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Marley's Ghost, cited by Paste magazine as "(having) earned cult-band status over 20 years of spirited musicianship, multi-part harmonies and irreverent humor," will return from a three-year absence from recording with a new album, Ghost Town, due out February 23, 2010 on Sage Arts Records. The new album was produced by Cowboy Jack Clement, in whose Nashville home studio it was recorded. The cover was painted by acclaimed American watercolorist William Matthews.
The album follows Marley's Ghost's 2006 album Spooked, which was produced by Van Dyke Parks and featured a cover by R. Crumb. Of Spooked, No Depression remarked, "The band's eighth full-length in 20 years glides with deadpan sincerity through sea chanteys, perverted mountain gospel, country-rock, vintage pre-WWII pop, Jazz Age vamps, Dylan, western campfire songs, and a rib-tickling salute to 'the French Elvis,' Johnny Hallyday. Brilliantly sung and played, Spooked is a heady, subversive treat."
The latest development in the band's recording career may prove to be the crucial link for Marley's Ghost. Clement, the country music cornerstone whose career entwined with those of Jerry Lee Lewis, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and so many others, is the beloved dean of Nashville producers, and the presence of Marley's Ghost in his studio earned the band its first Music Row buzz.
"Working with Jack is standing in the front door looking out into the world with the whole house of rock 'n' roll and country music behind you," says Marley's Ghost bassist and singer Dan Wheetman. "Jack is steeped in the Sun Records ideals of music. The technical side is important but takes a backseat to the 'bang,' the performance with heart and energy."
"It's easy to think of Jack as the guy who wrote hits for Cash at Sun Records and recorded Charley Pride in the '70s, but you know, he has a platinum album with U2," he adds, referring to a portion of Rattle and Hum that Clement oversaw.
"Marley's Ghost is very experienced, versatile and best of all, open-minded, and a fun bunch of guys," says Clement. "I prefer to play with a great band rather than a bunch of great session players. And they are a great band. They understand that we are all in the fun business and if we're not having fun, we're not doing our jobs. And they can play just about anything they want to. Even polkas. I ain't got 'em to do one yet, but I will."
After more than 20 years of making music together recording nine albums and performing thousands of shows around the country Marley's Ghost remains one of the best-kept secrets in the music world, an untapped natural resource waiting to be discovered.
"Our criteria," says the band's guitarist, Mike Phelan, "has always been: bring it, let's run it. It's not about genre or style." This is one band that knows all the songs from both The Harder They Come soundtrack and Ralph Stanley's Cry From the Cross. Or as Paste puts it, "a decidedly unusual band, as capable of reanimating Appalachian folk songs as they are traditional Celtic fare, honky tonk and reggae."
The most important ingredients in the Marley's Ghost musical brew are the characters in the band. The five multi-instrumentalists boast distinctive musical personalities that couldn't be less alike.
Dan Wheetman is a veteran of the '60s Simi Valley, Calif. teen rock group the Humane Society, and, as a member of '70s country-rockers Liberty, toured for years with John Denver and Steve Martin. Jon Wilcox, mandolinist and vocalist, used to trudge around the country as a solo artist. Mike Phelan, like Wheetman and Wilcox a prolific songwriter, can tear your heart out with a soul tune, put a romantic lilt into an Irish folk tune or blast molten lead guitar licks through the heart of a blues. Innovative pedal steel guitarist Ed Littlefield, Jr., spent years performing C&W in rugged roadhouses for loggers across the Pacific Northwest, and plays a fierce fiddle and bagpipes. And Jerry Fletcher, the band's secret weapon and unofficial fifth Ghost, became "certified" in 2006, bringing his eclectic music skills (drums, keys, accordion and vocal arranging) to bear full-time.
Together they are a unique amalgam of their respective backgrounds, personal proclivities and musical abilities a blend honed to a seamless collaboration over the many miles they have traveled together down the road.
"I call it 'bang,'" says Clement in summation. "It's got bang. The band's got some bang to it."
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By constantly looking to enhance its range of products and way of working Barkers Fencing has grown from an operation which started with no more equipment than a wheelbarrow into a thriving, still expanding company.
Recent investments to provide a more efficient service includes two new Bobcat loaders and a crane off-load wagon, while additions to the product range include paving by Plaspave and a superb collection of natural stone and blocks
The choice of decking has been expanded and there are now more than forty types of decorative aggregates to choose from, available loose or in bulk bags. The company's main site on Spittal Hardwick Lane, midway between Castleford and Pontefract, is very much a one-stop-shop for a wide range of timber and concrete products including top-quality paving, fittings and accessories right down to screws and nails.
It also supplies Rolawn turf, an example of Barkers' insistence on only supplying the best.
However, fencing remains at the heart of the company's business. Trading since 1994, they estimate they've supplied enough timber and concrete fencing to start at the M62 (which overlooks their site), head across to Ferry bridge, then all the way down to London and back. Barkers Fencing employs more than forty full-time staff in season, have a fleet of fifteen vehicles and carry a big stock of all lines for quick supply and delivery.
They offer an unbeatable service to the DIY and private customer and are the biggest supplier to smaller traders in the Yorkshire area. The team of estimators provide a written quotation for all work, they have seven fully qualified fitting teams and a list of trusted paving contractors. For the full picture call for a brochure at the show sites in either Pontefract, Castleford or Swillington Leeds.

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Friday, February 15, 2008
When satellite goes bad
We've been having trouble this week with our satellite connection. The connection speed has slowed down to SLOWER THAN DIAL-UP! So frustrating, so no blogging. Isn't it funny how fast luxuries become necessities? I'm so spoiled. It's an amazing thing to be able to have access to the world wide web at any speed, actually, when you think about it. So I shouldn't complain. But I was really happily surprised when this photo uploaded without timing out on me!
Earlier in the week weather.com predicted a couple of nights in the 20's for us, and I knew these pretty little flowers might be all brown the next morning, so I went out in the yard and the pasture in the drizzling rain and cut bunches of them to bring in and put in vases so we could enjoy them longer. The little white ones, the paperwhites, are unbelievably fragrant. I'm very grateful for the way they mask almost completely the smell of wet dog when Henry, Trixie and I come in from a rainy walk.
Tomorrow I'll try to post some more painting pictures for you, even if it takes all afternoon for them to upload!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
I have been painting!
Winter Evening Glow - work in progress ...
I the midst of very busy days, I am making time to paint. One of my professional goals this year is to keep up a constant presence with my paintings on eBay.
My last auction ended several days ago, so I'm trying furiously to get this one finished and listed. So I'm going to get back to work now ... thanks for checking in!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Equine Encounter
AUTHOR'S NOTE: After I finished this post and previewed it, I thought to myself, Hey, this is kind of in the style of some of The Pioneer Woman's posts. OK, so it's totally in her style ... I hope nobody thinks I'm ripping her off!
Just now my husband sat down to look at it, and said, "Hey, you're totally ripping off Pioneer Woman!"
I said, "I know, I know! I didn't mean to!" I really didn't mean to. I love Pioneer Woman.
Oh well. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? And maybe if I put enough links to her blog, she won't get miffed. Right?
This old guy, retired from his horsely duties, hangs out in the expansive pasture across the road. Sometimes he'll be way off in the distance, sometimes right by the road, sometimes by himself, sometimes in a group of other younger horses - he's even been known to mix it up with the cows from time to time:
He spends a lot of his free time munching yummy pasture grass, taking a break now and them for some freestyle frolicking :
and sometimes he can be seen just standing contemplatively under a pecan tree while a breeze blows his mane around his face.
Yep, he's a real renaissance horse ... a horse for all seasons.
Yesterday on my after dinner walk with the dogs, here he was, right by the fence, dramatically backlit by the setting sun and all, so of course I had to stop for an impromptu photo shoot.
Hey, whatcha got there?
Is that a CAMERA? Are you gonna take my PICTURE?
Hold on, let me go over here and strike a pose!
Here's the noble steed, bravely preparing to valiantly carry the White Knight courageously into battle!
Am I handsome or what?
Hey ... um ... could I get some 8 x 10's of that for my grandkids?
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Blast from the Past
The Edge of the Canyon ©2005 Karen Mathison Schmidt
9 x 12 • acrylic on wood panel
private collection (Mitcham, Surrey, UK)
While I'm working on house matters, and trying to have patience concerning financing, I thought I would show you this one from 2005. I love this picture ... I used acrylic glazes on top of one another to create the different colors. Seeing the piece in person, the effect was almost like stained glass. This little painting now lives in England.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Gearing up for spring
Our new stove was delivered on Saturday! Not to say that cooking with the microwave, toaster oven, crock pot and camp stove for 7 months hasn't been fun and everything, but I would just like to let out a hearty, "WA-HOO!"
Anyway, getting the new stove in place has inspired me to gear things up around here, so we've been unpacking boxes that have been sitting "in storage" upstairs for weeks (nay, months) and finding places to put things away. In a few cases, I would open a box, look in it and think why the heck are we keeping this? So there was a Goodwill pile and a Salvation Army pile and a trash pile. My mom came over Saturday and helped by cleaning out and washing the inside of some of the kitchen cupboards I've been putting off. (When we moved in I cleaned just enough space for us to have a little room for our dishes and some pantry space - why go overboard, you know?)
I organized a staging area for our trash and recycling (a place to keep it until we take it to the compactor site.) I even cleaned up the breakfast nook, a.k.a. my "temporary" office space, which had gotten quite out of control.
And while I've been engaged in a flurry of organizing activity inside, look what happened when I wasn't looking:
Yes, whilst Pioneer Woman and her clan are playing in the snow and feeding their horses in snow covered pastures, our paperwhites are busy blooming their little heads off out in the pasture. I just love living in the South! And I love flowers you don't have to plant or water or anything. Well, I guess you do have to plant these if you don't having any growing around, but then you don't have to do much of anything and they just keep on coming back! These were planted several generations back, I think. Maybe longer. I wonder if the person who planted them thought about us here in the future, being blessed by the fruits of their labor?
I feel inspiration coming on ... I think it's time to paint!
For the Beauty of the Earth
For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony,
linking sense to sound and sight;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
For thy church, that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
For thyself, best Gift Divine,
to the world so freely given,
for that great, great love of thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heaven:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
Text: (1864) Folliot S. Pierpoint
Music: (1838) Conrad Kocher; Arr. by W.H. Monk
Saturday, February 2, 2008
One Gigantic Art Project
Well, folks, we're ready to really begin our grand restoration adventure! It looks like next week we're finally going to be able to start taking some major steps toward turning Edgewood from this:
back into this, its former glory:
(these last 2 pics are circa 1989, almost 20 years ago!)
As you can see, we've got a lot of work ahead of us ... I'm trying to think of it as a giant art project. I'll keep you posted as we go along.
Good night, all!
back into this, its former glory:
(these last 2 pics are circa 1989, almost 20 years ago!)
As you can see, we've got a lot of work ahead of us ... I'm trying to think of it as a giant art project. I'll keep you posted as we go along.
Good night, all!
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by Loremaster Rellim | Sep 17, 2014 | 0 comments
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Looking for something to do?
How about define what you want to learn. Since you are a strong player, you now have the responsibility to define your own next learning goal. The Loremasters call this "Learn on your own."
Pick a subject, technique, or tool in which you are interested that you estimate will take 30 minutes or less to learn. This should be something you do not already know about (so you can learn).
After you have completed the research, hit the Complete button.
If you have something bigger in mind, choose a LOYO-Medium or LOYO-Large quest, instead. Likewise, if you start this project and discover it is taking more than 30 minutes, switch to a LOYO-Medium quest.
With the research completed, you have some writing to do:
- Document your learning on your blog:
- What did you learn about?
- With whom or where did you learn it?
- Why did you want to learn this?
- Link what you did. To get any credit for this work, you have to show where you learned and what you did. Every resource, tool, video, etc. that you used to learn should be linked and briefly summarized.
Once you have researched and documented it (with links), let Loremaster Rellim know about it. Remember:
research it + documentation + links = loot.
Do not click Master without a Loremaster's approval. We will need to see your documentation and the links before you will receive approval to master this quest. Inappropriately clicking Master in this quest may earn you a quick visit from Repaer, and you do not want that, I am sure.
Congratulations, Visitor.
You may return and take this quest again up to 5 times. You may not do this quest twice in a row, though. You must do another type of quest before returning.
If you're repeating this quest:
Click the repeat button after you have completed the work of doing and documenting this quest. You're not clicking to indicate that you want to repeat, rather you're indicating that you once again have done research and documented it, with links, and have approval from a Loremaster to claim the reward.
Nice, Visitor!
Remember, you may repeat this quest up to 5 times, but only in-between other quests.


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Confronting the worst job market in decades, many college graduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer's door.
While unpaid postcollege internships have long existed in the film and nonprofit worlds, they have recently spread to fashion houses, book and magazine publishers, marketing companies, public relations firms,
Melissa Reyes, who graduated from
But Ms. Reyes soon soured on the experience. She often worked 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., five days a week. "They had me running out to buy them lunch," she said. "They had me cleaning out the closets, emptying out the past season's items." Asked about her complaints, the fashion firm said, "We are very proud of our internship program, and we take all concerns of this kind very seriously."
Although many internships provide valuable experience, some unpaid interns complain that they do menial work and learn little, raising questions about whether these positions violate federal rules governing such programs.Continue reading the main story
Yet interns say they often have no good alternatives. As Friday's jobs report showed, job growth is weak, and the unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds was 13.2 percent in April.
The Labor Department says that if employers do not want to pay their interns, the internships must resemble vocational education, the interns must work under close supervision, their work cannot be used as a substitute for regular employees and their work cannot be of immediate benefit to the employer.
But in practice, there is little to stop employers from exploiting interns. The Labor Department rarely cracks down on offenders, saying that it has limited resources and that unpaid interns are loath to file complaints for fear of jeopardizing any future job search.
No one keeps statistics on the number of college graduates taking unpaid internships, but there is widespread agreement that the number has significantly increased, not least because the jobless rate for college graduates age 24 and under has risen to 9.4 percent, the highest level since the government began keeping records in 1985. (Employment experts estimate that undergraduates work in more than one million internships a year, with Intern Bridge, a research firm, finding almost half unpaid.)
"A few years ago you hardly heard about college graduates taking unpaid internships," said Ross Eisenbrey, a vice president at the
Matt Gioe had little luck breaking into the
"It was basically three wasted months," he said.
Mr. Eisenbrey said many companies were taking advantage of the weak labor market to use unpaid interns to handle chores like photocopying or running errands once done by regular employees, which can raise sticky legal questions.
Eric Glatt, who at age 40 interned for the movie "Black Swan," is one of the few interns with the courage to sue for wages over the work he did.
With an M.B.A. and a master's in international management, Mr. Glatt wanted to get into film after a previous job overseeing training programs at the
"I knew that this was going to be a normal job and I wasn't going to be paid for it," he said. "But it started kicking around in my mind how unjust this was. It's just become part of this unregulated labor market."
Mr. Glatt filed suit, accusing
"The purpose of filing this case was to help end this practice," said Mr. Glatt, who now plans to go to law school. "That was more important than my working on the next blockbuster."
Ross Perlin, author of the 2011 book "Intern Nation," said postcollege internships used to be confined to a few fields like film but have become far more common. "The people in charge in many industries were once interns and they've come of age, and to them unpaid internships are completely normal and they think of having interns in every way, shape and form," he said.
Some interns say their experiences were quite helpful. Emily Miethner, a fine arts major at Hofstra, took an unpaid position at Gawker after graduating in 2010, doing research and social media for the news and gossip site. After two months, she moved to an unpaid internship at Flavorpill, an online cultural guide.
The knowledge she gained at those places, she said, was crucial to her landing a $35,000-a-year job as social media coordinator at Sterling Publishing. "More than just the individual tasks that I did, it was being in a great company culture and meeting a lot of people," she said, noting that she was able to work without pay partly because she stayed at the home of her boyfriend's parents.
Xuedan Wang, known as Diana, did not have such a positive experience. Ms. Wang, who graduated from
She sued the fashion magazine in February, accusing it of minimum wage violations.
"Harper's Bazaar was my favorite magazine growing up. I was dazzled that I was going to be working there," she said. "But it was real grunt work, lugging things around."
Hearst Magazines, which owns Harper's Bazaar, said its internship programs enhanced students' educational experience and fully complied with the law.
Some people end up on an internship treadmill. Joyce Lee, who received a film degree from Wesleyan in 2010, moved to
Her duties included reading scripts and picking up the mail. To pay her rent, she worked at a coffee shop and handed out fliers for a taxi company.
"Scott Rudin is made of money," she said. "I don't think it would be so hard for him to pay five interns the minimum wage."
A spokesman for Mr. Rudin said he could not be reached for comment.
Ms. Lee, who is now in New York making her own film and supporting herself by again working at a coffee shop, said interns deserved better.
"If I ever become a famous filmmaker," she said, "I promise I will pay my interns."Continue reading the main story


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Budget Brief: Personal Tax and Capital Gains Tax
The 2017-18 Budget contained no changes to personal income tax rates and thresholds.
Whilst no changes were announced in the Budget in addition to the existing changes for businesses with a turnover of less than $10m, the Treasurer confirmed the Government's commitment to its 10-year Enterprise Tax Plan to eventually reduce the company tax rate to 25% for all companies.
It is a relief to note that no new major superannuation measures were contained within the Budget. Given the announced changes set to start on 1 July 2017 (refer below), this is not a surprise, however, given the tinkering with Superannuation in recent years nothing should be unexpected.
Digital currencies such as bitcoin have until now been considered to be akin to a barter arrangement, with similar GST consequences. As a result, trading with bitcoin could give rise to a form of double taxation for GST purpose.
Budget 2017-18: Affordable Housing
As part of the Turnbull Government's drive on affordable housing it will be changing the rules in respect of MIT's ability to invest in residential property with effect from 1 July 2017.
China and Change – Insights from ESV's Doing Business in China Seminar
In late March ESV Accounting and Business Advisors and Piper Alderman held a seminar on Doing Business in China, providing valued clients and guests of the two firms with an overview of the current business environment on the ground in China.


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Latest News
Two violent robberies reported within two days
Not only is this the season to be jolly, it's also the time when strong-armed robberies are more likely to occur.
Lt. Bimley West of the Merced Police Department said a 32-year-old Merced man received a minor stab wound at 5:26 a.m. Wednesday when he was accosted by two men at a pay telephone outside a market at 1055 W. Childs Ave.
In a separate incident at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday, Miguel Soto, 26, of Merced was beat up by three people as he went to buy beer for a party in the 1300 block of East Santa Fe Avenue. Soto received minor injuries, and two adults and a juvenile later were arrested on armed robbery charges, West said.
West said residents need to be extra cautious in dark or sparsely populated residential areas. He said increased security presence in shopping areas has discouraged robberies there but these incidents happen more often in other areas.
In the Childs Avenue incident, Robert Mariscao was taken to the Community Campus of Mercy Medical Center Merced for treatment of a stab wound to his left arm.
West said two black male adults wearing dark clothing and bandanas over their faces came up from behind Mariscao as he was using the telephone. About $280 in cash was taken from Mariscao as one of the robbers held a knife to his neck and the other rifled through his pockets.
In the Santa Fe Avenue robbery, Soto was taken to the Community Campus of Mercy Medical Center Merced for treatment of minor injuries. Frank Ramos, 20, Vincent Mora, 21, and a 17-year-old girl were arrested on robbery charges. Mora and Ramos remained jailed Wednesday night in lieu of $65,000 bail each, according to a correctional official.
Ramos and Mora were arrested later after they were found hiding in a crawl space at a Shadowbrook Avenue apartment, West said.
West said a cell telephone, watch and $80 in cash were taken from Soto as he was leaving the Santa Fe Avenue party to get beer.
Associate Editor Doane Yawger can be reached at 209 385-2485 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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High School Sports
Preseason High School Football Capsules: Observer-area upper state SC
The Observer's county-by-county high school football previews began this week. Today, the newspaper continues the previews with a look at Observer-area schools in Upper State South Carolina.
Look for additional previews throughout the week.
Correspondent Jay Edwards has compiled capsules for the Observer's area schools. These will be presented by county.
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2016 High School Football Schedules
Upper State South Carolina Football Capsules
Head Coach: Andrew Moon (1st year as Carolina Crusaders
2015 Record: 11-1 (9-0 in the Pioneer Football League)
Key Returning Starters: Jonah Tursi, Sr., WR (5-11, 170); Isaac Bruce, Jr., OL (5-10, 278); Caleb Carter, Jr., OL/DL (6-1, 300); Tucker Rayborn, Jr., OL (6-3, 235).
Key Newcomers: Chris Downs, Jr., QB.
Returning Starters: N/A
Returning Lettermen: N/A
Outlook: The Crusaders won the Pioneer Football League (PFL) for the fourth time in five years last year and will have the same expectations this season, even with a younger overall team.
Head Coach: Ed Susi (10th year as Fort Mill head football coach)
2015 Record: 6-6 (2-4 in the Region III, 4A)
Key Returning Starters: Ryan Deluca, Sr., QB (5-9, 165); Ronnie Hughes, Sr., RB (5-9, 165); Gus Jarosz, Sr., Slot/WR (5-6, 150); Thomas Chrisley, Sr., WR (6-1, 170); Patrick Thomas, Sr., OL (6-0, 215); Ryan Heriot, Jr., WR/DB (5-10, 170); Grant Stevens, Jr., DB (5-10, 155); Patrick Mead, Sr., LB (6-1, 245).
Key Newcomers: Gray Thomas, Jr., DB (5-9, 150); Shane Boyle, Jr., WR/DB (5-6, 145); Nolan McGraw, Sr., OL; Jaquan Johnson, Sr., DL; Quez Thomas, Sr., DL.
Returning Starters: 8
Returning Lettermen: 20
Outlook: The Yellow Jackets have a hard-working, tight-knit team, led by senior QB Ryan Deluca and senior RB Ronnie Hughes, that is capable of winning big games. But competing in the newly formed Region IV 5A won't be easy with a bitter, backyard rival in every league game.
Head Coach: Michael Mayer (16th year as Indian Land head coach)
2015 Record: 7-4 (4-2 in Region IIII, 2A)
Key Returning Starters: Lee Massey, Sr., RB (5-11, 200); Dillon Howie, Sr., LB (6-0, 190); Jake Locklear, Jr., OL/DL (6-4, 265); Stone Potts, Sr., OL/DL (6-1, 260); Logan Teeter, Sr., LB/TE (6-0, 235); David Loughry, II, Jr., QB (6-3, 175); Ethan Burdette, Sr., LB (5-10, 190); John Gregory, Jr., DB (6-2, 170).
Key Newcomers: N/A
Returning Starters: 14 (7 offense; 7 defense)
Returning Lettermen: N/A
Outlook: The Warriors will make the step up in Region IV AAA (from AA), but have an experienced coach in Michael Mayer, who returns 14 starters (seven on both sides of the ball), led by senior RB Lee Massey (967 yards rushing last season). That should give the team a good chance to contend for a region title and be a factor in the postseason.
Head Coach: David Pierce (1st year as Northwestern head coach)
2015 Record: 14-1 (6-0, Region III, 4A champions)
Key Returning Starters: Gage Maloney, Sr., QB (6-2, 210); Logan Rudolph, Sr., DE/TE (6-4, 225); Jerry Howard, Sr., RB (6-1, 215); Jordan Starkes, Jr., WR (5-11, 180); Ali Shockley, Sr., WR/DB (6-1, 185); Caliphe Brice, Sr., LB (6-2, 210); Jamario Holley, So., WR (5-10, 165).
Key Newcomers: N/A
Returning Starters: 9
Returning Lettermen: N/A
Outlook: 29-year assistant coach David Piercetakes over a Trojan team ranked as high as No. 17 in the country in maxpreps' preseason poll. The defending, AAAA state champions are loaded once again -- from senior QB Gage Maloney (3,969 yards passing, 47 touchdown passes/Ohio University commit) to RB Jerry Howard (1,570 yards rushing/East Carolina commit) to DE Logan Rudolph (14.5 sacks/Clemson commit). Northwestern expects to be playing for a state championship in December every year.
Head Coach: Strait Herron (6th year as South Pointe head football coach)
2015 Record: 14-1 (5-0 in FILL)
Key Returning Starters: Derion Kendrick, Jr., FS/ATH (6-0, 190); Eli Adams, Jr., DE/LB (6-0, 230); Bryson Cooper, Sr., LB (5-11, 200); B.T. Potter, Jr., K (5-11, 165); Ken
Key Newcomers: Justin Reese, So., DB (5-10, 160); Devon White, So., DE (6-2, 185); Steven Gilmore, Jr., ATH/QB/DB (5-11, 160).
Returning Starters: 8
Returning Lettermen: 25
Outlook: The Stallions have won 26 games, including back-to-back AAA state championships in the last two years. But Coach Strait Herron knows his team faces one of their biggest challenges as they move up to Region III AAAA (from Reg. III, AAA) and must replace 14 starters in the process. South Pointe does have a defense capable of dominating games, with great athletes like FS/ATH Derion Kendrick (15 college offers, including Alabama, Clemson) who can make game-changing plays.
Head Coach: Bobby Carroll (6th year as York head football coach; 100-35 overall)
2015 Record: 8-4 (6-2 in the Region III, 4A)
Key Returning Starters: Wally Wilmore, Sr., WR/DB (6-0, 185); Jae
Key Newcomers: Ladarius Allison, So., WR (6-0, 185); Jacob Stegall, Jr., OL (6-3, 300); Shamari Williams, Sr., DE (6-6, 240).
Returning Starters: 12
Returning Lettermen: 25
Outlook: Coach Bobby Carroll has won 51 games in five years at York, helping transform them into annual state contenders. This season, the Cougars -- led by versatile senior playmakers Wally Wilmore (WR/DB) and Jae'vion Matthews -- look to win the new-look, Region III (4A), where South Pointe and Lancaster will be their biggest challengers.
Note: Rock Hill and Nation Ford High Schools did not return preseason information forms requested by the Observer


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Bursting Ontario's Solar Bubble?
As the snow flies outside on a wintry-short day and Ontario's growing inventory of solar panels sit sun-starved and idle (as in, producing zero electricity) under covered sky, it might be a good time to check out a feature in the latest edition of one of my favourite sources of investigative journalism, Germany's Der Spiegel.
The Ontario Liberals have invested much political capital, and much taxpayer money, into kick-starting a green revolution of alternative energy. The billions being spent during tough economic times, and as homeowners' monthly utility bills are skyrocketing, gave the Conservatives one of their main platform planks in last fall's election. Alas, the Tories lost, and Ontario's renewable revolution presses on.
But Germany, the acknowledged global solar power leader and Ontario's inspiration (certainly the trailblazer that domestic sun energy advocates always put forward as the example to follow), is undergoing some gut-wrenching soul searching on the industry's future. That whole mess with Greece and the tumbling Euro would certainly have something to do with this sober new assessment by the no-nonsense and fiscally sensible Germans.
Re-Evaluating Germany's Blind Faith in The Sun is the first of a two-part series that shows even environmentalists starting to question the massive and growing cost associated with Germany's focus on the sunny side of power. Germany's more than one million solar power systems burned up more than $10 billion in subsidies last year to produce only about three per cent of the country's power supply.
But it's a supply that only comes at "unpredictable times." Excess supply on very sunny days is unused and wasted, while the dreary winter months of northern Europe sees the sun hidden away on most days. Germany has been forced to fire up old oil-burning power plants and import nuclear-generated power from the French and Czechs.
The whole idea behind Germany's solar push is to get rid of its nuclear plants (Ontario's goal for solar and wind is to get rid of its dirty coal plants).
Germany now has the second-highest electricity prices in Europe, and the pressure for even higher rates for consumers has triggered internal dissension within the government and an outcry over the "massive money pit" represented by solar.
You know there's a big problem when even the environmental side joins the critics.
The German Advisory Council on the Environment wails that the huge amounts of money being poured into solar is "jeopardizing acceptance" by the general public for renewables. It argues that transition is only beginning but could be jeopardized politically.
And even the solar industry, the direct beneficiaries of all those subsidies, is hurting, according to the Spiegel report. Germany had a 69-per-cent share of the global solar panel business in 2004. That figure dropped to 20 per cent last year, in large part due to competition from China.
Ontarians (and the Ontario government) need to take a hard look at what Germans once called their "green economic miracle."
I'm a big fan of clean and local renewables, and Windsor is cashing in royally on the provincial push to grow the industry.
Renewable energy is the future — the big questions are: How fast? How soon?
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Know more about Diamonds
Diamond is a colourless exceptionally hard mineral (but often tinted yellow, orange, blue, brown, or black by impurities), found in certain igneous rocks esp. the kimberlites of South Africa. It is used as a gemstone, as an abrasive, and on the working edges of cutting tools. Composition: carbon. Formula: C. Crystal structure: cubic. Name derived from the Greek adamas meaning invincible. Relative density 3.50- 3.52. Cleavage eminent along octahedral faces. Fracture conchoidal. Tenacity brittle. Lustre brilliantly adamantine. Refractive index 2.417- 2.419. Dispersion strong 0.044. Diamond crystals form as cubes, octahedra , the most common gem form, and dodecahedra. Colourless to yellow diamonds which have a strong absorbtion line in the violet end of the spectrum are members of the Cape series. Color is usually pale yellow to colorless, but can also be brown, blue, green, orange, red, and black.
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Every body know that diamonds is most beautiful stones in over the entire world but a very few people know that what is diamonds and where is it found? Diamond may be up to 3 billion years old, which is much older than their surface host rock. Diamond crystallization originates some 200 kilometers, or 320 miles, beneath the surface and the disaggregated crystals are merely transported to the surface via kimberlite and lamproite pipes. These igneous host rock formations are roughly cylindrical in shape and act as a conduit from the Earth's mantle to the continental crust. Today, 75-80% of the world's natural diamonds are used for industrial purposes and 20-25% for gemstones. Diamond may even be found in meteorites.
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This was a sponsored post in collaboration with the Association of Food Bloggers and Dinner Thyme, but all opinions expressed are my own.
It's funny how much punctuation and inflection changes a simple sentence. For example, you might look at the clock in distress and realize "it's dinner time?!" when you haven't even given thought to what you're going to be cooking yet. Or when you're busy and your kids come up to you whining, "it's dinner tiiiiiime". Or when you've got everything prepped and ready to go and you're like "heck yeah, it's dinner time!" and you're super excited because everything you need for a healthy, delicious and satisfying dinner that everyone will eat, and it's prepped and ready to go in the oven and you're super woman.
Realistically, in our house, that last one occurs much less often than the first two do.
So when I was given the opportunity to check out the meal kits from Dinner Thyme I jumped all over it. Because this is the kind of "it's dinner time" exclamation that comes when you're actually excited about your meal!
I have a lot to say about my experience, starting with the menu. It was so hard to choose which meals we wanted to try because every single one sounded delicious to me, and even more rare was that there were so many that sounded like things my whole family would eat. (Can you tell that's a big struggle for me right now?) Check out their weekly menu here, but I'll show you the meals that were included in my box.
Probably the hardest step is deciding what you actually want to pick from so many great options 😉 After that, it's seriously easy. Everything comes portioned, packaged, and clearly labeled. Here are the contents of mine:
The instructions are about as simple as they can be:
This dish was for Baked Salmon, on a puff pastry, served with tomatoes and pesto and topped with almonds. I didn't actually get to taste this because my kids devoured it, which is saying a lot, don't you think?
At least they let me take some pretty photos first.
Okay, then we had these pork tacos.
Then this baked chicken, with a side of linguini and topped with capers and a cream sauce, and tomatoes.
So if you're looking for a meal kit that offers some seriously delicious options, while making it quick and simple for you to get dinner on the table, I definitely recommend you check out Dinner Thyme! You can also follow them on social media using @TeamDinnerThyme. Bon Apetite!


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I'm really glad the government reopened, even if it's just for three weeks, and that man caved like a house made of cards. There were so many people going without their jobs or being forced to work without payment, not to mention all the little things that we take for granted that weren't being done. Like food inspections. I mean, we already found out in November that salad wants to kill us all. Without people doing the job of inspecting it, it can. On the other hand, it makes me sick he's using it as a diversion tactic to keep everyone talking about something other than another of the people that worked with him getting arrested, making it closer until he goes, too.
In less political news, I really, really hate Tumblr's new policies. Let's ban everything not safe for work, but surprise! The porn bots aren't going anywhere. Instead, let's flag my perfectly innocent photograph of our pet bunny as porn for no reason.
Look, I get that Flopsy is naked. In my defense, you try to find pants that will fit a dwarf rabbit, then we'll talk. What part of a rabbit cleaning her face looked like porn to you?


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'Every GAA man, woman and child in any part of the country felt they knew Páidí'
A few minutes from the end of the 2004 Leinster final replay in Croke Park, two of the most famous Kerrymen of all time exchanged a few words on the sideline.
Both had won several All-Ireland medals with the Kingdom as players and managers, but now their allegiance lay with Laois and Westmeath respectively.
Mick O'Dwyer was in the blue and white corner with defending champions Laois, while Páidí ó Sé was presiding over the maroon and white corner with challengers Westmeath. What's more, Westmeath were winning.
As Micko was striding down the line to make a point to one of the Laois players, he encountered Páidí, who couldn't let the moment pass without a quick comment to his former mentor.
"Micko, sure you wouldn't begrudge it to us," remarked Páidí with a mischievous twinkle.
"Sure all I could do was smile. The devil had done me. Westmeath won by a few points," recalls O'Dwyer.
A year earlier, O'Dwyer had led Laois to their first Leinster title for 57 years; now Páidí had trumped him, having steered Westmeath to their first ever senior provincial title. And they had done it the hard way, beating Offaly, Dublin, Wexford and Laois.
Of Páidí's many achievements as player and manager, the success with Westmeath ranks up there among his best.
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When his eight-year term as Kerry manager ended after the defeat by Tyrone in the 2003 All-Ireland semi-final, few could possibly have envisaged that his next move would be to manage a county 200 miles away from his home.
Westmeath's decision to approach him and his willingness to take on the job was the perfect coalition of sound judgment and sheer courage. Still, there were many who sniggered quietly to themselves, claiming that Páidí and Westmeath just wouldn't work together.
They argued that Westmeath wouldn't buy into his brand of persuasion and that, even if they did, Páidí would quickly discover that he wasn't dealing with the same level of quality he enjoyed in Kerry.
The underlying theme of the argument was he had been lucky with the calibre of players he managed in Kerry and would be found wanting in a less fertile environment.
"That's where some people got Páidí completely wrong. Whatever that man set his mind to, he did it very well. I knew from his early days as a player that he was serious management material and that when he went to Westmeath, he'd work well with them," said O'Dwyer.
Micko's and Páidí's playing careers overlapped for a short time in 1973 and '74, but it was as manager/player that they really got to know each other in the most glorious period in Kerry football history when they won eight All-Ireland senior titles between 1975 and 1986.
"As good a defender as ever wore the Kerry jersey – there's no doubt in the world about that," is O'Dwyer's description of a man whose career took him from wing-back to corner-back, with a brief spell at midfield in 1977.
Successfully making the switch from wing-back to corner-back is an achievement attained by relatively few but, unsurprisingly, it came with a natural ease to ó Sé who conceded only one point to an immediate opponent in all his All-Ireland finals.
"It didn't bother him in the slightest, but he had such a cute football brain that he could work his way through most positions. He had so much natural talent and made it all count," said O'Dwyer.
The switch of defensive lines was made after the '82 All-Ireland final loss to Offaly. ó Sé had been the All Star No 5 in 1981 and 1982 but settled into the No 2 slot so quickly that, despite Kerry's defeat by Cork in the 1983 Munster final, he was later chosen as the All-Star right full-back, an honour he again earned in 1984 and 1985, thus completing a five-timer in successive seasons.
O'Dwyer's view that Páidí was destined to enter management after his playing career ended reinforced itself during his year as Kerry captain in 1985.
"He was a great captain, a great man to motivate lads and to say the right thing at the right time. He did a lot of talking that year. He loved the whole captaincy thing. You'd know well he'd be back as a manager later on," said O'Dwyer.
Prior to the Laois-Westmeath clash in 2004, the pair's managerial paths had crossed in another big game six years earlier when Kildare, managed by O'Dwyer, beat Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final. It was a big setback for him, but he took it like the man that he was," said O'Dwyer.
Páidí had another disappointing day in Croke Park in 2002 when Kerry lost the All-Ireland final to Armagh, who won the title for the first time. As with any other time during his reign when Kerry lost, he was extremely gracious.
"He came straight into the Armagh dressing-room and said a lovely few words. We appreciated it coming from him, but then he was like that," said winning manager Joe Kernan.
When Armagh travelled to play Kerry in Tralee in the following season's league, Páidí came into the Armagh dressing-room before the game.
"With a big smile on his face, he welcomed Armagh and the Sam Maguire Cup to Kerry. Niceties over, he sent the Kerry team out to get stuck into us," said Kernan.
He played with ó Sé in New York in the days when players jetted to the US quite regularly on weekend trips. Kernan and ó Sé won a New York title, playing with 'Cavan', and enjoyed good times on and off the pitch.
"Can you imagine the fun we had? Páidí was one of the most entertaining men you could possibly meet. He'd have you in stitches. The one thing you'd have to say about Páidí is that he did just about everything in life. Not everyone gets to say that but he genuinely could.
"The reaction to his death up here in Ulster has been incredible. Every GAA man, woman and child in any part of the country felt they knew Páidí. He was just one of those great characters that people loved. It's hard to believe he's gone," said Kernan.
Páidí was a master at using the media. Many journalists would get the call around the same time every year, summoning them to the launch of his annual club football tournament.
He would share around some nuggets of information to help incentivise the media to give the tournament publicity. He also successfully managed to turn the launch into a big political event – usually involving a cross-party spread that few others could ever hope to achieve.
Having been successful as a manager (he was the highest managerial achiever from that great Kerry team) with his native county and Westmeath, and also building a reputation as a larger-than-life character, it's easy to forget just how good a footballer he really was.
In his prime years, he was virtually unbeatable, making the difficult art of defending look incredibly simple.
The level of respect in which he was held has been vividly illustrated by the amount of goodwill that has emerged since his death on Saturday morning.
It has come from every county in the country, and indeed beyond, for the simple reason that everyone who ever met him will have one common memory: they were always in better form for the encounter.
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We love our name. Hope is a place – a small village just south of Nelson and Richmond. Hope is also a gift that Jesus gives – a deep confidence that God is at work for good in our lives.
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FOX411 QA: Carrie Fisher Says Electric Shock Therapy Saved Her Life, Opens Up About Famous Pop
She may be known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" franchise, but actress Carrie Fisher has been no stranger to adversity, including mental health issues and drug problems.
In her new book 'Shockaholic,' Carrie Fisher speaks honestly about her electric shock therapy, a blind date with Senator Chris Dodd and becoming a Jenny Craig muse.
The "Star Wars" actress also opens up about her relationship with her father, 50's crooner Eddie Fisher, who famously dumped her mother Debbie Reynolds to run off with Elizabeth Taylor.
But perhaps most shocking was the treatment she sought for extreme depression following the death of a close friend.
FOX411: Describe what it's like getting electric shock treatment.
Fisher: It's unmemorable. It's been effective for me in a way that medicine and other treatments have not. If you look at the last three or four years I have been having it, I've been more productive than I have in my life. I've been traveling all over doing the show. I've written another book. I've had to struggle far less with my urges that are not commendable.
FOX411: Why did you seek electric shock treatment?
Fisher: Nothing else had worked. I was in a really, really severe depression. I was as close to being suicidal as you can be without being suicidal. You sort of feel like not being around but I would never do anything like that. I have a daughter and family and friends. But I was devastated. I was feeling pointless.
FOX411: You're manic-depressive. Do you mess the highs?
Fisher: Sure, but I still get them but not like that. They don't last long because I get them treated. Except they're exhausting. When I was younger they were more age appropriate. But this time it's like chasing around a pack of dogs on a leash, chasing yourself all over town.
FOX411: You went on a blind date with Chris Dodd and then had a double date with Ted Kennedy?
Fisher: The first part of the evening [Kennedy] was what he was, which was a prince, a brilliant man, a great ambassador of good will. But then he relaxed. Look everybody is going to have a little side to them lurking somewhere, and I was the likely victim I think. I was fresh bait.
FOX411: And he asked you...
Fisher: If I was going to have sex with Chris. I said, 'No, not tonight. I've just gotten sober recently,' and I don't even know what I said. What I did was I out-answered his inappropriate questions. If the question was inappropriate the answer was worse and that's what we got into. That's what he was like and that aspect of him is partly what made him great. He never gave up. He was going to take control of that evening or establish that he could if he wanted to and I was newly sober and super alert.
FOX411: You cared for your dad Eddie Fisher in his final years, even though he was a questionable father, and your relationship was very much you being the maternal figure.
Fisher: But it was still a relationship, and who says things have to go the way they're prescribed. Again we're talking about a not ordinary situation. Just find a way to make it work and it was not going to work as long as I expected him to act like my Daddy and as soon as it turned into this, someone who was caring for someone, he was so grateful and loving and that was the way it arranged itself.
FOX411 : Many might say you could have easily could have turned your back on him …
Fisher: Then I don't get to feel good. My brother does not like our Dad and I think that's unpleasant for him and I got to and he loved me, man did he loved me. As soon as our relationship worked into this. I mean he always loved us because we were fun people but also demanding of him in a way he couldn't fulfill because he didn't have the skills. He was a spoilt pampered little kid. He was fucked up as you can get but a sweet man. He wasn't cruel. He had a kind heart. He was just an irresponsible druggie kid, manic-depressive.
FOX411: You were the spokeswoman for Jenny Craig. How much did you lose?
Fisher: Fifty pounds. I'm still on the program but I'm not still losing weight. It got to a certain point where if I was going to lose five more pounds they would have to cut off a leg.
FOX411: Are you happy with the way you look now?
Fisher: No!
FOX411: Why?
Fisher: Because I'm 55.
FOX411: Was it worse shooting the "before" ads?
Fisher: Oh my God. It had just become awful to be me and I didn't even know I had looks to lose, that's how stupid I was. That's what I've gotten out of this. Oh look if I hold my face a certain way now that I'm 55, I'm pretty. One never knew. Because my mother was beautiful and had a really good relationship with her appearance. My relationship with my appearance was estranged.
FOX411: How's your relationship with your daughter?
Fisher: It's great, but you know, she's had some trouble. She's not had an easy time having me as a mother. That's the biggest regret of my life. But I was pretty good before she became a teenager and then it got trickier. When my daughter was born to until she was 14, I just stayed with my daughter. I just hovered around like some ridiculously dressed angel. But my daughter is the best of girls and she has forgiven me. She forgives me automatic on the bi-polar but the other stuff is not easy and that's understandable. I put it in the book because basically the message is, how I feel is more important to me than how you do and that's not true.
FOX411: Does it bother you that when you die the Oscar memorial montage is going to have you in the Princess Leia outfit?
Fisher: If I let that bother me I'm an idiot and though I've behaved idiotically at times that's something I've come to terms with.
FOX411: There could be worse things.
Fisher: How about World War II? How about cancer? How about anything? The problems I have are a very nosebleed high.


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Is it art?
Lou Kaloger
There's an American artist; his name is John Baldessari. In 1973 he mounted two photographs of a pencil on a board. Beneath these photographs is his hand-lettered story of this pencil. So I look at this work and I wonder how it ever made its way into a gallery. It's certainly no Mona Lisa; it's definitely no Sistine Ceiling. Is it art? I'm not sure. I suppose if it is art it is because Baldessari causes us to reflect (at least for a moment) on the actual nature of art. Art expresses skill, and art expresses emotion, but art also reflects change. Clay is molded, wood is carved, stone is chiseled, words are arranged, a pencil is sharpened. Something rough is made into something more beautiful, or more useful, or more provocative, or all the above. Art speaks of transformation and sacrifice. Even the dull pencil had to give up something. Did it hurt? Probably.
So I think of our own lives. I wonder what it means when Paul writes, "For we are God's masterpiece, created us anew in Christ Jesus so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago" (Eph 2:10). Though we are guarded and defensive our God remains willing to mess with us. He is even willing to use others to mess with us. Something rough is made into something more beautiful, or more useful, or more provocative, or all the above. At least that's the plan. Will it hurt? Probably.


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Exhibitions have long been thought of by marketers as a perfect place for profile-raising, networking with industry figures and generating new business. But according to research published last week, large exhibitions increasingly fail to inspire marketing bosses.
The survey by MCC International involved around 150 marketing managers actively involved in events in December 2002. It found that 93 per cent of marketing heads see exhibitions as of declining importance. Only 18 per cent cite them as the most successful type of event for raising an organisation's profile, providing education and generating leads. Small, targeted conferences, the research claimed, were now the preferred channel for B2B comms.
And yet despite the MCC data, exhibitors at last week's exhibition for the exhibitions business, Confex, remained upbeat in the face of a dip in visitor numbers.
The UK exhibitions industry is worth £16bn a year and spans the breadth of commercial events, political party conferences and a variety of public sector exhibitions.
Indeed B2B PR specialist Sasha Hewitt, an account director at Attenborough Associates, says that despite their declining importance - which she attributes in part to the proliferation and sophistication of marketing methods - major trade exhibhitions remain of vital importance to those in the B2B market.
Hewitt says: 'Client PR strategies have changed but these exhibitions are still important to marketing and PR programmes. We have clients in the toy sector, for example, and if they are not seen to be at the Toy Fair, it sends a powerful PR message to competitors and observers.'
But Hewitt stresses that being at the exhibition is only the first step in deriving PR value from such events: 'Media relations support is vital.
You have to capitalise on every opportunity. It's not enough just to be there - you have to back it up, to publicise the fact you are there, and to be clear about what sets your stand apart from its peers.'
At Confex, the mood remained buoyant. One of the show's biggest exhibitors is Harrogate International Centre. Head of marketing and sales Stuart Mackay says exhibitions remain important in terms of B2B profile-raising: 'Some people have the wrong expectations. We invite a lot of customers here and give them good Yorkshire hospitality,' he adds.
One marketing boss who puts all her faith in exhibitions is Castle Ashby director of sales and marketing Andrea Fowkes. The stately home, in a 10,000 acre estate and available for corporate events, is represented at seven exhibitions a year. With four bookings already from Confex, Fowkes says the £4,000 stand fee and the extra spent this year on upgrading the stand has been worth it: 'We put all our money in exhibitions, as it's more difficult to judge the effectiveness of other marketing devices.'
Predictably, Confex director Paula Lorimer defends the value of exhibitions in the PR and marketing mix: 'There is a decline in the amount of marketing spend which focuses the mind. We are encouraging exhibitors to ask serious questions.'
She says that before clients commit to an exhibition they should evaluate it and decide whether the visitor profile meets their objectives. But drawn on the value of exhibitions she adds: 'There is no substitute for pressing the flesh one to one.'
Despite falling visitor numbers at many exhibitions, Lorimer claims to have held on to numbers, with 8,459 visitors last year. She then launches an attack on certain marketing managers claiming that they fail to do their job once at the exhibition: 'Our job is to bring the buyer and seller together - but many marketing managers think that our job is to sell their products.'
She points to exhibitors who fail to offer incentives such as novelties, food or drinks to come on to stands. But worse, she attacks those that don't update their stands as well as those that don't brief their stand workers properly so they chat among themselves, smoke or are always on their mobile phones.
But despite Lorimer's faith in her product, not all exhibitors were convinced.
A contingent from New York claims that not only is 'traffic' down but the quality has fallen, too. Doral Park Avenue Hotel sales and marketing director Tina Tait says: 'The quality of people has deteriorated. They do less business than previous visitors.'
Tait put the fall down to the looming war and the still high number of shows, adding that the £4,000 for the stand on top of travel and hotel costs made events such as Confex less attractive. But a forward salesman for Confex's exhibition support section echoes both the survey and comments from most of the exhibitors. He claims that stand sales for next year were 'surprisingly good' with the event almost sold out already.
It seems the art of holding successful exhibitions is more to do with common sense and buying in the right seduction techniques.


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Fred Friedberg, PhD
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY, USA
Staci R. Stevens, MA
Workwell Foundation
Ripon, CA, USA
Lily Chu, MD, MS
Burlingame, CA, USA
Steve Krafchick, MPH, JD
Krafchick Law Firm PLLC
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Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, PhD
Melbourne, Australia
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UCSF Medical School
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Letter to the Editor
Judy A. Mikovits, PhD
Novel pathomechanisms in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Do purinergic signalling perturbations and gliosis play a role?
Donald R. Staines
Gold Coast Population Health Unit
Queensland, Australia
Ekua Weba Brenu
Bond University
Queensland, Australia
Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Bond University
Queensland, Australia
Results of Head Upright Tilt Table Test as a Predictor of Disability in a Group of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients
Susan M. Levine
New York, NY, USA
Madeline Sterling
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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phandaa : 'Noose, net, snare, trap ... ; grasp, gripe, toils, clutches; perplexity, difficulty; maze'. (Platts p.290)
giiraa))ii : 'Taking, seizing, holding; grasp, seizure; the power of taking or laying hold'. (Platts p.942)
The relationship of the Shaikh to the prayer-beads, and of the Brahmin to the sacred thread-- don't consider that they can't emerge from these coils. Rather, consider for how long they uphold these styles [va.za((]. (231)
He says, the coils of prayer-beads and sacred thread amidst which the Shaikh and the Brahmin pass their time-- don't consider the strength of the coils of prayer-beads and sacred thread, but rather, test them both in the arena of faithfulness, and see which individual passes the test. That is, which one upholds this style with faithfulness for a whole lifetime. (288)
In the coils of prayer-beads and sacred thread where is that strength such that the Shaikh and Brahmin would not be able to emerge from them? Indeed, it's necessary to see which one remains steadfast in his views and beliefs, and to what extent. That is, the real question is of faithfulness and steadfastness of temperament, not of infidelity [kufr]. Only faithfulness [vafaadaarii] is the basis of faith [iimaan]. Ghalib says, {120,8}. (407)
As Bekhud Mohani observes, {120,8} is the obvious verse for comparison. The commentators seem sure that, as this verse would suggest, 'faithfulness' means simply 'adhering to one's religious practice for a lifetime'. And yet, there are some subtleties in the verse that hint of further possibilities. The Shaikh and Brahmin, by definition, are loyal to the coils of prayer-beads and sacred thread that epitomize their religious commitment. Yet the word phande is basically a negative one, and in fact negative in a heavy and highly-charged way-- 'noose, snare, trap, difficulty', etc. (Vasmi Abidi points out that it can be used neutrally in contexts like embroidery, to mean simply 'loop', but with regard to general speech I think Platts is right to emphasize its evocation of the hangman and the hunter.)
Does this mean that the Shaikh and Brahmin might be 'trapped' or 'ensnared' by their own religious symbols? And if so, would this entrapment occur against their will, so that they'd struggle to escape, the way trapped creatures normally do? If so, they would perhaps succeed, since these nooses have no real 'gripping power'. But what form would their struggle take?
Or would this 'entrapment' and 'snaring' occur without their awareness, such that they'd complacently think themselves well-grounded, or firmly anchored, or otherwise safely bound into their own religious systems? If so, they'd be deluded, since these symbolic coils have no 'gripping power' and thus can't provide any ultimate security.
And above all, the great question: what is the relationship of the criterion of 'faithfulness' in the second line to the religious coils in the first line? Toward what end is the required 'faithfulness' to be directed? Does 'faithfulness' consist in remaining steadfastly within one's own symbolic 'noose', as the commentators maintain, or in struggling persistently to escape from it into some larger religious or philosophical vision? (Along these lines, remember {111,14}.)
Or is 'faithfulness' perhaps a different quality altogether, one that's shown in human relationships quite independently of all religious roles and symbol systems? On this latter reading, the first line is simply dismissive: it doesn't matter at all what religion you belong to, or what symbols you festoon yourself with, for the only important test is your human quality of 'faithfulness'. This doesn't seem to be merely the normal 'faithfulness' shown by the lover in the ghazal world-- unless we want to say that the Shaikh and Brahmin are both lovers who are engaged in pursuing the true, divine Beloved. This is a perfectly possible reading, with an elegance of its own. If we don't adopt it, then we readers have to decide for ourselves, as Ghalib so often permits or forces us to do, what kind of a quality 'faithfulness' is. I always think of a little aphorism by C. S. Lewis: 'Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing-point'.
Compare also a very different 'Shaikh and Brahmin' verse, {121,9x}.


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Huesmann issued a release regarding his findings, stating, in part, "[e]xposure to violent electronic media has a larger effect than all but one other well known threat to public health. The only effect slightly larger than the effect of media violence on aggression is that of cigarette smoking on lung cancer."
He continued, writing, "The research clearly shows that exposure to virtual violence increases the risk that both children and adults will behave aggressively." There was no actual mention of violence's potential for leaving a generation of youngsters bound in gaming-induced iron lungs, but it think it's implied, once you read between the lines a bit.
Huesmann added that kids are spending an average of three hours a day watching TV (call me cynical, but that number actually sounds a bit low to me) and that more than 60 percent of TV shows some kind of violence ("some kind?" Again, this number seems low). Forty percent of the total contains "extreme violence."
The results of the report, Huesmann said, are equal in both males and females.


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Besties with a Snowflake Challenge
What a fun challenge to do. Who doesn't love creating with My Besties and of course Snowflakes. So pretty and delicate. I'd love for you to join us in this challenge. All you have to do is color one of Sherri Baldy's adorable images and pair her with the snowflakes. This was an image that I decided to go ahead and make as a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. She loves the images but is not very creative. So, I decided to make her something for her wall.
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Elements To Assist To Select The Perfect Unique Wedding Rings
There is no doubt that wedding rings play a huge role in a marriage. There is some truth to say that wedding rings should be special so that the person who is wearing it does not feel awkward.There are so many types of wedding rings that are available in the market that using one can be a little bit confusing for you. This is why it is recommended that you come up with a list of elements that you think are important for the rings to possess before you can invest in them.
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Private Sailing in San Juan
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With your private group of up to 6 guests, join your 38 foot sloop and meet your USCG Master Captain, who will comment historical and natural details of the areas you will pass during your cruise.
Departing from the end of the bay, we sail in the protected waters of the San Juan Bay. We will pass near the cruise ships, in site of San Juan Gate, the West Side City Walls of the old town and the entrance of the Bay to impressive El Morro Fortress. We sail across from the Bacardi Rum Factory.
Your cruise is designed for you to relax and take in the sights of this beautiful World Heritage Site Old San Juan and its protected Bay. Of course, if you want to take the helm and feel like a Captain for a day, we welcome it, but it is not required! Local beer, soda or a Pina Colada will be offered along with snacks.
It is common to spot some wildlife during this excursion. Dolphins, Manatees, Stingrays, Sea Turtles and Sea Birds, may surprise us at any time.
For guests wishing to take a dip to cool off, we suggest wearing your swimsuit under your clothing. Sea conditions permitting, your captain will make a stop so you can swim.
The captain plans to sail as much as the winds will allow the day of your tour. If conditions are not favorable for sailing, the motor will be used.
Please Note: The boat used for this tour accommodates groups of up to 6 passengers maximum. Please take this information into consideration when booking.
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We had a wonderful day sailing around San Juan!! If you have the opportunity to book this excursion, I highly recommend you grab the chance - you will be so happy you did! We have amazing family memories from this unique experience!


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Who's surprised by this story? Not Jerry Rice:
11 of 12 balls under-inflated can anyone spell cheating!!! #Just Saying
— Jerry Rice (@JerryRice) January 21, 2015
The Patriots are total weasels and need to be punished. They play football like the guards did in The Longest Yard and it's a joke. Just threatening to wash Belichick's hoodie is not punishment enough; they actually have to go through with it this time. [ESPN]


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Hammering home the point…
Using a big monster hammer by another martial arts opponent, this slim but strong man is being hammered right in the tummy! The power of Qigong. Prowess from ultimate training at the NamWahPai.
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Skirt Cafe is an on-line community dedicated to exploring, promoting and advocating skirts and kilts as a fashion choice for men, formerly known as men in skirts. We do this in the context of men's fashion freedom --- an expansion of choices beyond those commonly available for men to include kilts, skirts and other garments. We recognize a diversity of styles our members feel comfortable wearing, and do not exclude any potential choices. Continuing dialog on gender is encouraged in the context of fashion freedom for men. See here for more details.
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Back in the UK, I had work done by a dentist that also did work for the military. This was in Colchester, a garrison town with a lot of army and marines around. He was an excellent dentist, very quick, and gave me minimal discomfort, this was before the anaesthetics got so good, and his skill was appreciated. I always imagined he gained some of his skill from working with huge Marines, who would say "We're not going to hurt each other now, are we?" (Dentist was a pretty small fellow)Caultron wrote: "OK, this is how it's going to work. You hurt me, I hurt you. Now let's do this."
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Enjoy clean rooms, a welcoming atmosphere, friendly staff and a central location at Hotel Paganelli, which is within easy walking distance of the Bridge of Sighs and Saint Mark's Square.
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Stay in luxurious rooms in the main building or in the annexe, which is just 25 metres from Hotel Paganelli. Annexe rooms feature classical decorations and renovated antique ceilings.
Savour the hotel's free breakfast in the comfortable dining area, or enjoy breakfast room service at an additional cost.
Hotel Paganelli is located near vaporetto stations (public water buses). Friendly staff can provide tourist information, suggest nearby restaurants and recommend evening entertainment.


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I'm really excited to share my first look shot with the very talented Bradley Wittke of Pacifica Gallery. It was so much fun to shoot with a pro! Nahal and I have worked very hard on our photography skills, but we still have a long way to go. I love the location of this shoot..it's so dark and dreamy!
I will admit my heart sank when we received the photos, not because they're not awesome, but because I suddenly really regretted my wardrobe choice. I was so excited to wear this fabulous little black dress and to post it on the blog, but what I didn't realize in the dim lights of my room was that I really am in no shape to be wearing this dress right now. Even doubling up on Spanx didn't help, clearly! In my heart, I know that I'm being completely unrealistic with my body expectations and wanting to look like I did before getting pregnant, but I am a woman after all. I see all these celebrities and bloggers back to a size 2 weeks after having a baby, and I want that. I can admit it (well, the size 2 thing is a bit unrealistic for me, but you know what I mean). So when I looked at these photos, I felt disappointment and a bit of self-loathing...hey,I'm just being honest here. My doctor gave me a red light when I asked if I could go for a run, I guess it's still too early. So, for now, I will work on loving my body as is, and hope that in time I work off this spare tire!
I got this dress off Gilt because surprisingly I don't have a little black dress, and I loved the combo of the lace and the flared skirt. Also, I've always loved Erin Fetherston, and I couldn't pass up the great deal I got! I paired it with booties to mix it up a little bit, but it would look stunning with strappy sandals too. The jewelry is all via Rocksbox. If you haven't checked them out, what are you waiting for?? It's such a great company...unlimited designer jewelry (on loan) for $19/month! Use the code hauteashburyxoxo for a free month.
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Two or three sticks of cherry molder
in the basket by the fireplace, old
ashes have drifted in the corners. A spider
web as gray as my hair loops from
the flue. Out front, under the overgrown
camellias, I've stacked the rounds
from an oak branch that fell at the end
of summer. The wood will be cured
by next fall—maybe we'll have a fire
then, the three of us huddled in a half-
circle watching the flames, close
as only fire can bring us. I can smell
through forced heat the must of smoke
tucked into jacket pockets, and hear
in the clacking of a flock of sandhill
cranes passing over the pop and crack
of pitch igniting. They say—people
do, not the cranes—that heat is heat
no matter what the source, and don't
see any loss in the conversion.
Jeff Ewing's poems, stories, and essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Willow Springs, Sugar House Review, Crazyhorse, Southwest Review, Dunes Review, and Saint Ann's Review, among others. He lives in Sacramento, California with his wife and daughter.


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International Center For The Arts; Portugal
The new International Center for the Arts in Guimaraes, Portugal was built on the grounds of an old municipal market because of its central location and excellent access. The buildings that make up the Municipal Market and the space defined by them, commonly referred to as "the square", are characteristic elements of the urban landscape of the city of Guimaraes.
This project provided an opportunity to save and repurpose a key area of public space in the city. The presence of the museum transforms the marketplace into a multifunctional space dedicated to artistic, economic, cultural and social activities, allowing for the physical and functional reintegration into the urban fabric.
The program includes three major areas: 1. The Art Center- houses a permanent collection of José Guimaraes, a temporary exhibition area, multipurpose space for additional activities, performances and shows. 2. Creative Labs- (business support offices) for the reception and installation of activities related to creative industries, allowing the development of business projects. 3. Workshops– supporting Emerging Creativity. They consist of workspaces and creative vocation for young creators in various areas, hoping to develop projects on a temporary basis.
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Villages at Hamilton Home Prices October 2016-April 2017
Villages at Hamilton is a 55 and better community located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. The community was built by DeLuca Homes between 1999-2002 and consists of 120 townhouses. Square footage of homes in Villages at Hamilton range from 1,196 to 2,084 and offer first floor living at its best. Open layouts consist mostly of two bedrooms, two to two and a half bathrooms, first floor master suites, a one-car garage and a patio. One model also offers a den and an extra bedroom.
Villages at Hamilton homeowner's association fee provides for all common area maintenance, lawn care, snow removal, and all exterior building maintenance.
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The median list price for the last six months for homes in Villages at Hamilton in Hamilton Township, NJ is $264,450. The median sales price for the last six months for homes in Villages at Hamilton is $260,950.
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