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On April 17, Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill that will allow those with concealed carry permits to carry weapons on government property that does not have adequate security in place to make sure no guns make it onto the premises.
On April 17, Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill that will allow those with concealed carry permits to carry weapons on government property that does not have adequate security in place to make sure no guns make it onto the premises.
During their Tuesday meeting, the Butler County Commissioners discussed how they would deal with the legislation that will take effect on July 1.
"We cannot prohibit citizens from bringing concealed carry on the property unless there is proper security in place," said County Administrator Will Johnson.
Buildings with proper security where the public cannot bring guns are the detention center and the judicial center.
The commissioners also discussed whether or not to allow county employees with concealed carry permits to have firearms with them while at work.
Current county policy states employees with concealed carry permits may have guns in their vehicles on county property.
Johnson expressed some hesitation about allowing county employees to carry guns on the job.
"I don't know if I'm a fan of employees carrying on the job," he said. "I just think it's a safety issue."
Commissioners Peggy Palmer and Ed Myers expressed their support for allowing employees with permits to carry guns on the job.
"I think the intent of the law was to not have any more restrictions on concealed carry," said Palmer. "I think you just have to allow people to do that."
"My concern is the field workers and safety around equipment," replied Johnson.
"As far as the law goes, I have no issues with the law," added Public Works Director Darryl Lutz. "Maybe from a management perspective I would be concerned about construction workers. My preference would be to not have them carrying while they're at work."
Sheriff Kelly Herzet said he could see both pros and cons to allowing employees with permits to carry guns while at work, but feels employees who go through the class should be allowed to carry.
Emergency Communications Director Chris Davis also said he has no problem with concealed carry, although he said he would like to have a list of which of his employees have permits.
During the discussion, Commissioner Mike Wheeler expressed skepticism about the idea.
"I'm opposed to that," he said of allowing county employees to carry on the job. "I think that's a poor idea."
The commissioners will vote on the issue next week.
In other business, the commissioners:
• approved a resolution authorizing the final call of outstanding Fire District 3 bonds.
• approved a resolution to adopt tax compliance procedures for Fire District 3.
• received a presentation from Macy Gaines of the Butler Homeless Initiative. Last week, Gaines asked the county to serve as the fiscal agent for a grant BHI is seeking. A few commissioners expressed hesitation and asked for more information about BHI before agreeing to become the fiscal agent should BHI receive the grant. During her presentation, Gaines talked about BHI's mission to help the less fortunate, the group's future plans and homelessness in Butler County. She also told the commissioners after meeting with them last week, BHI had approached the City of El Dorado about serving as the fiscal agent, something the city agreed to do.
• approved acceptance of easement of right-of-way for a portion of SW Diamond Road south of US Highway 54.
• authorized the Department of Public Works to go out for bids for highway striping paint and reflective glass beads for the Highway Department.
• approved a proposal for asphalt surface maintenance on SW Butler Road between Rose Hill and Andover.
• adopted the 2013-2017 Capital Improvement Plan.
• deferred scheduled work sessions to discuss tobacco utilization at county facilities and appointment of a county appraiser until next week.
• approved a letter of support for Cowley County's application for a grant to construct a new 911 center. Cowley County would like for its system to be able to communicate with Butler County's 911 system.


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Apple chatting up labels for Fanboi Radio: Pandora, boxed?
Hmm, there's a thing, let's own it ALL
Apple top brass have been chatting up music execs in efforts to get their backing - and tunes - for an Apple branded radio station, says the Wall Street Journal, also confirmed by the New York Times.
The putative Apple radio station would stream music related to a song initially chosen by the user - with song choice decided by an algorithm and the service supported by adverts and available on all Apple devices. Like iTunes it would potentially be available to PC users at some stage too. The labels presumably would get a cut of the income - though negotiations seem to be at early stages.
Apple's previous attempt at a music-recommendation based social network - Ping - failed badly. If the radio rumour is founded, then Cupertino high command obviously think that a radio station is the best way to complement iTunes and their online music sales empire.
Apple's position with iTunes gives them extra leverage when negotiating with the music industry - and the reports say that they are trying to strike special deals that would let them use the music more flexibly than other services can - allowing users to rewind and repeat songs for example.
If Apple do pull off recommendation radio, it will hit Pandora - a pioneer of the service - hard. The Pandora service - not available in the UK - is an internet radio station that works by auto-generating a playlist of recommended tunes. It would be hit hard by the introduction of an Apple-made competitor, commenters suggest.
Apple's putative radio station has also been touted as a threat to Spotify, but the Swedish company offers a different proposition - letting users download tracks paid for by monthly subscriptions and creating playlists - in many ways more of an iTunes rival. ®
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Even if they hadn't done anything else, I would be happy that they finally allow you to turn in stacks of items! For me one of the worst grinding aspects was painstakingly turning in a stack of twenty items one at a time.
Also, fixing the issue where buyers in the bazaar would still be advertising their buy lines even though their inventory was full and can't buy anything is another nice fix.


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It's been called Aquafest and Splash Bash in the past, but the Venetian Festival is back in St. Clair Shores this weekend with an expanded calendar of activities.
The four-day festival, which runs Thursday through Sunday, is designed to showcase the premier collection of restaurants, marinas, and shops located along the Nautical Mile, and gives both St. Clair Shores and the boating community a chance to get together for a good time and a good cause.
Organizers say the Venetian Festival invites landlubbers and boaters to the Nautical Mile — Jefferson Avenue between Nine Mile and 10 Mile roads — for a variety of fun things to see and do in the summer.
"We're trying to promote the Nautical Mile as a destination point for our bars, marinas and all of the fantastic venues that have been under-utilized in this area," said Rick Parenteau, commodore of the new Nautical Mile Yacht Club.
"We think it's the best kept secret in the state."
For the first time, the St. Clair Shores Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA) is helping pay for promotional support to get the word out about the festival.
Event organizers also are introducing a new version of the former Parade of Lights, which saw decorated boats float by along Lake St. Clair in evening hours. The new event is called Night Lights in the Marinas, said Nautical Mile Merchants Association President Donna Flaherty.
"The Parade of Lights was phenomenal but participation dropped off so we didn't include it in the past few years," Flaherty said. "Now we're starting a new tradition by having people decorate their vessels inside of the marinas to create a festive atmosphere."
Venetian Festival includes live entertainment, a poker run, classic car show and more. Here are a few highlights:
* The festival starts at 6 p.m. Thursday with the Car Cruise and Bike Night. Cruise headquarters again is Mastro's Ice Cream and will feature a WRIF-FM (101.1) air personality. Proceeds will benefit the Save our South Channel Lights Organization.
* On Friday and Saturday, the Kolping Center will host Charity Casino Nights with proceeds going toward Wigs 4 Kids.
* Saturday features the Shores-Pointe Adventure Triathlon (www.shorespointestri.com); Kids Activities at Mastro's Ice Cream with free sno-cones and cotton candy, a pirate bounce house and interactive T-ball; Detroit Artist Association show at Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales; and a Dinghy Poker Run at Ken's Gas Dock, Michigan Harbor Marina.
* A sunrise service will close out the event at 8 p.m. at Jefferson Beach Marina Gazebo with the Rev. Jill Wrubel officiating.
* All four days, live entertainment and specials will be offered at Achatz Burgers, Brownie's, Golden Chopsticks, Fishbone's, Mike's on the Water, Nautical Deli, Pat O'Brien's, Pegasus Tavern, Ram's Horn, Rojo's, Steve's Backroom and Tin Fish.
A complete list of activities and more information is available at www.nauticalmile.org.


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I made some pork steam buns tonight and couldn't for the life of me get my son to taste them.
For the record, he doesn't live with me regularly but I keep feeling like I let him down.
He's a fast food kid from his mother. I tell him he's eating beaks and feet for nuggets (lol my own revenge)
I was just wondering if any one out there had a procedure to allow fast food kids to eat real food.
I had my son tell me ewwww it looks nasty and there's green stuff in it.


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An august assemblage of film talent
Updated 5:43 pm, Monday, January 6, 2014
By the time John Wells graduated from the prestigious drama department at Carnegie Mellon, all he could think about was running a repertory company. He was besotted with the classics and imagined mounting Shakespeare or Brecht as a way of life.
It was his particular desire to work at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where fellow Carnegie alum Bill Ball was doing exactly what Wells dreamed of and becoming nationally known for it.
"If I had gotten a job at ACT, I never would have ended up doing anything else," Wells says.
This is a remarkable statement considering the résumé he has built over the years. For starters, Wells was the producing brains behind "ER" (where he made the call to cast George Clooney), "Third Watch" and "The West Wing." He often wrote and directed episodes of his shows and is especially identified with "China Beach" and "Southland."
So it's not surprising that, when Wells turned to making movies, he would draw top actors, many of whom he met on their way up. "The Company Men," the first feature film he directed, stars Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Now Wells is back with a starry cast - including Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis and Cooper - for Tracy Letts' screen adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play "August: Osage County." Oklahoma native Letts, who based the play on his family, is an actor as well as a writer, with a recurring role on "Homeland" as the smarmy senator set to take over the CIA.
Wells, 56, says he worked on the script with Letts for a year and a half. "I spent a lot of time with him. We talked. It was extremely useful to me to get a sense of the genesis of the project."
If the family in the movie really is like Letts', he deserves credit for turning out so well. The family matriarch, played by Streep, defines dysfunction with her mood swings and addictions to prescription drugs. A family tragedy brings her three daughters home. They are hardly paragons of mental health. To illustrate the point, one is having a romance with her first cousin.
Wells made the movie in the same part of Oklahoma where Letts lived. It turned out to be cheaper to buy a house than build a set, so most of the movie takes place in a home sitting on 50 acres to make palpable the isolation hinted at in Letts' script.
"We took over a section of a cow pasture," Wells says. "We had to put up a new fence; on the other side the cows were mooing and staring at us."
What became of the house? "I think Harvey still owns it," Wells says, referring to distributor Harvey Weinstein.
Wells had multiple conversations with Letts about how to turn his storied play into a convincing movie. There were, for instance, the times the play only described for playgoers something that movie audiences will actually see. The "other huge difference" between the movie and play, Wells says, is "we are going to have close-ups."
"The best example is the dinner scene. In the film, it plays very different than it did onstage, not because the dialogue is different but because it was staged for you being quite a bit away from it. Whereas we are literally inside the table watching the way things play out," he says.
Everybody on set could relate to some aspect of the story. One of the drivers hired for the movie told them about his grandmother, who had a drug problem. For Wells, it was "the sense of competition between siblings, and what your parents are leaving you with."
"There is something that Tracy tapped into, this notion of the Great American Family, the Great American Dream, the Greatest Generation. The idea of who we are as a nation and who we are as individuals in a family, I think, is very resonant," Wells says.
His illustrious cast was assembled through contacts. Wells shares an agent with Streep, and Roberts is an old friend of his pal Clooney. In a bit of serendipity, "Dermot Mulroney lives across the street from me," Wells says.
"I got together with Julia and talked about the part (as one of Streep's daughters) and how difficult it was going to be and different from the parts she had normally played." Roberts not only signed on, but also agreed to put on weight for the role (somewhere between 10 and 15 pounds, it seems) and go without makeup.
"It is a very brave performance," Wells says.
Streep is known for setting an example of professionalism on a movie set, and she did not disappoint.
"She works harder than anybody I have ever worked with," Wells says. "You've got to be on your game for Meryl."
"August" even has a starry producer: Clooney. He and his producer partner, Grant Heslov, had tried to purchase the rights to the movie but lost out to Weinstein. When Wells was just starting work on "August," Weinstein suggested he ask Clooney to come aboard.
Clooney was a hands-on producer who would often fly into rural Oklahoma and try to solve day-to-day problems.
"You know, like transportation problems, or we had water problems," Wells says.
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There's a weird genre dilemma facing science fiction fans this Easter Sunday.
Do they watch the season finale of 'The Walking Dead' or the season premiere of 'Game of Thrones' first?
For a lot of people, myself included, both events are happening at exactly the same time.
It's an interesting conundrum.
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A Christmas F-ck You to Sean Penn
Sean Penn recently moaned in Esquire that all he ever wanted was to be loved. And that through all of his relationships, he's never been really loved, properly. In particular, he intimated that Robin Wright totally punked him and that he was a victim of her romantic fraud. Click here for a refresher. Happily, Sean reassures us that, though he's been wronged so often in the heart department, it's only served to grow his compassion and integrity.
So I guess he won't mind then that Robin and Ben Foster are still together...
Here they are shopping arm in arm at Fred Segal in Santa Monica the other day. They were first "discovered" as a couple in February. So it's been probably at least a year now...that Sean Penn hasn't been stewing about this at all because he's so generous of spirit and worthy of love.
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Valentine's Day — also known as Saint Valentine's Day, the Feast of Saint Valentine or by the apt initials "VD" — is observed on Feb. 14 each year, which happens to be the same day as National Organ Donor Day, thereby enabling you to give that special someone your heart twice.
After New Year's Day, Valentine's Day is the world's second most celebrated holiday — take that, Christmas! — and also ranks among the oldest. The tradition of presenting flowers, candy and greeting cards dates back some 600 years. Just keep that in mind when you text your significant other a "kiss smiley" emoticon and expect that to suffice.
The holiday began as a liturgical celebration of a third-century early Christian saint known for performing weddings of soldiers in defiance of the military prohibition against marriage. He is also the patron saint of Russell Stover.
Associations between Valentine's Day and romance first came via poet Geoffrey Chaucer in early 1400s, a time noted for courtly love poetry (as well as bubonic plague). By the middle of the 15th century, Valentine's Day had evolved into an occasion for people to openly express love for each other, which makes sense considering 1/3 of Europe had just succumbed to the Black Death — lots of repopulating to do.
Interestingly enough, many elements of contemporary Valentine's Day originated in England, a country whose name is as synonymous with romance as it is culinary art. In fact, the verse "roses are red, violets are blue," comes from Edmund Spenser's 1590 epic poem "The Faerie Queene." It is also the first documented usage of "2GETHA 4EVA."
Paper valentines, themselves, also originated in England; by the mid-1800s, factory production began. In 1847, Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts introduced mass-produced valentines to the United States. This coming Valentine's Day, the U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates nearly 200 million paper valentines will be sent. To put that number in perspective, only 126 million ballots were cast in the 2012 presidential election.
Factoring in children's classroom Valentine's Day celebrations, the total number of annual valentines exchanged nationwide eclipses 1 billion, the majority going to schoolteachers. The rest go to Justin Bieber.
These days, Valentine's Day has grown into a commercialized holiday on par with Halloween, Mother's Day and Income Tax Day (I know my little dependents can't wait to hang up their 401K stockings). Valentines now extend to all manner of gifts, from roses to candy to jewelry to Lexuses — even control top panty hose. No joke: my wife's friend recently texted her a photo of a store display in Chicago advertising "Valentine's Day Special: Buy 1 Get 1 Free Medi Surgical Stockings."
Of course, Valentine's Day isn't luxury sport sedans and support hosiery for everyone. Feb. 14 is also a date historically associated with carnage, and not just in the context of middle school dating. In 1929, it saw the execution of seven Al Capone gang rivals (an event known as the "Valentine's Day Massacre") as well as the firebombing of Dresden in 1945, and, in the past few years, multiple acts of terrorism and violence. There's nothing funny about that. There is, however, something funny about the Canadian Asbestos Strike of 1949, which also took place on Valentine's Day.
Famous Valentine's Day birthdays include: demographer and political economist Thomas Malthus (oh, baby!); Carl Bernstein of Woodward and Bernstein (ooh la la!) and Teller of Penn and Teller (rrrowr!).
History aside, people mark Valentine's Day in many different ways. Couples typically go out for expensive meals or travel to romantic destinations, often choosing the occasion to "pop the question," by which I mean "why do we keep going to such crowded rip-offs for Valentine's Day year after year after year?"
And of course, Valentine's Day has also come to be associated with many signs and symbols — just look at the seasonal aisle of your local supermarket — few more popular than Cupid, hearts and roses.
Cupid, the ancient Roman god of desire, affection and erotic love (in fact, in Classical Greek mythology, Cupid's name is Eros) usually depicted nude or diapered, although sometimes wearing pasties if required by local ordinance. In a nutshell, Cupid inspires romance by shooting his special arrow — nothing suggestive about that. Cupid is the son of Venus and Mars, making him equal parts love and war. Nothing suggestive about that, either.
The heart has long represented human emotion. In its familiar red two-lobed iteration, the heart symbol first appeared as a playing card suit in the 15th century. However, scholars dispute what the shape actually represents, as it only bears vague anatomical resemblance to the real human heart. Various other body parts — male and female alike — have been suggested as possibilities for the original symbolism, and they all make convincing arguments. Of course, that doesn't mean you want to think about those body parts when you're eating Lucky Charms, either.
Ancient symbols of love and beauty dating back to ancient Greece, roses are by far the most common flowers given on Valentine's Day. Although, if you really wanted to express your love by way of horticulture, you'd give that special someone a cactus instead.
Think about it. No matter what you do, it's nearly impossible to kill a cactus; roses die in a matter of days.
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Growing up as a violinist, Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto ranked among my top 10 Holy Grail pieces. As I got older, I moved on to his Octet and Piano Trio in D minor, which became two of my favorite chamber works. There's almost nothing comparable to playing Mendelssohn's Octet with seven great string players. It's absolutely thrilling, energetic, virtuosic, youthful, fun and challenging. And to think that Mendelssohn wrote it when he was just 16.
Only a year later, at the ripe age of 17, he wrote his Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, completely capturing the magic and frivolity in the ethereal world Shakespeare created. Mendelssohn first performed the overture in a version for two pianos, with his sister Fanny, and then orchestrated it for a public performance the following year.
Mendelssohn was probably the greatest child prodigy since Mozart. He began taking piano lessons from his mother when he was 6 and made his first public concert appearance at the age of 9. As a child he was also a prolific composer, with five short operas and 11 symphonies to his credit by his early teens.
It would be another 16 years before he returned to the overture to use it as the DNA for the complete incidental music he composed to accompany an actual performance of the play. And how perfectly Mendelssohn captures the spirit and essence of Shakespeare.
Mendelssohn's overture is in the key of E major and he begins it with four magical, suspenseful and transforming chords. For me, these opening chords capture the essence, even the moral of A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play about unexpected turns in love and life. ("The course of true love never did run smooth.")
Following those chords is the first theme, a scurrying, busy motif in the parallel relative minor (E minor) representing the dancing fairies. A fanfare-like transition (the royal music of the court of Athens) leads to a second, lyrical theme for the lovers. A final group of themes, suggesting the craftsmen and hunting calls, closes the exposition. The fairies dominate as the next section develops, and ultimately have the final word in the coda, just as in Shakespeare's play. But of course there couldn't be Midsummer music without a reference to Bottom, who gets turned into a donkey and is depicted with a braying "hee-haw" in the strings.
Mendelssohn brilliantly incorporated the overture into his incidental music as the first of its 14 numbers and the inspiration for the entire score.
The famous "Wedding March," which we still hear accompanying brides down aisles, was adopted by Princess Victoria in 1858 for her wedding to Prince William of Prussia. The bride's mother, Queen Victoria, loved Mendelssohn's music. I'm sure she never imagined the tradition she started by having it played at her daughter's wedding.
Along with music, Mendelssohn loved language and was extremely well-read. Within his deft grasp of the Shakespeare, he also includes several vocal numbers in the incidental music, representing the actual voices of the fairies.
Songs such as "Over hill, over dale," "The Spells," and "What hempen homespuns" enhance Shakespeare's text and mimic Shakespeare's ingeniously devised play within a play.
Act 1 is played without music. The Scherzo, with its whimsical interplay between strings and woodwinds, acts as an intermezzo between Acts 1 and 2. It leads directly into the first melodrama with text spoken over music. Oberon's arrival is accompanied by a fairy march, scored with triangle and cymbals, a gesture to his unique role as a god.
The vocal piece "Ye spotted snakes" opens the second scene of Act 2. The second intermezzo comes at the end of that act, while Act 3 includes a quaint march for the entrance of the mechanicals, the cast for the play within the play. Mendelssohn quotes music from the overture to accompany the action. The Nocturne, featuring one of the loveliest horn solos ever written, accompanies the sleeping lovers between Acts 3 and 4. There is only one melodrama in Act 4 and it closes with a reprise of the Nocturne to accompany the mortal lovers' sleep.
We first hear the Wedding March between Acts 4 and 5, the latter containing more music than any other act, especially to accompany the wedding feast. There is a brief fanfare for trumpets and timpani, a parody of a funeral march, and a peasant dance that uses Bottom's braying from the overture as its main thematic material.
The play has three short epilogues. The first is introduced with a reprise of the theme of the Wedding March and the fairy music of the overture. After Puck's speech, the final musical number is heard — "Through the house give glimmering light," scored for soprano, mezzo-soprano and women's chorus. Puck's famous valedictory speech "If we shadows have offended" is accompanied, as day breaks, by the four chords first heard at the very beginning of the overture, bringing the work full circle.
A Midsummer Night's Dream contains one of my favorite lines of all time: "Lord what fools these mortals be!" But when I hear Mendelssohn's music all I can think is: Lord how brilliant can one man be?
With the Memorial Day weekend comes the unofficial change of season. And next week, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra helps usher it in with "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A collaboration with Washington, D.C.'s Folger Theater, the production of Shakespeare's play will include the famous incidental music that was written by Felix Mendelssohn. We're joined now from the studios of WYPR in Baltimore by our friend Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Maestro, thanks very much for being with us again.
MARIN ALSOP: Oh, my pleasure to be here, Scott.
SIMON: A big show you have going on, isn't it?
ALSOP: Yeah, it's - I mean, it's just so perfect for this time of year, isn't it? I mean, when the seasons change and love is in the air and poetry abounds. But it's going to be an incredible production. It's directed by a wonderful director named Ed Berkeley, and we have seven actors playing the roles of 21 characters. Actors from John Bolger from "Law and Order" - I remember him from General Hospital - Linda Powell from "Chicago Fire." We have just a great cast.
SIMON: And I think nothing denotes the arrival of summer more than a casting call for dogs. I wonder if you can tell me about that.
ALSOP: (Laughter) Well, we have and incredible...
SIMON: They're looking at me in the control room. Like, I thought that was a pretty smooth transition, don't you?
ALSOP: Yeah, really. Well, there are so many things going on in this play. You can throw a dog in. You could probably even thrown an elephant in and nobody would notice.
SIMON: Well, let's listen to the music, of course, too. We have a recording, I guess, with Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra.
SIMON: This music has such authority. And it's sobering when you come to terms with the fact that Felix Mendelssohn was a teenager when he wrote it.
ALSOP: Mendelssohn was only 17 years old when he wrote this overture. And the thing that we forget is that Mendelssohn was, really, the next great child prodigy after Mozart. So he had been composing since he was a little tot. And by the time he was a teenager, he'd already written 12 symphonies and five operas. So this was not unexpected. But the quality of this overture and the way it captures Shakespeare's drama...
SIMON: Yeah.
ALSOP: ...Is truly amazing.
SIMON: How did he wind up being a part of this play?
ALSOP: He wrote this overture as a stand-alone piece. But then, later, much later, 16 years later, he was asked to write incidental music for the play as a commission from King William the Fourth of Prussia. And so I don't think you say no to those kind of kings. And he did the incidental music for the entire play, but he went back to his overture and he used it as the DNA for all of the incidental music.
ALSOP: One of the pieces that is often excerpted from the incidental music is called "Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream." And this is the piece that really introduces the forest and the idea of the fairies and all the busyness going on with them.
ALSOP: And of course, we're going to be introduced to the wonderful character of Puck, who really is the perpetrator of so much of the mischief on behalf of Oberon. So Puck will get the sleeping potion and puts it on their eyelids so that when they wake up, they fall in love with whomever they see. Of course, Oberon wants to play a trick on Titania, his wife. And so when she wakes up, the first character she sees is Bottom, who's been turned into the ass. So she falls madly in love with him.
SIMON: Yeah, it's been known to happen.
ALSOP: It does happen, doesn't it?
SIMON: It does happen quite a lot.
ALSOP: But these fairies, I think, are - they're characters unto themselves. And they have their own little drama going on. And what Mendelssohn does so beautifully in the incidental music is he creates worlds and gives actual voice to the fairies themselves as singers.
ALSOP: In this number, we can hear these two fairies in the voice of the soprano and the mezzo soprano singing the entire forest to sleep.
SIMON: And then...
ALSOP: And then, of course, there're many dramas going on at the same time. And there're two young couples. One's in love with the other and the other's in love. And now, of course, they've all run into the forest chasing each other and misunderstanding each other.
ALSOP: There's this entire drama going on. And what happens in the story is that Puck accidentally, but of course, puts the potion on the wrong person. So well, you know, one wakes up and falls in love with the wrong one, and then everybody's hooked up to the wrong people. And Oberon gets very angry with Puck and says, look, you really have to fix this mess you've made. So Puck goes back into the forest and finally gets everyone to sleep. And that's the moment when we hear the nocturne, which has one of the most beautiful French horn solos in the literature.
ALSOP: Scott, I think this is one of the few moments of genuine calm in the entire play and in the entire music.
SIMON: Mhm.
ALSOP: And of course, it's a little bit of a calm before the storm. But finally, things start getting righted. And we can get back to the important things like having the royal wedding.
SIMON: Which introduces, I think, one of the most played pieces of music in the world.
ALSOP: I'm not sure how many people know that Mendelssohn wrote the "Wedding March." But what happened was Princess Victoria used this "Wedding March" for her wedding. It was - I believe in 1858. And it just became part of everyone's tradition. Thanks to the incidental music from Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream," we have the wedding march that we use today.
SIMON: Marin, does a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" such as you're about to undertake remind us that this is a major work in each and every dimension, not just the music with which a lot of people are anecdotally familiar.
ALSOP: Well, it has such a reach, doesn't it? My son just attended a ballet performance the other day of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." And it's a play that has inspired so many other ancillary artists from different disciplines. And it's a play whose moral rings as true today as it did in the moment. And for me, it's all about the concept of love and love in its - all of its transformations because love never takes that straight line.
SIMON: Yeah.
ALSOP: But it's always filled with unexpected detours.
SIMON: But it finds a way.
ALSOP: Always finds a way in the end.
SIMON: Marin Alsop, who is music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Their production with the Folger Theater of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with music by Felix Mendelssohn, takes place next weekend. The maestro joined us from the studios of WYPR in Baltimore. Thanks so much.
ALSOP: My pleasure. Thank you, Scott.
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When I was a kid my grandfather would drive us over to see the old family sites in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. I remember grandpa was quite the storyteller. Every corner had a story attached to it, including the story of Joseph Plummer (1774-1862) of Meredith.
Why was that story memorable? Because Plummer was a hermit.
A hermit…that was kind of spooky, mysterious…but there we were—parked near his grave. My grandfather showed us where Plummer's cabin stood. As we drove around the Lakes Region, my grandfather brought us to the old Baptist Church where some of our relatives were once baptized on Christmas Day—after chopping a hole in the ice. Later, he showed us the place where another relative was buried in a glass coffin, a sealed vat of alcohol, in an attempt to prevent his body from decomposition by being buried in the ground.
These were great stories I heard while growing up in New Hampshire. It didn't matter that we didn't have TV; we had our grandfather to keep us spellbound with his stories—"our" stories. Today, remembering his storytelling provides some of my fondest memories of time spent with grandpa when I was young.
Over the years I have found documentation in old newspapers that filled in my memory of the stories he told us when we were children.
Bingo: here is another one of my grandpa's stories verified. I found information in an old newspaper article about the New Hampshire hermit Joseph Plummer that my grandfather told us about.
Over the years the newspapers wrote a dozen articles about Joseph Plummer, giving many of the details of his life.
He was interviewed in 1862 and asked his age: "he answered: 'I was born the 9th hour of the 13th day of October, in 1774.'"
Another news report gave an episode in Plummer's life that my grandfather didn't include in his telling of the hermit's story.
It seems Plummer didn't quite know how to go about dating the Deacon's daughter. His brothers married two other of the Fox daughters—but for Joseph it wasn't to be, despite his apparent determination: "Joseph on one occasion made up his mind to sally forth from his retreat and woo the remaining daughter."
Unfortunately for Joseph, as the old article relates, "He was somewhat original in his method and broke down in his project."
After failing in his attempt at romance, Plummer bought land and built his cabin far from the "crowds" and cares of the world.
These old newspaper article clippings bring back memories of time spent with my grandfather and add depth to the stories he told us as children. They provide perfect material for family memory books and scrapbooking projects to share with family generations to come so that they remember grandpa and his stories. Family stories are a treasure—even more so when we can document and expand on them in the deep newspaper archives of GenealogyBank.


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Pratt & Whitney Receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – The Boeing Company has recognized Pratt & Whitney as a 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award winner. Boeing issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. Pratt & Whitney maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period, from Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2011. This is the second consecutive year that Pratt & Whitney has received the honor.
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines supplies F117-PW-100 engines to Boeing for the C-17 Globemaster III and F100 engines for the F-15 Eagle fighters and PW4062 engines for the KC-46 Tanker.
Click here to read Pratt & Whitney's press release.


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A Stafford, Texas man is in jail in New Mexico after investigators say he killed his own brother here in Brazos County Friday.
Brazos County Sheriff's investigators say 27-year-old Kyle Wischnewsky orchestrated a plan to lure his brother to Highway 21 near Kurten, where he then allegedly shot him twice in the head.
It's an unthinkable crime that left 42-year-old Clifford Wischnewsky of Tomball dead, reportedly robbed and gunned down by his younger brother over $14,000 and a pickup truck.
Signs of tragedy littered Highway 21 East near Kurten Friday morning after a truck driver noticed a body lying on a cattle guard with his face covered.
Clifford Wischnewsky was shot two times in the head. Investigators say he and his brother were traveling in his Ford F 250 to purchase two ATVs.
"When they arrived up here they were towing a trailer to carry those back and Clifford was also carrying enough money to pay $7,000 a piece for each of those all-terrain vehicles," said Sheriff Chris Kirk of Brazos County.
Sheriff Kirk says now it was all a ruse.
"At this time we do not believe there was a Craigslist connection to this and that the whole time it was Kyle's intent to lure his brother to an area and steal his money," he said.
Kirk tells us Kyle Wischnewsky took two of his guns from his mother's house in Stafford, Texas before Clifford picked him up and Clifford was also known to carry a .380 caliber handgun.
At first they thought Kyle might be a victim too.
"We were really concerned that we were dealing with someone that might have been hurt or injured or killed or a hostage you know," said Sheriff Kirk.
Their search for Kyle Wischnewsky's whereabouts led them to Carlsbad, New Mexico after they pinged his cell phone and police there found the stolen Ford F 250 in a hotel parking lot.
Wischnewsky was taken into custody by a SWAT Team after trying to run.
They found a .380 caliber handgun on his belt.
"To learn that he was alive and registered in a hotel in Carlsbad, New Mexico was somewhat of a surprise," Kirk said.
Kyle Wischnewsky has an extensive criminal history and had a warrant out for his arrest out of Polk County for credit card fraud.
His bond in Carlsbad, New Mexico has been set at $1,000,000.
His girlfriend was also found with him at the hotel and at this time she has not been charged and her name is not being released.
Meanwhile we're told Clifford Wischnewsky leaves behind a son and daughter.
Brazos County Sheriff's Investigators are traveling to New Mexico for evidence and also to interview the suspect.
The trailer reported stolen after the crime was recovered off of Interstate 45 in Madison County.
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The Brazos County Sheriffs Office has made an arrest in the Clifford Wischnewsky homicide.
The victim's brother 27-year-old Kyle Wischnewsky has been arrested in Carlsbad, NM charged with the first degree murder.
Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk believes Kyle lured his brother to Brazos County in a ruse to purchase two ATV's from a buyer for $7,000 each.
Kirks tells us there was no seller or Craigslist ad but was part of a plan to rob Clifford Wishnewsky and steal his pickup truck.
Autopsy results indicate Clifford Wishnewsky was shot twice in the head.
Law enforcement pinged Kyle Wischnewsky's cell phone after they learned he'd accompanied his brother to Brazos County which led them to Carlsbad, NM.
A SWAT team took him into custody at a hotel there.
His brother's stolen Ford 250 was recovered at the hotel and the suspect was found carrying a .380 caliber handgun in his belt.
Kyle Wishchnewsky remains in jail in Carlsbad, NM on a $1,000,000 bond.
Kyle's girlfriend was also with him at the hotel. She has not been charged at this time and her name isn't being released.
News 3 will have much more on this breaking story tonight at ten.
*Previous Story*
Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk will host a news conference to provide details of the investigation and arrest at 2:00 PM
KBTX will have more on the story as it updates.
Brazos County authorities now believe the body they found Friday morning was of a man lured to the area from Harris County to make a purchase, only to be murdered and robbed.
The body, now identified as Clifford E. Wischnewsky of Tomball, was found lying on a metal cattle guard off Highway 21 East near the Sand Creek intersection close to Kurten. A trucker noticed the body and called police to the area around 9:00 a.m.
Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk revealed Friday night that they received a tip around noon from a Spring resident who said Wischnewsky, a friend, had come to Bryan Thursday to make a purchase of two Polaris all-terrain vehicles from a buyer he did not know.
Information provided from the tip led authorities to identify the body as Wischnewsky, 42. Kirk says he had a wound to his head, but did not provide more details as to what caused it.
The victim was reportedly driving a 2005 Ford F-250 pickup truck, white in color, with a Texas license plate 29NGS2. The truck was pulling a 18-foot homemade flat-bed trailer. It has angle iron rails and a Texas license plate CTYR65. Both are unaccounted for, and authorities believe the murderer or murderers stole that property.
Authorities say those involved are armed and extremely dangerous.
If you have any information on this crime, you're asked to call the Brazos County Sheriff's Office at (979) 361-4900 or Crime Stoppers at (979) 775-TIPS.
Wischnewsky's next of kin has been notified.


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Great Central U.S. ShakeOut Feb. 7
February 7, 2013
MACOMB, IL – On Thursday, Feb. 7, Illinois will participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, an earthquake preparedness drill that teaches the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" protective actions to take in the event of an earthquake. The third annual event is a nine-state emergency preparedness drill designed to encourage residents to think about what to do before, during and after an earthquake.
Illinois sits atop two major fault zones, the New Madrid Seismic Zone and the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. The most powerful series of earthquakes ever to hit the United States happened in 1811-1812 near New Madrid, MO.
Western Illinois University's Office of Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness is responsible for the continued development and implementation of campus preparedness. For more information on earthquake and other types of emergency preparedness, see the University's emergency reference guide at wiu.edu/vpas/risk_management_and_emergency_preparedness/ref_guide.php. For more information, contact the Office of Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness email email@example.com or call (309) 298-1800.
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Renowned snowboarder Jeremy Jones and the production crew from Teton Gravity Research (TGR) in Jackson Hole, Wyo., have announced the release of the trailer for Higher, the final instalment in Jones' trilogy about snowboarding in some of the world's most remote places. Higher is scheduled for release some time in 2014.
The 10-time Snowboarder magazine Big Mountain Rider of the Year and O'Neill teamrider revolutionized backcountry snowboarding with the release of Deeper, his 2010 ode to splitboarding and human-powered adventure. Further, the 2012 sequel, earned him a nod as a 2013 National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year. Jones has also been recognized for his environmental advocacy work with Protect Our Winters, and was recognized by U.S. President Barack Obama as one of 2013's Champions of Change.
"I have set up my life around finding and riding the planet's best mountains for snowboarding, and Higher represents the pinnacle achievements in my life as a snowboarder," says Jones. "As much as I appreciate all the accolades I have received in snowboarding, these lines (that I've snowboarded in this video) mean the most to me. They are my lifetime achievement awards."
Higher traces Jones' snowboarding journey from hiking Cape Cod's Jailhouse Hill as a child to accumulating several generations' worth of wisdom and expertise about thriving and surviving in the winter wilderness. Jones has gathered old friends and new to pass the torch to the next generation of big-mountain rippers, leaving tracks on signature lines in the close-to-home playgrounds he's made his own around Jackson Hole and Lake Tahoe, and making history with far-flung first descents in the Eastern Alaska Range and an unclimbed, unridden spine wall in Nepal's Himalayan mountains, where the stakes are as high as the peaks themselves.
And the action looks spectacular as always, thanks to the award winning TGR cinematography team.
"We were able to capture aerials of Jeremy and Luca with the GSS C520 system, which is the most advanced digital 4K aerial cinema system in the world," adds Todd Jones, TGR co-founder. "It was so magical to film Jeremy and Luca climbing and riding in the Himalaya. At one point we were at 23,000 feet capturing the entire range. This is the most unique footage we have filmed to date."


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A handful of the 17 college prospects invited to the Chiefs local Pro Day Tuesday afternoon will find their way onto an NFL roster this fall. Maybe even in Kansas City.
For the majority, however, the five-hour Pro Day represented a once in a lifetime opportunity to train in front of NFL coaches inside a team facility.
"I think that you will find that exposure in this business is one of the things that will help you," Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel told the pro hopefuls. "The more exposure you get, the better opportunity you may have as you go down the road. Our whole staff is here and everybody is watching, taking notes about how you work and how you move.
Donald Stephenson, a left tackle from the University of Oklahoma and a product of Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, Missouri, headlined the group and commanded much of the day's attention. He's projected by many scouting services to go in the middle rounds of April's draft.
The Chiefs don't make Pro Day results public, but the highlight of the day might have the vertical jump performance of Mid-America Nazarene University fullback Brandon Smith. Here's video of the 5'11" 230-pounder jumping 40" at former Chiefs linebacker Mark Simoneau's sports performance facility in Overland Park, Kansas.
Smith played defensive line at MNU and tallied 28.0 sacks over his college career, but trained as a fullback in Pro Day drills.
MNU supplied the most locals with three players working out for the Chiefs. There are currently four former Chiefs on the coaching staff at the NAIA powerhouse: QB Jonathan Quinn (2002-03), RB Kimble Anders (1993-98, 2000), DE Duane Clemons (2000-02) and LB Anthony Davis (1996-98).
Quinn has served as the Pioneers' head coach since 2009 and has compiled a 32-4 (.889) record at the school.
After the Pro Day concluded, Crennel reminded the local hopefuls that anything can happen in the NFL business.
"You have to stay in shape," Crennel said. "If you're in shape when somebody calls for a workout, then you have a chance to make a good showing. If you're not in shape when someone calls, you'll look bad and coaches will say you're not ready to go and that you don't really want it. So you've got to keep working."
Here are a few photos from the workout…
Mizzou vs. OU
Missouri G Jayson Palmgren works with Oklahoma T Donald Stephenson in offensive line drills. Stephenson is rated as the 10th-best tackle prospect in this year's draft class by nfldraftscout.com.
Dunsmore Shows Receiving Skills
Northwestern TE Drake Dunsmore, a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Lenexa, Kansas, showed off his athleticism in receiving drills. Dunsmore lined up all over the field for the Wildcats as a tight end/fullback/h-back.
Coaching Tree
Chiefs offensive quality control coach Jim Bob Cooter throws to receivers while UCLA's Taylor Embree (9) and William Jewell's Phil Freeman (17) look on. Embree's father, Jon, served as tight ends coach for the Chiefs from 2006-08 and is currently the head coach at the University of Colorado. Embree prepped at Blue Valley West High School in Overland Park, KS.
Daboll Gets Going
Chiefs offensive coordinator Brian Daboll served as a mock defender for many of the throwing drills. Assistants Jim Zorn, Jim Bob Cooter and Derius Swinton played quarterback since the Pro Day featured no QB prospects.


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By JASON PROTAMI
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DARTMOUTH — Town residents now have one more good reason to look forward to Spring — a new Community Gardening operation.
Helfand Farm Community Gardens (HFCG), a recently-incorporated non-profit entity, in partnership with Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust, is leasing garden plots to individuals and groups for their first season of community gardening at a plot located on Chace Road in North Dartmouth, across the street and just south of the town's public water facility.
Anyone interested in learning about, or joining in on this new community gardening venture are encouraged to attend HFCG's first annual meeting, which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m. in the DNRT office, 404 Elm St., South Dartmouth.
Amy Thurber who, along with Michael Humphrey, are the gardens' officers, provided information about the community gardens in a recent e-mail.
Right now, approximately four acres of what was once part of the Helfand family farm on Chace Road lays cleared, graded, and sown with winter rye. Come spring, this agricultural land will be divided into 114 separate 10'X20' garden plots, available to the public for an annual fee of $50 per plot, including water use. Individuals or groups may lease multiple plots, the organizers indicated.
The garden will be open to members during daylight hours. There will be an off-street parking area, picnic area, restroom facilities, and a composting area. Water hook-ups will be shared by groups of four plots.
Members will have to agree to and abide by certain regulations pertaining to personal conduct, water conservation, and garden maintenance. These prohibitions include commercial ventures, the planting of certain invasive species, and the use of chemicals. Presently there are 25 individuals, families and organizations signed up to lease 28 plots.
The overall vision for Dartmouth's newest community garden goes beyond just the nuts and bolts — one of their main goals is to promote the community gardening experience. In addition to offering the camaraderie of like-minded gardeners, HFCG will be offering shared seed and plant orders through a community gardens Northeast Organic Farmers Association membership, as well as practical guidance to participants in a series of workshops.
The workshops will be led by local master gardeners, people like Renete Oliver, the founder of Serenity Gardens in New Bedford, and Derek Christiansen of Brix Bounty Farm in Dartmouth, among others. The workshops will cover everything from the gardening basics to more advanced subjects such as soil composition and improvement. In due season, HFCG also plans to hold workshops on canning at the Dartmouth Grange Community Kitchen.
HFCG is also in the process of developing community outreach programs with UMass Dartmouth and Bristol County Community College, with the intention to educate young people about the importance and benefits of supporting and participating in local agriculture.
The project has been a long time coming. According to Mr. Humphrey, the seed for the idea began more than 20 years ago, when the DNRT board formed an agricultural subcommittee to look at the agricultural potential of DNRT lands. The need for a community garden was self evident even at that point in time; the issue was location, he suggested.
Even though DNRT owned many acres of open space in Dartmouth, none was ideally suited to the most specific needs of a community garden, namely easily assessible agricultural land.
Then in 1994, five Helfand family siblings placed the approximately 25 acre farm on Chace Road into an irrevocable trust to come to the DNRT upon their deaths. In 2011, the last Helfand family member moved out of the house, and transferred responsibility for managing the farm to DNRT.
DNRT has a long-term lease on the property until the death of the last surviving family member, when title will be transferred to DNRT. Presently, DNRT is sub-letting approximately 20 acres of the farmland to a local farmer until 2015. They also lease the farmhouse as a residential dwelling.


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I write to raise my voice,
to warm my freezing thoughts-
Tend my forest of dreams,
stifled by the weeds of hate-
Look after my garden of desires,
strangled by ropes of time-
Water my pot of perpetual hope,
scorched by the hot sun of fate.
I write to restore my love,
of a world gone crazy,
maddened by the hearts of men-
Replenish my hopes,
of an existence that lacks meaning-
a being that is of no essence.
Cut the ropes of time
and triumph
Kill the weeds of hate
and grow
Cool the sun of fate
and live to fight another day.
I write since I can't talk,
I remain silent
in my darkened room of hope.
I write since I can't share,
I clench my fist
in my island of optimism.
I write since I can't love,
I blind my feelings
in this universe filled with hate.
I write since am alive
breathing in my space,
In a world that knows no limits,
no bounds.
— Eddie Ombagi
(Its a poem I wrote for the UN International Day of Peace. How I wish the world would be a peaceful place)


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"A full 99.998 percent of CN and rail industry movements of dangerous goods, many of which are essential to the North American economy and communities across the continent, arrive at their destination without a release caused by an accident," said Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive. "That being said, CN understands that municipalities feel they need more transparency and information sharing from railways about the dangerous commodities moving through their communities. And that's why we launched a comprehensive outreach program last fall with communities along our network in Canada and are now launching a similar program this year in the United States."
Under the engagement program, CN is approaching municipal officials and their emergency responders to ensure that they have contact information for appropriate CN officials, as well as targeted information that will assist them in their emergency response planning. This outreach includes face-to-face meetings, during which CN's comprehensive safety programs and safety performance are discussed and emergency response planning is reviewed.
"To date, we have reached out to the vast majority of communities on our network in Canada. In addition, we've held close to 100 meetings with communities in Canada, predominantly the larger ones and will be reaching out to many more municipalities this year in both Canada and the U.S."
CN's outreach program will involve almost 1,100 communities in Canada and approximately 870 communities in the U.S.
The outreach builds on CN's involvement in Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TRANSCAER®), through which the company has been working for many years to help communities in Canada and the United States understand the movement of hazardous materials and what is required in the event of transportation incidents.


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Calling JS Function From Code Behind When Button Clicked....
Basically I have a screen where you can add notes to results and you can optionally add these notes to a table within the database called progress notes!
However, you should only be allowed to do this if the user that is logged into the page has a note type associated with them and the included in progress notes check box is select on the screen.
So when the button is pressed I make a call to the database to make sure that the user has a note type, if not a warning dialog needs to be displayed say that they cannot save this note as a progress note if they don't have a note type for their user.
So far I have done the db calls fine however, however the problem is displaying the modal dialog if the above criteria are not met. Because the user can change the status of the check box as many times as they want once the page is loaded thus I need to call the JS function when the user actually clicks the button instead of using the old fashion way and using the button.Attribute.Add method because this will only work if the page is reloaded.
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The best way to do this in my opinion, would be to make an ajax call. So on button click make a JS ajax request to another page. eg clickHandler.ashx?vars=here that page does the check and outputs either true or false and the JS does what it needs to from there.
Althogh this might be a bit of an overkill for you. There is also RegisterClientScript or something like that, but not 100% sure what its called as I never use it.


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I'm having a lot of trouble with an algebra question, or rather, with my lack of logic in understanding how it should be solved. I'm just going to quote the whole bit and then try to explain how I'm thinking it through by showing how I'm solving it.
The problem is:
Jared places a small inheritance of $2475 in a certificate of deposit that earns 6% interest compounded quarterly. The total in the CD after 10 years is given by the expression
2475 (1+0.06/4)^4(10).
I can already tell you the answer is 4489.70, according to the back of the book and online algebra calculators and I understand how to solve it, so that's fine. My problem is that I don't understand how the algebra problem fits with the word problem.
If I had looked at the word problem without looking at the expression, I would have assumed that what I needed to do is take 6% of 2475, which is $148.50, multiply that by 4 to represent the quarterly interest, which would give me $594 and then multiply that number by 10 to represent the 10 years that the CD is collecting interest, which is $5940. Then, to actually show the total in the CD I'd add the original $2475 to $5940.
So I guess what I'm saying is that if I were to come up with an expression on my own for the word problem, it would look more like
2475(0.06 times 40) + 2475
(I'm not too familiar with algebraic expressions, so I don't know if I did that right.)
I would just like someone to explain to me in exactly what way I'm wrong. I know I am wrong, but it's just that my way seems logical to me even though it can't be.
Thank you so much!


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Many of us scoff at the notion of spending real-world cash on in-game purchases for freemium games, but the percentage of folks making those sorts of in-game purchases is higher than one might think. According to a report from the NPD Group, forty percent of those who play upgradeable freemium games have made in-game purchases.
The report also notes that although female gamers are more likely to play freemium games, male gamers are still the ones more likely to make in-app purchases for those types of titles. Those choosing to pay for such upgrades, typically do so within the first month of playing a game. Furthermore, 38 percent of the U.S. population--that's older than age 2--is reportedly playing "some type of freemium game."
"Males and those ages 18 to 34 are traditionally seen as a big part of the core gamer audience, so it's likely these groups are not quite as engaged with freemium because the gaming experience is quite different from what they are used to from the games they play on consoles, handhelds or PCs," said industry analyst Anita Frazier. "At a minimum, for these gamers a freemium game would provide a different experience, like a snack versus a full meal."
The data about freemium gaming habits was collected during a March study of 6,416 individuals, ages 2 and older.


text: This news item expired on 3/9/2013, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Are You Ready for Tomorrow? Prepare Today! March 3 - 9 is North Carolina's Severe Weather Awareness Week. Throughout the week, Buncombe County encourages residents to learn about severe weather threats that most often occur in our area and how to be prepared when they happen. During this year's Severe Weather Awareness Week, many of our school children will take part in a tornado drill. This would be an opportune time for parents and others to talk with their children or grandchildren about weather-related emergencies and what we can do to prepare for them and remain safe until it's over. Loss of electricity can occur during many types of severe weather. Preparing while the lights are on and the weather is nice can make your life a lot easier. Think about what would make the time without power more manageable, remembering that ATMs, gas pumps and cash registers at stores cannot work without electricity. Buncombe County has posted a number of articles, information and links to help residents learn about the importance of being prepared and what they can do now to help themselves get through a weather-related emergency with the least amount of inconvenience. Information can be found at: www.buncombecounty.org/Preparedness or Ready.gov.


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Power Fort 5,5 Whrs
Design-wise, the Power Fort 5,5 Whrs looks much like its sibling.
5,5 Whrs version of the Power Fort is much smaller and portable, otherwise it's pretty much identical to the 10Whrs version.
The only possible issue you may have with the design is that the shiny plastics is a fingerprint magnet.
Unlike its bigger brother, the Power Fort 5,5 Whrs' LED changes color from green to red, indicating the amount of power left. Green means 30-100 percent left whereas the red means power level is below 30 percent.
Power Fort 5,5 Whrs has a rubber-like material to prevent slipping, although it also has some carved out channels for the same purpose.
Power Fort 5,5 Whrs packs less power and it doesn't come with LED flashlight, which is the case with the 10Whrs version.
- Slim curve design and light weight
- Powerful 1A charges 2 times faster than normal USB power
- Battery life LED indicator
- Up to 300 recharge times with 85% capacity remaining
- Quick recharge less than 3 hours
- Safety protections built-in to avoid battery damage
- Ultra low self-discharge battery cell design


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One of the requirements for the PASS Board of Directors application was a collection of recommendations - 3 from volunteers, 3 public, 1 personal, and 1 work-related. Every candidate's application is available for review (here's mine) with some minor amount of information redacted. One such section was for the volunteer recommendations and for me that means the recommendation from my friend Andy Warren (Blog | Twitter).
With permission from both Andy and the Nomination Committee I'm posting his recommendation here:
To: PASS Nominating Committee
Subject: Letter of Recommendation for Kendal Van Dyke for the PASS Board of Directors
I was introduced to Kendal in 2007 and soon after he agreed to do a presentation for the just re-launched oPASS chapter. Since then he's gone on to speak at many other chapter meetings and SQLSaturday events, and has been selected twice to speak at the PASS Summit. He's a confident and capable presenter.
He's done more than just speak at events. He's been active in growing oPASS and early this year launched our second Orlando chapter, MagicPASS. He was also a key member of the SQLRally team, taking ownership of the local side of marketing and also leading a networking 'speed dating' session as part of the event. He's well known on Twitter, blogs on a recurring basis, and has built a substantial network in the community.
Kendal has all the personal attributes I look for in a candidate. He's a good listener, willing to work hard, willing to take criticism, understands that not all decisions are perfect and that not all decisions will be popular, and he has no agenda other than to give back. He's spent time with me discussing how the Board works and why we made some of our decisions, and I know he has spoken with others about this as well.
Kendal is a PASS success story. We held events that opened doors for him, and as a result he's had a lot of opportunities to grow. I think highly of Kendal, and I believe he would do well on the Board if elected.
Andy Warren
Director, PASS


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Top women's lightweight crews from across the country converge on the Charles River Saturday, and Radcliffe and MIT meet Sunday for the Muri Cup.
Saturday's regatta features six of the nation's top 10 varsity eights: No. 4 Radcliffe, No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 7 Buffalo, No. 8 MIT and No. 10 Massachusetts. The top two teams from each of two early-morning finals advance to the grand final at 12:06 p.m.
Saturday's Schedule
6:54 a.m.* – Varsity eight: Buffalo, Stanford, MIT
7:30 a.m.* – Varsity eight: Radcliffe, Wisconsin, Massachusett
11:18 a.m. – Second varsity eight
12:06 a.m. – Varsity eight grand final
12:30 a.m. – Varsity eight petite final
*Top two teams to grand final; third-place team to petite final
Sunday's Schedule
8:00 a.m. – Novice eight
8:40 a.m. – Varsity eight
Watch From Home
Live video of Saturday's second varsity race and varsity final is scheduled to be webcast here. Please note that in the event of rain, the video stream will be canceled. UPDATE: Sunday's video stream has been canceled due to forecast of rain.
Last Time Out
The Black and White varsity won by more than 11 seconds to claim the cup from No. 5 Georgetown for the sixth time in eight years of competition here April 7. The second varsity eight started the day by winning by more than 13 seconds, while the novice eight was less than four seconds back of the Hoyas. Click here for video of the varsity race.
History Lesson
Radcliffe raced Buffalo and Stanford in separate dual races last year, defeating the Bulls a day after falling to the Cardinal. The races against Stanford were moved to the Powerhouse stretch and shortened to 1,500 meters. The Cardinal won the varsity race by six seconds, and the Radcliffe second varsity won by 4.8. The Black and White varsity and second varsity eights both topped Buffalo.
The Black and White defeated MIT for the Muri Cup last year, increasing its cup series lead to 3-0. The trophy is named for Harvard men's lightweight freshman coach and former MIT standout Linda Muri.
Senior Salute
Four seniors will race on the Charles River for the final time in their Harvard careers this weekend: captain Marissa Reichel, coxswain Maryana Vrubel, Kelly McCarthy and Jordan Taylor.
Probable Boatings
Varsity Eight
Cox: Maryana Vrubel, 8: Marissa Reichel, 7: Katherine Mallett, 6: Emma Lukasiewicz, 5: Elizabeth Hamilton, 4: Elizabeth Lenczowski, 3: Kelly McCarthy, 2: Adelaide Backer, 1: Elizabeth MacEachern
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Kyla Adler-McDonald, 8: Andrea Linares, 7: Veronique Irwin, 6: Claire Harmange, 5: Jordan Taylor, 4: Devi Lockwood, 3: Christine Hughes, 2: Taylor Garden, 1: Emma Framson
Novice Eight
Cox: Elissa Lin, 8: Katherine Fair, 7: Kelsey Rankin, 6: Kiara Kealoha, 5: Olivia Krusel, 4: Tiffany Fonseca, 3: Priya Duvvuri, 2: Glynis Healey, 1: Tian Kisch


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Peppelman and Keith will graduate ranked among Harvard's all-time wins leaders (Robert Preston).
DES MOINES, Iowa – Seniors Walter Peppelman and Steven Keith concluded their careers Friday afternoon on the second day of competition at the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Both Peppelman and Keith will graduate with their places in Harvard wrestling history firmly cemented. Peppelman, a two-time All-American, ranks sixth all-time with 108 career wins and is one of just seven grapplers in program annals to earn multiple All-America honors. Keith, meanwhile, ranks seventh with 104 career victories and became an All-American a year ago.
Peppelman, the 11th-seeded wrestler at 157 lbs., put himself in a hole early on Thursday as he was pinned by Ohio's Spartak Chino at the 1:05 mark in the first round. The senior bounced back in the consolation bracket, earning a 3-1 decision over Jake O'Hara of Columbia to advance to Friday. The three-time captain saw his tournament run come to an end during the morning session, however, as he was defeated by fifth-seeded James Flemming of Clarion, 9-0.
Keith found himself at the other end of the spectrum as he opened his tournament with a fall over Oklahoma State's Julian Feikert 39 seconds into the second period. Keith was met by top-seeded Hunter Stieber of Ohio State in the second round and dropped a 7-3 decision to the Buckeye, but came back on Friday with an 8-3 decision over Penn State's Bryan Pearsall in his first bout. Keith was then bounced from the tournament via a 7-4 loss to Minnesota's Nick Dardanes, the eighth seed.
Sophomore James Fox, in his second appearance at the national championship, went 0-2 on Thursday to be eliminated from the tournament. Fox opened with a 9-4 loss to Phillip Wellington of Ohio and fell to Iowa's Nathan Burak in the wrestlebacks, 4-0.


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Vintage Hartford - Preview
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW visited Hartford, Connecticut, 15 years ago and found some unforgettable items, including a 1915 Coca-Cola® jigsaw puzzle, an Emancipation Announcement print, and last but certainly not least a Aquamarine Tiffany Glass Vase! Don't miss Vintage Hartford on Monday, July 22nd at 8/7C to watch all the appraisals!
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/
Episode #1726 / Length: 56 minutes


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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. Obama sends message from Afghanistan
President assures American voters fed up with war that U.S. combat forces are leaving.
2. Attack kills seven in Afghan capital just hours after the president departs
Taliban claims responsibility for assault in capital by suicide car bomber and militants disguised in burqas.
3. American official: Blind Chinese activist did not ask for asylum in U.S.
Chen Guangcheng, who sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy, is staying in China after receiving assurances that he will be treated as a normal citizen.
4. Immigration reform movement fizzling in U.S.
Smaller, splintered protests come at a time when activists say the threat to illegal immigrants is stronger than ever.
5. Anti-corporate motive in Cleveland bridge plot
FBI says five men plotted to destroy a bridge in an attack on "corporate bigwigs."
6. Charges in hazing death at Florida A&M
Prosecutors to announce charges at 2 p.m. against five people in the death of a drum major aboard a band bus last fall.
7. Gingrich's goodbye
A formal announcement that he is suspending his campaign, coupled with an endorsement of Romney, is set for 3 p.m. in Virginia.
8. Pettitte vs. Clemens, this time in court
Baseball's Andy Pettitte returns to the stand at 9 a.m. in Roger Clemens' perjury trial. Pettitte testified that Clemens mentioned he had taken human growth hormone.
9. Trailing in the polls, Nicolas Sarkozy debates his challenger
French president faces off against Socialist Francois Hollande ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff.
10. "The Scream" is for sale
Edvard Munch's iconic painting of a man holding his head and screaming could fetch $80 million when it is auctioned tonight in New York.


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I heard some good things about Etude House, a Korean brand's line of make up brushes. They are pretty affordable, and I paid from £4.50-£8 for the brushes on eBay.
I got four brushes, a fiber brush, a cream shadow brush, a contour and a brow brush. The brushes are quite obviously synthetic hair and have quite short handles.
I haven't used cheap make up brushes in an age..there's nothing worse then applying your make up and having little bristles left all over your face. Did these live up to their reputation?….
1. Duo Fiber Brush
This brush can be use for cream or powder products, can be used for the cheeks or in my case, for foundation and it works wonderfully. Its quite small for a skunk brush (not a fan of the MAC 188, its a bit too big, bit too bitty) but this ones works really well. Its small enough to fit in those crevices at the side of your nose etc.
For applying colour its great for a natural effect. I still don't like it with cream blushers but its quite good for bronzers.
The bristles are not too soft, they hold pretty tightly together which I like – I'm not keen on the bristles splaying everywhere.
Rating: Egg-cellent
2. Oblique Eyeshadow Brush
This one is for the contour of the eye and is best for blending.
This one was horrible because it wouldn't stop shedding – you know you pull and pull and pull and the little black hairs keep coming out. Urgh. Not happy with this one at all, little hairs everywhere.
Rating: Fail
3. Oblique Line Brush
This brush can be used for lining but also brows. Its quite a soft brush which is nice – I hate these little angled brushes that are so stiff they hurt!
This is a pretty inoffensive brush. You aren't going to get a razor sharp line with it but its ok for applying powder shadows in a soft smudgy style. I paid about £4 for this brush so its not bad really.
Verdict: Mustn't Grumble
4. Cream Touch Eye Brush
I love cream shadows so a brush made for it is a dream.
Now this brush is very wide – I have a wide eye area but this is super wide…makes it hard to do any kind of precision application. This will be saved for applying primer and all over base colours I guess.
It is nice but like I said, not enough margin for control.
Verdict: Too Fat
The whole Etude House range is decent for the price and well worth investigating if you are building up a brush collection. The only essential brush here is the fiber one which is just lovely – the rest are not that exciting but decent. The bristle brush was not good at all – I will stick with the synthetic, tightly bound ones in the future.
To buy, go to eBay find the seller: Ohmyalice – she also has free shipping on brushes!


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Wondering if anyone else is just as frustrated with unemployment as we are. I know you are. The Altoona office just directed us to the same number we've had. If there's any other information out there, It would be appreciated. I know we're not the only ones hurting so let's all get together and help each other. Let us get unemployment moving.
Obama was not the same man in the recent 2012 debate as he was in 2008. In 2008 he was gushing with promise, hope and inspiration. He even said he would lower sea levels and save the planet. This year however with a failed record behind him and no new promises left, he was very subdued, almost sheepish like.
I've got a great idea. Why doesn't the government take all the lottery millions from Mega Ball and Power Ball winnings to create jobs, help people with property taxes and what not. Since it's a big scam anyway, we all win.
It finally came out in the debates. Without a teleprompter and someone to write speeches, Obama is lost. He can't even tell stories that aren't true because Romney took it over.
I don't think people have to call in and be nasty and insensitive and mean spirited when people ask about signs for Obama and someone calls him a socialist. It must be the one percenters who put their opinions in while they're sitting up on top of the hill counting their money and the poor people are down here without anything. If we elect Romney, we're going to have a China in the U.S.
Wow! The United States has been wounded and laughed at under the Obama regime. After the debate it looks like a much needed transfusion of real hope and change may be in store for these great United States.
For you people who think Obamacare is in effect, get your records straight. It will not come into effect until 2014 if he is still in (hopefully not). He has not helped anyone with insurance. It is not Obamacare. Get your facts straight.
I'm tired of the parents at Edgewood Elementary in car line getting out of their car to get their kids out early. If they're in car line, everybody should have to stay in their car and wait for their kids to come out instead of getting them out early and parking wherever they please because it holds everybody else up and it's dangerous because their kids are running around while everybody else is trying to leave out of car line.
Concerning the debate, after seeing Obama and his regime for the last four years, now with Romney we see a man who is interested in all citizens and loves the country. Obama has often commented about his country. It is not his country, it is our country. He should understand that by now.
I really don't know what kinds of laws they have for teachers anymore. I don't understand the teachers messing around with the students. I can't believe you were that smart to go to school, spend all that time to get a college education, get a good job and you blow it on something like that. I know there's good teachers but there's too many teachers doing it anymore. They need a stiffer penalty because they're not steering them away from it.
To Elaine of Pottstown, if you base your vote on where one's candidate's wife shops, the validity of that vote should come into serious question.
To a Very Informed Person, evidently you don't watch what's going on in our country or you wouldn't make a ludicrous statement like this that that's the only place there's ever been voter fraud.
To all voters, come out and vote. I work the polls and I see how few people come out but yet I see all these complaints and moanings in Sound Off and nobody wants to come out and vote. If you want things straightened out, get out and vote.
Now Romney says that he was wrong about the 47 percent. I hope he's not wrong when he pushes the button and says I was wrong about that. What a flip flopper.
Here's a message for the Democrats. Bill Clinton has money in the Cayman Islands also.
The Codes Department should be investigated. We just got a permit after waiting better than six months to build little more than a shed on our building and it also cost us a lot more than it should have to obtain.


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The lights are on
Maybe you can't read Japanese, but you don't have to in order to appreciate anime or to hang out here. Talk with others about your favorite manga, movies, and artists.
Recently I have been reading more and more manga series that not only have manga volumes but also light novel volumes. It has always made me wonder what is the difference between the two and which is more preferred. I am also having trouble with the site I usually use for reading manga, so anybody know where are some good places to try?
Hmmm.... I prefer manga volumes. I usually get my manga volumes and comics from libaries and bookstores. Light novel volumes have less content.
Try using mangahere.com or anymanga.com :)
I like using mangapark to read manga online if I'm not using the actual paper volume b/c it shows a chapter at a time instead of just 1 page of the chapter.
Oh and I personally prefer manga but I've read a few light novels
mangahere.come & mangeadon.com are really good(srry if i said that wrong)


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Well done my friend, I want to shake your hand. Vocals were pretty good too. Maybe its your liberalistic/secular tendencies that make your music a bit sterile . Come to the dark side, nihilistic pereniallism awaits.
lol its a J O K E! Come on! Beethoven was a goddamn liberal after all.
Any suggestions for how to get your music heard a bit more around the interwebs?