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I believe in Honey Baked Ham, and Bread Rolls. Every Christmas night, my family goes to my Aunt Terry's for dinner. Everyone would arrive and of course my Uncle Rueben's family would be the last ones there. We would wait for what seemed like hours for them to arrive with presents and laughs for all. I still remember the kiss on the forehead he would always give me while asking me how I was, and my mother was. We had lived in Austin for years, and we didn't get to see them too often. The laughter would fill the room as we played bunco and Philadelphia Rummy. Then it would be time for prayer and food. The food was always Honey Baked Ham with all the trimmings, and bread rolls. Always, always good, and always, always filling. Presents would ensue with cake to follow. Then the night would be over, and we would all wish each other the best till next time.
But the Christmas of 2005 was not the same. My Uncle Rueben died of May of that year, crippling my grandparents and the family to mere carcasses idling around the same house every holiday. My mother went into a deep depression, and the one thing to help her was the memory of every Christmas, watching home videos given to us on newly fastened DVD's. Memories of her little brother, boxing on their beds and opening Christmas presents together filled the living room before his death. But after it was like that video and those memories never existed. She would cry herself to sleep, and I would only be able to hold her and try to comfort a broken heart. But when we had ham and rolls, her smile would return and we would be able to laugh again. Truly laugh, from the depths of our hollowed out souls, so broken only a glimmer of hope might be able to come out.
And it was only at Christmas dinner, once again with the family, waiting for my uncle's family, now known as my Aunt Debbie's family, to make their grand entrance once more. But prayer was not so easy any more. The once seamless strain of words wishing a happy new year and healthy lives once again, now filled with rips of tears from all, and though the children were trying to keep quiet, it was hard not to think about anything else then my 75 year old grandmother kicking and screaming after she realized my uncle was gone. But the food, the food was still just as amazing. The comfort of these two foods was more than words could express. I love them to this day, and every time I eat them, together or apart, and remember the good times, the happy times.
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- A Frazeysburg woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her husband in their home in February.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio - A Frazeysburg woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her husband in their home in February.
Kathy Dufour, 49, was arrested by Muskingum County deputies March 1 after they were called to her home at 11190 Cannon Rd. in Frazeysburg on a report of a possible murder-suicide or double suicide, according to court records.
After entering the home, deputies found Mrs. Dufour disoriented from an apparent overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol, Col. Bryan Hoover said at the time.
Deputies found her husband, 51-year-old Keith Dufour, wrapped in a blanket on the floor of the couple's bedroom. He had been shot several times in the back.
Mr. Dufour apparently had been killed the morning of Feb. 28, two days before his body was found.
Hoover said deputies received a call from family members living in Nevada who had spoken with Mrs. Dufour and were concerned about the couple.
Dufour pleaded guilty to one count of murder Monday, avoiding a trial that was delayed twice for psychological evaluations. Attorneys for Dufour originally had entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
A sentencing date has not been set.


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"Patriots Day" (2017)
By Reid Ramsey (January 14, 2017)
It never feels like long-form television though, and the action scenes are as intense as any action film that came out last year.
Peter Berg strikes again with another true story action movie "Patriots Day" (2017). Berg ("Deepwater Horizon" (2016) and "Lone Survivor" (2013)), who has recently developed a reputation of adapting current events to film, returns for his third collaboration with Mark Wahlberg. In "Patriots Day," Wahlberg stars as a fictional Boston cop who helped resolve and hunt down the terrorists responsible for the 2013 Boston marathon bombing. Wahlberg's Tommy Saunders not only ties the many narrative threads of Berg's story together, but also acts as a stand-in for the true heroes of that event: the people of Boston.
You can question why this movie needed to be made when this was such a heavily documented event. You can question why Berg seems to have tightly cornered himself into this specific genre of film. You can even just decide that this type of movie is exploitative and should never be made (although you'll have to reconsider some household favorites like "United 93" (2006) and "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012)). The one aspect, however, that you can't question when watching "Patriots Day" is the craft.
Berg weaves together an almost unbelievable amount of characters while maintaining a fairly high batting average—a few of the character lines were duds. The film intimately dives into many stories of the heroes, victims, and terrorists with (mostly) grace and aplomb. The opening introduces us to the major storylines including a loving couple preparing to watch the marathon, the humble Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese of Watertown (a Boston suburb) played by J.K. Simmons, a charming Chinese student, and the two terrorists themselves, among others. The success rate which Berg has while editing the many storylines together is astounding.
Berg mainly borrows his "Friday Night Lights" (TV 2006-2011) aesthetic with handheld camera, stylishly realistic dialogue, and his commitment to close-ups. Coming from the show, it makes sense that Berg could employ the same shooting and editing style to bring these stories together. It never feels like long-form television though, and the action scenes are as intense as any action film that came out last year.
All this being said, I myself am still a little resistant to movies of this genre. In fact, I low-key hated the "Patriots Day" trailer even though I maintained excitement to see the movie. The casting is also troubling at times. Alex Wolff ("The Naked Brothers Band") plays Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and while he actually looks bizarrely like the 19-year-old Chechen terrorist, his casting never quite sat right with me.
While Berg hits hard with the violence and bureaucratic challenges of hunting domestic terrorists, he pulls back on the aspect that could have challenged viewers the most. For whatever reason, the movie semi-humanizes the terrorists. It could have fully humanized them and challenged the audience with the thought of them being ordinary people, or it could have not given them much story time at all. Instead it swings back to the middle and spends too little time with them to humanize them and too much time with them to do anything but somewhat encapsulate their acts.
People will ultimately leave "Patriots Day" reminded of the courage and love of the Boston community, as speechified by Wahlberg at one point. Unfortunately that courage and love will only be remembered in response to the acts of terror that for a few short days turned Boston and its suburbs into a war zone in April 2013.


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Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, conducted by Gary Buttery. We fill the stage, but there is room to breath. Some new arrangements appear every year. Some excellent players show up, including several from the Coast Guard Band and from local colleges. Gary invites selected participants to demonstrate the various types of instruments. Young children are invited to join in with bells to jingle in the grand finale. Pizza, sandwiches, and cider are provided between the rehearsal and the performance, and there are no stupid tuba jokes.
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
This year, I attended TubaChristmas in Kansas City, Mo. It is sponsored by the KC Symphony and they prefer you pre-register to play in the event, as they have two performances with around 350 to 400 players each. That's a lot of schoolkids with big horns for the usher staff to keep a lid on.
The setting in KC is very nice, as it is in the symphony hall downtown. The euphoniums were put in the organ loft, and the tubas down below on the stage. Not sure how it sounded to the audience, but it was neat. Not sure I'll be back, though.
In the past, I've attended TubaChristmases in Chicago, in the ritzy downtown hotel with Harvey Phillips and Frederick Fennell present to lead us. I've done St. Louis, with around 150-200 players in a shopping mall.
I organized a couple TubaChristmases in the 1990s in Carbondale, with around 50 players or so in the shopping mall. Years later, after I drifted away from Carbondale, I came back and there were around 8 tubas and 8 euphoniums playing in that same mall. Nice tight sound, though.
I played in Pulaski, Tennessee last year, in a downtown church with around another 8 and 8 players. And barely any audience. But still fun. The next day I played in Nashville, TN in the First Baptist Church, with around 175 or so musicians. They do two noontime shows because so many people want to come hear us.
Not sure which I prefer – the mall setting, where you have a chance at impressing a random person who knew nothing about tubas, or a proper concert setting. Advantages and disadvantages to both.
All this experience has taught me that TubaChristmas is special, no matter what.
Meinl Weston Eb
Gerhard Schneider (B&S stencil) BBb
PT-88 or PT-88+, because I like options.
John A. Logan College Community Band
Old Comrades German Band
Swinging Seniors
TubaChristmas Carbondale
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
411 at Tuba Xmas Chicago!!!
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
I say more than 50 is too much,
Fewer than four is too few!!
Who needs four valves??
Mack Brass Artiste
MackBrunner 210L
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
I always wanted to get four adequate players (2 + 2) (Fewer than four is too few.) and ride around in a van and commit random acts of TubaChristmas.
Don't know if Harvey Phillips would have approved.
alfredr (if the other euph player were more than adequate, I could have been one)
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
It's not the best Tuba Christmas I have played at but I'm so happy that after 15 years without a Tuba Christmas in Lansing Michigan it returned. 30 + of us braved the cold weather to perform Tuba Christmas on the steps of the state capitol building. I want to thank everyone that organized the event for their hard work. Next years I'm sure it will be larger and have more people enjoying this event.
Tuba Charlie
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
"The music" is (certainly) not it.
The H.P.-esque "promotion of the tuba" isn't it.
This is it:
becoming-reacquainted-with, meeting-new-to-me local tuba players, seeing a really-old-guy local tuba player that I only see on fb - and seeing that he's still getting around and doing OK (...as I'm never involved in any gig that involves more tuba players than...well...me), meeting their spouses, meeting their kids, shaking their hands, smiling, chatting, and wishing them all a Merry Christmas...
...i.e. It pulls bloke off bloke's beaten path, if only for a couple of hours...
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
I would add to that: the TubaChristmas in Sioux City rehearses in the morning and then takes the show on the road, playing three times. The 2nd and 3rd times are in public places: at the mall, and at a local cultural/historical center (with a decent stage and chairs) , but the first one is far and away my favorite: we always play in a senior/assisted living center. Bringing live music into a place like that where folks don't have the option of getting out to see any on their own is always a rewarding experience, and for me it puts the "Christmas" into TubaChristmas far better than the carols or festive hats.
Josh Calkin
Wayne State College
Low Brass/Bands
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
Community. The low brass community in SW MO is growing. This year's Tuba Christmas was the best yet, with the most players ever, with room to grow. We had players from 12 to 72, all the way from school band, college, amateur, weekend warriors, band directors, and professional players. The camaraderie and fellowship are what it is all about, and I am confident in the future of our chosen instruments after participating last December.
"Bessophone" w/ 2-piece Imperial Blokepiece,
Lexan 32.6 Modified Helleberg rim & modified .080 extender
Wessex BR115 w/ Wick Ultra SMB6
King Super 20 trumpet w/ Bach 3C/76
Fanned fret bass and electric guitars
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
I did TubaChristmas in Washington, DC in the middle 1980s for a few years. Those were pretty special, mainly because they were led by Harvey Phillips. Many folks from the military bands participated. The overall playing level was very high. We did those at the National Christmas Tree and had a good audience. One year we had a little bit of snow coming down. After one performance I encountered a woman from the audience who was just overjoyed and beside herself by what she had heard. She insisted on taking a photo of my friend and I with the Washington Monument in the background.
Some years later they moved the DC TubaChristmas to the Kennedy Center foyer. I am guessing because it could be a bit too cold doing them outside. I've never been to one of those.
Michael Bell
Austin, Texas
Cerveny 601 Kaiser(1962), Cerveny Piggy(1970s), Reynolds sousaphone (1959)
Austin Civic Wind Ensemble
Austin Brass Band
St. Edward's Orchestra
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
I have only played in Portland, OR. We do a lot of things beside just playing the TC book. We have other music from different sources, the audience sings along with the help of a lead singer on a microphone, local music shops give gift certificates for best this, or worsted that competitions, oldest, youngest. We show the many varieties of instruments. There is a lot going on besides just playing music. Everybody seems to go away happy, even if the weather has not been great. We average 250 musicians.
A new player in this area thought we were weird. So I was wondering What do other TCs do?
Charlie C. Chowder AKA the TubaChristmas E
I cannot compete in costume anymore as mine is too good. Now I get to help present the different contestances. Kind of like a "Vana White" of TubaChristmas, but short and fat.
Re: The BEST Tuba Christmases
I'd have to say 1998.
A small bunch of us were playing outdoors. The owner of the bar across the street says "all of you that are over 21 - come on over! If you keep playing, I'll keep pouring!"
Never knew I had that much stamina.
sorry, I don't do signatures.
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One Dead in Kabul School Bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ A mortar shell slammed into a school east of Kabul on Thursday, killing one child and injuring about 30, a government spokesman said.
Officials blamed the incident on Taliban and al-Qaida renegades, although the area is controlled by a warlord who broke months ago from the former ruling militia.
The explosion happened about 10 a.m. at a school in Sarobi, about 40 miles east of Kabul, according to Interior Ministry official Mohammed Azimi.
Children as young as 8 were hurt, said Rossella Miccio, an administrator at the Italian-run hospital where 18 of the injured were taken. Thirty-five children were in the classroom at the time of the attack, she said.
The explosion happened just as lessons were about to start, families of the wounded children told hospital workers, Miccio said. Relatives described a large hole in the school's ceiling.
Azimi acknowledged he had no evidence linking the attack to Taliban or al-Qaida forces but said the groups ``want to sabotage the security and stability of this government of Hamid Karzai.″
The area is controlled by Isatullah, who once fought with the U.S.-backed guerrilla group, Hezb-e-Islami, in the war against Soviet occupiers.
Later, he fought with the Taliban but joined the northern alliance when they took control of Kabul in November.
The Sarobi area was site of an incident Nov. 19 in which four international journalists were stopped by armed men along the road, robbed and murdered.


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There's enough in each lot to gift a full gaming group.
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Courier Announces Slim Profit, Increase in four-color textbook orders
Monday, July 20, 2009
Press release from the issuing companyNORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Courier Corporation, one of America's leading book manufacturers and specialty publishers, today announced results for the quarter ended June 27, 2009, the third quarter of its 2009 fiscal year. With the nationwide recession continuing to dampen sales in both of Courier's business segments, consolidated third-quarter revenues were $61.4 million, down from $73.4 million in last year's third quarter. Yet by the end of the quarter, an increase in four-color textbook orders, combined with other market factors, suggest a stronger finish to the fiscal year. Net income for the third quarter was $1.6 million or $.14 per diluted share, versus a loss of $12.4 million or $1.01 per diluted share in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, though the fiscal 2008 results included the effect of a non-cash impairment charge of $23.9 million or $1.27 per diluted share. Excluding that impairment charge, net income in fiscal 2008's third quarter was $3.1 million or $.26 per diluted share.
For the first nine months of fiscal 2009, Courier sales were $180.4 million, down from $204.0 million in 2008. Net loss through nine months was $8.9 million or $.75 per diluted share, versus a loss of $7.6 million or $.61 per diluted share a year ago. The year-to-date loss in fiscal 2009 reflects $19.4 million in restructuring and impairment charges taken earlier in the year. Excluding these restructuring and impairment charges, net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 was $3.6 million or $.31 per diluted share. Excluding the 2008 impairment charge referred to above, net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2008 was $7.9 million or $.64 per diluted share.
With consumer spending down and book retailers managing inventory tightly, Courier's third-quarter publishing sales were down, but less so than earlier in the year, with a single-digit decline at Dover Publications and sales at Research & Education Association (REA) essentially flat from 2008. While Creative Homeowner sales were down 38%, most of that decline was the result of the winding-down of its book distribution services earlier in the year.
Revenues were also down in Courier's book manufacturing segment, reflecting declines in all three of the company's principal book markets. Despite the late surge in four-color orders, education, religious and specialty trade sales were all below fiscal 2008 levels as a result of the weak economy and its impact on school budgets, consumer spending and fundraising by religious organizations. Net income for the segment was off significantly from a year ago but up from the prior quarter, largely as a result of the completion of earlier cost-reduction measures.
"Our third-quarter performance inevitably reflected macroeconomic trends across the country and around the world," said Courier Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James F. Conway III. "Faced with the challenging economy, we continued to take pains to operate as efficiently as possible while distinguishing ourselves competitively by helping customers weather similar storms in their own businesses. As a result, we came through the quarter with our financial position still solid and our key relationships stronger than ever. While challenges remain across the board, as the quarter progressed several trend lines turned less negative than we had seen in months. We were particularly pleased to end the quarter with our plant in Kendallville, Indiana operating at capacity and with continued strong cash flow, which enabled us to reduce our debt by $3.6 million from a year ago. And as always, we were pleased to serve our investors with this morning's declaration of a quarterly dividend of $.21 per share, the same as last quarter."
Book manufacturing: managing through the cycle
Courier's book manufacturing segment had third-quarter sales of $52.7 million, down from $63.2 million in last year's third quarter, with operating income of $3.7 million, versus $8.1 million a year ago. Gross profit in the segment was $9.9 million, or 19% of sales, down from $15.7 million, or 25% of sales, in the third quarter of fiscal 2008. The decline reflected the recession's broad impact on sales, pricing pressure and capacity utilization, as well as a decline in revenue from recycled paper.
For the first nine months of fiscal 2009, book manufacturing sales were $153.5 million, down 8% from the first nine months of fiscal 2008. The segment's operating income through nine months was $6.7 million, including restructuring costs of $3.3 million nearly all of which was incurred in the second quarter. For the first nine months of fiscal 2008, operating income was $15.8 million. Gross profit through the first nine months of fiscal 2009 was $26.5 million or 17% of sales, down from $38.8 million or 23% of sales last year.
The book manufacturing segment focuses on three markets: education, religion, and specialty trade. Sales to the education market were down 18% in the quarter and down 8% for the fiscal year to date, with growth in higher education sales offset by continued weakness at the elementary and high school levels, as local and state governments continued to wrestle with budget shortfalls. Sales to the religious market were also down 18% from last year's third quarter and were down 10% through nine months, reflecting a difficult fundraising environment. Sales to the specialty trade market were down 10% from last year's third quarter, but flat through the first nine months of fiscal 2009. Even sales of four-color books, normally a Courier strength, were off during the quarter, reflecting the breadth and depth of the recession, though on a year-to-date basis they remained ahead of fiscal 2008.
"It was a challenging quarter across the board," said Mr. Conway. "With the recession hitting nearly every sector of the economy, customers in all of our book manufacturing markets were affected, and we were along with them. There were some positive developments, including continued sales growth in the higher education market and an end-of-quarter upsurge in orders in anticipation of the coming school year. Also, while sales to the religious market were down, our long experience and strong relationships in this market give us confidence that they will return to historical levels before long.
"In managing through past recessions, we have been helped greatly by our passionate commitment to customers and proven ability to meet their needs in demanding circumstances. These traits have served us well again this year, as we have worked closely with customers to deliver outstanding quality on short notice across a wide range of run lengths. Equally important, once again we have shown ourselves willing to invest across economic cycles in innovations that will help our customers going forward. Starting in the depths of the last recession, we invested heavily in four-color capacity at our Kendallville plant; this quarter we committed to investing in state-of-the-art digital printing through a relationship with HP. At the same time, we have continued to attract growing attention from environmentally responsible publishers with our Green Edition capabilities. By operating efficiently, investing prudently and continuing to provide exceptional service, I'm confident we will not only get through the recession, but become a stronger competitor in the process."
Specialty publishing: offering value to cautious consumers
Courier's specialty publishing segment includes three businesses: Dover Publications, a niche publisher with thousands of titles in dozens of specialty trade markets; Research & Education Association (REA), a publisher of test preparation books and study guides; and Creative Homeowner, which publishes books on home design, decorating, landscaping and gardening.
Third-quarter revenues for the segment were $11.3 million, down 15% from $13.4 million in last year's third quarter. Creative Homeowner sales were down 38%, but mostly due to its cessation of book distribution activities earlier in the year; its operating loss was $581,000, versus a loss of $3.1 million in last year's third quarter. Dover sales were down 8% in the quarter, though the decline was less than in the previous two quarters. REA sales were virtually unchanged from last year, also a significant improvement over the sales declines of the previous quarters. Overall, the segment's third-quarter operating loss was $624,000, versus a loss of $2.5 million last year. Gross profit was $4.2 million or 37% of sales, versus $3.3 million or 25% of sales in last year's third quarter.
For the first nine months of fiscal 2009, specialty publishing sales were $34.9 million, down 23% from $45.4 million in fiscal 2008. The segment's year-to-date operating loss was $3.1 million including approximately $500,000 in severance costs, versus a loss of $1.4 million last year. Of the current-year loss, Creative Homeowner accounted for $2.5 million.
"Our publishing businesses did their best to fend off the combined effects of a shrinking economy, weak consumer confidence and the continuing trough in the housing sector," said Mr. Conway. "Dover expanded its children's line with several well-received titles. Creative Homeowner continued to win awards for editorial quality while reaching for a broader audience with value-priced SmartGuides. And REA gained increased shelf presence and sell-through with the relaunch of its Advanced Placement Test Prep series. All these initiatives were valuable and will continue. Yet we know that the biggest boost will come when consumers and book retailers feel renewed confidence in their financial prospects. In the meantime, we are operating with more focus and efficiency than ever to capture the opportunities that are out there and build our brands for the better times to come."
"With three tough quarters behind us, we are cautiously optimistic about the fourth," said Mr. Conway. "We have no illusions about the depth of the current recession and the continuing challenges faced by companies and consumers everywhere. Fortunately, we face them with solid finances, an exceptionally efficient infrastructure and a reputation that continues to open doors for us every day. Past recessions have taught us to combine discipline with continued innovation, and we are doing that this time, too. Over the course of the year we have repeatedly taken steps to bring costs in line with market conditions, and we will continue to benefit from these measures when the economy turns. In the meantime, we are well positioned to maximize our share of business through superior service.
"While forecasting remains difficult, we expect fourth-quarter performance to be our strongest of the year, as schools and colleges prepare for the new academic year and retailers prepare to make the most of their fall and holiday seasons. At the same time, we believe our sales outlook reflects the realities of today's economy and conditions in our industry.
"For the remainder of fiscal 2009, we expect sales of between $69 million and $72 million, with earnings per diluted share of $.50 to $.60, excluding restructuring and impairment charges, compared to $.59 last year. For fiscal 2009 overall, we project total sales of between $249 million and $252 million, versus $280 million in fiscal 2008. And we expect full-year earnings per share of $.81 to $.91, excluding the restructuring and impairment charges, compared to net income of $1.22 per diluted share in fiscal 2008, excluding last year's impairment charge.
"Factors not incorporated into our guidance include the potential impact of continued weakness in the credit markets on customers, competitors and vendors in both of our business segments, and the possibility of future impairment or restructuring charges.
"In addition to measuring our performance by generally accepted accounting principles, we also track several non-GAAP measures including EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) as an additional indicator of the company's operating cash flow performance. This measure should be considered in addition to, not a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Courier's EBITDA, excluding restructuring and impairment charges, was $22.3 million, for the first nine months of fiscal 2009, compared to $30.2 million last year. For the full year, we expect EBITDA to be between $37 million and $39 million, compared to $46 million last year."
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My grandmother was a gifted seamstress, and taught me to sew doll clothes when I was six, pumping the foot pedal on her old Singer. Through high school and college, I took more sewing classes, fashion programs at Rhode Island School of Design, and designed and made my own clothes.
Years after receiving a degree in Fashion Merchandising, I made a complete career change to attend Palmer College of Chiropractic West. Losing my hair brought me back full circle to create something that heals on another level.
I'm celebrating my seventh year of thriving beyond cancer, sharing Titillating Turbans with women worldwide. I look forward to the day when the only reason women wear them is for fashion. In the meantime, it's my mission to make the difficult ordeal of chemo, alopecia and hair loss less stressful.
Jo has been sewing since junior high school, and later studied tailoring at American River College. She created her own unique outfits when she started working, as well as the wardrobes for her daughters when they were young.
A woman of many talents, she bought her first serger over 20 years ago with money she saved from decorating cakes!
This lady never stops – in addition to the time she spends at Turban Diva Designs, she volunteers with a non-profit organization, the Cut-Ups of Northern California. They create all of their items from donated fabric and yarn, and donate the finished items to local charities and hospitals.
Her previous job at a fabric and quilting shop relied on her to make many of the store samples - quilts, bags, aprons and wall hangings, as well as teaching sewing and craft classes for their clients.
She still finds time for her favorite hobbies of machine embroidery, crocheting, gardening, and cooking.
We love her creative solutions to any sewing challenge, and she enjoys making the many different types of head wear, using her skills and big heart to make them perfect for our clients.
We don't know where Jolene gets the energy for a full schedule in the college Fashion Design program, managing our social media and sewing for our Turban Divas several days a week but she does them all with a smile and boundless creativity.
She does an amazing job of photographing each new fabric as it comes in and building up the excitement and anticipation in social media.
During the cooler months, the velvet turbans are her favorite project because she finds them so festive and pretty.
Jolene has a genuine enthusiasm in both our development and promotion of the product. She is an integral part of the process and is excited to watch it develop as either a welcome accessory for who are in need or those who will love the final result as a special wardrobe classic.
Our wish for you is for joy, vibrant health and to enjoy Turban Diva Designs throughout your recovery time, and for many healthy years to come.
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Independent and rapid creation of congstar campaigns and landing pages with TYPO3 by marketing- and sales staff.
Target audience-specific content pages automatically individualize specific product offers and prices, depending on the referrer link.
Flexible, web-based contract structures reduce congstar's internal service costs and simplify Customer Selfcare maintenance.
"You want it. You get it" - is the slogan congstar uses to attract customers. Now the young mobile carrier is getting what it wants from AOE, a telco E-Commerce framework based entirely on the widely used Open Source Content Management System (CMS) TYPO3. Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary congstar had ambitious plans – moving the entire web architecture to TYPO3 within one year.
For a company to completely switch its business-critical IT is unusual, and courageous. congstar markets all of its products primarily online, so that the relaunch affected the complete company structure. AOE handled the web development, consisting of CMS, product configuration and order processes, campaign management system, customer service, sales partner portal and white label sales.
The new platform is embedded in an overall architecture that also includes a central order management and workflow system, as well as a billing system. To execute the project AOE received the help of capable partners. Workflow expert Compax in Austria handled the workflow component, while mr. nexnet took care of billing handling. Redundancy-free data flows are provided throughout, as are flexible configuration options specially tailored to congstar's agile business. Campaigns and landing pages can be created directly in the CMS by congstar sales and marketing staff, saving valuable time. Previously, the company needed approximately six months to introduce a new product, but now the time to market can be reduced to a few days. A new campaign can be configured and launched online in just five minutes. This is of major importance for a company such as congstar, whose business-critical processes run exclusively online in a rapidly-changing market. Equally important for online sales is content personalization. TYPO3 enables editors to create content for specific target groups. For example, prices or product offers can change depending on the referrer link the user comes to the page from. The system can even be tailored to individual user behavior differences, whether those for returning customer or prospects. Customer service is also key. congstar's contract structures are flexible; customers can combine different plans and packages and change them at any time. Naturally, this also takes place online, reducing costs for congstar. Likewise the Customer Self Care portal can be fully managed and maintained from within the CMS.
The complete solution, "E-Commerce Framework for Telcos" (EFT), was developed by AOE uniquely for use by telecommunications providers and carriers, and was first successfully implemented at congstar. Today, the company can easily manage five million visitors per day and thousands of concurrent visitors with the new platform.
Trendy, courageous, innovative – that's congstar. Launched as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG in July 2007, congstar offers highly competitive broadband Internet access, VOIP-telephony services and cellular phone coverage throughout Germany.
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Ian Skewis was born in Scotland in 1970.
One day, whilst out walking in the countryside with his parents, he discovered the dead body of a man hanging from a tree. Ian was nine years old. By 1989 he felt compelled to write about that day, perhaps in an effort to come to terms with it. The eerie story that resulted would eventually, some 28 years later, become his debut novel. In the same year that he began writing his dark tale, he had his first published work in a local free paper called The West-Ender. He also published some poems, which were subsequently exhibited in a local library, alongside some of his handmade lithographic prints. He was offered the post of editor at The West-Ender, but declined in order to pursue his studies at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen.
In 1993 he made his debut as an actor in the Ramshorn Theatre's production of The Normal Heart. He went on to study acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (then known as the RSAMD). He appeared on film, television and lent his voice to radio. He also appeared in numerous stage plays, including Like Thunder, which won a Fringe First Award in 2001. In 2004 he appeared in his final production, Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, before retiring from the business.
In 2013, Ian returned as a writer.
Since then he has written several short stories, and his debut novel, A Murder Of Crows, went to No.1 in several sub genre categories on Amazon Kindle, including the Scottish Crime charts, and became a Bestseller. It entered the top ten in Canada in their main Kindle chart and was also long listed for the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize.
He is currently working on a sequel, as well as other book proposals and short stories.
A Murder Of Crows
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'Skewis skilfully creates an atmosphere of foreboding from the opening and doesn't let go until, breathless, you reach the last page.'
-MICHAEL J MALONE, Author
'One of the standout thrillers of 2017.'
-BROOKE MAGNANTI, Author
Inkling, (The Speculative Book)
'His Martian vistas, simple dialogues, and dream-like imagery resonated with the same metaphysical surreality as Samuel Beckett.'
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What might a truly African art-rock sound like? This collection poses one answer. Like Fela Kuti, Tunji Oleyana grew up in Abeokuta, a city south of Lagos with a distant history of effective resistance against European encroachment and during the mid-20th century when he grew up vigorous intellectual and cultural ferment. He was raised in a household that valued both musical performance and book learning, and might have settled on a legal career if he hadnt been seduced by the stage in 1960, when he joined a theatre company called 1960 Masks. The leader of that company, Wole Soyinka, was destined to win a Nobel Prize for writings that incorporated Western structural and conceptual innovations without compromising its essential African character. He was also destined to be Oyelanos occasional collaborator for decades; having a guy like that in your crowd raises the bar a bit.
In the 60s, Oyelana juggled theatrical work, university-level musical instruction, and a bit of singing for Orlando Julius. By the late 60s, he led a band called The Benders because of its ability to shift easily between genres, including highlife, calypso, and rock n roll. The Benders scored a hit in 1971 with Agba Lo De, which shared a bass-heavy, clave-driven rhythmic approach with Fela Kutis Jeun Ko Ku. The song earned some Fela comparisons, but The Benders flexibility assured that they never got pigeonholed as Afrobeat copycats. More importantly, the songs success secured additional recording opportunities. This in turn yielded a series of singles and LPs during the 70s and 80s, culminating in a joint project with Solinka called Unlimited Liability Company. Oleyano continued to be an active musician and actor until the 90s, when the corrupt powers that be in Nigeria grew tired of his association with truth telling. Today he lives in London, where he occasionally serenades the diners at a family-run restaurant named Emukay. Aside from three tracks on Struts Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos and Soundways Nigeria Rock Special and Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6, his music has been confined to crates and the blogosphere until now.
You can tell European and American art rock by its ambition; whether it borrows from Bach, Brecht, or Burroughs, it aspires to be something more. Stylistic versatility wasnt so much a distinction as a necessity for anyone who wanted to be a working musician in Nigeria, but artistic ambition was another matter. The same music that we now celebrate as the product of a golden age was perceived in its time as disposable stuff, of no more cultural import than Sugar Sugar or Apple Bottom Jeans. By virtue of who he was and with whom he hung, Oyelano aimed for more. Like Fela, he had some things to say about Nigerias inequities; but rather than just call out the offenders, on Which Way Africa? he evokes a pre-industrial paradise in Yoruba before switching to English to discuss the problems of modern Nigeria. And like many other musicians of his time, his commentaries upon individual travails and current events were rooted in folk expressions. But on Ipasan, he layers the imagery of a harsh traditional treatment for madness (the title translates as Whip) with evocations of Christ-like suffering, and likewise layers traditional festive grooves with a highlife and a hot, Santana-like guitar lead.
Oyelana deftly and self-consciously mixes past and present, insular tradition and cosmopolitan consciousness, using everything at his disposal like Soyinka has done in his writing. He might not get a Nobel Prize for it, but this swell collection will draw more attention to his artistry.
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Louis Matt, III, age 91, of Garnavillo, IA, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, IA. He was born on June 1, 1926, on the family farm near St. Olaf.
Louis attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Garnavillo and later attended high school in Monona. On February 27, 1954, Louis was united in marriage with Armella "Amy" Frommelt at St. Mary's Church in Guttenberg. Together Louis and Amy raised their children on the family farm near St. Olaf. Farming and feeding cattle were his passions. Louis and Amy enjoyed traveling, especially to visit family. In later years, Louis filled his days with long walks.
Louis will be forever loved and cherished by his five children, Bruce (Margaret) Matt, Louis Matt IV, Michaele Matt, Gary (Rae Marie) Matt and Inda (Joe) Pawlak; three grandchildren, Nick Matt, Anika and Jerome Pawlak; one sister, Annette Matt, and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Amy in 2009; daughter, Martha; siblings, James, David and Francis Matt, twins brothers, John and Joseph Matt in infancy, Alice Matt, Vivian Hebb and Sister Edith Matt.
The family received friends from 9 to 11 a.m., Monday, August 21, 2017, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Garnavillo. Funeral services were held there at 11 a.m., Monday, August 21, 2017, Rev. Marvin Bries officiated. Interment was at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Garnavillo, IA.
Arrangements were handled by Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, 001 S. Industrial Park Rd, Garnavillo, IA.


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Vitor Belfort's in an interesting spot come late January.
The Brazilian has a tough fight against Anthony Johnson, but also has a fight likely booked for the summer against Wanderlei Silva. He and Silva are the coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter Brazil." It seems like a possible look ahead spot for Belfort.
Johnson isn't bothered by the double booking.
"That's fine. I'm gonna spoil it. I'm gonna spoil it for them. I'm glad they put that [together], the coaches together for a show," Johnson told Sirius Fight Club on Sirius 94/XM 208. "It's two legends in Brazil. That's great for the Brazilian fighters and the overall MMA community, and for the world to see. Because both of those guys have a ton of knowledge," Johnson said. "Hell, I might just take his job after the fight!"
Johnson, a good prefight trash talker, sounded like he's going to dial it down a bit around the sometimes over-the-top Brazilian fans.
"Only thing I'm worried about is if I can make it out of Brazil or not," joked Johnson. He's noticed Chael Sonnen really stirring the pot around a possible Anderson Silva fight. "[Now] Sonnen needs to worry. I'm not on his level in talking as much as he talks. What he's saying is good for promotion, but it's also bad. There's some things you say and some things you don't say."
Johnson said he's not worried about trying to verbally intimidate Belfort. He's more interested in making sure he's on point on fight night.
"Of course his hands are fast, but I have to stick my gameplan and what I know and what I do best. Once I start worrying about what he can do. Then that's when you stop thinking about what you can do," said Johnson.
The matchup makes for an intriguing fight. It's strength against strength.
The 6-foot-2 Johnson has spent his entire career fighting down at 170. How will he react to a smaller weight cut? Johnson said he'll still be cutting from around 210 pounds. Will his power translate to the 185-pound division? Maybe he does catch Belfort looking ahead. He's certainly got nothing to lose. We'll find out if Belfort, who's biggest weakness is his mental game from fight-to-fight, is rock solid in Rio.
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Samsung Electronics Co. planted its flag in the battle over wearable devices Wednesday, unveiling a digital watch that can run apps and interact with its own family of smartphones.
Samsung, which raced ahead of Apple Inc. last year to become the world's biggest maker of smartphones, is attempting to shake off long-running criticism that it has been a follower rather than an innovator in the competitive market for high-end devices.
The release of the Galaxy Gear, which is slated to go on sale Sept. 25 for $299, comes ahead of an expected smartwatch from Apple. But the technological limitations of Samsung's device, and of others like it on the market, raise questions as to whether this category will take off with consumers.
As Samsung showed off the Galaxy Gear at a trade show in Berlin, Qualcomm Inc. announced plans to ship a new color-display smartwatch, the Toq, in the fourth quarter. The company said the gadget, which works as a companion to smartphones with Google Inc.'s Android operating system, will be available in a "limited edition" for about $300. In June, Sony Corp. unveiled its own Android-based smartwatch expected to start selling this month.
Neil Mawston, an executive director at research firm Strategy Analytics, said smartwatch manufacturers are "clearly still in the experimental phase today of trying to figure out what consumers and businesses really want."
"The first generation of smartwatches this year, from Samsung and others, is likely to see modest global sales in the near-term," Mr. Mawston said, forecasting 1.2 million smartwatches to be shipped world-wide in 2013, rising to 7 million in 2014.
The Galaxy Gear, which has a 1.6-inch screen and weighs 2.6 ounces, looks relatively similar to other smartwatches on the market. But it does have some unique features, such as a 1.9 megapixel camera embedded in the strap and a built-in speaker that allows users to conduct hands-free calls.
"Galaxy Gear isn't just a cool device that complements the Note 3 [smartphone]—I believe it will become a new fashion icon around the world," J.K. Shin, head of Samsung's mobile communications business, said at the launch event in Berlin.
He said the device could eventually pave the way for the smartwatch to become a part of daily life, in the same way that smartphones—once seen as a niche luxury product—broke through to become a mainstream product.
However, the relatively limited functionality of Samsung's smartwatch and small rectangular screen likely will disappoint those who had expected a watch with a full slate of functions and a bendable display that would conform to a human wrist.
The Galaxy Gear also is limited to working in tandem with Samsung's own line of phones. It will be pitched as a companion device to its latest generation smartphone-tablet called the Galaxy Note 3, which the company also announced Wednesday.
Users who buy both devices will be able to read messages, check the weather and take photos on the smartwatch, which will be synchronized to the smartphone and which will run on Android software.
The device will also come preloaded with more than 60 apps, including a step-counting pedometer and S Voice, a voice-activated app akin to Apple's Siri.
But this isn't a device for conducting complex tasks like composing emails or downloading music. It also requires a separate battery charger and isn't yet compatible with Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone, though the company says it is working on that.
In a nod to the Galaxy Gear's initial hurdles, Samsung remained guarded about how well the device would be received by the market, saying that at first, the company sees the Galaxy Gear as a niche product targeting younger, tech-savvy early adopters.
Mr. Shin offered a rough benchmark of about two to three watches sold for every 10 units of the Galaxy Note 3, though he cautioned that this wasn't an official sales projection or target.
Though the Galaxy Gear is Samsung's first smartwatch, the company released a watch-phone, the SPH-WP10, in 1999, to limited success. Samsung claims that the device was the first in the world to combine the functions of a cellular phone and a digital watch.
More recently, in 2009, Samsung launched a watch phone with a 1.8-inch touch screen. But that device, which targeted customers in Europe, sold poorly in part due to the hefty price tag of €450 ($593).
For all of the hoopla around the smartwatch, Samsung's broader fortunes will rest more heavily on how quickly consumers take to the Galaxy Note 3 phablet, the hybrid phone-tablet. The new version of the Note will test whether Samsung's strategy of launching multiple products in different sizes remains a viable strategy.
Based on data from IDC, Samsung's smartphone market share in the second quarter was 30.4%, ahead of Apple's 13.1%. But like its competitors, Samsung has seen a slowdown in its mobile business with margins being squeezed by high marketing costs despite a record profit in the second quarter. The company has been spending billions of dollars on marketing annually including expenses for lavish product launches. The Berlin event has gathered just as much hype as the Galaxy S4 launch at Radio City Music Hall in New York in March.
The new Galaxy Note, which is slightly larger than its predecessor, is better equipped for multitasking, the company says, allowing users to open multiple frames at once. But it also gives the device's stylus, called the S Pen, a more prominent role, testing users' historical resistance to relying on the tool.
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, which featured a stylus in its 1990s-era Newton devices, famously mocked the idea of a stylus in 2007, dismissing the tool with a simple "Yeechh." In 2010, he said of competitors' devices: "If you see a stylus, they blew it."
Mr. Shin, speaking ahead of the new Galaxy Note's launch, said: "We see the S Pen as not just a simple writing tool, but a new communication driver." from wsf


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The term "trading tools" covers a wide variety of applications and utilities with the purpose of assisting a trader / investor in making and implementing is investment decisions.
Trading is an odds based endeavour and therefore we must look to only take trades when they match the criteria of our own trading plan and that have been back tested showing a positive expectancy over a large sample of trades.
Using a carefully selected quality trading tools which complement our trading style by alerting us to higher probability trading opportunities, facilitating a fast and easy execution of trades will improve our trading results.
Trading tools include:
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Metatrader Platform);
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ActivTrades Webinars);
- Demo accounts allows you to practice and try strategies until you are ready to switch to live markets;
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SmartOrder is an application developed by ActivTrades to extend the functions of the MetaTrader 4 platform, increase trading speed and improve the process of managing positions.
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