into his biggest fan at Coachella -- Tyler, the Creator. The Odd Future leader was able to get a quick picture with him and he posted it on Instagram. "HE SAID HE F---S WITH ME AHHHH," he tweeted.
Can we expect a 'Best of Both Worlds' album featuring these two artists? Nah, we don't think so.
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So I could have been in an optional workshop now, and I did plan to go, but I needed quiet, needed to check in with the world via some online news, and to just be in my own space.
The world rewarded my sloth with a visit from a herd of deer, first two, then another, then another, then another, then another, right outside my window. I wish had a picture of the deer staring as a group of runners plodded past, but dark was coming on, and using a flash produces what might be art but is definitely not representation.
Now, off to dinner, then a short cello recital by the intern who is helping our program and also happens to be a wonderful musician and composer. Then a poetry reading. Then a reception. Then back to the dorm to study the poems for tomorrow morning’s workshop. And so it goes.

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Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday urged the Pentagon to start moving U.S. military dependents, such as spouses and children, out of South Korea, saying conflict with North Korea is getting close. North Korea released dozens of photos and a video after Wednesday's launch of the new Hwasong-15 missile, which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared had "finally realized the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force".
But even some Trump advisers say U.S. military options are limited when Pyongyang could launch an artillery barrage on the South Korean capital Seoul - only around 50 kilometres from the border and home to 10 million people. "More than 10 F-15Cs and F-16s have also been deployed for the drill".
"North Korea is continuing to pursue its ICBM in a methodical and pragmatic manner, making progress in incremental steps", said Joseph Bermudez from 38 North, a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project.
While the North Korean military maintains capable anti-air weaponry, their radar systems would be unable to detect the stealth fighters before a strike on those defensive systems.
Unemployment rate edged lower in Montreal in November
November's unemployment rate was the lowest November unemployment rate since comparable statistics started being recorded in 2001. It was also the first time since the beginning of 2013 that housing investment (real estate) fell for two consecutive quarters.
"Our initial analysis of the photos showed that there were clear differences between the Hwasong-15 and Hwasong-14 in terms of the looks of the warhead, the joint of the first and second stages of the missile, and overall size", Roh told a briefing on Thursday.
"It is an open, all-out provocation against the DPRK, which may lead to a nuclear war any moment", it continued. It launched an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-15, that state-controlled media described as the "most powerful ICBM" carrying a "super-large heavy warhead" to unprecedented heights of nearly 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles). On Wednesday, 29 November, the North fired the long-range missile which flew about 950kms and touched an altitude of 4,475kms during the almost hour-long flight before hitting the sea waters off the Japan coast.
It is likely the ballistic missile, fired higher than any previous North Korean missile, broke up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere, the official said.
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- Bruce Bethke & "Vox Day" (Theodore Beale), Rebel Moon. Gaming tie-in novel. In 2069, The United Nations have finally brought about peace on Lunar colonists are not buying into the idea. Day is the controversial founder of the Rabid Puppies whose hard-right views seem to encompass mysogeny and racial and religous intolerance. It will be interesting to see whether his philosophie carry over in this book.
- Emmet G. Coleman, editor, The Temperance Songbook. Just what the title implies, a collection of temperance songs, many of them written by Coleman. A reprint of the 1907 edition subtitled "A PEERLESS COLLECTION OF TEMPERANCE SONGS AND HYMNS FOR THE WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, LOYAL TEMPERANCE UNIION, PROHIBITIONISTS, TEMPERANCE PRAISE MEETINGS, MEDAL CONTESTS, ETC." The first song is "Little Armor-Bearers," which has the note "as sung by Guy and Ethel Coleman, aged 6 and 4 years." It then moves on to such songs as "Breaking Mother's Heart" and "Crape on the Door of the Licensed Saloon." Sadly, 1907 was far too early to have included The Chad Mitchell Trio's wonderful "The Song of the Temperance Union." Hard cheese, that.
- "Desmond Cory" (Shaun Lloyd McCarthy), Trieste. A "Johnny Fedora Espionage Assignment." British and Italian agents believe they have captured the spy who tried to turn Trieste over to the Communists, but Johnny Fedora discovers they have got the wrong man and the diabolical operative is still at large. The debonair British secret agent Fedora predates James Bond and a number of critics preferred him to Bond.
- Robert Cowley, editor, What Ifs? of American History. Speculative essay collection. Seventeen eminent historians imagine what might have been, from "Might the Mayflower Not Have Sailed?" to 'What If Watergate Were Still Just an Upscale Address?"
- Doris Miles Disney, The Magic Grandfather. Mystery novel. "They had found a Way to live together, those two whose twisted relationship had led to death, revenge and horror. They seemed almost friendly, sharing the same house, being polite in front of the neighbors." The MacFadden paperback blurb writer does not believe in the Oxford comma.
- David Everitt, Rustler's Blood. Western novel from a writer I'm not familar with. "To claim the stolen silver, Cajun lee faced a showdown with the Claibourne gang!"
- Roger Elwood, Bloody Winter. A thriller in the OSS Chronicles series. OSS agent Stephen Bartlett must stop a clandestine Nazi scheme to bring the United States to its knees. Elwood was a "Super-anthologist" who flooded the science fiction market with some good and many mediocre books, and left the field to write Christian thrillers of dubious merit.
- John Farris, Soon She Will Be Gone. Psychological thriller. Sharan Norbeth enters the mysterious world of the billionaire Trevellian family. Will she become another in a line of beaautiful women to vanish into oblivion?
- Brian Garfield, The Villiers Touch. A novel of money, sex, power, and the Wall Street jungle. Garfield is the author of Death Wish and the Edgar-winning Hopscotch.
- Ray Garton, Frankenstorm. Horror. An experiment out of control is spreading virus and no one is safe. Garton won the World Horror Convention Grand Master award in 2006.
- Lee Goldberg, My Gun Has Bullets. A Charlie Willis mystery. Willis is an ex-cop turned Hollywood troubleshooter. The multi-talented Goldberg is an author, screenwriter, producer and publisher (of Brash Books). It seems everything he touches turns to gold.
- Roland Green and John F. Carr, Great King's War. Sciencce fiction, a sequel to H. Beam Piper's Lord Kalan of Otherwhen. Calvin Morrison of Pennsylvania continues his fight on a parallel Earth.
- "Emma Lathen" (Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Hennisart), Murder Without Icing. A John Putnam Thatcher mystery. Thatcher's company, Sloan Guaranty Trust, is sponsoring telecasts of the cellar-dwelling New York Huskies hocky team. Suddenly the huskies have a winning streak and Thatcher is faced with two corpses.
- H. Beam Piper, The Worlds of H. Beam Piper. Science fiction collection edited by John F. Carr and containing the last ten known Piper stories that had not previously been available.
- "Jack Vance" (John Holbrook Vance), The Face and The Book of Dreams. The fourth and fifth books in the author's Demon Princes series dealing with the vengeance of Kirth Gerson on five evil planet-slayers. Gerson faced the first three demon princes in books published from 1964 to 1967; it then took another twelve years before eagerly awaited fourth book to appear.
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I like Brian Garfield's books and I'm glad I haven't read them all yet. I see many new names in your list and I will have to look them up.ReplyDelete
There's a lot of good reading on the list this week, Prashant. And probably a few clunkers, too!ReplyDelete
I wouldn't have touched the Beale after the Puppy mess.ReplyDelete
I have an Emma Lathen about 2/3 finished that I set aside for short story February, but will continue soon.

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Roberta Hardesty, 84, died Saturday, May 13, at Providence Retirement Home in New Albany.
She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah Blanch (Logsdon) Mattingly.
Survivors include a son, Charles Lee Hardesty of Floral City, Fla.; three daughters, Rita Greenwell of Union Star, Ky., and Margaret Pickerrell and Oleta McDaniel, both of Lanesville; a sister, Katherine Hardesty of Union Star; 18 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and several great-great grandchildren.
Visitation: Monday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, May 16, after 8:30 a.m., at Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Brandenburg, Ky.
Prayer service: Monday, May 15, at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Funeral: Tuesday, May 16, at 2 p.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Rhodelia, Ky., with burial in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial gift to Providence Retirement Home, 4915 Charlestown Road, New Albany, IN 47150.


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“Regularly increasing defence budgets in real terms.” It’s the very first of a list of 20 commitments that 23 European Union member states signed on 13 November in Brussels. The joint declaration calls upon the European Council to adopt in the next meeting, due to be held on 14 and 15 December, a decision establishing a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on defence, which would allow both to increase the volume of investments on military technologies and to step up the level of coordination in this area within Europe.
The commitments signed by the 23 EU countries include a “successive medium-term increase in defence investment expenditure to 20% of total defence spending (collective benchmark) in order to fill strategic capability gaps,” “increasing the share of expenditure allocated to defence research and technology with a view to nearing the 2% of total defence spending” and a “commitment to the intensive involvement of a future European Defence Fund.”
On 7 June, the European Commission launched the proposal of establishing a European Defence Fund. Under the proposal, backed by the European Council in December 2016, the Fund will coordinate, supplement and amplify national investments in defence research, in the development of prototypes and in the acquisition of defence equipment and technology.
The target is to include in the European budget, from 2020 on, €1.5 billion under the defence sector: €0.5 billion to be destinated to military research and €1 billion for development and acquisition. The intention of the Commission is for the projects to be co-financed by national budgets and therefore generate a total investment in defence capability development of €5 billion per year after 2020.
The Fund will start with €90 million available under the research chapter for the period 2017-2019 and €500 million for 2019 and 2020 under a dedicated defence and industrial development programme.
According to the Commission, “the lack of cooperation between member states in the field of defence and security is estimated to cost annually between €25 billion and €100 billion. 80% of procurement and more than 90% of research and technology are run on a national basis. Up to 30% of annual defence expenditures could be saved through pooling of procurement.”
The possibility of a PESCO in the area of defence security and defence policy was introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. It foresees the possibility that a number of EU member states work more closely together in the area of security and defence. “This is the first time that that provision of the Lisbon Treaty, that the Treaty of the European Union, is used. So it’s quite an historic day,” said High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, adding that this is an achievement “that was just inconceivable one year, one year and half ago, and that today is reality.”
Federica Mogherini press conference in Brussels on 13 November
The countries that so far did not sign the commitments are UK, Denmark, Ireland, Malta, and Portugal. But some of them will sign it soon: “Not only we have 23 member states, but we can have other member states that are currently not part of this notification joining in the coming weeks,” said Mogherini, telling reporters also that “it was a bit of an emotional moment, which is not always the case when you work on European defence, that sometimes is tough and technical.”
“Today we are taking a historic step,” Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters. “We are agreeing on the future cooperation on security and defence issues … it’s really a milestone in European development,” he said. While the chief EU Commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas wrote on Twitter (https://twitter.com/MargSchinas/status/930047390660382721): “The sleeping beauty of the Lisbon Treaty; the awakening. A small step for Brussels, a giant leap for Europe.”
The increase of the European defence budget has been a US request for a long time, as the majority of EU countries do not meet NATO’s target of 2 percent of GDP. On
25 april 2016, the then president of the United States Barack Obama accused Europe of being “complacent” about defence by failing to meet the NATO spending target. And Donald Trump as well called on Europe to increase its defence spending (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trumps-calls-for-europe-to-increase-defense-spending-could-force-other-upheaval/2017/02/15/fe257b44-efc1-11e6-a100-fdaaf400369a_story.html?utm_term=.61625c97f690).
The only European countries that met the 2% target, as of June 2017 (https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_145409.htm), are Greece (2.32%), the UK (2.14%), Estonia (2.14%), Romania (2.02%) and Poland (2.01%).
The expenditures in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain amount respectively to 1.22%, 1.79%, 1.13% and 0.92% of each country’s GDP. Nonetheless, according to NATO estimates, all European countries but three (Greece, Belgium and UK) are increasing in real terms their defence budget. The fastest growth has been registered in Romania, where an impressive +49.7% is going to be spent on defence this year over 2016, bringing the total national expenditure to over €16 billions. Bulgaria is registering a +25.9%, Lithuania +22.5%, Latvia +22.4%, Czech Republic +13,4%, and Poland +4,2%. But also older EU members are increasing their budget: Spain +17.5%, Portugal +5,1%, Germany +4,1%, France +2,4%, and Italy +1,7%.
In absolute terms, excluding UK (that will spend 54.8 billion pounds this year, roughly 61.4 billion euros, -0.28% over 2016), France has the greatest budget (€40.9 billion), followed by Germany (€39.5 billion), Italy (€20.8 billion) and Spain (€10.7 billion).
Europe is participating in what seems to be a new worldwide arms race. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/24/news/russia-military-spending/index.html), in 2016 Russia boosted its military spending to $69.2 billion (5.3% of its economy), with 5.9% increase, landing behind only the United States and China in the ranking of top spenders (overcoming Saudi Arabia, that spent $63.7 billion). China spent in the same year $215 billion (+5,4%), while the US spent $611 billion (+1,7%). And according to a 2016 report by IHS Jane’s (http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/12/news/china-military-defense-defence-spending/index.html), China’s defence spending will rich $233 billion in 2020, up from $123 billion in 2010, nearly doubling in ten years.


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California’s population nearly tripled during the second half of the 20th century, thanks in part to an influx of immigrants, the rise of the technology industry and the idea of the “California dream” – the idea that the American dream of success through hard work was even more achievable in the Golden State.
But California’s population growth rate has slowed significantly in the 21st century, and now sits at 0.7 percent, the same as the national average it once far outpaced.
A survey released Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute paints a grim picture for those living in California, suggesting the majority of residents do not believe the “California dream” is alive today and many people are struggling to make ends meet. Nearly half of the state’s workers are dealing with poverty, and most residents say they would urge young people to leave the area and search for opportunities elsewhere.
According to the survey of more than 3,000 residents, only 47 percent of Californians believe that, in the U.S., working hard will lead to financial security. Fifty-five percent of residents say it’s more difficult to achieve the American dream in California than other states. White residents were most likely to say the American dream is harder to achieve in California, while the Hispanic population was the most likely to say it’s easier to achieve there.The Hispanic population, however, makes up 60 percent of those who are working and struggling with poverty, which the study defines as those living in poverty, as well as living in “tenuous” economic conditions, with adjusted incomes 250 percent or less than their personal poverty threshold. Regionally, San Joaquin Valley holds the highest percentage of workers facing poverty (nearly 70 percent), while the Bay Area – including San Francisco, Santa Clara, Sonoma and surrounding counties – sees the least poverty.
The poverty rates are reflected in the respondents sense of economic security in various regions. More than half of Bay Area residents said they would encourage young people in their community to stay in the area, compared to only 19 percent of those in San Joaquin Valley and 29 percent of those in Inland Empire. A third of California workers struggling with poverty are young, the survey found.
The Public Religion Research Institute, a nonpartisan organization that conducts research on issues involving religion, culture and public policy, also found that nearly half of Californians ages 18 to 29 said getting a college education is “a risky gamble that might not pay off.” Among the study’s other key findings: about one in 10 residents said they participated in the gig economy (performing miscellaneous tasks such as shopping or driving for a ride-sharing app) in the last year.

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Some say this is pop music for your mind’s eye. With songs that play like home movies rich in imagery and characters, Colour Film is the stage name of Hamilton, ON's multitalented Matthew de Zoete. The moniker embodies his idea of songs as little films, where a combination of characters, stories, and emotions create a visual element in the listener's mind. His latest release Super 8 blends pop and folk to set six of these cinematic songs in an atmospheric soundscape conjured with producer Les Cooper (Jill Barber, Good Lovelies). Imagine Nick Drake cheering up a bit and meeting Beck.
Since 2006, de Zoete (pronounced "duh-ZOO-tuh") has released three previous albums under his own name and toured throughout North America and Europe. He has shared the stage with acts such as Serena Ryder, Great Lake Swimmers, and Whitehorse, and he's performed at festivals including North by Northeast, Canadian Music Week, JUNOfest, and Stukafest (Netherlands).
The song is a duet with Caroline Brooks of the Good Lovelies: https://soundcloud.com/colour-film-791058487/open-road
Another Hamilton unit, indie rock trio Basement Revolver just put out “Dancing” the new single from the album Heavy Eyes. An up-tempo but still heavy-lidded fuzz pop number, the song is about confronting feelings of boredom with a cry for adventure.
As singer Chrisy Hurn explains; “When I’m feeling down, I like to borrow a car and drive until I am lost – it makes me feel better and distracts me a little. So, yeah, break out of your shell and dance… or get some fresh air.”
Blending 90s-infused indie rock with fuzzy dreamy pop and poignant, yearning lyrics, Basement Revolver has honed a sound that is capable of stripping listeners of inhibition, yet heavy hitting enough to leave a lasting impression. Unable to disguise the emotion in her voice, songwriter Chrisy Hurn shares intimate stories and personal wounds from her past. The band is rounded out by Nimal Agalawatte on bass and Brandon Munro on drums.
Their ascent to the spotlight has been a steady trajectory, capitalizing on the success of debut single “Johnny” in 2016. The track garnered endorsements from DIY Magazine and Exclaim! as well as respected tastemakers Gold Flake Paint, who hailed it as a “favorite song of the year” contender.
For their debut full-length, the Basement Revolver returned to local studio TAPE where they had recorded both their EPs. Having developed a solid relationship with producers Adam Bentley and Jordan Mitchell, they continued to hone their signature sound, finding the freedom to get heavier for some songs and more laid-back for others. As Hurn explains; “It also gave me the confidence as a writer to not take myself so seriously, to let myself get cheesy or goofy with some songs.”
The band embarked on their first tour of the UK earlier this year, with a tremendous set at The Great Escape Festival. Previous single “Baby” has been made Amazon UK’s Week One, added to Apple’s Nightcap playlist, and Spotify’s Indie Highlights. While “Knocking” was added to Spotify’s New Music Friday Canada, and New Alternative and Melancholy Moods on Deezer.
Been a couple of years since the inimitable Jim Kweskin played our town, so good to hear he's back. Probably best known as a singer and bandleader, he also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival, adapting the ragtime-blues fingerpicking of artists like Blind Boy Fuller to the more complex chords of pop and jazz. He has maintained a remarkably consistent musical vision since his jug band days, continuing to explore traditional folk and blues with the sophisticated sensibility of a jazz musician and jazz with the communal simplicity of a folk artist. He has recorded solo ventures, as a member of the U and I band, and with U and I bandmate Samoa Wilson, and continues to perform widely in various formats. In recent years he and Geoff Muldaur have often appeared as a duo, revisiting and expanding on their Jug Band repertoire. Kweskin plays Hugh's Room Live Tor. Fri. Aug.17. Music at 8.30 PM.
Ok, this one rightly belongs in Don "Country Boy" Graham's folder but this is Vince Gill and so yeah...Country Music Hall of Famer Gill has announced tour dates for the remainder of 2018. Gill has been part of a rigorous and highly acclaimed tour with the Eagles for most of this year. The group will wrap their 2018 tour in Cleveland, OH on October 20. On October 9 & 10 they will perform two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. One of the most popular and most recorded singers of the past quarter-century, superstar Gill has become the measure of excellence in country music. His vocal performances are spellbinding, his songwriting emotionally powerful, and his guitar-playing world-class. Gill, along with his top-notch band, will be performing 28 shows. Bandmates include Glenn Worf, bass; Billy Thomas, drums/vocals; John Jarvis, keyboards; Jeff White, guitar/vocals; Tom Bukovac, guitar; Jedd Hughes, guitar/vocals; Wendy Moten, vocals; and Paul Franklin, steel.
Some particular venues of interest on this tour include the historic Surf Ballroom, the location of Buddy Holly’s famous last gig--the day the music died. It will be the first time Gill has played the room. Also, a return to the scene of the crime, Gill will play the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, his hometown venue where he was famously booed off the stage while performing as part of the bluegrass band Mountain Smoke and opening for rock band KISS.
In addition to his own touring dates, he’ll join his wife Amy Grant on stage in Nashville for their annual Christmas at the Ryman show at the historic auditorium. A long-standing Christmas tradition, this year the couple ups their game and will host an unprecedented 12 nights throughout the months of November and December.
Gill achieved his big breakthrough in 1990 with “When I Call Your Name,” which won both the Country Music Association’s Single and Song of the Year Awards as well as a Grammy. Gill has won 18 CMA Awards, including Song of the Year four times – making him the most-awarded artist in that category in CMA history. Since 1990, Gill has won 21 GRAMMY Awards. A wide-ranging songwriter, his compositions earned him entry into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005. The Academy of Country Music has conferred on Gill eight awards, including its prestigious Home Depot Humanitarian Award and the 2011 Career Achievement Award. Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In August 2012, Gill was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gill has produced albums for The Time Jumpers, LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant and Ashley Monroe, and has made guest appearances on more than 1000 albums, including those by Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, George Jones and others.
Vince Gill Tour Dates
8/13 Kettering, OH/Fraze Pavilion
8/16 Tulsa, OK/Paradise Cove
8/18 Oklahoma City, OK/Civic Center Music Hall
8/19 Salina, KS/Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
9/26 Greenville, SC/Peace Center for the Performing Arts
9/27 Cary, NC/Koka Booth Amphitheatre
9/28 Bloomsburg, PA/Bloomsburg Fair
9/29 Ashland, KY/Paramount Arts Center
There's fresh music afoot from Leo Vance. Vance, 22 is a recording artist from Toronto, Canada who had a breakthrough a year ago with his debut album The Legend Begins. He was nominated for The Break Through Artist Of The Year Award at the Canadian Urban Hip Hop Awards in Toronto in May 2017, and won his first industry award for the album.
A visionary, artist, writer and music producer Leo has been honing his skills since the age of 13. Coming from a musical family, Leo knew his passion for music would lead him to where he is today. A serious artist Leo leaves it all on the stage when he performs, he has performed both here and in the US in many events and festivals. Leo works hard on his craft on a daily basis, never taking anything for granted.
2 Lit is part of the 5 EP Series Leo will be releasing that feature different styles in the rap and hip hip genre. Vance produced two songs on the 2 Lit EP, Experience and East Enda and also mixed 4 of the songs on the EP. Producers Vybe Beatz and J Caspersen also make an appearance on 2 Lit as well. Leo says " I wanted to make a summer EP showcasing tracks that are upbeat and fun, there is something on there for everyone." The tracks inspire a trap-feel with versatility, melodic bars and very catchy hooks! Look out for the Interlude EP set to be released late August 2018!
Described as “absolutely brilliant” by BBC Radio, singer-songwriter Annie Bonsignore is a multi award-winning, genuine triple threat. This singer, songwriter, and pianist recently completed her third studio album, “Durban Girl”, with famed producer Fred Mollin (Billy Joel, BB King) in Nashville, released April 2018. The South African native was born to a large musical family of 7 children, and has been composing music since 8 and singing professionally by 10. She’s since had a broad career performing and song-writing both here and internationally. Bonsignore has released two critically praised (BBC and CBC) self-produced albums of original works: Shades of Red (2014), and Be Careful What You Wish For (2016).
“Durban Girl” features legendary Nashville musicians and Toronto’s top talent, and serves up nine originals and one cover that brings to the front many of Bonsignore’s eclectic influences. Nine of the ten songs were produced by Mollin, the tenth ‘Have A Little Faith' is produced by Bonsignore. Her father, a professional guitarist, and her mother, a music educator, infused Bonsignore with everything from Patsy Cline to Mozart. Her training as a coloratura soprano (Prof. James Conrad), along with her love of folk, old country and pop have created a sound undoubtedly unique, drawing regular comparisons to artists like Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. The album spans an immense landscape that only a lifetime of music-making can render.
Says Bonsignore, " The making of “Fingerprints” has been an incredibly rewarding adventure for me. For a songwriter, the chance to add the dimension of visual elements is a huge opportunity to expand the story-telling that the song is capable of. I think we’ve achieved that – even for me as a creator, watching this video pulls me into the moment and the message. I hope it has the same effect on you. So often, music videos fail to capture the genuine feel of a performance…things can look beautiful, but at times feels contrived and staged and then you miss that ‘magic’ that you feel when you’re hear things live.
I know that one of the most special musical moments for me as a performer is when I’m in front of an intimate audience, able to make eye contact, seeing every expression and emotion on their faces. I draw from that…and I really wanted to try and create a similar dynamic with this video.
The song itself is very personal – like many that I write – and tells the story of a highly spiritual moment in my life in which I began to emerge from a pretty dark past. During a particularly challenging and turbulent moment in my life 4 years ago, I had discovered meditation as a source of truth and strength. After a particularly deep meditation, I emerged with a dramatically different outlook, and really began to feel and see the beauty around me and within me. The song wrote itself in a mere 20 minutes."
Elsewhere, Dilly Dally play the Ponderosa Music Festival August 18 - Rock Creek, BC -. Expect a taste from upcoming album Heaven, including the in yer face searing 'Sober Motel'....The Flatliners headline Yonge-Dundas Square Aug,17 with an 8 PM start.....same night at Harbourfront, the 17th annual Small World Music Festival kicks off an always satisfying weekend of world music in all its global encompassing diversity. Downbeat 7.30 PM.


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I've always enjoyed the more classic King Diamond & Mercyful Fate releases but recently realized that I'd never actually heard King Diamond's highly regarded debut album & decided to fill that gap post haste. Unlike most people, I've always slightly favored the King's solo material over Mercyful Fate & "Fatal Portrait" again showcases the reasons why with guitarists Andy LaRocque & Michael Denner contributing dazzling performances that steal the show from their theatrical front man. The lead guitar tone is nothing short of wonderful & the solos are pushed way forward in the mix for obvious reasons which is a major drawcard for this old shredder. The rhythm section of Timi Hansen & Mikkey Dee are pretty sensational too as they effortlessly pull off some pretty classy instrumental nuances so efficiently that a lot of the more technically impressive touches probably go unnoticed by most listeners. I can generally take or leave the King's operatic vocal style to be honest though. He can be pretty amazing on the super-elite classics but doesn't really do much to draw me in on the rest of the material & I kinda feel that I've heard it all before from him at this point in my life.
Despite a few flashy flourishes here & there, I'd suggest that "Fatal Portrait" is probably a little less progressive than some of the King's other albums & thankfully isn't as neoclassically influenced either. The highlight tracks like "The Candle", "The Portrait", "Charon" & "Haunted" are all very strong heavy metal anthems in their own right but I'm not sure I can say that any of them are genuine classics for me personally & I think the King is the limiting factor there as I really do need to be able to connect with the vocal hooks in your more traditional heavy metal space. There are plenty of outstanding riffs but I think they've been done a minor disservice by not being afforded a more prominent position in the mix to be honest. I would have liked to see them being more of a highlight alongside the solos.
At the end of the day "Fatal Portrait" is a pretty good King Diamond record that ticks all of the boxes that diehard fans could want. I'm not particularly interested in the lyrical themes & I think that's to my own detriment when it comes to the King as it seems to be a large part of his appeal. There's only the one weak track in the disappointing "Dressed In White" but it was just enough to see me dropping my score a touch. That being said, I'd suggest that this record might still just slip into my top five King Diamond-related releases & I'd actually take it over more highly regarded albums like "Don't Break The Oath", "Them" & "The Eye" so it's definitely worth a few listens, particularly for fans of occult-themed heavy metal bands like Mercyful Fate, Ghost & Death SS.
I've had a lengthy relationship with German black metallers Lunar Aurora after first discovering their first two studio albums through the tape trading scene in the mid-1990's, both of which I quite liked without ever being tempted to claim them as essential. I wouldn't return to Lunar Aurora for more than a decade after that, finally catching up with them again with 2007's "Andacht" around 2009 & being suitably impressed with the improvements Lunar Aurora had made to their sound over the years. "Andacht" sees Lunar Aurora reaching somewhat of a peak in their quest to create a more atmospheric soundscape than I remember from their early works with the use of keyboards being prominent but not overused. The use of drum programming is noticeable but fairly well executed & certainly not intrusive. The more aggressive moments are the most enjoyable for me personally which is hardly surprising. There are a few sections where the band move in a direction that kinda resembles folk metal without actually using those cheesy folk melodies & they represent the weak points of the album. Some of the more keyboard-heavy sections can sound a touch overblown too & (as is often the case with me) the most popular song on the record "Findling" is also the one that I find the least appeal in. Regardless of that, the majority of the six tracks are very strong examples of the atmospheric black metal subgenre in what is a very consistent album that will no doubt offer strong appeal for fans of Paysage d'Hiver, Nagelfar or The Ruins of Beverast.
I hated New York avant-garde black metaller Liturgy's sophomore album back at the time of release. I simply wasn't ready for my black metal to reach this far or to draw upon more positive sounds at times. Given time & experience though, I've found that there's a deep artistic credibility to Liturgy's music that I can really relate to & the experiments with many disparate outside influences are generally well received. Admittedly the two best tracks have nothing to do with black metal whatsoever in the crushing sludge metal anthem "Veins of God" & the djenty progressive metal of "Generation" but it's really only the dull post-minimal electronics of "Helix Skull" that falls flat across the twelve tracks included. "Aesthethica" is really a pretty great album & one that I regard more highly than Liturgy's highly praised 2019 fourth full-length "H.A.Q.Q." these days but it does require a level of open-mindedness towards your black metal so if you can't stand the positivity of Deafheaven, the post-rock experimentation of Altar of Plagues or the chaotic mathcore infusion of Serpent Column because they take you too far from the original intent of the black metal model then you likely won't be open to this release which is unfairly lumped with the "hipster black metal" tag in my opinion.
I hadn't revisited Metal Church's sophomore album in many years & have found that my passion for it has "Wayne"ed a little bit since back in the day (see what I did there?). Much like their self-titled debut, you can expect a mix of classic heavy metal, speed metal & thrash metal tracks with a chunkier & more aggressive tone than the NWOBHM was generally known for which pretty much makes "The Dark" the very definition of what the US power metal scene was all about. The best comparison I can come up with is a combination of the heavy metal of early Savatage & the more classic metal inspired thrash bands like Flotsam & Jetsam & Overkill. Also like the debut, "The Dark" is a little inconsistent in it's execution with a couple of obvious fillers included in simple heavy number "Start The Fire" & unintelligent speed metal tune "Psycho". Admittedly, I don't think these dips are as bad as what we saw in the middle of the tracklisting on "Metal Church" but "The Dark" is lacking the clear highlights that it's older sibling built its reputation on which sees me positioning it slightly behind "Metal Church" overall but not by much. Both are a bit overrated in all honesty & I don't regard either as being essential. David Wayne's vocals are a big improvement on his previous effort here though. I really enjoy his blend of soaring Rob Halford classic metal & Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth snarl. The guitar solos of Kurdt Vanderhoof & Craig Wells are the highlight of the record for me though as they absolutely slay. Overall, I'd suggest that "The Dark" is worth a listen if you enjoy the chunkier end of heavy metal but don't expect it to rock your world as much as some would have you believe.
I first chanced upon Hexer's debut, Cosmic Doom Ritual, during a random browse through Bandcamp's new metal releases not long after it's release in spring of 2017. I was instantly smitten with the band and their almost ritualistic-sounding sludge-filled doom metal and they have been a firm favourite of mine ever since. Unbelievably, to me at least, all three of their albums to date have less than 60 ratings on RYM, which is criminal for a band this good.
Cosmic Doom Ritual is perhaps a little rougher around the edges than it's successors, but I believe that emphasises the dirty sludginess of their sound more than a crisper and cleaner sound would. The album consists of three tracks each of 11 or 12 minutes duration, long enough for them to develop each track's ideas but not so long as to become self-indulgent and bloated. Each features an atmospheric sludge / post-metal building of tension and atmosphere through their runtime, arriving at a cathartic crescendo as it resolves itself, but each of the tracks has a very different character and all three have their own diverse atmosphere. They are also marvellously evocative and I always find myself conjuring amazing mental pictures to accompany the soundtrack that the album provides. Opener Merkaba, for example, begins serenely enough but soon builds into a dark and ominous sound, that brings to mind the gathering of huge, black thunderhead clouds suddenly erupting in a storm of blackened fury. My favourite track of the three is the middle one, Pearl Snake, which combines the band's sludgey doom with mystical eastern sounds, evoking the ritual chanting of some long-forgotten Indian death cult. I am always a bit of a sucker for eastern folk sounds being used on metal records and Hexer do make excellent use of the eastern theme here. Album closer, Black Lava Flow, is a throbbing, pulsing slab of sludginess with some black metal hints that really brings to mind the flowing of dark magma from deep in the bowels of some hellish underground volcano. It culminates in a great psychedelic section, complete with analogue keyboards, that feels organic and natural and not at all like it's forced into the song in an attempt to do something unexpected, but seems entirely the way the track should complete it's journey.
I think on this debut Hexer come across as aiming for a sound similar to Ufomammut but with less of a stoner influence and more sludgey, with even a hint of a black metal flavour. Oh, and did I mention that it is heavy as fuck?! Personally I love the thick, crawling riffs and the pounding rhythms that combine to produce an atmosphere dripping with naturalistic and mystical significance and if there is any justice in the world then these guys will become held in much greater esteem in future.


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The Athlon II X4 630, Pentium G6950 and Athlon II X3 435 all delivered similar performance when testing with Unreal Tournament 3. Although the Pentium G6950 provided the highest frame rate at 1024x768, the triple and quad-core Athlon II processors were 3% faster at 1920x1200. The Phenom II X2 555 was a few frames per second slower, rendering 141fps at 1920x1200 compared to the 148fps of the Athlon II processors.
Performance then starts to drop off with the Athlon II X2 250 managing just 121fps, which made it 14% slower than the Phenom II X2 555. The Pentium E6600 rendered an average of 111fps, while the Sempron 140 does better than expected at 104fps – enough to beat Pentium E5400 and Celeron E3300 by 8% and 24% margins.
AMD's processors dominated when testing with Street Fighter IV. The Athlon II X4 630 managed to deliver 190fps at 1920x1200, while the Athlon II X3 435 achieved 187fps and the Phenom II X2 555 averaged 185fps. The latter was 5% faster than the Pentium G6950, which was the fastest Intel processor in this game. The Pentium E6600 was considerably slower at 159fps and was closely followed by the Athlon II X2 250 averaging 156fps.
This time it was the Sempron 140 that provided the worst performance with an average of 90fps, making it 24% slower than the Celeron E3300 and 33% slower than the Pentium E5400. That said, these three low-end processors all delivered poor performance compared to their slightly more expensive counterparts in this roundup.
Far Cry 2 makes good use of multi-cores, though the L3 cache of the Phenom II X2 555 processor appears to play a more vital roll allowing it to outgun the Athlon II X3 435 and Athlon II X4 630 at 1920x1200. In fact, the Phenom II X2 555 was unstoppable in this game, beating the Pentium G6950 by a 19% margin – or 10fps.
While the majority of the AMD processors tested dominated in Far Cry 2, the $33 Sempron 140 again provided very poor results with just 29fps – or around 29% less than Intel's slowest tested processor, the Celeron E3300.


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As Vladimir Putin’s war reaches its 100th day, the United States and partners remain united with the people and government of Ukraine.
Since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion February 24, the U.S. government and the American people have shown solidarity with Ukraine. Here are a few ways.
Supporting the people of Ukraine
The U.S. government has provided more than $688 million in humanitarian assistance to help those affected by the Russian government’s constant bombardment of schools, hospitals, homes, farms and other civilian infrastructure. This is the most of any country. The war has displaced more than 8 million within Ukraine and forced 6.7 million to seek refuge in neighboring countries.
This assistance — through the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of State — includes food, safe drinking water, shelter, emergency health care and medical supplies, among other services.
Meanwhile the U.S. government also supplied $1 billion to help Ukraine’s government pay government workers and ensure that essential services remain available to its citizens.
Rallying the world
Led by the United States and its allies and partners, countries worldwide acted to isolate Putin’s regime after the February full-scale invasion. From blocking financial transactions to stopping energy imports, nations are holding Putin and his enablers accountable for the brutal war.
The United States and NATO allies have been steadfast in their support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, as have countries worldwide. In a historic demonstration of global unity, an overwhelming majority of countries condemned the Kremlin’s attack on Ukraine in a March vote at the United Nations.
The colors of Ukraine’s flag are displayed around the world. At night, iconic buildings throughout the United States and the world lit up in blue and yellow, in vibrant expressions of solidarity.
Getting out the truth
Russia’s state-owned and Kremlin-aligned media outlets continue to spread blatant lies and disinformation about Ukraine. Before Russia’s February 24 invasion, the U.S. government and global independent media reported on the massive buildup of Russia’s troops near Ukraine’s borders.
New restrictions signed into law by Russia’s parliament forced most independent media outlets in Russia to cease or suspend operations and, in some cases, to flee the country to continue their work in exile. A recent law provides that journalists in Russia who “spread false information” about the war could face a 15-year prison sentence.
Close associates of Putin, including spokesman Dimitri Peskov and broadcaster Vladimir Solovyov, deliberately distort the truth about the Russian government’s policies while living in luxury as a reward for their loyalty. The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on both.
The State Department’s website regularly provides resources and tips for disarming disinformation, which includes a report detailing how the Kremlin uses state-owned or state-controlled media outlets to spread lies about its war against Ukraine.


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The intensifier is the heart of the HP – pump. Its design and lay out is based on many years of experience in high pressure technology. Usually the hydraulic piston directly is connected with the two plungers. This is the standard design, which results in a very compact unit. For special application a stand off separates the hydraulic part from the high pressure part. This is important in order to absolutely avoid any mixing of the hydraulic oil with the liquid to be pumped at the high pressure end, or in case the temperature of the liquid to be pumped is higher then the maximum oil temperature allowed.
The main wear – off items are made from tungsten carbides or ceramics. Lifetime for these items almost becomes unlimited.
All wetted parts of the high pressure system are fabricated from high strength, high alloy, and corrosion resistant special steel. In case of pumping untreated water or in case of extremely high loads, the high pressure parts are autofrettaged. This increases the life time and reduces the danger of stress corrosions. Pressures used for autofrettage can be as high as 1200 MPa.
All remaining parts made from carbon steels or tool steels are high grade surface protected or painted.
Although maintenance requirements are very low, the intensifiers are designed in order to ease disassembling and assembling.
A special design of the check valves allows replacing a check valve within a minute.
By preferring self energizing seal rings, it became possible to easy open and close the high pressure barrel in case a change of a seal system should be necessary.
Mainly three kinds of intensifier are available, depending on the working pressure. They differ in the design of the barrel and the check valves.
Up to a working pressure of 300 MPa the check valves are arranged in a T – piece. This is a commercially available one for smaller intensifiers and it is a tailor made T – piece for the larger ones. The check valves are arranged in an inlet and an outlet screw, which is screwed into the T – piece. A special short tube connects the T – piece with the open end of the barrel. HP – barrels of this pressure class have an inside thread on one side, to which the T – piece is connected.
For higher working pressures up to 500 MPa, the barrels are symmetrically. The barrel can be used either with the one or the other end fixed to the hydraulic cylinder. The check valves are screwed as a complete set into a special valve body. The valves are inclined. By this it is possible to arrange inlet and outlet bores in the valve body towards the barrel end with out crossing. The special design of the check valve avoids springs. A threaded joint connects the valve body with the barrel end.
For pressures above 500 MPa the threaded connections are replaced by stud bolts. The design of the check valves and the valve body is unchanged, but the valve body connects the barrel to the hydraulic cylinder with stud bolts. The barrel can be disassembled from the hydraulic cylinder with out removing the stud bolts. The valve sets are bolted to the one end of the valve body.


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Conciliatory mood a fitting ending to landmark visit
Dec 26, 2006
Defying worried predictions, Pope Benedict XVI ended a momentous four-day trip to Turkey on a high note early this month, celebrating mass for the country’s small Roman Catholic community and basking in widespread media praise of his landmark visit to a mosque.
“As Christians, we believe that war is not inevitable; people choose war and people can choose peace. . . . ‘Blessed are peacemakers,’ Jesus said.” —Lebanese Catholic cardinal Nasrallah P. Sfeir on conflict in the Middle East
The committee that interprets religious law for the Conservative Jewish movement, the centrist branch within North American Judaism, has accepted a legal opinion that allows for the ordination of gay rabbis and the blessing of same sex unions.
When Keith Ellison, the recently elected Minnesota Democrat who will be the first Muslim in Congress, announced that he would take his oath of office on Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an, he provoked sharp criticism from conservatives and some heated discussion in the blogosphere.
World Council of Churches officials have welcomed word that after 2010, the Lutheran World Federation and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches will no longer hold global assemblies of their own under current plans.


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by Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Washington, Jul 1, 2010
Today Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) made the following statement on the floor of the House in support of legislation to extend emergency unemployment benefits:
“In Cleveland, where I come from, unemployment is devastating our community. People are demanding that their government, our government, recognize the suffering of families who have lost jobs and can’t find work.”
“Will Washington tell my constituents and people like them, all over America, ‘We have money for war but no money for the unemployed? We have money for military contractors but no money for the unemployed? We have money, billions, for corrupt foreign governments but no money for our unemployed in the United States? We have money for tax cuts for the wealthiest of Americans but no money for the unemployed? Hundreds of billions for Wall Street but no money for the unemployed?’
“Instead, the out-of-work, poor, and middle class get lectures on balancing the budget, lectures on pay-fors. What are people supposed to do when they don’t have budgets because they don’t have money? When they can’t pay for food, shelter, and clothing? Yes, we need jobs, but people out of work can’t find a job and they have to survive. People need unemployment benefits because they have to pay for their mortgage, their rent, their utility bills. So many Americans are hanging on by their fingertips. Some exhort our constituents, ‘pull yourselves up by your boot straps.’ What if you don’t have money to buy boots?” said Kucinich.
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Add Israel to that list of corrupt nations getting billions while Americans suffer. Add Egypt, which uses Uncle Sam’s Sugar to imprison their own population to protect the economic elites. But also add to this list the supra-national corporations which benefit to the tune of billions through ignoring their obligation to pay for the protection racket run by the Pentagon on their behalf while already impoverished Americans by the debt with their lives.
This will continue until we insist that it stop.
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While I agree with most of what Representative Kucinich says, I’m not sure what he means by “billions, for corrupt foreign governments”. Unfortunately, the item in the federal budget that by far the most people–approximately 70%–in a recent poll agreed should be cut is foreign aid. In reality, less than one per cent of the federal budget goes for foreign aid, and we are the stingiest in terms of percentage given of all the industrialized countries. Kucinich’s statement just perpetuates the myth that we give money to “foreigners” but don’t take care of our own. Shame on Kucinich for not being crystal clear about what money he was talking about.
What country Kucinich was referring to was Afghanistan. See this post: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/dennis-kucinich-we-are-losing-our-nation-to-lies-about-the-necessity-of-war/ Although he could have meant Iraq, as well.
He wasn’t talking about foreign aid.
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China possesses the world’s largest installed wind power base and the world’s largest declared investment in renewable energy. As outlined in China’s 12th Five-Year-Plan, the energy storage station, as well as the solar and charging station is among the key direction of advanced energy strategic areas.
In the past several years more than 200 large energy storage projects has been in construction and energy storage has become a new and attractive investment. With the rapid development of the booming and policy-driven market, proceeding before the formation of world industrial grid can be the only way to occupy the market heights.
Therefore, 2nd Energy Storage Station Congress (ESSC2014), which is scheduled for April 23th-26th, in Shenzhen China, will perform as the leading platform for major industry players to map out winning China strategies. ESSC 2014 will help you to better gauge the pulse of China’s dynamic energy storage industry and further identify the strategic role of China in your global business plan. Join ESSC 2014, Join China energy storage market!
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Not all jams are created equal. That's probably because not all jams, preserves, and marmalades are have three generations of preserve-making experience in every jar. Blake Hill Preserves do.
Vicky and Joe create their fresh preserves from old family recipes using only locally grown fruits, and lemon juice and cane sugar to add flavor. The blend then is slow-cooked in copper pots to leave as much fruit as possible. That means what you see is literally what you get: You will taste, and see, every bit of the 9 ounces of fruit that fill each 10-ounce jar.
Artisan jam producers Vicky Allard and Joe Hanglin discovered the two hundred year-old Blake Hill Farm nestled in the quiet hamlet of Grafton Village in Vermont's Green Mountains. With fruit trees growing as far as the eye can see, it seemed like the perfect place to settle into the family business.
Don't let your breakfast foods have all the fun! Just imagine the whirlwind of spring flavors delicious flavors like Blueberries & Summer Plum, Raspberries & Hibiscus, Grapefruit, Lemon & Thyme, and Orange, Lime & Ginger can add as glaze for your favorite meats, paired with soft cheeses, or even as a topping (or filling) for your favorite desserts!

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Explore and analyze the world through the lens of economics by studying how the economy works and how human behavior impacts it.
The B.A. in Economics provides transferable skills. Students learn to use economic data and models to analyze economic trends, evaluate competitiveness, and make strategic plans. The program combines insights from behavioral economics to human resource management, saving, investment, and wealth management decisions. Understanding economic concepts enables us to make better financial decisions and shape public policy, as well as allowing us to explore the world in a new way. Our B.A. in Economics program prepares students to meet the growing demand for skilled professionals in both public and private sectors.
- Flexible program: The economics program gives students flexibility to add complementary minors to the majors, such as Business, International Studies, Political Science, Legal Studies, Data Analytics, or Web Design.
- Diverse applications: Economics intersects many disciplines. Its applications include, for example, finance, accounting, legal studies, health, gender, environment, education, and immigration.
- Excellent preparation for law school: Many former students have continued their studies to law schools, including those who have received full scholarships from their law programs
- High achieving students: Economics graduates have excelled in various ways, including winning many awards, such as a year-long Presidential Fellowship from the Center for the Study of the Presidency.
- Award-winning faculty: The program’s faculty have received numerous awards, including the Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award from the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration. Faculty members regularly present their scholarship at the most influential economic conferences, such as the American Economic Association Annual Meetings.
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The B.A. in Economics degree consists of 120 credit hours of coursework:
MAJOR – 33 Credits Required
- ECON1030 - Principles of Microeconomics (Honors section: ECON1035)
- ECON3020 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
- ECON3030 - Intermediate Microeconomics
- ECON3400 - Money and Banking
- ECON3500 - Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON4803 - Economics Practicum
- ECON4850 - Senior Research Project
- ECON____ Economics Elective 1 (select from ECON3000-4000-level courses)
- ECON____ Economics Elective 2 (select from ECON3000-4000-level courses)
- ECON____ Economics Elective 3 (select from ECON3000-4000-level courses)
- ECON____ Economics Elective 4 (select from ECON3000-4000-level courses)
RESTRICTED COURSES – 12 Credits Required
- GEOG1020 - World Geography
- HIST1100 - United States History I (Honors section: HIST1105)
- MGMT2100 - Statistical/Quantitative Analysis; or STAT2110 - Statistics
- POLS1010 - Intro to Political Science
RMU CORE COURSES – 39 Credits Required
- CSEN1010 - Reading and Writing Strategies; or CSCM2050 - Intercultural Communications CSHR2050)
- CSEN1020 - Argument and Research (Honors section: CSHR1020)
- CSCM1030 - Public Speaking and Persuasion (Honors section: CSHR1030)
- CSCM2040 - Professnl Commun In Workplace (Honors section: CSHR2040)
- ECON1020 - Principles of Macroeconomics – Minimum grade of “C” must be earned
- HUMA1010 - Humanities: Art and Music (Honors section: HUMA1015)
- INFS1020 - Fundamentals of Information Technology (Honors section: INFS1025)
- MATH2040 - Finite Math & Applied Calculus
- PSYC1010 - General Psychology (Honors section: PSYCH1015)
- POLS1020 - American National Government (Honors section: POLS1025)
- SOCI1010 - Principles Of Sociology; or
- SOCI1020 - Contemporary Amer Social Prob (Honors section: SOCI1025)
- ENGL – English Literature Elective (Honors section: ENGL2065)
- ____ Natural Science Elective
OPEN ELECTIVES – 36 Credits Required
- Open electives 1-12; University Catalogue, Undergraduate Minors
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The following are some of the key student learning outcomes. Through coursework, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of the operation of national and global markets and the macroeconomic environment in order to effectively manage and operate a business;
- Use reliable economic data to analyze industry and country-level economic trends, evaluate competitiveness, and make strategic plans that seek to influence the actions and reactions of rival firms and protect profit in the long run;
- Apply insights from behavioral economics to human resource management, saving, investment, and wealth management decisions;
- Demonstrate critical and interdisciplinary thinking skills by applying the concepts of opportunity costs, sunk cost, and marginal analysis to routine decisions of managing the daily operations of an organization, as well as long-term investment decisions;
- Explain the potential as well as limits of macroeconomic policy to reduce the duration and severity of a recession or control inflation;
- Explain the rationale as well as intended and unintended effects of government policies and regulation.
- Career Preparation and Demand for Economists
As graduates of RMU’s Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree program, students will be well-prepared for careers in business, industry, banking, and government, as well as for graduate programs in economics and social sciences or advanced professional education in law. Our economics graduates have continued to law schools or other graduate programs as well as to employment within government and a variety of industries. In particular, our graduates work in auditing, environmental planning, market and economic analysis, budgeting, real estate, finance, and insurance.
Be ready to meet this demand by earning your bachelor’s degree in Economics at Robert Morris University.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of economists is projected to grow 14 percent from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations. Job prospects should be best for those with strong analytical skills, and experience using statistical analysis software. Pursuing graduate study in economics further enhances employment opportunities.
The May 2020 median annual wages
- for economists : $108,350 per year
- In the top industries for economists
- Finance and insurance: $129,060
- Federal government, excluding postal service: $125,350
- Management, scientific, and technical consulting services: $111,340
- State government, excluding education and hospitals: $73,510
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Economists, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/economists.htm (visited April 14, 2021).
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- SAT and ACT testing scores are now optional for freshman applicants.
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Our graduates work in areas such as auditing, environmental planning, market and economic analysis, budgeting, real estate, finance, and insurance. Particular jobs include personal financial advisor, healthcare analytics specialist, financial analyst, statistician, and credit analyst.
A sample of employers who have hired our graduates:
- Alaska Aces
- American Capital Group
- Axcess Financial
- BDO USA
- BNY Mellon
- Erie Insurance
- Goldman Sachs Ayco
- Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
- Mitsubishi Power Electric Products
- MR Financial Group
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. Department of Treasury
- Schmidt Technology
- Selker Advisors
Our graduates have continued in graduate and law programs at schools such as:
- City University of London
- Duquesne University
- Johns Hopkins University
- McMaster University
- Penn State University
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Western Ontario
- Vanderbilt University
Julian Gregorio, Class of 2020
Dual Major in Economics and Financial Planning with minors in Accounting and English
“My economics degree from RMU is priceless. Econ taught me how to look at the world critically, how to analyze policy proposals thoughtfully and, simply, how to think. You need to be able to both zoom in on details and look at the big picture. I am certain my degree helped me get into law school and, I’m finding, during law school too — but the best thing about economics is that it prepares you for a calling in such a wide variety of fields, from banking, to government, to grad school, and everything in between.”
Samantha Medasie, Class of 2020
Economics Major with a minor in Human Resources Management, Honors Program
“I started as an Undeclared Business major and chose economics after really enjoying Principles of Macroeconomics with Dr. Yang. Economics seemed like a great way to combine my interests in policy and business. I loved the economics program. The faculty is so knowledgeable, engaging, and supportive, and I really enjoyed learning from all of them. I feel that economics prepared me so well for law school. I am able to understand the real-world economic impact of policy and laws, and I have developed great critical thinking skills. I would highly recommend this program to pre-law students.”
Stanley Marciniak, Class of 2018
Economics Major, Honors Program
“Economics, simply put, is the study of how our world works: why markets thrive, how policy impacts business, and what drives improvements to our standard of living. Earning an economics degree cultivates unparalleled analytical, logical, and critical thinking skills that serve tomorrow's leaders in government, law, business, and academia. Economics is something that sticks with you. Being a law student, it has benefitted me tremendously and it's a study I wish everyone in my profession understood.”
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