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Pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone 4 to start on February 3rd at 3AM ET
Of course, we told you that current Verizon customers will be able to pre-order the handset as soon as February 3, while the shipment for the general public of the Verizon iPhone 4 will take place on February 10, but now there is some more specific information.
An e-mail to corporate customers has revealed that pre-order sales will start on February 3 at 3AM ET:
"- Make sure you have your My Verizon self-serve account set-up online. Orders can only be placed through your my Verizon account. You can register/setup your account at… https://myaccount.verizonwireless.com/accessmanager/public/controller?action=displayRegistration
- On February 3rd at 3am EST, Verizon Wireless will allow our current customers to order upgrades or new lines to their accounts through your My Verizon online account (make sure you have registered before the 3rd)."
It's worth noting that the pre-sale Verizon iPhone 4 inventory is limited, and it will be distributed on the first come, first served basis.
Interestingly, these corporate customers are offered to swap their AT&T iPhones at much better rates than what you receive with the general trade-in program we told you yesterday. The rates are as follows:
iPhone 2G - 16GB: $60
iPhone 3G - 16GB: $105
iPhone 3Gs 32GB: $160
iPhone 4- 16GB: $280
iPhone 4 - 32GB: $360
Mind, though, that you'll receive these sums in the form of a Verizon credit. It's yet unknown whether this offer will stand for non-corporate customers.
source: MacRumours
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3. tpiazz01 (Posts: 9; Member since: 28 Oct 2010)
so does that mean that you'll get it 3 days after feb 3rd if you pre-order?
4. tragichero (Posts: 163; Member since: 07 Jan 2011)
no... you will get it feb 10th if your lucky... keep in mind its first come first serve
5. ReaverSpark (unregistered)
Garbage phone. Why do people love garbage so much...
6. duke (unregistered)
verizon customer service said you will get the phone in two days son on the 5th but I'm waiting on the thunderbolt
9. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
you just had to throw in that last part
11. tuminatr (Posts: 862; Member since: 23 Feb 2009)
i doubt it very much, i bet you get it on the 10th
7. MrJazzPurr27 (unregistered)
Let the network Cludder cominces
8. EIDOLAHIJI (Posts: 2; Member since: 08 Jan 2011)
12. the truth (unregistered)
just to let everyone know if you preorder the verizon iphone you will get it before everyone else that is what a preorder is you get the product before it is sold to anyone else
13. you don't need to know my name (unregistered)
I asked the Verizon people and they said that everyone who ordered the phone on the 3rd is going to get it one Monday (the 7th).


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The Only Selfie Lesson You'll Ever Need
This video, posted by YouTube user Friends and Things, provides further proof that angles are everything. You've probably experienced this first hand every time you were tagged in a Facebook pic that made you want to die or took a selfie and came out looking like an alien. Rest assured. The photo was lying. "The importance of angles," the girl emphasizes as she pans from under her chin to above her head. Oh, don't we know it. [Gawker]

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It is more important than ever to have a high school diploma or GED. Over the course of a lifetime, an adult with a high school diploma or GED earns on average $568,000 more than an adult without a credential.
By 2018, it is estimated that 63 percent of U.S. jobs will require a college degree or professional certificate.
And the fact is that a new GED test is coming on January 2, 2014, and all incomplete scores from the current test will expire.
Now is the time to start taking free Adult Basic Education classes in Lindstrom and North Branch.
These classes can help you brush up on basic skills in reading or math, study for your GED, work toward your high school diploma, gain better English language skills, or learn computer basics and job-seeking skills.
Adult Basic Education, Chisago Lakes and North Branch Schools offers free tutoring for adults in the areas of Basic Reading and English Language Learning.
If you know of an adult who would like to learn how to read or become more skilled in speaking, reading, and writing English, a confidential, trained, private tutor will be arranged.
If you would like to become a volunteer tutor, please call the number listed below.
The Adult Basic Education and GED classes are held at these times and locations:
Lindstrom: Community Ed Bldg, corner of Hwy. 8 and Akerson, Monday 6-8 p.m, Wednesday 9 a.m.-noon and Wednesday 4-6 p.m.
North Branch: Education Center, corner of Hwy 95 and Grand, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-8 p.m.
If Chisago Lakes or North Branch Schools are closed due to school schedule or poor weather, these classes are also canceled.
For more information, please call the instructor, Julie Hawkinson, at 651-213-2061 or 651-674-1028.


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Good news, everyone! This week NASA announced that they plan to keep the International Space Station in operation until at least 2024.
Charles Boldren, the Administrator of NASA said in a statement that by keeping the International Space Station in orbit it will allow NASA and its commercial partners to shake out design issues and conduct research to solve problems that will be necessary for NASA's manned missions to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030's:
First, it will allow NASA to complete necessary research activities aboard the ISS in support of planned long-duration human missions beyond low-Earth orbit—including our planned human mission to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars in the 2030s. NASA has determined that research on ISS is necessary to mitigate fully 21 of the 32 human-health risks anticipated on long-duration missions. A related critical function of ISS is testing the technologies and spacecraft systems necessary for humans to safely and productively operate in deep space. Extending ISS until 2024 will give us the necessary time to bring these systems to maturity.
Second, ISS extension will extend the broader flow of societal benefits from research on the Station. Research conducted on the ISS has already resulted in a number of discoveries with significant medical and industrial implications. Medical examples include potential vaccines for Salmonella and antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, and a microencapsulation technique for delivering cancer treatment drugs to tumors without affecting healthy cells. Additionally, technologies advanced by the ISS have led to robotic surgical techniques that are opening the door to successful removal of tumors that were previously considered inoperable.
A further benefit of ISS extension is it will give NASA and its private-sector partners time to more fully transition to the commercial space industry the transportation of cargo and crew to low-Earth-orbit, allowing NASA to continue to increase its focus on developing the next-generation heavy-lift rocket and crew capsule necessary for deep-space exploration.
We've already seen some of these private sector partners take great strides in the last year – Space X's Dragon and Orbital Science's Cygnus have both made trips to the International Space Station carrying supplies. Space X in particular has its audience on tenterhooks with its big plans for vertical recovery of reusable launch vehicles.
Russia's space agency, ROSCOSMOS, has previously announced plans to build their own space station in orbit, dubbed OPSEK or Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex. Its initial construction is intended to consist of russian modules salvaged when the ISS is decommissioned. ROSCOSMOS has not yet released a statement regarding this news and what this means for the proposed OPSEK station.


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Adopt A Forever Friend For Half Price
The Humane Society of El Paso and the Animal Services shelter are overcrowded and at maximum capacity putting healthy, adoptable animals are at risk. You can adopt a pet for half price, just $50, until June 17th. The fee includes spay/nueter, rabies vaccination, registration, and age-appropriate vaccinations required by the city.


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Cue The Tears: 20 Movie Moments That Will Pull At Heartstrings This Valentine's Day
That's right, it's that time of year again — Valentine's Day.
Sure, while some embrace the heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, fluffy teddy bears and sappy Hallmark cards, others swear off the holiday of love.
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Aristos Household Hints, Series 2
Orange background with black and white lettering. The front cover includes a white and orange sketch of a refrigerator, kitchen sink, window, cabinets, and a stove. Price 15 cents. Back cover features a sack of flour, a steaming pie with one piece missing, three layered cake, and three biscuits. The Never-Fail Flour That Insures You Perfect Baking. No page numbers.View this piece: jpg pdf
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Aristos Flour
Publisher: Southwestern Milling Co., Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.)
1920 (ca.)
19.7 x 13.3 cm
Language: English
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Copyright: This item is in the public domain.
Citation: Aristos Household Hints, Series 2. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=6


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Saukrates – Philosophy: Part I & II [Video]
Toronto, ON – Saukrates is excited to release the second in a string of webisodes to be released in conjunction with the new album, Season One. In this latest webisode, titled "Saukrates Philosophy: Part II", Saukrates breaks down how being an athlete – particularly a soccer player and hockey – has influenced and prepared him to traverse his way through music. He's been the start player enough to know that the real power lies in the mid-section playmakers; roughly translated, he's seasoned enough to know where to stand to play the whole arena.
You can purchase the new Saukrates album Season One, brought to you by FrostByte Media Inc. on iTunes now.
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'Wolverine 2: X-Men Boogaloo' in the Works
Hollywood has never been slow to capitalize on its own successes, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine is no exception.
Variety reports that the Hugh Jackman-starring superhero flick, which clobbered the competition with brute financial force at the box office this weekend, has already spawned a sequel.
The sequel, which reportedly will focus on the samurai storyline that began in the comic-book series and was hinted at during the final credits of the current Wolverine flick, will be produced by Jackman's production company, Seed Productions.
No writer for the project has been chosen yet.
Jackman's going to be a busy guy in the coming months. In addition to the Wolverine sequel, he's also signed on to star in the comic book-inspired Ghostopolis, about a government agent who's tasked with retrieving a live boy from a ghost colony.
While taking in an astounding $87 million domestically during its opening weekend at the box office, Wolverine fared less well in critical circles, garnering mixed reviews.
Have your say in the comments section: Was X-Men Origins: Wolverine good enough to warrant a sequel?


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Anmer is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated about 12 miles (19 km) north by north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 35 miles (55 km) north-west of the city of Norwich.
The place-name 'Anmer' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Anemere. This name derives from the Old English 'aened-mere', meaning 'duck mere or lake'. Anmer Hall, the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and now the new country home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It is located in the village and linked to the nearby Sandringham estate by a long straight road known as 'The Avenue'.
'Anmer' was the name of the horse belonging to King George V which occasioned the death of the suffragette Emily Davison at the 1913 Epsom Derby, after she stepped in front of it during the race.
The civil parish has an area of 5.86 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 63 in 29 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
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Resources address ways to locate and manage funding to support permanency for children and youth, including State and local examples.
Connected by 25: Financing Policies and Practices That Support Permanency for Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care (PDF - 758 KB)
Finance Project, Youth Transition Funders Group & Foster Care Work Group (2009)
Presents approaches for supporting permanency for older youth in care and highlights six financing strategies State and local child welfare leaders can use to develop policies and practices that support permanency.
Creative Funding Strategies for Youth Permanence: Charts and Definitions (PDF - 231 KB)
Casey Family Services (2008)
Provides definitions of child welfare services and funding streams, as well as accompanying charts, that reflect how these streams can support innovative permanency practice.
Ensuring Safe, Nurturing and Permanent Families for Children: The Need for Federal Finance Reform: First in a Series of Four Reports on Improving Child Welfare (PDF - 728 KB)
Casey Family Programs (2010)
Analyzes how child welfare funding structures can align with the Federal policy goal of providing safe, nurturing, and permanent families for all children.
Funding Permanency Services: A Guide to Leveraging Federal, State, and Local Dollars (PDF - 1137 KB)
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2010)
Outlines specific steps States, localities, and Tribes can take to support vulnerable children and families by drawing down Federal funding, including funds made possible by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.
State and local examples
Nebraska's Foster Care Conundrum: Federal Reimbursement Hinders Reform (PDF - 1116 KB)
Platte Institute for Economic Research (2009)
Discusses findings from the Nebraska State Foster Care Review Board and explains how the Federal funding formula inhibits reform of the Nebraska child welfare system. The brief also highlights innovations in other States and recommends alternative child welfare funding options.
Reinvestment: Raising Permanency Rates During Fiscal Crises
Adoptalk, 2010
Highlights how child welfare programs that reinvest foster care savings into child and family preparation activities can realize substantial benefits without generating additional cost, and describes the implementation of a federally funded project designed to locate permanent families for older children in care in Sacramento, CA.
Stories of Practice Change: What Flexible Funding Means to the Children and Families of Los Angeles County
Casey Family Programs (2009)
Describes three Department of Children and Family Services practice strategies implemented and expanded using flexible funding: Up-Front Assessments and intensive home-based services, specialized Youth Permanency Units, and family team decision-making conferences.
Subsidized Custody: A Permanency Option for Youth in Virginia's Foster Care System: Decision Brief in Response to the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (H.R. 6893) (PDF - 107 KB)
Virginia Department of Social Services (2009)
Describes findings from a workgroup charged with studying the feasibility of and providing recommendations regarding instituting subsidized custody as a permanency option for children in foster care living with relatives.


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Shillong, July 10 (IANS) Angry villagers Wednesday lynched three militants in Meghalaya, police official said.
The three suspected members of the breakaway faction of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) were beaten to death in Omarpur village in North Garo Hills district, a police official said.
Police said two Chinese pistols were also recovered from one of the victims.
The ANVC-B is a splinter group of the ANVC, which has been observing a tripartite ceasefire with the central and Meghalaya governments for nine years.


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FIVE properties on Marlborough Road where a fire raged in 2007 are set to be demolished.
Newport council had been in the process of buying the properties, and had reached an agreement with affordable housing provider Fairlake to build family homes to replace the 13 houses destroyed by the blaze in the summer of 2007.
Yesterday Newport councillors approved a recommendation from planning officers that a council plan to demolish five vacant homes was acceptable.
Newport council earmarked £85,000 of cash for demolishing homes in Marlborough Road back in April.
Most of the homes in the terrace were demolished a number of years ago after they were deemed a health and safety risk after the fire.


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EVE Valkyrie will be cross-play between Oculus, Vive, and PlayStation VR
EVE Fanfest is in full swing, as the convention's opening keynote just ended. The presentation was mostly a "Welcome to Iceland!" kind of affair, with more of an emphasis on community than news. However, CCP dropped one really interesting ... read


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Electric Propulsion Conquers the World
The development of electric flight dates back to the late 1950s and became properly known around the world for the first time when Fred Militky achieved a 23 minute flight with an electric free flight model FM 248.
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In 1960, an improved version of this model was put on the market by the German company Graupner as the modelling kit "Silentius". The big breakthrough came in 1971, when Fred Militky and Wolfgang Schwarze demonstrated the radio controlled electric glider model "Silencer" in front of an amazed audience at the F3A World Championships in Doylestown PA, USA. The first electric flight competions were held as early 1973, including the Militky Cup in Switzerland.
Nearly everything that can fly
In Aeromodelling today, electric motors are a very commonly used means of propulsion for propeller planes. The possibilities of equipping model aircraft – either free flying or radio controlled – with electric propulsion are virtually limitless. This includes the smallest models with a weight of as little as 10 grammes up to large models of 20 kg or more. Technical advancements of recent years (construction materials, batteries, motor technology) mean that in principle every model aeroplane and every model helicopter or model jet plane can be operated electrically.
Even in parks, sports stadiums and halls
Electric models are emission free and can be flown with very little noise. That is why flying ultra light-weight RC electric models made from balsa wood, expanded and other lightweight plastics in parks, sports stadiums and halls has very quickly become possibly the fastest growing trend of modern aeromodelling. A further important trend is flying small, intrinsically stable, radio controlled helicopters.
Attractive World Championships and numerous meetings
The first FAI Electric Flight World Championships for radio controlled electric glider models were held in 1986 in Lommel, Belgium. In later years Electric Pylon Racing World Championships were held at the same time. To date, world and continental Championships have been held jointly for these two categories.
Current FAI competition classes
F5 - Electric Flight
The World Championship Classes in Electric Flight consist of F5B Glider and F5D Pylon Racing. The important element in both classes is the limitation of energy to slow down the aircraft, especially for safety reasons. The effect of power limiting is the prolonging of the battery life, which results in competitors having to combine efficient energy use with tactical and flying skills.
This contest is a multi-task event for RC electric powered motor gliders of Distance and duration and Landing. These two tasks are executed in one uninterrupted flight.
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This class is a racing event for electric model aircrafts only. The race consists of 10 laps around a triangle measuring 400 m in circumference. The best competitors fly their model aircraft over a distance of more than 4 km in just 70 seconds or less !
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Senate Bill 1062 suddenly became a hot issue with emotional rants on both sides. An article in The Arizona Republic quoted Felecia Rotellini, Democrat, stating that, "SB 1062 is not about the free expression of religion. It is about discrimination. As a result, it undermines the heritage and values of our country and state – the preservation of liberty, justice and equality under law. . ."
I agree with Rotellini, but not for the same reasons. Yes, the question is about discrimination in the most honest sense of the term. Discrimination is the right to choose, and the right to choose is the very essence of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The right to choose is included within our first amendment right to freedom of expression.
We, as a people, also have agreed to limit our right to choose in certain circumstances, e.g., choosing on the basis of race, ethnic origin, skin color, etc.
Rather than undermining our heritage and values, as Rotellini proposes, the very discussion we are having strengthens our values and, ultimately, our heritage.
This very discussion strengthens the idea of liberty, justice and equality under the law.
In 2013, the New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in Elane Photography v. Willock that the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) did not apply in a case where a private party sought to enforce a state law against another private party. SB 1062 sought to ensure that state laws that violate the religious liberty of private persons cannot be enforced simply because the government is not technically a party to the case.
What did SB 1062 propose to do? It attempted to expand Arizona Revised Statutes 41-1493 and 41-1493.2 to include a broader definition of person. It expands the definition of exercise of religion to include both practice and observance. It also defined state action as any action by the government. There was a clear, unambiguous absence of any anti-gay language in the bill.
So, let's ask why this particular New Mexico gay couple chose this particular wedding photographer? There are gay directories that list gay owners or gay-friendly shop owners. Why didn't this gay couple choose a wedding photographer from the directory? There would be no issue. There would have been no SB 1062 controversy.
From the wedding photographer's viewpoint, why should he or she have to do business with someone he or she would rather not? What if the wedding photographer denied a customer because the customer was white or because the customer had cats or because the customer had terrible body odor? Would there have been an SB 1062 in these scenarios? I think not.
Let's turn the situation around. Let's have a gay couple owning a bakery. A potential client, a Muslim, orders a wedding cake. The gay couple denies service to the Muslim because they do not approve of Islam's treatment of gays and women. Should the gay couple be sued and their business destroyed? I think not. All businesses have a right to refuse service within the context of civil rights legislation.
The wedding photographer did not deny the gay couple because they were gay. The denial by the photographer was not an act of hatred against gays but an act of fidelity to religious principle, as he or she understood it.
If there is no "illegal discrimination" involved, how is the gay couple's right to choose balanced against the photographer's right to choose? It is the gay couple's prerogative to ask for the wedding photographer's services just as it is the wedding photographer's prerogative to refuse service.
In my view, the wedding photographer's denial also brings adverse consequences: loss of income and the potential of lost business from future clients . . . not a smart business strategy.
The gay couple did not lose anything from not being able to use this particular wedding photographer. They could take their economic power to a different wedding photographer . . . and probably be happier for it.
As for the New Mexico judge, it remains to be seen as to whether he was totally biased in his decision or totally ignorant of every day life.


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STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of ALADDIN's Pre-Broadway Run in Toronto!
Aladdin, which will open on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, is currently playing at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre (formerly the Canon), where it will run through January 5, 2014. Opening night there is November 21, 2013. Below, go inside rehearsals with the cast as they prepare the show for the stage!
Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) has appeared on Broadway as Marius in Les Miserables and Simba in The Lion King. Main credits of James Monroe Iglehart (Genie) include Memphis and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Courtney Reed (Jasmine) has appeared in the Broadway productions of In the Heights and Mamma Mia. As Jafar, Jonathan Freeman brings to the stage the role he indelibly created in the animated film. His Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, The Producers and his Tony-nominated turn in She Loves Me.
The show also stars Brian Gonzales, Brandon O'Neill and Jonathan Schwartz as Aladdin's sidekicks Babkak, Kassim and Omar; Clifton Davis (Sultan) returns to Broadway where he received his first Tony nomination for the landmark production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971; and Don Darryl Rivera as Iago. Merwin Foard and Michael James Scott will standby for several principals.
Tickets are onsale for the Toronto engagement at Mirvish.com or by calling (416) 872-1212 or (800) 461-3333. To receive news about Aladdin, please sign-up for email alerts atwww.aladdinbroadway.com.
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SCENES in Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow were filmed at a former army base at Barton Stacey, it has been confirmed Cruise, co-star Emily Blunt and their film crews set up camp for two and a half weeks and spent over £500,000 while filming in the area between November and December in 2012.
Filming was facilitated through Film Hampshire, a service offered by Hampshire County Council to promote Hampshire as a great film location, as well as providing film makers with a valuable free location finding service.
Councillor Seán Woodward, Hampshire County Council executive member for Economy, Transport and Environment, said: "Once again Hampshire has been the setting for another big-budget film. Film Hampshire plays a significant role in attracting investment and tourism to Hampshire which is great for the local economy.
"By promoting Hampshire locations to film makers we can increase opportunities for local businesses while the cast and crew are here, as well as support tourism from film-lovers visiting famous movie locations.
"The tourism sector plays a vital role in our local economy, generating well over £3 billion each year and providing more than 60,000 jobs."
'Edge of Tomorrow' is the latest addition to the Film Hampshire archive which includes Les Misérables, Bond epic – 'Skyfall', 'World War Z' with Brad Pitt, 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Downton Abbey'.
Rumours of the American star being in the area were rife in 2012, especially after he was spotted in Stockbridge High Street.


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Early childhood education courses part of Maricopa Center's October class selection
September 9, 2008
MARICOPA, Ariz. – Although Central Arizona College's fall semester started in August, students wanting to earn college credits now don't have to wait until January to get started.
Central's Maricopa Center is offering several mid- and late-term classes designed to make higher education accessible to the local community, including a pair of early childhood education courses taking place on Saturdays.
Starting Oct. 4 and running through Oct. 18, the ECE 120D class entitled Ensuring a Safe Environment will be held from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays.
The class teaches practices and procedures to use when providing for the safety of children in early childhood programs.
Each Saturday from Nov. 1 through Nov. 18, the ECE 250 class Professionalism will discuss the history of the profession, advocacy of ethical behavior and commitment to professional growth.
The two early childhood education classes are hybrid courses that may be taught through several delivery methods, including face-to-face interaction with an instructor, interactive television, and the Internet.
Each one-credit course is a requirement for many of the early childhood education degree and certificate programs at Central Arizona College. Students should always check with an advisor to ensure proper classes are being scheduled.
Also offered at the Maricopa Center in October are a face-to-face pre-algebra class (MAT 086) and a sociology course (SOC 203) entitled Marriage & Family.
The three-credit pre-algebra course is a review of the fundamental concepts of algebra and is designed to provide a strong base for success in future algebra courses. It will run from 6-7:50 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday nights from Oct. 13 through Dec. 11.
The sociology class is a comprehensive examination of marriage and the family as a cultural unit and a social institution. The three-credit course will be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 12-1:20 p.m. starting Oct. 20. The class will conclude on Dec. 11.
Central Arizona College will be offering an English Language Acquisition (ESL 082) class and an Adult Basic Education (ABE 081) course on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6-9 p.m. beginning Oct. 14 and concluding Dec. 9. The two courses will have in-class instructors.
For more information on programs at the Maricopa Center, or to register for classes, please contact Barbara Meyer by phone (520-494-6400) or by e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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The British auto industry has undergone a number of changes in the past 10 years which have contributed to somewhat of a renaissance when it comes to their vehicle designs, quality and reputation. After years of faltering reliability and styling that was seemingly frozen in time, Jaguar in particular has benefited from the revolving ownership door that has seen the company answer to two separate masters in a very short span of time. Along the way the company has managed to pick up a considerable amount of technical knowledge that has enabled planners to steer Jaguar towards a new horizon that includes a much more solid product lineup when compared to their past offerings.
Despite substantial improvements, the automaker's reputation as a purveyor of elegant yet poorly built vehicles continues to dog sales of Jaguar vehicles in the used market. What this means for buyers is that there are a great number of excellent secondhand Jaguars available at prices which are a fraction of what one would expect to pay for a German luxury car featuring the same capabilities. The added bonus for those interested in the Jaguar brand is that these automobiles were produced in smaller production runs than their Teutonic brethren, making them that much more exclusive - always an important consideration when shopping for a premium vehicle.
The price difference between a new and used Jaguar is often dramatic, and this article takes a look at the two least expensive vehicles currently sold by the company and compares them in terms of features and cost to their recent used equivalents. This eye-opening exercise reveals that there are some astounding deals to be had on late model, gently used Jaguars. The prices in this article are meant to reflect low mileage examples in excellent condition, but since the asking price of a used vehicle can vary from region to region it is a good idea to treat the numbers found herein as a baseline for negotiations when purchasing a secondhand Jaguar.
2005 Jaguar XK versus 2009 Jaguar XK
The 2009 Jaguar XK starts at $79,000. For this price, buyers are treated to an ultra-modern grand touring coupe that provides drivers with a 300 horsepower, 4.2 V-8 engine coupled with a 6-speed automatic transmission that can propel the car to 60 miles per hour in just under 6 seconds. DVD navigation, adaptive suspension, keyless entry and a full range of power accessories make the XK an extremely comfortable place to spend some time.
The 2005 Jaguar XK offers a sleeker and some might say more attractive body shape when compared to the chunkier 2009 two-door. A longer hood with a more pronounced slope dominate the vehicle's styling, but when parked side by side the shared DNA is clearly visible between the two cars. The base 2005 XK's power plant is an earlier version of the 4.2-liter V-8 found in the newer edition of the car, and it makes essentially the same amount of power and uses the same transmission. The list of interior features is also very similar, although DVD navigation is optional and not standard.
The most glaring difference between the two vehicle is cost. There is a substantial price to be paid for the newer technology and design of the 2009 Jaguar XK, and most buyers are shocked when they discover that a sub-30,000 mile 2005 Jaguar XK8 can be purchased in the neighborhood of $30,000. Even more surprising is the availability of the supercharged 390 horsepower edition of the car, the XKR, for only a few thousand more. A savings of $50,000 is a significant amount no matter how large a car-buying budget might be, and while the architecture of the newest XK might be impressive the older edition represents such a stunning value that it is impossible to recommend the 2009 model over the 2005.
2005 Jaguar XJ versus 2009 Jaguar XJ
At $66,000 dollars, the 2009 Jaguar XJ is one of the more affordable full-size luxury cars on the market. The entry-level edition of the comfortable sedan makes use of the same 300 horsepower 4.2-liter V-8 engine as the XK coupe, along with an identical 6-speed automatic transmission. Features abound, with the XJ's standard equipment list including such goodies as xenon headlights, dual zone climate control, 16-way adjustable power seats, power everything and self-leveling air suspension. Attractive leather seats and understated Jaguar interior elegance are of course also part of the package.
The 2005 Jaguar XJ hails from the same generation as the newer vehicle, with an identical chassis and drivetrain. The primary differences between the two cars can be found in the exterior styling. In 2007, Jaguar updated the XJ's look to reflect a more streamlined, modern aesthetic that helped to bring it more in line with what other luxury car companies were putting on the market. This means that while the 2005 Jaguar is certainly not dated - the best word to describe it would be 'classic' - it is noticeably different than the new vehicle when the two are parked side by side.
How much can buyers expect to pay for the slightly older styling of the 2005 Jaguar XJ? Given the brand's penchant for rapid depreciation, savvy shoppers will discover that a 2005 XK8 with only 20,000 miles on the clock can be picked up for around $20,000. More powerful XJR editions, boasting 90 more horsepower can be had starting at $24,000, and extended-wheelbase cars are also in the same price range.
When deciding whether to buy new or used, it essentially boils down to a question of which styling period is more appealing: the traditional Jaguar look or the most recent interpretation of the vehicle's lines. Even if the newer car might look a bit more appealing to fashionable buyers, a $40,000 dollar price difference makes it difficult to justify purchasing a 2009 Jaguar XJ if money is any kind of consideration.


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Jennifer Aniston Gets Her Cradle Robbed
CELEBUZZ previously reported that Jennifer Aniston had been seen in the company of an "older man" since her break-up with mouthy user John Mayer.
Jenny was supposedly seen strolling on a Cabo San Lucas beach with a more mature sort of gentleman than she's used to.
These new pictures reveal that we were right on the money. Aniston would appear to have taken up with an unnamed older type who bears a scary resemblance to celebrity presdigitator David Copperfield.
Perhaps he can make her lingering resentment of Angelina Jolie disappear?
Aniston has had a string of bad luck with dating younger men since her divorce from Brad Pitt. British model Paul Sculfor ended up with sunny vixen Cameron Diaz. And Mayer was a back-stabbing bust.
Maybe a daddy type is what she needs right now?


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09 February 2010
(Game Recaps: Avs: Anyone but Detroit, Mile High Hockey, Mile High Mayhem. Blues: St. Louis Today (who gives "Colin" Stewart a little credit, Blue Note Zone )
Last night the Avs took on the St. Louis Blues, and frankly it was a rather unspectacular affair. The Avs still got an important win, but the game just lacked a ton of energy from the fans down to the players on the ice. At least in my opinion. With Ryan O'Reilly out TJ Galiardi moved over to 3rd line center (Stastny double-shifted the 2nd and 4th lines pretty much all evening) the Avs hole at top-2 LW became painfully obvious.The Avs LWs last night were:
Granted Galiardi will move back to LW once some of those RWs and centers get healthy, but the injury to O'Reilly has really highlighted how vulnerable the Avs are on the left side. If there's an injury to any Avs LWer or top-3 center the Avs left side becomes exposed, as Galiardi moves over.
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This isn't to take anything away from Galiardi, who has done an admirable job being the utility man for the Avs, filling in at LW, C, PK and pretty much everywhere he's needed. Hell if Galiardi were a baseball player writers would fall all over themselves calling him "gritty" completely ignoring that he's actually talented. But I think his role this season is best suited as being O'Reilly's wing man on a duel-threat third line.
But the Avs need more scoring depth on the left side for the stretch run and playoffs (if the Avs qualify, don't want to jinx it here.) I don't think the Avs need to break the bank and go for a blockbuster, like Ray Whitney, here but they need someone who can step in and pitch in offensively and gel with Duchene. I'm going to do some research and go over candidates later in the week, but off the top of my head I think Raffi Torres would be a good choice.
With the abundance of RWs the Avs have (Stewart, Yip, Svatos, Hejduk, Jones, Durno/Mercier) it's tempting to think one of them can fill in at LW for the rest of the season. And it's possible this could happen once everyone comes back healthy (My guess would be Yip moving over if this were to happen). But in all reality I think the avs would be better served by getting a true LW.
So who would be odd-man (men) out? Let's assume everyone but Jones comes back healthy after the Olympics (and I don't think that's the most unreasonable assumption), and the Avs do trade for a LW (prospects and a defenseman or something).
Left side: Wolski, LWer, Galiardi, McLeod, Tucker, Durno
Tucker & Durno would be the odd men out here. That's not really a bad thing. Tucker would likely still get shifts because the idea that every forward would stay healthy is a pipe dream, but he'd also see the occasional healthy scratch. I've said my piece on Tucker and I'll leave it at that. My anger with him has greatly subsided, mainly because coach Sacco has put him in a 4th line role and he's getting 10min a night. He's not being forced onto the 2nd line and stunting guys like Duchene anymore, which is all I really ever wanted.
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#ISAMS ISA Marketing and Sales Summit -- report from the front lines
ISA Past President Kim Miller Dunn began the session proper of the 4th Annual Marketing and Sales Summit by discussing the work of the Automation Federation in reaching out to do workforce development and the Automation Competency Model that the AF designed for the US Department of Labor.
Then, Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy, CEO and Founder of OSIsoft and the creator of the concept of a data historian, OSI PI talking about marketing when you're the market leader.
"Kids are natural engineers and we talk them out of it." Kennedy said.


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Acer Ferrari 4000
Acer Ferrari 4000PCWorld Rating
When I think of racing, I think of ear-bleeding engine noise and fiery multicar pileups. Maybe that's why I initially steered clear of the Acer Ferrari 4000 with its black-checkered lid and "EAARRRrrrrrooom!" startup sound. (Acer says you can turn this off in Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds.) But beneath its novelty exterior, this all-purpose notebook is well equipped, starting with AMD's cutting-edge 64-bit mobile CPU, the Turion 64.
The case, trimmed in Ferrari-red carbon fiber, is solidly built. The front is a jumble of multiple slots, ports, and lights; but it conveniently includes a five-in-one card reader, microphone and headphone ports, and battery and power status lights. The front also has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi LED buttons, which are more convenient than software settings for controlling and monitoring your wireless connections. The right side of the case contains a removable slot-fed DVD burner and three of the laptop's four USB ports. On the rear, sits a DVI port and a 124-pin connector for Acer's EzDock port replicator. The left of the case contains a standard VGA port.
Notable among the Ferrari 4000's multimedia talents is its ability to play good-looking DVD movies on a 1680-by-1050-pixel WSXGA+ 15.4-inch wide screen. Too bad the front-mounted speakers sound merely average and the machine lacks volume and other media-control buttons. Acer does include the handy GridVista utility, which lets you drag and drop application windows into one of four grid windows of preset size.
The Ferrari 4000 is the first Top 15 Notebooks candidate to have AMD's Turion processor--the 1.8-GHz Turion 64 ML-34. With that CPU and 1GB of RAM, the machine earned a respectable WorldBench 5 score of 85. By comparison, IBM's ThinkPad T43--the best-performing notebook we've seen with a 1.86-GHz Pentium M 750 processor--earned a WorldBench 5 score of 84. The Acer's eight-cell battery is a big grooved power pack that forms most the laptop's rear; it lasted for 3 hours, a slightly below-average mark.
Like most other Acer keyboards, this one curves up 5 degrees on the endsan ergonomic design intended to help typists avoid carpal tunnel syndrome. It's easy to get the hang of typing on the Ferrari 4000: Just swing your elbows out to get your hands positioned correctly. The only problem I encountered was that the touchpad's four-way scroll button on the test unit never functioned. The notebook comes with a Bluetooth mouse as well.
The Ferrari 4000 is pit-crew friendly, with memory slots and a hard drive that are accessible to and upgradable by users. They sit in separate bottom compartments under covers that are held in place by small screws. You can remove the optical drive, too; but Acer doesn't sell any other devices for the modular bay. Though we didn't receive any user manuals with our test unit, Acer says that the notebook comes with an Acrobat manual on the hard drive.
This good-quality wide-screen model bundles such extras as a wireless Bluetooth mouse; and racing fanatics will like the Ferrari motif.
Carla Thornton
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Dec 6, 2013 - By Chris PeckWell, that was short.
University of Wyoming President Bob Sternberg took office in July with great fanfare.
"We believe Dr. Sternberg is a great fit for the UW and Wyoming,'' gushed board of trustees President Dave Bostrom back when Sternberg was announced. "This is the most important decision we will make during our tenure on the board of Trustees.''
Sternberg was pushed out of the job as UW President barely four months after starting the job -- by Bostrom and the UW trustees.
"UW might be the best fit for me as president,'' Sternberg said after news of his impending departure leaked out.
So how does that happen?
How does a university search all over the country to find the right guy for college president, give him a unanimous vote of confidence, then, less than half a year later, force the very talented guy out of his $425,00-a-year-job the job --and the talented guy meekly agrees to go?
At one level, the answer is simply this: a bad fit that nobody could foresee.
But why couldn't anybody see it?
That's the question, going forward, for the University of Wyoming, and for future candidates for the UW presidency.
Let's get some realities on the table.
Reality one: Institutions and candidates don't always speak the truth to one another.
In this case, the good professor Sternberg probably wasn't wholly candid when he told the public that the first job of a college president is to develop strong relationships with faculty and staff.
That's what Sternberg said back in February when his hiring was announced.
He said it. He may even have believed it. But he couldn't do it.
Something of a revolt among seasoned administrators, deans and staff at UW precipitated Sternberg's hasty departure. Five UW administrators and three college deans left the university in just first 120 days of Sternberg's tenure. Not a sign of building strong relationships with faculty and staff.
The board of trustees didn't speak the whole truth, either.
The board said it truly, deeply wanted to lift up many programs at UW into "tier 1" status --meaning best in the country.
The other side of that?
Lifting up departments goes hand in hand with pushing out some longtime academics. If the current leadership of various departments and schools was tier 1 caliber, they probably already would be there.
And that gets to another reality: At universities, the faculty rules.
It's not really a place where a hired president can simply go in and do what he wants. The rules and culture of college campuses essentially give faculty the power to make or break the president.
In this case, they broke him.
Perhaps because Sternberg wanted to do too much, too soon.
Perhaps because the faculty felt threatened by an outsider.
Perhaps because you put those two dynamics together, and neither side had the interpersonal skills to navigate the rough waters of change.
Nobody who cares about UW should be crowing about this outcome.
Running off a president after just four months on the job wasn't a good sign for the University of Wyoming.
Yes, the university may have cut its losses and stanched a wound. But there was bleeding here. The university took a shot. Good people will think twice now about taking on the job of college president in Laramie.
And the irony?
The next UW president will face the same challenges as the just departed one: potential cuts in student aid by the federal government, reduced state funding due to mineral tax declines, testy debates over merit pay, the need for better faculty and facilities in some areas, expense controls, and a lot more.
Time for the trustees, the faculty leadership, and the legislature to go back to the drawing board.
Everybody now has a chance to be more honest, more realistic, more open about what the UW presidency really entails, what the university is trying to be, and what skills are truly needed for a president to succeed.
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text: There is a "bug" in the iPod Photo that randomly flashes photos from other albums into slideshows. [on Leander Kahney's Wired blog, "Cult of Mac,"] Keith Finch has suggested this might not be a bug, but rather an intentional measure to dissuade users from keeping "double secret 'Hot Butts'" albums on their iPods. The hypothetical situation he presents to support his case is good for a chuckle or two.Link


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Step into Clearsmiles for the first time and you might think you made a wrong turn and ended up at the local sports lounge.
Do not let all the TVs and relaxed atmosphere fool you, it is actually an orthodontist's office.
When Chris Woolaver, orthodontic specialist and owner of Clearsmiles, found an empty shell for an office space last year, he decided he was going to supply a unique setting to his patients.
So he designed the office with flat-screen TVs, video games and, in the center of it all, a full-sized sports bar where patients can help themselves to a soda fountain.
"I had it in my head that I wanted to do something different. So I designed this concept of a sports bar," Woolaver said. "It turned out really well, I think. Everyone that walks through the doors is excited about it."
Not even four months since opening for business and the people have already spoken: Clearsmiles is the "Best New Business" in Ahwatukee Foothills.
"To me, its validation. It reinforces my opinion that I made a good choice to come (to Ahwatukee)," he said.
Woolaver moved to Ahwatukee Foothills from Calgary, Alberta, eight years ago. He worked in a Tempe office, where he said he treated more than 1,000 Ahwatukee Foothills residents that had followed him to the other side of Interstate 10. He opened Clearsmiles on Oct. 1, 2008.
"When I moved to Ahwatukee, I was working in Tempe but I always knew that I wanted to come back and open my own business here," Woolaver said.
He specializes in Invisalign, the popular alternative to braces. In his short time here, Woolaver has become one of Arizona's top experts in the evolving technology.
"I'm kind of the Invisalign guy," Woolaver said. "I still do braces, but Invisalign is very much my thing."
Patients who have gone the Invisalign route to straighter teeth give him nothing but positive feedback, he said. Well, almost nothing.
"My main complaint from my Invisalign patients is that they cannot snack all day long because they have to take it out and wash it every time," Woolaver said.
Clearsmiles is located at 4425 E. Agave Road, Suite 126. To find out more about Clearsmiles, visit www.Clearsmilesaz.com or call (480) 240-9393.
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2nd Place: Booster Juice 3961 E. Chandler Blvd. (480) 704-0095
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Re: return value of "if" (documentation?)by davido (Archbishop)
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Re-read the documentation in perlsub (Link updated; thanks ikegami.) and you will see two big red flags. First:
In this construct: my $val = do { if(0){1} };, the last statement evaluated is the conditional, which is numeric zero, so $val gets 0. Had the conditional been true, the last expression evaluated would be the last one in the if statement's block (1, in this case). So unless you explicitly specify an "else" condition, your last expression will be the conditional from the if() statement, if that condition proves false.
The next red flag:
So now if your conditional looks like this: my $val = do { if( 1 ) { for( 0 ) { $_ } } };, all bets are off; the behavior is unspecified: You might get a '0' (the last expression), or not... or your keyboard may burst into flames, though Perl isn't prone to doing that under most circumstances. ;)
do{}; blocks can be thought of as immediate-execution subroutines, with implicit(-only) return values.
This tricky behavior is the reason for the recommended ban on "Implicit Returns" in Perl Best Practices (page 197).
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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - A Georgia teen who says sharks have always been her worst fear spoke Wednesday about what it was like to be bitten by one during a visit to Jacksonville Beach.
Nineteen-year-old Colleen Malone's foot looked didn't look pretty in the hospital. She was released Tuesday night.
Malone, her cousin and friend were body surfing and playing in the waves in water about 4 feet deep. They had only been out there for about an hour when all of a sudden a few feet in front of her a fin popped up.
IMAGES: 19-year-old bitten by shark at Jax Beach
"When I saw the chunks missing from my foot, I knew that it wasn't good," Malone said.
With a hot pink cast now on her left foot, the teen sat outside the Beach Diner on Wednesday trying to digest the kickoff to her vacation.
"I see these fins come out of the water, like kind of sideways, and I freaked out," Malone said.
She started swimming on her back.
"All of a sudden I see this shark just come up and bite my foot," she said.
She swam as fast as she could to shore.
"I must, at some point, must've kicked it off my foot or it just let go," Malone said. "But I was so freaked out that I didn't really think about it, and when I got into more shallow water, I started to run, and I felt that one of my toes felt like it was kind of of like off. So I lifted up my foot to check that everything was OK and it wasn't OK."
Malone's guessing, but she thinks she was bitten by a 3-foot bull shark.
"At first I was hyperventilating and freaking out, but then while I was sitting there waiting for the lifeguards, I looked at my friend and I started laughing, and I was like, 'Dude, I just got bit by a shark,'" Malone said.
She said sharks have always been her worst fear.
"My friends thought I was kidding, so they were like, 'Yeah, right,' because like five minutes before, we were like, 'Oh, just imagine all the sharks swimming around us,'" Malone said. "And I was like, 'Alright, you guys stop.' And then five minutes later a shark attacks me."
Malone got more than 50 stitches and will have a pretty gnarly tale and story to take back to college.
But is she going to get back in the water?
"Not this week, but yeah, I'm pretty sure sooner or later in the near future, once all my stitches are gone, I'll get back in," Malone said.
She goes back to the doctor Thursday and is expected to be on crutches for the next few weeks.
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BWW CD Reviews: Jay Records' HIMSELF AND NORA (Original Off-Broadway Cast) is Captivating
Based on the rocky romance shared by quintessential Irish wordsmith James Joyce and his muse, chambermaid Nora Barnacle, HIMSELF AND NORA enjoyed a successful run as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Theatre at St. Clement's in the summer of 2012. With a sparse cast of five, tautly constructed economical harmonies, and a small five member band, Jay Records' release of HIMSELF AND NORA (Original Off-Broadway Cast) excellently captures the heart and soul of this biographic musical.
In just 67 minutes, the 20-track album follows James Joyce's life for 37 years. Even though we are missing the book scenes from the musical on the recording, listeners get a good picture of what the show must be like in performance. Jonathan Brielle's music and lyrics capably capture the ups and downs of the tumultuous relationship. The few book moments that make it to the CD only deepen our understanding of their relationship, ensuring that listeners who haven't experienced the show can relate to it. However, what sets this musical apart from any other musical about a turbulent romance is that both James Joyce and Nora Barnacle have an astounding command of the English language, so both characters engage in absorbing witty wordplay.
Starring as James Joyce, Matt Bogart's lyric baritone instrument is handsomely applied to the score, giving his characterization of the famous author an undeniable masculine charm. His voice radiates on key musical moments such as the angst-ridden "Man of Erin," the sensual "Kiss," the lively Irish jig "River Liffey," and the sumptuously romantic "All Ways in Love."
Opposite him, Jessica Burrows carries the emotional weight of the album with her performance as the headstrong Nora Barnacle. With a brilliant clarity and superb vocal grace, she sings the role with wonderfully evocative precision. She brings life to the passionate "Kiss," the bawdy and comical "Compatriots In Lust," the empowering ballad "Stand Fast," the embittered and raucous "Without a Man," and the heartfelt and moving "What Better Thing to Do (Reprise)."
Each playing multiple characters, J.B. Wing, David Arthur, and Brian Sills round out the aural landscape of the album. They blend their voices well on Jonathan Brielle's well-crafted chords.
Lastly, Jonathan Brielle mixes the tonal aesthetics of the typical pop Broadway score with the sensibilities of traditional folk Irish music. This allows him to transport listeners to the era of James Joyce with authenticity and skill. This choice is mirrored in the casts' adoption of well-rehearsed and well-delivered Irish accents (among others when appropriate). These aspects of the album are much appreciated as they give the album a sincerity and honesty that makes the story all the more intriguing to the listener.
Jay Records released the captivating and altogether lovely HIMSELF AND NORA (Original Off-Broadway Cast) on June 10, 2014. The album can be purchased from Jay Records' online store, iTunes, and Amazon.
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|Howard Pyle
Shorter Works[edit]
- The Ruby of Kishmoor
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883)
- Pepper & Salt, or Seasoning for Young Folk (1886)
- Otto of the Silver Hand (1888)
- The Wonder Clock (1888)
- Men of Iron (1892)
- The Garden Behind the Moon (1895)
- Twilight Land (1895)
- The Story of King Arthur and his Knights (1902)
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates (1903)
- The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905)
As illustrator[edit]
- Stops of Various Quills (1895) by W. D. Howells.
- The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (1900, this version) by Edwin Markham.
Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.


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IndyCar - DHL Signs Multi-Year Primary Sponsorship WIth Andretti Autosport
Indianapolis, Dec. 7, 2012: DHL, the global market leader in the logistics industry, will now be speeding into the 2013 racing season as full primary sponsor on the Chevrolet piloted by recently-crowned IZOD IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay. The Indianapolis based Indy car race team Andretti Autosport and DHL recently announced the new agreement which takes the successful partnership into its third consecutive season.
"We couldn't be more pleased to welcome DHL back to Andretti Autosport, and this time as a primary sponsor and defending champion," said John Lopes, Chief Marketing Officer, Andretti Autosport. "As a global industry leader, DHL is a brand that we are proud to have in our organization. We look forward to many more wins together."Hunter-Reay, who will be starting his fourth season with Andretti Autosport, won the IndyCar Championship and its million- dollar prize by scoring a league-leading four race victories this year. He has been the highest placed American Driver in the IndyCar Championship since joining Andretti Autosport three years ago, and is the most successful American Driver currently competing in the series with three times more race wins than all of the other current American drivers combined. A past recipient of both the IZOD IndyCar Series Rookie of the year and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the year awards Hunter-Reay is the only driver to have won races in IndyCar, ChampCar, CART, GrandAM and the ALMS Series.
"We are pleased to expand our partnership with the Andretti Autosport team and driver Ryan Hunter-Reay," said Christine Nashick, Vice President of Marketing for DHL Express. "Andretti, like DHL, is recognized worldwide as a high performance brand, known for its speed, reliability and the dedication of its team. We look forward to a continuing successful partnership together and an exciting racing season ahead."
Elements of sponsorship continue in 2013 with DHL image and advertising rights as well as VIP hospitality platforms for DHL customers at races in major U.S., Canadian, Asian and Latin American markets.
The iconic DHL branding, which has been a part of Hunter-Reay's car for the past two seasons, was unveiled by Hunter-Reay on Wednesday at a closed media event at the team's Indianapolis race shop. The 2013 liveries of teammates Marco Andretti and James Hinchcliffe were also be unveiled at this time. The No. 1 DHL Chevrolet will make its debut at the season opener - the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday, March 24.
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Based in Indianapolis and led by racing legend Michael Andretti, Andretti Autosport fields multiple entries in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Andretti Autosport also campaigns multiple cars in Firestone Indy Lights, the Star Mazda Championship and in the USF2000 National Championship. The company boasts four IZOD IndyCar Series championships (2004, 2005, 2007 and 2012), two Firestone Indy Lights titles (2008 and 2009), one USF2000 championship (2010) and has won the Indianapolis 500 twice (2005 and 2007). For more information, please visit www.AndrettiAutosport.com.
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Award-winning PR consultancy, The Right Agency, is looking for a talented PR account manager or an ambitious Senior Account Executive looking to take the next step up.
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He's never been stopped," Pavlik said in a teleconference call with media, "but what happens when he does get hit flush? It's definitely not out of the question for a late round stoppage or a quick knockout.
Here is what Pavlik is up against: Hopkins has fought 384 rounds and not only has he not been knocked out, but he has only hit canvas in one fight under usual circumstances. In 1994 Hopkins travelled to Ecuador to fight for a vacant middleweight title against an undistinguished boxer named Segundo Mercado. The bout was contested in a bull ring in Ecuador's capital of Quito, which is 9,350 feet above sea level. Mercado lived and trained in Quito. Hopkins only arrived there four days before the fight.
Mercado put Hopkins down for the first time in his career with a right hand in the 5th round. Two rounds later Mercado fired an uppercut that sent Hopkins tumbling through the ropes head first on his way down. The American got up to salvage a draw, and then knocked Mercado out in a rematch in Maryland. The knockdowns were probably more attributable to the thin air, than to Mercado, who had a record of 18-2, and was not particularly powerful, showing just 11 knockouts at the time. If you factor in that after losing the rematch, Mercado got knocked out in seven of his last eight fights before retiring, it seems reasonable to dismiss the first fight as a fluke.
Despite Hopkins' well-deserved reputation for having a granite chin, Pavlik's trainer Jack Lowe feels that if they can melt steel in his boxer's home city of Youngstown, there's no reason why Kelly can't crack granite.
"This will be a good fight for about six or seven rounds," Lowe said. "Then I see it playing out like the Cotto-Margarito fight, where Margarito kept stalking him and eventually Cotto wore out. What is Hopkins going to do when he has a guy who's 6'-2 1/2 and throws 97 to 103 punches a round chasing him? We'll catch him eventually."
Five or 10 years ago nobody was able to catch the wily Hopkins. But that was then and this is now. The always superbly-conditioned Hopkins may be a 30-year-old man in a 43-year-old's body, but there's no question he has slowed down and his reflexes are not what they used to be. After defending his middleweight title 20 straight times -- including knockouts of prime time Felix Trinidad and Oscar De La Hoya - Hopkins has lost three of his last fights, two on close decisions to Jermain Taylor, and a split decision in his last bout against the undefeated Joe Calzaghe.
While acknowledging Hopkins chin, Pavlik still thinks he can put him away. "He's never been stopped," Pavlik said in a teleconference call with media, "but what happens when he does get hit flush? It's definitely not out of the question for a late round stoppage or a quick knockout."
Hopkins scoffed at the notion of Pavlik beating him. "Kelly Pavlik is the perfect opponent for me because he comes forward, he comes to fight and he wants to knock Bernard Hopkins out," Hopkins said. "If Kelly Pavlik thinks he's gonna beat Bernard Hopkins because he has a right hand, he's a damn fool."
Lowe feels it is Hopkins who is tailor-made for Pavlik. "Hopkins wants to make it an inside fight, like he did with Calzaghe - jab, jab, jab, get in and clinch and hold," Lowe said. "But Kelly has good power in both hands and Hopkins is going to have to get from point A to point B (clinch) without getting tagged with a right hand or left hook."
While Hopkins often claims he has never been cut or hurt in a fight -- which is a bit hard to believe - there's no getting around the fact that nobody has ever manhandled him. What is also unquestionable is that Hopkins has a huge edge in experience, and has faced fighters every bit as tough as Pavlik, if not more so. Besides Trinidad and De La Hoya, Hopkins took a prime time Roy Jones Jr. the full 12 rounds before dropping a relatively close decision by scores of 112-116 on all three judge's cards.
Trainer Enzo Calzaghe, who has had an on-going, often caustic debate with Lowe in the media over the relative merits of their fighters, thinks Hopkins' experience will turn Pavlik into something less than an irresistible force.
"Bernard Hopkins will beat Kelly Pavlik, I have no doubt about that," Enzo recently told setantasports.com. "Pavlik could beat Jermain Taylor because Taylor only had a plan A. Hopkins has a plan A, B, C and D. Hopkins is in a different class than Pavlik. I'm not sure of the round, but Hopkins will take him to school. Hopkins can nullify Pavlik's punching power with his movement."
Told what Enzo had said, Lowe was quick to counter punch. "Enzo is a jerk. I don't understand why they're talking about Kelly when they should be worrying about Roy Jones (whom Calzaghe fights on Nov. 8)," Lowe said. "If the right Roy Jones shows up, he's going to kick the crap out of Calzaghe."
Also worth noting in this fight is that Pavlik's chin is nowhere as durable as Hopkins. In the second round of his first bout with Taylor, Pavlik was knocked down, and when he got up was nearly put down for good. Pavlik was also knocked down last year by a lesser fighter than Taylor, Jose Luis Zertuche, and has tasted canvas in a couple other fights.
Although Hopkins' 42 victories include 32 knockouts, he has not stopped anyone in four years. One thing is for certain, unlike Taylor, if Hopkins does manage to put down Pavlik, he's better equipped to finish him.
Some have criticized Lowe for taking this fight - which will be at a catch weight of 170 pounds -- saying he should be defending his middleweight title against young bucks. But other than Pavlik, the pickings are slim in a division currently devoid of stars and big fights. "We could have been like (champion) Arthur Abraham and stayed at middleweight and waited for fighters to come to us. But in one or two more fights, Kelly's going to move up to 168, and if there is nothing attractive there, we'll go to 175," Lowe said. With the catch weight being 10 pounds over the middleweight limit, there has been some who've questioned whether the lanky Pavlik might have trouble with a naturally bigger man who campaigns as a light heavyweight.
"I think their people (Hopkins' camp) made a mistake taking this fight at 170," Lowe said. "They thought Kelly would have problems getting up to 170. But Kelly walks around at 172-173, and right now (Oct. 6) he's training at 169-170."
The one thing that is unquestionable is that Hopkins, even at 43, is still a big step up for the young Pavlik, whose best opponent to date has been Taylor, whom he beat twice. Since Taylor beat Hopkins twice, it is tempting to say Pavlik should defeat Hopkins. But that kind of logic rarely works in boxing.
The guess here is that this fight will go to the scorecards, where anything can happen, even an irresistible force moving an unmovable object. And vice versa.


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Tonia and Jesse Stiller of Zimmerman announce the birth of their son, Cashton Michael, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Fairview Northland Medical Center in Princeton. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce.
Grandparents are Kandy Volker of Isanti, Bob Volker of Northfield and Judy and Marv Stiller of Oak Grove. Great-grandparents are Connie and Darryl Kasemeier and Betty Volker, all of Sumner, Iowa. Great-great-grandmother is Margaret Mueller of Sumner.
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text: Veteran Malayalam actress Kaviyoor Ponnamma, well-known for acting as mother to most Malayalam actors, will produce a film titled Megha Theertham, based on a short story Amma written by Unni Krishnan and published 10 years ago. Unni Krishnan narrated the story to Kaviyoor Ponnamma recently and she immediately got interested in producing the film. Megha Theertham will be a musical extravaganza, evolving around the life of Gayathri, a violinist who sacrificed her whole life for music. Kaviyoor Ponnamma, who won the Kerala State Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1994 for various roles, will enact the central role as Gayathri in the film, to be directed by Unni Krishnan, who has directed a number of serials and commercials. Megha Theertham will be his debut venture as a film director. Actress Padmapriya, Lakshmi and Tamil actor Prabhu will don meaty roles in the film which also has Jagathi Sreekumar, Captain Raju, Mani Kuttan and Dakshina Moorthi, Bhama and Muktha in other roles. There are six songs in this film. Music director Sarath will set the music for lyrics written by Gireesh Puthencherry. The singers are Yesudas, Sreenivasan, Hari Haran, K.S. Chitra and Sujatha. The movie will be shot at Palghat, Kozhikode and Thanjavoor.


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In Diary of a Submissive, Sophie Morgan candidly explains what exactly an independent, 21st-century woman gets out of relinquishing her power and personal freedom in a submissive relationship with a dominant man for their mutual sexual pleasure.
In the wake of Fifty Shades of Grey, here is a memoir that offers the real story of what it means to be a submissive and follows Sophie's story as she progresses from her early erotic experiences to experimenting with her newly awakened sexuality. From the endorphin rush of her first spanking right through to being collared, she explains in frank and explicit fashion her sexual explorations.
But it isn't until she meets James, a real life Christian Grey, that her sexual boundaries are really pushed. As her relationship with James travels into darker and darker places, the question becomes: Where will it end? Can Sophie reconcile her sexuality with the rest of her life? And is it possible for the perfect man to be perfectly cruel?
Daring, controversial, and sensual, Diary of a Submissive possesses a captivating warmth and astounding honesty. Once you listen to this book you will understand why "Sophie Morgan" is a pseudonym.
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"A work of top-notch erotica, this diary is also occasionally laugh-out-loud funny as the author weaves around the undeniable sweetness of love with the pain and humiliation she deeply craves during sex." (Publishers Weekly)
"Strong start but lost interest."
I have very limited experience this kind of literature very Limited! That being the two books about Brie and the Training Center by Red Phoenix. The love shown by most of the DOMS there puts these 2 as Dom & Domber - 2 woefully inadequate and still juvenile excuses for men. t
The two hi points are the humorous script and the wonderful Reader! Hope she branches out into better quality material instead of just these hyped-up sexed-up romances she does. A real comedic talent .:-D
"50 Shades edited"
The narrator was outstanding. I really enjoyed that part.
This book is nearly identical in places to the first book in E.L. James' famous trilogy.
Presentation and editing is better in the present story. I like that it doesn't present D/s relationships as "sick" in some way.
Here is an engaging first person story of one woman's experience of discovering and living D/s relationships. Highly recommended.
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Happy Easter and all the other joyous spring celebrations happening this time of year (not including tax day)!
Today I don't have a destination to report, but I am reminding you of my latest book, Traditional Old-World Easter-Egg Coloring Techniques, available in Kindle and print form on Amazon, along with all my other books. This book has full, step-by-step instructions for boiling and blowing eggs, then coloring them in traditional ways, not that supermarket egg-coloring-kit way. This is really fun, especially for kids. Get yours today!


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Mentioned this new project of mine over the weekend via Tumblr. If you're interested, you can see the research stuff I'm beginning to accumulate for it there: tag-king of all the dead. As you might've guessed, it is a straight-up zombie story. Just because I'm constantly disappointed by the lazy zombie offerings in film and fiction doesn't mean I've given up on them as a device/trope/existential puppet.
NYC 1980. Nothing but death.
Hope to have the plot shaped up shortly, written in the early part of next year. Will be published to your favorite reading device if Amazon doesn't stop mucking around with DRM, anyways.
Excerpts will probably be posted online, but not the whole thing unless someone wants to pay me for it. Yeah, I didn't think so, either.


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London - To his fashion disciples, he's the Last Emperor. Others know him as the maestro of Italian couture.
But there is far more to the celebrated designer Valentino than the masterful creations on display until the end of March at an exhibition at Somerset House, in central London, might suggest.
As the legend surrounding Valentino's collections grows, so too do the myths about the man himself.
These are some of his notorious eccentricities:
The spoilt brat
Born in 1932, in Voghera, near Milan, Italy, Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani was named after the silent movie star, Rudolph Valentino. The son of an affluent electrical supplier, Valentino readily admits he was the archetypal spoilt brat. His mother, who was no clotheshorse herself, but like all good Italians recognised the value of a well-made garment, queried how she could have "produced a son who will only accept the most expensive things".
Attributes included refusing to share his cutlery with anyone, demanding to have his sweaters and blazers custom-made to his own specifications: down to the width of the stripe, the colours and the buttons.
Does he have OCD?
The couturier's notorious attention to detail borders on the neurotic. Certainly, he has a compulsive need for perfection. But it's his memory that really stands out. How many stinking-rich people can be said to know the whereabouts of each of their possessions? Michael Kelly, the man in charge of Château de Wideville, Valentino's home near Paris, remembered the designer quizzing him about a certain set of crockery. He told Vanity Fair that Valentino asked: "'Michael, do you remember those blue and white plates?' Now, he knows exactly what he's talking about, and he knows exactly where they are, but it's a little test to see if I know. And a reminder. You know: 'No matter how good you are, I'm still number one'."
Three colours: all red
With Valentino, it isn't just the fact that he splashes his cash, but how he chooses to do so that stands out. No house is too expensive, no style too bold, or shade of colour too, er, red. Witness his response to the terrorism waged by the Red Brigades in Rome: a friend recalled how the designer chose none other than a bright red bullet-proof Mercedes to drive around in.
"Red. My God, I thought you must want to get blown up," the friend said.
Those houses, naturally, have the world's most fashionable addresses, from his chalet in Switzerland, to his mansion in London, the villa in Rome, the Manhattan flat and the Louis XIII château near Paris. Not forgetting his 152-foot yacht.
He likes a lock-in
Despite revelling in the adulation of his admirers, the fashion mogul is obsessed with privacy. His partner, in life and business, Giancarlo Giammetti, is one of just seven people to whom he is said to have ever become close to.
Then there's his love of locked doors. His assistant Bruce Hoeksema remembered one trip to the Seychelles, in an interview with Vanity Fair. "There were bungalows, all open. That totally freaked Valentino out. He piled chairs up in front of the windows and doors and set out bottles so that if anybody moved anything the bottles would fall over and wake him up. Maybe he has this fear that somebody's going to come in while he's sleeping and do something to him. Or just look at him."
A man's best friend
You could be forgiven for thinking that fashion was everything to Valentino, but you'd be wrong. Very wrong. That honour belongs to his dogs.
"I don't care about the collection. My dogs are much more important," he has said.
Valentino once named a collection after his late pug, Oliver. His other dogs – Milton, Maggie, Maude, Monty, Margot and Molly – often travel with him in his 14-seat jet, with each dog getting their own seat. Getting to the airport requires three cars: one for Valentino and Giammetti; another for their luggage and the staff; and a third for five of the six pugs. The sixth, Maude, travels with Valentino.
His China syndrome
Not for nothing was he known as the Last Emperor: the designer cites seeing a collection of old Chinese costumes on a trip to Beijing in the 1990s as "one of the great emotional moments of my life". A three-floor Asian-style pigeonnier next to his French château, which once used to house doves, has been transformed into a shrine to Chinese culture. Then there's that 2008 documentary following the designer. Valentino: The Last Emperor laid bare how his lifestyle apes that of ancient Chinese rulers.
He owns an extensive collection of Chinese porcelain, statues, decorations and clothes. Indeed, one of his friends, Carlos Souza, once joked: "To fall asleep at night, instead of counting sheep, he counts porcelain." – The Independent