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Helen Hitchcock Fortson lived 89 years when she passed away on Saturday, August 31, 2013.
She was born on a cold and rare snowy morning January 11, 1924, the daughter of the late Lena Sanders and Guy Hitchcock at their home in Danielsville. However her little corner of the world was instantly warmed by her arrival.
She was a 1941 graduate of Madison County High School and spent her early years working at Southern Bell in Downtown Athens. But she is mostly remembered for her years at Fortson Store, where she was known by the majority of Madison County. She was a pioneer of her time. At 25 she became a business owner and, with the help of some extraordinary employees, managed her country store single-handedly for 40 years. To the untrained eye the old store may seem cluttered, but she was simply prepared to serve her community with any anticipated need: She sold the locally made Budwine, Beehive snuff, bologna by the slice, hoop cheese, and shoelaces. Her generosity was limitless; she "sold" most of this on credit because she couldn't sleep if she ever thought a child would go to bed hungry. Kids always got a special treat by being allowed to pick a piece of candy from the penny jar at the checkout counter. The store also provided an avenue for her to support many local organizations in her community. She was able to sponsor many sports teams, and donate to the Hull VFD who returned her support and dedication one February night in 1991 when the recently registered local landmark burned to the ground. Fortson Store was a glorious tribute to her character, which consisted of a beautiful balance between strength and compassion. As stated by a distant relative, "The Queen of England would be treated with the same courtesy as the poorest country farmer. She could see the nobility in all of us." Everyone who entered the store was a friend to Mrs. Fortson.
As a family member, those who knew her as Aunt Helen, Granny Helen, or especially Mother were privileged beyond measure. Her house, at the top of Fortson Hill, was the familial center that everyone gravitated to for all events. Her family reach was wide - not just reserved for her immediate family. When her nieces' family (Montie Jo and Annette) gathered for holidays, there were so many people sleeping there one Christmas Eve that spots had to be taken under the dining room table. She gave Wyndee, Lynn, and Kay whose military father moved them often, a constant sense of home. She also stepped up for Tommy, Marie, Rusty, and Tracy as a motherly figure when theirs passed on too early. Her one daughter Rita (Lane) Collins never realized she was an only child. Her grandchildren Lee (Donnie) Burroughs from Hull and Raeford (Kim) Davis from Charleston, S.C. hold special memories of summer trips to Helen, Ga., delicious homemade vegetable soup and thoughtful care-packages sent to them wherever they lived. Her great-grands, Tyler and Gracie Moon, along with Megan and Alex Davis, knew no bounds for what they could experiment with whether it was overflowing bubble baths in the middle of the day, golf carts rides in the cow pasture, or eating Cheetos while watching Barney she was right there with them creating fun memories to last a lifetime. Although not a grandchild, but a great-grand niece, Cassie Scarborough was the first of these children to be doted on by Helen. There are simply too many family members to name, but they were all loved and all special in her eyes. The family asks that that anyone else who has special to please share them at onlineathens.com or Lord & Stephens East's website.
Mrs. Fortson was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Stewart (J.S.) Fortson; siblings, Montie Hitchcock Shelnutt, Crawford Hitchcock, and Sally Hitchcock Echols; and her beloved great-grandson, Tyler Fortson Moon.
During the last eight months, Mrs. Fortson suffered from cancer, but never lost her spunk and was always quick with a witty response.
The family would like to thank her caregivers, Holly Leahman, Pasty Powers, Janice Pierce, Faye Hopkins, Dorothy Bonds, Joy Winkles, and St. Mary's Hospice. Their care enabled Mrs. Fortson to remain at home and to die with the same grace and dignity in which she lived her life.
Finally to continue her spirit of giving, the family requests any donations to be made to the Hull Volunteer Fire Department in her name (P.O. Box 400, Hull, GA 30646).
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 3, at 11 a.m. at Lord & Stephens East Chapel. Pastor Calvin Ward will officiate. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park. The pallbearers will be Tim Arthur, Nelson Dills, Tom Patterson, Billy Howard, Hal Scarborough and Jeremy Williams.
Visitation will be Monday, September 2, at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. The family will receive friends at the residence of Rita and Lane Collins, 9820 Fortson Store Rd., Hull, GA.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, Athens, is in charge of arrangements.
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A good school to immerse yourself in one major and learn it well.
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A good intimate school in proximity of many museums. The small class size allows for better concentration. The small size of the school is a perfect fit.
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The small size classes allow for more focused concentration to get projects done. There is a close network of students and instructors. The school's location is great. Major museums such as the Rodin museum, The Barnes Foundation, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art are close by. The Instructors who teach the students are artists in fields of painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
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Greek Life
There was one martial art club I heard, but i think it no longer exist, as I said before, clubs are not popular in PAFA
Clubs and Activities
Not too many clubs, it's not part of the tradition
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PAFA is great for students or anyone who is looking for a classical fine art training. The level of new students varies, so don't worry about your level, you'll learn a lot
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Near center city in Philly
What to do for fun
Karoke? That's totally up to u lol
Food and Dining
Close to Reading Terminal Market, and China town. Easr access to grocery and restaurant.
Dorm Life
PAFA does not has a dorm, though it cooperate with Park Town Place so students can live there too. It is a terrible place, everyone I know complain about it. Don't live there, go craigslist or roomster and find a better place if you're planning to go to PAFA.
Academic Rigor
As long as you show effort, the teachers won't go hard on you. Once again, art education is to inspire your creativity and guide you to self knowledge so you become a unique human being and artist.
Tips for prospective students
The acceptance rate is 94%, you are likely gonna be accepted. My advice is, when you do your pro-folio, change yourself to do larger and more atmospheric pieces. The school loves paintings/drawings with good rythm and atmosphere. Of course, you also need to show a strong foundation in understanding form and structures. Basically, the faculties favor artists such as Sargent/ Dega/ Dickenson, if you are a painter you know what to do ;)
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PAFA has excellence program in teaching classical, traditional fine art, while at the same time follow up with the art fashion in nowadays. The teachers are extremely talented and experienced draftsmans who guide students to become creative and artist. Extraordinary facilities, fabulous cast hall with numerous amount of Greek and Roman Sculptures.
Reviewer is A current student here.
3 out of 4 people found this review useful. 3 of 3
Categories Comments What to do for fun
For fun you can visit the Philadelphia museum of art, the Rodin museum, The Barnes Foundation, take a 2 hour trip to new york, or draw in PAFA's own museum/cast hall (super fun!)
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PAFA is an amazing school, will you will learn from very experienced teachers who know what they are talking about and how to convey their ideas about art! So happy to be a student at PAFA

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Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
- Make a list of common materials used to create visual art compositions.
- Demonstrate how six of the following elements of design are used in a drawing: lines, circles, dots, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, space, balance, or perspective.
- Identify the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.
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Earn the Art belt loop, and complete six of the following requirements:
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The rebuilding of the east in the 1960s happened along totalitarian lines – and rising up out of Alexanderplatz, the 368 metre-high Fernsehturm ('Television Tower') marked the centre of a new capital. As the fourth highest freestanding structure in Europe, on a clear day you can see as far as 42 kilometres from its top, while from the ground the ball-on-spike makes an excellent, if bizarre, compass point. It started life as a symbol of Communist ideals, looming high above the wall into the West – an icon straight out of the pages of science fiction novel. But political statement was marred by iffy engineering: only after construction was completed did it transpire that the sun was reflected in a cross-shape across the stainless-steel dome, earning it the nickname 'the Pope's revenge'. For a truly high-end experience, dine in the rotating restaurant at the top of the ball, which turns a complete revolution every half an hour.
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A counterpoint to the gritty end of Berlin's gallery scene, the Hamburger Bahnhof, a former railway station, is a spectacular repository of contemporary art, featuring some of the biggest names from the latter part of the 20th century. 100,000 square metres are devoted to works from the collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin), alongside pieces from the renowned collector, Erich Marx, whose impressive stash counts Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Anselm Kiefer. The ground floor of the western side of the building is entirely given over to the eccentric genius Joseph Beuys, showing rare works and related ephemera.
Jewish Museum
The Jüdisches Museum (Jewish Museum) in Kreuzberg offers an immersive experience of Jewish history, culture and belief, with thanks to the architecture of the museum building. Controversial architect Daniel Libeskind's vast structure aims to evoke the confusion and despair of persecution. The effect of the jagged, clashing lines of the main building can leave visitors disorientated and discombobulated. But the museum extends beyond the Holocaust – here, we find the story of Jews in Europe over the last few thousand years, told through art, film, documentation and numerous interactive exhibits. With such a colossal amount of information to take in, it's best tackled over a couple of visits. Prepare for security checks upon arrival.
Neues Museum
Finally reopened in 2009 after extensive remodelling by the British architect David Chipperfield, this stunning building now houses the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History and various artefacts from the Collection of Classical Antiquities. The museum's most famous object is the bust of the Egyptian queen, Nefertiti, which Germany refuses to return to Egypt despite repeated requests, and the skull of the Neanderthal from Le Moustier. The Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Prehistory & Early History), which traces the evolution of homo sapiens from 1,000,000 BC to the Bronze Age, has among its highlights reproductions (and some originals) of Heinrich Schliemann's famous treasure of ancient Troy, including works of ceramics and gold, as well as weaponry. Keep an eye out also for the sixth-century BC grave of a girl buried with a gold coin in her mouth. Information is available in English. The Neues Museum has become such a hit that the museum authorities have had to limit visitor numbers by issuing timed tickets – book in advance if you can, and turn up within a half hour of the time you are given. You can sometimes buy tickets at the counter, but don't count on it.
One of the world's major archaeological museums, the Pergamon should not be missed. Its treasures, comprising some of the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities; the rest is in the Altes Museum) and the Vorderasiastisches Museum (Museum of Near Eastern Antiquities), contain three major draws. The first is the Hellenistic Pergamon Altar, dating from 170-159 BC; huge as it is, the museum's partial re-creation represents only one third of its original size. In an adjoining room, and even more architecturally impressive, is the towering two-storey Roman Market Gate of Miletus (29m/95ft wide and almost 17m/56ft high), erected in AD 120. This leads through to the third of the big attractions - the extraordinary blue and ochre tiled Gate of Ishtar and the Babylonian Processional Street, dating from the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BC). There are plenty of other gems in the museum that are also worth seeking out, including some stunning Assyrian reliefs. The museum is also now home to the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art), which takes up some 14 rooms in the southern wing. The collection is wide ranging, including applied arts, crafts, books and architectural details from the eighth to the 19th centuries. Entrance is included in the overall admission price, as is an excellent audio guide. There are temporary exhibitions too. Check website for details.
Filmmuseum Berlin
Ask five German film enthusiasts about the state of contemporary German cinema and be prepared for five different responses. Local buffs agree, however, that the Deutsche Kinemathek gives a consistent account of the story of German cinema. Thirteen rooms contain over 1,000 films, scripts, documentation, props, costumes and other memorabilia – the exhibition takes us from cinema's earliest, flickering manifestations to the industry's Weimar-era heyday and through veering ideological extremes (via didactic Nazi and DDR-era propagandist productions) to the present day, with substantial coverage of Marlene Dietrich to boot. Situated in the unlovely neon and concrete environs of Potsdamer Platz, this expansive museum is an absorbing and entertaining experience.


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X-Photographer Gary Tyson uses the X-H1 to capture the lives in Cambodia
Before arriving in Asia, Gary was a military photographer in the British Army. Gary's career working in Combat Camera Teams helped develop his unique and intimate style. Gary has had exclusive access to photograph the Royal family during his military service, including the Queen. Work took him to a variety of exciting locations from Northern Ireland, The Balkans, Middle East and Africa. Gary runs a commercial photography studio in Hong Kong. Gary is an avid traveller and is currently exploring Asia.


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From Doughnuts to Sorbet: 10 Recipes That Use Apple Cider
The onset of Fall brings all sorts of wonderful things with it, including apple cider. Wrapping your hands around a hot mug of spiced cider is pretty close to bliss for any Autumn-lover, but don't discount all the other things you can do with it. Here are 10 recipes that make the most of apple cider:
• 1 Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts - The Kitchn
• 2 Spiced Apple Cider Sorbet - The Kitchn
• 3 Butternut Squash, Apple, and Sage Soup - The Kitchn
• 4 Caramel Apple Pie À La Mode - The Kitchn
• 5 Apple Cider Doughnut Muffins - My Baking Addiction
• 6 Apple Cider Vinaigrette - Little B Cooks
• 7 Baked Apple Pancake with Apple Cider Syrup - Pinch of Yum
• 8 Apple Cider Floats - The Fresh Fridge
• 9 Caramel Apple Popcorn Balls - Today's Mama
• 10 Gingerbread with Apple Cider Sabayon - Cook and Be Merry
Related: Apple Cider vs. Apple Juice: What's the Difference?
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Immerse yourself in the intensity, carnage, and chaos of the war that divided a nation! Play as a Confederate or Union soldier in America's most legendary battles including Gettysburg, Bull Run and Antietam. Use authentic firearms, fight in intense hand-to-hand combat, place explosives, sabotage enemy artillery, destroy buildings, and more!
Also known as: Civil War: A Nation Divided, The History Channel's Civil War: A Nation Divided
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Taken from the news columns of area newspapers.
Winery produces Nebraska's best wine
COZAD—A Nebraska winery has been chosen as one of the best. Epicurious, a website devoted to gourmet foods and more, featured Mac's Creek Winery and Vineyards. Their article entitled, "The United States of Wine: From Alabama to Wyoming, the best wines in all 50 American states" by Lucy Burningham singled out Mac's Creek's Brianna to represent Nebraska as its best wine. The Brianna grape is a favorite to the harsher climates of Nebraska, being cold-hardy. Seth McFarland, owner and wine maker at Mac's Creek located north of Lexington, commented of the honor to have been selected to represent the state's wine industry.—reported in the Tri-City Trib.
Foundation gala sets new record at $100,000
BROKEN BOW—Custer County stood proud recently with generosity and a new record by putting over $100,000 into the Custer County Foundation Bank Account. The Foundation Gala and Auction was attributed such a success in part because of the amazing auction items up for bid with donations from Ansley, Arnold, Callaway, Ord and more. The gala this year was in a new venue, the One Box Convention Center at the Cobblestone Hotel and Suites in Broken Bow, and had 360 people in attendance.—reported in the Custer County Chief.
Keith County deputy officer gets 'tazed'
OGALLALA—Officers from North Platte, Scottsbluff, Holdrege and Atkinson and the counties of Dundy, Custer and Kearney participated in a two-day Taser International instructor training class at the Ogallala Fire Hall. During the training, in addition to learning how to operate the weapon, the class also covered the topics of risks, medical and safety information as well as legal issues. Those taking the new instructor course also had to complete a four-hour online course prior to the hands-on training. Sixteen law officers representing departments including the sheriff, police and U.S. Parks and Wildlife took part, and Keith County Deputy A.J. Boborny actually felt what it was like to be "tazed."—reported in the Keith County News.
Red Willow Dam project completed
CURTIS—The Bureau of Reclamation's Nebraska-Kansas Area Office announced that the Red Willow Dam modification project was substantially complete. The road over the crest of the dam was being reopened to the public effective Dec. 14. A large and diverse group depends on Red Willow Dam for interests ranging from recreation to irrigation. The road across the dam crest has been repaved with guardrails installed. In addition, areas of the access road east of the dam were widened in the interest of public safety. A collaborative effort between Reclamation, local groups and other officials ensured the successful completion of the project.—reported in the Frontier County Enterprise.
Keeping youth home may get CC coordinatore
ARNOLD—With the ongoing growth of Custer County and its youth coming back to the area, the idea of establishing a county-wide coordinator position to address a need to Arnold School Board members of the gap between local businesses and local schools, has begun. Often, students don't realize what careers are available or what business needs there are in the county. The coordinator's sole purpose would be to bridge the gap to let students know what is available and how to connect. The position would be modeled after Dawson County, which has had a coordinator for the past two years. Board members are to decide in January on support of the county-wide coordinator position as it will take support of all schools in the area.—reported in the Arnold Sentinel.
A brochure to help find medical professionals
CALLAWAY—A new brochure is in the works, which will be put together with the help of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to be used to keep Callaway District Hospital and Medical Clinic's name visible to the marketplace. The brochure is just one way of a new process in which recruitment of medical professionals will be constant and ongoing. As competition increases in the changing industry climate, it requires more time and effort to seek, find and recruit needed medical professionals in an ongoing effort to help avoid potentially dangerous gaps in staff and medical care in the future.—reported in the Callaway Courier.
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I am very new to Latin and am trying to learn it on my own, but I am very confused on how the chapters relate to the answer key in the back of the book. I am using the 6th edition and I can not find teh translation of the sententiae inthe back of the book anywhere. I do see answers but I do not see how they relate to what is in the chapter. Can anyone help?
For example, the sentence
13. Saepe nihil cogitas
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It seems like I am right, but when I goto the back I do not see an answer to question 13 on page 7.
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Old Fashioned
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- 1-1/2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon
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New Theatre
Új Színház (New Theatre) stands in the heart of Budapest, the Hungarian capital, in the neighbourhood of the Hungarian State Opera House, near Andrassy street, which has been recorded as part of the world heritage.
Fate and history of the secessionist building from the 20th century is just as eventful and full of ups and downs as the life of the country and the city. The Parisiana Saloon started to operate in the art-deco style building raised under the plans of Béla Lajta in 1909. Their greatest achievement was giving back the building its original look and atmosphere in an architectural style never seen before, for which they won the Europe Nostra certificate of merits in 1998. Today the visitors can see the façade of the building designed by Béla Lajta next to the neo-baroque luxury of the auditorium designed by László Vágó in 1921.
Address: 1061 Paulay Ede utca 35
Phone: (36-1) 269 6021
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona tribal members say they're shocked by a television sitcom that made fun of one of the most pervasive social ills on American Indian reservations — alcoholism.
One of the characters on the CBS show "Mike & Molly" joked about drunken Indians in Arizona, a state that is home to 21 federally recognized American Indian tribes. Although drinking and selling alcohol largely is banned on reservations, it can easily be found in border towns, brought in by bootleggers or sneaked past authorities.
No one disputes that public intoxication is a problem on and off the reservations, but tribal members say alcoholism often is linked to poverty, hopelessness and a history of trauma within American Indian families that is hard to overcome. American Indians and Alaska Natives die at a higher rate from alcoholism than other Americans, according to federal data, and authorities say alcohol fuels a majority of violent crimes on reservations.
"You can see somebody who is drunk and tripping over themselves and it's easy to make fun of them," said Erny Zah, a spokesman for the Navajo Nation, which extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. "But the disease itself isn't funny, the coming home late at night, possibly beating on family members, the absence of family members, the fear it instills in a lot of children."
The Native American Journalists Association called on CBS to apologize, saying it's inexplicable for a highly entertaining show to resort to humor at the expense of Arizona tribes. The group urged screenwriters to think twice about what might offend minority groups and to work to overcome stereotypes.
"I think a lot of times people make excuses for when they do those type of jokes or sarcasm," said NAJA President Rhonda LeValdo, who is from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. "To me, it's not funny making fun of a minority group. Are we supposed to be the entertainment for mainstream?"
The joke about American Indians in Arizona last week was brief and made by Mike's mother on the show, played by Rondi Reed. The show that airs on Mondays debuted in September 2010, starring Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as a couple who found love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
CBS spokesman Chris Ender declined to comment.
Not all viewers were offended by the joke, with some posting on the show's Facebook page that anyone who didn't like it can tune out.
Racheal Povatah, a member of the Hopi tribe in northern Arizona, didn't watch the episode that included the joke but heard about it and was offended. Despite a strong cultural and traditional background, she said tribal members turn to alcohol, drugs and self-destructive behavior to mask the pain of trauma they have suffered.
"Sometimes it's a decision it doesn't seem like we can make on our own, it's just there," she said. "There's so much that goes along with it."
Zah said an apology won't fix the negative perception of American Indians that the show perpetuated, and joking about alcoholism disregards the progress tribes have made or their contributions to address alcoholism.
"I would hope the rest of the country would be educated enough to understand we are more than what that comment made us out to be," he said. "We have educated people who are in the highest parts of the government, science, everywhere within this country."


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Ask anyone who's ever tried to learn an instrument and they'll likely tell you that the part they hate most is practicing scales. It's boring! Up and down, up and down… repeating the same notes, over and over. It's tedious, mind-numbing and seems to go on for hours. But, if you want to learn the basic fundamentals of music while building dexterity and muscle memory, practicing scales is the only way it'll come to you.
Part of what makes practicing scales so dull is that it doesn't seem practical when taken out of context. You want to learn an instrument so you can play music and have fun, but scales aren't fun; they're just a bunch of notes! That's where Guitar BTX comes in. Guitar BTX turns practice time into fun time by laying down a groove and getting you into a rhythm. But that's not the only benefit.
Practicing scales with a backing track also makes sure you're learning correctly. When you're playing the notes by themselves, it's not always easy to hear where they fit in. Sometimes, it's hard to tell the right note from a wrong note, and it's easy to learn incorrectly. But if you have some context to guide you, it's much easier to hear where the notes go.
To use the app, you simply tap on the scale and key you want to practice. After a moment, a rocking guitar strums out appropriate chords while bass and drums lay down the rhythm. For reference, the app includes an image of the scale and neck position so that you can look up any notes you're unsure of. Guitar BTX works exactly as it should, but there is room for improvement.
To save on space, none of the 35 mp3 backing tracks are included with the app — they stream to you when you choose a scale. This means that Guitar BTX will not work without an internet connection. While this may not be a huge problem, it would certainly be an inconvenience if the server went down or a connection wasn't available. Would it have been wiser, or even possible, to use General MIDI tracks, instead? They would sound a lot different, but the tiny size of MIDI files means that they wouldn't take up a lot of space and could be included with the app — no internet connection required.
There's a much worse problem, however. I really don't like that the app stops playing the backing track when you tap on the tablature to see the notes in the scale. It stops the learning process and adds frustration to have to go back and forth to hear the music and see the notes. I'm sure there's a simple solution, but as is, it's a major annoyance.
As for the rest of app, I think Guitar BTX is incredibly useful. Even as someone who's been playing guitar for 16 years, it's always helpful to go back and brush up on those scales. Guitar BTX does a great job of turning a dull, tedious chore into a fun way to learn.


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SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian government institute says the nation has many more homicides than officially reported.
The government-run Economic Research Institute says in a Monday report that its analysis of a national database of death certificates shows there are 8,600 more homicides a year than reported.
That would give Brazil more than 60,000 homicides a year, an increase of nearly 18 percent over official statistics.
The report says the difference arises because many violent deaths in Brazil are erroneously classified on death certificates as having "undetermined causes." Roughly 10 percent of violent deaths in Brazil are classified this way.
The institute examined data from 1996 to 2010. It developed a statistical model based on socio-economic and geographic factors to make a more accurate estimate on how many homicides Brazil has each year.


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Canada should pull its troops out of Afghanistan
Today a Canadian soldier was killed in Afghanistan. That makes 11 since 2002.
For the record, I opposed Canada's involvement in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. I didn't question the brutality of the Taliban regime, nor that they provided a haven for Al Qaeda. But I wasn't convinced at the time that invading the country was the best way to improve matters. The events that ensued haven't altered my opinion. Did the invasion improve life for Afghanis? Did it stabilize the region? Did it stop al-Qaeda?
What is clear is that a lot of innocent Afghanis were maimed or killed, Osama bin Laden is still at large, and the Taliban remain a force to be reckoned with. Hundreds of "enemy combatants" were shipped off to Guantánamo Bay where, according to Amnesty International, many
"... remain held in a legal black hole ... many without access to any court, legal counsel or family visits. Denied their rights under international law and held in conditions which may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the detainees face severe psychological distress. There have been numerous suicide attempts."A recent Globe and Mail story quotes NDP defence spokesman Bill Blaikie as saying "Canada's silence on Guantanamo is related to the fact that we are complicit in the whole process".
Many Canadians cherish our role as peacekeepers, but it's quite evident that "peacekeeping" doesn't really describe the Canadian military role in Afghanistan. What should our role be? I'd say that's a question for the Afghani people to answer. In the mean time, we can do more good by providing financial, technical, and moral support.
Cursed by its strategic location, Afghanistan has been repeatedly invaded over the years. Foreigners seem intent on butting in. Could it be that we're the problem?


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The eyes of the world were on Chicago's Lakefront on election night 2008 as tens of thousands of people gathered there to celebrate with President-Elect Barack Obama. Chicago's lakefront is unique in the world. It's a seventeen-mile-long people's paradise that belongs to all of us.
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On a warm summer day in 2004, I was sitting in my very first apartment, reading a newspaper during the summer break following my freshman year in college. I was twenty years old at the time, and I still had not taken the trouble to obtain a drivers' license.
Imagine my delight when I saw an advertisement—kittens, free delivery! I promptly dialed the number and withdrew $100 from the nearest ATM (which I probably—no, definitely—could not afford).
A short while later, a man, his two children, and a truckload of sickly kittens pulled up in front of my building. I picked your friend, Chloe first (since she was very sick, as evidenced the green oozing out of her eye). Since the kitten delivery person was selling these ill kittens for the bargain price of $50.00 each, how could I resist taking a second? I asked the man to pick out any female kitten, and—lucky me-- he picked you.
In the eight years that followed, you were my constant companion. You were there when my mother died; when I took a year off college; when I moved to Madison; when I graduated from college; when I moved to Racine; when I (finally) obtained my drivers' license; when I got married; when I moved to Milwaukee; and when I finished graduate school and began working. Thank you for being with me through both the hard and the wonderful times.
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Satellite image provided by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows wildfires in Colorado and New Mexico. The 68-square-mile High Park Fire near Fort Collins, Colo., is at top, with the 56-square-mile Little Bear fire, lower right, and 438-square-mile Gila fire, lower left, both in New Mexico, also visible.
AP reports: A northern Colorado wildfire 60 miles away wrapped Denver in a pungent cloud of smoke for several hours Tuesday and complicated the aerial offensive against the spreading mountain blaze, which has killed one person and destroyed more than 100 structures.
In southern New Mexico, a 56-square-mile wildfire threatening the village of Ruidoso damaged or destroyed at least 224 homes and cabins, and that number was expected to increase. Lincoln County workers found only heaps of burned metal and other debris on home sites hit hardest by the Little Bear fire. Continue reading the story.


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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian news agencies are reporting that the government is seeking a fresh $15 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.
They say that First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov told reporters Monday that he will hold negotiations on a new loan with IMF delegates arriving in Kiev next week.
Arbuzov's office declined immediate comment.
Many economists say the Ukrainian economy is heading toward recession due to waning demand for the country's main export, steel. The national currency, the hryvna, has also weakened.
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Two Hollywood rappers and cracker from Oakland form one of the most outrageous hip hop acts on earth. Mickey Avalon, Andre Legacy, and Dirt Nasty combine efforts to represent the Hollywood lifestyle better than Lohan and her coked out fun. With outrageous backstage antics and songs like "Last Night A BJ Saved My Life" and "My Dick", Dyslexic Speedreaders have taken the underground hip hop scene to another level.
In the Hollywood hills, swallowing pills, tipsy all scotch and whiskey sniffin' blow through hundred dollar bills. Those Dyslexic Speedreaders know how to shake the bacon.
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a band consisting of Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty, and Andre Legacy. One of their most famous songs is "My Dick".
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John Carey, 86, Brookfield, died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at his home.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Immaculate Conception Church, Brookfield. Visitation will began at 1 p.m. today, May 15, 2013, at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home, Brookfield, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 this evening. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery, Brookfield.
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A New Years Howl!
Posted by Arctic Wolf on January 2, 2010
Best of the holiday season to all. Sorry, I am a day late with these regards, but work caught me unawares yesterday and it was not until today that I was able to sit down and let everyone know how much I have appreciated the support my new blog has gotten. Its amazing, but in twelve short weeks my blog has taken off beyond my wildest dreams.
I will take this opportunity to make a few announcements about what everyone can expect to find on my blog in the coming year. As always there will be reviews of Rum and Whisky, but this year I plan to expand my knowledge of Gin, Vodka, and Tequila. As I expand this knowledge I will take you with me for the ride.
I plan as well to add more cocktails and to revamp the cocktail section. I hope to work with good friends of mine to provide you with a bevy of new elixirs which have never been published before. I may occasionally provide a well known cocktail recipe for a particular spirit if I feel that cocktail is the best way to enjoy the spirit, but my main aim will be to be original and to give you something you have never tasted before, but which you will want to taste again.
I plan to revisit some of my very early reviews (and revisit the spirits that were responsible for them). In some cases the products have undergone changes which will impact the review scores and in some cases it is more a matter of fleshing out the review to provide you with a better understanding of the spirit. I have reread some of my earliest reviews and I believe I can do better.
I also have started to make strong contacts in the spirits industry and I have began to conduct interviews with Master Distillers, Brand Ambassadors, and Industry Reps, and Persons of Note. I am hoping to provide you with interesting glimpses into some of your favourite beverages and the people responsible for bringing them to you. I have even booked a distillery tour with a local distillery to try to gain an insight into the art of making a quality whisky. All of my findings (well at least the interesting ones) will be published here on my blog.
As with all things my blog will probably morph and change in ways I do not expect, but I promise to continue to give you honest reviews written in a format which hopefully gives you an opportunity to vicariously enjoy the beverage with me. Hopefully if I do my job well you will know which drinks to buy and which to avoid, but as the reader always remember to read between the lines of my reviews and look for the aspects of the drink that you will enjoy, your palate is after all far different than mine.
Take Care Everyone and please try to follow my new motto:
Do not try to drink more spirits, try to drink better spirits!
Happy New Year!
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January 7, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Love the reviews, and look forward to your adding tequila to the mix, as I am a whisky and tequila man.
I most definitely agree that spirits are about quality, not quantity! Life is too short to waste on bad liquor!
January 7, 2010 at 6:38 am
I'm a little late, but happy 2010 to you Chip.
It's fun to hear you'll be expanding into other spirits, but I hope rum stays your main focus 😉
On that note, I'd be interested to hear what you think of 'Russian Standard' vodka. To me, vodka should be a clear tasteless and smooth spirit. The Russian Standard, especially for it's price, hits this mark.
Anyways, can't wait to read more of your reviews.
January 5, 2010 at 5:29 am
Happy New Year!!
Great work Chip!
January 3, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I wish you a happy 2010.
I really like your reviews.
My favorite rum is El Dorado 15 Years
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Hello everyone, I'm looking into buying a shotgun fairly soon. My decision has come down to a Remington 870. I will mainly be using this shotgun for home defense, but would also like to do occasional target shooting as well. Which model should I get? Your opinions and comments are greatly appreciated!
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I bought one of the Rem 870 Express Combo sets. The Combos come with 2 barrels. The particular combo I bought came with a 20" fully rifled slug barrel and a 26" smooth bore barrel with removable Rem-choke. They have several Combos available. Shop around and see how much it costs to purchase additional barrels for the 870. The Combo sets are cheaper when you figure in the cost of adding another barrel to your single barrel 870 later on. I also purchased an 18.5" smooth bore barrel for home defence. Thats the one I keep on the shotgun most of the time. I feel with those 3 barrels to pick from it make the 870 a very versital tool.
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You can't beat a system you can't understand
Occasionally, I like to write about space guys. You know – the extraterrestrial visitors that fly around and hover over our little planet now and again. Some call them UFOs because they have unlicensed spacecraft and they don't register flight plans.
Most of us assume that they come from advanced civilizations, which is probably true. Nonetheless, many wonder why they don't land and introduce themselves. Some suspect that they might have ill intent.
I have a tendency to be more optimistic. Not that I'm an authority on the subject, but logic tells me that space guys are hesitant to establish relations with earthlings because they find life on Earth a bit daunting.
As civilizations go, we aren't very civilized.
History tells us that we've always been at war, killing each other because our ideologies differ. We've polluted, plundered and ruined our planet, and now we're making efforts to expand our horizons and take our bad habits to destinations in other parts of the galaxy.
If I were a space guy, that would bother me a lot.
Many suspect that the space guys have been watching us for centuries. If that is the case, they haven't exactly seen much improvement. We've advanced technologically, but as a global society, we're still rather primitive.
The space guys more than likely think that even our technology is questionable.
I can hear them now: "Look at the earthlings. They're sucking all the oil and gas out of their planet's core, and they're burning all the coal. It won't be long before they have no energy.
"First, they'll freeze to death, but that's a good thing. Then, they won't be around to see the world economy collapse because without energy, everything stops, including electricity.
"After they burn the last ounce of fossil fuel, they can expect an implosion as the planet collapses because nothing is in its core. How could they be so stupid? Mark the place as condemned before anybody decides to settle there."
Who knows, maybe the crop circles allegedly cut by UFOs are an interstellar symbol marking Earth as condemned, in case some unsuspecting intergalactic visitor might consider settling here.
Anyway, according to the UFO websites, activity has been minimal for the last few months. It seems that the space guys haven't been watching us as closely as they have in the past. Sightings from the heavens have allegedly all but stopped.
Maybe the space guys heard about the errant rumor concerning the Mayan calendar, and they think Planet Earth won't be around in a couple of years.
That might be true, but it won't be because of the Mayan calendar.
Nonetheless, the UFO fanatics have taken a new path to explain why the unidentified flying objects have not been frequenting our skies.
Now they say that the space guys are already among us. New discoveries have led them to believe that space aliens have been residing on earth for thousands of years, maybe more.
Cave drawings and writing on Mayan tombs have led their "scientists" to think that the space guys are down under, and we don't mean Australia. They are now called USOs because they are "unidentified submerged objects" that live beneath the sea.
Hmmm...I suppose it's food for thought.
Apparently, in unrelated incidents at different locations, authorities report that glowing lights have been seen moving just beneath the ocean surface. Recent sightings changed opinions about a notable event that was attributed to UFOs. Current belief is that "USOs" were responsible for the sighted activity.
In 1967, a UFO was reported crashing into Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia. The craft was about 60 feet long. Various Canadian government agencies investigated, and at least one underwater search resulted in finding nothing but a trail of yellow foam where the craft entered the sea. The Canadian government declared that no known aircraft was involved and the source of the impact was unknown.
More recently, USOs are reputed to have flown into and out of bodies of water choked with heavy ice, as if the ice was not an obstacle. After these reports, large holes have been found that do not appear marked by catastrophic impact. Incidents have allegedly occurred in Norway, Sweden, and Russia.
Either this is a Hollywood stunt to prepare us for a remake of the 1954 movie, "20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," or it is just another part of living in a system we can't understand.


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Wilma Rudolph, La Gazzella
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She was La Gazzella Negra, the "Black Gazelle," the fastest woman on earth...
She was Wilma Rudolph.
Rudolph won three gold medals, in the 100m, 200m, and 4 x 100m relay, becoming the first woman to take three golds in track and field at one Olympics. In the 200m, she set an Olympic record and, along with her teammates, she set a world record in the relay. Her accomplishments are awesome… especially when you consider the illness and injury she had to overcome.
As a young child, Rudolph contracted polio. The disease twisted her leg, leaving her in a brace until she was nine years old and in special shoes for two more years after that. When the brace and shoes finally came off, Rudolph wanted to be like the other kids at school… and she began to run. She joined her school's basketball team and was soon discovered by Tennessee State track coach Ernie Temple, who knew a natural athlete when he saw one. He recruited her for his summer program, and she quickly advanced as a competitive runner.
Rudolph went to the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, where her relay team took home the bronze. She was just 16 at the time, still building her athleticism. Four years later, she was at her peak and ready to win – and especially, she was ready to follow in the footsteps of her inspiration, Jesse Owens.
When Rudolph returned home to Tennessee an Olympic victor, a parade and banquet were held in her honor in her hometown of Clarksville. And it would seem Rudolph carried a bit of the Olympic spirit of unity home with her: at her request, the festivities were fully racially integrated – a first for the segregated town. La Gazzella had made history once again.
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Conspiracy Theories.
RE: Conspiracy Theories.
Of course.
However, it has become a knee-jerk reaction to any suspicion against the powers-that-be -- it is automatically dismissed with a sneer as "only a Conspiracy Theory".
There was no evidence against Nixon for quite a while during Watergate -- some people who suspected something was not quite right (based on intuition, knowledge of History and the characters involved) were instantly dismissed as conspiracy-theorists.
That is what we have to watch out for: automatic reactions (probably manufactured by evildoers! ).
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RE: Conspiracy Theories.
My favourite: Conspiracies to delegitimize real conspiracies by promoting fake conspiracies.
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RE: Conspiracy Theories.
That's true: In 1973 after the Watergate break-in, Martha Mitchell began contacting reporters when her husband's role in the scandal became known, which earned her the title, "the Mouth of the South." Nixon was later to tell interviewer David Frost in 1977 that Martha was a distraction to John Mitchell, such that no one was minding the store, and "If it hadn't been for Martha Mitchell, there'd have been no Watergate."
At one point, she insisted she had been held against her will in a California hotel room and sedated to prevent her from making controversial phone calls to the news media. Because of her allegations, she was discredited and even abandoned by most of her family, except her son Jay. Nixon aides even leaked to the press that she had a "drinking problem". The "Martha Mitchell effect", in which a psychiatrist mistakenly identifies a patient's extraordinary claims as delusions, despite their veracity, was later named after her.
Martha Mitchell died three years later in 1976 after much of her Watergate notoriety had become barely a side issue.
Eventually, I think the truth gets sorted out with most "conspiracies" once it gets some steam behind it. It can take a while, though.
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein
10-02-2013, 09:16 PM (This post was last modified: 10-02-2013 09:22 PM by Zat.)
RE: Conspiracy Theories.
Temptation to conspire is deeply ingrained in the human psyche.
From covering up a screw-up by a petty bureaucrat, to CEOs of corporations, presidents of nations, military leaders, they all want to cover their asses and/or gain some advantage and it is the most natural thing to do.
History is full of them.
Popular culture is full of them.
We all know that people, especially people with power and wealth want to have their way and they don't want the rest of us to know how they did it.
One way to evaluate a suspicion is to examine who benefited from the event in question.
Who got richer from the economic collapse and unprecedented bailout that followed? Maybe it was not just an accident that "nobody could predict". In the "Untouchables" movie, the accountant who brought Al Capone down advised the investigator: "follow the money". So did Deep Throat during Watergate.
If you read Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" you will see how the media participates.
If you read the "Towers of Deception" by Barrie Zwicker, you may not be convinced that 9/11 was "manufactured" but there are an aweful lot of unanswered questions raised (and summarily dismissed as "Conspiracy Theory").
Don't let your imagination run away with you but look for pattern, inconsistency, contradiction, see who benefited and who sounds too vehement in denial.
But most of all: don't automatically dismiss anything just because someone stuck the label "conspiracy theory" on it.
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RE: Conspiracy Theories.
It's true that people conspire to do things. It's even true that people conspire to do major things that effect counties, states, nations or even the world. But the bigger the conspiracy, the larger the number of people required to keep it afloat. Big time conspiracies are big time hard to manage. If I attempted to conspire to get someone fired at work because I don't like them, I would expect to get busted! How hard would it be to conspire to murder J.F.K. and have nobody "snitch"??? You kidding! I'd be on all the talk shows the next day and negoticiating a book deal!
Conspiracy Theories.
(18-03-2013 09:58 AM)Ameron1963 Wrote: It's true that people conspire to do things. It's even true that people conspire to do major things that effect counties, states, nations or even the world. But the bigger the conspiracy, the larger the number of people required to keep it afloat. Big time conspiracies are big time hard to manage. If I attempted to conspire to get someone fired at work because I don't like them, I would expect to get busted! How hard would it be to conspire to murder J.F.K. and have nobody "snitch"??? You kidding! I'd be on all the talk shows the next day and negoticiating a book deal!
So according to you the building of the atomic bomb during ww2 was a nut job conspiracy theory? Your logic is simple minded. The building of the atomic bomb employed thousands of people yet it remained a secret until after it was detonated and much of this operation is still classified. According to your logic that it is impossible for many people to be involved in a conspiracy is not historically accurate.
It isn't hard to do, you compartmentalize jobs and info to a need to know basis, the person welding the piece of metal doesn't know what it is for, the students working on mathematics don't know what these formulas will be used for etc etc. the idea that it can't happen isn't historically accurate.
RE: Conspiracy Theories.
You make an interesting point here and I thank you for it! But I'm not sure that nobody knew that this was happening. Tests were done prior to the detonation of the bomb at Hiroshima and I doubt that those went entirely unoticed by people who were not conspirators. I admit that I am not an expert on the history of the atomic bomb. But I suspect that this was an arms race situation and the technology was perfected in the U.S.A. first. The fact that some other contry did not develope the technology first, does not prove that they were not aware that it was being developed. Portions of that technology may have been leaked while others were not. Still, it's a very good point!
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