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Date Joined: December 27, 2008
Last Online: May 18, 2009
Birthday: July 10, 1985
Country: United States
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Thank you for looking at my profile. I always try to read profiles very well when I get swap partners to try to get them the best stuff I can think of...I appreciate you doing the same.
I'm an Army wife originally from San Pedro, CA currently in Fort Lewis, WA. I love sending and receiving snail mail. :D
I love getting and making handmade things. I feel like they've got a lot more character. I am working on learning to hand make things better, so please bear with me as I learn!
My favorite color is berry pink! Also high on my list are dark reds, maroon, fuchsia, and greens. Most of my house is done in sage greens, since that's the color we told everyone we liked when we got married and that's what color all the presents turned out to be!
I'm generally considered a geek and a weirdo. I like all sorts of strange things. I also like being creative and learning about new ways to make things...so Swap-Bit is really right up my ally! It's really inspiring just to look at the swaps and the Flickr pool.
No children, but one puppy: Peach, a greyhound/lab mix (we think). She's black and pretty small (about 30 pounds) and her favorite colors are red and pink. If you are sending her something, please, no rawhide.
I like to play video games when I'm not mailing things. We have a Wii, Xbox360, Nintendo DS Lite, PSP and PS2, :D At the moment, I can't get enough Rock Band 2! I'm not a great gamer, though...I mainly playthings that aren't very hard.
I also love taking walks and am beginning to do a bit of photography. The walk to and from the post office is quite pretty and I am trying to work up the nerve to take some pictures along the way. It's a busy street, so I might get some odd looks. One day I will do it, though.
Cake, The Wallflowers, The Beatles, Mel Torme, Fastball, Metallica, Frank Sinatra, Steve Burns, Billie Holiday, The Rolling Stones, The Foo Fighters, Sublime, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Brian Setzer, Megadeth, They Might Be Giants, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Rush, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Queen, King City, Johnny Cash, Smash Mouth
Coffee And Kung Fu, The World According To Garp, 101 Dalmatians, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, Beginners Luck, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Howl's Moving Castle, Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Producers, Monty Python's Life Of Brian, Pirates of the Caribbean, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Accepted, Bolt, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Help!, Yellow Submarine, The Lion King, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz, Gay Purr-ee, White Christmas, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Star Wars
The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Rocko's Modern Life, The Angry Beavers, 6Teen, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Good Eats, Ace Of Cakes, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Kappa Mikey, It's Me Or The Dog, American Dad
scarves, stars, hearts, pink, colors, gel pens, bandannas, dogs, wolves, Disney, stationery, stickers, postcards, stamps, letters, snail mail, palm trees, tea, hot cocoa, almonds, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, vintage things, polka dots, twitter, heart pendants and necklaces, cupcakes, candy, chocolate, mints, chocolate covered strawberries, granola, boxes, crafts, hand made things, piggy banks
Food Things!
I like milk chocolate the best, but darks and whites are also welcomed in moderation. My favorites are chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered strawberries! I would love to taste candies from other countries that are not available here. I pretty much like all candy except sour and coconut. :D
As for non-candy food...I wouldn't send it unless it was specifically asked for, as I have some problems with food.
Bracelets, watches, anything that goes on or has to do with wrists!! I have a weird phobia and will not wear these! I can do and like arm-warmers, though as long as they are long enough that the ends do not rest on my wrists.
Coconut, spiders, bugs, religious stuff, black licorice, banana chips, grape flavored things, political stuff
I hate to add this but I've been flaked on in the following swaps by the following people...If you would like to angel, it would be apreciated, but I am by no means asking for angels, just trying to mention who to avoid-
@sherrykadan for Sort of a Quick Newbie Swap XXII She's fully suspended now...but in case she ever makes it back...This has been angeled by the awesome @meggert Yay!
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Hey, I'm around if you need me! Take care! Brenda
Whoo hoo! You are my partner for the WTF Whimsey Swap! I'm super excited to make it a great package for you. Have a wonderful Easter.
I am missing you in GGGW!! Hope everything is okay ...
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Thank you so much for all the sachets of yummy hot chocolate you sent to me for the GGGW March Wishlist. I am going to enjoy one of them this evening! :o)
Come see all the new swaps we have up at Rainbows & Rainclouds!! There's some edible yummies, beads, paper scraps and stationery swaps going on!! Come join us in the fun!!
Happy St Patrick's Day!
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Timeline of Pat Finucane case
1981 - Pat Finucane comes into the public eye when he acts as solicitor for Bobby Sands during the hunger-striker's successful campaign to be elected as a British MP. He handled the legal affairs of other hunger-strikers in the latter stages of their protest when, the prisoners believed, there would be legal moves made to revive them.
1987 - The British army's secret agent handling team, the Force Research Unit, recruits former loyalist paramilitary Brian Nelson to return to Northern Ireland and become an agent within the Ulster Defence Association. Nelson rises to become the UDA's intelligence chief.
1988 - Pat Finucane becomes widely known in Northern Ireland when he represents the families of three men killed in the so called "shoot to kill" episode in Armagh in 1982. He brought a successful High Court challenge to a coroners ruling that the RUC men involved in the killings should not be called to give evidence.
Pat Fincane represents Patrick McGeown, who was accused of helping to organise the March 1988 killing of two army corporals, when criminal charges against him are dropped.
January 1989 - British home office junior minister Douglas Hogg tells MPs that certain solicitors in Northern Ireland are "unduly sympathetic" to terrorist organisations, indicating he meant the IRA.
February 1989 - Pat Finucane is murdered by loyalist gunmen who burst into his home in north Belfast and shot him multiple times as he was having a meal with his children and wife Geraldine, who was wounded. SDLP and Sinn Féin politicians say Hogg's comments legitimised loyalist attacks on solicitors who represent republicans.
September 1989 - John Stevens, then deputy chief constable of Cambridgeshire Police, is appointed to investigate allegations of collaboration between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries. A fire at the headquarters of the Stevens team the following January destroys many of their files.
Mr Stevens' investigations primarily dealt with security force files about potential republican assassination targets falling into the hands of loyalist paramilitaries. He found evidence of a "small number" of individual security force members passing on information but said such collusion was "neither widespread nor institutionalised".
January 1992 - Brian Nelson goes on trial at Belfast crown court. Col Gordon Kerr of the Force Research Unit tells the trial Nelson wanted to save lives. He said that Nelson's information allowed him to hand police 730 reports of possible assassination attempts against 217 individuals. Nelson is jailed for 10 years on five counts of conspiracy to murder.
April 1993 - John Stevens begins the second inquiry into the security forces in Northern Ireland.
March 1998 - United Nations special investigator Param Cumaraswamy accuses the RUC of "systematic intimidation" of lawyers representing paramilitary suspects. He calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane.
April 1999 - John Stevens, now deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, returns again to Northern Ireland to launch a third inquiry.
June 1999 - Former UDA quartermaster William Stobie, also a police informant, charged with the murder of Mr Finucane, but later acquitted. He was murdered in December 2001 by the Red Hand Defenders, a cover name used in the past by the UDA and Loyalist Volunteer Force.
May 2002 - Retired Canadian judge Peter Cory appointed to investigate six controversial killings in the North, including that of Pat Finucane, in which security force involvement was alleged.
June 2002 - BBC's Panorama programme provides details of undercover Force Research Unit and alleges an unnamed RUC special branch officer persuaded loyalists to murder Mr Finucane.
April 2003: Stevens third report concludes elements within the RUC and British army colluded with loyalist paramilitaries to murder Catholics in the late 1980s. Finucane family reiterates its call for a full, independent, public inquiry into Mr Finucane's murder. Also, Brian Nelson dies of cancer in Canada. Following his release from prison, he had been living under an assumed identity at a secret location in England.
July 2003 - The European Court of Human Rights rules that the police investigation of the murder of Pat Finucane was a breach of human rights.
October 2003 - Cory Reports handed to British and Irish governments with clear warning that text should not be altered. Delay in publishing reports sees British government accused of trying to "sex down" the findings.
April 2004 - Cory reports published and find "there is strong evidence that collusive acts were committed by the army (Force Research Unit), the RUC Special Branch and the security service." Judge Cory said the army handlers of Brian Nelson and their superiors "turned a blind eye" to his "criminal acts" which "established a pattern of behaviour that could be characterised as collusive". He recommends a public inquiry into Pat Finucane's death.
September 2004 - Loyalist Ken Barrett receives a life sentence after admitting he had a role in the shooting of Pat Finucane. Then Northern Ireland secretary Paul Murphy subsequently moves to set up an inquiry into the Finucane case but says special legislation is needed because it would have to deal with sensitive matters of national security.
The Finucane family opposes the Inquiries Act 2005, arguing it would allow government to interfere with the independence of a future inquiry because a government minister could rule whether the inquiry sat in public or private. Plans to establish an inquiry are halted by then Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain.
October 2011 - Geraldine Finucane says she is "angry" and "insulted" after British prime minister David Cameron tells her he was proposing a barrister-led review of her husband's case. Mr Cameron apologises to the family and acknowledges there was collusion. A limited 18 month inquiry into his death led by Sir Desmond da Silva QC is announced. He is allowed to examine existing documentation but not to examine witnesses under oath.
January 2012 - Finucane family granted a judicial review of the decision by the British government not to hold a public inquiry into his death.
December 2012 - The Da Silva report, which runs to some 500 pages, is published.


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About AaMAZE
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Connecting people & developing culture
'Aalborg Kulturbro Forening' is the association behind 'Kulturbro Aalborg', which is the new bridge for pedestrians & bike riders, situated near "Spritten" and the western boat harbour, where it reaches to the northern side of Limfjorden.
Aalborg Kulturbro Association's mission is to connect the two landsides, and create more culture & life across the both sides of Limfjorden.
Since AaMAZE this year is held at the street art gallery 'Værket', which lays just by the Culture Bridge on the northern side, Aalborg Kulturbro Association & the AaMAZE Group decided to join forces, and so is collaborating as 'AaMAZE Kulturbro Festival' in this years special edition.
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Growing the local music culture in Nørresundby
Another strong collaborater this year, is the music association 'Musikforeningen 9400'.
The major mission of Musikforeningen 9400 is to promote and create local culture events with livemusic on the northern side of Limfjorden, in Nørresundby.
With intertwining values & mission, Musikforeningen 9400 became yet another valuable partner in this years special edition.
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The vision of the Stigsborg Waterfront project is to create an attractive residential area, together with commercial buildings and recreational areas, side by side with the waters of Limfjorden.
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When Emmy Award-winning journalist Beth Knobel set out to become a cub reporter, she applied at every media outlet she possibly could, in New York City and elsewhere. "And I got so many rejection letters, they not only covered the outside of my dorm room door, but the inside as well," Knobel says.
Eventually she landed her first job at Ladies Home Journal; somewhat later she advanced to Moscow bureau chief for CBS News. Along the way, there were a few calculated risks, she says, including falling in love with and marrying a Russian journalist and moving to Moscow.
These days, carving out a successful journalism career isn't any easier for aspiring young wordsmiths. With the Internet sending the titans of the media into a tailspin, reports of layoffs and cutbacks, particularly in the print world, have become so common they aren't really news at all.
But Knobel hasn't lost her optimism and hope. The Internet may have turned the media world upside down, but it's creating even more opportunities for young journalists just starting out in the profession. That's why it's more critical than ever to help them acquire the skills they need to create the kind of journalism that still makes a difference and helps the professional survive and adapt in a new world.
"The only way journalism will stay relevant is if people create high-quality, meaningful journalism," Knobel asserts. And to help young people do that, she has coauthored a handbook with CBS News legend Mike Wallace titled Heat & Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists. "It's really a guide book that someone can keep with them when they're out working, and if they have questions, they can give the book a little glance to remind themselves."
The idea for the book was born in 2007, when Wallace stopped by to talk to Knobel's journalism classes at Fordham University. For Wallace, good journalism is a delicate balance between what he calls heat and light. Heat is a story's emotional pull, the drama and conflicts that pull a reader in. Light is information, the knowledge that a well-reported story offers readers.
Knobel and her students were so intrigued by his advice, she called Wallace and told him he should write a book about the subject. "I told him you have some things to pass along," she explains. "And much to my delight, he said, 'That's a great idea.'"
"More than anything, journalism is complicated, and it takes a long time to learn how to do it well, and to feel empowered," Knobel says.
They began meeting about once a week to debate and discuss the craft of journalism. Knobel made a list of about 150 questions her students typically ask about the profession. And they talked to dozens of journalists (reporters, editors, and writers) who were either friends or colleagues whose work they admired. "We wanted to get some different perspectives to see if other people agreed with us or had other important things to add,"
Knobel says. "So I think between my understanding of the academic side, and Mike's incredible wealth of knowledge, we turned out something that's useful."
With practical tips and anecdotes, the book strikes a balance between the theoretical and the practical. It tackles big-picture questions such as fairness, responsibility, objectivity, and balance. It also outlines the specific writing and reporting skills all young wannabes have to learn to succeed. Consideration is also given to how a journalist can generate and evaluate story ideas, in addition to offering tips on how to master the art of the interview, by learning how to create a rapport with someone while still asking the tough questions. It also outlines the tools that novices need to know to produce and edit news for television, radio, or the Internet. "More than anything, journalism is complicated, and it takes a long time to learn how to do it well, and to feel empowered," Knobel says.
The book hasn't been out long, but changes in the news business are happening so rapidly that she is already considering how to update it. New media products that didn't exist two years ago when they started writing the book, such as news applications for smart phones or digital newspapers for the iPad, are altering the landscape of journalism. "And that's something we certainly should address...." Knobel says.
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Chisora, Saunders, Cleverly, Buglioni and Skeete on next Copper Box bill
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Heavyweight destroyer Dereck Chisora headlines promoter Frank Warrens first event of 2014 when he makes the first defence of his European title on another title-packed extravaganza at Londons Copper Box Arena on Saturday 8th February.
The red-hot Finchley star, will be joined by British stars Billy Joe Saunders, who defends his British and Commonwealth Middleweight titles, former WBO World Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly making his cruiserweight debut and challenging for the Commonwealth title, new WBO European Super-Middleweight Champion Frank Buglioni, plus English Welterweight Champion Bradley Skeete.
All the action will be live and exclusive on The Channel of Champions BoxNation (Sky Ch. 437/Virgin Ch. 546).
Chisora, who has turned his career around this year with sensational power-packed performances, is on course for a second world title shot and needs another crucial win to keep in prime position and awaits news of who will be in the opposite corner.
Im excited to be entering 2014 with a potential world title shot on the horizon. Ive shown this year that I mean business and when Im fit and in shape, nobody in the division can beat me. The hunger and desire is there burning away and I wont stop until the world title is strapped around my waist. Im disappointed that David Price vacated, that was a great domestic showdown for the fans, but hes gone another route, and Fury is looking at other options, and Wilder doesnt want to know about me. Either way Im on course for the world title and Ive just got keep doing what Im doing and win.
Hatfield ace Saunders makes his return to the ring after a hard twelve months that has seen him win four back-to-back fights going the full twelve-round distance and beating his main domestic rival in John Ryder.
Saunders makes the third defence of his prized British title, which means he would make the belt his own property if his wins, and also puts his Commonwealth title on the line against a challenger to be confirmed.
Warren said he would be keen to move Saunders up a division to super-middleweight to challenge former Beijing Olympic team mate James DeGale in a cracking all-British showdown, while Saunders also had some stinging words for rival Chris Eubank Jr.
Saunders said, Id take James DeGale in heart beat. I dont care about moving up a weight to fight him. Its a massive fight that the public deserves to see and what British boxing needs. Were friends, but this is business, he knows that, so lets do it and give the fight fans what they want. Im confident Id come away the winner in that fight. As for Chris Eubank Jr., hes a complete joke, he calls me out and we offer him the fight, but then his team come back and says that hes not ready to fight me yet. I would take great pleasure in smashing him to pieces and shutting that big mouth up.
Cleverly, the former WBO World Light-Heavyweight Champion, returns to action after he was due to fight on the last Copper Box Arena show in November but had to withdraw after sustaining a back injury whilst doing dead-lifts with weights.
Cleverly will go straight back into championship action when he takes on rugged Australian Daniel Ammann for the Vacant Commonwealth title.
He said, Ill be fit and ready for February 8th and Im looking forward to making my cruiserweight debut at long last. The injury was a blow as I would have liked to have had that fight against Ammann in November so that I could look to fight for the world title sooner. Its a massive incentive for me to become a two-time and two-weight world champion and Im focussed on achieving that dream.
Fast rising talent Buglioni makes the first defence of his newly acquired WBO European Super-Middleweight title that he won at the Copper Box Arena last time out with a devastating body shot to halt Stepan Horvath in the eighth round.
It was the first title win of undefeated Buglionis career and hes looking forward to defending the title and picking up more experience next year as he takes his career to the next level.
That was the best performance of my career, I felt in control and commanded the fight from the off. There is still plenty to learn so there is no rush, Im fighting regularly and the Copper Box Arena is my new home, its a fantastic venue, my fans love it there and Im looking to put on more exciting performance. Said Buglioni.
Also on the show, Penges Skeete makes the first defence of his English Welterweight title that he won against experienced veteran Colin Lynes at the Copper Box Arena last month, plus Romford cruiserweight Tony Conquest, Erith super-bantamweight Lewis Pettitt, Enfield light-heavyweight Andreas Evangelou, Islington welterweight Georgie Kean, Canning Town light-welterweight Billy Morgan.
Tickets, priced at £40, £50, £70 and £120, are available from Eventim on 0844 249 1000 or online at www.eventim.co.uk
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Who: Jennette McCurdy
For fans of: Lady Antebellum, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban
Where: Garden Grove, CA
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The 17 year old co-star of the Nick hit series "iCarly" isn't just another actress turned wanna-be singer. Music has been in her blood since she was born and more specifically country music. The then 8 year old McCurdy began writing and taping songs on a tape recorder at 8 and by 15 was writing and co-writing songs to jumpstart the career she had always dreamt of as a little growing up in a surprisingly Nashville-like vibe in Garden Grove, California. However that career had to wait in between iCarly shoots and interested labels pulling McCurdy into pop music, which she described as "uneasy" and truly believed her perfect fit was the music she grew up listening to.
With her EP out already, the 17 year old is set to debut her full length album, "The Story of My Life" September 28 on Capitol Nashville, the label that turned Lady Antebellum and Keith Urban into country superstars. Co-writers on the album includes Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of the aforementioned Lady Antebellum, Jessi Alexander (Miley Cyrus' "The Climb") and will be produced by longtime Nashville producer Paul Worley.
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|Pictured: Matt Shafeek, as represented by Jeff Winger
You see, I'm kind of a High-Functioning Gameaholic. I have a serious problem that's lurking right beneath the surface, but I get by just well enough that no one has to say anything.
Last time I wrote on this blog, I labeled my iPhone gaming habits as "finding my new drug," and the more I think about it, the more literal I think I was being. I recently found myself in an endless gaming cycle on my iPhone, to the point where I'd play/update one game and be ready to play/update the next one. I was on a steady dopamine drip of mental pleasure, but for a man with excessive gaming habits who once gave up games for a year to try to find other things to do with his time, this seemed like I'd gone all the way around the ride and come back to the other side, ready to start a more advanced questline where the monsters are tougher but- ah, geez, there I go again.
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What's funny about Tiny Tower is it's clearly made to be addictive, and there's very little "game" taking place. Everything happens at a snail's pace and you need to have "Tower Bucks" to build faster. You'll gain a tower buck every now and again from the game, but if you happen to have a few real life dollars to spare, you can be swimming in Tower Bucks in no time (for the record, I've thankfully not purchased any, though doing so would have simply swapped the embarrassment of putting money into the game with the amount of time I put into it). The game has all the appeal of completing a To-Do list, with none of the actual work. Which is great and all, but I have an actual real life To-Do list I've managed to find myself neglecting all week, and it's becoming a problem.
|Pictured: Matt Shafeek, as represented by Jeff Winger
All of the iPhone games I've been playing capture a few seconds of genuine fun and, with the help of technology, either allow you to play them with anyone else who's willing, or, have a perpetual updating system in place that keeps you coming back in the name of an endless grind. Either way, they're all incredibly addictive for someone like me, and frankly, it's a little scary.
|Pictured: Matt Shafeek, as represented by Jeff Winger
Like I said before, I feel like a high-functioning gameaholic. I get by well enough with my addiction, its not causing any serious problems at the moment - but 'well enough' isn't sitting well with me. So I'm going to have to give most, if not all, of my iPhone games a break for a while. My Heroes will not be graduating from their Academy, my Tower will remain Tiny, and the Words I will have with My Friends* will be in person (or more likely, via text or instant message).
PS: I'd like to imagine Jeff Winger on Community is struggling with a similar problem.
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by James H. Burns
Last week's vote by the veterans' committee to put Whitey Herzog into the Hall of Fame reminds us of something a lot of fans don't know: though for years Mets devotees thought of Whitey as the "White Rat," an arch-enemy, managing the rival St. Louis Cardinals to three National League pennants and one World Series title between 1980 and 1990, Herzog was also one of the geniuses behind 1969's Miracle Mets.
As Director of Player Development, Herzog worked with many of those championship talents (and later rued the Mets' trading, over his objections, of such future All Stars as Amos Otis, Ken Singleton, and Nolan Ryan) — and, in return, was treated shabbily by the front office.
Forty years later, Whitey Herzog just might have the key to solving the current Mets mess. After all, he's performed similar miracles before…
In the 1950s Herzog came up as an outfielder through the Yankees farm system, when the parent club was led by Casey Stengel. The Yanks traded Herzog to the Washington Senators, where he made his major league debut in 1956 (managed by former Brooklyn Dodgers pennant winner Charley Dressen).
Over the next eight years Herzog travelled to the Kansas City Athletics, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Detroit Tigers. In 1964, he became a scout and coach for the As, then owned by Charley Finley.
Herzog joined the Mets in 1966 as third base coach. He was devoted to the organization, and patiently awaited the day he'd be asked to take over for manager Gil Hodges.
But when Hodges died unexpectedly just prior to the start of the 1972 season, Herzog received one of the nastiest insults in local baseball lore: Associates of the Mets' Chairman of the Board, M. Donald Grant, ordered Herzog not to attend his friend's funeral, reportedly to avoid "speculation."
Within a year, Herzog left to manage the Texas Rangers for a season. He then coached third base for the California Angels, under legendary former Arizona State college baseball skipper Bobby Winkles and his succesor, Hall of Fame manager, Dick Williams.
In August of 1975, Herzog took over as manager of the Kansas City Royals, with whom he took three consecutive American League Western Division crowns, only to be stopped
in each year's ALCS by the ascendant Yankees.
(Herzog's greatest accomplishment may have been doing double-duty, for eighteen months, as the Cardinals' skipper and general manager — transforming 1980's moribund St. Louis Cards franchise into 1982's World Series celebrants.)
Now Herzog is 78. He has recently been a scout, and says that he'd love to be back more actively in baseball. No one's suggesting that the wiley veteran belongs in the dugout as a
manager — though it is conceivable that he could match, or surpass, the triumphs of such recent septuegenerian skippers as Jack McKeon and Frank Robinson.
It's certainly a long shot that the Mets would ever bring him back; the franchise is too insular and, conventional wisdom would say, Whitey is too old. But after three seasons of failure under General Manager Omar Minaya, the Mets might want to try something unconventional.
Recently the Mets hired a marketing consultant and introduced a "retro-uniform" for 2010. If such intangibles are thought by the front office to be meaningful, perhaps they should consider hiring Herzog in any capacity, just to have someone around who knows that much about winning.
Herzog wrote in his autobiography, The White Rat, "One thing I learned during the seven years I spent with the Mets is that the whole organization has to work in harmony if things are to go right. You can't give a manager (mediocre) players and expect him to win. You can't acquire or develop good players unless everyone in the front office is thinking alike, or unless there's one strong personality in charge…
"You don't find an organization like that very often, but when you do, it's usually flying pennant flags."


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On the subject of Lukki's mole/wart on/near her anus... I'd like to see a LOT more consistency with removing it from the images OR leaving it IN the images (as I prefer). The inconsistency is very noticeable and a bit annoying.
Some may find this mole objectionable, and I respect that, but what I find most objectionable is "painting" of the "photographs". I'm here to see the girls in their "natural" state...including their moles, warts, scars and other skin imperfections that detract from a beautiful girl's appeal not one iota! (for ME!) Thanks for the consideration of this detail...;o)
"Lukki...you are gorgeous and I love you!"...
Whomever posted "implants" in the user tags section hasn't been near a breast in years - perhaps ever. Lukki has some wonderful small-sized breasts topped by some very prominent "puffy nipples".
You should know better than to pay any attention to "tags" arkie... ;o)
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Hello. My name is Megan and I have a wreath obsession. I didn't realize it till recently. I find myself looking up different kinds of wreath on Pinterest, thinking up new ones to make and how to repurpose ones I already have.
I made this one for Christmas. I loved how it turned out! It whimsical and has the Christmas colors but is fun. The best part was I didn't have to buy a lot to make it. Just the foam wreath, the W and a few pieces of felt. So easy too! The flowers are just circles in a variety of sizes stacked on each other.
One bad thing about loving wreath is I fell the need to have a different one for each holiday. I don't know why but I'm all about Valentine's Day this year. I wanted a Valentine's wreath without having to start from scratch.
I decided that my Christmas one was close, if only it had pink instead of green...
The flowers from the Christmas wreath were hot glued on so they weren't coming off (I tried). I thought about gluing on top of what was already there. But I didn't want to ruin the Christmas wreath. What to do...
Straight pins! I ended up making felt roses and using straight pins to hold them in place. If you look closely you can see a little bit of green poking out around the edges.
25 cents and an hour one evening and I was able to come up with this! It makes me happy.


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I am always looking for new ways to enjoy pasta. The base combination of olive oil, garlic and parmesan reggiano is the beginnings of a great dish. The addition of the fava beans and mint give it some sustenance. Finally, the addition of red pepper flakes kicks it up a notch, just be careful not to add too much of the red pepper as a little goes a long way.
Of course this dish can be made vegan by simply not using cheese or by using a vegan cheese.
Making your own fresh spaghetti is easy if you have the right equipment, if not you can do what I do most weekends and that is pick-up some fresh pasta. The pasta I usually get is from Domenico's as they are at many of the farmer's markets I go to including South Pasadena, Studio City, and others around LA.
Spaghetti with Fava Beans and Mint
Serves 2
12 oz. fresh spaghetti
¼ cup olive oil
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 cup fava beans, peeled and blanched
1 small bunch fresh mint, thinly sliced
dash of red pepper flakes
grated fresh parmesan reggiano
If you did not purchase already peeled and blanched fava beans, prepare the fava beans and set-aside after blanching.
Heat a pot of water for the spaghetti. Add a dash of salt to the water and add spaghetti when water boils. If using fresh spaghetti heat for only 3 minutes, and for dry spaghetti cook for 10 minutes.
While spaghetti is boiling, in a sauté pan heat olive oil at medium-high heat and add the red pepper flakes and garlic. Cook the garlic for 2 minutes and then add the fava beans. Cook the garlic and fava beans for another 2 minutes and then add ¼ cup of water from the pasta. Now add the pasta to the sauté pan and mix with the fresh mint.
Remove pasta to plate each meal and add the grated parmesan reggiano.
Serve with some garlic bread.


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Apple's Beats brand in April unveiled the Powerbeats Pro, a redesigned wire-free version of its popular fitness-oriented Powerbeats earbuds.
Western Digital Warns External Hard Drive Customers Over Mavericks Data Loss
The MacRumors Forums, Western Digital's forums, and Apple's Support Communities all have threads about lost data after connecting Western Digital external hard drives to computers after updating to Mavericks.
In an email to customers, Western Digital warned about using its WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager, and WD SmartWare software products with Mavericks and suggests customers uninstall those applications before upgrading to Mavericks, or, if they already have upgraded, to uninstall those applications immediately.
Dear WD Registered Customer,Most of the complaints seem to center around Western Digital drives, but the company does say other drives could have issues as well.
As a valued WD customer we want to make you aware of new reports of Western Digital and other external HDD products experiencing data loss when updating to Apple's OS X Mavericks (10.9). WD is urgently investigating these reports and the possible connection to the WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager and WD SmartWare software applications. Until the issue is understood and the cause identified, WD strongly urges our customers to uninstall these software applications before updating to OS X Mavericks (10.9), or delay upgrading. If you have already upgraded to Mavericks, WD recommends that you remove these applications and restart your computer.
The WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager, and WD SmartWare software applications are not new and have been available from WD for many years, however solely as a precaution WD has removed these applications from our website as we investigate this issue.
Western Digital
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The WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager, and WD SmartWare software applications are not new and have been available from WD for many years...":rolleyes:
So not a Mavericks flaw but WD's? Or maybe both, but because WD writes software for the Mac, they should've been accessing developer builds of Mavericks and would've found this out long ago.
Best solution is to get with the times and stop using spinning hard drives.
because a solid state is so cheap to buy :rolleyes:
This is why you "nuke' all that crapware that WD, Seagate includes on their drives before using them. Then, throw the box away.
yup.. yup...
And thats why I'll never be the first to upgrade to any OS.
I like to live life dangerously. :cool:
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After many unsuccessful attempts to break into the Nigerian music industry with his top notch and critically acclaimed rap skills, it looks like Davido's cousin, Sina, is throwing in the towel and embracing his new love, video directing.
He made the announcement few days ago and it has caused a colossal imbalance in d Nigerian music equation….
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Archive for: 2010 November
2010-11-18 Expert of Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Will Work at INPP
Karsten Frank, an internationally recognized expert of decommissioning of nuclear power plants from Germany, will start working at SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) on 30 November 2010. Read more
2010-11-17 Subject: Violation of Labour Discipline on Projects B1 and B2/3/4 Construction Sites
Ignalina NPP Management addressed itself in writing to the head of Nukem Technologies Ulf Kutcher and informed about the violation of labour discipline on the construction sites of projects B1 (Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility) and B2/3/4 (Solid Radioactive Waste Management and Storage Facilities) implemented by Nukem Technologies. Read more
2010-11-12 Foreign Diplomats Residing in Lithuania will Visit INPP
On November 16 the heads of 20 foreign diplomatic missions and the other diplomats will visit Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. Read more
2010-11-09 Information about the Causes of Unit 1 Main Circulation Circuit Sealing Failure Occurred during Its Decontamination
On 5 October 2010 during implementation of the scheduled works foreseen in Project B12 "Decontamination of internal surfaces of SE Ignalina NPP Main Circulation Circuit, Blowing, Cooling and Water Purification Systems" – Unit 1 circuit decontamination – seal failure has occurred in one of the components which resulted in the flowing out of the chemical agents (nitrogen acid (1%) and potassium permanganate) used for decontamination outside of the circuit boundaries. Read more
2010-11-02 New Special Purpose Technological Railway and Road are Accepted as Suitable for Operation
The Certificate of Construction Completion was signed on 28 October 2010 by the State Commission which have assessed the documentation and technical condition of B1 and B3,4 facilities special purpose railway and the parallel special purpose technological road by which it accepted these roads suitable for operation. Read more


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Advice by Analysts to Buy Technology Stock: T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS)
T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS) belongs to Technology sector USA industry. The company's Market capitalization is $62057.31 with the total Outstanding Shares of 843.17 million. On 14-05-2019 (Tuesday), shares were closed at $73.60 a share in the latest session and the stock value gain almost 0.25% since the beginning of this year. The company has managed to keep price to sales ratio of 1.41. The price to sales ratio is the ratio of the market value of equity to the sales. This ratio is internally not steady, since the market value of equity is divided by the total revenues of the firm.
Measure Investors' Interest before Making Any Investment Decision (RVOL Analysis):
The stock exchanged hands with a volume of 2.99 million shares compared to its standard daily volume. The stock has relative volume of 0.93. Relative Volume (or RVOL) is a volume indicator, meaning it helps measure investor interest in a stock. RVOL compares a stock's current volume to its prior volume over a specific period.
It's expressed as a ratio. For example, if a stock has an RVOL of 5, it's trading at 5-times its normal volume. Higher Relative Volume obviously indicates more traders are trading it.
Few Important Technical Indicators:
T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS) stock is currently trading 7.42% away from its average-price of 200 days while it maintained a distance of 1.68% from its 50 Days Moving Average and -0.07% compared with the 20 Day Moving Average. The stock, as of last close, traded 33.26% away to its 52 week low and was at a distance of -2.28% from its 52 week high. T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS)'s value Change from Open was at 0.25% with a Gap of 0.00%.
Is the Stock Volatile?
ATR value of company was 1.36. Relative Strength Index (RSI) was 50.28. The stock volatility for week was 2.12% while for month was 1.82%.Beta factor, which measures the riskiness of the security, was observed as 0.40.
How Earnings Impact Valuation:
EPS growth estimate for this year is set at 28.40%.The earnings per share (EPS) formula is stated as earnings available to common shareholders divided by number of common stock shares outstanding. EPS is an indicator of company profit because the more earnings a company can generate per share, the more valuable each share is to investors.
What to Expect From T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS) in Coming 5 Years?
EPS in next five years is expected to touch 16.60% while EPS growth in past 5 year was 130.50% along with sales growth of 12.10% in the last five years. EPS growth in next year is estimated to reach 17.46%. The price/earnings ratio (P/E) is 20.15 and the forward P/E ratio stands at 15.88. The price to earnings growth is 1.21.
What Do Analysts Recommend?
Consensus rating is 1.80 by the analysts on the stock. A consensus suggestion for any specific stock observes rating from many analysts who analyze that stock. These suggestions provide a complete picture of the stock. Consensus rating based on a 1-5 numerical scale. If the consensus rating is one, it will indicate a strong sign for buy. If it shows Three, it will be a signal for hold. If the rating on the numerical scale is five, it will consider as a strong sell.
Profitability ratios:
Looking into the profitability ratios of TMUS stock, an investor will find its ROE, ROA, ROI standing at 12.70%. Buy return on Asset ratio we can calculate how profitable a company is by comparing its assets 4.20% and ROI is used to show investment's profitability. BY ROI we can easily calculate the return amount on a specific investment. 7.80% will be the ROI of the company. Therefore, Analysts reflects the investment a net gain, if the return exceeds cost to show a positive result. If the result of return exceed value is negative, then the analysts consider the investment as a net loss.


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Lucasfilm and Disney have officially pronounced the Star Wars Expanded Universe dead… or at least not quite alive as we knew it. Everything that fans knew and loved about the books, video games, and comics that occurred outside of the theatrical Original Trilogy has been razed from the face of Star Wars canon and conveniently slipped under the Legends banner, which is the franchise's version of an alternate reality. George Lucas, who had previously approved these Star Wars tales as canon, apparently doesn't believe in the law of "no backsies." As we mourn the Expanded Universe under the unforgiving reign of Lucas and Disney, here are some of the things we'll miss the most. Spoilers ahead (for a bunch of stuff that no longer counts), Star Wars fans…
The best Star Wars stuff that Disney doesn't care about
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We are an Educational Organisation and striving for the prevalence of literacy in Pakistan. We are currently operating in Lahore and will reach other major and far-flung areas of our country.
Neo was established keeping in view the current educational plight of our masses. Pakistan falls in the list of the countries with growing illiteracy. We must admit that it the educated nation of a country which matters to its growth and development. Without proper and standard education, a country falls like a dried leave from the comity of nations.
Neo is managing educational services at two different places in Lahore. We hope that we impart our share in nation-building.


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The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is seeking a well-qualified applicant to fill a full-time position as a Pediatric Critical Care Physician and Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Wolfson Children's Hospital. The position will be at a non-tenure accruing level of Associate/Full Professor. As Medical Director, this faculty will oversee the clinical and educational missions of the PICU. He/she will provide superior clinical care to critically ill pediatric patients, with rapid treatment in all areas of critical care, including trauma, ECMO and neurocritical care. The division currently consists of seven (7) pediatric critical care specialists, providing 24-hour coverage to both the PICU and CVICU at Wolfson Children's Hospital with a strong emphasis on resident, fellow, and medical student teaching and quality improvement. The candidate should possess exemplary clinical, organizational and interpersonal skills, engage enthusiastically with fellow division members and other subspecialists, and have demonstrated academic scholarship and mentorship accomplishments.
The premier Wolfson Children's Hospital houses a 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit staffed by board-certified pediatric critical care physicians, specially trained physician assistants and advanced nurse practitioners, registered nurses, respiratory therapists and other healthcare professionals. In the spring of 2021, a new 25 bed family-centered state-of-the-art PICU will open in a new 7 story intensive care tower.
This position will report to the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. The division staffs provided exclusive primary attending services to all patients in the PICU at Wolfson Children's Hospital. The Critical Care physicians are available throughout the hospital, and provide phone consultations and support to outside physicians and facilities. Following is a general description of duties and responsibilities:
Please visit our website at www.hscj.ufl.edu/pediatrics.
Applicants must possess a MD/DO degree, be eligible for a Florida Medical License, and be BC in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
This position was originally posted under requisition #507178. Previous applicants are still being considered and need not re-apply. Applications will be accepted until an applicant pool is identified. A review of applications will begin April 30, 2019. Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae. The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800-955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.


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Entrepreneurial Spirit
Five alumni share stories of how vision - coupled with talent, ambition, and endurance - has yielded satisfying music-based careers.
|From the left: RAWSession founders Nils Gums '06 and Matt Maltese '04
|Photo by Mark Small
Video Pandemic
Just a year ago, Nils Gums '06 and Matt Maltese '04 launched their company RAWSession Inc. Their objective was to produce viral videos for new and established artists to enable their clients to tap into the inchoate but powerful link economy. Their RAWSession videos offer musical content that has credibility with fans and has boosted artists' careers. Their work has gotten the attention of Rykodisc, Island Def Jam, and Pulse Recordings who have hired Gums and Maltese to produce viral videos for the RAWSession YouTube channel to help create and keep a buzz going for their artists.
The concept of RAWSession is to showcase artists in a live studio performance setting with bare-bones instrumentation and no studio tricks such as Auto-Tune. The final product offers the viewer a quality portrayal of the artist's true capabilities. And viewer reaction has been overwhelming. To date, collective views of RAWSession videos tally more than 7 million.
Gums and Maltese started out producing cover versions of hit songs done by unknowns. As he worked in the logistics department at Universal Music Group, Gums pored over thousands of YouTube videos searching for content owned by Universal. He noted that the label claimed and then placed ads on illegally uploaded music videos and sound recordings when Universal owns 100 percent of the content, but didn't claim indie covers of hit songs. "I discovered videos of unknown artists covering a top-charting song and getting millions of views by people searching for the original," Gums says. "That sparked the idea to produce videos of talented unknown artists covering hit songs and helping the videos go viral to give the artist exposure." It also revives interest in the radio version of the song.
"People aren't going to search on YouTube for an unknown," Maltese says. "We will record a cover and an original song with an artist. Then with some search engine optimization, the right keywords, and a description of the video, people will discover the cover song. If they like it, they'll listen to that artist's originals too."
RAWSession videos have given a lift to the careers of 15-year-old vocal phenom Nikki Yanofsky as well as songwriters like Jesse Harris and established artists such as Sugar Ray, Jeremih, and others. "Natasha Bedingfield's management found out about a band called the Katinas that we recorded doing Natasha's song 'Pocketful of Sunshine,'" says Gums. "Natasha watched the video and loved it. Her management reached out to us to inquire about the Katinas and possibly doing some work with them in the future. Opportunities arise that you wouldn't think of."
The medium also gives fans a better window into these artists' talent. The idea of a simple musical setting makes the sessions easier to record, but more important, it lets a gifted artist really shine. "I love heavily produced pop music," Maltese says, "but I love purely acoustic music too. I think the fans have a right to know what an artist really sounds like in a sparser setting."
The production values of both the audio and video in RAWSession clips are far above the often fuzzy and distorted YouTube videos that were shot using a laptop or a Handycam. Gums and Maltese shoot their videos in high-definition in a professional recording studio, so the sound is also top notch.
For Gums and Maltese, the mission is to foster authentic talent by harnessing the power of the Internet, social networks, and Twitter. They believe that if an artist is great, word will spread and careers will develop. All indicators show that their instincts are correct. As for the future, they aren't looking to go corporate. "I want it to stay viral," Gums says. "We're not opposed to expanding, in fact we are thinking of going into other countries to work with local artists there. But we want to remain part of what is being talked about and tweeted. We want to invest in the careers of emerging artists, but we aren't looking to become a traditional record label. We're interested in developing artists and having our relationship with the artists continue after the session ends."
"People get what we are doing and appreciate it," Maltese says. "There is a real need in the business for this kind of content."
|Brian Brodeur '91
|Photo by Andrew Lepley
Negotiating Peaks and Valleys
As the founder of NewYorkDVD, Brian Brodeur '91 has developed projects featuring artists such as Frank Zappa, Phish, Rod Stewart, Mike Keneally, Victor Wooten, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta and many more. Brodeur and his NewYorkDVD team have been recognized with several awards including the DVD Association's Excellence in Music DVD Award in 2006 for their work on Neil Peart's Anatomy of a Drum Solo.
Shortly after graduating from Berklee's Music Synthesis program, Brodeur accepted an engineering position at a Boston-area studio. The operation was struggling, so in addition to engineering, Brodeur worked long hours to build up the business by landing new clients and integrating new recording technology. Over the next two years, the studio expanded its revenue and capacity, and Brodeur discovered that he had an aptitude for business as well as for recording.
A subsequent job as an audio engineer and producer for a gaming company resulted in a chance meeting with recording industry pioneer Harry Hirsch, who dropped by while Brodeur was mastering an album. Hirsch later invited Brodeur to join his duplication and production team in Times Square. Brodeur accepted and packed his bags for New York.
"Working with Harry Hirsch was an incredibly educational experience," Brodeur says. "He taught me about how much opportunity is out there. When I got to New York, [Hirsch] took me to the window overlooking Times Square and said, 'Look out there, Brian. If you can get all the business within a square block of where we're standing, we'll be millionaires.'"
Over the next two years, Brodeur helped double the studio's mastering and duplication business. He began feeling the urge to focus his efforts on a venture in which he would have a financial stake. The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, prompted him (as it did many) to reexamine his priorities. "That got me thinking about my own choices," Brodeur says. He again pondered the idea of starting his own business. "I asked myself, 'If not now, when?'"
Brodeur began in earnest. The DVD format was just becoming popular, and Brodeur combined his experience at Hirsch's company with his programming abilities to offer mastering and interactive design services for the new format.
Few producers in New York offered the combination of interactive programming and musical skills Brodeur possesses, and demand for his services grew. After landing two major clients, both publishers of music instructional videos, Brodeur incorporated NewYorkDVD before year's end, and business began to take off.
By 2004, business at New YorkDVD was cranking. A major New York studio seeking to bolster its DVD capabilities offered to buy Brodeur's operation. With the buyout pending, Brodeur moved his team into the parent company's space before the deal was signed. Brodeur also sold the company all his gear. But what seemed to be a friendly merger soon more closely resembled a hostile takeover when Brodeur learned that the parent company had secretly hired away all his staff and that he was out of a job.
With a pregnant wife and his business suddenly pulled out from under him, Brodeur found himself once again starting anew. He had no office space, no equipment, no employees, and no clients. Exercising his entrepreneurial spirit, he bought some gear and built a small production studio in his home. Out of nowhere, a major client landed in his lap. Others soon followed, and once again Brodeur was back in the game.
When the recession hit in 2008, one of his direct competitors went bankrupt and handed some big clients off to Brodeur. "Instead of shrinking, we've actually been growing through the recession," he says. Asked how he's thrived in an environment where so many others have struggled, Broduer says, "I've been pretty conservative with my business. I haven't tried to be all things to all people, and I've kept operating debt to a minimum. We've excelled in producing successful titles within niche markets by providing expert-level services in an industry that has become more and more commoditized."
Reflecting on the peaks and valleys of his career, Brodeur says "Serendipity is a big part of it, businessgoes up and down. There are difficulties and windfalls that come around every corner, and you can't always see them until they're here. You have to learn to breathe with the changes. Don't panic; you'll get through it."
|Brian Preston '93
Rolling with the Changes
In the mid-1990s when music technology became widely accessible and affordable, Brian Preston '93 seized the opportunity to start his production company the Music Factory. It was a year after his graduation from Berklee, and "1994 was the beginning of the one-man show," Preston recalls. "You didn't need a separate engineer, a separate producer. Nowadays, that's not so unusual. But then, it was an edge for me."
Ever since, Preston's multimedia production facility in Atlanta, Georgia, has been providing original music, jingles, and creative soundtrack design services for scores of clients ranging from AT&T to the Yellow Pages to the Georgia Lottery. Working as composer, arranger, engineer, and salesman, Preston-with help from his business partner Marc Battaglia, '90-has logged more than 1,100 gigs.
Preston has learned that in today's advertising industry, business acumen, adaptability, a thick skin, and the ability to communicate with and relate to all kinds of people are necessary attributes. Oh, and always remember: it's about the client.
"My sole interest is keeping the client happy," he says. "Brian Preston has no identity. I have to be quite a chameleon. If they want opera, it better sound like opera. If they want disco, it better sound like a Bee Gees record." The challenge to keep coming up with "ear worms"-catchy tunes that you can't get out of your head-keeps the business creative and exciting for Preston.
Over the years, he's been able to roll with changes that technological advances have brought to the production and interpersonal sides of his business. Formerly Preston made pitches to ad agencies in person. The option to transfer demos via the Internet has afforded him access to clients in major and minor markets everywhere. The downside is that his competitors are everywhere, too.
It's also more challenging to build relationships with clients on the Internet. Preston makes it a priority to build and maintain relationships through networking sites such as Facebook. Even the recent birth of his son Maxwell offers him an advantage. Being a new father "makes me a human in their eyes," he says. "They will remember that."
While technological advances have been a huge boon to his business, they also foster information overload and short attention spans that plague all in the creative industries. "It's hard to get somebody's attention," he says. The typical client is now overwhelmed and distracted and ends up listening to a demo on an iPhone, for a total of say, five seconds. "It's horribly depressing, actually," he says.
While the Internet age has somewhat diminished the significance of proximity to the customer, Preston believes geography and the right facility are important factors in entrepreneurial success. He chose to launch his business in Atlanta because of its affordability and its openness, especially in comparison to Nashville, with its more established old-boy network. He also ruled out New York and Los Angeles because the competition there "would have chewed me up and spit me out."
He started out in a loft studio facility in an old factory building in Atlanta rehabbed to his specs. But five years ago, facing increasing overhead, he decided to set up shop in the one-car garage attached to his house. Working from home helps the creative process, he contends. "I'm very comfortable here. I don't have to commute, and I can work as many hours as I want." He fully appreciates that the situation wouldn't be an option without the Internet.
Preston estimates that 60 percent to 70 percent of clients have been adversely affected by the severe recession. "I have to be able to weather the storms," he says. Another serious economic challenge for his profession has involved convincing the younger generation accustomed to "free" music that music has value and is worth paying for.
He maintains that his success would also not be possible without Marc Battaglia, his "silent" partner, in that Battaglia doesn't interact with clients. Their partnership works well because they are "polar opposites," Preston says. Preston first connected with his partner when Battaglia called Preston asking for advice about the industry. Preston is grateful to those who helped him when he started out, and invites alumni to contact him through his website at www.themusicfactory.com or via e-mail at email@example.com.
|Dana Sheridan '72
|Photo by Thalia Sheridan
Old-World Mastery
Surrounded by lathes, an arbor press, and milling machines in his shop in Brookline, Massachusetts, Dana Sheridan talks about becoming a flutemaker after leaving Berklee in 1972. He gravitated toward his career gradually, and now, two decades after founding Sheridan Flute Company, he's a respected maker in the flute world with numerous international classical and jazz musicians playing his instruments. Sheridan originally came to Berklee to study composition. Flute was his principal instrument, but he soon added saxophone to the mix. "I did it so I could get more work," he says. "Joe Viola was my teacher, and he was great." The gigs came for Sheridan, but after a few years of touring, he decided to change direction.
"The bands I worked with traveled a lot, and I got sick of being on the road," he says. "I didn't see that work leading to anything that I could count on for the long haul." By coincidence, Boston happens to be the flute-making capital of the world, home to Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company, Verne Q. Powell Flutes Inc., and Brannen Brothers Flutemakers Inc. Sheridan always enjoyed music, working with his hands, and sculpting, so making flutes was a blend of all these disciplines. He worked for all three flute companies but really learned the craft of flute making during the decade he spent at Powell.
"Everything started for me there," he says. "A Powell employee with the initiative to invest the time and effort could learn the whole process: body making, key making, head joint making, and padding and finishing. I figured I should learn it all even though I had no intention at that point of going off on my own."
In 1982 he started Sheridan Flute Company-to this day, a one-man operation. Sheridan works out of his shops in Boston and Cologne, Germany, and produces as many as 100 head joints and two to four complete flutes annually. "The head joint is the major contributing factor to tone, dynamics, timbre, and playing in tune, and can transform an instrument," says Sheridan. "Now people mix and match head joints and bodies; that became common practice just as I was starting out."
After meeting German flutist Angelika Flacke in Frankfurt at a flute show, Sheridan married her and relocated to Cologne but maintained his shop in Brookline. "Boston is really the best place for me to be," he says. I buy all my materials in the U.S. and do fabrication, turning and casting here and then import everything to Germany."
From Germany, Sheridan ships his gold and silver head joints and flutes to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. Orchestral players, chamber players, jazz musicians, and amateurs play his instruments, but Sheridan doesn't solicit professional endorsements. "I'm reluctant to ask someone if I can use their name in an ad. That was considered a no-no when I worked at Powell, and I haven't changed my policy. Word of mouth is how people learn about my flutes-and word travels quickly." Emmanuel Pahud, the principal flutist for the Berlin Philharmonic and internationally renowned soloist, uses a Sheridan head joint, and players in numerous European orchestras use Sheridan flutes.
Sheridan is known for his old-world craftsmanship and precise work. His flutes are noted especially for their scale and stable key design. "I make instruments that are precise and durable. Once, a French musician was playing one of my flutes with a tenor. After they took their bows, he gave her a big hug and then threw his arms back gesturing to the audience. When he did that, her flute went flying and bounced about 10 yards. The head joint was dented, but nothing happened to the body; the keys were robust enough to take it."
Sheridan values flute construction in the old tradition and has crafted thousands of nonmechanized tools to aid his work. "I use some high-tech stuff, but it's not cost-effective for me to invest in the machinery bigger companies use. They're able to stamp out lip pieces quickly, whereas I spend many hours shaping each one. But I like the work. I have been able to join my interest in music and sculpting and feel I'm a pretty lucky guy."


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Before I get to the pictures, I just want to mention how freaking talented Shayne is. These projects required molding, sculpting, painting, and a lot of creativity. It's so not fair how much better he is at painting than I am; I had four years of art classes and he's never had a single lesson.
Here we go!
The first thing Shayne made for me was this Tyrannosaurus rex shower head. Yup! It's a shower head! I saw one a while ago on Pinterest. I got really excited and showed it to Shayne but apparently it was made from one of those 3D printers and there's no place online that you can actually buy the printed shower head. I may be biased, but I think mine is cooler anyway.
Plesiosaurs are my absolute favourite dinosaurs. These are actually shower curtain hooks (Shayne mounted them on some cardboard so they aren't tumbling around together). Apparently my boyfriend carved a negative and made a mold of them and hand painted each one (I feel so incredibly lucky).
Shayne's told me eventually I will have an entire bathroom accessory set but he's still working out how to make them. I'll post pictures when they're made!


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i was joking however if you look, these ARE filmed in high definition. I doubt the budget allows them to put them on blu ray however burners and costs are coming down.
shorty from what i can find was found in 1977 (december) steve grogan drew a map to prove shorty wasnt cut into 9 pieces. Grogan was paroled in 1986 for this.
A few websites state that Grogan took authorities to the body in 1979 (the Court TV and Crime Library sites both state this) but the first page of his autopsy report clearly states that he was "found" on 12-15-77. When I exported this video I threw that title on to the beginning of the section to make up for the lack of voice over setting up the story and relied on Google to double-check the date (and Google failed me).
We're filming in HD (technically HDV) and editing in that format. Unfortunately YouTube kills the video quality and it also stretches the video, top-to-bottom - the film is more widescreen than it appears. If we can put out a Blu-ray edition, we will, since I'm a film snob and you would definitely see a difference in quality. Consider that this film uncompressed will take up about 200 gigabites, and to put it onto a regular DVD you have to shrink it down to 4.7 gigabites - that's a lot of compression. Regardless, this film should look a lot better than the first Dearly Departed, which we edited in standard definition.
I'm working on YouTubing a clip from our trip to Death Valley next.
I think visiting the coroner is the creepiest thing we've ever done. They took us down to the crypt later (no cameras allowed) and we saw a room with about 80 bodies in it.
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Thanks for the info. you are doing a great job so far. Don't rush anything. Get it done right th first time
Thanks for putting these tidbits up for us to view and for all your work on the film.
No cameras in the crypt = no fair!
"Men with two wives don't have opinions. They just smile and nod a lot." Abe Vigoda
I found this about Grogan:
In prison Grogan eventually renounced Manson and voiced his regret for his actions while in the Manson family. In 1977 he provided authorities with a map to the location to where Shea's body was buried. His remorse and his excellent prison record won him parole in November 1985 and he was released from prison. To this day, Grogan is the only Manson family member convicted of murder who has been released from prison
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Hag O' Death
Thanks for the Video Preview!! Also, that Manson Family site is full of great information!! Thanks again Scott!! :-)
ya tanks
I was just on the Dearly Departed tour recently and asked Scott about when we will see the DD2 DVD. He said probably in the next 3 months or so and that they were in post production.
Hello fellow death hags!! I'm new here and am enjoying the site very much. I can't wait for DD2's release. Wonder how many they will sell in the first day???
All of them probably. We're a rabid bunch like that, LOL.
"Men with two wives don't have opinions. They just smile and nod a lot." Abe Vigoda
It is hard to wait, eh? But I do understand that these things take time and the wait will make it all the sweeter.
I had a dream out of nowhere that I was on the Dearly Departed tour last night. lol. I have never been on it, so I suppose my dream was just a representation of what I would imagine it to be. I plan on taking the tour in October when I will be in Southern CA. Can't wait, though that is pretty apparent given that it's invading my subconscious thoughts now. :P
"Death is when the monsters get you." --Stephen King Salem's Lot
And now they found more bodies up there at the ranch.............creepy sh*t i must say.
Still, I have little doubt that there are other Manson victims up there. The whole thing leads to another question, though: who else is burying people up there?
Also, Lindsay Lohan (blah) has reportedly just signed on to play one of the Manson girls in an upcoming film about Manson.
This story will never die. Ever.
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i saw that about lohan on entertainment tonight, from the sound of it shes gonna play Nancy Pitman. Didnt go along for the murder, but did supposedly go tamper with the scene.
I just read the entire thread and maybe I missed it if someone asked but Has Scott though about going out and interviewing Manson?
That would be interesting. Not that Manson makes much sense anymore. Or ever did. LOL
Scott has absolutely not. I can say that with a fair amount of certainty.
"Men with two wives don't have opinions. They just smile and nod a lot." Abe Vigoda
Hello everyone and Hello Scott:
I have always be interested in the Tate Murders. Sharon Tate's due date and my mom's due date with me were around the same time.
Since 2006 when I went to Michigan and I went to Jay Sebring's grave I have been even more interesed.
I asked my hubby for a trip to California for my 40th birthday and to make it on Aug 8th so I could be at the gate to 10066 Celio Dr on the 40th anniversary. He laughed at me ( he just does not get it).
Waiting for DDII thinking that is as close as I will get. Thank you Scott for helping so many people out with their interest.
lovin' the new clip posted, can't wait ot buy it!!!~
According to the link:
"Have sad news to announce. James Whitehouse confirmed to me a few days ago that Susan Atkins is dying of brain cancer and could have only weeks to live. I had heard this from several sources previously but decided to contact James. He told me he was trying to hold it together "but everything is happening all at once." He said, "Susan is stable but still considered in critical condition." He told me this was all very overwhelming but luckily they have a lot of friends and family members that are praying for her and giving whatever support they can. It doesn't look good though since brain cancer is extremely serious, painful and incurable.
"Susan was still in the hospital a few days ago and due to hospital and prison rules, visits are very limited and she is not allowed to receive gifts of any sorts. She is under constant surveillance. She will not be returning to the California Institution for Women where she has been incarcerated for the last 40 years. She will be transferred to another institution in Chowchilla to live out her remaining days. That institution is better equipped to house terminally ill patients. Susan turned 60 years old yesterday, on May 7. James told me he is very grateful for the support and emails from people all over the world, giving moral support."
Well I can honestly say that I am NOT sorry to hear that about her. I may be a cold hearted bitch for saying that but, I think about the phrase she used on Sharon Tate. "Woman I have no mercy for you." Well Susan IMHO the feeling is mutual.
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Hag O' Death
awww poor thing, may she rot in hell--
pull the string!
Woot Woot
Burn Bich Burn
we shood celebrate manson murders
so when they get brain cancer n start to decay celebrate thier rotting crap of themselves never letem out of jail n let us party n piss on thier graves as they rot
if i was a brave enuff man i wood go into the grave yard lol.....
yay one down!! I cannot wait until the day i hear Charlie kicks the bucket .. but he would have it too easy as he has already!! scum!
well heres to hoping for a release before on and or around the anniversary date
Seen this: They are digging at the ranch for more graves:
susan wants outa jail to die
waaaaa waaaa waaaa
I'm sure Sharon Tate would have liked the opportunity to live as long as her killers have, too. Call me a heartless harpy, but the only way I'd let her out of prison is in a body bag.
Do we have a release date for DD2 yet??? I know Scott was shooting for Aug 9th the 39th anniversary. Any updates???
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Hag O' Death
I too think she should only be let out in a body bag!!! She had no mercy for the victims that night.And noone should have mercy on her!
The film is in the "color grading" part of post-production, for those of you in film/TV production. It's 3X's the film it would have been had we released it last December -- so much has happened since then with getting footage and music and photos...
Love that the original trailer and Shorty Shea clip together have received nearly 100,000 views on YouTube!
And can we watch on European dvd players?
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A conversation with Marc Goldring, who retires this year after three decades as a consultant.
How did you get started in your career as a consultant?
It was 1983, and after years of living in rural New Hampshire, I was making a transition. It started by moving from my small, hand-built house in the woods to an old center-chimney cape in a nearby village. From there my craft studio flourished. I got a Fulbright lectureship to New Zealand, taught at several prestigious craft schools like Haystack and Arrowmont, and did freelance administrative work for the National Crafts Planning Project, funded by the crafts program of a then-robust National Endowment for the Arts.
Somewhere along the way, I worked with Dr. Thomas Wolf, the founding Executive Director of the New England Foundation for the Arts who had left to start a consulting business, The Wolf Organization. My skills aligned with his needs and he offered me a job in Cambridge. With a daughter ready for middle school, it was a temptation impossible to resist. My career as a consultant was under way.
That was 31 years ago, and from then to now is a complicated story, both personally and for our field.
What has changed over the past 31 years in our field?
When I began consulting, the culture wars were just heating up as social conservatives took aim at Federal support for art that they viewed as at best controversial and at worst blasphemous. At the same time, and in part caused by this, state and local funding for the arts was also being curtailed and in some cases eliminated. My consulting assignments in the 80s and 90s took me to many smaller and mid-sized urban centers. I saw a comparatively limited range of cultural opportunities that struggled for visibility and funding. The very definition of "arts and culture" was often narrow and, in many cases, appeared to be elitist.
Fast-forward to the present, and it's clear that times have changed. And, in some ways, those times held the seed of today's robust cultural sectors in cities and towns of all sizes. Here, in no particular order, is my impressionistic view of the most significant changes in our field:
- As local arts agencies engaged in community planning initiatives, there was a tendency to focus on a broader range of arts and cultural activities. This helped make the case for the value of arts and culture more broadly and fostered a stronger focus on individual, active participation in this more broadly defined range of activities.
- The rise of national, regional, and local service organizations that focused on making the case for the instrumental benefits of arts and culture, in particular their economic benefit, brought a new cadre of business and government supporters to the table.
- The proliferation of academic training programs in arts administration, as well as a greater emphasis on artist training in business skills, meant that many organizations — and the field as a whole — had the benefit of a new stream of creative and talented leaders.
- And let's not forget perhaps the most significant shift, both for arts and culture and our society as a whole: the transformation resulting from computers, the Internet in general, and social media in particular.
I doubt these observations come as a surprise to readers (who can find more details on WolfBrown's website), but I did find it surprising when I looked back and noticed how much our field has changed in only the past 35 years of my consulting career. On a personal note, I'll miss my connections with so many friends and colleagues across the country. But I'm pleased that at the end of this journey, I find the field in such capable hands.
Thinking back over the course of your career, do you have a favorite memory you'd like to share?
It was in about 1989 and I was conducting an interview for a community cultural plan in a mid-sized mid-western community. My interviewee was the vice president of a locally-based bank and he had been reluctant to meet with me. Throughout the session, I would ask basic questions about arts and cultural offerings in the region and he seemed to preface each answer with a comment like, "Well, I don't really know much about the arts…" From the brevity of his responses, he seemed to have a point!
After about twenty minutes of talking about the local business climate, prospects for job growth, and almost anything except arts and culture — my main topic of concern, I ended the session, to my interviewee's apparent relief.
As I was leaving, I noticed a framed picture on the wall of four middle-aged men in tuxedos, smiling broadly, one of whom resembled my interviewee. "Are you in a barbershop quartet?" I asked, surprised. He allowed as how he was. I was thunderstruck! It turned out that he had founded the quartet over a decade before and went to statewide and regional meetings to perform, winning several competitions. This was his passion. It just never occurred to him that what he enjoyed had anything to do with "art."
What a strong disconnect and what a powerful lesson for me. I saw how important it was to define art as broadly as possible to counter the strong, elitist tinge that word had, especially 25 years ago. As my practice matured, I learned to use a dramatically more inclusive definition of art and, thanks to Alan Brown, to pay more attention to creativity and participation. And that interview with a bank vice president laid the groundwork for that evolution.