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Weekend Update
I took lots of photos. We went to the local Arts and Heritage Festival on the 4th. Good food. Good art. Good music. We didn't see any fireworks, tho. But, they have good ones this weekend in the next town over on Saturday.
They had new signage at the festival. I don't know who did it, but I love it!
Here is one of the bands that were playing. They played jazz and some R&B stuff.
Every year this guy brings in these wild birds of prey. This Golden Eagle, he's really old... his left wing is droopy because he suffered a stroke. My DD told me that. The same guy visits the local elementary schools and brings the birds in. Isn't he gorgeous tho?
And this guy is a Peregrine falcon:
And this guy (or girl, I can't remember which) is a Prairie falcon (I think). I should have taken photos of their names that were on the signs under each bird.
And here's some graffiti art being done... pretty cool stuff... this guy was so accommodating, he sprayed my Chrispea logo right on his art work! (LOL! just kidding! ~ thanks again to Joscie for making my Chrispea stamp!)
And lastly, here is the one lonely firework that we had. It was one of those little canister things that you light up and sparks come out. I tried to take a photo... didn't use a tripod tho.
I'm hoping to get my "scrap-on" later. I printed out some really cute "old" photos of my DD when she was little. Too cute. I'm going to call a local LSS and see if they can pull some paper and things for me - because I don't have any paper that will work... imagine that!? I'll see if I can pay for it over the phone and have a friend pick it up for me... he lives in Butler... notice how I said "he". That's why I'm not just giving him the list, he'd be clueless on what to look for. But, I think he'll pick it up for me, if they can get the order together. They are awesome, so I'm sure they will. Matt, I and the kids are meeting with Bill Wednesday to have a belated birthday dinner with Bill. We also need to take our computer to the Apple store :-(. Bill is are computer guru, but, this is a problem that needs an authorized apple dealer to work on! Hi Bill ~ if you're reading this, hope you won't mind pickin' up my scrap goodies! ;-)
Have a great week, and stop by tomorrow ~ it's my Blogiversary!! One year to the day! Stay tuned!!
That's it Fort Pitt! (That's a local Pittsburgh saying! LOL!)
5 comments:
- angie said...
great updates!!!...awesome pictures!...the signs at the festival were great!...
;) angie/craftyscrapr
- July 7, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- PattiM said...
Love the signs at the festival... Looks like a fun place to be at.... cool to get pictures of the birds....love the lonely fireworks... beautiful shot.. mine turned out lousy... again... LOL Hope you have a great week...
(Pattie's passion)
I Scrap So All Moments Are Remembered!!!
- July 7, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Stacy said...
Enjoyed looking at the pictures. The birds are gorgeous. And the stamp is really cute.
To answer your question about the picture of the girls - the older one is my niece and the younger one is my daughter. I think they are pretty cute but I'm partial :)
- July 7, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Looks like you had a great weekend. the festival looked like fun!! :)
- July 7, 2008 at 5:23 PM
- Debbie Gaydos said...
Hey, is that Twin Lakes? I haven't been there in years, but my MIL, BIL & SIL were there on the 4th, too! Looks like it was a lot of fun!
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(CNSNews.com) - Civil rights officials have complained that disparities in prosecuting drug cases involving crack and powdered cocaine discriminate against minorities. Now, a Republican congressman wants to level that playing field.
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) has introduced legislation he believes would eliminate disparities between powder cocaine and crack cocaine within federal law.
According to Bartlett, the bill would put more powder cocaine distributors behind bars and help keep crack cocaine off the streets of America.
As an example of the sentencing disparity, Bartlett cited what's known as the "100 to 1 ratio," under which it takes five grams of crack to trigger a mandatory five-year federal prison term, but 500 grams of powder cocaine to trigger the same penalty.
Some civil rights and legal groups, like the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), think African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities have been discriminated against by the differences in sentencing for the two drugs.
"They (minorities) get penalized more because they tend to deal more in crack cocaine. The difference in the penalties end up meaning more minorities in prisons and the powdered cocaine, which is more likely to be used by white people, results in less penalties," said Dan Dodson, a spokesman for the NACDL.
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"Cocaine is cocaine and it should be punished equally whatever form it is found in," said Bartlett. "My bill would eliminate the current disparity in federal law and make our streets and neighborhoods safer by targeting federal resources at getting dealers off the street and behind bars."
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The public-art organization Creative Time unveiled an interactive exhibit called "Playing the Building"--a 9,000-square-foot, site-specific installation by renowned artist David Byrne (lead/founder of retro-pop group Talking Heads).
What once served as a soaring waiting room for passengers to board ferries bound for South Brooklyn until 1938, the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan was transformed into a massive sound sculpture for which all visitors are invited to sit and "play." The project consists of a retro-fitted antique organ in which the innards are replaced with relays, wires, and light-blue air hoses, and placed in the center of the building's cavernous second-floor gallery. The organ is fitted with several motors, which produce the bass sounds by vibrating a set of girders that once supported a stained-glass skylight in the 40-foot-high ceiling. The organ is attached to a pump that blows air through a tangle of hoses. These hoses snake into the huge room's old water and heating pipes and conduits, making primitive flute sounds. And then there are more than a dozen spring-loaded solenoids, attached to the columns and even to a huge radiator that emits a surprisingly sonorous tone when struck in just the right place with a metal rod. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, and striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate, and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument.
The organ is sectioned off showing what keys will trigger what: 11 keys will trigger hammers that clang against cast-iron columns and pipes; five will jump-start motors that make the ceiling beams vibrate and hum; and 12 will shoot blasts of air through pipes.
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In this study, we present and demonstrate a new route to a great enhancement in resolution of surface plasmon resonance sensors. Basically, our approach combines a waveguide coupled plasmonic mode and a kind of Au/Ag bimetallic enhancement concept. Theoretical modeling was carried out by solving Fresnel equations for the multilayer stack of prism/Ag inner-metal layer/dielectric waveguide/Au outer-metal layer. The inner Ag layer couples incident light to a guided wave and makes more fields effectively concentrated on the outer Au surface. A substantial enhancement in resolution was experimentally verified for the model stack using a ZnS-SiO2 waveguide layer.
Surface plasmons are charge density waves of free electrons which occur on a surface of a thin metal film interfacing with an adjacent dielectric and propagate along the interface. The amplitude of their enhanced electric field has a maximum at the metal surface and decays exponentially away from the interface. The surface plasmon is generally excited through a coupling of an evanescent field generated by a p-polarized light in attenuated total reflection (ATR) geometry [
Although a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor finds use in many applications, there obviously exists a need to further enhance its sensing resolution to allow detection of low molecular weight molecules (a few hundreds of Daltons) and at trace level concentrations [
The resolution of a SPR sensor is improved as the linewidth of the SPR reflectivity dip curve decreases and a shift in the resonance angle or wavelength in response to the environmental index change increases [
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In this study, we present and analyze a plasmonic stack for the resolution enhancement of a SPR sensor based on a waveguide coupled configuration through combining a bimetallic approach. Theoretical modeling has been carried out by solving the Fresnel equations for a multilayer stack of metal/dielectric waveguide/metal geometry. A Ag inner-metal layer was expected to provide better performance as a low index coupling layer which couples and confines more of the light field into the dielectric waveguide, and then to an Au outer-layer, while minimizing optical loss related with the materials itself and field confinement. The SPR properties such as the resonance curve shape, local field near the Au surface, and the response to an environmental change were investigated and compared with those of a conventional SPR with a Au singlelayer and a WCSPR without Ag enhancement. Limit of detection (LOD) tests were also carried out with dilute sucrose solutions and these demonstrated a substantial gain in resolution.
The optimized stacks were fabricated on the hypotenuse plane of a SF10 prism at room temperature by the RF magnetron sputtering method. The working pressure was 0.67 Pa (5 mTorr) in a pure Ar atmosphere. The RF power was set to 80 W for the ceramic ZnS-SiO2 target and 20 W for metallic Ag and Au. All targets are 2 in. in diameter.
The SPR reflectivity curves and the response to an environmental change were analyzed using a home-made system setup. The measurement was performed on a high precision 2-axis rotation stage (Kohzu). A monochromatic He-Ne laser of 632.8 nm wavelength was linearly polarized to give p-polarization and incident onto the hypotenuse plane of SF10 prism where the plasmonic stacks were pre-deposited. Reflected intensity was then monitored using a Si photodetector and a lock-in-amplifier (EG&G Instruments model 7265). Sensitivity and LOD tests were carried out using sucrose solutions prepared on a weight/weight percentage basis by dissolving
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To demonstrate high resolution of the present Bi-WCSPR sensors, we carried out a LOD test as a way of determining the lowest refractive index of dilute sucrose solutions we can resolve from the water base. For this purpose, the temporal responses of the reflected intensity to the injection of dilute sucrose solutions were measured at the angle of highest slope of SPR dip for the Bi-WCSPR2 stack [
In summary, a novel bimetallic approach to enhance the resolution of WCSPR sensor was theoretically and experimentally investigated. The practical sensor with a slim stack was successively fabricated by adopting high index ZnS-SiO2 dielectric waveguide with good adhesion properties to noble metals. The use of a Ag inner coupling layer between the prism and the dielectric waveguide film was confirmed to have advantages in enhancing the sharpness of SPR curve as well as the local field at the Au surface interacting with analytes, thus improving the sensing capability, especially in terms of sensing resolution and dynamic range. As the relative ratio of Ag to Au increases, the linewidth of the reflectivity curve decreased more significantly, and the corresponding resolution of the sensor was verified to be greatly improved and able to detect smaller changes in the refractive index of the surrounding medium.
This research was supported by a grant (code #: 2010K000341) from 'Center for Nanostructured Materials Technology' under '21st Century Frontier R&D Program' of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea.
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Saturday, 16 March 2013
Eve of Destruction
We've had all the players now put in place. We have resentful Karl who appears to have caused damage to the electrics with the burst pipe and we have equally resentful Sunita. Her chance at happiness with Dev may have been scuppered with Stella putting Dev's doubts and fears to the forefront.
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Yep the scene was set last night with the rather cringemaking singingalong by candlelight to old war songs that even Rita and Emily would be too young to remember so we could see the happy community that is to be destroyed by the fire. Humbug!
- 16 March 2013 at 13:45
- Clinkers (David) said...
It was all a bit embarrassing last night. Lovely as Rita is, I don't want to see her hacking another song to death with that bizarre 'singing' voice she has. The whole Emily/Rita/Dennis scene was poor. Even the oldies get dodgy scenes in Corrie sometimes!
- 16 March 2013 at 13:49
Similar? In those photos I swear St. Ella is wearing Bet's nightdress!
- 16 March 2013 at 14:02
Seeing young Tommy singing and knowing the words to these old songs was also cringeworthy and unbelievable. Fits along with the post about how old the young people act. It was laughable!
- 16 March 2013 at 15:36
- Tvor said...
I don't think it's so odd that the young people know the words to the old war songs. They'd hear them in old movies and tv shows about the era, they'd hear their parents and grandparents sing them. They're quite famous tunes, esp. White Cliffs of Dover. My mother would sing it because her mother would sing it to her!
- 16 March 2013 at 15:44
The sing-a-long was patronising and embarrassing. No way would Tommy (and Tina, I think) know all the words to the war time songs. Tvor,I'm in my 60's and have never sung 'The White Cliffs of Dover' to the children in my family! Perhaps we're just not that openly patriotic.
- 16 March 2013 at 15:55
Well..I'm the odd duck here because I absolutely loved the scene with all the old regulars sitting around in their beloved pub singing old songs to candlelight..little realizing that this would be the last time they'd all be together in the Rovers as it is. Karl was very creepy as well. What I got a big laugh at was Katy being read the riot act by Izzy out on the street with that ridiculous animal (I assume) hat on her head...she looked demented!!
- 16 March 2013 at 18:03
Young people in this country would be nonplussed by Beatles songs, never mind "The White Cliffs of Dover". Futhermore, even if they did know them, they wouldn't be caught dead singing them.
- 16 March 2013 at 19:15
- StuFew said...
Why wouldn't they know the words to wartime songs? I know them, and I'm only 28!
- 16 March 2013 at 23:11
I agree with StuFew and others. My two sons were raised with MY music from the 50's/60's playing in the background of their lives. They know the lyrics, they enjoy the songs. And I know the wartime songs because my parents (who were alive during the war) sang them.
One's knowledge of music depends on what one has been exposed to.
~JB in Canada
- 16 March 2013 at 23:47
I will wait with baited breath to hear a stirring rendition of The White Cliffs of Dover on Glee, or even mentioned in any TV or radio programme, magazine, book, game or website aimed at young people.
- 17 March 2013 at 10:49
I don't know any wartime tunes and I am 51. Mind you, I am from the UK which has produced so many fine tunesmiths since the war. If I lived in Canada with Celine Dion and Bryan Adams, I imagine that I would be desperate to listen to wartime UK songs.
- 17 March 2013 at 17:50
Anonymous 17:50...
That seemed gratuitously unpleasant.
- 17 March 2013 at 22:43
Anon at 17:50 ... What's your point?
Some people here have said they do know wartime tunes, while others say they don't. If you have a gripe, I have no idea why.
~JB in Canada
- 17 March 2013 at 23:58
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Nintendo will discuss the successor to GameCube, or N5 as we're calling it, at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, according to the company's executive vice president of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime.
"Comment on this will come from the highest levels," Fils-Aime told CNN/Money's Game Over column this past week. "The focus and commitment we have on this will be shown at E3."
Earlier this year, a series of revelations in a Japanese newspaper suggested that Nintendo might not launch such a system at all. Nintendo quickly refuted the report, claiming that a comment made by its president "was supposed to mean that Sony and Microsoft are expected to release their next-generation consoles from 2005 to 2006, and we also won't be releasing one until that period."
Elsewhere, a piece in Mainichi Shimbun tracked down a senior Nintendo source, who said, "We would like to show [N5] at E3 next spring." Since then that has been more or less the gospel on the GameCube's successor, and nobody openly expected to see or even hear anything about the system at this year's event.
It's not altogether clear what form the N5 "comment" will take, but "from the highest levels" would suggest that either executives or - as Nintendo sometimes likes - bigwigs from first party developers are being rounded up to promote the platform. But will Nintendo unveil the console fully, or just talk about it? A full unveiling seems a little unlikely, partly because it doesn't tie in with the company's strategy as we know it, but mainly because the platform holder simply has too many things to get through, and would be unwise to split attendees' focus between new Cube titles, the Nintendo DS system and N5 during an already jam-packed week in Los Angeles.
Nintendo DS, however, will certainly be on hand, and - according to reports - in playable form. Fils-Aime confirms again that DS will be unveiled, albeit under a different, final product name, and when pressed added that it's still on the slate for 2004. "As we're sitting here, that's the plan." That would put DS on shelves ahead of the Sony PlayStation Portable, but - according to the two companies' continued protests - the two systems are by no means trying to complete, so it's left to analysts to get excited about that part.
Fils-Aime also tried to talk up the enigmatic handheld system, confessing that if he were a gamer he would probably be sceptical too. "The gamer needs to see it, to see the games, to see the full functionality of the machine," he told CNN/Money. "That's why we're reticent to give details until we can show it." And show it Nintendo will.
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1. @50Cent (50 Cent): "LOL RT@YouCantBSerious: Ja Rule pleads guilty to tax evasion aww this is the biggest headline for Ja since @50Cent destroyed his career … Damn you don't want to pay taxes fool. Take 3 more years hahaha. Oh s— I'm crying LMAO … Tell him (Ja Rule) I said don't worry I got him when he come home. Lol … Yo word to my mother if anybody knock jah out and f— him in jail it's gonna be on."
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Airlines say they're not packing passengers in out of greed
The percentage of seats filled on passenger planes – known as the load factor – continues to climb, making the likelihood of sitting next to an empty seat almost nil.
But airlines say they are packing us in out of necessity, not greed.
In May, the nation's airlines recorded an average load factor of 85 percent, the highest rate ever for that month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The load factor for domestic flights was even higher, 86.3 percent for the month, while the rate for international flights was 82.3 percent, the federal agency said.
The nation's airlines have pulled out of an economic slump amid an improving economy and growing demand for air travel.
But airline officials say the higher load factors are necessary to keep airlines in the black.
"On average, planes are fuller but more seats must be filled to break even because airline costs have outpaced fares," said Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for Airlines for America, a trade group for the nation's airlines.
In the 1990s, an airline could break even on a flight with 64 percent to 68 percent of the seats filled, according to the trade group.
By 2000, a plane needed a load factor of 69 percent to break even, with the break-even point climbing to 77 percent by 2013, the group said.
"The primary reason for the increase in cost is due to fuel expenses but other costs have risen as well," Day said.
Anti-missile systems for jetliners?
In the wake of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine, Americans have grown fearful that terrorists may shoot down a commercial plane with a ground-to-air missile.
A new survey found that 47 percent of Americans who were questioned said they are "somewhat" or "very" worried that terrorists might shoot down a passenger plane in the U.S.
The same survey of 1,000 people, commissioned by the Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles libertarian think tank, found that 42 percent of Americans said they would be willing to pay higher airline prices to add anti-missile technology on commercial planes.
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Saxonburg Boulevard work will add to motorists' woes
Maneuvering through Indiana Township already is tricky, and it's about to get a little tougher.
Beginning this week, traffic along a portion of Saxonburg Boulevard will be limited to a single lane for about four weeks.
That's in addition to a major eight-month detour along Route 910 for bridge replacement work near Blue Run.
"It's definitely an inconvenience for our residents," township manager Dan Anderson said.
"It's another detour piled on."
Anderson said the work is necessary in advance of a second bridge replacement this spring near Deer Creek.
The prep work this month enables crews from Wilson Excavating & Grading Inc. in New Wilmington to relocate a gas line there.
For now, motorists can expect delays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, as traffic is limited to alternating single lanes.
When bridge work begins, detours will route traffic around the construction site.
The project will replace the bridge that carries Saxonburg Boulevard over Deer Creek, just north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. All of the road work is part of the state's $200 million turnpike-widening project that is expected to last six years. In all, six bridges that carry traffic through the township will be replaced.
"This one coming up is not in as bad of shape as some of the others," Anderson said. "But I believe they have to coordinate the work to best suit the construction schedule."
PennDOT officials have said the work will be staggered to have the least impact on traffic.
Anderson said he anticipates a third bridge project to be scheduled soon. The Iron Bridge, at the southern border of the township, is in desperate need of repair, he said.
"A lot of township residents use it to link Harts Run Road to Route 8," he said. "We will be looking for that one to be replaced."
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Rimsa, OM and Uday performed on the song Mere Watan using Acrobat and Freestyle. Skipper Kruti commented that they did a mind-blowing job.
Master Geeta said that the concept of dance was good but dancing was missing. Master Marzi also loved the dance and liked the opening of the song. Rolling on floor to hold each other legs was good. Marzi told Kruti that she should use more dance in their act.
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'Still too early' to call former Belinda Neal seat
The Labor candidate for Robertson on the New South Wales central coast says it is still too early to call whether or not she has retained the seat.
Deborah O'Neill replaced Belinda Neal as the candidate in the very marginal Labor electorate earlier this year.
Ms O'Neill says although she is narrowly ahead at the moment, thousands of votes are yet to be counted.
"I'm not quite sure when the result will be called...victory isn't assured," she said.
Ms O'Neill says she grateful to the people who have voted for her.
"There are still about still about 10 thousand votes I understand to be counted, so when we know the result, we'll know the result," she said.
"But I'd just wanted to thank the people of the central coast, the voters in Robertson for sticking with Labor and understanding that it's only Labor that will give us the things we need here on the coast to move forward."
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Starting next week, the town of Hartford will try something new, putting the fire chief in charge of the police department. The plan has the support of the selectboard, but even the Town Manager admits it's an experiment.
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Friday, 01/04/13
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Two days before Christmas, fire broke out in an historic brick building in St. Johnsbury. Fire has been an all-too-frequent occurrence in the Northeast Kingdom town. In 2000, 2003 and 2008, major chunks of the downtown were destroyed by flames.
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Investigators are blaming embers from an outdoor fire pit for a fire that destroyed a home in Cambridge over the weekend.
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Friday, 08/31/12
Firefighters responded to two fires within a few miles of each other, in Franklin County Friday morning.
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Tuesday, 08/28/12
The Shelburne Fire Department has proposed purchasing a used fire rescue boat to use on Lake Champlain for approximately $36,000. If purchased, it would be the only firefighting boat in the area.
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Jamaica Fire Leaves 15 Homeless
Wednesday, 08/22/12
A Vermont State Police investigator says the cause of the fire that destroyed a Jamaica convenience store is undetermined, but not suspicious.
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Fire Poses No Threat To Vermont Air Quality
Friday, 08/03/12
An industrial fire in east-central New York state should not be considered a threat to Vermont's residents or the environment.
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Tornado Warnings Issued For Vermont; Storms Cause Fires In Barre
Tuesday, 05/29/12
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings Tuesday afternoon for parts of Vermont, meaning a funnel cloud had been spotted either on radar or in the sky.
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Monday, 01/09/12
Lt. Governor Phil Scott is thanking the Vermonters who offered him support after a fire destroyed the building that housed his business, DuBois Construction in Middlesex.
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China's PBOC, Housing Appointments Most Contested by Legislators
China's nominees for central bank governor and environment, education and housing ministers drew the most opposing votes of any appointments, two days after President Xi Jinping was appointed with one dissenting ballot.
Of 25 minister-level nominees, only those four received more than 100 "no" votes yesterday from 2,952 delegates at the National People's Congress, which approves decisions of the ruling Communist Party.
The votes reflect the public acrimony sparked by rising home prices, environmental degradation and school safety that have led to online criticism of the government and also violent demonstrations. Pollution surpassed land disputes as the biggest cause of protests in China, Chen Jiping, a former leading member of the Communist Party's Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs, said this month.
"The housing problem, the state of the environment all over the country, and frustrations about educating one's children must have played roles in the negative voting on the relevant ministers," Roderick MacFarquhar, a professor of government at Harvard University, said by e-mail.
The NPC appointed Jiang Weixin as housing minister with 181 votes against. Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian received 171 opposing votes, compared with 158 for People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan and 135 for Education Minister Yuan Guiren. There were a total of 850 opposing votes for the environment and resources committee of the NPC.
The opacity of the system makes it hard for outsiders to discern the cause of an opposing vote, and the decisions may express opposition to the individual nominee rather than the government's policy, Kerry Brown, a former U.K. diplomat and a professor of China studies at the University of Sydney, said by phone.
Mao Opposition
Former President Jiang Zemin received 35 opposing votes in 1993, according to Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper. Party Chairman Mao Zedong drew one in 1949, the year the Communist Party took power.
In April 1992, 177 representatives voted against the Three Gorges Dam project and 644 abstained, according to Yu Keping's book "Democracy and Rule of Law in China."
The legislators "want to show to the public that they are the people's deputies and they speak for the people," said Ding Xueliang, a professor of Chinese politics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. "But they cannot speak for the most critical complaints."
Areas such as public security, treatment of the country's Tibetan and Uighur minorities and the one-child policy are more difficult for NPC representatives to oppose, Ding said.
Home Prices
Home prices rose in February for a ninth month, extending a rebound that began after the central bank cut interest rates last year. Wen Jiabao, who Li Keqiang succeeded as premier March 15, vowed before leaving office that the government's three year campaign to rein in the property market would continue. Real estate prices in China rose 160 percent in the 1998-2011 period after the country privatized the property market, according to government data.
Wen also ordered the drafting of rules to better protect children on school buses, which were adopted last year, after a series of crashes involving vehicles carrying students killed more than four dozen people from November 2011 to April 2012.
Chinese authorities have also vowed to clean up the nation's environment after air pollution levels in Beijing hit hazardous levels on 20 days in January. The government has pledged to control coal consumption, ordered higher gasoline standards and announced plans to support alternative energy.
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Saturday's updated Injury Report.
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Probable: QB Tom Brady (shoulder) (LP)
Out: QB Donovan McNabb, S Quintin Mickell (DNP)
Doubtful: OT William Thomas (DNP)
Probable: WR Jason Avant (Groin); WR Kevin Curtis (Thigh); S Brian Dawkins (thigh); G Todd Herremans (knee); CB William James (foot); LB Takeo Spike (hamstring) (all full practice)
New England
The Patriots listed DL Jarvis Green (Ankle) and LB Adalius Thomas (team decision) as missing practice on Wednesday. They practiced on Thurs, and Fri. With both off the injury list there shouldn't be any issue with the Patriots needing to substitute players on Sunday.
OG Stephen Neal was on the injury report Wednesday still nursing the shoulder injury that kept him last week against the Bills. With Neal on the sideline, the Patriots used a combination of Russ Hochstein and Billy Yates to steamroll over Buffalo. Although the Patriots didn't run exceptionally well to either the right side (Neal's position) or the left side, they still managed to rack up 127 yards on the ground, right around their average of 119 per game. With Neal in the lineup the Patriots should be able to get some better movement on the line if the team opts to do sweeps or pulling style blocks.
The injury to Brady has been an ongoing issue for years. While it hasn't' kept Brady out of the lineup, it is legitimate enough to allow the Patriots to keep listing their leader on the injury report.
The biggest name on the injury report is Donovan McNabb who will not dress for the game. McNabb's comments earlier this season regarding spygate were certainly used as bulletin board material to motivate the Patriots. Although New England claims to not use that as motivation, you can bet they're going to punish McNabb's teammates for those comments if the opportunity presents itself. More surprisingly, McNabb isn't as beloved in Philly as he once was. His attempt to stir up the controversy on the Patriots only adds to the noise level of those calling for his ouster in Philly.
The Eagles would severely miss Brian Dawkins if he cannot go. Although he missed some practice time this week, he's expected to play.
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I stumbled across this very talented hound — Bassett I think — which can not only sing but can play the piano, too. Now, I don't quite recognize which song it is but I believe — based upon the wailing — it is a Chris Young tune.
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Before the Australian Open started, Marat Safin announced that nothing less than a semi-final appearance would suffice in his grand slam comeback after a frustrating year away. At the time, it seemed wildly optimistic, almost fanciful; top seed Andy Roddick last night discovered, through an epic five-set defeat, that it was not.
Safin brought a misleading world ranking of 86th to Melbourne Park, having not won a match since April. Roddick is No. 1, and the winner of five titles in the past seven months. Still, the only figures that mattered last night were those on the scoreboard. In Safin's favour, they read: 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (0-7), 6-4, in a match played over three hours 23 minutes.
Roddick had cautioned before the match that Safin's talent had not gone away during his many months absent from the game with a wrist injury, and last night Safin proved it. Two of the game's heaviest hitters staged their version of a prize fight, and it was the Russian, celebrating his 24th birthday, who achieved what Roddick had managed in last year's fabled quarter-final against Younes El Aynaoui.
"I'm getting older and smarter," said Safin, who tomorrow night plays defending champion Andre Agassi for a place in his second Australian Open final in three years. "Let's be realistic: how many hours I spent this week on the court, (Agassi) didn't spend even half of it.
"He is a great player, and for me it will be nice for me to play with him semi-finals. It's going to be a great match for me, no matter what happens to me; I'm back, it's the most important thing for me, and I will try to make my best tennis, and whatever happens, happens."
Agassi had predicted pre-match that Safin was one of the few players capable of returning the Roddick world-best serve, to at least make him play, and so, after a sluggish start, he did. At one stage, Roddick was broken three times in the space of six games, a return that would satisfy many opponents over an entire match.
Safin missed much of 2003 after tearing the ligaments in his left wrist in the first round here last year. He started like a man who had been short of tennis and then, in a rush, had played too much. Safin, usually so combustible, wandered through the first set as if a fog had enveloped Rod Laver Arena.
But then a courtside consultation with the trainer summoned to treat groin soreness instilled some pep into Safin's step. He held, broke, held, then threatened again, and a second break confirmed the second set 6-3.
Roddick had not lost a set in his previous four rounds, and has opened with a 6-2 score in all five, but nor had he played an opponent quite like this one. Forget the current ranking, and think about the top spot Safin owned briefly in late 2000, and has vowed to reclaim by the end of the year. Forget the Crazy Russian jokes and think about the fact that, in the words of Roger Federer, "He's got a lot of things in his game which can make him a great, great player, and this is for me talent".
Safin outserved Roddick, 19 aces to 18, and hit 60 winners to 50. He is a physical match for Roddick, and also outlasted him last night, despite a longer and more gruelling lead-in, and doubts over his ability to last the distance after a deflating 0-7 effort in the fourth set tie-breaker.
But Safin duly broke in the ninth game of the fifth, and saved two break chances before serving out a remarkable victory.
The pair had met only once before, in Los Angeles in 2001, when the rising Roddick played the risen Russian, the reigning United States Open champion, and lost in straight sets. Roddick is now No. 1, while Safin is starting the long haul back - with a new, improved, attitude, he insists, although we have all heard that before.
But the evidence is starting to become compelling, and perhaps the fact that Safin's comical blonde entourage of 2002 now contains his mother and childhood coach, Rausa Islanova, is an indication of some newfound stability. Now for Agassi, who clearly shares a mutual respect.
"Big serve. That worries me," Agassi said. "Six (foot) five always tends to worry me a little bit. Monster serve is a bit concerning, as well as a backhand that he can crush both directions. And the fact that he moves well is a bit unsettling."
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Actually, I'm a student joined ETA4 2 years in Hue, but I'd to be called a volunteer too, I was with ETA4 after 4 or 5 weeks teaching and studying, we did some volunteer works. I do really appreciate what ETA4 have done here.. They bring us not only knowledge about many things such as English skills ( of course ), culture across the world, etc but also the awareness about social problems, the connection among people... and even more!
I am so happy and lucky to be a student, a volunteer and especially a friend of them, ETA4's members. They did such a great work, bring across the world many things and the most important is their motivation, their love to help people here, most importantly are the children, the young!
I wish ETA4 would be growing better and better all the time to help people not only in Vietnam but all over the world. And wish each of EAT4's member a happy and successful life!
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What I love most about ETA4 is its ability to integrate volunteering with its mission to provide free English instruction. This combination allows students to be active participants in their community and illustrates to them the importance of giving back. Also, it allows them to see firsthand the countless benefits that come from volunteering. ETA4's unique program makes it a great nonprofit and distinctive from other organizations that teach English.
Before volunteering with ETA4, I never fully understood the magnitude of joy rewarded in helping others. Now, however, I can't imagine something more amazing than just that. I traveled to Taiwan, a country of a different language and culture, last summer with ETA4. In the time I spent there I fell in love with a hundred children, a whole country, a entirely new culture, and most importantly, the act of teaching others. ETA4 embraces teaching English as a means to not only help others to achieving their own goals but as a means to understanding another culture and making new relationships. The work ETA4 does then is so much more than English lessons. ETA4 opens students and volunteers to an entirely new way of viewing the world, themselves, and their own capabilities.
One of my students Annie, a shy student hesitant to speak English in class, helped me realize this about ETA4. During a class break, looking over class journals, Annie began asking me questions about where I live, what I like to do, and what "America" was like. The next day, in her journal Annie wrote about our conversation. It was reading her entry that made me understand why I had come to Taiwan. She explained how she never talked in class because her English was "bad" but that talking to me made her really happy, that she wanted to try to speak in English more, and that, perhaps, she could even come to America sometime to visit me and speak more English. It seems so simple and maybe not even anything special to the average person reading this, but to me this is the essence which makes me come to tears when I think of 'my kids' in Taiwan. To volunteer with ETA4 is to make relationships like these. Ones that encourage students who believe they have so little realize they can dream and be anything they set their minds to. They can speak English, they realize. They can travel to another country, they realize. They can, they realize, do so much more than they ever imagined.
A similar realization dawned on me too during this moment. I began to realize that I can, along with every other individual, offer so much to others. That I can truly make a impact on the lives of others. I think sometimes that many people feel they don't have the means, the aptitude, or the special skills to truly make a difference in the world. But thats so untrue. I believe ETA4, which emphasizes passion to help others more than anything, embraces this. As an organization it provides an overall greater understanding for both its volunteers and students about their extraordinary capabilities.
I have been watching and walking through the grow of ETA4 over the past 3 years. That marked an enormous effort of all ETA4 team members. And more enormously, our effort greatly benefited the future of all local children/students. As a humble helper while ETA4 in VN , I would like to call all individuals/ organizations support us - under any means to bring a brighter future of the children, especially the underprivileged one where ET4 comes to.
It's not easy to find a non-profit ozg being professionally operated by the young girls and guys who are just under and over 20. ETA4 work dedicatedly on donator's behalf to transfer their kindness to the right children at the right place.
And I myself also grew a lot thanks to ETA4's presence in Vietnam.
Feel free to contact me at email@example.com to hear more about the great grow in terms of the academic aspect as well as memorable time with ETA4.
I was a volunteer in Dong Nai City for the summer of 2010. Throughout the program we visited multiple schools, youth centers, and orphanages. This program allows the teacher to become immersed in their student's learning experience. The teachers are allowed a great deal of flexibility to be creative in their approach to teach English. At the end of the program I noticed improvement at every level for all the students I taught. They became more confident in their abilities and were not afraid to share what they know with the class.
I first heard about ETA4 in 2008 when the founders were still in the process of getting their non-profit status approved. They shared that they wanted to implement a more innovative way of teaching English to kids who pretty much had enough of English during the school year. How were they going to successfully teach it over the summer while making an impact? When they had gone to Vietnam, they had seen the textbooks and the homework but no passion within the students. To tackle this obstacle and show that there was much more to learning, English Through Academics, Athletics, and the Arts was created. While ETA4 may seem like an organization similar to any other teaching program, it defines itself through awareness of the universal affinity for arts and athletics and incorporates those interests into its everyday curriculum.
Back then, the website was nothing but a simple blue and white with segments of text here and there ... mostly "Under Construction". Today, just a little over 2 years, eta4.org has evolved into a website colored with photos from trip after trip, media, sponsorships, and detailed proposals of its mission and day to day contributions. The website is a tremendous example and personification of the growth ETA4 has witnessed during these last few years. Over 30 volunteers have taught abroad and thousands of dollars raised by the effort of the community have brought smiles and an English education to over 1500 children across 4 cities in 2 countries. This summer, ETA4 still continues to uphold its new but standing tradition of spreading goodwill to thousands more in the rural areas of East Asia.
I am going to be a volunteer this summer in Taiwan to teach little kids English. When I first encountered ETA4, i know that this program is very meaningful. It takes a lot for an organization to go this far, all the way around the world to help out. This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunities both for the volunteers and the students to get to know one another culture/language across the globe.
English Through Academics, Athletics, and the Arts Abroad (ETA4) is a
nonprofit with a mission is to promote international goodwill and understanding by enhancing students' English education through a variety of mediums, including music, art, and athletics, as well as traditional English instruction, allowing the student to have a no-cost, well rounded and ultimately successful learning experience.
I'm very impressed with this organization, mostly because of the Program Director, Anna Huynh. Anna is motivated, bright, organized and dedicated to this cause. I've worked with Anna over this past year while she has worked in my office as a student intern . . . she is fabulous and know that this nonprofit is in good hands.
I think this is a great organization that really does makes an effort to extend its benefits to others and to provide others with opportunities they never imagined having. Many of us in the US take knowing English for granted, and it is an essential language to know in today's world. Being able to bring our knowledge to under privileged children in rural Taiwan will be very rewarding. Through intensive lesson plans, various activities, and interactions, we will hopefully expand their opportunities and inspire them to continue to strive for more knowledge.
The summer I spent in Vietnam with ETA4 has been the most rewarding summer I have ever had. What I appreciated most about this program was the way they completely trusted me. Being a student with very little credentials, they gave me an opportunity to teach and impact children in ways I would never had been able to with other programs. They supported me with resources and made sure I was always comfortable and fully equipped to lead a class. I was also given the freedom to tailor my own curriculum and work with other volunteers in creating effective teaching strategies.


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From cherry to fine brandy
Only exquisite and ripe cherries are used for fermentation - a total of 8 kilograms of fruit are required for one single litre of Kirsch. Particularly worth mentioning: Edelbrand cherries are grown on selected farms and trees and are gently distilled in our rock cellar.
We take our time when distilling. As one of the few distilleries world-wide, Dettling only distils cherries in its distilling plants, preventing the transfer of unwanted flavours.
And only the valuable centre cut - the heart of the distillate -- is taken for the brandy.


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Service Learning Center celebrates 50th anniversary
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Calvin organization now known as the Service Learning Center (SLC). While every incoming Calvin student has at least experienced their work through StreetFest, an annual volunteer event for freshmen, that is only one of the many things the SLC does throughout the year.
Many classes require or encourage students to do academically-based service-learning, a specific area of the SLC that has been a part of Calvin academics since 1993. Other events and projects that the SLC offers include week-long spring break service trips, ACT tutoring and the West Michigan Special Olympics tournament.
The SLC was established in 1964 as a student organization called Project KIDS (Kindling Intellectual Desire in the Schools). Completely run by students at that point, the group's main focus was to allow those studying at Calvin to get involved in local schools. After a few name changes over the years, the organization became a permanent part of Calvin and its vision for faithful service.
"The Service Learning Center got an official office with staff members in the '90s and gained a focus on academic value," said Noah Kruis, the associate director of the SLC.
The SLC will be leading a chapel next week Wednesday, Feb. 19, in order to celebrate the success of the program and thank God for his faithfulness through the past 50 years. A larger reunion will be held in early June.


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Lester Arnold is the forty-six year old suspected president of the Liberty City chapter of The Angels of Death motorcycle gang. Originally from San Fierro, he has been arrested on five occasions: for possessing a controlled substance (in 1988, for methamphetamines, and in 1993, for heroin), for assault in both 1989 and 1992 and for identity theft in 2005. He also wrote a book in 2008 detailing his experiences as an Angel Of Death. He is probably in a relationship with Meredith. He also wrote the book about Angels of Death named "Angels of Life" in cooperation with Fred M Nelson. Book have to be a Vinewood motion picture soon.
LCPD Database information
Surname: Arnold
First Name: Lester
Age: 46
Place of Birth: San Fierro
Affiliations: Member of the Angels of Death OMG
Criminal Record:
- 1988 - Possession Controlled Substance: Methamphetamine
- 1989 - Assault
- 1992 - Assault
- 1993 - Possession Controlled Substance: Heroin
- 2005 - Identity theft.
- Believed to be the leader of the Liberty City Chapter of the Angels of Death OMG.
- Not much is known about him other than that he has a serious problem with narcotics.
- Lester Arnold often called Arnie after his surname.
- Most fans speculated that the man Billy Grey killed at the beginning of It's War was Lester but this was disproven since he was not listed as Deceased in the LCPD Database.


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Zuiderdam - Alaska: Zuiderdam Cruise Review by Dunbill
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Zuiderdam - Alaska
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Vancouver
Came back to cabin late and my key card would not work. My wife let me in and in the morning the same thing happened. Hamdi tried and then called to More have the battery changed in the lock. We came back later and he said he had called again but no response. I eventually tracked down an Officer and complained and after 4 1/2 hours, the battery was changed. Desk called to apologize and they send a not and a plate of what they must have considered treats as they must have been expecting a complaint. If you start to have a problem with your lock, don't wait, get right on it.
This is our 4th cruise in 4 yrs., second on HAL, one on Celebrity and one on Norwegian. HAL have the cleanest ships by far. Hand cleaner everywhere and they are always cleaning the ship. Real towels in the washrooms are a nice touch. Excellent Officers and crew on this ship although Cruise Director Parker was a little hard to take after awhile. This ship got very close to the glacier in Glacier Bay and gave everyone a good look. Also went past another that I had not seen before. We docked in all our stops and although every dock was occupied when we arrived at Ketchikan, the Golden Princess suddenly pulled out and let us in even though it was only 1pm. We lucked out on the weather with the only day of rain being for Glacier Bay. Saw lots of whales, porpoise, seals, eagles etc. Calm seas every day which was why we picked this time of year along with the long days of daylight.
Very nice ship although they only have a small atrium. Had the impression that the ceilings were lower but that was just a feeling I had. Very nice furniture and well maintained. Great show lounge and observation deck. The shops were very crowded with merchandise and we bought our duty free in Ketchikan because it was cheaper than on the ship. They deliver it to your cabin anyway.
We booked this trip last fall through a Travel Agent but would not likely do it again. No obvious benefit but more expensive than many deals I saw on the internet. Many last minute deals appear to be better than booking early if you are flexible enough to go.
Overall a nice cruise on a nice ship. If I go again, I would like to try the 7 days up and 7 down which we could have booked for about the same price as this one. Less
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Gene Tripp sits where his house once stood
Gene Tripp sits on a rocking chair where his home stood before it was destroyed by a tornado that hit the town of Moore, Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma tornado
Two girls stand in rubble after a tornado struck Oklahoma. A two-mile wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars on top of one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble.
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A worker inspects a factory belonging to Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter, after a fire in Dhaka. Eight people were killed when the fire swept through the garment factory in an industrial district of the capital of Bangladesh
Rana Plaza garment workers queue for wages
Bangladeshi garment workers employed at Rana Plaza, the garment factory building that collapsed, stand in a queue to receive wages in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh on Wednesday. Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from the building were so decomposed they were being sent to a lab for DNA identification, police said, as the death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster topped 800
Garment workers protest in Bangladesh
Garment workers on Monday shout slogans as they block a street during a protest to demand capital punishment for those responsible for the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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People mourn as they bury a relative killed in Saturday's earthquake, in Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province. Hundreds of survivors of the earthquake, which killed nearly 200 people in southwest China, pushed into traffic on a main road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police.
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Artist Margaret Ulbrich (Amy Adams) and her daughter head for San Francisco after her marriage fails. Margaret is just beginning her painting career, which features waiflike children with big eyes. As Margaret struggles to support her daughter, she attracts the attention of another artist, a smooth operator named Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz). They soon marry. Keane convinces her to sign his name to her paintings because they will sell more. They become wealthy because Walter's idea tomake … [Read more...]
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Everyone is asking me if all the good parts of the new Superman movie, "Man of Steel" are in the trailer as so often happens these days.Let me assure you, there's no way you can put all the best parts of "Man of Steel" in a trailer!A young man (Henry Cavell) works on a crab boat in the icy ocean waters of the North Pacific. He seems like a loner but gets the attention of everyone when an oil platform in the distance explodes and the young man leaps into the air and flies off to save the … [Read more...]
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Music Fun for the Little Ones
Introducing a new music series designed specifically for our smallest residents, the Irving Concert Series 4 Kids brings live entertainment to the toddlers and preschoolers of Irving! These Thursday morning concerts feature fun performances by top children's music groups from across the country. Children ages 5 and younger are invited to sing, dance and learn at these interactive shows.
The gates of the Irving Soccer Complex open at 9 a.m., allowing children to enjoy the covered playground, free balloons, craft activity and concession stand before the 45-minute show begins. Parking and admission are free. In the event of inclement weather, shows will be moved to an indoor location.
Parents, be sure to fill out a survey at each show to be entered in drawings for complimentary tickets to Medieval Times!
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- Limited covered seating is available, and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
- Outside food and beverage are permitted, however there is a concession stand available.
- All children must be supervised by an adult at all times.
- Restrooms are available on-site.
- Smoking and pets are prohibited at this event.
2017 Series Schedule
Concerts are rain or shine events. If inclement weather creates a potentially unsafe outdoor environment, concerts will be moved to an indoor location. If the Inclement Weather Plan is put into effect for a concert, the listing above will be updated to indicate the change in venue.
Should this happen, attendees will still enjoy free parking and admission. Indoor seating will be provided, and there will be no concession stand (attendees may bring food from home).
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Concerts are rain or shine events. If inclement weather creates a potentially unsafe outdoor environment, concerts will be moved to an indoor location. If the Inclement Weather Plan is put into effect for a concert, the listing above will be updated to indicate the change in venue.
Should this happen, attendees will still enjoy free parking and admission. Indoor seating will be provided, and there will be no concession stand (attendees may bring food from home).
Mister G
The 2015 Latin GRAMMY Award winner for Best Children's Album, Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) is a superstar in the world of family music. Called "a bilingual rock star" by The Washington Post and "irresistible" by People Magazine, his albums have received national critical acclaim and won three Parents' Choice Gold Awards.
A former teacher and singer/songwriter, Ben was inspired by his students (who originally dubbed him 'Mister G') to transition to children's music. He now tours internationally, headlining major venues such as the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, JazzFest in New Orleans, and Austin City Limits. His catchy tunes, bilingual lyrics and emphasis on audience participation will have every parent and child singing and dancing along!
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Big Bang Boom
Established in 2007 out of Greensboro, North Carolina, this rockin' three-piece power pop band consists of talented artists and long-time musicians Chuck Folds, Steve Willard and Eddie Walker. These dynamic dads play parent-friendly children's music! After 20 years of touring, the guys decided to expand their horizons and play for parents (like themselves) who want MORE from children's music. They write songs with a pop sensibility by cleverly mixing alternative, hip-hop, pop, country, and other genres to create music that both parents AND children can relate to and enjoy.
Big Bang Boom is blowing up the kid music world. The band has played at numerous prestigious festivals (such as the Kidzapalooza stage at Lollapalooza), made several television appearances, and played at countless libraries, schools and events.
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Join AndyRoo on a musical journey to the AndyRooniverse - a magical town created by the ever-expanding landscape of children's imaginations, where you'll encounter swinging monkeys, Silly Sal the Salamander and a big balloon that will whisk you away to a whole universe of exciting animated characters!
AndyRoo and the AndyRooniverse is the children's music project of producer/singer/songwriter Andrew Karnavas. A featured performer on Radio Disney AM 1590, Andrew has delighted kids of all ages at events across the country. His music inspires children's imagination, while remaining fun for parents too.
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Bodegas Renacer Punto Final Malbec Classico 2008
Malbec from Argentina
Winemaker's Notes
The Malbec grapes are sourced from two mountain vineyards, both planted more than 50 years ago. The grapes are hand-harvested into small lugs, hand-sorted, crushed and cold-macerated at the winery for four days. The wine is then fermented at controlled temperatures with native yeasts in stainless steel for 15 days and inoculated with the winery's own malolactic organisms. After this it is aged for eight months, partly in French barriques and partly in stainless steel. The end result is a wine with a rich bouquet, lively mouth-feel, lingering flavors of red and black berries with undertones of black pepper and vanilla, and a velvety texture throughout.
Critical Acclaim
The Wine Advocate - "The unoaked 2008 Punto Final Clasico contains 97% Malbec and 3% Cabernet Franc aged for 10 months in stainless steel. It was sourced from own-rooted vineyards over 50 years of age. Made in a late-harvest style, this deep purple-colored wine reveals a nose of spice box, incense, and black cherry. Layered and rich on the palate, it conceals some ripe underlying tannin that should allow the wine to provide pleasure over the next 4 years. It is an amazing fruit bomb for $10! "
Bodegas Renacer Winery
From Bodegas Renacer. Mendoza, Argentina is a privileged place in the world because of its winegrowing and winemaking conditions. These excellent conditions are bottled into the great wines that have been reaching the world's markets in recent years. Robert Parker has proclaimed that Malbec, the region's emblematic variety, has a very auspicious future.
The winery, located at Perdriel, at the foot of Los Andes Mountains, combines a medieval tower built of rocks with state of the art technical equipment. In the limey soils surrounding the winery grow the best Malbec grapes of the world. Punto Final Clásico and Reserva are modern, fruity, elegant wines with a distinctive personality. Their labels show a unique style focused in the typical aromas of Argentina's emblematic variety.
The philosophy is to attain the highest quality within the highest international standards. This goal is achieved through scrupulous care of the vineyards and devotion to wine and the winemaking process. View all Bodegas Renacer Wines
About ArgentinaView a map of Argentina wineries (ahr-jen-TEE-nah)
Notable FactsUnlike its Chilean neighbor, Argentina's vineyards are spread out around the country. The best known region is Mendoza, almost parallel to Santiago to the west. Mendoza contains the sub-regions of Maipu (pronounced MY-pu) and San Rafael. Grape-wise, the most important white is Chardonnay, making wine similar to California's style on the variety. Another fun white grape to try is Torrontes. Almost only grown in Argentina, Torrontes makes wines that are crisp, aromatic and easy-drinking. Some of the best versions of this wine come from the northern region of Salta, with very high altitude vineyards. As for the reds, Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape for many wines leaving the country, but Malbec, the grape Argentinians like to call their own, makes very distinctive wines that are structured, dense and velvety. Many more varieties happily grow in the country, but for export, and consistent quality, these are the primary grapes.
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8 ratings, 4 with reviewsn8 - Colchester, VT51/13/2010This really is an amazing value. It bursts with flavor. If you like malbecs, this wine brings all of that wine's characteristics to the table. It has bite, but still manages to have a nice smooth finish. I had never had a stainless steel aged wine; I hope they're all this good. The grape really shines.Anonymous - Abington, MA15/31/2017Douglas Wynn - Dublin, OH39/5/2016Cam Fortin - San Francisco, CA53/23/2011Delicious and likely nutritiousJoe Harbison - Columbus, OH31/15/2011henry sotomayor - Chicago, IL28/11/201125/5/2011JGray - Glen Rock, PA43/7/2010Great wine, great price, and I love the label.Edward Andersen - North Chicago, IL52/6/2010A very nice malbec with good fruit finish.