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Golf vendors of every type will hawk their wares and introduce new products this week at the 61st PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando.
The traditional Outdoor Demo Day will kick off the festivities Jan. 21. It features more than 100 top golf equipment companies, training aids, performance wear manufacturers and golf accessory companies. More than 200 hitting bays, practice greens and the vendor village fill the entire 42-acre practice facility at Orange County National Golf Center.
The show will continue Jan. 22-24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
This "major" of golf business features the top names in golf manufacturing with more than 40,000 golf industry professionals from more than 75 countries expected to be in attendance. An abundance of new golf products will be introduced and golf's foremost industry leaders will present forums and seminars throughout the show.
Golf Channel's Morning Drive will broadcast live every day from the Orange County Convention Center floor during the PGA Merchandise Show.
Famed entrepreneur and golf course developer Donald Trump will join PGA of America President Ted Bishop, former USGA Executive Director David Fay, Golf Channel President Mike McCarley and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Chief Executive Officer Mark King for a State of the Industry panel discussion.
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Voters in the South Carolina Lowcountry will have a lot to consider if former Gov. Mark Sanford tries to win back his old Congressional seat.
Sanford is reportedly considering a bid to succeed Tim Scott in the 1st Congressional District. Scott was appointed by Gov. Nikki Haley to fill the unexpired term of Jim DeMint, who resigned to lead the Heritage Foundation.
News reports about Sanford focused a lot on his June 2009 admission of an affair with a woman in Argentina. That month, Sanford told his gubernatorial staffers he would be away for a few days hiking the Appalachian Trail. Instead, he was visiting his mistress in Argentina.
Gone for five days, Sanford was criticized for being unavailable to staffers, legislators and other state officials.
Sanford, who left the governors office in 2011, often had been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2012. But his presidential ambitions and, seemingly, his political career were shelved after the affair.
If Sanford seeks the 1st Congressional District seat, voters must decide whether to forgive him for his affair and his behavior in 2009. But they also should consider other issues that may have bigger consequences for our national government.
Throughout his political career, Sanford has strongly adhered to a relatively extreme view of limited government. He held those views during his three terms in Congress and during his eight years as governor.
In Columbia, his positions often put him at odds with the GOP-dominated Legislature. While nationally some conservatives complain about Republicans who are really moderates, its a hard case to make for a majority of South Carolina Republicans. Yet Sanford was badly out of synch even with them.
Given his record of not working with fellow South Carolina Republicans, would Sanford be a good addition to the Washington gridlock? It seems to us that Washington has enough politicians sticking to extreme views. We need people who can find common ground and work to solve the nations problems.
We need people like the ones who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft a new Constitution for the United States. Through a series of compromises, they wrote the greatest document to govern a nation the world has ever known.
Should Sanford run, Lowcountry voters must consider whether America is better served with Sanfords ultra-conservative, intransigent views. Or does America need Congressmen who, like the founding fathers, can work well with others to get things done?
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MACON, Ga. --The Chattanooga Lady Mocs (10-9) claimed the Mercer Bear Classic championship Sunday afternoon with a 5-2 win over Northern Kentucky.
Taylor Deason (Clarksville, Tenn.) earned the win with a seven-inning, five hit performance against the Norse. Both senior Sara Poteat (Thomaston, Ga.) and junior Stephanie Rieck (Chandler, Ariz) each collected two hits, while Jenny Garcia (Miami, Fla.) and Tyler Templet (Woodstock, Ga.) provided RBIs.
The Lady Mocs scored first in the second inning. Rieck reached on an error, one of six committed by NKU, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Ninjja Suetsugu (Sao Paulo, Brazil). A groundout from Kaiti Dutton (Tulsa, Okla.) moved Rieck to third and a second error in the inning allowed Amanda Ross (Torrance, Calif.) to reach first to score Rieck.
The Norse took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning, but Chattanooga tied it up at 2-2 with an RBI single from Garcia in the bottom of the fourth to score Rieck.
Chattanooga took a permanent lead in the sixth in a three-run flurry. A throwing error put Suetsugu at first and a pinch-hit double from Templet scored pinch-runner Yoshi Hooks (Cleleland, Tenn.) from first base. A fielder's choice from Alyssa Taylor (Orange, Calif.) brought Templet in and Poteat scored on an error by the shortstop, giving Chattanooga it's 5-2 score.
Chattanooga travels to Clearwater, Fla. next weekend to compete in the USF Under Armour Tournament. While in Clearwater, the Lady Mocs will take on Toledo, Wagner, Villanova, Loyola Marymount and Temple. Live stats and audio for the tournament are available throughout the weekend on GoMocs.com.


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Superintendent Joe Pye was concerned about Dorchester District 2 when he received early results of statewide testing from the Department of Education until he looked at the larger picture.
PASS exam
What it is: Public school students in third through eighth grades take the exam; tested subjects are writing, English language arts (reading and research), mathematics, science and social studies.
Why it matters: PASS is one of the tests used to calculate schools' and districts' ratings on the state's school report cards, as well as the grades released Thursday under the federal accountability system.
Results: The following is the percentage of students who met or exceeded the state standard in 2013 for the subjects and grades listed, and the percentage-point change from the previous year.
District 1* 1a 2 2a 3 3a 4 4a
Berkeley 86.2 1 67.8 -4.1 68.8 -7.2 71.2 1.5
Charleston 84.3 2.8 71.5 -1.2 70 -4 74.5 6.6
Dorchester 2 88.4 1.2 74.6 -3.5 83.6 -1.1 76.8 -2.8
Dorchester 4 79.6 -2.5 49.3 -7.8 69.8 -2 58.6 4
Statewide 82.9 2.6 67.4 -2.4 69.8 -2.8 70.2 1.6
*: (1) 3rd-grade English/language arts, (1a) percentage point change from 2012, (2) 8th-grade English/language arts, (2a) percentage point change from 2012, (3) 3rd-grade math, (3a) percentage point change from 2012, (4) 8th-grade math, (4a) percentage point change from 2012
Source: S.C. Department of Education
The district went from a 91.7 to a 90.7 on its letter grade, which is based on results from PASS tests, exit exams, end-of-course tests and graduation rates. Statewide, that number dropped from 90 to 83.8.
"Any concerns I had with the preliminary data were kind of erased when I saw that it mirrored the state," Pye said. "That made it a little easier to swallow."
The achievement goals rise each year, making expectations higher. Of 84 districts statewide, only 15 stayed the same or improved from 2012.
Dorchester 2 was among 10 districts that earned an "A" in 2013, and one of nine that has had an "A" both years the grades have been assigned.
"The first thing I looked at, it looks like we went up in everything, so how did our score go down?" Pye said. "I don't think it's as bad as it appears. It's just that the target keeps changing. Every time we think we're doing better and seeing positive gains, then the target moves up."
Pye said district officials are already meeting to discuss areas of weaknesses, such as eighth-grade social studies PASS tests, where the percentage who scored "met" or "exemplary" fell from 84.4 in 2013 to 77.2 this year.
"Eighth-grade social studies is where we had probably our biggest drop," Pye said. "We want to go 7 more (percentage points) up. We didn't want to go 7 down. So we're going to be really looking at that and working with that grade level."
In a comparison with similar districts, such as Anderson 1, Richland 2 and Greenville County, "we're the only one in that group that got an 'A,' " he said. "Right now, the only thing I'm concerned about is it looks like Anderson 1's elementary science might be considerably stronger, so I'm sending people up there to check that out."
Pye points to the district's middle schools, which nearly all earned "A" ratings for the second year. Gregg fell from 93.9 to 88.9 and got a "B."
"A lot of districts have great success at elementary, but fall apart at middle and high," he said. "We're turning the tide of that because our elementary is very strong, but now our middle schools have awakened and they are doing their part, so we've got better-prepared students coming to the high school every year."
Reach Brenda Rindge at 937-5713 or on Twitter @brindge.
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According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriffs Office:
An Aiken woman, who lives on Good Hope Farms Road, reported on Saturday that $3,300 was missing from her bank account. She said her bank told her that unlawful transactions had been made in Sweden.
Burglaries were reported on Saturday at homes on Archer Court in North Augusta, Falcon Place in Warrenville and Sandra Lane in Salley. A television was taken from the home in Salley.
A woman reported that six batteries were missing from her golf cart, which was parked at a home on Atomic Road in Jackson. She said the cables in the cart also had been cut.
A woman reported on Saturday that someone entered her room at a hotel on Jefferson Davis Highway in Beech Island and stole her purse and its contents. She said that her Social Security card, drivers license, wallet and cellphone were in the purse.
An Aiken man reported on Saturday that someone broke the drivers side window of his vehicle and also dented and scratched the vehicles left front fender and hood while it was parked at a home on Dominion Drive.
A Gloverville woman reported on Saturday that someone removed her wallet from her bedroom at her home on Charles Street.
An Aiken woman reported on Saturday that someone tried to kick in the front door of her home on Coker Drive.
A Wagener woman reported on Saturday that she and her daughter got into an argument at a house on Old Bell Road in Aiken. She said she slapped her daughter and then her daughter picked up a shovel and hit her vehicle. The woman didnt want to press charges against her daughter, but she wanted her daughter placed on trespass notice.
A Warrenville man reported on Saturday that someone driving a blue Chevrolet pickup backed into his car and then left the scene at Sprint Foods on Jefferson Davis Highway in Clearwater.
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Strengths: Excellent foundations and foundation primers; wonderful Lip Lacquer; beautiful blush options; lots of practical, wearable colors; the Invisible Loose Powder; myriad lipstick finishes; exceptional brush collection.
Weaknesses: Several leave-on skin-care products contain a sensitizing preservative system; formaldehyde-releasing preservatives in products meant for the eye area; average to poor toners; irritating lip-care duo; no products for those struggling with acne or skin discolorations; lack of foundation shades for fair and dark skin tones; many makeup items with sunscreen have SPF ratings that are too low or provide inadequate UVA protection; red-toned bronzer; lackluster mascara; dry brow pencil; poorly tinted Eyeshadow Primer.
In 1992, two former distributors of M.A.C. makeup, John Avolio and Steve Rohr, joined forces to create SG Cosmetics, the parent company of what has become Studio Gear Cosmetics. Like M.A.C., their brand has professional makeup artists in mind, but unlike M.A.C., it doesn't present such an imposing array of products to impress or overwhelm their customers. Instead, Studio Gear focuses on getting the basics right and, for the most part, they succeed with the makeup, almost giving M.A.C. some competition. When it comes to skin care, however, Studio Gear loses the race with some really badly formulated products, in some cases shockingly bad. They can't really compete with almost anyone and mostly fall apart at the seams when it comes to their skin-care selection.
Using minimalist black packaging for their makeup that emphasizes the product (most of the boxes have windows that show off the enclosed product's shade), Studio Gear appears to be a mainstay anchor brand at Ulta stores nationwide. It's hard not to be impressed by the expanse of the Studio Gear installations, at least at the Ulta stores we visited, because they are much larger than those of many other mainstream brands. All products, including the full line of gorgeous professional-quality brushes, have testers for experimenting, and given the scope of the available shades (particularly the lipstick), there's plenty to play with and plenty of room to enjoy the experience.
One of the things Studio Gear does best is foundations. Both the Flawless Foundation and the Matte Foundation are worth testing, despite the one downside: The shades are largely neutral, but there are too few to meet the needs of a wide range of skin tones, especially at the lightest and darkest ends of the spectrum. Studio Gear also has plentiful blush options, offering everything from natural-looking cream-to-powder versions to vibrant powders with shine to a versatile gel cheek stain.
Unfortunately, their lipsticks are disappointing. While the colors are truly beautiful, many have an overpowering castor oil odor that we could detect just standing over them, never mind slicking them onto my lips just under my nose. This will not bother everyone, but it is certainly worth paying attention to before you buy.
Turning to skin care, the majority of products are overpriced considering their mundane to problematic formulas. Several leave-on products are flawed by a sensitizing preservative system and many contain irritants with no established benefit for skin. There are no options to manage acne or skin discolorations and, sadly, there are limited options for sun protection.
Despite the overall skin-care shortcomings, there are a handful of skin-care products worth checking out. We were particularly impressed by the company's primers (with and without sunscreen) and there's a great hand cream with sunscreen that's especially helpful for those whose hands are constantly dry. Just don't try to put together a full-fledged state-of-the-art skin-care routine using Studio Gear because doing so will present problems and leave your skin wanting, and, in fact, needing, far more.
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Arlington (September 29, 2012) -- The Rangers-Angels game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington has been postponed due to wet grounds and inclement weather.
The game was called at 7:00 p.m. after a delay of three hours, 55 minutes.
The current forecast for the vicinity of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington calls for moderate rain to continue over the next several hours.
Saturday's game will be rescheduled as the second game of a split doubleheader Sunday beginning at 6:05 p.m.
The start time of tomorrow's regularly scheduled game has been moved from 2:05 p.m. to 12:05 p.m. The Rangers Ballpark in Arlington parking lots will open at 10:00 a.m. with the Ballpark gates opening at 10:30 a.m. All Fan Appreciation Day activities will take place during the 12:05 p.m. game.
Both games on Sunday will be televised by Fox Sports Southwest. RHP Yu Darvish will start the first game, with LHP Derek Holland starting the second contest.
Sunday will mark the first home split doubleheader in Rangers history. Texas has played six split doubleheaders on the road, including April 21 of this season at Detroit.


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Sofia Fomina joined the Ensemble at Oper Frankfurt in 2013/14. Her roles here during the 2014/15 season are Musetta (La Bohème), Nannetta (Falstaff), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), a role she will also be singing at Paris Opéra, Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Clorinda (La Cenerentola). Other plans include a return to the Royal Opera House in London, where she sang Isabella (Robert le Diable) and Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), to sing Gemmy in William Tell conducted by Antonio Pappano. Roles in Frankfurt last season were the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Onoria in a new production of Gluck's Ezio, Sophie (Werther), Angelica (Orlando furioso) and Nannetta in a new production of Falstaff. Earlier on in her career this Russian soprano was a member of the ensemble at the Saarländische Staatstheater in Saarbrücken. Recent guest engagements have included a Flower Maiden (Parsifal) at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Gilda (Rigoletto) at Zurich Opera and Janáček's Das ewige Evangelium with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. She has also enjoyed great success in recital. Sofia Fomina studied at the Music Collegium in Orlovsk and Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow. She has enjoyed success in competitions, including the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg.
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Legislators Spar Over Future of Bridgegate Investigation
With more than three weeks having passed since its last meeting and with at least a month to go before its next, questions are starting to arise over whether the New Jersey legislative committee investigating last September's closures of local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge continues to have any relevance and, if it does, whether it needs to shift its focus.
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The Wiz has no plans to legislate. He wants to ride this baby to the governor's mansion, and then take full advantage of the corrupt setup at the NY/NJ PA.
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FreeCAD is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for CAD, MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM, aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits a wider range of uses in engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties. It is 100% Open Source and extremely modular, allowing for very advanced extension and customization.
FreeCAD is based on OpenCasCade, a powerful geometry kernel, features an Open Inventor-compliant 3D scene representation model provided by the Coin 3D library, and a broad Python API. The interface is built with Qt. FreeCAD runs exactly the same way on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux platforms.
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It's an excellent software. It still lacks: - assembly management - FEM support for Code ASTER (open source certified engineering sofrware). There's just Calculix support :-( - structured mesh support (it's needed for FEM model patch test) - spline in sketch
If the version number of FreeCAD were an integer, my rating of it would be much lower. Since the version that I am using is .15, though, I think that it's a very impressive piece of software. The people involved with the creation of this program are doing a great job. I use Autodesk Inventor in my day job and have previously used Pro/E/Creo. The user interface and sketcher in FreeCAD are bother frustrating to use compared to those. Some of that, of course, can be attributed to being more accustomed to my regular software. Some appear to be bugs - it appears that certain operations are unsuccessful - but this may also be my learning curve with the interface. I added the Assembly2 workbench and like it so far. From what I've read, adding real assembly capability to the software is a major undertaking, but assembly is crucial to making this software more usable. If my programming skills were above mediocre, I would find a way to help with this project. I still might at some point but want to learn the software better first to find out what works, what doesn't work, and what things I might like to see changed.
It is a complex interface and using rules (example a form must be attach to the prévious form. what ever which parent you chose to create the new form. It is not a problem when you know, thanks to the communoty because it writen nowhere. Until now I do not succeed to make drawing for the work shop with cotation. Rockn says about FreeCàD "Mais vous savez que le futur c'est maintenant" I hope not, the 2D CAD where a lot more intuitive.
It's decent in some areas, but full of bugs and with a horrendous interface design and lack of options. It really needs a lot of improvement to avoid being the frustrating piece of software it is. Update: I decided to stop using it after giving it a lot of time. I just can't stand it. It's worse than an inkjet printer in the 90s. I can't remember so much frustration with any piece of software, and most of it coming from bad design decisions (i.e. seems to store external references as indexes to the element in the array of the sketch elements, so when one element in the sketch is deleted, everything done after goes crazy) and bad software development (lots of crashes and segmentation faults -especially when using its Python scripting). I think it will take a lot of work to make FreeCAD really functional, but right now it's not usable for any practical purposes (unless the design you're working on is quite simple). I won't recommend to use it unless you are playing or helping to develop it. And good luck with the latter.
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Just wanted to post on and give an update. On the weekend I sorta over did it helping DH around the house. I could feel my BP going up, starting seeing spots, had a throbbing headache, and was irritable. I stayed on the couch Sunday. Yesterday I had a Peri appointment and I wasn't really shocked to see my BP back up around 148/90. They had me laydown because they wanted to get an idea of where my bp goes if I am laying. Ofcourse it soon went down to 128/78. As soon as I sat back up it went sky high. My hands and face were very swollen yesterday as well which caused concern. I still have nil protein in my urine and weight gain is steady. However they feel it would be best that I go on strict bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy. They can see the pattern that started last time and bedrest came too late with that pregnancy. I am now on weekly appoinments. They re-ran all blood work yesterday to get an idea where I stand right now.
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From the FCC website, "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in almost 62 years. The goal of this new law is to let anyone enter any communications business -- to let any communications business compete in any market against any other."
I am a communications business and I want to compete in the C-SPAN HD, C-SPAN2 HD and C-SPAN3 HD online commentary marketplace. Comcast is using it's monopoly position as my cable provider to prevent me from having access to C-SPAN2 HD and C-SPAN3 HD. Therefore, I am unable to compete in the HD Congressional Commentary marketplace. This is bad for DEMOCRACY and it is bad for the INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS in Comcast's service area. This reduces diversity of opinion in the Congressional Commentary marketplace and leads to the American citizens getting their news only from official sources, such as the major broadcast networks, cable networks and movie companies such as the NBC companies.
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Lt. Col. (Retired) Norman Earl Lawless was born January 5, 1922 in Sobol to Charles Carroll and Emma Jane (Morphew) Lawless. He passed from this life July 22, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 89. Norman served his country during World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. He flew a B-29 as a bombadier and a B-52 as a radar navigator. Norman retired from the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel. He married Coletta Jo Floyd May 23, 1951 in Denison, TX., and together they raised two children.
Delores "Dee" Jean Rember was born May 2, 1942 in Atoka to Elgin Elmore and Flossie Mae (Pool) King. She passed from this life July 20, 2011 in Sherman, TX., at the age of 69. Dee married Frank Rember June 17, 1961 in Antlers. She lived in this area her entire life except from 1961 to 1976 when she was Frank's navy wife. She enjoyed socializing on Facebook, playing bingo and, in her earlier years, playing basketball. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, friends and family.
Michael Jeffery Hamill was born October 27, 1975 in Moore to Shelby Hamill and Fara Lynn (Fuller) Wheeler. He passed from this life July 22, 2011 in Grant at the age of 35. Jeff had lived in the Rattan area for the past 25 years. He was a member of the Victory Assembly of God Church in Rattan. Jeff enjoyed spending time with his kids, cleaning his car, playing drums & OU football. Jeff was preceded in death by his grandparents: Sid & Ellen Hamill.
Sammie Ray Cochran was born February 27, 1929 in Cloudy to Joe Lewis Simon and Ethel (Pierce) Cochran. He passed from this life July 19, 2011 in Rattan at the age of 82. Sammie enjoyed fishing and hunting. He also enjoyed spending time with family and friends, his dogs, cats, and deer.
James Charles Hancock was born March 4, 1951 in Miller to Leslie P. Hancock and Floy Holder. He passed from this life on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in Oklahoma City at the age of 60. James had lived in the Antlers area all of his life. He married Margery McCort (Pearson) in 1994.
Floyd Thomas Ansley was born October 7, 1927 in Randlett to James Thomas and Ruth Bell (Smith) Ansley. He passed from this life on Monday, July 25, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 83. Floyd had lived in this area all of his life and was a member of the Church of Christ in Boswell and Hugo. He served his country in the United States Navy, on the U.S.S. Saratoga, during WWII from 1944 to 1946. He married Betty Zane Walker on September 16, 1948 in Denison, TX. Floyd worked and retired from the Kiamichi Railroad. After retiring, he owned and operated a Pulpwood business in Antlers.
 Antlers-area residents have an opportunity to donate blood from 12-Noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 2 at St. Agnes Catholic Church Parish Hall on 501 E Main Street
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The Harp Gathering draws musicians from across the continentWritten by Jay Hathaway | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Harpists from across the United States and Canada will gather in Archbold this month to celebrate their instruments and the music they create.
The Harp Gathering, now in its sixth year, will take place May 16-19 at the Sauder Heritage Inn. The event will feature workshops, concerts, jam sessions and instrument vendors and builders.
Performers and presenters are Denise and Michael Grupp-Verbon (Toledo), Maeve Gilchrist (Somerville, Mass.), Timothy Harper (Bridgetown, Nova Scotia), Kim Robertson (Milwaukee), Frank Voltz (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Sharlene Wallace (Toronto).
Richard Ash of Folkcraft Instruments in Woodburn, Ind., and Beth Stockdell of Fayetteville, Ark., are giving additional workshops.
The event was founded by the Grupp-Verbons, who have hosted it every year since. They are both professional musicians — Denise plays the harp and Michael, the guitar — and perform together as a duo called TAPESTRY. Denise said that though the festivities officially begin May 17, early arrivals will find a special treat the evening of May 16.
"There will be a bonus workshop Thursday night, and harpists will greet people by playing music in the lobby," she said.
Registrants will choose from a total of 19 different workshops offered and may attend up to six. There will be three harp concerts — the evenings of May 17 and 18 and late morning on May 19. A vendor hall will be set up featuring luthiers and instrument dealers. As part of a "harp ensemble experience," harpists can purchase newly published music pieces, which they will rehearse over the weekend, then perform Sunday morning. Denise arranged the pieces, along with fellow harpist and performer Frank Voltz.
"Harpists often tend to play alone a lot, because the harp is a bit challenging to move," Denise said. "This is a chance to play in a group with others. Usually that performing ensemble ends up with at least two dozen harps all playing together, so that's very cool."
"Think of a flute choir or a brass-only orchestra, but it is only harps — the sound is glorious," Voltz said. "I think we have 40 harpists participating this year. Denise has arranged 'Chopsticks' and I have arranged excerpts from the '1812 Overture.' We're [also] working on canons, but you'll just have to wait and see how that turns out."
Stockdell is another harpist who will present workshops during the event. She will demonstrate how new technology can enhance the harpist's musical experience.
"Last year, I attended a harp workshop in Colorado," she said. "At the conference, there were several people who had iPads. I approached Denise and pitched the idea of doing a workshop on using the iPad, forScore (a sheet music app) and other things about going digital as a musician. I think that in addition to my scheduled time to do my presentation, I'll have lots of people approaching me with questions. I get that from all my local harp buddies and I'm happy to help."
Voltz, who has attended the event every year since its inception, said that the camaraderie among harpists is always the highlight of his weekend.
"Since I have the privilege of being invited back every year, I'd say my favorite part of the weekend is seeing and enjoying familiar faces of harpists that I've met over the years," he said. "It is so fun to get reacquainted and find out how each person's harp journey is going and where it has taken them since the last time I saw them. And of course, I love making new harp friends and meeting new harpists."
The festival has featured a harp giveaway, known as the "Harp Hunt and Gather(ing)," every year since the festival began, This year, an HG-30 harp by Lewis Creek Instruments of Howell, Mich., will be the grand prize.
The public is welcome to attend any of the three concerts, for an admission fee of $15. For those shopping for harps, music and accessories, a vendor hall pass may also be purchased for $15.
A harpist's life
Denise has been playing the harp since she was 11. She grew up in central Illinois, and her father was a professor at Illinois State University. The grade school she attended was an extension of the university, and was the place where she first became acquainted with her instrument.
"Somehow, I don't know why, [the school] had acquired a small harp," she said. "I had taken piano lessons for about three years, and I went home and told my mother I wanted to play the harp."
The harp stuck with her for life, and she has been playing with her husband in TAPESTRY for the past 13 years. Michael was a percussionist with U.S. Army Band for several years before he began playing the acoustic guitar. The duo plays for various concerts and festivals, churches, other harp festivals, corporate functions, parties and weddings. They have released three CDs.
Michael composes the duo's pieces, maintains the website and produces media for The Harp Gathering. Denise gives private harp lessons, and teaches at Owens Community College, playing a large role in the college's new Music Business Technology degree.
"Everything we do is related to music," she said.
Voltz has been friends with the Grupp-Verbons for years, and has become an accomplished harpist as well. However, unlike Denise, his introduction to the harp came later in life.
"I was an adult beginner," he said. "I began playing the harp at age 37. I sold my grand piano to purchase my first harp, so it was a no-turning-back proposition. I studied classical harp technique with a harpist with the National Symphony Orchestra, and then augmented my technique by studying pop with a harpist in New York City, and by studying jazz with a world-famous harpist in Salem, Mass. I was a concert pianist for 15 years before I began playing the harp but my harp career has broadened my musical horizons in so many ways. I play with symphonies and play solo concerts, domestically and internationally. Harpists are a small, close community and I enjoy meeting professional harpists and aspiring harpists along the way."
Stockdell had a similar experience discovering the instrument as an adult.
"I was going through a difficult time in my life and needed music," she said. "I hadn't played an instrument since middle school, so I was basically starting from scratch and wasn't sure where I was headed. Then the harp just really called to me. Eventually I found my way and I started playing the harp 10 years ago at age 35. Two and a half years ago I was able to go full time as a harpist, which honestly, is beyond my wildest dreams."
Stockdell said she keeps busy playing for weddings, parties and other events. She incorporates the harp into volunteer work for her local hospice, and contributes to a harp publication, the Folk Harp Journal.
Though fans of modern musical styles may view the harp as an instrument of limited use, Denise asserted that it should not be underestimated.
"You might be surprised. Some music you might hear has harp in it, but you might not realize it. Harp is often used for adding layer and color, and it is used quite a lot in therapy in hospitals and hospices."
She added that harpists often play several instruments, and are versatile musicians.
"Harpists don't just like harps. We're musicians, so we like everything."
For more information about The Harp Gathering, visit www.harpgathering.com, or call (419) 478-4177.
Tags: Beth Stockdell, Frank Voltz, Kim Robertson, Maeve Gilchrist, Michael and Denise Grupp-Verbon, Richard Ash, Sharlene Wallace, Tapestry, The Harp Gathering, Timothy Harper


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iPhone 4 vs Nexus S in Photos
iPhone 4. Nexus S. There's probably more to say about the differences than the similarities. Different operating systems? Check. Don't work with 3G on the same networks? Check. Different screen sizes? Check. Different philosophy and methodology towards multitasking? Check. Different video conferencing solutions (insofar as few to none work yet on the Nexus S)? Check.
The list goes on, but we're sort of guessing that for most the choice between the Nexus S and the iPhone 4 will be determined by carrier choice and OS preference more than whether Android's latest can go head-to-head with Steve Jobs' glass-encased wonderphone.
All that shouldn't stop you from hitting us after the break for a photo fight between the iPhone 4 and the Nexus S - with some extra attention paid to how the iPhone still has the best music player around while Android's just-released Google Maps 5.0 makes iOS's version look a little lacking.
Want more? Be sure to hit up our frenemies at Android Central for all the latest on the Nexus S.
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Then again there should be an easy way to close all the open applications. One by one just SUCKS. Like jobs said, "We shouldn't have to think about it"
IMO it would be quite a feat to out-design the form factor of the iPhone 4. It does not stand alone as an object. It is a slab with some buttons. It is it's function, combined with it's form that makes it an iconic thing of beauty. If Frank Loyd Wright designed a cell phone(unlikely, as he is dead)it may very well have looked something like an iPhone.
So, does the curved screen make it feel more natural when on a call?
And hey, smart phone experts, if you really are experts, you could you know, measure the dimensions and weight of the devices as well as the photo comparison? And I mean measure, not take the dimensions and weight from the manufacturer.
Specifications = marketing. They are not stone cold facts until verified by third parties. Also, what's the deal with the RAM on Galaxy S phones? How much does it have? How much does is it using?
Btw, what's the real color of the wall, with the painting? (Picture 12th, with both handsets showing the same photo)
Green or orange?
I wish they had gone with HTC again, the Nexus One is a thing of beauty build-wise. I would have loved the iPhone 4 to have a 4 inch screen, also-- maybe iPhone 5? The new Google Maps looks awesome, btw. T-mo is a no-no for me. If the Nexus S ever comes out with AT&T 3G bands I would certainly check it out.
Samsung makes one heck of a HDTV and monitor but they don't know their elbows from their buttholes when it comes to phones. HTC should have got the nod on this one.
Look the iPhone is the Mercedes Benz of phones, all the other ones are like Hyundais and Kias that are getting better...but are not Benz...
I really don't mind a plastic case.. neither did iPhone users of the 3G and 3GS, which was extremely scratch prone. I also take into account that the glass on the front of the Nexus S is gorilla glass, like the other galaxy devices. So the part of the phone that actually matters is highly protected. The only other material I would've accepted would be carbon fiber or soft-touch plastic.. metals are well known to cause radio interference. Plus since the iPhone4 already has glass and metal.. carbon fiber would be an extremely light and durable alternative. So that being said.. the Nexus S case back maybe extremely cheap.. but mind you, its also replaceable.
lol that's not a task manager. apps that are persistent (like winamp when playing music) show up in the notification bar so that you can use other apps, and still have one click access to the app (so you can stop the music, change songs etc) lol. the little envelope you see is a gmail notification lolol.
@ Chris - There is Gorilla Glass on the Nexus S.. just like every other Samsung phone of the Galaxy generation/hardware. Curved screen or not, which I'm hoping thats not the reason you're assuming the thing can't be made out of Gorilla Glass.. Since Corning is capable of making plates/bowls/serving dishes out of it.
The reception at T-Mobile is pretty bad and from what I have been hearing so is the reception at AT&T, to be honest I can't wait for verizon to get the iphone that would be so much better, well anyhow we buy old iphones at swapngreen.com
Are you guys all ATT freaks. Do you know nothing about Android cause you are all into iPhone. I guess so.
If you were to do your homework. Read your reviews. Seems some have. The guts of the phone are "a million dollars" Well, the case you don't like, I didnt think I did either. Well the vibrant is rock solid even tho the case is plastic. If you talk to ten people on the forums--a solid phone is NOT the material, but many more characteristics, incl a well balanced phone
For those who said that Tmo 3g sucks Well it may, but this is using the HSDPA, true, not the HSPA+ which is 4g, yes faster than the EVO, but it is still using HSDPA, a BEEFED UP version of 3g, and it has Gingerbread, which speeds it up a loooootttttttt. And lastly, PURE GOOGLE, with no overlyay, i.e. Sense UI or Touch Wiz, makes it very fast
We are doing away with gorila glass in future phones. Will use diamond for the entire case. . That will justify the price of the myphone.
The reception at T-Mobile is pretty bad and from what I have been hearing so is the reception at AT&T, to be honest I can't wait for verizon to get the iphone that would be so much better, well anyhow we buy old iphones at swapngreen.com and much more
Tmibile and AT&T use the same towers. iPhone and nexus s shouldn't be compared. One is modern the other is a dated os with nothing more than app icons and a nice screen. iPhone needs a new modern os
yeah love the at&t
@miguel what are you talking about all those sites went with the iphone look at the engadget buyers guide. They labeled the iphone as the number 1 phone and they said if you dont like it get the nexus. Cnet said iphone 4, giz sad iphone 4, the only site that said nexus was technobuffalo. All the editors from the sites you list use the iphone 4 as their daily drivers.
@iPhone users. I just wonder why you need to justify why your phone is so superior. its like Macs and PC's. I always here Mac users talk about how their computers are so superior and how bad PC's are, when it really comes down to the user. I have been an iPhone user, and it too has had errors gasp! I feel like Apple should have their design and function down after so many years of slight tweaks. I grew extremely bored of my iPhone in record time because its too simple, I mean, a toddler can use that thing. The iPhone capitalizes on laziness so its perfect for the mass majority
.... AND the nexus may look cheap but it doesn't feel that way. The phones I see with the most broken screens are the iPhones. Just saying, don't knock the Android phones, I have turned a lot of iPhone users into believers. Also, I can understand Googles changes to the phone... Samsung does make excellent displays, and the plastic casing really improves the reception on my phone. I'm glad the strayed away from HTC, I love them but their devices are starting to look too much alike. I upgraded from my nexus one and don't regret it one bit, the Nexus S is great! I can't wait till Cyanogen makes his mark on this one
I'm just curious if there has been any research done on the percentage of Apple users that also sell Amway.....
Come out of "the garden" and see what's developing in the real world. Some of this hardware is amazing. Granted the iPhone has come a long way and is a great piece of HARDWARE but locking users down and crippling them with iTunes is just cruel.....
One day Steve will let his customers remove the battery and they will start crying about plowing batteries and demand free welding.
Haha this are all typical Apple fanboys responses. The iPhone4 is an extraordinary device that made everything change. The difference between the Nexus S and every other phone. That this is a Pure Google device. So there will be no bloatware on it. Just like the AT&T bloatware on the iPhone4
The only thing stopping me from switching to the Nexus S is the fact that it has no memory card slot - I would go for a Galaxy S instead but had really bad feedback about them so waiting for the GS2 instead.
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A Mother's Experience - Starting Solids
with a Reflux Baby
Oh, how exciting! The time has come to introduce solid foods to your baby! But, wait a moment — your baby has reflux. The text books don't really talk about how solid foods can react with some babies who have reflux, so that really isn't a valid option to seek information. In my opinion, there is no proven method to introducing solid foods with certainty that all will go smoothly. It can be a slow, tedious process that one must take on diligently and proceed with patience.
If your doctor has suggested the introduction of solid foods in the way of cereal in your baby's bottle, be aware of possible side effects. Oftentimes, reflux babies are younger than their non-reflux peers when the doctor suggests adding cereal to the bottle or feeding cereal from a spoon. Always call your doctor immediately if you suspect an allergic or any other serious reaction.
Maybe cereal in the bottle is the answer for your baby to help weigh down your baby's formula or breast milk to help the reflux, but keep in mind that it may not be the right answer. If it isn't the answer, be sure to contact your doctor to let him/her know and together you can discuss the next move in your reflux game plan.
Listed below are some side effects I have personally seen or heard about as they relate to reflux:
Each baby reacts differently, and of course, there may be a host of allergic/intolerant reactions that can be readily resourced online. This article speaks more of the food introduction progression as it relates to reflux and what works best.
However, keep in mind that some babies who are truly allergic/intolerant to certain foods can have major reflux flares from foods and your doctor should be contacted.
Traditionally, first solid-food introductions for non-refluxers are veggie based versus fruit based foods. However, I have seen many reflux babies who are already taking their medicine with apples or pears move forward with fruits as a natural progression. Veggies may be too harsh to tolerate, while fruits are more easily tolerated in some refluxers.
However, veggies versus fruits is a double-edged sword because while many veggies can be harsh (hard to digest), many of the fruits can cause awful reflux acid flare (I've seen many who cannot tolerate peaches for instance). On the other hand, many who cannot tolerate apples do well with pears. Of interest to note in my varied experience, is that Puree style versus Stage 1 and higher sometimes work better for refluxers. My son couldn't tolerate anything higher than pureed pears for many months.
When it comes time to introducing solid foods, discuss with your doctor what is nutrionally suited for the well-being of your baby. Keep in mind the reflux issues when you discuss solid food introductions.
Experience has shown me that sweet potatoes work wonders for some, but for most are not well-tolerated. Bulky foods oftentimes need to be watered down with formula or breast milk to a very thin texture. Carrots work for some but not for all. Oftentimes "bulky" first foods are hard to handle for a reflux baby's digestive tract.
It can be very tedious to try and determine which solid food agrees with your baby and ascertain which ones, if any, disagree. To help minimize confusion and pinpoint a possible offending food, take your time and spread out introductions no shorter than every 3 days. Also a good idea is to keep a food diary. It makes it easier to pinpoint if something has triggered a reflux flare.
Only you and your doctor can determine what a reflux flare may be coming from -- be it illness, a particular solid food, etc.. Perhaps a Pediatric Gastroenterologist or an Allergist may warrant a consultation. There are many medical reasons why certain foods can cause a reflux flare and your doctor can best guide you to finding the answer.
My son had severe reflux for the first 2-3 years of his life. He was unable to tolerate any solid foods for the first 20 months as we continuously worked closely with his Ped GI and a Pediatric GI Nutritionist. It was determined in my son's case that he had an immature GI tract … once it had reached a more mature level, he was finally able to tolerate solid foods.
He tested negative to all allergies at 8 months of age, yet displayed delayed reactions to certain foods he ingested (eczema, reflux flare,bad gas and cramping, colic for hours, etc.). All he could handle was Alimentum and pureed pears in the way of solids for 20 long months. For us, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and apples were an awful nightmare with reflux flare, cramping, crying, and gas pains that lasted for hours.
My son is now 9 yrs old and has outgrown almost all his reflux issues except with illness, it oftentimes comes back. He can eat all foods with success and is a thriving boy with no known allergies other than some noted mild environmental allergies to pollen.
If you are reading this article, chances are your child has reflux or somebody you know suffers from this painful condition.
Stop by and meet other people like yourself who give, get and share GERD (reflux) advice on MedHelp's GERD (Reflux) Community.
Disclaimer: I am a mother who has experienced a difficult path to success in introducing solid foods to my son when he was an infant. I have help support many parents for many years as they deal with reflux in their children. I am not a medical professional. The information I speak about in this article is based solely on my opinions and personal experience dealing with a child who had severe reflux for 3 yrs. Your medical concerns should be approved by your Pediatrician. Anything written herein, should not replace your physician's medical advice.
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UTC was up 6-0 before the match started with Davidson forfeiting at 125. Anthony Elias started with an impressive major decision win over Mocs' freshman Marvin Lopez (Cleveland, Tenn.). That cut the lead to 6-4, but that was as close as the Wildcats could get.
Senior Dean Pavlou (Cleveland, Tenn.) followed with a pin at 141 and junior Alex Hudson (Marietta, Ga.) scored a major decision win at 149. Sophomore Trey Stavrum (Chattanooga, Tenn.) gave UTC a 19-4 lead with his 6-0 shutout over Nathaniel Powers at 157.
Freshman Parker Smith (Franklin, Tenn.) came off the bench at 165 for his first action in a collegiate dual. Listed as a 157-pounder, he moved up to 165 and was leading 7-6 late in his match with Christopher Cirenza. A takedown and two back points before the final horn gave Cirenza at 10-8 decision.
That was all the points the Wildcats could muster as Chattanooga improved to 23-0 in the series. Freshman John Lampe (Fairdale, Ky.), senior Robert Prigmore (Southlake, Texas) and sophomore Kevin Malone all won at 174, 184 and heavyweight, respectively. Davidson forfeited again at 197.
Malone posted his third pin of the year, this time at the 1:06 mark against Jordan Ownbey. Prigmore won another tight one, 2-1 over Donald Patrick. Each of Prigmore's last three bouts have been one-point decisions and he has wins in two of those nail-biters.
Head coach Heath Eslinger improves to 42-28 in four seasons with the Mocs. The UTC alum is one win away from tying his coach, Mark Leen (1996-01), for No. 4 on Chattanooga's all-time wins list.
The Mocs are back in action Feb. 23 when they host three matches in Maclellan Gym. Action begins at 10:00 a.m. (E.S.T.) on Saturday, Feb. 16, when VMI and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville meet in a neutral match. The Mocs then face VMI at Noon followed by SIUE at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale now on GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga 37 - Davidson 7
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125: Nick Soto (Chattanooga) - Forfeit - UTC 6-0
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197: Niko Brown (Chattanooga) - Forfeit - UTC 31-7
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We know three things about the assault on our Libyan embassy that led to the death of four Americans.
First, this was a premeditated attack. Second, the Obama Administration failed to keep Americans safe, even though intelligence indicated there would be anti-American protests at overseas American embassies on Sept. 11. Third, we know that the president lied to us.
The president knew these were organized terrorist attacks within 24 hours. Yet five days later, he sent his United Nations ambassador to five Sunday morning news programs to announce that the attacks were the result of Muslim offense to an anti-Muslim short film.
Days before the Libyan attack, Obama was chanting at the Democratic National Convention that GM is alive and Osama bin Laden is dead.
A few weeks before that, the president told the Russian president that he would have greater flexibility to negotiate after the next election. Most recently, Obama refused a request to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister because he was too busy. That same week, Obama found time for campaign events. Whats more important that Iran may soon have a nuclear weapon with which to destroy Israel and attack the United States, or that the president appear on TV shows in order to get re-elected?
Recently, we learned that there are chemical weapons in Syria that have been moved, and that there are lingering questions about what exactly happened to some of the weapons (from the Huffington Post, Sept. 28). And weve learned that the FBI is not on-the-ground in Benghazi investigating the attacks because it is not safe yet unarmed Western journalists are there.
All of this suggests two things: The president is unable to make the tough decisions needed to protect Americas interests, and, the president is more interested in promoting his own political agenda than in promoting what is best for America.
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