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Tools for School, a program that provides free school supplies for in-need students from Fayette County (including Brownstown, Farina, Ramsey, St. Elmo, St. Peter and Vandalia), kindergarten-junior college, will be in operation on the following dates, at the following times:
• Wednesday, Aug. 13 – 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 14 – 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Friday, Aug. 15 – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 16 – 9 a.m.-noon.
The Brownstown School District will hold registration from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Monday in the elementary school cafeteria.
Registration Fees
• Grades K-6: $95.
• Grades 7-12: $120; Okaw Vocational fee, $7; driver education, $50; P.E. uniform, $17; biology II, $111.60; and Strategies for Success, $41.85.
Vandalia Community Unit School District #203 will hold district registration at the Vandalia Junior High School on Tuesday, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Wednesday, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Abby Dugan of Vandalia has received the Midwest Achievement Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2014-215 academic year.
Dugan is the daughter of David and Angie Dugan of Vandalia, and is a 2014 graduate of Kaskaskia College and 2013 graduate of Vandalia High School.
Randolph-Macon Academy
Matthew Sefton, the son of Steve and Donell Sefton of Brownstown, received honorable mention for his performance at the 2014 Randolph-Macon Academy Poetry Slam held on April 30.
St. Peter's Lutheran School and Little Saints Preschool will hold registration for the 2014-15 school year on Thursday, July 31, from 1-6 p.m., and on Friday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Registration will take place at the school office. Enter through the main entrance.
Information regarding the school calendar, tuition assistance, Parent-Teacher League events and sports schedules, as well as an updated school handbook, will be available.
The Patoka School District has released registration information for the 2014-15 school year.
The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 18, with students in session from 8:15 a.m.-2:15 p.m.
For the first two weeks of school, students will be dismissed at 2:15 p.m.
Registration will be held under the following schedule:
• Pre-K – Monday, Aug. 3, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
• K-12 – Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 4-5, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; and Wednesday, Aug. 6, noon-6 p.m. The school office will be closed from 11 a.m.-noon each day.
Registration for St. Elmo Jr.-Sr. High School and Elementary School will be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on July 31 and Aug. 1.
Seventh-grade orientation for all seventh-graders and their parents will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the junior-senior high cafeteria.
All students, including those new to the district and district students who attend classes in Vandalia, should register on July 31 or Aug. 1.
Junior-senior high students enrolled in physical education classes are required to wear P.E. uniforms. Uniforms can be purchased at registration for $12.
• Registration-$40
• Kindergarten snack fee-$20
• Registration-$45
• Registration-$50
• Art (grades 5-8)-$3
• Athletic fee-$40
• Band-$2
• Band book (grades 6-8)-$9
• Music (grade 5)-$5
• Music (grades 6-8)-$2
• P.E. shirts-$7
• P.E. shorts-$7
• Planner-$6
• Science lab (grades 6-8)-$3
Vandalia Community Unit School District #203 will hold district registration at the Vandalia Junior High School on Tuesday, Aug. 5, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Parents who have access to the Internet can go to the school website, www.vcs.fayette.k12.il.us, where they will find a link to TeacherEase, along with Vandalia Jefferson Primary and Vandalia Elementary School registration information. Parents are reminded that all miscellaneous paperwork will need to be turned in at registration, along with their child's registration fees.
Small business workshop
The Illinois Small Business Development Center at Kaskaskia College will host a workshop, "Starting a Small Business in Illinois," on Thursday, July 24, from 2-4 p.m. at the Vandalia Campus, located at 2310 Fillmore St.
Topics to be covered include: how to develop a business plan as well as a marketing plan; how to get organized and maintain records; determining the form of your business structure; and legal and financial basics.
The Vandalia Community High School class of 1984 will hold its 30-year reunion Aug. 1-2.
Plans include a gathering at The Copper Penny on Friday evening; a golf scramble at the Vandalia Country and Golf Club on Saturday morning; and a complete entertainment extravaganza to celebrate the 30th anniversary on Saturday evening.
For more information, members of the class can email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the VCHS Class of 1984 Facebook page.
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Our professionally endorsed programmes are designed to equip those who will meet and overcome the challenges of tomorrow.
The department's primary focus is developing our students' knowledge, understanding and practice in the key employability areas of marketing, public relations, advertising and digital marketing, in addition to the disciplines of business technology, project management, business analytics and logistics management.
These are all important sectors in industry with significant demand for world-class professionals who have the ability to apply the skills they have gained in the Department through their applied learning in these areas.
Our students learn in a prestigious student-orientated and career-driven environment. Students benefit from our extensive links with industry through projects, optional internships and placements, and guest speakers. A number of our units also involve projects with "live" commercial briefs, which allow students to experience real business challenges and devise solutions to meet the needs of our business partners.
Our staff are highly experienced professionals, with many years in the commercial sector and many are active researchers in their disciplines, with specialist groups publishing in the key areas of consumer behaviour, digital marketing and the marketing of places
A number of our expert tutors are also undertaking consultancy projects with the business sector, primarily in the fields of strategic marketing and business operations, facilitating the development of current case study material and examples of practice for application in our lectures and tutorials.
The department is fully engaged with the professional bodies, which provide an important focus in enhancing our students' career prospects. These include:
We are also a major provider of education and qualifications to the retail sector and are proud of our long-standing links in delivering commercial degrees for companies such as Tesco, Asda George, McDonald's and JD Sports Fashion.
Our professionally endorsed programmes are designed to equip those who will meet and overcome the challenges of tomorrow and the department is proud to facilitate knowledge exchange with a wide variety of employment sectors.
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Mar 8, 2013 at 2:22 pm
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) - Stearns and Benton Counties are part of a Winter Storm Warning, issued by the National Weather Service.
The warning kicks in at 10 p.m. on Friday night and lasts through midnight on Saturday.
Sherburne county will see a Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight and lasting through 6 a.m. Saturday. .
There's a strong possibility for freezing rain tonight and tomorrow morning, expected to become snow later in the day on Saturday.
All told, our area could see up to four inches of snow.
Temp: 72°F (22°C)
Dewpoint: 71
Wind: 6 SE
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Actors Alliance Hosts International Theatre Workshop, 6/23
Actors Alliance of San Diego is happy to announce that we will be hosting a Workshop with the international theatre company Haste Theatre on June 23 at 6pm. The workshop will take place at the Academy of Performing Arts, 5120-C Baltimore, La Mesa, CA 91942
The Workshop will be tailored to the specific needs of the attendees to provide them with a unique experience. Haste specializes in using "play" to create new pieces and develop strong characters. The workshop will include: Ensemble Work, Physical Characterization, Narrative Structure, and Play in Creation.
Cost: AASD Members: $20; Non-AASD Members: $35
For more information on Haste Theatre visit www.hastetheatre.com.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to network and work with international artists.
About Actors Alliance of San Diego: The Actors Alliance of San Diego is a 510(c)(3) non-profit, membership based service organization dedicated to the advancement, education, and exposure of the theatre artist in San Diego and to enhance the good of the community through the medium of theatre.
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Independent Film Festival Boston celebrates 10 years
Boston Film Festival hits the decade mark in spirited style
A little over a decade ago, two Boston movie fanatics named Jason Redmond and Adam Roffman ran into each other at the Sundance Film Festival and wondered why there was nothing remotely like that back home. Thanks to them, there now is. With its 10th edition, running from April 25 through May 2 at the Somerville, Brattle, and Coolidge Corner theaters, the Independent Film Festival Boston both hits an important milestone and stands alone as the local film lovers event that matters.
There are other festivals, but they are either unfiltered smorgasbords where filmmakers pay to enter (and quality control is therefore nil) or niche affairs catering to ethnicities and nationalities. IFFB is the only curated all-purpose festival, which means Roffman and the rest of the organizations brain trust (a hardy volunteer coterie of Boston-area film programmers) pick the best from Sundance, SXSW, and other festivals; seek out new discoveries; and fold in a generous helping of local voices and visions.
Boston is a city of filmmakers intelligent, committed, truly independent and more than ever the IFFB is their finest annual showcase (see story, Page N11). The star quality is on the rise as well, with appearances this year by Ira Glass of This American Life (he co-wrote the opening night film, Sleepwalk With Me), actress-director Julie Delpy (2 Days in New York), and directors Todd Solondz (Dark Horse), Guy Maddin (Keyhole), and Bobcat Goldthwait (God Bless America).
The IFFBs second decade can only promise bigger and better things more sponsors, we hope, and is it too much to ask that a Boston film festival take place in Boston rather than the surrounding neighborhoods? but for now its the best we have and its more than good enough.
(More information is at www.iffboston.org.)
The festivals opening-night film set its makers a challenge: How do you turn an off-Broadway one-man show into a comedy-drama taking place in the real world, with real characters? Shrewsburys own Mike Birbiglia, a comedian with a deadpan bedhead delivery, plays a man-child whos not sure whether to grow up and definitely not sure about marrying his longtime sweetheart (Lauren Ambrose). So he sleepwalks. A lot. Birbiglia settles comfortably into the directors chair, and the script was co-written by, among others, Ira Glass. Not surprisingly, the movie keeps its characters at droll arms length in ways that are alternately acute and obtuse. Most cheering is watching the main character slowly but resolutely find his voice as a stand-up comedian, a pleasing metaphor for Birbiglias own journey as a storyteller and a filmmaker. (April 25, 7:30 p.m., Somerville)
The talk of this years Sundance comes to Boston as the festivals closing-night offering. Lauren Greenfields acridly observed documentary follows the ups and downs of David and Jackie Siegel as they try to build the largest residential home in America before the recession comes along to bite them on the tuchis. When the film opens, the Siegels are living a life of pornographic opulence, with seven children, countless lapdogs, and a life of excess that would turn Glenn Beck communist. Then the crunch comes; the scene where Jackie rents a car at the airport and asks where the driver is makes for uproarious parvenu comedy. But shes also an unexpectedly moving stand-in for the American consumer at his or her most psychologically desperate. Its a troubling, eye-opening movie that, unfortunately, ends before the story does. (May 2, 8 p.m., Coolidge Corner)
The low-budget, kitchen-sink genre known (uneasily) as mumblecore keeps morphing closer to the mainstream, and rarely as charmingly as in Lynn Sheltons comedy of kind hearts and bad bedroom manners. The performance by core veteran Mark Duplass, playing a good-hearted schmoe who loves one sister and drunkenly sleeps with the other, interlocks with the more polished approach of real actors Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt as the siblings. Youd think you would need an algorithm to put these three on the screen together, but Sister works beautifully as you are watching and only reveals its weak spots an unwillingness to explore emotional pain too deeply, a tendency to let characters off the hook in the name of forgiveness (earned or not) if you examine it later. If nothing else, its a quantum leap over Sheltons Humpday (2009) and marks her as a filmmaker to watch. (April 30, 7:30 p.m., Somerville)
If Woody Allen was a woman and was French Im sure hes had dreams about this and if he loosened up his filmmaking until the comedy started bubbling out of every corner, he might come up with something like writer-director-star Julie Delpys loose-limbed, enjoyably silly sequel to 2 Days in Paris. Now relocated to Manhattan, Delpys Marion is living with her toddler, Lulu (Owen Shipman), and NPR reporter boyfriend Mingus (Chris Rock) when her family arrives from Paris for an extended stay. Dad (Albert Delpy, Julies own pere) is an old goat, sister Rose (Alexia Landeau, who co-wrote the script) is a tightly-wound nympho, and hanger-on Manu (Alexandre Nahon) is every Americans worst idea of a Frenchman, blowing joints in the elevator and borrowing Minguss toothbrush for unimaginable sexual activities. Its a fast-paced, hyper-talkative comedy of miscommunication, and without Rock as its anchor it might fly in 20 different directions. (April 28, 6:45 p.m., Brattle)
To appreciate the latest from Winnipegs gonzo writer-director Guy Maddin, it helps to have seen previous works such as 2003s The Saddest Music in the World. Like that film, Keyhole takes place in a psycho-Freudian update of early Hollywood cliches this time lifting off from a Petrified Forest-style hostage crisis involving a gangster (Jason Patric), his estranged wife (Isabella Rossellini), and assorted gunmen, ghosts, and French-speaking tootsies. The directors usual demonic control over his material has loosened, though, and we are left with a cluttered, overwrought meditation on family skeletons and residual guilt. Its the first Maddin film in which the subtext appears to have taken over, a useful experience for completists but a probable bafflement to newcomers. (April 29, 8:30 p.m., Somerville)
The debut documentary by Lyda Kuth, much-admired head of Cambridges LEF Foundation, is a bravely personal essay about empty-nest doubts. With Kuths daughter preparing for college, the filmmaker confronts a marriage she is no longer sure of by making a movie that does everything but confront that marriage. Love is extraordinarily touching in its very ordinariness, bearing witness to the genteel repressions of educated New Englanders, the ache we all have to keep love fresh, and the ways in which 21st-century 20-somethings avoid emotional entanglement, for better and for worse. The one person you sense Kuth most wants to hear from is the one who is not talking: her likable but extremely terse spouse. Self-absorbed yet surprisingly egoless, Love is rich in ways its maker may not have intended and ruffled by an anger that remains unspoken. (April 29, 3:15 p.m., Somerville)
Every film festival has to have a documentary resurrecting an overlooked rock n roll icon, and this years IFFB entry is a hilarious, scabrous, informative wallow through the life of Ginger Baker, best known as the drummer for the 60s supergroup Cream, and still a wild man at 72. First-time director Jay Bulger interviews Baker in cantankerous baronial splendor at his South African hideaway (the title comes from the warning posted at the gate), using animations, concert footage, and various talking heads to create a portrait of a seriously antisocial (Eric Claptons words) talent who went the chemical distance and emerged gloriously unredeemed. (April 27, 9:15 p.m., Somerville)
There are movies that grab you by the throat and knee you in the groin. And there are movies that grab your throat, knee your groin, drive you to the hospital, help you fill out the police report, and ask you out to dinner, where you both laugh and cry over everything. This is that latter movie, an electrifying epic emotional thriller about an endangered child-protection unit in the Paris police department and the tight, tense bond among the detectives. People who have seen it have complained that its more about them than the at-risk kids. That might be true, but its as if the movies director, co-writer, and costar, Maïwenn, sensed that prolonged exposure to young suffering would be impossible to take and infused most scenes with some kind of levity. Maybe the adults in the cast were just easier to direct. They are certainly more eruptive. Each gets a monologue or aria that singes whoever is in its path. Its Law & Order: Vesuvius.
What do we call Crewdson? Photographer doesnt seem quite right. He uses a camera to take his pictures, but he is no more a photographer than David Lynch or Tim Burton. Hes more a single-shot director. His unknowably grim wide-screen images have become iconic while Crewdson himself remains somewhat elusive. So one task Ben Shapiro sets for himself with this documentary is to better introduce Crewdson to us. It sketches his life and career, while watching him scout locations in Western Massachusetts. Its an enlightening peek behind the curtain, one that reinforces the mystery of Crewdsons pictures. Knowing how they are made doesnt make them any easier to apprehend.
This is Heidi Ewing and Rachel Gradys fourth documentary feature together; The Boys of Baraka, Jesus Camp, and 12th and Delaware are the first three. You can feel them gathering strength. The new movie observes the comprehensive decline of Detroit, which they capture with their characteristic impressionism that makes dreamy imagery indistinguishable from its nightmare counterpart. They are committed to that style, and rather than change it or use it to keep making polemical horror movies, they linger at a few pivotal events and follow a handful of local residents who express pride, shame, worry, bemusement, commitment, and dismay. This city is theirs. Ewing and Grady just have the good sense to create a complex space in which they can defend that city unto death.
Alison Klaymans levelheaded documentary profile is full of talking heads and interviews with the artist. Its the sort of piece you would find playing at the end of a museum show. Except for two things: First, Klayman is a smart journalist with an editors sensibility. The heads spout enlightenment, as opposed to the platitudes you tend to find in similar films. Everyone who speaks advances an argument or idea about Ai and the governments violent reaction to his art. Thats the second thing. Ai Weiwei is a great political artist. The film unpacks the folk hero-rock star-persecuted martyr status that can overshadow his ingenuity but never loses sight of the art.
With a monks calm, David Redmon and Ashley Sabins documentary immerses itself in and around Gouldsboro, Maine. Its a lobster village that is also home to a sardine cannery. The film is devoted to its last days (there once were as many as 75). The cannery closed in 2010. So the contemplative shots of fish being caught, fish bulleting out of chutes into vats of thousands of fish, fish being sliced and sawed at the cannery, achieve the power of visual eulogy. That lasts a few minutes. The film then watches as the cannerys new owner, Antonio Bussone, a Boston-based businessman, attempts to turn it into a lobster processing facility. He doesnt have an easy time. Redmon and Sabin approach both the people of Gouldsboro and Bussones determination to provide jobs, to win over lobstermen and a deeply skeptical town, to succeed with the same absorbing solemnity. The entire movie is an elegy.
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Can you only work four hours per week as Tim Ferriss suggests? Can you totally cut back on the amount of time that you work so that you can have more fun?
I enjoyed the 4-Hour Workweek so much that I read it a few times. It's one of my favorite books and it really changed the way that I think. I now view the work-life balance in a different light. I also totally changed my perspective on retirement.
The only problem with the book is the title itself.
The 4-Hour Workweek.
It's very catchy and I know for a fact that it took hours of research to come up with that title. It's also misleading. I don't know a single person that actually has money and works less than four hours per week.
I was recently reading the following post:
Are Gen Y Millennials Screwing Themselves On Purpose? @ Financial Samurai.
This once again got me thinking about the concepts discussed in the 4-Hour Workweek and various lifestyle design blogs that I frequently read. I wanted to address one important question.
Is the idea of a 4-hour week possible? How can you make the 4-hour workweek possible? Let's get into it…
You have to outsource literally everything. You have to outsource most of the following:
When working a few hours per week, you don't have time to respond to emails or to stay in touch with anyone. That's not for you. You have to enjoy your life.
When everything is outsourced, you don't have to work that much yourself because you have others doing the work for you.
What's next?
When you enjoy your work, it's apparently not work. So if you enjoy writing and you write all of the time for your job, you're not really working. You're doing something that you enjoy. This isn't tallied up with your total work time. This is like play time.
I sometimes skip nights out with friends to write. I justify this by telling myself that I'm not working. I'm doing something that I enjoy.
A brilliant and innovative idea can make you some good money and allow you to retire early.
The problem is that there are so few brilliant ideas out there. For every million dollar eBook, there's dozens of failed launches like my own. For every Facebook, there are thousands of dudes trying to make it in the social media world.
You have to automate every process. You don't do anything. There are tools that do all of the following for you:
The good news here is that tools that can automate the whole process are pretty cheap these days (e-junkie for example, when you want to sell an eBook).
Once all of these conditions are met, you can then work four hours per week while you rock climb in Thailand and go on Twitter to brag about how many emails you have.
I hope I wasn't too facetious in this article. It's possible to reduce your hours worked without killing your income. You just have to be realistic with your expectations.Google+
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I think Tim the author has admitted he works way more than 4 hours a week and the title is just a marketing move no? I bump into him on occasion here in SF and he's usually having some 1-2 hour business meeting.
I wonder if his book has done more harm than good to Gen Y?
Hey Sam, I believe that he admitted to working longer hours, but doesn't consider it work if he enjoys it. I'm surprised to hear that he's based out of San Francisco still. I thought he travels more?
I have my own appliance/ac/heating business.
Hourly rate is $175. Wife is attorney $400/hour. Each working 4 hours per week with no debt, 4 hours per week is easily sustainable.
I'm sure he travels a lot. I've just bumped into him several time where he has business meetings. So if it takes 2 hours for a meeting, are we saying he only has 2 hours left to work for the week? Of course this doesn't work.
I do believe work is not work if you enjoy it.
I just fear that the book has really warped the expectations of anybody who has read it, and especially Gen Y since its first publication!
You're right about that Sam. Have you spoken to any delusional 4-HWW zealots?
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All the time MD. I enjoy their perspectives! I just wish they'd open up and share with us their financials too.
It seems to me like outsourcing a bunch of your smaller tasks, while more efficient for you, would cost a good amount of money, so how would that balance out? I guess doing something you like wouldn't be considered work, unless of course you're not doing it voluntarily at that exact moment but its something you have to get done- then thats work.
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I think that's possible for people who get stable income from business, but not for people beginning their career.
I loved his book and I found it inspiring. It can lead people to make changes in their lives. It did for me but your insurance for making enough money to retire, etc. is to make sure you are earning enough. Not everything can do that within 4 hours per week.
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"We have 40 million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse."
– Rudyard Kipling
I've really been troubled by the failure of the Obamacare web-based sign-up process. I say "failure," because this $600-plus-million website is not working like it is supposed to be. In fact, it's working so poorly we don't know how it is supposed to work.
The problems forced President Obama to stand before a human shield of enrollees in the Rose Garden and admit the "website that's supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody."
Really? Should we be surprised that a significant customer service initiative undertaken by the government "is not working the way it should"? I doubt it.
Much already has been written about what is wrong, and much more will be said once Congress gets into the act. Clearly, the warning signs were all posted, but not heeded. Health and Human Services, the federal department responsible for all of this, says a "tech surge" is underway to fix the problems. In the meantime, people who want insurance are parked in "virtual waiting rooms."
You have to wonder why the government gets into customer service in the first place. When projects are large and complicated, the private sector does such a better job. Insurance companies sign up thousands of people and process millions of claims as a routine part of their business. Amazon and eBay electronically sell products on a scale of millions.
In other words, signing people up for health insurance should not require the invention of a new wheel. It simply should take tapping into the expertise that already exists. Other federal agencies should have already figured this out, too.
You have to wonder why the Veterans Administration can't get veterans' claims processed in a timely manner. Why is there a backlog of not weeks or months, but years? I can get a car loan in less than an hour and a mortgage approved in a matter of days. Should Hyundai also process veterans' claims?
I remember from my days not so long ago in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development when we were introduced to a new computer program that was going to simplify official travel. Instead of having to go through the travel office, you'd go to a website. And we didn't have a choice. The result? The roll-out was chaotic, and the employee responsible for the transition was on annual leave.
The federal government is an easy target. While it does many things well, such as keep our homeland safe, its sheer size and inefficiencies magnify every misstep.
But, we really don't
have to look far to find
other examples of where the government let people down.
The local website
augustasolidwaste.com says its employees have "put a lot of thought and care" into your trash collection so "you don't have to think much about" it. The site goes on
to reassure you that you don't have to wonder
when the trash collector is coming, and you can "count on our service-minded crews."
So how did this work out for you last June when countywide trash pick-up was expanded? Granted, the city used contract haulers to accomplish the pick-ups, but city employees managed the entire process.
Some trash didn't get picked up for weeks. Other folks never got a trash can. People were frustrated and felt the government didn't care. The man responsible, Solid Waste Director Mark Johnson, later would say the city did not do a good enough job of marketing the service before it started.
But the problems went far beyond marketing. If those responsible had looked back to the lessons of 2001, when the city instituted the first round of countywide trash pick-up, you'd see the basic failure repeating itself was a lack of customer service. You would think the planners would have taken advantage of the large number of customer service call centers in Augusta for their expertise during the planning process.
Better still, government works best when it gets out of the way. The private sector has two things going for it that the government doesn't – experience and accountability.
When customer services go badly for the government, no one is responsible. You'd think the president would take ownership of the problems in the sign up for his signature program. But, no, he's a victim, too. "Nobody is more frustrated than I am," Obama declares.
Frustrated? I suspect people trying to escape from virtual waiting rooms and actually purchase health insurance are a lot more frustrated than the president.
It's like asking a civil servant "Which way did they go?" and he responds by pointing to the left with his right hand and to the right with his left hand. Well, you get the point.
The computer bugs will be fixed, and people will get their subsidized insurance. Veterans will have their eligibility settled, hopefully before they die. Your garbage will get picked up.
Government will proudly tell us what a great job they did for us, and look for new ways to make all of our lives better.
(The writer is a former mayor of Augusta; a former regional director for the Atlanta Region of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and HUD's former acting assistant deputy secretary for field policy and management.)


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The Oakland Raiders offensive line is a work in progress. They will be the determining factor in the success of failure of the offense because the games are won and lost in the trenches.
At the left offensive tackle position, Mario Henderson has been inconsistent through his time as a starter. He has had games where he has rendered top defensive ends impotent, but in other games he falls apart and becomes hazardous to his quarterback's health. The Super Mario/Not so Super Mario dichotomy played out in the preseason. In the game against the Chicago Bears, Henderson kept All Pro defensive end Julius Peppers in check during his entire shift. The following week Bad Mario showed up and San Francisco 49ers linebacker Travis LaBoy knocked Jason Campbell out of the game. It is helpful that Campbell is more mobile and consistent in his footwork than JaMarcus Russell was, but Henderson is going to have to be consistent to make the line work.
Opposite Henderson, at right tackle, is the prodigal Raider Langston Walker. After two years of Cornell "penalty machine" Green at right tackle, Walker will be an upgrade. Walker was signed prior to week six of the 2009 season. He ended up starting the final three games at left guard after Robert Gallery went down to injury. Walker was expected to battle it out with Khalif Barnes and to a lesser extent Erik Pears for the starting position. However, Walker ran with the first team almost exclusively through the offseason and into training camp. Barnes had two disappointing games at right tackle in 20009 and was inactive for the remainder of the season. The now released Erik Pears started two games at right tackle and was also horrendous. Pears had been used as an extra blocking tight end in preseason but was released on Wednesday morning.
Robert Gallery has been by far the Raiders most consistent offensive lineman since he moved to left guard in 2007. The biggest question with Gallery is a matter of health. He missed nine games in 2009 and had offseason back surgery. His counterpart on the right side Cooper Carlisle was one of only two offensive linemen to start all 16 games in '09. (Mario Henderson was the other one.) He was originally brought in prior to the 2007 season to be a veteran presence as then-offensive line coach Tom Cable installed the zone blocking scheme. He has been steady but not spectacular.
The center position was a question mark coming into the season with returning starting Samson Satele having disappointed after being acquired in a trade from the Miami Dolphins prior to the 09 season. Neither Satele, nor Chris Morris had a good camp. This led to third round pick Jared Veldheer, an offensive tackle out of division II Hillsdale college being tried out at center. He won the starting job with only one game as a starting center, and that being the third preseason game against the Niners. The center is the one who calls out the line blocking assignments, so that adds a great deal of responsibility to the rookie's shoulders. It also gives a potential weakness for the opposition to exploit.
The old cliché is that games are won and lost in the trenches, but this is the area where the Raiders have the most questions. They need consistent play from the offensive line if their offense is going to live up to their potential.


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Women Are Going to Movies While Their Boyfriends Play Video Games
Chicks See More Flicks 'Cause Their BFs Are Playing Xbox — Agree or Disagree?
I had to chuckle when I saw this report coming out of the Sunday Telegraph yesterday, which says there's a reason for the increasing number of successful "chick flicks" at the box office lately, and it's not the fab acting and special effects. It's because women are heading to the theater while their boyfriends are in front of the tube playing video games.
Games like Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, and Uncharted 2, which have all been released in the past few months, are keeping our guys busy while we head out with our girlfriends to watch New Moon and Valentine's Day. I, for one, am not the type to let my boyfriend hog the controller, but I'm also not one to discriminate against an entertaining "chick flick." So tell me — do you agree with this report, or do you think it's hype that keeps these so-called "chick flicks" at the top of the box office charts?


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Yes, I have my DVR attached to the other HDMI slot and is working just fine. I have switched the BDP between the slots on the TV as well as swapping the cables themselves. I am currently using the cable that was connecting the player to the TV to connectc the DVR to the TV.
If I press "PLAY" or "HOME" on the player, the TV shows the HDMI slot it's on and the screen goes blank for a second, then I get "NO SIGNAL" again.
I followed the steps and it goes through a "Retrieving Data" step, then "Not Support"
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Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li...
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The first three characters to be featured in this range are some of the series most iconic characters: Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li. Unlike many plush toys, these also feature an internal skeleton that allows for posing. Each Street Fighter plush is priced at $19.99 and available now through gamingheads.com.
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-$870 2: 2 Place
Hollywood Park race-3
# 6 Swift Eagle $150W $300Pl
Paddy G;lost a photo down the hill
Originally Posted by TexanGambler: HOLLYWOOD PARK RACE 3 - Show me the money contest#1 Turn on the Pumps
your 1 will hit the board my 3rd choice but solid
Originally Posted by vinspix: hope we got the right paddy gallegher horse im on the 6 too
Gallagher's go to guy looks solid
Holly Race-3
$50 Double
3-5-6 / 1-3
Holly Race-2
$5 Pick-3
2. 2-3-5-6-7
3. 1-3-5-6
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Originally Posted by Johnnyg7: Cmon Kap you thought too much into that one... 6/5 on the 5 was a gift.... even though I didn't have garbage on him to win. #10 in the 5th Carla/Joel get it.
trying to beat the chalk
Hollywood Park race-4
# 1 My Selection $200W $300Pl
solid play
$50 Double
1 / 2-4-6-8
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1 / 5 / 3-4
4. 1-4
5. 2-4-6-8
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The feature race under the lights. A state restricted one mile and a sixteenth turf race for three year olds and up.The race looks to have a number of speed types ready to go to the lead. Bejarano with He`s Very Rare looks to set a fast pace. I expect both Kessabtsi and The Unusual One to go with He`s Very Rare...... looking at this many times the race sets up for a mid pack stalking coming slightly off the pace. Husband`s Folly stretching out to two turns should like the added distance....He warrants respect.....A Little Hot Sauce won from off the pace beating a next time out winner Rentless Heat.....I like the talented colt A Toast To You......bred to like this distance.....He runs like he can run all day long.......good odds because he stretches around two turns tonight......I expect Peter Miller has this dude ready to run a smasher.1. A Toast To You ****solid play**2. Husband`s Folly3. A Little Hot Sauce
3-5-6 / 1-3 $21.80 $545 +$245
4. 1-3 $58.50 $292.50 +$92.50
$7.80W $3.60Pl $1320 +$820
1 / 5 / 3-4 -$20
Hollywood Park race-5
# 8 Borealis Way $200W $300Pl
this Bertrando runner has been runnerup in last pair-hard to
contain in this race-add Flores is hot=$
$50 Exacta
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FSU Seminoles star QB Jameis Winston poses tough task for Miami Hurricanes
Source: Manny Navarro, Miami Herald
Last season, it would have been preposterous to think D'Onofrio and UM's defense would have any shot of slowing the redshirt freshman Winston (6-4, 228 pounds) and FSU's offense down. UM (7-0, 3-0 ACC) was torched by its three ranked opponents last season. The Hurricanes gave up an average of 42 points and 510 yards a game in those three lopsided losses.
But this year's defense, deeper, bigger and more mature, has earned a reputation for being a lot more bend than bust. The Hurricanes rank 10th in team passing-efficiency defense (104.77), 11th in scoring defense (17.7 points per game), 18th in total defense (342.3 yards per game) and 39th against the run (141.7).
A nonexistent pass rush (13 sacks in 2012) has been replaced by a collection of 13 players who have combined for 22 sacks (11th most in the nation). Where the Canes have earned their money, though, has really been third down defense (15th, 0.315 percent), red-zone defense (tied for 23rd, 0.750) and turnovers (19, UM had 22 all of last year).


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Emergency Custody Decisions: Part Two
April Baer- The first thing to understand about how families are split up is that the decision is essentially made by committee. A staffing meeting is held between immediate and extended family members, a caseworker and supervisor, led by an independent staff facilitator. This roomful sits down and has it out -- reviewing the facts of the case, and talking about whether the child will be at risk over the long term. If not, the Department of Children and Family Services, or DCFS, may move to take permanent custody.
In Sidney Sawyer's case, things never even got that far. DCFS director Bill Denihan.
Bill Denihan- Really, you should understand a staffing did not occur in this case. A very important point, and that's one of the issues.
AB- Tallis George Munro is the supervisor of the social worker who investigated the Sawyer case. The decision making process the county uses to help workers make emergency custody decisions is called a safety assessment. It's a first-contact tool, Munro says, that determines whether a child should be removed before the investigation even begins.
Tallis George Munro- The safety assessment is supposed to be done within a 24-hour period, after making first contact with the parents.
AB- Last March 28th, a worker under Munro's guidance responded to a call made by Sidney Sawyer's day care center. Someone had noticed bruises. Within hours, the worker met Sidney, interviewed five day care workers, and Sidney's mother, Lashon. She then went to the Sawyer home, an apartment in Hough, and conducted further interviews with the family. Then, Munro says the worker filled out the county's structured decision making form, used its scoring system, and reported back.
TGM- The risk assessment tool did not adequately evaluate abuse to her. Sidney was rated low to moderate for abuse. Not intensive, not high.
AB- Munro says he and the worker suspected the evidence pointed to abuse -- photos of bruises on Sidney's body, bruises her mother was unable to explain. But the mother was very cooperative and showed appropriate concern for her daughter's injuries. Based on that, and the SDM's low score for immediate risk, they decided not to go for emergency custody, and investigate further. 29 days later, Sidney Sawyer was taken to the hospital where she died -- the victim of a brutal beating. Her mother, Lashon Sawyer, was recently convicted for the death. Tallis George Munro was fired.
Munro says in the course of the Sawyer case, he stuck closely to the rules of the county's newly developed system for making emergency custody decisions, as he understood them.
TGM- As an investigator's supervisor I could not say yes, this is physical abuse, based upon a simple photograph. I needed to have a medical opinion. If I didn't have a medical opinion, I would have needed Sidney's testimony. I would have needed maybe a third party disclosure, perhaps someone might have said that she saw another adult hit Sidney. But absent a credible disclosure of abuse by either a victim, or a third party or even admission by the alleged perpetrator, the bruise at best was considered "indicated".
AB- And Munro says he was reluctant to go before a county magistrate with what he had and ask for custody.
DCFS Officials say they fully appreciate that workers and supervisors are making decisions based on subtle points. But they also say that's exactly why Munro should have called a staffing, to get more people in on the decision-making. Jim McCafferty is the deputy director who helped set up the agency's decision-making tool that's used in emergency custody cases.
Jim McCafferty- I can come in with a tool that looks horrendous, the safety issues are terrible. And you would say walking in there's no way this kid can ever go home. But at the staffing... Mom admits she has a drug problem, says I'll go right into treatment. Grandma agrees to move into the home, or mom agrees to move with the child into grandma's home. All of a sudden we don't have to take custody. Same time, you may come into a staffing with what appears to be not so serious a custody issue that you think you can make something happen. The attitude of the family is such, or there's some family dynamic that we didn't know about, and all of a sudden we've decided in that staffing that this child can't go home. And when someone makes a decision on their own that they can abrogate that process, and do their own thing, that becomes very problematic.
AB- McCafferty and other top DCFS officials say Munro had every opportunity to speak up if they felt something was really wrong, and failed to do so. Director Bill Denihan declines to be specific about the exact points in the case where he feels Tallis Geroge Munro was in error. For his part, Munro has campaigned tirelessly since his firing to encourage debate on the SDM system and its accuracy. Many County social workers refuse to comment on a case they say has received too much misplaced attention already. But a number will say, they believe it's their duty to speak out if their gut reactions don't match with the scores on the SDM. Denise Dembowski is a young intake worker, driving down I-77 on her rounds, she says she doesn't feel bound by the documents.
Denise Dembowski- It's not based solely on those papers -- I use my skills, my training, my degree. I went to college to four years to learn about things like this -- it's all of those.
AB- Agency director Bill Denihan says if proper procedure had been followed, Sidney Sawyer might be alive today. It remains to be seen, however, if decision making tools can now protect him from liability. Sidney's father, who was not living in the home when she died, is considering filing a wrongful death suit that would hold the county, the agency, and Tallis George Munro responsible. Munro claims the county is setting him up to take the fall if that happens. He's pursuing legal action to clear his name, and will take his case to the state board of employee relations February twenty second. Both sides are now under a gag order and are reluctant to comment further. Whether the system failed Sidney Sawyer, or simply didn't reach her in time, it appears the department of Children and Family Services will not be free of her memory anytime soon.


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Light jackets for the perfect date
I know it's late in the day on this beautiful Friday, but I could not let the day pass by completely without at least acknowledging its importance. It is, after all, April 25, which as we all know is the perfect date... Not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.
Does it blow anyone else's mind that Miss Congeniality came out almost 14 years ago? No? Just me? Well anyway, in honor of one of Sandra Bullock's greatest flicks (I mean, she didn't win an Oscar for it or anything, but c'mon) and Rhode Island's best fire-baton twirler, check out the slideshow for a couple possibilities for light jackets for spring's weird in-between temps. Also great for Florida's already air conditioned offices and movie theaters. And remember, when they ask you what society needs, it's always harsher punishments for parole violators... and world peace!


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Razha K is a full carbon Asymmetrical monocoque frame, powerful and rigid, the downtube is massive and the bottom bracket, the true heart and fulcrum of this triangle, will be unyielding to the power you unleash when you stand on the pedals. Onda ™ fork and rear stay with a tapered1 1/8" – 1 ½" drop-in bearing system to guide safely along every curve.
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Great news, Halloween is on a Saturday this year! That means everyone's itchin' for spooky, fun Halloween parties. We've got some instant download Halloween invitation printable templates in the shop ready and waiting.
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The only text that isn't editable is the large 'Trick or Treat' on this black and white Trick or Treat invitation. Otherwise, all the wording is up to you. All the text on the Zombie Apocalypse invitation and Halloween Bats invites is totally editable.
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Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker: Film Facts
1979, Film: 16mm
32 minutes, Color
Description: From the placing of an order to the completion of the last stitch, the film details the entire process of creating a traditional Lone Star quilt. As the quilt grows, so does our knowledge of Kathleen Ware's vibrant spirit as quiltmaker, wife, mother, and grandmother. A film by Sharon Sherman.
Featuring: Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown
Copyright: 1979, Sharon Sherman
Filmmaker(s): Sharon R. Sherman
Produced by:
Cinematography: Steve Mandell
Editing: Sharon Sherman
Sound: Steven Zibelman
Acknowledgements: Psaltery music by Twilo Scofield. The filmmaker wishes to thank Kathleen Ware and her family John Ware, Pat Dillon, Kenny Dillon, Troy Dillon, Joan Vedder, Nicky Vedder. And Jorge Preloran, Terry Strong, David Joyce, Jim Dunne, Kate Macartney, Barre Toelken.
Funding: This project was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency in Washington, D.C. and the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Distribution: Sharon Sherman
1129 Taylor Court Eugene, OR 97402
Distributor Email: Contact
Distributor Website: Sharon Sherman
Distributor Telephone: (541) 346-3966
Archives & Stock Footage: Sharon Sherman
1129 Taylor Court Eugene, OR 97402
Archives & Stock Footage Email: Contact
Archives & Stock Footage Website: Sharon Sherman
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Trending: World's most haunted island up for auction
A small "haunted" island off the coast of Italy near Venice hit the auction block. The Italian government wants to sell a 99-year lease on the island of Poveglia to anybody brave enough to buy it, according to NBC News.
The notorious island is known as the most haunted place in the world, according to Time.com. Located only five miles off the coast, the island used to be the quarantined territory for those infected by the plague in the Middle Ages. Later, in the beginning of the 20th century, an insane asylum was built there.
The asylum was run by a doctor known for cruel experiments and botched lobotomies, according to Time.com. The Independent reports that the doctor killed himself by jumping off a bell tower. The place was abandoned and deserted after the asylum was closed.
The island has set empty ever since, visited by ghost-hunters and thrill-seekers.
A British media outlet reached out to the Italian government asking for a price that the island might sell for, but officials would not comment. Bidders can place offers on the island by going to an Italian website, according to NBC News.
The accompanying photos were taken from a YouTube video uploaded by the British travel writer Robin Saikia who traveled to the island a few years ago.


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Frank Ticheli, Playing With Fire, Orchestra: Dallas Wind Symphony. Conductor: Jerry Junkin. Guests: Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Reference Recordings HDCD RR-127
Preface: Rare for me to use though very appropriate here in this situation. Many listeners need to know about this gem of a recording, not because the recorded and performing qualities are so high but because of the music itself. Many traditional classical music lovers have so often been disappointed upon listening to 'contemporary or modern' music that they no longer even give it a try. In the here and now I want to make you give all the music on this typically fine quality release a serious try; you are going to like it at first listen. Make certain that you read along with the fine liner notes that explain what and why it sounds like it does. In the first composition, another conductor had Ticheli compose an appropriate short and feisty musical celebration of his mother's life, remembering her always as feisty not sad or tearful memories. Though composed for Wind Band/Symphony the recent, therefore modern music is not, I repeat, is not going to upset classical music lovers of any age! To top it all off superbly, the last few selections feature a truly traditional jazz band; I mean that if Louis Satchmo Armstrong was still around, he would want to play in the Jim Cullen Band. One or the other and most likely both sections of this release will be appealing. Try something a bit new, now.
"Postcard" the first and mentioned above, memorial composition features a main theme that is a melodic palindrome as the family tradition was giving their children palindromic names. You may now go to your trusty encyclopedia to find out the exact meaning of a palindrome. The name Hannah is a good example of a palindrome.
San Antonio Dances was composed as a personal tribute to a city that was loved by the composer and he had lived there for some time as a young music composer while at Trinity University. The first movement depicts the serene Alamo gardens with a powerful though brief climax that depicts the Alamo itself. The second movement, joyous and very light hearted celebrates the quite famous Riverwalk inspired by the streets and canals of Venice, Italy. It took two decades to complete! "Rest" is a concert band version of Bach's Chorale BWV a favorite of the dedicatee as he had originally arranged it for chorus and band! "Rest" is a concert version of composer Ticheli's version of his choral work " There Will Be Rest" while preserving the fragile beauty of Sara Teasdale's poem. This was commissioned to honor James E. Croft upon his retirement as Director of Bands at FSU after I had left while obtaining the courses for pre-med advancement. "Playing With Fire's" first movement was originally composed as a musical tribute to the great drummer, Ray Bauduc.
Tchaikovsky. Symphony No.1, recorded at the Barbican Centre, London. Symphony No.2, recorded at the Barbican Centre, London. Symphony No.3, recorded at theTonhalle, Zurich. Orchestra: London Symphony. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. LSO Hybrid SACD set LSO 0710
Oh yes ,Tchaikovsky's early symphonies. They are not commonly heard as often as the later and more famous trio at symphony concerts. They are definitely worth most listeners' time and efforts. That is exactly their goal, musical enjoyment, not greatness. Timings are rather short and efforts are minimal for plain old fashion listening enjoyment. My favorite of these three had always been the second, usually referred to as the "Little Russian" simply because it is actually built on the basis of folk music or tunes that Tchaikovsky had personally heard. Also helping was a very melodic or tuneful performance conducted by either Dorati or Markevitch some years ago; both those conductors had some particularly fine releases by Russian composers. Now Gergiev's latest release may not remove my old memories though it is just fine and with the excellent SACD recording that the LSO tries to use regularly; we should try to reward their extra cost recording efforts, by purchasing more of them. If we music lovers do not do it, who will? The lyrical and leisurely First Symphony does bring hints of winter weather, though the pleasant Third Symphony offers little to earn its Polish name other than a brief hint of a Polish dance, a Polonaise. Though Tchaikovsky claimed his Sixth Symphony to be his favorite, I believe that his Fourth may be the best of his more conventional symphonies and bears comparison with any other symphony, by any composer!
The reason behind the listings of the recording sites is simply as follows. The well known Barbican Centre is also known as being part of London's recording sites and London is known world-wide in the musical field as being the only large city in the world that has a truly great orchestra and nowhere to record it. Yes, that automatically begs a question and you now know enough to know the answer to it.
Do not be USA smug about the situation. Remember the multi- millions spent on the Lincoln Center with acoustical consultants that wrote the book on the subject and it all went nowhere until a music loving audiophile named Fisher entered the picture eventually and a musical sounding listening and recording hall named after himself was built. My understanding was that others wanted a unique new design and Fisher wanted a design that would definitely sound good. Simple enough, right? So now faithful readers, we need your opinion. Does the overall sound quality of the recording done in Zurich sound noticeably better than the first two done in London or do you think your audio system is not quite fine enough to reveal the differences?
Grieg Piano Concerto Op.16. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Op.18. Piano: Sa Chen. Orchestra: Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lisbon. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. PentaTone SACD Hybrid PTC 5186 444
With the addition of these two fine and very popular piano concertos we have now and very recently covered half of the dozen most popular piano concertos ever performed. The recorded audio quality is fully up to Pentatone's usual high standards particularly with the full, rich and finely detailed SACD stereo layer. It would be rare to hear better audio quality than offerred here. The sensation of palpable power provided by the now well known multi-award winning pianist, Sa Chen is self evident here. Those newcomers to classical music will want to add these two performances as will long time veteran listeners. These are easily awarded top recommendations. Go forth, buy, enjoy and enjoy.
John Corigliano. 1) Phantasmagoria – Suite from "The Ghosts Of Versailles" (2000). Violin Concerto. "The Red Violin" (2003). 2) Chaconne. 3) Pianissimo Scherzo. 4) Andante Flautando. 5) Accelerando Finale. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Violin: Michael Ludwig. Naxos American Classics CD 8.559671
Here composer Corigliano draws heavily from his famous opera The Ghosts of Versailles and his even more famous third film score, The Red Violin. Hearing all again as I am writing these words does not make it any easier to attempt to describe what I am hearing. Sometimes it is as if Corigliano is dissecting some of his best scores and experimenting with them a bit. Maybe a bit modern though his music always seems to appeal to me, so it must be melodic. So I shall go out on that "infamous limb" and simply recommend it highly; I certainly listened to it more than twice so far and shall return. As happens so often recently with Naxos releases, both performances and audio quality are about as good as it gets without SACD or Blu-ray and so recommendation is easy to award.
Nine Lessons and Carols. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Organ: Ben-San Lau. KGS0001 (2 CDs)
This fine set arrived almost at that infamous last minute and I took the time to listen and get this to editor Dave Clark for the benefit of those looking for serious holiday season music. Examples of serious holiday music contained herein include "God rest you merry, gentlemen", The holly and the ivy", "O come, all ye faithful," and "Hark! The herald angels sing". I think I shall never forget the Kid's comic strip of many years ago when the little boy said, "Harold, the angel, is singing". The lessons are very brief stories, teachings or biblical passages interspersed with the music selections. For a few of these carols, this is their world's premiere. Additionally a bonus track, commissioned for this recording is the composition, "All bells in Paradise" by the famous composer, John Rutter is presented. This recording places you, the listener, half way back in the Chapel of King's College and surrounded by the filling ambiance of this location. You are then, there, at least almost. Organ accompaniment is handled quite excellently with most of the selections. A main reference book for me is The Oxford Dictionary of Music Revised Edition. This quotation is informative, appealing and appropriate here. "With the growth of the Christmas season as a public holiday which became increasingly commercialized, the carol grew in popularity and concomitantly, in vulgarity so that some of the 19th century are of inferior quality while the best, of them have achieved a place alongside the folk carols and seventeenth century German carols that were revived by the late nineteenth century folk-song movement. A fine selection is sung annually in England on Christmas Eve at King's college, Cambridge." I now shall add "Here it is".


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Teddy bears have comforted children for many years, but military mom Lisa Freeman has taken the stuffed animal's meaning to a new level.
Freeman, whose son Matthew was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, spends her days sewing teddy bears from fallen soldiers' uniforms for grieving family members.
"I don't know about big, but I think I'm making a difference," Freeman told CNN.
Freeman gave the first "Matthew Bear" to the late Shannon Chihuahua's sister and nephews in March.
"When my kids are grown and older, it's something that we'll always have," Jessica Chihuahua told CNN.
The teddy bears are just one part of an enterprise Freeman created called "The Matthew Freeman Project."
The project is a not-for-profit charitable organization, and its purpose is to support worldwide education "in order to promote communities of promise, prosperity and peace," according to its website.
Two days prior to Matthew Freeman's death, he called to tell his mother that the children in Afghanistan wanted pens and paper more than food and water. He asked if Lisa would send him school supplies so he could give them to the students.
Since then, The Matthew Freeman Project has sent more than 6 tons of school supplies to children in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Huffington Post.
"It is the vision of The Matthew Freeman Project to go into those classrooms in that part of the world and teach something other than hatred and hopelessness," Freeman said in a YouTube video.
In addition, the project gives a "sibling scholarship" to students who've lost their siblings in combat.
The majority of the funding for the scholarship comes from the annual "Matthew Freeman 5K Run for Peace."
The scholarship is given "to acknowledge the struggles and emotional pain when dealing with the loss of a sibling," according to The Matthew Freeman Project.
Megan Marsden Christensen is an intern with the Deseret News writing for the Faith & Family section. She recently graduated from BYU-Idaho with a bachelor's degree in communication.


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List entry Number: 1190608
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County: Northamptonshire
District: South Northamptonshire
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Parish: Cosgrove
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Date of most recent amendment: 18-May-1988
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COSGROVE, GRAND UNION CANAL Bridge No.65
(Formerly listed as Canal Bridge (Solmon's Bridge))
Canal bridge. c.1800. Dressed limestone. Gothick style. Single-span bridge with wide slightly pointed arch and curved feet. Arch has blank cusped panels and keyblock. Semi-octagonal buttresses either side of arch have quatrefoil frieze to base and ogee half-cupolas and are flanked by ogee-headed niches. Panelled parapets with circular piers either end. In 1800 the two halves of the Grand Junction Canal met here. Construction began at Brentford in Middlesex and Braunston, Northamptonshire. It is said that a certain Colonel Solmons, 'Lord of the Manor', agreed to the cutting of the canal on condition that he was allowed to erect the necessary bridge. However the Lord of the Manor at this time was George Biggin Esq., whose residence, Cosgrove Priory, is in sight of the bridge. The proximity may explain the bridge's unusually ornamental appearance. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1933, p159; Wolverton Historical Journal: 1970, pp34-40)
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Maurice Williamson, the Minister of Building and Construction, and Prime Minister John Key then opened the first stage of a $70 million construction project launched by the Chinese-born developer after he became a citizen.
The following year, one of his companies made a $22,000 donation to the National Party.
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) recommended that the citizenship application of Donghua Liu be declined on the grounds that he did not spend enough time in New Zealand or meet English language criteria.
However, one of Mr Liu's business partners approached Mr Williamson and John Banks - the Mayor of Auckland at the time - and they wrote to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Nathan Guy, asking him to grant citizenship against the official advice.
"Invested in NZ and a lot of support," was a file note for the case released under the Official Information Act.
Mr Guy, who is no longer the Minister of Internal Affairs, told the Herald that he made the final decision on more than 800 citizenship cases and regularly received correspondence from family and supporters of applicants.
He considered all of the evidence and said of Mr Liu's application: "I considered at the time that, on balance, the potential benefits to New Zealand warranted the granting of citizenship."
The official recommendation of whether citizenship should be granted was ignored in 61 of the 1011 cases between 2009 and 2011.
But the 2010 case was one of several that caused concerns among DIA staff, who raised the possibility of favouritism with the Office of the Auditor-General during an inquiry into a citizenship decision made by Labour MP Shane Jones.
Mr Jones was criticised in the report last year but cleared of any corruption over his decision to grant citizenship to a wealthy businessman who had strong links to Labour.
The Auditor-General was also told of other citizenship files involving support from MPs.
An in-depth investigation of those files was beyond the scope of the original inquiry but nothing was found to suggest that decisions were made "as a result of improper influence".
"However, it is clear that the apparent links between different applicants and their agents, or supporters, coupled with strong support from various MPs and subsequent questions from the minister or ministerial officials caused disquiet among some citizenship officers," according to the inquiry report.
The Auditor-General said there was nothing wrong or improper with MPs advocating on behalf of constituents in citizenship cases, or ministers considering those representations.
"However, advocacy of this kind, in particular where the advocate is a fellow MP or known to the minister, clearly presents risks to the integrity of the decision-making system and to the reputations of those involved," the Auditor-General wrote.
No MPs or supporters were named in the report but Mr Williamson and Mr Banks were identified through Official Information Act requests by the Herald.
Mr Williamson and Mr Key opened the first stage of a $70 million property development project in Newmarket in 2011, the refurbishment of the Boulevard Hotel, described as the "brainchild" of Mr Liu.
Both Mr Williamson and Mr Banks declined to comment on their support for Mr Liu's citizenship because it was a "constituency matter".
Others who supported Mr Liu's bid for citizenship were lawyer Jeremy Goodwin and Roy Mottram, who are listed as directors in different companies with him.
Electoral donation records show that Roncon Pacific Hotel Management Holdings Ltd - of which Mr Liu and Mr Goodwin are directors - made a $22,000 donation to the National Party in 2012.
Mr Mottram confirmed he approached Mr Williamson and Mr Banks to support Mr Liu's citizenship bid as he was making a very significant contribution as a businessman in Auckland, particularly in the construction industry.
"John's support was just a matter of course because the activity was in Auckland City, he was the mayor and he was supportive of things that were good for Auckland," said Mr Mottram.
"Obviously, if you're the Minister of Building and Construction, you would want to promote building and construction, which we have been involved with for a long time."
Mr Mottram said the requirements for New Zealand citizenship, which include the amount of time spent in the country and language requirements, were out of date.
"A lot of active, global businessmen are never in one place for any length of time ... People who have global businesses are global citizens."
How it unfolded
2010: Businessman Donghua Liu granted NZ citizenship by Nathan Guy, the then Minister of Internal Affairs, against official advice after being lobbied by Maurice Williamson, Minister of Building and Construction, and John Banks, the Auckland Mayor at the time.
2011: Mr Williamson and Prime Minister John Key attend the opening of the first stage of Mr Liu's $70 million redevelopment in Newmarket, Auckland
2012: Roncon Pacific Hotel Management Holdings Ltd - of which Mr Liu is a director - makes a $22,000 donation to the National Party.
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Blimey James - call that a small repair??
Lol yeah, it's not mine matey, I just saw it and posted it in case someone was interested.
I guess that why it's not sold yet....!
Tehe. Good to see you got your new engine buddy. 210 horses?? only another 130 to go and you'll be getting involved with the big boys.......
Torque is where it's at
Parkers quote an S4 as 410 Nm
Mine with tuning box is 420 Nm
Torque is for girls with diesels............
V8 through Milltek is where is at.
Torque is great! 450NM here Only 180 horses though Must increase!!!
horsepower = torque * rpm / 5252
So if you don't got torque, you don't got hp
The diesels get their power from the huge torque, but being lower revving and with a narrow torque band, the hp output is limited compared to the petrol V8 with slightly less torque but wider rev range to apply it.
To get more power out, you need more torque in, or more rpm's - they are locked together by James Watt's law of mechanical power - 1hp = 550lbs / ft /sec, so torque is a force, operating over a set distance in a given time, to produce power.
Sorry to hijack the thread, and go all science teacher on your asses, but it had to be done.
V8 through NON-RESONATED Milltek is where its at!lol!!
I was gonna say that.
Thats next on the list - getting rid of that nasty centre section with a set of cat back straight pipes. Just need the ££ first!!
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You automatically question the danger of a grown man who feels completely comfortable brandishing a knife in front of armed police officers. That also shows that this man was willing to use his own deadly force. His mental state may have been a factor, but so it also was with a man in Colorado, Columbine, Virginia Tech, Cleveland School and Sandy Hook.
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Many would agree that MMA and kickboxing legend Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic is not the fighter he once was.
In his last fight he tapped to a neck crank from Alexey Oleinik at Russia's Legend 2.
The result had fellow icon, Fedor Emelianenko, criticizing 'Cro Crop', saying: "Something happened to him. And he does not have either the physical condition or mental attitude."
He went on to add:
"There is something that broke in him and he is not the same fighter as he was before. This is evident on his style of fighting and on his look during the fight. I don't know how to explain… You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.'
"But it also happens that a fighter does not want to, not even to win, but he wants to get out of here so quickly as possible, out of the ring, out of the cage, with any result of the fight."
Not one to sit back, 'Cro Crop' took to his Facebook page to put Fedor on blast, as translated by middleeasy:
"Fedor commented on me and today I read a comment from his eminent brother," said Cro Cop. "It's little to say that I truly respected and liked them both since the time when we fought together in Japan, but that respect is now gone.
"Alexander, who probably caused all the scandal and manfully beat up a 63 years old just so that he doesn't have to enter the ring with me, I won't comment too much because the sport is often looked down on because of guys like him, and besides, he doesn't deserve much of a comment. But Fedor was a grave disappointment. If Fedor fought in my city, I'd come to his hotel, take him out for dinner, have a talk with him, and if I had to tell him something I'd tell it to his face and not talk over newspapers. Afterall, we're "brothers in arms" and we bled together in Japanese rings, and had a fight that many consider as the best in MMA hisotry, and he not only didn't have the audacity to say hello, even before the fight in the lockeroom, but he commented on me that I'm this and that, this wasn't the Fedor that I used to know.
"Every one of his loses fell hard on me, as if it were my own, and this same man then says publicly that he doesn't know what keeps me fighting, that I'm not in shape and such things. Everyone has the right for an opinion, but till I'm shedding my own blood, enduring the torture and pain, the decision is mine, it's my thing for how long I'll fight and why I fight.
"About the fight, I'm sick because of the loss, but I'm glad that I broke the blockade in my head that I had about grappling through my entire career and I'm glad that I tried to go for a guillotine and after that for a triangle. Sadly, I wasn't able to get it around him, cause if I did he'd be choked out. If I was able to get both legs together, and it was close, I would have finished him and it would have been "Great job, champ!", "Awesome!", "You're in great shape!", but like this, it's just gonna be spitting all over me and this and that."
What do you think, readers? Is it disappointing to see these two legends trade barbs? Or was 'Cro Krop' rightfully sticking up for his decision to continue fighting?Tags: Aleksander Emelianenko, Fedor Emelianenko, mirko cro-cop, MMA NEWS


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Natalie Portman got a little verklempt about her husband-to-be on Saturday.
Accepting the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the tight-lipped pregnant star couldn't help gushing about Benjamin Millepied, the dancer/choreographer whom she met while making Black Swan.
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About three months along with Millepied's child, Portman concealed her baby bump with a Vionnet dress and proudly wore her stunning engagement ring -- UsMagazine.com revealed the first pics on Friday -- as she accepted her trophy.
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I know eating onions sounds like a crazy side dish, but there are so many health benefits to onions. Onions have anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-allergic actions, which could be why they are the starting point of choice for the cuisine of so many cultures around the world. I hate the way onions smell on your breath after a meal...this does not give you that stinky after breathe. This is such a quick and easy side dish that you would really fall in love with eating onions. The only ingredient that I had substituted on this was the Dijon mustard, because I love honey Dijon mustard more...it brings that extra sweetness and bite that I love from mustard. I highly recommend the Jack Daniel's Honey Dijon Mustard.
Herb-Roasted Onions
Adapted from Barefoot Contessa
1 red onion
1 yellow onion
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon Honey Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup good olive oil
1/2 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Remove the stem end of each onion and carefully slice off the brown part of the root end, leaving the root intact. Peel the onion. Stand each onion root end up on a cutting board and cut the onion in wedges through the root. Place the wedges in a bowl.
3. For the dressing, combine the lemon juice, honey mustard, garlic, thyme, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Pour the dressing over the onions and toss well.
4. With a slotted spoon, transfer the onions to a sheet pan, reserving the vinaigrette that remains in the bowl. Bake the onions for 30 to 45 minutes, until tender and browned. Toss the onions once during cooking. Remove from the oven, and drizzle with the reserved dressing. Sprinkle with parsley, season to taste and serve warm or at room temperature.
Review: The onions caramelized beautifully in my oven, and the wonderful aroma filled my kitchen. Any recipe that lets me use herbs from my garden is definitely a keeper, too. I love how the vinaigrette & thyme brings this dish together with the chicken piccata, too. The entire meal was full of flavor and easy comfort food to enjoy!


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5-6 boiled eggs
1 medium onion
1 small tomato
1-2 green chilly
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp dhania powder (coriander)
1/4 tsp jeera powder (cumin)
1/8 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
For tempering
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp saunf
Curry leaves
For garnish
1/2 cup fresh coconut milk
Coriander leaves
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook time: 15 mins
- Boil the eggs by giving them one whistle in pressure cooker. This is faster and cooks perfect.
- Meanwhile cut the veggies into slices, prepare coconut milk and keep aside.
- In a kadai, heat the oil and temper the jeera and saunf seeds.
- To this add a sprig of curry leaves, green chilies and ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute.
- Now add the onions and wait for them to fry well. When onion is well sautéed add the tomatoes and all the masala powders and salt.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes until all the raw smell of the powders leave.
- If the gravy is too dry add 1/2 cup water and add the coconut milk(first milk).
- To this add the peeled eggs cut in half.
- Bring it all to a boil and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve with roti or rice as per your choice😀
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HTC has not released the new full exposureNo Comments on HTC has not released the new full exposure
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Although in today's mobile phone market, HTC sense is not high, but the HTC handset launches frequency is not low. Relevant materials showed that HTC has registered in Russia more models, including HTC Desire, HTC evo 10, 650 Desire One X10 10 Pro and has not yet been released.
650 is HTC Desire A17, earlier this month the whistle-blowers to HTC @ LIabTooFeR has mentioned the product in the twitter, said is an introduction, new HTC. The HTC evo 10 is also a published models, in fact, the sole released in the United States to a Sprint HTC Bolt, equipped with 810 processor Xiao dragons, 5.5 inch screen 2 k, 3 gb memory and support phase focus 16 million rear camera and optical image stabilization.
HTC Desire 10 Pro positioning is lower, will be equipped with 5.5 inches full hd screens, mediatek Helio P10 processor, and the combination of 1300 and 20 million pixels and rear-facing cameras. In addition, the Desire for 10 Pro also support double card double stay.
The HTC One x 10 never exposure, on the name of it, One X10 will be One X9 version, is a routine update. Configuration, One X10 is expected to pick up 5.5 inches full hd screens, mediatek Helio P10, 3 gb of memory and processor 13 million rear camera, support for optical image stabilization and take photographs in RAW format.