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Missing tail light lands man in jail
By Robin Scott
Sgt. Troy Thrash of the Dalhart Police Department, along with K-9 Maggie, pulled a vehicle over for a missing tail light on Wednesday, April 15th, at approximately 3:45 p.m. A U-Haul rental trailer towed by the vehicle was missing a tail light cover. The driver was traveling through Dalhart from California on the way to Kansas. The missing tail light cover ended up causing an expensive stay in Dalhart for the driver.
Because Sgt. Thrash and Maggie are the Dalhart Police Department's K-9 Unit, vehicles pulled over by Sgt. Thrash may be subject to a search by Maggie, a Belgian Malinois. Maggie, a narcotics detection dog, alerted on the vehicle, which provided the probable cause necessary for Sgt. Thrash to search the vehicle.
Lt. Darin Davis and Officer Patrick Yarbrough assisted at the scene. Sgt. Thrash arrested Bradley Hagerman, a white male, age 30. Hagerman was placed in Lt. Davis's squad car and transported to the Dallam/Hartley County Jail.
Officer Yarbrough conducted a search of the vehicle's tunk. Sgt. Thrash recovered marijuana from the center console of the vehicle, where Maggie had alerted. Sgt. Thrash stated, "She scratched and bit the center console and was pawing it. I opened it and there were five to six grams of marijuana in some medicine bottles."
Because the traffic stop occurred at the corner of 7th and Oak Streets, the charge of possession of marijuana is a Class A Misdemeanor. That location is within a drug free zone, as Dalhart Intermediate School was a block away. A drug free zone in Texas includes a 1,000 foot area around any school, church or park or place where children might congregate.
Hagerman's wife and three young children were traveling with him at the time the vehicle was pulled over. They waited near the trailer while the search was conducted. After Mr. Hagerman was taken from the scene, Mrs. Hagermen and the children continued on to Kansas. A citation was issued for the missing tail light cover. Lt. Davis noted, "We see a lot of people traveling with drugs through Dalhart. We are just happy to continue to make our point that we don't want drugs in Dalhart." A similar arrest occurred in February, when Maggie alerted on another U-Haul rental trailer. Marijuana was found during that search also. Sgt. Thrash commented, "She always does a fantastic job."
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I know this may be a dumb question, but does just changing your handle bars change how your bike fits?
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It's causing me some hip and back pain. I have a hard time believing that just changing the handle bars would make a difference.

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Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
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Sun, Sand and Murder - the perfect combination, September 10, 2003 Reviewer: Lisa A. Riznikove from Los Angeles, CA United States Written in 1941 this is not Agatha Christie's best book, but it is right up there at the top. I highly recommend this as a book to take on your next beach vacation! It follows a theme also found in A Caribbean Mystery, that you don't really know the people you meet on holiday. (It really gets you thinking about that couple you had dinner with last night.) Set on the English coast outside Devon, Evil takes place in an island resort and is filled with such typically British characters you'll find yourself reaching for the suntan lotion and craving tea and cakes as you read it. Even if you're not on vacation, Evil Under the Sun is a bright spot for any day.


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IntroductionSolar One - The First Generation of Power Tower PlantSolar Two - The Next Generation Solar Power TowerAdvantages of Using Molten Salt Design and Construction of the Solar Two Power TowerThe Salt Mixture Metal Corrosion in the Molten-Salt EnvironmentWhat are the Benefits of Solar Power Towers?Environmental Impact of Solar Power Towers
Solar power tower convert sunshine into clean electricity. The technology uses many large, sun-tracking mirrors commonly referred to as heliostats to focus sunlight on a receiver at the top of a tower.
A heat transfer fluid heated in the receiver is used to generate steam, which, in turn, is used in a conventional turbine-generator to produce electricity. Early power towers such as the Solar One plant uses steam as the heat transfer fluid. Current power towers such as Solar Two use molten nitrate salt. Nitrate salt is used because of its superior heat transfer and energy storage capabilities.
Solar One was the world's largest power tower plant, which operated from 1982 to 1988. The Solar One thermal storage system works by storing heat in the form of steam generated using solar energy in a tank which is filled with rocks and sand and using oil as the heat-transfer fluid.
The Solar One thermal storage system extended the power generation capability of the plant into the night and provided heat for generating low-grade steam for keeping parts of the plant warm during off-hours and for morning startup.
Unfortunately, the Solar One thermal storage system was complex and thermodynamically inefficient. Solar One also showed the disadvantages of a water/steam system, such as the intermittent operation of the turbine due to cloud transcience and lack of effective thermal storage.
The conversion of Solar One to Solar Two required a new molten-salt heat transfer system and a new control system. This includes the receiver, thermal storage, piping, and a steam generator. The Solar One heliostat field, the tower, and the turbine or generator required only minimal modifications.
A variety of fluids were tested to transport the sun's heat, including water, air, oil, and sodium, before molten salt was selected as best. Molten salt is used in solar power tower systems because it is liquid at atmosphere pressure, it provides an efficient, low-cost medium in which to store thermal energy, its operating temperatures are compatible with todays high-pressure and high-temperature steam turbines, and it is non-flammable and nontoxic. In addition, molten salt is used in the chemical and metals industries as a heat-transport fluid, so experience with molten-salt systems exists for non-solar applications.
The Solar Two power tower is composed of a series of panels, each made of 32 thin-walled, stainless steel tubes, through which the molten salt flows in a serpentine path. The panels form a cylindrical shell surrounding piping, structural supports, and control equipment.
A black Pyromark™ paint which is robust, resistant to high temperatures and thermal cycling and absorbs 95% of the incident sunlight is used to coat the external surfaces of the tubes. The receiver design has been optimized to absorb a maximum amount of solar energy while reducing the heat losses due to convection and radiation.
The design including laser-welding, sophisticated tube-nozzle-header connections, a tube clip design that facilitates tube expansion and contraction, and non-contact flux measurement devices, allows the receiver to rapidly change temperature without being damaged.
A mixture of 60 percent sodium nitrate and 40 percent potassium nitrate is employed as the salt storage medium. This salt melts at 220ºC and is maintained in a molten state of 290ºC in the 'cold' storage tank. It is then traveled through the receiver where it is heated to 565ºC and then on to a 'hot' tank for storage.
Hot salt is pumped to a steam generating system when power is needed from the plant. These hot salts produce superheated steam for a conventional Rankine-cycle turbine generator system. From the steam generator, the salt is returned to the cold tank where it is stored and eventually reheated in the receiver.
All pipes, valves, and vessels for hot salt were constructed from stainless steel because of its corrosion resistance in the molten-salt environment, while the cold-salt system is made from mild carbon steel.
Like all solar technologies, solar power towers are fueled by sunshine and do not release greenhouse gases. Solar power towers are unique among solar electric technologies in their ability to efficiently store solar energy and dispatch electricity to the grid when needed, even at night or during cloudy weather.
No hazardous gaseous or liquid emissions are released during operation of the solar power tower plant. If a salt spill occurs, the salt will freeze before significant contamination of the soil occurs. Salt is picked up with a shovel and can be recycled if necessary. If the power tower is hybridized with a conventional fossil plant, emissions will be released from the non-solar portion of the plant.
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The Quaker parrot, sometimes referred to as the Monk parakeet, originates from the temperate to subtropical region of Argentina and can still be commonly found across South America. %%AFC-ADVERT%%
Although there are several subspecies of this particular breed, parrots from the main subspecies will generally grow to around 29cm long, with a wingspan of 48cm. It's easy to differentiate female quaker parrots from the males - they tend to be at least 10-20 per cent smaller than the male.
These parrots are distinctive for their bright green bodies, pale grey crowns and ligtt yellowy-green underbelly. Quaker parrots tend to live for a maximum of 15-20 years, although extremely healthy parrots can live as long as 30 years.
Temperament of the Quaker Parrot Breed
Quaker parrots are renowned for their high levels of intelligence. With time and training, these birds can learn to mimic an exceptional amount of words, sounds and phrases - so if you're happy for a parrot to be the centre of attention in your household, the Quaker variety may be the perfect fit.
These birds are naturally adventurous as well, so it's essential to make sure the aviary or cage is always securely tightened - these parrots are clever enough to hatch an escape route and exploit a weakness even if your concentration lapses for a minute.
Diet of Quaker Parrots
As with most parrots, a general seed mix is perfectly acceptable for daily feeding. However, these birds will appreciate a little creativity and variety when it comes to feeding time. Try and provide fresh fruit and vegetables as much as possible - this can be extremely beneficial to a quaker parrot's diet.
Housing Quaker Parrots
Try and provide the largest aviary you can afford for your quaker parrot(s). Even if a larger cage proves an expensive initial investment, the bird is likely to stay in far better health and live longer if conditions within the cage or aviary are spacious. Try and integrate toys, perches and stands into the cage to keep quaker parrots occupied.


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Sunday Was a Day of Rest
Sunday, May 25 - Today I didn't do much. I spent the day with our host Steven Nnawuba's kids. They are incredibly cute, but energetic. We had a lot of fun, and they totally wore me out by the end of it. I think they had fun. For everything that he does for us it was the very least I could do, but it was pretty fun for me too! I also got to do a bit of exploring on my own though I didn't go very far, it was starting to get dark and the city isn't always the nicest at nighttime.


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May 24, 2016
Experts say it's time to get active and make more civilians safety-minded, no matter what the situation.
"Just recently our fire department went through a safety program with Norfolk Southern that was a result of the train derailment we had a few months ago. There are a lot of corporate service providers who have these safety programs and we've asked them to come in and provide demonstrations to our public."
The demonstrations will be part of the Lowndes County Safety Expo on September 10. Folks like forestry ranger Buck Kline will show folks how to prevent dangerous situations.
By using realistic safety demonstrations, organizers hope to teach people, both children and adults, how important it is to be safety minded. The pay off for preparing organizers hope will be accidents prevented and lives saved.
Organizers hope to make the Safety Expo a regular event, by attracting different safety experts in the coming years.
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Reality TV Magazine's Top Ten Reality TV Stars Of 2007
December 30, 2007 02:01 AM by Joe Reality
Because there are just so many reality TV stars out there, Reality TV Magazine is once again breaking our editorial picks top ten lists of reality TV stars for the year into three different categories. The categories are Top Ten Male Reality TV Stars Of 2007, Top Ten Female Reality TV Stars of 2007, and Top Ten Celebrity Reality TV Stars of 2007. The celebrity category includes reality TV judges, producers and hosts, as well as regular celebrities who have appeared on reality TV.
Among the male reality TV stars, there was one American Idol finalist that became a pop culture phenomenon. The entire country got swept up in Sanjaya-mania. While some people were starving themselves in protest of him being on the show, others admired his determination and confidence. For awhile, there was no more well-known reality TV star than Sanjaya Malakar. In what proved to be one of the best Big Brother seasons ever, Evel Dick Donato proved to be one of the most interesting Big Brother contestants ever. Is it too early to have another Big Brother All Stars and bring back Evel Dick?
Among the female reality TV stars, this was the Year of the Hough. Julianne Hough made her first appearance on Dancing with the Stars in 2007 and showed what she is capable of by posting back-to-back wins. So You Think You Can Dance 3 pulled together the most talented group of contestants ever in the history of the show, and Sabra Johnson won a well-deserved victory over some very talented fellow competitors.
Among the celebrity reality TV stars, Nigel Lythgoe, Simon Cowell, and Ryan Seacrest continued to leverage their Idol fame into even greater success. As a producer and a judge Nigel Lythgoe has built So You Think You Can Dance into such a high quality, successful show that we can overlook The Next Great American Band. Simon Cowell has also helped create a Summer time hit with America's Got Talent, and Ryan Seacrest continues to hold what seems like a billion hosting jobs.
Top Ten Male Reality TVStars Of 2007
1.Sanjaya Malakar – American Idol 6
2.Evel Dick Donato – Big Brother 8
3.James Clement – Survivor 15
4.Yau-Man Chan – Survivor 14
5.Blake Lewis – American Idol 6
6.Rock Harper – Hell's Kitchen 3
7.George Weisgerber (Tailor Made) – I Love New York 2
8.Brad Womack – The Bachelor 11
9.Bill Germanakos – The Biggest Loser 4
10.Eric Stein – Big Brother 8
Top Ten Female Reality TVStars Of 2007
1.Julianne Hough – Dancing With The Stars 4 & 5
2.Sabra Johnson – So You Think You Can Dance 3
3.Tiffany Pollard (New York) – I Love New York 1 & 2
4.Daniele Donato – Big Brother 8
5.Jordin Sparks – American Idol 6
6.Melinda Doolittle – American Idol 6
7.Lakisha Jones – American Idol 6
8.Charla Faddoul – Amazing Race All-Stars
9.Tila Tequila – A Shot At Love
10.Jessica Hughbanks – Big Brother 8
Top Ten Celebrity Reality TVStars Of 2007
1.Nigel Lythgoe
2.Simon Cowell
3.Ryan Seacrest
4.Gordon Ramsay
5.Kathy Griffin
6.Ty Pennington
7.Jeff Probst
8.Tim Gunn
9.Tyra Banks
10.Carrie Ann Inaba
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- Make New Candles Out of Old Ones
- Beware of Shrinking Products with Increasing Price Tags
- Creating your Fantabulous Hot Oil Hair Treatment (part 1)
- Using your Hot Oil Hair Treatment (part 2)
- 50 Things to Write About When you Have Writer's Block
- Choose Happy
- Tips for Organizing the Freezer
- 5 Simple Ways to Organize Without Spending Big Bucks
- Save the Environment and Your Wallet by Buying Used
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Know how to boil an egg? Easy, right? Rose Carrarini gives it just eight paragraphs — four for soft-boiled, three for hard, one for both — in answering the question. That leaves some 132 pages to fill in her new book, "How to Boil an Egg" (Phaidon, $35). She does so rather well, with simple, delicious recipes you'll want to make year-round.
That's because Carrarini, owner with her husband of the well-regarded Rose Bakery, a bakery/restaurant with four locations in Paris, looks at all the possibilities eggs offer a cook — from gnocchi to crepes, muffins to salads, cakes to chawanmushi, the Japanese custard.
The 84 recipes are billed as "simple and nutritious." True. But they get a haute cuisine presentation in this handsomely produced book with its eye-catching tangerine cover. Sprinkled liberally amid the text are drawings of finished dishes by Fiona Strickland, a Scotland-based botanical artist. Her work has a startling realism that makes the reader look twice.
Eggs Baked in Dashi
Servings: 4
Dashi is a Japanese broth; you can buy it powdered at Asian markets and mix with water.
Grease 4 small gratin dishes with oil. Place in a cold oven and preheat to 350 F. Add 3 tablespoons hot dashi to each dish. Return to the oven to heat for a few minutes.
Crack 2 eggs into each dish. Put the dishes in a roasting pan; pour warm water into the pan to come about a third of the way up the sides of the dishes. Cover with foil; bake until the eggs are just set, about 15 minutes.
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I didn't entirely like this flimsy when I was given it to quilt. My friend got a really good deal on it but it turned out to have a lot of tucks, it wasn't square, and it was made of all kinds of fabrics, only some of which were all cotton. And to top it off the fabric weights were all various: from those loose weave cottons we all try to avoid to over-dyed until they're stiff ones and to nearly denim/decorator weight. All in all, I don't think I would have gone to any trouble with this flimsy if I had come across it.
And here's the lesson: It's turned out to be quite an endearing quilt. My friend wanted a summer weight quilt so she provided old flannel sheets to be the batting. Here's another lesson I learned: a flannel sheet makes quite a decent batting. Let me first say that this quilt is quite large, measuring 100″ by 100″. We chose the 2 heaviest flannel sheets she had but they had both been washed lots, so were not as thick as new. The back isn't a heavy fabric either and still this quilt weighs 7 lbs!! I don't know if she's going to be able to think of this as a summer quilt.
Anyhow, with all its problems, I'd be some pleased if it were mine. It turned out really nice and makes me re-evaluate some of the things we strive for. With all those different fabrics, some of them very cheap, some heavy, others light, the quilt is still great!!
Fabric prices are rising quickly. People are going to have to make do with their fabric choices and it's wonderful to see that the result will probably often still be very worthwhile. These make-do choices will not be the makings of heirloom quality quilts but if you're making one to be used and loved to death, that quilts end will probably happen well before the fabric wears out in any case.
For the record, I just stippled it so as not to highlight the flaws and it's a modified Trip Around the World design bought in southwest Ontario and pieced by a Mennonite sewer. I think it was probably a young girl to account for all the tucks. Mennonite flimsies are normally exemplary quality work.
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hehe – I live in Florida, where flannel backing would *never* begin to be thought of as summer weight. ;D Sure is pretty, though.
Flannel is very nice to work with as I have just finished quilting with some myself as batting.
It was nice to learn about the Mennonite's a bit too:)
I love the star pattern in this quilt! Beautiful work by all!
It's gorgeous, Rita! I've used flannel as batting in my baby quilts, but never in a larger quilt – I'll have to give it a try! Whoop whoop!!


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Easter is coming up quickly – are you ready? Here's a great craft for Easter that you can do with your children, guest posted by Christine. Enjoy.
Hello, Mod Podge Rocks readers! I'm Christine over at MBC Scrapbooking, your home for digital scrapbooking, paper crafts, fun printables, and tips on documenting your memories.
Today, I'm showing you a fun little Easter project that's non-scrapbook related…it's a "just hatched" chick votive with real egg shells (and of course, Mod Podge!).
Because I am a bit of a germ freak, and because my 4-year-old was helping me and I wanted to avoid the salmonella issue, we washed nine (real) egg shells in anti-bacterial soap. When you break the eggs, keep them as intact as you can, and after washing, peel the membranes off. This will make for easier shell crushing later.
Baking the shells at 350 for 15 minutes turned them slightly off-white, and made sure to really sterilize them! I found this tip in a craft magazine a few weeks back.
Crush your shells into tiny pieces, setting one egg aside to place the chick into later.
Coat the entire outside of a small glass votive (this one fits in the palm of my hand, and I used about 8 eggs' worth of crushed shells) with spray adhesive, and sprinkle the sides with shells.
Once you have a good base of shells, paint a layer of Mod Podge (any type; you just need it to protect the shells from coming off!) over the initial shell covering, and then sprinkle with more shells until the entire votive is covered.
You can put another coat of Mod Podge on top, or keep it natural…I opted for natural, although it's not as durable…it just depends on the look you want.
Let it dry overnight.
I balled up some Easter grass and trimmed extra grass off the top of the votive for a clean look.
I placed my little chick into the still-intact egg that I set aside the day before, and there you go!
A sweet little "just hatched" decoration to spruce up your spring window view. Thank you so much, Amy, for having me!
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Successful Project Management: Using Time Management Tools
Published: March 23, 2009
Your talent is one factor that contributes to your being able to start or build a successful UX agency—and achieving the freedom that brings—but talent is not enough, especially not in the current economic environment. Getting your hands and mind around the myriad facets of running a UX agency—and the processes that ensure you consistently deliver high-end results that reflect your talent—is a rewarding, but difficult task. How, then, can you manage, learn, grow, and profit—all while keeping your talent in high regard?
In this introductory column, I'll discuss time management and some ways in which you can use quick-reference sheets and project-management tools to help you maintain some semblance of sanity in your busy life.
Learning to Fly
Unless you've had prior experience running a UX agency, succeeding in your endeavor to run a new agency or become a full-time freelancer will require countless hours of experience, a lot of learning, and a little good fortune.
Through interviews with the leaders of forty UX firms in the Boston area, over a period of seven months, I've gained many insights into how to run a UX agency. During these interviews, I consistently asked questions about the hardest learning curves the leaders of these agencies had to overcome in their quest to stay afloat. The responses varied from business acumen to general accounting, but the overwhelming response was time management.
What are these leaders doing to help them manage their teams' time more effectively? One creative director noted that his team had not given enough thought to the balance between internal creative reviews and client feedback on their project plans. In an effort to change this, the creative director became more involved in the project planning process. Another leader, who runs an agency in Vermont, said they no longer travel for any project with a value of less than $20,000. They now handle calls, their sales efforts, and the discovery phases for smaller projects by phone.
Spreading Your Wings
Interestingly, the issue that has completely stymied some firms—or prevented them from maintaining a high level of quality—has been getting too much work. The fact is, when you spend all of your time selling and winning clients, you may feel there is no such thing as too many client engagements—that is, until you actually get the work in the door and discover you've got more work than you can handle. Then, it becomes a question of how to keep up—or, in some cases, when to hire.
The worst thing that can happen to a fledgling business is overpromising and underdelivering. Those are two things that can put your business underwater faster than a lead weight tied to your ankles.
Handling this problem will require a course correction. You'll need to sit down and create a client plan. This simple tool can help you not only manage your time, but manage your deliverables, so you don't get crossed up and fail to meet your obligations or, even worse, promise to be in two places at once.
Using a Client Planning Document
The client plan is a high-level tracking document that complements your project plans. This document covers your major upcoming milestones and includes three key components:
- your current projects by client
- deliverables for each project
- scheduled delivery, signoff, and vacation, or holiday, dates
Table 1 shows an example of what a client plan looks like if you've got two clients and not a great deal of open time.
Table 1—A client plan
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Site Map
Wireframe 1
RCS, Inc.
Creative Brief
Technical Brief
You'll notice that the Site Map deliverable for ABC, LLC is in red. This indicates there's a conflict—either with different client requirements in the project plans or with staff time. It's important to note that the client plan isn't meant to help you run your projects. Rather, it's a forward-looking quick reference that shows events you've already scheduled in the immediate future, so you'll know when and where you may have a block of time in which you can schedule additional work—and when you're already maxed out.
Client planning documents are just one small factor in helping you to start managing your time for better efficiency. Online project management tools can also be incredibly helpful in helping you keep things on track.
Managing Your Projects Online
By now, I'm sure you've heard of the online project management service Basecamp, by 37 Signals, which is shown in Figure 1. Basecamp offers a relatively low-cost solution for anyone who needs a centralized gathering place for client and team communications and project assets.
Figure 1—Basecamp Dashboard
There are a few frustrating things about Basecamp—such as its inability to properly brand a workspace, the lack of a really neat sorting function, and its lacking the ability to group discussions other than by date. However, this product has saved my team countless hours of time and effort. In a nutshell, Basecamp provides a useful set of tools that are extremely helpful in keeping up with project milestones and team members, putting together a project asset repository, and tracking deliverable review comments.
Basecamp includes a to-do list and lets you assign milestones that it reports to each project member. Using these two features together lets everyone on your team keep an eye on both the team's overall objectives and each other's specific deliverables. For example, if an upcoming milestone is your responsibility, but you realize you're hitting a scheduling conflict, you can work with the project team to adjust the dates. Basecamp asks whether you want to adjust the dates for all subsequent upcoming milestones, so you can easily manage dependencies.
Leveraging Attention and Intention
Of course, just creating a client planning document and using online project management tools won't be enough. What now? Are you having trouble wrapping your head around all the moving parts? Would it help if you had more hands? Have you considered whether you have the right attention and intention?
I recently attended a powerful seminar that explained how our energy goes where our attention flows. As a practice leader, an agency owner, or a freelancer, it's your job to direct your attention and that of your team to the right things. The right things are the actions that fulfill your intentions—that is, the goals you set and want to meet or exceed.
But keeping your attention focused may seem difficult when the economy and outside forces are trying to pull your attention away in many different directions. Being busy is fine—even wonderful if your efforts are focused and fruitful. But if you're busy spending too much time on things that pull you away from your intentions, that is detrimental to your business and will ultimately hurt your bottom line. You need to determine what matters most to each project, place a high value on those things, and understand your clients' overall needs.
Evaluate your project schedules for the upcoming weeks. Talk to your peers and, if you have them, your employees, and go through every day and week. Pick out the things you know you can either delegate or automate. Put a client plan together as soon as possible to help you better manage your administrative efforts.
In the end, the attention you place on your highly valued intentions can lead you to greatness.
Topic: Business of UX | Columns | UX Management
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A great article, Keith.
It's all too easy to concentrate on the design process without any thought to how the relationship between you and your client is going to flow.
Thanks very much!
Stu Collett
The key to successful time management is planning and then utilizing the planned time in the right way. We can improve our time management through better planning, prioritizing the tasks and utilizing the time more efficiently.
Personally, I use Replicon's software for time management. It is super cool and super efficient software to manage my various office tasks. This software has made my routine smooth and easy.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release Death Race 2 and Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season to Blu-ray this spring.
The unrated version of Death Race 2 will be released March 22 as a standalone, or in an Unrated 2-Movie Box Set that includes both Death Race and Death Race 2. The prison derby race-to-the-death sequel — with stars including Luke Goss, Danny Trejo, and Ving Rhames — will drive into stores with bonus features including a digital copy of Death Race 2, a deleted shots montage, The Race Begins: The Evolution of the Death Race, Cheating Death: The Stunts of Death Race 2, Fast Cars and Firearms: The Cars of Death Race, My Scenes, and pocket BLU app functionality.
April is football season again with the release of Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season (on DVD only, unfortunately) on April 5. The DVD will include a yearbook as part of its bonus features, as well as deleted scenes, The Lights Go Out featurette, and commentaries on select episodes, such as "Don't Go" with director Michael Waxman and "Always" with executive producer and showrunner Jasin Katims.
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Strand Releasing announced that it has acquired all US rights to Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven," Germany's entry for this year's Academy Awards. "Heaven" won the Prix du Scenario Award at this past Cannes Film Festival, and its Akin's fifth feature, following the success of "Head-On." "We're thrilled to have Fatih's latest, and am happy to continue our relationship with such a talented filmmaker," said Jon Gerrans of Strand. "'Head-On' remains one of our most highly acclaimed titles in our library." [Peter Knegt]
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Mar. 13, 2013 – The moment that thousands of fervent fans have been waiting for is finally here! Aeria Games, a leading global publisher of free-to-play online games, has begun the closed beta test for Scarlet Blade, the most anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the publisher's history. After incorporating the feedback from its limited alpha test, Scarlet Blade is now in the last stage before it officially launches.
Scarlet Blade takes place in the distant future after a devastating invasion by the insidious Narak has nearly eradicated the human race. Having retreated underground, the survivors genetically engineered the Arkana—warrior women possessing vastly augmented strength and abilities capable of surviving the uninhabitable surface.
Taking the role of commanders, players will guide their chosen Arkana through gorgeous open environments and group up to delve into perilous dungeons. The unique locales to explore include Drasilmarsh, a temple stronghold of the frog-like Batrachian race built into a giant tree, and the Derelict Tunnel, an abandoned mine and hideout of the seedy Buzzard drug cartel. A more dangerous threat lurks in the Bitterstone Core dungeon, where the traitorous humans of the Shadow Army conduct twisted experiments and schemes to support the Narak.
"This is a monumental day for Aeria Games and our vast community of dedicated fans," said JT Nguyen, Chief Operating Officer, Aeria Games. "Through its polished gameplay, huge PvP battles, and eye-catching visuals, Scarlet Blade has garnered one of the largest followings of any MMO that we've ever had the privilege to publish. We're very excited and confident that it will be a strong flagship title for many years to come."
Aeria Games is also offering Founder's Packs for players interested in getting a head-start with useful in-game items, as well as exclusive mounts and costumes that will never be offered again. Physical gifts, such as Scarlet Blade posters and flasks, are also available. For a limited time, players can visit the Founders page and check out these exclusive items offered in several different packages.
Scarlet Blade is free to download, and like all Aeria Games titles, is free-to-play. Players can participate in closed beta now at http://scarletblade.aeriagames.com. Stay on top of game updates and exclusive events on Scarlet Blade's Facebook page.
About Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc.
With a rapidly growing community of over 40 million core players and a deep portfolio of development partners, Aeria Games is a leading destination for free-to-play online multiplayer games. Founded in 2006 and with offices in the US, Germany, and Brazil, Aeria Games publishes and develops high quality online games in nine languages - English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Turkish and Russian - covering more than 30 countries. The company's proprietary technology offers strong benefits to both players and developers. Players gain access to a universal gaming destination providing deep, immersive online games accessible from browser, PC, tablet, and smart phones. Developers get a blazingly fast point of entry to the global gaming market via Aeria Games' specialized platform that enables quick and easy game integration. The company's diverse portfolio includes highly engaging fantasy MMORPGs, action shooters, anime-style social games, and multiplayer mobile game titles. For more information, visit http://www.aeriagames.com.


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MPMF news and musings: Three-day wristbands are running low (get 'em here now, quick-like). If you miss your chance (or are broke like me), there are ways to win freebies. (It's the luck of the draw, so don't bank on it, but definitely worth a shot!)
The fine folks at local club conglomerate 4EG (which operates The Pavilion, The Lackman, Keystone, Righteous Room and several other bars around town) is giving away 10 MPMF 3-day passes. Click here for details. And seek out the CityBeat booth at Oktoberfest this weekend, harass our employees and sign up for s chance to win a pair of fancy-schmancy VIP tickets. (You can find the official Oktoberfest guide in the CityBeat on streets right now.)
And now, with the countdown down to just seven days, here are our daily MidPoint Music Festival 2012 picks …
Laetitia Sadier (France)
Indie Rock
Fans of French Post Rock favorites Stereolab need no introduction to Laetitia Sadier. She was the co-founder of Stereolab and also founded Monade in the mid '90s. Along the way, she was also a frequent collaborator, working with everyone from The High Llamas and Blur to Common and Mouse on Mars. In 2010, Sadier went solo, releasing The Trip on Stereolab's U.S. label, Drag City Records. This summer, she followed up the record with Silencio, a dynamic album that runs from lush, orchestrated pieces to quirkier electronic Pop to warm Tropicalia, all driven by Sadier's trademark sensual coo.
You'll Dig It If You Dig: Nico, Jane Birkin, Stereolab. (Mike Breen)
Laetitia Sadier performs at the Contemporary Arts Center on Thursday, Sept. 27, 11 p.m. Here's her new video for the Silencio tune "Find Me the Pulse of The Universe."
Denney and the Jets (Nashville, TN)
Blues Rock
Denney and the Jets may be one of Nashville's most mysterious bands. A Google search reveals almost no biographical information about them, just plenty of references to the quote on their Tumblr page. ("One warm night in July an angel came to me and said, 'There is nothing I can do for you. Nashville is dead and so is Rock 'N Roll.' "), which brings up an interesting question: Do you need to know anything/everything about a band to enjoy their music? As far as Chris Denney and his Jets are concerned, the answer would seem to be a resounding "Hell no."
UPDATE: Since the official guide went to press, we dug up (i.e. got a press release with) info on the group. From their PR:
Frontman Chris Denney began writing songs in the Spring of 2008, recruiting Wes Traylor (Natural Child), and Jake and Jamin Orrall (of JEFF The Brotherhood) to be the very first of his Jets. After each member parted ways to pursue their own individual careers, Chris signed on Daniel Pujol (eponymously of PUJUOL) and Joe Scala. After Pujol's departure, Denneysolidified the lineup by adding longtime friend Sean Cotton on lead guitar, Joe's little brother Evan Scala and most recently bringing in Ric Alessio on keys and sax. Denney and The Jets have turned songwriting into a full realized communal process and have grown in to one of the South's finest.
After releasing a 7" single and EP (a limited Cassette only release) on JEFF The Brotherhood's Infinity Cat Recordings, the band returns with their new 5-song Self-Titled EP on Miami, FL-based label Limited Fanfare Records -- Recorded in the Spring of 2012 with Producer/Engineer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, The Parting Gifts) -- with "Close The Blinds" recorded at Cleft Music by Nashville legend, Loney Hutchins. The result is an insanely fiery batch of tunes that Nashville Cream calls "[Straight-up rock and roll music] — not bastardized, compromised, corrupted or contaminated."
Dig: Bob Dylan and Paul Westerberg get drunk on bathtub gin and listen to Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys. (Brian Baker)
Denney and the Jets play MidPoint on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 11 p.m. at the Cincinnati Club. Dig the vintage swagger on this track, "Fun Girls."
Jody Stapleton and the Generals (Cincinnati, OH)
Indie Pop
Jody Stapleton has always had an ear for the past and a finger on today's pulse. With the Stapletons a decade ago, Stapleton made Psych-fueled Garage Rock that sounded vaguely phase shifted from another time and yet completely fresh, a talent that earned them CEA awards for Best New Act and Rock Band of the Year in 2001 and 2003 respectively. With his new outfit, Jody Stapleton and the Generals, Stapleton is similarly tapped into bygone days, this time the sunshine-on-your-shoulder days of '70s AM radio Pop, combined with a modern sensibility and approach.
Dig: Paul Westerberg listening to a transistor radio tuned permanently to 1973. (BB)
Jody and the Generals perform Thursday, Sept. 27, at Main Event, 11 p.m.. Here's a few tunes from the band's recent debut release.
Click here for full MPMF details via the official MidPoint site.
A new batch of over 20 artists has been announced for this year's MidPoint Music Festival, which returns to the clubs and venues of Over-the-Rhine and Downtown Sept. 25-27. The following acts join The Afghan Whigs, who were announced last week as the Washington Park headliners on Sept. 26, at 2014's MPMF.
Real Estate
New Jersey Indie rockers Real Estate enhanced the buzz they've been building on in March when Domino Records issued the group's latest album, Atlas. The tough critics at Pitchfork, supporters of the band since its 2009 debut, gave Atlas an 8.8 (out of 10) and said it's "at once their most forlorn album and their most beautiful." "It is rare, and special, for a band to be this effortlessly and completely themselves," Pitchfork added.
Panda Bear
Noah Lennox is a founding member of Animal Collective but also a successful solo artist under his stage name, Panda Bear. His experimental, psychedelic style will be on glorious display at MPMF as he promotes his latest solo effort, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper, due sometime this year on Domino Records. (Fun fact: Panda Bear was a guest artist on Daft Punk's Album of the Year Grammy-winning Random Access Memories.)
Ambient Electronic artist Tycho (born Scott Hansen) makes critically acclaimed music for the esteemed Ghostly International label. His latest album, Awake, came out in March and reached No. 2 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart (and No. 23 on the general Billboard album chart). In a review of the new album, Consequence of Sound said, "Listening to Tycho is the aural equivalent of exploring a new art museum. The overall effect is one of remarkable beauty and you still have the option of how you'll take it in."
Uniquely adventurous San Francisco metallers Deafheaven take a unique approach to Black Metal, which has led to wider acclaim and a more diverse audience than most other Black Metal bands … and, of course, has led to some of the genre's fans to decry them as "not Black Metal." Whatever. The group's fantastic Sunbather was one of the more compelling albums of 2013 (and, subsequently, one of the best reviewed albums of last year, as well). Here's CityBeat's interview with the band from earlier this year.
Gardens & Villa
After spending a couple of years touring the world and becoming a tighter, better band in the process, Californian Indie Electro Pop band Gardens & Villa released its second album, Dunes, on the Secretly Canadian imprint earlier this year.
The Raveonettes
Danish Indie Rock duo The Raveonettes have been buzzing around since 2001, when Rolling Stone editor David Fricke saw the band at a music festival and publicly raved about them. The twosome's fuzzy Pop sound was an instant hit upon the release of Chain Gang of Love on Columbia in 2003. Over a decade later, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are prepping their seventh full-length and continue to tour the globe.
Sun Kil Moon
Mark Kozelek first brought his emotive, slo-mo Indie Rock to the masses with the great Red House Painters. When that band dissolved around the turn of the century, the singer/songwriter and actor (he was in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky) continued the vibe with Sun Kil Moon, which released its sixth album, Benji (featuring Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley and Will Oldham, among other guests), in February of this year. In July, Kozelek will release a live Sun Kil Moon album.
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages
The Afghan Whigs aren't the only MPMF band with international acclaim and Cincinnati ties. Vintage R&B/Rock & Roll outfit Barrence Whitfield & the Savages was formed in the '80s by Soul shouter Whitfield and Peter Greenberg, guitarist for the pioneering Cincy Garage Rock band The Customs (and, later in Boston, DMZ and The Lyres). The twosome reformed the band (with some local musicians in the fold) and released the locally-recorded Savage Kings album in 2010. Building a bigger audience with every tour, the band's Dig Thy Savage Soul album last year was its best received yet, leading to successful shows across Europe (and a spot of Later … with Jools Holland in the U.K.). Read CityBeat's feature story on the band from last year when they played a two-night stand at MPMF venue MOTR Pub.
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages The Corner Man Later with Jools Holland from TKA on Vimeo.
EMA is Erika M. Anderson, a South Dakota native who honed her chops in the California experimental music scene. With EMA, Anderson makes slinky Indie Pop Rock so infectious it caught the attention of indie label giants Matador Records. The label released EMA's latest album, The Future's Void, in April to widespread praise.
Ex Hex
Ex Hex is the new band from Mary Timony, leader of Helium, member of Wild Flag and also a solo artist (the band name comes from the title of her 2005 Lookout! Records album). The band's first release, the 7-inch single "Hot and Cold," came out on Merge Records in March.
Formed by Man Man's Adam Schatz, Brooklyn's Landlady became a hometown favorite thanks to consistently great live shows and a 2011 self-released album. In July, the band releases its new album, Upright Behavior, on Hometapes, home to artists like Matthew E. White and Megafaun.
Speedy Ortiz
When Massachusetts Indie Rock band Speedy Ortiz had its first official full-length, Major Arcana, released on Carpark Records last year, the band instantly became an audience and critical favorite, landing on many scribes' "Best of 2013" lists. The A.V. Club called the album "a markedly assured debut, one that makes Speedy Ortiz an act to watch. Like its songs, the band's detonation is inevitable." Earlier this year, the band released the Real Hair EP.
Low Cut Connie
After building a strong following in Cincinnati thanks to repeated visits (including a great set at last year's MPMF), Piano Rock crew Low Cut Connie return for another rollicking show in the Queen City. Read CityBeat's interview with LCC from March here.
The Tontons
Houston Indie rockers The Tontons hit the touring circuit hard over the past seven years and now, with the release of their second album, Make Out King and Other Stories of Love, earlier this year, the hard work is paying off for the band. The self-released LP received high praise from the likes of The New York Times, Paste and Rolling Stone.
Psych/Proto Punk band Ex-Cult hails from Memphis and recently released its second album, Midnight Passenger, on Goner Records. CMJ says, "This second full-length breathes with a more expansive volume and guitar churn, without resorting to every other current garage band's habit of just dumping reverb on everything. In fact as this rec moves along, its snaky sprawl sees the band crawling out of its genre garage, like spilled oil and gas seeping into the weeds and cracks in the driveway, making everything a bit more slippery as you approach."
Brooklyn's Milagres make Indie Synth Rock for the Kill Rock Stars label. After the success of their 2011 album, Glowing Mouth, the band released Violent Light in early 2014.
Formed by two former members of Reggae group John Brown's Body, trippy Dance Rock band Rubblebucket self-released its debut, Rose's Dream, in 2008. Since then, the band has had its cover of The Beatles' "Michelle" declared on the 50 greatest Fab Four covers of all time by Paste, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and recorded with LCD Soundsystem's Eric Broucek. The band's most recent release is the EP Save Charlie.
Mutual Benefit
NYC-based Mutual Benefit is the dreamy project of singer/songwriter Jordan Lee, who grew up in suburban Columbus, Ohio. Last year's debut full-length, Love's Crushing Diamond, drew comparisons to the likes of Sufjan Stevens and Grizzly Bear.
The Cave Singers
Seattle Indie Folk group The Cave Singers formed in 2007 out of the ashes of the great Pretty Girls Make Graves. The band's latest album, Naomi, came out last year on Jagjaguwar.
July Talk
Canadian Indie rockers July Talk formed just a couple of years ago, but already they have an international profile, touring with artists like Billy Talent and Besnard Lakes and catching audiences attention with a great live show. The group recently premiered a new music video for "Summer Dress," a song slated for a forthcoming EP.
St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Alabama Soul ensemble St. Paul & the Broken Bones' great sound and live show have made them a favorite on the international touring circuit. The band's debut album, Half the City, came out earlier this year, leading to the group's appearance on CBS's The Late Late Show and, more recently, a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year from the Americana Music Association.
Three-day tickets (and VIP tickets) are on sale now at mpmf.cincyticket.com. Today at noon, single-show tickets for The Afghan Whigs' all-ages (kids under 10 can get in free with a paying adult) concert in Washington Park on Sept. 26 go on sale at the same site.
For the latest MidPoint updates, be sure to visit mpmf.com. You can also follow MPMF on Twitter here and Facebook here.
Several local acts have been notified in recent weeks that they have been chosen to perform at this fall's MidPoint Music Festival. Organizers today revealed its second wave of national acts that will join them at the Sept. 27-29 fest — Andrew Bird, Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys (revealed a couple of weeks ago at a MidPoint Indie Summer concert), The Walkmen, The Antlers, Hospitality, Rich Aucion, Stepdad, Eternal Summers, White Arrows, Dirty Bourbon River Show, Hume, Sidewalk Chalk, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Kitten, F. Strokes, Wooden Wand, Hundred Waters, Golden Boy, Tim Easton and Army Navy.
Keep up to date with the latest MPMF news at mpmf.com and this here music blog at citybeat.com. Early Bird All Music Access and Loyalty Presale passes are sold out. A limited number of All Music Access Passes ($69) and VIP Passes presented by CVG ($169) now on sale. Washington Park Day Tripper passes will be available soon. Get your tickets now at CincyTicket.com.
Check out news songs from The Antlers and (previously announced MPMF band) Grizzly Bear at NPR here.
Here's the latest music video from The Walkmen, for their tune "Heaven."
And here's a recent CNN piece on Andrew Bird.
The old saying goes that everyone complains about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. Well, MidPoint is doing something about the crummy weather: They're having the music festival anyway.
Come down to Fountain Square at 5-7 p.m. for two performances by MPMF.09 acts: Shanya Zaid & the Catch from New York City (5:00), followed by The Young Republic from Nashville (6:15). Grab a beer and food and plot your MPMF itinerary for the rest of the evening.
At first blush, a pro tennis tournament named for a financial corporation and a music festival all about indie music and culture might seem like awkward bedfellows — not quite "oil and water," but more "banana and helicopter." But last year, organizers of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament — featuring top players from around the world and matches viewed by a global audience — and the MidPoint Music Festival joined forces to make the combination a "chocolate and peanut butter" teaming that would make Reese's proud. The cross-promotional efforts were designed to spread the good word of Cincinnati's biggest music festival (coming up Sept. 22-24) to music lovers who might be unaware it exists. This year, the partnership seems more solidified, with a designated MidPoint Stage providing tennis fans with acoustic sets by MidPoint-approved local, original artists consistently throughout the tournament.
As the weather reports began to shape up for the end of this week, I was almost convinced that we would be breaking the current drought by doing the reliable MidPoint rain dance, which apparently consists of scheduling the weekend and saying the word "MidPoint." But, miracle of miracles, it did not piss down rain on the first night of MidPoint (although it was hot enough to feel as though we'd been rained on). After doing the Australian crawl from the Lodge Bar to the Blue Wisp last year, however, I'm not complaining. At all. It was a glorious night, and Thursday's bands provided the perfect soundtrack.
Over the past few weeks we've been sharing some great new videos shot at September's MidPoint Music Festival by The Queen City Project. The clips feature performances from The MidPoint Sessions, a day party held during MPMF at Art Academy of Cincinnati in conjunction with FotoFocus' Reverberation concert photography exhibit. The event showcased acoustic performances by four Ohio acts — Athens' The Ridges (who curated the lineup), Cincinnati's The Happy Maladies and Molly Sullivan and the star's of today's video debut, Columbus Indie Rock foursome Indigo Wild.
Indigo Wild formed in 2010 and, if the name sounds familiar, it may be due to the band's frequent shows in Cincinnati. So far, the band has only issued one recording, the 2011 EP If By Sea, but for The MidPoint Sessions, Indigo Wild unveiled a newer song titled "Be Patient."
The band's website says "Be Patient" "lays a stepping stone" to Indigo Wild's first full-length release. Keep updated on the album's progress and all things Indigo Wild at indigowildmusic.com.
Click here to view The Ridges' MidPoint Sessions video and here for The Happy Maladies' performance. And come back next Friday for the final MidPoint Sessions clip featuring Molly Sullivan.
It seems like only yesterday that we were running all over Downtown trying to see a bazillion bands perform for the 2008 MidPoint Music Festival. Now it's time to start preparing for a bigger, badder, better MidPoint in 2009.
If you're looking for something cool to do tonight — and especially if you're a huge fan of the falltime MidPoint Music Festival — head to the Contemporary Arts Center at 8 p.m. for a MidPoint "Reveal" showcase featuring the stellar, textural Indie Rock of local faves Pomegranates, nationally-acclaimed foursome Aloha (pictured) and Cleveland's The Buried Wires.
On their most recent tour, excellent Northern Kentucky Indie Rock band The Yugos stopped by Toledo, Ohio's SixtyTen Recording Studio to record its latest single, "Follow You," as part of the facility's "SixtyTen Sessions" video series.
The studio version of the single, released earlier this summer, can be streamed/downloaded here.
One week from the day, The Yugos will be opening up MidPoint Music Festival's Friday festivities. The band plays at 5 p.m. Friday on the MidPoint Midway stage, right before another of the fest's most anticipated acts, Real Estate, performs. The Midway stage is free and open to the public (no tickets/passes required), thanks to stage sponsor P&G. It's also an all-ages show.
Click here to hear more from The Yugos, and here to check out more sessions from SixtyTen.


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LinkedIn expands its publishing platform
Last week, LinkedIn announced it was expanding its publishing platform to allow more members to share original content with the professional social network.
LinkedIn has allowed members to share articles of interest for a long time, but they have limited the ability to post original content to a handful of big-name influencers like Bill Gates, Martha Stewart and Richard Branson.
Over the next several weeks, LinkedIn plans to allow 25,000 additional people to publish their own content, and eventually they plan to let all members do it. This last part could take several months to implement.
LinkedIn is also providing a way to follow people you like even if you aren't linked to them, giving content producers another way to build their personal networks.
The model is not unlike Forbes or The Huffington Post, where writers share their thoughts for free in exchange for access to a wide audience, but LinkedIn has yet to prove it can provide the lift of these other sites, and the success or failure of this effort is going to hinge on that ability to connect to a broad audience.
LinkedIn has been trying to expand beyond the notion of a pure professional social network to become more of a publishing platform and this announcement is part of taking that approach to the next level.
Professional writing friends I've spoken to aren't impressed, saying they aren't interested in writing for free or exposure, but thought leaders and people trying to promote a book or even a personal brand may like having a new platform to share their ideas.
It remains to be seen, however, if people perceive LinkedIn as a publishing forum worth contributing to in this fashion.
For more information:
- see the LinkedIn Blog announcing the change
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Through her dazzling work in such musicals as Cats, 1776, Carrie, Song & Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Pippin, Tony Award winner Betty Buckley is one of a small handful of performers synonymous with Broadway.
With her recent successes as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard and as Mama Rose in Gypsy, Buckley remains the quintessential leading lady of the American musical theatre.
For anyone who has ever heard Buckley sing, it is evident she possesses one of the finest, and perhaps the most unique, instruments in the musical theatre: a voice of supple steel, capable of piercing the soul with either its razor-edged belt or ethereal upper register.
And it is a voice that has been stopping the hearts of concert and theatre goers for years. "Buckley has a real Broadway voice," New York Daily News critic Howard Kissel elaborates, "which has in recent years, become oddly a rare commodity. A Broadway voice has a penetrating quality that belongs to the theatre and projects the energy of the city itself."
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From Akers to Zamberlan, things I'd like to see at the state tournament again
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- THE 100TH BOYS state high school basketball tournament concluded Saturday. With that in mind, here are some things I would like to see just one more time:
Finally, here are some coaches I would love to see on the sidelines one more time: Jennings Boyd (Northfork), Bob Burton (Paden City), Lewis D'Antoni (Mullens), Paul Greer (Oceana), Sam Mandich (Parkersburg), Skip Prosser (Wheeling Central), George Ritchie (Williamson), Romano (Charleston), Donnie Smith (Huntington Vinson), Joe Snodgrass (DuPont), Don Stover (Stonewall Jackson), Stewart Way (Huntington), Tex Williams (St. Albans) and "Preach" Wiseman (Woodrow Wilson).
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (U.S. Forest Service) - Since 2009, employees in Arkansas' national forests and other conservation leaders have taken precautions and necessary measures in an effort to prevent the arrival of the deadly White Nose Syndrome disease into the state. This deadly disease could be a pre-cursor to an increase in a variety of pests, including mosquitos. It affects bats...and it's marching toward Arkansas.
In May 2009, the regional forester for the Southern Region issued a closure order for all caves and mines on National Forest system lands unless there are official Forest Service signs listing them as opened.
"This closure is solely to prevent the spread of this disease by human means, "said Steve Duzan, the Environmental Coordinator for the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests. "We're not sure of all the ways it can be spread, but if we do our part, hopefully scientists could find the cure before it's too late for our bats."
White-nose Syndrome is a fungus that causes bats to awaken during hibernation. The fungus is believed to cause bats to use up their fat reserves rapidly during hibernation. Affected bats fly out of caves during winter in an attempt to find food, however, since the insects they eat are seasonally dormant, the bats die of starvation.
The fungus has killed nearly seven million bats in the New England and Mid-Atlantic States and continues to spread unchecked. It has been confirmed in neighboring Missouri, and is suspected to be in western Oklahoma. The mold spores that lead to White Nose syndrome were confirmed in two caves in Arkansas earlier this year.
In an effort to prevent the human spread of the disease by clothes or equipment, most federal and state caves have been closed to the public. In Arkansas' national forests, all caves are closed, with the exception of Blanchard Springs Caverns in Stone County. Blanchard Springs Caverns follows U.S. Fish & Wildlife sanitation protocols for visitors before they tour the cave.
"We encourage everyone to help us inform people that caves across the national forests are off limits," Duzan said. "Almost everyone reaps benefits from bats. It is important that we all protect them and their hibernating areas."
Stopping the spread of the fungus is important to the nation's agricultural system because bats play such a key role in keeping insects, including agricultural pests, mosquitoes, and forest pests under control.
"Bats consume enormous quantities of agricultural pests and reduce the need for chemical pesticides," Duzan said.
Forest visitors who violate the cave order may be fined not more than $5,000 for an individual and $10,000 for an organization or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
For more information on the cave closure order and White Nose Syndrome, visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/osfnf/home/?cid=STELPRDB5213741.


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Report: EMD Sale Close
According to Reuters in Detroit, General Motors Corp. is close to a deal to sell its Electro-Motive Division (EMD) business to two private U.S. equity firms. If the deal is finalized, which reportedly is contingent upon a new union contract, it will end more than two years of negotiations, including a rumored deal with Caterpillar Inc. that did not materialize.
Reuters said GM has agreed to the terms of a joint purchase agreement for EMD with Greenbriar Equity Group, and Boston-based Berkshire Partners. While details are understandably sketchy, Reuters said GM would sell the business for less than $1 billion.
EMD, which employs about 3000 workers, is one of the world's largest manufacturer of diesel-electric train locomotives with operations in LaGrange, Ill. and London, Ontario, Canada. It also builds diesel power engines for boats, oil rigs and gen-sets.
Greenbriar and Berkshire Partners have worked closely together in the past, having jointly invested in Active Aero Group, an air cargo company, and Hexcel Corp., a maker of lightweight structures for the aerospace industry, in 2003. The equity firms have earmarked more than $1 billion to acquire companies in the transportation sector, Berkshire said on its Web site. Berkshire has acquired other railroad companies in the past, including Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp., New Zealand Rail and the rail freight operations of British Rail.


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Why Is DWTS All-Stars Only an Hour Long Tonight, October 22?
Sorry, Dancing With the Stars Season 15 All-Stars fans. Tonight's episode will get cut short after the one-hour mark. Are you wondering why we have to live without an extra hour of DWTS goodness?
DWTS will only be an hour long because the Presidential Debates will be taking place at 9 p.m. tonight. Half of the couples will dance their dances this night, and Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough's "Call Me Maybe" group will also perform their Freestyle.
On Tuesday, October 23, the "Results Show" will be canned in favor of a one-hour extra performance show starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. We'll see the rest of the couples dance, as well as Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd's "Gangnam Style" group Freestyle. There will be no Results Show this week and the scores will be moved to factor into next week's elimination.
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Wondering why vinokourov is in off green color while rest of tmobile is in pink. I dont get it. Sure doesnt make him look like he is part of the tmobile team.
Wondering why vinokourov is in off green color while rest of tmobile is in pink. I dont get it. Sure doesnt make him look like he is part of the tmobile team.
There have been 16,000,000,000,000 threads on this. He's wearing that national champion colors of Kazakhstan.
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How come no one asks why Fedrigo is wearing a different color than his Bouygues Telecom teammates? Or why Kirsipuu wasn't wearing the usual CA jersey?
i may have overreacted
I have a question about leader bikes...
Koffee should make this a locked sticky.
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"i recieved an infraction"
I'm thinking of locking it. Actually, perhaps we should temporarily rename this whole Forum "Vino Wears Teal Because He's the Champion of Kazakhstan". Do you think that would work?
Jeez, I am getting so tired of hearing the same answer again and again.
From now on, Vinokourov is wearing different colors because he hates the rest of his team, and comes from a country that can't afford the color pink. Also, he is sponsored by Blue Raspberry Coolonic Gatorade, and as we all know, when you drink gatorade you sweat in color. There are also rumors that Lance is colorblind for precisely these colors, and that is why when Vino attacks, Lance never jumps on.
^^"This post is the most misinformed drivel that I have ever experienced herein." http://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
How come McEwen has those green and yellow bars on his jersey thingy?
He wears teal because pink is gay. That is what I heard.
Teal IS the new pink. You guys should know that already!
Why are wheels round?
Sorry to rib ya Yannb
Yeah, I've been on your wheel for a good long time. I'll be more than happy to pull us all if you'd just slow down a bit. ;)
For the love of Almaty, it's SKY BLUE, not teal.
Cyclists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lube but your chains!
*suicides himself*
How come Lance's jersey is yellow and the rest of the Discovery team has blue ones?
The rest of Disco don't have Blue ones. Popo is wearing a White one!!!!!
Why is Lance using only one STI lever?
What are those little yellow things on the chainstays?
How do riders go to the toilet?
Why is the whole bunch given s.t.?
How come no tripples at the Tour?
What country runs the Tour de France?
If Vino rode without socks, would that make him Sonny Crockett? And Jan Ullrich as Tubbs?
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only if he rolled his l/s jersey up to the elbows.
No, then he'd be auditioning for "Sha Na Na".Originally Posted by ed073
Originally Posted by koffee brown
KC, Vino, Jan and the Sunshine Band???
Well, maybe Vinny Barbarino.Originally Posted by ed073
Vino Barbarino.Originally Posted by koffee brown


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Back to the Distant Past With Beowulf
October 18, 2010
Oct. 26-30
Benjamin Bagby may be uniquely qualified to perform Beowulf. He's been making a progress back to the medieval epic's source since the start of his career.
The American-born, Paris-based early-music specialist arrives in the Bay Area this week to perform his acclaimed "reconstruction" of the Anglo-Saxon poem. Subtitled The Epic in Performance, this historically informed music-theater event features Bagby reciting, singing, and accompanying himself on medieval harp in a rare solo version of the tale. Presented by Cal Performances, Beowulf is scheduled for four performances, Oct. 26-30, at Zellerbach Playhouse on the UC Berkeley campus.
Bagby's not the first contemporary artist to revisit Beowulf, an intricate tale of warriors, monsters, and heroes in the kingdom of the Danish monarch Hrothgar. In recent years, the work has been updated in films, graphic novels, and even a new American opera (Grendel, by composer Elliot Goldenthal, based on John Gardner's 1971 novel).
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Yet those seeking a more authentic experience may find this Beowulf a revelation. Bagby, who has meticulously researched his subject, drew from the sum total of his experience to assemble what he modestly calls "a musical realization" of the work.
Bagby isn't new to historic reconstruction; as the cofounder and director of the medieval music ensemble Sequentia, he has created and performed over 70 programs of medieval music and drama in venues around the world.
In a phone call from his home in France, Bagby said most of those works tended to be slightly later music, "where we had much more musical information." Yet, the more he worked in medieval music, the more he became interested in earlier repertoires. "Other people move forward in time," he says. "I always move back."
The Man Who Remembers Everything
His work on Beowulf began in the early 1980s. "I realized that this was actually a performance piece, not a piece of literature," he says. "It was not something designed to be read and studied from the printed page. It was really something from the oral culture that was passed down through generations of storytellers such as we find described in the text itself — the so-called scop, who was the tribal singer and storyteller, the man whose job it was to remember everything.
"What really inspired me was the realization that it was a musical-vocal function, and the whole idea was to find a way to rediscover how that might have worked and how it might have sounded."
Bagby first performed excerpts from Beowulf with Sequentia; in 1990, after working on the piece for nearly a decade, he began to present it in its current form, as a one-man show.
He tells the tale in its original Anglo-Saxon (with English supertitles), using gestures, facial expressions, and vocal effects to re-create the role of the scop. It's a role, he says, that has no precise equivalent today.
"The scop fulfilled many functions," Bagby remarks. "He had a huge repertoire, which included stories, epics, genealogies, history, news, but also lyric poetry and death laments and all kinds of texts that are needed in society."
The performance requires extraordinary vocal resources, says Bagby, who studied German literature and voice at Oberlin College and music of the Middle Ages at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland.
"It really uses all the aspects of the voice's capability," he says, "from speaking to simple melodies, complex melodies, and something we would call song, all the way to the other end of the spectrum with sung speech into heightened speech, plain speech, to whispering, screaming, and all the rest. The entire spectrum of the human voice is called upon."
Throughout the performance, he accompanies himself on a medieval harp built for him and based on an instrument found in Germany's Black Forest: "It's a typical kind of harp you would have found all across Northern Europe in the 7th or 8th centuries — the kind of instrument described in the Beowulf text, where the harp is mentioned many times." Only a few such instruments survive today, he notes.
Creating a Musical Realization
Unlike liturgical music from the period, little has been written about early performances of Beowulf. But Bagby used all available clues. "It was using what we know about medieval ways of tuning, what tones work with other tones, the modes, and, of course, the metrics of the text," he says. "It's not prose; it's a metrical, structured text, a poem with a Germanic alliterative structure. With those parameters, one has enough to make what we would call a musical realization."
Still, Bagby says that aspects of Beowulf remain a mystery. For example, he shies away from assigning the poem to its generally accepted origins in the 11th century. "It probably has its roots in a much earlier time, as early as the 7th century," he says. "But the manuscript version that we have now dates from about the year 1000."
Also, he says the performance remains elastic. "Nothing has ever been written down or put in a score. It's extemporized each time. It's more or less the same in each performance, but each performance is also somewhat different."
The 100-minute performance doesn't recount the entire epic — that, says Bagby, would take over four hours. Instead, he tells the first third of Beowulf: the episode describing the title character's struggle with the monster Grendel.
Bagby gives 10 to 20 Beowulf performances each year — he's taken the show to New York, London, and the Edinburgh Festival — and says his audiences are an interesting mix of medievalists, early-music aficionados, fantasy buffs, and fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
"The Tolkien crowd is generally well-informed about old English poetry, and Tolkien himself knew this poem very well," he says.
That's quite a draw for a poem with its roots in the distant past. But Bagby says Beowulf still has much to say to contemporary audiences: "I think it speaks to everything we remember from childhood, hearing bedtime stories or ghost stories around the campfire. It has that kind of archaic and elemental quality of the aspects of life we can't control. The Danish people, who were very successful warriors, terrorizing their neighbors and stealing everything in sight, came up against a force they could not reckon with or even understand. It simply didn't fit into their way of looking at the world, and it made them paralyzed with fear. Then here comes this guy who, for no other reason than he hears this would be a great way to get some glory, decides to come and rid them of this fiend.
"It's this idea of unbridled optimism: the hero in the best sense of the word, the man who is willing to burn all his bridges behind him, only go forward, and not think twice about it."
Georgia Rowe has been a Bay Area arts writer since 1986. She is Opera News' chief San Francisco correspondent, and a frequent contributor to San Francisco Classical Voice, Musical America, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and San Francisco Examiner. Her work has also appeared in Gramophone, San Francisco Magazine, and Songlines.
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Pardon the error in my previous posting:
Thank you so very much to the author for the eloquent description of early performances of Beowulf, "It's not prose; it's a metrical, structured text, a poem with a Germanic alliterative structure. With those parameters, one has enough to make what we would call a musical realization."
It is really a stunning phrase, and rings true to so many of us who are students of medieval Anglo-Saxon literature.
As editor of a website that features poetry in the alliterative style, I can doubly appreciate the reference.
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Group's political wing asks Israel for truce, while its military wing continues rocket fire. Abbas asks Arab League to 'condemn Israel for its crimes'
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The ongoing rocket attacks and Israeli strikes in the Gaza region have exposed a rift within Hamas, with its political wing apparently seeking a truce while the group's military wing insists on continuing the fire.
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida rejected talk of a ceasefire on Saturday, saying that Hamas'
military wing will not sit idle when faced with the Israeli "aggression."
"Facing this escalation, we at the al-Qassam Brigades will not sit idle, but respond to this aggression," he added. "Israel is using the international community's silence to escalate its operations against us."
While Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Saturday the group did not intend to target Israeli schoolchildren when it fired a rocket at a bus two days ago, Abu Obeida took responsibility for the attack that injured a teen and sparked the latest border fighting.
"We at the al-Qassam Brigades stress that the Zionist enemy is responsible for the criminal escalation," he said. "We have no choice but to retaliate."
Sources in Gaza confirmed that Hamas' military wing is refusing to follow orders from the political wing, and that the organization is in anarchy. The sources confirmed that Hamas' political wing has used various channels to send a message to Israel,
asking for a ceasefire.
Hamas suffered a blow in the recent exchanges of fire; more than 20 terrorists were killed over the weekend and dozens were injured. Over the past 10 days, 35 Hamas men have beenkilled.
The Arab League is expected to convene for an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the escalation in the Gaza Strip, after being urged to do so by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
and Hamas prime minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh.
"President Abbas has asked the Arab League to convene… to condemn Israel for its crimes after killing at least 17 Palestinians and injuring many others," said Saeb Erekat, a member of the Fatah
Central Committee. He noted that Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa
informed Abbas that the meeting will take place Sunday afternoon.
Hamas spokesman Taher Nunu said that the Gaza government has also called on Egypt to "restrain the Israeli aggression and protect the Palestinian people." He also said that he has asked the international community to intervene to protect Gaza citizens from Israel.
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Honey Boo Boo's June Shannon Thinks She's Just Like Dina Lohan
October 16, 2012 09:37 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
Everybody is weighing in on the latest Lohan scandal. And everybody includes June Shannon, the mom made famous by TLC's hit show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. June Shannon thinks she has a lot in common with Dina Lohan. What do the two share besides fame and crazy children?
June Shannon can sympathize with Dina Lohan, the latest celebrity train wreck. During a recent chat with TMZ's Harvey Levin, June weighed in on the recent Lohan blowup. "Lindsay Lohan, I bet that she has had a lot of family issues. We're going through the same thing with a couple fathers of my kids who have not been in their lives for years, and all of a sudden now, they are wanting to be father of the year."
Just in case you were wondering, Mama June is not referring to Honey Boo Boo's dad Sugar Bear. He's been around to witness his daughter's childhood. But Sugar Bear is not the biological father of Cubbs or Chickadee, June's other strangely-nicknamed daughters. That honor goes to Anthony Michael Ford and David Dunn, two guys who left a long time ago and are now starting to show interest in their daughters.
Mama June does have a point. Although Michael Lohan's assessment of Dina as "cuckoo" seems spot-on, he can take the blame for being absent throughout much of Lindsay's childhood, and then showing up to capitalize on her fame and fortune.
Do you think June Shannon is right to compare herself to Dina Lohan? We think that Honey Boo Boo's mom is a hell of a lot more likable than Dina…but that's just our opinion. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below!
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LM (madmaninbedlam) Says:
October 17th, 2012 at 11:40 am
It would have been easy for June to knock Dina Lohan, everyone does. However, June took the high road and offered up compassion instead. I suspect the comments that follow mine will be quips about June's weight or parenting skills by people too shallow to recognize her innate goodness. I find that sad.
Lori Says:
October 17th, 2012 at 11:42 am
I like June and her family. She seems honest and down to earth.
Susan Says:
October 18th, 2012 at 5:14 am
June is a good mom. She takes a cautious approach to Alana's new found fame. Her first intention was to establish trust funds for all of her daughters. Mike (sugarbear) has been in those girls lives for over 8 years and is a father type to Jessica, Lauryn, and Anna. Their family is totally down to earth and normal like most of us. June is compassionate, self accepting, and always open about teaching her girls to 'give back'. These are qualities we should all take example from. Dina is lost in her own dillusions – I feel sorry for her kids because they have no form of guidance from either parent!
nina calhoon Says:
October 19th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
i think that June has her act together then Dina. Michael and Dina Lohan are pathetic parents. I love June and Sugarbear, wish they wouldn't pass gass on t.v. But they r a joy. I can't wait tell they come back on TLC.
Kimmy Shriber Says:
December 6th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
You go girls, and Sugarbear!!!!