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On October 5, six specially-trained bottlenose dolphins and their handlers from the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program flew to Tivat, Montenegro from their base in San Diego, California as part of Operation Dolphin 2012. This operation was initiated to helped Montenegro pinpoint the location of unexploded bombs, mines, and other munitions that were fired, dropped, and dumped in its coastal waters.
Thanks to the coordination of the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, and with a little help from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, the dolphin teams participated in a multinational military operation to search for submerged unexploded munitions from past conflicts in the Bay of Kotor. The dolphin teams, along with the U.S. Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit-1 based in Point Loma, California, also trained Montenegrin Navy divers to conduct similar operations. Military divers from Slovenia and Croatia observed operations as well.
Throughout the deployment, Marine Mammal veterinary personnel were on hand to ensure the comfort, safety, and welfare of the marine mammals.
The dolphins flew to Montenegro aboard a C-17 Globemaster III from the 729th Airlift Squadron and supported by the 336th Air Refueling Squadron, both based at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California. U.S. Embassy Podgorica arranged for the dolphins to be transferred to the bay upon arrival. The large amount of equipment necessary for this deployment was transported by the U.S. Navy's Fleet Logistics Support Squadrons 64 and 53.
The dolphins and their human partners conducted search operations for unexploded ordnance in the bay, and trained Montenegrin Navy divers to conduct similar operations in a simulated United Nations peacekeeping mission. The handlers gave the dolphins markers, which the dolphins took underwater as they searched for potentially hazardous items. When the dolphins thought they had found an explosive item, they dropped the marker by it, and swam back to their handlers. The dolphins then exited the area of operations and human divers dove down to the markers to photograph the items of concern for later identification.
Why dolphins? Their biological sonar, a.k.a. echolocation, is far more effective than the most advanced sonar technology currently available. The U.S. Navy trains dolphins for two to three years before they begin work on underwater security projects. Navy dolphins typically live much longer than their counterparts in the wild, receive round-the-clock medical and dental care, and are fed a diet of fresh fish. The dolphins bond with and trust their handler, which allows them to operate in open water without tethers. To date, no Navy marine mammal has been a casualty in any peacetime exercise or during a conflict.
During Dolphin 2012, the U.S. and Montenegrin teams located a variety of types of potentially-hazardous munitions. The suspect items found in the Bay of Kotor range in age, some possibly dating back to World War I. The dolphins searched several large areas within and around the bay, and accomplished in a short timeframe what would have taken human diving teams much longer to complete.
Throughout the deployment, onlookers crowded the jetties and piers along the bay to catch a glimpse of the dolphins in action. The operation also hosted several groups of schoolchildren to teach them about how dolphins can be useful partners in efforts to rehabilitate areas contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnance.
Upon completion, the Montenegrin divers were recognized in a graduation ceremony at which U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro Sue K. Brown donated diving equipment to Montenegro, courtesy of the U.S. European Command's Humanitarian Mine Action Program. Grids with the precise locations of hazardous items will be provided to the government of Montenegro. With this information, equipment and training, Montenegro will be better able to continue neutralization of underwater explosive hazards to ensure that its beautiful waters may continue to be used safely by fishermen, recreational boaters and divers, cruise ships and freighters.
This operation was a team effort, and a great example of ongoing State Department/Defense Department cooperation. For the State Department, U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, coordinated the deployment, and the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs provided funds for some logistical costs of the deployment. For the Defense Department, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. European Command Humanitarian Mine Action Program, and the U.S Department of Defense's Humanitarian Mine Action Program were instrumental in the deployment. All of this was accomplished with the kind cooperation of the Montenegrin Ministry of Defense. This was the first time that the Marine Mammal Program partnered with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and the Department of Defense Humanitarian Mine Action program simultaneously. The State Department and Defense Department plan to employ this collaborative approach in the future to help countries affected by unexploded mines, bombs, and other munitions.
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Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor
The start of a new term and then a huge computer disaster caused me not to post a link here to my review of Nnedi Okorafor's first short story collection, Kabu Kabu, which Strange Horizons recently published. Here, for anyone who missed it and is interested, it is. The first paragraph, to give you a sense of it all:
Nnedi Okorafor's first short story collection begins and ends with tales that evoke histories and challenge orthodoxies. "The Magical Negro" liberates an unfortunate cliché of fantasy fiction to go his own way, and so plants a sign in the narrative ground to let us know that these journeys, though fantastical, will seek some roads less traveled. "The Palm Tree Bandit" (first published here at Strange Horizons in 2000) reconfigures a different sort of mythos, shaking up the cartography of West African folktales to open some paths for women to play around with symbols and tools too often reserved for men. Both stories are narrative manifestos, fictions that are also metafictions. They exude a hope common to the whole book, a hope in human imagination. We have, these stories suggest, imagined badly, narrowly, oppressively—but just because we have does not mean that we must.Continue reading at SH.

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I have been many places and done many things in my life. On this page, I'll try to summarize them and give you links to places you can go for more. I first created this page in 1995 as an early experiment in web page development. As such, there is nothing terribly fancy on this page or any others that I maintain. I've always believed that pages should load fast and be informative.
I work as a consultant to healthcare organizations as an expert in business intelligence, with a focus on clients who use software from Epic Systems Corporation. This is largely an extension of work I did when I worked at Epic and I've been doing work like this for the past thirteen years. My works calls for me to travel quite a bit, but otherwise I work out of my home. It's a balance I enjoy immensely. The work is fulfilling, I'm good at it, and it pays well.
I enjoy dining out and have a particular fondness for sushi, cheese, and beer. My tastes tend to fluctuate, but these days I'm enjoying salmon, soft French cheeses, and dunkel weizen beers. Traveling gives me plenty of opportunity to explore new restaurants and local foods. Traveling also gives me lots of time to read. I'm a verocious consumer of Young Adult literature and maintain a BLOG with reviews of the books I have read.
I'm always been a collector and enjoy acquiring and cataloging the things I collect. For the past dozen or so years, I've focused on antique photographs of people. I'm particularly interested in what the British call "social history" (basically, pictures of people doing things) and also pictures of interesting clothing. My collection is immense but honestly is focused more on quantity than quality.
A few years back, my partner and I adopted a seal-point siamese, who we named Miri (after the heroine of the eponymous episode of Star Trek). More recently, she and I got married to complete our happy little family. I've managed to live the past eighteen years in Wisconsin, so I suppose I consider this to be home.
Spiritually, I am a Quaker (having been raised both as a Unitarian and a Quaker). I don't always live up to the lofty ideals of Quakerism and find Simplicity to be a great challenge. However, I do strongly believe in giving back and I make a point of tithing to various charities and causes I believe in.
I've gone through many changes in my life. If you had told me in High School that I would be a jet-set consultant, I'd never have been able to picture it. Yet, I have found that plans really do change and it is never too late to start a second (or a third) career. Interests and hobbies change as well, and the ability to acquire new ones (and let go of the ones that no longer inspire you) is a mark of a cultured person. So, here is a brief history.
I used to teach political science at the University of Wisconsin -- Platteville. I received my PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Russian Politics and Political Philosophy. As an undergraduate, I attended Simon's Rock College and got my A.B. from Vassar College. I published a book called Pornography and Democratization: The Case of Legislating Obscenity in Post-Communist Russia with Westview Press in 1999 and I have published several articles on that subject (as well as giving several talks at various universities and institutes).
I eventually gave up on academia. The next step after leaving teaching was to get a job as a project manager with Epic Systems Corporation. After three years at Epic, I moved on working as a consultant with SafeNet Consulting and occasionally freelancing as a writer on healthcare revenue cycle management. Consulting led me to a permanent position with Agfa HealthCare, working in Instructional Design (neatly combining together my two past careers in one!). But after 15 months of an incredible daily commute (125 miles each day!) and a daily routine of not enough work to keep me busy, I got a unique opportunity to return to writing SQL reports for Epic installs, but as a consultant. I worked for a company called Healthcare Informatics Associates (which eventually sold it self to Infologix, which in turn sold itself to Black & Decker). I left after the second sale and worked for Brookmeade Healthcare and now Nordic Consulting Partners.
The dominant hobby of my life has been medieval reenactment. I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) for nearly three decades. In that time, I've done all sorts of things, including heraldry, embroidery, and crossbow shooting. I've held a variety of offices ranging from Hospitaller to Seneschal. About twenty years ago, I founded an organization called the Slavic Interest Group, which promotes amateur research into medieval life in Eastern and Central Europe. My single largest contribution to the SCA (and probably my life's most important work) is my Dictionary of Period Russian Names (available on-line in its second edition and still in-print in the third edition). Between it and my archive of related articles, I'm still considered the "expert" on medieval Russian onomastics for the SCA, even though I am retired. In the SCA, I am known as Paul Wickenden of Thanet, a Anglo-Norman noble residing in my ancestral abode on the Isle of Thanet in the early-mid 13th century.
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The original Super Monkey Ball came out over a decade ago on the Nintendo GameCube, and since then the series has grown to become one of Sega's key franchises. That is no mean feat, considering a lot of the other popular Sega franchises from the same time, such as Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio and Sega GT, were unable to keep up the same momentum and have fallen by the wayside. The appeal, it seems, is in the cutesy presentation and addictive puzzle gameplay that has helped the game gartner to a wider demographic, acting as sort of a forerunner to the casual gaming boom that is taking place now.
Slippery slope
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz on the Vita is an all new adventure and not a port of an earlier game. The graphics in the Vita edition make use of the handheld's high resolution screen and powerful processor to present detailed graphics that run at a good framerate. There is the option to play the game either with the analogue stick or motion controls, though after struggling with the accuracy of the motion controls in the iPhone version of Super Monkey Ball in the past, the added accuracy of the analogue controls in Banana Splitz was highly appreciated.
The game also comes with numerous mini-games that make use of the Vita's touch screen. The game concept, where one has to manoeuvre a monkey in a ball from one side of the level to the other, is simple and easy to get into, and no major changes seems to have been made by Sega to the gameplay from past iterations. That, however, also extends to the insane difficulty curve of the game.
Challenge for everyone
While the beginner and normal campaigns can be breezed through within minutes, the same can not be said of the advanced campaign and onwards. The player is given plenty of lives and continues to take on the difficult campaigns, but they may not be enough to tackle them. A lot of the levels require pin point precision and nerves of steel, so playing the game on the bus or train is likely out of the question.
- A polished production that makes use of the features of the Vita while continuing the Super Monkey Ball tradition.
- The game runs at a high resolution and smooth framerate, though the game world sometimes feels sparse.
- Sound effects and voice samples seem to remain unchanged from past versions of the game, while the upbeat music is appropriate for the setting.
- There are several single player campaigns and mini-games available, though the sharp difficulty spike in the more advanced levels will test the patience of players.
- Being forced to restart a campaign from the beginning after getting game over is not fun.
- The game comes with both motion and analogue controls, though the pinpoint precision required in levels will mean that analogue is the way to go.
Bottom Line
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz brings the familiar puzzle gameplay to old fans and new, though players should be aware of the difficulty of the game before taking the plunge.


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A bespoke Italian suit -- no better souvenir of a stop in Naples.
The Simple Life
Farm holidays in Italy -- RX for the overstressed, overworked and overwhelmed.
Tuscan Dream
An entrepreneur dreams of owning a winery at home in Tuscany and makes it happen.
NICE: Where Cooks Become Chefs
Cooking well in the middle of nowhere.
The Splendors of Spoleto
Lucretia Borgia loved this Umbria hilltown.
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Some of the Italy's best food is in Umbria
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Jibbs (Feat. Lloyd)- The Dedication [Behind The Scenes Video Shoot]
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Over the course of two seasons, Scream Queens gathered unknown actresses who vied for an unprecedented prize - a break-out role in two films from Lionsgate Saw horror franchise - Saw VI (Season 1) and Saw 3D (Season 2). With the Saw franchise nearing 700 million dollars in worldwide revenue, this competition gave these women a chance at stardom on an infinite stage.
Season One winner Tanedra Howard was featured in the coveted and iconic "opening trap" scene in Saw VI, playing the character "Simone".
Throughout the series, the contestants competed in a series of exacting challenges designed to prove they had the smarts, talent, and strength to succeed. From working with bugs, gore, and stunts to acting across from A-list talent, the girls were put through an intense horror-acting boot camp. The winning actress had to prove to the panel of judges that she had the talent, the looks, and especially the lungs to be a true "Scream Queen".
The contestants were schooled and judged by a team of professionals:
John Homa (Season 1 + 2), Hollywood's toughest acting coach, employed his ass-kicking style to force the women to fight their inner demons before they fought their on-screen demons.
Jaime King (Season 2), former model-turned-actress and horror film alum (My Bloody Valentine and The Tripper), served as a mentor to the actresses throughout the process.
Tim Sullivan (Season 2), director of 2001 Maniacs and Driftwood, directed the contestants' performances.
James Gunn (Season 1), writer/director/producer of such horror films as Dawn Of The Dead and Slither, directed the girls during the show's many acting challenges.
Shawnee Smith (Season 1), star of the Saw franchise, mentored the girls from the perspective of a real Scream Queen.
Over the course of eight hour-long episodes, those skilled and sexy enough to command the screen survived. Those who didn't "got the axe" until only one strong, seductive, and stellar actress remained, earning the break-out role in Saw VI / Saw 3D and the title of SCREAM QUEEN.


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A Celebration Of The Life Of Aaliyah Dana Haughton January 16, 1979-August 25, 2001
We can't believe that it's been 10 years since the tragic death of one of this generations brightest stars. R.I.P. Baby Girl…
Today, rather than lament the loss of the beautiful R&B/Hip-Hop singer, we choose to celebrate her life with a post dedicated to some of her most timeless jams.
Tonight, BET Networks will follow suit and premiere a new special, "Aaliyah: One In a Million" at 8PM. With appearances from Patti Labelle, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Ginuwine, Damon Dash and more, this hour long special truly honors her legacy and her achievements throughout her short lived career.
Flip through the following pages to listen to some of her classics as well as peep rarely seen pictures of Aaliyah and the other artists that loved her.
"One In A Million"
"At Your Best"
"Rock The Boat"
"I Care 4 U"
"4 Page Letter"
"We Need A Resolution"
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What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?: 100% Organic Solutions for All Your Vegetables, from Artichokes to Zucchini
Lavishly illustrated guidelines offer nearly infallible means of diagnosing and treating setbacks through easy-to-follow, cross-referenced charts. As foolproof as they come.
More and more home gardeners are discovering the rewards of growing their own vegetables. But along with the pleasures of homegrown produce come a host of problems: bugs, diseases, and mysterious ailments that don't have an obvious cause. What's a gardener to do?
Don't panic — help is at hand. What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden? teaches you how to keep your vegetables healthy so they're less susceptible to attack, and when problems do occur, it shows you how to recognize the problem and find the right organic solution.
Among the book's highlights are:
- Clear information about how to team with nature to create the best growing conditions for your vegetables.
- Detailed portraits of the most commonly grown vegetables, including growth habit; information on the plant's season; temperature, soil, light, and water requirements; and best garden uses and planting techniques.
- Illustrated problem-solving guides that enable you to identify at a glance what's ailing your plant.
- Discussions of the most effective organic solutions, ranging from how to modify the growing conditions in your garden to how to cope with and eliminate specific pests and diseases.
If you care about raising the freshest, healthiest, most problem-free vegetables possible, then What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden? will quickly become one of your most essential tools.
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- Pages: 252 pp.
- Book dimensions: 7⅝ x 9¼ in. (235 x 195 mm.)
- Images: 389 color photos
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"Full of useful photographs, charts for diagnosing problems, numerous organic solutions, and hints for avoiding problems in the first place."
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"An authoritative guide to organic vegetable growing. ... With this attractive book, organic gardeners will find it easy to grow vegetables and diagnose and organically treat common problems. Recommended."
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"A comprehensive index and chapter-by-chapter discussions of individual vegetables avoid the frustration of wading through generalized advice."
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"Lavishly illustrated guidelines offer nearly infallible means of diagnosing and treating setbacks through easy-to-follow, cross-referenced charts. As foolproof as they come."
"Those looking for a well-illustrated, well-organized resource will not be disappointed."
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"Hooray! Something to figure out what's bugging your vegetables."
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West Virginia University at Parkersburg provides accessible, life-changing educational opportunities in a safe and supportive environment.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is the region's premier college recognized for quality education, commitment to student empowerment, workforce collaboration, and community involvement.
The faculty, staff and administration of West Virginia University at Parkersburg individually and collectively hold the responsibility of providing educational and cultural opportunities in the college's service community, based upon the following principles:
- Education holds a central position in the creation, development, and nurturing of a society.
- Education should be constantly cognizant of the fact that all persons are individuals of worth and are entitled to be treated with dignity and respect.
- Education functions under the realization that equal opportunity to access and to benefit from teaching and learning must be afforded to all persons.
- Education provides the opportunity for all citizens in a democratic society to explore, to discover, and to develop their special aptitudes and interests.
- Education holds as a sacred trust its responsibility to assist persons in their quest for a fulfilling life and for responsible citizenship in a world characterized by change.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, religion, color, ancestry, or national origin in admission, employment, educational programs or activities; nor does it discriminate on the basis of genetic information in employment or employee health benefits. Further, faculty, staff, students, and applicants are protected from retaliation for filing complaints or assisting in an investigation of discrimination. Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies may be directed to: Debbie Richards, Special Assistant to the President, 304-424-8201, WVU Parkersburg, 300 Campus Drive, Parkersburg, WV 26104.


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Oasis Dental Care, part of BUPA UK have a fantastic opportunity for a part time Specialist Endodontist to join the Blueapple Dental Team in Belcoo. This Platinum Practice offers a stunning working environment and is proud of its reputation for providing clinical excellence with an exceptional level of patient care.
One day per week is required which can be flexible. The successful applicantwill receive 50% of earnings plus a travel allowance which can be negotiable.
At Oasis Dental Care our primary focus is on patient care and quality dentistry and as such we are recruiting Dentists that will share our values.There's actually a lot to love about Oasis! We're a fast growing business with an exciting future. So if you would like to play a part in our continued success then join us today. In return you will receive:
- Excellent Working facilities and the latest equipment
- Highest standards of clinical governance
- On-boarding and Induction process
- Excellent Clinical Structure and Support
- Oasis Indemnity that offers you full cover, bespoke to Oasis
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After 1915: The Evolution of American Stories
American Stories closed Sunday, January 24, 2010, but the exhibition's conclusion provides an opportunity to consider how storytelling continued to evolve in American visual media after 1915. Narratives about everyday life appeared in paintings by artists such as Edward Hopper, and, most notably, in the work of Regionalist painters such as Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. However, with the spread of European modernism, particularly after the seminal 1913 Armory show in New York, many painters began turning from representational to abstract styles. As the emphasis on narrative decreased in painting, film emerged as an important medium for storytelling in America. Motion pictures and painting are closely linked, and in American Stories, we find several late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century works that offer a glimpse at the connections between the two media. Read more »


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Fly non-stop from Madison to Phoenix!
I'm Joe Parisi. I have lived in, worked in, and enjoyed all that Dane County has
to offer my entire life, and I am honored to serve Dane County's residents as
Dane County Executive.
Dane County is a special place. It is home to more than 500,000 residents,
Wisconsin's State Capitol, the world-class colleges and universities including the
University of Wisconsin and Madison College, good schools, more than 60 cities,
villages, and towns and some of the most productive farms in the state and the nation.
Dane County is home to beautiful natural spaces as well, with fish-filled lakes,
rivers and streams and parks abundant with opportunities for rest and relaxation.
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Impact.Technologies needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 337 designs submitted by 84 freelance designers.
Construction Centrics
Construction Centrics LLC provides mobility enabled software tools for management of construction projects. The initial software product offering is an iPad application named "Construction Supervisor". It is designed for use by professional commercial and residential constructors.
Owners, upper management and professional construction project managers. Well educated with a combination of strong aesthetic and engineering perspectives. Predominantly male, not enthusiastic about trite or cute images and concepts.
Two images with a complementary visual attributes. They should evoke a sense of professionalism, high-design, architectural integrity and strength.
The first is a company logo for Construction Centrics LLC. It will be used to brand the company web site and on the "splash screen" of the iPad application. It will preferably have a landscape orientation (wider than it is tall.) It must render well when reduced to Nx512 72DPI resolution and 8-bit PNG color. Need one high resolution file and one lower resolution (as above) file.
The second is a product logo/icon for the "Construction Supervisor" product. It must have a square orientation. It should be graphic only - no text. It must render well in the following sizes: 512x512, 72x72, 50x50. The Apple App Store and the iPad operating system automatically augment the raw images by rounding the corners, adding a drop shadow and applying a reflective shine effect. This trims one or more pixels from the perimeter of the image when displayed. Please take that into account when designing the image. Need one 8-bit PNG in each of the above sizes.
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Woven wirecloth has a seemingly infinite range of applications. In the domestic environment it is used in many applications for example; tea strainers, flour sieves, coffee filters, fireguards and fly screens. It is incorporated into many domestic appliances, in filters for motor cars, and is used in the manufacturing processes for floor coverings, chipboard, hardboard and other building materials. In the industrial environment it has countless applications. As a precision woven product the ability to maintain accuracy of aperture size offers enormous scope for the use of wirecloth as a filtration and screening medium for a variety of particle/fluid/gas separation cleaning and sizing applications. Plain weave openings are square. Each weft wire passes alternately over and under each warp wire and vice versa. Warp and weft wire diameters are generally the same. Plain Weave meshes areavailable with different apertures. Suitable for many commercial applications. To calculate the 'mesh' you have to count the amount of openings per 1 inch (25,4 mm). The number of openings is the mesh. It means that mesh 2 has 2 openings per inch. The higher the mesh number the finer the width of the holes.
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RunBoston needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
We are RunBoston. We give running tours to tourists, locals, runners, and sightseers in the Boston area. We are currently a small tour company. You can find out a lot more about us on these two pages:
We are trying to reach people that want to see Boston. Locals that need running company... or any combination of the two.
We are the first and only company in the area to do this.
People that partake are athletic, fun loving, and are looking for a unique way to see our historic city.
Here are a few things that might help:
1. We want to somehow include the shamrock in our logo.
2. We want to get rid of the .org in the current logo, as we own other domain names.
3. Possibly the incorporation of the text "Boston Running Tours" but not necessarily. Probably better than that, would be an overall athletic feel for the logo, as RunBoston will most likely spawn not just Running Tours, but Running Clubs, and races, etc...
4. We need a logo that will work better on a tshirt... our current logo is too long and narrow.
5. We like the Papyrus font, but aren't married to it.
6. We typically capitalize the following letters in RunBoston.
I have attached files that we have used in the past.
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Patsy Cline's Va. house: You now may step inside
Patsy Cline fans curious about the early days of her brief but highly acclaimed country music career will finally be able to do more than just drive by her old house here and snap a picture.
The Patsy Cline Historic House will open Tuesday as a memorial to the singer who recorded such classics as "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces" before dying in a plane crash in 1963. Visitors will be able to step through the door of 608 S. Kent St. and back in time some six decades for a glimpse of how Virginia "Ginny" Patterson Hensley lived from her mid-teens to mid-20s, as she emerged from small-town obscurity to become one of music's most enduring and influential superstars.
"The fact that her music seems timeless brings a whole new group in every generation that keeps her alive," said Cline's daughter, Julie Fudge of Nashville, Tenn. "Her career was a small amount of years, and she had lots of accolades, but I don't think she imagined the things that would come after she died."
Cline's husband, Charlie Dick of Nashville, said Patsy's premature death at age 30 and the question of how much more she might have accomplished is "part of the mystique" that continues to fuel interest in her life and career. But Cline's sophisticated, genre-defying voice also explains her iconic status, he said.
"Her voice was the first of that type in country music," Dick said, noting its appeal to a broader audience than hardcore country fans.
In fact, Cline biographer Douglas Gomery said many of Cline's hit records made both the country and pop charts.
"It's really complex music," said Gomery, a retired University of Maryland media studies professor, resident scholar at the Library of American Broadcasting and author of "Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon."
For decades, Cline's fans have had to satisfy their curiosity about her early years in Winchester by cruising past her once-dilapidated former home on Kent Street, dropping by the drugstore where she worked as a teenage soda jerk, and paying homage at her gravesite just outside the Shenandoah Valley city of 26,000 that is known for apples and Civil War sites.
The public's ongoing fascination with the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame prompted a group of Winchester residents to establish a nonprofit corporation, Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc., which purchased and renovated the home. Cline moved to the house with her mother and two siblings in November 1948, the year after her parents split up. She lived there until June 1957, except for a few years during her first marriage to Gerald Cline. Her mother, Hilda Hensley, rented at first but later bought the home.
Cline was living in the tiny two-story frame house when she signed her first record deal, made her Grand Ole Opry debut and won "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" television competition - a sort of `50s version of American Idol - by singing "Walkin' After Midnight," which became her first hit record.
"There's no museum for her, so this is the actual place that she lived the longest in her short life," said Gomery, who also is Celebrating Patsy Cline's historian. "She really made the transition from amateur singer to professional singer when she lived there."
Said Fudge: "I think when you go into the house, you will kind of feel like this is a snapshot of what it would have been like to visit when Mom lived there."
Life with Patsy
What you'll see is a home that was typical for families of modest means during that era: small rooms, low ceilings, scaled-down furniture and very little storage space. Celebrating Patsy Cline spent about $100,000 renovating the house and equipping it with appliances and furniture intended to replicate the way the home looked when the singer lived there. Only a few items are original.
The first stop is the living room - a compact space with gleaming, refinished pine floors that Ron Hottle, president of Celebrating Patsy Cline, said predate the Civil War. The house originally was an early-1800s log cabin, and some of the original logs are exposed under Plexiglas next to the front door.
Visitors may notice one of the few nods to modern building codes: a wheelchair ramp into the living area. Central heating and air also were added, Hottle said.
Decor was kept to a minimum to allow room for visitors: a floral-print sofa with lace doilies, an end table holding a turquoise lamp and black rotary-dial telephone and ashtray, a small chair flanked by a rack of vintage magazines, a 1951 television, family photos and an 8-by-10 of Cline in one of her cowgirl outfits on the fireplace mantel.
In the dining room, visitors will see an old Singer sewing machine like the one her mother used to make a living as a seamstress, and to make costumes similar to one displayed on a mannequin a few feet away. Hottle said some of Cline's original costumes, still faintly smelling of the cigarette smoke that hung in the 1950s honky-tonk air, are in climate-controlled storage for display in a museum that Celebrating Patsy Cline hopes to eventually open elsewhere in Winchester.
Adjacent to the dining room is a galley-style kitchen that was added when Cline lived there. Originally a porch, the room is equipped with '50s appliances and basic white cabinets packed with souvenirs that will be available for purchase - coffee mugs, assorted trinkets, videos and Gomery's book.
Upstairs is the lone bedroom that was shared by all four family members. Pat Brannon, Cline's cousin, remembers the sleeping arrangements: Patsy in the twin bed closest to the door, her mother and younger sister in a double bed on the other side of an apple-crate nightstand, and her little brother in another single bed tucked into the corner. Two tiny closets and a four-drawer dresser - one drawer for each family member - provided all the storage space the family needed.
"People just didn't have a lot of clothes back then like they do now," Brannon said.
Brannon, who spent considerable time in the house as a child, said the restoration accurately portrays 608 S. Kent St. as she remembers it. She also said it brings back personal memories of helping out around the house, bringing in firewood and watching her Aunt Hilda on the Singer, working the treadle as the bobbin spun out thread for one of Patsy's fringed cowgirl outfits.
Hottle said many of the 20 docents who will conduct tours of the house have personal memories of Cline to share. Although those tours will begin Tuesday, the official ribbon-cutting will not be until Labor Day weekend, when the Patsy Cline Fan Club has its annual get-together.


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7. No opera house, roos, cuddly koalas or cackling kookaburras.
8. However, we do have a Rodeo Cowboy running the country.
Hey . . . come to think of it, what the hell are Steve and I doing here instead of Sydney??? Kidding, of course. Australians love San Francisco and San Franciscans love Australians. All you have to do is show up and talk and you'll have All-American boys wanting to root like wombats in heat.
So if you come to town and see me on Castro Street, don't hesitate to say g'day mate.
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Due to the enormous amount of inappropriate conversations on February 17th, 2012, I was unable to include more than a small selection of instances in the YouTube video I created.
With this web page I will expand on what you heard in the video and show you other examples of the contemptible treatment my son received at the hands of his teacher and aides, and further examplesof the inappropriate conversations the staff had, while ignoring the students in the class.
In order to protect the other children in the class, I have tried to avoid using any audio where you can identify them as individuals. Because of that, there are a number of clips I have decided not to use.
• A Woman Calls a Student "Not Very Bright,"Akian is yelled at.
The first part of this conversation has been edited out. It may provide clues identifying which student it was that the staff was talking about.
• Speaking Angrily to Children.
• Subverting our IEP Meeting Part 1
I am only playing the first part of this conversation. As time went on you could clearly hear other children. In this clip the school social worker walks into the room and talks to the teacher about an email I sent asking for an emergency IEP meeting. This is an inappropriate and unprofessional conversation to have in front of the class.The teacher continues to talk negatively about me and discuss Akian's behaviors while Akian is present. The conversation continued for nearly 7 minutes.
• Subverting our IEP Meeting Part 2
Unfortunately, due to numerous students talking, I am unable to post audio of this part. However, it is important outline this story, demonstrating how the teacher was attempting to fix our IEP meeting by colluding with staff.
Here's what happened: The Occupational Therapist (OT) walked into the room and the teacher, still upset that I asked for an IEP meeting to discuss Akian's behaviors, talked to the OT negatively about me.
The two of them went on for approximately eight minutes talking about Akian, the IEP meeting and myself. The OT says at one point "I said to the District have this meeting, because I am going to say 'it's you at home, end of story.'"
Here you have the school social worker, the teacher and the OT, all of whom are part of the IEP team, colluding with each other to walk into the IEP meeting that I requested and blame Akian's behaviors on me. This is unprofessional behavior and a clear violation of New Jersey's Professional Standards for Educators and School Leaders. That IEP meeting was a trap. If not for this audio, I would have walked right into it.
• Angry at Akian Right Off the Bus
• Inappropriate Conversation 1
The aide is working with a student when another staff member says: "If you've been on weight watchers for four or five years, wouldn't you be skinny now?" They then proceed to talk about a woman and her boyfriend, how upset they are with her. They use the word "Crap." The full name of the woman they were talking about was edited out, ensuring her confidentality.
This is an example of how the staff conducted inappropriate, personal conversations, while working with the students. They go from working with a student right into apparently making fun of a woman for being overweight, then back into working with the student, as if nothing had just happened.
• Inappropriate Conversation 2
Another clip of staff talking about personal issues (in this case someone complaining about her husband) and then getting mad at a student who interrupts her.
• Field Day and Lying to Parents
In this extended clip, you hear staff talk about lying to parents and complaining about a parent, me, in front of my own child. I have left this long stretch of time mostly intact (I edited out multiple sections and some smaller parts because of the names used) to demonstrate how they ignored the children and conducted inappropriate conversations.
They are talking about Field Day and how the teacher wanted to go on vacation with her husband instead of working. You can hear the kids, left by themselves, "stimming" on toys in the background. One electronic toy is played over and over again throughout the day.
At 00:46 the teacher says, "Our parents don't come [to Field Day]." And "Last year this one came."
Akian must have been right there, as I was the "this one" she referenced – the parent who volunteered to help at Field Day the previous year. Once again, they talk negatively about me in front of my son and the other students.
At 1:12 the teacher discusses lying about her attending Field Day. "We could probably hide the fact that I'm not here much more by saying 'no, she had to run over here, or she had to run over here.'"
At 3:55 the teacher mentions me by name and how to lie if I ask for her on Field Day: "So if Stu says 'where's Kelly?' Oh she has to take care of some work." the aidi interjects "She's inside, she's inside!"
They then immediately talk about not wanting me to volunteer for Field Day, again speaking negatively about Akian and me. They state that Akian would "self-destruct" if I were there.
At 4:42, in the middle of further complaining about me, you hear Akian softly say, "Hi," meaning he had just heard everything they were saying about him and me.
The teacher realizes that Akian shouldn't be hearing their conversation and said, "Maybe he should not, maybe he shouldn't…" and the aide said, "Oh Akian, I completely forgot, can you come sit down, you were doing your book and I got sidetracked."
Even though they just got caught having an inappropriate conversation, they focus on work for only a few seconds before going right back to talking about Field Day.
I should say that Field Day last year was a great experience; nothing went wrong. I had no idea they held anger toward me, and were conspiring to keep me away this year, or lie to me if I did show up to help.
• Pregnancy and Sterilization
This final clip happened right at the end of the day. They discussed not wanting to become pregnant and how their husbands want them to be sterilized, while they want their husbands to be sterilized.
So they started the day with Jodi talking about her use of alcohol; they end the day talking about sex.


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You are welcome. Exactly this was my intension last year,fonixmunkee wrote:Just started playing around with Cumulus MX and this script is a life-saver. Thank you very much!
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You are welcome. Exactly this was my intension last year,fonixmunkee wrote:Just started playing around with Cumulus MX and this script is a life-saver. Thank you very much!
I also want to mention, that some people had also trouble to get the init.d script working (for any reason I don't know)VTHokie74 wrote:I tried editing crontab to add an @reboot ... entry to start Cumulus on a reboot. I could not get it to work. jamk has another option discussed in this topic:
The init.d method worked for me. Also you might want to run raspi-config and choose the option to wait on network at reboot. I found this allows my router and modem to boot up after a power failure.
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Fine Offset station found
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The one about the service I have no idea.dazza1223 wrote:o hi there ive downloaded the cumulusmx.sh and
but whern i reboot i do the /etc/init.d/cumulusmx status
command and i get a error
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and where i run the Start Script cumulusmx.sh to start CumulusMX
right at the top i get a error saying (find: `/tmp/CumulusMX.pid': No such file or directory)
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A 13 year Air Force Veteran (Training Systems Specialist), Coach Mo began working as a coach in the Phoenix area in 1990 at Luke Air Force base where his 56 Medical Group football teams enjoyed a 40-4 record in 4 years with 4 championship appearances (winning 3). His military training, education & experience and has given him unique and use knowledge in a wide range of areas to include training systems development, nutrition, kinesiology, biomechanics, biolocomotion and astrophysics, giving him a unique perspective in the areas of speed development.
As a track coach at Peoria Centennial (91-94), Phoenix Moon Valley (93-98) and Desert Vista (99-2000) high Schools his athletes enjoyed phenomenal success dominating the sprints, jumps & hurdles in their respective regions.
In 1999 Coach Mo's sprinters won every sprint, hurdle & long jump title in the region while he was at Moon Valley (he also tutored sprinters from Apollo, Independence, Cactus & Centennial High Schools). His Lightning Track Club (LTC) trained athletes won nearly every sprint, hurdle & long jump event in the region during his ttenure based out of Moon Valley in the Glendale District. In 1997 & 98, he coached back to back state sprint champs Jamaal Peterson (100m, silver at 200, 4th in the 100HH) and Brandon Bardwell (200m, silver at 400, 4th in the 100m). He was also the receivers & defensive backs coach at Moon (93-94) tutoring 4 all-region selections.
Since 1994, Coach Mo speed campers & LTC alumni won dozens of regional titles, three dozen top 4 state finishes and over 40 state Championships. In 2000, he helped Desert Vista's girls team to the 5A title, coached 5A triple jump state champ Bobby Wade (Chicago Bears/Tennessee Titans), All-America spinter and Footlocker classic finalist (100m) Chris Snow, a major league baseball draft pick (Los Angeles Dodgers) and all state sprinter Alexis Welch. He was also an assistant coach for the region champion Thunder football team and members of Desert Vista's state championship baseball team.
In 2002, Coach Mo reunited with former Desert Vista football and track Coach Jim Rattay at Phoenix Christian High School. Since then, the two continued their winning ways as the Cougar football team has won consecutive region and a state titles (2003 & 2004). In 2002 Mo also took on Athletic Director duties at the Murphy Field Of Dreams and would soon take over as youth football manager for the Arizona Cardinals.
After stints as an Assistant Principal at Career Success and Ahwatukee Horizon Schools, Coach Mo became the Cougars head track & field coach in 2003, coaching the Cougar sprinters, hurdlers & jumpers. During his tenure, the Cougars have had their best showing in 20 years with 90 top 10 finishes and 14 championships in the 2A metro region including second place team finishes in 2003 & 2004. At the state championships, his athletes have had 62 top 10 finishes and three state titles. The boys team was state runner up in 2005. In 2006, PC hurdlers Matt Kredit and Domoneek Staton swept the boys & girls hurdles at the 2A metro region championships. Kredit went on the take third at state.
2005 brought in a who new dimension to Coach Mo's resume as many of the NFL combine's top performers had ties to his speed camps. After two years of working with future NFL draft picks in Shaun McDonald (Rams 4th rounf 2003) and Terrell Suggs (Ravens first round 2004), he teamed up with Brett Fisher. After that his success had a multiplative results in 2005 with Roddy White (first round/Atlanta), JJ Arrington (2nd round round/Arizona), Vince Jackson (second round/San Diego), Kelvin Hayden (Kelvin Hayden 2nd round Indianapolis), Lofa Tatupu (2nd round/Seattle) all being drafted. In all, 12 players with ties to Coach Mo were drafted. In 2006, Manny Lawson was drafted by the 49ers in the first round while Brandon Marshall (Broncos), Stephen Tulloch (Titans) and Darryl Tapp (Seattle) were all selected in the first day and had instant impacts on ther respective teams. All shined brightly at the Indianapolis NFL combine and their home Pro Days. Coach Mo still trains the finest in NFL prospects and several free agents.
Dozens of basketball, softball and volleyball players that attended Coach Mo Speed Camps have been named to all-state teams, forty three were honored by their regions in their respective sports. A succesful string of All-state running backs like DJ Hollingsworth (Cactus '98), Kyran Jones (Peoria '99), Chasda Martin (Moon Valley '99/Northwestern), Bobby Wade (Desert Vista '00/Arizona), Philo Sanchez (Tucson Sunnyside '01/Northern Arizona) C.R. Davis (Moon Valley 02/Wyoming) and Kyle Gingg (Phoenix Christian '03/Boise State) all spent time with Coach Mo's speed training. He's also trained all-region and all-state recievers at four different schools.
A former Air Force & college sprinter and guest speaker at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic, Coach Mo's client list has included Aeneas Williams (St. Louis Rams), Simeon Rice (Buccaneers), Javon Walker (Packers), Shaun McDonald (Rams), Terry Fair (Steelers), Tony Womack (Boston Red Socks), Michael Bankston (Redskins), Travis Brown (Bills), Allen DeGraffenried (Broncos), Terry Irving (Titans), Terrell Suggs & Frank Sanders (Ravens), Bryan Gilmore (Cardinals), Kwamme Lassiter (Chargers), MarTay Jenkins and other NFL, baseball, college and high school athletes. Recently, his speed camps have been instrumental in preparing college stars like Arizona State's McDonald, Suggs, Jimmy Verdon, Skyler Fulton, Regis Crawford, Jason Shivers and Dale Robinson for the NFL draft and training camps.
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George Jones' life proved to be a joyful song
All-star turnout at his emotional Opry House service included Garth Brooks and Laura Bush.
NASHVILLE — They sang George Jones' life Thursday morning.
They sang his life to mark his death, at a memorial celebration held on the Grand Ole Opry House stage. Singer after singer offered musical tribute to Jones, the master of sad country ballads and the hero to so many musical heroes. And as music rang through the Opry House during the funeral, it became clear that Jones' own life was a joyful song, one of triumph that followed adversity, of peace that followed recklessness.
Jones, who died April 26 at age 81, rarely set pen to paper to rhyme the details of his harrowing descent into addiction and wildness, or of his hard-won redemption. No need. Others had already written his life's song.
"I once was lost, but now am found," sang Jones acolyte Randy Travis.
"Lord, help me, Jesus, I've wasted it/ So help me Jesus, I know what I am," sang Travis Tritt, voicing words from the pen of Kris Kristofferson. "Maybe, Lord, I can show someone else what I've been through myself, on my way back to you."
MORE: Eleven things we learned at George Jones' funeral
Brad Paisley was one of numerous performers who spoke of the friendship and kindness Jones displayed in his later years. Paisley chose to memorialize Jones by singing Tom T. Hall's Me and Jesus.
"I know a man who once was a sinner," Paisley sang. "I know a man that once was a drunk/ I know a man who once was a loser/ He went out one day and made an altar out of a stump."
Many at the service credited Jones' widow, Nancy, with steering him through his recovery and with adding three decades to a life that seemed at risk when Jones was in his 50s.
She wept as Vince Gill struggled to rein in his own emotions, singing his own Go Rest High On That Mountain.
"I know your life on earth was troubled," Gill sang. "And only you could know the pain/ You weren't afraid to face the devil, you were no stranger to the rain." Patty Loveless joined Gill for the exultant chorus: "Go rest high on that mountain, son, your work on earth is done/ Go to heaven a'shoutin'."
The memorial at the 4,400-seat Opry House included music from Gill, Loveless, Travis, Paisley, Tritt, the Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, Kid Rock, Ronnie Milsap, Wynonna Judd, Alan Jackson and Tanya Tucker with the Imperials, as well as spoken tributes from former first lady Laura Bush, Kenny Chesney, CBS chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer, Opry General Manager Pete Fisher, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, pastor Mike Wilson and Jones' fellow Country Music Hall of Famer Barbara Mandrell.
Thousands of fans crowded the Opry Plaza for a chance to sit in the balcony during the public funeral. Some camped overnight, and hundreds were there by 6 a.m.
The Opry balcony was not large enough to accommodate the flood of people, some in sober business suits, others in cowboy hats and old Jones T-shirts. The Opry House's lower level was mostly filled with grieving friends, but the emotion in the balcony was no less real or connected.
These were people who sought a way to express their love for Jones' music, and for a man they took as the living embodiment of the songs he sang.
One woman said her brother used to clean Jones' pool, and a 22-year-old MTSU student sings and writes songs and calls Jones his biggest influence. A 76-year-old woman said she shouted gleefully when she received a ticket last Christmas for what was to be Jones' retirement concert this November in Nashville, and that she cried upon hearing of Jones' death. A man drove through the night from Tabor, Iowa, to, he said, "Pay my respects and say, 'Thank you.' "
Jones' casket was covered in white flowers, as WSM and Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs offered opening remarks and brought out Tanya Tucker and The Imperials to sing the hymn The Old Rugged Cross. Stubbs shared announcing duties with former Opry announcer and close Jones friend Keith Bilbrey, who recalled that Jones told him that the only time he was nervous about singing was on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
"I said, 'What about the Opry makes you nervous?' He said, 'Roy Acuff,' " Bilbrey remarked. Jones grew up listening to the Opry, and if he fell asleep during the show his mother would wake him when Acuff came on.
"He said, 'I never get used to standing on that stage, and I never get used to Roy Acuff introducing me,' " Bilbrey said. "We revere and idolize George Jones, but he, too, had his idols."
Schieffer grew up in Jones' native Texas, listening to Jones on the Opry.
"Everybody wanted to sing like George Jones," Schieffer said. "But nobody could sing like George Jones unless you were George Jones. You couldn't, because you hadn't been through what he had been through. When I interviewed him back in 2009, I came away feeling like his whole life was a surprise to him, and he never quite believed any of it."
Charlie Daniels and Vince Gill each talked about the futility of attempting to sing like Jones, whose phrasing and fluidity set him apart from his predecessors and those who came up under his influence.
"With young singers that tried to emulate George Jones, it was an affectation," Daniels said, while Gill recalled the days when he himself possessed that affectation. He was a young artist in the recording studio when producer Emory Gordy Jr. halted the session:
"He said, 'We already have a George Jones,'" Gill remembered. "'You need to find a way to sing like you.' " Gill soon found a way to do so, and he's now a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Another Hall of Famer, Garth Brooks, sat next to Laura Bush in the front row, but did not appear onstage. He and wife Trisha Yearwood stood repeatedly, following the emotional musical performances.
Bush relayed greetings from her husband, former president George W. Bush, and from her father-in-law, former president George H.W. Bush. She also spoke of playing Jones' songs on jukeboxes when she was a teenager.
"Pain and love: George Jones spoke of both of them whenever he sang a note," Bush said. "In American music, George was truly a legend beyond compare. As for me, I've been very lucky to walk through this world with my own George. And in that walk, we've heard few sounds more lovely than the voice of George Jones."
Mandrell, whose I Was Country (When Country Wasn't Cool) hit featured a guest vocal from Jones, spoke of Jones' unprecedented and unequaled way with a song.
"A supremely magnificent, unparalleled, one-of-a-kind voice," she said. "George was and always will be the greatest singer of all time."
Several speakers made reference to Jones' ex-wife and duet partner, Tammy Wynette. Tritt said he was on a movie set in Spain with Kris Kristofferson when Wynette died in 1998.
"I said, 'With all the years of hard-living that George had, who would have ever thought that he would outlive Tammy,'" Tritt said. "Kris looked at me and said, 'Had it not been for Nancy, he would not have.' George said it many times: 'She's my angel, and she saved my life.' "
That life was celebrated, and sung, over a remarkable two hours and 40 minutes, as Thursday morning stretched into Thursday afternoon. The service reached its climax as Alan Jackson sang Jones' signature song, the Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman-written He Stopped Loving Her Today.
"They placed a wreath upon his door," Jackson sang, through tears. "And soon they'll carry him away. He stopped loving her today."
And then they carried him away, leaving his friends and his family and his fans to cry and smile, to listen and to remember.
"He knew about heartbreak. He knew about disappointment," Schieffer said. "He knew about betrayal. He was more than a country singer. He was a country song."
He knew about more than heartbreak, disappointment and betrayal, though. He knew redemption and steadfast love.
Yes, he was a country song.
A joyful one, at that.


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10g Release 1 (10.1)
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This section describes new features in Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide and supplies pointers to additional information.
The following features are new to this release:
OCCI Support for Windows NT for accessing collections of
Refs in ResultSet Class and Statement Class, in Chapter 10, " OCCI Application Programming Interface"
This release provides OCCI libraries for Microsoft CRT debugging and for developing applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0 (.NET). Please see the Windows platform Readme for details on supported compiler versions.
NATIVE DOUBLE Datatype in Chapter 4, " Datatypes" supports IEEE754Double
NATIVE FLOAT Datatype in Chapter 4, " Datatypes" supports IEEE754Float
Instant Client Feature in Chapter 1, " Introduction to OCCI"
Enhancements in the base PObject Class in Chapter 6, " Object Type Translator Utility"; OTT C++ classes must be re-generated after migrating to this release
Stateless Connection Pooling and StatelessConnectionPool Class
Globalization and Unicode support in the new Chapter 7, " Globalization and Unicode Support"
Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing in the new Chapter 8, " Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing "
XA Compliance support in the new Chapter 9, " Oracle XA Library "
"Statement Caching" in Chapter 2, " Relational Programming "
Array Pinning for Objects: Section "Persistent Objects" in Chapter 3, " Object Programming ".
Section "Migrating C++ Applications Using OCCI" in Chapter 3, " Object Programming "
Timestamp Class in Chapter 10, " OCCI Application Programming Interface"behavior is enhanced:
Users no longer need to convert to GMT when using Timestamp() constructor, or in methods setDate() and setTime()
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Volume III
EPIC (Every Person Influences Children)
What's New
Teacher-to-Teacher initiative accepting presentation proposals for summer workshops; Secretary Spellings speaks at Women's History Month celebration; two Arts Education grant competitions now open; OII to sponsor Innovations in Education Exchange: Choosing a School for Your Child; Excellence in Economic Education competition reopens; Western Folklife Center, Inc., receives award from Institute of Museum and Library Services; RIFNet launches new television program; and Project CHILD charter school to open.
Innovations in the News
Pasadena Independent School District (TX) receives Advanced Placement grant, plus information on alternate routes to teacher certification, charter schools and contract schools, parental involvement, and technology.
EPIC Programs Create Informed Parent-Leaders
You may not be a "Desperate Housewife" or a candidate for the television series "Nanny 911," but you are a parent with many responsibilities to juggle and just as many questions about how to be the best caregiver for your child. Parents who wonder how to best serve their children often need a place to find information and speak with other parents. In New York State and other areas of the country, parents can turn to the parent centers sponsored by EPIC.
EPIC (Every Person Influences Children) is a nonprofit organization based in Buffalo, New York, whose mission is to help parents, teachers, and community members raise children to become responsible and capable adults. Founded in 1980, EPIC has reached more than 15 states during its 25-year history. In 2004, EPIC centers served about 20,000 New York parents, teachers, and community members through its eight centers located in Bronx Districts 9 and 10, Buffalo, Fallsburg, Niagara Falls, Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, and Monticello. In addition to the New York centers, the organization is currently active in New Jersey, Texas, and the Virgin Islands.
Each parent center serves economically disadvantaged, minority, and limited-English proficient communities and is typically housed in a school. Each is staffed with professionals and offers parenting resources and training, a lending library, and computers with Internet access. The centers serve as central locations for the referral of community-based services and information on opportunities offered under No Child Left Behind. EPIC centers conduct two main parent-focused programs: Pathways to Parenting and Pathways to Leadership
The Pathways to Parenting program trains community members, often parents themselves, to lead small discussion groups where participants discover solutions to parenting challenges and enhance their parenting skills. EPIC's workshops empower parents and encourage them to become more involved in their children's education. EPIC offers workshops in three areas: Parents of Infants and Toddlers; Parents of Young Children; and Parents of Young Adolescents. All workshops are offered in English and Spanish and provide participants with parenting guides that reinforce what is taught in each workshop.
The Pathways to Parenting program provides specialized workshops that target specific needs in a community. For example, Ready, Set, Read, a seven-week series of two-hour workshops, focuses on enhancing family literacy. Based on research from the National Reading Panel, participants explore topics such as how children learn to read and how to engage children in learning. It also helps parents enhance their own literacy skills. A Ready, Set, Read parent guide provides simple techniques and activities to prepare children for reading and increase their potential for academic success.
The second program, Pathways to Leadership, links parents, teachers, and school faculty in a collaboration to develop participants' leadership skills. The program aims to increase participants' knowledge about how to become effective advocates for children in their local community. Pathways to Leadership includes workshops and training in three areas: Parents as Advocates, The Parent Leadership Institute, and Creating Home/School Partnerships and Parent Involvement.
During the Parents as Advocates series, parents learn how to develop relationships with their children and their children's teachers. For example, facilitators help parents understand New York's Learning Standards in the Helping Your Child Succeed in School workshop. This series also focuses on raising parent awareness about options if their children's schools fail to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
Others across the country can benefit from EPIC's work with families and schools through its new website, funded by The John R. Oishei Foundation, a Buffalo-based organization. On this website, parents can find information about NCLB, school choice, supplemental educational services, schools' AYP status, literacy, and parenting techniques. All of the documents on the site are written in parent friendly language and can be downloaded and printed.
Vito Borrello, president of EPIC, states, "This web presence is a significant step toward achieving EPIC's vision of reaching a much wider audience nationally and supporting relationships that will promote effective parenting."
Currently, EPIC is working on a television program, Because I Said So, which it is estimated will reach over one million New York State residents. The one-hour television program, offered through a partnership between EPIC and a Buffalo-based Public Broadcasting Station, will showcase how some schools are closing the achievement gap and ways in which parents are helping their children succeed in low performing schools. Other topics will include parental options and choice for schooling, supplemental educational services, and school readiness.
In 2003, the EPIC parent centers' program was evaluated by an independent agency, Magi Educational Services, Inc. The three-year study found that EPIC centers improved parent-child relationships, increased parents' knowledge of child development and academic achievement, and increased parent involvement in schools. In the first year of the program, parent participation in parent/teacher conferences at EPIC schools was at 34 percent. By the third year, participation increased to 60 percent. In 2003, 79 percent of teachers who taught in schools where a parent center was located attributed increased parent involvement at the school to the center. Evaluations of EPIC parenting workshops over the past ten years show similar results.
EPIC programs are funded by a variety of federal, state, and private grants. EPIC was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 1999 to establish six parent support centers across New York State, and in 2003, received a Parental Information and Resource Centers grant to create two more centers, bringing the total to eight. EPIC co-hosted a one-day education summit, "Working Together To Make No Child Left Behind a Reality," with the U.S. Department of Education and the New York State Department of Education on November 13, 2004, in New York City.
Resources: Note: The featured program is innovative and appears to have increased parental involvement in education in specific areas where it operates. The program does not, however, have evidence of general effectiveness from a rigorous evaluation. The success of the program may not be replicable, depending on unique conditions in differing locations.
What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative is accepting applications from educators interested in presenting at the 2005 summer workshop series on the use of research-based instructional practices. Proposals must be submitted to the Department by April 11, 2005. To receive the notice for open registration for the summer workshops, visit teacherquality.us. (March 21)
March marked the 18th anniversary of Women's History Month. U.S. Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings spoke at the celebration sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget's Diversity Council and the Office of Administration. The Secretary acknowledged how far women have advanced in America and in the world and urged people to focus on sustaining that progress. The Secretary also noted her recent trip to Afghanistan where she toured the Women's Teacher Training Institute with the First Lady and other members of the U.S.- Afghan Women's Council. (March 31)
From OII
OII will sponsor the eighth Innovations in Education Exchange at the U.S. Department of Education on the topic of "Choosing a School for Your Child" on April 12 from 10:00 a.m. until noon. To RSVP, please email email@example.com with your name, title, organization address, and e-mail address by April 8, 2005. For additional information, please read the agenda for this event. (March 21)
Two Arts Education grant competitions are now open:
- Arts Education-Professional Development
Deadline: May 20, 2005
- Arts Education-Model Development and Dissemination
Deadline: May 31, 2005
The Excellence in Economic Education grant competition has reopened. The new deadline to submit applications is April 8, 2005. (March 31)
Families across the country can view the work of well-known children's book authors and illustrators on a new two-part television program entitled A Child's Bookshelf: Inside Children's Literature. The program has been created for parents and educators to demonstrate ways families can encourage children to enjoy reading. The program is a collaboration of two OII programs: RIFNet, a distance learning service of Reading Is Fundamental, and Star Schools. (March 21)
Arts Education/American History
First Lady Laura Bush presented Western Folklife Center, Inc., in Elko County, Nevada, with an award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C. The award honors institutions whose innovative programs and collections have influenced learning in their communities. For 23 years, the Western Folklife Center has provided its patrons with exhibits, workshops, educational programs, and concert series that highlight the rich history and contributions of the American West. (March 14)
Curriculum Advantage, Inc., and Edusoft are partnering to integrate a tool to track student performance on district and state assessments with customized student learning plans to help achieve the ultimate goal of improved student achievement. (March 31)
In2Books, a reading and writing mentoring program, is enabling 400 students in Chicago Public Schools to enjoy books and write about their reading through its Internet-based program for students in the second through the fifth grades. In2Books matches students with adult pen pals who correspond with students during the school year about five books, all of which the students are allowed to keep. Adults email their letters to In2Books staff, who send them off to teachers for distribution to students. Students write letters in return. (March 28)
A new charter school, which will be based on the Project CHILD model (see March 7 Innovator), is slated to open in Marietta, Georgia in the fall of 2005. Project CHILD is built on research conducted at Florida State University (April 4).
Innovations in the News
Advanced Placement
More students in Waltham High School (MA) are taking AP courses and tests. In 2000, 41 students took AP classes, while 82 students have tentatively signed up to take 128 AP tests this year. [More-Daily News Tribune] (March 29)
The Pasadena Independent School District (TX) has received a grant from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to increase the number of students who take and successfully pass the Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in mathematics, science, and English. Part of the grant will provide the school district with funds for a "Laying the Foundation" guide for Pre-AP math, science, and English teachers. The bulk of the funds will be used for teacher training sessions, exam fees, equipment, and incentives for teachers, administrators, and students. [More-Pasadena Citizen] (March 25)
Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification
Many individuals looking to contribute to their local communities are finding a way to do so through the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Transition to Teaching Program. The program enables college graduates and mid-career professionals to receive teacher training and instruct children in public schools. Ninety percent of recruits teach in Prince George's County (MD), due to the county's extensive recruiting efforts. Currently the program is seeking individuals with experience in science, mathematics, English, and Spanish to enroll before the April 15th deadline. Participants attend the Howard University School of Education in Washington, D.C., in the summer, and those who complete the program sign three-year teaching contracts. [More-The Gazette] (March 30)
Charter Schools and Contract Schools
A record number of charter schools will be opening in New York City in the fall. The city has 32 charter schools with 20 more on the way. Both the mayor and the chancellor are committed to opening at least 50 new charters. Chancellor Klein enlisted foundations to create a new center to support and train leaders of charter schools. [More-New York-WABC] (March 31)
Nebraska State Senator Adrian Smith (R., Gering) is proposing "contract schools" in the state. Smith says, "The beauty of what we're going to call a contract school is we don't spell out every little thing that must occur." Smith wants to allow those wishing to form their own districts to propose a contract to the K-12 board. The proposed contract would include spending the same or less as the K-12 district per student, and to have test scores that meet or exceed the larger district's. [More-Press and Dakotan] (March 30)
Parental Involvement
Two Howard County (MD) schools join twelve other schools that were recently recognized by the National PTA. Patuxent and Lime Kiln Middle Schools were awarded National PTA's Parent Involvement Schools of Excellence certificates. To receive the honor, a school must have parental involvement programs or practices that support open communication, parent roles, student learning, partnerships with the school and community, and volunteerism. [More-The Baltimore Sun] (March 27) (free registration)
Many African American parents across the nation are becoming even more involved in their children's education. ''What we are trying to do in the black community and Latino community is to build a commitment to intellect," says Edmund Gordon, retired Yale professor, who is among the African American scholars and social workers who are working to encourage black parents in Harlem (NY) to become more aware of their role in their children's education. In other parts of the country, such as Silver Spring, Maryland, African American parents are organizing groups to exchange information about standardized tests, summer school, after school programs, and other interventions. [More-The Boston Globe] (March 28)
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S2 Security's Netbox product hits version 1.2
S2 Security Corp. has upgraded the monitoring desktop and enhanced the graphical floor plans for version 1.2 of the S2 Netbox, a network appliance that combines access control, video surveillance, intercom, alarm monitoring and temperature monitoring in one system.With the monitoring desktop, users have access to all monitoring functions of the product through a single screen.
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