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In the current tight economic climate, I think it's important to know that a few things in life are still free. Mostly.
A walk through the neighborhood is a great way to enjoy some free entertainment, get a little sunshine and exercise not just yourself, but any dogs you might have. Sitting out in the backyard looking up at the stars? Free, as long as you don't count what you might spend on insect repellent or anti-itch cream for the bug bites you might endure.
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Following in the footsteps of the girls' soccer team, the boys will field a varsity team this fall as well. The girls started a junior varsity squad last fall and will follow with varsity this upcoming school year, while the boys will forgo a JV season and dive headfirst into varsity action Aug. 21 with their first scheduled game at Waggener High School.
Mix hockey, old-school rollerskates, speed skating, grappling, acrobatics and football — throw in a little wrestling, too — and you have one of the fastest growing sports for women in the country known as Roller Derby.
The hits are big and the crashes are jaw dropping, and in between there is some athletic skating as players navigate through all the chaos while bodies continue to hit the deck to the cheers of the crowd.
During the upcoming school year, Eminence High School will hand out the varsity letter E to more than its athletes, EHS Principal Steve Frommeyer said. Now, students who participate in academic competitions will receive the varsity letter as well.
When Greg Woods asked me to go on a 50- to 60-mile bike ride with him and Ricky Drawbaugh last week, I paused and thought about it for a few seconds. I really liked biking, I thought, but I hadn't been on a ride since April. After taking some time away from biking, I was getting used to not having such a sore butt. Plus, I had to work Friday — the day they decided to go touring the county and for some reason wanted my company.
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Four Nashville, Tenn., families are in mourning this week after learning their loved ones were the victims in a fiery crash on Interstate 71 on July 27.
Henry County Coroner Jimmy Pollard said last week that Jackson Scott Harris, 19, Caitlin R. Currey, 18, Caitlin Christine Lee, 20, and Ryan Keith Williams, 19, all of Nashville, were killed in the accident that resulted in I-71's closure.
The Henry County Middle School will hold their "Jump Start" program for all incoming sixth grade students on Thursday, July 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This orientation program includes a walk-through of their class schedule, a supply list, practice opening locker, lunch and much more. Each sixth grade child is strongly encouraged to attend and parents are welcome. Please bring with you your child's updated immunization certificate and 6th grade physical exam form and turn them into the office.
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When Henry County Middle School students walk through the school doors to start the 2008-2009 school year, they'll see a new, yet familiar face.
Zach Woods, who has been second-in-command as the assistant principal of Henry County High School for the last six years, recently was named principal at Henry County Middle School.
Benefit Poker Run for Tyana Smith
A benefit poker run for Tyana Smith will be held on Saturday, August 2. Registration will be from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Hometown Pizza in Eminence at $10 a hand. Ride will begin at 1 p.m. and leave from Hometown parking lot. The first 20 to register will receive a free t-shirt. $10 shirts, 50/50 drawings, Best/Worst Hand and a meal after the ride. Call Renee Shaw at (502) 706-0106, Terry Hefley at (502) 845-4704 or Mitchell Dunavan at (502) 321-8541 to register early or if you have any questions.
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NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH — Prominent Boston criminal defense lawyer James L. Sultan visited the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez Tuesday afternoon amid an ongoing homicide investigation that has embroiled the football player for more than a week.
Sultan is a veteran of several high-profile cases, including that of a former Citibank executive twice convicted in a fatal stabbing Nantucket in 2004. Sultan secured the second trial for the man on appeal. Sultan entered Hernandez's home with another man shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday.

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Making four years worth it
First Year Seminar gives students a meaningful University experience
"In high school, you had time to establish yourself and hold solid leadership positions. The transition took a shot at my confidence, and I kind of lost who I was."
First-year College student Tiffani Kennedy came to college anxious about the transition from high school.
"In high school, you had time to establish yourself and hold solid leadership positions," Kennedy said. "The transition took a shot at my confidence and I kind of lost who I was."
To help calm her nerves, she turned to First Year Seminar — a move she hoped would allow her to connect with more of her first-year classmates. The voluntary discussion-based program aims to help students with this transition in order to make the most of their time at the University.
The program spans five-weeks and meets once a week for two hours at Scott Stadium. Upperclassmen with diverse backgrounds facilitate each discussion.
Fourth-year College student Marymagdaline Onyango is one of the program's leaders.
"First Year Seminar show[s] that there are different paths to be successful at U.Va. and you can forge your own path," Onyango said.
The program discussions cover a wide range of topics, from faculty-student relationships to identity awareness.
"One of the benefits [of First Year Seminar] is what we have in our second week called 'De-stereotype Me,'" Onyango said. "You talk about judgment and identity — how you generalize others and how you generalize yourself."
This exercise made a particular impression on first-year College student Jane Winthrop.
"We learned you can't judge someone just by looking at them, especially in such a diverse community like U.Va.," Winthrop said.
The First Year Seminar program concludes with a panel of fourth-year students who answer anonymous questions. The diversity of facilitators shows first-year participants the diverse range of opportunities offered by the University.
"[College is] really overwhelming at first with all the clubs and stuff," Kennedy said. "Knowing your identity, you have more confidence to branch out, and you're less likely to change your personality to fit in with different groups."


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The blues world works at a different speed than that of pop and rock music, which often yields "one hit wonders" that are in their teens, pop stars that are washed-out and out-of-work by the time they reach 30 years old. In the blues world, however, it can take years, decades even for an artist to really hit their stride and then, once they do, they can keep a career going until the Reaper shouts out "last call," if they so choose. None of this "here today, gone tomorrow" stuff…when you're a bluesman (or woman); you're in it for life....
John Nemeth has been cranking out his own unique vision of soul-blues for better than a decade now, but it's really just been the last few years that he's been grabbing blues fans by the ears and making them pay attention. After apprenticing with Junior Watson and Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, Nemeth has honed his chops by adding his Chicago-styled harpwork to albums by folks like Elvin Bishop and Nappy Brown. As good as his first two Blind Pig Records releases have been – 2007's Magic Touch and 2009's Love Me Tonight – it's Nemeth's relentless touring and dynamic stage show that have him poised to become a major league blues star. With the release of Name The Day!, Nemeth has achieved a near-perfect fusion of soul and blues, and a great balance of smoky vocals and red-hot harp play.
John Nemeth's Name The Day!
Nemeth hits a hard lick right from jump street on Name The Day! with "Breakin' Free." A R&B style rave-up with big horns, big rhythms, and big vocals that rightly jump out of your speakers to kick you in the shins and get your feet a movin', Nemeth spices up the mix around two anna half minutes in with a leapfrogging harp solo that slips and slides in right next to the keys. The title track slows the tempo down a bit but doesn't crank down the voltage, if you know what I mean (and I think that you do!). Nemeth's vocals on "Name The Day" sizzle with soul while the band fans the flames with a slow-burning groove, guitarist Bobby Welsh laying down a snaky lead.
The gorgeously-constructed "Heartbreak With A Hammer" is a Chicago blues romp that would make Muddy Waters proud. As the band lays down a stylish, steady rhythm, the piano dances across the mix while Nemeth embroiders his harp atop the swinging groove. For a fan of blues harmonica, it doesn't get any better than this. The wonderfully mid-tempo "Tuff Girl" is a bit of throwback soul that has more in common with Otis Redding or Solomon Burke than any contemporary hits. With an undeniably infectious melodic hook, Welsh's Steve Cropper-styled guitar licks, and Austin deLone's spirited keyboard runs, the song is a reminder of a musically more innocent time.
Home In Your Heart
It's not just with "Tuff Girl" that Nemeth channels the heart and soul of the great Otis...the slow-tempo ballad "I Said Too Much," with its sparse, gospel-tinged arrangement provides a great showcase for Nemeth's enormous vocal range. From a whisper to a passionate roar, "I Said Too Much" is a beautiful example of Nemeth's vocal abilities as well as his songwriting skills. He steps outside the box for a raucous cover of Otis Blackwell's "Home In Your Heart," a song successfully wrangled by both Redding and the great Solomon Burke. With a spry six-string lick walking beneath his vocals, and blasting horns alongside, Nemeth delivers a powerful, albeit nuanced performance on the album's lone cover song.
While "Save A Little Love" is literally drenched in that sweet soul sound, the song's blues influences are highlighted by Nemeth's low key vocals and Welsh's taut guitar tones. Nemeth again takes the one and only Otis Redding as his template for "Why Not Me," a bluesy torch song that starts with a spark and builds to a raging bonfire. While the accompaniment is subtle – a little reverent keyboard riffing here, a bit of bleeting horn there, a stray guitar lick – it's Nemeth's strong vocals that lead this parade. Name The Day! closes out with "Funky Feelin'," another fine performance that downplays Nemeth's vocals in favor of his blazing harp, notes flying from your speakers as the band holds down a fat and, yes, funky groove so wide you could drive your car down it and park the sucker.
The Reverend's Bottom Line
Simply put, there is nobody doing this sort of blue-eyed soul-blues stuff better or bolder than John Nemeth is right now. The man's songwriting continues to improve in both style and substance – Nemeth wrote ten of the eleven tracks on Name The Day!, his lyrics capturing love and heartbreak with the skill of the original R&B wordsmiths of the 1950s and '60s. But it's not just his songwriting that sets Nemeth apart from contemporaries like Tad Robinson or Curtis Salgado, but the marriage of his harp play with his vocals, which is more reminiscent of Little Walter and Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds than with most modern harp players.
The Reverend's bottom line: if you love Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, and all that great blues-influenced soul music of decades past, you owe it to yourself to check out Nemeth's Name The Day! A solid, inspired work from one of blue music's bright young stars, this should become Nemeth's breakout album, the artist a bona fide "overnight sensation" after only a decade or so...but then again, that's the blues way! (Blind Pig Records, released May 18, 2010)
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will hit the road to take on the New England Patriots in Week 3, searching for their first win of the season. The Patriots, however, are hoping to stay unbeaten after a victory over their AFC East rivals, the New York Jets, in Week 2.
Tampa Bay has had bad luck to this point, losing both of its games by a grand total of three points. The Bucs couldn't fight off a Geno Smith comeback in Week 1 and though the defense played hard against the New Orleans Saints, the Saints eventually scored and the Bucs lost that game as well.
New England hasn't been quite as dominating as expected, either. The Patriots have won their two games -- against the Buffalo Bills and the aforementioned Jets -- by a total of five points. Let's take a closer look at both teams below:
Meet the Patriots
If Tom Brady is successful, then the Patriots will be successful. This is how it's been since Brady took over as the New England quarterback and this is how it will be until he retires. That said, Brady isn't having a stereotypical "Brady" year thus far. The team is 2-0, but he's only completed 52.7 percent of his passes for 473 yards. He does have three touchdowns against just one interception, however.
It's enough to get the Patriots wins, but Brady has never posted a sub-60 percent completion percentage over the course of a season in his career. Obviously, we can expect him to get better as the season goes provided he's healthy, but the early numbers are worth noting.
Given that the Buccaneers have been strong against the rush this season, Brady will have to beat them. If he has a lackluster day, then the Patriots may be facing their first loss, or at least another very narrow win.
Meet the Buccaneers
Of course, Brady may not need to do much if the Buccaneers' offense doesn't show up again. They rank 31st in the NFL in passing yards over the first two games. Josh Freeman has struggled mightily, with just 24 completions over the first two games and a completion percentage of 45.3. He's thrown two touchdowns and two interceptions.
On top of that, the Patriots are allowing the fourth-least opposing passing yards in the league at just 169.5 per game. A good stat for Tampa Bay to hang its hat on, however, is the rushing yards allowed by the Patriots: 132.5 per game. Doug Martin has almost exclusively moved the chains for the Bucs this season, with 53 carries for 209 yards and a touchdown. He'll be counted on to make things happen in this game.
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Richard Hill of Pats Pulpit noted that it would be nice to get tight end Rob Gronkowski back for this game, but that it's more likely he plays in Week 4:
Patriots All World tight end Rob Gronkowski is ready to play. In fact, he could play right now if the coaches allowed it. According to the Boston Globe, a league source says that the Patriots just want to give Gronkowski some more time in practice to get him up to football speeds before unleashing him on the field.
While it would be nice to have Gronkowski shed some of the rust against the Buccaneers, it's looking more like he'll first step on the field against the Falcons in Week 4. With Gronkowski on the field, hopefully that will open up the running game and relieve some of pressure on the rookie wide receivers.
Local Takes: Buccaneers
Sander Philipse of Bucs Nation thinks that Dashon Goldson will be an invaluable tool in dealing with the Patriots' receivers:
With Goldson back the Buccaneers should be well-equipped to deal with a Patriots receiving corps dealing with injuries. The Buccaneers played a lot of big dime with three safeties on the field against the New Orleans Saints and had a lot of success with that personnel grouping. With Goldson available, they should be able to continue that trend.
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Bucs brought in three All-Pros and a Pro Bowler in free agency/trade past two years for huge money. Without wins, people are getting fired— Sander Philipse (@Bucs_Nation) September 19, 2013
From the Week 3 picks:
I've seen more than a few picks for the Buccaneers this week. But that team looks like it's in free fall. Greg Schiano runs the ship like Captain Bligh. Darrelle Revis has already taken issue with it. And the rest of the team was reportedly unhappy about the way Josh Freemanwas treated. Supposedly, it's all smoothed over now ... just like it was the last time Schiano tried to publicly keelhaul his quarterback.
New England is 31-3 in its last 34 home games. That's a big spread considering how poorly the Patriots offense played last week. Still, I'll take the Patriots to keep the Buccos from covering.
The pick: New England
The Patriots opened as 7-point favorites but the line moved further in their favor throughout the week, with some books having them as high as 9-point favorites according to OddsShark.
Next Week
The Patriots will hit the road to take on the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 29. The Buccaneers will return home to host the Arizona Cardinals on the same day.
More from SB Nation NFL:
• Week 3 picks: Beware of big spreads
• An illustrated guide to playing cornerback
• NFL hot seat watch: Ryan loses, Allen wins
• Mike Holmgren blasts Trent Richardson trade
• Browns trade Trent Richardson to Colts | What it means for Indy | Who wins?


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How do you spend your MAGIC time? MAGIC is a new innovative range that includes the Stargaze playmat, Galaxy cot mobile, Astro bouncer and Globe rocker. Each product teaches your baby with lights, sound and touch that stimulates key development at an early age. The five Magic Card Pack's hold 20 minutes of unique content that each have a different theme of characters that take your baby on a journey, unraveling the story behind the characters as they interact each day.
Why Buy Me: - Interactive touch pad and pull toys trigger lights and sound to stimulate baby's development. Quality sounds and soft light bursts underneath the gym arch encourage sensory development - Musical Fun magic card pack, toys and tummy time cushion, teething toys and movable mirror all included - MP3 compatible so you can play your own music, rhymes and stories, and we'll provide the light show.
Features and benefits:
- Four entertainment settings provide high quality music and sound bursts in stereo sound, as well as our unique soft light technology.
- Hidden textures, squeekers, sounds, peek a boo mirror and crinkle fabric around the playmat for baby to discover.
- Detachable hanging teether toys can be removed and repositioned around the playmat.
- Detachable toy arch to use.
- Integral storage pocket holds an MP3 player or stores MAGIC cards.
- Additional loops on the gym arch and playmat allows baby's favourite toys to be added.
- Sponge clean only.
- 0 months+ interactive playmat and gym.
- 6 months+ use with tummy time cushion to explore around the playmat.
- 9 months+ detach toy arch and use as a floor mat for baby to play.
- Requires 3 x AA batteries (not included).
Set of 3 storage baskets in a natural finish. Each is fully lined with calico. Sizes: Small- L: 32 x W: 26 x D: 17 cm. Medium- L: 37 x W: 32 x D: 19 cm. Large- L: 43 x W: 37 x D: 21 cm.Colours: Natural, White.
"Lotty Ladybird" Mamas and Papas Rock And Ride
Lotty Ladybird becomes a fun-filled Mamas and Papas rock and ride with oodles of features to keep infants entertained.
For starters, Lotty Ladybird is brightly coloured and has a special base that easily converts from rocker to ride-along. A soft integral seat provides added support for the younger rider. Press Lotty Ladybird's antennae for fun phrases and melodies; there are also crinkles, rattles and a squeaker in her feet.
Lotty Ladybird, the Mamas and Papas rock and ride, makes a great gift.
Useful info:
- Lotty Ladybird rock and ride by Mamas and Papas
- Easy to convert from rocker to ride-along
- Soft integral seat supports younger riders
- Full of fun phrases and melodies
- Crinkles, rattles and squeaker in Lotty's feet
- Age from 9 months
- Requires 2 x AA batteries
To be purchased with Sola City Colour Pack 3XKR6 - choose from black/grey, blue sea, lime green or pink.
Customise your ride! Since you spend so much time with your pushchair, we think you should be able to add a bit of your own personality. With Sola City, you get to mix and match from a range of chassis and vibrant fabrics to get the look and feel you want. We've also tailored the design for city too, with a comfy extendable handle that telescopes down when you need to squeeze into tight spaces. All with a nice, neat compact fold.
Features and Benefits:
- Telescopic handle - with one-handed adjustability for comfort and tight city squeezes
- Ready to customise -your choice of fabric and chassis
- Lockable and removable wheels -for better manoeuvrability and storage
- Reversible seat -switch them to face you or the world
- Sitting or napping -multi-position seat recline
- Easy rider -front and rear wheel suspension for a smooth and comfy ride.
- Super safe -five point safety harness with adjustable height settings
- Snug as a bug -soft padded seat for comfort on the move
- Light and compact -just 10kg
- Car-friendly -travel system compatible
- Removable swivel wheels -for better manoeuvrability
- Comfy contact -foam grip handles with height adjustment
- Fold lock -locks shut when folded for easy storage or carrying
- Peek-a-boo window -for quick check ups
- Sun smart -UPF 50 fabric for maximum protection against UV rays
- Weather proof -includes rain cover
- Bags of room -easy-access shopping basket
- Full recline carrycot -suitable for occasional overnight sleeping, sold separately.
Maximise your baby's development with the Vibe Baby Walker from Mamas and Papas! Let baby explore and learn whilst taking those first few steps with this fun activity walker. Features an interactive play tray with lights and sounds Why Buy Me - 3 height positions as your baby grows - Interactive play tray. Feautres music and lights practical wipe clean padded seat Features and Benefits - Anti stair fall device under base for added reassurance. Flashing lights when baby presses buttons. Swivel wheels for easy mobility. Long life/rechargeable batteries recommended. Practical wipe clean seat pad. Age suitability: Intended only for children who can sit unaided approximately 6 months of age. H 65, W 55, D 70 cm approx. Weight: 3.7kg/8lbs.
This unusual duck graphic jumper is perfect for being on trend and comfy whether out for the day or simply chilling at home. Team with classic skinnies or stone chinos for a stylish relaxed look. Two button shoulder fastening on left shoulder. Grey contrast edging to cuff, hem and neckline - Detailed and colour embroidered flying duck graphic.Colour: Red. Cotton knit. Machine Washable. 40 degrees reduced cycle. Do not bleach. Tumble dry on a low heat.1 dot iron. Do not dry clean. Wash dark colours separately.
Mamas & Papas Pink Quilted Pramsuit
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Our pink quilted pramsuit is incredibly soft on your baby's skin, warm to keep your baby snuggly all year round and also extremely practical to use a simple but much needed essential. Pink quilted pram suit with jersey contrast lining. Cloud pattern quilting detail. Double front zip opening. Scratch mitts. Hooded.Colour: Pink. Cotton. Machine washable. 4° reduced cycle. Do not bleach. Tumble dry on a low heat. 1 dot iron. Do not dry clean. Wash dark colours separately.
This three piece set is an easy to wear style for your little one, whether it's for casual days out at the park or a family occasion. Combining key nautical inspired colours and prints, this three piece set is ideal for bringing enviable style to your little one's wardrobe. Cardi: Slouch fit cable knit cardigan. Contrast placket, hem and cuff- T-shirt: Long sleeved, striped with chambray front pocket. Three Button front fastening- Chino: Red chino with turn ups.Colour: Navy/red. Cardigan: Cotton. Knit tee: Cotton. Jersey trouser: Cotton woven. Machine Washable. 40 degrees reduced cycle. Do not bleach. Tumble dry on a low heat.1 dot iron. Do not dry clean. Wash dark colours separately.
A sleek, simple carrycot that keeps your baby snug and doesn't weigh you down. Simple doesn't mean basic; the Mamas & Papas Sola City Carrycot has a fun toy loop, comfy tailored lining and fully adjustable hood to keep your baby comfy and relaxed while you navigate the city.
Features & Benefits:
- Lie-flat position
- Perfect for newborns
- Compact slim-line design
- To glide through the city
- Cosy environment
- Soft, tailored lining to keep baby comfy
- Adjustable hood - for shady naps on sunny days
- Lots of distraction
- Fun toy loop to entertain baby
- Go anywhere
- Integrated carry handle
- Super light
- Only 5.2kg.
Mamas & Papas Pilko Pushchair - Strawberry Snow
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With its swivel wheels and cute colours, the Mamas & Papas Pilko Pushchair lets your little one take their dolls out in style.
The opening bumper bar keeps your child's doll nice and secure, while realistic front swivel wheels make this toy pram super easy to move and turn.
There's a handy under seat shopping basket for storing all those essential toys and accessories, while a maximum handle height means this pram is perfect for children from the age of 4.
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- Mamas & Papas Pilko Pushchair - Strawberry Snow
- Maximum hand height of 73 cm
- Opening bumper bar
- Underseat shopping basket
- Front swivel wheels
- Suitable for dolls up to 50 cm
- Age from 4 years
This special edition Cold Weather Plus footmuff is part of a unique collaboration with Donna Wilson. A former British Designer of the Year, Donna's distinctive style has won her fans around the world - including us! We adore her colourful knitted creatures and striking fabrics.
Why Buy Me:
- Padded fleece liner and durable outer cover with attentive stitching
- A four way zipper to adjust temperature by folding down cover, create air flow for the feet or remove cover completely
- Wind-resistant back coating for extra warmth and protection
Features and Benefits:
- Water and dirt-resistant outer fabric
- 5 in 1 function
- Remove cover to create warm weather liner
- Universal (5 point) multi position harness system allows you to reposition as your child grows
- Colour block and style with your Pushchair/Buggy
- Protects your pushchair from sticky fingers and dirty little feet
- Styled to provide a spacious environment
- Secure fit to Mylo with studded straps
- Secure fit to Urbo with a fold over Velcro® fastening on liner back
- Full length zipper to offer total protection
- Unzip the bottom cover for growing and dirty feet
- Wide side gusset for longevity
- Use up to toddler years
- Elastic strap to secure and prevent liner movement and anti-slip fabric on base
- Machine washable at 40°
- Dimensions: Size: H 98, W 52, D 19 cm approx
- Baby coverage: 66 cm
A christening, birthday or special occasion present that shows how much you love them.
- Beautifully presented suedette lined, silver plated box
- Contains four engraved silver plated pebbles
- Engraved statement on the side reads: 'Let's make a wish for baby, said Crumble the Bear.'


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I'm developing an e-learning blog specifically for learning professionals based in Ireland. I aim to use it as a platform to discuss Learning & Development Technology-related topics specific to practitioners based in the Emerald Isle.
The Great Recession notwithstanding, Ireland has a vibrant technology and knowledge-based industrial economy, and one of the domains we excel in, is in e-learning – most people in the industry have heard of SkillSoft and ThirdForce and HMH, for example.
Equally, academic institutions like Trinity College, Dublin, University College, Dublin, the National College of Ireland, and the University of Limerick run very innovative e-learning programs – particularly at post-graduate level. These organizations and institutions aside, there are over fifty 'other' e-learning development houses in the country. Not bad for a country with a population of under 5 million people. By any measure, I think we punch above our weight.
Despite this, there seems to be very few Learning & Development Technology professionals contributing to the blogosphere. Off the top of my head I can think of Brian Mulligan, Michelle Gallen, Patricia Donaghy, Eamon Costello, and some guy called Michael Hanley. I'd love to include the views of Ireland-based Learning & Development Technology professionals in the new blog I'm developing, and to create a space for us to discuss the challenges and opportunities that we all encounter in our activities with learners.
If you're interested in contributing, just e-mail me here: elearningcurve[at]gmail[dot]com and I'll get in touch with you to discuss my ideas.
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh (Happy St. Patrick's Day)!


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Pic: Gegard Mousasi wants to fight Vitor Belfort at UFC event in December
-- Even though he is still recovering from knee surgery, Gegard Mousasi is continuously beating the drum for a fight with top middleweight contender Vitor Belfort should he return to 185-pounds for his next fight. "The Dreamcatcher" stated that Belfort was willing to fight him on short notice at UFC on FUEL TV 9 back in April, and just a few weeks ago mentioned Belfort as a "big name" fight he would be interested in. Friday (June 7, 2013) morning on Twitter, Mousasi once again expressed interest in matching up with "The Phenom."


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We've discussed at length what Rob Chudzinski's effect will be on the Carolina Panthers' offense, but nowhere is this more prevalent than at the TE position. If you've been following Cat Scratch Reader for some time you'll know that personally I've been calling for a greater use of TEs for some time now. The offense under John Fox seemed like an anachronism-- on the one hand there was a reliance on running the football, but on the other a complete disregard for utilizing TEs as receivers.
This was problematic for several reasons, but the most obvious is that it telegraphed the defense far too much. Out opponents knew when TEs were on the field there was a good chance we were running the football, and if we were three-wide we'd be passing. This was further exacerbated when King and Rosario were used in tandem; Jeff King would rarely be on the field in passing downs, and Rosario rarely on rushing downs. It was nice having two tight ends with different skill sets, but it made things far too obvious.
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When rumors first surfaced that Shockey and the Panthers may have mutual interest the overwhelming sentiment from the majority on this blog was a dislike of the idea. This ranged from concerns about his maturity, worry about his injuries, to feelings that he would stunt the development of TEs currently on the roster. Ultimately, the Panthers felt that TE was the most needed overhaul to their roster and set about securing one of the few players they could prior to the lockout.
Even considering that Shockey's performance dropped off in New Orleans, and taking into account he was sharing time with Jimmy Graham he averaged 46 receptions in each of those three seasons. To compare, Jeff King and Dante Rosario combined for 47 receptions over the last three years. When you couple this with a higher YPC than King or Rosario combined and you immediately see that getting Jeremy Shockey is a major talent upgrade at the position. Finally, when we get to DVOA there's no comparison with neither King, nor Rosario rating in the top 40, while Shockey is still a top 20 TE. It's hard for me to not say he's the best TE Carolina has had since Wesley Walls, but it's true.
In 2007 TE Kellen Winslow was never better. He finished the season with 1,106 yards and 5 TD. These numbers have not been eclipsed since, nor were they topped before. This was Winslow's solo full season with Rob Chudzinski as offensive coordinator. Similarly, Antonio Gates in San Diego dropped off in the 2008 season, yet when Chuzinski arrived, his numbers jumped to 1,157 yards. This is too similar to Winslow's performance in Cleveland to think Chudz didn't play a role in their development.
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If we look at Winslow's 1st year improvement under Chudzinski, and then Gates' 1st year improvement under Chudzinski here's what we can adequately predict for Jeremy Shockey:
70 receptions, 750 yards, 4 TD
If this is the performance we get next season from Shockey, then we'll have a much better season than most predict.


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"Recent storms have devastated the communities in North Texas, sadly taking lives and homes in the storms' path," Perry said. "State resources and volunteer organizations are on site providing assistance, and we will continue to work with local officials in addressing the needs of these communities."
On Monday, Perry deployed high-profile vehicles and Texas Military Forces soldiers at the request of local officials to North Texas counties impacted by severe storms and flooding during the past several days to provide continued search operations in these communities. The governor also made available aviation assets to assist local officials in search operations as needed and is prepared to send additional resources upon request by local authorities.
The Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are also assisting with search operations. The Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of State Health Services, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Animal Health Commission, as well as the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, the Texas Baptist Men and various other organizations are at the disaster sites providing needed assistance.
The governor's Disaster Declaration opens the door to a variety of assistance from state agencies, including the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, (TDHCA), the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Office of Rural and Community Affairs (ORCA).
TDHCA administers emergency assistance through the disaster relief HOME program. This program can provide up to $500,000 per jurisdiction for distribution to qualified individual applicants.
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Ever have the screws of your laptop fall out in a hotel in Singapore? Wondering if your cellphone conversation is really private, or if your GPS unit leaves you traceable? What keylogging software might be infesting your computer?
Doing business has never been so easy when you have your trusty laptop and iPhone, but is it leaking all of your data remotely, or even locally? What happens when someone steals your laptop? Will that 20 character password really stop them? How can you maintain a semblance of security if your communications are compromised?
Digital Security for Gunslingers is a course designed to address security-related concepts and concerns such as Privacy, Confidentiality, Anonymity, Data Integrity and Encryption, with the risky businessperson in mind.
No prior experience is necessary, as we will cover basic models for computing and networking, as well as common attack methods and defense strategies. Your training will be hands-on using your own laptop. By the end of the course, you will have acquired the skills you need to accurately assess the threat potential of your digital information, as well as practiced common methods of risk mitigation, threat aversion, and security posturing in a potentially digitally hostile environment.
The course will be taught in a workshop-style, with interspersed lectures and hands-on breakaway sessions for individuals and/or small groups. A digital copy of the course material will be provided to each attendee.
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An entire school is rallying for a young classmate battling a life-threatening illness. Their goal is fulfill his wish of going to Walt Disney World.
One can't tell by looking at 9-year-old Connor Ohlson that he has cancer. The fourth-grader has been living with rare chronic myeloid leukemia for five years. His bone marrow makes too many abnormal white blood cells.
"It started out with a cough, but the cough wouldn't go away, so we had to go to the hospital. They hooked me up with IVs, and that is when I found out I had it," Connor said.
Doctors are treating his disease with daily doses of a chemotherapy drug, but he'll never be cured.
"Every day is a new day, and you embrace it," Connor's mom, Kris Ohlson, said.
Make-A-Wish named Connor the face of its Kids For Wish Kids program, which allows schools to raise money to fulfill the wish of any child battling a life-threatening illness.
Connor's wish has yet to happen, but his classmates at Raymore Elementary want to change that.
Their goal is to raise $5,000 for Connor through drawings and other games that get the whole school involved.
"It is phenomenal looking around and seeing kids without question saying, 'Absolutely, Connor is one of our friends, and we want to rally around him and make sure that we make this dream possible,'" principal Michelle Hofmann said.
But it doesn't stop there. Connor hopes enough money can be raised to grant wishes for others, too.
"I don't think they should go through this. This is pretty hard stuff to go through when you're a kid," he said.
And it is clear that Connor is not going through it alone.
The school is really making the fundraising fun. Some ideas include them buying their own wish-for-a-day, like wearing a hat or chewing gum. Even the principal is getting in on it.
Another idea being tossed around would allow students to donate a dollar to place their vote for which Disney character they want the principal to dress as for the day.
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... 'cause I'm sort of ahead of you on this.
Our website (fiveaspects.net, .com, and .org; all the same) has been wonky in August, but is now up and running again on a brand-spanking new Wordpress platform (easy for us non-techies to manage/edit). On the front page, at the right-hand column is a frequently changing spot headlined "Duly Noted," in which I post snippets to stuff Very Valuable To Read, with links to the whole enchilada. Additionally, I maintain a separate page where all such duly noted sources are archived.
When this new Wordpress-platform site went live last week, the first thing in the Duly Noted section was an link to your blog "The perspicuity of Scripture's doctrine of sexuality..." as well as a paragraph from the conclusion to that presentation you gave in Riga in 1998. What was posted in Duly Noted last week is now archived here:
I expect blogs from Baylyblog will find their way into Duly Noted frequently in the future. I haven't yet reconstructed the blogroll from the old blog, but when I do, Baylyblog will be in that roster (as it has been for years at the old blog).
I'm not a twit, so I can't offer to tweet your blogs. And, my facebook account is used almost exclusively to keep up with the parish and family, all of whom hear Pr. Bayly's comments as I read them from my homilies throughout the year. I wish my homilies qualified as "social media" <sigh>, but some things are just a bridge too far.
Too true. One of my first experiences with public shame of the truth was during a heated debate against a professor and most of the class I was in at college. While I "held my own" against them, I was the lone voice of reason and it was exhausting. After class three or four people came up to me to say they "agreed with everything I said but, didn't want any trouble". For shame. It would seem that very few are willing to go for broke for fear of a smaller "friends" list. Reading a blog and nodding a head "yes" is taken from the same cloth.
The internet makes it so easy to be self assured. Anonimity breeds cowardice.
Mis spelled,it's "anonymity". Don't ask me to say it out loud.


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The pool is filled and drained repeatedly when the tide is right, making it popular with families in the summer months as a safe place for swimming.
Parking at Havre des Pas itself is very difficult, but there are neaby car parks and the bay is only a short walk from town.
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Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz has his job riding on the final three games of his team's season.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Schwartz will only keep his job if the Lions make the playoffs. The Lions are 7-6 and in second place of the NFC North. A win over the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football would give the Lions an 8-6 record and allow them to jump the Bears in the division since they hold the tiebreaker.
The Lions have only been to the postseason once under Schwartz. Now in his fifth season as head coach, Schwartz has a record of 29-48 with Detroit. With both the Bears and Packers losing their starting quarterbacks for extended periods of time, the Lions have had plenty of chances to pull away in the division race. But both the Packers and Bears are still alive.
With the amount of talent Detroit has, Schwartz has been given plenty of opportunity to succeed. Now the pressure is on.
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) -- Macomb County commissioners have won a key court ruling in a dispute over whether they have power over contracts.The Michigan appeals court on Wednesday overturned a decision that had favored county Executive Mark Hackel (right), who claims he has full control. The court says the Macomb County Charter grants power to commissioners, not Hackel, to approve contracts.The court says Hackel can control spending in many ways, such as negotiating contracts, presenting contracts to commissioners and implementing the deals once they have been approved.
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Modern civilization began right here in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley. Also known as the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia, this is the place where, six thousand years ago, agriculture, writing and mathematics were brought into widespread use.
The term "Middle East" comes from the British navy, which used it to describe the countries on the trade route from Europe to India and China. Everything from Afghanistan to Morocco may possibly be classified as "middle eastern", depending on whom you ask -- and when.
Only a partial list of past Empires in the middle eastern territory includes Sumeria, Babylonia, Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire!
When northern Europe was still lurking about in slimy cold stone castles playing chess, the Middle East was enjoying the flowers of poetry, luxurious craftsmanship, music and literature. In fact, the Renaissance in Europe was partly inspired by stories brought back from the middle east by travelers along the trade route.
Strategic location, religious history and the world's largest supply of crude oil have kept the Middle East at the center of world activity for centuries. The saga continues.
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The Ohio headlight law has been in effect since January of 2010. The law states that if your windshield wipers are on, you must turn on your headlights.
"I didn't know you could break the law if your lights weren't on and your wipers were," said Lindsey Fiehrer.
The law is a secondary offense, meaning officers can't stop a car for this violation, but can cite the driver if they were stopped for another violation. Many local police departments admit the law is rarely enforced.
"As a secondary law, it's probably no enforced a lot by law enforcement, because when it is raining we are trying to keep an eye on the roadway ourselves," said Lt. Brian Curlis, Monroe Police Dept. "But it is a law and you need to be aware of it because it is to protect citizens."
Lieutenant Curlis says his department hasn't given a citation to someone violating the headlight law.
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I've been thinking about languages and travelling from some of the other posts and it got me to thinking about when I travelled and lived in Indonesia for 2 months. I actually learned enough of the language to have a conversation (still pretty basic but anyway) and felt it was well worth it. I found Bahasa Indonesian to be the easiest language to learn of all the ones I came across in my varied travels. There is no conjugation, no tenses really, no masculine/feminine etc. Only thing to watch out for is the politeness factor which native speakers understand if you screw up anyway. I fully recommend travellers to Indo take the time to learn some, as unlike other countries Indonesia has a lot of people who speak 0 english. And since Indonesian is basically the same as Malaysian you'll be doubly helping yourself out.
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"I think if everything was in one facility, it would be a lot more economical and helpful," Bagley says. "Today, we had to go to the Children's Pavilion and no wheelchairs and trying to get him from that point to the next building was hard."
Numerous VCU doctors and medical staff have rallied behind a move to build one facility dedicated solely to children and their needs.
"If parents are able to come to one place to get most -- if not all -- of the care a child needs, it's more convenient for the family and comfortable for the child," says Leslie Wyatt, Children's Hospital at VCU Executive Director.
Not only that -- a single, free-standing facility would allow more kids to be helped. And that would benefit the entire community.
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Vidocq: Convict Turned Detective Magnifique
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"Do your duty, and leave the rest to the gods."
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At the time of Vidocq's ingress to government service, 1809, the police force, or Prefecture, in Paris was comprised of two divisions: the First Division, or the Administrative Branch, and the Second Division, or Special Investigative Branch. The latter, managed by Monsieur Henry, was the unit to which Vidocq belonged; it concerned itself with the overall battling of crime. Overseeing both sectors was a Prefect (Chief of Police), Baron de Pasquier, housed on the Rue de Jerusalem. It was a very military system in a decade of austere empirical rule that began wit the ascendancy of Napoleon in December, 1804.
To monitor criminal activity, the city was divided into geographic sectors, each under the jurisdiction of a commisaire (commissioner). Allotted throughout were officers de paix (police captains); there was generally at least one such officer on duty in each district 24 hours a day.
As tidy and compact as it sounds, there were difficulties. One was borne from overpopulation. Paris had become the hub of Europe and its allure as a city on the move had drawn thousands from across the continent; strangers roamed the streets; many of them had come for employment, others just to play; unfortunately, often this meant foul play.
Simultaneously, Napoleon's military campaigns had drained France of many of its able-bodied young men who ordinarily would have made excellent gendarmes; Paris, as well as other cities in the country, found their law-keeping forces markedly understaffed while crime rose.
Then there were the turf wars in Paris. The parochial delineation in the city forbade gendarmes to pursue criminals across district borders without consent of the commissaire, who rarely gave it, regarding his territory as singular. More often than not, the latter concerned himself with crimes committed within his own allotted area and had no time to worry about miscreants passing through as long as they did not offend any laws within his district. Wrongdoer remained untouched. That said, a thief knew that in order to escape punishment all he had to do was rob a market in Chaillot and step into a safeway house in Montmartre. Escape was as easy, then, as crossing one of many bridges over the River Seine.
Vidocq, witnessing the results of these calamities, stepped forward with what Monsieur Henry and Baron de Pasquier considered a magnificent solution: creation of a new, small, plainclothes undercover unit to keep strict surveillance over all ex-convicts and known criminals living in and migrating into the city; to pursue all lawbreakers and make arrests; and to prevent criminal activity before it occurred. This Brigade de Sureté (Brigade of Security) would not be confined district to district, he recommended, but have free rein across the entire Cité de Paris. Criminals, unable to hopscotch, would be forced out in the open more prevalently.
The two men in charge, the baron and Monsieur Henry, applauded Vidocq's ingenuity and observed it as a plan long overdue and one worthy of the man who had proved to be their most clever and industrious spy. Baron de Pasquier allocated funds for the new service, which would be under the auspices of Monsieur Henry, and allowed Vidocq four men to begin with (the number eventually rose to twelve) and a suite of offices at Number 6, Quai de Orfevre, near the Prefect.
The Sureté was born. This dream of Vidocq's would, over the years, grow to become the Sureté Nacionale. But, even in Vidocq's days, it reached a status as professional as Scotland Yard in London or as the FBI a century later in America.
Vidocq required agents who knew Paris and, more than that, who knew what doors to peek into, what alleys to look down, and had cat's eyes to see in the dark. It is fact, then, that his first agents were all former criminals, the only men he considered tough enough and verbally street-wise to handle the dangerous job he had in store for them. Laying the foundation for something he hoped would blossom required action and results. Translated: penetrating the abyss.
The only way to accomplish that, Vidocq ascertained, was to first captivate the trust of the underworld. And only those who had been there once could pull it off. No one was that great of an actor. His men would be called upon to move in among the rogues, become one of them in concept, and maintain the masquerade so that the murderous lowlife would never catch on. For, if they smelled an informer, they would happily roast him over hot coals when the time came.
With the aid of these men "Vidocq caught a tremendous amount of criminals in a critical period in the history of Paris," relates the book, Vidocq, Picaroon of Crime. "And it was in his nature to employ them, for he genuinely believed (and the belief was still revolutionary in his time) that the ex-convict, if he were helped, could be a useful member of society...The memory of his own struggle predisposed him in favor of the unlucky."
Years later, Vidocq wrote of some of his police peers' skepticism over his hiring of ex-criminals, and defended his choice: "I preferred men whose record had given them a little celebrity. Well! I often gave these men the most delicate missions. They had considerable sums to deliver to the police or the prison offices; they took part in operations in which they could have easily laid hands on large amounts (of money), and not one of them, not a single one, betrayed my trust."
Yet, there was dissention from the units in the Prefecture. District commissioners and the officers de paix did not approve of undercover agents working their areas yes, and ex-convicts at that! The official departments began referring to the Sureté as "Vidocq's Gang," and scoffed at the idea that a runaway convict who had never been formally pardoned, was treated with the same respect if not more by the Prefect.
Quite frankly, much of the resentment was based on jealousy, for Vidocq and his men were able to accomplish in a short time what the city police had been unable to do for years. The number of arrests and convictions, due in large part to Vidocq's intervention, skyrocketed since he was given tenure.
Take for instance the raid on the saloon, Desnoyer's. It had long been known as one of the principle watering holes for the crooks, bashers, thieves, muggers, rollers and illegitimates of Paris. At any given time, the number of wastrels gathered there resembled an army, an ugly, mean army. When one of the elder officers de paix, Monsieur Yvnier, was told that he should lend some gendarmes to Vidocq who was just about to raid the tavern, Yvnier replied, "To raid the place would require a battalion! Vidocq will fail!"
But, Vidocq took with him only two of his own men, four of Yvnier's policemen, a piece of chalk, a sack of handcuffs and a warrant. And he stepped into Desnoyer's to survey the usual night revelry he had seen it often, and the place hadn't changed an iota drunken whores in low-cut blouses hanging on drunken thugs in caps with brims yanked low, dice players swearing their bad luck or blaming a fellow player for cheating, confidence men hovered over their tables trading anecdotes, ruffians of a varied sort arm wrestling, dart throwing, spitting, growling, drooling, drinking. In the corner a squeezebox heaved a song and a canary warbled a ditty to which no one listened. The place smelled of stale beer, rancid whiskey, opium, must, dust and urine.
Those who spotted Vidocq cross the threshold were about to shout a greeting of "Where the hell ya' been?" when they stopped short at the site of those other men behind him, some with leather gendarme capes tossed back over their shoulders.
"Vidocq ordered the musicians to stop playing and the couples to clear off the dance floor," Philip John Stead pens in Vidocq, Picaroon of Crime. "There was some grim murmuring as the crowd surged away from him. When there was an uneasy movement towards the door, he knew there would be no trouble. He thrust through the crowd and placed himself there. Then he ordered the men to pass out into the street in single file. As they went by he scrutinized their faces. When he saw a man he wanted, he made a cross on his back with the chalk (indicating to the gendarmes whom to detain)...Vidocq took thirty-eight men to the depot-prison that night."
It was a rousing victory for Vidocq who clearly showed how much he could accomplish with so very few men and the right men. But, blustering in the face of the established police force would create a rivalry that would develop into a bitter feud whose repercussions to come would be near-fatal for the creator of the Sureté.
For now, however, there was honor, and drama. After that evening, Vidocq knew that word of his being would blast like an icy wind throughout the underworld. In fact, in case anyone did not know who he was or had doubts about who had ordered such a nervy raid, he ended the incursion by telling those he left behind at Desnoyer's, "I am Vidocq! Remember me!"
He ordered the word spread. And that is why he self-elected to visit the prison at Bicetre. The time he had served there under different circumstances had given him a valuable lesson: that Bicetre was one of the prisons that bred, more than reformed, the animal in human nature, and its convicts cane out tiger-sharp and salivating hungry. Most of them headed straight to Paris upon their parole to lever their prospects, this time more experienced.
He had the warden assemble the worst of them, hundreds strong, in the courtyard so he could study their visages, one at a time, and remember them when they dared come to Paris. Because the word had gone out ahead of time that they were to be examined by Vidocq the police spy, there was general wailing and gnashing so that by the time Vidocq appeared the corps of prisoners were Hottentots. Nonetheless, Vidocq strolled amid them, refusing to recoil from their glares and grimaces. He recognized many of them whose paths he had previously crossed. No one said a thing; only the wind whispered through the yard; but he knew and they knew that he had recorded each of their faces, every line, every mole and knife scar, and would be on them forthwith should they meet again in Paris.
The history of 17th- and 18th-Century France is slammed with political change. The country leaped from one form of government to another in an effort to find itself a way of life that suited its nature, a blend of fire and romance. Vidocq's earliest years survived the Reign of Terror, which saw an end to a monarchy and the beginning of a peoples' republic. While Vidocq was still on the run from the law, a young lieutenant named Napoleon Bonaparte had wiggled his way into the ruling body created by the revolution and, backed by bayonets, crowned himself emperor in 1804 in a spectacular coronation at Notre Dame Cathedral. Napoleon had big dreams, to give the world to France on a platter. As part of his ambition, he simultaneously named Paris la capitale of his dynasty. The period of his reign (1804-1815) is considered France's most glorious moment.
Reads Michelin Company's excellent guidebook to Paris: "The Louvre Palace was altered; the Arc de Triomphe de Corrousel erected; new bridges (Austerlitz, Iléna, and the smaller Pasterelle des Arts) were built across the Seine...and the Ourcq and Sainte-Martin canals were dug. The spoils of war increased the artistic treasures of the Louvre. Roads were built, and everywhere monuments were raised to himself and his armies..."
But, in 1814, Paris' gaiety was shaken when Napoleon's once-unbeatable forces floundered at Waterloo. Long-time foes Britain and Austria pounded French borders and by the following April the city of Paris was overtaken. Louis XVIII was crowned king and Napoleon was exiled to the Isle of Elba. Thus began the period later termed the Restoration (due more to the transitory nature of the government than the municipal changes the king made within the city), and in effecting a "restoration," Paris once again found itself in the type of upheaval that is genetic with the collapse of an Empire. Paris' streets screamed with disorder and shouts of enfranchisement.
The official police had their hands full trying to calm the general chaos. Vidocq's Sureté worked around the clock to not only squelch the thieves and killers who took advantage of the dark situation, but also to stamp out any insidious movements by rebels who sought to add panic on top of panic by creating a provisional form of government while King Louis' monarchial slippers were still wet.
Throughout, it had been and would continue to be part of Vidocq's nature to roll with the reshaping of conservative government. While he devoted his time to battling civil outlawry, he, being a man who loved his country, always found time to assist the government whatever form it took to crush the peoples who considered radical turnabouts that might destroy France forever. These he rubbed out with a heavy heel.
It was Vidocq's earnest belief that man was basically a creature of God, and was Good; he did not disfavor any caste over another, nor did he openly prefer one religion or race. There were lawbreakers and those who abided the law. But, he hated the hypocrisie that came as a result of the Restoration when, in the wake of a more social awareness it became fashionable once again to be aristocratic, so many of the lower echelon artificially claim themselves members of a gentryship. It had been twenty years since the Reign of Terror had sent the families of nobility racing for their lives out of France; now with the monarchy restored, many sons and daughters of patricians returned to reclaim their rightful etch in the Parisian community. With the blue-blood lineage separated from the city for two decades, it was easy for an astute swindler and forger to claim himself an heir to such and such an estate or, if naught else, to the polite favors due the suffering rich.
One afternoon, Vidocq noticed an older man in noble attire and medallions emerge from a doorway of the Pavillion de Flore. Something did not match up, for this gentleman of ruffles and silks and gold-knobbed cane was also wearing the face of a ruffian he had known from prison named Chambreiul; Chambreiul was supposed to be serving a long sentence for stealing bank-notes
The Sureté investigated. It learned that this fellow had recently come to Paris bearing papers that linked him to noblesse oblige. Charming society (including the Minister of France), he won the envious appointment of Chief of Palace Police!
Vidocq and another agent appeared at the palace and, to the horror of the home office and the embarrassment of the Paris police arrested Chambreiul on the spot.
"Audacity!" challenged the man in cuffs to his detainer. "I will have your head for this error!"
Monsieur Henry ordered a search of Chambreiul's residence and uncovered documents directly linking him to the forger who had escaped prison. The Marquis de Chambreiul was no more. Paris laughed. The Minister groped for an explanation. The police fumed; Vidocq, that ex-convict who they said would take Paris for everything he could get his hands on, was instead giving Paris something it needed but never quite manifest: a belief in: law enforcement.
The people loved Vidocq; he was a hero to little boys and a heartthrob to their mothers; women adored him and when he passed in his carriage down the scented byways of Paris, wrapped in his blue cloak and high collar, they edged to the curbs to catch a glimpse of his rugged, handsome face. Citizens called him the Sultan, for he had at his finger-click the attention of a city that treated him with le majesté and doted on him, their warrior triumphant.
"Vidocq was a household word in Paris," exclaims Philip John Stead. "It was the little people of the capital who spoke of him most the concierges in their leather aprons, the small shopkeepers of the quarter, the regulars in the bistro, the porters, the cabmen, the laborers. For them he became the police hero, the first police hero the world had ever had. The thieves cowered in their dens as the powerful silhouette, caped coat and square hat, elegant boots and riding crop, was flung on the blind."
As head of the already-fabled Sureté, and still in his forties, Vidocq had instituted remarkable and novel crime-fighting procedures, including the study of murder weapons, the use of plaster of paris casts to trace boot sizes, and a card-indexing system identifying every known wastrel in Paris by his or her crimes and vital statistics. By 1817, his security organization had grown to a dozen men, each chosen personally by their chief. In that year alone, Vidocq's Sureté garnered 811 arrests among them, 349 thieves, 46 forgers, 43 parole breakers, 38 fences of stolen property, 15 assassins and 14 escaped prisoners. Two hundred and twenty nine of those apprehended were banished from Paris.


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Penn State Coaching Search: Wishes and Best Guesses - Black Shoe Diaries
Penn State coaching speculation. Go read some rationalizatios about NOT hiring Coach Pete. Good. Please, spread those arguments around. The more of those, the better. I just wish the fans/alums of big schools wouldn't be so arrogant about what they feel Petersen could do at their respective schools. (This goes for Stanford, UCLA, Washington, Arizona, Arizona State, Florida, all of them. Get over yourself guys.)


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Staying heart healthy is a little easier Wednesday for those in the Shenandoah Valley. Augusta Health held its annual heart fair at the new Heart & Vascular Center in Fishersville.
More than 900 people turned out to tour the new facility and benefit from the free heart screenings.
Augusta Health says you need to pay attention if you think you're having symptoms of a heart attack.
"Chest discomfort, usually a pressure not always a pain. Sometimes it's felt only in the neck or the arm. It's often associated with shortness of breath, sweating, feeling faint or dizzy, sometimes because of irregular heart rhythm. Those symptoms shouldn't be ignored," said Kelly Manor, catheterization lab manager at Augusta Health.
Augusta Health says to be kind to your heart by eating right, exercising and not smoking.
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We got to know Andrew and Jenni when they visited us in the wine county and were good sports about going to the local county Fair to shoot part of their engagement session there. Both are soft spoken and somewhat shy in front of the camera, but were willing to try anything. They got ready at the Intercontinental in San Francisco and said their vows at the historic St. Patricks Cathedral, the oldest church in San Francisco (1872). The bride and groom did not see each other before the ceremony but did charter a mini-bus to drive to the reception and stop along the way in the financial district to take some photos. The San Francisco City Club is gorgeous with its huge mural by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in the grand stairwell. We got to go to the roof with the couple and photograph them in the twilight hour with the SF skyline in the back. Very cool!
Andrew and Jenni Wed at the City Club in San FranciscoApril 18, 2012
Jessica and Tyson Tie the Knot at Thomas Fogarty WineryMarch 29, 2012
Nikta and Behram's Zoroastrian WeddingFebruary 8, 2012
Although we are privileged to shoot a lot of multi-cultural weddings, living as we do in the Bay Area, Nikta and Behram's wedding was a very special one for us. Nikta and Behram are both Zoroastrian, as is Meher. You won't see many Zoroastrian ceremonies now-a-days, especially not in the United States. Behram was born in India like Meher, and Nikta's family came over from Iran several years ago, before she was born. They started the day at the Le Meridien Hotel with love notes to each other while getting ready separately. We then helped coordinate the "first look" at a beautiful curved staircase located within the hotel. They wanted to ensure that there would be enough time to get some cool shots in the city, so we took off with the couple to the Palace of Fine Arts, and then some more urban shots in the financial district, very close to the Julia Morgan wedding venue. The ceremony was conducted by Nikta's grandfather, who is a Zoroastrian priest. It was a beautiful and touching ceremony, with ancient prayers blessing this couple's future together. The reception took place in the beautiful and classic Julia Morgan Ballroom. In true Persian fashion, the reception started and ended with dancing. Nikta's cousins even put on a choreographed dance performance for her as a surprise! We had fun working with the very talented videographers from REB6Studios, who did a killer highlight trailer of the wedding.
Shabnam and Jon's Persian Wedding at the Westin Saint FrancisJanuary 29, 2012
Shabnam and Jon had an elegant Persian wedding at the Westin Saint Francis hotel on Union Square in San Francisco. The ceremony took place in Victor's Palace and the reception at Alexandra's, both on the 32nd floor, with great views of the city. The bride was stunning and the groom dashingly handsome. The best man made a comment about how Shabnam looks like Princess Jasmine of Disney fame — he was not far off ;-) This was a super fun wedding with a lot of Persian-style dancing, gorgeous guests, and great food. We managed to sneak the bride and groom away for some cool photos around the historic hotel after the ceremony. A special thanks to Natasha from the Westin and Niosha, the day of coordinator, both of whom helped ensure the event progressed smoothly.
Meredith and Evan Mission Ranch WeddingJanuary 28, 2012
Meredith and Evan tied the knot at the Mission Ranch in Carmel, a gorgeous location with spectacular views of the rugged Carmel shoreline. This historic dairy farm was preserved and restored by former Carmel mayor Clint Eastwood. The rustic setting provided a perfect backdrop to this couple's unique personality. Meredith looked gorgeous, styled in a Hollywood-glamour kind of way. The beautiful ceremony was outdoors, with sheep grazing in the background, the gray sky adding to the drama of the moment. The reception was full of heartfelt moments, and we even got to do a fun portrait session with many of the guests during magic hour.
Meredith sent us a sweet email that made our day after she saw the pictures: "These are AMAZING! Of course I've gotten no work done for the last hour and a half, but I've been tearing up, laughing and smiling like crazy. I'm so thankful you both got so much documented in such a beautiful way. I was hoping to see our wedding from a whole new perspective and that's exactly what happened. I'm just so happy. You know, we got a lot of comments from so many guests saying how much they enjoyed both of your presence at the wedding. It was great that you were able to feel comfortable amongst our people. They really felt it and responded very positively."
Nancy and Brandon's Intimate Gourmet WeddingDecember 31, 2011
Nancy and Brandon tied the knot at their church in Alameda. Nancy started the day by getting ready at her parents home and making her way to Alameda. A reception followed within the church's compound, with a light lunch and cupcakes. The couple had their first dance under the loving gaze of their family and friends, and then we proceeded with them to the hip Hotel Vitale by the waterfront in San Francisco. We started off our post wedding photo session at the Vitale and then proceeded for some cool shots by the metal rocket ship sculpture and then walked a few blocks to the the building where Nancy and Brandon had first met while working together. It was cool shooting amongst the financial buildings downtown. The evening ended with an intimate gourmet dinner for about 30 guests, at Alexander's Steakhouse. From the name, we thought "a meat lover's heaven", but once we sampled their menu, it was simply out-of-this-world fantastic food.
Marisa and Matt Healdsburg Country Gardens Monsoon WeddingSeptember 21, 2011
Marisa and Matt got married at the Healdsburg Country Gardens amidst summer rain. The torrential downpours were totally out of character for June and took us all by surprise, but didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm. The gorgeous location was a perfect setting for Marisa's classical beauty reminiscent of an old-time Hollywood actress. Undeterred by the rain, Marisa and Matt had a private first look in the photogenic cottage on the property, and we did some photos with the couple alone. The ceremony took place in a tent, keeping the guests cozy and dry. Matt had tears in his eyes as he saw his lovely bride walk down the isle. The timing couldn't have been more perfect; it stopped raining just after the ceremony, and we were able to do all the group, family and bridal party shots under a gorgeous oak with views of the valley beneath. A reception followed in the rustic barn, the tables were set with Tiffany-blue table linens, and the dinner was a scrumptious Spanish paella made in enormous paella pans by Gerard's Paella. There was wild and crazy dancing after dinner and even an after-party at Affronti Bar in Healdsburg where Matt's brother, a professional DJ, spun the tunes. A super wedding with a beautiful and fun couple.
Annalisa and David's Mayacamas Ranch Weekend WeddingSeptember 13, 2011
We felt at home with Annalisa and David from the time we first met them. We appreciated their warmth and humor and spirit of adventure. David is a fly-fisherman like Marcel and Annalisa likes to read a good book while enjoying the outdoors with her sweetheart. (Which is exactly what Meher does while Marcel fly-fishes.) Their fly-fishing engagement session was a first. Their wedding took place at the gorgeous Mayacamas Ranch in the mountains above the town of Calistoga. Mayacamas ranch is the ultimate wedding site for those who want to party for the whole weekend. Close family and friends had stayed at the ranch with Annalisa and David, renting the several cottages on the scenic property, enjoying the pool and the gorgeous surrounding areas for bicycling and hiking and even some fly fishing. So everyone was pretty relaxed by the time we got to this little oasis in the Mayacamas mountain range. The wedding ceremony on Sunset Meadow had guests (and at least one photographer ;-) choking up, while the bride's veil flew around in the wind making for great photos. David and Annalisa were radiant after their commitment to each other and couldn't stop smiling. They danced the night away surrounded by the love of friends and family. It was a pleasure working with Marilyn Ambra, Mayacamas' exclusive wedding and event planning partner, whose calm presence and expertise ensured the day unfolded seamlessly.


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by DAVID AXE
The crew and mission staff aboard the Austin-class amphibious ship Nashville (pictured), commissioned in 1970, were in for a surprise when the 570-foot vessel approached the tiny port in Libreville, the bustling capital of Gabon, in West Africa. Despite earlier assurances from Navy planners and local officials, it turned out that the waters around Libreville's Port Mole weren't deep enough for the 17,000-ton-displacement Nashville. While the ship draws only 23 feet, fully loaded, she needs extra clearance for her pumps to draw in the seawater required by her old-fashioned steam power-plant. Nashville simply wouldn't fit at Libreville.
That discovery put a wrench in carefully laid plans for the Navy's second, roughly annual "Africa Partnership Station" deployment, calling at Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. APS, the brainchild of former 6th Fleet commander Vice Admiral Harry Ulrich, is meant to "enhance and develop maritime safety and security capability and capacity in West and Central Africa," according to Captain Cindy Thebaud, commodore for Nashville's mission. APS uses naval vessels as mobile school-houses, repair shops and medical clinics, calling at various African ports with a diverse international mission staff to deliver training, material, scientific and humanitarian aid to regional governments.
Better port reconnaissance is one lesson from Nashville's deployment. There have been other, more important, lessons — gleaned by all the major APS participants:
* Thebaud and her staff identified a need for: longer stays in fewer ports; more interpreters and foreign staff officers with broad language skills; and more appropriate platforms, perhaps anchoring the major APS deployments on smaller, shallower-draft vessels such as Swift – or at least using new, gas-turbine-powered amphibious ships that don't require ports as deep as do older vessels with their steam boilers.
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text: Hey anyone up for a new contest to lighten up the LJ stuff? Not that I don't appreciate something to distract me during the bye week? I must say that my patience has worn thin with "take off your diapers" LJ, and I''m intrigued to see how Pioli and Haley deal with this complicated matter. I'd like him gone, and I'm not too worried about what he does on any other teams.


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Congressman Joe Walsh announced Thursday he will not attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay in August, according to a news release from his campaign.
Instead, the 8th district Republican candidate will host a series of town hall meetings and listening events in the district.
"Rather than mingle with Party insiders in Tampa, I will be in the 8th district to continue to serve as an independent voice for for the people," Walsh said in a statement.
In addition, Walsh asked his opponent, Tammy Duckworth, to join him in skipping the Democratic convention in Charlotte and instead hold joint town halls. The Chicago Sun-Times has reported that Duckworth will attend the convention and will serve as a delegate and the vice chair of the Rules Committee.
Earlier this week, the Illinois 8th District was named the third most-likely district to change parties this fall, according to the National Journal.


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Sweet Willie
I'll build myself a little boat,
And on the ocean I will float;
I'll hail all the ships as they pass by,
For I thought I heard Sweet Willie's cry.
"Captain, Captain! Tell me true,
Does my Willie sail with you?"
"No, pretty fair maid. He doesn't sail here.
He's drowned in the deep, I fear."
She wrung her hands and tore her hair,
Like a pretty fair maid in days despair;
Then she went and wrote a song,
She wrote it true, she wrote it long
And every line she shed a tear
Crying: "Oh, my dear, my dear,
My dearest dear!
He's drowned in the deep I fear."
Four young lawyers came riding by-
Saw her hanging on a limb so high.
They drew a knife and cut her down,
And on her breast there words they found:
"Go dig my grave both wide and deep.
Place a marble stone at my head and feet;
And across my breast place a turtle-dove
To show to the world that I died for love,
To show to the world that I died for love.


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Miami team takes nuanced approach to communicating on Twitter with Spanish speaking fans.
The Miami Marlins have been transparent in their aim to woo Latino fans to their new ballpark. Now that the team is in crisis management mode following controversial comments made by its field manager, the differences in its approach to communicating on Twitter with Spanish speaking fans is evident in more than language.
Ozzie Guillen (left), the Major League Baseball team's manager, was temporarily suspended today for inflammatory comments he made suggesting praise for Cuba's Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader many Miami residents of Cuban descent believe to be a ruthless and oppressive dictator. The comments have caused an uproar among the team's target audience in Miami, some of whom have protested outside the new stadium, according to the Miami Herald.
Like other MLB teams using the "Los" prefix to reach out to Hispanic fans, Marlins have an @LosMarlins account on Twitter. And the ball club is using that Spanish language presence, which has far fewer Twitter followers, to address the Guillen situation in some contrast to what's happening on its English language @Marlins account.
This is the longtime baseball manager's first season with the team, which brought Guillen - a Venezuelan - on board in part because of its mission to appeal to Miami's Hispanic community. Former New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, a Dominican, was also picked up by the team as part of that effort.
At around 11:30 a.m., the Marlins acknowledged Guillen's comments, and the "pain and suffering caused by Fidel Castro" on both the English and Spanish Twitter feeds, making note of a press conference to be held soon thereafter with Guillen.
About an hour and a half went by following the press conference on @Marlins before the team posted quotes in English from Guillen's press conference. Several quotes in Spanish appeared at @LosMarlins as the press conference occurred, or soon thereafter. The @Marlins account has around 36,000 followers compared to the @LosMarlins 1,700.
Before posting the translated apologetic quotes on @Marlins, the team took a time-out to tout in English the fact that "Jose Reyes is the only Marlin who has hit safely in all 5 games this season," and that "The Marlins have already stolen 7 bases through 5 games."
The team's Spanish feed highlighted different quotes from Guillen than the English feed. "'I apologize with my heart in my hands...to the Cubans and Latinos,'" posted @LosMarlins. That line doesn't appear in the posts translated into English on @Marlins.
On Facebook, neither the official Marlins page nor the official Marlins Beisbol page posted quotes at all.
Several quotes appear in English that aren't posted to the Spanish account, including one in which Guillen states, "I prefer to die than to vote for [Hugo] Chavez," referencing Venezuela's president, a close Castro confidante also accused of oppressing his people.
Marlins National League East division opponents The New York Mets - another team that's made an effort to reach out to the Hispanic market - also takes a special approach to its @LosMets account. A post today en Espanol mentioned the team's Panamanian shortstop, Ruben Tejada, suggesting that fans "tweet with your question" for Tejada, "and use #DimeloRuben." Translation: "Tell Me Ruben."
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