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Local author Brenna Yovanoff goths it up for Young Adult readers
Penguin Books, eager to eclipse Twilight with a new moon of its own, sharpened its stakes and rounded up five authors of hot new fantasy titles for Young Adult readers from its various imprints, unleashing them on the world for the Breathless Reads National Book Tour, which haunts the Tattered Cover's Highlands Ranch store tomorrow at 7 p.m. Featured authors include Ally Condie (Matched), Andrea Cremer (Nightshade), Kristen Miller (The Eternal Ones), Beth Revis (Across the Universe), and Brenna Yovanoff, a Denver-based writer whose debut novel The Replacement is the darkest -- and the best -- of the bunch. We liked her book and its unlikely demon-rocker hero Mackie so much that we called her up to get some perspective on this whole YA fantasy craze.
Westword: How did the Breathless Reads tour come together and how did you come to be involved with it?Photo courtesy Razorbill/Penguin Group Brenna Yovanoff's debut novel The Replacement is one of five featured books on the Breathless Reads National Tour
Brenna Yovanoff: It was something that Penguin put together, and I'm really flattered that they picked my book to be a part of it. The books are all very different from each other but all have kind of this fantastical element that draws them together as a group.
WW: Obviously the Harry Potter and Twilight Saga franchises have been massive successes. I read a lot of fantasy books when I was a kid too, so I don't mean to make it seem like this is an entirely new phenomenon, but... what do you think this new craze for these kinds of books is all about?
BY: There's always a lot of industry speculation on why things are popular or where things are going to be heading, but right now fantasy for young adults is just an incredibly booming genre. I think that one of the reasons it's so popular is because it can be a metaphor for very real adolescent concerns and can give readers emotional practice for real life issues.
WW: Do you have the sense that those readers are then graduating to heavier material, to books like The Replacement and the other books featured at this event?
BY: I don't know that it's always graduating to heavier material, necessarily, but I do find that readers who weren't readers before they discovered Harry Potter or Twilight or whatever then go out and start looking for more. Whatever it is that provides that initial spark, I think readers, once they find it, become readers for life. I think it's just amazing that these two huge franchises have made this whole new generation of readers.
WW: I found your book to be quite dark and heavy for a book aimed at young adults, which, of course, I would have loved when I was a teen. I'm curious about your perception of your readers and how much you think they can handle. Do you think publishers and other writers underestimate this audience?
BY: What I remember from my own reading habits as a teenager was that I always loved reading horror, even though I'm ultimately an optimist. I liked going to that really grim place but in a safe way, within the covers of a book. I think that's actually pretty common for teenage readers, and I figured there would be a lot of them out there who were like me. But I think there's actually a really broad spectrum of what authors are comfortable with based on their own experiences as readers growing up, and you do see a lot of "edgy" books for young adults these days. I don't necessarily think you have to try to be edgy just to appeal to young readers, but I don't like the idea of trying to sugarcoat things for younger readers, either.
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I'm not often hit with life-altering realizations on a regular basis, those "Aha moments" that everyone speaks about as a precursor to change, right before they move to Nicaragua or shave their head or perhaps taste tofu for the first time.
But yesterday, I had one…
It came from nowhere. Bee and I had spread a blanket in the backyard, soaking in the spoils of a long-awaited winter thaw where the temperature had finally – finally – ticked above 70 degrees.
We were celebrating on the grass, sunglasses in hand, snacks at the ready, dogs underfoot. We lifted our heads to the sun and let the fresh blades tickle our feet, then paused to color our cheeks with dandelions.
And this reminder flew over me, like a stork dropping a 10 lb baby weight on my chest: these are the days.
Just as I've looked back fondly on my own childhood – donning my yellow rubber boots in the middle of a rainstorm, soaking in long and winding novels with a flashlight under the covers, the delight of a cold, dripping ice cream on a summer day – so, too, will I look back on these days.
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Until then, we have now. We have today. We have these moments, dusted with cereal remnants and adhered with sticky banana fingers. But today's smudges – the tantrums and the chasing and the sleepless nights – are but yesterday's memories.
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The spacious studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments include fully fitted kitchens with dishwashers and washer/dryers. The living/dining area of each apartment features large windows which provide plenty of light, a flat screen television with Freeview and a DVD player, a Hi-Fi/stereo and a direct dial telephone. Some apartments have French doors and patio/balconies.
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Together with community volunteers, Fitness Concepts, Gardner Ale House and Salvadore Auto Group have teamed up to bring you 4 great races to create the North Country Quad Series; a 5K road race series that not only promotes fitness and wellness in our community, but shares with race participants the beauty of North Country. On May 10th, 2014, the North Country Quad Series will celebrate the first race of this 5K series in North Central Massachusetts. Come Join Us!!!
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Deputies arrested a San Bernardino man Friday after he allegedly attempted to carjack a Canyon Country resident at gunpoint. The victim called the station and reported that a man had approached her as she sat inside her car in the drive-thru lane of a fast food restaurant in the 19000 block of Soledad Canyon Road.
As the man approached her car, he allegedly removed a handgun from his pants pocket and attempted to open the rear door. When he found it was locked he moved to the driver's door window and tapped the gun on the glass while instructing the victim to open the door. The victim refused and another car pulled into the restaurant, apparently causing the suspect to walk away.
The victim immediately called 9-1-1 and deputies quickly responded and began checking the area. The deputies located a man matching the description of the suspect in the 19300 block of Soledad Canyon Road. The man was detained and then arrested after he was reportedly connected to the crime. Deputies later recovered a loaded handgun from a planter in the area where the suspect was apprehended. A second fully loaded ammunition magazine was located in the bathroom of another nearby fast food restaurant.
The suspect, 20 year old David Graves, was booked at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station on felony charges of Attempt Carjacking and Attempt Kidnapping. He was later transported to Men's Central Jail, Los Angeles, where he is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail pending future court proceedings. No one was injured during the incident.


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Become A Games Artist
Video games have been part of mainstream culture for 30 years, and in that time the graphical landscape has changed beyond all recognition. In the beginning there was little more than bricks, bats and Space Invaders. People were impressed, 20 years ago, if there were more than eight colours on screen. And even ten years back 3D graphics were still a novelty. Now, with the latest generation of home PCs and console systems throwing polygons and cinematic effects around like confetti, games are capable of immersing us in truly coherent worlds. From comic books and manga to stop motion and cel animation, and even through to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, game studios are now able to draw on any number of classical or pop culture influences when creating the visuals for their latest epics.
Budgets in the millions are now commonplace, which means that publishers can afford to put huge teams to work on a game for months or even years. And with the emphasis as much on how a game looks as how it plays, a sizeable portion of that team is dedicated solely to its artwork. While the in-game content is created by 3D modellers, animators and texture artists, it's the artist who creates the original concept work that develops the visual language and can ultimately enable a game to possess a cohesive and unique look and feel. With few other jobs offering quite such a potent combination of responsibility and creative freedom, it's little wonder so many are uncertain whether they've got what it takes to make it as a video game concept artist.
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"As a concept artist my main goal is to offer to my client the most impressive, original and 'ass-kicking' concepts," says Aleksi Briclot, a concept artist whose designs have helped shape the look of games such as Splinter Cell, Cold Fear and Dungeon Runners. "It's not just about being able to paint and draw well, it's about finding the best ideas – the ones that will make the game-playing experience a strong one."
It's the concept artist's crucial involvement during the earliest stages of a game's development that undoubtedly makes it such an attractive proposition. The game's subject matter, general storyline and cast of key characters may be laid down in words, but it's up to the concept artist to bring those concepts to life and influence all subsequent art development for the game. At the outset, at least, they are relatively free to let their imaginations run riot.
"We tend not to worry too much about technical limitations in the very early stage of brainstorming ideas for a new game, but it does become much more important once the platform has been decided upon," explains Daniel Dociu, art director at ArenaNet, a division of Korean online gaming pioneer NCsoft. "That said, we're eventually trying to create in-game art that captures the essence of the original concept, rather than produce a very literal, slavish representation."
No such thing as normal
There's more to the job than filling a book with sketches and then sitting back and waiting for the rest of the team to bring the game to fruition, however. While the games industry has grown, the development process remains a remarkably fluid one, particularly in terms of how teams are structured and the workload is divided. A concept artist might simply be a generalist who also works on 2D or 3D in-game assets, or they might be part of a large team that really does nothing but sketch and digitally paint all day. There simply is no typical job description.
"The roles of games artists are becoming more specialised, but it really does vary from team to team," agrees Jolyon Webb, creative manager at TruSim, a division of Blitz Games. "At Blitz Games, for example, we work on a large range of styles and game genres and so have a large number of specialist artists who work purely on 2D concepting, with a few working on 3D concept design."
These artists, says Jolyon, are as likely to be called upon to tackle character concepting as they are vehicle designs or environments, though the studio naturally plays to the strengths of each individual. While it stands to reason that the larger the team the more specialised the role of the concept artist, a lot of flexibility often remains.
Over at Raven Software, senior artist Glen Angus says that the company actively strives to give artists as much opportunity to contribute in different areas of game development as they want to. "Despite having set classifications of what your main area of expertise is, I think it's a good thing to also be able to get involved in other areas of art production," he says.
In fact, Glen's own role highlights how some studios favour a more generalised approach than that utilised at Blitz. During the course of game development on Marvel: Ultimate Heroes, his key role was actually texture creation, primarily working to define the look of each level in terms of surface materials and architectural elements.
Market forces
For anybody considering a career as a concept artist in the games industry, the first thing
to consider is the state of the job market. Jolyon Webb says artists looking for a break are likely to find things competitive: "It's fair to say that there are many more job applicants than there are positions available. That said, the games industry is always extremely keen to see good artists, and it's always expanding."
While some technical appreciation of target platforms is ultimately required, lack of technical knowledge is rarely an issue at the outset. And while it's generally accepted that an artist will be handy with Photoshop as well as pen and paper, Jolyon says it's not even necessary for newcomers to be particularly adept at using the latest hot 2D or 3D packages. "Talent is the key," he says. "At Blitz Games, the underlying art philosophy is that we need people who are artists first and digital tools users second. If you understand form, colour, composition and lighting this knowledge of fundamental principals will stand you in good stead whatever the media you work in."
"The one quality we look for most is proven traditional art skills," agrees Daniel. "Proficiency in state-of-the-art software is of secondary importance to a solid background in traditional art."
What employers do look for, says Daniel, are well-rounded artists with a wide range of interests. Given that they can be called upon to develop ideas in any style or genre, concept design work isn't an area suitable for artists with just one stylistic string to their bow. It's not suitable for prima donnas, either. While the job can offer a good amount of creative freedom, projects are designed with profits in mind. "You are just a small part of a huge process," says Aleksi. "You're not doing exactly what you want to, and sometimes will be asked to create designs you don't necessarily think are good for the project."
A talented artist who sits mute in the corner is no use to anyone. "The ability to communicate verbally, not just visually, is also paramount, as they'll need to interact with the whole design team," says Daniel.
Visual dynamite
The challenge for newcomers looking to work in the games industry is that any time a studio advertises an opening they'll receive a good number of applications from more qualified artists. Yet Webb says this needn't be such a huge obstacle: "We always look at portfolios first when judging whether someone has potential to work on our games. People gain their first job on their talents as an artist, and so are not penalised for lack of experience. And while a degree does show you are serious and can be very helpful as you progress through a career, it's not absolutely essential. If you are 'visual dynamite' then that's really what we're after."
When it comes to putting together a portfolio, Webb says to keep things professional and to the point. And remember that the covering letter also contributes to the vital first impression. "Clean and simple is always the best way to go," says Webb. "When I see swooshes and Photoshop lens flares around the border of your pages, it's hard to take seriously."
As for getting that first foot in the door, there are two options: either find out what job positions are available, or put together a portfolio or showreel and just get it out there. Job ads are placed in many of the finer video games publications, including ImagineFX's own sister magazine, Edge. Websites such as www.gamesindustry.biz and www.gamasutra.com also host job ad sections.
While waiting for a suitable ad to appear may sound like the sensible option, sending your work to other studios doesn't have to be the shot in the dark it appears. It pays to do your homework, finding out which development teams are on the rise, which are likely to be expanding soon and which are most likely to provide the best fit for your talents. Studios will, by and large, welcome unsolicited portfolios. It's unlikely to yield an instant job offer, but your work is likely to go on file for consideration when the studio is looking to take on a new artist.
As effective as unsolicited mailouts can be, it does also pay to make friends and influence people. "Exposure and contacts are really important, and with the internet it's really easy to connect with people and companies," says Aleksi. Become an active part of the community, chatting, critiquing and posting your own work at forums, such as the one at www.imaginefx.com, as well as those at places such as www.conceptart.org, http://forums.cgsociety.org/ and www.cgchannel.com. As well as raising your profile and receiving constructive criticism from peers you're all the more likely to get noticed by professionals in game studios.
Ultimately, if the quality of your work is good enough and it gets seen by the right people, then there's every chance of making it. And then the real work begins.
With thanks to...
Aleksi Briclot
Glen Angus
Jolyon Webb
Daniel Dociu


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My best friend is a professional photographer and we did some pictures of Kinley today and I just had to share. This is the only one she's finished editing so far.
She finally sent me the other picture she took, we are going take some more next week when she gets back from Georgia, now I've just got to figure out which of these I like better and want to have printed. Such a tough choice!
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she is just beautiful. awesome pic
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Wow Neeshia, I almost want to make it bigger and put it on my wall, that's how beautiful the picture is
LOL, thats the best perk about having a best friend who is an awesome photographer, besides getting beautiful pictures for free I also get to order prints and canvases at HER price which is unbelievable cheaper then what photographers charge for them. I'm probably going to have her order me this one in a 16X20 to go on the wall in Kinley's bedroom.
Yea you are so lucky... I don't even want to imagine how much it would be to go out to photographer and do that. They'll probably want an arm and a leg for it...
I bet it will look fantastic in her room
She's still getting her name out there and doesn't have a studio yet so her prices are actually pretty reasonable for a photographer with her talent, right now she charges a $150 session fee and then you buy the prints, which aren't too ridiculous. But yes I'm very lucky to get the "Been Best Friends Forever" discount.
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ohmy gosh!! that is soo amazing!! love it! ty for sharing!
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2014 Agenda
Monday, May 19, 2014
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
OPTIONAL: Microgrid Workshop Registration Opens
OPTIONAL: Microgrid Workshop
5:30-7:30 pm
Welcome Reception at the National Press Club
529 14th St NW, 13th Floor
Admission included with National Town Meeting registration. Additional tickets may be purchased for $45.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
7:30 am
Registration Opens
Hot Breakfast for all attendees
8:30-9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote Remarks
Ali Zaidi
White House Deputy Director for Energy Policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council
Delegate Voting
Attendees will have an opportunity to let their opinion be known on a number of topics and issues in the area of demand response and smart grid.
Griddie® Awards – Finalist #1
This winter, ADS put out its third annual "Call for Creative," and began looking for the best examples of creative work that explain the importance of smart energy practices and technologies to the public. Utilities, community organizations, technology companies, and other stakeholders sent in their submissions, and now the finalists are up for a vote!
Who do you think deserves a National Town Meeting Award for Excellence in Communication-aka a Griddie®?
9:00-10:30 am
Do the States Have the Ball?
This roundtable will feature regulators from states around the country that are on the front lines of some of the issues and developments that will affect DR and smart grid, as well as the evolution of the electricity industry. Hear what they have to say, and get a feel for how they go about the challenging job of trying to find a balanced and constructive way to deal with change.
Audrey Zibelman
Chair, New York Department of Public Service
Ann Berwick
Chair, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Kelly Speakes-Backman
Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission
Lorraine Akiba
Commissioner, Hawaii Public Service Commission
Ralph Izzo
Chairman and CEO, PSEG
Sue Kelly
President and CEO, American Public Power Association
Town Meeting Leadership Award Presentation
Delegate Voting and Griddie® Awards – Finalist #2
Utilities and Smart Grid – Threats and Opportunities
On this roundtable, panelists, including representatives from utilities and other parts of the industry, will discuss the many developments – some of them rapid – which are putting DR and smart grid in the position of change agents. Hear a combination of vision and practical, near-term mapping.
Steve Corneli
SVP, Policy, Strategy & Sustainability, NRG Energy
Brent Dreher
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Comverge
Steve Malnight
VP, Customer Energy Solutions, Pacific Gas & Electric
Leslie Sibert
VP, Distribution, Georgia Power
Paul DeMartini
Managing Director, Newport Consulting Group
James Connaughton
EVP, C3 Energy
Delegate Voting and Griddie® Awards – Finalist #3
Are We Going to Hal?
Tech, tech, tech…is technology a ticking time bomb that is going to be the ultimate change agent? And one that can't be managed, let alone stopped? Where are we headed, and how fast? Hear from technology executives and other stakeholders on what is in store and what it can, or will, mean to you.
Seth Frader-Thompson
Founder and President, EnergyHub
Ben Bixby
Director of Energy Products, Nest
Anthony Hawkins
Group Product Manager, Landis+Gyr
Ogi Kavazovic
Vice President Marketing and Strategy, Opower
David Wade
Executive VP and COO, EPB Chattanooga
Micah Remley
VP of Product Strategy and Technology, EnerNOC
Delegate Voting and Griddie® Awards – Finalist #4
Tales from the Front Lines of DR
This roundtable will feature DR practitioners from utilities and service companies talking about what lessons they have learned, and what they think are the evolving best practices. Come hear from these battle-tested veterans on how DR is unfolding in the real world.
Tim Roughan
Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, National Grid
Howard Smith
Manager, Resource Planning and Operations, Alabama Power
George Katsufrakis
Program Operations Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric
John Rankin
Manager, Demand Response, Southern California Edison
Chris Cantone
VP of Load Response Sales, Constellation
Scott Hammond
Project Administrator Energy Programs, Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Delegate Voting and Griddie® Awards – Finalist #5
Griddie® Award Review and Voting
Closing Remarks
Networking Reception
Admission included with National Town Meeting registrations. Additional tickets can be purchased for $65.
ADS Members-Only Dinner
The ADS Members-Only Dinner will be held following the Reception. It will be in the stately top-floor Rotunda of the Reagan Building, with balcony views up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. Network with fellow ADS Members and hear from a guest speaker. Sign up for ADS today!
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
8:00 Am
Registration Opens
Continental Breakfast for all attendees
8:00 – 8:45 Am
ADS Member Meeting
ADS Members are invited to bring their breakfast into the Ballroom and join their fellow members for an annual meeting to discuss membership issues and ideas for the future of the organization. You may join ADS now at www.demandresponsesmartgrid.org. If you wish to join ADS while you are on site for the event, you can do so at the registration desk.
9:00-9:55 Am
Demand Response Track – Case Studies
You ask for them each year, and each year we bring them to you. Hear and see presentations on what practitioners have encountered and accomplished, and what they have learned along the way.
Moderator: Rick Voytas
Director, Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, Ameren
Jun Shimada
CEO, ThinkEco
"Broadening the Scope of Residential Demand Response Through Technology and Data Analytics"
Inia Burginger
Manager, Demand Side Management, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
"Best Practices in Participant Recruitment into Energy Management Programs"
Rick Luna
Manager, Demand Management and Analysis, CPS Energy
"Deploying a DR Solution to Every Customer"
Smart Grid Track – Case Studies
Yes…the smart grid is now officially old enough to have honest-to-goodness case studies. This session will look at some of the projects that have been done under DOE's Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) program.
Moderator: Ron Dizy
EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, ENBALA
Lee Hall and Erik Gilbert
Smart Grid Programs Manager, Bonneville Power Administration
Director, Navigant Energy Practice
"Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Regional Business Case"
Chris Irwin
Smart Grid Standards & Interoperability Coordinator, US Department of Energy
"Update on the Smart Grid Demonstration Grants"
Tom Magee
General Manager, Smart Grid Implementation Group, Con Edison
"Secure Interoperable Open Smart Grid Demonstration Project"
Demand Response Track – Now That We Can Measure It, Why Not Price It?
More time-based meters are being installed across the country with each passing day. New research on how customers feel about pricing continues to be rolled out. This session will present findings on four different pricing options – TOU, CPP, TOU-CPP and VPP – under various marketing and enrollment options, including both opt-in and default enrollment. Come and find out what customers think about time-variant rates compared with standard rate options, see how load impacts vary across different rate options and enrollment strategies, see what drives rate choice and opt-out decisions, whether impacts persist across multiple years, and more.
Moderator: Mike Alexander
Senior Manager, Customer Energy Solutions, Customer Program's EM&V, Pacific Gas & Electric
Steve George
Senior Vice President, Customer Planning, Strategy, and Analysis, Nexant
"Load Impacts and Customer Choice Results from SMUD's Two-Year Smart Pricing Options Pilot"
Jennifer Potter
Principal Market Analyst, SMUD
"What Do Customers Really Think About Time-Based Pricing?"
Mike Farrell
Senior Manager, Customer Programs, Oklahoma Gas & Electric
"Variable Peak Pricing Tariff Results"
Smart Grid Track – Making Room for the "Others"
Storage, solar and wind, microgrids, EVs…oh my! There is no shortage of new players that are vying for a piece of the electricity pie. How will all of this fit together? How will it all be managed? This session will explore just that.
Moderator: Sachin Gupta
Development – Demand Response and Smart Grid Applications, Siemens
Lee Krevat
Director of Smart Grid, San Diego Gas & Electric
"Day ahead pricing for electric vehicle charging"
Mahesh Morjaria
VP, Product Management, First Solar, Inc.
"Impact of Solar Generation on Grid Stability and Reliability"
Chris Villarreal
Senior Regulatory Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission
"Overview and Update on California Policies and Programs"
11:15 Am – 12:15 PM
Demand Response Track – The Customer: Meet the New Boss – Different Than the Old Boss
We all seem to have jumped the ratepayer hurdle and at least we are calling them "customers." But have we only seen the beginnings of the future in terms of customer choice and other aspects of the empowered customer that will rule our world?
Moderator: Steve Cowell
President and CEO, Conservation Services Group
KC Boyce
Assistant Director, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative
"…It's Actually More than One Boss"
Judith Schwartz
President, To the Point
"Low-income consumer decision-making"
Darren Brady
"Results: Northwest Utility Prepay Programs and Research"
Smart Grid Track – Microgrids: Are All Signs Pointing to Them?
Microgrids have rapidly emerged as one of the hottest issues (and business areas) in the electricity industry. And our microgrid session at last years Town Meeting was a hot ticket for attendees. Come hear some presentations on microgrids that have been built and are operating.
Moderator: Paul Grod
President, Rodan Energy Solutions
Terry Mohn
CEO, General Microgrids & Chairman, Microgrid Alliance
"Microgrid Strategies, Models, and Applications"
Alex Kragie
Deputy Chief of Staff, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
"Lessons Learned in the Connecticut Microgrid Program"
Steven Pullins
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Green Energy Corp
"Microgrids: Aligning Economics and Resiliency"
ADS Issue Committee Meetings
Members of the ADS Mass Markets Committee, Business Case/Issues Committee, and Pricing Committee are invited to join their fellow committee members at reserved tables in the Atrium for lunch meetings to discuss action items and deliverables for 2014.
Demand Response Track – ISO Round-Up
This session will feature representatives of the various ISOs and RTOs talking about the state of DR in their world. They will talk about how DR is evolving in the wholesale markets and what the challenges are that they see coming up.
Moderator: Dan Delurey
Executive Director, ADS
Henry Yoshimura
Director, Demand Resource Strategy, ISO-New England
Pete Langbein
Manager, Demand Response Operations, PJM Interconnection
Mike Barber
Demand Response Advisor, MISO
Paul Wattles
Senior Analyst, Market Design, ERCOT
John Goodin
Regulatory Policy Manager, California ISO
Smart Grid Track – Making the Grid More Efficient Without the Customer
Not all of the ways to make the grid smart involve price signals and automated controls relative to customers. This session will focus upstream from the customer interface on how the distribution system and other parts of the utility system can be automated and/or made more efficient.
Moderator: Mike Hyland
Senior Vice President, Engineering Services, American Public Power Association
Alex Pratt
Business Development, Autogrid
"Big Data Driven Predictive Control for the Grid"
Valerio Vadacchino
Manager, Smart Grid Business Development, Enel
"Lessons Learned in European Deployments"
Matt Smith
Senior Director of Utility Solutions, Silver Spring Networks
"The Continuously-Connected Utility: Leveraging the Smart Grid for Real-Time Insights"
Demand Response Track – More Case Studies
The only thing better than one breakout session featuring case studies, is two of them! Come hear people talk about their lessons learned and decide for yourself whether the way they have done something might be a best practice for you.
Moderator: James Reiley
Manager, PECO
Heather Langford
Director, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council
"Driving adoption of demand response in commercial buildings"
Derek Kirchner
Principal Program Advisor, DTE Energy
"Lessons Learned in Customer Behavior and Dynamic Peak Pricing"
Ruth Kiselewich
Director of DSM Programs, Baltimore Gas & Electric
"Results from the Smart Energy Rewards® program"
Smart Grid Track – Reliability, Resilience, and Repulsion
Are these the new 3 "R's" that will govern how the grid is built and operated? Reliability used to be the main "R" that mattered. And much of the planning, costing, and operation of the utility system revolved around it. Now resiliency in the face of weather and natural disasters is coming to the forefront. And with substations being physically attacked and entire networks being cyber-attached, there is another criteria on the table. Come hear about what all this means.
Moderator: Sharyn Barata
Senior Principal Energy Consultant, Itron
David Wade
Executive VP and COO, EPB Chattanooga
"How the smart grid benefits outage management and restoration"
Gary Rackliffe
North America VP for Smart Grids, ABB
"Resiliency and the modern grid"
Josh Schellenberg
Managing Consultant, Utility Services, Nexant
"Transmission Planning in the Face of Natural Disasters"


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On Monday, Re-nest pointed out the September issue of Dwell magazine includes a photo of an American home (seen above) with a wind turbine fastened to its roof.
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In Pakistan, over 350,000 children under five die every year, and almost one in five of these deaths are due to pneumonia
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A study of babies and infants admitted to public and private hospitals in the Karachi, Hyderabad and Matiari districts of Sindh has revealed that pneumococcal meningitis is life threatening and its after effects can dramatically impact the quality of a child's life.
PCV protects children against deadly pneumonia and meningitis and is being included in the routine immunisation programme by the Government of Sindh from November 10. The campaign was launched in the federal capital and the Punjab on October 10, and it will be extended to the rest of the country early next year. With this launch, Pakistan is the first country in South Asia to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine in its national vaccination programme. The vaccine is available in the private sector but the three doses needed costs around Rs 13,000.
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Slaves On Dope's Kevin Jardine
A few months ago, Kevin dropped us a line about our page so we thought we'd hit him up for 20 Questions.
For those of you that don't know, Slaves On Dope were the first band to be signed to Ozzy Osbourne's record label, Divine Recordings. And they're from Canada and were on a Bret Michaels Tribute CD! That alone is enough for us to do 20 Questions with them. Enjoy!
1. What are you currently up to? This is your only chance to plug your CDs, tours, websites, etc.
We are in the middle of writing the follow up to "inches from the mainline" We hope to have it recorded in early 2002 and out by the summer, but you know how that goes.
2. How did you guys end up doing "Look What The Cat Dragged In" for the Bret Michaels "A Tribute To Poison" CD and what did you think about that CD?
We met the guys in Poison because they were rehearsing next to us in LA. Bobby needed a bass guitar strap and I gave him one. Brett bought us Pizza to thank us and we talked and he asked if we would do a song for his tribute cd. He also invited us to watch the Super Bowl at his place and race go-karts, which we couldn't turn down.
3. Please tell us about Slaves On Dope earlier record "Light On Your Feet" and how that album compares to the new album?
That song is off "one good turn deserves another" which was released in 1997 and was only for sale in Canada. It was a song that the record company wanted released and they were only going to push that song. We all like the song but it may be too "mellow" for some of our fans.
4. What hard rock/heavy metal band should give it up and call it a day?
ummmmmmm…………….sheesshhhhhhhhhhh, thats tough.
I guess the one thing i would like to see is Priest again WITH Halford.
5. Which do you prefer:
Aimee Osbourne or Kelly Osbourne = i love em both
Zebrahead or Motorhead = Motorhead are legends and Zebrahead gave us our first US show.
Detroit Red Wings or Dallas Stars = Montreal Canadiens
Union Underground or Saliva = Powerman 5000 or Kid Rock
Playboy or Penthouse = Playboy
CC DeVille or Rikki Rockett = CC
Rush or Triumph = RUSH
Pamela Anderson or Shania Twain = Pam
Pot or cocaine = neither
Bob & Doug McKenzie or Jay & Silent Bob = Bob and Doug.
6. With the way the Montreal Canadians have played over the last few years, you don?t really consider them a hockey team, do you?
Considering we have 24 cups, we are the ONLY hockey team.
7. Does Kittie have any real talent?
Yes they do.
8. Slaves On Dope are on Ozzy's Divine Recordings label. Do you think Ozzy even has any idea he even has a record label?
Ozzy knows who I am, I believe he knows I'm in a band……Maybe I should ask him.
9. Was it someone at the record label or at management that decided Slaves On Dope should have a bald guy, a guy with dreads and 2 guys with gotees?
No, it just happened that way.
10. Rate the following chicks on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being a mess and 10 being a hottie.
Raylene the pornstar = Franks ex girl…….10
Sharon Osbourne = boss = 10
Jenna Jameson = 1
Janine = 1
Britney Spears = in the schoolgirl outfit 10
The Rack = 7
Shania Twain = 6
Jennifer Lopez = 9
That chick from Spike 1000 = 5
Carmen Electra = 8
11. Are you disappointed with your album sales so far?
We got no video support and radio was cut short as well. I think 60,000 is good for a band that sold records by word of mouth and their live show.
12. Is it true that your singer is obsessed with KNAC?s The Rack?
I think it may be the other way around.
13. What rock star deserves a smack in the mouth and why?
The guys from Alien Ant Farm. They talk too much smack for their own good. They played a show in Montreal and talked shit about us on stage. Some of our close friends were at the show and told us what they said. Plus the whole Van's Warped thing this summer, it's obvious they have big mouths.
14. When you toured with Union Underground, the band between you guys and UU, Dust For Life left the tour and Saliva replaced them. On your website it said you guys should have been moved up in the bill as immediate support but you weren?t. Then it said, "Since the beginning of time headlining bands have put what we call buffers between them and the band that may upstage them and that I understand." Do you really think Union Underground was worried about you guys upstaging them?
Yes, and to further that comment, the other reason that Saliva was in the immediate spot, was Union knew Saliva was going to be bigger than them and wanted the opening slot on one of their upcoming tours. Remember, it's not show friends…..it's show business.
What do you remember about the following years:
1976 = I was 4…..um, i played a lot
1980 = I got my first BMX
1984 = I began my love affair with metal
1988 = high school……tough years
1992 = slaves on dope started
1995 = Frank and Rob joined the band, most important day in the life of the band
1997 = our first official record was released in Canada
16. Who's the most overrated band today?
Linkin Park
17. How come the band's website has over 2 million hits, but "Inches From The Mainline" hasn't sold anywhere near that?
I believe its because we have devoted fans and since I am the webmaster, all the information on the site is real and all the updates happen when I get news.
18. Why do all the bands you tour with end you hating your band when the tour is over?
Who hates us? We have had our differences but never any bad blood. We do our job and we do it well, that pisses people off sometimes.
19. How long before you guys are dropped? Any idea?
We would never give anyone a reason to "drop" us.
20. Time for Metal Sludge's Word Association. We mention a name and you give us your thoughts.
Kid Rock = crossed the line with Tommy
Fred Durst = has no Wes
Poison = paid our rent
Jani Lane = tired
Vince Neil = see above
Carson Daly = smarter than I though
Disturbed = WA KA KA KA
Marilyn Manson = Orlando (my guitar tech)
Sharon Osbourne = respect
Jack Osbourne = little brother
Pretty much straight to the point with a few slaps to people here and there. That's cool.
For more info on Slaves On Dope, visit their website at www.slavesondope.com


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These four have their reasons, of course, for wanting to take such a drastic step. Martin (Pierce Brosnan) was a famous TV personality until he got caught having sex with a 15-year-old girl—an offense which has publicly humiliated him and ruined his once-glittering career. Maureen (Toni Collette) is a single mom who simply cannot go on giving every waking moment to the care of her disabled son. Jess (Imogen Poots) is an obnoxiously rebellious bundle of energy who cannot get the attention she thinks she deserves from her politician father (Sam Neill). And JJ (Aaron Paul), the only American in the group, has carelessly let his life spiral out of control after he failed to make it big as a rock star.
How is it, you may reasonably ask, that these four characters try to off themselves at the same time—and at the same place? Well, because it's New Year's Eve—a popular end-it-all date, apparently—and the skyscraper rooftop where they meet is supposedly the most popular jumping-off place in the U.K. Obviously, not one of the four goes through with it; they get too embarrassed, or too cold or something, and then someone suggests they can always jump later, like on Valentine's day, the next most popular day to commit suicide. It's a decision that not only gives them six weeks to reconsider taking their own lives, it also provides the engine that drives the plot. Within their unlikely support group, Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ are literally unable to live without the constant moral support and companionship of the other three.
Have we mentioned that this is a comedy? Well, okay, it's a black comedy, although it would be difficult for anyone who has seriously contemplated suicide—or known someone who actually accomplished it—to find the humor here. But Jack Thorne's script does deliver some honest laughs, and along the way it also mines a few meaningful philosophical nuggets about the human condition. That said, the film's basic premise—and its execution—are so contrived it's actually painful to see the actors work so hard trying to make these goings-on believable.
The remarkable thing is, no one performance is better than others—a unique accomplishment for a Grade B film like this one. Brosnan convincingly shows that even a self-centered dolt like Martin can be sincerely introspective, while Collette nicely lifts her character from deep depression into something akin to a lust for life. Paul is the very personification of a lost soul, a guy who became way too devoted to his preposterous dreams, and Poots—whose annoying agita may drive some viewers batty—becomes heartbreakingly vulnerable when given the chance.
In other words, the fault in A Long Way Down is definitely not in its stars.
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By Robert and Hoberley Schuler
Q: We are now having severe water rationing. Our home is only five years old. We are taking out our lawn and we have just begun to landscape, leaving the existing trees and some shrubs. What would you suggest that we plant that would not take too much water? We need colorful plants, not succulents! Georgia and Ed Dourley, San Diego
A: This question is repeatedly asked of me. With diminishing water supplies and increasing water costs, we need to know what will grow within very restricted water conditions. Native plants have developed a diversified way of taking up water under dry conditions by developing deep penetrating roots and long side roots. Conserving water techniques within the plant include developing a thick cuticle layer on the leaves (such as succulents), hairy leaves (to help absorb moisture), light grey leaves to keep moisture from escaping), etc.
Coastal California and Coastal Southern Oregon lie between the 30º-45º latitude which is the same as the Mediterranean region climates. This same latitude in the southern hemisphere of Chili, South African Cape and Southwest Australia is similar to our region, and comprises only about 2% of the earth's land mass.
Removing your lawn and putting in walking paths will allow you to plant shrubs and native plants that require much less water irrigation and will provide a diverse selection of plant textures and colors. It is important to pay attention when you select your new plants as to their height and width along the path to prevent overcrowding. Check your existing trees for shading of plants and root competition for the water.
Review the front section of your Sunset Western Garden Book for Native Plant selections in your area. My current garden includes a wonderful selection of drought tolerant and native plants. As usual, many of the plants are planted too close together! My colorful garden includes over one hundred plants which include:
Salvia (also known as sages) coccinea "coral Nymph"; S.chiapensis, hot pink flowers; S. clevelandii, with lavender-blue flowers; S. elegans, pineapple sage with red flowers; S. greggii, deep purplish red to red flowers; S. guaranitica, an anise scented plant with cobalt electric blue flowers; S. "Indigo Spires", violet blue flowers; S. leucanthia, Mexican Bush Sage" with purple and white flowers calyxes; S. Mexicana with dark blue or violet with reddish purple calyxes; S. splendens "scarlet sage" with red to salmon flowers; S.uliginosa with whorls of lavender blue flowers with purple tinged calyxes.
With so many sages to choose from you can enjoy their brilliant colors and the hummingbirds and butterflies they attract. To keep their height and width controlled, you will need to prune several times a year, and some varieties may need shelter from the sun and winds.
Agastache (Labiatae) is a wonderful summer blooming flower that attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies with its aromatic foliage and whorls of pink purple, blue, red, or orange flowers. We need to attract the bee population as well!
Penstemon (beard tongue) has so many varieties of flowers that you will again have a tough time deciding which one to plant. Its colors vary from deep red or pink, to shades of lavender to blue, white or deep maroon. They come in border plants as well as varieties that grow over three feet tall.
Low growing plants include Aquilegia (columbine); Heuchera (coral bells); Pacific Coast iris; Mimulus (monkey flower); Sisyrinchium californicum (yellow eyed grass); and many, many more low growing and airy plants including succulents (some are very invasive).
Shrubs include Baccharis, ceanothus, flannel bush (fremontodendron; mallow); ribes (current); symphoricarpos albus (common snowberry). Kangaroo Paw (anigozanthos) is also a widely used perennial that requires very little water after established. The spikes of New Zealand Flax come in many different leaf colors. Another New Zealand shrub we now see everywhere is the tea tree (leptospermum) with its bright red and pink flowers; it is available in white. These shrubs can be pruned as hedges while they are young; once they get up to 20 feet tall, their branches cannot be pruned without bare spots. There are many grasses available that are low to medium high; growing with many shades of brown to rust and green.
A real native is the California poppy (Eschscholzia) even the traditional Hollyhocks (alcearosea) does not require much water! Do not overlook the wonderful lavenders, Lupines, Daylilies, Rudbekia, Coreopsis, and Rosemary; the primrose family and the gazanias and Lantana from South Africa.
Carefully monitoring your sprinkling system and keeping the sprinklers in good working condition will also save you water.
Conditioning your soil with compost and adding mulch will keep your native and drought tolerant plants happy! Check with your local nursery in your area for available plants.
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When Greg Harris went into the studio for Glass Gold, his newest record, he literally did not know what was going to be on the album. As in, hadn't even written the songs yet.
"Somehow, a bunch of the tracks on that album, they were all completely free, in the context of us relating to each other in the moment," he says, leaning back in a large leather chair in his home. "So it's like, those weren't composed at all. We didn't know where we were going to go next."
For an album that sounds, at times, almost Rush-like in its structures — tight but sprawling tunes that hit changes with the precision of meticulous rehearsal — that's damn impressive. And while the Greg Harris Vibe Quintet's contemporary and sometimes poppy jazz falls squarely under the heading of the genre (which certainly implies some degree of improvisation), it's still almost mind-boggling to understand that many of those changes were, in fact, not rehearsed at all.
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Then again, you might say (if you were going to wax philosophical about it) that Greg Harris's rehearsal is his life. Both on the album and in his pursuits, Harris seems to balance his dedication to his craft with a faith in wherever it takes him.
Just seeing his house, in which musical instruments line the walls and occupy nearly every available square foot of floor space, you could conclude that Harris's existence revolves around music. And that conclusion becomes about as evident as a punch in the face when Harris does something like announce that he's been "really into frame drums," and then abruptly leaves the room, returning a few beats later with a stack of about five of them — examples of the earliest drums known to exist.
He picks one up and taps out a beat. "This one," he says, "is an Irish bodhran, but I'm using a technique from Azerbaijan, like a Middle Eastern finger-snapping technique."
That type of tradition-blending has perhaps become Harris's trademark as a musician. "I like to learn about as many traditions as I can, and then make an amalgamation into my own thing, my own voice," he says. "And I mean, living in 2010, with globalization, how can you just be into one thing?
"I would love to if I could," he goes on, joking. "I'd probably be a lot more successful. I guess, just, diversity is the key."
And so it seems for Harris, who got his start playing guitar. "I was big into punk rock when I was a kid," he recalls. "Then I kind of got into jazz through funky music, like soul music. But I really liked drumming, too. I played the snare drum in sixth grade or something. And then I just got real psyched on ethnic percussion."
That happened while Harris was doing his undergrad at Fort Lewis College in Durango, where he graduated with degrees in music performance and music education. Harris, who speaks with the laid-back demeanor of dudes who ride boards, tells a story about his younger self that is somehow not hard to believe: "I just kind of went down there and snowboarded a lot. I hardly ever went to school."
That changed, "like three years into it," he remembers. "I got real motivated and just started playing marimba and vibraphone, everything from snare drum and timpani, Afro-Cuban drumming. I was really into Afro-Cuban and Haitian and Caribbean music.
"For a long time," he adds, "I always wanted to go there."
Harris has yet to do that, but while he was doing his master's in percussion at the University of Colorado, a similar opportunity presented itself when one of his professors asked him to chaperone undergrads on a trip to Ghana to study music through culture.
"It changed my life," he declares. "It was so deep and rich and powerful. I took all these different classes, and I drummed, and I danced every day. It was bananas. I once danced for, I think, nine hours straight."
Which is a lot of dancing, perhaps, but not necessarily life-altering. Nevertheless, Harris says there was more to it than just getting down. "I had a time where I actually broke down. I couldn't control my emotions," he relates. "I was out in front of one of the most prominent slave castles — it was for like 400 years or something — and there were all these like little kids dressed as, like, weird clowns, begging for money...and I was in this procession of chiefs from all the different tribes, and I just got overwhelmed with these emotions I couldn't control."
Besides having emotional epiphanies in Ghana, Harris studied an instrument called the gyil, a type of West African xylophone, under masters of the instrument: Aaron Bebe Sukura, the late Kakraba Lodi, and S.K. Kakraba, the former's son. "It's kind of a weird thing, the way they have last names and first names," he jokes. "I also brought Aaron Bebe over here to tour a few times."
He also brought back mastery in a dizzying array of percussive instruments, a skill he applies to both the degrees he earned. Aside from his various music projects, he teaches — most notably, at an Aurora all-girls treatment center for teens who are "real troubled," he points out, "like, serious psychological problems."


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In "There Will Come Soft Rains," what literary device does Bradbury use most when he relates to the house?
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The most often used literary technique to describe the house is personification, where you give inanimate objects human-like characteristics. This is interesting, considering the house is devoid of humans; making the house and its mechanical components human-like seems to both fill the house with life, and emphasize its emptiness at the same time. I have listed many examples below, and I hope it helps!:
1. "the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh"
2. "memory tapes glided under electric eyes"
3. "Outside, the garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car"
4. "hot water whirled them down a metal throat which digested"
5. "it had shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old-maidenly preoccupation with self—protection which bordered on mechanical paranoia."
6. "Behind it whirred angry mice, angry at having to pick up mud, angry at inconvenience."
7. "At ten o'clock the house began to die"
Satire (humorous writing intended to point out errors, falsehood, foibles, or failings)
The writer intended to point out the errors in humanity that one day the technology we create were surpass us and ultimately destroy us
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For those of you that don't know, June Foray is a legendary voice actress who is best known for voicing some of the most classic animated characters in the history of entertainment including Lucifer from Cinderella, Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Witch Hazel, Granny, and many more.
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With stars Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman on hand to accept the Most Anticipated Movie award, the 2011 SCREAM Awards turned into Gotham City for one night only.
After a decade of thrilling audiences worldwide and nearly eight billion dollars in global box office receipts, Spike TV presented a moving tribute to the "Harry Potter" film franchise with the help of its eponymous star, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lord Voldemort himself, Ralph Fiennes at its "SCREAM Awards 2011."
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About the Ministry
Ministry of Youth and Sports was established in 1984. Before
that sports sector was dealt with in the Ministry of Sports
and Culture while the youth sector was looked after by the
Ministry of Labour and Manpower. After its creation, the
Ministry of Youth and Sports has been dispensing its
services for the development of the youth section of the
population. At the same time, it looks after the upliftment
of games and sports in the country. Following are the major activities of the Ministry.
- All matter relating to youth-their welfare, training and prospects.
- Organization and mobilization of the youths for voluntary participation in the development activities of the country.
- Co-ordination of youth services liaison with concern ministries/ divisions.
- Administration of grants-in-aid under specific projects.
- Youth awards.
- Programmes to encourage a sense of adventure, responsibility ,confidence and achievement in youths.
- Research and study on youths and youth development activities.
- Promoting activities for creating employment opportunities for the unemployed and under employed youths.
- Promotion aid development of games and sports.
- National sports awards.
- Aid from foreign and international body in the field of sports.
- Grants-in-aid to sport organisations.
- International Organisations and other international programmes in the field of sports.
- Pride of performance; merit awards in sports.
- Organisation and participation in national and international games and athletics.
- Development publication in the field of sports.
- National bodies relating to sports.
- Exchange of sports team with foreign countries.
- Pension to sports men.
- Secretariat administration including financial matters.
- Administration and control of subordinate offices and organisations under this Ministry.
- Liaison with International Organisations and matters relating to treaties and agreements with other countries and world bodies relating to subjects allotted to this Ministry.
All laws on subjects allotted to this Ministry.
- Inquiries and statistics on any of the subject allotted to this Ministry.
- Fees in respect of any of the subject allotted to this Ministry except fees taken in courts.
The Ministry's major activities in sports sector relate to the
organizations like National Sports Council (NSC),
Bangladesh Olympic Association(BOA),
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan(BKSP), and the Federations and
Associations affiliated under the NSC. The ministry comes
forward to the organizations with guidelines, policies,
financial supports and necessary regulatory advice. It
provides co-ordination role when other ministries and
organizations are required to work on a common platform for
any national or international event. Another organization is
the Directorate of Sports which is a government department.
It is directly linked with the Ministry for its activities
in sports sector.
Ministry of Youth and Sports works as guardian to the
Department of Youth Development
which is the only implementing agency of government policies
and programmes for the youth and has offices in 64 districts and 476 sub
districts, and 60 institutional training centers throughout
the country.
In some cases, the Ministry of Youth and Sports directly
involves itself in the implementation process, such as
distribution of National Youth Award and National Sports
Award, extending financial support to genuinely needy
athletes, helping the best performing youth clubs with
financial supports and the like.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports is manned by cadre service
personnel at the upper stages who work as Assistant
Secretary, Senior Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary,
Joint Secretary and Secretary. There is no post of
Additional Secretary in this ministry. Postings are made by
the Ministry of Public Administration.
Non-cadre class-II posts are filled up by promotion from among the stenographers,
accountants, office assistant-cum-computer operators who
form the contingent of helping hands for the cadre-officers.
Minister/Minister of State is the Chief Executive of the
Ministry. He is helped by the Secretary who is the Principal
Accounting Officer of the Ministry and is responsible for
day-to-day administration of the Ministry. At present the
Ministry of Youth and Sports has 19 class-I, 16 class-II, 19
class-III and 17 other officials working under it.
The ministry gets its yearly budget allocation from the
national budget. Its revenue expenditure comes from the
ministry of Finance after the budget is approved by the
parliament, while the development expenditure is provided by
the Ministry of Finance after the development plan is
approved by the Ministry of Planning.
Ministry of Youth and Sports carry out the project
activities in collaboration with the
Ministry of Planning,
Economic Relations Division (ERD),
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division(IMED),
Ministry of Finance,
and the like. It works with national and international development partners. When
it comes to a question of international communication it seeks help from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Legal points are
discussed with
Ministry of Law and Justice.
Ministry of Public Administration
helps this ministry in the matter of personnel administration.
The Ministry has an obligation to present statements of its
activities to the parliament and its committees. There is a
standing committee of 10 members in the parliament for the
Ministry of Youth and Sports. The ministry has to work in
close touch with the
Parliament Secretariat as well as its standing committee.


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Isn't this a surprise cover issue for Nick Cannon! He and his Wife Mariah Carey has been pretty low key lately. But anyhoo Mimi boy toy had this to say too all the haters in his recent interview with JET magazine.
Nick Cannon laughs when people call him "Mr. Mariah Carey," even though he's been married to his wife, Mariah, for two years now. The self-professed "entrepretainer " -an entrepreneur first and entertainer second -is certainly accomplished in his own right. He became a millionaire at 15 and is the CEO of his own multi-media company, NCredible Entertainment and chairman of the Teen Nick television network. "That type of stuff is humorous to me," he tells Jet. "If I were an insecure individual or if that was true, that type of statement -that I'm a 'boy toy' or 'yes man' and all that type of stuff -would bother me. But anybody who knows me or talks to me for five minutes knows clearly that's not the picture."


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1951 SportsWorld Series Champions: New York Yankees NFL Champions: Los Angeles Rams NBA Champions: Rochester Royals Stanley Cup Champs: Toronto Maple Leafs U.S. Open Golf: Ben Hogan U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Frank Sedgman/Maureen Connolly Wimbledon (Men/Women): Dick Savitt/Doris Hart NCAA Football Champions: Tennessee NCAA Basketball Champions: Kentucky Kentucky Derby: Count Turf Fashion Icons:Doris Day, Dorothy Dandridge, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner. Other FactsIn an effort to introduce rhythm and blues to a broader white audience, which was hesitant to embrace "black music," disc jockey Alan Freed uses the term rock 'n' roll to describe R&B.Clarence Karcher and Eugene McDermott renamed their 'Geophysical Service Inc" to Texas Instruments. 1951 introduced the world to Tupperware parties, although the products were first available in 1946. 1947 saw the development of the soft-burping Tupperware seal. Joe Gold opened the first 'Gold's Gym' in New Orleans. Things didn't work out, but he started again in Venice, California in 1965. The second time was the charm. J.D. Salinger's cultural phenomenon, The Catcher in the Rye, was published. Time Magazine's Man Of The Year: Mohammed Mossadegh Miss America: Yolande Betbeze (Mobile, AL) Most Popular Christmas Gifts: Muffin the Mule pull-toy, View-Master* with Disney reels. What Was On TV:Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS), Texaco Star theatre (NBC), I Love Lucy (CBS), The Red Skelton Show (NBC), The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC), Arthur Godfrey and his Friends (CBS), Fireside theatre (NBC), Your Show of Shows (NBC), The Jack Benny Show (CBS), You Bet Your Life (NBC). |
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Infallible eyeshadows are one of my favorites from L'Oreal's stable. My picks from the range would be endless chocolate, midnight blue and burning black.
Loreal Description of the product:
L'Oréal Paris unveils its latest eye shadow. Ultra-intense colour, up to 24 hour long-lasting hold and velvety soft feel.
ENHANCED COLOUR INTENSITY:Infallible Eyeshadows contain an exceptionally high level of colour pigments, for an intense colour finish. Additional binders (oils), coat and magnify the colour pigments revealing beautiful shimmer and maximized colour.
24 HOUR HOLD (CREASE-PROOF AND WATERPROOF:The colour adheres to the eyelid as durably and comfortably as a second skin. The Infallible formula stands up to the average woman's 11,000 blinks per day. It also resists to rubbing, creasing and does not run into the fine lines around the eyes.
A VELVETY, SENSUAL TEXTURE:With a formulation that lies between the comfort of a cream and the ease of application of a powder, Infallible eyeshadow contains an exceptionally high proportion of binders (oils) for the softest, most velvety eyeshadow. The eyeshadow melts gently from the fingertips to the eyelid on application. The result is a rich and satiny look.
Price: INR 450 for 3.5g
How it fared:
Even if it is a product I love, I rarely buy shades that I am sure I won't be using much unless I am in the mood to experiment. I pick up shades that suit my skin tone, is not difficult to pull off and require very little effort. So as much as I loved the infallible range, I knew the above three would be the only shades that I will use even though ALL the colors looked extremely tempting and I wanted to bring them all home!
Infallible eyeshadows stand somewhere in between pressed and powder eyeshadow (cream to powder eyeshadows). These are finely milled and pressed by means of a stopper. In effect it actually looks like finely milled pigments pressed down to compact form by means of the stopper.
The packaging is a normal plastic pot fitted with a stopper that keeps the pigments in place and a twist open cap. The bottom of the tub is transparent that helps you locate the shades easier. The caps labels also correspond to the color of the eyeshadow. Overall the packaging is a sturdy, travel friendly one.
The eyeshadows are super fine, blends like a dream and deposits evenly. All 3 shades are superbly pigmented, however the colors give better intensity when used wet. Also the patting method of applying eyeshadows work better than the brush blending to achieve intensity. However I prefer to layer them over an eye primer because I find that because of the heavily pigmented nature of these shadows, it tends to crease after some time. Even though not to the level of being bothersome, a primer makes the shadows work better.
Okay now coming to the 24 hours claim; the eyeshadow does not last all that long on me, not that I tested it for 24 hours. It stays on me without fading for an average of 6 hours after which I notice slight creasing and fading off.
Endless Chocolate: It is a gorgeous true brown shimmery shade that would look awesome on India skin tones. The golden shimmers are not over the top and hence the shadow can work for day wear too.
Burning Black: It is a deep burgundy shade with purple shimmers. Again the shimmers are not over the top and will work as solid shade for evenings. The shade kind of reminds me of Beauty Marked from MAC, though I like this one better!
All night Blue: It's a deep navy blue shade with blue shimmers that looks great with brown eyes. It works great in creating a smokey eye look. There are very few blue shadows that I adore and this shade is one among them. The shade though very pretty is easily dupable. The Deep truth from MAC is pretty close.
- Cream to powder eyeshadow
- Gorgeous shade selection
- Finely milled
- Soft smooth texture
- Superb pigmentation
- Have a tendency to crease after a while if not used with a base
- Most shades are shimmery though shimmers are not OTT
- Shades give maximum intensity when used wet
- Patting the eyeshadows works better in building up color.
Round Up: Infallible eyeshadows are really value for money mono eyeshadows from Loreal that gives many top end brands run for their money. If you haven't already, try out few shades from the range that suits your taste. Chances are you won't be disappointed.


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English Standard Version (ESV) | New International Version (NIV) |
2 I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. | 2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. |
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers. (English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Strawberries and Vinaigrette. Posh job!
Written by greedyfoodster, Posted in Salad, Vegetarian
Who would have thought that adding a handful of strawberries to a salad will escalate it onto a highly "special" status? Fruit in a salad, you'd frown? Yes, exactly! Let me convince you:
The sweet acidity of the strawberries is complimented beautifully by a velvety rich, tangy balsamic dressing. A sprinkle of a few smoke roasted chopped almonds surprise every mouthful with a crunchy bite, while the crisp green leaves provide a refreshing flavour base. Mellow, salty goats cheese is all you need to round it all up in sweet perfection. Sweet, salty, smokey, sour flavours mingled with soft, crisp, crunchy texture…
How much more goodness can you cram in a bowl I ask?
I will be serving this salad at home to anyone I can drag through the door, that's for sure! Can't wait to get back and try ..Heavenly!


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Anglican priest rewrites biblical stories making Goliath a drunkard, Eve a sex fiend
London, Mar 29, 2008 / 10:29 pm (CNA).- An Anglican vicar has tried to make Bible stories more "accessible" to modern readers by rewriting them to portray Goliath as a celebrity binge drinker, Eve as a sex addict, and Noah's wife as a woman with murderous intentions towards her husband, the Daily Mail reports. Reverend Robert Harrison's book, titled "Must Know Stories," retells ten Bible
"Retells"? Let's be honest and define them as they are - these are "REWRITES".
Good question, Rev Harrison. At least you're admitting you don't know! But muddying the waters doesn't help matters.In the story of the Nativity, Jesus is born in an overcrowded house instead of a stable. Harrison's story goes on to portray family conflict as Joseph's aunt deals with the marital state of Joseph and Mary, who in Harrison's retelling are unmarried.
Harrison said he wrote the book to encourage people to read stories "that are so utterly part of our culture." According to the Daily Mail, he said people should know the stories not as a matter of
religion but as a matter of cultural education."
"I wanted to write a book that tells the most important Bible stories in a way that relishes them rather than tries to make any particular religious point." Rev. Harrison added, "After all, who knows what the point is?"
"What is more important to me is that people are getting to know the stories," he said.Harrison, who preaches at a West London church, said, "It's better to tell the story controversially than not at all."
Ever think about telling the stories truthfully. You know, as the Bible presents them? And why are you calling them stories? "Lord of the Rings" is a story. "The Little Engine That Could" is a story. You're talking about inspired Scripture here!
The article ends with comments opposed to the Rev. Harrison's approach, such as Catholic MP Ann Widdecombe, who said "It is one thing to give a biblical story a modern application and something quite different to distort all the facts." But hey, since when have facts ever stopped a liberal theologian from doing anything they've wanted to do?
Perhaps for his next book, Harrison can write that Judas was bullied by the other 11 apostles, Uriah's military career drove Bathsheba into despair so she sought love in the arms of King David, Esau lost his birthright because he didn't have a good lawyer, and Jesus was actually married to Mary Magdalene..... oh wait, that one's been taken.
I wonder if Dan Brown has Harrison's phone number.