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The Bay State Thunder 18U Elite Team will be adding an additional tryout on this Friday, August 26th beginning at 6:00 pm. We have added this tryout to accommodate Fall HS sports tryouts and also because of the possible rain-out on Saturday due to the pending hurricane. We are currently still planning to hold the tryout on Saturday and will update the website with any changes.
Fall 2011 & Summer 2012 team tryout information:
When: Friday, August , 26, 2011 or Saturday, August 27, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm or 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Where: Flaherty School Fields, Braintree, MA
(The fields can be accessed through the South Shore Plaza in Braintree behind Nordstroms)
We are a Northeast Regional college showcase team that understands the college recruiting process and also how to properly manage a college showcase team through our experienced and well connected coaching staff of current college coaches and former collegiate players. We also balance the tournament schedule with some of the better local traditional tournaments to keep the summer fun and interesting. The current 18U Elite team ended the 2011 summer season with a record of 22-8-4 and won all three of the traditional tournaments that we entered.
We will be playing two (2) Fall 2011 college showcase tournaments to properly complete our cycle and commitment to our 2012 & 2013 players at the RI Thunder and Polar Crush hosted sites.
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July, 2016
Jazz At Lincoln Center
Ely Yamen'sJazz Drama Workshop
Ely Yamen & Antoinette Montague
Urban League
Young People's Rally
Washington, DC
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
7:00 pm
Jazzmobile Summer Fest
The Antoinette Montague Experience
National Safety Night Out
135th Street, NYC
Saturday, August 6, 2016
5:00 pm
Antoinette Montague
St Albans Congregational Church
St. Albans Congregational, UCC
172-17 Linden Boulevard
St. Albans, New York 11434
Friday, August 12, 2016
7:00 pm
Antoinette Montague
Hudson Valley Jazz Festival
The Dautaj
36 Oakland Avenue
Warwick, New York
Friday, August 26, 2016
7:00 pm
Charlie Parker Festival
The Antoinette Montague Experience
Richard Rogers Outdoor Theater
at Marcus Garvey Park
124th and Mt. Morris Ave, NYC
Tuesday, September 19, 2016
Antoinette Montague
Just Became a Friar!
Great people Lifting Spirits through the Arts!!
Induction into the Friars Club
with Abbott Jerry Lewis
The Monastery
57 East 55th Street
between Park Ave. & Madison Ave., NYC
Friday, September 23, 2016
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Antoinette Montague Experience
with Danny Mixon, piano
The Fairburn Music Fest Series
Georgia Renaissance Festival Grounds
6905 Virlyn B. Smith Road
Fairburn, Georgia
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
7:00 pm (sharp!)
Gospel in the Key of Jazz and Blues
Antoinette Montague does service for
The Azailia Project
St Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
New York, NY 10022
"Your magnificent brilliance on stage always creates a collective aura of magic during your performances. Last night your improvisational presentation captured the audience (as you saw no one wanted to leave!) And I am with you and Ornette Coleman in the belief that music can cure the world - of mental AND physical ailments."
"In other words, you were slammin'!!!"
– Mercedes Ellington on Antoinette's Metropolitan Room performance, April 24, 2016
American Music - Antoinette Montague Interview and Performance
Brooklyn College Television and Radio
with Host Randall Keith Horton
and featuring
Guitarist and Vocalist, Solomon Hicks
Drums, Phil Young
Pianist, Roger Anderson
Bass, Kevin Harris
Produced, Directed & Edited by Danielle Petito
Jazz and the Blues w/Class & Sass
by Les Henson
March 8, 2016
"Ladies and gentlemen this afternoon I'm proud to present to you the incredible Ms. Antoinette Montague!"
It's Valentine's Day, downtown Newark at Nico's, the supper club attached to NJ PAC. Dorthaan Kirk, music maven and widow of jazz icon Rahsaan Roland Kirk, presents monthly Sunday Jazz Brunches. Ms. Kirk has just introduced today's talented musical artist… Antoinette Montague, aka "Jazzwoman" is originally from Jersey and so this is her house today and these are her people, in this sold out room. But she always makes it her house no matter if she's uptown in Harlem at Minton's, over the bridge in Brooklyn at BAM, at jazz vespers in church or on tour in Europe or Russia. The crowd and the room become hers because she performs on a level that gives her audience 110%, and then some, anywhere she brings her act.
Now, while the chef at Nico's was busy in the kitchen preparing our buffet brunch, Ms. Montague was on stage serving up a musical feast. First were the tasty hot opening appetizers. Her band, led by Danny Mixon on piano, played an instrumental called Blue Bassa. Then Antoinette hit the stage and belted out a medley that included Blues in G, Havin' a Good Time in Newark and a rollicking, call and response, with Let the Good Times Roll. She followed that with a smoky rendition of I've Got You Under My Skin.
Next came an uplifting serving of Shirley Horn's signature song Here's to Life. By adding a little salsa to an old Debarge hit from the 80's All This Love, Ms. Montague made everyone want to get up and do the cha-cha. From the iconic Broadway musical, My Fair Lady, Antoinette sang us a swinging delicious entré, On the Street Where You Live, that was reminiscent of another sassy singer, the Divine Sarah Vaughn. Sizzling next was a rousing version of Try a Little Tenderness. Otis, did you hear her? And in remembrance of Maurice White, who recently passed, she offered up the Earth, Wind and Fire anthem, September.
There were some exotic side dishes too; starting with a little something you might call Hip-Bop rather than Hip-Hop. Antoinette cooked up a jazzy arrangement of rapper Drake's hit, Hotline Bling. Talk about turning the tables, this table was completely flipped over but it absolutely worked. The rhythm section led by journeyman drummer, Winard Harper, and all-star Stanley Banks on bass gave this arrangement the new groove it needed. The next time that I hear the Drake version, I'll find myself wishing it was done in Antoinette's Hip-Bop style. Other side dishes included Horace Silver's Song for My Father and a prayerful tune that she herself composed, And So It Is.
Well, this tasty meal was almost over, so for dessert Ms. Montague donned a golden cape and transformed into her alter-ego, "Jazzwoman." Using Lavern Baker's R&B oldie Jim Dandy to the Rescue, as the backdrop, she took us on a tour-de-force journey through jazz history. Antoinette has a program for schools in which she uses "Jazzwoman" to teach students about the history of jazz, the only true original American art form. On Sunday she gave us a pastiche going back as far as Sister Rosetta Thorpe's gospel song, Didn't It Rain. Accompanying her on this trip was a young man, King Solomon Hicks, who, on guitar, picked some rockin' Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode licks. Then she gave us A Wonderful World by Satchmo, Louie Armstrong and ended with A Tisket A Tasket from the great Ella Fitzgerald.
Finally Jazzwoman took off her cape. The lady has given her audience the aforementioned 110%, and then some. She assumed her true identity and Antoinette Montague closed her show. Then she came down off the stage at Nico's to press the flesh with her fans, her friends and her family, that had come to this house to see her perform in another room that she had once again, most definitely made her own.
Hot House NYC Jazz Awards Night 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Antoinette Montague, MC
For the full video of the award show, go here:
The Jeff Foxx Show with Jazz Artist Antoinette Montague
Jazz Woman to the Rescue is a foundation in the works.
It's historic as it visits Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and living Jazz Heroes on the band stand.
There are 2 elements to the Jazz Woman foundation. "The Play it Forward" program of encouraging people to take old instruments and give them to disenfranchised children.
The second prgram is "Put it Back!" The push for citizens to contact local schools in their community to ask if they have an arts education program for their students. If not, we as taxpayers insist they Put it Back! into the curriculum.
Jazz Woman to the Rescue helps with donated instruments and assigns a roster of artists to provide low cost musical education in after school programs and/or designated study slots.
We are currently reaching out in search of grants and donor funding to enable us to bring these two programs to more schools and children.
"My Grandfather said of Ella Fitzgerald that she was 'BEYOND CATEGORY,' and I would like to say the same of Antoinette Montague, that she is 'beyond category.' "
Mercedes Ellington, CEO
The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts
A personal review of Antoinette's 02-15-15 performance at Syracuse:
Thank you so much for your performance. You are a gifted performer. Your diverse repertoire and your audience interaction was very refreshing. We especially enjoyed your spontaneous rendition of 'Young Gifted and Black.' You project yourself with such conviction the listener has no choice but to be moved. Your enthusiasm on the bandstand is contagious.
We gave a ride to one of Vicki's interns who is from India and a freshman at SU, she had never been to a jazz concert before or exposed to jazz music of any nature. She indicated that she enjoyed it and asked if that was how all jazz concerts were my nephew who is a jazz musician quickly replied "NO" but that's how they should be.
Thank you again. We look forward to hearing you live in the near future. But in the meantime, we shall continue to chant "Jazzwoman" to the rescue.
Jamie Lou McKinney
Syracuse, NY
A personal review of Antoinette's 02-14-15 performance at FlushingTown hall:
SUPERB concert last night at Flushing Town Hall. Thank you so much for making so many people so very happy–and your band is Amazing!!!!
Ellen Kodadek
Executive and Artistic Director
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Antoinette and her group hit town like a fast freight train and delivered an engaging, high-energy show that showcased veteran talent, Danny Mixon, Chip White, Paul Beaudry, and the best of the next generation, Christopher McBride, Solomon Hicks. Our audience responded in kind – standing ovation. Kudos to the supremely talented Antoinette and the dynamite show that she assembled for our event.
Larry Luttinger, CNY Jazz Central
Photo credit: Tony Graves. Antoinette Montague Quartet with Danny Mixon at a sold out performance at Dorthaan's Place at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, March 2014.
Click here to see Antoinette on WBGO's photoblog.
Click here to read coverage of Antoinette's triumphant return gig at the Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation Black History Month Cabaret in Syracuse.
View John Herr's Picasa photo album of Antoinette's performance at the Sheraton University Ballroom, February 13, 2011 here.
Click here to see Antoinette interviewed by Jackie Lennon on "Jackie & Company" Friday, April 8, 2011 12:30 am. Time-Warner Cable CH 67/69, RCN CH 85, Verizon CH 36.
Born and raised in Newark, Antoinette Montague considers Carrie Smith, Etta Jones, Della Griffin and Myrna Lake to be her mentors. Antoinette has worked extensively in the New York area during the past decade with such musicians as Bill Easley, Norman Simmons, Winard Harper, Wycliffe Gordon, Frank Wess, the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Mike Longo's New York State of the Arts Orchestra. more info...
|Accolades for Antoinette
"Montague has a voice that is immediately appealing, and is adaptable to the variety of tunes that she has chosen for the album. Her sound is smooth with a soulful edge. She never gets tied up with vocal excesses, emphatic when she needs to be, and tender at the appropriate moments."
"Antoinette Montague has a powerful voice, the ability to hold long notes without wavering, and a knack for making every song sound bluesy."
"Jazz players love to accompany a genuine jazz singer and Antoinette is as real as they come: good range, phrasing and taste."
"Her lusty and soulful voice reaches your most inner core. Her strength is combining the heartfelt passion of the Blues with the sophistication of Jazz."
© 2016 Antoinette Montague


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Faith in the family: How belief passes from one generation to the next
On Easter Sunday three years ago, Vern Bengtson opened the doors of Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, Calif., and felt a religious feeling he hadn't experienced since his youth.
"I was just struck by the sound of the choir and the organ, sunlight radiating through the stained glass windows, vaulted stone ceilings reaching to the heavens," he said. "I just sat down in the pew and started crying. I felt the spirit."
For more than three decades Bengtson had strayed far from his Christian upbringing in rural central California, where his father was pastor of a small Evangelical Covenant Church. A sociology professor at the University of Southern California and noted scholar on the dynamics of aging, Bengtson had compartmentalized his faith from his academic work until he began delving into how and why religion is passed down from one generation to the next.
"It's interesting and you could say coincidental that my religious reawakening coincided with this research project of intergenerational transmission" of faith, he said.
His examination of religious rebels and prodigals, cohesive and conflicting faith across generations and the role parenting styles play in transmitting belief from one generation to the next was in some respects an examination of his own life. And of the many lessons learned from his study of 360 families stretching across four generations, Bengtson said parents and clergy shouldn't panic or despair when a young adult leaves the family faith.
His team found the transmission of faith has remained remarkably stable over the past 40 years with six out of 10 parents with young adult children today who report having the same religious tradition as their parents compared to seven in 10 in 1970.
"There is a strength about religion that's not going to go away especially among youth. There is a life course trajectory by which a lot of young people leave religion and then come back," he said, referring to his findings recently published in the book "Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed Down Across Generations." "My hypothesis is that in the next decade or two you will see a resurgence in church attendance as baby boomers retire and return to church."
Religious transmission
Bengtson's first inkling that his generation felt differently about faith than the one before came as a University of Chicago graduate student in the 1960s. He recalled that he and a Mormon classmate were among the few still clinging to their families' faith traditions.
"We felt like strangers," Bengtson said. "Young people everywhere were rebelling against their elders. Yet in my family, my 32 cousins on my father's side and 22 on mother's side, all of us were still Bible believing Christians. So I wondered why is it that in some families there were so many faithful followers and in other families there was this chaos?"
The question led to a landmark research project that began in 1970 with 2,000 people belonging to 360 families. Bengtson tracked his multi-generation sample for more than three decades, which produced more than 260 scholarly articles and 16 books about the psychological and social impacts of aging on family relationships.
He asked family members about their religious beliefs and practices. But he didn't see much use for those responses until about 2005, when he took notice of other surveys finding a growing number of so-called "nones" — people who said they weren't affiliated with any organized religion, but some of whom described themselves as spiritual.
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The new Ghost Investigator comic book is now available online from Outpouring Comics. It's based on the case I investigated of the hatchet murders in Hawthorne, NJ. You can download it now for $1. Print copies will be available soon. Thanks to everyone for their great work on this!
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Here's a review of the Queen Anne House in Harrison, Arkansas that I wrote about in my book "America's Historic Haunts."
My wife and I stayed at the Queen Anne House in March 2015. On 2 occasions, I was awakened by the voice of a woman softly laughing and talking to someone. Although I couldn't understand her, she sounded like she was just outside the Turret room where we were staying. The voice was so distinct the 2nd time that I had to get up and look around to see who was there but found no one. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a great place to stay and an opportunity to experience a paranormal phenomenon.


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Teyde - A Bichon Frisé (ebook)
History of Bichon Frise from earliest imports to present day.
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This book chronicles the pedigree history of the Bichon Frise from the island of Tenerife to the showgrounds of the world through the eyes of one of its earliest ancestors - Teyde
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Peter Eerden, born 1950 in the Netherlands, emigrated with his parents and siblings to Australia in 1956. His formative years were spent in South Australia though his adult years have seen him, in the main, a resident of Melbourne Victoria. Peter's early forays in writing centered around editorials and short stories for a number of local community organisations. His first book 'Teyde - A Bichon Frise' is a historical and pictorial account of a dog breed that entered Australia from England in 1975 and written as part of his International Dog Judging career. He married Patricia Birk in 2007 and through her encouragement entered a new chapter in his life with a developing interest in wildlife photography. He has travelled extensively and maintains a photoBOOK publishing presence both here and in South Africa. An extensive photographic collection can be viewed at http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/petersphotoart.html


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WASHINGTON, D.C. Ś In the final calculus, the meager legislative results of being a member of Congress were just not worth the sacrifice required to do the job for Jim Gerlach.
Ultimately, that was what led the 58-year-old Republican to announce last week that he will not seek re-election to 6th District seat he has held since 2003, Gerlach said during an interview with The Mercury.
ôWeĺre really not seeing much change in the legislative process down here in Washington and weĺre not getting a lot achieved with all the tussle and gridlock, weĺre really in kind of a holding pattern,ö Gerlach said.
ôRealistically, I donĺt see much movement on either side any time soon and I began to wonder whether it was worth not seeing my family, all the traveling and the permanent campaigning, when weĺre not really getting a lot done,ö Gerlach said.
Gerlach, of Chester Springs, said he had been mulling the decision for some time, but resolved to wait until the break over the holidays to talk to his family and give the question his full attention.
ôIĺve been thinking about it on-and-off for a few months, but I wanted to wait until I got home for the holidays to concentrate on it without all the hustle and bustle here in Washington,ö Gerlach said.
The decision made, Gerlach said he has no particular plans for the future, other than a desire to remain involved in public policy in some way, although, he said, not as a Washington lobbyist.
As a member of the majority on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee Ś a seat which Gerlach suspects many of his fellow House members are already maneuvering to obtain Ś Gerlach said he learned quickly how much public policy gets decided on the committee that determines how to pay for those public policy initiatives.
Being appointed to that committee ôwas a real education,ö said Gerlach, ôand I was a little worried at first because I donĺt have a tax background.ö
But heĺs a quick study and Gerlach said perhaps his biggest regret about not being around after his terms ends in December is the likelihood he wonĺt be around to participate in a major re-write of the tax code Republicans had hoped to have underway already.
ôBut that got bogged down in the fall with the (government) shutdown,ö Gerlach said.
Gerlach acknowledged polling that shows the shutdown hurt Republicansĺ reputation nationally.
But he also agreed that a Jan. 3 Molly Ball column in The Atlantic made an interesting point Ś that House Speaker John Boehner needed to allow the shutdown to play out in order to chasten and rein-in recalcitrant ôTea Partyö Republicans who were making legislative compromise difficult by clinging to uncompromising policy positions.
Boehner ôdidnĺt want a deal that ended the shutdown without resolving the more serious matter of the debt ceiling, and he wanted his unruly caucus to learn a lesson. So he waited,ö Ball wrote.
ôPost-shutdown, things changed. The negotiators Ś House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray Ś actually got together. They worked out a compromise. They hit the deadline. And then both houses of Congress passed it,ö she wrote.
ôI have no personal problem with our leadership,ö Gerlach said. ôI like Speaker Boehner. I think he has the right agenda, but I recognize they have a diverse caucus that they have to steer.ö
But whether or not the new ability to reach common ground will last is anybodyĺs guess.
ôThe juryĺs still out. I donĺt think weĺll know if its going to last until we get to the debt ceiling, where I think some people may really dig in their heels,ö said Gerlach.
Gerlach said he hoped the lessons of the shutdown will be learned by both sides.
Both the legislative and executive branches should focus on the possible, he said.
He pointed to President Clintonĺs ômove to the middleö when Republicans took over both houses of Congress in the 1990s. ôHe saw where things were headed and he focused on the things where there was common ground and got some things done.ö
Now, ôPresident Obama is still taking a more partisan position, perhaps to see if the Democrats can take back the House and then he will have an easier time, but if that doesnĺt happen, will he do what President Clinton did? I hope he does,ö said Gerlach.
The Republicans also need to step up, he said.
ôWe have to have a positive agenda, propose solutions for jobs, the economy, education rather than just vote against other peopleĺs initiatives. We canĺt just be the party of Ĺno,ĺö said Gerlach, conceding that impression has grown among Americans in part because of the more than 40 House votes taken to de-fund the Affordable Care Act, known to most as ôObamacare.ö
Make no mistake, Gerlach thinks that legislation ôis a monstrosity,ö but he said Republicans would be better served politically, and better serve the country, by offering realistic alternatives.
Although he would like to have spent most of his time on policy questions, Gerlach has been unable to avoid the political side of the job, both because demographic changes have made the 6th District one of the most closely-watched swing districts in the country, but also because the two-year term leaves very little time when House members are not campaigning, or planning a campaign.
ôItĺs the era of the permanent campaign,ö he said. ôFrom November to January, nothing really happens and then the new year comes and the robo-calls start, the emails. You get no real time off from the campaign and itĺs tough to legislate that way.ö
Part of the cause for the ôpermanent campaignö is the short-length of the terms.
ôI do think in this day and age, a two-year-term is too short. I think it should be four years and leave the Senate at six, but those terms are in the Constitutionö and given the current political difficulty in such basic functions as adopting an annual budget, Gerlach said he did not see agreement to make a change to the Constitution coming to Washington any time soon.
Further, the increasing number of ôsafe districtsö in the country allows for candidates who are further left, and further right, of the mainstream political spectrum to be elected without fear of consequences at the voting booth for taking uncompromising positions and delivering little in terms of tangible results, Gerlach said.
ôWhen you have 435 seats (in the House of Representatives) but only 50 are competitive, you only have 50 members who need to be flexible, and it gets harder and harder to find common ground,ö he said. ôAnd every 10 years when they re-district, more districts get a little bit safer.ö
Gerlach said he recognized the irony of that statement coming from someone who has arguably benefitted from the re-drawing of a district that now includes parts of five counties, but not one entire county, but few would say his district has historically been ôsafe.ö
Democrats at the national level have repeatedly targeted the 6 District as ôwinnableö since 2002, and Gerlachĺs margins of victory often have been ridiculously thin. Some national publications have, at times, called them the slimmest in the nation.
(Perhaps thatĺs why Gerlachĺs announcement that he will not run again made news across the country, including in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.)
As a result, over the years there has been a lot of money spent on both sides of the aisle trying to win the 6th District seat, which stretches across portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lebanon counties.
It is not a cheap proposition, as Gerlach certainly knows.
ôPhiladelphia is the fourth most expensive media market in the nation and one weekĺs worth of television ads to get good penetration costs $800,000,ö Gerlach said. ôThatĺs a lot of money. In a close race, you can go through $2 million in three weeks and you canĺt afford not to be running ads if your opponent is. Youĺve got to compete.ö
ôOne district-wide mailing can cost $50,000,ö and then you add in the funding streams unleashed by the Supreme Courtĺs Citizens United decision ôand it gets to be a pretty expensive proposition. But you canĺt afford not to advertise. As a candidate, you are no different than any other product or service that needs to advertise to get in front of people,ö Gerlach said.
Nevertheless, Gerlach said the amount of money now required to run a campaign is ônot corrosive. Itĺs freedom of speech. Where it goes off track is not when the ads are hard-hitting, I donĺt have a problem with that, itĺs when theyĺre not factual or relevant to the job youĺre running for.ö
So he wonĺt miss not having to worry about those things for the next 12 months as both parties jostle for position and to find the candidate who can win the seat.
In the meantime, ôIĺm not going anywhere. There is still work to do,ö said Gerlach.
Of the work he has done in his 11 years in office, Gerlach said there are two aspects of which he is the most proud.
ôIĺm really proud of the constituent services we provide, helping a veteran get his benefits, that kind of thing, our office staff really excels at that,ö Gerlach said.
As for legislation, ôwell Iĺm pleased about the bill I just authored and the President signed that allows four-strain flu vaccine into the market place,ö Gerlach. ôBut in terms of my time here, I was proud to be part of the Medicare Part D bill, that was good for seniors and I helped get language in there to ensure that states like Pennsylvania,ö which also provide help paying for medications, get reimbursed by the federal government. ôThat meant hundreds of millions of dollars for Pennsylvania.ö
Looking further back, ôI was very pleased with the results of my first bill, to establish a national veterans cemetery in Southeast Pennsylvania,ö he added.
As he looks back on his time in Washington, Gerlach noted that his decision to leave seems to be part of a pattern.
ôYou know I was a lawyer for 10 years, and then I was in state government for 12 years and when Iĺm done here, I will have served 12 years in Congress,ö said Gerlach.
As for whatĺs next, Gerlach continues to keep it close the vest.
He insists he has no immediate plans, but many say a man who has been in the public eye as long as Gerlach, who briefly ran for governor in 2010, is not likely to quietly fade away any time soon.
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A Galax man was arrested on May 30 after Galax police responded to a disturbance on East Grayson Street and discovered an injured man.
According to a Galax Police Department report, witnesses said that the accused had broken into their apartment and assaulted an occupant.
Arley Jason Simpkins, 30, is charged with burglary in the nighttime with intent to inflict injury and aggravated assault.
HILLSVILLE – Andrews Farming Inc. and ANDCO Logistics were topics of discussion for Carroll County Industrial Development Authority members and concerned citizens at the authority's June regular monthly meeting on Tuesday.
Markel Cochrane and Debby Brady Stone, two Carroll County citizens who have been doing research into Andrews Farming and its recent bankruptcy filing were in attendance at the June 7 meeting to ask questions of the IDA members. The produce company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 5 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Roanoke.
FRIES — A year after renovations to the Fries Theater began, visitors are already enjoying the extensive improvements that have been made to the inside of the building.
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County is nearing the halfway point of its five-year comprehensive plan that guides development, and county supervisors recently got an update on the previous year's progress.
Elaine Holeton, director of planning and community development, presented the update, highlighting the major points of Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015.
Editor's Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record.
The listings are complete. The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.
For information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.
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These sentences were recorded in October of 2015 in the Carroll County General District Court Office, Hillsville. Sentences may be appealed:
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This is about one of the plants. Instead of paying us four hours on Memorial Day, when they stopped having those chicken dinners they should have started paying us for eight hours instead of four hours.
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ROANOKE — Court documents show that Andrews Farming of Hillsville has filed for bankruptcy, with a list of creditors that includes Carroll County, the Virginia Tobacco Commission and other state agencies and numerous produce vendors.
The produce company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 5 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Roanoke. Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code provides for liquidation of a company — the sale of a debtor's property and the distribution of the proceeds to creditors.
Over the past five years, HoustonFest has presented and showcased a veritable who's who of bluegrass and old-time music.
Each year brings special and rare performances including the Banjo Jubilation in 2014 and the Orthophonic Joy Presentation in 2015, always paying tribute to the legendary artists of the region while featuring a strong focus on young up and coming artists.
FRIES — Following a complaint by a child protective services worker from the Grayson County Department of Social Services, investigators discovered alleged evidence of drug activity and child neglect at a home in Fries.
Grayson Sheriff Richard Vaughan said that, prior to the complaint, officers knew that one of the residents at 165 West Main Street had pending charges for illegal possession of methamphetamine, which is a Schedule II controlled substance.
This year's graduation speaker at the Galax High School commencement ceremonies is Col. Eric Bryson, veteran, active officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, father and GHS graduate.
Bryson, who grew up in Galax's Oldtown community, will speak at the ceremony to be held Saturday morning.
Bryson took a few minutes to answer questions and discuss the things that matter most to him with The Gazette. In true military style, Bryson's words were clipped, factual and to the point.
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Billy "Bill" Don Price, 78, of Laguna Park went to be with the Lord on Oct. 31, 2014, at Providence Hospital in Waco. There will be a Celebration of Life Memorial at Riverside Baptist Church in Meridian. A meal will be served for the family from 11-12 on Nov. 8, 2014, the memorial will follow at 1 p.m. Bill Price was born on Jan. 18, 1936, in Peacock, Stonewell County, Texas. He retired from Chemical Lime in 2001 with 15 years of service. He worked for the Sweetwater Fire Department in 1964; served six years in the National Guard; two years in the Army Reserves; and spent time in the Army. He loved playing guitar, singing, and had a band for 25 years. For the last three years he was very active in his family church. He loved to teach his church family members how to play the guitar. He was preceded in death by his father, Allen Jackson Prince, mother, Hazel Inez Agnew Price; brother, Denver Price and two nephews, Darryl Price and Sterling Lofton.
Funeral services for Gary Don Holt were held Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at the First Baptist Church in Clifton, with Pastor Dr. Jerry Smith conducting the service. Burial followwd in the Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery. Gary Don Holt was the second of three sons born to John "Buster" Holt and Ruby Lee Wallace Holt. He was born on Dec. 12, 1947 in Clifton. He grew up on a farm in the Smith Bend area that has been in his family since 1873. He was baptized at the First Baptist Church of Clifton as a youth. He graduated from Clifton High School in 1966. He graduated from Hill Jr. College and attended UTA for a year before going to work for Duggan Trailer Company in Groesbeck. In 1969, he went to work for the Chemical Lime Company. He worked there until 1978, when he returned home to work on the family farm. He married Teresa Atlas on Nov. 20, 1976. The couple made their home on the family farm. Two children were born to this marriage, Kilee in 1979 and Raymond in 1982.
Jean Orfield, age 77, of Meridian, passed away early Saturday morning, Oct. 18, 2014, in a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, in the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Meridian, with the Rev. Charles Collett officiating. Graveside services were held Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at the Crown Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. She is survived by her daughters, Lisa Orfield of Frisco and Lori Smith and her husband, Mike, of Morgan; granddaughter, Kadi Smith of Morgan; sisters, Fredna McCutcheon of Irving, Polly Cowsertt of Junction and Perry Bedair of Highland Village; number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred Otto Pilant and Elma Francis Knight Pilant; and a sister, Betty Jo Neighbors. Thoughts and memories may be shared with the family at lawsonfunralhome.net. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home of Meridian, Texas.
Roy L. Owen, age 87, of Granbury, passed away early Thursday morning, Oct. 23, 2014, in a Ft. Worth nursing facility. Graveside funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, in the Meridian Cemetery with Aaron Kenagy officiating. Roy was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Meridian, Texas. He was a son of the late Willis C. Owen and Ethel Durham Owen. He was raised in Meridian where he graduated from high school. At the age of 16, he moved to Ft. Worth to work. He started as a welder and worked up to become a foreman, production superintendent and then vice-president of Mid-Texas Mfg. Company. In 1980 he and a partner opened R-O Mfg. Co., a sheet metal fabrication plant. In 1987, Roy retired and moved to Granbury in 1989 Roy was united in marriage to Dorothy Josey on Feb. 18, 1949, in Weatherford. He was a member of the Granbury First United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, of Granbury; daughter, Teresa Pels and her husband, Billy, of Ft.
Jessie M. Smith passed away into the arms of His Lord on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 in Denver, CO. Interment will be in Bandera, TX. Smith was born in Ardmore, OK on Sept 18, 1944. He was 70 years old when he passed away. Jessie loved the ocean so he became a crewmember at the age of 13. He did this for 45 years. He is survived by his sister, Betty Lee Smith of Walnut Springs; her children, Shelilah (James) Dean, Chris (Tonya) Croy, Clifton (Stephanie) Croy, Casey (Clara) Croy; and great neices and nephews, Delaney,McKenzie and Tori Croy, Jeremy Eary, Kris and Zachory Croy.
Randy Elvin Gummelt passed from multiple severe organ failures on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at 4 p.m., in the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Services were held Saturday, Oct. 18, at Clifton Funeral Home. Gummelt was born on Feb. 4, 1951, in Bruceville, the son of Luther James and Minniegene Gummelt. He was a 1969 graduate of Clifton High School. He enlisted in the United States Air Force at age 19 and served during the Vietnam war. He helped build the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in Glen Rose. As a scaffold buildinger, he was the first worker there and the last to leave. After construction was complete he began to travel to other nuclear facilities as an outage worker. His home away from home was the Cooper Nuclear plant in Brownsville, NE. He enjoyed racing and working on his cars. He once held the world's record for fastest "Y-block" 292.
Graveside services for Dorothy Cleo Jones Scott were held Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 in Clifton Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Reed Justice. She passed away on Oct. 13, 2014, from complications related to heart disease. She was born on Nov. 9, 1921, on her family farm near Clifton where she spent the early years of her life, and later at their residence in Clifton. She was the daughter of Sam Davis Jones and Elsie Mae Jeanes Jones, whose families date back to colonial Virginia. She was the second of three children, older brother Omer and younger sister, Joanne. Her mother Elsie advised her and supported her in obtaining an education, stating, an education is of great value and cannot be taken from you. She graduated from Clifton High School in 1939, as the homecoming queen and served on the school yearbook staff, "The Cub." After graduating from Clifton College she accepted a position as a dental hygienist at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.
Frances Wiggs, 81, of Frisco, passed away on Oct. 10, 2014. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Clifton Funeral Home. Interment followed at Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery in Laguna Park. She was born on Feb. 5, 1933, in Eden, to Ada Ruby Carter and J.P. Bland. On Dec. 16, 1950, she married O.C. Carl Price in Lemesa. The couple had three children. She was a homemaker. Later in life, she attended Tarrant County Junior College where she graduated with a Associate in Accounting. On June 30, 1988, in Roanoke, she married William Richard Wiggs. She was a very gracious lady. It did not matter to her if you were related by blood or part of her extended family, she treated everyone with the same amount of love and kindness.
Thomas Jake (Tommy) Vannatta, age 58, of Valley Mills passed away Oct. 9, 2014, in a Waco hospital surrounded by his loved ones. Funeral services were Monday at the Valley Mills First Baptist Church. Interment will be at the Valley Mills Cemetery under the direction of Foss Funeral Home & Cremation Center. Memorials may be made to Garrett Trammell Scholarship Fund, c/o First National Bank Bosque County. Tom was born in Mineral Wells, Oct. 4, 1956 the eldest son of Tom and Jeanette Vannatta. He moved to Valley Mills in the fifth grade and graduated from Valley Mills High School in 1975. He played football, basketball and baseball and made many lifelong friends during his school years. Tom married Cindy Behringer Vannatta in 1977 and had three sons together. Tom lived most of his life in the Valley Mills, Speegleville and Crawford area. He hunted and fished every field, creek, lake and woods he could find and shared his love of hunting and fishing with his sons.
Our precious father, husband, grandfather, brother, and friend, David Wayne Harrelson, passed away at his home on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. A graveside service was held Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 at Clifton Memorial Park. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. David was born on Aug. 2, 1952 in Sapulpa, OK to Audie and Edgar Harrelson. He graduated from Beggs High School, Beggs, OK in 1971. David married Charlotte Cobb in West, Texas on Feb. 12, 1987. The couple resided in Clifton. David worked at Plantation Foods in Cargill for 30 years. For the past nine years, he worked at Jim's Packing Store and the Clifton Sale Barn. Preceding David in death were his parents and a daughter, April.
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text: While we're all in a Fort Max mood, let's not forget the upcoming candy toy reissue! The ever-helpful TAG Hobby has posted a pair of images of Kabaya's Transformers Gum Metallic Edition figure. And what exactly is "metallic" about it? For starts, we were right about the foil stickers... but that's not all! The large hatch of Fort Max's chest is now a metallic green, and the Master Sword has been rendered in metallic red with a gunmetal handle. Keep reading for the photos!


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I will be flying into Weeze on 28 January-2 February 09 and I am aware that the town of Weeze is quite small so we do not wish to stay there. However, we would like to stay in a larger town that is convienient for visiting attractions in the local area. We do not care if this is in nearby Holland or further into Germany. It would be more suitable if the travel time is no longer than 50/60 minutes by train!
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Being overweight and obese during adolescence appears related to an increased risk of all-cause treated end-stage renal disease during a 25-year period, according to an Israeli study.
Asaf Vivante, MD, of the Israeli Defense Forces Medical Corps and the Edmond and Lily Safra Childrens Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, and colleagues examined the association between BMI in adolescence and the risk for all-cause, diabetic and nondiabetic ESRD.
Medical data for almost 1.2 million adolescents (age 17) who were examined for fitness for Israeli military service between January 1967 and December 1997 were linked to the Israeli ESRD registry in a nationwide population-based retrospective study.
"In this long-term nationwide population-based study, overweight and obesity at age 17 years were strongly and positively associated with the incidence of future treated ESRD, although the absolute risk for ESRD remained low," the authors wrote.
The study results indicated that 874 participants (713 men, 161 women) developed treated ESRD, for an overall incidence rate of 2.87 cases per 100,000 person-years.
Compared with normal-weight adolescents, those adolescents who were overweight and obese had an increased future risk for treated ESRD, with incidence rates of 6.08 and 13.40 cases per 100,000 person-years, respectively, the data showed.
The researchers also estimated the association between BMI and treated diabetic ESRD. Compared with normal-weight adolescents, overweight adolescents at age 17 had six times the risk for diabetic ESRD, and obese adolescents at age 17 had 19 times the risk for diabetic ESRD, according to the data.
"Although the results for diabetic ESRD were remarkable our results also indicate a substantial association between elevated BMI and non-diabetic ESRD," the authors noted.
In an invited commentary, Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, wrote that the "association of obesity with ESRD is good news and bad news. The good news is that obesity represents a potentially modifiable risk factor, and control of weight and the hypertension and inactivity that often accompany excess adiposity could prevent or slow the development of some cases of ESRD and may potentially reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with [chronic kidney disease].
"The bad news is that it is not easy to address obesity," Johansen continues. "Although there is no evidence that it is ever too late to improve outcomes by increasing physical activity or shedding excess weight, the results highlight the potential advantages of starting early before chronic disease has developed and unhealthy lifestyles have become lifelong habits."
The study appeared Oct. 29 on the website of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study abstract is available at http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1387591.


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, Volume 40, Issue 6, pp 655-667
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On the brain of a primitive bird from the upper Cretaceous of European Russia
- E. N. KurochkinAffiliated withPaleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- , S. V. SavelievAffiliated withScientific Research Institute of Human Morphology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- , A. A. PostnovAffiliated withLebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- , E. M. PervushovAffiliated withSaratov State University
- , E. V. PopovAffiliated withSaratov State University
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Cerebavis cenomanica gen. et sp. nov. from the Middle Cenomanian of the Volgograd Region (Russia) is described based on a brain mold. The brain of Cerebavis is characterized by a mosaic combination of primitive and advanced features. The brain weight is estimated as approximately 1 g. The cerebrum is relatively very large, but lacks sulci. The brain mold has long olfactory lobes with large olfactory bulbs, a well-developed epiphysis, and a parietal organ. The auditory tubercles on the dorsal surface of the midbrain are well developed. The optical lobes are located under the auditory lobes, caudoventral to the cerebral hemispheres. The cerebellum is not preserved, but its imprints just behind the midbrain suggest that it was probably relatively small and extended dorsoventrally. The brain of Cerebavis is similar in some features to that of Archaeopteryx, but is substantially more advanced and more specialized. Cerebavis is similar to living ornithurine birds in the large cerebral hemispheres, but differs in the absence of a well-developed neostriatum, the presence of excessively developed olfactory lobes, and in the pattern of the midbrain. Thus, senses of smell, eyesight, and hearing were well developed in Cerebavis. It could have been equally active in the afternoon and at night. The unique brain design demonstrated by Cerebavis has not been repeated in subsequent evolution. It provides evidence for a wide diversity of feathered creatures in the past. Cerebavis probably belongs to the Enantiornithes.
Key wordsCretaceous bird Enantiornithes fossil brain avian brain mold Late Cretaceous Cenomanian Volgograd Region Russia
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- On the brain of a primitive bird from the upper Cretaceous of European Russia
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Paleontological Journal
Volume 40, Issue 6 , pp 655-667
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- 2006-12
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- 0031-0301
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- 1555-6174
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- Nauka/Interperiodica
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- Cretaceous bird
- Enantiornithes
- fossil brain
- avian brain mold
- Late Cretaceous
- Cenomanian
- Volgograd Region
- Russia
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- Authors
- E. N. Kurochkin (1)
- S. V. Saveliev (2)
- A. A. Postnov (3)
- E. M. Pervushov (4)
- E. V. Popov (4)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia
- 2. Scientific Research Institute of Human Morphology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, ul. Tsyurupy 3, Moscow, 117418, Russia
- 3. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 117924, Russia
- 4. Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya ul. 83, Saratov, 410012, Russia


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Whiz Bang Dip
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr
a great appetizer served with tortilla chips.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, very finely chopped
- 1 (2 lb) box processed cheese, cubed
- 2 (10 ounce) canschopped tomatoes and green chilies
- 1 teaspoon prepared minced garlic
- Brown ground beef, and cook on low heat for 10 minutes breaking up large chunks.
- Transfer to slow cooker.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir well.
- Cover and cook on low for 1 hour, stir to mix well.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
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I made this EXACTLY as written and ended up with soup! The directions didn't say to drain the tomatoes, so I didn't. I did drain the ground beef. My first instinct was there was not enough meat to accomodate that much liquid and cheese. Should have listened! I don't know what I did wrong, but had to put it through a colander to get it semi-workable. The taste was good, but consistency was way off for a dip! If only it had turned out like the photo that diner524 posted, I would have been a happy camper (which is the reason I made as directed) however, I was not!
I'm not normally a fan of processed cheese, but this was good! Will be an easy fix to take to office potlucks. Thanks for posting! Made for PRMR.
This is really good. I halved the recipe and it was perfect for the four of us. It was a hit with everyone! Thanks for sharing!


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I have NFS shares on a file server that I would like to mount on a web server.
For example, a music streamer web application (subsonic) would be hosted on the web server and stream music files located on the file server via NFS shares.
1) Would it be better if I used autofs rather than a simple mount in fstab?
2) Could I use the same system to store web pages without losing performance? (Web pages rendered on the web server but ruby or php files stored on the NFS share). That way, a small team of devs could work on a shared folder and view the result on the webserver.


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Dude, Where's my Carbon Permit?
I'd be interested in readers' opinion of this silly segment from NPR's Morning Edition, "Dude, Where's My Cap-And-Trade Primer?"
It's funny, but the analogy makes little sense, and the whole thing is not terribly productive, I think. I much prefer my musical chairs analogy from this NPR interview last month :)
Anti-cap-and-traders, feel free to do your thing, too! That's what weekend posts are for, no?
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"Solutions provided promoted status quo approaches by vested interests."
"The FutureGen project holds great promise as a flagship facility to demonstrate carbon capture and storage at commercial scale," Chu said in a statement. "Developing this technology is critically important for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and around the world."
Negotiations for the FutureGen project have been going on since the Obama administration announced it would consider reviving the project. Under President George W. Bush, the project was canceled after cost overruns that a Congressional auditor later said were based on false projections.
U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., called the plant's revival a "historic moment."
"In my time in Congress, I can't recall a project that has greater scientific and practical significance than FutureGen," Durbin said.
Post Post Script: "Lily Tomlin was right."
Lily Tomlin said
"Things are going to get a lot worse, before they get worse"
"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up."
and "We're all in this alone."
Greenland update: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612092741.htm
@Richard Pauli
She also once noted how hard it is to be funny these days, when satire can't keep up with the number of people who miss it entirely and use it as a script rather than a warning.


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How to assemble the lasercut enclosure that comes with Maker Shed's Raspberry Pi Starter Kit.
This guide will show you how to assemble the simple Pi enclosure that's included in the Maker Shed Raspberry Pi Starter Kit.
Place your Raspberry Pi onto the bottom piece. The headers, SD card slot, and USB power port should be above the side with the two small rectangles.


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Is there a plugin that will allow me to assign Pages to categories as well as tag pages like I can tag posts?
I know the wordpress codex tells me this is not possible, but thought there might be a work around?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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The World English Bible British Edition is the same as the World English Bible, except (1) God's Proper Name in the Old Testament is translated "LORD" or "GOD" (all capitals) instead of "Yahweh", and (2) British spelling instead of American spelling is used. We avoid words and phrases that have different meaning in these two dialects, and use punctuation acceptable for both. It is our hope that picking the version that uses the spelling conventions of your own country will lead to smoother reading with fewer distractions due to spelling differences.
The Ecumenical (standard), Protestant, and Catholic editions are all the same except for the selection of which books are included and their order of presentation. The standard Ecumenical edition contains all of the books of the Bible used by a large variety of Christian denominations, arranged in the order of the canonical Old Testament of 39 books, a collection of Deuterocanon/Apocrypha books, then the 27 books of the New Testament. The Protestant editions just omit the middle section, leaving only the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. The Catholic edition presents the books in the traditional Catholic book order, substitutes Esther translated from the Greek Septuagint for Esther translated from the traditional Hebrew, and omits books not recognized as canonical or deuterocanonical by the Roman Catholic Church. Otherwise, they are all the same.
The table below lists various editions of the World English Bible, plus some other English Bible translations that you might want to compare.


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Now to "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" and why it is a fantastic and revolutionary game. With the same basic stat system as Morrowind it was off to a good start... and even better? Every weapon you find can be used, but if your skill is low in said weapon the weapons effectiveness is lowered a large amount. But it does give you a chance to explore other types of weaponary. Oblivion then added the certain perks and abilites only availible when you reach a certain point of skill. Those perks made you want to focus on a certain weapon type instead of exploring.It also made the weapon types less specific. Taking out the Long blade, and short blade weapon types from morrowind and turning it into the overall blade category and also taking out the axe catergory and just making it blunt was a huge plus! Also taking the medium armor out and just keeping it heavy and light. Now to the questing part of the game. Like Morrowind the game included more than 200 quests/sidequests. The game had and extensive main plot line and created some very compeling sidequests and shrines. Like morrowind, oblivion had countless caves, camps, and forts. So basicly you can spend endless hours hunting for caves and such. I still haven't gotten my fill of oblivion! So with over 200+ hours or gameplay, a fantastic stat system, and a compeling storyline I have concluded that it is one of the best RPGs on the xbox 360 and computer.


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I've already fixed it. :p
So much easier to use pastebin with 300+ lines of code.
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Okay, long code. How do I make it so that when the user selects try again, all the integers (With the exception of tries) gets reset?
Are you in Mr. Fesko's class as well?
It has several showMessageDialogs, a dropdown box, 1-4 console messages, but besides that, nothing with a gui. I don't really like loops, is there another way?
Unless he reported it a second time, he said to delete it. (I should know, I told him how to report a thread and I was there)
By that I meant delete their own threads, hell even lock their own.
How would I go about doing a simple command to repeat the entire code/program when a button is clicked (The final part of the code is a yes - try again, or no - exit button dialog).
Netbeans IDE...
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You can't put a price on genius, they say, but you can certainly put a price on a genius' discarded fag end. Possessions belonging to the late-great Serge Gainsbourg - sexy lizard of French pop - are to go under the hammer at an auction house in Nantes at the end of the month. Coveted items like Serge's Rolls Royce Silver Ghost or the teddy bear held by Jane Birkin on the cover of Histoire de Melody Nelson will not be up for grabs, but you can bid for four extinguished Gitanes that fractionally contributed to Serge's eventual fatal heart attack in 1991 - starting at just €500, and his old coupe-ongles - that's French for nail-clipper language fans - priced at a mere €50 initially. A snip! Here are ten other unusual things that have sold at auction...
Amy Winehouse's blood
Peter Doherty - indie's favourite rag and bone man - has turned the selling of the unsellable into a fine art, whether that be ex-girlfriend Kate Moss' lipstick-smeared cigarette butts or former Coventry City stalwart and goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic's secondhand Christmas paper, apparently "sent to the guy out of Black Sabbath" (Pete never specified which member, and we're hoping the card read "with love from Oggy to Ozzy"). Before Pete spent his days trying to get blood out of a stone, he'd get blood out of his mates to paint with, and that included Amy Winehouse, now deceased, who helped Doherty with a picture they called Ladylike. It sold at auction for £35,000 in 2012.
John Lennon's rotten tooth
Lennon's on sale again, whether it's his childhood home or a discarded coat which is expected to fetch £10,000 at Hansons in Derbyshire. If Lennon owned it, fans will buy it, whatever it was. But perhaps strangest of all Beatles memorabilia ever auctioned was a rotten tooth extracted from the head of rock's most famous assassinated superstar, sold to a Canadian dentist earlier this year. There may be a happy ending in all this, because the mouldering molar bought by Michael Zuk for £20,000, could do more than just sit on the mantlepiece in formaldehyde. Zuk says he is deadly serious about planning to clone the late Beatle with DNA extracted from the tooth. In your face, Mark Chapman!
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten French toast
Who remembers that saddest of sights back in 2001 when the now no-longer-with-us Lost Boys actor Corey Haim wrenched a tooth out of his own head and tried to flog it on eBay? He nearly got $150 for it too, at least until the auction site flagged up their rule about vendors not selling body parts. There are no rules about chomped bread though, and Justin Timberlake's legit half-eaten piece of French toast went for an eye watering $3,154 to an 'N Sync fan who had more money than sense. I mean really, who is going to be impressed you spent $3,154 on Justin Timberlake's half-eaten French toast? Not even another 'N Sync fan surely?
Justin Bieber's albino snake
A snake is not just for Christmas, but try telling that to Canadian wildman Justin Bieber, who auctioned his albino snake last November for a good cause. Obviously insert your own jokes here about Justin Bieber's albino snake, and if your sides aren't splitting enough already, hear this: he called the creepy no-legged little bastard Johnson. OMFG! Justin Bieber's albino snake, Johnson!
Mick Jagger's hair
Jagger's swagger probably has a lot to do with the fact he's in his 70s and still has all his own hair, well most of it anyway. A lock he couldn't account for dating back from the 60s went to auction last year and sold for a staggering £4,000. Apparently the hair was discarded at a girlfriend's farmhouse where the pair were believed to have had frolicsome fun - with a bit of scissors action thrown in - and the canny parents crept in after and kept hold of the snipped follicles as collateral. Apparently a clump of Elvis' hair sold in 2009 for more than £11,000, but the King's duck's ass be damned, I'm holding out for the Phil Spector wig auction, it's gotta happen one of these days.
Suge Knight's underpants
Maybe they were the kind of pants with stretchy elastic best for suspending people out of window's with, but whatever their quality or durability, Suge Knight's grundies were given short shrift when the Death Row records boss attempted to sell all of his possessions at the label's liquidation auction in 2009. Priced at $5, the unloved undercrackers were eventually snapped up for just one dollar. Which was obviously pants for Suge.
The building where Bob Dylan's bar mitzvah took place
You're a massive Dylan fan and you'd like nothing more than one of his old plectrums, maybe a signed copy of Tarantula and the synagogue he came of age in back in 1954 in Minnesota. This was the lead detail the proprietors of the former working Agudath Achim Synagogue ran with on Craigslist and a host of auction sites in 2010. The building became a Pentecostal Church in the 80s, and then the owners of the scene of the Robert Zimmerman bar mitzvah had planned to turn it into a Dylan-themed B&B, but when the recession came they instead sought to offload it for $120,000 with the bizarre promotional USP.
Gaga's fingernail
One of Lady Gaga's fingernails sold for a whopping $12,000 and it hadn't even been ripped off by mafiosos with a pair of tweezers and presented to a stereotypical crime boss eating spaghetti - it was a fake. The discarded acrylic nail extension had been dropped on stage and pocketed by a cunning crew member who then went and actioned it for a fortune. Still, that sum pales into insignificance when you consider the cover for Artpop - designed by neo-pop artist Jeff Koons - could fetch as much as $50m quid.
Michael Jackson's death bed
Looking for a nice bed for the new apartment? How about snapping up the one Michael Jackson died in? You could be the envy of your most ghoulish friends and you might even find some stray monkey nuts intended for Bubbles down the back of the mattress. If you were after memorabilia that evokes happier times, then some of Jacko's singed hair from when he set himself on fire filming a commercial for Pepsi in the 80s was up for grabs not so long ago and went for more than £1,000. Expect plenty more bizarre lots in the future.
Katy Perry's cupcake trampoline
If twee is your thing then you probably go to bed every night and dream of cupcake trampolines only to be awaken by a cruel alarm clock that drags you back into the drab world the rest of us inhabit. If so then here's another crushing blow, an actual cupcake trampoline - used in the video for Katy Perry's 'California Dreams' which actually exists and everything - was bought by some sod for nearly $5,000 when EMI raised money for Japan in 2011 following the earthquake and tsunami. The actual original Birkin bag designed by Hermes for Jane Birkin - singer, actress and Gainsbourg muse - was also up for grabs.


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Many of our Junior and Senior students attended a session at OC Tech Tuesday with Mr Frank Hatten of Boeing Aerospace. Students learned about the qualities Boeing is looking to hire for in the next few years. Mr Hatten stressed they they are looking for 4 things: new hires need to know a little math (10th grade level), they need to be able to read at grade level, they need soft skills (be on time, look people in the eye, good posture, put down your phone, pants on hips, dedicated to work), and they need integrity (honesty).
About 300 high school students in Orangeburg County got an introduction Tuesday to the aerospace giant with a major presence down Interstate 26 in the Lowcountry.
The students from each Orangeburg school district were selected for an all-access information session held in the Roquemore Auditorium at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. They were told there is a future with the world's largest aerospace company. More at the T and D jump here...
High Schools Thirtieth Annual National Honor Society Induction Ceremony was recently held in the schools auditorium, and Edistos award-winning AFJROTC set the decorum for a ceremonial evening that celebrated academic achievement.
Twenty-one students in grades ten through twelve, pledged to uphold the virtues of scholarship, character, leadership, and service. The 2015-2016 inductees were Mason Beckom, Neia Blocker, Hayden Colwell, Carter Davis, Zachary Epting, Christopher Givens, Briseida Guiterrez-Gonzales, Cassie Hayden, Nathan Hayden, JaQuayla Hodges, Lucas Huggins, Brandon Jennings, Shayna Jennings, Brianna Lee, Neal Nettles, Morgan Rodgers, Shanta Sharperson, Matthew Strickland, William Weeks, Corban Wolfe, and Jessica Wolfe. Officers of the Edisto Chapter of the National Honor Society are Michael Bozard, president; Kyle McAlhany, vice-president; Jamelah Hogan, secretary; Jeremiah Hunt, treasurer; and Shareka Jennings and Bethany Jameson, historians.
After the awarding of certificates, Dr. Shannon Gibson, principal at Edisto High, congratulated the students and shared a speech about the importance of honor. He also reminded the inductees and other members of the National Honor Society, To whom much is given, much is required. A reception honoring the inductees and their guests followed the ceremony in the lobby of the auditorium.
Mrs. Barbara Elliott, one of the advisers, stated that the National Honor Societys Induction Ceremony is one of Edisto Highs premier academic programs because it not only celebrates academics but also encourages service, leadership and character, which are bedrocks for the development of good citizens. Other advisers to Edisto Highs Honor Society are Ms. Danyell Boneparte and Dr. Joni Jordan.
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Pictured in the photo, from to right, are Brianna Lee, JaQuayla Hodges, Briseida Gutierrez-Gonzales, Shantasia Sharperson, Jessica Wolfe, Cassie Hayden, Shayna Jennings, and William Weeks.
On the back row are Mason Beckom, Brandon Jennings, Matthew Strickland, Neal Nettles, Hayden Colwell, Nathan Hayden, Corban Wolfe, Carter Davis, and Lucus Huggins. Missing from the photo are Neia Blocker, Zachary Epting, Christopher Givens and Morgan Rodgers.
Metts, a librarian at Edisto High School, has not been left alone in her battle against one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the United States.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Pink Ribbon has come to symbolize the mission to spread information and education about a disease that Metts has not let get her down. More from T and D at the jump here...
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Why Dogs Pant Heavily: Common Causes and Treatments continued...
Injury and pain. Dogs can't tell us with words when they're in pain. So, it's up to us to know what to look for. Heavy panting is one sign your dog may have suffered an injury.
Other signs of pain or trauma in pets include enlarged pupils, reduced appetite, a reluctance to lie down, restlessness, anxiety, and licking or biting at the pain site.
Dogs may mask their pain with normal behaviors, such as wagging their tail. And an injury may be internal -- for example, as a result of being hit by a car. So if you suspect your pet may be in pain, don't delay. Seek veterinary care right away.
Medication. Some medications, such as prednisone, may also lead to heavy panting in dogs. Talk to your veterinarian if you think your dog's medication is causing heavy panting.
Other Causes of Heavy Panting in Dogs
Heavy breathing or deep, intense panting can also be a symptom of eclampsia, also called milk fever. Eclampsia is a dangerous condition that affects nursing mothers; low blood calcium levels lead to an inability to stand or walk and tremors. And allergies, infection, or irritation within the airways can cause wheezy, noisy breathing in dogs.
No matter what kind of breathing your dog usually has, any unexplained change -- whether heavy panting, coughing, or wheezing -- always rates a call to your vet.
Heatstroke and Your Dog: Emergency Response
Overheating is a medical emergency -- and one of the most serious reasons for heavy panting in dogs. If you suspect your dog has heatstroke, a quick response can be lifesaving.
Symptoms of heatstroke include excessive panting, glassy eyes, weakness, fast heart rate, drooling, seizures, vomiting, diarrhea, and a body temperature over 104 F. If you think your dog may have heatstroke, here's what to do to help:
- Move your dog inside or to a shady spot.
- Submerge your dog in cool water (avoid cold water, which constricts blood vessels) or apply ice packs or cold towels to your dog's chest, neck, and head. Don't spray your dog with a yard hose -- on hot days the water inside a hose can reach near boiling temperatures. You want to cool him off gradually.
- Give your dog cool, not cold, water. Or give him ice cubes to lick.
- After you've started cooling your dog down, take your dog to the vet immediately.
The best way to manage heatstroke is to avoid it. Never leave your pet in a parked car. It's better to leave your pet at home than to risk heatstroke. At home, be sure to provide all pets with shade and water or a way to get inside during the hottest part of the day.


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Cast: Jayna Oso, Ashley Long, Alicia Rhodes, Mark Wood, Anna Nova, Renee Pornero, Mickey G., Joey Ray, Maya Mason, Lee Stone
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
Nice-looking all-sexer with all the dirty stuff, too.
The setups make it look like a story-type release; it's very nicely shot and one expects a plot to pop up at any second. Yet, the setups - girl put in jail cell, pacing, making eye contact with guard who enters and fucks her - are all done without words. The pictures tell the stories, and they are dirty little stories. Of course they are. It's porn.
And there's more than just run-of-the-mill boy/girl scenes here, there is some fetish, girl/girl and lots of anal. Nice selection of chicks, too.
Exceptional videography for a WTW release, earning a pre-nom for, you guessed, it Best Videography (Michael Bruno).


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Captain Sully a Little Bit Jealous of the 'New Captain Sully'?
His landing was good, but not good enough to really excite Sully.
If the landing of US Airways Flight 1459 in the Hudson River on January 15 of 2009 was the "Miracle on the Hudson," then the impressive but not as spectacular landing of Delta Flight 4951 at JFK on Saturday was the "Good Fortune on the Runway." We know, it doesn't quite have that ring to it. Nevertheless, here's what happened. Unable to lower one of the plane's landing wheels, the pilot, Navy veteran Jack Conroyd, set the plane down knowing that one of the wings would scrape along the runway, which it did. But everything turned out okay the plane didn't break into pieces or explode, nobody was hurt, and the passengers gave Conroyd a round of applause after the landing, as well as the best kind of praise you can give a commercial airline pilot. "He was our 'Capt. Sully,'" passenger John Predham said. "I can't wait to see him receive all of the credit he deserves."
You want credit? How about lavish praise from Sully himself? Hmmm? How does that sound? Awesome? Okay, get ready. Here it comes. Sully, as the esteemed pilot emeritus of air travel, please tell pilot Conroyd what an amazing job he's done.
Sullenberger weighed in last night, telling the Daily News, "I commend the crew for ensuring a successful outcome for everyone on board."
Oh, that's it? Kind of muted, for lavish praise, no? He sounds as enthusiastic as a candidate for Congress congratulating the guy who just beat him in the election.
It does make sense, though, in a way. Sully has an image to protect, that of the greatest hero pilot the world has ever known. If he becomes just one of many great hero pilots, he loses his aura. Tom Hanks would be standing next to Jack Conroyd in a tuxedo instead of Sully. Sully can't have that.
Perhaps ever more significantly, Sully does not want to set the precedent of commenting on every plane mishap and bizarre landing, of which there are many. Giving the Daily News a quote as boring as that one is probably a good way to make the papers think twice about asking for another one.
'He was our Capt. Sully!' Passengers heap praise on pilot Jack Conroyd after Delta Flight 4951 scare [NYDN]