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ART Feast
On August 16, 2014, Old Town invites you to the first annual ART Feast! This new and exciting art fair will coincide with the successfully established Renegade Theatre Festival, a deal-seeker's Sidewalk Sale and a mouth-watering Food Truck Rally!
Shimmy Shack, Good Bites and Wooden Spork will all be serving their delicious delights! Have a taste!
The Art Fair is from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. while the Food Truck Rally is from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Calling artists! Click here for the artist application!
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Also enjoy Renegade Theatre Festival activities Saturday - highlights include:
August 16 SATURDAY
1 -2p.m.
Cuatro Sur [meaning Four South, in Spanish] is a duo of singers and guitar players from Spain, Miguel Cabañas and Norberto Aguado. They sing traditional songs from Spain and Latin America. They bring the passion and happiness of Flamenco Rumba and salsa rhythms and the romantic and tender melodies from Rancheras, and Boleros to audiences across Michigan. They have performed every year at Renegade Theater at Old Town since the Festival started. For more information on Cuatro Sur, please contact group member Miguel Cabañas at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
August 16 SATURDAY
2:30 - 3:30pm
"Some Guy and a Blond" (aka Jeff Boerger and Ann Lapo) will play an assortment of old-time, country-folk, and their real love, Cajun/Creole music from the bayous and prairies of southwest Louisiana. They'll be entertaining festival goers at 2:30 on Saturday afternoon. For more information on this group, please contact Jeff at:firstname.lastname@example.com.
August 16 SATURDAY
4 – 5p.m.
Aaron is a folk singer/songwriter from Okemos, Michigan, and winner of Tri-County's Got Talent 2014. He draws inspiration from fellow swede 'The Tallest Man on Earth' and 'Iron and Wine'. Aaron is a talented fingerpicker and will surely blow you away. For more information on Aaron Pride, you can e-mail: email@example.com.
August 16th SATURDAY EVENING
6 – 7p.m.
Hailing from Southfield, Mich. (by way of New York and Athens, Greece), Alexander is a tried and true singer/songwriter. Partaking in this rebirth of Michigan and its glorious folk music, his voice is instantly soothing as it floats across the finely plucked and gently strummed guitar that finds its home in his arms. Alexander nurtures his music from its birth on paper to the recording stage where he tracks his own vocal melodies over one another to create a full-fledged, lush sound.
Alexander's conquests have been the focus of the acclaimed Groove Box Studios video series. His songs encompass all the tools required to preach love to listeners: Classical and acoustic guitars, piano, African and Latin percussion instruments. Arranged and recorded with some of Detroit's best musicians from bands like Flint Eastwood, Passalacqua and Will Sessions. His 12-track debut album "Positive Love" is being featured in local shows and web videos on a regular basis. For more information, please visit: www. greateralexander.com.


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You may have noticed that our cursor changes its shape depending on where it is physically located in Logic's windows. In this lesson, we'll explore the toolbox and learn how to quickly select the right tool for the job. The default Pointer tool is a multifunctional tool. This means it can change its function depending on where it is relative to a region in the Arrange window. On the bottom right-hand side of our region it turn into a trimmer. On the top, right-hand side it turns into a loop. In the middle it turns into a pointer which you can use to select or move a region. The Pointer is cool but there are other tools we will need.
You can choose them with the menu on the upper right of the Arrange window, here the list of all the tools we have at our disposal. If I choose the Eraser tool, my cursor is now the Eraser tool. I'll go back and choose the Pointer tool. The menu to the right is our alternate tool. That's a tool that'll show up whenever we hit Command in the Arrange window. Notice right now it's currently selected as the Marquee tool. When I hit Command in the Arrange window, my cursor turns automatically into the Marquee tool. So you can change either your primary tool or your alternate tool at any time, to give you access to two tools at once.
It is tiring and time-consuming to constantly go up to the top right to change your tools. If you're working intensely for hours on end, you have spent a large amount of time dragging the mouse up there. There is got to be a faster way. There is. It's the Escape key. Any time you hit the Escape key it pops up a toolbox wherever your mouse is and you get a list of your primary tools from there. So at any time I can hit Escape and choose for example the Eraser tool. Now that's my tool. Hit Escape again. Choose the Pointer tool. Even faster are the numbers we see next to the tools when we hit Escape.
Notice that every tool has a number associated with it. If I hit Escape and then the number 3, I automatically get the Eraser tool. Escape+1 takes me back to the Pointer tool. These are fast and useful ways to change your tools. One last point, be aware that the list changes slightly and the tools will do different things depending on what window we are in. If I select the Dark Pad ModW region and open the piano roll, I can see by the list of tools that they are different in this window. For example, I've a Finger tool, but I didn't have a Finger tool in the Arrange window. Also they do different things.
For example, the Pencil tool actually creates a MIDI event. (Music playing.) If I close this window and go back to the Arrange window, you'll see,by hitting Escape, and choosing the Pencil tool, that in this window it actually makes an empty region, something totally different. It may sound trivial and unnecessary to master quick selection of your tools, but you'll be astounded down the road how much difference it makes to quickly get the right tool when you need to perform a specific task in Logic. The faster you can make the move, the less likely that creative impulse you have will be forgotten.
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Should an adult transgender male be allowed to run around naked in a girl's locker room or is that taking a non-discrimination policy too far?
College Allows Transgender Man to Expose Himself to Young Girls | FOX News & Commentary: Todd StarnesA Washington college said their non-discrimination policy prevents them from stopping a transgender man from exposing himself to young girls inside a women?s locker room, according to a group of concerned parents.
?Little girls should not be exposed to naked men, period,? said David Hacker, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom. A group of concerned parents contacted the legal firm for help.
Hacker said a 45-year-old male student, who dresses as a woman and goes by the name Colleen Francis, undressed and exposed his genitals on several occasions inside the woman?s locker room at Evergreen State College.
Students from nearby Olympia High School as well as children at a local swimming club share locker rooms with the college.
According to a police report, the mother of a 17-year-old girl complained after her daughter saw the transgender individual walking naked in the locker room. A female swim coach confronted the man sprawled out in a sauna exposing himself. She ordered him to leave and called police.
The coach later apologized when she discovered the man was transgendered but explained there were girls using the facility as young as six years old who weren?t used to seeing male genitals.
?They?re uncomfortable with him being in there, her, being in there and are shocked by it,? parent Kristi Holterman told KIRO-TV.
According to the police report, the local district attorney probably will not pursue charges because he said the ?criminal law is very vague in this area.?
Francis told KIRO-TV that he was born a man but chose to live as a woman in 2009. Francis said he felt discriminated against after he was told told leave.
?This is not 1959 Alabama,? Francis told the television station. ?We don?t call police for drinking from the wrong water fountain.?
Hacker and local parents are outraged over the college?s response to the incident.
?The idea that the college and the local district attorney will not act to protect young girls is appalling,? he said. ?What Americans are seeing here is the poisoned fruit of so-called ?non-discrimination? laws and policies.?
Placing this man?s proclivities ahead of protecting little girls is beyond unacceptable, Hacker said.
A spokesman for the college did not return calls seeking comment.
Hacker said the college could be held liable for damages if any of the young girls is harmed by the transgendered individual.
?Clearly, allowing a person who is biologically a man to undress and expose himself to young girls places those girls at risk for emotional distress and harm,? he wrote in a letter to the college. ?Any reasonable person would view this as dangerous to the young girls involved. The fact that this individual was sitting in plain view of young girls changing into their swimsuits puts you and Evergreen on notice of possible future harm.?
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He may be transgendered but he has not had sex reassignment surgery. The story says he exposed his genitals to young girls, women, etc. That would be completely unacceptable to me. I don't give a rats a$$ how you identify yourself. With your penis exposed I most definitely identify you as male, my children identify you as male and no way, no how will I also myself or my children to view a naked strange man, or for him to view us naked. Sorry, your identity does not trump my right or my children's right to not be viewed in any state of undress with strange penises nearby or be forced to have someone's strange penis exposed to us.
I don't care what he calls himself it sounds like to me like he is just a pervert trying to take advantage of the system so he can sit naked and watch little girls get dressed. If the law can't prevent that happening I think the law needs to be changed.
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I don't care which gender you identify with, if your genitals are male, you use the men's change room. I think any rational person would agree that when you are of the opposite gender it's inappropriate to strip down and expose yourself to young girls. If he feels that he has a right to use the sauna, then what's wrong with clothes? Go put on a pair of swim trunks!
I was curious for something other than a FOX news report. God knows they aren't very objective.
Apparently it is a state law thatAlso, I really don't like the way it was put that "HE" 'was exposing himself'. It seems far more like she (sorry, but if she wants to be referred to as a she, it's up to her to decide, we don't get to decide what she calls herself) was just using her normal rooms as an older college student and the students happened to see her than anything else. FAR less malicious than fox makes it sound. And they say 'young girls'... these were 17 year olds. That is not really what i would think of as a young girl.According to state law, it requires equal access to state facilities regardless of gender identity.
I wish i could say there was a good solution. But really, where should we stick her? In the middle of a bunch of men, even though she's been a woman for 3 years?
ETA: oops, forgot the link!!
Transgender woman told to leave women
Clear up some facts for me please. Did s/he have male genitilia? Did s/he expose him/her self to children? If so, s/he is a he and has no business exposing himself to little girls. I really do not think any non-parent adult should be exposing their genitilia to children regardless of what gender they are. I would not change my underwear in front of children that were not my own.
"She" should have put some damn shorts on if "she" didn't want to "expose himself" because "she" was actually not only in front of 17 year olds, but young children and it doesn't matter *AT ALL* how old the "young girls" were because they have the right to not see a penis in the locker rooms. His rights stop where theirs get intruded on. "She"' is obviously just being an *** because "she" said "the students need to be informed."
Until "She" becomes a "she" then "she" needs to keep her damn clothes on in front of people. Otherwise we leave ourselves open to having perverts randomly saying they are "she's" so they can get into locker rooms with the opposite sex! Get the surgery or go to the bathroom that matches what is in your drawers.
SHE does still have male parts. SHE changed in the room, and used the sauna, but didn't purposefully flash kids. 17 year olds are NOT little girls.
And honestly, I agree with you, I don't think I'm happy with my kids seeing ANY adult naked. But this was a state college, and the teens were using the state college locker room where SHE is a student. It's a locker room. They are a swim team. They are bound to see other flesh when changing. And really, is a 17 year old girl changing out of swim suits and different looking than an adult changing in a swim suit?
If there are parents that don't want their 17 year olds changing with adults, they shouldn't have them swimming in a state college pool. Pretty much everyone there will be over 18.


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14 Abram heard that Lot had been captured. So he called out his 318 trained men. All of them were sons of his servants. They chased the enemy as far as Dan. | 14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. |
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14 And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring. | 14 It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern." |
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THE deal's "strategic and valuation rationale", declared Victor Koo to analysts on March 12th, is to "establish a clear and dominant leadership in the online video sector in China". It appears to do just that: his company, Youku, the country's leading online-video site, is buying Tudou, the number two. But dominance is far from certain. Neither firm has yet made a profit, though stockmarkets in America, where both are listed, value the combination at $3.5 billion. The takeover is but a step towards the long-forecast consolidation of a crowded industry.
Demand for online video is growing quickly in China. Many people, particularly the young, prefer the fare offered by Youku and Tudou, from "Prison Break" to Japanese anime, to broadcast television—especially the dull fodder served up by CCTV, the state broadcaster. Advertisers have begun to follow eyeballs, paying online-video companies nearly 1.7 billion yuan ($268m) in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Analysys International, a research firm: more than double the sum of a year before. Youku, with 263m monthly users, snared 21.8% of that. Tudou, with 227m, pulled in 13.7% (other estimates give both firms higher market shares).
The trouble is that costs are also rising fast, and that ad money (plus a bit from subscriptions) does not cover them. Youku lost 172m yuan last year and Tudou 511m yuan. The biggest drain is bandwidth, for which online-video companies must pay China Telecom and China Unicom, the state-owned fixed-line telecoms operators. Next, but growing much faster, comes the cost of buying or making content. Bidding wars have broken out: Youku's content costs trebled last year, to 243m yuan.
Mr Koo expects the merged entity, Youku Tudou, of which Youku's shareholders will own 71.5%, to enjoy lower costs and higher revenues. Both brands will be kept, but will no longer bid against each other (or, presumably, sue each other; only last month it was reported that Youku had sued Tudou, alleging copyright infringement). The sites will share content and redirect users to each other. They should also be able to drive harder bargains with advertisers—although keeping two sales and marketing teams will limit the gains. The companies believe that they can save $50m-60m a year in costs; they promise "significant" extra revenue, too.
Bill Bishop, an analyst in Beijing, says that the deal is far from "game, set and match" to Youku and Tudou. Some lesser lights of online video are backed by giants of China's internet, such as Baidu, the dominant search engine, and Tencent, the leading instant-messaging site. None seems ready to give up just yet.
Duncan Clark of BDA, an investment-advisory firm in Beijing, says he is optimistic about the long-term prospects of online-video companies, because they give people something they clearly want. In the short term, he is more cautious. Bandwidth and content costs are one reason. Regulation is another, in the shape of SARFT, the film and broadcasting regulator, which oversees the online firms too.
Popular TV shows have been stopped before, so why not online programmes as well, if too few are watching the news on CCTV? In China not only failure is risky.


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Art POP's 10th anniversary won't go unnoticed: 5 international artists, two international Canadian premieres, film screenings, workshops and a youth community project! These are just some of the notable events that will make up the 2014 edition which runs from September 17th to the 21st. A total of 17 (mostly) FREE events will take place… Read More
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An open call: Art POP is now accepting exhibition and/or project proposals from both artists and curators, to be presented as part of this year's scheduled Art POP program. Art POP is the five-day visual arts component of POP Montreal (September 17 – 21, 2014), presenting a diverse program of exhibitions, artist talks, performances, workshops… Read More
Art POP this year was so much fun! I would like to thank the incredible artists who either performed, spoke about, or exhibited their work, including Dan Graham, Elizabeth Price, Daniel Joyce, Miriam Moren, Blake Hargreaves, Jaimie Warren, Pasha Jovanovic, Jonathan Reid Sévigny, Corri-Lynn Tetz, Sophie Edell, Andi State, and Carlyle Williams. I would also… Read More


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Disney star to perform free concert at Saratoga Race Course open house
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The horses have some competition this year at the track.
As part of the Saratoga Race Course 150th anniversary celebrations, Disney Channel star and 'Dancing with the Stars' runner-up Zendaya will headline the free family concert at the annual open house on Sunday, July 14th.
The open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m and the free concert will begin at 3 p.m.
Opening day at the track is July 19th.
Tickets for free seats in the clubhouse and grandstand can be reserved via Ticketmaster beginning Sunday, June 9 at noon by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Normal business hours for Ticketmaster are Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ticketmaster Express automated phone line for self-service ticket sales is available after hours at 866-448-7849.
Tickets will be available by mail and at will call on Thursday, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, July 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, July 14, the day of the event, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Reserved Seats Box Office on Union Avenue at Saratoga Race Course.
In addition to reserved seating, the track apron will be available for non-ticketed general admission on a first-come, first-served basis. No blankets, chairs or pop-ups will be allowed.


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Studio owner: arsenpro Studio type: Home/Project Studio arsenproductions.de (Arsen Studio B) Studio B is the little MIDI-studio and writing-room of the brandnew Arsen Productions Oberrhein Studios, located in the south of Germany. Serveral modern and legendary synthesizers are housed here. Missing in the list below: - Alesis QS-R - Clavia ddrum 4 - E-mu Planet Phatt w/Launch-Pad - E-mu Procussion - E-mu Vintage Keys Plus - Eminent 2000 Grand Theater w/Solina String Ensemble - Evolution EVS-1 - GEM WS-2 Workstation - Hammond B-200 w/Dynacord DC-100 Leslie (!) - KAT TrapKat - Kawai K-1R - Marion Systems MSR-2 (!) - Novation Drumstation - Oberheim OB-Xa (8-Voice) w/DSX and Cyclone (!) - Red Sound DarkStar w/Vocoda - Roland EXR-7 - Roland Jupiter-8 (!) - Roland JX-8P w/Roland PG-800 Programmer - Technics AX-7 - Yamaha DX-7 II FD (!) |
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The Analog Four is the best of two worlds. The power of analog synthesis is enhanced with precise Elektron sequencing for a machine par excellence. This is an analog synthesizer for the modern age.
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The Vintage Pro takes the concepts from the Vintage Keys and packages it in another great single-space rack module with the same features and capabilities as E-mu's Proteus 2000, Virtuoso 2000, Orbit 3, and Turbo Phatt sound modules. It comes full of classic synthesizer sounds of the '60's, '70's and '80's. This includes analog and digital synths, FM synths, Hammond organs, Wurlitzer EPs, etc. According to E-mu, there are over 30 classic keyboards from ARP to Yamaha within the sample-based ROM of the Vintage Pro for easy and authentic recreation and emulation of these sounds.
Synthesizers:Roland Integra-7
With the development of SuperNATURAL sound and Behavior Modeling technology, Roland has blurred the boundary between acoustic and electronic instruments. Built upon these core technologies, the new INTEGRA-7 gives musicians a gold mine of the latest SuperNATURAL sounds in a fast-access, fully stocked 16-part module.


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Originally Posted by Thrasher Uh right. Faith without reason can allow you to believe anything that suits you or protects the church. It doesn't have to stand up to reason. All the "answers" I've heard have been ludicrous. And in themselves usually contradictory. Leading to more questions than answers. The amount of petrified bullshit is astounding. And again at what cost. So many live ruined.
Well the way the process is described, it doesn't sound any different than a possession by God.


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Girls Volleyball: Mother McAuley ranked No. 3 on Prepvolleyball.com Top 100 national poll
BY PHIL BROZYNSKI For Sun-Times Media September 2, 2014 8:48PM
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Prepvolleyball.com counted up its list of the top 100 high school teams in the country, and two Chicago-area schools cracked the top 10: No. 3 Mother McAuley, which finished the 2013 at 40-2 and No. 2 in the country, and No. 8 St. Francis, which was 39-3 and No. 13 in 2013.
"The Macs won the Illinois 4A title for the first time since 2004 last fall and will be heavy favorites again with six returning starters with strong work ethics and an unyielding desire to three-peat," Prepvolleyball.com's John Tawa said.
"Coach Jen DeJarld will trot out a whole host of familiar names this year, led by her daughter, senior outside hitter Ryann DeJarld. Headed to Notre Dame to play defense, the elder DeJarld is an outstanding and steady six-rotation talent.
"The Mighty Macs also have two scary fast middles in Kelsey Clark and Kayla Caffey, who will terrorize opponents with their quick attacks. Maggie Scanlon on the right and Kennedy Arundel on the left are two other fine scoring choices for first-year varsity setter Jane DeJarld," Tawa added.
Tawa predicts St. Francis will three-peat in 2014 before the IHSA imposes its "success factor" in 2015 and the Spartans are bumped up a class.
"St. Francis has a legendary coach in Peg Kopec but is otherwise very young, with only two seniors, middle Mary Boken and libero Lisa Mordell, projected as impact players," he said. "The Spartans boast the state's best player, junior outside hitter Molly Haggerty, and the power hitter will carry the team far.
"But there are other big-time talents as well in the form of the Malloy twins, Kamryn and Laney," Tawa added. "Sophomores, Kamryn can really score and Laney can set as well as hit. One last player to watch is junior setter Dani Messa, who is much improved."
Last year's Class 4A runner-up Benet, which checked in at No. 86 in Tawa's final 2013 rankings, was ranked No. 80 heading into the 2014 campaign.
Preseason honors
McAuley's Ryann DeJarld and St. Francis' Haggerty were named to the 2014 MaxPreps Preseason Volleyball All-American Team.
DeJarld finished with 197 kills, 265 digs and 72 aces last year. Haggerty had 30-6 kills and 66 blocks.
Next step
Three players from Joliet Catholic recently announced their college commitments, according to Prepvolleyball.com.
Keegan Fornoff, a 5-8 senior setter, and Madeline Grimm, a 5-9 senior outside hitter, who both play for UNO volleyball club, have committed to Southeast Missouri State. Mary Murphy, a 5-10 senior setter who plays club for Sports Performance, has committed to Western Michigan.
Northern composure
Lincoln-Way North finished the first week of the season 5-1, falling in the finals of the Plainfield North tournament to No. 5 Sandburg, 25-18, 26-24.
Where does the Phoenix go next?
"We're still not sure about our offensive system," North coach Mary Brown said. "It's early in the season. I'm not sure if we'll be playing a 5-1 or a 6-2. We switched that up a little bit (during the final against Sandburg)."
Rachel Burkman was leading the Phoenix with 37 kills through their first six matches, followed by Ally Cappel with 34 and Valen Manns with 24 kills and 11 blocks. Samantha Ritter had 91 assists and 22 digs through six matches. Amanda Rockrohr had 38 assists.


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Available Resources - Reactor Core Energy
Round 1
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Current Character Versions
KO/Incapacitation/Death Counts As Win (No BFR/Reactor Core Cannot Be Destroyed)
Round 2
Parasite Gets 5 Mins Prep Time Hugging Bizarro
Apollo Gets 5 Mins Prep Time Sun Dipping
Current Character Versions
KO/Incapacitation/Death/BFR Counts As Win (Reactor Core Can Be Destroyed)
Bonus Round
The Death Star
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Death Star Gets 1 Hour of Prep Time and Starts With Shields Fully Operational
Apollo Gets 10 Mins Prep Time Sun Dipping
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Current Character Versions
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Special Rule: Apollo and Parasite Start Outside The Death Star and Must Fight Their Way To The Core. Both Sith Lords and The Apprentice Await Them At The Core And Do Not Require Air To Breathe In That Space, They Must Protect The Reactor Core With Their Lives.
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What to Do in January
From local music fests to surrealist art to a smash musical, there's a ton of fun in store this month!
"Sister Act" brings its joyful noise to Overture Center.
Environmental consciousness meets visual expression in Hatch Art House's second annual EcoSquared Art Show. The exhibition features small, square-shaped works that local artists have created using upcycled or recycled materials. January 1–31, hatcharthouse.com
You might not realize it, but our state is home to some pretty fantastic music. And the Majestic Theater showcases this regional talent in a four-part series: the Wisconsin Reggae Fest, Wisconsin Folk Fest, Wisconsin Punk Fest and Wisconsin Bluegrass Fest. Held over two consecutive weekends, these concerts promise to reunite audiences with old favorites and connect them to new ones. January 3–4 and 10–11, majesticmadison.com
If you count the Sound of Music among a few of your favorite things, you are in for a treat. Sing-a-Long-a-Sound of Music comes to Overture Center, bringing the chance to watch the movie musical on a giant screen—and sing along with Sister Maria and the Von Trapp kids! January 4, overturecenter.com
Madison Theatre Guild presents the "swellegant" theatrical party Red, Hot and Cole, a celebration of Cole Porter. Featuring highlights from the scores of Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, High Society and more, the play relays the composer's rise to Broadway superstardom. January 10–25, madisontheatreguild.org
Broom Street Theater opens its forty-fifth season with Requiem for a Dungeon Master, a play written and directed by Madison's Scott Feiner about the origins of role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. January 10–February 1, bstonline.org
A lounge singer takes refuge in a convent—with surprising, hilarious and powerfully musical results. Hallelujah, the hit musical Sister Act is coming to Overture Center! January 14–19, overturecenter.com
In her paintings, Pamela Callahan uses curving shapes and bold color to represent the ways inner and outer landscapes converge. Her compositions are inspired by the hills surrounding her southwestern Wisconsin studio. Meanwhile, Rhea Vedro works from a fascination with humankind's relationship with metal—how the material is applied to objects of beauty, war, ceremony and industry—and reveals her discoveries in painted steel sculptures. The James Watrous Gallery presents How a Bird is Watched by Water and Orgum, the artists' side-by-side solo exhibitions. January 14–March 2, wisconsinacademy.org
Forward Theater's second show of the season, RED, is a two-man play centering on abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko and his younger assistant. It takes place between the years of 1958 and 1960 in New York, as Rothko is commissioned to paint a series of murals for the Four Seasons Restaurant on Park Avenue—the biggest commission in the history of modern art! January 16–February 2, forwardtheater.com
A companion show to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art's Real/Surreal exhibition opening January 24, The Mystery Beneath examines surrealism and magical realism in Wisconsin from 1940 to 1975, via the works of Aaron Bohrod, James Watrous, John Wilde, Santos Zingale and others. January 17 to April 13, mmoca.org
For its second Masterworks concert of the season, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra welcomes guest guitarist Ana Vidovic to join in a performance of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Guitar Concerto No. 1. Mozart's Impresario overture and Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 round out the concert. January 17, wcoconcerts.org
Mali artist Bassekou Kouyate is regarded as one of the greatest players of the ngoni, a string instrument indigenous to West Afria. He comes to town to play at The Sett at Union South. January 24, uniontheater.wisc.edu
Encore! Studio for the Performing Arts offers a glimpse of what happens backstage at a theater in The Green Room. The play delves into everything from last-minute script changes to tensions between actors and technicians to all other kinds of drama! January 24–February 8, encorestudio.org
What's real and what isn't? What's happening around you and what's going on only in your head? The distinctions—and perhaps more interestingly the overlaps—between the two provide the basis of Real/Surreal, a new exhibition at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art that explores the interconnections between the real and the imagined in early modern American art. The exhibition, on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, features paintings, drawings and prints by such artists as Edward Hopper, Man Ray and Charles Sheeler. January 24 to April 27, mmoca.org
Anyone looking to delve deeper into classical music will delight in Beyond the Score: Dvořák. The Madison Symphony Orchestra offers this special program in which a multimedia examination of the composer and his life—featuring actors, illustrations and musical examples—precedes a full performance of his Symphony No. 9 (From the New World). January 26, madisonsymphony.org
As hostages Jim and Jennifer sit blindfolded, awaiting their fate, they invent a life beyond the prison walls. As their tragic fate approaches, their fantasy intensifies and becomes more vivid. Music Theatre of Madison is only the fourth to stage the haunting, unconventional rock musical Hostage Song. January 29–February 1, mtmadison.com
Madison Ballet offers the first installment of its Spring Repertory. The concert melds new and established works to showcase ballet in its purest, most contemporary state—a hallmark of the company and its artistic director, W. Earle Smith—at the intimate Bartell Theatre. (Don't miss part two in March!) January 31–February 1, madisonballet.org
In Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Strollers Theatre presents a look at war in Iraq from a unique perspective. A tiger talks about how other animals fled the zoo, only to be shot by soldiers invading the country. His is a story of loyalty, greed and friendship. January 31–February 22, strollerstheatre.org
Katie Vaughn is managing editor of Madison Magazine. Read her visual arts blog and find continuous arts coverage in our classical music blog, popular music blog and theater blog.


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Academies plan 'will add value' to service delivery
Author: Jonathan Werran, the MJ - Feb 5, 2013
Steven Howell, senior policy officer at Localis, was quoted in an MJ article on commissioning skills across the public sector.
Ministers have unveiled a virtual academy aimed at boosting commissioning skills across the public sector, amid a climate of diminishing resources and increasing demand for services.
First outlined in the Open Public Services White Paper from 2011, the Commissioning academy programme will be run by the Cabinet Office at venues across the country to train capable, confident and courageous procurement people to design and deliver value-for-money public services.
Drawing on a pool of commissioners sharing best practice from different parts of the public sector, the academy is supported by a range of bodies including the Cabinet Office, the Local Government Association (LGA), the DCLG, departments for education and health, work and pensions and the Home Office. The non-technical programme, designed to inspire participants, comprises eight days training, spread over six months, and will include site visits and in-depth discussions with a range of commissioning organisations.
Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, said the academy would support reforms for a more skilled, less bureaucratic, faster civil service which can share best practice across the public sector.
We know there are innovative commissioning teams which are leading the way and embracing new ways of working but there are still too many authorities and public bodies where commissioning approaches remain unimaginative, too focused on process, and too risk averse, added Mr Maude.
Chairman of the LGA, Sir Merrick Cockell, said: The LGA has worked closely with the Cabinet Office to develop the curriculum and the pilot programmes for the academy, and we hope it will play a key role in helping the public sector develop the skills required to bring about real change in the way services are designed and delivered.
Steven Howell, senior policy officer at Localis said the think-tanks recent Catalyst Councils report showed half of leaders and chief executives thought more commissioning skills were a problem for local government.
However, its clear that the councils are ahead of the curve and the rest of the public sector could learn a thing or two from them. Putting local authorities at the heart of the Commissioning academy is absolutely the right thing to do, said Mr Howell.
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Will the PS3 play the 3d blu-rays ? If so I may do the same thing |
PS3 plays 3d blu-rays. |
Marc |
Ok, wanted to give an update. The PN63C7000 bundle has not arrived yet (still in transit), but all charges have been billed, etc.
From looking at my AMEX statement, Amazon billed the bundle (tv, blu-ray player, and 3d kit) as three seperate charges as follows: -TV - $2,125.15 -Blu-ray player - $207.70 -3d kit - $215.13 (Total charges = $2,547.98, the actual price of the bundle) I already completed the return form for the blu-ray player on amazon and there was no issue with returning it for for a refund, although I do have to pay return shipping (like $8). So that will be a refund of approximately $200 after return shipping. Here's the funny part. The tv bundle was initially listed on Amazon for $2,547.98 (the price I bought it for), then I saw just the tv listed on Abe's of Maine for $2,339 (as covered in my previous post). So I read Amazon's price match policy, and they did not have Abe's listed as one of their approved websites to price match, so I emailed them to ask if they would do it. About an hour later I just decided to give them a call, and the guy I spoke to said no problem, they would price match, and after the call I saw a credit to my AMEX for $214.03. Then a few hours later I got a reply to the email I sent initially, whcih stated that they could not price match that site since it wasn't one of their approved sites. BUT, the credit already went through, and I guess whoever emailed me didn't check my account notes or whatever to see that I was already credited by the live agent I spoke to. So, on this YMMV. As it stands, I'm getting the tv and 3d kit (after the price match discount and refund for the blu-ray player for $2,126.15. The price for the tv by itself, with the discount came to $1,911.12. I think this is about the best price I've seen anywhere. |
I should have read the fine print on Amazon. The first page, it says: "We will generally match the prices of TVs found on these websites:" making it sound like a general guideline. Then once you open the actual T&C the verbage changes to "eligible websites" Oh well, I re-emailed them again we'll see what happens. 14 days to find a lower price, they way they are falling im sure B&H or us-app will come back in stock before then. |
Samsung PN58C550 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV (Black)
$1,165.00 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock Condition: New Sold by: Electronics Expo http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-PN5...365&sr=8-1 |
Now its showing the 2193 price in the cart. What you have to do is add the TV and then the Blu-ray 3D Kit separately, don't click on the 3D Kit link on the TV page, for some reason, it's not adding it to the cart correctly.
Samsung PN58C8000 [bhphotovideo.com] & Shrek 3D Kit w/ Blu-ray Player [bhphotovideo.com] Total should come out to $2193 w/ Free Shipping! Last edited by jamesb478; 12-28-2010 at 04:03 PM.. |
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text: Deals Tipbit receives $4M to make your phone an email superpower Image Credit: Valters Krontals/Flickr March 12, 2014 11:15 AM Jordan Novet I sometimes hate my phone. The dang thing hamstrings me when it comes to tackling email. But startups like Tipbit are determined to change this. Tipbit and its free iOS app stands a better chance of increasing the amount of work we can do with email on the go, having just received $4 million in new funding. The announcement follows good news for other startups boosting email productivity on mobile devices, such as Acompli and Boxer (formerly known as Taskbox). Startups integrating email with business apps like Salesforce.com have also gotten funding lately: ToutApp and Tylr Mobile. Ignition Partners led Tipbit's new round, and private investors also participated. The new money will go toward hiring developers, designers, and product managers, according to a press release the startup issued today. The new employees will work on the development of Tipbit apps for Android and, later, Windows Phone, a spokesperson said. Tipbit will also build services that companies can use if they want their employees on the Tipbit app. It helps that cofounder and chief executive Gordon Mangione knows what chief information officers want. He worked as the corporate vice president on Microsoft's Exchange business email service for five years. He's heard from CIOs about their interest in adding audit, authorization, and de-authorization capabilities for external email services like Tipbit, he said in an interview with VentureBeat. Tipbit's app pushes email into Salesforce and other popular cloud-based services, like Box, Dropbox, and Evernote. "Automating those tasks is critically important," Mangione said. But if Tipbit can incorporate more valuable data into the app — like the history of a sales relationships from Salesforce — that's when it can become even more powerful, and that's when CIOs would really like the capability to turn access on and off. Currently, when you tap on a contact's name on Tipbit, it shows you publicly available information from the person's social media profiles. It also shows you previous meetings with a contact. As you search through email, you can add filters for people, a date range, and other characteristics. What's more, it's easy to search Google for more information on people from within the app, so you don't have to jump back and forth between Tipbit and a browser. The app can work with the IMAP email protocol, which means you can use services like Gmail and Yahoo as well as the ActiveSync protocol for Microsoft Exchange. Tipbit, started in 2011 and is based in Bellevue, Wash. To date it has raised $6.5 million. The startup has six employees now, and the new funding will bring that number up to 20. More information: Dropbox Evernote Dropbox is San Francisco-based tech company focused on making it easier for people to access and share their stuff. We strive to build a simple experience across desktops, browsers, smartphones, tablets, and more, while reliably proces... read more » Evernote is helping the world remember everything by building innovative products and services that allow individuals to capture, find and interact with their memories. Evernote apps are available on all major computer, web, mobile and... read more » Powered by VBProfiles