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Miami City Ballet, New World Symphony collaborate on performer-led program
The dancers of Miami City Ballet and the musicians of New World Symphony have spent most of their careers doing what they're told by teachers, choreographers, conductors and directors. But Tuesday evening, members of both ensembles will present a show of original choreography to live music they've created and put together entirely on their own, a collaboration that's unprecedented for both.
"It's been very stressful but super refreshing … it's really been an awesome experience," says Jeremy Morrow, a NWS bass trombonist who has organized more than 40 NWS Fellows to play for more than 25 MCB dancers in a show that's part of the symphony's Behind the Music series. "We never expected this, but it's one of New World's biggest productions this season."
The idea for the collaboration arose last spring, after New York City Ballet dancer and choreographer Justin Peck created a duet for MCB for a show at the symphony. Ballet artistic director Lourdes Lopez and NWS director of community engagement Robert Smith, a former dancer, arranged for some of the musicians to watch the dance troupe's daily technique class. But the performers took it from there.
MCB dancer Michael Sean Breeden, an organizer on the ballet side, said that watching the Peck piece unfold, as well as two previous seasons when choreographers Liam Scarlett and Alexei Ratmansky had also choreographed new ballets for the company. This left the dancers hungry to create and perform something new.
"This season we didn't have a new piece commissioned … so people were eager to have a taste of that again," says Breeden.
A small group of dancers and musicians met at an Italian restaurant in Miami Beach and continued in casual get-togethers to show each other music and dance they loved. Gradually they brought in other members of their respective companies. "It was like new friends getting to know each other, which made the collaborative process easy and a lot of fun," Morrow says.
The program includes a contemporary John Adams composition, choreographed by Sara Esty; a dance created by her sister Leigh-Ann Esty to music from the first Star Wars movie; another by the dynamic young Brazilian dancer Renan Cerdeiro to George Gershwin preludes; dances by Ariel Rose, to a Bach concerto for harpsichord and strings; and by Eric Trope to a Brahms cello and piano sonata. Zoe Zien filmed her piece to Debussy's Danse sacrée et danse profane at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; the film will be shown while the musicians play live.
The most ambitious work is Adriana Pierce's dance to Alberto Ginastera's Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23, for 30 musicians. NWS's video, sound and lighting technicians are producing the event.
Morrow, whose girlfriend is a modern dancer, says he has long wanted to bring dancers and musicians closer than the traditional arrangement of musicians in the orchestra pit and dancers on stage. "I've always wondered why there's such a divide between live music and dance," he says. "It seems like it's only there because it has been there. Musicians feel movement when they play, and dancers feel music. Every dancer I've ever spoken to … wants that connection."
MCB dancers have periodically staged "Our Show" performances at the troupe's studio theater, with a mix of their own and others dances, while NWS fellows create the Behind the Music programs. But this first collaboration is the most ambitious either group has attempted, squeezing rehearsals into their already packed schedule of rehearsals and performances.
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"It's very much a labor of love for us," says Breeden. "You can't put a price on the artistic benefit."
Morrow says watching dance and music come together has been a revelation. "I was amazed at how what I heard in the music was absolutely what was created in the choreography," he says. "The parallels are just huge."


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National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives logo
|Agency overview
1934(Independent Agency April 1, 1985)[1]
|Preceding Agency
|National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
|Federal government of the United States
|700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
|2,462 (2009)[2]
|Annual budget
|$391 million (FY 2012)[3]
|Agency executives
David Ferriero, Archivist[4]
Debra Steidel Wall, Deputy Archivist[5]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives.[6] NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and executive orders, and federal regulations. The NARA also transmits votes of the Electoral College to Congress.
The chief administrator of NARA is the Archivist of the United States.
- 1 Organization
- 2 History
- 3 Records
- 4 Facilities and exhibition
- 5 Social Media and Web 2.0
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes
- 8 References
- 9 Further reading
- 10 External links
The Archivist of the United States is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archivist not only maintains the official documentation of the passage of amendments to the U.S. Constitution by state legislatures, but has the authority to declare when the constitutional threshold for passage has been reached, and therefore when an act has become an amendment.
The Office of the Federal Register publishes the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and United States Statutes at Large, among others. It also administers the Electoral College.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)—the agency's grant-making arm—awards funds to state and local governments, public and private archives, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations to preserve and publish historical records. Since 1964, the NHPRC has awarded some 4,500 grants.
The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged NARA with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures and compliance of Federal agencies and to recommend changes to FOIA. NARA's mission also includes resolving FOIA disputes between Federal agencies and requesters.
Originally, each branch and agency of the U.S. government was responsible for maintaining its own documents, which often resulted in records loss and destruction. Congress established the National Archives Establishment in 1934 to centralize federal record keeping, with the Archivist of the United States as chief administrator. The National Archives was incorporated with GSA in 1949; in 1985 it became an independent agency as NARA (National Archives and Records Administration).
The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established by Congress. As a result of a first Hoover Commission recommendation, in 1949 the National Archives was placed within the newly formed General Services Administration (GSA). The Archivist served as a subordinate official to the GSA Administrator until the National Archives and Records Administration became an independent agency on April 1, 1985.
In March 2006, it was revealed by the Archivist of the United States in a public hearing that a memorandum of understanding between NARA and various government agencies existed to "reclassify", i.e., withdraw from public access, certain documents in the name of national security, and to do so in a manner such that researchers would not be likely to discover the process (the U.S. reclassification program).[7] An audit indicated that more than one third withdrawn since 1999 did not contain sensitive information.[8] The program was originally scheduled to end in 2007.
In 2010, Executive Order 13526 created the National Declassification Center[9] to coordinate declassification practices across agencies, provide secure document services to other agencies, and review records in NARA custody for declassification.
In 2011, a retired employee pled guilty to stealing original sound recordings from the archives.[10][11][12] Archival Recovery Teams investigate stolen records.[13]
NARA's holdings are classed into "record groups" reflecting the governmental department or agency from which they originated. Records include paper documents, microfilm, still pictures, motion pictures, and electronic media.
Archival descriptions of the permanent holdings of the federal government in the custody of NARA are stored in Archival Research Catalog[14] (ARC). The archival descriptions include information on traditional paper holdings, electronic records, and artifacts.[15] As of December 2012, the catalog consisted of about 10 billion logical data records describing 527,000 artifacts and encompassing 81% of NARA's records.[16] There are also 922,000 digital copies of already digitized materials.[16]
Most records at NARA are in the public domain, as works of the federal government are excluded from copyright protection. However, records from other sources may still be protected by copyright or donor agreements.[17] Executive Order 13526 directs originating agencies to declassify documents if possible before shipment to NARA for long-term storage,[18] but NARA also stores some classified documents until they can be declassified. Its Information Security Oversight Office monitors and sets policy for the U.S. government's security classification system.
Many of NARA's most requested records are frequently used for genealogy research. This includes census records from 1790 to 1930, ships' passenger lists, and naturalization records.
Facilities and exhibition
National Archives Building
The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, located north of the National Mall on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., opened as its original headquarters in 1935. It holds the original copies of the three main formative documents of the United States and its government: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It also hosts a copy of the 1297 Magna Carta confirmed by Edward I.[19] These are displayed to the public in the main chamber of the National Archives, which is called the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom. The National Archives Building also exhibits other important American historical documents such as the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the Emancipation Proclamation, and collections of photography and other historically and culturally significant American artifacts.
Once inside the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, there are no lines to see the individual documents and visitors are allowed to walk from document to document as they wish. For over 30 years the National Archives have forbidden flash photography but the advent of cameras with automatic flashes have made the rules increasingly difficult to enforce. As a result, all filming, photographing, and videotaping by the public in the exhibition areas has been prohibited since February 25, 2010.[20]
National Archives at College Park
Because of space constraints, NARA opened a second facility, known informally as Archives II, in 1994 near the University of Maryland, College Park campus (8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001). Largely because of this proximity, NARA and the University of Maryland engage in cooperative initiatives.[21] The College Park campus includes an archaeological site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[22]
Affiliated facilities
The National Archives Building in downtown Washington holds record collections such as all existing federal census records, ships' passenger lists, military unit records from the American Revolution to the Philippine-American War, records of the Confederate government, the Freedmen's Bureau records, and pension and land records.
There are also ten Affiliated Archives[23] locations across the U.S. which hold, by formal, written agreement with NARA,[24] accessioned records.
- Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania State Archives, Bureau of Archives and History, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
- U.S. Military Academy Archives, West Point, New York
- University of North Texas Libraries, Denton, Texas
- William W. Jeffries Memorial Archives, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
- Yellowstone National Park Archives, Wyoming
Regional facilities
There are facilities across the country with research rooms, archival holdings, and microfilms of documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region.
- Atlanta, Georgia, Southeast Region[25]
- Boston, Massachusetts, Northeast Region[26]
- Chicago, Illinois, Great Lakes Region[27]
- Denver, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Region[28]
- Fort Worth, Texas, Southwest Region[29]
- Kansas City, Missouri, Central Plains Region[30]
- New York City, New York, Northeast Region[31]
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid Atlantic Region[32]
- Riverside, California, Pacific Region[33]
- San Bruno, California, Pacific Region[34]
- Seattle, Washington, Pacific Alaska Region[35]
Two offices in the St. Louis, Missouri area comprise the National Personnel Records Center.[36]
- Spanish Lake, Missouri, Military Personnel Records Center[37][38]
- Valmeyer, Illinois, Civilian Personnel Records Center,[39]
In addition, Federal Records Centers exist in each region that house materials owned by Federal agencies. Federal Records Centers are not open for public research. For example, the FRC in Lenexa, Kansas holds items from the treatment of John F. Kennedy after his fatal shooting in 1963.
Presidential libraries
NARA also maintains the Presidential Library system, a nationwide network of libraries for preserving and making available the documents of U.S. presidents since Herbert Hoover. The Presidential Libraries include:
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York
- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts
- Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas
- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California
- George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas
- William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas
- George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas
Libraries and museums have been established for other presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge libraries. For example, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is owned and operated by the state of Illinois.
Public-private partnerships
In an effort to make its holdings more widely available and more easily accessible, the National Archives began entering into public-private partnerships in 2006. A joint venture with Google will digitize and offer NARA video online. When announcing the agreement, Archivist Allen Weinstein said that this pilot program is
...an important step for the National Archives to achieve its goal of becoming an archive without walls. Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality. For the first time, the public will be able to view this collection of rare and unusual films on the Internet."[40]
On 10 January 2007, the National Archives and Fold3.com (formerly Footnote)[41] launched a pilot project to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings. Allen Weinstein explained that this partnership would "allow much greater access to approximately 4.5 million pages of important documents that are currently available only in their original format or on microfilm" and "would also enhance NARA's efforts to preserve its original records."[42]
In July 2007, the National Archives announced it would make its collection of Universal Newsreels from 1929 to 1967 available for purchase through CreateSpace, an Amazon.com subsidiary. During the announcement, Weinstein noted that the agreement would "...reap major benefits for the public-at-large and for the National Archives." Adding, "While the public can come to our College Park, MD research room to view films and even copy them at no charge, this new program will make our holdings much more accessible to millions of people who cannot travel to the Washington, DC area." The agreement also calls for CreateSpace partnership to provide the National Archives with digital reference and preservation copies of the films as part of NARA's preservation program.[43]
In May 2008, the National Archives announced a five-year agreement to digitize selected records including the complete U.S. Federal Census Collection, 1790-1930, passenger lists from 1820-1960 and WWI and WWII draft registration cards.[44] The partnership agreement allows for exclusive use of the digitized records by Ancestry.com for a 5-year embargo period at which point the digital records will be turned over to the National Archives. [45]
Social Media and Web 2.0
The National Archives currently utilizes social media and Web 2.0 technologies in attempt to communicate better with the public.[46]
On June 18, 2009, the National Archives announced the launching of a YouTube channel "to showcase popular archived films, inform the public about upcoming events around the country, and bring National Archives exhibits to the people."[47] Also in 2009, the National Archives launched a Flickr photostream to share portions of its photographic holdings with the general public.[48] A new teaching with documents website premiered in 2010 and was developed by the education team. The website[49] features 3,000 documents, images, and recordings from the holdings of the Archives. The site also features lesson plans and tools for creating new classroom activities and lessons.
In 2011 the National Archives initiated a Wikiproject on the English Wikipedia to expand collaboration in making its holdings widely available through Wikimedia.
See also
- 1973 National Archives Fire
- Sandy Berger, National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton, pled guilty to 2004 theft in Archives
- List of U.S. state libraries and archives
- Digital preservation
- Electronic Records Archives
- Library of Congress Digital Library project
- List of national archives
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
- National Security Archive
- U.S. Constitution
- White House Millennium Council (time capsule)
- Archival Recovery Team
- Apollo 11 lunar sample display
- Apollo 17 lunar sample display
- ^ "Archival Milestones". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "Strategic Human Capital Plan 2009-2014" (PDF). archives.gov. 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request
- ^ "David Ferriero Confirmed by U.S. Senate as 10th Archivist of the United States" (Press release). National Archives and Records Administration. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "Meet our Senior Staff". archives.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "What's an Archives". archives.gov. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "Secret Agreement Reveals Covert Program to Hide Reclassification from Public". National Security Archive. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ Scott Shane (April 27, 2006). "National Archives Says Records Were Wrongly Classified".
- ^ "National Archives and Declassification". Archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Tricia Bishop (October 4, 2011). "National Archives employee pleads guilty to stealing recordings". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ Banks, Kathy. "Guilty Plea in National Archives Audio Thefts". NBC Washington. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ "Ex-Employee Put National Archives On eBay". NPR. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ Faye Fiore (August 8, 2010). "Guardians of the nation's attic". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ NARA. "Archival Research Catalog (ARC)". Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ NARA. "Open Government at the National Archives". Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b NARA. "About Archival Research Catalog (ARC)". Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Copyright, Permissions and Restrictions Notice". archives.gov. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ Section 3.2 (d)
- ^ "Featured Document: The Magna Carta". Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "National Archives Announces New Ban on Photography" (Press release). archives.gov. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ archives.org "Conference SponsorsNational Archives and Records Administration - University of Maryland Program Coordinating Committee". Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "National Archives Site" (PDF). National Park Service. 22 August 1996. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "archives.gov". archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ "Affiliated Archives". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "The National Archives at Atlanta". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "National Archives at Boston". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "National Archives at Chicago". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Rocky Mountain Region". Archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas". Archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Nationwide Calendar of Events. "National Archives at Kansas City, Missouri". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "National Archives at New York City". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "The National Archives at Philadelphia". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "National Archives at Riverside". Archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "The National Archives at San Francisco". Archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "The National Archives at Seattle". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Regional Archives". National Archives. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ "National Archives to Open Service Records". Newsmax.com. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ "The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Official Personnel Folders (OPF),Federal (non-archival) Holdings and Access". Archives.gov. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "National Archives and Google Launch Pilot Project to Digitize and Offer Historic Films Online" (Press release). archives.gov. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "footnote.com". footnote.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ "National Archives and Footnote Launch Project to Digitize Historic Documents" (Press release). archives.gov. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "Thousands of National Archives Films to Be Made Available Through CustomFlix Labs" (Press release). archives.gov. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "National Archives Announces Digitizing Agreement with The Generations Network" (Press release). archives.gov. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
- ^ "NARA The Generations Network Digitization Agreement" (PDF). archives.gov.
- ^ "National Archives Launches YouTube Channel" (Press release). archives.gov. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "National Archives Photos on Flickr: FAQs". Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ docsteach.org
- Beschloss, Michael (2006). Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530959-1. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
Further reading
- "Sixty-Ton Statue is Carved from a Single Slab of Stone". Popular Mechanics 64 (2): 256. August 1935. The statue Gladiator commissioned for the main national archive building in Washington DC in 1935.
- "Ten-Ton Door Made of Bronze is Thirty Five Feet High". Popular Mechanics 62 (4): 519. October 1934.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Archives and Records Administration.
- Official website
- National Archives and Records Administration in the Federal Register
- Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration
- Outdoor sculpture at the National Archives building
- NARA on Footnote.com
- National Archives and Records Administration at FamilySearch Research Wiki for genealogists
- National Archives and Records Administration's Our Archives wiki, which provides information both about NARA and also about the records held at NARA


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Uruguayan pic "Gigante"(Giant) dominated Colombia's 50th Cartagena Film Festival on Friday, snagging best picture, director and screenplay honors for Adrian Biniez and lead actor for Horacio Camandule.
Biniez is on a winning streak: His debut pic also picked up three major awards at the Berlin Film Festival in January, including the Jury Grand Prix.
Romantic drama, about a portly security guard who's obsessed with a cleaning woman, trounced strong competition this year, including Argentina's foreign Oscar-nominated "The Secret in Their Eyes"and Spain's multi-Goya award winner "Cell 211."
Tying for the win in the lead actress category were Alma Blanco for "La yuma"(Nicaragua) and Teresa Ruiz for "Viaje redondo"(Mexico).
Eliezer Trana won actor for "La yuma"(Nicaragua).
Supporting actress honor went to Mirella Pascual for "El ultima verano de la boyita"(Argentina, Spain, France), which also nabbed the cinematography and special jury prizes.
"Undertow,"by Javier Fuentes-Leon, won the Cinecolor audience award. Colombian gay-themed pic also won the Sundance World Cinema audience award in January.
Cartagena, the oldest festival in Latin America, celebrated its golden anniversary by paying tribute to Spain and to Spanish helmer Carlos Saura.
The nine-day fest also showcased a recent pic shot in Cartagena, the latest screen adaptation of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, "Del amor y otros demonios"(Of Love and Other Demons) by Costa Rican newcomer Hilda Hidalgo.


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It seems to get more quiet each year. As the area around EP has changed, so has the manner in which the holiday weekend is celebrated.Coincidentally, I've was out of town for last year's parade, and we'll be gone for this year's as well. The one thing I noticed in 2011 was that the sounds systems on the floats became audible well away from Eastern Parkway. I don't remember that in prior years.
BTW, am I the only one who notices punctuation problems on the flyer?
Precarnvial press: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/new-york-today-carnival-countdown/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=nyregion&_r=1&
Is it just me or has it been more quiet this year so far?There is a band that rehearses in the parking lot of the space formerly occupied by RS Strauss Auto on Empire Boulevard. The sound carries at night. (I'm less than a block away.)
I think people who don't pick up after their dogs have a good chance of being seen by a cop this weekend, and thus ticketed. This is in contrast to other weekends.You can say the same for speeding or other moving violations.
I think of it this way:
Parties happen for a sustained period of time in a fixed location. It is not hard for cops to be at the right place at the right time.
People who don't pick up after their dogs are mobile and the actual pooping doesn't take long. It is hard for cops to be at the right place at the right time.
Actually, I'm taking full credit for this flyer. I suggested it in http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/34341/mr-mayor-i39ve-had-enough-of-the-w-i-day-parade-through-crown-heights-north/p2 this thread back in 2011, and my ego is such that I'm chosing to believe that the police saw it and said "That's a damn good idea!".Is it just me or has it been more quiet this year so far?There is a band that rehearses in the parking lot of the space formerly occupied by RS Strauss Auto on Empire Boulevard. The sound carries at night. (I'm less than a block away.)So, is this crackdown the parade's edition of "Broken Windows"?
neighbor mentioned this the last year for the parade on eastern parkway. Passed that along to the rumor mill and it was confirmed by a uniformed officer. talk amongst yourselves....
Southbound traffic from Atlantic Avenue to Eastern Parkway between Utica Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.
Northbound traffic from Empire Blvd. to Eastern Parkway between Utica Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.
Northbound traffic on Flatbush Avenue from Church Avenue to Grand Army Plaza.
Southbound traffic on Flatbush Avenue from Grand Army Plaza to Empire Blvd.
Southbound traffic on Ocean Avenue from Empire Blvd. to Parkside Avenue.
Northbound traffic on Ocean Avenue from Parkside Avenue to Empire Blvd.
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On Lincoln, near Rogers. Outside a churchThere were porta potties with $1 signs on them on Franklin just south of the parkway on Saturday too.
The parade causes an area of (approximately) 2.4 miles by 1 mile to be closed to traffic. I know of no other parade that closes such a large, primarily, residential area and inconveniences/impacts so many local residents.
Snarling traffic and closing off streets are not comparable.The St Patrick's Day parade, by contrast, has only 150,000 estimated attendees, but still snarls traffic and transit in the heart of Manhattan for the day, on a weekday -- and if you have ever lived in the East 60s on St. Patrick's Day then you know that this largely residential area turns into a disaster zone of drunk and disorderly white people vomiting in the streets. Why there are fewer arrests and less gunplay is a matter for the sociologists.
@homeowner said - I agree @whynot, that this parade is probably closest to impact of the Thanksgiving Day parade in terms of amount of disruption through the local area.
One of the things that I think gets lost here is that local non-WI NY'ers keep wanting to call this a parade, like Thanksgiving or St. Patricks Day or any of the other ethnic parades in the city. But the event was conceptualized, designed and replicated Carnival as is celebrated in Europe and the Americas which is a multi-day event with a culminating parade that may last for most of a day. Its a larger event, that can last several days.
The logic of "it no longer belongs here, because now I live here" may work for some, but moving a multi-day carnival to Fifth Avenue in Manhattan or Central Park doesn't make a lot of sense when you think about what the event is supposed to be. Perhaps somewhere like Floyd Bennett Field, Randalls Island, or Governor's Island makes more sense, but I think you'll have consitutencies at all of those venues that will say that it doesn't "belong" there either.
Most, if not all, of the stands that sell food or crafts/art/etc- all come from other areas with vans and trucks and unload. I'm never seen anyone walk out of their apartment on the parkway and set up (aside from the guys with coolers selling drinks).Things that you would lose:- Small-scale local entrepreneurship that doesn't depend on trucking their goods out to somewhere off-site
Unfortunately, I don't think you can turn Carnival into a Burning Man type of event, where people that don't want to participate never have to see any of the people engaged in the event. Its a carnival in a city, and it's been pretty highly localized into one neighborhood for many years (first Harlem as you pointed out, then Crown Heights). The reason that I mentioned Floyd Bennett Field is that a lot of the Caribbean population that has been pushed out of central Brooklyn has moved to Canarsie. FBF is close enought that it would work there (although the folks in the Rockaways might have complaints if the bridge backs up).I'm thinking something akin to Burning Man... A destination multi-day event that is out of the way where revelers can party as much as they want without bothering those not participating. This would be awesome for everyone involved. I don't see a downside
I don't believe that anyone is a hostage in their own home for the entire weekend unless they want to be. Its pretty easy to get off and on the subways that aren't directly along the parade route, and even driving while a hassle at the height of the parade, is normal by 8:00pm or so.Seriously.
I think there is something important about being able to walk to and walk home from an event/parade such as Carnival. Sequestering it at the far edge of Brooklyn (Floyd Bennett Field) or on an island (Randall's/Governor's Island) would kill the spirit of it.Let's also keep in mind that there is only one way to get to Floyd Bennett Field directly by mass transit: the Q35 bus. In contrast, there are multiple ways to get to the parade route on Eastern Parkway by mass transit. There are also multiple ways to get to the parades that take place in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue.Things that you would lose:- People who want to stop by the event for a bit, but not commit to a whole day- Small-scale local entrepreneurship that doesn't depend on trucking their goods out to somewhere off-siteThings that you would gain:- Drunk driving (I'd much rather have 100 drunk pedestrians than 10 drunk drivers)- Large scale mobile entrepreneurship (i.e. your generic street fair junk - tube socks, gyros, and cheap jewelry)
Apparently...Brooklyn cops were ordered to ignore blatantly illegal liquor sales inside three junkyards that were turned into open-air nightclubs — drawing thousands of rowdy revelers who vomited and urinated in the streets during the Labor Day weekend, The Post has learned.
The Post seems to consistently believe that hands of law enforcement are being tied, and that the city will descend into anarchy as a result. So I take their reporting with a grain of salt.Apparently...Brooklyn cops were ordered to ignore blatantly illegal liquor sales inside three junkyards that were turned into open-air nightclubs — drawing thousands of rowdy revelers who vomited and urinated in the streets during the Labor Day weekend, The Post has learned.
Apparently... "De Blasio ordered NYPD to back off illegal bash"Let's see where this goes. Doesn't seem like the Post is giving this one up.
I live on the parkway- my apartment faces the street. It is a life of 'join 'em or leave' Labor Day weekend. For 15 years, I had an open house party and invited all my friends to celebrate. It was one of my favorite days.Sorry to hear it's become such an inconvenience. I'm on the ground floor, Union @ Franklin, not far from you. My kids had a blast and slept well, as did I despite the street party that went late right outside my window. I also watched cars parked on our block after the parade easily drive out onto Franklin and off towards Empire with no problems (arguably even easier than on other days as no cars were coming over EP on Franklin).Now that the luster has dissipated (thanks to being that much older now)- it's turned into something different. We avoid it, must move the car (and cannot bring it back until Tuesday at 6am- it used to be you put your car back Monday night after 9pm), and after having Lil' Whatchuwant, we leave for the weekend so he can nap and sleep at night (bedroom faces the museum).We got a hard time Monday night (9pm) trying to get on our block simply to unload the car. Cops stood there, jaws slack, looking at one another trying to decide. I had to explain 3 times we were 'just loading, not parking.' They finally relented- informed us we would get towed if we parked. I said I understood and we were allowed to pass through.It is ABSOLUTELY an inconvenience if you don't want to participate and even if you do.It can be frustrating, but we are in a position where we can leave town easily and stay with family. We are extremely fortunate and grateful for that and realize we're an exception.My neighbor in 9 months preggo. They tried to go to a hotel for the weekend, but everything was booked. They returned home and hunkered down for the weekend and prayed she didn't go into labor.
Going towards Empire, away from the parade, is possible throughout the day as there aren't any restrictions going in that direction. Trying to get north from Empire, that is where the street closures/restrictions come into play.I also watched cars parked on our block after the parade easily drive out onto Franklin and off towards Empire with no problems (arguably even easier than on other days as no cars were coming over EP on Franklin).
Honestly, I'd be heartbroken if the parade got canceled. I understand it's a little noisy and can make our neighborhood tougher to get around but it's navigable. As for the "I can't drive anywhere!" crowd. You're in a city with great mass transit and it's only one (1) day a year can't you just deal with it? I know I can.THIS. You may have to walk a little further to get to a subway station or a bus stop to get you out of the neighborhood, but it's possible.
We should be careful that the Brooklynian doesn't become flooded with false rumours.The online world is very similar to the real world in that it is largely up to the reader/listener, to determine for themselves what is credible and what isn't.


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GRAETTINGER — Mass of Christian Burial for Edna Guinn will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Graettinger. Interment is in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Emmetsburg. The Joyce-Alesch Funeral Home in Graettinger is in charge of arrangements.
Edna Viola Guinn was born May 11, 1924, in Emmetsburg, the daughter of William and Agnes (Koch) Weir. She attended Emmetsburg Catholic Schools.
On June 22, 1947, Edna was united in marriage to Cyrus Guinn at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Emmetsburg and to this union, 10 children were born.
Edna raised her children, and she helped Cyrus on the farm where they raised grain and had dairy cows. After her children were raised, she babysat and worked at the Emmetsburg Care Center.
Edna was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Graettinger. Edna was a wonderful cook, and she enjoyed making meals for all of her family especially those Sunday dinners. She enjoyed playing bingo and spending time with her friends. More than anything, Edna treasured the time she spent with her family. She loved her grandchildren, and she was a faithful member of her church.
On Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, Edna passed away at Avera Holy Family Hospital in Estherville. She was 89.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Rosie (Bob) Carmichael of Lynn Grove, Corky (Sonnie) Schimmel of Platte City, MO, Phillip Guinn of Coin, IA, Francella (Raymond) Fuller of Stonewall, TX, Francine Kaufmann of Sioux City, Cindy Saxton of Sioux Falls, SD, Janet Harris of Grant, MI, Michael (Linda) Guinn of Hartley, Matthew Guinn of Graettinger and Vicky (Mark) Gehrt of Plainfield, IL; a sister, Bridget Mienke of Des Moines; 26 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great- grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cyrus; grandson, Vernon Fuller; great-granddaughter, Karen Cagle; daughter-in-law, Terri Guinn; three sons-in-law: Thomas Harris, Ron Kaufmann and Jim DeMoss; six sisters, Josephine Akridge, Patricia Carroll, Mary Weir, Irene Crook, Gertrude Lammers and Dorothy Guinn; and four brothers, William, John, Robert and Thomas Weir.
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As the government reaches for more revenue to avert the fiscal cliff, new limits on tax expenditures currently under discussion could have the effect of reducing potential 401(k) contributions by 65%.
That conclusion is a matter of arithmetic, though the numbers vary with a person's income, according to Brett Goldstein (left), director of retirement planning for American Investment Planners, a Jericho, N.Y., financial advisory firm.
Under a proposal dubbed the 20-20 cap now under consideration, employees would be able to contribute the lesser of $20,000 or 20% of their pay, Goldstein told AdvisorOne in an interview.
An employee earning $50,000, for example, could contribute as much as $10,000–inclusive of the company match, which Goldstein says is typically 4%, or $2,000.
That means this employee could contribute just $8,000, or 54% less than the $17,500 that current law allows.
If that same employee were age 50 or older, the "catch-up" provision of the law currently allows him to save another $5,500, for a total of $23,000.
So the proposed cap on contributions would reduce the contributions of an employee over 50 earning $50,000 a year and aggressively saving for retirement by 65.21%, the advisor calculates.
The impact of such a cap would be felt even more severely by lower-income employees. An employee (under 50) earning $30,000 a year would be limited to $6,000 a year (20% of pay) minus the employer match.
Perhaps a more crushing blow to low-income employees is the likelihood, as Goldstein sees it, that small business owners, doctors, lawyers and accountants will just close their 401(k) plans.
Take the average business owner who makes $75,000 to $100,000. If the new cap takes effect, he'd be able to stash $15,000 or $20,000, respectively, minus any employer match.
"Why bother putting that in a 401(k)," Goldstein says. "That's a reduction of $10,000. You can contribute to an IRA up to $6,500 and put the rest in an annuity. And you can save on administration costs and save on matching."
Goldstein just terminated such an account, unrelated to the current talks in Washington. "We just closed out a plumbing distributor [client's plan]. He had a defined benefit plan that was just a little too costly."
But give a powerful disincentive to business owners to maintain such plans, and low-income employees will see perhaps their only source of retirement income aside from Social Security disappear.
Goldstein says there is a historical precedent for his pessimism about 401(k) contributions plunging. "The last time Congress slashed 401(k) contributions was in 1986. 401(k) contributions were cut by 70% and many 401(k)s were terminated," he says, adding that "Congress should be encouraging Americans to save money for retirement, not making it more difficult for them."
Goldstein's firm's response to pending changes is to advise clients to look to IRAs and annuities for their retirement income needs if the so-called 20-20 cap now on the negotiation table is approved.
"People are going to have to look for alternative methods of saving for retirement," Goldstein says. "If [small business owners] don't want [to continue] their retirement plans, IRA and annuities are the logical place to go. They're the only other tax-deferred savings vehicles."
Goldstein particularly recommends annuities with income riders.
"Most of the insurance companies are offering income options and those income options can range from 4 to 5%," he says. "What that means is a client who puts in $100,000, that account would grow over time. Once they retire, they [are] guaranteed an income of 4 to 5% regardless of what happens with the market … over their lifetime or spouse's lifetime."
From a business point of view, Goldstein says the proposed change won't affect his firm, which has an in-house third party administrator handling 401(k) accounts but also offers advises clients on IRAs and annuities.
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But from a public policy point of view, Goldstein laments the financial mismanagement the changes reflect.
"The [reduced allowances] is money the government is not capable of living without anymore," Goldstein says.
"We all have to live within our means, but apparently the government can't live within theirs so they're asking everybody else to pay for it," he adds.
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China says it dispatched two fighter jets to tail Japanese warplanes in the East China Sea as tensions over disputed islands simmer.
The Defense Ministry said Friday it sent two J-10 fighters to the area near the islands on Thursday after a Chinese surveillance plane reported being closely followed by two F-15s belonging to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. A Japanese surveillance plane was also in the area during the incident, the ministry said.
It said the Chinese planes were there to "observe and investigate," but no contact between the sides was reported.
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Mooner's: Bottoms up at upscale eatery
Duner's patrons got a bit of a bum rap on Friday night, July 16. It all started with a screaming child, but by the time it ended, the police had arrived and, according to eyewitness reports, one patron had gotten a bit, well, cheeky.
Bob Schotta was expecting the typical Duner's experience: fine food in a relaxed, upscale atmosphere. But when he arrived at the restaurant with his wife and neighbors a little after 6pm, he realized their plans for a quiet meal might not materialize.
"Every 20 to 30 seconds," he says, "there was an ear-piercing scream." The screams went on for nearly 35 minutes.
Schotta, who was dining in a small room adjacent to Duner's main dining room, couldn't see the source of those shrieks from his table, but he was disturbed by what he witnessed when he peeked around the corner.
Two adults, accompanied by two children aged approximately one and four, were seated in the main dining room. The adults, says Schotta, seemed "oblivious" to the younger child's screams. Patrons at neighboring tables, however, were anything but oblivious. Schotta says several customers approached the family's table to offer advice on soothing the wailing baby.
The answer to him seemed obvious.
"Even if I'd been in McDonald's," says Schotta, "I would have walked [my child] outside."
But parenting styles differ, and it soon became clear that the unsolicited advice was not appreciated.
In a shouting voice, the woman "started dropping the 'F-bomb,' " says Schotta, who could not hear the other side of the conversation.
"No one could possibly scream that loud at her," he says, noting that the man at that table continued to eat his food in silence while chaos swirled around him.
Duner's management did not return the Hook's calls by press time, but Lisa McEwan, owner of Hot Cakes, says screaming children can be a particularly tricky issue for restaurants to handle.
"Many people are willing to understand that a child can't behave the way an adult can when they're out," says McEwan, who recalls once approaching a customer whose baby had been screaming for a while. That customer became upset with her, she says.
McEwan believes she "wasn't sensitive enough in the way I approached them." But, she adds, "Parents need to be sensitive to when the crying has gone on long enough that it will be disruptive to other customers."
At Duner's, with customers attempting to take the situation into their own hands, things quickly went from bad to worse.
"The patrons went too far," says Schotta, who saw someone attempting to escort the still-cursing mother from the restaurant.
And another witness to the event says no one came out smelling like roses.
"Everybody acted exactly like the stereotypes suggest they would act," says that witness, who requested her name not be used. That witness saw a societal issue playing out on a small scale: "There was the white trash and the rich, snobby Ivyites. It seemed like no one rose above it."
But, says the witness, "Don't get me wrong: That woman acted horribly. There's no excuse."
According to Schotta, so great was the sense of relief when the woman left the restaurant that the remaining patrons erupted in applause. That may have been the last straw for the woman, who called Albemarle County Police to report the incident.
The call was no "187" (homicide) or even a "211" (armed robbery). There probably is no police code for this kind of incident.
"Somebody pinched somebody," Albemarle Police Lt. Earl Newton says. But the witness says there was more than just a pinch.
"One woman shoved, then there was a pinch from the other woman, and then a clawing," she says. The police photographed the two women's injuries, according to the witness.
After interviewing the involved parties, however, the officer on the scene determined not to file charges, according to Newton.
While the officer was still processing the scene, the mom returned to the scene of the screams with one final act. According to numerous witnesses, she dropped trou.
The police report doesn't mention that, says Newton, but for those who did witness the "Duner Lunar," including Schotta's tablemates, it was a night they won't soon forget.
"It was the highlight of my weekend," Schotta laughs. "It was surreal."
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Care workers leave disabled man at Ill. truck stop
A state agency is investigating after two workers from a southwestern Illinois nursing home left a wheelchair-bound man at a truck stop without medication or ID after he refused to submit to a mandatory background check.
Thomas Hearty, 56, was driven to the Denny's restaurant at a Flying J truck stop in Alorton, 20 miles from Lebanon Care Center, according to a report ( http://bit.ly/1cl691k) in the Belleville News-Democrat.
Authorities said Hearty, who has a history of diabetes and has suffered a series of strokes, refused to undergo a criminal background check mandated by state law.
"This matter is receiving our full and immediate attention," said Sabrina Miller, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Alorton police notified the state after finding Hearty sitting in his wheelchair outside the restaurant with his clothes in two clear, plastic bags.
"They just dumped him on the side of the road _ no medication, no ID, no nothing," said Alorton Deputy Police Chief Gerald Crenshaw. "This is not a place for him, and someone should have recognized this is not a place for him."
Crenshaw said he called the Lebanon Care Center and asked them to come back for Hearty, but the center's administrator, Deborah Cutright, hung up on him. Cutright later called Crenshaw to say they had reconsidered, but Crenshaw said he no longer trusted the center to care for Hearty.
Officials with the company that owns the nursing home say they did nothing wrong and simply took the man where he asked to go after he had to leave the facility.
"We are not a prison. We cannot hold anyone against their will. He was left where he wanted to go," said Greg Wilson, vice president of operations for Peoria-based Petersen Health Care, which operates the 90-bed facility in Lebanon.
"There is nothing in state law that precludes them from doing what they did," she said.
The newspaper says the man has a 1992 conviction for a felony burglary charge.
Crenshaw said an ambulance took Hearty to a Belleville hospital, but he was later released. Miller said Hearty was returned to the nursing home.
The nursing home confirmed Hearty had returned but said he was declining to speak with reporters.
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Now, often fun and simple just don't play well together, simple can often mean a touch bland, so whilst it was to be simple, the format was to be devised to add in some extra interest. As such, all rounds would be a grid start and each round would attract a different track layout, some longer than others and adding in some variety. Also, at the end of each round of heats, the times would be tallied up and a new heat listing posted up to show revised positions based on fastest to slowest. The philosophy being that everyone had a chance of driving fast, consistent and being able to 'bump' throughout the day to get the chance to get into the A finals. So as I said, simple eh? So what was the added incentive to get into the A finals? Other than just the glory of course! Well, the generosity shown by the title sponsor HPI Racing was superb. Not only did Lee from HPI commit to some superb prizes, also supplied were a variety of track banners and even some natty shirts for the organisers to help them stand out to those attending, so they knew who to approach for assistance on the day. Also very apparent was Lee's personal commitment as he'd been up until 1am. on the day of the event building a HPI Blitz ESE from scratch, then 2 hours sleep and driving down to the track for 7am.! Running an event such as this on, what is normally a 1/8 scale track, required a few tweaks. The team from Adur RC (www.adurrc.org) had done a superb job to have the track well prepared and groomed as much as possible. The surface being an interesting mix of clay, loamy areas and Astroturf. A fair few jumps also there to make things interesting too! Arranging an event involving electric RC, off road in September is always fraught with the chance the weather may not play ball. Thankfully after a few days of light rain, the day of the event began with a slight chill but clear blue skies to greet the organisers at 7am. Banners up, format discussed, software and timing gear beaten into submission and all was ready! Apex models had kindly agreed to come along and provide trackside shop services on the day, and proceeded to lay out all sorts of short course truck orientated goodies and spares, assisting many throughout the day. As the morning achieved a more reasonable time to be up on a Sunday, a steady stream of cars arrived and pits were established. The grill and kettle got busy as the catering got into full swing as the racers arrived, some from considerable distances and bring a northern twang with them. The track opened and from the cars that ventured out, it became clear the early morning sun hadn't yet had the chance to dry the recent rain. High grip levels on the clay sections due to the damp, were traded against the slicker astroturf sections. The cars returned a little ladened with the track, but with the sun rising then the track got slicker and drier on the clay sections and the grip levels began to come up on the Astroturf. Many took the chance to experience the track before the driver's briefing. Numbers seemed good with at least 35 booked in for 2WD and 20 or so booked in for 4WD. The 'simple' format for the day was laid out to the racers and seemed to go down well, so far so good! The slightly 'closer' aspect of short course racing was covered off, with it being confirmed that a certain degree of rubbing was to be expected and accepted, deliberate T-boning or similar would not! Always emotive during the racing of course! Race director's decision being final. First track layout was the full 1/8 track, a little daunting for some but a great opportunity to experience the full track. First round of heats went without any real hitches, the supplied HPI 'Hire-n-Drive' Blitz, fresh out of the box on the day ran competitively and up there with the best of them. After the first round was done, the heat listing was re-calculated based on times and then all drivers had to review their heats for round two. Track was changed, and by this time the sun had risen and the track was drying nicely. This leading to a slicker surface on the clay and higher grip on the astro, the wind got up a little too and lead to a few unfortunate 'parachuting' induced crash landings! After a second round of heats, everyone got a little more comfortable with the track and race format, and a few began to rise to the top of the tables. In 2WD, young Leon Goode and Adur local Nick Platt were showing as being versatile and consistently quick, both running HPI Blitz RTRs. Similarly in 4WD, Nick Platt was fast and also Janos Nagy was showing a good turn of speed with his SC truck. Popular tire choices ranged from the new HB Megagrids, HPI ATTK's, PL Bowtie SC and Caliber SC's. A great mix of different SC trucks were present with entries from Losi, Team Associated, Hong Nor, HPI, Ansmann, Maverick, Traxxas, etc. The event seemed to have attracted a great mix of racers, all attracted by the prospect of a fun day, those who were clearly seasoned 1/10 electric racers, local stalwarts of the 1/8 nitro racing scene trying short course for the fun of it and pleasingly some first time racers barely tall enough to see over the banners on the rostrum, running kits that were box fresh and as stock as they come! With another 2 rounds of heats completed after another couple of track layout changes, one a more technical design and then a short sprint design, there was becoming an established order of things and the 'cream' rose to the surface! After the heats, and the format being a cumulative time for all, the finals took shape based on the overall consistent performance through the day, rewarding those that drove fast, consistent, were versatile to handle the track layout changes and importantly, had prepared and maintained their cars. The track layout for the finals being decidedly quite democratically based on feedback from the racers present, as to which they enjoyed the most during the heats. The track was laid out and the grid began. With C and B finals completed, the A final for the hotly contested 2WD class was a major spectacle. The usual drama and 'rubbing' associated with short course racing didn't stop the front runners from showing some real class and consistency in their driving. Knowing when to pass and when to wait for a good time to pass without the chance of a crash, a great final and one watched by all present. Leon, driving his HPI Blitz, by the end had managed to gain a lap lead over second and third place, those two being separated by barely 5 seconds at the end, great racing. Leon lifted the first prize, closely followed by Matt Butcher in second and then Adur regular Nick Platt snapping at his heels in third. The 4 wheel drive final being a similar affair, some great driving skills on show, and after a long battle between Janos Nagy and again, Nick Platt then sadly a crash put Nick out of the final. A real shame as it was tooth and nail between them for a number of laps with each snatching the lead from the other on several occasions. Janos Nagy lifting the first prize of a new HPI Blitz ESE kit, with Apex models driver Dean Mandeville taking second place, and another Adur regular, Andy Remedios taking the third spot. So after the photos had all been taken, the prizes handed over then it was time to reflect. All seemed to be happy and have had a great day, with a driver coming all the way from Scunthorpe and camping nearby to make it, good effort! So the brief was to have a fun day, sure, some things needed a tweak but all feedback that was requested afterwards seemed overwhelmingly positive from all. So yes, we aimed to have a day based on one thing, fun, and I think was abundant to all throughout the day. Fingers crossed then with a little more notice and support permitting then watch this space for 2011! For more pictures, visit the Adur photo gallery! Visit the Adur RC website for details of their upcoming races!


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basketball, game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each. Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the YMCA college in Springfield, Mass., as a way to condition outdoor athletes during the winter months. His original list of 13 rules has undergone a century of revision, leading to faster pacing and greater athleticism. Today basketball is one of the most popular American sports and one the rest of the world has adopted.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Olympic and International Basketball
- College Basketball
- Basic Rules
- Professional Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Bibliography
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When you give students the opportunity to make personal connections with their learning, a deeper understanding occurs. In this lesson, first- and second-grade students have the chance to connect their prior knowledge with new knowledge as they work with their peers to develop classroom rules. Following a reading experience, students are divided into small groups to discuss and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, and ideas, which aid in the whole-group discussion of classroom rules. Peers help to initiate, scaffold, and guide the learning of others, as text-to-self connections are made through social interaction. This activity can help develop a framework for future social interaction activities.
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Wiseman, A.M. (2003). Collaboration, initiation, and rejection: The social construction of stories in a kindergarten class. The Reading Teacher, 56, 802810.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) � Feminist leader Gloria Steinem is coming to New Hampshire to speak about equality.
RiverRun Bookstore says Steinem will speak April 19 at the South Church in downtown Portsmouth. The event is titled, "Steinem Speaks: Why Equality Matters to Everyone."
The 78-year-old Steinem is recognized as a leader of the women's liberation movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a co-founder of Ms. Magazine and has written many books.
The event is co-sponsored by the Hampshire Women's Initiative and by The Women's Fund of New Hampshire.


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In the Heart of Country Music in the Heart of the Country
The y'allternative or insurgent country movement of the '90s was not an unprecedented one. It evolved from––and, in many cases, improved upon––the country rock sound birthed and raised into childhood by bands such as the Eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Pure Prairie League. Curiously, a number of the insurgent bands sprang from the Midwest.
Uncle Tupelo emerged from the relatively obscure Bellevile, Illinois with a fusion of punk energy and country influenced philosophy with songs that spoke of life in the heartland with unusual metaphors and an earnestness absent from the irony-drenched mainstream. The Jayhawks had sprung from the fertile Minneapolis scene in the dimming days of the Twin/Tone years, although it would take the band more than half a decade to make a real mark on the national front. A few bands made their mark mostly in the part of the world that exists West of the Mississippi, having emerged from largely from the Great Plains or Texas––the latter being not so much a territory of the country, of course, as a territory entirely its own.
Popularity can be explained by the cliché of being in the right place at the right time, but only partly. There are the elements of time, patience, and yes, even maturity––as evidenced by examining the story of Split Lip Rayfield. That band emerged from Wichita, Kansas, the largest city in the Sunflower State. Lawrence and Topeka certainly birthed popular country and one might say that Kansas music, no matter what ilk, remains largely unaware of larger trends––something that might also be said specifically of Wichita. Although it would be foolish to suggest that the music emerging from the Air Capital (Wichita), is wholly untouched by outside forces, it's reasonable to claim that the sounds that first found purchase there remain stubbornly embedded in the music that emerges from that stretch of Tornado Alley.
If it's true that the people of the Midwest are somehow slower to catch on to trends, then it certainly has been an advantage. The permutations that have occurred in various art forms, but particularly in music, have offered a richness that would breeze by two quickly on the coasts or be dismissed simply as not new enough. At the same time, it's tempting to suggest that Uncle Tupelo and others––especially those that came to populate the insurgent front––were leading a new charge or, at the very least, continuing one that paused around the time Joe Walsh joined the Eagles. In truth, there was something fresh and vibrant about the country-driven sound that Uncle Tupelo, the Jayhawks, and the Bottle Rockets, but it was not entirely new.
Born in the brewery capital of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Violent Femmes had been mixing up country with loads of punk energy since the early '80s. The group's 1983 self-titled debut relies heavily on the country propulsion of Brian Ritchie's bass and the driving force of Gordon Gano's acoustic guitar. The voice didn't belong to country––Gano owed a certain debt to Jonathan Richman and Lou Reed––and neither did the lyrics; Gano often sounded like a more frank and frustrated version of the teenager in love Dion had complained about being two decades earlier. And Gano should have sounded authentic in his complaints as he wrote a number of the lyrics while still trapped in Milwaukee's public school system.
But many of the pieces found on 1984's Hallowed Ground told a deeper, richer story. Not only did the Connecticut-born son of a preacher man's Christian beliefs come to the fore via "Jesus Walking on the Water", but the album's opening track, "Country Death Song", was a murder ballad through and through and Ritchie banged out alternating bass notes like a Music Row man who'd just heard Jaco Pastorius for the first time. The group was also signed to the Warner Bros. subsidiary Slash, home to X, featuring John Doe, who would find a new life as a country-tinged artist later in his career, and The Blasters, the leading purveyors of American music––whatever the genre. Waukesha, Wisconsin's BoDeans, would also sign with Slash but that outfit always owed more to the Everly Brothers than the Louvin Brothers––and while there was country around the edges, that band always had more pop-oriented ambitions.
True, Violent Femmes would have never flown as a country band and most were happy to refer to the band as acoustic punk. The country colors would become less pronounced by the time 1986's The Blind Leading the Naked rolled out, but the final great Violent Femmes album, 3 (1989), held strong to the gospel plow with "Outside the Palace" and a few songs––"Telephone Book", "Lies"––that someone raised on Ralph Stanley's music could have loved.
Minneapolis' The Replacements might be forever remembered as an American punk rock band had the group not been capable of quickly introducing a wide variety of influences that ranged from British rock (Terry Reid, the Stones, Slade) to confessional singer-songwriters such as Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, to country music. When not delivering punishing blows of amphetamine-drenched rock such as "Fuck School" and "I Hate Music", main songwriter Paul Westerberg found time to write tender pieces such as "If Only You Were Lonely", which had clever turns of phrase and a weariness that imagined George Jones emerging in the era of Ms. Pac-Man and Brooke Shields.
The Replacements even found time to work "Your Cheatin' Heart" into live shows and Bob Stinson's lead guitar playing on Hootenanny often reeked of country, especially during "Take Me Down to the Hospital" and "Love Lines". (Stinson's guitar hero was––believe it or not––Yes's Steve Howe, a man who learned a thing or 50 from country guitar master Chet Atkins.)
Stinson was dismissed from the ranks and the group moved toward a hard-edged sound for 1987's Pleased to Meet Me but 1989's Don't Tell a Soul saw a return to earlier influences via tracks such as "Achin' to Be", "They're Blind", and the outtakes "We Know the Night" and "Portland". All Shook Down, the final Replacements outing All Shook Down (1990) was a beautifully disheveled death rattle that had its share of songs that bore more of a passing resemblance to Cash than it did to the Clash.
By then No Depression, Uncle Tupelo's debut album, was quietly emerging and, by the mid-decade, the number of similar-sounding bands would grow exponentially. Whiskeytown staggered out of North Carolina to glowing reviews and enthusiastic audiences; albums such as Faithless Street and Stranger's Almanac were evidence of a band poised for great things. Stylistically, Whiskeytown sounded a bit like the rough-hewn rock that former Uncle Tupelo man Jay Farrar developed with the band Son Volt and which Jeff Tweedy's band Wilco also played on its first album, A.M. and parts of its second release, Being There.
Sadly, Whiskeytown's career would be cut short. The group's final full-length Pneumonia (featuring former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson), languished in record company litigation for more than two years, spelling the end of the band and the launch of frontman Ryan Adams's successful but tumultuous career.
Jeff Tweedy may have been wise to move increasingly away from the roots sound he and Farrar had hone in Uncle Tupelo––the room was, by the end of 1996, already getting crowded. He wasn't the only new kid in Chicago by that time––a young upstart label called Bloodshot had emerged and was releasing songs by guys with acoustic guitars and western shirts, many of whom had lived in the Midwest, had been raised on country, weaned by punk and heavy metal, and had decided to split the difference.
One of Bloodshot's key––and better signings––was Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, a group formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1997 by Scott "Rex" Hobart, who'd been in the highly influential band Giants Chair. The group was one of several loud rock bands that emerged from KC in the mid-'90s, alongside Shiner, Molly McGuire, and Boy's Life, that would release a few important but poorly selling albums before disbanding.
Hobart's mother had been a George Jones fan and perhaps through an act of sentimentality or an act of punk rock rebellion, or perhaps because there were simply only so many hours in a day one could tolerate loud rock guitars, Hobart bought a cassette compilation of The Possum's best at a truck stop somewhere on the winding highways of America.
As good as Giants Chair was, it was Hobart's latter endeavor, influenced by this seemingly innocent purchase, which delivered his more tuneful work. His Buck Owens-flavored country went down a storm with younger audiences as well as fans of classic country. Albums such as 2002's Your Favorite Fool (produced by Pete Anderson from Dwight Yoakam's band) and The Spectacular Sadness of Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys (2000) demonstrated this via songs such as "Bridge Burners Union (Local 36)" and "Gotta Get Back to Forgetting You".
Another act in the Bloodshot stable could be polarizing––Austin's The Meat Purveyors was a band with its tongue about to burst through its cheek and albums such as Sweet In the Pants (1998) and More Songs About Buildings and Cows (1999) were mixed bags that never quite smacked listeners into submission. Cute but ultimately forgettable covers of Human League and Ratt songs became a bit much after a time and frequent and inexplicable band hiatuses didn't help much, either.
Austin had launched Bad Livers in 1990, a trio whose acoustic-based sounds would be highly influential on the "thrash grass" bands that emerged by decade's end. Among those acts was Split Lip Rayfield. Split Lip's was first formed in the mid-'90s by Kirk Rundstrom, co-guitarist and vocalist for the band Scroat Belly. He and friend Wayne Gottstine had worked in a succession of bands together, including Technicolor Headrush, the noise project Winking Spaniard (in which they both played percussion), and finally Scroat Belly.
Scroat Belly was perhaps the most commercially successful of the bands Rundstrom and Gottstine had been part of to that point––albeit in the way that Troll 2 may have been more commercially successful than its predecessor. Despite a fine debut record, The Great Alaskan Holiday, and a sophomore outing that Bloodshot released (Daddy's Farm, 1997), Scroat Belly died a quiet death––the quartet had played to too many empty rooms and met too many broken promises. Perhaps the music was too extreme––songs could shift from "One More Joe", which sounded like a great but obscure Bakersfield single, to "Pistol", a track that might have given thrash metal's Big Four––Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica––a few sleepless nights for its heaviness and sheer brutality.
The songs––coming from Gottstine and Rundstrom––were populated by characters who didn't get drunk or high because it brought relief; they got drunk and high because it was the only thing they knew how to do. These were characters who were often beyond redemption and simply didn't care––the other world, where people lost jobs and houses and marriages didn't matter. How could it to people who'd never owned so much as a speck of dirt?


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Pregnant Snooki Is Also Engaged
Just like a Us Weekly cover story in super fast motion, Snooki is not only pregnant but she is also engaged. It's all the life milestones at once! Then why is she being so cagey about it?
Yes, Snooki has yet to confirm (or deny) either the pregnancy rumors or the engagement scuttlebutt, but tat this point both seem like forgone conclusions. She's probably waiting for someone like Us Weekly to come along and pay her for
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Anyway, People reports that she and her finace Jionni LaValle (who she met while taping Jersey Shore) are going to tie the knot. This time it's for real, not like that time she told the press that it was inevitable and they reported her as engaged. I guess it makes sense that the first Jersey Shore wedding would be of the shotgun variety.