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People ride along a street on a smoggy day in Daqing, Heilongjiang province Oct. 21, 2013.
Chinese aviation authorities will soon require captains of domestic flights into Beijing to master low-visibility landings to combat chronic flight delays that have been worsened by heavy smog.
Thick smog has canceled or delayed flights at the Beijing airport when the city's visibility goes down to a few hundred yards - though officials typically blame the delays on weather conditions rather than pollution.
Read more: China to make pilots learn how to land in Beijing smog in effort to reduce flight delays
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A man wears a mask while walking on a bridge during a hazy night in Shanghai's financial district of Pudong Dec. 5, 2013.
Hazardous air pollution forced schools to shut or suspend outdoor activities in at least two cities in eastern China, where residents complained of the yellow skies and foul smells that are symptomatic of the country's crippling smog crisis.
Nanjing suspended classes in primary and secondary schools and Qingdao banned outdoor activities, said the official Xinhua news agency.
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The air pollution levels in the sky over Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress in Beijing are seen in this combination picture taken on the dates, from left, March 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 in 2013.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on March 17, 2013, that his government would "show even greater resolve" in tackling China's festering pollution crisis, a source of increasing public fury. Air quality in Beijing has mostly stayed above "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" levels since the beginning of 2013.
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People walk through a pedestrian bridge on a heavy haze day in Beijing Jan. 12, 2013.
Air quality in Beijing was the "worst on record" according to environmentalists as the city's pollution monitoring center warned residents to stay indoors with pollution 30-45 times above recommended safety levels.
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Cars drive through Guomao bridge on a heavy hazy day during winter in Beijing's central business district Jan. 30, 2013.
Beijing temporarily shut down 103 heavily polluting factories and took 30 percent of government vehicles off roads to combat dangerously high air pollution, state media reported, but the city's air remained hazardous despite the measures.
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Employees of Chinese multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao's company give away cans of fresh air to a man near a street on a hazy day in central Beijing Jan. 30, 2013.
China's foulest fortnight for air pollution in memory has rekindled a tongue-in-cheek campaign by a Chinese multimillionaire with a streak of showmanship who is raising the alarm by selling canned fresh air.
Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business and is a high-profile philanthropist, handed out soda-size cans of air, purportedly from far-flung and pristine regions of China, from Xinjiang in the far northwest to Taiwan off China's southeast coast.
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Mardi Gras and me
I was born on Mardi Gras. Eating for a living must have been foreordained.
There are plenty of Long Island restaurants joining in the revel today. Big Daddy's in Massapequa keeps a countdown clock on its website for Mardi Gras. It announces Fat Tuesday today with three exclamation points. The Bayou in Bellmore advises "this is the party of the year."
Mardi Gras also is known as Shrove Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent. The word "shrove" stems from a verb that means to confess. Traditionally, it would be a day of self-examination. That's obviously what's going on in New Orleans. They just do it differently there.
In some quarters, notably England, Mardi Gras also is dubbed Pancake Tuesday.
That came about because kitchens would get rid of the fats and excesses in advance of the six weeks of fasting or restraint preceding Easter. You need some fat to make pancakes.
This isn't to be confused with the distinctly commercial National Pancake Day, which was celebrated on Feb. 5. Although I'm more a waffle guy, I hope you didn't miss the festivities.
Either way, today let the good times roll, with or without candles.


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If Owen Wilson's new son lives up to his name, he's going to be raising quite a wild child.
The "Little Fockers" actor and girlfriend Jade Duell gave birth to Robert Ford Wilson last week in Hawaii, People confirmed. .
A rep told E! Online that the boy is named after the actor's father, but Baby Robert also coincidentally shares his name with the infamous American outlaw who killed gang leader Jesse James in 1882. Some reports online had erroneously announced the boy's name was Ford Linton.
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Wilson hasn't spoken publicly about his first child yet-- news of his impending fatherhood didn't even come out until a week before the baby was born. The celebrity has been quietly dating Duell for about a year.
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I purposefully went looking for an over-the-top dessert recipe to post this week and sis blogging partner had linked this one to me through Pinterest a couple of weeks ago. It looks deceptively simple in appearance but the taste is out of this world mmmmazing. And if four sticks of butter doesn't take that taste and send it completely into the Over-the-Top Galaxy, I don't know what will.
Yes. Four. Sticks. Of butter. If you haven't already had an aneurism or other such shock-induced shockery, proceed!
Hello, if you've proceeded with today's demo you are probably curious how four sticks of butter combined with sugar, flour and caramel tastes. We're here to tell you that even one bite is beyond amazing. You'll be happy you proceeded!
Can you believe at this point there's also flour in that bowl being hand mixer mixed? It just looks like butter! Hahahaha!
What our demonstration narrator is trying to say is you are doing such a fantastic job mixing! Why, we've never seen flour look so much like whipped butter in our lives!
Time to smoosh it all into the pan, fellow butter lovers! Wetting your hands a little as needed helps this sticky mixture smoosh mo bettah. Don't worry if it looks like a sandbox all the neighborhood cats have been in, it'll smooth out a lot while baking.
Now these things should come with a warning, as in LOOK OUT, all your caramels have disappeared into your family's mouths! *alarmalarmalarm*
For real, one or two going for discriminating kiddo taste bud testing is OK, but you'll need the majority of these for, you know, your frickin' recipe.
Create a river of caramel, which is luckily routed here into this, conveniently, shortbread-lined pan.
Sprinkle the now flood plain of caramel with a little sea salt. This is going to make the old taste buds go a little mental when they get the combo caramel and salt, producing what is surely to be a wowgasm.
Time to top your caramel goodness! Hopefully you placed your leftover shortbread dough in the fridge (or you may want to place it in the freezer as we chose to) because you're going to crumble it all over the top to create that top layer of butter – dammit it all, we mean shortbread!
OK, we mean butter. Truth.
Keeping that shortbread dough in the fridge or freezer (we put ours in the freezer for 10 minutes after it felt like the fridge had not chilled it enough) helps it keep a crumbled, almost streusel-like look and texture once baked.
These little guys know how fantastically kick ass they are. The shortbread is, due the butter of course, incredibly tender and its mild flavor compliments the salty sweet wonder that is the filling perfectly. These taste so much more incredible the next day too. As a matter of fact, they tasted even better than that three days later. How any of these made it to three days I'm not sure (OK, it was the threat of too much butter in too short a time, but meh.).
The salt against the caramel is divine and I can't believe I've waited this long to try a salted caramel dessert. Hello, All New Dessert World! Can't wait to see what other wowgasms you have in store.
Salted Caramel Butter Barsfrom PipandEbby.com who got it from here, though Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids is apparently the actual source. Whew!
For the shortbread:
1 lb. salted butter room temp (4 sticks)
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 cups all-purpose flour
For the filling:
1 bag (14 oz.) caramel candies, unwrapped
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
Preheat oven to 325°.
In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugars. Using mixer on medium speed, beat together until creamy. Add the vanilla and beat until combined. Sift the flour into the butter mixture and beat on low speed until a smooth soft dough forms.
Spray a 9×13 inch baking pan lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Press one-third of the dough evenly into the pan to form a bottom crust. Wrap remaining dough in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator. Bake crust until firm and the edges are a pale golden brown approx 20 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool about 15 minutes.
While the bottom crust is baking and the remaining dough is chilling, make the caramel filling. Place the unwrapped caramels in a microwave-safe bowl. Add the cream. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave and stir until smooth. If caramels are not completely melted, microwave on high for 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until smooth. Once the caramel is melted add in your 1/2 tsp vanilla and stir until combined.
Pour the caramel filling over the crust. If you are going to salt the caramel sprinkle it on caramel layer now. Remove the remaining chilled dough from the refrigerator and crumble it evenly over the caramel. Return the pan to the oven and bake until the filling is bubbly and the crumbled shortbread topping is firm and lightly golden, about 25 – 30 minutes. Let cool before cutting into squares.


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Test Drive: Volvo S60 gets a nose job
- Styling is delectable
- Features%3A Paltry for the price
- Back seat is way too small
You remember Volvo. That Swedish car company that once owned the safety "space."
Volvo has lost its outright ownership of the safety image, despite years of exhortations from its U.S. staff, who foresaw that everybody eventually would boast an unassailable array of safety features. Volvo still gets good crash-test scores, it just isn't safety-famous nowadays.
Back in 2010, Volvo was bought by the Chinese company that makes China's Geely automobiles. Volvo swears it's still an independent Swedish car company, not a puppet that'll make lux-mobiles for China, or provide an established dealer network to funnel Geely cars into the U.S.
The significant thing about the latest S60 is Volvo's extensive trouble and expense for what's normally considered a mid-cycle freshening. The whole front end has been redone, requiring new factory dies and other major industrial changes.
The point was to make the car look wider by changing the headlights significantly and "de-snouting" the front end. Everything from the windshield pillar forward is new outside and mostly new underneath, as well.
Great to see such integrity, rather than just slap in some LED headlights and call it "all-new" as some might do. But is it the best use of Volvo's money?
At least it still looks great. Important because the S60's appearance is a strong drawing card, and S60 is 39% of Volvo's U.S. sales. Missteps not allowed here.
On all but the lowest-level version of the T5 model, the instrument panel has the faux instruments that everybody's doing. No real mechanical gauges, but simulations of them via new technology.
And, of course, you can configure how the display looks, also a trendy feature. Nothing wrong with that, but once you get it the way you want, we bet you won't change. Maybe another driver in the household will, but, again, is that the best use of Volvo's money?
The pretty well-equipped T5 Premium test car ($38,065) lacked navigation and a backup camera. The automaker's money might have been better spent making those things standard on all models. Seems likely that more people would turn down a car without navi/backup than would do so because it lacked a gee-whiz dashboard.
Here's what stood out, good and bad, during our time in the S60:
Engine: A five-cylinder turbocharged rig with 250 horsepower, it had a coarse sound on start-up and at low speed, but smoothed in sound and feel very quickly. Quite responsive; plenty for most people. The higher-up model, called T6, has a 300-hp six-cylinder engine.
Those powerplants are temporary. Volvo says that starting next January, the S60 gets the company's new family of engines. They are four-cylinder turbos. The less-powerful model will have about 240 hp and will retain the T5 designation. The more-powerful four, with both a turbo and a supercharger, will be rated about 300 hp and called T6.
Expect them to be mated to eight-speed automatics, replacing today's six-speed boxes.
Smaller engines and more-sophisticated transmissions should use less fuel, Volvo says, helping meet U.S. mileage regulations in future years.
Seats: Driver's was excellent. Front passenger's not quite as good. Back was absurdly cramped. No good for any but short folks and only then if short people are in front, too.
Interior: The contrasting leather was scrumptious. The plastic vastness of the dashboard's top surface wasn't. It was a pebbled surface and soft enough to meet today's soft-touch mania, but it looked more like a commodity covering than a treatment as premium as the seat upholstery.
The center stack of controls placed on a panel below the dash and above the console leaves, by design, a big empty space behind (toward the front of the car), a "floating" panel that Volvo pioneered. The empty space is useful as a storage area, but devoid of plugs (which are the new cup holders). A great place to have put an array of USB receptacles and 12-volt outlets.
Volvo says it would rather have users keep their devices inside the console and use plugs there. That keeps them out of sight and less-likely to fly about in a fast stop or crash. And the console is deep, if not very wide.
Doors: The firmest, most solid-feeling and sounding we've come across in a long time.
All-wheel drive: It's optional ($2,000) on T5, standard on all T6 models. A premium sedan that doesn't offer AWD seems simply wrong; Volvo's right.
Judged in a vacuum — you walk into the showroom cold, having done no real comparison shopping — the new S60 is a stunner. Great styling, nifty interior, powerful engine.
But up against similar-size rivals, such as BMW 3 Series and Lexus IS, it suffers from lack of features to match its price and can't muster the cachet the other brands have.
What? Entirely new front end and significant interior changes on compact four-door sedan, available with front-wheel drive (FWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD).
When? On sale since June 13.
Where? Made at Ghent, Belgium.
How much? Base T5 FWD starts at $33,315, including $915 shipping. Top-end T6 AWD R-Design Platinum, $46,615. All T6 models have AWD standard.
T5 Premier FWD test car: $38,065, including Sport package ($1,200), metallic paint ($550), heated front seats ($500).
What makes it go? T5 models have 2.5-liter, turbocharged five-cylinder, rated 250 horsepower at 5,500 rpm, 266 pounds-feet of torque at 1,800 rpm, six-speed automatic transmission with manual-shift mode.
T6: 3-liter, turbocharged six rated 300 hp at 5,600 rpm, 325 lbs.-ft. at 2,100.
How big? Similar to BMW 3 Series, Lexus IS.
S60 weighs 3,528 to 3,835 lbs. Rated to tow 3,300 lbs. Trunk, 12 cubic feet. Turning circle diameter, 37.1 ft. (FWD), 39 ft. (AWD).
How thirsty? T5 rated 21 mpg in the city, 30 mpg highway, 24 mpg in combined city/highway driving with FWD; 20/29/23 with AWD. T6 rated 18/25/21.
T5 FWD test car registered 24.8 mpg (4.03 gallons per 100 miles) in mix of fast highway and vigorous suburban driving.
Burns regular, holds 17.8 gallons
Overall: A looker with nice driving personality, but lacks space, features available in similar-price rivals.


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There's another Kate getting married in the UK this year, and the supermodel is more than making up for the lack of royal status in high-end designer dressing.
Kate Middleton's has been a hot topic among the masses -- even here in America -- for months, but those in the fashion set have, in most cases, been even more intrigued to see what supermodel Kate Moss will wear on her wedding day to the frontman for the Kills, Jamie Hince. Initially, there were rumors (leaked by a pal, Vivienne Westwood) that the model would design her own dress, but now reports indicate that her longtime friend John Galliano will do the honors.
According to Modelinia, the model let slip the news at a dinner during London Fashion Week for Topshop's Sir Philip Green. Compared with the other soon-to-be-married Kate, who plans to wear a more conservative, stately gown, we're wagering Galliano's gown for Moss will have a more adventurous, fashion-forward flair -- Galliano, after all, spearheads couture for Dior along with his own collection. The two also share a certain wild-child approach to style, so it will be interesting to see what a collaborative effort will create.


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Latest Asthma News
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THURSDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children born after in vitro fertilization are more likely to have asthma, according to a new British study.
Experts say, however, that parents shouldn't be overly concerned about the new findings, and point out that the risk isn't much higher than in other children.
"This is not a thing to worry about," said Dr. David Cohen, chief of reproductive medicine and an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Chicago. "The incidence is really small."
"I never really imagined such an association," added Cohen, who was not part of the study. "Association is not the same thing as causation -- and I wonder about the biological possibility."
The report was published in the Dec. 6 online edition of Human Reproduction.
Lead study author Claire Carson, a researcher at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford, put the asthma-IVF association into context.
"We think it is important to note that, in absolute terms, the difference in asthma prevalence in [assisted reproductive technologies] children is quite small -- 24 percent of [assisted reproductive technologies] children in our study were asthmatic, compared to a national average of one in five in the U.K.," Carson said. "It is also important to remember that asthma is a manageable condition for most children, and that it should not prevent them from living a full and active life."
For the study, Carson's team analyzed data on almost 19,000 children born between 2000 and 2002 who took part in a large observational study.
The researchers found that, at age 5, the children born using any fertility treatments, including drugs to induce ovulation, were 39 percent more likely to develop asthma, 27 percent more likely to develop wheezing and almost twice as likely to be taking asthma medications than children born without fertility assistance.
Children born after in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection had a nearly three-fold increased risk of asthma, almost a doubled risk of wheezing and more than a quadrupled risk of taking asthma medications, compared to others in the study.
These findings held when the children reached age 7, although they were slightly reduced, the researchers noted.
To assure the strength of their findings, the researchers took into account the mothers' history of asthma, smoking status, weight, socioeconomic status, and whether they had pets, as well as the babies' gestational age at delivery, type of delivery and whether they were breast-fed.
Many possible explanations could account for the observed association between infertility problems and asthma, the researchers said. These include the severity of the infertility, infertility treatment, over-reporting of asthmatic symptoms by protective parents or other factors.
"This work adds to a small but growing body of evidence that suggests that children born after [assisted reproductive technologies] are more likely to experience childhood asthma," Carson said. "However, at this time we do not yet know if the observed association is causal, or the mechanism by which it acts. Further research is needed to establish what might be causing the association."
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
When Kenny Chesney was on the Today show, he did one of their Backstage Pass Q&A sessions . And the very first question has him talking about how he chooses songs. "Gut feeling," he admits. "I have to know that it's going to be relatable to some extent. And the more relatable, the better."
That is something Chesney has always been very good at: the relating. He said that songs are powerful because "they make people laugh, they make them cry, they make them remember someone, they make them fall in love." It's hard to argue with those reasons when I think of "Out Last Night," "There Goes My Life," "Who You'd Be Today" and "Me and You," respectively.
And at the end, he says that's exactly why he loves his job so much. "The human emotion that comes from being a songwriter and from recording a great song makes me love what I do."


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I was looking through some old pictures of Lexie and came across this video. Most of the videos I took at the baby house I used my video camera that has the mini tapes and I haven't figured out how to transfer them to the computer yet (big surprise!) But this was the first one I took with my digital camera. How cute was she and soooooo tiny!! She's about 13 months old here and weighed about 16 lbs. Where did my little baby go?


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Hundreds of skateboarders who were banned from rolling through New York City in an annual race called the Broadway Bomb took to the streets anyway, despite a heavy police presence.
Police massed on Manhattan's West Side Saturday in an attempt to deter nearly 2,000 skaters from defying a court order cancelling the 8-mile cruise down the Great White Way.
Officers played warnings over a loudspeaker and deployed orange nets to block intersections, but they also tolerated some groups of skateboarders who detoured around the barricades and rolled south.
As of mid-afternoon, no arrests were reported.
Last year, around 1,000 people rode longboards all the way to Wall Street from Morningside Heights.
But this year the city got a judge to issue an order blocking the event as unsafe.


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This tool simulates Electron Magnetic Resonance (EMR) absorption spectrum and its first derivative (the EMR signal) in Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs).
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The program simulates electron magnetic resonance (absorption spectrum and its derivative, the EMR signal) in magnetic nanoparticles. Calculations are based on the "giant spin" model. (Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 246208 (2007)
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EMR spectra in nanoparticles. Quantatization approach ( N. Noginova, F. Chen, T. Weaver, E. Giannelis, A. Burlinos, and V.A. Atsarkin. "Magnetic resonance in nanoparticles: between ferro- and paramagnetism", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 246208 (2007); N. Noginova, T. Weaver, E.P. Giannelis, A.B. Bourlinos, V. A. Atsarkin, V. V. Demidov. "Observation of multiple quantum transitions in magnetic nanoparticles". Phys. Rev. B 77, 014403 (2008))
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Book-to-film adaptations provide great ways for children to explore their favorite books in new ways. Before seeing a Harry Potter movie (or any other film based on a book, classic or contemporary), children can learn about filmmaking and create their own scenes based on their favorite moments from the book.
Why This Is Helpful
Reading a favorite book to find the most important or most interesting parts helps children learn the difference between the details and the heart of the story. This kind of analysis brings the story closer to the reader and helps children remember the story more clearly. When children make decisions about how scenes from the book might translate onto the movie screen, they have ownership of the story and will notice new aspects of the book and the movie because of what they have learned about filmmaking.
This activity was modified from the ReadWriteThink lesson plans "You Know the Movie Is Coming-Now What?" available online at http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/know-movie-coming-what-854.html, and "Literature Circle Roles Reframed: Reading as a Film Crew" available online at http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/literature-circle-roles-reframed-877.html.


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Added images of the schematic and board and provided the Eagles files.
On this new Arduino-compatible board, similar in form and function to the older Wiseduino, DS1307 was replaced with the extremely accurate real time clock DS3231 from Maxim.
All the other feature were left intact:
- ATmega328;
- on-board real time clock with battery backup;
- on-board EEPROM (32K);
- connector for XBee adapter from Adafruit (with remote upload capabilities);
- parallel row of prototyping board-compatible headers;
- power switch;
- prototyping area (which can be cut off, if desired, and used as breakout for an 8-pin SOIC SMD);
- 6-pin FTDI connector;
- sketches for Wiseduino work without modifications.
Enhancements include:
- ability to use either resonator or crystal (and 2 capacitors);
- ability to connect to the interrupt pins of DS3231;
- better (manual) trace routing.
Here are the top and the bottom of the board:
Here are Wiseduino+ and Wiseduino (both partially assembled) side by side:
As a note, the PCB manufacturer cannot currently make black boards anymore (or it is prohibitively expensive).
Below are the images of the schematic (download Eagle file here) and board (Eagle file here).
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Area items of interest
Mary�s Market set for Sunday
Mary�s Market will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary�s Episcopal Church, 800 Rountree St. The market is open to the public. Lunch tickets, available at the door, are $8 and include homemade Brunswick stew, cornbread, dessert and a beverage.
Available for purchase will be homemade breads, desserts, soups, meats, casseroles and more options to help with holiday meals. A boutique will showcase hand-crafted items, flowers and plants, artwork and other high-end products.
For more information, call the parish office at 252-523-6146.
Medicare Part D clinic scheduled
Lenoir County Seniors� Health Insurance Information Program, operating under the North Carolina Department of Insurance and in conjunction with the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Service, will provide a counseling clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at the Lenoir County Council on Aging Skinner Center, 112 E. Blount St., Kinston.
Due to Thanksgiving holiday closings, this will be the only clinic next week. Annual open enrollment for Medicare Part D ends Dec. 7.
Bring Medicare cards, correspondence from Medicare and all other insurance and prescription cards, along with all prescribed medication. Medicare recipients are seen on a first come, first served basis at all clinics.
Dealership joins �Go Further with Ford Night�
LA GRANGE � Wynn Odom Ford is participating in a nationwide campaign to introduce the 2013 Ford Fusion, raise money for Armed Services YMCA and support �American Idol.�
�Go Further with Ford Night,� from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday at the dealership, is the final adventure of Randon Acts of Fusion � a media marketing campaign hosted by Ryan Seacrest, host of �American Idol,� to introduce the 2013 Fusion.
For every person who walks in the dealership door, at 4743 Washington St., Wynn Odom Ford will donate $10, up to a total of $500, to Armed Services YMCA.
Every patron will be entered for a chance to win an all-new 2013 Ford Fusion. Participants also can compete for a chance to win tickets to a live recording of �American Idol.� Through a webcam set up at Wynn Odom, customers can view a message from Seacrest and test their judging skills on camera. The winner will attend an expense-paid American Idol taping as Ford�s VIP guest.
�We all want to be part of something bigger, and �Go Further with Ford Night� is our way of offering consumers the chance to give back to our community, have a lot of fun, test their judging skills to win a VIP American Idol experience and meet the all new Ford Fusion in person,� said Wynn Odom.
For more information, call Wynn Odom Ford at 252-566-3141.


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1) 2009 does not recognize the Compressed Back Up (FBC) created by Version 16 of Family Tree Maker and earlier
This is covered Transfer Old Computer to New, Version 16 to 2009
2) 2009 will not open older versions of Family Tree Maker directly
One option is to generate a GEDCOM file, from your Previous Version and open that file in 2009. However, a GEDCOM file will NOT include any Scrapbook Items that may be in that file. Also, earlier versions of Family Tree Maker generate an OLD version of the GEDCOM format. If this old format is what is exported, you will receive an error message that indicates that 2009 requires "GEDCOM 5.5 and higher".
These steps will allow you to get your old Version of Family File to open in 2009 without using a GEDCOM file, but will let you import your Family File.
Before proceeding, make a Copy of your Family File and put it in a safe place on your Computer. You can do this with Windows Explorer.
Then Download and Install the Family Archive Viewer (its free) from this website:
That download site has been removed. However, this download will also work:
Figure 84
The file size of the FAV is 20 MB, as noted above.
When the FAV is open, click on [ 1 ] File, Open, and [ 2 ] Open window will appear. Navigate to where you have Saved your Family File. The file [ FAV.FTW ] is located in the FAV11 Folder [ 3 ] on my computer. Selecting FAV.FTW will put the filename in the Filename field [ 4 ]
Figure 85
You will open your old Version of Family File with the Familiy Archive View (FAV) (Version 11) then Close the FAV down. Your Family File is now up to Version 11 which can be opened with 2009.
Figure 86
Next, close the FAV program as usual. Open 2009, then click on File, Open.
Figure 87
After you click on File, Open [ 1 ], and locate your Family Family File (Version 11), hi-light the filename (FAV.ftw) [ 2 ], then filename will populate the filename file, and it will open that file in 2009.
Figure 88
The Plan screen will show you the Path and File Name of the file being imported into 2009 [ 1 ], and the Location and File Name of the New 2009 Family File. [ 2 ]
Figure 89
Clicking on Continue will have several importing screens and will take you to the People screen. Navigating to the person that was seen in Figure 86 you will see the same information in 2009.
Figure 89Importing an Existing File in Family Tree Maker 2009 can be found on the Knowledge Base website: Please go to this website:
1 - Enter 3673 into the Keyword Search box and read that Article for another way to get the same result.
2 - Enter 4363 into the Keyword Search box and read that Article about importing a file directly into 2009 with out the GEDCOM 5.5 warning on import..
There is a downloadable PDF file with more details about the update for 2009 here:


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Lottery Licensing Policy Manual: Glossary of Terms
Adjusted Gross Receipts – the gross receipts adjusted to reflect the value of American currency (in bingo halls where American currency is accepted).
Arm's Length – The act of dealing with a person who is not related or a relative but an independent third party. Whether or not persons deal with each other at arm´s length in specific circumstances will be determined by the licensing authority.
Bazaar – a sale of goods held to raise money for a charity. Lottery events held in conjunction with a bazaar must be ancillary to the bazaar itself and require a licence.
Big Link Bingo – a joint venture between the charitable sector, represented by the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), bingo hall operators, and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). Big Link Bingo is not a licensed event. The OLG conducts and manages Big Link Bingo.
Bingo – a game of chance where players are awarded a prize or prizes for being the first to complete a specified arrangement of numbers on bingo paper, based on numbers selected at random.
Bingo Event – relating to non-pooling bingo halls. See Bingo Session.
Bingo Game – a bingo game includes all the combinations of marked numbers played for prizes on the bingo paper for that game. If multiple prizes are given out from playing the same bingo paper, that is considered one game. For example, three prizes may be awarded for playing one game: one each for filling a) the inside square, b) the outside square, and c) the full card. The game is over when all the prizes from playing that game´s bingo paper have been awarded.
Bingo Paper – a device of pre-printed numbers on disposable paper, cards or books or reusable hardboard or plastic cards.
Bingo Session – (also known as Bingo event) – the designated time period during which a collection of bingo games, as listed on an approved bingo game schedule, is played. This definition only applies to non-pooling bingo halls.
Bingo Sponsors´ Association – See Hall Charities Association (HCA).
Black Tie Event – an event at which an eligible organization may be licensed to conduct Merchandise Bingo.
Blanket Raffle Licence – allows an eligible organization to obtain one lottery licence to conduct and manage more than one type of raffle event within a fixed time period and within a capped prize amount.
Bona Fide Member – an active member of the eligible organization in good standing, who has activities within the organization beyond conducting lottery events. "Members of convenience" whose only activity is to assist at bingo or lottery events are not considered to be Bona Fide Members.
Bona Fide Member Expenses (also known as out-of-pocket expenses) – actual, reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the licensee´s bona fide members, related to their attendance at and assistance with the conduct and management of a licensed lottery event.
Books and Records – documents outlining financial details of Lottery Events, including but not limited to, ledgers, sub-ledgers, cheque books, cheque stubs, deposit books, deposit slips, bank statements, cancelled cheques, receipts, invoices and control sheets.
Bossy Bingo (also known as cow patty bingo) – a raffle event conducted using a large area divided into many squares. Participants draw a number representing a square. A cow is then placed in the designated area. The prizewinner is the person holding the number of the square upon which the cow´s bowel movement lands.
Box – See Break Open Ticket Box.
Break Open Ticket (also known as a Nevada ticket or pull tab) – a device made of cardboard, which has one or more perforated cover window tabs concealing winning and losing numbers or symbols which are revealed by tearing off the cover tab. (See also Break Open Ticket Deal, Break Open Ticket Style and Break Open Ticket Type.)
Break Open Ticket Container – a clear box from which the break open ticket seller manually withdraws break open tickets.
Break Open Ticket Box – a separately sealed box of break open tickets within a deal, as shipped by the manufacturer or gaming equipment supplier.
Break Open Ticket Deal – a set of Break Open Tickets with the same serial number.
Break Open Ticket Dispenser – an electrical or mechanical device used to dispense Break Open Tickets.
Break Open Ticket Graphics – symbols (such as bells, boats or fruit) and any other approved illustrations appearing on a Break Open Ticket.
Break Open Ticket Lottery – a lottery scheme where consideration is paid for a chance to win prizes by revealing a specified arrangement of numbers or symbols on a Break Open Ticket.
Break Open Ticket Prize Structure – the number and combination of winning tickets and prize amounts used to reach the total prize value in the Break Open Ticket type, as approved by the Registrar.
Break Open Ticket Style – the combination of approved graphics (such as bells, boats or fruit) and prize structure used for the Break Open Tickets. There may be many different styles within a Break Open Ticket type, as approved graphics may be used with any type, and several different prize structures may be approved for each type.
Break Open Ticket Type – The "type" of ticket refers to the number of Break Open Tickets per deal, the price of each ticket and the total prize value per deal.
Calendar Draw – a raffle in which a purchaser buys a calendar on which prizes are identified for a series of draws to take place on selected days. A purchaser wins a prize by matching the number on the calendar with the number drawn on the specific date.
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) – a federal Crown corporation created to protect the money deposited into CDIC member financial institutions in case of their failure.
Casino – a place kept for the purpose of playing a lottery scheme conducted and managed by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) under the authority of the Criminal Code (Canada).
Charitable – in this manual the term "charitable" includes both "charitable and religious" organizations, as referred to in the Criminal Code (Canada).
Charitable Organization – a corporation, organization (including a religious organization), association or partnership which is created primarily for a charitable object or purpose in Ontario and is operated not for profit.
CICA Handbook – a handbook issued by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants that sets out information pertaining to accounting practices and processes. Licensees must ensure that their compliance reports and annual financial statements are prepared in accordance with the appropriate section of the CICA Handbook, as required under the terms and conditions of their licences.
Concessionaire – a person who operates a concession(s) leased from the board of a designated fair or exhibition.
Commission – the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
Crown Lands – public lands owned by Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada or Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario. Only the Registrar may issue licences for lottery events to be conducted on Crown lands in Ontario.
Deal – see Break Open Ticket Deal.
Decision Bingo – In Decision Bingo players use chips to purchase bingo paper, and during each game, players have the option of ending play or continuing to play by using chips to up the ante.
Designated Fair or Exhibition – a fair or exhibition that has been designated by the Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming as a fair or exhibition where a lottery scheme may be conducted and managed.
Designated Lottery Trust Account – an account designated as a trust account by the branch of a recognized financial institution within the Province of Ontario.
Designated Member in Charge – a bona fide member of an eligible organization who is in charge of and responsible for the conduct of a licensed lottery event. The number of designated members in charge required is determined by the type of lottery event.
Directive – a directive made by the Registrar to one of more Licensees or gaming suppliers directing the Licensee or supplier to act or to cease acting in the manner specified in the Directive.
Dispenser – see Break Open Ticket Dispenser.
Electronic Funds Transfer – means a system of technology that allows Hall Charities Associations to disburse pooled lottery proceeds securely by electronic means from their lottery trust accounts to each of their member organizations´ lottery trust accounts rather than writing cheques.
Eligible Organization – an organization that meets the eligibility criteria set out in this manual for lottery licensing in Ontario.
Fair or Exhibition Gaming Event – an event licensed by the Registrar consisting of no more than 20 Blackjack and/or Wheel of Fortune Games.
Fixed Prize Board – a bingo prize board where the value of the prizes is pre-set and does not fluctuate based on revenue from the event. The prizes must be noted on the game schedule.
Float – a cash fund of a fixed amount required at the start of the licensed bingo event for the purpose of making change to purchasers of bingo paper, which may be used to pay out prizes if necessary.
Game Schedule – a complete listing of all bingo games to be played during each bingo event, including:
- the arrangement of numbers required to win each game,
- the prizes to be awarded for each game,
- the prices of the bingo paper being sold,
- the maximum prizes to be awarded for each bingo event, and
- the name and address of the premises where the bingo is be held.
The game schedule must also include any bingo-themed lottery schemes conducted and managed by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) within the bingo hall, where a licensee provides services.
Gaming Assistant – See Registered Gaming Assistant.
Gaming Control Act, 1992 – an Act regulating the commercial sector of the charitable gaming industry. It requires the registration of certain persons that supply gaming services or goods to licensed charitable organizations.
Gaming Event – an occasion on which a game of chance is played pursuant to a licence.
Gaming Product – gaming products include bingo paper, Break Open Tickets, and Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) products such as Big Link Bingo paper and Lotto 649 tickets.
Gross Receipts – the total revenue received from licensed lottery events, before any approved expenses have been deducted.
Hall Charities Association (HCA) – an association formed by all the Licensees conducting bingo and other Lotteries within a bingo hall.
Hall Rental – payment made by a licensee to a bingo hall owner/operator from event proceeds, calculated according to the terms and conditions of the licence. For the hall rental received, the bingo hall owner/operator provides goods and services to the licensee for the conduct of the event, including but not limited to, bingo paper, security, storage, gaming equipment, office equipment, materials, space, utilities and employee services.
Hand-held Personal Bingo Verifier – a hand-held device used by individual players to keep track of and verify numbers called by bingo callers in the normal way. A hand-held personal bingo verifier may only be used long with bingo paper and dabbers.
House Rules – rules established by the licensee to govern the conduct of bingo and bingo players within a hall. The house rules are in addition to and must not contravene the terms and conditions or the Registrar´s policies.;
"In Conjunction With" – where a lottery event is licensed to be conducted in combination or association with another licensed lottery event. Only the Registrar may issue licences for lottery events to be conducted in conjunction with other licenced lottery events. There are limitations on events that may be licensed in this manner.
Jackpot Game – is a regular bingo game. The total prize payout, which may also include subsidiary prizes (i.e. line prizes) cannot exceed 50% of the licensed prize board.
Licence – a licence issued to an eligible charitable organization under the Criminal Code (Canada) by or under the authority of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to conduct or manage a lottery scheme approved by the Registrar.
Licensee – a charitable organization to which a licence is issued.
Licensing Authority – the authority specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as a licensing authority for purposes of the Criminal Code (Canada).
Loonie Progressive Game – a separately licensed progressive style game, held in conjunction with a regular bingo event, in which the prize amount is allowed to increase at each successive event to a set maximum or until the prize is won.
Lottery – a scheme for which a licence is available pursuant to s. 207(1)(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada).
Lottery Scheme – may be defined as any scheme which has the following three components: a prize; payment of a fee; and a chance to win.
Lottery Trust Account – see Designated Lottery Trust Account.
"Meat Spin" (also known as a "Turkey Roll") – a type of raffle event permitted under a blanket raffle licence. In a meat spin the winner is determined by the random spin of a wheel rather than by a random selection from ticket stubs in a container.
Media Bingo – a bingo event that is conducted on or through media such as radio or newspaper.
Merchandise Bingo – a bingo event where the prizes to be awarded consist of merchandise.
Net Proceeds – the amount remaining after a licensee has deducted all approved expenses related to the management and conduct of a licensed lottery event from the gross receipts for the event. The licensee must use the net proceeds for the charitable objects and purposes approved by the licensing authority.
Nevada Tickets – another name commonly used to refer to Break Open Tickets.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) – a Crown Agency responsible for conducting and managing games of chance, such as Big Link Bingo.
Order in Council – refers to Order in Council 1413/08 and any subsequent amendments. The Order in Council sets out the authority of the Registrar and municipal councils to license and regulate certain lottery events.
Out-of-Pocket Expenses – See Bona Fide Member Expenses.
Paper – See Bingo Paper.
Person – an individual, corporation, organization, association or partnership.
Pooled Funds – lottery proceeds from regular bingo events that are pooled by licensed charitable organizations at a registered bingo hall, in order to equally share the proceeds. Charitable organizations within a hall may pool their lottery proceeds and divide them on a pro rata basis to compensate for the fact that some time slots are more profitable than others. The pooling of funds must be administered through a Bingo Sponsors´ Association in accordance with the terms and conditions.
Prize Board – the total value of all the prizes to be awarded at a bingo event. The prize board may be a combination of variable and fixed prizes.
Prize Structure – see Break Open Ticket Prize Structure.
Progressive Bingo Game – a separately licensed bingo game, held in conjunction with a regular bingo event, where the prize amount increases from event to event.
Provincial Break Open Ticket Licence – a licence issued by the Registrar to an organization with a demonstrated provincial mandate, authorizing the sale of Break Open Tickets in each municipality across the province.
Pull Tabs – another name commonly used to refer to Break Open Tickets.
Raffle – a lottery scheme where tickets are sold for a chance to win a prize at a draw.
Registered Gaming Assistant – an individual registered as a gaming assistant under the Gaming Control Act, 1992.
Registered Supplier – a person registered as a supplier under the Gaming Control Act, 1992. (See definition of person above.)
Registrar – the Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming.
Regular Bingo – is a bingo lottery event where the total prize value does not exceed the prescribed limit set out in the Order-in-Council.
Regulations – the regulations made under the Gaming Control Act, 1992.
Runner – is a bingo hall staff person on the floor selling bingo paper, identifying winners and paying out prizes.
Senior Groups – a senior group is one in which a majority of its members is sixty (60) years of age or older.
Share-the-Wealth – See Variable Prize Board.
Shutter Board Bingo – See Table Board Bingo Games.
Single Break Open Ticket Licence – a licence issued by the Registrar to a Bingo Sponsors´ Association, allowing it to sell a variety of Break Open Ticket types under the same licence.
Social Gaming Event – an event where the gaming activities are ancillary or complementary to a social occasion such as a dinner or dance sponsored by the licensee of the Social Gaming Event, or as approved by the Registrar.
No more than a total of 20 blackjack tables and/or wheels of fortune may be operated at a Social Gaming Event.
Social Gaming Event Licence – a licence permitting the conduct of a Social Gaming Event.
Special (Monster) Bingo Licence – a licence issued by the Registrar permitting the conduct of bingo where the total value of the prizes to be awarded for any one event is greater than the limit for Regular Bingo.
Standards – standards prescribed by the Registrar for gaming equipment or for gaming services with which gaming suppliers shall comply. Standards also includes standards prescribed by the Registrar with which Licensees shall comply.
Style – See Break Open Ticket Style.
Super Jackpot – a bingo game licensed by the Registrar in conjunction with a Regular Bingo event. The Super Jackpot prize is awarded based on a set, escalating number of bingo numbers called at successive Super Jackpot games.
Table Board Bingo Device – a mechanical device containing permanent bingo numbers with built-in shutters. A player marks a number by covering it with a shutter.
Table Board Bingo Games (also known as shutter board bingo) – bingo games that are conducted and managed by a Regular Bingo licensee or a Bingo Sponsors´ Association, using a Table Board Bingo device.
Terms and Conditions – specific sets of requirements attached to each licence, setting out the conduct and management requirements of the licensee. The Registrar issues terms and conditions for all licences.
"Turkey Roll" – another name used to refer to a "Meat Spin".
Type – see Break Open Ticket Type.
Unorganized Territory – a geographical area that is not administered by local municipal government or First Nations and is not Crown land. Only the Registrar may issue lottery licences in unorganized territories.
Use of Proceeds – the approved purpose or object for which an eligible organization uses the proceeds of a licensed lottery event. Approved uses of proceeds must fall within one of the four charitable classifications set out in this manual.
Variable Prize Board (also known as "share the wealth") – a bingo prize board where the value of the prizes is determined as a percentage of the gross receipts for the game. A maximum prize payout must be established and noted on the game schedule.
Wheel of Fortune – a gaming device in the form of a revolving wheel. Pegs divide the perimeter of the wheel into sections, each containing a number or symbol. Patrons place wagers corresponding to the numbers or symbols. The wheel is spun, and the number or symbol where the clapper stops determines the winner


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MIAMI — Pretrial hearings in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals have been delayed to address the mysterious disappearance of defense legal documents from Pentagon computers, military officials said on Thursday.
The defense lawyers said their confidential work documents began vanishing from Pentagon computers in February and that there was evidence their internal emails and internet searches had been monitored by third parties.
They want all the hearings in both death penalty cases halted until the issues have been satisfactorily addressed.
A weeklong hearing was scheduled to start on Monday in the case of Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, who is charged with masterminding an attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors aboard the USS Cole off Yemen in 2000.
That has been pushed back to June 11, the judge overseeing the war crimes court at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base said in an order on Thursday.
Defense lawyers said they also would ask the judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, to delay a week of pretrial hearings set to begin on April 22 for five prisoners charged with plotting the Sept. 11 hijacked plane attacks.
Navy Commander Walter Ruiz, who represents 9/11 defendant Mustafa al Hawsawi, said "three to four weeks' worth of work is gone, vanished."
He said what appeared to be a computer folder of prosecution files had turned up on the defense lawyers' system, though none of them had opened the files.
The chief defense counsel for the tribunals, Colonel Karen Mayberry, ordered military and civilian defense lawyers on Wednesday night to stop using their government computers for sensitive information or drafts of their work.
"I'll be filing a hand-written motion very shortly to ask for an abatement of the proceedings," in the 9/11 case, said defense attorney James Connell, who represents defendant Ali Abdul Aziz Ali.
In another case, system administrators were searching files at prosecutors' request and were able to access more than 500,000 defense files, including confidential attorney-client communications, the lawyers said.
That incident involved an appeal on behalf of Ibrahim al Qosi, a Sudanese prisoner who had finished his sentence at Guantanamo and gone home, they said.
Defense lawyers said their files began disappearing after a February hearing during which intelligence agents outside the courtroom cut the closed-circuit feed that was broadcasting the proceedings to spectators and journalists. The judge ordered technicians to dismantle the system that allowed them to do that.
During that hearing, the Guantanamo detention camp's legal advisor also disclosed that what appeared to be smoke alarms in the rooms where defense lawyers met with their clients were actually microphones. He said private attorney-clients conversations had not been monitored, a claim met with skepticism by defense lawyers.
Human Rights First, a longtime critic of the Guantanamo tribunals, called the latest disclosures "absolutely outrageous."
"This is just further evidence that the military commission system is a sham and that all terrorism trials should be held in real U.S. federal courts on U.S. soil, where the rules are clear, defendants' rights are respected and the verdicts will have credibility," said Daphne Eviatar, who has monitored the tribunals for the rights group.


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Coltrane's A Love Supreme: Live in Amsterdam reissue from the Branford Marsalis Quartet out now and available on vinyl for the very first time Read more »
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
Liner Notes
Many have tried, but prior to the evening of August 4, 2001, none had succeeded in bringing Ellis Marsalis and all four of his music-playing sons together on the same bandstand. Dovetailing schedules is no simple matter for the members of the most prominent and active family in jazz. It was not until the University of New Orleans scheduled a tribute concert to mark Ellis' retirement from its music faculty and the establishment of a chair in his honor that the much-anticipated conjunction took place. The event was guaranteed to be memorable, but could it live up to the expectations that had been building for the better part of two decades?
The thing that stands out in my mind about the concert is that it was an accurate representation of our family, collectively and individually. – Delfeayo Marsalis
The eloquent, intense and infectious music on this disc is evidence that the concert was one of those rare occasions when potential is fully met and talented performers respond to an obvious challenge. We could credit the professionalism of each Marsalis, the sense that whatever the surrounding hullabaloo there was music to be played and played well, and this attitude no doubt permeates all of their music making. Yet it is clear that the guiding power and spirit of Ellis Marsalis also elevated the collective effort, turning the evening into not just a family celebration but a reminder of all that Ellis has meant to the hometown he loves.
That type of outpouring of love and support for my father has never happened in New Orleans before. It was great that so many people from the city showed up to pay respects to him, because I can remember all of the times when nobody came to the gigs. – Wynton Marsalis
At his core, Ellis Marsalis is a modern jazz musician. The term may seem dated in the music's second century, but it carried particular weight when Ellis was coming of musical age in the 1950s and '60s – especially in a city where tourism determined that the vast majority of jazz musicians had no choice but to be traditionalists, and the vast majority of pianists sought security in the burgeoning field of rock and roll. Ellis was different, more attuned to jazz's future than its past or pop's present. His harmonic and rhythmic language and his sense of compositional possibilities were up-to-the-minute and on the same wavelength as those of the era's celebrated innovators. This was common knowledge to the Adderley Brothers, Ornette Coleman and other leading players who crossed Ellis' path, but a virtual secret in New Orleans, where jazz was still supposed to deal in direct homage to such favorite sons as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong.
Ellis has no problem with the notion of paying tribute to these immortals, as the present celebratory version of "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" makes abundantly clear. His own musical concepts were totally contemporary, however. Not only did he develop a lean and quietly commanding approach to the piano trio, captured here on "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" and his original "After," but he also helped create a modern movement in New Orleans through his work with the collective American Jazz Quintet and his own quartet. He even opened a club, the Music Haven, to give these local renegades a place to be heard. "Swinging at the Haven," "After" and "Twelve's It" were all composed in the early '60s, and find Ellis dealing with the colors and forms that such pioneers as John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter were investigating at the time. Each of these pieces possess the melodic strength and structural challenges that give tunes extended life, and any or all might have become jazz standards had Ellis chosen to raise his profile by touring more widely or relocating to New York. Instead, he remained at home, and the performing world's loss became jazz education's gain.
Learning has always been more important to my dad than the sense of established order. His quest with students was all about taking them to a better place intellectually, not teaching them to know their place. – Branford Marsalis
In over a quarter-century of teaching that began at the high school level (most notably at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) and ultimately led to his faculty appointment at the University of New Orleans, Ellis has been one of the most tireless and inspirational jazz educators to be found anywhere. If the number of world-class musicians he has mentored is any indication, he may be the most successful as well. Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison and Nicholas Payton are among the notables who have benefited from his guidance, as have Roland Guerin (the bassist who completed the family band in this concert) and Harry Connick, Jr. (who performed the "St. James Infirmary" heard here with trombonist Lucien Barbarin in the concert's opening set, and who plays the second, bass-clef centered piano solo on "Twelve's It"). This illustrious group of alumni gained a thorough grounding in jazz fundamentals, an overriding commitment to the music, and the confidence to pursue their own creative paths. Nowhere is this clearer than among the four talented players linked to Ellis by both biological and aesthetic bloodlines.
My first impression of the Marsalis family was an incredible seriousness for the music. A passion for it. – Harry Connick, Jr.
If it took the emergence of tenor saxophonist Branford and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and the subsequent appearance of trombonist Delfeayo and drummer Jason Marsalis to bring attention Ellis' way, there is no question that the father's example set the sons on the path of international influence and distinction. There were no gimmicks like a family band in the Marsalis siblings' childhoods, and no demands that they follow in their father's footsteps. By all accounts, it was Ellis' wife Dolores who saw to it that the youngsters practiced, and who ensured that they were exposed to the widest variety of cultural and intellectual stimulation. Dolores was essential in molding her talented sons (and that goes for Ellis III and Mboya as well as the four who play music), while Ellis provided the example of vision and dedication that allows a musician to pursue his or her chosen path. The success of both Ellis and Dolores as role models permeates these performances.
I do have a lot of pride in my sons. They were able to make music work as a profession by playing what they choose to play. – Ellis Marsalis
The source of Ellis' pride can be heard throughout this collection, though it stands in bold relief on three particular tracks. Drummer Jason sets the mood for "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," then extends it in a dramatic solo in which virtuosity is at the service of musical content. Delfeayo honors the trombone's storied heritage and adds his own assertive stamp to "Sultry Serenade," composed by Tyree Glenn and Duke Ellington for the Ellington Orchestra in 1947. The trumpet of Wynton and the tenor sax of Branford provide the clearest example of family affinity as they sustain a dialogue through the course of Branford's blues "Cain and Abel" that is by turns, witty, funky and fierce. These Marsalis brothers worked side by side 20 years ago in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Wynton's first band, before striking out on distinct and sometimes divergent paths. They recorded "Cain and Abel" once before (on Branford's 1991 album The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born), and the rareness of their empathy was notable then. Ten years later, the connection is even stronger, reinforced by the presence of the proud papa who enjoyed this incendiary performance from the piano bench.
The only rehearsal we were able to schedule was really rough. A lot of slips, starts and stops. It looked as though the show might have been a disaster. But once everybody got on stage, everything came into focus. The music just took off. – Jason Marsalis
Often as not, family reunions will produce angst rather than art. Such was not the case when the Marsalis clan gathered on August 4, 2001. The common spirit and collective eloquence on display was the finest tribute a father could receive. This family came together, and as the enclosed music affirms, they played together brilliantly.
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Last updated 12/19/2012 at 8:03am
The town of Elmer City has worked tirelessly to find financial assistance to help fund the improvements to the sewer treatment plant it jointly operates with Coulee Dam. And for good reason, they can't afford what Coulee Dam is building! On the other hand, Coulee Dam has not put any meaningful effort into a search for "grant" monies. Even their Project Plan discounts the "free" money as too difficult to bother with. They remain content with their own "success"… borrowing another $5 million and adding to an already burdensome debt on the town's utilities!
The Elmer City approach "may" result in a modest increase in our monthly bill. The Coulee Dam approach "will" at least double our monthly sewer rates, driving them up to at least $85 and possibly as much as $110 per month … unaffordable for many of us! Elmer City has gotten further in six months (with a more responsible approach to financing/funding the project), than Coulee Dam has in 10 years! I guess Elvis impersonators and a swimming pool full of sand are enough "meaningful" accomplishments to the mayor's way of thinking.
For the past two months Elmer City officials have been meeting with the tribes, trying to figure out a way through this cost and financing dilemma. Then, last Wednesday, the Colville Tribes delivered a letter to the town of Coulee Dam, offering to support a tribal application for federal funds to help with the project — a reasonably certain Christmas gift, if you will! Are there "conditions" to this benevolence? Yes, just one; "an independent review of the project scope and design." After all, I don't think any of us would buy a pig-in-a-poke, so this requirement is what any prudent organization should do anyway. And as it is, the tribes is requiring a "technical" review of the proposed design before they will consider supporting a funding proposal for the project. This process (known as value engineering) has a proven track record of saving costs, lots of costs, by a closer (and independent) review of the design and design assumptions. For a project with as much impact on the community as this, it would have been the expected and the "normal" process.
Now, what do you suppose the reaction was from Mayor Snow?... a contentious letter, written not just to the Tribes, but also to the Indian Health Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Ecology, and the Town of Elmer City. A letter, if you read between the lines, that says "we want your money," but we don't want your "conditions" and thoughts and opinions and ideas! After all, and as always, Mayor Snow and his engineer know best! Now, stepping back from the "between-the-lines" analogy, here are the exact words from Coulee Dam to the Tribes (and others): "The Town of Coulee Dam is still moving forward with the scope of work outlined in the Coulee Dam Facility Plan, which was approved by the Department of Ecology. This WWTF improvement project has also completed the full federal and State Environmental Review Process." And, "It (the project) is currently in the Design phase …." Of course the letter goes on stating the town's willingness to "continue discussions with all funding agencies." This rebuff of the Tribes' gracious and generous offer is just another of the mayor's insults to [the tribes].
Last month the Coulee Dam Council, in a surprising change of demaner and position, presented a capitulatory face, one wanting to cooperate and "partner." They were open, friendly, and truly (I thought) serious. I shoulda known that since Mayor Snow was absent from that meeting things would naturally be more friendly and progressive. Now he's back — and so is the entrenchment, the arrogance, and the shallow-mindedness. I was once told that I "don't suffer fools well." Quincy Snow takes that suffering to a new level! He is a man so full of false-pride that he will certainly insure that we pay millions for what "he" wants and for what "we" don't need. Now as to the Coulee Dam Town Council, I know and believe that almost all of them are good men, with good minds, high standards, and good hearts … some of them I've known since high school — for more than 50 years! Gentleman, sometimes you have to be divisive and rebellious. The mayor is not always right, your engineer is not always right, your clerk is not always right. There is nothing wrong with less than a majority decision and there is nothing wrong with a decision made contrary to what "your" mayor (and town clerk) wants or demands.
There is a looming solution … the next election, and that will be here before you know it!
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More Than 250 Animals Removed From Missouri Home
The Humane Society of Missouri has removed more than 250 animals from an eastern Missouri property amid concerns that the animals were neglected.
Humane Society officials on Tuesday removed 192 domestic rabbits, 25 goats, 21 chickens, 10 cats, four dogs and a duck from the property near St. Clair in Franklin County. Authorities say the animals were living in filthy conditions and some had no shelter from the weather.
It wasn't clear if charges would be filed. Nearly 160 animals were removed from the same property in 2010.
The animals were taken to the Humane Society shelter in St. Louis for treatment. A disposition hearing is scheduled for Dec. 4. The Humane Society says many of the animals will be put up for adoption if the society is granted custody.


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The collection of ancient art includes works of the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. Additionally, the collection includes a number of objects from the Ancient Americas.
Dating from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth century, primarily from West and Central Africa, the African collection includes several extraordinary works in a variety of media.
The Allen Memorial Art Museum's Asian collection is perhaps best known for its more than 1700 Japanese woodblock prints. The collection also includes a number of fine Chinese, Japanese and Korean paintings and decorative arts, spanning the centuries from ancient to contemporary, as well as an outstanding collection of carpets.
|Italian Renaissance & Baroque
The Italian Renaissance and Baroque art collection, which comprises important paintings, sculptures and drawings, is particularly strong and benefited from the donations from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
|Dutch and Flemish
There is an extensive collection of 16th and 17th century Netherlandish, Dutch and Flemish art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, including outstanding landscapes, portraits, history paintings, scenes of daily life, and etchings by Rembrandt.
| Modern Landscape
Views of cities, the countryside, and nature, both familiar and faraway, became increasingly important in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European and American painting. Such paintings, widely represented in the collection, depict a broad range of subject matter.
Expressionist artists of the early twentieth century strove to give the human figures and pictorial space in their works as much emotive form and content as possible.
|Art Since 1945
The extraordinarily broad collection of art made since 1945 represents all the major postwar practices, including abstract expressionism, minimalism, pop, and conceptual art, as well as contemporary art in a wide variety of media.
|František Kupka Holdings
Czech artist František Kupka is one of the most important Czech painters of the early 20th century. This important donation to the AMAM collection by alumus Frederic L. Pryor (Oberlin '55) covers almost all of Kupka's career.
|Eva Hesse Archives
This archive of over 1300 items contains the artist's notebooks, diaries, sketchbooks, photographs, and letters to the AMAM, and were donated by the artist's sister, Helen Hesse Charash.


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I have a 1 action automator workflow. This workflow is recorded to produce a "Watch Me Do" action. The action is to click on the "VPN" menu bar item, then select a particular VPN from the menu. This workflow runs fine in automator. When I run it as a standalone app the mouse moves correctly (clicking on the menu, selecting the correct VPN), but I don't actually connect to the VPN. I'm clueless about what's going wrong, so any help at all would be good!
In the console, the only thing I see is:
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According to this new post over on the Mashable site, PHP is one of the "languages to learn" for 2014. Others in the list include Java, C and relatives, Python and Ruby.
The tech sector is booming. If you've used a smartphone or logged on to a computer at least once in the last few years, you've probably noticed this. As a result, coding skills are in high demand, with programming jobs paying significantly more than the average position. Even beyond the tech world, an understanding of at least one programming language makes an impressive addition to any resumé.
They point out that PHP powers more than 200 million websites all around the internet and shares a few links of places to learn more about the language (including Udemy and Codeacademy).


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If the NFL has its way, Chip Kelly won't be the last high-profile departure from the collegiate ranks. And, not so surprisingly, Kelly may have a hand in at least one of the future departures.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Kelly, who officially left Oregon Wednesday for the Philadelphia Eagles, is interested in Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham for the same position with the NFL club. In fact, a CSNPhilly.com report from Wednesday evening hints that Grantham is the front-runner for the job.
It seems as if the reported interest on the part of the Eagles would be reciprocated as the Macon Telegraph's Seth Emerson writes that "[t]he thinking around the program, according to a source, is that Grantham would likely take the Eagles job if he were offered."
Per the terms of Grantham's contract, which runs through the end of the 2014 season, the coordinator must notify the athletic director of any potential employment opportunity; Greg McGarity told the Telegraph Thursday morning that Grantham has not notified him of such a development.
The Bulldogs, though, aren't the only SEC East team that could be raided by the professional ranks. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, there is a "strong possibility" that Florida coordinator Dan Quinn will move to the Seattle Seahawks for the same job. The Seahawks' coordinator, Gus Bradley, was officially named as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Schefter also mentions the Eagles and Cleveland Browns as possibilities for Quinn, who has spent the past two seasons orchestrating the Gators' defense. He had previously served as a defensive line coach with the same NFL club.


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The Republican-led committee wants the Obama administration to turn over uncensored internal documents on the implementation of regulations at wind farms where eagles and other protected birds have been killed.
"There are serious concerns that the Obama administration is implementing these laws in an arbitrary fashion," said committee chair Doc Hastings, a Republican from the state of Washington.
Only one wind energy company in the US has faced prosecution for bird deaths. However, a study by federal biologists released last year found wind facilities have killed at least 67 golden and bald eagles in the past five years.
Duke Energy pled guilty in November to killing golden eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and was fined $1 million.
The committee launched an investigation ten months ago into the enforcement policies and practices of the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Justice Department, and plans a public hearing on 26 March.


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A hacker claiming to be a software engineer from Belarus broke into online game Heroes of Newerth earlier this week, stealing passwords and account information from developer S2 Games' database.
"I hacked HoN because there's nothing as hilarious as seeing a bunch of fanboys of a game get enraged over the fact that their favourite game has been hacked", they wrote in a Reddit thread boasting of their efforts.
"I guess I'll do League of Legends next as this was so funny."
The odds of a single person being able to crack the security of one of the biggest online games in the world are remote, but hey, stranger things have happened.
I am the guy who hacked HoN [Reddit]


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2015 Memories - A Kind of a DDI Newsletter - Part 6
Post 6: Participant reflections on national identities
Spain, Catalonia, Basque…
DDI Intensive October 2015: Power, love, war and miracles in Barcelona Spain
On one occasion, the large group held the pot for Spanish-Catalonian-Basque friends to interact with each other about the current situation here in Spain, with the support of the day's student facilitation team from Ukraine, Spain and USA. The recent elections for independence of Catalonia, the contradictions and tensions, and wounds of history weeping in the background came out.
'Does an overall national identity exist among us?'
'Yes! You are part of us!'
'No we are not!'
Feelings of pride for being recognized through the political process was followed by a voice of caution:
'I am afraid to feel national pride. I remember too well our history, the human cost of nationalism escalating out of control'.
We heard stories of families torn apart - brother against brother, sister against sister. Some spoke of the tension having not one but multiple national and cultural identities. Painful memories of violence and killing surfaced. Voices of the dead appeared, encouraging a different way for a better world, appreciating difference, within Spain, and connected with the wider world. One of our teachers did the impossible and stepped into the figure of the one who caused the violence – the dictator, helpers and nations who stood by - the one that wants to rule:
'Yes, I did it, we did it. I now face you. I feel it'.
A small beginning of finding new ways to make amends.
We were touched beyond words, and grateful to our local hosts and friends for allowing us to witness and feel in an unforgettable way the dignity, the hopes, the ghosts of history, and the urge for a better world with more understanding for diversity, freedom and community. Many present from around the world felt this work was theirs also:
Arita from Latvia reflects on the role of language in identity:
Despite years of inner work, I was shocked how the topic of language, brought me right back to my personal history in Latvia. During Soviet occupation in Latvia, at school, I had to learn Russian as my second language. In 1991 we got independence. 'That's it!' I thought, 'I don't have to speak it anymore!' Russian language, however beautiful, had become for me a symbol of oppression. Witnessing the Catalonians and Spanish people express the impact they had on each other, I realized I had been free now for a while, in touch with my Latvian identity, which also means that speaking any language becomes a choice. I remembered that I still understand Russian perfectly, even though I am shy to speak it. By not speaking Russian I am losing contact with the human beings who do and also deprive myself from enjoying, for example, a Russian literature and films. I felt my heart opening up. The next day I went to a peer from Moscow and asked: 'Would you like to work with me during the next exercise? I came home, better understanding our Russian minority and the pain of history, right here in Latvia.
Boris is from Odessa, in Ukraine. He is a leader and coach in social and business communications in corporations, NGOs, government, municipal and state organisations:
Yesterday I witnessed a miracle in the group process about Spain and diverse identities. You could never achieve what happened there with a piece of paper and a group of very smart people trying to join it together. We heard and felt the difficulties of all the different people and nationalities and groups living together, the complex history that still is not resolved. Some are still living in history, some use history to justify actions today. Some want to go forward, and some want to move on and live in peace and harmony.
'I want my independence', or 'this is my opinion', 'I want the country to be united'. People were not just stating a point of view, they were actually building connections, without intending. The magic of it! Here, people who were fixed in one immoveable position and, found themselves moving a couple of steps forward. There were tears, there was honesty. People were asking forgiveness for their ancestors, and accepting the apology.
I want to learn this mystery, this way of facilitating that creates atmosphere and space to make this possible. I wept, feeling our tough situation in Ukraine. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and I felt it is possible to find a solution.


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Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter (10.15 dep.)
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- Attraction rated '5 out of 5' on Tripadvisor from over 10,000+ reviews!!!
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter provides an amazing new opportunity to explore the magic of the Harry Potter™ films – the most successful film series of all time. Enjoy previously unheard anecdotes from the expert guides before taking a unique walking tour that takes you behind-the-scenes and showcases a huge array of beautiful sets, costumes and props. It also reveals some closely guarded secrets, including facts about the special effects and animatronics that made these films so hugely popular all over the world.
Here are just some of the things you can expect to see and do:
- Step inside and discover the great hall. Listen to previously unheard anecdotes.
- Explore Dumbledore's office and discover never-before-seen treasures.
- Step onto the famous cobbles of Diagon Alley, featuring the shop fronts of Ollivanders wand shop, Flourish and Blotts, the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Eeylops Owl Emporium.
- See iconic props from the films, including Harry's Nimbus 2000 and Hagrid's motorcycle.
- Rediscover other memorable sets from the film series, including the Gryffindor common room, the boys' dormitory, Hagrid's hut, Potion's classroom and Professor Umbridge's office at the Ministry of Magic.
Platform 9 ¾ expansion will open on Thursday 19th March and entrance will be included in the standard ticket price.
This March, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter will unveil a 20,000ft2 expansion, including the original Hogwarts Express steam engine and a recreation of Platform 9 ¾. The new, permanent section will offer a glimpse into how some of the films' most iconic scenes were created as well as give visitors the chance to climb aboard the train's carriage and to pose with a luggage trolley as it disappears through the platform wall.
Throughout the Harry Potter film series, British steam train no. 5972, 'Olton Hall', was used as the Hogwarts Express. Scenes featuring the working engine – including the very last scene to be shot, in which a grown-up Harry, Ron and Hermione wave their own children off as they head to school – were filmed on a soundstage at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and on a track running the full length of the Studios' 100-acre backlot. The 78-year-old engine will return to the series' production home this spring and will be displayed on a realistic set of tracks, with steam billowing as visitors step onto the platform.
Visitors will be able to walk along the train's adjoining carriage and sit in the interior carriage set that was used during filming (complete with 'windows' that demonstrate the process used to create iconic train scenes from the films such as the escape of Harry's first Chocolate Frog and the Dementor attack). A selection of prop luggage will be on show and visitors can find out which character owned which items by turning an interactive dial (characters include Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood and more). A train-themed souvenir shop will also be open on the platform, stocking a wide range of goodies inspired by the Harry Potter films and, specifically, the Hogwarts Express.
The Forbidden Forest may be strictly off-limits to Hogwarts students, but for the first time this March, visitors to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter are invited to defy Professor Dumbledore's orders and follow the footsteps of Harry, Ron and Hermione deep into the grounds of the Forbidden Forest.
Home to an abundance of creatures, the Forbidden Forest offers shelter and protection to Hippogriffs and Acromantula among many others. It is also well known to beloved half-giant Hagrid in his role as Care of Magical Creatures professor. One of Rubeus Hagrid's original costumes will be on display, lantern in hand, to welcome visitors through the Hogwarts Gates deep into the forest. Filled with 19 trees each with a diameter of over 12 feet, visitors will walk beneath the giant entwined roots on their journey and will even be able to control the weather using the same techniques created by filmmakers.
Amongst the imposing trees, visitors will encounter a full size model of Buckbeak, which is new to the tour, and have the opportunity to bow to the majestic creature. They will see up close the incredible detail and craftsmanship that went into creating the magnificent Hippogriff. Each feather had to be individually inserted and glued by the Creature Effects team who were busy adding feathers right up until the final moment Buckbeak was needed on set for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
As visitors venture deeper into the depths of the forest, they will come face-to-face with Aragog, the Acromantula. Emerging from his dark lair, the enormous spider will appear before visitors along with spiderlings from his family. Created by Nick Dudman, Creature and Make-Up Effects Designer, with help from Production Designer Stuart Craig, Aragog had a leg span of over 18 feet and was even able to crawl out of a hole and deliver dialogue in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
The new, must-see expansion has been designed and built by many of the crew members who worked on the hugely successful magical film series including Oscar® and BAFTA winning Production Designer Stuart Craig, Construction Manager Paul Hayes, BAFTA winning Creature and Makeup Effects Designer Nick Dudman and BAFTA winning Special Effects Supervisor John Richardson.
Sarah Roots, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Tours commented: "We are so excited to launch the Forbidden Forest expansion of the Studio Tour, especially on the fifth anniversary of our grand opening. It's great to be working with so many of the original filmmakers who know so much about the wizarding world. There will be an opportunity to take control of the weather and discover the techniques used to create a realistic forest within a film. We can't wait to let visitors step into this mysterious set and discover all this amazing detail for themselves."
Stuart Craig, Production Designer on all eight Harry Potter films, added: "Over the course of the eight films, the Forbidden Forest has played a key role and I think it's an exciting addition to the Studio Tour. The Forbidden Forest is full of mysterious, fascinating and sometimes threatening forces. It represents the great unknown compared to the comfort and safety of Hogwarts and the Gryffindor Common Room which makes it so interesting and important to the development of the story."
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