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Search free Taylor County FL crime records such as arrest records, warrant search, jail and prison records, inmate search, police records, sex offender registry, and court records.
Clerks file important documents and preserve municipal records in order to maintain an archive for their municipality that can be accessed by the public. The Clerk's Office is an important source for crime records. Multiple court records can be obtained through the Clerk's Office, including case records for felonies, misdemeanors, and traffic infractions. Many Clerk's Offices provide online access to court records as well as online criminal history searches.
Taylor County Clerk Perry FL 108 North Jefferson Street 32347 850-838-3506
Taylor County Clerk Perry FL PO Box 620 32348 850-838-3506
Courts maintain records on their cases and make these documents available to the public, including case records for felonies and misdemeanors, criminal violations, and traffic infractions. There are many types of courts, including municipal, district, superior, and appellate courts. You will need to know the court of record and have a name or the case number in order to locate a court case. Many courts also provide docket information for ongoing cases. Court records can often be requested online.
Taylor County Circuit Court Perry FL 108 North Jefferson Street 32347
Taylor County Court Perry FL 108 North Jefferson Street 32347 850-838-3519
District attorneys are charged with prosecuting crimes in court. The District Attorney's Office makes information on ongoing criminal cases and upcoming court dates available to the public. Most District Attorney's Offices provide online access to current and recent cases, excluding juvenile cases and cases sealed by the court. If you need information on an ongoing criminal case, the District Attorney's Office can give you important information about the defendants involved in the case.
Taylor County State Attorney Perry FL 108 North Jefferson Street 32347 850-584-2886
Jails and Prisons maintain records on current and former inmates. This information is accessible to the public through the relevant Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons. These records contain information on a criminal's conviction and sentence, the facility where an inmate is incarcerated, and release dates. In order to locate jail and prison records, you will need a last name and supporting information such as an identification number, date of birth, and the inmate's incarceration status. Jail and prison records are available online through county, state, or federal databases.
Taylor County Jail Perry FL 589 North US Highway 27 32347 850-584-4333
Police Departments maintain records on criminal arrests, incidents reported to the police, and other criminal records. Many of these records are available to the public, including 911 incident response reports, police incident reports, and witness statements in certain departments. Logs of arrests and search warrants are also public records. Some police records, particularly those involving ongoing cases or sensitive information, are sealed. Many police departments provide online access to crime records online.
Perry Police Department Perry FL 211 South Washington Street 32347 850-584-5121
Probation Departments enforce court orders by monitoring probationers to prevent them from committing new crimes. Probation departments maintain records on individuals currently or formerly under probation. State law governs access to probation records and may restrict certain information about a probationer. Contact the local Probation Department if you need someone's probation record.
Hamilton County Probation Department Perry FL 114 South Jefferson Street 32347 850-584-7058
Madison County Probation Department Perry FL 114 South Jefferson Street 32347 850-584-7058
Taylor County Probation Department Perry FL 114 South Jefferson Street 32347 850-584-7058
Sheriffs maintain records on criminal arrests, incidents reported to the sheriff, traffic collision reports, and other criminal records. Some sheriff records, particularly those involving ongoing cases or sensitive information, are not available to the public. Many Sheriff's Offices provide access to incident reports if you know some basic information about the incident, and some Sheriff's Offices provide criminal history background checks.
Taylor County Sheriff's Office Perry FL 108 North Jefferson Street 32347 850-584-4225
The Town Hall or City Hall is the chief administrative office that runs the town or city. Town Halls and City Halls maintain records related to the locality, including criminal records. Many provide online access to local crime reports.
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Breaking News
11:44 AM PT -- The photog, Marcus Santos, has filed a criminal assault complaint against Baldwin with the NYPD. The incident is currently under investigation.
Things got physical between Alec Baldwin and a NY Daily News photographer today ... as Alec was leaving a NY courthouse with his fiancee Hilaria Thomas.
According to the NY Daily News, Baldwin had just obtained a marriage license ... when he got into it with one of their staff photographers, Marcus Santos.
Santos told the paper Baldwin was screaming for him and another Daily News photog to back up ... and they obliged. But Baldwin kept coming -- "He comes after me, starts shoving and punching me -- one time, right in the chin."
But sources connected with Alec tell TMZ ... the photographer almost HIT HIM with the camera and while Alec pushed him away ... he did not punch him.
Moments after the altercation, Alec tweeted, "A 'photographer' almost hit me in the face with his camera this morning #allpaparazzishouldbewaterboarded."
During the altercation, the 2nd NY Daily News photog snapped a shot of Alec with his arms extended and Santos falling back.


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Now the new diet is lifestyle health.
Dieting daily should not be a way of life. Adopting a smart eating plan should be a lifestyle choice. Healthy habits lead to a healthy life. Here are a few. Experts recommend 30% of your diet should contain raw foods. Pack the fresh produce over processed foods. Fresh equals energy. Eat more plant protein foods, which are high in fiber and low in saturated fats.
Keep a food log of calories and foods eaten, you might be surprised how many calories you consume. Choose smaller portions an average portion should be 4-6 0z. And lastly say no to seconds.
So say goodbye to the soup to nuts diet and choose a lifestyle plan today.


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Violin Practice Partner is a simple way to make practising pieces for your ABRSM exam more musical, enjoyable and fun.
Violin exams
Violin exams consist of three pieces, chosen by the candidate from the appropriate lists in the current syllabus, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and aural tests.
Total marks in all individual Practical exams are 150. 100 marks are required to achieve Pass, 120 marks to pass with Merit and 130 marks to pass with Distinction.
There are eight grades of assessment. Select a grade using the links below in order to view the syllabus and supporting materials for that grade.
Publications & audio
Violin Exam Pieces 2016-2019
A selection of pieces from the new ABRSM Violin syllabus.
Audio downloads
Download recordings of pieces from our Violin syllabus.
Joining the Dots for Violin
A fresh approach to violin sight-reading.
Specimen Sight-Reading Tests for Violin
Practice material for students preparing for Violin exams.
Violin Scales & Arpeggios
Aural Training in Practice
New editions offering support to teachers preparing students for Practical exams.
Supporting applications
Violin Practice Partner
Scales Trainer
Scales Trainer is an app that helps increase fluency with ABRSM scales and arpeggios requirements.
Translations for this page are available in: English, 简体中文
What's in the exam?
- Pieces
- Scales & arpeggios
- Aural tests
- Sight-reading


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Sometimes, the unexpected is a really good thing. That's certainly true for CFO compensation. Thanks to a surprise increase that pushed the stock market back toward pre-crash levels, along with remarkably robust corporate results, executive pay seems to have fared very nicely in 2010—a far cry from 2009, when the total compensation trajectory wobbled as it rose only slightly. Depending on performance, the upward trend should continue, while compensation components should look a lot more like the packages seen before the market meltdown.
"If I could fly a banner, it would read 'return to tradition,'" says Randy Ramirez, Northeast practice leader for the compensation and benefits practice at BDO, a Chicago-based tax and financial services consulting firm.
Certainly, the data show pay is up. Treasury & Risk commissioned a study of the 2010 compensation of 50 Fortune 500 CFOs from Equilar, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based executive compensation research firm. According to the study, median total compensation rose 21.4% to $5.23 million. Individual components also posted handsome increases. For example, the median salary increased 4.8% to $756,227, while the value of equity compensation—including stock and option awards—went up 37.4% to $3.19 million.
The trend was decidedly industry agnostic. Total compensation for Northrop Grumman's James Palmer rose 120% to $11.35 million, for example. Christopher Coughlin of Tyco International saw his pay rise 125% to $10.62 million and compensation for Cisco Systems' Frank Calderoni also went up 125%, to $10.15 million.
And just two years after the market meltdown, pay at Wall Street firms also bounced back. That's true most notably at Goldman Sachs, where CFO David Viniar took home $13.95 million, vs. $837,365 in 2009, as the firm resumed equity awards after temporarily eliminating them.
One big driver of the increase was cash bonuses. "Cash is back," says Carol Bowie, head of compensation policy development at Institutional Shareholder Services. Such incentives were low or non-existent over the past two years, as companies struggled to make their numbers and looked to conserve cash.
Based on tepid expectations for 2010, compensation committees set what seemed to be appropriately low bars for bonuses. But when corporate performance started to take off last year, hitting goals became much easier. According to Equilar, median total cash compensation, which includes discretionary and incentive payouts, rose 36.8% to $1.47 million.
"Businesses set conservative business plans, thinking it would be pretty tough going," says Mike Halloran, worldwide partner at Mercer, a New York-based human resources consulting firm. "But this has been a good year for corporate earnings, and therefore we're seeing better-than-average bonuses."
Case in point: John Martin Jr. of Time Warner made $5.5 million in cash bonuses, up 68% from 2009, and his total compensation increased 62%, to $10.12 million.
Equity awards that gained value as the stock market rallied also drove total compensation higher. "Granted values were a lot lower a year before, so recent stock prices boosted them considerably," says Aaron Boyd, research manager at Equilar.
Other research echoes these findings. For example, a study of CEO and CFO pay at 55 companies by Compensation Advisory Partners found annual incentives rose around 16% from 2009 to 2010, and the median value of long-term incentives rose 15% to 20%. Those incentives made up 65% of total pay, with a drop in stock option awards and an increase in performance shares.
In some cases, there may be another issue. "Some companies seem to be trying to make up for the pay that was missed the previous year due to failure to achieve performance goals," says Bowie, noting that she's seen many examples of executives earning the maximum bonus level under their incentive plan. In fact, Bowie cites a small number of cases where compensation committees have exercised "negative discretion" to lower goals when they seemed wildly out of whack.
Under Section 162(m) of the tax code, which caps the corporate deduction for executive pay at $1 million, boards can change performance goals if they've been set too low. For example, MeadWestvaco, a $6 billion packaging supplier in Richmond, Va., applied negative discretion when the company's performance reached 200% of the goals, adjusting that to 175% of the target, according to Bowie.
That's not to say all CFOs enjoyed increases. Timothy McLevish of Kraft Foods, for example, saw his compensation drop 23%, as his bonus declined from $2 million in 2009 to $665,000 in 2010, because the company's North American unit failed to meet targets.
For now, the increased value of their long-term stock incentives seems to be making CFOs less eager to jump ship. The reason: Hiring companies are reluctant to make job candidates whole on their equity. "These incentives typically were based on stock prices that have gone up 50% to 100%, and a company might not want to write a check that big," says Joshua Wimberley, senior client partner and head of the North American financial officers practice at Korn/Ferry International, an executive search firm in New York. "It's hard to extract a sitting CFO right now." According to Wimberley, CFO turnover at Fortune 100 companies was roughly 12% in 2010, compared to 16% in recent years.
Whether the upward trajectory for compensation continues in 2011 depends entirely on company, economic and stock market performance. "If the economy continues to shift and companies can show results, compensation committees will pay for performance," says Melissa Burek, a partner at Compensation Advisory Partners.
Specifically, salary increases should continue, though at a more moderate pace than in 2010. "With greater stability, you'll see pay go up," says Equilar's Boyd.
Steven Hall, managing director of Steven Hall & Partners, a New York-based compensation consulting firm, predicts pay raises could come in around 3%. "We're seeing a retrenchment from the old days when senior executives used to get annual salary increases greater than the rank and file," Hall says. "They're going to be in line with the rank and file." And salaries will continue to be the smallest piece of compensation—about 20% of total pay, compared to 30% from short-term bonuses and the rest long-term incentives, he says.
Overall compensation could increase anywhere from 10% to 20%, depending on company stock performance, with the vast majority of the gain coming from components other than base salary, says Steven Van Putten, managing director of Pearl Meyer & Partners, a New York-based compensation consulting firm.
At the same time, some companies worry about retaining their CFOs, especially when stock option grants set after the market began to recover start to vest. Ramirez says "a large number" of clients have started asking about putting in place two- to three-year retention plans to keep valued executives who can help lead the business as growth picks up. "I can't tell you how many plans we're putting in place," he says. "They want to lock these guys up now." To that end, companies are mostly using restricted stock units that pay out in cash rather than common stock.
For comp committees, the process of setting targets should be somewhat easier than it has been. Comp experts say companies now feel they have a better handle on projections and can set more realistic goals. As targets become more accurate, it should mean fewer surprises in payouts. There won't be a lot of, "You earned a lot more than we thought you would, because the company earned a lot more than we thought we would," Hall says.
The metrics now in use are more appropriate to a growth environment, though compensation experts seem to disagree about just what those measurements should be. Ramirez, for example, focuses on metrics such as revenue growth, operating income and free cash flow that CFOs can control better than measures like earnings per share.
Van Putten, however, sees a move away from using cash flow in incentive plans, with more emphasis on revenue growth. A company that had placed a 30% weight on cash flow, for example, might replace that with top-line increases, because it's not just about growth, but profitable growth. "There's still a balance between operating profit and dollar revenue," he says, adding that many companies are still likely to use earnings per share as a metric.
Whatever the measure, the emphasis will continue to be on long-term performance-based equity and away from stock option awards and time-vested restricted stock. The biggest topic of discussion, in fact, is the right amount of long- vs. short-term compensation. "The key in everything now is pay for performance," says Van Putten. A typical example: a plan in which an executive has to boost earnings per share by 10% a year for three years or forfeit any long-term compensation.
In fact, the other side of the coin is what Hall calls "no pay for no performance." And that is likely to have an impact on such indirect compensation as change-of-control and other severance packages. Change-of-control packages might go from three times salary and bonus to perhaps two times, he says, or regular severance from two times salary to 18 months' worth. Tax gross-ups—payments that cover taxes on severance—have drawn fire from corporate governance groups and are a thing of the past. "New executives aren't getting that benefit any more," says Hall.
With the return to a more stable environment comes less reassessment of plan design, a big change from companies' efforts to deal with a volatile market and slow growth by experimenting with shorter measurement periods and other changes. "I think we're almost back to where we were before the crash," Hall says.
Generally, compensation plans are more like the models of about three years ago, with a combination of goals based on company financial performance and individual objectives. That includes the usual suspects—base salary plus an annual bonus and long-term incentives measured over a period of three years. "We're back to seeing simple programs," Ramirez says.
He points to a client that had put in place a highly complex plan with a matrix including 144 potential payouts depending on a combination of revenue and net income. That's been replaced with a simpler plan using operating income and free cash flow, along with minimum thresholds.
But while comp committees feel more secure about setting goals, the process is still tricky. For one thing, continued economic recovery is by no means a certainty. For another, boards are looking for more accuracy in their targets. As a result, companies are developing goals and performance metrics with more rigor than ever before. "There's a lot more work in terms of trying to get the right numbers," says Mercer's Halloran. Boards are involved in an unprecedented amount of goal-setting scrutiny, says Hall, adding that he recently received three calls in one day from companies about pinpointing goals. Companies with better-than-expected performance where top executives earned bonuses well above 2010 targets are "saying, 'We want a bull's-eye this time,'" Hall says.
That means testing target ranges and performance hurdles other than stock price, as well as looking at what competitors are doing. Boards are asking for such details as five years of performance history instead of the usual three or scrutinizing assumptions about growth more carefully than before.
The say-on-pay stipulations in Dodd-Frank are heightening the stakes. Dodd-Frank gave investors a non-binding vote on the pay packages of top executives, to be held at least once every three years. Every six years, shareholders get to vote on whether the pay vote should occur every one, two or three years. "Companies are really struggling with the challenge of how to pay their executives what they believe is warranted and have it be perceived by investors as justified by company performance," says Bowie.
Of course, a negative say-on-pay vote is not only humiliating but also means going back to the drawing board. To boost their chances of getting a yes vote on pay, companies are also sprucing up their proxies with executive summaries touting their corporate governance practices. "It makes it easier for shareholders to see good things being done for them, so the company will get a positive say-on-pay vote," says Hall, who is working with about six companies on such proxies.
Dodd-Frank affects compensation in other areas, particularly clawbacks. The law requires public companies to adopt policies to recover incentive-based compensation from current and former executives in the event of a restatement for any reason, going back three years. Failure to do so would result in delisting. But the law includes few specifics, leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission to flesh out the details.
While many more companies started to include such provisions before the passage of the bill, even those with clawbacks fear theirs won't pass muster when the rules are defined, probably in time for the 2011 proxy season. As a result, some companies with clawbacks in place are waiting for details to come out before making any changes, and some without provisions are putting off establishing any.
Less pressing, at least to non-financial companies, than it was in the past is the relationship between risky behavior and compensation structures. Boards turned more attention to adding formal risk assessment processes after 2008, and many now have new systems in place. "It's still front and center, but boards of directors have become more savvy about the whole process," says Burek.
There's also less uncertainty about the rules the SEC issued in 2009 requiring companies to disclose whether overall compensation programs could create incentives for excessive risk-taking, in cases where firms found evidence of any problems. After many companies received letters from the SEC asking why they hadn't included such disclosures, most firms started to include them in proxies; generally, the disclosures attest to a lack of risk problems. "In the majority of cases, it's fairly boilerplate," says Bowie.
Ultimately, however, it's all about performance. And that means there's a good chance compensation will continue on an upward incline, at least for the foreseeable future.
To see compensation charts, click here.
To read about the compensation for European treasurers, see Double Your Pay in Switzerland.


text: In line with SHOWstudio's commitment to opening up the process of fashion image-making, we're giving viewers a peek into Nick Knight's post production work on imagery and films. 'Frequently the most beautiful and exciting imagery is a technical byproduct of the final image,' explains Knight. 'Often it is in these 'mistakes' I am able to explore and pursue visual paths that were previously hidden.'


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This is the new Market Watch for tomorrow, Monday.
There are tons of posts and charts and info in the Market Watch for week of 6/15/2009....check there for all really current information and then continue here, whenever.....tonight or tomorrow.
MGLG will be interesting tomorrow. Where is it going? Hopefully up and early out of the gate!


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This week, I'd like to call your attention to Sherry Kline's Family Tree Writer blog.
Sherry is a very active genealogy blogger — she wrote great posts for the GeneaBloggers Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories. She doesn't hesitate to share neat finds she comes across, like this opportunity to turn your own handwriting into a font.
Sherry doesn't skimp on any of her posts — they are all thorough and well-written — be sure to follow her!


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Everyone this season seems obsessed with survival - perhaps this is more about the economic than the environmental climate, but a parade of bankers is far less exciting than an array of eco-warriors. Certainly, that was the reasoning of Vivienne Westwood when considering her A/W 2010 MAN show - an ode to the instinct for survival if ever there was one. Maybe that is giving Westwood short shrift - modes of redress, distress and make-do-and-mend are more than just climate-change fad fodder for her. Indeed, they've been part of her ouvre for decades, whether that be reconfiguring teddy boys for the seventies, slicing dishcloth into a 'kitchen sink' cardigan or her latter-day experiments with flinging panes of unfinished fabric around the body. This season, she continued in her own inimitable path but her clothes suddenly chimed with the more mainstream offerings of Milan's power players. Witness the flurry of substantial shearlings - particularly a gilet that looked like a sheep slung over the shoulders of one model - slashed and layered knitwear with earth-coloured cave man prints, and a hint of utility in boilersuits and practical denim. That hint of function infused the tailoring too, with clever double-linings allowing cuffs to peel back and up at the wrist and still leave arms covered. She also caught onto the military feeling too, with medal-strewn cadet tailcoats and wicked intarsia knits aping officer's mess dress, studded with crystal or frothed with three-dimensional lurex braid. It was idiosyncratic, quintessential Westwood. The unfortunate thing is that idiosyncratic, quintessential Westwood doesn't just mean well-cut suits in hardy wool and tartans and inventive knits. It means bawdy British humour, overworked didactic design and lurid catwalk pranks. This season, we got all of these in abundance - most notably the latter. It's difficult to pay attention to the clothes when models hoick spittle, feign pratfalls and bust-ups, or indeed push shopping-trolleys of detritus in imitation of vagrants. She stated that she found inspiration in their 'battle gear for the harsh weather conditions', but rather than homeless homage, this show too often seemed to fall into parody, leaving the audience the more uncomfortable for it. A catwalk of cardboard boxes, sleeping bags slung over necks and artificial touches of grime on faces were a little too close to the bone, especially when the fashion press had to pass half-a-dozen homeless people on their way into the venue. Westwood loves to antagonise and provoke - she's the grandmother of punk, for pete's sake - but sometimes those 'vagrant' touches seemed pure, embarrassing bad taste with very little real substance underneath. Likewise the outfits they often inspired. I for one had strains of 'qu'ils mangent de la brioche' ringing in my ears - and although I liked much of what was on offer, I cannot - or rather will not - applaud the sentiment.
Milan Menswear A/W 10
Vivienne Westwood
Show Report
An ode to the instinct for survival if ever there was one.


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Somewhere out there, in the teachers' lounge at a teachers college, people are chatting and laughing and sipping coffee — blissfully unaware that they're living exhibits in the Weird Punctuation Hall of Fame.
The weirdness comes courtesy of a single apostrophe, the one in teachers' lounge, and the conspicuous absence of another in teachers college. And, no, those aren't errors. In fact, that's how a lot of professional editors would punctuate these terms.
Careful readers sometimes notice dropped apostrophes in print: Check your homeowners policy. He joined a taxpayers association. She went to the farmers market. They got a couples massage.
People who are word-savvy enough to notice these missing apostrophes are likely to assume they're errors. After all, they know that possessives take apostrophes. Those are the teachers' cars. Visit the farmers' booths. That is the taxpayers' responsibility.
But in fact, those missing apostrophes aren't missing at all. Their absence is not an error. Yes, an apostrophe is required to show possession, but sometimes a term like teachers or homeowners or farmers or taxpayers is intended more as an adjective than as a possessor.
"Do not add an apostrophe to a word ending in S when it is used primarily in a descriptive sense: citizens band radio, a Cincinnati Reds infielder, a teachers college, a Teamsters request, a writers guide," instructs the Associated Press Stylebook.
It's a subtle distinction that leaves a lot of room for disagreement. One writer might think that a farmers market is all about the farmers, while another writer might feel that the market itself is the farmers'. Neither is right or wrong. But style guides like AP do contain a few specific rules.
For example, AP singles out teachers college as a term that does not take an apostrophe. But it doesn't give instructions on what to do when the word that follows "teachers" is something different, like "union" or "lounge." That's why, in AP style, some would write "a teachers' lounge in a teachers college," while others would write "a teachers lounge in a teachers college."
Sometimes you have to consider whether the term is singular or plural. For example, does an owner's manual refer to a single owner? Or is it an owners' manual or an owners manual, both of which emphasize plural owners? If you want one professional opinion, I'll tell you that if this term appeared in an article I was editing, I would think of it as having to do with "the owner" — be he an abstract concept or a real person. So I would make this "owner's manual." Other editors might disagree.
But for irregular plurals that don't end in S, the apostrophe isn't optional.
For example, "children" is an irregular plural not ending in S. But unlike a regular plural, it sounds too weird to use as an adjective: children hospital. Clearly, you need an S. But you can't just stick one on the end the way you would with teacher because there's no such thing as childrens.
So you can't put a plural S at the end, only a possessive S. And that one goes with an apostrophe: children's hospital (not childrens). Ditto that for women's healthcare (not womens) and men's department (not mens).
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WBU Theatre troupe to present Shadowlands in second Spencer appearance
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University's theatre department is heading for the hills again, this time to present the dramatic story of Christian author C.S. Lewis. As the closing event of the second annual Sacramento Mountain Theatre Collaborative, WBU theatre will be performing Shadowlands at the renowned Spencer Theater in Ruidoso, N.M. on June 23 at 8 p.m.
The group will present a benefit performance featuring scenes from the play at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, at the Harral Studio Theatre on the Wayland campus in Plainview. Donations will be taken at the door.
The university's first foray in Ruidoso was the summer of 2006, when they spent three weeks with high school and college theatre students, spending long days learning acting and other theatre skills while preparing for a performance of short plays at Ruidoso High School. The finale was a production of the comedy Art at the Spencer, performed by three WBU theatre alums and current graduate students.
This year's adventure to the mountains will be a bit different. WBU theatre director Dr. Marti Runnels, who directed last year's Art, will turn over the directing duties to Jim McDermott for Shadowlands while he takes the stage as Lewis in the play. McDermott is a doctoral student in theatre at Texas Tech University.
The role is a familiar one, as Runnels played Lewis in a 1992 production at Wayland and at Second Baptist Church in Lubbock. Though he's enjoyed the academic setting as theatre director and professor and now co-chair of the Division of Fine Arts, Runnels is an experienced actor who has played in everything from Shakespeare to Woody Allen. He has performed across the U.S. and overseas, including a production of Del Shore's Cheatin' in the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival Fringe in Scotland. For the summer's upcoming production, Runnels dusts off his script and pulls a few other WBU theatre veterans out of storage for the production as well.
Teresa Harrelson Moore, coordinator of student activities at WBU, will play Joy, Lewis' wife. The role may be new for Moore, but the venue and the stage are familiar. Moore grew up in Ruidoso, attended Ruidoso High School, and graduated from Alamogordo High School in 1990, active in music and cheerleading. In college, she dabbled in musical theatre, then joined a creative performance group after Wayland and performed across the U.S. and Canada. Since returning to WBU in 2000 on staff, she has appeared in several plays under Runnels' direction, including The Nerd, Dancing at Lughnasa and The Mousetrap.
Cory Norman, another WBU theatre alum who appeared in Art in 2006, returns for Shadowlands as well, playing Lewis' brother Warnie. While at Wayland, Norman appeared in nearly every theatre production and returned for a few after graduating, sharing the stage with Moore in Lughnasa.
Peyton Thornton, who played a child in The Nerd, will appear in Shadowlands as the son of Joy Gresham, Douglas. Thornton recently completed the third grade at Plainview schools and has had other acting roles. David Howle, a member of the religion faculty at Wayland, fills the role of Rev. Harrington. Tim Fisher, a WBU senior who has been in several productions, will play roles of professor Alan Greg and a doctor.
Chris Moore, a WBU theatre graduate who is now technical theatre director, will play the role of Riley, an Oxford professor, and smaller roles of a priest and a waiter in the production. Stan Thomas, who works for the Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce, will play the roles of Dr. Oakley, an Oxford professor, and the clerk.
Other roles will be filled by high school students participating in the theatre collaborative, an intensive, two-week experience in Ruidoso with mentors including faculty and current WBU theatre students. Jessica Hall, a student from Dumas High School, will play the roles of the registrar, the nurse and a woman. Sarah Buckland, a student in Weatherford, will serve as stage manager for the production.
Runnels said reprising Shadowlands was an easy choice for the Spencer Theatre especially because of the timing.
"C.S. Lewis' works are enjoying a revival of interest that's pretty overwhelming right now," said Runnels, noting Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series and the Lord of the Rings series by friend and contemporary J.R.R. Tolkien have seen renewed interest with the movie versions.
"People are fascinated by approaches to religion that are not as overtly religious. Because of that interest, I thought it was a perfect time to revive this play for the Spencer," he added. "Last year's comments were that people were glad to have a production that made them think a little, so we're providing a different work for their season that is appreciated."
The play by William Nicholson is based on the personal life of Lewis, who penned the Narnia series and other Christian fiction and non-fiction books.
"Nicholson's work is a beautiful, moving play about this famous British author and how his life and beliefs take a turn when he meets the American Jewish and divorced poet Joy Davidman Gresham," Runnels explained. "Joy left the U.S. and an abusive spouse with her stoic young son in tow to ultimately find warmth and comfort sharing her life with the inveterate bachelor Lewis, despite the open disdain and ridicule of his friends at Oxford."
Runnels said the story traces the pair's friendship through written correspondence, their first meeting for tea, a marriage of convenience and finally a deep, passionate love affair. Balanced with the romantic scenes, the play includes witty repartee between Lewis and his Oxford don friends as well as his brother.
Runnels notes that Shadowlands began life as a drama produced on British television, then broadcast in the United States in 1986. The screen version then became a longer play that arrived on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater more than 15 years ago, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Jane Alexander. A few years later, the play was made into a 1993 movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.
Tickets for the Spencer Theater production are $30 per person and include a reception afterwards with refreshments. Tickets may be reserved through the WBU theatre office at (806) 291-1060 or the office of alumni services, (806) 291-3600.
The play performance is part of an alumni and friends getaway weekend to Ruidoso, organized by the Office of Alumni Services. The weekend begins with a free brunch on Saturday morning at First Baptist Church, followed by an optional golf scramble at The Links course, featuring a $105 inclusive fee. The afternoon is free for sightseeing, shopping and relaxing in the majestic mountains, and the play takes the Spencer stage at 8 p.m.
Attendees are responsible for their own lodging and transportation arrangements in Ruidoso but should purchase tickets to the play and golf scramble through the alumni office by June 15. For more information, call Danny Andrews at (806) 291-3603.


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New Freedom Station® Expands Reach of the NRG eVgo Charging Network, Supporting San Diego EV Drivers from Carlsbad to California's Southern Border
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb 04, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, Simon Property Group, a leader in the global retail real estate industry, and NRG eVgo (ee-vee-go), a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., announce the opening of the first Freedom Station® in the City of Carlsbad, California.
The Freedom Station, located at the Carlsbad Premium Outlets® , features a 480-volt direct current (DC) fast charger that enables electric vehicle (EV) drivers, who are shopping and visiting, to recharge their vehicles in 30 minutes or less, as well as a traditional 240-volt alternating current (AC) charger that can charge virtually all electric vehicles. Simon Property Group is a long-time industry leader in incorporating energy management and sustainability practices into its mall operations. Supporting the needs of energy-conscious consumers is part of the company's sustainability strategy, as shoppers can plug in at 100 stations at 43 of Simon's shopping destinations across the U.S. Comprised of more than 90 stores and covering more than 288,000 square feet, the Carlsbad Premium Outlets are located north of San Diego, Calif., at 5620 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad, CA 92008. The Freedom Station is located in the parking lot between Starbucks and Rubio's.
The Freedom Station in Carlsbad, part of a growing network of Freedom Station sites in California with 19 now open or under construction, is one of eight eVgo public charging stations located within 30 miles of San Diego, giving EV drivers new freedom and range confidence so they can maximize the use of their EVs in the greater San Diego area.
"As a top tourism destination and technology hub, located between San Diego and Los Angeles, the city of Carlsbad is the perfect location for a recharging station," said Matt Hall, Mayor of the city of Carlsbad, Calif. "With the opening of this eVgo Freedom Station, Carlsbad becomes a top destination for a new audience – electric car drivers – who want to enjoy our beautiful beaches, top notch shopping and dining, and active Southern California coastal lifestyle. It's the perfect addition to our world class city."
"Whether shoppers come to us as a destination or as a delightful excursion on their way through Carlsbad, we work hard to create a welcoming atmosphere where their every shopping need is met," said Terri Mannes, General Manager, Carlsbad Premium Outlets. "We are thrilled to offer an eVgo Freedom Station to Carlsbad shoppers because it reinforces our commitment to providing an unparalleled shopping experience and to integrating sustainable solutions into our properties."
"NRG eVgo is committed to making driving an electric car easy for California drivers by developing an extensive charging ecosystem that is designed to meet their diverse needs," said Terry O'Day, vice president for NRG eVgo in California. "With charging options at your home, apartments and work combined with on-the-go charging in cities such as Carlsbad, our mission is to make it even easier to choose and drive electric."
Building on the growing eVgo Freedom Station charging network in San Diego with sites now open or under construction in the cities of San Diego, Del Mar, Chula Vista and Escondido, the Carlsbad charging station features a 480-volt DC Fast Charger, that can deliver up to an 80 percent charge in less than 30 minutes, as well as a 240-volt Level 2 charger to serve electric vehicles that do not have a fast charging option. Level 2 chargers deliver range at a rate of 12 – 25 miles of range per hour of charge. Freedom Station sites are also wired for the addition of a second DC charger to allow new technology to be quickly added to the site. Most sites are available 24/7 and are positioned near retail stores as well as restaurants to provide EV drivers with the option to charge while shopping or eating.
NRG eVgo is building a network of more than 200 Freedom Station charging sites as well as the infrastructure to support Level 2 charging at multi-family residences and workplaces throughout the state of California. The Freedom Station network is just one part of the NRG eVgo ecosystem designed for EV drivers to get the most out of their vehicles by providing simple charging solutions at home, at apartments, at work, at the airport and on the go. By the end of 2016, the Freedom Station network will support California EV drivers in the Los Angeles Basin, San Diego Area, San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Joaquin Valley.
About Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 100 company and a global leader in the retail real estate industry. The Company currently owns or has an interest in more than 325 retail real estate properties in North America and Asia comprising approximately 241 million square feet. We are headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employ approximately 5,500 people in the U.S. For more information, visit the Simon Property Group website at www.simon.com .
About NRG eVgo
The NRG eVgo SM network gives electric vehicle (EV) owners new freedom and range confidence via home and workplace charging docks, plus a network of fast charging stations conveniently located at retailers along major transportation corridors within eVgo cities. Service plans offered by eVgo can provide EV owners a home or workplace charger and use of eVgo's Freedom Station® sites and other public charging stations. eVgo is a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., a Fortune 500 company at the forefront of changing how people think about, buy and use energy. Through eVgo, NRG will provide access to hundreds of public charging sites across California, Texas and the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. To find out more, or to join the eVgo network, visit www.nrgevgo.com . Connect with eVgo on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @nrgevgo .
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SOURCE: Simon Property Group, Inc.
NRG eVgoCarly Kade, 713-819-2550Communications email@example.com
Copyright Business Wire 2014
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Author Notes: Masala Milk is a common comfort food that can be found in any Dairy store in India. Huge Cauldrons of scalding hot whole milk, enroute to becoming 'Khoya' (milk solids) that form the base for most Indian sweet confections. When the order is placed, a huge glass is apportioned out and cooled by drawing the milk from one container to another (one gets almost tempted to order the milk by the yard). The result is a frothy glass ful of the most delicious sweetened milk with caramel notes in addition to the sugar. The Halwai (confectioner) would then dust it with a sprinkle of toasted pistachio & almond with cardamom &finally, just a dollop of the creamy skin that crusts boiled milk. at which point, I began hating the drink! :-(
Masala Milk was usually served at home to special guests and there were ads galore on TV of prospective brides serving it to future In-laws to win their approval, and cheesier scenes from classic bollywood movies of shy brides entering the nuptial bedroom with silver salvers of Masala Milk.
Well, this is Valentine season, so here goes,
A decadent Masala Milk truffle, with a spiced center of white chocolate ganache with finely crushed toasted almonds & pistachio enrobed in dark chocolate. The spice blend used is a chai masala blend with cardamom, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and black pepper (http://food52.com/recipes...) —Panfusine
Makes: 32
cup heavy cream
teaspoon Chai spice blend (http://food52.com/recipes...chaispice_blend)
packet white chocolate baking chips (11 oz)
cup toasted Pistachio
cup toasted almonds
packet Dark chocolate chips (11 oz)
Crystals of Thai GInger flavored salt or Pink Himalayan salt
- crush the toasted pistachio & almonds into a semi fine consistency and mix thoroughly. Measure 1/3 cup of the combined mixture and reserve. Add the white chocolate chips to the 1/3 cup of nut blend & combine in a glass mixing bowl.
- Add the chai spice blend to the heavy cream and heat until the cream just comes to a boil. Immediately lower the heat to a minimum and simmer the cream mixture for about 5-10 minutes to allow the spice blend to release its flavors. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Strain the spiced cream into the white chocolate chip blend. stir to melt the chocolate completely (feel free to heat in the microwave for 30 seconds extra) to obtain a smooth texture (well almost, the powdered nuts add a lovely graininess to the ganache). Cover the surface with cling wrap and refrigerate till cooled & firm. (about 1 hr)
- Using a melon baller, scoop the ganache and roll it into marbles. freeze until solid (at least 2 hrs)
- Add the dark chocolate chips into a heat proof bowl and melt over a saucepan of simmering water. When the chocolate has completely melted, dunk the spiced ganache marbles into the dark chocolate and coat all over. Gently place on a tray lined with wax paper to set. Once the shell hardens, transfer the truffles into paper cups , garnish with the salt crystals and refrigerate in a dry container.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate & Spice
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Most Americans will spring forward this weekend as Daylight Saving Time kicks in at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday In a sign that spring could be just around the corner, the majority of the country will set their clocks forward an hour before heading for bed on Saturday night.
But even with an extra hour of daylight it won't seem like spring across much of the U.S., where winter-weary residents are bracing for another blanket of snow and ice.
The time won't change in Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas. Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 2.
Daylight Saving Time is not observed all over the world. It has been abolished in Russia, Japan, and most African and Asian countries. Most European and North America countries continue to observe it.
Signs of spring will come as a relief to many parts of the country after a fierce winter this year. The harsh weather has caused damages of up to $5 billion this winter, more than twice its normal cost of about $2 billion a year, according to a data from Aon Benfield, a global reinsurance firm based in London, reported in USA Today.
The winter storms have damaged homes and business and disrupted travel all over the country. Flight delays and cancellations due to the harsh weather have cost the industry an estimated nearly $6 billion, according to industry analysis.
The next winter storm has already started to hit the Southeast and the Midatlantic with another round of snow and ice, according to Weather.com. North Carolina declared a state of emergency afterthe storm Ulysses knocked out power to nearly 300,000 homes on Saturday.
This new storm is expected to blanket the Northeast in the next three to four days, said the weather channel.
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oh, hello. didn't see you there. i am once again busy, searching high and low for a very special Christmas gift that seems to have run off. I was shopping, see, and a few days ago i came home wif, really, the PERFECT gift for the whole family. just the right size. fun for all ages. conveniently dead. see how it rounds out my collection of fake mousies? i was so very proud of it and you WOULD THINK my holiday gifting would bring great joy.
but no. Mrs. Whatsername, so-called animal lover, threw it out. this is the kind of heartless monster i lives wif everyday.
but, being a creature of endless generosity as i is, and filled, as always, to the furry brim wif Holiday Spirit, i tried again. Last night I went shopping again and this time, in order to get thru her very thick skull that this it THE must-have christmas gift of teh year, i brought her a real live mousie. so pretty! so crawly! so delightfully squeaky! but somehow, wif all teh yelling and slamming of doors, i kind of dropped it.
and gee! can it run fast! teh little guy was behind the upright grand piano in no times, which was clever of him, as i can't get back there and these lazy humans refuse to lift it out of teh way for me….but it appears he may also have high-tailed it into Whozhe's bedroom, another good place as it very easy to hide under all those empty doritos bags. so i kind been running back and forth between those two places all day. but i has to admit to getting a little tired. glad you're here, tho. can you keep an eye peeled for me? i need a break. gonna go outside for a bit. maybe go do a little more shopping.
the holiday spirit, you knows, just keeps giving.


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