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The hot air balloon launch we attended on Friday night ended up being cancelled due to bad weather (see that sky?) but as we were hurrying to gather up our chairs and blankets, I passed this sweet mom wearing her 2 month old baby Helen in a pouch.
We have a Popcorn Festival in our city and watched the parade yesterday morning. I saw several moms and dads babywearing as they walked in the parade- wraps and Ergos seem to be popular around here- but I was too busy keeping Ivy out of the street and enjoying the festivities to snap any pics in time!
See past I love the way your wear your baby photos .
Have questions about babywearing? Check out my post Adventures In Babywearing 2.0 and scroll down for my tips and suggestions. Feel free to leave questions in the comments here or email me as well.
As always, I love to see your babywearing photos. If you've posted any recently, feel free to link in the comments below!
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Trustees vote to place new 1.23-mill fire levy
February 4, 2013
LISBON — Center Township voters will again be asked to pass a new fire levy officials say is needed to help purchase a pumper truck. Township trustees recently voted to place the new 1....
What happend to all the 100's of thousands of lease money they already have? This is why things will change around here. We remember what politicians are trying to do. Salem is now selling water to the Roy D. well and pipe is being prepared for reservoir water to be used at the Mrugla well also.
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Radford, McIntyre do not represent Buffalo parents
Leaders of the District Parent Coordinating Council, Sam Radford and Byron McIntyre, have violated the community's trust to properly advocate for Buffalo parents and their children. They are no longer fighting for the best interests of our students and their families, especially the most vulnerable.
Radford and McIntyre are not being publicly honest about their involvement in the upcoming Buffalo School Board race and are walking a fine line, legally, in collaborating with and assisting particular candidates. As parent representatives and leaders, it is appalling and disingenuous that they would affiliate with and not denounce Carl Paladino's racial bigotry, sexism, homophobia and, worst of all, his agenda to privatize our public schools for his own financial gain from public money. You cannot sympathize and collaborate with corporate reform entities and then faithfully and independently represent public school parents and their children.
Radford persistently speaks of the problems in our Buffalo Public Schools, yet has done little to originate positive change. Instead, he has perpetuated existing problems and fueled controversy with his divisive approach toward teachers, as well as parents who disagree with him. If he truly intends to solve the problems that exist in our schools and help our students, then he should find ways to partner with teachers and all parents, rather than alienate them.
Radford and McIntyre have abused their obligation to represent Buffalo school parents. As a soon-to-be Buffalo school parent, they don't represent me. It is time for them to step down from their positions on the council. Their acts make them unsuitable to serve as parent representatives.
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quote: You want to compare sales of ONE NOKIA PHONE ON ONE CARRIER LIKE AT&T to world sales of iPhone and Android and of course then it doesn't look like much.
quote: Nokia is making Money they are adding to their cash reserves and they are stronger than they were last year and they have an excellent lineup and an even better lineup coming.
quote: they cant keep up with current demand for Windows Phone 8
quote: By going with Windows Phone, however, Nokia must convince consumers both to switch to a different hardware vendor, AND to switch to a different software ecosystem.


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an absolutley awesome fight between chameleon (mortal kombat) and akuma (street fighter) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYP0BCokPzg, deffinately a must see for all fans of both games.saw it and had to post it, hope u lik eit.
I like Riu vs Scorpian now thats an awesome fight The Greatest Clan In Death and Universe... The Zombaukto Clan
chameleon is obviously a harder opponent than scorpion but i agree that is a good fight <Choose your path Wisely as you only walk it once>
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Treatment, not punishment:
NAMI believes that persons who have committed offenses due to states of mind or behavior caused by a brain disorder require treatment, not punishment. NAMI believes that a prison or jail is never an optimal therapeutic setting. NAMI believes that mental health systems have an obligation to develop and implement systems of appropriate care for individuals whose untreated brain disorders may cause them to engage in inappropriate or criminal behaviors.
Treatment while in correctional settings:
NAMI believes that states and communities have legal and ethical obligations to provide people with brain disorders humane and effective treatment while in correctional settings.
Training and education:
NAMI believes that education about brain disorders at all levels of judicial and legal systems is crucial to the appropriate disposition of cases involving offenders with brain disorders. Judges, lawyers, police officers, correctional officers, parole and probation officers, law enforcement personnel, court officers, and emergency medical transport and service personnel should be required to complete at least 20 hours of training about these disorders. Consumers and family members should be a part of this educational process.
NAMI believes that, in the overwhelming majority of cases, dangerous or violent acts committed by persons with brain disorders are the result of neglect or inappropriate or inadequate treatment of their illness.
Insanity defense:
NAMI supports the retention of the "insanity defense" and favors the two-prong test that includes the volitional as well as the cognitive standard. NAMI opposes the adoption of "guilty but mentally ill" statutes. NAMI supports systems that provide comprehensive, long-term care and supervision in hospitals and in the community to individuals found "not guilty by reason of insanity," "guilty except for insanity, or any other similar terminology used in state statutes pertaining to the insanity defense.
Parole and probation, transitional services:
NAMI believes that states must adopt systems for assisting individuals with serious brain disorders who have served sentences and are eligible for release on parole with appropriate treatment and services to aid their transition back into the community.
Death penalty:
NAMI opposes the death penalty for persons with brain disorders.
In 1992, NAMI and Public Citizen's Health Research Group released a report, entitled Criminalizing the Seriously Mentally Ill: The Abuse of Jails as Mental Hospitals, which revealed alarmingly high numbers of people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other severe mental illnesses incarcerated in jails across the country. Most of these people had not committed major crimes, but either had been charged with misdemeanors or minor felonies directly related to the symptoms of their untreated mental illnesses, or had been charged with no crimes at all. Unfortunately, the problems described in that report have worsened in the ensuing years.
A report issued by the United States Department of Justice in 1999 revealed that 16 percent of all inmates in state and federal jails and prisons have schizophrenia, manic depressive illness (bipolar disorder), major depression, or another severe mental illness. This means that on any given day, there are roughly 283,000 persons with severe mental illnesses incarcerated in federal and state jails and prisons. In contrast, there are approximately 70,000 persons with severe mental illnesses in public psychiatric hospitals, and 30 percent of them are forensic patients. Additionally, police are increasingly becoming front-line respondents to people with severe mental illnesses experiencing crises in the community.
Conditions in jails and prisons are often terrifying for people with severe mental illnesses. These settings are not conducive to effectively treating people with these brain disorders. Many correctional facilities do not have qualified mental health professionals on staff to recognize and respond to the needs of inmates experiencing severe psychiatric symptoms. Correctional facilities frequently respond to psychotic inmates by punishing them or placing them in physical restraints or administrative segregation (isolation), responses that may exacerbate rather than alleviate their symptoms. Inmates with severe mental illnesses usually do not have access to newer, state-of-the-art, atypical antipsychotic drugs because of the costs of these medications. Federal and state prisons generally do not have adequate rehabilitative services available for inmates with severe mental illnesses to aid them in their transition back into communities.
These alarming trends are directly related to the inadequacies of community mental health systems and services. The widespread adoption of systems with proven effectiveness in addressing the needs of people with the most severe mental illnesses, such as assertive community treatment programs, would sharply decrease the numbers of people with severe mental illnesses involved in criminal justice systems.
However, since these programs are available only sporadically throughout the country, NAMI's strategies for reducing criminalization focuses both on improving community mental health services and on addressing the treatment and support needs of people with severe mental illnesses in criminal justice systems.
NAMI is pursuing the following strategies for reducing the criminalization of people with severe mental illnesses:
CIT in Action Issue #2Read the CIT in Action Issue #2 from the NAMI CIT Technical Assistance Resource Center. Included in this issue are articles on Community CIT initiatives, CIT is International, Second Chance Act of 2005 Introduced and more.
A Guide to Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System4/17/2008This guide offers consumers and family members basic information about how to navigate the criminal justice system.
The Criminalization of People with Mental Illness - WHERE WE STAND
Contact Your Representatives about CriminalizationUse our online advocacy tool to send a letter to your congressional representatives right now and make your voice heard on this issue. Use our suggested text or compose a letter of your own.
Sign Up for E-News AlertsKeep up with the latest developments on this issue by subscribing to NAMI E-News, our free action alert newsletter.
How to Help: When a Person with Mental Illness is ArrestedThis guide, co-written by NAMI New York State and the Urban Justice Center, is designed to help New Yorkers with mental illness and others navigate the criminal justice system.
Beyond PunishmentNAMI Maryland's guide to navigating the criminal justice system. The information in this book was written specifically for Maryland residents, but may be helpful for others as well.
A Guide to Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice SystemThis guide offers consumers and family members basic information about how to navigate the criminal justice system.
Mental Health Courts ReauthorizationOn April 29, 2004 the Senate Judiciary Committee reported out of Committee S. 2107, a bill to reauthorize through 2009 federal funding of Mental Health Courts.
Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus ProjectThe Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project is an unprecedented, national effort coordinated by the Council of State Governments (CSG) to help local, state, and federal policymakers and criminal justice and mental health professionals improve the response to people with mental illness who become involved in, or are at risk of involvement in, the criminal justice system.
NAMI Calls for Action Following Report on Brutal Mistreatment of U.S. Prisoners With Mental IllnessesNAMI, the Nation's Voice on Mental Illness, is calling for federal and state legislative action in conjunction with the release of a report by Human Rights Watch documenting mistreatment and neglect of individuals with mental illnesses in U.S. prisons.
The Federal Mental Health Courts ProgramCongress passed America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project (P.L. 106-515) in 2000 in order to begin assisting states and communities across the nation in putting in place innovative approaches to diverting offenders into treatment programs and easing the growing burden on criminal justice and corrections systems. This new law authorizes the Justice Department to fund up to 100 such courts.
Mental Health Courts SurveyNAMI is pleased to announce the publication of the "Survey of Mental Health Courts," the first comprehensive assessment of mental health courts throughout the United States.
STATEMENT OF RON HONBERG ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR MENTAL HEALTH REFORM REGARDING S. 1194, "THE MENTALLY ILL OFFENDER AND CRIME REDUCTION ACT OF 2003"Our nation's jails and prisons have become "de-facto" psychiatric treatment facilities. Reducing the involvement of individuals with mental illnesses in criminal justice systems benefits not only those individuals but criminal justice systems and society as a whole.


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Carter said if Ivy were his daughter, he'd sell her for INFINITY DOLLARS.
[Ivy on the left: 20.5 months, Ivy on the right: 11.5 months]
Wow she is all worth it I'm sure!!!! And Oh my what a cutie pie!!!ReplyDelete
LOL!! That's too cute and TOTALLY reminds me of that Shel Silverstein (sp?) poem about the sister for sale! :) Ivy is soooo cute, WHO would want to sell her!?ReplyDelete
"For Sale" :)
Ivy and Carter are both adorable, but sometimes little sisters may annoy big brothers. At least he set a very high unmeetable price on her. It is so good that you record all the funny things they say and do for them to read later. And for you to read later when they are grown up and have children of their own and you are a grandmother. Hard to imagine isn't it?ReplyDelete
Oh she is such a sweetheart! That little girl of yours makes my heart smile :).ReplyDelete
Thanks for the caption because for a minute there I thought Carter wasn't the only one who got a mohawk! :)ReplyDelete
Haha too cutes!ReplyDelete
I thought at first that Ivy got a mowhawk...big sigh!ReplyDelete
So funny how phones and other electronic gadgets make the *best* toys ever...ReplyDelete
How awesome is this!?ReplyDelete
She's such a beauty, Steph.
And, on a side note, I never knew before I had E. the kind of flips my heart would do when watching my boys interact -- giggle, hug or even just look at each other lovingly. It shows me a whole new side of love.
LOL! I love hearing from the mouths of babes. Emma has taken a liking to the number 100. Today, when we were playing house, she asked me to watch Kendall because she had, "like, 100 appointments" to go to. :)ReplyDelete
a friend of mine asked (When he was really young, and his baby sister was only a few days old) if she was going to stay with them forever... too cute...ReplyDelete
Same exact cuteness... just a bit more hair these days. :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, this made me giggle. The way I see it he values Ivy a lot if he thinks he could get infinity dollars for her!
And her photos.....it's like double the cuteness!
This is such a great idea. How she has grown. I seriously thought she wast the cutest at that younger age (reading your blog) but she has turned into a whole lot more cuteness.
I love her eyes, and her curls too.
And what would he do with the money?? ;)ReplyDelete
You have the CUTEST dang kids! I love the "hawk" in the last post too! Adorable!ReplyDelete
So cute! And my how she has grown! What a pretty girl you have!ReplyDelete
infinity dollars seems like a good amount.ReplyDelete
Such a doll! Are you pretty sure Ivy will be able to operate your iPhone by 2? Cause I'm pretty sure my baby will be able to operate mine. She's already working at it.ReplyDelete
LOL, everything is 'infinity' around here too. Or as Hannah likes to use, 'Infinity hundred' or 'Infinity plus ten'. Somehow I think the whole concept of infinity has escaped her. ;)
Love the photos of Ivy - she's grown so much!! :)
She's worth infinity dollars. It's a high compliment to Ivy. :)
There were times when I would have sold my sister for $1.98.
I LOVE that her baby rolls are gone, but not completely! She is cute!ReplyDelete
Hmm, infinity dollars. He drives a hard bargain. ;)ReplyDelete
It's so fun to see those photos side-by-side. She looks the same, yet also...different.
She is so adorable Steph. I see she is still loving the cell phone too :). My youngest is always playing with mine.ReplyDelete
"...do I hear a dollar? A nickel? A penny? Oh c'mon isn't there, isn't there, isn't there any one kid who'll buy this old sister for sale..."
That one's a favorite in this house too. Carter, though, ain't messin' around with dollars and nickels and pennies. He's got money makin' ideas that boy.
infinity dollars sounds just about right :-)ReplyDelete


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Hello all from Milwaukee! I left on Saturday at 5 after waking up at 4 in the morning and working until noon. I got home, got my stuff together, ran some errands and then headed out. The drive actually wasn't too bad and good music certainly helps!
Yesterday ended up being a bit different than expected.
Before we headed out for the day, we had to barracade Boyfriend's pup Roscoe in. Roscoe was less than thrilled and tried to escape. I am convinced we'd win money if we sent the following into Funniest Home Videos:
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I wasn't planning on meeting any of the Boyfriend's family till today. However one of his brothers pretty much stuck around in town to meet me so we headed over, only to meet not only his brother but a few of his aunts too. After that Boyfriend figured we had to go see his mom or she'd feel left out. His family seems pretty awesome… and from what I've heard they like me so yay to that!
After that we headed to one of the local coffeeshops, ALTERRA, for coffee and a late breakfast. AND THEN it was onward to The Hunger Games!
I actually really loved the movie… its been awhile since I finished the trilogy and I actually think that's good because I didn't sit through the movie saying, "Wait, that isn't right!" and "Hey they left that out!" I thoroughly enjoyed it, I love how powerful Katniss is, I loved Peeta and I especially adored Cinna (Lenny Kravitz was awesome). Not to mention Rue and I LOVED Stanley Tucci as Caesar. I could go on and on but I will say this, if you haven't seen it yet and if you haven't read the books you really should. Yes they are YA fiction BUT they are so different from the typical teenage angst love triangle. There is a lot of meaning behind them. Do it!
ANYWAY, today I am off to breakfast with Boyfriend, lunch at his mom's and then who knows from there? Have a wonderful Monday all!


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The act of a buyer negotiating a lower price for goods or services from a seller.
The car dealer wanted me to pay sticker price for my new car, but I successfully Jewed him down to a lower price.
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In video games, most commonly Gears Of War, to kill or down someone in a cheap way.
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It's a girl! Dolphin born at Discovery Cove
Published 5:03 PM EST Dec 13, 2012
A 3 1/2 foot, 35-pound, female Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was born at Discovery Cove in Orlando last Friday.
According to SeaWorld, this marks the first time a dolphin at Discovery Cove has successfully given birth to a calf conceived through the use of "sperm-sexing" research.
The research involved separating sperm carrying an X chromosome from sperm carrying a Y chromosome.
This allows Discovery Cove to manage how many male and female dolphins it has.
It's the 25th dolphin born at Discovery Cove since 2000.
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Medical joke
A nurse was on duty in the emergency room when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker mohawk, sporting a variety oftattoos and wearing strange clothing, entered. It was quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled for immediate surgery.When she was completely nude they noticed her pubic hair had been dyed green, and above it there was a tattoo that read, 'Keep off the grass.' Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient's dressing, which said, 'Sorry, had to mow the lawn.'
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the surgeon was naughty. Appendicitis surgery could have been done without encroaching on the grass.
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dancing in which the dancer, usually a woman, shakes her hips in an up-and-down manner, obstructing progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
The new bill containing big-agri earmarks was defeated by a twerking filibuster lasting over 45 minutes.
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EAST LIVERPOOL -Alyssa Shingle stole the show.
Shingle scored a game-high 27 points as the Weir girls basketball team doubled up East Liverpool, 72-36, Wednesday night at Potter Fieldhouse.
"It's been a long time since we have done that," Weir (3-5) head coach Bill Smith said. "We had a great summer. We had a lot of girls show up. It is paying off. The kids are playing with a lot of intensity and confidence."
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East Liverpool's Chelsea Possage (32) and Jamie Neville (12) defend Weir's Alyssa Shingle on Wednesday. (Photo by Aaron Petchal)
Weir and East Liverpool both played in Wellsville's Summer League in June.
"We played them in the summer," Smith said. "Our girls were confident going into the game. We knew we could play them man-to-man, but that is summer ball. This is totally different. In the summer, you don't know who is there and who is not. You don't run everything you have.
"East Liverpool is going to play hard. East Liverpool always play tough. They are a little physical, so we knew we had to come ready to play."
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Weir 72, East Liverpool 36
WE (72): Raven Young 3 0-0 6, Raegan Stead 6 5-6 17, Alyssa Shingle 12 0-0 27, Taylor Long 0 0-0 0, Lindsey Robinson 1 0-0 2, Kayla Lemley 1 0-0 2, Shelva Burns 4 4-6 12, Maddie Dalrymple 2 2-2 6. Totals: 29 11-14 72.
EL (36): Nikayla Edgell 2 1-2 6, Caitlyn Davis 0 1-2 1, Jamie Neville 0 0-0 0, Linsey Rose 0 0-0 0, Candace Holmes 2 0-0 4, Ronnie Bailey 1 1-2 3, Kiara Cowart 4 0-0 8, Chelsea Possage 2 0-0 4, Rae Ann Holmes 0 0-0 0, Sarah Morrell 1 0-0 2, Mary Davis 2 0-0 6, Anna Arcuragi 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 3-6 36.
3-Pointers: Weir: 3 (Shingle 3); East Liverpool: 3 (Mary Davis 2, Edgell)
The loss drops the Potters to 3-4.
"It was a combination of bad offense on our part and good defense on their part," first-year east Liverpool head coach Allan Dingey said. "We played them in the summer, and they were undefeated. We knew they were really good. They are playing really well right now. All I can say is congratulations to Weir on their performance."
For Weir, Shingle was joined in double digits by Raegan Stead and Shelva Burns. Stead delivered 17 points, while Burns netted 12.
No Potter player reached double digits. Kiara Cowart contributed a team-high eight points, Nikayla Edgell and Mary Davis each collected six points and Chelsea Possage and Candace Holmes each tallied four points.
Finally, Ronnie Bailey recorded three points, Sarah Morrell and Jamie Neville each ended up with two points and Caitlyn Davis scored one point.
The Red Riders outscored the Potters in all four quarters. Weir outscored East Liverpool, 21-8, in the second quarter to break open a close game, and the Red Riders ended the game with a flurry as the visitors outscored the hosts, 20-8, in the fourth.
The Red Riders took control early in the game as Weir jumped out to a 12-4 lead. The Potters battled back to pull within 15-11 at the end of the frame.
Weir scored the first 10 points of the second stanza to build a 25-13 lead. The Red Riders extended their lead to 36-19 at halftime. Shingle scored 15 points in the first 16 minutes of play.
"She runs the show as our point guard," Smith said. "She has come along way. She has matured. She is taking care of the basketball. She is distributing the ball. She is playing under control."
The Red Riders extended their lead in the third. Shingle drained a 3-pointer and added a basket putting her team up 44-23 forcing Dingey to call timeout with 4:06 left in the quarter. A basket by Burns put the REed Riders up 52-28 entering the fourth quarter.
"We are still a work in progress," Dingey said. "We are going to keep on working. We are going to keep working hard."
Weir led by as many as 38 points in the fourth quarter. Two foul shots by Maddie Dalrymple put the Red Riders up 68-34, and the visitors took a 72-34 lead following a 10-0 run.
East Liverpool won the JV game, 39-24. Linsey Rose and Bailey eachs cored 12 points for the Potters, while Dalrymple delivered 10 points for the Red Riders.
East Liverpool plays Saturday afternoon at Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. The JV game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Weir's next game is Dec. 27 at Harrison Central.


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A small Texas town outside of west Pflugerville City, TX. Most known for the world famous "Linky Burger" created by Mr.Stinky Coup. The Town consists of only 4 roads, and is not on most maps, but is a very important social area of the residents of the area.
Next to Pflugerville City, is a small town called Malt Lickey
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Locals: State education budget fails
July 21, 2013
The recently passed state budget failed to address the financial burden cyber schools are placing on local school districts, according to area school superintendents who, while not surprised by the......
Sports are an integral part of the education experience. We have removed recess and minimized or eliminated gym class. Have you ever wondered why so many boys are being medicated today for this or that? Could it be simply that boys need to burn off that energy? Girls do too, but it seems the ADD and ADHD and others are predominately boys and they are more rambunctious than girls. Also, it is my understanding that the cost to educate a student in cyber school is 60% of the cost to do it in traditional school. In other words the cyber school receives 60% of what the distinct would spend if that student remained.
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- This budget provides for an additional increase to the Adult and Family Literacy line item. - All PASSHE schools receive level funding for FY 2013-14. - Penn State is receiving an additional $2 million for the Pennsylvania College of Technology. - The University of Pittsburgh is getting more money for Rural Education Outreach. - Temple University is receiving level funding. - Lincoln University is getting an additional $2 million which is an 18% increase over FY 2012-13. - Community Colleges are receiving an additional $1 million in the Community College Capital Fund.
While the budget may have not pleased everyone in every area, I think it did address education. Maybe not to the liking of local leaders, but how much can we spend before taxes go up, yet again.
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In fairness let's look at what the budget did provide for education.
Increases Basic Education Funding by $122 million. - Establishes a record high of $10 billion total state dollars invested in K-12 education. - Also provides $22.5 million for distressed school districts. - Provides a 9% funding increase for the Library Access program to help libraries across the commonwealth share over 22 million titles. - Continues the Governor's increase of $6.4 million for Head Start and Pre-K counts early childhood programs. - This budget adds $5 million for Early Intervention to children ages 3 to 5 with developmental disabilities. - Increases funding for mobile science centers. - Provides $3 million for grants to career and technical schools to purchase new equipment so the Commonwealth can expand career and technical education opportunities. - Adds additional money to the Safe Schools Initiative.
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Sky Dancers, popular dolls from the 90s that whizz up in the air but you cant control them so they will fly into anything.
They caused many injuries too.
They caused many injuries too.
Watch out! Sky Dancers!
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Hey Skydancer! Go sit in a tree for a week so that people cant cut it down and build homes so that we dont have to live in the mud!!!
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large dancing inflatables, filled with air from fans in the feet of them. Also known as Wacky waving arm flailing tube men as see in Family Guy Tv show
as seen at the Super Bowl, Miss America, the Grammy Awards, music videos and car lots all over the world. Skydancers make any event or business get more attention.
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to give a guy a blow job...eat peanut butter... and blow him again.
girls who love peanut butter and penis totally dig giving skydancers
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A new, extensive collaboration focused on Charleston County schools hopes to be a national model for preparing students from kindergarten through college for STEM-related jobs.
The potentially multi-million dollar effort involves high-profile partners from across the country. More than 20 officials representing those groups met this week in Charleston to hammer out specifics on what they would contribute.
"This is phenomenal," said Janet Simmons, president/CEO of a cyber-security company based in Maryland, who participated in the meetings. "You could see it all coming together."
STEM is short-hand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, and there's been a national emphasis on preparing more students for careers in those fields.
The number of STEM-related jobs is growing, and employers such as Simmons often struggle to find qualified workers. The country will have 1.4 million computing-related jobs by 2020, but only 400,000 computer science students to fill them, according to Code.org. Some also say STEM is key to the nation's global competitiveness in the future.
That's part of the impetus behind this new partnership, and those involved say the long-term solution is education. That means building a pipeline of STEM exposure and interest in children as early as kindergarten.
Charleston County School District doesn't have a grades K-12 STEM curriculum, but teachers collaborated this summer to create one. The framework they developed was analyzed and developed further this week.
"This fills a vacuum that we have in the district," said Lou Martin, the associate superintendent who oversees high schools. "We don't have any program that addresses this specifically."
Martin described the effort as being made of three tiers, with the broadest being an emphasis on math, science and computer programming across grade levels. A secondary focus is cultivating an interest in the specific area of cybersecurity, and a third is engaging Historically Black Colleges and Universities and district minority students in STEM.
What makes this different than other STEM-related efforts nationwide is that it's a systemic and strategic approach to affecting a diverse K-12 population, said Tony Baylis, director of the Office of Strategic Diversity Programs with the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory based in Livermore, Calif. Baylis attended this week's meetings.
"What this is all about is creating a workforce for tomorrow," he said. "Our hope is we develop talent as we move forward."
The partners include: the U.S. Department of Energy; the federal Livermore lab and the federal Sandia National Lab; some HBCUs in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia; SPAWAR and the county school district.
The federal Energy Department is expected to be the partnership's major funding partner, and the plan is for each group to participate in tangible ways. Officials from the federal labs and SPAWAR might visit Charleston schools to teach STEM-related lessons. College students enrolled in the HBCUs could intern with the labs, work with K-12 students, and hopefully seek employment in STEM jobs.
Officials said a confluence of factors resulted in Charleston being the target site for the collaborative. For one, Cynthia Anderson, a senior advisor at the federal energy department and a native of Charleston, is on an inter-governmental assignment to the school district to help with its STEM efforts. The state has invested in cybersecurity, and some of its HBCUs, such as Voorhees College, Allen University and Benedict College, also have received federal STEM grants to build a pipeline between their students and federal labs.
Baylis said he was impressed by the facilities and resources behind the school district's new Lowcountry Tech Academy in the former Rivers Middle School campus on King Street. The STEM-focused program is starting its first full school year in a building that has undergone more than $25 million in renovations.
"That's not typical across school districts," he said. "There's a potential to get off the ground running."
Sarah Earle, who leads Lowcountry Tech, said she was excited to be a part of what she called a "first of its kind" collaboration. Some of her teachers and students already have visited the labs, and she said she looked forward to the scholarships and opportunities that could be developed.
"We're past the beginning phase and we're into the action stage, moving into the implementation stage," she said. "The work is incredible."
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Dry Filter - Water Treatment Application in Iron Removal
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Iron is objectionable constituent when present in drinking and process water more than the desired limit. Different iron removal methods and their modifications have been applied for iron removal. However, conventional methods are found expensive and there isan increasing tendency against the use of chemicals in watertreatment. Dry filter is one of the alternatives that can be applied for iron removal and the process uses the self-purificationcapacities of iron bacteria. These micro-organisms are found to adapt themselves to the prevailing conditions provided the enviroment is made favourable for them, such as ventilation, provision of surface media for their growth, raw water supply etc. Investigations made on the pilot plants showed that iron removal process by dy filtration depends on the hydraulic load, filter depth, size of filter material, the development of the micro-organisms, and iron concentration in the raw water. Dry filter does not only remove iron but it also removes manganese, ammonia, carbon dioxide and provides sufficient oxygen supply to the treated water. The results obtained from the test plants were not below the standard limits except from the full scale production plant. However, complete removal of iron by dry filter is feasible provided the best possible favourable combinations of the factors on which iron removal depends are found. Micro-biological water treatment is certainly more appropriate to natural drinking water than production of chemically treated "water" in water treatment works. The biological process as to how these micro-organisms remove iron is stilla unanswered. /Kir09


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By Jennifer Campbell
If all goes the way it should, you'll never have to craft a letter to your organ donor's family thanking them for such a sacrifice. You won't hesitate, choosing the right pen, or cross out a word too pushy, presumptuous. You won't doubt your penmanship, writing with the slow drawl of clarity, crafting curls of question marks, sad slants of syllables, wondering what is too close to heart to mention. You'd never consider sending an email. Some words only show in ink or blood. The family will smile over your forty-something wedding anniversary, all the grandkids you have the strength to enjoy – only three degrees of separation in your small town. If all goes the way I want, my child, you won't have to find a forever stamp to mail care of, fiddle with the sticky appliqués of loss. You won't need to write that letter. But you should know how. JENNIFER CAMPBELL will join poet Ruth Thompson in an informal book launch for her new collection "Supposed to Love" (Saddle Road Press) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as a part of this month's Just Buffalo Literary Café at the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. She is a co-editor of Earth's Daughters magazine, co-host of the Center for Inquiry/Just Buffalo Literary Café reading series and an English professor at Erie Community College-North, where she received the 2010 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities and the President's Award for Outstanding Professional Growth in 2009. Her first collection of poems, "Driving Straight Through" was published by Foothills Press in 2008.


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February 19, 2013
MARTINSBURG — With seconds remaining in the first quarter against St. James, Md., the Martinsburg trailed by a single point with the basketball in its possession....
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) got a lot of attention over the weekend after pushing beyond the 14,000 level for the first time in more than five years on Friday. But what the market gives, the market often takes away, and the Dow's latest milestone proved to be short-lived when the average posted triple-digit losses this morning. Most commentators are blaming concerns about Europe's economy and a slightly weaker U.S. factory-orders report, but after the market's huge gains in January, the pullback could well be caused by traders taking profits and running. As of 10:45 a.m. EST, the Dow is down 110 points, or 0.8%, while the broader market measures fell a bit less in percentage terms.
Within the Dow, Travelers (NYSE: TRV ) was the biggest decliner, falling more than 2%. Although the company posted smaller losses related to Hurricane Sandy than many had feared, the real long-term question is whether Travelers will be able to hike rates further in order to compensate for possible losses in the future. Inevitably, competitive pressures restrict how much any single company can boost rates, and that may be one reason why investors are backing away from the stock after it hit all-time highs last week.
Elsewhere, Herbalife (NYSE: HLF ) plunged 6.4% after part of Bill Ackman's bear case started playing itself out: Reports say the Federal Trade Commission is investigating the company. Since giving his justification for a massive short position in Herbalife, Ackman has created a hedge-fund battle royale, with activist investors Carl Icahn and Third Point's Dan Loeb taking the bullish view of the stock. Ackman alleged that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme and called on the FTC and other regulators to take action against the company, so fear of that very action has pushed shares down today.
Finally, Acme Packet (UNKNOWN: APKT.DL ) soared 22% after Oracle (NYSE: ORCL ) agreed to buy the communications equipment company. The move is an interesting one for Oracle, as Acme's equipment focus is a bit of a departure for the software giant. Still, with Oracle trying to join the crowd of tech giants delivering one-stop solutions for clients, Acme would give it an essential component in providing customers with what they need.
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Another Mountain State Forest Festival has come and gone, after a week packed full of "Magic in the Mountains."
On Saturday, light rain gave way to beautiful, sunny skies as the Forest Festival featured activities galore, with everything from crafts and vendors, carnival rides and food, to parades, concerts and special performances.
One of Saturday's highlights was when antique cars lined the streets and made their way down Davis Avenue and up Randolph Avenue. The antique cars parade helped kick off the 76th Mountain State Forest Festival Grand Feature Parade, when the streets came alive with clowns,, bands, politicians, floats and special units. More than 20 bands played everyone's favorite tunes as they marched their way to the end of the route.
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The Inter-Mountain photo by Casey Houser
From left, Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys peform Saturday evening at Harper McNeeley Auditorium on the campus of Davis & Elkins College. The performance was part of the 76th Mountain State Forest Festival. See additional Forest Festival photos on Page B10.
The Inter-Mountain photo by Beth Christian Broschart
Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Mike Karlen and Queen Silvia LXXVI Emily McKibbin Everson place her stone in the Federal Plaza Garden Sunday during the MSFF Closing Ceremony.
For the past seven years, member of the First United Methodist Church have greeted the band members as they finish the route. Members of the church give marchers water and cookies. This year, they passed out approximately 4,000 cookies and 1,800 bottles of water.
Even after the parade, Davis Avenue was a hub of activity with the Tri-Force Jump Rope team and Division BMX performers taking to the street with shows..
Tri-Force Jump Rope wowed the crowed with a high-energy performance as youngsters displayed a range of impressive stunts with jump ropes.
Meanwhile, Queen Silvia LXXVI Emily McKibbin Everson took in Division BMX's final performance of the festival Saturday. The riders took Everson to the top of one of their ramps and the team members all performed jumps over her head. The final rider to leap over did so in style by doing a backflip on his bike. As Everson came off the ramp, she said it was one of the scariest things she has ever done.
Later Saturday, folks gathered at Wimer Stadium for the Mountain State Forest Festival Spectacle of Bands Field Competition.
This year, 14 bands competed in seven divisions. Elkins High School Band and "Red Storm," a combination of Harman School and Tygarts Valley High School bands, each performed as exhibition bands.
A different style of music entertained the crowd Saturday night at the Harper-McNeely Auditorium at Davis & Elkins College, when members of the Oak Ridge Boys headlined the Forest Festival's Country Music Show. The band features four-part harmonies and upbeat songs, which have spawned dozens of country hits and earned numerous awards.
On Sunday morning, hungry festival goers made their way to the Izaak Walton League in Beverly for a buckwheat pancake feed, including pancakes, sausage and coffee.
Sunday afternoon, the closing ceremony for the 76th Mountain State Forest Festival got under way at the Jennings Randolph Federal Plaza.
Mark Tomblyn, president of the Mountain State Forest Festival board of directors, congratulated and thanked everyone for making the festival great and for all their hard work.
"I think the head magician in the state of West Virginia this week was Mike Karlen," Tomblyn said, referring to this year's director general.
Mountain State Forest Festival assistant directors presented Karlen with a "Magic In The Mountains" banner, reflecting this year's theme.
Members of the minor court signed one another's programs, and there were many hugs, kisses and tears.
Elkins resident Jennifer Morgan presented Everson with the queen's quilt, made especially for this year's Queen Silvia.
"Folks went into the Elkins Sewing Center to get kits and they could either applique or hand piece a block for the quilt," Morgan said. "The blocks are then put together to make the quilt."
Joy Cutright and Nancy Thompson presented Everson with a scrapbook filled with pictures from the week.
The final step in the closing ceremony was the placing of the stone. Karlen and Everson place her stone in the Jennings Randolph Federal Plaza garden with stones from other past queens.


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see "di di mouw" literally meaning fast in vietnamese. But can be used at anytime for no reason at all. It's THAT versatile
Let's get running, we're almost late, mouw mouw mouw!
viết bởi Jeffrey C 06 Tháng chín, 2003
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An act in which a person is extremley hungry or struck for time and proceeds to munch at a very high speed of shoveling food into your mouth.. havn't you ever opened your mouth to take a bite and just been like. mouw as your closing your mouth.
"Aww im gonna fuckin MOUW that when its ready" "Dude im gonna mouw the shit out of that"
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Hubby and I started the gift wrapping process, being sure to use different paper for Santa presents separate from ours.It was confusing and complicated. And I started to wonder how much longer we'll keep up these shenanigans because HOW ANNOYING is it that Santa gets credit for all these presents that WE BOUGHT [with love]??
Not cool.
So it was approaching midnight (Santa & Mrs. Claus did some cuddling and might have played some Wii bowling before starting on the presents) and we hear Ivy waking up, seeing on the video monitor that she is actually getting down from the bed.
[totally not meant to look like a Sears portrait studio photo. weird.]
She makes her way down, coming to find us. I scoop her up and go to nurse her back to sleep and she is EATING THE REINDEER CARROTS. Two baby carrots clutched in her hands like prized possessions.
I let her munch on them a bit and then threw her leftovers back on the rug so that it looked like the reindeer ate them (a 15 month old baby will not remember this, right?)
I set her down by her dollhouse while I ran upstairs to get a diaper. When I came down the stairs she was finishing off Santa's milk! Oh that turkey. She is so lucky she's cute.
Because she didn't even get close to falling asleep until after 1 in the a.m. and I was EXHAUSTED. When the boys woke me up (after 8) I felt like I had just fallen asleep.
[for the longest time this morning (it was like heaven) Ivy sat behind the curtains playing quietly with a block and a pen.]
Christmas was perfect. Gray was thrilled to see the reindeer liked his carrots They've been nibbled on!
I stayed in my pjs the whole day. I should have taken more pictures, but didn't. I have no regrets.
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July 3, 2008
Washington, D.C.— Michael J. Fitzpatrick, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illnesses, has issued this statement:
"NAMI continues to monitor the callous treatment and tragic death of Ms. Esmin Elizabeth Green while waiting for admission to the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.
It is a sad commentary that it took a tragedy of this nature to move New York City's Health and Hospital's Corporation to immediately settle a lawsuit that was filed a year ago to improve conditions at the hospital.
Legal action should not stop there.
Criminal responsibility should be investigated.
Both state and federal authorities should take a close look not only at the circumstances of Ms. Green's death, but also systemic issues involving the hospital and potentially other parts of the city's mental healthcare system. That includes staffing levels, training, and availability of hospital beds.
The Kings County tragedy is not an isolated incident. Other tragedies are waiting to happen in emergency rooms across the United States.
In 2008, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) released a survey that indicates emergency psychiatric care is "extremely limited" and "getting worse."
In 2003, New York was forced to confront a scandal involving adult homes for people living with mental illness. In other states, the U.S. Department of Justice has been forced to launch investigations.
Nationwide, we face a mental healthcare system in crisis—which on average gets no better than a "D" grade. It is time for investment and transformation of the mental healthcare system at all levels."
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Similiar to whoemonger, however, instead of an attraction to prostitues the word describes a person who enjoys being surrounded by power, attention and self-imposed importance. They always strive for more attention and influence.
Person A: I'm not really sure who I want to vote for. I think Hillary Clinton is qualified to be the President, but I just don't like her.
Person B: Yeah, maybe she is qualified but she's a certified power monger. Power mongers never win.
Person B: Yeah, maybe she is qualified but she's a certified power monger. Power mongers never win.
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Deep seated desire for power due to current position of no power (Accompanied by little penis)
Everyone in the game kept complaining that that he was a powermonger, even though he sucked.
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A flower that evolved after the Chernobyl disaster. Quite an ugly flower.
Hey look, I grew a third eye but that is alright - I look great if I put a powermonger in my hair to cover the third eye!
ayon kay Your Momma UK ika-06 ng Mayo, 2003
A fudge packer who keeps using the saying SSSOOOO GOOODDDD
Piss off asswipe
ayon kay Uber Good Definition! ika-07 ng Mayo, 2003
Someone whos dad is a "developer"
That dude - dont mess with him - he is a powermonger. Whatever the hell that means .. lets beat the CRAP OUT OF HIM RIGHT NOW!!!
ayon kay Way Ahead UK ika-06 ng Mayo, 2003
The action of masturbating while driving
I was driving up the 407 and this dude was powermongering while driving! Figures, he drives a volvo.
ayon kay Eat my CAH CAH UK ika-06 ng Mayo, 2003
Freudian reference to ones love of one mother.
You sick bastard! You love your mother?? Weird!
ayon kay Eat my CAH CAH UK ika-06 ng Mayo, 2003


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Check out Colin Hay's Live at the Corner and Luka Bloom's Dreams in America features on New Release Now!
More on Noam Pikelny's Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass from American Songwriter, The Grammy's Website and Paste Magazine.
The Chapmans will be interviewed by Dave Higgs at 3:30 on Thursday, 9/30 for Bluegrass Breakdown. Check your local public radio station's listings for the air time in your area.
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band's Legacy receives 3 1/2 stars from Daily News (McKeesport, PA) - "he delivers another rock-solid platter..." and a review on the Acoustic Americana blog.
Heidi Talbot's "voice and her gifts as a musical storyteller form a bright skein bringing together songs from past and present, tales of humor and sorrow, and characters foolish and wise," on her newest The Last Star (from The Music Road blog).
Bristol Rhythm & Roots coverage of The Gibson Brothers ("They've weathered the vagaries of the bluegrass business and are back on top of the heap and deservedly so. Eric and Leigh are more than worthy.") and Missy Raines & the New Hip performances on Tim's Music Journal blog.
Greg Cahill of Special Consensus visited WAMU's Katy Daley Show to be interviewed as part of Banjo Week, and Valley Falls, Kansas enjoys an evening of Bluegrass with Special Consensus.
The Gibson Brothers' "Farm of Yesterday" is #1 on The Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey for the second month in a row. "Farm of Yesterday" is available on The Gibson Brothers' current release Ring the Bell.
Tunes from the Matt Flinner Trio's Music Du Jour will be featured on four episodes of Roadtrip Nation this fall. Check your local listings for airdates in your area or watch online. "Spur of the Moment" will air first this week on Episode 2, "Inferno Reel" on Episode 7, "In the Golden Zone" on Episode 8, and "Free Circus" on Episode 9.
Mark your calendars and set your DVRs! Noam Pikelny will perform with the Punch Brothers and Steve Martin on the Late Show with David Letterman on Nov 4th, upon receiving the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass.
It has been announced that Joanie Madden will join the line-up in an all-star concert celebrating Joe Derrane and his upcoming release Grove Lane on November 13th in Fairfield, CT. Joanie joins artists including Billy McComiskey, Mick Moloney, John Doyle, Brian Conway and many more! For more details on the event click here.
Solas has announced new singer, Niamh Varian-Barry from Country Cork, Ireland in the Huffington Post. To read more click here.
American Songwriter magazine showcases Luka Bloom's new release Dreams in America. To read more click here.
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band debuts in the Top 10 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums Chart and are featured on RVA News.
Dale Ann Bradley has taped a segment for the Ronnie Reno Old Time Music Hour which will air on RFD TV. Air date to be announced.
Heidi Talbot steps into songwriting on The Last Star.
Solas plays a "touching performance" at Colorado's Four Corners Folk Festival.
Luka Bloom's Dreams in America can be heard on this guy's iPod (and sounds great on these speakers).
And Richard Julian Needs Attention too!
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Reprinted from Irish Music Magazine - October 2010
By Helene Dunbar
One look at the new Old Blind Dogs album, Wherever Yet May Be, (Compass Records) gives you a good insight into the where the eighteen-year old band is in 2010. With evocative packaging featuring the Dogs dressed as characters from the album's songs and a wealth of new material, the message is clear: the Dogs are still learning new tricks.
"The packaging is just a bit of fun really," says Jonny Hardie (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals) who joins Aaron Jones (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, electric bass), Fraser Stone (drums, percussion), and the band's newest member Ali Hutton (pipes, whistles, guitar) to round out the Dog's lineup. "We've basically just taken characters from the songs and dressed up as them. I'm wearing roughly Napoleonic, kind of Scottish military stuff; Aaron is being a hooper – like a barrel maker; Fraser is a character from one of the songs who has gone away to sea and left his love behind; and Ali is being Willy Wonka," he laughs. "No, just kidding, he's supposed to be the guardian of the half life, between one life and the next." Hutton's unusual persona comes compliments of the album's third track, 'Psychopomps', named after the spirit whose responsibility it is to escort newly deceased souls to the afterlife.
There is a bit of a scavenger-hunt feel to the booklet as well, since not only characters but objects from the songs are scattered amongst the photos. "There is a whiskey barrel, a bible, and a ring…various things, bits and pieces, that are relevant and that are mentioned in the songs," Hardie explains. To make it more of a challenge to match the item to the appropriate song – and because they ran out of space – not all of the song lyrics are included in the package. "We'll probably put them on the website so if people really want to get involved, they can read them and figure out what fits where," Hardie says.
If you're familiar with the Dogs, then it goes without saying that the innovative approach of the packaging is carried through to the music as well. The Dogs have never been a band to rest on the successes of the past and Wherever Yet May Be is no exception. This is made immediately obvious by the opening track, 'St. Kilda's'.
The tune was brought to the band by Hardie after working with Scottish singer and actress Alyth McCormack. "It was recorded on her album," he says "as a song with the actual lyrics and I just thought it was such a beautiful melody. So I took it from there and tried it on the fiddle to see if it made any sense. The song itself is one of unrequited love from the island of St. Kilda. It's about a girl who meets a boy who visited the island and left and went back to the mainland. So it's her basically longing for her lost love. It's probably quite an old song, I'd imagine. We decided to put it on first as well, just to start the album, to create a certain atmosphere."
The track is given an unusually haunting treatment that is almost more Native American than Celtic and is a rarity in that you don't find a lot of traditional albums that open with a slow air. "Starting an album with a slow air is a rare thing for us," Hardie admits. "It just seemed like an idea to me to build things up; you don't have to start by hitting people between the eyes."
The rest of the album is the usual blend of new material and reworked traditional pieces that have made the band a fan favorite. "A lot of the tunes were written for the album and there are a few of Ali's that are brand new. There are a lot of contemporary tunes for us, we've done some old ones as well but we've used a lot of contemporary Scottish writers like Fred Morrison who is a piper and Jamie Smith who is a fiddle player, but the songs are all old trad songs. Our usual method is to try to find interesting stories and bring them to life and up-to-date a bit. Additionally there's a song, by Andy M. Stewart which we included – he writes in a very traditional style anyway – and we thought it was a really beautiful song." The album also includes works by Davy Steele and Gordon Duncan.
Like most long-standing bands, the Dogs have had their share of personnel changes. Hardie is the only founding member left and this album features the Dogs' newest addition, Ali Hutton, who replaces long-time member Rory Campbell, now a practicing music therapist. Many bands are thrown by turnovers but Hardie remains positive about the benefits. "People have to go and change directions; that's always the way of it. We're very happy that Ali is with us, he's brought a whole new style of his own into the band and enthusiasm and energy really, which is great. He's been friends with Fraser for a long time and is a completely different kind of piper than Rory – it's very hard to get Ali to play something the same way twice. It keeps me on my toes, and keeps us all moving forward."
Although the band began as a four-piece, they recorded many albums as a five piece, only returning to the smaller line-up after singer Jim Malcolm's departure prior to 2007's 'Four on the Floor'. "We did that last album as a four-piece and we've stuck with it. We feel quite comfortable with that," Hardie explains. Instead of bringing a new vocalist on board, they decided to split the singing among the existing members. "Aaron does the bulk of the singing and I do a bit as well. We think we can cover it all with the four of us. Everyone has to work a little bit harder, which is fine."
Jones has also brought a new source of songs to the band. "Aaron has a different repertoire because his family are Irish, not Scottish," says Hardie. "But that's also part of the reason why I stepped in to sing as well – it's more comfortable for my accent because of the way I speak, to be dealing with some of the material, particularly from Aberdeenshire."
There is also a case to be made for the relative "cheeriness" of Irish songs versus Scottish. "A lot of the Irish love songs have a certain serenity about them whereas the Scottish songs are a bit more blood and gore. Unrequited loves songs that nobody dies in ARE cheery for us," Hardie laughs, "maybe we're getting soft in our old age."
While Wherever Yet May Be is definitely not following in the footsteps of the many Celtic releases lately to pay homage to Americana music, the Dogs have introduced a few Americana touches. "Aaron's brother Nathan Jones is playing a resonator guitar, so we have that type of steel guitar sound on some of the tracks. It lends itself to that kind of Americana type of sound, but I think that it has to do with the vocals as well. We've just been spending too much time over there!"
The Dogs have a huge US fanbase and have been touring the US twice a year for the past fifteen years. "We certainly know our way around the country; particularly the West Coast," says Hardie. "This last tour we did was the southwest: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, which is a very, very beautiful part of the world. It's quite an amazing environment for us to experience. It's so different for us – which is probably why we have a certain fascination with it – the desert, the colors, everything there. And of course, the lack of rain is an unusual thing for Scottish people."
When choosing material to play in their live shows, Hardie says that it's always a challenge when you have eighteen years of material to work with. "There is just so much and you keep looking back and just trying to rework some of the old songs and people are asking us to play certain things so we do. That being said, we were really desperate to get this new album and the new material out, particularly for Ali," he explains. "I think it's really hard to come in and just play other people's stuff. I think it's important for someone new to come in and put their stamp on things as well and not just play the same things I've been playing for the last hundred and twenty years."
One thing that has remained the same though is the Dogs' commitment to the material. "We've been careful to try to choose the best material that we can," says Hardie. "To choose some old songs and find some stuff that hasn't been heard before, that's always our aim. This album probably has more contemporary tunes than we've had before, but that's just because there are so many good writers about."
"Trading in Trad"
Helene Dunbar talks to Garry West of the Compass Records Group about the new business landscape for recorded music sales
Reprinted from Irish Music Magazine - October 2010
It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this, that the music industry is facing challenges. Decreases in physical album sales, digital download piracy, falling profits in the larger "box stores" and weak worldwide economies have all played a hand in creating the obstacles that face record industry labels and retailers today.
For those who enjoy crunching the numbers, global physical music sales fell 12.7% in 2009 according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) while digital sales rose 9.2%. IFPI also reports that there are now over 12 million legally released digital tracks available worldwide.
To get a glimpse of what this means for the Celtic music industry, I spoke to Garry West of the Nashville based Compass Records Group. Compass could arguably be called the largest Celtic label in the world (and in the interest of full disclosure, I've worked for them in the past). Co-founded in 1994 by musicians Alison Brown and Garry West, Compass set out to be a new type of roots-music label with a focus on Celtic, bluegrass, Americana, and other roots-based genres. In 2006 it acquired the famous Green Linnet catalogue which was followed by the seminal Mulligan Records label in 2008.
Like larger labels, Compass has had to alter its business model in reaction to the current industry climate. Unlike some of the others, they seem to be weathering the storm intact. "We're beating the slide for lack of a more elegant way of putting it," says West. "But the business is definitely changing. Overall industry sales volume is down 50% since its peak in 2000 and you can see that when you look at the change in the amount of floor space dedicated to music at big box retail (i.e. superstores) or delve into Soundscan figures. But the Compass Records Group is, for the most part, a specialty label and our business is built on selling niche music to other specialists. And while big box retail is suffering, we're finding that the smaller, specialty retailers — those driven by a passion for the music — are still doing well and have a dedicated consumer base that keeps them going. So, while national distributors have focused more of their resources on mainstream releases selling through the largest 5 accounts and in the process under-serving smaller stores, we've taken the opportunity to build a large direct account business that serves these important specialists and their customers."
The complexities of selling to a specialty audience differ from selling to a pop/rock audience. Irish music fans are used to buying their music in a variety of ways: from the artists, at festivals and gigs, and at local specialty retailers. They have also begun buying their music digitally, but those sales figures are, as expected, not as high as a more mainstream genre's would be.
There is also not one specific type of Irish music fan; no typical age-range or economic demographic you can use to market to them. "The diversity of the demographic is reflected in the radio outlets for Celtic music," West explains. "There's no Billboard chart for Celtic music, or any one spin-driven chart for the genre, so we don't have that measure of success for reaching the consumer. Celtic music is programmed on everything from a few key tastemaker stations in large markets, to college stations, public radio stations and low power stations in other medium or small markets. Add to the mix internet and satellite radio and you end up with a patchwork of airplay, much of it on programs that only air once a week. So you can see the challenge of getting the word out about a new release even if you are in a position to service the hundreds of outlets that might be interested, which we do with all of our releases."
"And touring is the key to exposure opportunities—if an artist isn't touring it's almost impossible to sell their music. Touring drives most of the meaningful promotion efforts that go into reaching such a disparate audience—tour press to local media, web advertising, social media and commerce, direct to fan promotion, local airplay, etc."
Add into this already confusing landscape the fact that a growing number of artists are attempting to recoup industry losses by taking the label out of the picture and putting out their own CDs. "The stats are starting to come out now and the DIY model is really showing itself to be a very low impact model. Only about 600 releases out of the over 100,000 released in the US last year sold more than 1000 copies, and many of those under 1000 unit sellers are DIY releases. I wouldn't mind it if it worked, but ultimately, I think that the DIY approach really narrows the artist's possibilities. Historically, albums never made much money for the typical artist but they were the best promotional tools available. In the course of doing its work a good label gets an artist's music 'out there'—in front of radio, press, tastemakers, festival promoters, film and TV music supervisors, agents and other VIPs in the industry. That kind of exposure and visibility lays the groundwork for bigger things to have a chance to happen. By contrast, a DIY artist's efforts usually don't expand that artist's immediate circle or their next gig. They sell CDs at the gigs and maybe service records to the media outlets that they know. But if some career advancing opportunity does pop up it tends to be a singular event, not part of any strategy, thereby lacking the traction building that can happen as part of a multi-pronged label promotional strategy. For an artist to follow a DIY model, I think they have to say 'We're going to accept not getting 80% of the available visibility.'"
"And unfortunately many artists that go that route have a naïve view about the immediate potential financial gain vs the possibilities for career advancement that come out of a good label partnership— short term gain vs long term gain as I call it—and worse, haven't thought through the economics. They think they can make a thousand CDs, sell them for $15 at the show and pocket $14 each after subtracting the manufacturing cost. But they don't think about the carrying costs or the time and effort it takes to manage it all. That first CD doesn't cost $1—it costs as much as $3,000 if you think about how many CDs and the print you need to manufacture to get a decent per unit price. On top of that you need to factor in the thousands spent to record and master the album, take photos and design the CD package. And all that is spent before the artist even begins to think about trying to promote the record, either themselves or by hiring indies to work press and radio. So, I think there's an economic aspect to the equation that's gets overlooked."
"And it's easy to underestimate the value of the label/retailer relationship and the service that goes along with it. Distributors and labels offer one stop shopping and payment terms for shops as well as a reliable supply chain for catalog and new releases, plus the liquidity to offset the inevitable returns of unsold CDs. What we didn't understand for a long time," admits West "is that, because of credit issues and accounts payable processing, retailers don't feel the need to stock all the available titles—they can't. They want to work with a few really good service-oriented companies that stock the available titles in the genres they are interested in, and the ones they know are getting the promotion. Specialty retailers in particular, the ones that really care about the Celtic music, are often owner-operated and don't have the time to go to many different sources to get what's available, much less search it out from the artist. We try to provide that service. And we also work very hard at cultivating a direct relationship with fans through our direct consumer list, now nearing 60,000 fans."
"On the rare occasion where we have had an artist decide to pursue a DIY model for their new release we had retailers and consumers coming to us looking for the new album because it's not readily available in the marketplace. Even I think 'How can that store survive without stocking an album by one of the best artists in the genre?' but their feeling is 'I don't want to be without it but I can't afford the risk of not getting it if I order and I don't have the time to chase it down.' It all has to do with pricing, delivery, tracking orders, and follow up; all those things you don't really think about until try to make it happen."
While the explosion in DIY artists might look bad for the future of independent labels, West says that it really isn't the case. "We're not lacking for viable artists to release. And we've signed more than a few former DIY artists who felt that the business and financial burden of doing it themselves was detrimental to their music, and who really appreciate the resources and teamwork that come with a meaningful label partnership. But I do hate to think about the really good DIY albums that are just lost in the wind because they don't enter the existing infrastructure on a deep enough level."
"Ultimately," explains West, "the Compass Records Group is a big stakeholder in Celtic music and we feel a responsibility for helping to keep the music healthy and commercially viable. In order for artists to be able to make a living touring on a meaningful level we all need to keep seeding the consumer base. That means that an effort must be made to have the recordings readily available and visible anywhere a consumer might look, whether at a big box retailer, specialty shop or digital store; not easy but we try. And it also means we need to keep engaging the consumer so that the sales base for the genre doesn't shrink simply through attrition."
"Look, we're just trying to live a life in music and do the best we can for folks. If we were just into this to make money we would have picked a different genre of music! But this is music that we love, music that moves us as musicians and fans, and every day we try to do our best to look out for it."
"Gillian Welch, Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs Join Peter Rowan On Legacy" from American Songwriter
"'From the searing "The Family Demon" through the delicious "So Good" and the ominous drive of "Jailer Jailer," [Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band's] Legacy presents a compelling set that reaffirms Rowan's stature as an unsurpassed master of the music's ancient tones–and its modern forms.'" - From Bluegrass Music Profiles
KindWeb reviews Legacy.
Boston Irish Reporter reviews Old Blind Dog's Wherever Yet May Be.
Luka Bloom is to perform at the Egg as part of the Rhythm International concert series in Albany, NY on October 1st. Luka will be performing songs from his new album Dreams in America.
"Gibson Brothers nab four award nominations"...
And more on The Gibson Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley, Missy Raines IBMA nods and and John Hartford's induction into the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame.
John Doyle to celebrates the history of Irish song by performing at the Pittsburg Irish Festival.
Solas "Transcends musical genres" at the West Milford, NJ Music at the Mission.
Téada was the top draw at Celtic Fest Mississippi.
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Noam Pikelny has been awarded the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass! The Prize is given annualy to an artist "for outstanding accomplishment in the field of five-string banjo or bluegrass music."
Congratulations Noam!
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band's Legacy is a Top 5 most added album to Americana Radio for the second week in a row!
More news on the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band to play at the Richmond Folk Fetival (Octover 8-10). PRBB is also to play Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (October 1-3).
"10 Questions for Jody Stetcher" on Mandoin Cafe.
Lecagy is "Cool water from a deep well." (From The Real Mr.Heartache blog)
Listen to the re-broadcast of Alison Brown's performance on NPR's Music City Roots.
The John Hartford Stringband is #3 on the Roots Music Report Folk chart for the second week in a row!
Colin Hay to play Beaver Creek's Underground Sound concert series (October 14).
The Music Road blog reveiws Jeremy Kittel's Chasing Sparks.
Folk Alley suggests music for your discovery: Michael McGoldrick
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Friday, May 10, 2013
There are a lot of perks to raising kids in a small Southern town like Greenwood, Miss. But if you asked my kids what the best part of living here is, they'd all list in their top three things they love — the mailman. In an age of e-mail, text messages and instant messages, here in Greenwood, real mail gets delivered right to our front door.
I was surprised when we first moved to town, at the lack of mailboxes. But the squeak of the mail slot on our front door and the familiar thunk of the mail on the old wooden floors is a comforting ritual. As the screen door slams shut behind him, I'll often look up to see him crossing through our yard on foot to make his way, house by house down our street.
If my daughters are home they scramble for the mail like a loose football during the fourth quarter of the SEC Championship game — elbows are thrown, hair is pulled and who ever comes up from the pile with an actual piece of mail with their name on it is the winner. It doesn't matter if that mail is a reminder card from the dentist to get their teeth cleaned, if it has their name on it, they are thrilled.
My mother-in-law, their Grammie Plum, is fantabulous about sending them things in the mail. Little cards on their birthdays and packages on every special occasion: Easter, Valentine's Day, Flag Day — any excuse to let them know she is thinking of them and misses them. It doesn't even matter what's in the box, it's the novelty of holding something in their little hands that came straight from their Grammie.
Last week, Sadie, my 4-year-old, was sick and home from school. I heard the creak of the screen door opening, the thwack of the mail on the floor, the smack of the screen closing and waved to the mailman through the window as he crossed the front porch. Sadie met me at the stack and handed bills and catalogs up to me.
"Oh look! This one is for you." I told her, plucking a small white envelope with her name on it off the ground, "It looks like an invitation to a party."
She squealed and ran to the mail slot at the front door, prised it open with her fat little fingers and yelled through the crack, "Fank you, Mr. Mailman."
She opened her card and inside was a birthday invitation for a little boy who was in her preschool class last year. I read the card to her; a sweet little poem about astronauts, space and turning four with a note at the end that the "mission" required socks. Sadie was so excited as we talked about the party and carried the invitation with her for the rest of the day, pretending to read it.
"Dis mission rekwwwwirrres socks," she'd say carefully.
Aubrey and Emma got out of school early on Friday after having their school's field day. They came home with treats and prizes and plenty of stories about their day. As her sisters talked Sadie put her hands on her hips and announced, "Well, I'm going to da mailman's birfday party on Saturday and socks are rekwwwirrred for dis mission."
Her sisters looked at each other in confusion and suddenly her yelled, "Thank you!" out the door made more sense.
Robin O'Bryant is an author, humorist and speaker. Her latest book is "Ketchup is a Vegetable and Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves." Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter and visit her blog at www.robinschicks.com
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