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DownRiver Waterfront Conservancy: The next step
The DownRiver Waterfront Conservancy works to bring together business, community, and environmental interests to support sustainable economic development on our waterfront.
By: Market Insights
TRENTON, Mich. - Sept. 9, 2020 - PRLog -- The zoning and the redevelopment of the defunct McLouth steel site, now owned by MSC Land/Crown, is one the most talked about properties in the last decade downriver. When you talk with people about what has happened with the site in the past three or four years, you get as many opinions as there are people. The one thing that just about everyone agrees on, is that having buildings come down on the site, is the best thing to happen on the property in the past twenty years. However, when you ask what kind of redevelopment should go on the property, this is where consensus ends. Some people want parks with public access, and some want condos with offices, shops, restaurants. Some just want good paying jobs and an employer that contributes to the city's declining tax base. We all have the best interest of our community at heart.
The site was a working steel mill some twenty plus years ago bringing good jobs and a strong tax base to support city services and a well-regarded school system until the day it closed. The bad news is that it brought blight, pollution and contamination that typically accompanied along with heavy industrial uses of that era. The site was owned by several companies after the McLouth steel closing, and all tried to reuse the facility in various ways. There was even a plan for a mixed-use development which included offices, condos, and inland marina but unfortunately, developers were not able to get the project off the ground do to environmental and economic challanges.
The agreement to sell the property included several key contractual provisions that established how the site was to be cleaned up, specific uses and non-permitted uses by MSC. The site was also approved by the federal government to designate it as a Super Fund sites and added to the National Priority List (NPL) so that future federal funds might be allocated to do additional clean-up following an extensive EPA study.
So, where does the DownRiver Waterfront Conservancy stand on this issue? Well, probably the best way to articulate our goal is to share our mission statement.
"The DownRiver Waterfront Conservancy works to bring together business, community, and environmental interests to support sustainable economic development on our waterfront."
Our goal is to bring together diverse interest toward the common goal of creating a better economic, environmental, and sustainable future for all Downriver.
The DownRiver Waterfront Conservancy, Paul Frost: Chairperson
The DownRiver Waterfront Conservancy is a non-profit organization formed by a group of concerned downriver residences, to help bring about sustainable economic redevelopment of our waterfront. Our goal is to create awareness and facilitate proactive conversation in order to create positive outcomes and desirable development on our waterfront. For more information, visit our website at http://www.downriverwc.com .
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Turn that classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate into a great no-bake candy. These buckeyes look like the nut, but taste much better!
Turn peanut butter and chocolate into delicious no bake candy. This is a Christmastime must have in our family. These candies are easy to make, which is good because they disappear quickly. These buckeyes deserve a place on your holiday candy making list!
Buckeyes tastes a lot like Reese's peanut butter cups, but look even more fun. It's namesake is the nut of the state tree of Ohio, but it is worth making worldwide!
By now you know that my family runs the chocolate and peanut butter fan club. Ok, maybe not officially, but we might as well!
We love this combo in sheet cake form, ice cream, cookies, pie, puppy chow, crazy delicious layered desserts, and even as playdough and acorns! But buckeyes are one of our favorites.
We only make them at Christmas time, so it gives us something to look forward to. MiMi has made them in bar form before too, which is quicker and just as delicious. However I think the real thing is more fun. After all, they look just like buckeyes!
Little Dude has always enjoyed helping in the kitchen. Above is a pic from a few years ago when he helped make the filling. Today he helped dip the balls as well. He is growing so fast!
All you have to do is whip up the filling and I roll it into balls. Dipping them in chocolate is a lot easier if you have the time to freeze them for a bit. It's not totally necesary, but it is my preferred method for sure.
Our favorite way to dip the balls is to use a toothpick. Just insert it into a peanut butter ball and dip it in the melted chocolate. Swirl it until most of the ball is covered, but leave a small patch of peanut butter showing.
Put the dipped ball on wax paper and use a finger to gently nudge the ball off the toothpick. Allow to set completely. Then you can use a finger tip to close the hole and create a smooth finish on the top of the buckeye.
While we were at it, we went ahead and melted a bunch of chocolate. That way we could do pretzels and Rudolph marshmallows while we were at it. While you are going, you might as well go big!
Mix together the peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. The mixture might be a little crumbly to start, but a few kneads should bring it together.
Roll mixture into balls. Since you aren't baking them, you can make them whatever size you'd like. I made mine about a couple of teaspoons each so that we could have a lot of smaller balls.
Place balls on wax paper lined baking sheets and put them in the freezer for at least a half hour.
Melt chocolate melts in a double boiler.
Using a toothpick to hold the peanut butter balls, dip them into the melted chocolate covering all but a small bit of the ball.
Place back onto the wax paper and allow to set up completely.
You definitely need to make them sometime, Michele! They are so easy and so good. And I do have a pretty good helper!
I only make these at Christmas too and I swear I dipped like 200 balls this year and they are all gone already!! That double boiler is not coming out til next year, lol. I love that you added a pinch of salt, so doing that next time!!
I've always wanted to make Buckeye's and for some unknown reason, I never get to them! Yours look so good!
You have to make them! They are so easy and so good!
Yum yum yum. Love these. I need them in my belly now. Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven. Ps. Your son is absolutely adorable and such a stunning helper.
My sis-in-law used to make these every Christmas. Since she has passed on, my daughter had taken on the job. With her business exploding, she is so busy this year that I may have to do it!
Aren't they the best? It wouldn't be Christmas without them!
I have actually never heard of these candies, but they are definitely up our alley - peanut butter and chocolate!
Oh my goodness, you have to make some. They are soooooooo good!
You sure have a precious helper that will make these Buckeyes very special! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
He does make these things so much more fun. Thanks and merry Christmas, Miz Helen!


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Q: Trouble creating a new model object in Ruby on rails - params are a symbol? I'm getting a weird error I don't understand.  It seem that when I try to create a new model object, something about the params is being passed are being as symbol and I can't do anything with them.
The error I'm getting is:
can't convert Symbol into Integer

The controller action is:
def create
user_info = :params[:user]
if !user_info.value? ""
    if user_info[:password] == user_info[:password2] and user_info[:email] == user_info[:email2]
        user_info.delete("password2")
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        @user = User.create!(user_info)
        @user = User.new(user_info)

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            end
        end
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I'm trying to submit attributes with "", but I get this error.  When I removed the indicated problem line user_info = :params[:user] and changed everything in terms of :params[:user]  it still threw the error and indicated the next line as the problem.
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Diana Mitchell obituary
Zimbabwean writer who was a determined opponent of the racist policies of Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front government
iana Mitchell with the journalist Willie Musarurwa at her home in Highland, Harare
The Zimbabwean political activist and writer Diana Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her political skills in an equally determined critique of Robert Mugabe's regime in the 90s. A suburban housewife and teacher, she had a flair for grasping media attention and an extraordinary ability to create wide-ranging networks and political relationships that were a source of inspiration for liberals and nationalist fighters alike.
Mitchell made a name for herself as a liberal campaigner in the 60s, regularly writing letters to the state-controlled Rhodesia Herald newspaper criticising the racist policies of Smith's Rhodesian Front (RF) government. Her first tangible political engagement began in 1966 when the Forest nursery school in Salisbury (now Harare) for the children of black domestic servants was bulldozed by the government. What began as a campaign to save one school led Mitchell to establish a national drive for better education of black children.
Arguing for this cause exposed her to intransigent government ideology – one minister told her that education for black children would "spoil them" and make them "discontented with their lot" – and it pushed her to work directly for the regime's end. She helped establish the Centre party in 1968, at the time the only party dedicated to a non-racial future, and became its press and public relations officer. Despite her support for the Centre party, she stood (unsuccessfully) as an independent in the 1974 parliamentary elections, mainly due to frustration that the party was sidelining qualified women. Political life was notoriously chauvinistic in 70s Rhodesia, and in his 1984 book White Liberals, Moderates and Radicals in Rhodesia, Ian Hancock wrote: "This was especially true of the liberal parties, and of the CP, which brought together men who could be hesitant and preoccupied and women who were bright and energetic. An excellent example of the latter was Diana Mitchell."
It was in the late 70s, as civil war and diplomatic pressure finally began to erode the RF's hold on power, that Mitchell came into her own. Commissioned with the task of getting nationalist and RF leaders to talk to each other, she built up an unrivalled knowledge of the key players in the nationalist struggle. Working with the British-born journalist and broadcaster Robert Cary, and with the support of her friend the journalist Willie Musarurwa, she began to compile a detailed inventory of African nationalist leaders in Rhodesia.
Travelling as far as Zambia and Tanzania, where many worked in exile, she interviewed members of this barely documented group, largely viewed by Rhodesia's white population (and many in the west) as communist terrorists. Her subsequent potted biographies of 66 nationalists, published in 1977 as African Nationalist Leaders in Rhodesia: Who's Who, featured many figures who would go on to become key players in the post-independence government. It was described in Rhodesian military circles as "Mrs Mitchell's Gook Book", but was seen by those it featured as a badge of honour.
The book soon became an indispensable source for all sides. During the flurry of meetings and celebrations at independence in 1980, Mitchell found herself sitting between Ken Flower, Smith's chief of central intelligence, and Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe's security chief, who is now vice-president. Both told her: "We get all our information from your book."
Despite her delight at independence, Mitchell soon became a critic of Mugabe's government, as, by the middle of the 80s, details emerged of a state clampdown on opposition supporters in Matabeleland. She began a weekly column in the Financial Gazette, voicing her growing dissatisfaction with the Mugabe regime and in particular the restrictions it placed on the media. In 1991 she was a founding member of the Democratic Forum party (later the Forum party), which was in favour of multiparty democracy, judicial independence and the reinstatement of a free market. Although never shy to criticise political injustice, Mitchell maintained friendships with figures across the political spectrum. Her work on Zimbabwe's politics drew its strength from a fascination with people as shapers of history.
Her ability to relate to people from different backgrounds and ideologies began early. She was born in Salisbury to Elliott Coates, an officer in the merchant navy, and Mary Peck, an actor. The marriage, which was enforced after Mary became pregnant, resulted in near destitution after Elliott was dismissed from the navy and disowned by his family. In Salisbury, Elliott worked as a labourer and Mary as a fortune-teller. The marriage ended in 1937, and Diana was fostered during the second world war while her mother worked in a munitions factory.
Despite material deprivation, Diana benefited from access to a good and relatively liberal education. She attended Evelyn high school in Bulawayo, where she remembered being taken to listen to black liberationist leaders, and then the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1951, where she studied history and Shona, one of Zimbabwe's main languages. After taking a diploma in education she taught at secondary schools in Gwelo, Fort Victoria and Salisbury, lectured on science education at the University of Rhodesia, and was principal of the Harare Polytechnic business studies department for several years until 1984, when she retired from teaching to concentrate on her journalistic writing.
She was an avid collector of political cuttings and documents relating to Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, and her collection was later split into two archives, the first acquired by the University of Cape Town and the second by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the US.
She married Brian Mitchell, a hydraulic engineer, in 1956, and the couple had three children, Catherine, Tim and Andy. Having eventually grown weary of life under the Mugabe regime, Diana and Brian moved to the UK in 2003.
Brian died in 2010. She is survived by her children, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
• Diana Mary Mitchell, political activist and writer, born 16 November 1932; died 8 January 2016
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import unittest
import sys
sys.path.append('../src')
import BaseUtils

class TestBaseUtils(unittest.TestCase):
    ''' Main test class for the BaseUtils '''
    def test_word_segmenter_with_empty(self):
        ''' For an empty string, the segmenter returns
        just an empty list '''
        segments = BaseUtils.get_words('')
        self.assertEqual(segments, [])

    def test_word_segmenter(self):
        ''' The word segmenter returns the expected
        array of strings '''
        segments = BaseUtils.get_words('this is a random sentence')
        self.assertEqual(segments, ['this', 'is', 'a', 'random', 'sentence'])

    def test_ignoring_whitespace(self):
        ''' Whitespace in the input string is ignored
        in the input string '''
        segments = BaseUtils.get_words('this   is   a random sentence')
        self.assertEqual(segments, ['this', 'is', 'a', 'random', 'sentence'])

    def test_ignoring_special_chars(self):
        ''' If there are special characters in the input,
        they are ignored as well '''
        segments = BaseUtils.get_words('this   is   $$%%a random --00sentence')
        self.assertEqual(segments, ['this', 'is', 'a', 'random', 'sentence'])

    def test_segmenter_common_delims(self):
        ''' The sentence segmenter is able to split sentences
        on ., !, ?, etc. '''
        segments = BaseUtils.get_sentences('Wow! Did you see this? Amazing.')
        self.assertEqual(segments, ['Wow', 'Did you see this', 'Amazing'])

    def test_ignore_whitespace_sent(self):
        ''' Whitespace in the sentences is also ignored '''
        segments = BaseUtils.get_sentences('Wow!   Did you see this? Amazing.')
        self.assertEqual(segments, ['Wow', 'Did you see this', 'Amazing'])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()


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August 30, 2015 July 7, 2017 cheeseunderground cheese tour, gordon edgar, hennings cheese, LaClare Farms, tour, Widmer's Cheese Cellars, Wisconsin cheese
Wisconsin Cheddar Tour with Gordon Edgar
Exciting news, cheese peeps! If your lifelong dream has been to tour three cheddar cheese factories, eat lunch on a goat farm, enjoy dinner at a swanky Italian restaurant, and ride a bus with an acclaimed cheesemonger author, than I am about to make all of your dreams come true.
On Friday, October 23, my friend and author Gordon Edgar (of Cheesemonger fame) is coming to America's Dairyland to celebrate the October release of his new book: Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese.
To celebrate, Gordon and I are going to lead an all-day tour to the heart of Wisconsin Cheddar country. We'll meet at Larry's Market in Brown Deer at 8:30 am to talk Cheddar with co-owners Steve Ehlers and Patty Peterson.
Then we'll board our private coach bus and drive north for an exclusive tour of Henning's Cheese in Kiel, the only cheese factory in America still making Mammoth Cheddar wheels. We'll tour the factory, talk shop with Master Cheesemaker Kerry Henning, visit their charming retail store, eat some cheese, and get back on the bus.
Mammoth Cheddar Wheels at Henning's Cheese
Next stop: famous LaClare Farms, a farmstead goat dairy crafting raw milk goat cheddar and award-winning American originals, including the 2011 U.S. Champion Cheese, Evalon. We'll tour the goat farm on a tractor and wagon with farm patriarch Larry Hedrich, enjoy lunch in the creamery, prepared especially for us by farm chef Jim McIntoshk, and do a little shopping in the farm retail store.
Then it's south to Theresa, this time for a tour and Cheddar talk with Master Cheesemaker Joe Widmer at his third-generation family cheese factory, Widmer's Cheese Cellars. Joe and his son, Joey, are making some of the best Cheddar in the country, and we'll hear from the dynamic duo on their secrets to success.
Master Cheesemaker Joe Widmer making cheese.
The evening concludes with a four-course dinner and cheddar tasting at destination Italian restaurant Trattoria Stefano with chef and owner Stefano Viglietti in Sheboygan, along with a Cheddar tasting and talk with Chris Gentine, of The Artisan Cheese Exchange and founder of Deer Creek Cheeses, including such award-winning cheddars as Deer Creek The Fawn, The Stag and The Doe. We'll be back to Larry's Market by 8 pm.
On the bus in between stops, Gordon will entertain us with readings from his favorite chapters of his new Cheddar book. At the end, all tour attendees will receive their very own autographed copy!
Larry Hedrich giving a tour in the dairy
goat barn.
Cost for this Cheddar extravaganza is just $149 per person and includes:
• Round trip coach bus transportation from Brown Deer to all tour stops
• Lunch on the farm at LaClare Farms
• Dinner and Cheddar tasting at Trattoria Stefano
• Autographed hard-cover copy of Gordon Edgar's new Cheddar book, to be released Oct. 5
This tour is limited to 30 attendees, and is already half sold out. Book your spot early at: www. WisconsinCheeseOriginals.com. I look forward to seeing you on the bus!
May 29, 2012 July 7, 2017 cheeseunderground cheddar, cook's illustrated, culture, prairie breeze, Widmer's Cheese Cellars
Culture Cocktails: A Cheesemaker's Best Kept Secret
When 21 staff members of Cook's Illustrated recently sampled 10 American artisanal cheddars, proceeded to rate each on flavor, texture, and sharpness, and then published the results, I'm pretty sure they had no idea they were about to expose what is one of the best kept secrets in the cheesemaking world: the rise of using "culture cocktails" to enhance Old World favorites and create New World originals.
The "Artisanal Cheddar Taste Test" in the soon-to-be-published July 2012 issue of Cook's Illustrated (read an online version here) starts out innocently enough. Much like its previous taste comparisons of balsamic vinegar, whole bean coffee, and even potato chip brands, the staff selects 10 varieties of American cheddar cheese from among top sellers at cheese markets and recent winners of American Cheese Society awards.
They then proceed to compare them on flavor and texture, thinking, I suppose, that a cheddar is a cheddar, right? How different can these cheeses really be?
But then it gets interesting. After a minor error where they don't realize that it's rennet, not culture, that causes milk to separate into curds and whey, the panel opens one of my favorite cheeses: Prairie Breeze from Milton Creamery in Iowa, made by two of my all time favorite cheesemakers, Galen Musser, and his father, Rufus (alas, if we could only get these guys to move to Wisconsin). It's at this point the panel realizes that perhaps a cheddar is not always a cheddar.
In a copy block titled "Culture Shock," the article wonders why Prairie Breeze – ultimately dubbed as the magazine's favorite cheddar in its taste-testing exercise, can taste so different from similarly packaged cheeses also labeled as cheddars:
So how could two cheeses aged for the same amount of time and packaged the same way embody such different flavors? According to (Dean) Sommer, (a cheese and food technologist at the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research), the moisture level of the cheeses could play a role, but so could each maker's specific blend of bacteria. In fact, the bacterial culture in our favorite cheddar (Prairie Breeze) likely had a big influence on its flavor. This cheese maker takes the culturing process to another level by adding a second round of bacterial cultures to its cheese. We learned from Sommer that it's not just a repeat of the first culture cocktail; these secondary bacteria are strains more typically found in Parmesan and Emmentaler than in cheddar, lending the cheese the subtle "butterscotch-y" and "gamy" undertones that earned tasters' highest praise.
This discovery prompts the tasting team to then go back and check the culturing details of every other cheddar they had tasted:
As it turned out, the particularly "toasty," "earthy," "complex" flavors of two other cheddars, including our close runner-up (Cabot Cellars at Jasper Hill Clothbound Cheddar), are also the result of that second dose of alternative bacteria. So much for plain-Jane American cheddar.
And so much for an American cheesemaker's best-kept secret.
In the past few years, I've watched a growing number of American cheesemakers begin using "adjunct cultures" in their cheeses. Some even have specific "culture cocktails" they commission from culture houses made especially – and only – for them. And that's fine. Adding cultures to the milk to make cheese has always been part of the process.
But two weeks ago, I inadvertently walked into an industry meeting where a new culture house, having just opened up shop in the U.S. a few weeks before, boasted its ability to translate every customer's need or demand into a "just right" culture.
I listened with a mixture of shock and awe as the saleswoman touted the company she worked for had developed cultures to mask bitterness, speed up the aging process, and "achieve refined flavor distinction without any drastic changes to the production process or yield."
Need an adjunct culture to achieve the same fruity, sweet note as a Gouda? Check.
Want to replicate the raw-milk, "farmhouse" taste in a cheese without the raw milk or farmhouse? Check.
Need to develop a smear-ripened flavor without ever actually smear-ripening your cheese? Check.
The presentation got more interesting. We then proceeded to try samples of every cheese the company had made with each of these different cultures. Some were very good and some were so bad I inadvertently spit them out into a napkin before catching myself.
After much oohing and ahhing from the audience, I raised my hand. I told the sales lady that here in the United States, we preach the "art and science" of cheesemaking to consumers – telling them, and rightfully so in my opinion – that a cheese develops its taste because of how carefully the milk is handled, how well the cows, goats or sheep are cared for, and that good milk, paired with fine craftsmanship and affinage skills of a cheesemaker, are the true determinants of a cheese's flavor profile.
The sales lady blinked at me, tilted her head, and spoke to me in a tone of voice that one might expect from a disapproving teacher toward an unruly student: "But why wouldn't you want to use these cultures if they were available to you? These flavors are what the consumer wants. We're only giving cheesemakers the tools they need to sell more cheese."
Perhaps. But I would argue (and hope) that true American artisanal cheesemakers will use adjunct cultures and culture cocktails only to make good cheese better. Because in the marketplace, good cheese will sell. But a good cheese, made by a good cheesemaker, that carries an authentic story, will sell better.
P.S. If you're wondering how Wisconsin cheddars stacked up in the Cook's Illustrated article, only one cheddar from our state – Widmer's Two-Year Aged Cheddar – was chosen for taste-testing. Deemed as "mild" and "lackluster" in comparison with others in the lineup, as it did not contain adjunct cultures, the magazine staffers took a pass, recommending readers "not go out of your way to mail-order it."
No worries, Joe. I, right along with thousands of others of customers, will keep ordering and eating your good, old fashioned cheddar. And then we'll order some more.
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Widmer's Brick & Colby: Wisconsin Originals
Brick and Colby: perhaps two of the most underrated cheeses in America. Some folks call them boring. Others simply write them off as commodities. After all, Colby is really just Mild Cheddar, right? And blocks of Cheddar sell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, along with cattle, corn and cotton. So why should these cheeses even be considered interesting, much less blog-worthy?
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you three reasons: 1) Joe Widmer, 2) Joe Widmer, and 3) Joe Widmer.
Every once in a while, I teach a class on what I call "Wisconsin Classics." Attendance is usually down because people note what cheeses we'll be eating, proceed to yawn, and then wait to sign up for the next month's class on American Originals. But the truth of the matter is that both Brick and Colby are indeed American Originals, as both were invented in Wisconsin in the 1800s.
Today, there's no one in Wisconsin making better Brick and Colby than Widmer's Cheese Cellars in Theresa. To the skeptics who call Brick and Colby "bland," I challenge you to taste Joe Widmer's Mild Brick and Authentic Colby and not call these cheeses anything but artisan and full-flavored.
Fifty years ago, you might have known more than a dozen Joe Widmer-types, all crafting authentic stirred-curd Colby in little cheese plants across Wisconsin. That's because until the 1970s, by law, Colby was required to have an open texture, meaning the curds could not be tightly pressed. This allowed a more milky, dairy flavor to develop, and depending on the cultures used and cheesemaker who crafted it, a flavor all its own.
That all changed in the 1970s, when lobbying from the state's ginormous Cheddar makers resulted in Wisconsin statutes being changed to allow Colby to have "a closed body," the same as Mild Cheddar. That allowed big cheese plants to make more Mild Cheddar and label it as both Mild Cheddar and Colby, thereby accessing two market shares with the same cheese. Two years ago, I did some research on this very topic and wrote a post called The Colby Conundrum, which resulted in a flurry of anonymous hate mail from what I suspect are some of the state's biggest Cheddar makers, and which explains why today, many people unfortunately still consider Colby to just be Mild Cheddar.
The USDA doesn't even take Colby seriously. It lumps it with Monterey Jack in the "Other American Types" cheese category when reporting annual production. Luckily, the folks at the Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service do appreciate it a bit more. Their stats show Colby cheese production exceeded 100 million pounds for a number of years in the 1970s, and even approached 200 million pounds in the mid 1980s.
Joe Widmer is good at putting that number in perspective. During Colby's peak years, Joe says it accounted for almost 20 percent of the state's total production of American–type cheeses, and for more than 10 percent of Wisconsin's total cheese production. That's pretty significant.
Colby production has been on the decline since the mid '80s, both in terms of total production and in terms of its importance in Wisconsin's cheese production picture. In 2000, Wisconsin produced 86.4 million pounds of Colby, or less then half the level of the mid '80s. And today, at least according to my research, there are only three cheesemakers left making authentic stirred-curd, non-pressed Colby: Joe Widmer at Widmer's Cheese Cellars in Theresa; Tony Hook in Mineral Point; and Carr Cheese Factory in Cuba City.
Most others are simply making a stirred-curd Mild Cheddar with a closed texture and labeling it as Colby. You can tell the difference pretty easily – the next time you buy Colby in a store, check to see if it has pin-prick holes in the body. If it does, it's authentic. If not, it's likely Mild Cheddar being labeled as Colby.
Brick cheese, like Colby, is another Wisconsin Original. It was created in 1877 by John Jossi, a Swiss immigrant who was running his own Wisconsin cheese factory by the time he was 14 years old. Much like Jossi, Widmer, a third generation cheesemaker, has been making cheese since he was a teenager, and Brick is one of his specialties.
Widmer crafts about 360,000 pounds of Brick cheese a year, using the same open vats in the 12,000 square-foot facility that his grandfather bought in 1922. And he still uses the same well-worn bricks his grandfather used to press the whey from the cheese. In fact, he's credited as being the only cheesemaker in the country to continue to use real bricks as part of the make procedure of his Brick cheese.
After pressing, Joe removes the bricks and places the cheeses in a brine solution to take on salt. He also makes a German-Style Brick, a washed-rind "stinky cheese" soaked in a solution to take on bacterial cultures. This cheese is cured in a "warm room" – about 70 degrees – where the bacteria works its magic and is then "smear ripened" with a top-secret Widmer mixture of brine and whey.
"Most people don't even know what real Brick is," says Joe. This alone drives his mission to craft the real deal and share with cheese lovers everywhere – and he does mean everywhere, including his very own dinner table. "A Wisconsin cheesemaker can spend a lifetime perfecting his craft," Joe says, "much of it spent resisting the urge to eat all the cheese."


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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll could lose a running back for Week 1.
The Seattle Seahawks are anxious to see which rookies in the 2022 NFL Draft class could break out this season. Unfortunately, one of those early draft picks is in danger of missing the team's Week 1 opener against the Denver Broncos.
According to ESPN's Brady Henderson, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll revealed that rookie running back Kenneth Walker III is dealing with a hernia, and he's not sure what that means for the playmaker's availability going forward.
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A word of caution though: government must let Zambia airways be as autonomous as possible. Since Zambia has already committed to opening a national airline, negative talk towards the venture is hopeless. Let us instead discuss ways of making the airline profitable and sustainable. Once more, job well-done for choosing Ethiopian airlines as partners in the venture: critics can visit Ethiopian airlines websites and see the excellent performance of the company. They have been profitable for more than three (3) decades consistently almost. Ethiopian also has the most realistic personnel remuneration in the aviation industry: they even partner with Boeing to manufacture and supply electrical wire looms (cables) manufactured right in Ethiopia. In short, Zambia will have a lot to learn from Ethiopian counterparts. My appeal is to ministry of transport is this: formulate a statutory instrument (SI), making all corporate and group GRZ travel by air mandatory.
Currently, too many business and GRZ travel is by road, making our aviation industry fragile and non-competitive. Almost all companies and GRZ ministries hold annual general meetings and other workshop in various parts of the country. Unfortunately, they all use government and private vehicles, which require large sums of money on fuel and food, and waste even more time on the road. These endless road trips actually make the driver tired upon arrival to the destination, and further congest our roads. Local air travel can solve this problem.
Another reason the aviation industry in Zambia has stagnated is because of the myth that air travel is very expensive and reserved for the elite. The truth is actually the opposite; most people travelling between Lusaka and Johannesburg by bus actually spend more money and more time on the road.
The role of our Zambia airports corporation therefore is to expand their facilities into common places like Inter-city bus Terminus, Shopping malls, Markets and hotels for more efficient Marketing, air ticket sales and airport shuttles services. This practise of taking air travel to local communities is worldwide: potential travellers can actually check-in at a shopping mall and board a bus straight into the plane. This cuts outs the cumbersome airport logistics which many local travellers find unpleasant.
Besides, most local middle-income businessmen and women find our airport environment and pre-flight procedures intimidating. A word of caution: please avoid unnecessary rebates and free travel for politicians and airline personnel. Corporate clients should also pay promptly: many companies go down because of huge unpaid corporate client bills. Let us put our heads together and make the national air career a success story.
Let's roll for another crash…..
Tourism is not based on having airlines. National Airline does not drive tourism. What drives tourism are things like the falls, game parks and things associated with vacation, away from work to relax. Perhaps, the government can buy the airlines to take customers to Mfuwe, Luangwa national park, Kafue National Park and water falls. But how many Zambians will be on those big planes to go and see animals for 2 to 4 days? Mostly will be handful foreign tourist on those planes. That make the planes to be unprofitable.
They've failed to run a railway company with 1 track (inherited from Cecil Rhodes) now they think an airline is possible.
Just speed reading the article you can see that his disadvantages out weigh that advantages …and it doesn't matter what flight Harry arrived on its not like if there was a Zambian Airline he would have automatically chose it; he must have connected from Joburg via British Airways.
You dont need an Airline to market a country its lazy mindset…the past 10 years Tanzania has done well without an airline in marketing her country as a niche safari holiday for the rich ..they have even gone as far as advertising in English Premiership stadia.
This guy's reasons for an airline are weak …its like he didn't do any research before posting his article ..just another one enjoying nostalgia after a visit to the airport.
As long as there is no separation between professionalism and cadres in the PF gov, the airline will be a flop.
This reminds me of sheepish comments a few days ago about Guy Scott accessibility of the deceased (Sata)'s health record. May I educate those noise makers that, according to the EU Generaral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection 2018 and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), there was no breach and that Dr Guy Scott have a legal right to access such information just like any one else.
Right now, anybody can put in an FOIA request abou Lungu if he owns any company or property in the UK and this information can be provided.
If Dr Guy Scott book has not been published in Zambia, it's no skin of anyone's nose (a quote from Jame Hardley Chase).
This Ndalama guy is a propagandist and a half! He should be employed full time by the PF government.
What a liar! "South African Airways especially got serious media coverage" Sure mwebantu? Who went about screaming South African airways has landed the prince in Zambia?
See – When you see figures for Livingstone airport who will see that most flights come in from RSA on day visits and packages already paid for in SA….Zambians think having an airline is the silver bullet..we have debated this but some of these people are hell bent on procuring new aircraft and obtain kickbacks.
I agree with the writer a national airline has many benefits to the country which can't be measured. The government can remove duty on jet fuel to lower the plane ticket price, coupled by promotion of local tourism and local charges by lodges and hotels. We can see a situation where the upper and middle class migrate to flying. The government can make money through duty charges on tickets and airport taxes, also saving money on road repairs caused by huge traffic on roads; as the traffic will be reduced owing to many people migrated to air travel.
Tanzania just introduced the national airline under the new president;Magufuli and it is working well.prudent management is the key.
Stop talking and let's re- introduce the airline and only then should we take interest in how it will be run and offer checks and balances. If it failed before,obviously lessons has been learned and corrective measures put in place. Dont be defeated because of past errors.
Big Boss – Tanzania used money from a windfall the obtained from the mines they charged with tax evasion …its early days to state wither its successful moreover these national airlines like Air Rwanda for example never publish their profits/loss statements at the end of the year.
Spot on…Zamtel is a good example!!
Iwe there are so many foolish statements in this article and you can't see them?
A national airline in Zambia, if successfully operated, has the potential to transform many sectors of the country's economy.
POLITICS ASIDE. LETS DO IT , AND DO IT CORRECTLY. WE HAVE LEARNT FROM PAST MISTAKES. WE CANNOT GO ON DEBATING AND DEBATING. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE AIRLINE MAY NOT SHOW SOME POSITIVE. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. BENEFITS TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MONEY SPINNERS IN ZAMBIA BUT HAS NOT POURED OUT ITS FULL POTENTIAL.
Do you think Lazy Lungu can do anything correctly and above board…wishful thinking!!
You are likely to lose trees for the forest.
Things have actually gotten worse since ZA was liquidated. The levels of political and administrative indiscipline have geometrically risen.
You need to enter the inner core of ZESCO to understand why a natural monopoly is failing to turn a befitting profit.
Soon ZESCO will be offloaded for the same reasons that ZA was liquidated.
Is this deja vous all over again?
It is much more profitable to operate a world class international airport than to run an airline.
Job creation is vast for ground staff personnel from caterers to cleaners,shop attendants,management to name but a few.
Who even remembers which airline Arnold Scwarznegger took to Livinstone except that he stayed at the Royal Livingstone.
It looks like the die is cast so let us make the best of the situation.
GRZ employees are the one that will bring this airline on it knees by excessive debts coupled with borrowings from the banks and oiling the political party structures.
@Donqueen. 'much more profitable to operate a world class international airport than to run an airline'. This suggestion can only come from a progressive mind. I hope Brian Mushimba can listen to you!
Exactly …these people do not do their research..very few people are creating new airlines today those that are doing are doing it after mergers!!
Surely one wonders how pipo think. In Zambia, is there any government run company that is managed well. Look at zampost, NHA, ZEPH , zamtel etc. Now why open more govt companies. its a good idea to open the national airlines but can our quality of leadership really manage to run the company well, that should be the question to answer. It's better Govt is not involved in this airline project and leave it to be managed by the private sector.
A National Airline huh ?.
I wonder if procurement of airliners will be riddled with corruption like the fire trucks ???.
I wonder if Zambia Airways is going to use Ethiopian Airline model in it's business. Yes, we need a National Airline, but Zambia is running too fast to get started running the National Airways (I wish the money could be used in developing hydro stations across Zambia since we have many potential sites. "Electricity" can eventually fund wholly or partially buying of Airlines). The customer's nerve centre for Zambia is different to that of Ethiopia. What is it that Zambia Airways is going to solve that nothing on the airline market currently addresses, or address poorly to compete with other airlines when our tourism is very poor? 1.
We support the Airline but not partnering with Ethiopian airlines. I will keep saying this: govt should have bought shares or invested in the already existing successful local airline companies to make us a regional powerhouse.
Our author may be saying this because he's been offered a job by Zambia airways. Ndalama Lwando is an aircraft maintenance engineer not an international businessman, we all have our biases.
Being a an aircraft maintenance engineer is different from running an airline business. Running an Airline for the sack of having a National Airline will cost Zambia heavily. I find it hard to believe that you can buy airline based on famous or important people who come to Zambia. How often do those people come to Zambia? Working class are supposed to be the main customers. It is this group which is important to airline industry and tourism industry. I find the reasons address in the article very shallow. If the government has ears let it listen to its people.
Ba See the international stars line is so insidious because he uses it for lies.
Iwe Ndalama Lwando, you are a fyool or something worse?
Ati "Let us put our heads together and make the national air career a success story". I suppose that is addressed to fellow fyools to put their heads together?
Wishful thinking, the only profitable airlines are budget airlines the rest are propped out by govn't subsides. Build hospitals or equip existing hospitals with medicines and equipments. To many people who are sick or dying early unnecessary, these people if health would be paying taxes therefore money.
Livingstone Zambia: Pop. 139,500 (2010) by Statistical Office. 250,000 tourists in 2018; compare to Kelowna Canada: pop. 127,380 (2016) by UN. 2,080,627 tourists in 2018; 65 flights daily. Livingstone is naturally better than Kelowna, but Kelowna has developed tourism far above Livingstone. It means Zambia Airways will have to compete at 100% with other airlines to get a good number of customers. If hotels are expensive many working class will not come to Zambia because air tickets are also expensive; this is a target group, Nerve centre on which Zambia can base its model. The more tourists, the better for all airlines.
This author has wasted my time; in fact, I only read half after realizing he was arguing with little or no logic or substance. There is nothing he has said to justify why we need an airline apart from his Prince Harry factor. Even the least intelligent cadre would have argued better. If it was a Grade 12 essay, I would give this article 23 percent.
This is what you get from empty tins…he goes to Joburg sees SAL aircrafts parked he thinks it's a successful airline without doing any research into the sector.
You don't use emotions to embark on a mammoth task. So they say if wishes were horses even beggars would be riding. Thus, as long as we do not have a viable option, the national airline will remain a dream/a wish.
All must pay to get on this flight kulibe ati nimwana waba chite or things like that. That's partly how the airline crumbled the last time. Same with ZR and other GRZ institutions.
We do not need an airline. Are you guys delusional?
So does Ndalama think that Prince Harry or Will Smith would have flown Zambian Airways if it was there?
Like his Brian Mushimba, Hon.
the way to go.we must do more. Zambia doesn't even manufacture steel nails yet!NAILS! and yet everyone is building houses.a steel-nail making machine costs Kuma 10pin dollars..ZAMEFA what's wrong with you?
Ignore the negatives to succeed otherwise the Emirates would not have happened.
Those investing in the booming shopping mall and property landscape in Zambia have always been told there no money but its a stunning success. Fact is Zambia is lower middle income country with many Zambians itching for weekend getaways with correct prompts. And as author says, that wastage of GRZ travel by road would go a long way in giving airline business like SA Govt has done in SA. Even with current high fares, still much cheaper to fly to Mfuwe, Kasama, Mbala, Ndola, Mongu, Solwezi and Mansa than drive. Use local hired vehicle than abuse GRZ vehicle carrying malasaha, fish and village chickens en route.
It's not the first time Zambia and Ethiopia have partnered in the aviation industry. Some of the engineers and pilots who flew QZ were Ethiopian. We actually had an Ethiopian community-based in Zambia working for the now-defunct Zambia Airways. Ethiopians are a safe pair of hands when it comes to aviation. Zambia is a landlocked country and therefore air superiority is a must. Let the experts take care of business.
It's launching in June is it? Good luck, don't say I did not give you good wishes.
There goes Ba Lwando: 'formulate a statutory instrument (SI), making all corporate and group GRZ travel by air mandatory'. Ba Lwanda in a liberalized economy having such an SI! Not even Idi Amin would propose such. Your suggestion is abnormal or you don't think. Presently our self-crippled economy calls for austerity measures in govt, one such is limiting flights local and abroad. Do you think Harry, Smith et.al will have selected Ethiopian/Zambian airline if existed? I thought people/corporates/governments make choices about what flight when processing an itinerary. Ba Lwando I know you are so upbeat about this airline to the extent you suggests govt subsidising it. Ba Lwando what grades did you obtain at high school?
Ichikwanga bachimwena kumampalania:what airline can start off on 30 million US?are we planning to buy an engine or what?get ZRL on its tracks,stop this nonsensical dreamline.amen!
Zambia does n't need a national airline. It needs food.
Spot on…they have even banned allowances for the future of our nation!!
Any person anywhere in the who wants to visit Zambia for any purpose can do that even now without the airline. This lame argument of boosting tourism does not hold any water. The key point here is: Capacity to run this airline by a Govt Parastatal in the current Zambia, given the thousands of failures in business where Govt Parastatals are concerned.
The author of the Article should have been more objective in that line.
@ Ndalama – sorry brother, your arguments in this article are weak and have been debunked by many. Just one point : where in the world have you boarded a bus from the mall straight onto a flight? It takes huge investment to start and run an airline like Emirates successfully. Personally I'm not saying never, just not right now. Zambia has bigger fish to fry and we can actually make hay from the other airlines that already service our country. The time will come when we'll be in a position to run an airline but right now isn't it.
I think the author is saying the die is cast:we can't just complain and criticize-lets make progress! Tax payers' money on the line-let's make good!
Value chain as op me put it above. Nshima is already provided on board of Emirates. It is possible anywhere. Don't look down upon your country.
In one of my tourism case studies, the determining factor for tourists to travel to exotic places from the demand side was short travel distance. It's why people from the US prefer Mexico or the Caribbean. In one case, business travellers would love to visit Africa but travel time was the number one factor. Example, coming to Zambia from the US means going through South Africa or Ethiopia then Zambia. Now, if they wanted a one week vacation, jet lag a sleep play a huge factor. In having one's airline although it still takes time, they avoid transfers, connection flights etc. We all know how much people complain about delays with Ethiopian airlines to waiting excruciating hours for a fight or connection. It's a bonus to own an airline.
There should be a competent Zambian training coordinator for flight crews and maintenance training based in Addis to monitor payments, otherwise there will be inflated receipts for Lusaka to pay. Preferably those with flight simulator and maintenance training from EX Qz.


There's nothing quite like a weekend with old friends. Frolicking and laughing, catching up on what's new in each other's lives and remembering days gone by. In a few weeks I will host a get together and as I am preparing our itinerary it causes me to think about each person. Who they are, what they like as I try to make sure there is something fun for everyone. It is heart warming for me to revisit the memories we've already made as I prepare the course for new experiences and new memories that are on their way.


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Some of the ponies are taking a trip to Rainbow Falls to complete in the qualifiers for the biggest sporting event in all of ponydom---the Equestria Games! Twilight Sparkle is entranced with Rainbow Falls and wants to learn anything and everything about this place, so she is constantly reading and quoting from her travel guidebook---so much so that the other ponies begin to get annoyed with her. But when someone gets hurt, will Twilight's extra knowledge save the day? Includes removable postcards to mail to your friends!
Explore a never before seen location of Equestria, Rainbow Falls, as the ponies attend the famous sporting event known as the Equestrian Games in this fun storybook illustrated with artwork from the hit TV show. Includes punch out postcards!
I'm the author/artist and I want to review My Little Pony: Welcome to Rainbow Falls!.


what they played. Here's Killed By Angel. Not as hard as you thought.
He plays the octave chords in harmony with his vocals.
on the INTRO to KBA, i noticed that the first real chord is wrong. it should be an E-7. it's tabbed as an E-7 with a major third. the octave is what gives it the chorus-type sound .. not a minor second interval.


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South Korea sentences Kazakh man to 2.5 years in prison over hit-and-run accident
SEOUL. KAZINFORM – Kazakh man was sentenced to almost three years in jail in South Korea for his involvement in a hit-and-run accident which left a seven-year-old boy seriously injured, Kazinform has learnt from Khabar24.
Society > Law and justice
Kazakhstan amends law on railway transport
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev inked the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of railway transport», Kazinform has learnt from the Akorda's press service.
Akzharkyn Turlybay's attorney to appeal the court verdict
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM The attorney of Kazakhstani Akzharkyn Turlybay, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for drug smuggling in China, is going to appeal the court verdict, Kazinform learnt from Khabar24.
President signs law on protection and use of historical and cultural heritage
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM President Kassym-Jomert Tokayev has signed the law «On protection and use of historicaln and cultural heritage sites,» Kazinform reports citing the Akorda press service.
Law on compulsory social insurance signed
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State has signed the Law «On compulsory social insurance,» Kazinform reports citing the Akorda press service.
President ratifies Protocol of amendments to Kazakhstan-Russian Baikonur Lease Agrt
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State has signed the Law «On ratification of the Protocol of amendments to the Lease Agreement for the Baikonur Complex between the Governments of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation dated December 10, 1994,» Kazinform reports citing the Akorda press service.
Kazakhstan-Mongolia extradition agrt ratified
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State has signed the Law «On ratification of the Kazakhstan-Mongolia Extradition Agreement,» Kazinform learnt from the Akorda press service.
Kazakhstan to assist Afghanistan in establishing anti-corruption system
KABUL. KAZINFORM – Olzhas Bektenov, first deputy chairman of the Anti-Corruption Agency paid a working visit to Afghanistan, Kazinform reported with the reference to the press service of the agency.
Kazakhstan ratifies agrt with Kyrgyzstan on checkpoints at state border
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State has signed the Law «On ratification of the Protocol of amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on checkpoints at the state border dated December 25, 2003,» Kazinform reports citing the Akorda press service.
Kazakhstan ratifies CIS coop agrt on fight with cyber-crimes
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State has signed the Law «On ratification of the Agreement on cooperation among the CIS states in fight with cyber-crimes,» Akorda press service informs.
Kazakh President OKs amendments to law on public service
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of public service and anti-corruption», the Akorda's press service reports.
President signs law on public services
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the law aimed at improvement of the legislation on public services, Kazinform learnt from Akorda press service.
Kazakhstan-Ukraine Extradition Agrt ratified
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the Law «On ratification of the Extradition Agreement between Kazakhstan and Ukraine,» Kazinform learnt from Akorda.
Tokayev signs amendments to Agrt on Coop and Mutual Assistance in Customs Affairs
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the Law «On ratification of the Protocol of amendments to the Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Affairs dated April 15, 1994,» Kazinform learnt from Akorda press
Internal Affairs Minister holds talks with Interpol president
ALMATY. KAZINFORM - A meeting of the Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Yerlan Turgumbayev with the president of the International Criminal Police Organization- Interpol Kim Jong Yan was held at the representative office of the Ministry in Almaty, Kazinform reports referring to the press service of the Ministry.
Regions > Almaty
Teen,15, fatally stabbed in after-school brawl
AKTOBE. KAZINFORM – A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death on November 10 in Aktobe, Kazinform correspondent reports citing the press office of the city police department.
Regions > Regions
President signs law on improvement of legislation in agro-industrial complex
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the law «On amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on regulation of agro-industrial complex,» Kazinform learnt from the Akorda press service.
Kazakhstan OKs agreement with Armenia on cooperation in civil defense
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on cooperation in the sphere of civil defense, prevention and liquidation of emergencies», Kazinform has learnt from the Akorda's press service.
Framework Agrt on Nordic Investment Bank's activities in Kazakhstan ratified
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the Law «On ratification of the Framework Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Nordic Investment Bank regulating the activities of the Nordic Investment Bank in Kazakhstan,» Kazinform learnt from Akorda press service.
National Security Committee detained poachers for shooting 3 thousand saiga antelopes
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - A criminal group illegally exporting saiga horns was detained by the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.


JEE Main 2019 Exam Analysis Live Update @14:15:Experts have spoken. As per the basic analysis of JEE Main 2019 and the first attempts of students, experts suggest that the expected cut off would remain similar to what it has been over the years. Of the total raw scores, experts feel that students who manage to get about 115 or above should be able to qualify for JEE Advanced 2019. However, it is important to point that giving an expected cut off at this point is both premature and not recommended.
Speaking on the soring, an expert pointed out, "This is only the first paper. The scores would be normalized this year…then there is April 2019 attempt as well. Expected cut off would vary and may increase drastically after April examination. However, prima facie a students who is expectting above 115 should feel confident.
JEE Main 2019 Exam Analysis Live Update @13:55: More reports are coming in from students. The consensus on Mathematics being the toughest section in JEE Main 2019 Day 1 Slot 1 continues to build. Rating the three sections, 8 out of 10 students commented Mathematics was the toughest section. On a decreasing level of difficulty, the sections for JEE Main 2019 were ranked as Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as easiest in comparison.
Experts too have spoken and based on initial reactions of the students, experts feel that the difficulty level of the paper was pretty much constant. NTA was not expected to make an easier paper. However, it was expected to be more graded than the one prepared by CBSE. Experts have also pointed out that students should not worry about expected cut off as it is bound to vary.
JEE Main 2019 Exam Analysis Live Update @13:45: Speaking after their JEE Main 2019 Computer Based Tests, students reported that there was no technical glitch. A student noted that he had also attended the Mock Test at the study centres and the interface was exactly like the one mentioned. On the difficulty level, the questions on Physical Chemistry seemed to baffle a few students. Some students also noted that the coordinate geometry section was the toughest bit and required lengthy calculations.
Since JEE Main 2019 is completely computer based, experts would not be able to comment on the exact difficulty level. The analysis is based purely on the feedback received by the students who have appeared for the examination. More reports are expected soon.
JEE Main 2019 Exam Analysis Live Update @13:30: First reactions for JEE Main 2019 examination have started to come out now. More and more students have reacted to the level of difficulty of the paper. While the number of respondents is limited at present, the general consensus is that JEE Main 2019 Slot 1 Mathematics was the toughest section. When asked about the other two, students expected Physics to be the highest scoring. Expert analysis would be available by 4 pm. More reactions awaited.
Talking about the general arrangmentts of the examination centre, students noticed that the security was sound and it took them a good half hour to complete all the processes. Slot 2 for Day 1 would commence at 2:30 pm today.
JEE Main 2019 Exam Analysis: Joint Entrance Examination, JEE Main 2019 first slot is finally over. While the examination is not new, the format, the conducting authority and the process was all new. Students had, for the first time, a choice to appear for the examination on the date they preferred. The examination was completely computer based and the responses would be evaluated almost instantaneously. Coming out of the various examination centres, students, however, had a similar reaction to the earlier years. Here is what they have to say about the examination and how it was in comparison to when CBSE conducted it last year.
Starting with exam analysis, the students found the paper typical and expectedly tough. Mathematics section was said to be the toughest by many respondents. Some students claimed that physical chemistry questions were rather unexpectedly lengthy. Overall, however, the response was much like it usually is…there were no easy questions.
When spoken to about the entire feel of the examination, a few students who were appearing for JEE Main the second time pointed out that it was very much like CBSE. "The only difference was perhaps that we know that its all computer based." As for the diffiulty level, the general suggestion was that the paper was tough.


2. Make me humbled at realizing the significance of my influence in others' lives.
One such reminder which happens most mornings, typically when I've run up to the kitchen from the basement office to top off a cup of coffee.
Then, though no one really sees it, I descend back to the basement with coffee in hand, grinning from ear to ear.
I am amazed at the opportunity adults have to influence the lives of children. But not only children, anyone who gives us permission to step beyond the metaphorical "front porch" of our lives.
Some people will just wave from their porch as we walk by in life, some will invite us up to the porch swing for some lemonade (can you tell I'm from the South?), and many others will invite us in to "stay a while." Those relationships are the ones where we have such an incredible chance to bless one another.


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60-Second Songwriting: Song Structure Basics—the Verse
By Mark Bacino
60-Second Songwriting aims to offer quick, concise song-craft tips, basics and blasts for the time-crunched and attention-challenged 21st-century musician.
Song structure is one of songwriting's key elements or building blocks. As songwriters, we casually throw common structuring language around all the time—"Let's double a chorus here. Why don't we go to the bridge there?" But how often (if ever) do we really stop to think, beginner or advanced writer alike, about the nuts-and-bolts concepts behind the everyday rudiments of our trade?
Let's quickly explore one of song structure's most basic (and often taken for granted) components; the verse.
The Verse
What comes to mind when you think of the verse?
● The verse of a tune is one of song structure's primary building-block sections.
● A pop verse usually consists of a chord progression and a top-line melody that carries a lyric. If the song is solely instrumental in nature, the same still applies, with the top-line melody doing all of the work by its lonesome, sans lyrics/vocals.
● The verse is a recurring section of a song. As with all of songwriting, there are no rules, but there are usually two or three verses in a pop song.
● Typically, the chords and top-line melody remain the same for each verse while the lyrical content changes. This helps to offer the listener a form of consistency while also serving to create the narrative of your tune. A narrative that usually illustrates and supports the main, intellectual theme of your song, typically found in your chorus.
● Although the chorus or "hook" of your tune gets most of the listener's (and writer's) love and interest, the verse does all the heavy lifting, lyrically speaking, in terms of storytelling and is a super-important part of the song equation.
Mark Bacino is a singer/songwriter based in New York City. When not crafting his own melodic brand of retro-pop, Mark can be found producing fellow artists, composing for television/advertising and teaching songwriting via his Queens English Recording Co. Mark also is the founder/curator of intro.verse.chorus, a website dedicated to exploring the art of songwriting. Visit Mark on Facebook or follow him on Twitter.
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The vision for Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries goes back to the seminary days (1980-1984) of its founders, Tim and Jill Geoffrion. At that time, God first put foreign mission work on their hearts, and Jill spent two summers in Africa as a short-term missionary (in Zaire, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Malawi). During many years in the pastorate and teaching in colleges and seminaries in the United States, the sense of call to teach teachers and ministers abroad as well as home only grew for both Tim and Jill.
Tim and Jill Geoffrion
photo credit: Ken Geoffrion
From 1995-2005, Dr. Tim Geoffrion served for ten years in executive leadership at Family Hope Services (TreeHouse), now headquartered in Edina, Minnesota. In his roles as Program Director and Executive Director, he was instrumental in developing a training program that increased the capacity of staff to lead with greater spiritual vitality and to serve more effectively in their ministries. He also oversaw the development of a program to replicate the TreeHouse model of ministry by training staff from other nonprofits. Meanwhile, Jill was in the process of publishing seven books in as many years (1999-2006) on the use of the labyrinth as a prayer tool, especially with Christians in mind.
In 2002, Dr. Tim Geoffrion, first began extending his vision for spiritual leadership development to international settings. For three successive years, he conducted 2-3 day seminars for 15-20 pastors and spouses in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the invitation of another nonprofit, INTEGRA. There, he discovered that pastors from developing and underdeveloped countries are hungry for biblical teaching, spiritual nurture, leadership training, and encouragement.
In 2005, drawing on his experiences in leadership and teaching at TreeHouse, Tim published The Spirit-Led Leader: Nine Leadership Practices and Soul Principles (The Alban Institute, 2005). This book has now become the standard text for the current work of Faith, Hope and Love Global Ministries.
In 2006, Tim began a sabbatical in order to explore developing a global teaching ministry. During this time he was certified as a life coach and created a spiritual life coaching practice that, together with his books, has become foundational for teaching on Spirit-led leadership and for coaching pastors and Christians leaders around the world.
In January 2007, Dr.'s Tim and Jill Geoffrion accepted a longstanding invitation to teach at a seminary in Yangon, Myanmar. They taught 60 seminarians, lectured on Christian spirituality, and preached in local churches.
Then, in October 2007, they traveled to Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where Tim led a Pastors' Leadership Conference for 30 pastors from different denominations in collaboration with the Anglican Church of Congo, HEAL Africa, and Christ Presbyterian Church (Edina, MN). Jill led prayer sessions using creative methods for prayer in conjunction with the leadership training. On the trip, their hearts went out to the Congolese, five million of whom had died through war, disease and starvation over the previous ten years, and who are still experiencing thousands of violent rapes and murders every year in the country villages. Yet, through the experience in the DRC, Tim and Jill saw clearly that by helping the pastors, we could help the suffering people.
Tim Teaching in Africa
The enthusiastic response from both the Burmese and the Congolese, combined with a growing sense of calling to global ministry, led the co-founders to take the next step in formalizing the outreach. On February 5, 2008, this ministry was officially incorporated under the name Faith, Hope, and Love International that was soon changed to Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries. After spending the first year establishing the legal and financial foundation for the work, Faith, Hope, and Love has been steadily expanding the scope of its impact on four different continents.
Thank you for listening to our story and for considering joining us in our mission to "teach, inspire, and encourage ministers and leaders, equipping them to serve Christ more effectively."
In Christ's service,
Tim and Jill Geoffrion, Co-Founders


The technique of Electro Static Dust Print Lifting (ESL) at crime scenes dates back to the early 1970's. It is the ability to retrieve dust shoe marks from floors, carpets, upholstery where photography and conventional adhesive lifting film would be ineffective.
The benefits of footwear lifting at crime scenes is fast becoming identified as the way forward especially as many criminals today are 'forensic aware' and take precautions not to leave fingerprints or DNA at the scene. However they must leave footprints which is where the CSI Pathfinder has proved most invaluable.
The problem with ESL machines currently on the market is that they are bulky, costly, lack power when needed and often do not work because the connecting probes or leads have been damaged by the previous user. They can also be very dangerous to the operator because of the high voltage that is put out.
The Pathfinder eliminates all these problems as it is small, lightweight, runs from a single PP3 battery available anywhere and does not use probes or leads. It also has built in safety features inasmuch that should the operator accidently receive a shock it will not do any damage to him/her even if they have a heart pace maker. This makes this unit the safest ESL machine on the market today.
Evaluated and now widely used by Police departments throughout the world, this small device is the best that money can buy.


DRK Consulting assists the leading French companies in accomplishing technology transfer in the photovoltaic field in Central Asia. Since its foundation DRK Consulting has been participating in implementing and building plants in the frame of international PV projects all around the world, in particular in Norway, France and Canada. Using its experience and expertise in photovoltaic industry DRK Consulting is now assisting the development of a new exciting project.
Planner & Assistant to Process Engineer functions will include reporting to the Project Manager in order to provide assistance to this PV production technology transfer and plant implementation, with a wide spectrum of responsibilities starting from equipment, process engineering, manufacturing and plant organization to the introduction of all PV OPS functions. This type of high technology for PV products manufacturing requires an ability to take important pro-active decisions.
Earned Value analysis & Management.


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Mississippi to Louisiana
Mississippi to Louisiana - Ferriday
Louisiana and Mississippi have long shared a close musical relationship. One of the most important musical paths was that between Natchez and Ferriday, where African American entrepreneur Will Haney operated Haney's Big House for several decades. In addition to major national acts the club featured local musicians including Ferriday's Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker and Natchez's Hezekiah Early and Y. Z. Ealey. A young Jerry Lee Lewis often visited the club, soaking up the sounds of the blues.
Lousiana and Mississippi are both world famous for music, so it is hardly surprising that the neighboring states have had plenty of musical interchange over the years. The traveling circuit for New Orleans musicians usually included stops on Mississippi's Gulf Coast, while Mississippi Delta artists often crossed the river to play at clubs in Ferriday, Waterproof, Tallulah, and Monroe. The Shreveport-based Jewel and Ronn labels released records by Mississippi natives or residents Artie "Blues Boy" White, Frank Frost, John Lee Hooker, Sunnyland Slim, and Rev. Willie Morganfield, among others, while the Excello label's Mississippi-born bluesmen Jimmy Anderson and Whispering Smith recorded in Crowley, Louisiana. New Orleans artists Dr. John, Huey "Piano" Smith, Earl King, Bobby Marchan, and James Booker recorded for Johnny Vincent's Jackson-based Ace Records. New Orleans' Mardi Gras Records released CDs by Jimmy Lewis, the Love Doctor, and others, along with a two-volume collection entitled Mississippi Burnin' Blues. Mississippi-born blues artists Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Babe Stovall, Little Freddie King, and record producer Senator Jones all settled and recorded in the Crescent City.
Ferriday's major contribution to this interchange came via Haney's Big House, which featured leading blues and R&B acts including B. B. King, Little Milton, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Roy Brown, Solomon Burke, Percy Mayfield, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Johnnie Taylor, and Irma Thomas. Located on the 500 block of 4th Street (now East Wallace Boulevard), the club was run by African American businessman Will Haney (1895-1972), a first sergeant in the Army during World War I who later worked as an insurance agent. Property records suggest Haney bought the lot that housed the club in March of 1945. In its heyday the club featured about fifty tables and served food around the clock. Haney's other business interests included a hotel located behind the club.
Local musicians who performed at the club included trombonist Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker (c. 1906-1993), a native of Newellton, Louisiana, who performed for years with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels out of Port Gibson, Mississippi. In the 1950s, when Ferriday was "wide open" for gambling and entertainment, he led the house band at Haney's and hosted a radio show, "Peewee & His Rock & Roll," on KFNV. A frequent visitor to the club in the early '50s was local pianist Jerry Lee Lewis. House bands were also led by Natchez natives Y.Z. Ealey (b. 1937) and Hezekiah Early (b. 1934), who had earlier played the club with Natchez guitarist John Fitzgerald and singer Elmo Williams. Whittaker later played in Early's band, Hezekiah and the Houserockers, for nearly 30 years.
Photos courtesy Concordia Sentinel, David Crosby, Scott Barretta, and Jim O'Neal, BluEsoterica Archives. Research Assistance: Tommy Polk, Vincent Joos, Judith Bingham, Stanley Nelson of the Concordia Sentinel, David Evans, Jim Easterling, Ben Sandmel, Y. Z. Ealey, and Hezekiah Early.


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