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The event, which will be held from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. and is free to the public, includes music of all types and lots of family fun.
Four local businesses that will serve as sponsors for the festival are Scott Crump Toyota Scion; Byars and Associates; Nelson, Bryan and Jones Attorneys at Law; and Honda/Hyundai of Jasper.
Headlining the festival is former "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice and Brian Howe, former lead singer of classic rock band Bad Company.
The music kicks off at 11:30 a.m. with the Corner High School Theater Academy presenting a 1960's Cabaret, with music from Motown to the Beatles.
From 1 until 2 p.m., southern bluegrass band Rollin' in the Hay will perform.
From 2:30 until 3:30 p.m., Jasper's own Copperline, a four-piece country band, will perform.
At 4 p.m., Within Reason, a Birmingham-based rock band, will take the stage. The band, which features a fusion of several musical genres, was among those to walk the red carpet at this year's Grammy Awards.
From 5 until 6 p.m., a musical ensemble of local children will perform.
At 6:30 p.m., Lynam, another Birmingham-based rock band, will be on stage.
Bice will take the stage from 8 until 9 p.m., followed at 9:30 by Howe.
A children's theater stage, which will be located on the courthouse square and headed up by Eddie Brown, will be a second stage with local talent performing between music sets. The theme for the children's stage will be "Pirates and Pirate Ships," with activities for kids from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
There's also going to be a children's play area along Third Avenue near the Jonathan Sapp Law Firm with inflatable slides, a moon walk and obstacle course. A petting zoo with both farm and exotic animals will be open for the kids, too. Those activities will open at 11 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
City workers will close 19th Street between Third and Fourth avenues early Friday morning in order to construct the stage for Saturday's concerts.
Friday afternoon, streets in downtown Jasper will close at 5 p.m., and local bands will perform from 6:30 until 10 p.m. as a warm-up to Saturday's activities.
A number of food and craft vendors will be open Friday, too.
Event organizers said Foothills Festival T-shirts will be for sale at the festival.
Anyone who would like to volunteer to work at the Foothills Festival is encouraged to call Jenny Sayles at (205) 221-8529.
On Saturday, the day will kick off at 8 a.m. with a 5K run hosted by the Walker High cross-country team.
In other business Tuesday, the council:
•approved minutes from the Aug. 20 regular meeting and from the Aug. 22 special called meeting.
•gave city purchasing agent Tommy Knight permission to send bid invitations for crushed stone and hauling.
•approved amendments to the city's budget, including $52,000 to the capital funds, $84,000 to the garbage fund and $150,000 to various city departments.
•approved travel expenses for city prosecutors Robert Richardson and Deb Capps to attend a fall municipal conference. The expenses were a budgeted item.
•approved a resolution for an agreement with the Middle Alabama Area Agency (M4A) for meals for seniors.
•adopted a resolution to renew a lease for a building currently used by Disability Rights and Resources.
The building is located at Fowler Field on Alabama Avenue.
The group has agreed to do $20,000 in repairs to the building in exchange for a six-year lease.
•adopted a resolution to allow Mayor Sonny Posey to enter into an agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation for a road resurfacing and striping project along Ala. Highway 69 from Oakman to Elliott Boulevard.
•adopted a resolution regarding funding for ClasTran public transportation in the amount of $53,000.
•adopted a resolution declaring three properties — 1205 Alabama Ave., 830 Hillsdale Road and 1136 Arkadelphia — that fall under the city's nuisance abatement ordinance.


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Hi to All, in my project i create a QGraphicsObject that draw a chart and it shows it on the screen, to do this i've used a QGraphicsScene and QGraphicsView.
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Unheralded Jamie Donaldson outshone struggling Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in shooting an opening-round 5-under-par 67 for the early clubhouse lead on Thursday.
McIlroy, playing with new clubs following his multimillion dollar sponsorship deal with Nike, finished with a 3-over 75 and risks missing the cut. He repeatedly missed fairways including a shot on his 12th that hit a tree and ended up in a car park that led to one of his two double-bogeys. He also putted poorly, missing a par putt on his 17th and a birdie putt on the 18th.
Woods, meanwhile, finished even par after a rollercoaster round. He had four birdies to go along with four bogeys and ended his round by three-putting his 18th for a bogey.
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The first round of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England.
Tiger Woods was back on the PGA Tour for the first time in more than three months for the Quicken Loans National at
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Lucy Li became the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women's Open history when she shot 68 at Half Moon Bay last month.


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How Philip Rivers will do in 2014
Where do the Chargers fans rank and why?
That, and the weather of course.
Gil Brandt thinks the Chargers' post-season appearance in 2013 was a fluke.
Cooley: You know what, Steve? We need a cause. You and I need a cause. And you know what that cause is going to be? I don't like the Chargers because I want to protect the ozone, all right guys? I feel like there's a global warming issue, and I don't like the name Chargers, because they're promoting electricity. Eff electricity, and eff the Chargers name. I have a problem with them. All I've got to do is a pamphlet and 10 percent of a couple people and maybe a Senator or two that wants to protect the ozone and we're off and running.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/06/19/chris-cooley-ridicules-name-change-effort-says-hes-now-protesting-the-chargers/
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Here's a look at a key matchup heading into the Super Bowl XLV showdown between the Packers and the Steelers Sunday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall vs. Packers LB corps
The Packers' run defense, which has allowed only 3.6 yards per carry in the postseason after allowing almost a full yard more in the regular season (4.7), must do a much better job handling Mendenhall than the Jets' third-ranked run defense did in the AFC title game. The 5-10, 225-pound former first-round draft pick cranked out 121 yards and a one-yard TD on 27 carries against the Jets, despite the fact that Steelers rookie Pro Bowl C Maurkice Pouncey suffered a game-ending ankle injury on the contest's first drive.
In the regular season, Mendenhall was the AFC's fifth-leading rusher with 1,273 yards on 324 carries (3.9 ypc) and 13 TDs, which tied him for second in the league with New England's BenJarvus Green-Ellis in rushing scores behind Houston's Arian Foster (16). The third-year pro has seven rushing TDs in his last five games (counting the playoffs) and is the favorite to score the first TD in Super Bowl XLV at 5-1 odds, according to Lucky's Race & Sports Book in Las Vegas.
A powerful runner who has become much more patient than he was a year ago, when he tried to bounce outside too much, Mendenhall has a wicked spin move that could cause big problems for Green Bay's LB corps if it's not careful. His 27 carries against the Jets were preceded by six games (counting Pittsburgh's postseason opener vs. the Ravens) in which he averaged 17.6 carries per game. Mendenhall had three 100-yard rushing performances during the regular season and one 99-yard effort, but he did not make a major impact as a receiver out of the backfield (23 catches for 167 yards and zero TDs).
The Packers allowed only six rushing TDs during the regular season (third-best in the league) and have given up only 69.7 rushing yards per game in the postseason. Mendenhall must make sure he hangs on to the ball up against the likes of Green Bay LBs Clay Matthews (two forced fumbles during the regular season), Desmond Bishop (two forced fumbles during the regular season; one in the postseason) and Erik Walden (one in the postseason) or Frank Zombo (two in the regular season).
Bishop, who was Green Bay's second-leading tackler during the regular season with 121 behind fellow ILB A.J. Hawk, is the Packers' leading tackler in the postseason with 21. The unselfish Hawk, who had five games with double-digit tackles during the regular season, has done a solid job this season calling signals for the defense. Check the status of Walden, who left the NFC title game in the third quarter with an ankle injury. Even if Walden is able to suit up on Super Sunday, it's quite possible he could end up sharing the load at right outside linebacker with Zombo, who figures to be feeling pretty frisky after missing the last six games (counting playoffs) with a knee injury.


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MATTHEW MOORE obtained a BS in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1991 and an MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He returned to Syracuse University for his Juris Doctor, and graduated from the College of Law in 1995. In 2000, Mr. Moore completed his LLM in Intellectual Property Law at George Washington University Law School.
Mr. Moore is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins where he is a member of the firm's global Intellectual Property Practice Group. He has extensive trial and appellate experience representing both patentees and defendants and provides strategic business counseling on intellectual property issues. He has represented numerous Fortune 100 companies. He was also appointed liaison counsel by the court on behalf of 270 defendants in the largest Multi-District Litigation (MDL) patent case in history, and obtained summary judgment of invalidity on 46 asserted claims.
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I have found myself in need of a steering wheel for my 61 original, if anyone has one laying around. Contact me with a price. Thanks CHUCK
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Hey Chuck,
It's been a while since you have posted. You doing OK
Sorry, can't help with a steering wheel. You might want to check Ebay...I got a good wheel off of Ebay for my 102.
Paul Bell might know of a good source for one, too.
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We drove from Michigan down to New Orleans and spent a little bit of time visiting the WWII Museum (a MUST SEE) and walking around town. New Orleans was a blast!
Embarkation went off without a hitch and from the time we went into the door at the port to the time we were on the ship was about 20 minutes, if that long.
We explored the beautiful Spirit a bit and then had lunch at Raffles to kick it all off.
We found the food on the Spirit to be absolutely fine. There was something for everyone and we never went hungry.
The first night we dined at Cagney's and were extremely pleased with the food, and especially the service. We knew what to expect as we dined on the Jewel's Cagney's, but Jeane, Jackie, and Adina were splendid hosts and made our visit extra special. They all made our boys feel so welcome and so invited and that was a perfect start to a great vacation.
We also dined (sans kids) at the Taste of India and Le Bistro. Both were excellent in our opinion and well, well worth the money. We would do both again in a heartbeat, but Cagney's (and Adina) hold a special place in our hearts.
Windows and the Garden dining rooms were just fine too. I had read a number of non-positive reviews but just didn't experience anything negative. Service was spectacular, again in my opinion, and the food was always warm, tasty, and delivered in perfect timing.
The buffet was great also and we were never disappointed at any selection. Of course, "Wakey Wakey" and "Washy Washy" always bring smiles!!
The ports were terrific and all went off without a hitch too. Costa Maya was Nohoch Kay which was excellent; Belize was a beach break; Roatan was Gumbalimba Park & Tabyana Beach (BEST beach!!); and Cozumel was X-Rails with Wild Tours (A BLAST!!).
We did two pub crawls (of coruse sans kids) and they were a blast. Kevin did a great job!
The entertainment on the ship was spectacular. We went to four shows and enjoyed each one.
Our disembarkation day came way too early, but we requested a wake-up call at 5:30, cleaned up and went up for one last buffet breakfast.
We self-disembarked, so we grabbed our luggage, made sure we didn't forget anything by perusing the room one last time, and headed off.
We were in our car at Fulton Place parking at 8:00 a.m. Yes, I said 8:00 a.m.! That has to be a record for us!!!
All in all this was an excellent vacation and we would sail the Spirit again in a heartbeat!!!!


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Manny's isn't designed for the Ladies Who Lunch. The first clue is the foyer's near-lifesized portrait of a bull in all its masculine glory. The second is the dimension of the portions, perhaps inspired by Manny's fellow Minnesotan, Paul Bunyan.
The dining room's appointments are equally grandiose, from double magnums of wine to produce displays featuring potatoes as big as boulders and a small forest of broccoli. The unabashedly macho Minneapolis steakhouse opened in 1988 to immediate acclaim, proving that the lust for top-flight red meat, and lots of it, was alive and well.
Two hands-on owners of Parasolé Restaurant Holdings Inc., operators of several successful Italian restaurants in the Twin Cities, designed the place to capture the feel of a traditional New York steakhouse: bare wood floors, burnished wainscoting bisected by a streak of jade-green marble, and a sea of see-and-be-seen tables, each set simply with a crisp white cloth, salt and pepper shakers, and a notepad to jot power memos--no candles, no flowers, no Muzak to detract from the trinity of red meat, red wine and choice cigars (in the cozy bar).
Manny's was the first establishment in the Twin Cities to introduce cigar nights. That was back in 1992, soon after Cigar Aficionado was launched. Manny's holds smokers on the first Tuesday of every month that attract more than 300 men and women. Guests are encouraged to bring their own cigars (many devotees bring five or six boxes for trading), or they may select from a rotation of half a dozen (including Partagas, Avo, Paul Garmirian, Oscar and H. Upmann, priced from $5 to $30) available in the bar. "It's getting harder to get good cigars," says general manager Randy Stanley, referring to supply and demand, "but we have good relationships with our purveyors, so they come through for us. I see no end to the trend; it appeals to our urge to indulge."
So do Manny's menus of food and drink. Single malts and Ports have become the beverage of choice at smokers, where most guests elect to cap their night with dinner.
In the dining room they're presented with an exemplary wine list that showcases new and limited-distribution California Cabernets such as Pezzi-King, Husch North Field Select, Justin Reserve, Vine Cliff and Seavey. Manny's wine list has won the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence seven years in a row.
When it comes to food, simplicity is the byword. Manny's chef shops well and then lets the viands make their own statement, never upstaged by designer presentations or fancy sauces.
Appetizers are almost redundant here; still, we couldn't resist. We started with a seafood platter bearing tender, buxom, perfectly cooked shrimp to dip in a lively tomato-horseradish sauce. Crab cakes--as good as I've ever had--came deftly fried, plump with rich meat and spared of pasty filler. A simple mustard mayo tempered their innate sweetness with a sassy little hit.
Waiters here are lifers. They're showmen, as proficient in their lippy banter as in serving expertise. Fans request their favorites when making reservations. Each starts his performance with a show-and-tell routine, lifting two-fisted hunks of meat, live lobsters and softball-size tomatoes from a tableside cart.
The filet mignon (choose 10 or 14 ounces), secured from a Kansas City purveyor and dry-aged for two weeks, is a best seller and justly so. Its charred crust, dancing with the tang of salt, gives way to a lode of ruby, mild-flavored flesh so tender the steak knives at each setting become mere visual props. The 20-ounce New York strip is a bit more strident in beefy flavor and fiber, while the 22-ounce Porterhouse represents the best of both.
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Choosing a Type of Weight Loss Surgery
Deciding to get weight loss surgery isn't easy. And after making the decision to do it, there are still many different procedures to choose from. The best one for you depends on a lot of things: your goals, your surgeon's preference, your current health, and of course, which procedures are covered by your insurance.
Choosing a specific surgical approach will require a lot of thought and discussion with your doctor. But here's some basic information to get you started.
Restrictive and Malabsorptive Weight Loss Surgeries
There are two basic types of weight loss surgery -- restrictive surgeries and malabsorptive/restrictive surgeries. They help with weight loss in different ways.
- Restrictive surgeries work by physically restricting the size of the stomach and slowing down digestion. A normal stomach can hold about 3 pints of food. After surgery, the stomach may at first hold as little as an ounce, although later that could stretch to 2 or 3 ounces. The smaller the stomach, the less you can eat. The less you eat, the more weight you lose.
- Malabsorptive/restrictive surgeries are more invasive surgeries that work by changing how you take in food. In addition to restricting the size of the stomach, these surgeries physically remove or bypass parts of your digestive tract, which makes it harder for your body to absorb calories. Purely malabsorptive surgeries -- also called intestinal bypasses -- are no longer done because of the side effects.
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There are many different surgical procedures for weight loss, and each has several variations. Here's a general overview of the approaches your doctor might recommend.
Adjustable Gastric Banding
What is it? Gastric banding is among the least invasive weight loss treatments. This surgery uses an inflatable band to squeeze the stomach into two sections: a smaller upper pouch and a larger lower section. The two sections are still connected; it's just the channel between them is very small, which slows down the emptying of the upper pouch. Gastric banding physically restricts the amount of food you can take in at a meal. Most people can only eat a ½ to 1 cup of food before feeling too full or sick. The food also needs to be soft or well-chewed.
There are several brands of adjustable gastric bands available. They include LAP-BAND and REALIZE.
- Pros. The advantage to gastric banding is that it's simpler to do and safer than gastric bypass and other operations. It's routinely done as minimally invasive surgery, using small incisions, special instruments, and a tiny camera called a laparoscope. Recovery is usually faster. You can also have it reversed by surgically removing the band.
Because the band is connected to an opening just beneath the skin in the abdomen, it can be easily loosened or tightened in the doctor's office. To tighten the band and further restrict the stomach size, more saline solution is injected into the band. To loosen it, the liquid is removed with a needle.
- The Cons. People who get gastric banding often have less dramatic weight loss than those who get more invasive surgeries. They may also be more likely to regain some of the weight over the years.
- The Risks. The most common side effect of gastric banding is vomiting, a result of eating too much too quickly. Complications with the band aren't uncommon. It might slip out of place, or become too loose, or leak. Sometimes, further surgeries are necessary. As with any surgery, infection is always a risk. Although unlikely, some complications can be life-threatening.
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SuperSport United have completed the signing of striker Nathan Paulse on a free transfer.
The former Bafana Bafana international was released by Platinum Stars at the end of last season after failing to make an impact with Dikwena.
He is hoping to get his career back on track with a move to Matsatsantsa, having had successful trials with the team over the last week.
"I obviously have quite a bit of PSL experience and my scoring record is quite good. I am feeling fit and enjoying my football still," Paulse said.
Paulse also trained with Gavin Hunt's side while they were in camp in the Western Cape last month, scoring in a 2-2 friendly draw with Santos.
Paulse played over 100 matches for Ajax Cape Town in two spells with the club, and also campaigned for Bloemfontein Celtic in the PSL in the 2010/11 season on loan from Swedish side Hammarby.
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The programme is a tie-up between the philanthropic arms of the Singapore Sports Council and Changi Airport Group.
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Line arrays have been around for decades. Harry F. Olson published the book Acoustical Engineering in 1954, which included an extensive and influential explanation of line arrays. They have been gaining more and more popularity in recent years, and anyone who has ever heard or used one knows why. The theory behind the line array is very simple: The idea is to create a very smooth and even distribution of sound over long and wide distances with little discrepancy in SPL and EQ. Just about every speaker manufacturer currently makes a line array. Martin Audio's is the W8L Longbow large-scale, three-way line array enclosure. The name is cool. I mean, I am not just turning on my speakers; I am turning on a freakin' missile defense shield. Martin is widely respected for making good-sounding cabinets, and the W8L Longbow boasts some specs that set it apart from its competition.
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The Longbow's beginnings date back to 1988. Martin created the W8LC, a smaller and almost as loud (3dB quieter) unit. "The scalability of the mid-sized cabinet is good for the sound companies, but we saw a need for larger speakers. So we created the Longbow for the large arenas and stadiums," says Hofkamp.
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Smoother Smyth, engineer for Delicate Productions, notes that he has used the W8L Longbow on multiple events. "We basically use it where a regular line array falls short, such as sheds, where we are looking to cover the lawn areas at the back of the venue rather than use the wimpy house systems," he says. Smyth adds that football stadiums are another example, and he used it in a stadium where the radio station and event promoter heard it and started to dismantle the audio delay towers. "They felt delays were not needed, although being a purist, I would have preferred installing the delay speakers." Smyth explains that the horn-loading differentiates it from other arrays he has used. "As you walk back into the coverage, it remains very even from left to right and front to back," he says. "Most arrays can sound good at the console, but walk off-axis, and things get ugly. Walk further back, and frequencies drop out. The even coverage is a result of the horn loading. Other line array systems tend to be copies of the 'French design,' and, in trying to avoid patent infringements, manufacturers came up with an inferior product. The Martin product comes from a completely different approach to the line array principle, and most engineers have no idea what is behind the cabinet speaker grille. This system is a piece of cake. We also hang the Martin W8LC underneath for in-fill — simple."
Trevor Gilligan, sound engineer for the band Kasabian, is a huge fan of the Martin Audio Longbow, and both he and crew chief Al Woods were delighted with the consistency of the sound, particularly with the extra 3 or 4db it delivered to the back of the arena. "Martin Audio has the presets for the Longbow, which is more than a good starting point, resulting in a very good box indeed," says Woods.
The touring crew for The Killers has also been impressed with the Longbow. James Gebhard, sound engineer for the band, says, "I am a huge fan of Martin Audio Line Arrays, having worked with the Ls and LCs with The Strokes." Matt Harman-Trick, PA tech, adds, "It gets the HF to where you need it — right to the back of the room — and it means you don't have to tour with extra delay systems. The speed at which you can fly the Longbow is tremendous. It is extremely safe, and all the metalwork is integrated into the box, which makes it easier for the crews. This saves time, and it fits in the trucks better!"
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Weather Thesaurus Entry: Avalanche
However, caution must accompany this entry: the weather should not be used as a window into a character's soul. The weather can add invisible pressure for the character, it can layer the SCENE with symbolism, it can carefully hint at the internal landscape, but it must never OVERTLY TELL emotion. Such a heavy-handed approach results in weather cliches and melodrama (a storm raging above a bloody battle, a broken-hearted girl crying in the rain).
Avalanches occur in mountainous terrain where a natural pockets of snowpack build up, made from either fresh snow or layers of older, compacted snow. Often a shift in temperature (thaw), rainfall or windstorm can trigger an avalanche. If too much snow accumulates too quickly, or rain compacts fresh snow creating an unstable heavy slab, an avalanche is an event waiting to happen. Wind is a dangerous factor, as it erodes snow from the upwind side and deposits it on the downwind, creating an uneven build up. When a sluff (loose snow) or a slab (compacted snow) fractures, nothing can stand in its way. Traveling at 60-80 miles per hour, a dry avalanche takes down anything in its path. Trees are uprooted and splintered, rock, ice, man-made structures and debris is swept up and carried away. A wet avalanche is slower, traveling at only twenty miles per hour.
A person caught in the avalanche is carried with it, tumbling without control like a giant ball of snow down a hill. Most often they are pulled under by heavy gear (skis, ski boots, etc) and they must 'swim' furiously against the pull. This happens quickly and trying to retain any sort of control against such a force is almost impossible. From a distance, clouds of snow billow and form at the site of the avalanche. If you are writing an avalanche scene and need to see a first person account of a skier caught in an avalanche, buried alive and then rescued, here's a video. It's not for the faint of heart however, so watch at your own risk.
The tang of ozone would be the most noticeable, along with pine or spruce needles, cedar wood (if trees are uprooted/splintered)
Cold, metallic snow, ice crystals, one's own sour breath from fear
Chunks of snow pummeling the body, branches whipping against the face, clawing for handholds, the drag of snow pulling you under, arms and fist slamming into the snow in an attempt to stay at the surface, the squeeze of snow debris against the body and chest as it sets into place in the aftermath, unbearable cold and tingling against exposed skin, snow clogging mouth and nose or pressing against the face
The precursor sound to an avalanche is a whomp noise. This is the sound of instability in the ice pack and if close enough a person would hear the crack as a layer of snowpack breaks. If an avalanche is in motion, trees crack and snap on the way down, there is a hiss as fresh slow slips and tumbles, and from afar it is a slow rumble that builds. It can almost sound like thunder during a summer storm. In the aftermath, the area seems almost unnaturally quiet. Want to hear one for yourself? Follow this link!
Mood: Avalanches can infuse a sense of terror into a scene. Wild, uncontrolled and deadly, those who witness one, live through one or by chance alone, narrowly miss being caught in one are brought face to face with their own mortality. A somberness follows in its wake as horror sets in: being caught in such a force would most likely be the end. A brush with such an event may cause people to rethink their paths and bring about the need to be with people they care about. Avalanches can make good foreshadowing tools of a similar, life-altering event about to occur in a POV character's personal life that make them feel a loss of control and leave a hard, emotional impact.
Symbolism: A lack of control, volatility, an unstable lifestyle, the fury of Mother Nature, an impossible foe, risk
Possible Cliches: Outpacing an avalanche in an action scene
OTHER: Most avalanches are triggered by people placing their weight on unstable surfaces (skiers, snowboarders, hikers & snowmobiles). It is a myth that noise can trigger avalanches--the sound would have to be intensely loud (such as explosions going off nearby). Outrunning an avalanche is nearly impossible without a vehicle that can travel at high speeds and has strong maneuverability. Stats show that 93% of avalanche victims survive if dug out within the first fifteen minutes. Odds drop to 30% or lower after forty five minutes and after two hours, there are no survivors. The cause of death in most cases is carbon monoxide poisoning.
Don't be afraid to use the weather to add contrast. Unusual pairings, especially when drawing attention to the Character's emotions, is a powerful trigger for tension. Consider how the bleak mood of a character is even more noticeable as morning sunlight dances across the crystals of fresh snow on the walk to work. Or how the feeling of betrayal is so much more poignant on a hot summer day. Likewise, success or joy can be hampered by a cutting wind or drizzling sleet, foreshadowing conflict to come.
12 comments:
- Karen Lange said...
Love the idea of layering a scene. Thanks so much for this. It's great, as always! :)
- January 19, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- JC Piech said...
I love these weather thesaurus posts! :D
Also, I really love this blog in general, so I've nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award! It's a great way for bloggers to network and support each other! I have more information here: http://jcpiech.blogspot.com/
- January 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Deb Marshall said...
As always...most excellent post!
- January 19, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Angela Brown said...
You were right. That video was not for the faint of heart. But it would provide someone incorporating avalanche with a first hand account of the experience of being buried alive; the immediate terror, rapid breathing, the noises made by clothing while buried alive. Very intense scenes can be designed.
- January 19, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Michael Offutt, Tebow Cult Initiate said...
Didn't Braveheart have a scene where it was raining over a battle? It worked there. Why can't it work in you manuscript?
- January 19, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Christina Farley said...
Eek! I hope I don't have to write a scene where my characters have to be buried alive. Please don't give them any ideas. I've got enough bad things going on as it is.
But fantastic post as always.
- January 19, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- tracikenworth said...
Ah, watch out!! Lol. Don't ever want to land under the deafening roar and crash of an avalanche, for sure. Great sensory details!!
- January 20, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- tracikenworth said...
Ah, watch out!! Lol. Don't ever want to land under the deafening roar and crash of an avalanche, for sure. Great sensory details!!
- January 20, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Tara Tyler said...
i love these posts with sensory descriptions! so helpful!
- January 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- Stacy Green said...
These sensory posts are my favorite. Gives me so much to think about. Thanks, Angela!
- January 20, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Leslie Rose said...
Don't avalanches form ice caves so you can get stuck inside with your true love? Oh, wait. That's avalanches on soap operas.
- January 21, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Jeanne said...
So is there any truth to the old wisdom of raising your arm directly overhead before the avalanche comes - it's supposed to make it easier for search crews to find you because they' see your blue, frozen fingers above the snow. But if the force of the avalanche pushes you ass over teakettle, where did that kind of advice come from?
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In addition to asking you questions, your doctor may also perform a physical exam. You may have a pelvic exam and other tests.
This exam allows your doctor to feel for any unusual masses (lumps) or other problems. During a pelvic exam, you lie on your back on an examining table, with your feet in stirrups. Your doctor inserts one or two fingers of a gloved hand inside your vagina and uses the other hand to press on your lower abdomen (belly) to feel for masses. Your doctor may also insert a finger in your rectum to feel for anything unusual that could be a sign that the cancer has spread.
This test allows your doctor to see if a cyst or tumor is present. The doctor aims sound waves at your ovaries either by inserting a small probe into your vagina (called a transvaginal ultrasound) or aiming them at the surface of your abdomen (called a pelvic ultrasound). The pattern of the echoes makes a picture, called a sonogram, on a video screen. The echoes are different for healthy tissues, fluid-filled cysts, and tumors. Areas that are fluid-filled are generally not cancerous. The test can be uncomfortable, but is not painful, and you don't need sedation for it.
This blood test shows how much of a protein called CA-125 is in your blood. An elevated CA-125 may indicate the presence of tumor cells. After a diagnosis of ovarian cancer, your doctor may use this blood test to see whether you are responding to treatment, or if the cancer has come back. This test is usually combined with an ultrasound.
This test makes pictures of organs and tissues in the pelvis or abdomen. An X-ray machine linked to a computer takes several pictures. You may be given contrast material by mouth and by injection into your arm or hand. The contrast material helps the organs or tissues show up more clearly. Abdominal fluid or a tumor may show up on the CT scan.
This is a series of X-rays of the lower intestine. You are given an enema with a barium solution. The barium outlines the intestine on the X-rays. Areas blocked by cancer may show up on the X-rays. This procedure may be used to see if cancer has spread into the lower intestine or rectum.
For this test a doctor inserts a long, lighted tube into the rectum and colon. The exam can help tell if cancer has spread to the colon or rectum.
Unlike many other types of cancer, a biopsy is rarely used to diagnose ovarian cancer before surgery. A diagnosis of ovarian cancer is usually confirmed at the time of surgery. At that time, the surgeon removes the tumor or tumors and takes samples of surrounding tissues to find out if the cancer has spread to them. In a lab, a pathologist examines the removed cells to confirm that cancer is present.
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I think I was spoiled at a young age by being best friends with Julie. She's hilarious. She's been in many of my posts — I thank her for things like joining me on a quest to stalk all the hot boys in Erie, PA with a platter of insanely decorated Christmas cookies and entertaining the troops with her filthy jokes overseas. However, she makes cameos in tons of my notes — because it seems like every crazy plan I've ever had (like sealing the pores of my armpits shut or curing my wrinkles by consuming massive amounts of flax oil), she's been in on.
As a child, I don't even think Julie meant to be funny, but in doing things like wearing gigantic Sally Jesse Raphael red glasses that she was constantly getting bubble gum stuck all over and telling the director of our sailing camp to "go f*ck" himself — she's always been one of the most hilarious people I know.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Downtown Peoria has been invaded by dinosaurs.
One of the world's largest life-sized dinosaur simulations, called Discover the Dinosaurs, is at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend.
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An Artful Partnership
The Temple–Tifereth Israel (TTTI) in Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) have teamed up to transform TTTI's historic synagogue and museum facility into the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple-Tifereth Israel.
Facilitated by a $12 million lead donation from the Maltz Family Foundation, The Temple is gifting the 100,000-square-foot building—listed in the National Registrar of Historic Places—to its neighbor CWRU. When the work is complete, the facility will contain a completely updated theater seating 500–600 people, a black box theater, a small rehearsal and performance space, and modernized lighting, sound, and heating/air conditioning systems—plus a newly renovated sanctuary—and still maintain its historic integrity. The renovated facility, featuring programs from CWRU's music, dance, and drama departments, will continue to serve as a worship space for The Temple's 1,400+ member families for High Holy Day services, bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, and funerals.
Tifereth Israel will soon be the last synagogue to maintain a facility within the Cleveland city limits, even as most of its activities now take place within a modern synagogue in the suburb of Beachwood. In recent years, though, the temple leadership has had difficulty in raising the funds to maintain the urban sanctuary, and the question arose as to whether the historic building could remain part of the congregation's future.
Meanwhile, CWRU had been searching for a single, large venue to stage its music theater and dance performances and to house department and faculty offices. They realized that the temple building, with its large sanctuary and adjoining spaces, would be ideal, and its renovation would cost a quarter of the price of building a new facility.
"This important paradigm involving adaptive reuse of an iconic building is a groundbreaking partnership between two great institutions," noted Rabbi Richard A. Block, "a solution to facilities challenges that neither the university nor The Temple could have solved on its own."
The T.E.A.R. Mitzvah
Thanks to 12-year-old Hannah Bress of Temple Adas Shalom in Havre de Grace, Maryland, at least two adults now know they are carriers of a Jewish genetic disease.
For her bat mitzvah project, Hannah organized a T.E.A.R. (Testing, Education, and Awareness of Recessive Jewish genetic illnesses) event at the temple, where more than 100 attendees were tested to determine whether their genes might carry any of 11 genetic illnesses prevalent among Jewish families.
Hannah's sister Jamie was afflicted with one of them—Familial Dysautonomia (FD)—but physicians failed to diagnose the cause of Jamie's apparent malnourishment for two years. It was not until Jamie's aunt heard a physician on the Today Show explain the FD symptoms—including the absence of tears—that Jamie was tested for the disease. She died three years later at the age of five. Afterwards, the family learned that Jamie's paternal grandmother had a cousin with FD.
Showing up at Hannah's T.E.A.R. event, Ilyse Horgan was surprised to learn that she is a carrier of Gaucher Disease, which typically causes fatigue, bone pain/deterioration, and anemia; and grateful that her family can now make "well-informed decisions," beginning with testing her own children.
To learn more: www.Counsyl.org.
Making a Torah Whole
As Har Sinai Congregation in Owings Mills, Maryland began the process of restoring its seven Torah scrolls, Rabbi Darryl Crystal discovered that its 80-year-old Torah of probable Lithuanian origin was missing 164 of 304,805 letters.
This past April and June, more than 500 congregants and members of the community restored the Torahs and filled in the missing 164 letters under the guidance of a certified scribe. They then celebrated the achievement with a siyyum or completion ceremony on June 13—the date reflecting the Torah's 613 commandments, the last of which requires Jews to write a Torah. Participating in the restoration or completion of a Torah, even filling in one letter, is considered equal to writing an entire scroll.
Reconceiving Religious School
Before this year, Temple Sinai in Washington D.C. had offered a two-hour midweek religious school along with Sunday instruction. In the middle of the week, like Hebrew school children almost everywhere, the kids were tired, often unable to focus, and sometimes acted out; their parents struggled to fit religious school into overscheduled lives.
All that changed in September 2009, when religious education director Jill Stepak gave the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students a choice of taking a one-hour, highly focused Hebrew class on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday beginning at 4:00, 5:00, or 6:00—with no more than six children per class—supplemented by Sunday studies.
As a result, religious school experience has been reinvigorated. The temple is attracting high caliber teachers because it is offering more hours and the instructors are spending that time educating rather than controlling the students. Parents appreciate the many choices of class times, and, most importantly, the students are benefiting from smaller class sizes and more concentrated instruction; testing has confirmed that they're learning quicker and better than under the previous system. As one student said, "I never thought you could spend less time in Hebrew school and learn more."
For more information, contact Jill Stepak at 202-363-1942 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Schmoozerama in Little Rock
Saturday night Schmoozerama is a big hit at 352-member Congregation B'nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas. Once a month, after havadalah and a potluck dinner, the temple screens less-known, thought-provoking Jewish movies such as Blessed Is the Match (about Hannah Senesh), My Mexican Shivah (a comedy), and The Debt (an Israeli film), followed by lively discussions. Nearly 20% of the congregation—everyone from religious school students to senior citizens—shows up for this free event, which has resulted in new friendships and a more connected community.


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Horeca Life - Fair for gastronomy, restaurants & hotels
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- from Sunday 21 September 2014 to Tuesday 23 September 2014 (Only on: Monday, Tuesday, Sunday)
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1020 Brussels (BRUXELLES)
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New culinary trends that combine quality produce, professional presentation and aesthetics (gastronomic or decorative). In Brussels from 21 to 23/09/14!
Meet the best Belgian and European suppliers, expand your network and give your products and services extra added value. These service providers will be spread around the fair according to specific themes:
- Beer Life,
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- Technologies & Facility Services,
- Table Art & Decoration,
- and Bakery-Square.
New for 2014: 2014 marks the return of the "VIP Nocturne" (late-night opening). Visitors, by invitation only, will have exclusive access to the fair. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones!
A unique programmeThe keys to Horece Life's success: a subtle marriage between a selective collection of exhibitors from all over Europe and an ever more ambitious and high-quality selection of events. This 10th Horeca won't break with tradition and will offer the best of Belgium:
- The quarter final, semi final and final of the 'Etoile de la Cuisine Belge' ('Star of Belgian Cooking') competition,
- Essentials by Unilever Food Solutions,
- The Belgian final choice of candidates for the World Pastry Cup,
- The final choice for the Best Barman in Belgium,
- International Masterclasses and Pavilions,
- VIP Restaurant and VIP Lounge!
The Nocturne will take place on the 22 (6.30 by invitation)
On the menu: All sorts of bubbly, cocktails, sweet and savoury, hot and cold treats to taste, served along the pathways or in the 8 demonstration kitchens which will be welcoming the greatest chefs!
Do you love a major event? The World Cooking Contest is for you!
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We are not responsible for any changes in dates and/or programmes. Please contact the organiser prior to departure.


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Watertown: church planter caught in crossfire
A bullet lodged in church planter Stephen McAlpin's TV, likely preventing it from entering the bedroom on the other side of the wall. McAlpin and his wife Emily huddled in the bathroom of their Watertown, Mass., home while, outside, police engaged in a shoot-out with one of the suspects in Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon.
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WATERTOWN, Mass. (BP) -- A Southern Baptist church planting resident at a Boston-area church found himself, along with his wife, in the crossfire of a police shootout early Friday morning (April 19) with the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Stephen McAlpin, who is nearing the end of a one-year North American Mission Board church planting internship with Hope Fellowship Church in Cambridge, Mass., had just gone to bed around 12:40 a.m. when he and his wife heard something that sounded like fireworks.
By then officials had identified two brothers believed to be responsible for the double bombings that killed three and injured more than 170 people April 15, and Thursday night the suspects hijacked a car in Cambridge and drove to Watertown, where McAlpin lives, while being pursued by police.
A dramatic shootout commenced outside McAlpin's home, resulting in the death of one of the suspects. The other remained on the loose Friday, causing the entire city of Boston and surrounding communities to be placed on lockdown as police searched for him door to door.
"The gunshots were continuing. We heard glass break. We started crawling into the kitchen of our home -- me, Emily and our dog," McAlpin recounted to NBC's Brian Williams Friday afternoon. "As we were crawling, we saw a large flash like an explosion. We got underneath our kitchen table and continued to hear gunshots. They were much louder and felt closer."
The couple could hear yelling and what sounded like another explosion.
"I'm a grown man, but at that point I was terrified and I was holding my wife there under the table and holding my dog, and it got real for us," McAlpin said. "We realized that we could die."
McAlpin told Williams via telephone that he and his wife are Christians and they prayed in those most dangerous moments that God would keep them safe.
"We prayed for God's grace to protect us and protect our neighbors and just sat there," he said.
They moved into their bathroom and huddled in the bathtub with their dog, and after about 30 minutes, police knocked on their door and showed them what had happened. Bullets had entered their living room. One was lodged in their television, which kept it from entering their bedroom on the other side of the wall. Another had hit a picture frame. Outside their SUV had sustained damage from a bullet.
Police were marking the evidence in and around their home, which included "many bullets and shells around the side of our house and also in the front," McAlpin said.
"Since then we've just been staying in our kitchen, trying to stay safe. It's overwhelming to us that all of this happened, but we just feel blessed to be safe," the church planter said.
"We know how easily things could have gone poorly for us and we're just thankful for God's grace in protecting us. I don't really know. It doesn't feel real. You never think in your home when you're safe and trying to sleep that bullets are going to come through and that explosions are going to happen."
McAlpin also told Williams, "We're in shock. I haven't been able to go to sleep. We're exhausted. But we've just been trying to share about what happened and even just tell people about the kind of hope that we've found in God during this really dark time."
The couple has plans to move to Los Angeles to plant a church when the internship in Boston is over. McAlpin said they're trying to process what happened overnight and react as they should as Christians.
"[We're trying to] love our own neighbors here and look at this as an opportunity to speak out of our experience to them," he said, adding that as they sit in lockdown at home, he and his wife are praying for law enforcement officials and for Boston.
"We just want this to end. We want life to return to peace as best as it can, but I think a lot of people are going to be struggling with, 'How do we go from this back to what we call normal life?'" McAlpin told Williams.
Stephen and Emily are from St. Louis, and he said on NBC that he moved to Boston to study at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he recently graduated with an M.Div.
"[I] have been working at a local church here called Hope Fellowship and they're training me to learn how to start a church and to share God's love with people," McAlpin said.
"So that's what we're doing in the area for the year, and we're just trying to -- we love the city here and we love to be a part of the area," he said. "Boston is normally such a strong and vibrant place to live and I think moving forward we hope that we can just keep loving people here and challenging people to share in our hope."
As he closed the interview, Williams told McAlpin, "My hat's off to you for the generosity of spirit that I'm hearing in your reaction after what you've been through last night."
According to his Twitter page, McAlpin also was to share his story on CNN Friday and via Skype on NBC's Rock Center at 10 p.m. Eastern.
At one point Friday, McAlpin tweeted, "Thank you Jesus for giving us hope greater than the measly things of this world that we lost today."
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Born September 4, 1951 in El Paso, Texas to Dorothy Lee and Nathan Ivey. From 1965-1968, Judith spent time in Dowagiac, Michigan where she attended Union High School until tenth grade. She graduated from Marion High School in Marion, Illinois in 1970, followed by enrollment at John A. Logan College, and later, Southern Illinois University ... See full bio »
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