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Dave Wood's Book Report, Sept. 24, 2008
One of the first novels ever written in English, in 1740, was a humdinger named "Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded," by a London businessman Samuel Richardson.By: Dave Wood,
One of the first novels ever written in English, in 1740, was a humdinger named "Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded," by a London businessman Samuel Richardson.
Richardson was in the stationery business, selling fancy paper to rich women, who needed to send out thank you notes. Problem was, most women back then didn't know how to write.
So Richardson obliged them by publishing a booklet with sample letters that the fine ladies could copy when they wanted to thank Lady Bullying-Manner for the mah-velous tea she threw last week.
Richardson's success was such that he decided to take his letter writing one step further and tell a continuing story, all in the form of letters from a woman named Pamela to her poor father back home.
Thus was born the epistolary novel, a novel written as correspondence. "Pamela is at times hilarious, as Richardson portrays her writing 20-page letters home while in the employ of one Lord B., a beastly cad who is attacking her in her bed while she's writing. ("Father, he has crawled under the covers and is about to stroke my bosom….")
Since then the epistolary mode has shown up in all manner of fiction, including a novel about education, entitled "Up the Down Staircase," which is written in memo form.
When I was a kid, our family subscribed to Post Magazine, which ran a serial about a salesman for The Earthworm Tractor Corp., who wrote letters back to headquarters about his misadventures in rural America.
I haven't seen an epistolary novel for a long time, until last month I received
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," a novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (The Dial Press, $22).
The setting is post World War II England, burdened by gloom and rationing and a war that has left it in ruins. Enter Judith Ashton, a 30-something writer who has made a splash with a series of humorous essays written during the war. She writes her first letter to her publisher, asking how her new book is selling and confessing that she is stuck on her latest project with nothing to write about. The publisher writes back and says something will certainly turn up.
It does in the letter she receives from Dawsey Adams, a farmer who lives on the Isle of Guernsey.
He explains that he belongs to the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a bogus book club cooked up when the Germans occupied the little island. He's interested in this writer named Charles Lamb and he wonders if Lamb had written anything except what was in Dawsey's second-hand copy of "Selected Essays."
Our heroine responds with information in another letter and so it goes. The letters are delightful, they're literary, they remind one a good deal of the marvelous novel and movie (starring Ann Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins) "21 Charing Cross Road."
Judith is a real character, always getting herself in trouble with the press (She flings a full teapot at a tabloid reporter when he wonders if she broke up with her dead boyfriend because he was a bit too much like Oscar Wilde) .
There's a good deal of information about the hardships suffered by the Brits during and after the war.
It's a very pleasant romp, with romance mixed in, but no rascal as bad as Samuel Richardson's Lord B.
On the regional front, CarolRhoda, an imprint of Lerner Publishing of Minneapolis, is out with a young adult novel, "Mousetraps" (cloth, $17.95) by Wisconsin author Pat Schmatz. It's all about Maxie, who had a grade school pal, Rick, who disappeared only to show up again at Maxie's high school. He's changed and gets Maxie into trouble. The book addresses timely issues, like school violence, terrorism and mental health. It's illustrated with cartoons by Bill Hauser.
With Minneapolis's bridge collapse last year, what could be more appropriate than a book about Minnesota's bridges? It's here, an elaborate coffee-table book, "Wood+Concrete+Steel: Minnesota's Historic Bridges," by Denis P. Gardner (University of Minnesota Press, $39.95).
Dave Wood is a past vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle and former book review editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Anthony J. Costello and Son Development unveiled a $180 million residential community at the groundbreaking for The Reserve on the Erie Canal, off of South Clinton Avenue in Brighton
Developers said the goal is to give every family and every lifestyle a unique home. It will feature 327 new homes in various styles, from condominiums and townhomes to two-story patio homes and brownstones. The homes will be spread out over six neighborhoods and 65 acres. Developers predict they will become close-knit communities.
Also announced was a $1.2 million investment into the area around the canal that the entire Rochester community can use.
"I think the canal is an unbelievable resource for recreation, and right now, there is no development for recreation on a four-mile strip in the Town of Brighton," said Costello. "I think by having this and by putting in a parking lot, or enlarging the parking lot that's there now, by putting in a boat dock for motorized boats, and another boat dock that's handicapped-accessible for kayaks and canoes, that's for the entire community, not just for people that live at The Reserve."
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868, the second son of eleven children In 1884, when he was sixteen he was articled as an apprentice in the architectural office of the Glasgow architect John Hutchison. In 1885 he began attending evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. Here he came into contact with J. Herbert MacNair and the MacDonald sisters, Frances and her sister Margaret (whom he later married), with whom he was to form the group which became known as 'The Glasgow Four or the Spook School'. From 1885 to 1889 MacKintosh and the others developed a style, characterized by curvilinear, flowing forms derived from Celtic art. They produced posters, furniture, and metalwork and garnered considerable critical attention. His apprenticeship lasted for 5 years until in 1889 he joined the architectural firm of Honeyman and Keppie, where he was to become very successful. He developed an interest Scottish archetectural precedents, and by the early 1890's his facination with arts and crafts achitecture and design was seen to be greatly inspiring aspects of his work. In 1897 he won the competition for the new Glasgow school of art, which was being built at that time. He designed furniture, fittings and fitments as well as architectural details that were to become the hallmark of his style. The Glasgow School of Art, is acclaimed today as one of the most significant architectural statements of the past century. In the same year he was commissioned to design the interior and furniture for a tearoom for Mrs Cranston in Glasgow (on Argyle Street). In 1904 he was made a partner in the firm. This advancement was to further expand his creative autonomy within the firm, allowing him to express his unique and individual style in a manner that would have been very unusual even for a partner in an architectural practice. In later life, he largely left architecture, dedicating much of his time to painting and design. Mackintosh is acknowledged as one of the great masters of the Modern Movement, with an influence in no way diminished by time. Architect, designer and artist he is celebrated around the world today as one of the most significant talents to emerge from this period (mid 1890s to the late 1920s). |
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Address: 109 N. Center Street, Thomaston, GA 30286
Primary Phone: 706-647-5414
Primary Fax: 706-647-2833
Laurie J. Lewis
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Laurie has been working in the media business for most of her career. Her experience includes advertising sales for television and newspaper, advertising director, and starting a newspaper in the city of Buford, GA. She is familiar with businesses in Thomaston, having worked as an Account Executive for Cable Time where she was responsible for cable television commercial insertion in Thomaston, Manchester, Barnesville and Zebulon and also calling on Thomaston businesses as advertising director for several small weekly newspapers nearby. Laurie is active in her community. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Meriwether County, having held all offices including that of President. As President, she led the club for the first time in its 63-year history to win "Best All Around Club" for the district, has been named Rotarian of the Year three times, and served in numerous Rotary district positions, including assistant district governor. She is on the leadership team of Fellowship Campus, The GAP, Streams of Hope and on the Board of Directors of the Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce. She is the proud mother of one son, a teacher and football coach at Manchester High School. She also has nine grandpuppies.
John Clark
A native of Chicago, John has been in the newspaper business for 38 years, starting in advertising sales at a small weekly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has worked at newspapers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Ohio. He joined the LaGrange Daily News in August, 2011. As a Group Publisher he also has responsibility for Heartland Publications newspapers in Ohio, Kentucky and Georgia.
Larry Stanford
Larry joined The Thomaston Times on January 18, 2010. Larry has been a newspaper journalist for 20 years, with 17 years as an editor. He was editor of The Henry Herald in McDonough GA, Jackson Progress-Argus in Jackson, GA, Henry County Record in McDonough and The Henry County Times. "I love community newspapers and enjoy working with the people of Thomaston/Upson County," stated Larry. "I am happy to be a part of the staff of The Thomaston Times as we continue to provide our readers with the best news coverage possible."
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Associate Editor
Ashley Biles joined The Thomaston Times staff in May of 2009 and has been the Associate Editor since January of 2010. She is a graduate of Georgia State University with a B.A. in Journalism. Ashley covers local government meetings, events in the community and all things in between. She has always had a passion for writing and believes that everyone has a story to tell, you just have to be willing to look for it. To her, the highlight of her job is getting to meet many interesting people throughout the community and being afforded the opportunity to tell their story.
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Willie Green joined The Thomaston Times staff in 1999 as the Receptionist. She served as Circulation Manager for several years, and is currently the Office Manager. Willie also handles classified advertising and circulation.


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Snow White and the Huntsman
Starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Clafis
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Rating: M
Guest reporter Viv says this edgy fairytale movie is pretty to look at, but suffers from too many plot holes.
In a contest of beauty it would be impossible to weight Theron or Stewart over each other, but it's unclear what beauty Snow White and The Huntsman examines.
Sanders's film adds a feminist kick to the classic Brothers Grimm fable, but a cryptic script and wandering plotlines result in an unsatisfying piece. The first in a sweeping Hollywood trend of edgy fairy tale revamps - Bryan Singer's next film, Jack the Giant Killer, follows the trend - SW&TH is a bouquet of breath-taking imagery.
Kristen Stewart is the titular Snow White, who neither dismisses or gratifies Twilight critics with a passable performance as a feisty princess who makes her escape from her stepmother's clutches. Beside her, Charlize Theron as the evil queen Ravenna steals the spotlight with her emotionally portrayed, recognisably human flaws and suggested misandrist preoccupations.
After a pivotal escape, the unnamed Huntsman (Hemsworth, better known to audiences as Marvel's recent Thor) is summoned by the Queen in order to recover her wayward daughter. Hemsworth's decent Scottish accent and rugged charm imbue an otherwise flat character with charm, and he excels in the delivery of lines that run close to cliched.
The premise of a princess, lush romantic forestry, and the casting of Stewart acts like a charm to entice the Twilight-loving demographic that this film targets, therefore the appearance of a snag in the burgeoning romance is no surprise. William (Claflin), Snow White's childhood friend, acts as the foil to Hemsworth's rugged and uncouth bond with the princess. Regardless, the attractive trio fail to act upon what is implied: they remain as chaste as the snow after which Stewart's character is named, the kisses they trade merely perfunctory and taken as prophetic symbolism rather than fodder for fangirls.
Perhaps the most significant issue with SW&TH is the lack of follow-on from its ambitious promises. Snow White is cast as the centre of a prophecy (or a number of prophecies - it's never really made clear). Billed as "the one to end the darkness" and "life itself", Snow White blunders through the film. From receiving a blessing from unnamed, magical creature to possessing a heart of desirable properties, there's no end to the premise of the princess as something radically significant.
The film calls for an immense suspension of disbelief, though, when it's revealed that, despite having been imprisoned for near half her life, Snow White is capable of fighting with a sword, leading an army and comprehending the prophecies and mission that have led her and her stepmother to this situation.
The most disappointing lack of follow-up is centered around Ravenna, arguably the most interesting character in the movie. While the audience is treated to a brief flashback of Ravenna's life as a child, her hatred of men, kings, and their place over women frustrates more than it evokes sympathy given that no explanation is provided to as why she feels this way.
Sanders's choice to pad out the film with CGI and moody settings means that character and plot are sacrificed in a meandering tale. Part aspiring feminist tale, part puzzling re-reading of the original fairytale, there's no denying that SW&TH certainly is a daunting, morally-charged movie that paints a picture of an engrossing world, but then it leaves it there. A sequel should be anticipated: whether Sanders chooses to answer the many unresolved questions brought up in the first movie or to stretch out the vague mysticism is another matter.
2 and a half out of 5.
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Stein's Burger Wins Best Burger Contest
Posted on September 25, 2009 by Sarah Myers | in Dining | Comments Off
Park City TV and Salt Lake Magazine teamed up to produce another episode of the Burger Bunch. This time they were in search of the best burger in the Wasatch. They visited the Glitretind Restaurant to enjoy the Stein's Burger prepared by Chef Zane Holmquist. Watch the video to hear their reviews.


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Meet US Schools – Virtual Student Fairs for Africa/ Middle East
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by Don SearsIf you are a prospective international student from the Middle East or Africa, you won't want to miss the upcoming Hobson's Virtual Student Fair on March 3, 2012. Dozens of US colleges and universities are looking for students just like you! International students interested in studying in the US will have the opportunity to speak with admission representatives and get important information right from your computer.
Hobsons Virtual Student Fair gives prospective students the chance to chat (or even, video chat!) with representatives from multiple schools throughout the US. Get important information about each school, ask questions with representatives, and choose the school that's right for you. Those international students who register and attend the virtual student fair will also have the chance to win a scholarship up to $3,000 USD.
Why spend time and money traveling to the US when you can do this from the comfort of your home? The cost is free and admission is easy. To attend, prospective international students from the Middle East and Africa can register right online for the virtual student fair. Hobsons Virtual Student Fair will be on Saturday from 9am – 3pm EST. See more information and register for the Virtual Student Fair:
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Understanding Your Financial Aid
Study Abroad Program Financial Aid Tiers
Tier A
Tier A allows APU students to apply their FULL financial aid package toward a study abroad semester. This package includes all federal, state, and institutional aid. (Scholarships that require on-campus participation will not be included in this package.) Programs eligible are the APU High Sierra Semester, Azusa Oxford Semester, Azusa South Africa Semester, and the Los Angeles Term.
Tier B
Tier B allows an APU student to apply partial institutional aid and all federal and state financial aid. "Partial institutional aid" refers to the APU academic scholarship (President's, Dean's, etc.). Programs eligible for this tier are all programs listed through www.Bestsemester.com (i.e. China Studies Program, Los Angeles Film Studies Program, etc.).
Tier C
Tier C allows an APU student to apply full federal and state financial aid. At this time, no institutional aid can be processed for this tier. Programs eligible for this tier are all other APU approved study abroad programs found on our website (i.e. AustraLearn, CIEE, Arcadia University programs, Boston Term, Lithuania Semester, etc.).
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State: Cal Grant, etc.
Institutional: Dean's Scholarship, Sibling Discount, APU Cal Grant Scholarship, etc.
Any of the above listed options may ONLY be applied through the APU off-campus registration process. The registration form can be found at www.apu.edu/studyabroad/forms/. Taking a "Leave of Absence" will void any financial aid options listed above.


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Simulators for Training Firefighters
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), there was a 31% decrease in the incidence of structure fires throughout the United States between 1987–2001. A direct result of this reduction means less firefighting experience for our firefighters. As more-experienced firefighters retire, they are replaced by comparatively less-experienced personnel. This situation mandates optimal training techniques. Visualization and simulation technologies are maturing at a rapid pace and offer great potential to augment current training programs.
Using today's visualization technologies, a training simulator offers a realistic representation of real-world environments. Models of real-world facilities, buildings and areas can be rendered with great detail. In addition, the computational improvements made to PCs and laptops make them practical and inexpensive platforms to deploy. These training techniques also can be adopted easily by the current and next generations of firefighters who typically engage in video gaming for recreation. Due to the inherent dangers of training for fire emergencies, it is hoped that these emerging visualization technologies can augment current training techniques and better prepare firefighters for emergencies.
The New York Fire Department (NYFD) recently built a multimillion-dollar extension to its training facility at Randall's Island (RI), near Manhattan. This facility is a one-block re-creation of typical architectures found in the five boroughs. Among the buildings are a brownstone, tenement, pizza shop and auto parts store. In September 2003, a team from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) was invited to tour this facility and photograph it so they later could create textures for the models being developed for the NYFD.
The NYFD's architectural contractor provided architectural plans for the buildings in the form of CAD drawings. The next step was to model the buildings from plans using Multigen Paradigm's Creator package. Lastly, the models were completed by texture mapping the models using the digital photos. This process took about four weeks.
This methodology can be applied to any architecture, from buildings to vehicles. Current plans for this technology include creating models of targets of strategic importance for use in advanced training of first responders. In addition, NUWC plans to apply this technology to the testing and evaluation of function of command and control centers for future naval architectures (Figure 3).
The underlying software used to control the environment was a modification of work done for my thesis research while working at the Naval Research Laboratory. With the help of Rob King, we created the gestural interface needed to navigate through a true 3-D synthetic environment. Using this methodology, the navigation is accomplished by pointing in the direction the user wants to travel and pressing a button to move. The navigational algorithm is accelerative, which means the longer the user depresses the forward button, the faster the user moves through the environment.
The graphics were handled by the SGI Performer 3.0.1 scene graph for Linux. Performer is a well-established scene graph based on the OpenGL graphics libraries, and it offers Linux users solid performance. It was important to retain a wide variety of display options, because we wanted to be able to deploy a prototype system that could be used in both stereoscopic and monoscopic modes, as well as on multiple display devices.
The software is demonstrated using a modified Dell Precision 340. The system is an Intel Pentium 4 processor running at 1.8GHz, with 512MB of RAM and three video cards. The video subsystem includes one NVIDIA NV20 (GeForce 3/64Mb) AGP video card and two NVIDIA NV17 (GeForce 4 MX 440/64Mb) PCI video cards. The system is running a stock installation of Red Hat 9.
The software also is demonstrated on a Sony VAIO laptop powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor running at 2.6GHz, with 512MB of RAM and an ATI RADEON IGP card. The purpose of this platform is to demonstrate the flexibility of the graphics options.
In addition to the graphics and displays, we used a Polhemus magnetic tracking system in the gestural interface as an alternative to a mouse interface. A Logitech Wingman joystick was re-engineered for use as a gestural input device. Figure 4 shows the inside of the joystick. A tracking sensor is embedded in the grip of the joystick. Communication with the computer is achieved by remapping standard serial mice and wiring them to the buttons within the joystick. The computer interprets the joystick button presses as mouse clicks.
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one of my cousins is a firefighter and he has been to this training centre before. he tells me it is really good for training. i think they should have something like this in the UK.
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As a Bassist, Composer/Arranger, Music Instructor, Independent Promotions/Marketing Coordinator and Disc Jockey, Johnee truly lives for the music. He has spent almost 30 years developing his trademark style while recording and touring with national original acts 1000 Pleasures (a 1994 MN Music Academy Rock Album of the Year nominee), Rainmaker and Sugarslide. Having spent many weeks on the CMJ (College Music Journal) national radio charts and racking up impressive worldwide independent album sales plus a string of Top 10 internet MP3 downloads qualifies him as no stranger to the music industry.
Johnee has been inspired musically by classic melodic progressive rock acts like Journey, Led Zeppelin, ElectricBoys, Yes and Rush ('anything with groove') and yet an avid follower in the turning of the musical tides of modern music have helped him develop and deliver the means to give the perfect shape and color to his unique style of writing and live performance.
As an artist, Johnee is currently a Spector Bass endorsee and ASCAP member with ZaZa MusicWorks publishing. When not writing, recording or playing live, he owns Johnee D'Shea Entertainment, an independent mobile Disc Jockey entertainment company: est. 2006.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Going Off the Rails...Johnee was destined to be a bassist at 12 years old...by mistake. After hearing the song "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz in 1980, Johnee asked his cousin (who was a guitarist) who was playing on that song. Johnee misunderstood the reply and thought the bass lines were being played by a musical mastermind named Randy Rhoads, not knowing that Randy was, in fact, the lead guitarist of the group. It was Bob Daisley's bass lines that captured his musical senses and set him on course to follow his dreams in music. He still holds Randy's energy, character and showmanship as his standard in performance and is in close contact with the Rhoads' family to this day. Bob Daisley is his main influence on bass. They stay in touch as well via email.
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We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from is from Paul who is looking for a handset for his tethering needs. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
"Hello! Can you help me decide if I should take my freshly available upgrade on AT&T or hold on for a while. In the past I've made some rash decisions that led to immediate regret and two years of gadget envy. If I had to choose today, I'd pick a Samsung Focus S, because of the overall feature set of Mango and its small size. It'd be nice to have a mobile hotspot for syncing my Kindle Fire while I'm camping and a camera should Bigfoot happen across my path. Please help me, Engadget gurus!"
If you asked us, we'd advise keeping our powder dry for a month or two, because there's a whole slew of handsets that were announced at MWC we'll be seeing in Q2 of this year. But heck, what do we know? There's a river of eager commenters below this post all desperate to help, so help away!
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On the Heels of a Record Breaking Year, New Relic Raises $80 Million
Mezzanine Financing Will Open Expansion to Mobile Application Management and Continue Strong Momentum in Enterprise, Cloud Markets
San Francisco — February 5, 2013 — New Relic, Inc., the SaaS-based cloud application performance management provider, today announced that it has raised $80 million in mezzanine financing to help the company expand into the mobile market, extend operations to Europe and increase its enterprise footprint, all in preparation for a future public offering. Insight Venture Partners led the financing, which also included a major investment from accounts managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Other participants included Dragoneer Investment Group LLC, Passport Ventures LLC, and the company's existing investors Allen & Company, Benchmark Capital, Trinity Ventures and Tenaya Capital. The round comes on the heels of another record-breaking year in which New Relic nearly tripled its revenue growth and more than doubled its customer base.
New Relic's software as a service provides real-time visibility into the health of applications to create a more reliable customer experience, whether the applications originate in the cloud, web or mobile environments. Considered the premier SaaS-based application management platform for today's web applications, New Relic has been adopted by thousands of companies worldwide, including significant deployments with ESPN, Nike and Sony. Additionally, collaboration, ecommerce, gaming and social media businesses such as Comcast, E*Trade, eHarmony, GitHub, Groupon, Mashable, MercadoLibre and Zumba, are using New Relic to significantly lower the costs of maintaining and optimizing business-critical software applications.
Company Growth Metrics
Overall Achievements
- 18 quarters of consecutive growth
- Industry's largest installed base for an application performance management solution, achieving 35,000 active customer accounts in five years
- 1 million app instances data is sent to New Relic at any given time
- 85 billion metrics captured every single day across some of the biggest and smallest apps in the world
- Largest repository of application data known to exist
2012 Wins
- Nearly tripled revenue growth year over year
- Doubled its customer base, and added over 1,200 paying customers in 4Q2012
- Portland office relocated to more spacious building
Plans for 2013
- In Q1, San Francisco headquarters will move to a larger facility
- Broaden product capabilities to include mobile application management
- Open international offices in Europe
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- Learn more at our blog post
- Learn more how the company has grown in our infographic
- To sign up for more info about the upcoming mobile launch, visit newrelic.com/mobile
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"Software is running the world, and this is an exciting time to be in the business of making that software run fast. Today we see a huge opportunity to improve the speed, reliability, and effectiveness of software running on mobile devices. There are millions of apps out there for mobile devices – gaming, social and business apps – that have no tools in place for improving the user experience, yet billions of dollars are being poured into mobile app development. In 2013, you'll see New Relic offer analytics capabilities for native mobile apps that elegantly fill this gap and combine with our proven web app management tool to create the most comprehensive application solution out there." - Lew Cirne, founder and CEO, New Relic
"With the profusion of mobile devices, social media and web applications in all aspects of everyday life, New Relic's monitoring and performance management software plays a pivotal role in ensuring a quality user experience. Customer usage expectations are high, and New Relic's solutions help companies underwrite this experience. We look forward to partnering with management to scale New Relic to be the preeminent provider of performance management solutions to the world's largest and fastest-growing companies." - Jeff Horing, managing director and co-founder, Insight Venture Partners
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New Relic is on a mission to create a better web and mobile experience for everyone by making apps faster and more reliable. Analyzing 60 billion metrics each day, New Relic provides application developers critical insights about performance issues that are affecting their business' bottom line. Serving more than 35,000 customers in 36 countries, New Relic's SaaS solution has the largest customer base in the industry. Learn more at: newrelic.com.
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About a half mile up the bank of the lagoon from the Lamanai archaeological site [1], Lamanai Outpost Lodge (tel. 501/223-3578, U.S. tel. 888/733-7864, www.lamanai.com [2]) is one of Belize's premier jungle retreats. From the moment the staff greet you at the dock, you know you're in capable, welcoming hands. The lodge boasts 17 elegantly rustic thatch-roof, rough-hewn wood cabanas detailed with converted brass oil lamps and other amenities that contribute to an old-fashioned feel (although a couple of rooms add plasma-screen TV, air-conditioning, and wireless Internet access to the old-timey mix). Outside, lush, landscaped grounds of orchids, ceiba trees, and palmettos provide cooling shade as you walk the gravel paths.
Below the resort's lodge and dining room (which are the only parts of the complex visible from the river) lies the shore of the lagoon, where you'll find a dock, a swimming area, canoes, boats of various types, and an assortment of deck chairs. The dock is particularly peaceful at sunset. Activities keep you busy from pre-dawn hikes and canoe trips to nighttime "spotlight cruises." All-inclusive packages start at US$676; there's a two-night minimum stay, and rates transfer to and from Belize City, meals, and two guided adventure activities per night booked. See the website for summer specials and individual pricing options.
The owners of Lamanai Outpost are involved in several scientific research projects that also allow nature-study opportunities for guests. Study topics include local bats, archaeology, howler monkeys, Morelet's crocodiles, and ornithology. Guests with some group programs can participate in the work.
Lamanai Outpost offers a low-key, escape-to-nature kind of setting, perfect for the bird-watcher, Mayaphile, naturalist, or traveler who wants to get away from the tourist trail for a while. The area is rich in animal life, including close to 400 species of birds, as well as crocodiles, margays, jaguarundis, anteaters, tayras, arboreal porcupines, and the fishing bulldog bat.
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All full-time faculty members are eligible to apply for a summer grant of 1/9th of base salary unless they receive summer money under contract. Applications should be no longer than three pages in length and include a general description of the proposed project, a plan of action, timeline, an indication of the likely outcomes and benefits to Bentley. Projects may include new curriculum or pedagogy development as well as research. Those faculty members who have applied for Rauch Grants are also eligible to apply for summer grants.
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London, May 7 (ANI): Robert Downey, Jr. has become a big advocate of therapy, because counselling has changed his life for good.
He says, "I"m a pain in the a**. I don"t think I"m hard to deal with… I"m just a bit of a hard a** about things.
"Therapy is great, therapy just works. You just go in and… sit down and you go, "His fault!" And then start from there… I fell apart like 10 years ago and now everything is fine."
Meanwhile, the Iron Man star recently said that he had a tough time shooting for its sequel Iron Man 2, reports The Daily Express.
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Hey Val,
Great posts, but I wanted to let you know that your definition of a wing man/woman is a little off. It's not a friend that goes ahead of you and talks you up to your target. It's a friend that helps keep your target's friend busy so you aren't stuck in the ever difficult 2 on 1 conversation the whole time. No girl wants to be abandoned and left all alone while her friend chats up a new guy, sp she'll either stick by her friend and prevent any one on one conversation, or the target will feel bad and stay with her lonely friend. A wing man prevents this problem.
Love the site! You have some good points. Say hello sometime. Simon
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Hi Val,
I wanted to know your opinion on something. These days, it seems to me girls are becoming more and more shallow, generally (I'm not going to say ALL girls are like that, some girls aren't, but in general, especially the more attractive they are, they seem to be more shallow). Here is my concern. You are the second girl I've asked this because I want more than one opinion(the other girl is Julia, another "double agent" from this site).
When I was born, I was born with one leg shorter than the other one, because my right femur was slightly curving outwards (for some reason). It was a 1 in 10 million chance. But it happened. And now, consequently, I have to wear a lift on my shoe to compensate for the length. As of a couple months ago, the lift is about 9-10cm in length. My only other option is to get surgery to fix it, which I am strongly considering, but your opinion may have an influence on my choice. There's more f***ed up things to add about my leg than this, but they're irrelevant.
Today, I am a healthy 19 year old university student. As far as looks go, I'm tan, 6 feet tall, black fohawk hair, trimmed sideburns, and I'm toned. Personality-wise, my three main characteristics are enthusiastic, cheerful, and optimistic and I always keep my chin up, when it comes to facing any obstacle or challenge.
My question to you is...do girls care about my leg? Do they care if my leg is like this, with the lift and the curved femur? Does it make them uncomfortable, or is it a turnoff? Is the lift and/or the femur a turnoff? (You can't really see the femur is curved, but you can definitely feel it.)
Also, would YOU care? What would YOU think?
I mean, I've never had trouble talking to girls or exuding confidence around them, even highly attractive girls, and most girls I've talked to enjoy talking to me. But I have always been shy of asking them out or taking it a step further because I feared that they might be uncomfortable with my situation, you know, if they notice it. And I always feel self-conscious about it, and sometimes I get stares which really bothers me. I always try to hide it too, and I want to know if I should stop trying to hide it.
I've trapped myself in a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Please let me know what women think on this issue, as well as what do YOU think, for instance if I ever tried to approach you and talk to you, how would you react if you noticed the lift? I wouldn't ask you if I thought you couldn't help me.
Thank you, Val. Your advice is greatly appreciated! I also love your helpful videos!
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im in a serious bind. im currently falling for my ex's younger sister and the feeling is mutual. my ex and i broke up 4 years ago but have remained pretty close because she helped me cope with a spinal injury. she has lived outta state for the past four years and been in a serious relationship of her own for the past two years. but the problem is that her and her sister are not close and she flipped just hearing that me and her sister hung out. ive been over my ex for awhile but i dont kno how to talk to her about the possibility of me and her sister, especially now that shes pissed at me. the animosity between them is such that my ex said,"well maybe ill just invite you to my wedding and not her." i dunno what to do val please help with any advice. i asked you cuz you do social skils and get the area as im from essex county in nj. thanks!
Wanted to be the first one to drop a comment, and ask what it is that makes ex-"persons" resurface after years of no communication, and then want to chat it up. That sh!t is a mystery to me.
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Matt Hyland wins Minnesota Freeze Out
12:08 a.m. Update: Matt Hyland does it again by winning the Minnesota Freeze Out and $41K! This is Hyland's 2nd major title in 2 months. He recently took down the MSPT – Hinckley in late November for $39K.
121 Entrants
$17,370 Prize Pool
1st Place Matt Hyland $41,080
2nd Place Erick Wright $23,474
3rd Place Derek McMaster $14,671
4th Place Saeed Ghasemimehr $11,737
5th Place Justin Thurlow $8,803
6th Place Michael Wilmes $6,455
7th Place Ronald Spain $4,695
8th Place Mark Sandness $3,521
9th Place Judd Greenagel $2,934
8:55 p.m. Update: We're down to 10 players here at Canterbury. Judd Greenagel, Justin Thurlow, Mark Sandness and Matt Hyland are among those remaining. First place is $41K.
Jason Senti was knocked out by Greenagel with approximately 30 players remaining.
Seat 1: Saeed Ghasemimehr
Seat 2: Matt Hyland
Seat 3: Judd Greenagel
Seat 4: Timothy Speck
Seat 5: Erick Wright
Seat 6: Ron Spain
Seat 7: Mark Sandness
Seat 8: Michael Wilmes
Seat 9: Derek McMasters
Seat 10: Justin Thurlow
5:17 PM Update: Just arriving here at Canterbury Park for the Minnesota Freeze Out. The buy-in today was $1,000 + $100, there were 121 players who entered for a shot at the big prize. Only 36 still remain. The top 9 spots will be paid. First place is $41,080.
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No plot? Not worth your time? Worst film in 25 years? These writers miss the point. In fact, the story is an alternative Pygmalion. Dodd tries against all odds and against his family's warnings to reform the pitiful, disturbed Quell, perhaps to demonstrate to himself that his "preaching" really does work. Unlike Henry Higgins, however, Dodd fails. Eliza Doolittle took the bait, but Freddie Quell ran away and joyously resumed his aimless life of booze and sex. Dodd's singing of "Slow Boat To China" to Quell, far from being hokey, is a revelatory moment, summing up the film's meaning, emphasizing that he would have loved to have been able to work on Quell over a longer time without distractions if only Quell weren't so incorrigible.
I'm a big a big fan of Hoffman. Both he and Phoenix are wonderful actors. The problem with "the Master" is the script.. and the plot. Or rather the LACK of a plot. There really is no story being told here, after Phoenix's character first meets Hoffman's early in the film. After that the movie can be described as incoherent scenes which do not work at moving the characters forward. The movie was a big disappointment, and a waste of a lot of acting talent. Not even worth a $1 rental at Redbox.
THE MASTER is a gorgeous mess. Production values are wonderful. HOWEVER, the plot and script are 90% incomprehensible. The two leads look like they're doing a master class in acting--and expect applause after each of their sketches. The ending where Hoffman sings is one of the most embarrassingly hokey moments I can remember on film. Most film critics act as though via this film they are witnessing some intellectual zenith. Far from it. Most of the full house viewing this film today expressed their dislike of it vociferously at its end. All the hype is sucking audiences in--BUT I predict that in ten days when word of mouth gets around, THE MASTER will float away into audience ignominy. This film is nothing more than ersatz Oscar buzz
The Master's languorous pace disguises, perhaps deliberately, a highly provocative political message. You can read my alternative review here. http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/11771-the-masters-radical-political-critique
I heard Ms. Hornaday's comments on the Tony Kornheiser radio show and, after seeing the film today, read her full review. She was spot on about how the primary characters don't warrant this screen study, despite the interesting journey director Anderson takes filmgoers on along the way. Not sure that Amy Adams brief, quiet scenes rise to the Lady Macbeth level -- she seems not even as dominating as a caricature -- but otherwise, the Post review was all you need to know. The decision -- whether you want to spend (or waste) two-and-a-quarter hours going nowhere -- is up to you.
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The Starr Genealogy is a wonderful tool for genealogists to discover their Cherokee genealogy. Unfortunately, Starr uses a very unique and often confusing method of showing the relationships between people. This article hopes to shed some light on how to use the Starr Genealogy to find your own Cherokee Roots.
Other Resources from this Book
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Source: History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore, Emmet Starr, 1921, The Warden Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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The Bethel School Board has chosen Warren Smith to fill one of its vacant positions.
Smith is a former board member who also served on the State Board of Education for 11 years and on the National Assessment Governing Board for four years. The governing board oversees the National Assessment of Education Progress, the nationwide testing program also known as The Nation's Report Card.
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Let the relaxed times roll! Compact and lightweight, this rolling cooler keeps your drinks and snacks fresh no matter where the party takes you. With a substantial base and oversized wheels, it rolls easily when pulled by its telescoping handle but resists rolling away when stopped on a gently-sloped surface. Plus, its sleek exterior has multiple pockets for your utensils, straws and bottle openers. How cool is that?! Includes two heavy-duty side handles for roll-free carrying.
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This will be perfect for our Music in the Park during summer months and packing into RV for other events. Great size for us (3) and can attach a bag over the handle to tote non perishable foods...like crackers/chips.
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Perfect to fill, pack and go! Just the right size for a day at the beach or a weekend car trip. The cooler is easy to fill and pack and roll right to the car; lightweight makes lifting easy; storage area at top is good for fruits, veggies and even some cool candy bars!
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The Cooler is the best I have ever used!
We have just used our rolling cooler and love it. It is extremely attractive, holds quite a bit of items such as water, wine and fresh fruit and cheese. We put our crackers on the top zipper area and we were good to go. I would highly recommend this product! Now we need other items to go with this.
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As technology spreads trends and breaks down barriers at an ever-faster clip, maintaining an international approach to design has become more important than ever before.
By James Williamson, IIDA, LEED AP
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has always placed a premium on the first word in its name. We are proud that IIDA members call 58 countries home, and that Cheryl Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP, executive vice president and CEO, has travelled over 1.2 million miles in 14 years, representing the association at more than 182 national and international speaking engagements annually.
As is evident when working with our members—especially our international members—design has always been a universal language. But with the advent of the internet, trends now spread across borders and break down communication barriers at a lightning pace, allowing the word "international" to take on a new importance in our industry.
We have come to realize that good design is synonymous with global design. International expansion exists because it is a trend that clarifies our diverse, global design communities. While "international" is frequently used as an adjective to describe the trade of products and services between nations, in the design profession, it is more commonly used to describe a point of view—a way of looking at how design solutions can outshine national boundaries and viewpoints. For designers, having an international perspective means remaining sensitive to multiple users of varying backgrounds, regardless of a project's location.
Of course, an international approach is more than just a mindset for many designers working today. Recent surveys have found that large firms like DiLeonardo International, Wilson Associates and HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates are doing at least 90 percent of their work abroad. More than 65 percent of the leaders in the interior design field have at least one office abroad, and some firms, like Space Matrix and Bilkey Llinas Design Associates, work exclusively overseas. The level of importance the international community places on design and design advocacy—exemplified by Scandinavia, which has a regulatory agency dedicated to design—is a priority to interior design industry leaders.
The rise of the international practice has made knowledge the new global currency, and it behooves us to amass as much as possible if we are to compete on the world stage. We see the facilitation of collaboration between the interior design and manufacturing communities as essential to the future of design. From manufacturing to distribution, from the composition of project teams to client locations, the shift of business from a local to a global scope has been fast, and therefore requires flexibility.


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The Vintage Bazaar is teaming up with the Renegade Craft Fair and there are two more pop-ups planned with them this year.
September 7 and 8 on Wood at Division in the Wicker Park neighborhood
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2012-2013 Season
From January 2013 the points allocation for players losing in the first round of events will recieve a lower points allocation. This change will reduce the points allocation from the current level of 65/128 to 513/1024 except for Gold Star events which will not allocate reduced points.
The National and Master's Rankings have been moved to a new online system and can now be found at the follow site
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Yes, we do. And it's in the city of Dallas, seven miles from downtown. Ever heard of Glen Oaks in Oak Cliff? Located south of Loop 12, where I picked up Father's Day barbeque at Sweet Georgia Browns, mid-way betwixt I35 and 67, there is a cluster of mid century homes CUSTOM BUILT in the 1950′s and 1960′s called Glen Oaks. You get strong homes and large lots for, well, almost as much as I paid for barbeque. OK, maybe a little more but the terrain is hilly, it's loaded with trees and the community in insular, secluded by only thirteen entrances. And talk about mid century mana! (Seriously, I'm not even going to tell you the price of this house. It is RIDICULOUS!)


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Barrington Hills prairie safe from development
Riding Club of Barrington Hills members Eve Perry (left), Gretchen Hess (center) stand atop the gravel hill prairie with landowner Renata Heiberg. A conservation easement permanently protects the riding trails. | Photo courtesy of Patty Dowd Schmitz
Updated: November 5, 2012 10:48AM
BARRINGTON HILLS — The Barrington Area Conservation Trust announced last month the preservation of a rare native gravel hill prairie in Barrington Hills that is known for its equestrian trails.
A conservation easement, which is a deed restriction used to protect private property from future development, was used to secure the prairie's preservation.
"It was really exciting for us," said Karen Yancy, executive director of the Barrington Area Conservation Trust. "It took almost a year to complete this, so we're thrilled to finally have it done."
The site consists of four acres with an oak forest. Yancy said the forest has trees that are more than 100 years old as well as a number of rare plants.
"It's really what defines our community," Yancy said. "There's one percent of the original Illinois prairie remaining in the state, and this is part of that. It's also a very big gift to the equestrian community."
The property, which is near Ridge Road, is owned by Marius Bialas and Renata Heiberg. Bialas and Heiberg worked with members of the Riding Club of Barrington Hills, who urged the couple to talk to the Trust about the possibility of an easement on the land. Although the land is private property, the easement allows for Riding Club members to continue using the riding trails on the property. Yancy said the Trust plans on offering hikes through the area to its members.
Yancy explained that an easement is a permanent deed restriction that stays in place even if the ownership of the property changes.
"So when you sell it, the next person has to abide by the rules," she said.
Some of the rare plants on the Barrington Hills property include purple prairie clover, green milkweed and a variety of blue stem grasses. Yancy said most gravel hill prairies are found along the Mississippi region of Illinois and it's rare to find such a prairie in this area.
"This conservation easement is a wonderful gift to the community and will ensure that both the horse trails and the rare native plants are protected through ongoing stewardship efforts," Yancy said.
Conservation easements, Yancy explained, have been used widely on the east and west coasts and are becoming increasingly popular in Illinois. The Trust has completed more than 20 easements in the Barrington area since it was formed 12 years ago.


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The Four Points by Sheraton Long Island City-Queensboro Bridge Hotel is a 3-star smoke-free property located on 39th Avenue, Long Island City, New York. The hotel has a restaurant that stays open all day as well as a pub that is open in the evenings. Complimentary wifi Internet access is available in all areas, and wired access is also offered in guest rooms and the business centre. Amenities in the 88 rooms and suites include cable TV, an iPod docking station, desk with ergonomic chair, ironing equipment and phone with voicemail. Many of the rooms offer views of the Manhattan skyline. Accessible rooms are available for the disabled. Guests may make use of the fitness centre with its treadmills, elliptical machines and weights. There are laundry and dry-cleaning facilities at guests' disposal. The business centre is open 24 hours a day and offers free printing and copying services. Guests will find the Statue of Liberty right on the hotel's doorstep. The Museum of the Moving Image is just a mile away from the hotel and other nearby cultural attractions include the Dorsky Gallery, the Socrates Sculpture Park and the Noguchi Museum.
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The Pod is a 3-star hotel located on East 51st Street, between Grand Central Station and Central Park. Other local attractions include Times Squares, Radio City Music Hall, the United Nations Headquarters complex, Rockefeller Center, and the Broadway theater district. Restaurants and clubs are also nearby. Easy access to public transportation connects guests to the rest of the City. The Pod features modern, functional furnishings and a variety of guest accommodations, ranging from the Bund Pod (with shared bath) to the Townhouse Studio (suitable for families). Standard amenities include LCD TV, mp3 docking station, complimentary Wi-Fi, open closet and built-in drawers for storage, private bath with shower, in-room safe, and a workspace with dimmer control light. Single and Bunk Pods have displays to show when shared bathrooms are available. Bunk Pods have a reading light and 10-in LCD TV with headphones on the wall adjacent to each bunk. Guest services include a multilingual concierge desk to assist with reservations and tickets, a rooftop garden, and the PodLounge.
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Firehouse 8
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Have you ever walked by a building in the city that in some way captured your imagination, and your heart? And for the rest of the day you wondered about its past, and maybe you even let yourself fantasize about its future and all its possibilities with you at the helm? Well, that is exactly what happened to Teresa Nittolo. Except, she didn't waste time daydreaming, she just went ahead and bought the building.
Teresa has lived in the Nob Hill neighborhood for 25 years, and owns three adjoining retail spaces, called Belle Cose & Molte Cose, on Polk Street. She often walked by the defunct firehouse and dreamed of renovating and re-purposing it to become a hub of community activity. When she heard it was going up for auction, she seized the opportunity to buy it.
Gorgeous and stately, Firehouse 8 sits at 1648 Pacific Avenue. It was built in 1917, and remained in continuous service until 1980 when it was finally deactivated due to ordered City budget cuts to the Fire Department. It remained in use as the storage facility for the Department's Toy Program and as a medical supply station until 2006, when it went up for auction. Because it was used minimally for close to 30 years it had deteriorated substantially and was in a pretty serious state of disrepair.
There are a quite a few former San Francisco firehouses scattered throughout the city. Over the years they have been shut down due to budget cuts to the Fire Department, but then have frequently been kept on to service the department in other ways. Eventually some of them end up at the city's surplus property auction where they are sold off to private individuals.
For the last five years, Teresa and her partner Gavin Jefferies have been breaking their backs and bank accounts to finish construction and open up Firehouse 8 to the public. They've replaced rotten planks, put down concrete, fixed old wiring, and put countless dollars into making sure everything is code compliant – we're talking hefty PG&E bills, a very expensive elevator, and new sewage lines. Unfortunately, Firehouse 8 has gone into foreclosure (THEY ONLY HAVE UNTIL MARCH 8th) and Teresa and Gavin need help to hold onto it and bring their big dreams into reality.
They have plans to make Firehouse a multifaceted space that would include a café with outdoor seating, a small but well-curated library, a market-like area of rotating local vendors and artisans, a massive event space upstairs, and a rooftop garden. They are staring down the home stretch and they need their community's support to get them across the finish line. Their dream is big and has come with even bigger challenges, but it's wholly committed to bringing people together to create an inspiring story and space.
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Four Polk County graduates were inducted into the county's Hall of Fame in a ceremony Friday.
Pulitzer Prize Winning syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, combat journalist Michael Yon and veterinarian Dr. George E. Lees were added to the Polk County Public Schools Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the Lake Ashton Country Club in Lake Wales.