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My father's first efforts in suburban Los Angeles attracted the attention of suspicious neighbors. But Dad was undaunted, and for the next 30 years a pig roasting in the ground was more emblematic of Christmas than the artificial tree blinking in the living room.
I can only imagine all that the pig roast meant to my parents' generation. Even as a girl, I could grasp its ritual importance: the digging, the setting of the coals, the stones, the grill, the banana leaves. The long, slow cooking. The men gathered around it, poking and prodding as they drank Budweisers and told jokes we weren't allowed to hear. So it went for decades, the same story repeated across Miami's backyards, and no one daring to say that now and then, frankly, the meat left a little something to be desired.
Then came the Revolution of the Chinese Box. La Caja China sneaked up on me. I left Miami for a few years, and when I returned everyone seemed to have one.
The Caja China is the creation of Roberto Guerra and his father, who made their first prototype in the '80s. As Guerra tells it, his father based the design on a vague recollection of a device that Chinese immigrants in Cuba used for roasting: a box where the fire was positioned above the meat, not under it. "Roasting a pig the old way is a pain," Roberto told me.
It's true. But sales were modest at first. Cubans in Miami were slow to take to the contraption and clung to the old way, no matter how unpredictable it was. But the first intrepid buyers told a few friends and they told a few friends. Word of mouth spread.
It's true that the Caja China looked like a pine coffin on wheels. It threatened tradition. But it produced the previously impossible: an almost perfect roasted pig. As Roberto put it, "You can't mess it up."
In 2004, The New York Times wrote a feature on La Caja China and sales exploded. Famous chefs came calling. So did the James Beard Foundation. Today, La Caja China does 82 percent of its business outside the state of Florida. It has yearly revenues of some $2.4 million and sells boxes everywhere from Hawaii to Spain. Earlier this year, Guerra moved to a new warehouse in the Medley section of Miami, doubling his square footage to 20,000. Christmas is a busy season. But so is the Fourth of July. The Caja China, it turns out, has been a monster hit with los americanos.
"At first we thought it would be a Hispanic thing," Guerra said. "But Americans love their barbecue. They spend six months under the snow, and as soon as it's over, they're outside barbecuing."
And what's best is that they follow directions.
"The Cubans here, they're lifting the lid, taking a look at it, talking about it," Guerra said. "The Americans, they leave it alone. If you tell them they need to go out in their pajamas, they'll do it."
A few years ago, my die-hard traditionalist father finally gave in and bought his own Caja China. He was getting older; it was hard work, digging that hole every year. And there wasn't a new generation to help out: His sons-in-law were uninterested and unversed in the whole digging-roasting-drinking ritual.
So Dad picked up the box and set it up. It was so easy. He split the pig, laid it out, put the mesh over it and covered it with coals. Then he closed the lid, rolled it out to the driveway, and left it there. A few hours later, he rolled it back in and uncovered the box, and we ate.
The pig was perfect. Crisp skin covering the moist, expertly cooked flesh. Not a trace of the temperamental roasts of years past. Everyone praised the cook and had seconds. Dad, though, seemed uncomfortable. An era was passing. He was no longer king of the backyard pig roast. What of all those years of struggle and sweat? The hard labor that went into digging the pit? Would we one day forget how difficult it had been?
Nah. It had never really been about the pig anyway.
Address Book
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Florida: The Natural Wonders: When most people think of Florida, they think of rivers of grass and sandy beaches, hardwood hammocks and coral reefs. But the Sunshine State boasts many other natural wonders, including one of the largest underwater cave systems in the continental U.S., a type of prairie found nowhere else in North America, and an ancient forest growing on prehistoric dunes. Natural history writer and photographer Jeff Ripple explores these and many other Florida ecosystems in his book, Florida: The Natural Wonders, which he will discuss tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Books & Books (296 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables). Admission is free. Call 442-4408. (GC)
Stomp: See Tuesday.
Beethoven by the Beach: See Tuesday.

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AOL Unplugs 10,000 Servers, Saves $5 Million
THE University of Southern California has added a mobile component to its Web-based courses. Students who are taking online classes toward master's degrees in social work or education can now use smartphones or tablets to stay on top of their work.
To do so, they have to download an application created by 2tor, an educational software provider that also works with online programs at Georgetown University and the University of North Carolina.
Julie Row is working on a master's in social work at USC from her home in New Jersey. Most days, she uses the mobile app on her Android phone once or twice to check in and keep up with classes.
That's about on par with how other studentsuse the app, 2tor officials said. Nearly half ofthe social-work students at USC who down-loaded the software use it 10 times per monthfor more than five minutes at a time; about aquarter of the education students have donethe same.
AOL decommissioned nearly 10,000 servers and saved itself $5 million along the way to winning an Uptime Institute contest designed to show the high cost of running inefficient or underutilized IT equipment.
The contestants could move workloads to newer, virtualized equipment or into the cloud. Each had to provide documentation, such as work requests, recycling receipts and photographs, to verify what they had done.
AOL decommissioned 9,484 servers last year, or about a quarter of its servers worldwide, Uptime said. Its savings included $1.65 million in energy bills, $2.2 million in OS licenses and $62,000 in hardware maintenance costs.
The Internet services company also gained $1.2 million from scrap and resale, and reduced its carbon emissions by 20 tons, Uptime added.
The net savings came to about $5 million, said Brenda Rian, an AOL senior manager.
AOL bought new hardware to replace most of the decommissioned servers, so it cut its server count by only about 1,000, said once were, she added.
Contest runner-up NBC Universal cut its server total by 284, or 17%.
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MAM Anti-Colic 5 oz Baby Bottles Girl Description
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Ultra Soft Silicone
BPA Free
Easy Switch Between Mum and MAM
Innovation – The vented base is a unique invention for ideal flow.
Studio design and attention to detail.
Medical research and technical innovation.
This makes MAM products so special because they satisfy the highest expectations of parents and give babies the best start in life.
Breast feeding is best for babies. For a flexible solution the innovative Anti-Colic makes switching between Mum and MAM particularly easy.
The Anti-Colic is just one of the innovative developments of the MAM design studio. Its vented base works according to a unique natural-flow principle that ensures a smooth milk flow.
The effect: Having fed from a MAM Anti-Colic babies stay calm and relaxed because they don't swallow any hair.
All MAM bottles are BPA free and safe for babies.
MAM designers have created a silicone nipple that babies instinctively like. Because it feels so similar. Thanks to the patented silk surface.
The ultra soft silicone nipple and the Anti-Colic are a perfect team: silky soft surface and ideal milk flow.
The switch between Mum and MAM is easy – babies feel relaxed and happy with the MAM bottle right from day one (0+ months).
Easy To Use – The leak-proof cap is ideal for the dynamics of everyday baby life.
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Functional Design – Wide opening for easy filling and cleaning.
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[Editors Note: Earlier this month we lauched morethanamap.com to showcase the unique features of the Google Maps API. As part of this, each week we'll be featuring one story from our global community of developers who are using the Google Maps API to start businesses, help improve their communities or save the environment.]
This week we move on from Sydney, Australia to Bangkok, Thailand where we met with Vachara Aemavat, founder of Computerlogy. Computerlogy is a development shop that specializes in building Google Maps powered applications. In addition to building enterprise-class applications, they've also donated their time and skills to help their community. Today we'll focus on two projects from Computerlogy: a Thailand Flood Crisis Response map that uses the Google Elevation API and a store local for Siam Commercial Bank.
Helping people find high ground
During the 2011 monsoon season, severe flooding occurred in and around Bangkok. According to Wikipedia, "Sixty-five of Thailand's 77 provinces were declared flood disaster zones, and over 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of farmland was damaged." As floods ravaged their community, the team at Computerlogy developed a map to help save people's lives using the Google Elevation API. The Thailand Flood Crisis Response map allowed users to check the elevation of their home (or their family and friends) to determine if they would be affected by the flooding. From there, users shared this information across a variety of channels to alert friends and family who were affected and to offer suggestions of where to go to get out of harm's way.
Helping people find an ATM
Computerlogy has worked with some of Thailand's biggest companies to build Google Maps powered applications, including the Siam Commercial Bank ATM locator. Some unique features of the map include Styled Maps and custom info windows. Vachara says they choose the Google Maps API for its flexibility and strong data coverage throughout Thailand.
Below you can view a video of Vachara going through a live demonstration of these two great examples of Google Maps API powered apps built by Computerlogy.
A big thanks to Vachara Aemavat, founder of Computerlogy, for inviting us into his office and sharing with us his latest projects. To learn more about Computerlogy and the things that you can do with the Google Maps API, visit morethanamap.com. Tune in next week to read about our visit with Upande in Nairobi, Kenya.


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What's New
★ Added password-protection when launching the app.★ Added ability to hide Admin shares (ones ending with $)
★ Added .M4A and .AIF Audio file formats.
★ Added .3G2 Video file format.
★ Added support for RedHat Linux.
★ Improved connection to NAS drives.
App Description
ServerControl allows you to reboot and shutdown your computers as well as control their services remotely from your iPhone, wherever you are.No additional software is necessary on the remote computer.
ServerControl is primarily aimed at Windows machines, although services related to Samba can be controlled on Macs.
Managing Windows servers inevitably means rebooting them, or restarting services, and ServerControl is a very convenient way to do this.
Don't be stuck when RDP sessions are hung, or all logon accounts are used. Use ServerControl to reboot and start afresh.
■ Immediate or delayed reboot/shutdown.
■ Choose whether running applications should be forced to close.
■ Choose from 4 editable messages to display to logged on users.
■ Efficient protocol use. Doesn't use RDP.
■ Can re-schedule a reboot/shutdown even if someone else has already scheduled one.
■ Windows machines only. Macs can not be rebooted or shutdown with ServerControl.
■ Start, Stop and Pause services.
■ Change the startup type of services (Disabled, Manual, Automatic)
■ Enumeration of dependent services. Even Windows can't do this remotely.
■ Automatically starts/stops dependent services.
■ Automatically uses WiFi or any of the phone data networks (3G, Edge and GPRS).
■ Seamless integration with the iPhone's built in VPN.
■ Developed by professional software engineers, each with at least 15 years experience.
■ Engineered from scratch specifically for the iPhone.
■ Reliable, fast, high-quality software.
■ Excellent product support.
■ Shutdown is free.
■ Viewing services is free.
■ A single in-app purchase will enable "Full Core Features", which enables Reboot and Start/Stop/Pause of services. As a bonus, file-browsing functionality similar to NetPortal will be included, allowing viewing and management of remote files and folders.
■ An Administrator account is required when connecting to the remote computer in order to reboot, shutdown, or start/stop services. Please see our web site for more information about this.
App Changes
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Houma man arrested on drug charges
POSTED: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:00pm
UPDATED: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:04pm
HOUMA, LA — A Houma man has been arrested on drug charges after entering a convenience store while inebriated .
On August 22 at 11:28, Houma Police responded to Bryson's Mobile Mart, in reference to employees reporting a male subject inside the business that appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. While responding, officers learned that the subject arrived at the business in a Ford F-150, entered and engaged in conversation with the clerks. While speaking to the clerks, they became concerned that he would leave and contacted law enforcement.
When officers arrived on scene, they located the male in question and identified him as Cameron S. Chauvin, 21. As officers spoke to Mr. Chauvin, they immediately detected by his body language and speech that he was either under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
During their investigation, Mr. Chauvin refused a search of his vehicle. With that in mind, Houma Police K-9, "Rex", and his handler, Sgt. Jeffrey Lirette, were called to the scene where an exterior search of the vehicle was conducted, which revealed a positive odor response that narcotics was inside.
As Houma Police conducted an interior search of Mr. Chauvin's vehicle, they located suspected heroin and marijuana inside. Houma Police also recovered a hypodermic needle as well as other drug paraphernalia.
Chauvin was subsequently arrested for Disturbing the Peace, Possession of Schedule I (Heroin), Possession of Schedule I (Marijuana) and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was arrested on the aforementioned charges and transported to the Terrebonne parish Criminal Justice Complex to be booked.


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quote:I don't think Holy Cross has anyone of note, but Karr is loaded to the teeth as you already know.
quote:The West Bank is just a factory for D1 talent.
quote:Edna Karr reopened as a high school serving grades 9-12. Under the Algiers charter, Edna Karr once again has open enrollment and therefore is open to all students in Orleans Parish.
quote:As for karr.. I don't think all of their kids are from the westbank
quote:Posted by bee Rye best to on the field for HC will be #8 CB - Ki-Jana Curtis and #9 WR Spears. Defense is solid all around, well disciplined.


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March 2, 2015
Taylor Swift has a new relationship...with Diet Coke.
The singer will be the new face of the soda brand as part of a long-term deal.
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola announced Swift will be featured in T-V, print and digital advertising, beginning in the spring.
Diet Coke will also be used in social media campaigns with the Grammy winner.
The company will also give fans rare access to her upcoming Red concert tour, which kicks off in March.
Coca-Cola did not release the financial terms of the deal.
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Madani, Kambiz and Karran, Tereska and Ribeiro-Justo, George R. and Lohi, Mahi and Lund, I. and Martin, I. and Honary, B. and Imre, S. and Rabai, G. and Kovacs, Jozsef and Kacsuk, Peter K. and Lanyi, A. and Gritzner, T. and Forster, M. (2002) A distributed approach for intelligent reconfiguration of wireless mobile networks. In: IST Mobile & Wireless Telecommunications Summit 2002, 16-19 Jun 2002, Thessalonica, Greece. (Submitted)
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The story: It's around 1:30 a.m. on a freezing night in New York City when struggling novelist Harry Levine (Paul Tei) pounds on the door of his best friend's apartment, failed photographer Jake Manheim (Michael Gioia). Harry has just been fired, he has $1.50 to his name, and he's come to collect some money Jake owes him. As luck would have it, Jake has even less money. But cash is only one of the things on Harry's agenda. He has entrusted his third novel for Jake to read and wants his friend's opinion. The two circle around each other, Harry pressing the issue and Jake sidestepping it, until finally Jake confesses that he has indeed read the novel: Not only is it a failure but it is at best a cheap imitation of life -- Jake's life. Jake accuses Harry of using intimate details from his family, love, and professional life to make a commercially successful novel. Worse, he accuses him of doing this knowingly. The two launch into an explosive battle of wit and words about the ethics of writing fiction and the value of their friendship, which becomes increasingly strained.
Unlike the predictable drama of two friends scratching and clawing each other to get to the top, Chinese Coffee is a more earnest, compelling drama of two men battling each other not to be at the bottom of the garbage heap. Both are middle-aged men who have long missed their chance to "make it" in the Big Apple -- Harry as the author of two remaindered novels, Jake as a mediocre nightclub shooter turned failed studio photographer.
This one-act, hour-and-a-half dialogue is a reminder that realistic, hard-nosed, word-driven scripts, which are the very foundation of contemporary American theater, are still one of our most successful methods of resolving ethical and psychological dilemmas. Ira Lewis's play has the kind of venomous, rapid-fire dialogue of David Mamet's American Buffalo and Sam Shepard's True West, which Chinese Coffee particularly mirrors in its mercurial shift in the balance of power. One also thinks of Edward Albee's relentlessly swift and ironic retorts in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Seeing it done here and now is like watching an old standard revived with more potency than ever. This meaty dialogue is full of challenging epithets; humorous, sardonic one-liners; and several thunderous crescendos that result in the play's thought-provoking conclusion.
Chinese Coffee is a quintessentially New York play. Tim Connelly's ramshackle bachelor's apartment captures the Greenwich Village milieu, as well as the black-coffee, no-milk, no-sugar existence that both characters live. Early on, the play borders on a Neil Simon, odd-couple sort of setup, but as soon as the characters begin to engage in true verbal combat, all risk of typecasting is shattered. Lewis is a Neil Simon with intellectual acuity, a Woody Allen who doesn't lean toward absurdity -- although the script's hilarious bantering and affection for the neurotic is delightfully reminiscent of both of those writers. Character details such as Harry's teeth grinding -- "I'm a grinder. I wake up with a mouthful of white dust" -- and hypochondria (he fears such maladies as knuckle cancer) provide not only comic relief but also vary the play's tempo. This is no small feat for 90 minutes without an active plot, scene change, or secondary cast.
Jake says of Harry's writing, "It doesn't feed you. It feeds on you." The same is true for this nonstop dialogue: As the characters converse, they come unglued, and we as the audience become eavesdroppers. We are obliged to participate as if we were listening in on a conversation at the Laundromat. Besides Lewis's top-notch writing, what really saves Chinese Coffee from falling into cliché is the outstanding trio of director Joe Adler and actors Gioia and Tei.
Like GableStage's widely acclaimed Popcorn (also starring Tei), Chinese Coffee is a play that could be successfully realized on-stage or in front of the camera. In fact, Al Pacino played one of the roles in 1992 and then directed himself and his costar, Jerry Orbach, in a yet-to-be-released Fox Searchlight film of the same name, also penned by Lewis. Adler's character-driven directing style elicits multiple responses from Tei and Gioia. Each maintains a persona and then gradually shreds it without fully abandoning it.


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Understanding our primate ancestors' relationship with alcohol can inform its use by modern humans.
Understanding our primate ancestors' relationship with alcohol can inform its use by modern humans.
Coordinating the submission of manuscripts can strike a healthy balance between competition and collaboration.
Researchers and entrepreneurs divert food waste from landfills by turning it into a variety of ingenious products.
As rich sources of genetic diversity, the progenitors and kin of today's food crops hold great promise for improving production in agriculture's challenging future.
5'-Niacin-CE Phosphoramidite an attractive approach for therapeutic applications
A government lab finds a novel virus present in cell lines used for therapeutic production that were thought to be virus-free.
Mice in nature appear to enjoy running on wheels, helping to settle the question whether the behavior is a just a neurotic response in lab mice.
Married couples have more similar DNA than random pairs of people, a study shows.
Disgraced psychology researcher Marc Hauser, who was found guilty of data fabrication and falsification during his time at Harvard, publishes two new papers.


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Christopher R. Yukins Professor of Government Contracts Law Co-Director, Government Procurement Law Program The George Washington University Law School
"Public Contracting - Going International"
Chris Yukins Bio: Education: B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard University; J.D., University of Virginia
Professor Christopher Yukins teaches on government contract formations and performance issues, anti-corruption measures, bid challenges, government contracts litigation, and comparative issues in public procurement at The George Washington University Law School. He is an active member of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association, and is a member of the Procurement Roundtable, an organization of senior members of the U.S. procurement community. He is a faculty advisor to the Public Contract Law Journal, and has published on procurement reform in numerous journals, nationally and internationally. He regularly addresses audiences around the world, including international conferences sponsored by multilateral development banks, on issues of procurement law and policy, anti-corruption, and international trade. He has worked on a number of projects with the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on capacity-building in procurement. Together with Professor Steven Schooner, he runs a colloquium series on procurement reform at The George Washington University Law School. In private practice, Professor Yukins has been an associate, partner and counsel at leading national firms; he is currently of counsel to the firm of Arnold & Porter LLP. He is an advisor to the U.S. delegation to the working group on reform of the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law.


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We created Pandora to put the Music Genome Project directly in your hands
It's a new kind of radio –
stations that play only music you like
Vetiver was followed in 2005 by an odds-and-sods collection called Between, which included two live tracks, a new version of a song from Vetiver, and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Save Me a Place." For Vetiver's second full-length album, 2006's To Find Me Gone, Cabic finally added a drummer, Otto Hauser, and bassist Kevin Barker to the core trio of himself, Banhart, and Anderson. After the album was released, Cabic introduced a stable, full-time recording and touring lineup of himself, Anderson, Hauser, new guitarist Sanders Trippe, and new bassist Brent Dunne. In 2008, the band released A Thing of the Past, a collection of covers of songs by artists who have influenced the group's music, including Michael Hurley, Ronnie Lane, and Townes Van Zandt. 2009's Tight Knit, the band's next album, was released by Sub Pop, and Vetiver remained with that label for The Errant Charm, whose breezy, casual sound was inspired by Cabic's frequent walks around San Francisco's Richmond District. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
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July 24th, 2008, 05:41 PM #1
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Do you listen to music while writing?
I do. I always listen when I write, but never songs with speech, for that usually distracts me. I listen to classical, mostly piano music, guitar or guitar with orchestra. If anybody knows the Divertimenti by Mozart, I love them, too. I also have an extensive library of film music that I just shuffle together on a playlist. It's very dramatic and emotion-evocative (lol weird word...) and helps me, sometimes, to picture scenes in my head better before I write them down.
Some examples....
Pearl Harbor Soundtrack
King Arthur Soundtrack
Gladiator Soundtrack
Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack ( very dramatic... not always so good lol)
Black Hawk Down Soundtrack
The Chronicles of Narnia 1+2
Kingdom of Heaven etc..
July 24th, 2008, 05:44 PM #2
hmmm.....I don't really have a standard. I did once start re-arranging my songs into fast ones, slow ones and ones good for writing, but I got bored. Sometimes I have music on, sometimes not. Don't really plan it.
July 24th, 2008, 05:52 PM #3
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That's frightening! I do exactly the same thing...with the same music!!. I have the entire King Arthur soundtrack on my ipod. Who knows how many times I've listened to the very end of "Hold the Ice"? Hans Zimmer is my go-to man for dramatic scenes, it would seem.
And Mozart...wonderful Mozart. I am a violinist and I played a Mozart divertimento in my quartet this past year: k136, first movement (typical, but enjoyable). They're so fun to play, and so fast-paced.
July 24th, 2008, 05:55 PM #4
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Oh my god! Lol! Hold the Ice! Yes! Or Woad to Ruin! I've got them all on my Ipod, too, haha...Yes, Hans Zimmer is THE MAN I love him! I'm actually playing Mozart's Flute Enchantée on guitar --> a link if you want to know what it sounds like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTdtZyFfqzA
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July 24th, 2008, 11:14 PM #5
AH!!! this is amazing!!! i have all that music! i thought i was the only one geeky enough to have an music library fillied with a bunch of this kind of music! in fact, i have hold the ice by hans zimmer on the mp3 player...for some reason, the beginning part of the song, to about 2:14 or so i can imagine Maerad in the ice palace for some reason, and no longer can think of King Arthur...especially starting at 40 seconds..i want to describe how i envision this, but ill prlly put it on another thread so its not off topic
July 25th, 2008, 03:34 AM #6
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July 25th, 2008, 07:18 AM #7
Yep, I do the film music thing too (Hans Zimmer is a GOD!). I love Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator is always good as well...Oh, and the new Batman2 soundtrack ROCKS! I'm not such a classical music fan though, it tends to bore me for some reason...I guess I like my music to be more dramatic and moody. (Although I love Holst's The Planets).
But then I also listen to musical music, such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Phantom of the Opera, and metal music - not heavy metal but bands like Evanescene, Nightwish, Kamelot...they're called either death metal or symphonic metal - basically they have an orchestra as well as guitars and theres no screaming down the microphone .
If I'm writing a particular scene, I sometimes stick to only one song that fits the scene until the scene is written. Sometimes my song doesn't fit the scene at all though! Example - I once wrote a death scene whilst listening to STEPS!!!!! Insane...it turned out all right though
July 25th, 2008, 10:23 AM #8
I might have to look up all this music you're mentioning....
I basically have my Mp3 connected to my ears all day. I love listening to music, and it really helps me. However, I listen to songs that aren't meant for writing, like rock and other pop stuff. Mostly, I listen to my Christian CDs, because they give me a positive messages, and sometimes underlying that are messages that can be turned into writings....
July 25th, 2008, 12:12 PM #9
I don't normally listen to music while writing because it ruins my rhythm...but I do sometimes.
July 25th, 2008, 01:00 PM #10
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So does anybody of you film music lovers have any good suggestions? Which are your favorites, apart from the ones mentioned? Maybe you got something I don't!
July 25th, 2008, 01:10 PM #11
I listen to music. Mostly becaue my little sisters shout and run around the house all day. Plus, music helps me get into my zone. I listen to music before i go to bed everynight while i think about what I'm going to write the next day. without music my writing sucks
oh, and i always listen to music with lyrics, that way, if i need a break i can just sing along.
July 25th, 2008, 01:49 PM #12
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Oh man, I have tons of movie music.
Stardust--Andy Brown and Ilan Eshkeri
(Especially 'Shooting Star' and 'Septimus')
Children of Dune--Brian Tyler
(especially "Summon the Worms")
The Fountain--Clint Mansell
(especially "Death is the Road to Awe)"
Requiem for a Tower--Corner Stone Cues
The Time has Come (Theme to Planet Earth)--Gabriel Shadid & Tobias Marberger
Moon--George Winston
(also see the songs "February Sea" and "Rain")
The Da Vinci Code--Hans Zimmer
(especially 'Dies Mercurii I Martius' and 'Chevaliers de Sangreal')
Pan's Labyrinth--Javier Navarrete
The Tempest--Jennifer Thomas
Letters from Iwo Jima--Kyle Eastwood & Michael Stevens
(especially 'Main Titles')
Music from Final Fantasy--Nobuo Uematsu
(especially the piano verson of "Terra")
The Piano--Michael Nyman
Finding Beauty--Craig Armstrong
The Village--James Newton Howard
(especially "The Gravel Road")
The Lake House--Rachel Portman
Becoming Jane--Adrian Johnston
(especially "A Game of Cricket")
Music from Doctor Who--Murray Gold
(especially "The Doctor's Theme")
Zoosters Breakout (From Madagascar)--Hans Zimmer
The Tudors--Trevor Morris
(especially 'A Historic Love')
Wanted--Danny Elfman
(especially 'Fraternity Suite')
Wow, sorry. That's a lot of songs
July 25th, 2008, 02:10 PM #13
yes i do..it inspires me, and depending on what im writing about, is the music i use..for example, if its just writing in general, the music doesn't really matter as much, and if i write about love or something, i gotta have a good track.
lets see...
i had to write a paper for a trip im going on to study in Europe and i listened to "start wearing purple" by Gogol Bordello; and i have to admit, it cracks me up and its stuck in my head a lot now. http://youtube.com/watch?v=p_81l4DXlwM
no i dont usually listen to this kind of music..just had to share that lol reminds me of Borat
This is some of the music i have that helps me write really emotional scenes:
- The "cast away" soundtrack-
-LOTR: especially "journey to the grey havens," "passing of the elves," " the passing of Theoden," and "The passing of Boromir," to name a few
-Tristan and Isolde soundtrack: always reminds me of Cadders and Mazda
"my face in thine eye, and two loves be one"
-"Armageddon" soundtrack, especially the two piano themes and "leaving"
-Titanic: most of those tracks work: in fact, "irish party in third class" gave me an idea to write a pellinor fanfic based on it
-"300" -pretty intense soundtrack
-"Cold mountain"-great music as well
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Thank you! I haven't got some of them. Gotta download! Muaha!
I will post some you may not have later on when I have more time!
July 26th, 2008, 07:42 AM #15
I think it depends on my mood, whether or not I listen to music. And then if I am in the mood to listen, I might want to listen to a particular genre. i love debussy's clair de lune it's so peaceful. and eric clapton's version of danny boy is wonderful.
and i love movie soundtracks. 300 was great.


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Probably established in its present form in about 1200, Warkworth became one of the most important castles in northern England. It was the favoured residence of the powerful Percy family from the 14th to the 17th centuries.
The polygonal Carrickfergus Tower, at the south-west corner of the castle, dates from the early 13th century. It partially collapsed in the 18th century
The date and circumstances of the castle's foundation remain unclear. There was probably a residence belonging to the Anglo-Saxon Earls of Northumbria at Warkworth before the Norman Conquest of 1066.[1]
Henry, son of David I, King of Scotland, has conventionally been credited with raising the motte and bailey (an artificial mound surrounded by a fortified enclosure) and the first stone buildings at Warkworth, after he became Earl of Northumberland in 1139. The first written record of Warkworth Castle, however, occurs in a charter of between 1157 and 1164, in which Henry II granted the castle and manor of Warkworth to Roger fitz Eustace.[2]
The castle may have been built in the 1150s to consolidate Henry II's repossession of Northumberland in 1157, an action that led to the building of similar motte-and-bailey castles nearby, such as Harbottle. Alternatively, the charter may have simply dignified the ancient residence at the centre of the manor of Warkworth with the title of a 'castle'.
Roger fitz Eustace's son, Robert fitz Roger, was almost certainly responsible for the present castle at Warkworth between 1199 and 1214. Many features visible today can be associated with this period, including the gatehouse, Carrickfergus Tower, postern gate and east curtain wall, and possibly the spur walls rising up the motte. These last suggest that the present great tower replaced an earlier stone structure.
From the late 13th century castles such as Warkworth began to play an increasingly important role in the long-running war between England and Scotland. As a result, royal funds were directed towards the construction and maintenance of private fortresses.[3] In 1323 the king ordered the defences of the castle to be prepared, and in 1327 it was besieged by the Scots.[4]
In 1332 the castle passed to Henry Percy, 2nd Lord Percy, who had been granted it by Edward III.[5] At that time the Percy family was emerging as one of the most important in the north of England. The castle and barony of Alnwick remained the Percys' chief holding in Northumberland throughout the Middle Ages, but Warkworth Castle was their favoured residence until the 17th century.
Neither the 2nd nor the 3rd Lord Percy appears to have undertaken much work to the castle, but Henry Percy (1341–1408), 1st Earl of Northumberland, transformed it.[6] He was the first great landowner in the North to acquire a noble title, and he almost certainly celebrated this by building the great tower. It is also likely that he established the hermitage at Warkworth.
The 1st Earl played an active role in deposing Richard II in 1399, but he and his eldest son, known as Harry Hotspur (1364–1403), soon quarrelled with Henry IV, the king they had put on the throne in Richard's place. Hotspur was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. After the earl joined an unsuccessful conspiracy in 1405, Henry IV marched north and laid siege to Warkworth with cannon, forcing its quick surrender.[7]
With the Percys disgraced, the family's lands passed to the Crown. But Henry V restored the son of Harry Hotspur, another Henry Percy (1393–1455), to the family inheritance and earldom in 1416. The 2nd Earl is known to have undertaken building work at the castle, although it is not now clear what this was.[8]
In the Wars of the Roses the 2nd and 3rd Earls supported the Lancastrian cause of Henry VI but were killed at the Battles of St Albans (1455) and Towton (1461) respectively. Warkworth was then occupied as the Yorkist headquarters. From there the Earl of Warwick, leader of the Yorkist forces, supervised the sieges of Alnwick, Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh castles, which remained centres of Lancastrian resistance.
In 1470–71 Edward IV restored the eldest son of the 3rd Earl to his inheritance and title. The heraldic decoration on the Lion Tower shows that after his marriage, in 1472, the 4th Earl, Henry (c 1449–1489), began the complete remodelling of the bailey.[9] He also planned a new collegiate church in the castle, but this was abandoned after he was murdered in 1489.
The hall range in the bailey, built by the 4th Earl of Northumberland in about 1480. The display of heraldic sculpture on the Lion Tower (right) celebrated the dynastic links of the Percy family
The 6th Earl, also Henry Percy (c 1502–1537), undertook several documented repairs, including the reconstruction of the wall between the gatehouse and the Montagu Tower in 1534, and the clearance of the incomplete church.[10] As he had no heirs, the castle again passed to the Crown, but by 1550 it was described as rapidly falling into decay for want of basic maintenance.[11]
That decay was arrested when the 6th Earl's nephew, Thomas Percy (c 1528–1572), was given control of the family estates and restored to the title in 1557. A survey of 1567 provides the most detailed account of the medieval buildings, and may have been carried out to help plan a substantial reordering of the castle.[12]
Before the work could be completed, the 7th Earl was involved in the unsuccessful Rising of the North (1569) that sought to re-establish Roman Catholicism in England. He was later executed in York, while Sir John Forster, Warden of the March (the border region between England and Scotland), took advantage of his office to pillage the castle.
A survey and inventory conducted in 1574, after Elizabeth I had returned Warkworth to the Percys, shows that parts of the castle were by then ruinous.[13] What repair was undertaken is not clear, but when the 9th Earl, Henry Percy (1564–1632), came into possession of Warkworth in 1585, some rooms were clearly habitable.[14]
The 9th Earl was later arrested and imprisoned owing to his links to one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The castle was then leased to Sir Ralph Gray, who let the buildings deteriorate further.
In 1648, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian forces installed a garrison, and when the soldiers withdrew they removed doors and iron so that the castle could not be held in war. Possibly they reduced the bailey to its present condition.
The interior of the hermitage, probably established as a private chapel by the 1st Earl of Northumberland in about 1400. It became a tourist attraction in the late 18th century
In about 1752 the wall between the Montagu Tower and the gatehouse was demolished and the stone used to build cottages. But despite its ruinous state the castle, together with the hermitage, became an attraction for tourists. Interest increased with the publication of Bishop Percy's popular poem, The Hermit of Warkworth (1771).
The Percys began again to take an active interest in the property. The demolished castle wall was rebuilt, probably in the late 18th century, and clearance of the site began, with substantial excavations in the 1850s and 1890s.[15] The 4th Duke of Northumberland, Algernon Percy (1792–1865), employed the renowned architect Anthony Salvin to restore the great tower.
The intention was apparently to restore the whole tower, but the work done between 1853 and 1858 was limited. External stone was replaced where necessary, and two upper chambers, known as the Duke's Rooms, were given new floors and roofs. The Duke's Rooms were maintained for the use of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, who would bring guests from Alnwick Castle for picnics in the summer.
In 1915 the castle was declared a scheduled ancient monument, and in 1922 was taken into state guardianship. The Duke's Rooms, however, remained under the control of the Percy family until 1987.
1. For early references to Warkworth see JC Hodgson, A History of Northumberland, vol 5 (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1899), pp 18–19 (accessed 13 December 2012).2. A transcription of the charter can be found in Hodgson, op cit, p 21.3. J Goodall, The English Castle (New Haven and London, 2011), pp 239–48.4. W Stubbs (ed), Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Rolls Series, 76/2 (London, 1882 –3), p 97. 5. Calendar of Patent Rolls of Edward III, vol 1: 1327–30 (London, 1891), p 243 (accessed 13 December 2012).6. Henry Percy (1341–1408) was the 1st Earl of Northumberland of the second creation. 7. H Nicolas (ed), Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, vol 1 (London, 1834), pp 275–6 (accessed 13 December 2012). 8. In 1442 money was diverted towards 'works in the castle': Hodgson, op cit, p 46.9. The heraldry of the Lion Tower incorporates a portcullis or bascule bridge, a heraldic device used by the Herberts of Raglan, the family of the 4th Earl's wife.10. Alnwick Castle MSS. A transcription appears in Hodgson, op cit, p 56.11. British Library, MS Cotton Titus, fol 13; cited in Hodgson, op cit, p 60. 12. Alnwick Castle MSS. A transcription appears in Hodgson, op cit, p 61.13. The 1574 description and annotated inventory was noted and partially transcribed by JC Hodgson, op cit, pp 64–5.14. Ibid.15. Little is known about the history of archaeology on the site. The castle was probably cleared by Salvin during his work of 1853–8 and is shown in much its present state in the engravings published by CH Hartshorne in Feudal and Military Antiquities of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders (London, 1858) (accessed 13 December 2012). Similarly, the excavations in 1898 are poorly understood. See B Harbottle, 'An excavation at Warkworth Castle, Northumberland, 1966', Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th series, 45 (1991),107.
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Good news for seal lovers…
'Keith' the seal has been saved.
Keith – named after a Royalist commander in the English Civil War – will NOT now be shot by a marksman to protect fish stocks in the River Severn. The Angling Trust has reached an agreement with British Divers Marine Life Rescue BDMLR to move the marine predator back out to sea if necessary. Anglers are keeping the BDMLR informed of Keith's movements – happily it seems to be travelling back out to sea at present.
Keith appears to have made its way inland in the recent floods and taken to river life – without the salt of the sea. He, or she, is a Grey Seal more usually found on our rocky coasts than in deepest Worcestershire. More information about our native Grey Seals can be found on BBC Nature .
If needed, a sonic device called a 'scrammer' can be used to encourage Keith downstream. The irritating noise won't harm the seal – but may well prevent a return so far from the sea.
A similarly adventurous seal was found swimming in the floods in Cambridgeshire earlier this month.


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Delightful Czech fairy tale tells story of The Red Fox and the Firebird
More than 2300 school children will be on campus for show
The Ohio State Lima Department of Theatre presents the 14th production of its Theatre for Young Audiences program in the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts in Reed Hall. The Red Fox and the Firebird is based on a Czech fairy tale written by Karel J. Erben and adapted and directed by Dr. Joe Brandesky, professor of theatre at Ohio State Lima. Public performances are at 7 p.m., Fri., Nov. 21, 2008, and 2 p.m., Sun., Nov. 23, 2008. A reception in celebration of Beat Michigan Week will be held for the playgoers and cast following the Friday, Nov. 21 performance in Reed Hall 160.
More than 2300 local students will attend the school performances at 9:15 and 10:45 a.m. through Friday.
In The Red Fox and the Firebird a young prince struggles to return a beautiful Firebird to his dying father. The prince is aided in his search by a clever and magical Red Fox. Along the way the prince meets and falls in love with Goldilocks. Music and spectacle are used to tell this charming Czech fairy tale about a young prince facing and eventually overcoming tremendous obstacles with the help of a Red Fox.
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Black cab operator Ian Cable will be running a weeklong trial of Barclays Pingit to take payment around the Greater London area, lasting until this Friday.
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Cable, who has been a London black cab driver for 23 years, is somewhat of a pioneer when it comes to new payment methods, having been the first to accept payment via chip and PIN in 2004.
"I am very excited to take part in this trial," Cable (pictured below in his cab) said. "I have been a cabbie for many years and am always up for trying new technology to help make mine and my passenger's lives easier.
"We are experiencing major technological changes in our country and I believe it is our duty to keep up with what our passengers want and need."
Recent research from the Centre for Economic and Business Research predicted that, by 2020, 20 million adults will use their mobiles to pay for goods and services, with the total value of mobile payments will reach £18.1bn by 2018.
Darren Foulds, director of Barclays Mobile and Pingit, said: "We are always keen to support new ways to make people's lives easier. This Pingit trial really demonstrates the huge potential for mobile payments as they gain more widespread use.
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According to Barclays, Barclays Pingit has been downloaded three million times since its launch in February 2012, with the total amount of money sent using the service recently topping £540 million. Earlier this month, the bank finally revealed a Windows Phone version of the app, nearly a year after the company promised it would be available for users.
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Article XI - Municipal Borrowing
Article XII - Budget, Taxation and Finance
12.1 Fiscal Year
12.2 Proposed Budget
12.3 Scope of Budget
12.4 Public Hearing
12.5 Budget Adoption and Appropriation
12.6 Funds
12.7 Transfer of Funds
12.8 Supplemental Appropriations
12.9 Appropriations to Lapse
12.10 Levy and Collection of Taxes
12.11 Limitation on Sales and Use Tax Rates
12.12 Limitation on Property Taxes
12.13 Accounting
12.14 Annual Audit
12.15 Deposit of Funds
12.16 Investment of Funds
Article XIII - Initiative and Referendum
Article XIV - Special Legal Provisions
Article XV - Transitional Provisions
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Article XII - Budget, Taxation and Finance
Article XII - Budget, Taxation and Finance
Article XII - Budget, Taxation and Finance
12.1 Fiscal Year
Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December.
12.2 Proposed Budget
The City Manager shall submit the proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year to the City Council on or before the 15th day of September of each year.
12.3 Scope of Budget
The proposed and the adopted budget for the ensuing fiscal year shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) An estimate of anticipated revenues from all sources;
(b) An estimate of cash available, if any, as of December 31 of the present fiscal year;
(c) An estimate of proposed expenditures necessary for the operation of the City;
(d) The expenditures necessary for debt service;
(e) The proposed capital expenditures and methods of financing such expenditures;
(f) An estimate of the amount required to be raised from an ad valorem property tax levy, and
(g) The balance between total estimated expenditures and total anticipated revenues, including surpluses.
12.4 Public Hearing
There shall be at least two public hearings on the proposed budget before it is adopted by the City Council. There shall be a notice of the time and place of public hearing, which shall include the location of where the proposed budget is on file for public inspection. Such notice shall be published not later than five days prior to each public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, or in such other news media as authorized by City Council. (Amended November 5, 1991.)
12.5 Budget Adoption and Appropriation
On or before the first day of November of each year, the City Council shall adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Prior to the commencement of the fiscal year, the City Council shall make the appropriation for the ensuing fiscal year by ordinance. The amounts appropriated shall not exceed the balanced amounts between estimated revenues and estimated expenditures as set forth in the adopted budget.
12.6 Funds
(a) All revenues not specifically allocated to any other fund shall be deposited in the General Fund. The General Fund may provide for contingencies in such manner as determined by the City Council.
(b) Special funds may be created by ordinance in order to provide for the deposit of monies to be held or used for special purposes as determined by the City Council.
(c) The Capital Improvements Fund is hereby established for the purpose of paying the costs of capital improvements. The City Council may establish rules and regulations by ordinance for the administration of the Capital Improvements Fund.
12.7 Transfer of Funds
The City Manager may, at any time, transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance, or portion thereof, from one classification of expenditure to another within the same department, office, or agency. The City Manager shall report all such transfers to the City Council. The City Council may authorize the transfer of any unencumbered appropriation balance, or portion thereof, between administrative departments or among funds.
12.8 Supplemental Appropriations
The City Council may make supplemental appropriations by ordinance during the fiscal year for unanticipated expenditures required for the operation of the City, provided the aggregate of such supplemental appropriations made during the fiscal year does not exceed the amount by which actual and anticipated revenues for the fiscal year are exceeding the revenues as estimated in the adopted budget, or as such monies not anticipated in the adopted budget may otherwise become available to the City.
12.9 Appropriations to Lapse
Every appropriation shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been encumbered or expended, except that an appropriation within the capital improvements fund or a special fund shall not lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned.
12.10 Levy and Collection of Taxes
The City Council shall, by ordinance, provide for the levy and collection of taxes and special assessments by either the City or by the County or by the State.
12.11 Limitation on Sales and Use Tax Rates
No increase in municipal sales or use tax rates within the City shall take effect until such increase is approved at a special or regular municipal election by a majority of those registered electors voting thereon. The requirement for an election on sales or use taxes shall apply only to an increase in rates of sales or use taxes, and no election shall be required for the administration, revision, extension, or any other action taken by the City Council affecting sales and use taxes.
12.12 Limitation on Property Taxes
(a) The City Council shall not levy an ad valorem tax on taxable property in the City that provides revenue from such levy in an amount greater than was levied in the preceding year plus seven percent, except as hereafter provided. This limitation on the levy of an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property shall not apply for any purpose to the following:
(1) The payment of securities issued by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Charter if such securities and interest thereon are payable from ad valorem property taxes, and all such securities issued by the City shall be payable pursuant to the terms of issuance;
(2) The payment of any contractual obligation that has been approved by the registered electors of the City; and
(3) In the event the City, as the result of exclusion, dissolution, or as otherwise provided by law, continues to provide the services of a special district or special taxing district, the City Council may levy and collect the ad valorem property tax necessary to continue such services in an amount not to exceed that amount most recently levied by the special district or special taxing district for such services; provided, however, that any subsequent levy by the City pursuant to this subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to the seven percent limitation as provided herein.
(b) In computing the seven percent limitation, the following shall be excluded:
(1) The increased valuation for assessment attributable to annexation or inclusion of additional land, improvements thereon, and personal property connected therewith within the City for the preceding year;
(2) The increased valuation for assessment attributable to new construction and personal property connected therewith within the City for the preceding year; and
(3) The increased valuation for assessment attributable to increased volume of production for the preceding year by a producing mine or petroleum well if said mine or petroleum well is wholly or partially within the City and if such increase in volume of production causes a change in services or an increase in the level of services provided by the City.
(c) The City Council may submit the question of increasing the levy over the seven percent limitation for any one year to a vote of the registered electors of the City at a regular or special municipal election. If a majority of the registered electors voting thereon vote in favor of increasing the levy over the seven percent limitation, then the City Council may increase the levy for the year voted upon by the amount approved by the registered electors.
12.13 Accounting
The City Manager shall direct and administer a system of accounts and records in conformance with generally accepted municipal accounting practices.
12.14 Annual Audit
An audit of all City accounts and financial records shall be conducted annually by a certified public accountant selected by City Council. The City Council may call for special audits at any time.
12.15 Deposit of Funds
The City Treasurer may deposit funds in those depositories that are legally designated by state statute. The City Council may designate, by ordinance, those depositories in which funds of the City may be deposited, provided such depositories are legally authorized by statute.
12.16 Investment of Funds
(a) The City Treasurer is authorized to invest funds of the City in any of the following investments:
(1) Those investments that are legal for governmental entities as provided by statute;
(2) Bonds or other interest bearing obligations of any agency of the United States, and
(3) Repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by obligations of the United States or any agency thereof.
(b) The City Treasurer shall adhere to the investment standards prescribed for pension and death and disability funds of the City by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.


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Devil Ball Golf
Rory McIlroy chucks his iron into the water in a fit of rage
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf8 hrs agoRory McIlroy has been frustrated the first two days of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. It boiled over on Friday, with one of McIlroy's clubs paying the price.
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McIlroy's second shot from 222 yards to the par-5 eighth found a water hazard. In response, McIlroy hurled his club into the water after his ball.
The world No. 1 went on to make bogey on the hole and left to play the rest of his round with 13 clubs.
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Tom Brady to join Rory McIlroy next week at Augusta National
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf15 hrs agoThings really couldn't be going better for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. He's celebrating a fourth Super Bowl win, has Gisele Bundchen for a wife and can pretty much ride off into the sunset whenever he feels like it.
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Now he has a tee time next week at Augusta National with world No. 1 Rory McIlroy. Golf Channel reports the duo will tee it up at the home of the Masters.
Next week @McIlroyRory will play Augusta National with Tom Brady. A 4-time Super Bowl champ walking the fairways with a 4-time Major champ.
Given their professional precociousness, the pair should have plenty to talk about as McIlroy prepares for his first crack at the career grand slam in April.
Adam Sandler, Bob Barker renew their 'Happy Gilmore' feud
Jay Busbee at Devil Ball Golf1 day agoThis'll bring a smile to your face. As part ofComedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars," an upcoming telethon to raise money to fight autism, Adam Sandler and Bob Barker reunited to reprise their sadistically cruel "Happy Gilmore" roles of smartass punk kid and bitter, devious old man. And they carried it off beautifully. Seriously, this is the funniest Sandler has been in decades.
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Give this one a chance to wash over you. It escalates every 30 seconds, concluding with a welcome payoff to fans of the original flick. And speaking of that movie: if, for some insane reason, you haven't seen the "Happy Gilmore" sequence on which this was based, here you go. Caution for one semi-NSFW word, but if you don't know that by now, come on ... this movie's nearly 20 freaking years old:
Here, a handy GIF to clip and save:
Friends, Bob Barker is a national treasure.
Former PGA pres. Bishop: Mickelson was 'grandmaster' of Ryder Cup task force
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf1 day agoFormer PGA of America president Ted Bishop believes Phil Mickelson got precisely what he wanted from the now-dissolved Ryder Cup task force, acting as the "grandmaster" of the 11-man committee.
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Writing for Golf Magazine, Bishop said Mickelson got the captain he wanted in Davis Love III, even though at the 2014 Ryder Cup he explicitly named Paul Azinger and favoring his approach. However, Bishop also contends Mickelson didn't care for Azinger's sometimes brash leadership style. The five-time major winner liked the framework, which Love employed in building a four-point lead heading into the final day of the 2012 Ryder Cup.
Adam Scott has gone to the short putter
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf1 day agoYour browser does not support iframes.
Ch-ch-ch-changes aplenty this week for Adam Scott.
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Scott, who is making his 2015 debut at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, is a new father to a daughter and has been wielding a new, traditional-length putter at Doral. He is expected to play this week with a short putter for just the second time since the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, when he made the switch to the anchored broomstick.
Scott came to the decision after testing a slew of putters in his offseason.
"I've kind of enjoyed experimenting at home the last couple months because I've had so much time up my sleeve," said Scott. "I've got about 50 putters I've collected over my career back home in the garage, so to speak, but then I've also tried out lots of other putters at home in Australia over the these last few weeks."
Scott still had not decided on the putter he'd use this week on Monday at Doral, when he was working with four putters on the practice greens.
Phil Mickelson was too tired to play a round at Augusta National
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf3 days agoIf someone told you that, if you stayed up for 48 consecutive hours, you could play Augusta National Golf Club, there's a good chance you would run to your nearest coffee machine and start brewing.
If you had to give a kidney to play the home of the Masters, there's a chance you'd handle the scalpel yourself.
Not Phil Mickelson, though. The three-time Masters winner has probably played Augusta National more times than he can ever remember. So, not that it's old hat, but he can go there pretty much whenever he wants. Perhaps that's why he canceled a scheduled Tuesday practice round there. Why?
"Just tired," Mickelson said Monday after The Honda Classic.
Mickelson then made the short drive from PGA National to Seminole Golf Club for its famous, star-studded pro-member tournament. Along with partner and Augusta National member Jimmy Payne, Mickelson came in a tie for eighth, four shots behind the winning duo of Rory McIlroy and John Pinkham.
Ah, the life of a golf legend.
Dude Perfect, long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski perform sick trick shots
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf3 days agoTrick-shot videos are hot right now in golf.
The Bryan Brothers light it up on a regular basis, while a host of others are trying to make a name for themselves by showing what they can do with a club, a ball and the occasional prop.
However, two-time Remax World Long-Drive champion Jamie Sadlowski has taken the art form to a new level. Sadlowski, a Callaway Golf staffer, teamed up with YouTube mega-sensations Dude Perfect for a trick-shot compilation that will blow your mind.
This five-minute video has a little bit of everything in it. Of course, there's the requisite GoPro cameras and lots of high-fiving and man-hugging. However, the tricks are dynamite.
Here's a set list:
Sadlowski hits a 100-yard punch shot to a small target attached to a basketball hoop, knocking a suspended ball into the basket
He hits a putter some 170 yards on a par 3, then makes the birdie putt in a great one-club challenge, then later makes a 132-foot putt with his driver
Several everyday items are demolished at point-blank range of Sadlowski's drives, including fruit, action figures and candy
The Dude Perfect guys ride jet skis to catch a golf ball Sadlowski blasts off the U.S.S. Midway
Power rankings: WGC-Cadillac Championship
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf3 days agoThe PGA Tour splits off this week, with the best players in the world in the Miami area for the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. The Gil Hanse-renovated TPC Blue Monster hosts the top 50 players in the world and a slew of money leaders from global tours.
Patrick Reed is defending champion this week, but the headliner is again Rory McIlroy, who will look to bounce back in this no-cut event after missing the weekend at The Honda Classic.
Here are my top five picks for the week.
1. Rory McIlroy -- McIlroy didn't make the cut at Honda, but he had an awful draw along with half the field. He was T-25 here a year ago. He's a very different player since then.
2. Jordan Spieth -- Hey, maybe we'll see Jordan Spieth on TV this week. Spieth is a top-10 machine at the moment, taking that mantle from Matt Kuchar. His game plays anywhere and should be handy in windy conditions.
3. Dustin Johnson -- Johnson got cut at Honda playing alongside McIlroy and Brooks Koepka. He's been close to wins in two of his last three starts and was T-4 here last year, as well a runner-up in 2011.
Greg Norman: 'Certain players...would rather be a sheep'
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf4 days agoGreg Norman thinks some modern PGA Tour pros are a little too happy to get fat on top-20 finishes instead of chasing down wins.
"Certain players are happy just going through the motions," Norman said to the Wall St. Journal. "They don't want to be the leader, they would rather be a sheep. They enjoy grazing the field and getting fat and sassy."
Perhaps Norman, who turned 60 in February, has a point -- or just a different frame of reference. A total of 96 PGA Tour players earned over $1 million during the 2013-14 season. In 1996, the year Norman led a six-shot lead slip away in the final round of the Masters, just nine players made seven figures.
However, the Aussie also believes many players have the hunger to live in golf's spotlight, including Jason Day, who said in January that he'd like to get to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
"To say he wants to be the best in the world, that's a big statement to make to yourself, let alone publicly. So he is willing to put it out there," Norman said of his fellow Aussie.
Former Tour player claims Woods suspended by Tour; agent, Tour deny claims
Ryan Ballengee at Devil Ball Golf4 days agoFormer PGA Tour player Dan Olsen made a serious accusation on Friday: that Tiger Woods had been suspended by the Tour for a month.
Olsen, who was an exempt player for the 2004 PGA Tour season, made the claim Friday on radio station WVFN to host David DeMarco. The Michigan-based pro claimed his sources were "exempt Tour players," but that Woods was not suspended for taking testosterone.
"I think when it's all said and done, he's going to surpass Lance Armstrong in infamy," Olsen said.
Both Tiger Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, and the PGA Tour vehemently deny Olsen's claims.
"These claims are absolutely, unequivocally and completely false," Steinberg said in a statement. "They are unsourced, unverified and completely ridiculous. The PGA Tour has confirmed that there is no truth to these claims."


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UKIP tops European poll in the East of England
The UK Independence Party has topped the poll in the European elections in the East of England.
UKIP got 100,000 more votes than the Conservatives - taking three seats.
The Tories also secured three seats with Labour winning the remaining seat, while the Lib Dems lost the seat they had won in 2009.
UKIP communications director Patrick O'Flynn was elected top of the party's list. UKIP candidates Tim Aker and Stuart Agnew were also elected.
Conservatives Vicky Ford, Geoffrey Van Orden and former UKIP, now Tory MEP, David Campbell-Bannerman were also voted in.
Labour's Richard Howitt, who has been an MEP since 1994, has been re-elected.
UKIP polled 542,812, up from 313,921 at the previous election, and gained a seat at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.
Two very clear conclusions can be drawn from the European election results in the East of England.
The first is we are a very eurosceptic region; most voters are not happy with our present relationship with Europe and many want us to leave the EU altogether.
The second is that UKIP is now a major political force in the East of England. In large parts of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex it is the main challenger to the Conservatives.
The party has attracted a lot of people who have either never voted before or who are fed up with the Westminster parties.
At his victory rally Nigel Farage named Great Yarmouth, Basildon and "parts of Cambridgeshire" as places where the party is in the lead.
The loss of the highly respected Andrew Duff is a sign of how much Liberal Democrat support has collapsed across the region.
But there's little to celebrate for Labour as well. Their vote was up but that was largely due to former Lib Dem voters.
But the three Tory MEPs in the region held their seats while Labour increased its share of the vote.
Mr O'Flynn said: "Voters in the east, as in the rest of the UK, are concerned about open door migration, about pressure on green field land and about living standards, but they also wanted to give the other parties a bloody nose and we have to recognise UKIP was a convenient vehicle for that.
"We now need to convince people to stick with us. We need to build on our strategy, work on our vision and broaden our agenda.
"If we do that we can be confident of winning seats in parliament."
Mr Howitt said Labour must acknowledge UKIP's success but not mirror their policies.
He added: "Labour has seen a big increase in its vote in this region but we must acknowledge the concerns that UKIP has tapped into.
"We do not reject those concerns but we do reject the prescription offered by UKIP. We say that Farage is a mirage."
Seats in the European Parliament are allocated according to the D'Hondt system, a type of proportional representation.


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China's airlines to order more than 2000 aircraft over next five years
18th March, 2011
Airbus and Boeing have separately stated this month that airlines in the Asia Pacific region would account for a third of total aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years. Much of the growth is being driven by Chinese carriers. Indeed, the CAAC forecasts China's airlines will order more than 2000 aircraft over next five years alone, underpinned by continued economic growth and rising traffic demand. Beijing's bullish forecast is "sweet music to an airplanes manufacturer's ears," according to Boeing. [1971 words]
This report contains the following subheadings:
- China's airlines to order more than 2000 aircraft over next five years: CAAC
- Individual airlines outline fleet plans
- Embraer expects tripling of private aircraft in China in 10 years
- COMAC expects C919 sales to reach 2000 by 2030
- Chinese aerospace revenue to hit USD60bn by 2020
- Significant aviation investment to occur in China over next five years
- Airbus expects Asia Pacific to acquire around 8500 aircraft over next 20 years
This report contains the following charts and tables:
- China traffic development and forecast: 2003 to 2030F
- China Eastern Airlines' in service, in storage and on order fleet: Mar-2011
- Air China fleet breakdown for on order aircraft: 14-Mar-2011
- 2011 aircraft deliveries by carrier
- Average fleet ages by region: Mar-2011


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990. Bert Brown Lytle was born on Aug 24 1917 in Henderson County, NC.
He was married to Carol Olsen
on May 8 1949. Carol Olsen was born on Nov 2 1924.
Bert Brown Lytle and Carol Olsen had the following children:
+1980 i.
Jacquline Carol Lytle.
1981 ii.
Jerry Bert Lytle was born on Nov 19 1956 in Buncombe County, NC.
Bert Brown Lytle and Catherine Carmichael had the following children:
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Betty Jean Lytle.


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District Notice
Come meet the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is holding public stakeholder meetings across Palliser. All are welcome!
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 24, County Central High School, 504 4 Ave. S., Vulcan
Wednesday, Feb. 25, John Davidson School, 2016 19th Street, Coaldale
Monday, March 2, Calgary Christian School, 5029 26 Avenue SW, Calgary
Thursday, March 5, Picture Butte High School, 401 Rogers Ave., Picture Butte
Noble Central modernization proceeds to next design step
Titanic effort an intensive exercise in literacy and assessment
Master's student carries Alberta flag at Games closing ceremony
KAHS band, choir perform in California
New episode of "A Public Education" airs Saturday
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About Palliser
Palliser Regional Schools is a student-focused school division serving a diverse student population across southern Alberta. We believe: Together we will ensure learning success for all students to develop their unique potential as caring citizens in a changing world.
We welcome you to learn more:
- about our schools;
- our many services that support student success;
- and our consistently excellent achievement results.
The division offers full public education services to approximately 6,800 students from children in early learning programs through Grade 12. Palliser has 15 community schools, 17 Hutterian colony schools, 8 Christian alternative schools, seven of which are in Calgary on six different campuses, four outreach programs, two Low German Mennonite alternative schools and an online school. Palliser also has a program to support families who home school.
Palliser Centre houses the Central Office Administration, Maintenance and Transportation and is located in the City of Lethbridge. In addition, a satellite Maintenance Shop has been set up in the Town of Vulcan.
This year, our theme is "Leadership in Literacy."
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