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View of Savannah, 1734.
This view of Savannah was prepared by London engraver P. Fourdrinier in 1734, based on a sketch generally attributed to Georgia colonist Peter Gordon. The picture details the progress made in building the town of Savannah and displays many of the features that Peter Gordon wrote about (see Reading 2).
Questions for Drawings 1 & 2
1. Four wards are represented in Drawing 1, although some have not yet been fully completed. Since you are looking south, which ward is most nearly complete, with all the lots filled with buildings?
2. Drawing 2 is an enlarged detail of the View of Savannah, Drawing 1. Using clues in the enlargement, identify from which portion of the original drawing the enlargement was taken. Does looking at a detail help you to see new things or confuse you? Explain.
3. Compare Drawing 1 with the account given by Peter Gordon in Reading 2. List the landscape and built or constructed features in Drawing 1 that were also described by Peter Gordon in his account.
4. What details does the picture provide that the written account does not? What details does the written account supply that the picture does not? Is Drawing 1 an accurate representation of the account given by Peter Gordon? Why or why not?
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Definition of dolce
adv. - Alt. of Dolcemente 2
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The Main Line beer scene is about to explode.
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant will open in Ardmore, says co-owner Kevin Finn, confirming a rumor floated on Jack Curtin's Liquid Diet blog.
Finn tells me that the location will be a former carpet store in Ardmore Plaza (44 Greenfield Ave.) - which happens to be right in the backyard of former West Chester Iron Hill brewer Jean Broillet IV, who now owns Tired Hands.
"We've been looking for locations in Ardmore for years, and this space in Ardmore Plaza is the perfect spot for Iron Hill," Finn says. "We hope to open in early 2014."
The center already has a state store and an independent specialty-beer distributor, The Bottle Shoppe.
Iron Hill truly is on the move. Its next location (No. 10) will open in Voorhees Town Center in 2013.


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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) Karim Rowson scored 15 points to lead five South Dakota players in double figures in an 84-59 victory against Waldorf College on Saturday night.
Tyler Flack added 14 points, Brandon Bos and Juevol Myles 12 each and Jordan Boots 11 for the Coyotes (3-3). Flack had seven rebounds and eight blocked shots.
Robert Burns had 12 points and Jordan Nelson 11 for Waldorf, an NAIA school in Forest City, Iowa, that classified the game as an exhibition. The Warriors' record remained 1-5.


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Style # 216451
Sheer polyester chiffon fabric with pop-bright stripes and beautiful paisley print make this bebe high-low dress a hot way to amp up a summer look.
- 100% polyester
- Center back to hem: 48" (122 cm)
- Polyester lining
- Self-tie halter
- Hand wash according to care label
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Printed Halter High Low Dress is rated out of 5 by 12.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Luna from BEAUTIFUL!!!! This picture does it no justice. This dress is absolutely beautiful. I wore it to a bridal shower and I got so many compliments that I had to go back to Bebe's and order another one in a different color. This dress is a must have. You can wear it to any event Bridal shower, baby shower b-days . You can dress it up or down. It runs true to size I am between S and M and I bought the M on the first dress. The second dress I bought a small and it fits great the only difference is a little more tight in my chest but it still looks good.
Date published: 2014-09-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by TXbebefan from Great 4 stars I love my light weight chiffon summer dress! It's perfect for attending a baby shower. According to the reviews it does run big on top. I'm usually a size medium but I ordered a small it fits perfect! I'm going to look great for my cousins baby shower!
Date published: 2014-07-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by FloridaGirl from The dress fits great. When I first ordered this dress in size XS, I noticed four small spots on the dress so Bebe was nice enough to send me another one. This one fit great and is in perfect condition. I didn't have any problems fitting into the XS at all. I'm a 32D/34C, 23.5 waist, 36.5 hips. I have a stretch belt that I am going to wear this with to define my waist. I believe it you don't wear a stretch belt, then it might be a little too big on the top if you're very small on top. It looks great with a studded stretch belt. I also have the shoes that the model with the black hair is wearing, and the dress does fit like that on me. Notice that the model with the black hair is wearing a stretch belt as well. This dress is beautiful. Even my husband loves it. If you're 5'4' like me, you will need to wear heels. All in all, it was a great purchase.
Date published: 2013-11-30
Rated 1 out of 5 by fashionobsession from too large I really like the style. but this is way too large for me. i even bought XS but still feels like M-L! dis appointed wish i could return it.cos it's just gonna go to waste.bye $$$.
Date published: 2013-11-22
Rated 3 out of 5 by jissel from no for goiing out IT LOOKS AMAZIN IN THE PIC, BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT ON UPPER TOO BIG VERY DISSAPOINT
Date published: 2013-11-18
Rated 4 out of 5 by domesticdiva15 from Great dress for the price! I got a killer price on this dress over the holiday weekend and I am very pleased with my purchase! I am 5'5 105lbs and normally an xs in bebe. After reading the older reviews that it ran large, I ordered an xxs and it's a good thing i did. Perfect fit although it is a little short in the front. I will wear it with a stretch belt to define my waist. Colors and print are gorg and I can't wait to wear it out! Buy it!
Date published: 2013-10-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sweetnsassy1 from I love it! I love this dress--the style, the colors, the fit! It's sexy yet sophisticated! I've already worn it and have received compliments on it!
Date published: 2013-08-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by xodasha from My BF loves this on me He is the one who talked me into buying this, and I'm glad he did! This dress sits like it looks on the campaign model in the last photo and that's why I love it. It's so feminine and pretty
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Hi all,
I'm an intermediate level player and have been playing off and on my whole life (lessons, high school tennis team, etc...) and am looking for someone who'd like to rally and play games evenings at the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks park. I'd actually like to play this evening if anyone is interested....say 7:30?
I'd prefer a male partner (only so I don't have to explain every detail to my wife later).
I'm 30 years old, and 6' 7", in case anybody wants more experience playing against a taller player.
There's also newly relocated and very fun ultimate frisbee pickup game (M and W nights) at this park if anyone is interested.
Typically, Wednesday's and Thursdays are my best days.
Looking forward to your response!
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Hello Matt. I'm available some weeknights. Sherman Oaks/Studio City/Burbank. Please contact me directly at:
Let's play sometime -- I play at VNSOP quite a bit. Friend me for contact info (so it's not deleted).
Not sure you're still around for a game, but I'm free tonight if you're in?
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Is there anybody there who succeeded on running the version 0.11.0 of ScummVM on a Tungsten E? I don´t know what happened but I installed ScummVM on my device and it couldn´t find the games directories (I followed all the installation steps), when it finnally found monkey1, I set up the game but when I tried to run it freezed my Palm. Is this any kind of incompatibility? The previous version (0.10.0) worked fine, but I had problems with Lure of the Temptress (error on lure.dat), that´s why I installed this new version. [/b]
I've had similar problems with my Tungsten E2 for the last six months. It either drops back to the palm dektop or crashes the palm. Nothing I try (including triple-checking the memory card menu and removing the ini file)) seems to work.
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Style # 227990
With crystal embellished Hollywood bebe logo and classic tee cut and feel, this bebe top is sure to provide a glam jet setting pop to your celebrity sighting adventure. Try it with a neon denim short.
- 94% cotton, 6% spandex
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- Center back to hem: 22" (56 cm)
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The IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute and the Indianapolis Museum of Art will co-sponsor a free public lecture on "living architecture" by TED Fellow Rachel Armstrong on October 30 at 7pm. The event, part of the IAHI's Lecture & Performance Series and the IMA's STEM to STEAM Lecture Series, will take place at 7pm in the DeBoest Lecture Hall at the IMA. Reserve your free tickets below.
Rachel Armstrong is Co-Director of AVATAR (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research) in Architecture & Synthetic Biology at The School of Architecture & Construction, University of Greenwich, London. Senior TED Fellow, and Visiting Research Assistant at the Centre for Fundamental Living Technology, Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark. Rachel is a sustainability innovator who investigates a new approach to building materials called 'living architecture,' that suggests it is possible for our buildings to share some of the properties of living systems. She works collaboratively across disciplines to build and develop prototypes that embody her approach.
Dr. Armstrong was a member of the RESCUE "Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in global change research" Working Group, an interdisciplinary body of European experts making recommendations to the EU for strategic investment in interdisciplinary/scientific research of climate change. She was also part of the TARPOL report Targeting environmental pollution with engineered microbial systems, for the European Commission which will be published by Wiley this year. In 2011 Rachel was named as one of the top ten UK innovators by Director Magazine, featured in the top ten 'big ideas, 10 original thinkers' for BBC Focus Magazine, and selected as one of BMW/Wired's Change Accelerators. She has also just released a TED Book on Living Architecture.
"Scientists need to work outside their own areas of expertise to make new technologies that are pertinent to the 21st century and to collaborate, both with other scientific disciplines and the arts and humanities."
—Rachel Armstrong
Dr. Armstrong innovates and designs sustainable solutions for the built and natural environment using advanced new technologies such as, Synthetic Biology – the rational engineering of living systems – and smart chemistry. Her research prompts a reevaluation of how we think about our homes and cities and raises questions about sustainable development of the built environment. She creates open innovation platforms for academia and industry to address environmental challenges such as carbon capture & recycling, smart 'living' materials and sustainable design.
Dr. Armstrong's work includes the study of protocells. Protocells are a form of organic hardware that is not technically 'alive' since they do not possess any DNA. Yet they are capable of life-like behaviour that draws from the self-organizing potential of their ingredients. In keeping with Stuart Kauffman's notion of 'order for free,' the protocells are equipped with remarkable, emergent properties such as, movement, sensitivity and the production of microstructures.
While protocells have numerous engineering applications, which Dr. Armstrong explains in this short video, 'Toward a Living Architecture'.
Dr. Armstrong is also interested in investigating the artistic potential of new materials, working collaboratively with specialists in the arts and humanities. With the architect Philip Beesley and the cybernetic engineer Rob Gorbet, she participated in the Hylozoic Ground installation shown at the Venice Biennale in 2010. The group enlarged protocells and encased them in flasks, which were distributed throughout a lattice of small transparent acrylic meshwork designed by Beesley and Gorbet. The protocells performed like smell and taste receptors, sensing carbon dioxide produced by people in the gallery. When carbon dioxide was present, the protocells changed from blue to green or pink to purple. See a video of the installation here:
In addition to her other accomplishments, Dr. Armstrong has given a number of TED and TEDx talks. Her talk, "Architecture that Repairs Itself," will be featured at TEDxIndianapolis on October 22.
TEDFellows Talk: Creating Carbon Negative Architecture
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Get you free tickets to see Rachel Armstrong's lecture on October 30 at 7pm at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.


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Alouatta discolor
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Alouatta discolor (Spix, 1823)
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Hill (1962) listed five subspecies of the red-handed howler monkey, Alouatta belzebul: A. b. belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) (restricted by Cabrera [1957] to the Rio Capim, eastern Pará); A. b. discolor (Spix, 1823) from Gurupá, Pará; A. b. ululata Elliot, 1912, from Miritiba, Maranhão; A. b. mexianae Hagmann 1908, from the island of Mexiana, in the Marajó Archipelago, Brazil; and A. b. nigerrima Lönnberg, 1941 (restricted by Cabrera [1957] to Patinga, Amazonas).
Whereas Groves (2001, 2005) considered A. discolor (Spix, 1823) and A. ululata Elliot, 1912, to be synonyms of A. belzebul, Gregorin (2006) placed them as distinct species, followed here.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2c ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Boubli, J.-P., Di Fiore, A., Rylands, A.B. & Mittermeier, R.A.
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
This species is listed as Vulnerable given that it is estimated to have undergone a decline exceeding 30% over the past 3 generations (36 years) due to intensive and ongoing habitat loss.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The type locality for Alouatta discolor is given as Forte Curupá (= Gurupá), Pará, Brazil. Gregorin (2006) explained that this was on the southern margin of the Rio Amazonas, not on the Island of Gurupá (opposite), which is occupied by red howler (Fernandes 1994), presumably Alouatta macconnelli. It would seem that this would be the easternmost limit to the range of this species, whjch extends west in a narrow strip along the south bank of the Rio Amazonas and south through the interfluvium bounded by the rios Tapajós and Juruena in the west and the rios Xingu and Iriri in the east (Gregorin 2006). Alouatta discolor is the howler monkey of the Rio Curuá basin.
Bonvicino et al. (1989) indicated that Alouatta discolor occurs on the Islands of Marajó and Caviana, and Mexiana, but here we follow Fernandes (1994), Ferrari and Lopes (1996), and Gregorin (2006) who agree that Alouatta belzebul is the howler occurring there.
Between the lower Xingu in the west and the Tocantins the identity of this species is in doubt (A. Rylands, pers comm.).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil (Mato Grosso, Pará)
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|There are no published density estimates available.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found in lowland terra firma and seasonally inundated rain forest.
The howler monkeys are the large leaf-eaters of the South American primate communities. The molar teeth are particularly adapted for their chewing leaves through shearing. Like the spider monkeys, they are prehensile-tailed, with a naked patch of skin on the under surface at the tip. Their most characteristic feature is the deep jaws which surround the enlarged larynx and hyoid apparatus, a resonating chamber. It is with this enlarged and highly specialized voice box that they produce their howls (grunts, roars and barks). Howling sessions, usually involving the entire group, can be heard particularly in the early morning and are audible at distances of 1-2 kms (Drubbel and Gautier 1993).
Fourteen is a large group, and they can usually be seen numbering four or five or up to 11 or so individuals. There is usually only one dominant male in the group (occasionally two), others being sub-adults, or juveniles, along with a harem of two to five females. Unlike the spider monkeys, and related to the large proportion of leaves in the diet (up to 50% of the annual diet), the howler monkeys generally have quite small and broadly overlapping home ranges, of 5 ha up to 45 ha, depending on the type of habitat (Neville et al. 1988). Pinto (2002a,b; Pinto and Setz 2004) studied a group of 7-9 animals in northern Mato Grosso that used a home range of 63 ha.
Howlers are the only New World primates which regularly include mature leaves in their diet, although softer, less fibrous, young leaves are preferred when they are available. Their folivory and ability to eat mature leaves is undoubtedly one of the keys to their wide distribution and the wide variety of vegetation types they inhabit. Mature fruit is the other important food item, especially wild figs (Ficus) in many regions, but they also eat leaf petioles, buds, flowers (sometimes seasonally very important), seeds, moss, stems and twigs, and termitaria.
Size: As for Alouatta belzebul
Adult male weight 7.27 kg (n=27) (Peres 1994)
Adult female weight 5.52 kg (n=26) (Peres 1994).
|Major Threat(s):
|Both deforestation and hunting occur throughout the range. Extensive deforestation is being driven by logging, cattle ranching and industrial soy plantations - accompanying the Cuiabá-Santarém highway, which bisects its range (north to south) and the Transamazon highway which bisects its range west to east. The paving of these results in deforested swathes 50 to 100 km wide on either side of the road. There is also some limited subsistence hunting.
|Conservation Actions:
The following protected areas are within the range of the species: Tapajós National Forest (600,000 ha); Itaituba I National Forest (220,034 ha); Itatiuba II National Forest (440,500 ha); and Altamira National Forest (689,012 ha).
It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
|Boubli, J.-P., Di Fiore, A., Rylands, A.B. & Mittermeier, R.A. 2008. Alouatta discolor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T43912A10836686. . Downloaded on 15 October 2018.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Bike Trip #12- The Road Home
Finally it was time to head east in order to get back to school. Where as we ambled along at such a slow pace getting to California we now sped along at an unreal clip to reach Pennsylvania. We left LA and headed toward Las Vegas. We were driving at night and saw this eerie glow on the horizon for a ridiculous amount of time before we ever reached it. We hit Las Vegas at 1 AM and decided to just drive down the strip to say we'd seen it before we gassed up the car. Las Vegas at 1 AM made this 18 year old girl think she'd slipped down the rabbit hole. It may as well been 1 PM for all you could tell on the strip at that hour. The lights made it bright as day and the number of people milling around at that hour was pretty much like I'm sure you'd see in the middle of the day. The taxi cabs had ads on them so you knew where to go see live nude girls. I certainly wasn't in Kansas anymore...actually I never have been, it's one of the states I've never set foot in..but I digress. I was perfectly happy to not bother getting out of the car. A hundred kajillion megawatts of neon in the middle of a god-forsaken desert held no allure for me. If I wanted to see a live nude girl I'd find a mirror. Meh. Thus was my first visit to Vegas which lasted all of maybe 20 minutes. Many years later a one week visit did little to improve my assessment of the place.
We really just wanted to get home by now and it was decided we'd only stop for bathroom, gasoline and food. If those 3 things could be taken care of at a single location that was also the goal. Oh, and we wanted to see the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon too. So we devised a system. Whoever was driving would do so until gremlins started to threaten their sanity or the navigator caught their head nodding. Then the driver would move to the back seat and sleep, the sleeper would become navigator, and the navigator would become driver. So how long do you think it takes 3 people to get from California to North Carolina (where we would visit Mr. Lime's mother) with this system, and figuring in time to see those two major sites? Any guesses? Oh, come on, be brave.....the answer is (drum roll please)...3 days.
We saw the north rim of the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon (roughly 300 miles apart from each other) in the same 24 hours that included Las Vegas. Our visit to GC was not unlike the scene in National Lampoon's 'Vacation.' Picture us standing at the edge, 'Wow! Big hole! Ok, let's go. Daylight's burning.' Doesn't Mr. Lime look like he is contemplating jumping in? When we got to BC, Gus went for a hike. We couldn't find him and for a moment I think we contemplated leaving him. Sorry, Gus.
From Bryce Canyon we found our way back to I-40. I-40 is an interstate highway that runs from coast to coast. It is flat, straight and pretty much devoid of much to look at. I am pretty sure that had we not made the detours to GC and BC we could have just gotten on the road in California, tied the steering wheel so the car wouldn't turn at all, put a brick on the accelerator, and made it to the east coast just fine. Now consider that we were in a Citation. This is a small car folks. It was August, the month during which asphalt temperatures are just a degree or two under that of the sun's surface. Did I mention the car had no AC? Well, it didn't. Interminable hours on a road through the desert in August with no AC, and no stops for sleep in a bed or showering. Oh yeah, it was more fun that 3 people should ever be allowed to enjoy.
A certain madness begins to set in. The road wobbles in front of your eyes. The stench of your car mates slowly roasting alive in a metal can flying through the desert assaults your nose. You would consider selling your soul for a radio station not playing country/western music. And the road stretches on and on and on and on.....and on. One of my shifts was the panhandle of Texas. My entire goal was to hit Oklahoma because when the scenery never changes the only way to mark progress is checking a state off the map. I was coming to the end of my thinly stretched sanity when I begged Gus to get out the map and please, for the love of God, tell me how soon we'd be reaching Oklahoma before I completely lost my grip on reality. He looked at me in amazement and said we'd crossed state lines an hour ago. I was sure he was messing with me. He insisted. I argued. He got out the map and showed me where we were. I veered over to the shoulder, got out and kissed the ground, opened the back door, kicked Mr. Lime out, handed Gus the keys and said, 'Goodnight. Keep the radio low.' I don't remember anything else until Little Rock, Arkansas.
*No reason for these pictures from Universal Studios to be here except to represent my tenuous grasp on sanity and to give you something to look at, which is more than we had on I-40.
We sped across Arkansas and were really disappointed to find I-40 cuts the long way across Tennessee but were glad to see something green at least. We finally hit North Carolina where we would make a stop at Mr. Lime's mother's house for a couple days. I was so looking forward to a bed and a shower. Don't you know, we came upon a traffic jam. Vehicles were backed up for miles. Bumper to bumper we crawled along at at rate slower than the bicycles could go. We began to descend a hill, saw the corresponding rise after that, and noticed the cause of the back-up. It wasn't construction. It wasn't some grisly accident. It was two tractor trailers side by side inching up the mountain. Neither one willing to drop back behind the other so people could get past in the other lane. I was suddenly energized by violent homicidal rage as the promise of of personal hygiene and being able to unfold my limbs during a state of blissful unconsciousness was delayed by a couple of dopes having a test of wills.
We finally reached our destination and Mr. Lime said we'd have to meet his mother at her workplace so she could give us the house key. He insisted we all go in to meet her, unbathed for three days, exhausted, and smelling to high heaven. This is where I pause to remind you all Mr. Lime and I were not married yet. I had never met his mother. His previous girlfriend was a well bred, upper class Long Island girl who was much beloved by my future in-law. Now he is bringing this stinking girl into the very swanky department store where his mother works. Great first impression to make, no? To her credit, she welcomed all of us warmly in spite of our pungence.
We spent a few days there. I basked in the unparalleled joy of running water and inner spring mattresses. We took off for Pennsylvania refreshed and arrived with a couple days to spare. I moved into my dorm room. Gus went back to the dairy farm where he was living. Mr. Lime found a new apartment and we all started classes. Mr. Lime decided, however, he needed to sell the Citation. He couldn't bear to look at it anymore after the summer and the return trip. I thought that odd since Gus and I were the ones caged in it, but hey, it was his car. He wanted to unload it fast so I told him about the farmer's market near my house that had an auto auction. We drove to my mom's for the weekend, went to the auction, and sold the car.
We walked around a while as I pointed out the local oddities. We took a seat on the bench whose previous occupant for many years would more accurately be described as the bench's permanent fixture. Week after week the guy sat there in all his greasy, pot-bellied glory with his special glasses that had sides shaped like ladies' legs as he leered at the real legs passing before him. He wasn't completely lacking in class. After all, in the winter he added tiny legwarmers to the glasses. Thoughtful touch, no? And so it was as we sat on this very bench, reflecting on the summer and what had happened and what it all meant, that Mr. Lime asked me to marry him and my jaw dropped to the peanut shell covered floor. When I regained voluntary control over my temporo-mandibular joints and realized he was completely serious I questioned his sanity, told him I had no answer and staggered out of the place muttering like a psych ward patient whose Thorazine levels are not quite right. In other words, I behaved like a significant number of the patrons of the Farmer's Market.
Last week a couple folks expressed dismay at the impending conclusion to this tale. Fear not, I have one more week of travel drivel to pour out since I got the return trip but not the loose ends tied up in this post. Tune in next week for tales of melons, mandolins, and making up. For those of you sick of this series, fear not, the end is near.
23 comments:
- Lizard Princess said...
O.K. I got it out of my system.
Lovely pictures of the hole in the ground. When are they gonna fill that thing in?
I also like the pics of the farmer's market- local life is always interesting wildlife to photograph!
- lecram said...
Whoa! Didn't see the proposal coming... very sweet though. :)
- lime said...
liz, yeah it was pretty disgusting. no plans to fill it in, now you can walk out over it on a glass bridge...thanks, but i'll pass
lecram, you and me both!
- G-Man said...
You must have kept a journal eh?
How else could you remember all that crap?
Awesome chronology..
A trip of a lifetime!!
You Rock!..xoxox
- Queenie said...
Sounds fantastic, Grand Canyon is one place I dream of seeing (who knows, maybe one day). Lime I enjoy reading about your adventures, don't ever stop...
- Seamus said...
I-40 remains dismal to this day!
So.....how's the Thorazine levels today???? hmmmmm?
What great visuals and narrative.
- Moosekahl said...
A road trip to remember...so did he use the car money for a ring?
- lime said...
gman, just a date book with names and locations of people we stayed with and sights we saw, a few odd notes here and there but not much else. it was just a very significant event that took place long before motherheimers kicked in. ask me where i was yesterday and i couldn't tell you.
queenie, i'd very much lilke to go back to the grand canyon myself and have a chance to explore the area properly.
seamus, glad you enjoyed the story. my thorazine levels are appropriate but my blood chocolate levels are dangerously low right now
moose, you might have thought he used the car money for a ring, but you'd be wrong. lol
- MONA said...
YAYY! another bike trip post!!!
I loved reading this one & specially enjoyed looking at the pictures. I have also met those two monsters at the Universal Studios!
My gosh! bicycling all that way! Hats off to you!
YaaaYY! another one more to come!!
- keda said...
wow i'm exhausted just reading. but ending with the proposal perked me up ;)
what a wonderful/stinky trip.
i wanna go now..
with AC.
- jillie said...
So when did you say yes?? That's what I want to know...hahaha!!
BTW...it's now the Kodak Theater. Like everything else, it's sold out to a big company name.
LA is a VERY foreign city. I'm only an hour and a half away and I hate going there. I avoid it every chance I get.
This is a great story and I am sad to see it come to an end...boooohoo!!!
- RennyBA said...
What a long and very readable post - thanks for sharing this trip with us!
I've always wanted to go to Grand Canyon, but the closes I've got there so far is through Google Earth - the pics from yours where great!
- lime said...
mona, i loved the shark, so much less scary in person
keda, oh you shoudl go back to bike trip #1 and catch up on the whoel trip ;)
jillie, i'll tell that later. ok, i feel better knowing a californian feels that way too
renny, i'm glad the length didn't detract from the story. and i'd really love to see the grand canyon more properly.
- Charles said...
Wow, who'd have thought that this story would have included how you were proposed to? Great story, I'll be looking forward to the final installment, not because it's the final, but because it's the next.
Is that you in the endbikebox.jpg picture?
- cindra said...
i love love love love these stories! i think i could actually smell you guys for a minute, you write so well. i do mean that as a compliment! i hope you are recording these somewhere for your children...this is great...this stuff that is YOU.
- SignGurl said...
I thought my olfactory senses were a little off since I could smell you too, hehe! You are an awesome writer. Thanks for taking us along with you on the trip of a lifetime.
Great conclusion to the bike trip, proposals and meeting your future mother in law.
Cool stuff lime.:)
- lime said...
charles, yep that is me at the tender age of 18
cindra, thanks for the kind words. yes, i really guess i should copy this stuff somewhere for them
signgurl, yeah, i am betting the smell still lingers....
top cat, it was quite the surprise.
- Dan said...
Michelle, this is an unbelievable tale. Have you considered writing a book about it?
- ~Tim said...
As much as I've enjoyed this series, I think the lasting image for me is that guy with leg warmers on the legs of his glasses. And you didn't even post a photo of that!
- The Zombieslayer said...
Cool pics. The Grand Canyon is something every American should see at least once, although I have to admit, I've yet to go to Bryce Canyon.
So, they still have that Jaws at Universal? Haven't been there in years.
- lime said...
dan, it's all true. me write a book? no....i don't think so. lol
tim, if i had a picture of him i woudl post it. i kid you not.
zombie, oh i agree abotu GC. as for universal, this was 20 yrs ago. i dunno if bruce is still there or not.
- Palm Springs Savant said...
What a fantastic trip! I really enjoyed reading through it, and felt like I was there with you. Thanks for making me feel like I went somewhere today.


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Gov. Deval Patrick came to the defense of his number two after it was revealed Thursday that the Office of Campaign and Political Finance had found "evidence" to warrant an investigation by the attorney general into whether Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, his campaign committee and disgraced former Chelsea Housing Authority Director Michael McLaughlin violated campaign finance law.
"I'm aware that the allegations around McLaughlin were referred to the ethics folks by the lieutenant governor, that they did an investigation, and that they thought there was enough there that the attorney general ought to look at it as well, and she has been doing that since at least the summertime," Patrick told reporters on his way out of his Statehouse office.
"They are investigating the charges of McLaughlin raising money inappropriately, and that is exactly what they should be doing. And I trust the lieutenant governor and his account of what happened, and didn't happen, and I'm going to let the jobs of the attorney general and other investigators get done and not pursue or succumb to insinuation."
About a year ago, Murray asked the OCPF to investigate any fundraising that McLaughlin had done on his behalf, an activity prohibited because McLaughlin was a federal employee. In a letter from Sept. 19 released Thursday, Office of Campaign and Political Finance Director Michael Sullivan informed Attorney General Martha Coakley that his office had concluded, "The evidence also indicates that McLaughlin, Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray and the Citizens Committee to Elect Tim Murray did not comply with" campaign finance laws governing the solicitation or receipt of contributions.
Patrick tried to downplay any suggestion that the letter contained new or more forceful allegations against Murray.
"Everybody's aware of that. It's been news since the summer," the governor said.
Patrick said he trusted Murray, who has insisted he knew nothing of McLaughlin's alleged fundraising activities on his behalf, and asked for the probe in order to return any contributions that might have been collected improperly. "He's answered all of my questions, and answered all of yours," Patrick said.
Murray's spokesman Scott Ferson released a statement Thursday night emphasizing Murray's cooperation with state and federal investigations of McLaughlin, and the fact that Murray was the one who asked for the OCPF review.
"The Murray Committee never authorized Michael McLaughlin to do any fundraising on its behalf. Neither the media nor any regulatory agency has ever identified any fact indicating that the Murray Committee authorized McLaughlin to engage in this activity. We continue to fully cooperate with any authorities looking into this matter," Ferson said in the statement.
Ferson continued, "OCPF has not made a determination that the Murray Committee violated campaign finance laws. Reports that there are charges are incorrect."
McLaughlin was charged Wednesday by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in federal district court with lying about his salary on official housing authority reports submitted to the state. Coakley said Thursday her investigation in the matters contained in the OCPF report were ongoing.
Asked whether the investigation might become a distraction, Patrick said, "Try as you might, it's not going to be."
Murray, who has retained former U.S. Attorney Donald Stern, already has been examined under oath by investigators in the McLaughlin case, and he has spent $78,659 on legal bills from his campaign funds.
After ramping up fundraising last year and expressing serious interest in running for governor in 2014, Murray announced last week that he would not try to succeed Gov. Deval L. Patrick, who is not seeking re-election. Murray said family considerations drove his decision not to run for governor.
McLaughlin resigned after it was revealed that he lied about his compensation in the annual fiscal budgets of the Chelsea Housing Authority from 2008 to 2011, and submitted those records to the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.
McLaughlin's fundraising ties to Murray have been called into question. The Boston Globe reported extensively about McLaughlin's alleged fundraising for Murray and their exchange of nearly 200 phone calls with him in 2010 and 2011.
In January 2011, Murray described himself as "outraged and frustrated by Mr. McLaughlin's actions" and said he felt "misled." Murray also said, "I never asked him, nor am I aware of anybody in my fundraising campaign, my political campaign staff or my fundraising staff asking him to raise money or soliciting things, so when we read these anonymous allegations it's concerning." He said he asked OCPF to investigate "because if people were pressured or solicited to give we want to know who that is and return dollars."
At the time, Murray also said, "I wish I had known more, maybe asked more, but as candidates for elected office and elected officials people volunteer, they offer to help and you take people at face value."
Murray's call on OCPF to look into the situation followed a Boston Globe report, based on both named and unnamed sources, including sources the newspaper described as more than two dozen politicians, housing authority employees, and Murray campaign workers.
The article detailed what appeared to be a close political relationship between Murray and McLaughlin and suggested that McLaughlin helped organize fundraisers for Murray's campaign for lieutenant governor, and may have coerced employees from the Chelsea Housing Authority to donate to Murray.
Material from The Boston Globe was used in this report


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- Most Recent Photo
- 12-27-2010
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- Black Butler
- Character
- Dagger
- Year Completed:
- 2013
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- Difficult
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- Yaoi-con 2010
This Costume has been retired
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I made this costume to be accurate to the to the Old English time frame. Making all the button functional on the shirt, vest, and shoes. The pants tie closed with the ribbon on the side.
The taco hat is probably the only thing that I don't like on this costume. It is made out of foam and fuzz. I have to remake this so that it is bigger for the next time that I wear it.
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February 12. 2014 12:06PM
CONCORD – Most were expecting an old-time gun duel with proponents and opponents facing off over House Bill 1589 to require background checks for all commercial sales of firearms.
However, the guns fired blanks and the House Wednesday spent an hour-and-a-half in parliamentary maneuvering before finally killing the bill on a 242-118 vote.


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My name is Pegg Winter. I have been performing for over 35 years. I have been on Broadway/National Tour,Regional ,Cabaret and recordings.
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Piano students age 4 and up
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Hello, fellow music lovers! My name is Nicole and I would be honored to have the opportunity to help you take your music skills, whether beginning to advanced, to the next level! I am a singer with 25+ years of experience with solos, small ensemble groups, and large choirs. My singing styles range from opera, musical theatre, jazz, gospel, and christian contemporary, just to name a few. : ) I am also an experienced flutist with 5 + years of study and an intermediate-level pianist with about 5 years of study in the classical technique, and playin
My training first began in elementary school, in Virginia Beach, VA, when I took my first group voice lessons and concert band classes as a beginning flutist. I continued my study with a large home school band in the 7th grade. I was then chosen to play the flute in an All City Band in Virginia Beach, for excellence in my performance skills. From there I continued my study at a private school in Virginia Beach with many chorus, band, and youth band classes to further my music reading and improvisational performance skills. At age eighteen I moved to Tampa, FL and became a Liberal Arts major with a concentration in Music at Hillsborough Community College (HCC). I graduated from HCC with an AA in Liberal Arts/Music. I was then accepted to further my music study at the University of South Florida (USF). I studied voice and a sampling of other instruments in the Music Education program. I graduated with two and one-half years of music education training and another four years of voice training with a BA in Music Studies. Also, during my college years I participated in the elite USF Chamber Singers, the University Singers, the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, and many studio recitals.
In 2013 I completed my fourth year of music teaching in a small private school in Tampa, FL. I have sang with Opera Tampa since their 2012-2013 season in the professional opera chorus for productions such as Carmen, The Magic Flute, and Madame Butterfly. I have continued to add new performance jobs with The Princeton Festival in Princeton, NJ (2014), St. Petersburg Opera in St Pete, FL , and the Tampa Spiritual Ensemble performing in the surrounding Tampa Bay areas. In addition, I continue my studies part time at the Patel Conservatory in downtown Tampa.
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For flute lessons I would begin with scales or simple exercises. Then to specific pieces that you would want to work on or techniques from the Accent on Achievement or Standards of Excellence book series'.
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Flute: Up to Intermediate level Classical, Sight-reading
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They say home is where the heart is...well.music is my home!!!
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When taking lessons with me you can expect a laid back environment. I believe music should always remain fun to keep a creative flow. You can expect to broaden your vocal range and and learn the creativity of music performance and writing.
"You know what what music is God's little reminder that there is something else in the universe besides us
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Choosing the right voice coach or singing teacher can be a difficult task, as there are so many coaches and teachers out there. My approach is unique in a sense that I do not believe in a "One size fits all". With Decades of working with professionals in this music industry including celebrities, platinum recording artists from American, Eastern and African continents. I have worked with contestants and music industry professionals and producers from American Idol, America's Most Talented Kids, and America's Got Talent, as well as industry insiders, AR reps, TV networks, and many venues across the USA.
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"Experienced voice teacher of 10 years available for eager students of all experience levels and ages 13 and up. I structure my lessons so students learn what they want to learn, while also building a strong vocal technique. I am a proponent of Functional Singing which focuses on how the vocal mechanism works. It allows both teacher and singer to explore the voice and its associated muscle systems. Singers learn to embrace their voice, not one that is falsified through imitation.
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If you're looking for an enthusiastic teacher who loves her students (and may be a little bit nerdy), look no further! I teach voice, piano, ukulele, and steel drums.
Pasta, my dogs, and the color green are all the greatest things in life.
Music is a personal journey, and is unique for each person. I love to help people discover and grow their own passion. There is nothing more rewarding than being a part of watching someone develop into an artist who then goes on to influence others on their own journey.
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Martinez leads Tigers past Mariners
Detroit, MI – Victor Martinez went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two walks and two RBI to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Seattle Mariners, 5-4.
Martinez knocked in the go-ahead run with a double in the seventh inning, capping a two-run rally.
Torii Hunter went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored and Prince Fielder was 3-for-4 with two doubles, one RBI and scored two runs.
Tigers starter Doug Fister (13-9) pitched well enough through 7 2/3 innings, despite four runs given up. He struck out 10 and allowed one walk and one home run. The save was collected by Joaquin Benoit, his 22nd of season. He notched one strikeout in a perfect ninth.
"Our defense really picked me up a lot of times tonight," Fister said. "And the offense just kept grinding until it took its toll on the other team."
The Mariners' Dustin Ackley was 1-for-5 with a three-run home run. Raul Ibanez went 1-for-4 and added an RBI.
Seattle starter James Paxton lasted five innings and gave up three runs, struck out three and walked four. He left the game with the lead, but got a no-decision.
Reliever Charlie Furbish (2-6) picked up the loss for Seattle after allowing one run in his one inning of work.
In the seventh inning Hunter led off with a double and Miguel Cabrera flew out to right to send Hunter to third. Fielder singled to center to score Hunter. Martinez then hit his second double of the game, scoring Fielder for the decisive run of the game.
Earlier, Kyle Seager had a two-out single in the first inning followed by a Kendrys Morales single which set up Ibanez's single to drive in the first run of the game, giving Seattle a 1-0 lead.
The Tigers answered in the bottom of the first when Hunter hit a solo home run with one out. After the home run Cabrera walked and Fielder hit into a fielder's choice to second. Martinez then drove in Fielder from first with a double into left field to make the score 2-1.
In the bottom of the third, Paxton walked Omar Infante with the bases loaded to force in another Detroit run.
In the top of the fifth Fister ran into trouble, giving up singles to Mike Zunino and Carlos Triunfel. Ackley then hit a three-run homer, his fourth of the season, to give Seattle the lead at 4-3.
"I thought we did a good job of making (Fister) work," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said.
Game Notes
The Tigers are five wins from clinching the AL central ... Detroit raised its single-season strikeout record to 1,322 ... Tigers pitchers had 45 strikeouts in the four-game set ... Detroit took the season series 5-2 ... Ibanez still remains one home run away from having 300 for his career and from tying Ted Williams for most home runs in a season by a player over 40 years old ... Tigers left-handed reliever Phil Coke was unavailable due to tenderness in his elbow.


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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A U.S. flag from one of the thousands of Allied ships that delivered troops to the Normandy beaches sold for $350,000 at a New York City auction of hundreds of D-Day and other World War II artifacts a day before the 70th anniversary of the history-changing invasion.
An unnamed online buyer won the spirited bidding Thursday at Bonhams in Manhattan. The American flag that flew aboard the U.S.-built LST 493 had pre-sale estimates of $12,000 to $18,000 that changed to $25,000 to $35,000 before bidding began.
The auction also featured rare print-outs of the original series of hourly Dow Jones news bulletins reporting the fighting on France's north coast on June 6, 1944. They had the same pre-sale price as the flag but only fetched $10,000.
Both items were owned by military collector and historian Rodney Hilton Brown.


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Posters for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." (20th Century Fox)Link
A new TV spot for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" offers a first look at the menacing ape army.
The trailer, which premiered during Sunday night's season finale of "The Walking Dead," begins with an ominous human voice-over.
"You know the scary thing about 'em?" the narration begins. "They don't need power, lights, heat. Nothing. That's their advantage, that's what makes them stronger."
The teaser, which runs 43 seconds, shows the apes on horseback and, presumably, preparing for battle. Watch it in the video below.
"Dawn" is set a decade after the events of 2011's blockbuster "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," in which Caesar, a genetically evolved chimpanzee portrayed by Andy Serkis through performance capture technology, leads a host of simians to freedom. "Dawn" picks up in a post-apocalyptic future where humankind has been all but destroyed by disease and conflict, and Caesar's apes have started a forest colony — the beginnings of a new civilization. Conflict arises when a group of human survivors cross paths with the ape colony.
In addition to Serkis, the film stars Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and Keri Russell among others.
Director Matt Reeves ("Let Me In," "Cloverfield"), who took over from "Rise" director Rupert Wyatt, is slated to helm a third installment in the franchise.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is due in theaters July 11. What do you think of the new teaser? Let us know in the comments.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University men's golf team is ranked No. 2 in the Golf World/Nike Coaches Poll.
The Buccaneers sit behind Nova Southeastern in the NCAA Division II poll. South Carolina-Aiken is third, North Alabama fourth and Abilene Christian fifth. Barry received one first place vote.
Five Sunshine State Conference teams are ranked in the top 13. Barry and Nova both compete in the SSC.
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After rising 0.31% on Wednesday, the U.S. Comex gold futures tumbled by 0.94% on Thursday. The S&P 500 index and the Euro Stoxx 50 index weakened by 1.54% and 1.26% respectively in the past two days. Week-to-Thursday, the gold futures has dropped almost 1% while the Dollar Index has remained flat at around 81.1.
As the market expected, the Euro area fell into a recession with real GDP growth dropping 0.1% in Q3 after falling 0.2% in Q2 while the September industrial production fell 2.5%. Germany's and France's real GDP rose 0.2% while that of Italy and Spain declined 0.2% and 0.3% respectively in Q3. The Japanese government also downgraded its economic outlook for four consecutive months due primarily to the weakening external outlook.
In the U.S., both the New York and Philadelphia manufacturing indexes contracted in November. The unemployment claims ending the week of Nov. 10 shot up by 78,000 because of the aftermath effect of Hurricane Sandy, although real GDP growth may not be impacted in total in the next two quarters. The debate on the fiscal cliff has clearly weakened sentiments in the U.S. markets where the S&P 500 index dropped about 5% after the Presidential election. Last-minute brinkmanship could lead to a prolonged fiscal debate up to the U.S. debt ceiling deadline around mid-February 2013.
The weaker gold market prices on Thursday coincided with the release of the Q3 Gold Demand report by the World Gold Council. The report showed that global gold demand dropped 11% year-on-year to 1,084.6 tonnes in Q3 although the high base in Q3 2011 was a result of the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. debt ceiling debate. Physical demand weakened in Q3 with investment demand, which includes ETFs, total bars and coins, dropping 16% year-on-year in Q3. Indian demand rose 9% while Chinese demand weakened 8% as the Chinese economy slowed. ETF demand was the bright spot within investment demand, rising 56% from last year. Year-to-September, the central banks continued to purchase gold at a clip of about 100 tonnes per quarter.
The important data and events to watch include Ben Bernanke's speech in New York, the October U.S. housing starts data and the Bank of Japan interest rate meeting on Nov. 20 as well as the EU Summit and the EU-17 November flash manufacturing PMI index on Nov. 22.


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Word on the street is that an update will be hitting the iPhone 5 on April 5th that will turn on access to T-Mobile's LTE network on unlocked GSM models. While you'll have to wait until April 12th to pick up the iOS handset direct from the magenta-hued carrier, those who have been running rogue with unlocked devices from AT&T or purchased direct from Apple should soon be able to run at full, blistering 4G speeds. (Where the fledgling network has been fired up, at least.) The internal notice obtained by TmoNews (which you can see after the break) reads:
"The T-Mobile Carrier Update is a minor iOS software update that enables official iPhone support by T-Mobile. When installed, the software update enables a handful of capabilities like Visual Voicemail, MMS Settings and Network/Device optimizations that customers do not have access to today. On April 5, the software update will begin being pushed via OTA to all iPhone devices on the T-Mobile network with iOS 6.1.x or higher."
So it's not just LTE, but also some of the basic features that make the iPhone such a compelling product, which will suddenly turn on for T-Mo customers. We'll know soon enough if there's truth to these rumblings, but we'd imagine the iOS update would need to be pushed out ahead of the official T-Mobile iPhone launch.


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Ashley McBryde live at The Bluestone on November 8th, 2018 as part of her "Girl Going Nowhere Tour" performing live at The Bluestone on November 8th, 2018!
*Opening Artist: Dee White
*Doors will OPEN at 7PM
*Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of show
Tickets On-Sale Friday, May 25th 10AM!
Ashley McBryde Biography…
"I hear the crowd, I look around, and I can't find one empty chair. Not bad for a girl going nowhere" sings Ashley McBryde on "Girl Goin' Nowhere," the seminal title track from her forthcoming LP. They're words built from experience: over the course of her life, McBryde's been finding her own way to fill those seats and sway those hearts since the very first time her teacher told her that her dreams of writing songs in Nashville would never see the light of day. Every time she was brought down, she persevered; trusting her timeless tone and keen, unwavering eye for the truth. It paid off. In April, Eric Church brought her on stage and called her a "whiskey-drinking badass," confessing that he's a massive fan. The rest of the world is quickly catching on, too.
Dubbed as one of Rolling Stone's "Artists You Need To Know," citing she's "an Arkansas red-clay badass, with the swagger of Hank Jr. and the songwriting of Miranda Lambert," McBryde fearlessly lays it all on the line, and it's that honest all-in approach that has led to NPR critic Ann Powers to ask if McBryde could be "among the first post-Stapleton country stars?" McBryde's album will showcase an artistic vision that will prove her to be one of the genre's keenest working storytellers, bringing unwavering honesty back into a pop-preoccupied genre. Pulling tales from every corner of her human experience, McBryde sings with fire and fury, laughing and swigging that brown stuff along the way.
McBryde was raised in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. At three, she'd secretly pluck her father's guitar like an upright bass, and after about the 17th time being caught, her father bought her a guitar of her own. When she was twelve, she played her parents and grandparents her very first composition. It was at Arkansas State when, while a member of the marching band, McBryde finally started sharing her voice with others, and finally moved to Nashville in 2007 where steadily worked a circuit of dive bars, biker hangouts, and colorful joints fighting to have her songs heard.
Her first EP, the self-released 2016 Jalopies and Expensive Guitars was just a taste of what McBryde can do, and, on her full-length debut, she will meld her songwriting chops with the vision of producer Jay Joyce, peppering her tales with a touch of guitar-driven rock fury. McBryde isn't afraid to tell the truth, get raw and real and use the spirits of country, folk and rock when it serves her greater purpose. And that's to tell the stories that shake us, make us and tell us a little more about what it's like to be human.
Midland LIVE at The Bluestone on Saturday, November 17, 2018!
*Opening Artist: Desure
*Doors for the show will open at 7PM
*Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show
Ticket On-Sale July 13th, 2018 at 10AM!
With all the chest-thumping going on in Nashville today, where bluster and swagger have replaced heart and soul, you half expect some of country music's male stars to be sporting bruises. Which is what makes Midland, a trio of friends based in Dripping Springs, Texas, so undeniably refreshing. Made up of singer Mark Wystrach, lead guitarist Jess Carson and bass player Cameron Duddy, Midland is the embodiment of Seventies California country, all smooth Eagles harmonies and heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics. Their songs are intoxicating, sung with the twang of George Strait.
And it's impossible to resist.
Now, after endearing themselves to fans with the hit radio single "Drinkin' Problem" and a self-titled EP, Midland unveil their full-length debut, On the Rocks (Big Machine Records).
A collection of 13 tracks all written or co-written by Midland – the guys took their name from a Dwight Yoakam song – On the Rocks excels at setting a mood, transporting the listener to another place and time. It's an album made for wide-open skies, endless deserts and wondering where the road is going to take you next.
"Drinkin' Problem," written with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, who produced the album with Dann Huff, reclaims the drinking song for classic country music, making it less about an endless party and more about self-medicating. "They call it a problem, I call it a solution / just sitting here with all my grand illusions," sings Wystrach, evoking the best booze ballads of both Gary Stewart and Merle Haggard, two of the trio's chief influences.
"Make a Little," a rollicking ditty, is more optimistic, soaring with the brotherly harmonies of Wystrach, Duddy and Carson and a timely message: "There's just not enough love in the world." The rapid-fire lyrics embody the clever wordplay that is unique to country music – "we should make a little, generate a little / maybe even make the world a better place a little" – and also nod to Alabama, another country band that helped spark a revolution in the genre.
Midland hearken back to a time when an artist's personal style – colorful suits, tailored denim and well-worn hats – dovetailed with the music. And they tip their hats to other groundbreaking artists throughout On the Rocks.
The kick-back and get-high ode "Altitude Adjustment" name-checks John Denver, the majestic "Nothin' New Under the Neon" sounds like vintage Eddie Rabbit, and the glorious "At Least You Cried" channels Dwight Yoakam. By album's end, the band 2 returns to the Eagles, recalling their famous intro to "Seven Bridges Road," with the closing "Somewhere on the Wind."
"On the Rocks is a confluence of our musical tastes and our reverence for classic country," says Duddy, whose wife, photographer Harper Smith, shoots all of the group's stylish photos.
"This record is truly a nod to the time period we are influenced by," says Carson, a Pacific Northwest native, "and is an effort to bring that sound and that pageantry back to the forefront."
"We write with a very visual storytelling approach. We paint that big picture and go to that place," says Wystrach. "Where is this story going? Let's paint it."
"Electric Rodeo," with its plaintive piano, sweeping strings and high-in-the-saddle chorus, is a prime example of the "picture" the band talks about creating. And "Check Cashin' Country," a solo composition by Carson, stands as the band's true-life road diary: the tale of a country-rock band trying to find time to sleep as they hustle from gig to gig, barely making enough money to put gas in the tank. It's the country equivalent of Seger's "On the Road."
Midland first came together at Duddy's wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the three members ended up jamming onstage at the rehearsal dinner.
"It was this serendipitous chain of events, and it was the best week ever," says Wystrach, who, despite his hippie persona, was actually raised on an Arizona cattle ranch. "By the end, we knew the three of us had amazing chemistry."
"Midland isn't manufactured," says Duddy, born in California. "We are three real friends who stumbled upon making music together."
Whether they intended it or not, Midland are filling a void in country, with songs that run the gamut from lush Urban Cowboy anthems to loose campfire sing-alongs. Putting their own spin on a classic sound, they're making something old relevant again.
"We are a band," says Carson, declaratively. "That's a big part of the spirit of what we do, that group experience and camaraderie."
Says Wystrach, "We've poured our hearts and souls into writing and making these songs and are extremely proud of what we've been able to create."
With On the Rocks, Midland have captured a sound decades in the making that is just right for today.
Whiskey Myers will be performing LIVE at The Bluestone on Saturday, December 1st, 2018!
*Opening Artist: Bishop Gunn
*Doors will Open at 7PM
*Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of show
Tickets On-Sale Friday, June 22nd at 10am
It would be an understatement to say that a lot has happened since Whiskey Myers was last in the recording studio. Over two whirlwind years, the gritty Texas band hit #1 on the iTunes Country Chart with their breakout third album 'Early Morning Shakes,' earned raves everywhere from Rolling Stone to USA Today, and toured the US and UK relentlessly, slaying massive festival crowds and sharing stages with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr., Jamey Johnson, and more along the way. You'd be forgiven, then, for expecting things to work a little differently this time around when the band reunited with acclaimed producer Dave Cobb for their stellar new album, 'Mud.' But as it turns out, success doesn't change a Southern gentleman, and they don't come any more Southern than Whiskey Myers.
Fueled by larger-than-life performances honed tight from countless nights on the road, 'Mud' finds the band scaling new heights of songwriting and musicianship, with searing guitars, soulful vocals, and indelible hooks. While their approach to the music and humble, hard-working attitudes may not have altered, there have been developments in the Whiskey Myers world, most notably with the arrival of new faces. For the recording sessions, the band's five founding members—Cody Cannon on lead vocals and guitar, Cody Tate and John Jeffers on guitars, Gary Brown on bass, and Jeff Hogg on drums—fleshed out their sound with the addition of fiddler/keyboard player Jon Knudson and percussionist Tony Kent, who are both now full-time members. "They bring a great energy, and I think it's really helped our sound and makes the band more versatile," explains Cannon. "There's less room onstage now, but sometimes a family grows."


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April 22, 2013
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Colorado school named Green Ribbon School; first-ever district awardee also named
Award Honors Schools
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The U.S. Department of Education announced today that one Colorado school has earned the prestigious national Green Ribbon Award and one district has earned the District Sustainability Award.
Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School (Poudre School District) in Ft. Collins was among 64 schools honored for their exemplary efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, promote better health, and ensure effective environmental education, including civics and green career pathways. In addition, Douglas County School District was among 14 districts honored for the first-ever District Sustainability Award.
"Today's honorees are modeling a comprehensive approach to being green," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "They are demonstrating ways schools can simultaneously cut costs; improve health, performance and equity; and provide an education geared toward the jobs of the future. In fact, the selected districts are saving millions of dollars as a result of their greening efforts. And the great thing is that the resources these honorees are using are available for free to all schools."
Built in 2005, Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School continues to be a national leader in environmental leadership and sustainable design. With unique energy features like geothermal heating and cooling, wind powered electricity and open-space daylight features, Kinard is the only school in Colorado that scores a perfect 100 based on Energy Star rating standards.
Douglas County School District built a Sustainability Program based on student-led programs. Efforts support the three "legs" of sustainability – social, environmental and economic. The program has grown from 11 students in one class to more than 3,000 students running the energy program across more than 60 schools. Electrical use has dropped over 20 percent and recycling and gardening are growing throughout the district.
The schools were confirmed from a pool of candidates voluntarily nominated by 32 state education agencies. The list of selectees includes 54 public schools and 10 private schools. The public schools include seven charter, five magnet and four career and technical schools. The schools serve various grade levels, including 40 elementary, 23 middle and 19 high schools are among them, with several schools having various K-12 configurations, from 29 states and the District of Columbia. Over half of the 2013 honorees serve a student body more than 40 percent of which is eligible for free and reduced price lunch. The list of all selected schools and districts, as well as their nomination packages, can be found here. A report with highlights on the 78 honorees can be found here.
The U.S. Department of Education's "Green Ribbons" are one-year recognition awards. Next year's competition will open in summer 2013.