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There are few absolutely great jazz duet recordings. Lots of artists have tried the format (Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck, Jim Hall and Ron Carter, Jim Hall and Pat Metheny, etc.), but truly wonderful duets are far and few between. The intentions are always good, but sparks fail to fly as the artists are usually much too concerned with honoring each other. To place money on Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines' "Weatherbird" being the best duet ever is as safe a bet as one can ever make - and they were certainly not worryied about honoring each other. To this reviewer's ears Stan Getz and Kenny Barron's People Time, even though it's recorded at the end of Getz's life when he was obviously ailing, is the gold standard following Armstrong and Hines.
While not quite up to the above listed recordings, Joe Lovano and Hank Jones' Kids: Duets Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola is a well above average statement in the duet art, and well worth checking out. The problem with the recording that keeps it from rising to the level of the others, is that the artists are a little too polite. They're definitely listening to and playing off of each other's ideas, witness the trading section of "Charlie Chan" where they mimic each other's rhythmic motives, how "Kids Are Pretty People" is an exquisite statement of ensemble grace and the hip rhythmic tension during "Four In One," but overall these two artists sound a little sleepy. "Soultrane" doesn't quite take off, "Little Rascal On A Rock" doesn't seem to arrive and "Lazy Afternoon" is similarly sluggish.
Separately each artist is a giant in the field. Elder statesman Jones is the older brother to fellow jazz luminaries Thad and Elvin, and still plays with the fire and desire of a man a-third his age. Lovano, long considered by many the rightful heir to the Coltrane legacy, and deservedly so, has wielded a personal style that is simultaneously cutting-edge and in-the-tradition. They have previously played together on disc. In 2004 they recorded I'm All For You - Ballad Songbook, and in 2005, Joyous Encounter. Both of those recordings included a rhythm section accompaniment.
Special note on this recording is Jones' remarkable creativeness on "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" and "Oh! Look At Me Now!" Nobody singingly-swings on the piano like Jones, not to mention his harmonic inventiveness throughout, and for these two cuts alone all pianists should pick up this disc. Lovano is Lovano, a supremely gifted and talented artist. His lines seem so logical you'd think he pre-composed every one of them. You want to hate these guys for their abundant talent, but you can't because in addition to their command of the art they are also the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet.
Additionally, it's obvious they enjoy playing together. Their easy musical association is obvious on tunes like "Lullaby, "Budo" and "Four In One." On each they weave beautiful lines together that can not be separated into melody and accompaniment. So smooth is Jones in his playing the Gestalt has to be taken as a unit for without his presence Lovano would not be able to create the lightly whispered concepts that follow Jones' stated and implied harmonies. It's not really possible, in jazz, to know another artist too well. In Hollywood, the Oscar's suffer because of all the "in" jokes. Perhaps here it's also possible many of the references are a little too "inside." Still, it's two great well-conversant musicians having a conversation, and we get to listen in - now that's a joy.


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Serena Williams, oldest No. 1 in WTA history, earns fifth player of the year award
Serena Williams has warned the rest of women's tennis there is more to come after she was named WTA player of the year for the second year running, and the fifth time overall. Williams enjoyed one of the greatest seasons in WTA history: She won 78 of 82 matches, the U.S. Open and French Open among 11 titles, and a record $12,385,572 in prize money. Since February, she's been the oldest No. 1 in WTA history. She's now 32. "I have some areas where I can do a lot better for next year and I look forward to it," she says. "Overall I'll remember the wins, but I also want to learn from my mistakes so I don't repeat them." Williams was also player of the year in 2002, '08, '09 and '12.
Kiwis pip England in epic rugby world semi
New Zealand broke England hearts with a last-gasp converted try to edge their gripping Rugby League World Cup semifinal 20-18 at Wembley Stadium yesterday. Tournament co-host England was 30 seconds from reaching the final until Kiwis halfback Shaun Johnson slipped his counterpart Kevin Sinfield and wrong-footed last defender George Burgess to dive across the line and make it 18-18. Johnson also made the conversion, his fourth goal of the game, and punched the air before he was swamped by teammates. "I was always confident (of winning) if we gave ourselves an opportunity, and with two minutes to go we did," Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney said. New Zealand, the defending champion, will play Australia, which mutilated Fiji 64-0 in yesterday's other semifinal, in the final next Saturday at Old Trafford.
Patched-up Aussies beat Scots on rugby tour
Australia shrugged off a troubled build-up and the absence of a string of key players to scrape past Scotland 21-15 for the third straight victory of its end-of-season European rugby tour yesterday. The Wallabies' patched-up backline scored tries through fullback Israel Folau in the first half and winger Chris Feauai-Sautia at the start of the second, with Christian Leali'ifano booting the rest of the points at Murrayfield. The Scots, looking for a third successive win over Australia, were only 13-12 behind at halftime thanks to Greig Laidlaw's unforgiving boot and were never more than a converted try in arrears after the break. But a familiar lack of cutting edge out wide proved their undoing.
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The Ministry of Social Development and an attorney have responded to help former Chaguanas mayor Natasha Navas who sought refuge at a temple over the weekend.
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AG: Political mischief in old OPV story
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has condemned an article making the rounds on social media on the Government's purported multi-million dollar losses through the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) contract. In an e-mail yesterday, Ramlogan described the electronic article, Clyde shipyard bosses win £130m compensation battle, as "political mischief of the highest order".
"It seeks to revive an old article that was published in the Evening Times newspaper on November 15, 2012, at a time when Opposition Leader Keith Rowley was publicly announcing that the Government had lost the OPV arbitration and was ordered to pay British Aerospace Engineering (BAE) hundreds of millions of dollars. The article in the Evening Times newspaper confirmed the erroneous statements that were being made by Dr Rowley here in Trinidad," Ramlogan said.
The article, he said, was immediately retracted after he threatened to sue the newspaper. "A retraction was in fact published the following day by the Evening Times newspaper on the 16 November, 2012," he said. "Much to the surprise, disappointment and chagrin of the Opposition, the Government emerged victorious in the OPV arbitration with BAE agreeing to pay the sum of TT $1.4 billion to the state. This settlement was arrived at after I testified and was cross examined over a two-day period in the Arbitration in London," he said.
Ramlogan said the "misleading article has suddenly resurfaced on various PNM social media sites and is being forwarded to media personnel as part of a wider campaign design to discredit me".


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Since I was young, the Hilton name has held a mystique that oozed class and quality. If you had told me then that, when I was older, I would be able to stay at the Hilton anywhere, you would have convinced me that I was some kind of high flying successful businessman. Not so, the Hilton is now within reach of your average (including myself) person.
Therefore, whilst attending and engagement party in Sheffield, we booked into the Hilton (using our Tesco vouchers - regular readers of my reviews will be spotting a Tesco voucher theme here). The hotel is based in a canal basin area and is nice enough from the outside. Once inside, the lobby is attractive and very comfortable and the staff were courteous as they assigned our room. That was where the good news ended for the time being though as the room was incredibly basic, not at all what we had expected from the classy name that the Hilton has. The bathroom was the worst with grubby floors and cracked tiles.
Now, I am not a complainer by nature and indeed, I like to compliment good service when received so we accepted that maybe we had set our standards too high and went to visit the health club. Now this, I must say, was very nice with a good sized pool and a very well equipped and spacious gymnasium.
Once rested and with party over, we returned to our room for a good nights sleep away from our young children. At about two in the morning, the noise fromt he room next door became unbearable. We phoned the reception desk repeatedly to ask for assistance and none came, in fact all that came to the room was more and more drinks from room service. At 5:30 am I gave up and went down to find the manager. Nice as he was, he offered little in the way of a solution and we were left with a further tarnished view of the place and the hotel chain in general.
This hotel is great if you want a good health club and you do not have high expectations as befits the Hilton's name. But, don't say I did not warn you when I tell you that there are better value places in Sheffield that offer just as much.
Well Sheffield Hilton is next to the Keys and has all the amenties. I would suggest having a look at the review I found here for a map and booking details in the hotel: http://www.ukhotelz.co.uk/hilton/Sheffield_Hilton.htmI hope this helps with your search for information on Sheffield Hotel.
Aware of the DooYoo capitalization problem....but I hope you enjoy the review itself! Here we go.... Part One - Two, two, two awful! It?s Friday night. I?m sitting at my desk in my hotel room at the Hilton Sheffield writing this. I?m booked in for two nights, whilst we visit family to celebrate my mum?s 70th birthday ? though you?d never guess it if you knew her ? she?s a ?game old bird?. The hotel is apparently full. Quite why, I don?t know, but apparently it is. And, to explain the subtitle, I?m sitting in room 222, hating every minute of it. I don?t make a habit of complaining but tonight, after watching ?Hell?s Kitchen? on the TV, I had to ?phone the hotel?s duty manager to complain, politely, about ?Hell?s Hotel Room? that?s a first. She was very helpful and promised to move us to a decent room in the morning, so this will be a review in two parts. You?ll get the truth of tonight?s experience in part one, and we?ll see what tomorrow?s room will muster in part two. I?m a fair person after all, but so far, everything that could go wrong has done so. Perhaps tomorrow will bring better things. We?d booked the two-night stay about a month in advance via the Hilton web site. I?m a Gold VIP Hhonors member and, as such, am entitled to a room upgrade. Room 222 is not only not an upgraded room, it is also ? I sincerely hope ? the worst in the hotel; for if this is the standard, then Heaven help us. I?m not over-fussy, but the following faults simply couldn?t be ignored: Carpet went up the skirting board, but was falling off it. (Minor complaint) There was an unsightly paint repair behind the TV. (Minor complaint) There was an armchair (just one) but one of the castors was missing, making it unstable and uncomfortable. (Fairly major complaint) There was no minibar, but a vending machine outside the room ? this was out of order. (Observation ? may or may not concern you) The drawer in the desk
, and one in the chest of drawers also, was broken. (Minor complaint) There was no air-conditioning, yet the window only opened about an inch. (Major problem) TV volume could not be adjusted above half-level. (Irritation) One of the wall-mounted bedside lamps was totally missing. (Starting to get annoyed now ? does this hotel have any attention to detail?) Door chain was totally absent and hence inoperative. (Major complaint) Smoking room ? booked and re-booked three times had not been allocated and had to be sorted out at check-in. (Irritation ? but probably aimed at central reservations) Add to those facts that dining room service was shabby and unprofessional and that when I visited the bar (of this 4-star hotel), customers were dropping their trousers, you can possibly appreciate why I was not 100% impressed. (Huge complaint, although I?m not sure how a hotel should manage unruly customers.) The room was unacceptable. Restaurant service was below par. I don?t whine, but it was time to make a complaint, and I ?phoned the Duty Manager. To be fair, she was fantastic and arranged for an upgrade the following night. I really hate complaining ? all I want is to enjoy the room that I?ve paid for - and wasn?t made to feel like a whiner; I was actually thanked for bringing these faults to her attention ? though why it remained the responsibility of a guest to have done so still escapes me ? a greater attention to detail is clearly needed. We counted our losses and went to sleep. It was a hard mattress, yet we slept well and woke up in time for the included breakfast. This was fantastic, and the breakfast staff were terrific, looking after Josh in the way that excellent Hilton staff know how. He was a happy chappy, and happy kids make happy parents. As instructed the night before, I proceeded to Reception to arrange the promised change of room. Everything was in order but c
ould not, understandably, be actioned immediately. No problem, but we were due to be out with my family for the day, so left our luggage in the room. They promised to move it to our new room. They did?. Part Two ? Much, Much More Like It! It?s Saturday night, and we?ve been effortlessly relocated across the corridor to room 225. It?s a ?Club Room?, with free mineral water, filter coffee machine, bathrobe (which I?m wearing as I write this), and a spacious balcony ? accessed via French windows ? with table and chairs ? with a lovely view over the canal and the boats moored in the basin. More importantly, the room is intact; the armchair (still singular) doesn?t rock all over the place, since it has all four feet. In fact, none of my previous criticisms (apart from the door chain) persist. I?m no ?Prima-Donna?, but I am very concerned that it took a complaint to achieve decent standards ? upgraded room or not. The second night was fantastic; the first night should not have been so sub-standard. I can?t decide whether or not to recommend this hotel. Based on the first night, I?d probably never stay in a Hilton again ? certainly not if I were a ?Hilton Virgin?. Based on the second night, I?d really rave about the place. What, I think, surprises me most, is the fact that on returning to the hotel tonight, it was clear from the outside that room 222 had been re-let. If they had rectified all the many problems that I?d identified, then ? all power to their elbow. Otherwise, they?re treating someone else as a complete sucker. I sincerely hope that the latter is not the case. I?ve tried to give you both sides of the equation. Whether you decide to stay here is up to you. You?re the jury and you?ve heard the evidence. Good luck ? this is a hotel that CAN deliver. I hope it does for you. Andrew Recommended Yes


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Silent Hill: Downpour pushed to Q2 2012
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Silent Hill: Downpour will not make its initially scheduled fall 2011 release date. Konami confirmed a delay to Q2 2012 this morning.
That would mean the release could fall anywhere between March and June.
Konami did not cite a reason for the delay. Though, we take it any delay is a good one in terms of development, as it gives the developer more time to polish their title.
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Lennon looking to keep duo
Neil Lennon has confirmed Celtic are looking to secure Georgios Samaras and Mark Wilson on new deals.
Last Updated: 25/02/11 4:00pm
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has confirmed the club are looking to secure Georgios Samaras and Mark Wilson on new deals.
Both are out of contract in the summer and could leave on free transfers if fresh terms are not agreed.
Samaras' form has been stellar of late with a number of eye-catching displays, including a brace in a 2-0 win at Rangers.
Lennon has been delighted with the Greece international's form and knows it is a plus that the striker wants to stay at Parkhead.
"We would like to sign something," explained Lennon. "Negotiations are ongoing. I think we're getting closer to getting him signed.
"We've had talks with him. His representative is coming over hopefully next week.
"Hopefully we can get that done because we're very, very pleased with him.
"He's got fantastic attributes. He wants to be here, which is pleasing from our point of view and we want him here.
"It's just a case of getting the negotiations tallied up."
Lennon has also been pleased with Wilson's displays and wants to resolve his future towards the back end of the SPL campaign.
"I spoke to Mark this morning and we're very pleased with his form," he continued on Wilson.
"We will try to get his bedded down towards the end of the season."
Arch rivals Rangers announced this week that Ally McCoist would succeed Walter Smith at the helm next season, although Lennon cannot wish him the best of luck due to their intense rivalry.
"It's a great honour for him," he concluded. "The club means a hell of a lot to him.
"I would like to wish him well but obviously being the Celtic manager it is a bit difficult to do that.
"But it is a job I'm sure he has longed for a while and I'm sure he will make a good job of it.
"He has learned from a great manager, he has international experience, he has been at Ibrox for three seasons so he has earned his stripes.
"He might bring a different vibe to the club than Walter but Walter has made the template which he will follow.
"It is a big responsibility. The buck stops with you at the end of the day.
"He will have to answer the criticism that comes your way but he will know all that and he will know the Old Firm environment better than most people so I don't think the transition will be too difficult."


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Modifying Business Components for Content Center
NOTE: This step is potentially recursive. Complete this step before using the Integration Object Builder wizard in Siebel Tools to create integration objects.
After you have identified or defined the business object on which your content object is based, check its business components for underlying tables that contain foreign keys to other tables. If there are business components with foreign keys, you must modify them to assure the integrity of foreign keys when these objects are published.
Typically, you need to follow one of the following two processes to modify the business components.
To modify the business components containing foreign keys
Or, if the business component table contains a foreign key to a child (or other descendent) object in the business object, complete the following process.
To modify the business components where the business component table contains a foreign key to a child object
NOTE: To resolve foreign keys to child (descendent) objects in the correct order, you must specify a sequence number and XML sequence number for the resulting integration object.
If two business components joined by a foreign key contain user key columns of the same name, create different field names for each user key column. Table 4 shows an example.
NOTE: Later, you disable all other user keys, so you only need to check for duplicate names in your business component's _U1 table user key.
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National Technical Systems (NTS) announces the arrival of Chuck LaMarca to its Boxborough and Acton, Massachusetts facilities. LaMarca brings more than 20 years of multi-industry experience in management, manufacturing, engineering, and sales & marketing to the position.
Boxborough, MA (PRWeb) October 6, 2008 -- National Technical Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC) (NTS), a leading provider of engineering services, announced recently the appointment of Chuck LaMarca to the role of General Manager of the Boxborough and Acton, Massachusetts facilities.
Chuck LaMarca joins NTS with more than 20 years of experience in management, manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing at organizations in the construction products, electronics, automotive and marine industries. Most recently he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Keller Companies, Inc. of Manchester, NH. Prior organizations include American Engineering Components, Applied Power Corporation, and Lockheed Corporation. Chuck holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and has been a member of Vistage International, the world's leading executive training organization, for over seven years.
"I am excited to join the team here at NTS Operations. We have terrific initiatives that we are implementing at both locations in Massachusetts, and I look forward to meeting our clients to share the many changes that will enhance our customer service," noted Chuck LaMarca.
Dwight Moore, Chief Operations Officer for NTS, stated "The Boxborough and Acton facilities are instrumental locations for the NTS enterprise. We've seen fantastic growth in our EMI/EMC, environmental and power products offerings, and I am confident that Chuck will help bring us to a higher level of productivity and customer satisfaction."
Chuck LaMarca can be contacted at the Boxborough, MA location at 978-266-1001.
About NTS
National Technical Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of engineering services to the defense, aerospace, telecommunications, automotive and high technology markets. Through a world-wide network of resources, NTS provides full product life-cycle support, offering world class design engineering, compliance, testing, certification, quality registration and program management. For additional information about NTS, visit our website at www.ntscorp.com or call 800-270-2516.


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Shares in Aurobindo Pharma was trading 2 per cent higher after the company said it has received USFDA's approval for Sildenafil Tablets, 20mg.
The product is expected to be launched by Q4 FY 2015-16. The approved ANDA is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) REVATIO (sildenafil citrate) Tablets 20 mg of Pfizer, Inc.
This is the 51st ANDA to be approved out of Unit VII formulation facility in Hyderabad, India for manufacturing Oral Non-Antibiotic products. Aurobindo now has a total of 219 ANDA approvals (190 Final approvals including 10 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 29 Tentative approvals) from USFDA.


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People owe their pets basic veterinary care, but we should be prepared to euthanize when the time comes.
Consider the Animal, Not Just the Cost
Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, is the author of "Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals."
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The question of whether to spend $20,000 on a pet is not just a matter of money; I would have to first evaluate the effect of the procedure on the animal's welfare. Will the procedure improve the quality of life for the pet, or just prolong suffering? Bone marrow transplants are highly stressful for people, and it is likely that doing this procedure on an ancient dog would prolong suffering. On the other hand, placing a stent in an animal's blood vessel is a much less stressful procedure, and it could provide additional time with a good quality of life.
There is also an important difference between people and pets. A person understands why they are undergoing a painful or stressful procedure in order to obtain a benefit. A pet does not understand this. That distinction matters when you are considering how a treatment will affect quality of life. One must ask, "Will this procedure improve my pet's quality of life?"
The high cost of certain procedures is also a concern. In my opinion, it would be unethical to jeopardize the future of your children to pay for a costly procedure on a pet. If this procedure would truly improve the pet's quality of life and you are wealthy, it would be ethical to choose to do it.
That said, it is also ethical to have a pet even if you cannot afford costly procedures. Many dogs and cats live a healthy life, providing happiness for both the pet and the person. The person should provide basic veterinary procedures such as vaccinations, heartworm treatment, spaying and flea control. When the animal starts to suffer from age-related problems, the person should decide to euthanize it.
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35-34? Really? What?
Paul Keleher was at Gillette yesterday.
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Did anybody manage to finish today's Shaughnessy column, in which Danny Boy just can't keep from marveling that few people in London have ever heard of Tom Brady?
Dan Shaughnessy Watch valiantly tries, also noting Shank's continuing disdain for Stateside Patriots fans.
Ed. note: Yes, I admit it: I've been waiting for the right moment to use that line from that eTrade baby commercial.
Angela has a lot to be happy about this morning, including:
...Laurence Maroney ran like he should. For the first time in a while, he wasn't auditioning for "Dancing With the Stars". ...
Not the best of days for Boston sports fans.
Who'd think a train to the Patriots game could cause so much trouble? But let's follow the tweets:
At 4:40, Jon Fournier tweets from Back Bay:
Stuck behind Patriots train. Chaos at Back Bay. Lv it to T to make smthng so simple so freakin' complicated.
At 5:11, Fournier gets out this word:
Herd of patriots fans boards Franklin train in Dedham. Told to get off at Walpole & "wait for train."
At 5:21, Ben Jackson explains:
Just got an alert. Pats train skipping stations due to overcrowding. Another train is coming later for those stations.
At 5:25, David Stopforth posts a photo of Pats refugees at a waystation somewhere in Walpole.
If you hurry down to your nearest RMV office:
As Paul Keleher discovered.
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So long, Tedy. You've been the heart of the Patriots for many years.
John takes an early look at the Patriots' chances this year.
It's table-turning time as Ian Rapoport is interviewed by Boston Sports Media Watch's Bruce Allen.
If then Patriots owner Chuck Sullivan hadn't gone bankrupt financing Jackson's 1984 Victory Tour, the team might never have wound up in the more capable hands of Robert Kraft.
Pats pass on past Pat Pat Pass
(Headline stolen from Fark, but it was so good that I had to share)
Cassel to the Chiefs, just like Vrabel.
Angela keeps repeating: In Bill I trust.
Why did Tom Brady have a rotten season? Why won't he be the same when he returns in August? According to Dan Shaughnessy, it's because he's gone soft. And he hasn't gone soft by sniffing wildflowers and professing his love for kittens in meter and rhyme; no, the real reason is because (and please make sure you're sitting down before your eyes behold the startling truth) Gisele Bundchen was feeding him during their Mexican vacation.
The U.S. Marshal for Boston and a federal lawyer improperly arranged government motorcades for the two Fox blabcasters during the 2007 World Series, according to a report by the Justice Department's inspector general.
The report centers on Joseph Band, an attorney for the U.S. Marshal's office in Washington:
Our investigation revealed that Band attended the 2007 World Series games as a paid, part-time sports statistician for Fox Sports, and arranged transportation from both games in an USMS vehicle for himself and for a Fox Sports colleague from one game. In addition, the OIG determined that Band arranged a USMS motorcade escort for the broadcasters' private limousines from Fenway Park following both games. We concluded that Band's conduct violated the standards of ethical conduct for federal employees and USMS policy governing the use of government vehicles.
Yvonne Bronner, acting U.S. Marshal for Boston, assigned deputy marshals to help Band in his Fox work at the two Boston games, the report says.
Oh, but wait, there's more: Seems Band got similar escort treatment at the 2008 Super Bowl, an NFL playoff game in Tampa and a college bowl game in Phoenix in 2007. However, the report says the U.S. Marshal in San Francisco refused to let Band get a motorcade to the 2007 All-Star game in that city.
The report concludes that the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston declined to bring any criminal charges.
NotErnie notes Gil Santos's retirement from WBZ, wishes he would retire from Patriots games as well:
... In the last few years, I have become increasingly frustrated at his inability to correctly name the down, distance or where on the field the ball is even marked. He's got a great voice and when he gets things right, he's tremendous. But he gets too much wrong. ...
Hey, look at Brady and Bledsoe. Don Martelli explains why it might make sense.
Channel 4: Brady may not be 100 percent for 2009.
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North End Wedding photography: Jeannette & FrankAugust 10, 2011
Don't get me wrong, Boston folks are lovely ( this survey that says Bostonians are mean aside), but there is something downright loveable about Southerners. Jeannette and Frank, were all smiles and charm on the day of their Boston wedding, thousands of miles away from Alabama, their home. They fell in love with Boston when visiting for work a year or so ago, and Frank proposed to Jeannette at Mamma Maria in the North End. It seems only fitting that when they said their vows, they were at Mamma Maria again, in the same little corner where Frank asked Jeannette to marry him. It's their own little place in Boston.
We met up with them at the Boston Millenium Hotel and wandered through Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall to get some awesome portraits. It was roughly 1,000 degrees out, but these two were resilient from Southern summers, and only laughed as Jesse and I sweat profusely! Then we walked down to the waterfront, and over to the restaurant. I wish we had this luxury with all our clients- what an awesome way to get a ton of beautiful portraits!
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Are you aware that we have a minor league baseball team in our own backyard and it only costs between $3-$11 to get in and even free this Saturday? And who would have thought that me, Stryker, would be asked to play in a real game?
I'm talking about the Orange County Flyers that play their home games at Cal State Fullerton. And what's more, Mark Prior is now on the team. He was once one of the best pitchers in baseball but arm troubles set him back a bit. He's now working his way back to the majors.
I bet you didn't know that yours truly is suiting up for a game this Saturday. I signed a one-day contract and I'm leading off the second game of the double-header. I'm playing one inning in the field. Yup, a whole inning. I even have free tickets for anyone that wants to attend.
I saw Kevin from Kevin & Bean completely screw up his first pitch so I feel like I need to at least attempt to redeem us KROQ radio people.
- I need to take some swings in a batting cage. Any suggestions where?
- Should I swing at the first pitch? I'm thinking I should, but at the same time I wanna be up there for at least a minute before I'm out.
- Should I wear a "Cup?"
- Should I watch Major League, The Natural or Bull Durham?
- Do you know if The OC Flyers drug test their players? Is it too late to get some HGH?
- I get to pick a song to walk out to. What song should I choose?
Thanks for helping you guys. If you have any interest in coming out to the game this Saturday, all you have to do is tell the box office that you're on "Stryker's list" and you're in. I'm gonna bring a bunch of KROQ gear to give away (not my cup). Try to get there before 7pm.
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Rebecca Sohn is a performer, writer, director and teacher. She lives in Chicago where she?s been with the Annoyance Theater since 1991. She toured with The Second City and was an ensemble member of The Second City ETC where she wrote and performed in two reviews and taught for the SC Training Center. Currently she improvises in In A World at The Annoyance, Virgin Daiquiri at IO, Switchboard anywhere and everywhere, and improvises a 2-act dramatic play with Almost ATLANTa, which has enjoyed runs at Second City, Annoyance, Chicago Dramatists and The Steppenwolf Garage. Her ?legit? theater credits include Remy Bumppo, About Face and Steppenwolf. She has taught tfor The Annoyance for over 15 years and performs, writes and directs for both Second City and The Annoyance. In 2011 she was a finalist for The Andy Kaufmann Award and returns this year to compete again. Her solo show, ?Live Bex Show? enjoyed stellar reviews in Chicago and she?s thrilled to bring it to The Magnet Theater.
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Gwyneth Paltrow's toddler daughter is a rap fan.
The actress — who has been widely quoted saying "I'd rather die than let my daughter eat instant soup" — apparently has no problem letting 16-month old Apple listen to Jay-Z, a rap star whose albums are usually labeled "Explicit Lyrics."
Paltrow, while out promoting her new flick "Proof," was asked if her daughter is a fan of Coldplay, the band headed up by her husband Chris Martin.
Apparently, not. But Paltrow revealed that instead, Apple likes Jay-Z, and often listens to the rapper on headphones.
She also confided that no one on the set of "Proof" knew that she was pregnant until her last day of filming because she didn't want anyone worrying about her. "It was very, very difficult," she said. "I was trying not to barf. I felt terrible."
Caustic CojocaruSteven Cojocaru raised eyebrows at the Toronto Film Festival fundraiser when he referred to Tom Cruise's sweetie with an expletive.
The fashion correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" was the host of Variety magazine's Ten Producers to Watch party at Flow Restaurant on Sunday night. Clips from the featured films were being shown and when Katie Holmes's image appeared — she stars in the flick "Thank You For Not Smoking" — the oft-caustic Cojocaru muttered, "That Scientology [bleep]." (Rhymes with "rich.")
Cojocaru later backpedaled. "I was only joking," he said, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. "I don't know anything about them."
When asked if he worries about Scientology's influence on Hollywood, Cojocaru reportedly rolled his eyes and replied, "Honey, I worry about a lot of things. I worry that there's going to be a dead Maltese cat in my bed when I get back to my room."
Notes from all overTough-talking power agent Ari Emanuel has some harsh words for George Bush. The agent, who is said to be the inspiration for Jeremy Piven's character in the HBO series "Entourage," says that the president is a "shirk-aholic" — despite his recent speech accepting responsibility for the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. "Watching Bush choke on his carefully-parsed acceptance of responsibility, it hit me that what we need is a 12-step program for presidents addicted to shirking hard truths," Emanuel writes on HuffingtonPost.com. "Forget impeachment, we need an intervention!" . . . George Clooney will not be running for mayor of Las Vegas, his rep tells The Scoop, despite a report to the contrary. . . .Simon Cowell is known for his nastiness towards "American Idol" contestants — but now he's complaining that Sharon Osbourne hurt his feelings on the Brit show "X Factor." "There were times I needed help in dealing with her, particularly when she launched a prolonged attack on me that lasted about four weeks," he said, reports World Entertainment News Network. "After the third week, I told Max [Clifford, his publicist] we had to put a stop to it and do something publicly in my defense. But he said, 'Ignore it, drop it.' . . .I think she was using me to get herself publicity. It was a shame because I thought we had a good relationship."
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TORONTO - The Argos were at their offensive worst, unable to run the ball, unable to pass protect, incapable of making any plays of any consequence down the field.
But when the game needed to be won and when plays were required, the Argos would produce.
Ultimately, it's not how wins are produced but how many, which is not such a bad proposition when a team ends up on the winning side.
Defensively, the Argos were good, the only glitches on some downfield throws the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers somehow used to stick around and make the evening competitive.
Neither offence would inspire anything, but the Argos aren't complaining, not when Ricky Ray and Jason Barnes would hook up on touchdown reception with 2:06 remaining that would vault Toronto to its 25-22 win.
For Ray, who once again saw some of his passes dropped, it was his third touchdown pass of the night.
For Barnes, it would mark his first as an Argo.
But this will be a night when Toronto's defence would steal the show, playing well enough for long stretches until its offence finally put together a drive that would help the Argos improve to 2-2.
The Bombers dropped to 0-4, though defensively they did play well enough.
It was on offence where the visitors were truly offensive.
A mid-week game featuring a winless foe is a recipe for a turnstile disaster.
But with the Argos playing some entertaining football, fans did show their support as the paid attendance was 22,485, a number that represented an increase from Toronto's home opener against Calgary, which turned out to be high-scoring thriller that wouldn't be decided until the game's final play.
On this night, defences would step up by forcing turnovers that led to field position.
After three quarters, the Argos were clinging to an 18-16 lead, which easily could have been reversed had Winnipeg done a better job of securing the football.
Absolutely nothing has gone right for the Bombers, a team that went all the way to last year's Grey Cup, a team poised to move into a new stadium until delays effectively shut the door on this season.
Under this backdrop, the Bombers would begin the year with three straight losses heading into Wednesday evening, all three on the road because Winnipeg thought its new playpen would be erected sometime this season, a plan that forced the team to hit the road for most of the early season.
Players have been injured, mental lapses have unfolded, stalled drives, missed tackles, name some kind of misstep and Winnipeg has seen it all.
Up until Justin Palardy's late-first-half field goal against the Argos, the Bombers had not fashioned a lead in any of their games.
Fittingly, it would be short-lived under the most bizarre of circumstances that would befit this early season theatre of the bizarre.
When a fumble was forced and recovered, the Bombers quickly turned it over to the Argos with an ill-advised throw at a time when the run game was working well for the visitors.
Winnipeg's second interception of the first half would be parlayed into Toronto's second major, a score that would turn out to be Chad Owens' first receiving touchdown since 2010.
By halftime, the Argos were leading 18-13, which really did not reflect the kind of game it could have been had better offensive execution been exercised.
Surprisingly, the Argos all but abandoned the run game.
The Bombers were bombs away by trying to go deep, occasionally hooking up with long passes, a 55-yarder to Clarence Denmark paving the way for Winnipeg's major.
With Buck Pierce yet again injured, this time the victim of a foot injury that appeared as innocuous as any during last week's loss in Regina, the Bombers turned to Alex Brink.
Brink isn't going to sacrifice his body in Pierce-like fashion, relying instead on arm strength.
For the most part, Brink was able to get enough protection to look down field.
Mind you, it did not begin so well for the Blue Bombers, who turned the ball over on their second play from scrimmage when an unblocked Brandon Isaac came off the edge to force a Brink fumble.
Robert McCune recovered it at Winnipeg's 38 yard line, where the Argos would require four plays to produce the game's first touchdown, a seven-yard reception by Boyd.
Had it not been for penalties, an inability to convert in the red zone and some shoddy special teams, the Argos easily could have been 3-0 going into the night.
On Toronto's first punt coverage, Demond Washington was able to get outside to produce a 23-yard return.
On a missed 45-yard field goal by Swayze Waters, who was making his Argos debut, offensive tackle Chris Van Zeyl made a great open-field tackle on Jovon Johnson to preserve a single for the Argos.
As for Winters, an import filling in for the injured Noel Prefontaine, the big-legged punter/kicker suffered from opening-night nerves.


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TGS Announces 7th Airborne Survey of 2D Seismic Data in Greenland
June 8, 2011 - London
ASKER, NORWAY (08 June 2011) - TGS will commence acquisition of 42,000 km of magnetics, gravity and oil seep data in Southeast Greenland during Q2 2011.The total airborne data coverage in Greenland after the 2011 season will be approximately 311,000 km.
"This year's acquisition campaign gives us full data coverage of the most prospective regions of offshore Greenland.This is the first time TGS has included Seepfinder equipment which will bring a new and important dimension to this regional data set by detecting oil seeps on the sea surface," stated Senior VP Europe & Russia, Kjell E. Trommestad.Data processing will be performed by TGS and will be available to clients in Q3 2011.
The survey is supported by industry funding.
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TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) provides global geoscience data products and services to the oil and gas industry for the exploration and delineation of hydrocarbon reserves.We design and acquire multi-client data projects worldwide that make up our data library of seismic, gravity/magnetic and well data, enhanced by our seismic imaging technology and regional interpretation expertise.Visit TGS online at www.tgsnopec.com.
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Jeff Thinks These are AWESOME!
A collection of things I think are awesome and maybe you will too.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
Roly Polies Came From the Sea to Conquer the Earth
With winter rains, Bay Area pill bugs are out in force. Fortunately, they're one of our most beloved "bugs." Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there's something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it's because they're not insects at all.
Pill bugs are more closely related to shrimp and lobsters than crickets or butterflies. Their ancestors lived in the sea, but ancient pill bugs crawled out millions of years ago to carve a life for themselves on dry land.
You can see the evidence if you take a close look at them, so that's exactly what we did for this episode of Deep Look, an ultra-high definition wildlife video series produced by KQED and PBS Digital Studios.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Hear New York City in 3D audio
This is actually a really neat experience, especially if you have never been to New York City before such as myself. Make sure you bump up the quality, plug in those head phone and immerse yourself in the true sounds of NYC.
"The Verge's Ryan Manning uses 3Dio's Free Space microphones to take you on a crazy audio tour through Times Square, New York; a virtual barber shop; and a 360-degree Beck concert. This century-old technology of binaural audio — which hacks your brain to put you in a scene — is about to make a huge comeback with VR."
"We had a lot of requests for more footage/audio from the Binaural Video, so here you go: 30mins of raw vid. My glide cam broke at one point, so I went handheld for 6 mins. get over it."
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Projections in the Forest
The projection mapping "bioluminescent forest" is made by artists Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad.The artists spent six weeks in the forest fascinated by the silence and natural occurrences in nature, especially the phenomenon "bioluminescence". They personified the forest to accentuate the natural beauty by creating luring luminescent plants and glowing magical mushrooms that speaks volumes to any visitor that enters the minds of the artists through viewing "bioluminescent forest".More information on the project: www.bioluminescent-forest.com
Friedrich van Schoor: www.vanscore.com
Tarek Mawad: www.tarekmawad.com
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
World's Best Paper Airplane
How to Fold the World's Best Paper Airplane
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping on moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera.
Bot & Dolly produced this work to serve as both an artistic statement and technical demonstration. It is the culmination of multiple technologies, including large scale robotics, projection mapping, and software engineering. We believe this methodology has tremendous potential to radically transform theatrical presentations, and define new genres of expression.
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GWS Tiger Moth - A Newbies Story Part 5!!
Hey guys, part 5! You know, now we're like family.
The regular links...
Part one: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...hreadid=114411
Part two: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...hreadid=140767
Part three: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...5&pagenumber=1
Part four: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...5&pagenumber=1
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I had a similar cliching problem after I had attatched a new airial to my RX, just check out your solder there to make sure you hav'nt streatched it or something, especially after a prang, and the only other thing it could be if your got your motor wires next to your RX. Failing a check of all your components, everything plugged in, solder joints etc, it could be a one off outside interference. Do you get any cliching on your pre flight check, with your arial down and standing about 30ft away?
woot, part 5 and still going strong!!!!
When I was flying yesterday I noticed I was getting some glitching in just one certain part of the field. never got it there before but it was pretty bad yesterday. everytime I flew through that area you could hear the engine start sputtering like mad. at first I thought I had my antenna pointed towards it and a few times I did, but on the last few times I made sure that it was pointing to the ground. The only difference in where and when this started was I was standing in a different spot then I have been. was just wierd that when the plane got close to me (within 50 feet of me I would say) that it started sputtering like that. but only in that one spot. go figure.
Part 1 - https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...hreadid=114411
Part deuce - https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...hreadid=140767
I can still get to them...
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great thread guys all interesting stuff, its great you guys can meet up and fly the moths together and BC.. Luis jumping over your moth OMG! that would make a great pic, try and do it again for the camera next time
Luis, have you done any touch and goes in that water yet ? bypass canal ?? sounds like a cross between a dentist and a heart operation ? what does it mean ?
TC Chris, i thought it was you maidened a moth at night lol and took your own pics and in a car park .. lol amazing I had 30 acres of grass to maiden my moth and I was a nervous wreck
Trikster, landing and taking off from a church roof lol, 1987 Wes flying in a graveyard this thread sure would make interesting reading in print I recon
Loose interest in the TM!? NEVER! You should have seen the looks on the faces of the slimer pilots at our annual "Scale Meet" yesterday; it was priceless! They had no choice but to let me compete and I don't think I have to go into too much detail as to who won the "Short takeoff/short landing"! LOVE my TM!
"Overclocked and ready to BURN!" -LY
I think that they would also have trouble competing in a slow flight event with the tm too.
Or with lipolys in the tm how about a last man down event? Everyone takes off and the last one to land wins?
People still don't think that electric models can fly as long as a slimmer model.
I still run across those who don't think that the Tigermoth is a "real" radio control model. Does that mean that I only imaginge it?
i think we would win the 'fastest repair after a horrid landing' competition too.
a local club is having a trainer fun fly-in contest - most loops in 1 min. most touch-n-goes, spot landing and bomb drop. I think i might go there with my slow stick (they might argue the TM isnt a trainer) - except for the looping part I think my 'fake r/c plane' could beat 'em all.
my favorite was the conversation i had when i first joined one of the clubs near me. I mentioned how I had pics of me flying a 'real' beechcraft bonanza - to which they replied (as if i said their mama's were uglier than sin) -- "you mean full scale". at the risk of being flamed if I cant fly it while sitting in it - its not the real thing. I didnt drive to work today in my full scale car.
but i do agree - i wish i had found electrics before glow. they allow you to land more at first (i think flying is easy for the most part - its the taking off and landing that gets ya) but before this thread is turned into the glow-vs-electric...
and as a final note - the morning i maidened the TM, my 3 yr old wanted to fly with 'daddy's controller' (he has an old futaba radio that he 'helps' me fly the planes). I showed him the stick on the left that makes it go fast, and the one on the right that makes circles. with no help he got the moth airborne and with a little help he was flying. after he cut the throttle and gave it full down elevator, i took over - but until then he was doing pretty good. i love this plane
I am going to be visiting my 13 year old for about 2 weeks this November and I am going to be using my TM to teach him to fly. Or at least as much as I can in two weeks.
I wouldn't consider a glow plane for that. I am meeting him at my mothers place in Oklahoma. And I don't want to spend all my time looking for a place to fly. With the Tigermoth I won't have too. There are so many places that you can fly an electric moth that you can't glow.
Not saying there is anything wrong with glow power. Just that electric now makes things possible that you could not do with glow power. Even though I do love the sound of a nice 4 stroke....
I used to have a Top Flite Elder with hp .21 4 stroke. Sweet plane. Not unlike the moth in the way it flew.
I have even thought of scaling one down....
I flew two packs' worth on my TM yesterday and have had the most fun ever with it. There was a flock of Canada Geese on my neighborhood flying field, and I shepherded them away with TM strafing attacks! It looked excellent out there, and I'm finally competent enough that my only crashes are on landing. I even managed some simple slalom runs between a couple of light poles.
Those Dubro foam wheels are tough! I ROG a lot and land on pavement, and almost never make a smooth into-the-wind landing, but the foam isn't even scuffed.
The sad thing is that I finally got my FrankenStick airborne just before then, and totalled it. I'd forgotten how much faster it was, and for a few minutes it was a blast. I was in a dive and I was just starting to give it some elevator when the front wing mount disintigrated and she nosed in hard. I think the karma of using a foam body from Guillow's Corp. with GWS flight surfaces finally caught up to me. R.I.P., Frankenstick, you crazy twitchy v-tailed bashed up thing!
Edit: Are there any Minnesotan Parkfliers? I'm kind of an anti-social guy, but it would be nice to hook up with some folks once Winter finally arrives and maybe fly indoors. I'm thinking I'm alone in the NW suburbs since the closest LHS is almost entirely RC Cars and slimers.
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I haven't been on in a few days, I caught some weird bug (excuse the pun.) Seriously, I was 103.4 at one point, but I am almost as normal as I get now. Man, it took a long time to catch up! Good reading/pics!
For the wireless cam, I got mine at Bidokay's online Ebay store. http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=84357599 I have the 200 mw pinhole wireless system. It has great transmission, but is kind of picky about lighting. It is the cheapest system I have found, and it has worked great for me. I have made a few mods to make it lighter, which I could show you once you buy it (it is reallyyyy difficult to explain without holding the thing in your hand.) You have to hook it up to a camera with A/V input, so you may need Gene. Here is a pic I took with it, the poor quality is from my video camera's crappy capture option, conversion to Jpeg, and cropping/rotating. It will play on a medium-big screen TV without pixelation or anything else. No, I'm not Bidokay, but I thought I would pass this on since it took a few weeks to find. Although the 800 mw would give you better range, I have gone over 1000 feet without too many cutouts.
Still haven't started on that cowl... Maybe later today, though.
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Does any one know where I could order some new tail feathers for my TM, My SS's speed control went up in smoke and at WOT and chopped up the TMs tail. I tried like poster board foam but taht seems way to heavy and big. I thought about meat trays but those seem to flimsy. Any other ideas??
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Boost for carpetbaggers' hopes
Standard Life has agreed to consider whether or not policyholders should have their say on carpetbaggers' plans to abandon mutual status.
Directors of the insurance society said that, if enough support was shown, they would call a special general meeting following demands by some policyholders that it should become a public limited company.
The chairman of Standard Life, John Trott, told the institution's annual general meeting in Edinburgh that the interests of the company would be best served by retaining mutual status
The move came after the man leading the campaign for demutualisation, Fred Woollard, handed in a requisition at the company's headquarters in the city, in his attempt to secure a ballot.
Demutualisation would result in about 2.3m customers qualifying for windfall payments averaging Ł6,000, based on Standard Life's estimated value of Ł15bn.
However, the board has expressed its oppositon to the bid by the internet-based Standard Life Members' Action Group, which Mr Woollard heads, because it believes floating on the Stock Exchange would lead to a conflict of interest between shareholders and with-profits policy holders.
Mr Woollard, who has the public backing of Barclays Global Investors, said he was confident that his challenge would be successful, not least because a poll suggested 90% of members wanted a vote on demutualisation.
The 37-year-old fund manager would stand to gain Ł150,000 from second-hand insurance policies he has purchased in the group.
Mr Trott acknowledged the demutualisation request by Mr Woollard, but urged members to reject his plan and retain mutual status.
He told members: "We remain competitive, efficient and well capitalised, and see our future as a strong company ... and run purely for our members."
He said he planned to contact members about the position.
'High rollers'
"At first sight we believe this to be a valid requisition. If it is and is properly supported by a number of members, we will convene a special meeting to allow members to express their views.
"We will be writing to all members to set out the board's views and recommendations.
Mr Woollard welcomed the board's decision and told members: "I feel that a long term policy holder will do very well with Standard Life as a mutual or a plc, but I still believe it will do far better as a plc."
If Standard Life does float as a company on the Stock Exchange it could hold its own in the insurance sector, with a price tag of around Ł15bn, according to City analysts.
But pro-mutual organisations were less than happy.
Bob Goodall, of Save Our Building Societies, said: "The attempt to butcher one of the UK's most successful mutual life assurance companies is the work of professional carpetbaggers and high rollers."
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Here are some examples of works that should have quotation marks:
- short stories
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- short poems
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So, if the poem is not a long poem, use quotation marks. [e.g."The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost] If the poem is longer and considered on its own, underline it, or italicize it. [The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope] If, however it is cited as part of a collection, it is placed in quotation marks whenever a collection in which it if found is also named and is underlined or italicized.
e.g."The Rape of the Lock" in The Works of Alexander Pope (Italics are used here as enotes does not have underlining.)
You need to make sure that what you select is OK with your teacher, however, generally, for poems, we put quotes round the title. For novels and plays, we italicise or underline, but for the titles of short stories and poems we put them in quotations. Thus you can study Macbeth and write an essay analysing the poem "Ulysses." Likewise you can read Jane Eyre and compare it with a short story like "The Death of an Hour." Golden rule though is to check with your teacher. Hope this helps!


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Volunteer: Become a downtown museum guide
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Houston history will be your focus when you become a volunteer guide at a downtown Houston museum specializing in our local past.
This museum features a kaleidoscopic collection of artifacts, photographs and other memorabilia bearing testimony to the trials, triumphs and occasional foibles of our heritage.
Your time commitment can be as little as two three-hour shifts a month, on weekdays or weekends.
Free parking is provided.
Tutor at shelter
Enhance self-esteem in children and help them succeed in school by serving as a tutor at a women's shelter in the Aldine area.
The youngsters are in the 6-to-12 age range, and helping them improve academically can be as simple as going over multiplication tables with them or coaching them on their reading.
One or two hours a week, on your choice of weekday evenings, is all that's asked.
Arts and crafts leader
Get creative as an arts and crafts leader in a weekday life enrichment program in Clear Lake.
If you can lead a group of the senior citizens there in painting, crochet, sand art or almost any similar diversion, you'll be helping them keep their minds active and their hands busy.
Sessions typically take place weekday mornings or afternoons and last about an hour.
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ActiveGroup introduces the first mobile app built for professional qualitative researchers
First videostreaming, now mobile. ActiveGroup continues its culture of innovation, introducing the first mobile app built for professional qualitative researchers, called Capture.
Atlanta/London/Sofia – January 21, 2013 – "To say that mobile is growing right now is an understatement," says David Nelems, President and Founder of ActiveGroup. "Mobile is the future and what we saw in the marketing research industry was an incredible lack of mobile tools for researchers. Capture just seemed like an obvious progression."
Built for the iPad, version one of Capture allows researchers to capture and upload video, audio, and images from the field, then publish and share that content with clients and colleagues via ActiveGroup's collaborative multimedia center, The Lobby.
"My wife is a qualitative researcher," said Nelems "As I watched her struggle with various devices and media types for a project she was working on, it dawned on me that there was no good way for professional researchers to capture and share multimedia content with their clients and colleagues, or manipulate that content for reports and presentations. Capture and The Lobby work seamlessly to address those issues."
And all at a reasonable cost: $350 per project.
With research budgets being stretched, the demand for getting into the environment of the respondents growing, and traditional methods for filming and recording being bulky, intrusive, and/or expensive, Capture fills a void for researchers that had not existed before.
"The benefits of Capture are substantial when you consider all that a researcher can do from a device that they probably already own. Mobile ethnography. Shop-alongs. Central location testing. In an office. On the bus. At the mall. Capture opens up all sorts of possibilities."
"Capture - Media Recorder for Research Professionals" is available from the iTunes App Store for $9.99.
About ActiveGroup Ventures, Inc.
Founded in 1999, ActiveGroup was the first company to offer video streaming to the marketing research industry. Headquartered in Atlanta and with offices in London and Sofia, the company has an extensive global network consisting of 1200+ permanently installed video streaming rooms in more than 45 countries, offering clients the global footprint they need to conduct their qualitative market research initiatives. ActiveGroup Ventures, Inc., is a division of The MVL Group (www.mvlgroup.com) - The Foundation for Informed Decision Making.


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Indiana bet big on becoming the mecca of electric vehicle production in the U.S. The state and several counties and cities within it spent millions in incentives to get electric car makers, manufacturers, etc. into the state. One of those was Think, a Norwegian company with a long, rocky history of financial woes, that hoped to make a North American assembly plant and headquarters in Elkhart.
Of course, bureaucrats and politicians being who they are, nobody bothered running a credit history on Think or they might have noticed that the City electric car the company produced has had only marginal acceptance in Europe, where it's been sold for years, and the company itself has been through more than one bankruptcy before.
The once-bustling Think plant in Elkhart was supposed to be home to 400 employees and a hub where crippled suppliers to the now-dead RV industry in the state would be able to turn new profits. Instead, the plant now employs two people, both basically janitors and caretakers.
Another company, Ener1, was to supply Think with the batteries for its City cars. That company, also in Indiana and also heavily subsidized by government, dumped $73 million into Think and has now written that off and declared bankruptcy for itself as well. Vice President Joe Biden, who was there at the company's opening in 2009, failed to show up for bankruptcy to get any press during that event. Go figure.
Think's Norwegian parent company was sold at auction to a Russian investor who has yet to say anything about the future of the carmaker.
Last, but definitely not least, of course, was the City car itself. Politicians, in their zeal to throw around taxpayer money and appear in headlines to be "creating green jobs," didn't look at the car. At least, not closely.
It's a boring-looking piece of plastic that has a $42,000 price tag and only goes 65mph for about a hundred miles or so.
For that, you can have about the same range, seat more people, and still have money left over with a Nissan Leaf.


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Get Fit specializes in the proper fit of footwear, sports bras, apparel, and accessories for runners, walkers, and the fitness enthusiast. Their expert staff will perform a visual gait analysis to determine the best footwear for your foot type and activity. Get Fit wants to help you set and achieve your goals and provides education about injuries, training schedules, and race preparation.
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Karen, owner, is a Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) certified coach and the 2009 president of the Lone Star Runners Club. A native New Mexican who settled in Amarillo in 1986, she holds a B.S. in Physical Education from Eastern New Mexico University and a M.Ed. in Counseling and Mid-Management Certification from West Texas A&M University. She was employed in the Texas public school system for over 22 years as a coach, teacher, counselor, and administrator. An experienced runner, Karen has been competing in road and trail races since 2002 and was proud to add the Boston Marathon to her resume in April 2008 and 2010. Her passion for running has inspired her to open this store with the goal of helping our community to "Get Fit. Live Well."
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Happy Handmade Savvy Saturday, friends! + Happy Memorial day weekend!
I'll be honest, with all the school wrap up stuff it kinda snuck up on me… but woohoo!
Here's to hoping you enjoy some wonderful weather and a breath of fresh air. Speaking of fresh air… here's some refreshing ideas {see what we did there?} we found this week that rocked our world.
This amazing fridge makeover from The Hunted Interior.
This super smart project that I can't wait to do with my kiddos via Doodle Craft
These gorgeous jars. And I want goats too. {Via Thistlewood Farms}
This fabulous china cabinet makeover from Dimples and Tangles
I never tire of Ikea hacks. This one from Soul Style is gorg.
This Ikea Hack is all kinds of brillz.
And this.
Happy Saturday, friends. We're off to work a little + play a lot! Have an inspired day.


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Arcata, Calif., May 27, 2009 – Originally developed for Special Ops applications, Wing Inflatables' new RibSki™ dramatically improves personal watercraft (PWC) stability, provides quicker hole-shot performance, affords ample room for critical equipment and protects the PWC hull from impact. The RibSki features an aluminum hull and polyurethane collar combination that can be easily affixed or removed from most standard PWC hulls.
"The RibSki isn't for the casual user," said Wing president and founder Bill Wing. "It's designed for extreme conditions – rapids, surf rescue, tight places with shallow water – places you go because you have to, not because you want to."
Wing is quick to point out that the RibSki's additional 280 pounds does not impede the PWC performance. "If anything, the RibSki enhances the PWC's performance," he said. "The additional hull surface area means you get up on plane quicker. And the collar helps you keep the right side up when things get dicey."
Aside from enhancing lateral stability and providing fendering, the polyurethane collar provides flotation in the event of catastrophic damage. "If you impact something that breaches the aluminum hull and holes your PWC, at least you aren't going to sink," said Wing.
According to Wing, the RibSki is designed to take two or three people and gear into tight spots bigger RIBs cannot access – with the additional advantages of PWC speed and maneuverability. "The RibSki gives you the best of both worlds at a fraction of the cost of a comparably equipped RIB – if such a thing even existed," he said. "And it doesn't."
The RibSki comes complete with the necessary hardware for adoption to most popular PWC hulls. Demonstration rides will be conducted during the MACC conference, June 16-18. For more information, call 386-423-1185.
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Headquartered in Arcata, Calif., Wing Inflatables produces superior quality, extremely durable inflatable boats, RIBs, closed-cell foam collars and a vast array of products for specialty applications serving commercial markets. Wing is the largest supplier of inflatable tubes for RIBs in service with the United States Navy. For more information, visit http://www.wing.com or call 707-826-2887.


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First off I'd like to thank Stacy for sending me this sample!
The first thing I noticed about this tea was how beautiful the leaves/blossoms are, followed by a floral sweetness in the aroma. After steeping, the aroma was green with a lingering creamy sweetness to it.
Tasting this tea, it was so light and delicate. Floral and juicy. Perfect for a hot summer's afternoon. I added just the tiniest touch of sweetener to my cup and the flavors danced in my mouth. I can definitely see why this tea is a popular one at Butiki!
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Developmental Tools Used During Routine Well-Child Visits
Developmental Tools Used During Routine Well-Child Visits
The following questionnaires are examples of some of the developmental tools a health professional can use to determine whether a child has any developmental delays:
Although these questionnaires are important, they may not consistently identify problems, such as autism, in older children, teens, and young adults or in a child any age who has a mild condition. But when used routinely, they can help identify subtle developmental delays that may otherwise be missed.
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