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Allies: The Dhak group, select members of United Nations gang.
Enemies: Red Scorpions, some Independent Soldiers and the Hells Angels.
The three Duhre brothers are now two after Sandip's public execution at the Sheraton Wall Centre's posh Café One in January 2012.
Sandip (Dip) Singh Duhre, dead at 36, left the control of 50 to 100 street soldiers and much of the Fraser Valley's drug trade to his brothers Balraj, 38, and Paul, 35.
The Duhres grew up in North Vancouver reportedly under the tutelage of Persian Pride gang members, and were understudies of slain Indo-Canadian gangster Bindy Johal in the 1990's.
They would later relocate to Surrey, where in 1997 police swooped in on the Duhre family home and arrested all three brothers for obstruction of justice, as well as Johal.
Johal would be shot in the head on the dance floor of Vancouver's Palladium nightclub one year later on December 20, 1998.
In his youth, Sandip was said to have been a joker who liked to have fun. Bigger brother Balraj was the brawn while very little is known about Paul.
Balraj would be the first Duhre to have an attempt on his life after surviving a bullet wound to the face in a failed 2003 Surrey hit, as well as escaping wounded from a targeted shooting in an East Vancouver Vietnamese restaurant in July 2005.
In May 2005, an attempted hit of Sandip at a Surrey convenience store took the life of his Egyptian-born friend, Dean Mohamed Elshamy.
Sandip and Balraj would escape another targeted hit three months later after the bulletproof BMW they were riding in was shot up in East Vancouver.
In January 2009, Sandip was the target of yet another foiled murder-for-hire plot meant to have taken place outside his Surrey home. Marked for death, he reportedly left the province later in 2009 before returning to the Lower Mainland to fill the power vacuum left by the 2010 arrests of rival leaders from the United Nations and Red Scorpions gangs.
Police said the Duhres were trying to spread across Metro Vancouver in 2010 with their allies, the Dhak group – another Indo-Canadian gang.
Dhak kingpin Gurmit Singh Dhak, 32, was brazenly shot dead at Metrotown shopping centre in October 2010. Younger brother Sukh Dhak, 27, now leads.
Some of the same muscle and drug enforcers who worked for the now-beleaguered Bacon brothers and UN gang currently work for the Duhres — who the Abbotsford police identified in late 2010 as running the city's drug trade.
The Duhres have also expanded their empire to Smithers in northern B.C. in 2010.
The Duhres are suspected of involvement in the August 2011 Kelowna casino shooting that killed Abbotsford's Jonathan Bacon and wounded full-patch Hells Angel Larry Amero and James Riach of the Independent Soldiers gang.
It has been reported that Sandip was a one-time ally and mentor of the Bacon brothers.
In September 2011, the Gang Task Force issued a public warning regarding the Duhres and Dhaks, saying anyone associated with them is subject to retaliation.
A number of drug arrests in Abbotsford in 2010 and 2011 involved persons believed to be associated to the Duhre group.
The Duhre's have largely avoided significant charges and incarceration. Sandip has been convicted of uttering threats and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Balraj was sentenced to 60 days in jail for escaping lawful custody in 1995, and in June of 1997 was charged with assault and served five months.
For the Duhre's, Sandip's murder was the culmination of a tit-for-tat series of hits that has yet to cease.
His execution came less than a week after well-known Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema was released from a California prison after a drug trafficking conviction.
Cheema was shot dead in front of his parents South Slope home in May, 2012. He was one of the last living original gangsters from the Bindy Johal era, and his funeral was attended by several hundred mourners.


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As the name implies, Biennials are held every two years. These extremely popular events generally last a week and give attendees a chance to see a wide variety of palms both in cultivated gardens as well as in their native habitats. Palm experts from various parts of the world give entertaining talks during the course of the week that increase each registrant's knowledge about this fascinating plant family. Some of the most knowledgeable palm people in the world attend these events and always welcome questions from anyone who asks. Last but certainly not least, attendees get a chance to meet other people from every corner of the globe that share their enthusiasm about palms. It is a chance to learn and to socialize. Long lasting friendships are formed and attendees look forward to a chance to renew those friendships and make new ones at each succeeding Biennial. Generally 150 to 200 people make the trip to a biennial.
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Last week, Mr Vegan Eats & Treats went out of town for a few days. This almost never happens. I took advantage of that opportunity to eat a random assortment of odds-n-ends from the pantry and the freezer and the fridge. I wouldn't really call them "complete meals," but I made some solid headway on a few things that had been lost without a recipe to call home.
The end result was a pretty empty fridge. Happily, the Saturday morning Farmers' Market came along and solved that problem in one fell swoop. I go to the market super early - at 7:30 am before my 8:00 am workout. Maybe that's not early to you, but it's early for me... especially on a Saturday! The great thing about going early is nothing is sold out yet, and you can have your pick of all the best produce. I feel so totally lucky to live in a place with all this glorious, mostly organic, local, vibrant produce to choose from!
I really cleaned up and got one million delicious goodies. All of this went into a giant pot of minestrone soup, Easter brunch (see previous post), Giant Salad Night, and then a few other assorted snacks and nibbles.
In case you're into lists, here's what I got:
1 leek
1 bunch celery
4 small sweet red bell peppers
5 heads assorted baby lettuce
2 lbs red new potatoes
2 small zucchini
big bag of sugar snap peas (snacking heaven!)
4 smallish red onions
2 baskets of bright red cherry tomatoes
1 tub Dill Pickle Sauerkraut (my favorite!)
1 bunch fresh dill
1/2 lb green beans
3 baskets strawberries (long gone!)
1 head of garlic (roasted, into minestrone - thanks, Jess!)
1 bunch of asparagus
1 small broccoli
2 bunches of carrots
1 bunch of green onions
3 small Haas avocados
1 bacon avocado
1 lb sliced mushrooms (they come pre-sliced! perfect for lazy me!)
1 bag of sunchokes for my friend Sophia


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Extensive library of socially responsible, celebrity-celebrated body, bath, skincare & makeup products
Customer Reviews
All reviews are from people who have redeemed deals with this merchant.
What You'll Get
Like german shepherds, human bodies demand treats before they'll sit quietly for piano recitals or chase off nut-stealing squirrels. Reward an obedient exterior with this Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of in-store merchandise, including sale items, at The Body Shop. Each Groupon includes a free Beauty Card for customers who provide The Body Shop with their email addresses (except in California). This card is valid for 10% off any purchases in the next 3 months. Click here to find your nearest retail location.
A purveyor of bath and beauty products for more than three decades, The Body Shop stocks an array of finely wrought and socially responsible splendor serums. Patrons can treat epidermal taste buds to a buffet of body butters ($6+) designed to keep hides soft, moisturized, and invisible to most carnivorous plants. The line includes fragrances such as satsuma, which introduces skin to an invigorating dose of essential citrus oil, as well as the antioxidant-rich shea body butter, which has been celebrated by celebrities including David Beckham and Reese Witherspoon. The Body Shop's innovations also include candles, diffusers, and other home fragrances.
Natural and sustainable materials used in products sourced through the company's Community Trade program allow products such as the tea-tree skin-clearing facial wash ($11/8.4 fl. oz.) and vitamin E moisture serum ($21/1 fl. oz.) to keep skin surfaces smooth and refined and provide reliable income and market access to more than 25,000 people in marginalized locales around the globe.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Jun 30, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 2/person. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only in The Body Shop US retail stores; not valid at other retailers. Not valid online. Not valid toward purchase of gift card or "Love Your Body" membership card. Valid toward sale items. Valid with existing "Love Your Body" membership card. Non-transferable. Clients may provide email address to The Body Shop to receive Beauty Card valid for 10% off through 7/31/12, starting with next purchase. Card signup not reqd; card offer not valid in CA or with "Love Your Body" membership card. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About The Body Shop
To call The Body Shop a mere skin and body care store is to miss half of what makes it special. Late founder Dame Anita Roddick was a pioneer for ethical business practices; upon opening her first store in Brighton, England, in 1976, she developed company values such as "Defend Human Rights" and "Protect The Planet." She somehow balanced principles and profit, partnering in global campaigns with UNICEF, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, and the United Nations, all while ultimately expanding her brand into 2,500 locations in over 60 international markets. After her death in 2007, then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, "She campaigned for green issues for many years before it became fashionable to do so and inspired millions to the cause by bringing sustainable products to a mass market. . . . She was an inspiration."
Indeed, the Body Shop exhibits an eco-friendliness and social consciousness that's hard to come by in a company of its size. Its products have been fair-trade since 1987, and its Against Animal Testing movement led to an EU-wide ban of animal testing of cosmetics. The products are made from ingredients harvested from around the world: shea butter from Ghana goes into body scrubs and butters, and Indian artisans craft wooden massagers and tote bags that are screenprinted by hand. But all that isn't to say the company's production practices overshadow its final products. Skincare treatments such as the brand's iconic body butters, facial products, and gift collections often appear in Allure, Marie Claire, Lucky, Seventeen and other national publications.


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Weeksville Playground
Weeksville Playground
Bounded by Atlantic Avenue, Howard Avenue, and Herkimer Street, this playground takes its name from the surrounding Brooklyn community of Weeksville.
Weeksville first appeared on a local map in 1849, encompassing a region nearly as large as contemporary Bedford-Stuyvesant. After the abolition of slavery in New York State in 1827, Brooklyn became a popular settlement area for free blacks from the South and from New York. In 1838, James Weeks (1776-1863), a free black settler from Virginia, acquired much of the area that eventually became Weeksville from the 240-acre Lefferts family estate. The Lefferts were among the most prominent families in Brooklyn at this time. Peter Lefferts (1753-1791), a fourth generation American who served as a lieutenant in the Colonial Army, built a home on the property in 1783 to replace an earlier family home that had been burned during the Battle of Long Island (August, 1776). In 1918, the house was moved from its location in Prospect Lefferts Gardens to Prospect Park, and it is now open to the public as a museum and cultural center.
In the years before and immediately after the Civil War (1861-1865), the population of Weeksville grew substantially. The cultural vibrancy of the community grew with the population. Susan McKinney-Steward (1847-1918), the first female black physician in New York State and the third in the nation, was born in Weeksville. The first black policeman in the City of Brooklyn, Moses P. Cobb, is said to have walked to Weeksville from North Carolina. Several prominent African-American service organizations, such as the Howard Colored Orphanage Asylum, the Zion Home for Aged Relief, and the African Civilization Society were all founded in Weeksville during the late 19th century.
The construction of Eastern Parkway in 1870 and the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge 13 years later increased access to the area, undermining the community's distinctive character. Weeksville soon became subsumed within the larger adjacent community of Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the neighborhood's name was almost forgotten. In 1968, however, the name Weeksville was revived amid ever-growing interest in local and African-American history. That same year, the Hunterfly Road Houses, which date back to the late 17th and early 18th centuries, were discovered during site clearing.
The structures were part of the old Weeksville community, and are located on Bergen Street between Buffalo and Rochester Avenues. Largely through the efforts of the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History, which now occupy the houses, and the schoolchildren of nearby Public School 243 (the Weeksville School) these houses were saved from almost certain destruction. Today, the Hunterfly Road Houses contain a museum of African-American history and culture, and have been designated city and national historic landmarks.
Although the City of New York had acquired a 0.14-acre plot of land on this site in 1912, for 12 years, the land lay dormant. In 1924, Parks acquired the land. For years, residents referred to the parkland as the Weeksville Playground. In 1985, Parks officially named the site, and in 1989 and 1990 two additional parcels were added. The first was a 0.018-acre plot located on the southwestern corner of Howard and Atlantic Avenues. The second was a 0.14-acre plot adjacent to the Mount Calvary Unified Freewill Baptist Church on the northern side of the existing park.
Between 1996 and 1998, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani provided $176,000 for playground renovations. In 1996, infrastructure renovations were completed, and new asphalt and sidewalk pavements, steel fences, and gates. In 1997, Parks installed new play equipment, as well as safety surfacing, new benches, and a park identification plaque. The year 1998 saw the renovations to Weeksville Playground fully completed, with the installation of a new flagpole with a yardarm and new trees.


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Major Objectives
The major objectives of DMS are:
- To conduct Basic and Applied Research on selected areas of Materials Science, especially in the area of nanostructure materials that are based on novel magnetic, superconducting, electronic, and composite (ceramic/construction) materials.
- To develop and apply Physical Methods in the study of ancient materials, as well as findings from Monuments and the Cultural Heritage.
- To provide high level, specialized services to the Greek Society and Industry. Unique services in Greece are the production and supply with liquid Helium of the Magnetic Resonance Imagers (MRI) in Greek Hospitals, the radiographic testing of construction materials and buildings with Co-60, as well as the detection of asbestos with Electron Microscopy.
DMS considers as high priority to apply and promote its experience and know-how in important National and European goals, like application of nanotechnology to the Environment, Health, and Sustainable Growth.
Special emphasis is also given to the promotion of interdisciplinary research projects, interaction with industrial users, and the support of high level graduate studies.


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Business Owners Have Reason To Rejoice For Tonights Seize the Deal Online Auction
Don't we all love businesses that show great consideration for their customers? The Seize the Deal Auction that is ending tonight has more than a couple great auction items that will do just that. My personal favorite I wish was in every waiting room, sitting area, and lobby in Bozeman - a 72 gallon aquarium!
The auctions end tonight at 9pm!
72 Gallon Bowfront Reef Aquarium System currently at $1,400 ($2,999 retail)
100 Feet of Fence Restoration currently at $475 ($900 retail)
Three Standing Banners with custom printed vinyl graphic and travel bag currently at $400 ($1000 retail)


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I have to move a lot of my stuff so I thought I'd trim some fat. In here are a bunch of nice shooting guns, as well as a bunch of projects. Freebies with any purchase!
Dye DM3 LCD, works well and is in good condition. Comes as pictured with the CP on/off, hyper 2 regulator and superstock barrel. It has the stock bolt kit.
Price - $140
Eclipse Angel LED project. This is drilled for eyes (which are included and already installed on the board) and is nearly all matching, but is definitely a project, needing wire work, a small part here and there, and testing/tuning. This is sold AS IS. The charger IS included.
Price - $225
Smart Parts Impulse. This is not fully tested, but it turns on and the noid clicks.
Price - $50
Brand New Alien remains. Though this is new, I have to mention that it does have a bit of wear (visible in pictures) from being in storage without a case. Also, this gun has never been aired up and is about 7 years old, so I'd suggest checking the o-rings and giving them some lube/oil before play.
Price - $250
Angel LCD. This looks complete but has not been tested. It has several dye upgrades and is in good condition.
Price - $100
Dangerous Power G3. This has a TechT bolt kit, clamping feedneck, RAPS on/off, and an Ape Rampage board which is non functional. The gun would work well if it wasn't for the board, but the board can be sent in for replacement free of charge (other than shipping).
Price - $165


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Hubble Images Outbursts from Massive Star
These NASA Hubble Space Telescope images show the outflow from one of the brightest hypergiant stars in the sky, VY Canis Majoris.
The image on the left, taken with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, reveal its complex circumstellar ejecta, with arcs, filaments, and knots of material formed by the massive outflows. This image provided the first evidence that the brightest arcs and knots were created during several outbursts. The random orientations of the arcs also suggested they were produced by localized eruptions from active regions on the star's surface. This is composite picture from separate images taken in blue, green, red, and near-infrared light.
The image at right, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, was made with polarizing filters to show how the dust ejected by the star is distributed in three-dimensional space. The light from the star becomes polarized when it is reflected off the dust. The dust formed around the star and was driven into space. To see the polarized light, astronomers used a polarizing filter, which lets through only light vibrating in one direction and blocks out light vibrating in other directions. Astronomers assembled this picture from separate images taken at three different polarization angles, colored red, green, and blue.
They measured the velocities of the ejecta from spectra obtained with the Keck 10-meter telescope. They also compared the ejecta's expansion taken with Hubble six years apart. These observations showed that the numerous arcs, loops, and knots were moving at different speeds and in various directions, confirming they were produced from separate events and from different locations on the star. The prominent arc to the northwest or upper right in the Hubble image is moving at 102,700 miles an hour (165,600 kilometers an hour), and was ejected about 500 years ago. The knots near the center of the image are traveling at 80,400 miles an hour (129,600 kilometers an hour).
The star, located 5,000 light-years away, is one of the largest and one of the most luminous evolved stars known. It is 500,000 times brighter and about 30 to 40 times more massive than the Sun.
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 observations were taken March 22, 1999 and June 13, 2005. The Advanced Camera for Surveys images were taken Aug. 17, 2004.
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This Day in Sports History — November 22
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on November 22:
1917 — Four pro hockey teams — the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers and the Toronto Arenas — met to discuss forming the National Hockey League. (More info.)
1950 — In the era prior to the 24-second shot clock, the Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers, 19-18, in the lowest scoring game in NBA history. (More info.)
1965 — Muhammad Ali scored a technical knockout of Floyd Patterson in the 12th round of their fight in Las Vegas to retain the heavyweight title. (More info.)
1981 — Tight end Kellen Winslow of the San Diego Chargers caught an NFL record-tying five touchdown passes in a 55-21 win over the Oakland Raiders. (More info.)
1986 — Mike Tyson knocked out Trevor Berbick in the second round of their fight in Las Vegas and became the youngest heavyweight boxing champ in history at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days-old. (More info.)


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During a 2010 survey, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that 43 percent of HR professionals believe a larger portion of their work force will be telecommuting within the next five years. As a rapidly growing and global trend, telecommuting — a work arrangement in which employees do not meet at a central location — can pose new challenges in employee engagement and motivation. In order to help leaders engage remote employees and overcome potential time and geographical constraints, The Vaya Group, a talent management consultancy, recently released its top tips for motivating virtual teams.
"As more companies expand globally, telecommuting is becoming a common work arrangement for many employees," said Dr. Paul Eccher, Ph.D., author and co-founder and principal of The Vaya Group. "However, just because these workers are out of sight does not mean they should be kept out of the loop. Leaders must learn how to effectively manage virtual teams in order to improve the bottom line and sustain talent over time."
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sweetriot supports the emerging artists community by featuring works that embrace sweetriot's culture on its packaging. Every few months we ask rioters to Rock the Art Vote and help pick the featured artist for upcoming packaging. If you'd like a reminder to come back and vote once the poll goes live, sign up for our newsletter.
Are you interested in featuring your art on our packaging? Find out how.
Featured RiotBar Artist #3: Sarah Liggett
We are proud to announce our latest featured riotBar Artist #3 Sarah Liggett. Want to know more about Sarah?! Check out our Q & A with Sarah on the sweetriot blog!
Featured RiotBar Artist #2: Claudia Cappell
Check out Featured RiotBar Artist #2, Claudia Cappell. She resides in Woodbridge, VA. Fun Fact … one of our favorite pieces of her work is entitled "Candy Land".
Featured RiotBar Artist #1: Lindy Gaskill
We are proud to announce our latest featured artist, Lindy Gaskill. Lindy hails from Prescott, Arizona. Check out more of her artwork online and her etsy store if you like her artwork as much as we do!
Featured Artist #12: Ira L. Black
You voted, we listened, and now we have a new featured artist... Ira L. Black! Head over to his website for more of his amazing artwork.
Featured yumBar Artist #1: Becca Case
We're proud to announce our FIRST featured yumBar artist, Becca Case! Check out her site for more of her fantastic artwork.
Featured Artist #11: Sheena Sood
Sheena Malini Sood is our current featured artist. Check out her site for more of her fantastic work.
Featured Artist #10: Callie Hirsch
Featured Artist #10 goes to Callie Hirsch! Visit her site for more of her beautiful work.
Featured Artist #9: Rita Patel
Rita was featured Winter/Spring 2009.
Featured Artist #8: Gabriele Stewart
Originally from Switzerland, Gabriele lives in Massachusetts, and is a true rioter. Gabriele's artwork was featured in the Spring of 2008.
Featured Artist #7: Lane Last
Lane Last, an art professor at the University of Tennessee - Martin, made the grade with rioters when they selected his artwork for sweetriot tins for Winter 07/08.
Featured Artist #6: Maggie Hernandez
For the 06/07 winter holidays, sweetriot created two special limited edition flavors, flavor 70 cinn and flavor 70 cher. Luckily, Rock the Art Vote Finalist Maggie Hernandez agreed to share her artwork for these special limited edition tins... thanks Maggie!
Featured Artist #5: Patty West Elstrott
Patty's "Inner Visions" are what rioters were seeing on their tins in the Summer of 2007. Thanks Patty! To see more of Patty's visions, check out her site here.
Featured Artist #4: Doug Turner
Doug Turner's artwork appeared on sweetriot limited edition in the winter of 06/07.
Featured Artist #3: Tom Fedro
Rioters rocked the art vote back in July 2006 and picked Tom Fedro of the Chicago area to be Featured Artist #3. Tom's work appeared on sweetriot tins during the fall of 2006. Thanks, Tom!
Featured Artist #2: Jelene Morris
Jelene Morris's "pop toons" were featured on sweetriot tins this past spring. Jelene has the distinction of being the winner of the first-ever vote by rioters for artwork on a tin! Congrats, Jelene! Go to Jelene.com to check out further works by Jelene.
Featured Artist #1: Mike Hammer
Sweetriot would like to thank Mike Hammer for the use of his artwork on our first collection of cacao nibs. Mike is a wonderful emerging young artist out of Toronto.


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Events & Festivals
Events & Festivals
Celebrate old favorite school yard games starting at noon on Jan. 18 at Onslow Pines Park. Entertainment, food and vendors will be available, and guests are invited to come out and Hula Hoop, do the Hokey Pokey, and play Freeze Tag with Pauline Smith � all in the Snow! For more information call Onslow County Parks and Recreation at 910-347-5332 or visit: www.onslowcountync.gov/parks.
Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department and Coastal Carolina Artists & Crafters Guild will sponsor �ART ALL AROUND US� Teacher Workday Art Camp from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 23 and 24 at Onslow Pines Park. The camp is open to kids ages 8 to 14 and costs $20 per camper per day, with additional campers in the same family $15. To pre-register call 910-347-5332 or visit: www.onslowcountync.gov/parks.
The fourth annual Newport Heritage Dinner will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 31 at St. James Community Life Center in Newport. For a $10 donation guests get BBQ Chicken, two sides, a roll, dessert and drink. Dinners will be served as eat-in or take-out. The evening will include entertainment by Morris Willis and others with Gerald Mann speaking at 7 p.m. about Newport Heritage and the Battle of Newport Barracks Civil War Memorial Park, and dinner will be served from 5 - 7 p.m. with entertainment concluding at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at the Newport Historical Museum. A bake sale will also be conducted during the evening. For more information, contact Dianne Johnson at 252-241-1793.
At 2 p.m. Feb. 2 a dedication ceremony will be held for the Battle of Newport Barracks Civil War Memorial Park being constructed on the grounds adjacent to Newport Historical Museum located at 220 Chatham Street in Newport. This park dedication will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle that occurred on Feb. 2, 1864. On Feb. 1 and again on Feb. 5, the NC Troops reenactment group along with members of Ellis's Battery will be encamped on the grounds. Call Dianne Johnson at 252-241-1793 for more information.
WinterFeast is serving up a night of oysters, barbecue and comfort foods on Jan. 31. Organized by the Tryon Palace Foundation as a fun way to combine food and fun on New Bern�s historic waterfront, WinterFeast is an indoor/outdoor event that will be held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the North Carolina History Center. A cash bar offering beer and wine will also be available.
Ample accommodations available in and around the North Carolina History Center, WinterFeast gives partygoers the freedom to enjoy their feast without concerns about the weather. All the food, music and fun can be found indoors and out on Bate Commons, which is known for its picturesque views of the Trent River.
Tickets are $35 ($30 if purchased before Jan. 15) and may be purchased online at www.tryonpalace.org, by phone (252-639-3524) and at the following locations: Tryon Palace ticket desk (529 South Front St., New Bern), Mitchell Hardware and Village Butcher.
Carteret County Master Gardeners Volunteers offers �Design with Perennials - Form, Texture and Color�at 10 a.m. Feb. 6 at Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City. Free and open to the public. Don�t miss this informative and entertaining presentation on perennial design. Edith Eddleman, recognized for the design of striking perennial displays, combines her horticultural knowledge, experience with the design and care of large perennial landscapes with training in the dramatic arts to deliver this inspiring lecture. The talk will include images of perennial plantings illustrating the design concepts as she explains them. This is being provided by the Carteret County Master Gardener Volunteer Association. Refreshments will be available 9:30-10 a.m. Come ready to be inspired! For more information, call 252-222-6359.
The Wilmington Art Association is calling artists for the 32nd Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale April 11-13 during the North Carolina Azalea Festival. The WAA is accepting 3D and 2D artwork images. Online entry ends midnight on March 3. For more information, visit www.wilmingtonart.org. Fees to submit are $35 for members and $45 for non-members. The WAA is excited to announce the addition of three-dimensional (3-D) art to this year�s shown to include metal, ceramic, glass, wood, paper, and mixed media. More than 150 artists will be selected to display their work.
The Show will be held in the Hannah Block Historical USO Building/Community Art Center located at 120 South Second St. in Wilmington. This year, WAA welcomes Bob Rankin as the juror/judge for the Show, a renowned Raleigh artist and art educator.
Mac Daddy�s Family Entertainment Center is hosting its fourth annual Winter Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 25. Admission is free for a day of family fun including indoor games like bowling and arcade games; face painting, a cake walk, and shopping. Local businesses will showcase arts and crafts including jewelry, home d�cor, clothes and more.
Mac Daddy�s will give away prizes throughout the day and put on performances for the whole family.
To become a vendor at the Winter Festival, call Tracy Gillikin at 252-393-6565.
N.C. Maritime Museum, Beaufort calendar of events for the month of January:
Jan 17: Third annual Clam Chowder Cook-off
Four volunteer guest clam chowder cooks will compete at the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants enjoy a tasting-sized portion of each of the four chowders and then vote for their favorite. In addition clam chowder, the event will host a cornbread taste-off. Tickets available at the Museum Store or online at museumfriends.org. $30 non-members and $25 Friends� members. Proceeds help support the operations of the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
Jan. 21-22: Coastal Culture and Waterfowl Watching Excursion
Thousands of snow geese and tundra swan are common sights while wintering in eastern North Carolina. The N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will offer an overnight excursion to provide a close-up look of these beautiful birds. Visitors will travel to Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge, Cape Hatteras National Seashore and other great bird-watching spots in between. Museum staff will partner with the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center to serve as field guides and travel hosts. Pointy pintails, bashful buffleheads, mergansers, and other feathered friends can be observed. The birding trip includes an overnight stay in Nags Head. Space is limited and registration is required. Fee: $65 (hotel accommodations and meals not included).
Jan. 23: Brown Bag Gam: Oil Pressure, Cetaceans and Our Search for Oil
Pack a lunch for the Brown Bag Gam during your lunch hour from noon to 1 p.m. and join Museum Natural Science Curator Keith Rittmaster for an informal discussion on whales. From hunting whales to seismic exploration, our search for oil in marine environments continues to involve whales in some way or another. Free Admission. Advance registration preferred.
Jan. 25: Carolina Maritime Model Society
The Carolina Maritime Model Society meets at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 and exists to promote the active participation in building ship models, a craft as old as shipbuilding itself. The group is the only such organization in the entire state and has become a major vehicle for widening public interest in North Carolina�s maritime history and culture. Membership is open to all members of the Friends of the Maritime Museum.
Jan. 25-26: Traditional boatbuilding carpentry class
Traditional techniques, developed to solve woodworking problems unique to vernacular boatbuilding, are taught in this hands-on workshop. Participants work as a team to construct a twelve to fourteen-foot version of a traditional �rack of eye� flat-bottomed skiff. In the process they learn how to set up the boat, spile and bend planks, plane bevels, erect framing, and explore fastening options and the characteristics of traditional boatbuilding woods. The class meets from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 25-26 and can be used as a prerequisite for 9-Day Boatbuilding Class. Fee: $135. Minimum age: 16 yrs. old. Advance registration.
Jan. 31: Merry Times for Tots: Whales & Dolphins
Does a dolphin bark? Can a whale sing? How do they breathe? Preschoolers (ages 2-5) and their caregivers meet from 10 to 11 a.m. for this free hour-long program where visitors will have the chance to hear a story about dolphins and smell the oil from a Sperm Whale. Children will also have the chance to touch the heart of the Museum�s own 33.5� sperm whale named �Echo.� Program by School & Group coordinator Christine Brin. Free Admission. Pre-registration preferred.
For more information on these events call 252-728-7317. North Carolina Maritime Museum, 315 Front Street, Beaufort or at ncmaritimemuseums.com.
The N.C. Maritime Museum is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Donations appreciated.
The Empty Bowl event in New Bern will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 13 at Temple Baptist Church located at 1500 Kingdom Way in New Bern. Potters and craftspeople, educators and others in the community create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, the guests keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 252-633-2767 for more information.
The Empty Bowl event in Morehead City will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City. Potters and craftspeople, educators and others in the community create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, the guests keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity. Tickets cost $20 each and will be sold at the Aquatic and Wellness Center Cape Carteret, Art Escapes in Morehead City, Bike Depot in Havelock, and Handscapes in Beaufort.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores is teaming up with top restaurants to dish up recipes and tips on selecting and preparing fresh, seasonal, local seafood. Succulent Seafood sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on selected Mondays and occasional other days of the week. Guests of the Succulent Seafood sessions will also learn about the life cycles and habitats of featured seafood species from aquarium staff members.
Chefs provide favorite recipes and insights on preparing finfish, shellfish and crustaceans. A taste test of the featured dish tops off each gathering.
The schedule includes:
Jan. 20: White Oak Bistro, Swansboro
Jan. 27: Nicky�s, Swansboro
Feb. 3: Clawson�s 1905 Restaurant & Pub, Beaufort
Feb. 24: Island Grille, Atlantic Beach
March 3: Amos Mosquito�s Restaurant & Bar, Atlantic Beach
March 17: Island Grille, Atlantic Beach
Other dates and restaurants may be added later. Succulent Seafood is for ages 12 and older and costs $15 per person, per session. Advance registration is required. Call 252-247-4003 for more information.
Check out the great food concocted at the annual Screamin� Eagle Chili Challenge Jan. 25 at New River Harley Davidson located at 2394 U.S. 17 in Jacksonville. The day will include live music and an auction, and proceeds will benefit the Semper Fi Fund. For more information, call 910-346-9997 or visit newriverh-d.com
Goose Creek State Park, 2190 Camp Leach Road, Washington events for the month of January.
Jan. 19: Critter Hunt program at 2 p.m. Join the park as they will be checking cover boards and frog pipes while discussing natural resource management techniques. Meet at the Ivey Gut parking lot. Dress appropriately because the program will be going into the woods.
Jan. 26: Waterfowl of the Pamlico program at 2 p.m. Learn about the thousands of migrating ducks, swan and geese that flock to the waters of the Pamlico River and Sound every winter. Meet at the Visitor Center.
For more information, call 252-923-2191.
A new traveling exhibit called Blackbeard�s Queen Anne�s Revenge-1718 will show off treasures and 300-year-old artifacts from the famous pirate�s wrecked flagship from Jan. 3 to Feb. 15 at Tryon Palace. The exhibit includes a traveling trunk complete with games and a model life-sized pirate; the exhibit also includes multi-media displays explaining what life was like aboard the ship. Admission is included with regular cost of admission to Tryon Palace or a separate galleries pass costs $12 for adults and $6 for students.
The traveling version of the National Postal Museum�s permanent exhibition, Mail Call, explores the history of America�s military postal system, and examines how even in today�s era of instant communication, troops overseas continue to treasure mail delivered from home. The exhibition at Cape Fear Museum will end Jan. 19.
Mail Call, organized and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, tells the story of military mail and communication � from the American Revolution to current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Visitors will gain access to firsthand records and heartfelt sentiments through excerpts from letters exchanged between writers on the front line and the home front. It also explores the contemporary military postal system works and the new ways men and women of the armed forces communicate with home.
Music & Culture
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra presents �A Change is Gonna Come,� at 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Kenan Auditorium. The program commemorates the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Bill through the music of the era and readings from Dr. Martin Luther King�s work. Joining the Wilmington Symphony for this 50th Anniversary musical celebration is the Williston Alumni Community Choir directed by Marva Robinson. Also spotlighted will be the winners of the Wilmington Symphony�s 37th Annual Student Concerto Competition.
For tickets call the Kenan Auditorium Ticket Office at 910-962-3500 or visit http://wilmingtonsymphony.org/tickets.html.
A Coastal Carolina Community College faculty recital will start at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Jacksonville. Music will include three Soprano Arias from Messiah by George Frederick Handel, �Laudamus te� from Mass in c minor, K. 427 and �Laudate Dominum� from Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; American Sacred songs, and Spirituals. Messiah arias will be performed with period instruments.
The following musicians will play at the recital:
Harpsichord: John O�Brien
Organ: Nelle Altman-Boyce
Violin: Kirsten Swanson
Cello: Chris Nunnally
Piano: James Schmidt
The Crystal Coast Choral Society, a mixed-voice chorus, has begun its spring rehearsal season in the Fellowship Hall of the Swansboro United Methodist Church, at 665 W. Corbett Ave. New members are welcome until Jan. 21.
Rehearsals are held each Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The featured work will be Gabriel Faure�s major work �Requiem.� Finley Woolston, music director, will teach vocal and breathing techniques each week. No audition is required, but a pleasant singing voice, the ability to match pitch and a willingness to attend regular rehearsals, plus practice at home, are desired.
All parts are needed: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. For more information, contact Marilyn Zmoda 252-247-5929 or Finley Woolston at 910-324-6864 or visit crystalcoast choralsociety.org.
Theater & Arts
The Carteret Community Theatre in conjunction with West Carteret High School, present "Annie" at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 and 13, at 8 p.m. Feb. 7, 8, 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 9 & 16 at West Carteret High School. This family -friendly show is a must see for all ages. Special pricing for this show is $5 for students, $15 for adults and $20 for preferred seating. For more information visit www.CarteretCommunityTheatre.org or call 252-497-8919.
J. Marshall White will teach a photography workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Council for the Arts located at 826 New Bridge Street in downtown Jacksonville. This workshop will cost $15 and will cover �how to take great portraits!� by posing, lighting or just a simple head tilt. For more information, call 910-455-9840 or visit www.jaxarts.com.
Jacksonville Council for the Arts and Debbie�s Angels Productions is hosting multiple musical theatre workshops for children of different ages at the Jacksonville Council for the Arts located at 826 New Bridge Street in Jacksonville.
The $15 workshops will teach children skills for the stage including, acting, dancing, singing, and improvisation. The workshop for children ages 9 through 12 will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. on Jan. 18; and two different workshops for kids ages 13 to 17 will be provided from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 and from 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 25.
To register for a workshop, contact the Council for the Arts at 910-455-9840 or at email@example.com.
Coastal Carolina Community College will hold auditions for two different productions on Jan. 21 and 22.
Auditions will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Bodenhamer Auditorium for the New River Players production of �A Doll�s House� and a cooperative production of �Who Killed the Kilt� a madrigal musical in cooperation with the Community Choir. �Who Killed the Kilt� has five to 10 male roles and five to 10 female roles available. �A Doll�s House� has four men and four women. Members of the community are encouraged to come out.
The Jacksonville Council for the Arts and Debbie�s Angels Productions presents the winter theater class �I Wanna Do that Too!� for ages 4 through 7 every Tuesday and Thursday beginning Jan. 7 and continuing until Jan. 30. During these classes, students will learn singing, acting and movement technique and will have a showcase performance on the last day of the class. Registration is $75, and all classes will be at the Council for the Art�s building, located at 826 New Bridge St. in downtown Jacksonville. For more information, call 910-455-9840 or visit jaxarts.com.


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Acquisitions is the process of selecting, ordering, and receiving materials for library or archival collections by purchase, exchange, or gift, which may include budgeting and negotiating with outside agencies, such as publishers, dealers, and vendors, to obtain resources to meet the needs of the institution's clientele in the most economical and expeditious manner.
- Acquisitions Section of ALCTS
The mission of this section is to contribute to library service and professionalism by encouraging, supporting, and promoting those activities of ALCTS relating to acquisition and associated bibliographic control for all formats of information resources through purchase, lease, and other access methods and in all types of libraries.
- ISBN and ISSN Systems (ALA Library Fact Sheet 28)
Brief history of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), explains how to get these identification numbers for your own publications.
- Sending Books to Needy Libraries: Book Donation Programs (ALA Library Fact Sheet 12)
Lists resources for finding the various groups and organizations that accept book donations for distribution in the United States as well as in countries overseas.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Loganville, Ga., outfielder Clint Frazier showed up at the Metrodome early Friday evening for the Perfect Game National Showcase as the nation's No. 22-ranked overall prospect in the high school class of 2013.
Based on what he showed Perfect Game scouts and the scouting community at large during his three-day stay here, by the time he plays in his next PG event early next month, it's quite likely that ranking will have slid upward at least a couple of positions.
Loganville High School is starting to gain a bit of a reputation for producing draftable prospects, and Frazier may just be the best yet. The 6-foot, 190-pound converted third baseman wowed the scouts during Friday's workout session and continued to impress during Saturday night's Rawlings Home Run Challenge.
For his part, Frazier was wowed just being part of the show.
"There are 300 kids here, and just to be one of the 300 selected really means a lot," he said Sunday. "It really shows where I stand and what I need to work on and what I am good at compared to what other people do."
There was no doubt where Frazier stood Friday night. He started his workout by running a personal-best 6.42-second 60-yard dash, which stood up as the sixth-best time recorded after three separate workout sessions. At last year's PG Junior National Showcase in Fort Myers, Fla., Frazier ran a 6.94 in the 60. His jump to 6.42 a year later bordered on jaw-dropping.
"I think racing against a kid that was faster than me is what kept me in the race," Frazier said, while admitting "it even surprised me."
More eyebrows were raised when Frazier took part in the outfield arm velocity workout. His best throw from the outfield to either third base or home plate was gunned at 98 mph, just off the event record of 99 mph set by PG/Aflac All-American Michael Lorenzen at the 2009 PG National right here in the Metrodome.
"I just let it rip on that second one; the first one didn't feel as good coming out," Frazier said of his 98 mph outfield heater. "I knew I was only going to do two throws instead of four, so I gave it all I had on the second one."
Frazier took part in a batting practice session early Saturday evening in preparation for the Rawlings Home Run Challenge later in the night. The warm-up must have been helpful, as Frazier finished second in the competition to Elk Grove, Calif., slugger Rowdy Tellez.
"I felt pretty good going in, but it took me a minute to find my groove," he said. "I couldn't seem to get (any home runs) out to left-center so I just tried to dead-pull and get under it a little bit. It felt pretty good."
Frazier said his experience at the PG Junior National last year helped him better understand the challenges this year's PG National would offer. He came in knowing that the skill level he saw from the young prospects in Fort Myers - many of whom were here this week - was only going to be elevated at this event.
"Everyone had another year to get better," Frazier said. "I just come in and try to do the best that I can because you never know. Baseball is a different sport."
Frazier is coming off another spring of success playing for his Loganville High School team. Loganville won the Georgia AAAA state championship and one of its players, senior Christian Miller, was selected in the 19th round of the MLB amateur draft by the San Diego Padres.
Brandon Moss, another Loganville alum, was an eighth-round selection of the Boston Red Sox in 2002, was recently acquired by the Oakland A's and sent up to the big leagues, and in 10 recent games with the A's has six home runs and 11 RBIs. Casey Shiner is a Loganville High alum who was selected in the 10th round of the 2012 MLB draft out of Kennesaw State.
"The coaches are what make the team every year," Frazier said of head coach Jeff Segars and varsity assistants Brian Mills and Mike Ryan. "We were ranked preseason No. 1 five years in a row, so our coaches do everything they can to get us prepared. I give all the credit to them."
Frazier, a University of Georgia recruit who before the National was ranked a top-50 draft prospect, will play with Team Elite again this summer. That means he'll be getting plenty of face-time at PG WWBA and BCS Finals tournaments.
"Playing with them last summer - I was 16 playing with the 18-year-olds - it was definitely a challenge," Frazier said. "I knew I had to work on a lot of things just to get to where all those kids already were."
He played with Team Elite at last year's PG WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., as one of only two 2013s on a team loaded with 2012 prospects, including 2011 PG All-American Classic selection Clate Schmidt.
"Turning around and looking down the third base line and seeing all the (golf carts with scouts in them) lined up behind third base, it was kind of overwhelming because I didn't know what to expect," Frazier said of the Jupiter experience. "And then facing the amount of talent that I was facing down there made me kind of nervous."
He claims he's past the stage of feeling butterflies in his stomach these days, even at events like the Perfect Game National Showcase. His performance here the past three days certainly makes that claim all the more believable.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Kaitlin Craven and Ellie Roberson kept
Morehead State's championship hopes on course Friday night as the
Eagles survived an upset bid to claim a 3-2 Ohio Valley Conference
volleyball victory over Tennessee Tech in Eblen Center.
Cruising toward an apparent OVC title, Morehead State nearly ran aground against an inspired Golden Eagle squad. Tech claimed the first and third sets for a 2-1 lead before Craven bailed out the visitors in the fourth set and Roberson took control in the fifth set.
Morehead State improved to 17-9 overall and 10-1 in OVC play. The Golden Eagles, who host second-place Eastern Kentucky Saturday at 2 p.m., slipped to 6-15 overall and 4-6 in the league.
Craven finished with a match-high 19 kills, while Roberson and Holly Evans added 14 kills each. Three Eagle players reached double digits in digs, led by Liz Schiler with 16, while setter Kirstie Brangers had 56 of the team's 59 assists. Morehead had nine team blocks, topped by Emma Keough with five total blocks.
Senior Leah Meffert had 17 kills and 23 digs for the Golden Eagles while classmate Marie Peddicord (pictured above) added 14 kills on a solid .444 hitting performance. Sophomore Kelsey Gray had 16 kills and four total blocks. On the back row, freshman Allison May had 26 digs while setter Melanie Culp provided 57 assists. Freshman Elise Robertson also chipped in with good numbers, hitting .625 on the way to five kills and adding a team-best five total blocks.
Tech finished strong in the first set to claim a 25-21 decision. After trailing by three a couple of times, the Golden Eagles used a kill by Meffert to begin their rally. Down 16-15, Tech went on a 9-4 stretch that included two kills by Peddicord and blocks by Gray and Robertson. Gray had five kills in the set.
Morehead State bounced back with a strong presence at the net in the second set, getting four blocks on the way to a 25-17 victory to knot the match at 1-1. Following a 4-0 start by the Golden Eagles, MSU put together a 12-2 run to build a 12-6 lead. That was followed by a 5-1 run that pushed tha margin to 17-10 and the Eagles eased their way to the finish line. Craven had five kills in the set.
Tech played one of its best sets of the season in the middle set to claim a 25-20 victory, posting a .457 hitting mark with 18 kills and only two errors. Peddiccord had five kills in six chances while Gray and Meffert added four kills, Natalie Penrod three and Robertson two. Evans kept Morehead close with six kills and a .556 hitting mark.
The fourth set saw Morehead dominate on the way to a 25-15 decision to force the fifth set. Craven had three kills in a 9-2 run that turned an 11-10 MSU lead into a 20-12 margin. Roberson and Keough also provided kills and the Golden Eagles struggled with four errors in that span.
A key play in the final set came midway through with MSU holding a 7-6 lead after a kill from Meffert. As Culp got into position to set a pass, Keough's long reach over the net earned a kill and an 8-6 lead.
Roberson followed with back-to-back kills for a 10-6 cushion and Tech never got closer than three after that. Craven's kill made it 14-9 and Evans earned match point for the 15-10 score.
Tech nearly sinks league-leading Morehead State, falls 3-2
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Kaitlin Craven and Ellie Roberson kept
Morehead State's championship hopes on course Friday night as the
Eagles survived an upset bid to claim a 3-2 Ohio Valley Conference
volleyball victory over Tennessee Tech in Eblen Center.


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Today at work I've been checking Spanish audio CDs. For a little bit, at least. Then I've kept my headphones on and completed other tasks, while still pretending to care about Miguel's views on global warming. All the while I've been secretly listening to Now That's What I Call Xmas, Disk Three. I bloody love Christmas, me.
The best song on the compilation is Chris de Burgh's A Spaceman Came Travelling. It is totally ridiculous and totally ace, although my partner and I have disagreements on the actual meaning of the song. I think it's set at the time of Christ's birth and that "the spaceman" is the angel who appears to the shepherds (is it Gabriel? Or did he appear to Mary then let someone else have a turn?). My partner, however, thinks the lines "when two thousand years of your time has gone by / This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry" mean the song is about something that happened 2000 years before Christ was born. But I don't buy that because …. Well, anyhow, the best bit is when "suddenly the sweetest music filled the air", because contrary to what you'd expect the sweetest music to sound like, it's actually de Burgh twatting about on an organ wailing "la la la la la la la la la la" (I certainly wasn't expecting that):
Other Christmas songs I love are Jonah Lewie's Stop The Cavalry, The Darkness' Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) and Greg Lake's I Believe In Father Christmas ("THE CHRISTMAS WE GET WE DESERVE!!!"). Actually, I pretty much like all of them, even George Cole and Denis Waterman's Minder-tastic What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors? (the single of which my dad bought my mum for Christmas in 1983, complete with a gift tag to ""Er Indoors". How we laughed! And I'll be honest, comparing a tupperware party to "a telly that only shows Russel Harty" makes me chuckle to this day). I love all Christmas songs, carols included, with the possible exception of O Come All Ye Faithful ("lo! He abhors not a virgin's womb" has always pissed me off. I know it's all theological and whatnot, but I take it personally, like my perfect little sons exhibited low standards by occupying a complete slapper's womb [as in mine] for nine months apiece).
I think it is perfectly reasonable to feel Christmassy by mid November. My eldest has just found out he'll be a sheep again in this year's nativity – only this year, it's a sheep with lines! ("Nothing will happen. Nothing ever happens here. We just sleep and eat grass. It's what sheep do." Check out the dramatic irony there!). And they're setting up the Christmas market in the town where I live (my office also has a Christmas market. I had my own stall last year. Unfortunately, it was there it became obvious that all the stuff my family say about my silk paintings needs to be taken with a massive pinch of salt – but still, this has not crushed my Christmas spirit, nor my willingness to continue palming off all the things that didn't sell to gushing relatives for another few Christmases to come). On the first weekend of December my partner and I are having a night in Birmingham, just the two of us, where we'll visit the massive market there and I'll order mulled wine in German. Then we'll decorate the house and start wrapping presents and it'll all be ace (apart from Christmas Day, which has suddenly become a bit too much like hard work now that the relatives come to us. I need to get pregnant or something, then maybe they'll do the washing up while I have a nap. But then I couldn't drink. Oh, I'll think of something).
Anyhow, in the meantime I'd like to have it noted that I am a non-religious, generally non-schmalzy person who happens to think Christmas is fantastic. And that is all I have to say on the matter (for now).
This post was brought to you by a vat of mulled wine. It's okay, I have the afternoon off work (admittedly to take my son to speech therapy. But hey, I'm not the one who'll be expected to speak clearly, so that's okay, right?).


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C.J. Fair has been the most consistent player for No. 12 Syracuse. He's averaging 14.4 points and 7.3 rebounds, and is hitting 82.1 percent of his free throws.
Now, Fair just needs his teammates to join him.
From his first time on the floor at Syracuse, junior forward C.J. Fair has always seemed to be in the right place at the right time, snaring rebounds, hitting midrange jumpers, tossing in the occasional 3-pointer, and blocking shots.
"He understands the game. He's in the right places. He knows where he should be," coach Jim Boeheim said. "He's got a very economical game. He's a very efficient player. He knows exactly what he has to do and he gets it done. He gets better all the time."
Fair has been the steadiest player on the court this season for the Orange (22-6, 10-5 Big East), averaging 14.4 points and 7.3 rebounds, and shooting 82.1 percent of his free throws.
"Without him, I don't know where we'd be," senior guard Brandon Triche said. "I don't even want to think about it."
Now, Fair just needs his teammates to join him.
After being ranked in the Top 10 for much of the season, Syracuse has been knocked down a few notches. Since its most impressive win of the season, a 70-68 road victory over then-No. 1 Louisville, Syracuse has gone 5-5 in the Big East and dropped to No. 12 in the AP top 25.
On Saturday morning, the Orange were ranked eighth and tied for first place in the conference with Georgetown and Marquette. When they went to bed early Tuesday, they were tied for fourth with No. 21 Notre Dame after losses to the Hoyas at home and Golden Eagles on the road.
And now, 10th-ranked Louisville (23-5, 11-4) is coming to town on Saturday looking for a little payback against a team that's lost two straight and three of five in the most difficult part of its schedule.
"We played six games in 14 days. Teams have rough patches," assistant coach Mike Hopkins said. "We need to be playing our best basketball coming into the Big East tournament and the NCAA tournament.
"Our overall body of work has been great, but we want to get better. We wish we were playing better, but it's part of playing in the Big East. You've just got to stay positive. You want to play your best basketball at the right time."
When senior forward James Southerland, Syracuse's trigger man from the outside, missed six games due to an academic eligibility issue that was eventually resolved, the Orange went 4-2, losing at Villanova and Pitt. In the six games since Southerland's return, he's been an offensive catalyst, averaging 14.3 points, and the Orange have gone 4-2. The biggest disappointment by far was the humbling 57-46 loss to Georgetown in front of a record crowd of 35,012. The disheartening loss in the last Big East game between the teams in the Carrier Dome snapped the Orange's 38-game home winning streak.
"I think we have to be tougher just as a team in general, not get pushed around, just making the tough plays, the game-winning plays," Triche said. "A lot of times, other teams make those plays. I think I could play better. I think I could lead the team better. I'll do the best I can to fix that."
There's some sort of consolation here, though, for the Orange faithful.
Although they weren't ranked when they beat Syracuse, Villanova (18-11, 9-7) also has defeated UConn, Louisville and Marquette to stake their claim to an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament. Pitt is ranked 23rd, Georgetown is No. 7 and riding a 10-game winning streak, Marquette is No. 22, and Connecticut, which is ineligible to play in the postseason, has played well, too. The Huskies, determined not to lose at home, beat Syracuse 66-58 two weeks ago in the last Big East game between those heated rivals and took the Hoyas to double overtime Wednesday night before losing 79-78.
So, it's not like Syracuse is losing to cupcakes.
"I guess we spoil everybody with winning all the time, so when you lose a few games it's the end of the world," Triche said. "But if you look up at the national championship (Syracuse) team (in 2003), we lost five games. We're at six. Anything can happen."
During its swoon, Syracuse thumped Providence 84-59 as sophomore point guard Michael Carter-Williams helped dismantle the Friars with 15 points, 12 assists and just two turnovers. That prompted the losing coach to make a poignant observation.
"He played one of his better games in a long time," Providence's Ed Cooley said. "If he's making assists for other guys, they're really good. When he's not, they don't play well."


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When Dwight Freeney became a free agent early in the offseason, many people predicted he'd wind up playing for a 4-3 team that was looking for him to rush the passer from the spot he filled for all but one year with the Colts.
Part of that was based on Freeney being 33, which is often an age where a player moves into a situational role, and part was based on Freeney's struggle to fulfill all of the responsibilities of an outside linebacker after Indy switched to a 3-4 scheme last season. An injury to outside linebacker Melvin Ingram opened up an opportunity in San Diego, however, and Freeney is about to start another season with a team that primarily runs the 3-4.
And he'll again be asked to do everything that an outside linebacker has to do as opposed to concentrating solely on getting after the quarterback. Defensive coordinator John Pagano, brother of Colts coach Chuck, said that the team is looking for Freeney to be on the field every down.
"He's going to be an every-down guy for us," Pagano said, via Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. "Need him on first, second, third down. He's going to play all downs. If you spot guys here and there, they never get into the defense. They never get the defense. They don't understand the whole process of the defensive calls. That's the mindset he has. Otherwise, you never learn the why. He is a why guy."
The Chargers are expected to use Freeney in multiple looks so that he's not as exposed at linebacker as he was last season, but a heavy workload may still take its toll on his effectiveness wherever Freeney lines up. The Chargers have an intriguing defensive line, but they'll need pressure off the edge to take pressure off their defensive backs and asking Freeney to provide it consistently while playing most of the snaps is something less than a sure thing.


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After month of work here is again a short insight in my current open infotainment prototype. Many work has happened under the hood and hard to visualize. The GUI statemachine concept has been much improved.
The application theme is based on the default Elementary theme. There is an internal design specification that also fits to a future media player and phone application.
Current navigation features are:
- Show live car position on map read from gpsd
- Draw map with libosmscout cairo renderer while driving
- Move map around with joystick control
- Calculate route with libosmscout from current car position to defined targets
- Show live GPS position data
- Emulate driving with gpsfake
Next navigation development target is to have a target destination input screen (country/city/street).
The prototype has already defined an interface for media and phone control, but not yet a really working implementation. I'll implement a demo, but offer everyone to take over these applications.
Until now I didn't publish any source code except the statemachine framework (http://code.google.com/p/stateval/). I plan to release the source code in future if the basic software architecture is more stable. But if you really like the idea and want to participate please write me an E-Mail.
Please note that shown video has some edits regarding route calculation time. The route calculation takes some seconds more, but I cut them away. Just in the spirit of the current iPhone4 advertising. :-)


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The CSI Symphonic Band is the college's concert band and is made up of both CSI students and community musicians from around the Magic Valley. The Band rehearses once a week and gives two concerts per year, concentrating on the best in band literature. The ensemble is directed by Dr. George K. Halsell, and may be taken for either credit or 0-credit.
The CSI Jazz Ensemble is open to both music majors and non-majors. Repertoire performed covers a wide variety of jazz styles including big band and combo groups. Groups are directed by Scott Farkas and meet at least once each week, with flexible rehearsal times. The jazz ensemble performs once weekly on and around the Twin Falls campus
The CSI Pep Band is open to all students enrolled full time at CSI. The group, directed by Scott Farkas, is comprised of 15-20 wind and percussion players. With a mission to support CSI athletics, the band performs at all men's and women's basketball games and will occasionally go on tour. Scholarships are available for students in the pep band.
The CSI Percussion Ensemble is open to both music majors and non-majors. This ensemble, directed by Scott Farkas, is dedicated to performing a wide variety of music written for percussion instruments. Repertoire ranges from the traditional music of Africa, Asia and Mexico to contemporary chamber music from Europe and America.
The Magic Valley Symphony Orchestra (Twin Falls campus) and the Magic Philharmonic (Mini-Cassia campus) are community orchestras that are open to CSI students by audition. Both orchestras rehearse once a week. Directed by Theodore Hadley, the Magic Valley Symphony performs four concerts each year, and may be taken for credit or 0-credit. The Magic Philharmonic, directed by a rotating list of conductors, offers three concerts each year and is only available for credit.
The CSI Chamber Choir is open to any CSI student or community member who can match pitch. The Choir performs traditional and contemporary choral literature and gives two major performances per year. Directed by Serena Jenkins Clark, Chamber Choir rehearses at the noon hour Monday through Friday. It is available for both credit and 0-credit.
The CSI Madrigals are a small auditioned vocal group performing primarily a cappella music ranging from early music to contemporary styles including pop and jazz. The group performs frequently on campus and at events throughout the Magic Valley. Directed by Serena Jenkins Clark, the group meets MWF and is available only for credit.
The Magic Valley Chorale is a community chorus that is open to all CSI students. Directed by Joseph Casperson, Magic Valley Chorale gives one major concert each semester. It rehearses once a week and is available for both credit and 0-credit.
Class Piano is offered at four levels: Beginning I, Beginning II, Intermediate I, Intermediate II. Class Piano is taught in a state of the art 12-keyboad lab of Yamaha Clavinova instruments. Students learn basic piano technique and music reading skills in a group setting. Contact Sue Miller (email@example.com) for more information. Class Piano is open to all students.
Class Guitar is a group approach to the fundamentals of guitar, including basic chords, tablature reading, standard notation reading, and accompaniment styles. Students must supply their own instrument. Contact Mike Frew (email@example.com) for more information. Class Guitar is open to all students.
Applied lessons offer any CSI student private instruction in music. Students meet one-on-one with an instructor each week. The courses are only available for credit and carry additional fees (1-credit classes have an additional fee of $150 and meet for ½ hour each week of the term. 2-credit courses have an additional fee of $300 and meet for an hour each week of the term.)
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For more information on the CSI Music Department, upcoming concert dates and scholarships please visit the Music Department web page.


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"Deputy commissioner Bill Daly claimed earlier this week that the work stoppage has already cost the league almost US$100 million in lost revenue."
HOW friggin DUMB are Bettman and the owners?
50-50% split for players and owners is fair. Players should go to the KHL and see how the other half lives and maybe they will come back and kiss the owners fools for a job.
Oh YA. the KHL really SUCKS. probably playing half the games for two thirds the NHL money. here's the Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Malkin's team) schedule for October. 12 games and NO B2B's. btw, Aleksandr Radulov went to CSKA Moscow for MORE money than the predators were offering.
bill conveniently didn't state (at least not to my knowledge) if that is $100 million gross or net...
keep in mind, given the sorry financial state of 9 or 10 franchises, there are teams that lose less money by not playing...
a number of teams laid off employees soon after the lockout began...
in any case i don't feel symapthy for either side in this mess...
but IMO it's the players who ultimately will be forced to yield to reality
you created a Covers account for THIS bullshit?


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Friday, January 8, 2010
Queen Christina (1933)
I've always been anxious to watch Queen Christina. It really makes no sense that I was delighted to find it on VHS about three years ago, and yet somehow left it there on my shelf unseen, a permanent "still to be seen" lister, until this morning. Maybe it was the stigma early costume pieces have with me (I've been burned so many times on MGM costume spectacles that just turned out wooden as a plank and bo-o-o-oring, despite lavish sets and stars like there are in the night sky). When I almost bought a copy of it on DVD this weekend, I decided it was time to watch the VHS.
John Gilbert was a love at first sight for me. One of the most popular of late silent actors, Gilbert's profile in Jeanine Basinger's seminal Silent Stars, not to mention smoldering pictures of the actor therein, piqued my interest. Handsome as the devil, big flashing eyes, smart little moustache, and white hot love scenes with real-life paramour Greta Garbo, WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE. Flesh and the Devil had a particular love scene, the still of which is reprinted again and again in cinema texts, which I'll post here:
You think this looks saucy in still motion? See the movie. Nineteen twenty-six! In a tight closeup, I can't think of anything closer to what real romantic kissing looks like. Maybe the scene with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious. But this one is just electric.
That said, you'd need to know that, in spite of the fact that Garbo seemed to primarily interested in women/Svengali Mauritz Stiller/privacy/herself, she and Gilbert had what was, to Gilbert at least, a very real love affair, culminating in Gilbert left standing at the altar. Her talking movie career, beginning with Anna Christie (1930), went off like a shot. "Garbo Talks" (with a heavy Swedish accent) turned out to be a great thing, as the icy good looks matched up well with the husky, accented voice. His movie career, however, floundered with the advent of sound pictures, the reason behind this having several possible causations, the most popular reporting of which was his thin voice.
Which brings us to what I most looked forward to in Queen Christina-- John Gilbert's speaking voice. Many silent stars did not, it turns out, sound like they were supposed to (by which I mean, to us moviegoers) when talking pictures became the thing in the late twenties and early thirties. Clara Bow, case in point, spoke in a thick Brooklynese(*), which seemed a direct contradiction to her spritely, Kewpie doll looks. Chaplin's voice was sonorous enough, but God he talked too much in subsequent sound pictures. The tramp character had never needed sound to create pathos (**).
And Gilbert was supposed to have a tiny little tenor voice.
Some sources I've read thought studio head Louis Mayer tinkered with the timbre on the soundtrack of Gilbert's first sound picture, His Glorious Night, in response to a grudge Mayer harbored against Gilbert (I can't remember...I think something about a drunk Gilbert at a party saying all women were whores, then Mayer saying what about his mother, then Gilbert saying his own mother was whore, and Mayer flipping his lid because it was about the most sacrilegious thing he'd ever heard, etc, etc. Studio execs can be weird). I found a clip of the film here which seems to only support another theory I've heard that the quality of John Gilbert's voice itself was not the problem, but merely the lines he was required to say. "I lo-o-o-ve you, re-e-eally." If the inflection in those lines is over the top, please watch any sound movie that came out between 1929 and 1932, say. I'm not naming names, but ye Gods, who among them all was reading a line with any kind of naturalistic style?
So I sat down to watch Queen Christina with all these things in mind, and I need to say now that I was completely bowled over. The story was strong, Garbo, in spite of a weird pageboy I'm sure had something to do with historical accuracy, looked as good as ever, and then John Gilbert. He was just as beautiful, just as magnetic, as in any of his silent pictures I've seen. To mention Clara Bow again, both she and Gilbert have these large, dark eyes that flash like exclamation points. I've never seen another actor's eyes quite touch that flash-- as if there was a special relationship between the film camera and the breathing person in front of it. I was pointing out to my boyfriend that in spite of the fact that Antonio (John Gilbert's character) bears a striking resemblance to Magnus (John Gilbert's character's rival), both tall, good looking, dark hair and eyes, it was easy to tell Gilbert because he was the one who looked like a star.
The movie was a great "royalty chooses between love and country" story-- I usually don't go for those (it's frustrating to keep shouting "CHOOSE LOVE! CHOOSE LOVE! DAMMIT, I HATE THESE MOVIES, WHY IS SHE CHOOSING HER COUNTRY OVER LOVE?!" for the duration of a two hour film), but this one had me glued to it. Garbo was perfect-- sometimes I find, in spite of her great personal beauty, a little histrionic, but it was well under control for the most part. I was happy to see them together again. Slightly disappointing ending, it felt rushed, but the last scene of Garbo's face as she sails out of the Swedish harbor is justly memorable.
From what I understand, this was a role that Garbo more or less gave to Gilbert. His star had been on the wane for three or four years (an entire lifetime in studio system Hollywood) as hers continued to climb-- she demanded that he be chosen for the role over several bigger names. His daughter's biography, one of the better books about early Hollywood and from an upclose look, as the author had her own mother as a source, relates a continual slide into alcoholism and obscurity, interspersed with a brief marriage to Virginia Bruce and an affair with Marlene Dietrich, until his death of a heart attack in 1936, only three years after Queen Christina was released.
And yet! Watch his solid acting in this film and enjoy one of the truly great silent stars in an unimpeachably good talking performance. I might just have to go in for the DVD.
John Gilbert at imdb
John Gilbert at Golden Silents
Technicolor (!!!) speaking (!!!) clip with Norma Shearer (!!!!!!) (I need to figure out what this is all about)
A little (weirdly narrated) documentary about Gilbert and Garbo with lots of clips
* accent barely contained in this clip from her last film in 1933.
** see the last scene of City Lights. Bring many, many handkerchiefs.
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Reading 3: The Battle of Honey Springs
(After the Battle: In July, 1863, the Union saw the Civil War swing in its favor through the pivotal battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Though Honey Springs was not as important as those two, it did change the course of the war in the Trans-Mississippi West. The Union soon captured Fort Smith on the Arkansas border, and from there attempted to reassert its authority over the entire region. In early 1864, its troops marched through Indian Territory, destroying crops, burning homes of suspected Southern sympathizers, and fighting with the remaining Confederate troops in the area. This effort, rather than putting an end to rebellion, hardened the position of Native Americans supporting the Confederacy; they continued to fight. By the end of the war, 14% of all children in the Territory were orphans and 33% of all women were widows. The victorious Union decided that because the Five Civilized Tribes allied with the South, they had to forfeit all their annuities and half their land.)
Questions for Reading 3
1. According to each general, how many men fought for each side at the Battle of Honey Springs? Why might a general give figures that are higher or lower than the actual numbers?
2. In what other ways do Blunt's and Cooper's accounts of the battle differ? In what ways do they agree?
3. Why did General Blunt halt his attack rather than pursue the Confederates after his victory at Honey Springs?
4. What roles did Native American soldiers play for both sides? How did their commanders evaluate their performance? In the early years of the War, many people believed that African Americans and Native Americans could not fight. What does this battle say about those beliefs?
5. Was the end result for the Five Civilized Tribes fair? Explain your answer.
Reading 3 is excerpted from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, vol. 22 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900) 447-62.