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December 10, 2015
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Westfield Academy and Central School has announced its Honor and Merit Rolls for middle and high school students.

Students earning an average of between 85 and 89.499 percent are awarded recognition by having their names placed on the Merit Roll. The following students make up the Merit Roll for the first marking period of the school year 2015-2016:

Sixth Grade: Isabella Bratton, Cole Holland, Koda Houser, Henry Mueller, Andrew Nellis, Arianna Nichols, Dominic Quagliana, Wyatt Schuster, Asher Tefft, Emily Timmerman, Leah Tredo, Ethan Weingart

Seventh Grade: Ariana Albanesius, Dane Alford, Jamie Black, Charles Bowen, Angel Busch, Daniel Davies, Erin Dougan, April Fleck, Tandora Giles, Joshua Hoffman, Danielle Jafarjian, Clayton Kircher, Midalys Rivera, Morgan Spann, Emily Whitcomb

Eighth Grade: Andrew Baribeau, Keegan Carnahan, Johlene Cunningham, Shaleigh Damcott, Heather Fleck, Dasia Guinnee, Avery Knapp, Jennifer Lopez Bautista, Nelvelyn Maldonado Rivera, Jacob Miller, Montana Reardon, Brenna Watson

Ninth Grade: Colby Bills, Justin Emmons, Grace Garske, Carl Laurie, Paige Nichols, Brent Post, Austin Presto, Matthew See, Anthony Spann, Benson Troccoli

Tenth Grade: Alexis Auffhammer, Cole Auffhammer, Lillian Brown, Christian Hammond, Lucas Kawski, Daniel Milks, Sarah Okerlund, Alec Stanley, Victor Tolentino, Julio Torres Lebron

Eleventh Grade: Madison Abbey-Mott, Ariel Breads, Allison Brown, Madison DeLand, Rylee Eggert, David Grayson ll, Amanda Knappenberger, Brittney Landon, Rachel Mathews, Courtney Morrison, Zackary Patmore, Carley Rickerson, Bailey Summerville, Elena Vicary, Allan Warren, Simon Williams, Anna Wright

Twelfth Grade: Brenna Culbreth, Bryce Gatto, Joshua McCord, Daniel McMurray, Melinda Monroe, Dylan Strain

Students earning an average of between 89.50 and 94.499 percent are awarded recognition by having their names placed on the Honor Roll. The following students make up the Honor Roll for the first marking period of the school year 2015-2016:

Sixth Grade: Julia Abbey, Sheala Barresi, Katelyn Booth, Alysia Burgess, Kyle Douglas, Rachel Eggleston, Delilah Guinnee, Benjamin Kowal, Laura Quisenberry, Alany Rivera, Joanna Seminatore, Joseph Smith, Darien Swanson, Montana Truitt, Lena Zimmer

Seventh Grade: Bradley Babcock, Richard Barney, Brooke Carlson, Alison Chimera, Cailei Culver-Fisk, Hunter Dellow, Destiny Guinnee, Cooper Harris, Brayden Kneer, Kallie Loveless, Logan Miles, Lillian Nichols, James Northrop, Lincoln Paternosh, Tyler Ptak, Rebecca Quisenberry, Dylan Rammelt, Allyson Schaaf, Matthew Schumaker, Easton Seger

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Ninth Grade: Marilynn Amborski, Ella Archer, Bret Babcock, Nicholas Barresi, Austin Bourgeois, Jordan Carlson, Michael Clamp, Carley Dougan, Rhiannon Evans, Grace Herr, Lauren Quagliana, Vincenzo Raimonde, Athena Smith, Luke Stephenson

Tenth Grade: Thomas Ackendorf, Kaitlyn Dalton, Rachel Dhali, Jasmine Kiswani, Kaitlyn Mancari, Ania Nichols, Drew Schultz, Dustin White

Eleventh Grade: Kerrigan Babcock, Jani Barney, Maxwell Bates, Christopher Catalano, Eric Fermier, Hailey Garske, Maddison Knapp, Emmanuelle Knappenberger, Cheyenne Lindemuth, Christian Miles, Chandler Nichols, Michael Poletto lll, William Quagliana, Madisan Raynor, Lindsey Songer, Chance Stoddard, Brock Vicary

Twelfth Grade: Daniel Ackendorf, D. Raymond Amborski, Jason Babcock, Madison Dahl, Brandon DeJohn, Megan Emory, Elizabeth Gollnitz, Madison Gross, Keely Guest, Amy Meleen, Michelle Morse, Joseph Quagliana, Julia Quagliana, Gregory Schroeder, Adam Slavik, Hailey Tredo

Students earning an average of between 94.50 and 100.00 percent are awarded recognition by having their names places on the High Honor Roll/ Academic All-Star Roll. The following students make up the High Honor/ Academic All-Star Roll for the first marking period of the year 2015-2016:

Sixth Grade: Lauren Bills, Joy Kiswani, Madeline Lancaster, Ryan Resnick

Seventh Grade: Owen Bates, Sophie Devlin, Elber Lopez Hernandez, Heather Monroe, Darren Morse, Alexa Quagliana, McKenzie Wolfe

Eighth Grade: Hayden Backus, Bradley Belmondo, Katie Bodenmiller, Isaac Caballero, Dhananjay Patel, Dylan Scriven, Abigail Warner, McKayla Wolfe

Ninth Grade: Grace Bodenmiller, Jena Brooker, Olivia Klamp, Sophia DeMarco, Olivia Kitchen, Noah Knappenberger, Jessica Lopez-Hernandez, Tyler Miles, Jessica Morse, Bethany Schaaf, Sarah Tilley

Tenth Grade: Madyson Abbey, Kiara Booker, Kailyn Gatto, Hannah Hoebener, Alexandria Kassman, Nicholas Presto, Anne-Catherine Schaaf, Madison Schroeder, Brittany Whitcomb

Eleventh Grade: Sydnee Abele, Alaina Cockram, Elizabeth Franchina, Hunter Howes, Joshua Kitchen

Twelfth Grade: Cameron Abbey-Mott, Gillian Belcher, Brooke Bennett, Meghan Bodenmiller, Ashley Burgess, Judah Herr, Taylor Kassman, Sarrah Luczkowiak, Trevor North, Claire Tilley, Laura Tofil, Jonathan Wilson

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Findley Lake restaurant reopens after 10 years

September 2, 2017
By David Prenatt - , Westfield Republican

FINDLEY LAKE - After more than a decade of being used as a storage building, the I-86 Express Restaurant in Findley Lake is serving up good food once again.

The restaurant, owned by Findley Lake Properties Inc., which also owns the Holiday Inn Express hotel on the same grounds, fired up the grill and started serving on Aug. 2. The restaurant held its grand opening on Sunday, Aug. 21, featuring a discounted menu and samples of its fare.

The I-86 Express was built along with the hotel in 2001. The complex was built by Norbert Cross as a complement to Peek n' Peak resort, which he owned at that time.

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The restaurant was closed after a few years of operation, however. The most common reason given for the restaurant's demise was that the prices were too high.

Maroun Kneiher, general manager of the Holiday Inn Express, spearheaded the renovation and reopening of the restaurant and agreed that this was probably the case. "I compared the old menu to ours. Some of the items were the same price then as they are now on our menu," he said.

Cross sold the hotel and restaurant, but the next owners kept the I-86 Express closed, using it as a storage building for several years. The big blue sign was covered over and no improvements were made. Still, guests as well as people traveling by on the I-86 Interstate would inquire if the restaurant were open.

When the Holiday Inn Express was sold to new owners from Michigan and Findley Lake Properties was incorporated, the possibility of reopening the I-86 Express was immediately considered. Once several improvements had been made to the hotel, work began to renovate the restaurant in February.

It took several months to complete preparations for the restaurant. One of the hardest things was finding the right person to manage it. Kneiher finally hired Adam Thornton.

"Adam was referred by several people," Kneiher said. "So I checked his references and brought him in for an interview.

"I've been trying to make many improvements to the hotel, and now we have the restaurant. It's rewarding to have something there for the guests and to tell them that we do have a restaurant on site."

Kneiher said that he hopes the restaurant will become a favorite dining place for the people of the area as well as for guests.

"I want the town to be happy with the food," he said. "I want people in the area to be happy with the food."

The response has been good so far, Kneiher added.

"Everyone has been happy with the prices and even happier with how the food tastes," he said.

The 1-86 Express offers many choices to the visitor including half-pound hamburgers, pizza, subs, salads, sandwiches, wraps and desserts. One specialty item diners can try is the Fatoush salad which is Kneiher's personal addition.

"The fatoush does not come with a dressing, but has extra virgin olive oil mixed in, as well as a secret ingredient," he said. "It's just a very healthy choice. It has veggies and an extra ingredient that we add to make it good,"

Kneiher said he and the owners are "very excited" to see the restaurant become a reality. He said the fare will develop as time goes by.

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The billion-dollar box office club

Only a handful of movies qualify for the exclusive club of films that have taken in more than $1 billion in worldwide box office — and only three have made more than $2 billion. By Charles Fleming | Sources: Los Angeles Times, Box Office Mojo

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'January Joiner' A 'Weight-Loss Horror Comedy'

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The new comedy "January Joiner" takes its title from those people who make New Year's resolutions to join a gym, eat healthier, and lose those holiday pounds. But the name has a disparaging subtext, implying these folks are destined to become "February Failures."

Playwright Laura Jacqmin has something weightier on her mind than Slim-Fast wisecracks.

"It's about transformation," she says during a recent break from rehearsals at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre, where the play is having its world premiere. Staged by the theater's associate artistic director, Eric Ting, the work runs through Feb. 10.

"It's about what happens to us when a person close to us changes," she says, adding that it's not just about personal poundage but any type of dramatic change from cosmetic surgery to Alzheimer's.

"So much of it has to do with the question: Are we mourning for the person who has changed or ourselves? Maybe it's not our job to say whether that change is good or bad. We just have to come to terms with that change and sometimes that's a difficult process for us. And that's what happens in the second act.

The first act, she says, reminds audiences of the play's subtitle — "A Weight Loss Horror Comedy" — when an evil, haunted vending machine produces a few figurative and literal scares as the characters try to cope with the temptations of food. "The second act "is more of the psychological horror."

Jacqmin, a Yale University graduate who received her MFA from Ohio University, says the idea for the play began with the idea of a daughter calling her mother, with the mother saying, "I've lost a bunch of weight and I can't wait for you to see me."

"Then the daughter goes home, the door opens and her mother is a completely different person," says Jacqmin

The play evolved over time and now centers on two sisters in their 30s who go to a high-end weight loss boot camp — think of Canyon Ranch, with attitude. "They've both been shaped by the experience of weight when they were growing up," says Jacqmin. One sister remained home in Ohio and had a "cardiac episode," so her motivation is health-directed. The other who had moved away to New York City, returns to support her sister, and to lose a few pounds too.

"[Weight-loss programs] can go from being a good and healthy thing that everyone can support to being a dangerous thing where it becomes an obsession" says the playwright. "So how far is 'too far?'"

The idea of losing weight is just the starting point, she says. "The idea is really about transformation, that if you lose weight, you will be a better, happier and cleaner person? The play asks, 'Why can't we just be happy with ourselves? And what are we defining as success and what are we defining as failure?' "

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Weight and body-image themes have been rare in plays, says director Ting. The handful of plays on the universal subject include: "My Fat Friend," Neil LaBute's "Fat Pig," Albert Innaurato's "The Transformation of Benno Blimpie," Wendy MacLeod's "Schoolgirl Figure," Jonathan Reynolds' "Fighting International Fat" and the recent off-Broadway play about a 500 pound-plus man, "The Whale" by Samuel D. Hunter

"January Joiner" doesn't present one specific solution or one idea on the subject, says director Ting. "It allows for a real rich consideration from a lot of different angles. The audience will not all come in or leave thinking the same thing. And weight loss is not going to be the main thing that, in then end, will be on the audience's minds."

The play is part of the theater's annual Global & the Arts,"which uses a Long Wharf production as an opportunity for further discussion. A symposium on the subject will be held Jan. 23. Parts of Yale Peabody Museum's recent exhibit "Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating" is being presented in the theater's lobby.

"The plays we produce [in association with the initiative] are not didactic or represent a current line of thought, and that's true of Laura's play," says Ting. "They're ultimately human stories that, in part, resonate with the theme of the symposium in some way.

Ting says "people seek the quick solution and that's where it becomes unhealthy — when we count on magic bullets to solve all of our problems, not realizing that there's as much a psychological element as a physical one. In the end, being genuinely healthy is about a commmited long term effort and that's the thing that's the hardest for everybody. That's why resolutions fail."

Ting says Jacqmin "has an uncanny ability to theatricalize what are real and personal struggles for us, whether it be weight and self image or Alzheimer's. The conversations are grounded in real questions, choices and real people."

Says Jacqmin, "One of the aims of the play is not to demonize the skinny and fat people ...It shows that we all have relationships with our bodies that are complicated. I don't think people at the end of the play will say, 'Gym-going is a bad thing.' I think it ends up being more than that. Self acceptance is a huge thing at the end — and the acceptance of other people."

JANUARY JOINER runs through Feb. 10 at Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven. Performances are Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and an additional Sunday performance at 7 p.m. on Jan. 20. Tickets are $45 to $65. Information: 203-787-4282 and www.longwharf.org.

Read Frank's blog on theater, the arts and entertainment at www.courant.com/curtain. And be the first to know by following Frank on twitter at www.Twitter.com/ShowRiz.

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Climate change is felt globally and risks are rising, U.N. panel says

Climate change is already affecting every continent and ocean, posing immediate and growing risks to people, an international panel of scientists warned Monday.

The longer society delays steps to cut the release of planet-warming greenhouse gases, the more severe and widespread the harm will be, said the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report, which collects and summarizes thousands of scientific studies, is the panel's starkest yet in laying out the risks facing nature and society.

Global warming threatens food and water supplies, security and economic growth, and will worsen many existing problems, including hunger, drought, flooding, wildfires, poverty and war, says the report by hundreds of scientists from 70 countries.

"Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change," panel Chairman Rajendra Pachauri said at a news conference in Yokohama, Japan, where the 2,500-page assessment was presented.

As the Earth warms, snow and ice are melting, rainfall is shifting, heat waves are growing more intense and water supplies are being strained. Plants and animals are moving to cooler areas, and in a few cases, have gone extinct because of climate change, the report says.

Oceans are rising and growing more acidic, hurting marine life and threatening coastal residents with more destructive storms. By century's end, climate change could displace hundreds of millions of people and cause trillions of dollars in damage to the world economy, the scientists say.

One of the panel's most striking new conclusions is that rising temperatures are already depressing crop yields, including those of corn and wheat. In the coming decades, farmers may not be able to grow enough food to meet the demands of the world's growing population, it warns.

Although the United States and other wealthy countries could probably adjust to the resulting surges in food prices, "this could really be devastating in terms of increased malnutrition and hunger" in the developing world, said Linda Mearns, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.

Much of the burden will fall on the world's poorest people, who have done little to cause global warming. Coping with the effects could cost developing countries as much as $100 billion a year, according to a World Bank estimate cited in the report.

Although developing countries face the greatest loss of life, wealthy countries will experience greater financial losses, the report said. North America, for instance, can expect increasing damage from wildfires, flooding and heat-related deaths as temperatures climb, rainfall intensifies and sea level rises.

"It's not the case that we in the rich world are protected and they in the poor world are not," said Chris Field, a scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science and co-chairman of the group that drafted the report. "You just have to look at Hurricane Sandy to get a picture of that."

Scientists said their conclusions reflected growing evidence since the panel's last assessment, in 2007, that extreme heat, dwindling snowpack, heavy rainfall and other episodes were becoming more frequent and severe because of climate change.

The more emissions climb and temperatures rise, the greater the odds of irreversible consequences, the report warns.

"Once a low-lying small island nation is flooded due to sea level rise, there is no turning back for people who lived there," said Virginia Burkett, climate scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Earth has warmed by about 1.5 degrees since the late 1800s because of the buildup of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels, industrial activity, agriculture and deforestation. The U.N. panel in September projected temperatures will rise 2.7 degrees to 8.1 degrees if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere double, with sea level rising 10 to 32 inches by century's end.

The report is the second in a three-part climate assessment, the panel's fifth since 1990, and will form the basis for negotiations next year on a new global treaty to limit greenhouse gases.

The Obama administration responded to the study with a call for an "ambitious" new agreement to cut global emissions.

"Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy," Secretary of State John F. Kerry said in a statement.

The report outlines some positive developments, including that many nations are already taking important steps to adapt to the changing climate. Some regions are restoring coastal wetlands, adopting resilient crop varieties, building coastal flood barriers and protecting energy infrastructure from disasters.

"If we can get emissions down and slow the warming, then through effective adaptation we have a chance to come out of this in reasonably good shape," said Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist at Princeton University. "If we don't, then I fear for the future."

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It was after just 50k. Now the creators of Dark Souls: The Board Game have seen their funding pass the 3.5m mark as the venture reaches the final few hours of its Kickstarter.

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This is crazy but I love Shiraz Malbec, baby

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In July I discovered a delicious wine. Soft, well balanced with notes of cherry and plum that dance along the palate in a smooth velvet line. Indeed.

The best part? This wine is not only delicious, it’s a steal at $7.95. Now I hear your skepticism but I kid you not. This wine is tasty.

Almost as if it’s been priced wrong or something.

In any case, you need to try it.

The wine I’m waxing poetic about? Well it’s the Fuzion Shiraz Malbec.

Fuzion Shiraz Malbec – wine goodness

But this wine’s nose and drinkableness – it’s not what I’m here to write about. At least not directly.

No, you see what I want to tell you is that the secret about this wine is out. And now it’s almost impossible to find on the shelves at the LCBO.

Naked, forlorn LCBO shelf.

It would seem everyone knows how tasty this wine is and everyone is buying it up. Bottle after bottle. Ask an LCBO employee about when the next shipment is in, and all you get is a shrug and a story about how five cases came in the other day and sold in hours.

It had to have been a restaurant or two that gobbled up those cases. That or people are seriously lining up out the door for this wine. Which seems a bit crazy to me. And maybe illegal. Anyway…

As luck would have it, the LCBO on March Road was stocked this past weekend. So I grabbed two bottles. Yes! Double fist-pump. I’m stocked for now…but do me a favour.

The next time you stroll into your local LCBO (or other store of the like), swing by the Argentinian section. If you see the Fuzion Shiraz Malbec lining the shelves, pick up a bottle. Then tweet me to say it’s in stock!

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    A good wine is like a good kiss I believe! It gets under your skin…

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My New Diabetes Articles for HealthCentral:

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Stop Big Sugar from Corrupting Your Diabetes Management
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Marijuana Component May Help Manage Diabetes
One component of marijuana might help people with diabetes to manage blood glucose.

The Best Time for a Short Walk
A new diabetes study shows that the best way to reduce your glucose level is to walk right after you eat -- particularly when you eat carbs.

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Beef Cabbage Stew

It's the season for comfort food and cabbage is one of those foods. This is a hearty stew that is wonderful served with fresh rolls on a cold day. This stew is a little spicy although I found it just right for my palate. I think this recipe would work well in a crock pot too.
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 1 small onion, chopped (I made it without onion and it tastes really good:)
  • 1 1/2 cups beef broth
  • 4 cups green cabbage, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, chopped
  • 1 can 540 ml / 19 oz kidney beans
  • 1 can 398 ml / 14 oz diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup tomato sauce, I used a hot and spicy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  1. In a large sauce pan over medium heat cook beef, celery and onion (if using) and cook until lightly browned.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature to low and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until cabbage and carrots are tender.
  3. Serve with warm rolls.
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  1. This would hit the spot on a cold, dreary day. I like the addition of the "spicy" flavors.

  2. Oh my that looks delicious Betty! The snow is falling over here this morning so this would be the perfect thing to have simmering on the stove.

  3. Mmmmm warmth for the cold season! Looks delicious!


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Qualities That Make A Good Dance Studio For Your Child

If your child is interested in dancing and would like to take up dance lessons, you will have to spend time searching for a dance studio. Of course, you will only want the best for your child, and there’s no doubt about it. So, you much start spending some time on your search so that you can find a good studio of your choice. There are several factors that make dance studios different. Therefore, you will have to make informed choice. The type of dance studio Scottsdale you choose will determine your child’s dancing career.

Professional Setting Is Must

Always look for a professional dance studio. Even if you have derived information related to the dance studio from the internet, you must go and see it for yourself. You will have to focus on just one thing – your kid’s continued progress in dancing. There are several dance schools, usually commercial in features, emphasizing more on recreation and fun than teaching the basics of dancing. You will have to consider the class sizes at such establishments too; you will notice that the classes are quite large. Too many students can make it difficult to learn dancing. Commercial studios focus on the annual recital more than teaching the skills of dancing.

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You must visit the dance studio and check the dance floor by yourself. There are some dance forms that can put a lot of pressure on the joints and bones of young ones, especially dance styles like ballet. There are many forms of jumps and leaps involved in ballet dancing. You have to ensure that the dance floor is cushioned so that your child never experienced problems. In addition, you must ensure that the surface is non-slip for dancers.

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Along old U.S. Route 66, the once-kitschy Overland Motel in Needles is crumbling, vacant lots pock downtown and, as if this remote desert outpost weren’t suffering enough, the last car dealership folded up and left behind a blanket of empty asphalt.

Not a pretty picture for travelers who might pull off the highway for a burger or to spend the night.

Then, about five months ago, a man with a sun-stained face and paint-crusted fingernails drifted in, and the tiny old railroad town of Needles started looking a little brighter.

The first mural popped up on a bare cinder-block wall at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant: A giant Santa Fe locomotive chugging by a roadside sign for the “Route 66 Original Diner.”

Another appeared at the Valero gas station, with two space aliens that look like ET driving down Route 66 in a 1950s Buick. Elvis and Marilyn took over the side wall of the Econo Smog with their two-tone Ford Fairlane convertible parked at the Colorado River. Marilyn sported aviators and the King, white leathers.

All pay homage to U.S. Route 66, the Mother Road, which ran from Chicago to Los Angeles and right through the heart of Needles before it was retired from the federal highway system in 1985. Other larger-than-life odes appeared seemingly overnight at the Needles Point Pharmacy and Liquor Store, Deco Food Service, the local Chevron station, the Miranda Car Wash and the local Best Western — more than a dozen murals in just a few months, and more are in the works.

The man behind the brush, Dan Louden, spent 30 years bouncing around truck stops in the West, hand-painting any long-hauler’s piece de resistance on the cabs or trailers. He painted Harleys for the Hells Angels in San Bernardino — until that got a little too dicey for him — and hand-lettered signs for fish markets, high schools and auto parts stores all the way up to Seattle. He’s pinstriped more hot rods than he can remember.

“I do it because there’s a lot of fringe benefits that come with this. You travel, you do what you want,” said Louden, 52, who grew up in Diamond Bar. “I just love the desert. I don’t like living in big cities. I don’t like the traffic. Out here you can sleep with the door unlocked.”

Susan Alexis, owner of the Wagon Wheel, said that a couple of years back, Louden did odd jobs for her and others around town, but they didn’t know he was a master with a few cans of paint.

When he mentioned it to her while breezing through town earlier this year, she hired him on the spot. Alexis had wanted to paint the restaurant’s side wall ever since noticing how ugly the bank of cinder blocks looked on Google Maps’ street view.

“I just wanted to bring some nostalgia to the building. We have so much history here, but our town doesn’t reflect it,” Alexis said. “Now, everyone around town is talking about the guy.”

Louden said he’s been drawing and painting ever since he was a kid but never pursued it. Then one day, when he was about 20, he delivered paint to an “old school” sign shop in Yucaipa and his life changed forever.

Louden has a house outside of Kingman, Ariz., that he shares with his girlfriend, Vicky Bowden, a former nurse from Lone Pine.

With work pouring in, they have camped out at the Needles Inn for weeks at a time, working almost every day. It help that he’s affordable — $500 for a mural covering the side of a small building — and fast. Most jobs are wrapped up in a day. When they overheat in the scorching Mojave sun, they take a dip in the Colorado.

“It’s certainly brightened up downtown, and hopefully it’ll help bring more tourists in,” said Needles Mayor Edward Paget. “It’s not like this was planned. People are doing it on their own — and they’re being greatly encouraged by both myself and the City Council to improve downtown.”

Most of the businesses hiring Louden have stuck to a Route 66 theme, honoring the highway that lighted up Needles during its last heyday.

In November, the town also is celebrating the 85th anniversary of the road. Needles earned a certain fame when it was named in John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.”

“It was outrageously reasonable, and I think he captured the feel of the small town,” said Needles accountant Michael Burger, who hired Louden to liven up his office building earlier this month. “It’s a nice thing he’s doing for the town.”

Burger had a snapshot of his restored ’57 Chevy truck and handed it to Louden, telling him to use that and then “do whatever you want.” Twelve hours later, his building was covered with the gang from the Peanuts comic, including Snoopy’s brother Spike from Needles — one of the town’s biggest celebrities. Charlie Brown is at the wheel of the truck.

Louden also was hired to paint a memorial inside the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Station in Needles honoring Deputy Russell Dean Roberts, who was killed in 1995 while investigating an accident in the town.

Capt. Marty Brown of the county Fire Department also wants to hire Louden to paint the station in Needles.

“We just need to give the front a facelift — maybe to look like an old-school fire station,” Brown said. “The firefighters will probably have to pay for it out of pocket, since it’s pretty unlikely we’re going to pay for that with public funds.”

Louden says times are tough for everyone these days, which is why he keeps his prices low. He can afford to, he said, because there’s more work than he can handle.

“The first sign painter I ever ran into told me that if you learn how to do this, you’ll never go hungry. And he’s absolutely right,” Louden said. “You’ll always find someone who needs something done.”

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Who Let the Blogs Out?
April 25, 2001 8:37 PM   Subscribe

Who Let the Blogs Out? I would just like to say, for the record, that my juggernautal legal team is currently assembling their case against Yahoo for copyright infringement.
posted by Succa (23 comments total)
Wow. Can I nominate this one for best blog news story ever? It's certainly close. Covers Blogger and Manila equally (though lists no specific Userland blogs) -- even references Pitas and Diaryland; hits the a-list and a few lesser-known but very worthy lights; touches on links.net and NCSA What's New; even discusses how blog-like methods are infiltrating normal journalism, with asides to Drudge and Inside. Points for heading sections as if part of a blog.

Two major nits: Slashdot may be a community, but it's been at least two years since it could be called tightly-knit; and if it's "absurd" to say that blogs will supersede journalism, first find a blogger who said that, then answer why your article and the examples you cite are indeed superseding former modes of content.

Also: I thought the Scoop Index was abandoned long ago.

Anybody else think worse of it?
posted by dhartung at 9:00 PM on April 25, 2001

Oh, and yes, this is old news but it's the first online copy of the article I've seen so far.

I really wonder how much traffic these blogs get from articles such as this one. Are people generally open-minded about trying new things online, or do they just skim over these articles and say "hmph, well, there's another web phenomenon I don't know anything about" and then continue on with their lives?

Might be nice to see an article with a little sauce to it. The one in the New Yorker was decent, I thought. Any other non-middle-of-the-road blog articles around?
posted by Succa at 9:02 PM on April 25, 2001

I don't think "web phenomenon" is a term I would use to describe blogs. Blogs aren't so insignifigant. In fact, I would say they have been around the internet for far longer than the term blog has been around. Blogs aren't really anything greater than the old early 90's homepages that people basically refered to as online journals/diaries. Without such websites, the internet would have been dull, and quite possibly may not have ever reached the point it has today. Perhaps I'm giving ''blogs" too much credit?
posted by howa2396 at 9:13 PM on April 25, 2001

Let's just be thankful we speak a language wherein the pun "Who Let The Blogs Out" works.
posted by ParisParamus at 9:17 PM on April 25, 2001

Anybody else think worse of it?

posted by aaron at 9:22 PM on April 25, 2001

kind of amusing that the person who wrote the article, heidi pollock, has phostar.com linked next to her name on the last page. what the!
posted by kv at 9:40 PM on April 25, 2001

I agree with you dhartung.

It's almost at the point were one could write a weblog news article generator.

Link to weblog tools, comment on weblog tools, link to a-list weblogs, include snappy a-lister quotes, list a few of your favorite blogs, list anything else you happen to find in your bookmarks that is weblogish and print.

Soon there will be so many articles that the a-listers will write a-lister quote generators. I'll write a snarky weblog article comment generator that end up only being read by everyone's AI internet surfing scripts because you are busy trying to get the latest Center of the World inspired chat subject to perform certain sugestive acts.
posted by john at 10:26 PM on April 25, 2001

I was actually working on a weblog article for an online magazine in February, but I decided to drop it for much the reasons succa and john pointed out.
posted by lia at 2:42 AM on April 26, 2001

Lousy article. Why? Cause it doesn't mention any of the great British - or other language - blogs. Plus it says: A disproportionate number of them are in Dutch, for which I have no explanation. Is it so hard to ASK us?
posted by prolific at 3:12 AM on April 26, 2001

Well, you know, it's terribly time consuming to click on mailto links or fill out contact forms, especially when they lead to (gasp) foreigners -- one never knows what one might catch. ;)

Heidi Pollock's homepage is http://www.phostar.com/~heidi/, if anyone wants to take a look (found via Fireland, some months back).
posted by lia at 3:50 AM on April 26, 2001

I don't know anything about blogs or blogging but I know what I like.
posted by Postroad at 4:28 AM on April 26, 2001

Lousy article. Why? Cause it doesn't mention any of the great British - or other language - blogs.
Ummm...maybe because the overwhelming majority of ZDNet readers are American and English-speaking? Not that including non-American/English blogs wouldn't have been of interest, but I don't necessarily see this as a "character flaw" or some sort of bias against "foreign" blogs.
posted by davidmsc at 4:35 AM on April 26, 2001

I'll admit it's a perfunctory article, but a) it's about weblogs, what you do want, b) I think it's safe to blame the wearying title (sorry, Nick) on a Yahoo temp, and c) even freakishly intelligent writers like Heidi have to pay the bills. Try this, a diary of her ongoing attempt to completely absorb every single exhibit in the New York Museum of Natural History.
posted by jga at 5:40 AM on April 26, 2001

Succa, I think legal action is in order. I thought "Succaland.com: who let the blogs out! woof woof woof!" was very clever...when it was on succaland. I'll appear as a witness on the plaintiff's behalf.
posted by borgle at 8:50 AM on April 26, 2001

Think Yahoo was having revenue problems before? Wait 'till my legal team is through with them!

I will admit a certain textual attraction to Heidi Pollock and her work. Her writing is certainly impressive, even though she doesn't appear to have a lot of her work online. I believe she worked at Webmonkey...true, Joshie?

Anyway, it's perfectly alright to write articles such as these to pay the bills (providing you have the skills to pay said bills). But, has anyone tried a more daring, mudslingy take on the "earthshattering phenomenon" known as blogs? Like, you know, Zeldman and Knauss squaring off in the UFC Octagon of Doom or something? I'm looking for paparazzi, here.
posted by Succa at 9:21 AM on April 26, 2001

OK, I withdraw my nomination. It was ill-considered.

I don't know that we'll ever see a blog article that fails to mention a-listers, though.
posted by dhartung at 11:13 AM on April 26, 2001

I'm pretty sure the paranoids are going to label anyone who gets quoted in a mainstream article on weblogs as one of those awful A-listers.
posted by harmful at 11:29 AM on April 26, 2001

Succa: "I will admit a certain textual attraction to Heidi Pollock and her work."

Say no MORE! (nudge nudge)
posted by lia at 11:45 AM on April 26, 2001

Must have been one of those days when the ZDNet guys were having lunch with the Boston Globe guys....this is in today's "Digital Mass" section
posted by briank at 12:06 PM on April 26, 2001

Don't feel bad, Succa -- people have begun to forward articles to me that steal my year-old "Content with content" line.

"Yahoo is content with its content; meets earnings goals" , and so on.
posted by jragon at 12:45 PM on April 26, 2001

Heidi didn't work for Webmonkey, but she wrote some articles for us and bought us an office goldfish which started dying after a month. I was forced to euthanize it in chilled vodka (the boss happened to have some in her desk), the method recommended by our resident Fish Expert. I don't suggest doing this.
posted by jga at 2:18 PM on April 26, 2001

Hee hee, get it? I'm textually attracted! Ho ho ho. (for the clueless: "textually" ~~ "sexually", see the similarity? I knew you could.)

Jon: I'm sure with your "bareSquare" and all, you probably haven't got many nice words for the webmaster of "ClearSphere", eh?

I still find it amazing, though, that every reporter seems to discover the same few blogs in every article on the subject. Not like these blogs aren't good, but how come they always find those exact same six or so blogs?

For example, I don't think I've ever seen Halcyon's blog mentioned in one of these articles. Is he not newsworthy? He's unquestionably one of the more eccentric and interesting members of the web community, and yet he's never garnered a mention. He won the Webby for best personal site for chrissakes. Or what about Zeldman? Surely he's a recognizable face in the crowd...have you ever seen him mentioned in a mainstream article? I can't recall anything. Knauss and EOD.com? Hundreds of others? But yet reporters get hung up on the same few blogs in every article. I'm just saying it's odd, that's all.

Do I sound bitter? Probably. Oh well, if you were stuck on a farm in rural Ontario, you'd be bitter too.
posted by Succa at 2:39 PM on April 26, 2001

I'll let you in on a little (not-so-)secret about modern journalism methodology: If you're assigned to write a piece about a subject about which you have little/no knowledge, the first thing you do is read or scan everything else you can quickly find on the subject. Do a NEXUS search on weblogs and you'll turn up a few dozen pieces. If the first three I read mentioned Robot Wisdom, evhead, Blogger, usr/bin/girl and the like, I'd likely check out those sites and consider them, as did my predecessors, as emblematic of the breed. (Well, actually I would take some time to follow a few link paths and ferret out some "lesser-known" sites, but I'm armchair journalism-ing here -- working under deadline, I might not be so conscientious.)
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1. GiladAvidan (photo)

2. CEO, Financial Immunities Ltd., Israel's largest financial risk management firm – advises to hundreds of international and domestic Israeli companies. adam@immunities.co.il President CFO Forum, founder of Israel Economic Leaders organisation, whose member’s are senior executives from leading companies of the Israeli economy. Served as members of the board in public companies. Kainan holds an MBA from Tel- Aviv university. kainan@cfo-forum.org

3. o GDP growth o Resilience & Stability o Debt to GDP Ratio o Unemployment rate & participation

4. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Israel’s population increased from 6.22 million to 8.64 million. Israel’s GDP reached more than 300 billion $. GDP per capita of some 36,000 $ puts Israel in 24th place out of 187 countries. TelAviv.Photo:EliMesser

5. Over $ 100 billion foreign-exchange reserves make Israel one of the leading countries in terms of foreign- exchange reserves per capita. An excellent indication of FINANCIAL STABILITY HIGH FLEXIBILITY The Israeli economy is more immune to world-wide slowdown, due to the flexibility of thousands of export companies dispersed across many industries. Resilience stemming from a combination of Flexibility & Stability

6. Israel is one of only two developed economies in which Debt to GDP Ratio is shrinking debt to GDP ratio (percent) Ashdod

7. Israel’s Employment rates had the highest increase among OECD countries. OECD Report 2014

8. o Technological advantage o The Entrepreneurial Advantage o The Global Advantage o Demographic Advantage of the Israeli’s economy

9. Technological Advantage Space Club Israel is one of only 8 countries that can launch satellites into space. All others are much bigger: Russia, USA, France, Japan, China, UK and India. 1st in cyber security 2nd in public expenditure on education 3rd in qualified engineers in the labor market Cyber security Club Israel belong to the global Cyber Club, which includes five : USA, China, Russia, UK and Israel. All much bigger economies.

10. Cloud Solutions architect, Cloud Platform engineer, GUI designer, Nanotechnologist, CRM database administrator, Database architect, Director of Health Information Network, InfoSec Systems Project manager, Machine Learning engineer, Webmaster, Web designer, Application Support analyst, Marcom professional, Director of Visual Communication, PHP Developer, Behavior design psychologist, Cyber expert, Website Protection expert, Information Security administrator, Application Infrastructure engineer, Full Stack developer, SW developer, Community manager, Blog manager, Cyber researcher, Bioinformatician, Hacking Defined expert, Exploit Writing expert, Malware Analysis expert, Mobile Security expert, Content strategist, Big Data analyst... Israel #1 in the world in the amount of Unicorns per capita. Unicorn is the name of a private company valued at over $ 1 billion Israel is the world leader of R&D employees per capita with 140 per 10,000. In a far second is the USA, with 85 per 10,000. In a world that is rapidly losing professions to mechanization and robotics, Israeli high-tech is creating entirely new professions at a faster pace Israel ranks # 2in the world at the level of innovation This is one reason unemployment in Israel will remain low. The challenge is to connect additional populations to the technological environment .

11. RobertYisraelAumann AvramHershko Arieh Warshel Ada Yonath Daniel Kahneman Michael Levitt Aaron Ciechanover Dan Shechtman Israel is # 3rd in the world for the No. of Turing awards in computing. 30%of winners of the GödelPrize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science are Israelis. 8Israeli Nobellaureates from the beginning of the 21st century, make Israel the no. 1 country of Nobel Prize winners per capita. That means 50 times more than their weight in world population.

12. Entrepreneurial Advantage Israel has a remarkably high level of entrepreneurial activity, mostly opportunity-driven and export-oriented GEM – Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2016 Total early stage entrepreneurial activity – percentage of 18-64 population who either nascent entrepreneur or owner-manager of a new business Entrepreneurial Intention – percentage of 18-64 population who are latent entrepreneur and who intend to start a business within three years

13. Global Advantage 3-4 generations of immigrants from around the globe that have vast knowledge of foreign languages and cultures Developed entrepreneurial culture and boldness Long-term focus on exporting High-tech that produces lots of completely new types of jobs Military technology filters into the civilian economy Jacob & Mitia Reuter With Mongolian clients, In the 1920s.

14. 86 Nasdaq Israeli companies The highest number after USA and China Over 350 leading international companies Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Google, Apple, HP, Cisco, Motorola, Philips, Applied Materials, EMC, Siemens and many others, chose Israel as a target to establish R&D centers All Products are developed for the world. Israel is just a Beta Site.

15. ISRAEL Cypr NetherlandChina Kore Austra ISRAEL Hungary Turkey Portugal Finland Sweden Ireland Spain ISRAEL USA Argentina Uruguay Brazil France Russia Italy ISRAEL Germany Greece Czech Rep. Bulgaria Lithuania Slovenia Denmark R&D Agreements

16. ISRAEL Russia Singapore Slovak Rep. Slovenia South Africa e ISRAEL Denmark Estonia Ethiopia Finland Greece Georgia Germany Greece Hungary India Ireland Italy Jamaica Romania ISRAEL Japan Latvia Lithuania uxemburg Malta Mexico Moldova Netherlands Norway Panama Philippines Poland Portugal ISRAEL Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Czech Republic TAX Agreements

17. • Youngest population in the OECD, median age of 30 (median age of 42 in the OECD) • 3rd most educated population in the world • Positive immigration • Highest fertility rate within the developed countries Demographic advantage

18. Constant improvements it matriculation exams results Ben Gurion University students, 2013

19. Poverty rate & inequality will decrease as more ultra-orthodox Jews and Israeli-Arabs join the workforce and fulfill their potential

20. lower tax rates

21. o Victory over the Desert o Energy revolution o Transportation revolution

22. Victory over the Desert Israel, surrounded by desert, has today more water than it needs. Almost 100% of all water supply to households is from desalination. Israel is the number 1 leader in waste-water recycling with a rate of 90% (Australia, the second has a rate of only 22%).

23. Israel will reach energy independence within 3 years and will become an energy exporter within 5 years. EnergyRevolution The state of Israel is expected to receive royalties and tax from gas exploitation in the amount of more than $ 80 billion in the 30 years to come.

24. The drop in oil prices contributes more to the Israeli economy than to mostother developed economies

25. Significantly increase in public transport development budget. Transportation Revolution

26. Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport ranked one of 10 best airports in the world And the best airport around the globe for shopping...

27. • Poverty & inequality • Cost of living • Redundant Regulation and bureaucracy • Press lost its way • Defense expenditures

28. Cost of living

29. Poverty Rates & Gini coefficients Taub Center 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Ultra Orthodox Jews Israeli Arabs Others 57 50 13 70 57 27 % of households under the poverty line (2012) after before tax and transfers Improving factors due to the labor force participation increasing within Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Israeli-Arab groups, which are the main Households under the poverty line

30. The HDI is a composite statistic of: • life expectancy • Education • Income

31. The Place for the Future Israel ranked Higher than Britain, France, Japan and Italy in a worthwhileness where to be born Economist Index, for healthy, safe and prosperous life in years to come. Photo:EliMesser

32. Dr. Adam Reuter CEO Financial Immunities Ltd. Noga Kainan President CFO Forum for more info or updates: sec@Islandofsuccess.org

33. The main reason for this presentation is to introduce and explain this wonder that so many people are interested in: a country that succeeded against all odds. A safe- heaven for prosecuted Jews anywhere, creating in the process a revolution in agriculture, winning the desert, building defense industries that are reaching exceptional solutions such as the "Iron Dome", exporting the phenomenon of "Start- up Nation", achieving a rate of GDP growth which is second highest of all OECD countries since the 2008 crisis and suffering probably the least from that crisis. A country that is the third most educated nation in the world, and produced since the beginning of the 21st century the biggest number of Nobel Prize winners in relation to the size of the population. One of only eight countries that can launch satellites into space and create such powerful secret services like the Mossad and the best air force in the world. A country that invests more in R & D than any other country, despite a chronic shortage of resources in an atmosphere plunged in chaos and disintegration under an "Islamic winter“. A country of great achievements in Music, Literature and Architecture. A country for the future. ISRAEL.

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Cloverleaf Rolls

Cloverleaf Rolls

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  • Makes: 24 servings
  • Prep 1 hr
  • Rise 1 hr to 2 hrs
  • Bake 12 mins to 15 mins

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  • 1/4 cup warm water (105 degrees to 115 degrees )
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, cut up and softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 -4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 eggs

  1. In a small bowl, combine water, yeast and the 1 teaspoon sugar; stir to dissolve yeast and sugar. Let stand until foamy. In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave milk, covered, on 100 percent power (high) for 1 minute and 45 seconds or until heated through (scalded).
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine warm milk, butter, the 1/4 cup sugar and salt. Add 1 1/4 cups of the flour to milk mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping side of bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs and yeast mixture. Add 1 1/2 cups of the flour. Beat until combined. Add enough of the remaining all-purpose flour to make a soft dough and clears the sides of the bowl.
  3. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (6 to 8 minutes total). Shape dough into a ball. Place in a lightly greased bowl, turning once to grease surface. Cover; let rise in a warm place until double in size (1 to 1 1/2 hours).
  4. To shape the rolls: Punch dough down. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half. Cover; let rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, lightly grease twenty-four 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.
  5. Divide each half of the dough into thirty-six equal pieces (for a total of 72 pieces). Gently pull each piece into a ball, tucking edges under to make smooth tops. Place 3 balls into each prepared muffin cup, smooth sides up. Cover with parchment paper; let rise in a warm place until nearly double in size (about 30 minutes).
  6. Bake in a 375 degrees oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden. Immediately remove rolls from cups. Cool slightly on wire racks; serve warm.

Make Ahead Tip

  • Wrap the cooled, baked rolls in a single layer of heavy foil. Seal, label, and freeze up to 1 month. To reheat, place baked wrapped rolls in a 350 degrees oven about 25 minutes.

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Servings Per Recipe 24, Fat, total (g) 5, Potassium (mg) 45, cal. (kcal) 130, vit. A (IU) 146, pro. (g) 3, carb. (g) 19, Thiamin (mg) 0, Monounsaturated fat (g) 1, Trans fatty acid (g) 0, Folate (µg) 52, vit. C (mg) 0, Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0, fiber (g) 1, calcium (mg) 20, sugar (g) 3, sodium (mg) 141, iron (mg) 1, Riboflavin (mg) 0, chol. (mg) 26, Niacin (mg) 1, sat. fat (g) 3, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0, Polyunsaturated fat (g) 0

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crichton1 wrote:
Loved the buttery flavor and light, soft texture. Don't make these if you're in a rush, but then again, yeast breads and rolls aren't made for rush-rush days.
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I am curious how long the project took you, from start to finish?
crichton1 wrote:
About 3.5-4 hours, including cleanup time (we're pretty messy cooks at my house). Great project for a rainy afternoon!

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MIIS Student Describes Amazing Summer at Nike

Christa Thoeresz (MBA ’11) tries out her long jump at Crater Lake.

October 21, 2010

As a native of Portland, Oregon and a life-long athlete, Christa Thoeresz (MBA ’11) is no stranger to the world of Nike. This summer though, she got to experience Nike from the inside, working with the company‘s Sustainable Business and Innovation team in an effort to take sustainable business practices to the next level and fully integrate them into all aspects of the business. It was “intense,” says Christa, who really enjoyed the “incredible culture” of Nike.

One of the greatest benefits of landing a serious internship with a company like Nike, according to Christa, is the experience you get working in such a fast-paced high-level environment with incredibly smart people.  She got to hob-nob with famous athletes like the Manchester City soccer team from England and basketball great LeBron James, whom she ran into in the hallway.  “He asked me if he could use the bathroom we were standing next to, but it was a women´s bathroom.  I told him he might be better off using the one around the corner.  I didn‘t realize it was him until after he had left and all the people around me told me who I had been talking to.” At least as important were the lasting connections Christa made with people in the field that she plans to enter after graduation. With her energy and sharp wit, Christa is sure to “just do it.”

Christa Thoeresz is an absolute rockstock.

A little corny but definitely cool!

Hope Christa can make her way back to Nike post grad, and not just to give directions to athletes! :)

Christa Thoeresz will take on any challenge she is committed to, will give 500% effort, and inspire everyone around her. Committment, Leadership, Inspiration and Fun define Christa Thoeresz.

Yeah, agreed. If that girl was any sweeter she would have her own planet.

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Star Wars Knight Errant making of

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Why did I draw a naked lady for a comic about a pug who battles? Well, go give the Battlbepug webcomic a read and find out. Just be sure to start at the beginning. It's fun stuff, and Mike is a great guy!