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The Greatest Game I Have Ever Seen
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Game 2 of the 2009 ALDS between the Yankees and the Twins was the best game I have ever seen in my young life. It is an instant Yankees Classic. This game was an emotional roller coaster. There were times when I hid my eyes behind my hands, times when I fist-pumped, a time when I cried (literally) and a time where I jumped for joy, and almost cried again. There was the time where I was laying in bed exhausted, but unable to sleep because I was too excited. There was Yankee Stadium Magic, clutch pitching and offense, and that Drama Club mentality to never give up. This game summed up my Yankees. My Yankees won this game 4-3 in 11 innings.
Pitching Analysis: A.J. Burnett made his first career postseason start last night, and was caught by Jose Molina. That was a smart, SMART decision. A.J. went 6 innings of 1 run ball. He allowed just 3 hits, walked 5 and hit 2, and struckout 6 along the way. This was the A.J. I love. His stuff was electric, and his wildness proved to be affective. He really pitched a great ballgame, and the thoughts of whether A.J. would succeed in the postseason are gone.
The bullpen guys were the quiet heroes of the game last night. Joba, Coke, Hughes, Mo, Ace, Marte, and Robertson pitched last night. Hughes had a little trouble. In the 8th, a 2 out walk to Gomez started a rally for the Twins. Hughes allowed a run to give the Twins a 2-1 lead. He was pulled for Mo, who served up an RBI single to Span, giving the Twins a 3-1 lead. That run was charged to Hughes. It didn't look too good for my Yankees right about now. I was beginning to worry. How silly of me.
Marte started off the 11th. Mauer hit a ball down the left field line that fell just out of the reach of Melky, and bounced into the seats. It looked like a double. But umpire Phil Cuzzi sayed it was foul. Fine with me! But the replay showed that it was clearly a fair ball. He really screwed up that call. Why? I think it was the ghosts. I think Babe Ruth blew at the umpire, forcing his arms to point foul instead of fair. Whatever the reason, the Yankees had gotten a break. They had a bunch of bad calls before, so I guess it evened out. Mauer reached with a single anyway. Then Kubel singled. Girardi called upon rookie David Robertson to get out of the jam.
Phil Cuzzi is my favorite umpire🙂
Robertson gave up a hit to make it bases loaded with none out. I was freaking out. I was hiding behind my hands here. I was thinking, "How can they get out of this?" With Cervelli catching and Robertson pitching, I was thinking these guys were too young to get out of it. Well, on 2 pitches, Robertson got 2 outs, and was 1 away from getting out of this big-time jam unscathed. Cervelli punched his glove, obviously sensing how close they were. Brendan Harris, who earlier tripled in a run, came up. I was shaking, sweating, and close to dying. I heard the crack of the bat and was brave enough to look. I saw Garder under the ball, and he caught it! They did it! They got out of a bases loaded, 0 out jam and kept the game tied! I was in awe. It was the best relief performance I have ever seen. I was so psyched.
Defensive Analysis: The Yankee defense was great last night. They made all the plays. In the 4th, Nick Swisher made a great play. He threw behind Gomez at 2nd, and Jeet tagged him out before Delmon Young scored! The inning was over, and the score remained knotted at 0. Nick Swisher also made a sparkling play in the 9th. I was upset in the 9th because we were losing, but I still marveled over the catch.
Swish making a Swisher-ish play.
Offensive Analysis: In the 6th, trailing 1-0, Jeter looked to start a rally. He doubled with 1 out. Johnny walked, and Tex popped out, making it 2 outs for Arod. Arod stayed calm, and got a pitch to hit, which he did. Arod's RBI single tied the game at 1. His clutch-ness continues!
In the 9th, the Yankees were trailing 3-1 and had to face Joe Nathan. Tex led off with a single. I was excited, but I didn't want to show it. I didn't even want to move because I was afraid to jinx them. Arod came up. I was thinking, "Him again? How many times can he come through?" My Dad was sitting on the chair next to me. He doesn't like Arod too much. He said he wouldn't like him until he did something dramatic in the postseason to help the Yankees. My Dad never gives Arod credit for anything. So I was even more nervous last night in the 9th for Alex, because I knew that if he failed, my Dad would go on another tirade about how Alex is worthless. His other RBI wouldn't matter if he didn't come through again.
My living room was quite. I could sense my Dad there, watching Arod's every move. I was jamming my pen into my knee as I sat there. It hurt, but there was no way I was going to stop doing it. The Yankees looked to be rallying. It would have been selfish of me to put the pen down and stop the pain. Then the Yankee rally would have ended, and it would have been all my fault. Well, I wound up flinging the pen across the room. Arod got a pitch, and he hit it…….and……and…….Gomez was looking up…..the ball….it kept going….Gomez climbed the wall……but the ball….it was….GONE!!!!!!! IT WAS A MONSTER SHOT! A 2-RUN, GAME-TYING HOMER OF JOE NATHAN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ! My Dad jumped up, and said, "That was it! That was his Yankee moment!" I can't describe what I was feeling there. I hugged my Dad, I saw my Mom coming out into the living room cheering, and I went over and hugged her. We were all screaming. I was so happy, it was really confusing. I just started crying hysterically. As I hugged my Mom, the tears just kept coming. It was uncontrollable. I was crying after Alex hit that home run. It was all just too emotional. Arod did it, he came through, and my Dad admitted it. The Yankees were back in the game, and it was amazing. I couldn't stop crying. After the screams died down, the sounds of my crying finally became noticed. My brothers were making fun of me for crying. Well, sorry! It's not my fault! How could I control my emotions? I eventually stopped. It was the most confusing thing ever. But I loved it. The Yankees were alive, and the game was tied 3-3.
……….here come the tears again……
After Robertson's fabulous performance in the 11th, the momentum was back on the Yankees' side. Texy-wexy led off the inning. And it couldn't have been led off in a better way. Tex hit a line-drive to left, and it got out in a hurry. WALKOFF HOME RUN!!!!!! MARK TEIXEIRA!!!! MVP!!!! It was his first walkoff as a Yankee,…..
….and got his first taste of victory pie.
I cheered loud after that homer. I almost cried again, but I managed to control it. I can honestly say that this was the greatest game I have ever EVER seen. Just, wow. The heroes for this great victory, well, there are quite a few. A.J., for his great start, Swisher, for his defensive success, Robertson, for the gutsiest pitching performance I have ever seen, Arod, for making me cry, and Mark Teixeira, for making this game one to remember because it was a win. Once again, I have to say it: I love this team. They complete my life. And when they are this good, this dominant, this special, I can't help but to love them more. Just 1 more win in the next 3 games, and we move on to the ALCS. And I believe that if we get past the ALDS, we are going all the way. The Yankees are ready for these final steps in the journey to #27, and I'm ready, too.
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I don't get why my blog has been so glitchy lately. Maybe if I comment, then everyone else can comment.
So it was a great game, and now I can't wait for Sunday's.
Well, I'm here to comment🙂
Anyway, that was great way to win for the Yankees. I do feel bad for the Twins. Cross your fingers for a win tomorrow!http://hyunyoung.mlblogs.com
Does AJ Burnett have to slap a pie in the face for every player who gets the game winning hit? That's too much, but nevertheless the Yankees are rolling back-to-back comebacks. Game three is tomorrow. What a wonderful story.
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I'm here too kid… What a Spectacular .. gregariously fabuloso Game of Games! Man. We are so blessed this off season with these gems. Ode to the Cuzzi ; )
//Does AJ Burnett have to slap a pie in the face for every player who gets the game winning hit? That's too much, //
Yes he does and no it's not.
Virginia, I couldn't agree more – what a FANTASTIC game. The game had a little bit of everything we've come to expect from the Yanks: good starting pitching, the inevitable bullpen meltdown that is saved, comeback HRs and a walk-off to top the whole thing. I love it!
Ah-may-zing. I don't know what else can be said. Friggin' awesome game. Incredible ending. PERFECT !!! Aaaahhhh! One more and we're off to the ALCS! WOOOOOO!!!!!
Today should be Yankees sweep day, good luck to them…
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Glad the comment thing was fixed! Very excited about today's game. Nervous too, of course. I can't stand all the noise at the Metrodome and the fans waving those Homer Hankies. But as long as the players don't mind, that's all that matters. GO YANKEES!
So Virginia,
I am waiting for maybe "The Greatest game you have seen part two." 🙂 Love your enthusiasm that shows thru your posts.
Congratulations on the sweeep! and I am glad the comment thingie got fixed.
A big congratulations to your Yankees!! How wonderful is that? I am looking forward to the next series. What do you think about our Andre being the unofficial MVP of the Dodgers-Cardinals series?


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The initial planning for the Peace Corps/Namibia program began in 1989, prior to independence. The first group of 14 Volunteers arrived on September 9, 1990, less than six months after the country achieved independence.
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Main article: History of the Peace Corps in Namibia
The first group of 14 Volunteers arrived in Namibia on September 9, 1990, less than six months after the country became independent. By January 1991, the program was in full operation. The primary role of these early Volunteers was to teach English, in support of the new government's declaration of English as the country's official language. Classroom teachers also assisted in the transition from Afrikaans to English as the language of instruction in upper primary and secondary schools. In the early 1990s, Volunteers also provided assistance to drought relief efforts and began to work in youth development offices. The number of Volunteers peaked in the late 1990s, reaching a high of almost 150 people. This spike was largely driven by a collaborative effort with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide school-based teacher training throughout the rural north. In August 2009, the first group of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Volunteers arrived in the country. The new Small Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Development (SEED) program was introduced in 2010.
Today, about 140 Volunteers work as primary and secondary school teachers, community health workers, information and communications technology facilitators, and small enterprise development agents.
Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyle
Main article: Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyles in Namibia
Housing varies considerably. Your site might be a Western-style cement block house, usually with electricity and running water; an apartment attached to a student boarding facility (hostel); or, in the case of more rural junior secondary schools, a room with a local family. As the government has invited assistance from a variety of sources, you may also be asked to share a two- or three-bedroom house with one or two colleagues (either Namibian or Volunteers from other countries). Our expectation is that you will have a private bedroom, but remember that there is a shortage of housing for government staff in most areas in Namibia. The minstry/ hosting agency to which you are assigned is responsible for paying your montly utilities and providing you with the basic furnishings (e.g., bed, charis, tables, stove, and gas refrigerator).
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The eight-week training will provide you the opportunity to learn new skills and practice them as they apply to Namibia. You will receive training and orientation in language, cross-cultural communication, development issues, health and personal safety, and technical skills pertinent to your specific assignment. The skills you learn will serve as the foundation upon which you build your experience as a Volunteer in Namibia.
During the first week of training, you will stay at a central training facility. During this first week, Trainees will receive information about the types of projects and sites available and will have individual interviews with APCDs and programming staff in order to determine their tentative site placement and language assignment. Trainees will begin language instruction in small groups (typically 3-4 students and an instructor) as well as technical, health/safety, and cross-cultural training during this time.
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Main article: Health Care and Safety in Namibia
The Peace Corps' highest priority is maintaining the good health and safety of every Volunteer. Peace Corps medical programs emphasize the preventive, rather than the curative, approach to disease. Peace Corps/Namibia maintains a clinic with a full-time medical officer, who takes care of Volunteers' primary healthcare needs. Additional medical services are available at a U.S.-standard hospital in Windhoek. If you become seriously ill, you may be transported to South Africa or back the United States for further treatment.
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"Hopefully, but the hope is not very, you know, there's a lot of people here," said Baoy.
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Bamboo aka cane rods--
a few words about a subject dear to me--the bamboo rod
1)there are plenty on ebay--some are cheap--most are not worth having
2)bamboo is heavier and harder to cast than the fast action graphites
3)they can be expensive-get one from Sweetgrass or beaverhead rods or Walter Babb or Bolt-you've invested ina a rod that will increase in value.
4)the very best graphites are like cars-drive one off the lot and its value goes through the floor---they are plastic--
5)bamboo rod makers sign their product--can you imagine that
6)there are aLL sorts of tapers---Powell,Howell,Dickerson,Payne etc--not confusing cause all you have to do is tell'em how want your rod to feel and cast
7)my last cane rod---a 2002--Twin Bridges,boo-boys--Winston---in an estate sale--Price? 800.00--don't tell my wife(Divorce lawyers thick as jack rabbits in the yard--if you know what I mean)7'6" 5 wt---fished but in good shape
W.Babb built me a 4wt that is beautiful---
9)Diamondback made a top cane rod for about 600.00-I think they don't
make them anymore--
10)If you want a used rod,hoping to save money--then go for an Orvis,there are several out there--
11)If you fly fish very long --you will eventually drift to Cane-out of curiosity more than anything else
12)I like fiberglass too---
13)and I like graphite also---It is fast and light(The Helios),easy to cast,and most of all it is like kissing your sister,there isn't much of a charge in it..
Not sure of the point of your post but the most expensive rods are on E-bay. You have to know what you are looking for. Many people fish for years and never try cane not sure why you would say that. I love bamboo but it is the fisherman not the rod that catches fish.
Lauxier, I agree with you on several of your comments. I have gravitated over the years to slower rods and now out of curiosity as you said , I'm now trying out cane. Myself, not being a builder or collector, would not buy a cane rod off of ebay. There are several reputatable cane restoration builders that resale rods at good prices.
I do not understand though why you would say,"bamboo is harder to cast than fast action graphites". I've always felt that a slower rod is easier to cast especially at short distances. The rod does most of the work the way it should. You notice that fast rods seem to eventually get overlined to slow them down for short cast ,otherwise the rod feels stiff and hard to load properly. Several of the line manufacturers had to make their lines 1-2 times heavier to slow down all the fast rods just for that purpose.
Canerod, I agree, its the fisherman,not the rod.
Anyone know of a good book that breaks down the different classic cane tapers and the type of action from each?
high sierra rod co. offers softwear called bamboo rod design and taper---I THINK
I agree with most of what you wrote, except for the harder to cast part. In my experience, cane is easier to cast. In fact, when I am teaching someone to cast, I usually let them use one of my bamboo rods so they can feel the rod load. In my opinion, I find the faster, stiffer rods harder to cast.
Just my two cents.
Chris McCarthy
Many go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
- Henry David Thoreau
I heard the Diamondback's were splitting, one reason they were dropped. I still think the Soutbend 290 taper was one of the best ever built, flamed or blonde.
Then there's the Edwards Quad, oohhhh, the quad, ooohhhh, i gotta go
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Advancing our forest economyOctober 10,2013In August, the Vermont Council on Rural Development was honored to serve as a partner with the Windham Foundation to facilitate their 35th Grafton Conference. On the 50-year anniversary of the foundation, they wisely chose to bring together key industry and policy leaders to address the topic: Vermonts Forest Economy: Advancing Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Value-Added Forest Products.
You can see the results of these discussions on the Windham Foundation website: www.windham-foundation.org/programs/grafton-conferences/reports.
The working forest in Vermont is no accident; it is the result of innumerable economic decisions made by generations of rural families as they make a living from the land. Their stewardship contributes so much to us all through recreation, beauty, natural habitats, clean air and water, and a creative variety of wood products, but their role as stewards, and their importance in providing an economic foundation to our working landscape, has been underappreciated.
One of the gravest dangers confronting the future of Vermonts working landscape is the threat to the economic vitality of the forest products industry. In recent decades weve seen mill closings and the loss of capacity throughout the industry. This is accompanied, unfortunately, by the breakup of forested tracks for other development: often sprawling housing units that take land permanently out of production.
Its wonderful to see the forest products economy celebrated by the Windham Foundation, and to see forward thinking about how it is innovating to support the ecology and prosperity of Vermont into the future.
It is encouraging to see a growing recognition and respect for the hardworking Vermonters who work in our forests and build their livelihood from them. In our global economy, managing our forests will mean conservation in action. Vermonters told VCRD through the Council on the Future of Vermont that they did not want the state to become a parkland for the well-to-do or an inauthentic rural Disneyland.
I believe that Vermonters are committed to a strong and ecological economy that sustains our farms and our forests in active use as their best use, and so keeps the strong working landscape vital for all it does for us as individuals and as our brand signature to attract tourism, other businesses, and residents. We all choose to live here for a reason, and the forested backdrop to our lives is part of it.
But to keep forests as forests, we will need to define and advance opportunities for businesses to build profit margins at each component part of the industry, including landowners, loggers, trucking, milling; and the rich diversity of value-added products, from furniture and buildings to bowls, toys, and works of art.
The industry and the public will need to work in greater unity: building bridges between the components of the industry, supporting profitability through the chain of production, and ensuring financial viability of good land use practices.
The partnership needs to be deeper than just the businesses in this industry. We ought to buy local (Local Wood, Local Good) but also to support the opportunities of entrepreneurs to seize global opportunities. We need to work as a team to strengthen the Vermont brand for mutual benefit. We should work as environmentalists to recognize and respect entrepreneurs and innovators who advance this economy, thereby advancing all that it contributes to all of us.
Not to be maudlin, but remember the old line, Have you thanked your farmer today? Maybe we should thank the landowner who gives us free run of his woods, the logger whose hard labor brings out the wood, the mill owner whose business is a local economic anchor, and the value added artisan who constructs beautiful Vermont products that, just like local foods, let us connect back to the land.
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It is only for 4-H members. The program provides education on horse safety, general riding practices, equipment and problem solving and how to improve overall confidence and ability when working with horses.
Participants will work for eight hours a day and cover specific topics as safety, types of reins, horse theft awareness and bits, stopping and backing, rollbacks and turnarounds, gaits and leads, speed control, simple lead changes and flying lead changes, showmanship and ground safety.
Cost is $50 per person. For information, call Kathy Ball or Matt Bochat at 361-362-3280.
Lamb, goat camps
Those interested in attending the lamb or goat camp at Howard College this summer can get registration forms at the Goliad County Extension Office.
Goat camp is June 2-4 and lamb camp is June 9-11.
Club to host walk/run
The Weesatche 4-H Club is hosting its first 5k Walk/Run on Saturday, April 27 beginning at the Fannin Monument in Goliad.
Members are seeking sponsors for the event. Gold Level sponsors will provide a $250 monetary donation and receive verbal acknowledgement at the event and a free T-shirt with large-print name and recognition on the back of the shirt.
Clover sponsors will provide a $100 monetary donation and will receive verbal acknowledgement at the event and a free T-shirt with medium-print name recognition on the back of the shirt.
Those interested in sponsoring this event can contact any Weesatche 4-H member or event organizers Ashlyn and Rhett Davis at 894-3423.
Online record books
Record books will be completed online again this year.
At the end of the year, the books will still be printed out and turned in as usual. The earlier members start their record books, the easier it will be to complete.
The online setup is made to be used year round.
Members can go online, create their account or log into their previous account and begin on their own. The website is http://4hreports.com/index.aspx.
Members showing an animal in the 2013 Goliad County Fair must turn in a record book to be eligible to show again in 2014.
Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.


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Chicago – The State Board of Education today approved administering a significantly more rigorous basic skills test for future teachers.
Current teacher candidates seeking initial certification will take Illinois' new "enhanced basic skills test" on September 15. The state requires passage of a basic skills test for initial certification.
The State Board also sought approval of emergency rules from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules on the cut scores needed to pass the enhanced basic skills test.
The State Board last October directed staff to create a new, more challenging basic skills test aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards, encompassing new test items and passing scores.
The old test asked questions that equated to roughly an 8th or 9th-grade education. The new test is geared to a college sophomore level.
"Teachers are a vital part of the process to help prepare students to be successful in life after school," McGee said.
"They guide and help shape our students' minds. So we must have the best teachers possible in our classrooms. This is an effective and efficient step to take to give our schools the tools they need to do that," he said.
Meanwhile the State Board also directed staff to research and compare the available nationally-normed basic skills tests for prospective teacher candidates, with an eye on switching to such a test in the future. State Board staff will report back in December.
McGee had planned to recommend administering such a test in 2003. But the State Board put off discussing that option until more information can be provided outlining how such a test would compare to and improve upon the enhanced basic skills test.
McGee had also planned to recommend that teaching candidates be required to pass such a test before entering a college or university teacher preparation program.
A nationally-normed test would allow Illinois to recruit and hire new teachers from outside the state by comparing scores of teaching candidates from across the country who would have taken the same test. That is an important consideration given the state's imminent teacher shortage.
There were about 2,600 unfilled teaching positions statewide about a year ago. Those numbers will increase significantly in the next three years, when 40 percent of teachers and 47 percent of administrators approach retirement, student enrollments continue to grow and the private sector attracts teachers into more lucrative jobs, according to a State Board study published last December.


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i know it may sound crazy but my husband and i are considering purchasing a small digital scale to weigh her with before and after feedings. last night i tried massaging my breasts more during her feedings, as well as skin on skin feeding and that seemed to stimulate her pretty well--i supplemented at two of her night feedings and she drank less than 1oz. each time.
yes, when she was weighed it was on the same scale but at different times of day. she also had a bm and wet diaper right before being weighed.


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July 11, 2012 —
Almost everyone seemed to accept that since about 2007 when the eagles first built their nest on a tree in the Flats, the fireworks in Narrowsburg have been carried out in violation of a federal law, which could have carried a $200,000 fine.
At the Tusten town meeting on July 9, Bruce Gettel, the member of the Lava Fire Company who was to be in charge of the display this year, briefly argued that technically the displays were not a violation, but everyone else seemed to accept the determination of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that they were.
Members of the Tusten Town Board, however, who vote to allow the road closure for the event every year, found no fault with the three organizations that were responsible for hosting the fireworks during that time, but instead leveled their fire at The River Reporter for reporting the story in a time frame that, in their view, didn't allow them enough time to find an alternative location for the fireworks this year.
Council member Tony Ritter was the most vocal and persistent critic in this regard, saying several times that he felt "betrayed" that the newspaper did not inform the board about the story until June 15, when the staff knew about the situation as early as July 2011.
In fact, after a resident said an eagle was found stranded the day after the 2011 fireworks, the newspaper made inquiries to the Narrowsburg Chamber of Commerce, who sponsored the event last year, and the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), but could not get a conclusive answer about whether the fireworks constituted a violation of federal law. The
newspaper picked up the story again when an announcement about the fireworks appeared in the Narrowsburg News column in June, and the first attempt to contact supervisor Carol Wingert was made on June 12.
For her part, Wingert created a timeline about what she did to try to save the fireworks after first hearing about the matter on June 15. Her actions included an attempt to move the display up the river to Rick Lander's camping area, but he declined.
At one point Ritter asked if anyone from the newspaper wanted to respond to the criticism being leveled at it. Laurie Stuart, the publisher, said in her nearly 35 years at the paper, "The River Reporter has broken stories that nobody liked, the first one being that Cortese Landfill was in Narrowsburg … it was something that everyone knew about, but no one was talking about."
She also asked, after making inquiries with the involved organizations about the matter, if it is the newspaper's responsibility to remind them that there could be an issue with the eagles?
Several residents suggested that the picture of the young eagle that appeared in the newspaper had not actually fallen out of the nest because of the fireworks, and one said that young eagles are sometimes pushed out of the nest by their parents.
On the other hand, a letter from Kathy Michell, the town clerk who is also a wildlife rehabilitator, and worked as a bald eagle specialist for the DEC from 1999 to 2009, was read and it said that a young eagle was found seriously injured with a broken femur after the fireworks in 2009, "most likely the result of crashing into something in the dark." The letter said then-supervisor Ben Johnson recognized the need for a change of location for the fireworks, but he left office at the end of the year, and the matter was not pursued.
Ned Lang, who is running for a position on the town board in the fall, and who has made the defeat of the proposed esplanade one of the central pillars of his campaign, asked, "If the fireworks aren't allowed to be set off close to the eagle's nest, how then are you going to undertake a project for the esplanade, when you're definitely going to have blasting jackhammers, a lot of hard and heavy work, close to an eagle's nest; doesn't that pretty much preclude any more work being done on an esplanade?"
Wingert responded, "No, if there were blasting to be done, obviously it can't be done. Our engineering firm does have the law, I forwarded it to them, and he said they were already fully aware of it and took it into consideration early on."
Several people mentioned that the cancellation of the fireworks had a negative impact on the local economy, and Stanley Harper said the Main Street merchants supported the fireworks, and had been negatively impacted. Yet, when Ritter suggested forming a committee to work on finding a new location for the fireworks next year, members of the chamber declined, as did Gettel from the Lava Fire Department.
A member of the Narrowsburg Fire Department suggested that the town send formal letters inviting the organizations to join the committee.
One of the last comments about the matter came from highway superintendent Glenn Swendsen, who said, "Everybody's upset, everybody's mad, there's no fireworks, everybody's trying to blame somebody. But you've got to face the fact, it was a federal law, whether you agree with it or not, we didn't know about it. Now we know about it, we can't do it. "
He said the town should work together to find a new place to hold the fireworks next year.


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UBS shuffles advisory pack in Europe
UBS has hired two senior bankers from US rivals and reshuffled its coverage and advisory team in Europe, where the bank has been refocusing its efforts under Andrea Orcel.
James Hartop, who last year was given the sole reins of UBS's coverage and advisory business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is stepping back from his role to focus on client coverage, according to a memo seen by Financial News.
His post will be filled by Juan Monte, previously head of investment banking in Spain at the Swiss bank, who will become head of country coverage, reporting to William Vereker, head of European investment banking.
Severin Brizay, head of M&A for diversified industrials in Emea at rival JP Morgan, is set to join UBS in August as head of European M&A.
Glenn Rewick will also join UBS as a managing director in Emea advisory, focusing on healthcare. Rewick was previously a M&A banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Brizay's predecessor Jonathan Rowley will remain a senior M&A banker at the Swiss bank and become chairman of its global business review group.
A former Financial News Rising Star, Hartop has been at the Swiss bank since 1995, steadily rising through the ranks to assume leadership of the global industrials group. In his new role he will focus on clients, rather than management, according to a person familiar with the move.
Monte has been at the bank since 2010, when he joined from Deutsche Bank. He was most recently named as an adviser to Spanish cable company Ono on its £6 billion sale to Vodafone.
The moves come as Andrea Orcel, chief executive of its investment bank, continues his revamp of the unit.
In November 2012, Orcel split the investment bank into two units: Corporate client solutions, comprising its coverage, advisory and capital markets businesses; and investor client services, comprising its sales and trading capabilities.
The move followed the announcement in October that UBS would pull back from fixed-income trading and focus on advisory and equities trading.
The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch banker, who joined UBS in 2012, has been busy hiring senior bankers. Major additions include Steve Pierson, co-head of the financial institutions group for the Americas; Piero Novelli, chairman of global mergers and acquisitions; and Amir Hoveyda, vice-chairman in corporate client solutions for Europe.
Tim Pratelli, a managing director in corporate broking, has left the bank, according to two people familiar with the matter. Pratelli joined UBS in 2010 and has advised Sainsbury's and WANdisco in the past year.


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Gresham: demise of a buyout veteran
Private equity executives sometimes remark that the death of a buyout firm is "slow and unpainful" because the long lifespan of buyout funds enables struggling firms to wind down quietly.
For Gresham, one of the oldest names in the industry, able to trace its roots back to the 1920s, when listed investment company Gresham Trust was founded, it could to be a slow end to what has been a long life.
Gresham announced in June that it would go into run-off, meaning it will not do any new deals after more than 50 years of private equity investing.
But rather than being the consequence of one single, catastrophic event, investors, advisers and rivals believe the firm's end was caused by a multitude of issues, not least who would succeed the partners who took it independent more than 10 years ago. A senior executive at a rival mid-market firm described Gresham's fate as "death by a thousand cuts".
Gresham did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
'Unfortunate' timing
The firm was founded as a private entity with a management buy-in in 1958. It was sold to insurance group Eagle Star in 1982 and sold again to British American Tobacco two years later. In 1997, BAT sold Gresham to insurance group Zurich.
Five years later, the firm was to be spun out by Zurich as Gresham Private Equity, with executives Paul Marson-Smith, Mike Henebery, Simon Inchley, Ken Lawrence and Paul Thomas leading the buyout. Gresham raised its first independent fund in 2004, collecting £235 million from investors that year. A £347 million fund followed in mid-2006, taking just a month to raise and closing above its target.
At that point, the independent firm had returned an average of 2.5 times money on its investments, setting it well on the road to becoming a well-established independent mid-market player.
But some of the investments Gresham made just before the global financial crisis would prove troublesome. Gresham's 2006 fund was 50% invested by the end of 2008, according to previous reports in Financial News' sister title Private Equity News, and the firm was left with the rest of its fund to spend in a tricky market as the financial crisis took hold. By November 2008 Gresham had only completed one deal that year, according to Private Equity News at the time.
One UK mid-market peer said the timing of Gresham's funds, collected and spent just before the onset of the financial crisis, was "unfortunate". According to data provider Dealogic, Gresham completed seven deals at the height of the market boom between June 2006 and December 2007, on deals worth more than $540 million.
Investments from the 2006 fund included Esterform, a plastic bottle maker bought for £30 million in April 2007, which was sold to management at par seven years later. West Cornwall Pasty Company, a hot food retailer acquired by the firm for about £40 million in 2007, slipped into administration in April this year and was acquired in a pre-packaged deal by new private equity fund Enact, according to previous reports by Private Equity News.
A person close to the administration described the business as "over-leveraged" and said the company had "over-expanded", and was unable to meet its operating costs. They said its new owners were forced to cut staff and slim down the operation.
And in 2012 Gresham lost about £15 million when it lost its stake in 2007 investment Town Centre Restaurants, the operator of restaurant chains Café Giardino, the Auberge restaurants and Azzuro bars. By 2008, as it celebrated its 50th anniversary, Gresham told Private Equity News it had tweaked its operating model, abandoning its old approach of having one of its partners being involved with a deal from origination to the final point of sale. Instead it would use "portfolio specialists" to help with portfolio management.
Despite the timings, many of the firm's deals were successful. In 2010 it made a 3.4-times return on its 2006 investment in stairlift manufacturer Minivator Group. In 2012 it made four times its original £25 million investment when it sold 2005 purchase Olaer Group, a manufacturer of accumulators and coolers, and four times its original £8 million investment in Marston Group, a provider of enforcement services in England and Wales.
Private Equity News also reported that the firm made more than three times its original 2007 investment this year when it sold shoe retailer Hotter for a reported £200 million, made a four-times return from the sale of energy services business ICR Integrity and sold claims management company LAS for £35 million, after investing £12.3 million in 2010.
Succession issues
However, the challenge for all buyout firms is how to deal with succession planning – and this is the issue that appears to have been key in Gresham's case.
Several of the senior partners who took Gresham independent from Zurich in 2002 were approaching the end of their careers as the decade drew to a close.
Two investors asked whether the firm addressed early enough the issue of who would succeed them. According to one fundraising executive, investors are usually keen to hear about succession plans "at least one fund early", to make them familiar with the new set-up. Not allowing enough time can hit investor confidence in a firm, the executive said.
Gresham's succession plans began to emerge in January 2013, nearly seven years after it raised its last fund. Gresham said Marson-Smith would be stepping down as managing partner and would move to the role of chairman during the life of its proposed next fund. The firm said Inchley, part of the 2002 management buyout, would become leader of the firm.
By last summer, two senior investment professionals and three mid-level investment professionals had left.
By January 2014 confusion was growing over the line-up of Gresham's management team as the firm announced that Marson-Smith would retire – despite previous assertions that he would stay to oversee a new fund. Five other senior executives, including Lawrence, also part of the 2002 MBO, left. Given that Henebery had departed years before, it left Gresham with less than half of the senior dealmakers who originally founded the business.
At the time, Gresham also told investors it was changing strategy. It decided to cut its fundraising target from £300 million to £150 million, and said it would focus on deals with a value of £50 million, rather than up to £100 million.
For the past five years, a range of firms have found it difficult to raise funds. Gresham had been expected to hit the fundraising trail in late 2012, but that year was relatively fallow for securing investor commitments compared with the boom era. A total of €470 million was raised by UK-focused firms in 2012, compared with €4.97 billion in 2006, the time of the firm's previous fundraising, according to data provider Preqin.
In late 2011, Gresham's investors granted it more time to spend the remaining capital in its 2006 fund, giving it until last year to continue to make new investments.
Private equity model
The sustainability of the private equity model relies heavily on income from management fees charged to investors on funds raised. However, by early 2014, it had been almost eight years since Gresham had received money for new deals. According to one mid-market peer, the "feast and famine" of the private equity model "began to take hold".
In April, it emerged that Gresham's company profits had fallen to just £34,000 in 2013, down 97% on the previous year, as revenues fell by a fifth, according to filings at Companies House. A significant fall in fees collected from investors was to blame. The firm reaped just £33,000 in fees in 2013, down from £2.2 million in 2012.
By May, further cracks began to emerge. Gresham's remaining partners in Manchester, including Andy Marsh and Iain Wolstenholme, met investors to raise the possibility of a breakaway fund, which would target deals in the north of England.
One investor said the move further rocked the boat at Gresham. And one month later the firm announced its decision to wind itself up. Gresham said it took the decision despite a "number of successful exits in recent months and the belief that the current team and strategy are well placed to continue to deliver strong returns for investors".
Time to move on
One investor said it was time for the firm's executives to "move on", adding that the firm's Manchester team could yet raise capital to do deals outside the Gresham brand.
According to another investor, the firm might have avoided its fate had it addressed its succession challenges and portfolio issues earlier. "Had they stuck it out and refocused they could have sorted it out."
One person familiar with the matter agreed that Gresham might have survived if it had managed to "buy itself more time" to see the fundraising market improve. Yet throughout last year many of Gresham's mid-market rivals, including Dunedin, Graphite Capital, Isis Equity Partners, Lyceum Capital and Bowmark Capital raised funds at or above target in relatively short time frames, showing the market never closed for the mid-market's most popular operations.
This article was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated August 18, 2014


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John was born June 7, 1929 in Stafford to Arthur C. Arnold and Gladys Burson Arnold. Throughout his life, John held several jobs having worked as a cowboy, police officer and finally retiring as a correctional officer. John married Ana Sue Arnold. Ana preceded him in death in 1997.
Survivors include daughters, Margie (Cletus) Grady of Choate and Patricia Pierson of Victoria; his grandson, Cody Arnold and his brothers, Fred (Vivone) Arnold and Walter (Sandra) Arnold, both of Silverton.
Preceded in death by his parents; his son, Mike Arnold and his sister, Marion Hamilton.
Visitation was held Thursday, Jan. 17, from 5-7 p.m., in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 19 at First Baptist Church Silverton in Silverton with Rev. Rance Young officiating.
Interment followed in the Silverton Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Poke Arnold, Max Hamilton, Bob Arnold, Todd Hamilton, John Arnold and Jay Arnold. Honorary pallbearers were Ted Daughtry, Patrick Craig, Ronnie Leg, Stoney Lee and Seth Lee.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to Nurses In Touch, 1815 Tenth Street, Floresville, TX 78114.


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First of all good morning and thank you for taking the time to read this. I'm a mom to two, a 4.5 year old who I nursed for a year and a 7.5 month old. I'm currently nursing my 7.5 month old (nursing and pumping while at work), and the last couple of weeks have been a real trial.
First at the beginning of this month I received my first pp period, and I noticed a drop in my pumping output as well as Gavyn didn't seem to want to nurse as much. I think his not wanting to nurse as much could be related to teething, but I'm not sure. Anyway, when I would typically pump around 5-6 oz at my first pump of the day, that week I was only able to get 4.5, but still managing to get around 11.5 to 12 oz a day. I've been managing to keep up with his two 6 oz bottles a day because I'm going at lunch to nurse him.
This week daycare (home-based) is going on several field trips meaning I need to send a third bottle. This will probably deplete my frozen stockpile and I left a sample of formula with her today in case she needs to supplement.
I also developed a blister of some sort on the side of one nipple. I think this reinforces that he's teething and has changed his latch somehow. It hurts like the dickens, and when I just pumped my morning pump there was some blood. I'm using lanolin, but I'm not sure what else I can do. I don't think its a milk blister because aren't those typically on the top of the nipple with milk underneath? This is on the side and just looks like a little red lump.
Then this morning (after only two weeks) I seem to have gotten another period. I'm basically feeling pretty downtrodden and think that Gavyn may be weaning or that my body is telling me that we're done. I'm not ready though, and really want to avoid formula. Any ideas or support is appreciated!


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WEST RUTLAND Two men are facing charges they smashed the windows of a parked vehicle.
Vermont State Police responded to Marble Street on March 19 to investigate a report of vandalism. Police found a Jeep Cherokee with all of its windows broken, except for the windshield and drivers-side window.
After interviewing witnesses, police charged Corey Fitzgerald, 21, of Poultney, and Nicholas Greene, 19, of West Rutland with unlawful mischief. Police said Fitzgerald will answer the charge April 22 and Greene will enter a plea April 29 in Rutland criminal court.MORE IN This Just In
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A smile comes to my face as I remember past Christmases spent with my Italian family. We were lucky to have everyone—my grandparents, aunts and uncles as well as cousins from both sides—come together for the joyous occasion of Christmas Eve.
I still recall waking up to wonderful aromas escaping from my mom's kitchen. Her work began in the wee hours to prepare the magnificent Feast of the Seven Fishes, a family tradition going back generations. Long before everyone arrived, the table was set with fine china and fancy linens. My dad had the task of washing all the glassware, starting a fire in the fireplace, arranging all the candles and setting out dishes of candies.
In mid-afternoon, our feast always began with shrimp cocktail served in old fashioned champagne glasses followed by a wonderful tray of lasagna filled with sausage and meatballs. Then, the fish parade began: calamari frita with spicy sauce, fried flounder, linguine with clam sauce (and lots of garlic), mussels marinara, baby lobster tails in sauce and scallops wrapped in bacon. Conversation ceased as everyone concentrated on the meal.
Later, bowls of nuts, fresh fruit and wine arrived on the table. My grandfather would peel and cut the apples for us children. Then, while the women adjourned to the kitchen to make coffee and espresso and to prepare a fabulous finale of dessert, the rest of us would sit around the Christmas tree and hear stories from Christmases past. For dessert, we ate ricotta cheese cake, apple and pumpkin pie and Pannetone, a sweet Italian Christmas bread. Homemade cookies were put out—pinnoli cookies, butter rum balls, crescents with powder sugar, sfogliatelle with honey and my absolute favorite was strufoli, which were Italian honey balls with multi-colored sprinkles. Cordials like Amaretto, Limoncello and Anisette were served in multi-colored little glasses.
After this amazing meal, the children were allowed to open one gift as a Christmas Eve tradition. Then, as soon as the gifts were open, another tradition began—the serving of Italian sausage and peppers before our guests would leave.
I remember falling fast asleep with a very full belly and dreaming about how Santa would soon arrive and how tomorrow would be another day of family fun.
[Barbara Matos is sales/advertising director at The River Reporter.]
Struffoli – Italian Honey Balls
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp cinnamon
3 tsp baking powder
Oil for frying
Warm honey and sprinkles for the topping
Put the flour into a mound, and then make a hole in the center. Put the sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking powder and cinnamon into this hole. Using a fork, begin to mix everything together by pulling the flour slowly into the egg mixture.
Once everything is well mixed, form the dough into rolls, about the width of your thumb. Cut each roll into 1-inch pieces.
Fry each piece of struffoli in oil heated to 375°F until golden and puffed. Drain on paper towels and top with warm honey & add sprinkles for décor.
Spicy calamari
1 pound calamari, cleaned
½ cup milk, only if needed
1 cup cake flour
¼ cup bread crumbs
Oil for frying (about 2 cups for a 6-quart saucepan)
Lemon slices for garnish.
Spicy marinara
1 cup basic marinara sauce
2 to 3 cloves garlic minced
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1/8 to ¼ teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice
To prepare the spicy marinara, add the extra virgin olive oil, red pepper and garlic to a sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté until the garlic is just fragrant.
Add the marinara sauce and continue to heat until the sauce is hot. Stir in the lemon juice, remove the pan from the heat and cover to keep warm.
To prepare the calamari, cut the calamari tubes into rings, about ¼-inch thick. Leave the tentacles whole.
Combine the flour and bread crumbs in bowl and toss the cut calamari in the flour mixture to lightly coat it. If your calamari has been bought prepared you may need to first dip the calamari in milk to add a bit of moisture for the flour to stick.
While you are preparing the calamari, if you are using a deep fryer, heat the oil up to 350°F. If you do not have a deep fryer, you can use a small (6 quart) sauce pan just as well. Fill the pot with oil & heat to 350°F.
Working in a couple batches to avoid crowding, add the floured calamari and fry until just lightly golden—about 3 to 4 minutes depending upon the oil and thickness of the calamari. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel or napkin covered platter to drain.
Pile the fried calamari attractively on a warm serving platter. Lightly salt the calamari with sea salt and a few squeezes of fresh lemon to taste. Place the warm spicy marinara sauce in small dipping bowl on the platter with slices of fresh lemon.


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Raidbots has closed
Thanks for the good years but the time has come to shut the doors.
Why Shut Down?
I've decided to shut it down based on server costs, time required to maintain the site, and the rising popularity of other sites that provide similar data. Some more details on my reasoning as well as alternatives are outlined in this post on the blog.
Can I Have Your Stuff?
If you're a developer or data enthusiast and want to check out some of the data, feel free to email me and I can provide the raw files (~6GB of JSON from Feb 2011 through Nov 2014) and information.
I'm also happy to share any code snippets or whatever else that might be useful from the codebase. I have all code and the full database backed up, it's just too expensive for me to keep running (~250GB Mongo database).
It's also possible that World of Logs may provide access to their daily summaries if you can get in touch with them.
Warcraft Logs also looks to have an experimental API that you could play with as well.


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MEB Support to NetBackup MMS
By Hema Sridharan-Oracle on Sep 29, 2012
In MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.6, new option was introduced to support backup to tapes via SBT interface. SBT stands for System Backup to Tape, an Oracle API that helps to perform backup and restore jobs via media management software such as Oracle's Secure Backup (OSB). There are other storage managers like IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and Symantec's Netbackup (NB) which are also supported by MEB but we don't guarantee that it will function as expected for every release. MEB supports SBT API version 2.0
In this blog, I am primarily going to focus the interface of MEB and Symantec's NB. If we are using tapes for backup, ensure that tape library and tape drives are compatible.
Test Setup
1. Install NB 7.5 master and media servers in Linux OS. ( NB 7.1 can also be used but for testing purpose I used NB 7.5)
2. Install MEB 3.8 also in Linux OS.
3. Install NB admin console in your windows desktop and configure the NB master server from there.
Note: Ensure that you have root user permission to install NetBackup.
Configuration Steps for MEB and NB
Once MEB and NB are installed,
- Ensure that NB is linked to MEB by specifying the library /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so64 in the mysqlbackup command line using --sbt-lib-path.
- Configure the NB master server from windows console. That is configure the storage units by specifying the Storage unit name, Disk type, Media Server name etc.
- Create NetBackup policies that are user selectable. But please make sure that policy type is "Oracle".
- Define the clients where MEB will be executed. Some times this will be different host where MEB is run or some times in same Media server where NB and tapes are attached.
Now once the installation and configuration steps are performed for MEB and NB, the next part is the actual execution.
MEB should be run as single file backup using --backup-image option with prefix sbt:(it is a tag which tells MEB that it should stream the backup image through the SBT interface) which is sent to NB client via SBT interface . The resulting backup image is stored where NB stores the images that it backs up.
The following diagram shows how MEB interacts with MMS through SBT interface.
The following parameters should also be ready for the execution,
--sbt-lib-path : Path to SBT library specific to NetBackup MMS. SBT lib for NetBackup is in /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so64
--sbt-environment: Environment variables must be defined specific to NetBackup. In our example below, we use
ORACLE_HOME = /export/home2/tmp/hema/mysql-server/
./mysqlbackup --port=13000 --protocol=tcp --user=root --backup-image=sbt:bkpsbtNB --sbt-lib-path=/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so64 --sbt-environment="NB_ORA_SERV=myserver.com, NB_ORA_CLIENT=myserver.com, NB_ORA_POLICY=NBU-MEB, ORACLE_HOME=/export/home2/tmp/hema/mysql-server/" --backup-dir=/export/home2/tmp/hema/MEB_bkdir/ backup-to-image
Once backup is completed successfully, this should appear in Activity Monitor in NetBackup Console.
For restore, image contents has to be extracted using image-to-backup-dir command and then apply-log and copy-back steps are applied.
./mysqlbackup --sbt-lib-path=/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so64 --backup-dir=/export/home2/tmp/hema/NBMEB/ --backup-image=sbt:bkpsbtNB image-to-backup-dir
Now apply logs as usual, shutdown the server and perform restore, restart the server and check the data contents.
- ./mysqlbackup ---backup-dir=/export/home2/tmp/hema/NBMEB/ apply-log
- ./mysqlbackup --datadir=/export/home2/tmp/hema/mysql-server/mysql-5.5-meb-repo/mysql-test/var/mysqld.1/data/ --backup-dir=/export/home2/tmp/hema/MEB_bkpdir/ innodb_log_files_in_group=2 --innodb_log_file_size=5M --user=root --port=13000 --protocol=tcp copy-back
The NB console should show 'Restore" job as done. If you don't see that there is something wrong with MEB or NetBackup.
You can also refer to more detailed steps of MEB and NB integration in whitepaper here


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Courtesy photo The 39th annual Nazareth German Festival takes place Saturday in Nazareth, Texas, approximately 70 miles east of Clovis.
Freedom New Mexico
With food, music and fun, Saturday marks the 39th annual Nazareth German Festival in Nazareth, Texas.
The day-long festival begins at 9 a.m., all times Central, in the community of Nazareth, with a tour of the Playa Lake Classroom. Activities, including an arts and crafts show, history exhibit, fiddle contest, children's games and a petting zoo, will take place at locations throughout the community. Fees may be charged for some activities.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a German sausage dinner will be held in the Community Hall, a highlight of which is the Best of the Wurst Sausage Cook-Off.
Live music will also be played on a stage behind the Nazareth Post Office from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Gates open for the annual Suds 'N Sounds concert at 5 p.m., offering six bands at a charge of $25 per person.
Music will be performed by headline band Eleven Hundred Springs as well as the Texas Rebels, Hogg Maulies, No Dry County, the Zack Edwards Band and the Out of Luck Band.
Trailers and campers are allowed, but no glass containers.
Nazareth is located about 70 miles east of Clovis on Texas Highway 86.
Information: (806) 945-2616.


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Former Drum Soldier Receives Medal Of Honor
President Barack Obama says a former Fort Drum soldier who survived one of the Afghan war's deadliest firefights is a reminder that Americans look out for one another even when it is difficult.
"Moments like this, Americans like Will remind us of what our country can be at its best," said Obama.
Swenson retired from the military in February 2011.
He has a Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal and lives in Seattle.
The Washington Post details the difficulties Swenson faced following the battle for which he is being honored and the struggles he had with military brass.
The Department of Defense has a website with a profile of Swenson, details of the battle based on Swenson's accounts, and a link for viewing the ceremony live.
CBS's David Martin did a profile of Swenson that aired on the CBS Evening News last month.
Sunday, December 11, 2016, Watertown, NY


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Tag: fable
Or did he lose his tail another way? (folklore)
In the last post…we shared one theory of how the koala lost its tail…here is another.
During a drought the animals noted that Koala never seemed to suffer from thirst. Suspecting he had concealed a supply of water for his own use and was unwilling to share with others, they searched high and low. Various birds [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under Legend, Myth, aboriginal, drought, folklore, koala, story, tail.
Tags: aboriginal, drought, fable, folklore, koala, Legend, lyre-bird, Myth, tail, tale
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PaLA Annual Conference
Geek the Library staff will host a booth and presentation at the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference.
This event has passed.
Geek the Library is a community awareness campaign designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries and educate the public about the critical funding issues many libraries face.
Stop by the Geek the Library booth to learn more.
Start Date
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a firm deadline for Iran to halt its nuclear program, using a simple drawing to warn the UN that Iran will soon reach the point of no return in its development of nuclear weapons. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
An Iranian news agency issued a bizarre apology on Monday for citing a spoof story about President Barack Obama from satirical newspaper, The Onion, as fact.
Fars, the state-backed news source linked to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), admitted mistakenly republishing an article that claimed rural Americans preferred Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Obama.
The spoof article mentioned a supposed opinion poll finding that 77 percent of rural Caucasian voters "would rather go to a baseball game or have a beer with Ahmadinejad, a man who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and has had numerous political prisoners executed, than spend time with Obama."
Fars reproduced the article on its website on Friday alongside its usual stories about advances in Iranian military technology and condemnation of Israel. The Iranian version omitted The Onion's description of Ahmadinejad as "a man who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and has had numerous political prisoners executed." Fars appeared to have taken the story down by about 1 p.m. ET on Friday.
In a statement on its website on Monday, Fars acknowledged the error – but also listed a string of blunders by Western media outlets including the New York Times and the BBC.
"All media, at least those you know like the BBC, CNN, etc., have had many goofs," the statement said.
It also said that it still believed the Onion story was true.
"Although it does not justify our mistake, we do believe that if a free opinion poll is conducted in the US, a majority of Americans would prefer anyone outside the US political system to President Barack Obama and American statesmen," it quoted its own un-named editor-in-chief as saying.
Iran news agency cites Onion story as fact
The statement added: "[Fars] makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of its reports, however very occasionally mistakes do happen."
The statement cited an April 2011 error by the New York Times in which it accidentally republished a spoof image from The Onion in an article about teen magazine, Tiger Beat.
It also cited other "embarrassing blunders over the years" by the BBC, reproducing a list -- originally published by the Daily Telegraph – including an incident in which a weather forecaster was caught on-air flipping the bird to a producer.
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How do I create a bootable rescue USB from the ISO?
Create bootable USB
Requirements: Minimum 2 GB – Note all data on the USB drive might be erased!
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The UTEPCollege of Business Administration offers the only AACSB
Accredited business programs in the El Paso border region.
Come out and enjoy a great PICK-NIC with your Miner Family in El Paso! The Office of Alumni Relations & the UTEP Alumni Association with the El Paso Chapter are hosting this great event.
We will take care of the main dish, but bring your side dish to share, your favorite drinks, and your Miner Spirit!
Games & entertainment provided - Prizes and special guests!
Location: Memorial Park - off Cooper St. at San Carcial St.
Time: 4 - 7 p.m.


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Another thing you could do, if you're not sure a disposable diaper is wet, is to put a tissue in the diaper before you put it on baby. That way, you can see whether or not the tissue is wet, and you'll know that baby peed.
You can also pour one-two ounces of water into a dry disposable, so that you can get idea of how heavy a wet diaper is.


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The fire completely gutted the inside of the restaurant, leaving only debris and charred remains.
No injuries were immediately reported, but authorities were forced to temporarily shut down the portion of Highway 281 in that area while they fought the blaze, according to initial reports.
GW Police Chief Rey Garcia said authorities began receiving reports of smoke coming from the restaurant as early as 11:45 p.m. Monday. The business had closed at 10 p.m.
"Due to the age of the building and multiple layers of tar and roofing material extinguishing the fire was difficult," the chief explained. "Fire departments from Three Rivers and Beeville arrived to assist in fighting the fire."
As late as 5 a.m. Tuesday, fire personnel were still at the scene, and the Beeville Ladder Truck was shooting water down onto the hot spots.
By 7 a.m., the last of the firefighters had departed, and the markers blocking that portion of Highway 281 removed.
Authorities did not immediately speculate as to the cause of the fire.