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Bonds of trust eroded by a prank gone awry
Miranda Devine –, Tuesday, December, 11, 2012, (7:23pm)
THE 2DayFM DJs were like a couple of deer caught in the headlights as they were wheeled on to television to express remorse for their part in the royal prank call that ended in the apparent suicide of a nurse in London.
Their tearful appearances on Monday night have garnered them pity in Australia, but is that really where pity should be directed at a time when Jacintha Saldanha's family, her husband and teenage son and daughter, are so devastated?
It is clear the two DJs are genuinely upset about the tragedy they unwittingly may have triggered when they rang the hospital impersonating the Queen and Prince Charles to extract private medical details about the Duchess of Cambridge who was being treated for serious morning sickness.
But they and their employers still didn't seem to understand that making the prank call was the problem - not the nurse's reaction to it.
"These are prank calls," Michael Christian told Channel 7. "They've been around for as long as radio has existed and they're done by every radio station."
The call to London's King Edward VII's Hospital, as we now know, was pre-recorded, vetted by station lawyers and managers before being broadcast, and Southern Cross Austereo maintains it was perfectly legal.
But there has been too much discussion of the legality or otherwise of the phone call.
That is a side issue.
Even if something is legally OK it does not mean it is right.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, a lawyer, uses the language of legal absolutes while defending herself over the AWU slush fund affair: "I did nothing wrong."
Yet that doesn't stop people questioning whether her actions may have been ethically debatable.
Perhaps it is because we have too many lawyers and too many laws and regulations that we have lost faith in our own ability to discern right from wrong.
All that counts is that you haven't broken the law.
But the law is too blunt an instrument to replace the subtle judgments of human morality. We developed mores and manners, taboos and social norms over centuries to cover myriad human interactions and allow us to live together harmoniously.
The Japanese have the most elaborately polite society, because 130 million of them live crowded on top of each other on a tiny island.
Judeo-Christian ethics underpinned our society and gave people a code of behaviour to live by.
But along with religion, we have been dispensing with manners and mores as if they are quaint and unnecessary in a modern connected world, when they probably have never been more needed.
As society becomes less harmonious we have had to invent all sorts of new laws to stop us irritating each other. They are the imperfect artificial replacement of social norms, which only heighten aggravation. And now all sorts of impolite and anti-social behaviour once forbidden by community consensus must be tolerated, from swearing in public and spitting to road rage and cheating.
We are witnessing the Boratisation of our culture, where decent people are deliberately offended and taken advantage of to enhance the social standing of their tormentors. In the movie Borat, a fictional journalist from Kazakhstan travels around America being rude and making fun of real people. He pulls such pranks as defecating in plastic bags and pretending it is the custom in his country so that his hosts seem ridiculous when they are courteous in return.
The movie's contemptible schtick was to exploit the politeness and hospitality of Americans and show them up as gullible rubes. It divides the world between the cool insiders who are in on the joke and the excluded idiots who aren't.
The movie was hailed a great hit but it was peppered with lawsuits by people who felt humiliated. Once we understood that to humiliate and shame those in a less powerful position was bullying behaviour. Now it is just harmless fun.
After all, the whole point of a radio prank call is to hold up to ridicule people who are trusting or gullible, exploiting good will for a cheap laugh, corroding the bonds of trust and friendship in society.
In our rush to free ourselves of the constrictions of morality, we have created a society increasingly overrun by laws and regulations, less free than ever, and certainly less gentle.
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08/22/2009 - By Tobi Drucker Tesoriero
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16 Year Old Corey Wagar May Sing Country But Shes Got a Whole of Jersey AmbitionCorey Wagar has been singing for as long as she can remember. She used to accompany her dads band as a toddler, sha-la-la-ing along with the music. Last summer she toured up and down the east coast as a cast member of the group, Rock N Roll Chorus. According to their website, Rock N Roll Chorus is Americas most exciting new teenage a cappella vocal group. Corey shared how fantastic her experience was performing in major venues from New Jerseys own PNC Arts Center to Disneyworld! She has also performed at school through participation in chorus and talent shows, and also sings at Pier Village in Long Branch.
Most recently Corey returned from recording some new songs in Nashville, where she had the opportunity to work with renowned music producer Ken Wells. During the recording process she also had the good fortune to work with some of the top musicians in the music industry today.*
This 16 year old is not only a talented performer and vocalist she also plays the guitar and writes music. To hone her craft she takes guitar lessons locally and also travels weekly into New York City for vocal lessons. She is dedicated, focused, and determined to find a spot for herself in the music world.
When not traveling for performances or recording sessions, Corey lives at home in Colts Neck with her parents, her 18-year-old sister, Avery, and her 14-year-old brother, Christian. She loves hanging out with her friends and is particularly grateful for all the support they, along with her family, give her as she pursues her career. Living In Colts Neck had the opportunity to meet with Corey just after her return from Nashville.
*Coreys recordings can be heard on her MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/cwagar
LICN: Lets start with the basics. Where do you go to school?
CW: Colts Neck High School, and before that I went to Cedar Drive Middle School and Conover Road where I went to kindergarten.
LICN: How old are you?
CW: Im 16.
LICN: We know you are passionate about music. Do you remember when you first became involved in music? (Corey pulls down a photo of herself and her dad holding microphones) So cute! How old were you?
CW: Probably like 3 years old. I dont remember that, but obviously I can prove that I have been singing a long time (laughs)!
LICN: So, since then have you had a consistent interest in music?
CW: Well, my dad used to play with a band; he is a musician, too. So he was in a band and they would play at Huddys. He said I was like 4 or 5 years old and I would go up and start singing sha-la-la-la to Brown Eyed Girl. I couldnt say much, but I did my sha-la-las. Ever since then it has been musicmusic for me.
LICN: Do you play any instruments?
CW: Just the guitar. I mean I goof off with the piano, but nothing serious.
LICN: In terms of taking lessons and training do you have a rigorous schedule?
CW: We are very relaxed with it. I do guitar probably once a week and I take singing lessons in NewYork with Katie Agresta. She does all the training for like Jersey Boys, and all the Broadway plays. She does Bon Jovi [and] Cyndi Lauper; shes amazing. I have been taking guitar lessons with a couple of different people for the past 3 years now.
LICN: Can you go into detail about what a singing lesson and a guitar lesson is like for you? Are there drills, processes, etc.?
CW: GuitarI dont like teachers that are very strict. I need a teacher that is laid back. I show them a song and say teach me how to play this song. They show me the chords, then we play it together and I sing it. I am very hands on. If he has to sit there and show me that E goes there or G, I go Stop! So what we do is, I play him a song before the lesson and then he will figure it out, transpose it, and teach it to mehow to sing it and play it at the same time.
LICN: That leads into your writing style. Do you write your own music as well? Is playing it the first part of your process for writing music?
CW: When I write a song I will justwell, I usually pick the guitar up first. But, a lot of times it is different. Sometimes I will be sitting there and I will have a song idea and I will hear lyrics. Sometimes when Im lying in bed Ill wake up at 2 oclock in the morning and be like, Oh my gosh. I need to write this down! So that is where the lyrics come from sometimes. Other times if I want to write a song, I just pick up the guitar and strum a few chords and make it into a pattern and go from there.
LICN: At those times does the song comes to you in complete form?
CW: A lot of times I will have a melody in my head, and sometimes it will be the chorus; or a verse of the song comes to me and then it expands from there. Whatever your idea is you pick it out and then you kind of pull on it.
LICN: How many songs have you have written?
CW: A lot of times I write my songs just for myself, not for recording. I will just have fun with it. Probably like 13 I wouldnt say good songs (laughs) just by myself. Then there are the songs that I recorded for my first demo, which is how I got set up in Nashville. Those producers wanted me to first record a song locally. What I did was I would work with my guitar teacher, Vinnie Danielle. I would show him one of my songs; he would expand on it and make it better because he has more experience. One of our first songs is called One Day in My Life.We were on our way home from our first meeting in New York with my manager and we wrote the song coming home on the train about our whole day, and how it was crazy, and we had to grasp it. So that one was cool and we did it together. The rest of the songs I wrote with him, I would just show him an idea and he would take it and put it on steroids (laughs).
LICN: You mentioned your manager in terms of the process in the entertainment business. Do you also have an agent?
CW: My manager, Jason Davis, is the CEO of Fahrenheit Entertainment Group. What he does is he manages a lot of different groups; he basically has all the connections that I need, which is what an agent would do. He sets me up and points me in the right direction; he put me in Nashville with all these producers. So he basically does everything for me.
LICN: What happened in Nashville?
CW: Well, the first time I didnt really know what they were doing. I guess they set me up as a test to see how I would handle it, if I would crack under pressure.
LICN: When was this?
CW: That was February [2009]. I had no idea they were doing that. I thought I was going there to record a normal session. The producer there, Ken Wells who produces for Dolly Parton, Reba, Kenny Rodgers called my manager the next day after I was there recording and said, Shes got it. To hear that from someone like him who has worked with the best of the best is like so humbling and exciting. It was hard for me. I dont show that I am excited. I dont want to be disappointed if something doesnt happen, so I kind of hold it in a lot, but I said, Oh my gosh!YES! That was really cool to hear that from him. When I came back I put the song up on MySpace; I was getting like 700 plays on it a day, which was cool cause I really wasnt doing anything. I was sitting there and people were just coming to it. So, my manager was seeing that and said, Weve got to get you back there. There is something there. I was like, alrightso he was sending me hundreds of songs that songwriters had sent to Nashville. He would send me all the songs and I would have to listen to them. Its really hard to pick them because you kind of have to pull yourself out of it and think, Would I buy this song? Its hard to decide. So out of a couple of hundred songs I picked out three of them; we worked at deciding.
LICN: This was with you and your manager? You pick what you like as well as what you feel would be strong for performing?
CW: Yeswhat was a good fit for me. The key of the song doesnt really matter cause they can change that for you. We were looking at style and whats going to sell and what matches my personality. We picked out three songs. One is called Flowers and it is all about a girl that is together with this boy; it is kind of me I guess. They were going out, he promises me all these thingsthat we are going to see the flowers in Tokyo, the blue bonnets in Texas, and the magnolias and whatever all across the world, and he breaks my heart. I am sitting there and I say I am watching the flowers on my window ledge cause I am not going to be able to see them all over the world. That is one song. The other two are happy. One is called Living in a Love Song, all about a girl who is in love and she feels like she is starring in a movie; every scene is better and she is basically living in a love song. The other one is called Here and Now and it is happy, too.
LICN: Were the songs all by the same writer or different writers/composers?
CW: There are all different writers. The first song my producer Ken Wells wrote. That was even cooler to work with him and do a song that he wrote.
LICN: Can you describe a recording session?
CW: My first recording session down there was absolutely insane. I walked in thinking the musicians were going to take hours and hours. They listened to my demo CD once and they have sheet [music] with all the chords on it, and after that Ken said, You guys ready? You want to hear everything? You want to go? They said, We want to go. So, I was like, Did they listen to it before? We go in and they asked, Ready to bang it out? And I was like Wait, are you guys ready?We went in and it took us, all the musicians, maybe two takes and they got it down. Then they did an extra just in case. It only took a couple of hours for these musicians to record a whole song.
LICN: Did you play the guitar on that as well?
CW: No, I wanted to focus on the singing.
LICN: Can you draw me a picture with words of what goes on at a session?
CW: The first recording studio we were in for the musicians was gigantic. My vocal isolation is the size of this room (Note: equivalent to the family room of a large suburban home.) Everything is huge. Everyone has their one board. I would pull most of the instruments down and just listen to the acoustic guitar. That is most rhythmic and I can keep along with that. Its really, really cool. Everyone records at the same time; its almost like a live recording, but they are pulling each instrument out on a different track.After that, the musicians leave and I go in for my 8 hours of recording. What we did this time as opposed to the February tripwe went into a sound kitchen. That recording studio was insane. Miley Cyrus was there the week before; U2, Taylor Swift, Jordan Sparks, and Dolly Parton recorded there. It was smaller. They put me in a smaller booth. I liked it better; they had candles litI would close my eyes and just sing.
LICN: So each musician has their own room or do they play together?
CW: Each has their own room. All the musicians play with famous bands and artists, from Dolly Parton to Taylor Swift to Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees. The isolation rooms are really much larger than you would think.
LICN: So when did you go down to Nashville for the second time?
CW: The beginning of June 2009. I had to miss a lot of school.
LICN: Well get to that in a bit. First lets get back to your vocal lessons. What are they like?
CW: I just started with Katie a few weeks ago. I go into the city; its a half-hour lesson. She has a technique where she makes me grab my tongue with a paper towel and I have to sing scales. It does something with the tension; its amazing. At the end of the lesson I am able to sing higher than I did before.
LICN: Interesting. Did she explain the physiology of it?
CW: She did. Its complicated. It has to do a lot with the stress and tension in your voice. She also makes me do a cool down after I sing, before I go into talking. It works!
LICN: How often are those lessons?
CW: Once a week.
LICN: Besides your lessons, do you practice much?
CW: In between I go to my dads restaurant, Sawa, at Pier Village and perform. I go out and sing and work on the website.
LICN: Was the local demo process much different than the professional recording?
CW: When you record the demo you are like, Oh my gosh, that is so good! You dont have anything to compare it to. But the demo came out pretty well. I recorded inWall. It was exciting. But when I got my recording back from Nashville it sounded so much better. It wasnt that the first sounded bad. It was cool to see when you put something to its best how good it can sound. I can hear a difference even between the song I recorded in February and the songs I recorded now.We were more into it. Other than seeing where it can go we were like, Lets do this!
LICN: Please share some of your performance history.
CW: Well, as I said, at my dads restaurant, and last summer I went on tour with the Rock N Roll Chorus.We went up and down the east coast. It was an a cappella group. We do b-boxing; we performed at PNC and went all the way to Disney, performed there, Myrtle Beach, Charleston It was so much fun. It gave me a lot of experience on stage.
LICN: How many people are in the group, and how did you become involved?
CW: [There are] about 30 people. I auditioned for the group. I had to stop it this year to go record. It was a lot of fun to be on tour; it was good to be on my own.
LICN: What year are you going into in school?
CW: I am going to be a junior.
LICN: You sound incredibly busy.
How do you balance career and school?
CW: I will be honest. School is not my best, but it is important for me to focus on it. I have not always been strong in school. I need to be very interested in something to learn about it.Alot of times its hard for me to focus. I am thinking of my to-doswriting a songWhen it comes down to it, I know I need to pass and I do what I need to do.
LICN: What happens when you are away?
CW: Well, I was away the week before finals, which was hard. My teachers were very good with it; they gave me packets to study. Other than that I have been able to keep it up. I think next year may be harder. I will have more to do, hopefully. I talked to my guidance counselor, and he helped me with electives and my schedule so I should be able to keep up. I will take chorus and drama.
LICN: So you participate in performances in school?
CW: I was in chorus this year [and] I do Cabaret Night, which is like a talent show.
LICN: When are the songs you recorded slated for release?
CW: HmmI dont know what I am allowed to say about that. You can e-mail my manager about that. [Note: at the time of writing, Coreys manager shared that they will be going to the internet with them, and they are most excited about Living in a Love Song.]
LICN: Are there any other interests or activities in which you are involved?
CW: Basically just this. I love to hang out with my friends. They are so supportivethey are awesome.
LICN:What would you like to see happen with your career?
CW: Every time I watch TV and see Hannah Montana singing in front of a ton of girls I want to do that. I hope to have fun performing, and to sell out a big stadium. I am sure that is every girls dream.
LICN: Any other artists besides Miley Cyrus that you would like to emulate?
CW: Music-wise I love Carrie Underwood. I love her voice. And Miranda Lambert. Where I would want to be is like Miley Cyrus or Taylor Swift, where they have so many little girls as fans. Also, Dolly Parton great voice and smart business woman. And everyone down in Nashville says how down to earth she is, and she is so inspiring.
LICN: Do you think you will continue writing music, or do you plan to focus on performing?
CW: I dont know. I always like to perform. That is more my thing than songwriting. If it doesnt work out with performing I know I still want to be in the music industry anyway. I have learned so much so far. There is no end to what you can learn. There are so many interesting jobs and opportunities.
LICN: In closing, is there anything else you can tell us that would help complete the picture of CoreyWagar?
CW: I cross my fingers and keep hoping. I am thankful that I have so much support from everyone my family and my friends. Its really good to have a good support system around me. Between my producer, manager, family, and friends hopefully I can get where I want to be.
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Let's get through the boring part first. Once again, I feel obligated to point out misleading and/or incorrect information in one of your columns. Your title, as well as the last sentence of your introduction, is inaccurate. Of the 729 deceased victims identified as of December 21, 305 were Caucasian and 364 were African-American. However, since blacks made up a higher percentage (67%) of New Orleans' pre-Katrina population than whites (28%), a higher proportion of whites died due to of Hurricane Katrina. For humanity's sake, it really does not matter how many or what proportion of which race died--every death is equally tragic. For journalism's sake, however, you probably should attempt to write a little clearer.
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American. No matter what they saw on television, their comments were irresponsible and misguided--but not disgraceful. Now, this may sound like the race card, but the skepticism African-Americans have of the government is deeply rooted for several reasons (i.e. slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, lynchings, racial profiling, etc.). However, the harsh comments made by the above-referenced trio and other black leaders were premature and unnecessary. We all should take the time to closely examine situations before making rash judgments.
Being unprepared for Hurricane Katrina is a lame excuse being used from top to bottom. The nation was unprepared for Katrina due to inaction and incompetence, from the current and previous administrations, down to Mayor Ray Nagin and his predecessors. Years had been spent researching how a hurricane of Katrina's magnitude would affect New Orleans, yet little or nothing was done to address the problem. Now that is a disgrace.
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When a gunman opened fire last Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a TSA agent, a member of the Nashville community was nearby: Paul Harris, leader of the bluegrass act The Cleverlys [1].
Harris—who goes by the stage name Digger Cleverly in the humorous family band—was traveling back to his home on the Missouri/Arkansas border and was just steps away from suspect Paul Ciancia when the shooter entered the screening area.
"I got to the point where I had to take off my shoes and put everything on the conveyor when the first shots rang out," Harris tells Country Weekly.
"Everyone hit the ground and was trying to take cover. There was a couple other shots, and seconds later, he was firing upon the crowd I was in. When that happened, one of the officers said, 'Run, run, run!' and everybody got up and started scrambling into the terminal toward the gates," he continues. "Someone got one of the emergency exits opened and, as I turned, I saw the gunman coming up the terminal. We ran out the door onto the tarmac."
Disoriented, Harris says he and his fellow passengers were left vulnerable while hiding on the runway. "I'm barefooted, my belt was off, everything I had was in the screening area. All my carry-on things, including my phone," he says.
Eventually a bus picked up those fleeing and spirited them away to the international terminal, where, after the gunman was subdued, they were interviewed by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security.
"It all happened so fast, and there were quite a few shots, so you didn't know if there were more than one [shooter]. While that's going down, you're thinking the airport is being taken over. There are tons of things going through your mind," says Harris, who praises the quick response of LAX security, and admits his survival instinct kicked in when the mayhem began.
"You always speculate how you would handle yourself in a situation like that, and I can tell you this, I didn't handle myself anyway near the way I'd always speculated," he says. "I ran my ass off."
[1] http://thecleverlys.com/
[2] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/bee-gees-barry-gibb-country-music-always-inspired-us
[3] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/eric-church-take-risk-his-hard-rockin-cma-awards-show-performance


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Huntsville, Alabama (October 5, 2011) Don Kennedy and Sons House Movers plan to move a house on Friday, October 7, 2011. The move will impact traffic on Highway 72W towards Rideout Road, Jordan Lane, Mastin Lake Road, Maysville Road, Oakwood Avenue, Andrew Jackson Way, California Street, Governors Drive, and Cherry Tree Road and Horse Cove Road in Gurley, Al. The move will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, October 7, 2011.
The following lists the starting point and final destination of the move:
The move will start from 8512 Hwy 72 West in Madison, Al and proceed to Rideout Road, take the ramp (wrong way) over and cross the median to ramp back to 72 West to Jordan Lane, then head left onto Jordan to Mastin Lane Road NW, turn right to US 72 E. They will make a right to Maysville Road, Maysville to Oakwood Avenue NE, turn right, Oakwood to Andrew Jackson Way, turn left and continue on Andrew Jackson Way/California Street SE to Governors Drive SE. Turn left onto Governors Drive. Take Governors Drive to Old Hwy. 431, turn right onto Cherry Tree Road, and end the move at 342 Horse Cove Road, Gurley, AL.
Weather conditions could cause a delay or rescheduling of the move.


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The Federal Bureau of Investigations released new numbers for all law enforcement agencies in this country and some local cities made the list.
All the data collected is from the year 2012.
Oxnard is ranked number 34 out of almost 280 cities listed. Santa Maria is number 85 on the list and the City of Ventura is ranked number 118.
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In this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the Truthdig editor in chief sits down with Frank to discuss his new book, "Listen, Liberal," about how Democrats abandoned the American working class. Transcript included.
When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about the minimum wage and food stamps, what are they really talking about?
White working-class voters have been a key building block of the Republican coalition since the rise of the Reagan Democrats 35 years ago. You would think that the party's presidential candidates would want to respond to the heartbreaking crisis these Americans are facing.
Whereas May Day "celebrates the historic power of the working class to oppose its oppression and fundamentally alter society … Labor Day is just another legacy of worker defeat," writes Jonah Walters in Jacobin magazine.
In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, many of New Orleans' low-income black residents have been displaced, with gentrification entailing a dramatic transformation of the city's class structure and cultural identity.
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This won't come as a total shock, but there's some new hard data to back up what we already suspect anecdotally: Our democracy is really an oligarchy.
For almost 35 years, I've been writing about people who have had a hard time of it in school, and this writing has led me to examine our definition of intelligence and measures of academic achievement, the relation of social class and inequality to achievement, and the very purpose of education in a democratic society.
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Bringing a class analysis to our understanding of privilege can help make sense of a broad range of experiences.
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Affirmative action lives for now. But there was enough in Monday's Supreme Court opinion to suspect it will be diminished further in time, which makes it an opportune moment to think again about what some people think could be a fairer and more palatable way of ensuring diversity on America's campuses—class-based affirmative action.
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Officials said they're recruiting officers at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl.
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Officials said those seeking a job must be 18 years old, have a valid driver's license and high school diploma or GED and have no felony or domestic violence convictions.
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The English First Division came into being in 1888 and within 4 years, a young man named Steve Bloomer signed for Derby County from local league side Tutbury Hawthorn. Whilst he may have been highly thought of in the local area, such was the turnover of young men trying their hand at football; Bloomer could have easily been another statistic of those days of the Football League's infancy. To say Bloomer had an extraordinary life would be something of an understatement and he would write his name in footballing history.
He made his Derby County debut at the beginning of the 1892-93 season and scored his first goal for County on September 24th in a 3-1 win against West Bromwich Albion. That season saw Bloomer finish with very respectable figures of 11 goals in 28 games and the slightly framed, pale skinned young man quickly established himself as a crowd favourite at the Baseball Ground. Possessing great pace, a thundering shot with either foot and a range of passing rarely seen in a forward, his performances quickly saw him chosen to represent England in 1895.
Scoring 2 goals on his debut for England in a 9-0 romp against Ireland, Bloomer seemed to have the football world at his feet but the first of the tragedies that befell him occurred when his brother, Philip, also briefly a Derby County player died in 1896 of peritonitis. Bloomer continued to build his reputation the following season scoring 35 goals in 36 games which included 5 hat tricks and hit a run of hitting 21 goals in 20 games.
A strange side note to this part of his career is that he actually led Derby County to the British Baseball Championship in 1895, 1897 and the final season of 1898, which is why Derby County's old ground was known as the Baseball Ground. As the baseball team folded, Bloomer's football moved in to a different level scoring goals for fun for both club and country. He became the first player to score 5 goals for his country against Wales and then followed it up 5 years later with another 4 goal haul again in a match against Wales, thus also making him the first England player to score two hat tricks.
In his first spell at Derby, Bloomer was the leading goal scorer in the First Division on 5 separate occasions and twice in all European Leagues. He hit 6 goals in one match against Sheffield Wednesday in 1899 and also scored the first goal at West Bromwich Albion's Hawthorns Ground in 1900. This man set records for fun and couldn't stop throughout his career and it was interesting to note how his fortune continued to rise as he left Derby County to join Middlesbrough in March 1906 for the princely sum of £750. Shorn of Bloomer's skills, Derby County were relegated the following season but Bloomer continued to find the back of the net for his new employers.
In his first two full seasons at Boro, he unsurprisingly finished as their leading scorer and played his final match for England in 1907. By 1910, Bloomer was coming up to his 36th birthday, but as Stanley Matthews had returned back to his first love, in 1910, Bloomer returned to a hero's welcome at Derby County, who were still languishing in the Second Division. Bloomers return almost had an instant impact with another 24 goals but Derby's promotion charge faltered and they finished 6th.
Bloomer was not being denied the season after and Derby won promotion as Champions in 1911-1912 and he hit another 19 goals for the Rams. Bloomer managed to have another 2 seasons in the First Division, but at 40 years old he finally retired as a player. For most players, that would be the end for their careers in football, but Steve Bloomer's life then took another amazing turn. In July 1914, he decided to take up the offer to become the manager of the German side Britannia Berlin 92.
3 weeks later, World War I broke out and Bloomer, as a British citizen was interred in a prisoner of war camp in Berlin, Ruhleben. Amazingly, a football season of sorts was organised between the prisoners and Bloomer once again found himself playing regular football, albeit in a prisoner of war league. He also played Cricket in a prison league that was set up to run through the summer months in the camp, and unsurprisingly Bloomer excelled at that game as well.
During his internment, tragedy once again visited Bloomer and he lost two daughters to illness to compound the earlier loss of his brother. Once again, his success was tarred by personal loss. Released in 1918 at the end of the war, Bloomer had a short spell coaching in Holland but by 1922 he had drifted away from football. On the horizon though was one last amazing hurrah.
In 1923, he made a return to management, taking the reins at Spanish side Real Union. Guiding Union to the regional championship, he found his side in the Copa Del Rey. In those days, the cup was used to decide the Spanish Champions and amazingly, Union had got to the semi-final after beating Seville 3-1. Their opponents were the giants of Barcelona and it seemed that their amazing cup run would come to an end. Bloomer had other ideas and Union blew Barcelona away 6-1, an amazing result for a regional team such as Union.
The Copa Del Rey final would surely be one game too many for Bloomers plucky side as who else but Real Madrid were waiting for them, but once again Bloomer's side turned the form book on its head to snatch the title with a 1-0 win and become Spanish Champions. It was beyond belief for most people but simply another amazing achievement in the life of Steve Bloomer.
Bloomer eventually returned to Derby and passed away in April 1938, aged 64. In January 2009, Derby County erected a bust of him inside Pride Park facing the pitch, placed next to the home dug out. English football's first superstar will never be forgotten.
- 684 games for Derby County and Middlesbrough, scoring 430 goals
- 28 goals in 23 games for England
- Won the European Golden boot twice & First Division leading scorer in 5 seasons
- Derby's leading goalscorer in a season an incredible 14 seasons in a row
- 3rd highest goalscorer in First Division/Premiership history with 314 goals.


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A four-year programme designed to improve key routes into towns and tourist areas in the East Riding will see further artworks created on roundabouts in Bridlington, Beverley, Hedon and Goole in 2014.
The cost of the work is £3,000 a roundabout, but East Riding of Yorkshire Council say this is covered by sponsorship so essentially the scheme is cost neutral.
Over the past two years, many roundabouts across the area have been transformed using low-maintenance, sustainable planting schemes combined with hard landscaping designs.
Works completed include a racehorse artwork on the A1079 approach to Beverley and the seaside images on the A165 near to Bridlington. Both designs were made from coloured stone laid within a metal framework to produce large mosaic pictures clearly visible to passing motorists.
This year, four schemes are planned on roundabouts in Main Street, Carnaby (A614),
Hull Road, Hedon (A1033), Glews Garage, Rawcliffe Road, Goole (A614), and Swinemoor Lane / Hull Bridge Road, Beverley (A1035).
Main Street, Carnaby (A614) will have a seaside theme that will include a model of a fishing boat sat on a raised bed of blue glass chippings with white stone images of sea creatures displayed beneath and is anticipated to be completed by May.
Hull Road, Hedon (A1033) will feature two raised triangular windmill shaped beds located between the chevron signs where they can be clearly seen. The beds are to be planted with evergreen shrubs towards the centre of the roundabout with a mixture of perennial plants at the front facing the road. This will provide a traditional garden scene to be enjoyed all year round. Work is anticipated to be completed by May.
Rawcliffe Road, Goole (A614) is currently under construction. Consultation is taking place with Airmyn Parish Council regarding the design for this roundabout, which will incorporate a local theme, and is anticipated to be complete by October.
Swinemoor Lane/ Hull Bridge Road, Beverley (A1035) will see works commence to improve the appearance of this roundabout once the road works for Beverley's new southern relief road are complete. This design will feature two large crescent shaped beds which are raised up to be clearly visible to road users. The beds will include a mixture of evergreen shrubs, perennial plants and some seasonal bedding to provide an all year round display. Work is anticipated to be complete by October.
Councillor Chris Matthews, cabinet portfolio holders for infrastructure, highways and emergency planning at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: "The authority's gateways and corridors programme is an innovative way of improving the main routes in and out of major towns across the East Riding, helping to promote the area and provide a sense of civic pride.
"The designs make excellent use of sustainable planting, are low in maintenance and are being funded from existing budgets.
"The project also helps the council to attract interest from businesses, which has resulted in an increase in private sponsorship of council-maintained roundabouts, helping the authority to maintain grounds maintenance provision."
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Kolkata IPL team ropes in Pak batsman Misbah-ul-Haq for $ 180,000
Update: Nope. Mishab Ul Haq has been bought by Bangalore Royal Challengers.
IPL's Kolkata team , owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, has reportedly signed up star Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq.The Pakistan Cricket Board has also cleared Misbah-ul-Haq's IPL stint.
Reports said Misbah-ul-Haq has signed up for $1,80,000 (72,50,400) Indian rupees) by the Kolkata IPL team.
The Kolkata IPL team's icon player is Sourav Ganguly. John Buchanan is the coach and Ricky Ponting has also been roped in by the Kolkata IPL team.
Some players of the Kolkata IPL team are reportedly unavailable in May due to their commitments to national sides and it was due to this that Kolkata team had to rope in Misbah-ul-Haq. Misabah-ul-Haq's Pakistan team mates Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malikm Mohammad Asif, Pak speedster Shoaib Akhtar, Younis Khan, Umar Gul, Kamran Akmal and Mohammed Hafeez have also signed up for IPL.


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Can Platini and Blatter make these their priorities? There is a SEVERE shortage of quality referees in the game today and it is about time UEFA and FIFA start focusing on important issues than going after successful leagues like the Premier League. Just like the Serie A now breaking off from Serie B, others will surely follow and eventually emulate and catch up to the success of the Premier League model. FIFA and UEFA should be more focused on what has become apparent to all football fans lately - the abysmal, almost COMICAL performances by referees in crucial games in high-profile tournaments. With these televised blunders showing up all over YouTube, the reputation of referees hard-earned by top blokes like Collina, is quickly going down the toilet. Why can't Platini and Blatter improve the academies/clinics for referees and allow them to use the assistance of video technology. The puritans argue about the "traditions" and "spririt" of the beautiful game, but I, for one, think the onus has to be on getting it right. There is no harm in using technology like video replays for incidents near or in the box, or for even implementing goal-line technology to determine whether the ball goes over the line. In my opinion, it does not tak anything away from the beautiful game. Just as long as it doesn't turn into the comical NFL games where it seems to be that more time is spent stopping the play and arsing around than actually playing "football" on the pitch. Your thoughts? I would be especially interested in hearing the argument AGAINST technology.
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Adobe Systems Inc.on Thursday unveils the beta of Photoshop Express, the long-awaited version of its popular image editor. The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop said it has made the basic version available for free online.
In what may seem a surprise to many, Yahoo has agreed to join the OpenSocial platform and form the OpenSocial foundation. The surprise element is mainly because OpenSocial is a platform that Google, Yahoo's main rival established in November 2007. Yahoo is the third social networking major to join OpenSocial, apart from Google and MySpace. The one other name that is missing is FaceBook.
Viacom Inc.' Comedy Central, a cable and satellite television channel in the United States, and its famous comedy show "South Park" are making news again. All the episodes of the popular show will now be available on the Internet.
After being part of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's wireless spectrum auction, Google is now looking at another spectrum with wireless Internet potential. Though Google may not have scored big at the FCC auction for 700 MHz of wireless spectrum, it managed to get the FCC to endorse open access.
Stanford, Calif. -- U.S. scientists are creating a three-dimensional camera with 12,616 lenses that might be used for such purposes as facial recognition or biological imaging.
Stanford University Professors Abbas El Gamal and Philip Wong and graduate student Keith Fife said their camera is built around their "multi-aperture image sensor." They've shrunk the pixels on the sensor to 0.7 microns -- several times smaller than pixels in standard digital cameras -- and then grouped them in arrays of 256 pixels each. Now they are preparing to place a tiny lens atop each array.
Point such a camera at someone's face, and it would, in addition to taking a photo, precisely record the distances to the subject's eyes, nose, ears, chin, etc. They said such technology would be useful in many fields, including 3-D printing or creation of 3-D objects or people for virtual worlds.
Electronic Arts (EA), the American developer and distributor of computer & video games, announced its plan to produce an animated prequel movie to the upcoming sci-fi horror video game "Dead Space."
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She's the main gal behind the Dub Selekta you know and love so we're stoked to see her getting big ups in one of our fellow Canadian blogs. You can read her recap, including her 2011 track of the year, in the full article here. Big ups to sub|div for continuing to push the bass!


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Utilize a cooperative effort between USDA-ARS, other government action agencies, and industry to address fumigation challenges for the Washington State sweet cherry industry. The research team will scale promising technologies from laboratory-, through pilot-, and into commercial-size chamber fumigations with APHIS and specialty crop-specific industry input (i.e., confirm technical feasibility). Performance measures will build on each year's progress and will relate to the identification of most effective and cost efficient postharvest processes for controlling pest insects.


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Fever, 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fever, 1793 Mortality Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
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When I was eight, she got a letter saying her husband had been killed by a runaway horse. That was her worst day. She didn't say a word for months. My father had only been dead two years, so Mother knew just what lay in Eliza's heart. They both supped sorrow with a big spoon, that's what Mother said. It took years, but the smile slowly returned to Eliza's face. She didn't turn sour like Mother did. (2.15)
Both Eliza's husband and Mattie's father were killed when Mattie was very young. Death is thought of by her as a part of the past rather than the present. Also, while Eliza and Lucille share a similar loss, they cope with their personal tragedies in very different ways. Why do you think that is?
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I kept my eyes closed, trying to see Polly happy, joking, maybe stealing a kiss with Matthew, then bursting through the door to tell me. It couldn't be real. How could Polly be dead? (3.9)
The death of the serving girl Polly marks the novel's first casualty from the fever, and Mattie is in shock from the news. For Mattie, death is still something unreal or only seen at a great distance. In this case, the late Polly's love for her beau Matthew allows death to become something tragic and maybe even a little bit romantic. Note, too, that the love between Polly and Matthew allows us to juxtapose death with its opposite: life.
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Bong. Bong. Bong.
A little boy sitting on the cobblestones covered his ears. The chattering marketplace voices hushed as the ringing continued. Every face turned toward the bell swaying in its tower.
"Another person dead," said the butcher. He brought his cleaver down, slicing the mutton leg on his table into two pieces. "The bell rings once for each year the person lived," he explained. (5.79-5.81)
For whom the bell tolls, indeed! The church bell tolling in the marketplace is a symbolic reminder of those who pass. Again, for Mattie, death is something experienced as a symbol rather than as a first-hand encounter. Why is this scene juxtaposed with a butcher chopping meat (i.e., food)? How is death here juxtaposed with life?


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Keeping the spinal column and its accompanying musculature healthy is key to good posture and optimal movement during all kinds of activities, from specialized sports to carrying groceries from the car to the kitchen. When the back muscles exist in a constant state of tension, the entire body can suffer and the results can be obvious; a tendency to slouch, rounded shoulders and generalized stiffness. Stretching the back can be done with a few key exercises performed in a standing position. Doing these stretches a few times a day will help keep your spine limber and blood flowing to your muscles.
Standing Forward Bend
The standing forward bend is a classic yoga and Pilates pose that not only releases tension in the back muscles but can also calm the mind and facilitate a sense of tranquility. Stand with your feet hip-width apart. You can place your hands on your hips or let your arms dangle at your sides as you bend. Make sure to bend primarily from the hips versus the waist, to move deeper into the stretch. Inhale deeply and start the bend on the exhale. Touch your fingertips or palms to the floor if you can, but don't push it. Inhale and exhale, moving more deeply into the bend with each exhale. Visualize your upper body lengthening and relaxing.
Standing Side Bend
Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip width and your arms at your sides with your palms placed lightly on the outside of each leg. Inhale, and on the exhale reach over your head with your right hand as you flex your spine to the left. Hold for a few seconds and return to the start position. Repeat on the other side. Allowing the spine to flex in a lateral plane is very rejuvenating. If you feel pain in your lower back or anywhere along your spinal column, stop immediately.
Standing Side Twist
This stretch can be done with an exercise ball if you have one. If not, you can use a few folded towels instead. Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip width. Hug the ball or towels to your chest and upper abdominal region, drop your shoulders and keep your jawline parallel to the floor. Slowly, while holding the ball or towels, inhale, and on the exhale twist your upper body to the left, keeping your hips square (in other words, move only your torso and pretend your hips are encased in concrete). Repeat on the other side. The breath is key here, as deep breathing will allow you to increase the range of the twist and keep oxygen flowing to your muscles.
Special Considerations
Especially where the back is concerned, consult your doctor before you embark on any fitness program, even one as gentle as stretching. Stop any stretch that causes a sudden, piercing, unusual pain or strain and refrain from stretching again until you have been evaluated by your healthcare practitioner.
- MayoClinic.com: Yoga for Stress Management
- The Anatomy of Pilates; Paul Massey
- Pilates Workbook on the Ball; Ellie Herman
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Sometimes I have this thing (or "problem," as my mother would call it) where I take something's warning label as more of a challenge than an advisory. [Ed. note: Don't try that at home. - RJ] So, naturally when I heard about Rock Sauce (a new topical pain reliever for athletes) and read this on their site, "The Sauce isn't for everyone. It will make your eyes water and muscles sing," I was all: Bring it. And boy was it brought.
The Sauce is basically a lotion, but you know, with pain-relieving properties. You're supposed to "apply liberally" to sore, painful or injured areas. Thanks to a CrossFit WOD with about a bazillion deadlifts, my butt and hammies were pretty wrecked. And thanks to another CrossFit WOD with a few wall balls and push presses, my shoulders were crabby, too. So I lathered up in the Sauce. And here's what happened…
1. I smelled like a human-size Tums tablet. Like most topical pain relievers, the Sauce has a distinct odor. It's not necessarily bad, but wouldn't recommend going wild with it before an important meeting or hot date.
2. I got really, really cold. Like, I felt like I was sitting in an ice bath. So I put on a hoodie and sweatpants. And then I got colder. So I put leggings and a long-sleeve tee on underneath. Colder, still. Shivering, even! So I made like a burrito and rolled myself up into my down comforter. Then I sat in bed and watched an ep of Parks and Recreation to distract myself from what felt like THE COLDEST, MOST FREEZING COLD I HAD EVER BEEN, EVER.
3. I didn't feel sore. Maybe because I didn't feel anything other than cold. (See #2.) But for a few beautiful minutes, I felt sweet relief from my achy muscles.
So, if you can handle the funky smell and feeling temporarily frozen, Rock Sauce is pretty neat stuff. It doesn't heal injuries and it doesn't permanently erase pain or soreness, but it definitely alleviates any soft-tissue discomfort for an hour or so. That said, it's probably not something the average weekend warrior needs. But if you lift heavy, are a regular CrossFitter, or any kind of road or adventure runner, you may want to give it a try. (You also may want to apply sparingly, rather than liberally…For realz.)
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Turns out that there was an alternate ending they had in mind for Thor.
The scene shows Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard) hard at work, then pans up to Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Darcy (Kat Dennings) shooting a high-tech beacon into the sky to help guide Thor (Chris Hemsworth) the next time he comes back to Earth.
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Online courses are structured just like conventional classes, with a few unique differences. Students will complete almost all of their work online. The Online Instructor is a real person, but the student probably won't ever meet them face to face. The Online Instructor will interact with your student primarily through email, online discussions, and comments on their assignments. Most courses allow students to watch interactive multimedia presentations, get instant feedback on online exercises, and track their own progress through the course. It's a new and exciting way to learn!
Parents are encouraged to communicate with school staff throughout the registration process. Before your child registers to take an online course, you should first talk with their guidance counselor to determine their need to take an online course. Next, work with them to determine if they are a good candidate to take an online course. Students can click the Is Online Learning for Me? link to complete the self-assessment. If a student's request is approved by the local school, please review each step of the registration process with them to avoid any delays.


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State police are investigating another shooting in Lee County.
It happened on Pearl Street in Beattyville earlier this week.
Police say John Holland was shot in the back of the legs by Dock Creech with a 12 gauge shotgun.
Holland was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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For those that love excess, glamor and first-class accommodations, Sochi might not be the place for you.
In a games where some are reporting no electricity, no plumbing, and even no door handles, Alaskan curler Jessica Schultz said she was just happy to have a comfortable twin-sized bed.
"We are pleasantly surprised walking into the athletes village. having running water, door knobs and light bulbs that all work," she said Tuesday.
The housing at the three athlete villages is built for function rather than style.
"Our rooms in the village are pretty simple," Schultz said. "We have our twin beds, our dresser and our clothes drying rack."
When it comes to housing more than 6,000 athletes from around the world, offering a room with twice the size of normal living space was at the top of the list.
"We think that's a huge advantage to athletes," on Olympic official said. "We've seen how much gear they bring with them, and how much gear they acquire once they arrive. So, having the additional space is a great luxury for them and the officials that manage them"
While sharing a room might sound like a drag, it's a luxury that Olympians aren't accustomed to.
"In Italy we were five people to a room with two bathrooms," Schultz said. "Whereas now I'm sharing a room with … one other person and instead of being in bunk beds we have our separate single beds."
A pleasant surprise for athletes who came in expecting the worst, as they can now rest easy in their pursuit to be the best.


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There's a lot of culture to share with your miniature people this week.
What kid wouldn't love a play based on the feminist struggles of a white woman growing up in the 1960s? OK. Maybe they wouldn't love it, but for teens, it's a good chance to introduce them to some weighty yet-comical theater.
Main Street Theater-Rice Village
2540 Times Blvd
Times vary, through Dec. 19
True story: This Austin-based band first performed their rock version of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite for children. Your kids can see their wacky version of the holiday classic for free Friday at the start of the annual student exhibition.
Blaffer Art Museum
4800 Calhoun
6 p.m. Friday
The indie experimental folk-rock band will be playing a kid-friendly free show at Cactus Music. The band's music is haunting, creepy and kind of sweet all at the same time.
Cactus Music
2110 Portsmouth
4 p.m. Saturday


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Food Security and Rural Development
Hunger and malnutrition continue to be problems in DPRK.In the past, UNDP concentrated on increasing grain production. Today, the focus is on diversifying agriculture (such as vegetables and alternative grain production) to help meet DPRK's food security needs. Interventions will include small-scale agro-processing demonstration projects in rural areas, which will help to create more such units, improve the availability of nutritious food and generate employment opportunities for men and women.
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Reduced Loss with Less Labour Inputs
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To design and implement interventions in support of seed multiplication (improved quality and variety);capacity enhancement at the farm level; and providing appropriate skills to increase productivity and food availability in an ecologically-sustainable manner for improved rural livelihoods. more
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text: We launched Zomato in Mumbai around three years ago. Since then, we have growth a lot in size in the city and have also learned a lot of peculiarities about it. Business is Mumbai is different from anywhere else in the country. The very basics that make life difficult for startups to set up shop in Mumbai are very high real estate prices, difficult job market, harsh travel and weather conditions, and a longitudinal geographical structure.


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Here's something that's not really documented anywhere (unless you count ha_innodb.cc as a source of server documentation). You may have some idea about the MySQL/Drizzle row buffer format. This is passed around the storage engine interface: in for write_row and update_row and out for the various scan and index read methods.
If you want to see the docs for it that exist in the code, check out store_key_val_for_row in ha_innodb.cc.
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Date: 2012-05-07 By: Barbara Moore
While many of us are attracted to Steampunk because of the aesthetic, can a Steampunk-themed tarot deck be more than simply a novelty? Barbara Moore, tarot expert and creator of the Steampunk Tarot, answers this question, and explains just how the Steampunk genre parallels the journeys of the tarot.
Date: 2012-03-19 By: Kristoffer Hughes
Date: 2012-02-27 By: Barbara Moore
Most tarot readers consider the Major Arcana cards to be doorways to powerful archetypal energy, life lessons, important life changes, and events beyond our control. Like her colleagues, Tarot expert Barbara Moore accepts this view, but she also worries that by imbuing the Major cards with such importance, they may become too heady, too for removed from us, too unapproachable. Discover a technique to reunite the Major Arcana with our physical existence—and maybe discover your ideal healthy activities, as suggested by the cards, along the way.
Date: 2012-02-15 By: Barbara Moore
When Tarot expert Barbara Moore first began studying the tarot, there weren't many books on spreads, and the ones that were available were mostly collections of spreads with no explanations or directions. This left her with many questions, and led to a ten-year tarot journey through spreads. Here she discusses techniques to revamp your tarot spreads (and your tarot practice), as well as her new book, Tarot Spreads: Layouts & Techniques to Empower Your Readings
Date: 2011-11-16 By: Barbara Moore
With so many wonderful tarot decks available these days, it would be difficult to have just one. It can be overwhelming when picking a new deck, given all the choices. How does one begin building a tarot deck collection, or picking which tarot deck to use when? Tarot expert Barbara Moore has some suggestions.
Date: 2011-10-20 By: Barbara Moore
Tarot is constantly evolving, both the deck itself and the way we use the cards. Whether or not you personally believe that Tarot is a tool for predicting the future, there are things to take into consideration when doing predictive readings for others. Here, Tarot expert Barbara Moore explains the pros, cons, and hows of predictive Tarot readings.
Date: 2011-10-11 By: Barbara Moore
Usually when we scan an email or an article, we miss important information or significant details. When we use scanning in a tarot reading, as a single step in a multi-step process, it becomes a powerful tool that creates a framework for the message. Here Tarot expert Barbara Moore discusses how scanning a tarot reading can provide valuable insight.
Date: 2011-10-10 By: Josephine Ellershaw
A number of similarities exist between Tarot and Eastern philosophy, such as polarity or the force of opposites that we face on the path toward integration. Polarities and their integration towards wholeness is a recurring theme worldwide in various philosophies, as we seek to find our balanced position within the universe. Josephine Ellershaw, author of Easy Tarot Reading, merges these two paths with the Lo Shu Magic Square Tarot spread.
Date: 2011-09-05 By: Josephine Ellershaw
The Gaian Tarot was a long time, nine years, in the making, and arose from the seeds of earthly love. Here artist Joanna Powell Colbert describes the birth of the Gaian Tarot and the impact it is having on readers—and herself.
Date: 2011-05-16 By: Sasha Graham
Nothing beats the good fun of a pajama party. Who says you can't relive the old days? Just because you have a family, full-time job, or other very grown-up responsibilities doesn't mean you couldn't or shouldn't relive the good times. Treat yourself to a girlicious evening and empower yourself and your friends with a night you'll never forget. Sasha Graham, author of Tarot Diva, offers up a myriad of ways to jump-start your magical life and connect with your friends on a magical sleepover inspired by the energy of Tarot's Three of Cups.


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Title, 'ICONS – THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY OF CURTIS KNAPP'.
iPad app / for iPad only:
Includes 70 portraits of 50 Celebrities with an introduction by actor Steve Buscemi.
Born in Garden City, (Long Island) New York.
Early 70s: Attended Parsons School of Design - Graphic Design / Photography Dept.
Worked in Illustration in NYC through the 70s.
1977-80: Lived in Athens, Georgia. Photographed The B52s and worked to get first. NY gigs.
1980: Switched from illustration to Photographic Portraiture full time in New York studio.
1980-83: Started shootings for GQ, ESQUIRE, Andy Warhol's INTERVIEW magazines and ISLAND Magazine (MADONNA'S first Magazine Cover).
REM'S "CHRONIC TOWN", Record Cover.
1984: Moved to Japan.
2004-05: Moved back to America and Taught at the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, Washington DC.
1986 - 'PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS' - Published by Tokuma/Japan.
Preface by Pater Sato , Introduction by Ryu Murakami.
1993 - 'CATWALK, Fashion Models of Japan', - Published by Tuttle - Studio Editions Boston. Introduction by AD Coleman.
1997 - 'FOTO PORTRAITS' - Published by BNN Publishing Co.
Preface by Shoji Ueda, Introduction by Slash, Text by John C. Lilly.
2000 - 'PRISON'S INIDED ART' - Published by ASPECT.
Introduction by Timothy Leary.
2011 - 'A PORTRAIT OF M' (Madonna) - NEMO Publishing, Paris France.
Preface by Jeremy Ayres, Introduction by Matthew Rettenmund.
2012 - 'ICONS – THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY OF CURTIS KNAPP' - iPad app,
published by iEnglish.
Introduction by Steve Buscemi.
Started Studio Portrait Photography.
ADC Award / Exhibition - JIM CARROLL, record cover 'I WRITE YOUR NAME'.
Relocated base for twenty years to TOKYO.
APA 20th Exhibition - Tokyo.
Fuji Sankei, Gold Award - Tokyo.
NNA Newspaper Advertising, Superior Award - Tokyo.
APA 21st Exhibition – Tokyo.
PARCO, One-man Exhibition - Tokyo / Sapporo.
ADC First International Exhibition, 2 Awards of Merit (Gillette advertisements).
DENTSU, One-man Exhibition - Tokyo.
APA 22nd Exhibition, #1 Special Award 'Toku Sen' - Tokyo.
Rodenstock Exhibition, Silver Award – Japan / Germany.
World Photographic Exhibition - USA / Japan.
Rodenstock Exhibition, Bronze Award – Japan / Germany.
The New York Festival of International Print and Advertising - 2 Bronze Awards.
'La FLEUR' - One-man Exhibition, SEIBU - Tokyo.
'PORTRAITS' - One-man Exhibition, IDEE - Tokyo.
'GARDENING AT NIGHT' - One-man Exhibition, DOI Gallery - Tokyo.
'CATWALK' - One-man Exhibition, East Gallery, Tokyo and ISSISS Gallery, Kyoto.
Los Angeles, CA based for two years working on photo books, then back to Tokyo.
Director - CG Animation & Video: Music videos & DirecTV Station Ids, Tokyo.
'PARCO'S Best Advertising Posters' – Exhibition, Tokyo Photo Museum, Exhibition.
Featured on HASSELBLAD CAMERA Website - 2002 - 05.
* Returned home to America - Washington, DC after living for twenty years in Japan.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE Associates, Washington, DC. Taught Studio Photography Classes.
Charity - Combined Federal Campaign, Washington, DC.
Moved home to 'NEW YORK CITY'.
'CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WARHOL FACTORY YEARS' - Exhibition.
IRVINE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Washington, DC., with Billy Name, Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga & Carl Fischer.
'GAGOSIAN GALLERY' - ANDY WARHOL - 'CAST A COLD EYE'. Book / Catalogue,24th-street gallery, NYC.
'WIREDSAFETY' (KIDS Safety) - Executive Director, Parry Aftab. http://www.wiredsafety.org/
'FACTORY CRAZE'. A Week of Andy Warhol" at the Gershwin Hotel and 29 West - Collaborative Armory Show Weekend, Chelsea, NYC.
LUDWIG MUSEUM, Koblenz, Germany – Exhibition - CELEBRITY PORTRAITS FROM THE ANDY WARHOL FACTORY YEARS. The Martin Sanders Collection.
'THE WORLD AT LARGE' - Exhibition. Brick House Gallery. Athens, Georgia. 9/ 20 - 10/ 7.
'THE RED SHOW' – Exhibition. The Darkroom Gallery, New Orleans.
'NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS RELIEF FUND' (Mardi Gras Charity Event). www.nomrf.org.
Movie, 'ELEGY' - and portrait of Dennis Hopper and Flower photographs
'CELEBRITY PORTRAITS FROM THE ANDY WARHOL FACTORY'. Four Factory photographers: Billy Name, Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga and Carl Fischer. The Martin Sanders Collection 'TEL AVIV MUSEUM of ART' Permanent Collection.
'MASTERS OF LIGHT' - Exhibition. Oslo, Norway.
'PORTRAIT & FLOWER' - Exhibition at the. 2002 Magazine Street Gallery, New Orleans.
'IMAGE / FAME / MEMORY' - Exhibition. IRVINE CONTEMPORARY, Washington, DC. Group show.
'ICONS – THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY OF CURTIS KNAPP' - iPad app, published by iEnglish. Introduction by Steve Buscemi.


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Manchester United's Alexander Buttner had a debut to remember, scoring in the 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford.
Former United striker Dimitar Berbatov was also sparkling on his full Fulham debut as he scored twice in the win over West Brom.
Fiorentina forward Stevan Jovetic partners Berbatov in attack after his goal in the 2-0 win over Catania takes his tally for the season so far to four, making him Serie A's current top scorer.
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Pilot Test of the Elwha River Dam Removal and Floodplain Restoration Ecosystem Service Valuation Project Survey.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,300.
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 650.
Needs and Uses: National Ocean Services' Office of Response and Restoration, Assessment and Restoration Division and the National Marine Fisheries Services' Office of Habitat Conservation are requesting approval for a new information collection to conduct a pilot study to test the Elwha River Dam Removal and Floodplain Restoration Ecosystem Service Valuation Survey it has developed.
The removal of two hydroelectric dams on the Elwha River is one of the largest dam-removal projects in U.S. history. This project, along with restoration actions planned for the floodplain and drained reservoir basins, will have numerous impacts to people of the surrounding region. Impacted groups include recreators who engage in river activities such as fishing and rafting, reservoir users, and members of Native American tribes for whom the river has cultural, environmental, and economic significance. The dam removal and restoration actions could also have value to people throughout the Pacific Northwest, regardless of whether they visit the Elwha River or Olympic Peninsula. Such nonuse value may be significant because the dam removal and habitat restoration will restore the river to more natural conditions and will restore populations of salmon and other fish species as well as forests and wildlife. This project will also address an important gap in research on indirect and nonuse values provided by habitat restoration.
A study of the value of ecological restoration is of particular interest in this location because significant baseline ecological data are available to allow a comparison of ecological values with some of the more obvious use losses associated with the reservoir. The ability to link results of the study to precise measures of ecosystem changes will be useful in applying the study to future restoration sites, enabling NOAA to evaluate a broader range of ecosystem services provided by future restoration actions.
NOAA has developed a nonmarket valuation survey to administer to people living in Washington and Oregon. This survey has been tested with small focus groups and one-on-one interviews to ensure the survey questions and choice scenarios presented are accurate, easily understood, and the least burdensome. The next step in the survey development process is to administer a draft survey instrument to test several, complex methodological approaches for presenting information to respondents. In particular, NOAA plans to test variations of the choice table.
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Young D-FW theater stars were honored in New York at the Jimmy Awards; see photos from their trip
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Eight Texas kids were among the 60 competing in the Jimmys. In addition to our local six -- Emily Emmett and Michael Williams from the DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards, Myles Phillips and Chloe Voreis of the Betty Buckley Awards and Drew Shafranek and Emily McIntyre of the Schmidt and Jones Awards, Texas is also represented by Houston's Tommy Tune winners Billy Cohen and Caitlin Finnie (left)
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The Constantia
The Constantia is a country-style five-star boutique hotel, set in the fertile Constantia Valley − the Cape's oldest wine region − and also close to Cape Town's city centre. This area boasts many excellent restaurants, and five world-class wine estates: Buitenverwachtig, Constantia Uitsig, Groot Constantia, Klein Constantia and Steenburg.Constantia Uitsig, Groot Constantia, Klein Constantia and Steenburg.
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If you're seeking a luxurious place close to Cape Town's centre and its attractions, but outside the city's hustle and bustle, The Constantia seems to be ideal. It promises comfortable accommodation in lush, mountainous surroundings, with a good choice of fine restaurants and excellent South African wine estates nearby.
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New York may drop a crystal ball to ring in the New Year, but one Capital City restaurant puts its own twist on the celebration.
When the clock struck midnight Wednesday, a catfish was dropped from a fire truck ladder outside Hal and Mal's in downtown Jackson.
General Manager PJ Lee talked about what brought on the idea to drop the glass catfish.
"We were sitting around lamenting that Jackson doesn't drop anything. And so we started talking about New York, and Mobile, and New Orleans, and went through a couple ideas and catfish is kind of what stuck," said Lee.
The catfish is made of recycled whiskey bottles.
The New Year's celebration also included a circus, DJ, karaoke and magic show.


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NEW DELHI: The government has decided to allow use of rapid diagnostic kits for screening of donor blood for HIV and Hepatitis B. The decision, taken at a meeting of the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) recently, would benefit domestic manufactures as well as exporters of these kits.
"The DTAB has found that rapid diagnostic kits are as specific and sensitive as other Elisa kits," said Adeshara, commissioner, Gujarat FDA and a member of the DTAB. The health ministry will soon issue a notification permitting use of the rapid kits for detection of HIV antibody and Hepatitis B antigen.


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The Public Face of Scholarship
Larry E. Ribstein (Deceased)
University of Illinois College of Law; PERC - Property and Environment Research Center
Washington University Law Review, Vol. 84, 2006
U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE06-010
Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship Conference
The web enables scholars to engage in several types of what I have called amateur journalism. Of particular interest is scholars' ability to effectively leverage their expertise in commenting on matters of public interest. This form of expert engagement has the potential to reshape the relationship between academic experts and professional journalists and change the tone and content of public discussion.
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