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Freeport to host 8th Women's Ride for Heart Health
FREEPORT — The eighth annual, all-women bike ride to promote heart health is scheduled to start on Sunday, May 31, at 9 a.m.
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine will sponsor the event, and it will begin at L.L. Bean's Casco Conference Center on Casco Street in Freeport.
Debora Ladner, education and membership coordinator at BCM, said the event is open to women of all ages, fitness levels and biking experience.
"It is inspiring to see so many participants," she said. "The event has grown each year, and we strive to keep costs low so all can attend."
When the event started in 2001, Ladner said about 50 people participated. Each year the venue is moved, and more people join. This year Ladner said 250 people have already registered, and she expects nearly 400 people to show up.
There are three bike routes: a five-, 10- or 25-mile ride. Ladner said the 25-mile ride will loop toward Brunswick, the 10-mile will go toward Winslow Park, and the five-mile is a short, but fun loop.
Central Maine Heart & Vascular Institute and Parkview Adventist Medical Center are also sponsoring the event, and will have representatives on hand to provide comprehensive, free health screenings to the attendees.
"So many people are uninsured or under-insured," Lerner said. "Every participant is welcome and we hope they can take advantage of the medical tests."
Sheryl McWilliams, vice president of Parkview Adventist Medical Center, said nurses and laboratory technicians will offer blood pressure screenings and body composition evaluations. She said there will be a station to analyze sun damage and a bone density screening station to detect osteoporosis. McWilliams also said there will be a station to test hydration levels. She said most humans are dehydrated, and by simply drinking more water, stroke and cardiovascular disease can be reduced up to 50 percent.
In addition there will be health information, light refreshments, massage therapy, and free yoga available to participants.
"I want this to be a pampering day for these women," Ladner said. "So often we are the caregivers, the providers of support and love, that we forget to take care of ourselves. This afternoon is about health and pampering, and what better way to do that than to relax with a massage and yoga."
She said she wanted to keep the event, the services, and the amenities local, so with the help of area massage therapists, yoga instructors, bike shops and food vendors, the eighth annual Ride for Heart Health will highlight the merchants who donate their services and time.
To participate, women can pre-register at BikeMaine.org, call 623-4511, or sign up the day of the event. The entry fee is $25 for BCM members and $35 for non-members, which includes a first-time BCM membership for 2009. All proceeds benefit the BCM education programs that teach bike safety to children.
"This is a lot of work to organize, as any event is," Ladner said. "But to see the women gathered together, and hear their testimony and to provide information that will help with early detection is so important."
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In the 21st century, one of the most important operational aspects to any large enterprise is their ability to construct, maintain, and upgrade their information technology framework. This accounts for a large amount of expense, and it usually requires teams of skilled professionals to work together. In organizations that are large enough, these information systems operations are all managed by a high-level executive officer called the chief information officer (CIO).Read More...
As the top of this organizational pyramid, the chief information officer's job is to make all of the big decisions regarding the organization's information framework. It is the CIO's task to make the final decisions regarding the selection and purchasing of IT equipment. The CIO also decides how to install the equipment, when to upgrade and improve the system, and how to integrate all of this into the rest of the company's operations. The CIO is a technologically adept individual who has a thorough and continually evolving understanding of information and communications systems. Beyond the merely technical, the CIO also needs to possess the acumen necessary to make smart and responsible purchasing decisions. Management talents are also needed to ensure that IT teams work in tandem to maintain the entire system.
A chief information officer combines both management and IT talents. Accordingly, those interested in this career path would do well to explore college-level coursework in business management, computer science, and information technology. Employers prefer applicants with at least five years of information technology experience in a management capacity.
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On Monday night an insignificant…. Ann Coulter called President Obama a "retard."
She made the remark on Twitter after the third and final presidential debate between Obama and Mitt Romney. "I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard," she tweeted.
The conservative commentator was met with some backlash from people on Twitter, who called it "offensive and disrespectful" and asked her, "Are you out of your f-cking mind?"
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Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, tweeted, "Ann Coulter died of prostate cancer in 2002. Her Twitter account's a sentient emu skeleton with a swatch of eyelid skin stretched over it," and followed it up by adding, "If Ann Coulter's calling the President a 'retard' it means he won/is going to win. She's our un-pettable Punxsutawney Phil."
Model Chrissy Teigen tweeted, "not ever shocked by @anncoulter. my bar for her is set so low that it is, ironically, in the depths of hell." Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy chimed in, "You are a sad, insignificant child. RT @AnnCoulter: I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard."
At the end of the debate, voters gave the victory to Obama. No doubt it was the reason for Coulter's tweet..very poor sport she is….as is most conservatives…I'm just saying.
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Two weeks in to the government shutdown, there were few signs of compromise in Washington.
The House Republicans sent up another budget proposal, which the Democrats in the Senate rejected. Colorado Springs Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn said the latest bill, which would pull some cash away from the Affordable Care Act, represents a huge step.


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Well its fixed ninty fixed it they didnt state it was replaced just repaired. Its been sent out so i should get it tommorow or today if im lucky as they use dhl. However the wierd thing is i have a launch wii and they know this and this is the 3rd time they've repaired it out of warranty, and not charged me and so my final geuss is if you have a low level bricked wii send it out to nintendo they are muffed they have no idea whats going on. In their diagnostic notes they wrote bad/no picture signal . So i geuss if you have a low level brick there is still hope
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Does your lower back feel like it's in knots after you use a shovel? You may not be using the tool correctly. Watch how to properly shovel.See Transcript
Transcript:How to Use a ShovelHi, my name is Keith Stephens with About.com Home and Garden. Today I'm going to show you the proper way to use a shovel.
So many people don't know the proper way to shovel, and in turn, end up hurting their backs. So today I will go over proper technique. Let's get started.
Supplies Needed to Use a ShovelA couple things you will need:
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Hold the End of the ShovelTo start, hold the end of the shovel at the top with your right hand over the left, if you're right handed, or vice versa if you're left handed.
You want to make sure your arms are extended all the way and the point of your shovel is straight down. This way, when you pull with your arms, you're not having to bend low to get leverage.
Drive the Shovel Into the GroundThen, using your foot, drive the shovel into the ground. Repeat until your shovel is deep into the earth. Then, pull back with your arms to your side, breaking up the ground.
Toss the Dirt AsideAfter that, you want to slide your left hand down the shaft near the head of the shovel while slowly bending with your knees, not your back.
Then slowly stand back up and toss the dirt close by so as not to overextend, which could hurt your back. Repeat until you have dug exactly what you need.
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This past week we made a quick, spontaneous decision to take the train into DC for Memorial Day weekend. We are not quick decision makers...er maybe I should restate that. MY honey is not a quick, spontaneous, on the fly decision maker. I'm a go anywhere, do anything kinda gal. Thank heavens he keeps my feet on the ground. Needless to say we balance we each other out beautifully.
We decided instead of messing with traffic and the stress that goes along with driving that we would take the train. BEST decision ever. None of us had ever taken a long train ride before. It was so cool...so easy. You don't have to check luggage. You don't have to go through security or wait forever. You just get on, find a roomy seat, sit back and relax. You can plug in your phone, iPad whatever and stay connected. It's definitely the way to go.
Once we got there the wow factor started right away. This is Union Station. The architecture was so beautiful.
We set our stuff down for just a second and then took off. We couldn't wait to explore. It was weird walking the streets...seeing the history everywhere. We see it on TV all the time, but to be there in person was surreal.
The next day we went to the Ford Theatre. It's the place Lincoln was shot in the back of the head. Out of all the presidents Abraham Lincoln was my very favorite. Visiting the actual theatre and seeing right where he was on that night was powerful. The girls thought so too.
We finally made it to the White House. You kind of picture this moment as being special. But in actuality we were dripping with sweat. It was close to 90 degrees and HUMID, nothing but concrete to walk on and we had been walking a long long way. The girls were grouchy. I was on my period because anytime we ever have anything important...any kind of vacation...I'm always on my period;) And it's time to take the pic. Little Chick is acting out. She won't get in the picture, and all of a sudden I feel spit on my shoulder. Next thing you know I lash out and pinch her on the bottom. She runs off pouting and that's our White House memory. There you have it. Finally after some tears, apologies and calming down we got this shot. Welcome to vacation.


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We're used to the drama on The Real Housewives of New Jersey centering mostly around the Giudice and Gorga families (with some Lauritas and Manzos thrown in), but now new reports are suggesting that a man from Melissa Gorga's past has vowed to rock Season 5 of the hit show — and not in a good way.
According to Radar Online, Melissa's ex-boyfriend Bryan "Bulldog" plans to expose the popular H'wife and claims to have salacious scoop regarding his ex. However, Bryan is singing a different tune on Twitter.
The Radar article states that Bryan — who dated Melissa before she married Joe Gorga — wants to call Melissa out for being "fake", but on Jan. 31, he tweeted a message that suggests otherwise. "I do not know where radar.com gets their info but I have not stated I was doing anything," he shared.
However, it does seem like something is going down with Bryan and the Gorgas. On Jan 25, he wrote a message that seemingly attacks Melissa's marriage to Joe, tweeting, "I remember the Friday nite u said 2me stop seeing other girls or I will marry that millionaire.3 months Lata you were married Lol."
Hmm, that claim sounds startlingly similar to what Teresa Giudice said about Melissa being a "gold digger" last season, but we also need to read Bryan's tweets with caution — he could just be after 15 minutes of fame.
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BALTIMORE – Earlier Monday, Chris Davis insisted that he had forgotten about his wonderful 53 home run season. Davis had been benched, amid his horrid 6-for-55 slump
He watched and waited all game, and finally he had his chance. With runners on first and second and one out in the ninth, manager Buck Showalter sent Davis up to pinch hit for Delmon Young against Ronald Belisario, and on a 3-2 count, Davis sent the ball into the right field stands, and suddenly the struggles were forgotten.
The Orioles' 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox before 17,931 at Oriole Park could have been one of the worst losses of the season. Instead, it was one of the biggest wins.
"Mentally, I've been in the same place all year. It's frustrating to struggle, but nobody's going to feel sorry for you. You go up there and get your work on and trust the results are going to be there," Davis said.
In the bottom of the ninth, Steve Pearce led off with a single. Belisario (3-4) hit Adam Jones with a pitch, and after Nelson Cruz struck out, Davis launched his 13th home run of the year, and the Orioles (40-35) were suddenly five games over .500 for the first time since May 11.
"It's good. Any time you're able to deliver and come through for your team, it's big. Like I said earlier today, I'm working as hard as I can to get back on track, doing everything I can and just knowing that as long as I continue to work, the results would be there," Davis said.
Brad Brach (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.
Against two-time All-Star Chris Sale, the Orioles were continually stymied. Sale had pitched brilliantly, allowing no more than eight hits in any of his previous 11 starts. He allowed two runs on 11 in six, and the Orioles were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position against him.
"It's tough because we feel like we had a lot of opportunities. We just couldn't cash them in," Showalter said.
"The feel on the bench was there was no panic. I think internally you're sitting there saying, 'Man, we felt like we were in control getting Sale early on,' and then we had some missed opportunities there a few innings. That's when you know, 'Oh man, we really missed out on our opportunities,'" Caleb Joseph said.
Showalter said Davis began preparing to hit in the fifth inning. His game-winning pinch hit home run was the second of his career. According to the Orioles, it was their first game-winning, pinch hit homer since Aug. 24, 1988 when Larry Sheets hit one.
Davis wasn't certain it was gone.
"I hit it good, but I saw a couple of balls that were hit really well to center tonight that didn't go, so I was kind of watching the right fielder to see if he was going to run out of room, and eventually he did," Davis said.
Jones gave the Orioles a 2-0 lead when he hit his 14th home run of the year into the left field stands in the bottom of the first. It was the 151st home run of Jones' Orioles career, tying Chris Hoiles for 10th on the team's all-time list.
The Orioles had runners on against Sale in each of the first six innings, but only Jones' home run scored anyone.
The fifth inning was the most disappointing of all. Cruz, Young and J.J. Hardy all singled to load the bases with none out. Machado grounded to third base when Conor Gillaspie threw to the plate for the force. Then, Schoop hit into a double play, giving the Orioles a frightening nine left on.
Wei-Yin Chen allowed a run on three hits in the first five innings, then buckled in the sixth. Jose Abreu hit a long home run to center, his 22nd. Dayan Viciedo doubled and with two outs, Gillaspie hit a sinking liner to left that Cruz nearly made a wondrous catch on. He couldn't hold on, and it went for an RBI double, and Chicago (35-42) took a 3-2 lead.
In 5 2/3 innings, Chen allowed three runs on six hits, walking two and striking out three.
Tyler Flowers singled in the seventh off Ryan Webb and Abreu's double scored him.
Joseph hit his second home run in as many games in the bottom of the eighth off Zach Putnam to cut the lead to 4-3.
The key to the game was Pearce getting on base, Joseph said.
"Once we got him on base, the life started coming in. And then the crowd got into it and then we're rolling after that. It was a great come-from-behind win for us," Joseph said. "It's about time we won one of these games."


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By Petty Officer 1st Class Joel I. Huval, USNSpecial to American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 28, 2004 At a time when media outlets around the world are focusing on stories involving mortar attacks, improvised explosive devices and uncertainty in Iraq, members of the Iraqi government are now better prepared to tell the world their stories of growth, hope and newly found freedom.
Twenty-two Iraqi ministry workers graduated from a 14-day public affairs course July 21 at the Convention Center in Baghdad.
A mobile training team of six instructors from the Defense Information School, a Defense Department school that teaches journalism and public affairs to U.S. service members, government employees and foreign nationals, arrived in Iraq June 26. The team's mission was to teach students from nearly every ministry in Iraq's government practical knowledge of democracy, public affairs, media relations and journalism.
"The main goal of this program is to train Iraqi public affairs personnel, who have never been trained in formal public affairs techniques, and provide them with public affairs procedures and knowledge," said Army Col. Hiram Bell, DINFOS commandant, who deployed to not only support the team, but to provide assistance to senior public affairs officers in the theater of operations.
"This is a unique opportunity for DINFOS," he said. "We have a history of MTTs, but this is the first time in a combat zone. This team is doing the best they can in making a contribution to the progress here."
While only expecting about 24 students and having ordered enough supplies to support that number, more than 30 people showed up for the first morning of class, making it clear to the team that a second iteration and possible future ones would be necessary.
"(The number of students) proved to me this mission had purpose," said Army Maj. Robert H. Tallman Jr., DINFOS instructor who was in charge of team. "There was no longer a question in my mind of whether or not we would have students to train. Some of these students are risking their lives to be here and understand the enormous impact this course can have on the Iraqi people. There is a need to begin placing Iraqi faces with what is going on in this country versus Americans telling their stories."
Once the class began, students were immediately confronted with homework and questions regarding their ideas of democracy and other aspects of government.
"This class has taught me that the (U.S. military) is really here to support the Iraqi people," said one student, who wished not to be identified. "The training is meant to give us information to build new Iraqi ideas about democratic ways."
Although students may have developed an understanding of open communication, classes meant to improve teamwork and interaction between the students were included in the course.
Army Maj. Kristine Coan said the classes were successful in bringing people together who may not have otherwise spoken to one another due to cultural backgrounds and differences.
"The teamwork exercises set the stage for the course," said Coan, second in charge of the team. "The students were able to express their opinions openly and learned to use techniques to work through disagreements."
"After the teamwork exercise I felt more confident," said a female student, who did not want to be identified. "I feel more encouraged in facing interviews and working with the media."
One message the team wanted the students to grasp and never forget was one of credibility and the impact dishonesty can have on an agency. "One of the most important classes during the course was public affairs ethics," Tallman said. "Based on the way the Iraqi government used to be run, ethics is incredibly important."
Other classes included how to write basic press releases, how to respond to media queries, and setting up and executing press conferences, all of which culminated in a staff exercise the last day of the course.
"In addition to a need to understand ethical considerations, the students needed to learn how to communicate with intent," Tallman said. "This was accomplished through basic journalism and media training. The staff exercise brought all of this together."
Armed with their DINFOS graduation certificates, the students placed the training in high regard. "All of the lectures were useful, and we are thankful," said one student. "This course has given us the skills and knowledge so as to serve our ministries, and most importantly, Iraq. (The military) can be seen as having a direct or a not direct relationship with the Iraqi people. I felt a direct relationship."
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Grey's Anatomy Season 9, Episode 16 Sneak Peek: Bailey Wants to Leave
In a new sneak peek from TVLine of Grey's Anatomy Season 9, Episode 16: "This Is Why We Fight" (February 21), Seattle Grace-Mercy West comes dangerously close to losing another valuable doctor.
It turns out Bailey (Chandra Wilson) has finally thrown in the towel, and is ready to start going on job interviews. She gets all dressed up on a suit and everything.
However, before she can jump ship, Owen (Kevin McKidd) intervenes, begging her to stay. "We can't afford to lose another surgeon," he laments. "Most of all you."
Why most of all Bailey? Because Owen is a smart man, and knows how to make a good case. "You're the heart of this hospital," he says. "The spirit. You set the tone that others can aspire to. This place can't function without you."
Although intern Heather (Tina Majorino) doesn't jump in right away to enthusiastically second this motion, it's enough to convince Bailey to stick with the hospital — but not before threatening Owen bodily harm if things go wrong.
Check out the sneak peek here. For more on the episode, you can read our spoiler roundup here.
Catch the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy on Thursday, February 21, 2013, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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The Flight Daily News team is on site at the Farnborough air show, ahead of its opening day on Monday. For us here on The DEW Line, the big question remains whether the F-35 will be able to make the jump across the Atlantic in time to make an appearance here.
I was at the Royal International Air Tattoo on Wednesday, when things looked pretty doubtful, and again yesterday, when people seemed to be a bit more optimistic. Today, a source who should know tells me that we shouldn't expect the aircraft to be setting off from Patuxent River in Maryland today or Sunday.
The only F-35 I saw at RIAT was a full-scale replica (and that was of a conventional take-off and landing A-model, rather than the B that the UK is acquiring) earlier in the week. It was moved across to a hangar on the north side of the airfield to be on show at a black tie dinner event.
We'll be getting a briefing here at Farnborough on Monday from Lockheed Martin and the Department of Defense, and it's looking all but certain that the real aircraft won't be here by then. Fingers crossed that we will see the F-35B in the UK before the show is over, but the odds don't look great.


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Not the kind of thing you want to see in the information kit in your hotel room: a notice informing you that mosquito nets are available at the front desk.
What makes it worse is that this wasn't the steamy South, or somewhere exotic. This was our hotel room in Belgium. Bruges may be the prettiest town in Belgium, but even that won't swing it a get out of jail pass when it comes to mosquitoes.
Luckily, we've just emerged unscathed after three days at the Grand Hotel Casselbergh, so it appears the hotel may just be being a little protective of its guests. Better safe than sorry, though.


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text: The purpose of this course is to make you aware of how tourism can affect, both positively and negatively, our environment, and what we can do to minimize the negative effects. The course will start with the topic of ecotourism, how it is defined and how it impacts local people and their environment. The course will then narrow in focus by studying the greening of our industry. What does it mean to be green? That question will be answered by specifically studying different sectors of the tourism industry (hotels, food and beverage, and meetings and events),how they can impact the environment and what actions we can take to minimize those impacts that are harmful to our environment. Restricted to Hospitality Industry Mgmt majors.


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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Columbia City stand-out harrier Samantha Roush is making her fourth and final trip to the state finals next week.
Roush is headed to Terre Haute as the lone Whitley County runner amongst the top harriers in the state.
She is no stranger to the course, though, as Roush has competed in the state finals every year of her high school career.
ŌĆ£Congratulations to Samantha,ŌĆØ Columbia City Head Coach Bob Fahl said.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Whitley County and Columbia City officials agreed to do away with a group that hasnŌĆÖt been used for more than 20 years.
Recently, the Columbia City-Whitley County Building Authority was deemed inactive and Columbia City Common Council members moved to dissolve the group at TuesdayŌĆÖs meeting.
ŌĆ£The building authority was great at the time it was created ŌĆö it was needed and very good for financing purposes ŌĆö but now weŌĆÖve reached the point that itŌĆÖs better off dissolved,ŌĆØ Columbia City Mayor Ryan Daniel told the council Tuesday.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Columbia CityŌĆÖs Common Council adopted the 2014 budget at TuesdayŌĆÖs regular meeting.
While changes can be made until the end of the year, the council appeared to have no opposition to the budget, which was proposed by Mayor Ryan Daniel at a meeting Sept. 24.
Daniel and Clerk-Treasurer Rosie Coyle worked together to make the budget, which wonŌĆÖt raise taxes for city citizens.
ŌĆ£Rosie and I worked very hard to make this a balanced budget,ŌĆØ Daniel said.
PIERCETON ŌĆö Whitko Middle School teacher Rochelle Leininger was honored at the districtŌĆÖs school board meeting Monday.
However, the recognition didnŌĆÖt come from school board members or administration, but a parent.
Cathy Juricak works at Raytheon, a company in Fort Wayne. When the corporation offered a grant for teachers, Juricak nominated Leininger for the award.
ŌĆ£She was a teacher to my kids who are now graduated,ŌĆØ said Juricak. ŌĆ£I know how special she was to them and to me as a parent. I thought this was the best way to honor her.ŌĆØ
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Music appreciation knows no age limitations. Columbia City High School graduates are working to ensure the love of music knows no generational limitation as well.
Jason Klingaman and Todd Ward, both 1996 CCHS grads, founded Fort Wayne Jazz Orchestra (FWJO) that specializes in jazz and big band music.
The pair started playing while part of the schools band program and as age matured perspective, it also grew a passion for entertaining.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Columbia CityŌĆÖs Common Council took the first official steps toward making the entire city an Economic Revitalization Area (ERA).
At TuesdayŌĆÖs regular meeting, the board moved to approve a blanket ERA for the city, a topic that had been discussed in previous council meetings.
After discussions, several council members agreed ŌĆö ŌĆ£it makes sense.ŌĆØ
OSSIAN ŌĆö Despite a four-touchdown rally in the fourth quarter against Norwell Friday night, Columbia CityŌĆÖs football season came to a close in Ossian.
The Eagles faced a 28-0 deficit with less than eight minutes left in the game, but took the momentum to score four touchdowns against their Northeast Hoosier Conference foes.
Despite their efforts, the Eagles fell 45-28 in the sectional opener to a team that beat them just a week before.
SOUTH WHITLEY ┬ŁŌĆö After a strong year, WhitkoŌĆÖs football season came to a close Friday night against Bellmont.
The Wildcats had the advantage of hosting the opening round of sectional action, but a competitive Bellmont team swooped in to steal the win and keep its season alive with a final score of 35-13.
Bellmont took a quick 28-0 advantage in the first half.
The Braves opened up the game with a touchdown within the first five minutes from kickoff, on their first possession.
CHURUBUSCO ŌĆö For ChurubuscoŌĆÖs football team, the season will last at least one more week.
The Eagles defeating visiting Eastside by a final of 28-13 in a sectional quarterfinal Friday. ŌĆÖBusco will go on to play at Bremen next week in a sectional semifinal.
Churubusco had already beaten its Northeast Corner Conference rival once this year.
The Eagles beat the Blazers 31-13 for their homecoming game in ŌĆÖBusco.
EditorŌĆÖs note: The following is the third of a four-part series highlighting women in businesses throughout Whitley County.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö If a patron happens to meet Chris Redman while visiting Redman Plumbing and Heating, Inc. in downtown Columbia City, that customer has not only found a business owner, theyŌĆÖve found a friend.
ŌĆ£You have to have patience and always be nice to peopleŌĆØ Chris said. ŌĆ£People donŌĆÖt remember if you were nice to them, but they never forget if you were mean.ŌĆØ


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When the Chaos King embarks on a campaign to wipe out all of existence, Hercules gathers the God Squad to stand in his way! Writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente join artist Khoi Pham to pit Herc and his rag tag team—including Thor, the Silver Surfer and Amadeus Cho—against an all-powerful evil as dead heroes and villains rise around them!


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The Obama administration has launched the "we can't wait" initiative. Since President Obama isn't going to get much legislation approved by the Republican controlled House or the dysfunctional Senate, his administration is planning to use the powers of the executive branch to launch a series of small scale programs to help improve the lives of Americans and increase jobs.
It's true that taking significant actions to improve many aspects of the economy will be very difficult for the White House unless they can get a reluctant Congress to approve new laws. But there is at least one area where the administration has all the power it needs to make a huge impact: medical marijuana.
The executive branch already has the power to nationally legalize medical marijuana, and it doesn't require Congressional action. The Controlled Substance Act gives the executive branch the authority to change the schedule — the classification — of a drug.
The only reason medical marijuana can't be legally prescribed under federal law is that it is a schedule I drug, meaning it is legally defined as having no "acceptable medical use." But President Obama can direct the relevant agencies under his control to move marijuana to schedule III or IV. This would make marijuana use legally permissible like other schedule III drugs, such as Vicoden. This would allow doctors to legally prescribe and clinics to legally supply patients with medical marijuana, while still keeping recreational marijuana illegal.
This would be not an extraordinary or unusual executive action for Obama to take. Prescription drugs are often rescheduled by the executive branch based on new evidence. Nor would it be a politically unpopular move. Last year a Pew poll found 73 percent support medical marijuana and an ABC News/Washington Post poll found 81 percent support medical marijuana.
The current federal prohibition against medical marijuana is costing jobs and hurting patients all over the country. The Obama administration's aggressive enforcement of the federal laws against medical marijuana is preventing some states from opening medical marijuana clinics and forcing clinics to close in other states. This directly costs many jobs in the field and indirectly reduces public sector jobs by reducing local tax revenue.
If Obama is serious about the claim "we can't wait" for the Congressional Republicans, that policy should apply to medical marijuana; he doesn't need to wait for Congress. The Obama administration can change the rules to legalize medical marijuana at the federal level and can stop his administration's aggressive enforcement against it. The only thing really standing in the way of making medical marijuana legal right now is the Obama administration, not Congress.
Since Obama has this very popular, deficit reducing way to create thousands of jobs that doesn't require Congressional action, my question to him is: Why are you making us wait?


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Ginny Focht-New, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Issues of trauma, health teaching, mental health especially with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Courses Taught
HBSE I and II, Research Methods, Interpersonal Processes, Social Work Practice and
People with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, Treating Trauma
I began working as an adjunct faculty on Widener's Harrisburg campus in 2006. HBSE II was my main interest and focus. Then an offer was made to teach research first to the Master's students then also to the Doctoral students. This was a very exciting opportunity! While my background is in nursing, my work has focused on supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a marginalized and oppressed population, for over 40 years.
My main focus as a faculty takes a learner-centered approach. I believe that students learn when new information is presented in an interactive manner. Students are encouraged to take an active role in their education. Relating academic information to practice is important in my teaching strategies. I believe that students need to know how new knowledge is important to their every day work and personal lives. I enjoy teaching topics that students struggle to find interesting. Overall, I love teaching and learning with the students!
In addition to working at Widener I maintain a small therapy and consultant practice that allows me to bring my clinical experience and examples into the classroom. Social work practices and values are at the center of my practice and educational approaches. Students are encouraged to view people from the person's perspective, experiences, and environment; understand and develop people's strengths to learn address their own challenges; and view people with empathy and compassion.
I teach Human Behavior in the Social Environment II, Interpersonal Processes, Research Methods, Data Analysis, Trauma elective, and an elective about people with IDD in the Master's program, and Qualitative Research in the Doctoral program.
- PhD in Nursing, Widener University, Chester, PA.
- Dissertation titled – "A Transformation Process – Health Teaching by Nurses to Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities."
- MSN in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Phila, PA
- BSN, Widener University, Chester, PA
- ANCC – Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist in 1996
- DDNA – Certified Developmental Disabilities Nurses
Professional Activities
- Volunteer to Project Homeless Connect in Harrisburg.
- Self employed family, individual, and couples therapist. Current practice is mainly with adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, which other therapists will not provide services to.
- Consultant to a variety of facilities providing services to adults with intellectual/ developmental disabilities who have had traumatic experiences and are dually diagnosed with mental illness. Have provided services in PA, NJ, NY, CA, MT, and Canada.
- Legal Expert on cases in PA, NJ, and NY
- Residential agency for persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities for 18 years in positions of Nurse, Director of Nursing, Assistant Director, and Director
Published Articles
- Focht-New, G. (2012). Transformation through health teaching for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A qualitative study. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
- Focht-New, G., Barol, B., Clements, P.T., & Milliken, T. (April, 2008). Persons with developmental disabilities exposed to interpersonal violence and crime: Approaches to intervention. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care: The Journal of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, 44, 89-98.
- Focht-New, G., Clements, P.T., Barol, B., Service, K. & Faulkner, M. (Jan. 2008). Persons with developmental disabilities exposed to interpersonal violence and crime: The impact of intrapsychic trauma. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care: The Journal for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, 44, 3-13.
- Focht-New, G., & Clements, P.T. (2005). A review of Guidebook on Helping Persons with Mental Retardation Mourn by Jeffrey Kauffman. New York: Baywood Publishing Company, 2005. 124 pp. (ISBN 0-89503-300-3.) Review for Journal of Death Studies.
- Focht-New, V. (2004). Expanding our expectations: Individual and group counseling as effective therapy with people who have disabilities. Positive Approaches, 6(2), 1-10.
- Clements, P. & Focht-New, G. (2004). Grief in the shadows: Exploring loss and bereavement in people with developmental disabilities, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 25, 799-808.
- Focht-New, V. (1996), Beyond Abuse: Treatment approaches for people with disabilities, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 17, 427-438.
Special Recognition
- Dean's Award, Widener University, School of Nursing Doctoral Students – 2010
- Lillian Sholtis Brunner Award for Innovative Practice in Nursing,
- University of Pennsylvania Alumni – May, 1998
- Dean's Award, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing Masters' Students – 1994


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SMART goals system can make us much more productive. If our goals are SMART goals, we can easily complete that goals and increase our productivity in achievements.
Everything that we do have own reason why we do that.
That reasons can be simply our wishes where everything starts.
That reasons can be our goals that also can be produced from our own wishes.
Our productivity can be measured through our success to achieve that goals. If we achieve our goals quickly, with less investment of time, money and effort, we can tell that we are more productive.
How we set our goals will have a large impact of their achievement. If our goals are clear and ensure our focus to their best achievement our productivity in achievement of the goals will be much greater.
On the other hand, when we set up our goals, we can make a mistake setting up goals, which are:
- Difficult to monitor their implementation, and simply we can't know whether they are achieved or not.
- Too general that don't give us the real benefits why we need to achieve them.
- Unachievable that means we will work on something that we can't achieve.
- Without a time frame when they must be achieved that will give us the sense of urgency.
Such goals can be large source of our unproductive efforts of their achievement.
How we can ensure better goals to be more productive in their achievement?
The answer is simple. Using SMART goals system to set up your goals you can drastically improve their achievement.
Your goals need to be SMART goals.
What that mean? They need to be:
- Specific. Your goals need to be precise as much as possible. You need to ask yourself are your goals specific? For example, your specific goal is to make $200.000 profit. Unspecific goal is to make a profit.
- Measurable. Your goals need to be measured which will enable you to measure the progress through them. How you will know that you achieve some of your goals if you don't have specific measures or indicators that will tell you about your success. If you can easily measure the progress of achievements of your goals you can easily improve your productivity.
- Achievable. Your goals need to be achievable. You can't make something that is not achievable. I know that we always want something more. But, do we have potential to make that more reality. For example, can you achieve the $200.000,00 profit? If you can't, better change your goals. Achievable goals will enable you to make tasks that you have the potential to complete.
- Realistic. Are they realistic? You want to achieve the goal to make $200.000,00 profit, but do you and your business are prepared for such a goal? Is there market size that will promise achievement of such a goal? Sometimes the real constraint to achieve our goals can be external environment that will define if something is realistic or not.
- Time Limited. Are they time-limited? If you don't make your goals time limited than you simply don't have the goals at all. Without time limit there are not sense of urgency or simply knowledge about what you need to do and when. For example, your goal will be something like this: I will make $200.000,00 profit in the next twelve months.


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Gallic Books was founded by Managing Director, Jane Aitken, working with Editorial Director, Pilar Webb. Colleagues for many years at Random House UK, they are both committed francophiles. They published their first books two years ago in the belief that English-speaking readers would welcome the chance to read new French writing in translation. And this has proved to be true notably with the success of Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
The Book Depository: What/who do you see as your primary market?
Gallic Books: Our core market are independent-minded readers who are looking for something a bit different. Our books do not have massive marketing campaigns, so are not necessarily the most visible in bookshops but have a good web following and do well in independent bookshops where the booksellers can get behind them. I think our books can be categorised as quality fiction, although not necessarily literary, and we have a range of genres from historical crime and historical fiction through contemporary fiction to black comedy.
The Book Depository: What are the principal challenges/opportunities you see at the moment in the business of publishing books?
Gallic Books: I think the major challenge is to get your book noticed amongst the heavily promoted celebrity bestsellers. Over Christmas for example the whole retail trade was sucked towards, Parkinson, French, Walters et al, and many of the promotional slots were taken up by celebrities' biographies or recipe books.
But this dominance does create an opportunity for independent publishers to provide the antidote in the form of interesting or quirky fiction. And the vibrancy of independent publishing shows that smaller publishers are responding to the opportunity -- publishers like Snow Books, Tindal Street, Myrmidon, Maia, Hesperus... and, of course, Gallic!
The Book Depository: What brings you to the decision to publish a particular title/author?
Gallic Books: I think the main criteria are that we must have really enjoyed reading a book in the original French, and that we feel it has a potential UK market. Apart from that we're not too prescriptive in how we choose.
We found our first books by immersing ourselves in the French book world and scouring French bookshops both in London and Paris. We were looking for good stories with a French twist; we started by reading anything that looked interesting and found ourselves drawn to historical crime, which remains a very important genre for us. Of course the quality of the writing was important, but we also chose authors who had enjoyed recognition in France.
The Book Depository: What books are you most proud of having published?
Gallic Books: That's a tough one, but we'd have to go for the first two titles with which we launched Gallic Books.
Firstly, Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner, the first of the Victor Legris Mysteries set in belle-epoque Paris, and very successful in France but which would never have been picked up for translation. We designed and positioned it and the series has really established a following in the UK. There's now even a US edition.
The second title was The Chatelet Apprentice by Jean-Francois Parot, the first in the Nicolas Le Floch series of crime in eighteenth-century Paris. Much darker than the Claude Izner, it's massive in France where they've just launched the TV series. We launched it in trade paperback which was a gamble that paid off. It may take time, as it did in France, but the signs are that the UK public is starting to see what a fantastic read Commissioner Le Floch's investigations are.
And of course we're tremendously proud of being the UK publishers of the million-selling French phenomenon The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, which has been getting a lot of attention in the UK.
The Book Depository: What books are you working on right now?
Gallic Books: Lots! Our first non-fiction title is out in July -- Anna Sam's Checkout: a Life on the Tills. Anna spent eight years working as a checkout girl and her book is a witty look at what it's really like to work in supermarket, and what customers reveal about themselves as they pass through the till.
We're also publishing The Gourmet, Muriel Barbery's first book in September. It features one of the characters from Hedgehog, an important French food critic. As he lies dying he is tormented because he is unable to recall the most delicious food ever to pass his lips. Desperate to taste it one last time he looks back over the years to see if he can pin down the elusive dish.
Another exciting project for us is the publication of Napoleon's only novella, Clisson and Eugenie, which Napoleon wrote when he was only 26 and before miltary preoccupations put an end to his writing career.
Finally, we are embarking next year on a new fiction series about a young psychiatrist named Hector. In the first book, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Hector sets off round the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy (and sad) and whether there is such a thing as the secret of true happiness. It's another book with a massive international following that has not previously been available in English. We will publish the second title in the Hector's Journeys series in February 2011 -- Hector and the Secrets of Love.
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New XFCE features in Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr
Great news: on April 17th, 2014 Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr was released! Should you upgrade right away or to wait. This is a tough question. I was still on Xubuntu 12.04, because that was the previous LTS. My strategy is to upgrade from LTS to LTS. This gives me serious improvements every upgrade, but only once every two years. Also I think that most production environments will not follow Ubuntu's regular release schedule of two new versions per year. So with the Easter days off I decided to give Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr a shot. I noticed the following new XFCE features:
1) New XFCE start menu (Whiskermenu)
It sure looks pretty, but I cannot start the start menu with the (Windows) "start" key on my keyboard (called "Super" in Linux).
By adding the above highlighted line, it works as I expected. Now I can press the "start" key and start typing. Also I would change the line that says "xflock4″ from the default "Ctrl-Alt-Del" to "Super+L" allowing for locking pressing the Windows key and letter "L" combination.
2) Snap-to-side window maximizing
This image from WindowSpace shows how Snap-to-side works:
It also clearly explains how "Snap-to-corner" works:
To get "Snap-to-side" behavior to work properly in Xubuntu you may want to disable the highlighted checkbox:
To get "Snap-to-corner" functionality working in Xubuntu you may actually have to wait a little. Both Alistair Buxton and Štěpán Dalecký have written patches for XFCE:
These may make it in a next release. It is a pity that XFCE does not support this yet. Maybe PyWO – Python Window Organizer is a good alternative to this. Or does anyone have another trick for this?
3) There is only one panel
By default, XFCE now only has one panel and it is on the top. It contains both the start button, the window buttons (for all open windows) and the clock and notification icons. Actually, the panel is just like the one in Windows XP, but instead of on the bottom it is on the top. I prefer to add a bottom panel that contain the window buttons and remove those from the top panel. This gives me the old and familiar "Gnome 2″ feeling and that makes me happy.
- Right click the top panel
- Choose: Panel – Panel Preferences
- Press the green "+" to add "Panel 1″
- Drag it to the bottom
- Make the "Display" tab of "Panel 1″ equal to "Panel 0″
- Add the "Show Desktop" and "Window Buttons" in the "Items" tab
- Remove the "Window Buttons" from the "Items" tab in "Panel 0″
I added a shortcut for the start menu, changed the way the window snapping works and added a second panel. With these small modifications on, I like XFCE in the new Xubuntu even better. If you want to highlight other new XFCE features, or have improvements on the ones above, then let us know using the comments.
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XFCE is what users want because it's light, fast and simple.
I do not know if I'm on the correct forum
I have one problem. turn off xubuntu 14.04. HDD finalize work but the screen
stays on. only helps hard off the PC. can anyone solve this problem?
I have a laptop extensa 5220
Thanks in advance for the constructive approach.
Here's a video that shows how to use the Super key to open WhiskerMenu…
Great tips for people who still have to use Windows at work. I love it! The only things I liked about Win7 were the Win Key and the Snap -to -Side. I have it all now!
Xubuntu 14.04
While I'd love for the Super key to work like it does in Windows, your solution does not quite cut it. The problem is that it makes the menu appear immeiately upon keypress, so when I want to use another keyboard shortcut involving the Super key then BOTH fire – I get both the WhiskerMenu AND a terminal window when I press Super-T, for example. I'm looking for a solution that waits until the Super key is *released* with NO other key having been pressed before popping up the menu. If another key WAS pressed in combination with the Super key, then the WhiskerMenu should NOT launch. THAT would be just like Windows.
Ideas, anyone?


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Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has admitted that he is confused by the team's poor season under David Moyes, as reported by Sky Sports.
United have no chance of qualifying for the Champions League for next season and are facing a real battle to grab a Europa League spot with Everton and Tottenham.
Moyes has struggled in his first season at Old Trafford despite signs of a resurgence lately.
De Gea is struggling to see why the champions have been so poor at times this season and just why their form in Europe has been superior to that of the Premier League.
"It's hard to say why. There's no particular reason for it," De Gea said.
"But we've certainly played better and been more consistent in Europe than in the league.
"They're two different competitions and things haven't gone well in the league, but the Champions League is a special competition, the team have done well.
"It's been quite a tough period for us in the league and we were down after the defeats to Liverpool and (Manchester) City.
"But we are United and we must lift ourselves and fight."
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|15-5-2009 - potting training??
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So when i dropped Aiden off at school today his teacher mentioned that she's going to begin potty training some of the kids in her class and asked if I was ready to start Aiden and that she would help while he is there with her. Is it too soon? he's only 14 months old.. has anyone heard of potty training this early? he's in the older infant class and i've been in daycare for 4 yrs now and we've always started potty training in the toddler room 18-24 month class... do you think i should start or no i'm not so sure he'd get the hang out it this early. any opinions are welcome!


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- Get through the summer months with the comfortable and ventilated style of the Glisan Sandal by Keen®.
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Flights to Bora Bora from Melbourne
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Walter Brasch: Here are two names you probably never heard of. Sergeant First Class Clifford E. Beattie and Private First Class Ramon Mora Jr.
Afghan War Goes Savage
Roadside Bombs Blow Off Legs, Testicles The death toll of American soldiers in Afghanistan has jumped to 1,516 since 2001. 886 of the deaths have occurred during the Obama presidency. Pentagon predictions of heavier fighting ahead could translate to the overall dead reaching 1,900 during the 2012 presidential campaign. With more American boots on the […]
Pentagon Health Plan Won't Cover Brain-Damage Therapy for Troops
T. Christian Miller and Daniel Zwerdling: Traumatic brain injury is considered the "signature wound" of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Official military statistics show that more than 115,000 soldiers have suffered mild traumatic brain injuries since the wars began. Shock waves from roadside bombs can ripple through soldiers' brains, causing damage that sometimes leaves no visible scars but may cause lasting mental and physical harm.
High Time to Rethink the Cost of Wars
Tracy Emblem: Why have we so readily forgotten that Americans were told there were "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq as the reason for our military invasion when this turned out to be false. Like Iraq, there is absolutely no guarantee our troops will be withdrawn by 2012. From the Russian-Afghanistan experience, we should readily expect it will take much longer than the six years we previously spent in Iraq.


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Alongside covers and spreads in Tatler, Jalouse and ASOS, Aussie starlet Isabel Lucas now has a fantastic spread in the new issue of US Marie Claire magazine! It's a fun and funky 8-page feature with new photos and a brief article/interview, and Isabel looks amazing! Head on over to Isabel Lucas Online to see scans from the issue.
A big thanks goes to our friend Maria for the heads-up on this.
We fans over at Isabel Lucas Online are really excited about the increased attention Ms Lucas is getting at the moment, and we can't wait to see what will come next as promotion for her new movie Immortals expands in the next weeks. We're ready to cover it all for you, so make sure you drop by Isabel Lucas Online to keep up with it all and share in the excitement! We may even have a few treats in store for you soon …
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If you love great tunes, check out our March Soul-Savin' Music Calendar and Podcast. We have 3 locations that feature musicians both from our backyard as well as from all over the country. Happy jammin'!
Home Made Liquids & Solids – Longmont March Music Calendar & Podcast
Friday 3/1- Jonny Barber & the Rhythm Razors
Saturday 3/2- The Delta Sonics blues band
Sunday 3/3- Felonius Smith acoustic blues band
Tuesday 3/5- Longmont Christian & Frederick jazz bands 7pm
Thursday 3/7- David Booker
Friday 3/8- Rebel Tongue
Saturday 3/9-Girls on top
Sunday 3/10- George Nelson band
Tuesday 3/12- Longmont youth jazz all star band 7pm
Thursday 3/14- Grabaw & Krimmel Irish duo
Friday 3/15- Bonnie & the Clydes
Saturday 3/16 – Hay Penny Bridge Irish band
Sunday 3/17- Indigent Row Irish Rock band
Thursday 3/21- Steve Manshel solo
Friday 3/22- Kenny Perkins band
Saturday 3/23- Ethyl & the Regulars
Sunday 3/24- Jason Hicks & Amy Stott
Thursday 3/28- Ash & Andria Ganley
Friday 3/29-Jababa funk band
Saturday 3/30- Surburbon Cowboy Noise band
Sunday 3/31- Words in Flight band
Every Sunday 12-3pm bluegrass pick
Every Monday 7:30-11pm electric Blues jam
Thursday shows are 5:30-8:30 in dinning room
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9pm
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew – Lyons March Music Calendar & Podcast
Friday 3/1- Rocktin Grove band
Saturday 3/2- One Ton Pig bluegrass band
Sunday 3/3- The Swing Chicks
Wednesday 3/6- 1st Wednesday music club 7:30pm
Friday 3/8- Miss Tess & The Talkbacks
Saturday 3/9- Wendy Woo band
Sunday 3/10- Firing Line bluegrass band
Monday 3/11- Old Time music pick 7pm
Friday 3/15- Finders & Youngberg
Saturday 3/16- Indigent Row Irish rock band
Sunday 3/17- Gadbaw & Krimmel's Irish band
Wednesday 3/20 tribute to TBA
Thursday 3/21- Montessori school benefit 7-10:30pm
Friday 3/22- Gipsy Moon jamgrass band
Saturday 3/23- Danny Shafer's 21st Century band
Sunday 3/24- Mike Finders & Alex Johnstone
Friday 3/29 – Sally Van Meter Project
Saturday 3/30 The Gromet progressive bluegrass band
Sunday 3/31- Katie Glassman band
Every Tuesday bluegrass pick 8-11pm
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9pm all ages & free
* indicates national touring acts
Tasty Weasel Taproom – Longmont March Music Calendar
Saturday 3/2- The Wolftones
Saturday 3/9- Tony Trahan duo
Monday 3/11- open stage
Saturday 3/16- Kevin Dooley Irish duo
Saturday 3/23- Kort McCumber
Monday 3/25- open stage
Saturday 3/30- Highway 287
Monday open stages are 6-8pm
Saturday shows are 4:30-6:30pm