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One Tree Hill Review: "Mouthful of Diamonds"by Dan Forcella at . Comments
At this risk of incurring the wrath of readers, I'm gonna to have bad things to say about One Tree Hill once again this week.
Nothing really happened on "Mouthful of Diamonds" and in the moments when meaningful action could have been taking place, it was once again drowned out by the music.
The major problem I had with season seven, and a good chunk of season six, was that there was way too much song overlay. A great song placement can do wonders in adding drama to a scene. This is something I thought One Tree Hill did really well in the early days.
I always commended its use of music. Somewhere around the middle of season six, I started to notice how much of the show was nothing but music. We would go scene to scene with an over-sappy song playing over an over-dramatized moment. It got to be too much. You can't accentuate the dramatic moments with great song placement when you're doing it for the entire 42 minutes.This is a problem I thought the series started to get away from as the eighth season began, but this week I noticed it big time. The whole episode felt like one long music montage.
I'm sure some of the moments were fantastic for viewers. Haley's heartfelt conversation with Erin and Brooke and Julian's "happiness" moment come to mind, but none of it worked for me because it all seemed over-the-top soapy.
But I give credit where credit is due. Mark Schwann has done a great job at securing athletic facilities for this show. We got a chance to see the Bobcats' arena before, and this week we were welcomed into the home of the Atlanta Falcons. It was really nice to see on screen.
Where things get tricky was in the writing of the stories that coincide with those facilities. "Guy has been in the league 14 seasons, first ballot Hall of Famer, and he's putting in extra work." This line is the most obvious thing your generic sports fan would say. If you have any idea about sports, this is even too obvious to state. The kid you're talking to was a first round pick in the NFL draft, he gets it.
We were also blessed with a special guest starring role by Tony Gonzalez. While it was great to see him get so much screen time, actually doing a nice acting job here, I have one question. Why is he so concerned about this Troy Jamison signing? Does Matt Ryan not exist in the One Tree Hill universe? While we're at it, why would the Falcons have drafted such a highly touted QB when they have a young star in Ryan? Silly.
I definitely could have done without Chase and Mouth's story this week. Brooke's time with Julian was great, but the Mother Baker stuff wasn't all that interesting. The Haley/Erin/Mia stuff was probably my favorite aspect of the show. I loved when Mia first came on as an up and coming artist, and I'm kind of digging Erin in such a similar role. From what I've seen from her so far, I have no doubt she could continue to recur like Kate Voegele has.
Other Thoughts:
- Jamie returned this week, but no Quinn. Where has she gone?
- I enjoyed the opening theme once again this week. It was performed by Grace Potter.
- Do obituaries come out weeks after deaths? Because they either do in the One Tree Hill universe or Clay has really old papers lying around. His ghost friend from the hospital died a long time ago, right?
- I feel like Clay has spent way too long around dead people since he joined the show. Come up with some new stuff for this guy, please.
Dan Forcella is a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. Follow him on Twitter.Tags: One Tree Hill, Reviews
This show is getting dulll I agree so they need to spice it up with the good stories and trust me right now only Chad and Hilarie can save it... I think they are coming back at least they are saying Lucas in every episode and even this time Brooke through Water balloon by and remember Payton who use to do that... Oh I miss them so much they have to come back.
To me, it definitely did not end when Chad and Hilary left. I think Nathan and Haley have the potential to carry this show, and they have proven this last season. But I do have to agree that this season is not good. There needs to be more drama and a greater concentration on the main characters, not the guests! I also think the music style has changed since the first few seasons. The awesome rock music has changed into something mellow and "dramatic". The show is just different and I would hate it to end on a bad note because this show was at one point the most amazing show on TV.
The part where Nathan said, "Guy has been in the league 14 seasons, first ballot Hall of Famer, and he's putting in extra work." isn't a pointless statement at all. Although obvious, it was just used for EMPHASIS, much like the capitals for emphasis.
Don't agree here at all! I actually loved this episode, and thought the music helped along the dramatic moments. Sounds like you're one of those people that is much too attached to the old one tree hill, but a show really has to evolve to stay on the air this long. If you dont like it, don't watch it. :)
I have watched one tree hill since the first episode, and I used to love this show... but this season has been hard to watch, I got to the point where when i'm watching oth i do other stuff in the same time, surf on the internet or whatever, the episodes are boring and the music during the whole episode doesn't make it easier... now you will tell me "if you don't like it stop watching", I can't! I was 15 when I started watching this show and it has grown on me, so obviously I want to know how it ends... I hope that this is the last season, and that they will improve the quality of the storylines, and easy on the sad songs.... I miss my old OTH with real drama, real storylines and less music...
totally agree with sophia!!!
all i have to say is
GET SOME NALEY SCENES GOING !!! gees, now that LEYTONS gone, we need to get some old OTH back in he show!!
dont really care about the whole sport agent thingy, seriously.
clay = boring
mouth, just no interest anymore!! and he used to be on of my fave!!!
and brooke julian = SO CUTE!!! NEED MORE DRAMA ASWELL!!! i mean we've had Dan, Nanny carrie etc!!
wow, if you guys all think it ended when hilarie and chad left ? then stop watching..really i think one tree hill is great, yes maybe this episode wasn't exciting but still is intersting, and i think its one of the only realistic show, i still love it
I really thought that OTH had found its mojo again at the beginning of this season, but now it just seems like they are running out of storylines. These last few episodes have been very disappointing. The whole Chase/Alex/Mia storyline has no depth to it at all. There needs to be more Nathan/Haley scenes that don't consist of the two of them just talking about life. Give 'em some drama. God knows the two of them can pull it off brilliantly. Give Brooke something deeper than what she's having to deal with right now. Like a baby. :) And what was the purpose of the whole program director dropping by to tell Mouth that he was going to try to get him a job and then couldn't. That was the most ridiculous story of the evening. This show has so much talent and it feels like they are just wasting it.
WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE TREE HILL? It used to be soo good, and now it's a big snoozefest. I loved the four first seasons, they were great, but now nothing really happens. I watch a tv show to get away from my own life and experience something different. My life is kind of boring, but let me tell you: Now, my life is soo much more exciting than this tv show, and that is saying something. This episode felt like a filler episode, which would be okay if the rest of the season had some good episodes, but it just feels like they are doing the same things over and over again, without getting forward. I would've wished that the show ended when Hilary and Chad left, because they were a big part of the show, and now all we get is a mention of them from time to time, how about a guest appearance? In season 1-4 the show had heart, good storylines and an appeal to most people. A lot of the character just seems to be around without really having a big part in the whole storyline, just fillers. Okay,I'm rambling..Just miss my old OTH, it used be all (okay, not all) I ever talked about.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Trial of the Romance Novelist: Part Five
Innocence Be Buggered
God, I was still so innocent. It makes me so sad to think back on that time now, when adversity still seemed an adventure, when every slight made me rise above it, when I could still think of post office employees as characters, when the licking of a large postage stamp could be considered some quasi little erotic act. I would soon be disabused of my innocence.
The life cycle of the emerging writer may be characterised thus:
Saturday, April 21, 2012
New Fiction: The Red Pot
One of my stories, The Red Pot, appears in the latest edition of Etchings (10): The Feminine, from Illura Press.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sultana Lamb Curry
This is the best damned curry I've ever made – even if I do say so myself, which I do, because when you can cook as well as this, you can swagger all you like. Please do not be tempted to change the recipe without first trying it; everything has its purpose. The whole peeled tomatoes are much juicier than diced; the sweet, treacly sultanas balance the tangy tomatoes; the whole spices freshly ground really do another dimension.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Trial of the Romance Novelist: Part Four
Tips & Techniques for Writers: A Sample Query Letter
May 10th, 2009.
Harper Collins Publishing Australia,
25 Ryde Road,
PYMBLE, New South Wales, 2073.
PYMBLE, New South Wales, 2073.
Dear Sir,
If you allow the inert mass of congealed incompetency that is your submissions department to dally any longer, then I shall surely rot awaiting your response.
I write again with regard to my manuscript, forwarded for your consideration some twelve months past. Perhaps you have misplaced it? I shall do you the service of refreshing your memory.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Genital Insecurity: Hidden Victims of the Global Financial Crisis
**Warning: this post contains links to images that are unsuitable for… well, God knows they're unsuitable for anyone, but particularly for children under 18. Just so there's no surprises, the links are to images of sex toys, and in one memorable case, a shark attack victim that later became a sex toy**
Recently I encountered an artificial vagina for the first time (I had no idea that such a thing existed.) While it's well known that men feel threatened by vibrators (and who can blame them – vibrators are such a fetching shade of pink, after all), it's very difficult to imagine that any woman could possibly feel threatened by something that looks like this. Am I alone in wanting to pop a little hat, eyes and nose on it? Am I the only one here thinking about Mr. Potato Head? And what's with the look of slack-mouthed surprise? Did Mr. Potato Head wake up one day in the witness protection program and wonder why his mouth was full?
Monday, April 2, 2012
Trial of the Romance Novelist: Part Three
Conflict (Internal and External)
The question: if a tree falls on a literary agent and a writer smiles, does that mean the literary agent deserved to be flattened? I am nothing if not philosophical.
A dark and stormy night. Finally, after all I had to do that day before I could have me some me time, I am at my desk, having me some me wine, trawling submission guidelines. (The myth of the miserable dissolute writer is just that – we're delighted to be dissolute.)
Bed. Teeth pulled in purgatory without the benefit of anaesthetic. Either would be preferable to this deep sea exploration of the literary agent bowel from the date end up. Never will you encounter a mob so inclined to bitch, bleat and bemoan the privilege of earning their living off your back. So many were so appallingly brutish, boorish, demanding of homage or just plain repellent that I – blissfully ignorant, little knowing that I would have little choice, crossed the most transparently awful off my list, thusly noting: Not in this lifetime, over my dead decomposing fucking body – and kept going, flipping the bird (virtual) and margarita (actual) at the most conceited and trivial, secure in the belief that if only I kept wading through the mire, I'd find a polite and welcoming pony. Not in this paddock. Uh uh.
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[This series will take an in-depth look at important web metrics, one-by-one. Enjoy!]
Key Performance Indicators or KPI's (define) are the critical Web metrics you should be monitoring to evaluate the effectiveness of your site. Key performance indicators may differ depending on the business topology (ecommerce/retail, lead generation, content or self-service/support), but understanding them broadly is critical to any organization's online success.
In this first installment of Unlocking KPI's, we'll discuss the "take rate"; the amount of people taking you up on a given offer on your site. It's not necessarily your "conversion rate," because that term is generally reserved for the site's primary goal, or macro-conversion (e.g., acquiring a new lead, processing an e-commerce order). Take rate is used to measure micro-conversions. These can include:
To calculate take rate, simply find the number of successes for the action being measured and divide it by the number of people exposed to the action.
Example: Lets say I write an ebook about where to find the best pizza in Brooklyn. 8,000 hungry people downloaded this ebook from my site last month. And during that month, my site received 80,000 visits. Of those visits, there were 40,000 unique visitors.
Take rate = 8,000/80,000 = 10%
This can also be done with unique visitors.
Take rate per unique visitor = 8,000/40,000 =
5% 20%
So now that we have the calculation behind take rate, lets look at what influences the take rate. Ultimately, the presentation of the material you want visitors to take has to be perceived as relevant and valuable. The specific elements that will influence how a visitor perceives your presentation need to be tested and optimized to find out what is working best. You will know you are moving in the right direction when your take rate increases.
Here's a list of some main elements to test on your site that will influence its take rate:
Now that you have a framework of understanding what a take rate measures, and elements of its presentation to test to optimize, lets have a final look at why take rate is important to your site.
In planned scenarios, the take rate can be viewed as a leading indicator for the short-term performance of your site. Viewing a take rate as a micro-conversion point to indicate interest in your macro-conversion goals will tell you if people are moving forward in their buying decision process. If your take rate increases, you'll qualify more people to move to your macro-conversion goal — like plugging holes in a leaky bucket.
For the next installment of Unlocking KPI's, we'll cover the ever-important "bounce rate." Until then, if you have any questions, we'd love to hear from you in the comments.
8,000/40,000 = 20% not 5%. ie better, not worse.
Thanks for noting that arithmetic typo Lance. Its been corrected.
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I'm confused: Isn't the example showing how to calculate a macro-conversion, not micro-conversion? And thus showing how to calculate conversion rate, not take-rate?
In the example I think the primary goal should be download of the eBook. A micro-conversion could be downloading a free, light edition or something like that.
Or haven't I understood the concept correctly?
I think you got it Soeren. The example assumes that the site has a larger goal other than downloading an ebook.
The ebook download is counted as micro-conversion because it signals a person is showing increased interest in the site and is moving closer toward the end goal.
Tks very much for your useful post.
Other sources about KPI, I think also useful
I appreciate your insights and the good information you have shared here. All points are significantly important for me and your article have helped me a great deal.Free to everyone
Thanks for noting that arithmetic typo Lance
how about for get many visitor subscribe my blog?
Conversions are what I really need to work on to make my learn to play bass site more effective, thanks!


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The Horde won more often when lightly defending (not turtling) FW GY, Towers, or FW RH. All that was ever needed were a few people who could give the O the added time needed to get thru the bottlenecks. And yes, many losses were a result of the horde giving up by staying AFK in the cave.
Alliance have it easier with an unimpeeded route to the FW GY and RH. The horde have a similar unimpeeded route but have to go topside hugging the right side of the map aproaching the Irondeep Mine Noth of SP. Horde route takes longer and noone really uses that route and rather get bottlenecked in on the road approaching SP. /boggle
you hilighted the prefered Horde zerg route in this article showing a 4 min Horde AV victory.
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Backing Up Your Digital Memories
This is a post I've wanted to make for a while. Back in 2006, I had a hard drive crash…and there is about a 6 month period of my life with zero pictures! Luckily it was before kids, and there wasn't probably anything too exciting in those pictures, but ever since I've been determined to never let that happen again. This post is about how to make sure your precious family memories are safe, and also organized!
Photo Organizing
Before I get to making sure your photos are safe, we need to talk about how to manage your digital files. We take SO many pictures, and if we don't have a system to organize them, we'll never be able to make sense out of our digital mess.
I use a very simple file structure, and I organize the folders myself.
I start with a main "Image Folder." Inside that folder, I have folders for each year. Inside each of those folders, I have a folder with a date and description. I organize my photos by individual day. The only exception to this are some multi-day trips. I'll use the first day of the trip in the title…but I don't need 8 separate folders for our honeymoon. A nice benefit to this setup is that you can quickly access photos from different times in your life. I can find photos of any children's birth in seconds. More on "viewing" photos in a second.
Usually I take photos off the camera every few weeks. What I do is I open a folder view of the SD Card, and a folder view of my "Image Folder." I look at the photos on my SD Card, then create a folder with the correct date and description, and I move the photos off the card and into the folder. Once I go through the whole card, every photo should be moved off, the card is empty, and it can be put back in the camera.
Now, even though the pictures are off the card, they need to be "edited." Personally, I only do light editing. Photos come out of the camera now looking near perfect, so major editing isn't usually necessary. Instead, I edit only for quality of shot. I don't need 15 copies of the same shot, trying to get a good smile. Often times a folder with 100 pictures will shrink down to 30 once I'm done getting rid of the "bad" pictures. I don't want multiple shots when one is clearly better. I don't want blurry photos. I don't want pictures of the floor. Save the best! This makes looking at the pictures much more enjoyable, and ultimately will save you a LOT of space.
So how do I do this easily? Picasa. If you don't have it, download it. I have it set to "watch" my image folder, so as soon as I copy photos off the SD Card onto my hard drive, they instantly pop-up in Picasa, and I have the same beautifully organized folder view with pictures separated by day. I go to the newly created folders, open the first picture, and start arrowing through them. When I see a good picture, I star it with spacebar. Sometimes when I have multiple versions of the same picture, I'll star all the good ones. Out of 15 shots trying to get the kids to smile, I might narrow it down to 5. After I star everything I want, I go back to the main view, and click the "Select Starred Photos" button. This picks all the GOOD photos. Then, hit ctrl-i to "invert" your selection. Now you have all the BAD photos selected…and hit delete. This leaves only your good photos. I usually unstar all of them, and if necessary, go back through if there were some I wasn't sure about.
The most important thing is to do this everytime you take photos off the camera. Be consistent, and keep your digital photo collection curated and organized! You could do more editing…adjust contrast, crop, etc. I don't usually do this, usually due to time. Most photos look great right out of the camera, and I'll usually only heavily edit if the photos are going in a photobook or something like that.
Photo Backup
Doing all of the above is pointless if you someday lose all of those precious photos! You could put them on an external hard drive, or burn dvd backups. The problem with that type of backup is you have to actually do it! Months usually go by without backing up, and then something crashes and you have a big whole in your photo history.
I have opted for a much easier solution: Google Drive. I pay a measly $5 a month for 100GB of extra google drive storage. I put my main Image Folder inside my Google Drive folder. The moment I move pictures from the SD Card to my computer, those files start uploading to google drive. They get backed up immediately, without any effort on my part. This is also offsite storage. If the house burns down, all my pictures will be saved. You can also use the google drive app to view all your photos on phones and tablets wherever you are.
This is a good reason to edit your photos though. You would be surprised how fast 100GB of storage will get used, especially if you're saving thousands of junky pictures you don't want.
Video Organizing and Backup
I have an HD camcorder, and this provides some different challenges. Originally when I got one, I thought I would be editing all my videos and making them look great. No way…I just don't have time, and they're usually short enough that I don't need to edit them much. I simply organize them by year, and then by month. I don't need specific day folders, because usually there are only 10-20 videos in any given month.
I have a Western Digital external hard drive that has two 500GB drives in it, set in a raid configuration. I copy videos onto that external drive, and it is immediately mirrored on two different hard drives, so I'm safe if one of them fails. I could use google drive, but I would need at least a $20/month plan, so it's clearly not cost effective for big HD movies.
I bought a $50 bluray burner a few months back when my dvd drive died, and finally today I ordered some blank blurays. Ones I bought are about $0.80 each. Now I can use about 10-15 of them to backup all my videos, and take them to my Dad's house. I now have triplicate backup, including offsite. Not as convenient or as simple as my images solution, but it will work for now.
That's my general setup. I want to make sure these memories are preserved for year and years for my kids and grandkids to enjoy!


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Lose the "L" in Blood Splatter Analysis
There are certain phrases or buzz words that catch the attention of those in the know and can diminish the credibility of your writing. One such word is "splatter" used in conjunction with field of bloodstain pattern analysis (such as saying so-and-so is a "blood splatter analyst"). It is a dead giveaway that the writer has not researched the topic well. That's because every notable text and every examiner, in the first five minutes of the first day of their basic bloodstain pattern analysis (BSPA) course is told not to use that term. It's a trivial and nit picky thing but it exists nonetheless. The main reason is that it just isn't accurate. Technically, BSPA defines "splatter" as a verb; not a noun.
In fact, organizations like the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA) and the Scientific Working Group on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (SWGSTAIN) don't even include "splatter" in their recommended terminology. I know how trivial that seems but BSPA's have been conditioned to cringe at the use of the word "splatter". It's not like blood pours out of our ears but it definitely triggers a reaction and you should be aware of that. In fact, if someone like me were to use that phrase, even among friends & colleagues, I would like be subjected to the nerdy equivalent of a BSPA wedgie.
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Albany -- The award honors public schools throughout the state that have excelled in student achievement. The faculty at one Albany middle school is ecstatic over the good news.
Of all the public schools in Georgia, only twenty were named a "Georgia School of excellence," including Robert Cross Middle.
While students at the school were off today, teachers say they have plenty to smile about when they return.
The classrooms might be empty, but the halls echo with good news. "To receive this kind of recognition just confirms what were about, what we're trying to do."
And school principal Holly Thursby says that's raising the bar in academics. "That's what we stress everyday all day long," said Thursby.
Teachers like Sue Gerst go the extra mile when it comes to making sure students reach their full potential. "They're very diligent and if a student needs an extra something, the student gets the extra help."
The school not only focuses on academics, but also on building character. "Citizenship is done in Character Ed classes. Discipline is school wide. We work together with that," Gerst said.
As well as with the students' parents. Gerst attributes much of the school's success to strong parent-teacher relationships. "There's a lot of conferencing from parents to teachers, phone calls, e-mails that's something we have available."
Last year, students scored way above the average on the Criterion Reference Test. "On the CRT from last year we had almost 99% of our students achieving or exceeding expectations," said Thursby.
Gerst attributes that to the entire school's desire to "dream big" and aim for excellence. "We evaluate what we've done, and then we really go and work on those areas that need improvement, and that's made a lot of difference for us, I think."
By doing just that, she says it makes the school the best place to be.
This is the 26th year for the reward. Winners are chosen based on criteria closely aligned with "No Child Left Behind."
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Is the hearth for the fireplace made out of concrete? If not, what is the material?
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It is tile.
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In the movie, queen bee Sharpay will venture to New York City on a quest to fulfil her dream of becoming a Broadway superstar.
"In Sharpay, Ashley Tisdale brought to life one of the most memorable comedic characters we've seen in years," said Disney in a statement. "This movie captures the absolutely perfect next chapter in Sharpay's life, as she tries to cultivate the humanity buried, deep, deep within her a challenging and hilarious endeavour."
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Matsutake Pull Toys
Here is an old fashioned, handmade toy made modern with creative painting.
The base and wheels are wood while the animal on top is made from papier mache described by the creator as "sturdy, rock hard and lightweight."
There are currently only two for sale in Matsutake's Etsy shop, but she says more are coming so keep checking back!
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Wyoming Officially First State on Google Apps
The "Equality State" is famous for its firsts. It was the first to give women the right to vote. It's home to the first national park in the world. And it's now officially the first state on Google Apps. It's the latest big win for Google in its cloud ambitions.


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Henrico's Top Teachers – Nancy Niedermayer
Glen Lea E.S., kindergarten
As a student at VCU, Nancy Niedermayer was assigned to Glen Lea as a student teacher. A decade later, it's still home. Though she taught second and third grade during her first few years at the school, Niedermayer has been firmly entrenched as a kindergarten teacher in recent years and says she loves it.
"It's a lifestyle and very different from anything else," she says. "It's fast-paced. I find it completely entertaining. You can be having the worst day, and at some point in the day, they're going to make you laugh or challenge you. It's very hard to be in a bad mood in kindergarten."
Glen Lea sits in the shadows of Richmond International Raceway and serves one of the most economically challenged regions of the county. But, one colleague wrote in a nomination letter, "Ms. Niedermayer never uses this as an excuse; instead, it motivates her even more."
Niedermayer feels a strong connection with her students – even after they've left her classroom.
"I'm not just interested in them in kindergarten," she says. "I'm interested in the all the way through. I just feel like when I go to school every day it makes a difference. I feel like there's lots that I can offer, and the kids offer just as much back. I need them as much as they need me."
Many students don't have the type of basic resources at home that might be taken for granted elsewhere, so Niedermayer takes it upon herself to help out.
She has organized an "angel tree" program through her church (Christ the King Lutheran Church) for several years during the winter holidays, during which church members purchase gifts for students who otherwise might not receive any. She's also partnered with her church to help provide food to students who might otherwise go without.
"Just this past week, I observed her sending one of her kindergarteners home with a bag of food because she knew he was not getting enough to eat," a nominator wrote.
To Niedermayer, it's all just part of the responsibility that comes with being a teacher.
"In one day's time you can go from being teacher, to mom, to nurse," she says. "You're not only an educator – a lot of times the love, the stability that you can provide is just as important."
Niedermayer created a program at Glen Lea called Character Cinema, which rewards students who consistently display good character with an afternoon trip to the movies as a group.
"It creates excitement, it shows that their good character doesn't go unnoticed," she says. "Sometimes we're in an environment where we pay more attention to the bad behavior than the good."
Niedermayer also has served as the school's computer contact, assisting other teachers with technology issues on a daily basis, and as the head of the school's social committee, helping to celebrate the successes of others. And she organized and compiled a staff cookbook to sell at school events, using the money to buy treats for students during SOL testing.
But despite all she does at the school, Niedermayer's favorite moments are those that need no explanation: Watching students' reactions at the moment when a lesson suddenly makes sense. Then, she can't always hold back her enthusiasm.
"Sometimes I'll do a little dance and they'll look at me like I'm crazy, and I say, 'You'll get it one day.'"
Lions Club donates backpacks to elementary school
The Richmond West Breakfast Lions Club (based in western Henrico) recently donated 59 backpacks to the Westover Hills Elementary School on Jahnke Road.
Above, club members display some of the backpacks prior to their distribution. > Read more.
Glen Allen student to perform at Carnegie Hall
Thanks to a first-place win in The American Protege International Vocal Competition 2014, Glen Allen High School student Matija Tomas will travel to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall in December.
At the first-place winners recital in Weill Hall, Matija will perform Giacomo Puccini's opera aria, "Chi il bel sogna di doretta." She will perform with other vocalists from around the world and have the opportunity to win other awards and scholarships.
Locally, Thomas has performed with Richmond's renowned Glorious Christmas Nights, Christian Youth Theatre, and WEAG's Urban Gospel Youth Choir. > Read more.
Gayton Baptist Church dedicates new outreach center
The John Rolfe YMCA and Gayton Baptist Church have partnered in an effort to bring greater health and wellness opportunities to the community.
Through this partnership, the John Rolfe Y will run Youth Winter Sports programs, including basketball and indoor soccer, in Gayton's newly renovated $5.5 million outreach center that features a new gymnasium, youth and teen space, social space with café, meeting space and full service commercial kitchen. > Read more.
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New Henrico biscuit shop thrives with grandmother's recipe
Tim Laxton rises at 4:30 a.m. every day for a biscuit. But he's not rushing out to any restaurant to get his favorite Southern comfort food; he's baking his own from scratch and serving them up from his bakery on Lakeside Avenue.
Laxton opened Early Bird Biscuit Co. & Bakery in early July and since then biscuits have been flying out of there.
The self-taught baker draws hungry crowds in with a biscuit of the day like the Old Bay Cheddar, but the buttermilk biscuits are the staple.
"On a Saturday I generally make about 400 biscuits with my two hands," Laxton said. "I'm constantly making biscuits all day long." > Read more.
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CAT Theatre announces cast of Sherlock Holmes play
CAT Theatre's 51st season will open with Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, which will run from Oct. 24-Nov. 8. Adapted by Steven Dietz, it is based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and was the winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play.
The plot follows what seems to be the end of the career of the world's greatest detective as he is confronted with a case far too tempting to ignore. When the King of Bohemia faces blackmail by famed opera singer Irene Adler, Holmes and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, find themselves falling into the trap of evil genius Professor Moriarty. As Holmes says, "The game is afoot Watson, and it is a dangerous one!" > Read more.
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They could literally announce all of the small print this way. Please god don't let this go on for the next 3 weeks.
Love Future Islands...glad they are going to be there this year!
The Replacements - Bryan Ferry - Outkast - The Knife - Dum Dum Girls - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Broken Bells - Haim - Neko Case - Jagwar Ma - Goat - Waxahatchee
Queens Of The Stone Age - Pet Shop Boys - Chvrches - Mogwai - Warpaint - Washed Out - Future Islands - Ty Seagall - Darkside - Foxygen
Beck - Neutral Milk Hotel - Superchunk - Arcade Fire - Bombino - Daughter - Surfer Blood
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Awesome. Love these guys. Tin Man makes my shit pop.
Future Islands are so good live. Nice add!
What's good about this? Serious question. What is it that some of you like about this band? Energy? The guys voice? Are the songs that good? I' trying but I'm just not feeling it.
They were awesome at FYF and I will definitely be watching them where ever they are at Coachella.
That live video is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for bringing it to my attention even if it was done in a dismissive way.
"The Great Fire" featuring Jenn Wasner from Wye Oak (Both bands are from Baltimore)
I discovered them on an FYF playlist when I was prepping for that in 2012 and fell in love. Seen them at FYF, Virgin FreeFest (outside of their hometown) and at a tiny venue in Richmond in the last year and a half and every time they've been increasingly better. They always bring a lot of intensity and the last two times I saw them kids went apeshit for them. I'm expecting a slot similar to Wild Nothing this year, which I would be really happy with.
I remember liking that song Balance a lot when it came out. Then I listened to the rest of their stuff and it's pretty bad.
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10/25 Beach Goth @ The Observatory
^ Haha dangggg. I guess I'll brace myself.
Hooray for the first non-electronic teaser!
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River's Edge, 1986. An American drama directed by Tim Hunter. Written by Neal Jimenez. Starring Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover, Ione Skye and Dennis Hopper.
While the screenplay is fiction, it draws from the November 3, 1981 murder of Marcy Renee Conrad, who was raped and strangled by Anthony Jacques Broussard in Milpitas, California.
The movie was awarded Best Picture at the 1986 Independent Spirit Awards.
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After looking at real-time NHL stats like giveaways and takeaways, and acknowledging the possible inaccuracies that come with a judgment-based statistic, the next one to tackle is hits.
Scott Cullen looks at the numbers and comes up with the leaders and trailers in hits per 60 minutes of even strength play last season in the NHL.
To consider the challenges that exist when dealing with the hit statistic, allow me a brief story about my own experience.
Many (many, many) years ago when I was playing Midget AAA in Kitchener, I was on the shelf for a couple of months with a broken ankle. At that time, any one of the players that weren't in the lineup (due to injuries or suspensions), would often be charged with tracking hits for the team.
Our coach was hard-nosed and expected our team to win the physical battles every night, so he probably paid closer attention to hits than was probably necessary. Without having modern advanced stats to back it up, I can assure you we had the puck possession numbers to compare favourably with any team we faced and those would have been more important than our hit totals.
Nevertheless, during one of the games in which I was assigned to track hits, I handed the sheet to our coach at the end of the game, a disappointing loss, and he looked at me quizzically.
"Is this right," he asked.
"Yes," I said, unable to imagine that I would be assigned to track hits and not do it as accurately as I possibly could.
He then stormed into the dressing room and tore a strip off one of our defencemen -- who was eventually a first-round pick in the NHL -- for having zero hits recorded.
That wasn't ever this defenceman's style of game, so I didn't see it as much of an issue, but it was easy to stand out on a relatively physical team with zero hits and our coach jumped on it to make a point.
In much the same way, though, a player's hit total does not provide much correlation with a player's value, since one can't have the puck and deliver a hit, to say nothing about how there is always going to be a variance in how hits are recorded from one rink to another.
Even so, the numbers can be interesting for comparison purposes and, just look at this, we found something, aside from Tweets, Tatts and appearances on the Marilyn Denis Show, in which Biz Nasty leads the league.
Among players that played at least 25 games, then, here are the 50 forwards with the most hits per 60 minutes of even strength play:
At the other end of the spectrum, no surprise, the skill level tends to be on a different tier.
Milan Hejduk and the Sedin Twins, for example, have never been the most physical players, so it's no great surprise to see them at the bottom of this list, yet it's not an indictment of their play in any way. Sure, it would always be better to have a player more willing to compete physically, but skilled players that have the puck on their stick a lot tend not to hit.
Here are the 25 forwards with the fewest hits per 60 minutes of even strength play (minumum 25 games):
On the blueline, the guys that hit the most are really a lunch-bucket crew. That there are four Maple Leafs defencemen in the Top 25 might be neatly correlated to the fact that Toronto had three of the bottom 15 players overall when it comes to giveaways.
After all, when Luke Schenn, Mike Komisarek or Keith Aulie turn the puck over, wouldn't their first reaction be to run into the player who just took the puck? Seems to make some sense, particularly when this list is juxtaposed with the defencemen who don't register a lot of hits.
Here are the Top 25 defencemen with the most hits per 60 minutes of even strength play (minimum 25 games):
Finally, to the defencemen with the fewest hits, it's not surprising that the list comprises more skilled, puckhandling defencemen.
Much like the forwards, it would always be nice to have a defenceman that can make a physical contribution, but when Nicklas Lidstrom and Duncan Keith rank among the defencemen with the fewest hits, there is an easy argument to be made for defencemen not needing to hit to still be great.
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During the 1980s, bars in Japan began serving aromatic cocktails that would clear the mind, leave recipients refreshed and energized, and were safe for consumption by children. This tradition continues at 02 Breathe, where patrons safely fill lungs with four to five times the amount of pure oxygen found in air, the vapor comingling with a choice of 19 fragrances. Using technology developed by NASA, nonmedical oxygen concentrators filter gasses such as argon and nitrogen from the air, isolating the life-giving molecule to about a 90% purity level. Fragrance blends, such as balancing earl grey or soothing sugar cookie, are borne into sinuses via water molecules, so they are safe for ingestion and for mixing with oxygen. Given that the 02 crew's libations are as light as the air we all walk on, their sleek black bar topped with rainbow vials can be easily transported to locations ranging from sporting events to birthday parties.
It was a stifling, sultry day in Houma, Louisiana, when Dave (aka "Seprock") tasted his first snoball—a New Orleans–style frozen treat of soft shaved ice drenched in sweet syrup. Dazzled by its delicate texture and rich flavor, Dave became determined to bring the treat back to his hometown. With his wife's blessing, he eventually opened his own snoball shop in a cheerful plaza in Hunter's Creek. Today, Seprock's Snow is a kaleidoscope of color. Bright walls surround vibrantly decorated tables, and servers adorn icy snoballs with a rainbow of fruity syrups. Dave and his staff also stuff their treats full of creamy ice cream to add an extra dimension of goodness and help patrons sneak dairy past airport security. For colder days, they supplement their frozen treats and wash customers' tongues clean of their red, blue, and green color with steaming coffee, hot cocoa, and apple cider.
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During 29 years of drifting through the Florida skies, Orlando Balloon Rides had already amassed an impressive fleet of gargantuan flying inflatables when a new balloon arrived. The product of an ambitious factory in Spain, the newcomer holds more than 400,000 cubic feet of hot air and stands as tall as an 11-story building. Four times the size of the average hot air inflatable, it's among the most massive hot air balloons currently flown in the United States.
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The Roughriders held Kenton's five-wide spread attack in check for more than three quarters and the Roughrider offense drove the field to give St. Marys a brief one-point early fourth-quarter lead, but a barrage of three touchdowns in less than four minutes lifted Kenton to a 26-7 win.
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Delicious! The sauce is very tasty over the polenta. The only things I did differently was to use lamb shanks, add the cheese to individual servings, and braise in the oven.
Lamb Osso Buco over Parmesan Polenta
Osso buco is an Italian dish that's traditionally made with veal shanks. This version uses lamb for a different flavor. Make the polenta just before serving for the creamiest texture.
Yield: 9 servings (serving size: about 2/3 cup polenta, 1 chop, about 1/2 cup vegetable mixture, and about 1 tablespoon gremolata)
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- Calories: 420
- Calories from fat: 28%
- Fat: 13.2g
- Saturated fat: 5.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 5.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.8g
- Protein: 34g
- Carbohydrate: 40.4g
- Fiber: 4.9g
- Cholesterol: 88mg
- Iron: 3.3mg
- Sodium: 975mg
- Calcium: 264mg
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- 3 cups fat-free milk
- 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 3/4 cup (3 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Gremolata:
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- To prepare osso buco, heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add the onion, carrot, and 6 garlic cloves; sauté 7 minutes or until tender. Remove onion mixture from pan.
- Place flour in a shallow dish. Sprinkle lamb with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; dredge lamb in flour. Melt 1 teaspoon butter in pan over medium-high heat. Add 3 lamb chops; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove lamb from pan. Repeat procedure twice with remaining butter and lamb.
- Return onion mixture to pan. Add wine; cook 4 minutes or until most of liquid evaporates. Add 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, thyme, tomatoes, and broth. Return lamb to pan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour. Uncover and simmer 45 minutes or until lamb is tender. Remove lamb from pan; cover and keep warm. Discard thyme sprigs.
- Strain cooking liquid through a sieve into a large bowl, reserving vegetable mixture. Place a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag inside a 2-cup glass measure. Pour cooking liquid into bag; let stand 10 minutes (fat will rise to the top of bag). Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag. Drain liquid into bowl, stopping before fat layer reaches opening; discard fat. Add reserved vegetable mixture to liquid.
- To prepare polenta, combine water and milk in a large saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Gradually add cornmeal, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cover and cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until thick, stirring frequently. Add cheese and 1 teaspoon salt, stirring until cheese melts.
- To prepare gremolata, combine parsley, rind, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and 3 garlic cloves. Serve gremolata over polenta, lamb, and vegetable mixture.
Instead of shanks, we chose shoulder chops (sometimes labeled "arm chops"), which are smaller and easier to handle. Prepare the lamb and vegetable mixture a day in advance; combine the ingredients for the gremolata earlier in the day, and refrigerate until dinnertime.
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Lamb Osso Buco over Parmesan Polenta Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining
- CUISINE: Italian
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Lamb
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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