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NCBA Announces National Anthem Contest Winner
DENVER - Oh, say, can you sing? Rylee Werth can, and will be singing at the 2014 National Cattlemen's Beef Association Cattle Industry Convention. Werth will sing the National Anthem during the Opening General Session Tuesday, Feb. 4 and at the Grand Ole Opry House during the Cowboy's Night at the Opry II.
Werth is an 11 year-old, Kansas native whose family has a 400-head, cow/calf operation in conjunction with a feedlot on the family farm. Actively involved in showing cattle at the local and national level, Werth hopes to continue her involvement by one day showing at the American Royal and National Western Stock Show.
"Congratulations to Rylee, her talent is outstanding," said Scott George, NCBA president and Cody, Wyo. cattleman. "We knew our anthem contest was going to attract some great talent, but the number of votes collected was impressive. This convention is on pace to be one of the largest ever, and we hope cattlemen and women nationwide will join us for the events, education and grass-roots policy process."
As the inaugural winner to the National Anthem Singing Contest, Werth will receive round-trip airfare for two to Nashville, a hotel room for three nights at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, free registration for two to the convention, and western wear from Roper and Stetson. Over 16,000 votes were cast through Facebook and www.beefusa.org to decide the winner.
NCBA's convention and trade show is the oldest and largest convention for the cattle business. This year's convention is held Feb. 4-7 and will feature meetings and events from the NCBA, Cattlemen's Beef Board, CattleFax, National Cattlemen's Foundation and the American National Cattlewomen. You can register online for the convention and book your hotel room at www.beefusa.org, or call (303) 694-0305. Registration is required to attend, and the deadline for early registration and a discounted price is Jan. 10, 2014.
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I don't think that most slang is bad for a language. It helps to make the language more interesting and unique. American and British English are interchangeable as far as comprehension goes, but the slang for each is very different. Knowing the slang is an important aspect of communicating with native speakers in a natural way, and in understanding the culture of the speakers.
I think that ESL and EFL students should be taught the slang after they learn all the fundamentals of the language and are competent in it. Slang is a way that the native speakers make their language shorter and easier to speak. Since the slang depends on knowledge of the native language in the first place, it is important that students of the language be competent enough to understand the formal language. Since pretty much everyone on this forum can at least communicate in written English, I think that teaching slang is OK here.
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WXPN (88.5 FM) is looking for a high-energy, detail-oriented intern to work directly with the Festival Producer in planning and executing the station's signature event, the XPoNential Music Festival, which will take place from July 22-24, 2016 at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront.
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Sarah Darer Littman: Make online piracy bills walk the plank
I make my living from creative content, so you'd think I'd be a supporter of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), the respective House and Senate bills with the stated goal of controlling illegal downloading of copyrighted material. When I look at the Google Analytics for my author site, one of the top search terms is "free PDF" of my latest and to date most popular book, it makes me want to strangle the freeloading twerps, because every illegal download means less money in my royalty check, and with two teenagers I need every penny.
However, I oppose these bills fervently, because while their intention is good, they've been drafted by a Congress with little or no technical expertise, and even less respect for due process and free speech. Thus we're left with the legislative equivalents of using nuclear fission to crack a nut.
Yet Senators Blumenthal and Lieberman and Rep. John Larson are co-sponsoring these measures. Governor Malloy, in a letter congratulating Blumenthal for co-sponsoring, laughably called PIPA a "narrowly tailored response to clearly illegal activity."
The rest of the world must be getting used to American hypocrisy at this point, yet while Congress was busy creating these draconian measures, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the Conference on Internet Freedom in the Hague, declaring that, "when ideas are blocked, information deleted, conversations stifled, and people constrained in their choices, the Internet is diminished for all of us," and warning that, "governments could upend the current Internet governance framework in a quest to increase their own control."
Gotcha, Madame Secretary. Could you perhaps explain that to the dunderheads in Congress?
Last year, more than 100 law professors with expertise in intellectual property, Internet law, innovation and the First Amendment, wrote an open letter to Congress detailing problems with the legislation. These include having websites taken down without due process, and potentially catastrophic results for the security of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). They reiterated the point again in November: "SOPA is a dangerous bill. It threatens the most vibrant sector of our economy, Internet commerce. It is directly at odds with the United States' foreign policy of Internet openness, a fact that repressive regimes will seize upon to justify their censorship of the Internet. And it violates the First Amendment."
It was terrifyingly clear to anyone watching the markup hearings that this legislation is being pushed by people who not only openly admit they don't understand the technology, but disparage the people who do as "nerds." Never mind that these "nerds" have created innovative companies that create jobs and drive an important sector in our economy that this legislation puts at risk. You too, folks. Under this "narrowly tailored response" if you merely link to a website that is found to have uploaded infringing content, your site can be deemed "rogue."
Watch out for the "Revenge of the Nerds." Web giants like Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia are considering the "nuclear option" of a coordinated blackout prior to the bills being taken up by Congress after the recess. Michael Petricone, senior VP of Government Affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association, notes the growing chorus of anti-SOPA/PIPA sentiment from the online community because, "there are millions of Americans who love the Internet and feel like it belongs to them. They are angry and frustrated with Congress and see this as large moneyed interests gaming the system for their own advantage." In light of the fragile state of the recovery, Petricone asks, "Does it really make sense to pass a bill that would damage the sector driving the U.S. economy?"
This proud "nerd" says hell no.
For more information about the Internet Censorship Bills, visit http://netcoalition.com and the Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://eff.org.
Sarah Darer Littman is a Greenwich resident. Her fourth novel, "Want to go Private?" was published in August by Scholastic Press.


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I've noticed quite a few Meme's going around the Blogosphere,so I decided to steal my Sister's and do that one. If you choose to do it as well .. leave me a comment so I can come see your answers.
1. Do you like blue cheese? no
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? excuse me? NOOOOO!
3. Do you own a gun? No
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I'm assuming Sonic is a Conveience store, but not too sure....so no flavor.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No, I see Doctors so regularly, that I'm used to it.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? Well, once in a while I just turn off the warning bells in my head and eat a nice big juicy BBQed one.
7. Favorite Christmas Song? "Alleluia" by Michael W. Smith
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? definately coffee!!!... with enough cream to make it nice and blonde.
9. Can you do push ups? Nope.
10. What was the name of your first girlfriend/boyfriend? If we're talking serious, then it's got to be Dieter,our neighbor who seriously broke my heart when I was 13.
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? the sapphire/diamond 25th Anniversary ring.
12. Favorite hobby? Oil Painting
13. Do you work with people who idolize you? If they did, I don't know about it :P
14. Do you have A.D.D.? no.
15. What's one trait that you hate about yourself?that I need my space.
16. Middle name? Elizabeth .
17. Name three thoughts at this exact moment. I'm hungry...I love those multi-colored roses I bought myself, and this cup of coffee is very delish.
18. Name three things you bought yesterday. I actually didn't buy one single thing yesterday, unlike today.
19. Name three drinks you regularly drink. coffee, water, tea
20. Current worry right now? why are there two marriages in my immediate family going thru a shake-up?
21. Current hate right now? having Hubby work out of town
22. Favorite place to be? at home
23. How did you bring in the New Year? cozy at home with the man I love.
24. Where would you like to go? Vegas, baby!
25. Name three people who will complete this? Three of my readers.
26. Whose answer do you want to read the most? Anyone who will do it.
27. What color shirt are you wearing? white with yellow flowers
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?no...too cold.
29. Can you whistle? yes
30. Favorite color(s)? pink, purple, brown
31. Would you be a pirate?Are you kidding me??
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't sing in the shower
33. Favorite girl's name? Alicia
34. Favorite boy's name? My boy's names.
35. What's in your pocket right now? a totally disgusting, smooshed up kleenex
36. Last thing that made you laugh? my hubby's e-mail :)
37. Best bed sheets as a child? I can't remember ever actually having a fav set.
38. Worst injury you've ever had? a broken heart
39. Do you love where you live?Yes, it's home
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? Two.
41. Who is your loudest friend? Hmmm....J, who is partly deaf, so talks and laughs with gusto
42. How many dogs do you have? none
43. Does someone have a crush on you? yes, my sweet Hubby *blushing*
44. Who is your favorite president? I am Canadian, so no president in my country, but the one who greatly impacted me from our neighboring country, is President John F. Kennedy.
45. What is your favorite book? Oh gosh...I'm such a book-worm, but I think the one I go back to time and again is "The Shell Seekers" by Rosamund Pilcher
46. What is your favorite candy? licorice allsorts
47. What is your favorite sports team? The Vancouver Canucks, of course
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? "Dance" by Leanne Womack
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? sleeping
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Yay....Hubby is coming home tonight!!!!!!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
I've noticed quite a few Meme's going around the Blogosphere,so I decided to steal my Sister's and do that one. If you choose to do it as well .. leave me a comment so I can come see your answers.
Posted by Faye at 2:51 PM
2 comments:
- Gypsy aka Tam said...
I loved reading your answers and learning a little bit more about you...:)
I may 'steal' this meme from you at some point. I'll let you know when I do.
Have a wonderful evening,
- October 4, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- Rach said...
Loved reading your answers, Faye! Thanks for playing along. :)
- October 5, 2008 at 9:34 AM


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Town Meeting TV Presents Virtual Primary Election Candidate Forums
Beginning Thursday, July 16th, Town Meeting TV will present candidate forums for many of the (down-ticket) contested seats that are on the ballot in Chittenden County. Visit www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections for election-related events and resources. Live broadcasts, recorded meetings, and other local programs can also be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/townmeetingtv


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DEA busts massive prescription fraud ring
21 people arrested; one still at-large
Twenty-one people, including an Albuquerque Public School teacher's aide and a New Mexico Human Resources Department employee, are accused of a sophisticated prescription fraud scheme that sold more than 50,000 pills on the streets of the Duke City.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 14 people face federal charges, and seven others face state charges in the bust, held early Thursday morning.
50 year-old Sandy Candelaria, of the NM Human Resources Dept., and 32 year-old Christina Romero, a special education teacher's aide at APS, face federal charges for their role in the drug ring.
According to the DEA, pharmacies began noticing the fraud, and an investigation began in March of 2011.
Agents say doctor's weren't involved in the alleged drug ring.


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Year 3 Blog
Welcome to Lydgate Junior School.
We aim to ensure that all children receive a high quality, enjoyable and exciting education.
We feel that our school is a true reflection of the community we serve. Lydgate children are well motivated and come from a range of social and cultural backgrounds. Within the school community we appreciate the richness of experience that the children bring to school. This enhances the learning experiences of everyone and it also gives all pupils the opportunity to develop respect and tolerance for each other by working and playing together. We want your child's time at Lydgate to be memorable for the right reasons - that is, a happy, fulfilling and successful period of his/her childhood.
Yours sincerely,
Stuart Jones
Welcome to Year 3!
The Y3 teachers are Mrs Dutton & Mrs de Brouwer (3D/deB), Mrs Holden (3SH), Mrs Noble & Mrs Finney (3N/R) and Miss Wall (3AW). We have several Teaching Assistants who work with Y3 children at different times through the week: Mr Jenkinson, Mrs Proctor, Mrs Hill, Mrs Allen, Mrs Dawes and Mr Gartrell.
We will use this blog to keep you up-to-date with all the exciting things that we do in Year 3, share some of the things that the children learn and show you some of their fantastic work. We hope you enjoy reading it!
The Y3 team.
Welcome to the Year 5 Blog page.
The Year 5 teaching team includes our class teachers, Mrs Loosley (5NL), Mrs Rougvie and Mrs Jones (5RJ), Mrs Webb and Mrs Ridsdale (5WR) and Miss Cunningham (5EC). Many children are supported by Mrs Hill, Mr Swain and Ms Kania (the Year 5 Teaching Assistants) who work with children across the 4 classes. Our Year 5 teaching team aims to create a stimulating learning environment that is safe, happy, exciting and challenging, where each pupil is encouraged to achieve their full potential.
As a parent or carer, you play a massively important role in your child's development and we'd love to work closely with you. Please feel free to make an appointment to see us if you want to discuss your child's attitude to learning, their progress, attainment or anything else that might be on your mind. We'd also love to hear from you if you have any skills that we could use to make our Year 5 curriculum even more exciting. Are you an avid reader, a talented sportsman, a budding artist, a mad scientist or a natural mathematician? Would you be willing to listen to children read on a regular basis? If so, please contact your child's class teacher. Similarly, if you have a good idea, a resource, a 'contact' or any other way of supporting our learning in year 5, please let us know.
We are working very hard to ensure your child has a successful year 5, please help us with this by ensuring your child completes and returns any homework they are given each week. If there are any issues regarding homework or your child finds a particular piece of homework challenging, then please do not hesitate to come and speak to us. In order to help improve your child's reading skills, increase their vocabulary and develop their comprehension skills, we also ask that you listen to your child read and ask them questions to ensure they have understood what they have read.
We look forward to keeping you up to date on the exciting things that we do in year 5 through our year group blog.
The Year 5 Team
We are the children in Y6 at Lydgate Junior School. There are 120 of us and our teachers are: Mrs Shaw and Mrs Watkinson (Y6S/W), Mr Bradshaw (until Mrs Parker returns) in Y6AP), Mrs Phillips (Y6CP) and Miss Norris (Y6HN). Also teaching in Year 6 is Miss Lee (Monday - Y6AP, Tuesday - Y6HN and Wednesday - Y6S/W) and Mrs Grimsley (Tuesday -Y6CP).We are also very lucky to be helped by Mrs Ainsworth and Mrs Biggs. We use this space to share all of the great things that are happening in our classrooms. Join us each week on our learning journey....


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Fort Laurens is inviting the public to help celebrate the 235th anniversary of the building of the fort
Event highlights
• Fort Laurens is inviting the public to help celebrate the 235th anniversary of the building of the fort, which was constructed by soldiers from the 8th Pennsylvania and 13th/9th Virginia regiments in 1778.
• The celebration will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with a march through Bolivar to the Fort Laurens State Memorial. The parade will leave from the Tusky Valley Intermediate School at 216 Park Ave. and continue to Fort Laurens. Spectators are encouraged to join the march.
• Once at Fort Laurens, guests can visit with re-enactors and learn about their weaponry through firing demonstrations and musket drills. Soldiers also will talk about their uniforms and equipment and share music demonstrations.
• Visitors also can stroll through the museum and tour the fort grounds (weather permitting).
• A ceremony will be held at the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot of the American Revolution, the burial place of one of five soldiers who was not able to be identified.
• The celebration also will include the judging of fort models constructed by area students. The winning entry will be on display in the museum during 2014.


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Forced Consolidation is Not the Answer
The Agency of Education has designed a plan to dissolve the Windsor Northwest Supervisory Union that involves shifting 100% of the administrative burden from two of Windsor's schools to Washington West Supervisory Union, despite the fact that fewer than 5% of their students get educated in our district. With this transfer of administrative responsibility to our SU, we are certain our costs will go up far in excess of the AOE projections, and that our taxpayers and our school administrators will be left to foot the bill and feel the pain. The State Board of Education votes this week on this plan and the straw vote went heavily against our interests, despite universal opposition by our elected officials and our administrative staff.
Sometimes parents resort to such declarations as "because we say so," when we lack the logic, the ability to persuade, or the patience to handle things optimally. Now it seems that the Board of Education is determined to pull that same line on the heavily burdened taxpayers in Washington West- and all of us taxpayers should be none too happy about it. We need to send a clear message that consolidation plans need to deliver actual savings, not "despite all testimony and experience" savings, and that forced consolidations that merely shift expenses and dilute accountability will not fly in our state.
Clearly, the Legislature, the Agency of Education and the State Board of Education have decided consolidation will stem the tide of rising education costs in Vermont. Through Act 156 and in the stated goals of the SBE, this means has become the goal in itself. Now Washington West is about to pay a steep price for their agenda taking precedent over due consideration and the rational pursuit of efficiencies as part of an unprecedented forced consolidation. This action is coming to pass through a boundary change designed by the AOE and pending approval by the SBE next week, despite unanimous opposition by Washington West elected officials and voters having had zero chance to weigh in on the consolidation.
We can't say if the ill-fated supervisory union should fold into another or not, but what we can say is that it shouldn't be done such that costs are shifted to our taxpayers and the work to our employees, against our wishes, while the vast majority of the students involved, 65 out of 68, are educated in 15 schools outside our district, as far off as Killington and Middlebury. Where is the sense or efficiency in that? Still, the SBE intends to move forward.
Of course, it is a problem that consolidation has had very little effect on spending thus far. This lack of impact is perfectly logical given that the entire process is divisive, distracting from the work of education, resource-intensive and one-off in nature, but it is problematic. The deals that have been brokered are embarrassingly few, they progress at a snail's pace and there are too few in the pipeline. Certainly the whole effort doesn't put a dent in the estimated $50 million in new education spending this year. When we face these facts, we see that the state needs to support systemic change across all schools, informing education delivery and funding choices, sharpening our focus and driving efficiency through accountability where it is absent and incentives where it exists. The AOE and SBE, by contrast, conclude consolidation should be forced.
We sit and wonder, where is the efficiency gain sending staff to oversee student plans in 15 far flung schools that have support and administrative resources of their own? How does this consolidation advance our vision for education or serve our communities? Where is the accountability for decisions and cost-shifting like this? The insane tax burden on our communities, which is amplified with every dollar per pupil we spend, will certainly increase if the SBE votes in favor of the AOE plan- in the name of cost savings. Whose savings, we ask? Not ours and not those of the towns whose supervisory union they aim to close. We have carefully reviewed the numbers. Savings won't just happen because we dream them up, or… "Because we say so!"
It is absolutely critical for the SBE not to race to the finish line to achieve the objective of consolidation and in the process cram down communities with new costs and far flung responsibility they don't want and they can't afford. It is time for the AOE to go back to the drawing board and work with the Legislature to heighten local accountability for performance across all communities and put in place the right supports and incentives to drive constructive results. The ends don't always justify the means, but the means do need to be justified. Losing sight of this will not help curb our spending problem.
Respectfully Submitted,
Heidi Spear, Fayston School Board Chair
Rob Rosen, Warren School Board, WWSU Board
Eva Frankel, Waitsfield School Board, WWSU Board Chair


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[International: Uganda]
An aide to the brother of Uganda's president broke down in tears when a U.K. court convicted on her on drug smugglings charges and sentenced her to 12 years behind bars, yesterday.
Rose Rosalind Birungi, 49, aide to General Salim Saleh, brother of President Yoweri Museveni and minister of micro-financing allegedly smuggled cocaine worth nearly $1 million to the U.K. in her luggage while traveling on a diplomatic passport. She was arrested on May 20, 2007 at Heathrow airport.
The trial at the Kingston-Upon Thames Crown Court lasted nine days. A Jury of seven men and five women took two days to return with a verdict.
Birungi is to be deported to Uganda after she serves her sentence and will be banned from U.K. travel.
U.K. Crown Prosecution Services led by Rosemary Burns paraded the evidence in court before the twelve Jurors. Ironically, Birungi's husband Shama Rhajiv also faces a U.S. jail term on drug charges.
In addition to serving as a top aide to general Saleh, she also doubles as minister of information in the traditional Uganda kingdom of Toro.
Since a UK immigration officer Jane Robertson arrested her on May 20, 2007 at London Heathrow Terminal 4, Ms. Birungi has since remained in a solitary cell at HRP Bronze field Ashford. If permission of appeal is not granted she will serve more 8 years, since she had already served one physical year that counts to two years equivalent period.
Authorities say sniffer dogs detected the cocaine in Birungi's luggage at Heathrow Airport. Earlier, authorities say the nearly 20 pounds of drugs was estimated at about $260,000 before upgrading the estimate to about $800,000.
Birungi's defense team comprised of; barrister Raana Mukesha, Patrick Assimwe, Peter Mashate Magomu. The team will appeal the conviction. Asiimwe said his team did not "get co-operation from her employers" referring to the Uganda government.
"Understandably most people feared to be associated with drugs but somehow Police helped us and the Inspector General of Police, major general Kale Kayihura personally helped a lot," Assimwe, added, referring to Uganda's police chief. "He helped to track down some people who set-up this lady."
According to Assimwe, Birungi was set-up because, "She was among the people on a hit-list because she has been fighting terrorist groups linked to People's Redemption Army."
The Uganda government alleges the PRA is a rebel army fighting to unseat the government; critics contend the PRA is a phantom concoction of the government used to justify crackdown on political opponents. Assimwe wouldn't name the people who "set up" Birungi. "I can't mention them now, they can run away, but they are within and out-side the country. The IGP has already instructed and they will be apprehended when they go back home," he said, referring to the Inspector General of Police.
A top official at Uganda High Commission to the United Kingdom was quick to distance the government from Birungi. "Let her face the charges, not to implicate others, she did it in her individual capacity," said the official who asked not to be named since this officer was not authorized to speak by the High Commissioner.
"I went to see her in prison, but her story doesn't add-up. She tells this and that--But when I asked, she then denied," added this official, who also denied that Birungi was a Ugandan security agent or an aide to general Saleh.
Birungi had traveled from Kampala to Nairobi, Kenya., to Lagos, Nigeria, and to Banjul, the Gambia; from the Gambia she traveled to London with two bags, prosecutors alleged. It remains unclear who the intended recipients of the cocaine were.
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Study on productivity comes amid continued agency crackdown on travel.
Agency spending on travel to conferences is "vital to making government more efficient and effective," says a study released this month by the U.S. Travel Association. It argues that current Obama administration guidelines and legislation to curb conference spending is counterproductive.
Government travel for meetings and events had a total economic impact of $24.4 billion in 2011, supported 343,800 U.S. jobs and $14.5 billion in U.S. wages, and contributed $5.5 billion in tax revenue, according to the data compiled by Rockport Analytics LLC.
The report put a number on the economic effect of canceling the 2013 Military Health System Conference, an annual training event for several thousand military medical personnel. Replacement expenses and lost revenue, it said, cost the government more than $800,000.
As a result of NASA's decision to pull out of the April 2013 National Space Symposium, a gathering for representatives of 30 nations, "important international partnerships are jeopardized, important international programs are placed at risk, and the U.S. government places serious strain on relationships with countries around the world," according to Elliot Pulham, CEO of the private National Space Foundation.
The study also found that government meetings are more efficient than private-sector meetings in terms of expenses, and that private-sector conferences are more productive when government employees participate. A survey found that 89 percent of government supervisors believe that government meetings and events benefit citizens, and 85 percent of government respondents agreed that meetings and events added value to employee development and training.
"We hope these new findings will encourage congressional leaders to reevaluate proposals to drastically cut government travel budgets across the country," said Roger Dow, president and CEO of the travel association. "When conducted responsibly, federal workers who travel for conferences and meetings deliver important services and real value to our nation."
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The venue is decorated with gorgeous white roses and the collection of emerald green accessories provided by Stella and Dot compliments the beautiful hue of my refreshing Midori cocktail. What could be more perfect other than the styling advice I'm receiving from the great fashion stylist, George Kostsiopoulos? A girl could pinch herself! I have long admired his career as a fashion tastemaker, but especially enjoy getting my weekly fix of him on E! Entertainment's "Fashion Police" with Joan Rivers.
I am struck by how humble he has remained with all of the success he has achieved. We discuss his Greek heritage and how although he was always interested in the arts, his immigrant parents had urged him to follow a different path of something more traditional. He graduated with an accountant's degree from the University of Illinois, but it was not long after that before he fled to Los Angeles to follow his real dream.
Although he had a quick stint as a bartender, he quickly landed job in the style department of The New York Times Magazine and the rest is history. His latest venture is a book he wrote by the name of "Glamour" which will help women to infuse corporate style with glamour in everyday life. It's set to be released in January. Although he probably doesn't need it, Let's raise a toast to George and his continued success with my third Midori cocktail (Damn they're good!)


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Your Money: Kids and money
Is money a taboo topic in your house? I'm not ashamed to admit that I think about money day and night, and therefore I discuss it with my kids as well. But, I know many families who believe that money is a private matter and avoid any discussions. Along with many other financial geeks, I wholeheartedly disagree with this approach. I believe that you should discuss money with your children starting in their toddler years. We've begun this journey with our two- and four-year-olds, and I'm often asked about our methods, so I wanted to share them.I'm a big believer that children should contribute to the overall household, but that they should also be given the opportunity to earn their own money with chores in hopes of teaching them a strong work ethic. Because our kids are so young, we made a chore chart using clip art to list out their chores, and even our 2-year-old can interpret them. Each time they do a chore, they get a sticker. We have a second poster which lists the house rules, such as "be nice to others," and the chore chart has a penalty section for stickers used when a rule is broken. At the end of the week, we add up the chore stickers and hand our sons the quarters they have earned. We then pull away the number of quarters that match up to their penalty stickers so they visually see the effect of breaking rules. Whatever is left over gets split into three pots: half goes into long-term savings, one-fourth goes to the charity of their choice and the remaining one-fourth becomes spending money. Of course, quarters will become dollars in a few years, but at this point in time, it doesn't cost us more than a few dollars a week.One of the trickiest parts of this plan is the discipline that it takes us as parents to implement it. Our sons generally use their spending money to buy toys they want. Since it's their money, we often have to bite our tongues if they want to buy a toy we think is silly or useless. But, it's not up to us to judge their purchases, and since they've earned the money themselves, it's important that we support their hard work and let them spend it without sharing our judgment.In a very short time, we've seen that our sons have learned a few lessons. When we are at a store and they want something, they ask us if they have enough money, rather than asking us to buy it for them. They are also starting to save up for larger purchases and are learning that months of hard work leads to bigger rewards. When we first started this process, we had to beg and plead to get them to perform a chore, but just a few months into it, I've caught my older son feeding the dog on his own and then walking to the chart to put on a sticker.There is no doubt that teaching kids about money is a lifelong endeavor, but I remain a believer that the earlier you start, the more success you will have. The lessons they are learning in quarters now will hopefully translate to a long-term respect for money and the value of hard work.Michele Knight, owner of Knight Accounting & Technology, is a CPA and QuickBooks ProAdvisor based in Dillon. For more info and to contact her, visit http://www.cpamichele.com.
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Credit cards can be confusing.So confusing that, if you're like a lot of people, you don't even bother to look at your statements. What we all can agree on is that credit card interest is bad news, real bad. Here's the good news - if you understand this essential point about those credit card statements, it's possible to know the secret of how to avoid paying interest all together. You heard that right. So how can it be done? Pay off your statement balance, or the current balance, by your due date to avoid paying interest. Yes, the statement balance and the current balance are different…and yes, that's confusing. Let us clarify:
You'll never pay credit card interest, if you pay off your statement balance (the amount from your last statement cycle) each month.
And of course, if you're able to, paying off the current balance (the amount of all up to date transactions) will also allow you to avoid paying interest.
If you can't pay off the statement balance or the current balance due, be sure to at least make the minimum payment due (or however much you're able to pay over that minimum payment) to avoid damaging your credit. Then, whatever is remaining on your statement balance will be subject to interest.
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When you don't pay the statement balance or the current balance monthly on your card, your purchases will start to load on interest, and it can add up super-fast. The more interest you gain on your cards, the harder and longer it can take to get rid of it. That's why practicing good credit use habits early on can set you up for success in the long run. This will help you keep your credit card as your ally, not your enemy.
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- Use your credit card like a debit card. Only spend what you can afford to pay off each month (hint, a budget is a major help with this). Then you don't pay any interest. And all those rewards points are a no-annoying-discount-code-needed bonus! Just be careful not to spend the cash you'd use to pay off the card!
- Look at your credit card statement. Seriously. Sounds simple, and it can be. Set aside 10 minutes to get to know your statement, even if it's more of an acquaintance than a friend familiarity. There's a lot going on with a credit card statement, but the best way to manage it is to understand it. And, never hurts to see how much you're spending on your cards each month.
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Credit card debt is one of the toughest hurdles in personal finance, but it's do-able. Sometimes our Financial Coaches say credit cards are like a kitchen knife – everyone needs one, but they can be dangerous if you're not careful. Paying off the full statement balance (or the full current balance) means you'll avoid credit card interest. We're pretty sure we'd all rather keep our money than send it to a credit card company.
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Though I've never seen it, I bought a copy of Wall Streeton Blu-Ray this week.
I've heard it's a good movie, and rather significant, and all that, I've just never really cared enough to watch it.
I bought it because the sequel is coming out this weekend, and I want to watch the first one so I can watch the second.
That said, my feelings about the sequel are really not that much different than the first. It looks rather interesting, but I don't know that it's really something I would, for its own merits, be in a big hurry to go see.
Either movie individually, I'd be somewhat blasé about. Put both of them together, and I'm extremely interested.
Basically, it's less the plots of either movie that I'm interested in, than the passage of time between the two. Between the two movies is a span of 23 years, and I'm a sucker for long-term storytelling like that.
I watched the original Rockyon DVD, but, while I've seen bits and pieces of the next four Rocky movies, I've never watched any of them all the way through. I never had any desire to do so. Rocky Balboa,I watched the weekend it opened. I loved the idea of the character being revisited 16 years after the last movie, and 30 years after the first.
I'm also a sucker for aging for some reason, and can easily get into movies that deal with that subject. It wasn't as long a gap since the first movie, but that's part of why I love Star Trek II,which is a meditation on the aging of Kirk and his crew, 16 years after the beginning of the five-year mission. It's fascinating to see them deal with being past their prime, a theme that was even more prevalent in Rocky Balboa; you never see movies about action heroes after the action ends. This was one of my disappointments with the latest Indiana Jonesmovie, I would have preferred it deal a little more with aging and the passage of time. (One of my disappointments.)
To a lesser extent, Kevin Smith dealt with this in a different way in Clerks II;his characters are still young, but at an age that they should no longer be the man-children that they were in the first film. I'm intrigued by the rumors of a third Bill & Ted movie for the same reasons. I have a hard time envisioning a real-time-aged Bill and Ted.
And, oh, sweet Tron: Legacy. Old Jeff Bridges and young Jeff Bridges in the same movie? Yeah, count me in.
What about you? Do you have any favorite long-delay sequels?
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Trinity Catholic graduate Brian Bill killed in Afghanistan
Brian Bill: SEAL among those who died over weekend in Afghanistan
STAMFORD -- Brian Bill, a Stamford native who played hockey and soccer at Trinity Catholic in the late 1990s, was killed on the weekend when the U.S. helicopter in which he was flying was shot down near Kabul, Afghanistan.
Bill, 31, a Navy SEAL, graduated from Trinity in 1997 and was an athlete and an Eagle Scout.
Bill's mother and stepfather, Patricia and Michael Parry, and his father, Scott Bill, issued a written statement thanking the SEALs and members of the Stamford community for their support.
"We are heartbroken in our loss," they said. "Brian was a remarkably gifted, thoughtful and compassionate young man. We are incredibly proud of him. He was a treasured son, grandson, brother, uncle and cousin. He loved life. He loved a challenge. And he was passionate about being a SEAL."
Thirty Americans and eight Afghans were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck their helicopter, causing the deadliest single loss of U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan.
On Monday afternoon, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy released this statement:
"While I cannot independently confirm the death of U.S. Navy SEAL Brian Bill from my hometown of Stamford, I understand that his family has been notified and released their own statement about him. My wife, Cathy, and I extend our condolences to his family, and our thoughts and prayers go out to them at this difficult time."
Brian Bill was interested in attending graduate school and becoming an astronaut upon completing his military service, his family said.
"Already an accomplished mountaineer, skier, pilot and triathlete, he wanted to complete the seven summits," they said. "He wanted to return to graduate school. He wanted to become an astronaut. He was the best, and we will miss him."
Trinity Catholic boys soccer coach Bob Pepi said it was apparent early on that Bill was well suited for public service.
"The thing I remember most about him is that he was a serious kid who had a maturity about him," Pepi said.
"His mind was preparing him for something else. He was a little bit reserved and a little bit different, but not in a bad way. It doesn't surprise me that he chose the path that he did."
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he knew Bill and his family.
"Brian Bill was an extraordinary patriot with tremendous courage and dedication to his family. He will be missed by all of Connecticut," Blumenthal said. "He exemplified what we value most in our military servicemen and women."
Patrick Sasser, a Stamford firefighter who attained Eagle Scout rank with Bill in Troop 11, said he found out about Bill's death Sunday night, when he got a phone call from a friend in the Air Force in Arizona.
"Brian was just a great guy," Sasser said. "He loved the outdoors and camping. He was a great all-around guy. In high school, he wanted to be in the military. Especially, he wanted to be a SEAL."
Bill, who was going to be celebrating his 32nd birthday on Aug. 23, was a 2001 graduate of Norwich University in Vermont and a graduate of Coronado Naval Amphibious Base in San Diego and the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Virginia Beach, Va. Both bases are Navy SEAL training centers.
His scoutmaster at the time Bill became an Eagle Scout was choked up as he talked about the SEAL.
"Brian was a special young man. When we went backpacking, he could carry more weight further and faster than any other Scout I have worked with," said David Welton, Troop 11 assistant scoutmaster.
Welton said Bill talked to him about becoming a SEAL and he was eager to take on the challenge as he was leaving high school.
"There was something very special about Brian, and you knew that. He was not like the other kids playing video games and talking about girls. Brian was all about being ambitious. He played hard and was serious about life," Welton said.
During middle and high school, Bill worked at the Springdale Florist, something owner Mike Doyle remembers vividly.
"It is a shock to all of us," Doyle said. "Brian had a maturity about him when he was here and an ability that a lot of young people his age didn't have. He had the ability to get the job done and take on responsibility. He was a loving, happy-go-lucky young man. His parents did a marvelous job raising him," Doyle said.
Trinity Catholic athletic director Tracy Nichols said Bill was "a wonderful kid."
"What might have surprised me most is he was so nice you wouldn't think he would be the kind of kid to be doing SEALs," Nichols said. "He spent a lot of time in the weight room. He was lifting all the time. He had a tremendous work ethic."
Trinity Catholic Assistant Principal for Student Affairs Diane Warzoha said she remembered Bill from a Spanish class she taught, and attended his Eagle Scout Court of Honor.
Warzoha said Bill was always very goal oriented and went along in his quiet way to achieve them.
"Brian always wanted to make a difference for other people and we saw that at school. He was so devoted to the people he cared about -- his family, classmates and country," she said. "It doesn't surprise any of us that Brian went on to become one of the best. We are so very proud of him and honored to have him as part of the family here at Trinity Catholic."
Staff writer Dave Ruden contributed to this report. Reach John Nickerson at 203-964-2320 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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(Reuters) - The first serious, prolonged storms of the year were brewing on Saturday in the Great Plains, with a growing risk of tornadoes touching down in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in the coming days, federal meteorologists said.
A separate storm system sent at least one tornado tearing through coastal North Carolina overnight on Friday. Dozens of homes in Beaufort County collapsed, at least 16 people were hurt and thousands lost electricity, a county official said.
Rescue teams in the county spent the night and early Saturday morning "tearing people's houses apart where their house had collapsed around them," John Pack, the county's director of emergency services, said in a phone interview.
Some 150 homes were damaged or destroyed by winds in excess of 100 miles an hour (160 km an hour), he said, and three people were taken to the trauma center at Greenville Memorial Hospital in South Carolina. Their injuries were serious but not life-threatening, he said.
About 2,500 residents were likely to remain without electricity for at least a couple more days while workers cleared downed trees and repaired power lines, Pack said.
That storm has since moved out to sea, but a new severe storm system is gaining strength in the Great Plains where large hail and damaging winds were expected on Saturday, meteorologists said.
"We're looking at multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms," said Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist at the federal Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
The storm system was expected to intensify as it moved eastward on Sunday and Monday, with a moderate risk of strong tornadoes touching down in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley, Cohen said.
The American Red Cross said it had shelters on standby in the affected states to house any people whose homes might be damaged in the storms.
Only 109 tornadoes have been reported in the United States this year through Thursday, less than a quarter of the yearly average of 451 for the same period, according to data kept by the Storm Prediction Center.
No tornado deaths have been reported in the United States so far this year, compared with three through April last year, 66 in 2012 and 365 in 2011, according to the center.
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@NormanPCN error in memory. I don't know why I thought 14 mpbs, since for 60fps, 1080p they recommend 12. Mea culpa.
Onward and upward - I found an easy AE tut that I thought I'd try out in HF 4.
The AE tutorial author created a reflection of the smoke and meteor on the water by duplicating the layers and flipping them (mirror). I couldn't flesh out how to do that just yet...
Back on page one of this thread I mentioned a gl_invalid_operation error when dissecting @Triem23 Just the Photons project. During my attempts to add camera shake on a grade and motion blur to the particle simulator (the meteor tail) in this test I ran into the exact same error. Remove the motion blur the error goes away. Guess the two don't mix?
Are you using the motion blur effect or the motion blur property of the particle layer? Since the particle layer has a direct toggle for motion blur I can see the effect causing an issue.
I only ask because I'm currently proxying a shot that has motion blur on the particle systems and it's not crashing.
Comp looks good btw. I think I'd move the meteor to an embedded comp shot and proxy it--then you can bring it back as an embed for an easy flip and opacity change.
Motion blur property of the layer. I also noticed that WITH shake I cannot make a proxy of the main comp. Take the shake away..proxy works
That's strange! Again, the shot I am proxying now has camera shake on it!
Always wanted to try this since the first days but I didn't know the particle simulator all that well (still don't).
My alpha adjustment on the field clouds is in the 20's but still looks blown out. Picked a color from one of the asteroid textures, a dark brown, but didn't blend to well for me. Work on that.
Of course the original idea for my shot came from the Master;
Looked for "gimble" tips around here to get at animating 3D model asteroids later on but can't put my eyes upon them.
Anywhoo.... on to week 3 of Guerrilla Filmmakers.
Looks great, how much time have you put into this one?
Well... it took me a half a day to figure out how to animate the asteroid field around the planet so with that.. I think I spent 2 days on it. Most of that was lighting and textures.
One thing - I have several preset saved now (space clouds, planet and stars) that makes the work quicker. Not to mention the new camera upgrades saved me probably another 2 days. I didn't have to fight with the moves. Loving that upgrade for sure.
Looks great! You're getting this neat haloing around some of the asteroids, which reads like light refracting through the dust.
Yep. The camera upgrades are worth the price of admission. I feel like I can be back to animating without fighting with the rig.
@Stargazer54 don't forget Bezier keyframing! That was worth the price of upgrading too! ;-)
Grey, for thinking of gimbal and/or advanced camera rigs study up on camera cranes and jibs. Look at how they work, then think about how you would build one with a point rig. A gimbal camera is similar to a jib if you put the base of the jib inside the target object and pointed the camera at it.
This is an old Hitfilm 2 Ultimate test--the render is mediocre (although with 3D unified space and new mapping and material options in 4 Pro I could make this look a lot better) but I built a full virtual crane rig on a virtual dolly, and the camera move is very nice.
I have a "sliding" sun
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I used white plane with atomic particles for the stars and slapped a environment map viewer on the layer referencing "no layer" with a scale of 50% and a ratio of 1, wrap x and y to reflect.
The sun flare hotspot is fixed to a point off in the distance.
The camera starts front and above and moves to back and slightly below.
Is the sun sliding or is the background fixed and with the up to down camera move giving the illusion my point is moving?
I've had the same issue. Without looking at your video I can say your sun IS sliding--because the Environment Wrap is treated as a sphere of infinite distance and your sun point is a finite difference.
Here's the fix--you can have multiple environment map layers. Do something similar to how Simon Jones set up his blue planet in his x-wing fleet tutorial, but use a white circle instead of a planet and give it a black background ("Sun Comp"). Now bring Sun Comp in as an embedded composite shot on the layer above the Atomic Stars. Set Sun Comp's blend mode to ADD, then stick an Auto Flares effect on it. Your sun will now be at the "same distance" as your stars, and the Auto Flares will work nicely as it comes in and out of frame.
Took my dumb ass almost three years to realize this....
When you or someone else can create text intros like the ones I have in my videos, that were created in After Effects, please post your work and tutorials in this thread:
@Yeremyah I have no plans to use Hitfilm to create Titles. I use Motion 5 which is much more adapt to creating stunning titles IMHO.
Hitfilm (for me) is a VFX machine. You know...particle systems, emitters, 3D models, etc. If I do see any good title tuts I'll be sure and pass along to you.
Yeah I hear ya @GrayMotion
I will stick with After Effects myself for stunning text Titles / Intros as they have some beautiful stunning free templates for people.
And I will stick with Blender to create some nice animations.
And I will just use HitFilm to put together the videos.
@Yeremyah To be clear though... In my opinion Hitfilm is much better than the pay-as-you-go AE.
I'm sure Triem23 will be along to mention that anything that can be done in AE can be done in Hitfilm... and from my few breakdowns of AE tuts to Hitfilm I'd say he's right..it's just different terminology between softwares.
I imagine HF can really kick out some great 3D (motion) backgrounds - I simply haven't really tried yet.
About templates - HF has never mentioned one time ever that I have seen that they produce title templates. That's not their business model I don't think. Just guessing though :-)
You said, "In my opinion Hitfilm is much better than the pay-as-you-go AE. "
Well opinions are relative and subjective to the individual and their personal objectives.
As for me, AE is better than HitFilm when wanting to get some text titles/intros done because of the large amount of free awesome looking templates we can use.
And for me, HitFilm is better than AE in putting together videos.
"your sun will now be at the "same distance" as your stars, and the Auto Flares will work nicely as it comes in and out of frame." - @Triem23
Thanks a ton for clarifying the sun comp. I had tried something similar with my Helicopter over the Canyon shot but at the time my thick skull couldn't comprehend what you were saying. You could say I was was stuck like Chuck.
Well now - as per your instructions and a refresher of Simon's tut on planets the Auto Flare stuck like glue! Thanks sir!
On your canyon shot I wouldn't have explained it well. I was still struggling with the issue myself. Really, Simon's tutorial where he put the blue planet in the environment map was the last puzzle piece. :-) If you were to browse back in my YouTube channel at space shots you'll see sliding suns all over the place. Like I said before, "Took my dumb ass almost three years to realize this...."
Looking good, man! The matte paintings look really good. Camera move on the first shot needs refinement, but, setting up the environment is the hard part.
How did you do the grass in the second shot?
Thanks @Triem23
The camera moves come from the original plates. In both shot I used a large x spline (Mocha) right in the middle of the shot(s) just to orientate the camera view. Then parented everything to the center point of the spline. No key frames or movement were transferred to a point/camera. Worked better than I thought for holding all the elements (sky, trees, buildings, etc) in place to the movement of the plate.
The cloud shadows on the grass - I used quad warp on the sky background and animated top left and top right 1000px to the right thru the duration of the shot. Then I made two copies of the sky and flipped them down to the floor plane inline with the grass.... then used curves, chroma key (keyed out the blue in the sky plates), exposure and blur on both layers. Dropped the opacity to around 25. Worked fairly well.
Toughest part -
Those damn birds gave me a fit until I figured out which
particle sim emitter shape to use to make them look like they were flying from point a to point b instead of some of them spawning mid shot/flight.
I tried like crazy to get those 3D buildings from the metropolitan pack to look good...but truly the textures are not that great...IMHO that is. Should have just went with pre-prepped 2D photos of real buildings.
Ok. I thought I'd put Hitfilm 4 Pro's editor to the test... since I've never used it. It was a bit clunky but I was super impressed that a 6gig Prores file rendered in under 3 minutes! Nice
Just having some fun with my pathetic attempts at making great space comps.
That was amazing!
Very nice.
Nice video, although I disagree profoundly with the lyrics of the song
@JMcAllister -
Tune has a good beat and fit the way I feel about my "Hollywood Basement".... flat Earth...not so much.
Edit: BUT.... I'm a show me kinda guy and I do wonder why there are no stars in realtime videos/photos in space. It is only after they have been edited do stars show up. Bit strange
Apollo 11 Conspiracy Theory Debunked
I almost believe it except I'm pretty sure this guy:
Is really Colin Mochrie of Whose Line is it Anyway? fame.
Anyway the missing stars are covered starting @5:48 or so.
@GrayMotion you can't see stars in real time on your camera either. ;-) stars are faint and, in most cases, a camera is less sensitive than an eye. This is starting to change, but it's just the limits of optics and sensor. This is starting to change, but not yet.
NASA processes everything! A nebula photo will combine luma channels for Red, Green, Blur, Infrared, Ultraviolet, and maybe X, Gamma and/or Radio spectra with different color filters to produce a final image, and anything from a space probe is sending a line at a time! Imagine correcting rolling shutter on that angular velocity!
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