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Thomas is charged with using the club drugs Ecstasy and Ketamine. He's also charged with threatening another cadet.
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With the new year under way, many events on architecture, planning and urbanism await. As traveling abroad takes a bit of planning, here is a list of some of the most interesting seminars, conferences and symposiums around the globe. Where will you go this year: Hong Kong, Honolulu, Belgrade, Cape Town?
Non-City, Next-City? From Urban Sprawl to Urban soul in Europe,
Jan. 11, Brussels, Belgium
Sixth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices
Jan. 20-22, Los Angeles, California, United States
Green Development: Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
Feb. 2-3, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Urban Transformations: 11th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference
Feb. 5-8, Perth, Australia
Innovations in Affordable Housing
Feb. 7-10, Gurgaon, India
Cognitive Research on Human Perception of Built Environment for Health and Wellbeing
Feb. 9-10, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationalism and the City
Feb. 10-11, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Urban and Housing Development Conference 2012
Feb. 15-17, Cape Town, South Africa
Affordable Housing Conference
Feb. 23-24, Singapore
International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems
Feb. 24-26, Guwahati, Assam, India
100th ACSA Annual Meeting: Digital Aptitudes
March 1-3, Boston, Mass., United States
Urban Infrastructure (Hong Kong) 2012,
March 2, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design 2012
March 3-5, Penang, Malaysia
Intercity Networks and Urban Governance in Asia
March 8-9, Singapore
Fifth Integrating Cities Conference
March 8-9, Amsterdam, Netherlands
India vs. Bharat : Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide
March 9-10, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Second Global Conference: Urban Popcultures
March 9-11, Prague, Czech Republic
361 Degrees 2012
March 17, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
DiverCity: Towards the Intercultural City
March 26-27, Venice, Italy
Urban Congestion 2012
March 27-28, Sydney, Australia
Financing Low Cost Housing: Africa
March 28-31, Nairobi, Kenya
Reinventing Architecture and Interiors: The Past, the Present and the Future
March 29-30, London, United Kingdom
Designing Place - International Urban Design Conference
April 2-3, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Diversity in Place Film Festival: Urban Explorations
April 7-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
First International Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage: Archeology
April 9-13, Menorca, Balearic Island, Spain
Symposium of Urban Systems Research
April 10-13, Vienna, Germany
Design Tactics and the Informalized City
April 13-14, Ithaca, New York, United States
First International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design
April 19-21 Tirana, Albania
How is the Housing System Coping?
April 18-20, York, United Kingdom
ISVS-6 International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements
April 19-21, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Cyprus
Cities vs. Global Challenges
April 26-28, Belgrade, Serbia
Coastal Cities Summit II
April 30 to May 3, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Still Architecture: Photography, Vision and Cultural Transmission
May 3-5, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Seventh International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, 7 to 9 May 2012, Ancona, Italy.
Resilient Cities 2012
May 12-15, Bonn, Germany
Re-Mixing the City: Towards Sustainability and Resilience?
May 14-16, Schwechat (Vienna's Airport City), Niederösterreich, Austria
International Conference on Urban Design Theory & Practice in Iran since the late 1950s
May 16-18, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
2012 International Conference on Green Buildings and Optimization Design
May 17-18, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
ICAR 2012 (RE)writing history
May 18-20, Bucharest, Romania
Ninth Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA) Research Student Conference
May 19-20, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 23-26, Istanbul, Turkey
Live Projects Pedagogy in Architecture
May 24-26 Oxford, United Kingdom
Consuming Istanbul: Space, Spectacle and the Politics of Popular Culture
June 11-22, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 ACSA International Conference: Change, Architecture, Education, Practices
June 20-23, Barcelona, Spain
Housing: Local Welfare and Local Markets in a Globalized World
June 24-27, Lillehammer, Norway
Return to the Street
June 27-28, London, United Kingdom
Sustainable Futures 2012
June 27-30, Kampala, Uganda
World in Denmark 2012: City PLANTastic
June 27-28, Copenhagen, Denmark
World Cities Summit 2012
July 1-4, Singapore
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July 14-16, Nishinomiya, Japan
Eighth International Conference on Urban Climate
Aug. 6-10, Dublin, Ireland
11th Conference on Urban History: Everyday Life in the Socialist City
Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, Prague, Czech Republic
13th Architecture Biennale
Aug. 29 to Nov. 25, Venice Giardini and Arsenale, Italy
World Urban Forum 6: The Urban Future
Sept. 1-7, Naples, Italy
Fourth International Conference on Harmonization between Architecture and Nature
Sept. 5-7, Kos, Greece
Second International Congress on Ambiances: Ambiances in Action
Sept. 19-22, Montreal, Canada
Space Strategies 2012
Oct. 1-2, San Diego, California, United States
13th World Conference of ACUUS: Underground Space Development - Opportunities and Challenges Nov. 7-9, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East – Global Impacts and Local Challenges
Nov. 21-23, Istanbul, Turkey
Sustainability by Design: Breaking the Silos
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His tour hasn't even started but embattled sitcom star Charlie Sheen has added a second CT stop to his travels.
Foxwoods announced his "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour will be at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods on April 17.
The news comes a week after Sheen, the self-proclaimed warlock who starred in the tv show " Two and a Half Men" announced his tour would include a show at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford on April 9. Sheen's shows, which opens April 2 in Detroit, has been selling out in many venues including one at Radio City Music Hall.
The down side to his second visit here, if you are intrigued, is that tickets are more expensive than the Oakdale gig. Tickets for the Foxwoods show, which go on sale today, range from about $82 to $150, with VIP tickets that include a meet-and-greet with the guy, going for $750 a person.


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A new year spells new beginnings, and what a start we've had. January was awards season and our divas stepped out in their red carpet best all month long. However it's hard to teach some old dogs, new trick and so with the good came the ugly. Take a look at who the fashion police handed bouquets and brickbats to this time around
Sonam Kapoor crawled out from the rock she's been hiding under and stunned us with this signature clock print sari by Kallol Datta. The statement necklace (which she's bound to have borrowed from mummy) complemented the sari perfectly
Kashmera Shah took two trends from the nineties that we're desperate to forget - and wore them together. The high waisted paints and cropped top pairing was bad enough but Kashmera's liberal use of bronzer made a unsightly appearance even worse
When you've got a body like that, it'd be criminal not to flaunt it. Deepika Padukone looked like a million bucks in a Prabal Gurung gown with sheer panels and bang-on-trend orange lips
Also sporting orange lips was Huma Qureshi but her unflattering shirt gown ruined it all for her.
Mahie Gill's got the blues but we don't mind. The two tone sari was lovely and Mahi looked every bit the blushing Biwi in it
Neck up Sonakshi Sinha looks lovely, but the Maid Marian-like gown adds unnecessary pounds to her already broad frame
We might not care for Priyanka Chopra's song, but she gets city girl chic just right with this fitted cocktail dress and edgy shoes
Ileana D'Cruz gets the color combo right but we're not digging her furry jacket, those higlights and the dangly earrings
Yami Gautam gives her cutesy outfits a rest and slips into this sparkly, sophisticated number and the result, for lack of a better word, is rather yummy!
And if all that bling on that kurta wasn't enough, Poonam Dhillon piles it on some more by adding a sparkly cape. Excuse us while we slip away for some shut-eye. We were blinded there for a while.
Jacqueline Fernandez's sparkly hot pants are to die for and she perfectly balances them out with those tan sandals and black top
The hair. Those stockings. The shoes. It's all a colossal mess that even Anusha Dandekar's bubbly personality wouldn't be able to save
This cowl neck halter gown gives Anushka Sharma's wiry frame some much needed bulk. We also love the eye makeup and her hair
Parineeti Chopra attempts fierce and fails miserably. Her makeup free face was the wrong way to go and even though she tries to spice up that suit with the blue shoes and the lacy sheer top, it all falls flat
Sunny Leone may have a reputation but she's never looked more ladylike than she does here. Her gown makes her a vision in white and her elegant updo and chandelier earrings perfectly complete the ensemble
We've seldom seen Genelia D'souza in something so godawful. The choppy hem of the dress resembles her poker straight bangs and she looks positively morbid
Shahana Goswami's navy gown and pretty clutch make this one of the most elegant spottings of the month
Why has Ameesha Patel taken to dressing like a 16-year-old. We may have an answer
Monica Dogra looks classy and cute in her high waisted short, floaty blouse and that bag that we absolutely love
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sure needs a new stylist. This outfit does nothing for her figure and makeup and hair is a disappointment too
What's not to love about Anushka Manchanda here? Her all-black ensemble is spunky and sexy - a combination that's hard to get right
Even designer wear can look pedestrian if worn the wrong way and that's exactly what happening with Evelyn Sharma here who's in Tarun Tahiliani. The drape is sloppy and the styling is all off
Konkona Sen Sharma's sari is taken to whole other level by that statement necklace. We love it!
We were in for a bit of a frock shock when we spotted Malaika Arora Khan in this. Sorry Malaika, but there's only one woman on the planet who can carry off a tutu dress - and it's not you.
Glamorous best describes Chitrangada Singh who looks every bit the movie star with the red lips, flowing gown and soft curls.
It was a serious case of match-much for Madhoo and those bangles and dress were age inappropriate choices.
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California Pintos fall to Boonville Pirates
Sunday, January 20, 2013
The California Pintos faced Boonville in the first round of the California 79th Annual Basketball Tournament Tuesday, Jan. 8, where they suffered a 71-44 loss to the Pirates.
California will play the winner of Thursday's semifinal game in the losers' bracket (between Versailles and Fulton) in the consolation game at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Boonville will play Southern Boone at 8 p.m. Thursday in the semifinal round of the winners' bracket.
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Audi's E-Fuel is a Carbon Neutral Way to Power Cars That Acts Like Gasoline
Posted By Morgana Matus On December 30, 2012 @ 9:19 am In automotive,clean tech,Environment,global warming,Green Transportation,Innovation,News,Renewable Energy | 2 Comments
Do you feel a twinge of guilt every time you fill your tank with dirty gasoline? What if you could power your car with a carbon neutral fossil fuel substitute? Introducing Audi's [2] new e-fuel, an energy source that powers a standard engine like gas or diesel, but uses CO2 instead of dead dinosaurs and petrified algae. Seeing as most electric cars have a somewhat limited range, long charging time, and small nationwide re-fueling infrastructure, most believe that a majority of drivers will be riding around with an internal combustion engine for the next couple decades. The e-fuel has the benefit of already being able to take advantage of gas stations as well as the landfills and non-potable water sources it needs to create the compound. Here is how it works:
Forget drilling or fracking [4] for crude, Audi's e-gas, e-diesel, and e-ethanol take advantage of already existing sources of CO2 for production. Being carbon neutral, the fuels consume as much carbon dioxide during the manufacturing process as they expel when being burned. First, biogas is obtained from a plant that processes organic waste. Then, Audi harnesses the CO2 that would have otherwise been released into the atmosphere to make hydrogen through electrolysis powered by renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. Afterward, CO2 is added to the hydrogen to make methane and e-gas. Unlike hydrogen by itself, there are already existing national networks for methane, allowing e-gas to fill an existing infrastructure.
Audi is currently building a plant in Germany to make e-fuel and introduce the A3 TCNG [5], a car that can run on both e-gas and regular fossil fuels. Here in the US, e-fuel and e-diesel are being made by Audi and their partner Joule [6] in New Mexico by using non-food crops, dirty water, and microbes. In this process, photosynthetic organisms consume sunlight, industrial waste CO2, and brackish water to excrete fuel. This way, there is no need to use valuable drinking water or agricultural land to make the e-fuel.
At present, e-fuels are facing several challenges. Audi would ideally like the price of a barrel of e-fuel to equal the price of a barrel of oil. They hope to be at around $100 a barrel by 2020 as they begin to scale up their plants. Another hurdle they have to face is yield. E-ethanol has already reached 8,000 gallons per acre, which is better than many biofuels, but still miniscule in comparison to dominance of gasoline. Also, while carbon neutral, the fuel is not actively cleaning the atmosphere, just creating a zero net output of greenhouse gasses. However, creating synthetic methane is an intriguing step towards closing a biological and mechanical loophole and one more weapon in the arsenal in combating global climate change.
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[5] A3 TCNG: http://models.audiusa.com/a3?csref=75483530250853401
[6] Joule: http://www.jouleunlimited.com/
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As the holiday season arrives, travel becomes a hot topic. People start booking train tickets, airfare decisions are made, and routes for getting from here-to-there are determined. This time can also be a stressful one, as the price of travel usually increases and people take to the air and hit the road by the masses. Amtrak provides an alternative means of transportation and we wondered if it's possible to save some of your hard earned money with the Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard. The card has ways to earn you points and save you money.
We decided to look further into this option and broke down the features below, so that you can decide if this card is right for you.
Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard Features:
- Receive 12,000 bonus points after you spend $500 in the first 3 months
- 2 points per $1 on Amtrak travel
- 1 point per $1 on everyday purchases
- 5% point rebate on Amtrak redemption travel
- Points never expire as long as you are a cardholder
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As a cardholder, you are automatically enrolled in the Amtrak Guest Rewards® program. As an Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard member, points will never expire, regardless of whether or not you make any Amtrak purchases or not; however, you must remain a cardholder to take advantage of this policy. We personally love a card where points never expire!
Let's say you are purchasing tickets for your family to travel over the holidays, a time when you also purchase gifts. You can easily accumulate a fair amount of points with the ability to receive an additional 12,000 points by spending $500 dollars within the first 3 months of card membership. With those reward points, a free Amtrak ticket may not be so hard to come by. Free Amtrak travel starts at 1,500 points for a one way trip between Los Angeles and San Francisco. In the Northeast, one way trips start at 4,000 points.
An additional feature for cardholders is the rewards program; it gives the cardmember a 5% point rebate, with points being re-deposited into your Amtrak Guest Rewards® account each time you redeem for Amtrak travel. Finally, there is a "double dip" phenomenon that occurs because you earn 2 points per $1 on all Amtrak net purchases.
Amtrak is currently running a Double Days Double Points program for all Amtrak purchases now through November 22. To take advantage of this great deal, you must be an Amtrak Guest Rewards member –as a cardholder you are automatically enrolled- and then register for the offer.
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Most of the rewards available are offered through the Amtrak Guest Rewards program. The World MasterCard version does offer a few additional perks, but these perks seem to be most salient for Amtrak regulars. One point per $1 earnings on everyday purchases is a pretty standard rate in the credit card industry, so if you don't travel by Amtrak at least four times per year, you would be better off with a credit card that earns more points for everyday purchases. Always be sure to check the terms and conditions of your credit card.
If you are someone who passes the majority of their spending through a credit card, this card could offer you great benefits; however, if you only make the occasional purchase with this card, your benefits may not be so great.
The Bottom Line
Overall, the Amtrak Guest Rewards Program is relatively standard. The program has a four-tier membership system based on the number of points earned within a calendar year. Points can be redeemed for hotel stays, car rentals, train upgrades, cruises, movie tickets and gift certificates to retailers and restaurants.
With the Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard you do have the additional ability to earn points through everyday purchases and are qualified to earn the previously mentioned 5% rebate when redeeming points for Amtrak travel. If you are specifically looking for a way to save on travel, and have an Amtrak station nearby, this card may be really useful for you, especially in the upcoming holiday environment. The card's APR of 15.24% is relatively standard.
On the flip side, should you be someone who prefers to fly and really doesn't travel by rail, you might want to consider a great rewards credit card that will get you points for air travel in addition to other modes of transportation. If you already have a rewards credit card, then simply becoming a member of the Amtrak Guest Rewards program may be a better fit for you. The main difference between only being a member of the program vs. becoming a MasterCard cardholder pertains to the increased possibility of accruing points and how the expiration of points is defined.
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Hey guys!
I finally have a day off to blog again and I wanted to update you all on my progress. So, I've been going through a pretty tough transitioning phase in my life right now. I'm finishing school in another state, which is now my new home, and I am working as an intern while taking classes at night. And now, I got a part-time job which is great because now I can get a car...but it's all been pretty exhausting. Oddly enough, my schedule being fuller has helped me plan my gym time better and it's helped me get and stay on track!
To be honest, I haven't lost much weight because I haven't worked out religiously like I need to. However, I haven't really gained anything either, which is nice because it lets me know my weight set point is still in a good enough place. Buuut now I'm done with good enough. I want to get back to those abs I was dreaming about! I've been prepping meals to bring to my internship with me and thanks to Trader Joe's, everything is super fast, healthy and DELICIOUSSS. My coworker always calls my meals "gourmet lunch" because of how they look, and they're so simple to throw together. TJ's is cheap and being that I'm in college, that is crucial. I've been having fun picking up weekly ingredients for my meals and making new things to keep my palate guessing. And yes, kale always makes an appearance. I'm still on that kale kick. I finally made the baked eggs in avocado everyone sees on pinterest but never seems to make lol and I'm eating it as I type! This whole thing is a great practice run for when I'm really in the real world because now I'll know how to cook a bunch of healthy meals (that are still affordable!) when I'm a career woman.
On a related note, I need a quick vent. Is it me or do people always offer you the MOST RANDOM devilish treats when you are being healthy? Especially when you FIRST start? lol I've noticed that for myself, at least, and when I first moved here I gave in a lot because I wanted to try the local fare. They have so many great places to eat in LA, like Boston, and I wanted to taste the city a bit. So, when people would offer me new things, I wouldn't say no even though I should have. Well, that happened in my first week at my internship and someone had a birthday in my department. They came out with this butterscotch meringue pie and I tried to resist (it was literally my first day eating healthily again) and gave in just for the occasion. I started eating completely healthily (calorie counting included, now) Monday and sure enough, there was a birthday yesterday and the same pie came out to play. But you know what, I ended up saying no to approximately four people (not kidding) when I was prodded to get a piece, "a small piece at least" of pie. ENABLERS! haha but seriously! I swear, the peer pressure to be unhealthy is real. It's funny to me because in Hollywood, it's all about appearance and here I am in this entertainment job with people trying to stuff me with pie. I was happy that I got that pressure, though, because it forced me to exercise my willpower. I remembered what the pie tasted like the first time and my memories were delectable enough. Don't get me wrong, the pie was great but my memory also said wasn't good enough to put in my calorie counter.
Anyway, today is my workout day off but tomorrow morning, I'm going before work at 7 a.m. Incidentally, I'm always up super early and end up laying in bed until my alarm goes off. Might as well hit the gym, right? Graduation is around the corner so I'm working hard to be in the 180s! I got over my fear of the stairstepper (I had a bad first experience lol) and now I love it. I only had 10 minutes to do cardio yesterday before work but I made sure I did the stepper because it does a lot in that time. Plus, 10 minutes is more than zero and I don't want to go back to my all-or-nothing mentality. I really want to work my legs because they're my problem area and it also helps my sciatica by strengthening the muscle. Everything is FINALLY coming together and I'm happy about it :) I am so much happier when I'm healthier and active. Just had to hop on here and share that!
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Kieran Kane Q&A
Do you come from a musical family?
On my mother's side of the family I had uncles who were quite musical. I had one uncle who could pick up any instrument & literally within a few minutes, could play it. On my dad's side of the family, however, not one iota of musicianship.
What you'd be doing if you weren't making music?
I have no idea exactly; I'd like to imagine I'd be painting, but I don't think I could make a living at it. I've never really had a job except for delivering newspapers as a kid. There is nothing else I could do – maybe I could be a hobo and live in a box.
Five CDs you'd want with you on a desert island?
Duke Ellington – Blues in Orbit
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Django Reinhardt – any of the Hot Club records
Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Essential Collection: Muddy Waters
Musical hero you'd most like to meet?
I met him. Bo Diddley – I met him in Australia when Kane Welch Kaplin were playing the East Coast Blues Festival. I heard he was in a tent right down the way from us & I took my little frame drum with me & I stood outside his door hoping he would notice me. I sat outside his door and listened to him talking very intelligently to two people about why the US should have not been in the Iraq War. Finally he saw me & didn't wave me in, but I inched in anyway—sort of like a little kid going to see Santa Claus for the first time—and asked "Mr. Diddley" if he would sign my drum. He was very arthritic & jammed the magic marker between his fingers & very deliberately signed his name "Bo Diddley" and underlined it. As soon as I got back to the tent, I sat down & just wept. He played that night, and I'd never seen him play, but I didn't go. I had something in my head as a little kid, this image of him then and what he did, and keeping that in tact is very important it was to me. Seeing him so sick then (he died soon after), I didn't want to see him like that on a stage.
What is your hidden talent?
Should I say this? Getting people to come along with my ideas but having it seem as though they thought it up. You just move around the conversation until they say what you want them to say & then pipe up with "Great Idea!"
What sound do you love?
My grandson, Eli, calling me "Grampie".
What sound do you hate?
Dogs barking at night. I live in East Nashville...and it's not the strays.
What fictional character do you most identify with?
Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
What piece of music/art/writing do you wish you had created?
Never Come Morning by Nelson Algren
Otto Dix's "The Dancer Anita Berber"
Last good book you read?
The Years With Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuente
Two people, living or dead, that you'd want sitting next to you at a dinner party
Preferably it would be strangers, because I seem to get along with them best.
Favorite comfort food?
Moules frites or mussels with fries. It's good for the restaurant or the backyard.
Who or what is your role model?
I have two - Charlie Birkin and John Van Valkenburg. I met Charlie in New York in my family's cabin when I about 5 and he became a surrogate dad. He and his wife owned the diner down the hill from the cabin and my brothers all worked there during the summers. He and his wife worked around the clock, literally, from Memorial Day to Labor Day so they could have the rest of the year to just live. John I met when I was 15 and he was 25 when I was playing bluegrass music. He would take me all over upstate NY to pick up this radio station out of West Virginia, WWVA, and he'd recite and sing Carter Family & Johnny Cash lyrics. He didn't go to college (he drove a school bus for a living) but he somehow cobbled a life together that allowed him to go off and take photos of birds in the wilderness. He lives in a very small house that he rents, and he lives with this self-created family of injured crows. He sits around and plays his banjo to the crows—they roam free in the house. Through both of these guys what I learned is that you can do whatever you want to do, it doesn't really matter. You just have to be willing to accept the shortcomings & perks, but you can do it. And it has served me well when I got started in music and people said "You don't know what you are doing, you're not very good..." It's a business of rejection this music thing. You show someone the very best of what you have at the moment & often times have it dismissed like it's nothing. Artists are the people who are least likely to have the capability to deal with rejection, but somehow get the most, and in the end it causes you to be the most resilient.
What trait do you most value in your friends?
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting at the lake house in upstate NY with my family here.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
I was told actually that I say "no brainer" often. And I do say "thanks kiddo" a lot according to Steph.
What is your most treasured possession?
I don't really care much about possessions – but I'd have to say my cabin on the lake. It's where I find the most peace. The only drawback is it's so far away from my family, which is why I go back & forth so much.
Which talent would you most like to have?
What is your Motto?
Live free or die...haha, I don't have a motto. But I guess it would have to be "do what makes you happy".
About John:
John Gallent plays Viola, speaks French, and holds music degrees from both LSU (go Tigers!) and Belmont University. John is Compass Records' associate publicist and also our resident class clown (don't let his fancy Viola photo fool you.)
Kieran Kane – Somewhere Beyond the Roses
Kieran's brilliance is in how rich and dark he makes one chord sound. Because of my dad, I'm a big fan of 50s rock and roll, and to hear those same musical concepts (two chords, deep grooves, minimal key changes) brought to an Americana album was a revelation.
Colin Hay – American Sunshine
This album is where I went down the Colin Hay rabbit hole. I wasn't aware of his solo career before joining the Compass staff and after seeing him perform "You Came Into My Store" live, I'm never coming back.
Dale Ann Bradley – Don't Turn Your Back
Dale Ann is a 70s rocker with a set of bluegrass goddess pipes – no matter the genre, everything sounds good with her voice wrapped around it. This album is sunshine for your iPod.
Bearfoot – Doors and Windows
This isn't Pawpaw singing on the front porch anymore, this is young, fresh, bluegrass pop.
Alison Brown – The Company You Keep
I appreciate her melodic virtuosity and technical giftedness. Listening to Alison play is like beautiful math music, it's intelligent design for the banjo.
Top 10 Best Sellers for November:
1) Various Artists - A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh (GL1208)
2) Alison Brown - The Company You Keep (COM 4482)
3) Mick Moloney - If It Wasn't For The Irish and The Jews (COM 4525)
4) Alison Brown - Evergreen (COM 4470)
5) Bearfoot - Doors and Windows (COM 4504)
6) NewGrange - A Christmas Heritage (COM 4412)
7) Sharon Shannon - Saints & Scoundrels (COM 4527)
8) The Unwanted - Music from the Atlantic Fringe (COM 4526)
9) Dale Ann Bradley - Don't Turn Your Back (COM 4511)
10) Colin Hay - American Sunshine (COM 4512)
2009 Compass Records Round-Up
Despite the challenges in the industry this year, the Compass Records Group bucked the trend with a robust selection of new releases from across our catalogs. Last week, we got news that 2 of our albums have been nominated for 2009 Grammy Awards: Liz Carroll and John Doyle for Double Play in the Traditional World Music category and Compass co-founder Alison Brown for the track "Under The (Five) Wire" from her release The Company You Keep for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Our congratulations to all! As the year draws to a close, we are grateful for the chance to continue to support outstanding independent artists and are very appreciate of you for your support throughout the year. Here's a brief synopsis of our year in music.
Celtic: In addition to the Grammy nominated album Double Play from John Doyle and Liz Carroll, we released new albums from several of our favorite Celtic artists including guitar whiz Tony McManus with The Maker's Mark [winner of the Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Instrumental Album], Northern Ireland's Beoga (called by The Wall Street Journal the most exiciting new traditional band to emerge from Ireland this century) with The Incident, accordionist extraordinare Sharon Shannon's latest effort Saints and Scoundrels (featuring the radio favorite "Mama Lou" with guest vocals by Imelda May) and celebrated musician and educator Mick Moloney's If it Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews, a tribute to the early Tin Pan alley collaborations between Irish and Jewish composers and lyricists. In August we debuted New York based sensation The Pride of New York, a collaboration between Joanie Madden, Brendan Dolan, Billy McComiskey and Brian Conway, that received a 4 star review from the Irish Times, as well as the String Sisters, a collaboration of the world's top female Celtic fiddlers including Annbjorg Lien, Catriona MacDonald, Liz Carroll, Liz Knowles, Mairead ni Mhoanaigh and Emma Hardelin. We wrapped up the year with another first class collaboration called The Unwanted featuring music from the Atlantic fringe with Cathy Jordan (of Dervish), Rick Epping and Seamie O'Dowd dubbed by Folkworld "the best of the barley from both the Old World and the New."
Bluegrass/Americana: It was a big year in bluegrass, with new albums from old favorites as well as new albums from new members of the Compass roster. Banjoist and Compass co-founder Alison Brown delivered the GRAMMY-nominated The Company You Keep with a tip of the hat to her 17-year partnership with her touring band and also produced vocalist Dale Ann Bradley's album Don't Turn Your Back; this fall Dale Ann Bradley won the International Bluegrass Music Association's award for Female Vocalist of the Year for the third straight year. Seven time IBMA Bass Player of the Year Missy Raines and her band The New Hip delivered a grooving set of bluegrass virtuosity flavored by jazz-tinged grooves on their debut album Inside Out and the Matt Flinner Trio offered an amazingly played set of new acoustic instrumentals on Music du Jour. This year also marked Compass debuts from the New England-based brother duo The Gibson Brothers with Ring the Bell, recorded at Compass Sound Studio and which has spent months on the bluegrass chart as of this writing, and Bearfoot, a group which got its start on the bluegrass festival circuit in Alaska, and whose release Doors and Windows debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart.
Folk: We started off 2009 with two albums recorded at Compass Sound Studio and produced by Compass co-founder Garry West: That Kind of Love from storied Southern singer/songwriter Pierce Pettis and a stripped down acoustic recording of fan favorites from Boston icon Catie Curtis entitled Hello Stranger (featuring a duet with Mary Gauthier on the title track). We also released From The Union Of Soul by Australian folk rockers The Waifs, recorded during their 2008 tour of Australia and featuring guest appearances from John Butler and Clare Bowditch. Kieran Kane, one of Nashville's most revered songwriters, released Somewhere Beyond The Roses, an evocative and relevant set of new compositions, and we ended the year with a remarkable new project from the UK's legendary Martin Simpson called True Stories which just received a record 6 nominations at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative: We were very pleased to make more of Colin Hay's music available this year. In addition to releasing the former Men at Work front man's new studio project American Sunshine, marked by Hay's own sideways glance at the American dream set to some of the purest pop, hardest rock and most emotionally bare acoustic balladry Hay has yet laid down, we also re-released several of Colin's catalog titles, including Topanga, Transcendental Highway and Peaks and Valleys. (The fourth of his catalog titles, Company of Strangers, will be re-released in January 2010.) We also discovered the wonderful music of French songstress Coralie Clement and released her project Toystore in conjunction with her appearance at Central Stage in Central Park in June.
World: In June we made a foray into the world of salsa with the debut recording A Gozar from Latin SalSoul Queen Cecilia Noel. In late summer, we were very pleased to re-issue Bloodwood, the seminal recording from the late didjeridu master Alan Dargin, as a tribute to the life and music of this very inspirational musician. This instrumental masterpiece was the album with which we launched our company 17 years ago and the re-release contains a rare bonus track and expanded liner notes from his musical collaborator and producer Michael Atherton.
Tayberry Music: This summer we launched the Tayberry Records imprint with the release of two outstanding records. Renowned for his work as the composer of Riverdance, Bill Whelan delivered the gorgeous The Connemara Suite, performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra, which beautifully accomplishes the composer's goal of writing for traditional musicians within the framework of a chamber orchestra. Also in the classical vein, The Celtic Tenors album Hard Times offers a collection of harmony rich arrangements of well-known songs that demonstrate why these vocalists have established themselves as the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland.
Reissues: We have continued our goal of bringing classic recordings back into print with the reissue of albums from the Green Linnet and Xenophile. Below is a list of the albums reissued in 2009.
Celtophile Collections
The Dance Music of Ireland: Jigs and Reels
The Voice of Celtic Woman: There was a Lady
A Collection of Celtic Moods: Season of Mists
Piping Hot
Traditional Music of Scotland
Traditional Music of Ireland
Tarika Son Egal
Tarika Bibiango
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Wreaths Across America event honors veteransPublished 11:23am Friday, December 13, 2013
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Honoring the sacrifices of veterans all across the nation, city officials and volunteers for Wreaths across America convened for a ceremony at the Lincoln County Military Museum in Brookhaven Thursday.
The ceremony represented a special event for local veterans and was the prelude to a national Wreaths across America event that is meant to honor the sacrifice of veterans in all 50 states.
The Wreaths Across America organization is delivering wreaths this month to military cemeteries across the country including Arlington National Cemetery.
Thursday's ceremony at the local museum represented a relay point for the in-transit wreaths, where trucks provided by Walmart convened in Brookhaven before setting off for Houston.
"Only 30 cities in the country are chosen to be relay points for the Wreaths across America ceremony. It's an honor that Brookhaven was chosen this year," remarked state Rep. Becky Currie of Brookhaven. Currie, who briefly spoke at the ceremony Thursday, praised the sacrifice of currently serving community members.
"At events like these, I think about what America would be like were it not for the sacrifice of so many. I wonder how different our lives would be."
David Simmons, fleet safety manager at Walmart Distribution, has been participating in the wreaths ceremony for five years now. He has worked at Walmart Distribution for close to 27 years.
Simmons was the key organizer and speaker at Thursday's ceremony. Simmons praised the sacrifice of Brookhaven veteran, 1st Lt. Danny Day Entrican, who was missing in action after his heroic efforts to save his fellow soldiers during fighting in Vietnam. Months later, soldiers received word that Entrican was alive and transported to North Vietnam as a POW. No further word was ever heard from Entrican.
On Thursday, Simmons presented a wreath in honor of Entrican. Alderman at Large Karen Sullivan and Ward Four Alderman Shirley Estes participated in the ceremony, where all event attendees "put hands" on the wreath.
"We want this wreath to represent a commitment to never forget the efforts of 1st Lt. Entrican or anyone other fallen soldier," Simmons said.
Army Col. Phillip Parker spoke next and praised the service of the organization. Parker said that such efforts have a decided impact on the psychology of those deployed.
"It's hard to even mention how extremely important it is to know that at home, your loved ones are being taken care of, that they aren't the only ones carrying the burden of your sacrifice. It's absolutely vital to know as well, that you have the praise and support of your country."
"To any soldier, this is a very valuable service," he continued.
After members of the Patriot Guard deliver wreathes to the Natchez Military Ceremony, they will escort the Walmart containers, stuffed with thousands of wreathes to Houston for the Wreaths Across America ceremony finale on Saturday, Dec. 14.
The Patriot Guard is a group of motorcycle veterans and supporters that act as an escort for Walmart shipping containers. The guard also stands by during funeral services involving veterans and ensures there are no interruptions, possibly due to protestors.
Over the years, this all-volunteer group has become synonymous with the Wreaths across America ceremonies.
The location of the Walmart Distribution Facility on Manufacturer's Boulevard in north Brookhaven, coupled with the efforts of local veterans and the Military Museum board helped lead event organizers to the city for Thursday's event, according to Simmons.
"It's an absolute honor to be part of this," Simmons said.
State Sen. Sally Doty of Brookhaven, who has been supportive of the Military Museum's past efforts, was on hand at the ceremony as well.
The Mississippi School of the Arts Choir performed renditions of America the Beautiful and God Bless America at Thursday's ceremony.
Members of the Mississippi Highway Patrol were among the wreath honorees at the ceremony.
The mission of Wreaths Across America is to "Remember, Honor and Teach."


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for their Lisa 3 avatar
in the Avvy Awards, announced at the Earth to Avatars
"We're very happy with the acknowledgement. It helps us a lot with direction," says Eli Sagiv of Web Design Group.
The Awards were sponsored by Black Sun Interactive, Contact Consortium, and Silicon Graphics.
The team involved in developing Lisa 3 included 3D Modeler Jim Ellis, Fashion Designer Kelly Sparks (of Esprit), VRML Designer C. Scott Young, Graphic Designer Jack Coffee, and Conceptualizers Sagiv and Aeon Networks.
"It's really a wonderful co-creation. That's one of the best things about Lisa," said Young.
The 3D avatar development began with Jim Ellis working in 3D studio. Graphic designer Jack Coffee developed texture maps and 2D designs for the avatar. Then VRML Designer Scott Young exported parts of the avatar using the 3DStudio VRML exporter and other parts using the WCVT converter. Then the VRML was fine-tuned.
The entire project was completed in a month. Where does it go from here? "The next stage is to animate Lisa in VRML 2.0 and link in some agent technology," said Eli Sagiv, a leader of the team.
Web Design Group is developing four more avatar prototypes by year end, and will see which of the designs is most popular.
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Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
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Fearless: Dance at Swarthmore
At Swarthmore, dance is a global discourse. The central intent of our program is cross-cultural study focusing on Africa/African Diaspora, Asia (both South and East), Europe/North America, and Latin America. The dance and music programs share an integrated approach to composition, history, and theory and believe this is essential to the understanding of dance as an artistic and intellectual inquiry.
The mission of the program is to offer students dance experiences that privilege a merging of embodied practice and history/theory in relation to more than one situated perspective (those listed above). Some courses are constructed to concentrate on one cultural context only (this is true generally in history, repertory, and technique). Others are built to put a variety of perspectives in conversation (first level composition, some history, some repertory, and all theory). The role of dance as a social change agent is also present in Swarthmore dance offerings. All dance studies courses engage students in an investigation of the relationship of dance to other arts and areas of thought.
At Swarthmore students make dances by developing an understanding of the principles central to creating movement dialogues. Dance makers learn how to craft movement in relation to space, time, and energy dynamics as well as emotional content. Composition courses in our program examine how these truths apply across stylistic preferences. Global dialogues that embrace a variety of dance histories and perspectives strengthen the study of composition. Advanced work in composition can provide students with opportunities for individual projects, including experimenting with new media in performance.
Swarthmore's dance history and theory curriculum is shaped to achieve three ends. Introductory courses ground students in relation to specific histories and current debates as well as teach basic research methods. More advanced courses ask students to put histories and theories in conversation with one another, especially in relation to cross-cultural investigation and social change. Individual projects allow a student to focus on one area of research, deepening investigation under the direction of a faculty mentor.
Repertory courses allow students to encounter a variety of dance vocabularies and approaches through performance. Working with dance faculty, guest artists, and fellow students, repertory participants connect their own dancing experiences with those of others (both practical and historical). Through regular participation in various repertory styles, students build knowledge about practice (as dancers and choreographers) and theory (as young historians and cultural scholars).
Understanding specific dance vocabularies and developing technical skills in one's body are rudimentary to practical dance study. At Swarthmore, we offer a variety of styles from around the world because we believe that any embodied trajectory, studied deeply, can provide both a basis to build individual capacity as well as tools for cross-cultural appreciation and dialogue. Students at Swarthmore can study: African, Ballet, Contact Improvisation, Flamenco, Kathak, Modern, Taiko, and Tap.


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I am sure many of you are familiar with the iron chef format (plus maybe the spoof of it done in Order of the Stick), if not essentially you have a number of ingredients and the participants have to make whatever dishes they can from those components.
I suggest something similar for an encounter map, choose say half a dozen items that the map MUST include (either just name them or also provide clip art that may be used should the entrant wish) then all other parts of the map can be chosen as they wish.
Bonus points for some sort of background story linking all these elements into a setting for the encounter.
Suggested list would be something like:
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Neil recently released a solo album, "Tattoos and Tequila," covering 1970s rock songs.
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Caramelized Shallots Crust
Caramelized shallots crust
1 tbl Spanish olive oil
4 tbl minced shallots (about 8 shallots depending on the size)
4 tbl balsamic vinegar
4 oz toasted bread crumbs
1 tps chopped fresh thyme
1 tsp chopped rosemary
Salt and pepper
Heat the olive oil in a small pan. Add the shallots and cook slowly stirring with a wood spoon until caramelized (medium brown colored). Add the balsamic vinegar and cook until liquid is reduced by half, then add the herbs, salt and pepper and bread crumb mix until it form a paste. Cool and reserve.
4 halibuts filet of 6 to 8 oz each
3 tbl Dijon mustard
salt and pepper
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One year ends, another begins. It is like a fresh morning for many, though deep down it is known to be only pretend. Perhaps each day is in reality a "New Year", a fresh beginning that slowly wilts as the day comes to an end. Pressures build up, focus can be lost and fatigue can at times be unrelenting. It can seem so absurd. However, for the believer life does have a purpose, one that can be forgotten in the hurly burly of life. It is to see the one before me, to love that person, not to use that human being made in the image and likeness of God. Doing so will put me at odds with many others. How do I treat those who work for me? How do I treat my family, strangers, and acquaintances? Do I forget what is important, and allow relationships to die because of issues that are in the long run less important than the deep relationship I have with those around me. New day, New Year, New Moment, mercy given and received, always there for the asking, all that is needed is to open ones heart to grace that simply 'is', present and shown its true nature (for Christians) by Our Lord Jesus Christ. I often fail, but I get up. Slowly I have learned to look to Jesus, not to myself, for in grace and healing come the gifts that build up not only myself, but others up as well.


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Take My Life, Please! is the 20th episode of season 10 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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