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Welcome to our weekly mega-list of performing arts happenings on TheaterJones! It covers a Thursday-to-Wednesday cycle and rounds up our picks for the best theater, classical music, opera, dance, comedy, spoken word/poetry and performing arts on film that are opening on North Texas stages and in movie theaters. Of all the local print and/or digital publications out there, it's the only weekly list of best bets that covers the range of performing arts—and only performing arts.
This week: There's a major world premiere at Fort Worth Opera, an amazing dance theater import from Canada, area premieres for Second Thought Theatre and Sundown Collaborative Theatre, and for PrismCo, theater and dance meet Mixed Martial Arts. And check it, tiny Ohlook has a new musical that's currently on Broadway. Whuh? Also, because David Lozano and Lee Trull's Deferred Action at Dallas Theater Center is in previews through April 28, we'll have more on it in next week's Places!
This list doesn't have everything happening in this week's cycle, but we've hit the highlights. For more listings, click the red calendar button at the top right of the page, and then you'll see a search function where you can search for events by presenting company, venue, title, description, date range and more options.
Note: Theater productions that have opened in a previous cycle and are in the middle of the run are not in the list below, but you can find them in the listings (see paragraph above). When a show is in its final weekend, we'll mention it in the "Last Chance" section of Places!
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THU APRIL 21 thru WED APRIL 27
1 Fort Worth Opera Festival 2016: JFK | Buried Alive + Embedded
Fort Worth Opera | Bass Performance Hall and Scott Theatre
The Fort Worth Opera Festival is back, and this year the lead opera is one that's getting tons of national press, for good reason. It's JFK, by the team of Dave T. Little and Ross Vavrek (the guys behind Dog Days, seen last year at FWO). The work takes place on Nov. 21, 1963, which Jack and Jackie spent at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, before that fateful trip to Dallas. Famous paintings incite dream sequences that shed light on the president's history and legacy. Also opening this weekend is a double bill of two newer one-acts, Embedded and Buried Alive, both based on Edgar Allan Poe stories. Embedded by Patrick Soluri and Deborah Brevoort, a bit of which was presented in the first year of FWO's Frontiers in 2013, which showcases snippets of new works. You can see our video interview with Soluri, from that year, here. The festival also includes The Barber of Seville and Frontiers, which will have more about in next week's Places! | April 23-May 8
» More info in our listing for JFK
» More info in our listing for Embedded/Buried Alive
» Read Mark Lowry's Star-Telegram story about Matthew Worth, who plays JFK
» Look for more coverage coming on TheaterJones
2 Kidd Pivot
TITAS | Dallas City Performance Hall
Canada's dance outfit Kidd Pivot and the Electric Company Theatre come together for a riveting dance theatre work called Betroffenheit, a work about PTSD, the subconscious and so much more. | 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21 and Friday, April 22
» Read Danielle Georgiou's Sixth Position column about dance theatre
» Our interview with Jonathon Young of Electric Company Theatre
3 The Dallas Opera Orchestra
AT&T Performing Arts Center Classical Criterion | Winspear Opera House
The Dallas Opera Orchestra performs the Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar," in the AT&T Performing Arts Center's Classical Criterion series. Emmanuel Villaume conducts. | 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24
» Our interview with conductor Emmanuel Villaume and chorus master Alexander Rom about the piece.
» Keith Cerny's Off the Cuff column about Babi Yar
4 The Great God Pan
Second Thought Theatre | Bryant Hall
Second Thought Theatre staged Amy Herzog's Belleville last season to acclaim, and the group returns to her work with this play about a man whose life changes when a past secret comes out. Carson McCain directs. The cast includes Alex Organ, Drew Wall and Natalie Young, the trio behind STT's stunning Red Light Winter in 2011. | April 22-May 14
5 Jacob Monroe Hates Clowns
Sundown Collaborative Theatre | PointBank Black Box Theatre, Denton
Sundown Collaborative Theatre in Denton presents Corey Vogel's Jacob Monroe Hates Clowns, a script director Mandy Rausch discovered via a Humans of New York Facebook post. Read more about that on the link below. | April 22-May 1
» Our interview with Mandy Rausch
6 Animal vs. Machine
PrismCo | 500
PrismCo premieres an original wordless creation that uses MMA (mixed martial arts), in Animal vs. Machine, which features a real undefeated MMA fighter. It's in the Green Warehouse in Trinity Groves, and opening night has a big shindig with House Party Theatre, The Tribe and The Striped Heart. | Previews April 22, opens April 23 and runs through May 8
» Our interview with director Katy Tye and the performers
7 Wicked
Dallas Summer Musicals | Music Hall at Fair Park
It's still one of Broadway's biggest tickets and yes, it's terrifically entertaining, with a few songs that we admittedly sing loudly in the car. The only reason we're putting it this far down on the list is because it has become one of the tours you see every few years, like Mamma Mia or anything Disney (it's way better than any of those). This is, what, the fifth time for Wicked at Dallas Summer Musicals? BTW, don't expect to see it at the other two touring venues in town (Winspear Opera House or Bass Performance Hall) because the Music Hall has 1,000 more seats than those, and it sells out for five weeks. Oh, and in case you don't know, Wicked is based on Gregory Maguire's terrific fantasy book that imagines the Wicked Witch of the West's history and POV. Her name is Elphaba because the syllables in that word sound like the initials of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum. | April 21-May 22
8 David Cross: Making America Great Again
Live Nation | Majestic Theatre, Dallas
Yes, that David Cross. The comedian and actor (Arrested Development, for starters), is back on a stand-up tour. We're guessing the title means he has a few things to say about Trump. | 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23
9 21: Spring Concert
Beckles Dancing Company | South Dallas Cultural Center
Beckles Dancing Company presents its 21st annual Spring Concert, featuring Clifton-Bainbridge-Park, a new work created by Loris Beckles for longtime company member Tina Mullone. Other premieres will include a fully realized Benchmarks. Last year's Claret Tango will be the first part, and the new sections will include Caught Napping, Lieu, and The Strange Phrases. Plus a duet created at the company's debut by Andre R. George. | 8 p.m. Friday, April 22 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23
10 School of Rock, the Musical
Ohlook Performing Arts, Grapevine
Yes, this is that School of Rock, the musical that is based on the Jack Black film. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glen Slater and book by Julian "Downton Abbey" Fellowes. And yuh-huh, it's the one that is currently on Broadway. So how did Ohlook Performing Arts gets the rights to do it? It was a special license for a youth production, only given to a select few theaters in the country. Whoa. | April 22-May 1
11 Cervantes and Shakespeare
Orchestra of New Spain | Dallas Institute for the Humanities
The Orchestra of New Spain presents "Cervantes and Shakespeare" at the Dallas Institute for the Humanities, an evening of music inspired by the great authors, who both died 400 years ago, in April 1616. | 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24
12 Las Heridas del Viento
Cambalache Teatro en Español | Bath House Cultural Center
Cambalache Teatro en Español, one of a handful of local theater companies that perform in Spanish, presents the premiere of this play by Juan Carlos Rubio. | April 22-30
The comedian is at Hyena's Comedy Night Club Dallas. | April 21-23
Billy D. Washington
The comedian is at Hyena's Comedy Night Club Fort Worth. | April 21-23
Jason Russell
The comedian is at Hyena's Comedy Night Club Plano. | April 21-23
The Rep: Three Contemporary American Plays
SMU Meadows School of the Arts presents three contemporary plays in repertory: This Sweet Affliction by Blake Hackler; Love and Information by Caryl Churchill; and Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly-Guirgis. | April 21-May 1
Bye, Bye Birdie
Presented by Artisan Center Theater, Hurst. | April 22-June 4
Chris Botti
The jazz trumpeter performs with Dallas Symphony Pops at the Meyerson Symphony Center. | 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Moon Over Buffalo
Presented by Lakeside Community Theatre at the Lakeside Arts Center in the Colony. | April 22-May 7
Robert Powell
The comedian is at the Arlington Improv. | April 23-24
Rod Man
The comedian is at the Addison Improv. | April 22-23
The Secret Garden
Presented by Repertory Company Theatre at the Promenade Theatre in Richardson. | April 22-May 1
Bard Pub Crawl
Join the folks at Shakspeare Dallas for a pub crawl of three bars on McKinney Avenue. There'll be events and trivia (co-hosted by TheaterJones' Lance Lusk). | 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 23
CMI Concert 6
Chamber Music International presents its final concert of the season at Dallas City Performance Hall, featuring clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu. | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23
The Summit: Manhattan Transfer Meets Take 6
Presented at the Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts, Richardson. | 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23
Paul Varghese
The comedian is at the Addison Improv. | 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24
Much Ado About Nothing
The Alamo Drafthouse's Shakespeare 400 Film Series screens Joss Whedon's 2013 black-and-white film version, featuring many actors from the Buffyverse (Amy Ackers, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Tom Lenk) at the Richardson location. Co-presented with TheaterJones, Shakespeare Dallas and AT&T Performing Arts Center. | 8:50 p.m. Monday, April 25
» Our interview with Amy Acker in 2013 when Much Ado came out. Acker, who was Fred in the Buffy spin-off Angel, was an SMU grad who had performed locally at Stage West and Undermain Theatre. See our video interview with her above.
Music of the People
Presented by Arts District Chorale at Dallas City Performance Hall. | 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26
My Own Private Idaho
The Alamo Drafthouse's Shakespeare 400 Film Series screens Gus Van Zandt's film, starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, inspired by parts of Henry IV and V, at the Dallas location. Co-presented with TheaterJones, Shakespeare Dallas and AT&T Performing Arts Center. | 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 27
David Sedaris
The author and humorist does three nights in Dallas, presented by Arts & Letters Live. Dallas City Performance Hall. It's sold out. | April 27-29
The Wonder Bread Years
Pat Hazell, a former Seinfeld writer, brings his The Wonder Bread Years comes to McDavid Studio next to Bass Hall, presented by Performing Arts Fort Worth. See video above. | April 27-May 1
New to Places! Because Mark Lowry doesn't review a number of shows for either TheaterJones or the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, each week he'll mention something that he has seen (and possibly reviewed) that he highly recommends to you.
Show Boat
The Dallas Opera's first production of a musical is Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's 1927 masterpiece, the first important book musical in the post-operetta world, at Winspear Opera House. | Runs through May 1
Each week we'll highlight at least one performance in a city outside of Dallas-Fort Worth that's still reasonably drivable. Because this is Texas, that means five hours or less, one way. So, look for recommendations in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, etc.
Speaking of great musicals presented by opera companies, the Houston Grand Opera does the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece, in my opinion the best of their Big Five. And that's quite an achievement. | April 22-May 6
Backdoor Comedy Open Mike
The Backdoor Comedy Club at the Doubletree Hotel in Dallas has weekly open mike stand-up. | 8:30 p.m. Thursdays
» Our listing, with times, ticket info, map and more
Fort Worth Poetry Slams Open Mike
Host Michael Guinn leads this weekly open mike; participants earn points to see who makes it to Cowtown's award-winning national slam team. You can also just go to watch and listen. | 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Dec. 22
» Our listing, with times, ticket info, map and more
Glitterbomb Denton
A weekly queer variety show that offers the "very best drag, burlesque, queerlesque, sideshow, magic and musical talent Denton has to offer," at Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair, Denton | 9:30 p.m. Thursdays
» Our listing, with times, ticket info, map and more
Mama's Party
Amy Stevenson hosts a sometimes-weekly musical theater open-mike event at the Uptown Theater in Grand Prairie
» More info
Liz Mikel's Entertainer's Showcase
Dallas Theater Center company member Liz Mikel leads a jazz, R&B and show tune open mike every Monday at the Balcony Club, above the Lakewood Theater in East Dallas. | 9:30 p.m. Mondays
The Open Stage
Circus Freaks does a weekly open showcase of circus feats and other category-defying acts, from stand-up in costume to hula-hooping opera singers to stripping poets, at Celebration Event Center and Ballroom in Plano | 7 p.m. Mondays
» Our listing, with times, ticket info, map and more
Open Classical
Bring an instrument (including your voice) and participate in this weekly classical music open mic. | 8 p.m. every Tuesday at Buzzbrews Kitchen on Lemmon Avenue, Dallas.
» Our listing, with times, ticket info, map and more
Open Mic Nite at Central
The Dallas Public Library Central Branch presents an open mic for musicians, poets and other performers. At the J. Erik Jonsson Library in downtown Dallas. | 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of the month.
» More info
God's Trombones
Presented by Jubilee Theatre in Fort Worth. | Closes Sunday
Jon Jory's adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, presented by Stolen Shakespeare Guild at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. | Closes Sunday
Reefer Madness
Presented by ArtCentre Theatre in Plano. | Closes Saturday
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Presented by Plaza Theatre Company, Cleburne. | Closes Saturday
When Did You Last See Your Trousers?
Presented by Rover Dramawerks, Plano. | Closes Saturday
Presented by University of Texas at Dallas. | Closes Saturday
- Our Productions Theatre presents Every Princess Tale at the MCL Grand Theater, Lewisville | April 28-30
- Theatre Three presents Memphis | April 28-May 22
- Circle Theatre presents Under the Skin | April 28-May 21
- Contemporary Theatre of Dallas presents The Road to Appomattox | April 29-May 22
- Dallas Children's Theater presents The BFG: Big Friendly Giant | April 29-May 15
- The Ochre House revives Morphing | April 30-May 21
- Uptown Players presents Broadway Our Way | May 5-8
- Rover Dramawerks in Plano presents 365 Women a Year Festival | May 5-14
- AT&T Performing Arts Center's Off-Broadway on Flora series presents The Intergalatic Nemesis at Dallas City Performance Hall | May 12-14
- The Tribe presents Ophelia Underwater at Yellow Rose Art House, Dallas. | May 13-23
- Dark Circles Contemporary Dance presents The Rite of Spring at Texas Christian University Erma Lowe Hall Studio Theatre, Fort Worth | April 29-May 1
- Contemporary Ballet Dallas presents "Springtime in Paris" at the Latino Cultural Center | April 29-30
- Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklórico presents "China, Santa y Petenera!" at Winspear Opera House | May 5
- Texas Ballet Theater presents First Looks at Dallas City Performance Hall | May 6-8
- TITAS presents the Command Performance Gala at Winspear Opera House, Dallas | May 7
- Avant Chamber Ballet presents Women's Choreography Concert at the Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts, Richardson | May 7-8
- Pedestrian Dance Movement presents "A Voice" at Bishop Lynch High School Auditorium | May 7-8
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre presents Spring Celebration at the Wyly Theatre | May 20-22
- Texas Ballet Theater presents First Looks at Bass Performance Hall | May 27-29
- Bruce Wood Dance Project presents SIX at Dallas City Performance Hall | June 17-18
- Ballet Concerto presents its Summer Dance Concert at Trinity Park Pavilion, Fort Worth | June 23-26
- The Dallas Symphony presents Carmina Burana at the Meyerson Symphony Center | April 28-May 1
- The Nasher Sculpture Center's Soundings series presents "Howl and Palace of Wind" at the Nasher | April 29
- The Plano Civic Chorus presents Rachmaninoff's Vespers at St. Andrews United Methodist Church | April 30-May 2
- The Dallas Symphony presents the second Soluna International Arts & Music Festival: Myth and Legend at various locations | May 16-June 5
- Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax play at the Winspear Opera House | May 19
- Opera in Concert performs "Bravo Rossini!" at the Latino Cultural Center | May 21
- The PianoTexas International Academy and Festival is at Texas Christian University | June 2-26
- The Lev Aronson Legacy Cello Festival is at Southern Methodist University | June 9-14
- The Seventh Van Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition is at Cliburn Hall, next to Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth | June 19-25
- The Mimir Chamber Music Festival is at Texas Christian University | June 27-July 8
- Honest Jon performs at the Black Academy of Arts & Letters, Dallas | April 29-30
- Steven Dubner and Faith Salie opens AT&T Performing Arts Center's #hearhere series at the Winspear Opera House | May 4
- Festival of Laughs with Mike Epps is at Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie | May 7
- Chris Kattan comes to Hyena's Comedy Night Club Dallas | May 7-8
- Marlin Hill performs at the Black Academy of Arts & letters, Dallas | May 13-14
- Bobcat Goldthwait comes to Hyena's Comedy Night Club, Fort Worth | March 19-20
- Ryan Singer performs at Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort Worth | May 20-21
- Emily Maya Mills performs at Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort Worth | June 2-3
- Bill Bellamy comes to the Arlington Improv | June 9-11
- Jackie Kashian performs at Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort Worth | June 10-11
- Matt Groening and Lynda Barry appear in AT&T Performing Arts Center's #hearhere series at the Winspear Opera House | June 29
- Miranda July's Lost Child is at AT&T Performing Arts Center's #hearhere series at the Winspear Opera House | July 8
- "Weird Al" Yankovic comes to Winspear Opera House | July 16
» For complete listings of what's happening on North Texas stages, click on the calendar icon at the top right of the page. Once there, you can click the red "Search the Calendar" box, and search for listings by dates, performance type, the presenting company, titles or descriptions. For instance, type "Shakespeare" into the description field, click SEARCH and you'll find a host of performances (theater, dance, music, etc.) by, adapted from or about the Bard.


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Required number of records for ASCE/SEI 7 ground-motion scaling procedure
Open-File Report 2011-1083
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The procedures and criteria in 2006 IBC (International Council of Building Officials, 2006) and 2007 CBC (International Council of Building Officials, 2007) for the selection and scaling ground-motions for use in nonlinear response history analysis (RHA) of structures are based on ASCE/SEI 7 provisions (ASCE, 2005, 2010). According to ASCE/SEI 7, earthquake records should be selected from events of magnitudes, fault distance, and source mechanisms that comply with the maximum considered earthquake, and then scaled so that the average value of the 5-percent-damped response spectra for the set of scaled records is not less than the design response spectrum over the period range from 0.2Tn to 1.5Tn sec (where Tn is the fundamental vibration period of the structure). If at least seven ground-motions are analyzed, the design values of engineering demand parameters (EDPs) are taken as the average of the EDPs determined from the analyses. If fewer than seven ground-motions are analyzed, the design values of EDPs are taken as the maximum values of the EDPs. ASCE/SEI 7 requires a minimum of three ground-motions. These limits on the number of records in the ASCE/SEI 7 procedure are based on engineering experience, rather than on a comprehensive evaluation. This study statistically examines the required number of records for the ASCE/SEI 7 procedure, such that the scaled records provide accurate, efficient, and consistent estimates of" true" structural responses. Based on elastic-perfectly-plastic and bilinear single-degree-of-freedom systems, the ASCE/SEI 7 scaling procedure is applied to 480 sets of ground-motions. The number of records in these sets varies from three to ten. The records in each set were selected either (i) randomly, (ii) considering their spectral shapes, or (iii) considering their spectral shapes and design spectral-acceleration value, A(Tn). As compared to benchmark (that is, "true") responses from unscaled records using a larger catalog of ground-motions, it is demonstrated that the ASCE/SEI 7 scaling procedure is overly conservative if fewer than seven ground-motions are employed. Utilizing seven or more randomly selected records provides a more accurate estimate of the EDPs accompanied by reduced record-to-record variability of the responses. Consistency in accuracy and efficiency is achieved only if records are selected on the basis of their spectral shape and A(Tn).
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Monthly Loves August
For the last couple of months I have been really enjoying writing these posts all about things that I have been loving this month. It's been great to see people starting to join the linky too and I'd love to make it a bigger thing over the next few months.
So here we are…what I have been loving this August…
The weather
Who can fault the weather this August. We have had some lovely days and it has been so lovely and warm. I've actually managed to pick up some colour too despite not going abroad! We have spent lots of time on the beach and having picnics outside which is great because we've had no kitchen!
The Holidays!
I've loved having lots of time with the girls and while I'll admit it has been hard work (I'm exhausted this week) we've had a great time together and it as been wonderful for Little Boy to have his sisters around. I think he'll really miss them next month.
This month it's been really hard fitting blogging around looking after the children, especially as Little Boy has missed two weeks of nursery. I've been really tired and struggling to keep up at times but it has been so worth it. Blogging has brought us some wonderful opportunities this summer and I'm so grateful that I've been able to find a job that I love and can work around the children.
What I've been reading
I've managed to read one book this holidays – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I was so into this I read it in one night!!
Magazine wise, I haven't had much time but I have started to read Martha Stewart Living again. I love her seasonal ideas and I wanted to get some Autumn/Winter inspiration.
Beauty wise I've been enjoying using my new Neutrogena Hydroboost gel. It's really light and perfect for summer as it doesn't clog my pores.
I've also found a great concealer from Soap and Glory which is soft and creamy and blends and covers well. It was a bit of a fluke find in Boots one day and it works a treat on my under eye bags!
What have you been enjoying lately? Feel free to link up below with any posts you have with a monthly theme, it could be a bucket list, a monthly favourites list or just showcasing your month on Instagram, I'd love to read them. I promise to comment and share all linked up posts too!
The link will be open until the end of the month and another open on the 1st of October so plenty of time to get those posts linked up!
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BECHTELSVILLE, PA March 20, 2009 . . . For the ninth consecutive season RCN-TV, headquartered in Lehigh Valley, PA, will be offering their viewers tape-delayed broadcast coverage of six NASCAR sanctioned stock car racing events from Grandview Speedway.
The season officially gets the green flag on Saturday, April 4th, 7 p.m. with a doubleheader show that features the NASCAR 358 Modifieds and Late Model stock cars. Both divisions will run a full series of qualifying events leading up to a 40-lap feature for the Modifieds and a 20-lap main event for the Late Models. The NASCAR Modified feature will pay $3,000 to win.
Seven time track modified champion Jeff Strunk will kick off his campaign to win an unprecedented eighth title while Chuck Schutz will go for his second straight late model championship and fourth career title.
RCN-TV will broadcast the season opener with RCN4 in Lehigh Valley carrying the tape-delayed coverage along with RCN8 in Delaware County, PA and Pottstown, PA Community Television.
?It is great to have RCN back offering the great coverage of our events,? said track promoter Bruce Rogers. ?The television coverage has attracted new fans to our events over the years and it has been a great selling point for our racers looking for sponsors.?
The RCN-TV coverage gives viewers two-hours of top quality video of the heats and feature events along with victory lane interviews, news updates and more. Veteran media person Randy Kane, involved with the RCN shows for 27 years, will be back as part of the broadcast team along with well known photographer/writer Mike Feltenberger. Videographer Gary Silverman provides a lot of the action footage.
RCN offers a video on demand library for all viewers so that they can catch up on shows they may have missed.
Fans will have the opportunity to see many of their favorites in action during the annual free-to-the-public practice session that is set for Saturday, March 28th starting at noon. Many modified and late model racers will be testing and tuning their race cars. The practice is also open to sprint cars, midgets, Legends, and other divisions of competition. The 2008 practice session attracted well over 100 race teams.
This will be the 47th consecutive season of professional stock car racing at Grandview Speedway with NASCAR 358 Modifieds and Late Models in action on Saturday nights throughout the season. Special attractions such as URC Sprints, ARDC Midgets, Legends and other competition will be included during the season.
In addition to Saturday night racing action there will be six Thunder on the Hill promotions presented on weeknights during the season and eight NEETS Enduro events taking place on Sundays starting with the April 26th show.
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MEDIA NOTE: Those who have requested season media credentials for 2009 will be receiving them this week. If you have not heard that your request was rejected your credential has been approved. Thanks for your interest in racing at Grandview Speedway. Ernie Saxton


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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while, you might miss it." Ferris Bueller had it right back in 1986. With social media, emails, smart phones, texting, and transient lives, we all need to unplug from "busy" and reconnect with those we love. A couple of years ago, my hubby and I decided that it was high time we brought the "old skool" dinner party back for that very reason. There are lots of ways to go about breaking bread with your near and dear-s, so there are no requirements or rules and that's part of the fun. We've hosted several of these dinner parties in our home over the last few years and have served anywhere from 10 to 40 people. Our most recent of 40 people was hosted in November. With each one, I feel like I learn something to make the experience better for our guests and ease stress as the hostess. Overall, any challenge of planning and hosting has been worth that moment of looking around the table and seeing endless smiles, laughter, and fellowship. Often, our guests don't know everyone who is coming. We try to switch it up from one dinner to the next, allowing different people to meet, connect, and build friendships. So...what have I learned and how can it help you to host YOUR own dinner party?
Step ONE:
Plan a theme that you can fashion your decor and menu around. Our superhero theme was easy to decorate for. We used plain, clear glass vases, wrapped them in white paper and drew building windows and scenes on them for the tablescapes. Our little plastic superhero figures helped hold it all down and pull it together. We had also just made a huge chandelier out of zip ties (truth be told, it's what inspired the whole theme) and decided to make that the focal point of the tablescape. Having a tablescape doesn't have to mean fresh flowers on the table; think outside the box and consider hanging things from the ceiling.
Step TWO:
Send out a Save the Date about four to six weeks before the dinner. This will allow for early RSVPs, better preparation for you and your guests. Added bonus is that a save-the-date also gets everyone excited and talking. When you send out the save-the-dates, you don't have to overcomplicate the planning with stamps and envelopes. Keep it simple and create a Facebook event page or use an electronic invite service like Paperless Post. You can manage your responses, update the event information, and send group messages easily while saving paper and money. Try to leave an element of surprise in the save-the-dates, but give hints to the theme by choosing a design that relates. For the superhero dinner party, our save-the-dates had a building with Superman on it.
Step THREE:
Send the invitation about one to two weeks before the dinner. Include all the vital information (time, address, request dietary restrictions/allergy notifications), but also consider a dress suggestion. For our comic book-themed party, we encouraged our guests to dress comically chic, and our guests were obviously inspired. Some had comic-book printed shoes and feather eyelashes, some in mohawks, sporting red lips, retro bold colors, and sequins. It was awesome! Make sure you tell your guests what time appetizers are served and what time dinner is served so that they know when everyone will be seated. This helps your guests avoid feeling awkward if they are running late; they know they have a buffer for drinks and appetizers. Many guests will ask what they can bring, so provide that information on the invitation if it applies.
Step FOUR:
A week or so before the dinner, finalize any DIY decor that you have in mind, browse Pinterest, or visit your party store for supplies. If you need to secure seating for your guests, additional tables, flatware, or serving dishes, now is the time to do that. Fortunately, we have wonderful friends in the catering business, A Divine Event, who provided our plates, glasses, and utensils ( a tray stand and trays, which is a HUGE help when you have a group of over four). We rented our farmhouse tables and mismatched vintage chairs from Four Inch Fold, and everything looked amazing.
Step FIVE:
Plan your menu keeping in mind the dietary restrictions and allergies of your guests. You will be purchasing your food about three or four days before the event (assuming you aren't cooking anything super exotic and hard to find). Make your appetizers finger-friendly and start all food prep the day before the dinner so that you aren't spending any time on food prep the day of. My personal advice is to make the appetizers something quick and easy that doesn't require warming (cheese, fruit, breads, artisan crackers, olives) as your oven will need to be on reserve for dinner items. Your guests will trickle in during the time appetizers are served so having something that doesn't require warming makes the food more enjoyable to guests as well. Imagine a spinach dip that has to be warmed every 15 minutes...no bueno. It also just makes guests feel bad for being "late". Plan for 45 minutes to an hour for appetizers, cocktails, and mingling.
Step SIX:
Don't be afraid to ask for help. We don't ask our guests to pay for their meal as they are our guests (we just want them to enjoy themselves) but for this dinner party of 20, I asked a couple of my friends if they minded bringing a dessert for the table. This can really help take a load off your shoulders and add a community dynamic to the menu. We also ask our guests to bring a liquor of their choice. We have mixers, beer, wine, and a themed cocktail, but if they have a preference or creative ideas, we encourage it.
Step SEVEN:
Plan a meal that you already know how to make. You shouldn't be trying a new recipe at a dinner party...tried and true dishes that your family loves are sure to be successful with your friends too. Pasta dishes are easy and can be made ahead of time and warmed in the oven. If you are making something like salmon that cooks quickly, just have it prepared and on the dish so that while appetizers are being eaten, the salmon can be cooking without much supervision. Ultimately, the dinner party isn't fun if you can't hang with your friends. *Keep a glass of wine in the kitchen for sipping while you tend to the meal.*
Step EIGHT:
Plan for time to take pictures and create a hashtag for your dinner party. Guests can take their own snaps and at the end of the evening, they all are organized in a gallery that you can share or print. Our last dinner party for 40, I allowed myself NO time to take pictures and I seriously regret it. At the end of the day, I wish I had suggested the hashtag to our guests so that I could look back on the evening via photos...even if they weren't ones that I had taken.
Our first course for dinner was this amazing butternut-squash soup with a fig-brandy reduction. My girlfriend, Stephanie at A Crowning Affair, created this goodie for us that was right in line with the menu and theme.
Salted caramel salmon with roasted root veggies and pumpkin-spiced rissotto-stuffed figs. mmmmmmmmm.
My sweet hubby made me a birthday cake since this dinner party was hosted a few days before my birthday.
Our Camp Makery founder, Lauren and her husband, pictured above!
Step NINE:
Don't forget to plan and play music! I love playing and creating stations on Pandora.
Step TEN:
Plan something interactive for your guests and possibly something for them to take home. Whether it's a little personalized gift on the plates or a photobooth; it's a gester that tells your guests you love them. Whether it's a comic book, a candle, or something that you made, your guests will appreciate it. Be comfortable, be happy, smile, open your home and your heart, everyone will have a blast.
See our dinner party feature on Occasions Magazine online here.
Bring the dinner party back and share your photos with us on our Facebook page or on Instagram #campmakery #campmakerydinnerparty. Check out more of Hollie's work at Lytlefoto or follow her on Instagram @Lytlefoto. xo


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Over the last few years, readers of this paper (even those like myself who rely on my research assistant to translate many of the articles in this paper) have watched the quality of coverage of issues improve markedly.
This March, Sin Chew's coverage was in my view the strongest of all the mainstream newspapers in Malaysia, in that it covered issues multi-dimensionally and across political lines. While the issues and candidates focused on the Chinese community, the reporting was truly national in orientation.
No where was this more evident in how the paper reported the events over the last week. When the arrest of senior reporter Tan Hoon Cheng occurred, the paper called on its readers to stay calm, to listen and express quiet non-confrontational outrage.
The sound advice spoke volumes, as across the world people watched the Malaysian public openly and peacefully condemn the unjustified arrests. Your readers joined with Malaysians across races in solidarity to show that unfair treatment of innocent people should not be tolerated.
And even though Tan has been released, Sin Chew has kept the coverage of others under the Internal Security Act in its pages. It is this coverage that will play an important role in contributing to the release of Teresa Kok, Raja Petra and now another blogger, Kickafella, who all have been arrested on unsubstantiated grounds.
The ISA arrests are tainting Malaysia's image internationally and undermining the credibility of the BN government. All Malaysians, not just Chinese Malaysians, are being affected by these draconian actions.
In the last week, I have been moved by another side of Sin Chew, its humanity.
The bravery of reporter Tan Hoon Cheng is now well known. Her calm demeanor and professionalism in the face of difficult circumstances has been lauded and recognised widely.
In a moment of crisis, she showed to the world that true professional journalists will speak truth to power and stand by their principles. Well done! She is part of a community of quiet heroes.
When I read about how her colleague Puah Eu Peng stood in front of the police car, I was reminded of the one man in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square. I watched video coverage of her colleagues reporting diligently on her case, and in the process was deeply inspired by solidarity of these largely young reporters with Tan.
As they stood outside of the police station, there was a sense of purpose in their mission in carrying out their reporting, to protect one of their own. Each reporter knew that it could easily have been one of them in a similar situation.
The coverage was exceptional. Throughout, the reporters never forgot about Tan as a person. It was reporters who brought her clothes and were sensitive to the difficulties of a woman in prison. What few know is that Tan was backed behind the scenes by an editorial staff that lobbied hard to win her release through appeals to Malaysian leaders.
They supported Tan's family and friends and were quiet pillars of strength, as they called people to express their appeals. The Sin Chew community deserves to be recognised for its collective human spirit.
Thank you Sin Chew for standing together and reporting on these important issues with principles that reflect a truly national outlook. You have really shown how Malaysians are all part of a national community and simultaneously part of the community of human beings. (By BRIDGET WELSH/MySinchew)
(BRIDGET WELSH is an assistant professor in the Southeast Asia Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington D.C.)


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Tue, 27 January 2015
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24 Jul Resuinsa obtains the SME innovative label from MINECO
RESUINSA obtains the SME innovative label from MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness) and starts a new R&D project with CDTI (Industrial Technological Development Centre).
RESUINSA show its commitment for developing its business around research, development and innovation according to a philosophy of contributing with new solutions and improvements in the sector of the hotel industry. For this reason, the company has obtained the SME Innovative label from MINECO (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness), awarded to companies that focus on innovation as well as expansion and development strategies.
This reward confirms that RESUINSA has been devoted during many years to making a brand of innovation while professionalising the hotel industry, both on a national and international level.
On this basis, RESUINSA has recently started a new R&D project with support from CDTI (Industrial Technological Development Centre), named 'Research and Development of textile articles with highly added value for the hotel industry'. By uniting their strength with an organisation like the CDTI, RESUINSA wants to develop the Spanish hotel and restaurant business, and make sure that scientific-technological knowledge turns into sustainable and competitive growth on an international level.
This project is their second collaboration, this time supported by European Union funds. Participating in European projects validates the importance of the project, as the participants are subject to a strict control and evaluation process under the supervision of specialised technicians. These experts, through audits and validity tests, reassure that the project is being carried out fulfilling the EU requirements.
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Feel free to use this text but change to YOUR affiliate URL PPCAppraisal prior to advertising. I have been running this new program daily and have earned about $300 so far. Just under the amount where I am able to put in a request for payment. But, I was notified today by my sponsor that he received his first payment of $1185! This is still a relatively unknown program, meaning there is a lot of potential for you to get people signed up before everyone joins once word gets out that it is paying. There is not a lot of information at the website, so I will explain to you EXACTLY how to do this program. The program works similar to "click on search engine and get paid" kind of programs, except for two things.
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In about 1-3 months they will be adding about another 200 search engines!
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The baseball finally bounced the right way for Nicholls State in a one-run win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Tuesday.
The baseball finally bounced the right way for Nicholls State in a one-run win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Tuesday.
Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Nicholls got a much-needed spark when Keith Cormier pulled a ball down the right-field line for a two-run home run tying the game at 3. After holding the Ragin Cajuns scoreless in the top of the ninth, it was Mike Barba's seeing-eyed single through Louisiana-Lafayette's infield scored pinch-runner Cole Wilson for a 4-3 win at Ray E. Didier Field.
Nicholls improves to 18-20 overall but the Colonels are 16-10 against nonconference opponents this season. In Southland Conference play, the Colonels are 2-10 and have a 1-8 record in one-run games against conference opponents.
Nicholls coach Seth Thibodeaux said he hopes this win can turn the conference season around for his team entering the final month of the season.
"We know we have a good team and never count us out. We can come back and we did have some opportunities (to score runs) earlier in the game, but we stayed focus and we made some big pitches when we had to. We made some big plays when we had to, and we gave ourselves an opportunity at the end," Thibodeaux said. "Mike Barba came through like a senior should. We played hard and we always played hard. We still have goals and a lot of things are left on the table. We have to get over that hump and allow ourselves to be successful. I feel we will bounce back, and we've been playing good baseball all year. The game will always even itself out."
With two runs in the top of the third inning, Louisiana-Lafayette took an early lead.
The Ragin Cajuns (24-12) strung four hits off Colonels starter Grant Borne in the third inning and went up 2-0 on RBI-singles from Dex Kjerstad and Ryan Leonards.
Nicholls cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when Philip Lyons scored on an infield single by Jose Vargas with the bases loaded. The Colonels missed on an opportunity to score more runs in the inning when Brandon Jackson was called out on a third strike with the bases loaded.
After Louisiana-Lafayette scored a run in the top of the eighth inning on Blake Trahan's sacrifice fly for a 3-1 lead, Cormier tied the game in the bottom of the inning with his home run. Vargas (3-for-4) got on base with a one-out double then after Jackson flied out Cormier took a 1-1 pitch and pulled it down the right-field line for a 3-3 score.
"I was just looking for something to hit and we were kind of stagnant, and I just ran into a good pitch," said Cormier, who hit his first home run on the season. "I guess I got lucky and I'm glad it came out that way. We need to carry this over into the weekend. We have been slow on the weekend and we are waiting for something to happen. If we can carry this over into the weekend it would be great."
Louisiana-Lafayette did get a runner on in the top of the ninth when Kjerstad's (3-for-4) had a one-out single, but Seth Harrison was called out on batter's interference on a steal attempt for the second out. With Kjerstad back at first base, Colonels reliever Marc Picciola got Leonards to fly out sending the 3-3 game into the bottom of the ninth.
It seemed the game was destined for extra innings, as Lyons flied out and Cody Dufrene grounded out bringing pinch-hitter Seth Stevens to the plate. Stevens kept the inning alive by getting hit by a pitch, and after pinch-hitter David Zorn beat out an infield single, the Colonels had runners at first and second.
Barba swung at the first pitch he saw and the bouncing ball went in between the Ragin Cajuns third baseman and shortstop into shallow left field. With Wilson rounding the bag at third, Louisiana-Lafayette's Dylan Butler tried to gun down Wilson at the plate, but his throw was high and off target and the run gave Nicholls the 4-3 win.
Barba (2-for-5) said after a tough weekend against Central Arkansas in conference play, this was a much-needed win.
"Hopefully, this win can give us some momentum going into the weekend," Barba said. "It was good to see the ball roll our way. This can turn the table for us and we can start rolling in the conference."
Picciola got the win pitching in 1 2/3 innings in relief and giving up no runs on a hit with no walks and no strikeouts. Borne went six innings giving up two runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
Zach Thiac also pitched for Nicholls going 1 1/3 innings and giving up a run on three hits.
Cord Cockrell took the loss in relief of Ragin Cajun starter Kody Smith. Cockrell pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up three runs on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts.
Louisiana-Lafayette coach Tony Robichaux said his team had opportunities to add to its lead before Cormier's home run changed the momentum of the game.
"We had a ball that fell in and had a play at third we could've made, and we botched some plays. It is the little things you need to do. You knew it was going to be a one-run game with the wind blowing in, but he got one pitch and it was that one pitch," Robichaux said. "We could've built on our lead as the game went on. You weren't going to get big innings because of the wind. What you had to do is build on your lead, and we didn't and it cost us with the big hit."


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Advantage Margin: -3
The Caps had sizeable differentials at home and on the road; they enjoyed 21 more power plays than the opposition at Verizon Center, but allowed 24 more than they earned on the road.
Even-Strength Goals Margin: +17
The Caps made a huge gain from 2006-07, when they were minus-24 at even strength. Alex Ovechkin had 43 of his 65 goals with the teams playing even.
Special Teams Goal Margin: -6
It's hard to believe that a team with the NHL's top goal-scorer (Ovechkin) and top-scoring defenseman (Mike Green) couldn't manage more than 65 power-play goals. Ovechkin had 22 and Green had 8; the rest of the team managed just 30.
Goals by defensemen: 33
Green blossomed into the NHL's most-prolific goal-scoring defenseman, but no other Washington defender had more than five goals. Newcomer Tom Poti, relied on for his offensive skills, scored just twice.
Overtime Record Total: 11-4-4 | OT: 7-4 | SO: 4-4
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The Caps were markedly improved in shootouts; splitting eight after going 1-11 in 2006-07. Green had three OT winners, including two against the New York Rangers.
Times Scored First 43 Record 30-11-2 (.698)
The Caps' winning percentage when scoring first was strictly in the middle of the pack. But it was a big improvement from 2006-07, when they won only 56.8 percent of the time when getting the first goal.
Best 07-08 Number 163
Ovechkin's total goals in his first three NHL seasons were third all-time, trailing only Wayne Gretzky (198) and Mike Bossy (173) — both of whom played in an era when goals were much more plentiful.
Worst 07-08 Number 26
Goals by Alexander Semin, whose total was second on the Caps to Ovechkin's 65 last season. Ovechkin scored a League-leading 27.3 percent of his team's goals; Washington has to get more offense from everyone who doesn't wear No. 8 on his jersey.
Washington has two Western trips before Thanksgiving. Its best chance to make hay comes from mid-February through early March, when they play nine of 10 at home. But the Caps have a tough ending: They play their last three games on the road, all against division opponents.
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Activities: Hiking, Backpacking, Fishing
Closest City / Town: Nederland, Colorado
Driving Directions:
- From the Peak-to-Peak Highway (Highway 119/72), turn west on County Road 130, located just south of Nederland town center, and follow signs for Eldora and Eldora Ski Resort.
- At the fork in the road, keep right, through the town of Eldora.
- At the end of town, continue westward as the pavement ends; veer left at the next fork towards Hessie Trailhead.
- The Hessie Trailhead sees extremely high use, especially on weekends, and parking is limited. Plan to arrive early and watch for signs along the road indicating legal parking spots.
***Please note that a stretch of the road from County Road 130 to the Hessie Trailhead is a cobblestone creek bed. It carries water year round and runs heavily in the early summer. It is passable by 2-wheel drive vehicles; however, high clearance is recommended. There is a parallel trail so hikers can bypass the water.***
Hiking Distance: 4.3 miles (one way)
Description: The Hessie Trailhead (elevation 9,009′) is such a great starting point for any hiking adventure in Indian Peaks Wilderness because there are so many options to choose from. One of the best options, in our opinion, is the trek up to Woodland Lake (elevation 10,972′). Woodland Lake is nestled high in the mountains between the valley leading to King, Bob, and Betty Lakes and the valley winding up to Devil's Thumb Pass.
Along the way you are bound to encounter numerous cascades and fields of wildflowers. Woodland Lake is one of the most beautiful locations in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. Be sure to allocate a full day to this hike. You will have to deal with substantial elevation gain during this 8.6 mile roundtrip trek.
Initially, this hike follows an old jeep road for approximately .5 miles. At the intersection of Devil's Thumb Trail (Trail 902) and the Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail, take a left and pass over the bridge.
After hiking a total of 1.4 miles, the trail hits the junction with the King Lake Trail (Trail 901). Keep right on the Devil's Thumb Trail. Soon after entering the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area you will encounter the junction with the Woodland Lake Trail (Trail 811). Take a left, and continue on up the trail for another 2 miles. Woodland Lake awaits you in the vast cirque above.
Worth Noting: Skyscraper Reservoir is a mere .5 miles beyond Woodland Lake. Why stop hiking early?
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HOUSTON – The Stovall Middle School teacher who got pregnant by her eighth-grade student was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday.
Judge McSpadden told Alexandria Vera this case will serve as an example to deter other teachers from crossing inappropriate boundaries.
"We want our teachers to educate our children, to keep their hands off our children, to prepare them for the future," Judge McSpadden said.
Vera was 24-years-old when she got pregnant by her 13-year-old student during a sexual relationship that lasted nine months.
Vera was initially charged with continuous sex abuse of a child and later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated sex assault of a child.
At the sentencing hearing on Friday, the defense called a Dr. Karen Lawson to the stand, a clinical psychologist who specializes in sex offender treatment.
During her testimony Lawson explained that Vera came from a somewhat tumultuous background where she witnessed some domestic abuse and was also taken advantage of by the men she dated.
Lawson also classified Vera as "accomplished," a person who has held a job since age 14, bought her first home at 21, put herself through college and cared for her little brother and was the fulltime caregiver of her 6-year-old daughter.
Lawson did not classify Vera as a traditional pedophile but believes she was truly in love with the student.
Photos: Teacher gets prison time for having sex with 8th-grader
During the prosecution's chance to question Lawson other darker details were revealed.
Apparently pornographic pictures of the victim and Vera were found on her cell phone, and she had allowed other students to have sex in her home.
Lawson's testimony also revealed Vera and the victim's father pretended they were in a relationship with each other to try to cover up the teacher/student relationship.
The victim's family supported the couple and even spent holidays with Vera.
Court documents show it wasn't until CPS began asking questions that Vera had the abortion.
The victim's mother was in court on Friday to show Vera support, as were other students and their parents.
Other Stovall parents thought the sentence was fair.
"It's good she went to jail," said Carena Valesquez. "Because you don't do that with a student."
"Children must grow free, and never be abused," said parent Nicholas Torres.
The prosecution called the whole thing "incredibly disturbing." They wanted a 30-year sentence.
Vera will be eligible for parole after five years.
Alexandria Vera, middle school teacher impregnated by 8th grade student just arrived at court. She will be sentenced today #khou11 pic.twitter.com/8TItPonbqT— Lauren Talarico (@KHOULauren) January 13, 2017
Ten years is on the higher end of the cases we've seen here in Harris County. It's not the first time it has happened, but there's certainly a wide range of sentences for a crime that's on the rise.
"It's very strong, it's a very good first step," said Terry Abbott, former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Education on Friday.
S how can the former Aldine I.S.D. teacher get 10 years in jail for having sex with an 8th grader and other teachers walk away with probation?
"A teacher who is convicted of sexually assaulting a student in one county can get probation while in another jurisdiction they get five or six years," said Abbott.
He says it's because Texas has no minimum sentence. "Texas has more than twice as many of these cases as any other state," said Abbott.
According to the Texas Education Agency, there were 222 similar cases just last year.
In Alief I.S.D. former Elsik High teacher Jeffrey Guzman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for an inappropriate relationship with a student, but in a separate case, former Spring teacher Jessica Lynne Kelley got 2 years behind bars.
"Historically speaking females seem to be getting lenient treatment," said Paul Morgan, an attorney.
Morgan says their cases tend to be less common, but this time in Vera's case the judge wanted to send a message.
"He basically wanted teachers in the Harris County community to know that if you engage in sexual acts with a minor, you're going to receive a severe sentence," said Morgan.
New Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says sex crimes cases like these will be one of her top priorities. She plans to assign senior prosecutors to these cases and give them even more specialized training.


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Welcome to Newt Pathway Viewer & Editor
Newt is a free, web based, open source viewer and editor for pathways in Systems Biological Graphical Notation (SBGN). It was written with a series of libraries and extensions based on Cytoscape.js with utmost customization in mind.
What distinguishes Newt from other viewers and editors for biological maps can be summarized as:
- Rich and refined, yet easy-to-use web based UI
- Convenient construction and annotation of pathways from scratch as well as viewing and editing existing maps
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- Launching with a remote SBGN model specified as a URL (example) or as a URI (example)
Source code
Newt source code can be found on this Github repository.
Newt is distributed under GNU Lesser General Public License. See here for third-party libraries used.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Christmas Card Club.....Hoppy Bunny!!!
This month it was Meredith's turn to send out the kits...and what cuuuute kits!!! She even made these amazing, stunning, gorgeous beaded pins!!!!! You rock Meredith!!! She's been so ill lately that she didn't get to make a card with the kit herself yet....sending healing hugs my friend!!!!
I think this bunny from The Cat's Pajamas is so cute!!! I couldn't resist putting him in some snow (flower soft) and making a cheerful and happy PIIIIIIIINK holiday bunny!!! I used colors that matched one of the gorgeous pins Meredith made! I really do love the color combo of pink and orange!! Of course she send the adorable and matching snowman dp!!! Hope you all had a happy and cheery holiday season!!!!!
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Stay tuned at midnight tonite for a HUGE Blog Hop with blog candy giveaways at every blog including mine!!!! It's the best way to kick off a crafty new year!!!!
~ Have A Creative Day! ~
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Adorable card Lee! You even decorated the inside! Happoy New Year hugs!ReplyDelete
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Hi cute snowbunny and snowmen - love your snow and beautiful pin from Meredith!!!ReplyDelete
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Happy New Year, Lee! This card is adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh my word, that is so cute! I would have never thought to combine a bunny with Christmas. Awsome!!ReplyDelete
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Ethiopia is one of 10 pilots where GAVI funds civil society organisations to help with immunisation
Dr. Gideon Tefera, the emergency health and nutrition programme manager for World Vision Ethiopia, examines a map of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on October 14th, 2010. The map shows operational regions for GAVI-supported civil society organisations working to reach populations currently outside the catchment of government services. Source: Aydogan/GAVI/2010.
Broken refrigerators, fuel shortages and remote, hard-to-reach communities are issues that are hardly unique to Ethiopia. But the East African country is one of ten pilots where GAVI funds civil society organisations (CSOs) to help with immunisation.
"There are so many gaps that interrupt routine immunisation," explains Filimona Bisrat, who represents a consortium of CSOs called the Christian Relief and Development Association (CC RDA) receiving US$ 3.3 million in GAVI support over two years.
In Ethiopia's western Gambella region, for example, communities are poor, remote, or semi-nomadic. They often know little about immunisation, its importance or how to get it.
Some 85% of Ethiopians live in rural areas, more than 60% cannot read or write, and one third live on less than US$ 1 per day, according to United Nations data.
"We are reaching the hard to reach. It's amazing"
Filimona Bisrat, the Christian Relief and Development Association, a consortium of CSOs
"Ethiopia is a very poor country. People live in remote areas, the infrastructure is not there," says Dr Bisrat.
In addition to explaining the importance of immunisation directly to mothers and communities, the consortium that Bisrat represents works with Ethiopia's influential churches.
The CC RDA also repairs broken fridges, transports vaccines, informs remote communities when vaccinations are taking place, and encourages those who have not taken the required number of doses to complete their course of immunisation.
"We are reaching the hard to reach," Dr Bisrat says of his project, which saw immunisation rates rise to 71% from 40% in Gambella after just one year. "It's amazing."
For GAVI, supporting CSOs on the ground provides flexible funds to the places where it is needed most.
Experts say Ethiopia is on track to achieve MDG 4 by 2015, with mortality rates for children under 5 falling to 109 deaths per 1,000 children in 2008 from 210 in 1999.
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I tried to post this whilst I was away but there was very limited wifi so I've had to wait until I got home!! So I'm now back in sunny sunny England and ready to reminisce on my holiday in Calfornia!
I thought I'd do something a little different and write about my experiences here!! We arrived in LAX and drove to Santa Monica which is beautiful. I got to see Muscle Beach at first hand! It's so odd how many people you see working out on the beach with all these special climbing bars, ropes and all sorts!!! Just slightly different from the beaches in the UK! I felt like I was the only one not in gym kit!!


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At most decent newspapers, any reporter who gets a DUI will show up on the front page the next day. Well this is not quite as bad, but I came home last week to a "NOTICE OF VIOLATION" from the City of Boise. Zoning Enforcement Officer Michael Garner noted that I had constructed a "strange metal fence" without obtaining a fence permit.
He's right; I should have obtained the $13.50 fence permit before constructing my fence post and hog panel trellis around my urban front yard garden. I do feel like the city has a right to regulate fences in city limits, though I didn't anticipate that my fence needed regulation when I was building it.
So I went into City Hall this afternoon to pay up, but then the clerk noted that I was in a historic district and thus would need a Certificate of Appropriateness in lieu of the fence permit. That's $26, by the way, and a 7-page application. Also, standard wooden fences have been pre-deemed appropriate here, but hog paneling is generally considered inappropriate, according to Matt Halitsky, who staffs the city's Historic Preservation Commission and who patiently answered my questions, though he partially obscured his profile behind a partition as we spoke.
So, being the open, honest citizen that I am, I asked about the front yard urban garden referenced above which the suspect fence/trellis complements in a 1950s Ranch meets actual ranch style that I spent the winter designing in my head.
In fact, front yard gardens in historic preservation districts are frowned upon, but I'd have to fill out the app to be sure, Halitsky responded.
So now my minor fence permit violation has turned into a full scale question of appropriateness, calling into question the viability of the garden that is to be my life's work this summer.
The clerk assured me that a neighbor complained about it ... zoning enforcement does not just drive around looking for violations like this, she assured me. Well, first of all, I wish that neighbor would just come talk to me.
I think I'll fill out the paperwork and see this through as an experiment in being an adult. Just don't tread on my baby arugula, Mr. Boise Commie Man, OK.
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A boatload of connected devices use the same cryptographic nomenclature which can expose them to malicious attacks, a new study said.
After analyzing firmware images of over 4,000 embedded devices from over 70 vendors, including modems, routers, gateways, VoIP phones and IP cameras researchers at SEC Consult identified 580 unique private keys, the most common being SSH host keys and X.509 certificates used for HTTPS. These keys generally end up used for SSH and HTTPS access to the device, according to a blog post.
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Attack Vector: Smart Coffee Makers
CCTV Cameras Form Botnet
IEI: Securing IIoT
Using the Scans.io and Censys.io Internet-wide scanning services, SEC Consult researchers found at least 230 of the 580 keys actively used. About 150 of the identified server certificates are used by 3.2 million HTTPS hosts, which represents 9 percent of all HTTPS hosts on the web, while 90 of the SSH keys see use by 0.9 million SSH hosts, representing 6 percent of hosts available on the Web.
As it turns out the cryptographic keys ended up hardcoded into the firmware of IoT devices, which means all devices using certain firmware have the same keys. While in some cases the same keys only end up shared across devices in a certain product line, experts also found the same keys in products from different vendors.
One example provided by researchers is a certificate found in a Broadcom software development kit (SDK). The SDK sees use by companies such as Actiontec, Aztech, Innatech, Comtrend, Smart RG, Zhone and ZyXEL to develop firmware.
That means the certificate is in nearly 500,000 devices. A Texas Instruments SDK used by several major vendors led to a single certificate shared across 300,000 devices.
An attacker with access to the victim's network can use these keys to launch impersonation, man-in-the-middle (MitM), and passive decryption attacks in an effort to obtain sensitive information. Attacks over the Internet are also possible by bad guys capable of monitoring Web traffic, SEC Consult said.
SEC Consult's analysis also found IoT devices are directly accessible via the Internet, in many cases due to insecure default configurations.
ISPs also expose users to remote attacks by shipping modems, routers and gateways with HTTPS and SSH remote administration features enabled by default. The list of impacted ISPs includes U.S.-based CenturyLink (500,000 exposed devices), Mexico-based TELMEX (1 million devices), Spain-based Telefonica (170,000 devices), China Telecom (100,000 devices), Chile-based VTR Globalcom (55,000 devices), Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom (45,000) and Australian ISP Telstra (26,000 devices).
One quarter of the affected hosts have been found in the United States, followed by Mexico, Brazil and Spain.
SEC Consult reported identifying over 900 vulnerable products from 50 vendors, but the actual number could be much higher considering the security firm's study only targeted firmware it had access to.
SEC Consult said it has been working with CERT/CC since August to notify the affected vendors. CERT/CC has also published an advisory describing the hardcoded key issues uncovered by SEC Consult.
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