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The Guess Who
|The Guess Who
The Guess Who in 1970
|Background information
|Also known as
|Allan and the Silvertones
Chad Allan and the Reflections
Chad Allan & the Expressions (Guess Who?)
|Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|Rock, blues rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock
|Years active
|1965–1975, 1977–present
|Quality, Scepter, Buddah, RCA, Paradiso, Sundazed
|Associated acts
|Bachman & Cummings, Bachman-Turner Overdrive
|Jim Kale
Will Evankovich
Garry Peterson
Leonard Shaw
Derek Sharp
|Past members
|Chad Allan
Bob Ashley
Randy Bachman
Burton Cummings
Bruce Decker
Carl Dixon
Greg Leskiw
Donnie McDougall
Domenic Troiano
Tim Thorney
Bill Wallace
Kurt Winter
Dale Russell
Terry Hatty
Terry Read
Laurie MacKenzie
The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, the group also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "No Time", "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land". Several former members of The Guess Who, notably Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman (of Bachman–Turner Overdrive), have found considerable success outside the band.
The band was inducted into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1987.[1]
- 1 History
- 2 Discography
- 3 Lineups
- 4 Filmography
- 5 Books
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Early years (1958–1965)[edit]
The Guess Who started out as a local Winnipeg band formed by singer/guitarist Chad Allan in 1958 and initially called Allan and the Silvertones. This was changed to Chad Allan and the Reflections by 1962, by which point the band consisted of Chad Allan (vocals/guitar), Bob Ashley (keyboards), Randy Bachman (guitars), Jim Kale (bass), and Garry Peterson (drums). The Reflections name was chosen since it was similar to the British group The Shadows, which was one of the band's biggest influences. All the band members were born in Winnipeg.
The band's debut single ("Tribute To Buddy Holly") was released on Canadian-American Records in 1962. Chad Allan and the Reflections then signed with Quality Records and released several singles in 1963/64, which were regional hits but did not make much of a mark across Canada. Quality even released an instrumental single (on their RIO subsidiary) deliberately mis-credited to Bob Ashley & The Reflections. By 1965, the group was forced to change its name to Chad Allan & the Expressions after a U.S. group called The Reflections had scored a hit with "Just Like Romeo & Juliet".
It was at this point that the band scored their first hit, a 1965 rendition of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates' "Shakin' All Over". This track reached #1 in Canada, #22 in the U.S (where Quality had licensed the track to the American Scepter label for release in the U.S.), and #27 in Australia. However, in an attempt to build a mystique around the record, Quality Records credited the single only to "Guess Who?" It was hoped that some listeners might assume the "Guess Who?" identity was deliberately masking several famous performers working under a pseudonym – given the "beat group" nature of the record, perhaps even members of The Beatles and/or other popular British Invasion bands. In concealing the identity of the band in this fashion, Quality Records may have been influenced by a similar ploy made the previous year by "The You Know Who Group", an American outfit whose Merseybeat-ish 1964 single "Roses Are Red (My Love)" had peaked at #43 in the US and at #21 in Canada.
It is debatable as to whether anyone was really fooled by the "Guess Who?" ruse, or if the record would have been a hit regardless of the artist credit. But the upshot was that, even after Quality Records revealed the band was "really" Chad Allan & The Expressions, disc jockeys still announced the group as Guess Who?, effectively forcing the band to rename themselves.[2]
Transitional years and Let's Go (1966–1968)[edit]
The immediate follow-ups to "Shakin' All Over" met with major success in Canada but very little success elsewhere. After Bob Ashley left the group in late 1965, Burton Cummings joined the band as keyboardist and co-lead vocalist (with Chad Allan) in early January 1966. This line-up only lasted for a few months before Chad Allan left, making Cummings the new full-time lead singer. By this point, the band's name had become "The Guess Who?" (the question mark would finally be dropped in 1968) and with Chad Allan gone, the "Chad Allan & The Expressions" subtitle was dropped once and for all. Feeling that they'd "played out" all the venues in Winnipeg, the band began playing in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1966. While there, they crossed paths with a young Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, who played in many of the same venues as the group.
The group continued to release top 40 singles in Canada, like "Clock on the Wall" and even had one single "His Girl" scrape the lower reaches of the UK charts in 1967. However, a trip to the UK to promote this single proved to be a financial disaster as the single dropped off the charts after only one week,[3] and The Guess Who found themselves unable to get airplay or to book any paying gigs without work visas. They returned to Canada within a matter of weeks, thousands of dollars in debt.
Initial international success (1969–1970)[edit]
Richardson, who produced their material on A Wild Pair, believed that The Guess Who were on the verge of an international breakthrough. Accordingly, he mortgaged his house to finance the group's next batch of recordings in September 1968, which would become the album Wheatfield Soul and included the ballad "These Eyes". This song, released in January 1969, became the group's first Top 10 US hit for their new label RCA Records. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America[4] Richardson would remain the group's producer through to their dissolution in 1975.
The band quickly followed up Wheatfield Soul with the release of Canned Wheat in September, 1969. The album featured the singles "Laughing" and "Undun" along with the initial recording of the song "No Time".
By the beginning of the 1970s, The Guess Who had moved toward an edgier hard-rock sound with the album American Woman, the title track for which, "American Woman" (coupled with its B-side "No Sugar Tonight") was the group's only No. 1 hit in the U.S. "American Woman" also earned The Guess Who the honor of being the first Canadian group to have a No. 1 hit on the U.S. Hot 100. (The Crew Cuts from Toronto had a long-running US #1 "Sh-Boom" in the summer of 1954, four years before the existence of the Hot 100.)[5] The band re-recorded "No Time" for the American Woman album, and the single became a Top Five U.S. hit, preceding "American Woman" by about three months.
Personnel changes, and continued success (1970–1975)[edit]
In the spring of 1970, Bachman was sidelined by a gall bladder attack. The group continued touring with an American guitarist, Bobby Sabellico. But differences between Bachman and Cummings (mainly due to Bachman's conversion to Mormonism) led Bachman to leave the group after playing one final show with them at the Fillmore East in New York City on May 16, 1970. New studio recordings (eventually released in 1976 as The Way They Were) were abandoned. Randy returned to Winnipeg and later formed Brave Belt in 1971, which evolved into the hugely successful Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was replaced by two guitarists, fellow Winnipeggers Kurt Winter, from the band Brother, and Greg Leskiw. Winter became the main songwriting collaborator with Cummings, and The Guess Who continued on scoring additional hit singles such as "Hand Me Down World", "Share the Land", "Hang On to Your Life", "Albert Flasher", and "Rain Dance".
In 1972, they recorded their highly acclaimed album "Live at the Paramount" which was recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle.[6]
Leskiw left the band before the Paramount show in 1972 to be replaced by Don McDougall, and soon after, bassist Jim Kale left as well. Winter's former bandmate from Brother, Bill Wallace, came in to take over bass duties. This preceded an overseas tour with Three Dog Night in November–December 1972 to Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
Cummings, Wallace and Winter wrote the Guess Who's last big hit, "Clap for the Wolfman", which reached #4 in Canada and #6 in the U.S. and which was an homage to disc jockey Wolfman Jack, who lent his voice to the recording before McDougall and Winter left in June 1974. Domenic Troiano became the new lead guitarist for the band and Cummings' chief songwriting collaborator.
Cummings, feeling more and more out of synch with the jazzier & progressive leanings of Troiano and the others, decided to pursue a solo direction and the Guess Who broke up in October 1975. Cummings then went on to forge his own successful career.[7][8]
In November 1977 CBC approached the band about doing a reunion. Cummings and Bachman were not interested since they were busy with their solo careers. Kale, Peterson, Winter and McDougall did respond, however. Kale was on tour in Kenora, Ontario, and contacted Cummings and Bachman about using the Guess Who name. They both gave him their blessing for the one-time use, but soon after, Kale found out that the name "The Guess Who" had never been registered. He promptly drove back to Winnipeg to register it, and maintains control of the band name to this day.
Bassist Kale decided to continue on with The Guess Who from that point, initially joined by returning members Kurt Winter (guitars) and Don McDougall (lead vocals and guitar), as well as new recruits David Inglis (lead guitars) and Vance Masters (drums). Masters had been drummer in the Winnipeg group Brother with Winter.
A new studio album called Guess Who's Back was released in Canada to minimal attention in 1978. Winter dropped out shortly after the album's release, but the remaining quartet soldiered on and retooled the album for American release in 1979 as All This For a Song. Four of the eight tracks contained on Guess Who's Back also appear in All This For A Song, some in re-recorded form; the rest of the album's tracks are new. As was the case with Guess Who's Back, this album was a commercial and critical flop.
Kale left the band for a short spell and was involved with other projects as the others continued on without him (see Lineups below). But by 1981 he was back, and that year a completely new Guess Who line-up (save for Kale) put out a new studio LP called Now And Not Then on the El Macombo label, featuring new vocalist Brent DesJarlais. The album was released only in Canada and Germany.
In 1983 Bachman, Cummings, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson (the "American Woman" line-up) reunited as The Guess Who to play a series of Canadian gigs and record the Together Again live album and video. The concert and subsequent releases were the first time Bachman had performed many of the songs written and recorded after his departure. Four new studio recordings were also made (with audience noise overdubbed on the album).
After the reunion, Bachman and Cummings resumed their solo work and Kale once again resumed touring with various musicians under The Guess Who banner (see Lineups below). By 1987, Garry Peterson (drums) had returned to the fold and a new Guess Who studio album, Liberty (also issued as Lonely One) with vocalist Terry Hatty was released in 1995. Virtually no attention was paid to it in the mainstream press and the few reviews of the album were almost all overwhelmingly negative.
In May 1997 with their hometown of Winnipeg facing a potentially disastrous flood that had already taken cities south of the border, Bachman and Cummings reunited in Winnipeg for the first time in 10 years in an emotional fund raiser for disaster relief organized by Tom Jackson.[9]
The Guess Who in the 2000s[edit]
On August 8, 1999, Cummings, Bachman, Kale and Peterson reunited once again in response to a personal request from the Premier of Manitoba to appear at the closing ceremonies of the Pan American Games at Winnipeg Stadium. The following year, Cummings, Bachman, Kale and Peterson were joined by Don McDougall as they were offered a reunion tour. The reunion led to a cross-Canada and US tour for the band beginning in 2000, although health problems precluded Kale's involvement. Bill Wallace, who was Kale's replacement in 1972, was brought in as his successor once again, and this line-up of the band played and toured regularly through the end of 2003. A live album and DVD release followed the 2000 tour.
In 2001, the band received honorary doctorates at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba. For former lead vocalist Cummings, it was a privilege to receive the doctorate, since he did not graduate from high school. That same year the group was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[10] It was the then-current iteration of the group that received this honour: only the signatures of Bachman, Cummings, McDougall, Peterson and Wallace are engraved into the commemorative stone.
In 2003, The Guess Who performed before an estimated audience of 450,000 at the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto SARS benefit concert. The show was the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history.[11]
As of 2004, Bachman, Cummings, McDougall and Wallace ended their association with the band, and Jim Kale and Garry Peterson, who lawfully own the trademark "The Guess Who",[12] resumed their Guess Who touring schedule of around sixty dates a year. In 2007, Bachman and Cummings renewed their association as collaborative recording artists: unable to use the Guess Who name, they issued the album Jukebox as "Bachman Cummings".
The Guess Who continue to perform live dates on a regular basis. Carl Dixon (ex-Coney Hatch) was the group's lead singer through 2008, until he was injured in an automobile accident which left him unable to perform with the group.[13][14] The current Guess Who line-up consists of Derek Sharp (vocals, guitars), Will Evankovich (guitars, backing vocals), Leonard Shaw (keyboards), Jim Kale (bass), and Garry Peterson (drums).[12]
The Silvertones[edit]
- 1958 Chad Allan (Allan Kobel), Bob Ashley, Brian Donald, Johnny Glowa, Jim Kale, Larry Wah, Gordon Murison (band named after his Silvertone guitar)
Allan and the Silvertones[edit]
- 1962 Chad Allan, Bob Ashley, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Carol West.
Chad Allan and the Reflections[edit]
- 1962 Chad Allan, Bob Ashley, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
Chad Allan & the Expressions (Guess Who?)[edit]
- 1965 Chad Allan, Bob Ashley, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
The Guess Who[edit]
- 1965 Chad Allan, Bob Ashley, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1966 Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1966 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Bruce Decker, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1966 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson (to end May 1970)
- 1970 Burton Cummings,Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Bobby Sabellico (touring spring 1970)
- 1970 Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Greg Leskiw, Garry Peterson, Kurt Winter
- 1972 Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson, Kurt Winter
- 1972 Burton Cummings, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace, Kurt Winter
- 1974 Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Domenic Troiano, Bill Wallace (to end 10/75)
- 1983 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1999 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson (one show)
- 2000 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson (one show)
- 2000 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Don McDougall, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace (to end 07/31/03)
The Guess Who (without Burton Cummings)[edit]
- 1977 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall
- 1977 Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall
- 1978 Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall,(Guess Who's Back LP)
- 1978 Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Donnie McDougall, David Inglis, Ralph Watts
- 1979 David Inglis, Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Donnie McDougall (All This For a Song LP)
- 1979 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace (one time only appearance for Burton's CBC TV special Portage & Main in March 1979)
- 1979 Vance Masters, Donnie McDougall, Bobby Bilan, Brian Sellar, Jimmy Grabowski
- 1981 Jim Kale, Brent DeJarlais, Dale Russell, Mike McKenna, Sonnie Bernardi (Now & Not Then LP)
- 1981 Jim Kale, Brent DesJarlais, David Inglis, Brian Tataryn, Ken Curry
- 1981 Jim Kale, Brent DesJarlais, Brian Tataryn, Ken Curry
- 1983 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Mike Hanford, Trevor Balicky
- 1985 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Mike Hanford, Bob Fuhr
- 1986 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Terry Read, Kenny Carter
- 1987 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Mike Hanford, Kenny Carter
- 1987 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Mike Hanford, Kenny Carter
- 1989 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Kenny Carter, Mike Hanford
- 1990 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Kenny Carter, Tom Whinnery,
- 1991 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Terry Hatty, Leonard Shaw
- 1998 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Carl Dixon, Leonard Shaw
- 1998 Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Carl Dixon, Leonard Shaw, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve
- 2000 Dale Russell, Leonard Shaw, Carl Dixon, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, Charlie Cooley
- 2004 Bobby Bilan, Carl Dixon, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw
- 2006 Carl Dixon, Jim Kale, Laurie MacKenzie, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw.
- 2008 Derek Sharp, Jim Kale, Laurie MacKenzie, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw
- 2014 Derek Sharp, Jim Kale, Will Evankovich, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw
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|"These Eyes"
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|"Share the Land"
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- 1983: Together Again—live concert with interviews.
- 2002: Running Back Thru Canada (Live with bonus tracks)
- 2003: Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto – Two tracks only – with the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush and others.
- 2006: First Time Around (Bachman, Cummings), live concert from a CBC broadcast.
- 2007: Shakin' In Las Vegas (The Guess Who: Peterson, Kale), DVD of four new songs plus Shakin' All Over, from a live concert in Las Vegas.
- 1995: American Woman: The Story of The Guess Who by John Einarson; Quarry Press, Ontario, Canada
See also[edit]
- ^ "Juno Awards". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Einarson, john,American Woman: The Story of The Guess Who; Quarry Press, Ontario, Canada, pp. 35-39
- ^ "The Guess Who - His Girl". Chart Stats. 1967-02-18. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 259. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ Adam White & Fred Bronson (1988). The Billboard Book of Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8285-7.
- ^ "Live At The Paramount Review". Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "The Guess Who Bio, History, Info on JamBase". Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "Canadian Bands.com - Guess Who". Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "CBC Television Special: Rockin' on the Red River". CBC Digital Archives. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-06-30. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "The Guess Who". Canada's Walk of Fame. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "CBC News - Toronto Rocked". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ a b "The Guess Who". Theguesswhocafe.com. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Canadian singer Carl Dixon fighting for life in Melbourne". Herald Sun. April 16, 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Lucky to be alive, happy to be home date=Martha Perkins". Haliburton Echo. 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Halstead, p. 92
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Hi Charlene, the average temperature in Hongkong in Jan. is 14 °C (57 °F) ~19 °C (66 °F), very comfortable weather, so it is the perfect time to go.Whitney Liao replied on 2012-12-10
Hi Margaret, you can go to Sanya and Hongkong in China where it is warm in winter. Vietnam, Malaysia and Burma are also worth going.Whitney Liao replied on 2012-11-07
Hi Debby, for hotels in Hong Kong, please check here http://www.chinahighlights.com/hotel/hong-kong-hotels/
The Disneyland, Ocean Park, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Harbor, Victoria Peak, etc are all can't missing in HK.
Sorry, there is no Moslem tour available at the moment. Here is a halal restaurant for you.
Namaste Club(印度食店)
Add: Building 1, No. 506, Lok Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 香港铜锣湾洛克道506号1字楼
Tel: 00852-2893 0587Whitney Liao replied on 2012-10-22


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When it comes to toy box staples, who doesn't love Legos? Generations of kids have used the shiny, tiny, brightly- colored plastic blocks to create airplanes, trucks, Harry Potter's Hogwarts, SpongeBob's Pineapple—or in my case, usually just a big square house.
Over the next few weeks, a local nonprofit is using the time-honored toys to bring support to families coping with cancer. It's called "Blocks of Love" and it's an annual event run by CancerCare's Connecticut office.
The concept is pretty simple. Participants sign up as a "builder", which can be done individually or as a team. Next, builders pick up a Lego kit of their choice from the CancerCare office in Norwalk. Builders then get sponsors for their project and all donations go directly toward providing free services like workshops and counseling to local families and individuals affected by cancer.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, builders display their completed Lego masterpieces in the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport at a very special Lego art gallery. There is no competition or judging with the "Blocks of Love" event—just mutual respect and admiration for everyone's skill and creativity. A Lego love-fest!
While the day is fun and lighthearted by design, Regional Director of CancerCare, Sandra Tripodi, says the event provides a unique way for kids, especially, to start to process a really tough topic.
"This event is really about community—families helping families," Tripodi said. "Kids, parents, students, teachers, friends and neighbors—everyone—can get together because everyone has been affected by this disease and can help others."
The event will also feature a number of other fun, family-friendly activities like live music, arts and crafts stations, smaller, softer block stations for the younger kids —and more.
And guess what? They need volunteers! CancerCare says they could use literally dozens of volunteers to help with the event. They will need help the day before (Nov. 16) and event day (Nov. 17)—everything from setup, registration and check-in to arts and crafts supervision, play area supervision and clean up. To get involved, give CancerCare a call at 203.854.9911.
To learn more about CancerCare and "Blocks of Love" visit their website, www.cancercare.org/blocks. We hope to see you there. The VolunteerSquare Builders will be assembling a Lego White House so be sure to stop by, check it out and say hello.
If this particular event isn't for you, there are plenty of other ways to get involved with CancerCare—or any of the other agencies we support – by logging on to VolunteerSquare.com. Be sure to sign up for our free e-alerts that will keep you up-to-date on volunteer opportunities that match your unique skills and interests.


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Queen Elizabeth's School in top 100 for sustained improvement (From This is The West Country)
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QUEEN Elizabeth's SChool in Crediton is in the top 100 schools in the country for sustained improvement, in the key GCSE measure of 5 A*-C including English and Maths.
The academy received the news in a letter from the Schools Minister, David Laws, last week.
Principal, Richard Newton Chance, said: "We are absolutely delighted that the hard work of staff and students over the last few years has been recognised in this way. This, coupled with our recent very positive OFSTED report, confirms that QE is the great school we have always known it was."
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Privately owned Calumet PArk Cemetery is observing its 85th year of serving families and veterans in the Region and as in previous years they will be holding Memorial Weekend Services. In addition, Rob Vogel of Calumet Park said they will be having a free fireworks display and hayride starting today at dusk. Visitors should enter through the cemetery's west entrance as the main gate will be closing at 6 p.m., according to Vogel. You can hear more about Calumet Park's history and 85th Anniversary activities online at News Audio On Demand at http://www.regionnewsteam.com.
Memorial Weekend Schedule for 2013:
May 25 - Saturday at 10:00 a.m. ...............................................................................................Descent of the Holy Ghost Service
To be held in the mausoleum ... come share a moment of remembrance of those who sacrificed their all for this country.
May 25 - Saturday at 7:00 p.m. ....................................................................................................................Fireworks and hayride
In celebration of our 85th year as a privately owned cemetery serving all of the NW Indiana and beyond, we invite you to bring a blanket or a lawn chair and watch the fireworks. They will be in Section 17, the Veterans section, upon darkness. Hayrides will be available from 7:00 until dark. This event, like all of Calumet Park's special community activities, is free to the public.
May 26 - Sunday at 1:00 p.m. .........................................................Veteran's Memorial Service
American Legion 1st District Guest speaker: Pastor Fred Hoover. Actual service beings promptly at 1:00 p.m. Meet in Section 17 (Veterans Section) at the tent. The Merrillville H.S. Band will offer a background of patriotic music in a military tribute to America's veterans. Check with your local American Legion to have a flag placed on the graves of veterans at Calumet Park Cemetery. If a flag is not placed on your loved one's grave, come to the office and we will provide a complimentary flag while supplies last.
May 27 - Monday at 10:00 a.m. ...............................................................................................................................Catholic Service
A Catholic Mass will be celebrated at the altar in the Crucifixion Circle by Fr. Frank Torres. In case of inclement weather, the services will be held in the mausoleum.
May 27 - Monday at 10:00 a.m. ...............................................................................................St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Service
Service will be conducted by Reverend Father Marko Matic. Gather at the Serbian Monument. Service starts at 10:00 sharp with a blessing of individual graves to follow.
May 27 - Monday at 10:00 a.m. ....................................................................................First Presbyterian Church of Merrillville
Service conducted by Reverend Bill Hudson at the large tent in the Veterans Section (Section 17).
May 27 - Monday at 11:45 a.m. ..................................................................SS Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Service
Service conducted by Reverend Father Ted Poteres. Gather for services in Section 37 at the Precious and Life Giving Cross. Blessing of individual graves throughout the cemetery will follow the service.
May 27 - Monday at 12:30 p.m. ......................................................................................Battle of the Bulge Memorial Ceremony
Meet at South end of Section 17 at "Bulge" memorial, rain or shine. Services conducted by the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge (VBOB) Northern Indiana Chapter 30, lead by Barry Veden, President.
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Celebration of Babies
Today is the star-studded March of Dimes Celebration of Babies, a Hollywood luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. The Celebration of Babies brings together and recognizes celebrities and prominent individuals in the entertainment community who are pregnant or celebrating the recent birth of a child, and who are role models for the March of Dimes mission to improve the health of babies by helping moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies.
Actor and producer Reese Witherspoon will receive the 2012 March of Dimes Grace Kelly Award, which recognizes role-model celebrity parents who share the March of Dimes commitment to healthy pregnancies and families. Cyma Zarghami, President of Nickelodeon Group, will be honored as the Inspiring Woman of the Year for her accomplishments as a leader in the entertainment industry and as a dedicated mother to her three sons, Liam, Wyatt and Ethan. Medical doctor Bryan Oshiro will receive the 2012 Elaine Whitelaw Volunteer Service Award. Oshiro is Vice-Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Director of the Perinatal Institute at the Loma Linda University Medical Center. Oshiro's work with March of Dimes has resulted in groundbreaking health guidelines for hospitals and obstetricians.
March of Dimes continues our recognition of expecting and new parents by honoring the 2012 Celebration of Babies Stork Club. Stork Club members are entertainment industry leaders who are expecting a baby, or have had baby this past year. Members include Amanda Anka and Jason Bateman, Drew Barrymore and Will Koppelman, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green and others.
March of Dimes has long-standing ties to the Hollywood community. Since its founding in 1938, supporters over the years have included Eddie Cantor, Grace Kelly, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bill Cosby, to name a few.
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16 weeks after liposuction, my stomach still feels hard and numb, and there are soft lumps on my flanks, is this normal? My stomach continues to feel hard when I touch it with my fingers, in addition the area still feels numb, and I notice soft lumps on my flanks, its been 16 weeks, so I would have thought the swelling would have gone down by now, is this normal or should I be concerned?
Hardness and Numbness 16 Weeks After Liposuction
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Hardness and lumpiness after liposuction
W'hat kind of liposuction have you had done? Most patients do not get very hard areas. Some do get patchy numbness that it ypically is not permanent. If your surgeon hasn't seen you yet, call to scheule followup appointment. Ask your surgeon what they think of Endermologie or Velashape for cellulite ongoing maintenance or as an ajunct after liposuction
Liposuction and numbness and hardness
It is unusual to have numbness and hardness 16 weeks after liposuction. I have not seen this with traditional liposuction, but it may be from another technique. Call your doctor to be evaluated. Massage may help with the firmness or external ultrasound.
Hardness and numbness 16 weeks after liposuction
Very unusual, please contact your surgeon or get an additional second opinion. Photos would have helped determine exactly your issues.
Best of luck from MIAMI Dr. B
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In Blue/Orange, now at the Atlantic Theatre, playwright Joe Penhall stirs up a provocative debate about psychiatry, racism, and socialized medicine--but he does so at the expense of any plausible plot or character development. Harold Perrineau Jr. is the young black man detained in a London psychiatric hospital--among other things, he thinks oranges are blue and Idi Amin is his father. Glenn Fitzgerald is the young resident who thinks Perrineau should be institutionalized lest he slip into schizophrenia. Standing in the way is Zeljko Ivanek, his too-slick supervisor, who is dedicated to R.D. Laing's theories of madness as a cultural condition and who is working on a theory of treatment designed to deal with apparently high rates of mental illness in the Afro-Caribbean community. The doctors debate their points of view vigorously--too vigorously, in fact; before long, things get personal, and Ivanek is scheming to have Fitzgerald removed from his job on grounds of racist behavior. Penhall has a lot to say, and much of it is interesting, but too much of the play is pure debate; when Fitzgerald produces a pamphlet from the World Health Organization and begins quoting figures about schizophrenia, you aren't in least surprised. Meanwhile, there are plenty of plot holes: Would Ivanek's character expound on his theories to Perrineau, who is, after all, a patient? Would Ivanek and Fitzgerald stage an angry debate in front of Perrineau? Would they badger him ruthlessly? Neil Pepe's direction is no help; the actors play everything at the same feverish pitch, which is wearying, to say the least.
On the other hand, Robert Brill's set, a white platform in a gray box, demonstrates once again his mastery of minimalist design. Brian MacDevitt's clinical lighting is most notable in the second scene of Act I; the levels are quite dim, yet one can always see the actors' faces; it's a perfect combination of mood and theatrical utility. Laura Bauer's costumes provide volumes of character information--compare Ivanek's sleek suits with Fitzgerald's dumpy slacks-and-sweater combinations. Scott Myers' sound design is confined mostly to blasts of percussion between scenes. Blue/Orange was the most acclaimed play in London two seasons ago, proving once again that some cultural imports just don't travel well.
Crowns is a new musical entertainment, adapted by Regina Taylor (who also directed) from Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry's book of the same name, a volume of photos and essays celebrating black women and the elaborate hats they often wear to church services. The score consists mostly of traditional gospel songs. There is a vaguely articulated plot, about a troubled Brooklyn girl sent down south to live with her grandmother, where she learns much about church hats and other traditions of rural black life. Otherwise, this is an evening of music and testifying--sometimes sweet, sometimes funny, and, in at least one case, electrifying. Nevertheless, the show's subject matter is stretched mighty thin, even at 90 minutes. The largely jubilant audience around me was mostly enthralled, but, to me, the overall effect was rather mild: The text's humor is a little too commonplace, and its ideas are a bit too repetitive, for the production to have any strong impact. Nevertheless, Crowns benefits from a first-rate cast, led by the inimitable Lillias White, as sassy and devilish as ever; her rendition of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" stops the show so thoroughly that you wonder if they can ever get it started again. Ebony Jo-Ann is touching and funny as a lady whose collection of 200 hats seriously bemuses her husband. Lawrence Clayton, the only male performer, also makes a nice impression as variety of ministers, husbands, and brothers.
Photo: Joan Marcus
Like the show, the design has it strengths and weaknesses. Riccardo Hernandez's setting is generally striking; its key features include a black wooden proscenium frame (bearing the words "Our crowns have been bought and paid for, and all we have to do is wear them"), two towering wooden walls on which the word "Crowns" is repeated over and over, and, at the rear of the stage, black masking that irises open to reveal various lighting effects. Emilio Sosa's millinery work is fairly stunning, a seemingly endless procession of feathers, flowers, bows, trim, cones, sequins, stripes, veils, and furs. His costumes for the ladies, however, a series of what look like polyester wraparound dresses, are disappointing in comparison; they manage to be both busy and a little drab. Robert Perry's lighting is generally proficient in the way that it reconfigures the stage on a moment-by-moment basis; still, some of his saturated color washes and patterns are, at times, a little too bold--they don't always mesh well with the sets and costumes (His work on the current Boston Marriage is much more interesting). Darron L. West's sound design starts out well, but the two-man musical combo occasionally drowns the ladies out. And why does actress Lynda Gravatt sport an enormous, intrusive face mic when nobody else does? Anyway, Crowns is, I suspect, going to be a very popular show. --David Barbour
Seen at the Movies: Director Phillip Noyce, whose film The Quiet American was released just two weeks ago, just had another movie go into American release. Rabbit-Proof Fence is the true story of 14-year-old Aboriginal girl Molly Craig, who in 1931 led her younger sister and cousin 1,500 miles across the Australian outback on a mind-boggling journey home. The three girls were escaping from a government institution to which they had been forcibly taken for training as domestics, supposedly with the lofty goal of integrating them into white society. The title refers to a barrier that was erected to bisect the continent, north to south, and keep rabbits out of pasture land; the fence also becomes the girls' guiding line back to their mothers.
I went to this movie expecting to get a harrowing dose of the ordeal Molly and her companions underwent, but Rabbit-Proof Fence seems designed as a children's adventure story--even though the authorities are nipping at their heels the entire way, the girls' trek looks largely trouble-free, and perhaps supernaturally blessed. Kenneth Branagh, cast as the chief exemplar of clueless white evildoing, has a whiff of the storybook villain about him, and the main characters, played by non-professional actors, are hardy yet somewhat lacking in human dimension. The result is a sweet, touching tale rather than something more profoundly moving. It must be said, however, that DP Christopher Doyle (who also shot The Quiet American) does a remarkable job of de-romanticizing the Australian landscape. With desaturation and slight overexposure he conveys the harshness of the outback--which after all, is a desert--to a degree not seen much previously. Roger Ford was responsible for the muted costume and production design. Most of the film was shot on locations in south Australia; enough long stretches of the fence remain than only pieces had to be built.
Photo: Miramax Films
This week's major studio release is Analyze That, Harold Ramis' sequel to the 1999 Analyze This, with Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal returning in their roles of a mobster and his shrink. Since the first film was released, a little thing called The Sopranos--which, of course, also features a mobster and his shrink--has landed its impact on popular culture: can this movie seem like anything but old news? Anyway, the movie is photographed by Ellen Kuras, whose name is more often associated with heavily styled Spike Lee movies and indie work like the recent Personal Velocity. Wynn Thomas and Aude Bronson-Howard, production and costume designer of Analyze This, do like duty here.--John Calhoun
Photo: Phillip V. Caruso/Warner Bros.
Heard on the Grapevine: Daredevil, the latest Marvel Comics character to get big-screen treatment, has been glimpsed on the streets of New York. It seems the Twentieth Century Fox movie, due out February 14, needed a little cover material from the actual Big Apple, since downtown L.A. subbed for the city during most of the shoot. Director of photography for the film, which stars Ben Affleck as the sight-impaired superhero, is Ericson Core. Visual effects supervisor is Rich Thorne, production designer is Barry Chusid, and costume designer is James Acheson--who, following Spider-Man, seems to have made superhero drag his specialty.--JC
Seen at the Garden and heard through earplugs: Axl Rose's Flying Circus, formally known as the new Guns N Roses. Whatever else you may say about the mercurial frontman, when the show actually does go on, he puts on a good one. On its current tour, in support of an as-yet-unreleased album (don't ask), the band, which includes former members of Primus and Nine Inch Nails plus an odd character named Buckethead (again, don't ask), fires on all cylinders and really gives its all to the crowd. The set design, by Roy Bennett, is an industrial, minimalist outline of an Asian pagoda made of curved and rusted-looking I-beam girders. Carrying on the theme of "Chinese Democracy" (the title of the aforementioned partially recorded and mixed album which may or may not be finished in the next several months), there is a backdrop of Chinese calligraphy that gets color washes. Over the bilevel stage (which includes video screens plus several ego ramps that get extensive use by all band members) is a collection of chandeliers with (I think) five LSD Icons on each and a pagoda-shaped peak on top. These raise and lower and tilt to create lots of different angles. A particularly evocative look is when they tilt toward the audience and the five points of light on each form a cross, giving the effect of a kind of Zen Gothic cathedral. Lighting designer Gary Westcott says Axl wanted a dark, minimalist, backlit show and that he doesn't like lights in his eyes, so that he can see the audience. Kudos to the MSG followspot staff who bravely carried on when Westcott's headset went down four times. Oh, and a number of songs get pyro treatment, including a curtain of falling sparks across the stage for the end of "November Rain," and each show ends with "Paradise City," which finishes with confetti cannons, spinning sparkler pinwheels across the top, and flame bursts from below. Rock on, Roses. --Amy L. Slingerland


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How to Decorate for the Holidays Without Red and Green
December 10, 2010 | Posted By: Emma Stover
Let's face it - we're all about the reason for the season, but the red-green scheme has got to go. It is - in small doses and with the right shades of crimson and forest - tolerable, but the clashing, garish knick knacks and decorations of generations past are just that: garish and clashing.
This holiday season, embrace these modern decorations that are redefining festive.
Not only do pinecones evoke the Christmas-y sentiments of home, hearth and tiny woodland creatures hunkering down for winter, they are really, really cheap and come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
Grab your hot glue gun and go nuts: a string of pinecones can replace a banister of tinsel and glitter-infused ornaments.
Sprinkle them around the coffee table, fill a large crystal vase for a wintertime centerpiece, and make merry with Mother Nature.
White lights and tea candles
The epitome of class and style, twinkling white lights add an aura of adult that blinking blue icicles lack. It's a timeless look that keeps your home (both inside and out) looking warm, cozy and inviting no matter how chilly it is.
Candles are a no-fail, all year long, decorative delight, but come the holiday season nothing is more romantically festive than a hearth that glows with candlelight. Note: extra points for a couple of candles that smell of sugar plums and pumpkin pies.
Go gilded
Silver and gold may not be inherently holiday, but when there's enough of it, it's a visual spectacle worthy only of Christmas time. Bulbs, orbs, leaves, pinecones, statues, stars, candle sticks, wrapping paper: 'tis the season for a monochromatic masterpiece.
And just think of how shimmering your home will be when you add in a couple of those white twinkle lights.
Decorate outside the (gift) box
Most things can turn from familiar to festive when done right. Sheet music can be cut into strips and turned into elegant bows; rich purple cloth adds a pop of unexpected color around the base of the Christmas tree. Get inspired by checking out artisans on Etsy or picking the brains of some of your more creatively-inclined friends.
Worried about the lack of red?
Don't completely abandon on the traditional (albeit tragic) Christmas colors just use them sparingly. Brighten up an all-white tablescape with dishes of bright red cranberries and add fresh green pine boughs to your silver-clad mantel. Mix and match and your holidays won't look too unfamiliar.
Guest contributor Emma Stover is a writer who loves to try unconventional holiday decorations. She writes for Global Sources, a B2B online resource of manufacturers of all sorts of items (both unconventional and not), like lighting manufacturers and clothing manufacturers.
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Swahili Curriculum Specialist Job in Nairobi, Kenya – Bridge International Academies
Category: General Jobs in Kenya
Posted: Dec 12, 2013
Swahili Curriculum Specialist
Education | Nairobi, Kenya
Full Time
Bridge International Academies is a Nairobi-based, for-profit chain of nursery and primary schools that has reengineered the entire lifecycle of basic education.
Our academies deliver high-quality education for just $5 a month to families living in the bottom of the pyramid thanks to our vertically integrated Academy-in-a-Box approach, which leverages data, technology, and scale in order to keep quality up and prices down.
Today, we have more than 214 academies and 60,000 active pupils in Kenya alone. Ten years from now we plan to be operating in at least a dozen countries and to count 10,000,000 children as our pupils.
Bridge is backed by top-tier venture funds that share our ambitious vision, including New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, Omidyar Network, and Learn Capital.
We're looking for talented individuals across the sectors of business, education, technology, and more to join us in disrupting global education.
We seek talented and dedicated professionals to help develop the latest version of its "Academy in a Box" curriculum.
As a Curriculum Specialist, you will contribute to the largest and fastest growing chain of private schools in Africa as you hone your professional skills in a fast paced, results driven international company.
- Work with top Kenyan and International educators to design education materials delivered at each of Bridge's 135 academies.
- Write lessons that deliver world class education to children in some of the nation's poorest communities.
- Analyze and interpret large streams of data to better understand the learning needs of Bridge pupils and design lessons that target student weaknesses and strengths.
- Help lay the groundwork for Bridge's global expansion as we expand our efforts to serve 10 million children around the world.
About You:
- You are an excellent writer, especially in English.
- You enjoy receiving feedback and making continuous revisions to ensure the best possible product.
- You meet every deadline without fail.
- You have 2+ years of experience as a primary school teacher.
- You have 2+ years of experience writing curriculum/instructional materials. (preferred)
- You function well in a fast-paced informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high.
- Bachelors or Masters degree
How to Apply:
Follow the link and upload your cover letter and resume at:http://jobvite.com/m?3J7Jagwu


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A career fair at the University of South Florida drew more than a thousand students to the Marshall Center on campus.
Joe Scaglione is a management major. He has retail experience. He came to the job fair to meet potential employers.
"It's definitely a good opportunity USF has presented us... Just having all the employers in this ball room... And you can just bring 20 copies of your resume and dress nice and speak highly of yourself and hopefully you will hit at least one... Right?"
But one of the most talked about booths at the job fair had to be "Total Quality Logistics." The Cincinnati based company ran a promotion where they gave students a chance to win $104,231.
Kristine Glenn is a PR specialist with the company. She explains how they came up with the six figure prize.
"The reason that amount was chosen is because that is the average salary for a sales person with our organization who has been at our organization for 2.5 years."
Here's how the promotion worked. All you had to do is be a USF student. Visit TQL's booth and type in a six digit code into a vault. If your numbers unlocked the safe then you walk away from the job fair $100,000 richer.
And as you can imagine, hundreds of students lined up like USF senior Kelly Wright. She typed in her birth date but it didn't work. She said if she had won the prize, she would have used the money to pay off student loans and pay for grad school.
After five hours of trying to crack open the safe, no one took home the prize. But students we talked to say getting their resumes in the hands of potential employers is what it's all about.
"I think it's the best opportunity USF can give us. It's wonderful and It's so convenient everything is all in one place. It's perfect" said Danielle Guarino.
And senior Gurnos Watson is just glad to stop looking for jobs on the internet and get out and meet potential employers.
"I'm very optimistic and hopeful. Shouldn't have any issues in finding a job. Just keep my fingers crossed. Keep applying and keep at it."
USF's career fair wraps up Thursday focusing on jobs for students interested in Engineering, Technology and Science. The Career Fair is only open to USF students and grads.
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If you're a huge sports buff like me, you have quite a long list of sports apps to choose from. I'll make that job easy for you: ESPN ScoreCenter is the ultimate app for your iPhone and should be in the phone of every sports fan out there!
ESPN ScoreCenter is like having ESPN's Sport Center right in your phone! And as you might've guessed by now, the app is aimed at all sorts of sports enthusiasts. No matter where you are in the world or which sport, team or league you follow, ESPN ScoreCenter has something for you. It's a multilingual application and comes with English, Spanish, Italian and French languages, to name a few, which makes it pretty universal.
But what's really impressive about the app is the sort of coverage it gets you. ESPN ScoreCenter covers a large number of sports, and when I say large, I mean '500 leagues' large! The app covers as many as 16 (that's right, sixteen!) different sports, which includes sports like Soccer, American Football, Rugby, Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Cricket and Tennis, to name a few.
Once you've tinkered about with the settings, added your favorite leagues and teams to the mySports and myTeams pages, you're all set to receive live updates and scores from the matches, as well as news from these leagues and teams. All in a single place.
The app is laid-out very well, and despite the fact that it has the potential to be a bit overwhelming for a new user because of the sheer number of information it provides, it actually makes good use of the iPhone's screen and the menu to counter this potential problem. In basic terms, you have the option of having all your team-related information on one tab, and then you have separate tabs for all your leagues/sports. Switching between these tabs is as simple as a swipe across the phone screen.
For instance the myTeams tab in ESPN ScoreCenter gives you an overview of all the games that the teams you added have played, as well as a list of upcoming games arranged in a chronological manner. What's really great about it is that you get information on all your teams on a single screen. Tapping any game takes you to its preview (for upcoming games) or a summary (for finished games). You can sign up for game alerts for your teams, or even add more teams from any of the sports right from this very menu.
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A Bakersfield man says he's having to shut down his business, following a raid by the Kern County Sheriff's Department last month.
David Zachary says deputies seized some of his property saying it was stolen and said he was running an illegal business.
The sheriff's department is remaining tight-lipped about the case, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Zachary was arrested last month but hasn't been charged with a crime. However, on Wednesday, he told 17 News he wants to be charged so he can make his point in court that he is innocent.
"We're proud of what we've done and to get it taken away by something like this, it's devastating," said David Zachary, owner, SCS Logistics.
SCS Logistics is located in east Bakersfield and distributes different materials to local companies.
Zachary says the raid by sheriff's deputies ran his company to the ground.
"They came in saying we're running an illegal business without a business license which was incorrect. They wouldn't let me prove myself on the spot when I said -- let me show you my business license, let me show you my certificate or whatever else you want to see," said Zachary.
Zachary was arrested for possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance along with drug paraphernalia.
He says deputies told him two grams of meth was found in a travel trailer. But, Zachary says he has no clue how it got there.
"I've been dropped by a few customers because of the question about what is our integrity like, are we really these people or are we somebody else," continued Zachary.
During the raid, Zachary says deputies seized several computers, tools, checks and a forklift.
He says they told him the forklift had been stolen along with several tools.
But Zachary says that's not the case and provided 17 News with receipts he says show that he purchased the forklift last year.
"It just took us over the edge to where we have to close our doors," he said.
Zachary says he hopes he's charged so he can prove in court he did nothing wrong and that he was operating his company legally.
He says a month after he posted bail, it was exonerated.
The sheriff's department and the district attorney's office said Wednesday they were not able to comment because this case is still being reviewed.


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- 2002
A life close to nature and a search for truth.
"My climbs are moments of my life that I want to live with intensity. The mere fact of attempting a route is already the beginning of the journey, and the journey doesn't always end in success. Success is important but not as important as appreciating the road you traveled to get there. I am a persevering person. I'm fully committed to the choices I make. If I don't achieve my objective in the end, it's not the end of the world. At least I know I did everything I could to make a good attempt. I am passionate and I love living life with passion."
Living close to nature
"I discovered climbing by accident while watching a program on Spanish T.V. Two girls were climbing in the Verdon Gorge. I was captivated and surprised. I wanted to try this new sport right away. It was like a door opening onto everything that hadn't existed for me before. I love landscapes that have contrasts. I live in San Sebastian in the Basque Country between the mountains and the ocean. It's an amazing place in a natural environment with climbing spots as well as the sea. In the same way, and for the same reason, I love Japan and its culture. I would love to reread "The Sea of Fertility" by Yujio Mishima. If I wasn't a climber, I'd be a sailor…"
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"That means constantly pushing your limits. I don't know how to say no. I am open to anything. Climbing and the mountains have taught me to be patient. I want to carry on playing with the limits. It's no fun having nothing to overcome. Limits are what make me enjoy climbing. Having said that, when I complete 9a routes I realize I am living my life to the fullest."
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"A few winters ago, I was climbing in the Riglos, a strange climbing spot in northern Spain. The car broke down. We went to a garage that we knew and he gave us a courtesy car. We arrived at the cliff late and the days were short at that time. We attached the car keys to a shoe lace and then tied them to the harness. By the sixth pitch it was dark and the last two pitches were true adventures. Every anchor I came across was a real savior. Once we reached the summit, we put on our shoes to come down and we got lost many times. Slightly preoccupied, we eventually reached the car. Keys? Where are the car keys? They must be at the foot of the wall, no? We couldn't get into the car so we determinedly went to get the keys from the foot of the wall but we found nothing. The keys could only be on the summit of Visera. Tired, we walked up to the summit on a footpath and when we got there, there were the keys exactly where we'd put on our shoes. At three in the morning, we headed back home."
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- Araotz, Spain – "Honky Mix" (8c+), 2000
- Andonno, Italy – "Noia" (8c+), 2001
- Saint-Loup, Switzerland – "Bain de Sang" (9a), 2002
- Baltoza, Spain – "Na Nai" (8c+), 2003
- Saint-Loup, Switzerland – "Bimbaluna" (9a/+), 2005
- "La Travesia De Arroita" (9a)
- Grandes Jorasses (Mont-Blanc massif, France) – "Walker Spur"
- Grand Pilier d'Angle (Mont-Blanc massif, France) – "Cecchinel-Nomine"
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Shelley rode with her bicycle club this morning, a little while ago she was telling me about the ride. They stopped at a Starbucks and she saw someone she knew, but couldn't figure out how she knew him. She said, "I know you!". He asked "where might you know me from?". Through the Postal Service? No, never worked there, but "I do go to the post office down the street". Maybe through a club, or mutual friends, or.... no. They chatted while he waited for his coffee, she never did put her finger on how she knew him, but she was sure that she did
As she's telling me this story, a stunned look came across her face, and she blurted, "Garret Anderson! It was Garret Anderson!!! Garret Fu@%in' ANDERSON!!!!!" She pounded the table in frustration - "I was talking to GARRET ANDERSON!!!"
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Hall County District Attorney Lee Darragh spoke with Cumming Patch and said Bennett was arraigned Thursday afternoon for:
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As for what happens next to Bennett, Darragh said, "Obviously he is scheduled for later hearings, but beyond that I don't have any other information for you."
The tragic incident happened Monday night, June 18, in the Shoal Creek area of Lake Lanier [near Lake Lanier Islands].
Four families -- 13 people in all, with nine children -- were on the vessel, owned by the Prince family, when the crash occurred around 10:30 p.m., officials said.
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DNR officials arrested Bennett at about 1:30 a.m. at the marina. A woman riding in the boat with Bennett at the time of the collision was not arrested.
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A man who was on four separate probations has been sentenced to 13 years in state prison after pleading guilty to selling cocaine out of a Roseville barber shop.
Darin Durel Blockton, 24, was given the sentence Friday by Placer County Superior Court Judge Mark S. Curry, who revoked his probation and fined him $5,000.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Suzanne Gazzaniga said Blockton was placed on probation in Placer County in 2006 for transporting cocaine, a violation of the California Health and Safety Code.
"While he was on probation, he continued to commit crimes in both Placer and Sacramento counties," Gazzaniga said.
Blockton received two additional grants of probation in Placer County and was also given probation in 2008 in Sacramento County for participating in street gang activity, Gazzaniga said.
Last year, the Roseville Police Department received a tip that Blockton, a barber, was selling drugs out of the hair-cutting shop at which he worked, she said.
He was placed under surveillance and on April 30, 2009, police observed a drug deal take place between Blockton and a man who drove into the shop's parking lot.
After the transaction, police followed the car and later stopped the driver, who tossed a baggie of cocaine underneath the vehicle as he got out, Gazzaniga said. At the barber shop, Blockton was found with $1,713 in cash, she said.
Cell phone text messages between the driver and Blockton indicated that a drug deal had been arranged between the men, she said.
Gazzaniga praised the Roseville Police Department and the Placer County Probation Department for their investigation into Blockton's activities.
"This was a defendant who had opportunity after opportunity to rehabilitate himself and he chose to continue to endanger the health and safety of the citizens of Placer County," Gazzaniga said. "I was quite pleased that Judge Curry sentenced this defendant to 13 years in prison."
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Tebow must sign a rewritten contract with the Broncos, the Newark Star-Ledger reported, in order to remain on their salary cap for 24 hours. Then, the trade won't become official until 4 p.m. ET Saturday.
Because of this contract technicality, the Jets will not be able to introduce Tebow as a member of the team as planned on Friday. A Monday press conference will now be held for Tebow.
The two teams also had to revise trade terms Wednesday night when they originally agreed to the deal that sends Tebow and a seventh-round pick to the Jets for New York's fourth- and sixth-round picks.


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Chris: Were these CDs they had purchased from you? If so, they must have closed them early because they found better rates. I am confused as to why you would want us to know this. I would think those here would make sure they knew what your EWPs were before purchasing. That 3 month penalty must have been for a short term CD. Not too long ago, I was fortunate to get 3 month penalties on 5 year CDs. The rep told me wrong over the phone and the bank still agreed to it. That is unusual.
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