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Find everything you need to know about making a reservation at Zion Lodge. Xanterra Parks & Resorts offers the only "in-park" lodging and is your direct in-park source for activities and lodging in Zion National Park. We never charge a booking fee for Zion reservations.
We also manage and maintain the in-park facilities for which we take reservations. We are committed to helping you find your ultimate Zion experience, while working to protect and preserve the park for the future.
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Group reservations (10 or more rooms) can be made by contacting Deedee Bow at 435-772-7752.
Our rates require approval by the National Park Service, so you can always be assured of an excellent value. Your deposit guarantees the first night's room rate. Any increases to the room rate after your reservation is confirmed and will apply to all additional room nights. Any modifications to your reservation(s) may result in the entire stay being subject to the new applicable rate.
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We are currently accepting reservations for stays up to 13 months in advance. On the first of each month, we will begin accepting reservations for the entire month of the following year. For example, on September 1, 2016, we will accept reservations through September 30, 2017.
- Advance reservations are strongly recommended. We regret that we cannot offer a waitlist for accommodations.
- The majority of our rooms are available to book via our online reservation system.
- Reservations for individuals may be made for up to nine rooms.
- Ten or more rooms for the same stay is considered a Group and these requests may be submitted to the Zion Lodge Group Sales office. Read more information about Groups.
- When sending any correspondence via fax or email, please be sure to include complete information concerning your request, including name, billing address, phone number, email address (or fax number) to expedite a response.
In order to reserve a room, a deposit equal to the first night of your stay (plus tax) is required on each room within seven days of making the reservation. If arriving within 14 days, a credit card deposit is required to make a reservation. You may use a Discover, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard or Visa and we will charge your credit card upon completion of the reservation.
The deposit will guarantee your room reservation for an arrival beyond 4:00 p.m. Please note: the deposit will guarantee the reservation and the first night's room rate only. Any increases to the room rate after your reservation is confirmed will apply to all additional room nights. Any modifications to your reservation(s) may result in the entire stay being subject to the new applicable rate.
Reservations may be modified or canceled up to 48 hours (2 days) prior to your arrival; after that date, the deposit is non-refundable.
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If your plans change, you may receive a full refund of the deposit provided you cancel the reservation and obtain a cancellation number at least two days prior to the designated check-in time and arrival date. If making a reservation within two days of arrival, the deposit is immediately non-refundable.
If you cancel your reservation less than two days prior to arrival, your deposit will be forfeited.
Please call us if canceling a reservation within five days of arrival. Cancellation requests beyond six days may be done via e-mail.
At this time, only reservations that were originally booked online may be modified or canceled online.
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The Department of Natural Resources has rolled out a new Fish Minnesota website just in time for Saturday's walleye opener.
The DNR says it makes information easier to access and easier to understand, especially when it comes to regulations.
The agency has also made enhancements for those who access its popular LakeFinder site from desktop computers or mobile devices. Lake-specific fishing regulations and other data appear by simply typing in the lake's name.
DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr says the new site puts all the information an angler needs in the palm of their hand, whether it's buying a license online, looking up a regulation, getting lake depth contours or checking fish consumption health guidelines.
The site currently includes only open-water regulations. Ice fishing and fish spearing regulations will soon follow.
Fish Minnesota online: http://www.mndnr.gov/fishmn

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Concerns are mounting over a powerful new form of gonorrhoea after a patient was found to have the highest level of drug resistance to the disease ever reported in Australia.
It is understood the patient, a tourist from central Europe, contracted the "sex superbug" in Sydney and was eventually treated in Cairns.
The discovery of the case in Australia, which resulted in a health alert in July, has also prompted warnings in New Zealand, where sexual health clinics are on high alert amid fears the new strain will spread there.
NZ Sexual Health Society president Edward Coughlan warned the patient involved, who is believed to have left the country, had the highest level of gonorrhoea drug resistance ever reported in Australia.
The warning comes amid concern in recent years about an untreatable strain, known as H041, which was first discovered in 2009 after a sex worker fell victim to the superbug in Japan.
There have also been reports of a medication-resilient strain of the sexually transmitted disease in Hawaii in May 2011, as well as in California and Norway.
Coughlan warned that most antibiotics developed in the past 70 years had been useless in treating the infection, and there were no new treatment options on the horizon.
"This is a major public health concern," he said.
Gonorrhoea, colloquially known as the clap, is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium that can grow and multiply in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, including the cervix, uterus and fallopian tubes in women and in the urethra in women and men.
Symptoms are often silent but the long-term effects can be devastating, causing painful pelvic disease in women and infertility in both sexes.
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Ladies and Gentlemen
Hello and Welcome to MemeFactory's Kickstarter page.
More than a year ago, a friend looked at us after a MemeFactory performance and said "you guys should write a book." We all laughed. When a stranger said the same thing two months ago, we stroked our collective beard in deep consideration...
Over the last couple years we've traveled far and wide performing and speaking about Internet Culture, as The Three Guys from MemeFactory but also independently. We've worked with Know Your Meme, we've talked with The New York Times and NPR; one of us is even pursuing a Ph.D in lulz at NYU (yes, really).
Along with having amassed a vault of images and video, we've also managed to stumble upon what we think are some very interesting ideas about user generated culture, some of which require a little more explanation than a 45 minute lecture with three projector screens. And we would love to share those ideas with you. In snazzy, jazzy, zazzy BOOK FORM.
The MemeFactory Txt.book
Chock-full of the media we study, this text will contain ideas of use and interest to all corners of web culture: from b-tards to moral-fags, from redditors to SA goons, from "academics" to furries.
In case you're still wondering what the book will actually be like, consider:
Will Goatse make an appearance in the book? Probably.
Will it also be a usable classroom text? Absolutely.
Has this ever happened before? Good god, we hope not.
At end of this wild and crazy ride, the finished book will be available as a FREE CC-BY Licensed PDF on http://memefactory.org. First print editions will be sold exclusively at MemeFactory shows; future print editions will be available pending demand.
A brief and incomplete history of sharing media on the internet. Starting with the internet coke machine and moving all the way to the very moment before we hit print on the manuscript, we'll outline the jokes and trends that have made the web what it is today. (And hopefully it won't cause Jason Scott to throw his Odd Job™ hat at us).
By late 2007 so many sites were collecting, displaying and producing internet memes that memes became a meme. Our minds were blown. We'll try and figure out what this means, and if consequences or the world will ever be the same. Spoiler alert: they won't.
Remember when people didn't post video of themselves on the web? We barely do. From the famous and infamous, to the fam-o and embarrassed... we'll track the faces and personalities that have changed our idea about who deserves to be a celebrity. We'll also include a bunch of silly quotes. Especially when taken out of context. Like this one: "If it's on the Internet for one second, it's on the Internet forever." -Perry Aftab
Increasingly everyday communication involves the combination of texts and images. Advertisements and TV and movies – yes – but also multimedia messaging services, emails and animated GIFs are making the form of image with caption or subtitle or overlaid language ubiquitous. What does this mean for the future? IS LANGUAGE CHANGING FOREVER? Maybe not, but also, maybe. Neat!
"Advice Dog is basically the haiku of the internet." --Our Super Smart Friend Wythe Marschall
Image Macros of all shapes and sizes can express pretty much any idea, from the mundane to the disgusting. Just like poetry, each type has its own rhythm. We'll identify the range of these forms – from the Epic Ballad of Dogfort, the Rhyming Limerick of Rage Guy's, all the way to The Advice Dog Haiku.
There are two kinds of ownership at work on the internet. There's capital "O" ownership: a person or corporation Owns the copyright to a piece of media. But then there is the more ersatz idea of ownership experienced by the "punk" "infringing" on that copyright: the media was made for them to consume and is probably hosted on a platform which they have intimate knowledge of. Which side of this Ownership War is more noble? Is noble even the right way to think about it?
Pessimists say that spending too much time on the internet has kept us from creating anything of any real cultural worth lately. They gesture wildly towards the past – towards Einstein, Mozart, Van Gogh. Does our love affair with our they-think-for-us-so-we-don't-have-to machines mean there will never be another Einstein? Do torrents of pirated media mean no more Mozarts? How will there ever be another Van Gogh if Google scans all the paintings??? To be perfectly honest we don't get it. And we'll tell you why. WITH VIGOR.
We wanna make it to 150-200 pages...so who knows what else might make it in there? Cats? Probably! Guest contributions? Fingers crossed! Meme Crossword Puzzle? THAT'S A GREAT IDEA! (not really.)
MemeFactory the Textbook will exist in 3 formats:
An ever updated and always changing catalog of the work we're doing to prepare for both this book and our shows – our research database will contain finished chapters, entries, fragments, presentations, and all the media we harvest in the process. All media will be locally stored, so if another Downfall happens, we'll be safe. This will be opened to $500 level donors in mid-April and open to the public once book printing is complete.
The full text will be released as a free-to-download PDF as soon as we've finished the first edition. On top of that, as we research new shows we'll be adding and updating chapters 'cause...you know...the internet keeps changing. And so do we.
Ideas: now in dead-tree form. We're going to print a short-run of first editions for our awesome (that's you guys) funders. WITH QR CODES! Because videos don't print right. If there's crazy demand, there might be future printings, but the best bet is to get in now.
March - May: Sketches being compiled and drafts written now
June - August: Full time work begins spending the summer cranking this bad boy out
August (or September): Hopefully to press by August.
Given the estimates for printing costs (and like t-shirts and posters and stuff) our calculators indicate that we'll probably net between 8 and 10k if funded. That breaks down to about 1000 dollars for each of us for each of the 3 months of full-time writing. Given NYC housing costs...we're pretty sure that'll cover living expenses. (Winky smiley face).
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Beth Anderson, RN
NCLEX stands for National Council Licensure Examination and The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) develops it. It is the exam you will need to pass in order to become a registered nurse. You will hear much talk of it during nursing school. Instructors often refer to exam questions as "NCLEX style questions." Does this mean that they are designed to confuse you as much as possible? Not exactly. All NCLEX style questions are multiple-choice. Refer to the above tips in "Surviving Nursing School" for multiple-choice strategies.
Would You Pass the NCLEX?NCLEX Review: Part I
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NCLEX Review: Part III
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There are many study guides to help you pass the NCLEX, and you can find some good ones here. It helps to take as many practice questions as you possibly can. Use tips on answering multiple-choice questions correctly. Have questions? You can always post a question on the NursingLink Student Lounge where you have access to thousands of seasoned nurses who may just share their expertise with you.
Remember Your ABCs
A common theme for NCLEX questions is prioritization. The question will give you a list of scenarios and ask which one you would attend to first. Don't sweat these questions. They very often come down to this simple mnemonic: ABC, which stands for Airway, Breathing, and Circulation. The airway is always your first priority in any emergency situation. If an airway is blocked, oxygen cannot reach the lungs. The second priority is to assess whether the patient is actually breathing. Then the patient's circulation is assessed by determining if they have a pulse. You will often find that NCLEX questions are testing your knowledge of this concept.
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Finally, a little bit of confidence will get you far. Many nursing students get themselves completely worked up over the NCLEX. It is helpful to remember that statistics are on your side. Total pass rate for first time test takers in 2005 was 83%. This means that you only have a 17% chance of not passing. If you are consistently getting above average grades and have not been struggling too much, there's a very good chance that you will pass this exam. It also helps to get plenty of rest between the time that you graduate and the time that you actually take the test.
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|diabetes and new HIV therapy
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I just recently began taking Viramune and Epzicom after a two year break from any HIV meds. Since I started taking the Viramune twice daily I notice that my blood sugars tend to run higher and I require more insulin. Before Viramune and Epzicom, I was able to go some days without any insulin. I was wondering if any of these two drugs would effect my sensitivity to insulin or otherwise just cause me to have to take more insulin. Any thoughts on whether this is a short term deal or will I just have to get used to taking more insulin? I have shown no side effects from either medicine other than the higher glucose levels. Sincerely Tab Davis
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Both Epzicom and Viramune have generally not been linked to problems with either glucose tolerance or fat/lipid problems. Those meds are viewed as being on the low impact on metabolic parameters side of the scale when compared to many other drugs/regimens. Patients often will gain some weight when starting effective HIV medications. That weight gain if often mostly fat and that can aggravate insuling resistance in some patients (independent of the particular HIV meds taken). KH
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AS A JUNIOR IN 2010-11: Averaged 3.0 ppg and 1.2 rpg in 7.6 mpg in five games played ... third-year walk-on who scored 2 pts. with 2 reb. vs. Houston Baptist ... Played 9 min. at CSUN, collecting 1 reb. ... scored 4 pts. with career-high 4 ast. in 12 min. vs. Bethany ... scored careers-highs in minutes (14) and points (9) in win over UC Santa Cruz .. played last minute of SMU game.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009-10: Second-year walk-on who averaged 1.0 ppg and 0.1 spg in 3.8 mpg ... saw action in 14 games ... played 3 minutes at San Diego State ... saw 6 minutes against Northern Arizona and scored his first career field goal and earned 1 steal ... saw 2 minutes of action vs. UNLV ... saw 3 minutes of action vs. Wofford ... saw 1 minute of action at LMU after 3 players fouled out ... played 1 minute vs. Portland ... played 7 minutes vs. LMU, earning a career-high 4 rebounds ... set career-highs in points (6), field goals made (2), field goals attempted (5), three points field goals made (2), three point field goals attempted (4), and minutes (13) at Gonzaga.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008-09: Collected one rebound in one minute of play in win over CSU East Bay ... played one minute vs. USF and attempted a three-pointer that went in, rolled around and fell out ... played two minutes vs. Houston Baptist and attempted two free throws ... saw some action vs. Loyola Marymount.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. ... basketball coach was Chris O'Connor and played baseball for Mark Tyler ... played for four years with the Friends of Hoop AAU Basketball Team ... senior year averaged 14 ppg, 6 rpg ... averaged 10 ppg, 5 rpg his junior year ... team was fourth in state when he played beside Luke Sikma, who now plays for the Portland Pilots ... lettered three years ... played shortstop and pitcher for baseball team freshman year ... was a member of the photo club.
PERSONAL: Parents are Robert and Pauline Bach, both graduates of the University of North Carolina ... father played tennis for the Tarheels and father's cousin, Brian Bach, played baseball at Wake Forest ... has two younger sisters: Nicolme and Madeline ... born in Paris, France where his father was working ... technically the last language he learned was English (first French, then Dutch and then English) ... business major.


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Sea Otter Classic: SRAM 2010
SRAM, Zipp, RockShox, Avid and TruVativ
Chicago-based SRAM held its annual burrito-fueled new product launch at the Sea Otter Classic Friday, introducing a revamped Force group that borrows more heavily from Red, new cable sets developed with Gore, new Zipp 303 wheels, fork and rear shock updates from RockShox, and more.
Force gruppo joins sub 2kg club
SRAM's second-tier Force group joins the sub-2kg club thanks to new trickle-down features added for the 2010 model year. Claimed weight is now as low as 1957g as compared to Red's 1914g.
The biggest savings comes with a new BB30-compatible Force carbon crank, said to weigh just 645g complete with chainrings, hardware and bearings; the standard GXP version remains in the lineup but adds another 140g. In addition, brake calipers now use the same aluminum forgings as Red for improved stopping performance but with less aggressive machining to cut costs.
Visually, Force also adopts a darker 'zephyr silver' finish for all of the forged aluminium bits – now using a 6000-series alloy – and a bolder black-and-white graphics package bears strong resemblance to the Red design motif. Otherwise, the rest of Force is essentially unchanged for 2010.
The new Force version will be available to consumers around June or July and pricing will be consistent with 2009: US$1399 with GXP cranksets or US$1439 for the BB30-compatible package.
Also new is the 'SRAM Professional System by Gore', otherwise known as a modified version of Gore's own sealed derailleur cable and housing set. As with the Gore version, the SRAM set uses a specially coated inner cable for reduced friction but substitutes the full-length liner for an abbreviated one that runs in between the two sections of rear derailleur housing. For the front derailleur, the liner runs between the end of the housing and just below the cable clamp.
For both sides, the liner starts just behind the housing caps at the down tube cable stops and is sealed at the other end with Gore's familiar grub seal. According to SRAM, this setup maintains the original's impressive low-friction and sealing capabilities for faster shifting and more reliable performance but is easier for mechanics to install.
Zipp officially unveil new 303
Zipp designers took a new approach for the revamped 303 wheels we've now spotted on several occasions at the spring Classics. Instead of aerodynamics and light weight, this latest version was primarily engineered to survive pounding on cobbles and cyclo-cross racing.
Zipp's existing Carbon Bridge technology and dimpled surface carry over from last year but the real durability improvements apparently come from the updated shape itself. According to Zipp, the new full toroidal shape is softer radially than the old hybrid toroidal profile, meaning the rim is more apt to absorb and flex around an impact rather than shatter.
As compared to the outgoing version, the new rim profile is significantly wider both at the tire bed (20.3mm vs. 25.4mm) and at the bulged midsection (27.5mm vs. 22.4mm) as well as slightly deeper (45mm vs. 44.1mm). Even so, weight is unchanged, aerodynamic performance has supposedly improved, and the new rim is even stiffer in torsion and laterally for a snappier feel under power.
Additional benefits include an angled brake track that Zipp claim provides improved stopping control, more support for wider cyclo-cross tubulars, and more rounded edges to decrease the likelihood of pinch flats.
Total weight for a pair of 303 rims built with Zipp 88/188 hubs and Sapim CX-Ray spokes (18/24 front/rear) is just 1182g. Zipp will also offer the new 303 in 'cross-specific, Clydesdale, Zedtech and PowerTap iterations, too.
Surprisingly, the new wheels will already begin shipping as of this coming Monday. Suggested retail price is US$2285.
Fork and rear shock updates from RockShox
The humdrum RockShox Ario rear shock receives a welcome overhaul for 2010, adopting the excellent dual-flow Motion Control internals and basic chassis design of the superb Monarch platform but omitting some of the 'bells and whistles' to reach a more value-oriented price point. As such, don't bother searching for swiveling inflation valves or printed-on sag gradients here but if you believe the spiel, most riders will notice little difference from the saddle.
The top-end Ario 3.2 will feature adjustable rebound damping and an on/off lockout with a remote option. The mid-range Ario 2.1 does without the lockout and the basic Ario 1.1 makes do solely with adjustable air pressure. Claimed weight is a competitive 200-210g for a 165mm eye-to-eye sample measured without the hard-anodised three-piece aluminum hardware also carried over from Monarch.
Monarch receives a few tweaks as well, in particular the return of a Dual Air spring system to give users more control over initial small bump sensitivity. Structurally, the only change is with the new air can, which theoretically should be retrofittable to existing Monarch shocks assuming RockShox makes the parts available.
RockShox will also offer a wider range of factory tuning options for OEM customers.
Save for new tapered steerer options on some models, not much has changed on the fork side of things save for a complete overhaul of the Revelation trail bike fork. The new version's chassis is very similar to the current Reba – including the squared-off arch, Power Bulge bushing reinforcements and post mount brake tabs – but the arch now leaves room for tires up to 2.5" wide.
Other characteristics are more SID-like, however, such as the shorter stanchions and internal shafts for weight savings.
RockShox will offer Revelation in either internally adjustable (130/140/150mm) or Air U-Turn varieties, both with either 9mm quick-release or 20mm Maxle Lite thru-axle dropouts. Standard 1 1/8" and tapered 1 1/8"-to-1 1/2″ alloy steerers will be on tap as well. As with Reba, Revelation will be available in SL (internally adjustable Floodgate), Race (externally adjustable Floodgate), and Team (BlackBox Motion Control) levels.
Retail prices will range from US$509-773 and target weights will range from 1620g (3.57lb) to 1841g (4.06lb).
Avid say goodbye to Juicy
As expected, Avid have now replaced all remaining Juicy hydraulic disc brakes with Elixir models for 2010. Supplanting the Juicy Ultimate is the top-end Elixir CR Mag, which uses a forged magnesium lever body, carbon lever blades (1/3 lighter than the carbon blades on the standard Elixir CR), and a two-piece aluminium caliper body.
A relocated return spring shortens the lever body a few millimeters while a large-diameter press-fit – but replaceable – lever pivot and tooled reach adjust are designed to save some weight. Pad contact is still adjustable via a convenient dial though and a new split clamp similar to that of the original Single Digit Ultimate does the job with just one bolt. SRAM will also offer a new Matchmaker X – with more angular adjustment – to fit and the included pads will use a semi-metallic compound and aluminum backing plates.
Claimed weight for a complete Elixir CR Mag brake with a 160mm rotor is 330g; retail price is US$285 per wheel.
At the other end, Elixir 5 will be the new entry-level model with a new caliper and lever design, tooled reach adjustment and a fixed banjo at the caliper. Claimed weight is 395g with a 160mm rotor.
Otherwise, Elixir CR and R will now be offered in a white finish, and the Elixir R also adds a rotatable banjo at the caliper. All Elixirs will work with 160, 185, or 203mm rotors and Avid also adds new 160mm and 185mm rotors to work with Shimano's splined Center Lock rotor attachment system.
Stems, seatposts and colours galore from TruVativ
The comprehensive handlebar changes instilled at TruVativ last season now make their way to the stem and seatpost realm for 2010. The new Noir seatposts feature a filament wound carbon fiber shaft bolstered with unidirectional inner layers for additional directional strength and a more ductile failure mode.
Forged aluminium two-bolt heads will be available in 0mm and 25mm setback options and TruVativ will offer the posts in two lengths (350mm, 400mm) and three sizes (27.2mm, 30.9mm, 31.6mm). Target weight for the top-end World Cup model with titanium hardware is 215g; the stainless hardware of the Team model will add 5g. Suggested retail price will be US$144 and US$116, respectively.
TruVativ will also offer two Stylo seatposts with the Team model using a one-piece forged and butted 7050 aluminium shaft and head and the Race using a 6061 shaft and forged 6061 head. As with the Noir, Stylo posts will be available with 0mm and 25mm two-bolt heads, two lengths, and three diameters. Retail pricing is set at US$55 and US$27.
Three new stems will complete the Stylo cockpit range. The World Cup and Team models will be built from forged 7050 alloy and will use opposing two-bolt steerer clamps and a four-bolt oversized handlebar faceplate. Target weight for the World Cup is 130g in a 100mm length with titanium hardware and available lengths range from 75-130mm, all in a +/-5 rise. Team models differ only in the use of stainless steel hardware and graphics. Suggested retail pricing will be between US$79-87 for the World Cup and US$48 for the Team.
The Stylo Race stem will use a forged 6061 design and will be available in 60-120mm lengths, all for just US$28.
And finally, SRAM will now offer customers the opportunity to add some colour into their lives with their new 'Select' programme. Included in the programme are the TruVativ Noir 3.3 crank, SRAM X.0 rear derailleur and trigger shifters, and PG-990 cassette, all of which will be offered in a five-colour palette of anodised colors: red, gold, green, orange, and of course, pink.
Stay tuned for more coverage of the 2009 Sea Otter Classic.


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It feel good to be back in "school" again. Signed up for a 15 week programme at the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts (VAFA) and enjoying every minute of it. Chandraguptha Thenuwara is a great teacher, simple, easy to understand explanations and gives access to great depth of knowledge freely. The effort below is from my first class where I was making an attempt at capturing a still life setting. An understanding of perspective, foreshortening is amongst the things that I'd hoped I'd pick up on my own over the last two years but I guess this is the easier way! Plus a class will ensure that I measure instead of just eyeballing the distances, angles and sizes cause that's one place where I'm messing up! : )
The Life Drawing sessions at Sapumal continue and i hope these Sunday drawings will see some progress based on the inputs I'm getting in the Saturday class.


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If you had any doubts about Titus Young's future with the Lions, you can pretty much consider them cleared up now.
The Lions had previously exiled him, and then placed him on injured reserve. But today, Jim Schwartz took napalm to any planks that remained on the bridge connecting player and team.
According to Anwar Richardson of MLive.com, Schwartz said Young will have knee surgery: "Unless he doesn't show up for it."
That smoke you see over Michigan is from the crater that used to be Young.
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While languages like Java and C++ allow you to define multiple functions with the same name but different arguments, this feature has been absent from C.
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This weekend (Sept 11th & 12th) there's a great Festival at Raccoon Creek in Dallas, Ga. - about 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. I hope to see alot of you there. This festival has the makings of a great regional / local festival... one like the old days with great jamming and a terrific stage show. This is the type of thing that would be great to have in this area... but it will not happen unless we, the listeners and musicians, in the Atlanta area get out and support the efforts of Wendell Hardy and the Rakestraw Family. This could really develop into a super festival - right here in our own back yard. Please look at the web site (all the info is listed below in the happenings section) and make every effort to support this festival. It's a great setting, good food, and great music and lots of jamming... what more could you ask for ( and reasonably priced!!!) Check it out... and support live music. www.raccooncreekmusic.com
If you want a small preview of the Raccoon Creek Festival - come check out Peachtree Station at the RedLight Cafe tonight
The Atlanta Bluegrass Happenings newsletter can now be found anytime at atlantabluegrasshappenings.com/
If you are not currently receiving your own copy of this newsletter - you may request to do so by sending an e-mail to email@example.com
You can find information about country music in the metro Atlanta area from two different groups on the web: Country Atlanta - at www.countryatlanta.com and Atlanta Country Music at www.atlantacountrymusic.com
For information about bluegrass happenings in South Carolina try: www.lastroadbluegrass.com/Bluegrass_Happenings.htm
This Thursday at the RedLight Cafe - Peachtree Station
This Week and Weekend:
September 11 & 12, 2009 - Raccoon Creek Bluegrass Festival - Raccoon Creek Music Park, 332 Music Park Path, Dallas, GA, 30132. Featuring The Gary Waldrep Band both days, Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset, Peachtree Station, Ramblin' Grass, Old Mill Road Band, Potter's Clay, Papa's Prayer, Cross Ties Band, and Bent Creek. Admission: $12 Friday, $15 Saturday, $25 Weekend. For additional information and complete schedule please visit us at www.raccooncreekmusic.com, or email firstname.lastname@example.com, telephone 770-943-2721
September 13 - Atlanta Mandolin Orchestra at "Overture To The Arts 2009" at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre - Atlanta Mandolin Orchestra performance time 3:20 PM. Overture to the Arts is an annual celebration that serves as a preview to the upcoming arts season in metro Atlanta. The stage of the John A. Williams Theatre will come alive with a steady rotation of free performances, designed to showcase a sampling of regional arts scene offerings. Overture to the Arts is free, and a nominal parking fee of $5.00 per car is charged for onsite parking. The Centre is located in northwest Atlanta, at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway at Akers Mill Road, Atlanta, GA adjacent to I-75 inside I-285. The festival event opens at 11:00 AM and runs to 5:40 PM.
Coming Soon:
Sepember 17th, 2009- Dry Run Bluegrass Band at Red Light Cafe- Join us for a great evening of bluegrass! Open bluegrass jam will begin at 7:00 PM and the show will start at 9:00 PM. $7 Admission charge covers both. For more information contact Billl Hoover at 404-874-7828. Red Light Cafe- 533 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta, Ga 30306.
September 19th - 3rd Annual Grass In The Grove Bluegrass Festival - Enjoy great bluegrass music on the shores of Lake Lanier. Honi Deaton & Dream and 4Ever Blue with more bands to come! 11:00-4:00. Concessions will be available. $10 per vehicle. RV and primitive lakeside camping is available. For more information please call 770-781-2217.
September 26th - Mountain Heart at Heritage Point Park Amphitheater in Dalton, Ga. Mountain Heart will be featured during Dalton's first "bluegrass bands & helping hands" benefit concert for DOC-UP (a 501c organization which helps families devastated by job loss). Also appearing: The Dixie Bee-Liners, The Dismembered Tennesseeans, Spatial Effects and Steel String Session. Gates will open at 4:30 pm with music starting at 5:00 pm. $15 adult tickets and $5 students. Children under 12 yrs free. Pack your lawn chairs and bring the whole family for a great night of music. Concessions will be available. For more information: email firstname.lastname@example.com or www.bluegrassbandshelpinghands.com. In case of rain, the concert will be held at the First Presbyterian Church. See webpage or email for directions.
October 17th . Russian folk music concert featuring the Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra and the Russian ensemble Barynya, performing Russian, Ukrainian, Gypsy, Cossack and Jewish songs and dances. 7:30PM Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell, GA 30075. For tickets and information, call 404-325-2449.
October 24th, 2009 SEBA's Silver Anniversary Super Star Concert at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Duluth, Georgia. Featuring: Longview, J.D. Crowe, Don Rigsby, James King, Ron Stewart, Lou Reed, and Marshall Wilborn: and The Daughters of Bluegrass, Dale Ann Bradley, Gena Britt-Tew, Frances Mooney, Tina Adair Dishman, Lisa Ray, Lorraine Jordan, Jeanetta Williams, and Mindy Rakestraw. Doors open at 6 PM. General Admission $40. Advance tickets $30. SEBA members receive discount visit sebabluegrass.org for details.
November 7th - Murphy Henry to conduct Bluegrass Banjo Workshop at Banjo.com - Addicted to tablature?! Here's a chance to break free from the bonds of tab and learn to play by ear. Murphy Henry, developer of the Murphy Method of teaching, has taught thousands to play through her workshops and DVD series. She will be conducting a workshop on November 7 in Marietta at the Banjo.com retail store. Sign up early; attendance is limited to 15 students. For more information, follow this link:
November 13th - The Claire Lynch Band at the Metropolitan Club (5895 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30005) - Join us for an evening of Bluegrass Music and Barbeque with the Claire Lynch Band. Proceeds benefit Assistance League® of Atlanta, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that helps children and adults in need rebuild their lives. 7:00 - 11:00pm $50 ticket price includes a Barbeque Buffet, Silent Auction and the Claire Lynch concert. To pay by credit card, contact the Metropolitan Club at 678-527-2000. For more information please visit Fundraising at www.AssistanceLeagueATL.org
Bluegrass Happenings from Northwest Georgia:
Every Thursday Evening - Pickin In The Park at Horseshoe Bend Park along the banks of the Toccoa River in McCaysville, GA. - 6 pm till dusk, rain or shine, May thru September. 1.5 hours north of Atlanta, just ten miles outside of Blue Ridge. All acoustic jam sessions throughout the park. Bring your instrument, supper and a lawn chair and enjoy the evening. Website - pickinthepark.com click on Find a Pickin'. For more info e-mail email@example.com
Mountain Opry in Walden, TN. Fridays from 8:00 - 11:00 pm. Just north of Chattanooga on Signal Mtn. Established 1979. Details & info at - www.mtnopry.com/
Ringgold Opry on second Saturdays in the historic Western & Atlantic Depot in downtown Ringgold. 8:00 - 10:00 pm (or longer for folks in a good jam!). Details available at - www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_89247.asp and - www.cityofringgold.com/cms_800.php?page=events
All Gospel Acoustic Jam every 3rd Saturday at the Harrison Seventh-day Adventist Church , 8419 Hwy. 58, Harrison, TN. (northeast of Chattanooga). Oct 18th, 7:00- 9:30 pm For more info, call 423-326-3788.
Ongoing: Shows and Jam Sessions
Every Thursday Live Bluegrass Show and Jam Session at the RedLight Cafe - bluegrass every Thursday featuring local and national acts... jam session from 7pm - 9pm. Stage show begins at 9pm $5 cover ($7 for out of town bands) $3 with instrument. Intown Atlanta - For more information: RedLight Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave., 404-874-7828, www.redlightcafe.com/
Upcoming shows at the RedLight Cafe's Thursday Bluegrass:
Sept. 10..........Peachtree Station
Sept. 17..........Dry Run Bluegrass Band
Sept. 24..........TBA
October 1..........TBA
October 8..........Lonesome Traveler
October 15..........Hazel Holler
Every Saturday - Everett's Pickin' Barn.......every Saturday evening there's a jam session and stage show at the Everett's Music Barn in Suwannee. Ga...for information call: 770-945-5628 or 770-945-9098 or check their web site: www.everettbrothers.com/
Everett's Pickin' Barn Schedule: (subject to change with out notice)
Subject to change without notice: 'L' stands for Local Talent while 'P' stands for Professional
Sept 19th - Sisk and Rambler's Choice - P
Everett's Music Barn is open every Saturday night for music. Our own staff band The Everett Brothers perform and lots of local talent visit and play. The Schedule above is for the Professional Groups that are coming thru and want to perform. A donation of $15.00 each is appreciated on those nights listed above.
Dates are subject to change without notice and for more information please call 770-945-5628 or 770-945-9098. You can email Diane at email@example.com or check the web site: www.everettbrothers.com
Every Saturday Night - Hollonville Opry House - Jamming and Stage shows. Stage shows beginning at 6:30pm thru 10:30PM. Good Sound System. Comfortable auditorium seating approximately 250. Operated by donations only. Call 770-228-4832 for further information and booking or email firstname.lastname@example.com Visit the web site at: hollonvilleopry.com/
September 12th - Lakeshore Quartet, Just-Us, The Gospel Gazette, Blue Jam
September 19th - White Harvest, Kirkland & Friends, Buncombe String Band, Mackie Creek
September 26th - String Doctors, Not By Chance, Blue Jam, Mark Hall & Filmore House Band
Hollonville Opry House is located approximately 12 miles west of Griffin on Hwy 362 in Hollonville (Pike Co) GA. From Atlanta: Go I-75 south to 19/41 toward Atlanta Race Track. Continue on past Race Track to Griffin taking bypass around Griffin. You will go under (2) overpasses and then take second exit which will be Hwy 362 (Williamson Road). Go west approximately 11 or 12 miles and Hollonville Opry House will be on right just past Hollonville Baptist Church.
Every Saturday Night - The Bluegrass Express, Depot Street, Hartwell, Ga. - Show Time 7:00 Contact Bobby Hall......706-376-3551…….$6.00
Every Saturday - Williamson: Music Barn, Hwy 362 near Griffin, Fri. Jam/Sat. Stage Show (open stage), 770-227-3021 or 706-846-8277.
Every Saturday – "Appalachian Jam" – Bluegrass and Mountain Music Jam Session - On the lawn at the Dahlonega Gold Museum in the center of Dahlonega's historic public square every Saturday from 2-6 p.m. April 18 through November 7, rain or shine. Bring your instruments and voices, musicians and singers, and jam with the scheduled artists. Produced by Dahlonega's Downtown Development Authority and sponsored by the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival Committee. For information, contact the Dahlonega Visitors Center at 706-864-3513, or Joel Cordle at 706-864-6133; email firstname.lastname@example.com
Most every Friday & Saturday night - Just More BBQ - 1410 Cherry St. Pendleton, SC - Bluegrass music most every Friday & Saturday night - Doors Open At 5:00.....Bluegrass..... 6:30 - 9:00 For Directions,Band Schedules and Information: 864-646-3674 www.Justbarbecue.Com/
Every Friday- Live Bluegrass Shows and Jam Sessions at the Outpost Music Barn in Buncombe, Georgia just south of Tallapoosa, Georgia. Bluegrass most every Friday night featuring local and occasional national acts. Jam Sessions outside weather permitting. Stage shows start at 7 p.m. No admission unless national act - donations accepted weekly. For more information: contact Thomas or Betty Gray at 770-574-2759.
Every Thursday Evening - Pickin In The Park at Dowdy Park in Summerville, GA. - 6 pm till dusk, rain or shine, May thru September. All acoustic jam sessions throughout the park. Bring your instrument, supper and a lawn chair and enjoy the evening. Website - pickinthepark.com click on Find a Pickin'. For more info e-mail email@example.com
Every Thursday – Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). 6pm to Dusk - At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or email: email@example.com
Every Thursday, 4-8 p.m. – Bluegrass Thursday's at the Powder Springs Farmers Market on the Old Downtown Square of Powder Springs. Jams start at 4pm, last as long as you wanna stay. Will feature the Bluegrass bands that show up and jam. For more info, call Diane Reese of Country Springs Antique Store for more info if needed. 770-439-1780 –tell her Dickson Lester said to call or better still go by and see her Antiques in her store on main street, Powder Springs
Thursday nights - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, new station on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the American Flag). 6:30pm until ?? - Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREE Contact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Every Thursday - Buddy Ashmore & Pony Express, 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm, El Puente Mexican Restaurant, 402 Hwy. 155 South, McDonough, GA. No cover charge. All ages. Info: (770) 305-7858 or www.ponyexpressbluegrass.com
Thursday Night Jams at the Redbank Senior Center in Redbank, TN. For more details contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Wednesday Night Jam Sessions - The Bill Schramm jam session is now back at his Duluth Outdoors location: 3562 Buford Hwy # 101, Duluth, GA 30096 His email is email@example.com. Pickin on Wednesday nights at 7:00. If you're interested in dropping by, call Bill at 770 476 1440 for details and directions.
Every Tuesday and Thursday - Jack's Pickin' Parlor - Williamston, SC Bluegrass stage show and jam session. Hwy. 20/29 Connector, Williamston, SC (1 mile north of Anderson Jockey Lot), 7pm - 10pm. Donations accepted. Pickers of all levels welcome. Everybody is somebody at the Pickin' Parlor. For more information call (864) 483-0706 or see website: www.Jackspickinparlor.com
Tuesdays - Athens - Bluegrass Tuesdays at the Melting Point (Athens Steam Pub) - 7:00 PM . $3 cover charge - Weather permitting, we will be outside on the patio. Bluegrass style music will be emphasized. For more info on these fine bluegrass acts, and a complete listing of upcoming shows visit: www.meltingpointathens.com/patio.cfm
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 7 – 9pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Tuesday Beginner Jam Downtown Duluth 6 to 9pm - Beginner and intermediate players. Advanced players are welcome as long as they are comfortable with songs played 100 bpm or slower. Steverino's Pizza, Subs, and more, located at 3117 Main Street, Duluth, GA 30096. Call (404) 357-1393 or email firstname.lastname@example.com or Steverino's at (770) 622-2110 for more information.
Every Tuesday 7-9pm in the Australian Bakery Cafe, on the Marietta Square, 48 South Park Square, 30062. firstname.lastname@example.com, 678-797-6222.
Every Tuesday - Bluegrass at Vinocity Kirkwood Restaurant. 8:30 p.m. no cover. Hal, Cody, and friends play original and traditional bluegrass inspired music for more info: www.vinocitywinebar.com/
Each Tuesday & Thursday - There is a lunchtime jam from 12 noon – 1 pm, on south campus of the University of Georgia at the Mary Warnell Pond in front of Forestry and Ecology. This is more of an old-time music jam, rather than a bluegrass jam -- fiddle tunes, claw hammer banjos, along with the occasional flatpicking and Bluegrass songs. This is an open jam and is much fun.
Monday Night Jams at the Graysville United Methodist Church north of Ringgold, GA. 6:30 until 9:30 - Sponsored by Yours and Mine Old Time Music Association (YMOTMA). We do have late arrivals and early departures but the bulk of the people stay until the 9:30 closing time. Everyone is welcome but remember it is acoustic and old time music mainly.For more details email C firstname.lastname@example.com
Most Every Sunday - TRADITIONAL MUSIC JAM at The Crimson Moon Café in Dahlonega 2 to 5 PM Continuing a 90 Yr. old tradition of folks gathering in this 1858 building together to pick , sing, & grin! Bring your instrument, voice & join in or just relax & listen. Blue Grass, Old Time, Country/Blues standards, and American Folk are the most likely tunes to bubble up, but any American traditional music is welcome! Jam hosts are treated to free beverages, so if you'd like to host a jam, please call Dana @ 706-864-3982 at least one week in advance!
Every Sunday - Stage Show and Jam in Tucker Ga. at the Old Tucker Fountain 2329 Main St. Starting at 6 PM contact Firefly Mike 770 493 8880 or email email@example.com
1st & 3rd Friday night of each month Sawnee Mountain Music (closed some holidays) Hot-dogs & refreshments served, come jam between 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm show starts at 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm - 1540 Dahlonega Highway; Cumming, GA 30040, 770-887-7635 (for directions) For more info: firstname.lastname@example.com or www.sawneemountainmusic.net Prices vary with artists, limited seating, phone for reservations.
Sept 18 Azalea Ridge Revival (Gospel Show)
Oct 2 Just Us
Oct 16 Barbwire Bluegrass
Nov 6 East Dixie Boys
Nov 20 Hwy 76
Dec 4 Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset
1st and 3rd Sunday - Open Jam at Due West United Methodist Church in Kennesaw - 4pm - 6 pm The Pathfinders host an open rehearsal on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. All acoustic musicians are invited to share in gospel and folk music. We meet at Due West United Methodist Church. Contact Mike Amsbaugh at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information. www.pathfinderbluegrass.com
1st Saturday of the month - The Kennesaw Opry, a non-profit Bluegrass Show, is now located in the Cherokee Arts Center in Downtown Canton - shows start at 7:00pm. The last show starts at 9:00pm. There is a place to jam, should you want to do that also. The fee for this event is $ 7.00 per seat at the door. There is a concession stand there also. You may see more information about the Opry on the following web page. www.kennesawopry.com There is also links to bands, there, should you want to contact any of them. There is also a map on how to get there from I-75. The Cherokee Arts Center has theater type seating with lots of room and nice restrooms. You may see the whole schedule for this Fall on the web site. Come on out and enjoy Bluegrass music. For more info: you may contact: Bob Twyman - firstname.lastname@example.com The Kennesaw Opry is looking for bands to play in August through November. The bands are not paid - but a good time is had by all. You can contact Bob Twyman - firstname.lastname@example.com for more information. www.kennesawopry.com
Sept. The Old Mill Road Band and The Jotem Down Boys
Oct. Exception to the Rule and Jotem Down Boys
1st Saturday of each month - Old mountain Hill School House Opry {Bluegrass & old time Country music). Sign up begins at 2pm. All non-electric instruments invited. Take your turn at the mic or enjoy from the audience. Donations accepted but not required. Mountain Hill Community Center, 47 Mountain Hill Road, Fortson, GA. 706-645-1873 / 706-628-5131 / 706-645-2238 For more information.
Every 1st Sunday - Jam at the Roswell Convention & Visitors Bureau - Some of the SEBA members who participated in the slow jam in Roswell have begun meeting for a jam at the Roswell Convention & Visitors Bureau in Roswell, Georgia on the first Sunday of the month from 1:00 - 4:00PM. The Bureau would like to have this become a regular event and all SEBA members are invited to attend. The contact person is Eenee Ferrano who can be reached at email@example.com.
Directions at www.cvb.roswell.ga.us/contactus.html
Every 4th Sunday - Bluegrass Jam at the Crimson Moon in Dahlonega, Ga. - Glenda Pender will host this bluegrass jam in the historic Parker-Nix building. These Bluegrass Jams will occur on the 4th Sunday of each month. 2-5 pm
2nd Monday of each month - "The Hoot" sponsored by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society, at LIttle Kings in downtown Athens, 2-hour music variety show. 8 - 10 pm admission is FREE. All ages show! Call 706-208-0985 for more info.
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Alabama Opry House - Alabama Opry House is a new winter Bluegrass venue. It is located in Tarrant, Al., just off I-59 on Tallapoosa St.,which is Hwy 79 N. The Alabama Opry House opens every Fri., Sat., & Sun. at noon for all you Jammers and features 4 jamming rooms as well as open mike and other jam areas.The weekend stage shows begin at 6 p.m. each day. Two bands, each play two 45 minute sets and then Jammin resumes at 9 p.m. The Jammin rooms at The Alabama Opry House are spacious and comfortable and allow a bit of private space, while allowing the public to walk by and view the pickers. Tickets are $8.00 per day, $5.00 with instrument for the jammimg and the stage show. There is a ZERO alcohol tolerance policy. Any band interested in performing this venue should e-mail Regina Lyle at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit websites HP40.com and alabamaopry.com for more info on both venues. Telephone #'s for the Alabama Opry House 205-841-3090 or call Regina Lyle at 256-931-0521 or 256-317-5320
SEBA has monthly meetings and jam sessions at a number of locations (listed below) - you con go to the SEBA web site for specific times and locations
SEBA Winder - Winder, GA 30680
SEBA Central - Atlanta, GA 30307
SEBA Calhoun - Calhoun, GA 30701
SEBA Fayetteville - Fayetteville, GA 30214
SEBA Dahlonega - Dahlonega Ga, 30533
SEBA TAG - Chattanooga, TN 37415
SEBA Hiram - Hiram, Ga.
SEBA Foothills - Walhalla, SC 29691
SEBA Cherry Log - Cherry Log, GA 30522
For all meeting information check SEBA's web site at www.sebabluegrass.org/
Festivals :
For a full list of Festivals check the SEBA Calendar at: www.sebabluegrass.org/
To add SEBA's Festival listing to your RSS newsreader, go here: www.sebabluegrass.org/rss/
Musicians Wanted:
Musicians Wanted for Mandolin Orchestra: Atlanta Mandolin Orchestra is looking for Mandolin, Mandola, Mandocello, and Guitarists.Reading Standard notation a must. Rehearsals every Monday night in Morningside section of Atlanta. No fees nor dues. Full time conductor. See and hear us on the web: www.atlantamandolins.com; email: email@example.com Phone: 404-630-7287
Interested in Celtic Music and Play an instrument - I am a fiddle player looking for musicians who have an interest in traditional Scottish music and play one of the following…….Flute,Tin/Penny Whistle, Low D flute/whistle, Small pipes, Uilleann Pipes, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboard, Hammered Dulcimer, Harp, Bodhran, Cello, Vocalist. Should be able to play by ear and are paper trained would be great and have at least intermediate skills. Live in West Cobb Co. - Marietta/Smyrna/Powder Springs area would be good. I'm also looking for a place to practice in the same west area. If interested, I can be reached at 770-943-4735 after 5 p.m. or leave a message. Keith Dunn firstname.lastname@example.com
Instruments/Books/CDs/ Recording Services:
Johnson Brothers Recording Studio www.mysongdemo.com Record your CD with the Guys who know Bluegrass! Call: 770 787 1900 email: email@example.com
Bluegrass Radio:
South 107.1-FM - "Knee Deep In Bluegrass" hosted by Cindy Baucom.Sunday mornings 6am-8am
WMLB-1690AM - The Voice of the Arts in Atlanta - A station in Atlanta, GA that plays a variety of music including Americana, bluegrass, soul, gospel, jazz, world music, and more. AM1690 has recently launched an in-studio performance program to expose regional and local artists to a wider audience. If you're interested in showcasing your band on The Voice of the Arts, please send requests to email@example.com. For streaming and more information, visit www.AM1690wmlb.com.
Windstream Channel 4 in the Hiawassee/Blairsville area plays bluegrass music and classic country for the audio portion of their local community information channel. Bluegrass Tracks is the name of the bluegrass show and it airs four times a day, featuring a large mix of local and regional bluegrass music. Artists are encouraged to submit their music for airplay; for more information, visit: www.bluegrasstracks.net. They also produce a 30-minute weekly television show called Roots & Branches which is videotaped in Hiawassee and features local and regional groups.
New Bluegrass Radio Show In Athens, "Classic City Bluegrass", Sundays, 1 – 2 pm, 90.5 WUOG FM - or listen live at www.wuog.org , hosted by Josh Coleman and Rich Mullinax. We will be playing the best in bluegrass from the early days all the way up to the latest releases from today's hottest pickers. Also featured will be local bluegrass artists and a weekly bulletin board to announce local and regional bluegrass events. Please e-mail your requests and bluegrass related announcements to firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
New Radio Program on WUGA – Sunday's at 4 pm, tune in to hear Maggie Hunter and her new show, Just Folks on WUGA 91.7 FM. Quoting Phil Burns, "You may have heard the wonderful new show on WUGA, Just Folks, Sunday at 4:00 pm. Every time I've been near a radio the last few weeks, I have heard the very best of traditional music spun together so masterfully by our wonderful friend, Maggie Hunter! She's back on the radio!"
WYHG-770AM, WALH-1340AM, WLSB-1400AM - Streaming Bluegrass and Great Old-Time Radio programming can now be heard 24/7 on the web at www.WolfCreekBroadcasting.com or tune your radio to WYHG-770AM, WALH-1340AM, WLSB-1400AM covering the top of the north Georgia Mountains with the Wolf Creek Broadcasting Network. Weekdays 10am-12noon: Swap Shop with the Toothpick. Weekdays 3pm-4:30pm: "Bluegrass hour-and-a-half" Saturday Bluegrass throughout the day... and Saturday Mornings 8am-9am: "Into The Blue" hosted by Terry Herd, four time IBMA Broadcaster of the Year.
The Bluegrass Jubilee - WUWG 90.7 FM - Carrollton, GA. Sunday 1-4pm (eastern) - You'll hear the best in bluegrass, including the current hits from BU's top 30 survey, the traditional tunes of Monroe, Stanleys, F&S, etc., and most everything in between. For more information: Just email email@example.com
WRFG 89.3 FM - Atlanta, Ga. Bluegrass and Americana Monday - Friday 8 - 10pm and Sunday 9-11 am.
Mountain Echoes Radio. com - webcasting from Dahlonega, Ga. features 100% bluegrass, old-time, and bluegrass gospel. www.MountainEchoesRadio.com.
WDVX 89.9 FM - broadcast radio station in Clinton, Tennessee. WDVX is a grass-roots, listener supported bluegrass, country, classic country, americana, and some of the most eclectic, interesting music you will find. They also broadcast on the web at WDVX.com.
WJJC 1270 AM in Commerce plays a lot of bluegrass, traditional country and bluegrass gospel all through the day.
WMOQ 92.3 FM - Monroe, Ga. - Melanie Jackson hosts a bluegrass show featuring new and traditional groups as well as local artists each Sunday night from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. firstname.lastname@example.com
WKHC 104.3 FM in Dahlonega now plays bluegrass daily and also runs daily syndicated bluegrass shows, as well as covers the monthly shows at Universal Chevrolet.
WNOW/WBZK - Charlotte, NC - HaHaHelen (aka Ann Freese) hosts a bluegrass show on Wednesday nights from 9-11pm. The first hour is comedy, but the second hour is bluegrass - both current and old time. Some guest groups perform live in the studio. The show also has streaming audio on the internet at www.wbzk.com/. For more information contact: ann @wnow.com
WCHK AM 1290 in Canton, Georgia is now featuring Bluegrass, Gospel, Americana and Classic Country They want to encourage everyone to listen and to request all bands who can to send them demos and produced CDs for possible air play. They also plan to hold live studio performances. Please send any and all mail to P.O. Box 1290, Canton, GA 30114 or contact the station via email at email@example.com . They will also accept mp3s.
WYAY Eagle 106.7 has launched "Sunday Morning in Hogg Heaven" every Sunday at 8am - 9am. Host Jim Hogg plays AKUS. Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vinvent, Del McCoury, and lots more. The station # is 404/521-1067.
To sample the program you may go to www.sundaymorninginhoggheaven.com/
Sirius Satellite Radio has Bluegrass on channel 65. All you have to do is select it and you get bluegrass 24/7. www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=Channel&cid=1104779639853
XM Satellite Radio also has bluegrass 24x7 on channel 14, Bluegrass Junction. www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=14
Banjo.com is pleased to announce the formation of the Bluegrass Institute, which includes music lessons, group instruction on individual topics, slow jams and workshops. Located in the unit adjoining our retail store in Marietta, we have four large classrooms available immediately for student lessons, at all levels, for banjo, dobro, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin. Teachers include Patton Wages, Jim "Duck" Adkins, Greg Earnest, Jim Culliton, Maggie Dixon, Jim Dixon, Mark Bramlett, Randy Smith, Curtis Jones and Casey Stephens. For more information, call Mark or John at 770-874-0304, or toll-free 1-877-253-9948. Or sign up for our email notices at www.banjo.com
Greg Earnest is now accepting banjo students. Currently a member of The Dappled Grays and with twenty-five years experience performing and recording, including being the featured instructor on the www.banjo.com video "Pickin' 101", Greg is ready to work with students from beginner through advanced. Lessons are tailored to the individual student and hours are very flexible. Conveniently located in Smyrna/Vinings just off I-285. Call 404-630-3208 or e-mail email@example.com.
Patton Wages is now accepting banjo students from beginner to advanced. He has been playing for over 20 years, over half professionally. Playing with bands such as Marty Raybon, Lost Horizon and others. He is currently touring nationally with Bradley Walker, IBMA male vocalist of the year (website Bradley Walker.com). While Patton has a driving bluegrass style all his own he is adept at any three finger style you may wish to learn. Patton is in the Canton area and can be reached at 678-848-7845 or email@example.com. Call or email for slots and rates.
Tom Baker (The Packway Handle Band) is now offering banjo lessons at the Athens School of Music in Athens, GA. Beginning - intermediate 3-finger & beginning clawhammer. For more information: firstname.lastname@example.com or 706-543-5800.
David Long is now accepting mandolin students of all levels for Bluegrass and Old Time Styles. Lessons will usually focus on characteristics of the style of Bill Monroe, old time rhythm concepts, black mandolin tradition and right hand technique. Email for times and rates. email@example.com Cartersville area but can drive too if necessary.
Jason Kenney is now teaching guitar - For the last year Jason has been touring with Corey Smith playing in sold out venues across the southeast. He is now off the road and has more time to teach guitar. He is looking for students who are interested in learning bluegrass or folk related music. He also teaches music theory and will happily teach you any and all of your favorite songs from any genre. If you are interested please respond via email for further details. email@example.com www.myspace.com/jasonkenney
The Family Honor School of Music: Instructors Jason Kenney and Lara Polangco are now accepting students in Dahlonega,Ga. Lessons are offered for all skill levels on the guitar, voice, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, and claw hammer banjo. Lessons are personalized and goal oriented. Learn how to flat-pick with more creativity or sing with expression and meaning. Music theory and group lessons also available. Contact email@example.com or call (706) 973-0261 for details and rates.
Curtis Jones is now offering guitar and mandolin lessons in the Dahlonega, North Georgia area. In addition to teaching songs from his extensive collection of tablatures, Curtis can help you to relax, increase speed, play with power and control and learn how to correctly back up other members of a band. Curtis has performed played or recorded with the top tier musicians in Nashville including Dan Timinsky, Allison Brown, Patti Loveless, Tim Stafford, Missy Raines, Glen Duncan, Rob Ikes and others. Beginners to very advanced are welcome. Space is limited. Call 404 218 8580 if interested or e mail email@example.com
Jody Hughes is available for Banjo,Guitar,Mandolin, and/or Fiddle lessons in the NW Georgia area. Currently have a few spots open for banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle students. Banjo-scruggs, single-string styles, advanced fleck and jazz styles, etc Guitar-bluegrass flatpicking, acoustic jazz. Email for rates and time slots...Mornings, late nights, weekends are available...Lessons provided in the comfort of your home, the best place for you to learn firstname.lastname@example.com Marietta - Greater North Atlanta Area
Michael Smith (Dappled Grays) is now accepting mandolin students: Currently a member of the Dappled Grays - Michael will be taking students from beginner to intermediate interested in learning bluegrass, new acoustic music and improvisation. Conveniently located in Decatur, with flexible hours and a great attitude. Call anytime cell - 404-556-1338 home-404-343-0922 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Buddy Blackmon is teaching private banjo lessons once again in Athens, GA - after being in Nashville, TN for 27 years and performing/recording with artists such as Earl Scruggs, The Dillards, Jerry Reed, Charlie McCoy, Dolly Parton and Chet Atkins. He created and hosted the 26-week PBS banjo instruction series, "Five String Breakdown," and has taught privately and in group seminars for over 30 years. Beginners and more experienced players accepted. You can e-mail Buddy at email@example.com or call him at 706-353-7550.
Jim Culliton - Beginner to advanced. Mandolin, fiddle/violin, banjo - CD Recording of your lesson. Emphasis on playing by ear, jamming, and musicianship. (404) 298-5057 Metro-Atlanta Area.
Bob Simon - Fiddle Class. Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:00pm Emory University. Beginning thru intermediate. Call Bob 404-550-5058 for info and registration Decatur Area
Catherine Dunne - Voice Teacher for all types of singers. The most natural type of vocal training there is and why it works for all genres -- is bel canto. This method will give you greater breath control, increase your vocal range, strengthen your voice & so enhance your vocal stamina & ultimately give the voice a quality of beauty -- for that is what "bel canto" means -- beautiful singing. Please CALL (404) 377-1378 or visit the website at www.voicewithcatherine.com
Mick Kinney is accepting students of all ages and levels for Old Time & Irish Fiddle, Guitar & Banjo Styles, Cajun Accordion, Jazz Piano & Theory, and Improvisation. As both a traditional folk musician and modern songwriter, Mick draws from many styles and makes connections between them. He very simply builds upon what each of us already knows as listeners or players. Group or private instruction, Studio & Home Lessons. Call anytime (404) 307-3044.
Tomas Valenti (Atlanta Swamp Opera, Buddy O'Reilly) is available for lessons in guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, mandolin, clawhammer banjo and bass. All ages and levels accepted. Cajun, zydeco, bluegrass, old-time or Irish styles, in addition to improvisation and ear training. Flexible hours. (404) 377-7777 or firstname.lastname@example.com College Ave in Decatur
Geoff Hohwald is now offering group banjo lessons. The focus of these lessons will be fundamentals and learning to jam with others. There are also free video lessons at www.freeguitarvideos.com/banjo_lessons.html Geoff has been playing banjo for 38 years and has written the Banjo Primer Book, Banjo Primer Video, and Banjo Songs. For info contact Geoff at 404 218 8580 or E mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
Brad Laird Brad Laird (of Cedar Hill, Pony Express and The Incorrigible String Band) is now accepting students wishing to learn beginning to advanced mandolin, bluegrass or clawhammer banjo, bluegrass guitar, and upright bass. Learn theory, tab, standard notation, instrument set-up, improvisation. 25 years experience. Easy interstate access. In home
digital project studio available for demos, practice CDs, special projects. Call (770) 507-2753 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com South Atlanta Area
Greg Carageorge - Learn bass from Greg Carageorge, a professional working bassist. I am a veteran of many professional music groups from CA, GA and NY. Very experienced on-stage and in the recording studio. I teach traditional and modern bluegrass, folk, jazz, rock, and ethnic bass. All levels of ability welcome. Beginners will get off to a good start on this physically demanding instrument and make good progress. We will work on the specific musical styles and songs you want to learn right now. Call Greg Carageorge at (404) 441-2900 or email firstname.lastname@example.com College Park Area
Larry Burell is now accepting students for rhythm guitar - beginners or intermediate players, one on one, ages 5 to 105 male or female. Larry has written a book called, The ABCs of playing the Guitar easy as 123, and it is available for $20.00 a copy. For more info: day time or evening hrs, call 770 - 963 - 6926 / 770-598-9572 or Email firstname.lastname@example.com for Book or Lessons.
Contra Dance - the Chattahoochee Country Dancers at the Clarkston Community Center - Fridays. 7:15 - 7:45 PM Introductory Lesson, 8 - 11 PM Dance with live music and caller. Cost: Adults - $8/person for Intown Band nights, $9/person for Touring Band nights; Dancers under 16 - $3 Intown, $4 Touring. Students with ID: buy one, get one free (2 students arriving together each pay half price). Check the web site: www.contradance.org/
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TMPGEnc MPEG1 encoding guide
Nowadays TMPGEnc's internal filters and functions have basically been completely superseded by those in AVISynth, therefore this guide has been totally rewritten. Now encoding in TMPGEnc is very simple - just load our specified profile after loading your AVS file into TMPGEnc.
First off, you'll need to download TMPGEnc from their homepage. The folks there got
mad at Doom9 for posting the install files, so we didn't include them
in our install pack because we don't want them yelling at us.
Open up TMPGenc and close the wizard.
Your AVISynth file should already be resized to your desired
resolution so just drag it into the main TMPGEnc window. Then, hit
"Load" button in the bottom corner and select one of the two profiles we've provided for you.
If your AMV has been Inverse Telecined somewhere along the way (either
before or after editing), select the AMV24fps.mcf profile. If you
didn't do IVTC but instead chose to deinterlace at the end, select the
AMV30fps.mcf profile. After you load the profile, have a quick browse
of the settings and see if they look correct to you - the frame size,
fps and pixel aspect ratio are the key things to double check.
We've left all the options unlocked for you if you feel like playing around with them, but we recommend you leave the settings alone, although you may feel like tweaking the bitrate settings to suit your desired filesize.
The type of bitrate decision we've selected is Constant Quality at 80% with a 3MBit/sec ceiling. This means that TMPGEnc, as it's encoding the video, will vary the bitrate based upon how much the current scene needs it. If the scene is low motion, has very little noise, and other things which make it highly compressible, then TMPGEnc will most likely allocate a small number of bits to the scene. If the scene is very high motion and needs a lot of bits to compress, then it will allocate more bits.
This means that with the same settings, two video of the same length might wind up being different sizes because one video had more high-motion scenes than the other. We think this is a better idea because obviously not all videos need an average of 2MBit/sec.
This is different than the 2-pass VBR method recommended
before. What 2-pass VBR does is it gives you a definite filesize. If
you want a 40MB file, use the following math:
Take 40 and multiply by 8192 (which would give you the
number 327680)... this is the number of kilobits that a 40 megabyte
file has.
Now divide this number by the number of seconds in your video. This will give you the overall bitrate in kilobits per second. If your video was 4 minutes long it would be 327680 divided by 240 = 1365 kbps. Of course, some of this bitrate has to be used by the audio, 224 kpbs in fact, so subtract 224 from your bitrate and you will have the bitrate for your video stream which in this case is 1141 kbps. This is the number you should put in the average bitrate box. Unfortunately, TMPG's bitrate curve calculations aren't actually as accurate as they seem and it can give you totally the wrong final size, so be careful if you do use 2-pass to watch out for any strangeness.
Note that 2-pass encoding can take approximately twice as long as a Constant Quality encode because, as the name implies, you are making two encoding passes across the entire video.
If you find that your final encode has a lot of MPEG1 artifacting, you can try increasing the maximum bitrate (if you left it on Constant Quality) or raising both the ceiling and average bitrate if you went with 2-pass.
Once you have it installed and setup, you want to fix the environment settings to use various external programs for your audio encoding. See this section in the audio guide for details.


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Israel to decide on settlement university
By Diaa Hadid, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — In the fraught atmosphere of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an approaching decision on whether to award coveted university status to a college has taken on powerful political overtones.
For critics of Israel's policy of settling Jews in the West Bank, the upgrade of the "Ariel University Center of Samaria" into a permanent university would be a strong signal of what they say is creeping annexation of the hilly territory.
For its supporters, upgrading the institution will be a crowning jewel of the government's commitment to holding the West Bank, the heartland of biblical Judaism, captured by Israel along with east Jerusalem in the 1967 war.
"Most dramatically, this has a symbolic significance that no settlement has," said political scientist Yaron Ezrahi of Hebrew University. "It's an attempt to legitimize the occupation."
Of Israel's more than 120 Jewish settlements, Ariel holds special significance.
With 19,000 people, it is one of the largest settlements built on occupied territory claimed by the Palestinians. Positioned deep in the West Bank, its removal is seen as essential to the viability of a future Palestinian state, since annexing it to Israel would also take a significant wedge of land with it to connect with Israel proper.
But its huge population and developed infrastructure, including a theater, sports complex and four-lane highway, would make it extraordinarily difficult to uproot. An upgrade to the college would give a symbolic depth to the feeling of permanence.
"Ariel is here to stay. There's no reason to treat it differently from Tel Aviv," said settler leader Naftali Bennett. "Long ago, it should have become a university."
A government committee headed by the education minister is expected to decide next month on the upgrade.
The Ariel institution has operated for 30 years in some form, ultimately growing into a college of some 12,500 students. It is open to all Israeli citizens, including Arabs. But like other Israeli universities, it is closed to the 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank.
The school was given temporary university status five years ago, according to school officials, with a July 15, 2012, deadline to make a decision on giving it permanent recognition. In the meantime, its faculty was tasked with proving that it could produce university-worthy education.
Permanent status would give the institution access to additional state funding and allow more collaborative work with other Israeli universities. Most critically, though, it would be a symbolic victory in the school's struggle for recognition.
Israel Education Minister Gideon Saar favors the upgrade, according to his spokeswoman, Lital Apter-Yotzer. She said he would support the application as long as it meets academic requirements and doesn't take away existing funding for the country's other universities.
"From the academic point of view, we are eligible to get permanent status as a university," Yigal Cohen-Orgad, the school's dean, said proudly.
But the decision will not rest on academic considerations alone: An upgrade would likely trigger international condemnations and enrage the Palestinians.
Most of the international community considers the settlements illegitimate and a chief obstacle to Palestinian statehood.
"Any step of this kind would be a further consolidation of illegal settlements," said Palestinian spokesman Ghassan Khatib.
Settlements are at the heart of the current impasse in Mideast peace efforts. Talks broke down more than three years ago, and the Palestinians have refused to return to negotiations while Israel continues expanding its settlements. More than 500,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, claimed by the Palestinians.
Joining Israeli academia would put the Ariel school in some prominent company. All but one of Israel's eight universities rank in the world's top 500, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, a respected ranking service.
But some, including professors at other Israeli universities, fear it will tarnish Israeli academia and perhaps jeopardize international funding, staff and research exchanges.
Pro-Palestinian activists say if the institution is recognized, they will push harder than ever for a boycott of Israeli academia by firmly demonstrating links between the country's military occupation and academia.
The symbolism of a university, the activists say, is more powerful than a mere college.
"It will open the doors even more widely to the general boycott of Israel and all its institutions that are part of its system of oppression," said Omar Bargouti, a Palestinian activist in the global movement to promote boycotts and sanctions against Israel.
The movement's chief concrete success so far was to influence the University of Johannesburg in South Africa to cut its institutional agreements to Israel's Ben Gurion University in March 2011. It has also promoted boycott debates onto Western campuses.
A petition condemning the upgrade plans drew some 1,000 signatures from Israeli academics, said Nir Gov, associate professor of chemical physics at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, and a sharp critic of Israel's policies against Palestinians.
Academics fear tens of millions of dollars of European and U.S. research grants might be at stake if they are compelled to work with a future Ariel University.
They cite the case of Israeli theater companies that were forced to perform in Ariel's year-old theater. At that time, hundreds of artists protested against the move, saying they did not agree with Israel's settlement policy. The culture minister responded by threatening to cut the funds of any theater company that did not comply.
The European Union will not fund projects based out of West Bank settlements, said EU spokesman David Kriss. A U.S. spokesperson did not comment.
Even if there is no official boycott, Israeli academics may be less likely to be accepted at international conferences, their scholarly articles could be rejected, and so could their applications for sabbaticals in prestigious universities abroad, said Menahem Klein, political science professor at Bar Ilan University.
"Of course it will not happen overnight," Klein said. "It might take a few years, but ... it may lead to very bad consequences for Israeli universities. This will make a connection between academia and occupation."


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The Associated Press reports on the exhumation of Israelis who were buried in the Gaza strip, and their reburial on the Mount of Olives and elsewhere. This is one of those doughnut stories, with a big hole right in the middle. On the AP's telling, the transfer of Israeli dead out of Gaza becomes a story about Jewish burial customs. Completely absent is any reference to the reason why Jewish bodies had to be removed before the Palestinians occupied the settlements: the knowledge that the Palestinians would desecrate Jewish graves, as they did on the Mount of Olives and elsewhere where they had the opportunity.
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The call was made for a post and I did heed it. Missed putting it on Mole Day, but what's an order of magnitude between friends?
Your current job.
I work at RTI International, a non-profit research institute in the RTP area of North Carolina.
What you do in a standard "work day."
It starts with a cup of tea (I'm a stereotypical Brit in that regard), but encompasses reading, writing and lab work. I am more in the lab than my supervisor, but he expects a certain amount of work on papers or grant proposals from me as well. My primary responsibility is keeping the project moving forward in terms of compound supply, so getting new data or scale-up so we have material for the next phase of the project. I'll add we are more a basic research group than a drug discovery group, so tool compounds that pharmacologists can use to study receptors with is more our game than making a highly bioavailable drug. But many of the same skills apply – it needs to be soluble, for example.
What kind of schooling / training / experience helped you get there?
I have a PhD from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. I post doc'd in the US at Georgia Tech. My original plan was to go back to the U.K. after that but jobs were scarce at the time and lining up one trans-Atlantically proved difficult. So I ended up staying. Got a job at a non-profit, then at a small contract research company here in RTP. As much as my qualifications, knowing people and being bold with contacting people got me here – I got an interview at my last job because they had hired a process chemist I knew, then I made a good contact with the recruiter who was hiring for this position, plus a number of former co-workers had post doc'd at RTI.
How does chemistry inform your work?
I work in the lab doing synthesis most of the time so it is pretty central to my job and that is how I like it.
Finally, a unique, interesting, or funny anecdote about your career
I could note how my PhD was book-ended by building evacuations due to ammonia release from the lab next door. But that isn't really about me.
When in school, we were working on making a Grignard reagent. I forget the details, but it was magnesium turnings, a bromide of some sort, maybe some iodine to activate things. We were heating it. The guy behind me (doing the same thing) suddenly cried out and I turned around at saw his reaction spouting out of the top of his condenser. I chuckled turned around and mine did the same thing, shooting out of the top with enough force to mark the ceiling with a nice brown spot.
If I were just coming into the field, would I learn something useful from your story?
I hope so. The lesson I take from my own journey is that it is rarely as smooth as you imagine, you have to adapt and be flexible, be ready to take on things that you did not expect. But also it is possible to make your career into something you enjoy and want to do long term.


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The recreational harvest of red snapper will open Tuesday, Oct. 1, in state and federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In state waters the season will remain open through Oct. 21, closing on Oct. 22. In federal waters the season will be open through Oct. 14, closing on Oct. 15.
These supplemental recreational red snapper seasons are for 2013 only. The minimum size limit in state and federal waters is 16 inches, and the daily bag limit is two per harvester, per day. There is a zero daily bag and possession limit for captain and crew on for-hire vessels.
Anglers are required to use circle hooks and dehooking devices when fishing for any reef species, including red snapper, in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters. The requirement to use venting tools in federal waters was removed on Sept. 3. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will consider adopting similar changes at a future meeting. The intent of these rules is to help conserve fishery resources by increasing the chances for a fish to survive after being caught and released.
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All Phone Parts needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
We need a full website design (8 pages) for our CS-Cart webstore.
We're going to sell to the whole world and the design must work for any viewer and any country.
Please take a look at "dustin.se" and "inwarehouse.se" for inspiration.
All Phone Parts
We need a full website design for our CS-Cart webstore.We're going to sell to the whole world and the design must work for any viewer and any country.Please take a look at "dustin.se" and "inwarehouse.se" for inspiration.This contest will be guaranteed as soon as we've got a design we can work with.Take a look at CS-Carts functions and demo (cs-cart.com) since our site will have these functions and many more. The site should be bright and clean since we've got a few thousand products and many many functions.It needs to be clear that we sell world wide and that it's a site for mobile phone spare parts and accessories. We'll also have video instructions and video sliders on the site so it'd be good if this function was present in the design too.
We also need a dual category browsing as illustrated in this image: http://rakning.info/navigation.jpg
- Clean innovative design
- Bright colors
- Inspiration from dustin.se, inwarehouse.se and apple store
- Dark colors
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- Too many boxes and unlogical layout


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I was inspired this week by a Martha Stewart episode about chicken and biscuits. As they were demo-ing, my mouth was watering as they were using words like: flaky, high, buttery, and perfect. They sounded soooo good and also reminded me of a local eatery which boasts "mile-high" biscuits. YUM.
So, I gathered my cookbook, a few ingredients and a few tips taken from the tv. Here is what happened…
Pretty simple, but I wanted buttermilk. And please, shortening? No way! Butter all the way! Here are my changes and results. Wait until you see…
Bodacious Buttermilk Biscuits
- 2 c. all purpose flour
- 4 t. baking powder
- 1 t. salt
- 2 T. butter
- 3/4 – 1 c. buttermilk
- Mix dry ingredients together (I used my hands the whole time).
- Then add butter. I used my hands to incorporate the butter into the flour. You basically want tiny pieces of "smooshed" butter throughout the flour mixture.
- Add 3/4 c. of the buttermilk and mix. It will seem pretty dry. You want a little flour still in the bottom of the bowl. (if there is a lot of flour left, feel free to add some more buttermilk)
- At this point, dump everything onto the counter.
- Knead until combined.
- Now, contrary to popular belief, mixing a biscuit dough too much makes it hard and not flaky. The girl on Martha said not so, so I didn't worry about this!)
- Pat dough until it is about 1 inch thick. That's right! These are big suckers! Cut out with a biscuit cutter. (I used a bean can) Then place on an ungreased cookie sheet. You should be able to get 3 out of the first roll. Gather up remaining dough and cut out more until your dough runs out. You should get 5-6 biscuits.
- Bake 450 for 10-14 minutes. They should be lightly browned and HIGH! I was so giddy as I pulled these out! My southern friends would be so proud!!
Flour mixture. Just to give you an idea what yours will look like…pretty much like flour!:
Mile High? Oh, yeah!