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Dancing dragons, unicorns and lions, firecrackers and fireworks displays, martial arts demonstrations and all kinds of Chinese nibbles. It must be Chinese New Year!
In 2013, cities and towns all over the UK welcome the Year of the Horse on or near February 2. Here's the rundown:
- Birmingham Sunday, February 2, loads of free events at The Arcadian in the Chinese Quarter from 11:30 with a stage program from 12:30 until 5:30pm. Chinese Acrobats, singing, the Chinese Dragon Dance and Martial Arts. Hurst Street will be pedestrianised for the day. At least 30,000 people turn out for all the free events. Find more at the Birmingham Chinese New Year website.
- Chatham, Kent A small town but a big party. The third largest Chinese festival in the UK. In 2014, The Year of the Horse will be doubly welcomed. On Saturday, February 1, the Chatham High Street will be full of entertainers, dragon dancers, food and craft stalls For a Chinese New Year Preview. Then, on Sunday, February 9 the Medway Chinese New Year Parade sets along Chatham High Street at noon.
- Liverpool Did you know that Liverpool's Chinese Arch is the largest outside of China? As always, the arch, on Nelson Street, is where the oldest Chinese community in Europe celebrates. February 2 is the date in 2014 and there will be everything from a mass Tai Chi demonstration and a dragaon and lion dance parade, to a Taste of China festival and a firecracker display. Check the Chinese community website for all the events.
- London, Trafalgar Square Traditionally, the London Chinatown Chinese Association celebrates on the first Sunday after Chinese New Year. That's February 2 in 2014, the Year of the Horse. Events kick off with a grand parade along the Strand, Charing Cross Road and Shaftsbury Avenue followed by Trafalgar Square festivities. International artists, both Chinese and Western opera, and a firecracker demonstration over Leicestser Square that promises to be deafening. It's all happening between 10am and 6pm.
- Manchester puts on the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations in the north. in 2012, 65,000 people turned out to celebrate. In 2014, the main Chinese New Year festivities, including Dragon and Lion Dancing by Master Chu, Kung Fu demonstrations, folk dance performances, fireworks and A spectacular Golden Dragon Parade will take place between January 30 and February 2, but the city will be wearing red for the Year of the Horse from January 18. Find out more.
- Newcastle-Gateshead is planning a giant celebration on February 9 in 2014, with special events and activities for the whole family. Parades, firecrackers, banquets and Chinese acrobats are all scheduled Between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Stowell Street and around the city's Chinese arch. But Newcastle turns Chinese New Year into a many splendoured thing, with loads of events in the days and weeks leading up to the big day. Puppet and basket workshops, exhibitions and performances are all part of the fun. Find full details here
- Nottingham really goes to town for Chinese New Year, with entertaiment and fireworks from 4 to 6:15p.m. at the Lakeside Arts Centre on February 2. There's a full schedule of workshops and events leading up to the big day. Check out the Brochure for a full schedule.
- Sheffield stages a Chinese New Year Show, from 7pm. at Sheffield City Hall, February 4,2014. Admission charged.

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Democrats Replace Eddie Bryan on Nashville Election Commission
Davidson County's Democratic lawmakers voted Monday to replace longtime election commissioner Eddie Bryan with attorney Tricia Herzfeld, less than a month after Bryan sided with Republicans to give foreign-born voters extra scrutiny, according to The Tennessean.
In a letter to the State Election Commission, state Rep. Brenda Gilmore, chairwoman of the county's Democratic delegation, praised Herzfeld as "an exceptional lawyer in Davidson County who has worked tirelessly to preserve and protect the right to vote."
....The change comes a week after The Tennessean reported that Bryan voted with two Republicans on the commission for a plan to review the citizenship status of recently registered voters who were born outside of the United States. Metro attorneys later said doing so would violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act -- also known as the "motor voter law" -- by creating two different classes of voters and scrutinizing one class more than the other.
The Metro Law Department urged the commission to rescind the vote when it meets next week.
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We have a holiday whirlwind in our house throughout December since we celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. My 3 year old daughter is more than excited to see the menorah, indulge in potato latkes and chocolate coins while my 18 month old son is enamored by the Christmas tree and lights. One may call this confusing, we call it real life this day in age. So, in the spirit of tradition grab your egg nog and potato latkes and embrace the holidays, whatever you may celebrate!
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For this small play date, I designed a printable Hanukkah Play Date Collection that could easily be used for a children's gathering and then incorporated into a Hanukkah dinner with family. For our play date we created a cupcake menorah to showcase the "festival of lights" using mini-twix as the candles and yellow M&M's as the flame. The cupcakes were placed on glass votive candleholders turned upside down. This was an easy and inexpensive way to elevate the cupcakes and create the look and feel of a real menorah. We also created edible dreidels using blue sprinkled marshmallows, Hershey kisses, and pretzel sticks. Using the pattern paper included in the Hanukkah Play Date Collection we created a paper chain to decorate our table.


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Students organize to help those in need in The Rockaways and Coney Island (NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 12, 2012) – On Sunday, November 11th, a contingent of about 20 students from the Columbia University School of Nursing Entry to Practice program (ETP) banded together to help storm victims in Rockaway, Queens rebuild their lives. Equipped with medical supplies, as well as mops, bleach, baby food and formula, garbage bags, carbon monoxide detectors, face masks, and gloves, the students travelled via rental vans to the devastated Belle Harbor community as part of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that deploys emergency response teams into crisis situations. The students, led by Claire Kiefer, '13, also travelled to the community the previous weekend to assist, after learning that one of their schoolmates and Belle Harbor resident, Jillienne Jordan's house was impacted by the storm.
The School of Nursing contributed $1,000 toward supplies and rental vans. The students spent the day cleaning basements and garages, cleaning out basements and garages, shoveling sand away from houses and cars, and bringing up molded floor tiles. "As nursing students, we strive to improve the lives of all people," said Kiefer. "This weekend, we tried to make a difference for people whose lives were affected close to home." Jillienne Jordan was interviewed on the CBS Evening News on her relief efforts in the Rockaways with her sister: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50134912n&tag=api In addition, a student in the nurse midwifery program, Anna Lederman, who is fluent in Russian, has created a successful way to assess needs in the Coney Island community and to meet individual needs of vulnerable people still trapped in apartment buildings. The Columbia University School of Nursing has donated $5,000 to allow her to continue her grassroots efforts. She has now organized the entire midwifery class to work with her. Her efforts in Coney Island were covered by New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/occupy-sandy-goes-door-to-door-in-coney-island.html


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The collection of Bridwell Library at SMU includes sermons and public commentary made following the assassination of President Kennedy. Among them are remarks by Levi A. Olan, a respected rabbi, author, educator, and community leader known as "the conscience of Dallas;" they can be read or heard by clicking the links below.
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NEW YORK — With less than a week until Christmas, a Grinch has stolen the credit and debit card information of about 40 million Target shoppers.
Target said anyone who made purchases by swiping cards at terminals in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 may have had their accounts exposed. The stolen data includes customer names, credit and debit card numbers, card expiration dates and the three-digit security codes.
The data breach did not affect online purchases, the company said.
Here are some answers to the most common questions about the theft:
Q: I shopped at Target during that time. What should I do?
A: Check your credit card statements carefully. If you see suspicious charges, report the activity to your credit card companies and call Target at 866-852-8680. You can report cases of identity theft to law enforcement or the Federal Trade Commission.
Q: How did the breach occur?
A: Target isn't saying how it happened. Industry experts note that companies spend millions of dollars each year on credit card security, making this theft alarming.
Experts disagree about how the breach might have happened.
Avivah Litan, a security analyst with Gartner Research, says given all the security, she believes the breach may have been an inside job.
But thefts of this size are too big to be the work of company employees, said Ken Stasiak, founder and CEO of Secure State. Stasiak said such breaches are generally perpetrated by organized crime or an overseas hacker group.
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Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike CH DBE (24 October 1882 – 9 June 1976) was a British actress. She was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Arthur Thorndike and Agnes Macdonald. Her father was a Canon of Rochester Cathedral. She was educated at Rochester Grammar School for Girls, and first trained as a classical pianist, making weekly visits to London for music lessons at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She gave her first public performance as a pianist at the age of 11, but in 1899 was forced to give up playing owing to piano cramp. At the instigation of her brother, the author Russell Thorndike, she then trained as an actress. At the age of 21 she was offered her first professional contract: a tour of the United States with the actor-manager Ben Greet's company. She made her first stage appearance in Greet's 1904 production of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. She went on to tour the U.S. in Shakespearean repertory for four years, playing some 112 roles. In 1908 Sybil was spotted by the playwright George Bernard Shaw when she understudied the leading role of Candida in a tour directed by Shaw himself. There she also met her future husband, Lewis Casson.
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- Alive and Kicking (1964)
- Uncle Vanya (1963)
- The Big Gamble (1961)
- Hand in Hand (1960)
- Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)
- The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
- The Wild Heart (1952)
- Stage Fright (1950)
- Gone to Earth (1950)
- Britannia Mews (1949)
- Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
- Major Barbara (1941)
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OOh...what cute photos, and I love these colors!
Nice way to use so many of Kerry's kits...love the photo.
What a cute photo - she looks as if she's having a great time with gymnastics! Great idea to add the quote to the photo! I always forget to do that! Love the pink/green combo too.
Oh, she is just so very cute. I love that photo - you can see her pride and happiness just shining through. I really like the design with the scalloped paper and doodle and love the quote you added to the photo.
Awe! What a sweet LO - love the design and that pic is so cute!
Love this!! Such a great design and color combo!!
Project - Supa Star
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When I first saw this photo of dd, I thought right away of Mary Katherine Gallagher from that Molly Shannon skit she used to do on SNL. Of course, dd has never seen that show, but I still thought she was a cute little supa-star at her gymnastics awards ceremony. She and her brothers have only been at it for a few months, but even if she's a beginner, we think she's doing great…:) Supplies primarily from Kerry Stewart's kits listed below. I recolored the swiss dotted paper from an olive green to a light pink. Fonts are Advantage and Pussycat.
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He eats everything he can. Once he ate my toddlers dress up neclace, whole! He acts like he is always starving. He gets fed science diet premium food and the amount is perfect. He is only a little over weight. He doesn't know what people food is so he doesn't beg. But he'll eat crumbs, sticks, cat poop, cat fur balls, garbage...
He is 2 yrs and he still will use my laundry room to poop, especially if it is cold or raining outside. I have experience housebreaking dogs, it's not me!
He is so dominate over my 60 lb lab. He's mean to her, biting her and humping her anytime she gets the slightest bit if attention. Yes, he is neutered and she is spayed.
He's a brute to the cat.
We tried to crate train him and I swear it's like he got nervous or irritable bowl and pooped several times in a few hours, in his crate. Needless to say, he now sleeps in my bed.
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Situated in Montrose, this hotel is close to Links At Cobble Creek. Regional attractions also include Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
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Recreational amenities at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Montrose-Townsend include an indoor pool and a spa tub. Other amenities include a roundtrip airport shuttle and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Montrose-Townsend provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center and small meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. 3 meeting rooms are available. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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The Robomower RL1000 can keep an average lawn (up to around a half-acre) mowed. Users can program it to mow on a schedule, but initial setup requires laying down perimeter wires so the mower knows its boundaries. It's also reasonably priced for a robotic mower that can cover this much area, but it's still very expensive compared with standard mowers. And as with all robotic lawn mowers, we found little reviewer support. Quite a few sites have overviews, but not objective reviews.
We found the best review of the Robomower RL1000 at RobotAdvice.com, written by a retailer that has tried this model and compares it with others. ConsumerReports.org tests the RL1000 but doesn't document its testing procedures or compare it with more than one other robotic lawn mower. We found quite a few detailed reviews -- based on owners' and journalists' personal experience with the RL1000 or similar Robomower models -- that were published by sources as diverse as Bamabot.com, Amazon.com, Epinions.com and ToolsMust.com.
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1. RobotAdvice.com
This site reviews the Robomower RL1000, rating it 3 out of 5. The review is thorough and detailed, based on editors' experience with this robotic mower. The bottom line, according to this review: The RL1000 "will tirelessly and dependably trim your lawn for youÉ but it would be great if it could last a little longer." The editors say this robotic lawn mower will last about two or three years, though it's not clear what they base this estimate on.
Review: Robotic Mowers, Editors of RobotAdvice.com
2. Amazon.com
Just over a dozen owners review the Robomower RL1000 here, giving it an average rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars. More owners are satisfied than not (especially those whose reviews are more recent), but some complaints emphasize the need to buy from a retailer with good technical support, and to anticipate that ongoing maintenance and replacement parts will be necessary.
Review: Friendly Robotics Robomower RL1000, Contributors to Amazon.com
3. Epinions.com
Almost 30 users post reviews of different Robomower models here. Several review the RL1000 specifically, and more users complain about it -- mostly for the expense of shipping it to have it serviced -- than give it good marks. One owner says that he has put more than 250 hours on his RL1000 and that it still works perfectly, even mowing his lawn while he was on vacation.
Review: Friendly Robotics Robomower, Contributors to Epinions.com
4. ToolsMust.com
This review is undated, but it appears to be fairly recent, because it mentions features that the RL1000 didn't have a couple of years ago. The reviewer discusses each feature in detail, and concludes that "if you compare the cost associated with other lawn mower products and services then it is definitely a must tool to have in your lawn." At the end of the review there's a YouTube video that shows the RL1000 in action.
Review: RL1000 Robomower Review -- Robotic Lawn Mower, Editor of ToolsMust.com
5. ConsumerReports.org
ConsumerReports.org tests the Robomower RL1000 and the LawnBott LB3200 Evolution. No details are given about the initial setup or test conditions. Performance and safety are briefly discussed.
Review: Robotic Mowers: Close Up, Contributors to ConsumerReports.org, May 2008
6. Bamabots.com
This detailed hands-on review of the Friendly Robotics Robomower RL1000 is written by a retailer, but the review is balanced, detailed and critical. Unfortunately, it's a little out of date, based on the RL1000's 2006 software. It does provide a good overview of the RL1000's features.
Review: Robomower RL1000 Review, Kerry Clabaugh
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To share your customized palettes with everyone in your CAD group, copy the folder containing the palettes out to a shared network location. You can find where your tool palettes are located by going to the TOOLS > OPTIONS function and looking at the "Tool Palette Files Location" path as shown above. Use the "Browse" button to change that path to the shared network location you want everyone to use. Lastly, you'll want to find the "Profile.aws" file from you source system, such as: C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Application Data\Autodesk\C3D 2012\enu\Support\Profiles\C3D_Imperial, which is where my Civil 3D profile is located, and copy it to the same location on every user's machine.
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It will be a little harder to tell where Thanksgiving ends and Black Friday begins this year as several big box stores open their doors at midnight Nov. 25 in preparation for the biggest shopping day of the year.
, , and will open earlier than ever before. Last year, stores opened at 4 a.m.
Kristy Welker, a spokesperson for Target, said they are changing their hours this year for customer convenience.
"Every holiday at Target is different," Welker said. "We work hard to ensure the entire experience delivers on what our guests want and need. We have heard from our guests that they want Target to be their first stop for their Black Friday shopping. By opening at midnight, we are making it easier than ever for our guests to shop the great assortment we offer, when they want to shop."
While all Best Buy stores will open at midnight on Black Friday, Novi's stores will kick-off the holiday shopping season Thursday night with an outdoor screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. The movie will start around 9 p.m., with giveaways and refreshments preceding it at 8 p.m.
Although some people are happier to stay up late for deals instead of rising before the sun, Novi Patch Facebook fans gave the midnight openings some negative reviews:
Michelle Smith wrote, "Now they're just getting silly. Silly and greedy. How about we just forget about Thanksgiving altogether and just spend the day at the mall?"
Ron Boron said the deals are not good enough to stay up late for.
He wrote, "I don't think the 1/2 dozen or so items listed on the first page of their circulars should be the biggest reason to shop at midnite on Thanksgiving. Given the economy more and better deals will be available the closer we get to Christmas."
And Lisa Barry said she feels bad for the employees who now have to work on Thanksgiving. "I am a semi-professional shopper and even I think it is too much. I feel bad for the employees who will have to leave their homes and families to go to work on the holiday. The deals can wait a few hours," she wrote.
Shoppers may also wait until the Monday after Thanksgiving, known as "Cyber Monday", when many retail stores run sales on their websites for online shoppers.
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Funeral Services for Rev. Dr. Isaac B. Horton, 85, of 802 Poplar Street, Goldsboro, will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the First African Baptist Church, 803 Harris Street, Goldsboro, N.C. 27530. Reverend Louis Lee will officiate and burial will follow in the Carolina Memorial Biblical Gardens, Garner, N.C.
Dr. Horton will lie in state at First African Baptist Church, Goldsboro on Friday from 1:00 until 9:00 p.m. Family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:30 p.m. Visit the Book of Memories for Dr. Horton at www.rutledgeandbigham.com or haskinsfuneralfh.com.
Rutledge and Bigham Funeral Home, 603 South Center Street, Statesville, N.C. 28677 along with Haskins Condolences, Goldsboro, N.C. has charge of the arrangements.


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I ordered this boucle blazer and was not disappointed. It is a very pretty blue and white tweed just as it is pictured. It is lined and feels like very high quality. I ordered a small even though I normally would take a medium and love the fit!
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From Amazon
Amazon Best of the Month, June 2009: The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City and the City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbanist), but from book to book he's tried on different genres, and here he's fully hard-boiled, stripping down to a seen-it-all detective's voice that's wonderfully appropriate for this story of seen and unseen. His detective is Inspector Tyador Borlu, a cop in Beszel whose investigation of the murder of a young foreign woman takes him back and forth across the highly policed border to Ul Qoma to uncover a crime that threatens the delicate balance between the cities and, perhaps more so, Borlu's own dissolving sense of identity. In his tale of two cities, Mieville creates a world both fantastic and unsettlingly familiar, whose mysteries don't end with the solution of a murder. --Tom Nissley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Lots of books dabble in several genres but few manage to weld them together as seamlessly and as originally as The City and The City. In a tale set in a series of cities vertiginously layered in the same space, Miéville offers the detective novel re-envisioned through the prism of the fantastic. The result is a stunning piece of artistry that has both all the satisfactions of a good mystery and all the delight and wonder of the best fantasy."—Brian Evenson, author of Last Days
"If Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler's love child were raised by Franz Kafka, the writing that emerged might resemble China Mieville's new novel, The City & the City." —Los Angeles Times
"China Mieville has made his name via award-winning, genre-bending titles such as King Rat, Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council. Now, in The City & the City, he sets out to bend yet another genre, that of the police procedural, and he succeeds brilliantly…. [An] extraordinary, wholly engaging read." — St. Petersburg Times
"An eye-opening genre-buster. The names of Kafka and Orwell tend to be invoked too easily for anything a bit out of the ordinary, but in this case they are worthy comparisons." — The Times, London
"Evoking such writers as Franz Kafka and Mikhail Bulgakov, Mr. Miéville asks readers to make conceptual leaps and not to simply take flights of fancy."—Wall Street Journal
"An outstanding take on police procedurals…. Through this exaggerated metaphor of segregation, Miéville skillfully examines the illusions people embrace to preserve their preferred social realities." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
"An excellent police procedural and a fascinating urban fantasy, this is essential reading for all mystery and fantasy fans."—Booklist, starred review
"This spectacularly, intricately paranoid yarn is worth the effort." — Kirkus, starred review
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
From the Hardcover edition.
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I could not see the street or much of the estate. We were enclosed by dirt-coloured blocks, from windows out of which leaned vested men and women with morning hair and mugs of drink, eating breakfast and watching us. This open ground between the buildings had once been sculpted. It pitched like a golf course—a child's mimicking of geography. Maybe they had been going to wood it and put in a pond. There was a copse but the saplings were dead.
The grass was weedy, threaded with paths footwalked between rubbish, rutted by wheel tracks. There were police at various tasks. I wasn't the first detective there—I saw Bardo Naustin and a couple of others— but I was the most senior. I followed the sergeant to where most of my colleagues clustered, between a low derelict tower and a skateboard park ringed by big drum-shaped trash bins. Just beyond it we could hear the docks. A bunch of kids sat on a wall before standing officers. The gulls coiled over the gathering.
"Inspector." I nodded at whomever that was. Someone offered a coffee but I shook my head and looked at the woman I had come to see.
She lay near the skate ramps. Nothing is still like the dead are still. The wind moves their hair, as it moved hers, and they don't respond at all. She was in an ugly pose, with legs crooked as if about to get up, her arms in a strange bend. Her face was to the ground.
A young woman, brown hair pulled into pigtails poking up like plants. She was almost naked, and it was sad to see her skin smooth that cold morning, unbroken by gooseflesh. She wore only laddered stockings, one high heel on. Seeing me look for it, a sergeant waved at me from a way off, from where she guarded the dropped shoe.
It was a couple of hours since the body had been discovered. I looked her over. I held my breath and bent down toward the dirt, to look at her face, but I could only see one open eye.
"Where's Shukman?"
"Not here yet, Inspector…"
"Someone call him, tell him to get a move on." I smacked my watch. I was in charge of what we called the mise-en-crime. No one would move her until Shukman the patho had come, but there were other things to do. I checked sightlines. We were out of the way and the garbage containers obscured us, but I could feel attention on us like insects, from all over the estate. We milled.
There was a wet mattress on its edge between two of the bins, by a spread of rusting iron pieces interwoven with discarded chains. "That was on her." The constable who spoke was Lizbyet Corwi, a smart young woman I'd worked with a couple of times. "Couldn't exactly say she was well hidden, but it sort of made her look like a pile of rubbish, I guess." I could see a rough rectangle of darker earth surrounding the dead woman—the remains of the ?mattress-?sheltered dew. Naustin was squatting by it, staring at the earth.
"The kids who found her tipped it half off," Corwi said.
"How did they find her?"
Corwi pointed at the earth, at little scuffs of animal paws.
"Stopped her getting mauled. Ran like hell when they saw what it was, made the call. Our lot, when they arrived?.?.?.?" She glanced at two patrolmen I ?didn't know.
"They moved it?"
She nodded. "See if she was still alive, they said."
"What are their names?"
"Shushkil and Briamiv."
"And these are the finders?" I nodded at the guarded kids. There were two girls, two guys. Midteens, cold, looking down.
"Yeah. Chewers."
"Early morning pick-you-up?"
"That's dedication, hm?" she said. "Maybe they're up for junkies of the month or some shit. They got here a bit before seven. The skate pit's organised that way, apparently. It's only been built a couple of years, used to be nothing, but the locals've got their shift patterns down. Midnight to nine a.m., chewers only; nine to eleven, local gang plans the day; eleven to midnight, skateboards and rollerblades."
"They carrying?"
"One of the boys has a little shiv, but really little. Couldn't mug a milkrat with it—it's a toy. And a chew each. That's it." She shrugged. "The dope wasn't on them; we found it by the wall, but"— shrug—"they were the only ones around."
She motioned over one of our colleagues and opened the bag he carried. Little bundles of resin-slathered grass. Feld is its street name—a tough crossbreed of Catha edulis spiked with tobacco and caffeine and stronger stuff, and fibreglass threads or similar to abrade the gums and get it into the blood. Its name is a trilingual pun: it's khat where it's grown, and the animal called "cat" in En- glish is feld in our own language. I sniffed it and it was pretty low-grade stuff. I walked over to where the four teenagers shivered in their puffy jackets.
"'Sup, policeman?" said one boy in a Bes-accented approximation of hip-hop English. He looked up and met my eye, but he was pale. Neither he nor any of his companions looked well. From where they sat they could not have seen the dead woman, but they did not even look in her direction.
They must have known we'd find the feld, and that we'd know it was theirs. They could have said nothing, just run.
"I'm Inspector Borlú," I said. "Extreme Crime Squad."
I did not say I'm Tyador. A difficult age to question, this—too old for first names, euphemisms and toys, not yet old enough to be straightforward opponents in interviews, when at least the rules were clear. "What's your name?" The boy hesitated, considered using whatever slang handle he'd granted himself, did not.
"Vilyem Barichi."
"You found her?" He nodded, and his friends nodded after him. "Tell me."
"We come here because, 'cause, and…" Vilyem waited, but I said nothing about his drugs. He looked down. "And we seen something under that mattress and we pulled it off."
"There was some…" His friends looked up as Vilyem hesitated, obviously superstitious.
"Wolves?" I said. They glanced at each other.
"Yeah man, some scabby little pack was nosing around there and…"
"So we thought it…"
"How long after you got here?" I said.
Vilyem shrugged. "Don't know. Couple hours?"
"Anyone else around?"
"Saw some guys over there a while back."
"Dealers?" A shrug.
"And there was a van came up on the grass and come over here and went off again after a bit. We ?didn't speak to no one."
"When was the van?"
"Don't know."
"It was still dark." That was one of the girls.
"Okay. Vilyem, you guys, we're going to get you some breakfast, something to drink, if you want." I motioned to their guards. "Have we spoken to the parents?" I asked.
"On their way, boss; except hers"—pointing to one of the girls—"we can't reach."
"So keep trying. Get them to the centre now."
The four teens looked at each other. "This is bullshit, man," the boy who was not Vilyem said, uncertainly. He knew that according to some politics he should oppose my instruction, but he wanted to go with my subordinate. Black tea and bread and paperwork, the boredom and striplights, all so much not like the peeling back of that wet heavy, cumbersome mattress, in the yard, in the dark.
Stepen Shukman and his assistant Hamd Hamzinic had arrived. I looked at my watch. Shukman ignored me. When he bent to the body he wheezed. He certified death. He made observations that Hamzinic wrote down.
"Time?" I said.
"Twelve hours-ish," Shukman said. He pressed down on one of the woman's limbs. She rocked. In rigor, and unstable on the ground as she was, she probably assumed the position of her death lying on other contours. "She ?wasn't killed here." I had heard it said many times he was good at his job but had seen no evidence that he was anything but competent.
"Done?" he said to one of the scene techs. She took two more shots from different angles and nodded. Shukman rolled the woman over with Hamzinic's help. She seemed to fight him with her cramped motionlessness. Turned, she was absurd, like someone playing at dead insect, her limbs crooked, rocking on her spine.
She looked up at us from below a fluttering fringe. Her face was set in a startled strain: she was endlessly surprised by herself. She was young. She was heavily made up, and it was smeared across a badly battered face. It was impossible to say what she looked like, what face those who knew her would see if they heard her name. We might know better later, when she relaxed into her death. Blood marked her front, dark as dirt. Flash flash of cameras.
"Well, hello cause of death," Shukman said to the wounds in her chest.
On her left cheek, curving under the jaw, a long red split. She had been cut half the length of her face.
The wound was smooth for several centimetres, tracking precisely along her flesh like the sweep of a paintbrush. Where it went below her jaw, under the overhang of her mouth, it jagged ugly and ended or began with a deep torn hole in the soft tissue behind her bone. She looked unseeingly at me.
"Take some without the flash, too," I said.


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About Mr. Earhart
As I enter my 10th year in education, it is apparent that my identity is significantly tied to teaching. I love what I do, and, even though, at times, this profession consumes me, I can't even consider doing something else. But we're getting ahead of ourselves; lets start at the beginning:
I was born and raised in small-town Missourah, completing my entire elementary and secondary schooling in St. James, MO (population: 3,500). In high school I was a nerd-jock, addicted to lifting weights, football, and history. Having turned down a letter of intent to play college football at Benedictine, I attended the University of Central Missouri where I majored in social studies education. I was intent on coaching football and basketball, and had always wanted to be half as good at teaching social studies as Barb Smith (my high school instructor).
Out of college, I began my teaching career in Concordia, MO (population: 2,100) teaching a variety of humanities courses whilst calling the offense on Friday nights. But being as how I do not hunt, fish, ride horses, or worship NASCAR, I decided to move to Austin after my second year of teaching. It was a wise move. I must like Austin, as I've since acquired a dog and a house – even convincing my elder brother, Jeremy, a professional starving-artist, to abandon Brooklyn for the allure of Austin two years ago.
I love to travel, having spent a bit of time in Europe and Mexico, and I just returned from a two-month excursion in Peru and Columbia; I geek-out on baseball and I've an addiction to fantasy athletics that makes Dungeons and Dragons look socially acceptable (but a least I've managed to drag Mr. Timmons and Mr. Uhler into this dark world with me – strength in numbers).
At Anderson I have several roles of varying importance.
My most significant responsibility at Anderson occurs in my coordinating of the AVID Program. Advancement via Individual Determination seeks to support students who will be the first in their family to graduate from college. My role is to identify, recruit, teach, and support AVID students in their pursuit of a college education. I teach 2 sections of AVID (with the wonderful Ms. Hollrah teaching 6 sections and our new team member Mr. Routt teaching 1 section) and can easily say that AVID is my most challenging and rewarding teaching assignment. My involvement with AVID began 5 years ago, when I was asked to rebuild the program. I recruited a class of 25 students and began quite a journey. This spring I will graduate and send-off to college my 3rd AVID group of seniors. It's safe to say that these students hold a special place in my heart, having taught them for their entire high school career. I'm extremely proud of them and myself for what we have accomplished. I'm equally proud that Anderson HS has committed to the AVID Program, as this year we will have over 200 AVID students in 9 sections. We continue to grow as a program, providing more support to a population of students that is all too often marginalized by our society. There is little doubt that my recent accolades are directly related to my work with our AVID students. These students have taught me more about education and life than anything else, and I'm thankful for the opportunity to work with them everyday. If you want a window into the wonderful world of AVID, watch this video featuring AVID graduate, Sarahi Galvan-Barbosa; as she addresses all AVID students in AISD (the speech is actually around the 1 minute mark):
For more creative types watch this video featuring our work with Attendance Records.
My second role at Anderson is to teach US History. US History is my passion; we will revel in the complexity of all that is the United States. I'm excited teach a subject, that if taught correctly, drips with elements of social justice. I aspire for this course to be a breath of fresh air in a public school system that is all too often suffocated by standardization and conformity of thought. I embrace the opportunity to challenge students with intellectual discourse – delving deep into the ambiguity that encompasses the majority of modern issues. I take this course very seriously and I look forward to interacting with all who visit this site.
My third role at Anderson is the Students as Teachers program. This is only the third year of this unique program, but I'm certainly excited at the potential of the SAT program, even though I'm aware that there will be a learning curve involved. With continued cuts in funding, Anderson is turning to a model of students teaching students as a way to provide more support to our learners. SATs will consist of students that demonstrate strong skills in a particular subject area being assigned to help a freshman or sophomore section of students in need of support. Basically, a SAT will be assigned to a course like Algebra 1, and, when students are having difficulties, the SAT will intervene by reteaching a concept in a small-group or individual setting. My role will be to help train, place, and monitor these SATs, ensuring that SATs earn a weighted credit for their work. The program has a noble goal, and it has the potential to teach both SATs and struggling students valuable lessons.
That's probably enough. If you made it this far, thanks for reading! Comments and questions are welcome.
110 Responses to "About Mr. Earhart"
February 28, 2012 at 2:08 am
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August 26, 2013 at 10:20 am
August 26, 2013 at 10:26 am
Sounds like a lot to do!
August 26, 2013 at 10:27 am
Being an SAT is really fun!
August 26, 2013 at 10:28 am
Timmons is my homie
August 26, 2013 at 10:29 am
Very interesting!
August 26, 2013 at 10:30 am
Can't wait to start helping
August 26, 2013 at 10:31 am
i like dogs too
August 26, 2013 at 10:31 am
I like the flowers in your picture.
August 26, 2013 at 10:33 am
good job!!
August 26, 2013 at 10:40 am
Hopefully it'll be fun! Fingers crossed!
August 26, 2013 at 11:02 am
Yay! Im excited to be a student as teacher. This should be fun!
August 26, 2013 at 11:09 am
August 26, 2013 at 11:15 am
The new librarian is a nice woman.
August 26, 2013 at 11:38 am
Student as teacher day 1!
August 26, 2013 at 11:40 am
Yay SAT!
August 26, 2013 at 11:46 am
Very excited to be a part of this program!
August 26, 2013 at 11:51 am
Glad to be able to help!
August 26, 2013 at 11:54 am
cool class
August 26, 2013 at 12:21 pm
I'm excited!
August 26, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Can't wait for this year!
August 26, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Who all do you play DnD with? Like do you actually play with Mr. Timmons and Mr. Uhler?
August 26, 2013 at 12:24 pm
I am excited for this year
August 26, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Missourah? niice
August 26, 2013 at 12:40 pm
Vander Stoep
- August 26, 2013 at 12:40 pm
August 26, 2013 at 12:26 pm
I'm looking forward to helping other students
August 26, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Can't wait for this class!
August 26, 2013 at 12:28 pm
interesting class
August 26, 2013 at 12:29 pm
This sounds super fun!
August 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm
I'm excited for this school year in SAT!
August 26, 2013 at 12:34 pm
I really like kids
August 26, 2013 at 12:36 pm
Cant wait
- August 26, 2013 at 12:36 pm
August 26, 2013 at 12:35 pm
Can't Wait!!!!
August 26, 2013 at 12:40 pm
gonna be great!!
August 26, 2013 at 1:55 pm
August 26, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Sounds FUN!
August 26, 2013 at 1:57 pm
Cant wait for a great year!
August 26, 2013 at 1:59 pm
August 26, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Why AVID is such an amazing program!
August 26, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Yay SAT!!
August 26, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Sounds exciting, cant wait
August 26, 2013 at 2:00 pm
im excited!!
August 26, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Im Excited!!
August 26, 2013 at 2:01 pm
I look forward to being in the SAT program. Helping younger students should be very fun and rewarding!
August 26, 2013 at 2:03 pm
i cant wait to be a student as teacher this coming year!
August 26, 2013 at 2:03 pm
kendalls foot is cramping. I hope that she can recover quickly.
August 26, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Peru and Columbia sound amazing!
August 26, 2013 at 2:37 pm
I enjoyed being a SAT last year so I'm sure I will this year!
August 26, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Can't wait to be a SAT!
August 26, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Can't wait!
August 26, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Hopefully i get to have Mrs. Taylor's class because her SAT's that she had my freshman year inspired me to want to be a SAT
August 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm
I am really looking forward to being in this program and helping other students!
August 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm
I'm very exicted to teach others some of my experience and skills.
August 26, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Excited to be a SaT for the semester!
August 26, 2013 at 2:41 pm
My science teachers told me to sign up for this class if I wanted to be a lab-assisstant for one of the science teacher. Is that okay?
August 26, 2013 at 3:17 pm
Meagan 7th
Im excited to be a student as teacher!
August 26, 2013 at 3:18 pm
I would really love to help with English or French if possible! So excited for this opportunity :)
August 26, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Celena 7th
- August 26, 2013 at 3:19 pm
August 26, 2013 at 3:28 pm
I'm good with teaching anything but geometry- otherwise the students would end up having to teach me then!
August 26, 2013 at 3:30 pm
I'm excited to have this class this year! I would like to possibly work with a science teacher this year if that would work ;-) thanks!
August 26, 2013 at 3:54 pm
I'm really excited to get to meet new people and help out a teacher
August 26, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Looking forward to this course. And being a senior.
August 26, 2013 at 3:59 pm
Can't wait, this sounds really fun!
August 26, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Can't wait for this year!
August 26, 2013 at 4:01 pm
My dad is also a fan of fantasy league sports, his favorite is baseball.
August 26, 2013 at 5:47 pm
Hello! Nice to meet you
August 27, 2013 at 1:10 pm
I love Mr. Earhart! He is one of my favoirte teachers and is always there for his students!
August 27, 2013 at 1:20 pm
I love Mr. Earhart! He is one of my favoirte teachers and is always there for his students!
- August 27, 2013 at 1:20 pm
August 27, 2013 at 1:20 pm
I'm excited to be involved in SAT's!
August 27, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Looking forward to being in your class.
August 28, 2013 at 9:33 am
I'm so glad I took this class, It's going to be an amazing experience!
August 28, 2013 at 9:59 am
I enjoyed reading your "About" page.
September 20, 2013 at 2:07 pm
I liked the video
October 15, 2013 at 9:13 am
So excited!
October 18, 2013 at 7:23 pm
January 7, 2014 at 12:14 pm
So excited to start helping out!
January 7, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Looking forward to a great semester!
January 7, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Looking forward to the year!
January 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm
I've heard good things about SAT, and I'm glad to be a part of it!
January 7, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Looking forward to finishing high school as an SAT!
January 8, 2014 at 12:29 pm
YAY for the SAT program!
January 8, 2014 at 12:29 pm
So glad I'm an SAT for my last semester!
January 8, 2014 at 12:31 pm
WWII is certainly the most interesting period of history.
January 8, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Can't wait to start helping!
January 8, 2014 at 2:38 pm
Excited to be a SAT!
January 8, 2014 at 2:40 pm
Katrina says hi
And YAY SAT!
January 8, 2014 at 2:41 pm
Only 3 people in this class, glad I have Aivy. Yay SAT!
January 8, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Yay SAT!
January 9, 2014 at 11:47 am
Can't wait to start helping
January 10, 2014 at 10:12 am
Can't wait be a SAT!
January 10, 2014 at 11:59 am
Woo! This is going to be a fun semester. What's your favorite section in US history to teach?
January 10, 2014 at 2:33 pm
This is going to be very interesting!
January 10, 2014 at 4:21 pm
The link after your brother's name did not work…
January 13, 2014 at 10:12 am
Learned about AVID that I was unaware of! Excited to be an SAT!
January 14, 2014 at 9:20 am
I'm super excited to be an SAT this semester! Can't wait to start. By the way what is your school email?
January 15, 2014 at 7:56 pm
Kedra 4th
January 15, 2014 at 7:58 pm
Im so excited to be an SAT and love being in avid with my avid family
January 17, 2014 at 4:27 pm
Candace Shaw 7th
This will be fun!!


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"Geoff is the one who is real high on him. Gavin (Maloof) and I are, of course, but I think he developed a relationship with Geoff, and Geoff's very impressed with what Jason has to offer."Joe Maloof, in the most important line in Sam Amick's story on the Levien hire
So here's Theus with two years left on a contract and an organization that is setting up itself to make a big free-agency splash in two years. The last year on Theus' deal is at the team's option. Knowing Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie as I do, he won't comment about a guy's contract and/or status. However, in this instance, it might be nice, comforting and even beneficial to give his coach a little verbal public love. Then again, knowing Petrie as I do, it's clear he and Theus are not exactly on the same page.The Bee's Marty McNeal, cosigning on worries about Coach Theus' status in juxtaposition with the franchise's goal for the season.
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7:00am Friday 21st December 2012 in Local news
THE Rat Pack will be rolling into Brentwood just before Christmas to get people into the swing of the festive season.
The Brentwood Centre will be hosting the Rat Pack Spectacular, a tribute act to Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin, on Friday (December 21) for a Las Vegas style show.
Classic songs including Come Fly With Me, Under My Skin, Lady Is A Tramp and That's Amore will be performed on the night.
The trio known as the Purveyors of Cool will be on stage from 7.45pm.
Ticket prices start at £19 with VIP table seats available for £25 per person.
To buy a ticket, visit www.national boxoffice.co.uk or call 01277 215151, 0871 224112 or 01245 280775.
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By Karen Cohilas - bio | emailOctober 16, 2008
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - There's more bad news on the job front. Unemployment rates are the highest they've been in Georgia in 16 years.
Albany has lost a thousand jobs in the past year. Most of those losses came in the retail and trucking industries.
But that doesn't mean there aren't jobs available.
Carolyn Green is a proud woman. Too proud to lose her home. She said, "That's a hard thing to think about, being put in the street, or whatever, so finding a job is essential for me right now."
A few months ago, Carolyn was a day care worker. Now she spends her days looking for work. "The day care that I worked at, had a drop in children, so they had to drop a person. I was the last one hired, first one fired."
She laughs now, but the reality hit her hard. "Oh, it felt terrible. It felt terrible, because I have a home and I could stand a chance of losing my home, so it felt very bad."
"It does become more difficult when you have economic times such as this," said Sheila Holland, who works with the department of labor. She says they've been busy filing unemployment claims, but they've also been active placing people in jobs.
"Orders are coming in and people are still looking for people to hire." Seasonal work is approaching. Holland says now is the time for people out of work to consider a temporary job. You never know where it could lead.
Holland said, "Temporary jobs, jobs that are seasonal, you never know when you take one of those jobs, you might be finding a job that you have been looking for all your life."
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Weatherford Democrat
By JUDY SHERIDAN
In an effort to prevent further delays to the final construction phase of the Ric Williamson Memorial Highway, Parker County commissioners Monday authorized County Judge Mark Riley to sign off on documents related to the highway's interchange with Interstate 20.
"We have some potential agreements coming up regarding utilities out there — one in particular that we're working on," Riley told the court.
"Once that comes in and the county attorney reviews it, and Freese and Nichols reviews it, I just need the authority to sign it, so we don't get held up out there, because we're pushing, and to wait two weeks (until the next court meeting) could delay the project."
Riley assured commissioners that the county attorney would read the documents, and the auditor would review financial issues. He said commissioners would be informed when the documents are signed.
The county has been waiting on a particular utility agreement — which involves moving lines — for months, Riley said later, and representatives from Level 3, the company in charge, said they would be ready to close this week.
Riley said the court's authorization Monday could also apply to TxDOT agreements involving the project, but said it did not give him more authority than normal.
"I'm not going to sign anything that obligates this county to something this court doesn't approve of financially," he said. "Never have, never will."
The project was delayed 60 days at the onset, Riley said, because a resident requested a public hearing, which requires a number of steps.
"The delay has nothing to do with anything else," he said.
In other action, the court:
• Authorized the judge to execute an agreement paying TxDOT a maximum fee of $4,000 to inspect and test construction materials needed for the Ric Williamson Memorial Highway's interchange with Interstate 20.
The agreement stems from the interchange being part of a pass-through funding agreement with TxDOT, a representative from Freese & Nichols said.
• Awarded a contract for online auctioneering services to Ross Bandy Auctioneers instead of Lone Star Auctioneers, the company recommended by the county purchasing department because buyers' premiums are two percent lower.
"I think the amount of the buyers' premiums is insignificant," Riley said, "and it doesn't impact the county. What I'm concerned about is trying to do business locally, and the current auctioneer is local."
• Authorized the purchasing department to advertise for bids for a new roof for the county annex and/or repairs to other county buildings.
• Accepted the annual financial report for Emergency Services District No. 3.


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By Gianna Addario
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---- — The two Danvers Little League teams, Danvers American and Danvers National, know a thing or two about what it takes to win the District 15 Williamsport All-Star Tournament.
Having won the District 15 championship the past two years, Danvers National in 2011 and Danvers American last year, both teams are up to the challenge of doing so again.
With an all new roster, except for Tom Mento from last year's championship team, it's going to take great pitching, solid defense, quick decision base-running and team chemistry. Of the 13 kids they're carrying this year three are 11-year-olds that have never played with this group of 12-year-olds in a tournament.
Danvers American first-year manager Michael Holland is convinced that his team is capable of all of those things.
"Our team strengths are having players with high baseball IQs and team chemistry," noted Holland. "We have kids who work hard and understand what it takes to win.
"We talk about winning every pitch of every inning of every game, one game at a time. All we talk about is winning and what it takes to get it done."
It doesn't stop there. A big key for Danvers American to repeat is a complete team effort. Holland isn't relying on any one player to win them games, instead he will call upon the entire club during the tournament. To kick off the tournament, the boys even decided to look alike with their newly dyed, blonde hair.
Opening night for Danvers American kicks off against a very strong Beverly tomorrow at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester (7:30 p.m.) in the first of four pool play games.
The pitching staff is made up of five players, all of whom are capable of making a quality start. Danvers American isn't singling out anyone in particular for tomorrow night's start, but Holland has a good amount of hurlers to choose from.
"Our philosophy is play together, play hard, play to win," added Holland.
Also on the coaching staff is Scott Taylor and Dwight Morrison, while Danvers High baseball players, A.J. Couto, Joe Strangie and Alex Taylor have also been helping out during practice.
"Those boys have been a tremendous addition to our staff," Holland said of Couto, Strangie and Taylor. "They provide the young kids with perspective and understanding accountability on the field."
After Wednesday's game against Beverly, Danvers American will face Rockport on Thursday, Gloucester American on Saturday and Boxford next Monday to round out pool play. The top two teams in each of the three District 15 pools move on to the double elimination round.
As for Danvers National, it returns three players from last season — Drew Semons, Jay McPherson and Tim Galvin. The other 11 all-stars are new to the team this year. Dave Gotts returns as the manager once again.
The Danvers National all-star team heads into Williamsport tournament action tomorrow against Hamilton-Wenham, followed by Ipswich on Thursday, Topsfield on Saturday and Amesbury next Monday.
DANVERS AMERICAN L.L. WILLIAMSPORT ALL-STARS Brett Palladino Joseph Thibodeau Theodore Wilson Matthew Brennan Cooper Hanson Colby Holland Tim Lam Thomas Mento Cameron Morrison Anthony Olszak Kevin Pohle Matthew Taylor Jonathan Weimert Manager: Michael Holland Coaches: Scott Taylor and Dwight Morrison DANVERS NATIONAL L.L. WILLIAMSPORT ALL-STARS Drew Semons Jared McPherson Tim Galvin Jack O'Neill Matt Ambeliotis Archie Boule Almany Vargas Colin Desmond Mike Morrill Matt King Aaron Paskowski Matt Luiti Ian Paskowski Manager: Dave Gotts


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Challenge - Digital Challenges : Using Curves "the day we flew"
by Chelsea Parsons
posted 07/22/09
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This weeks challenge is one that I never do without! To use the curve adjustment layer in photoshop. First you can find it in Layer> New Adjustment Layer>Curves. Basically is brightens whites, darkens darks and pops your grays. It's your caffeine for photos! I think it turns a boring photo into a cool photo. You can use curves adjustment on colour and black and white. With my photo I have chosen to do black and white. I have added a screen shot of my Mac with the photo before and after. You simply push the line up and down in places till you get the desired effect. I have included a screen shot of where I push the graph line up and down too but I think it all comes down to experimenting and seeing what you like.
You aren't limited to using the curve tool on photos in a layout. Sometimes i use it on photos of layouts when they are dreadfully dingy and dark. Instant sun!
If you can include a photo of your picture before hand I'd love to see it to check out the difference.
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Two people have been killed a third person sustained serious injuries following a car crash, police have said.
Officers were called at 10.05am on Christmas Day after a member of the public reported that a car had been involved in a collision on the B3349 Odiham Road near Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Two people in the car were pronounced dead while a man who was believed to be the driver of the vehicle, received medical attention at the scene before being taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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There were road closures on the B3011 and the B3349 while a police investigation took place at the scene.
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TINLEY PARK, Ill. —
January 4, 1988 - December 1, 2012
Joshua J. Brown, 24, of Tinley Park, beloved son of Michelle Brown nee Bruno and Terry (Marla) Brown, cherished boyfriend of Lauren Zednick, adored grandson of Geraldine nee Wendler and the late Donald Bruno and Donna nee Hyde and Gordon Brown, loving nephew of Paul (Bobbi Jo) Bruno, Paulette Bruno, John Bruno, Dave Bruno, Roxann Graves, Rhonda (Ed) Rousch, Jackie (Ron) Hardt, Gary (Suzanne) Brown, Vicky Meyermann and Linda(Randy) Starr, dear step-brother of Anthony and Michael, fond cousin and great friend to many.
Visitation Sunday, December 09, 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Chapel Prayers, Monday, December 10, 9:00 AM. Both at Krueger Funeral Home, 13050 S. Greenwood Ave. Blue Island, IL. Funeral Mass Monday, December 10, 10:30 AM, St. Emeric Church, 4330 W. 180th St. Country Club Hills, IL.


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Luckily, there are plenty of other reasons to recommend it. First is the price: I saw it online for not much over $100, so it will be a decent investment for home users or a gift for students. You'll also get fantastic photo prints with excellent colors and sharpness that can rival many dedicated photo printers. Like the slightly cheaper Epson Stylus NX515, it has a small footprint, with a folding 2.5" color LCD on a relatively uncluttered panel.
Wireless setup was easily accomplished via the Web interface during set up (you can also use the printer buttons to set up wireless); the process did take a long time, however. Network printing times were completely in line with expectations: A three-page Word document took about 37 seconds to print, with the first page out in about 15 seconds (at normal quality). Printing a four-page Word document with the automatic duplex feature took 55 seconds.
Duplex printing is a great feature; but one downside is that ink can saturate cheap paper so much that the paper gets limp and both sides are visible at once. Epson recommends reducing the ink density; for high-color pages, you'll need to reduce the density by at least 25 percent (this didn't have much negative effect on the quality of the printed pages). Photo prints were excellent. A 4x6 photo printed at normal quality took about 1:12 to print. The print was dry (you can even run it under water and the ink won't run) and the colors were clear and rich. The on-board Photo Restoration feature copied a washed-out old photo and printed it with restored colors easily and quickly. That's a great feature to have if you want to scan some old photos but not mess around with some serious and potentially time-consuming restoration software.


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[–]Switch28 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago
I quite enjoy that as well Cheers!
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I think you want r/pipetobacco, we have what you might call experience.
[–]wirralriddler 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
I actually prefer smoking pipe without any alcohol. With alcohol, especially with whiskey your taste buds are already experiencing much. It's bliss on its own, but I just cannot enjoy my smoke when I cannot properly taste it. Same goes with hot drinks. God knows how much I yearn for a cup of tea while smoking but my experience taught me it only weakens my smoke. Anyway, just passing this remark while we are talking about pipe smoking here.
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I have the same problem. My mustache keeps getting in the way.
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Its a bit easier with cigars. Just a bit.
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Theater Offers $20 Tickets To Opening Performances of "Dixie's Tupperware Party"
WATERBURY – The Palace Theater in Waterbury is throwing a "Tupperware Sale" on tickets to the opening night performances of the interactive, Off-Broadway stage show Dixie's Tupperware Party. For a limited time only, today through January 14, regularly priced $40 tickets to the 7:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night performances of the show (January 15 – 17) will be available for $20. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 203-346-2000, online at www.palacetheaterct.org, or in person at the Box Office, 100 East Main Street in Waterbury.
Nominated for a prestigious 2008 Drama Desk Award, Dixie's Tupperware Party stars sassy Southerner Dixie Longate, a fast-talking Tupperware Lady who packed up her catalogues and left her three children in an Alabama trailer park to journey across the country and sell her fantastic plastic products. Critics and audiences have howled with laughter as Dixie throws a good ol' fashioned Tupperware Party filled with outrageously funny tales, heartfelt accounts, free giveaways, audience participation and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a theater stage. Loaded with the most up-to-date products available for purchase, Ms. Longate will share how she became the number one Tupperware seller in the world, as she educates her guests on the many "alternative" uses she has discovered for her plastic products.
Dixie's Tupperware Party will be at the Palace Theater for six performances, January 15-20, and will feature a different local media personality almost every night to serve as the evening's host and dish it up 'Dixie' style with members of the audience. The Advocate Newspapers are scheduled to host the opening night performance on January 15, followed by WDRC-AM Talk of Connecticut Host Mary Jones on January 16, WATR 1320AM Morning Personality Tom Chute on January 17, and "Better Connecticut" Host Scot Haney on January 18.
As a special promotion, ticket holders to each of the Palace's six performances will enjoy a bit of Dixie's "southern hospitality" and receive a complimentary cocktail loaded with something sweet-and-sassy to ward off the January chill.
For more information on the show, visit www.dixiestupperwareparty.com.
UPDATE on Jan. 16 6:30 am All performances of the Palace Theater's Dixie's Tupperware Party will be held at the WAMS Apron Stage. The entrance is located in the courtyard in front of the Waterbury Arts Magnet School. If you park in the Scoville Street garage, follow the signs to the school. If you are facing the main entrance under the Palace Theater's marquee, the staircase to the courtyard is to your left.
The Palace has already added a Saturday matinee at 1:00 pm and may possibly add a Sunday matinee as well. Stay tuned! Click here to order tickets.


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Everton play all their home matches at Goodison Park, just north of Stanley Park in Liverpool. The old stadium oozes character, and the team come on to the theme tune of 1960s police series Z Cars.
There are several different ways you can buy tickets for Everton matches. Some tickets do occasionally go on general sale, though it helps if you have a previous booking history, and there are also concessions for young and older fans. By becoming an official Everton club member, you stand a better chance of getting your hands sought-after tickets. There are more details and links below.
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Match tickets go on sale to official club members first, and are then offered to the general public if the match hasn't already sold out. There are more details on the benefits of club membership and how to join below.
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Why not make a weekend of it with Thomas Cook, Everton's official travel partner? Match Break offers include official match tickets and a hotel for the night. They're good value, and will give you time to explore the home of the Beatles, as well as making the most of the Everton experience.
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An insider's perspective on Wikipedia and SEO
I had the pleasure of interviewing a well-respected Wikipedia editor who specializes in Wikipedia articles about search engine optimization. He also happens to be an SEO consultant. His name is Jonathan Hochman. The interview covers a range of things including how to build up your reputation as an editor, how to deal with people trying to delete an article you authored, the Notability test, external links, photos and Creative Commons licensing, the Village Pump, and more. That interview is available as a 40 minute long podcast.
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I incorporated parts of the interview into my SEO How To article for Practical Ecommerce Magazine last month — "Can Wikipedia Help Your Business?" — so be sure to check that out too.
Some of my favorite tips from the article, some of which come from me and some from Jonathan, include:
- Reputation is everything. Do this by building a solid history of edits that aren't self-serving.
- Engage with Wikipedians through your Talk page, their Talk page, and the Talk pages of entries you wish to contribute to.
- Create an informative User page to build credibility and boost social networking.
- When someone reverts your edit, seek clarification by asking them what you could do differently.
- Make sure any new entry includes references to back it up. If the entry is for an author, reference their book's ISBN number to support your case for notability. If the entry is for a company, link to a press mentions page on their website so that Wikipedians can establish level of notability.
- Monitor entries that are important to you by using the "watch" function within Wikipedia so that when you log in you will be alerted to any changes to those entries.
- After adding a new entry, build PageRank by internal links from other Wikipedia pages.
Ironic Google Ads Juxtaposed
I'm here at the ACCM conference. It's been a fun show so far. Amy Africa's session was hilarious and information-packed — awesome stuff! I presented on a SEM Lab (a site clinic) this morning. I was giving a tip to one of the site owners in the audience. Their most relevant keywords are very niche and hardly searched on at all. The more popular keywords weren't really things that they offered, although those words were likely searches for their target audience. So I suggested they target these tangentially related keywords by offering a glossary of terms on their site. Each term, such as "market segmentation", would have a page dedicated to it with not only a definition but also additional resources and links. Even better, they could make this glossary a wiki so that site visitors could add to and edit the definitions, thus encouraging visitor participation (i.e. "consumer generated content"!) and making the definitions more credible and more link-worthy because there was consensus from all the visitors. This really does work.
I showed the audience an example of this concept in action… specifically: SEO Glossary.com, a site that we at Netconcepts developed for marketing purposes.
We simply took a 12 page glossary of SEO terms that I used to hand out at conferences and turned it into a wiki. This site is ranked #1 and #2 in Google for "seo glossary", among stiff competition, including Aaron Wall's SEOBook. As I was explaining this in the session, I pulled up the SEO Glossary site and my co-panelists Matt Bailey and Detlev Johnson started laughing. I couldn't figure out why they were laughing, so I had to ask. They told me: check out the Google ads on the page. On one hand, you have "Avoid SEO Malpractice: Know the Questions to Ask Your Prospective SEO Management Firm" and on the other you have the very dodgy sounding "Guaranteed Page 1 Ranking: Guaranteed Page 1 Rankings $49.95 No Charge Until You are on Page 1″. Oh the irony! It's almost as if the first ad is referring specifically to its neighboring ad! I took a screenshot for posterity (the one shown directly above; the red arrow I added myself for effect )
Editing Wikipedia for SEO?
It's getting a bit ridiculous how often Wikipedia shows up on the first page of Google for just about every search imaginable. Micropersuasion has noticed it for brand searches. Google's getting a bit lazy I think to give Wikipedia carte blanche access to page 1 of the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). Often times Wikipedia doesn't deserve to be there (like when it's only a stub, for instance).
But because Wikipedia does dominate the SERPs, it makes it pretty darned important for your company to have a good, balanced, accurate entry in Wikipedia. Not a stub. Not conspiracy theories written by crackpots.
Do you know what your Wikipedia page says about you? Better check it now:
Do you have all the "External Links" you deserve on that page? For example, I see on REI's entry there is no link to their REI-Outlet.com site, or to their REI Adventures site either. That's a missed opportunity — both in terms of clicks and in terms of PageRank. Here's another example… on the Budget Group entry, I don't see a link to their Budget Truck Rental site at Budgettruck.com. When adding links, contribute other things too in the same edit, such as fixing typos, adding additional copy etc. That makes it less likely your changes will be reverted. External link only edits are looked on with suspicion, and rightly so, since most of those are spam.
Don't have a Wikipedia entry for your company? Then work towards getting one — assuming you're noteworthy. (Don't just add your company's entry yourself, as it's against Wikipedia's NPOV guidelines.) Why is it good to have one? Because it's a lot easier to get internal links from other entries to your own. External Links are anathema to many Wikipedia editors. They much prefer internal links.
Because External Links are so hard to add (at least to make them stick, for longer than 5 minutes before Wikipedians delete them), try adding References. References are desperately sought after by Wikipedia editors. Indeed, many entries are flagged to display a big message at the top that "This article or section does not cite its references or sources. Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate citations." So help out: add some references that back up assertions made in the entry, some of which could happen to be articles on your site (assuming they're relevant and add value to the entry). And of course you need to make your References links. Don't only add References linking to your own stuff, as that looks just a wee bit self-serving — it will stick out like a sore thumb and your References will get nuked.
Surprisingly, despite the fact that anyone can edit anything, and can do it quickly and easily, Wikipedia maintains a high level of quality and accuracy. A study published in the academic journal Nature concluded that it is "nearly as accurate" as Encyclopaedia Britannica! That boggles the mind.
BTW, anyone notice how lousy Wikipedia's internal search engine is? Try searching for "recreational equipment inc" for example. Oops, "No page with that title exists"! Doh, you forgot to include the dot! Try "recreational equipment inc." instead and then it works. Ugh. SLI Systems, you guys should donate your "Learning Search" to Wikipedia. They need it bad.
Wikipedia changes the game, but the game isn't over
I blogged last month about Wikipedia and SEO. There are a number of considerations when making edits, creating entries, and passing the "Notability" test — practices to avoid so you don't run afoul of their guidelines and so on.
Well folks, the game has changed. Wikipedia just instituted nofollows on all external links. This had already been in place for a while on some of their sister sites. This effectively removes a lot of the incentive to contribute to Wikipedia. Or does it? It does if your end goal is receiving PageRank to your own sites. But not if your goals are traffic (a top ranking Wikipedia page that links to you will still drive plenty of direct clickthrough traffic your way), credibility (companies with entries give the impression of being bigger and more legitimate), and reputation management (because a favorable Wikipedia entry for your company will probably occupy a spot in the top 10 in the SERPs for searches on your company name).
So are legitimate SEOs going to give up on contributing to Wikipedia? I hope not — at least for the ones who are adding value to Wikipedia. I think we'd all like the spammers to leave (I certainly would!), and I know that is Jimbo Wales' intention, but I doubt that's what will transpire. Nofollowing blog comments didn't drive the spammers away; I can't see it working for Wikipedia. Especially as long as Wikipedia holds the top spot for important keywords such as "marketing" in Google. (sigh!)
More discussion on this development at SEOMoz.
Online retailers doing wikis?
In the past I've made the case for using wikis for online marketing.
Perusing Amazon.com recently I saw that there were already over 7500 product wikis contributed by Amazon customers. Cool! (Unfortunately not a single one of their wikis is indexed in Google because of the search engine unfriendly way they've implemented wikis on their site. Indeed, I couldn't even find a way to link to their wikis from here, because links like this one expire and stop working after a while.)
It made me wonder how many other e-commerce sites were embracing wikis as a way to augment their product information and encourage customer participation in the site. IÂ haven't heard of any other online retailers doing this.
Know of any etailers experimenting with wikis?
There is the ShopWiki website, which is not an online retailer but a site targeted to online retail. ShopWiki was founded by Kevin Ryan and Dwight Merriman (DoubleClick's former CEO and former CTO, respectively). There is some good stuff in ShopWiki. For example, if you are looking to buy a compound bow, there is great buying guide as well as an explanation of how a compound bow works, type of material used in its manufacture, etc. (Unfortunately, like with Amazon's wikis, ShopWiki's wikis — including their buying guide on the compound bow — aren't making it into Google. Fewer than 72 wiki pages are indexed).
Not strictly an online retail wiki, yet it overlaps partially with the ShopWiki is wikiHow, a how-to manual launched by the dotcom eHow. I am unclear why eHow started a separate wiki rather than folding it into eHow.com. I think they should have just opened up their eHow site for user contributions.
I think a wiki is especially suited to applications such as buyers guides, encyclopedias, glossaries, manuals, travel guides, etc when you want to elicit user contributions without making visible a lot of back-and-forth discussion. The real value is in the final product, not in the discussion that got to that point. That is where a wiki really shines.
Wikis for marketing
Imagine launching a website that your readers can actually edit. That in a nutshell is a "wiki." Sound scary?
Sometimes it goes horribly wrong. For instance, the LA Times launched a wiki for their editorials, then promptly removed it after it started getting defaced.
But then there are some amazing successes. The most oft-quoted wiki is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia created entirely by its visitors and boasting over a half million entries. Here are some interesting stats on Wikipedia's growth: here and here.
But Wikipedia isn't really an example of a wiki used for marketing purposes. Here are a few examples that market or promote a product/service/company/destination:
- Channel 9 Wiki — Part of the MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network). Microsoft uses this to engage with techies worldwide and keep the dialogue going. I've even contributed to it myself then blogged about it.
- SEOGlossary.com — My company, Netconcepts, recently launched this wiki to provide a resource that is fluid and changeable as the SEO industry evolves. It's part of our consultative selling strategy.
- NYWiki — everything you'd want to know about people, places, and things in New York City. A privately-owned website. They make money off of Google AdSense advertising.
- NewPRWiki — a wiki on new forms of PR, started by communications consultant Constantin Basturea
- Memory Alpha — a wiki for die-hard Star Trek fans. They make money off of Google AdSense advertising.
Only the first two examples are really marketing initiatives.
Anyone have any more/better examples of wikis used in marketing?
MSN Search embraces wikis as a customer communication channel
A few days before Christmas, Microsoft's MSN Search team announced their MSN Search Wiki. The word quickly spread to blogs like ResearchBuzz, SearchEngineWatch Blog, and Google Blogoscoped. Of the major search engines, MSN Search is the only one to employ wikis as a way to encourage customer participation in the product development process. Hats off to Microsoft for showing such leadership!
A wiki, if you're unfamiliar with the term, is essentially an interactive website that any visitor can edit, with a view to improving or enhancing it. In other words, a "website run by the community." It's not uncommon for entire websites to be built by web visitors. A great example is the Wikipedia, an entire encyclopedia written by and maintained by its online visitors.
I've just made some contributions to MSN Search's wiki, including:
- A feature comparison chart between MSN Search, Google, and Yahoo!
- Several recommendations for feature enhancements
Come on everyone, join in and help Microsoft make a killer search engine!