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U9 Program
Nordic 2011 (U9) Program – What to Expect!
This program is a developmental program for our younger players.
Tryouts – Try-outs for this age group are in early July. Players will be introduced to the Nordic coaching staff and will experience a typical Nordic practice. This will also give our coach's a chance to meet the players and get to know them on a more personal basis. After try-outs players will be sent appropriate paperwork to register for Nordic and initial payment is expected to accept your spot in our program within 2 weeks of try-outs.
Fall Program - Practices and games will start in late August/early September with 2 team/age group practices per week (days/times TBA) at the Tree Farm soccer complex in Essex Jct and VSA Fall league games on Sundays. Players will also be given a third practise opportunity per week with our Technical Training sessions. This will be a 8 week season through mid to late October.
Winter season – The winter season kicks off their indoor season at the Nordic Indoor Soccer Center (NISC) at the CVE Expo in Essex Jct. Players will be placed onto evenly balanced and age appropriate teams to compete in our 5v5 league. Teams will consist of 7-8 players to maximize playing time for all players. Players will practice twice per week with their team/age group. NISC runs 3 indoor sessions through-out the winter: Session 1 is typically during November and December: Session 2 during January and February with session 3 during March and April. There will be breaks through-out the winter for school holidays and certain CVE Expo shows.
Spring season –All Nordic teams will start outdoor practices at the Tree Farm Soccer Complex in Essex Jct after the April school break. Teams will practice twice per week (Mon/Weds or Tues/Thurs) for 75 mins. We will compete in the Vermont Soccer League (VSL) in their U10 division. This league includes U10 teams from other local clubs and town teams. Games are typically on week-ends through-out the state of Vermont. Teams will play in 3 tournaments through-out the spring season. Memorial Day week-end, we will travel to MA, the second week-end of June we play in the Target United Cup and then the third week-end of June is Nordic Cup. Nordic Cup is typically the end of the season.
Cost: $1315…this DOES NOT include uniform COSTS!
What this fee includes:
Fall – Two practises per week, technical training, VSL games and Stowe tournament. Goal-keeper practises.
Winter - Two practises per week, technical training, NISC league games (2 teams per session where numbers allow). Goal-keeper practises.
Spring - Two practises per week, technical training, VSL games, Memorial Day week-end tournament, Target United Cup and Nordic Cup tournaments, coaches' tournament travel expenses upto $700. Goal-keeper practises.
Anything in addition to the above is NOT covered by your player fees and addition costs will be at the team's expense! Additional expenses may include but are not limited to: additional tournament entry fees (other than those noted above), coach's expenses for these additional tournaments/games and coach's per diem of $75 per day.


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Long Stemmed Rose Wall Quilt Beautiful Realistic Floral Applique. Perfect for Batiks, Hand-dyes, Silks or Cottons. Raw edge applique (alternatively, pattern lends itself to needle-turn.) PLEASE NOTE: The design will need to be enlarged at a copy shop. Copying the file to a USB memory devise and taking it to the shop will allow them to automatically print it to the correct size. A paper copy will work as well and enlarge to the size of the quilt shown in the text. BASIC SKILLS NECESSARY Free Motion Quilting SIZING / FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 29" x 52"

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Teachers attend Milwaukee Public Schools job fair
Milwaukee Public Schools said it's looking for a few good teachers, but way more than a few lined the halls at North Division High School Thursday to apply.
One of them was 22-year-old Rochelle Cernick, a recent graduate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She did all her student teaching in MPS.
VIDEO: MPS holds job fair looking for qualified teachers
"As a teacher, you go into the classroom knowing that you have to go above and beyond. It's not from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every day. There's a lot of extra curricula that goes above and beyond," Cernick said.
She said she's not interested in teaching for the money. On average, a teacher starts in the $30,000 to $40,000 range.
Joseph Jones, 50, has been teaching half his life. He quit a year ago to take care of his ailing mother. She's better now, and he's trying to get back in.
"It's a wonderful city and a beautiful school system to work for," Jones said.
He's a veteran of the middle school system, and that's exactly what MPS is looking for. The district needs 75-100 middle school teachers. He said he loves the challenge.
"When you believe in what you're doing, and you love what you're doing you always find a way or a solution," Jones said.
The teacher candidates are confident they will make the grade, and will be in the classroom when most MPS schools open Sept. 2.
If anyone is interested but missed the job fair, they can still apply on line. MPS accepts applications year round.
All applicants must be eligible for licensure in the state of Wisconsin.


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Give your crown a pretty dose of flower power. Here's how.
Give your crown a pretty dose of flower power. Here's how.
- An assortment of silk flowers; smaller sized buds with stems work best as filler, and flowers with a flatter bottom, like the yellow ranunculus in the photo above, work best as the main attraction
- Green felt
- One package of sticks of thin green wire (typically you can find these near the silk flowers at craft-supply stores)
- One package of sticks of thick, covered brown wire
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
1) Twist two pieces of the brown wire around each other and set aside. Repeat with two more pieces of brown wire. Shape the two wire twists into half circles. Connect the two half circles by wrapping the ends around one another. The amount that the half circles overlap one another will depend on the size of your noggin. Leave a little breathing room for the flowers.
2) Cut the flowers' stems. You will be hot gluing the bigger flowers, so the closer you can cut to the flower head, the better. Leave some of the stem on the smaller flowers.
3) Cut small felt squares, one for the back of each of the bigger flowers. Hot glue the felt and apply it to the inside of the crown and then the back of the flower, so the wire sits between the flower and the felt.
4) Starting from the back, apply the smaller flowers as desired. Connect them to the crown by wrapping two- or three-inch pieces of green wire around the flowers' stems.
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UK aid for Iran's 'War on Drugs' is helping to send hundreds of people to death row, despite extensive sanctions placed on the country by the Government, a new report from Reprieve has found.
British aid provided to Iran's counter-narcotics programmes, both bilaterally and via the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) amounts to millions of pounds and includes night vision equipment, GPS and training for Iranian enforcement agencies.
This aid is helping Iran to send hundreds of people to the gallows on drugs offences. Iran currently executes more people per capita than any other country, and drug offenders make up the large majority of those executed – 488 out of a total of 600 in 2011 alone, according to Amnesty International.
Reprieve warns that no conditions have been placed on the aid to ensure that it does not contribute to Iran's appalling record on human rights abuses and executions.
The report notes that "the UK has provided more than £3.6 million for anti-drugs assistance to Iran since 1998, largely via UNODC (for law enforcement capacity building, demand reduction, public awareness and legal assistance programmes), but also through bilateral programmes (including the provision of night vision equipment, GPS, and customs training)," and concludes that "causal links between aid and executions in Iran are not hard to establish."
Reprieve investigator Maya Foa said: "It's outrageous that Britain, which is supposed to be committed to the abolition of capital punishment, should in fact be funding executions for drug offences in Iran.
"Given the country's appalling record on human rights, there will be real concerns about just how the equipment and support provided by Britain is being used.
"Hundreds are being hanged every year, including children, vulnerable people and innocent scapegoats; that Britain should have played a part in this tragedy is shameful."
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Redmond is starting shipments of a 256GB version of its Surface Pro fondleslab to Japanese customers from June 7, according to the local Microsoft website.
Microsoft is not even bothering to push the 64GB model to Japanese consumers and is just selling its current 128GB system and the new supersized version, for ¥99,800 ($986.62) and ¥119,800 ($1184.34) respectively. Touch and Type Pad covers are considered optional extras.
Unlike their counterparts in other markets, the Japanese fondleslabs will come with Windows 8 Pro and Office Home and Business preloaded. Microsoft has also come up with a number of exclusive designs for the locals, and they will be sold from the Microsoft website and from local retailers EDION, K's Denki Group, Bic Camera, Yamada Denki, and Yodobashi Cameras.
"We are excited at the tremendous response to the upcoming Surface Pro availability in Japan," Microsoft told El Reg in a statement. "With regards to future markets and other details, we have nothing to share at this time."
The Japanese are a traditional testing ground for new hardware and the response to a 256GB Surface Pro version will be closely monitored. It's a logical evolution for Surface to go to 256GB, particularly since the 64GB version has proved so irritating for some.
Once the operating system is installed, users of the 64GB version only have 29GB of space to play with, which is a bit frustrating, considering the price of the kit. Buyers seem keener on the 128GB version (although exact sales figures haven't been released) and the 256GB version should prove popular.
How quickly the rest of the buying public will get the 256GB version remains to be seen – Microsoft still hasn't finished rolling the original product line out across all world markets yet, and no doubt it's watching the price of solid-state drives closely to support a push into roomier tablets.
While the prices for larger drives are still falling, they aren't going down as fast as many in the industry would like. Getting them in volume at a price that's right could be the most limiting factor in Microsoft's expansion plans.
Sales of the Surface (and its RT cousin) haven't exactly been stellar. The latest analyst data suggests the company has sold just under a million units, carving itself out 1.8 per cent of the market. ®


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First up is my block for the do. Good Stitches { Charity Bee }. April was actually my month in that bee, which means I determined the blocks I wanted the other bee members to make. I am also responsible for assembling and finishing the quilt top and making sure it gets donated for charity.
I decided to ask each member to make 4 shoo-fly blocks using Malka Dubrawsky's pattern (free pattern here), because I was so inspired by the gorgeous quilt she made that is featured in her book, Color Your Cloth. I asked everyone to stick to shades of green, blue, and purple. It's been great fun seeing everyone's fabric selection as the blocks roll in.
Here's my contribution to the quilt:
In my other bee, Buzz Cuts, Sudi-Laura asked for large (15.5") square-in-square blocks. It's my absolute favorite block, so I had no trouble whipping up this one for her:
With this month, sadly, Buzz Cuts is coming to a close. The group has been a rarity -- two years going strong with little to no flaking or major issues. The Buzz Cuts gang included some of the most reliable and highly inspirational quilters that I've met on my quilting journey so far. Thanks to everyone in the group for all of my wonderful blocks and for letting me stitch with you. Special thanks goes out to our fearless leader, QuiltinKimmie. Love ya', Kim!
But you know what they say: when one door closes, another one opens. And as Buzz Cuts draws to an end, Bee Tweet will be getting started in May. I'm excited to join some old friends and get to know some new ones as this bee gets up off the ground.


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Close Guantanamo now
On July 26, Lt. Col. Stephen E. Abraham testified on Capitol Hill that the Bush administration's legal system at Guantanamo - used to determine which detainees should be held indefinitely as enemy combatants - relied on shaky evidence and pressured officers to rush hundreds of hearings.
This is profoundly damaging to the United States' reputation around the world. And it buttresses my belief that President Bush should close the facility within a year, and come up with a process for transferring detainees and ensuring that they face justice.
Abraham is the first Guantanamo insider to go public, and his testimony is further evidence that the Bush administration has set up a separate and lesser system of justice for Guantanamo detainees. It is clear that the administration's attempts to hold and process detainees at Guantanamo are another example of its efforts to expand presidential authority.
The practices described by Abraham would not pass muster in a U.S. District Court, but they appear to be acceptable procedures at Guantanamo. A system that sets a double standard for detainees, holding them indefinitely on flimsy or nonexistent evidence, is inherently unfair and highly suspect. This is damaging, because it goes against America's legal traditions and values, which are a model for the rest of the world.
Such a system does nothing to make America safer. In fact, it makes the world a more dangerous place for Americans, increasing the odds our troops will be denied their rights when captured on foreign battlefields.
Abraham is to be commended for stepping forward - for taking a move that many consider career suicide.
He is a 22-year Army Reserve veteran, who in civilian life is a respected Newport Beach lawyer. His revelations first hit the news on June 22, when he signed a sworn affidavit describing the Bush administration's separate system of justice at Guantanamo.
Days later, the U.S. Supreme Court - in a move not seen in decades - reversed itself and agreed to hear the appeals of two Guantanamo detainees, who assert that they should be able to challenge their incarceration before a judge in the American federal court system.
Many legal experts believe Abraham's revelations spurred the high court to make its unusual about-face. Just weeks earlier it had refused to hear the appeals.
Abraham's testimony goes directly to the root of the problem at Guantanamo.
Detainee abuses reported during the early years at Guantanamo are presumably a thing of the past. But the continued operation of this separate system of justice contributes to the sustained erosion of America's international reputation.
You do not have to be a lawyer to see Guantanamo for what it is: An evasion of U.S. and international law.
The flawed legal theory behind Guantanamo was drafted by Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, who also authored the infamous "torture memo" that paved the way for secret CIA detentions and interrogation. He concluded habeas corpus and other legal protections do not apply to detainees because Guantanamo is "neither part of the United States nor a possession or territory of the United States."
This extreme theory has had a rocky time in the courts. In 2004, the Supreme Court ruled in Rasul vs. Bush that American courts do have jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus and other claims from Guantanamo detainees. And in 2006, the high court ruled in Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld that the Pentagon's process for adjudicating detainees was invalid.
In response, the Bush administration pushed the Military Commissions Act through Congress. It cleared the Republican-majority Senate last year, 65-34. I voted against it.
This dangerous law gives the president broad power to interpret the Geneva Conventions; severely limits detainee appeals; and permits coerced testimony to be entered as evidence - a first in U.S. history. Its flaws are now on full display.
Two military judges threw out charges against two detainees because they had been incorrectly classified as "enemy combatants" instead of "unlawful enemy combatants," as the law requires. And then came Abraham's revelations.
No wonder Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said trials at Guantanamo would lack legitimacy in the eyes of the world, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell said he would close Guantanamo "not tomorrow, but this afternoon."
Make no mistake: We must track down, prosecute and punish terrorists. But we must never forget we are a nation of laws. This makes us strong, not weak. The Bush administration's failed legal experiment at Guantanamo hurts the United States around the world every day. The time has come to close it down.


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I don't remember how it happened. I only remember loving her deeply. No transition, no process. They are friends of my soul - these few people scattered around the world who know me absolutely and love me for no reason at all. I've all but turned my back on the world I spent years building for myself. Once upon a time I spent hours listening to the problems of the people around me, offering advice, a shoulder, apologetic murmurers, prayers. Five years ago I spent three months driving around the country with a soul friend. Yosemite changed me as I saw myself in this world, the Pacific accepted my tumultuous soul, but the moment that sticks out to me the most was climbing through sand dunes in Western Texas. After a hundred miles of driving with no sign of another car, we parked and crawled around the dunes, soaking our sore feet in the raw white sand, blue sky and sun casting glitter all around. I snapped my fingers, it seemed, and the sky turned black, the wind slapped the once tame sand into our legs, our eyes, our hair. It burned and I felt my insides collapse. I sank into the sandy world, wrapping myself into a ball, and wept. No one needed me anymore. No one knew where I was. I barely knew where I was. No one could access me. I was alone. I could not help anyone. My soul friend held my head and rubbed my hair, singing softly in Portuguese, and the weight of every tear I'd held that wasn't my own, every burden I'd carried that wasn't mine to care for, drained out of me like bad blood leaving the body, never to return. It was then that I began to slowly allow the ties that drained me to come undone. It was my freedom journey, the first time I'd done something entirely for myself. And I was hooked. Seven years ago I put my paint brush down and held her hand in the bathroom. I saw her in front of me and from the side through the brightly lit mirror spanning the multiple dorm sinks. Her bony shoulders caved into her body and her narrow wrists went limp. Oh, how she loved him, but he couldn't stay away from that witch. They would never be the same, and neither would we. Seven years later we would hold each other shaking, sobbing for the lost time and the magic of a reunion that mattered, of once again touching the skin of someone I don't remember falling in love with, only loving. I say this to remind myself that I am the luckiest of girls, to have people in my life who will love me deeply on a level I will never understand but trust I will always know. It's the very thing that makes average relationships difficult to care for and large formal gatherings tasteless. On the desert floor with nothing but my car and a hand to hold... this is what matters, this is what I need... the assurance of their souls existing beside mine. I can't explain it any more than that.
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University of Minnesota's Center for Sustainable Building Research's John Carmody Discusses the Latest in Efficient Window Design
The University of Minnesota is one of the nation's top public research universities and one of the most comprehensive public universities in the world. The University of Minnesota has five campus locations with 65,000 students and provides a thriving community for those with an overwhelming drive to teach and to learn, to research and to serve.
The University of Minnesota's Center for Sustainable Building Research is dedicated to lead and support—through research, outreach, and education—the transformation of the built environment. The organization provides for the ecological, economic, and social needs of the present without compromising needs of the future. Further, the Center for Sustainable Building Research at the University of Minnesota is committed to conducting and sharing research needed to transform the built environment toward sustainability.
Last month, The University of Minnesota College of Design's Center for Sustainable Building Research partnered with Minneapolis-based groups to design, build and compete in a Haiti home reconstruction project. The home was designed and built to be durable, sustainable, secure, and cost-effective.
We recently spoke with John Carmody, Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Building Research at the University of Minnesota to discuss some of the latest developments in efficient window design. Mr. Carmody has coauthored ten books, including, "Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance", and "Window Systems for High Performance Buildings". Mr. Carmody was one of the leaders of a team that developed the State of Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines required on State-funded buildings.
RWFD: What are some of the most significant developments in energy efficient window design—over the last decade—that benefit U.S. homeowners?
UofM: The energy efficiency of windows has increased over the last 10 years through continuous improvements to the insulated glazing unit (IGU) as well as the window frame. The insulated glazing unit typically consists of two layers of glass separated by a spacer at the edge forming an air space. The edge is sealed and low-conductivity gas such as argon fills the space in between. New materials and designs for spacers reduce thermal losses at the edge of the IGU. All types of Low-e coatings on the glass improve the insulating value. The coatings can be formulated to either permit passive solar gain or block solar heat gain depending on climate and house design. By adding a third pane of glass or plastic film between the glazing layers, even greater insulating values can be achieved. Common frames materials today such as wood, vinyl, fiberglass, and various composites all have good insulating values. Even greater efficiencies can be achieved by filling hollow frames with insulation.
The homeowner also benefits from the fact that the energy-related properties of windows are labeled by the National Fenestration Rating Council. Properties include the U-factor (insulating value), the solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), visible transmittance (VT), and air leakage. If they meet certain criteria, windows can qualify for an Energy Star rating in different regions of the U.S.
The most important advice to any homeowner is to only buy windows with NFRC labels that meet the Energy Star criteria for your climate zone.
RWFD: What are three simple things a homeowner can do with the windows in their home to save energy and money?
UofM: First, a homeowner must assess the condition and age of the windows in their home. If windows are older than 20 years and in poor condition, they are good candidates for complete replacement with new energy efficient units. If the homeowner is replacing the windows as part of a renovation project, the incremental cost of new, efficient windows is usually justified by the significant efficiency gains provided by installing new windows. New windows provide additional benefits such as improved comfort, reduced condensation and reduced maintenance.
However, if windows are still in relatively good condition but are uncomfortably cold and drafty in winter or permit solar gain and overheating of the house in summer, there are a number of things homeowners can do, short of full window replacement.
First, homeowners may consider installing awnings, roller shades or roller shutters on to the exterior of their home which can be highly effective in reducing solar heat gain in summer. Interior shades and blinds are also very good insulators which protect against solar heat, especially if they reflect solar gain back out through the window.
Second, from a cost savings standpoint, the easiest and least expensive thing homeowners can do is simply install conventional drapes, roller shades or louvered blinds on their windows. These simple measures can help homeowners save significantly on their monthly utility bills and will help keep a home more comfortable in the summer and winter months.
Finally, window sashes with more efficient glazing can also be replaced within an existing window. Storm windows (low- E storms are now available), and various methods of air sealing will also reduce winter heat loss.


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Jane Miller shares "Boats," an original song named after her love of boats at the time. As with other songs in the series, explore with Jane how the song was written and the inspiration behind it.
Taught by Jane Miller in Jane Miller Artist Series seriesLength: 20:29Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
Guitarist, composer, arranger, and Berklee Associate Professor, Jane Miller has roots in both Jazz and Folk circuits. Explore intermediate topics and Jane's original compositions through her comprehensive teaching style.
Lesson 1
Jane Miller introduces her new Artist Series and explains what you may expect from the lessons to come.Length: 2:40 Difficulty: 0.0 FREE
Lesson 2
Jane Miller shares "At Spag's," an original song inspired by a popular retail store in western Massachusetts.Length: 20:26 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Jane Miller shares another original tune called "Magazine Beach" in this lesson. First, she talks about where the idea for the song came from. Then, she goes on to explain the development.Length: 26:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Jane Miller talks about her song "All I want," which came to her through another song by the same name. She discusses how she made it her own and demonstrates how to play it.Length: 19:17 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Jane Miller shares an original tune called "Once Around the Sun." She uses this song as an example of how to create a song through an exercise.Length: 25:58 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Jane Miller shares her original song called "Happy" in this lesson. She talks about what happened to inspire this song and how it developed from there.Length: 17:36 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Jane Miller shares another original tune, "Same Tie, Different Shirt" in this lesson. Jane explains the idea behind this song, her process in creating it, and more.Length: 12:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Jane Miller shares "Boats," an original song named after her love of boats at the time. As with other songs in the series, explore with Jane how the song was written and the inspiration behind it.Length: 20:29 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Jane Miller talks inspiration in this lesson. She gives her take on where it comes from, ways to be prepared when it strikes, and more.Length: 20:20 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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Jane Miller talks about "Gratitude," an original song that stemmed from one chord. Jane talks about that chord and how the song developed form there.Length: 25:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Jane Miller shares an original tune called "Amigo," a slow bossa nova style ballad that was originally a funk tune. Jane plays the tune and talks a little about the process of writing it.Length: 6:19 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Guitarist, composer, arranger, and Berklee Associate Professor, Jane Miller has roots in both Jazz and Folk circuits. In addition to leading her own jazz instrumental quartet, she is in a working Chamber Jazz Trio with saxophonist Cercie Miller and bassist David Clark, for which she contributes many compositions. She has been a frequent guitarist with singer-songwriter SONiA, of disappear fear.
Jane is a contributing writer to Acoustic Guitar Magazine, writing lessons for the popular intermediate column, The Woodshed. She also writes a monthly column for Premiere Guitar Magazine called the Jazz Box . She has contributed several lesson columns for the Mel Bay publishing company's on-line magazine, Guitar Sessions.
The Jane Miller Group has released three CDs on Jane's label, Pink Bubble Records; all three received national radio play and press. She has performed solo and in duo and group settings regionally and around the country at clubs, festivals, and concerts as well as live TV and Radio appearances in New England.
Since joining the faculty in 1994 at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Jane has contributed many arrangements for solo guitar to the Guitar Department library, and has performed solo recitals and concerts with her group in the Berklee Performance Center and Recital Halls.
The Jane Miller Group "The Other Room" (2000)
The Jane Miller Trio "Secret Pockets" with guests Jay Ashby and Bill O'Connell (1998)
The Jane Miller Group "Postcard" with guests Patty Larkin, Mick Goodrick, Mili Bermejo and Ken LaRoche (1993) SONiA "Me, Too" (1998)
Regattabar, Scullers, The Berklee Performance Center,The Firehouse, The Iron Horse, Club Passim, The Acton Jazz Cafe, The Hatch Shell, First Nights in Boston, Hartford, and Worcester, NOW Summit in Washington, D.C., Pride Festivals in San Diego, Baltimore, and Worcester, Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival, MD, Capital Region Guitar Show, Saratoga Springs, NY.
TV and Radio
Live appearances throughout New England, including WGBH-FM, WICN-FM. Composed and recorded theme music for "Barbara...and You," for Leominster Cablevision, as well as other jingles and themes. Former Jazz Coordinator for WCUW-FM, Worcester, MA.
Arts Lottery Grant recipient, award given to worthy artists and composers funded by Massachusetts Arts Lottery.
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Could it be all change in Harrow East?
A YouGov poll of London voters for the Evening Standard suggests that Harrow East will swing back to the Conservatives in the upcoming election.
The seat, which went from Blue to Red in 1997 and has been held for the past 13 years by Labour MP Tony McNulty, is one of a dozen tipped to go Tory next month.
The poll gives the Conservative party a six point rise on the 2005 election, putting their share of the vote in the capital at 38 per cent.
Meanwhile the poll puts Labour at 35 per cent and the Lib Dems at 16 per cent, a six point drop.
Among the twelve seats likely to shift from either Lib Dem or Labour control is Harrow's neighbouring seat Hendon. Currently held by Labour MP Andrew Dismore, it is highly placed on the Conservatives list of target seats, which may be why Prime Minister Gordon Brown dropped by the area yesterday.
Harrow East is not considered quite as marginal as Hendon, with McNulty enjoying a majority of 2,934 in the 2005 election.
But as the poll indicates, his dismal record during last year's expenses scandal and Labour's wider national standing could well deliver a win for Tory candidate Bob Blackman.
Still, with more than three weeks to go until May 6, none of the candidates can rest easy.


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Bee had great teachers this year. We needed to make them up some little thank yous. We noticed at Young Authors Night that one of her teachers had the same camera as we do and she was wearing the original camera strap -as is. Poor girl. Bee chose purple since it's her teachers favorite color. I added some vintage buttons and rolled flowers. They seem to be making their way onto everything these days.
Purple camera strap.
The other teacher got a zipper pouch. She's a mama of a couple young ones and I figure her purse needs as much additional organization as mine.
Again, buttons from my collection and rolled flowers.
I threw them in some of Lou's clear favor bags since I am all out of small gift bags. Bee and I added tags with thank you notes written on them.
I'm pretty sure you can never thank a teacher enough.
This picture is from Young Authors Night and they had laid out a red towel for the red carpet and had gold curtains in the doorway. It's was very fancy.


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Afghanistan attack death toll revised: 68 dead, 165 injured
KABUL, Afghanistan - The death toll from Tuesday's deadly suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan, that targetted a protest rally, has now risen to 68 deaths, up from the 32 that was earlier confirmed by Provincial government authorities.
On Wednesday, Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor said in a statement that the death toll from the suicide bombing that struck a group of protesters from Achin district had been revised to 68.
Khogyani added that 165 people had suffered injuries in the attack that targetted the protesters, who were headed to Momandara district.
The large group of protesters were planning to block the main highway between the capital of Jalalabad and the Torkham border with Pakistan.
They were protesting the behaviour of a local police commander when the bomb went off.
Following the attack, Captain Qais Saifi from the Nangarhar police department said in a statement, "Around 400 people gathered for the protest and the bomber detonated his vest full of explosive[s] among the crowd."
Strongly condemning the suicide attack against demonstrators in Nangarhar on Tuesday, Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani said that "attacks on civilian facilities, mosques, women, children, are all crimes against humanity."
Further, the Afghanistan government noted on Tuesday that the attack saw one of the highest number of casualties that any other attack in the country this year.
Authorities in the country also noted that following the suicide bombing, a number of other smaller bombs too went off in Afghanistan.
One such attack killed a 14-year-old school boy and four people were injured in another bombing near a school close to Jalalabad.
In addition, two bombs went off in Behsud district - with both of these attacks too taking place near schools.
Previously, in January this year, a Taliban suicide bombing attack the struck the country's capital of Kabul left at least 103 people dead.
However, Taliban and ISIS - the two terror groups that carry out near-daily attacks often targetting security forces and government officials in the war torn country denied any role.
ISIS hasn't claimed the attack and the Taliban categorically denied carrying out the attack on Tuesday.
However, local officials pointed out that a local affiliate of the Islamic State militant organization (ISIS), which has emerged in the region in recent years, has carried out similar brazen and deadly attacks.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, officials warned that the violence will likely continue ahead of the country's October elections.
The warning came as Taliban continues to make gains against Government and allied security forces and ISIS simultaneously intensifies its attacks on the urban population.


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This was a long overdue post, but it's been a busy year. Fitting this comes as we head into Thanksgiving. Our investment in Boomi came at an interesting time. There were plenty of scars from the legacy integration 1.0 and EAI worlds. Those companies were marked by significant services implementation relative to license sales to deal with unique customer environments. That made integrations complex, costly and brittle. Companies like Grand Central, Bowstreet, and others had all tried to ride the Web services, SOA, and interconnected enterprise wave in the early 2000s. Most were way ahead of their time, leaving lots of dead companies on the road of venture capital.
We believed Boomi's timing was different. The emergence of cloud compute services and the growing maturation of SaaS was a stark change from the past. Both were important backdrops to answer the question "what had changed". We've had a thesis on how the cloud would require the re-writing of various middleware services. While the team had a long history in EAI, they decided to bet the farm on the cloud in 2007 and wrote an innovative forward looking platform from the ground up. They launched in early 2008, and we invested in the summer 2008 on the backs of healthy customer activity. The business wound up growing very rapidly 300%+ CAGR, continued to launch new innovation upon innovation, won major awards, struck some good strategic partnerships, and eventually got purchased by Dell in an outstanding result for us as investors and for the employees. From the outside, it was how you'd script it. But there were definitely things we learned along the way. Below are a few of them:
• SOA and Web services (WS) are foundational, not competitive with integration. Many had a view that as a result of the maturation of Web services, integration was built in and no longer needed. In fact, turns out WS were foundational to doing integration in a flexible, repeatable manner. It allowed us to connect more easily to systems, but you still needed a platform to orchestrate, move, transmute, and connect these WS ports. We believe we are finally, after a decade, scratching the surface on how SOA will empower and impact applications going forward.
• It takes time to find your sweet spot in the pyramid. Boomi launched with incredibly disruptive pricing, which led to a lot of customers quickly adopting. Early on, it turns out many were very small businesses only looking to connect two low end applications, where the value of the platform was less obvious and there were simple alternatives in the "point to point" world. The value of an integration platform grows non-linearly with the number of points connected. We pivoted to focus on companies with slightly greater needs, where our platform value would be clear and our innovation led to high stickiness. It takes time to tease out who the *right* customers are for a new category product. Once we understood that, it helped clarify decisions around product roadmap, hiring, sales model, etc.
• Don't be afraid to raise prices. Related to above, low price, high quantity led to a lot of early customers, but it didn't scale exactly the way we wanted or attract the best fit customers for our product. But it led to a lot of buzz. As we realized our best customers were a little further up the pyramid, we worried that increasing pricing would also mean losing the very small business segment and perhaps impact buzz. We spent a lot of time thinking about the tradeoffs, but decided it was more important to align with our target customer. We increased prices three times and the business didn't skip a beat (in fact inflected upwards). If you find your spot on the pyramid, align all parts of the business to it.
• SaaS delivery model changed everything. Unlike the legacy world, which was plagued by high services and one off implementations, true SaaS allowed us new functionality and velocity the market hadn't seen before. We could do exciting things like using multi-tenancy to figure out what most people do when connecting applications, and auto recommend process maps. This eliminated 90% of the manual work in integration. Our platform could be opened up, allowing people to build connections and make them available to the entire community. We could get reasonably complex integrations done quickly and reliably.
• SIs say they love SaaS but it's hard to break economic incentives. We worked with a number of larger SIs who individually loved what Boomi was doing, but collectively found it difficult to leverage the product. It broke the model of "billable hours". "Easier to configure" made for efficiency, but not more revenue. Some newer more progressive SIs, like WDCi out of Austrailia were great, but bigger shops found it hard to change.
• Indirect channels are hard to predictably scale early on. In addition to SIs, we also worked with dozens of ISVs who were go to market partners for the Company. We began to see success but that came after years of effort. Mark Suster has a great perspective that fits our case pretty well. No one could care about our success as much as us, nor did it matter that much for others versus us.
• Conviction is important. When we first invested in Boomi, we planned to split the round with a co-investor and introduced the Company to a few shops. Most folks could not get there, so we decided to write the entire check. After the market collapse in 2008, we told the guys to just focus on the business and be smart with cash, which they did a great job of. There was constant inbound poking given the profile, but mostly off and on distracting conversations. We decided to write an additional check so the team could focus entirely on the business. And it was ever so rewarded!
Looking forward, we're always sad to see a market defining company go. The team did an outstanding job and I'd work with them in a heartbeat. We are glad to have been a part of it. We think there continues to be a huge opportunity in cloud infrastructure software. The strategic interest in Boomi underscored that. Dell has a fantastic opportunity to own one of the cornerstone building blocks for public or private cloud offerings, and exploit that as a real differentiator versus others out there. Meanwhile, we'll go back and look for the next great company to back!


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Welcome to another installment of Chaz's Arbitrary Top Ten List Extravaganza. With the recent major Apple announcement that
iPhones will now dispence Pez the remastered Beatles catalog will now be available on iTunes, an internet Meme was launched getting everyone to post their favorite Beatles songs. Since I don't want to just give you my list of the greatest songs about going up-and-down slides ever written, I'm instead going to cover those who've sampled/channeled/interpolated the Fab 4. I'm probably saving myself a series of angry comments by stating off the bat that I'm NOT including mash-ups. Yes, I know Danger Mouse blahblahblah but you should be listening to his album with Jemini anyway*. Also, I don't want the now hyperactive retroactive sample patrol to retroactively go after these artists, so I'm going to keep my comments limited to just these opening paragraphs.
The main reason I'm doing this is
to look cool because everybody knows the person who can identify the most samples in a rap song is clearly the coolest guy at any party because I think a lot of my generation who grew up with the Beatles' music limited to awful sounding CD versions and mediocre covers of the bulk of their material in commercials and movies permeating our subconscious, have been given a faint, and frankly false, familiarity with not only their catalog but how much their influence means to pop culture. Their presence in the homes of the artists listed below, the first post-Beatles generation, cannot be denied. From chopping melodies they liked to merely singing a bar or two in their verses, they have a touchstone that can't help but resonate in every listener. Even when the concepts seem silly, their efforts are inadvertently a by-product of Beatle-mania. So now in 2010 when some find it hip to not merely dislike the Beatles, but treat them with apathy, these unfortunate souls don't realize how much they appreciate the group without even knowing it.
That in mind, here's my Top Ten Beatles Visibly Influenced Songs** –
Poison Clan – "Jeri Curl"
MF Doom – "Tick Tick"
Brother Ali – "Live From the Chippy Bun Club"
Ghostface Killah – "My Guitar"
Boogie Down Production – "Criminal Minded"
3rd Bass – "3 Strikes 5000" (Vocal Version)
A Tribe Called Quest – "Luck of Lucien"
Organized Konfusion – "Stress"
Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick – "The Show"
Beastie Boys – "Sounds of Science"
*I'm also not going to be including that Kanye West-produced Talib Kweli song because it sucks.
**Didn't seem catchy enough for a headline. To quote the Beatles of my generation, "we're not sorry that we tricked you."


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Loved your comments on the WalMart situation.
Hi Rich,
I've just read the whole Wal Mart discussion, seems to me that a certain person has lost touch with reality a bit. Good luck on that one.
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We Try Evolution Fresh Juices from Starbucks
Starbucks tends to stay pretty close to its home turf of coffee drinks and pastries. Sure, it makes the occasional foray into breakfast food, but half-caf lattes and mocha Frappuccinos have always been its bread and butter. So it's big news when Starbucks announces its intentions to get into fresh juice—launching the first Evolution Fresh juice bar in Bellevue, Washington this Monday.
What's Evolution Fresh? A juice company that Starbucks acquired in November of last year, which specializes in High Pressure Processing (HPP)—a way of cold-pressing juices to, they say, extract maximum flavor and nutrients. The juice bar itself will sell freshly squeezed juices, smoothies, prepared food, and more.
But the bottled Evolution Fresh juices will appear at retail stores (they're already all over the West Coast) as well as at Starbucks locations, rolling out over the next few months. We got our hands on a few to try 'em out.
The bottled juices range from $3.99 - $5.49, as sold at the Belleveue store (prices elsewhere may vary), which is on the higher end of bottled juices but the much lower end of juice bar products. The orange ("made from 5 oranges!") does taste freshly squeezed, which is about the highest compliment I can give it; with a bright sweetness and a moderate level of pulp, it tastes the way I recall Simply tasting, which is to say, pretty damn orange-y. Without repeating our whole OJ taste test, I'd rank it up there with the better ones.
The apple berry +fiber is a bit thicker, somewhere between a juice and a smoothie in texture. (Whether that's due to the banana and mango, or added vegetable fiber, I'm not sure.) It's smoothie-like in taste, too, with apple, mango, blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, banana, and coconut (whew); it's got a jammy sweetness I associate with frozen berries. It's totally pleasant to drink, nothing too different from Odwalla or any other fruit-heavy blended drinks out there.
But things get a little more interesting with the vegetables. I'm big on green juices, but have never found a widely available one that isn't mostly apple juice or kiwi puree; I'm much more partial to the salad-in-juice-form, maybe cut with a little lemon or ginger, but not loaded down with fruit. And that's what the essential greens is—all green: celery, cucumber, spinach, romaine, wheatgrass, clover sprouts, and a little lime. It's a little on the thin side, and I wouldn't mind an extra hit of acid to liven it up a little. But it's smooth and drinkable, not sweet but not bitter, and it's actually made of vegetables. It's low in sugar and, well, actually makes you feel like you're consuming green things. If you know of another bottled green juice to buy for under $6, please let me know, because I'd love to try it.
And while not quite as low-sugar, the essential vegetable juice packs plenty in: carrots, apples, celery, beets, parsley, spinach, ginger, and citrus all make an appearance. The beets and celery dominate, enlivened by the tang of ginger. Honestly, this is a lot like drinking a not-too-thick puréed beet salad, vinaigrette and all. But in a good way.
Fruit juices are on a refrigerator shelf of every grocery store in the country; Naked Juice and Odwalla are old news, and some of Evolution's products will slide right into that niche. But the vegetable juices, we find more interesting. They're much closer to what companies like Blueprint Cleanse are making—but, at $5.49, literally half the cost. We'll see how the cafes do, but as for their bottled products, we're pretty happy with Evolution.
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Within the month of March comes celebration after celebration abounding before, during and after the famous St. Patrick's Day. Of course, signs of SPRING are already in the picture as Mother Nature's Delights bring forth sunshine inside and out on the last of the cold wintry days. First buds in some regions of the nation have already begun to appear with speck after speck of green peeping out from the cold, cold ground.As we move into a new month, let's see what's happenin' in the Marvelous Month of March...
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[*Heritage Months are usually proclaimed to celebrate centuries of contributions by a group to a country. Check out A Bit of the Irish!]March is also...
While we all know we should eat right every day and hound our children to eat balanced meals, we do not always practice what we preach. With this month being recognized as National Nutrition Month, perhaps a little more effort could be put forth toward balanced nutrition for both body and mind. "Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle" is the theme for National Nutrition Month® 2015.Here are a few GREAT ways to begin...
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The other day, while on my way to meet a friend, I scarffed down some take-out Mexican food in my car, and subsequently I had some seriously potent-smelling burrito fingers. Luckily, I keep a stash of Giovanni's organic, antibacterial travel towelettes in my glove compartment (I also keep a stash in my purse for emergencies). After using a Peppermint Surge towelette, my fingers were minty fresh and tingly. I even used the other side of the towelette on my arms and legs.
These essential oil-infused, cruelty-free, biodegradable towelettes (which don't contain synthetic perfumes or detergents) come in three scents : Grapefruit Splash (energizes and refreshes), Lavender Calm (soothes and relaxes) and Peppermint Surge (awakens and recharges). These towelettes are multifunctional and are individually wrapped so they travel nicely. They're great for freshening up – they work wonders for your face, hands, feet and legs. Take these babies to the gym and you won't have to worry about all those nasty germies that are lurking on every machine and on every floor mat.
To make these mini refreshers even that more oomphy, put them in the fridge for a bit before using them. Seriously, the Peppermint Surge towelettes (which are my fave) are tingly, amazing smelling and they give me energy and help clear my mind… and when they are chilled, fugetaboutit! No joke, these towelettes are some of my favorite vegan finds ever.
If you can't settle on a scent, you can order the Mixed Bag of Towelettes (20 towelettes, ~$7.50). That's what I'm rockin'.
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I had the opportunity to sample some Giovanni products in my WFAS goodie bag and I thought they were great (grapefruit splash smells delicious). Do you happen to know if all of their products are vegan and cruelty free? They're website is kind of spacey & I couldn't find the info I was looking for.
Thanks for all of the great reviews & suggestions!


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My husband and I (Paulie Heath) want to do our part to help feed hungry children. We have been invited to travel to the Tanzanian bush - launching a new solar cooking project. Our goal is to distribute solar cookers to families in remote Tanzanian villages. By giving them the tools and training, they will learn to use solar cookers, enabling them to better feed their families. One of my roles will be providing inspirational music to draw groups of people together. After singing and sharing with them, in their native language we will then teach them how to use the solar cookers. Three solar cookers (only $20 ea.) can feed a family in Tanzania. Will you partner with us? No gift is too great or small to help meet the need.
Our goals in traveling with the established missionaries, to Tanzania to introduce solar cooking include:
- Encouraging families to make this very serious step of changing their habits and to use solar for cooking most of their food, therefore enormously helping their financial situation and of course, to be more "green," which would be a huge step in preserving their environment.
- Providing a means for women to earn a little money by teaching solar cooking
- Providing a means for local carpenters to increase their income by making the cookers to sell in villages at very low prices.
Will you sacrifice something today, to help the people of Tanzania, whom you may never meet, but have a need?
Please consider buying a solar cooker or two, for a needy family. The cookers cost $20.00 each. Thanks for doing what you can to help us on this journey.
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- August 2009: My husband and I traveled to Tanzania, East Africa in August, 2009 to help start a solar cooking project in small remote villages in the north central region. We gave cooking demonstrations in the mornings, using nationals who have learned how to use the cookers. Then we visited with the local villagers for a few hours, singing, sharing with them, and having them sing & dance for us. After the rice, greens, and corn bread were cooked, we would let the villagers taste the food. They were quite amazed. Our goal is not to make them dependent on us, but to become self-sufficient. We want to help them help themselves. We also told them how to boil water in the solar cookers, which would provide clean water for drinking, where they have none. Charcoal is expensive for the people. The government of Tanzania does not pay for children's education. Many families have to choose to eat, rather than pay for their children's education. We want to help them learn how to use the solar cookers, so they can save money they would spend on charcoal, and possibly use it for their children's education or other needs they have. We hope to return in 2010 to continue teaching solar cooking.
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MajesticSpa has just been nominated for a vote alongside the best spas in the world.
MajesticSpa is the only spa in Europe with the SpaExcellence certificate awarded by the American organisation SpaQuality LLC, which specialises in assessing the quality of this kind of centres around the world, and we now also have the chance to win this award thanks to you.
If you think that MajesticSpa is one of the best spas you know, vote for it now! It is simple – just complete the World Luxury Hotel Awards form.
In a record four years, the MajesticSpa of the Majestic Hotel & Spa has managed to comply with the high standards set by SpaQuality LLC. and become the first centre in Europe to obtain such coveted certificate, positioning itself at the top of the continental ranking.
In words of Ms. Eva Crespi, the Manager of MajesticSpa: "To implement the standards established by SpaExcellence has helped us to be much more efficient and also to have a good understanding of where we stand now and where we want to be in the future". An auditor, expert in these matters, visited the centre and fully inspected it, focusing on such diverse areas as management, the experiences of clients, what might be needed to improve the spa and its maintenance, or how the staff worked as a team.
Linda Bankoski, co-founder of SpaQuality LLC, has also congratulated MajesticSpa for its achievement and has declared: "This is a clear example that even a small spa can be an excellent spa that meets the highest quality standards as well as the needs of clients and the objectives of the centre's team & management".
MajesticSpa, a pleasure for the senses
Since it opened just over three years ago, MajesticSpa has become a referent for exclusivity. Now recognized as the wellness centre per excellance in Barcelona, the MajesticSpa is located on the top floor of the hotel, -which is known as The Majestic Moments Floor-.
From this floor, clients can enjoy breathtakingly beautiful views of the city while they have, for instance, a natural fruit juice full of vitamins or a delicious and relaxing green tea. And those interested in gastronomy, will surely be tempted by what is on offer at the Gourmet Bar, including some exquisite tapas.
Besides all the above, one of the keys to the success of MajesticSpa lies on its highly qualified staff: expert professionals who really offer Spa services of excellence, as well facial & body treatments that are always welcomed by those who wish to mitigate the effects of stress or just want treat themselves.
The Argan Oil Ritual – that nourishes, protects, regenerates and revitalises de the skin – as well as the Kobido Facial Massage aimed to increase facial beauty, making it tighter and softer by stretching and kneading the skin, based on Japanese massage techniques.
However, if what is really needed is to get rid of any electromagnetic contamination derived from the use of computers or mobile phones, the best option is the Diamonds of the Majestic Treatment: a combination of micronized iron, wild lavender and diamond dust that enhance positive energies.
The use of Natura Bissé products, – the prestigious Catalan cosmetic firm- is the final element to treat our customers, who will no doubt want to conclude any treatment with a massage like the Lomi-Juma Ritual, – a perfect blend of Eastern and Mediterranean techniques-, or the Especial Jet-Lag massage for anyone who wishes to relax after a long flight.
MajesticSpa has 6 separate compartments for special treatments; 2 independent areas for manicures; 2 for pedicures; 1 for make up; and finally an area fitted with sauna (hot/cold), steam bath, sensations shower and ice fountain.
Built in 1918, the Hotel Majestic Barcelona, a member of Epoque Hotels, is located next door to the famous Gaudi building La Pedrera. Its long history has made this boutique hotel a real symbol of Barcelona's finest tradition. The Hotel Majestic Barcelona has been renovated in 2004, cleverly combining different design elements. The result is an eclectic hotel boasting the most modern facilities: a roof top pool, a health club and meeting rooms. Guests and visitors of the Majestic Hotel Barcelona can admire a collection of Vanguardista New Art of the 20's and experience the most exclusive restaurant in the city: The Drolma. The Majestic Hotel Barcelona also has a sister boutique Hotel Inglaterra located one block from Barcelona's signature pedestrian avenue Las Ramblas.


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Title Check – Look before you buy
Welcome to Title Check!
Here you can select an approved provider to check the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of the vehicle you want to purchase to find out if it is salvaged, rebuilt, or was damaged in a flood. This is one of the most important steps you can take to protect yourself before making your purchase.
Here's what you do to complete a Title Check:
- Get the VIN of the vehicle you want to buy.
- Have your credit card available.
- Select one of the approved providers below. Prices begin at only a couple dollars so you may want to shop the vendors before making a selection. Be sure to note what is offered for the price.
- Follow the steps to obtain the report.
The VIN is run through the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), a national consumer protection database that provides title information from states across the country. Whether you are buying from a local dealer, individual or eyeing a vehicle from an online auction website, it will help you to know what you are buying before you pay any money or sign any paperwork for the vehicle.
A report from the NMVTIS database gives you the vehicle's title history, which includes whether the vehicle was ever in the possession of a junk or salvage yard or declared a "total loss" by an insurance company.
Protect your title, Texas.
For Consumers &
The providers below are approved by the U.S. Department of Justice to provide information from the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) to the public. These approved providers agree to provide NMVTIS reports that meet federal requirements. When you select an approved provider, you will leave the TxDMV website and be routed to the provider's website.
Check That Vin
Vin Gurus
VIN Audit
VIN Smart
Cars For Sale
Clear Vin
For Dealers
Please note: Consumers CANNOT receive NMVTIS Title History Reports from Carfax, CVR, DMVDesk, or Experian; these four entities provide information only to car dealerships.
Check That Vin
Vin Gurus
VIN Audit
VIN Smart
Cars For Sale
Clear Vin
a Letter?
If you received a letter from us indicating a title brand was applied to your title from another state, you can:
- Contact the state that reported the brand if you believe the information about the vehicle is incorrect.
- Obtain a written statement from that state which either verifies that the brand is not in the state's motor vehicle record, or that the brand was applied in error to your vehicle. The statement must be issued by an official from the state and on that state's official letterhead.
- Mail the written statement, the Texas Title (if you have already received it), and a request to remove the brand to:
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Titles and Registration Division
P.O. Box 26420
Austin, Texas 78755-0420
We will review the information submitted and notify you whether a new Texas Title will be issued without the brand.
If you need additional assistance, please contact us at the phone number listed in the letter.
Title Brands &
What They Mean
At the time that you purchased this report, there were no brands reported for the vehicle.
Custom Vehicle / Replica
A custom and replica vehicle has been altered from the manufacturer's original design or has a body constructed from materials not original to the vehicle. This category includes the following brands: Reconstructed, Replica and Street Rod.
Gray Market
This vehicle was manufactured for use outside the United States and has been brought into the United States. The vehicle is not in compliance with applicable federal standards and cannot be registered or titled in Texas.
Vehicle is incapable of safe operation for use on U.S. roads or highways and has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap, or the vehicle's owner has irreversibly designated the vehicle as a source of parts or scrap. This vehicle shall never be titled or registered.
Manufacturer Buyback /
The odometer reading is reported as either the true or not true mileage for the vehicle.
The vehicle, previously branded as "salvage", has passed anti-theft and safety inspections, or other jurisdiction procedures, to ensure the vehicle was rebuilt to required standards. Also known as prior salvage.
Any vehicle which has been wrecked, destroyed or damaged, to the extent that the total estimated or actual cost of parts and labor to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle to its pre-accident condition and for legal operation on roads or highways exceeds a jurisdiction-defined percentage of the retail value of the vehicle. This vehicle can be rebuilt for use again.
VIN Replaced by a New State-Assigned VIN
This brand does not necessarily indicate a problem with the vehicle. Your vehicle should be titled under a different VIN and further research should be done to establish the correct VIN. Please contact the state that made this report for more information.
Water Damage
The vehicle has been damaged exclusively by flood water.
Used Vehicle
Buying Tips
Print Resources
How to Buy a Used Vehicle
When you buy a used vehicle in Texas, the state does not provide any warranty or consumer protection on the reliability of that vehicle. It is up to you to make sure you are doing everything you can protect yourself – whether you are buying from a dealer or individual.
For passenger cars and pickup trucks, dealers are required by law to post a "Buyers Guide" on the vehicle, which will tell you whether it is being sold "as is" or with a warranty.
- Title Check. Before you buy, take down the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and go to Title Check on the TxDMV website to use the national motor vehicle database to make sure the vehicle has a clean title.
- Mechanic Inspection. Have a trusted mechanic look over the vehicle before you sign any paperwork or pay any money, including a down payment.
- Service Report. Use a vehicle history company to get accident repair and maintenance records.
- Sales Contract. Be sure to read all of the documents, including sales agreements or buyer's orders before you sign them.
- Vehicle Title. Never, ever walk away from a private sale without the title. Have the seller print and sign their name, provide the sales date, and enter the odometer reading on the back of the title.
- Application for Texas Title and/or Registration (Form 130-U). Make sure the seller prints and signs their name, and enters the sales price on this form. You must have this form when you apply for title.
- Vehicle Transit Permit. The seller should keep the vehicle plates. Downloading the Vehicle Transit Permit from the TxDMV website gives you 5 days to legally drive the vehicle so you can go to your county tax office to apply for title and registration.
- County Tax Office. You must apply for a new title within 30 days of purchasing the vehicle or you will be charged financial penalties.
Additional Information
For more information, please visit the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) website.
Besides the title history, the TxDMV recommends you also consider purchasing a complete vehicle history service report from one of many private companies that offer this service. These reports generally include maintenance and repair records. We also recommend that you have the vehicle inspected by a reputable mechanic before making your purchase.
If you have purchased a vehicle from a Texas dealer and you discover an issue with the vehicle's title history, you may want to file a Consumer Complaint with TxDMV's Enforcement Division.
NMVTIS Background
On October 25, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Anti Car Theft Act, which he called "absolutely critical if we are to strike back against auto thieves..."
The act calls for the creation and use of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System to stop title fraud; vehicle export inspections to look for stolen vehicles; stiffer penalties for car thieves and chop shop operators; and makes carjacking a federal crime.
"These criminals, who show no respect for the lives or property of law-abiding Americans, must be punished in the strongest possible manner," President Bush said.
The U.S. Department of Justice took over the motor vehicle database system in 1996. The TxDMV has partnered with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators to administer NMVTIS. The system protects consumers from fraud and unsafe vehicles and helps keep stolen vehicles from being resold.
Texas is known for aggressively fighting title fraud and auto theft. The TxDMV actively investigates consumer complaints and title fraud cases, often assisting law enforcement. The agency also is home to the Auto Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority, which provides grants to law enforcement agencies and teaches consumers how to prevent auto theft and burglary.


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Explore symmetry with Plus!Submitted by Marianne on October 31, 2012
This is a visual representation of the Lie group E8, which encodes the symmetries of a 57-dimensional geometrical object. Find out more here. Image: Claudio Rocchini.
Tomorrow, 1st November 2012 at 4pm GMT, Plus will be part of a MOOC (massive open online course)! For an hour we will be talking about the beautiful subject of symmetry in a way that is accessible to everyone and there will be questions and answers too. This online talk is open to everyone and it's free. To join, register here.
We will explore a range of symmetry topics, from the beautiful patterns in the Alhambra to mathematical group theory and symmetry breaking in physics.
This talk is part of a whole series called VizMath which explores the many images of maths, from crocheted hyperbolic curves to the mathematics of origami. VizMath was created by Betty Hurley-Dasgupta and Carol Yeager and it's published by SUNY/Empire State College, USA.
Come and join us!