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Aqa Mola Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS explains the philosophy of Mourning for Imam Husain AS in English, and mentions the court case, and the attack on Husain Imam's Dawat today by those who wrongfully claim the position.
Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS addresses mumineen in Arabic and delivers a heart rendering recitation of the shahadat of Imam Husain AS.
Syedi Mazoon Saheb AAB does a short Daily Zikr each day in Shehrullah from the anecdotes in Histories of Panjatan, Imam & Duat to benefit our souls & bodies, our lives & our Hereafter.
Syedna al-Mu'ayyad also explains in one of his Majalis, that just as Allah Ta'ala appointed the Ka'ba, a physical House made of stone, as the qibla of our physical bodies, Allah Ta'ala appointed an Imam, who the Ka'ba symbolizes, as the qibla of our souls. Click here to read further.
In the Majlis, Syedna al-Mu'ayyad makes the case that the ayat from the Qur'an quoted above was revealed in reference to the Day of Ghadeer in which Rasulullah SA delivered the final message, the final farizat– the walaayat of his wasiyy, Maulana Ali SA. Read the full article here.
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, the season of Hajj, we are pleased to present a photo e-book that summarizes the primary arkaan and tenets of Hajj. The text – written by Zumurrudato Dawatil Haqq Shz. Dr. Bazat Saifiyah baisaheba, is presented with unique photos of Makka and the important sites of Hajj. The photo book also presents several unique photos of the Hajj of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA in 1969 and Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin TUS in 1968.
Like prayer, fasting, and hajj, zakaat is one of the seven da'a'im, or foundational pillars, of the Shari'at of Islam. Click here to view information on how to araz zakat.
Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA was a beacon of light. It is befitting that Syedna Qutbuddin's roza, as Syedna Fakhruddin TUS said, "shines for the people of the sky as the stars shine for those on earth." To contribute, please click here. Mumineen participate in the khidmat of niyaaz and also contribute regularly to join in the sawaab of Mazaar-e-Qutbi Niyaaz. If you would like to participate, click here.
Bihamdillah Imamat namaz and majalis are conducted all over the world by the raza mubarak of Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS. To find out more about majalis and events near you, and to connect with your local mas'ul and other mumineen click here.
Recognising the unique challenges of the time where Mumineen cannot always travel to be with Syedna Fakhruddin TUS personally, bethak via videoconferencing will be arranged on a weekly basis for Mumineen who wish to have an audience with Syedna TUS. For further details, click here.
Shz Dr. Aziz bhaisaheb was invited to attend and deliver a paper at the 2nd al-Biruni International Conference organized by the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The conference was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor of the University and Shz Dr. Aziz bhaisaheb delivered a paper entitled "A Foundation for Islamic Tolerance: Reflections on the Concept of the Universality of Religions in Fatimid Thought, Policy and Practice". The paper asserted that it was the "specific outlook and ideology of the Fatimids on the universality of religions that was responsible for… their largely tolerant and benevolent attitude towards non-Fatimid and non-Shii Muslim communities as well as and especially towards the Ahl al-Kitab, the Jewish and Christian communities living under their rule in Egypt in the 10th and 11th centuries." The paper begins by presenting a summary of the Fatimid philosophy of the Universality of Religions based on the writings of Syedna Abu Hatim al-Razi and earlier research by Shz Dr. Abdeali bhaisaheb. The paper also presents various examples from history demonstrating the application of this philosophy in the governance of Egypt by the Fatimid Imams. Presented here are excerpts from the article.
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Die Ärzte's provocative punk humour isn't for everyone. For almost 20 years, Debil their 1984 debut album was deemed unsuitable for playing on certain public media, and two other albums are still listed today. But since reforming in 1993, the cocky trio has enjoyed greater success than ever before.
Die Ärzte came together in 1982 in West Berlin in the wake of punk rock and the New German Wave. 'Nach uns die Sintflut', their live triple album and their first number one in the German charts, signalled the band's temporary breakup in 1988. Since 1998 however, Die Ärzte's albums have made a habit of reaching number one. They have fans in Austria and Switzerland, and even went on tour in South America in 2004. Farin Urlaub and Bela B., the band's two founding members, have recently also been very successful with solo albums.
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Silent Meditation
(45min) 6:00PM
February 6, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
An event every week that begins at 6:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until March 13, 2019
Drop-in Silent Meditation (45 min)
Instructor: Darshana
This meditation is offered to support those who already know how to meditate, or at least can sit in silence quietly.
Practice varies, but will often begin with 10-15 min of Paramhansa Yogananda's energization exercises or gentle movement and stretching to facilitate relaxation. We'll meditate for about 30 minutes.
No instruction offered at this meeting.
Everyone is welcome! We have comfortable chairs, meditation benches, cushions and other props for sitting.
If you are new to meditation, we recommend taking Course 1 or 2 of The Art and Science of Meditation program before attending this silent meditation or attending a guided meditation first.


text: Hope Marchok is a senior in high school. She has been homeschooled for all of her life. Her hobbies include basketball, playing music, and learning about basically everything. Violin came into her life at age three, and she has been taking lessons ever since. She began her studies at a small music school in Indiana and upon moving to Texas she began studying violin under Mrs. Nicolette Solomon, the director of the Suzuki Music Institute of Dallas. In 2006, she began studying piano with Dr. Bret Serrin also at the SMID. In addition, Hope has studied Music Theory with Dr. Carl Van Wyk since 2005 and plays in a small group of advanced strings at the school. The ensemble has had many wonderful performance opportunities over the years. They opened for Cindi Lauper at a Children's Medical Center benefit, and they are planning on touring in Spain this spring. Hope is also working part time at Periodontics and Implants Center of Mckinney as a sterile tech. She is honored to be able to participate in this event.


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Dale and I are involved in a small fellowship group at our church
where we meet (try to) once a month to have a dinner together,
to share in each others lives through prayer and support.
This is a HUGE blessing in our lives and I wanted to let them know
that we are very THANKFUL for them.
November was our month to be the host and hostess
I made some yummy chili (one beef and one chicken)
while the other ladies supplied the remaining menu items.
I had made this Amish Lemon Poppy Seed Friendship Bread up for them
to take home when they left. What better way to gift someone than
to doll it up with a pretty tag and tulle bow.
The Stamps I used were from French Foliage (my fav!) and
Thankful For... a retired 2 piece set but so glad I keep all my word stamps
Colors used Early Espresso and Cajun Craze on Very Vanilla Card Stock.
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The Transition model has always been a work-in-progress. Resilience and adaptability go hand-in-hand. With the second version of the Transition Handbook, Rob Hopkins will be proposing a new approach to Transition based on an old concept called Pattern Language. Rob puts it best, "It is modelled on Christopher Alexander's Pattern Language model, and moves away from the more linear approach embodied in the '12 Steps of Transition' model. 'A Pattern Language' was published in 1977, and was, in my opinion, a work of great genius. It used a highly innovative method to explore what it is about built environments that makes them either beautiful and nurturing, or soul-destroying and ghastly. While he applies the approach to built environments, we are applying it here to the Transition process. The idea is that Transition would appear to move out through a series of stages:
Each stage represents a different phase in an initiative's evolution. Based on observing a number of initiatives, it appears that these are roughly the stages they move through. Think of each ingredient, or 'pattern', as being like a piece of the Transition puzzle, how you assemble them is up to you, but in this model, wherever you land, wherever you start, you can get a sense of the context of what you are doing, and what are the other things you also need to bear in mind. This book offers an initial set of 63 patterns for your delectation. Exactly how these patterns work will be explored later, but for now, here are some thoughts as to how you can help with the development of this approach."
To learn more check out these resources, and stay tuned to Rob's blog (www.transitionculture.org) for more information:
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Treasurer's Report - Spring 2004
Charles E. Robertson
Announcer, Vol. 34, Iss. 1
How Much Did That Pitcher of Water Cost?
My first Tidbits article examined some of the costs of our two annual meetings. I thought this might be a good time to examine some of the details of that topic. While this issue of the Announcer focuses on the winter meeting in Miami Beach, I want to go back to last summer when our meeting was held in Madison and give you some of the costs and incomes of that meeting. I am indebted to Carol Heimpel of the AAPT office for supplying me with the data.
There were 1,273 people registered for the meeting and they had the choice of 54 workshops and 94 sessions. If you attended last summer's meeting, you will remember the fine facilities we had at the Monona Terrace (rent was $43,700) and the large exhibit hall (rent was $36,300) in which we held the opening reception (at a cost of $5,400). Many of you had your breakfast in that exhibit hall downing a glass of juice ($25/gallon) and a cup of coffee ($23/gallon). (Let's see, using the unit conversions I have been teaching my students that amounts to nearly $1.50/cup.) I don't know about you, but I enjoyed the afternoon break with ice cream sundaes ($2,750). Those are some of the more obvious large expenses.
Carol also dug out some of the little known (or less thought about expenses) like that ice water at the speaker's table. To keep those pitchers filled cost $400/day. Some participants took a shuttle bus between their hotel and the conference center; another $1,100. For the arranged tours we paid $1,250 for the buses and $1,550 for rental costs at the tour sites.
Of course we didn't just spend money, we did have some income. The largest source of this was registration which brought in $157,400 from registrants. Each of the exhibitors rented their space and that brought in $48,000. The workshops added another $48,400, and special events such as the picnic added $10,700.
If you add these incomes and costs, you may think that we made lots of money on the meeting. But there are costs that are hidden deeper in the accounting books. (You must remember the results of our annual financial audit because you read it so carefully in a previous issue of the Announcer. Those results gave us a very clean bill of health in our accounting practices. We are doing everything by the book.) At the meeting, you may have noticed many staff members from College Park in attendance. During the year, all of these staff members work on a variety of projects in the office, not just the meetings. They keep records as to what percent of their time is spent on each of these tasks and that portion of their salary is charged to the income of that task. This indirect cost added about $63,000 to our meeting expenses.
I think there are two bottom lines. One is the one we commonly think about. In this case our income and expenses were nearly the same, well within what was expected. But the other bottom line is the quality of the meeting. Each of us judges that by our own expectations and experiences. Some of us rely heavily on the staff that is there, while others have no interaction with them. Some of you drink coffee, some of us don't. I didn't go on any of the special tours but heard some positive comments about them. Some do workshops and some only attend the sessions. What did you get out of the meeting? I thought it was great!
Call for suggestions: If you have a financial question you would like discussed in a future issue of the Announcer, please email me at email@example.com.


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Telecommunications satellites
Satellite telecommunication is the most mature of space applications. Starting 50 years ago with the launch of Telstar in 1962 and Syncom in 1963, satcom has continued to grow ever since.
At first, satellite performance was very limited. To compensate for this, very large ground stations with dish antennas more than 20 metres in diameter were required to establish links with them. The use of satellites was limited to long distance telephony and to the transport of television signals between studios.
By 1990, two out of every three intercontinental telephone calls were transmitted by telecommunication satellites. Satellites proved particularly useful for communicating with many of the countries in the less developed parts of the world.
New technology and different kinds of demand have changed the way communications satellites are used. More powerful satellites and the use of higher frequencies have made it possible for many people to receive direct signals from the sky. At the beginning of the 21st century, more than 100 million European homes were able to watch television programmes transmitted by satellites, either by direct reception or through cable distribution systems.
Satcom: Where space meets daily life
Today telecommunications satellites are part of our daily lives. Many everyday activities rely on telecommunication satellites that are in orbit, almost 36 000 kilometres above our heads.
Did you know that:
- When you listen to the radio, it is very likely that the signal you are receiving has been distributed from the central studios by satellite?
- Many newspapers and magazines are produced locally but printed centrally? The content of the paper is sent to the printing plants using satellite links.
- Even when a news or sports event shown on television is taking place just a few kilometres away from the studios, it has probably been transmitted via satellite?
- Most news agencies use satellites to distribute text, audio and video to their affiliates?
- In many countries, access to the Internet is by satellite communication? Internet service providers often link their servers to the core of the Internet network by satellite. With the emergence of very powerful broadband satellites, users – equipped with their own broadband interactive satellite terminals – will get access to the Internet regardless of their distance from the nearest terrestrial node.
Connecting the world
There are many other ways in which satellites are used, some very specific, such as the communication systems of the national lottery networks in the UK and Spain, retail chains and banks in many parts of the world, remote post offices in small villages, and the control of water, gas or oil pipelines.
Increasingly, satellites are being used for tele-education, telemedicine or videoconference systems. Additionally, in most remote and some not-so-remote parts of the world, satellite communications continue to play a fundamental role in the infrastructure of telephone and other services. Mobile satellite systems, both regional and global, have been conceived to satisfy our demand to be connected at any time and in any place.
Satellite telecommunications can also contribute to the satisfaction of a wide range of institutional requirements: from supporting the development of less favoured regions to the provision of telecommunications or telemedicine services in emergencies or disaster situations.
There are many types of telecommunication satellites, with designs varying according to their purpose. They use different orbits, different frequencies and they transmit very different types of signals using a variety of power levels.


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Palacio del Marqués de San Felipe y Santiago de Bejucal Hotel
Plaza San Francisco Monastery & Fountain
Patio Bar & Restaurant
San Felipe Restaurant
Entrance onto San Francisco Square
Standard Room
Front Facade from Plaza San Francisco
Standard Bathroom Basin
Standard Bathroom
The actual full official (not exactly snappy, but charming) name for this brand new (Nov. 2010) hotel is "Palacio del Marqués de San Felipe y Santiago de Bejucal Hotel".
History, and modern facilities are combined in this beautiful building which originally belonged to Don Sebastián de Peñalver at the end of the 18th century and which passed onto the successors of the 4th Marques de San Felipe and Santiago at beginning of the 19th century.
The interior minimalist decor of the hotel contrasts with the baroque design of the hotel's façade and makes the building unique on the St. Francis of Assisi Square. This new hotel, a gem in the heart of the heart of Old Havana, is lucky to be just a few meters away from the St. Francis of Assisi Convent where you can listen to some of the best choirs and chamber music concerts in the city. From the hotel's terrace, at the top of its six floors, you can enjoy the atmosphere of one of the main squares in the heart of the city with the Carrara Marble carved fountain Fuente de los Leones sculpted by the Italian artist Giuseppe Gaggini.
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24 hour reception
Araba kiralama masası
Ayakkabı Temizleme
Breakfast - à la carte
Cafe / Snack Bar
Eski bina restore edilmiş
İnternet WiFi 802.11b ile + g dizüstü için
Laundry & dry cleaning
Luggage storage
Mağazalar (lar) temel malzemeler, hediyelik eşya ve hediyeleri
Mastercard ve Visa ( ABD bankalari dahil degil ) kabul edilir
Nursery services
Taxis desk
The 27 spacious, modern, comfortable rooms all have satellite TV, safety deposit box, hairdryer, mini bar, desk & ensuite bathrooms. You can also arrange wifi internet in your room through reception.
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Bilgisayarınız için WiFi Internet
Çift kişilik yatak
Oda Kasasi
Oda servisi
Sıcak ve Soğuk Su
Uydu TV
For extra luxury but small cost, why not upgrade to one of the 3 beautifully furnished suites where you can unwind in a relaxing jacuzzi bath. Other benefits include his & hers wash basins & excellent views of San Francisco de Asis square.
© 2013 Nigel Hunt
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Blue Jackets place Adrian Aucoin on injured reserve, recall Cody Goloubef from Springfield (AHL)by Blue Jackets Staff / Columbus Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed defenseman Adrian Aucoin on Injured Reserve retroactive to January 29 and have recalled defenseman Cody Goloubef from the American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons, club Executive Vice President and General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Aucoin, who has collected two penalty minutes in seven games this season, suffered a lower body injury at Minnesota on January 29 and is listed as day-to-day.
Goloubef (pronounced GOH-luh-behf) has tallied four goals and six assists for 10 points with 28 penalty minutes and a +9 plus/minus rating in 21 games with Springfield this season. Columbus' second pick, 37th overall, in the 2008 NHL Draft, he made his NHL debut last season and logged 6:00 TOI and was +1 at St. Louis on Mar. 31, 2012.
Goloubef, 23, has registered 10-29-39 and 113 penalty minutes in 119 career AHL games. The 6-1, 190-pound native of Mississauga, Ontario played three seasons at the University of Wisconsin and collected 12-25-37 and 138 penalty minutes in 118 games from 2007-10. He helped the Badgers reach the 2010 NCAA championship game and also was a member of Team Canada's gold medal-winning squad at the 2009 World Junior Championships.
The Blue Jackets return to action on Tuesday when they host the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings at Nationwide Arena. Game time is 7 p.m. ET. Live coverage on FOX Sports Ohio HD begins with the Blue Jackets Live pre-game show starting at 6:30 p.m. The game will also be broadcast live on the Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network, including flagship station WWCD 102.5 FM in Columbus, and online at BlueJackets.com.
Single game tickets for Blue Jackets home games starting at $26 are on sale now at the Big Lots Box Office at Nationwide Arena, The OhioHealth Chiller Ice Rinks and all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers. Fans can also purchase tickets by phone at (800) 745-3000 or online at BlueJackets.com, the official club web site, and ticketmaster.com. For information about full and partial season tickets and group ticket opportunities, call (800) NHL-COLS or visit BlueJackets.com.


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EDMONTON – Discussion of the rights of conscience in last month's Alberta election campaign was overly truncated, Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith told local media May 14.
"I was glad that it was going to get discussed, but somehow it didn't really get discussed. I found that disappointing," Smith said at his annual breakfast session with the media at St. Joseph Seminary.
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith expressed support for conscience rights during the campaign, a view Premier Alison Redford denounced as "frightening."
Critics of conscience rights fear that recognition of conscience rights could lead to women not having access to abortions they desire or to homosexuals not being able to find a marriage commissioner to formalize their same-sex "marriage."
Society, the archbishop said, needs to examine what is meant by conscience rights.
Archbishop Smith said opponents of conscience rights believe that a right to conscientious objection means discrimination against a person.
Conscience rights and discrimination are "two very different things," he said. "It's not a judgment against a person."
Conscience objection involves a judgment that the objective order of morality is being violated, he said.
For example, a marriage commissioner opposed to same-sex marriage would like also oppose marriages between siblings or between a parent and a child if those possibilities were to be legalized.
The archbishop said the term "conscience" is often not properly understood. "In the public view, conscience seems to be at the level of subjective feeling - 'whatever I feel is the right thing to do.'"
However, it should be seen as "the human capacity to discern what is morally obligatory in accordance with objective moral truth."
The idea of objective moral truth is itself under fire in our age of relativism, he said. "People say, 'I have my truth and you have yours.'"
Moral truth, he said, is real just as are physical laws of nature, such as gravity.
Even if people express moral relativism, they "instinctively understand" objective moral truths such as that it is wrong to kill innocent people, he said.
In their May 14 Pastoral Letter on Freedom of Conscience and Religion, the Canadian bishops said the right to freedom of conscience is justified because of the relationship of conscience to moral truth.
For Archbishop Smith, our ability to live together as a society means that such a fundamental right is honoured and doesn't get trampled.
The discussion of the issue during the Alberta election campaign was too brief, he said. "It left me wanting to have more conversation about it."


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Tough Mudder Colorado - Saturday, September 6, 2014
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BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — Fred Butler was married for 65 years, raised five children, served in the Army during World War II and worked for years for the local water department, but the fact he never earned a high school diploma always bothered him.
Not anymore.
The 106-year-old was awarded his honorary diploma Monday during an emotional ceremony attended by school officials, state lawmakers and Beverly Mayor Bill Scanlon.
"I thank everybody who is responsible for this," he said, wearing a mortar board hat and tassel and holding the prized document in his hands. "I certainly appreciate it."
Butler dropped out of school before the ninth-grade to accept a full-time job at a print shop to support his mother and five younger siblings.
Daughter-in-law Cathy Butler says he regretted dropping out and always emphasized the importance of education to his children and grandchildren.
A grandson, Mike Calabro, said Butler gave him $5 for every A on his report card.
Cathy Butler launched the effort to get her father-in-law his diploma as a way to raise his spirits following the death of his wife, Ruth, last year.
Fred Butler's only concern was that he hadn't earned it.
Scanlon put that concern to rest. "It's a long time to wait for your diploma," Scanlon said, "but you've obviously earned it very well."


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David Hackl, the director of "Saw V" has got a new film coming out called "Red Machine" and today we've got our first image. The movie is about a bear that goes nuts and kills people so the image is of... you guessed it, a pissed off bear. Well played!
For those of you who enjoy the written word, Clive Barker is just about wrapped up with "The Scarlet Gospels", the final chapter in his "Hellraiser" series. Hopefully they'll make a movie out of it, because pictures are better then words. Fact!
Ciaran Hinds is in talks to play the Devil in the upcoming "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" film. What's better? Some Italian actress/singer named Violante Placido is apparently in talks to join the cast as well. I've never heard of her and from what I've seen on Google Images she's never heard of clothing either.
Finally here's some new images from "My Soul to Take". They've got a kid freakin out and then another one with some kids drawing straws and... oh god I just don't have it in me anymore. This movie is going to be awful.
Good luck sleeping tonight. A farmer has gone against his wife's wishes and kept their two legged pig that they've named Zhu Jianqiang. Don't worry, there's a picture.
1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Fla.


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|Collection homeCompact list of all items
|Freedom Riders : the children shall lead
Web site companion to the film The children shall lead. Pages on the site document the history of the Freedom Rides, provide a timeline of selected events from 1900 through 1968, provide transcripts of interviews with key players as well as photographs, list relevant books and websites, and link to curriculum documents saved in PDF form.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
|Instructional materials | Black-and-white photographs | Sound recordings | Texts (document genres) | Transcripts | Interviews | Lesson plans | Timelines (chronologies)
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|John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi)
|William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation | University of Mississippi
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Bacao Festival (English: Corn Festival) is a week-long annual corn festival occurring in town of Echague Isabela, the Queen Town of Isabela Province. The term "Bacao" is of Yogad origin, meaning "corn".
The festival, held during the month of March from (15 to 19), was created as a tribute to the town's corn and as a way to give thanks of the town's fruitful harvest. March is the harvesting season of corn in the region.
In 2003, Echague began its Bacao Festival in celebration of the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, in honor of Patron Saint of Echague.
The festival attracts over thousands of visitors from all over Isabela and other neighboring provinces.
The event also features motocross racing, longest corn grilling, and others.
The festival includes banners that are decorated using different parts of the corn plant like corn and corn leaves. The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in corn-inspired costumes, that are presented by different institutions governed by the town of Echague. Among these participants are coming from the Academic Institutions (College, High School and Elementary Students), Local Government Unit, Philippine Army, Private Sectors and other commercial establishments.
Aside from economic boosts from tourism, the festival also helped the younger generation of understanding how important Filipino culture's old tradition of Bayanihan and also to give awareness to the world that Yodag speaking people exist.


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OVIEDO, Fla. – The body of a second missing boater was found floating in Lake Jesup on Friday, according to wildlife officials.
The body of Charles T. Jackson, 26, of Deltona, the second of two men who disappeared Saturday, was found floating in the lake by Volusia deputies about halfway between Black Hammock and Bird Island in about 6 feet of water, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
There were no apparent signs of trauma to the body.
FWC officers found the body of the other boater, Jason M. Cobb, 30, of Osteen, on Wednesday.
Jackson and Cobb were reported missing a week ago after they did not return home from a boating trip on Lake Jesup.
The two men had launched at Lemon Bluff about 5:30 p.m. Dec. 28 and drove the boat across the lake to the Black Hammock fish camp. The two reportedly left Black Hammock in the boat around 1:30 a.m. Dec. 29, heading back to Lemon Bluff but hadn't been seen since.
A friend found the empty vessel on the north shoreline of Lake Jesup approximately three-quarters of a mile north of Black Hammock about 12 hours after the two left the fish camp.
FWC investigators suspect the men were somehow ejected from the vessel. Two life jackets, two paddles and keys to their truck were found on the boat.
"This has been a difficult and frustrating week for the family and friends of Charles and Jason, but this will bring some final closure for everyone," said Lt. Jeff Hudson, FWC incident commander.
The Seminole, Volusia and Orange county sheriff's offices, the FWC and the Guardian Angels from Patrick Air Force Base searched by vessel, helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft and by foot since Saturday afternoon. In addition, hundreds of friends and family of the men organized their own searches.


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- Harry: "What's Nurmengard?"
- Hermione: "The prison Grindelwald built to hold his opponents."
- — Harry Potter and Hermione Granger[src]
Nurmengard is a wizarding prison possibly near Germany or Bulgaria. In terms of magical defences, its specific protective enchantments remain unknown, but it is known to have anti-Apparition wards (similar to Hogwarts). Non-magical defences include high walls for the fortress, and it may have had a guard population, similar to Dementors once guarding Azkaban (though was implied to have since become disused and automated without the need for a human presence).
The prison was built on the orders of the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald at the height of his power, in order to hold his opponents. Grindelwald's slogan "For the Greater Good" is carved over the prison's entrance. After a number of years terrorising Europe, Grindelwald was confronted and defeated by his former best friend, Albus Dumbledore.
Grindelwald's Imprisonment
In a display of irony Grindelwald was collared in the top-most cell inside his own prison, rather than killed, after his defeat. It is unknown if there were any other prisoners ever held at Nurmengard but around the time of Grindelwald's death, it is highly likely that he was the only prisoner present; all other past inmates having been incarcerated at the ex-Dark Lord's behest.
Quest for the Elder Wand
In his quest for the Elder Wand, Lord Voldemort travelled to Nurmengard in 1998, using his ability to fly to break into Grindelwald's cell. After confronting him for information on the Wand's location, Voldemort killed Grindelwald, and then flew away.
It is described as being "a towering building," and a "grim fortress, jet black and forbidding,". The cell that was inhabited by Gellert Grindelwald since 1945 had been a dark and ominous room in the highest tower, with a stone bed and a ragged, thin blanket.
Nurmengard may be a reference to Nuremberg, the city in Germany that was the site of many important Nazi rallies, and also the place where the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws were promulgated. Later the city was famous as the site of the prison used to hold infamous Nazi war criminals, and the Nuremberg Trials where they were tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Likewise, Nurmengard was created as a monument to Grindelwald's oppressive regime, but later became a symbol of his downfall.
The suffix "-gard" comes from the Norse "gard," meaning "enclosure" or "walled town." Also, in French, "garder" means "to keep, ward, guard, save, preserve".
J.R.R. Tolkien used a similar word for his place names in Middle-earth when referring to enclosed spaces; for instance, the fortress of the dark wizard Saruman is named Isengard meaning literally "iron fortress." Isengard was built by the people of Numenor, so the first two syllables of Numenor and the last one of Isengard would be Numengard. It is possible that J.K. Rowling did not read Tolkien's Legendarium, written a few decades ago, but it is more likely that the 'gard' part was more of a coincedence than 'Numen.'
"The greater good" is an essential idea of the utilitarian philosophy. "For The Greater Good" may also be a reference to "Arbeit macht frei" (German, "Work makes free" or "Work liberates") the motto that was mendaciously inscribed over the entrance gates to several Nazi concentration camps (The exact wording of the inscription at Nurmengard is unknown, since Grindelwald's exact nationality or his language of preference, are not specified in the books; the German translation of his slogan would be "Für das höhere Wohl").
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance) (Appears in vision)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in vision)


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In previous centuries, it was considered that one could tell a lot about a person simply by the structure of their face. The logic was that certain character traits were often found with people who all share the same facial features. For example, people who have square-shaped faces were considered thoughtful, intelligent and somewhat unique. In modern times, this practice is met with a lot of scepticism, and derided by many as 'pseudo-science'. Nevertheless, there is absolutely truth to the idea that a person can tell a lot about another person simply by looking at him or her.
This ability is not rooted in the structure of the face but rather the muscles, the tissue, and the emotions behind the face. The human face is capable of millions of subtle facial gestures – not just the big ones such as smiling wide – and these expressions can express emotions with a great complexity.
While it is true that some people who have personality disorders, such as autism, are unable to read these subtle expressions with accuracy, most people are able to understand them without conscious thought. This ability is a major part of understanding others and is so instinctive that it can seem to defy analytical thought. However, the truth is these expressions can be studied, and to great effect. Understanding what a person is trying to convey on gut instinct is one thing, but being able to read into their expressions consciously can be extremely advantageous in certain situations.
One such situation is negotiation: this is a scenario where one must be able to present themselves as coming from a stance that may not be entirely accurate, in order to get an advantage. It is also a psychological game of tactics, and therefore is exactly the kind of situation where being able to read and understand the true meaning of the opponent by ignoring their words and focusing on their face is beneficial. This ability may come more naturally to some than others, but it is something that can be studied and used to positive effect by just about anybody.
The first thing that should be understood is what certain skin colours may indicate. The opponent in a negotiation may be projecting confidently with their words, but the colours of their face may be saying something entirely different. For example, if they have particularly red cheeks, this can indicate that they are feeling the pressure, are angry, or otherwise flustered about their inability to conduct themselves in a way that they think is productive. Just knowing that the opponent is feeling insecure can bring a great sense of confidence, which alone is enough to bring about a victory. Interestingly, a face that has hints of blue may indicate the opposite in terms of body temperatures, but it announces the same hidden emotion – fear.
It will come as no surprise that the most important part of reading a person's face is noticing eye movement. Where the opponent looks, and how they look, is very important in understanding their level of confidence in their words. If they are making firm eye contact, one can be sure that they are secure in their stance and are unlikely to back down unless they are beaten on words and logic alone. If the person continues to focus downwards, this indicates anxiety and something that can be seen as real weakness. If your opponent does not feel confident in themselves, this allows you to take advantage.
Be aware that some opponents will be attempting to circumvent these signals, so for an important debate you may need to do your research. Someone who seems to be holding your gaze for too long may in fact be trying to appear confident and project that they are telling the truth by overcompensating. This is a very difficult thing to do successfully – not many people are good liars – so if you notice a strange change in how your opponent catches your gaze or not, then this will indicate something is up.
In a tough negotiation, it is going to be too much for most opponents to cover up all of their feelings that are projecting on their face, so look for the basic signals. If they raise their eyebrow, they are finding your words hard to believe. Pursing of the mouth signals they are not in agreement with what you are saying. Leaning towards you or nodding indicates you are pushing the right button, and they are coming around to your way of thinking.
The study of face reading may come naturally to some, but it is something that everybody must study deeply to fully understand what all of the complex features of the face are saying in various situations and contexts.
This post was contributed by thegappartnership.com


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CFO Moves this week include:
|Best Buy
|ConAgra Foods, Inc.
|Hormel Foods Corporation
|Choice Hotels International, Inc.
|Sears Holdings Corporation
|Rizo Lopez Foods Inc.
|Arizona Polymer Flooring
|Steel Partners Holdings L.P.
|Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
|Verisk Analytics, Inc.
|Varian Medical Systems
|Entellus Medical, Inc.
|Core Security
|GAWK Inc.
|Forward Air Corporation
|Rubicon Project
|W. R. Berkley Corporation
|MassMutual Financial Group
|Wellesley Bancorp, Inc.
|Cynosure, Inc.
|XPEL Technologies Corp.
|ITC Holdings Corp.
|Dorman Products, Inc.
|Rambus Inc.
|iStar Inc.
|Granbury Solutions
|Beam Suntory
|Edison International
|Snyder's-Lance, Inc.
|Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.
|KEYW Holding Corporation
|Washington Federal, Inc.
|Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
|KVH Industries, Inc.
|Willis Lease Finance Corporation
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Best Buy [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Sharon McCollam, the company's chief administrative and chief financial officer, will be stepping down. Corie Barry, a 16-year veteran of Best Buy and its current chief strategic growth officer, will become the company's chief financial officer.
ConAgra Foods, Inc. [OMAHA, Neb.] (NYSE: CAG) announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer, John Gehring, will retire after 14 years of service with the company. Gehring joined the company in 2002, and assumed the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer in early 2009. Before joining ConAgra Foods, John was a partner with Ernst & Young. He also held auditing positions with PepsiCo and KPMG.
Hormel Foods Corporation [AUSTIN, Minn.] (NYSE: HRL) announced that Jody H. Feragen will retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and as a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors elected James N. Sheehan to be the company's next senior vice president and chief financial officer. Sheehan was most recently elected as vice president and chief accounting officer for the company. In 1998, he became president of Hormel Financial Services. Prior to being named to his current position, Sheehan was treasurer at Hormel Foods and served as vice president and controller for 16 years. He is involved in industry organizations including the Financial Executive Institute and the Institute of Management Accountants.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NYSE: CHH) announced that David L. White will be transitioning from the company and will pursue other professional opportunities. Mr. White will step down as CFO on June 3rd but will remain with the company to assist with the CFO transition prior to his planned departure before the end of 2016.
Sears Holdings Corporation [HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.] (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Robert Schriesheim, will be departing from his position with the Company.
BlueHornet [SAN DIEGO] announced that Claire Long has joined the company as its chief financial officer (CFO). She joins BlueHornet from Covario, where she served as CFO and COO until its purchase by the Dentsu Aegis Network. Prior to that, she was CFO at The San Diego Union Tribune. Previously, she was CFO of Visual Sciences.
Rizo Lopez Foods Inc. [Modesto, California] announced the appointment of Roy E. Christiansen as its new CFO.
Arizona Polymer Flooring [GLENDALE, Ariz.] announced Shannon Warner has been appointed to the company's leadership team as chief financial officer. Prior to joining APF, Warner had a decade-long career at an automotive aftermarket accessory wholesaler and distributor, most recently as CFO.
Steel Partners Holdings L.P. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SPLP) announced that the Company's Chief Financial Officer, James F. McCabe, Jr., resigned to pursue other interests. Mr. McCabe has also resigned as Chief Financial Officer of SPLP's affiliates Handy & Harman Ltd. (NASDAQ: HNH) ("HNH") and Steel Excel Inc. (OTC: SXCL) ("SXCL"). Douglas B. Woodworth, Vice President and Controller of HNH, has been promoted internally and will replace Mr. McCabe as Chief Financial Officer of SPLP as well as of HNH and SXCL. Prior to joining SPLP, Mr. Woodworth was Vice President and Corporate Controller with SunEdison, Inc., as well as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Woodworth held positions of increasing responsibility with Praxair, Inc. Mr. Woodworth began his career with KPMG LLP.
Evariant [FARMINGTON, Conn.] announced that Andrew P. Keenan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Keenan joins Evariant from PeopleFluent, where he served as CFO. Prior to PeopleFluent, Keenan was CFO and treasurer of Carbonite.
Trinseo [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: TSE) has named Barry Niziolek as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Niziolek was most recently Vice President and Controller at DuPont. During his 34 years at DuPont, he held a wide range of Finance roles, including as CFO for the titanium and coatings businesses, as well as CFO for the crop protection business. He also served as finance director for DuPont's Mexico operations. He began his career at KPMG as a senior auditor.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ARI) announced the Board of Directors appointed Jai Agarwal to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Agarwal will replace Megan Gaul, who is resigning. Prior to joining ARI, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of CM Finance Inc. Prior to CM Finance Inc., Mr. Agarwal held positions in finance and accounting at Capital Trust, The Blackstone Group, LP and iStar Financial, Inc. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Verisk Analytics, Inc. [JERSEY CITY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: VRSK) announced Eva Huston, currently Verisk's treasurer and chief knowledge officer, will succeed Mark Anquillare as chief financial officer.
Varian Medical Systems [PALO ALTO, Calif] (NYSE: VAR) announced Clarence Verhoef, as Chief Financial Officer of its new spin-off company, Varian Imaging Components.
Entellus Medical, Inc. [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NASDAQ: ENTL) announced the appointment of Brent Moen as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Thomas Griffin, the Company's current CFO, is assuming the newly created position of Vice President of Finance. Previously, Mr. Moen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABRA Auto Body & Glass. Prior to his role at ABRA Auto Body & Glass, Mr. Moen served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regis Corporation.
Core Security [ATLANTA] announced that Curtis Cain has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Cain most recently worked at iHealth Technologies, which is now Cotiviti Healthcare. He also brings experience from enterprise software companies Infor, Intradiem, XcelleNet and A.D.A.M. Software. Earlier in his career, Cain served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps.
GAWK Inc. [LOS ANGELES, CA.] (OTC PINK: GAWK) announced that Christopher G. Hall has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Actiance [REDWOOD CITY, CA.] announced the appointment of Naresh Bansal as chief financial officer. Naresh has held executive finance positions at start-up to late stage companies, including Zscaler, Satmetrix Systems, Sage Software, and ACCPAC International. Most recently, Naresh served as vice president of Finance at Zscaler.
Forward Air Corporation [GREENEVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FWRD) announced that Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Rodney L. Bell, will retire after 25 years with the Company. Michael J. Morris will succeed Mr. Bell as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Morris is currently the Senior Vice President of Finance & Treasurer of XPO Logistics, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Finance & Treasurer of Con-Way, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of Kulicke & Soffa Industries.
Rubicon Project [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: RUBI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Todd Tappin has resigned. Current Chief Accounting Officer David Day has been named interim CFO. Day joined the company in 2013. Prior to joining Rubicon Project, Day was Chief Accounting Officer at ReachLocal, and Senior Vice President of Finance at Overture and at Yahoo Search Marketing.
W. R. Berkley Corporation [GREENWICH, Conn.] (NYSE: WRB) announced that Richard M. Baio has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Eugene G. Ballard. Mr. Baio most recently served as the Company's vice president and treasurer. Prior to joining the Company, he served as a director in Merrill Lynch & Co.'s financial institutions investment banking group and as a partner in Ernst & Young's insurance practice.
MassMutual Financial Group [SPRINGFIELD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Elizabeth A. Ward as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). Currently both the company's Chief Enterprise Risk Officer and Chief Actuary, Ms. Ward, Executive Vice President, will succeed Michael Rollings, who is resigning. Ms. Ward has been with the Company since joining Babson Capital Management LLC, a MassMutual subsidiary, in 2001. Ms. Ward has been MassMutual's Chief Enterprise Risk Officer since 2007 and its Chief Actuary since 2015; prior to joining Babson she was employed as Managing Director at MassMutual investment affiliate Charter Oak Capital Management from 1996.
Vanguard [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] announced that Michael Rollings will join the company next month as Chief Financial Officer and head of its Finance Division. Mr. Rollings most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group. Mr. Rollings, will assume leadership of Vanguard's Finance Division from Managing Director Glenn Reed. Mr. Rollings joined MassMutual in 2001 to lead the firm's Capital Markets division, and was named Executive Vice President and CFO in 2006.
Wellesley Bancorp, Inc. [WELLESLEY, Mass.] (NASDAQ: WEBK) announced that the Board has appointed Michael W. Dvorak as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Wellesley Bank. Mr. Dvorak is replacing the Company's current CFO, Gary P. Culyer, who is retiring. Mr. Dvorak's previous experience includes 15 years at Keycorp where he was the CFO of both the Community Bank and the Consumer Bank.
Cynosure, Inc. [WESTFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CYNO) announced that Timothy W. Baker, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the company, has notified the Company that he plans to retire.
XPEL Technologies Corp. [SAN ANTONIO, Texas] (TSX-V: DAP.U) announced the appointment of Barry Wood as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wood served as Chief Financial Officer of PTRX, Inc. Previously, Mr. Wood held various leadership roles at four AT&T subsidiaries including time as the Chief Financial Officer of Cellular One and overseeing Financial Planning & Analysis at SBC Communications. Mr. Wood began his career at Ernst & Young.
ITC Holdings Corp. [NOVI, Mich.] (NYSE: ITC) announced that Rejji P. Hayes has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer for ITC Holdings Corp. Before joining ITC as vice president, Finance and Treasurer in 2012, Mr. Hayes was assistant treasurer and director, Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy at Exelon Corporation in Chicago. He also served as vice president, Mergers and Acquisitions at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC. Previously, Mr. Hayes served in a variety of financial leadership roles with financial institutions and investment banks.
Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, PA.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that Kevin M. Olsen will join as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins Dorman from his post as Chief Financial Officer of Colfax Fluid Handling. Prior to Colfax, he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Crane Co. and Danaher Corporation after beginning his career in public accounting.
Rambus Inc. [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RMBS) announced that chief financial officer Satish Rishi plans to retire from Rambus. Mr. Rishi served as the chief financial officer of Rambus since April 2006. Prior to Rambus, Satish held senior financial management positions at semiconductor and electronic manufacturing companies, serving as the vice president and assistant treasurer at Dell Computer. He also spent 13 years at Intel, holding financial management positions both in the US and overseas.
iStar Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: STAR) announced that Geoffrey G. Jervis is joining as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jervis will succeed David DiStaso, who has served as iStar's CFO since 2010 and prior to that served as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Jervis most recently served as the CFO of STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG) and prior to that he was the CFO at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. and its predecessor Capital Trust Inc.
Granbury Solutions [GRAPEVINE, TX] announced Cheri Kruse as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Cheri Kruse has served Granbury in the role of Vice President of Finance since May 2015.
Beam Suntory [Deerfield, Illinois] announced that John Owen, who most recently served as Beam Suntory's SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer, has been named SVP, Chief Financial Officer. Owen joined Beam Suntory in 2013. Prior to joining Beam Suntory, Owen spent 30 years at Avon Products, including serving as CFO of North America and President of EMEA.
Edison International [ROSEMEAD, Calif.] (NYSE: EIX) announced that W. James Scilacci, Edison International's executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire. Upon his retirement, he will be succeeded by Maria Rigatti, SCE senior vice president and chief financial officer. SCE vice president and treasurer, William M. "Tres" Petmecky, will succeed Rigatti as SCE senior vice president and chief financial officer.
Qorvo® [GREENSBORO, NC and HILLSBORO, OR] (NASDAQ: QRVO) announced the appointment of Mark J. Murphy as chief financial officer. Mr. Murphy succeed Steven J. Buhaly. Mr. Murphy most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Delphi Automotive PLC. He joined Delphi from Praxair, Inc., where he was president of the U.S. Industrial Gases business and before that, president of Praxair's Surface Technologies and Electronic Materials division. He previously served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., vice president and corporate controller of Praxair, president of Praxair's global Electronics division and vice president of finance for Praxair Asia based in Shanghai.
Snyder's-Lance, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ-GS: LNCE) announced that Rick Puckett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire. Mr. Puckett was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Snyder's-Lance in 2010. Previously, Mr. Puckett served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lance from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining Lance, Mr. Puckett was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods, Inc. from 2003 to 2006. He is a member of the Board of Directors of SPX Corporation and Whitehorse Finance, Inc.
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that Stephen Rohde, the Company's CFO, will retire from Heritage. Steven Martindale, who formerly served as CFO at People's Trust Insurance Company, has been appointed to serve as CFO effective upon Mr. Rohde's retirement. Before joining Heritage, Mr. Martindale served as CFO at People's Trust Insurance Company. Prior to People's Trust, he was Chief Regulatory Officer for the State of Ohio. Before working for the State of Ohio, Steven was a partner and consulting CFO for Focus CFO. Earlier in Steven's career, he also worked at ProCentury as Vice President Corporate Governance. Mr. Martindale has also held various other positions in both accounting and auditing.
KEYW Holding Corporation [HANOVER, Md.] (NASDAQ: KEYW) announced the departure of the company's Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Philip L. Calamia. KEYW also announced the appointment of Michael J. Alber as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Alber most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Engility Corporation. Prior to Engility, Mr. Alber held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Alion Science and Technology. He has also held senior executive positions at SAIC, where he served as a senior vice president and group controller, and at Network Solutions, Inc.
Washington Federal, Inc. [SEATTLE, WASHINGTON] (NASDAQ: WAFD) announced the appointment of Vincent L. Beatty as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer Brent Beardall, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2015, will resume his full time role as Chief Banking Officer for the Company. Mr. Beatty most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 2008 until its merger in 2015 with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines. Mr. Beatty joined the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in 2004 and previously spent 13 years in various financial positions with First Interstate Bank, JP Morgan Chase and Glendale Federal.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [Livermore, CA.] announced that Chris Brannan has been selected as the chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as the financial/business manager for the Weapons and Complex Integration Principal Directorate.
KVH Industries, Inc. [MIDDLETOWN, R.I.] (NASDAQ: KVHI) announced that it has appointed John McCarthy to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McCarthy will replace Peter Rendall, who is leaving the company. John McCarthy most recently served as a partner at Ernst & Young LLP. During his 32-year career with the firm, Mr. McCarthy held numerous leadership roles across the Audit practice. Mr. McCarthy was a member of Ernst & Young's Global Account Partner Group and also served for two years in the firm's National Accounting Group.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation [NOVATO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WLFC) announced that Scott B. Flaherty is joining the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Willis Lease, Scott held the position of Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Colt Defense LLC, where he was employed from May 2009 to March 2016. Prior to joining Colt Defense LLC, Mr. Flaherty was a Managing Director at Banc of America Securities LLC. Prior to joining Banc of America Securities in 2001, Mr. Flaherty was an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston. He worked as an engineer at the Pratt and Whitney division of the United Technologies Corporation from 1987 to 1995.


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I swear I am going to catch up I miss all of you so much so I am going to be making my way to all of your blogs too, I really miss this!!!!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Flag Football Pics and Family Fun....
I swear I am going to catch up I miss all of you so much so I am going to be making my way to all of your blogs too, I really miss this!!!!!
Posted by Kristy at 12:32 PM 147 comments
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Halloween 2011
Here is our little Watermelon!!! She is such a little toot!!!!
Our Grandbutton Julie...
After we did all the fun things at church we were off ......
Oh how Meme loves her girl...
I love my Big Brother Christopher!!
My SIL Amy, I love her !!!
Jacob and Joshua
Our Princess Babies!
Grandpa and his girl...
Our Oldest Grandbutton Joshua..
Look how my daddy loves me..
me and my mommy
Our beautiful niece Rayn...
Rayn, Jacob and Franceska
Posted by Kristy at 8:32 AM 10 comments
Friday, September 9, 2011
Time to catch up!!!!!
Just wanted y'all to know I'm working on a "catch up" post!!! I miss all of you in my life and I'm turning over a new leaf.... I gotta get back here I just miss all of you so much!
Posted by Kristy at 12:20 AM 9 comments
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
One Year Ago.....
One year ago today, we saw her precious face for the very first time after having waited for a really really long time! And 365 days later all we have to say is that she was so oh so worth the wait and we know that if it had been any sooner it would not have been her! God knew all along and as always it is PERFECTION!! I wish I had time to do a years worth of pictures but below this collage is the absolute most recent pics of Franceska with her Daddy and two of her Big brothers last night at her sister in law Amys Birthday party..... Big Brother Christopher sharing his salad with her......it was the cutest thing!
Her Bubba kissing all over her , just before that she was kissing all over his neck,
And being Lady and the Tramp with Daddy......
Everyone keeps saying how blessed she is , but I can honestly say there she has a mommy , daddy, Popppy, Nonny, Grandma, 3 sisters, 3 brothers, 4 nephews , one neice, lots and lots of aunts, uncles and literally about 100 cousins and a ton of friends that truly consider themselves the blessed ones!!!
Posted by Kristy at 8:51 AM 13 comments
Monday, May 2, 2011
Easter 2011
My very very special friend Vicki , her husband Kent , and sons Kyle and Aaron came to see us over the Easter weekend. It was such an incredible time. Vick and I go way way back to grade school and I love her so so much. We love her family and we just cant wait to be a part of them bringing their Jayden Nicole home from China. We are thinking we will see her precious face around September or October!!! Vicki, Kent, Kyle and Aaron thank you for coming and visiting us, we cherish our time together and can't wait to be with all of you again. We love you all Ginormously!!!
Here are some more Easter pictures , I hope you enjoy our memories as much as we enjoyed making them! You will be looking at 5 generations of one side of my family and I love and adore each and everyone of them!!!
Here are pics of Franceska's first Easter with some of her siblings and tons of her cousins!!!
The Babies.... Dayson, Kinley, and Franceska
This is my neice Jade . I took these pictures in the little Alzheimers Unit yard where my Momma is . We were all outside with Momma and the grass was so pretty and green . I told Jade to start posing and this is what we got. I am so proud of her and I think she is just absolutely stunning.
Posted by Kristy at 3:24 PM 12 comments
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Im back and Im here to stay.....
Hello to all of my bloggy family. It has been way too long since I have been to all of your blogs and way too long since I have posted regularly.
Posted by Kristy at 7:07 AM 11 comments
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A very long overdue post......
This picture sums up the entire visit!!! I know there are tons and tons of pictures her, but trust me there is alot more where these came from..... When Kim and the kids drove up we just instantly connected in the real world! Our kids, my neices, bigger kids , grandbutton and all just immediately became family! I can't wait to add Isabella to this mess!
Kim and some of the kids...
Rayn and Aunt KimColton being a turd!
Colton and Rayn horsing around..
Kylee and Astrud
Uncle Ricky, Frank and Colton playing with the BB gun
Joshie loving on LoLo
Aunt Kim and Jade.......nothing but TROUBLE
4 of my kiddos......Bubba, Astrud, Franceska and Christopher
The girls got ahold of Franks hair!!!
A very rare face pic of Colton......
My daughter in law and Sam...
Frank and Kim
Sissy, Daddy and Franceska after her dedication at church
Daddy and Franceska
Franceska walking with her nephew Joshua on the left, and her big brothers Christopher and Bubba...
Rayn and my godson Jacob
Colton and Kim getting ready to fly up...
Astrud and Kylee
Kerry and her girls with Daffy...
Mommy and Daddy holding Franceskas hands....I love this picture
Bubba , Megan and Franceska
Kim and I were our Christmas toe socks and rolled up our pants, we knew it would drive out kids nuts....and it did!!!!
Her first carousel ride....
My sister Kerry and her youngest Rayn
Daddy and Franceska looking at Santa Claus on the roof...
Lily and Rayn
4 of mine and Kims kiddos....love this!
Me and My Mister...
Astrud and Kylee...
Ky and Franceska
Our kids again....
Kim and I.....LOL!!
Kylee and Franceska
Our little Drummer girl...
The Singer Kim....
Astrud and Jade......so much concentrating.....LOL
Kylee too....
Mine and Kim's matching tats......Friends Forever
yep more pain.....
We have heard of Texting and driving.....but texting while tattooing???? lol
Me and my girl.......
A family that hangs out at the tattoo parlor together.......stays together........lol
Kylee and Franceska
Love this picture.....
Colton and Franceska....
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Here he is, ya'll !
Give it up forKanye West !
Yo' uh, yo'.
Yo' woa,what the hell ?
Gay fish !Gay fish !Gay fish !
Gay fish !Gay fish !Gay fish !
Yo' fuckthis noise yo' !
It just doesn'tmake any sense, yo' !
Why's everyone calling mea gay fish ?
Kanye, look, we all thinkit would be better
if you wouldjust drop it.
You know, I mean,if you don't get it
you don't get it.
What you meanI don't get it, house ?
I'm a genius !
I'll understand it,
I just need tobreak it down, is all.
Now let's see...something about fishsticks-
Interacting with me,makes me gay fish...
Kanye, really--
Shut up !
Alright what do we knowabout fishsticks...
They're breaded...they're fried, they're frozen.
Then under mewe have rapper... genius...
Gay fishare homosexual...
they swim...
Is it because breaded hassomething to do with genius ?
Which swims ?
No, because you said youlike fish dicks, Kanye.
Don't you get it ?
You see fish dicksis a play on words.
I don't need anyonetelling me play on words
I'm a motherfuckinglyrical wordsmith
motherfucking genius !
Breaded and Genius?
Fishsticks s13e05
Kanye uses his genius to solve the fish sticks equation.


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Dancing With The Stars – Pick The New DWTS Season 12 Cast
How many of you have gone to the Official Dancing With The Stars site to actually vote for the new Season 12 cast? I have submitted my wish list several times (for David Cassidy and Susan Dey, lol). I'm not sure they will listen. But, hey, you never know??
I was noticing when I first submitted my wish list, I did so in a message box at one link. Well, unless I didn't see it when they first posted the idea, now the site has it broken up in several "Catagories" for Actor/Actress, Singer, Athlete, Reality Star, Comedian, Model, and Other! So, now it really does make you wonder if they are listening being they needed it to be more "organized"?
Anyway, like voting for our favorite dancers each week when the show is airing, it might be just as important to get your votes in for who you'd like to see dancing on the show. Our votes speak in numbers as we've learned and even the hard way sometimes. So, be sure to do so when you get a moment and DON'T FORGET >>>>> HERE!! (yes, I'm just as insistent at home when there is something my husband needs to fix or attend to. lol) There are no rules or anything. Just leave your wish list (and as many people as you want) in the box provided under each catogory.
Taking a look at the posts in each catagory right now (and keep in mind, I could be missing some people), I would say Paul Byrom (for Singer) and Colleen Zenk (for Actress) have the most fans and popular "teams" working for them currently. Kelly Ripa, Shirley Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Melanie Griffith are popular names being thrown around in the "Acting" catagory. Brett Favre and Cathy Rigby are popular in the "Athelete" catagory. Wes Hayden is popular in the "Reality" catagory. Jeff Foxworthy and Kathy Griffin's names are popular the "Comedian" catagory. Heidi Klum is popular in the "Model" catagory.
It's going to be interesting to see if any of these people get picked and/or agree to dancing on the show and if our voices were heard, isn't it?!! Time will soon tell. 😉 xxx


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System Administration: One Step toward the BIND
DNS is mostly a directory service. Millions of people and computers use one or more directories every day. Currently, so many directories exist in our world that they have become almost transparent to casual observers. You could say it's a directory kind of world out there and DNS remains a big part of it for people who use the Internet regardless of the device.
In the old days, people often referred to directories as databases and technically they were right. Directories and databases share many characteristics such as the storing of information and the ability to rapidly search through that data. Think of how many times you use your cell phone as a database for personal contacts. In fact, your cell uses its address book as a directory to rapidly find and dial people's telephone numbers.
Directories also differ from databases because people tend to read the contents of a directory far more than they write to it. Directories don't require support for transactions, indexes, triggers and storing of binary objects. Directories provide information people and programs need to perform some activity and directories provide the information quickly.
You might wonder why system administrators have to know the inner workings of DNS. It's a directory, right? People have stored the information in the directory and computers use that information like a phone book. After all, when I bought my domain name, I provided all that contact information and so on. Souldn't that information already exist in my top-level domain server (TLD).
Don't forget, you provided the names of two or more domain name servers. One of those servers will act of the primary directory people will use to look up your domain. The others will act as backup DNS servers. When you specified those servers, you took on the responsibility of creating entries in the Domain Name System for your domain(s).
DNS directories differ from others in the way they're managed. Once someone gets the rights to a domain, a registrar submits the domain name to a TLD server. The registrar also submits the names and IP addresses of the DNS servers that will contain information about the newly registered domain.
Once the submission becomes part of the TLD collection then a system administrator must take over and manage the IP addresses and their respective common names. We call the DNS directory distributed because you have to manage your part of it independently.
As the administrator you're supposed to make sure your servers stay on-line so people can find your web sites. It means you have to correctly map a web site name to its correct IP address using standard DNS protocols.
Web-Enabling Applications?
Aside from security, stability, and accuracy, putting DNS into your infrastructure provides other benefits. It allows you more scalability. This becomes important if you own and operate several active domains or internal authentication services. In short, it's valuable to control your own DNS in today's business environment, instead of having somebody else doing it.
Many companies have web-enabled their core business applications and must maintain their own DNS servers. Businesses do not normally replace working applications. They consider it too costly to upgrade and/or migrate legacy systems. An old saying applies here, "if it ain't broke - don't fix it".
Even so, businesses understand they must keep up with new technologies or lose customers to competitors. It creates a dilemma. If you run a business you have to weigh the costs of upgrading your business applications against the cost of losing business.
So, an industry emerged to help businesses keep their existing legacy applications while modernizing them at the same time. This concept began with a couple of small start-ups in Silicon Valley and grew quickly. The idea worked so well that the major ERP vendors bought out those small start-ups.
Now, companies like SAP and Oracle have web enabled legacy systems. They do this by adding web front-ends while using web-based back-ends to connect disparate systems together. DNS becomes an integral part of web-enabling since such systems need directory servers that can communicate with one another.
DNS also holds a prominent place with the emergence of web services and an executable Internet where people can use applications such as those offered by Google, Yahoo and others. Resolving IP addresses quickly and dependably becomes critical to the success of these products outside on the Internet and inside enterprises.
DNS directories also help manage Local and Wide Area networks. With this requirement DNS configuration and management has become one of the more valuable system administration skill sets to have.
As you begin to learn DNS jargon, you will find it unintuitive. In many ways, the jargon feels like a foreign language. It won't make a lot of sense until you work with it for some period of time.
Linux distribution offers the well-known package called BIND to perform DNS functions. Alternatives to BIND exist such as the djbdns suite. Still, many people agree that system administrators should start with BIND because it runs almost all the DNS servers in the world. We won't offer a history lesson on BIND because the subject will put readers to sleep.
Still, we need to address one historical concern. Some people continue to use an antiquated or deprecated release of BIND - version 4. In this series, we'll use the newer releases of BIND 8 and 9. We won't cover BIND 4.
If you work on a system with DNS configuration files that look different from the syntax shown in this series, it's probably because the system uses BIND 4. Like we said above, businesses don't usually replace working systems. It may require a catastrophe to get someone to upgrade to BIND 8 or 9. Because of the potential for security exploits in BIND 4, you should strongly suggest to any user of a BIND 4 system to upgrade.
Name Servers Hosting Other Domains
Think of DNS like you would a telephone directory. If you want to find John and Jane Doe in the phone book, the phone company publishes that information. But if you want to find janedoe.com; a system administrator has to come forward with the name and number and make it part of the distributed DNS directory.
How do admins do this? They create their listing in what DNS aficionados call zone files.
A zone holds the information for a domain or using our phone book analogy for a household. You might have fifteen kids living in the house and you could reach each one of them at the same address and phone number when they're at home. Similarly, you might have fifteen servers and they all live in the same data center.
Part of BIND's versatility allows you to manage multiple zones on one server. To illustrate this, let's say that you administer a server that hosts five different web sites, each with a completely different domain name. Suppose one is red-domain.org, while the others are red-kid.com, red-sister.org and so on. All the owners of the web sites ask you to manage their DNS records.
Each web site is in a different domain. So you have to write a zone file for each web site. In the registrars' databases, your server will be listed as the name server for those domain names.
So, server1.red-domain.org is listed as the guy you contact to find the other kids in the house, like red-kid.com, red-sister.org and the others.
Let's say that someone out there is looking for one of the kids and they call you. You have so many kids and now they each have a cell phone and you forget their numbers. So, you have this listing of your own. It's a directory and you look in it to find which kid is living in the house now and has a cell.
You look in your directory and discover who is there today. You call that little directory /etc/named.conf, which is the name of BIND's configuration file. In a sense, /etc/named.conf is your directory listing of zone files. It provides you with information about the location of each zone on your system. We'll talk about that in the next article.
A Little Something About BIND
Linux distributions typcially use BIND as their default name server. BIND comes with three components. The first is the service or daemon that runs the answering side of DNS. It answers the door when the bell rings. On your system, you'll find the doorbell answerer under the daemon called named (pronounced name-dee).
We call the second item in the BIND bundle the resolver library. The resolver works like a negotiator without an accent. It goes out and looks up the name of a web site and then finds the IP number so you can find the right computer out there in the Internet jungle.
Some folks think of a resolver as a client inside BIND. The resolver code makes queries of DNS servers in an attempt to translate a name to an IP address. You will find that this piece of BIND uses its own little directory called resolv.conf .
Here's the kicker; you also get to configure resolv.conf . Unlike the server, the client is no single program, instead it's a library that the other kids like the web browser or email client can read to resolve a name.
The third part of BIND provides tools like dig command for testing DNS. Go to your console and type dig yahoo.com and see what happens. Later, we'll discuss dig and the other guys in this tool kit.
For now, I just want to get you familiar with some concepts like zones and the idea of configuration files in the /etc/bind directory. Next time, we'll install Bind9 on a Debian system, put it in a chrooted environment and set up a zone to manage. Until then, have some good old July 4th fun.


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- the first African-American since Reconstruction to be elected to the Texas Senate,
- the first female African-American from the South to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and
- the first woman--and African-American--to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic national convention.
But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is special?
I, Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker.
When -- A lot of years passed since 1832, and during that time it would have been most unusual for any national political party to ask a Barbara Jordan to deliver a keynote address. But tonight, here I am. And I feel -- I feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream need not forever be deferred.It's an opening that exemplifies Barbara Jordan's brand of eloquence, with simple language, sweeping cadences, pauses for effect, and strong declarative sentences. The impact is both soaring and humble. Here's what to look for in this stirring speech:
- The vertical pronoun: Jordan was a master of using "I" statements, underscoring that she had a platform from which to speak that had been denied to women and blacks for centuries--and she was not one to let others speak for her. (Put another way, no one can really tell you what you're thinking and feeling, so you should speak for yourself.) It is at once confident and authoritative.
- Classic rhetorical devices: She trained herself early in old-school oratory, so it's no surprise that her speech follows classic forms. One example: She uses anaphora, a pattern of repetition, as a unifying device to help bring the convention crowd together (the traditional role of the keynoter in that setting). She says, "We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community. We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present, unemployment, inflation, but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America." You can find 40 examples of such figures of speech at American Rhetoric--how many can you identify in Jordan's keynote?
- Strong declarations: Look for Jordan's use of sentences that start with "Let," which are peppered throughout the speech. "Let each person do his or her part." "Let there be no illusions..." It's a strong declarative form for those sentences, one that puts them in high relief and serves as an equally strong call to action.
- Vocalizing that matches the language--and the setting: Sure, conventions require strong speakers. But listen to the care Jordan takes in emphasizing particular words. There's music in it, a real vocal range. Don't think for a moment this was spontaneous. Her voice is as important a tool here as anything else.
(Photo credit: Larry Murphy, University of Texas at Austin News and Information Service.)
Related posts: Barbara Jordan: "I never had to apologize", including links to a book collecting her speeches, and much more about her career and growing up.
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Via an online sweepstakes now live on the PHANTOM Facebook page, the production will be giving away 100 pairs of tickets for the exclusive performance. Two grand prize winners, in addition to a pair of tickets to the performance, will also receive additional passes to the exclusive post-performance party, as well as a one-night stay at the Algonquin Hotel (Exclusive Official Hotel Sweepstakes Partner) and air transportation from American Airlines (Exclusive Official Airline Sweepstakes Partner) for two during the weekend of the event.
To enter for the chance to win this once in a lifetime experience, members of the public simply need to enter the sweepstakes on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/phantombroadway after "Liking" the page. In addition, for every Facebook friend and Twitter follower online visitors get to sign up, they'll receive an additional sweepstakes entry, bettering their chances of winning. All entries must be received by Wednesday, January 2, 2013. No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes open to U.S. residents only. A complete list of rules and regulations can be viewed at http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Phantom-Woobox-Sweeps-12.7.12.pdf
In addition, a video featuring current PHANTOM stars announcing the sweepstakes can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adheni-yiXA&feature=youtu.be
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA became the longest-running show in Broadway history on January 9, 2006 with its 7,486th performance (surpassing the previous record-holder Cats, also by Andrew Lloyd Webber and also produced by Mackintosh). Incredibly, since breaking that record, PHANTOM has played both an additional 6½ years and 2,800 performances – which by itself would be a smash hit run for a Broadway musical.
On Broadway, since its debut on January 26, 1988, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has grossed over $880 million. Even now – in its incredible 25th year on Broadway – it is consistently among Broadway's highest-grossing shows and remains a box office champ. Earlier this year, the production shattered the house record at The Majestic by having its best weekly gross in its entire 24-year history. Total attendance is now over 15 million and it continues to play with no end in sight.
The musical's international success – equally staggering – is represented by total worldwide grosses estimated at over $5.6 billion. This colossal figure makes PHANTOMthe most successful entertainment venture of all time, with revenues higher than any film or stage play in history, including Titanic, Star Wars and far surpassing the world's highest-grossing film Avatar (at $2.8 billion). Worldwide, over 65,000 performances have been seen by 130 million people in 28 countries and 148 cities in 13 languages.
The flagship London production, which opened in 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre, celebrated 25 years in October 2011. That milestone was celebrated with a special production at London's Royal Albert Hall starring two notable PHANTOM alumni, former London Phantom Ramin Karimloo and former U.S. Christine Sierra Boggess (star of the Vegas production and Broadway star of The Little Mermaid), to tremendous acclaim. Earlier this year, a live recording was released on CD by Decca and a DVD of the event was released by Universal Home Entertainment.
There are currently six productions around the world: London, New York, Budapest (Hungary), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (Korea) and Cameron Mackintosh's all-new production of the musical which is currently enjoying a highly-acclaimed, record-breaking UK National Tour, which is planned to come to the U.S. in the not-too-distant future.
The show has won more than 60 major theater awards, including seven 1988 Tony Awards (including Best Musical) and three Olivier Awards in the West End. The original cast recording, with over 40 million copies sold worldwide, is the best-selling cast recording of all time. In September 2010, student productions of PHANTOM started being licensed through R&H Theatricals, and so far have been performed at hundreds of high schools and colleges across the U.S. and in Canada.
Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERAtells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc., has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is directed by Harold Prince. Lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has production design by the late Maria Björnson, lighting by Andrew Bridge and sound design by Mick Potter with original sound by Martin Levan. Musical staging and choreography is by Gillian Lynne. Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA currently stars Hugh Panaro in the title role with Marni Raab as Christine and Kyle Barisich as Raoul. The musical co-stars Jim Weitzer (Monsieur André), Tim Jerome (Monsieur Firmin), Michele McConnell (Carlotta), Ellen Harvey (Madame Giry), Christian Šebek (Piangi) and Kara Klein (Meg Giry). At certain performances, Samantha Hill plays Christine.
Beginning the week of January 21, 2013 and in time for the 25th Anniversary performance, Broadway and West End star Sierra Boggess will join the New York cast for a strictly limited engagement through March 2, 2013. During these 6 weeks, Samantha Hill will play Christine on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees. The rest of the current cast will perform as part of the 25th Anniversary performance.
Ms. Boggess' long history with the musical began when she originated the role of Christine in the revised Las Vegas production in 2006. She later played the role for the London production's 25th Anniversary, which was marked by a special production at The Royal Albert Hall in October 2011. She was also chosen to originate the role of Christine in Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sequel to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, earning her a 2011 Olivier Award nomination. Ms. Boggess is currently starring in Cameron Mackintosh's original, record-breaking London production of Les Misérables as Fantine.
The performance schedule for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is Monday evenings at 8PM, Tuesday evenings at 7PM, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8PM, with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2PM. Ticket prices range from $27 - $137 with Premium Tickets also available. To order tickets, visit telecharge.com or call (212) 239-6200.
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