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Climate risk management for the U.S. cellulosic biofuels supply chain. Climate Risk Management.. 2014.
Carbon sequestration via wood harvest and storage: An assessment of its harvest potential. Climatic Change.. 2012.
Management opportunities for enhancing terrestrial carbon dioxide sinks. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10(10):554-561.. 2012.
North American carbon dioxide sources and sinks: magnitude, attribution, and uncertainty. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10(10):512-519.. 2012.
Can we reconcile atmospheric estimates of the Northern terrestrial carbon sink with land-based accounting? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2:225-230.. 2010.
Inverse Method for Estimating the Spatial Variability of Soil Particle Size Distribution from Observed Soil Moisture. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 15:931-938.. 2010.
The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR) The North American Carbon the Global Carbon Cycle.. 2007.
ATMOSPHERE: Plant Respiration in a Warmer World. Science. 312(5773):536-537.. 2006.
Plant Respiration in a Warmer World. Science. 312:536-537.. 2006.
Carbon Management Response Curves: Estimates of Temporal Soil Carbon Dynamics. Environmental Management. 33:507-518.. 2004.
Fast labile carbon turnover obscures sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration from soil to temperature: A model analysis. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 18(1). 2004.
Oak Forest Carbon and Water Simulations: Model Intercomparisons and Evaluations Against Independent Data. Ecological Monographs. 74:443–489.. 2004.
{Oak Forest Carbon and Water Simulations: Model Intercomparisons and Evaluations Against Independent Data}. Ecological Monographs. 74:443–489.. 2004.
The Potential Response of Terrestrial Carbon Storage to Changes in Climate and Atmospheric CO2. Climatic Change. 35:199-227.. 1997.


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Hampton News
The N. H. Tuberculosis Association will hold a clinic in Legion Hall, Exeter, Tuesday, May 12, at 2:30 P. M.
All friends of Mrs. Mary I. Keene will be pleased to know that she is doing as well as expected in Exeter Hospital.
Wednesday afternoon, May 13th, the Mothers' Circle will hold a "Fashion Show" in the Centre school at 3:30 p. m. Every woman interested in the clothes question is cordially invited to be present.
The H. T. G. club was most enjoyably entertained on Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Thomas Hobbs at her attractive Tea Room at the beach. Mrs. Harry Munsey had the highest score of the afternoon, with Mrs. Marvin Young, second, Mrs. Frank Dennett, third, Mrs. William Ross, fourth and Mrs. Roscoe Palmer with the consolation score. The hostess served her party with a very delicious supper.
There are many calls for town histories which are all gone. It is hoped at some time to have another edition printed. There was a small book by Miss Lucy Dow which was very popular. Mrs. Lucy A. Marston, to whom all rights of Dow histories belong, has been asked to rewrite the smaller book, bring to date and collect the legends of Hampton. All who have family legends to preserve, pass them on to Mrs. Marston who will go to work on this book.
Mr. Clarence Philbrook will return to Hampton this week, after his sojourn in the South.
Mrs. Leonora B. Wing returned with Miss Adeline Marston from Boston, Mass., for a weekend visit.
A fine time was enjoyed by the ladies of the Congregational church when they met to clean church on Thursday. The church was thoroughly cleaned.
Chester G. Marston's barber shop has been brightened up with fresh white paint on the ceiling and upper walls, the work of Edward S. Batchelder, painter.
Mrs. Margaret Murray will leave Hampton May 17 for several months' visit in Scotland.
Mrs. Frances Blanchard had opened her home on the Exeter road after spending the winter with her sister and friends in Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. John Elliot has returned to her home after a winter spent in Beverly, Mass., where Mr. Elliot has been at work on a new school building.
Mrs. Bruce Franklin of Charlotte, North Carolina, with her little son, is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Caroline Shea.
Friday night the Monday club is giving an entertainment at the town hall, with the Bartlett Glee club, of Amesbury, Mass., as entertainers. They come highly recommended and a most enjoyable evening will repay everyone for attending. The tickets are 35 cents; children 25 cents.
Perkins Post, G. A. R. has given up the hall in the Odd Fellows building, as the three remaining members who are able to be out, cannot go so far, and they did not feel that it was right to keep the hall which the Odd Fellows had kindly given them the use of for the last few years, when the order might get some income from it. The Post will keep their charter at the home of Com. Godfrey, and transact what business they have there. They cannot go to the town hall on memorial day, but there are to be special exercises in school to take the place of an address on Memorial day, early in the afternoon, the Post and people will meet in the cemetery where probably there will be something more than usual. Will whoever knows of the whereabouts of one of the flags which is carried in the service of decoration, please report to Mr. Godfrey. It has been missing since last Memorial day. It is on a staff with an eagle on top. They need it for use this year.
At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May twelfth the Ladies' Aid of the Congregational church will meet with Mrs. Cash. Please make a special effort to be present as you are needed.
The annual clean-up week campaign under the auspices of Winnicummet Improvement Association will begin Friday, May 8, and end May 15. Teams will collect rubbish on Friday, May 15, at the following streets: Beach road, Exeter road, High St. to Five Corners, Old Mill road to Second Four Corners, Lafayette road to North Hampton bridge, Academy and Highland avenues.
Harvey & Osgood have opened the Ferncroft bowling alleys for the season, and are having much patronage, teams from various places contesting nearly every night. Friday night, a team representing Exeter Odd Fellows will play a team from the men constructing the new Academy buildings.
Meeting of the committee appointed at the March town meeting to cooperate with the Meeting House Green Memorial Park Association in composing an inscription for the boulder which has been set up in the park, and for making arrangements for the celebration next October, was held with the chairman, Frank E. Leavitt, last Tuesday evening. Seventeen members were present. Sub-committees on inscription, program and invitations were appointed and some of the work outlined. The names of the sub-committees will be printed next week.
Wednesday evening the young people of the Senior class and friends of Miss Esther Scott tendered her a birthday surprise party. Twenty-five young people were present and the evening was spent in merry making, playing games and a general good time. Miss Scott was remembered with a beautiful under-arm bag given her by her friends. Refreshments and the birthday cake served, after which the merry party went to their homes wishing their hostess many happy returns of the day.
Miss Melinda Blake is quite ill.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Elliot wish to extend their hearty thanks and appreciation to the friends who gathered at their surprise party last Saturday evening at the Methodist church.
Monday afternoon the Monday club meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Arthur Ward, with Mrs. Addie Brown, assistant hostess. As it was the annual meeting a regular paper was not read. Master Allan Moore played two solos on the piano and Mrs. Drew Bernard of Hollywood, California, pleased every one by singing a number of vocal selections, playing her accompaniments. The officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Mrs. Hutchins, President; Mrs. Vrylena Olney, vice-president; Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, secretary; Mrs. Margaret Wingate, treasurer. The hostesses served a fruit salad with cheese crackers, coffee and cakes.
The Missionary Society of the Congregational church were hostess to the societies of the other churches in town, and of Hampton Falls and North Hampton, Wednesday afternoon. About eighty (80) members and guests were present. The programme was opened with a solo by Miss Eloise Lane. Miss Scott and Mrs. Staples sang a very lovely duet and Mrs. Drew Bernard sang two solos, after which the speaker of the afternoon, Mr. Russell Leavitt, Principal of the High school, was introduced. Mr. Leavitt spent three years in Syria as a teacher in the American College at Beirut, and his talk was on his experiences and impressions while there. He also showed a number of souvenirs and pictures that he had brought home with him. The hostesses, Mrs. Addie Brown, Mrs. George Philbrook and Mrs. Annie Johnson, assisted by the Misses Caroline Philbrook, Isabelle Hobbs, and Louise Mullin as waitresses served a delicious scalloped salmon and potato salad supper.
Saturday night, May 15th, a benefit entertainment will be held in the Center school auditorium. The proceeds will be used to buy silver for the dining room. Keep the date in mind, save a quarter, and don't miss it. You will get a lot of enjoyment besides helping along a good cause.
Friday night the Hampton town hall echoed with laughter caused by the performance of the Men's club play, "The Dutch Detective." It was hard to tell any of the men when they came on the stage as their make-ups were all so individual and so clever. Mr. John Cummings in the title role was very effectively dressed and played the part well. He delivered his funny lines in a manner that brought forth screams of delight. Mr. William Gilpatrick, as Plunk Jarleck and Mr. Wallace Philbrook as Hortensey Smatters, both escaped from the asylum, made the audience feel that seeing things was really so. Mr. Sam Brown portrayed the police force of Hampton Falls to audience feel that seeing things was really so. Mr. Sam Brown portrayed the police force of Hampton Falls to perfection. Mr. Warren Clark played the part of Augustus Coo the newly wed, who had eloped with Gladys Howler-Coo. Gladys was a very stunning bride as portrayed by Mr. Ralph Johnson. The howls of her father, Major Hannibal Howler, taken by Mr. George Philbrook could be heard all over town. Mr. Harold Noyes was a powerful Katrina Kraut and an able protector of her man, the Dutch Detective. Mr. Bruce Fall was a very coquettish Miss Araminta Sourdrops, who lost her Jabo after waiting sixty years, but gained the Major. The lunch counter in the waiting room of the Hampton Falls railroad station, where the scene of the play takes place, was presided over by Miss Ambrosia McCarty, the blond queen. Mr. Walter Clark, in his part kept the audience guessing as his portrayal of the "I Should Worry" type was so well acted. Mr. Cummings besides taking the leading role also coached the play and he and the Men's club may feel quite well repaid for their efforts, as it was a great financial success, as well as a great laugh maker.


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Cyberbullying, for the most part, is when a school-age child is tormented, harassed, threatened, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another school-age child using the Internet or mobile phones. Currently, cyberbullying is one of the fastest growing problems facing school administrators around the country. Kids have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident.
Ever heard of Megan Meier. She was a 13 year old from Missouri who had an online friendship on MySpace with a person she believed was "Josh Evans" a young boy near where she lived. In actuality, the "friend" was a group of individuals, including adults, who were intent on humiliating Megan because of a lost friendship with another child. Meier and "Josh" never met in person or spoke. They became "friends" and Megan later "fell in love" with her online buddy whom she had never met. Meier thought "Josh" was attractive. Meier began to exchange messages with this person, and was described by family as having had her "spirits lifted". But the communication eventually turned hostile. Josh still was sending troubling messages. And he apparently had shared some of Megan's messages with others. Megan, believing she had been rejected by "Josh," committed suicide in her home. Well as it turned out Josh was really an adult woman named Lori Drew. She told the police that the account was aimed at "gaining Megan's confidence and finding out what Megan felt about her daughter and other people."
I guess the point I was marking here is that. Cyberbullying can be done by anyone of any age. We need to work to stop the madness. No one deserves to be bullied because every person has value and worth. Young people need to speak up for their friends when they see bullying happening, by giving support and expect accountability from the adults.
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Venereal Diseases
Venereal Diseases
Venereal diseases can be divided into two groups – one group consists of common diseases of the genital organs, the other consists of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Sexually transmitted diseases are a large group of diseases that may – besides genital organs – affect also other organs, for example cardiovascular system, digestive tract or muscles and joints. Among so-called classical sexually transmitted diseases there are gonorrhea, syphilis, soft chancre (ulcus molle) and lymphogranuloma venereum. In addition to these, there are chlamydia infections, HIV/AIDS, and less serious like vaginitis, urinary tract infections, yeast infections.
Epidemiology and Symptoms of Venereal Diseases
Venereal diseases are most often transmitted through sexual contact, infected syringes, or by blood transfer. Rarely, it is possible to get infected also by contaminated bedding, towels, or by close interpersonal contact in poor sanitary conditions. Sexually transmitted diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. Any person can be infected, both men and women at any age. In women the diseases manifest more often by unspecific symptoms, e.g. an unpleasant smelling discharge from the genitals (vagina or urethra), pain and itching in the rectal area and around the genitals, or redness in the area. In some men, venereal diseases may be symptomless. If symptoms are present, venereal diseases manifest by pain, itching or burning during urination and discharge from the urethra. There also are specific symptoms for each venereal disease. Symptomless course of the disease is quite common for most STDs at the beginning, which is especially dangerous because it enables further spread of the disease. The person for some time does not know about his/her disease and through sexual intercourse other people can be infected. In some STDs the time between infection and diagnosis can be even several years. Over time, the disease expands within the body and other organs can get infected. Any treatment is therefore more complicated compared to treatment started shortly after infection.
Consequences of Venereal Diseases
Most venereal diseases have serious long-term health consequences. Untreated venereal diseases can result in infertility or, in the worst case, in death of the patient. If a pregnant woman is infected, abortion or premature birth may occur. There also is a significant risk of infection transmission to the fetus. The risk depends on the stage of pregnancy in which the woman gets infected, type of infection, time elapsed before diagnosis and start of treatment. If properly and in time treated, venereal diseases must not necessarily lead to fetal damage.
Treatment of Venereal Diseases
Treatment of venereal diseases is mandatory in most countries; mostly antibiotics are used in the treatment. The treatment is usually outpatient, in more severe cases or when the disease is diagnosed late hospitalization of the patient is needed. It is also obligatory to find and inform all sexual partners of the patient and to begin their treatment if necessary. All the so-called classical venereal diseases must be mandatory reported, usually by the doctor who diagnoses the disease.
Venereal Diseases Prevention
Venereal diseases incidence has been rising in today's society, especially among young people. Therefore, prevention is essential. One of the crucial principles is the use of condoms that can significantly reduce the risk of venereal disease transmission. It is also important to limit the number of sexual partners; promiscuity increases the risk of infection. If suspicion of venereal disease exists, you should see a doctor immediately as early treatment is very important.
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Thought this article was interesting cuz its why I hate pant shopping for finding jeans that fit over my thighs but my smaller waste size now.
It also mentions a couple fitness focused jean brands like Mugsy and Gongshow as well as higher end ones. I havent tried any but might. If any have reviews are appreciated.


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What Happens to a Team without a Clear Purpose?/
Have you ever seen what happens to a development team when they lose their Product Owner? That person who tells them the direction of the product and inspires them with a vision of the future? When he/she is replaced by someone new who doesn't understand the product deeply and have a vision for it?
We know that organizations that fall apart can almost always trace their demise to a deterioration of their core – People or Purpose.
Like a plant that is lacking sunlight, the team's behavior starts wilting—they're falling into bad habits or complacency. The team struggles. Conflicts happen. A mature development team needs a Product Owner to feed them goals through communication and collaboration. Without a Product Owner, the team is lacking purpose or its purpose is unclear.
Purpose: one of the three intrinsic motivators.
What is your development team's purpose? Is it to deliver a product that fulfills its vision? Does the team have its own motto or mission statement? Where does it come from?


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Co-operative learning in the form of a co-operative system was adopted in teaching an advanced accounting subject. Lectures were limited to incorporate co-operative learning activities. Reflections were done by students and lecturers. At the end of the course, a survey was conducted on the perceptions of students towards the co-operative system and teamwork. The result of the survey indicated a positive rating towards students' perceptions on the co-operative system and teamwork and the chances of improving their grades. The result of paired t-test showed a significant difference between the final grades of the students involved in this action research and the control groups. The students involved in the co-operative learning was found to achieve higher average final grades.
Keywords: Co-operative learning, accounting, accountancy, MQF.
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text: Resources › For Students and Parents 5 Ways to Tell if Your College Crush Likes You Back Share Flipboard Email Print Tony Garcia For Students and Parents College Life Dating Before You Arrive Academics Health, Safety, and Nutrition Living On Campus Outside The Classroom Roommates Graduation & Beyond Homework Help Private School Test Prep College Admissions Graduate School Business School Law School Distance Learning View More by Kelci Lynn Lucier Kelci Lynn Lucier has worked in higher education for over a decade. She is the author of "College Stress Solutions" and features on many media outlets. Updated June 09, 2018 Have your eye on someone as a potential date? Boyfriend? Girlfriend? Or, at the least, someone to ask out for coffee or a drink, away from the college crowd? Trying to see if he or she likes you or not can be maddening. These five situations can help you gauge the other person's feelings—as well as your own—about possibly taking things to another level. 1. Go Out in a Group Is this person by you the whole night? Are you by them? Are they interested in what you have to say? Do they laugh at your jokes, wait for you when the group moves around, and pay attention when you talk? Are you frequently making eye contact? If you close your eyes and imagined the person not with the group, would your experience change? Answering yes to any of these questions might indicate an interest in you in particular instead of just common group dynamics. 2. Do Something Together Off Campus If you have to visit a local museum for your art history paper, see if this potential-date wants to come along. Their eagerness at doing so, and the chemistry that happens while you guys are out, can be a great way to see what's going on between the two of you. Of course, if you're heading off campus, make sure you're safe about it. 3. Grab a Meal Together If you're interested in someone, chances are that you have things in common and have done things together, or with a group, already. If so, try to carry that momentum into a seemingly-friendly meal together. Did you work together on a class project, seek his or her advice on your computer science program, or research similar paper topics in the library? If so, say you want to celebrate finishing by grabbing a quick meal off campus. Keeping it really casual can be the key to seeing what your dynamics are when you're alone. Running off campus for a quick lunch of a burger or dim sum has a much different feel than a nice, sit-down evening meal that's been planned two weeks in advance. 4. Ask for Help With Something If you like someone and he or she is really smart in a certain subject or has some experience in a research topic you're working on, see if they are interested in helping you. You can have a great discussion that will help expand your understanding of something you already find interesting, and you can see what this person is like on a more personal level. Have they had a lot of classes with a new professor of yours, and if so, can they talk to you about how that person grades? Are they majoring in a discipline you're taking your first class in? Can they give you some feedback on a survey you want to pass out to people in your residence hall? Then, of course, see how the conversation goes. Are they willing to help? Friendly? Interesting and engaging? Supportive? Someone you'd want to have more conversations with...say, over a real college dinner date that isn't made of food you both sneaked into the library? 5. Share Some Exciting News Did you just hear that you were accepted into your summer internship program? Get an "A" on that project you asked for help with? Get happy news from one of your friends or family members? Share it with your potential crush and see how he or she reacts. If they are supportive, interested, and want to celebrate with you one-on-one, it might be a sign that the friendship could develop into more. A Note If You Feel Self-Conscious Around Your Crush Remember that having a crush on someone, and even putting it totally in the open, is something that should be very flattering. Anyone worth dating in the first place should be touched by your sentiments and handle them with respect, no matter what their feelings are in return. Put yourself out there--otherwise, you'll never know! Continue Reading


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Nicki Minaj recently described her relationship with Lil Wayne by painting the picture of a once-strict father figure who now takes a very casual approach to parenting. It seems like Weezy also extends that parenting style to Drake.
The Toronto rapper was allegedly involved in a nightclub brawl with Chris Brown and his entourage back in June, and while the lawsuits continue to pour in, Wayne admits that he simply laughed at the whole thing. During an appearance in Las Vegas to debut his Supra sneaker line this week, the New Orleans native told MTV News that the incident was humorous to him.
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"Honestly, I laughed at them," he said, not able to contain his laughter, even in that moment. "I can't front, I just laughed at them… like, it's funny to me. I thank God I ain't going through it though, I've already been through too much."
In the past week alone Drake and Chris Brown have been hit with two lawsuits as a result of the bottle-throwing brawl that night. The club owners filed a suit against the two artists alleging that they "ordered security personnel, bodyguards, friends and entourage to join the fight, which erupted into a violent brawl on a massive scale." Just a few days later, a NYC-based male model added another suit, claiming that he suffered "severe personal injuries" including a severed tendon on his right hand, thanks to the flying chards of glass.
After bringing both Drake and Wayne to perform with her in New York last week, Nicki Minaj told MTV News that she missed being lectured by her YMCMB boss. "It's like having a strict parent and when you no longer have it [you] kinda want that," she said. "I told him, 'I miss when you would lecture me and tell me to keep on my grind and do this do and do that — where's the love?' "
Wayne, always ready with the right words, responded that both she and Drake had already proven themselves. "He's just sitting back watching, and seeing the fruits of his labor, and that's what he said."


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In December of 2017, Empower Simcoe received validation of the great work and ongoing commitment to providing quality services and supports. Consultants from the Council on Quality and Leadership reviewed our Shared Values and Basic Assurances determining that we are 100% in all areas. The consultants spent time listening, meeting and observing the agency and felt confident that Empower Simcoe supports people with the Personal Outcome Measures approach and philosophy. Empower Simcoe received a 4-year Accreditation from the Council on Quality and Leadership.
The opportunity to spend time with community partners, families, people supported and Empower Simcoe employees really captured the inclusivity of the Accreditation process. This helps us to reflect on how important it is to stop, look at where you are and listen to the "individual" and find out what is truly important to them. The stakeholder focus groups assisted Empower Simcoe to develop action plans resulting from trends identified by the participants. Items that were identified were:
Empower Simcoe is honoured to have received its third four year term Accreditation from the Council on Quality and Leadership. Empower Simcoe will continue to strive to improve our services, to meet public need, improve the quality of life we provide for each and every person while continuing to foster collaboration within our community.


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Natural Cures for Heart Palpitations
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Heart palpitations are signified by a rapid heartbeat, a thumping in the chest that seems uncontrollable. Palpitations often go away quickly, but can reappear at any time. Anyone experiencing heart palpitations should get checked out by a physician, but there are some natural remedies that will help you feel better over the short term.
Grape Juice
Make your own grape juice. Grapes are excellent for the heart, and drinking natural grape juice on a frequent basis will help you get rid of your heart palpitations. Have two glasses of grape juice on a daily basis.
Ripe Guava
Cut one guava up and eat it early in the morning on an empty stomach. This is also effective for those who suffer from anxiety and anemia.
Honey is one of the best treatments for palpitations. Honey is a natural food that is easily digested and goes to work in the body quickly. Take an 8-oz. glass of water, mix it with a teaspoon of honey and the juice from 1/2 a lemon. Mix this well and drink it before bed to get rid of these tremors.
Foods that contain magnesium are helpful to those suffering from heart palpitations. Studies done at the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center have shown that individuals who don't get enough magnesium in their diet can develop a rapid heartbeat. Foods that are high in magnesium include skim milk, leafy vegetables and nuts. Eat at least one portion of these foods on a daily basis.
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It's May and we have a weekend of Cinco de Mayo Festivals (Saturday on the West Side of Saint Paul and Sunday around 27th and East Lake) as well as the 43rd Annual Mayday Parade and Celebration in South Minneapolis (see below), all of which will feature music and performers. This week's indoor events don't necessarily coincide with the festivals, but provide other opportunities for uplifting experiences, with a number of visiting artists coming to town and a plethora of veteran and emerging Twin Cities artists. Music lifts the spirit.
Wednesday, May 3
Regina Carter: Simply Ella @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($30 – $40), 9pm ($25 – $35) April 25th marked the100th Anniversary of the birth of Ella Fitzgerald, and violinist Regina Carter is releasing an album entitled Ella: Accentuate the Positive. We are lucky enough to be a stop on her tour promoting the album. Carter is among the finest, if not the finest, jazz violinist practicing today. She's tasteful, melodic, and swinging, whether she's interpreting folk music of the South, Cajun fiddle music, the songs her mother loved, or something classical. Carter has been the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (The "Genius Grant"), and numerous awards. You can read an interview I did with her a couple of years ago by going here.
Michael O'Brien @ Jazz Central, Minneapolis. 8:30pm ($10, $5w/Student ID) Bassist O'Brien is in town visiting and he's brought together some of the best Twin Cities musicians to join him for this gig, which will feature Latin music in addition to O'Brien's facility on the bass: Pete Whitman, sax; Steven Hobert, piano; and Mac Santiago, drums.
Wednesday, Thursday, May 3, 4
Randy Brecker Quartet @ Crooners' Dunmore Room, Fridley. 7pm ($20 – $30, $60w/Dinner) 9pm ($15, $20) Brecker is a multiple Grammy Award winner, who got his start with the big bands of Clark Terry, Duke Pearson, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. He was in the original version of Blood Sweat and Tears, leaving them to join the Horace Silver Quintet. Since then, he's recorded with a wide range of musicians, from Frank Zappa, James Brown, and Parliament/Funkadelic to Steely Dan, Jaco Pastorious, and Frank Sinatra. If you need another reason to see him, consider the fact that his quartet will feature Tanner Taylor on piano, as well as the crack rhythm section of Gordy Johnson and Phil Hey.
Thursday, May 4
Thursday Night Jazz @ The Reverie, Minneapolis. 9pm (Tip Jar) Ruckus Hip Hop Jazz: Drummer Rodney Ruckus may have moved to the West Coast, but he's got plenty of gigs bringing him back to town. Tonight's show is a double billing with two drum sets on stage, while Ruckus and LA Buckner lead and co-lead different ensembles that fuse jazz and hip hop.
Joel Shapira/Bryan Nichols Trio @ Vieux Carré, Saint Paul. 6pm (Shapira, no cover), 8pm (Nichols, $5) the first of two nights of double jazz at the Vieux. Guitarist Joel Shapira will help you while away a pleasant dinner hour before pianist Bryan Nichols and his trio (Jeff Bailey, bass; JT Bates, drums) entertain you with originals and jazz standards.
Friday, May 5
Jon Pemberton/Debbie Duncan @ Vieux Carré, Saint Paul. 6:30pm (Pemberton, no cover), 9pm (Duncan, $12) Jon Pemberton kicks off the dinner hour with his inventive and melodic piano playing, after which vocalist Debbie Duncan will take the stage to deliver her sassy brand of jazz.
Fuzzy Math @ Jazz Central, Minneapolis. 8pm ($10) This quintet eatures original, if eclectic jazz originals and creative renditions of pop songs. Back in 2012 they were named "the best jazz act for people bored with jazz" by the wags at City Pages. They are, after all, a fun group with the goal of creating "serious music that doesn't take itself too seriously." This will be the Jazz Central debut for mark Vandermyde, keys/compositions; Curtis Lucky, trumpet; Scott Fultz, sax; Eric Graham, bass; and Haralds Bondaris, drums.
Saturday, May 6
Saturday Night Jazz @ The Black Dog, Saint Paul. 7pm (Tip Jar) Opening tonight are The D'Sievers, with John Sievers, trombone; Remi Moulder guitar; Steve Sawyer, bass; and Garrtett Kolb, drums. At 8:30 or so it's the powerful Eric Kamau Gravatt & Source Code: Gravatt, drums; Solomon Parham, trumpet; Ron Evaniuk, bass; Dean Magraw, guitar; and Dave Graf, trombone. Here is Gravatt playing with McCoy Tyner and Bill Frisell.
Mama Digdown's Brass Band @ Vieux Carré, Saint Paul. 9pm ($15) Mama Digdown has been around for about twenty years, spreading worldwide joy with the creativity of their streetwise brass band music. You can expect traditional New Orleans tunes like Jocomo, and Gloryland, as well as their own version of pop songs like the Jackson 5's I Want You Back. Since the Madison, WI based group is sometimes supplemented with Twin Cities musicians, there may be guests during the course of the evening.
Sunday, May 7
Bob DeFlores Films: The Big Bands, 1923 – 1950s @ Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Chanhassen. 3pm ($12) Even if you don't live in the southern 'burbs, it's worth the drive to see films from the collection of Bob DeFlores, whose archive of music shorts and "soundies" encompasses all manner of jazz. Today he presents a rich palette of Big Bands, from Rudy Vallee and the Dorsey Brosters, to Woody Herman, Ozzie Nelson, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Ray Anthony, Artie Shaw, and much, much more.
Dan Chouinard and Lucia Newell @ Crooners' Dunsmore Room, Fridley, 7pm ($10, $35 w/Dinner) Pianist Chouinard and vocalist Newell get together for a special Birthday Club. Not only will they be celebrating the music of composers born during May, but all revenue will go to Global Rights for Women, an organization working to end violence against women worldwide! Here's Newell performing a Brazilian song.
Dakota Combo Spring Concert @ Studio Z, Saint Paul. 7pm ($10) The Dakota Combo is a group of very talented high school students selected each September by open audition to study with bassist Adam Linz for the school year. It's a program of MacPhail Center for music, supported by the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education. This year's combo is a quintet: Adam Astrup, guitar; Ivan Cunningham, alto; Riley Swain, baritone; Max Voda, bass; and Simon Petrick, drums. They've been hard at it and have already performed at a couple of area schools. It's safe to say you will likely be blown away by their talent. (Full disclosure: I'm on the board of the Dakota Foundation, which provides the support for this program.)
Monday, May 10
Glenn Zaleski @ Crooner's Dunsmore Room, Fridley. 7pm ($15, $40 w/Dinner) Twenty-nine-year old pianist Zaleski has been a first-call sideman in NYC ever since moving there nine years ago. He's performed and recorded with such stellar performers as Ravi Coltrane and trombonist Michael Dease, among others. He's featured in the latest issue of DownBeat, where he's described as someone who is not a traditionalist, but to whom "melody still matters." The writer goes on to say, "His solos hinge on acute, often linear lines that find their counterweight in subsequent measures, cresting the tension and suspense of a well-wrought story." This is a solo performance, so you've got a chance to see and hear his talent in the comfy, intimate confines of the Dunsmore Room.
Jazz Implosion @ The Icehouse, Minneapolis. 9:30pm ($10) It's an exciting double bill this evening the Levi Schwartzberg Quartet and Barnacle. Schwartzberg's young group starts the evening: Levi Schwartzberg, vibes; Patrick Adkins, piano; Drew Stinson, bass; and Tarek Abdelqader, on drums. Then, it's the return of Barnacle, a two guitar group that was around at the turn of the century, featuring guitarists Jason Goessl, now of Seattle, and Jacob Park Evans, backed by Chris Bates, bass; and Greg Schutte drums.
Tuesday, May 9
Chris Lomheim/Sophia Shorai @ Vieux Carré, Saint Paul. 6pm (Lomheim, no cover), 8pm (Shorai, $5) Yet another double dose of jazz, with pianist Chris Lomheim supplying airy, melodic improvisation during the dinner hour, and vocalist Shorai singing in her distinctively vulnerable yet sweet voice.
For more listings, KBEM provides a calendar of jazz and roots music. For further commentary on Twin Cities jazz, check out the blogs, Jazz Ink, and Bebopified.
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Wednesday, May 3
Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League on KFAI and @ The 331 Club, Minneapolis. 5pm (90.3 & 106.7FM), 7pm (331 Club – Tip Jar) So today, Harold's House Party features this string quartet (plus vocalist) that specializes in Prohibition-era swing. Tune in at 5pm to hear a sample of their music and go to the 331 for a two hour taste of their tunes. I'd say to bring dancing shoes, but it becomes quite crowded in between the tables of the small club.
Kinky Friedman @ The Turf Club, Saint Paul. 7pm ($30 Advance, $35 Door) Those of you of a certain age may remember Kinky Friedman as a legendary outlaw country singer/songwriter, satirist, novelist, and onetime gubernatorial candidate for Texas. He calls himself the Texas Jewboy, and is currently on the Resurrected Tour, as he calls it, in support of his latest CD, the Loneliest Man I Ever Met. Brian Molnar, of The Naked Hearts, opens. Here's Kinky, but her aware, he's not politically correct.
Thursday, May 4
Edgar Winter Band @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($45, $65, $75) Since his debut album in 1970, pianist Edgar Winter has always received accolades for his playing, whether it was rock, jazz, blues, or pop. His 1971 album with his horn band White Trash had liner notes by poet/rocker Patti Smith, and enjoyed huge success, as did it's live follow-up. He then formed the Edgar Winter Group which had the number one Frankenstein, and another chart buster, Free Ride. The album they appeared on, They Only Come Out at Night, peaked at number 3 and was on the charts for 80 weeks. He's got over 20 albums and collaborative efforts to his credits, and still rocks out as hard as possible.
Paul Thorne @ The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis. 7:30pm ($30 Advance, $35 Door) Thorne is a former prizefighter, and quite literally, the son of a preacher man which, taken with his Southern upbringing, has given him a unique perspective on life. He's lived a life that give him plenty of material for songs and often humorous stories, such as I Backslide on Friday, and Mediocrity is King, both of which can be found on his latest album, Too Blessed to Be Stressed.
Swamp Poppas @ The Eagles Club #34, Minneapolis. 7:30pm ($?) While the Poppas can always be depended upon to deliver smart, danceable renditions of songs from New Orleans and South Louisiana, tonight they're bringing in vocalist Lucinda Plaisance to help deliver some new songs in the repertoire, including Clifton Chenier's Zydeco Cha Cha, Gene Delafose's Bou Pon Pon, Irma Thomas' Ruler of My Heart, Lou Ann Barton's version of Shake Your Hips, and more.
Friday, May 5
Eilen Jewell @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($35) Singer/songwriter Eilen Jewell is a bit hard to categorize. She's got a sweet voice, with smoky undertones, and an instinctive way with phrasing, which she uses well, whether celebrating the music of Loretta Lynn, rocking out with Shakin' All Over, or putting a rockabilly twist to some of her own reflective originals.
Suicide Commandos Listening Party @ the Turf Club's Clown Lounge, Saint Paul. 7pm (No Cover) Back in 1975 a trio of lads decided they didn't want to play in a cover band, which was what most of the area's clubs were hiring. Chris Osgood, Dave Ahl, and Steve Almaas were itching with the raw energy of youth, and wanted to play short, loud, original songs. The old Blitz Bar was willing to hire them, and after that, things changed in the Twin Cities music scene. The Suicide Commandos, as the trio named themselves, laid the foundation for groups like the Suburbs, The Replacements, Husker Du, and other groups. Well, it's forty-two years later. They had long broken up, developed other music and performing careers, and then started reuniting on a sporadic basis over the last couple of decades. Importantly, they recently recorded their second studio album, Time Bomb. The guys will be hosting this listening party, and selling and signing copies of the album. In addition, Cyn Collins will be selling and signing her new book, entitled Complicated Fun, named after a Commandos song. It's an oral history of Minneapolis punk and indie rock from 1974 – 1984.
Erik Brandt and the Urban Hillbilly Quartet @ The Underground Music Cafe, Saint Paul. 7pm – 9pm (Free) Twenty-two years after forming, the Urban Hillbilly Quartet still delivers original Americana and roots rock inspired by folks like David Grisman, Bruce Cockburn, the Jayhawks and The Grateful Dead. The core of the band is Erik Brandt, guitar, accordion, piano, lead vocals; Jeremy Szopinski, electric guitar; Dave Strahan, electric guitar, banjo, & vocals; Mike Schultz, bass; and Jim Orvis, drums.
Saturday, May 6
Saturday Salon @ Crooners' Dunsmore Room, Fridley. 3pm ($20) This weeks program of chamber music in a cabaret setting is entitled Lonely Hearts: Music Made in Minnesota. It features two Saint Olaf grads who are active in the Twin Cities choral scene, but who also perform solo. Baritone Harrison Hintzsche and soprano Anna Christofaro will be joined by Matt Harikian on piano to perform acerbic, touching, and sometimes lustful songs by Libby Larsen, David Evans, among others. Small plates and bar service are available during the show, with full dinner available at 4:30pm, for those of us who may not want to go home and cook.
Fourth Annual Minnesota Salsa Fiesta @ Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis. 7pm ($20 Advance, $25 Door) It will be an explosion of hip-shaking Latin rhythms as Charanga Tropical hosts guests from throughout the Twin Cities Latin Music scene. Charanga Tropical will play, of course, along with Cuban-style percussion ensemble Rumba del Norte. Then it will be La Gran Charanga, and 18-piece all star group featuring 6 horns, 5 violins, 4 singers, and a full Latin rhythm section. When doors open at 7pm DJ Prieto from Chicago will spin salsa hits mixed with rare videos. A salsa lesson from Cuban-born instructor Rene Thompson will follow, to help folks dance to the pulsating rhythms produced by the bands.
Denny Laine @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($35, $40, $45) Laine was an original member of the Moody Blues, and sang lead on their first hit, Go Now back in 1964. He left the Moody Blues to have his own band, joined Ginger Baker's Air Force for a bit, and then, with Paul and Linda McCartney, was a founder of Wings, which had 24 hits on the charts in the 70s and received a Grammy for Band on the Run. He co-wrote Mull of McIntyre with Paul and it subsequently became the biggest selling hit of all time in the UK. Tonight he'll play Band on the Run in its entirety, as well as some other tunes, I presume.
Sunday, May 7
Mayday Festival @ Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis. Noon – 7pm (Free) If you want to see a friend you haven't seen in a while, they will probably be at the community celebration which is taking place for the 43rd year in a row. The day begins with a parade that travels south on Bloomington Avenue from 25th street and turns to Powderhorn Park on 34th Street. The parade features various community groups as well as giant puppets from Heart of the Beast, all marching to the 2017 MayDay theme: Imagine, Resist, Heal. The Tree of Life Ceremony occurs at 3pm, when the Sun Flotilla paddles the Sun across the park's lake. There will be music and dancing throughout the day, with entertainment ranging from Morris Dancers and a Women's Drum Circle, to Savage Aural Hotbed, Prairie Fire Lady Choir and Machinery Hill. Food and merchandise will be available from a plethora of vendors. Here's a short clip of what you might see in the parade.
Tuesday, May 9
The Blasters @ The Turf Club, Saint Paul. 7pm ($20 Advance, $25 Door) Back in 1978, as the Punk movement was gaining steam around the country, a group of guys in Los Angeles named themselves the Blasters and combined that energy with rhythm and blues, early rock n' roll, and rockabilly in an album called American Music. Funding members Phil Alvin, vocals, guitar; John Bass, bass; and Bill Bateman drums, along with guitarist Keith Wyatt, are still rocking audiences into gleeful pools of sweat.
For a more comprehensive listing of blues (and some roots) events, see the MN Blues Society calendar. For a comprehensive listing of Cajun and Zydeco events, see the Krewe de Walleye calendar.


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Will the Supreme Court weigh in on copyright law's "conceptual separability" doctrine, as applied to fashion? [3/18 UPDATE: No.]
LAW OF FASHION has been following Jovani Fashion, Ltd. v. Fiesta Fashions since the dispute was a mere district-court case going by a different name, Jovani Fashion, Ltd. v. Cinderella Divine, Inc. (which was discussed at some length in this writer's chapter in Navigating Fashion Law.) How quickly our little case has grown up! With the Second Circuit having affirmed Judge John Koeltl's decision granting a key motion to dismiss the Complaint on the basis of non-copyrightability, Jovani now seeks relief from the highest court in the land.
On January 10, 2013, Jovani's attorney, Mr. Anthony Handal of Handal & Morofsky, LLC, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari ("cert") with the U.S. Supreme Court. (That filing is embedded below and also posted on Scribd, for ease of reading.) Mr. Handal took a few minutes to chat with LAW OF FASHION, and explained why he is "very hopeful that the Supreme Court will grant the petition in this matter."
In Handal's view, the current state of separability jurisprudence in U.S. copyright law is the result of the law "building upon itself, often without reference to the [actual language of the copyright] statute and the Congressional Record associated with it." As a result, he says, the doctrine "has drifted hopelessly far from the test delineated in Section 101 and [its] underlying public policy[.]" One particularly egregious example of this drift, in Handal's view, is the principle, expressed in multiple circuit court decisions, that a useful article's "aesthetic expression must be separately salable in order to qualify for protection." Handal says this standard is inconsistent with "other parts of the Copyright Act's legislative history, which make the point that aesthetic merit is not one of the requirements of the Copyright Act."
Handal notes that "the definition of a 'useful article' in Section 101 of the Copyright Act [is] 'an article having a function other than merely to portray appearance.'" The Second Circuit's order in Jovani, according to Handal, essentially disregarded this standard when it (in Handal's words) "affirmed [the district court's] decision based upon the concept that a prom dress would not be a prom dress without its decorative aesthetic expression, and accordingly, [the dress's] aesthetic expression is not entitled to protection." Handal hopes that the Supreme Court will correct what he sees as erroneous reasoning by the appellate court.
Mr. Handal's right-hand man on the Jovani case is Tim Bukher, also of Handal & Morofsky (and the blogger behind Law Techie.) Bukher told LAW OF FASHION that he is often asked whether allowing copyright protection for [more] aesthetic elements of fashion, like the decorative components of the dresses at issue in Jovani, would result in monopolies over common design elements -- in contravention of constitutional policy and important distinctions between copyright and patent law. Bukher's answer to such objections: "We think that it is fully within the ambit of a court's power and judgment to articulate the 'strength' of any given copyright." In other words, a court might find a copyright on a relatively mundane artistic component of a fashion design valid, but thin. Greater use of "thin copyright," in Bukher's view, "would allow the designers to protect their articles from the type of virtually identical copying that we see in Jovani, but competing designers would still be free to make dresses that are somewhat similar but not identical." Bukher adds that he is "by no means opining with regard to the merits of this particular case on whether Jovani's protection should be so limited," but he "think[s] that this type of legal discretion has a foundation in our existing jurisprudence."
Fiesta Fashions, which prevailed before the Second Circuit, is naturally less enthused at the prospect of the Supreme Court granting cert in Jovani. Fiesta's attorney, Terrence Patrick Ross of Crowell & Moring LLP, filed a brief in opposition to Handal's cert petition one week ago, on February 14th. (LAW OF FASHION reached out to Mr. Ross by e-mail, but has not heard back from him.) Fiesta's opposition brief is embedded below, and also posted at Scribd.
[Note: LAW OF FASHION takes no position on the merits of either brief, or on the case more generally.]
[UPDATE 1 (3/8/13): According to the SCOTUS website, the case materials were distributed for review on February 27th, in advance of a conference on March 15th.]
[UPDATE 2 (3/18/13): The Supreme Court's website indicates that the Court has declined to grant certiorari in the case.]
Jovani Fashion v. Fiesta Fashions (1/10/13 Petition for a Writ Of Certiorari)
Jovani Fashion v. Fiesta Fashions (2/14/13 Opposition Brief)
[Like everything on LAW OF FASHION, this post is for entertainment and informational purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship among any individuals or entities. Any views expressed in this post or at the linked web pages are those of the relevant writer(s) on a particular date, and should not necessarily be attributed to Charles Colman, his law firm, or its agents or clients. Neither the writer of this post nor LAW OF FASHION (or any person or entity associated with it) can or will warrant the thoroughness or accuracy of the content here or at the cited sources.]


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text: Obama: UN 'Shortcut' Won't Bring Mideast Peace Netanyahu praises stance as 'badge of honor' By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Sep 21, 2011 12:40 PM CDT 10 comments President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN Building Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) View 2 more images (Newser) – No big surprises in President Obama's address on Palestinian statehood today: He reaffirmed US opposition to a Security Council vote on the matter and said it had to be accomplished through Israeli-Palestinian negotiations instead, reports the Wall Street Journal. The takeaway quote: "There is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades," Obama said. "Peace is hard work. Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the United Nations." Afterward, he met with Benjamin Netanhyahu, who praised the US opposition to a vote on statehood as a "badge of honor," notes the Jerusalem Post. Obama meets later today with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, with all signs still pointing to a postponement of a vote for weeks or longer so talks can resume. Nicolas Sarkozy spoke after Obama and delivered what the New York Times described as a "sharp repudiation" to the US. He backed a vote in the General Assembly, as opposed to the Security Council, that would be a first step toward statehood. "Let us cease our endless debates on the parameters," he said. "Let us begin negotiations and adopt a precise timetable." Click here for the full text of Obama's speech. (Read more President Obama stories.) View 2 more images My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results | 48% Annoying 4% Hilarious 16% Intriguing 10% Depressing 18% Brilliant 4% Scary


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Session Four
For relationships to develop, they need a space. Think about your favorite coffee shop or place you like to gather with friends to talk together about life. In the story of Scripture, we find that God often creates a space for people to interact with Him. How does that idea play out today? Consider this thought with Dr. Guthrie in this session.
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Here you can find links to the podcasts for the Sunday School Series,
"Baptism and its Implications in the Christian Life", led by Jason Schubert.
We also wanted to make some resources available to you for further study.
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Baptism Sunday School Audio Podcasts
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Westminster Confession on Sacraments and Baptism
Westminster Larger Catechism on Sacraments and Baptism
History of Baptism Through New Testament Times - John A. Battle
Mode of Baptism - John A. Battle
What Does Baptism Do For Anyone? Part 1: Exegetical Background - C. John Collins
What Does Baptism Do for Anyone? Part 2: Additional Studies - C. John Collins
Christian Baptism - John Murray
Why Do We Baptize Infants - Bryan Chapell
How Our Children Come to Faith - Stephen Smallman


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CH Marymore Banner Gabriel's Choice
May 5, 2005 - February 2, 2019
Bred & Co-Owned by Mary Peltier, Marymore Wheatens
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When the time came for us to get another bitch, we knew it had to be a puppy from CH Marymore First Triple Axel. "Midori" was one of the best bitches we'd seen, and we had a high confidence level in Mary's breeding program .
Getting Gabby from the West Coast was a challenge. First, we needed help picking which of the two girls would be ours. Professional handler Gabriel Rangel made the choice for us...hence Gabby's name. Our friend Meg brought her back on a return business trip. Gabby fit right in...and this California girl didn't really have any problems with our weather.
While she was sometimes shown by professional handlers Ernesto Lara and Andrew Green...and once by her very special friend, Gabriel...John mostly showed Gabby. He finished her at the Delaware Valley Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club supported entry at the Somerset Hills Kennel Club show.
Gabby's first litter out of CH Edgewood Dream Catcher gave us BobDog and Rudi…and became a foundation for our program. Rudi gave us Zoey and gave Mary her Mika…and the future looks bright for Gabby's granddaughters in the whelping box.
Gabby returned to the ring in October 2012, winning BOS at the SCWTCA 50th Anniversary Veteran Sweepstakes...where no one believed she was THAT old!
We said goodbye to Gabby when she was 13 years and 8 months old…she will live on in our hearts as that silly puppy for years to come.


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"In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips."
in the sandwich of life, i am the ham.
coming from being the middle child (yup) with a brother on either side, i dreamed of having a sister.
these two don't "play" just yet, unless wrestling every saturday morning counts {completely toddler initiated and controlled} for now i know play is more like a lion hunting it's prey...
but i see amazing connections and joy for them in the future.
it makes my heart sing.
are you from a sandwich {even a club} or a cookie family?
perhaps you are a carrot stick?
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Join the Exeter Historical Society from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 11, for the opening of the new exhibit, "The Art and Archaeology of William White."
Join the Exeter Historical Society from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 11, for the opening of the new exhibit, "The Art and Archaeology of William White."
The reception will include light refreshments and will take place at the Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front St., Exeter. After the reception, the exhibit will be open to the public during the society's open hours and is free, though donations to help cover the costs of our programs are always welcome.
Born in 1916, Bill White worked on the Linden Street farms of Frank Brown and Frank Wadleigh while still a schoolboy. Here, weeding carrots or hoeing corn, he found his first "arrowhead" and a lifelong interest in prehistory was born. As a young man he collected many artifacts while working on farms in Kensington, cultivating the fields of Frank Kimball, Hibbert Baker, Sherman Shaw and others. He widened his explorations by walking or cycling to search plowed ground in surrounding communities.
These pursuits were interrupted by World War II, in which he saw combat in New Guinea and the Philippines. After returning to Exeter, White came to know Laurence Crosbie, then teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy and a well-known collector of prehistorical artifacts. In 1947, White, Crosbie and others founded the N.H. Archaeological Society. Soon White was participating in the society's excavations, some of which were conducted on sites that he had discovered. He shared his interest in archaeology with such friends as Mike Jenkinson and Zike Burke, both of whom became serious amateurs attending or hosting "digs."
With Eugene Finch, White co-authored several reports, including one on the important site at Newfields Road. In 1982, he received the Society's highest award, the Chester B. Price Memorial Award, in recognition of his contributions to the archaeology of the state of New Hampshire.
Today, the plowed fields around Exeter where White collected have all but vanished, lost to development or abandoned to a returning forest, but his sharp-eyed and energetic searching has yielded a wealth of material from the area's long and complex prehistory. His collection of thousands of pieces, each carefully marked to locality, was generously donated to the New Hampshire Archaeological Society in 2004.
In addition to his archaeology, White was also a prolific artist, working as a sculptor and painter. Here are two examples of his artwork. In the photo, White is on the left, working on a stone sculpture. The other image is one of his striking watercolors.
For information, contact Barbara Rimkunas, curator, at the Exeter Historical Society at 778-2335 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Exeter Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the research and preservation of Exeter's past. The Historical Society is open to the public on a weekly basis, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 4:30 p.m., and on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front St., PO Box 924, Exeter, New Hampshire, 03833, 778-2335, email@example.com, www.exeterhistory.org.


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Largely responsible for the explosion of bold American television in the 1970s, writer/producer Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. The first documentary about the 94-year-old television legend, "American Masters — Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You," premieres nationwide Tuesday, October 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
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Study: Pediatric Early Literacy Effort a Boon to English Learners
A program that uses pediatricians to "prescribe" reading aloud with children and provides developmentally appropriate books to families with young children is showing benefits for at-risk Latino children, including those whose parents do not speak English, a new study shows.
Specifically, poor Latino children who come from households where English is not the primary language and who participate in the early literacy program known as Reach Out and Read from six months of age, have average or above average literacy skills by the end of kindergarten, and good home literacy environments.
"Kindergarten Readiness and Performance of Latino Children Participating in Reach Out and Read" was recently published in the Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education. The paper was written by three scholars at the University of Utah.
The study looked at a sample of 40 low-income Latino immigrant mothers and their children. The authors reviewed medical records to determine how much exposure each mother and child had to the Reach Out and Read program, interviewed each mother to determine how often they were reading aloud with children and how many books they had in the home, assessed the children's emergent literacy skills in the summer before starting kindergarten, and evaluated teachers' reports on each child at the end of kindergarten.
Among the promising findings:
• Every child had at least two risk factors for poor performance in kindergarten, such as poverty, low maternal education, and little to no English spoken in the home. Yet, at the end of kindergarten, 60 percent were identified by their teachers as "intermediate and proficient" in reading, while 77 percent were rated by teachers as having literacy skills that were average, above average, or far above average when compared to all students of the same grade.
• Fifty-nine percent of mothers reported that their child had been read to the day before, identical to rates reported for high-income families in national surveys.
• In interviews the summer prior to starting kindergarten, 76 percent of the children could identify a favorite book by name, demonstrating print awareness, an important early literacy skill.


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Golf Clubs for kids, for ages 3 through 10, were introduced to the marketplace after the cut-down adult clubs failed to make golf fun for the little people. The old-fashioned cut-downs were too heavy, too stiff and made it nearly impossible for kids to perfect a proper golf swing, actually hit the ball, and win. Kids' golf club manufacturers include such groups as the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation, a nonprofit organization aiming to make golf fun for kids and their families, several name brand dealers, and those manufacturers who may be less well-known. Let's take a look at each of these to find out what they offer by way of kids golf clubs.
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I saw many more new movies in 2014 than in recent years. I only missed two or so that I felt I wanted to see. Here's my list, with some notes about them and why other flicks didn't quite make it.
These are numbered, but they are all pretty much equal until it gets to the top two, which is listing technique I stole for Quentin Tarantino.
8. Blue Jasmin.
I almost jettisoned this Woody Allen movie because if it's ridiculously unrealistic presentation of San Francisco, until I finally realized that that didn't matter. San Francisco here is representing "Not Manhattan or the ritzy part of Long Island." This movie has been compared to Streetcar and other works by Tennessee Williams, and that's accurate. Cate Blanchette (who's pretty much always good anyway) is power as this person who has spent her whole life construction a self, only to find forces out of her control making that persona un-viable. The last scene is pretty heartbreaking.
7. Mud.
This is, strangely, the only Matthew McConaughey movie on my list this year. Mainly because I didn't see Dallas Buyer's Club. I saw the trailer at least a dozen times and it's the kind of trailer that hits every single story beat. You can even tell that McConaughey and Jared Leto will gets tons of well-deserved accolades. And it's an important story. I'll certainly rent it online at some point. "Mud" is a wonderful coming of age story. Or maybe two coming of age stories. That of a boy, and that of the title character, who is a man-boy. Though I like "Mud" better, it reminded me a bit of "Tree of Life", it has a bit of the same mood (though none of that movie's experimentation), but its same sort of contemplation of the complex emotional bonds everyone inevitably forms in life.
6. A Field In England
This is a trippy (literally) low-budget black and white four-character film set during the English Civil War. Like other Ben Wheatley films I've seen, it appears heavily influenced by low-budget British horror of the sixties, particularly, in the case, "The Witchfinder General". It's one of my favorite types of movies, a genre a like to refer to as "people talking." Sounds uncinematic, but it isn't, not if the performances, the writing, and the direction (I can't bring myself to say the "mis-en-scéne" all work as well as they do here. (By the way, as shown below, my other favorite film genre is "people not talking"). There's one scene (which begins with the horrifying cries of a man evidently being tortured offscreen) and that ends with long dolly shot, that's as disturbing as anything in any movie I'm ever likely to recommend. I didn't understand everything about the end of this movie, almost everything, but there is any action taken by a character right before credits roll that I didn't get. Still, it's the kind of weird, and visionary experience that, if it WASN'T a little inscrutable, would lose something. Sometimes it's fun to be a little freaked out.
5. Blackfish
This is the Seaworld documentary. And as a work of film, I feel like it has implications far deeper even than its very important message about the inhuman and (at this point, at this level of civilization) is unforgivable. The implication I mean is that this movie also shows how corporations, this faceless, soulless killing machines, perfected to grow and grow and produce returns, and to do so with no other moral imperative, can manipulate and confuse their own employees, and their own customers, so that no one knows up from down and wrong from right anymore. If you've ever had that horrible feeling in your stomach, the feeling of "this is not right" but have had to swallow it or give up your paycheck. If you've caught yourself telling yourself "this must be okay, they wouldn't be allowed to do it otherwise). Then this is the movie for you. You are not alone, and many times the things they are telling us, and the things that they say are not lies, really are lies. (Pro tip: After this watch "Dirty Wars" about the US's current covert wars in 15 Muslim countries.)
4. The Heat.
I loves me some Melissa McCarthy. I loves me some casting by Allison Jones (Veep, Eastbound & Down, Arrested Development to name a few) AND I loves me some Sandra Bullock; but until this year she never made many movies in genres that appeal to me. I recommend "Speed" until the bus stops, then it is horrible, and also "While You Were Sleeping" which is adorable. Very funny movie. A standard sort of plot about two buddies who start out hating each other, but end up learning from each other, so it all depends on the chemistry (check) and the comedy (check). And that bobbie pin in the hair? That's a very good character touch.
3. Drinking Buddies
This is directed by the mumblecore guy, Joe Swanberg (aren't you impressed that I know what mumblecore is? I've never seen any of his other films so I don't know, but this one has a cast of well-know actors like Olivia Wilde and Anna Kendrick, and also has good, if inexpensive, production values. About half an hour in I was on board, and I thought I was pretty sure where it was going. Half an hour later, still there. By then end, it has gone completely in a direction I could not have guessed. This is a really beautiful film about, well, buddies. It's very very hard to do something truly simple. It takes a lot of confidence, a lot of vision, and a lot of artistic courage.
Speaking of which, here are my top two picks, both of which have that courage…
2. All Is Lost.
There is a particular scene in "Gravity" where George Clooney gets Bullock to start talking about her past. And this is the point in the film where is inserted one of the most tired and overused backstories in all of contemporary Hollywood cinema. It's the back story given in over and over again in Hollywood movies, year after year, when the protagonist is either a single woman over thirty or so, or a young couple. (A different back story is given when the protagonist is a man. The lone male protagonist's back story is, 9 times in 10, that his alcoholism caused him to become estranged with his adolescent daughter, whom he hasn't seen in years. If it is more common than the dead child tragedy assigned to so many female protagonists, that is only because there are so many more movies with male heroes.)
During this scene between Clooney and Bullock, I actually has the fully-formed thought "how great would this movie be if they had cut all this". Does Bullock's character really need extra motivation to save her life. I liked Gravity a lot, and it might have made this list if I hadn't seen the masterpiece All Is Lost, in which we are introduced to a character, alone in the universe. We don't know his name, we don't know what he does for a living, all we know is that he has people somewhere that he loves and wants to get back to. We can surmise what his class and worldly status is. after all it's Robert Redford for fuck's sake. It's still a movie. But we watch him. He hardly speaks, there's no one to talk to. He makes decisions, he make other decisions to deal with the outcomes of those decisions, and we watch, and we root for him. That's about as pure as it gets. Not too many people saw it, which is too bad. It's not going to be half so compelling on home video. And if they remade it with Sandra Bullock, it would still be great.
1. Inside Llewyn Davis.
Until a few years ago I wasn't very much of a Coen Brothers fan. I liked their crime movies: Blood Simple and Fargo. I loved their sort-of crime movie turned cult sucess, The Big Lebowski. I thought Raising Arizona was an unfunny mess. I thought Barton Fink was pretentious shit, that Miller's Crossing, Hudsucker Proxie, the one with Tom Hanks, and Oh, Brother Where Art Thou, and The Man Who Wasn't There, were all boring as fuck. I thought the deus ex machina, not to mention the plot holes in No Country for Old Men, showed just plan ignorance of narrative skills, but I guess Cormac's probably more to blame for that. Then something happened. I responded to the political satire of "Burn After Reading" I thought "A Serious Man" was one of the best movies about metaphysical ideas I'd ever seen, and I thought "True Great" was the best western since "Unforgiven". So there. I feel compelled to put all that down because apparently, from what I'm seeing online, "Inside Llewyn Davis" is one of those kinds of works of art, like Joyce's last two novels, that by it's very existence just pisses some people off. Obviously, anyone claiming to like "Inside Llewyn Davis" is just a poseur/hipster/liar whose giving a pass to an inferior movie just because it's a Coen Bros. movies. Snobs and cretins in other words, snobs because of their professed tastes, and cretins because they can't think for themselves. But has it occurred to anyone that snobs, of all people, LOVE to tear down the work of sacred cows. A snob likes nothing more than to trash a new work by an established master. Makes them feel good. Then there's the infuriating belief that if something doesn't appeal to you, then it must be making fun of you. That after the screening everyone else retreats to a fancy wine bar somewhere and laughs and laughs about your philistine response to the work that was intended for no other purpose than to instigate your humiliation. These people couldn't actually like this artsy-fartsy stuff. No. And if they are not doing if FOR themselves, the must be doing it AGAINST me. That's, if you'll forgive me, a little narcissistic, don't you think?
So if you don't like movies that induce those sorts of emotions, be warned, Inside Llewyn Davis.
Maybe I can best explain why I loved this movie by going first to its correllary, "Francis Ha", which almost made my list and is on a similar familiar theme: the struggling New York artist. Francis is played by Greta Gerwig (who co-wote and produced the movie as well). Greta Gerwig who is one of the most adorable people in the currently known world. Llewyn Davis, on the other hand, is a bit of a dick. He's hard to root for (if you can't, or more likely, won't, root for Greta Gerwig, then you're the dick), although they do both exhibit some of the same unpleasant behavior. They impose themselves on others excessively; they seem to find themselves on the taking end rather that the giving end of most transactions, at least at the point in their lives that we encounter them: the struggling phase. Because in both movies there is a real sense that they are struggling, not only with making a living, but also with themselves. They are excessively self-involved. They turn down very generous offers that could help them in their careers. They do this by gut instinct, as if their brains hardly work at all. Ultimately, "Francis Ha" becomes an inspiring movie about a young woman finding her niche, and that makes a very good movie, when, as here, done right. Inside Llewyn Davis (the title is ironic, we go all the way from Greenwich Village, to Chicago, and then, by later implication, all the way round again, but the one place we will never go is inside Llewyn Davis). Throughout the movie, Davis sings beautiful songs, he demonstrates almost no love or kindness toward any other person, yet he's extremely concern about a cat he accidentally lets escape a friend's flat. The question is often raised against such people "how can such a sensitive artist" be such an asshole? Some people don't like movies about unsympathetic characters (though I'll argue that Llewyn isn't such a character anyway, in a moment), but if you've ever met any artists or actors or musicians or painters, you have probably met some assholes among them. Or, if you won't call them assholes, then flakes, or drunks, or at very least crybabies. You've probably met some people who are truly inspiring in one minute and big pain in the butt the next.
I'm suggesting that these are all occupational hazards of creative people, and that theses traits are not to be romanticized, or excused, but lack they hazards of any other occupation, they ought to be examined. Hence a legitimate subject for movies.
Llewyn has a crust over him. It's sad. It's sad for him that he's an asshole. And it's sad that he doesn't know if. The crust that started to form long before we meet him, and has been getting harder through the years of life's inevitable trials. A big crust was formed when his former partner committed suicide, a year or two prior to the start of the film. That incident if crucial (in the middle of the film when Llewyn is offered a shot a joining a group that a big promoter is forming — a group based on Peter, Paul & Mary, Llewyn rejects the offer firmly, "NO! No double act!" Even if it's a trio. For what it is worth, all of that makes him a sympathetic character to me.
I don't want to talk about it any more, but to me this movie is a classic narrative of a classic sisyphean hero. This is beautifully and elegantly revealed in only the very last scene when the Coen unveil the true and previously hidden structure of this particular narrative. And of course, by the last words, Llewyn, that common French phrase that means something different in it's literal translation, and which John Collier used for something of a similar effect as the concluding two words of one of his most famous stories, "The Chaser."
As a side note, the movie has a beautiful imagery. Great dark humor. Really lovely songs, and great quirky performances. It maybe has symbolism. I have the sense that the Coen's but stuff in their movies that even they don't understand. Stuff that just feels like it ought to be there, or maybe just seems like its worth a gamble. In a young artist this kind of thing can often be a mistake (not that young artists should be afraid of making mistakes). But in a couple middle-aged guys like the Coen's its damn good. An effort to understand like begins with incompetence and enthusiasm in youth, moves to control and confidence in adulthood, and then, for the the very awake and the very lucky into a middle or late age of "well, who the fuck knows?"


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New Zealand Entertainment Operators Association release media statement/
Media statement from Senior Members of NEOA
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We are dismayed by the press articles this week concerning the justified public outcry over the lack of ticket refunds in relation to the cancelled McLaren Valley Festival (which became Echo Festival).
NEOA, whose history dates back to 1965, was founded to assist its members in bringing greater efficiency and higher standards within the entertainment industry. Whilst never advocating over-regulation, NEOA has always been active in attempts to influence appropriate legislation to protect the interests of event patrons.
Our members are experienced professionals who abide by a code of ethics that hold the audience experience sacrosanct. None of our members condone poorly planned and executed events at the hands of a very few irresponsible people, nor work with ticketing companies who are unknown or not subject to New Zealand law.
Legitimate New Zealand Producers and Promoters have in the past, for various reasons, suffered event cancellations. In such cases full refunds are made to patrons from funds that are held in a secure or trust account, usually by the ticketing company on the Promoters' behalf.
New Zealand is one of the last bastions of free enterprise when it comes to promoting entertainment events. There is no regulation in this country to prevent anyone with the dream of successful event promotion from proceeding, selling through unknown or un-tested ticket companies, or from using ticket revenues paid in advance for their own purposes.
The Commerce Commission has created regulations to protect the interests of ticket purchasers, but we believe more work needs to be done to establish both the bona fides of new entrants in the event market, and especially new arrivals in the online ticketing business.
We adhere to an old adage "buy it from a recognised ticketer!"
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