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Embrace autumn and all of its beauty with our collection of fall flowers, fall bouquets and gifts! Send beautiful flowers in fall colors with unique vases and keepsake fall themed gifts to decorate the home all season long. Or, choose from autumn gifts including fall scented candles, pumpkin shaped cookies, fall decorations, fall bouquets and wreaths or pumpkin spice snacks!


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Top tier US universities expect a minimum combined TOEFL score of 100 (out of 120) and IELTS score of 7.0 (out of 9.0). If you are applying to the most selective universities, they will always prefer the TOEFL to the IELTS.
Dubai, UAE (PRWEB) November 20, 2012
Even though curricula in Emirati national schools have become more bilingual, with teaching conducted in both Arabic and English, the vast majority of graduating students do not have a foundation in the English language that will sufficiently prepare them to pursue undergraduate academic studies in the United States. According to an article in The National published on May 25, 2012, almost nine in ten Emirati high school graduates leave school without the necessary English skills needed to begin an English language degree program. As a result, many of the students are required to enroll in remedial English intensive programs - which can last up to two years - before they join their full degree classmates. Unfortunately, one in five remedial students drop out of the program before completing their first year and subsequently do not go on to complete their degree studies. Weak English language skill development during high school prevents Emirati high school graduates from continuing onto higher education, and poses particularly difficult challenges for students whose goal it is to study in the US.
For motivated Emirati students, there are fortunately myriad programs that will help develop and sharpen their proficiency in the English language. Some programs offer intensive summer long courses that focus mainly on language acquisition and development, while others provide more comprehensive, focused preparation for entering American universities; the right program largely depends on each individual student's needs and preferences. Many large US universities have a language center dedicated to work with international students to improve their English language skills, whether it is for a summer term or for an entire year. One such program is the Intensive English Program at Indiana University, which offers courses designed to support English language skills for academic studies in North America. The program offers eight separate two-month sessions throughout the year. John Hopkins University in Maryland has a long running Summer Intensive English Language Program, as well, that helps students acclimate and develop language skills to study in a college atmosphere. Even Ivy League schools, such as Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania offer English Language Programs that allow students to live and study on campus, while enjoying unrestricted access to all university-wide facilities, such as libraries, gyms, and museums.
Other American universities offer provisional admission to high school applicants that otherwise meet requirements for admission, yet require English language improvement. These programs, long known as "Foundation Programs" in the UK, are becoming increasingly popular in the US. Northeastern University in Boston offers an "American Classroom Program", where international students can immerse themselves in English language preparation before entering university in the US. Upon successful completion of the program, students are offered conditional acceptance to Northeastern University or they can apply to another school. Also in Boston, Navitas at Umass Boston serves as a gateway for international students interested in studying at the university, but need more preparation to meet admissions requirements, which are usually in the English language. Arizona State University also offers an excellent "American English and Culture Program" which has been in existence for over thirty-five years; many international applicants to ASU are offered conditional acceptance to the university once they complete the highest English language level in the program. "We find that international students are increasingly choosing to do remedial programs, especially in English language acquisition, at the American universities they want to enroll in, rather than in their home countries. This way, students are immersed in campus life, a completely English-speaking atmosphere, and a college setting," says Peter Davos of Dubai-based Carian College Advisors.
Language development requires continuous effort and Emiratis can take measures to improve their English language skills while in the UAE. Simple daily activities such as reading English language news and following online discussions of favorite blogs or websites help hone language skills. "Reading voraciously from a young age is the best way to prepare for college in the US," says Davos, "and always look up the definition of a word you don't know to improve your vocabulary." Signing up for dictionary.com's word of the day, which is delivered directly to your inbox, is an easy way to build your vocabulary, as is making a point to befriend and socialize with native English speakers. The UAE is a multicultural country which affords many opportunities to interact with Canadians, Americans, British, Australians, and South Africans, all of whom can help you improve your English. Independent, after-school language centers have also long offered excellent supplementary English training.
Emirati students intent on studying in the US must provide proof of English language proficiency and complete either the TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing Services), two popular English language tests that US universities universally accept and recognize. Both tests aim to measure a student's ability to use and understand university-level English and evaluate how well a student can combine his listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to complete academic tasks. "Scoring well on these tests is critical to show admissions officers that the applicant has the language ability to follow rigorous academic courses at higher learning institutions," says Davos. "Top tier US universities expect a minimum combined TOEFL score of 100 (out of 120) and IELTS score of 7.0 (out of 9.0). If you are applying to the most selective universities, they will always prefer the TOEFL to the IELTS, so always choose the former, if you have the option. Less selective universities may require a minimum TOEFL score of 61 and IELTS overall score of 6.0, with no individual band below 5.5. In addition to these English language tests, students must also demonstrate their English language skills on the verbal and writing sections of the SAT."
"The key to all successful university applications is preparation," says Davos. "Students who otherwise excel at their studies, yet do not have a university-level mastery of the English language by the end of high school may need to invest an additional 1-2 years of studies and potentially tens of thousands of additional dollars in tuition fees and living expenses. This can be avoided through careful and proactive planning." Carian College Advisors will host Booth A204 at the Gulf Education & Training Exhibition at the Dubai International Convention Centre on November 21-23, 2012 and will be giving a presentation on the US College Admissions Process at 11:25 on November 22.

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For owners of standby generators, it's time to schedule an annual maintenance checkup. If you don't have backup power but want it, then start the research process now. Don't wait until after a hurricane to storm your big-box outlet.
Refresh yourself. Hurricanes can lay waste to city water systems, flooding water-treatment plants and knocking out power. Either of those things will mean your water isn't being treated, and it will take a few days to reboot the water grid.
At a minimum, start by having on hand 3 gallons of reserve water per person—that will cover the bare essentials for three days. Gallon jugs of water can be found at grocery and convenience stores for as little as a $1. For more storage, consider a 55-gallon food-grade drum. To treat contaminated water, use 1/8-teaspoon unscented bleach per gallon of water, and let it sit for 30 minutes.
Don't go hungry. In the April issue of Popular Mechanics we built a disaster pantry equipped with a month's worth of food for a family of four for under $500. To make your own, start small by picking up an extra can of corn, a box of pasta, a chocolate bar, and a bag of dried beans every time you go to the grocery store. You'll have a decent backup by the time the heart of storm season arrives.
Know when to hold 'em. Know when to fold 'em. If a major storm comes later this year and the authorities tell you to evacuate, then do it. But what's not as obvious is: If they don't tell you to evacuate, then you'll be doing a lot of people a favor by staying put and not crowding roadways, shelters, and motels.
"Run from the water, hide from the wind," is how Francisco Sanchez, an emergency manager with Houston's Harris County, puts it. Storm surge is the deadliest threat, while most homes—except for mobile and manufactured versions—can ride out hurricane-force winds.
Block that wind. In October 2010 we showed readers how to build and install quick and easy reusable storm shelters. To be ready for the worst storms, start taking your measurements and buying your plywood now.
Contributing editor John Galvin covers severe weather, disasters, and other emergencies for Popular Mechanics. Follow him on Twitter at @JohnPGalvin.


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Best Wifi Smart Plug: Is Your Home Smarter Than You Are?
Best Wifi Smart Plug Alexa: Dim the lights. Turn on the romantic music. Here's a rundown on the hot little items known as a wifi smart plug — the ubiquitous little device that just plugs into your wall socket and gives you instant control of a wide variety of devices plugged into the switch —


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The Strangler
William Landay
Bantam Press
IT'S getting big play in Boston, and, strangely, in France, but The Strangler is proving a sleeper here.
The successor to William Landay's record-breaking debut, Mission Flats, this whodunnit moves around the Boston Strangler killings, and is shadowed by the Kennedy assassinations.
The intro quotes a 1962 magazine ad: "Fostered by the unmatched universities here, hundreds of research-based industries have sprung up on all sides..."
Sound familiar?
As in Ireland today, the Boston of 1963 is a city whose prosperity is surfing precariously on a wave of construction.
The building industry has always been the dream business for corruption, the perfect place to launder money. The New Boston is gangland heaven, a tiger economy swollen by Italian mobsters.
In Landay's happy riff on the clichés, the Daly family are caught in the backwash.
The three Daly boys are a triptych of Irish American stock characters: a cop, a gentleman burglar and a lawyer.
Their family is headed by the classic heavy-hipped Irish widow, her cop husband slain in hot pursuit.
Joe, her cop son, is played for a dumb Mick by the slick Italians. Ricky, the burglar, takes diamonds that prove hotter than he ever expected. Michael, the lawyer, follows his growing suspicions about his father's death.
Their investigations lead the family into the gut-ripping world of the Boston Strangler.
It's the kind of story that could be mushy in the wrong hands, but the immediacy of Landay's observation ("his hand wrung his cheek") slams you right up against the action. Superb.


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Reliance Foundry presents a quick and easy surface-mount bike bollard and bike stand installation method
Reliance Foundry offers bike bollards and bike stands that feature a flange at their base. Using concrete anchors, these bike bollards can be installed on existing concrete to define an architectural perimeter or to create a visual traffic deterrent while providing secure bicycle storage. It is important to note that, with this installation method, the bike bollard will offer little to no impact resistance.
* NOTE: Bike bollards should be left in their packaging until the exact moment of installation
Because installing bollards requires penetration of the concrete surface, it advisable to check for water pipes, gas lines and underground wiring. A core drill, in advance of an x-ray, may be required. Taking the proper safety precautions can help to eliminate expensive "down time" and prevent accidents.
Dirt and debris can affect the line of sight and disrupt placement of the bike bollards. Use a broom, an electric leaf blower or a pressure washer to clean the surface of the concrete on which the bike bollards will be placed.
Site plans are generally created by the architect of the project. The architect will mark the intended location of each bollard on the plan. Ensure that the plan coincides with the site and familiarize yourself with the intended arrangement of the bike bollards.
Use chalk to mark the centre point of each bike bollard. Bollards are generally spaced 4' apart. Many contractors find it beneficial to snap a chalk line to achieve a uniform look in the bike bollard row.
Place a bike bollard over each chalk marking so that bollard's middle coincides with the centre line. Use chalk to create drill-markings for each bolt. Then, remove the bike bollard.
Use a small masonry chisel to tap a starter pilot hole in the centre of each hole marking. This will prevent the rotary hammer from drifting while boring the hole.
Most hammer drills have a depth setting or depth control bar. If depth control is not available, use masking tape to mark 3⅝"on the masonry bit.
Apply force to rotary hammer and create a hole that has a one inch diameter and a depth of 3⅝". Drill on high speed, using the hammer function if available. Check the masonry bit often to ensure it remains debris-free.
If the masonry bit becomes clogged with concrete dust, rinse it in the can of water. If an overly hard patch of concrete is encountered, it can be broken with a masonry nail and hammer.
Ensure that perforated side faces the below-ground substrate and the top of the anchor sits ½" lower than the surface of the concrete.
With the packaging left on, carefully set the bike bollard over the freshly drilled holes. Once the bollard is set in place, remove the packaging.
Place washers over the holes found on the bollards and set the bolts into place. Tap the heads of the bolts with a hammer in order to secure the concrete anchors and then use a ¾" wrench to tighten the bolts. Tighten the bolts evenly in a cycle, similar to how one tightens lug nuts on a car's wheel.
Set the cap on the top of the shaft of the bike bollard. Then, secure the cap to the shaft by tightening the three set screws equally. The heads of the set screws, as well as the insert holes on the bike bollard, are lined with stainless steel to prevent rust. Place plastic caps over the heads of the set screws.
At a distance, examine the plain of view. All bollards should appear plumb with the concrete surface. On level surfaces, hold a level vertically against the side of the bollard to ensure that it is at a 90° angle to the surface of the concrete.
If the bollard was scratched or scraped during installation, it can be repaired with touch up paint, commonly found at automotive stores. Abrasions must be covered to avoid rust and ensure the proper life of the bike bollard.
With durability being a top priority, Reliance Foundry manufactures its products to the highest design standards. Reliance's line of bike bollards are finished with a long-lasting powder-coating. This powder-coated finish will protect the bollard in typical North American climates, however, proper care and maintenance are necessary. In most environments, regularly-performed inspections and routine cleaning will ensure that a bike bollard retains its aesthetic appeal and does not become damaged by the elements.
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Black Squirrel Distillery has come up with its latest spirits offering – Mapleshine. The craft spirit is along the lines of moonshine, and is made from New York State sourced maple syrup. By developing the product, using a NYS indigenous ingredient, Black Squirrel continues to capitalize on a new class* of spirit, which varies from many of the competing spirits on the market.
The unaged spirit is the second product offering launched by the distillery – the first offering released was a rum style spirit that also uses New York State sourced maple (using a copper pot still and aged in oak).
"We continue our tradition of innovation with the release of Mapleshine, yet another product that we meticulously ferment and distill by hand at our facility," said partner Jason Schwinger.
"As a New York Farm Distillery, our goal is to create high quality spirits using New York State agricultural products—in this case maple syrup from local producers," adds co-founder Matthew Pelkey.


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Started in 2014, the Jewish Fair Trade Project is made up of two organizations: Fair Trade Judaica, and T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. The Jewish Fair Trade Partnership assists Jewish institutions and individuals in purchasing kosher and Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate while supporting Jewish communal efforts to end modern-day slavery and to support worker justice. Organizations can purchase these products at wholesale prices for their use, as well as for fundraising.
For each pound of fairly traded coffee, chocolate, tea, and food communities and synagogues purchased through the Jewish Fair Trade Project, Equal Exchange donates 15 cents per pound. That amounted to $777.84 in 2017.
These organizations use Equal Exchange's Small Farmer Fund to educate the Jewish community about the positive impact of fair trade. It conducts an annual campaign with Equal Exchange, linking the issue of trafficked child labor to Passover (a Jewish holiday celebrating the time of liberation); this includes Haggadah supplements, other readings, recipes, as well as the offering of Kosher for Pesach chocolate.
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The Jewish Fair Trade Project includes Equal Exchange kosher certified coffee, tea and chocolate products. Coffee is kosher certified by the following groups: Orthodox Union (OU). Organic Hot Cocoa mix, Organic Baking Cocoa, and Organic Spicy Hot Cocoa are certified by the Kashruth Council of Canada. Chocolate bars are certified by Rabbi Abraham Hochwald, Chief Rabbi of the Northern Rhine-Germany, and most are listed in the Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative Movement)'s Passover Guide as kosher for Passover if purchased before the holiday.
In the spring of 2014, Equal Exchange, Fair Trade Judaica, and T'ruah collaborated to provide a chocolate fundraising initiative for the Jewish Community. Learn more about the first ever Kosher and Fair Trade Chocolate Fundraising Program here.
Other Programs
Building a Fair Trade movement in the Jewish community, Fair Trade Judaica links Jewish values of human dignity, self-sufficiency, and environmental sustainability with Fair Trade standards assuring fair and livable wages, no child labor, and healthy and safe working conditions. Their efforts to create a Jewish-based ethical consumer model include outreach/education, and expanding the production, distribution, and sale of Fair Trade Judaica products. For more information visit fairtradejudaica.org.
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights mobilizes a network of 1800 rabbis and cantors and their communities to bring a moral Jewish voice to protecting the human rights of all people in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. T'ruah has been the leading Jewish organization working to end modern-day slavery and trafficking in the supply chain.
American Jewish World Service was Equal Exchange's first Jewish Fair Trade partner, and started its "Better Beans Project" in 2009. Currently, AJWS's primary focus is: advancing "the Health and Human Rights of Women, Girls and LGBT People "so that they can "stop violence and discrimination, gain control over their lives and bodies, and live in health, safety and dignity."
Equal Exchange is a Fair Trade organization that buys directly from small-scale farmer cooperatives, owned and run by the farmers themselves. Because our farmer partners are paid above market prices for their crops, they are able to make investments in community projects, educational programs, and technical trainings. These cooperative organizations also help keep rural communities healthy and strong, and keep local cultures vibrant. Equal Exchange is also committed to supporting sustainable farming methods that help green the earth through reforestation, natural resource conservation and organic practices.
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Imperial Hotel Gaming room features some of the latest gaming machines, Keno terminal, and link jackpots including the latest Lightning Link Machines. We have also have Ticket in Ticket Out system operation on 23 of our machines allowing you to move quickly and easily between machines.
To add to your experience we provide complimentary tea, coffee and soft drink for machine players, as well as delicious snacks. Our comfortable Keno lounge area is ready for you to watch your numbers come up and play along with your friends; you'll never miss a game. With exceptional service, and plenty of major promotions, we're the place to be.
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A trio of thugs were caught on camera during a stick-up at a Bushwick grocery shop.
The bandits were caught on tape inside the convenience store at the B.P gas station on Bushwick Avenue near Troutman Street, shortly after 11 p.m. on July 7.
The footage shows one of the robbers leaping over the counter, through an opening in a plexi-glass barrier and attacking the clerk. An accomplice, with his face partially concealed behind a bandanna, followed him over the counter.
A third bandit pulled out what appeared to be a gun and held the clerk at gunpoint, while his accomplices looted the cash register before escaping with an undisclosed amount of money, sources said.
At least two of the crooks captured on the video are believed to be responsible for two other robberies in the area, police said.
The pair first struck on June 11, when they stormed into a restaurant on Myrtle Avenue near Bushwick Avenue at 10 :45 p.m. and robbed the cashier at gunpoint, sources said.
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Breathtaking in scope, Midnight's Children distils the turbulent history of independent India through the lives of one family. The novel has become a classic of the late 20th century, winning The Booker of Bookers and bringing fame to its author, Salman Rushdie. The measure of the work's impact is shown by the fact that Indira Gandhi took Rushdie to court over just one sentence unfavourable to her premiership.
Though often discussed, a film adaptation of Midnight's Children has never been produced - largely because of the novel's epic scale. However, this October sees the release of Deepa Mehta's film version. It took the Canadian filmmaker almost four years to make, with Salman Rushdie himself helping to write the screenplay. Mehta explains that the film 'is my love letter to India'. Ironically, given that Midnight's Children tells the story of Indian inter-faith violence, filming had to take place in Sri Lanka, because of fears that Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists would protest.
The Folio Society publishes a beautiful edition of Midnight's Children, which includes vibrant watercolour illustrations by Anna Bhushan and an introduction by Rushdie. Click here to read more.


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Day 1: Edale to Torside
Gowbarrow and Low Fell
Helvellyn and friends
Lake District
Fairfield Horseshoe
High Street and Friends
Loughrigg Fell
Place Fell
Wansfell Pike and Baystones
Silver How
Coast to Coast
Day 1: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge
Day 2: Ennerdale to Borrowdale
Day 3: Borrowdale to Grasmere
Day 4: Grasmere to Patterdale
Day 5: Patterdale to Shap
Day 6: Shap to Kirkby Stephen
Day 7: Kirkby Stephen to Keld
Day 8: Keld to Reeth
Day 9: Reeth to Richmond
Day 10: Richmond to Ingleby Cross
Day 11: Ingleby Cross to The Lion Inn
Day 12: The Lion Inn to Egton Bridge
Day 13: Egton Bridge to Robin Hood's Bay
National Trails
Hadrian's Wall Way
Day 1: Wallsend to East Wallhouses
Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path
Day 1: Thetford to Cressingham
Day 2: Cressingham to Massingham
Day 3: Massingham to Holme
Day 4: Hunstanton to Burnham
Day 5: Burnham to Wells
Day 6: Wells to Weybourne
Day 7: Weybourne to Cromer
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Day 1: Lewes to Alfriston
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Malvern Hills
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Eco Decking Tile from Eco Woods
Available for several years in Australia, Japan and Germany, Eco Decking Tiles are just coming to the United States and is truly a product for all you DIYers. Your deck can be installed in a matter of minutes with these decking tiles because of the way they "snap" together. Screws, nails, adhesives or any other type of material is not needed for its installation. The tiles are crafted from Bolivian Ipe wood which naturally resists rot, decay, insects and mold without chemical treatments making these tiles last longer than your standard deck. Additionally, the hardness and natural durability of this wood allows the tiles to be installed and remain outdoors even in the harshest climates while sustaining little to no damage. According to Eco Woods' PR firm "the Ipe wood harvested for the tiles are regulated by the strictest environmental standards, providing homeowners the assurance, that their new deck is not only beautiful but also ecologically sound." Moving and can't bear to leave your work behind? Disassemble in a matter of minutes and take it with you to your next home. Via ::PR Newswire ::Eco Woods


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This is a velvet strucutured wine with subtle tannins for its youth. A very soft wine on the palate. Full-bodied wine with huge complexity showing black cherries on the nose. Herbaceous character and white pepper support. This wine has been made to last 10-15 years.
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Superior, WI Area Scholarships
Superior is a city in, and the county seat of, Douglas County in the US state of Wisconsin. The population was 27,244 at the 2010 census. Located at the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 53, it is north of and adjacent to both the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior.
Superior is at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin. Bordered by Saint Louis Bay, Superior Bay, and Allouez Bay, it is also framed by two rivers: the Nemadji and the Saint Louis. Superior, and the neighboring city across the bay, Duluth, Minnesota, form a single metropolitan area called the Twin Ports and share a harbor that is one of the most important ports on the Great Lakes. Both cities have museum ships (SS William A Irvin in Duluth and SS Meteor in Superior) devoted to the local nautical heritage. Superior was the last port of call for the Edmund Fitzgerald before its famous 1975 sinking.
Schools in and around Superior, WI
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Four or more years; Public; $13,780 average out-state tuition; $6,207 average in-state tuition
Duluth Business University
Four or more years; Private for profit; $15,750 average out-state tuition; $15,750 average in-state tuition
Cosmetology Careers Unlimited-Duluth
Less than 2 years (below associate); Private for profit
Lake Superior College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $8,495 average out-state tuition; $4,248 average in-state tuition
Regency Beauty Institute-Duluth
Less than 2 years (below associate); Private for profit
The College of Saint Scholastica
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $29,328 average out-state tuition; $29,328 average in-state tuition
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Four or more years; Public; $13,832 average out-state tuition; $11,322 average in-state tuition
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"If you want reliable and honest service, look no further. I have been seeing John and the rest of the Autoworks of Issaquah staff for the past 6 years and have no intention of going elsewhere!"
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One of the laziest criticisms of the Midwest is that there's no "culture" here. The folks behind Collective Quarterly would like to shove that BS down your misguided throats, OK? (Sorry, we didn't sleep well last night.)
The travel and design-focused magazine spotlights one city per issue and does a deep dig into the culture and hidden gems contained within using stunning photography and interviews with local characters. RedEye talked to editor Seth Putnam (you may know him from menswear blog TheMidweStyle and drinking club The Overserved Society) about the new venture and what to expect.


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When I started the site nearly seven(!) years ago, research on women onscreen and behind the scenes was sparse. The good news is that, today, studies on this subject arrive regularly from all types of sources.
Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, and Dr. Katherine Pieper at USC's
Media Diversity and Social Change Initiative have added their latest comprehensive research study of the top 100 grossing films over the last six years to the discussion. I love these folks because their research is broad; they look at women working behind the scenes (and those numbers are strikingly small), as well as what's happening on screen in a variety of categories, including the hypersexualization of girls.
What these numbers remind me is that, no matter how heightened the conversation may be in all quarters about the need to improve gender diversity in films, the numbers are still unbelievably awful for women working in the business. Here's what Dr. Pieper has to say: "Unfortunately, 2013 hit a 6-year low for female directors and writers in the top 100 domestic films. Our other research reveals that there are real and persistent
impediments facing female directors who want to work at this level. It is time for a frank and serious discussion about strategic interventions that will create real change."
But there is also some good news. Last year saw a decrease in hypersexuality of girls onscreen: "In 2013, we see a reversal in a three‐year climb in teen hypersexualization. The percentage of female teens depicted in sexy attire or with exposed skin dramatically increased between 2009 and 2012." Dr. Smith notes, "The findings illuminate that Hollywood can and does change. The reversal of the sexualization trend among female teens should be celebrated by activists at the Geena Davis Institute, Miss Representation, and SPARK."
Here are some of the findings:
Onscreen in 2013 (of the 100 top-grossing films)
Across 4,506
speaking characters, 29.2% were female and 70.8% were male.
- Only 28% of the films had
a female lead or co‐lead.
- R-rated films had
more women speaking characters.
- Comedy has the
largest amount of female characters; action has the least.
- Only 16% of movies featured gender parity.
- One film contained
no female speaking characters.
- Only 2% of films
featured more female than male characters.
Behind the scenes in 2013 (of the 100 top-grossing films)
- Out of 1,374
directors, writers, and producers credited, only 15.9% were women.
- There were 5.3 male
filmmakers to every 1 female filmmaker.
- Only 1.9% of
directors were women. The number of female directors and writers is at a six‐year low.
- Only 7.4% of writers were women.
- Only 19.6% of producers
were women.
Onscreen for the years 2009-2013
Most women onscreen are between 21‐39 years
old. Men are more likely to be
older, i.e., 40-64 years of age.
- 42.9% of children from 0‐12-years-old on screen were female.
- 41.2 of teen characters were female.
- Less than a quarter of all
female roles were for characters between the ages of 40 and 64.
- Females (30.2%) were far more likely
than males (9.7%) to be shown in sexualized attire.
- Females (29.5%) were more likely
than males to be shown with partial or full nudity (11.7%).
- Females were more likely than males to be referenced as physically attractive (13.2% vs.
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Too Bad Christmas is over, this would be on my wish-list.
Stauer is a company that does remakes of historical time pieces. This 1930's speedster is sleek, definitive design–perfect for the NB who makes bold statements with subtle choices. (And at $99, it's a steel steal!)


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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he was not against English language, but wanted that it was not used for official work so that people do not have any problem in understanding.
"I am not against English language. But the official work should be done in Hindi so that people can understand the matters which are related to them," Mulayam said here.
He was speaking on the occasion of Hindi Day function at Hindi Sansthan here. At the event, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented awards to 66 personalities including noted poet Gopal Das Neeraj, who was given the Bharat Bharti Samman, the highest literary award of the state.
Akhilesh lauded the contribution of litterateurs towards the betterment of the society. Mulayam, who was the chief guest at the function, recounted the contribution of journalists and litterateurs in country`s freedom struggle.
They have not just promoted Hindi language, but have also created awareness among the masses, he said.


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Leland Glenna, Ph.D.
- Ph.D., Rural Sociology, University of Missouri, 1997
Research Interests
My teaching and research program is in agriculture and natural resources. Within that more general program, I have three areas of emphasis: 1) social and environmental impacts of agricultural science and technologies, 2) the role of science and technology in agricultural and natural resource policy making, and 3) the social and ethical implications of democratizing science and technology research.
Outreach/Extension Interests
Although I do not have a formal extension appointment, I consider it the responsibility of rural sociologists to participate in outreach activities. One of my most significant outreach activities has been my service as a member on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Task Force on Faith and Genetics.
Current/Recent Courses
- CED 427w: Society and Natural Resources
- RSoc 502: Use of Theory in Rural Sociology
- RSoc 597: Contemporary Social Theory
Recent Selected Publications
Glenna, Leland L., Rick Welsh, David Ervin, William B. Lacy, and Dina Biscotti. 2011. "Commercial Science, Scientists' Values, and University Biotechnology Research Agendas" Research Policy 40(7): 957-968.
Ervin, David E. Leland L. Glenna, and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr. 2011. "The Theory and Practice of Genetically Engineered Crops and Agricultural Sustainability." Sustainability 3: 847-874.
Glenna, Leland L., Raymond A. Jussaume Jr., and Julie C. Dawson. 2011. "How Farmers Matter in Shaping Agricultural Technologies: Social and Structural Characteristics of Wheat Growers and Wheat Varieties." Agriculture and Human Values 28(2): 213-224.
Glenna, Leland L. and Raymond A. Jussaume Jr. 2010. Social Equity and the Genetically Engineered Crops Controversy. Choices 25(2).
Glenna, Leland L. and Robert Roy Thomas. 2010. "From Renewable to Alternative: Waste Coal, the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, and Public Legitimacy." Society & Natural Resources 23(9): 856-871.
Ervin, David E., Leland L. Glenna, and Raymond A. Jussaume Jr. 2010. Are Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture Compatible? Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 25(2):143-157.
Mendum, Ruth and Leland L. Glenna. 2010. Socioeconomic Obstacles to Establishing a Participatory Plant Breeding Program for Organic Growers in the United States. Sustainability 2:73-91.
Glenna, Leland. 2010. Review of Ly de Angeles, Emma Restall Orr, and Thom van Dooren, eds., Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future . The Pomegranate 12(1):114-117.
Glenna, Leland L. and Daniel R. Cahoy. 2009. "Agribusiness Concentration, Intellectual Property, and the Prospects for Rural Economic Benefits from the Emerging Biofuel Economy." Southern Rural Sociology 24(2): 111-129.
Glenna, Leland L. and Georgi V. Mitev. 2009. "Global Neo-liberalism, Global Ecological Modernization, and a Swine CAFO in Rural Bulgaria." Journal of Rural Studies 25(3):289-298.
Recent Selected Presentations and Papers
Leland Glenna, William Lacy, Rick Welsh, and Dina Biscotti. "Institutional Norms, Scientists' Values, and Intellectual Property in the Context of Agricultural Biotechnology Research." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Boise, ID, 28-31 July 2011.
Glenna, Leland L. and Curtis Stofferahn. "When "Farming and Faith Collide": Factors Shaping a Controversy over the ELCA's Genetics and Faith Statement." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Boise, ID, 28-31 July 2011.
Hirschl, Thomas, James G. Booth, Leland Glenna, and Brandn Green. "An Empirical Test of Individualist vs. Social Models." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Boise, ID, 28-31 July 2011.
Recent Selected Awards and Recognition
Community of Teaching Excellence, The Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Science 2011
Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society Award for Excellence in Research, 2010
The Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Science's 2007 Roy C. Buck Award for best published paper by an untenured professor


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In this nuanced and complex portrait of Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick offers a thorough, intricate, and riveting account of the unique experiences that shaped our nationas first African American president. Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, Remnick explores the elite institutions that first exposed Obama to social tensions, and the intellectual currents that contributed to his identity. Using Americaas racial history as a backdrop for Obamaas own story, Remnick further reveals how an initially rootless and confused young man built on the experiences of an earlier generation of black leaders to become one of the central figures of our time. Masterfully written and eminently readable, The Bridge is destined to be a lasting and illuminating work for years to come, by a writer with an unparalleled gift for revealing the historical significance of our present moment. From the Trade Paperback edition.Where I have quoted or relied on published interviews, articles, and books, I have provided the source information in the endnotes ... Mary Beth Cahill; Geoffrey Canada; Paul Carpenter; Bob Casey; Jim Cauley; Lou Celi; Hasan Chandoo; Bill Clinton; ... Marilyn Katz; Jerry Kellman; Cliff Kelley; Randall Kennedy; Al Kindle; Michael Klonsky; Mike Kruglik; Eric Kusunoki. ... David Mendell; Margot Mifflin; Abner Mikva; Judson Miner; Martha Minovv; Newton Minovv; Ivory Mitchell; Eric Moore;anbsp;...
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The taste and aroma of grilled food cannot be competed with any other delicious dishes or food. If a person whose tummy is well fed will smell out the tasty aroma of grilled food then his mouth will be surely watering to have or at least taste the grilled food. That is the speciality of the grilled foodstuff. It is not necessary that only a nonvegetarian can enjoy or have the grilled food instead a pure vegetarian can also grab the taste of the grilled veggies.
The major reason behind this attraction and love is nothing but due to its delicious whiff and the appearance. We can also grill veggies and other foodstuffs in a normal cooking gas or a microwave but no one create the smell and appearance of the food which is being grilled in a grilling machine.
Most of us have being seen an outdoor grilling machine which is being used in the restaurants and hotels that helps to grill the food in front of us. Due to its amazing taste and demand, there introduced an indoor grill which can be used easily within our home premises. Most of the people tend to purchase indoor grill due to their increased love towards grilled food but in most cases they cannot matchup the taste of the grilled food which is being grilled in an outdoor grill. So, in this article you would be informed about the difference between indoor grill and an outdoor grill which will surely help you to clear all your doubts.
Outdoor Grill
An outdoor grill is also familiar to many in the name of Barbecue grill. It is nothing but a device which helps to cook food by applying heat from below. There are also various types of outdoor grills which can be easily used in your backyard or garden. Among the different types, the charcoal grill is being used and demanded more as it helps to provide a smoke taste to the food which is like a cherry on the cake. There are various advantages and disadvantages of using an outdoor grill which is summed up in this article.
Difference between best Indoor grill and an Outdoor grill
Outdoor grill-Food cooked on a grill or a barbecue is delicious and mouthwatering. The major reason behind this delicious taste is nothing but the extreme heat which helps to cook the food to the fullest without overheating the surface of the food. As mentioned earlier, the major reason behind the increasing demand and taste of the food is the smoky flavour. If you are planning to cook in any other type of appliance then you would miss the taste of smoke flavour.
Best Indoor grill- With the help of an indoor grill the grilled food lovers can also enjoy and try different recipes within home. They no more need to wait for the weather nor need to visit the restaurant for grilled food. But the major drawback of an indoor grill is nothing but the flavour. You cannot enjoy the smoky flavour in your grilled food which is being made in an indoor grill. They lack the taste of smoke whether it is being made in an electric grill or any other type of grill. But there is an artificial method to add this flavour and it is nothing but you can add a drop of liquid which is available in the market that helps to provide a smoky flavour to your food. But before adding the liquid you need to ensure that you don't add more droplets as it will end up in a different taste for instance like a chemical or chlorine taste.
The size of an outdoor grill is bigger in size and also very heavier. It is very difficult to carry and maintain. If you are planning to have a kitty party in your house with grilled food as your special food then you need to ensure that you are organising the party nearby to the outdoor grill as it will be very difficult to travel or shift from one place to another.
Whereas, there are various selection and option in selecting the right and best indoor grill for you. Most of the indoor grill are easy to carry and also small in size. They can be carried easily in a trip or a tour.…


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1889 -1962 - East Tennessee
by family members Bob Cox & Dr. James Bowman
He was known as the champion fiddler of East Tennessee. Some people called him Fiddlin Charlie Bowman while others called him Tenn-O-See Charlie. Still others called him Fox Hunt Charlie. As family members, we knew him simply as Uncle Charlie. He was a natural born old-time fiddler possibly because his father, Samuel Bowman, and his grandfather, Jim Bowman, were both old-time fiddlers.
Charles Thomas Bowman was born on July 30, 1889 on a small farm in Gray Station, Tennessee (located about ten miles west of Johnson City, Tennessee). Music was a big part of his early life as it was always being played in his home by family members, friends, and neighbors. Charlie first learned to play a homemade banjo when he was twelve years old. Not long after, he began to saw on the old fiddle, as he often referred to it. He borrowed a fiddle from a friend and learned a few tunes. It was not long until he knew that the fiddle was the instrument for him so he purchased his own fiddle for $4.50, which he later said was the best fiddle he ever owned.
The Samuel and Nancy Bowman family consisted of five sons and four daughters. Each of Charlies brothers chose a different instrument as they grew up. Within a few years, the Bowman Brothers band was literally birthed into existence. The group consisted of Charlie (fiddle, guitar, banjo), Walter (fiddle, guitar, banjo), Elbert (banjo, guitar), and Argil (guitar, banjo). The oldest of the five brothers, Alfred, did not play an instrument. Charlies four sisters (Jennie, Nora, Mary, and Ethel) could also play music, but none of them ever performed publicly with him. His youngest sister, Ethel, had a unique style of guitar picking. The brothers became very versatile over time such that they could literally play each others instruments.
Charlie made his first recording about 1908. He had taken some corn over to one of his neighbors corn mill. The neighbor showed Charlie his new Edison cylinder phonograph that recorded as well as played. Knowing that Charlie was a fiddler, the neighbor asked him if he wanted to make a recording. Charlie went home and returned with his fiddle. The neighbor recorded Charlie playing Turkey in the Straw.
While the Bowman Brothers were not well known outside of Gray Station before 1920, that began to change as they routinely performed at local theaters, schoolhouses, square dances, ice cream suppers, and political rallies. It was fashionable in those days to have a musical show when the school year ended. Sometimes each brother was paid seventy-five cents for making an appearance, but as often as not, they just got whatever came in from passing the hat. Times were so lean they were lucky to get their hat back. Charlie recalled how they would walk long distances through bad weather and mud to get to their performances. Since they did not have cases for their instruments, they wrapped them in newspapers to protect them from the weather. There was no radio in those days to advertise their appearances so they had to rely on the local Jonesboro, Tennessee newspaper. However, since the newspaper was published only once a week, their concerts would often be over before some people read about them. In addition to their being good musicians, the boys were good vocalists and sometimes entertained as a barber shop quartet.
In the early 1920s, a fiddlers contest was held in Johnson City and sponsored by the United Commercial Travelers. Local businessman, Bert Pouder, had heard about Charlies fiddling and wanted him to participate in the contest. He located Charlie working in nearby Kingsport, Tennessee. Mr. Pouder offered him five dollars of his own money if he would participate in the contest. Charlie took the money and bought a new pair of shoes from a store on Johnson Citys Main Street. While walking down the street, he saw several signs advertising the contest featuring Georgias state champion fiddler, Clayton McMitchen. Charlie doubted that he was good enough to be in the contest, but decided to give it a try. It paid off as he won second place and was awarded $25 prize money. Getting paid $30 for fiddling in a contest inspired Charlie to enter more contests.
Over the next several months, Charlie began to travel to fiddlers contests both locally and in nearby states. He kept a log which showed that he entered such events in Tennessee (Bluff City, Bristol, Boones Creek, Erwin, Embreville, Johnson City, Jonesboro, Kingsport, Limestone, Mountain City, Washington College, Knoxville, Lamar), in Georgia (Atlanta, Rome), in North Carolina (Boone, Bakersville, Wilkesboro), in Virginia (Dante), and in Washington D.C. Amazingly, Charlie won 28 of the 32 contests he entered.
Some people complained about Charlie winning so many contests. When the next contest was held, the judges were placed where they could hear the contestants but not see them. Charlie still won. These contests became a way for him to make some money, and at the same time, display his fiddling talents to the public. Fox Hunt Charlie was starting to make his presence known.
By about
1923, Charlie Bowman and His Brothers were becoming well known all over
East Tennessee. Politicians began to use the Bowman Brothers to draw crowds
for political speeches. The Honorable Tennessee Congressman B. Carroll
Reece particularly liked Charlie Bowman and His Brothers and used them
on numerous occasions. This began a lifelong friendship with the congressman.
Charlie even wrote a song for him called the Reece Rag. When
Mr. Reece died in 1961, the Jonesboro newspaper, Herald and Tribune, mentioned
Charlie & His Brothers in an article titled Reece Death Recalls
Bowman String Band.
Charlie first met Al Hopkins at Johnson Citys second fiddlers contest. Al was the leader of his own band called the Hill Billies (also known as the Buckle Busters). The band members consisted of Al Hopkins (piano), John Hopkins (ukulele), Joe Hopkins (guitar), John Rector (banjo), and Tony Alderman (fiddle). The Hill Billies had been discovered by Ralph Peer a year earlier and had made some records for Okeh (a forerunner of Columbia). When Ralph Peer asked Al Hopkins the name of his band, Al responded We aint nothing but a bunch of hillbillies from North Carolina and Virginia. You can just call us anything. Mr. Peer appropriately named them the Hill Billies. Al offered Charlie a job traveling with his band, but Charlie did not accept the offer at this time.
Charlie met Al Hopkins again on May 8, 1925 at the Mountain City, Tennessee fiddlers convention. Fiddle contests had become very popular by then. The crowd was so large at the local high school auditorium that the nearby courthouse and grade school auditoriums had to be opened just to accommodate all the people. Prize money included a $20 gold piece for first place and $40 to be shared with the other winners. Dudley Vance of Bluff City won first prize. Charlie won second prize with the song Sally Ann. Uncle Am Stuart of Morristown won third place. It was during this convention that Al Hopkins approached Charlie again about joining his band. This time Charlie agreed to join the Hill Billies and go on the road with them. The marriage between Charlie and the Hill Billies went smooth because, according to a 1926 Radio Digest They all talked the same language, played the same tunes, and no rehearsals were needed to break in the new trouper.
Shortly after Charlie joined the Hill Billies, they went to New York City and recorded some more records for the jointly owned Brunswick and Vocalion Records. They used the name the Hill Billies when they recorded for Vocalion, and the name Al Hopkins and the Buckle Busters when they recorded for Brunswick.
In 1926, the Hill Billies moved to Washington DC and began broadcasting on Saturday nights over radio station WRC. A March 6, 1926 Radio Digest article titled Hill Billies Capture WRC. A subtitle said Boys from Blue Ridge Mountains Take Washington with Guitars, Fiddles, and Banjos; Open New Line of American Airs. Response to the broadcast was amazing with letters, postcards, and phone calls pouring in to the station from a wide area. Being in such great demand, it was not unusual for each performer to make $25 - $30 a night. This was in the days when $8 a week was a good salary.
Charlie was impressed that hillbilly music was so well received by so many people. This resulted in more records being made for Vocalion and Brunswick. Charlie called on his younger brother, Elbert, to join them and play banjo on one of their New York sessions. The band took an assortment of records to their performances, selling them for seventy-five cents apiece.
It was about this same time that Charlie wrote a fiddle instrumental called East Tennessee Blues for Brunswick Records. Charlie is also credited for putting together the words of the songs Nine Pound Hammer and the companion song Roll on Buddy from a tune he had heard from some railroad workers. Charlie also wrote the words to Moonshiner and His Money, a comedy routine consisting of two fiddle tunes Money in Both Pockets and Boys, My Moneys All Gone. Charlie also composed a song about a famous CC&O Railroad engineer named Fogless Bill. Charlie imitated some dogs on his fiddle on a song involving a fox chase on Buffalo Mountain lead by Tennessees Governor Alf Taylor. Over the years, Charlie wrote twenty-five additional songs, which he kept in a notebook. In addition to the songs he recorded with his brothers, Charlie fiddled or played banjo on fifty-one songs recorded by the group.
Times got even better for the Hill Billies. The White House called. They were asked to perform at a White House social before President Calvin Coolidge. In 1928, Warner Brothers asked them to make a fifteen- minute Vitaphone short for the Al Jolson movie The Singing Fool. It was appropriately called The Hill Billies. This was the first all-talkie movie to be made by Hollywood. Each time the band went to New York City to record for Vocalion and Brunswick, the Broadway Theatre booked them for performances. A favorite of the audience was when Charlie and Tony Alderman stood one behind the other and bowed each others fiddle yet fingered his own fiddle.
In the fall of 1928, Charlies association with the Hill Billies ended and he returned to his home in Gray Station. Charlie found out that the Columbia Record Company had set up a recording studio in nearby Johnson City. On October 16, 1928, he, his three brothers, and his two teenage daughters, Jennie and Pauline, went to Johnson City for an audition. Charlie called on his brothers for studio musicians. The Columbia Record people were so impressed with Charlies two daughters that they recorded two songs My Old Kentucky Home and Swanee River. This is reported to be the first sister act to ever record in country music. Columbia Records also recorded several selections by Charlie and his brothers. In 1929, Columbia Records invited Charlie and his daughters to New York City to record two more songs Railroad Take Me Back and Old Lonesome Blues. Jennie and Pauline Bowman were now making their contribution to the music world.
After leaving the Hill Billies, it didnt take Charlie long to get back into performing. H. M. Barnes approached him in Gray Station about joining his band, the Blue Ridge Ramblers, consisting of twelve entertainers. His two daughters, Jennie and Pauline, also joined the group. During the next six years, they traveled extensively all over the northeast playing the Loews Theatre Circuit. Before their tour ended, they had appeared in every New England state. Jennie Bowman kept a very detailed diary of all the cities and theatres where they performed.
In 1935, Charlie left the Blue Ridge Ramblers and began forming his own bands. He liked to combine his natural fiddling talents with his natural comedic talents. He could comfortably ad lib on stage in his hillbilly costume in front of a large audience. He wrote numerous clean hillbilly comedy skits on small pieces of paper and used them during his acts. Charlie could play fifteen standard and some not-so-standard instruments such as brooms, saws, washtubs, and thick balloons to the delight of his fans. Charlies music has been described as real corn on the cob, shuck your own fiddle music. A 1926 Washington Times newspaper article said He can pull music out of anything from a one-string banjo to an underfeed furnace. A 1926 Radio Digest article says, Charlie plays any ding-busted stringed instrument that is or can be He does mean things with a banjo, a guitar is more easy meal to his grist, while the fiddle he actually makes a fiddle sit up and bark imitates two houn dogs chasing a red fox through the Tennessee hills fiddles his way through a barnyard selection, introducing the cacklings of the foul from gobbler to bantam hen. A 1926 letter from the Ohio State Journal said This fiddler has a lot of stuff that could be used by some of our present day violinists in high class dance bands. Imagine a high-class dance band violinist fiddlin in a barnyard.
In 1935, Charlie began broadcasting over radio station WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky with his own group the Blue Ridge Music Makers. That same year, his group moved to radio station WSB in Atlanta, Georgia. Charlie next joined Dwight Butchers WAGA (Atlanta) Radio Gang. He worked with the Blue Sky Boys (Earl & Bill Bolick) in 1936 and 1937. By 1940, Charlie was playing with the Rice Brothers (Hoke & Paul) & Their Gang on KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana. He began traveling again, this time into the western states of Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and California, forming several different bands as he traveled, including the Southern Mountaineers, the Buckle Busters (the name of his old group), and the Blue Ridge Entertainers. All total, Charlie performed in twenty states over his performing career. By 1957 at the age of 68, time was creeping up on Tenn-O-See Charlie. He knew it was time to give his fiddle and bow a rest.
When Charlie was asked What makes a good fiddler?, his answer was Time and practice. To get started off on the right foot. To learn your tunes correctly. If you like the way a fiddler sounds, try to copy him. Use all the bow when you fiddle not just a portion of it. This gives smoothness and clarity. Charlie Wolfe in his book, The Devils Box, quotes musician and fiddle maker, Ernie Hodges, as saying that Charlie used a fairly good amount of bow, he fingered well, he had a good sense of harmony, he could back-up fiddle, he could do most anything. Charlie credits an old-time fiddler from South Carolina by the name of John Mitchell with influencing his style of fiddling.
Over the years, Charlie was associated with an impressive list of old-time musicians such as Clayton McMitchen, Riley Puckett, Fiddlin John Carson, Uncle Am Stuart, Dudley Vance, James Cowan Powers, the Harris Brothers, the Roe Brothers, Dad Williams, Carson Robinson, Uncle Dave Macon, Bill Monroe (before he switched to Bluegrass), Roy Acuff, Kirk & Sam McGee, the Delmore Brothers, Charlie Poole, and the versatile Vernon Dalhart.
Although Charlie stopped performing in 1957 and was later confined to a wheel chair, he remained active in old-time music. He enjoyed a brief revival in 1960 when a Jim Walsh of Disc Collector Magazine interviewed him and wrote an article where he encouraged people to write to Charlie. This brought lots of mail to his home. Old-time musicians and historians began visiting him at his Union City, Georgia home. Dorsey Dixon, Mike Seeger, Ed Kahn, and Archie Greene recorded interviews with him. Charlie corresponded for a while with some of the people with whom he had worked including his old fiddle partner, Tony Alderman. Charlie also began taping jam sessions in his living room on his reel-to-reel tape recorder.
During the late 1950s, Uncle Charlie was quoted as saying I think it is a shame the way our music has changed these past few years I still love what we now call hillbilly or old-time music. I think it will eventually come back. I hope so. Right to the very end, Charlie never gave up his love for old-time music.
Charlie died in the early Sunday morning hours of May 20, 1962 at the age of 72. His song East Tennessee Blues took on a special new meaning on that sad Sunday morning. His grave marker has these simple words Charles T. Bowman, Fiddlin Charlie, Born Washington Co. Tenn, 1889 -1962. The man who made a major contribution to old-time music was now at rest but the old-time music he was a part of and loved so much has indeed resurfaced to new generations of lovers of old-time music.
Many of Bowman's early recordings were reissued on LPs in the 1970s, but unfortunately, they're all out of print. "A Moonshiner and His Money" by Charlie Bowman and His Brothers is available on the Roots N' Blues Anthology Box Set. Charlie also recorded extensively with the Hill Billies and Buckle Busters, and many of those tracks are available on the Document label.


text: The "Kenny" section of Eric Schlosser's "The Most Dangerous Jobs" chapter in "Fast Food Nation" left the biggest impression on me. After reading Schlosser's first hand-account of the terrible working conditions that exist in the slaughterhouses, reading the anecdotes about how these conditions have personally affected particular workers solidified how bad those conditions are. My disgust with the American slaughterhouses system continued to grow as I continued to read workers' testimonies. I was even more upset by the lack of any mention of lawsuits that these suffering workers brought against their slaughterhouses. I come from a family of many lawyers from New York and am therefore not naïve to the very litigious times we currently live in. However, until I read these stories, I did not realize what a privilege it was to be able to bring forth these lawsuits. Clearly, these workers do not have the money or time to take on a lawsuit against such big companies. Seeing the good the lawyers in my family are able to do for their clients made hearing the workers' stories even more troublesome, because I know how much they deserve. Schlosser's "The Most Dangerous Jobs" demonstrates how how serious of a change is needed in American slaughterhouses in order to protect its workers. More serious unions must be implemented in order to ensure a safer worker environment for workers' protection.


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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Former professional wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against a disc jockey, his ex-wife and a New York-based media group over the release of a sex tape featuring him, the Associated Press reports. Hogan claims that the taping of his tryst with the former spouse of Bubba "The Love Sponge" Clem was illegal and done without his consent. The video of him with Heather Clem was then leaked to Gawker.com, which posted parts of it. He has also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Gawker, which has so far ignored it, the wire service noted.
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Running any type of company often comes with many headaches and worries, if you own or manage a commercial fleet organisation it's imperative to buy sufficient insurance to cover not only the vehicles but the drivers and goods or passengers that you transport from one place to another. Thankfully there are great insurance products you can purchase online from reputable brokers who offer fantastic deals on many insurance products. Check out their websites for further information and prices of policies, you'll be quite amazed at how affordable commercial fleet insurance cover is.
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Avengers Academy #28
- Story by
- Christos Gage
- Art by
- Jim Fern and Karl Moline
- Colors by
- Chris Sotomayor
- Letters by
- Joe Caramagna
- Cover by
- David Lafuente
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
With the current comic market not supporting quirky and fun titles like "Runaways," it's nice to have the book's cast guest-star in "Avengers Academy" #28, the conclusion of a two-parter teaming them up with the regular crew. While Christos Gage, Karl Moline and Jim Fern are clearly enjoying the chance to tackle these characters, it's hard to shake the feeling that this is one-and-a-half issues worth of material stretched into two.
Last month's installment had placed both teams in another dimension to rescue the previously-deceased Old Lace and about to come to blows because the Avengers wanted to have the two youngest members of the Runaways stay at the academy. So this month, the conflict… promptly deflates. It's one of those "don't blink and you'll miss it" sort of moments with all the tension draining away and "Avengers Academy" #28 rapidly turning into a comic book version of a clip show. Except in this case, Moline and Fern still have to draw everything.
It's a strange decision on Gage's part; we're given flashes of backstory for the entire cast, but one would have expected that to be unloaded at the beginning of the two-part story, not at the conclusion. This feels like we're just now having new readers get refreshed on the other half of the characters, but by this point either you're interested in the story or you've moved onto something else. The sad thing is I think the little character snippets are handled well, it's just at a point where it feels… well, pointless.
Moline's pencils look nice and while I'm not used to having Fern ink them, it's not a bad combination. The pair make the other dimension feel lush and untainted compared to the real world and both casts come across well. I think Moline's strength is shown especially when we get all the flashes into everyone's past; with just one panel per character, there's still a lot of energy in those brief moments. That's not an easy feat to pull off.
Despite the strange plotting of "Avengers Academy" #28, I do think Gage clearly gets the Runaways cast and if a new "The Runaways" comic ever started I'd be pleased if Gage was in charge. It's a nice glimpse into what these characters have been up to as well as an opportunity for them to appear again before long. I don't know if it'll happen or not, but I'd welcome them in this book's pages again.


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Important dates
Organized in conjunction with:
IEEE GreenCom 2012
IEEE iThings 2012
The physical things and the human society have formed into the world we live in, however the emergence of the information technologies that enable the new infrastructure for a technical, economic and social revolution have changed the world we are used to. Cyber-Physical Systems are integrations of computation with physical processes. Embedded computers and networks monitor and control physical processes in feedback loops where physical processes affect computations and vice versa.
Social computing has become more widely known because of the proliferation of online social networking in recent years. With the advent of ubiquitous sensing, future social networks will be cyber-physical, combining measured elements of the physical world with manual human input. Social computing also makes it possible to design digital systems that support useful functionality by making socially produced information available to physical things. Certainly, the cyber physical systems will further benefit from inherent social behaviour thus supply better services.
Therefore, the integration of computational and physical processes as well as human's social behaviour exhibits a variety of complicated systems that cannot be analyzed by the computational or physical or social sciences alone. These systems also transcend traditional computer-controlled systems because of their scale, dependence on man-machine interaction, knowledge of social information and their rich communication infrastructure that is enabled by various kinds of networks including the Internet. The interaction and confluence of cyber, physical and social world will produce data in amounts difficult to understand and exploit. It is necessary for a?holistic understanding of the behavior, vulnerabilities and guarantees of such systems and an integrated design methodology to achieve the expected properties.
CPSCom 2012 is next event of the successful International Conferences on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom), previously held as CPSCom 2011 (Dalian, China, 2011), CPSCom 2010 (Hangzhou, China, 2010), CyberSocialCom-09 (Hangzhou, China, November, 2009) and CPSC-09 (Brisbane, Australia, July, 2009). It will be an exciting international forum for researchers to exchange the information regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of cyber, physical and social computing, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future.


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As the job market keeps getting some are applying for postgraduate programs to get an upper hand. Though some may not afford to sponsor themselves for these programs, scholarship programs are now available candidates from developing countries. Here is a list scholarships available for Masters or Ph.D. program.
Korean Government Scholarship Program (S. Korea)
The scholarship is offered to international students who want to pursue Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Korean Universities. The scholarship is aimed to provide international students with an opportunity to conduct advanced studies at higher educational institutions in Korea, so as to develop global leaders and strengthen Korea's friendly networks worldwide.
DAAD Scholarships (Germany)
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides scholarships for international students for a range of postgraduate courses at German Universities which aim at providing academically educated young professionals from developing countries with further specialized studies.
Japanese Government (MEXT) Post Graduate Scholarships (Japan)
The award is offered on an annual basis to those with a minimum of a bachelor's degree, who are under the age of 35 and wish to continue their studies in Japan. The scholarship is offered for both research and taught postgraduate courses.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program (USA)
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program are prestigious scholarships for international students who want to pursue a Master's or Ph.D. degree in the United States.
British Chevening Scholarships (UK)
Chevening Scholarships, the UK government's global scholarship program, are awarded to outstanding scholars with leadership potential. Awards are typically for a one-year Master's degree.
Endeavour Postgraduate Awards (Australia)
The Endeavour Postgraduate Awards provide full financial support for international students from around the world to undertake a postgraduate qualification at a Masters or Ph.D. level either by coursework or research in any field of study in Australia.
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (Switzerland)
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships provide graduates from all fields with the opportunity to pursue doctoral or postdoctoral research at one of the public funded university or recognized institution in Switzerland.
Swedish Scholarships for International Students (Sweden)
The Swedish Institute provides scholarships in Sweden to highly-qualified international students from developing countries who wants to pursue full-time Masters Studies at Swedish Universities.
VLIR-UOS Training and Masters Scholarships (Belgium)
VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from selected developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America so that they can pursue a Training and Master's Program related to development at Universities in Belgium.
New Zealand Development Scholarships (New Zealand)
The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) offers the opportunity for international students from selected developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean to study in New Zealand to gain knowledge and skills through post-graduate study in specific subject areas that will assist in the development of their home country.
This article was written by Luseka Socrates a Capital Campus Contributor.


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47 East 34th Street
New York NY 10016
United States
Keith Steier
General manager
212-599-5060 (voice)
212-369-5080 (fax)
Profile47 East 34th Street, New York, NY
Telephone: 212-599-5060
Discount offered to MHNA members: $1,500.00 off any Kitchen Renovation, $2,000.00 off any Kitchen and Bathroom renovation and $3,000.00 off any apartment renovation.
Company Background
Since being founded in 1992 by owner Keith Steier, Knockout Renovation has completed countless renovation projects throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, ranging from kitchens to the renovation of entire coops, condos and private homes. Our work has been featured on The Rachael Ray Show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, CBS-TV, The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and numerous other media outlets.
Regardless of scope, Knockout approaches each project with a foundation of strong design aesthetics and functionality, comprehensive product options, sound project management, and a commitment to craftsmanship.
Design Aesthetics
Because of its focus on Manhattan and Brooklyn residences over the past 19+ years, Knockout possesses a keen understanding of the architecture and style of homes and apartments in these communities. In fact, to check out some of Knockout's work in Manhattan and Brooklyn, view our photo gallery.
Product Options
Knockout is one of New York's few, true all in one design, remodeling and product resources - offering many highly regarded lines of cabinetry, countertops, appliances, lighting, tile, plumbing fixtures and more. Knockouts designers shop with you and then order selected products quickly, and without hassle. And, in the rare case when a product arrives damaged, our strong relationships with many product manufacturers enable us to rectify the situation faster than if you had purchased the product on your own and usually avoiding resulting project delays.
Project Management
At Knockout, our pride in project management equals the pride we take in the quality and creativity of our design work. Nearly 20 years in development, one of the distinctions of our project management is our implementation of progress invoicing, in which - after an initial labor and products deposit - you pay for our services only as they're completed, rather than weeks or months before they've even begun.
Craftsmanship: Our carpenters have all of the experience and expertise you could hope for, but are far more than technically proficient: our carpenters are true craftsmen, who bring a well-honed design sensibility to each and every project, regardless of scope. They care about what they do and have alot of training in how to protect the surroundings of each worksite. Knockouts hiring process is extremely thorough.
Other Company Info
Knockout Renovation specializes in residential interiors. In fact, we don't do exterior, commercial, industrial or government work. We have a long list of fans and are often consulted by various media as an industry expert.
We specialize in full home and apartment interior remodels, combining apartments, kitchen design and renovations. We serve Manhattan, New York and Brooklyn, New York. With some of the top designers, tradespeople and project staff, we're more than a New York Renovation Contractor, we're an ultra convenient way to renovate your home or apartment.
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) is the only national association dedicated solely to the remodeling industry. NARI's focus is on professional conduct, continuing education and training, and fair and ethical treatment within the home improvement industry. NARI's core purpose is to advance and promote the remodeling industry's professionalism, product and vital public purpose.
National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is a non-profit trade association that owns the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS®). With over 40,000 members, the NKBA has educated and led the kitchen and bath industry for 45 years. The mission of the NKBA is to enhance member success and excellence, promote professionalism and ethical business practices, and provide leadership and direction for the kitchen and bath industry.
EPA Lead-Safe Certified Renovator Lead paint poisoning affects over one million children today. Adverse health effects include learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and speech delays. If not done in a lead-safe manner, renovations and repair activities that disturb lead-based paint can expose children, as well as adults, to harmful levels of lead dust.
On April 22, 2008, the EPA issued a rule requiring the use of lead-safe work practices aimed at preventing lead poisoning in children. On October 1, 2010, the rule becomes effective and firms performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified, individual renovators must be trained by an EPA-accredited training provider, and the firms and renovators must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination.


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Welcome To beVerified
Poor data quality costs businesses and consumers millions of dollars every year. Not only does inaccurate customer data have an obvious financial impact, it can also damage customer relationships and raise exposure to fraud.
BeVerified, Inc. offers the complete data integrity solution providing the short-term capture, enhancement and maintenance of consumer submitted data, an essential foundation for any profitable relationship.
Through BeVerifieds system, we ensure that you have an accurate picture of your customers.
Can you be sure your data is as accurate?
BeVerified, Inc. .... Bringing borrowers and lenders together.


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What We Do > Community Services > Getting around the Shire
Do you need to know more about transport options in the Indigo Shire?
Indigo Shire Council, along with the other Councils in the region, has been involved in the development of the "Getting THERE Network". The Network will provide access to information for people wanting to investigate local and intercity transport, travel assistance services, travel training services and local resources covering the region.
Everything you need to know about local, regional and interstate transport is now available through the Network in four main ways:
What sort of transport information is available?
Through the Website or by contacting the Network, people can find out more about:
For more information contact the Network on 1300 704 530 or Indigo Shire Council on 1300 365 003.
The Community Transport service assists members of the community to access a range of community services and attend appointments. Community Cars driven by volunteers based in Beechworth, Kiewa-Tangambalanga and Yackandandah are now being managed by Alpine Health . Indigo North Health provides a car for the Chiltern and Rutherglen areas.


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A friend who had a senior job in BBC News and Current Affairs through most of the past fifteen years once described Mandelson to me as "simply evil". Listening to the silky voice dribbling out its self serving lies, it is quite hard not to agree with him.
It is quite astonishing to think that Gordon Brown- who even his own side believed had a serious personality disorder- ever made it to become Prime Minister. It is even more staggering to think that Mandelson could not have had his chicanery and charlatanism exposed more completely while he was still in office. As Mr. Blair takes yet more money in order to make his retirement more comfortable, then surely public contempt for the trinity of New Labour must begin to rise.
Brown, Blair, Mandelson.
Names than should live in political infamy for the unprincipled shallowness of their ideology and the moral degradation that they brought into British Politics.


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Putting Glass Walls on Pennsylvania Slaughterhouses So We Can
See Behind Closed Doors
Hatfield Quality Meats, Inc.
Address: 3150 Coffeetown Rd, Orefield, PA 18069
Establishment No.: m791
USDA Inspection Report: 28 Sep 2010
Code: 01C02
Violation: 416.13(c), 416.4(d)
Citation: On September 28, 2010 at 1530, I performed an operational sanitation inspection, ISP procedure code 01C02. While performing this operational sanitation inspection, I observed the following noncompliance in cut, room 2600 1. 0ne combo of hams about 2266 lbs fresh hams contaminated with grease, some of the top section and bottom section of the hams have black grease about 3/8 inch up to 3/4 inch in diameter, grease spots ranging in size from 3/8 to « inch in diameter on the skinned collars of the hams. I took regulatory control action according to 9CFR part 500.2(a) (2) by tagging the combo with USDA Retain /Rejected tag # B24 762091. I informed Lead employee and Supervisor of cut room. The retained hams were reconditioned and re-inspected at about 16:30 I relinquished the regulatory control action at about 14:30. 2. Inspector from kill floor observed tails contaminated with grease spots ranging in size 1/8 inch to Ý inch in diameter. In cut room, room 2600. he took regulatory control action according to 9CFR part 500.2(a) (2) by tagging the comb bins approximately 383 lbs, with USDA Retain /Rejected tag # B24 762080, Mr. and Mr. Supervisor of cut room were notified, The tails were reconditioned and re-inspected and total 40 lbs of contaminated tails were condemned by plant. I relinquished the regulatory control action at about 17:00. I notified Food Safety Supervisor and Mr. Supervisor of cut room, of the noncompliance failure to meet regulatory requirements Regulations 9 CFR 416.1 because of insanitary conditions to ensure that product is not adulterated, 416.4(d) for not protecting product from adulteration during processing, and 416.13(c) for the establishments failure to adequately monitor the implementation of the sanitation Sop. 3.2 (Operational Sanitation Standard Operational procedures) of their SSOP program dated 5/18/10. A review of the establishment operational sanitation inspection form indicated no documentation of the above noncompliance. Similar noncompliance was documented on NR-0058-2010-17159, dated 08/27/2010. Plant preventive measure states" The kill floor chain and rails are placed on the Master Sanitation Schedule to be cleaned monthly. In addition, when hams are being rejected due to grease, they are going to be placed in a vat that is clearly indentified as product that is to be reconditioned." Due to the repetitive nature of this regulatory noncompliance, it is reasonable to conclude that the proposed preventive measure were ineffective. This issue was discussed with plant management during the weekly meeting on 08/13/2010 and 08/27/2010. Furthermore, plant management is hereby notified with this noncompliance report in writing that failure to provide meaningful corrective / preventive measure may result additional regulatory and /or administrative action.
416.13(c) Each official establishment shall monitor daily the implementation of the procedures in the Sanitation SOP's.
416.4(d) Product must be protected from adulteration during processing, handling, storage, loading, and unloading at and during transportation from official establishments.
Next Report: USDA Inspection Report: 6 Oct 2010
Previous Report: USDA Inspection Report: 28 Sep 2010
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Specifications Of Quality Mobile Phone Distributors
Whenever a person decides to start and run a business that intends to deal with mobile phones as well as their accessories; they should be ready to abide by some rules of business. All in all, these rules are directed to please the retailers, who make a great percentage of the market supplied by suppliers, establish a trustworthy business relationship. Some of these principles are discussed as follows. As a mobile phone distributor your prices ought to be relatively lower or affordable. In order to get to sell at considerable prices, you may choose to reduce the prices for buyers who achieve a set target of purchases, you can also discount slow moving products like new arrivals of the market to create awareness to the customers. A supplier can also decide to allow discounts to any purchases made by a buyer who had never bought from the business before which helps the buyer be attracted to buying from the supplier more repeatedly in future.
A supplier is also expected to trace sources that are trustable to provide products that are not faked at all costs. This is easily arrived at by sourcing your products from a regional or worldwide producer who has been involved in the sector for a long time and is registered as well. Remember phone products may be similar but differentiated. Do not forget that phones and accessories can have similar outlook but still function differently. Take much care when dealing with devices like phones and mind monitoring your source keenly. This is important since once your customer notices a poor quality product, they may assume that all the rest have similar defects; which may cause them to boycott you as their supplier. At times credit selling may be applied to keep the customers in close contact and build more trust in you, also prefer to allow credits to your frequent customers.
When a wholesaler offers uncharged services free shipment to the customers they are likely to attract new customers increasing sales and therefore chances of increased profits. In order to please the customers, the supplier may promise to cater for all repairs that may arise. All after sale services help the customers improve their business relationship with the supplier. As a result, this makes the customers believe that their suppliers can deliver better services even in future.
A distributor that is more serious with their business is likely to have designed a website that contains all details of the business. Creating a website enables the supplier reach a large market without need for travelling all way to convince retailers and sell to them. In the website also include your details like on how the supplier can be reached. Meaningful information like b business policies can be included as well. A supplier who is serious with their business is likely to have large stocks in their premises. Keep your stock up to date with the changing technology.
Taking seriously the above tips one can set a mobile supplying business running.
What You Should Know About Phones This Year


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Robert Tunmire
Executive Vice President, Dwyer Group®
Robert has 40 years of experience in the franchising industry. His association with Dwyer Group dates back to 1975 when he became a franchisee of Rainbow International® Carpet Dyeing & Cleaning Company. In 1982, Robert joined the world headquarters staff and has since served in several capacities. He was the executive vice president of franchise counseling for Rainbow International until 1989. At this time, Robert became the president of Mr. Rooter® Corporation. In 1993, Robert was appointed executive vice president of Dwyer Group and, in 1998, he was also appointed president of Glass Doctor®.
Successful Franchisee
Robert stepped away from his role as Glass Doctor president in 2005 to concentrate on all activities of the franchise sales department for all Dwyer Group brands as executive vice president. He has also served as president and CEO of Dwyer Group.
Robert takes an active role in the training of all new franchisees and in the growth of Dwyer Group brands. He leads the franchise development team and speaks with many of the franchisees on a regular basis. Robert was also on the board of directors for the National Fellowship of Catholic Men.
Contact Dwyer Group today.