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The world is getting more and more developed, communication device has come to the most modern one. English language has been becoming one of modern tool to communicate. either by reading books, magazine and others. Speaking orally or watching television. it means that teaching people to understand English should be executed well and successful. Including teaching reading for adolescent. Also giving reflective in the teaching.
Teaching reading for adolescent is not easy but it is very hard to do by some teachers. anyhow for English teachers to increase the ability of teaching is a kind of a must or obligation because teaching reading is also one of the duties that should be done by them. Either they are as English teachers for school or at private institution. Therefore teachers should increase their ability or teaching competence on and on. So based on the opinion I hope it will be useful for English teachers to read and comprehend this article.
II. Background
Learning with adolescents is what makes teaching spectacular. We are always amazed at the energy students bring to class and frequently overcome with an awesome sense of responsibility. If we are going to really teach and ensure learning, we must first be willing to look within ourselves and be a reflective practitioner. Reflection as a practitioner should be a constant, daily event in our lives. As teachers, we must know and understand why we teach reading the way we do. In order to understand how to teach adolescents, we must not only look within ourselves but learn to listen to sound research and to the students we teach. we remain open to the possibility that listening to students for guidance in adapting our instruction is both feasible and worthwhile.
III. Problems
When teachers teach reading in the classroom they do not look within themselves and be reflective practitioner. indeed they must constantly be reflective practitioners, teachers should know why they teach reading the way they do. In order to understand how to teach adolescents. we remain open to the possibility that listening to students for guidance in adapting our instruction understandable and meaningful.
IV. Objective
The objective of this article written such as are :
1. In order teachers of English language can comprehend the importance of reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading.
2. To enable teachers of English to implement the way of teaching adolescent.
Chapter II.
A. Reading as a Process
Adolescents already possess knowledge and skills, and they want to participate in literacy practices that are suited to their own lives. I truly believe that literacy is about learning to read the world, so we must assist our students in exploring how to read the world and how to participate in the different situations in their lives. If we are to do that, we must have a sound definition of what reading is and what it looks like for adolescents. Then we need to understand what those different situations are or could be. What is it that we are preparing students for? First we must look at a sound definition of reading. According to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Commission on Reading (2004), :Reading is a complex, purposeful, social and cognitive process in which readers simultaneously use their knowledge of spoken and written language, their knowledge of the topic of the text, and their knowledge of their culture to construct meaning. Reading is not a technical skill acquired once and for all in the primary grades, but rather a developmental process. A reader's competence continues to grow through engagement with various types of texts and wide reading for various purposes over a lifetime.
I appreciate that the definition speaks to how reading is not acquired with finality in the primary grades, and how we are exposed to various texts throughout our lives. Whether it is reading the booklet that my healthcare provider has sent me, reading a road map, or reading my automobile manual to figure out how to change the clock on my radio, I am reading for a purpose and sometimes not very well! So if this is my definition of reading, and I truly believe that we are in this constant process of reading, then how do I help students be thoughtful about the texts they read and prepare them to read for various purposes over a lifetime, and what could those purposes be?
My view of the world is constantly changing based upon my experiences in life. One of those experiences happened after I read The World Is Flat. Reading that book forced me to be reflective about the literacy demands of the twenty-first century and caused me to question myself about how I am helping students meet those demands in the classroom. Changes are occurring in the world for which my students need to be prepared. One of the quotes that began my journey of reflection says that leading from good to great does not mean coming up with the answers and then motivating everyone to follow your vision. "It means having the humility to grasp the fact that you do not yet understand enough to have the answers and then to ask the questions that will lead to the best possible insights" (Collins, 2001). I have been approaching my reflections with many questions in order to get that best possible insight. What does it mean to think deeply about something? What does it mean to truly understand and comprehend? Am I modeling higher levels of questioning that deepen students' understanding? Are my students able to evaluate sources of information, and am I preparing students for jobs that do not yet exist in this global world?
B. Exposure and Practice
Looking deeply at literacy, I do know that it is situational. For example, the way a student acts in the hallway is going to be different than how she acts in the workplace. Not only do we want our adolescents to read well, but we want them to be able to communicate effectively in different situations. The literacy demands on students also vary from subject to subject in school. We want them to use their knowledge of spoken and written language, their knowledge of the topic of the text, and their knowledge of their culture to construct meaning. Students need to be given opportunities to read diverse texts. We must expose students to various texts and give them ways to express the ideas that they create by performing in different situations. The text can serve as a tool to help students think critically about issues they are faced with on a daily basis. The text can take its reader beyond the confines of her own prior experience and provide her with material and experience from which new ideas can be formulated . The texts that we expose students to do matter. When students are given opportunities to discuss these texts, relationships are built among students, and new ideas emerge. While sharing their own experiences, students begin to be more aware of how they are situated in the world outside of school. That discussion of text is crucial, and this engagement is essential to learning.
C. Metacognition and Lived Experiences.
When we are teaching students, it is no surprise that students will be in different places of learning. No matter where they are, we need to teach all our students to be metacognitive thinkers, to think about their own thinking as they read a text. If literacy is culturally framed and defined, and literacy in the twenty-first century is a concern, then adolescents need to be able to identify the meaning of texts and create their own personal interpretations. We need to not only teach adolescents how to infer and evaluate, analyze, weigh, critique, and rewrite texts not just of literary culture but of popular culture and citizenship but also model those processes for them and with them. Adolescent literacy education is the round table where teachers shape identities and citizens, cultures, and communities (Elkins & Luke, 1999). We ultimately want students to be responsible for their own learning, so by showing students how to approach a text with before, during, and after strategies and by releasing that responsibility to them, we will only help build confident readers.
The view of our world looks different for each student. When we are teaching our students how to pull apart text, we must realize that students come from different places, have different backgrounds, and have different experiences. Those experiences are going to constantly change throughout the life of these students. Reading instruction that is effective will help learners make sense of language . Whatever the text may be, students bring a certain amount of lived experiences to that text, and teachers must find a way to assist students in activating that prior knowledge. They are able to comprehend texts when they use prior knowledge to construct meaning (Beers, 2002;
Prior knowledge reflects the experiences, conceptual understandings, attitudes, and values that a student brings to a text; thus it is important to find what connections to personal knowledge and experience students are making. Louise Rosenblatt (1982) believed that thought and feeling are legitimate components of literary interpretation. Whether a text is informational or literary, it will demand a response from its reader, building on the meaning that they bring to the learning situation. Making meaning from texts is critical to reading comprehension, and focused discussion about various academic texts can help students learn to read better at the same time that they comprehend and learn more about a specific field
Chapter III.
Constantly being reflective about how to teach adolescents, learning to listen to sound research, and listening to the students we teach assist us in ensuring that our students are ready for the literacy demands of the twenty-first century. If we give our students diverse texts, help them be metacognitive in their learning, and practice in those different situations, we will build on the lived experiences that our students bring to the classroom. Reading is a process, and so is teaching. Being constantly reflective will refine our practice and allow us to look into the mirror more easily. Get to know your students and build relationships with them. Find out where they come from and what their interests are. Let your students get to know you. Where do you come from and what are some of your interests? Students love it when they feel and know that you are learning with them. Build upon the previous experiences of your students and give them opportunities for discussion through various modes of grouping. In addition, do not be afraid to pull from your own experiences to share with students. Teach your students how to be metacognitive with various texts by modeling strategy instruction. You could model through think aloud with various texts, such as adolescent picture books, brochures, and so on. Then gradually release that responsibility by letting your students practice. This discussion for students is crucial to deeper understanding.
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Applebee, A., Langer, J., Nystrand, M., & Gamoran, A. (2003). Discussion-based approaches to developing understanding: Classroom instruction and student performance in middle and high school English. American Educational Research Journal, 40(3)
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Suntory Goes Unrooted
The Suntory Collection, marketed in the United States by Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc. (JPW), will now be offering unrooted cuttings to eight select brokers. The cuttings will come from Plant Source International in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Oro Farms in Guatemala.
"All of this time, Suntory has been very reluctant to get into the unrooted cuttings business," said Lou Aguirre, marketing and license manager for JPW. "We had always maintained that the only way to go to market was to sell rooted liners using the Suntory licensed-propagator network. However, we recognized that other competing breeders have made their varieties available as unrooted cuttings in the market. We had lost a lot of sales, especially with the larger growers. We decided it was about time to develop a program while at the same time we can ensure quality and consistency."
Twenty varieties of plants have been selected, all of which are older than four years. A minimum order will be 5,000 cuttings, which restricts the offer to volume growers. The unrooted cuttings will be available through the following brokers:
- Ball Seed Co., West Chicago, Ill.
- Yoder Brothers, Inc., Barberton, Ohio
- Eason Horticultural Resources, Crestview, Ky.
- McHutchison, Ridgefield, N.J.
- Fred C. Gloeckner & Co., Inc., Harrison, N.Y.
- Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Downers Grove, Ill.
- Western Horticultural Products, Inc. (WeHOP), Sequim, Wash.
- JVK Sales, Lachine, Quebec City, Canada.
"I think in the past, rooted liners were very difficult to find, simply because we didn't have enough rooting facilities. Today, we have 23 propagators in North America, making rooted liners more easily available," said Aguirre. "Nevertheless, I think the unrooted cuttings will be very easy to get simply because we've forecasted a very high production to anticipate the demand. It's a lot easier to control."
The program was designed to not only make Suntory products available to a wider audience in the North American market, but to also protect the Suntory licensed propagators of rooted liners, while meeting the needs of the large wholesale growers. "There are many new species that are coming out every year that hopefully will continue to generate a lot of interest in Suntory products," said Aguirre. "We are protecting the new varieties that are probably the most exciting varieties. They are exciting and creative and different from other products on the market. There is a need for the newer varieties to become well established. Naturally, they need a maturation process. After 3-4 years, we will know if they are going to be standard items."
According to Aguirre, the eight licensed brokers will be the ones selling the cuttings to the growers. The brokers will take the orders from the growers and send them to JPW. In turn, JPW will process the orders and tell the production facility to ship them.
When selecting which brokers to use, Aguirre said many factors were considered: geography, finances, the quality of the organizations and the competing products that the organizations currently represent. "There might have been other brokers we could have gone with, but maybe the conflict of product representation was too strong, so we decided not to," said Aquirre.
The 20 Suntory varieties offered in this program are:
- Million Bells Cherry Pink, Terra Cotta, Trailing Blue, Trailing Pink and Yellow
- Surfinia Brilliant Pink/Purple, Lime, Pink Veined, Sky Blue, Violet #3 and White
- Tapien Blue-Violet, Pink and Salmon
- Temari Bright Pink, Bright Red, Patio Blue, Patio Rose, Violet and White
The varieties will be available in early fall of this year. Aguirre expects orders to start shipping out by week 50, but brokers have started taking orders. "I believe this program will enhance Suntory product sales, not only at the unrooted level, but also at the rooted level," assured Aguirre. "The unrooted cuttings program will increase the sales to larger growers who would normally not buy Suntory products. At the same time, it will hopefully enhance the value of rooted liners."


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McCain Deploys Shiny Object Ad To Distract From Own Ethical Lapses
The McCain campaign's latest ad is a doozy of Rovian disinformation trussed up in a sweet little shiny object diversionary package trying to hit Barack Obama on John McCain's weakest spot: a man in bed with so many lobbyists cannot expect to keep pretending to be Mr. Clean for much longer.
Look, over there — I'm still all mavericky and shit. Puh-lease.
Not even your base in the media is buying that trip to fairyland schtick any longer — hell, the New Yorker practically calls you a lying weasel. When someone like Joe Klein uses the words "flop sweat", you are sinking (and clearly stinking).
Aside from the "oooh so boogah boogah" background music and "sincere" whispery voiceover dude, so overly melodramatic as to be laughable, the script for the McCain ad is a scream. Once you peek below the spin and dig into the facts underlying it especially.
Let's take a peek, shall we?
Washington's broken. John McCain knows it. We're worse off than we were four years ago.
Oh. Dude. You really want to go there? When you voted with George Bush 90% of the time, by your own admission out of your own mouth:
(The new Obama campaign ad.)
But, that's not all! It gets even more ludicrous:
Only McCain has taken on big tobacco, drug companies, fought corruption in both parties.
Big tobacco? Oh, yeah — alongside his lobbying crony and erstwhile senior campaign advisor Charlie Black who lobbies for…wait for it…big tobacco. So successfully, in fact, that Charlie's good buddy, John McCain has completely switched his voting habits on big tobacco in the last few years. Gee, wonder how that happened. Could it be the increase in campaign contributions from big tobacco — over $78,000 thus far — which is odd considering his very public refusal to take their money back in the 90s. What's changed his mind, I wonder?
And drug companies? Have you met Joe Lieberman, close pal and McCain confidante…and his wife Hadassah, a big pharma lobbyist? How about Vin Weber — McCain advisor and…wait for it…big Pharma lobbyist? Or Tom Loeffler, McCain money bundler and also a big Pharma lobbyist?
In fact, there's a whole website dedicated to the lobbyists around John McCain, and not surprisingly a lot of them are in bed with a lot of these industries on which McCain is supposed to be all mavericky. Coincidence? I think not. But I digress, let's get back to the ad.
Fought corruption? Oh, let's talk, John.
Hear any good money bundler jokes lately? Because I heard a doozy that involves some potential straw man donations from folks who have never, ever given money to a political campaign before. Then you add in a hint of oily revenue from some more suspiciously odd Hess oil and other petro money that just happened to spill into your coffers after you switched positions on off-shore drilling. (Who woulda thunk it?!?) I mean, it's not as though you blatantly and deliberately violated campaign finance laws or anything. Oh…wait…nevermind.
And then, for the punch line, we add a dash of Jack Abramoff's pal Juan Carlos Bonitez and his money bundling for the McCain campaign…and all those outstanding questions about the Abramoff e-mails you kept stashed under the "no lookee for the public" rug.
Ahhh, feel the warm glow of sunshine, eh? It is to laugh.
The rest of the McCain ad:
He'll reform Wall Street, battle Big Oil, make America prosper again.
He's the original maverick.
One is ready to lead — McCain.
Lead us where? Further into the ditch? No thanks.


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[ syll. j-ho-na, jh-ona ] The baby girl name Jhona is pronounced as JH-OWNAH †. Jhona is used chiefly in English and its origin is Hebrew. Jhona is a variant of the name Johnna (English).
Jhona is an uncommon baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Jhona include Giona, Gionah, Jahna (English), Jama (English and Polish), Jamesha (English), Jameshia (English), Jamesia (English), Jamessa (English), Jamis (English), Jamise (English), Janaé (English), Janah, Jancis (English), Janece, Janess (English), Janic, Janick, Janique (French and English), Janis (English and Hebrew), and Janise (English).
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The company received its Aircraft Operating Certificate in early 2001 under JAROPS1, and was the first Icelandic airline to be certified from the start of operations under this European standard.
Operations started in March of 2001, with one B737-300 freighter aircraft routing daily from Iceland via the United Kingdom to Cologne, Germany.
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My Sheryl costume. Its really just a shirt and a necklace. The necklace was made with sculpey and sanded smooth, the shorts were bought, and the leggings were bought and dyed to match. The wig is just a pink wig with blond sewn into it. The earring was the amusing part. Remember that stuff you used to use as a kid where you melted colored clear plastic beads to make "stained glass"? I made my own jewel for the Sheryl earring by doing that. A BLAST!
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The biggest news of Signing Day 2009 was, of course, the verbal commitment and signed LOI of Manti Te'o, but the Irish picked up another 5-star commitment today as well when 2010 DE prospect Chris Martin selected Notre Dame as reported by Irish Eyes.
Martin, who will be one of the top rated recruits regardless of position in 2010, is the third commitment for Notre Dame for the class of 2010 – the second of which is 5-star caliber.
Here's an excerpt from IE on why Martin picked Notre Dame.
"As far as choosing Notre Dame, it was the right place for me from the academics to playing time," Martin said. "Those are my two big things. The scheme they run, there is a lot of opportunity there, and academic wise, there aren't too many places that can beat Notre Dame.
"It feels like it's the right place to be for four or five years."
After striking out at defensive end this year, this was outstanding news for Notre Dame and adds to the momentum that was started with the commitment of Manti Te'o. The class of 2010 looks to be set up perfectly for Notre Dame as long as the Irish put a strong product on the field in 2009 and the early commitment of two 5-star prospects is proof of that.
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Damn, I got some serious competition, raise the stakes! DAmn the torpedos!
Hey Grief, quit crying and show us more experimental shit, god damn.
Btw Nice updates, i could use a little laugh now and then. :rocker:
yep, this one im book marking, i see some vivid imagination here and for future inspiration.
Me want see more :rocker:
Whoa man, I had to stop and see this sketchbook again. Because i know there something stirring the imagination here. :rocker:
So far, so good, So what? :rocker:
good paintings btw ;)
Thanks alot for dropping by Mydrako. Ill do my best at what i can do.
Heres a couple of large experimental paintings. Ive no idea what im doing, so if anyone could fill me in. id appreciate it....
Well, I haven't been here in a while. I really like those charactures, if that's how you spell it. Good stuff, I never this sketchbook without picking up a pencil before I leave. :rocker:
Yes! Now this is what I call using your knowledge to free your imagination.
I've never seen sketches and ideas like these in a long time.
Your ambitious nature will make a name for you. :rocker:
Damn, I never thought I would see a sketchbook so full of potential and original concepts. :rocker:
Not bad, Not bad at all. You've got on good eye here and a steady hand. :rocker:
It's been awhile since i been here.
Each time i come here, the more i am encourage back to still life. I hope you would take a look at my sketchbook and give a little advice on my work. Good or...
wow! nice artwork. ITs nice to see a flower bloom and grow, it its also beautiful to see a flower die. it schribbles and grays. Keep growing with imagination, the real creativity comes when it begins...
A bit of this and that, but mostly experimental. :rocker:
Some new experiments and ideas. ...annd.. yea
i like this one alot
Some sketches. Its amazing what emotions have to do with free form art. Just letting it all go is the inspiration. Any feedbacks are welcomes. :rocker:
Im through with love I will never fall again. :rocker:
Karein: Thanks! Im flattered. Looking forward to more responses. :rocker:
Something new or experiment. As pollock said dont deny the accident, use the accident. I guess its automatism. its all a...
Traditional pwns digital any day, nice updates. :D
Wow nice experiments!! :rocker: All of which these inspire, which then helps another inspire, building on itself it goes forward. ;)
WOw, nice sketchbook! :rocker:
looking forward to that painting ;)
Well, this is new. oh well, why do i bother uploading? :rocker:
OH not sure if i am done with it.m:P
The escher one, the have you more ideas like that? it has a question of what if and imagination in it. XD
Aila: Painting went for 50 bucks XD
yea, its a rose painting. though i asked several people what they saw and the results were surprising.
welcome backs :rocker:
Did this during the break....
Umm... Not Sure what i was doing. Well im open to suggestions :rocker:
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Wednesday, June 26 - Sand Gnats 5, GreenJackets 1
For the second time this season, Augusta starter Justin Schumer pitched five scoreless innings against Savannah. For the second time this season, his lead was blown by the bullpen.
Schumer allowed two hits over five scoreless innings, walking one and striking out five. He did the same May 26 at Savannah, throwing five scoreless on six hits with one walk and one strikeout.
Like that May start, Schumer held a one-run lead after leaving. And like that start, the lead was blown by reliever Brandon Farley, who allowed three runs in the sixth on Wednesday and one in the eighth in May.
Schumer entered the game with a 58.3 percent left-on-base rate, far below league average and a reason for a .312 batting average with runners on compared to .288 from the windup.
However, the right-hander improved on those numbers Wednesday by not allowing a hit with runners on and leaving six on base.
"Once I started getting some guys on base, I started going to the slider and changeup," Schumer said. "(Eric) Sim was doing a good job calling pitches. I have a pretty good feel for those pitches. It worked out with guys on base to get some strikeouts."
Sand Gnats starter Gabriel Ynoa allowed one run on five hits in six innings, not walking any and striking out four. Ynoa flashed an above-average fastball and changeup, with the chance for the change to reach plus territory. It thrives on deception from a quick arm and three-quarters slot, giving it arm-side fade. GreenJackets hitters were constantly in front of the pitch, resulting in a lot of fly balls in the later innings.
Ynoa's breaking ball is inconsistent but has the ability to flash as a solid third offering. If he can gain more feel and tighten the spin more consistently, it can make it as a major league pitch.
Augusta held Brandon Nimmo hitless over seven at-bats in the series, reaching once on a walk and striking out four times.
Notable Augusta lines:
Justin Schumer: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K
Ben Turner: 2-4, 2B
Notable Savannah lines:
Gabriel Ynoa: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Chad Zurcher: 2-4, 2 RBI, BB
Jeff Glenn: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
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It was really touching to see such a class act as Georgia native Luke Bryan winning the Academy of Country Music's top Entertainer of the Year award Sunday night.
He wasn't ashamed to cry, and he wasn't afraid to hug and kiss his good friend and ACM awards show co-host Blake Shelton on Shelton's cheek.
"Thank you for making my life what it is," he said in his acceptance remarks. "What I always just wanted to be was a country singer that got to ride on a tour bus, show up at a new stage and play music every night."
He later added, "I tell you what – I swear to God – every time I step on stage it is a blessing to me to play for fans."
Bryan, who grew up in Leesburg, Ga., near Albany and graduated from Georgia Southern University, told this columnist something similar in February 2007, just two weeks after Capitol Records released his first single, All My Friends Say.
He already had co-written Billy Currington's hit single Good Directions.
"Anything that happens from today on in my life is what I consider bonus stuff for me," he said. "I'm just happy at the place I'm in. We're all not promised another day. We have to make the most of each day, and that's how I'm trying to do it."
Bryan, since bursting onto the country music scene, has long been a favorite entertainer with Augusta-area fans who have seen him at WKXC-FM's Guitar Pull, A Day in the Country festival and the Country Club Dance Hall and Saloon.
In that early 2007 interview, Bryan said his high school drama coach, Robbie Davis, told him to follow his music dreams.
And he credited his late brother, Chris, with instilling in him a love for country music. Chris was killed in a car accident when Luke was 19.
"My brother didn't play any instruments, and, Lord knows, he couldn't sing a lick," Bryan told me, "but he was a consummate country music fan and loved everything about it. He was a big reason why I was listening to country because you kind of do what your older siblings do."
ACM WINNERS HEADED THIS WAY: The duo Florida Georgia Line (Brian Kelley from Ormond Beach, Fla., and Tyler Hubbard from Monroe, Ga.), which won the ACM award for Best New Artist, will headline the A Day in the Country Festival at Augusta Riverfront Marina on Sunday, May 5.
• Little Big Town, which won the ACM awards for Vocal Group of the Year and Video of the Year (Tornado), will perform at Bell Auditorium on Wednesday, May 8. David Nail will open for the group.
JUST FOR THE RECORD: The ACM folks like to boast that their awards are voted on by the fans, but that is only partly true.
If you go to the academy's Web site, acmcountry.com, and click on "voting criteria" at the bottom of the home page, you will see that it is a combination of votes of fans and the ACM professional membership that determines the winners of the Entertainer, New Artist, New Male Artist, New Female Artist and New Vocal Duo or Group awards.
The Male Artist, Female Artist, Album, Single, Video and Vocal Event awards are determined only by the AMC professional membership and not by fan voting.
JOE & MARILYN ADCOCK: One of Augusta's music legends is singer and pianist Marilyn Adcock, whom I ran into last Saturday afternoon at Eryn Eubanks' weekly acoustic jam sessions (4-6 p.m. most Saturdays) at the Bible Deliverance fellowship hall on Eve Street.
Marilyn was with her saxophone player husband, Joe, who has toured with the Bill Black Combo and Jerry Lee Lewis.
She can be heard from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, and Thursday, April 11, at Malibu Jack's, 231 Furys Ferry Road, and from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, at the Augusta Elks Club, 205 Elkdom Court, near Malibu Jack's.
• Chatham County Line: 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11, Belle Meade Country Club, 2660 Twin Pine Road, Thomson, Ga., and Friday, May 24, at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que, Evans Towne Center Park.
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, Newberry (S.C.) Opera House.
• Mitchell Springfest: Friday-Sunday, April 19-21, with an expected 15 food vendors and 50 other arts and crafts vendors. This great festival with lots of good music has taken place for 17 years.
• Kicks 99 Hooked On Country Show: 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, Bell Auditorium with Justin Moore, Parmalee and Charlie Worsham.
• Rhonda Vincent: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, USC Aiken Convocation Center, and Friday, May 3, at The Little Roy & Lizzy Music Festival, Elijah Clark State Park, Lincolnton, Ga.
• Janis Ian: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center, Evans, Ga.
• The Little Roy & Lizzy Music Festival: Wednesday-Saturday, May 1-4, Elijah Clark State Park, Lincolnton, Ga., with Jimmy C. Newman, Rhonda Vincent, Marty Rabon, The Lewis Tradition, Jeff & Sheri Easter and many more.
• A Day In The Country Festival: Sunday, May 5, with Florida Georgia Line, Casey James, Chris Janson, The Lacs, Carey Murdock and Jaycie Ward.
• Mangelly Big Kids Accordion Band: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5, Augusta-Richmond County Library, 823 Telfair St., celebrating World Accordion Day.
• Jeff & Sheri Easter Annual Homecoming Gospel Festival: Thursday-Saturday, May 9-11, Lewis Family Home Place, 1935 Lewis Family Road, Lincolnton, Ga., with Karen Peck & New River, The Hopper, Jason Crabb, Lynda Randle and more.


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"It's one of the bigger days I've seen. We don't get surf that much, so when it does it's a big deal," said Matt Prevatt.
"We've had rain worse this year than probably what will happen," added Karen Seamen.
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Red flag warnings were up along the beach, and lifeguards watched for anyone pulled under by rip currents. Elsewhere, drivers filled up their gas tanks ahead of the storm.
"I was here for Ivan so I don't want to make the same mistake," said Teena Valentine.
City officials set up several locations for residents to collect sandbags. But the demand appeared low.
"I ain't even putting up the storm shutters," said Robert Clark. "You know, 65 miles per hour winds is -- all that is is aggravating."
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Small Business Development Center—Classes to Energize Your Business in 2012
A New Year calls for some reflection on our professional and personal goals. Check out the list of classes and workshops the Larimer Small Business Development Center has planned. Wishing everyone a safe and prosperous 2012!
Make it Official! Wednesday, January 18, 7 – 9am
An early morning two-hour workshop that covers business registration and forms, business entity-type selection and other timely tips every prospective entrepreneur needs before starting a new business venture. Presented by Paul Matonis, EA.
Will My Business Make Money? Tuesday, January 24, 8:30am – 12 noon
This 3.5 hour workshop is your starting point for understanding the financial future of your business. Cash is king, and we'll look at how to plan for it. The easiest way to make projections is with a spreadsheet. If you want to use the spreadsheet template that comes with the class, you must know Excel. Forecast income and cash flows, gain the necessary insight to run your business, secure funding, and make better decisions. Presented by Pavel Verbsky, CPA.
Business Planning for Success Wednesday, February 1, 8:30am – 12 noon
Participants will learn the basics of developing a comprehensive Business Plan for their business start-up, expansion or financing. They will also receive information about how to access small business assistance from the SBDC and other state and local resources.
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Kevin Dryg, CPA, CVA, will present step-by-step guidelines for business record keeping and tax filing (including sales, use tax and payroll taxes) for different start-up entities.
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State Fair of Texas Guide: Sep. 30-Oct. 7
The State Fair of Texas is upon us. And while it is by far one of the best excuses to chuck a diet to the wind, there's plenty of other stuff going on. Each week we'll present all the noteworthy things to see and do that don't involve puking up fried bubble gum on the Tilt-a-Hurl Whirl. Jump for your day-by-day plan, and find a listing of recurring events at the bottom.
Sep. 30
Opening Day Parade. You weren't really working anyway. Noon. Downtown.
Opening Day Ceremony. 7 p.m. Heritage Hall.
Glue a Shoe Contest. For those whose shoes aren't quite interesting enough, one of the first fair activities gives the ultra-competitive among us the opportunity to out-Bedazzle the competition. Categories include boot, high-heeled shoe, sandal, tennis shoe, and flip-flop or loafer. Entries accepted at 9 a.m., judging at 10:30 a.m. Contest Kitchen, Creative Arts Department.
Pan Am Nigerian Dwarf Goats Local Club Show. In case you were wondering, here's what a Nigerian Dwarf goat looks like. And in case your kid decides he wants one of these cuties for a pet after watching the show, they're gentle, give good milk, and are supposedly easy to train. 9 a.m. Swine Area.
Kraig Parker's Ultimate Tribute to Elvis. 8:30 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Oct. 1
It's a red letter day for fans of ethnic, folk, and clog dance. Wander over to the Hall of State to catch Boitumelo (10 a.m., 10:50 a.m.), Philippine Dance Company of San Antonio (12:10 p.m., 3:50 p.m.), Sonido de Flamenco (10:20 a.m., 11:30 a.m.), Daniel de Cordoba Bailes Espanoles (12:40 p.m., 2:20 p.m.), Bluebonnet Scottish Country Dancers (2 p.m., 5:10 p.m.), Mexico 2000 Folklorico dance School (1:30 p.m., 3:10 p.m.), Fire on the Mountain Cloggers (1 p.m., 5:50 p.m.), San Antonio Contra Dancers (2:50 p.m., 4:30 p.m.), and the American Turkish Association-Houston Turkish Folk Dance Group (6:40 p.m.). Plus:
Dairy, Nigerian Dwarf and Pygmy Goats Costume Contest. More goats! But in costume this time. Any of these will work. 6 p.m. Swine Arena.
Grambling State vs. Prairie View A&M. 6 p.m. Cotton Bowl.
Miguel, 3 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Oct. 2
Bread baking contest. This sounds fairly straightforward, and a delicious opportunity for carb monsters to eat their fill and then walk off the extra calories with a full day of traipsing about the grounds. 10:30 a.m. Contest Kitchen.
Vietnam Memorial Wreath Laying. 2 p.m. DAR House.
KC and the Sunshine Band, 5:30 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Oct. 3
The Great American Spam Championship. See how creative people can get with canned, pink, precooked meat product. We nominate Nick Badovinus. Roast that sucker on a spit. 10:30 a.m. Contest Kitchen.
Bri Bagwell and the Banned, 4 p.m-4:55 p.m/5:45 p.m.-7 p.m./8:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Oct. 4
Celebrity Kitchen. Chefs Abraham Salum and Alan Havans of Komali (home of the best margarita in Dallas and some intense mole) are cooking at 12:30 pm. Creative Arts Building.
Rob Hunt, 4 p.m-4:55 p.m/5:45p.m.-7 p.m./8:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Oct. 5
Tex-Mex Contest. Think you make the best salsa in Dallas? Get ready to set fire to both the competition and the taste buds of anyone who happens to wander by. 10 a.m. Creative Arts Building/Contest Kitchen.
Blue Bell "Have an Ice Cream Float" Day. Cool off with a free treat, which is something that does not happen at the fair all that often. Noon. Food and Fiber Pavilion.
Maiden Texas, Chevrolet Main Stage, 4pm-4:55pm/5:45pm-7pm/8:30pm-9:15pm
Oct. 6
Dallas Model A Ford Club. The Model A was Ford Motor Company's very first car, produced way back in 1903. After the company found mega success with the Model T years later, they produced a second Model A vehicle in 1927 just to make things confusing. The Dallas Model A Ford Club is concerned with the Model As built between 1928 and 1931. And if you have a thing for old-fashioned cars, here's your chance to see some that have been painstakingly restored. 10 a.m. Grand and 1st Ave.
Dallas Police Department Horse Show. They're the closest we've got to Canadian Mounties. The Dallas Mounted Police are putting on a show with their equine partners. 3 p.m. Ranch Arena.
The Royal Rhythmaires, 4 p.m-4:55 p.m/5:45p.m.-7 p.m./8:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Oct. 7
Guided livestock tour. Check out all the animals the fair has to offer under the tutelage of someone who knows what they're talking about. Tours leave every 15 minutes starting at 10 am through 5:45 pm, and last 50 minutes. All day, corner of Nimitz and Coliseum Dr.
Pan AM Beefmaster Cattle Show. Only one person can wear the crown of "beefmaster." Show up to see who raises the very best beef as participants from all across the United States show off their cows. 4 p.m., Livestock Judging Pavilion.
JB and the Moonshine Band, 8:30 p.m. Chevrolet Main Stage.
Milking Parlor Demos. Watch cows from local farms demonstrate modern milking procedures. 11 a.m., 12:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m. Pan Am Barn.
State Fair of Texas Wine Garden. Enjoy wine by the glass and snacks daily, plus live music (including jazz) on the weekends. Experts will also conduct "wine talks." 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays through Mondays, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays. Wine talks usually occur around 1 p.m.
The Texas Skyway. Can't decide where to eat, what to ride, or whom to see onstage? This 1,800-foot aerial track is a great way to scope out the fairgrounds.
Cirque Shanghai. A group of Chinese acrobats perform amazing aerial stunts and contort their bodies into all sorts of insane positions. Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; additional performance at 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Gateway Plaza.
BMX Bike Star Show. Big Time 720 Action Sports team performs gravity-defying feats. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. The Thrillway.
Pig Races. Three times a night, visitors can bet on their favorite bovines as they trundle down the pike. 6, 6:45, 7:45 p.m. Pan Am Arena.
United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corp. Catch these guys, who came all the way from Washington, D.C., every afternoon from Sept. 30 to Oct. 17 at Marine Corps Square, as well as each night during the evening parade (excluding Wednesdays).
Illumination Sensation. This nightly show–likely to leave the kids (and some of their parents) with mouths agape–features lights, water, music, and fireworks. 8 p.m. Esplanade reflecting pool.
Reliant Starlight Parade. We love a parade, particularly one with lighted floats, drum and bugle players from the U.S. Marine Corps, and giant puppets. 7:15 p.m.
Chevrolet Town Square. Test drive new cars and power up your mobile phone– a super handy feature that's new this year. Activities for kids include a mini Texas Rangers wiffle ball stadium and a soccer shoot out park. East Park Plaza near gate II.
Jump! Ultimate Dog Show. Dog lovers will want to check out this show demonstrating canine skills and agility at least once. 11 a.m., noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Pan Am Arena.
Farmer Mike Pumpkin Carver. Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sundays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Greenhouse on the Midway.
Kroger Birds of the World Showcase. 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 6 p.m. every day. The Band Shell.
Jeep Climbing Wall. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Jeep Show/Automotive Building.


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The historic district of Angels Camp introduced free Wi-Fi Friday for visitors and residents. The hotspot is the latest project of the Angels Camp Brand Leadership Team in their effort to make the historic downtown more resident and visitor-friendly, said BLT President Anne Forrest.
HStar, Inc., a Calaveras County-based communications consulting company owned by Tim Hildebrand, was awarded the contract to set up and manage the system once the plan received approval from the Angels Camp Planning Commission, Forrest said.
The hotspot is available along South Main Street from the top of the
hill on the north down to Angels Creek at the south end of the
district. Three businesses - the Calaveras County Visitors Center, The
Pickle Barrel and the Angels Camp World Mercantile - have previously
provided free Wi-Fi for their customers. The new system is designed to
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Signs displaying the "Free Wi-Fi Hotspot" symbol were installed at
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"Given that most travelers today use some form of wireless
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Merchants will soon have the opportunity to advertise on the local portal access page, she said.
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The May issue of the gayest not-officially-gay magazine just went up on the web. Inside next month's Details: Orlando Bloom gets seminaked and moody for the camera.
Tommy Hilfiger declares:
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And this fun quiz: verdict face or o-face?
Want to get your nasty rumors fix, and find out which celeb was crazy enough to take Michael Jackson's advice on finding a plastic surgeon? Popnography has the story.
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As we headed out from the ceremony to begin taking photos, I quickly noticed that the rain was starting to reveal itself. Not to the point where you are saying "run for cover," but more or less you realize that it is indeed raining. Kelly Dalisa, owner at our venue Monte Verde Inn, must have seen my rain frustration because she quickly handed us each a glass of champagne. It was that or the fact that we just got married. Yeah, that was probably it.
One of the first photos taken after the ceremony is one I am not too happy with. I'm sure I look normal to most people, but I look at that picture and I have flashbacks to what I was thinking.
Thoughts going through my head:
"Is it seriously raining? Memorial Day weekend?!"
"I curse myself for not ordering cute umbrellas."
"I really need a Mary Poppins bag. Like right now. From which I could withdraw an umbrella."
"Preferably a white lacy bridal umbrella."
"This champagne is delish."
Luckily the rain subsided for a bit so that we could head off and take some photos. Here's some advice for all of you for taking photos. And no, I am not going to say to make a list of all the poses you want. I am going to say: MAKE SURE YOU BRING THE LIST WITH YOU. Yeah, I forgot it. So we had to wing it, but luckily we had that "just married" charm so the photos turned out pretty well.
Did you have a list for what poses you wanted for photos or did you just wing it like we did?
*Photos by Martin's Photography
Over 10 years go by and we get married
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The bridesmaids share a view out the window
The boys shake their nerves and take photos
I talk about my whipped cream dress
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What a difference a week makes!
It is early morning, I slept in until a little after 5:30 am, and this morning's wait for James Prindle's sentencing hearing feels completely different from last Wednesday's vigil. The fearful apprehension is gone.
Last night Mike Scholl and I had a talk and I feel confident that James Prindle's fate is in good hands. I am so thankful that we found this good and generous man. Last night I learned that he has reduced his normal fee $25,000. And I never even asked for it.
It is really so interesting how working on these cases presents the best and the worst in humanity. Were it not for people like Mike Scholl, I think I would despair for the human race.
Last night I really needed the lift that the conversation with Mike gave me. Stephen called to tell me that, at the worst possible time for his well being, James was experiencing a meltdown. It seems that Rose Stanley paid him a visit yesterday and filled his head with all kinds of ideas designed to undermine his confidence in us and in the support we have been providing.
He called Stephen and made all kinds of accusations which replicated almost word-for-word those which Rose had made to me the day before. The poor kid was freaking out and sure that we have been using him and would abandon him just like almost every other adult has in his life. Rose is a smart and persuasive person. She knows James and knows what buttons to push.
If Rose truly cared about James, she would not have timed her visit the day before this hearing when James needs to be at his best. It is despicable. I've put her picture back up on last Friday's blog post. She has shown her true colors.
7:30 am – Stephen has just called from the courthouse. He and a guard are the only ones in the courtroom.
He will call back when there is some news to report.
9:40 am – Stephen has just called back. The court is in session and Mike has still not arrived; but James' case will probably not come up until the end of the session. Nevertheless, Stephen said the tension is making him nervous. Stephen says James is in the courtroom and looks pretty despondent. Rose's visit has had its effect, as if it were even necessary under the circumstances.
11:15 am – People are e-mailing and calling asking for news.
Gloria wrote and shared these links with me: http://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=jaame%20prindle%20sentencing&source=web&cd=18&ved=0CGQQFjAHOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wmctv.com%2Fstory%2F19036675%2Fhuman-trafficking-victim-its-happening-here-in-memphis-and-shelby-county&ei=stoGUKLHLNSHhQfJ08XOBw&usg=AFQjCNE2ofvQBKhLoamX67lbWHbJuupO2g (which reports that about 100 cases of human trafficking were documented last year in Shelby County TN) and http://www.endslaverytn.org/get-involved/redflags/ (which lists the warning signs to look for to recognize a sex trafficking victim).
Matt wrote, "Still praying for a good outcome for James, and hopefully a successful appeal, but stories like this don't bode well for his chances in an adult prison," and provided this link: http://www.wmctv.com/story/19031905/jailhouse-beating-for-a-man-charged-with-child-rape.
11:22 am – Stephen called and our long wait is over. James' sentencing hearing has been delayed again until August 24.
The attorneys passed the baton before the television news cameras in a very classy and collegial manner. Claiborne Ferguson has apparently filed motions to the Tennessee Supreme Court challenging the jurisdictional matter of whether it is even appropriate for James to be sentenced as an adult rather than as a child.
The judge said that he had received over 150 letters from people urging him to send James to Boys Town, but that they were all from people outside the jurisdiction; he would not be able to consider this possibility, he said, unless one of the attorneys were to request it.
James will remain at Jail East at least until August 24, if not longer. At the conclusion of the hearing, James turned around, looked at Stephen, and smiled.
We can all breathe a sigh of relief and feel a sense of accomplishment that we have made a difference. Thank you to all who have written letters, donated money, and provided other support for James.
I have just made a second payment to Mike Scholl's office. This leaves our account with about $500. Another $1,300 is in the process of being transferred to us from PayPal and the Juvenile Law Society, which will replenish the account to a minimum level for us to comfortably meet our day-to-day expenses. Remember, we have seven other kids besides James.
We have paid Mike a little more than half his agreed fee of $15,000. We have $4,000 in outstanding pledges which still need to be collected. This leaves us with a balance of $3,000 which needs to be raised to pay for James' defense.
Will you please consider helping us whittle this goal down to zero? Any size of gift will help and will be most appreciated. To give, please visit http://www.redemptionforkids.org/ or click the link in the black band at the top of this page. Thank you!
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CALGARY, Alberta – For two days the Sharks had to live with the consequences of their Game 3 loss in enemy territory. Their physical and mental toughness was questioned. So was their heart.
Then, on a deflection goal by center Joe Thornton with 9.4 seconds left Tuesday night, they dramatically answered their critics by crafting a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames that sends their series back to San Jose tied at two games each.
"We didn't doubt ourselves," said Thornton, whose goal was his first of the playoffs to go along with four assists. "We haven't questioned anybody in this locker room. We feel real comfortable with this great group in here."
Thornton's goal capped a stunning reversal for the Sharks, who trailed 2-1 with less than five minutes left, their only goal coming off a deflection by left wing Ryane Clowe. Then Jonathan Cheechoo tied the score at 15:06, giving Thornton the opportunity to win it.
Had the Sharks not orchestrated their comeback, they would have been one loss away from being eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in a year when many have made them the favorite to win the whole thing.
Their 4-3 loss to the Flames in Game 3, after holding a 3-0 lead, generated criticism inside the locker room as well as outside it. Goalie Evgeni Nabokov had challenged his teammates, saying, "It takes men to play this sport, not a bunch of boys."
Nabokov liked the way the team responded. And after the victory, he had a different message to deliver.
"To be honest with you," Nabokov said, "I just told the guys it would be too unfair if we lost this game because of the character we showed and the way we played. We deserved this win."
Sharks Coach Ron Wilson mixed up his lineup in more ways than one.
He put rookie forward Devin Setoguchi and defenseman Christian Ehrhoff in and took forwards Patrick Rissmiller and Curtis Brown out, sacrificing their penalty-killing skills "to get a little more speed and pop."
The addition of Ehrhoff, who suffered a lower-body injury April 1 and had missed the team's past five games, meant the Sharks were going with seven defensemen and 11 forwards – 10 actually, since left wing Jody Shelley saw only 2:52 in ice time.
But the rearranging didn't end there. Throughout the game, Wilson rarely settled on fixed lines, mixing and matching throughout the game as he hoped to find a way to spark the offense.
"I love it when you play Rubik's Cube," Wilson said, jokingly. "And the whole idea was to get the right combination on the ice in the last 30 seconds. It worked."
The Flames got on the scoreboard first, and it was their captain, Jarome Iginla, who fired the puck from the right faceoff circle past Nabokov at 3:19 of the first period.
At 10:56 of the second period, the Sharks evened things up on a power-play goal when Patrick Marleau's shot from the blue line was deflected into the net by Clowe while Thornton screened Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff. It was Clowe's fourth goal of the playoffs.
The Flames regained the lead at 18:29 of the second period directly off a faceoff won by Iginla. The puck went to Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf, who launched a shot from the blue line that eluded Nabokov's outstretched glove for a 2-1 Calgary lead.
The Sharks dominated the third period, but until Cheechoo's goal, it looked as if Calgary's lead would hold up. Cheechoo jumped on the ice in the middle of a line change, then benefited when Setoguchi carried the puck behind the Flames' net and got it to him. A wrist shot from a harsh angle near the side boards beat Kiprusoff at 15:06.
That wasn't enough to quiet the sellout crowd. But Thornton's deflection of a shot from the blue line by defenseman Douglas Murray certainly did.
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ARMONK, N.Y. – North Castle Town Supervisor Howard Arden has consistently maintained his vision of running North Castle "like a business" since stepping into the position last year.
"The savings from 2012 will go first toward much-needed infrastructure projects," said Arden in a January interview. "Things like road repairs, building repairs and a new generator are items that have been put off in previous years that we can now tend to."
Talk of such improvements will soon be more tangible for residents, as the North Castle Town Board recently began discussing more than $1 million in capital improvements for 2013:
Roof assessment and roof replacements ($330,000) : Town Administrator Joan Goldberg, in a Feb. 6 Town Board work session, said the town will be inspecting all town building roofs. The assessment — with a $30,000 price tag — would be conducted by a specialist who will make recommendations for next steps. Arden suspects the actual roof replacements will cost the town somewhere in the neighborhood of $300,000.
Highway trucks ($400,000) : The North Castle Highway Department needs two new Mack trucks with snowplows. Each truck costs approximately $200,000. Arden said he's heard of towns buying used trucks that are "practically new" for a fraction of the price and plans to investigate such an option before making such a large financial commitment.
Town generator ($25,000) : Goldberg said the town is considering purchasing and installing a generator for the Community Park at 10 Clove Road, which would "provide uninterrupted power for a second warming and charging center during power outages."
Armonk Square sidewalk ($50,000 to $70,000) : The Armonk Square project includes resurfacing the sidewalk along Maple Avenue to the Armonk Square entrance on Main Street. Armonk Square will build a new sidewalk along its entire side of Main Street, as well as at the frontage on Maple Avenue. However, connecting the two completely is not part of the project. The town would build the connecting sidewalk, while coordinating the extension with Armonk Square workers working on their section.
School Street Bridge design study ($30,000) : North Castle Director of Planning Adam Kaufman pointed out a serious problem on School Street, which is known to flood too easily. The first step of fixing the problem is to have a study done. Kaufman said the town knows it will be an "expensive fix."
Other capital improvements the town is considering include new software for the North Castle Police, which would cost approximately $40,000, and cleaning up Wampus Brook Park and transforming it into a dog park . However, the town expects the majority of Wampus's costs to be reimbursed by FEMA and, possibly, dog park donors.
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Wednesday 19th December 2012 – Kingston, Jamaica: West Indies star cricketer and Digicel Brand Ambassador, Chris Gayle is arguably one of the best cricketers the game has ever seen. He has the ability to score runs in the clutch and entertain his adoring fans with a certain class and finesse that is unmatched.
www.digicelcricket.com caught up with Chris to get his thoughts on the value of grassroots cricket programmes such as the Digicel/WICB Grassroots Cricket Programme and how it contributes to the development of the sport in the Caribbean.
Chris, as a very successful cricketer, you are an idol for hundreds of aspiring young cricketers across the region (and the world!). However, having someone to look up to is only the start as these young players need a structured outlet for talent development. How important do you think the Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme is to the development of these young aspiring cricketers?
- I think it is very important to the development of cricket in the Caribbean – especially for young cricketers. I remember attending numerous grassroots cricket programmes when I was younger – they helped me to have a greater appreciation and love for the game. Young players need proper guidance at that age and I think the Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme gives them the kind of attention they need to become successful players.
What are some of the key points these players should take from the programme?
- They need to first learn the basics of the game – defending your wicket, fielding techniques, batting, bowling and so on – these will help them to achieve greater success later on. Also, the values they learn from being in the programme will not only help them to improve in their game, but also improve in their academic endeavours, which I think is very important. Parents should support their children in all of their pursuits – both on and off the pitch – as this guidance, from an early age, will stay with them for many years to come.
In your opinion, how do you think young people will benefit from participating in cricket?
- Playing cricket teaches young people the value of dedication, discipline and teamwork. It also teaches them how to deal with success – as well as disappointment – so it builds character and also encourages them to develop a healthy and active lifestyle. The Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme is an excellent way for young players in the Caribbean to learn the basics of cricket as well as important principles that they can apply in their lives.
Other sports may appear more profitable or glamorous in comparison to cricket, how do you think we can encourage more young players to pursue a career in cricket?
- It all depends on how well these players make use of the opportunities they are given. The Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme gives young cricketers a fantastic opportunity to build a good foundation for the future – they should grab it with both hands and not take it for granted.
Where do you see the game of cricket going in the next couple of years?
- I think the game has a bright future. With initiatives such as the Digicel Grassroots Cricket programme, young cricketers are getting valuable hands-on training that will help them to be successful players. In addition, the introduction of the new 20/20 format and more tournaments throughout the season and opportunities to play professional cricket both regionally and internationally are increasing. When these opportunities come up, they should go for them without hesitation.
What do you think are the key personality traits of a successful cricketer?
- Dedication, a strong self-belief, the ability to perform under pressure and to be able to rebound after an unsuccessful game – which will happen at some point or another in any player's career so they need to learn how to handle that.
What responsibility, if any, do successful cricketers have in inspiring and supporting young cricketers to go all the way in their careers?
- I think successful players should all lead by performance – younger players expect us to perform well at all times, so we should give them something to cheer for and also teach them to aspire to the same level of play.
What keeps you motivated?
- I am motivated by my own expectations and the confidence I have I myself I can accomplish my goals if I work hard enough – it's all within me.
What would you be doing if you weren't playing cricket?
- To be honest, I always knew that I wanted to be a professional athlete so if I wasn't playing cricket I would be involved in another sport.
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Police logs - June 29
Ashley J. Damsker, 28, of Philadelphia was charged Friday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Teresa Lessa, 39, of 367 Chesterfield Road was charged Thursday with violation of probation.
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Jarvis Surney, 19, of 320 Colman St., Apt. 2, was charged Friday with third-degree assault on a pregnant woman, second-degree unlawful restraint and violation of a protective order.
Shona Allison, 43, of Hartford was charged Friday with four counts of second-degree failure to appear in court and failure to respond to an infraction.
Brian Oddo, 26, of 279 Talman St. Ext. was charged Friday with violation of a protective order.
Joseph Cote, 40, of 582 N. Main St. was charged Thursday with second-degree failure to appear in court, driving with a suspended license and failure to use a turn signal.
Gilbert Christopher, 30, of 51 Division St. was charged Wednesday with possession of narcotics and possession of crack cocaine with intent to sell.
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Hector Martinez, 36, of Bridgeport was charged Thursday in Griswold with possession of cocaine with intent to sell and possession of cocaine.
John Casey Banks, 24, of 98 W. Broad St., Apt. 26, Pawcatuck, was charged Friday with third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief.
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Rachel Zoe and her adorable son Skyler, 9 months, were spotted as they hit the shops in West Hollywood, Calif. on Monday (December 19).
The celebrity stylist looked chic – of course – dressed in an all-black ensemble that was topped off with a big black hat. Little Skyler was dressed in grey and looked to be in a good mood – obviously he hadn't encountered any hysterical holiday shoppers just yet. Or isn't privy to the ongoing drama between his famous mom and her ex assistant Brad Goreski.
The professional couple ended their longtime working relationship in September, and on his new show Brad is speaking out about their seemingly acrimonious split. "We don't speak to each other. I would love to be able to speak with her," he says on his new show, It's A Brad, Brad World. He also adds that people often ask if he's met Skyler. His answer? "I have not seen the baby because I have not been invited."
When pressed as to why he no longer speaks to Rachel, Brad says he has "an idea," but thinks "those reasons are unjust."
"I think I have conducted myself with honesty, with dignity and with grace," he continues. "And I will continue to do so no matter what is said about me."


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SOFIA - Bulgaria will not support imposing large scale economic sanctions on Russia before the European Union carries out a impact assessment on such measures, Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski said in a statement on Thursday.
EU member Bulgaria, which meets about 90 percent of its energy needs with imports from Russia, will be among the countries that will adversely affected if such sanctions be imposed, the government press service quoted Oresharski as saying to reporters ahead of an European Council meeting in Brussels. (Reuters)


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Autodesk, Inc. has unveiled a family of software suites for visual, factory and plant design. The new suites are designed to offer increased functionality, interoperability and provide a simpler purchasing and deployment process.
"The design suites make it much easier for Autodesk customers to accelerate their design processes and benefit from the wide range of Autodesk design, visualization and simulation technologies," says Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. "Customers will also benefit from increased interoperability and productivity through access to new features and web services that will only be available as part of the design suite family."
The suites for visual, plant and factory design are the first releases of the new family of design suites aimed to address industry workflows. The design suites will provide strong interoperability between the products, and a range of capabilities for design and visualization. The first three suites are:
- Autodesk Design Suite is for architects and designers working with AutoCAD software. The primary products in this suite include AutoCAD, 3ds Max Design, and Alias Design.
- Autodesk Factory Design Suite is for machine and equipment builders, system integrators and manufacturers who design, visualize and simulate layouts of machine lines and entire manufacturing facilities. Autodesk Factory Design Suite promises to help manufacturers make better layout decisions by creating a digital prototype of the factory before equipment is installed and commissioned. The primary products in this suite include AutoCAD Architecture, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Navisworks.
- Autodesk Plant Design Suite is for plant designers and engineers who need integrated plant design and whole-project review capabilities for plant design projects. The primary products in this suite are AutoCAD, AutoCAD P&ID, AutoCAD Plant 3D and Autodesk Navisworks.
Each suite will be available in several editions, with each edition offering progressively broader and more sophisticated capabilities.
The Autodesk Design Suite and the Autodesk Factory Design Suite are now available in select countries in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The Autodesk Plant Design Suite will be available in July.
For more information visit Autodesk's Design Suite and Factory Suite sites.
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Big Island briefs: 3 UHH basketball players get PacWest accolades
Three University of Hawaii at Hilo players earned recognition on the all-Pacific West Conference basketball teams.
The PacWest announced the all-conference women's and men's teams Friday.
Vulcan junior Kamie Imai was named to the all-PacWest second team. The 5-foot-9 guard/forward averaged 11.1 points and 7.4 rebounds to help lead UHH to a fifth-place finish among eligible teams and berth in the inaugural conference tournament. She also led the team with 82 assists and 22 blocked shots.
Kirsty Imai, a senior and Kamie's older sister, earned honorable mention. The 5-4 guard averaged 10 ppg to go with a team-leading 36 3-pointers.
The Lady Vulcans, under head coach David Kaneshiro, finished seventh overall in the 14-school standings with a 10-7 record. They were 13-11 overall.
UHH's senior CJ Brown earned honorable mention honors on the all-PacWest men's teams. The 6-1 point guard led the Vulcans with 12.6 ppg and a team-high 97 assists. He also had 29 3-pointers and 41 steals while pulling down 3.2 rebounds per game.
The UHH men, under head coach Jeff Law, finished 12th out of 14 teams in the PacWest with a 4-13 record. The Vuls were 6-19 overall.
Kamehameha's Poe
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Kamehameha basketball player Casey Poe has been named the Big Island Athlete of the Month for February.
The 5-foot-11 junior led the Warriors to the state Division II girls basketball championship, scoring a game-high 28 points and dominating overall play in the final against Honokaa. She also hit a last-second shot against the Dragons in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation D-II title game, lifting the Warriors to a two-point win at Kealakehe.
The soft-spoken Poe, the two-time BIIF D-II player of the year, was named the state D-II tournament's most outstanding player.
For the year, Poe averaged 18 points and 8.7 rebounds per game while leading Kamehameha to its fifth straight BIIF title and second state D-II title in the past three seasons under head coach Garrett Arima.
The Big Island athlete of the month program is sponsored by Don's Grill, under owner Don Hoota. The athlete of the month as well as athlete and sportsperson of the year programs were founded by the late Jack Matsui.
Members of the selection committee are Hugh Clark, Ramon Goya, Stan Costales and chairman Bill O'Rear.
Nominations for the March athlete of the month may be sent to Don's Grill, 485 Hinano St., Hilo, HI 96720, or to Bill O'Rear, Tribune-Herald Sports, P.O. Box 767, Hilo, HI 96721; or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The deadline to submit nominations is April 1.
2012 Athletes of the Month
• January: UH-Hilo basketball player Kamie Imai and Pahoa basketball player Nick Fisher.
• February: Kamehameha basketball player Casey Poe.
Keaukaha seeks
canoe paddlers
Keaukaha Canoe Club is inviting men and women who have no outrigger canoe paddling or racing experience to join its novice paddling program.
To learn more or to sign on as a new paddler, contact Mike Ben at 315-5706 or come down to the Keaukaha Canoe Club Halau located on the immediate eastside of the officials' stand at the Hilo Bayfront.
Ben is there Monday through Thursday at 5 p.m.
Baseball alumni league
The Big Island Baseball Alumni League for ages 18 and over will run from August to September. It is for old-timers or recent graduates itching to shake off the rust and play ball.
For more information, call Shannon Ouchi at 217-2278.
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Here's a ton of patches (*.opm files) from Sega Genesis games: http://truechiptilldeath.com/blog/2010/05/04/opm-patches-out-of-most-genesis-games/
This library will not work on the Mac version because, while these are technically text files, they are Windows text files, and the Mac version of this VST only seems to understand Unix text files. The difference is DOS and Windows text files end with both the line feed and carriage return ASCII characters, where Unix text files end with just the line feed.
There are some methods of converting between the two file formats, but with more than 2600 files in this archive, anyone undertaking a conversion is in for a long slog.
You can use this native OS X batch command quasi-unknown by the users but which works very, very well:
I cant get Black Winny's command to work, can you please explain how do you convert opm files to be mac readable ?
Do you still have link to the mac text files, Trivorak? The link is dead. Thanks.
Sorry I must have deleted the files when I cleaned out my Dropbox. The new link is this https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxZ5LYx-MoziVzR6US1LYVRUeDA
Just and FYI i found that the AU plugin wouldn't load the files but the VST would.
Here's the English manual: http://www.mediafire.com/download/kc7ub6b5zp052ds/VOPM.pdf
And, a direct link to my original thread with all the other links, lest the one below ever go away: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=277864
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Reuven is the PwC Israel Banking Leader.
Reuven has accumulated rich experience in his long career as a senior executive in the Israel banking industry. Before joining PwC Israel, he served as a senior deputy CEO of Bank Mizrahi and in this capacity his responsibilities included overseeing the Financial Division that runs the entire financial market trading operation of the bank (trading rooms, providing service to large clients, investment portfolio), the financial management business (managing assets and liabilities of the bank, ALM and monetary management), the Accounting and Financial Statements Department, the Bookkeeping and Budgeting Department, all tax aspects of the bank (tax planning of the bank and the group), the insurance business (banking insurance, officers' liability insurance and elementary) as well as the Planning and Economics Department.
Before that, Reuven served as the Chairman of the board of Bank Tefahot and as a director in companies in the First International Bank of Israel and Mizrahi Bank groups.
In addition, he served as an independent director at Bank Leumi and as the chairman of the audit committee, the financial statements committee and a member of the credit committee and the risk management committee.
He has also provided consulting services on SOX to the Bank Hapoalim group and First International Bank of Israel.
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The announcement of a Netherdrake flying mount in the next patch was a beacon of hope to broke people like myself, who hoped we could quest for the mount while continuing to blow our hard-earned cash on epic gear and new recipes. Unfortunately, our hopes were in vain. The Netherdrake quest line apparently requires 300 riding skill to begin.
Andrevv of World of Raids provides a nice guide plus screenshots of the quest line, which I'll summarize here. First, you have to swear yourself to the Netherdrake faction (which requires doing the Kindness questline for neutrality.) Then you get asked to disguise yourself as a Fel Orc and join the Illidari! Awesome! I always wanted to be Illidari. You then head out to Netherwing Ledge and get a couple of quests as an Orc. You can either gather 40 of some special ore/herb/etc. if you have a gathering profession, or pick up 40 crystals if you're not. Then you can head over to a goblin mercenary, who will give you some quests to help the Netherwing faction by sabotaging the Orcs. You can gather fel glands to poison orc peons or collect Netherwing relics from a skyway.
There's no information on where the questline goes after that, but the ore/crystal/poison questlines are marked as "Daily," and Andrevv got 250 Netherwing reputation for turning in his first 40 ore. The Daily quests seem to be meant to limit the amount of grinding you can do in one day -- but since there are screenshots of PTR characters with drakes already, this may not be working as intended.


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After his graduation from La Sapienza University in Rome, Professor Salustri entered the Internal Medicine residency followed by the Cardiology fellowship at the University of Siena in Italy. Since the beginning of his career, he was attracted by cardiac imaging; the possibility of looking to the heart in terms of morphology and function in a non-invasive way was extremely appealing to him: "Cardiac imaging is the gatekeeper for the vast majority of cardiac diseases, and in most of the cases a proper diagnosis is virtually impossible – or at least very challenging – without the support of the different imaging modalities." Professor Salustri is particularly interested in the clinical application of the cardiac imaging modalities and has accordingly combined his clinical activities in busy non-academic hospitals with the cardiac imaging modalities – and echocardiography in particular – in order to get the most relevant clinical information and to provide the best care for his patients.
As Professor Salustri was also interested in research, he spent four years at the Thoraxcenter in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where he obtained his PhD in stress echocardiography. At that time, Professor Salustri was also leading the research program on 3-dimensional echocardiography, providing the basis for the further development of this technique in the daily practice. This program was one of the first in the world combining both experimental laboratorium as well as clinical applications of 3-dimensional echocardiography. Thanks to the enthusiasm of his mentor Dutch Professor Jos Roelandt - who sadly passed away last year - he was stimulated to spend his energy in this exciting field, which resulted in numerous publications in international journals and a continuous exchange of experience with other centers. As is well known, this particular technique has since evolved and Professor Salustri is to this day amazed to realize that the current 3-dimensional echocardiography would have not been possible without those pioneering experiences in which he played a crucial part.
Specific lines of interest that Professor Salustri feels very strongly about are education, quality control and the application of cardiac imaging modalities in the clinical arena. Teaching and education are of paramount importance, because they provide the technical skills and are the prerequisite for obtaining reliable clinical information. In addition, as the interpretation of cardiac imaging is predominantly subjective in nature, quality control program are mandatory to ensure a high reproducibility and a low inter- and intra-observer variability. Finally, the very best imaging modalities for individual patients (i.e., the ideal test for a given patient) need to be selected in order to answer a specific clinical question. With this regard, Professor Salustri is convinced that the integration of different specialties such as cardiology, radiology and nuclear medicine, is still a challenge which needs to be addressed. At this aim the EACVI is playing an active role, with the concept of the patient (and not the test) at the center of our interest, and the different imaging modalities integrated in the specific diagnostic pathway. Finally, research programs on new techniques are very much needed. In fact, the research of today will be the routine of tomorrow, as the development of new techniques expands the horizons of our knowledge.
Young doctors with a special interest in cardiac imaging are strongly suggested by Professor Salustri to undergo a specific training in a center with high reputation in this field. There are few centers at the moment with a structured program on cardiac imaging. These programs should include a solid background on cardiac anatomy, physiology, and flow dynamics, followed by a dedicated training on the different imaging modalities, including physics properties and the specific applications in the different clinical setting.
Apart from taking some steps back into history to learn where we are today and how we got there, Professor Salustri is also very forward looking with high hopes for the future of cardiac imaging. He sincerely hopes that cardiac imaging will become an established subspecialty with standardized teaching programs as this will guarantee and enhance its overall quality and even further improve outcomes for patients. For the same reasons, the integration of cardiac imaging with other subspecialties like interventional and electrophysiology would also be highly desirable.
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A 'Portrait' of Kansas – Today's Vinyl Vault
Mid-West progressive rockers Kansas were so huge at one time, it's hard to believe that only 2 of their songs get any kind of airplay anymore, and for the most part, only on classic rock stations! Well, that may be a good thing though. It makes the deeper stuff that we're not sick of all the more cool! Portrait (He Knew) from their smash album 'Point of Know Return' is one of them, today's track around 5:20pm. Out of town? Listen live on-line. Did I really type "smash album"?