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The Vocal Library High Voice. Arranged by Carol Kimball. Vocal Collection. Softcover. 212 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.740270).
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With 45 songs by 22 composers, this is the most comprehensive single volume of art songs composed by women ever published. It includes biographical information about the composers and historical information about each song, with songs in English, French, German and Italian.


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Teresa Farias always enjoyed putting up Halloween decorations and had a taste for marshmallows.
So that's exactly what her daughters brought for her when they visited Thursday morning.
It didn't matter that Teresa Farias died five years ago. This was Día de los Muertos - Day of the Dead.
Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Montebello - where Teresa Farias is buried - has a policy against placing anything other than flowers on gravesites, but that didn't stop the Farias sisters from decking out their mom's headstone with marigold petals, a marshmallow cupcake, skeleton figurines and a sugar skull - the quintessential Día de Los Muertos item.
"It's celebrating everything she liked. It's a remembrance," said Monica Farias, one of Teresa's daughters. "Two years ago we brought her tamales."
Día de los Muertos, which is typically celebrated on the two days following Halloween, formed when Catholic beliefs collided with the traditions of indigenous people from Mexico and Central America, said Gilbert Cadena, a professor of ethnic and women's studies at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Catholic holidays All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day merged with a month-long native celebration honoring the dead, Cadena said.
"Día de los Muertos is really a syncretic holiday," Cadena said.
Over time, the holiday evolved to not only honor the dead, but to also poke fun at death, Cadena said. That's why people often paint their faces with elaborate skull designs on the holiday, he said.
"It's a reflection of the dead and how we're all going to be dead," Cadena said.
Monica Farias said she and her sisters never paid the holiday much attention until their mom died in 2007, but since then they've also begun setting out decorations and offerings for deceased relatives, and attending Día de los Muertos festivities at Olvera Street in Los Angeles.
Monica Farias said it seems like the holiday is catching on.
"For the last five years, since we started, it's getting more popular," Monica Farias said. "I think the younger generation is getting into it."
Others agree.
Cadena said when he began celebrating Día de los Muertos 18 years ago, few people outside of Chicano cultural centers in big cities knew about the holiday.
"Nowadays, Day of the Dead is celebrated at elementary schools, high schools," Cadena said. "It's overwhelming how many Day of the Dead activities there are."
And more cemeteries are also taking part in celebrations, often on the weekends before and after the traditional holidays.
"The whole purpose is to celebrate life and remember our loved ones," said Curtis Woods, general manager of Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall. "We're surrounded by a variety of cultures, especially here in Southern California, and there are many different ways to honor this tradition, so we wanted to embrace that here."
Steve Mahrle, the Newhall memorial park's operations supervisor, said last year the Día de los Muertos event attracted up to 60 people. In its second year, Mahrle said organizers are hoping for double that number to participate in the festivities.
Forest Lawn Memorial Parks, which operates 10 cemeteries in the Los Angeles region, began celebrating the holiday last year and will have Día de Los Muertos events at its locations in Covina, Cypress and Coachella on Friday.
"We're definitely expecting a bigger crowd," said Ben Sussman, Forest Lawn's vice president of community relations. "It's a reflection of the community of Los Angeles and our community in general."
Non-Catholic cemeteries are "taking the lead" with Día de los Muertos, said Cadena, the Cal Poly Pomona professor.
"Last week I was at Hollywood Forever (Cemetery) and there were 20,000 people," he said.
Not everyone is pleased with the holiday's newfound popularity.
Susan Algore, 64, of Covina said she's "not real happy" with cemeteries holding Día de los Muertos events.
"I just don't get it," Algore said.
Algore said she has no plans to attend the Día de los Muertos festival at Oakdale Memorial in Glendora, where her mother is buried.
"I'm a Christian, I don't see celebrating the dead," Algore said. "To me this is getting into a cult-type thing."
Nick Clark, a spokesman for Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, said many people set up altars, including a lowrider driven by a skeleton, at the cemetery's celebration last weekend. He said officials left the altars up for a few days, but then took them down because they can be upsetting to people who don't understand the culture.
But Algore may be the exception.
Cadena suspects the holiday's open and democratic nature is the source of its increasing popularity. He said people, even if they aren't Catholic, can celebrate the holiday in their own way.
"It's really a multi-ethnic celebration," Cadena said. "Everyone can contribute to an altar."
Staff Writer Mariecar Mendoza contributed to this report.
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Cooke leaves Coyotes howling
The Phoenix Coyotes are calling for Penguins left wing Matt Cooke to be suspended.
Cooke received a two-minute penalty in the second period when he hit Phoenix defenseman Keith Yandle in the head. Cooke appeared to hit Yandle with his forearm.
"It's just a dirty hit," Yandle said. "Dirty player. He's got no respect."
Yandle believed Cooke attempted to injure him with the Penguins leading, 5-0, and shorthanded at the time of the hit.
"I mean, he's killing a penalty, and he's coming like that," Yandle said. "His only intent was to hurt me with his hands high like that, and I hope they (the NHL) review it."
Yandle said Cooke turned down an invitation to fight and believes he should be suspended for five games.
"They're up 5-0, and he cowers away from all our guys. I mean, every guy on our team tried to fight him."
The game became rather chippy following the incident. Phoenix captain Shane Doan wasn't pleased with the Cooke hit.
"The fact that Matt Cooke comes at Keith Yandle in a 5-0 game and elbows him in the head," Doan said, "obviously we took it as a personal challenge."


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I'd probably drop the menu styling in the footer, just use plain text perhaps?
I would suggest adding more depth as things are looking pretty flat – enhance gradients, toy with lighting, borders, etc… The header could use some work including the logo – maybe shrink the text and get a bit more creative with it.
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I think that your theme is very nice Keep up the good work.
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- Internet 'Ecosystem' Makes up 3.7% of US Economy: Study
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The jobs support by the Internet include 375,000 in one-person firms and small companies, many of whom sell on Amazon, eBay and other sites.
The advertising-supported Internet "ecosystem" generated $530 billion last year and supported 5.1 million jobs in the United States, an industry study said Monday.
The study released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau said the economic value of online industries has roughly doubled since 2007.
Researchers from the Harvard University Business School commissioned by the IAB, said this amounted to 3.7% of the U.S. gross domestic product last year, up from 2.1% four years ago.
"The substantial economic impact of the Internet -- through its evolution and dynamism -- has been borne out by this study," said study author John Deighton.
"Once accessed only from large desktop machines that connected the office or home to the world, the Internet, thanks to mobile phones and tablets, has become ubiquitous."
The report, "Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem," was unveiled at the annual IAB conference to quantify the significant role the ad-supported digital sector plays in the broader U.S. economy.
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Meat is quite a personal topic to me, unfortunately for medical reasons I had to stop eating read meat and reduce my animal protein intake dramatically 12yrs ago, so I have a story around about it 🙂
It took me a while to get used to the idea, to balance my diet, I did like meat after all and for all I know, I still do. The balance found was something in between a diet based on fish, ocasional poultry but mostly as veggie as it can get.
Due to this journey I ended up reading and learning quite a lot about the impacts of food in our system, in particular the impacts of red meat. The condensed summary is not good, meat stress our body in ways we would even think about it, before hell is loose and you have a problem. Like all things I believe a balance diet is the right path, and if anyone can eat meat, they should do it, I would only advise to seriously moderate it's quantity and presence on your daily diet.
It still buggs me that I can't (or better shouldn't) eat red meat, but in reality I feel much more healthier because since then and I believe its all about having an healthier diet altogether, which in my case doesn't include red meat and I do make an effort to actually to think about what I eat.
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Procrastination is an almost archetypal phenomenon of human behaviour, the nature and prevalence of which may have severe implications for the foundations of Microeconomic theory and the rational actor model. This paper aims to assess why and how agents procrastinate in theory and what the implications of procrastination may be. It is argued that procrastination is a rational response to present-biased preferences and that the extent of procrastination, and the subsequent welfare implications thereof, depends on the degree of conscientiousness regarding one's own expected future self-control problems and the nature and requirements of the task with which one is assigned. The theoretical model proposed to analyse procrastination therefore parameterises the temporal evolution of present-biased preferences as a function of agents' levels of conscientiousness. It is found that less conscientious agents tend to procrastinate more than more conscientious agents, that uncertainty exacerbates the extent and compounds the implications of procrastinating behaviour, and, consequently, that procrastination is more likely to be welfare non-maximising the lower an agent's level of conscientiousness and the greater the amount of uncertainty that exists regarding the nature and requirements of the task with which the agent is assigned.
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by Zsuzsanna Anderson of Are They All Yours? - The Benefits and Pitfalls of SchedulingHaving older children is a great asset for many reasons:They help set a pattern: When you have two parents and four older children all following a consistent schedule, the younger ones simply fall in line themselves, assuming it's just the way things are. … [Read more...]
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by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin of Visionary Daughters written to promote the Botkin family's newest money-making webinar "Ready For Real Life" - The Top 10 Things Girls Should Study (but rarely do) Economics and Business – In Proverbs 31, even the virtuous woman's wisdom and kindness are not praised as frequently as her business acumen, industry, and economic profitability, which is why we believe these are some of the most feminine things a Christian woman can study. (Yes, feminine.) … [Read more...]
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by Colin Campbell of Above Rubies and Meat for Men - Seeking Godly Seed! In Today's Christian America, we do not seek godly children. Instead, we seek every method and way to avoid conceiving children. This present mindset is unquestionably and diametrically opposed to God's revelation in His Word on this subject. Those who oppose this truth do so to their own ignorance and high-minded stubbornness. … [Read more...]
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by Renee Ellison of Ladies Against Feminism and Homeschool How-Tos - College Substitutes Here is a starter list of substitutes for "doing" college:This is a list that leads to a victorious life. So trained, your young adults will be truly prepared for real life that glorifies God. When they review their lives in retrospect on their deathbeds they won't see a shameful chapter of four years of close camaraderie with those who defied Him. … [Read more...]
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We seem to have picked up right where we left off last week. Putnam Valley's Kevin Fitzsimmons knocks down a jumper as time expires to give the Tigers a thrilling overtime win against Carmel.
Across the river Nanuet and Suffern had some excitement of their own. The Golden Knights ended up pulling it out in overtime as Mike Mulligan finished with 18 points.
Also in Rockland, Pearl River bounces back from two tough losses last week to hand Clarkstown North their second straight loss. The Rams were on a five-game winning streak prior to the two-game skid.
Also, Croton-Harmon's Ian Thom had 31 points and five assists in their 62-48 win over Westlake. Thom scored his 1,000th point in the win.
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Putnam Valley 56, Carmel 55, OT: At Carmel, down one point in the final moments of overtime Zach Coleman found Kevin Fitzsimmons at the foul line who hit a jumper as time expired to give the Tigers a dramatic victory. It was Coleman's two free throws at the end of the fourth quarter that extended the game. Carmel's Dan Benkhen tipped in the ball with 8.5 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Rams a 55-54 lead before Fitzsimmons buzzer-beater. Coleman finished with 14 points and teammate Ryan Basso had 15. RJ Martinez had 25 points and James Loughran had 11 for the Rams.
Nanuet 47, Suffern 43, OT: At Suffern, Mike Mulligan led Nanuet with 18 points. Javin Wiliams, Tyler McDine and Brendan Kenny scored eight points apiece for the Mounties.
Pearl River 70, Clarkstown North 66: At Clarkstown North, Kevin Degnan had 29 points for the Pirates. Tom Davis had 17 points. Sal Barbetto and Zack Jarrett each had 19 points for the Rams.
Riverside 68, Yonkers 34: In the first round of the Yonkers City tournament at Yonkers, Ian Parker had 19 points and Khalif Mason had 11. Eddie Jackson had 10 points. Felix Gyabach had 12 points. Riverside will play Palisade Prep on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the tournament semifinals at Saunders High School.
Pawling 58, Martin Luther King 50: At Martin Luther King, Rajien Griffin had 20 points. Jermaine Shaw had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Peter Hargrove had 11 points. Dashawn Johnson had eight rebounds.
Fox Lane 59, Port Chester 49: At Port Chester, Andrew Morales had 17 points and Carlito Carvalho had 14 points. Nicky Bonura had 10 points. Kayson Calhoun had 13 points and Tim Brown had 11 points for the Broncos.
Iona Prep B 47, Stepinac B 37: At Iona Prep, James Colouci and Joe Casarella each scored 12 points. Malik Joseph added 10 points and 12 rebounds. Joanquin Spencer scored 14 points for the Crusaders.
Woodlands 65, Yorktown 62: At Yorktown, D'Andre Tilford scored 17 points. Najee Khan added 16 for the Falcons. Ricky Corrado scored 25 points for the Huskers. Mason Dyslin added 16 points.
Palisade Prep 83, Yonkers Montessori 23: In the first round of the Yonkers' City Tournament at Saunders, Kevin Sabino-Pena had 16 points for the Phoenix. Fred Truss Jr. and Isaiah Ward each had 15 points. Javon Cromwell and Devin Herrera each had five points for Yonkers Montessori. The Phoenix will face Riverside in the semifinals Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Saunders.
Rye Neck 56, Hawthorne Cedar Knolls 36: At Rye Neck, Matt Franks had 16 points and five rebounds for the Panthers, who started the game on a 22-7 run. Saul Feliciano had 17 points for Hawthorne Cedar Knolls.
Forman 57, Harvey 47: At Harvey Saturday, Jesse Zubren had 18 points and 12 rebounds for Harvey. Rickey Hicks had 13 points and five assists and Jake Cohn scored 10 points.
Saunders 77, Roosevelt 57: In the first round of the Yonkers City Tournament at Saunders, Dijon Gonzalez had 29 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils. Erickson Gonzalez had 16 points. Demetrius Thomas had 14 points for the Indians. Saunders will host Gorton in the semifinals Wednesday at 4:15 p.m.
Croton-Harmon 62, Westlake 48: At Croton-Harmon, Ian Thom had 31 points and five assists en route to scoring his 1,000th point.
Horace Greeley 65, Rye 61: At Rye, Harrison Brown had 30 points for the Quakers. Matt Xie added 17 points. Max Twyman and Mike O'Neil each had 19 points for the Garnets.
Gorton 72, Lincoln 44: In the first round of the Yonkers City tournament Monday at Gorton, Dane Williamson had 16 points and Rashan McKay had 15. Kwun Mel Fincher had 14 points. Tony Leone had 16 points and Felix Martinez had 10 for the Lancers. Gorton will play Saunders in the tournament semifinal on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. at Saunders High School.


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Fluvanna Supervisors Fly Through Light August Agenda
By. Bryan Rothamel, Field Officer
In the quickest meeting in recent memory, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors approved a new restaurant in the Cunningham District.
Fluvanna Supervisors typically hold a 4 p.m. meeting on the first Wednesday and a 7 p.m. meeting on the third Wednesday of each month. August has just one meeting scheduled on the first Wednesday as it typically is a slower time of the year.
The afternoon session had appointments to two boards, a budget amendment, reclassification of an open maintenance position and two appropriations to the Department of Social Services.
The evening session had just two public hearings, for the same property. The property is located on Route 6, near the intersection of The Cross Road (Route 733). Interestingly, the property was originally zoned R-1 in the 1970s when the county adopted zoning. It is only 300 feet wide.
The applicant asked to rezone from R-1 to A-1, which was granted unanimously. The applicant then also asked for a special use permit to operate a small restaurant. It was also approved unanimously.
No one from the public, other than the applicant, was present at the public hearing.
The earlier session finished up some fiscal housekeeping for action the supervisors took in late 2014. The supervisors voted to refinance two loan payments. It changed the FY15 budget by more than 1 percent, thus requiring public hearing and formal action on the budget changes.
The public hearing was held the meeting prior but Don Weaver (Cunningham District) asked staff to include a total recap of the 2014 action. The refinance of the 2005 courthouse bond saved the county $117,822 over the course of the debt. The refinance of the 2006 library bond saved the county $217,712 over the life of the loan.
The Department of Social Services requested two FY16 supplemental appropriations from state and federal funds. One of the appropriations allowed the hiring of a new benefit specialist, part time to help reduce the Medicaid backlog. The second one allows for additional overtime to help with the aforementioned backlog. No new money was expended. The DSS budget provided the required match.
Supervisors are looking to save money by spending more on a maintenance position. They voted to raise the pay but also increase the requirements of an open position. The net salary difference might be a few thousand a year, but the position now requires a specialty. This will allow the county to stop more costly contract services of the hired specialty, whatever it might be.
Chairperson Mozell Booker (Fork Union District) was absent from the meeting so vice chair Bob Ullenbruch (Palmyra District) handled the gavel. Booker, on planned vacation, is expected back for the September meetings. Tony O'Brien (Rivanna District) was present for the 4 p.m. session but left before the 7 p.m. session.
The Free Enterprise Forum's coverage of Fluvanna County is provided by a grant from the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® and by the support of readers like you.
Bryan Rothamel covers Fluvanna County for the Free Enterprise Forum
Greene County Receives Outstanding Financial Report, $16 M in Reserves
By Pauline Hovey, Greene County Field Officer
Within days of receiving an impressive financial report setting the Greene County's reserve fund at $16.2 million, the Board of Supervisors learned that a major county employer, Video Gaming Technology (VGT), will close its doors, meaning the loss of as many as 250 jobs and $129,276 in business and personal property tax.
How that closing might affect the county is uncertain, but for now the county is in excellent financial condition, according to financial audit reports supervisors received from Robinson, Farmer and Cox Associates at their meeting last week. Here are the highlights of a comparison of fiscal year data through the end of June 2011:
- Greene County debt reserve has dropped 79.3%
- Unreserved funds have risen from $.02 million to $16.2 million
- As a percent of the annual budget, unreserved funds rose from 0.4% to 31.5%
- The general fund balance has gone from $3.3 million to $16.3 million – a 394% increase
- Net assets have increased 125 percent
These are impressive reserves for a county that only 10 years ago was borrowing money to pay bills. Now supervisors must decide how much to keep in reserve and where and how to spend the remainder. There's no shortage of choices, as Greene County has some challenges ahead.
In addition to the closing of VGT, the county faces significant decreases in state funding, which will particularly affect the school budget, and a decrease in property taxes with the upcoming property reassessment. Added to that is the impending capital projects and current and future needs, including water impoundment, which will surely be needed, based on continuing growth in the Ruckersville area including the supervisors recent rezoning approval planned unit development (PUD) on Route 29 north that will bring townhomes to Greene County.
Supervisors are in the midst of the 2012/13 budget process and currently reviewing the capital improvement program. Stay tuned for more developments.
Pauline Hovey is the Greene County Field Officer for the Free Enterprise Forum a privately funded public policy organization.
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Fiscal Philosophy
By. Neil Williamson
Faced with decreasing state revenue and decreasing property values, localities are now preparing to start their budget discussions. No where is the question of where to start more pronounced than in Albemarle County.
Recognizing the need for steady revenue, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ken Boyd believes the discussion should start at a 3.5 cent tax increase which would result in the average 2009 tax bill being the same dollar amount (due to decreased assessment) as in 2008. This would result in the same level of funding for County operations as in FY08. He then would consider programs/initiatives that had been planned but not yet funded by the Board of Supervisors and add programs/initiatives until reaching a point that the budget garners four affirmative votes.
Vice Chairman David Slutzky sees the starting point differently. He believes the starting budget should accurately reflect all the approved Board initiatives that were included previously in the five year plans and other discussions. Using this methodology, the Board could then cut program by program until they reached a tax rate that would garner four affirmative votes.
Over the years, The Free Enterprise Forum has never taken a position on a tax rate in any locality, nor do we plan to.
This question of how to build the budget, however, is most intriguing. There seems to be an interesting unstated undercurrent that if you start high you may end up higher than if you start low. Without attempting to relive too much of my Organizational Communication/Psychology classes of the early 1980s and based on my five years of observation of Boards of Supervisors, I believe there may be some merit to this unstated undercurrent of "start high to end high".
In either case, clear, distinct votes will likely be required for each of Albemarle County's "commitments". Just last month we heard the Joint Task Force on Affordable Housing ask for permanent, dedicated income stream to support affordable housing.
This week's day meeting (12/3) of the Albemarle Board may provide a preview of budget meetings to come. Late in the meeting is a discussion of the five-year financial work Plan including the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). A quick review of the programs "on or outside the bubble" in the CIP suggests many in the community will have opinions regarding the disposition of the infrastructure spending.
Whether you start from the bottom and work up or start from the top and work down, in these tough economic times difficult budget decisions will need to be made.
The Free Enterprise Forum believes ALL government spending, regardless of economic conditions or funding source, is worthy of such exact fiscal scrutiny each and every budget cycle.


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Old peasant dance in fast duple (2/4) time, from the district around Bergamo, Lombardy. Said to reflect the character of Bergamo residents, egotistical, cunning, and "possessing in a high degree the faults and virtues of the typical rustic. From these characteristics developed the Harlequin of commedia dell'arte."-[The Dance Encyclopedia] Harlequin is then described as mocking and grotesque.
Couples in a circle. Men move forward and women move in opposite direction in two circles. The music changes and couples embrace, perform a few couple turning steps, and begin again. Mentioned in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Usually staged to Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music. [The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet]


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Posted By: Dr. Momfish <email@example.com> In Response To: B-12, pregnancy & old people (Alistair)
Date: Thursday, 25 March 1999, at 9:13 p.m.
In Response To: B-12, pregnancy & old people (Alistair)
All of these are water soluble. You can add them directly to the water if you want. One time I added human B vitamins to a tank of fish. It turned the water pee yellow, and it did not kill the fish. Did it do them any good? I have no idea. I think it all got adsorbed in the filter.(They are all still alive and swimming.)
There is a German company that manufactures a liquid vitamin supplement for fish that is supposed to be added to the water. You can dose your fish while you take your own One-a-day. :):)
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A memorial service for Carl L. Lyons, 63, of Lodi, who died April 21, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Temple Baptist Church, 801 S. Lower Sacramento Road, Lodi.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army c/o Lt. Dan Williams, P.O. Box 1388, Lodi, CA 95241; or the Temple Baptist Church Building Fund.
A graveside service for Olga Mathews, 100, who died on April 25, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Galt Cemetery.
Please sign the guest book at http://www.lodinews.com/obits.
A Mass for Joyce A. Simoni, 71, of Lodi, who died April 23, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Anne's Catholic Church, 215 W. Walnut St., Lodi. A celebration of her life will follow the Mass.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95204.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Monique Elaine Garcia, 17, of Lodi, who died April 25, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anne's Catholic Church. Committal will immediately follow at Cherokee Memorial Park. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at Lodi Funeral Home, 725 S. Fairmont Ave. Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Committal with full military honors for Eugene N. Thompson, 92, of Stockton, who died March 11, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the Garden of Trees Veterans' Section of Cherokee Memorial Park. A memorial service will be officiated by Pastor Jack Dawson.
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A memorial service for Frank Kazuto Matsuhiro, 84, of Lodi, who died April 5, will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lodi Buddhist Church, 23 N. Stockton St., Lodi. Inurnment will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park.
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I was astounded that every seat in the house is a good seat because the seating chart kinda gave a different point of view. I was very pleased with my seats and enjoyed the show immensely. As a music lover of different kinds it was fantastic and there was audience interaction whereby everyone was clapping with the songs. The plot was excellent and I learned about Nina Simone's and Shlomo Carlebach past. I felt exhilarated upon leaving the show therefore I highly recommend it.
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Forget the reviews, they're a mixed bag anyway. I had seen the 2012 version and went to this with hesitation after seeing some of the critics but, IMHO, it remains as it was——pure entertainment: beautifully staged and performed with delightful musical numbers. I may see some 50 shows a year and ones like this are a pleasure to attend. Some say it isn't "Fiddler" but so what, it's easily as enjoyable.
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Salmonella confirmed at New Mexico plant; Westinghouse still in running
Salmonella confirmedin peanut butter plant
The Food and Drug Administration says it has found salmonella in a New Mexico plant that produces nut butters for national retailer Trader Joe's and other grocery chains. The Trader Joe's peanut butter is now linked to 35 salmonella illnesses in 19 states. The FDA said on Friday that Washington state health officials have also confirmed the presence of salmonella in a jar of the Trader Joe's peanut butter found in a victim's home. Sunland Inc. has expanded its recall to include all products manufactured in the plant in the last 2 1⁄2 years, since March 2010. Whole Foods Market, Target, Safeway and many other national chains have used Sunland products in their own brands. Almost two-thirds of those sickened are children younger than 10.
Areva's bid to build reactors nixed
Czech state-run power utility CEZ says it has rejected a bid by France's state-owned nuclear engineering giant Areva SA to build two more nuclear reactors at the Temelin nuclear plant. CEZ says Areva's bid has not met necessary criteria to run for the contract, estimated to be worth more than $10 billion. CEZ said in a statement on Friday that Areva may appeal. Cranberry-based Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp. and a consortium led by Russia's Atomstroyexport are the remaining bidders. The deal is to be signed by the end of 2013. The two reactors would be operational by 2025, bringing the number of Temelin's reactors to four.
Consumer credit up $18.1B in Aug.
Americans boosted their borrowing in August by the largest amount in three months with strong gains in the category that covers auto and student loans and in credit card debt. Total consumer borrowing increased $18.1 billion in August compared with July, the Federal Reserve reported on Friday. In July, consumer borrowing had fallen for the first time in nearly a year. The rebound in August, along with a separate report that showed the nation's unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent in September, are viewed as encouraging signs for an economy that has been struggling in recent months.
American: Seats on 42 planes fixed
American Airlines says it has repaired 42 of 48 planes that were pulled aside and inspected because the seats could come loose. The airline said around midday Friday that all seat repairs on its Boeing 757 airplanes should be done by Saturday. American canceled 44 flights on Friday after it scrapped 50 flights on Thursday because of the seat problem. Crews inspected the planes earlier in the week and thought they had fixed them. Then on Thursday, American said it discovered the real reason the seats were not staying in place — a pin that locks them into the aircraft floor could pop out because of wear and dirt in the floor tracks. The seat fiasco comes as American is still trying to recover from widespread delays and flight cancellations in September.
YMCA's $11.3M expansion to begin
Construction of the $11.3 million expansion of the East Suburban YMCA is scheduled to start on Tuesday, transforming the 30,000-square-foot facility at 2200 Route 286 in Plum, through a 22,000-square-foot addition, into a 52,000-square-foot YMCA. The expansion is scheduled for completion in fall 2014. Upon completion of the work, the YMCA will be renamed the Sampson Family YMCA in honor of the donations to the facility by the Sampson family.
Corporate pension funding rises
The typical funded status of a U.S. corporate pension plan increased to 75 percent in September, compared with 73.2 percent in August, said BNY Mellon Investment Management. The increase of 1.8 percentage points marked the second month in a row that the indicator has risen and is the first back-to-back rise in the funded status since February. The unit of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said typical pension assets increased 1.7 percent in value, given a rally in U.S. and other stock markets. Typical plan liabilities declined 0.7 percent.
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• Samsung Electronics Co. tipped all-time high quarterly operating profit, likely driven by strong sales of high-end smartphones that offset weak semiconductor orders. The guidance for Samsung's third-quarter earnings showed it was on track to report a record-high quarterly profit for a fourth straight quarter, despite legal tussles with Apple Inc. that resulted in a $1 billion compensation judgment in August. Samsung estimated in a regulatory filing that its July-September operating income nearly doubled to $7.3 billion from $4.7 billion won a year earlier.
• The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States dropped this week by 11 to 1,837. Texas-based oil field services company Baker Hughes Inc. said on Friday that 1,398 rigs were exploring for oil and 437 were searching for gas. Two were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago, Baker Hughes listed 2,012 rigs. Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas lost 10 rigs, Louisiana and North Dakota each dropped by three, and Alaska and Oklahoma were down two apiece. Pennsylvania added three rigs and California, two.


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The Anglo-American Inquiry Committee, which is to open hearings in Washington on Monday, was denounced last night by Sen. Edwin Johnson of Colorado as "a political plot to pave the way for the declaration of predetermined and arbitrary decisions." Addressing a meeting at Manhattan Center called by the New Zionist Organization, Sen. Johnson expressed regret that the American Government had allowed itself to become a party to this "deliberate and shameless deceit."
Sen. Charles Tobey of New Hampshire told the meeting that the situation of the Jews in Europe demands immediate action to rehabilitate them, not further inquiries into their problems. He charged that President Truman's recent announcement that 39,000 refugees would be allowed to enter the United States yearly was an "ill-advised imposition upon the unfortunates who look to us for help." He pointed out that "out of this quota, less than five thousand per year will apply to Jews." Sen. Tobey said that Palestine was "the home which Jewry needs, one they can call their own."
Other speakers at the rally were Dr. Joseph Schechtmann, member of the executive committee of the World Now Zionist Organization and Meir Grossman, president of the Jewish State Party. Col. Morris J. Mendelsohn, president of the New Zionist Organization of America, presided.


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The 2011-12 Super 7 was revealed today, although many of you already had some — if not all — of these picks nabbed throughout the week.
The group is headlined by a pair of Mount Vernon seniors and three other players who helped their teams hoist gold balls.
Here's a look at the Super 7, as well as much more than you saw in the paper. Below is my Next 7, plus a list of players you can expect to enter the discussion for all-star and all-county discussion by season's end:
Super 7 —
Isaiah Cousins, Mount Vernon: The 6-foot-4 senior guard really emerged during the state playoffs and has since received scholarship offers from Rhode Island, Iona, Manhattan, Central Connecticut, Stony Brook, Hofstra, St. Bonaventure and Towson.
Josh James, Stepinac: The 6-foot-1 junior returns as the starting point guard fresh off strong performances at national summer AAU tournaments that netted early offers from Iona, Stony Brook, Quinnipiac, St. Peter's, Manhattan, Canisius, Albany and Siena.
Jeff Lynch, Byram Hills: The 5-foot-11 junior led the Bobcats in scoring as a sophomore and earned Section 1 tournament MVP honors as they won a surprise Class A championship. He will shift from off-guard to this point this season.
Mike McCahey, Clarkstown South: The 6-foot-5 all-section swingman committed to Division II Saint Anselm after ranking among the section's top scorers as a sophomore and junior. He averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds last season and now sits just 46 points shy of 1,000 for his career and roughly 500 shy of the program's all-time record.
Pat McGuinness, Albertus Magnus: The 6-foot all-section point guard committed to Division II Le Moyne after averaging 17.1 points per game as a junior and leading the Class B champ in assists, minutes and free throws.
Tyler Sayre, Albertus Magnus: The versatile 6-foot-5 senior led the Class B champ in scoring (17.2) and rebounding (9.0) and won the Section 1 tournament MVP. Sayre has attracted attention from several Ivy League schools, as well as Randolph Macon, Roger Williams, Stonehill, Saint Michael's and Springfield.
Randy Stephens, Mount Vernon: The 6-foot-4 senior swingman served as the sixth man for the Class AA Federation champs and is the Knights' only returning all-section player. It helped him get a scholarship offer from Northeastern.
Next 7 —
Felix Abongo, Iona Prep: The 6-foot-3 senior forward can play both on the wing and in the paint thanks to superior athleticism and good ball skills. He'll be the focal point for the Gaels, who should compete for the championship in the CHSAA "A."
Thomas Fleming, Dobbs Ferry: The 6-foot-4 swingman is a blend of size, skill and toughness. He was the top player and leading scorer on a team that came a few plays from winning the gold ball in Class B.
Jarrel Marshall, Mount Vernon: The 6-foot-6 senior forward already has three Division I offers and has delivered in big moments, as evidenced by his play in the 2010 Section 1 Class AA final four. He'll now have a chance to deliver on a more consistent basis as a senior.
Pat Peterson, Tappan Zee: This 6-foot-1 senior sharpshooter has already been a Section 1 tournament MVP. Now, with even more of the attention of defense, he'll try to help the Dutchmen maintain their elite status in Class A.
Dave Solano, Eastchester: Few players in the area light it up quite like this consistent 20 PPG scorer. He can shoot from deep or attack the rim. This season, the 6-foot-3 Solano will now venture to push his Eagles deeper into the playoffs.
Will Trawick, Fox Lane: This 6-foot-5 forward averaged a double-double last season. He ranks among the top post players in the section and will try to lead the Foxes back to the County Center for the first time since Taj Finger graduated.
Sky Williams, Tuckahoe: The 6-foot-1 guard is instant offense. He really thrives in the open floor and is adept at finishing around the rim. As a senior, he and the Tigers have one goal in mind, that being to win another gold ball and advance on to Glens Falls.
Players to watch —
Kyle Altman, Sr., Hen Hud
Zack Ankier, Sr., Mahopac
Jerrell Benitez, Sr., Saunders
Harrison Brown, Jr., Horace Greeley
Armando Castillo, Sr., North Rockland
Joe Clarke, Jr., New Rochelle
Joe Clinton, Sr., Pearl River
Brian Daniels, Jr., Briarcliff
Jack Dignan, Sr., Brewster
Josh Doughty, Jr., Mount Vernon
Vaughn Dweck, Jr., Panas
Keon Ervin, Sr., Ossining
Ryan Golden, Byram Hills
Quarry Greenaway, Sr., Stepinac
David Haye, Sr., Ramapo
Matt Henson, Sr., Pelham
Kyree Hull, Sr., Peekskill
Tyler Iacuone, Stepinac
Joe Letizia, Jr., Tappan Zee
Matt Mezansky, Sr., Mamaroneck
Andrew Maloney, Sr., Byram Hills
Austin O'Toole, Sr., Pearl River
Alex Perlman, Sr., Lakeland
Thiago Randazzo, Sr., Kennedy
Will Robinson, Sr., Mount Vernon
Antoine Saliba, Sr., Blind Brook
Jack Sullivan, Jr., Albertus Magnus
Ian Thom, Jr., Croton-Harmon
Max Twyman, Jr., Rye
Akeem Williams, Sr., White Plains
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Am I the only person who really likes their car
I thought I would put a positive note in this forum. Though, I am very anal and type A personality I am a really happy with my car. I have had much more expensive cars but I really think the f10 550 has a lot of bang for my buck. I am pleased... Thanks BMW
I liked my 2011 550xi very much and I posted it many times. ;)
I have owned 18 cars, the F11 is the best to date.
I like the car a lot and expect a better car in a couple of years.
The automoto industry keeps on developing better products.
Hell not!!
I'm absolutely infatuated with this car. IMO perhaps the most perfect overall car in the world for me, meets all of my needs in about every which way I wanted. Couldn't think of another one I'd rather have that doesn't cost a very considerable amount more (especially considering my initial budget was higher than what I'm spending on this, but this just swayed me toward it so well).
Okay perhaps the 6 Gran Coupe would be my ultimate, however at 6'4 the headroom is too tight up front and seating position not ideal, not to mention although being probably the most gorgeous 4-Door on the market to me, I don't think it's that much better looking than the F10, if even better looking at all, considering IMO the F10 always looks good and "right", and the 6 GC sometimes looks awkward and "off", yet then sometimes jaw dropping.
So, yeah, I reiterate my position with the F10. :D
For the price you really get a car full of lots of bells and whistles.
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It is a great car for sure. I'm pretty impressed
I completely agree with the OP. Mine is a 535xi, not a 550, but I also feel it's the best car I've owned. Not the most expensive, but still the best overall. Yep, it does have a quirk or two, but nothing that changes this positive opinion.
I love mine...an excellent car!
Good post...I love my 550i and you're right problems and issues tend to get more posts...My last car, M3 was completely trouble free for the 2.5 years I owned it and I hope this one will be the same. This is my 10th BMW, including 2 motorcycles and probably the best :thumbup:
I like my 550xi. One the best cars I've had, including at 997.2 911. I'm thinking of trading mine and building one with exactly what i want.
Ditto. It's an all around great car that provides the necessary power, handling and luxury.
A friend of mine who has one and I have both said the same thing - going down the road it's a fabulous car. But it sure makes you work for your relationship with it. Piss-poor throttle tip in, jerky shifting, push button twice to turn off car, pull handle twice to open door. BMW could make us love the car a lot more if they would fix these things that no other car makes you deal with.
My 550i is my seventh BMW and my favorite to date, even with an M5 and M3 in the mix.
The best thing I can say about my '11 535ix is that it "fits like tailored suit." It responds exceptionally well to my every move, and in perfect comfort and classic style. Incidentally, Mrs. bimmerific says the same thing about her '08 335 ix coupe.
Overall, I love mine and agree with the above comments. I did not like the fact that i had to manually code things that I feel like i shouldn't have (e.g. Start / Stop) and that I still have to push the button every time i start the car to put it in sport mode.
Mine was in the shop for a couple of weeks for some body work and my rental was a Mazda 6. After driving the Mazda for about 10 days the difference was unbelievable. The comfort and handling of the F10 is light years ahead of the Mazda--as it should be. It was such a pleasure to be back in my 528. Now if they can just fix the throttle response/tip in issue . . .
I just bought my first BMW, a 2013 550i xDrive, 2 weeks ago and I love it! It is a great looking ride and certainly fun to drive. No complaints.
I like my car too. One of the best, if not the best, vehicle I've owned or driven...and I've driven a lot of cars....
Remeber though, it's ok to love your car...just don't love your car
Like?..... Love my car!!!! And all the BMW's that I have owned. Also really like my dealer, BMW of Tulsa. Also shout out to my service mgr Mike... you da man : )
I had mine build exactly the way I wanted, and I absolutely LOVE my car.
I have to travel frequently and rent all type of cars (including other 5's and 3's in Germany) but every time I get back home, and see my car parked at the airport, I can't help smiling at how gorgeous it looks. And the drive home reminds me every time why I love this car. :thumbup:
LOVE my 2013 528!!!!!! I've had it just over a month and have fallen in LOVE!!!!! BEST BMW I've owned. Ordered it just the way I wanted it and couldn't be happier the all the technology!!! Upgraded stereo ROCKS!!!!!
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Any individual, partnership, corporation or non-profit organization that wishes to conduct business within the City of Villa Park must obtain a Business License. Villa Park Municipal Code Section 8-1.3. "no person shall commence, transact or carry on any business, trade, profession, calling or occupation in the City without first having procured a license from the City so to do or without complying with all applicable provisions of this section."
The City provides you with three options for obtaining a City of Villa Park Business License:
1. You may complete a Business License Application for businesses based INSIDE (such as commercial or home based businesses), or businesses based OUTSIDE the City of Villa Park. Print it out and mail it in with your total due to the address listed below.
2. You may contact our office at (714) 998-1500, and an application will be mailed or faxed to you.
3. If you wish to apply in person, our office hours are listed below.
City of Villa Park
Business License Division
17855 Santiago Boulevard
Villa Park, CA 92861
Phone: (714) 998-1500
Fax: (714) 998-1508
Hours: Monday-Thursday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Fridays from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The application for a Business License must be completed in its entirety to be accepted. It is important to be specific in your business description, ownership information, and to provide a legible signature.
Other Business License Issues
Business License Administrative Fee
Each new application for a Business License must include an administrative fee of $30 and the minimum tax ($50). The processing fee is non-refundable.
License Renewal
Renewals of Business Licenses are mailed during the month they expire. You are given a 30-day grace period to renew. Businesses located within the City of Villa Park are based on gross receipts in arrears. Therefore, your renewal must indicate your business's gross receipts for the last 12 months prior to the expiration date.
Renewal Processing Fee
Each renewal will have a $30 renewal administrative fee shown on the form. This amount needs to be added to the total tax and any other applicable fees due in order to renew your license.
Penalties for Late Renewal
Late penalties are assessed at 10% per month. Failure to receive a renewal notice does not relieve the business owner of the responsibility for renewing the Business License.
Termination of Business
Please contact the Business License Division should you terminate your business.
State Law SB 1186
On September 19, 2012 Governor Brown signed into law SB-1186, which adds a State fee of $1 on every application or renewal of a business certificate (or equivalent instrument). This new law is effective January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2018. This law requires all cities and counties within California to collect the $1.00 State fee.
The City of Villa Park's initial Business License fee and Renewal fee (or equivalent instruments) now includes the State fee. You may have received a Business License renewal letter in December 2012 that indicated a renewal fee of $80. The $1 State fee is now required to be added on to all payments received after January 1, 2013. The City's web site renewal form has been updated to reflect the total renewal amount of $81.
The bill primarily amends the procedures related to construction-related accessibility claims, and in some instances, reduces statutory penalties. The bill also provides for the development of educational resources for businesses in order to facilitate compliance with Federal and State disability laws.
The new law requires that you to be notified of the following:
Under Federal and State law, compliance with disability access laws is a serious and significant responsibility that applies to all California building owners and tenants with buildings open to the public. You may obtain information about your legal obligations and how to comply with disability access laws at the following agencies:


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I've created a program that starts remote assistance (msra.exe) from Windows Vista/7. We use it alot in the IT-department.
The program is just a normal vbscript, but wrapped into a .HTA file for some GUI (buttons etc), so it's still a Vbscript.
The problems came when people installed Windows 7 x64. The HTA still runs as 32bit. But when they try starting msra.exe they get
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C:\windows\system32\msra.exe The network is not present or not started.
Well I guess it's too much to ask for a separate 32bit-version of msra in windows x64. but is there a way to start a 64bit program
from a 32bit HTA?
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Engineered for timely, high-quality personal dust exposure information, the PDM3600 monitor protects miners' health by ensuring that the shift average respirable dust exposure does not exceed regulatory limits. Providing mine workers and management with the tools to personally monitor and reduce their exposure, the PDM3600 monitor is the first line of defense in preventing long-term health effects.
The PDM3600 monitor provides three primary real-time measurements: primary current mass concentration, primary cumulative mass concentration and percent of limit. Two secondary user-initiated measurements are also available and can be performed without interfering with the primary sample. The battery operated PDM3600 starts by drawing a continuous sample of air from the breathing zone. It then removes any particles that are larger than respirable in size and measures the mass of the dust, which is collected on an exchangeable filter.
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Sundays are usually the day of the week people pick to do around-the-house chores or just be lazy on the couch while watching Lifetime movies. Why not leave your home and stretch your legs before you are stuck in a cubicle for the next five days at work? The Half Price Books off Northwest Highway is the perfect solution for that. Well, of course they have books, being a bookstore and all, but they also have a used records section that you could easily spend hours rummaging through. If you are low on cash or just not feeling the current books you have, then you can sell them back to Half Price for some dinero. Black Forest Coffee is also attached, so you can enjoy an Americano while reading The Secret Conversations of Henry Kissinger.
In addition to being affordable, the earrings, bracelets and necklaces here strike the perfect balance between boho and glam. There are always some pieces to go along with the store's incense, embroidered Mexican shirts and flowing skirts—think thick wooden bracelets and strands of chunky beads from Nepal, for example—but there's no shortage of glitzier options, either. You can count on a wide selection of chandelier earrings of varying designs and with different shades of glass, along with simple freshwater pearls and a broad assortment of turquoise, gold and silver. If you're after something shinier and blingier, you'll likely find it in the other case, which on a recent visit displayed a pair of enormous rhinestone earrings made of concentric circles. And the best thing about all this? Rarely does one of the store's adornments cost more than $25.
You can't get much more eat-local than growing your own food in your own backyard or in containers on your apartment balcony. But how? Northhaven Gardens, a long-tenured plant nursery next to the Jewish Community Center just off Central Expressway, has taken on a kind of second persona as a center for urban sustainable gardening. They sell everything from the right plants to the right mulch for the plants, but they also do much more. They hold weekend seminars on urban chicken-tending, for example. These events invariably blossom into high-spirited country fairs for city people.
Housed in a big old-school building with a broad, wide-open lobby, this branch actually has enough employees to make the lines few and short. Not only do you get to skip a long wait, which is a rare treat in and of itself, but once you arrive at a podium—or if your transaction is more involved, an office—you can count on being served by someone who knows how to do a great job. We can't, of course, vouch for the integrity of the broader mega-bank—which ones can you trust in this day and age?—but the folks at this location definitely know how to make your banking experience less troublesome.
There are plenty of joints in Dallas with a healthy beer selection, but soda drinkers are lucky to have more than five or six choices at any given establishment. Not so at Oak Cliff's Soda Gallery, where you'll find more than 150 different types of soda, from ginger ales to colas to root beers (which accounts for nearly 30 varieties all by itself), shipped in from locales as far-flung as Amsterdam and Japan and as close as Dublin, Texas. Make your own six-pack or purchase by the case if you so desire—just keep your hands off the Cheerwine, 'cause we need our fix of North Carolina cherry-cola goodness. Check the Web site for information on the occasional art exhibits and burlesque performances that share the space too. After all, the only thing better than drinking a cold cream soda is sharing one with someone in pasties.
We're starting to feel like a broken record when we say it (Get it? Get it?), but there's a reason Good Records winds up winning this honor every year. Sure, the selection of vintage tunes at Arlington's Forever Young Records is incredible, and anyone who's ever combed the rack at CD Source can tell you how endearingly weird their staff can be. But Good Records has so firmly entrenched itself in the local music community at this point that it's simply impossible for us to think of any other store as the best in town. This year's Record Store Day celebration was the stuff dreams are made of, a family-friendly affair with performances by a slew of local bands and lots and lots of beer on hand. Sure, the cops pulled the plug on Erykah Badu's set because of noise complaints, but that's how all the best parties end anyway. Here's an idea for next year, boring old Lower Greenville residents—plan a vacation for April 17 if you don't like live music, and let Good Records and the rest of us have one day to party. We know you have to contend with plenty of "scum bars" on a regular basis, but this is different, we promise. Deal?


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Sorrell Family Genealogy
Sorrell Family GenealogyUpdated October 19, 2000
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Researching the descendants of Thomas Baxter Sorrell, born 6 Jan 1845 in Canada (location unknown) and Annie Rouse, born 12 Feb 1850 in Canada, perhaps in the vicinity of Sorel. Thomas and Annie immigrated to the United States around 1865 and appear in the Maryland census of 1870 where we have been ever since. Thomas and Annie both died in Baltimore, MD in 1903.
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On Tuesday, I had the great pleasure of interviewing the noted Islamic scholar and author, Akbar Ahmed, who serves as the Ibn Khaldun chair of Islamic studies at American University, on the thesis of his new book , The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam.
The thesis is simple: drones (remote controlled aircraft used both for surveillance and bombing) are billed as instruments to hunt down terrorists, but in reality, they are being used to wage a war on tribal Islam. Such tribal areas include much of Afghanistan, and parts of Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Mali and other countries.
For starters, polls have reported that 80 to 90 percent of the people in such tribal areas have never heard of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and have no idea about its significance for the United States.
Ahmed is an anthropologist by training, and had actually studied people in tribal areas of his native Pakistan in his younger years, when he administered in Waziristan, one of the tribal provinces of Pakistan.
He understands their codes of honor and revenge, and their severe shortcomings as well, especially the "terrible" way they treat women. But he respects their right to exist and evolve.
In these tribal areas, however, Ahmed says that drones often kill totally innocent people: women, children, the elderly, those attending innocent business meetings, etc. In fact, about 80 to 90 percent of the deaths are people who have nothing to do with terrorism or potential attacks on the U.S.
The drone, in other words, is an indiscriminate weapon.
Moreover, these drones "buzz" overhead many hours of the day and night (probably for surveillance), raising immeasurably the fear level of those on the ground.
In the process, these drones are creating all kinds of animosity toward the U.S. in these tribal areas. The animosity would be even worse if the potential victims knew what the drone operators (usually located in the Midwest somewhere) called a "hit." The phrase used often is a "bug splat," — as if the people killed were insects, not human beings. This is blatantly racist.
For all these reasons, Ahmed judges that the current use of drones (and up to 10,000 are in use at the moment) is both immoral and counterproductive for U.S. foreign policy.
What would be productive? Ahmed advocates a program that exemplifies the best values of the Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). Development assistance, especially programs of education, would be valued and appreciated, he says … and would go a long way to reverse the negative views of the United States in these tribal areas.
His book is causing something of a stir in policy circles, and his has been invited to speak about it at the Pentagon in May. Stay tuned.
If you would like to listen to my interview with Ahmed, it will be available online at Interfaithradio.org beginning Friday.
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Exclusive: City And Colour Cover Tears For Fears
Canadian singer songwriter's take on "Suffer the Children"
Dallas Green, AKA City and Colour, has been on our radar for a while now. His music, often dreamy and introspective without being moody and bleak, and maintaining a unique edge, is the perfect score for a long drive or quiet afternoon. And of course we love Tears for Fears. Which makes this just about the best 3:53 seconds of our day, and yours, too.
Green had this to say about the song:
"I've been a huge Tears For Fears fan forever. We used to listen to the greatest hits record in the van on tour all the time. Whenever I choose to cover a song, I like to interpret it in my own way... And that usually translates to slower and sadder! I'm honored to be a part of this and that the guys actually liked my version."


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Good evening! Wow it has been a super busy week here at Got Repair! We have a brand new sales office opening up and I recently moved my office upstairs! It was quite a process…you don't realize everything that gets piled up over the years until you try to move it all! But I'm finally settled in and ready to go!
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers spoke to reporters on Wednesday about the offense's Jekyll and Hyde Sunday performance in the team's season opening 34-28 loss at San Francisco. The Packers' Rodgers-led offense scored 28 points on four possessions—but Rodgers said the team has to improve after the offense recorded five three-and-outs against the 49ers.
"We have to be more consistent and help our defense out a little bit," Rodgers said. "It is on us. We have to score more points. We feel we need to get in scoring territory on every possession, and we know we have to outscore the opponent."
The 49ers dominated the Packers in time of possession (SF 38:35, GB 21:25), total yards (SF 402, GB 322) and turnovers (SF 0, GB 2) on Sunday. Despite the loss, Rodgers was encouraged to see improvement from rookies David Bakhtiari and Eddie Lacy at left tackle and running back, respectively. Lacy primarily was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Sunday, as he scored his first NFL touchdown—but also recorded his first NFL fumble against San Francisco.
"I think they both had some really good plays and some plays they can learn from on Sunday," Rodgers said about both rookies. "There is always knit-picking because we'd like to be perfect out there. We strive for perfection, and we expect a lot from each other. I'm really proud of the young guys, they prepared well last week, and we strive for perfection and hold our guys to a high standard."
Packer wide receivers Jordy Nelson (7 rec, 130 yards, TD) and Randall Cobb (7 rec, 108 yards, TD) both starred on Sunday, but fellow wideout James Jones was quiet in the opener. Jones, who led the NFL in touchdown catches (14) last season, did not record one catch against the 49ers. Rodgers and Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said they were both very confident in their veteran offensive weapon.
"I look at James as one of our emerging leaders on our football team," McCarthy said. "He is extremely professional, does a lot of little things, and puts in a lot of extra time. He is a class act, and I'm not concerned about him."
The Packers (0-1) will face the Washington Redskins (0-1) in their home opener at Lambeau Field this upcoming Sunday. At San Francisco, Rodgers and the Packers offense successfully ran the no-huddle offense with great efficiency—a play-style which the Redskins had great trouble defending this past Monday Night against the Philadelphia Eagles (1-0).
The Redskins allowed the Eagles offense to rack up 443 yards of total offense and score 33 points. McCarthy, who used to work with Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, said he has great respect for the Redskins. Rodgers echoed his coach, and said the Packers offense will have their hands full on Sunday.
"They are very well coached," Rodgers said about the Redskins' defense. "They have a good mix of veterans and young players. They have a talented defense which throws a lot at you, and they are known for giving opposing offenses issues."
The Redskins and Packers will kickoff at noon CST at Lambeau Field Sunday. Check your local listings for television coverage.
Other News and Notes: McCarthy said safety Morgan Burnett (hamstring) was limited in Wednesday's practice…offensive lineman Josh Sitton and tight end Jermichael Finley (toe) both sat out of Wednesday's practice with injuries, and McCarthy said "both are making progress", and their statuses for Sunday's game remain unknown.
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Math 106: Introduction to Mathematics
Class Description: This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of fundamental concepts and applications of mathematics. It attempts to provide insights into the nature of mathematics and its relation to other branches of knowledge, and helps students develop skill in mathematical reasoning.
Watch/Download Full Video (Flash Video 112.6MB Mar27 09): 29:39 min
Class Video
Course Goals and Design (Flash Video 21.6MB Mar27 09) (5:45 min)
Deanna talks about working with low-confidence students and showing them a variety of topics in mathematics so that they see how the overall discipline operates. She also talks about the importance of beginning a class with brief review.
Discovery as Strategy (Flash Video 22.8MB Mar27 09) (6:02 min)
Deanna articulates the basic principles of "discovery learning" and how she uses it in this particular class, including the importance of giving students the freedom to explore a question in depth.
Teaching the Process (Flash Video 29.8MB Mar27 09) (7:50 min)
Deanna discusses modeling how mathematicians creatively approach problems by posing open-ended questions in class and having students argue for particular solutions.
When Students Seem Stuck (Flash Video 12.9MB Mar27 09) (3:27 min)
Deanna describes ways that she helps students restart their thinking when they get stuck.
Working with Textbooks (Flash Video 11.5MB Mar27 09) (3:05 min)
Deanna talks about how she teaches students to read a textbook with understanding and integrate it into the regular work of the class. She also talks about the importance of working outside of class.
Observing the Changes in Teaching Practice (Flash Video 10.2MB Mar27 09) (2:44 min)
Deanna reflects on how she has become more comfortable as a teacher and how she has opened up her classroom to allow more student discovery learning.