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Happy New Year in Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese)
Chinese New Year is celebrated all around the world and @John_Betong ; has found a way for us to celebrate it at SitePoint, as well.
Show how you celebrate Chinese New Year with your photos. We're celebrating by adding some great new prizes for this month's Photo Challenge winner and runner up.
Our winner has a choice of any of the prizes below. Runner up receives their choice of our selection of ebooks or the coveted SitePoint coffee mug.
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February is a short month and this challenge ends on the 28th so post your photos now. We'll post a poll the first week in March where our members will vote to choose the challenge winners!
Since I'm actually celebrating Chinese New Year, I thought of sharing our office decor as we welcome the Year of Snake.
This is the dragon I saw in the Tesco-Lotus carpark, Bangkok:
Nice. But I'm a rat and I see myself waiting a few years to get to mine
@John_Betong; Now, that's a dragon
I actually think the coming year is Snake, not Dragon.
It is, but parades always have dragons that resemble the animal of the year.
Our two green tree pythons.
Chinese see dragons as an animal that brings prosperity so they are always there every Chinese New Year regardless of what year it is.
Yes this is the Year of the Snake:
Special Note: This is not an entry to the competition, just an image that I like
Please be kind? I drew this Chinese New Year dragon to wish all people who celebrate Chinese New Year to have a SitePoint happy dragon bringing them health, happiness, and good will
Here it is:
Cool, of course since it isn't a photo it isn't eligible to be judged in the challenge but nonetheless, COOL!
No, sorry I should have put it in that post that I did not expect to be in the Photo contest with it. Our city doesn't have a Chinese parade for New Years so unless I travel to a Chinese New Year's festival, it is unlikely that I will be able to enter a photo, so the drawing is about what I can do
Thank you!
No need to be sorry! I'm glad you shared it! Thank you! Just wanted all to know that our photo challenges are open only to photos. People can post any relevant images they like and the two posted of Dragons are great (i'm partial to dragons!), but for our 'challengers' rest assured that only your photos will be in the poll!
No Chinese dragons so here's one from Carnival, which happened here a couple weeks ago.
That is one scary photo, I think I will sleep with the lights on tonight
Wow! That is really a cool dragon. I would have loved to see the whole costume! Beautiful work... great photo!
Here's a one I took in London's Chinatown on Chinese New Year's eve! No dragons i'm afraid, but lots of lanterns!
Wow, that probably looked gorgeous at night!
Looks very good and no snow
I've always admired the way the Chinese use oranges and reds.They really know how to make colors "pop" balloons or not!


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Ford Windstar Starting/Stalling Problems
I have a 96 Ford Windstar, only 5800 miles and it stalls all the time when I remove my foot from the gas. Took it to Ford Dealership and they replaced idle air control valve and performed fuel induction cleaning, it did no good, they said they had no idea why it was doing this and to come get it, they refunded the 300 plus dollars they charged but I still can't drive it. Does anyone have any ideas or what else to try, if FORD Doesnt know, who the heck does???? HELP PLEASE
have you repaired this van ???????
jlfonz Posts: 3No, It gradually deteriorated tot he point where sometimes I can get it to run but it acts like it is running on two cylinders. I think it is the control mounted under the battery holder since it is exposed to splashing from the front left tire. I say it was because I have given up on it and it is sitting in my driveway waiting to junked out or donated.
no, have not fixed or found the problem, just put in new computer as well, at a total loss with this thing
how is it running before it dies ? rough or normal ?
what have you done to it ?
i have had this van in my garage for two weeks trying to fix what others has changed out with (junkyard parts ) whitch some of them were bad when they swiched them out, !
did you put a new COIL PACK ON YOURS ? " To ~ cimarronpass
Rough IDLE @ startup with loud sucking sound from breather tube ,after about 1 minute idles down not so bad ! then ok until sets for hours,then starts same way .
mommabear757 Posts: 2Hey guys. So desperate mom of three here with one vehicle for my family. Two years ago we bought a 2001 ford Windstar. No major problems until a couple months ago. The van was idling rough so took it to a "friend" who's a mechanic. He popped the hood and said the engine was "swelling" a sign our cadalyc converter was clogged. He cut one off emptied it out in front of us and welded a pipe back on until we had the required $900 to get it properly fixed. My van was fine until two weeks later. My husband comes home from his first job long enough to change clothes and off to the second job. Well 10 mins after leaving he is home telling me the van has no "power" suddenly. Battery turns the car on but as soon as you hit the gas it shuts off. I do a bunch of research and we replace the #15 and #19 fuses. Van starts acting normal again. One week later the o/d light starts blinking and same problem comes back. Fuses are fine. If the van is in park the engine revs fine and everything sounds good. As soon as you put it in gear there's a loss of power. You can somewhat stomp the peddle and get the van to stay on. It will drive and the tranny seems to be shifting fine once you get it up to speed but you have to repeatedly stomp the gas to get it moving and even then you can tell there's no real power. O/d light still flashing. Here's some extra info too. Transmission fluid is good. Abs system is completely gone although they said my van is not covered by recall. The little bolt looking switch that was said to leak had been replaced as well as wires right there before I bought it. Battery is sometimes drained due to break lights coming on whenever they want so new battery in van. Replaced the egr valve and the throttle position sensor. Fuel button is down. Can anybody please please PLEASE help????? My hubby's email is kbrooks703yahoo.com. We have called ford many times but as most of you know they give NO [non-permissible content removed] about us consumers. Thanks y'all!!!!
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defiant42472 Posts: 1My friend in Minnesota has a 2000 Ford Windstar LE (3.8L) and it has burned out 3 starters in the last year. She says there are times when starting that it sounds like is's 'grinding'. Her mechanic says he has inspected the flywheel and it's 'fine'. She has said it seems fine when she starts it in the garage in the morning but has the issues after it has set outside at work. Theories I have are 1.) Something is shorted that is causing damage to the starter. 2.) Something within the starting circuit may have a crack in it and is getting moisture in it since it (seems fine after sitting in the garage overnight). Any suggestions on what may be wiping out the starter motors?
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I bought a new starter 3 weeks ago and it was a "rebuilt"unit from ford. Ford has stated that the lead wire on the starter has been corroding on most of these models. You now have to cut off the wire on your wiring strip it and crimp it to the new wire on the starter and then cover it with heat shrink tubing to keep the gunk out. Van ran great for awhile now it won't start. All relays are functioning all fuses are good, and fuel pump shutoff( the inertia switch) are all good. I think the next thing I'm buying for this van is some C4 to fix it for good.....
rmmv Posts: 1
I have a 2000 windstar that I had the intake manifold, O rings, valve cover gaskets, synchronizer and cam sensor replaced on almost two years ago and about 5 months ago my van started dying when I started it. Not the same problem as before when I had the work done, it does not die when I am in motion but only right after I start it and when I am idling. My husband pulled the MAF sensor and replaced it with one that was used and it worked for about a week and then started dying again. He is convinced that the MAF sensor is the problem because unplugging it allows the van to start and run and not die, however it makes me uncomfortable to drive it like that because the engine will thunk when its still cold so I plug it back in. Could this actually be the problem?
lovemywindstar Posts: 1Sometimes a hose can get disconnected under the hood and throw off the idle. I have had this happen twice with 2 different hoses. Reconnect the hose and it runs like a dream. I had the MAF sensor replaced back in 2008, so I knew it wasn't the problem. It's the crazy electrical glitches that make me crazy with my van!


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Welcome newbies! Glad you guys have found the sparkly new thread! Yay!
Christmas is my favorite time of year and hubby's which is why we got married on December 16th. Although to have an anniversary this time of year is difficult (our choir performance is always the third Sunday in December..right around or on our anniversary). But I love to decorate. I think we should post pictures of our trees once we get them up, I loved your's GNE! My tree is pretty eclectic but I LOVE it!
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He and I have something in common, and it's not athletic ability or being selected to the NFL Pro Bowl Team, but that we grew up in the same city, one block apart, and went to the same schools, Ross Elementary through Permian High School (but different generations, I don't know him and have never met him). Still, he's a class act:
Permian grad sponsors raffle for Pro Bowl trip
By Chris Gove
Odessa American
Roy Williams got some exciting news this week and apparently wants to share the feeling with many others in his hometown.
The Permian High School graduate, who recently completed his third season as a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, got official word Friday from the NFL that he has been added to the 2007 NFC Pro Bowl team.
Williams finished the season with an NFC-leading 1,310 receiving yards and 82 receptions and will be making the first Pro Bowl appearance of his career. He was named to replace original selection Torry Holt of the St. Louis Rams, who pulled out with an injury.
The Pro Bowl, which is the NFL's annual all-star game, will be played at 1 p.m. Feb. 10 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.
Good stuff, but here's where the Class kicks in:
Williams won't be making the trip to Hawaii without a little company, however.
He has teamed up with the NFL Man to organize a benefit raffle for the Boys and Girls Club of Odessa, the grand prize of which is a trip for two to the Pro Bowl.
Raffle tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at the NFL Man in Music City Mall from Monday-Jan. 21. The tickets will be available for purchase from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 3-6 p.m. Jan. 21, with the drawing scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at the NFL Man.
All proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Odessa, an organization near to Williams' heart. Three prizes will be given — a Playstation3 to the third-place winner; $1,000 to the second-place winner; and the grand prize of the Pro Bowl trip.
"I was the one who wanted to do this," said Williams, who will be on hand for the Jan. 22 drawing. "My agent asked me why, but this is for the people of the Permian Basin. There are a lot of football fans here and this will be a chance for them to see the best of the NFL. Hopefully, this is an annual thing and not just this one time."
The trip to the Pro Bowl will include airfare for two, tickets to the game and three nights of hotel accomodations [sic] in Honolulu.
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So, he's not selling his tickets, he's organized a raffle to help the Odessa Boys and Girls Club. I'm entirely impressed. Now I have to start watching Detroit Lions games, I suppose. Anything for a fellow former Odessan.
Hat tip to my folks, who have been taking the Odessa American forever, and keep me up to date on the hometown.


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TAA Accepting Accreditation Applications
- Mar 6, 2013
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The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) announced March 5 that Thoroughbred aftercare organizations can now apply for TAA accreditation. Passing the TAA's on-site accreditation inspection will make a facility eligible to receive financial support for the ongoing care of retired Thoroughbreds.
Facilities eligible to apply for TAA accreditation include those conforming to the following four broad standards:
- Possess 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status;
- Have been operational for at least three years;
- Care for a resident population of at least five, with at least 50% being Thoroughbreds; and
- Follow a euthanasia policy consistent with that of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP),
Applications for accreditation must be submitted by June 1 for organizations to be eligible for consideration for grants in 2013 and 2014. The complete TAA Code of Standards for aftercare facilities and the accreditation application are available at www.thoroughbredaftercare.org/.
"The Code of Standards and application materials are products of a great deal of input from all around the Thoroughbred community, including the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the American Humane Association," said TAA executive director Mike Ziegler in a release. "Our guiding principle in the creation of all of these documents was to make the welfare of retired Thoroughbreds our top priority."
"The American Association of Equine Practitioners strongly supports the efforts of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance," added AAEP President Ann Dwyer, DVM,,in a statement. "The AAEP has worked in partnership with the TAA on the development of its Code of Standards, best practices, and application and site inspector documents and supports its efforts to improve the care of Thoroughbreds at rescue and retirement facilities throughout North America."
Added Robin Ganzert, PhD, president and CEO of American Humane Association, "The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will help give Thoroughbreds the post-racing life they deserve. By establishing standards for aftercare facilities and supporting those facilities that adhere to them, we believe the TAA's work will have a truly lasting impact on the welfare of Thoroughbreds."
Originally published on BloodHorse.com.
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Windsor fire proves challenging to crews
WINDSOR -- Crews on Tuesday finally left the scene of a unique structure fire on Shaw Road that began Mon day afternoon and required the entire roof's removal in order to squelch the flames.
The fire at 53 Shaw Road was contained by 11:30 p.m. on Monday after dozens of firefighters spent more than seven hours reining in the flames emanating from the 150-year-old stone house. But crews had to return by 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday to spend several more hours putting out the remnants of the fire.
The homeowner, Patricia Boyn ton, was at the scene when the fire started but was uninjured. She was given financial assistance from the Red Cross and is staying with family, ac cording to Fire Chief Michael Tirrell.
Boynton's three cats also made it out, though one wasn't found until the fire was brought under control. The cat managed to survive inside the house for several hours, and Tirrell said that other than being "wet and scared," it was OK.
The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time, but foul play is not suspected. It's believed the fire started in a wooden shed attached to the house and spread to an attached kitchen. Because the rest of the house was made of stone, and the fire had spread to the attic, Tirrell said, an excavator had to be brought in to remove the roof of the single-family home.
"It just trapped all the heat inside the main structure, because it's stone," said Tirrell. "It's a house you would never expect to come up against."
Firefighters relied on a draft hydrant system from a quarter-acre pond along Route 9, with tanker shuttles used to bring water to the scene. The water level in the pond dropped by several feet as crews pumped out enough to extinguish the fire, according to Tirrell.
"We've had other fires, single-room fires, which we went and put out fairly quickly," said Tirrell. "This was just one that was very difficult right from the beginning."
Tirrell said the shed was destroyed, and the kitchen received considerable damage, but the main house remains intact. Inspectors will have to determine if the building can be salvaged, he said, but much of furniture on the first floor was left with minimal damage.
All told, 11 departments assisted at the scene or covering stations, while 62 firefighters were on hand to help douse the flames. Tirrell said his department alone wouldn't have been able to deal with the fire, and he thanked the other departments for their help.
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Explore the changing face of the nation's capital through this fascinating display. Historic photographs of Canberra by many of the greatest names in twentieth-century photography are displayed alongside specially commissioned photographs of the same places today.
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Chess Match: Easy call? Probably not
For Manuel, Torre, their decisions require heavy analysis
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
While it's often the smart move to get aggressive with platoon matchups, sometimes other considerations should and do take precedence. Whether it's a hitter with a history of struggles against a pitcher or a pitcher with a reverse split, managers Joe Torre and Charlie Manuel must consider plenty of factors in deploying their players.
Quick hook
The situation: After completely steamrolling the Phillies through five innings, Derek Lowe runs into trouble in the sixth, allowing two homers in a three-batter span.
The decision: Torre removes Lowe after 5 1/3 innings, going to reliever Chan Ho Park.
The outcome: Los Angeles didn't allow another run, and still, for the most part, it avoided using any key relievers. Hong-Chih Kuo pitched, but that's probably a good thing since he missed the NL Division Series.
The analysis: Torre made the assessment that Lowe was gassed, and he did the right thing in a playoff game. Perhaps during the season you stay with your horse, but in the postseason, if you think he doesn't have it, you take him out.
The explanation: "Sometimes you get some misguided pitches and they stay up instead of where they're supposed to be. But he made ... [Pat] Burrell's a good hitter. He just stayed with that pitch. As far as [Chase] Utley, it looked like something offspeed or just the sinker that stayed up, because he sort of went out and then took a good swing at it." -- Torre
Playing the percentages?
The situation: Bases empty, one out in the top of the seventh inning. The pitcher's spot comes up for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles elects to pinch-hit against Phillies starter Cole Hamels.
The decision: Torre went with Jeff Kent, rather than Juan Pierre.
The outcome: Kent struck out, part of an easy 1-2-3 final inning for Hamels.
The analysis: It's rare that you'll hear an analysis-based argument that Pierre should play, but in this case, he was probably the better choice. With only one out and the top of the order coming up, you don't need a home run, you need a baserunner -- and remarkably, Kent and Pierre had identical on-base percentages this season. Moreover, in admittedly small sample sizes, Pierre has two hits off Hamels in six at-bats, while Kent is 0-for-6 with three strikeouts and only one ball hit out of the infield against Hamels. The Phils lefty has a huge reverse platoon split, so you probably want a lefty hitting against him, and of course, if Pierre does get on, he's a threat to run.
No specialist needed
The situation: With a one-run Phillies lead in the top of the eighth, Los Angeles sends its Nos. 2-3-4-5 hitters to the plate -- lefty Andre Ethier, right-handers Manny Ramirez and Russell Martin and left-hander James Loney.
The decision: Manuel started the inning with Ryan Madson, and he stayed with Madson all the way through.
The outcome: Martin reached on a single that could have been called an error, but it was otherwise a spotless inning.
The analysis: By splitting his left-handers, Torre did make it harder to go to a tactical lefty reliever, but if Manuel had wanted to summon J.C. Romero for Loney, it would have been a perfectly understandable decision. However, Madson is the better pitcher, and there's also a lot to be said for staying with the guy most likely to get the out regardless of matchups.
The comment: "Those guys are tough outs every time I faced them. I have a couple of pitches, the cutter and changeup. I'm fortunate to be able [to have] two weapons to get lefties out." -- Madson
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Embryo Transfer an Involved but Viable Breeding Option
- Jan 20, 2009
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Horse owners with a mare that can't carry a foal to term need not give up on the idea of getting a foal from her. One potential solution is embryo transfer (ET), a technique that involves taking a fertilized egg from the desired mare and implanting it into another mare's uterus to carry to term.
It's also an option for owners with performance mares that would like a foal, but want to keep their mares in competition. Depending on a horse's registry, it is also a way that valuable mares can produce more than one foal a year.
"ET is actually a routine technique in equine veterinary practice," said Ahmed Tibary, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, head of the large animal theriogenology program at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. "It can be used as an infertility treatment or for mares with severe lameness, metabolic disorders, or other health disorders for which pregnancy may be too risky. But most people use ET for performance horses, such as show, polo, dressage, or jumping horses."
–Dr. Ahmed Tibary
"It is a case-by-case situation," said Tibary, who has been performing ET since 1985. "The key to success is getting a healthy embryo, and finding a healthy and reproductively sound recipient mare that can carry the embryo and is ovulating at the same time as the donor mare."
The ET process begins like any other pregnancy. First, the donor mare should have a breeding soundness evaluation to evaluate her ability to ovulate and produce a fertilized embryo. Then she should be monitored during the cycle and bred close to ovulation to increases the odds of pregnancy and getting a viable embryo.
"The chance of getting an embryo in the first place can be difficult depending on the age and reproductive health of the donor, and on the semen quality and fertility of the stallion used," Tibary said. "In older mares or those that have reproductive problems, the odds of getting an embryo in a particular cycle may be well below 40%. In younger mares with no reproductive problems, there is a 70 to 80% chance of getting an embryo. To boost those odds, it is imperative to use high quality semen from a highly fertile stallion, in addition to close ultrasonographic monitoring of the mare in the immediate pre- and post-insemination period and ovulation to address any problems that may arise."
At the same time the donor mare is being monitored for ovulation, several potential recipient mares should be checked for ovulation as well. They should also have breeding soundness evaluations to make sure the recipients are healthy enough to carry the foal to term. The goal is to find a recipient that is ovulating the same day or one or two days after the donor. To help this happen, veterinarians can treat the mares with hormones to synchronize their ovulation. Another option is to use a mare that has had an ovariectomy after she has been prepared with hormones.
An equine embryo at 7.5 days.
Seven days after ovulation has occurred in the donor, the embryo is flushed out through a Foley catheter inserted through the cervix, using a special protective solution. In most cases, the fresh embryo is transferred directly to the recipient mare with a conventional non-surgical technique similar to insemination.
"In some cases, you can freeze the embryo until you find a recipient, but the embryo might not survive that type of manipulation and the pregnancy rate drops dramatically unless a specific technique and stage of embryo is used," Tibary said. "If the embryo is transferred fresh, the chance of success is a lot better. Embryos can also be cooled and shipped to another state where a recipient is, but the pregnancy rate drops some."
Due to all these factors, ET can be an expensive and frustrating proposition.
"If the breeding is done at home, we give a synchronization schedule to the client and the attending veterinarian," Tibary said of WSU equine clients. "When the time comes for the ET procedure, the donor and recipient mare can be transported to WSU for just one day. If we monitor everything at WSU and breed the mare, the client needs to send the donor and two or three recipient mares for two to three weeks."
Beyond the ET procedure itself, other costs often include breeding soundness evaluations, hospital boarding fees, hormonal treatments to induce ovulation, semen or stud fees, and the management of mares post-breeding.
"The ET case load at WSU is relatively small," said Tibary, who has managed some of the largest stud farms in Morocco and Abu Dhabi before joining the faculty at WSU in 1998. "Overseas, I routinely did 50 to 80 ETs per year. To increase the caseload at WSU, we need to have a herd of recipient mares. There are several large operations that have recipient herds throughout the Northwest that sell or lease mares. But having a herd of quality recipient mares at WSU would be a big plus for us as a teaching and research institution and an asset for Pacific Northwest breeders and veterinarians.
"ET is currently a part of our teaching program for veterinary students, but there is a lot of research that can be done to further develop ET associated techniques. One is gamete transfer, which is only available at three or four labs in North America," he said.
WSU's theriogenology section provides a whole gamut of equine reproductive services including stallion and mares breeding soundness evaluations, infertility treatment, twin pregnancy management, pregnancy and fetal well-being evaluations, obstetrical and postpartum care, semen collection and freezing, and artificial insemination with fresh-cooled or frozen semen.
For more information about ET or other equine reproductive services, contact the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital at 509/335-0711 or Dr. Ahmed Tibary at 509/335-1963. For those interested in making a donation toward a recipient herd at WSU or the theriogenology program, contact Lynne Haley, director of veterinary development, at 509/335-5021.
Reprinted from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine Equine News Winter 2009 issue.
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Science and technology are the engines that drive our economy. Yet, our society places little emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
STEM education is critical to inspire the next generation and to prepare the future workforce. Of the 10 fastest growing occupations, eight are science, math or technology related. In addition, the basic living wage jobs of tomorrow will rely heavily on STEM skills, with nearly 80 percent of new jobs requiring some form of math or science.
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It looks like Ciara is using technology to her advantage, by reportedly selling her album through the popular discount deal site Groupon. While one side of Twitter thinks it's a brilliant idea (no confirmation from Ciara on whether it's official), the other half wonders whether it's a misstep. Click through for the 20 shadiest reactionary tweets.


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The Arkansas River Valley Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at 7 p.m. at the Lake Dardanelle State Park Visitors Center in Dardanelle. The program will be a PowerPoint presentation titled "Autum in Nebraska" presented by Teresa Matthews who made a nature trip there during Thanksgiving. Visitors are welcome to attend and refreshments will be served.
The Lake Dardanelle Visitors Center is a beautiful venue for a meeting and overlooks the lake and nature. If you are in the area, come visit us and enjoy the program and view. For more information call Coe Wilson at (501) 727-5559.
VFW Easter egg hunt Saturday
The VFW Rogers Rye Post 2283 and Ladies Auxiliary will host an Easter egg hunt at noon Saturday at the Post, State Highway 7 North.
The Easter Bunny will be there and refreshments will be served.
Dardanelle Class of 1963 reunion
The Dardanelle High School class of 1963 will host a class reunion on Saturday, May 4 including two major events. Classmates will meet for brunch at the Old South Restaurant in Russellville from 9:30 a.m. to noon and again for dinner at 5 p.m. at Tarasco's in Dardanelle.
Contact Rebecca Seay at 970-4876 for more information.
East Point Cemetery meeting
The 37th annual meeting of the East Point Cemetery Association will begin at 7 p.m. April 1 in the fellowship hall of East Point Baptist Church. At the meeting the financial report will be given, three board members elected and other business will be discussed. Everyone that has an interest in the cemetery is invited to attend.


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Beebe told reporters Monday that he wants lawmakers to vote on the Medicaid expansion during this year's session rather than wait until next year. The House and Senate convene next year for a session focused primarily on the state's budget, and some legislators have suggested the expansion vote can wait until then.
Beebe is a Democrat who supports expansion, but has faced resistance from the Republican-led House and Senate. He told the Arkansas County Judges Association that he faces an uphill fight in getting the three-fourths vote needed for expansion to pass.


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ScienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2011) — Scientists working in the remotest part of Antarctica have discovered that liquid water locked deep under the continent's coat of ice regularly thaws and refreezes to the bottom, creating as much as half the thickness of the ice in places, and actively modifying its structure. The finding, which turns common perceptions of glacial formation upside down, could reshape scientists' understanding of how the ice sheet expands and moves, and how it might react to warming climate, they say.
The study appears in this week's early online edition of the journal Science; it is part of a six-nation study of the invisible Gamburtsev Mountains, which lie buried under as much as two miles of ice.
Ice sheets are well known to grow from the top as snow falls and builds up annual layers over thousands of years, but scientists until recently have known little about the processes going on far below. In 2006, researchers in the current study showed that lakes of liquid water underlie widespread parts of Antarctica. In 2008-2009, they mounted an expedition using geophysical instruments to create 3-D images of the Gamburtsevs, a range larger than the European Alps. The expedition also made detailed images of the overlying ice, and subglacial water.
"We usually think of ice sheets like cakes--one layer at a time added from the top. This is like someone injected a layer of frosting at the bottom--a really thick layer," said Robin Bell, a geophysicist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and a project co-leader. "Water has always been known to be important to ice sheet dynamics, but mostly as a lubricant. As ice sheets change, we want to predict how they will change. Our results show that models must include water beneath." The Antarctic ice sheet holds enough fresh water to raise ocean levels 200 feet; if even a small part of it were to melt into the ocean, it could put major coastal cities under water.
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All quotes tagged Grudges
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"They were called grunts, and many of them, however grudgingly, were proud of the name. They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war."
"Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way."
"We've won the game, he's got sent off so I hold no grudges. But if that's what you have to reduce him to then that's what happens. He's only an average player anyway."
"We've got a grudge on our shoulder. We're a lot better than what we're showing and we've got a real grudge... to come out and try to get four straight wins."
"You don't hold a grudge because you have a disagreement with the shortstop. You're professional and you have to approach your job that way. We're all grown men. We should be able to settle our differences."
"This says businesses are gradually, grudgingly putting money to work. They're still being cautious, but not as cautious as the data before this morning would have suggested."
"He clearly still harbors a very personal grudge from the December negotiations. And that doesn't augur well for the near future."


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BENNINGTON -- The local Subaru dealership, now under a new ownership team, plans to greatly expand its inventory and lengthen service hours.
Abel Toll said he and business partner Ronney Lyster closed on the franchise last week. The duo own 10 dealerships in Vermont and New Hampshire, including ones in St. Johnsbury, Newport, Montpelier and springfield.
The strong brand and Vermont's penchant for driving Subarus, with the maker's all-wheel drive system, was attractive as a business venture, Toll said.
"Part of it was Subaru. Subaru is one of the best-selling cars in the state of Vermont. The Subaru Legacy may be the best-selling car in the state of Vermont. Bennington is a bit out of our circle, but we were attracted by the product," he said. "And, we were also intrigued by being in the corner, with New York and Massachusetts right there and quite a good population in the surrounding area."
The dealership was sold by Thomas Lyons, who continues to lease the property to Toll and Lyster with a purchase option.
"We did this fairly quickly. It was a quick transition. Once it became available, we, in a matter of about six weeks, closed the deal," Toll said.
Bennington is now the largest town Toll owns a dealership in. He said boosting the inventory will be a main focus because the area attracts buyers from so many surrounding communities.
"We like to pull people in from other areas. We want more than our slice of pie, basically," he said "The first thing we're going to do is we're going to beef up the inventory. We will triple it as soon as we can. It will take a while to get the cars."
The used car selection will also increase dramatically. "We're going to build up the used cars. We'll probably have 10 times more used cars," Toll said.
"We're going to mow the field out back. We'll park them there. We'll park them wherever we have to," he added.
The sales staff under the previous ownership remains, according to Toll. He said the sales staff is experienced and already has a relationship with the community.
"They know the market, they know the people, they know their customers and we don't," Toll said. "We've bought several dealerships and we always try to keep everyone intact. They are all small towns so we don't want to be the guys from away that come in. We want to be part of the community."
Toll is anticipating a need to hire additional sales, service and support staff in the future.
The car business has been a part of Toll's business since his youth. He began washing cars at a dealership in junior high school. "We eventually bought the dealership, so that's a story that has come around full circle," he said.
Before that, though, Toll displayed an entrepreneurial spirit.
"I used to buy cars out of the Boston Globe when I was in college and that's how I made my spending money. I'd resell them," he said. "I'd clean them up and I had a friend who was a car dealer that let me bring them to the auction."
His first dealership came after college with used cars.
After college, he purchased a small building with his father's help and began selling used cars, Toll said. "It just slowly turned into this."
Toll said Bennington Subaru will be getting a thorough cleaning in the short-term, followed by a complete overhaul in the future. "Initially it will be just cleaning up. Probably in the next couple of years we'll either do a complete remodel, or more likely, we'll build a new building," he said.
In the meantime, the dealership will focus on customer service and building relationships with the local community.
"We're not looking to sell you just one car. We're looking to sell you 10 cars over a period of time, and to sell them to your mother and your brother and your friend," he said. "Some people are intimidated when they come in thinking they are going to have a bad experience. We want to do just the opposite."
Local customers can also expected to see Toll and Lyster in the Bennington dealership quite a bit.
"We're hands on. We're not bean counters that sit in an office some place. We're in the dealerships every day," Toll said.
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I thought that the newfound hight on the inside would free up defenders to go outside and defend the three. Against an undersized team like they were playing tonight they really need to do that. Horribly coached by Cronin.
-LTlabnerIf you can't build a winning team with that core a fire-sale isn't the solution. Selling the franchise, moving them to Nashville and converting GABP into a used car lot is.
Give them time, they are very young and it showed. Belmont is going to be in the running to get back in the tournament again in March. It just showed how far they have to go on defense and the ability to make the next pass was lacking. The freshmen looked indecisive, like they should in their first game.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
Last night was extremely frustrating. At the same time, we all understand that we won't be very good again this year, and Belmont isn't a bad team. The part that bothered me was us settling for so many three's, and letting up so many uncontested three's and layups on the other end. There's a reason 6' white guys are playing college basketball, and it's not because they're great athletes. We need to get out and guard the three.
Well, it was a tough weekend for UC basketball. Its going to take a while for this team to gel IMO. They aren't as bad as they look, but yes, it will be a long year. I don't know what to expect out of this team, but its looking more and more like a sub .500 season. Anyone want to change their vote? I'm usually pretty optomistic, but as rosy as my lenses are, I don't see a good year as far a results. Thats not to say that they can't make progress. We'll see.
Give them a few weeks. They need time to gel. They have talent.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
This team is very young. I will give them the nessecary time to deveolop. Let's hope it's soon though. I can't take much more of this.
-LTlabnerIf you can't build a winning team with that core a fire-sale isn't the solution. Selling the franchise, moving them to Nashville and converting GABP into a used car lot is.
I didn't see much hope out there this weekend - that was awful painful.
Might as well throw McClain, Wilkes, Bishop and Davis into the fire and get them as many minutes as you can.
As much as I've tried to hold off on judging Mick as a coach - he's been anything but impressive thus far - these guys look clueless and timid against small school teams - the Big East will obliterate them. Uncle.
This isn't Mick's fault....this is all on Nancy.
He's cleaning up her mess....and that will take time.
I believe in Mick Cronin. if UC has another long season this season, my stance will not change.
If in 2 or 3 more years, it's no better...then I will begin to question Mick...
He deserves a free pass........for now.
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Completely agree. The basketball program was pretty much completely dismantled under Nancy. Why she felt the need to do that is beyond me. Basketball was the money maker. Luckily for her, football has picked up a lot of the slack, otherwise I think there would still be a large crowd calling for her head. How do you take down a program that brings so much attention and excitement to your college? Yeah, there were problems, but Huggins put that school at the level it was. The whole situation has to go down as one of the worst moves in college history. If the football program hadn't taken off like it did this year, where would UC be right now? Acedemics alone would never carry a school like UC. Especially when considering location. Yeah, they have good programs, but not good enough to live or die by.
Nice win for the Bearcats last night. Nice recovery from the dissapointing weekend last week. How much of that do you credit to Cronin? For those who missed the game, Vaughn hit 9 three pointers and finished with 36 points. UC cruised in the second half for a 74-59 win.
Ouch, currently down 21 points to UAB and the Cats look like roadkill.
Cronin has been disappointing, his team's are lethargic and sloppy so far.
This current situation in this game is getting chippy.
2 T's on Mitchell, he's tossed, a T on a UAB guy...pushing and shoving, and mouthing off at one another.
This is going to get real good once they get into Big East play
Hopefully some very good news on the UC hoops front ...
Nothing's final yet and no one at UC is commenting, but it appears that 6-7 Western Carolina sophomore forward Nick Aldridge might transfer to UC. You might recall that Aldridge originally committed to UC when Bob Huggins was still the head coach, but changed his mind after Huggins left. He enrolled instead at Western Carolina, where he averaged 18.3 points and 7.0 rebounds last season and scored 22 against UC earlier this season.
I just talked to Aldridge, who attended the UC-Miami game last week, and although he said he's still trying to decide betweenUC and Marshall, he did say that he planned to be in Cincinnnati on Thursday. When I told him that sounds like you have already decided to go to UC, he replied, "You can take it however you want. I'n not going to say anything for sure (until Thursday)."
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When it comes to buying a car, many members of Communicating Arts Credit Union face choices limited to buy-here-pay-here lots with some rates as high as 20% or more.
Hank Hubbard, president/CEO of the $33 million community development credit union in Detroit, is hoping a new program will offer a fresh alternative through its "Auto Bailout" promotion.
Reliable transportation may be taken for granted in other parts of the country. In Detroit, not having access to a vehicle can lead to a host of other problems.
"Public transportation is not very reliable or widespread. People need cars so they can get to work. Unfortunately, they get into what I think are predatory loan situations with really high rates," Hubbard said.
Thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Community Development Financial Institution Fund, CACU will be able to cut the interest rate on an auto loan in half or more or extend the credit union's rate–whichever is lowest.
For example, if a member is paying a 24% annual percentage rate on a five-year, $20,000 vehicle loan, the loan payment would be $575.36 with $14,521.56 in interest. With an Auto Bailout loan, the member could refinance to a 12% APR for the same term and end up with a $444.89 monthly payments and $6,693.34 in interest. The total savings would be $130.47 per month and $7,828.22 in interest over the life of the loan.
So far, 20 loans have been approved since the program that began Jan. 1, Hubbard said. CACU's goal is to do 100 loans or until the grant funds run out.
Meanwhile, the auto industry has struggled to recover over the past few years. According to Southfield, Mich.-based auto research firm Polk & Co., between 2008 and 2011 Americans bought a record 10 million fewer cars than they would have if the economy had been stronger.
Hubbard said the impact has especially been felt in Detroit where some people are locked in to high cost deals for five to six years without realizing they can change that. Most people have an opportunity to refinance and don't realize it. During the most recent recession, it's been tough for buyers with average credit to get an affordable auto loan, he said. Some auto industry critics have said credit requirements were too strict for too long, making it hard for borrowers to buy a new car or truck.
CACU estimates that if it helps 100 people with the grant funds, it can help rate-locked members save a total of $15,000 each a month.
Eighty percent of CACU's 8,600 member base has subprime credit, Hubbard said. It's a reality that the credit union doesn't shy away from. Rather, solutions are shown to help bolster low credit scores and build strong payment histories.
"We do loans to D and E paper all the time. We do underwrite them," Hubbard said. "Our delinquency and charge-off rates are higher than our peers. The kinds of loans we make would make other credit unions freak out."
But as a CDCU, developing the community that it serves is an ongoing mission, Hubbard said. For its efforts, the credit union was named Credit Union Times' 2010 Trailblazer award winner for outstanding service to the underserved.
The buy-here-pay-here car lots have been successful in wooing shoppers who may not be aware that they have options, he added. Hubbard said they, along with new car dealers, are CACU's biggest competitors.
To help, members are armed with information to make financing work in their favor. Hubbard said he's heard shoppers say other lenders wouldn't take their loan applications seriously. He recalled how one woman was paying a 19% rate on her existing car loan. When she came to CACU to refinance, she was surprised to learn that because of her high credit score, she qualified for a 3% rate. With a loan balance of $7,000, she saves $100 each month.
The credit union will also help members by sharing the value of a car to help avoid impulse buys, Hubbard said. If a member comes in underwater on a loan, it does not significantly affect the loan approval decision.
"We look at the amount of the loan and whether they can pay it back," he explained. "The credit score is looked at to improve the deal."
While CACU has used CDFI grants in the past, mostly for lending capital, Hubbard said this is the first time the credit union has launched a loan program that helps members cut auto loan rates. A new loan manager was brought on board last year to help oversee the new offering.
"It's not uncommon for our members to find that they have car loans from 20% to 24%. We serve a low income, low wealth area of Detroit," Hubbard said. "It's probably one of the most devastating parts of the country. People feel like they don't have any choices."


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Solid effort in the first half most notably Hislip and Kendall on offense and great team defense. It would be more of a blow out if the Joseph brothers were not ice cold.
Solid effort in the first half most notably Hislip and Kendall on offense and great team defense. It would be more of a blow out if the Joseph brothers were not ice cold.
Solid win. Joseph had an excellent second half, and probably had the most important sequence in the game when he stopped a Jamaica run with 8 points right at the end of the third. Ultimately it's not that important a win since Jamaica will almost certainly finish at the bottom of the group. The game against Puerto Rico tomorrow, on the other hand, is huge.
Canada vs. Brazil right now at Fiba Americas. Canada had a great 2nd quarter and are up 10 at the half. C Joseph and Rautins have found their range and Jermaine Anderson has come up strong off the bench. It's a must win situation to not get ahead of competition like Brazil going into the second round.
91-62, big win for the national team. Both Huertas and his coached were ejected. Corey Joseph was the star of the game with 2 points. Next up is Uruguay on Tuesday.
Yeah, this is a massive win in terms of finishing top 4. If you assume that Canada beats the teams that are significantly worse than them (Uruguay, plus probably Mexico and Venezuela), then really the only way they don't qualify is if they lose to both Argentina and Dominican Republic, and Brazil beats both those teams. Still, Canada can't let up; the wheels have fallen off for this team in the past, they need to use this tournament as a statement that things are different now.
Anyone know where to download the Fiba games. I usually have a place i get basketball games but the dude isn't uploading the Fiba games for some reason. I'd really appreciate it if someone could PM me a link, i was on Vacation in Florida and i just got back yesterday
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If Your Uncle Jack Helped You Off An Elephant, Would You Help Your Uncle Jack Off An Elephant?
Sometimes, I like to buy a book on CD and listen to it, while reading music.
The Canada/Uruguay game has been rescheduled to 10:00pm local time, due to a national power outage in Venezuela (which I believe is 10:30 for y'all in Ontario, 8:30 for us here in Calgary).
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It was pretty awesome. Just dominant the whole way.
I really like the three big lineups that Triano has been using, like Thompson, Nicholson, and Doornekamp (or sometimes Kendall). It only works because Nicholson, Doornekamp and Kendall can shoot the 3 as well. But with Bennett, Olynyk, Powell, and Lyles all having a similar skillset, it's a huge advantage our program has. Imagine a lineup with Joseph, Wiggins, Bennett, Nicholson, Olynyk. Absolute matchup nightmare for most teams.
Good first half against Mexico, up 9. Again, Nicholson and Joseph leading the way, and Rautins having one of his best games of the tournament. A 7-2 lead in offensive rebounds and 9-0 lead in second chance points are a major factor for the lead. Nicholson flirting with foul trouble again, though.
Story of the game for Canada is the gunners, Heslip and Rautins. Mexico comes out in the third and cuts it to a one point game, Heslip comes in and scores 9 to create a cushion, Mexico pulls close again at the end of the third, Rautins with 9 straight to build the lead again. Those two stretches were the most important in the game.
Really liked the Mexico game, but, It's fairly clear that Jermaine Anderson should be the third point guard for Canada. For Canada to take the next step one of Cadougan, Kabongo, the kid at Gonzaga, or the kid at FSU need to take a big leap this coming season.
Ideally, Anderson's role should be a vet third pg, who can play some sg. Really like how deep this team is, and to think how many quality players aren't playing in this tournament. Wow. Interesting that the broadcaster on the Fiba feed thought that Canada had the second best team in the tournament.
By the kid at FSU, you mean Xavier Rathan-Mayes? He's got a bit of academic trouble and was ruled ineligible for the NCAA year. Not that it disqualifies him for next summer's team, but it probably sets him back a bit. I agree with your post though, one of the other young PGs needs to step up. My hunch is that Kabongo spends next year in the d-league, while Cadougan goes to Europe. There's Pangos, and Ennis (at Syracuse) might get a look next summer, too. But I've got no idea which of that group is going to emerge as the best international option.
Jermaine Anderson is the choice as sub pg right now. He started ahead of Joseph in 2011 and works well with the second unit which mostly was the first unit in 2009 and 2011. Cadougan can play but is new to the international game.
Canada dropped 16 threes. god damn.
edit, i thought i was surprised. then i remembered triano is coaching this team.
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The 2011 Golden Ticket Awards were announced recently. The awards are based on votes received by Amusement Today. There are awards given out in a number of categories from Best Park (Cedar Point) to Park with Best Kids' Area (Kings Island) to Best Food (Knoebels). I generally only recap the top steel and wooden coasters as that's what I'm most interested in.
Here are the best wooden roller coasters in the World according to Amusement Today's 2011 Golden Ticket Awards:
1 The Voyage* – Holiday World (Indiana) 1st in '10
2 Phoenix* – Knoebels Amusement Resort (Pennsylvania) 3rd in '10
3 El Toro* – Six Flags Great Adventure (New Jersey) 2nd in '10
4 Boulder Dash* – Lake Compounce (Connecticut) 4th in '10
5 Thunderhead* – Dollywood (Tennessee) 5th in '10
6 Ravine Flyer II* – Waldameer (Pennsylvania) 6th in '10
7 The Beast* – Paramount's Kings Island (Ohio) 7th in '10
8 Hades* – Mt. Olympus Theme Park (Wisconsin) 8th in '10
9 Shivering Timbers at Michigan's Adventure (Michigan) 11th in '10
10 Prowler at Worlds of Fun (Missouri) 12th in '10
*=Coasters that I've ridden.
As you can see, there hasn't been a whole lot of movement in the top 10 this year. Actually, there's probably been a bit more this year than there has been in some years where it has been almost the exact same 10 coasters just slightly shifted around. This year Holiday World's Raven (9th in 2010) and Hersheypark's Lightning Racer (10th in 2010) fell just out of the top ten to 11th and 12th respectively.
I've been wondering for a few years now if El Toro will ever overtake The Voyage. Both are deserving of the top spot in my opinion. I feel like the woodie purists out there would never give an Intamin pre-fab with it's unnatural precise and smooth ride the votes needed climb to number one. I don't really have a problem with any of these coasters being in the top 10, although I haven't ridden Shivering Timbers and Prowler. I do wonder if the participants who voted for Hades would do so if they rode it recently. It sounds like it's been getting extremely rough.
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'A triumph...Terry Reid's voice has the power to provoke an intense reaction...' – 4 Stars -The Times
'...Astonishing by any standards: spine tingles, hair prickles on back of the neck...' The Independent
Terry Reid, Superlungs as he's affectionately known, is without doubt one of the greatest rock/soul voices this country has ever produced or is indeed likely to. A Terry Reid concert should be a cherished memory for any self-respecting fan of the greats of British music.
The legend is of turning down the front man's job with Led Zeppelin, recommending his mate Robert Plant instead, a similar offer and rebuff to Deep Purple; of Aretha Franklin's statement that The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Terry Reid were the best England had to offer in 1968, of two World Tours with The Rolling Stones, US tours with Cream, UK tours with Jethro Tull and Fleetwood Mac, The Isle of White Festival in 1969 and Glastonbury in 1970, playing at Mick Jagger's wedding, then soured record deals and leaving Britain for America nearly 40 years ago. (see www.terryreid.net for full history)
All true, but the full story includes numerous collaborations with Graham Nash, covers of Reid songs by Marianne Faithfull, The Hollies, The Raconteurs (the hugely popular Rich Kid Blues), film soundtracks, including a song in George Clooney's recent film Up In The Air, and a catalogue of 6 studio albums, including the seminal album The River, re-released to critical acclaim in 2002 and the 1976 Nash produced Seed of Memory. A Reid song – Horses Through a Rainstorm - also features on CSN's box set.
More recently, Terry's been working with up and coming French band Shine and The Alabama 3. Following a Glastonbury return in 2009, he played a three night residency at Ronnie Scott's in London, one of only a handful of non-Jazz artists invited to help mark the legendary venue's 50th Anniversary. He played to packed houses and critical acclaim and returned in 2010 and 2011 to sell out 3 consecutive nights.
In May 2011, he toured Ireland for the first time in 30 years and released a new live album 'Live In London' which included several previously unreleased tracks. Uncut Magazine presented a show featuring Terry at The Jazz Café and he toured England, including several sell-out shows. A return to Glastonbury, headlining the Spirit of 71 stage followed.
2012 turned out to be an important year for Terry Reid. In May 2012, Rumer featured Terry's song Brave Awakening on her new album Boys Don't Cry, (which entered the UK Album Chart at No3). Terry returned to the Isle of Wight Festival for the first time since 1971 in June. In August America's Got Talent Winner 2010, Michael Grimm, included Terry's song Without Expression on his latest album, Gumbo. In the spring, DJ Shadow had invited Terry to write the lyrics to a new track for his forthcoming Reconstructed album - This became the song Listen and the official video got 400,000 plays on Youtube in late 2012.
There is an undeniable resurgence in recognition for this outstanding vocalist and songwriter and this year looks set to be another storming success!
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Monday's band line up: Alex Garnett (tenor sax), James Pearson (piano), Sam Burgess (bass) and Ed Richardson (drums).
Tuesday's band line up: is Alex Garnett (tenor sax), James Pearson (piano), Sam Burgess (bass) and Chris Higginbottom
The Ronnie Scott's All Stars are comprised of some of the greatest talents on the U.K scene, including some of our most regular performers James Pearson (piano), Sam Burgess (bass) and Pedro Segundo (drums)
James Pearson:-
Musical Director at Ronnie Scott's and the owner of a ferocious piano technique coupled with a sense of musicality rarely heard, James Pearson is one of the most exciting musicians to have emerged from the U.K in the last 25 years. After working with him, the late jazz legend Sir John Dankworth declared: "James Pearson is an exceptionally gifted artist. His masterful playing makes him head and shoulders above the rest of his contemporaries. He shows signs of true greatness".
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Double Bass Despite only being in his early 30's, already Sam is a stalwart of the UK jazz scene. As well as appearing on numerous film soundtracks such as 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Hannibal'. Sam's thumping, pounding, relentlessly driving bass lines have been heard accompanying the likes of Bob James, Billy Kilson, Gary Novak, Joe Lock, Dave Kekowski, Guy Barker, Dave O'Higgins, Pete King, Gareth Williams, Claire Martin, Jim Mullen, Alan Barnes, Tim Whitehead, John Horler, Gwyneth Herbert, John Dankworth, The BBC Big Band and Robbie Williams.
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At 22 years old Pedro Segundo, Portuguese drummer joins the James Pearson Trio at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.
Born and raised in Lisbon, picked up the drums seriously at the age of eight starting studying classical percussion a year later. In June 2011 he graduates from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Timpani and Classical Percussion. His musical ability combines a blend of styles creating a unique sound on the drum set. He has played regularly with Dennis Rollins, Femi Temowo, Mário Franco, Cleveland Watkiss and many other artists touring in festivals all around the globe.
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Dave Ohm (drums), Natalie Williams (vocals), Alex Garnett (sax), Nigel Price (guitar), Steve Rushton (drums), Polly Gibbons (vocals), Alistair White (trombone), Gary Baldwin (hammond), Al Cherry (guitar), Matt Home (drums), Alan Barnes (sax), Ralph Salmins (drums), Arnie Somogyi (bass), Mark Smith (bass), James Nisbet (guitar), Pete Long (sax), Gerard Presencer (Trumpet), Dave O'Higgins (sax), Alec Dankworth (bass), Steve Fishwick (trumpet) and others...
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The afternoons in Arles are sunny, humid, and hot. The cool breezes have passed and you awake tangled in the moisture of the warm, moist air and creamy skies?of this Provencal city.
Last week, we celebrated the Fete de la Musique (National Music Festival). The festival began at noon, and the streets were immediately closed. EVERYONE took part in this festival. Strolling up and down the steep avenues, we encountered rock bands, acoustic guitarists, and musicians from all over the world. There was also a group of French autistic children, who had formed a band of drummers. They walked up and down the streets of Arles with gentle smiles as they blessed us with their own awe-inspiring arrangements of Brazilian samba and percussion.
As the sun began to set, we walked along the river and encountered a Moroccan restaurant. Approaching the doors, we were immersed in the veil of spicy aromas, marinated meats, incense, and the smell of fresh bread. We all sat down, and slowly enjoyed the texture and beauty of Moroccan wine, bread, and the rich tastes of North African tajine and pastilla.
As the sun disappeared beneath the Rhone, a group of French rastafarians laid beautiful rugs on the floor, and began to play their instruments, which appeared to be homemade. The sounds of the African drums echoed off of the walls surrounding the river, and the sounds of the soft flute serenaded the steam that rose from our exotic and inviting cuisine.
Later, as we walked around the city, we encountered a band from the Comoros Islands (East Africa, Indian Ocean next to Mozambique) playing in a narrow alley. I've never seen so many people appear to be so free and liberated. People of all races attempted to imitate the musicians on stage, with eyes closed and gigantic smiles. Naturally, we joined in…
Ryan Morris '08 studied in Arles, France, last summer as winner of the first scholarship from the Kenneth Rhys Rudolph Memorial Fund for European Summer Study Abroad. The Fund memorializes Ken Rudolph '05, religion major and editor of the student conservative journal, The Wabash Commentary, who enriched his own education studying abroad during the summer of his junior year.


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I loved Dunster's avatar so much that I made this for my Granddaughter's wedding. She got married this weekend so I can now share.
My husband arranged the colors on the outside of the hexagon and I did the diamonds.
FYI: I had to make it smaller but did not want to exclude any logs.I felt that it took away from the design. Instead I cut the strips ⅛" narrower than specified and sewed the seams a full ¼".


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A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
–Tax Reform: Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson say the time is ripe to design a better tax system. "Imagine if simple economic insights were used to give us a better system. What would it look like? One important insight is that there's no difference, economically speaking, between the government giving you an extra dollar or choosing to tax away one fewer dollar. Yet the budget process treats the two very differently. If the government wants to send you a regular check, it must first obtain the funds through an appropriations bill subject to annual scrutiny. If the government wants to spend money by giving you a tax break, the expenditure need only be approved once. The result is a complex tax code riddled with ineffective tax preferences for a mind-boggling array of activities. A better system would require Congress to reauthorize each tax expenditure annually, a reform that would help eliminate wasteful loopholes and simplify the system. Just capping deductions at $25,000, as lawmakers are currently considering doing, isn't enough. It's Congress at its least courageous, refusing to ask the harder question of which tax breaks make sense."
–Tax Receipts: Menzie Chinn charts how government expenditures compare with tax receipts. "[Recepits are] stabilizing at extremely low levels. To place matters in perspective, note that even before 2008, tax revenues were low by historical standards. That was due to tax reductions passed in 2001 and 2003 (EGTRRA and JGTRRA), which helped overheat the economy in 2006-07. In the wake of the second Bush recession, low tax receipts and high expenditures (i.e., a deficit) is an outcome of the attempt to stimulate the economy particularly in the depth of the great recession, either through direct discretionary measures (e.g., ARRA) and automatic stabilizers. Interestingly, while receipts are rising, spending is falling even faster."
–U.S. Firms, European Taxes: Peter Gumbel examines how U.S. companies keep their European tax bills low. "Britain is a huge market for Amazon, the U.S. online retailing giant, accounting for as much as 25% of its total sales outside the United States, or more than $5 billion annually. The company also employs about 15,000 staff in the U.K. But it paid less than $3 million in tax to the British Inland Revenue last year. How so? Because Amazon's main European operations are incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a speck on the European map which, like Britain, is a member of the European Union – but which for years has done a roaring business by offering foreign companies extremely low tax rates. By being based there, Amazon reports only about $330 million in revenue in the U.K. – compared with almost $12 billion in Luxembourg, where its taxes came to just $10.7 million. That's a rate of just 0.009%. Amazon can do this because its U.K. arm is registered as a service company for the Luxembourg holding company, Amazon EU SARL."


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A Homogenous Parameter Set for Image Recognition Based on Area
This paper considers a method of image recognition, which is produced by the transformation of the object into a set of functions representing the area of intersection of the figure and its copy at its shift in one direction. The object of this research is image shapes of individual objects in the visual picture. The efficiency of different methods of optical image recognition has been conducted depending on the scale and rotation angle.
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MORGAN HILL — Police said that when residents of a Diana Avenue home opened their garage door around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, they discovered two things that weren't supposed to be there.
One was a gold Honda Odyssey minivan, parked inside and loaded with thousands of dollars' worth of their possessions. The other was 23-year-old Mohamed Omer, who they detained until police arrived to arrest him on suspicion of burglary.
Morgan Hill police said that investigators soon discovered that additional suspects were at a nearby restaurant, where they found 28-year-old Joseph Barrios and a 13-year-old, both from San Jose.
The residents told police that they had lost a garage door opener and a set of keys to their car in recent weeks, but did not report the loss because they hoped the items were simply misplaced and would turn up.
They turned up inside Omer's Odyssey. Police said it's not known how the suspects came to be in possession of the opener and keys.
The three were arrested, with Omer and Barrios being booked into Santa Clara County Jail and the young suspect into juvenile hall. All were charged with residential burglary.
Morgan Hill police said in a statement that had the loss been reported, "steps could have been taken to disable the garage door thus not allowing the suspects to use the remote opener."
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Okay, so I'm backtracking over to Peri's origional question. Sorry!
I disagree with basically everyone (teehee, I'm an outcast!). I honestly don't think we know enough about Rodolphus to judge him. I mean honestly, the guy's never said a word in the entire series. We can't judge him when he's only been mentioned in 'massive breakouts' from Azkaban. Sure, Bellatrix is rough and evil, but who knows? Rodolphus might be worse.
Just my opinion on the topic.
Actually, why do you all think that Rodolphus was quiet?


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Twyla Babe-Sucker is a gorge young gal who has suddenly stumbled upon all this damn fame. She's dizzy from it. Who friggin' wouldn't be? But it's so tough for this thick-haired beauty to handle herself, the spotlight and a man. Especially when temptation is lurking literally right around the corner:
TBS has had quite the rocky relationship with another dude, who's not a member of the megafranchise. It's been very hot-cold, even though the cupid troubles have completely flown under the press' radar (save for mine). And this guy is pretty recognizable, too.
Either way, it's caused our poor babe angst 'cause so many games are being played with her head. Since the relaysh status has constantly been up in the air, it's hard to tell if either of them can really move on—especially when she's getting her makeup done, or what have you, and there's a very, very hunky, scruffy and studly guy who keeps giving her mixed signals, constantly coming up and hugging her. So intensely, too.
And you know that kind of body language I'm talkin' about, don't you? Classically angsty, Twilight-style lovemaking—hold me supertight (for hours), but that's it, stop there, nothing more...for now.
Truly Mormon kinda masochistic fooling around. In other words: Let's just torture ourselves for now and not give in to what we really want to do, which is to totally bone each other until Twilight isn't hauling in any more money!
So what's a girl to do? I say it's time to split from the current on again, off again guy and find yourself the real deal, babe. Like, maybe the affectionate hottie who's filming right next to you?
And it Ain't: Dakota Fanning, Noot Seear, Nikki Reed
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What do you really honestly think about every single person in Twilight the movie?
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Kristen's misunderstood, Rob is hot, boozy 'n' bothered, Ashley is intriguing, Nikki is annoying, Kellan is a fun frat boy, Taylor is cute and innocent, and Jackson is mysterious trouble. And the author? Really trouble, Mormon-style (the worst kind).