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With the emerging fashion, blouses have taken on different shapes and designs and have come a long, long way from being just an accompaniment of the six yard wonder called saree. Earlier while sarees were admired by women for their beauty and designs, nowadays the ensemble is considered incomplete without a striking blouse. The influence of Bollywood and the television industry has been great on t... Read More...
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When a loved one passes away, we find that the grieving patterns among the family membersWhen a loved one passes away, we find that the grieving patterns among the family members are not necessarily the same. Men, women and even children have their own ways of reacting and trying to cope with the loss. They may not all express their feelings in the same way and any failure to respect or... Read More...
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CHENNAI: The hall at Hotel Savera was crammed with people on Thursday. Not for a party or wedding, but to catch a glimpse of the articles on display at the?Meena Bazaar, an exhibition organised by Rajasthan Cosmo Club, a non-profit social organisation.<br>The two-day event, aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among women, has about 60 stalls by women entrepreneurs and housewives. For those o... Read More...
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In a beautiful departure from her earlier works, Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali presents a new collection of heirloom jewels inspired by the myriad forms and motifs of nature. The three dimensional forms and shapes of nature take centre-stage in this collection. A dancing peacock unfurling his feathers in an exotic dance, a curled cock shell resplendent in be jewelled glory, a coiled serpent ba... Read More...
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The decades-old Belmont Club is about to embark on a new era and, at the same time, a return to its roots as a place for good drinks and welcoming hospitality.
Jason Kindness, an award-winning bartender and former manager of mixology for the Newport Restaurant Group, is taking over as manager at the club for third-generation owner Priscilla (Brennan) Poirier. On his first day on the job this past Monday, Kindness was still working out plans for the club, including food, which he expects to be fully implemented over the next couple months.
But first on his list is getting back to classic cocktails, such as manhattans, and building a cocktail menu in the bar that opened in at the end of Prohibition. Regarded as one of the state's longest continually operating bars under the same family, the bar was opened as a private club by Poirier's grandfather, John Henry Brennan, in 1933. Her father, John R. Brennan, who passed away in 1999, took over the operation of the family business in the 1950s.
Poirier, who was raised in an upstairs apartment, recently renovated the bar and reopened it with a mission to return the Belmont Club to its place in Fall River history as a community gathering place where artists, professionals, and blue collar workers exchanged ideas over a beer or cocktail.
It was the Belmont's place in the history of the community that Kindness said attracted him to the position of managing the establishment and overseeing its transition with Poirer's mission in mind.
"Its a great expression of the hospitality industry. After Prohibition, establishments like this were more about being meeting houses for the community where the cocktails were always good and simple," said Kindness, who added a music system to compliment the copper-topped bar's cozy atmosphere and banished a television to an adjoining room of the four-room establishment. "There won't be TVs cranked up loudly, we want people to come in and create their own memories."
As a bartender, Kindness won two Rhode Island bartending contests, one of which took him to Amsterdam and the other to New York to compete against some of the top bartenders in the country. He's also a regularly featured bartender on The Rhode Show, a local television show, on which he's whipped up some of his signature cocktails. While working at The Boathouse Restaurant in Tiverton, Kindness said he happened on one of his signature drinks accidentally. On the way in to work he picked up some local peaches at Walker's Farmstand and made them into peach-infused sangria. The drink was such a hit, he sold more than 200 of them over the weekend.
As manager of the Belmont Club, he said he'll be bringing his signature cocktails to Fall River, along with another essential: hospitality. "I'm here to bring back hospitality; I want everyone who comes in to feel welcome in a warm and friendly environment," said Kindness. "I love being in the front of the house. (Bartending is) really an artform and something I work at improving every single day."
Page 2 of 2 - Though still in the process of hiring a kitchen manager, Kindness said he envisions the food as being a small plates menu centered around the cocktail menu similar to the small plate trend taking place in cities such as Boston and New York. "It will be a clean, simple, fresh menu. I'd like to take the best of Fall River, stuffies, pulled pork sliders, cheese plates and showcase them. The goal is to keep it simple with everything at or around $10," said Kindness, adding that details of whether food will be served at lunch or just dinner need to be worked out.
In the mid-1970s, the Belmont Club converted from a private club to a public drinking establishment known for its "Belmont Steak Days," a day to enjoy steaks while watching the Belmont Stakes horse race, and its quirky Bag Days, a tradition Poirier and Kindness plan to continue this year.
Held on the third Saturday in April as a fundraiser for local organizations, Bag Days entail customers wearing numbered paper bags. The rules of Bag Day require patrons to refer to each other by bag number, not name, and for every time a name is used rather than the number the patron pays a fine of a quarter into the fundraising bucket. This year, Poirier said she will likely up the 25 cent fine to 50 cents raise funds for the Faxon Animal Rescue League.
Kindness said music on Thursday nights will resume at the club and he plans to implement Sinatra Sundays, a evening to enjoy some classic cocktails accompanied by Frank Sinatra music.
"I'm thrilled to have him here," said Poirier, as she looked forward to another era in the landmark establishment's history in Fall River.
The Belmont Club is located at 34 Franklin St., in the Highlands section of Fall River.
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ComRes: 72% say Government is "out of touch"
A ComRes poll for tomorrow's Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror finds that 72% of people agree that "This Government is out of touch with ordinary voters"; 17% disagree and 12% don't know.
After a week of headlines about the pasty tax, the granny tax and the panic-buying of petrol, David Cameron and George Osborne have lost ground on being trusted "to make the right decisions about the economy", with Ed Miliband and Ed Balls closing the "trust" gap from 25 points to 4 points.
In our ComRes poll in February, David Cameron was seen as "out of touch with ordinary people" by 49% of respondents, but this is hardly comparable with our headline figure today, because it was about a person not a government, and was asked in the form of a list of qualities, inviting respondents to "select all that apply".
We also asked: "Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?"
The Chancellor was right to extend VAT to hot pies and pasties Agree: 17% Disagree: 71% Don't know: 12%
Adults aged 25-34 are most likely to agree (26%), as are those in social grades AB (26%). Conservative voters are more likely to agree (34%) than Liberal Democrat (11%) and Labour (13%).
It is right that pensioners should have their age-related allowances frozen, the so-called Granny Tax, to bring them in line with other taxpayers Agree: 21% Disagree: 64% Don't know: 15%
Men (28%) are more likely than women (14%) to agree. Conservative voters are more likely to agree (42%) than Liberal Democrats (21%) and Labour (17%).
The Government has created an unnecessary panic over the fuel crisis Agree: 81% Disagree: 11% Don't know: 9%
Older people are more likely to agree than younger people – 85% of people aged 35 and over compared to 70% of people aged 18-34. Of Labour voters 87% agree, compared with 79% of Liberal Democrat and 69% of Conservative voters.
I trust David Cameron and George Osborne to make the right decisions about the economy Agree: 25% (-4) Disagree: 60% (+11) Don't know: 15% (-7)
The change is since our pre-Budget poll carried out 14-16 March. Men (32%) are more likely than women (18%) to agree.
I trust Ed Miliband and Ed Balls to make the right decisions about the economy Agree: 21% (+6) Disagree: 60% (+1) Don't know: 19% (-7)
The "trust" gap between the Conservative team and the Labour team was 25 points (between net -20 and -45) before the Budget and is now 4 points (-35 and -39).
Methodology note: ComRes interviewed 1,127 GB adults online on 30 and 31 March 2012. Data were weighted to be demographically representative of all GB adults. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. Full tables at ComRes.Tagged in: comres, opinion polls
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The Best Practices for Application and UX Design for Large Data Sets
Show: MAX 2011 Envision
Learn how to create usable data-centric applications that show just the right amount at the right time: useful, but not overwhelming. With Adobe LiveCycle Data Services, if you try to force too much data into a display, or don't provide enough data at a time, your tool likely won't be of much practical use. The principle at work here is information density, and it's a key concept all Flex developers who deal in large data sets should (and can) master.


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Patriots and Chiefs Inactives
By: Derek Havens
The New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs have listed their inactives for today's game. –
New England Patriots:
S Patrick Chung
CB Devin McCourty
LB Brandon Spikes
RB Kevin Faulk
LB Dane Fletcher
LB Jeff Tarpinian
QB Ryan Mallett
Kansas City Chiefs:
WR Keary Colbert
TE Anthony Becht
T Steve Maneri
DE Brandon Bair
DE Glenn Dorsey
LB Demorrio Williams
S Jon McGraw
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What got me thinking about this was some recent debate in the state of Florida about merging the Agency that oversees Medicaid and the Agency that oversees Public Health (as reported by Florida Health News). Apparently, leaders in the Florida Legislature think that the missions of these two agencies are mutually exclusive. To me, that just does not make sense and is further evidence that the current Medicaid program is not a model we want to expand as part of any major reform effort.
Government speeches are not typically the kind of thing to get excited about and in my five years at CMS, I can remember only one that fits this bill. In a speech given by Dr. Mark McClellan back in 2004, he stated that CMS was a public health agency, "seeking to use its influence, reimbursement systems, regulatory authority and leadership to seek widespread transformation of the United States healthcare system in order to meet the six [IOM] goals." [see CMS Quality Roadmap]
It may seem self-evident now but at the time, this was a pretty radical concept and the culture change at CMS is a work in progress but as they say "acknowledging you have a problem is the first step to recovery." Fact is, STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS AND CMS ARE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES by virtue (or vice) of the other Golden Rule, "he or she with the gold, rules."
Even though some states are ahead of this curve in that they have a "strategic plan" including public health objectives and various strategies and tactics (including Medicaid) to achieve those objectives, most do not. It is time for all states to transform their Medicaid programs from "claims payment shops" to purchasers of high value care so that increasingly limited resources can stretch farther and provide for the health of the Public. ~BAA


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Some are nonsensical and do nothing to help borrowers
Some are nonsensical and do nothing to help borrowers
Jack Guttentag
Inman News
The existing system of mortgage disclosures in the U.S. has long been a disgrace. Borrowers are inundated with garbage disclosures and often the few pieces of critical information they need are either not there or concealed by the garbage.
As an illustration, a large proportion of the consumers who took option ARMs (adjustable-rate mortgages) during the go-go years leading to the crisis believed that the initial interest rate, in many cases as low as 1 percent, held for five years. In fact, that rate was good for only the first month.
Borrowers taking option ARMs received a booklet about ARMs in general, a description of all ARM programs in which they expressed an interest, and historical or worst-case examples of how ARMs work. But the one piece of information they needed to avoid a horrendous mistake was not there. The default rate on option ARMs today is horrendous, and it is expected to be higher next year.
Too many cooks: A major reason why government-mandated mortgage disclosures are so bad is that there are too many agencies involved in the process. One consequence of multiple agencies is excessive disclosures, as each agency focuses on its own with little or no regard for the requirements imposed by the others.
Voluminous disclosures tax the absorptive capacity of borrowers, and make it hard for them to find what is really important, because it may be concealed in a sea of garbage.
Multiple agencies also lead to inconsistencies between the disclosures required by the different agencies, to the befuddlement of borrowers.
For several decades now, borrowers have had to live with the Good Faith Estimate required by HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) and the Truth in Lending statement required by the Federal Reserve, with no way to reconcile or connect the two.
But perhaps the worst result of having too many cooks is a lack of clear accountability for the total package of disclosures. Since no one agency is responsible for keeping disclosures up to date, they are always behind the curve in responding to market developments.
Wrong cooks: Two of the cooks should not be in the disclosure business. By far the worst is the Congress, which is the least competent and the least responsive to the need to stay current.
The original Truth in Lending legislation in 1968 included specific mandated disclosures that are as inane today as they were then. Once specific disclosures are mandated by law, it seems impossible to get rid of them, no matter how useless they are or become.
I don't believe the Federal Reserve should be in the consumer disclosure business either. While the Fed has always been the most competent of the federal agencies, it has done a wretched job with disclosures. The problem has been that consumer protection has had the lowest priority among its diverse responsibilities, and properly so.
Monetary policy and bank regulation are its major concerns, and going forward its responsibilities in these areas will only get larger as it becomes the key player in dealing with issues connected to systemic vulnerability.
The third agency involved in mortgage disclosures is HUD, which is highly bureaucratic and politicized but at least its responsibilities for mortgage disclosure are consistent with its overall mission and other responsibilities. The new Good Faith Estimate that became effective this year against fierce opposition is a substantial improvement over the old one, but it took forever.
Disclosures under the new law: Given this backdrop, the creation of a new consumer protection agency under the "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010" appears to herald a new beginning. The agency will assume authority for disclosures in all consumer markets, absorbing the disclosure responsibilities of the Fed and HUD.
Indeed, the new agency is instructed to "combine the disclosures required under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 into a single, integrated disclosure ..."
However, while the agency would take over disclosure responsibilities from the Fed and HUD, Congress does not deal itself out of the disclosure picture. On the contrary, the Act may have more new mandated disclosures than the original Truth in Lending Act.
Some of these are sensible, such as providing an early warning of a pending rate increase on ARMs, and the Act could have instructed the new agency to implement a disclosure for that purpose. Instead, the Act specifies exactly what the disclosure must be, making the agency responsible for a disclosure it did not design.
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I changed the way of blogging, developing, designing and assisting my customers. Re-designed the site and started using the latest Windows Live Writer & Windows 10!! Additionally added Microsoft Translator gadget available @ top of page, so that you can change the page in your preferred language!!
I used the following steps to install Ubuntu (10.10) version in the my Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V machine. 1) Created a new Hyper-V machine
2) Downloaded the latest Ubuntu ISO. You can notice few options on this page:
(a) Download Desktop Edition – I used this. (b) Burn your CD or create a USB drive (c) You can try it before you install it
(a) Download Desktop Edition – I used this. (b) Burn your CD or create a USB drive (c) You can try it before you install it
3) Create a legacy Network driver and associate it with the above Hyper-V machine
4) Select the Ubuntu ISO by the following option: Hyper-V –> Media –> DVD Drive –> Insert Disk
5) Started the Ubuntu Hyper-V and mount with above ISO
6) Select the options to Install Ubuntu and its configuration. For the disk management, you can use the entire drive or customize the drive partition as per your requirement.
One it's installed, it will request you to restart. During the time, make sure to remove the above mounted ISO drive.
I would rate the installation is pretty straight, works fine with all the drivers. I haven't faced any glitches during the above work and loads with 640 * 480 display configuration.
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TAYLOR TOWNSHIP >> A 17-year-old boy was arrested for DUI after a crash in a high school parking lot.
Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg, said the boy was driving under the influence of a combination of drugs when he struck two parked cars in the Forbes Road High School parking lot Feb. 7.
The teen was arrested and processed at Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg. Juvenile charges for DUI and related traffic offenses will be filed with the Fulton County Juvenile Probation Office, police said.


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An Air National Guardsman, uses a handheld portable transceiver device to view targeting data during a training exercise. (SSgt Jorge Intriago / U.S. Army)
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is undertaking an initiative to expand industry partnerships and to make critical capabilities speedier to acquire.
The GEOINT Solutions Marketplace, described in an article at defense.gov as a newly expanding pilot program, operates as an online exchange for government and vendors, commercial partners, academic institutions and the broader geospatial intelligence community.
The entire information technology world is changing fast, and that includes the geospatial industry, said Karyn Hayes-Ryan, NGAs deputy component acquisition executive and director of the agencys Agility Strategic Initiative, as quoted in the defense.gov article. The governments acquisition process cannot keep up, she said.
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The government puts a [request for proposal] out there, we do an acquisition, we then start development nine months later, and [the product] is delivered nine months after that, Hayes-Ryan said in the article.
By the time the technology actually gets into the hands of its users, its time to change it out all over again, she said. GSMs goal is to get available technologies to government users much more quickly than conventional procurement can.
The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, a Virginia nonprofit organization, is NGAs partner in the effort.


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Google announced another improvement to Google News called Editors' Picks. The new section provides links to original news content from various publishers' sites that have been listed on their respective sites.
The sites providing the stories in your Google News feed are featured in the scrollable Editor's Picks. Essentially, this feature highlights content located on the news publisher's site and places them in a special content area on your Google News page, featuring the logo of the news organization.
According to Google, the stories and links selected for Editor's Picks are "hand-picked" by the news organization, not Google News. News publishers have the ability to provide an RSS feed to Google that will directly feed the Editor's Picks content area. However, the news organizations' feeds selected to appear on your Google News page will still be algorithmically selected based on "a variety of factors, including your personalized news preferences."
This appears to be a win-win for everyone involved. News publishers now have a mechanism to let Google know what their featured stories are.
Readers will be able to see additional content in the form of these features. As a result, Google will likely see a boost in on-site time and stickiness. Clearly the number of articles you read will help you collect Google News badges.
However, bringing search back into the conversation for a moment: since these articles are hand-picked by the editors - which may include editorials and paid features - will this adversely affect relevancy?
Let us know your thoughts below.


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So by now you may have seen the movie version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and you are probably dying to read the exciting conclusion... but you may also realize you've forgotten what happens in between. I for one had only the devastating memory of [BOOK SIX SPOILER ALERT! BE WARNED, MUGGLE!] Dumbledore's death on my mind, and neglected to retain any of the other information that would be pertinent to the seventh book. I also remembered Half-Blood Prince being one of my least favorite books in the series, but since I re-read it anyway, now you don't have to — and soon you'll be up on all the plot points and inside jokes and ready for the big finale. Though these chapter summaries may be longer than some of the painfully dense plot summaries found elsewhere on the internet, if you are looking for a recap that gets all the details with an eye for maintaining the emotional punch of the book, you've come to the right place (but if you're in a hurry, I suggest you skip straight to parts five and six. Which means missing some key Ron and Hermione drama, but here's a tip: Yes, they're into each other). Either way, you will be well prepared for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows after reading this. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - The Other Minister
The Muggle prime minister is stressed out because lots of random terrible things have been happening inexplicably. Fudge (ex-prime minister of the Ministry of Magic) pays him a visit and explains that all these occurrences are actually magic-related (because Voldemort and Co. are back), and that he has been kicked out as Minister and replaced by Scrimgeour, who comes by as well to introduce himself. The Muggle prime minister finds out his dutiful assistant Kingsley is actually a wizard who will keep him up to date on pertinent information.
Chapter 2 - Spinner's End
Narcissa (wife of Lucius Malfoy, who is now imprisoned by the ministry) and her sister Bellatrix Lestrange pay a visit to Snape in an obscure British town. Belletrix is wary and does not trust Snape, but Narcissa insists they go because she feels that they need him. They go and see him and Snape reveals that he is still loyal to the Dark Lord. Bellatrix does not believe Snape's oath of allegiance and interrogates him, but Snape's answers prove convincing. (Meanwhile, Wormtail serves as Snape's assistant on orders from Voldemort, so he is also lurking about.)
Narcissa is extremely upset: Voldemort has set an impossible task before her precious Draco (exactly what we don't know, but she believes this is retaliation for Lucius screwing things up at the Ministry). She knows that Draco can't perform this task and begs Snape to say something to the Dark Lord. Snape says he can't do anything; Narcissa asks Snape to protect Draco as best he can. Snape ends up making several Unbreakable Vows (as Bellatrix officiates) to Narcissa swearing to look over Draco; if it seems that Draco cannot complete Voldemort's task, Snape will complete the task himself.
Chapter 3 - Will and Won't
Harry is back at the Dursley's for the summer, reading dispatches from the Daily Prophet ("Harry's the Chosen One", "Scrimgeour Takes Over," "The Ministry of Magic: Protecting Your Home and Family Against Dark Forces" pamphlet). Dumbledore sends a message suggesting he head to the Burrow with the Weasley's instead, but Harry thinks the offer is too good to be true until Dumbledore actually shows up at the Dursley's to pick him up. The Dursley's are unhappy about this visit; Dumbledore is friendly and makes best of the situation. Harry notices that Dumbledore's right arm is black and shriveled. While at the Dursley's, Dumbledore brings up some business with Harry. Sirius had left everything to Harry in his will including 12 Grimmauld Place. Dumbledore is not sure if Harry really gets the house as it has some special charms placed on it that only allow the property to pass down through the Black family lineage (if not Harry, then Bellatrix would inherit it). In order to figure out whether the house now belongs to Harry, they summon Kreacher, the house-elf, to the Dursley's and see if he obeys Harry; if he does, the house is his, if not then it belongs to Bellatrix. Kreacher does obey Harry so the Order of the Phoenix can move back in and use the residence as their headquarters. Meanwhile, Harry sends Kreacher to live at Hogwarts with the other house-elves (one can only hope that he will learn better social skills and make new friends). Harry and Dumbledore leave Privet Drive but not before Dumbledore makes the Dursley's promise to let Harry come back one more time before he comes of age at 16 (there are some special protection spells on the Dursley home that protect Harry until he reaches adulthood).
Chapter 4 - Horace Slughorn
Harry accompanies Dumbledore on a trip to see his friend Horace Slughorn before they head off to the Burrow. They apparate to the town where Slughorn is staying. On the walk to Slughorn's house Harry asks Dumbledore what had happened to his hand, but Dumbledore says it's not the time to explain. Slughorn is a retired Hogwarts professor who doesn't stay in one place for more than a week since the times are uncertain and danger is imminent. Dumbledore wants to know if he will come back and brings Harry along because he knew that would tempt Slughorn to return. Slughorn initially refuses, but as he begins to talk to the famous Harry Potter and reminisce about the good old days when he taught gifted, successful students (including Harry's mum, Lily), he decides to come back to Hogwarts. Harry and Dumbledore go to the Burrow but before they leave Dumbledore drags Harry into a broom closet for a little heart-to-heart. He praises Harry for his ability to deal with the death of Sirius. Potter swears to fight Voldemort and the Death Eaters and he is praised again. Dumbledore says Harry should probably share his knowledge of the prophecy with Hermione and Ron because it's hard to keep such a burden bottled up and they are good friends to have around. He also mentions that he wants to give Harry some private lessons, a big change from the year before, where Dumbledore largely ignored Harry for the boy's own protection.
Chapter 5 - An Excess of Phlegm
Dumbledore and Harry Potter enter the Burrow at a late hour and of course it's the lovely idyll where everyone wishes they lived. Tonks is there and she seems depressed, but she soon leaves. Dumbledore departs too, leaving Harry, Mrs. Weasley, and a bowl of onion soup. Hermione is there too but asleep. Arthur has been promoted to head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects (quite exciting). Then Fleur Delacour (Frenchie from Book IV) bursts in - turns out she is marrying Bill. (None of the girls can stand her and Ginny nicknames her Phlegm.) We get updates on the Weasley family: Percy is still not talking to his parents, the twins opened a shop in Diagon Alley and are doing well, etc. They get their O.W.L. results back and everyone has done well (especially Hermione of course). Harry is disappointed because he got an E (a wizard grade equivalent to a B) in potions which isn't good enough for him to progress to N.E.W.T level in that subject, which means he can't be an Auror (a profession he's been contemplating, not that he needs to worry because he's got a huge gold trust fund at Gringotts with his parents' and Sirius' money). The chapter ends with Harry thinking about his prophecy.
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ALBANY, Ga. -- More than 1,400 Albany metro high school seniors will walk across stages to pick up their diplomas beginning the evening of May 17.
The commencement ceremonies will kick off at 7 p.m. on the 17th when 25 Sherwood Christian Academy Seniors bid good-bye to their high school years in the Sherwood Baptist Worship Center.
2013 High School Graduation Schedules
Friday, May 17
7 p.m. - Sherwood Academy
8 p.m. - Terrell Academy
Saturday, May 18
9 a.m. - Terrell County
9 a.m. - Westover
11:30 a.m. - Monroe
2 p.m. - Dougherty
4:30 p.m. - Albany
Sunday, May 19
3 p.m. - Deerfield-Windsor
Friday, May 24
8 p.m. - Mitchell County
8 p.m. - Westwood Academy
Saturday, May 25
8 a.m. - Worth County
8:30 a.m. - Lee County
9 a.m. - Calhoun County
Sunday, May 26
9 a.m. - Baker County
The commencement speaker is American Christian Schools International president Brian Simmons. The ACSI is the world's largest Christian accrediting body, of which SCA is a member.
AAllyson Williams, the daughter of Stephanie and Greg Williams, is the school's valedictorian and Clay Norman, the son of Beth and Alan Norman, is the salutatorian.
An hour later at 8 p.m., more than 70 Terrell Academy students will graduate in the school gym.
Dougherty County's four public high schools will conduct their commencement exercises on Saturday, May 18.
More than 300 Westover High seniors will pick up diplomas at 9 a.m., followed the 11:30 a.m. graduation of more than 150 from Monroe High. More than 120 Dougherty High seniors will march at 2 p.m., and Albany High will close the day by sending more than 110 to the stage at 4:30 p.m.
Terrell County High will also hold its commencement that Saturday, with more than 80 seniors picking up diplomas beginning at 9 a.m.
On Sunday, May 19, Deerfield-Windsor will graduate 58 seniors at 3 p.m. in the W.T. Henry Gymnasium.
Friday, May 24, Mitchell County High and Westwood Academy will conduct their commencement exercises at 8 p.m. in their respective gymnasiums.
Saturday, May 25, will see three schools hold graduation ceremonies.
Worth County expects to see more than 180 seniors walk at 8 a.m. The Rams' valedictorian is Bristal Paige and Heather Shermrey is the salutatorian.
At 8:30 that same morning, Lee County High will graduate 393 at the school's football field. Jamie McClung and Laine Ellington are the school's valedictorians.
At 9 a.m., Calhoun County High will graduate more than 30 at the school's gym.
Baker County High will hold its graduation on Sunday, May 26 at 9 a.m.
More like this story
- Local high school graduations set to begin Friday ( May 16, 2012 )
- Dougherty County School System graduates 667 ( May 17, 2014 )
- Sherwood Christian Academy graduates 29 ( May 17, 2014 )
- Friday's Prep Football Capsules ( August 28, 2014 )
- Bouncing back ( August 19, 2012 )


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Rugby is a game that consists of
good hand-eye coordination. Each team has fifteen
players on the field: eight forwards and seven backs. A
real team sport where forwards and backs must be ready
to ruck, maul, handle, pass, and catch the ball. The
forwards either punch up field with the ball or pass it
out to the backs, who then advance the ball up field
with blistering speed passing from one to another or by
There are eight forwards on each team, who participate
in scrums, line-outs, and mauls. Each player relies on team-mate support, because
one man can't do it all. It is the forwards that cause and recover most of the ball
turn-overs. These are the players that set the tempo of the game by participating
in every play one way or another.
The Props 1 & 3; and the Hooker;
The foundation of a good teams starts with the front row
of the scrum. The first three positions consist of two
props and one hooker, located between them. The name prop comes
from propping up, supporting, the hooker during a scrum. The
hooker gets its name from using their legs to hook the ball back
into their side of a scrum
The Second Row; 4 & 5:
The second row is made up of a power house pair. One of their
main jobs is to fiercely push forward during a scrum. Their role
is just as prominent as they soar to catch or steal the ball during
a line-out, throw in.
The Flankers; 6 & 7, and Number
The back row of a scrum is compiled of two flankers and
a number eight man. They are always the first players
out of a scrum and to the action, supporting the backs
as they charge up field.
The Backs:
There are seven players that form the backs, who all
play a major role in the game. These are usually the players that are faster
and smaller in size compared to the forwards. Once the forwards win the ball
from a scrum or maul and provide it to the
backs, they run the ball down the field. There role in the game is just as
critical on offense and defense.
The Scrum Half 9 and the Fly
Half 10:
The scrum half is a man of great courage. He follows the forwards and is constantly
around the ball. The forwards pass the ball to the scrum half after they win
it in the kick off, maul, or scrum. He then pitches the ball out to the fly half.
The scrum half is as vital to the team as a quarterback in American football. His
partner, the fly half, must know his every move and be able to catch anything that
the scrum half throws out to him. The fly half then opens up the running and kicking
game with the help of the rest of the backs. He either passes the ball to the inside center or kicks it up the
field, timing it right so the wings and centers can catch or recover the ball.
The Centers; 12 & 13 and the Wings; 11 & 14:
There are two centers and two wings The first person behind the fly half is called
the inside center, followed by the outside center. Their names are given
due to how they line up on the field. One is always on the outside of the other.
They either advance the ball up field using the wingers as decoys or pass it out
to them, in which they follow the wingers down the field as support. The wings
play off of the outside center and run in their support. This is not their only
role. Wings help out on defensive maneuvers, even while their team has the ball.
They also chase after the ball after it has been kicked by the fly half, so the
other team can not take a quick line-out.
Full Back 15:
This position acts as a safety behind the other fourteen players. He must make
the last effort tackles on those out whit the rest of the players. The full
back must catch and kick the ball unerringly. They are sometimes included in
the running plays with the other backs.


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Bob Sturm: Ray Sherman's exit a step in right direction for Cowboys
I have to tell you, it shocks me that the prevailing theme of my emails is disbelief. Let me summarize about 2 dozen: "How could he be interviewed for 3 hours for the head coaching job during the week, and then at the end of the week he doesn't even get to keep his position coach job?"
Easy. And if you are a believer in what I believe in, this should actually be considered a step in the right direction.
Think about it. He interviews for the Head Coach position with Jerry Jones. Whether this was a legitimate opportunity to coach the Cowboys or following the "Rooney Rule" is open for debate, but Jerry decided he wanted to visit with Sherman, and took 3 hours to do so. Jerry Jones wants to talk with a guy who has a number of ideas. Let me now jump to conclusions and assume that part of the 3 hours is "his side of the story" on all of the events that have happened that may have put Sherman and Jason Garrett on opposite sides of a debate.
Now, Garrett gets the job on Wednesday/Thursday and the theme for the better part of Thursday afternoon is that "Garrett has the full and final say of who is on his staff". I personally believe that he did not have final say on his offensive coaches – despite being their immediate superior as offensive coordinator – until this week. For 4 years, those who served under him were not appointed by him, and for all we know, not approved by him.
So, part of Garrett's negotiation is surely his leverage that he received by being the hot name across the NFL, and perhaps as we suggested a week ago, he used some of his muscle in the negotiations to do something that has to be done in most coaching situations. He had to have complete say on his staff. Why? Because, as a guy who has been a part of the Cowboys organization through one way or another since his Dad accepted a job in 1987 with the team, Garrett knows that the cancer that slowly can kill a coach's regime is if his assistant coaches do not buy in.
Assistant coaches who serve the head coach are required for success. You cannot have 5 agendas on a coaching staff in a healthy environment. Or 2. Why? Simply put, the players can sniff that out in a second. If a head coach is saying something, but their position coach doesn't have the HC's back in their closed door meetings, then you can see the fracture. A simple roll of the eyes is all it takes.
I honestly don't know if that is the case here. But, I do remember December of 2008. One of the most embarrassing times in the recent history of this team, when there was a major rift in the Cowboys locker-room involving the key members of the offense. Reports indicated Terrell Owens and Tony Romo had a major divide. Accusations of Romo and Jason Witten creating plays on the side and the Wide Receivers were hopping mad and demanding a meeting with Jason Garrett. How much of that was true is still a matter of great debate, but if you are telling me the WRs were involved in some manner of a revolt against the Offensive Coordinator and they demanded answers, well then it doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect the dots and realize that the OC would have a word or two with their position coach after the smoke cleared. Garrett and Sherman might not have been on great terms – and knew the day would come when one would have to go.
I realize I am making a mighty leap here with this conclusion, but to take it a step further, the second one of them was given control of whether the other was safe, is it crazy to assume the other might be in trouble?
Loyalty matters on coaching staffs. Trust me. And if your loyalty is questioned, you need to go.
So, here is the good news: In my opinion, this shows that Garrett really is in charge. It is strictly immaterial to me that Sherman was interesting to Jerry Jones as a Head Coach candidate. If Jones is the head coach, this might be curious. He is not. Garrett is the head coach, and therefore, the only person that should tell us if he is comfortable with the guys on his staff. And if he is to be given a fair chance, I need everyone at Valley Ranch in full solidarity of the man to see this thing work. I cannot have eye-rolling or under-cutting or anything else that allows things to slide like they did in 2008. I need a coach who is in charge and the players and assistants know it is "his way or the highway".
Will it work? I have no idea. But it has to be this way. There are many WR coaches available. Ray Sherman is a fine position coach, but if he has an issue with his new boss (or the other way around) then this had to happen.


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AltaVista Launches New Look, Larger Size, More Languages
From The Search Engine Report
June 3, 1998
The redesign is easiest to spot. Over the past few months, AltaVista has continually added tabs and links to its home page to highlight the new services it offers. This had resulted in a patchwork that was not particularly attractive.
"You could see the Band-Aids," joked Louis Monier, AltaVista's technology director.
Now AltaVista's front page has been redesigned to make it more organized. The search box remains the most dominant element, while AltaVista's other services are highlighted along the right-hand side of the screen.
You'll easily spot AltaVista's content partnerships, which provide entertainment, health, finance and travel information. All are within the "Zones" box. The translation and free email services come below this, in the aptly named "Services" box.
You might overlook AltaVista's additional search options. These appear in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, in small text. Links here lead to the advanced search form, the LookSmart-powered directory and Usenet, people and business search features.
Looking to add your page? A link to the Add URL service continues to appear at the bottom of the screen.
AltaVista has also increased its size to 140 million web pages, once again giving it the title of largest search engine. AltaVista and Inktomi keep swapping this title, so don't be surprised if Inktomi announces an increase from its present 110 million pages.
Finally, AltaVista announced that it has reengineered its service so that a single index can store text from much of the world, regardless of character sets it is written in.
AltaVista's spider previously could not read text written in non-Western European languages. Now the spider is configured to read a wide range of character sets, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. There are plans to add even more sets.
Monier stressed that text from all these pages is combined into one single index, which he says is unique and convenient. For example, it means that visitors can perform a search in English, then one in Chinese, without having to leave the service and go to a Chinese-only edition.
AltaVista does this by translating whatever page it finds into Unicode, which can store characters for all languages. AltaVista can determine the character set of a page even if a web author has failed to indicated it, which commonly happens.
When someone performs a search, that is also translated into Unicode and checked against the index. Matching pages are then brought back.
AltaVista says its new system is especially helpful for languages such as Chinese, where the same word might be represented in different ways, depending on the particular Chinese character set used. AltaVista can now bring back any pages matching the word, even if they were written in a different set than that used by the person searching.
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Rest in Peace: A History of American Cemeteries
Twenty-First Century Books, 2008 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 112 pages
Presents a history of cemeteries in the United States, from early burial grounds to the landcaped designs of the nineteenth century to alternative methods of burial designed for the twenty-first century.
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March 17, 2006
Auburn, Ala.--The Auburn women's tennis team (5-9 overall, 0-4 SEC) defeated Georgia State Friday afternoon at the Luther Young Tennis Complex in windy conditions.
In doubles play, the duo of Whitney Chappell and Tori Almagno won seven straight points before going on to win 8-1 over Georgia State's Rachel Malina and Mateja Podgorsek at the No. 2 position. Playing No. 1, Auburn's pair of Ashley Cowart and Alex Haney won their fifth consecutive doubles match with an 8-7 (2) victory over Anne Breiholtz and Martina Nitkova. Leigh Tippins and Irina Pljusznyin won their doubles match over the Panthers' Brittany Smith and Kiera Strickland, 8-3.
"Conditions were tough out there today with it being very windy," Auburn head coach Tim Gray said. "Given the weather conditions and the emotional match last night, it was important for us as a team to step up and execute this afternoon. I think for the most part we took care of business and did what we needed to do. Overall I was very happy with our effort today. We are making the strides we need to make to become a better team."
Playing No. 2 in singles, Alex Haney picked up her second consecutive win with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Martina Nitkova of Georgia State. Tori Almagno and Erin Gray also had impressive wins for the Tigers. Almagno won 6-0, 6-3 over Rachel Malina at No. 3, while Gray defeated Kiera Strickland 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6.
At the No. 1 position, Auburn's Whitney Chappell was defeated by Georgia State's No. 109 Anne Breiholtz, 6-3, 6-2.
The Tigers return to action on Friday, March 24, as they take on No. 24 Georgia in Athens. Auburn will resume its home slate on March 31 as they host South Carolina at the Luther Young Tennis Complex.
Women's Collegiate TennisMarch 17, 2006Auburn, Ala.
Singles1. No. 109 Anne Breiholtz (GSU) def. Whitney Chappell (AU) 6-3, 6-22. Alex Haney (AU) def. Martina Nitkova (GSU) 6-3, 6-23. Tori Almagno (AU) def. Rachel Malina (GSU) 6-0, 6-34. Irina Pljusznyin (AU) def. Mateja Podgorsek (GSU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6)5. Leigh Tippins (AU) def. Brittany Smith (GSU) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)6. Erin Gray (AU) def. Kiera Strickland (GSU) 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
Doubles1. Ashley Cowart/Alex Haney (AU) def. Anne Breiholtz/Martina Nitkova (GSU) 8-7 (2)2. Whitney Chappell/Tori Almagno (AU) def. Rachel Malina/Mateja Podgorsek (GSU) 8-13. Irina Pljusznyin/Leigh Tippins (AU) def. Brittany Smith/Kiera Strickland (GSU) 8-3
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1


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A number of top prospects, including Virginia Tech targets were busy at work yesterday at the Chesapeake Bowl selection camp at Prince George's Learning and Sports Complex adjacent to FedEx Field.
HokieHaven.com was on hand to break down the targets Hokie fans should keep an eye on. Five-star CB Kendall Fuller came to watch but did not participate so he is not on this list.
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Charleston, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia is receiving $4.5 million in federal funding for U.S. Forest Service projects.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing the funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Robert C. Byrd and congressman Nick Rahall announced the funds Wednesday.
The funding is for projects in Mercer, Monongalia, Pocahontas and Tucker counties.
They include replacing deteriorated materials and equipment at three research stations, maintaining trails, and improving roads and fish habitat conditions.
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