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2013 Christmas PowerPoint Learning Game from tutor2u
Jon and Graham have been busy in the tutor2u Learning Lab creating a new seasonal PowerPoint Learning Game.
In this classic editable quiz, students are challenged to reveal and answer the 24 questions behind the advent calendar windows.
Which student team will come out on top? They'll have to be quick - they have a maximum of 60 seconds to answer each question.
We've pre-loaded 24 Christmas trivia questions in the free download version of this game.
Of course you are free to edit those questions - perhaps by adding in some subject-specific ones! As with all our PowerPoint Learning Games, this is real easy to do. Feel free to share this with all your teaching colleagues!
Download our 2013 Christmas PowerPoint Learning Game
The PowerPoint file comes with full teacher instructions and also a team answer sheet. Team scores are managed within the game, although you can always use a different way of keeping score if you wish.
The Engaged Learner - Effective Teaching Strategies for Every Classroom
Join the tutor2u team London on 13 November 2014 for a resource-packed celebration of teaching & learning for every department!
The Engaged Learner is the CPD course from tutor2u that is packed full of practical ideas to improve the quality of teaching and learning within EVERY classroom.
The Engaged Learner course provides teachers with an amazing collection of resources and strategies that can be used immediately within the classroom allowing teachers to deliver more creative, effective and outstanding lessons
During the day we look at:
- An array of bellwork and starter activities to inspire and engage learners from the moment they enter the classroom;
- Plenaries allowing teachers to effectively review student progress against the learning objectives;
- Questioning techniques to expand and deepen student learning
- Strategies for whole-class, individual, and group-work including activities to promote collaborative learning
- Winning techniques to promote higher order thinking and independent learning
Contribute to the new tutor2u website!
We're up and running with a complete redesign and upgrade to the tutor2u website.
It's a big project for us and the website developers over the summer and we're really excited about the potential to make our website work much more effectively for over 30 million unique users who visit us each year!
The initial phase involves us trying to get as much feedback from users as possible - to help identify the key problems that need fixing and also prioritise the additional functionality we're hoping to include in the new site!
Please get involved by submitting your views to our short online survey.
Get your free copy of the EntrepreneurLIVE 2013 Booklet
One of the many highlights for tutor2u in 2013 was the EntrepreneurLIVE! 2013 roadshow which connected over 3,000 students and business teachers to a fantastic group of young and successful Entrepreneurs.
We still have a few copies left of the EntrepreneurLIVE! 2013 student booklet. This full-colour booklet contains useful profiles of the entrepreneurs who presented, their start-up stories and further teaching & learning resources for student follow-up.
If you would like one of the remaining free copies, just visit the link below (the booklet is at the foot of the page), add it to the cart and checkout. We'll pop it into the post for you.
Alternatively, you can download a pdf version of the booklet from this link:
Grab a Free CPD Teaching & Learning Resource Taster Pack from tutor2u
In the two weeks before Christmas the team in the tutor2u office were busy shipping hundreds of CPD resource taster packs TBBLE, WOW! Economics and WOW! Politics
We still have a few left - have you requested yours yet? If not, please go ahead. Here are the links:
We're also working on the final details for CPD taster packs for the following CPD courses:
Geography (GCSE):
History (GCSE):
If you have colleagues teaching Law, Geography or History who you feel might like a resource pack, please share this blog link with them!
IB Business & Management Case Study 2014 - The Imperial Hotel
The IB Business & Management case study for 2014 has been released. It is based on the hypothetical hotel - The Imperial. Once again the tutor2u IB Business & Management blog will provide a range of lesson ideas and activities to help your student prepare for the May and Nov 2014 exams.
A tutor2u Case Study Pack on The Imperial, written by Paul Hoang, Margaret Ducie and Urvashi Sharma, will be available in mid-January 2014.
The Case Study Pack can be pre-ordered now and will be sent to colleagues as soon as it is completed.
Order the Imperial Case Study Pack online:
Download a printable order form
New teaching & learning activities you can share with every department!
Jonny and Graham have locked themselves away in the tutor2u Learning Lab over the last few weeks and they've just emerged looking somewhat weary, but proudly carrying new teaching & learning activities which we're sure will help engage your students and enliven learning.
Just launched are Trapdoor! and Focus Circle.
In Trapdoor, students have to identify which of the 16 suggested answers are correct - can they avoid falling through the floor? An ideal bell work activity or something to break up a longer lesson - and great fun too!
Focus Circle is all about concentration and topic knowledge. Students are shown the Focus Circle which has up to 4 topic areas (categories) inside and up to 18 words/ phrases around the circle which belong to the different categories. Students select 1 of the topic areas and decide which of the key words/ phrases belong inside the Focus Circle (words that are specifically related to that topic area)
Focus Circle can be used as a bell work activity (an activity that is on the board as students enter the room), a starter or plenary for topics that have recently been covered or as a way of introducing new information that has not previously been covered
With all our PowerPoint learning activities, all you need to do is add some content - maybe some definitions, a few multiple-choice questions or some key terms, dates or quotes. Each activity is fully editable and are ideal for sharing with other departments and teachers in your school or college! Each resource is provided as a network licence for the whole school or institution.
You can see our full collection of resources here:
Alternatively, download a printable order form, decide which resources you'd like for your school or college and send it to us!
Get Daily Updates with New Resources from the tutor2u Subject Blogs
We've recently moved over to a new service which allows you to have daily digests sent from any of our subject blogs. This is a great way to keep in touch with new resources as they are added and to get first news of student and teacher events. To sign-up for this service, please complete the form below and then reply to the confirmation opt-in email that will be sent to you.read more...»
Revision Toolkits for Pre-release Economics & Business Exams in Summer 2013
A quick reminder about our collection of revision toolkits for pre-released case studies and stimulus materials. These are popular support materials in the run-up to exams this summer and many are now available. We're working hard to complete the remaining toolkits by the end of March.read more...»
Introducing the Super Teacher Utility Belt - PowerPoint Teaching & Learning Utilities
Jon Clark, our Head of Innovation, has been hard at work creating this new resource which is likely to be useful to and shared by all the departments in our school or college!
Of course, you could just keep it a secret to yourself!
Super Teacher Utility Belt comprises four easy-to-use and quick PowerPoint utilities to help teachers in make their lessons more interactive.
These are a:
- Random Name Generator: allows you to randomly pick a name from your class
- Scoreboard: a simple scoreboard to add up scores for any team-based exercise in your class
- EggTimer: uses a Powerpoint slide as an egg-timer for any activity in class
- Countdown Clock: gives a simple on-screen message about how long there is left until a significant event (e.g. deadline for assignment or exam date)
tutor2u launches new collection of PowerPoint-based learning games
tutor2u has today launched a new collection of games-based learning resources which use editable PowerPoint files as the basis for engaging and effective classroom learning.
The first three game formats are:
Bingo! - The classic bingo format with a neat educational twist! In our version, students match the definitions given to them as part of a 'bingo card' with key phrases shown on the randomly drawn 'bingo balls' on screen.
Hangman - Another classic format given a shake-up by allowed you to determine how many incorrect guesses are allowed before grisly gallows are completed!
Memory Blast - a new memory-straining format which helps students test understanding of key definitions. Can they handle duel task of identifying the definitions of key phrases whilst remembering where those definitions are placed on the screen?
Millions of teachers and students use PowerPoint everyday in the classroom and tutor2u's PowerPoint games-based learning collection is being developed to provide schools and colleges with cost-effective ways of making learning more engaging and effective.
Each PowerPoint game is provided as an editable PowerPoint file. All you need to do is add some content suitable for the topic or lesson you are teaching. Some of our game formats are designed to support definitions and/or key terms. Others use multiple-choice questions. They are ideal as lesson starters, group activities or even whole-lesson resources.read more...»
Diary Dates for the Spring 2013 Term
Welcome to 2013! We hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing break and that your students put in some suitable revision during their holidays too!
We're now hard at work preparing for our busiest-ever programme of CPD and Student Revision Workshops this term. I thought I would drop you a note with a quick summary of the programme together with links for more information if there is something of interest to you and colleagues.
Here are the upcoming diary dates and links:read more...»
Economics & Business Studies CPD coming up in the Spring Term of 2013
We're fast approaching a well-deserved break for all Economics & Business Teachers everywhere! We've had quite a few calls into the office recently asking for suggestions for CPD courses in the New Year so I thought I would highlight the courses that we are running early in 2013.
Places at all our CPD courses in 2012/13 are priced at £190 (+VAT) for a single delegate and £125 (+VAT) for departmental groups of two or more delegates.read more...»
Economics Classroom Resource: UK Economy Chartroom
Bring your Economics Classroom Right Up-to-date with the UK Economy Chart Room 2012
An updated and thoroughly revised UK Economy Chart Room poster set is now available for immediate dispatch
The aim of these posters is to provide teachers with a set of colour A3 data charts offering students a sense of how the figures have moved over recent years but also bringing them up to speed with the latest developments.
The sixteen charts in the latest edition of UK Chartroom cover the following data series:
- Tracking the Economic Cycle
- Components of Aggregate Demand
- Base Rates, GDP growth and Inflation
- Real Value Added in Selected Industries
- RPI and CPI Inflation rates
- The Cost of Borrowing in the UK
- Sterling Exchange Rate and the Trade Balance
- Household consumption and the savings ratio
- Unemployment rates - claimant count and LFS Regional unemployment rates in the UK
- Unemployment in selected OECD countries
- UK Fiscal Balance and Economic Growth
- UK Bonds, Government Borrowing & the Output Gap
- Yields on 10 Year Bonds - A European Perspective
- Balance of Payments on Current Account
- Estimated Trend Growth Rates
These posters make an ideal classroom resource and can be referred to many times during an AS or A2 macro course.
A complete set of A3 posters together with a digital copy of each is available for just £20.
Order your copy of the UK Economy Chartroom here
Tad Gram Style takes on Eton Style
Many tutor2u regulars will know that there is a connection between Tadcaster Grammar School (located in a leafy part of the lovely North Yorkshire) and Eton College (in a similarly beautiful part of Berkshire). Geoff is a Master at Eton, whereas my offspring (Miss T2U and Master T2U) attend TGS.
A couple of weeks ago, the boys at Eton launched what turned out to be a viral hit version of the gangnam dance - Eton Style.
But now Tadcaster has hit back with a typically gritty, northern version (i.e. telling it as it really is).
So, in the interests of balance (and family harmony), we proudly present the two videos...read more...»
Join the tutor2u Subject Team and help us build our Question Bank
We know our teaching colleagues love
to have great resources to help make lessons more engaging and
revision more effective.
So, we've decided to build a comprehensive suite of multiple-choice questions and topics, across a wider range of subjects, to support our major investment in games-based learning.
- Could you be a subject expert and leader in the tutor2u team?
- Do you have the skills and experience to help us build a fantastic collection of high-quality questions that would be ideal for revision and classroom learning?
At this stage, all you need to do is fill in this short form linked below and I will reply with more information on how you can get involved, the benefits to you and the next steps.
For the right candidates, we're offering a generous payment option and we'll also ensure that your school or college benefits appropriately from the teaching resources you help us create.
For Phase One of this project, we are specifically looking for experienced contributors with expertise in one or more of the following subjects at Level 2 (e.g. GCSE, BTEC First) and Level 3 (e.g. GCE, BTEC National):
Accounting | Business Studies | Economics | Politics | Mathematics | English Literature | English Language | Law | Sociology | Psychology | History | Geography | Chemistry | Biology | Physics | MFL
Please follow this link below to show an interest in joining the team. And don't forget to pass this opportunity onto colleagues in other departments who you think might be suitable and interested in getting involved.
Introducing the tutor2u Revision App!
You may remember that this time last year we took a stake in a games-based learning platform called Zondle, with the aim of developing resources for mobile learning.
Well It's here! Version 1 of our new revision app. Details below about the new App, how to get hold of it, what you can do with it and our development plans.
The app is available right now from for Android and Apple device users: download it from:
We're now busy adding content that can be accessed via the mobile app - you'll see this appear in the tutor2u resource folder structure when you access the app. This content includes the weekly Biz Quiz and Economics in the News quizzes.
Please note; you'll need a free Zondle user account to be able to access all the app resources.
tutor2u Testimonials
We've been grateful to receive many positive testimonials about tutor2u in recent years, including several hundred when we were named as the Smarta 100 winners in 2011. Here are some of the comments which we've received which makes us all proud of what has been achieved to-date and also determined to continue improving and expanding the tutor2u service.read more...»
Edexcel Unit 4a Supergroup Toolkit
A quick note to let you know that Mark Tottman's superb strategic analysis of Supergroup is now available.
Mark has provided a comprehensive analysis of the pre-release material on Supergroup, taking each piece of evidence in turn to help explain to students the key issues raised. The strategic issues facing Supergroup and the options available to them are then analysed and evaluated in some depth.
The Supergroup 4a Toolkit can be ordered here
We're also maintaining a section on the Business Studies blog which provides updates on developments at Supergroup as we go through the period up to the exam.
3 activities for your Economics students this week
Here are 3 suggested lesson activities to get Economics students up and running this term…
The Economics blogging team are fired up and raring to go, with the aim of supporting you and your students throughout 2012/13.
As we start a new school year we thought you might like a selection of lesson activities that could help engage your students with our wonderful subject…
New to Economics: Finding Economics Around You!
Economics in the News Quiz - Summer 2012 Edition
Do you have a resource or teaching activity that you find works really well with returning or new class sets? If you do, we'd love to share it with thousands of colleagues around the world via the Economics Blog. Get in touch if you'd like to get involved [http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/site/contact-us/] and join the Economics blogging team.
...and don't forget that there are now almost 300 Economics & Business teachers over in our Linkedin Teacher Community sharing ideas and resources. You are particularly welcome to join the community
3 New Business Lesson Starter Activities
A new academic year starts for most of us this week. So here are three new business studies lesson activities that might help get the students thinking about the real world of business.
Each time you launch this interactive quiz, ten well-known business people are drawn from the quiz database. Can your students work out who they are?
A relatively simple (and easy?) task of spotting the business brand, part of which is displayed on the worksheet.
Which businesses decided to become sponsors of the London 2012 Games and which did not take part? Our PowerPoint Wipeout format is used for this quick activity.
We'll be adding lots more resources to the Business Studies blog over the next week - so do keep visiting regularly.
Don't forget that we also now have a growing Business Teacher community over on Linkedin (200+ colleagues have joined this week alone) - another great way of sharing ideas and resources as we begin a fresh school year.
Visit the Business Teacher Community here
Best wishes
Jim & the team
Join our Community of Economics & Business Teachers
Something new from tutor2u for 2012/13 and already this is proving a popular feature for our growing network of enthusiastic Economics & Business Studies teachers!
Our Economics & Business Teacher Community over on Linkedin is a very much like a virtual departmental staffroom. No students. Just time to read, discuss topics with like-minded colleagues and share ideas and resources.
If you'd like to get involved, please do come over and join the group.
Lots of interesting topic discussions already, not the least being some disquiet over the standard and method of exam paper marking this summer. I'm sure you and your colleagues have a view on this too - come over and share it.
7 New Business Revision Quizzes
The tutor2u Business Studies team are hard at work creating loads of new teaching & revision resources for 2012/13.
Just uploaded to the Business Studies Blog are some additional revision quizzes. Here are the links:
tutor2u adds 9 million unique user visits in 2011
tutor2u has recorded a 9 million increase in unique user visits to www.tutor2u.net, rise of 64% over 2010.
In the twelve months to December 2011, unique user visits are expected to reach 22.5 million compared with 13.6 million in 2010.
The tutor2u website continues to draw visitors from a broad range of international schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Whilst the UK continues to be the leading source of visitors (38% in 2011), significant user growth was sourced from India (8.5%), Malaysia (3.3%), Singapore (1.9%), Hong Kong (1.8%) and the UAE (1.8%).
A noticeable feature of the user growth was the growing use of mobile devices to access the tutor2u teaching and revision resources. Visits using smartphones and tablets increased by 332% in 2011 and now represent over 5% of visits.
The user statistics exclude traffic for tutor2u's other family of websites including the Moodle VLE which currently hosts over 5,000 A Level students and teachers.
The most significant growth in user visits has arisen in the current academic year (2011/12) and, as a result, it is expected that traffic in 2012 will exceed 35 million visits.
tutor2u scoops Marketing Prize and 4th place in Smarta 100
tutor2u, the provider of online resources for teachers and students, wowed the judges of this year's Smarta 100 with its innovative marketing strategies and canny use of social media to scoop the Special Award for Marketing.
tutor2u topped a shortlist including hair salon Charlotte Murray, Gower Cottage Brownies, games developer Neon Play, and natural gum makers Peppersmith in this year's Smarta 100 Awards. Over 500 companies were nominated in the awards with the final shortlist of 100 coming together for a star-studded awards evening at the O2 Arena in London.
The O2 Smarta 100Special Awards were decided by a judging panel consisting of King of Shaves founder Will King, Bebo founder Michael Birch, PR guru Lynne Franks, TV's Sarah Beeny, creator of MySingleFriend.com and Tepilo.com, Smarta's Shaa Wasmund and O2's Simon Devonshire.read more...»
How Should Exams be Run? A New Investigation
An important announcement from the House of Common Select Committee on Education yesterday which I know will be of interest to many colleagues and departments. Details below if you wish to get involved.read more...»
A personal request from Geoff and Jim at tutor2u
As you may have heard, the hard-working team at tutor2u were sent some good news – we've been shortlisted for The O2 Smarta 100 'Business of the Year' award.
Almost as soon as the news broke, an amazing, switched-on flashmob of tutor2u supporters raced over to the Award Voting page and left some lovely messages about us – we're still gobsmacked by how supportive these messages are. They mean the world to us - every one of them.
Will tutor2u beat the other 99 candidates to win the title in 2011? It's down to you, because it all boils down to a public vote. Like X-Factor. But luckily without Louis.
Please vote for tutor2u by clicking here.
You just need to register first but it's simple and quick, and you don't need to sign up for the organiser's email newsletters. You can leave a comment too – the judges will read them all and they might make the difference! We're loving reading what you have to say about tutor2u and our team - please do take a few seconds to sign the guest book!
Now, some of you may be thinking - how can we really get behind tutor2u in the voting process? The answer is - help spread the word! We're up against some very impressive and effective PR agencies who currently top the leaderboard. your help in encouraging people to vote for tutor2u really will make the difference.
1. Ask your friends, family, fellow students, everyone in the staff room, the Headmaster, the dinner ladies, any visiting Ofsted Inspectors etc to vote. Send a text; email them; post a tweet.
2. To become our special hero, please update your Facebook status with this link http://www.smarta.com/smarta100/2011-winners/tutor2u
Thank you so much for supporting us. We find out on 21st September so we'll let you know how we go.
And many thanks for your continued support…
Geoff and Jim
Introducing Give It A Go!
We're thinking ahead to school year 2011/12 right now and we've got a new resource for you which we hope will support your teaching in the months ahead.
Give It A Go! is our new teacher resource blog - and this one is a little different. It is designed to provide support for the whole school in terms of ideas, approaches and resources which can be used across the curriculum and shared between departments. The focus of the blog is on creative teaching - ways to engage students, encourage participation and make learning memorable.
The Give It A Go Blog is now up and running with an initial selection of ideas - come over and take a look.
You can keep up-to-date with the latest Give It A Go resources by following the blog on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/t2uGiveItAGo) or by opting to receive the email digest whenever new materials are made available to download or try. To receive this digest, please follow this link:
We hope that you find the teaching ideas on the new blog useful. Please let your colleagues know about it - particularly in other deparments who you think might like to try some new approaches to creative teaching and learning.
tutor2u enjoys record visitor growth for 2011
tutor2u has recorded record visitor statistics for the year ended 31 July 2011. In the 12 months to July 2011, the main tutor2u website (www.tutor2u.net) received 18.4 million visits, a 65.3% increase over the previous year.
The number of visitors referred by tutor2u's daily blog digest system increased by 45.6% in the year. Over 14,000 teachers now receive a daily update of new teaching and study resources as they are added to the 12 subject blogs maintained by tutor2u.
Social media also played a key role in the website traffic growth. tutor2u's Facebook page added 19,500 fans during the year resulting in a 368% increase in visitors directly from Facebook. Visitors from Twitter also increased, by 167% compared with 2009/10.
An increasing number of visitors found tutor2u using their mobile devices. Visits from the Facebook app, for example, grew by 4,755% Almost 100,000 visits came from iPad users (a 3,171% rise) and 175,000 iPhone users logged into the blogs during the year (a fourfold increase).
tutor2u's 18.4 million visitors came from a total of 232 countries/territories. The top countries were UK (7.4m), USA (2.6m), India (1.5m), Malaysia (0.6m) and Australia (0.5m).
School Year 2011: The End of Year Wrap
We've just returned from our two Economics & Business Studies conferences with memories of some fantastic speakers and meeting so many colleagues over the two days (300 in total!). The session presentations are available now on the blogs below together. We'll be adding further reflections on the sessions and follow-up blogs over the coming days.read more...»


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When Monsters Walked the EarthWednesday, November 1st, 2006
We thought that you would like this feature, which takes a look back at the classic Universal Monsters of yesterday. You now, before the slashers such as: Jason, Freddy and the rest of the slasher gang. Read on:
You think you're a horror fan? Well, guess again. There's more to the genre than the old cut-up-the-coeds game that modern horror films tend to serve us. So what better time to look back at the true classics than at Halloween? Herein, then, is a guide to the high points, and some of the low points, of the cycle of Universal monster movies that first gave us the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolf Man, way back when. Consider it IGN's Halloween gift to you — almost as good as an apple with razor blades stuck in it. Almost.
Role Call: Starring Bela Lugosi (Count Dracula), Dwight Frye (Renfield), Edward Van Sloan (Prof. Abraham Van Helsing), David Manners (John Harker), Helen Chandler (Mina Harker); directed by Tod Browning
The Lowdown: The first of Universal's sound era horror films, Dracula's success at the box office legitimized the genre at a time when movies stood at the threshold of a new age. Bela Lugosi's Count became an icon, as would the many other Universal monsters, and even if the Hungarian actor has since gone on to be the ultimate typecasting cautionary tale, there's no denying his creepiness in this film.
Did You Know? Lugosi would only play Dracula one more time for Universal, 17 years later in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
Monster Mash: Dracula is pretty dastardly here, with little of the pathos applied to later versions of the character, while Renfield is an ordinary man turned into an unsympathetic fiend. Drac's brides are, of course, monstrous too (and hot, in that 1930s kind of way). Lesser-known sequels would follow, in 1936 with the underappreciated Dracula's Daughter and 1943 with the unsatisfying Son of Dracula, before the character would join his gruesome brethren in the Universal monster mashes beginning with 1944's House of Frankenstein.
Modern Matters: Many subsequent films featuring the character would attempt to tie the Count more closely to his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad the Impaler as well as to the original Bram Stoker novel that made Drac famous, most notably Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
Role Call: Starring Boris Karloff (the Monster), Colin Clive (Dr. Henry Frankenstein), Dwight Frye (Fritz), Mae Clarke (Elizabeth), Edward Van Sloan (Dr. Waldman); directed by James Whale
The Lowdown: With the success of Dracula less than a year earlier, Universal chose to follow up with another famous novel that, like Stoker's work, had already proven successful on the stage. Mary Shelley's tale of a mad scientist with delusions of godhood, and the pitiful creature that results from his experiments, would become — through director James Whale's film — one of the most famous stories ever told.
Did You Know? Boris Karloff wasn't even invited to the premiere of the film, though he would soon become a big star as a result of playing the Monster — being billed simply as "Karloff." That's one-name stardom the likes of which only Madonna, Britney, John, Paul, George, and Ringo, and very few others, have known.
Monster Mash: Blame all of Dr. Frankenstein's problems on his not doing a background check on his assistant Fritz, the perverted hunchback who first provides the doctor with an "abnormal" brain for the Monster, and then torments the creature until it becomes a murdering brute. Frankenstein himself can be considered "temporarily monstrous," for he eventually sees the error of his ways by the end of the film, at which point it's a case of too little too late, as he is heading face-down from the top of a burning windmill.
Click on the link below to read the entire article:
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WASHINGTON, July 3, 2013 Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), JJ & Son Marketing Inc., operating in Chualar, Calif., posted a $150,000 surety bond.
The surety bond was posted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to employ Richard Brown, previously named in a PACA action.
Richard Brown was the owner of The Produce Guys, also trading as Jungle King Growers, Mesa, Ariz., a company which failed to pay a reparation award issued against it under PACA.
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It's never been easy to make a living as a musician. But there was always a dream: to become a star on the strength of your talent and your music. The Internet is a rude sandman, however, and today that dream is a lot more convoluted.
No longer can a would-be rock star follow the once-accepted checklist: (1) sign with a big label, (2) get a hit, (3) buy mansions and cars. The number of ways a musician can make money is now varied. The question, for many musicians still trying to make a go of it in the industry, is whether those many sources can add up to something sustainable.
In 2010, the Future of Music Coalition, a nonprofit group that advocates for musicians, decided to survey more than 5,000 musicians to find out the answer to that question. The study, which is ongoing, has found 42 different sources of revenue for musicians. Fifty-six percent of respondents felt the Internet made it possible for them to manage their own career. Sixty-four percent said it also made the music world more competitive by creating "an overwhelming amount of music that consumers are now also bombarded by," says Jean Cook, one of the study's authors.
At this year's South by Southwest music conference, I spoke with many young musicians who are navigating the new reality of the music industry. And as the Future of Music Coalition's report suggests, many musicians are questioning the entire checklist, starting with the very benefit of a major record label. Raka Dun and Raka Rich, of the Oakland, Calif., duo Los Rakas, release their music via iTunes, but you can also download a free, legal version of their new EP, Raka Love, via Bandcamp.
"Even though people go on iTunes and support our music, we give it away for free and then the shows — the touring, the shows, the merch — is where we get our income from," says Dun. Add licensing of the group's songs to movies, TV shows and commercials to that list, says Rich.
Japandroids, another young duo, put out their music via a label -- the group's sophomore album, Celebration Rock, comes out on Polyvinyl Records in June — but drummer David Prowse says selling music is nowhere near the top of their list of priorities.
"It is pretty funny, 'cause a guy from our record label is standing right beside me and he probably doesn't want to hear this, but we don't really care whether we sell records, you know? We just want people to hear the record," Prowse says. The Internet has done the job of exposing Japandroids to a wide audience — just a few days before it arrived in Austin to play at SXSW, the band played multiple shows in Brazil. "We're definitely living our dream. I mean, we're incredibly lucky to get to do what we do."
As a duo, Japandroids can keep touring costs relatively low. But living the dream still requires some sacrifices.
"I spent a lot of last year selling my belongings on Craigslist to pay the rent, eat and buy groceries and get by so that I could just keep playing in the band," says Japandroids guitarist Brian King. "You do what you have to do."
Doing what you have to do, for many artists, means expending a lot more effort promoting yourself. That's something labels used to do. But 37 percent of the musicians surveyed by the Future of Music Coalition said that they were spending more time doing promotion and less time making music.
"Hopefully, one day I won't have to be so caught up in all of that day-to-day, the Twitter and the Instagram," says Madi Diaz, who released her album, Plastic Moon, in January. "But I also would like to at some point turn off and take a break and also be, like, an artist."
One question that the Future of Music Coalition study hasn't been able to answer is whether musicians are better off today than they were when the path within the industry was easier to navigate. That's partly because there weren't any studies of how musicians were doing back then. Today, musicians call their own shots, but they've got to make all the decisions, too.
"You have the ability to retain all of your rights, if you want to," says the coalition's Casey Rae Hunter. "You have the ability to exploit those rights in a way that works best for you. You're in control if you want to be."
Rich, of Los Rakas, acknowledges that reconciling the new dream with the old checklist is a challenge. "We're living our dream," he says. "We're doing what we we want to do, but we haven't got to where we want to get yet."
In the current climate, getting to your dreams may require a lot more time spent finding your own path.
It's never been easy for a musician to achieve the dream of becoming a star. And the Internet era has been a rude sandman, making the dream a lot more convoluted. Well, now, an ongoing study is trying to give musicians some clarity. NPR's Laura Sydell reports on an unprecedented survey of thousands of people who are trying to succeed in today's music business.
LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Until about 10 years ago, there was a sort of checklist for pop musicians who wanted to make it.
SYDELL: High on the list: Sign with a big record label, and get a hit.
THE OJAYS: (Singing) Talk about getting money, dollar bills, you all. Come on now.
SYDELL: Check. Then buy mansions and cars.
MANNIE FRESH: (Singing) House real big, cars real big, belly real big, everything real big.
SYDELL: Check. But today, labels are not too cool.
RAKA RICH: They want to take your creativity away. And it's like if you sign me, you must have signed me because of something good.
SYDELL: That's Raka Rich of the Oakland, California, duo Los Rakas.
RICH: Now that you've signed me, you want me to dress your way; you want me to do this your way. A lot of people lose their art form.
SYDELL: It's always been a part of the industry that most dreamers choose to ignore. But today, labels are on the outs not only with fans but with a lot of musicians. Rich and his partner, Raka Dun, release their recordings themselves.
SYDELL: Old checklist: Make a living selling your music. Today, uh-uh, say Rich and Dun.
RAKA DUN: Even though people go on iTunes and support our music, we don't really sell our music. We give it away for free, and then the touring, the shows, the merch is where we will get our income from.
RICH: And also - we also get our income from licensing.
SYDELL: That's a new item on the checklist: licensing your songs to movies, TV and commercials. It's one of a striking number of - in today's parlance - diverse revenue streams laid out in an ongoing study by the Future of Music Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group for musicians.
CASEY RAE-HUNTER: Now, whether that actually is translating into meaningful, sustainable revenue streams, that's the open question.
SYDELL: That's Casey Rae-Hunter, deputy director of the coalition. Two years ago, the organization decided to try and find out the answer to that question. The coalition surveyed more than 5,000 artists, and they did over 80 in-depth interviews. It's the first time anything like this has been attempted. Fifty-six percent of respondents felt the Internet made it possible for them to manage their careers themselves. But Jean Cook, one of the study's authors, says 64 percent also found the Internet made the world more competitive.
JEAN COOK: It also created an overwhelming amount of music that consumers are now kind of bombarded by.
SYDELL: The study found 42 different sources of revenue for musicians. The new checklist includes teaching, selling T-shirts, royalties from streaming music services, and performing.
SYDELL: The Japandroids are a rock duo from Canada. Brian King and David Prowse talked to me in a parking lot after finishing a recent show at the South by Southwest Music Festival. Japandroids is signed to the independent label Polyvinyl Records. But like Los Rakas, selling music is not high on their list.
DAVID PROWSE: It is pretty funny because a guy from our record label is standing right beside me, and he probably doesn't want to hear this, But we don't really care whether we sell the records, you know? We just want people to hear the record.
SYDELL: Prowse says the Internet has gotten them fans all over the world.
PROWSE: We just got to play shows in Brazil. We're definitely living our dream. I mean, we're incredibly lucky to get to do what we do. And I think for both of us, to be honest, this is so far beyond what we even hoped we could achieve.
SYDELL: Paying the rent is another matter, says Brian King.
BRIAN KING: I spent a lot of last year selling my belongings on Craigslist, to pay my rent and buy groceries and get by so that I could just keep playing in the band. Yeah, you do what you have to do, so...
SYDELL: Doing what you have to do, for a lot of artists today, means a lot more effort spent promoting yourself, something labels used to do on the old checklist. Thirty-seven percent of the musicians surveyed by the Future of Music Coalition felt they were spending more time doing promotion, and less time making music. Madi Diaz is a 25-year-old singer-songwriter.
MADI DIAZ: Hopefully, one day I won't have to be so caught up in all of that in-the-day-to-day - the Twitter and the Instagram - be able to kind of like, turn off and take a break and actually, you know, be an artist.
SYDELL: But she also feels lucky she's been able to cobble together a full-time living from selling songs for commercials, writing music for other people, and playing shows.
DIAZ: (Singing) I don't know where I'm going, but I sure know where I've been.
SYDELL: One question that the Future of Music Coalition study could not answer was whether musicians are better off today than they were when the record industry was ascendant. There weren't any studies of how musicians were doing back then, but the coalition's Casey Rae-Hunter says the labels often kept a lot of the profits. Today, musicians can call their own shots.
RAE-HUNTER: You have the ability to retain all of your rights, if you want to. You're in control, if you want to be.
SYDELL: But 25-year-old Raka Rich, of Los Rakas, acknowledges that reconciling the dream with the checklist is still a challenge.
RICH: We're living our dream, but we - I don't know; it's kind of weird, how to explain it because it's like we're doing what we want to do, but we haven't got to where we need to get yet.
SYDELL: In the current climate, getting to your dreams may require a lot more time spent finding your own path. Laura Sydell, NPR News.
DIAZ: (Singing) And I've made up my mind. I ain't wasting no more time. I ain't wasting no more time. I ain't wasting no more time.
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This best-selling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it has now been completely revised. Structured according to the key questions that archaeologists ask themselves, it provides coverage of all the major developments in methods, science, technology, and theory.
For the fifth edition, the voices of indigenous archaeologists have been included, and there is updated coverage of archaeological ethics and Cultural Resource Management. Recent findings are discussed, and there is expanded coverage of topics such as bioarchaeology and geoarchaeology.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
As much as experience and talent matter in high school wrestling, sometimes perseverance counts even more in the long run.
Stratford grappler Nicholas Young stuck with the grueling sport to reach the pinnacle in Palmetto State prep wrestling, claiming an individual state championship at 132 pounds in his last opportunity.
He was second at 120 pounds as a junior and was a state qualifier the previous two seasons but he'd never accomplished that one special moment – until Saturday.
"It was so exciting to finally get there to the top," Young said. "I ran over and hugged my mom, and everybody else. I was just so happy."
Young pinned opponents from Dorman and Lugoff-Elgin in the first two matches and faced South Pointe's Mike Miller in the final at Anderson Civic Center. Miller had beaten Young in double overtime earlier this season.
But Young was not to be denied in their rematch. Young won 7-2, becoming only the eighth Stratford wrestler to win a state title and first since Daniel Sarmiento in 2005.
"I said 'let me get this revenge,' and that made it even sweeter," he said.
He finishes his Stratford career as the leader in victories (166), breaking the record of 150 formerly held by 2004 graduate Caleb Capocciama. Capocciama and older brother David Carter, a 2006 graduate of Stratford, were instrumental in inspiring Young when he was younger.
His 51 wins as a senior surpassed the former season record of 46. He won his last 30 matches, including 20 by way of pin.
He's been rewarded with a selection to the North-South All-Star Classic in North Myrtle Beach this weekend. He'll wrestle for the Class A-AAAA South squad.
Teammate Noah Shuler was also selected to participate in the North-South matches.
Young has signed a letter of intent with Newberry, where he will be reunited with Wolves assistant coach Bryant Blanton
Young's offseason work with Blanton, a former Summerville High School and Newberry All-American, and Cane Bay assistant coach Andrew Young at Lowcountry Wrestling Academy gave him that something extra to help put him over the top.
Young has a 3.95 grade-point average.
• Hanahan's Dennis Flores finished his high school career with a third state championship on Saturday and really never even broke a sweat. He won two matches by technical fall and pinned another opponent in just over a minute to capture the crown at 170 pounds in Class AAA. He won 19-4 in the final.
He won state titles at 145 pounds as a sophomore and 152 pounds as a junior.
Flores is set to attend Newberry College too.
He will wrestle in the North-South All-Star matches as part of the Class AA-AAA squad along with teammate J.J. Johnson.
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No operating system would be complete without the cool Minesweeper. Scott Persinger found a secret beta and has the details:
"Continuing it's attack against the entrenched Microsoft application monopolies, Google Labs today launched a new Ajax version of the venerable Minesweeper application. The application is not open to the public yet, but I was able to secure a screenshot which you can see below."
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As Apple's September 10th iPhone event approaches, speculation is rising in terms of what Apple will announce.
It seems clear that Apple will launch a new iPhone 5S with a fingerprint scanner, a gold casing option, and an improved processor. It also seems likely that Apple will finally take the wraps off of a lower-cost, plastic iPhone model that comes in multiple colors.
Even with the somewhat unbelievable amount of part leaks surrounding this so-called "iPhone 5C," speculation in the form of physical mockups and dummy units continues to mount. Tinhte has created a series of dummy units for the plastic iPhone. Notably, these models are built to represent a color palette that is different than the one that has leaked so far.
Tinhte seems to believe that the colors in the images below could represent the actual colors of the new iPhone model (save for the black version). Full gallery below:
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A lot of scuff's, misaligned buttons and horrible paintjobs… i call fake…
Why is there an iOS 6?
Any idea how much they could in india and release date
How fake are these? SUPER FAKE.
Pink would be a good seller. Orange (albeit darker than the one in this photo) would be better than yellow.


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Apple confirm WWDC 2011 will be June 6-10, future of iOS to be revealed, iPhone 5 to debut?
Apple has just confirmed, via a press release that the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event will take place June 6 through to June 10 at San Francisco's Moscone West.
"At this year's conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "If you are an iOS or Mac OS X software developer, this is the event that you do not want to miss."
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You can buy tickets from this link http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
A word of warning, tickets are $1599 each!
If we look at last year, the iOS preview was announced on Apr 5 and happened on April 8. WWDC was announced April 28 and happened June 7.
Too bad, that either means that the iPhone 5 won't be released until September or more likely that it won't be any different from the iPhone 4 in a major way.
Too bad, I was really hoping for an iPhone 5 with a bigger widescreen display and with a higher resolution (my dream: no bigger dimensions than the iPhone 3G, but bigger 720p edge-to-edge screen with the legacy 960x640 in an iPad-like 3.5" emulation window so that legacy apps are as big and look and feel exactly identical on the iPhone 5 as on the iPhone 4).
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George M. Means IIIJanuary 28,2013
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George M. Means III, 65, died Jan. 25, 2013, at his home in Rutland.
He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 18, 1947, son of George and Mildred (Martin) Means.
After serving in the Navy, George attended the University of Iowa where he obtained a bachelors degree in accounting.
George had recently retired from A.M. Peisch in Rutland, where he was a partner in the firm.
George loved working downtown and was involved with the development of the Downtown Partnership, serving on their board of directors for many years. He served as treasurer on the boards of the Rutland Free Library and the RRMC Auxiliary. Earlier in his career, he served as the chair of the Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants.
He was a longtime member of Rutland City Rotary and the Rutland Country Club.
George had a fierce, intellectual curiosity. He was an avid reader and loved the challenge of completing the daily New York Times crossword puzzle. He loved all genres of music and attended events at the Paramount Theatre on a regular basis. He loved to play golf.
George will be missed at the downtown establishments he frequented and the Rutland Country Club. He truly was a man about town.
He will be missed for his wit, his positive spirit and his incredible generosity.
Surviving are his two sons, Daniel Means of Washington, D.C., and Kevin Means of Keene, N.H.; a daughter, Kathryn Means of Rutland; a sister and brother-in-law, Julie and Gregg Buchanan of Algona, Iowa, and their children, Meredith and Geoff.
A celebration of life will be held at Rutland Country Club at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31.
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Publicly owning Christ as Lord, especially with our mouths, is sometimes very difficult. Think for a moment: Has there been some occasion recently when you might have spoken up for Christ but did not? Were you compromising, or was it ...Read More
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Many people are put off by the things we have discussed today. Read Romans 9:19–21. Notice how Paul deals with those who objected. The bottom line of Paul's reply is this: We must bow the knee to God. He has ...Read More
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Some would say, "Well, sure, there is an internal call: God internally calls all men. But some resist His call, while others cooperate." Use Romans 8:28 and 30 to show that this is not what Paul means by the call ...Read More
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The value of ordo salutis theology is that it enables us to see clearly that it is God who saves, freeing us from the sinful tendency to take some credit for our own salvation. We do not proclaim, "I found ...Read More
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga Mocs (2-5/0-1) dropped an 81-55 decision to Davidson (4-3/1-0) in their Southern Conference opener Saturday night at McKenzie Arena. The Wildcats held UTC to one field goal for nearly nine minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach.
Gee McGhee (Baton Rouge, La.) led the Mocs with 15 points, six rebounds (season high), three assists and two steals. Z. Mason (Nashville, Tenn.) chipped in 14 points and six rebounds.
Tyler Kalinoski and Clint Mann combined for 28 points off the bench for Davidson with 15 and 13, respectively. De'Mon Brooks (14) and Jake Cohen (12) joined the duo in double digits.
Davidson led 39-26 at the break. McGhee's three-pointer at 17:34 of the second half cut the Wildcats margin to 10, 42-32. But the Mocs could not build on that momentum.
UTC went 8:34 of clock time making just one field goal shooting one-for-seven from the field and three-for-eight from the free throw line fueling a 19-5 Wildcats run. Four of the Mocs' 12 turnovers came during that stretch as well.
The shooting was as cold as the temperatures. Chattanooga shot 30 percent (15-50) from the field and 25 percent (3-12) from three-point range for the game. A dominant team on the glass, the Mocs were matched at 37 rebounds by their opponents this evening.
Davidson shot 50 percent (12-24) in the second half to pull away from UTC. Its 14 three-pointers made is a season high against the Mocs.
Chattanooga remains at home next Saturday, December 8, as Eastern Kentucky comes in for a visit. Game time is 7 p.m., with tickets available on GoMocs.com or by calling 266-MOCS (6627).
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Terri Lea Christie, 56, of Columbia City, passed away at 12:01 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at her home.
Born on May 4, 1956, in Marion, she was the daughter of Donald Leslie and Ruby M. (Weber) Reagan.
She spent her childhood in Marion graduating from Marion High School with the Class of 1974.
On Aug. 8, 1981, she married Michael Scott Christie in Marion and they moved to Fort Wayne where he had been appointed as an Allen County Conservation Officer.
She graduated from Purdue University on May 11, 1983, with an associateŌĆÖs degree in nursing.
HATTIESBURG ŌĆō Paige Watson, representing Starkville/Oktibbeha County, met with Dr. Martha Saunders, President of the University of Southern Mississippi, during the MissHospitality Welcome Party held at the presidentŌĆÖs home on Monday, July 26th. She was one of 29 contestants who are taking part in the 61st Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant, July 25th ŌĆō July 31st at the Saenger Theater in downtown Hattiesburg.
Choctaw is pronounced, chata. We have a prominent Choctaw Indian tribe who live on the Choctaw Indian Reservation near Philadelphia.
Mashulaville, Mississippi is between Macon, and Philadelphia. If you went to Macon, which is closer to Starkville, you would go West and then turn South.
Mashulaville is a tiny spot or very small community in our wonderful state of Mississippi.
The Choctaw Indian tribe is a member of a Muskogean people originally inhabiting Mississippi and Alabama.
A visit to The Little Dooey is more than a place to get great barbecue, it is an event.
And the state of Mississippi would agree. The Little Dooey in Starkville was listed in third place for Best Barbeque in the recent Best of Mississippi readership poll, in the July/August issue of Mississippi Magazine. The Little Dooey is one of seven Starkville restaurants receiving placement in the poll.
ŌĆ£We would like to say thank you to our loyal customers and dedicated staff for making us THE Best barbeque place in Mississippi,ŌĆØ said Lauren Carmichael of The Little Dooey.
As most of you know, Colonel Rebel has been issued his pink slip from the Ole Miss Rebel sports program up in Oxford, and the powers that be are searching for a replacement.
After reading the list of finalists, I had to stop and scratch my head. What are they smoking up there? The finalists are: a horse, a lion, a bear, a shark, and two Muppet like characters called Hotty and Toddy.
More than 13,000 students and alums voted in a poll, and one of these five will become the new Ole Miss Rebel mascot.
Fellowship Baptist Church in Bellefontaine, 7 miles north of Eupora, is where I am serving as the interim pastor. Celebrating our 175th anniversary, the church asked me to write some of its history.
What if someone could break into your dreams and take over your thoughts?
ThatŌĆÖs the premise of the ŌĆ£Inception,ŌĆØ a smart and often spectacular new sci-fi psycho-drama starring Leonardi DiCaprio as a specially trained corporate-espionage hacker with a knack for sneaking into someoneŌĆÖs sleeping mind---and then stealing their deepest, most guarded secrets.
Each pigweed plant produces between 10,000 and 35,000 seed. Fifty percent of the seed can still germinate after three years and it takes more than twenty years for the┬Ālast few seeds to lose their ability to grow a new plant. Isn't it easier to kill one plant now? One swipe with a hoe now can prevent ten thousand later.
Ms. Lynette Jordan of Lexington is happy to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of her daughter, Joanna Leigh Howard of Starkville, to Prentiss Cortez McLaurin III of Starkville, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Cortez McLaurin, Jr. of Starkville.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Patricia Jordan and the late Lynn Jordan of Lexington. The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Cortez McLaurin of Greenwood and Mrs. Doris Beery Perry and the late Allen Glenn Perry of Philadelphia.
Raymond LeBeau and Sandra LeBeau, both of Birmingham, Ala., are happy to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Rachelle Renee LeBeau of Starkville to Nicholas Tristian Biasini of Starkville, son of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Biasini of Birmingham, Ala.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green of Lincoln, Ala. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacque LeBeau.
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Morrison tribute to benefit children's hospitalWritten by Matt Liasse | | email@example.com
On Dec. 8, Phil Barone and a gang of musicians were practicing songs by The Doors when, halfway into the session, they realized it would've been Jim Morrison's birthday.
"Somebody brought it up and said, 'Hey, it's Jim's birthday!'" Barone said.
Barone, owner of Rosie's Italian Grille, is always busy this time of year, like anyone in food service during the holidays. He is also gearing up for the "Annual Tribute to Jim Morrison: Stand Up & Rock for the Kids." At the show, he will perform as Morrison.
Barone's goal for the show is to have the people who have seen The Doors live to feel like they are seeing them again.
The show will exclusively feature performers from Toledo.
"I'm a hometown guy," Barone said. "It just kind of fell that way and I'm glad that it did."
The group has been doing the act for the past eight years, originally at Put-in-Bay. Barone usually performs the show with The Maxx Band, but because this year's show was scheduled on short notice, some of the members had prior commitments. Barone enlisted some members of Chris Shutters Band to stand in.
"We're learning songs right now. We're working hard," Barone said. "They've kind of been practicing on their own. I gave them a CD of music. Basically, a good musician, that's what they need. In their head they get it and when we get together it's pretty amazing. … We're just fine-tuning it all the way up to the show."
Barone said the band members are fans of The Doors, so practicing the songs wasn't too challenging.
"When you have a love for something, it certainly comes a lot easier," Barone said.
Barone said he has been a fan of The Doors since high school, enjoying the "unbelievable" lyrics of their music.
"Certain things just hit you right. The Doors always hit me right," he said.
Barone studied Morrison's body language and performance style in order to mimic him during tributes.
"I read a lot about Jim Morrison, read a lot about the band [and] watched a lot of videos," Barone said.
Barone brings a little of his own flair while onstage.
"Jim was very laid-back in general. … I'm not as subdued as I think that he was," Barone said.
The Doors' greatest hits will be performed, like "L.A. Woman" and "Light My Fire." Barone said there will be treats for die-hard fans as well, like "When the Music's Over" and "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)." They stay true to the original versions of the songs, but some arrangements include horn sections that the band adds in.
Barone's favorite song to perform is "The Crystal Ship," the B-side to "Light My Fire."
"Now that's one that won't be on your top 10 list," Barone said. "It's just a beautiful, beautiful song."
This year, in addition to the tribute, Barone's nephew Joey Barone, a comedian from Los Angeles, will perform before the band takes the stage. Other comedians will also perform.
Proceeds from the concert will benefit ProMedica Toledo Children's Hospital.
"There's so many things that they do," Barone said.
For the third year, the show will be at the Maumee Indoor Theatre, 601 Conant St., at 8 p.m. Dec. 27. VIP tickets are available (which include three drinks and snacks) for $45. General admission tickets are $20. They can be purchased at the Maumee Indoor Theatre or Rosie's Italian Grille, 606 N. McCord Road.
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Last Saturday night, coaches, players, parents, and friends gathered to celebrate this 2011/2012 Basketball season. The LadyCats finished their season with a 2nd place trophy from the Talihina Tournament, a Championship Trophy from the Tushka Tournament, Championship trophy from our Antlers Festival, and a District Championship Trophy.
Our Bearcats walked away from this season with a 2nd place trophy from the Tushka Tournament, and Championships of Antlers Festival. Awards received at this year's banquet included:
Sr. Railey Beth Gardner- Daily Oklahoman's 3A All-State Honorable Mention, 2 Rivers Conference 1st team, OCGBA All-Regional, OCA All-Regional, Tushka All Tournament Team, MVP Tushka Tourn, Talihina All Tournament. Railey also received awards for this season's leading scorer, leading steals, and highest Free-Throw percentage.
Sr. Cheyenne Owens- 2 Rivers Conference honorable mention, and best defensive player, most steals per minutes played..
Sr. Taylor Tedder- 2 Rivers Conference 2cnd team, Talihina All Tournament team, leading rebounds.
Sr. Hailey Garman-Talihina All Tournament team , best 3 pt%, 2 Rivers Conference 2cnd team, most improved player over-all four years.
Jr. Chelsi Thomas- highest number of 3 pointers made.
Jr. Megan Brame-most assists, 2 Rivers Conference 2cnd team.
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Apple (AAPL) is getting plenty of ink over its court battles — most recently in its negotiations with Google (GOOG) over iPhone patents. Without Steve Jobs to innovate, Apple is trying to win in a court of law what it has been losing in the marketplace.
Apple won a $1 billion in damages from Samsung on August 24 in a California court on a claim that Samsung had "willfully" copied Apple's iPhone and iPads. Apple requested eight Samsung products be banned from the U.S. market. And a hearing on that request is scheduled for December 6, according to AP.
Now Apple is in discussions with Google that have the potential to settle claims that Google's Android violates eight of its patents. In a suit filed in February 2012, Apple asserts that Android specifically violates its patents with features such as "popular Google apps like YouTube, Google Maps and Gmail as well as Google's Quick Search Box that lets users search multiple types of data at the same time," according to the Wall Street Journal.
To stop Google, Apple requested an injunction against Samsung Galaxy Nexus sales but that request was turned down on appeal and should be decided in the next two months. Apple's suit is scheduled to go to trial in March 2014 but the Journal reports that Tim Cook and Larry Page are discussing these patent issues – so perhaps they will come to a settlement.
When it comes to market share, Google's Android has been roundly trouncing Apple. IDC reported that Android smartphone shipments accounted for 68% of the smartphone market to the iPhone's 17% in the second quarter of 2012.
Why is Android beating Apple? If you look just at product features, Laptop argues that the best Android phones have five compelling features that the iPhone 4S lacks:
- 4G Speeds: The iPhone 4S has much lower download speeds. Laptop argues that "every major carrier sells 4G Android phones, including Verizon (VZ)" offer handsets that download much faster — between "10 and 20 Mbps" compared to "1.5 to 2 Mbps." for the 3G iPhone 4S.
- No limit to Apps: Apple's standards board limits what a user can download whereas, Laptop asserts that "there are literally dozens of app stores in addition to Google's Android Market."
- Keyboard Flexibility: Android offers many kinds of keyboards — "dozens of third-party alternatives, from Swype to Better Keyboard," according to Laptop. It reports that "jailbreaking" is the only way to get an alternative to the iPhone's keyboard.
- Bigger Screens: The iPhone 4S comes only with a 3.5 inch screen whereas Android phones make many form factors available — as big as 4.5-inches for the Samsung Infuse.
- NFC Support/Mobile Payments: The Samsung Nexus S and the HTC Amaze 4G have Near Field Communications (NFC) chips that enable those Android phones to let you pay at a growing number of retailers. Apple does not have this feature.
Will the iPhone 5 — rumored to be released within weeks – have the features needed to win more market share? The marketplace will decide.
But one thing is clear — Apple and Google have very different ways of making money. Apple makes its profits from the wide gap between the price it charges for the iPhone and its costs. Android is designed to help Google make money from mobile advertising.
Apple's iPhone had sales of $22.7 billion in the first quarter of 2012, as Tim Worstall noted, whereas Microsoft (MSFT) revenues were a lower, $17.4 billion. With a profit margin of 35% — the iPhone could generate profit of about $35 billion in 2012.
By contrast, GigaOM estimated that Google's Android advertising revenues were a mere $550 million — a pittance compared to the $2.5 billion Google expects to make in 2012 off of iOS mobile advertising and "in-app advertising through Google's AdMob subsidiary."
While Google's Android revenues look small, it has created a credible competitor to the iPhone — free of Apple's constraints — and that means more choice for consumers.
Without Steve Jobs to mesmerize Apple users, does Tim Cook have any hope of growing iPhone market share through innovation, rather than global litigation?


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Layoff warnings continue to go out to Shaw AREVA MOX Services employees.
The proposed federal budget does not include adequate funding for the mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility, which is triggering more layoff talks and the distribution of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices. The notices first started in early June.
The budget request to Congress from President Barack Obama's administration seeks $503 million for programs with most of it earmarked for the MOX plant, but that's approximately $200 million less than what was provided in last year's continuing resolution. Because of this, Shaw AREVA MOX Services is spending less money.
The plant is about 60 percent complete, but the project has undergone years of cost overruns and delays. The Government Accountability Office reports the plant is $3 billion over budget, now costing an estimated $7.7 billion.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Derrek Asberry is a beat reporter with the Aiken Standard news team and joined the paper in June. He is from Vidalia, Ga., and graduated from Georgia Southern University with a journalism degree in May 2012.
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|The secret Denny Family "Creamed" Zucchini!
"Creamed" Zucchini
(recipe from my sister's mother-in-law, 3-4 servings)
8 cups fresh zucchini, yellow squash, or scallop squash diced in 2" pieces
(I like a mixture of zucchini, yellow summer squash, and scallop squash)
1/4 cup powdered coffee creamer (Coffee-Mate brand preferred, not low fat or fat free)
1/4 stick butter (or less)
salt or Veg-sal to taste
fresh ground black pepper to taste
South Beach Suggestions:
If you make this with 1/4 stick of butter, this would have to be a "once in a while" treat for the South Beach Diet. However, made without butter, or with less butter or a butter substitute like my favorite yogurt spread, you could enjoy this more often. It's even very tasty made with no butter at all. Admittedly, the CoffeeMate is not exactly a healthy ingredient, but if you check the nutritional information, you may be surprised to see how little fat and carbs it actually contains.
Nutritional Information?
I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
More Creamy or Cheesy Ideas with Zucchini:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Cream Cheesy Cubed Zucchini with Lemon and Oregano from Food Wishes
Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bake from Kalyn's Kitchen
Creamy Penne Pasta Bake with Zucchini from Gluten Free Goddess
Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Stuffed Zucchini Cups from Kalyn's Kitchen
Cheese Stuffed Zucchini Boats from Eat at Home
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)
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Posts may include links to my affiliate account at Amazon.com, and Kalyn's Kitchen earns a few cents on the dollar if readers purchase the items I recommend, so thanks for supporting my blog when you shop at Amazon!
This post was originally featured for ARF/5-A-Day at Sweetnicks where I spotlighted summer squash as one of the world's healthiest foods.


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"Im not the one who decides that, but in my mind I believe Ricardo Lamas is the next in line," Aldo said. "He already earned his chance. If its not him, I believe Cub Swanson should be the next option."
Ricardo Lamas has won four in a row in the UFC, including three finishes over Matt Grice, Erik Koch and Cub Swanson, but he hasnt fought since January.
Aldo wont return until next year, as he expects to return to training 100 percent recovered in a month, but the champion believes the featherweight contender should sit and wait for his chance.
"If I were Lamas, I wouldnt fight anyone and just wait for my opportunity," he said. "He was supposed to fight me already but then (Anthony) Pettis got himself in the middle. Lamas should wait, this is his moment. But it they decide to do a rematch between Lamas and Swanson to see who fights me, thats ok too."
Asked about Chad Mendes, who has knocked out four opponents since losing to Jose Aldo on 2012, the Brazilian said hes not quite there yet, despite the fact that he has finished the likes of Clay Guida and Darren Elkins.
"Chad Mendes is still starting, havent fought anyone ranked yet, only fought guys that are not that good," he said. "Hes coming off good wins, but he hasnt beaten good guys. So I believe the next two should be Ricardo Lamas and Cub Swanson."