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the main problem with music these days
I know there has always been a concern with how music is received, but it always used to be more about making a piece of music a hit in making it really pop or just really good, whereas now the audience and trends of reception are right *there* and people are too caught up in that.
and people think they're working hard on their music, so they'd get defensive if you attacked it for being totally superficial, but they're actually just working hard trying to create a desired reaction in the most insubstantial way.
(and younger bands/musicians are too concerned with trying to musically appear just like their influences. rather than being inwardly inspired to fulfill their creative urges with any kind of authenticity. as well as having the aforementioned issue in differing degrees).
but this extends beyond music, this is an affliction of anyone with any concern for any kind of audience and thus it's endemic of the Internet-centric world.
like...people, at the heart of it. a lot of people are too concerned with the way they are being thought of at any given moment.
self-conscious music for self-conscious people.
Hasn't this ALWAYS been the problem with music though?
The emphasis on image isn't a new thing?
that was my whole post.
not talking about image.
and I note that music has always had a concern with its audience, as something that is made to be heard, but so much is entirely concerned with engineering the desired reaction in a really cheap way.
like...not making something that effectively expresses something in an authentic way.
I *know* pop in particular has always tended towards straight manipulation, but it's just glorified advertising these days.
I'm concerned that more people will just be like, 'what's new', even though there is a very definite difference as of the last few years in music.
Probably should have read it over a bit more
I actually completely agree with you, I think the advent of things like X Factor and American Idol and its popularity have helped spur this kind of thing. The popularity of these programs prove that people don't mind advertising and music to be intertwined in such a disingenuous way.
entirely concerned with engineering the desired reaction in a really cheap way.
But that's not really new is it? Look at all the Merseybeat bands who followed the Beatles in the 60s; glam-rock hangers-on like the Rollers & Alvin Stardust in the 70s; the hoards of bad post-Duran new romantic acts in the early 80s; and the post-Take That boyband boom of the 90s, to name but 4.
From Elvis onwards, much chart pop has been designed to manipulate and appeal to a certain audience. Admittedly it may be more transparent & cynical now, the latest Girls Aloud single being a prime example, but it's hardly a new thing.
it's like any sense of making music for music's sake has been abandoned in fear of not profiting.
like I said (in either my OP or follow-up), although pop music has always been manipulative, there was always some vestige of songcraft, even in the most blatantly chart-oriented stuff.
now it seems entirely geared towards creating a specific reaction in specific demographics, to the extent that even young/up and coming tunesmiths seem to labour towards pure vaccuous manipulation in a way I suspect some aren't entirely conscious of.
I agree with this except for the bits where you've said "too", "used to be", "rather than", "whereas", "but" and "now"
also the bits where you've said "affliction", "authentic", "superficial" and "insubstantial".
Music is more a business than art these days.
Demand and offer. Artists make music that people want to hear.
If you're 100% authentic in your art you don't make any money unless you're an already established musician (Paul McCartney, Prince, etc).
which seems odd as the opportunity is there to reach an audience now that was never there before (the opportunity that is)
It used to be that bands (and labels) would spend some effort in finding the audience for their music - (creating a scene/subculture/following etc) but nowadays it seems more like labels and even artists are looking to PLACE their music within an existing demographic
If I'm going to blame anyone then I think I'd blame the role of PR in exposing artists and probably the fact that advertising plays such a large part in the revenue stream of most platforms that offers music streaming these days (whether that be commercial radio/spotify/DiSfork etc.)
I say this with a vaguely half-formed and unrefined argument of course
yes, all of this
marketing folks have nurtured a culture of cynical pandering. it's like they're cutting out the risk of having to sell music to an audience that might not be there.
Interestingly enough
most/a lot of the pop music acts of the late 70s/early 80s came from an Art School background where the key to their education was developing a sense of self and exploring how to express themselves
whereas a lot of current pop music comes from a music school/performing arts school background which seems to be more focused on industry thinking
Bands need to think of themselves as brands!
oh my giddy crikey
Gonna put a read on that...merely scanning it was intense in itself.
alright, steve albini
think the has always been the case really yeah. what's that quote from amadeus where Salieri is like 'you have to put a big bang at teh end so that people know when to clap'.
I presume the film was entirely historically accurate.
now in a more compromised way than ever
it's as if a lot of young musicians dream of creating the reaction rather than being creative/serving their own internal muses.
That's a generalisation
I think many young musicians wish to emulate in some way, their favourite bands/artists. Music is influenced by music and a multitude of other art forms. To say that young musicians dreams these days are reactionary just seems way out of whack.
see what BITT said upthread; there's an industry-nurtured culture of making music in a similar mindset to non-musical industry-types, and this whole ruthlessly professional approach has dripped down through others.
like at my university, they didn't encourage creativity, originally or anything, they rewarded those who adhered to the tutors' doctrines.
there's a conveyor belt of this kind of music.
what's wrong with that though?
bands/musicians get accused of being self-indulgent all the time and that is supposed to be badLuis_Carruthers this'd this
pandering is way worse.
at least if musicians are self-indulgent, there's a chance they might make something decent.
of course there would
*cites sixty years of prior pop history*
and at least if self-indulgence results in crap, it's purposeful crap.
there's always some chance that the indulgent person isn't delusional
*cites sixty years of pop history*
but if there's no creative spark, there's no chance of anything good.
thought that post had been eaten
this is a revised version.
that's ok
i can only really talk from my own experience but when i've been writing stuff as part of a band it's consideration of audience that has kept it balanced.
obviously i might have just been in shit bands but there you go
well it was balanced then
rather than purely geared towards the potential listeners (or the other way).
which is fine.
the 80s, for example
even Stock Aitken and Waterman
cared about the musical craft. they just didn't realise what they were making was crap.
If anyone even has an internal muse (and I'm not convinced)
It's probably fueled by little more than a fetishized view of some wonderful working part of the culture industry. No one makes music without understanding what music is and what role it occupies in the culture. And if some Kasper Hauser motherfucker recorded himself banging on a log it probably wouldn't sound too good anyway. The artist-audience interface facilitated by the internet is significant, but nowhere near as significant as something like recording technology becoming widespread, which commodified music in a way it couldn't have been previously. JESS RELAX BRUH :)
so much of it is utterly clinical and risk-free
like, in even the most populist music in even the last decade, there was some uncanny musical urge...Xenomania's best stuff for Girls Aloud had a playfulness, a sense of pop fandom underlying.
but the *vast* majority of music anywhere near the commercial sphere now just sounds like it was made to fulfill an ad brief.
I've been kind of turned off to pop music recently as well
Not much has really caught my ear in the past couple years. I think that it's a result of minor aesthetic adjustments though, rather than any kind of major paradigm shift. Side note: in the pop arena, the best music seems to be that which brazenly embraces its status as a commodity. This is why kpop group Girls' Generation (product that makes no attempt to disguise the fact that it is in fact a product) are way better than Adele (product that is meant to be consumed as something other than a product). I think what you refer to as an "uncanny musical urge" could just as easily be nothing more than really good craftsmanship on the part of someone who isn't thrown off course by attempting to consciously pseudo-individuate their product. If that makes sense. I feel like I'm not explaining myself very well.
I prefer the idea of
honestly crafting a brilliant product rather than creating something designed to be emotional in a clinical way.
the latter is no different than a company trying engage customers by cynically tapping into easy emotions. a teary butter advert or something.
I do genuinely believe it's a paradigm shift, though. the potential for failure being reduced to near zero.
and even in the case of those futher from the mainstream, there's whole lot of self-conscious contrived/excessively pre-meditated stuff going on.
- andyvine this'd this
Apparently so
I've tried that first paragraph about 5 times and I'm not getting anywhere with it.
The real problem
is Kiss FM.
is this thread about AUTHENTICITY
or one of those other words that doesn't have any meaning?
I think it's about creativity and self-expression
and the seeming lack thereofincandenza_ this'd this
people are making music for the wrongs reasons
all that stuff about manufactured pop has been fully realised in wholly empty and pointless endeavour of a lot of people nowadays.
it's dispiriting.
there is so much brilliant music made nowadays
you just have to look for it a bit harder. the failure of effort is your own if you can't see past the pure business of chartpop, which isn't even music in any strictly artistic sense, usually, so why are you even noticing it ffs
chill out, jesus
I am talking about music in the orbit of the mainstream because I'm worried about the kids who are going to grow up thinking this is the norm.
obviously I can see beyond - kind of insulted you'd suggest otherwise - but what of those who aren't so discerning?
but what of those who aren't so discerning?
you think everyone listened to all the good shit from the past 100 years? there are always (and will always be)morons.
there will be (probably already is) a much smaller number of truly discerning kids
for us, there was always a more substantial alternative. now it seems like it would be harder for a kid to step.sideways. the curreng versions of the old alternatives are just as vaccuous as the straight-up pop, just stylistically different.
idk. who can say how it'll pan out. it just worries me that there will just be successive generations of vaccuous kids making vaccuous music.
is there a genuinely thoughtful alternative that's easily accessible anymore?
was but a mildly exasperated ffs
would argue that modern chartpop has not replaced older chartpop in its function - kids aren't listening to top 40 countdowns or excitedly spinning vinyl - they're voraciously consuming media and consciously following memes, and in that sense, modern chartpop has replaced the news - a dumber and more effortlessly replicable incarnation of celebrity gossip. sheer information consumption with no analysis required. yes, the chartpop of yore aimed for more than this - it aimed for craft, sophistication, even timelessness. but then the corporations realised that you can sell a few thousand finely-sculpted wallclocks but you can sell almost everyone the time of day. so there it is, a ticking on our heads, unmusical and irrelevant as art - you shouldn't be so prescriptive as to its application - some people need a metronome, and there will always be artists, whose work we 'enlightened ones' consume in more oblique but equally self-serving ways
It's basically Steve Irwin vs David Attenborough
Attenborough representing a more considered, thoughtful, intelligent age, Irwin representing the new, brash, short attention span generation. If Irwin had done that famous scene with the mountain gorillas he'd have gone running in there shouting "FUCK ME! LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THESE BASTARDS!"
well yes, as long as you accept that the two men serve entirely different functions
in entirely different fields, using occasionally similar tools. the analogy falls down a little when you consider that Irwin was still trying to introduce new ideas to his audience - not telling the time of day so much as showing off his fancy new wristwatch, complete with angry python design - did you know those fuckers only need to eat like once a month? on a notional artistic par with...idk, Eminem?
If I was a musician
I know I'd want to make the kind of music that would mean everything to one person, rather than a little bit to everyone. When you write for an audience you just get vague sentiment that doesn't really resonate with anyone. It's not just a pop thing, but I think you cross the line from artist to businessman when you do that.
Does it make me a horrible person
that I don't really care about any of this stuff anymore?
Well, do you still care about music?
I think if you're a music fan, and you think the current outlets are sending out the wrong message or have an unfair monopoly, you should care enough to speak out about it. Unless you think the current way of doing things is the best it's ever been and there's absoloutely no reason to complain about anything. Do you? In a world of X Factor and the MTV EMAs?
The main difference between today's chart pop
and that of times gone by is its complete lack of charm, wit & style. The same applies to cinema too (look at the remakes of, say, Clash of the Titans or the A-Team for prime examples). Love them or hate them, you cannot deny that Roxy Music, Adam & the Ants, ABC, Duran, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Take That, Aqua or Craig David, to name a randomly selected few chart stars of the last 40 yrs or so, had a bit of charm or a sense of fun to them. Such qualities seem to be utterly lacking in today's chart music - it's grim, desperate & shrill, as it knows it's only going to be around for a couple of weeks so it needs to shout louder than everyone else & make as much cash as it can before it's forgotten.Antelope this'd this
I dunno
did you see any of the mid-late '70s TOTPs they repeated on the Beeb recently? There have almost certainly been moments - years - of equal lack of charm in the past.
There's nothing wrong with Music today
There are tons of great artist doing superb stuff.
The problem, in my opinion, is the outlets for it. British Radio is generally awful, with a few exceptions (Tom Robinson, Shaun Keaveney etc). They just seem to play chart music during the day (which seems to have completely lost any relevance).
There seem to be no tv music shows that actually show any new music (we need a programme like The Tube to come back)
NME seem to champion all the bands I can't stand. The general public are like sheep and follow the fashions. We need other Magazines to challenge its monopoly (if only Melody Maker and Sounds had never disappeared)
Too many gig promoters nowadays put on small gigs and just put on who they can get and don't think about the bill. 3/4 bands who have no or very little in common with each other.
The music played at these gigs too often has no relevence to the bands actually playing, (The amount of times I've heard Reggae being played between sets recently is bizarre, considering I've never been to a Reaggae gig in my life!).


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SYCAMORE (AP) — A 36-year-old man charged in the 2010 slaying of a Northern Illinois University student whose burned body was found in a park days after she disappeared entered a plea in exchange for a 37-year prison sentence on Wednesday.
William Curl's attorney said his client took the plea deal in the slaying of 18-year-old Antinette "Toni" Keller because it gave him the best chance to someday walk out of prison. Curl must serve the entire 37-year sentence, according to the plea deal.
"If he was convicted, he was looking at 20-60 years and it could have been extended up to life," said DeKalb County Public Defender Tom McCulloch. "At least (now) he has a chance of getting out," he said. Given the nearly-three years he's already been in custody, Curl would complete his sentence when he is in his early 70s.
Keller's family members were disturbed by that possibility.
"It's just the concept that he could be released," said Mary Tarling, the victim's cousin who has served as a family spokeswoman. "When people say it's going to be 37 years until he's released, the only thing I hear is 'until he's released.'"
McCulloch said the 20-minute hearing brought a swift ending to a gruesome case that has been in and out of the news since the charred body of the 18-year-old NIU freshman was found in a park near the campus two days after she vanished. With the scheduled trial just days away, prosecutors announced Tuesday that Curl had agreed to the plea deal.
Keller's family did not attend on Wednesday because nobody told them the plea would definitely be happening, according to a family spokeswoman. Instead, McCulloch said a victim impact statement they'd prepared was read into the court record.
"When your child dies, a piece of you ceases to exist," read a portion of a statement from the girl's mother that was read by a state's attorney official.
There was no apology or any statement from Curl, McCulloch said. Even though he entered a plea in return for the 37-year sentence, Curl has never admitted to killing the teenager.
"He maintains his innocence," said McCulloch, explaining that Curl entered what is called an Alford plea, which acknowledges that prosecutors could likely prove the charge filed against him.
Curl's sister, Moira Curl, loudly voiced her displeasure during Wednesday's proceeding, urging her brother not to accept the plea deal: "Billy, don't take it. They're railroading you," she yelled before being removed from the courtroom by deputies.
Keller, an art student from Plainfield, was last seen before she headed to a park and nature preserve near the university. Burned remains were found in the park two days later, and forensic experts later confirmed the remains were human. Police found Keller's burned clothing and her cellphone near the remains, prosecutors said.
Police said Curl was a person of interest because he was known to frequent the park. They said he became a suspect after he failed to show up for further questioning and fled to Mexico in a stolen SUV. Investigators said Keller's death was a crime of opportunity and Curl did not know her.

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United Way official takes over for Walter
From the time this Wapakoneta area native sought an elected position to represent his sixth grade class, he knew he wanted to serve others in political office.
Starting later today, Randy Fisher will get his chance on a larger scale as he becomes the newest member of Wapakoneta City Council.
Fisher is set to replace Councilor-at-large Steve Walter, who resigned effective Dec. 31 for health reasons, at the first meeting of the new year for Wapakoneta City Council set to begin at 7:30 p.m. today. When he learned Walter announced his resignation at the Dec. 3 meeting, Fisher wanted to take advantage of opportunity to serve.
"I believe very firmly in serving our community — I think that is the most important thing," said Fisher, who is scheduled to be administered the oath of office at the beginning of today's meeting. "I want to continue Steve's idea of a progressive platform and to help out middle class families in Wapakoneta.
"My biggest issue that I care about most deeply is being a good councilman," he said. "I don't have any one particular issue that I am most concerned about except making sure our city is a great place to raise children and to live and work."
Fisher, who serves as executive director of The United Way of Auglaize County, also said he loves the challenge of representing the entire city and not just his ward.
"I look forward to representing all the residents of Wapakoneta and not just those in my neighborhood," the 4th Ward resident said. "I think we have to do a better job building a stronger community.
With the new year, Council President Steve Henderson must re-assign councilors to committees. Walter served as chair of the Utilities Committee and served as a member of Communications and Rules and Health and Safety committees.
"I am really interested in serving on the Health and Safety Committee and outside of that I am open to serving on any other committee," Fisher said.
Henderson said he plans to discuss upcoming committee assignments with Fisher and possible committee assignments with all councilors as well as their areas of interest. Typically, he announces the assignments at the first meeting in January.
"I am really looking forward to working with Randy Fisher, I find him to be a fine young man and a great fit for council," Henderson said, mentioning Fisher works with community groups, volunteers as well as other service agencies and local businesses in his current position at The United Way. "I think some of his strengths are he is very community-minded and always has been. He has served as president and past president of the Wapakoneta Rotary and he is an obvious choice because he has always put the residents of Wapakoneta first."
Fisher will serve the remainder of Walter's term which ends Dec. 31. Fisher indicated he intends to run for the seat in this year's upcoming elections and has already started circulating his petition to be placed on the ballot.
The primary election is in May, with the primary deadline in early February. The general election for the seat is in November.
He was one of three candidates interviewed Saturday morning by the Wapakoneta Democratic Central Committee for the open council seat. Former Wapakoneta Fire Chief Steve McClintock and long-time resident Jeff Van Meter, who worked at Ametek-Westchester Plastics for 33 years, also sought the position.
In a correspondence and resume to the committee, McClintock pointed out his strengths in the public and private sector.
"Being a public servant for 30 years, I have the experience, ability and background of working with the general public, city department supervisors, mayors and members of council," McClintock wrote. "Being a former business owner and manager of men, I feel I have the ability to open-mindedly listen to both sides of an opinion.
"I would like to be a part of the continued growth and development of the city of Wapakoneta," he said.
Van Meter, who served in the U.S. Marines and has been a member of the Wapakoneta Police Department auxiliary since 1984, said he gained valuable experience for the council position by serving in board positions for The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America union.
"I have been considering running for council for sometime now and would be very appreciative for the opportunity to fill this position," Van Meter wrote in his letter.


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - BRYS--check out the job info journal Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in BRYS--check out the job info journal Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message TheUrbanMythJoined: 28 Jan 2003Location: Retired Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 6:11 am Post subject: BRYS--check out the job info journal Well BRYS is at it again. If anybody has checked out the job information journal, they will see a post about BRYS being a wonderful place to work at. They will also if they are observent will notice that this supposed teacher did not post his name or e-mail address. Hmm, methinks the director is trying to recruit teachers there. Be warned beforehand, check out the blacklists. At least ten teachers (both Korean and foreigners) have had bad experiences there. When even Korean teachers start posting on this board saying its a bad place, you know something's not right. I worked there myself. Working on Saturdays and being cheated on airfare and pay were just some of the many "joys" of working for this man. Back to top Lost SeoulJoined: 10 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 7:52 am Post subject: BRYS and Bryan Kang Here are some previous posts about Bryan Kang hagwon recruiter and director of BRYS Language Institute. The below sites are of interest too. http://burnedbykang.tripod.com www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykangpreview www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang2 ======================================== http://22.214.171.124/korea/index.cgi?read=112210 Re: Stary away from... Posted By: Extreme_Anabolic Date: Friday, 15 March 2002, at 9:56 p.m. I worked for Bryan Kang one year. He got one of the teachers at his school to recruit a teacher for one of his friends. Turns out the teacher had a disability. The director refused to hire him, and also refused to pay Kang the airfare. So Kang took the airfare out of the teacher's paycheck (the one who did the recruiting.) I would stay far away from this person. ======================================== http://220.127.116.11/korea/index.cgi?read=124872 Stay away from this man Posted By: Diploma Date: Friday, 17 May 2002, at 8:04 p.m. After I blacklisted Bryan Kang of Lecture Korea and BRYS, a teacher I mentioned left. Mr. Kang called a friend of teacher X on a Sunday night at midnight and said, "Where's teacher X." You would think that Mr. Kang would figure it out when I appealed to him a couple of times to get his act together before I blacklisted him. You would think he would sober up after being blacklisted. After teacher X did the midnight run, did he sit down and ask himself, "What am I doing wrong that one of my teachers would run away from me?" Apparently not. After he left, Teacher X got an email from another one of Mr. Kang's teachers. Teacher Y finished her contract with Mr. Kang, applied elsewhere, and was offered the position, only to be told that her visa was being held up. A Korean friend checked with Immigration and discovered that Mr. Kang is at it again. 4 teachers and 2 recruiters. But I keep thinking that he's going to figure it out. He's much more savvy than your average recruiter. After speaking with him for only a few minutes, it was obvious that he knew exactly what he was doing. If you want to get to Korea, he's your man. This is assuming he's still recruiting. He told teacher X he wasn't doing any recruiting. After hearing this, I called him and asked if it was true. He told me he was still recruiting. So where were his ads? I keep hoping for Mr. Kang. But maybe not. ======================================== http://220.127.116.11/korea/index.cgi?read=125087 Re: Stay away from this man Posted By: Higher Education Date: Sunday, 19 May 2002, at 4:34 a.m. In Response To: Stay away from this man (Diploma) True, if you want to get to Korea, he is your man. However, the problem comes when you want to work somewhere else. He blacklists you with immigration and generally makes your life more difficult. With so many recruiters out there, do you really want to place your future in the hands of this man? ======================================== http://184.108.40.206/korea/index.cgi?read=126282 Re: Stay away from this man Posted By: Hit Too Date: Saturday, 25 May 2002, at 3:21 a.m. In Response To: Re: Stay away from this man (Higher Education) I too was s______ by Bryan Kang a few years ago. I thought he might have changed but I can see that he has not. He ripped me off for thousands of dollars by firing me 9, yes 9 days days before my contract was fulfilled. I hate the fact that he kept telling me how he was a Christian. Yeah, right! Please do not take a job with this man, he is bad news. =================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=132710138194 BRYS and Bryan Kang - I was wrong Posted By: mistaken Date: Tuesday, 13 August 2002, at 4:20 a.m. In Response To: Re: recruiter - Bryan Kang (Kiss It (__X__)) I was thinking about getting on the message board to say, "I was wrong about Mr. Kang." But I hadn't checked Dave's in a while and wasn't sure if anyone was still interested. What do I see but Kiss X using the blacklists I compiled about BRYS and Mr. Kang as a statement about recruiters. I thought that maybe he was a little shady but that surely I could bring him around. I believed in this man. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and every chance. I was wrong, terribly wrong. It appears that he's burned everyone who's ever worked for him. His recruiting site, by the way, www.lecturekorea.com, was down last I saw. In his heyday as a recruiter, he was making a staggering amount of money. So don't feel sorry for him if he gets driven out of hagwon business. Not if he gets written up on the front page of the Korean Herald and becomes the scurge of all Korea. If you're interested in the figure for his recruiting income, he claims I'm the only one he ever told. ======================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=132710141309 Re: BRYS: latest Posted By: judge for yourself Date: Wednesday, 4 September 2002, at 9:39 p.m. In Response To: Re: BRYS: latest (The Magpie) He told me that the school he was sending me to was the 6th largest in Daejon and that his is number 7. But he also told me that he was willing to pick someone up at the airport for one of his "good friends." Since he drove all the way to Seoul and back on a Sunday night, I believed it. But my directors told me, "No, he's not our friend. He's just a recruiter." Of course, he also told me that he was still recruiting. But he told one of his other recruiters that he was out of recruiting and that he wasn't even answering his recruiting emails; and his recruiting site went down several weeks later. He also told me that he had never lost a teacher, "except for those 2 guys from Australia." Mr. Kang is the only one who knows what's going on behind the scenes. All we can do is evaluate the situation based on reports from former teachers and recruiters. And all of them have spoken of him in the most scathing manner. It was almost exactly a year ago that he signed me up. Then I was his biggest admirer. The situation went downhill in fairly short order. Today, I'm his biggest detracter. But I've got a lot of competition on that count, don't I. If you want the uncensored version, or if you want to add your experience or comments, try these: www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykangpreview www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang2 [email protected] =================================================== http://koreablacklist.tripod.com/1/id4.html BRYS- We received some wonderful news today. BRYS Foreign Language Institute of Taejon, South Korea has been blacklisted by the International TESOL group. BRYS Foreign Language Institute has interfered with teachers in obtaining their E-2 work visas and as a result has been put on their list of schools not to work for. Under no circumstances should any members of the TESOL group enage in any employment activitities with this institute. Mad Hagwan Disease is alive and well in South Korea. Its most recent casualty is BRYS Foreign Langauge Institute of Taejon. BRYS is located in the tabang-ridden district of Jong-lim-dong just a stones through from the brothels of Seogu. Much like the African guines worm which protrudes its head through the skin of its helpless victime, the same can be said for the Director of BRYS, Bryan Kang. Inchan Kang or Bryan which is his alias, spent sixteen years in the United States where he worked in the laundry business as well as the car leasing business. After a lengthy indictment with the I.R.S. for tax evasion, Kang's U.S. citizenship was revoked. Kang quicly liquidated his assets and beat a hasty retreat back to his native Korea where he remains to this day. I knew almost from the start that there was something rotten with the kimchi at BRYS. Five Korean teachers left without warning and two British teachers were sold into indentured servistude to other Hagwan owners. This was standard procedure by Kang in order to swindle Foreign teachers out of their bonus and their return airfare. Are you catching my drift? Are you laughing now Kang? There were numerous violations of the Korean Labour Code committed at BRYS and lies, deceit and corruption were the order of the day. Kang would pretend that the students parents would call in to complain about the methodologies of certain Foreign teachers. Upon asking the Korean teacher who allegedly took the call if this was true, she irrevocbaly denied it and infomred that such a call never occurred. Further revalations soon followed. Foreign teachers were reprimanded at great length for things such as leaving a pencil in a classroom. This was a heinous crime at BRYS! The accomodations were absolutely horrendous and would make the pigpen character from Charlie Brown blush with shame. One colleague of mine was given a dungeon-like apartment that resembled a burned-out rats nest. There was a fungus in the air vents that caused him to contract Pneumonia and he was hospitalized for a week. 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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Investigators in Hancock County, Miss., are working new leads in the death of a French Quarter dancer who was gruesomely slaughtered in June. Jaren Lockhart went missing on June 6 after leaving work at Temptations Gentlemen's Club on Bourbon Street.
Days later, her severed body parts washed ashore in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Two people were detained - 28-year-old Margaret Sanchez and 39-year-old Terry Speaks. However, no formal charges in Lockhart's death were made against the couple. Speaks was taken to North Carolina where he faces sex offender charges unrelated to the murder investigation. Sanchez was released after being held for more than a month in Tangipahoa Parish.
Now, the lead investigator tells a news station in New Orleans that people with new information are coming forward as fear and shock wear off.
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In the crowded glass and steel lobby of the Houston school headquarters, Principal Susan Monaghan paused briefly to touch the shoulder of her boss, a man with far less experience in the education field and young enough to have been her student.
"I am OK, right?" she asked, searching his face for reassurance.
S. Dallas Dance told her everything would be fine. Dance had initiated an audit after she discovered money missing from her budget in a case that has been referred to authorities, ending her ordeal. "He has our backs all the time," she would say later.
Hours after that exchange, Dance checked in on a girls school he helped launch this year and hugged the school's principal, who has known him just two years. Her eyes welled with tears as she talked about his impending departure for Baltimore County.
The selection of Dance, 30, as the youngest person to head the Baltimore County public schools in at least 50 years has set off worry here among parents, teachers and administrators that he has too little experience to lead. The county school board had to obtain a waiver from the state to hire him as superintendent because he did not have the requisite teaching experience.
Houston school leaders say they, too, were skeptical when he came at 28 to be middle schools chief. But they say he has fostered confidence among principals, who say he shields them from administration politics, and among parents and education advocates, one of whom likened his skill level to that of Michael Jordan.
Dance has won supporters despite being part of an administration that critics say has sowed discontent with a rapid-fire succession of unpopular changes, from high turnover to unnecessary testing and classroom funding cuts. In contrast to Houston Superintendent Terry Grier, a controversial figure, Dance is considered a calming influence and an impressive communicator with a direct, I-do-what-I-say approach.
Several principals, teachers and parents interviewed by The Baltimore Sun in Houston sought to reassure their counterparts in Baltimore County.
"He is wise beyond his years. Trust me, give him a chance," Monaghan said. "We are losing a great leader."
"We have a real morale issue. I think he was a very significant cushion for his administrators" and was able to "get a lot of people through some rough stuff," said Peggy Sue Gay, parent of a high school student.
Dance, who has quickly risen through school ranks, took the high-profile job in Houston in 2010. Even supporters there acknowledge that he is untested as a superintendent, and that it is difficult to judge his two-year track record in a complex urban system of 203,000 students.
Based on Texas state test data from Dance's first year, at least 18 of the 48 middle schools under his watch dropped to a lower level of achievement in the school rating system while few improved. But the rating system was changed significantly when he arrived, making it difficult for schools to stay at their previous level.
He helped launch a program called Apollo that revamped four failing middle schools, among others. Results for those middle schools in the first year of turnaround are mixed, but few schools get radically better in the first year.
Michael Holthouse, a Houston businessman whose foundation has been involved in the Apollo project, said Dance is "good at listening to other perspectives and incorporating them in his actions."
He acknowledged that Dance is inexperienced, but said, "If we are dealing with a Michael Jordan here, which I think we are, then yes, he has things to learn, but he can achieve."
One of the criticisms in Houston has been over principal turnover; about 50 of 288 principals were replaced over several years. Ray Reiner, executive director of the Houston Association of School Administrators, has questioned the rapid turnover, saying principals cannot be expected to change a school in six months.
Dance is unapologetic, saying: "We were not looking for incremental changes."
He also acknowledges missteps. "I made two bad hires. When you make a bad hire, you correct it," Dance said, even if that means replacing a principal in the middle of the school year.
Dance has been criticized for spending too much time away from Houston.
A blog called Houstonisdwatch.com posted a document showing that Dance has been away from the district 41 days since he began the job in 2010. Seven days were vacation, one was jury duty. The rest, Dance said, were days when he was working out of town at education conferences around the country.
As Dance settles into his job in the Baltimore County district of 105,000 students, Houston observers say the question is whether Dance will emulate Grier — he has not been critical of him — or whether he will find his own way.
"Either you follow what has been modeled or you correct what is being modeled," said Andrew Chan, parent of an elementary and a middle school student.
A diverse, decentralized, urban system, Houston has adopted many of the changes that Baltimore City has embraced. Parents have a choice of what schools their children attend beyond their neighborhood school. Fifty percent of teacher evaluations are based on student achievement. Charter schools are common.
Baltimore County, which has largely ignored education reforms instituted in cities across the country, could be shocked by such changes if adopted by Dance. What he will bring won't be known for months. Dance hasn't said what he would do. He said he wants to talk to many people from all parts of the county before making any moves.
Only his first day in the new job is planned. He said he wants to gather a group of dropouts for breakfast and ask them what would have kept them in school.
Because the Baltimore County school board kept the search for a new superintendent a secret, Dance did not have the freedom to visit schools. So he hit 7-Elevens instead. He drove around the Beltway, stopped in the stores and struck up conversations with strangers in Dundalk, Randallstown and Catonsville. He told them he was thinking about moving to town and asked what they thought of their schools.
He was pleased to find that many said the schools were good, but he said some told him they felt the school system did not communicate well with the community.
It's the kind of hands-on approach often taken by Dance, who seems to take on work and life with intensity.
During a tour of schools in Houston last week, he emerged from a classroom and picked up a trace of something in the air. He said to the principal, "What is that smell?" Before the principal had finished telling him that sewage ran underneath the floor, he had pulled out his phone and sent a text message to the district's facilities department, which told him they would evaluate it the next day.
Dance chatted up a cafeteria worker and found that the card-swiping device used by students in lieu of cash wasn't working. Out came the phone again. A manic texter, Dance could keep up with the most adept communicator in middle school and his fingers are never far from his phone.
His next conversation was with the school's technology officer, who explained a problem with laptops. Dance also talked to the security guard.
No task appeared too mundane. At the next school he visited, Dance found a picture in a hallway that was crooked. He lifted the picture to study how it was hung and tried to straighten it.
Dance arises at 4:30 four mornings a week to run three miles. He eats five small meals a day, starting at 7:30 a.m. Three come from a trash can-size container in his office filled with protein powder. He goes to bed at 11:30 p.m. but often wakes with a thought that prompts him to get up to write it down.
"We'd get emails from Dallas at 2, 3, 4 in the morning," said Marcus J. Newsome, superintendent of Chesterfield County Public Schools in Virginia, who worked with Dance before he left for Houston. "He appears to be one of those people who doesn't need very much sleep because he's at meetings at 7 or 7:30 the next morning, full of energy.
"He's one of the most unique young people that I have ever met. He has a combination of intellect, strong work ethic, interpersonal skills and political savvy. He works tirelessly," Newsome said.
Pictures of his 2-year-old son, Myles Dallas Dance, who lives in Richmond, Va., with his former wife, are scattered around Dance's small, windowless office in Houston. Sitting at his desk, he can look at the opposite wall and see two identical clocks, with signs above them that read "Dallas" and "Myles." One is set for Eastern time and one for Houston time.
Myles, he said, is one of the main reasons he wants to move back east, and he can envision driving from Baltimore to see him on a weeknight. He dreams that one day Myles might be a student in the school system he runs.
Shaun Dallas Dance was born in Richmond to a father who was a truck driver and a mother who was an occupational therapist.
"When he was young he always had a book. And when I used to come home from work, and he was about 7 or 8, he would always say, 'Mom, where's the paper?' I used to take him to the library, and he would always come home with about 30 books," Leatrice C. Dance said in an interview.
Her son skipped a grade in high school and graduated at the top of his class, she said. He earned a bachelor's degree at Virginia Union University in Richmond in 2001, received a master's at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002 and a doctorate in educational leadership from Virginia Commonwealth in 2007.
After two years of teaching high school English in Richmond, he moved up quickly to assistant principal and to principal in 2005.
"He was always interested in understanding cause and effect and wanting to know the magnitude of decisions — and not just down in the trenches but at 10,000 feet. He saw the big picture," said Al Carochi, director of operations in Henrico County Public Schools, who worked with Dance at a high school there.
Two years later, Dance became assistant superintendent in Louisa County, a Virginia district made up of six schools, where he did everything from handle budget issues to check roads early in the morning for snow. Two years later he moved to executive director of school improvement in Chesterfield County, Va., and about a year later to Houston.
His favorite job in education, he said, was being a principal. "For me, life was really great as a school principal."
He believes it is the hardest job in a school district and that the central office should treat principals and schools as if they were customers, responding quickly to their needs.
In Houston, he said, he sought to insulate principals from the politics and demands of central administration. Principals who live in fear, he said, will "hand it down to their teachers, and you won't get student achievement."
Dance is disarmingly calm and straightforward. His staff says he is so steady that he rarely, if ever, gets angry or explodes.
Houston school board member Paula Harris said Grier, the superintendent, sometimes rubs people the wrong way, and "Dallas is kind of cleanup."
"We have had a lot of tough messages to put out there," Harris said. "He spends a lot of time defusing situations."
In the classroom last week, Dance was barely noticed by students. He leaned over to talk to them in a whispered voice. They whispered back. He wanted to know if they understood the lesson and how what they were learning could be applied in the real world.
Baltimore County schools might see a similar scene in their classrooms soon. Dance has decided little in terms of plans for the district, but he said he will spend a lot of time in schools. He plans to visit every school in the district his first year — roughly one a day when school is in session.
He doesn't appear to find the task daunting.
"The first week of school, you will see me in 15 to 20 schools," he said.
At a glance
Name: S. Dallas Dance
Age: 30
Born: Richmond, Va.
High school: Valedictorian
Work history: Began teaching high school English in 2001; appointed high school principal in Virginia in 2005; middle schools chief in Houston Independent School District from 2010 to June 2012
Next post: Expected to be formally named Baltimore County schools superintendent Tuesday


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The Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade started on the New River in Fort Lauderdale and traveled to the Intracoastal north to Lake Santa Barbara in Pompano Beach. The festivities were expected to be viewed by over one million spectators with boats adorned with hundreds of thousands of lights.
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Suzanne Garcia, the Durango woman convicted of lying to a grand jury investigating her husbands death, was sentenced Monday to six years in prison.
Garcia, 43, was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs to begin her sentence. Her youngest daughter, Julia, 14, burst into tears.
I need her. I need my mommy, she sobbed. I dont have anyone.
The girls grandmother, Suzan Gray, who is Garcias mother, will have legal custody of the girl.
Garcia was convicted in December on eight counts of perjury, one count of tampering with a witness and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
She faced up to six years in prison on each of the 10 felony counts. Colorado prisoners typically serve about 75 percent of their prison terms before becoming eligible for early release.
Prosecutors said Garcia intentionally misled investigators and lied to a grand jury that was investigating the death of her husband, Ted Garcia, in an effort to protect her brother, Joseph Dernoga, who was charged with and later pleaded guilty to the crime.
Before sentencing, 6th Judicial District Judge Jeffrey Wilson said he understands Suzanne Garcia has had a tough few years Everybodys been through hell on this, he said but much of the suffering was brought on by her own actions.
You just lied, he said. Thats what you did to the grand jury.
Even worse, he said, she coached her eldest daughter to lie, which led to the tampering and contributing charges.
Wilson said Garcia has been cited or arrested 20 times for minor offenses.
Your history does not suggest youre a good candidate for probation, he said.
The rule of law is the organizing principle of American society, and the only way it works is if people believe the justice system is fair and see that it works, Wilson said. Without the rule of law, there would be a cycle of retribution. Taking an oath and then lying to the grand jury was an attack on the system, he said.
At the beginning of Mondays sentencing hearing, Garcia fired her two defense lawyers Rae Dreves and Becky Briggs and hired her family lawyer, Hugh Boles of Durango, to oversee the hearing.
Garcia apologized for the expense taxpayers incurred as a result of her case going to trial. The district attorneys office offered several plea agreements before the trial, she said, and none of them included jail time. Its not fair that she is facing prison for taking the case to trial, she said.
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Los Angeles: Singer Jessica Simpson says she launched her own line of maternity wear as she didn`t feel `comfortable` when she was expecting her first child.
Simpson has two children -- Maxwell, 15 months, and two-month-old Ace -- with fiance Eric Johnson.
"When I was pregnant with Maxwell, I was having trouble finding maternity clothes that were comfortable and cute. So my mum and I decided to do a line of affordable maternity clothes that women would love to wear. I wore it all through my second pregnancy," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Simpson as saying.
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Carl Hiaasen, author of such national best-sellers as "Tourist Season" and "Skinny Dip," will appear Friday at 6 p.m. at the Books-A-Million at Lakeside Village.
Carl Hiaasen, one of Florida's best-loved authors, is coming to Lakeland.
Hiaasen, author of such national best-sellers as "Tourist Season" and "Skinny Dip," will appear Friday at 6 p.m. at the Books-A-Million at Lakeside Village. He is scheduled to give a talk followed by a book signing, said the store's general manager, Russ Welch.
The appearance is a kickoff event for Books-A-Million's Summer Reading Program. The initiative awards a copy of one of Hiaasen's children's books, "Hoot" or "Chomp," to children who read any six recommended books by Aug. 17.
Hiaasen has appeared previously at the Lakeland Books-A-Million, Welch said, most recently about two years ago. Welch said Hiaasen requested the Lakeland store as one of the stops on his summer tour.
Hiaasen grew up in South Florida and worked as a reporter and columnist for The Miami Herald and launched his fiction career in the 1980s.
Welch said he expects the appearance to draw 300 to 400 people. He said he hopes to stage the event outside the store near Lakeside Village's central water fountain, but if the weather is not favorable it will be held in the Yogurt Mountain area.
There is no admission charge for the Lakeland event.
Though best known for hard-edged comedy thrillers set in Florida, Hiaasen also has written several children's books with environmental themes. Titles include "Scat" and "Flush."
Hiaasen's latest novel, "Bad Monkey," is due out in June.
Details on the Summer Reading Program can be found at www.booksamillion.com/summerreading.
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Hi. Im new here and couldn't find a thread about this. My 4 year old is seemingly getting some type of arthritis or hip dysplasia in her hind quarters. She's been a very active pup until the last few months where, especially at night, her legs seem to bother her. She obviously doesn't complain as we all know most pitbulls have a very high pain threshold and she's no different. I can just tell. I know that taking her to the vet will be needed but is there anything we can try at home first before going to some kind of steroid or anything like that? I'm not opposed to that, just curious as to whether there's anything I can do for her before going that route? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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There isn't really anything you can do at home until you find out exactly what's causing the issue. A steroid is not likely what the vet will give you anyways. The first step is to figure out what's going on.
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Yeah, there really isn't a ton you want to do without knowing for sure what is causing the issue. If it's early-onset arthritis, you might end up with pain meds of some sort for pain management, and you can always supplement your pup with high-quality fish oil and/or good joint supplements with glucosamine. My vet swears by Phycox. But you probably shouldn't do any of that til you have a diagnosis so you know what you're treating.
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Age Upgrading of Young Players into Adult Competitions – Proposal of a Medical Evaluation Protocol
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Objective: In recent years there has been an increase on demand of young players (15-16 years old) to compete in adult teams, the main reason being shortage of players or good sports skills and seldom the main reason being early maturational development and growth.
Sports federations rules and national laws impose a sports medical evaluation to get the clearance to an age upgrading of young athletes, but there are no established criteria to support this decision and no studies describing the consequences of this action. Adding to this, in Portugal the decision cannot be reversed, that is, the age upgrading is "for life", no matter the consequences it may have.
We are aware that the inclusion of a young athlete in an adult competition may have effects at several levels that may affect their physical, mental and social well-being.
This presentation is based on the attempt to create a medical evaluation protocol for the age upgrading of young athletes and is included in a major multidisciplinary project trying to evaluate the personal and social repercussions, with the aim of providing feedback to the sports doctors who are in charge of taking this decision and at the same time provide information to sports agents about these same repercussions and what they can expect when using young athletes in adult sports competitions.
Until mid-2010 the decision following the medical evaluation protocol, which included bone-age determination, blood analysis and echocardiogram, was based in a very much subjective "feeling" of adequacy to the age upgrading and on some empirical cardiologic maturation parameters that were gathered in our Centre for the last 30 years, but never compiled or subject to re-evaluation.
Material/Methods: 65 young players (11 F, 54 M) were evaluated in the last 8 months, and a medical evaluation protocol which included body composition (skinfold), sexual (Tanner) and bone-age (Greulich&Pyne) evaluation, height, weight and BMI percentile (Portuguese approved tables), echochardiogram (morphological study and body-surface corrected left ventricular mass index) and blood tests was standardized. Results for each parameter were defined as Adequate, Possibly Adequate or Non-Adequate for the age upgrading of that athlete for that particular sport. Factors that influence this decision are related to sports classification in contact/non contact and/or exhaustive/non exhaustive sports. Cut-off values (M/F) for body composition were set at 55/50% muscle mass and >10% body fat, growth cartilage closure (18/16y), corrected Left Ventricular Mass for Body Surface Area above 100/92 g/m² and, in contact sports, height and weight above the 75th percentile of the approved growth tables for the ages 18/16y and sexual maturity of 5 in all stages.
Results: Sports that most frequently applied for age upgrading were Basketball (B) (n=16, 2F/14M), Field Hockey (FH) (1M), Football (Ft) (n=19, 17 soccer, 2 indoor, all M), Handball (H) (n=6, 2F/4M), Table-Tennis (TT) (1M), Volleyball (V) (n=4 3F/1M) and Waterpolo (W) (n=18, 4F/14M).
4 players (B, F, H, V) were not allowed any age-upgrading and 19 players were allowed to play only in the immediate upper age group (3B 1F/2M; 8Ft 8M; 4A 2F/2M; 3W, 3F; 1V 1F). The main reasons for this decision were either low bone age and/or non-adequate heart adaptation and in some borderline cases there was a conjugation of all the other parameters.
Conclusion: Young players that are requested to participate in adult competitions may be subject to negative health consequences and this preliminary presentation is an attempt to overcome the absence of an objective protocol for the medical evaluation of these adolescents that is not just based on size or sexual maturation. We feel very confident that the evaluated parameters are the correct ones but we still have to gather more data to determine cut-off values. The re-evaluation of all players will allow us to gather data relating to injury, drop-out or other factors incidence, as well as the rate of remainder growth and/or maturation. In our opinion, the limitation of the age upgrading to the remaining season would allow a more "liberal" evaluation because the decision would be reversible in case unexpected problems would occur.
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Packing for a trip to the countryside, I laid out my most chic evening ensemble and mother's pearls. Jean-Pierre prepped his dinner jacket, bow-tie and cummerbund.
Perhaps you are wondering what sort of wilderness destination calls for fancy dress? Well, I was headed to The Point on Upper Saranac Lake, New York, a unique resort where guests are invited to rough it, Rockefeller style.
The Point is one of the few remaining authentic Adirondack Great Camps of upstate New York. Those rustic, but luxurious, estates were founded in the early and mid-1900s by wealthy families who wanted to escape their city mansions to revel in the splendid nature of the northern woods, waters and mountains. Built by William Avery Rockefeller, a reclusive grand-nephew of John D., The Point is perched on a secluded promontory tucked between a clear lake and untamed forests of spruce.
The original vintage log chalets have been meticulously preserved, complete with moose heads on pine-panelled walls and fish trophies mounted above enormous stone fireplaces. Homespun and pastoral, yes, but this Adirondack resort also treats its guests to over-the-top gourmet cuisine, black-tie dinners and lavishly appointed guest suites with wood-burning fireplaces, rich fabrics and new steam showers that are part of a major room-by-room renovation. The Point is a Relais & Chateaux, so you can expect an exceptional epicurean experience, solicitous service and superb accommodations. However, this exclusive hotel takes the experience of luxury, indulgence and lavishness to another stratosphere. Its all-inclusive formula encompasses just about anything you could desire, from Taittinger Champagne at noon to luscious leftovers at midnight.
"We want people to feel as though they are invited to a posh private estate," says Megan Torrance, The Point's vivacious, thirtysomething general manager. "Guests are welcome in the kitchen or in the bar. They can watch the cooks or help themselves to anything."
Another distinctive feature is The Point's communal dining. With only 11 accommodations and a maximum of 22 guests, the evening is an intimate, sociable affair. The soiree might feature martinis and Merlot served on a cocktail-hour cruise, followed by a convivial dinner party. Life here is a round of amuses-bouches, spit-roasted barbecues, pleasurable picnics, decadent lunches and gastronomic dinners. World-class chefs create artful presentations of delicacies like quail with foie gras.
In spite of the potential for socializing, privacy is paramount at The Point and many guests simply cocoon. You can opt for breakfast served on your suite's private terrace or hike to a mountain cabin where a delectable lunch will be set up in front of a fireplace. Recently, the resort organized the ultimate romantic evening, a formal candlelit dinner for two on board a boat, all done as a surprise so that a young man could propose to his lady love while they were alone on the lake. By sunset, a diamond ring had been offered - and accepted - and the engagement was formalized. The wedding is planned for next winter at The Point.
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Saranac Lake is a two-hour, 30-minute drive from Montreal via Highway 15 south to the U.S. border and N.Y. Highway 87 to exit 38N and Route 374 or exit 37 and Route 3.
The Point Resort: 800-255-3530, 518-891-5674; www.thepointresort.com, Route 30 Saranac Lake, New York. The dining room is open only to resort guests. Dog-friendly.
Prices are for two, double occupancy, per night, including three meals with wine, 24hour open kitchen, 24-hour open bar, evening cocktail cruises, late-night bonfires, and sports: $1,375-$2,150 US per night, and $2,700 US for the Boathouse. Children under 18 are not permitted except for U.S. Thanksgiving, Nov. 24-27, or if a group rents the entire property, which costs $21,100 US per night. Extras include massages, beauty treatments and private yoga.


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A Three Point Piss happens when a guy is sitting down to take a dump and realizes he's gotta take a leak. Depending on the placement of his wang and the available space between the toilet seat and the toilet itself, sometimes a direct spray will split the uprights between the seat and the toilet- spraying piss all over your pants.
Dude, I gotta go home and change. There's too much space in between the toilet seat and the toilet and I three point pissed all over my khakis.
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The Quality Hotel Globe offers comfortable accommodation and a great location right next to the Ericsson Globe and the Tele2 Arena. Hotel guests will be ideally situated to attend conferences and events, and to explore all that Stockholm has to offer!
The Quality Hotel Globe is a lively meeting point in southern Stockholm, only ten minutes from Stockholm Central Station. With 527 spacious hotel rooms and 18 conference rooms, we are Stockholm's third largest conference hotel.
The Globen area is one of the liveliest meeting points in Stockholm. Our hotel is right next to four major arenas: Annexet, Hovet, Ericsson Globe and Tele2 Arena. Whether you're visiting us for a conference, concert, hockey match or a chance to enjoy a great city weekend break with the family, our staff are here to make your experience a memorable one. Read more about Stockholm here.
Our knowledgeable and dedicated staff will help you to tailor-make your event or conference down to the last detail. More information about the Quality Hotel Globe's conference concept here.
Drop by any time to the Quality Hotel Globe for a bite to eat and a drink! Our large and open lobby is a practical meeting point for hotel guests and other visitors. This is the home of Bar X where you can enjoy an afternoon coffee or aperitif, as well as delicious hot food from our bar menu.
At Brasserie X we serve both lunch and dinner. With a Scandinavian version of the classic French brasserie we aim to offer you high-quality traditional dishes with a surprising twist and great atmosphere!
On the 7th floor you'll find our popular Arena Restaurant with views straight into Ericsson Globe. We serve our large breakfast buffet, conference lunches and special dinners here.
Off to a concert or a match? We offer an events menu in the Arena Restaurant on the 7th floor for all events at Tele2 Arena, Ericsson Globe, Hovet or Annexet.
We're proud to announce that we have installed a solar panel system on our roof here at the Quality Hotel Globe. It will produce approximately 50kW every year, which is enough to charge 550 Tesla cars or to bake 1.7 million cinnamon bun! The solar panels are an important part of our "WeCare" efforts.
The Quality Hotel Globe is the perfect choice for a Stockholm weekend break with the family. We offer several spacious rooms in various designs where the hole family can stay.
Our new hotel is now entering an exciting period. Together with the arenas in the Globen area we are creating the leading event area in Sweden. We hope to become a natural meeting point and an important part of the Globen City.
See you soon at the Quality Hotel Globe!
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Stockholm Arlanda Airport: 41 km, approx. 45 – 60 minutesBromma Stockholm Airport: 15 km, approx. 30 – 40 minutes
Globen metro station: 500 metres, 3-minute walk from the hotel.
Stockholm Central Station: 5 km. Catch the SJ trains, Arlanda Express and airport buses from here.
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It's been a while since we posted something about Tamriel Rebuilt — an extensive Elder Scrolls mod project that has community members rebuilding the whole continent of Tamriel one province at a time.
The TR team recently celebrated the the beta release of Map 2: The Antediluvian Secrets. According to their site, Map 2 is a continuation of the Telvannis region. The map is massive; containing over 580 exterior cells and more than 420 interior cells.
We tip our cap to the Tamriel Rebuilt team for their continued work on this project. For details on Map 2 and more, be sure to check out their blog.


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In a word or phrase, what does leadership mean to you? Leadership is a person taking steps to stand out in their community or society.
Why did you join the program? I joined the Jeter's Leaders program to become a better leader and become someone positive in my community.
What do you hope to gain from the program? I hope to gain confidence in speaking to people, and to also leave with a sense of knowledge about leadership and leading others.
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Handmade Color: 10 Colorful Etsy Finds For the Kitchen
Shopping inside the confines of Etsy is like letting a 4 year old loose inside a candy store — with money! Handmade items are usually inexpensive and made with lots of love, so we tend to roam around and point while saying, "Mine! Mine!" So come take a little shopping trip with us and check out 10 of our favorite colorful Etsy finds.
We like to think of our Etsy finds like shopping with a good friend. Roaming around a store, picking up different items and holding them above your head to show off your new found treasure. Come on a mini shopping excursion with us and see what our Etsy travels discovered this morning. We focused on color, since today is, after all, the kickoff of our Room for Color contest at Apartment Therapy!
Here are a few delicious ways to bring some handmade color into the kitchen.
• I Love Your Egg Beaters: for $20. Great for yourself or as a gift! 8"x10"
• 4 Handmade Washcloths: for $14. They're the perfect thing to add an earth friendly pop of color!
• Petal Links Wall Clock: for $60. A modern styling for any home.
• Reusable Paper Towel Replacements: Set of 12 for $9.99, make going green easy!
• Vegan Bowl: $16. Now your afternoon lunch can make a statement!
• 12 Recipe Cards: for $9. Keep track of your family favorites with these cards out of Ohio.
• Stoneware Spoon Rest: for $12. Catches drips and looks good while doing so.
• 3 Egg Cups: for $30. Handmade and perfect for holding your breakfast treats!
• Temptation Photograph: for $20. Is it wrong that we just love this? ... although now we're hungry!
• Blue & White Salt & Pepper Shakers: for $12. You can never have too many and this little set is just precious.
Do you have a favorite colorful Etsy kitchen find? Let us know in the comments below! There's so many things to choose from, we often feel like kids in a (brightly-colored) candy store.
Related: Etsy Find: Felt and Fabric Fruit Bowls
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Map of ICM Members and Activities
Learn about ICM in the world - the different regions where we have Midwives Associations and where we are working.
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- Positioning and Profiling Midwifery: Georgia, Sierra Leone and Malawi.
- Platforms of Exchange – First one in West Africa: Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia and Nigeria
- ICM / UNFPA collaborating in Investing in Midwives Programme
- Multi Agency collaboration amongst health professionals, Donors and Civil society
- Twinning of the Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives Association (KNOV) and Sierra Leone Midwives Association (SLMA)
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Genesee County
Local Court Rules - Civil
Special Term will be held on alternate Fridays, with all motions scheduled at 9:30 a.m. and conferences (including infant settlements) every 15 minutes beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Compliance, settlement and pre-trial conferences with the Judge will be held on Special Term dates, or other dates, as necessary, before a JHO or Court Attorney/Referee. Trials will begin immediately after jury selection on Mondays, as necessary.
Unless an order to show cause is granted based upon exigencies of time, the original motion papers and appropriate fee must be filed with the county clerk at least 17 days in advance of the return date and include a 7-day demand for responding papers in the notice of motion (CPLR 2214[b]). Failure to provide sufficient time will entail adjournment of the motion. Duly demanded responding papers not timely filed will not be considered by the Court absent good cause for the delay. Affirmations of good faith are required for motions regarding discovery or particulars. Adjournment of motions cannot be more than four weeks in the aggregate without Court permission. Orders prepared by counsel should be submitted on notice to opposing counsel and will be held 7 days for comment unless approval as to form is endorsed thereon or submitted by letter from opposing counsel.
Default Matrimonials: Shall be submitted on papers unless special circumstances require an inquest. Only one set of papers should be submitted. The pertinent statutory factors should be addressed in the party's affidavit and enumerated in the proposed findings of fact. If the parties opt out of the CSSA, the agreement and proposed judgment must comply with DRL 240(1-b)(h).
Conferences cannot be adjourned without permission of the Judge. A preliminary conference will be scheduled by the Court upon filing an RJI. For matrimonials, the conference must be scheduled within 45 days of filing the RJI. Any requests to modify the preliminary conference order must be presented in the form of a proposed modified preliminary conference order, with opposing counsel's consent indicated thereon. A compliance/settlement conference will be held 180 +/- days from filing the RJI; and a pre-trial conference 60+/- days before the scheduled trial date. A trial conference will be held with the Judge approximately one week before jury selection in non-matrimonial cases.
Matrimonial Stipulations: Transcripts of oral stipulations and the Affidavit of Appearance and Adoption of Oral Stipulation must be submitted with the proposed Judgment, which must be endorsed as to form by the opposing counsel.
Adjournments are only with the permission of the Judge. No proof will be taken on (Special Term) Fridays except for infant settlements. Copies of pleadings, particulars, requests to charge and proposed verdict sheets, and original in limine motions, shall be filed 5 business days, and responding papers filed 2 business days, in advance of the trial conference. Requests to charge should be made by PJI number only unless significant additional language is requested (with cited authorities). Prior to jury selection, counsel are required to exchange names and addresses of witnesses, including expert witnesses. Prior to the commencement of proof, all exhibits are to be marked for identification.
Matrimonial: References will made to a JHO or Court Attorney/Referee to hear contested issues and post-judgment applications for modification or arrears.


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Seib & Wessel: Hadley Says Inaction Has Hurt Syria
Former Bush National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley tells WSJ's Jerry Seib the U.S. could have averted a deeper crisis in Syria by getting involved earlier.
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County Unemployment numbers increase
According to a report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission local unemployment rates held steady across the state during the month of November with two out of 77 counties reporting an increase. Latimer County still holds the top seat for the highest unemployment rate in the state at 10.1 percent and for the first time in months, LeFlore County was no longer runner up, not even listed in the top three. the OESC states in their report that in November, Oklahoma's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 6.1 percent over the course of the month. National unemployment over the same period improved 4 percent during the moth reaching 8.6 percent. from November 2010 to November 2011 the unemployment rate declined by .8 percent. State wide unemployment fell more than 11 percent.Seven of the 11 Oklahoma super sectors reported gains, with Trade, Transportation and utilities showing the largest gain with more than 1,300 new employees driven primarily by Retail Trade. the largest monthly loss was in the sector of Professional and Business services; showing a loss of 2,000 jobs.