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1864. "Point of Rocks, Virginia (vicinity). Redoubt 'Zabriskie' on Appomattox River." Civil War glass negative collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
The architectural ubermensch of Miami Beach, best remembered for the Fontainebleau Hotel.
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This Second Empire edifice opened in April 1878 as the Working-Women's Hotel, only to close eight weeks later due to an acute case of insolvency. Reopened as the Park Avenue Hotel, the cast-iron marvel at 34th Street lasted until 1924, when it was replaced by an office tower.
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We already told you about the Acer beTouch E110, and now we are pleased to announce that it has just been approved by the FCC and is capable of launching on AT&T's 3G network. However, just because it is capable of running on AT&T's network here in the U.S. – does not mean that it will. It could also launch via Rogers in Canada. (Who also just announced the Acer Liquid e.)
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Mining firm raising P348 M from rights, private placement
Nihao Mineral Resources International Inc. is raising a total of P348 million from a combination of private placement of shares and a stock rights offering to fund more acquisitions of mining rights.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Nihao said it is raising P108 million from the private placement of new shares to stockbroker Jerry Angping at a huge discount to market price.
The firm is issuing 80 million shares via private placement to Angping at the issue price of P1.35 per share for a total consideration of P108 million in cash. The firm's shares closed at P3.15 each at the PSE.
"Proceeds of the share issuance shall be used to fund business expansion that the Company plans to undertake in 2011, including acquisition of mining tenements and mining rights together with incidental expenses for due diligence and research and development," Nihao said.
The shares to be issued to Angping shall be subject to the appropriate regulatory approvals.
In order to provide shareholders equal opportunity to subscribe to new share issuances of the company, the Nihao board approved the issuance of additional shares of stock via stock rights offering (SRO) at an even lower price.
The SRO shall be implemented on a 2:5 proportion i.e. five shares held by a qualified stockholder shall entitle said stockholder to subscribe to two shares at the par value of one peso (P1.00) per share.
NiHAO has an outstanding capital of 600 million shares and this will translate to 240 million rights offer shares at the rate of two rights shares for every five held.
Earlier this year, NiHAO invested a total of P203 million in privately-held nickel mining firm Oriental Vision Mining Philippines Corporation (ORVI).
NiHAO corporate secretary Arsenio Cabrera Jr. said NiHAO is has initially bought 30 percent of ORVI by acquiring 3,000 shares from various shareholders for P3 million.
In addition, NiHAO has agreed to extend shareholder advances amounting to P140 million in favor of ORVI for the purpose of funding the existing mining projects of ORVI.
Cabrera said NiHAO had also committed to buy an additional 60,000 shares from current ORVI shareholders for a purchase price of P60 million once the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the increase in ORVI's authorized capital to P400 million.
ORVI is currently developing and operating three nickel projects in Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte and Isabela provinces.
Among these is the Palhi nickel project in Mount Palhi, Tubajon, Libho and Cagdianao, Surigao del Norte comprising 2,314 hectares containing deposits of chromite, nickel and other associated mineral depoits.
Also containing nickel and chromite is ORVI's 1,225 hectare Sangay nickel project in Carmen, Loreto, Surigao del Norte and the 2,391 hectare Dinapigue nickel project in Dinapigue, Isabela.
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See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryLine breaks: horse|back
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːsbak/
Definition of horseback in English:
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Mounted on a horse: [as adjective]: a horseback parade [as adverb]: they rode horseback along the trail
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Sodus/Lakeland FL: Passed away on February 16th at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years Audrey; children Lawrence (Kim) Pulver, Sandra (John) Porschet, Terry (Joan) Pulver, Debbi Himes (Craig Brownell), Lucinda (Craig) Wollesen, Tamara (Chris) Hall; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, including special niece and nephew David and Kathy Barnes.
Predeceased by parents, sisters Genevieve and Gladys; and brother William. A Graveside Military Service will be held Saturday June 15th at 11 a.m. at the Sodus Rural Cemetery. Arr: Norton Funeral Home of Sodus. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Humane Society of Wayne County, 1475 County House Road, Lyons, NY 14489.


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The new Mario Kart feels old, in the very best way: It feels like as much fun as you used to have playing old versions of the game against your friends. Vivid HD graphics, new tracks, new items, and new tricks like anti-gravity make it and a must-buy if you own a Wii U.
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McCain Leads Both Obama and Clinton in Mississippi
Rasmussen Reports has taken a look at the Presidential primary in Mississippi, a state that is considered to be solidly in the Republican column. And the results are not surprise, with McCain leading both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
If the race were to be between McCain and Obama, McCain would win by a margin of 50 to 44%. McCain got 84% of the Republican vote, 15% of the Democratic and 53% of the independent. Obama would get 76% of the Democratic vote, 14% of the Republican and 37% of the independent, no surprise since Mississippi is considered a red states. The only thing would be the fact that Obama gets about the same amount of the Republican vote as McCain does the Democratic.
If the race were to be between McCain and Clinton, McCain would win by a margin of 48 to 38%, not that much of a difference than with Obama which is a bit of a surprise since Obama did so well with the Southern states. McCain would get 84% of the Republican vote, 12% of the Democratic and 52% of the Independent. Clinton would get 69% of the Democratic, 11% of the Republican and 29% of the independent. Again, Clinton gets about the same amount of Republican votes as McCain does Democratic. The big difference here is the number of voters who would choose another candidate and that accounts for the big differential. There are 15% of the Democrats and 10% of the independents who would vote for a different candidate. Since the percentages for McCain are pretty much the same with both opponents, the difference is because some who would vote for Obama would not vote for Clinton.
In the primaries, Obama beat Clinton by a margin of 61 to 37% and McCain came in first with 79% while Huckabee came in second with 13% and Paul came in third with 4%.
In the past 10 Presidential elections, Mississippi has voted Republican 8 times, Democratic 1 time and for third parties 1 time. Out of these, they have picked the winner 7 times, including the one Democrat. Mississippi is the one state that does give its electoral college votes to independent or third party candidates more so than any other state does. It would take something catastrophic for Mississippi to end up on the Democratic side of the ledger, even though it appears that the race, especially between McCain and Obama is pretty close.


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We've already done a full fashion face-off between Pretty Little Liars' Hanna (Ashley Benson) and Gossip Girls' Serena (Blake Lively), but it looks like the competition is carrying over in real life too.
Ashley, who was spotted wearing cobalt blue pants outside her New York City hotel on January 1, 2012, paired the pants with distressed work boots, a black jacket, and bright green sunglasses. We can't help but think of Blake's similar bottoms, that she wore with a sequin blazer and flip-flops, on set of Gossip Girl back in 2010.
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America's Next Top Model
Exclusive! Whitney Thompson on How She Helps People Look, Live, and Feel Like Supermodels
Whitney Thompson, Cycle 10 winner of America's Next Top Model (the first plus-size contestant) and a model for Wilhelmina, explains why she decided to open her own business.
I initially created my jewelry and candle company, Supermodel, because I wanted to be in control of something. Modeling is a fun job and I love it, but you don't get to make any decisions. Someone tells you where to be, what to wear, how to look, what to do, and more, at every gig. I'm not a control freak or anything but when the biggest decision you get to make in your career is how you take your coffee, you might want to rethink what you're doing.
I have a good friend that has a jewelry company and she suggested that I start working on something similar. She really pushed me into it, picking out all of the pieces and constantly mailing me samples wherever I was in the country. It didn't click until I moved from New York to Los Angeles that it was something I should get into. That's when I really dove into starting up the company. One of the other cool products I decided to sell were massage candles, which turn into massage oil as they melt. I had never seen anything like that before!
Suddenly I was designing logos, naming new scents, picking out containers, talking to lawyers, and creating a real company. It felt good to have something in my life that I could control every aspect of, while continuing to model in my spare time.
When I started the company the recession had just hit and I decided that I wanted everything to be made in America. Sure, it would cost a lot more money, but it would be worth it for the quality of the company. As a model, you have to put your name on things that you don't like sometimes. My company would be something that I could be proud of. Everything is handmade in New York City and we ship orders all over the world.
I knew that once Supermodel.com was up and running I would want a way to give back to the reason I had been able to create it in the first place. I didn't win America's Next Top Model Cycle 10 because I was pretty. I won because I had a message. I wanted people to feel better about themselves.
Unfortunately, the media has made us believe that "skinny" is the same thing as "healthy." The average American woman is a size 14, but size 6 is considered plus size — some agencies even consider a size 4 too fat to model. With all of these unrealistic expectations swirling around us all of the time, it's no wonder that anorexia kills more people than any other mental illness. I had my father contact the National Eating Disorder Association to tell them that Supermodel would be donating a percentage from all candle proceeds to them. They responded by asking if I would be a spokesperson for them and I, of course, was thrilled to accept.
Modeling is still my number one priority. I love traveling to exotic locations and shooting with interesting people, but it's nice that even when I come home I have Supermodel waiting for me. I love to make people feel more beautiful! I love that I sell good, quality products and that I get to be involved enough to send autographed pictures along with my orders (what other company does that?). I look forward to expanding the company to a lingerie line as well as a shoe company and who knows what else from there! What's most important to me is helping people look, live, and feel like a Supermodel.
In addition to her thriving modeling career, Whitney also designs and sells candles and jewelry on her website ShopSupermodel.com, where a percentage of the proceeds go to the National Eating Disorder Association. You can also follow her on Twitter @WhitneyANTM.
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Jun 04 2014
Todd Through the Years
Lying back on Aunt Missy's lap.
Hungwee and cold and tie-yerrrrd.
He will always have this exact face.
During his Marvel Comics stage.
Having a head-butting match with his Uncle Tim. Pretty typical.
He loves to smile; smiling's his favorite.
(Name that movie.)
He loves to lie down on his horse when it's cold.
I can not imagine a world without you in it.
659 Comments and 13 Replies
Jeanna On Thursday, June 5 at 7:52 am
OMG, he is just too adorable! B r lated Happy Birthday to Todd!
Debbie P On Thursday, June 5 at 8:05 am
Happy Birthday, Todd! Precious pictures. Man they grow up way too fast!
Debi On Thursday, June 5 at 8:20 am
Happy Birthday, Todd! My son wants to know if you collect Pokemon cards?
Susan On Thursday, June 5 at 9:17 am
Where's the smoking photo? It is one of my ALL TIME favorites! Happy, Happy Birthday!
Teresa Brunker On Thursday, June 5 at 9:24 am
Happy Birthday Big Guy!!! Todd is such a loving, sweet and caring child!!! All of your children are!!! But today we celebrate Todd and all the wonderful photos that warm our hearts and make us smile!!! Happy Birthday Todd from Ray & Teresa Brunker!!!
Ginger H On Thursday, June 5 at 9:31 am
Happy Birthday Todd. May all your wishes and dreams come true! Thank you Ree, for just being yourself and sharing the love that you have for your family and life.
Tissy On Thursday, June 5 at 9:33 am
Toddie is absolutely precious! I love hearing what comes out of his sweet lil' mouth. I so enjoy hearing and seeing him on Food Network's, "The Pioneer Woman". Not only is he bootiful with those adorable blue eyes, but oh-so-wise. When he walks in and says, "Hey, honey!" or when he's eating, he says, "This is awesome! You're awesome, Mom." He is something to behold….what a wonderful gift from God!!!! I am so interested in seeing what he does in life….(hopefully, follow his daddy's footsteps) You all are SO blessed! Happy Birthday, Toddie!
PBE On Thursday, June 5 at 9:52 am
Srsly dude why do u make me tear up at work?!! Heart breakingly sweet
Lisa On Thursday, June 5 at 10:35 am
Happy Birthday Todd! Ree, your photos and comments got me all ferklempt!
Chris McGetrick On Thursday, June 5 at 10:38 am
What a great kid. Happy Birthday.
GloGlo On Thursday, June 5 at 10:39 am
What beautiful pictures of an easy subject, those eyes are to die! He will be some lucky girl's cowboy and a heartbreaker, WOW!
Wanday On Thursday, June 5 at 10:59 am
Awe, Happy Birthday, Todd!! P.S. The movie is one of top 10 favs! "ELF"! I actually drive ppl crazy at the holidays with quotes from this movie..I set my VM's with an Elf quote! I really don't think ive ever had an original thought! hahahahaha I just love movies…
Dianna S. On Thursday, June 5 at 11:06 am
A day late……Happy Birthday, Todd!! May all your wishes come true!
Kelly Marlin On Thursday, June 5 at 11:10 am
That is the cutest little saddle that I have EVER seen (and I have seen a lot of them) in the picture where he is riding by himself. I miss those days when my boy was small like that.
Cheryl On Thursday, June 5 at 11:10 am
Adorable young man! His expressions remind me of my youngest son who is 19 now
carah;) On Thursday, June 5 at 11:13 am
Love!!! Hope you had an amazingly Happy Birthday Todd!!!!
Phyllis W On Thursday, June 5 at 11:31 am
Happy Birthday Todd!!!! You are awesome…
Kris On Thursday, June 5 at 12:02 pm
Love so much, I think you should have one more! <3
Rene Foust On Thursday, June 5 at 12:29 pm
What a handsome young man! Happy Birthday Todd
Beth S On Thursday, June 5 at 12:30 pm
Those eyes!! How gorgeous. You have beautiful children!
Linda C S On Thursday, June 5 at 12:32 pm
Happy Birthday! What a sweet and polite young man he is. How proud you must be!
Mandy On Thursday, June 5 at 12:58 pm
Thank you for sharing! I have so much to be happy for, and because of this post, I'm well reminded. Happy birthday to your baby!
patty On Thursday, June 5 at 1:04 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Todd and thank you for bringing us so much joy watching you grow-up.
Bonnie Welch On Thursday, June 5 at 1:10 pm
Oh My Lord, those eyes!…Thank you for sharing your family with the rest of the world. It never ceases to amaze me to see the wonders of God's grace in the faces of our children and grandchildren. Thank you Ree!
Wilna On Thursday, June 5 at 1:19 pm
I've watched Todd grow up thru your blog and shows, he is a sweetheart in every way, hope he had an awesome birthday! I'm a day late, because we share June 4th with Todd….but it's not a birthday, just 49 years together, lol.
Beth On Thursday, June 5 at 1:25 pm
Very heartwarming, he'll always be your baby….(Elf!)
Mariah Titus On Thursday, June 5 at 2:42 pm
Happy Birthday to your little man!!!
Laura Russell On Thursday, June 5 at 3:09 pm
He appears to be such a joy. I love how you capture the love and emotion of him with other members of the family. You are so lucky to have such a beautiful family. Thanks for sharing with us.
Susan On Thursday, June 5 at 3:43 pm
Happy Birthday Todd!
Heidi On Thursday, June 5 at 4:04 pm
What a cutie P!
Happy Birthday!
Carolyn Brown On Thursday, June 5 at 4:04 pm
Ree, I love your kids! They cheer me so much and your photos of them are wonderful. You can see that those kids are happy and well adjusted! Thanks for sharing them with us! Give Bryce an extra squeeze from me! I don't have "favorites" except for one exception, Bryce! He is a corker! Carolyn
Nancy On Thursday, June 5 at 5:31 pm
Yesterday was my baby's birthday too, Natalie, but she turned 28. I can't imagine the world without her either. Happy birthday to Todd and Natalie.
Karen On Thursday, June 5 at 6:26 pm
Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy!
Patti On Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 pm
Love the pictures!!! Have a great day Todd. Happy Birthday!!
Deb Brod On Thursday, June 5 at 7:18 pm
Happy Birthday Mr. Todd!
Janice On Thursday, June 5 at 9:11 pm
Adorable! Adorable! Adorable!
Jeannie Peregrine On Thursday, June 5 at 11:29 pm
Sweetest Little Guy Ever! He is always so happy to be eating your food and so complimentary on your show. What a Keeper!
Lauren On Friday, June 6 at 2:32 am
What a gorgeous little man you have there. He reminds me of my baby (who will be 6 this summer, NO!). What is it about little boys with big blue eyes, with that glint of mischevious personality!? I can't handle it. Thanks for sharing him with us.
jeannie L W On Friday, June 6 at 5:57 am
Precious! Thank you for sharing. Love on your boy…the days, years go by fast. Missing my boy…
Debbie J. On Friday, June 6 at 10:01 am
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Denise R. On Friday, June 6 at 12:37 pm
Those eyes! Love them. He has ladykiller eyes. In a good way of course. They are gorgeous. He is sweet boy. You are blessed with a beautiful family.
Lisa in AZ On Friday, June 6 at 5:00 pm
Hey Ree, gorgeous photos as usual. Thought you would like to know that you made the New York Times Crossword puzzle today! Check out "48 across" on the June 6th daily puzzle. Now you know you've REALLY made it And I'd love for you to stop by my blog…
mary stuman On Friday, June 6 at 5:31 pm
Boy is he ever going to be a heartthrob to the young ladies – so cute
Regina On Saturday, June 7 at 1:00 pm
You made me cry! Very precious….your boy and this post. My oldest baby boy, Jonathan, will be 26 tomorrow. Oh to put them in our pockets when they are little and leave them there to take out and treasure again and again before they get so busy for their mommas. Happy Birthday, Todd
Cath Moran On Saturday, June 7 at 9:18 pm
He is precious…those blue eyes are gonna be a heart breaker some day…
Happy Birthday to your little man
Linda On Sunday, June 8 at 3:16 am
You can see the future in those blue eyes!
Tracey On Sunday, June 8 at 9:49 am
This guy is the cutest, most positive kid in the world! Every time he is on the show, he makes me smile. He loves everything and that is a joy to behold!
sabrina On Sunday, June 8 at 2:46 pm
What age is Todd now? We have just watched an old episode of yours today and you were celebrating his 7th birthday. Happy belated birthday!
Vicki in NC On Sunday, June 8 at 9:19 pm
jane H On Monday, June 9 at 6:32 am
I just loved this post! My son is off to college in Norman and I miss him so very much, This was a lovely tribute to Todd, Happy Birthday Todd, a few days late .
Carol On Monday, June 9 at 12:21 pm
Glad to see Todd loves the Falcons. I do too. He is precious
Iris On Tuesday, June 10 at 12:08 am
Happy belated Birthday, Todd. Your eyes have been beautiful/handsome since you were a "wee one".
Audra On Tuesday, June 10 at 11:16 am
This just made me cry! So great!
Audrey On Tuesday, June 10 at 2:09 pm
Sweet! Love this post Ree!
Kim On Wednesday, June 11 at 3:48 am
Happy (belated) birthday to your youngest, how time does fly! I remember pics of everyone from your blog's beginnings, and I feel like an elderly woman, voice cracking, when I want to say, "oh look at how big he's getting! Need to sit a spell with my Werther's originals." Anyhow, happy birthday to your youngest, many happy years and good wishes your way!
Marie from New Hampshire On Tuesday, July 1 at 3:45 am
Thank you Ree and family for showing your beautiful pictures, sharing parts of your life and sharing them!!
Carol in KY On Tuesday, August 5 at 2:57 pm
And he loves everything he eats. "This is the best…I've ever had."
Michelle Kerns On Thursday, August 28 at 8:27 pm
He looks a lot like MARLBORO MAN. I hope he had a Happy Birthday.


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Coined by San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio in a July 11 press release, "cat tax" was a catchphrase destined to go viral. Even the U.K.'s Daily Mail wrote about what DeMaio described as a "revenue grab" by the city.
But the issue's not as simple as its moniker. Requiring cat owners to vaccinate and register their pets and pay a $25 fee was the last of 10 recommendations in an audit of the city's $9-million animal-services contract with county. Before those recommendations even made it to the five-person Audit Committee (DeMaio's a member), the Mayor's office had already shot down the cat tax.
"If you look at the presentation of this entire audit as a 'cat tax'… it really overshadows the fact that there's $3.2 million worth of findings for taxpayers," Assistant City Auditor Chris Constantin says.
DeMaio failed to mention that in his press release or subsequent press conference.
The audit's main finding is that from 2008 to 2010, the city paid roughly $1.9 million more than it should for animal services due to a cost-allocation formula that emphasizes population over calls for service. Renegotiating the contract and boosting the city's dismally low dog-licensing compliance rate (25.6 percent) could mean an additional $3.2 million for taxpayers, Constantin says.
California's among the minority of states that requires dogs to be licensed and vaccinated, but not cats, though organizations like the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and The Humane Society have recommended it be policy. The audit points to an AVMA finding that while rabies among dogs in the U.S. has been decreasing, the percentage of rabid cats is up. Cats are more likely to interact with bats, according to the county's veterinary public health specialist, and terrestrial rabies can spread across the Mexican border.
"[DeMaio] called our claims that there is a health risk 'alarmist,'" Constantin says. "Pedicabs were unlicensed for a very long time until a tourist was killed by an unlicensed pedicab driver and then, all of a sudden, it becomes so important with such a risk that now we need to require that all pedicab drivers be licensed."
Regarding DeMaio's claim that the "cash-strapped city government" is driving the cat-tax proposal, Constantin says that if the city wanted to, it could implement a no-cost cat-licensing program using the money saved from renegotiating the animal-services contract.
"So if the concern was really we don't want to tax taxpayers any more than what they were paying before, then the council could easily make the decision to require vaccinations and not charge a fee to cat owners if they so choose; they have that choice," Constantin says.
"You can't just wait until you have people who get rabies to say, 'Oh now we must do something.' You have an opportunity now—something that is supported by national and local medical experts. You have a money source that was identified in your audit to be able to enhance public safety; you can do it now instead of waiting until someone gets hurt."


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What "Auto-Unstuck" actually does is (after a little tweaking to try and get you out close to where you are) port you back to your hearthstone city. I think I've used it once the whole time I've been playing the game. But apparently there was no cooldown on it at all, so what lots of players were doing is using it as a second hearthstone. I knew the possibility was there, but apparently I underestimated players' usage of it-- tons of people were "exploiting" the feature, and now lots of people, both here in America and in Europe, are angry that the hearthstone cooldown is tied to Auto-Unstuck.
If you ask me, it's nothing to get angry about-- the Auto-Unstuck, as Drysc says, is a support feature, and any constant use of it to cut down on travel time indeed "bordered on exploitative use." Players reply that a second hearthstone helped them save travel time (well of course it did), but Drysc says that the devs want the world to feel like a world-- though they've made steps (like Meeting Stones) to cut down on travel, they never wanted players to move around "without any thought to the distance they have to travel."
I gotta side with Blizzard on this one-- they gave you one hearthstone, and using Auto-Unstuck as a second one is against the rules. Some players say that the common cooldown means that if they get stuck twice in the same hour, they're screwed, but that's not necessarily true. A nice warlock could always summon you away, or you could do what one of my groups did to a guy who got stuck in Underbog-- we let him die and then rezzed him back out in the open.


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Eagle Ford shale boom should mean growth to South Side
By Mark D. Wilson : August 13, 2012 : Updated: August 14, 2012 11:43am
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A no vacancy sign is posted at Balia Inn Motel in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Thursday, June 9, 2011. The demand for living space by oilfield workers drawn to the area by the Eagle Ford play has forced the motel not to take reservations and rooms are available on a first come first serve basis. At the start of the day, the hotel had five rooms available but in not time, those rooms were rented. JERRY firstname.lastname@example.com
The benefits of the Eagle Ford shale play are beginning to seep north to San Antonio and surrounding areas.
Officials are saying that population, housing and potential for commercial development could be nipping of the heels of development taking off in counties and cities on San Antonio's periphery as the oil and gas boom moves forward.
The term "play" is used in the oil and gas industry to refer to a geographic area which has been targeted for exploration due to favorable survey results.
The Eagle Ford Shale play is still relatively new, but speculations and studies on the future need for development — and the areas that stand to benefit from that development — are beginning to take shape. Some of that speculation involves parts of the South Side.
The play is located in a fan-shaped territory ranging along the Texas-Mexico border from Laredo and Maverick County to northeast of San Antonio in Brazos County. It nears the San Antonio metropolitan area passing through the middle of Atascosa and Wilson counties.
According to Gilbert Gonzales, UTSA Rural Business Program director, San Antonio's infrastructure may prove a valuable asset in what many expect to be a surge of new construction across South Texas as the play matures.
Gonzales, who directed UTSA's Eagle Ford Shale housing study, said housing is one of the greatest needs in the Eagle Ford Shale play, next to infrastructure.
"You do have some development going on, but there is some reluctance," he said. "From a historical standpoint, there has been a question of how long it will last."
With more than 250 oil and gas rigs operating, industry experts say the play could continue to be developed for decades to come.
The play is expected to bring 117,000 workers to the area between now and 2021 and have a $90 billion economic impact to the region.
The UTSA study examines housing in six counties — Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, Maverick, Webb and Zavala — affected by the play, and asserts a need for both multi and single family housing as a majority of newcomers to the area are expected to be "young families with school-aged children."
Gonzales said cities and counties on the periphery of the play — including Uvalde, Pleasanton and Floresville, among others — have already begun seeing new construction ranging from apartments to multi-family housing begin to spring up.
The infrastructure already in place — a strong workforce and greater ability to pull resources in and around the South Side — could simplify expansion and development projects along the Interstates 35 and 37 corridors if a regional outlook on the play is adopted, he noted.
"Some of South San Antonio stands to benefit," Gonzales said.
But whether workers will choose to commute from San Antonio to the southern oil fields has yet to be seen. Gonzales said he believes that, at some point, workers will want to be in areas closer to their respective work sites.
Jennifer Kolbe, La Vernia Municipal Development District executive director, said parts of South San Antonio, La Vernia and Wilson County are centrally located for the Eagle Ford play.
La Vernia, in particular is already seeing some development. "I think we are an asset," she said.
Kolbe also pointed to several new developments are being built in the area including the reopening of the Quail Run Golf Course, which holds 155 lots available for new housing, and an RV park.
She said service companies that have moved into the area say they can dispatch workers easily from the location.
Kolve explained people relocating to La Vernia like the rural feel of the southern areas but also enjoy amenities the more metropolitan San Antonio — about a 20-minute drive away — has to offer.
Jeff Roberts, a partner with Eagle Ford Shale Housing, an Austin-based company, said housing in the area right now is primarily composed of modular homes, hotels and other temporary housing fixtures for workers. He said companies are wary of establishing permanent fixtures in the area as the play is still relatively new.
"Larger companies would like to see more permanent fixtures," Roberts said. "It is still pretty early on to make that kind of decision on investment. It hasn't really been approached yet."
Roberts said that the infrastructure for the play is still hovering in developmental stages, as workers frequently relocate to areas where labor is needed.
According to the UTSA study, permanent residences are necessary, or will be in the future, along with infrastructure to support the expected burgeoning influx of workers.


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What are the effects of large scale meat consumption on the environment? Is there anything that we can do as consumers to reduce this impact?
The debate surrounding the consumption of meat is not something which is new to human nature. The most prominent arguments against this large scale consumption are usually related to either the health factor or the subject of animal welfare. Nevertheless another discussion point that is growing in stature is the fact that meat consumption also has a huge impact on the environment.
Environmental writer Ethan Goffman states that meat has an enormous impact on environment. According to a United Nations report livestock is one of the two or three most significant contributors to the environmental problems – it accounts for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions, which is significantly more than transportation. A report by the Environmental Working Group ranked lamb the worst in terms of greenhouse gas emissions followed by beef, cheese pork and farmed salmon. These meats, except salmon, also use up the most resources, having the worst overall environmental impact.
Nowadays, farms focus on how to produce their meat in a way which will generate as much profit as possible. Animals are crammed into tiny stalls and given feed – antibiotics and hormones – to maximize growth, and to allow them to be 'harvested' as soon as possible. Although these animals do not interact with the outdoor environment, their excrement can still get into fields and be washed into waterways causing health risks. Journalist, Jeff Tietz, reports that the manure of factory farmed pigs includes methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, cyanide, phosphorus, nitrates and heavy metals as well as over 100 microbial pathogens. Communities near factory farms complain of nosebleeds, chronic diarrhea, earaches and burning lungs. Further to this, EPA has found that chicken, cattle and hog manure has already polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states.
Meat takes up to ten times as much input per unit of food as fruit and vegetables do, and the production consumes an amount of energy that isn't proportionate to results. Farmed animals in the US produce 130 times as much waste as the human population, and the livestock sector accounts for over 8% of global human water use. The run-off from fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides is creating dead zones in the seas, killing fish and causing toxic algal blooms, while some are threatening amphibians, bees and other, sensitive ecosystems.
In terms of the environment, chicken is definitely a better choice, but surprisingly organic and free-range chicken has a worse environmental impact than factory farmed chicken. Energy use of organic chickens is 33% greater than that of free range chickens which stands at 25%. As a result global warming potential was found to be 46% higher from organic and 20% higher due to the production of free range chickens, in comparison to the production of an average, factory chicken. The difference in the statistics is mainly due to the longer time it takes for the organic chickens to grow naturally. Nevertheless, there are also benefits to the organic brand of chicken, for example pesticide use is reduced by 92% during organic chicken production.
Putting aside all the negatives that were listed above, Mother Earth News discusses some benefits of meat production. For example the production of grass-fed meat builds better soil. Converting from grain-fed to grass-fed meat, millions of acres of row crops can be turned into carbon sinks and permanent pasture can be used to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, thereby slowing global warming and conserving water.
However there are even problems with this, grass-fed meat production takes up a vast amount of land that could be used to grow trees. These trees perform similar functions but on a much larger scale, turning CO2 into oxygen and removing odours and pollutant gases from the atmosphere. The Amazon Rainforest, otherwise known as 'the world's refrigerator' or 'the lungs of the planet' is also in danger. Large scale deforestation has occurred to make room for cattle, this provides a double blow to the environment as not only do the cattle produce a large amount of greenhouse gases, but the trees that can nullify this damage are no longer there. As has been shown, meat production has both pros and cons, nevertheless, the dangers caused to the environment outweigh the benefits meat production provides, meaning as a planet we certainly need to cut our meat consumption in order to save the environment we inhabit.
What could we eat instead of meat?
There are many different options such as beans, rice, quinoa, pulses, eggs, milk, tofu, cheese, nuts and seeds, but this does not mean it is necessary to entirely cut out meat from your diet. Possible ways to reduce the impact are when choosing meat to opt for the grass-fed options, alternatively start by attempting to only eat meat every other day, then twice a week, then once a week. Soon you'll notice, that you don't necessarily need meat to feel satisfied and to prepare delicious meals full of flavour. There is also a misconception that tasty vegetarian meals are hard to come by and make for a dull diet, but a small amount of investigation on Google will soon show that this is not the case. Through more moderate consumption that wouldn't cause a drastic change in people's diets the problem can be substantially reduced.


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Big restaurant/bar sting in NJ....
A record 29 restaurants have in New Jersey have been cited for passing off cheap liquor for premium brands. Is this just the tip of the iceberg? Do you always know what you are getting?
Talk is closed, but that doesn't mean the conversations have to stop!
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This summer, MasonPR was blessed with a bumper crop of interns. Each of them has shown the ability to be great PR minds. I will now give the floor to Christine Le, one of our prized interns. Enjoy! – Mario If I were Superman, Vietnamese-speaking relatives would be my Kryptonite. Indication of this weakness includes […] [Read More]


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Jewelry designer Jennifer Ondyak has always been five steps ahead of the curve. After working behind the scenes at Neiman Marcus, <i>Marie Claire</i>, and Calvin Klein, in 2007 the fashion veteran opened the NYC fashion emporium Privileged, which offers a quirky mix of casual sundresses and metallic accessories. The Privileged jewelry line followed a year later. Ondyak's fun, feminine, and unusual creations vary from the refined and traditional (aquamarine hoop earrings, zodiac necklaces) to the unconventional: delicate gold charms shaped like pretzels, handcuffs, and cupcakes; cuff bracelets adorned with lion, butterfly, leaf and panther designs; and necklaces made from metal horse bits. So go on: Feel privileged.
Overized cuffs, layering pendants, and more gilded classics you'll wear every day.
All the of-the-moment must-haves from our industry insiders.
Sleek and sophisticated accents to wear with everything in your closet.
Fun, feminine, and always unique, designs from standout label Privileged are just the thing for women who want to take their style up a notch without breaking the bank. This sale's playful and quirky designs include edgy pendants, chic chain-link bracelets, delicate nature-inspired earrings, and chunky, eye-catching cuffs. These pieces are sure to become the new go-tos in your jewelry wardrobe!


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No. 17 NC State Rifle To Compete In NCAA Qualifier
Feb. 17, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. - The No. 17 NC State rifle team will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Charleston, S.C. The competition will serve as a combination of three matches- the NCAA Qualifier, the National Rifle Association Sectional, and the SEARC 6. The Wolfpack is currently undefeated in the SEARC, and will look to remain that way this weekend.


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Our PAST CONCERTS & WHATS AHEAD.
This page was last updated on: October 6, 2014
Our 2004
, Happy Holidays,
was held at the Louis Spilman auditorium on Nov. 29th & 30th. We hope you enjoyed getting in the Christmas spirit with us!
Our 2004 SACRED CONCERT
was performed on September 12th, 2004. It was a great pleasure Singing the Sunday Service at 2nd Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro. Thanks for having us!
Our 2004 Salvation Army Concert was an outstanding success on December 5th, 2004. Many thanks for the contributions from a generous audience and the shared talents of some spectacular performers!
Hope you all made it to our Monday April 4th or Tuesday, April 5th 2005 spring concert 7:30 pm at Waynesboro High School.
A celebration of American Music from country, to Rock & Roll, and from the Blues to Broadway. Hope you enjoyed it! We sure did!
Our group sang for the Sunday Service on September 16th, 2005 at the new Wayne Hills Baptist Church on Ladd Road (Rt. 631) What a BEAUTIFUL facility and thanks for the warm reception!
Our 2005
was held at the Louis Spilman auditorium on Nov. 28th & 29th. What a GREAT WAY to build the Christmas Spirit. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Our SPRING 2006 CONCERT was a special REUNION Concert. In order to let as many former members as possible join us, the concert was held on SATURDAY May 6th (7:30pm) and SUNDAY May 7th (3:00pm). THANKS TO OUR AUDIENCE FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE! Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Our 2005 Salvation Army Concert was another success. Many thanks for the contributions from a generous audience and the shared talents of some spectacular performers!
Our 2006 Christmas Concert was held at 7:30 pm November 27th & 28th in the Louis Spilman auditorium at Waynesboro High School. Hope you enjoyed our Christmas Music!
Our 2006 Sacred Concert was given at Main Street Methodist Church on September 17th as their 11:00a.m. Sunday morning service. Thanks for sharing your beautiful sanctuary and for hosting our rehearsals for 30 years plus!
Our SPRING 2007 Concert was HOW GREAT THOU ART. A wonderful and moving presentation of the Easter Story. It was performed Sunday, April 1st, Good Friday April 6th, Saturday April 7th, & Easter Sunday April 8th with all performances at 7:30pm at Main St. Methodist Church.
What a road trip! On Sept. 23rd, 2007 we traveld by bus to Richmond to sing at BEULAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 6930 HOPKINS ROAD, RICHMOND, VA. This is the church of our former member Reverend Thomas Coffman. His son Jerry still sings with us! Our Christmas Concert,
A Portrait of Christmas
was presented November 25th & 26th 2007 at the Waynesboro High School Auditorium. On the following Sunday, Dec. 1, we had a great Salvation Army Benefit Concert at Main St. Methodist Church.
Our Spring '08 Concert was on April 14th & 15th, 2008 at Louis Spilman auditorium at Waynesboro High School. We enjoyed singing some of our favorite Broadway Show tunes and tried our best to dance while we sang without falling down. We hope you laughed and enjoyed it as much as we did!
We just finished our 2008 Christmas concert won December 1st & 2nd, 2008. We hope you enjoyed
"Splendor of Christmas"
as much as we did! And thanks to all our friends who joined us for our Sacred Concert at Waynesboro Church of the Brethren on September 29. 2008.
Our 12th Salvation Army Benefit Concert was a great success. We hope you enjoyed hearing the Waynesboro Choral society plus a number of other local groups perform some beautiful music. We will start practicing for our Spring 2009 concert in January. check back for details! Thanks to the generosity of our audience and the talents of all the participants, we raised over $9300.00 for the Salvation Army and it's great work!
Our Spring 2009 concert was held April 6th & 7th at 7:30pm! Hope you enjoyed
CINEMAGIC at the Waynesboro High School Auditorium
And our 2009 Christmas concert was:
We hope everyone enjoyed it!
Our Spring concert for 2010 was held on April 19th & 20th at Waynesboro High School. We sang almost all new music we've not sung before and honored some classics in a bunch of different types of music. We sang a Michael Jackson Medley, some Beatles, a bit of Elvis, and even
by Jerry Lee Lewis. Hope everyone else enjoyed it as much as our members did!
Our 2012 Christmas Concert ,
Glorious Melody
was performed on November 26 and 27, 2012. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed singing for you.
Our Salvation Army Benefit Concert was held at Main Street Methodist Church at 7:00pm December 5th, 2010. Thanks to all of you who generously donated and raised over $9000 for this worthy cause. We have now raised over $100,000.00 total with these annual concerts!
We hope you enjoyed our 2011 Christmas Concert:
It's Christmas ....... Again
performed on November 28th & 29th, 2011
We hope you enjoyed our 2011 Spring Concert as much as we did! Who could have imagined us singing some of the music from GLEE?
Our 2011 SACRED Concert was performed at Calvary Methodist Church in Stuarts Draft, Va. On September 11th. It was a beautiful musical service in a beautiful church for a beautiful congregation! Thanks for inviting us!
e proudly be presented
How Great Thou Art
on April 1st, 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2012.
Our 2013 Spring Concert,
was performed on April 29th and 30th, 2013. We hope you enjoyed it and felt as proud to be an American as we all did!
Our 2013 Christmas Concert was performed in a new 3 part format: Informal, Gospel, and Formal. Hope the audience had as much fun watching as we had singing!
Our 2014 Spring Concert,
"Regards to Broadway"
was performed April 28th & Tuesday April 29th, 2014 at Louis Spilman Auditorium. Hope you enjoyed it!
We are currently rehearsing for our 2014 Christmas Concert which will be performed on December 1st & 2nd, 2014. Watch for more details!


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How It Was That Bezos of Amazon Sent His Plagues Upon the Publishers of Books
Osmar Schindler's "David und Goliath" (Wikipedia)
There has been a lot of buzz spilled over the purported "David vs. Goliath" battle between publisher Hachette and sales amazon Amazon, as well as how Amazon's sales tactics affect not only the book publishing industry but readers as well. So this week we explain it in the appropriate biblical terms by presenting:
The Book of Bezos of Amazon
I. Genesis
In the beginning, there were Books. And those who thirsted for knowledge, or even a light summer read, thought that they were Good.
And there was much turning of pages in the land, and folding down of little corners to keep their places; the people did enjoy their Books, even unto the underlining of racy passages in pencil when no one was looking.
And the two tribes known as the Authors and the Publishers prospered, and there was happiness in the land.
II. The Magician, Bezos of Amazon, Cometh Upon the Scene
It came to pass that the Magician, Bezos of Amazon, did come upon the world, and he began to supply the people with a goodly number of Books through a form of witchcraft called Mail Order.
The people became entranced by the speed at which Bezos of Amazon did deliver the Books forthwith; and the people rejoiced in the pricing structure, which saved them shekels hand over fist when compared with brick-and-mortar Book merchants.
But, lo, even as the people cheered the delivery speed and the One-Click Ordering that Bezos of Amazon had conjured, they cried out for more.
The people of the land did beat their chests, and gnash their teeth, and wail, "If only we had a way to have a Book in our hands the very second it occurs to us that we want to read it."
Bezos of Amazon heard the cries of the people and he did roll his eyes and say, "Really? Overnight delivery isn't fast enough for you? M'k."
So the Magician brought forth the talisman known as the Kindle and, more importantly, the eBook, which did live inside the Kindle.


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Venezuelan-born, Canadian-raised and Slovenian-fluent, the cosmopolitan Classical 24 Manager Silvester Vicic has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, working in a variety of capacities in the network's music department. Vicic has distinguished himself as a producer and broadcaster for such programs as the Minnesota Orchestra broadcasts, The Music Room (with Eric Friesen), The Morning Show, The Composer's Voice, Composers Datebook, the BBC Proms and The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Prior to MPR, Vicic was music director for KUSC (Los Angeles) and was also a producer and studio director at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation�s Disc Drive. He began his career at radio station CJRT in Toronto, where he produced weekly and daily shows and served as recording engineer. Vicic has a master's degree in musicology from the University of Western Ontario and a bachelor's degree in music from Queen's University.
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Dale Warland Singers presents "An American Thanksgiving"
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Interview with pianist Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher was in the Twin Cities for a performance with the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota on November 16, 2003. He's widely acknowledged as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Because of an injury to his right hand ( focal dystonia ), most likely caused by repetitive stress syndrome, his concert career came to an abrupt halt in 1965. He took that opportunity to regroup and take on the left-handed repertoire for the piano, in addition to becoming a conductor, an arts administrator and a renowned teacher. Minnesota Public Radio's Silvester Vicic talked with him about his career, his recent solo recital at Carnegie Hall, his philosophies on teaching, the arts and music, and his visit to the Twin Cities.
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Recipe by Hunts.com
"Seasoned tomatoes, peas and bacon combined with cheese tortellini in a creamy sauce."
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6 slices
bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 tablespoon
minced fresh garlic
1 (14.5 ounce) can
Hunt's® Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, undrained
1 (8 count) can
Hunt's® Tomato Sauce with Basil, Garlic and Oregano
1 cup
1 (16 ounce) package
frozen cheese tortellini
1/2 cup
chive and onion soft cream cheese spread
1 cup
frozen green peas
Cracked black pepper
This Tortellini was great! i made this exact recipe in culinary class and me and my partner could barely finish it all, overall, its amazing!!!!!!
I made this one night, and my fiance and I did not care for it. He eats just about everything. Will not make again.
40 Ratings
This was so good!! I made this last night. Simple recipe that can be thrown together in a matter of minutes. My whole family loved it. The only change I made was using the Italian Cheese and Herb cooking creme from Philadelphia instead of the chive and onion cream cheese.
Definitely a hit with my fairly picky man. It's hard to go wrong with a robust red sauce, bacon, and cheese stuffed tortellini. Delicious and satisfying.
This is very tasty and is a wonderful, quick one-pot meal! I added a whole chopped onion and let that sweat out with the garlic. I topped it with some grated Parmesan-Reggiano cheese. You could also top it with some chopped fresh basil.
VERY YUMMY! I didn't have the seasoned tomato sauce, seasoned diced tomatoes, or chives in my cream cheese, so I just used regular sauce, tomatoes and cream cheese and ADDED the spices. I really liked this recipe.
great and very easy - I ended up just adding the spices to plain canned tomatoes and tomato sauce, and chives and dried onions to the cream cheese, since it was what I had on hand.
Very easy to make, but the flavor was much too sweet for my family's taste. I've not cooked with cream cheese before and not sure what to substitute for next time. Maybe I'll try it again and just omit the cream cheese/cheese aspect entirely. Loved how easy to make though!!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Hunts(R) Tomato and Bacon Tortellini
Serving Size: 1/5 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 5
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 479
Calories from Fat: 186
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What can you do when your Kindle won't turn on or is unresponsive, or appears frozen:
Recharge your Kindle using the power adapter that came with the device and plug it into an AC outlet. Make sure that the charging light next to the micro-USB port lights up while you are charging. Allow the device to be charged in this manner for at least 30 minutes.
Slide and release the power switch. If your Kindle does not turn on then try resetting it by doing the following:
1. Disconnect your Kindle from any power source.
2. Slide and hold the power switch for 15 seconds, then release.
Note that the screen will be blank for about 30 seconds while your Kindle restarts.


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Posted at: 08/21/2013 6:05 PM
By: Steve Mieczkowski, KOB.com
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King said he didn't find out about what was happening in Dona Ana County until Wednesday morning.
King said his office does not have the authority over county clerks.
"We don't intend at this point to take any action against the county clerk in Dona Ana County. We feel like our position that the law is unconstitutional presents a barrier to us from bringing action in that suit," King said.
King's office has said before that it is unwise for county clerks to issue licenses since state law is unclear about same-sex marriages.


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An assistive listening system is available, with advance notice, for college sponsored activities held in Jacoby Auditorium, the Campus Center and the Centerstage Theater. Five days advance notice is required for weekend events; three days advance
notice for weekday events. Use of the equipment is provided as a service; however, individual users accept responsibility for the equipment. The college will charge the user for equipment replacement costs if it is not returned.
Oregon Musical Theatre Festival presents
7:30 p.m. July 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, Aug. 1
2:00 p.m. July 26, Aug. 2
Jacoby Auditorium
$15 standard $10 child up to 18
All unpaid Orders on Reserve will be released 24 hours prior to showtime.
When you combine Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" with the legendary Cole Porter's music and lyrics, we get KISS ME, KATE — a raucous musical comedy that has been considered one of Broadway's dearest treasures. Set in Baltimore, Maryland, this musical follows director and actor Fred Graham who is days away from opening his new musical based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew". Fred has cast his difficult to work with ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi, and himself as the warring stars Katherine and Petruchio in order to capitalize on the chemistry they once had to bring his career back to its former glory. As you can probably guess, things don't go very well. Throw in a couple of complicated love triangles, massive egos, and two of the savviest gangsters you'll ever see on stage, this play-within-a-play is a farcical delight. Musical numbers include Why Can't You Behave, So In Love, Wunderbar, Tom, Dick or Harry, Too Darn Hot, Brush Up Your Shakespeare, I Hate Men, Always True to You (In My Fashion) and Another Op'nin', Another Show. KISS ME, KATE is fun, melodious, sophisticated, and pure entertainment from lights up to the final curtain.
The Southern Oregon Wine Institute will be selling wine by the glass and hors d'oeuvre plates one hour before showtime and during intermission.
Kiss Me Kate is produced by special arrangements with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., New York, NY.
Please note new Location, Dates and Times for this show!
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Your favorite Choir Girls are back and this time they are taking their act on the road! Join Natalie, Susan, Michelle, and Rebecca as they arrive in Eastern Oregon, where they've been invited to perform their...unique renditions of some old school favorite songs. Did we mention they'll be performing at a funeral? Staying the night in a weird hotel being managed by an even weirder front desk agent, the girls rehearse in their room and naturally wander off track by discussing everything from death to...flatulence. This is one trip you'll be glad you took!
7:30 p.m. July 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, Aug. 2
2:00 p.m. July 25, Aug. 1
$15 standard $10 child up to 18
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage in Schoolhouse Rock Live! The Emmy Award-winning 1970's Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, it's lighting up stages everywhere! Schoolhouse Rock Live! follows Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as "Just A Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly," "Interplanet Janet," and "Conjunction Junction." Schoolhouse Rock Live! brings its infectious zest to a cross-generational audience: entrancing those who will be hearing it for the first time while taking the rest on a nostalgic walk down memory lane.


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BLOUNTVILLE — A Sullivan County man was arrested on aggravated assault charges after he accused his wife of having an affair and said he had beat up her lover with a baseball bat, according to a Sullivan County Sheriff's Office report.
Terry Brown, 43, 304 Candy Cove Private Drive, was charged with aggravated domestic assault.
The incident began when officers with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office responded to a call from a juvenile stating that his father, Brown, was walking around outside the house with a bat and yelling threats. The boy stated his father had been delusional, paranoid and had been acting weird for a while, according to the deputy's report.Keep reading at TimesNews.net. comments powered by Disqus


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Freedom and Liberty Quotes
"Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper." Larry Flynt
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." James Madison
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." Abraham Lincoln (1809-65)
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear." George Orwell
"A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts." Euripides
"The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected." William O. Douglas
"When everyone is thinking the same, no one is thinking." John Wooden
"Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out." Wayne LaPierre
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." Samuel Adams
"The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power." General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), WWII Supreme Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific, Supreme United Nations Commander
"If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them." George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950), British author
"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." John Milton
"Freedom… refer[s] to a social relationship among people—namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect." Thomas Sowell (1930- ), writer and economist
"The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees." Louis D. Brandeis
"We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear—unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called 'the insolence of elected persons'—in a word, free men." Gerald W. Johnson
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." George Orwell (1903-1950), English novelist, essayist, and critic
"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind." Mahatma Gandhi
"No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they set up symbols of liberty as fetishes, worshipping the symbol instead of the principle it represents." Wendell Phillips
"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man...The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people." Samuel Adams
"Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good." Thomas Paine
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More than two months after an ABC News report that rifle scopes used by U.S. soldiers are inscribed with secret Biblical references, troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are still carrying the so-called Jesus rifles – and the U.S. military says it could take a year to remove the Bible codes from all its weapons.
"Shame on them forever for their impossibly slow, plodding and utterly backwards plan for correction of this national and international disgrace," said Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). Weinstein, whose advocacy group promotes the separation of church and state in the military, said the MRFF has received numerous messages from troops deployed in Afghanistan complaining that the Gospel inscriptions on Trijicon rifle scopes place them at added risk.
A military spokesperson also told ABC News that Biblical references had been removed from just over a third of the military's Trijicon scopes, but that most of the scopes that had been altered were being used by troops in training situations and on bases, not by troops in war zones.
Trijicon has sold an estimated 250,000 rifle scopes to the U.S. armed services, and the sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers.
The biblical references on Trijicon's Advance Combat Optical Guides, commonly known as ACOG sights, appear next to the model numbers in the same type font and size. References include citations from the New Testament books of Revelation, Matthew and John.
One of the citations on the ACOG is "JN8:12", a reference to John 8:12, which reads, "Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. "2COR4:6" is a reference to Second Corinthians 4:6, which reads: "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of the darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
Under what is known as "General Order Number One" U.S. military rules specifically prohibit "proselytizing of any faith, religion, or practice." The rules were drawn up in order to prevent criticism that the U.S. was embarked on a religious "Crusade" in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It's wrong, it violates the Constitution, it violates a number of federal laws," said Weinstein, an attorney and former Air Force officer. "It allows the Mujahadeen, the Taliban, al Qaeda and the insurrectionists and jihadists to claim they're being shot by Jesus rifles."
A worldwide furor erupted in January after the existence of the Bible codes was reported by ABC News. Countries around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel and Great Britain, announced plans to remove the Bible codes from their Trijicon-supplied scopes.
At the time, the U.S. military said it had been unaware of the markings until notified of them by ABC News.