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Morning Edition host Bob Seay takes a moment to recall, for Jared, how he remembers Dick Clark, the host of a televised "good kids" dance show who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream. He died yesterday of a heart attack at age 82.
Café Variations
Presented by ArtsEmerson and the SITI Company
at the Cutler Majestic Theatre through April 22nd
See the Gershwin classics in a new light as they complement a compilation of scenes taken from the plays of Charles Mee. One woman awaits the future love of her life; meanwhile, her waiter experiences love at first sight. Couples quarrel, philosophize and reconnect. Unabashedly romantic, the show recalls a time when the café was a place for civil discourse—and reflects the courage it still takes for one person to reach out to another.
The Luck of the Irish
Presented by the Huntington Theatre Company
at the Calderwood Pavilion through May 6
In the late 1950s, Lucy and Rex Taylor, a well-to-do African-American couple living in Boston's South End, aspire to move to a nearby suburb to provide a better life for their two daughters. Unable to purchase a home in a segregated neighborhood themselves, they pay Patty Ann and Joe Donovan, a struggling Irish family to "ghost-buy" the house on their behalf and then sign over the deed. Fifty years later, Lucy's granddaughter Hannah lives in the house with her family, where she grapples with the contemporary racial and social issues that stem from living in a primarily white community. When Lucy dies and leaves the house to Hannah and her sister Nessa, the now elderly Donovans return and ask for "their" house back. This complex yet intimate new play examines the long-term emotional costs of racial integration in Boston and the universal longing for a sense of place.
The 30th Annual Elliot Norton Awards
Presented at the Paramount Center on May 21st
This week the Boston Theater Critics Association announced the nominees for this year's awards, Boston's version of the Tonys.
SpeakEasy Stage Company received the most nominations (13) and had the most nominated show: Red, with five nods. The Huntington Theatre Company had 12 nominations and swept the Outstanding Performance by an Actor category with Richard Clothier in Richard III; Yusef Bulos in Sons of the Prophet and Jason Bowen in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Outstanding Musical Production (Large) goes to Porgy and Bess, Candide and Legally Blonde, while Outstanding Musical Production (Small/Midsize) goes to Next to Normal, The Drowsy Chaperone ( both SpeakEasy) and Peter Pansy (Gold Dust Orphans). Porgy and Bess also collected four nominations including Outstanding production, Best Actor for Norm Lewis, Best Actress for Audra McDonald and Best Director for Diane Paulus.
SpeakEasy Stage Company swept the Outstanding Director category for The Divine Sister, The Drowsy Chaperone and Red.
Kate Snodgrass receives the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. She's the Artistic Director of Boston Playwright's Theatre and co-founder of the Boston Theater Marathon. The Charlestown Working Theater receives a special citation for "adventurous collaborations that provide unique insights into theater from around the world," and Tommy Tune will receive the 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award.
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Journal, Jan. 15, 1910
Alfred Richardson, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Richardson, had a narrow escape from drowning Sunday while skating off the north reservoir. Ice to fill the large ice house has been cut at different intervals for nearly two weeks, the work being interrupted by thaws and storms. This has left the pond with several different thicknesses of ice on it and some had not frozen thick enough to hold the boy and he broke through. ...(friends) were not able to get near him on account of the thinness of the ice, but one hurried to the ice house and secured a long-handled ice pick, with the aid of which Richardson was pulled out.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 11, 1935
Clarke and Hull of the (school) Athletic committee had made their report on renting the Holy Ghost Society's hall. The contract for the rental was signed by Guimarey and the school committee. The latter has contracted to use the hall three days each week for 11 weeks at a price which will little more than guarantee expenses to the Society.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 17, 1935
Many are taking advantage of the fine skating at Freebody and Clarke's ponds, also the coasting on Friendship Street and Stony Lane, on Beavertail Road.
It was voted that a letter signed by the members of the council be sent to Senator Peter H. Gerry, in relation to the bridge between Saunderstown and Jamestown in which he be asked to use every effort to promote the project.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 11, 1960
The proposed $35,000,000 bridge from Newport to Jamestown was explained to Newport and Jamestown members of the General Assembly today.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 13, 1960
Jamestown, because of its financial condition, and due to increased costs and future needs, has gone as far as it can in increasing rates in its school salary schedule, a member told the School Committee last night.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 15, 1960
The Jamestown Bridge Commission last night voted strong opposition to associating that bridge with the proposed Newport-Jamestown bridge for the purpose of helping to finance the latter.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 11, 1985
Construction of single-family houses continued to grow during 1984. Building permits were issued for 56 single-family houses during the year, an increase of 20 over 1983. The value of the houses was estimated at $3,009,901.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 12, 1985
The island has 2,465 telephone customers who make an average of 2,500 calls a day, the Jamestown Rotary was told recently.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 15, 1985
Town Administrator Robert W. Sutton Jr. Monday proposed a $1.8 million budget reflecting a 4.9 percent increase over the present budget. The package does not include the School Department budget.
A proposal to tear down the 90-year-old Bay View Hotel and replace it with an $8-million, 56-unit condominium was greeted coolly by the Town Council Monday night.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 17, 1985
The School Committee and Jamestown Teacher's Association signed a new two-year contract Wednesday calling for overall raises of 3.63 and 5.64 percent.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, Jan. 12, 1995
Recommendations on how to control the spread of Lyme disease on the island will be made to the Town Council in early April by a panel of three biologists.
Plans for a bike path that would allow kids on the island's North End to reach the new ball field at the corner of Eldred Avenue and East Shore Road without having to travel heavily trafficked streets got Town Council approval Monday
The 11th annual Conanicut Island Christmas Bird Count was a success. Sixty-two species were sighted Dec. 31, slightly higher than the average of the previous counts.
10 years ago From The Jamestown Press, Jan. 13, 2000
(Photo caption) Installation has been completed on the new street lights at the Veterans Memorial Square.
The Town Council got a first look at the state's completed design for its imminent transformation of the World War I buildings and seven-acre scenic parcel at Ft. Wetherill into an aquatic research center and state park.


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Chicas, bush is back.
For years the Brazilian wax was the epitome of down-under beauty for women. We shaved. We waxed. We even underwent laser treatments to give ourselves a clean, soft, and smooth pubic area.
Regardless of whether or not we personally prefer our lady parts clean shaven or fully grown-out, I think we can all agree that we don't like being told what's beautiful and acceptable and what isn't. Besides that, does anyone actually want to be getting Brazilian waxes twenty years from now? Well, ladies, breath a sigh of relief because it seems that times are finally a-changing. For all those women out there who are too lazy, too rushed, too frightened of pain...or who just don't give a crap, bush is back and better than ever:
1. Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz:
Cameron Diaz is the unofficial ambassador for pubic hair. After publicly admitting that she rocks a full bush, she also questioned why so many young women are succumbing to what she calls a "fad." In her new self-help book The Body Book, Diaz came out strongly against the practice of shaving and waxing, and became a champion for women everywhere who prefer to keep it natural. She writes, "I know you may think you'll be wearing the same style of shoes forever and the same style of jeans forever, but you won't. The idea that vaginas are preferable in a hairless state is a pretty recent phenomenon and all fads change, people." Thanks, Cameron, for breaking the ice on such an important beauty topic.
2. The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project:
We all love Mindy Kaling. And this season, Mindy proved she's our girl crush for a good reason, when her character on The Mindy Project encounters an all-too-real problem: men's opinions about your grooming habits down under. When Danny, her overly blunt and honest co-worker, accidentally sees her completely naked, he offers up a piece of advice no one is expecting. "Just grow it out," he says about her pubic hair. "No one wants a 9-year-old."
Plenty of women have spoken out against clean-shaved pubes for years, but you rarely hear the male perspective on television. We appreciated that Mindy basically said it's okay not to shave. In fact, plenty of men actually enjoy it, too.
3. American Apparel
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American Apparel made headlines when mannequins at a Lower Manhattan store were spotted donning transparent lingerie and flashing their fully grown out pubic hair. While the act is believed to be a publicity stunt by a company known for embracing the "shock" factor, many people came out in support of American Apparel and lauded the company for promoting pubic hair acceptance.
4. Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow:
It turns out that prim 'n proper Gwyneth Paltrow isn't afraid to discuss her grooming habits. On an episode of The Ellen Show last spring, she openly admitted that she rocks a "70s vibe" down under. Although she played coy about whether or not she's bringing back the "big bush," her dialogue on the subject makes it clear that women no longer feel like they have to wax and shave their pubes, and rocking the "full bush" is nothing to be ashamed of.
5. Everyday women
Everyday women:
Ok, so Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow can talk all day long about the return of the pubes, but what about you and me and all our friends who aren't celebrities and don't sleep with guys like Justin Timberlake and Chris Martin?
Well, it turns out, that it's not just celebrities who are foregoing the razor burn. According to recent studies, more and more women are returning to their au naturale state. In fact, 51% of women do not "style or groom their pubic hair." Forty-five percent of the women in the study admitted that they've stopped shaving or waxing because they "no longer be bothered to keep up the grooming", and another 62% answered that their partner "prefers the natural look."


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Manchester economics: Mayor rocks boat, people shakenEDITORIAL
December 29. 2012 10:41PM
Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas can rock a boat simply by standing up in it. With his questioning of the position of city economic development director, he seems to have started a tsunami. Good for him.
Despite objections to the contrary, the mayor isn't saying the city doesn't need a hand in economic development.
He is saying that perhaps there is a better way to do it than to spend more than $200,000 a year, half of which was for the salary of a single person whose duties included collecting rent on commercial antennas attached to city property.
In one form or another, Manchester has had a publicly funded economic development office for well more than a half-century.
So it is understandable that equally venerable groups like the Chamber of Commerce and Amoskeag Industries might look askance at the suggestion that things could be done better if done differently.
"Change is difficult and scary,'' Mayor Gatsas told them last week. "But I can tell you change is better than staying with the status quo.''
Perhaps that is not always so. But when the status quo has barely budged since the old Manchester Industrial Council was formed after World War II, change is certainly worth a second look.
The mayor has been speaking with other cities in New Hampshire to see what each is doing. The aldermanic committees on economic development and administration should do likewise.
A strong and vibrant economy is shaped by a community that keeps planning and zoning requirements sensible and simple.
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The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft - Wii
Release Date:September 29, 2009
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The vault at Spencer Mansion is robbed, and the Bayport Police call on the Hardy Boys to help tie-up some loose ends, but they soon find themselves in the middle of a major criminal investigation that takes them on an adventure all over Bayport, and even into New York City! But the pieces dont add up, and Frank and Joe find themselves embroiled in a drama of sinister proportions. Is the recent theft linked to something from the past? Can Frank and Joe find and decipher the clues in time to prevent another crime from happening? Play as two of history's most famous literary detectives and interact with Fenton and Laura Hardy, the Hardy Boys' friend, Chet Morton, and others. Super-sleuth your way to solving the small mysteries along the way as you help the Bayport Police catch the culprit!
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Tomorrow (Friday, 1 August) at noon, I am scheduled to attend the unveiling of a new release from the Golan Heights Winery. The tasting will also include a vertical of several other wines. I will of course report on the tasting no later than tomorrow evening.
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Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also like Atheist Musicians.
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BERWICK, Maine — A third-party investigation commissioned by the Board of Selectmen regarding the Sullivan Street School redevelopment project ultimately cited a combination of inadequate, inaccurate, and at times, absent communication as the primary factors surrounding the controversial project.
"Having the benefit of hindsight, it appears that many of the problems that arose throughout this process resulted from inadequate communication," writes Leah Rachin, an attorney for the Kennebunk-based firm Bergen & Parkinson, LLC. "The evidence indicates that in some circumstances, there was an absence of communication. It appears that certain important information about Bateman's low-income housing tax credit application was not brought to the Selectmen's attention. Moreover, there appears to have been little, if any, communication between the Board of Selectmen (BOS) and Planning Board regarding the BOS's early interactions with Bateman and the Planning Board's initial review of the project."
Dated Oct. 22, Rachin's 42-page investigative report highlights a multitude of issues that came into play after Berwick and Bateman Partners LLC initially began talks back in January 2008. Although a number of issues are ultimately cited throughout her report, Rachin faults Bateman for a number of inaccuracies throughout the project's development.
"The evidence lead me to conclude that certain information Bateman provided was incorrect and potentially misleading," Rachin writes in her conclusion.
"I find that the information Bateman provided to the Town regarding the targeted income levels of the tenant population was potentially misleading. In addition, the evidence suggests that Bateman exceeded the scope of its planning board approvals by including three-bedroom units in its application to the Maine State Housing Authority," Rachin writes in another section of her report. "Moreover, I find that Bateman's attempts to have the former Town Manager approve certain changes to its approved plan — rather than going back to the planning board — was contrary to the requirements of the Town's land use ordinance."
Specifically, opponents of the project have contended Bateman publicly asserted the redevelopment was targeted for households with incomes between 50 to 60 percent of average medium income. Opponents have said this information isn't factually accurate. And based on evidence gathered, Rachin ultimately concluded that these opponents are correct.
Specifically, Rachin's report indicates Bateman filed an application through MSHA for LIHTC financing that included a section entitled, "Income Targeting/Affordability." This application, which was filed on Oct. 28, 2010, outlines that at least 60 percent of total units would be occupied by households with incomes at or below 50 percent of average medium index (AMI). The remaining percentage of units would be reserved for households with incomes at or below 60 percent of AMI — criteria that ultimately specifies a maximum — but not a minimum — threshold for tenant eligibility.
"Based on the available evidence, I conclude that Bateman inaccurately represented the income levels of the project's target population," Rachin writes. "The statement that 'the program was designed to serve persons whose income is at 50 to 60 percent AMI' conveys the impression that tenants' income levels will be higher than what they are actually permitted to be under the terms of Bateman's LIHTC approval. While it is true that a certain percentage of the targeted population falls within the 50 to 60 percent range — 38 percent — a substantially larger proportion of the targeted population falls within the 0 to 50 percent range to 68 percent."
Rachin also states that evidence suggests Bateman was advancing two different sets of plans during the same period of time. One set of plans, which showed three-bedroom units, was presented to MSHA while another set of plans, showing no three-bedroom units, were presented to the town.
Rachin's report states it was beneficial for Bateman to submits plans containing 3-bedroom units to MSHA because by doing so, Bateman could secure six points on its LIHTC application. On the other hand, it was beneficial for Bateman to submit plans containing fewer bedrooms to the town because the potential municipal impact would be less.
"Based on the foregoing, I believe it is reasonable to conclude that Bateman exceeded the scope of its planning board approvals by including 3-bedroom units in the plans it presented to MSHA — particularly because Bateman represented to MSHA in its LIHTC application that all necessary local approvals had been obtained," Rachin states.
The report also agrees with opponents of the project who have continually argued the number of bedrooms is a relevant concern because the development could have an unreasonable adverse impact on municipal services, such as schools. Given that the bedroom reconfiguration could reasonably result in children in the school system, Rachin concluded that the number of bedrooms was a relevant factor for the Board's consideration. "Moreover, 9.8(D) requires that any change to a plan must come back to the planning board for approval," she states. "As a result, I conclude that the change in the number of bedrooms required planning board approval."
However, Rachin also dismisses several allegations against Bateman she found to be unsubstantiated. Further, poor communication between selectmen, the Planning Board, and other Berwick officials are cited in her report as additional areas of concern.
First, Rachin states available evidence did not suggest Bateman misled the public into thinking the project would be elderly housing. A frequently expressed frustration by those who oppose the project is that they voted to approve the 75-year lease at the Nov. 3, 2009 town meeting because they were led to believe the project would be for elderly housing.
However, although citizens may have believed the project would be for elderly housing based on early conversations with Bateman, Rachin states the evidence did not support a conclusion that Bateman actually misrepresented the project would be used for such purposes. "While the evidence suggests that elderly housing was discussed as a possibility, citizens recognized that it was never actually promised," Rachin wrote. "Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that Bateman may have specifically indicated in a public meeting that the project would not be for elderly housing before the town meeting to vote. It would not be reasonable to conclude that Bateman intentionally misled the public into believing the project would be for elderly housing."
Further, opponents had asserted Bateman was not straightforward with the town about the project's future population — an allegation Rachin disagreed with in her report. Although these individuals reported feeling misled by Bateman because they were not aware preferences would be given to displaced, homeless, or people with mental or developmental disabilities, Bateman actually stated at a BOS meeting on July 20, 2010 they would get more points for their LIHTC application if they gave a 20 percent preference to these individuals.
"Bateman specifically stated at a public meeting that 'we will include this in our application,'" Rachin's report says. "Based on this evidence, it would not be reasonable to conclude that Bateman misled the public in this regard."
Overall, many of the lapses in communication were the result of a project that proceeded along three different trajectories — with the BOS, with the Planning Board, and with the day-to-day administration of the project, such as the former town manager and various town staff.
"This communication gap was a natural consequence of the practical realities of how municipalities work," Rachin writes in her conclusion. "This project is a case study in why it is critical for developers to communicate effectively with municipal boards, officials, and the public — and — for municipal boards and officials to communicate effectively with each other, particularly when dealing with large-scale projects of townwide significance."
Rachin concludes by suggesting the town focus it resources on dealing with litigation before proceeding with any other options that may be available.
Report says Bateman was 'potentially misleading' in old Berwick school redevelopment
BERWICK, Maine — A third-party investigation commissioned by the Board of Selectmen regarding the Sullivan Street School redevelopment project ultimately cited a combination of inadequate, inaccurate, and at times, absent communication as the primary factors surrounding the controversial project.


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First banknote issued with new security design made in NashuaBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Sunday News Correspondent
November 18. 2017 11:30PM
NASHUA — Crane Currency's first banknote with Motion Surface, a new micro-optics security feature was issued on Friday by a country in central Asia.
Motion Surface, made at Crane Currency's Nashua plant, incorporates three dimensionality and fluid movement.
The company's first banknote with the new anti-counterfeiting feature was printed as a commemorative banknote issued by the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan. It is also the country's first currency printed in vertical orientation rather than horizontal.
"We are thrilled. This new product is very well received from the marketplace," Stephen DeFalco, CEO of Crane Currency, said on Friday.
The Kyrgyz Republic's 2,000 som commemorative banknote celebrates the 25-year anniversary of the independence of the Kyrgyz Republic and the establishment of its national currency.
The Motion Surface micro-optic security feature cannot be replicated, according to DeFalco. "This family of products has the strongest anti-counterfeiting method in the country today," he said.
DeFalco said the new banknote depicts an image with moving, three-dimensional elements. The new feature allows central banks to have pride in their banknotes, create custom-designed images and keep the product highly secured, he said.
Motion Surface is applied onto the banknote during the printing process.
DeFalco could not comment on how many commemorative banknotes were printed for the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan, but said the 2,000 som denomination equates to about $28 in American money.
Motion Surface is the newest of three anti-counterfeiting products produced by Crane. The company has been working on it for about four years, DeFalco said.
Crane Currency supplies banknotes for central banks all over the world and has continually supplied the United States Treasury with its currency paper since 1879. Crane acquired Technical Graphics Inc. in Milford in 2008, and moved the business to Nashua where it has experienced rapid growth.


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It's time to Get Going Gadsden. The campaign kickoff was held earlier this month but the real work begins this Sunday. The 60-day countywide challenge officially begins July 1 and ends Aug. 31, is intended to increase physical activity and motivate residents to take charge of their health and learn better living habits.
There are incentives too. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the challenge in the following categories:
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La Cage Aux Folles at the Albuquerque Little Theatre
One of the more high profile movements of the past few years has been alt-weekly columnist Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" campaign, the focus of which is preventing teen suicide by encouraging non-heterosexual kids to tough out the rough patches of adolescence and be proud of who they are. Based on the 1978 film and first performed on Broadway in 1983, La Cage Aux Folles is a crowd pleasing musical that centers on the same theme of being who we are even when we're pressured to conform—but in a much funnier vein and with drag queens. The owner of a St. Tropez transvestite nightclub, Georges, comes under familial pressure to get his partner and star of the club's drag show, Albin, to behave less like the flamboyantly gay man that he is. Part Pygmalian, part comedy of errors and with award-winning music throughout, La Cage is a story of love and family that consistently draws audiences queer and straight. Albuquerque Little Theatre • Fri Mar 1 • 8 pm • $12-$24 • ALL-AGES! • View on Alibi calendar


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Host families sought for exchange students
WILMINGTON | In a tradition that has lasted more than 15 years, host families are sought in the Wilmington area for nine high school students from France and Spain, ages 14-18, accompanied by one language teacher.
The dates are June 14-July 8 or July 8-Aug. 3 for French students, June 25-July 23 for Spanish students.
The students will not attend classes but rather participate in their host families' daily life and activities, including possible excursions. Each student has a minimum proficiency in English, is insured and brings spending money. Hosts need not to have children to qualify.
Interested families should promply contact Fr�d�ric Fladenmuller, a professor at East Carolina University, at (252) 754-2136 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit http://tltlhost.com for an application.
Lighthouse nonprofit needs guides, sales people
CASWELL BEACH | Friends of Oak Island Lighthouse needs tour guides and people to sell merchandise. FOIL is a nonprofit organization that maintains the Oak Island Lighthouse. Donations from tours and proceeds from selling sale of lighthouse items to go maintaining the lighthouse and grounds.
Guide are asked to commit to an average of two shifts a month through Labor Day. Shifts are 10 a.m.-noon or noon-2 p.m. Wednesday or Saturday, or for Thursday morning excursions to the top of the lighthouse.
The Wednesday and Saturday tours are only to the second level, 12 steps up. Many guides only give this type of tour.
Each shift is covered by at least two guides so you are never at the lighthouse alone. Guides receive training, but have their own way of presenting information to visitors and no set script is required.
Merchandise is sold 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the lighthouse. Volunteers staff the sales table on the same two-hour shift schedule as the tour guides.
If interested, email your contact information firstname.lastname@example.com, or find out more at http://oakislandlighthouse.org.
Tell the StarNews about your volunteer needs
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On Saturday, June 8, Niagara University is hosting a conference designed to offer attendees "best practices" for establishing citizen and community preparedness initiatives.
"Empowering Volunteers" is open at no cost to residents of Niagara and Erie counties. The event was conceived by Border Community SERVICE, a community empowerment arm of Niagara University.
The conference will begin at 9 a.m. in the Castellani Art Museum, and include a keynote address on the state of preparedness in the Western New York region.
The conference will have two breakout sessions, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.
Conference presenters include:
The workshops will be held in St. Vincent's Hall.
There is no charge for this conference, but participants must preregister by Thursday, June 6. Registration is available online at www.niagara.edu/conference-registration or by calling Gail Struzik at 716-205-0077 or Dana Estrada at 716-205-0075.
The mission of Border Community SERVICE ("Special Emergency Response Volunteer Initiative for Community Empowerment") of Niagara University is to provide emergency preparedness training to citizens and to encourage their participation in opportunities that enhance regional emergency readiness.
For additional information, refer to the Border Community SERVICE webpage at www.niagara.edu/bordercommunityservice.


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Here's the deal:
Every once in a while I work directly with a handful of individual artists and arts organizations.
For example, this year I worked with a visual artist, a theatre that focuses on highlighting artists with disabilities and a few other interesting folks.
We are headed toward a new year so I wanted to open the door to a few new clients. I'm going to do this the old fashioned way. I'm going to explain what your getting and offer you a discounted price for a limited time.
Technically what I'm offering is called marketing coaching. You are going to come to me with your marketing challenges. Challenges like these:
You need to sell more of your jewerly on Etsy.
You need to build awareness for your Kickstarter campaign.
You need to sell more tickets to your plays.
Then we are going to break your problem down into pieces and tackle the thing one week at a time. We do that through a series of phone calls.
The phone calls last about two hours. At the end of each call, you'll get some homework. DO THE HOMEWORK.
We do that for six weeks, maybe seven if we need it.
At the end of the process you should have some answers to your challenges. That's cool, but that's not the point. The point is the process. The goal is that when the next tricky marketing challenge comes up, you'll have a way of finding your own answers.
The price is normally $750.
If you sign up by Monday, Jan. 2nd, I'll knock it down to $500. I'm comfortable with taking payments in installments. If you need an installment plan, email me and let me know. Payments are done via Paypal.
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Ready to get to work? Email me.


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Barbisio New Orleans Panama Fedora
Code: 40232NewOrleans
Product Description
The Barbisio New Orleans Panama Fedora is a fashionable fedora with a teardrop shaped crown that slopes down slightly in back for a sleek look. Made of soft, flexible brisa quality panama straw, it has a 2 inch bound edge brim is trimmed in deep chocolate brown, which matches the brown modern contrast stitching around the crown in lieu of a traditional hat band. A soft suede interior sweatband keeps this hat comfortable. A traditional look updated for today's fashion, this hat is perfect for warm weather. Available in natural or cognac.


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Winter outfit 2013
Added Jan 22, 2013
by katensew
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A three piece mix and match outfit for the cooler months. All items are lined and the waistcoat back and the waistcoat lining are the same fabric. I omitted a waistband as such and using petersham made an internal waisband as I seem to find these more comfortable as I am short waisted. I used different patterns i.e. I drafted the skirt pattern, used an old Butterick pattern for the trousers and a new Simplicity pattern for the waiscoat.
Material Notes
The fabric was a polyster/ wool mix – only a small percentage of wool. It frayed easily and was overlocked as soon as cutting out.
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Jan 22, 2013, 08.48 PMby rita61
Very nice. The trousers photo is awesome!
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Jan 23, 2013, 02.04 PMby katensew
Thank you I do look rather peculiar in the skirt suit !! I think I was concerned that my friend did not use the camera correctly !
Jan 22, 2013, 05.51 PMby Mary Athey
This is lovely on you. All three items are so well made and the colours lovely x
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Jan 23, 2013, 02.06 PMby katensew
I have chosen to call the colour " Mulberry " Yesterday I wore the trouser suit with a soft lilac jumper and it looked good.
Jan 23, 2013, 03.57 PMby Mary Athey
Floral fabrics will be lovely with this as well x
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Verizon to prosecute anons for communications sabotage
Can you hear this?
Verizon's mad as hell, and it just doesn't know who to take it out on. Yet.
The US's largest mobile telco has reportedly filed a lawsuit against vandals who plunged large chunks of Silicon Valley into communications darkness by sabotaging a fiber-optic cable.
The catch? US authorities investigating the incident have yet to identify or apprehend the attackers.
Verizon's filed a John Doe and Does case with a court in California, and said it will amend the complaint once the wrongdoers have been identified.
The attack on a section of AT&T fiber saw 100,000 Verizon Wireless customers cut off from each other and the outside world for 20 hours last week. The initial attack took place on Thursday afternoon and was followed up by a further assault on fiber owned by Sprint Nextel.
The action saw cellphones, landlines, emergency service calls, call-center operations, credit card and ATM transactions across southern Silicon Valley blacked out for hours.
AT&T has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrators.
Normally, a network outage can be attributed to Steve the builder inadvertently putting his JCB digger or Kango drill through some cable. In this case, though, there was clear intent.
Authorities reported the vandals had to lift up some heavy manhole covers using a special tool, climb down a shaft and then chop through heavy cables. The four AT&T cables were encased in tough plastic sheath, with one cable containing 360 fibers and the other three holding 48 fibers each. ®


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Daily Links, Jan. 17: Good Catholic candidates, abortion battles, and sex talk
As the Republican presidential candidate pool gets smaller, there is now even more focus on the remaining candidates, two of whom are Catholic. Rick Perry, an evangelical Christian, has declared that Rick Santorum is "a good Catholic" but not "a good conservative." Yet Evangelical Christians are backing Santorum, which Mary Curtis at the Washington Post says makes perfect sense.
Meanwhile, there are claims that the vote for Evangelicals to endorse Santorum as their chosen candidate to defeat Mormon Mitt Romney for the presidential bid was rigged, and that they really want the other Catholic, Newt Gingrich, instead.
Does your head feel like it is spinning yet?
For more lighthearted political reading, we asked our readers to rate the performance of the current president and to give us their thoughts on the presidency, and we've posted a sampling of some of the nearly 700 responses we received. Our readers were particularly creative when asked who they'd like to see as U.S. president, naming everyone from Pope Benedict and Father Robert Barron to Bill Gates and Jon Stewart.
In California, the bishops are supporting pro-life issues at both ends of the spectrum in the form of two ballot measures--one to require parental notification for minors to have an abortion and one to end to the death penalty. In Scotland, a battle is also heating up over conscientious objection rights for midwives who oppose abortion.
After the bad news surrounding Catholic schools in Philadelphia, the Chicago Sun-Times reports some good news: Catholic schools in the city of Chicago are seeing their best growth since the 1960s.
Finally, cardinal-designate Archbishop Timothy Dolan has been in the news a lot of late (and is apparently a big enough celebrity in New York to make it into the Daily News' gossip pages for going on a diet). On Sunday, Dolan got people's attention by starting his homily with these words: "I'm going to preach about sex." And he did. Maybe next time he should advertise that in advance.


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352 pages
Product Description

• Pride and Prejudice was only half the story •

 If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she'd most likely be a sight more careful with them.

 In this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice, the servants take center stage. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is upstairs. When a mysterious new footman arrives, the orderly realm of the servants' hall threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, upended.

 Jo Baker dares to take us beyond the drawing rooms of Jane Austen's classic—into the often overlooked domain of the stern housekeeper and the starry-eyed kitchen maid, into the gritty daily particulars faced by the lower classes in Regency England during the Napoleonic Wars—and, in doing so, creates a vivid, fascinating, fully realized world that is wholly her own.