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As in fact the bishops 'speeches in the Lords made quite clear, (despite the highly-coloured versions of the debate that were manufactured by some) very few Christians were contesting the civil liberties of gay and lesbian people in general; nor should they have been.
Ronald Knox's description of discussion at a student society in the nineteen thirties has a certain familiarity after the last few days; but given that public comment and criticism has been cast in such highly-coloured terms, I've thought it right to say a few words to Synod this afternoon about what was and wasn't said last week and what the questions were which I had hoped might benefit from some airing.
A short walk from my house there is a supermarket which sells objects under the name of apples, which George Orwell famously dismissed as 'lumps of highly-coloured cotton wool from America or Australia'; and of the people who buy them he said, 'they will devour these things, apparently with pleasure, and let the English apples rot under the trees.'
If ever he had beaten Dumetrius, it was over that highly-coloured affair.
On others highly-coloured gods, and devils equally hideous, were grouped miscellaneously.
Here, on the second of these days of love and sunshine, she saw, with absolute clearness, that neither this nor any other day had anything extraordinary to give her; and sitting silent at dinner, under an arbour of highly-coloured creeper, she was overcome by such a laming discouragement, that she laid her knife and fork down, and could eat no more.
Not far from him stood a very tall cornet, with thick moustaches and a highly-coloured complexion — a noble fond of strong mead and hearty revelry.
And one realised that old age had substituted a pale and tenuous phantom for the highly-coloured and alert Legrandin.
I knew it wasn't enough, and when an excited fast-talking voice broke into the soap-opera on the Chev's radio and gave a concise if highly-coloured account of my escape, warning all highway users to look out for and report the Chev, I knew that I would have to abandon the car, and at once.
Not far from him stood a very tall cornet with thick moustaches and a highly-coloured complexion -- a noble fond of strong mead and hearty revelry.


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text: "To be haunted in the name of a will to heal is to allow the ghost to help you imagine what was lost that never even existed, really. That is its utopian grace: to encourage a steely sorrow laced with delight for what we lost that we never had; to long for the insight of that moment in which we recognize, as...profane illumination, that it could have been and can be otherwise." Avery Gordon, Ghostly Matters 1997: 57.


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The first two vids where poor examples hence my apology. I've not read the bible, but have heard about the rapture, also prophesied by others.
13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord's word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."[h] 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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In the first video, Dolorous Popgun (whoever) says that the ET's told her that time is illusory. She and her ET friends immediately lost all credibility for me at that point.


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AMERICAN IDOL's Phillip Phillips Performs "Home" Live!
It's been a whirlwind ever since crooner Phillip Phillips took home the victory on Season 11 of "American Idol", and he's just getting started! The talented singer stops by the Young Hollywood Studio for a little acoustic jam sesh of his hit single "Home", and then he chats with us about what to expect from his debut album, how he tries to stay healthy while on tour, and reveals his three road essentials!


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PRICE® Systems treats cost data as a valuable tool for improving performance beyond estimating. While tools like PRICE® TruePlanning® and the PRICE® Cost Models contribute to better initial bids and bid analysis, the insights and opportunities they deliver also extend to strategic viewpoints throughout your organization and the supply chain, such as finalizing an estimate at completion or managing
overall life cycle costs.
PRICE® TruePlanning® offers added value for supplier assessment and strategic sourcing by providing a common language for information flowing throughout your organization and throughout the supply chain.
As a government decision-maker you can benefit from the PRICE Estimating Systems Integration Framework across many aspects of cost management. As a lead contractor soliciting subcontractor bids, you can be better prepared to evaluate contractor proposals for reasonableness, completeness, and traceability, and to respond to requests for estimate at completion. Should-Cost analysis can provide insight into reasonable cost expectations, from the overall project down to each individual subsystem or component.
TruePlanning also integrates with Enterprise Resource Planning, Product Life Cycle Management, Computer Aided Engineering, and with other project management tools—such as ACE-IT, MS-Project, Primavera, and Excel—as well as with the PRICE® TrueFindings® and PRICE® TrueMapper® resources. This ability to identify, share, analyze, and manage data before, during, and after the estimation process provides for better insights into competitive estimates and greater ability to manage project costs long-term and as input for future projects.
PRICE® Cost Analytics (PCA) provides the tools and a systematic approach to enhance the effectiveness of PCM through the application of cost management principles, proven methodologies and the latest predictive technology in support of the management process.
PCA and PCM both start with a simple concept based on the time-tested Deming or Shewhard cycle. In essence, PCM and PCA are aligned as quality management processes. PCA addresses the quality of cost management, cost estimation and the decisions made based on the predictive cost estimates. The systematic approach employed by PCA ensures continuous feedback and improvement. This feedback loop ensures that decisions are being supported with the most current information, based on the most appropriate projects. The PCA framework supports cost estimation and analysis throughout the entire project lifecycle, as does the PCM framework.
Until now, mining the value in historical project data for use in cost estimating software was difficult to achieve. Today, PRICE ESI helps customers tap into that resource by applying the same disciplines used to develop the industry-recognized PRICE® Cost Models.
PRICE® ESI engagements offer advice and implementation services to facilitate data collection, cleansing, categorization, and normalization, enabling organizations to reflect their own historical project data within their estimates, with confidence equal to the credible, unbiased, data-driven decision-making provided by PRICE® Cost Models.
For estimators and engineers, the PRICE Cost Analytic Framework improves cost estimating speed and accuracy, with built-in flexibility to evaluate multiple alternatives quickly. The integrated set of data, tools, and processes enables organizations to successfully estimate and analyze the effort, schedule, and cost of projects.
PRICE Systems develops and supports cost estimating, analysis, and knowledge capture tools to help customers manage cost and schedule throughout a project's lifecycle. These tools embedded in our Analytics Framework enable the execution of a standard, repeatable cost estimating discipline. Our approach facilitates the use of historical data, and integrated cost models to build and calibrate activity-based cost estimates.
The power of this approach is that the estimate is based on the specific parameters of the system being built and the characteristics of the individual organization which is developing the product. Cost estimates are created using a product focused, Work Breakdown Structure which allows the estimator, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and management to cost the product as it is planned to be built. The PRICE Cost Analytic Framework further allows each of the different stakeholders (estimators, SMEs, and management) to view the inputs and outputs in accordance with their functional paradigm. Cost is created once and can be "slices and diced" into any custom view to support the cost estimation needs of the particular stakeholder.
Organizations are able to build program credibility by taking a more holistic view toward project planning and budgeting. Instead of depending on outside estimates, or spending time and money trying to build bottom-up estimates for a program that might not fit the budget, they are able to generate a quick top-down assessment of how a specific project will impact budgeting—in the first year and over the total life of the program.
PRICE® TruePlanning® also supports business case analysis by giving managers a frame of reference for comparing multiple projects. That ability helps to identify not only the most competitive cost for the project, but also the best value for the overall investment.
Budgeting is a critical first step in developing an effective cost management plan. The ability to integrate your specific budget tools with a predictive cost estimation engine, whose output can be tailored to your organization's cost activity center structure, is a very powerful capability. The requirements to achieve this level of budget management consist of the following:
1. Accessing historical budget data which allows you to benchmark the allocation of dollars to specific cost activity centers.
2. A predictive cost estimating capability which can be customized to specifically represent the item for which the budget is being built.
3. The ability to format the output of the estimating system to multiple cost estimation structures customized for a particular management or execution need.
The ability to build an estimate and do what if drills, translate the estimate into a budget, and distribute the budget to project personnel quickly and seamlessly is critical. The PRICE® Cost Analytic Framework is designed, through the use of an integration engine, to facilitate this kind of budget management. The integration engine is the capability that allows the organization to combine its data, budget tools, and cost engine to facilitate this type of agility.
Providing a comparison between top-down and bottom-up estimating adds confidence to financial decision-making by highlighting differences in cost estimating results generated by different methodologies. You can use it to compare internal budget estimates vs. contractor estimates, or to evaluate the characteristics of homegrown spreadsheet estimates against the comprehensive methodology of a standardized cost-estimating framework.
Using PRICE® TrueMapper® to map and shred estimates to the preferred formats makes it easier to compare top-down and bottom-up estimates—element for element. It maps the Work Breakdown Structure/Cost Element Structure so that you can identify, analyze, and resolve variations across the different approaches.
Effective management of a system or program starts with a budget in the front end and execution control and evaluation in the back end. Effective cost control can be achieved if the organization has a dynamic and flexible cost estimation capability which sets a baseline in the budgeting process and updates the costs / estimate-to-complete quickly and with minimum effort. Effective cost control is only possible if an organization has a coordinated and synchronized cost estimation, budget development, and execution management process. As has been the theme in the other two cost management sections; data, estimation, tool integration and a feedback loop are the keys to successful cost control and execution monitoring. The PRICE® Cost Analytics Framework provides such capability.
Position to Win can be an important capability when preparing for opportunity qualification or the bid & proposal development. Estimating what you believe your competition might do in terms of Price-to-Win (PTW) is extremely useful intelligence for your own PTW process. Having a standardized ghosting capability that can be used to "train up" Red Teams will produce credible intelligence about your competition.
A robust ghosting capability can also deliver "What If" drills of the system design, manufacturing approach, and internal investment on the part of your competition. This kind of capability in the hands of an experienced Red Team yields a plethora of competitive intelligence. To achieve this kind of ghosting, an organization requires the ability to draw upon historical data and to create and integrate a predictive cost estimation capability allowing them to describe the competition with exact representations of their organization and product. The capability must offer the ability to describe and cost what they will likely develop, as well as potential alternate solutions. These forecasts can represent the perspective and likely offering the completion may produce / present in a way that become actionable on the part of your proposal and engineering teams.
Many of the same attributes required for a competition ghosting capability are also needed for opportunity qualification. "What If" drills of the product with accurate cost information in the correct investment environment will reduce risk associated with a potential opportunity. More importantly, it will provide a disciplined means to analyze all aspects of the opportunity in preparation for a bid / no bid decision.
Estimates based more on engineering judgment than statistical data lack credibility. This is especially true when proposing design alternatives to meet a customer's unique program requirements. Companies that can't demonstrate a rigorous affordability management process score low with their proposals because their bids presented without statistical data to back their estimates appear over-optimistic and risky, or too expensive. This ultimately has a negative impact on the business' win percentage.
It is important that cost estimates supporting a final bid price have "grassroots buy-in" within a company. Individual leaders must believe that they can do the job for the bid price proposed. So, grassroots or "bottom up" estimating, the practice of deriving labor, material, subcontractor, supplier, and other costs from the people that will do the work is imperative. However, asking for these estimates without supplying target costs is a recipe for disaster. Without a credible initial cost baseline, it's almost impossible to develop a cost volume that is consistent with the price-to-win and with other parts of the proposal.
PRICE® Cost Analytic Framework delivers the tools and methods needed to create a robust and reliable decomposition of the price-to-win into the cost targets necessary to keep grassroots estimates "in-the-box". TruePlanning® (A component within the PRICE® Cost Analytics solution) maps estimates for the activities and resources of the product breakdown structure (PBS) to that of the work breakdown structure (WBS) familiar to the project leaders. With this mapping of estimated costs, TruePlanning's data-driven estimating methods give individual leaders the context of measured benchmarks around which to form their estimates for a winning approach. This persistent link between the PBS and the WBS is key to winning bid validations. Top down to bottom up estimation comparison ensures that any areas of the proposed solution that may cause problems as the bid progresses are identified very early on in the process allowing time for the organization to mitigate any underlying uncertainty and to test alternative solutions. The PRICE® Cost Analytics Framework provides the capability to reconcile data-driven estimates with grassroots estimates to garner confidence of true bid validation, unifying top-down statistical estimating with bottoms-up buy-in.
In addition to the abovementioned benefits, PRICE® Cost Analytics enables:
PRICE cost estimating resources help you take estimating from a necessary, tactical business function to a strategic profit-center support resource. Top-down parametric estimating makes it possible to generate credible bids in a timely manner, and to improve win ratios, with optimal use of estimating resources. PRICE customers report a 30% to 60% reduction in both proposal cycle time and costs to develop estimates.
PRICE® TruePlanning® also helps you quickly answer multiple questions that will impact your top and bottom lines—such as bid vs. no-bid and make vs. buy. It can even help to maximize your return on investment in preparing bids—through competitive assessment of the situation, Should-Cost analysis, and comparison of industry-wide cost data that can help you implement a price-to-win strategy.
If your suppliers are selected on an ad-hoc basis, then you are less competitive yourself. If, on paper, you have very similar proposals, how can you judge which organization will provide the best value for money?
PRICE® Cost Analytics ensures that selecting the preferred supplier is conducted on a rational basis. It offers added value for supplier assessment allowing your organization to compare efficiencies of companies that produce similar technologies - your considered suppliers. This process of comparison will lead to suppliers knowing that since you are able to have more control over their prices, they will need more control of themselves. This will enable the perfection of negotiation skills, leading to better decision making and overall better success.
The qualitative benefits of supplier assessment using PRICE Cost Analytics are:
Many competitive proposals open with: 'As the world's leading provider of…'. This type of unsubstantiated claim is not nearly as convincing as a detailed analysis of an organization's competitors which identifies the organization itself as the most productive and this identifies it as a candidate for the role of preferred supplier.
Cost informed scheduling, also referred to as "Joint Confidence Analysis," refers to the simultaneous, integrated development of an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and a "product focused cost." The term product focused cost refers to a cost estimate that is driven by a system, project, product, or service Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). However the nature of the WBS is one that is oriented to the architecture or structure of system, product or service and not the organizational structure of the program. Being able to develop and manipulate your cost estimate in these terms allows the management team the ability to see the true cost of the design/manner in which the system, product, or service is being developed / provided. Through the customization of the PRICE Cost Analytic Framework the management and engineering teams will be provided the correct tools and data to explicitly link cost and schedule together as part of the day to day working environment. This improved visibility and manipulation capability can then support EVM, DTC, VE, and Risk analyses.
Having a fully integrated cost analysis capability, which can influence the cost/schedule calculus, positions management and engineering to create better and more robust technical baseline cost. This activity, instead of being static and somewhat inflexible, can become very dynamic. The increased visibility and ability to monitor, manage, and adjust the baseline cost as the program progresses provides significant benefits in terms of cost control, accounting for and incorporating Engineer Change Order, and developing realistic ETC to better inform the EVM process. Finally, if and when a program re-baseline becomes an issue the team has the means to do the job with better control and more realism.
The primary focus of Value Engineering (VE) is assuring that the greatest functionality is provided for the least cost or expense, to maximize value. Value Engineering is defined as a systematic process of review and analysis of a project, during the concept and design phases, by a multi-discipline team of persons not involved in the project. This review is conducted to provide recommendations for:
Like many techniques or methodologies, it consists of a problem solving approach or "job plan" and a set of tools and skills. In this way, it is very similar to Design for Six Sigma or Lean. Cost is at the center of this approach. Having a capability that allows your cost estimate to be reactive to changes in the design in "near real-time" is essential to the VE process. Allowing for the integration of engineering tools; pricing tools, like PROPRICER and QDV, and the PRICE® Cost Analytics framework can provide the means to do that real time analysis at the engineering level. Furthermore, by having this capability embedded in the PRICE® Cost Analytics framework, the entire engineering and management team can easily share results. This improved interaction results in a design which provides value and quality in a timely manner. As an added bonus the same structure and data can do double duty by supporting the needs of those engineering teams executing Design-to-Cost (Cost bogie with iterations) analysis.
Affordability is an abstract term that most people think they understand but have difficulty articulating. The United States Department of Defense defines affordability as the degree to which the life-cycle cost of an acquisition program is in consonance with the long-range investment and force structure plans of the Department of Defense or individual DOD Components. However, the Department of Defense acquisition regulations require program managers to address affordability, detail affordability constraints, and achieve affordability during the procurement of new systems without providing a clear idea of what affordability means. How then should defense contractor view affordability?
From the contractor's point of view, affordability is that characteristic of a product or service that:
Affordability Analysis from our perspective is an iterative process which tries to rationalize a systems development across four areas simultaneously. The areas of interest are cost, risk, performance and schedule. The process and work flow associated with Affordability Analysis is facilitated by the use of a family of tools and models. Traditionally these tools and models have been stand-alone. PRICE® believes and has demonstrated that there is value and a competitive edge for those companies that can integrate their tools and data into a coherent Affordability Analysis approach.
The PRICE Cost Analytic Framework provides the infrastructure and flow to allow a company to create its own Affordability Analysis environment. By using the capabilities of the framework, a company can combine its data, and unique tools to conduct comprehensive Affordability Analysis. It is this customized environment that will allow the organization to meet the four characteristics listed above.
Arriving at a final cost estimate is only a fraction of the benefits PRICE provides. A broad range of PRICE Program Affordability services—including best practices, cost estimating and analysis tools, training, consulting and research—provide extended opportunities to manage program costs, as well.
The life cycle approach to program affordability in PRICE® TruePlanning®, and the ability to estimate Total Ownership Cost (TOC), enables program managers to minimize risk and cost and maximize ROI multiple ways: Deliver better overall value. Accelerate project processes. Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of project selection, control, and delivery. PRICE helps clients take that concept even further, by building bridges from cost estimating to cost management and earned value management (EVM) through its Estimating Systems Integration Framework.
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17 Fun Weekend Picks
Happy Friday everyone! I hope your week has been excellent. Things were a little trying on this end the last few days, given that our house got hit with the dreaded stomach bug (thankfully I was spared, though I still had to take care of the afflicted). However, everyone is back to work and school though, and I have already gone for a run, 3-touched my e-mail, and am enjoying a delicious latte while I publish this post. Yay! Meanwhile, the weekend forecast is looking lovely -- perfect for the range of outdoor events listed below, and there are some great indoor picks as well. Have a fantastic weekend my friends!
1. Kite and bike the afternoon away. (Boston)
2. Celebrate Zoo 100. (Boston)
3. EarthFest is back. (Boston)
4. Rock it with the BCT show choir. (Boston)
5. Hot dogs for good. (Boston)
6. A benefit for children's mental health services. (Boston)
7. Reduce the stress of flying for kids with autism. (Boston)
8. Open studios, north/west. (Cambridge)
9. And more open studios! (Dedham)
10. And even more open studios! (Lexington)
11. Get outdoors with kids. (Mattapan)
12. For aviation enthusiasts. (New Bedford)
13. Get your garden going with this plant sale. (Waltham)
14. That's some pig. (Watertown)
15. A gardeners' fair. (Wellesley)
16. WorldFest, right here locally. (Woburn)
17. Whether on bike or Big Wheel, you and your family can ride for a cure. (Multiple locations)
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Tipp City Roller Mill
Roller Mill Project Workers Registration
"While some people dream by night, others dream by night" is part of the motivation of a team of committed Tipp City residents soon to embark on a seemingly monumental task. Through combining their talents, resources and connections they plan on repainting and restoring the Tipp Roller Mill, constructed in 1837, as part of the 175th Anniversary of Tipp City Celebration, to some of its original beauty.
Serving Work Schedule
- Week One: Friday, September 4, 8am-8pm / Saturday, September 5, 8am-4pm / Sunday, September 6, 1-5pm / Monday, September 7 (Labor Day), 8am-5pm
- Week Two: Friday, September 11, 8am-8pm / Saturday, September 12, 8am-5pm / Sunday, September 13, 1-5pm
- Week Three: Saturday, September 19, 8am-5pm / Sunday, September 20, 1-5pm
- Week Four: Saturday, September 26, 8am-5pm
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- What is the Roller Mill Project? A community action volunteer project mobilizing community and area residents to scrape, stain and refurbish the exterior of the Tipp Roller Mill.
- Where is the Tipp Roller Mill? It is located at the east end of Main Street (State Route 571) at the edge of Tipp City's historic downtown district.
- Why was the project created? The project was created to honor Tipp City's 175th anniversary, and the ongoing community pride of Tipp City residents. The goal of this project is to bring together small teams of volunteers from churches, businesses, non-profits and local neighborhoods in a unique opportunity to rally together to give back to the community.
- Who is leading this project? Project co-leaders are Mike Nygren and Matt Tarzinski, along with Keith Long, Pete Schinaman, Brenda Mahaney, Chuck Wray, Doug Powell and Nick Hoover.
- How will the work be accomplished? Small teams, families, churches and business teams will commit to the scraping and staining of a 10' x 20' section of the Mill. Each team will set their own work schedule within the overall schedule. Skill and experience levels will determine what section teams paint
- Can students participate? Yes! Age 15 and up can participate when accompanied by an adult. All participants will sign an insurance release form at the worksite.
- What supplies will the Roller Mill Project team supply? Red stain, scaffolding, two-person 65' lift, ladders, drop clothes, caulking and glazing.
- What do I need to bring if I serve? You are asked to bring tools for their entire team, including; variety of paint scrapers, 3" and 4" quality latex paint brushes, small paint pails, paint pail hooks, wire brushes, rags, gloves, safety glasses and surgical mouth masks. Some teams may need to bring ladders based on their assignment.
- Can individuals work without a team? Yes!
- How do I schedule my team? Click here.
- Questions? Mike Nygren at [email protected]


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Charlie Dominici
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|Charlie Dominici
|June 16, 1951
|Brooklyn, New York, United States
|Progressive metal, hard rock
|Singer, musician
|Vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboard
|Years active
|InsideOut Music
|Associated acts
Dream Theater
Franke and the Knockouts
Charlie Dominici (born June 16, 1951) is an American singer best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins (while the band was called Majesty) and later being replaced by James LaBrie.[1] Most recently, Dominici has fronted his own self-named progressive metal band, who have released three albums.[2]
Dominici originally came into prominence as a member of Franke and the Knockouts, in which he played guitar and sang backing vocals. He auditioned for Dream Theater in 1987 and was hired for the job in November of that year.
Dominici performed on the band's debut album, 1989's When Dream and Day Unite. However, Dominici was older than the rest of the band and there were personal and creative differences at work. It was felt that, despite being a very talented singer, his decidedly "pop" vocal style did not fit in with the distinctive progressive direction that the band's compositions were taking. According to Dream Theater ex-drummer Mike Portnoy, "It was like having Billy Joel singing in Queensrÿche." A good singer in the wrong band, they amicably parted ways shortly thereafter.
Dominici remained in contact with Dream Theater throughout their career, despite lapsing out of the music business and obtaining a job as a finance manager in the automobile business. Dominici was hired by Mike Portnoy to sing at his wedding to Marlene Apuzzo. He started working on an album with his brother, guitarist Kane Daily, that never saw the light of day. In 2003 he released a song on his website entitled "Now The Time Has Come" but it was taken down after a few months, and the track did not feature any guitars, only piano.
Dominici's voice was also heard on the YtseJam Records release "When Dream And Day Unite Demos" which featured pre-production and vocal demos of several songs, as well as Dominici singing Beatles Covers and the traditional Christmas song O Holy Night.
On March 6, 2004, Dominici joined his former bandmates onstage in Los Angeles for the first time in 15 years for a special performance celebrating the 15th anniversary of the band's first album, singing on "To Live Forever" (a non-album track written in the same time period) and "Metropolis" along with LaBrie and former keyboardist Derek Sherinian. This performance was later released as "When Dream And Day Reunite", the DVD version of which also features footage from the band's 1989 tour with Dominici.
Despite having not actively sung since leaving Dream Theater in 1989, this performance gave him the itch to make music again and in 2005, he released a solo album entitled O3: A Trilogy, Part 1, the first album of a three-album concept piece. The second installment of the trilogy, O3: A Trilogy, Part 2 was released in February 2007 and the final part, O3: A Trilogy, Part Three, was released in April 2008.
Dominici opened for Dream Theater at three shows at their Chaos in Motion Tour in June 2007.
With Billy and Charles[edit]
- Billy and Charles (1969)
With Franke and the Knockouts[edit]
- Franke and the Knockouts (1981)
With Dream Theater[edit]
- When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
- When Dream and Day Unite Demos (2004)
- When Dream And Day Reunite (CD and DVD) (2005)
With Dominici[edit]
- O3 A Trilogy: Part One (2005)
- O3 A Trilogy - Part 2 (2007)
- O3 A Trilogy - Part 3 (2008)
- ^ Harris, Craig. "Biography: Dream Theater". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Dominici: Another New Song Posted Online". Blabbermouth. 24 March 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2010.


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2009-08-26 / People/Social
Garden Club enjoys Westbury Gardens
Massapequa's Fort Neck Garden Club Presidents Dorothy Johnson and Pat Cordara, along with the members, enjoyed a day at Westbury Gardens. This is one of several local excursions the club engages in during the year. Instruction is offered in pot gardening and flower arrangements along with trips and more. For information on membership, contact June Reinhardt at 541-9748.
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Recycling is big business in South Carolina.
In 2014, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control along with the S.C. Department of Commerce and other partners commissioned a follow up to the 2006 economic impact study done by the College of Charleston.
"The Economic Impact of the Recycling Industry in South Carolina" shows that the industry, which is comprised of more than 520 companies, is responsible for:
The study was completed by Dr. Frank Hefner of the College of Charleston's Department of Economics and Finance in April 2014.


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Special equipment: a bundt or tube pan
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Fill a large ziptop bag with the granulated sugar, salt and orange zest. Seal the bag and shake it around until the zest and sugar are totally combined. Cut the chilled biscuits into quarters. Add the biscuit pieces to the bag, seal it and shake/toss it around until all the biscuit pieces are coated in the orange sugar. Pour the pieces into a bundt or tube pan and set aside.
In a medium pan over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar, vanilla and orange juice until just barely combined. Pour the mixture all over the biscuit pieces, scraping the pan to get all the butter/brown sugar out. Let it settle for a second, then place the pan in the oven.
Bake until the top of the biscuits are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Transfer the pan to a rack and let it sit for at least 10 minutes (but no more than 15), then turn the cake out of the pan onto a cake plate. Let cool briefly before serving.
When it first comes out of the pan, the melted sugar/caramel will be a little on the hot side. Wait a few minutes after turning it out before serving.
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Neiman Marcus releases 2011 Christmas book
Neiman Marcus is releasing the 85th edition of its legendary Christmas book and we're drooling over all the gorgeous gift options!
The holiday season has crept up on us again, ladies. Yep, that's right, it's almost that time of year when we all go a little gift crazy and start wondering what exactly we should buy our loved ones. But if Neiman Marcus has anything to say about it, this holiday's gift giving process will be a bit easier.
The luxury retail giant is kicking off this magical time of year in a big way by releasing the 85th edition of its legendary Christmas book! The 2011 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book features a wide selection of practical and fantasy gifts that range from once-in-a-lifetime experiences to beauty and lifestyle gems. And if you're left without any ideas for the loved ones in your life after reading this little baby, there's something wrong with you.
The Christmas Book was first published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet and it's only gotten bigger and better over time. This year, up to eight charities will benefit from the sale of fantasy gifts featured in the 2011 Christmas Book. And while we might not realistically be able to afford these extravagent gifts, we sure do have fun thinking about them. Some of the wildest fantasy gifts include an Assouline custom-built library, a Neiman Marcus-edition Hacker-Craft speedboat, a table tennis table that doubles as a contemporary work of art and a "His" and "Hers" Dancing Fountains from WET.
Whether or not you indulge in any of these luxury items, one thing's for sure: These are rare, spectacular gift options, and flipping through them makes us feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.


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Emap, the business-to-business multi-platform media group, today completes the launch of an iPhone app for their nursing and healthcare job board NursingTimesjobs.com. The app is an extension of Emap's existing nursing and healthcare portfolio providing access for recruiters to a network of almost 300,000 nursing professionals across print and online.
NursingTimesjobs.com have adopted the latest application software from award winning job board supplier Madgex. The iPhone app is intended to give jobseekers constant access to the latest vacancies in nursing and healthcare whenever they want and wherever they are.
The app works across all iPhone platforms, including the iPhone 4S and allows jobseekers to browse job listings, apply for any role, receive notifications direct to their phone when any relevant jobs are added and email their favourite jobs to themselves and friends.
Tracey Davies Managing Director of Emap Recruitment, comments: "The iPhone app is another indication of our enterprising and innovative approach to recruitment and our commitment to providing clients and candidates with the most advanced platforms and best possible service. It is set to become an essential recruitment resource for both jobseekers and employers. The app benefits recruiters by increasing the candidates' awareness of newly added roles. Candidates who have downloaded the NursingTimesjobs.com app are automatically informed of these new positions, straight to their handset."
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If I run PicoLog then shut it down, the next time I try to run PicoLog, I have a problem because PicoPlayer runs instead?.
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In javascript, it doesn't matter what script you add or the sequence, as long as it is incompatible with some other script, it breaks the whole site. That error message is telling you what has been broken, it is meaningless, because it cannot point out what causes it to break.
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Our Monthly golf day is a men's only social golf afternoon designed to enjoy time building mateship over a game and a drink in the club house afterward together.
This Months Golf Day is: Sunday 8th October, from 11.00am
Location: Riverside Oaks, Cattai. (Gangurru Course)
RSVP by Friday 6th October, is essential to lock in tee times. BYO some change for a drink afterward.
Tee time is 11.00am, so please be at the course by 10.45am
Cost includes Green Fees and Cart Hire.
Why not invite a mate or two to join you. All Men over 15 years are able to attend.
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What happens if I can't make it afterall - but the game is still on? We only move (credit) a booking fee if the course is closed. So you can send a friend instead to take your place, but we can't do a refund.
About Bring A Mate:
Bring A Mate - is about encouraging men to overcome shyness, tiredness & the fear of what others think, & focus on building great relationships with other men in your world. Bring A Mate is a Not for Profit Preventative Mental Health project by Men In Action (www.bringamate.com.au)
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An hour of vintage calypso, soca, mento, pan, and related Caribbean genres - and NO reggae (or Belafonte). Sexy and saucy, ribald and raunchy recordings from the 1920s to the 1980s, and occasionally later. Hear tropical and topical chunes from the Duke of Iron, Lord Kitchener, Wilmoth Houdini, The Mighty Sparrow, Lords Invader and Nelson, Atilla the Hun, Terror, Executor, King Radio, and other colorfully named calypsonians of yore. Hosted by the mythical Muriel and a white Jewish guy from the Jersey suburbs. Click here to visit the Muriel's Treasure blog. (Visit homepage.)
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Halloween Pumpkin Oreo Cake
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Delicious and decadent Pumpkin Oreo Cake with pumpkin chocolate chip layers and Oreo buttercream is dressed up and garnished for Halloween.
Well, say hello to my Pumpkin Oreo Cake that I bring to you right in time for Halloween! I wanted so much to make a fun Halloween dessert, and what better excuse could I find to make another cake? And by the way, this is a pretty simple recipe, that anyone can recreate at home!
Last week I had the urge to bake an Oreo Cake as I have spotted some seasonal Pumpkin Oreos at the grocery store. I adore Oreo frosting, its one of my favorites, and it's so easy to make! Believe me, you will lick your spatula clean!
What type of Halloween would it be without pumpkin? Yes, I know! To make the best of it I made my Oreo Cake with Pumpkin Chocolate Chip layers, and I colored them a witchy teal color!
The Pumpkin Chocolate Chip layers are them covered in a Pumpkin Oreo Buttercream that is loaded with Pumpkin Oreo cookies, to be precise I used 20 cookies in this frosting! I also made it a bloody red color, for a more dramatic look.
Originally I wanted to name the this Oreo Cake – The Bleeding Witch Cake, but after some consideration I assumed that some people may not be as much into bloody witches, even if its Halloween 🙂 so I kept it safe, and gave it a completely edible name.
If you are wondering from where I got all those decorations, they are all from the land of everything aka the holly grail of Target! I had hubby run a quick errand and asked him to pick me some spooky stuff, that is also cute, I think he did well.
I am terrified of spiders in real life, but had so much fun decorating my cake with some fake ones!
I garnished the cake with more Pumpkin Oreos, fake spiders and a fake, tiny pumpkin! Don't let this spooky Oreo Cake fool you, it is absolutely delicious and you will find yourself looking for seconds!
- Cake:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 2 cups packed light-brown
- 1½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups pumpkin puree
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Teal Gel Color
- Frosting:
- 4 sticks butter, room temperature
- 8 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or whole milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
- 20 Pumpkin Oreos
- Red Gel Color in Tulip
- Garnish:
- Pumpkin Oreos
- Fake spiders
- Fake pumpkin
- Cake:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Coat three 8 x 2 inch cake pans with non-stick spray, line bottoms with parchment paper and spray paper with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice. Set aside.
- In the large bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the wire whisk attachment, beat butter with sugar on medium-high speed until well blended, fluffy and creamy, about 3 minutes.
- On low speed, add the eggs one at a time and blend well after each addition, stopping from time to time to scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
- On low speed, beat in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with pumpkin puree in 3 additions, mix until just blended. Mix in the food color gel, add as much as needed, until you get the color you like.
- With a spatula, manually stir in chocolate chips until well incorporated into the batter.
- Divide batter between prepared pans, gently leveling the top.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the centers of the cakes comes out clean. Remove pans from oven, let them cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the sides of cakes and invert cakes onto the rack. Remove and discard parchment paper.
- Cool cakes completely before frosting.
- Frosting:
- In a food processor or blender, pulverize Oreo's into a powder. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk butter together with powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, until all blended.
- Add vanilla and heavy cream and mix well.
- Add crushed Oreo's and blend well.
- Add gel food color as much as needed to achieve the color you want, mix well.
- Assembling the cake:
- Place a cake layer onto a cake platter and spread with ¾ cup frosting. Top with other cake layer and repeat. Add the third, top cake layer and spread with frosting. Use the remaining frosting to spread on the sides of the cake.
- Add the leftover frosting to a pipping bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe some garlands on the sides of the cake and on the edges of the top and bottom layer.
- Garnish with Pumpkin Oreo cookies, fake spiders, and fake pumpkin.
- Refrigerate cake.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Cheryl's time to waste
The down-to-earth star calls council to order wheelie bin
Despite being hugely popular popstar and a millionaire, Cheryl Cole didn't wait around for her army of assistants to do her dirty work for her.
The "Promise This" star picked up the phone and called Enfield council when she needed a wheelie bin for her rubbish disposal.
The council employee who answered the call was stunned to hear the star at the other end of the phone.
Cheryl, who has recently moved into a £3,500 a week rented house in Hadley Wood, just outside London, proved she is still a simple girl at heart, despite her fame and fortune.