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The Israel-Palestine struggle has not prospered from scrutiny. Few modern conflicts have caused more columns to be written, solutions proffered, hands wrung, bile spent or vengeance waged – and vengeance it so often is, even when dressed up as justice. (In the words of the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, "start your story with 'secondly', and the world will be turned upside-down".)
Amid the denunciations and counter-denunciations, counsel and complaint, from the Middle East to the west and beyond – not to mention the televised grief of Israeli occupation, Hezbollah rockets and the like – what tends to get bypassed is daily life, common culture, the actual stuff that comprises the societies the commentators spend so much of their energy trying to bring together (or keep apart). This normality is usually more important to the people who experience it than anything the rest of us witness in the news. From Homer to Chaucer, Primo Levi to Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, literature has constantly taught us this: life goes on.
I was talking about this to the London-based Palestinian author Samir El-youssef last week, just before the official launch of his new online literary magazine, the Arab-Israeli Book Review. "I grew up in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon," he told me. "Do you think we talked about politics every minute of the day? My grandmother was more interested in whether I had brushed my teeth!"
Samir's new project helps to redress the narrative imbalance, away from policy and nationhood, towards people. As such, it is political in the most comprehensive of senses. Established in collaboration with the Jewish author and academic Ariel Kahn, the magazine evolved out of the pair's much-admired Arab-Israeli Book Club, which was set up in north London in 2009. The club, which meets bi-monthly, pairs books by Arab and Israeli authors "to create an ongoing dialogue between different voices". The Review seeks to go further, including reviews, essays, fiction, poetry, podcasts and – yes – commentary, providing a forum for cultural exchange.
I like the notion of dialogue between books (any decent reviews editor knows the beauty to be found in juxtaposition) and I like the aims of the Review, which seeks to "go beyond the news headlines and explore the Middle East through its rich, playful and provocative literature". This is about the long game – something that, sadly, will be familiar to anyone involved. "Our struggle has gone on for so long, and given the present indications it probably will see us all out," says El-youssef. "And one has to pass the time somehow."
To mark its launch, the site has published a new and extremely witty short story from Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, the forthcoming collection by Israeli author Etgar Keret, featuring a faithless husband refusing to take responsibility for his infidelity. An accompanying essay by El-youssef explores Keret's unique brand of comedy and its provenance in the conflict. Where El-youssef had once thought Keret's "jokes" to be a product of "innocence and political naivety", he has since come to realise that humour and absurdity bring us back to our humanity.
"Nations whose collective survival and national dignity are generally believed to be under constant threat demote daily reality to a source of shame," writes El-youssef. And yet: "One can't always overlook one's daily life in favour of national security … Gradually people's attention becomes more focused on individual, everyday needs. Writers who love humour cannot be oblivious to such an obvious irony."
The site currently includes a review by Hasan Ommary of Keret's collection ("imagine Woody Allen and JL Borges had met and decided to write stories together"); an article on the Hebrew anthology Poets on the Edge; five poems by Kamal Boustany, newly translated into English; a photo essay by Judah Passow; and a podcast of readings from two classics of Arab-Israeli literature, S Yizhar's Khirbet Khizeh and Ghassan Kanafani's Men in the Sun. A monthly newsletter will be emailed to subscribers.
The Review is strictly anglophone but it isn't simply there to service the diaspora. "Since the Arab Spring … we have had messages from people in Libya, Egypt and all over," says Ariel Kahn. "Most of them have been looking for a space in which to learn and think about these relationships and regions differently."
I am reminded of WH Auden's remark that poetry "makes nothing happen". Hopefully the Review will help its readers, however marginally, however gradually, to bring about such change. Before peace must come understanding.


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Senator Steve Saland Announces Passage Of Senate's Budget
Senator Steve Saland (R,I,C Poughkeepsie) today announced the Senate has passed a budget plan for the State that contains no new fees or taxes and makes sound investments in education and health. The Senate plan spends less than the Governor's budget proposal, but ensures a balanced budget by substituting other revenue sources, and advancing approximately $300 million in across the board spending cuts and an additional $600 million in other cuts.
"As the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, I was astounded the Governor's budget proposal severely shortchanged upstate schools by reneging on school aid promised last year", said Senator Saland. "Local taxpayers should not have to bear the brunt of inadequate state funding to schools. The Senate's budget restores that funding and protects property tax payers from having to shoulder that burden."
The Senate's budget:
- adds more than $540 million in education aid and creates a fair and equitable funding formula
- adds $78.2 million for BOCES programs and $114.9 million for High Tax Aid that will ensure that no school district will receive less in High Tax Aid than they did in 2007-08
- restores over $100 million in aid to higher education to help keep college affordable
- restores $482 million in health care cuts and rejects almost $400 million in higher health care taxes to help keep hospitals and nursing homes viable
- rejects half the shift in public assistance costs and youth detention costs to counties, which would have costs local taxpayers $55 million
- rejects the 300% increase on motor vehicle registration fees and higher gasoline taxes
- restores $319 million in promised STAR school property tax relief eliminated by the Governor
"The Senate's budget is a sensible plan that puts money back in taxpayers' wallets and restores promised aid to schools and health care facilities. Now we begin the process of negotiating the budget with the Assembly, with an eye toward the April 1st deadline. I remain hopeful that, despite recent events, we can continue to do the people's business and enact an on-time budget that holds the line on taxes and keeps the promises we made to our schools," Saland concluded.

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TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS OF JANUARY 2011 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 15346 airplays from 157 different DJs 1: "Put The Big Stone Down," Geoff Bartley [Magic Crow, 10/10] (85) "Put The Big Stone Down" "Cat Song" "Occam's Razor" "Blue Moon On New Years Eve" "Look Down The Road" 2: "City Of Refuge," Abigail Washburn [Rounder, new] (46) "City Of Refuge" "Chains" "Corner Girl" 3: "Cackalack," Jonathan Byrd [Waterbug, 1/11] (45) "Cackalack" "I Was An Oak Tree" "Chicken Wire" 3: "These Old Roots," The Honey Dewdrops [Self, 9/10] (45) "Nobody In This World" "Amaranth" "Way Back When" 5: "Call It My Garden," Carrie Elkin [Red House, 2010] (44) "Jesse Likes Birds" "Iowa" "Edge Of The World" 6: "The Once," The Once [Borealis, 9/10] (42) "Sail Away To The Sea" "Maid On The Shore" "Anthem" 7: "Folk-Worn Prose," Shaun Cromwell [Melon Patch, 11/10] (41) "I Am Undone" "Gristmill" "Second Longest Day Of The Year" 8: "Red Horse," Red Horse [Red House, 7/10] (40) "I Am A Child" "Wayfaring Stranger" "If These Walls Could Talk" 9: "Heaven Below," Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 4/10] (37) "All The World Is One" "Ordinary Day" 9: "The Road To Damascus," Notorious [Black Socks Press, 10/10] (37) "Door County #2" "Planxty Eden" "The Road To Damascus" 11: "James," Red Molly [Self, 2/10] (36) "Jezebel" "Tear My Stillhouse Down" "End Of The Line" 12: "Legacy," Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band [Compass, 9/10] (32) "Raven" "Jailer Jailer" "Lord Hamilton's Yearling" 12: "Some Kind Of Cure," David Berkeley [Self, new] (32) "Winter Winds" "Shenandoah" "Steel Mill" 14: "Courage," Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 5/10] (30) "Otis Is Flying" "Playing The Old Songs" 15: "Bright Morning Stars," The Wailin' Jennys [Red House, new] (29) "Bright Morning Stars" "Swing Low Sail High" "All The Stars" 15: "I Wasn't Built For A Life Like This," Caleb Stine [Self, 10/10] (29) "My Service Isn't Needed Anymore" "Doing Time In Baltimore" "I Wasn't Built For A Life Like This" 15: "The Wind That Shakes The Barley," Loreena McKennitt [Quinlan Road, 11/10] (29) "On A Bright May Morning" "As I Roved Out" "Star Of The County Down" 18: "Yesterday I Saw The Earth Beautiful," Gerry O'Beirne And Rosie Shipley [Shipwhistle, 10/10] (28) "American Tunes" "Black Water" "Lonesome Road" 19: "Fall For Beauty," Lynn Miles [True North, 10/10] (27) "Something Beautiful" "3 Chords And The Truth" "Fearless Heart" 19: "The Heart Of A Waiting Boy," Patti Casey [Long Shot, 2010] (27) "Wander On, Weary Soul" "Gander In The Stubble" "Spread Joy Over This Land" 19: "Just One Angel," Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 12/10] (27) "Auld Lang Syne," Kate Taylor "We'll All Meet Up Next Year," Deirdre Flint 22: "Lorraine," Lori McKenna [Signature, 2010] (25) "Luxury Of Knowing" "Lorraine" "Most" 23: "All The Good Summers," Andrew And Noah Van Norstrand [Great Bear, 5/10] (24) "Love And Winter" "Samuel Mason" "Where Should I Go" 23: "Ear To The Ground," Coyote Grace [Mile After Mile, 2009] (24) "Man In The Moon" "Young And Dumb" 23: "Highway 71," 3 Penny Acre [Second String, 7/10] (24) "Highway 71" "Riverboat" 23: "Mile-High Rodeo," Johanna Divine [Self, 5/10] (24) "Done 'em Again" "Lone Ranger" 23: "Passage," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/10] (24) "Along Came You" "Glory Halleluiah" 23: "Remember Me Well," Red June [Self, 8/10] (24) "Home Is A Railroad" "Phoenix" 29: "Forever And A Day," Kruger Brothers [Double Time, 3/10] (23) "Forever And A Day" "Plan" 30: "Have You Ever Even Heard Of Milton Brown?," Great Recession Orchestra [New Tex, 10/10] (21) "Sadie Green" "Somebody's Been Using That Thing" 30: "Many Great Companions," Dar Williams [Razor And Tie, 10/10] (21) "February" "One Who Knows" 30: "Reverie," David Wilcox [What Are, 11/10] (21) "End Of The World" "Let The Wave Say" 30: "We Still Love Our Country," Carrie Rodriguez And Ben Kyle [Ninth Street Opus, new] (21) "If I Needed You" "My Baby's Gone" 30: "Words Through The Seasons," Alicia McGovern [Self, 10/10] (21) "I'll Keep Trying" "I Wanna Grow Old" 35: "Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream," Gurf Morlix [Self, new] (20) "Oh Darlin" "Big Cheeseburgers And Good French Fries" 35: "Goodnight Regret," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 11/10] (20) "Better Angels" "Goodnight Regret" 35: "The Last Star," Heidi Talbot [Compass, 9/10] (20) "The Last Star" "Shepherd" 35: "Western Country," Caleb Klauder [Padre, 9/10] (20) "Deep River" "Hole In My Heart" 35: "What Makes Bob Holler," Hot Club Of Cowtown [Proper American, new] (20) "Stay A Little Longer" "Devil Ain't Lazy" 40: "Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops [Nonesuch, 2/10] (19) "Trouble In Your Mind" "Cornbread And Butterbeans" 40: "Looking Forward - Looking Back," Tracy Spring [Self, new] (19) "Get Lucky With You" "Eat, Sleep, Breathe" 40: "Sigh No More," Mumford And Sons [Glassnote, 2/10] (19) "Awake My Soul" "Winter Winds" 43: "Diamond Shine," Cris Cuddy [Vanishing Castle, 12/10] (18) "Diamond Shine" "Long And Lonesome Old Freight Train" 43: "Everyone Is Someone," Dala [Campus, 2009] (18) "Alive" "Horses" 43: "Hobos And Kings," Randy Burns [Self, 9/10] (18) "Hobos And Kings" "Rompin' Rovin' Days" 43: "Paradise," Judy Collins [Wildflower, 6/10] (18) "Last Thing On My Mind" 43: "The Secret Sisters," The Secret Sisters [Beladroit, 10/10] (18) "One I Love Is Gone" "My Heart Skips A Beat" 48: "At Edwards Barn," Chris Hillman And Herb Pedersen [Rounder, 9/10] (17) "Turn Turn Turn" "Going Up Home" 48: "Band Of Joy," Robert Plant [Rounder, 9/10] (17) "Angel Dance" "House Of Cards" 48: "Chicken And Egg," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 7/10] (17) "Sun Jumped Up" "Letter In The Mail" 48: "From The Fire," Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald [Freewheel, 6/10] (17) "Ship Gonna Sail" "Dark Seed" 48: "The High Road Home," Jack Williams [Wind River, 7/10] (17) "The High Road Home" 48: "Not For Nothin," Marti Brom [Goofin, 10/10] (17) "Fool Such As I" 48: "Should Have Known," Yvette Landry [Self, 6/10] (17) "Jack" 48: "Some Strange Country," Crooked Still [Signature, 5/10] (17) "Sometimes In This Country" 48: "To Drink The Rain," Malcolm Holcombe [Music Road, new] (17) "Down In The Woods" "Mighty City" 48: "Winning Streak," Don White [Self, 12/10] (17) "People In Michigan" "I Don't Know About Nothing" 58: "Another Day's Journey," Ken Whiteley [Borealis, 9/10] (16) "Another Day's Journey" "Too Much Trouble" 58: "The Day After Everything Changed," Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, 1/10] (16) "Rose Tattoo" 58: "Live At The Cafe Carpe," Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault And Peter Mulvey [Signature, new] (16) "I'm Beginning To See The Light" "Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me" 58: "Lucy," Lucy Wainwright Roche [Self, 10/10] (16) "America" "Once In" 58: "October Valentine," Chris Kokesh [Self, 7/10] (16) "Hell Of A Year" 58: "Sad Song Junkie," Dan Baker [Trespass, 11/10] (16) "Sad Song Junkie" 58: "The Turning Tide," Solas [Compass, 2/10] (16) "Ghost Of Tom Joad" "Sailor's Life" 65: "Between The Hollow And The High Rise," Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 5/10] (15) "My House," Kathy Kallick "Snow" 65: "A Crooked Road," Darrell Scott [Full Light, 5/10] (15) "A Crooked Road" "Love's Not Through With Me Yet" 65: "Exiles Return," Karan Casey And John Doyle [Compass, 2/10] (15) "Exiles Return" 65: "The Future Of Our Past," Various Artists [Greentrax, 10/10] (15) "Ali's Big Reel," Rsamd Year Iv 65: "The Grim Parade," Uncle Bonsai [Yellow Tail, 11/10] (15) "The Grim Parade" 65: "Live At Big Sky," Yellow Room Gang [Yellow Room, new] (15) "Grateful Life" "Gather The Family" 65: "Lloyd Green Album," Peter Cooper [Red Beet, 9/10] (15) "Champion Of The World" 65: "Man Of Many Moons," Danny Schmidt [Red House, new] (15) "Guilty By Association Blues" 65: "The Road That Leads Me Home," L. J. Booth [Firefly Jar, 2009] (15) "Box Elder" "Hills Of Morning" 65: "Stealing Genius," Ron Hynes [Borealis, 10/10] (15) "House" 65: "Voices Of Winter," Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Gadfly, 1997] (15) "Frozen Logger/Proper Cup Of Coffee" TOP SONGS OF JANUARY 2011 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 15346 airplays from 157 different DJs 1. "Jesse Likes Birds" (18) by Carrie Elkin from "Call It My Garden" 2. "Put The Big Stone Down" (17) by Geoff Bartley from "Put The Big Stone Down" 3. "I Am Undone" (16) by Shaun Cromwell from "Folk-Worn Prose" 4. "All The World Is One" (15) by Peter Mayer from "Heaven Below" 5. "Cat Song" (13) by Geoff Bartley from "Put The Big Stone Down" 6. "Nobody In This World" (12) by The Honey Dewdrops from "These Old Roots" 7. "Bright Morning Stars" (11) by The Wailin' Jennys from "Bright Morning Stars" 7. "City Of Refuge" (11) by Abigail Washburn from "City Of Refuge" 7. "Highway 71" (11) by 3 Penny Acre from "Highway 71" 7. "My Service Isn't Needed Anymore" (11) by Caleb Stine from "I Wasn't Built For A Life Like This" 7. "Occam's Razor" (11) by Geoff Bartley from "Put The Big Stone Down" 12. "Cackalack" (10) by Jonathan Byrd from "Cackalack" 12. "One Good Year" (10) by Slaid Cleaves from "Broke Down" 12. "Sail Away To The Sea" (10) by The Once from "The Once" 15. "Auld Lang Syne" (9) by Kate Taylor from "Just One Angel" 15. "Blue Moon On New Years Eve" (9) by Geoff Bartley from "Put The Big Stone Down" 15. "Last Thing On My Mind" (9) by Judy Collins from "Paradise" 15. "Look Down The Road" (9) by Geoff Bartley from "Put The Big Stone Down" 19. "I Am A Child" (8) by Red Horse from "Red Horse" 19. "I Was An Oak Tree" (8) by Jonathan Byrd from "Cackalack" 19. "I'm Beginning To See The Light" (8) by Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault And Peter Mulvey from "Live At The Cafe Carpe" 19. "January Man" (8) by Zoe Mulford from "Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 5: Happy Holidays" 19. "Luxury Of Knowing" (8) by Lori McKenna from "Lorraine" 19. "Money Is King" (8) by Geoff Bartley from "Put The Big Stone Down" 19. "Winter Winds" (8) by David Berkeley from "Some Kind Of Cure" TOP ARTISTS OF JANUARY 2011 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 15346 airplays from 157 different DJs 1. Geoff Bartley 2. Bob Dylan 3. The Honey Dewdrops 4. Red Molly 4. Shaun Cromwell 6. Jonathan Byrd 7. John McCutcheon 8. Abigail Washburn 8. Carrie Elkin 8. Joan Baez 11. Peter Mayer 12. Notorious 12. Pete Seeger 12. Si Kahn 12. The Wailin' Jennys 16. Tim O'Brien 17. Lynn Miles 17. The Once 19. Red Horse 20. Kruger Brothers 21. Loreena McKennitt 22. Carolina Chocolate Drops 22. Susan Werner 24. David Berkeley 24. Judy Collins 24. Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band 27. 3 Penny Acre 27. Dar Williams 27. David Wilcox 27. Lori McKenna 31. Caleb Stine 31. Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault And Peter Mulvey 33. Andrew And Noah Van Norstrand 33. Coyote Grace 35. Carrie Rodriguez And Ben Kyle 35. Darrell Scott 35. Hot Club Of Cowtown 35. Mary Chapin Carpenter 35. Nanci Griffith 35. Patti Casey 35. Solas 35. Tracy Spring TOP LABELS OF JANUARY 2011 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 15346 airplays from 157 different DJs 1. Rounder 2. Red House 3. Compass 4. Columbia 5. Signature 6. Sugar Hill 7. Appleseed 8. Borealis 9. Greentrax 10. Waterbug 11. Mcr 12. Vanguard 13. Smithsonian/Folkways 14. Nonesuch 14. Philo 16. Warner 17. Green Linnet 18. RCA 19. Rhino 20. Capitol 20. Sony 22. Rebel 22. Yellow Tail 24. Wildflower 24. Blue Boat 26. Flying Fish 27. Elektra 28. Reprise 28. Yellow Room 30. True North 31. Folk-Legacy 31. Ninth Street Opus 33. Razor And Tie 34. Shanachie 34. Strictly Country 36. Red Beet 37. Double Time 38. Blix Street 38. Bloodshot 40. Anti 40. EMI FOLK DJs - JANUARY 2011 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 15346 airplays from 157 different DJs Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) Allan Nelson (BBC, U.K.) Amanda-Lynn Stubley (CHRW-FM, ON) Andrew Doerr (KCSB-FM, CA) Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY) Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) Art Menius (WMMT-FM, KY) Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC) Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT) Betsi Meissner (KXCI-FM, AZ) Bill Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ) Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT) Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL) Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA) Blair Larsen (KUSU-FM & UPR, UT) Bob Blackman (WKAR-FM, MI) Bob Gregory (WRFL-FM, KY) Bob McWilliams (XM, KANU-FM & KPR, KS) Bob Weiser (WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM, MA) Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK) Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) Caroline Doctorow (WPKM-FM & WPKN-FM, CT) Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) Chris Trostel (KRNN-KTOO-KXLL, AK) Chrisana McGill (WSPN-FM, NY) Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH) Clytia Fuller (KZSC-FM, CA) Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia) Craig Huegel (WSLR-FM, FL) Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX) Dan Ross (KACI-FM, OR) Danny Watson (2MAX-FM, Australia) David John (KTRU-FM, TX) Denis McKay (VOX-FM, Australia) Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA) Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA) Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR) Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) Donna Mavity (WTUF-FM, GA) Doug Dick (WVGN-FM, VI) Ed McDonald (WVMR-FM etc, WV) Frank Gosar (KLCC-FM, OR) Gary Irving (WVUD-FM, DE) Gaye Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL) Gene Shay (XM & WXPN-FM, PA) Gerd Stassen (EVW, Germany) Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) Ginger Hopper (KBCS-FM, WA) Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON) Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) Henry Hallett (KXCI-FM, AZ) Jamie Hoover (KSUT-FM, CO) Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) Jeff Boudreau (WCUW-FM, MA) Jeff Eads (WNKU-FM, KY) Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB) Jenny Flux (2AIR-FM, Australia) Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL) Jim Blum (WKSU-FM etc, OH) Jim Dubinsky (WUVT-FM, CA) Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH) Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON) Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA) Jo Beattie (CFUR-FM, BC) Joe Colvin (WYSO-FM, OH) Joe Gierlach (WRFL-FM, KY) Johanna Halbeisen (WXOJ-FM, MA) John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA) John Adams (KVMR-FM, CA) John Bommarito (WFHR-FM, MI) John C. Falstaff (WRFG-FM, GA) John Kalb (WSCL-FM, MD) John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT) John McLaughlin (WMUC-FM, MD) John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY) John Trout (WYEP-FM, PA) Jon 'Chip' Colcord (WNEC-FM, NH) Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) Judith Gennett (KPSU, OR) Julie Hill (CKLN-FM, ON) Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL) J�rgen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) Karen Impola (KUNI-FM, IA) Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) Ken Campbell (WSKG-FM, NY) Ken Connors (WJSJ-FM, FL) Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, NM) Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA) Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) Laurel Paulson-Pierce (KRBS-FM, CA) Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) Lee Larcheveque (WMUA-FM, MA) Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) Leonard Epstein (KRFC-FM, CO) Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) Linda Fahey (Folk Alley, syndicated) Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB) Maggie Ferguson (WXOU-FM, MI) Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA) Mark Helpsmeet (WPRR-LP, MI) Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI) Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA) Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) Mary Sue Twohy (XM) Mel DeYoung (WPSU-FM, PA) Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) Michael Benson (WPKN-FM, CT) Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) Mike Kelsey (WFHB, IN) Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO) Nicholas Hill (WVBR-FM, NY) Noah Zacharin (CKLN-FM, ON) Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) Norman Whitman (WYSO-FM, OH) Pamela Smith (WPKN-FM, CT) Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO) Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) Peter Kernast and John Bates (WTSR-FM, NJ) Peter van Zeijl (Dollard Radio-FM, The Netherlands) Randall Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL) Rich Warren (WFMT-FM, XM & syndicated, IL) Richard Gordon (WNHU-FM, CT) Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) Robyne Fawx (KDVS-FM, CA) Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ) Roz Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) Simon Dillon (Phoenix FM, Australia) Sonja Hedlund (WJFF, NY) Sonny Ochs (WRPI-FM, NY) Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO) Steve Clarke (CHES-FM, ON) Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC) Steve Harris (KRCC-FM, CO) Steve Jerrett (KOPN-FM, MO) Steve Pritchard (CKLN-FM, ON) Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT) Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia) Tamara Lewis (KBCS-FM, WA) Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia) Todd Tyson (The Point-FM, VT) Tom Bingham (WCVF-FM, NY) Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) Tom Leonardi (KZFR-FM, CA) Tom Pittman (KOOP & KUTX, TX) Valerie Cormier (CITR-FM, BC) Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) These lists are compiled and posted to the FOLKDJ-L web site every month (since October 1997). The archive of past Top Album lists is available at http://folkradio.org (the official FOLKDJ-L web site) and also, in an extended version, at http://nwfolk.com (my personal web site). The process of compiling the Top Albums list is automated (I do hand correct some obvious errors and typos). The results are based on playlists posted to FOLKDJ-L during the calendar month. I wrote a pair of programs that work with the Eudora email program's filtering feature. One program parses each playlist as it comes in and adds it to a spreadsheet. The second program processes the spreadsheet into a readable report. Playlists have to include artist, song and album name (label is optional) and be in a reasonably regular format for my program to be able to parse them. My programs wind up identifying 60% to 80% of the songs actually posted. The Top Albums list is sorted in descending order by number of plays recorded for each album. Within an album, the more popular tracks that were played are shown. 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text: Ito Takes Provisional Pole in Suzuka Cycle News Staff | July 25, 2008FCC Technical Sports Racing's Shinichi Ito (pictured) squeezed out Yoshimura's Daisaku Sakai to claim provisional pole ahead of Sunday's Suzuka 8 Hours World Championship endurance race. Sakai marked his time of two minutes, 7.984 seconds, early in the first morning session when the track was relatively cool. The time looked secure until the last session in the late afternoon when Ito, who has won pole a record six times in the 8 Hours, raced his Honda around the figure of eight course 0.317 seconds quicker. The two were the only riders to break the two minute, 8 second barrier all day. The second Yoshimura Suzuki was third fastest with a time of 2:08.284 recorded by Kosuke Akiyoshi. Akiyoshi will race with Yukio Kagayama as defending event champions. Yamaha's second best time in Thursday practice proved to be not a fluke as Katsuyuki Nakasuga, the current points leader in the All Japan superbike championship, was within 0.006 seconds of Akiyoshi's time for fourth on the combined timesheets. Ryuichi Kiyonari, chasing his second win in the race, was fastest of the four Honda Racing Corporation riders at 2:08.626. His teammate and pole position winner in 2007, Carlos Checa, was 0.007 seconds away from Kiyonari's time. With the exception of the Dunlop tires on the Yamaha, the top five motorcycle were on Bridgestone tires. Jonathon Rea, on the second HRC team, was sixth best on the Dunlop shod Honda at two minutes, 8.778 seconds. Moriwaki's Tatsuya Yamaguchi pushed his race-kit spec Honda with the inferior Japanese Dunlop race tires to stop the clock at two minutes, 9.426 seconds, good enough for sixth overall. Sakurai Honda's Chojun Kameya was a full half-second slower on the HRC spec Honda with the superior Anglo Dunlop tires with a seventh overall time of 2:09.969. The Teluru Honeybee Racing team (Honda) were living a dream on Friday when rider Hiroki Noda recorded a time of two minutes, 10.225 seconds for ninth best. The last team to make it into the top ten and the privilege to compete in the Special Stage session to set the final ten starting positions was the HARC-PRO Honda team. However, the team left the circuit licking their wounds as their first rider, Takashi Yasuda, was forced out for the rest of the event after crashing in the S-Curves. Yasuda, who broke his shoulder earlier in the year, broke his right thumb today and received a concussion. His partner, Yoshiteru Konishi, high-sided and was slightly concussed after recording a time of 2:10.872. Neither rider could remember their falls, but knew how the other fell from watching the monitor. Indeed, it was a day to be remembered for crashing, with one 30 minute session red flagged three times and the wreck pick-up crews unable to keep up. The worst incident involved the world champion Suzuki Endurance Racing Team's Vincent Philippe, who could not avoid two other fallen riders and cracked a bone in his ankle after crashing. The team will continue with Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa, who recorded the 19th best time today but were still fastest of the 18 endurance championship competing teams. The crash incident that claimed Philippe also involved the second Sakurai Honda team. Rider Kazuma Tsuda injured his right calf muscle, but continued on albeit over two seconds a lap slower than partner Josh Brookes. Jason Pridmore moved up from 60th to 40th as the team improved the tune of the engine put have yet to figure out how to make the bike go into gear on downshifts. Pridmore also cited the seemingly never-ending series of bikes crashing as a deterrent to going faster, especially the sight of a bike going straight off the Hairpin curve and clearing the fence. The Special Stage, or Superpole, session takes place on Saturday afternoon, with the race starting at 11:30 am local time on Sunday. Qualifying Results 1. T.Tsujimura(2:09.383)/S.Ito(2:07.657), Honda 2. D.Sakai(2:07.984)/A.Watanabe(2:08.239), Suzuki 3. Y.Kagayama(2:08.797)/K.Akiyoshi(2:08.284), Suzuki 4. Y.Sato(2:10.535)/K.Nakasuga(2:08.290), Yamaha 5. R.Kiyonari(2:08.626)/C.Checa(2:08.633), Honda 6. J.Rea(2:08.778)/Y.Takahashi(2:09.639), Honda 7. T.Yamaguchi(2:09.426)/C.Crutchlow(2:09.991), Honda 8. C.Kameya(2:09.969)/L.Haslam(2:10.962), Honda 9. H.Noda(2:10.225)/T.Yamamoto(2:13.608), Honda 10. T.Yasuda(2:10.955)/Y.Konishi(2:10.872), Honda Comments


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The weather improved to the point where play could recommence on day two after snow and sleet brought play on day one to a halt.
Day was already well on his way to defeating Zach Johnson when play was suspended on Wednesday the Queenslander 6 up against Johnson at the time. He would eventually win 6&5. Day will now take on Russell Henley who defeated Charl Schwartzel.
Fraser had a much closer tussle against Keegan Bradley there being no more than a hole between the pair throughout their match before Fraser grabbed the ascendancy with a birdie at the 17th and although he bogeyed the 18th, so too did Bradley.
Bradley actually holed from the fairway at the 10h hole but even that did not distract the Victorian who in his first visit to this event makes it to the second round where he will face Fredrik Jacobson.
The difference between a first round win and a loss is US50,000, Fraser and day now guaranteed US$95,000 for making it to the second round.
Adam Scott was defeated 2&1 by South African Tim Clark after fighting his way back from an early two hole deficit. Clark birdied his 16th and 17th holes to close the match out at the 17th.
John Senden was up early in his match against Bo Van Pelt but lost seven holes in succession before the match ended at the 3th, the American winning 6&5.
The two most notable defeats today however came when the world number one and two, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, were bundled out by Shane Lowry and Charles Howell 111 respectively.


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Papers in 4pSP - Speech Communications
4pSP1 An exploration of phoneme structure and models of classification
4pSP2 Trading relations; discreet versus continuous perception.
4pSP3 Perceptual weight of acoustic cues for voicing in French [t, d]:
4pSP4 An acoustic analysis of the effects of cue deletions on the
4pSP5 Selective adaptation of context-conditioned voiceless fricatives.
4pSP6 Multidimensional scaling of the native language prototype effect.
4pSP7 Training Japanese listeners to identify english /r/ and /l/: A
4pSP8 Effect of extended training on /r/ and /l/ identification by native
4pSP9 Vowel continuity and perception of /ba--wa/.
4pSP10 A developmental study of the perception of onset spectra for stop
4pSP11 A preliminary test of prototype theory for a [ba]-to-[da]
4pSP12 Acoustic correlates of phonetic prototypes: Velar stops.
4pSP13 Training native English speakers to identify Hindi dental and
4pSP14 Cue interaction in an intervocalic voiceless affricate/fricative
4pSP15 Individual variability in the use of acoustic cues to place and
4pSP16 The perception and processing of foreign-accented speech:
4pSP17 Coarticulatory information in word recognition: A phonetic priming
4pSP18 Methods for testing vowel perception in the field.
4pSP19 The perception of speech gestures.
4pSP20 The effects of clear speech on crossmodal speech perception.
4pSP21 Alternative scoring systems for the modified distinctive features
4pSP22 The vanished Lombard effect.
4pSP23 Listener performance under variations in signal content.
4pSP24 Distribution of sound levels for consonants and vowels within
4pSP25 On the correlation among neighboring energy pixels in the speech
4pSP26 Density of voicing information in purely temporal consonant
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I remember well enough how President Buhari worked really hard even doing a couple of funny things like wearing a suit to convince Nigerians he's no longer who he was known to be – a dictator. If he has to go through a lot of ordeal trying to convince Nigerians, surely the least he could do is to betray the trust of Nigerians.
He later won the election, but was quick enough to justify fears that wearing a suit, doesn't mean he has changed.
Buhari has for the past 14 months, achieved so much that he successfully brought the country to its knees in all facets. Virtually every decision or action he takes, does more harm than good to those who voted him to power.
Today, the country is greatly divided along religion, tribal and regional lines. The economy is down. The National Assembly is yet to know peace since it took off after the election. Their is hunger in the land. There are egitations across the country. There's no respect for the rule of law anymore . Witch-hunting in the name of fighting corruption is the order of the day. Freedom of information and expression is trampled upon. Herdsmen are killing freely without any aggressive effort to restrain them. Budget has now become a big issue in the country. Accountability and transparency is only possible in our imagination. Religious crisis is warming up. Unity is threatened. Appointments are lopsided and a whole lot of other issues.
Buhari does things forgetting that he is a mortal being who is sure to relinquish power at any time when the Almighty God responds to the plea of the suffering masses.
He forgot that he once wore a suit, begging Nigerians to give him a chance.
He forgot that he'll need the masses in another bid to remain in power in case he desires a second term in office.
He forgot that he is representing the north as an individual and so painting himself black would mean painting the north black.
He forgot that the evil men do lives with them.
Unless Buhari makes u-turn for good, he'll be giving other regions the impression that a Northerner cannot be trusted as such, attract rejection.
Nigerians are on high alert! Christians are on high alert! Other regions of the country are on high alert. Already the sound of disintegration is in the air. If President Buhari fails to yield to the voice of the masses and calls for restructuring, he may just make another history as the last Northerner to rule Nigeria or better still, the last President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A word is enough for the wise.
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Penguins notebook: Vitale puts fighting for job in new light with injured noseSeptember 18, 2013 4:00 AM
Penguins center Joe Vitale doesn't know if his nose was broken in his fight Sunday with Columbus defenseman James Wisniewski.
Likely never will since he hasn't gotten an X-ray.
His nose is a bit bruised and swollen -- "It's always been kind of crooked," Vitale said, smiling -- but he was back on the ice Tuesday when the Penguins practiced at Consol Energy Center and said there were no lingering effects of his bout with Wisniewski.
"Everything was fine," he said.
Whatever the merits of getting involved in a fight during the waning minutes of a preseason game might be, they would seem to be outweighed by the potential for an injury. Vitale, though, said there was nothing preconceived about the run-in with Wisniewski, who he described as "a really tough kid."
"It happened so fast," he said. "I remember the whistle. I finished my hit on him, and I gave him a whack. Next thing you know, we're both throwing [punches]."
Although Wisniewski earned a clear decision, Vitale said, "I thought it was a good fight," and seemed to have no misgivings about participating in it.
"It's one of those things where it's kind of nice to get the first one out of the way," he said. "Get right back into it."
Although Vitale returned to practice Tuesday, right winger Bobby Farnham and defenseman Brian Dumoulin, both of whom were injured in the Blue Jackets game, did not. Neither did forward Andrew Ebbett, who has an unspecified injury and is listed as day to day.
Some preseason benefits
The Penguins (0-1-1) have four more preseason games, beginning with a visit Thursday to Chicago.
Although not all established players are overly enthused about competing in games that don't count, some believe they are an indispensable tool for preparing for the regular season.
"I like to play at least three," veteran defenseman Rob Scuderi said.
"It helps you to get a better feel for what's going to be going on.
"It's still not a real game, because you're not dealing with a lot of NHL-level personnel, but it can still give you a good feeling for what the speed's going to be like and certainly getting the physicality back into the game."
He added that, while training camp can restore an edge to players' conditioning, going through game situations is the only way to truly get ready for what it is ahead.
"Going into the corner, setting your body up for a battle," Scuderi said. "Those types of things are the toughest things to get used to."
Roster cuts
The Penguins trimmed their training-camp roster to 44 by making 11 cuts Tuesday.
Forward Jean-Sebastien Dea was signed to a three-year entry-level contract, then returned to his junior team. Goalies Matt Murray and Tristan Jarry and forward Matia Marcantuoni also went back to their junior clubs.
Forwards Paul Thompson, Tom Kostopoulos, Brian Gibbons and Dominik Uher and defensemen Clark Seymour, Reid McNeill and Nick D'Agostino were assigned to the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.
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It does take a little bit of extra time with a Nikon camera since it is not totally automated. You have to change the fine focus adjustment manually each time the software prompts. On the easiest lens this too eight entries. On the hardest one to get locked in (500mm f4 w/1.4x) it took 17 entries. It was quite easy, however.
Thanks! I guess I was looking on the wrong page of their website. It only said "Canon & Nikon", but glad to know it worked with your D600.
I was wondering if it was worth it to buy a license for windows just to get a beta version for Mac (I have no use for the PC version). Sounds like it worked well fo you.
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Just three teams had a wide receiver and a tight end named to the Pro Bowl last season and the Browns were one of them.
Josh Gordon put distance between himself and his two-game drug ban like he did so many defensive backs in leading the NFL with 1,646 receiving yards. Jordan Cameron also enjoyed a breakout season with 917 yards and seven touchdowns. The Browns top receiver and tight end accrued those numbers while playing with rotating quarterbacks.
The club looks solid at tight end with Cameron and Gary Barnidge. But the Browns must find a complement receiver opposite Gordon while also upgrading in the slot after releasing troubled Davone Bess.
The draft is deep at receiver and the Browns are likely to land one in the early rounds. It wouldn't be a shock to see them grab another in free agency, particularly one adept in the slot.
Let's start with a roster reset at receiver: Gordon, Greg Little, Travis Benjamin, Josh Cooper, Tori Gurley, Charles Johnson, 25 and Conner Vernon. Now, lets look at free-agent class, which lacks star power. I don't see the Browns paying big money for Denver's Eric Decker and Seattle is likely to sign Golden Tate. So here are several alternatives:
Emmanuel Sanders (27) Pittsburgh Steelers – He posted career highs with 67 receptions, 740 yards and six TDs. Signing Sanders could strengthen the Browns in the slot, while also weakening a division rival. He had a $2.5 million salary cap hit last season.
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Lets start with a premise: Money enables us to buy things we want
The normal corollary is that we need to get more money to buy more stuff. But what if we flipped that on its head, and just wanted less stuff? Then, with the same money, we'd be able to get everything we want.
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There were strange goings-on at Philadelphia's proud Academy of Music one afternoon last week. The stage was apparently deserted but emanating from it like phantom music came the shimmering sounds of Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter, reproduced as faithfully as if the Philadelphia Orchestramen were sitting in their accustomed places, the violins down front on the left of the stage, the brasses farther back on the right, with cymbals, bells and kettledrums behind. There were other weird happenings that afternoon. Footsteps sounded spookily on the empty stage. Voices were heard asking for hammers...
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday made his third and final appointment to Detroit's hew financial advisory board, moving forward with a consent agreement designed to help resolve the city's fiscal crisis.
Mayor Dave Bing and Treasurer Andy Dillon previously appointed three members, but the Detroit City Council has delayed making its two appointments to the nine-member board as the city's top attorney prepares to challenge the legality of the consent agreement in court.
The delay means the board is likely to begin meeting without council representation.
"If a quorum of the financial advisory board is present, it can meet and conduct business," Treasury spokesman Caleb Buhs told MLive, going on to say he expects the FAB to begin meeting soon.
Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon recently sent a letter to Snyder and Treasurer Andy Dillon arguing that the consent agreement is "void and unenforceable" because the state owes Detroit $4.75 million for a 2010 water bill and $224 million in state revenue sharing.
State law and the city charter prevent Detroit from entering into a contract with a debtor, according to Crittendon, but Dillon has made it clear he does not believe either debt is legitimate.
Crittendon, Dillon and Attorney General Bill Schuette are expected to discuss the matter on a conference call next week, but it appears she is prepared to take the challenge to court regardless.
"Prior to any court action, you have to demonstrate good faith effort to resovle the debt," a law department representative said Thursday.
Crittendon is expected to seek a declaratory judgement in Ingham County Circuit Court, and council members hope a swift ruling will allow them to get back to business.
"I support the consent agreement," said Councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins. "I support what we're trying to do with the consent agreement. But I also support making sure we're on solid legal ground before we move forward."
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Arkansas Best Corp. (ABFS) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.
Arkansas Best Corporation has a market cap of $252.7 million; its shares were traded at around $10.47 with a P/E ratio of 330.8 and P/S ratio of 0.1. The dividend yield of Arkansas Best Corporation stocks is 1.2%.
Highlight of Business Operations:ABF is generally effective in managing its costs to business levels. ABFs ability to effectively manage labor costs has a direct impact on its operating performance. These costs, which are reported in ABF operating expenses and costs as salaries, wages and benefits, amounted to 60.5% and 63.2% of ABFs revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to 60.4% and 63.0% for the same periods in 2011, respectively. Labor costs, including retirement and health care benefits for ABFs contractual employees that are provided by a number of multiemployer plans (see Note G to the Companys consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q), are impacted by ABFs contractual obligations under its labor agreement primarily with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the IBT). This five-year collective bargaining agreement, the National Master Freight Agreement (the NMFA), became effective April 1, 2008 and provides for compounded annual contractual wage and benefit increases of approximately 3% to 4%, subject to additional increases for cost-of-living adjustments. The contractual wage rate increase effective primarily on April 1, 2012 under the NMFA averaged 1.9%. Contractual health, welfare and pension benefit rates under the NMFA are expected to increase by an average of 4.3% effective primarily on August 1, 2012, assuming that the request by the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Area Pension Fund (the Central States Pension Fund) for no increase in the pension contribution rate is approved, which would be consistent with the pension benefit rate effective August 1, 2011.
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Emergency and Preventative Maintenance revenues increased 29.0% and 15.0% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2011. The revenue growth was impacted by increases in customer emergency and maintenance service events of 13.1% and 1.8% during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, due to the addition of new customers coupled with warmer than normal weather during the second quarter. Emergency and Preventative Maintenance reported operating income of $0.7 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, versus operating income of $0.9 million and $1.8 million for the same periods in 2011. The decline in operating income was primarily due to the effect of incremental operating costs, including investment in sales and information technology, to continue expansion of this segment.
Revenues of Household Goods Moving Services (which was previously reported as Special Services Logistics) decreased 18.9% and 13.6% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to reduced business volumes for the respective periods, partially offset by higher pricing in the 2012 periods. Total shipments decreased 22.3% and 17.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same prior year periods, primarily reflecting the influence of pricing initiatives, the effect of reduced military moves and comparison to significant shipment growth experienced in the prior year periods. Household Goods Moving Services had operating income of $0.2 million and an operating loss of $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, compared to operating income of $0.9 million and $1.1 million for the same periods in 2011. The operating results are primarily attributable to the shipment-driven decline in revenue and incremental investment in operations, primarily additional information technology development and supply chain personnel costs. Although there can be no assurances, management believes that these incremental investments combined with the pricing initiatives, previously mentioned, will result in improved profitability.
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New Museum MakerBot Challenge!
Showcasing the endless possibilities of the Thing-O-Matic, the New Museum MakerBot Challenge is open to the entire creative community. Embodying the New Museum's mission of "New Art, New Ideas," this interactive and experiential Challenge aims to push the concept of the "derivative," by improving on or personalizing established design conventions. From the banal toothbrush to complex bicycle gears, how can 3D printing help to develop the world around us?
The winning design will be printed on a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic on display in the New Museum's window. The winning designer will receive a New Museum Deluxe membership ($400 value), a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic® Kit ($1299 value), and a special invitation to the New Museum MakerBot Challenge launch party.
Five runner-ups will have their designs printed by MakerBot and sent to them.
How to enter
– If you are not already registered, sign up for an account at Thingiverse.com
– Upload your 3D files, and tag them with NewMuseumChallenge by October 31st, 2011
– In the description, write a statement about your design. What is the design a derivative of? How does it improve on or challenge existing design conventions?
– Designs may be one single part or multiple parts that are each smaller than 4 x 4 x 4 ¾ in (100 x 100 x 120 mm) and printable on a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic.
– Different parts can be made in white, yellow, orange, red, UV reactive red, UV reactive nuclear green, camping green, blue, black, and glow-in-the-dark.
– The design may require multiple builds, however no more than three builds are allowed.
– Designs may include other parts like screws or LEDs but keep in mind the jurors will be looking for designs that utilize 3D printing's ability to empower everyone to download, print and use the design.
Who's in the jury?
A team from both MakerBot and the New Museum will select the final designs. The jurors are looking for designs that utilize the unique ability of 3D printing to personalize and improve on the world around us.
And last, here are a few existing Thingiverse items that we think belong in this challenge:
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TUCSON, Ariz. - Ben Howland raced out onto the McKale Center court less than a minute into the second half, wearing a look of pure disgust.
He didn't walk onto the court, he stomped onto it, equal parts frustrated and angry, and with good reason.
A five-point Arizona halftime lead turned into 10 in the first 40 seconds of the second half, and UCLA was on the ropes.
The Bruins swayed a bit, mustered a couple punches in return, but ultimately could not recover in an 85-74 loss that snapped a four-game winning streak.
"We were down five at the half, and then they score five unanswered to go up, and it was (Derrick Williams) both times," Howland said. "Maybe I should've started Anthony Stover in the second half."
Stover, Joshua Smith, Reeves Nelson, Brendan Lane, it wouldn't have mattered.
Williams was a force in the post and on the perimeter for the streaking Wildcats, who have won five of six, scoring 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
Starting Stover for the third straight game, Howland decided to go with Smith in the second half.
The decision did not pay dividends.
"They took advantage of his mismatch with Josh," said Nelson, who had a game-high 24 points in 30 minutes before fouling out with about three minutes left. "He's really a four man, and a big guy like Josh - and it's nothing against Josh - it's just hard for him to guard a guy like Derrick who's skilled like that. It started with that, and after that they got confidence and hit open shots. They put on a show.
"They shot 52 percent, and that's all you really need to say."
Well, no, there's more.
The Wildcats did not just shoot well, they drove to the lane with ruthless ease. Perhaps the Bruins should swap mascots with Cal State Northridge. UCLA ole'd Arizona all night, letting guards Lamont Jones and Kyle Fogg waltz into the paint.
Jones had 17 points, nine more than his season average, while adding three steals and three assists, and Fogg had 14, including 12-of-14 free-throw shooting.
The Bruins suffered from a lack of defensive communication as the mismatched Arizona lineup toyed with their rotations and help defense. Many times, the Wildcats were left unimpeded in the post or open on the perimeter, particularly in the second half, when they shot 61 percent.
"We just got sped up," Smith said. "We let little things get in our head, let the crowd get in our head, let the refs get in our head. We didn't play the right way."
That goes for the UCLA offense, as well.
When Nelson picked up his fourth foul with 11:48 left in the game, he had eight field goals. The rest of the team to that point? Eight field goals.
Nelson shot 10 of 12 for the game; the rest of the Bruins shot 14 for 46.
They were particularly porous from long range, hitting just 2-of-15 3-pointers.
"We have to focus more on what we can control, instead of worrying about bad calls or running things wrong," said point guard Lazeric Jones, who finished 0-for-7 for zero points but added six assists. "We have to play our game. If we can stay mentally tough, I think we'd play a lot better.
"We just have to let things flow more; sometimes we're running too many plays instead of using our basketball minds."
Jones was involved in the game's other big swing, as he was called for a technical foul for elbowing Fogg in the face on a loose ball.
Fogg got four free throws - hitting all four - and Arizona got the ball back, though they could not capitalize on the possession.
"They made it a little more than what it really was; me and Fogg were cool," Jones said. "I apologized to him during the game. It really was nothing blatant, I'm just an aggressive player. If someone's falling on me, I'm just trying to get them off me. It really wasn't malicious or anything like that."
The Wildcats sure responded angrily, however, stretching an eight-point lead before the foul to an 18-point lead just four minutes later, the Bruins' biggest deficit of the season.
"It was real hard," said UCLA sophomore small forward Tyler Honeycutt, after finihshing 1-for-8 from the field. "We try to tell ourselves not to give up and we played hard at the end. I always thought the game was winnable so we kept trying to push it and get stops and force turnovers."


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Close to eight years at the international level and yet, Suresh Raina the cricketer isn't content.
Having earned flak for not performing up to expectations in the T20 and ODI series against Pakistan, Raina worked overtime on his batting and the result is there for all to see — a Man of the Series award against England and a place in the top 10 of the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen.
But it is not just about the shorter formats for one of India's vital cogs.
Raina's mission is to get back into the Test side and cement his place, after having been part of just 17 games compared to 159 ODIs and 36 T20Is.
Raina said his personal success had stemmed from the burning desire to score runs consistently.
"I think the desire within to make it as a permanent member of the Test team and the intent to play as many first- class matches as possible has really helped me a lot. And that is the reason for the success that I achieved in this series. This was my first Man of the Series award and I think the hard work that I put at the nets with [ coach] Duncan Fletcher, [ bowling coach] Joe Dawes and [ fielding coach] Trevor Penney has really helped me," Raina told Mail Today.
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Coming in at number five, Raina aggregated 277 runs from four innings at an average of 92.33. The best part was that he scored a fifty in all the four innings he played — showing that the effort to be consistent is indeed reaping rewards.
Raina feels the time he spent in domestic cricket has really helped him improve his fitness as well as concentration and the results are showing in his batting.
"After being dropped from the Test squad, after the series against New Zealand, I spent quality time training for my state team — Uttar Pradesh. That span of time really helped. Even in the nets, I was looking to not get out.
I was thinking of the situations that I would face in a match and how I would overcome them. Consistency is really important and that is what I was looking at achieving. You can't score runs in a match and then falter in the next couple of games. That is an area I worked on," the 26- year- old batsman from Ghaziabad said.
Raina says his hunger made him work overtime and also concentrate on his fitness and not just his batting skills.
"Even during the ODI series, I would come in early and work on my fitness.
The three-day gaps between matches gave me time to work on other areas and not just my batting," he said.
UP coach Venkatesh Prasad says Raina had promised him he would take permission from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and get exempted from playing in the fifth ODI in Dharamsala so that he could play for UP in the Ranji Trophy final, had the state managed to qualify.
"Right from the start of the domestic season, he had made his intent very clear to me. I could see the desire in him to get back into the Test squad.
Not only did he work hard with us at the nets, he even told me that if we did manage to qualify for the finals of the Ranji Trophy, he would take permission from the BCCI and the team management and represent UP, skipping the fifth ODI. That shows the hunger he has in him to prove himself in the longer format of the game," Prasad told Mail Today.
With Yuvraj Singh failing to do justice to the number six position and MS Dhoni's ploy to play four spinners in the last Test against England in Nagpur flopping, Raina could very well see himself back in the whites for the upcoming series against Australia.
Close to eight years at the international level and yet, Suresh Raina the cricketer isn't content.


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Written on: 13/02/2016 by mikehopkins1425 (1 review written)
Bought the Escort Home tactical Simi Auto from my local Big Five. Took it to the range and got only four rounds off before the bolt locked in the full rear position. The carrier is all messed up now and sticks. Took it apart and observed that the O ring on the piston is missing. Also, The gun would only load two shells. Sending back for repairs on Monday. We will see… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/07/2015 by Jenkinsmr431 (1 review written)
I have black synthetic auto, walnut auto and now a walnut pump. The guns are excellent but the chokes are mismarked and give poor patterns. I use Rem chokes in my plastic auto and take .005" off the OD of choke from the thread to the end of the end of the choke on my friends lathe and have done it by hand on one Rem choke with a file and emory cloth within .0005 taking several readings. Not bad for being 86 yrs old. I have shot the autos for two years without a problem using Rem chokes. I plan… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/04/2015 by cardinals62 (1 review written)
I have an Escort Magnum 12g semi-auto, with black synthetic finish. It shoots pretty true but it is a pain to reload. The first two shells load fine but the third shell hardly ever slides in. I usually just have to shoot two shells and then reload. If they fixed this I would give 5 stars… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/01/2015 by Cruz270 (1 review written)
I need some help with finding a part for my gun !!!! does anyone know how to a part from this company???… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/10/2014 by Paisleym59 (1 review written)
Bought the gun for clay shooting and used it straight out of the box, chose the wood finish over the black synthetic, but what a gun. It felt right, right from the word "pull". Amazing gun for the price, would recommend it to anyone… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/10/2014
Bought my semi-auto today for clay shooting and wildfowling and I was very impressed how it handled on the clays, love the gun and money well spent too. Looking forward to many happy days shooting with my gun. Top Marks!… Read Full Review
Written on: 15/08/2014 by purespetsnaz (3 reviews written)
I bought this shotgun mainly for hunting as I had a side by side for clay shooting. At first I thought the barrel was too long for the hunting I was doing so I went to a local gun shop and got a shorter one. The original barrel was 33 inches long (with choke fitted). The new barrel is 27 inches long (with choke fitted). with the shorter barrel fitted I think it will serve well for shooting squirrels and an unsuspecting bugs bunny. The longer barrel I will use for decoy shooting mainly. I do… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/12/2013 by baggus (6 reviews written)
I bought the latest escort magnum,that is the one with the external chokes and also the bolt release is now in the loading gate. The reason I bought this was to use it as a bad weather gun as I didn't want to damage my expensive over and under shotgun. The gun is black synthetic it performs faultlessly only issue seems to be some snobbery at the shooting ground it seems that some people are happy enough but others think your lower class because of the Hatsan. I bought this gun in West Yorkshire… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/01/2014
Buy a gun for yourself mate if you like it sod anyone else I have two hatsans a semi auto and the optima o/u and I love them both
Written on: 21/01/2014
Thanks for your comments and I totally agree the more I use the hatsan the more I like it,as you say buy whatever you want and sod everyone else.
Written on: 18/02/2014
I bought myself the same semi from kirklees guns this weekend and it cycled all i put through it 67mm 70mm and 76mm faultlessly. very happy Soontjen.
Written on: 14/03/2014
sad to say the escort is giving me problems now its jamming and the cartridges get stuck under the loading lever and above the bolt release lever. no problems with the guarantee so will have to try it after its repaired. dealer says the dont have issues with this gun so maybe its me got a bad one. will post info how it performs when i get it baack.
Written on: 29/03/2014
got the escort back and will try it out this weekend. no quibble guarantee is brilliant just had to phone Edgar Bros. and arranged for repair. Dropped gun off at local dealer (not even the one where i bought it) it was back in 2 weeks.
going to Humberside Shooting Ground on Sunday and will try to put 100 mixed cartridges through it.
I will take my o/u shotgun as well just in case of problems.
Written on: 11/01/2015
after several problems with this gun it has been replaced by Edgar Bros, up to now i have not used the new gun. I think I have lost confidence in the gun. the fault was in the loading of the second/third cartridge and the only shot I could be sure of was the first one. its a shame but i like to put up 2 clays at once and i need the second shot. would like to sell it as its never been fired so maybe get a decent price for it.
Written on: 07/09/2015
Never fired the replacement gun I sold it and bought a Beretta 301 made in 1977 what a difference. Would never buy a hatsan ever again.but the 5 years unconditional guarantee by Edgar Bros is excellent. Can't say the same for the gun.
Written on: 25/10/2013
I purchased the Escort Magnum in 12 gauge black synthetic for $350 out the door and love it. I have around 400 shells through it and it has never failed. The bolt has failed to lock all the way back after the final shot but that only happened until I got about 100 rounds through it and has not happened since so I attribute that too the gun not being fully broken in yet. My favorite thing about the gun is that it come with shims so it can be adjusted to the shooter. I have never had a properly… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/10/2013 by countryboy474 (1 review written)
It is a very good gun. I have used the gun for three years and it still works great!! I use the gun to hunt hog, deer, dove,and squirrel. I have some youtube videos of me killing deer with this gun! the deer does a front flip! http://youtu.be/SRgtuXKYk_4… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/08/2013 by Limeyindurango (3 reviews written)
I went to Kellbrook Shooting School with the intention of coming home with a Benelli or Winchesster X3 but came home with a new Hatsan Escort, thanks to Arroni was talked out of spending 3x what I had intended to spend and took his recommendation and bought the Hatsan. I have put around 500 rounds through is for both pigeon and clays and so far it's been faultless, looks good in black, shoots where I point it and with all the extras I can set it up for me with the shims provided. Easy to strip… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/07/2013
Having owned a selection of sbs & ou shotguns I started to miss targets due to arthritis in my left hand so bought a franchi semi auto to use & found improvement so on this development I decided to buy an Hatsan escort magnam synthetic & WOW? what an improvement I just love the gun, good all rounder with plenty safety features & it mounts so comfortable. It came with 5 chokes & stock packs for adjustment.Realy like the fact that you can lock the loaded cartridges in the bottom chamber instead… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/05/2013
I have owned my 3" chambered Escort semi auto 12 gauge shotgun for a few years now. It generally operates well but I have just shot the opening of the 2013 duck season and broken the 5th spring clip that holds the gas piston bushing to the action bar. This means the gun won't cycle the next round into the chamber. I was assured the gun had been repaired with a superceded part the last time this happened and that it wouldn't happen again. Wrong!! The gas piston had also fractured where the… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/08/2015
How much abuse did you put this gun through? Do you think you got your money's worth in the years you had it? I know its not a benelli, but where else can you find a new lefty thats outrageously priced?
Written on: 05/04/2013
I bought an older Escort Magnum semi auto serial No. 59548 2 days ago. The seller said that occasionally he had difficulty opening the bolt. Sure enough, the bolt would lock closed especially when releasing the bolt without a cartridge; but this was random.... Upon stripping the bolt I found the locking lug at the top of the bolt had broken at it's pivot point..when the bolt was released slowly the pieces would stay together and function. When it slammed home in the breech as it is supposed to… Read Full Review
Written on: 03/04/2013 by stevekenn (1 review written)
I bought my escort in wood in January 12. I only shoot clays with it and it cycles fine. I usually stick to 70mm cartridges as these seem to cycle better. I recently purchased a synthetic stock and forend for it for £50. The plastic is lighter and the checkering is so much better than the wood version. I recently enquired about getting some extended chokes for mine, but having done some research it seems you can't fit the extended hatsan chokes in my barrel. I would have to buy a new barrel… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/03/2013
i have put thousands of rounds through it and it goes bang every time. i have taken it to Nebraska on pheasant hunting trips and it shot great. its my favorite duck gun!… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/06/2012 by 9Fatboy9 (1 review written)
Bought the Escort two years ago for rough shooting as I didn't want to use my Browning 525 or my Beretta 686. Its been absolutely brilliant brought all sorts down ranging from small vermin to Canada geese. Just recently both my Browning and Beretta were out of action and I was going into a skeet comp. Fist time ever i got a 25 followed by two 22's and a 23. Sod the Browning and Beretta the Hatsan is defo coming out with me shooting skeet again. Only ever cleaned it once as well just shows… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/02/2012 by Trainwrecknkc (1 review written)
I bought it new at academy. Took it skeet shooting and it fired 15 rounds and then the firing pin broke. Glad I brought another gun along. It Was cheap and I got what I paid for!… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/04/2011
Great gun had it for two years now 500 or so shells through it from solids, buck shot to 5 lead handles 3inch to 2 3/4 no problem not 1 misfire, great gun a lot of birds I've met I bet didn't like it, if your on the fence get one!!!! Only issue was front fluro sight fell out whilst shooting solids a just sent it back and the fixed it no worries. Great getting the chokes and mag ext you can mow down quite a few birds with 8 shots… Read Full Review
Written on: 19/04/2011
Great duck gun cheap, (black and ugly) works all the time, good as friends Benella's and I payed $350 for it. Who cares if the dog walks on it. IT JUST plain works!!! I shoot wobble skeet with it and the more I shoot it, the more I like it. I do have to bend over and pick up shells and you can't break it open like a double. This ones not pretty it's a tool, good enough foe me… Read Full Review
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State Fair Challenge
2pm- 4pm
Admission: $7 for Adults, $5 for children under 12 and seniors 65+
1441 S 68th Street, West Allis, WI 53214, 53214
Visit the Landmark of West Allis Senior Apartments on Sunday July 27th for our State Fair Challenge! All proceeds will be benefitting the Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation!
These cupcakes are worthy of a blue ribbon! We will also be hosting a raffle and a costume contest.
Sponsored by the Landmark of West Allis Senior Apartments and Guardian Software Systems


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With a total surface area of 35,500 m2 on three floors, the Aqua Portimão shopping centre in southern Portugal has:
- 117 major chain stores,
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- a 1,800-space car park on three underground levels, also equipped with electric vehicle charging stations.
Opened in 2011, the Aqua Portimão shopping centre was sold by Bouygues Immobilier to Klépierre (50%) and Generali Immobilier (50%).
The Aqua Portimão shopping centre is located on the outskirts of Portimão, in the heart of one of the main tourist areas on Portugal's southern coast. Benefiting from the Algarve's sunny climate, close to the coast and its beaches, the shopping centre has all the advantages of a prime tourist destination whose population quadruples during the summer.
Close to the town's main shopping district, the hospital and main roads into the town centre, Aqua Portimão has a catchment area of over 200,000 inhabitants.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Political figures began pointing fingers at each other right after news broke that the U.S. had been downgraded from a perfect AAA credit rating to a AA+ by Standard and Poor's.
Democrats immediately blamed the downgrade on tea party Republicans. On NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., dubbed it "the tea party downgrade," condemning House Republicans for contributing to the "prolonged controversy over raising the statutory debt ceiling," which Standard and Poor's said influenced its decision to downgrade.
Utah's GOP delegation adamantly disagrees with Kerry — all of them voted against the bill that raised the debt ceiling, and all believe that the White House's continued government spending and the national debt are to blame for the nation's downgrade, not the tea party Republicans.
Yet, both parties are guilty of a far worse sin than the downgrade — together they've created a dangerous environment of market uncertainty, according to James R. Kearl, a professor of economics at Brigham Young University.
"Until we reverse the course of irresponsible spending, we are not only impeding our economy's ability to stabilize and prosper, we are (also) creating a crushing burden of debt for generations to come," said Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, reiterating the need for reduced market uncertainty. He also echoed the sentiments of President Barack Obama's chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs, Admiral Mike Mullen, who said the biggest threat to national security is the federal debt level.
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch could not agree more. "The reckless spending habits coming out of this White House and their liberal allies in Congress have put us in this fiscal fiasco," he said in a statement.
Even more adamant in condemning government spending for the downgrade this week was Hatch's likely primary challenger, Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
"My whole 2007 campaign was about the dangers of our national debt and restoring fiscal responsibility," said Chaffetz. "We actually offered a solution to cut, cap and balance that passed in the house — it was Senate Democrats and the White House who prevented passing a real long-term plan to solve our national debt problem."
With regard to claims that the tea party supporters are to blame for obstructing plans to raise the debt ceiling, Chaffetz pointed out that more House Democrats (95) voted against the bill than House Republicans (66).
Yet, House Republicans were much more focused on cutting spending and preventing tax increases than House Democrats. For example, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said "the only way we are truly going to restore full confidence is if we completely overhaul current spending practices in Washington, D.C. This begins by disbursing the concentration of federal power back to the states and to the people."
Utah's lone Democrat in the delegation Rep. Jim Matheson, was more measured than his Republican colleagues in pointing fingers over the downgrade,
"Today was not a good day for U.S. markets as we continue to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression," Matheson said Monday. "This is a reminder that now is the time to put politics aside and work in a bipartisan way to craft public policy that emphasizes long-term fiscal responsibility."
Matheson's call for bipartisan, long-term solutions was shared by prominent economists, who say both sides of the aisle are to blame for the state of the economy.
"The press has made a big deal over the downgrade but really the markets still trust the U.S. Treasury. The real problem that politicians have overlooked is the enormous uncertainty that caused the stock market to drop this week — both Republicans and Democrats are to blame for causing this uncertainty," said BYU economics professor Kearl. "This committee they formed just makes things worse creating more uncertainty because no one knows exactly what they will do."
Economists say the only real long-term solution lies in a mix of bipartisan cuts to so-called entitlements, like Medicare and Social Security, and increased federal revenues. Unfortunately, lawmakers face several challenges in putting these long-term solutions into law.
"Large-scale reductions in entitlements are feasible only if phased in gradually—which would have to be done anyway in order to avoid a serious jolt to the current weak economy," said Richard Posner, a federal judge and renowned scholar of law and economics at the University of Chicago Law School, in a blog post last week. "The problem is that Congress cannot make credible long-term commitments to reduce spending because it cannot bind subsequent Congresses. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that both political parties are much fonder of increased spending than of increased taxes, so there is built-in momentum for increased government debt."
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You Have the Power (yhtp.org) and the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections will host "Walk Off Crime for No More Victims" 5K Walk this weekend, September 28. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. The Walk begins at 10 a.m.
The walk will start and end at the Nashville Metro Courthouse steps at 2nd Avenue and Union Street. The route will proceed through downtown Nashville and back to the Courthouse.
This is the signature event for You Have the Power—Know How to Use It. The Walk celebrates the organization's 20 years of serving the community as a statewide non-profit victim advocacy organization. Founded in 1993 by former First Lady Andrea Conte, who was herself a victim of kidnapping in 1998, the organization's mission is to advocate, educate and empower victims and communities impacted by violent crime. Conte will lead the walk.


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Member Care
The member care ministry seeks to extend the arms of Salem to all of our members.
Our Ministry includes the following areas of responsibility.
Greeting – Member Care makes Salem a welcoming place by greeting and assisting members and visitors on Sunday mornings and at other congregational events.
Visitation – Member Care maintains a caring connection with our home bound members. Our visitation team contacts these members regularly and works with our staff to keep them close to our fellowship through conversation, prayer, and support.
Prayer – Member Care connects our members through prayer ministries including Sunday morning prayer teams and small group prayer meetings.
Crisis Support – Member Care provides the support of the congregation to members in crisis. This ministry includes many forms of assistance in times of need. We offer prayer shawls to those facing a difficult trial as a way of sharing our love and encouragement.
New Members – Member Care introduces Salem to our new members. We welcome and assist them in discovering their call to ministry at Salem.
Information – Member Care keeps our members in touch by maintaining a data base of our members and providing a church directory.
Please feel free to contact Sue Siebels at Member Care with any questions.
Christmas Season 2015
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Celebrities Take Patent Leather: Who Do You Think Wore It Best?
Ads br Patent leather is back in the scene. Patent leather are leathers that have shinny glossy finish. Patent leather comes in different colors like neon green, black, hot pink, nude colors and white. Patent leather has a mirror like finish and is water resistant, it is also flexible and…Read More


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Four new faces in Germany squad
Germany coach Joachim Loew has named four debutants in his squad for the friendly against Chile next week.
Loew included some surprise names for the March 5 clash -- his last selection before he needs to make an initial decision on who he might take to this summer's World Cup.
Hamburg attacker Pierre-Michel Lasogga, centre-backs Matthias Ginter of Freiburg and Shkodran Mustafi of Sampdoria, and Augsburg winger Andre Hahn have all earned their maiden call-ups to the Germany squad.
The most surprising name to appear on the list is perhaps former Everton player Mustafi, 21, who now plays in Serie A.
The inclusion of Hahn, 23, has also raised eyebrows, with Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus seemingly rested following injury problems in recent weeks.
"We already had Shkodran Mustafi and Matthias Ginter on our radar through their U21 apperances, and just like Pierre-Michel Lasogga and Andre Hahn, they have more than deserved to be named in the squad," Loew told the German Football Association's official website.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger returns to the Germany squad for the first time since October 2013, having been sidelined with an ankle injury.
"Bastian is in a good way, and he has shown through impressive performances for FC Bayern," Loew said. "We all know just how important he is for us. He is a world-class player, who can make the difference in Brazil."
Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski also return after their most recent injuries, while Borussia Dortmund's Kevin Grosskreutz has a chance to win his fifth cap, having last played for Die Nationalmannschaft in February 2011.
Loew explained that while several key players have been struggling with injury problems, this also means that "we now have the chance to act and work on solutions and alternatives for an emergency."
He added: "That's why we have decided to bring in fresh faces, who have constantly shown good performances for their respective clubs in recent weeks and months. All our plans are fully geared to our first World Cup match against Portugal on June 16."
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund).
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund).
Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Andre Hahn (Augsburg), Mario Goetze, Toni Kroos, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil, Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Andre Schuerrle (Chelsea), Sidney Sam (Bayer Leverkusen).
Attackers: Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hamburg), Miroslav Klose (Lazio).
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Dez Bryant: I love my job; 'I'm doing a better job of respecting it'
IRVING - Dez Bryant is entering the prime of his career. He's coming off his first trip to the Pro Bowl and his third consecutive season with at least nine touchdowns.
But there's plenty of room for improvement, the 25-year-old Dallas Cowboys wide receiver said Monday.
How does he plan on taking his game to another level?
"Staying humble and just always leaving room in your head that you can get better," Bryant said. "That's what I believe. I feel like I got a lot to work on."
One of his biggest improvements over the last few seasons has been his route-running. Bryant acknowledged that losing a few pounds in the off-season has helped him even more in that area.
"Feeling lighter," he said. "Flying off the ball. Something I've been working on before OTAs. As of right now, it's been good. I'm anxious to see what it is on the field in a real game."
Bryant said he weighed 218 pounds last season and is down to between 212-214. His increased cardio and core work have also helped his back. Bryant missed practice time last season and in 2010 because of back issues. He needed a wheelchair to get to the team plane after a season-ending loss to Washington in 2012 because of severe back pain.
"I know what I'm doing I'm going to keep doing because it's been helping me," Bryant said. "I haven't been having any back problems. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing."
If his back problems are a thing of the past, Bryant could be in for career numbers in 2014. After all, Scott Linehan, Dallas' new offensive play-caller, has never been conservative about throwing the football.
"I think he's a great player," Linehan said Monday. "I've always thought that, just going against him from the other sideline. He's just got some really special qualities and some really elite-type traits that give him the ability to be a dominant player. It's just going to be really fun to work with him."
Working hard on the field, in the film room and in the weight room have helped Bryant consistently improve. Staying out of trouble off the field has also benefited his play. Bryant said all of that is part of his maturation as a player.
Now, he's in a position to set an example for younger teammates.
Bryant said his message to them is to "love and respect the job you do."
"If you do that, you're going to dominate," he said. "I love my job. I'm doing a better job of respecting it."
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