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So Good: Lester Young and Billie Holiday
By Mike | January 19, 2012
I've been reading "But Beautiful" by Geoff Dyer, an amazing book about jazz lives. I'm listening along to the chapters, using Spotify and YouTube. Hearing all kinds of amazing musicianship.
Chapter One: I've fallen deep into Lester Young. But check out the expression in Billie's face. Treat yourself to this.
"Fine and Mellow"
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April 6th, 2012 at 11:39 am
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City details plans to beat Brown's effort to 'raid' redevelopment funds
By James R. Riffel
City News Service
San Diego city officials on Tuesday day outlined an ambitious multibillion-dollar plan to sequester hundreds of proposed improvement projects from what they described as a state raid on redevelopment money.
The city wants to approve the projects quickly in case a plan by Gov.Jerry Brown to phase out redevelopment agencies is carried out. Contracts signed before the agencies are eliminated would remain in force.
City Council President Tony Young told reporters the idea was to "put redevelopment dollars out of reach before the state takes it away."
Mayor Jerry Sanders said the proposed projects would "make their communities safer, create jobs and promote economic vitality." All have been publicly vetted, he said.
The 79-page list of projects include more than $1 billion for affordable housing, $1 billion for upgrading infrastructure and $340 million for creating parks and libraries, "the hallmarks of good neighborhoods," Sanders said.
Most of the projects are for a few hundred thousand dollars apiece and involve sidewalk improvements and street lighting in various neighborhoods in the coming years.
Spending for future affordable housing and infrastructure improvements totals $220 million in City Heights; $181 million in areas served by the Southeastern Development Corp.; $176 million in the College Grove/Crossroads area; $162 million in Grantville; $162 million in North Park; and $140 million in San Ysidro.
The spending includes numerous projects envisioned over a period of years, if not decades.
Most of the funding would come from tax revenues generated by previous redevelopment.
Among the big-ticket expenditures are:
– $150 million for environmental cleanup at the Metropolitan Transit System bus yard;
– $120 million to acquire property for downtown parks and open space;
– $107 million over 27 years to develop business along Pacific Highway near Lindbergh Field;
– $94 million to make certain downtown streets friendlier to bicycles, pedestrians and transit;
– $63 million to put new businesses and housing on the site of the Valley View Casino Center, commonly known as the Sports Arena; and
– $57 million for a 1,000-space parking structure at Tailgate Park in the East Village.
The polluted MTS bus yard could be the site of a new stadium for the Chargers, but city officials say the land needs to be cleaned up no matter what ends up there.
The Pacific Highway project is in anticipation of future expansion of Lindbergh Field, which could place terminals or transit facilities on that side of the airport.
City officials credit the redevelopment process, which takes part of the tax proceeds from one project and uses it to fund future construction, with revitalizing downtown and creating affordable housing.
The governor wants cities to use all of the tax income for their stretched general funds.
However, since tax revenues are filtered through Sacramento, local officials do not believe they'll see much of the money.
"What it is really doing is stealing money" so the state government can balance its own deficit-riddled books and "avoid real reform, Sanders
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- San Diego council committee OKs budget priority list
- San Diego water rates to increase by 5.9 percent
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With the New Year, brings New Year's Resolutions.
And at the top of many people's lists, to quit smoking.
Family Physician Kent Lacey says the Regional West Medical Center typically sees an increase in people trying to quit smoking after the New Year.
Lacey says there are many different options to help you quit smoking such as nicotine gum ... patches and medications.
But his number one tip pick a day to kick start your resolution.
"It's always a good idea to pick a certain day as a goal to quit smoking so you look at January first, or an anniversary or a birthday, something meaningful. A day that you can quit smoking that would be worth while for you."
Lacey says he's seen a lot of success stories but the best way to quit is cold turkey.


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Here you will find the connection between Jason Garrett and Dom Capers. Now, we have all heard about the Cowboys taking an interest in Vic Fangio and Greg Manusky, who are both proteges of Dom Capers. No one has been hired yet though.
Dom Capers is in the final year of his contract with the Green Bay Packers, so it is very possible that he could leave them after this season. I read an article stating that the Packers would be willing to just hand the defense over to Winston Moss after this season, who is currently their linebackers/asst head coach. The article argued the case of training Winston Moss under Dom Capers in order for him to take over, which would make a Dom Capers lateral move more likely to become the Cowboys new defensive coordinator.
Garrett is interviewing his proteges, which could mean he is investigating a little bit of Dom Capers. He won't be able to interview him until after the Falcons beat the Packers AGAIN on Saturday (Call me bold if you like). I think this is what JG is waiting for. It is either that or offer Mike Nolan the Assistant Coach position in addition to Defensive Coordinator, which makes it so it is no longer a lateral move and won't need the Dolphins' permission to do so I believe.


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Sergio Martinez-Paul Williams II: No Contracts Exchanged (BoxingScene.com)
Rick Reeno has a lot from the DiBella camp right now. He reported that Peter Manfredo wants Kelly Pavlik, that Andre Berto-Selcuk Aydin discussions have happened (BoxingScene.com) and that, distressingly, talk of a Sergio Martinez-Paul Williams rematch on November 20 may not be as concrete as had been reported before. A source close to Martinez says that the Williams side is "dragging their feet." There's no better fight for either of them right now, and I can only hope both sides realize that.
Maidana, Corley make weight (Fightnews.com)
Marcos Maidana and DeMarcus "Chop-Chop" Corley made weight for their 140-pound fight on Saturday in Buenos Aires.
Keeping Pace: A Look at James Toney vs Randy Couture (The Boxing Bulletin)
Lee Payton examines the Toney-Couture rumble at UFC 118.
Nigerian Nightmare promises sweet dreams for Klitschko (Yahoo! Eurosport)
Samuel Peter has gotten back in shape, had Top Rank rally around a rebuilding of his career, and is very confident going into his September 11 rematch with Wladimir Klitschko. He's calling for an end within four rounds. Last time they met, Klitschko won despite going down three times.
Haye must put up or shut up (The Sun)
Derek Chisora is never one to stay quiet, and he's got thoughts on the ongoing David Haye-Audley Harrison saga. Haye is now being accused of reluctance to sign a finished contract to face Harrison. Says Chisora of Haye: "You are running away from the Klitschko brothers like a thief in the night, and if you can't beat a powder-puff like Harrison, you should pack up."
Luevano Calls it a Day (MaxBoxing)
Steven Luevano quietly retired last week. We talked about it here, and nobody was interested. Steve Kim got in touch with Luevano and got the full story of why he chose to leave boxing at 29. In short, Luevano was released by Top Rank after he'd returned to the gym following a January loss to Juan Manuel Lopez, and it pretty much killed his drive to keep working hard, so he chose to get out instead of fighting on.
Dana White On James Toney: "He Has Fast Hands For A Fat Dude"
Better quote: "If you're a boxing fan, and you've never given us a shot, I think Saturday night's the night." That's from the big boss man himself. He's confident in this card.
"What a nice guy Vitor Belfort is." (Wayne McCullough's Twitter)
In light of all the mouth-breathing sniping about the two sports from its most obnoxious "fans" this week, I was struck by this simple statement. It includes a :) and everything. Why can't we all just...get along?


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Ranch Hand Festival
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CATEGORIES Home Entertainment, Trailers and Clips, Features, Trailers and Clips, CinematicalLast month, word hit that Party Down was being canceled. Though it boasted the likes of Jane Lynch, had guest stints from women like Kristin Bell, had many of its episodes directed by Fred Savage, and was created by a team that included Rob Thomas and Paul Rudd, no one ever heard about it. Starz didn't do very much to get the word out, and after two seasons, the show got the axe.
There's really nothing to compare to the series that saw self-involved actors, dreamers, and writers slumming along in the catering business, but there is a movie that might ease your pain just a little -- The Ten -- written by Ron Donald/Ken Marino, and starring one Paul Rudd.
Another friend-centric production, the comedy takes the Ten Commandments and gives them a unique twist in ten sketches that range from a guy jumping from a plane and being permanently stuck in the ground, to a white woman who tells her two black sons that their dad is Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Winona Ryder falling in love with -- and having sex with -- a ventriloquist's dummy.
As Scott aptly stated in his review: "The Ten is a 'glass half full' experience. While some of the skits yield precisely zero in the laughs department (far as I'm concerned, anyway), a few of 'em hit me square in the funny bone and had me chuckling like a dork." That makes it the sort of film you might be apprehensive about coughing money up for, but luckily it's joined the free realm of flicks over at SlashControl.
So, if you're eager for a little silly humor, and a cast that also boasts Adam Brody, Jon Hamm, Ron Silver, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, Jason Sudeikis, Justin Theroux, Liev Schreiber, Jessica Alba, Oliver Platt, Janeane Garofalo, Rashida Jones, and Rob Corddry ...
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Rushville Republican
The RCHS Band Percussion Ensemble did a great job performing at North Central High School in Indianapolis on Feb. 23 for the annual ISSMA competition. They receiving a Gold rating for their performance which is the 6th consecutive year the RCHS percussion ensemble has received a gold at State. A special thank you to Mrs. Heather Campbell for organizing to directing this great group of students:
The members of that group are: Seniors: Jacob Richardson and Hayley Schwier, Juniors: Drew Asbury, Franklin Sammons, Abby Starkey, and Michael VanSchoyck, Sophomores Allen Best and Brandi Spaeth and Freshmen: Spencer Brown, Sam Harrison, Laura Smith and Sarah Street.


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Police appeal after unprovoked assault
York CID are appealing for information after a man's leg was broken during an unprovoked assault in the early hours of Friday (31 January).
The victim was attacked by two or three men at the junction of Howe Hill Close and Sowerby Road in the city.
The men assaulted the 22-year-old victim with a metal pole and a hammer, leaving him with a bruising all over his body and an open wound where his leg was broken.
The victim was taken to York District Hospital where he is receiving treatment for his injuries.
– Detective Constable John Phillips, York CID
"This was an unprovoked and violent assault which has left the victim with serious injuries.
"It's vital that we find out who is responsible and I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information which could help the investigation to call the police without delay."


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Millions of Girl Scout Cookie packages arrive by the truck loads during National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend
HOUSTON (January 29, 2014) – It's going to be mega weekend for Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council, one of the largest Girl Scout councils in the country. More than 350,000 cases of Girl Scout cookies will hit the streets of Houston just in time to celebrate National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, starting February 7. That's more than four million packages. The world's youngest entrepreneurs-in-training took orders for more than a month as part of the Girl Scout Cookie Program, the largest girl-led business in the world and the country's premier financial literacy program for girls.
On Saturday, February 8, amidst delivery trucks, forklifts and endless rows of cookie cases, volunteers will work their way down a long line of waiting cars as hundreds of Girl Scout troops pick up their cookie orders at Sam Houston Race Park, located at 7575 North Sam Houston Parkway West, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
"Each year members of our local community look forward to receiving America's favorite cookies, and we are truly grateful for the support they have given us," said Mary Vitek, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (GSSJC). "For decades, the Cookie Program has taught girls important life skills, including money management, decision making, people skills, goal setting and business ethics."
Parents and local volunteers will line up to pick up their cases of cookies that will then be deliveredto customers eagerly awaiting the arrival of their purchases. Those who haven't put in orders still have time to satisfy their cookie craving as the sale ends March 30.
Girl Scouts of the USA has declared February 7-8 National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, a special time for Girl Scouts and Girl Scout supporters to share with the community the importance of the Cookie Program, the skills girls learn and the impact those who participate make in our communities.
Beginning February 21, girls will begin selling cookies at booths located outside of grocery stores and other local retail venues. To find a booth in their area, customers can call 1-888-GS-COOKIE or enter their zip code in the Cookie Booth Finder App downloaded from iTunes or Google Play.
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization for girls, with a membership of more than 3.2 million girls and adults. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Chartered by GSUSA to provide Girl Scouting locally, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is the second largest Girl Scout council in the country serving more than 62,000 girls and 19,000 adults in 26 southeast Texas counties.
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I think I hate running in hot weather more than anyone I know. However, I was not going to let anything get in the way of the first of two peak weeks before taper. Not even this...
|historical weather aka heatpocalypse 2011
|packet of salt FTW!
Tuesday: 6.5 miles (warm up, 5X600, 1200, 4X600, 1200, cool down)
Wednesday: 11 miles
Thursday: 5.5 miles (1/2 mile warm up, 4 mile tempo, 1 mile cool down)
Friday: rest!
Saturday: 22 miles
The first 11 miles I was a pace leader for the 8:30 min/mile group in the NYRR Long Training Run. Due to the extreme conditions we were instructed to run up to 30 seconds slower. At 7am when the run started it was already 83 degrees! The second 11 miles I sped up the pace. By the time I finished a little over 3 hours later it was 90 degrees!!! Amazingly despite the hills (4 loops in Central Park!) and the heat, I felt strong. Long runs were always some of my favorite runs and what I excelled at but I seemed to have lost it this training cycle. However, between my good 21 miler two weeks ago and this run I think I have gained my confidence back. Yay!
|I made the NYRR gallery for the first time :)
Sunday: 6 miles recovery
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Hillary Clinton 'can''t resist' White House run: Ed Rendell
Submitted by Jamie Williamson on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 05:30
Washington, Aug 16 (ANI): Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has said that he does not believe that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is ready to retire from public life without putting an effort towards becoming 'the first American female president in history'.
"I think, and this is just my thinking, that if she leaves after the president's first term is over and she leaves and she teaches, does something like that, and rests, I think the possibility of being president and being the first woman president in history would probably be too much for her to resist," Politico quoted Rendell, as saying.
"Her life is public service, that's all she cares about, and I dont think she's ready to retire," he added.
Although Rendell, one of the Clintons' loudest political supporters, has not heard of any indication from the Secretary of State or former President Bill Clinton that she has any intention of making another run for president, he is hopeful that she would take up the challenge in 2016.
"She is of a mind not to do it now. But I tell people I think it's because she's tired. There's probably no tougher job physically than secretary of state, because you're traveling constantly. At this point it's very difficult for her to focus on anything other than doing her job. It's going to be Hillary Clinton in 2016," he added.
Rendell said that there is a core group of 2008 Hillary Clinton supporters, who call themselves "The Last of the Mohicans", still want her to be the president, but it all depends on Clinton when she takes the call. (ANI)


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I've never been this sore in my entire life.
It's almost been a week since I started my BJJ journey. Since last thursday, I've taken 4 classes - 3 Gi and 1 No-Gi. All 4 of them have been amazing, and I've learned so much that I have to write this Fanpost or I'll end up forgetting what I learned. In short, I know way more defense then I do offense (which is normal from what I'm told) and I've been humbled by two and three stripe white belts in every single class. I love it! It seems like the two major BJJ instructors at OAMA are Matt "The Hammer" Hache, a 2 stripe brown belt and highly decorated BJJ practitioner who has defeated the likes of Miguel Torres and Ryan Hall. Hammer is also 1-0 in MMA with a 35 second submission win. The other instructor is Mark Holst (who I mentioned in my other post). Mark is a purple belt in BJJ, and trains wrestling with GSP andhis crew in Montreal quite often. I should note that Pat Cooligan is the head BJJ guys at OAMA (He's a black belt) but I'm pretty sure he doesn't teach the lower level classes.
Friday night was my first No Gi class which was taught by Mark Holst. I had no idea what to expect as it was my first No Gi class, but I was pumped. Mark showed us some wrestling tricks that GSP taught him including how to secure a single leg TD and transition into a double leg if the single wasn't working. I've never wrestled before so that whole lesson was totally new to me. The takedowns we learned were all about change of direction to keep your opponent off balance. I also learned the proper way to escape side control that night, which came in handy during the live drilling, which went much better then my first class. I was able to hold mount, learned how to flatten my opponent out and how to control his legs with mine. That one technique made my life much easier.
I took the weekend off to let my body get some much need rest, but man did I miss training! I practiced shrimping in my apartment all weekend, and I successfully tricked my cat into thinking that a new animal had moved in. I must have been doing it right because she kept trying to "cat-box" with me everytime I did a shrimp. What I didn't take into account was the amount of rug burn I was going to get from practicing that way, but oh well. What's another bruise when you already have 40 of them, am I right?
Monday night saw me in my 2nd Gi class, but my first wearing an actual gi. Holy crap those things are hot! Seriously, whoever invented a gi never took into account that a BJJ room is basically a sauna by the end of the class. On monday we were being taught by Hammer, who showed us some cool tricks about how to secure a triangle. The first trick was to open your hips on the opposite side, baiting the guy on top to try and pass. When he goes for that, you resist with the outside leg, pull him in close, lock up the scissor/triangle, re-adjust to get the angle and secure the choke and voila. What if the guy on top sees you trying to bait him and just grabs your leg to pass? Post your leg, shrimp out to the opposite side to create space, kick his arm off your knee, pull him close and repeat the steps from above. It sounds confusing writing it out, but it works well. That night I was drilling with a 3 stripe white belt, and I actually held my own. After class he asked me how long I'd been training, which I replied "3 days". His reaction? "Whoa". I guess that means I'm progressing.
Last night was my 3rd Gi class and we were being taught by Mark Holst. He showed us some standing underhook drills (I managed to get double underhooks and keep them! Big confidence boost there). He also showed us a great move that he was taught by Reylson Gracie. Basically if you are in full mount top and your opponent is hugging you to stop punches or whatever, you post your leg on the opposite side that your opponent's head is on. It opens him up for a straight armbar, which if he denies by bending his arm you can transition very easily into a deadly kimura. If you happen to get bucked off, you can acutally hold the kimura, clear your other leg and roll into another kimura/armbar from side control. Very slick and very cool move. In my drilling last night, I was paired up with the guy I trained with in my first ever class. He went 100% on me, and it showed. When I was in mount top he swept me like a broom. When I was side control top, he was getting back into his guard at will. Mount bottom I faired a bit better, I managed to get him into my side control where I just hung on for dear life. Side control bottom was a different story. He kept putting me into a Kesa-Gatame and I had no idea how to get out of it. Not only had I never been taught how to escape, but I was exhausted by this point in the class. It was frustrating, but as Hammer said to me after class "you're gonna have night like this". I asked Mark to show me the escape from the Kesa-Gatame after class and he happily obliged. Now I know what I was doing wrong, and I'll be prepared for my next encounter with the ever annoying Kesa-Gatame.
My overall impressions after week 1 is that BJJ and OAMA are amazing. They easily have the best instructors in the city, and they are always willing to show you things after class, before class, during class, whenever. I already feel like I'm part of the OAMA family, and I'm loving every second of my training. I won't be able to attend another class until Monday (work gets in the way of fun) but I'm looking forward to it. The only downside? My shoulder/upper arms are no longer white, but a nice shade of purple and yellow.
So if you are reading this and wondering if you should start BJJ, the answer is yes x100. I'm been through some crazy workouts in my life for basketball clubs across Canada, the US and Europe, but none of them hold a candle to the workout I get from BJJ. That alone is worth the price of admission. Until next time, keep shrimping!


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Maryland is now expressing interest in 2012 point guard Trey Dickerson of Price HS (CA) - Garret Tucker
This was just re-tweeted by Matt Bracken so I think it holds weight. Garrett Tucker is actually a student who covers Kentucky Basketball for NationOfBlue.
There is rivals eval of Dickerson. Thank GOD!!!! A PG with interest from San Diego State, WVU, Seton Hall, UNLV, Washington, Memphis, etc. I thought for a moment we had another unranked player we were recruiting.... well actually we are. WTF IS GOING ON?
Here is scouts eval:
Apparently he is a GA Tech Lean at the moment according to a blurb on Scouts page. Not sure.
Between him and Cassell, I think that I would rather have Cassell. What is everyone thinking?
Here is a Blog Q&A with him:
PUMPED FOR SAT. And Im hoping someone can confirm that the Twins will be on campus next weekend with Shaq.
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Relatively reputable sources say that the Cards are in negotiations with the Marlins for Dontrelle Willis. You can read about the supposed offer at Viva el Birdos: apparently it's Reyes, Rasmus, Duncan (the player, not the coach), and a somewhat marginal AA pitching prospect for Willis.
Who knows what's really going on, but I think the Sox could actually beat that package. McCarthy, Fields, Broadway, and another marginal prospect would best the StL offer on my XBox.
Dontrelle's numbers aren't great this year, but it looks like he's available. Any opinions on if the Sox should try and get him if the cost is what the rumor says?


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ALEXANDRIA — John Dockrey says rural America is dying.
The CEO and owner of What's Up 24/7, a free social calendar, said it was the realization that small communities are struggling that inspired the creation of his business.
"We sit at home watching reruns and saying there is nothing to do," Dockrey said.
There is a breakdown in communication between businesses, organizations and their communities, he said. The biggest problem is an overwhelming number of community calendars that offer only regional or local events.
"Every time you draw a line around it, you are done," Dockrey said.
That's why What's Up 24/7 is a calendar without boundaries.
What's Up 24/7 lists community and event calendars into a single database, creating one site for people to visit for information on events in their neighborhood or anywhere in the United States. The site is easy to navigate, providing an easily searchable format that can target the communities the user wants to see.
The format is also easy for the businesses using the calendar to upload their events.
Robert Anders, chapter chair of SCORE, previously known as the Service Corps of Retired Executives, has posted several events on the What's Up 24/7, including a fall workshop.
"It's pretty user friendly," said Anders. "Not only is it good for us, I think it is going to be great to have in the community."
Dockrey said his calendar can be personalized to an individual user specification and it allows people to find everything in one place.
The shrinking rural communities that inspired Dockrey to create What's Up 24/7 are also reflected in 2012 census estimates showing a population shift in one of every three counties as older generations pass away and younger generations gravitate toward metro areas.
Prior to his new company, Dockrey owned his own mortgage company from 1998 to 2007. When the economy bottomed out, he had to close his business.


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Stated by Neil Moffit (Godskitchen, Inc.) as �the DJ to look out for,� Faarsheed has proven to be a solid fixture in the dance music world. In 2006/2007, Faarsheed was voted into the DjMag Top250 Dj elite in the world, and continues to make his stamp in the dance music scene with his dedication & hard work. Graduating from UNLV with a bachelors in computer science & a minor in mathematics in 2001, with the degrees out of the way, he immediately turned his attention to his lifetime passion...music. He began playing major events with Spundae, Las Vegas & Los Angeles in 2001, and from there, he worked his way up to become part of the prestigious Godskitchen & Ice, Las Vegas family, and a permanent fixture as a Godskitchen/Ice resident in Las Vegas. Completing his ICE residency (with the closing of ICE), & his 1 year afterhours residency at Late Night Empire, Faarsheed then began taking his show on the road touring most of the major cities throughout North America: Miami, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Washington DC, Dallas, Detroit, Scottsdale, & more...as well as countries like Brazil (Sao Paolo), Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Australia, Spain (Ibiza), Dubai, Bahrain, Egypt....& clubs like Space, ICE, Godskitchen, Avalon, Ruby Skye, Vanguard, Cielo, Jet, Vessel, Nikki Beach, Prive, Giant, Spundae, Nocturnal, Set, Passion, Pacha & more�and the demand grows with every performance. Faarsheed�s acute ear for a tune, rigorous work ethic, programming skills, crowd recognition, and a technical ability that is second to none, have led him through a consistent climb approaching new levels in his career. The reason for his successful career thus far is because his of his ability & experience behind the decks as a dj, controlling & pushing the energy of massive crowds, and this translates into the veins & blood of the crowd when you see their faces. But dont take it from us, go see him live for yourself, watch & listen as he takes you on a journey through all kinds of house music for 6+ hours, seamlessly transitioning through different styles, & properly building the night to climax just at the right time....once you do that, then you will see what all the hype is about.
With many years of experience & club/crowd knowledge behind his belt at a young age, Faarsheed decided to started his own night in Las Vegas in 2007, called �3400� Mondays at JET Nightclub. In its first year, the night was voted �Best House Music Night� in Las Vegas, with the decks handled by Faarsheed & good friend, Chris Garcia, as well as guest djs like Tiesto, Dubfire, Sharam, Deadmau5, Paulo Mojo, MstrKrft, & many more who regularly stop through the party. Within a year, the night quickly became known as the best Monday night in dance music in the nation. Besides running a successful night, 2008 was a year of many productions and relentless studio time for Faarsheed, which has resulted in many of his own original productions & remixes being picked up on labels like Pacha Recordings, Whoop!, & more. In May of 2009, Faarsheed launched his new Podcast show on iTunes and Bia2.com called "Faar & Wide," which showcases many of his own tracks & edits as well as other producers who he respects. Many of his own original tunes, remixes, & bootlegs are now being thrown into the playlist rotation of many of the worlds� most well known djs/producers. His single, �3 Years Later� was released by Pacha Recordings in October 2008, & has seen major support from the industry's best already, including Ferry Corsten, who placed 3 Years Later as the 1 track in his Top Ten Countdown. And his latest releases in 2009 are being champed by Tiesto, Sharam, Dean Coleman, Sander K, PVD & many more. Like Motivation, which is being heavily supported by Tiesto on tour as well as on his clublife radio show.
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The Subway Commonwealth Games announced several new exciting things are being added for this year's 24th annual event, which is put on by Virginia Amateur Sports.
This year there will be five sports with divisions for veterans: track and field, bowling, shooting, 5K, and archery. Veterans will be able to participate in three divisions: general, veteran, and disabled veterans.
"It will broaden the ways our veterans can get out and be physically fit and be active in the community," said Matt Wade, the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program regional director. "It will also be a good way for our veterans to network with one another and get out and show they've served the country. It's the least we can do to honor what they've done for us."
There are nearly 900,000 veterans in Virginia. 101,000 veterans live in southwest Virginia.
2008 Olympic silver medalist and fencer Tim Morehouse will be this year's guest of the games.
Nine new events are also being added, including Crossfit, a strong man competition and cornhole. Veteran events are expected to expand in coming years.
The games run from July 19-21 and bring an estimated economic impact of $3 million.
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Trails and greenways provide both recreation and transportation opportunities for area residents as well as for tourists.
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Since our founding in 2006, FNTG has raised more than $25,000 to help support trail design, construction, and improvements.
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It was during the World Series of 1946 that Major League Baseball and more specifically the Stl. Cardinals caught my attention. Before then there were only a few players that I could name, like Ted Williams, Joe Di Maggio, Stan Musial and of course Marty Marion. I had his name on my glove and here he was playing in the World Series. I did not know I had such an important glove. I showed it around proudly to anybody I could interest.. but of the few players I had previously known plus, a whole new cast of characters that had been leashed upon me through the broadcasts of the World Series, It was the name Stan Musial that fascinated me the most. It had a clever, musical ring to it. Kind of like a soft chime. Why couldn't I have been lucky enough to have a Stan Musial glove to show around.
It is always warm and pleasant in the Carolina's in the Fall.. and '46 was no different. As I rode up and down the streets of my village delivering my papers, the radio broadcast of the World series blasted from the porches and houses of the little town. I did not pay it that much attention for the first couple of games until I noticed how much of a topic it had become among the older kids and adults around me and then I began to listen more as I delivered my afternoon papers. You were never out of hearing distance from the radios in the houses at any point on the route. I had never heard a broadcast of a baseball game of any kind before and at first my concentrations had been only of trying to catch Stan Musial and Marty Marion at bats. Musial for obvious reasons but for Marion, I just wanted to know more about this guy whose glove I had. (I was still just a dumb kid you know) but I was more versed and into the games by the 6th and 7th game and I do remember some of the details of those games; Particular the famous mad dash from first to home on a single, by Enos Slaughter, as it was talked about in the days that followed so much and shown in news reels at the movies so much till I can still see it vividly in my mind today. By the way, his rounding third and heading for home is the most beautiful part of that play.
At this time I was still living in the small Mill town I wrote so much about in Part 1. I was a newspaper delivery boy. I delivered the Greenville,(SC) Piedmont, an afternoon paper that was more popular in the village than the Greenville News morning paper. This was because the later edition had all the box scores and rundowns of ML games, including those that were missing in the morning edition because of it's earlier press time. If you wanted a Cardinal box score when they were playing in St. Louis, you had to wait for the afternoon Piedmont.. And this was important to a lot of people, because some of the first things I learned when I entered this new found world of Fandom was that: A lot of people could not get through the day without knowing exactly what had happened the previous day by their favorite teams in the Majors and I was often enough greeted by someone sitting on the front porch waiting for my delivery with a gruff, 'where you been boy, bring me that paper.' Also I learned rather quickly that the Yankees were hated (though Babe Ruth was loved), and other than Williams, the Red Sox were scowled upon in general, mainly because they seemed to fall on their ass and roll over against the odious Yankees so much.
Many or most were Cardinal fans, with a scattering of Cub fans and then there were those that 'kinda' keep up' as it was often described, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves because there were some "good ole Southern boys on them teams." As you can see, I was not brought up in the most cultured of social circles.
Odd how people knew so much about something they had never seen or would probably never get a chance to see. There were no National broadcasts of ML baseball and there were no radios capable of picking up any team's local broadcasts. Only once a year were you able to tap into the live action of this fantasy world afar, but you knew how it was played and how enjoyable was the atmosphere of just sitting in a ballpark on a cool summer night and relaxing to the sights and sounds around you, so I guess people just were able to capture some of this magic by just reading brief accounts and studying the box scores of these games. I know that's what I did. I have always heard it said that baseball is a game of statistics and that's half the pleasure of the game and I guess this is so.
Not long after the series, I spotted a copy of The Sporting News on the magazine rack in the village ice cream parlor/magazine stand. A large full color photo of Enos Slaughter sliding across home plate graced the front page of the paper. This caught my eye and I scratched my usual purchase of a couple of comic books and bought it instead. That was really when I became a Cardinal fan, those Cardinal uniforms with the Redbirds on yellow bats, just dazzled me.
For those not familiar with The Sporting news of that day. It was the baseball Bible of the world. It said so right on the front page, right under the title and before the publisher's name: J. G. Taylor Spink, St. Louis, Mo. I always thought that was the silliest name. Anyway, in that day, no other sports were covered except baseball, zip, zero none, just baseball. It was sized and formatted kind of like for example. The National Inquirer would look today, only thicker.
The next section had all the box scores for Major league games for the week. Big box scores, more complete than normal with separate columns for a number of other things like put outs and assists, strike outs. Also it contained several pages of large printout of players batting averages and pitching records of both leagues for the season. This first section I always read several times but this section I studied.
The next section covered the minors and it featured a few write ups on minor leaguers that might be doing exceptionally well in addition to box scores of all AAA games and AA games. A printout of the top 20 batting and pitching averages was also included, plus the standings for the leagues. The A leagues and lesser leagues just had the standings, line scores and top ten batting averages and pitching averages. There was just too many leagues to cover.
The Sporting news was a great publication in it's heyday. I was saddened when it had had to abandon it's baseball only covererage and even more dissapointed when in it's latter days I began to see it in a magazine format on news stands. It and Smith and Street's baseball annual were my mainstays in keeping up with baseball. There was a time between 1948 and 1952, when I graduated from HS, that I could quote you the age, BA, RBI, ERA, WL or any vital stat. of any player in either league. I didn't know anything about sabre stats back then, if I did, I guess I'd a gone crazy.
The years 1947 thru 1949 were heatbreakers for me, especially 1949. The roster of the '46 team remained pretty much intact thru '49 as for as the mainstays with only a minimal additions and loses, but finished 2nd in close races all three years: to Brooklyn in '47 due Mainly to staff ace Howie Pollet having a down year and pitching with a sore arm most of the year and aging and ailing Terry Moore missing a lot of games near the end of the year.In '48 the Cardinals finish 2nd again in a tight race, this time to the Braves. It was the same old stuff. Pollet made a partial comback, winning 13 games but Murray Dickson, a mainstay of the staff, slumped to a 13-16 WL record. This was due mainly to a terrible bull pen that let a lot of Dickson's leads get away.
Then came '49: By this time I was really into the Cards because sometime in 1948, Gordon Mc Lendon, a radio pioneer and innovator had come up with the brilliant idea that somehow involved the process of 'recreating' live broadcasts of ML games. Of course I could care less about the recreation of the games, to me, they were live enough and for the first time in my life, I could kick back in a front porch rocker and with a radio in a window and enjoy My Cardinal's in live action. That was when I could get out of helping my dad around the farm, he always told my Mom I was nothing but a lazy ass and he would just as soon do it by himself, which suited me fine if it conflicted with my Game of the Day broadcasts.
Mc Lendon, or The Old Scotsman, as he liked to call himself on air, was a great baseball announcer and he must have been a Cards fan because it seemed there were more Cards' broadcasts than others. Mc Clendon's newly formed, Liberty Broadcasting Network was a huge and immiediate success, with stations all across the country signing up almost daily to carry his Game of the Day broadcasts. I always liked the way he opened his broadcasts with something like: "Good afternoon baseball fans across America. This is the old Scotsman, Gordon Mc Lendon with today's game from Sportsman Park in St. Louis, Mo. where by 'wire report' we bring you today's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers..and after this important message, we'll be right back with today's starting line ups." Of course the important message was a lengthy string of commercials but the 'wire report.' Go figure.
However, What process Mc Lendon was using to present these games did not have the blessings of Major League Baseball obiviously, and must have been illegal, or at least MLB thought so, because reports began to surface that MLB was sueing or threaten suit
To be more specific about what the Old Scotsman had done, it was this: He had started broadcasting through some kind of recreation proceedure, ML games from three locations. New York, Stl louis and Chicago, covering the home games of the Giants and Dodgers, Cardinals and Browns and Cubs and Sox. Mc clendon himself, usually announced the Cards, Browns, Sox and Cub games and Lindsey Nelson handled the Giants and Dodgers games in New York. Mc Clendon took the St.Louis and Chicago games himself probably because of the convient and relatively short travel between the two cities.
I was becoming anxious and worried about losing my new everyday afternoons of pleasure but whatever MLB Threatened didn't seem to bother the Old Scotsman none, as every day he was right there on air with his bright and cheerful, 'good afternoon baseball fans across America' opening.
Seems nobody knew exactly how Mc Lendon accomplished his 'recreates' but of the different versions that was spread around, there was one, that made the most sense to me, and that was: Mc Lendon would be off in some motel room in the city where the game was being played..and with a head set equipped radio to his ear, he simply re-reported in his own words what he heard over the team's local radio network. He also had an engineer at his side, monitoring his feed to own lease wire network and the engineer raised lowered pre-recorded crowd noise as needed by the action on the field. It worked, at least for me and a few million more.
Some hypotheses of how Mc Lendon was able to continue his broadcasts were: At that time major league baseball was exempt from all Anti-trusts laws that governed business and commerce in this country and studying the laws, Mc Clendon concluded that by this exemption, their broadcasts were free and public property. The Old Scotsman could have possibly been right because he pushed on until Mutual (one of the four major radio networks) seeing the success of Mc Clendon's network, reached an agreement with MLB and started their broadcasts. Whereas sometimes after, Old Scotsman dismantled his Liberty Broadcasting Network and headed back to Texas to manage his radio stations there..and some say, with a boatload of money from the other two parties just get out of the game
This is all just conjecture though, on mine or anybody else's part. It was all settled quitely and nobody really knows for sure what happened. But the Old Scotsman knows.
Although I was able to follow baseball by radio as early as the late forties, I had never seen a televised game until the 1950 world series. I had seen a few exhibitions games, but that was the extent of it. Back then, teams broke camp in Florida earlier than now and usually spent at least the last week playing games throughout the South on way back North for their season openers. Usually the teams would make certain to play games in the home towns of their minor league affiliates. Columbia, SC at the time, was a Class A farm club of the Cincinnati Reds and I always made sure to attend those games. In 1952, The Reds played the Cardinals there and it was my first chance to see My Cardinals in live action.
It was a sceduled one o:clock game and I knew the gates would be open early and the Cardinals (as they were the visiting team) would be on the field by ten so I wanted to beat that time. When I got into the park a few minutes before ten there were probably over a couple hundred people already there.. but no Cards. A few Cincinnati players were on the field mingling around the stands and signing autographs for kids. It wasn't too long though before I saw the wagon gate down by the left field bullpen open and you could see the Cardinals players filing off the bus with their tote bags strung over their shoulders. Some of the crowd, that had been steadily growing, rushed down to the end of the grandstand for a closer look, but I was just past the 3rd base dugout only about 4 rows up and I held my ground, not wanting to lose my seat right at the end of the Cardinal dugout.
I began trying to identify them one by one as they got closer and I was looking especially for Musial, Schoendienst and Slaughter. I spotted Musial first. He was strolling alongside Del Rice, the Cards catcher and they were laughing and chatting together but occasionally, Musial would turn and acknowledge some fan than that yelled a remark to him with big grin and a wave. He was wearing his now famous red blazer with black tie and slacks and Del Rice, along side him, was wearing a black double breasted suit, which I thought was kind of odd.
I had been so ingrossed in watching Musial so much as he made his way into the clubhouse that when I turned back around there was the Ole Redhead right down in front of me, walking along side some older guy I didn't recognize. Must be a coach, I surmised. Then somebody behind me yelled 'hey Country' and then I realized it was Slaughter. He looked older than I'd thought and a little 'stoop sholdered.. but back to Del Rice and his double breasted black suit.
Players back then didn't dress as casual as players now when they traveled. They almost always wore suits, conservative but non the less, fine suits. They knew they were the best of the best and dressed to show it. Besides merchants and clothiers often presented watches and clothes to players as prizes for their accomplishments, like player of the game etc. and players often shared or gave away these prizes to each other. Musial alone, had probably won enough suits to clothe the whole ballclub. Bet that's how Del Rice got that black double breasted suit.
In about a half hour, when the Cardinal players started straying back out on the field for batting practice, Musial came back out and was standing behind the cage and mingling with some of the other players while waiting his turn. About a dozen kids accompanyed by their fathers gathered down by the fence at the end of dugout below me and started yelling to Musial for autographs. Musial, hearing them, trotted over with his bat in hand and started signing their programs and other stuff they were poking at him.
This lead to another eight or so kids rushing down also. They were not far from me, just to my right and a short distance down the isle. I got up and wandered down; not to get an autograph, I was a senior in high school and autographs were for kids I thought and besides I didn't have anything for him to sign. I just wanted to get closer to Musial and to hear more clearly what he was saying to the kids as he signed.
Everybody was so polite and orderly and as each kid got his autograph they were led back away by their fathers. With the group growing smaller, I unconsciously kept inching closer until when the last kid got his autograph signed and moved away, There he was, just me and The Man. I had become so engrossed I did not realize I was standing only a few feet away from Musial
I will never forget this next moment, As when the last little boy excitedly trotted away with his treasure, suddenly there was Stan The Man, almost right in front of me. That moment to me was like slow motion and I'll try to describe it that way: Musial looked up at me and smiled, then glanced down at my hands and quickly back to my face. He saw no pen or paper and for a fleeting instant I saw a quizzical look on his face. I could read his mind; It said, 'You didn't come for an autographn son.' For moment I was frozen but quickly recovered and returned Musial's smile. He returned it with a big grin and with a little half wave and half tip of the cap and trotted back to the batting cage.
A few more interesting things about this eventful day were; as game time was approaching the people just kept poring in until the stands were full to capacity and with no seats or standing room left.. but the flow of people never ceased and the bullpen gates were opened and the crowds spilled out onto the field along the sidelines and even onto the playing field. When the game started there were people lined at least four deep along the outfield wall from foul line to foul line. I was confused by all of this, how could this happen. I came to see a ballgame and how could you play a game under these conditions. But you know it worked out pretty well and really became a pleasure to see a ball hit deep out to Musial or Slaughter and to see the crowd give way for the catch to be made.
Without having seen him, one of the things that a person might not realize about Musial is, the ease, style and grace by which he played the game. Though not possessing the speed of a Flood or Brock, it was not uncommon for him go streaking across the outfield to make a nice running catch or to turn his back on a hard hit ball to left and pull down a ball off the wall. Musial made several catches, in this game that you would rate as good or nice, but none the less, brought the house down with applause because it was Musial.
Early in the game, somebody hit a big towering fly ball to left that looked like it might go out but Musial turned his back and started waving his arms to the fans along the left field wall to scatter and give him room for the catch. He then drifted back into the crowd and made the catch with his back just off the wall.
The crowd went crazy and the fans in left were all over Musial with pats on the back and several women trying to hug him and you could see that Stan enjoyed it because he made no effort to shy away or return to his position for a minute or two. You could see him with a big grin on his face intermixing with the crowd. The plate umpire just stepped aside, pulled off his mask, signaled time and gave Stan and his fans the time needed and the other player just relaxed and watched the celebration going on.
In my opinion, nobody that I ever saw, possesed the magnetism or played the game with more confdence than Stan Musial: Not Williams, not DImaggio, not Aaron, nor Mays and this must have been the day that the GOB's blessed Musial with the opportunities to do what he enjoyed the most, play his best and please a crowd because several innings later a soft sinking liner was hit out to left and musial raced in, dove for the ball, caught just off the ground, rolled over into forward somersault and back on his feet to show the ball. Same thing again: crowd goes wild, time called, big celebration..
Though it dazzled the crowd, Musial's daring dive did not shock me that much because I had read that he would do that on occasion during the season in a game that wasn't close and he was pretty sure he get to the ball. The rollover was something he had down pat, just like Ozzie's back flip. You could actually tell Musial was pumped by the reception of the large turnout as you could see him laughing and chatting between pitches all during the game with the crowd. and between innings he would always manage a couple autographs both when leaving and coming back on the field for the next.
He also had a good day offensively with a sharp single to right in his first at bat and a line drive double that shot past the outfielders and into the crowd at the wall in right center.. One more time: Crowd goes wild, ump calls time, big celebration.
I cannot tell you the score of that game or won it. I can't even remember what Slaughter or Schoendienst did, Stan Musial stole the show..nor can I recall who all pitched for the Cards that day; I was so overwhelmed by Musial. The only other thing I can remember for sure from that day is that Solly Hemus hit two home runs, both right down the right field foul line and little Harvy Haddix pitched an inning in that game.
All and all, it was the greatest day of my young life and the only time I ever got to see The Man play in person. I'm glad that it was only an exibition game that I got to see him in because he was so loose and vibrant that he took the time to show that huge crowd in Columbia,SC what he could do.. and a good time that day was had by all.
In closing this composition of recollections from a number of years as a baseball fan. Let me state that this is first what I am: A fan of the game itself and my object here was to write a short narrative about what I've learned and seen (and offer something that the reader might not know) involving the evolution of the game in the years I have followed it.. but when taking up a task like this you invariably encounter a lot of indecisions like; Is this really important enough to include, am I boring the reader with too much detail about an already dull subject? Or you look at the list of things you made out to write about and you realize you can't cover them all without getting too lengthy so you just pick and choose what is the most important to tell but may not be the most interesting and entertaining to present.
Like the segment on the Sporting News, pretty dry stuff but important because of the popularity and growth it created for Baseball. Same with the semi-pro and country leagues, the Mc Lendon story..But you just try to tell it the best that you can..and how you viewed it at the time, as a kid and a teen. I tried to pick the ones that had the most effect on the evolution of the sport. There are others, I would have liked to have covered but the best thing to know when taking on any monumental task is when to stop and that time is now.
However, in the comments section after this is posted, I will leave some things from my notes on this project in the form of tidbits that I just didn't have time to expand on here. These might be of interest to some and you can browse through them if you like. These were mostly just off the top of my head as and I did little research in writing. them. If you find any little inconsistency with fact , like the year you mentioned was wrong etc., It wasn't intentional and feel free to correct. Thanks for reading.


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DREAMSONG - New Satirical Australian Musical to Run from 10 to 20 April
New satirical Australian Musical DreamSong will open for a 10 day season at Theatre Works, St Kilda from 10 to 20 April.
Written by Hugo Chiarella and Robert Tripolino, directed by Dean Bryant (Pirates of Penzance, Next to Normal, The Producers), with choreography by Andrew Hallsworth (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), DreamSong is an irreverent and audacious comedy that investigates questions of faith and spirituality through a wickedly satirical depiction of evangelical populist religion, politics and popular culture and how all of these interweave, set to a pulsing score of Christian pop and soaring power ballads.
The cast features Ben Prendergast (Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Predestination) as Pastor Richard Sunday; Chelsea Gibb (Chicago, The King and I ) as Whitney Sunday - The Pastor's Wife; Emily Langridge (Gypsy, The Pirates of Penzance ) as April Sunday - The Pastor's Daughter; Brent Hill ( The Producers, Rock of Ages) as Jesus Christ; and Connor Crawford (Jersey Boys) as Chris T ; as well as Evan Lever (Moonshadow), and Alana Tranter (Lone Wolves).
The story centres around an evangelical mega church, DreamSong, and its Pastor, Richard Sunday. The church has lost millions in the Global Financial crisis and Pastor Sunday decides to stage the second coming of Christ and market him as a Christian Pop Star, as a way through their money problems.
DreamSong was first work-shopped and developed at the VCA in 2010 with a cast of thirty. It has been further workshopped, rewritten with a reduced cast of eight, and in 2012 performed a two week development workshop followed by a four night presentation at The Arts Centre Melbourne to overwhelming audience response. DreamSong is a satirical look at how the human desire to believe in something makes us vulnerable to manipulation and corruption.
Venue: Theatre Works, St Kilda (14 Acland St, St Kilda)
Dates: 10th April - 20th April (not Mondays), Preview 10th April
Tickets: $35 Full, $30 Conc, $25 Preview
Times: Tuesday - Saturday 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.00 pm, Sun 5.00 pm
Bookings: 03 9534 3388, http://www.theatreworks.org.au/


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James and Gladys Kemp Lisanby Museum
Located in the lower level of the Festival Conference and Student Center in room 1108, the James and Gladys Kemp Lisanby Museum houses rotating exhibits drawn from the Madison Art Collection. The Lisanby is open during the fall and spring semesters Monday through Friday from 10am-4pm.
Charles Lisanby is predominantly known as an Emmy Award-winning set designer for American television and theater, pioneering techniques and structures of scenic design still used to this day. However, Lisanby was just as skilled in other areas of expertise, especially the sphere of fine arts. His finest works focused on the Spanish matador, specifically illustrating the matadors role as the ultimate definition of masculinity. Charles Lisanby's paintings of Spanish matadors depict the vigor and grace of the matador, illustrating his own idyllic vision of masculinity during the 20th century. His interest and research on Spanish matadors further served his career as a set designer, influencing his costume design for Spanish flamenco dancers.
Did Rembrandt belong to the Mennonite Community? This exhibit explores his connections to Amsterdam's diverse Protestant, Jewish, and Mennonite groups. Artworks and early books are on loan from private collections, the National Gallery of Art, and Eastern Mennonite University.
This exhibit showcases Charles Lisanby's first professional commission for the Frairs Club of New York. It was this mural that prompted Ralph Levy to hire Charles Lisanby to design teh set for the first non-news broadcast Billy the Kid, which aired on American television in 1948.
This exhibit focuses on the role of iterative processes, such as storytelling, in Shenandoah Valley folklife in connection to the works of John L. Heatwole, a Valley native and artist. Heatwole carved pieces and shared stories that reflected Valley folk culture. Each of his works hark back to a particular 19th century tradition, role in society, or superstition. Even in his staining technique, Heatwole utilized the methods of period artisans. As a result, he became the Valley's contemporary minstrel through sharing his own portrayals of folk culture and lore.
Dates: 1/23/2012 - 3/2/2012
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State opens emergency flood center
ST. PAUL -- The state Emergency Operations Center opened today as flooding begins in southern Minnesota, with problems expected to move north in coming weeks.
Failure to register charged against sex offender
The Dakota County Sheriff's Office has charged Judson Paul Engelking, 21, no permanent address, with one count of failure to register as a predatory offender – change of address.
Third person guilty in AmericInn robbery
A third person, Ebony Rochelle Black, 22, no permanent address, has pled guilty in the Jan. 20 armed robbery at the AmericInn Inn Hotel in Hastings. On Tuesday, March 22, Black entered the guilty plea to an amended charge of simple robbery (aid and abet). Her sentencing date is scheduled for Tuesday, May 3.
As water rises, bridge work in the river ceases
Earlier this month, there were reasons for the contractors working on the new Hastings bridge to be optimistic. While predictions called for the possibility of significant flooding, the weather was cooperating and it looked possible that a devastating flood was going to be averted. That optimism was thrown out the window this week.RELATED CONTENT
Prescott teachers grant concessions
The Prescott teachers granted the school district over $500,000 in concessions regarding benefits for the 2011-12 contract. The reduction in benefits will help offset funding cuts to the Prescott School District that are proposed in Governor Walker's budget.
Lock and Dam in Hastings prepares for flood; crest now forecast at 20.8 feet
According to National Weather Service forecasts, the Mississippi River is expected to cross into the major flooding stage by this weekend. Predictions say the river will reach 20.8 feet by March 29. At 20.8 feet, portions of Lock and Dam Road will be under water, and those who work at the lock and dam will have to use an alternate route to get to work.
Afton waits, prepares for emergency
Afton City Council declared a state of emergency in advance of anticipated spring flooding at its March 15 meeting. Afton is anticipating a major flood based on National Weather Service projections, Public Works Director Ken Johnson said.
Park batting cage collapses on golfers, causing minor injuries; cage use halted
Park High School in Cottage Grove temporarily suspended use of two indoor batting cages after three student athletes suffered minor injuries Tuesday when one of the cages collapsed.
Flood concerns grow in Newport, as floodwaters expected to spill over levee
With the Mississippi River set to rise rapidly this week, Newport officials are warning that floodwaters appear very likely to spill over an 800-foot-long levee that protects a low-lying neighborhood on the city's west side.
Hastings man pleads guilty in ticket-fixing case
A Hastings man pled guilty Monday to fraud in a ticket-fixing case. Abdulkadir Afrah, 43, is a former senior clerk of court for the State of Minnesota's Fourth Judicial District. He pleaded guilty to failing to provide the state and its citizens honest services by improperly dismissing traffic citations and pocketing associated funds.
Flood preparations continue; sandbagging effort to take place in Hastings on Saturday
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Hudson pastor leaving after taking $10,800 from parish charity account
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People in Hastings remember Dan Carey as one of the best athletes to ever come through the city. He helped the Raiders win a state championship in 1967 and was a first-round draft pick in the Major League Baseball draft. His colleagues at the University of St. Thomas remember Dr. Dan Carey as a leader in the field of health and human performance. His family remembers Dan Carey as a generous man who touched more lives than they could have ever imagined. The operative word here, unfortunately for all those involved, is "remembers." Carey passed away early Saturday morning. He had a rare form of brain cancer.
MnDOT open house on new Hastings bridge is March 31
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The Indulge Los Angeles Chocolate Festival and Pastry Show is here!
Pastry chef Federico Fernandez from the Four Seasons Los Angeles and Alan Semsar from the Festival stopped by Studio 11 LA to show off some of the amazing deserts that are being featured at the fest.
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--Takes place at 1 p.m. Saturday
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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, Apr 16, 2005
Industry & Economy - Personal Products
Big FMCG brands regaining lost ground from low-priced warriors
Sindhu J. Bhattacharya
New Delhi , April 15
THE dominance of a clutch of low-priced challenger brands in the FMCG space could well be on the wane.
After making swift inroads and ruling the market throughout 2003 and early 2004, the price warriors across product categories appear to have relinquished their lead to national players.
This is particularly true if one takes into account only the discount (lower price end) segment in each case.
Take the case of the Rs 2,500-crore oral care market. Brands such as Anchor, Ajanta and Babool - which ruled the discount segment of toothpastes till about 8-10 months ago - have given way to national brands.
Analysts said earlier Anchor and Ajanta accounted for more than 80 per cent of the discount segment in toothpastes, but the Cibaca Top brand from Colgate-Palmolive has eaten into their share, and now accounts for about 50 per cent of this market.
Cibaca Top is now the cheapest toothpaste brand in the market at Rs 21 for a 200-gm tube (Rs 12 for 100 gms and Rs 7 for 50 gms), undercutting even Anchor and Ajanta, which retail at Rs 30 for a 200-gm tube.
Mr S. Raghunandan, Vice-President - Sales at Dabur India Ltd (DIL), told Business Line that Babool, the toothpaste brand owned by Balsara, which DIL acquired recently, also lost ground. "But we are now reworking the entire value proposition of Babool. This means new pricing, improved packaging and fresh communication."
He said DIL's target is to double the sales of Babool within the next two years. Only after Babool has been successfully relaunched will Dabur begin to work on the two other toothpaste brands it acquired from Balsara - Promise and Meswak.
The story appears to be similar for detergents. Mr A. Satishkumar, Managing Director at Henkel Spic, said that the sustained price cuts by national players have put regional ones on the backfoot. He said the share of Henkel's brands in the overall detergent market has been maintained at five per cent throughout 2004 and continues to remain there this year too. "We have not lost market share since we continue to largely maintain prices," he said.
Last year, HLL and Procter & Gamble gave price discounts on their detergent brands to offer a better value-for-money equation to the consumer.
When contacted, the HLL spokesperson declined to comment on the matter. But as per market estimates, Ghadi and Nirma either lost market share or managed to hold, with no gains during the period under review.
Over the last several months, market leaders across each product category have cut prices, spruced up distribution and offered better value-for-money, luring consumers towards their brands. Analysts said that as long as market leaders maintain a grip on the price-value equation, the FMCG consumer will continue to patronise these brands.
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DOVER, Del. - The Central Dover Planning Initiative held a celebration for their official launch on September 16th.
The event, featuring food and entertainment, kicked off at 4:30 PM on Kirkwood Street to inform folks about the next steps for revitalizing the central Dover community. The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is funding the plans, to develop the economic, cultural and historic resources of downtown Dover, to increase business/ job opportunities, and to develop the commercial and residential potential of the Central Dover area.


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PLAINVIEW & LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - There was a lot of damage near Plainview Friday afternoon after a train cut through the trailer of a semi. It happened around noon-time near Azteca Milling.
According to the Plainview Daily Herald, the cab barely made it across the tracks before the train came through. Nobody was injured. But the newly loaded sacks of corn masa spilled everywhere including the rain filled ditches.
A few hours later, traffic in east Lubbock was diverted following a train derailment. Railroad officials responded to the 57-hundred block of MLK. The train only consisted of two locomotives and a car, so it did not take long to clear the scene. No part of the train fell over; but the wheels did come off the tracks. No injuries were reported.
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By Michael Gioia
20 Jun 2011
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Michael Park, currently starring in How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, took home his second Daytime Emmy for his performance in "As the World Turns." Park was honored with the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Jack Snyder. The actor took home the same award last year at the 2010 Daytime Emmy ceremony.
Other notable winners included "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show; there was also a tie between Mehmet Oz ("The Dr. Oz Show") and Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa ("Live with Regis and Kelly") for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
Also, "Yes, Virginia (There's A Santa Claus)," written by Macy's associate creative director Wesley Whatley and creative director Bill Schermerhorn, won the Daytime Emmy for Original Song. "Yes, Virginia" premiered in the 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway performed the song aboard the "Winter Wonderland in Central Park" float, accompanied by kids from the Young People's Chorus of NY.
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Deadly hit and run crash in Lake Worth
LAKE WORTH, Fla. - The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for a white car suspected of being involved in a deadly hit and run crash.
Investigators say the driver of a Chevy pickup truck, Javier Castiblanco-Vargus, 38, died after a white car rear ended the truck, which was heading northbound on I-95 near the 10th Avenue North exit.
The accident happened around 6 a.m. According to Florida Highway Patrol, Castiblanco-Vargus was wearing a seatbelt.
The passenger of the truck was hospitalized with minor injuries.
Troopers say the two men in the truck were headed home from work when the crash happened.
Troopers are now looking for a white car with front-end damage. Anyone with information should contact the Florida Highway Patrol.


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Let Rubina Read this post For you
You tube now improving their recently announced stereoscopic technology,so that user can create and watch 3D movies in YouTube player. Now several 3D videos are uploaded to YouTube ,If you are also interested in creating your own 3D video here is the procedure.
To create 3D movies you required
- Pair of identical camcorders
- Good video Editing software
- 3D glasses to watch result.
Here I listed step by step procedure involved in 3D Movie Creation.
How to Create Youtube 3D videos with 3 Easy step:
Step 1
Take two camcorders and arrange them like a pair of perfectly level eyes, accuracy will increase the quality. Then you have to set up a scene, to be recorded on two cameras simultaneously.
Step 2
Now you have to sync the resulting footage in to your favorite video editing program, placing the two shots side by side in the same frame. The "left-eye" camera video shoot should go on the right-hand side and vice-versa.
Step 3.
At the time of video upload, add the tag yt3d:enable=true. If it's in widescreen, you also need to add yt3d:aspect=16:9. (Credit)
Step 4.
In this step YouTube will analyze the video and make a composite of both sides.
Done! Now view your video through 3D glasses.
If you are not having 3D glasses here is tips to make them easily.
How to make 3D glasses?
- Some ordinary cards.
- Red and cyan gels
- Ruler
- Scissors, Scalpel and some glue.
- First fold the card in half and cut a rectangle shape about the size of your head, and twice deep as your eyes. Then drill a hole to cut marked eye location.
- Cut a single square of each gel, which must slightly larger than the eye hole and two long strips of card about 2-3 cm wide for the arms
- Open the frames and place the lenses such a way that red on right eye and cyan on left.
- Now Put about 1cm of each arm on the sides. Seal like a sandwich. Fold and trim the arms, and carve shapes for your ears and nose.
Here is a video tutorial which will, summerize and help us to make 3D glasses at your home:
Now, if you have followed this Do it yourself video tutorial, you will have your home-made 3D glasses ready in your hand and now it's time to go back to my above ( Create Youtube 3D videos) tutorial, and create one and use this glasses to notice the effect. Anyways, for your reference, here I'm adding couple of popular 3D videos on Youtube, which you can watch and decide if you have made perfect 3D Glasses or not:
Do let us know if you like this simple tutorial or is it too geeky to follow?
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There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in
Mon pays, c'est l'hiver.
this man just became mayor of Toronto. it's strange times everywhere. EDIT. Nov 26 2012. Today Rob Ford was tossed out of office for breaking the law. All Toronto is celebrating
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Pretty colours!
thanks. but would you eat something in those colours?
Weeeeird. Not a fan of fungi myself, but the colours are wonderful and i do love the third shot!
but would you eat something in those colours?
Um, no. I mean, those are exactly the typical colours of those things you're not supposed to eat. But I've seen some chickens with colours like those so... :)
Great series- I love the shapes and colours :)
Wow! Such extraordinary colours and weird alien flesh. Yeah, I wouldn't eat it either ;)
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By Andrew Gans
21 Jun 2010
The six-week limited engagement, directed by Chris Smith with choreography by Vince Pesce, will officially open Aug. 11.
The cast will feature Arnie Burton (The Temperamentals, 39 Steps), Stephanie Pope Caffey (Chicago, Smokey Joe's Cafe) and Robert Hogan (A Few Good Men, HBO's "The Wire") with include Lisa Birnbaum, Ted Koch, Pippa Pearthree and Ben Roberts.
The creative team also includes Bill English (scenic design), Jeff Croiter and Grant Yeager (lighting design) and Rebecca Lustig (costume design).
Producers are BlueRare Productions in association with Aaron Glick and Deborah Taylor.
Show times will be Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday-Friday 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM and 8 PM and Sunday at 3 PM and 7 PM.
Tickets are priced $51.25 and $66.25 for premium seats ($20 student rush) and are on sale now at www.ticketcentral.com or by calling (212) 279-4200.