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Heritage author to present program for historical association meeting
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- Published on 02 March 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Author and Mount Pleasant native Bob Arnold's story of heritage will be the program for the bimonthly meeting of the Franklin County Historical Association's members meeting.
The meeting will begin with a covered dish dinner at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 4 in the Cultural Arts Center at the corner of Rusk and Dallas streets in downtown Mount Vernon. For more details about Mr. Arnold, see the Feb. 28 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.

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In the "dare to dream" wing of the NY Auto Show, among the roadsters and air cars, was a pair of three-wheeled Chinese imports that are set to hit the market this year. Classified as motorcycles in most states, these lightweight vehicles offer 42 mpg fuel economy at a price just under $10K. You might think this means you'll end up with something powered by a two-cylinder chinese motor. You'd be wrong. This 1/4 ton truck gets its motivation from a 50 horsepower Delphi/GM/Wuling four-cylinder that will propel the driver to a max speed of 70 mph... assuming it doesn't catch on fire first.
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The requirements to analyse and understand the inner workings and underlying fundamental concepts of the Web along with the elevated scalability requirements for the development of new Web infrastructures have demonstrated the necessity of Data Intensive Supercomputing (DISC) infrastructures to support researchers and developers.
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- 3 dvds First Signs, Exploring Signs and Sharing Signs
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
On The Street…..Black & Purple, Meatpacking District
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Oh. . . I like. The volume here is just right.
Does anyone know where her boots are from? Also, any suggestion for a store in NYC that has a good selection of ankle boots?
my feet are killing me just looking at those boots. whoever said that a 4″ stacked heel is more comfortable than a 4″ spiked heel was trying to sell something with a 4″ stacked heel.
great use of volume!
Ah yes, a woman who knows what to do with the trapeze. Fantastic.
I love her boots. And that's from someone who vowed not to jump on the ankle boot trend, having worn them when I was 10. As everyone has said, she got the volume & shapes just right.
those are Balenciaga ankle boots. You can find them on US Ebay for like $200 brand new!
Dear Ang.
Here's one answer:
For those of us Middle Eastern or other ethnicity girls who lack those European genes for long, thin, legs, it's a wonderful trend.
Basically, because I have thick ankles, knees, and legs, and no amount of gym/weight loss would ever get rid of them.
I was tortured at middle school because of my ankles, and these fashions are a blessing.
Skirts, mini skirts, all those are out of the question (unless I wear super high heels). Ankle boots help a lot.
I really think great legs are the best fashion accessory- ankle boots are the best way to fake them.
Hopefully, this trend will stick…
Here's a perfect example of someone who can wear volume, not like the girl above who looks disastrous!!
The Eiffel-tower heels don't look too confortable! But I really like (to look at it, NOT wear it) anyway. The colors and the prportions make it interesting. It's subtle, yet noticabe.
Ladies, ladies, ladies, lest we ruin an otherwise super marvie look, let us remember, and repeat to ourselves three times a day: the shorter the hemline, the lower the heels must be; the longer the hemline, the higher the heels can be. Otherwise, we run the risk of looking goofy (as in this case), or, ahem, like a "good-time" girl.


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Beacon of Holiness
"If the Word does not dwell with power in us," wrote Puritan John Owen, "it will not pass with power from us" (The Works of John Owen, vol. 16, p. 76.). This godly minister personified this truth in his …Read More
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The incredible imaginative power of the human mind connects us. If I mention standing ankle deep in the ocean, many of you can picture this image (and maybe feel the dizziness as you watch the water rush past your feet …Read More
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So, if Christ is my righteousness, if I am accepted by God because of Him, if I am saved by grace alone, and justified because of Christ alone, and declared righteous by faith alone, where do good works fit in …Read More
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The first and most important step in seeking a cure is an accurate diagnosis of the problem. Symptoms must be carefully interpreted so that underlying causes are not overlooked. Several years ago our nine-year-old daugter developed a severe pain in her elbow …Read More
In the early centuries of the church's existence, Christian apologists would sometimes appeal to the distinctively holy lives of Christians as evidence for the truth of Christianity. Would such an appeal be of any use today? According to numerous …Read More
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As I began to prepare to write this article, many memories from 1979 overcame me. That was the year my wife, Sherrie, and I were married. It was also the year I became a Christian. One could say it was …Read More
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So much could be said of the consequences of sin and impurity for the Christian. And we should speak of them — the Bible certainly does. David, in Psalm 32, described the misery of unrepentant sin as his bones wasting …Read More
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NAR Economist: Home Prices to Rise 15% in 3 Years
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ORLANDO—National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun foresees U.S. home prices rising by 15% over the next three years, a boost for the beleaguered housing market.
Mr. Yun is widely known for his optimistic forecasts, given his employer, the nation's largest housing cheerleader. Still, any talk of rising home prices is welcome news. Home values have plunged a third or more from the peak, leaving millions of Americans underwater, or owing more than their mortgage, and unable to move. If their values increase, they might feel comfortable enough to buy a bigger home or retire to a smaller one, helping everyone from real-estate agents, who would earn a commission, to retailers selling everything from furniture to paint.
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Learned that because doctors and medstudents don't wear uniform in UK, you can identify one from t'other by stethoscope position. Who knew?!
— AnneMarie Cunningham (@amcunningham) October 8, 2014
I'm quite fascinated by the culture around what different health professionals wear in hospital, and also what different health professionals wear around campus. In the UK, medical students do not wear uniforms on placements; they wear their own clothes. They no longer wear white coats. When I was a medical student I am sure we were identifiable on wards by our ill-fitting white coats, before anyone saw our university name badges.
Cardiff University medical students are given lanyards to hold their university IDs, and I heard recently that there may be an unwritten rule that this lanyard should not be worn around campus... or people might just think you were showing off.
Of course doctors in the UK don't wear white coats now either, so fitting vs not fitting white coats are not a way to quickly visually distinguish doctors from medical students. Instead, I learnt today that the position of your stethoscope is now an unwritten rule about your seniority in the medical profession. Some (doctors and students) think that only doctors should wear stethoscopes around their necks. Some have even suggested that the unwritten rule might be that you shouldn't wear a stethoscope around your neck until you are a little bit further up the ranks... maybe having passed professional exams! Even more curious, there is a rumour that this unofficial way of distinguishing medical students from doctors may be sabotaged by infection control guidance preventing ANYONE from wearing a stethoscope round their neck.
It's also worth noting that from a patient's perspective just knowing someone is a doctor is not enough.
@amcunningham Stethoscope meant DR, but emergency med, or general med, or cardiology, or haematology? When parked/oncology ward? Confusing.
We need to remember to always say #hellomynameis and explain who we are and why we are talking to the patient on this occasion.
— Tricia Murphy-Black (@Pogster) October 8, 2014
So I was wondering... should it be easier to identify medical students? Should doctors and medical students wear uniforms too? How do patients visually distinguish medical students from doctors, as I'm sure they are pretty unlikely to know these rules, and does it matter? And has the significance of stethoscopes to doctors in the UK gone up as they've stopped wearing white coats?
Edit : Some doctors in the UK do wear uniform! @sally_bobs is a respiratory consultant in Chesterfield. All doctors and medical students in @royalhospital wear navy scrubs which indicate if they are consultants.
@amcunningham pic.twitter.com/z6yu8PlmM5
— HellomynameisSally (@sally_bobs) October 8, 2014
And ENT consultant, John McGarva, @IamChirurgicus, even designed his own which highlights his specialty.
@amcunningham @sally_bobs I unilaterally invented my own when moved to new build. Saves hassle but am yet to see copy pic.twitter.com/0qFpmJ8jk5
More about the importance of the lanyard... some have colour coding to distinguish role. In this particular case they were brought in to help distinguish staff at the time of a cardiac arrest. But interestingly lanyards are seen as an infection control risk in some trusts as well.
— John McGarva (@IamChirurgicus) October 8, 2014
.@e_hothersall @amcunningham So do we (& colour coded): dark blue for cons, light blue ST3+, yellow CT1-2, green Fs pic.twitter.com/8TOFTDgSG1
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A trash-filled Japanese cargo craft is preparing to deorbit over the Pacific Ocean after Wednesday's release from the Harmony node. Meanwhile, three Expedition 36 crew members are getting ready to return home on Tuesday.
Japan's H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) continues its journey away from the International Space Station. Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg used the Canadarm2 to grapple and release the HTV-4 on Wednesday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's fourth resupply craft from will fire its engines for the last time early Saturday morning for a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean.
Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin are winding down their 5-1/2 month mission as Expedition 35/36 crew members. The space trio is packing and readying their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft for a landing in Kazakhstan Tuesday at 10:58 p.m. EDT (8:58 a.m. Wednesday Kazakhstan).
Despite the vehicle departure activities, the six-member crew is also busy with numerous ongoing science experiments, maintenance and exercise.
Nyberg worked inside the Kibo laboratory checking the insulation inside a gradient heater furnace. She also videotaped plants cultivated for a Japanese botany experiment to encourage students to study science.
Cassidy joined Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano for more work with the long-running SPHERES experiment, another study that periodically involves students. Thursday's SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) study involved using smartphones to control bowling-ball-sized satellites during an inspection task inside the station.
On the Russian side of the station Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin started his day on maintenance tasks. Later he worked on a couple of Russian experiments. He copied data to a laptop computer collected for the Identification study which documents dynamic loads on the space station. For the Matroyshka experiment he measured radiation in the station's Russian segment.
Back on Earth, Expedition 37/38 crew members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy are preparing for their launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft on Sept. 25, U.S. time. They will dock to the Poisk mini-research module after four orbits, or about six hours later.


text: Kosmor :: View topic - government in exile Imprint Search Log in Legal Memberlist Profile government in exile Goto page 1, 2 Next Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor RPG View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message LinDzeGuest Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 18:40 Post subject: government in exile Dear honourable Members of Great Houses, In my position as the unquestioned first knight of the tempel and his secretary for foreign affairs i have a sorrowful duty. We forgot all we once stand for. We lost our way of honour and started a war against the house of memorial and his allys. Which often bled and fought on our side. Therefore we even cheated our own allys like Reacor, Kanaani and Underverse. We were driven by blind hate, primitive greed and hunger for planets. So now i stand in front of you and have blood on my hands which i can't wash off. My honour is gone because i planned this war. But god in his glory punished me and took away all what i called stupidly and blind my own. Once the name of the tempel stood for honour and when we called to arms, half of the universe followed, because everyone knew our way was pure and righteous. But this times are gone. Now we fight each other and our leader is a puppet of a brutal heretic who never heard of honour. This is all my guilt. So now my way is clear. i have to sanctify the name of my house or die trying. The only hope we have is that some day the countless victims will forgive us our sins. . Lin Dze true knight of the tempelLast edited by LinDze on Fri Mar 10, 2006 19:40; edited 1 time in total Back to top PaulAtreidesGuest Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 19:00 Post subject: Who are you claiming to be??? I have never heard of you, and don't know what you are talking about. I expect you don't either. Back to top LinDzeGuest Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 19:47 Post subject: Dear Paul , do you remember the time when we fought against pimperkalle or metal warrior. this were the times when the old master walker was still in charge. it was even my person who also build up this ally against posbis and new klabautius. i guess now you ll remember me very well. if not who cares about you. our allys, enemys and the new foolish leadership of the tempel know me and this is what counts. cya Lin Dze true knight of the tempel Back to top NobleSteveGuest Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 20:10 Post subject: It seems abit of a multiple personality is your problem here my Lord.. you are: lin Dze, perry and now Zedznil aswell? How long must this injustice continue un-noticed by the powers of the universe? Back to top LinDzeGuest Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 20:41 Post subject: oh its nice to be remembered, but you faild. i just help perry as you and your folks begann to robb perry, who has done a lot more for the tempe as you ever could dol. so shame on you.i did this job because you just shaking like a leaf. my name will be correcet tomorrow but you will be still an fool who are just greedy for some planets and just hunting for 3 months an little imperator who has not 10 % of the ships you got. i see your an mighty and gread hero so i would be very quite in your position and very carefull about multiple personality. you got a lot of them and even failed now. you just an honourless heretic who spit at the grave of walker and crawl under the table of kodro in hope for getting some thrash of him. but in the end you will realise that he will drop you away like, perry , me or toorought which to defend you pretend untill the greed for his planets got too high. so just think about this. Back to top NobleSteveGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 06:42 Post subject: Rob Perry? or punish....? he attacked at the heart of the order unprovoked through your actions.... while you controlled him. Now he is facing the consequences.... and my actions are justified as a result... would you not punish someone who stole your planets?... and yes.. he DID steal my planets and attack my followers.... If he was innocent under your actions he should have contacted with the aim of making peace... he has not. Im no hero as you say... but i am a man provoked and my mission is clear! I am loyal to my house... which ever leader rules it... and always loyal to those who have helped me so Back to top LinDzeGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 09:53 Post subject: Dear Lord Noblesteve, maybe you have not the whole facts. So now i'll give you a short recall. toorough was taking two planets of perry, who got independent after the leaders of the Temple razed my domain, when i was 3 weeks away and had left it to theri hand for that time. Then perry tryed to solve it peacefully, but nothing happend. Then in order to prevent the loss of another planets he shoot down toorough. After that a new round of negoiation started. Now perry was really angry and wanted the 10 planets back, which he has lent to sandal, who got big problems to maintain his fleet. Additional Sandal got Millons of Credits and Ressources from perry. While that talkings there were about 4 or 5 deals to solve it peacefully. perry was even willing to accept an loss of some planets, just to keep the peace in the tempel. But Kodro broke every deal. Then we understand that Kodro just bought time to hunt down perry. So i got a long meeting with sandal and we find a solution. We shake hands and thought we can just count this as a communication problem. But Kodro showed again his real face and told us that this deal has no real meaning. This was the time when perry decided its better to die on his feet instead living on his knees. He just is an awesome squire who never feared any battle. So the fight started. Now ower 100 000 units of Combatpower are just trying to hunt down an small imperator who got the guts to fight even when he had only 13 planets. You know very well that you were unable to kill him until now and that he has in fact doubled his planets. Now its up to you to check these facts. But remmeber squire perry and me has allways served the tempel very well. We looked for the domain of the ill Grandmaster Walker and even of Kodro and Sandal if the are not at home. we never asked or got credits, resorcess or a singel planet as reward for our service. The honour was enough satisfaktion for us. The ironical facts are that after Kodro didn ńeed toorough anymore he just killed him too. He was the offical reason to hunt down Perry . Or look at Noodel which is still fighting and was not informt that the brave mighty warrior Kodro recall an attack so that the ships of this small but brave man was vanished in an useless attack. So if you got to blame someone for that take the heretic traitor Kodro, who lead us into this civil war. He splited our house in two fraction. All what now keep this house together now ist just the fear of Kodro but this wont last for long. More and more members of the house realize that living on kness wont prevented them from being the next victim. All i want from you now is to prove this facts for yourself. After that youĺl have to decide if you earned your name or has to chance it. Is the tempel worth the live of an good man ? We belieft once. So make us belife this again! Lin Dze true knight of the tempel Back to top PaulAtreidesGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:00 Post subject: Is this true? I did not know any of this. Back to top LinDzeGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:30 Post subject: Dear Lord Paul, head of the noble Atredies you have to decide by yourself if this is true. therefore perry or myself would be pleased to send you the protocols of the communication with kodro. if you want them just contact one of us. Lin Dze true knight of the temple Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 14:12 Post subject: Hi LinDze nice to see you again you have send off my goli from your wp at that time ^^ I would like to have this communication.. as a new house i have to be interested in such "relations" Back to top MicaRGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 14:22 Post subject: MicaR was angry and walked in circles on the bridge of the Narstrond. Then he stopped. "Officer, please open a channel on the public com and send the followong message: Dear "knight", I don´t know about these things you said. But I know my house and my loyality. Me seems that you just try to start a civilwar and no one else. I serve under Kodro from the start of my time playing this game. And he NEVER was unjust or all the other things you called him. He was there for me and helped me to develop. Of course I can only speak about my experiences, but these are very different from yours... And please don´t talk for other players. Let them talk for themselfes. Toorough is idle for quite some time now, he is not reacting about messages. He doesn´t move, he doesn´t build ships. It is easy to talk about someone who can not react, isn´t it? Or take noodle. At that time I warned him to fly this way. And when he saw what I was talking about it was to late. Now he is at our side again and I am glad about that. And believe me: he was never treated unfair by me. Just ask him. So please check your facts. I think I know who is spreading lies... Non nobis domine, non nobis, sed nomine tuo da gloriam! MicaR over" Back to top LujinGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 16:35 Post subject: I was to tired and by mistake I open a new topic instead replying here . Read "pride&greed" Kodro Back to top NobleSteveGuest Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 19:39 Post subject: I stand by my Lord Kodro, the most honerable man i have yet met in this galaxy who has never given me a single reason to question his loyalty to the Order. Perry or LinDze.. whatever.... is a force of anarchy.... and it has picked at the body of this great entity after losing its favour.. only to be gobbled up by its jaws in vengance for its actions against the weak. There is nothing you can say that detracts from my personnal mission of vengance for the attack on me... please if you believe there is say so.... for i had no part in any of this fight untill you chose to attack me.... your honour has left you my Lord... i knew that the moment i saw your actions in this conflict Squire NobleSteve: Loyal Iron Fist of the Order of Templar under the great Lord Sandal Back to top LinDzeGuest Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 07:04 Post subject: so dear ViperishSteve, nice try but perry was the weak in this case. he got only 13 planets and you still tryring to rob him.so its nice to call him greedy its fair that you want to defend the weak but why its up me to stand alone at perrys side kodro is just trying to hold losing ground he makes to lot enemys in his own house and all allys are extremly upset about him. also he isn't abel to fight some small enemys. bucan and abdul are still out there. may just because he only know to threaden other. any other imperator had even kill all of them. and so he is just trying to rign as long with all his terror untill he completly ruin his house. all this remembers me at the old days on earth wenn the thrid reich was short to fall down.or even tobi or pimperkalle. but even if i fought his terror because only i want my position back why he was still breaking every deal. and why he cound't say okay its war lets do it like man . why he had to lie and why he can stay to at least one of his deals? i used to see him as a friend untill he shows his real face.i gave him the controll about my domain when i was away for 1 months as i returend nothing of them was left. this reminds me on the case walker. there its was me who saved the situation. all in all we got an evil snake in the tempel. who sold all loyaties away. therefore he has to be punished and all of his multipel personaltys like maybe steve. lin dze true knight of the tempel . Back to top NobleSteveGuest Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 08:15 Post subject: Still not given a good reason for attacking my planets..... so therefore i assume i am correct in my actions against you. Also claiming Kodro and i are somehow the same is pretty weak... you speak of loyalty yet do not know how to recognise it! plus since we are from different countries its abit hard to call me a multi! But you have openly admited you used other accounts.... Your words seem the last act of a desperate person... it is a pity my Lord. Perry will indeed reap the destruction you unleashed upon him by attacking us. Had your intensions been honerable as you claim why did you use a pro player of moderate strength as your tool.... you knew he would be hunted down for breaking the rules and attacking weak players? So the only conclusion i can come to is you used Perry for your attempt to cause disruption of The Order. A cowardly act by someone too weak to do their own dirty work. Tell me.. did Perry give you permission to use his account this way? Or were you simply looking after it... and subsiquently abused it? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor RPG All times are GMT - 6 HoursGoto page 1, 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Information----------------NewsGalactic News Community----------------Kosmor TalkKosmor TradeKosmor TournamentsKosmor RPG Support/Feedback----------------Questions and AnswersFeedback / suggestions for improvementBug-Reports You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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In Search of the Novel: Ten Novelists
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling has little to say about herself. She is British. She declines most interviews. She is a single mother who began writing the first Harry Potter book to while away the time while waiting for a stalled train to be repaired. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was rejected several times by publishers before Bloomsbury Press, a small publishing house in England, decided to take a gamble and bought the publishing rights in 1997. Since then she has written six more Harry Potter booksmaking seven in all.
Web Sites
- Scholastic Books—Harry Potter
The Harry Potter site from Scholastic, the U.S. publisher. Sample chapters and discussion guides for all of the books, an interview with Rowling, and other resources.
- Harry Potter on Bloomsbury
The Web site of Harry Potter's London publisher.


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Dueling Vermouth Anniversary Releases
- July 26, 2013 |
- By Jack Bettridge
One hundred and fifty years or two hundred years, either is a monumental anniversary for any company. When these anniversaries occur at the same time, it's a celebratory convergence of epic proportions. Which is exactly what the maker of Martini & Rossi and Noilly Prat vermouth is now experiencing. So it rose to the occasion with a memorable limited-edition release from each.
Martini, at 150 years, has just introduced its Gran Lusso (or grand luxury) vermouth, a small batch version (only 150,000 one-liter bottles) eight years in the making. The 200-year-old Noilly Prat is releasing its Ambre, a version that straddles the color spectrum between white and red and was previously only available to those who made the journey to its home in Marseillan, France.
Tandem debuts from the aperitif giant heat up a vermouth market that is already on fire with a group of New World makers coming on the scene and some Old World examples arriving in the United States for the first time.
The cocktail cultural revolution has been at that the heart of the vermouth resurgence, and Guiseppe Gallo, brand ambassador of Martini, says the Gran Lusso came about because the company decided "Let's give a gift to the mixology world."
The Lusso resurrects a recipe from the era of the company's founding—1863—that harks to a more bitter, quinine-styled vermouth. But, Gallo says, had they replicated it exactly it would have been undrinkable by modern standards. Instead, he says, they brought modern techniques to bear. And the result is a stellar matchup of sweet and dry flavors.
Unlike most red vermouths, which are made from white and then take their color from sweetening with caramel, this is a marriage of a single-estate Trebbiano white wine and a Barbera, which supplies the color. Hence the color is novel and the acidity is more forward.
Some of the botanicals include cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, thyme, French lavender and day-rose buds. It also includes something secretively called Extract 94, which has been aging in demijohns for more than eight years. Gallo says that it was one of many experiments that the company is forever conducting, and it serendipitously came to maturity at the time of the big celebration.
The Noilly Prat Ambre, on the other hand, is made from a blend of white wines and takes its color from barrel aging and the botanical mixture that informs the flavor. The vermouth enjoys some 49 different botanicals, making it more than twice as complex as the dry, white version of Noilly Prat.
Botanicals include cloves, cocoa bean, saffron, quinine, cardamom, lavender and vanilla. The effect is a much sweeter incarnation of the white. It's also much more sippable outside the context of a cocktail.
Martini Gran Lusso (32 proof, or 16 percent alcohol by volume, $30 for a one-liter bottle): In marked contrast to the brownish tint of many red vermouths, this has a vibrant ruby color that is very wine like. Next, you'll be gripped by the exquisite mixture of tart and sweet that plays on the palate. A round of floral notes—rose and lavender—are always present, but being hoisted by bitter notes that keep it from becoming cloying. Honey counters quinine, grape juice balances cinnamon. And then—from somewhere far away—comes this hint of grapefruit with bitter almonds that makes you rethink it all over again.
Cocktail suggestions: It would be a shame not to try this first over rocks with the ally of a medium-to-full-body cigar that has plenty of sweet flavor. Then again, a Manhattan and a Rob Roy are clearly made for this. But also try, as the company suggests, an El Presidente. It's a classic rum cocktail, only we substituted Bacardi 8 for the usual white rum to match the body of the Vermouth.
Noilly Prat Ambré (32 proof, or 16 percent alcohol by volume, $24.99 a 750 milliliter bottle): The color follows a truth-in-labeling ethos to a tee, however there is a sense of honey to the hue as well. You're expecting something between Noilly's white and red entrants, but the teeter-totter shifts far closer to the sweet red-especially at first blush. It's a big lush vermouth, but then come nuances of pears, apples, even bananas that gives it texture and substance beyond the honey.
Cocktail suggestions: Again, this just has to be tasted neat or on the rocks while conspiring with a cigar. Go with a lighter-bodied smoke, but not too sweet. The vermouth will provide that. Of course, you'll want to blast off with a Manhattan or Rob Roy. But also consider a Negroni (vermouth, gin and Campari) and the Gin & It cocktail, with the Ambré replacing red vermouth in this Sweet Martini.
We couldn't resist: If you have both products in the same place at the same time, it is a sin not to build a variation on the Perfect Manhattan. In our case: 1 part Ambré, 1 part Gran Lusso, 3 parts Colonel E.H. Taylor straight rye whiskey. I can see again!
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This showed up on my Facebook page this morning. Too good not to share:
Features section of a lecture by Robert M. Price on history vs. apologetics. Price is professor of theology and scriptural studies at the Coleman Theological Seminary and professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute.


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Human race
A human race is a variety of humans (Homo sapiens), distinguished by features such as skin color, facial appearance, shape of skull, type of hair and height. Races have generally been defined by some easily distinguished external feature.
Racial origins
There have been various different accounts of racial origins. Some have led to racist attitudes, by which people attempt to characterise other races than their own as inferior.
Evolutionary accounts
The differences between human races are assumed to arise in the same way as variations of other kinds of plants or animals. Separation will potentially lead to divergence that would theoretically lead to the formation of separate species.
When evolution was first propounded as a theory of origins, it was almost universally assumed that different races were the product of evolution. Evolutionists applied the myth of progressive development and concluded that the white race was the pinnacle of evolutionary development and that other human races were less-evolved precursors of it. This was perhaps fed by a desire to justify their racist attitudes to coloured people, particularly since racism was used to justify slavery.
Modern evolutionists deny that evolution supports racism, but this is more because racist ideas have become politically incorrect than because they cannot be derived from evolutionary theory.
Biblical account
All people now alive are descended from the three sons of Noah and their wives, and ultimately from the first humans, Adam and Eve, who were directly created by God. The sons of Noah were alive around 4,500 years ago, and all human races have been derived from them. The Bible relates how their children founded various nations, which have spread out into various regions of the world.
After the flood of Noah, people stayed in one area until God confused their languages at the Tower of Babel. This event induced the human population to separate into distinct groups, which dispersed across the world. In general, the sons of Shem gave birth to nations which include the Hebrews, Arabs, Assyrians, Persians, Syrians and others. The Hamites have included such great empires as Sumeria, Phoenicia, Egypt, Ethiopia, etc., and quite possibly the great Asian nations (China, Japan, etc.). The Japhetic peoples include the Greeks, Romans, Aryans, Europeans.[1]
Migration of the various language groups into different parts of the world, natural selection of the separated gene pools induced rapid genetic drift. The disjunct populations quickly became distinguished by particular characteristics that were regionally favorable. Jonathan Sarfati comments on the effects of Babel in his book Refuting Evolution 2
|Babel resulted in the isolation of small people groups, each containing a fraction of the total gene pool. This would help fix certain characteristics. Natural selection and sexual selection would act on these, producing the different people groups ('races') we see today.[2]
For example, people with a significant tendency to produce melanin in their skin prospered better in the equatorial regions of the world, where the trait gave them protection against UV radiation. These same groups were also naturally selected to have smaller body sizes and longer extremities to aid in heat dissipation. Likewise the groups who traveled a significant distance from the equator have less melanin, and increased production of vitamin D in the weaker sunlight. In addition, humans living in cooler climates were selected to have larger body sizes and smaller extremities to prevent a loss of body heat. In this way, the various races came into being in a very short time. The speed at which these distinguishing characteristics developed adequately illustrates that any claims of superiority based on these differences are quite unfounded. Sarfati comments further:
|Also, some people groups would be isolated from civilization. Consider even the typical small extended family group today, if suddenly isolated from civilization, e.g., on a desert island. Many such groups would not have the ability to smelt metals or build houses. Therefore, they would have to use the hardest material available (stone) and make use of already-existing structures (caves). Different family groups would also have different levels of artistic ability. So it shouldn't be too difficult to accept that humans such as Homo erectus and Neandertals were probably post-Babel humans who became isolated from major cities, and developed certain physical characteristics because certain genes became fixed due to the small population and selective factors. The notion of a 'stone age' is fallacious—rather, it's a cave/stone technology stage of different people groups. Some people even today have this level of technology, but they live at the same time as us, and are just as human.[3]
Aryan is a term used to denote an ethno-linguistic collection of peoples united as native speakers of the same Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranian family of Indo-European languages.
A very controversial topic immediately adopting an occult stigma when it was written about as a root-race by Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) and debated within the Theosophical movement of which she is one of the four original founders. She declared all other races essentially inferior or a lesser human physically and spiritually. These tenets of theosophy are said by Blavatsky to be derived from Far East teachings of Buddhism and Hinduism. Theosophy today in the 21st century is an integral part of the New Age movement.
Another historical time that tried to define the Aryan race was that of the Nazi expansion. The idea that original speakers of the parent language of the Indo-European languages and their immediate descendants until the modern era embody a distinctive Caucasian race. In other words a sub-race of Caucasians were the first native speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language according to Nazi propaganda. Nazism claims the Vedic Aryans of Northern India are ethnically identical to Goths, Vandals and other ancient Germanic peoples.[Reference needed]
- ↑ Morris, Henry M. The New Defender's Study Bible. Nashville, TN: World Publishing, 2006. p 44-45.
- ↑ Sarfati, Jonathan. Refuting Evolution 2 Chapter 12 - Argument: Evolution of mankind. Greenforest AR: Master Books, 2002. (p191)
- ↑ Sarfati p192
Further Reading
- One Blood: The Biblical Answer to Racism book by Ken Ham, Don Batten, and Carl Wieland. (Read free online).
- Only One Race 50 minute seminar by Ken Ham
- Darwin's Plantation book by Ken Ham & Charles Ware
- Racism—Is There an Answer? 45 minute seminar by Carl Kerby
External links
- Darwin's Plantation: Chapter 5: One Blood by Ken Ham. January 8, 2009
- Eugenics - Death of the Defenceless: The Legacy of Darwin's Cousin Galton containing a reference to alleged evolution of races


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TALLAHASSEE - A federal appellate court on Monday temporarily stopped the execution of a drug trafficker convicted of killing a Florida state trooper with a pipe bomb.
What began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 10 in rural north Florida quickly escalated into the killing of the trooper and launched a multi-state investigation that unraveled a major crack cocaine ring 21 years ago.
That chain of events was set to end with the execution Tuesday of South Florida drug trafficker Paul Augustus Howell, 47, for murdering Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Jimmy Fulford on Feb. 1, 1992.
The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, though, stayed the execution that was scheduled for 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke until it could hear the merits of Howell's case. The Florida Supreme Court and Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rogers both denied last-ditch pleas to stop the execution, but Rogers earlier Monday certified Howell's appeal to the 11th U.S. Circuit.
Howell's attorneys contend his trial lawyer, now a state circuit judge, had a conflict of interest and failed to find and present mitigating evidence that could have persuaded his jury to recommend a life sentence rather than the death penalty. His initial appellate lawyer then failed to present those arguments in federal court because she missed a filing deadline more than 10 years ago.
A former prosecutor said Fulford's death likely prevented many more because the bomb inside a gift-wrapped microwave oven was intended to go off in a crowded Marianna housing complex.
On the day he died, Fulford had stopped Lester Watson for speeding in Jefferson County just east of Tallahassee in a car Howell had rented. The trooper then arrested Watson for driving without a valid license.
After sheriff's deputies picked up Watson and a passenger, Fulford opened the package he'd found in the car's trunk as he waited on the roadside for a tow truck.
A dispatcher, meanwhile, had called Howell to ask if he knew someone else was driving his rental car more than 400 miles away.
"By the time Jimmy Fulford knelt to open that microwave with his knife, Paul Howell knew that the car had been stopped," prosecutor Thomas Kirwin told jurors in his closing argument. "But Paul Howell was in a killing mood."
Fulford, a father of two, was killed instantly when the bomb exploded. His wife, Keith Ann, asked Circuit Judge F.E. Steinmeyer to condemn Howell to death at his sentencing hearing.
"He could have chosen to tell the dispatcher to tell Trooper Fulford not to open the package," she told the judge. "What Paul Howell did was murder my husband in cold blood."
Keith Ann Fulford said she would not be attending the execution and declined further comment. After Howell's sentencing in 1995, Fulford's wife said his execution would bring "some closure and justice," but added: "It'll never be over for me, even after he's executed."
Kirwin, now the state's deputy chief financial officer for law enforcement, initially prosecuted Howell and other members of the drug ring known as the "posse" on federal charges as an assistant U.S. attorney.
Howell was convicted of drug trafficking in a Tallahassee federal court, where he received a life sentence. He was among 28 people who eventually were convicted or pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes as a result of the investigation triggered by Fulford's death.
Kirwin then was in effect loaned to the state to help Assistant State Attorney Michael Schneider with Howell's murder trial, which was moved to Pensacola because of extensive news media coverage about the case in Jefferson County. Howell was convicted of first-degree murder and making, possessing, placing, or discharging a destructive device or bomb. The jury voted 10-2 to recommend a death sentence.
"The thing that amazed me in the federal case is how broad this conspiracy was," Kirwin recalled. "Death and guns really meant nothing to the folks we had charged."
Prosecutors said Howell paid Watson $200 to deliver the bobby-trapped package to two women in the Panhandle town of Marianna with the intent of killing them because they knew too much about a drug-related murder in South Florida involving Howell's brother, Patrick, and a cousin, Michael Morgan.
Howell and other Jamaican immigrants who formed the drug ring distributed crack from their Fort Lauderdale area base across Florida and into Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
The booby-trapped microwave was intended for Yolanda McAlister, who had formed a relationship with Patrick Howell when he visited Marianna to deliver drugs, and Tammie Bailey, Morgan's girlfriend, who also had a child with him.
Patrick Howell also was charged with Fulford's slaying, but he pleaded no contest to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for at least 25 years. That term, though, is consecutive to a life sentence he's serving in federal prison for drug trafficking. Morgan also was sentenced to life on a federal drug conviction.
Watson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a 40-year prison sentence.
Paul Howell's court-appointed lawyer was Frank Sheffield, now a circuit judge in Tallahassee. He argued at trial that the state failed to prove Howell, a former Army electronics technician, made the bomb or was involved in drug dealing.
Prosecutors, though, showed jurors labels and pieces of a microwave oven found in Howell's Lauderhill home, which experts testified were missing from the microwave that exploded. Other evidence found in his home included tools and bomb-making materials and an Army field manual on making explosives.
In a phone call, Paul Howell had asked Bailey what she and the baby needed, Kirwin said.
"She needed a microwave to heat the baby's food," Kirwin said. "He said 'I'll send you one.'"
Bailey and her baby certainly would have been killed and probably many others if the bomb had gone off in her apartment, Kirwin said. He said it was so powerful that bits of the bomb were found in the eastbound lanes of I-10 on the opposite side of a westbound exit ramp where it exploded.
"I don't think Paul Howell gave two cents for how many people died," Kirwin said. "He was just interested in saving his own bacon."


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College Savings Plans—School Yourself Before You Invest
We all want to get our money's worth. This is true when it comes to paying for a college education—but it's also true when it comes to investing for higher education. Since 1997, investors have had the opportunity to contribute to Section 529 college savings plans, which offer tax advantages that have made them a popular investment vehicle for saving for college. The good news is that there is no shortage of college savings plans to choose from—especially given the fact that in many cases you do not need to be a resident of a state to invest in that state's college savings plan. But select with care! Virtually no two plans are the same. Doing your 529 homework is essential because:
- Contribution limits vary by state.
- State tax advantages vary from state to state and may depend on whether you are a resident of the state sponsoring the plan.
- Investment options vary greatly—from higher risk stock funds, to funds that contain a mix of stocks and bonds, to conservative investments that contain money market or conservative short-term bond funds. Most plans offer age- or enrollment-based investments that grow more conservatively over time as the beneficiary gets closer to using the proceeds to pay for college expenses. Many plans also offer static investments where assets are typically invested in a set allocation of one or more mutual funds.
- Fees and expenses vary greatly, even among plans offered within the same state.
Reason for Concern
We are issuing this Alert because we are concerned that investors may be shortchanging themselves by investing in 529 college savings plans with high fees, plans that currently do not offer them state tax benefits or both. This Alert provides an overview of 529 college savings plans, information concerning fees and expenses and a specific caution about investing in out-of-state plans. The Alert also provides you with 8 easy lessons that, if followed, will help you make smart college savings plan choices.
What are 529 Plans?
Named after the section of the federal tax code that governs them, 529 plans are tax-advantaged programs that help families save for college. There are two types—prepaid-tuition plans and college savings plans. Every state offers at least one of these types of plans. This Alert focuses exclusively on the more than 80 state-sponsored college savings plans in which money is usually invested in a group of portfolios made up of mutual funds, and withdrawals can be used for college costs, including tuition, fees, room, board, textbooks and even computers when required for college.
How College Savings Plans are Sold to Investors
There are two ways that college savings plans can be sold to investors:
- "Direct-Sold College Savings Plans" in which you buy an interest in the college saving plan directly from a broker-dealer on behalf of the state, the state that sponsors the plan or from the plan's program manager, with no sales person involved; and
- "Broker-Sold College Savings Plans" in which you buy an interest in a college saving plan through an investment adviser, brokerage firm or bank, generally paying a sales load or fee.
The brokerage community has done a fine job of educating investors about the benefits of 529 investing, but investors should take heed:
- Some brokerage firms and advisers offer only one or a very limited number of 529 plans. The options may not include your own state's college saving plan and may not provide you the opportunity to invest in college savings plans issued by other states, even though those other 529 plans may have lower sales loads, lower expenses or may provide state tax advantages that are not available when invested in the plan being offered.
- Broker-sold plans often contain sales loads and higher fees and expenses than direct-sold plans.
Don't Overlook State Tax Advantages.
Federal tax advantages are a major benefit of investing in 529 plans. When you invest in a 529 plan, your earnings grow tax-free. Furthermore, qualified withdrawals are also tax-free when used for qualified education expenses.
While federal tax advantages are standard to all college savings plans, state tax treatment of 529 plans varies from state to state and can be a factor in deciding which plan to select. In over 30 states, contributions are either tax deductible if you're a resident of the state sponsoring the 529 plan or you can receive a tax credit for contributions. In five of those states—Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Missouri and Pennsylvania—you can claim a state tax deduction from any 529, regardless of its location. Deductions and tax credits vary from state to state. For example, Colorado currently allows residents to deduct the entire amount of their contribution to their in-state plan for each beneficiary, up to the amount of their annual gross income. Rhode Island, on the other hand, allows only a $1000 deduction in total for joint filers and $500 for single filers. Many states also follow the federal tax lead of allowing earnings to grow tax-free and imposing no state tax on qualified withdrawals from in-state and out-of-state plans.
States Offering Tax Deductions or Credits to In-State Investors
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Several states impose taxes on qualified withdrawals from out-of-state plans and a few tax earnings on out-of-state plans. In an effort to keep money in its own state plan, New York even "recaptures" state income tax deductions that were given to state residents who move money from the New York college savings plan to a college savings plan in another state.
In many cases, the smart move is to check out a plan in your home state—especially if your state allows you to deduct some or all of your 529 contributions, but always do the math to evaluate the value to you of any state tax benefit.
Remember: the tax rules that apply to college investing options are complicated. Before investing, you may want to check with your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in college savings plans or read Internal Revenue Service Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Higher Education.
Don't Flunk 529 Investing
As we found, investors can be persuaded to put money in a 529 college-savings plan that offers them no in-state tax breaks. Here's how it can happen:
A couple from Colorado receives a call from a broker who recommends a 529 Plan in another state. The couple invests $10,000. The plan may have similar fees and expenses to their home-state plan, and it offers the couple the same federal tax incentives available to all 529 investors. But it DOES NOT give them any state-tax benefits. In Colorado, those benefits are substantial: they are fully deductible up to the contributor's adjusted gross income. Colorado's income tax is a flat 4.63 percent of federal taxable income, so a $10,000 investment in an out-of-state plan meant missing out on $463 worth of Colorado tax incentives—money that could itself be invested to pay for college expenses.
NOTE: There may also be instances where a plan offers in-state tax breaks which are offset by higher plan fees or poor investment performance.
Compare Fees and Expenses
All 529 college savings plans contain fees and expenses. These costs not only vary among 529 plans but also can vary within a single 529 plan. Fees may include: enrollment charges, annual maintenance fees, sales loads, deferred sales charges paid when you withdraw your money, administration and management fees (often called the expense ratio) and underlying fund expenses.
It bears restating that broker-sold plans often cost more than direct-sold plans. Typically, these additional costs take the form of front-end sales loads or other fees associated with share classes (described below), and annual distribution fees, including service fees that compensate the financial professional, who provides guidance in selecting a plan and managing your savings.
Be Alert to Share Class Costs
The decision process is made even more challenging because some broker-sold college savings plans, like some mutual funds, have different share classes. Often referred to as Class A, B, or C shares; each class has different fees and expenses. Inspect the offering document carefully with an eye to whether a particular college savings plan offers more than one class.
College Savings Plan Share Class Costs Comparison Chart
|Class A
|Class B
|Class C
|Front-End Load
|Initial sales charge. Can be reduced or eliminated by breakpoint discounts.
|Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)
|Declines over several years.
|Typically, lower CDSC than Class B that is eliminated after one year.
|12b-1 Fees
|Typically, lower than Class B and C shares.
|Typically, higher than Class A shares.
|Typically, higher than Class A shares.
|Converts to Class A Shares
|Convert to Class A shares after several years, thereafter reducing expenses.
|No. Annual expenses remain at Class C level.
In many cases, in-state residents can avoid these extra expenses by buying the plan directly from the state. Some college savings plans even allow non-residents to avoid these extra expenses by buying shares in a direct-sold plan. However, if you buy directly from the state or its program manager, you won't receive the assistance of a broker or financial professional, which may be important to you.
In sum, take the time to research all fees and expenses and carefully compare plans. Costs can add up, diminishing any tax incentives a 529 plan may offer.
Use FINRA's 529 College Savings Plan Expense Analyzer
Because fees and expenses can vary widely from plan to plan, FINRA has developed a tool to help you compare how these fees and expenses can impact returns. The analyzer is designed to work with most college savings plans. It explains the various fees and provides guidance about where to find them in 529 disclosure documents. It also provides prompts that help ensure the best possible comparison between plans. Try it now.
Be Wary of 529 Plan Ratings. Several websites and publications rate 529 plans and some states tout the rating their plans received. Make sure you understand the basis for these ratings. Some third-party ratings systems appear to give little weight to state tax benefits or low expenses.
School Yourself!
Here are 8 lessons that, if followed, will help you make smart college savings plan choices:
- Start with your home state first when looking for a college savings plan. Pay special attention to state tax breaks and fees that are waived or lowered for in-state residents.
- Consider the plan's investment options.
- Be aware that broker-sold plans are generally more expensive than direct-sold plans. If you're comfortable going it alone, you can often save money investing in a direct-sold plan.
- Remember that one size does not fit all. Some brokerage firms and advisers offer only one or a very limited number of 529 plans and do not provide investors the opportunity to invest in college savings plans issued by other states, even though those other 529 plans may have lower sales loads and lower expenses, may provide state tax advantages that are absent from the plans being offered, or may have better investment options.
- Ask questions. If you are investing on your own, call the toll-free numbers posted on the state-sponsored sites. If you are working with a broker or financial professional, don't hesitate to ask:
- How many different college savings plans do you offer?
- Can I claim a state-tax deduction on contributions to the college saving plan you're recommending?
- How much will I pay in fees and expenses?
- Do the fees and expenses outstrip any tax savings I may achieve?
- Compare expenses, especially if your state offers both broker-sold and direct-sold plans and if you are considering investing in an out-of-state plan.
- Independently verify sales information you receive by thoroughly reading the official disclosure documentation.
- Make sure the investment meets your objectives and that you understand and are comfortable with the risks, costs, and liquidity of the investment. Never invest in a product you don't understand.
Consider a Variety of College Savings Options
Finally, do not limit your research to college savings plans alone-there are a number of other tax advantaged college savings options you can consider. These include:
- Prepaid Tuition Plans
- Educational Saving Accounts
- Custodial Accounts
- Savings Bonds
You can learn about college savings plans and each of these other college savings options in FINRA's Smart Saving for College learning center.
More Information
For more information on 529 plans visit these links and websites:
Understanding Mutual Fund Share Classes
CSPN College Savings Plans Network
Internal Revenue Service Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Higher Education
Press Release—NASD Fines Chase Investment Services, MetLife Securities $500,000 Each for Supervisory Violations in 529 College Savings Plan Sales
Press Release—NASD Fines Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. $500,000 for Supervisory Violations in 529 College Savings Plan Sales
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Gloria and Emilio Estefan take their story to Broadway with an inspirational 'On Your Feet!'
Among the star presenters at Sunday's 68th annual Tony Awards — an eclectic bunch that includes Bradley Cooper, Carole King, Clint Eastwood, Kenneth Branagh, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Will Ferrell and Liev Schreiber — is a Miami superstar couple whose long list of achievements in music, show business and the arts doesn't include Broadway.
Not yet. But for Gloria and Emilio Estefan, that's about to change.
On Your Feet! — a musical about their lives and the music that made them famous — is being readied over the next year. It's headed for a tryout run in Chicago in the summer of 2015 and, if all goes well, for Broadway that fall. So conceivably, if the pointedly inspirational show proves as powerful as its creators hope, the Estefans could be on the receiving end of some Tonys at the 70th annual ceremony.
Certainly, the team putting the show together has major theater cred, including Broadway and London.
The Broadway powerhouse Nederlander Organization is partnering with Estefan Enterprises and Bernie Yuman to produce On Your Feet! Tony-winning director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell ( Kinky Boots, Hairspray and Legally Blonde) will stage it, and Sergio Trujillo ( Jersey Boys, Memphis) will choreograph it. Playwright Alexander Dinelaris ( Zanna, Don't! and The Bodyguard) is crafting the book, incorporating songs from the vast Gloria Estefan-Miami Sound Machine catalog.
The Cuba-born Estefans have enjoyed growing fame and worldwide success since the mid-1970s, when a student named Gloria Fajardo started singing with the band that became Miami Sound Machine while working on her degree in psychology from the University of Miami.
Married since 1978, the couple built a music empire, as seven-time Grammy Award winner Gloria became the most successful Latin crossover artist of all time, and Emilio worked his producer's magic with such stars as Shakira, Celia Cruz, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin and Marc Anthony, winning 19 Grammys in the process. The two have become authors, entrepreneurs who own a pair of hotels and a number of restaurants, minority owners of the Miami Dolphins, and multifaceted forces in showbiz (she acts, he produces and directs).
So why Broadway, and why now?
"The Nederlanders came to me over 20 years ago, wanting to do something with a Latino feel. I felt it wasn't the right timing; I was 40 then," Emilio Estefan says. "But I think this show can have a great message for minorities about dreams. It can be our way of saying thank you to a country we love."
If timing is everything, Estefan may have been wise to wait. The Latino population in the United States has soared over the past two decades. Two Latino playwrights, Miami's Nilo Cruz and Quiara Alegría Hudes, have won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, and the Tony-winning musical In the Heights (by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hudes) has enjoyed mainstream success on Broadway and on tour. And as playwright Dinelaris points out, "They now have perspective on their lives looking backwards, something you don't have when you're in the middle of it."
On Your Feet! will be a biographical "jukebox musical," a show built around well-known songs like this year's Tony-contending Beautiful: The Carole King Musical or the Tony-winning Jersey Boys (the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, which will hit movie theaters as a Clint Eastwood-directed film June 20). But neither director Mitchell nor Dinelaris feels limited by the genre.
"Their library of music is something I've listened to my whole life; many of their tunes came at landmark moments in my life. Their music has incredible melodies and rhythms," Mitchell says. "And if we need a new lyric, Gloria's around to write it. That's an ace in the hole for us. She wants to write new stuff and re-tailor things for the story."
Dinelaris, a New Yorker who attended Barry University, has already written the first version of his script after working with a researcher, reading books, watching DVDs and making "four or five" trips to Miami to meet with the Estefans.
He jokes that he told them, "You've been happily married for 35 years. You have two healthy kids. You're a writer's nightmare."
In fact, though he wasn't sure he wanted to take on the project at first — "it's risky to write about someone's life when they're alive and working on it with you," he says — he found the Estefans' story compelling and dramatically rich.
"I wasn't interested in doing a Behind the Music story. I wanted some songs to be in Spanish, some songs to be famous, others not. Everyone was open to that. Enough things fell into place that I thought I could be proud of it," he says.
The story that drives On Your Feet! is about a boy born in Santiago de Cuba in 1953 and a girl born in Havana in 1957. Fidel Castro's takeover led their families to flee their homeland. Gloria's father joined the U.S. Army, fought at the Bay of Pigs and in Vietnam, later developing multiple sclerosis after exposure to Agent Orange. At 11, Emilio went with his father to Spain, leaving his mother and brother behind in Cuba, then moving to Miami at 14.
Hardship and struggle were followed by musical success and a real, lasting love. The Estefans' son Nayib was born in 1980, and their careers took off, producing such hits as Conga, Words Get in the Way, 1-2-3, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You and Get On Your Feet. In 1990, on a snowy Pennsylvania highway during the Get On Your Feet world tour, a semi slammed into the tour bus, fracturing Gloria's spine, leading to fears she might be paralyzed for life. But after doctors implanted a pair of titanium rods to stabilize her spine, and after a year of painful rehabilitation, the singer resumed her globetrotting career. She even became a mom again when daughter Emily was born in 1994.
All those facts — the highs and lows, the losses, the love, the triumphs, the tenacity — intrigued Dinelaris.
"Emilio would say the show is about the American dream. He went through hell to get produced. He faced prejudice. He was told he was too American for the Latin market and too Latin for the American market," the playwright says. "It's a good story, an inspiring story. It's about family, death, perseverance. It spans different countries and different times."
A couple of weeks ago, the creative team sat around a table with actors and the Estefans to read through the script. The two people closest to the story reacted strongly.
"About 15 minutes in, Gloria started to cry," Dinelaris says. "You hope the show will transcend the jukebox label, like Jersey Boys. You hope that it resonates somehow; I want to preserve the response we had at that table. And the music is so infectious, so beautiful and rich. We're hoping for goosebumps, a few laughs, tears and a lot of dancing."
Emilio Estefan concurs: That reading was powerful.
"I cried from beginning to end. Our childhood was sad. I had to separate from my homeland. My mom was stuck in Cuba, but she said, 'I want you to live in a free country,' " he says. "And we had problems at first, because there wasn't a window for the kind of music we were making."
Still, Estefan sees On Your Feet! as affirmative and inspiring.
"We are excited and humble about coming to Broadway. Being a producer, seeing what I saw in that room, I think we have something," he says.
Then the man who has met popes and presidents and all manner of celebrities mentions how jazzed he is about being at this year's Tony Awards.
"This is our first time presenting at the Tonys. It's a highlight — I can't even believe it. It's fantastic to meet so many people [in the theater world]," he says. "And it means I can buy a new suit."
Gloria Estefan, whose schedule precluded an interview for this story, conveyed her excitement in an emailed statement.
"Being a huge fan of the theater, it's a special joy and a privilege to be able to bring our story to Broadway," she notes. "Never could we have imagined when we started writing and recording our music in the late '70s that we would one day be able to share it in such an iconic way. And we hope that our fans and the theater-going public will be able to laugh, cry and dance at On Your Feet!."
Given the Estefans' deep roots in South Florida, the choice of Chicago (vs. Miami) as the tryout city for On Your Feet! might seem a little puzzling. The Nederlander Organization owns theaters in the Windy City, but the decision to start the musical's journey to Broadway there goes beyond real estate.
"With any musical, you have to go out of town," Mitchell says. "The audience in Chicago is similar to the audience in New York. And [Chicago Tribune theater critic] Chris Jones has incredible street cred in New York. Reviews can be very helpful in working on a show out of town."
Dinelaris agrees, adding that as nice as the hometown love for the Estefans might be, it wouldn't help the creative team tweak the show.
"Chicago is a good demographic for New York. You can't try it out in Miami, because you wouldn't learn anything," he says. "Miami's real home cooking for On Your Feet!"


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Intentions set up action which move use toward an outcome.
Intentions are the infrastructure for your life. By directing them and by living with mindful awareness you can live a more conscious, mindful life, "ON PURPOSE" life.
Setting intention, at least according to Buddhist teachings, is quite different than goal making. It is not oriented toward a future outcome. Instead, it is a path or practice that is focused on how you are "being" in the present moment. Your attention is on the ever-present "now" in the constantly changing flow of life. You set your intentions based on understanding what matters most to you and make a commitment to align your worldly actions with your inner values.
Right intention is like muscle—you develop it over time by exercising it. When you lose it, you just start over again. There's no need to judge yourself or quit when you fail to live by your intentions. You are developing the habit of right intention so that it becomes an automatic response to all situations. Right intention is organic; it thrives when cultivated and wilts when neglected.
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