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Do not be fooled by the flurry of false positive reviews. The company posts them.
They offered a low-ball quote and the initial contact person, "Stacey Williams" was quite nice. I also saw positive reviews on this site. Based on this I (foolishly) decided to use them for a long distance move (from Manhattan to Austin, TX).
First half of the move (the "move out" part) was fine.
However, when I called with my new address in Austin I was told "Stacey" didnt work there anymore, and I was given to "Oliver".
"Oliver" was horribly rude and refused to return my calls and emails. I provided a "move in" date, but was told the truck would arrive within three weeks of this date. This was consistent to language buried in the paperwork, but was directly counter to what "Stacey" told me in the initial quote.
All of my attempts to narrow down the date range and track the status of my goods were ignored and/or rudely handled.
The driver finally arrived in Austin with my things 10 days after the target move in date.
The driver claimed he would arrive at 4pm, but arrived at 6pm... an hour after my building wanted the move completed. The driver arrived with a giant 18-wheeler (that took an hour to park) and was ALONE to handle the move by himself. Obviously I became part of the move-in crew.
Horrible, rude, cut-rate, fly-by-night operation. They lure first time customers with low-ball quotes and then abuse them.
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Adiemus /ædiˈeɪməs/ is a series of vocalise-style albums by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. It is also the title of the opening track called "Adiemus" on the first album in the series, Songs of Sanctuary.
Each Adiemus album is a collection of song-length pieces featuring harmonised vocal melody against an orchestra background. There are no lyrics as such, instead the vocalists sing syllables and "words" invented by Jenkins. However, rather than creating musical interest from patterns of phonemes (as in scat singing, or in numerous classical and crossover compositions), the language of Adiemus is carefully stylised so as not to distract the listener's attention from the pitch and timbre of the voice. Syllables rarely end in consonants, for example. In this respect it is similar to Japanese and several other languages. The core concept of Adiemus is that the voice should be allowed to function as nothing more than an instrument, an approach that was a trend in some New Age and World Music choral writing in the mid to late 1990s[citation needed] (compare, for example, Vangelis's score for the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), or Dogora, a symphonic suite by French composer Étienne Perruchon).
The word adiemus itself resembles the Latin word adeamus meaning "let us approach" (or "let us submit a cause to a referee"),[1] or, is sometimes regarded as the future tense of the same verb, meaning "we will approach" or "we will take possession".[2] Jenkins has said he was unaware of this.[3] The song title also resembles two forms of the Latin verb audire ("to hear"): audiemus ("we shall hear") and audiamus ("let us hear").
Instrumentation and performers[edit]
- Scoring for Songs of Sanctuary
- recorder, 8 percussion, 4 tom-toms, congas, cymbals, claves, floor tom, bass drum, mark tree, bass bell in C, cabassa, wood block, triangle, strings
- Scoring for Cantata Mundi
- 2 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes (1 doubling on English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, claves, cowbell, güiro, 2 cabacas, triangle, chenchen, Egyptian tabla, doholla, tom-tom, cymbals, chekere, xylophone, glockenspiel, bass marimba, bongos, rek, udu pot, tablas, sticks, pandeiro, timbales, surdo, bass drum, tamtam, suspended cymbals, tambourine, recorder, strings (featuring on album are also the violin, electro-acoustic percussion and gemshorn)
- Scoring for Dances of Time
- 7 singers, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, 8 percussionists: bass drum, bongos, cowbell, chekere, chocolla, cymbals, claves, congas, cabaca, castanets, dholak, güiro, 5 low drums, low chekere, marimba, rainmaker, rek, snare drum, shaker, surdo, tom-tom, tabla, tamborim, tambourine, triangle, udo, wood block, xylophone, recorder, strings (featuring on album are also the electro-acoustic percussion and gemshorn)
- Scoring for The Eternal Knot
- recorder, accordion, percussion, harp, strings (on album also the acoustic guitar, Uilleann pipes)
- Scoring for Vocalise
- for voices and orchestra
Session singer Miriam Stockley performed the vocal parts on the first four albums. Stockley was described by Jenkins as central to the Adiemus project due to her range and intonation; however, she was not re-engaged for Vocalise. Additional vocals were provided by Mary Carewe on all but Dances of Time, which saw the introduction of the Finnish Adiemus Singers (who would later appear on Vocalise). Extra vocals and the chorus effects were created by overdubbing multitracked recordings of the singers (in some cases up to 40 times) and varying the speed of the tape.
The Songs of Sanctuary orchestra consisted of a string section augmented by various ethnic percussion instruments, with occasional further additions such as bells, a recorder and a quena. Mike Ratledge, with whom Jenkins had played in Soft Machine, contributed to the first album as well. Jenkins added brass and woodwind for Cantata Mundi, and continued to add more diverse instruments such as acoustic guitar on later albums. From Songs of Sanctuary to Dances of Time, the London Philharmonic Orchestra was used; Jenkins later formed his own Adiemus Orchestra to perform on The Eternal Knot recordings, returning to the London Philharmonic for Vocalise.
- Miriam Stockley
- Mary Carewe
- Pirjo Aittomäki
- Mervi Hiltunen
- Anna-Mari Kähärä
- Merja Rajala
- Säde Rissanen
- Hanna-Riikka Siitonen
- Mia Simanainen
- Nina Tapio
- Riikka Timonen
an excerpt from the piece.
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Studio albums[edit]
- 1995 - Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary
- 1997 - Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi
- 1998 - Adiemus III: Dances of Time
- 2001 - Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
- 2003 - Adiemus V: Vocalise
- 2013 - Adiemus: Colores
Special albums[edit]
- 2000 - The Journey: The Best of Adiemus
- 2002 - Adiemus Live
- 2002 - Adiemus New Best & Live
- 2003 - The Essential Adiemus
Musical style[edit]
The musical language of Adiemus draws heavily on classical and world music. Jenkins follows conventions of tonality up to a point—his harmony is derived from gospel and African music, decorated with functional dissonances such as suspensions and with greater freedom of movement between loosely related key areas. He avoids the most common time signatures, such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4, with a slow 3/2 and 6/8, 9/8 and 5/8 (Cantus Inaequalis from Songs of Sanctuary). "Free time" is also prominent, in this as well as the majority of new age projects. The percussion section, when used prominently, gives the pieces an upbeat, tribal-like rhythm.
The sound of Adiemus is generally identified with new-age or Celtic music; The Eternal Knot is an explicitly Celtic-themed album that formed the sound-track for the S4C documentary The Celts.
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Songs of Sanctuary was a commercial success, topping classical album charts. Though none of its successors has achieved the same critical acclaim, Adiemus acquired a cult following and maintained a place in mainstream consciousness through its use in TV commercials, in particular the track "Adiemus" in a Delta Air Lines commercial (for which the project began) and "Cantilena", from Cantata Mundi, in a Cheltenham & Gloucester TV commercial. "Adiemus" was also the eighth feature track of the original 1997 Pure Moods album. It was used at the beginning and end of James Brandon's magic show "Imagine" which played at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas in the late 1990s and continues to be used as the soundtrack behind the Kubla Khan pillar show at the end of the Rotunda cave tour in Kartchner Caverns State Park in Arizona. "Adiemus" was used in the trailer to the Invisible Children's documentary film and featured in the titles of the 1996 BBC children's series Testament: The Bible in Animation. That same year, it was used in the Baywatch episode "Beauty and the Beast". "Tintinnabulum" was sampled in Solarstone's 1999 Ibiza trance anthem "Seven Cities".
- ^ Also meaning "to bring all together in rhythm." Lewis & Short. "adeo". A Latin Dictionary. published online by Tufts University. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "adiemus". William Whittaker's Words. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "The Story of Adiemus", karljenkins.com

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All activities are at the Snoqualmie Depot. Steam Locomotive will pull the train.
Click here for online presale tickets. Presale tickets are no longer available for this weekend. Tickets are available day off at the depot.
Please come to the depot to purchase your tickets day of.
Trains Depart Snoqualmie at 11:30 am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00 pm and 4:45pm**
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NCS OFFICES KELLY MCMULLAN scam artist.Used intimidation. threatened me with court summons.Said i had commited a felony and fraudently obtained loan, Internet
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I was told I commited a felony and I commited a fraudulent crime and that I needed to settle that bill that day or be served papers on my job or possibly where i live I told them that I could not pay that amount that day. So I nervously agreed to pay the full amount on the 22nd of this month and I gave them my debit card number. I was given a case number (721402) and also an extention 725. I do not want to pay them. I need help
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Capitol Aquisitions Management Company (CAMCO)303 N Main St, Rockford, Illinois U.S.A.
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They began a phone barrage upon my home phone. One employee ( Victor Biss) changed his name twice in a conversation as well as told me he was a member of my county's district attorney's office and that an injunction had been filed against me for the amount of the debt. When he realized I was onto him and his name changes and false representation, a new agent, Amoy Dixson, became the new harrasser.
She even revealed all my supposed personal information with a third party watching our home while we were on vacation. These are all FTC violations that CAMCO has come under fire from the FTC for and even settled with the FTC in March 2004 to not participate in these illegal activities in the future. They quite obviously are not trustworthy. I have alredy filed my complaint with the FTC, but I will now seriously consider filing with my county, state and state of Illinois. My cease and desist letter will go out this week.
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USPASSPORT123 Miss. Monique On sept. 3rd I logged on to their site thinking that it it was a US Govt. Service. I immeidately cancelled the request. They charged me $ 50 to sign on to their site. Internet
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On Sept 24th 2012 they refunded only $ 79 and refused to pay $50. No where on their site it says that they would charge $ 50 to sign On. I did not fill any application or provided any information. I accidently signed on to their sign thinking it as US Govt. Passport Service. It is a total rip off. If I had received any services or provided any information and then cancelled the request it may be different.
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A 92-year-old ex-serviceman, who claimed he was a freedom fighter and had taken part in the Second World War, has approached the city police seeking protection from a few persons who were allegedly trying to grab a land awarded to him by the government.
TV Ponnaiah, residing in Thiyagi Ponnaiah Nagar in Korattur, submitted a petition in the city police office on Monday, alleging that a few persons were intimidating him to grab the 3.60 acre land from him. "The government gave me the land in 1984 recognising my contribution as a freedom fighter. I was planning to build houses for poor ex-Army persons in the land. But a few persons have encroached the land and even manhandled me when I questioned them," alleged Ponnaiah.
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In terms of full countries, congrats to Greenland and Colombia since the month of April .
EDIT: I thought Greenland would be slightly more populous than it is . Still .
|Jan 6th, 2016 12:16 AM
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Honey, if I want to fire you for being gay I will fire you anyway. I just have to put an excuse that you are incompetent. OTOH if any gay guy I need to fire claims that he lost his job because I was homophobic it will make me reluctant to hire gay guys. Besides given the intersectionality between gays and transwomen tomorrow we may have the spectacle of dudes suddenly wearing a dress to office and I can't fire them. See Chelsea Manning he first identified as gay then she became a trans woman.
Believe me it will hurt gays more than it will help. And I am gay myself.
|Dec 30th, 2015 04:54 AM
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You shouldn't be able to fire someone bc of their sexual orientation, if they do a shitty job or blow their secretary, then fire them.
Believe me it will hurt gays more than it will help. And I am gay myself.
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That would be a bad thing. If I can't fire you because you are gay I am not going to hire you. The golden rule of hiring is never hire someone you can't fire. Gays are as it is over-represented in the workforce. Enforcing quotas will only serve to hurt gays as they now go over the limit.
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Now that America has gay marriage, I want a federal non discrimination act when it comes to housing and employment.
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The number of children adopted by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples and individuals has reached record highs over the last 12 months, with over 480 children placed in loving stable homes in the last year.
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Adoption and Children Act which gave LGBT adopters the same legal rights as heterosexual adopters. Since then, the number of children adopted by LGBT parents has grown year on year.
Children and Families Minister, Edward Timpson has celebrated the start of the week by urging LGBT singles and couples considering opening up their hearts and homes to those children in need of a loving stable family to take the first step on the journey towards becoming an adoptive or foster parent.
Edward Timpson, who grew up with over 80 fostered brothers and sisters including 2 adopted brothers, said:
"Over the last 12 months, we placed thousands more of our most vulnerable children in the loving and permanent homes they so desperately need - but we still need more people from all walks to come forward and adopt."
"Having grown up with over 80 fostered brothers and sisters, I know as well as anyone that what matters in adoptive and foster parenting is not their sexual orientation or gender identity but their ability to love and provide for children in need."
"I would encourage anyone who believes they have the skills needed to become either a foster carer or adopter to contact New Family Social without delay, and take the first steps towards the challenge - and joy - of being a parent."
Research published in 2013 by the Department for Education showed that there could be up to 4 million people in England likely to consider adopting or fostering at some point in the future, yet up and down the country there are still thousands of children waiting for a safe, loving home.
Over the last 2 years, the government has introduced a number of reforms to overhaul adoption and improve fostering including the support on offer through every step of the adoption and fostering journey - from filling in the forms to becoming an approved adoptive or foster parent, to bringing the child home for the first time.
We have invested £17 million to boost voluntary adoption agencies in recruiting and supporting adopters, including £400,000 to launch the first adoption service exclusively for LGBT people and £400,000 to Barnardos to recruit adopters for siblings, with a focus on LGBT adopters.
We have also:
-changed the rules so that children in care can stay with their former foster families until their 21st birthday - enabling them to make the transition to adulthood and independence when they are ready
-provided £875,000 to help fostering services recruit and retain more foster carers from a wider range of backgrounds
-funded Fosterline - a confidential, free-of-charge advice service for foster carers
-streamlined the rules to make the foster carer assessment process clearer and more efficient
-changed the rules so that foster carers have the power to make day-to-day decisions about their foster children - such as haircuts and school trips - allowing them to get on with the job of looking after their foster child
-extended entitlements so that children in care going straight through to adoption have access to priority school admissions, the pupil premium and - from September 2014 - are eligible for free early education for 2-year-olds
-published the adoption passport, setting out the rights and entitlements of adoptive parents
-set up First4Adoption, a dedicated information service for people interested in adopting a child in England
-announced improved support for families post-adoption by a commitment to rolling out the Adoption Support Fund nationwide from May 2015 - a £19.3 million fund to pay for essential therapy for adoptive families as and when they need it
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During the year ending 31st March 2014:
7% (340) of children were adopted by same sex couples (either in a civil partnership or not), up from 6% (230) children in the previous year.
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Cleveland On Cotton: Rally Hits the Ground; Likely Hang in 81-89 Cent Range
Just as quick as cotton prices climbed to a 14 month high the entire rally was lost even quicker. What took a bit more than a week to build crashed back to earth is just two days. The demise was just as quick and fatal as the Sun melting the wings of the legendary Icarus.
The rally was promoted by 3 factors:
- Deteriorating crop conditions around the globe
- A record high long position initiated by fund longs
- Technicals screaming for higher prices with the breakout from a symmetrical triangle formation.
The breakout was a strong 7 cent plus rally, but the collapse was just as big and even far quicker. Too, the action once again demonstrated how the market gives second chances.
The market collapse began Sunday evening (8-18) when it became evident that prices had pushed far past demand and that the speculative buying had played out. Speculative buying was reduced to nil as merchants, neither able to buy physical cotton nor able to get grower fixations, were left without any selling power. With no selling, buyers were left to fall on the sword and that they did. Thus, it was the selling that became nonexistent and put an end to the speculative longs feast. Without any selling, and with longs holding only paper without any rights to cotton, the market was over ripe for a collapse.
Too, it was evident that the rapid price advance had left most demand behind. Chinese mills reported a total absence from the market, noting that the high priced local cotton was, at the new price activity, cheaper than futures. Yet, even at that, weekly export sales were actually surprising as some 81,000 RBs of Upland and 10,800 RB of Pima were sold during the 91-93 cent period. This week's lower price activity has brought about more demand from mills, including Chinese mills
Just as the market gave cotton growers a second chance, it is now offering mills a second chance. While a trip down to 79-81 cents remains a possibility, the long term support near 82 cents continues to hold firm. Mills will likely begin buying in volume on any trade below 84 cents. However, there may be enough picking and scratching at the 84 cent area to prevent a drop below that level. Yet, do not discount another test of the 81-82 cent level.
Cotton prices have returned to their long term trading range and will likely remain within that 81-89 cent trading range for some time. Yet, we still need to closely monitor the events of Mother Nature. With an estimated 50% of the Texas High Plains planting abandoned, weather conditions in other regions and countries must be closely monitored. The December 2014 contract has slipped down to just a shade about 77 cents.
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University of Georgia head football coach Mark Richt discusses former SHS standout Deangelo Tyson and former ECI star Washaun Ealey Tuesday in Macon.
If it were only for just a couple of hours, football made a brief cameo in the middle of the state of Georgia on Tuesday. It was a reminder that football is still, and always will be, king in this state.
Some of Bulloch County's fiercest competitors are hitting the gym this week to take part in the world's oldest competitive sport.
The Atlanta Braves fan nation was unsteadied this week when future Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine was released by the club.
Statesboro coach Lee Hill kicked off his annual basketball camp Monday at the SHS gymnasium. The camp is conducted by Hill and a long list of friends and family willing to lend a helping hand. It consists of an 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. portion featuring second through fifth graders and a 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. portion featuring sixth through ninth graders.
The seventh annual Southeast Bulloch girls' soccer and softball camp kicked off Wednesday morning at the SEB sports complex in Brooklet. The camp, which fields 20 to 25 girls annually - ages ranging from third to eighth grade - focuses on teaching and developing basic skill sets for the girls.
More than 20 children are hitting the hardwood this week, for Southeast Bulloch's annual youth basketball camp. The three-day camp focuses on the game's most fundamental aspects. The young athletes, ranging from third to eighth grade, will spend the week running drills that stress passing, dribbling and shooting.
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That crash you just heard was Georgia Southern's national title hopes hitting the floor - suddenly, loudly and shockingly.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/e/110426/atrn8-k.htmlToday's news of a board member resignation is consistent with what John Gilliam and I both impliedly and expressly predicted. As you all know, ATRN is hunting for capital. The easiest and less burdensome way to acquire capital is through an equity offering-sure the shareowners will get a wee bit diluted but its far netter thanh carrying a debt load with interest payments to make..ok back to my prediction. Sean Parker wants to get Spotify going in the US.But getting the deals inked with the record labels is taking a toll.both time and money per Gilliam's analysis..as I predicted it would be far easier if he just acquired a share position much like the 5% share position he took in Spotify..Of course with a share position he would want a seat on the board..of course this goes with the territory as when you have the shares you can vote yourself a sdeat..My prediction isd that they have secured equity capital from a player like Sean Parker and that he wants a seat on the board..to make room for that seat..someone has to step away..voila..the news that a board seat was vacated is a sign that my prediction is coming true
It looks like this board member was on the board representing an investment fron Trinad Capital Master Fund. In the filing below it says that on or about January 6, 2010 Trinad distributed stock to its investors. Once these funds are no longer are involved with a company they give the stock directly to their investors to sell for tax purposes. Looks like he has had no interest in this since January. In fact, going off the board could be a good thing as he might want to sell some stock if their is going to be news. No longer being on the board allows him to sell into an event. http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHtmlSection1?SectionID=6977816-3548-15543&SessionID=tg3HHSCVNX_Ky47


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Frank Konkel responds: While I do not disagree with your definition, I believe some people might add or subtract bits to it. Your definition wisely includes "easily scalable," which actually answers one question that some big data definitions seem to (conveniently?) leave out: How big the big data actually is. The phrase "easily scalable" tells the user that there really isn't a limit on size here – if it is scalable, we'll get there.
However, I'm not sure I agree that big data has to be unstructured. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, uses pools of structured data from different sources (including satellites and ground-based observatories) in its climate modeling and weather forecasting. These data troves are large – terabytes and bigger – and in some cases, like weather prediction, high-end computers spit out storm models in real-time on the order of several times per day. Is that big data? Depending on who you ask, it might be.
What about at the United States Postal Service? USPS' supercomputing facilities in Minnesota process and detect fraud on 6,100 mail pieces per second, or about 528 million each day. The time it takes to scan one piece at a post office and compare the data against a database of 400 billion objects? Less than 100 milliseconds. Is that big data? Again, it might depend on who you ask.
In addition, while I agree it's nice to pull structured datasets from unstructured data, I feel like one thing missing from most big data definitions is the "why" factor. You're structuring this data – hopefully – for a purpose: to develop actionable insights. Why else would be doing big data, right? Yet only some definitions seem to include the "value" aspect, one of the "v" words that also include volume, veracity, variety and velocity.
Teradata's Bill Franks, who recently authored a book on big data, argues that value is the single most important factor in all of big data. Is it not reasonable to think that aspect might be outlined in any big data definition?
Because big data is relatively new on the IT scene, I suspect ambiguity regarding its definition and uses for a while. But just like cloud computing, its definition, along with its practical uses, will be cemented in the years to come.
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That was my description from the 15th. Another description could be: "A hadoop-based system"...which is even more to the point and true. A large RDBMS is not big data, no matter the size, as big data is contained in an hadoop system, afaict.
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Contemporary jazz pianist Thor Polson, drummer Theresa McCoy and bass player Dave Miller will perform a tribute to bebop pianists Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Lennie Tristano and others at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Grace Lutheran Church, 660 Frances Lane. Admission is $10; $5 for Southern Oregon University students and ages 12 and younger.
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There are times when it is necessary to get the attention of the city functions with the concerns of its citizens. Many times our problems fall on deaf ears and no attempt is made to rectify our concerns or even get a reply from those we attempt to contact.
Not so with the city manager's office. The city manager has vast responsibilities but he and his secretary take the time to listen to citizen problems/concerns and act to help. I chide those in city functions that do not take the time to listen, let alone help. To the city manager and his secretary, thank you, you serve the city well.
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Theatre Director
Average Salary: $49,690
Expected Lifetime Earnings: $2,074,000
This is the theatre. You're either making bank on Broadway, or you're the other 99% (and even when you're on Broadway it's still not great). Most theatre companies don't make money off their ticket sales and are dependent on the kindness of strangers.
Even commercial productions are fraught with failure, as only twenty percent of Broadway shows make their money back (source). Producers pass on this problematic financial model to their employees (a.k.a. you), which often means they need to get paid back before you see a cent.
Early in their careers, directors will often work for free (or if they're lucky a small stipend, which usually covers about half a tank of gas) (source).
However, once they start working consistently on a professional level, most will join SDC, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (yes, directors are put in the same category as people who wear tights professionally). This is the Director's Union and will ensure a director is paid appropriately and receives health benefits if working regularly.
At the union level, directors should not be making less than $500 per week, although exceptions can be made if the directors want to invest their time developing a show that will make them money later.
It just goes up from there. For a typical four-week rehearsal process at a recognized regional theatre, a fee of $5,000-$20,000 can be expected (depending on the size of the house).
Remember that this has to cover pre-production, all those hours spent pulling out eyebrow hairs one at a time while considering if Ophelia's dress should be peach or salmon. This fee must also cover all the time spent sitting on a couch that smells like tears, waiting for the phone to ring with another job.
By the time you're directing on Broadway, you should expect to be making ten times this amount, or $50,000 and up per production. This usually happens regardless of a show's success, because by the time the show is opened (and suddenly closed), you've moved on to the next one.
The other route you can take is to become an Artistic Director of a theatre and hire yourself. Then you can direct until you die. Literally. This job involves a lot of administration and fundraising (read: 101 ways to butter people up) that may or may not appeal to you.


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The Glory Field
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Parents need to know that this is a stunning portrait of the progress of black Americans, as courageous teenagers escape slavery and combat prejudice and, later, drug addiction. The family's close ties give its members strength. Each simple but compelling story makes characters come alive and keeps readers involved. Although the book is long, it's divided into stories, making it easy to read.
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This captivating saga of one black family takes readers on a journey from slavery to modern times. The book features teenagers from five generations, each undergoing a crisis that leads them to maturity. The collection of stories is compelling. Together they present a dynamic portrait of the progress of black people in the United States. A riveting, important book for all Americans.
In 1753, ten-year-old Muhammad is chained in the hold of a slave ship. In 1864 thirteen-year-old Lizzie escapes from slavery. After the war the family receives the Glory Field as their own farm. In 1900, they struggle to pay their taxes, and fifteen-year-old Elijah earns the money by saving a blind white boy. In 1930, his sixteen-year old daughter, Luvenia, is fired from her job in Chicago but decides to start her own business.
Back in South Carolina in 1964, sixteen-year-old Tommy, who has a chance to become the first black to enroll in the local state college, loses the opportunity when he stages a demonstration for civil rights. In 1994, Luvenia gives money to Malcolm to attend the family reunion, but Malcolm has difficulty trying to travel with his crack-addicted cousin, Shep. In South Carolina, Malcolm helps bring in the last crop from the Glory Field and learns his family's history.
Is it any good?
THE GLORY FIELD weaves together five stories to tell the powerful tale of a strong family living on the land that their slave ancestors had worked and came to own. Each story keeps readers involved, from Lizzie's exciting escape from slavery and Elijah's battle against a storm to Malcolm's trip from New York to South Carolina with his drug-addicted cousin.
The book introduces a wide range of characters and attitudes. While many incidents of white prejudice occur, Walter Dean Myers also presents whites who want justice for their black neighbors. Readers discover the fates of later generations of teenage characters as the stories progress. Tommy dies in Vietnam, and Luvenia becomes a wealthy businesswoman. The strong, capable Lewis family endures with Malcolm as its future.
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We've all heard of "ozone action days" on our local news stations, particularly in the summertime when the air can be hot and downright thick. While the ozone layer around the Earth protects us from damaging ultraviolet rays, the ozone on the Earth's surface ("ground-level ozone") is hazardous because we can directly breathe it in. It is particularly damaging on days when the weather is warm and humid. Of particular concern should be the very young, elderly, or those with susceptible lung diseases (or asthma.)
Here are a few ways in which you can help reduce the risks for yourself and those around you on ozone action days:
- Conserve electricity and turn up your air conditioner to a higher temperature
- Commute clean: carpool, ride the bus/train, or walk or take your bike to work
- Skip mowing the lawn or using any heavily gas-dependent tools that are OK to wait for another day
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Chely's Star-Packed Party
Chely Wright hosted her annual fan club party and fundraising event, the Reading, Writing & Rhythm Benefit Concert and Silent Auction, June 5 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville.
Chely's friends Clay Walker, Taylor Swift, Trent Tomlinson, Danielle Peck, surprise guest Tanya Tucker and others performed at the big event, which raises money for Chely's Reading, Writing & Rhythm Foundation. An especially touching "moment" occurred when Emerson Drive received a standing ovation after performing their hit "Moments," which had just reached No. 1. Chely presented the band with a champagne toast and a special plaque honoring their chart-topping success.
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