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I'm no enemy to Andrew Holness
I read with intrigue and interest the article written by your columnist, George Davis, 'Holness needs Daryl Vaz', which appeared in your publication on February 4, 2015. It left me no choice but to respond.
At a glance, the headline could (mis)lead one to believe that George's article is well intentioned to portray and even applaud my "usefulness as a political asset", as he puts it. On the contrary, however, it is fraught with questionable characterisations of me and innuendos that give the perception that I am no more than a "necessary evil" to Party Leader Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
Among the twisted references of me by George is being called "a talented but heavily flawed operative". Perhaps it is George's personal opinion of me which is heavily flawed.
What did George mean when he stated "Given Vaz's history" and labelled me as a "curious character"? Indeed, I am curious to know and welcome his clarification. He could only be referring to the well-documented history of my political career, which spans nearly 30 years (by the way I am 51 years old, not 53) beginning as a councillor for the Waterloo division of the KSAC in 1986; a former Cabinet minister in the JLP Bruce Golding administration (2007-2011) and briefly in Mr Holness' administration; as well as a two-term member of parliament (2007-present) for the constituency of West Portland (undefeated in all elections contested to date).
I regret that I do not fit George's image of a celestial being or possess the heavenly qualities generally attributed to an angel as he pronounced "Politically, Daryl Wesley Vaz is no angel." But the electorate continues to put their faith and trust in me consistently and, for that, I feel vindicated and stand proud.
I consider these characterisations as unfortunate, false and damaging representations of my character and urge Mr Davis to be careful that he does not border on slander in his commentaries.
I must also express my disapproval of Mr Davis' unfortunate repeated reference that Party Leader Andrew Holness should "fear" me as it "makes no sense to embrace someone who's out to destroy you"or "give him time to plot another attack on Holness' position". Let me publicly declare my utmost regard and respect for Party Leader Andrew Holness, as, any concerns I have had with his leadership, I have fully expressed to him face to face and also to my other MP colleagues on several occasions in the past.
Hopefully, my recent public plea for former prime ministers and leaders of the JLP, Edward Seaga and Bruce Golding, to help the party has not been misconstrued by George as an "attempt to plot another attack" rather than well-intentioned as it was meant and in the interest of the future of the party.
Mr Davis regretfully continued: "That's why Holness needs to assign him a cause so he can expend his energies in service of his party and his leader", also questioning earlier in his article, "For instance, were the court matter not an issue, would Holness have named Vaz in the huge shadow Cabinet he has just announced?"
If Mr Davis has forgotten, I will remind him that I voluntarily offered and opted to give up my position as spokesperson on ICT and digital society development until that court case has been dispensed with, as I felt it was the principled and morally correct thing to do .
In the meantime, my focus and energies continue to be directed at serving the people of West Portland, to improve their lives and the infrastructure of the constituency and, by extension, the parish of Portland.
Where I can openly agree with George is - (Andrew) Holness needs Daryl Vaz, but not for the reasons he has stated. In fact, Mr Holness needs to solicit the buy-in and support of every member, supporter and well-wisher of the JLP and more to achieve success at the upcoming polls for both the local government and general elections.
Further, should the JLP be given another chance at governance, Mr Holness and the party will need the support of every sector, every industry and every Jamaican to make Jamaica the prosperous nation it ought to be.
I will, therefore, give George the benefit of the doubt that his article, 'Holness needs Daryl Vaz', was meant to respectfully align me as a valuable team member of the JLP through my selfless contribution and proven track record as a public servant, rather than appearing to malign me as others have so often done in the past.
n Daryl Vaz is MP of Western Portland. Email feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the tertiary care referral center and Level 1 trauma center for western North Carolina as well as parts of southern Virginia and Tennessee. It is an 850 bed hospital with 61 trauma/burn and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) beds. The trauma center admits approximately 3000 injured patients a year. Of these over 500 adult patients require trauma ICU admission where critical care is provided by ten trauma surgeons with added qualifications in surgical critical care (SCC). In addition, the surgical ICU admits over 450 critically ill adult patients each year most of whom require operative intervention and critical care in the post-operative period of time. Wake Forest School of Medicine sponsors ACGME-accredited graduate medical education programs in general surgery as well as all other surgical specialties.
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Self-directed IRAs are popular tools investors use to control their own investments and common assets permissible within these accounts include real estate, private notes and mortgages, precious metals, stocks, bonds, foreign exchange trading and more.
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) July 26, 2014
Roth IRAs came into being through the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. These accounts offer attractive benefits to investors but have strict eligibility and distribution rules that apply which one must be aware of when considering this type of investment plan.
Only those within a certain income level are eligible to enjoy the benefits of having this type of retirement plan, depending on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). For example, for the year 2014 investors can contribute to these plans if they have taxable income and their modified adjusted gross income is less than:
- Married individuals filing jointly: $191,000
- Single or head of household: $129,000
- Married, filing separate returns: $10,000
Knowing the eligibility and income limits is crucial:
- Individuals of all ages who have an income can own this type of account.
- Anyone with earned income that does not exceed the income limits listed above is eligible to contribute.
- As of 2010, the income limit for conversions is eliminated. So, if an individual wanted to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth that can be accomplished regardless of that person's income.
"Self-directed IRAs are popular tools investors use to control their own investments and common assets permissible within these accounts include real estate, private notes and mortgages, precious metals, stocks, bonds, foreign exchange trading and much more," says Jack Callahan, managing partner of Advanta IRA Services. "Roth IRAs offer the benefit of post-tax contributions, allowing earnings to accrue on a tax-free basis. Distributions of earnings may be taken on a tax-free basis if you are over the age of 59 ½ and have owned the account for at least 5 years." Disabled person and first-time home buyers are also allowed tax-free distributions.
The following topics will be covered in the webinar:
- Eligibility and income limits
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Webinar: The Power of Self-Directed Roth IRAs
Date: July 30, 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
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Advanta IRA Services, located in Largo, Florida, has been in operation for over 10 years, providing administrative service to owners of self-directed retirement accounts throughout the Tampa Bay and Sarasota, Florida regions. Advanta IRA Administration offers a second location serving the Atlanta, Georgia area and surrounding regions. Both offices are managed by Jack Callahan, J.D., CFP™. Advanta IRA offers classes, seminars and other educational tools designed to assist clients and other investors in managing self-directed IRAs by investing in real estate, notes, private placements and other non-traditional assets that have the potential to maximize retirement earnings on a tax-free or tax-deferred basis.
About Jack Callahan
Jack M. Callahan, J.D., CFP™, is the managing partner at Advanta IRA Services in Largo, FL and Advanta IRA Administration in Atlanta, GA. Jack established the corporate office, Advanta IRA Services, in 2003. Prior to that, Jack delivered specialized counsel to real estate investors, small business owners and real estate professionals on tax, legal and financial matters. As an industry expert, Jack is a frequent speaker on the topic of self-directed retirement plans and an accredited continuing education instructor for the Florida and Georgia Bar Associations, Florida and Georgia Real Estate Commissions, and The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He earned his bachelor of science degree in finance and multinational business from Florida State University and his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law.


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Breaking up is easy to do: 'Yes, I've ruined your life. Now can I have my Neil Young CD back?'
'I didn't know you had that shirt," I said, strangely pleased. "I didn't even know I had that shirt." I was sitting in my ex-girlfriend's new flat, eating roast chicken and being reintroduced to this really nice blue shirt that I had once been very fond of, and whose existence I had forgotten entirely.
It had been sitting under her bed, along with a miscellany of uncollected socks, for two or - has it been? - three years. Now she has moved into a new flat, and does not yet have a bed for it to be under, and she is giving it back.
I'm pleased and sad. The exchange of stuff with your exes is one of the most peculiar parts of the culture of serial monogamy. What's the etiquette? The convention is that neither of you minds about material stuff. That's why you don't talk about it.
Trivial things, such as stopping snoring together, and stopping comforting each other through the terrible screaming ab-dabs, and stopping planning holidays, are up for grabs. But you feel kind of shabby - kind of petty - if you remember that you lent that girl or that boy £30, or your shirt, or a favourite book.
When you go, it's a hostage to fortune. If you're the one being dumped, it undermines your all-important claim to the moral high ground to bitch about material possessions; if the boot's on the other foot… well, it makes you shudder even to think of the scenario. "Yes, yes, I've ruined your life. Now can I have my Neil Young CD back?"
This has a peculiar consequence. Your possessions can end up sitting in each other's flats for years: initially reproachful, suggestive even of espionage; subsequently, perhaps, becoming houseguests of which you are fond. They're like fossils of a relationship. You both write off the losses. Splitting up with people, in this respect, is the gift that keeps on giving.
But pettiness can intrude, too. What bugs me more than two decades after the end of my first proper relationship is not opportunities missed, young love, or any of that crap. It's the fact that I never got back my grey Faber paperback of Sylvia Plath's Collected Poems (with the creased cover); nor my signed copy of the Plath biography Bitter Fame.
I'm not proud of myself for feeling this annoyance: I offer it up because it reflects amusingly badly on me, and because it's true. Another girl got away with my copy of Michel de Certeau's The Practice of Everyday Life, which I really loved and minded about, because you don't find it in any old bookshop.
But, then again, before we fell so catastrophically out, I made away with her copy of Gore Vidal's United States, which was a hardback. So I'm probably up on the deal.
This less wistful side has seldom been better expressed than by the Ben Folds Five in their Song For The Dumped: "Well f--k you too," they sang cheerily. "Give me my money back/ Give me my money back/ you bitch/ I want my money back/ (And don't forget to give/ me back my black T-shirt)."
A part of all of us, I suspect, has these thoughts - even as we are making a colossal performance of: boo-hoo, it's not you, it's me, you deserve better, and checking our watch over the shoulder we are crying on.
It wasn't just the blue shirt. There was this rather natty pinstripe jacket from Marks and Spencer. "I'm not sure if that's yours or my brother's," she said. Search me. It looked like something I might once have owned, and been fond of. I put it on. My arms shot out of the sleeves all the way up to the elbows. Perhaps not.
"I may still have your tiger socks, but I think I threw them away," she added. We had a conversation about it. I had no memory of any tiger socks, still less an idea of what tiger socks might look like. Tigers on each ankle, apparently. Anyway, it turned out they were gone.
"You can't have the pink shirt back, though," she said.
"The pink shirt?" I said. "What pink shirt?"
"Pink, with stripes," she said. "Sorry. That's my favourite bedshirt."
"I'd love you to have it," I said, expansively. I thought. "I don't even remember that shirt." I felt a bit depressed, for a moment, at the cheese-like consistency of my own brain. "Do I own a pink shirt with stripes? I wish I could remember…"
"It doesn't matter if you don't remember," she said.
"Christ," I said. "We sound like characters from a Daphne du Maurier novel."
Later, the taxi buzzed and I left the flat. I had the feeling there was something I was missing. I only realised what it was when we were practically home. I sent a text message: "Oops. Sorry. Forgot possessions. Please repack in black bin bags."
She: "They quite at home here. Would have been cruel to rehouse them." It'll be another two years before I get that poxy shirt back.
The last two lines of a Craig Raine poem about shirts drifted into my mind: "And afterwards, I blunder with the washing on the line -/ headless torsos, faceless lovers, friends of mine."
London on the journey home was wet and black and orange. The cab splashed down Brixton High Street. "It's first left immediately after the traffic lights … yup… there… thanks… now first right."


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The Real Story of Racism at the USDA
by Chris KrommJul 26, 2010
- Years of discrimination from the USDA forced black farmers off their land.
Van Jones: Love Harder
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- Van Jones on how to put Americans back to work and pull America back together.
The BP Oil Spill: Time to Get Unreasonable
by Brooke JarvisJul 23, 2010
- Shrimper Diane Wilson might be going to jail for her high-profile protests against BP. Why is she so sure it's worth it?
The Story of Cosmetics
Jul 21, 2010
- What's in your shampoo, anyway? Annie Leonard explores the toxins in our bathrooms, and what to do about them.
Tribes Unite to Fight BP
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- Indigenous leaders from Ecuador visited Louisiana to share what they learned in a decades-long battle with Texaco.
"Action is the Antidote to Despair"
Jul 06, 2010
- Photo essay: A photographer confronts the BP oil disaster.
But What About Embedded Carbon?
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- Yes, you create emissions when you burn gasoline, but what about the carbon emissions from making the car?
Happy Cities for the Global South: Interview with Enrique Peñalosa
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- Former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa is convincing city planners from Beijing to Mexico City to create lively public spaces that center around people and community, not cars.
Water for Energy Is a Waste
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- Power plants suck more water out of the nation's watersheds than any other single user—more than 40 percent.
Live Dangerously: 10 Easy Steps
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- When Shannon Hayes made a list of easy steps for becoming a radical homemaker, she didn't realize just how revolutionary they were.
New Heroes in the Fight Against Big Oil
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- How one Florida restaurant owner has organized a force against offshore drilling.
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- Ten years ago YES! Magazine reported on Cathrine Sneed and her Garden Project. Today there are 37 Earth Stewards and seven full-time Garden Project employees.
Step Away From the Plastic Bag
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- Our associate editor experiments with life after plastic bags.
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- Does buying recycled household-paper products make that much of a difference? Are there any better alternatives?
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- Re-imagining our cities is the best chance we have to create prosperity, lower our carbon emissions, and save what's left of the natural world.


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Simon Murphy (Sydney, 1973) is an international award winning, Dutch based, Australian orchestral conductor with a special focus on music of the 18th and early 19th centuries. He has attracted international media and industry praise for his fresh and engaging musical approach, delivering new musical insights and invigorating performance results on disc and on the concert platform.
A world authority on the foundation of the orchestra and on the early, classical symphony, Murphy's discography includes world première presentations of works by 18th century symphonists Stamitz, Richter, Schmitt ("The Dutch Haydn"), Schwindl, Graaf and Zappa (PentaTone Classics). He has won major industry awards, including the Netherlands' Edison Music Award and his ground-breaking 2003 recording of Corelli's Concerti Grossi was voted as one of the top five highlights in the 30 year history of the Holland Festival of Early Music Utrecht.
Working with both specialist Baroque and modern symphony orchestras, Murphy has established an international reputation for his energising conducting and orchestral leadership techniques, described by the BBC Music Magazine as "the best of both worlds" with France's music magazine Diapason dubbing him "the repertoire-refresher" and the Netherlands' De Volkskrant heralding him as "a musician with guts".
Murphy is highly regarded for his compelling, inventive and highly practical concert programming. As a guest conductor, with his hand-tailored programmes, he presents the symphonies of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn in a whole new light, surrounding them with newly rediscovered 18th and 19th century orchestral masterpieces, delivering inspiring, new musical perspectives. Examples include
It's About Time around Haydn's Symphony no 101 "The Clock" with arias and other works by Mozart, Cimarosa, Paisiello and Rossini
Heaven on Earth with Haydn Symphony no 83 "La Poule", J. Schmitt "Symphony Pastoral" and Mendelssohn Symphony no 4 "Italian"
Black Magic with Von Weber "Der Freischütz" Overture and Marschner Overture to "Der Vampyr" with arias by Reichardt, Mozart, Von Weber and Lortzing
Composer's Paradise exploring the "Birth of the Symphony" at the legendary 18th court in Mannheim with Mozart's "Paris" Symphony together with arias, concertos and symphonies by Stamitz, Filz, Holzbauer and Mozart
Great Scot around Mendelsson Symphony no 3 "Scottish" and Overture "Fingal's Cave" together with Rust "Colma's Klage" and Gade's "Echoes of Ossian"
Ein Heldenleben around Beethoven Symphony no 3 "Eroica" with Romberg Overture to "Ulysses", Cimarosa Overture to "Alessandro nell'Indie", Mozart Overture to "Don Giovanni" and (Anti-)Hero/ine arias by Mozart and Rossini
Bohemian Rhapsody with Mozart Symphony no 38 "Prague" and Beethoven Symphony no 2 together with works by Vanhal and Wranitzky
and a series of programmes around Beethoven's Contemporaries including music by Spohr, Romberg, Czerny and Hummel.
Recent theatrical highlights include Murphy's new stage production Empress of Pleasure, which celebrates the infamous 18th century London actress, singer, opera impresario and mother to Casanova's daughter, "Mrs Cornelys".
Simon Murphy will make his début with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra (OPS) this December.
Taking audiences on a musical road trip of 18th century European symphonic centres, Murphy will conduct a series of concerts of Mozart arias and symphonies in a programme specially created by him for the...


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Actor: Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill, Franz Drameh
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Energy giant EDF has been told to pay just one days' profit as punishment for a customer service fiasco.
Industry regulator Ofgem fined the firm a token £1, with the rest of the penalty going to charity.
Yet Ofgem had the power to order EDF to hand over up to 10% of its UK turnover - nearly £460m.
Instead, the just over £3m sanction is a drop in the ocean for EDF, which made £560million profit in the first half of this year from both its UK supply and generation arm.
EDF was punished for a catalogue of failure triggered by the introduction of a new IT billing system.
Complaints started as soon as it was launched in 2010, but nearly trebled when it was rolled out.
Customers were faced with long waiting times trying to get through to EDF's call centres.
According to Ofgem, around one in five people who tried getting through between January and March 2011 gave up because they were kept on hold so long.
By June that year, more people were hanging-up than getting through managed to an agent.
The average waiting time in July 2011, the peak of the problem, was 13 minutes.
EDF also failed to property record complaints.
The firm has agreed to pay the £3m to Citizens Advice, with part of it going to help fund the charity's national debtline.
Beatrice Bigois, EDF Energy's managing director of customers, said: "We recognise that for a period of time the service to our customers was not up to the standards they deserve.
"We apologise to those customers who were impacted during this period."
Ofgem's Sarah Harrison said: "EDF Energy failed to have sufficiently robust processes in place when they introduced a new IT system and this led to the unacceptable handling of complaints."
Caroline Flint, Labour's Shadow Energy Secretary, said: "This is yet another example of the big energy companies failing their customers.
"That is why we would replace Ofgem with a new regulator with the powers to revoke energy companies' licenses where there are repeated, serious and deliberate breaches of their licence conditions and which harm the interests of consumers."


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Here is another creation in my punch art series. My husband and I own a coffee shop and I hate coffee. So, I end up drinking quite a bit of tea. This one is for all you fellow tea-drinkers!
The base of this card is Apricot Appeal. I then layered it with Bashful Blue and Whisper White. I stamped the "friendship" sentiment on the front and sponged a bit of Bashful Blue on the edges.
To create my teacup, I used my tag punch on some patterned scrapbooking paper. For the saucer, I punched a medium sized oval and sponged it as well. Then, for the inside of the saucer, I punched a small oval out of Bashful Blue, but did not sponge it, so the 2 ovals contrast just a little. I adhered the small one on top of the medium-sized sponged one to finish the saucer.
For the handle I punched a medium-sized oval out of Bashful Blue and then used the small oval punch to cut out the middle.
I finished my teacup by adding a small flower and brad as embellishment in the middle.


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Although times are tough, the summer tends to trigger the "travel itch" – you know, that sense of urgency to get out of town immediately to a sun-drenched vacation consisting of laying out by a pool and sipping on piña coladas all day. So how can we quench our vacation thirst without spending all of our retirement savings? Well, it looks like Peter Greenburg has some answers for us. An inquiry led Greenburg to give tips on how to find …


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Four Corners Monument is a 0.1 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Shiprock, New Mexico that offers scenic views. The trail is good for all skill levels and primarily used for walking. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Four Corners Monument and Navaho Tribal Park The only place in the USA that four states have a common border
Hey! I'm in 4 states at once! Ok let's go home now.
I've stopped here a bunch of times thru the years. Kinda cool. Nothing fancy other than the only place in the U.S. that has 4 states that meet at a common spot. Not that far off the highway if you're in the area.
Did it, but not super exciting.
If you're already in the area then it's worth the stop. No difficult hiking, it's just a neat thing to see.
Nice visit to 4 states at one time.
Not really a hike but a waking loop, something to see and do.
Not a trail. :)
Went with family many years ago. As some have said not really a trail
As other reviewers have mentioned, four states corner together here but it is certainly not a trail. It will cost you $5 per person to enter and check it out. There are vendors on all sides of the monument selling trinkets and such. It is nice to say you've been there and maybe buy a souvenir. It's only 0.4 miles off of U.S. Highway 160 if you happen to be passing by. There are bathrooms on site and you can buy food ("Indian Tacos" and more while I was there).
I suppose that it's cool to be in four states at once, but there's not much here except a circle on the ground.
Fun thing to go visit to say you've done it. The only place where you can stand in four states at one time.
This is not really a trail; just something to say you've been there. It is the only place in the USA where four state borders meet: Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The Navaho Indians sell trinkets to the public, and you can get a photo on the spot where the states meet. I was there in the late 1960's, and the visitor center was not there, and it was not that crowded.


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What compels a young man to use gratuitous violence? Is there any way of understanding intolerance and extremism? When is revenge an acceptable motive? Can you hold people responsible for their own intellectual limitations? In her new book, Janne Teller again asks difficult and uncomfortable questions, confronting us with scenarios way beyond our comfort zone. Trenchant and intense, with concise, laconic prose and powerful use of metaphor, she forces the reader to take a stand, challenging us to reflect and discuss complex and controversial issues. Ten stories that get right under the skin – stories about assimilation and exclusion, prejudice and intolerance, murder and the death penalty, identity and learning disabilities, violence and revenge, integration and cultural diversity.
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Galaxy Fighters
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Classic intergalactic space battle.
Developer website: Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
Galaxy Fighters…Your mission: Defend the galaxy from attacking alien ships in this classic intergalactic space battle. Aliens will attack in various formations and you must defend yourself with a battery of different kinds of weapons. A classic favorite, in new glorious 3D! This incredible new action-packed game has awesome music and graphics.
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Animal Man #13 (Preview)
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- Story by
- Jeff Lemire
- Art by
- Joseph Silver, Steve Pugh, and Timothy Green II
- Colors by
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters by
- Jared K. Fletcher
- Cover by
- Steve Pugh
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• It's the story you've been waiting for: "ROTWORLD: THE RED KINGDOM"!
• Part one of a four-part epic in which the Earth has fallen to the Rot!
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Year of The Rooster: Fire Rooster
Here is a complete information on Chinese new year animals. The Chinese animal is the Chinese zodiac. Each of the zodiac sign signifying different animals is repeated every 12 years. Each year in China calendar is symbolised by an animal. Each of the zodiac animal carries different attributes. This post contains information on the Chinese animal of the year 2017 and also all the animals of the Chinese zodiac signs. The 12 different animals are Ox, Rat, Rabbit, Tiger, Dragon, Horse, Snake, Goat, Rooster, Monkey, Pig, and Dog. The year 2017 belongs to the Rooster.
Learn more about Chinese New Year 2017
The Chinese new year animals refer to the animal of the year. Beginning from 28th of January 2017 and ending on 15th February 2018, the year is the year of the Rooster. The Rooster is the 10th in the sequence of the Chinese zodiac signs. Before 2017, the year of the Rooster was celebrated in 1933, 1957, 1945, 1969, 1993, 1981, and 2005. After 2017, 2029 will also be seen as a year of the Rooster.
Chinese Zodiac Signs: Year of the Rooster
As per the Chinese astrological theories, each year is associated with any of the five elements of the world. 2017 is a fire rooster year. The five elements are Gold or Metal, Fire, Earth, Water, and Wood. It is a general tradition all over the world that a person's characteristics are determined by the date, time, and year in which he is born. Hence, there are five types of roosters. Wood rooster, gold rooster, water rooster, earth rooster, and fire rooster. The fire rooster people are very loving personalities. They are popular and trustworthy. They are generous and people love to be in their company. People born in the year 2017 and 1957 are the fire roosters.
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People born in a year of a certain animal are considered having personal traits of that animal or that zodiac sign. Normally the zodiac signs are used to carry out the relationship compatibility tests. The Chinese zodiac signs are used to determine if the relation of the two people will be successful or no. How compatible they will be as per their Chinese zodiac signs. In earlier days, people used to take help of the astrologers. But nowadays, there are also online test methods available to carry out the compatibility tests.
You can just enter your birth date, year and/or time and also the details of the person with whom you want to know your relationship compatibility.
Chinese Zodiac Years & Chinese New Year Animals
The tradition in China is to follow two calendars. That is the solar calendar and the lunar. The lunar calendar has 13 or 12 months. It starts on the date of the Chinese new year. It generally falls from 21st January to 20th February. Each year belongs to a certain Chinese new year animals.
The traditional solar calendar has solar terms of 15 days. It is also associated with the start of the spring. The Chinese new year animals are linked with the Chinese zodiac signs. As the signs are represented by different animals. These 12 Chinese new year animals are related to the daily life of ancient Chinese people. They also hold specific lucky meanings.
Each of the Chinese new year animals sign carries its unique traits. The love and relation compatibility tests consider the traits of each of the Chinese zodiac signs. Those with matching characteristics hold potentialities of having good relations. The compatibility of the Roosters matches highly with the people having zodiac sign as Snake or Ox. Our blog also carries an awesome collection of wedding anniversary wishes and get well soon messages. Do spare sometimes having a glance at them. You would love to woo your partner with loving marriage anniversary wishes. May this year be a very fruitful and prosperous for you.


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To view Variform siding on ABCSupply.com, select the Siding link in the Product menu on the left, and click the preferred material from the list, whether it is vinyl, aluminum, decorative stone or any other material. From the listed manufacturers, select Variform, which redirects you to the manufacturer's official website at PlyGem.com.
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New scientific findings have the potential to produce considerable changes in previous interpretations. Vertebrates are not an exception. Based on information gathered over almost two centuries it has long been believed that the origin of vertebrates occurred "sometime" during the earliest Paleozoic, "somewhere" in the northern Hemisphere. However, discoveries of early vertebrates in the Southern Hemisphere (e.g., Australia and Bolivia) led to a new understanding of the early history of the group. These new discoveries have been remarkable in stimulating new collecting. Recent progress has included the discovery of the "earliest" forms in the Lower Cambrian of China together with new and controversial interpretations of the conodonts.
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The feast of St. John Bosco on Jan 31 was celebrated with added splendor this year, being the bicentenary year of his birth.
Johnny Bosco was born on the 15th of August 1815 in the hamlet of Becchi, northern Italy. His parents were Francisco and Margaret. His father died when little Johnny was two years old.
Despite great poverty and many difficulties in the family Johnny grew up to be a great priest and saint, founder of two of the largest religious congregations in the Church – the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and inspired the foundation of several other congregations, belonging to the vast Salesian Family.
The celebrations at Sumedha had been meticulously planned and organized by Fr. George Malayil, the Administrator with the help of the parish priest Fr. Johnny, the sisters from the two next-door convents, the parish council and the girls from St. Anthony's hostel.
The day turned out to be bright & beautiful. Holy Mass started at 10.30 am and got over at 12. There were 10 priests (diocesan and religious) to concelebrate with the newly consecrated Bishop of Bareilly, Most Rev Ignatius D'Souza.
It was a privilege to have Bishop Ignatius honouring the celebrations with his presence and presiding at the Eucharist. He gave an inspiring homily on Don Bosco about his love for young people and their love for him.
There were about 40 Sisters, several members of the parish and choir girls from St. Anthony's convent school.
After the Mass a delicious cake was cut and a sumptuous lunch followed. Our cook Punita Kujur and & her culinary team did a fantastic job preparing the delicious meal.
Fr. Jose Parappully, Director of Sumedha, was away in Thailand facilitating a one-month programme on "Renewing Consecrated Life: Journeying TogetherToward Wholeness."
He joined the celebration of Don Bosco's feast at the Salesian Novitiate (Ricaldone) at Samphran. There was a solemn Holy Eucharist in the evening, followed by dinner. There were about 300 people – priests, religious, candidates to religious life and mostly lay people.


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Trade shows and business conventions run all across the country and across different industries throughout the year.
Anything Display announces free trade show consulting to help those seriously considering adding trade shows, business expos and industry specific conventions to their marketing strategy in 2013.
Each of these trade show events offer access to a target-specific audience and the opportunity to take an in-depth look at the competition as well as a fresh look at the marketplace.
Attending a trade shows or business conventions is a good idea in 2013. Attending a trade show can be done as an exhibitor or as a visitor, either way opportunities for successful marketing exist in 2013.
Exhibitors will need to purchase a booth and set-up a display to promote to those in attendance. A well developed strategy can even include selling right from the booth.
Attending as a guest visitor allows freedom to explore multiple vendors and interact with others to make valuable business contacts without the expenses incurred by the exhibitor. The most valuable asset at a trade show is the social networking and meeting industry specific contacts. This can be done easily regardless of what it says on the lapel badge.
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With the election of reformist Hassan Rowhani, domestic and foreign spectators look to the new Iranian president for change. How far will the conservative leadership budge?
Iran's recent election results seem to signal a new direction for the country's foreign policy. After his unexpected victory, President-elect Hassan Rowhani spoke about the "victory of the masses over extremism." The election of the moderate cleric has not only sparked celebration amongst Iranians, but raised new hopes internationally in regard to the nuclear debate.
During his campaign Rowhani promised to appeal to the West about lifting international sanctions. This move is crucial in lieu of the country's dire economic crises.
Rowhani has a clear mandate and a great responsibility to the people of Iran - who placed their trust in him - as well to the world, said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in response to the election results. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton signaled her interest in working with Rowhani to find a "quick diplomatic solution" to the nuclear dispute.
How much room for change?
Iranian experts are at odds as to whether such expectations from the West are realistic, according to Berlin-based journalist Bahman Nirumand. He predicts that Rowhani will encounter strong resistance, both internally and externally, when trying to implement his campaign promises.
These opposing forces consist primarily of religious leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the powerful Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran), the Iranian parallel army. For the past eight years Khamenei and the Pasdaran have illustrated their unwillingness to compromise with the West on their nuclear stance.
Sadegh Zibakalam, a political scientist at the University of Tehran, has also warned against too much optimism. "We must not be blinded by this success," Zibakalam said in an interview with DW. "The important institutions of power are still in the hands of the conservatives. Nevertheless they have lost a piece of their power to the reformists."
Hardliners need someone like Rowhani
However, Mohammad Nourizad, a regime critic and filmmaker based in Tehran, believes that it's possible for Iran and the West to regain each other's trust when it comes to nuclear negotiations. To do so, Iran must open its doors for international nuclear inspections, which would require a certain degree of agreement between both the religious leaders and the new president.
Nourizad, who has been repeatedly imprisoned for his criticism of the government, is optimistic that nuclear talks will gain new traction thanks to Rowhani's election. "Ayatollah Khamenei and the leaders of the Pasdaran see themselves at a standstill through the increasing international isolation. Thus, they created the necessary conditions for someone like Rowhani to open new doors."
On the domestic playing field, the Iranian population can expect a reorientation to greater rights and freedoms as a result of Rowhani's election. Under the eight-year reign of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, not only has the economy suffered but the political and social climate had also become oppressive.
During his presidential campaign, Rowhani spoke for the release of political prisoners, who have been held captive since 2009. "Rowhani's power exists in the more than 18 million voices he received from the Iranians. They want change," said Nirumand.
The role of parliament
Domestically, Rowhani will have some options in redesigning the government. He may try to appoint key positions in the ministry and central institutions such as the Supreme National Security Council.
However, it could be problematic for the new president to establish the necessary cooperation with parliament. It is "firmly in the hands of the enemy, and it is feared that the supporters of the defeated hardliner (Saeed) Jalili will continue to act destructively," said Walter Posch, Iran expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Ultimately, said Posch, the parliament will act in accordance to the religious leaders' interests, who "seem to have understood the will of the people, because otherwise Rowhani would not have been admitted."
Almost overnight Hasan Rowhani has become a new beacon of hope for Iranian society. The new president will have a difficult time meeting people's high expectations, says DW's Jamsheed Faroughi. (16.06.2013)
A bombshell in the Iranian election: moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani won by an unexpectedly wide margin. Many Iranians are now hoping for reform - but Rowhani's room for maneuver is limited. (16.06.2013)


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Ginzburg-Landau theory for skyrmions in inversion-symmetric magnets with competing interactions
Magnetic skyrmions have attracted considerable attention recently for their huge potential in spintronic applications. Generally skyrmions are big compared to the atomic lattice constant, which allows for the Ginzburg-Landau type description in the continuum limit. This description successfully captures the main experimental observations on skyrmions in B20 compound without inversion symmetry. Skyrmions can also exist in inversion-symmetric magnets with competing interactions. Here, we derive a general Ginzburg-Landau theory for skyrmions in these magnets valid in the long-wavelength limit. We study the unusual static and dynamical properties of skyrmions based on the derived Ginzburg-Landau theory. We show that an easy axis spin anisotropy is sufficient to stabilize a skyrmion lattice. Interestingly, the skyrmion in inversion-symmetric magnets has a new internal degree of freedom associated with the rotation of helicity, i.e., the "spin" of the skyrmion as a particle, in addition to the usual translational motion of skyrmions (orbital motion). The orbital and spin degree of freedoms of an individual skyrmion can couple to each other, and give rise to unusual behavior that is absent for the skyrmions stabilized by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Finally, the derived Ginzburg-Landau theory provides a convenient and general framework to discuss skyrmion physics and will facilitate themore »
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
three things thursday
2. I'm almost 2 weeks into the Brooks Adrenalines and I'm still loving them. They feel so much lighter than my 2150's and I really like the smaller heel. My shin is still bothering me the teeniest tiniest bit, but I noticed earlier in the week on the bike that it was twanging and that made me notice that my cleat was slightly off-center, so back to the bike shop I go. I haven't been there in over a week, they must be sad and lonely without me!
3. The poet and I are going to lightly and easily jog the Crystal City Twilighter 5K on Saturday evening. There is no effing way I'm going to run at race effort in this heat - in fact, running at a recovery effort is probably still going to give me a stroke. When I ran this race last year, I spent the entire time stressing out about my IT band and my first mile, at 9:29, felt incredibly fast. It's nice to be able to look back and see that, despite the fact that I'm still in PT and working to try and make my body and running better friends, I've come so far. I'm shooting for a 5K in the 28- or 29-minute range, but I really don't care what the clock says. I can go out and run 3 miles without a second thought, and for right now, that's good enough for me. Plus, it looks like it might actually be hotter than the record-breaking temps of last year. Maybe I skip directly to the beer.
It was also one of the first times I hung out with Liz, and now if a day goes by and I don't get at least 37 emails from her as part of the massive CAR blog mafia group emailing insanity, I start to worry that zombies might have eaten her body. Here's to good friends.
Happy Thursday! If you're going to be at the 5K this weekend, let me know so we can high-five and splatter sweat for 8 blocks.
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Have fun at the 5k. Hope you don't melt!ReplyDelete
I have been running in Brooks Adrenalines for about 3 years now and LOVE THEM!ReplyDelete
I won't be doing the HOT 5k...going to see ooooooooooklahoma where the wind goes sweeping down the plain....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Yeah! It's amazing how fast a year goes by, but still so much has happened. At least I'll be able to run it this year too. No matter how long it takes us.ReplyDelete
Happy Thursday to you too! And def. take it easy in the heat I am no longer a fan of evening runs as you might already know...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Let us know how the gait analysis goes, did you go with Amy? It'll be very interesting to hear about!ReplyDelete
Good luck this weekend and when I say Good Luck, I mean, don't have a stroke! :) A year does go by fast!
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Also, the word "insanity" links to Beth's blog? Is that some pot calling the kettle black thing?ReplyDelete
fill your sports bra with ice...I can't even imagine running hard in that heat.ReplyDelete
hahahaha, thanks for linking me with insanity. Also, I <3 dash!ReplyDelete
Hahaha I was JUST about to say, I get CAR Blog Mafia and Beth gets insanity. LOVE IT.ReplyDelete
You are too funny. I love reading your post. good luck on taking it easy and let us know how the gait analysis works out!ReplyDelete
Given how I feel about night races and hot weather running, adding them together means that I will not be at the 5k on Saturday! But have fun and please don't die!ReplyDelete
I hope you learn something valuable with your gait analysis, enjoy the no pressure 5K!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM
I can't wait to hear about the gait analysisReplyDelete
Enjoy the 5K! Try not to melt out there!
Isn't this weather crazy! I agree that a 5k in this heat would be terrible!ReplyDelete
I hope the gait analysis does you wonders. I want to read all about it!
Have a great one! Look how far you've come in that year...pretty cool.ReplyDelete
So eager to find out the Gait Analysis.ReplyDelete
You HAVE come far. And good for you being able to see it that way.
So happy the new Brooks seem to be a good fit!
I'll be at the Crystal City 5k. Looking forward to seeing how I do in 1 billion degree heat :p. Hope the gait analysis helps!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to hear how the gait analysis goes! I would love to do something like that...but am also scared of how much bad stuff they would tell me I am doing, haha!:) Have fun on Saturday!!:)ReplyDelete
Okay, it's supposed to be melty hot here, I mean, duh, it's Texas. But what did y'all ever do to deserve this misery? Bless your hearts, heat is one record not worth setting! Take it easy on your 5K, stay hydrated and have fun!ReplyDelete
Have a great relaxed race on sat :)ReplyDelete
holla back for brooks adrenalines! love mine :)ReplyDelete
have fun at the 5k!
I recognize where you are in that post-race pic :) Gah, what is it about that stupid 5K that keeps people coming back?! Obviously not the 100+ heat....must be the idea of late-night booze, post-race?ReplyDelete
Off to read about the gait analysis!


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10 Reasons to Start a Craft Blog!
- Promote your shop for free!
- Focus your ideas - write it down for everyone to see, this really makes you think hard about each descision.
- Motivation - having people eager to see what you do next helps you get on with it!
- Display more detailed information, images and background for your craft work than can be displayed in an online 'market place' like Etsy or Folksy.
- Become part of a 'crafting community' - make some like minded online friends through commenting on and following each others blog posts.
- Feedback - recieving feedback from fellow crafters or potential customers can be enormously rewarding.
- Increase your confidence by writing about yourself and your crafts. The confidence you gain through blogging could be really useful in other 'real-life' situations like craft fairs.
- A blog is much easier to promote than the static pages of a website as the content is dynamic and can be designed to attract a target market.
- Sharing your crafting skills with others through tutorials and tips can be a great way of raising your profile in the crafting community and bringing traffic to your website (see my posts on good SEO tips)
- Writing a craft blog is great fun, you will make new friends from all over the world and it will increase your computer literacy too!
It's nice to get a sneak preview of crafters items before they are available in the shops too, makes me feel like a privilidged customer Marice


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Target-date or lifecycle funds (TDFs) simplify investing by automatically reducing equity exposure as a target retirement date or a student's anticipated university enrolment approaches. TDFs are the hottest segment of a rapidly growing defined-contribution (DC) pension market. Eighty percent of DC plans in the U.S. and U.K. offer TDFs, with global uptake increasing rapidly. Impressively, two-thirds of all new money in American DC plans is flowing into TDFs. In Canada, most DC plans looking to add choices have TDFs on their wish lists, according to Mercer.
Registered representatives (RRs) should pay attention. TDFs challenge the RR's traditional role of managing asset allocation, and do it reasonably well. The appeal of TDFs is no asset-mix decisions are required. It's no surprise investors are embracing these one-decision products in capital-accumulation plans. If product manufacturers get their act together, retail investors could learn to love them.
TDF principles
The principles of TDFs are:
- Broad diversification
- Reduce equity exposure to or through the targeted date
- Low cost
There are three types of TDFs: 1.0: basic; 2.0: conservative, moderate, and aggressive for each target date; and 3.0: a proprietary goals-based version that addresses what pension investors really want — a no-hassle personal solution that increases the probability of a reliable income in retirement. (See my article "Target Date Funds 3.0" on BenefitsCanada.com.)
Fixed glide path
TDF 1.0 and 2.0 feature fixed glide paths that systematically reduce equity exposure to or through a target date. Many TDFs got into trouble between 2008 and 2009 by holding too much in equities (50% to 60%) for near-dated (2010) funds, losing 25%-30% of their value within a year.


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Thursday was a tough one for music fans across the globe, with the death of Prince. He was 57, and leaves behind a legacy in music and performance matched by few artists, if any.
It was in the shadow of that news we went into the studio, and while the agenda changed pretty considerably, there was still plenty of good conversation on what became a day of remembrances, albeit very different ones. We started by welcoming the great Howard Beck of Bleacher Report, who covered Kobe Bryant for the L.A. Daily News from the time he was drafted through the end of the Shaq/Kobe era. With Howard's help, we look at the guy all of us have spent so much of our professional lives talking and writing about. Then, what's next for the Lakers, and how does Kobe's legend impact the answer?
From there, Andy and I talk about the influence Prince had on us, why we loved the music, and why it's so difficult to digest the news that he's gone.


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Jack Grealish and Harry Winks are bringing it home in two years' time. And was Keano right?
Liverpool find the Grealish rumours 'baffling'. They 'are targeting a higher calibre of player'.
Man United mean business. And Liverpool want a £40m Tottenham target, but not enough.
Jack Grealish has decided to leave Aston Villa after talking with 'close pal and mentor' John Terry.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly identified Jack Grealish as one of his top targets.
Ex-England captain John Terry will leave Aston Villa this summer, the Championship club have announced.
Steve Bruce was left to rue Villa's poor first half performance and a crucial decision not going his way.
Fulham booked a place in the Premier League for the 2018/19 season with a narrow win over Aston Villa.
This was written after last year's Championship play-off final. The point still stands for Villa and Fulham.
There remains one big mystery which needs to be solved around Joleon Lescott's Mercedes tweet.
Can Liverpool bring their transition full circle? Will Ronaldo inspire some Real history? Can Bruce do it again?
John Terry could stay at Aston Villa if they get promoted on Saturday. He won't be playing Chelsea, mind.
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Study Away Guidelines
A period of study in an appropriate country, usually in the junior year, is strongly encouraged for all students of language. Bowdoin College is affiliated with a wide range of excellent programs abroad, and interested students should seek the advice of a member of the department early in their sophomore year to select a program and to choose courses that complement the offerings at the College.
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Adrian Belew – Girl With Clouds lyrics
She makes
Me wait
She turns away
She pretends she doesn't hear a word I say
She's a girl with clouds in her head
Her room,
The sky
She shuts her eyes
And she's never alone even when she's by herself
She's a girl with clouds in her head
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HILLSVILLE — Shoppers by the thousands are expected to descend on the Hillsville gun show and flea market, as well as the Sylvatus flea market and numerous yard sales, this weekend.
Roads in the vicinity are expected to be clogged with shoppers galore, so the Virginia Department of Transportation issued the following traffic advisory.
Travelers heading to the annual Labor Day weekend flea market should be prepared for considerable traffic delays.
Seniors 50 and older in the Twin County area have an opportunity to participate in the first-ever Twin County Senior Olympics on Sept. 14 and 15, but time is running out to register.
The deadline for registration is this Friday — Aug. 31.
The recreation departments from Carroll, Galax and Grayson, along with the Hillsville Rotary Club and Carroll Wellness Center, have teamed up to sponsor the Olympics. "They have worked very hard to make this a reality for us," said Dennis Ward of Hillsville, the event's organizer.
WOODLAWN — Three years ago, when the Joy Ranch children's home in Carroll County added a quilt auction and children's inflatables to its annual open house and alumni reunion, organizers wanted a catchy name and an appealing attraction for the newly created event.
Thus "JoyFest" began, with the theme of "Up!" in its first year and hot-air ballooning activities as its leading feature.
HILLSVILLE — One evening of the 2012 Carroll County Fair will go to the mat with NWA wrestling bouts.
The fair will take place at the Southwest Virginia Farmers Market Aug. 22-26, with the wrestling as a feature event for Sunday starting at 3 p.m.
Colorfully named characters like "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant, Dr. Death, "Man Scout" Jake Maning, Major Havoc, Stan Lee and others will appear.
The event is free with a paid fair admission, according to promotional materials.
HILLSVILLE — 84-year-old Dorothy Lewis has done her part to support Joy Ranch with a year's worth of her collecting-and-crafting hobby.
It takes a little bit of explaining, but her little diorama landscapes, wall hangings and baby baskets all come from Lewis picking up mementos, doodads and inexpensive items at stores to make a some kind of decorative arrangement.
Born and raised in Raleigh, Lewis followed her son's family to Carroll County as they pursued their life at the home for children.
FANCY GAP — David Gelly saw possibilities in the famous fog of Fancy Gap — as a shroud of mystery for the setting in his fictional murder thriller.
He's often driven up U.S. 52 from Winston-Salem, N.C., to his getaway in the mountains, having to slash through fog where he couldn't see two feet ahead.
Like many drivers who have ended up in the multi-vehicle pileups on Interstate 77 or those who struggled to stay out of accidents in the area, the weather made an impression on Gelly.
A Galax native has explored his hometown's darkest corners to reveal tales of terror and the unknown.
Brandon Ayers hopes these legends, extracted from locals and presented by professional storytellers and guides, will educate and enthrall during the Ghosts of Galax Haunted Historic Walking Tour.
A college student is organizing an effort to raise clothing and school supplies to host a Back-to-School Bash on Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon at Cornerstone Community Church in downtown Galax.
With many being unable to afford clothing and school supplies, Cornerstone Community Church member and Liberty University student Abigail Cox has spearheaded the event and recruited volunteers in order to help reach the physical needs of the community.
Becky McLendon couldn't stand the thought of a child going to bed hungry, or someone going without food for days.
After her husband, Sam, accepted a job as Carroll County tourism director and they moved to Galax from North Carolina three months ago, her first goal was to start a soup kitchen at Rooftop of Virginia
God's Storehouse Soup Kitchen will open Aug. 30, and food will be served from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Rooftop, on North Main Street in downtown Galax. The kitchen will be operate Mondays and Thursdays and may expand to other days of the week.
By LARRY CHAMBERS, Staff
Dona Cox of Independence reached a milestone that many people never reach in their lifetime – she celebrated her 100th birthday on June 12 with a party attended by her many friends and family at the Log House Restaurant in Wytheville.
During her lifetime, she has observed history in the making.
When she was born in Macon, Ga., William Howard Taft was president of the United States.
After several falls that resulted in two major surgeries, Norma Jean Carico found the solution to prevent her from losing her balance.
She trained her 2-year-old pit bull, Peanut, to become her assistance dog.
Peanut is the love of her life. In fact, a necklace around her neck with Peanut's picture on it is engraved with "True Unconditional Love."
Once weighing more than 400 pounds, Steve Hooks is now glad he stumbled across spinning class at the Galax Recreation Center.
Hooks, 50, of Galax, was considering gastric bypass surgery to shed the weight before he started spinning classes in January. He has since lost about 50 pounds through the help of Weight Watchers and Doris Spangler, his spinning instructor.
A casual bike rider, Hooks was tired of lugging the excess weight along the New River Trail. Now, he can go faster and farther than before.
This past weekend, about a dozen teams from all over the country pitted their pit-smoked pork against each other at the city's 8th Annual Smoke on the Mountain, a contest of flavor, showmanship and technique.
Teams are evaluated by professional judges both on-site and in blind competition, with points in categories like appearance, tenderness and flavor determining the winners.
The top three teams in each of the three main categories go to the finals, and a grand champion is chosen from among those finalists.
Manage your resources, learn to solve problems, help your neighbors solve their problems and learn the land and its history.
That's the advice Daniel Boyer, 18, the youngest member of the Matthews Farm Museum Board, has to offer to his peers.
Boyer and other board members are gearing up for the Matthews Farm Museum Heritage Day on Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the 21-acre working farm.
As sales slowed and fewer customers trickled in, Rooftop of Virginia management came close to shutting down its craft shop.
But when a new committee took on the job of creating a business plan, the craft shop reopened last month after being closed for six months.
Rooftop's craft shop, which opened more than 40 years ago, will be returning to its original vision — to give people in the community the opportunity to display and sell their made-from-scratch items.
HILLSVILLE — Two recent actions have started educators down the path of building a new walking trail at the Carroll County Schools Farm next to Hillsville Elementary School.
The New River Highlands Resource, Conservation and Development Council, the Virginia Department of Forestry and Carroll schools' agriculture teachers and students recently installed a small stream crossing bridge at the site that will become part of the recreational trail.
Experience "BBQ With Altitude" this weekend at the 8th Annual Smoke on the Mountain event in downtown Galax — Virginia's official state barbecue championship.
The event will run July 20-21, and the food, music and fun goes all day, from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Galax has always been known for pleasing the ear as the world's capitol of bluegrass and old-time music, and its natural beauty is a feast for the eyes. With Smoke on the Mountain, the city adds the smells and tastes of barbecue to its symphony for the senses.
Long-time WBRF-98.1 FM bluegrass radio host Jay Allen said goodbye on Friday to his listeners.
Twenty-three years ago, Allen began his career at 98.1 by filling in at the studio during the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention.
"At the time, I was just doing odd jobs," said Allen. "WBRF manager Zane Bennett called and asked if I could fill in during Old Fiddlers' Convention week. After a few days, I thought that would be it."
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Bulova 1939 Revere
4/10 votes
Manufacture Year:1939
Movement Model:10AE
Movement Jewels:15
Case Serial No.:9137820
Case shape:Square
Case Manufacturer:Bulova
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dail has a border with roman numbers. the center is grey with a sub dial with black border and grey center. Also the bezel can be removed from the top exposing the movements leaving it inside the case.
Not For Sale
Posted September 6, 2011 - 12:56pm
Picture of the back showing Bulova markings please.
Posted September 10, 2011 - 10:45pm
Try the Macro setting on your camera with more light for close-up pictures, Very hard to make anything out on these, it looks like a Bulova stamped case, but can't make out any info on the movement.
Check out this post on taking better pictures courtesy of Mr. Plainsman.... http://www.mybulova.com/node/1222