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ORPINGTON 3rd XI 317-5 beat DULWICH 5th XI 91 by 226 runs
A disrupted week with regard to selection as all the club's wicket keepers went on holiday together and various drop outs signalled steady phone conversations to get a settled eleven.
We knew we were in for a game against good opposition in Orpington and on a hot day they won the toss and understandably batted first. We opened with Luke Howard who was in better form than the previous week and Joe Hale but we allowed the opposition to get away. They were aggressive and with that got a little bit of luck and kept up a rate of between 6 and 7 an over all day. A first wicket for the club for Paul McGowan and a good spell from Sudhaker were the only real plus points. Jamie Hall did ok as stand in keeper and Julian Dean took over at drinks to allow Jamie to be added to the bowling attack.
Eventually they ended on 317 for 5 after 45 overs.
Our reply was dependent on one or two of our top 6 making big runs and it just didn't happen. Jesse Johnson managed to work his way to 34 but no one else really helped as we lost too many wickets to the ultimate wicket taking ball – the full toss. Julian (after scoring 15) was a bit unlucky after a vicious lofted drive was tipped off the hands of the bowler and then looping nicely to mid off. A paltry 91 all out and some work to do if we are to be challenging the better sides in the comp.


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What a year 2010 has been for country music. Each month saw milestones for the year's top country artists.
In January Lady Antebellum set the tone for a successful year. Following the release of their sophomore album Need You Now, the band picked up their first GRAMMY and performed the title track live on the telecast. This year the band has six nominations spanning the Country and General Fields for that single and album of the same name.
For Miranda Lambert, this year's GRAMMY nods might be her most serendipitous to date. "The House That Built Me" was intended for her fiancé Blake Shelton, but the song resonated so much with Lambert that he insisted she record it for Revolution, which is nominated this year for Best Country Album. "The House…" (written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin) garnered nods for Song Of The Year, Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song. With three nominations, I do believe this could be the year when Lambert sees her first GRAMMY win.
Also competing for Best Female Country Vocal Performance are Jewel ("Satisfied"), LeAnn Rimes ("Swingin'"), five-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood ("Temporary Home"), and Gretchen Wilson for "I'd Love To Be Your Last," a track from I Got Your Country Right Here, the first record released on her self-owned Redneck Records.
Fans might be surprised to discover that Jamey Johnson is not yet in possession of a GRAMMY (though he has six previous nominations), but with nominations for Best Country Album for the critically acclaimed The Guitar Song, and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "Macon," that could easily change. Joining Johnson with nods in the latter category are Toby Keith for "Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)," David Nail ("Turning Home"), Keith Urban ("'Til Summer Comes Around"), and Chris Young ("Getting' You Home").
The nominees for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals might be the most colorful collection on this year's list. Lady Antebellum garnered a nod for "Need You Now"; along with last year's Best New Artist winners the Zac Brown Band for "Free"; the SteelDrivers for "Where Rainbows Never Die"; Dailey & Vincent for "Elizabeth"; and Little Big Town for "Little White Church."
Dierks Bentley's bluegrass album Up On The Ridge has earned him two nominations, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Bad Angel" with Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson, and "Pride (In The Name Of Love)," which he recorded with Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers. Bentley also has a Best Country Album nod for Up On the Ridge. Bluegrasser Marty Stuart has two nominations in the Country Field, including Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "I Run To You" with Connie Smith, and Darrell Scott is up for a Best Country Instrumental Performance nomination for "Willow Creek." Both Shelton and Trace Adkins could see their first GRAMMY wins for their collaborative and cheeky "Hillbilly Bone," nominated for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
This year's nominees showcase the expanding convergence of country music in Fields including Gospel, American Roots and Film/TV/Media, evidenced by Rosanne Cash and Willie Nelson's Best Americana Album nominations for The List and Country Music, respectively. Country music is winning over fans and standing tall next to the year's biggest pop records. Voters and fans will be inspired by music transcending own definition.
Tune in to the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.

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The 2013 North American International Auto Show -- the most important event on the U.S. automotive calendar -- features more than 500 vehicles from brands as diverse as Ferrari and Ford, all displayed in a new 30,000 square foot atrium in Detroit's Cobo Center. This is also the American consumer's first glimpse at what next year will look like for the automotive industry, and dozens of new models will debut.
Detroit is one of 65 shows held in the U.S. this year, from Toledo to New York and Chicago. With an estimated 800,000 visitors expected at this year's Detroit show, companies will be gauging whether their newest offerings satisfy consumer demands. Polk, a research consulting firm, said it expects U.S. auto sales to hit 15.3 million in 2013, an increase of nearly 7 percent from 2012.
Take a look at these new models, all on the market this coming year. Then check back for updates, as the show continues through the weekend.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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Listen to the Experts: Linda Rief's Reflections
Workshop 1: Creating a Community of Writers
Essential components of building a writing community
I think in a writing program, if you're dedicating your language arts to a really in-depth process of writing for kids, the very first thing you have to have is a community of writers who respect each other and who trust each other so that you can share what you really think, what you really believe, what you really feel. And I think that takes teachers who write, teachers who read, to be models for the kids. It takes giving the kids a lot of time—real writing for real reasons, for real audiences, I think, is essential in a writing classroom.
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The importance of teacher as part of the community of writers
One of the other components I think that's really important in a writing classroom is teachers who model that writing. I think when I'm not writing with the kids I don't get writing that's as effective as it could be. But when I am writing with them, and sharing the problems that I encounter and how I try to solve some of those things, those kids trust me as a writer and they begin to trust each other. So that when I'm sharing writing that is difficult for me to do then they know that I trust them as responders to that writing and that they can in turn trust me.
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The benefits of writing with your students
I never wrote until I actually started teaching. And when I shared that writing, those first drafts of writing, I was really a little nervous about sharing it with the kids because I didn't know how they would react. But they react so honestly and so thoughtfully when you're writing yourself for reasons that are really real for you, that I realized I had to be doing my own writing in the classroom. But I also know it takes a tremendous amount of time. And I think so many times as teachers, in the 45-minute to 50-minute blocks that we have, we think we have to get in so many things for the kids that we rush time. And the minute I've slowed down and I let those kids go back to that writing again and again I get some of the most effective writing because I've allowed those kids some time. And I think that comes from knowing it yourself. I think so many things that I do in the classroom now come from the fact that I am writing myself and I am trying to figure out how can I make this the best piece, how can I get response to it that helps me grow as a writer and move that writing forward? So because I'm trying to figure that out for myself, it helps me figure out what would work best for the kids also.
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The importance of routine in a writing workshop classroom
I think kids need routines the same way we need routines. I know I try to set up routines in the classroom that Monday through Thursday the kids know they're going to come in and for that 45 minutes there is going to be some whole-class presentation or I might be reading something out loud to them when we are focused on the writing. But they know what the routine is, they know where materials are, they know when certain pieces are due, they know I have a deadline after so many weeks, they know that they have so many pages of drafts due by the end of the week, and I think that's part of the routine so that they stop to ask, "What are we doing today?" They know ahead of time over several weeks that these are the expectations and she's giving us the time to meet them, and she's giving us some guidance, and coaching, and direct lessons or direct instructions as part of this. But we know what we can do with the time that she's giving us. So I think routines are really essential.
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The reading-writing connection
One of the components I think of a writing classroom is just many, many books—many many kinds of reading in many different ways so that kids can begin to study authors, study the techniques that they use, just relish the way somebody writes a lead sentence, or relish the way somebody writes a piece of description that is a surprise with words, a surprise that lets us see. I think Don Murray calls it, "We see the extraordinary and the ordinary." And for kids who write a lot, they begin to recognize that in professional writers, too. So I think reading is really important.
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Workshop 2: Making Writing Meaningful
Helping students find meaningful reasons to write
Middle school kids are so into themselves. It's almost as if the world revolves around them, and they just don't see an awful lot happening outside of that personal world. So at the very beginning of the year I really do try to get the kids to write about themselves.
I share pieces of writing with them from authors such as Sandra Cisneros, from Gary Sotto. I talk about Gary Paulsen, I talk about Catherine Patterson, all as writers, and share pieces that are more personal narratives from each of those writer's points of view and try to get the kids to see they had stories to tell of their own lives, and how can I get them to start telling me some of the stories of their lives. And that's part of what I do in the beginning of the year. We interview each other. I have the kids write out, it could be a biography of the person they interviewed or they could do their own autobiography and that's right when I'm beginning to teach biography, autobiography, personal narrative, memoir, and just get the kids to think about themselves knowing that they do have stories to tell even as 14-year-olds, and they do have very strong opinions about things. And so, how do I get them once they've written those to think about others and to be empathetic with parents, with grandparents, to think about the community at large, to think about the world at large? But it's almost like I'm trying to pull them into themselves, because I think that's where they are to begin with and then start to broaden them out.
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I think we have to talk to the kids constantly. I mean, that's what's happening at the beginning of the year. We're talking to them in the hallways, we're kneeling down beside them and talking to them in the classroom when they're beginning to start drafting some ideas, we're helping them construct some of those ideas or just list out some of the things that they know and can do or that they care about; it really takes us knowing those kids.
I mean, Trapper is another perfect example of my not knowing the kind of writing he was doing outside of the classroom. He was being sent mountain-biking parts by a cyberzine magazine online. He would try out the mountain-biking parts. He was writing two articles, technical writing, a week to an audience of 12,000 people, and he was barely passing my class because he didn't realize that that writing he was doing outside of the class counted. When I finally figured out in talking to him and asking him to bring in some of that writing and show me what you're doing and saying, of course, I'll give you credit for that. Don't be silly, this is writing. This is writing for a real audience. I really have realized that kids need to know that writing is going to another person—that somebody cares about what they have to say. If they're writing meaningless exercises then they're not writing the best that they can write. And we're going to continue to get fairly ineffective writing that's done for their teachers, and the audience, and it's got to move beyond that.
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Workshop 6: Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student
I'm not going to red-pen and look at the conventions or mechanics of language right from the beginning. Do I care in the very end that they do a piece that is polished, and is correct, and is written with intent? Absolutely, but I'm not going to do that in a first draft. I want to hear the content. What do you honestly believe and what's the most powerful and compelling way of saying it? And let's look at the conventions or mechanics of language last, but I respect what you have to say first. Let's make sure we get that the best it can be.
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Responses that help move the writer forward
One of the things that I did years ago was after reading Peter Elbow, Writing Without Teachers. And what helped me, I realized, I read his book and then I was also in several writing classes. What I realized, the best response that helped me move forward with my writing was to tell the writer what he or she did well, to ask questions that came to me honestly as a reader and a good listener to that writing, and then one or two suggestions based on what I said I needed help with as a writer really helped me move that writing forward.
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Workshop 7: Responding to Writing: Peer to Peer
Teachers using their own writing as models for student response
I think it's hard to teach kids how to care about writing and responding to each other unless we're doing it in front of the class ourselves first. So that I'm probably sharing two or three pieces of my writing at several different junctures during the beginning of the year so that I can get them to respond to it. I take their responses very seriously. I show them what I do with their suggestions or what I don't do and why I don't do those things, and that's the beginning of modeling for them how they're responding to each other.
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Making time for informal talk and responding to one another's thinking and writing
I'm finding that when you put kids at tables, four to five to a table, there's a lot of informal talk and response going on where kids will lean into each other and say listen to this, what do you think about this, and that's wonderful talk. I love that when I hear that happening all the time. But then every couple of weeks I will have them go into response groups where they literally are reading their writing out loud to the three or four other kids at their table, but those kids have those conference sheets in front of them so they know they've got that frame to respond to and can hold onto that.
Another thing that I've tried to do—I think I need to—we all need to kind of think of writing in different ways other than just constructing a piece, a stand-alone piece. That our kids keep reader's-writer's notebooks or journals where they're doing a lot of nightly responses to quick writes that are just short quick pieces that I would put up on the overhead at the beginning of class. And so what I've asked the kids to do is every couple of weeks they will share their journals at the table and actually read what the other kids have written and write a response to that or talk about some of the things they heard them saying.
Another thing that I've started doing is pulling excerpts from books that we might be reading together as a class and having them actually glue those into their notebooks. And responding to it, it might be a passage, for instance, from The Giver, and I would have the kids respond to it in writing and then pass their notebooks to the person to their right and then do it again, again, and again. So that they have written response from three or four kids at their table to their thinking. And it's amazing to me how many different topics the kids can realize can come from one passage when they all begin with their first initial thoughts and then other kids have responded to it. So I'm trying to do more of that in the classroom where it's written response, spoken response directly to individual pieces of writing, but also to writing that they would be reading.
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Allowing time for informal sharing
I think we need to set up our classrooms so that kids are actually responding to each other informally all along in the writing process. That they can talk informally at tables, and I try to put them at tables that they really don't know each other, but you're doing things so that they get to know each other and feel comfortable with each other. So that they're talking about ideas that they had, they're sharing that writing with each other, they're asking kids what they think of what they just read. So I see that happening all the time.
I mean, we can't have absolutely silent writing classrooms where we're saying, okay, this is the time, we're going to take ten minutes at the end of this period for you to respond to each other. That just realistically—I don't think that's a healthy thing to do. We just have to realize that talk happens in a writing classroom and that kids have to be respected for that.
I'm just amazed at the number of things kids can balance all at the same time, so that if we think that they're off task, I think that response is definitely on task. It's as they're finding ideas, it's when they're drafting, it's when they think they've got their writing to the best draft it can be so they want some formal response to it. I ask kids to—they can't take a piece to final draft until they've read it to at least three of their peers and until they've read it at least once to me.
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Peer responses to final drafts
Then, in final draft, I think it's really important that kids hear each other's writing so that when we're through a particular cycle of writing, perhaps at four weeks or even eight weeks depending on how we're set up with quarters or trimesters, that we actually have a reading of the best piece of writing. And I have kids read their writing and then they pass it around the circle and all the kids have Post-it® notes so they they can actually respond to what they found they really liked in what the kids read and they put the Post-it® notes on the piece of writing so the kids get that writing back with responses from 25 or 26 of their peers.
Or another thing I've also done is put up a portfolio wall where the kids' name tags are on the wall, and they actually put their best piece of writing up under their name so kids can begin to see it, read it at their leisure, and use it as examples of, you know, these are some really fine pieces of poetry, fine short story, so that it's available for kids to see all the time and give response to it.
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METRO VANCOUVER -- Two members of local rock band Tommy Alto are in critical condition following a car accident early Monday morning.
The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. just east of Hope. The band was in a van heading back from the last show on a recent tour when their vehicle went off the road and crashed into a boulder.
"We're really not entirely sure how it happened," said Tom Vander Kam, lead singer of the group. "I was asleep when it happened and somehow we ended up going off the road and we hit a boulder and went into a barrel roll."
According to Vander Kam, most of the group, including himself, were injured in the accident, with members suffering puncture wounds, cracked ribs, concussions and soft tissue damage.
"Our roadie was also very lucky, he bounced off the ceiling and then landed in a pile of blankets so he walked away from the accident," said Vander Kam.
However two of the group's members - drummer Chartwell Kerr and bassist Paul Engels - are both in critical condition, having suffered far more serious injuries than the rest.
"They both have collapsed lungs, head trauma and a lot of internal bleeding and broken ribs," said Vander Kam. "Our drummer's whole left leg completely shattered because he was in the front passenger seat and the engine actually came through the dashboard upon impact. The only reason he's alive is because he was leaning back sleeping in his chair. Otherwise he would have gone face first into the engine and been gone."
Both Kerr and Engels are currently in medically induced comas.
When asked about the drive, Vander Kam said the group had been driving the whole night following the final show of a recent tour that ended in Coleman, Alta. on Sunday.
"We played our last show and just decided to drive back that night instead of staying there because our schedules were getting a little tight and we wanted to get home as soon as possible," said Vander Kam. "We were all pretty homesick and wanted to get back and in the end I guess our driver was tired and couldn't react. Really none of us know what happened, it was just so sudden."
Since the accident, the band has received an outpouring of support from fans and general well-wishers from all over. It's something Vander Kam is amazed by and can't thank people enough for their concern.
"It's really great to know there are so many people thinking of us, especially Paul and Chartwell because they're in the worst condition," he said. "The outpouring of support for the whole band on Twitter and Facebook, everyone on our social network, the support has been absolutely amazing.
"We're all keeping Paul and Chartwell in our thoughts and hoping for the best for them."
Finally, Vander Kam is hopeful the accident will only slow the group down, and doesn't want people to dwell on the incident as a defining moment for the band.
"Honestly, the best thing is to just look forward to our return to music - I don't want us to be famous for being in a terrible car accident," said Vander Kam. "We are a band and that's what we do and what we love and it may take weeks or months but we will return and keep making music together as a unit and the best thing that the community can do is look forward to that. Don't dwell on the tragedy because that's the last thing we want people to focus on. We're a positive group of people and want to be able to share that with family, friends and supporters."


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The recent reactivation of Stax Records has brought organist-producer Booker T. Jones back to the label that featured his sound on so many great recordings of the 1960s and '70s, including those by Otis Redding and Sam & Dave as well as his own albums, fronting Booker T. & the MG's.
This album, produced chiefly by Jones and/or the Avila Brothers, has the hallmarks of those great Memphis sessions of yore — sultry organ work, a lithe rhythm section and lots of meaty horn accents — with touches that bring it comfortably into the 21st century.
Jones draws several guests into the spotlight — singers Estelle, Anthony Hamilton, Mayer Hawthorne, Luke James, Jay James and instrumentalists Gary Clark Jr., Raphael Saadiq, Sheila E. and the retro rock-R&B band Vintage Trouble.
"66 Impala," which features a guest turn from Sheila E., lets Jones explore the Latin-rock corner of the R&B universe, while "Your Love Is No Love" is the closest thing to a lost Redding track on the album, a potently insistent gospel-soul track. The instrumentals "Fun," "Feel Good," "Austin City Blues" and, spotlighting Jones' guitar-wielding son Ted, "Father-Son Blues" mark a welcome return to the timeless sound of the MG's.
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Montana Man Waits for Golden Retriever to Pass Hundred Dollar Bills, Sends to Treasury Department for Replacement
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government.
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A celebration of failure: The phrase means not being afraid to fail and may be just what Asia needs to cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit.
"Corporate culture in Japan and China is still struggling with a celebration of failure," said David Frigstad, the chairman of Frost & Sullivan, a consulting firm to Fortune 1000 clients around the world.
"Governments all over the world come to us and say how do we get this Silicon Valley thing to work and one thing that's always missing is the celebration of failure, not being afraid to fail," he told CNBC during a trip to Asia earlier this month.
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"We have this term in Silicon Valley called a serial entrepreneur – which really means 'I failed a whole bunch of times and I'm still trying'," he added.


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Dirt Every Day Episode 11: 2011 Oshkosh Striker 3000Posted in Features on July 11, 2013
Fred Williams' Fourth of July celebration ended early when his firework was promptly doused with water by Fort Hunter Liggett Fire Department's 2011 Oshkosh Striker 3000 Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle in the opening scene of the most recent Dirt Every Day Episode, which was fittingly released on the 4th of July. Michelin 24R21 XZL tires, along with Oshkosh TAK-4 six wheel independent suspension with dual control arms and single coil springs (providing up to 16 inches of wheel end travel) allow the Striker to be an extremely maneuverable and stable all-terrain aircraft rescue vehicle. Naturally, Williams wasn't content with just looking at the Striker, instead requesting that fire fighter Ken Hanna take the aircraft rescue vehicle off-roading on Camp Fort Hunter Liggett, the 165,000-acre Army reserve base on the central coast of California. Hanna demonstrates a 0-60 mph acceleration in this episode; specifications tout an acceleration of 0 to 50 mph in 35 seconds. He then conquers a steep hill climb, demonstrating the Striker's 60% grade ascend/descend capability. The Striker has a top speed of 70 mph.
A new episode of Dirt Every Day airs every other Thursday on the Motor Trend channel. We'll be on the lookout for the next episode on July 18.


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RecitalGLITTERING PIANISM IN LI'S OAKMONT RECITAL
by Terry McNeill
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Piano prodigies have always been a fascination for the music public, and the greatest of them (some were Mozart, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Saint Saëns, Hofmann) went on to legendary fame. George Li, who made is local debut at a Music at Oakmont recital April 11, was a remarkable recent keyboard prodigy t...
SymphonySO CO PHIL'S SEASON CLOSER WITH EXPANSIVE PROKOFIEV 5TH IN JACKSON
by Terry McNeill
Sunday, April 07, 2019
Closing their 20th season with their usual programming aplomb, the Sonoma County Philharmonic played a provocative set of concerts April 6 and 7 in the Jackson Theater, the Orchestra's new home at the Sonoma Country Day School by the Sonoma County Airport. Local composer Nolan Gasser's Sonoma Overt...
Choral and VocalSISTINE CHAPEL INSPIRATION FOR THE TALLIS SCHOLARS IN WEILL HALL
by Sonia Morse Tubridy
Friday, April 05, 2019
Returning to Weill Hall April 5 after a seven year absence, the ten singers of the Tallis Scholars brought the sacred choral tradition of Palestrina and his contemporaries to an audience of delighted music lovers. Under the direction of Peter Phillips, the 1973 founder of the group, the program was...
SymphonyAUTUMNAL SIBELIUS 7TH HIGHLIGHTS VSO'S SEASON CLOSING CONCERT
by Terry McNeill
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Closing their 87th Season March 30 and 31 the Vallejo Symphony has moved from a single weekend concert to a set of two, and the late March response was two full houses in the charming downtown Vallejo Empress Theater. Conductor Marc Taddei opened the Sunday program with a rousing performance of B...
RecitalSHARED INSTRUMENTAL BEAUTY IN VIEAUX-MEYERS WEILL HALL CONCERT
by Abby Wasserman
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Exciting timbral sound and intricate counterpoint, made possible when two artists with complementary instruments play together, were richly explored by violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and guitarist Jason Vieaux March 30 in Weill Hall. Whether in close harmony, or unison, or weaving separate melodies to...
ChamberRARE MAHLER QUARTET AT MILL VALLEY CHAMBER CONCERT
by Abby Wasserman
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Piano quartets are relatively rare in the classical literature, and there are only about 40 compositions for the combination of piano, violin, viola and cello, mostly from the Romantic period of the mid to late 1800s. It therefore was special March 24 to hear three great works of this medium, perfor...
SymphonyAMERICAN CLASSICS SPARKLE UNDER KAHANE'S BATON
by Steve Osborn
Saturday, March 16, 2019
Jeffrey Kahane, the Santa Rosa Symphony's former conductor, returned to the Weill Hall podium on Saturday night, and the results were expectedly wonderful. The concert of American classics was by turns playful (Gershwin's "An American in Paris"), emotional (Barber's violin concerto) and triumphant (...
ChamberFLORESTAN TRIO'S MENDELSSOHN AT SPRING LAKE VILLAGE CONCERT
by Terry McNeill
Friday, March 08, 2019
Spring Lake Village's monthly concerts usually clock in under an hour, but the March 8 Florestan Trio's performance was more extended as so much good music was on tap for the 125 residents attending at Santa Rosa's premiere retirement residence facility. Four short pieces made up the first half, be...
ChamberTILDEN TRIO'S BOHEMIAN ENERGY AT DOMINICAN CONCERT
by Terry McNeill
Sunday, March 03, 2019
Hard on the heels of the Trio Navarro's late February concert in Sonoma State's Schroeder Hall, Northern California's other premiere resident piano trio, the Tilden, played an equally convincing program March 3 in Dominican University's Angelico Hall. Clearly each hall's acoustics, stage pianos and...
Recital24 SONGS IN A MENKE-THOMPSON RECITAL ODYSSEY
by Terry McNeill
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Sonoma County pop and country singing enjoys continued popularity but it rare to see a professional classical vocal concert announced. Diva Ruth Ann Swenson was once a local star, but she has long departed and not much virtuoso recital singing can be found in the North Bay. But the exception to th...
SLAM BANG SONORITY IN HAOCHEN ZHANG'S SCHROEDER RECITALby Terry McNeill
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Piano Competition winners are in ample supply, and it's often a hit and miss proposition as to their sterling interpretative qualities. However, the quadrennial Van Cliburn Competition in Ft. Worth has continually produced top-level artists, and the 2009 winner Haochen Zhang proved a formidable performer in his March 19 recital in Schroeder Hall.


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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Who are you? I really want to know who came to the Quilting Bee.
This photo was taken on 8 August 1908 at R. R. #1 Mindemoya, Manitoulin, Ontario at the home of James Love. These women had come for the quilting bee.
Who are all in the photo? Which ones were relatives, if any. This photo is part of the collection of photos that were once owned by Margaret Love, my great aunt. I imagine she is the photographer (shadow at the right front of the photo) as I do not see her in the photo. There are several younger ones also in the photo. It is unusual for her not to identify some of the people in the photo.
Posted by Janet Iles at 4:29 PM
Labels: Love family, Manitoulin Island, photos, Smile for the Camera
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Very few of them are looking at the camera. I wonder if that was because the sun was in their eyes? I'm sure would be a treasure to any of the descendants of these women.ReplyDelete
Yes, I hadn't noticed that. Often when someone wants a picture taken it is when the sun is directly in your eye. My eyes water and I close them.ReplyDelete
Yes it would be wonderful if someone would recognize one of their ancestors. I have now posted this photo to the Manitoulin Island group on Facebook.
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Crawford is seeking answers on elbow
Outfielder scheduled to see Dr. James Andrews
MINNEAPOLIS - Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said Wednesday that outfielder Carl Crawford is going to see Dr. James Andrews on "a fact-finding mission'' to determine exactly what is wrong with his left elbow.
That examination is expected to take place before the end of the week. Crawford has been on the disabled list all season recovering from surgery on his left wrist, but his elbow became a bigger problem earlier this month.
Crawford was given an MRI in Boston and shut down from throwing in extended spring training games. But that apparently hasn't helped.
"The only thing I heard is he hadn't been throwing in a couple of days and then he was shagging and he picked up a ball and kind of lobbed it in,'' Valentine said before the Sox beat the Twins, 7-6. "He still felt something. That's what raised concern.
"Sometimes it's that you haven't thrown in a few days and you didn't warm up and you weren't expecting to throw and you throw.
"It's not like he's gone out and tried to throw and said, 'I can't throw.' I bet if this were the seventh game of the World Series and he had to advance it in, he could advance it forward.''
General manager Ben Cherington said the injury is more of a sprain than tendinitis. But others in the organization are concerned that it could be something worse.
"I haven't heard any reason that there's surgery, a surgical procedure being necessary,'' said Valentine.
Crawford's brief tenure with the Red Sox has been marked by injury. He was on the disabled list for a month last season with a hamstring tear. His wrist also was an issue, but it was determined that rest would solve the problem.
But when Crawford starting hitting in January, his wrist quickly became sore, and surgery was done to remove cartilage.
Sweeney, Ross are in play
With Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury on the disabled list, the Red Sox are using Ryan Sweeney and Cody Ross in the outfield almost every day.
Sweeney, who went 1 for 4 Wednesday, is hitting .382 with 7 RBIs. Ross, who finished 1 for 3 with an RBI, is at .267 with 5 homers and 15 RBIs. "It's been paramount,'' Valentine said of their contributions. "It's been a godsend.
"Not that we didn't think they'd be good. We thought collectively they'd do what they're doing individually. It's been spectacular.''
Sweeney, a bench player with Oakland last season, said it has been a relief to get off to a good start.
"When you come to a new team, you want to make a good impression right away,'' he said. "I started feeling good right at the end of spring training and took that into the season.
"With Carl out, we both needed to play. Now with Jacoby out, it's great that we're able to help pick up the slack.''
Sweeney said being part of a deep lineup has helped him. So has the confidence Valentine has shown in him.
"You get labeled as a fourth outfielder sometimes and nothing can change that,'' said Sweeney. "I think here it was a clean slate and I was given a chance.
"I've been an everyday player before, so I know I can do the job.''
Ross left the game in the sixth inning after twisting his left knee in his first at-bat, in the second inning, when he had an RBI single. "I'm not even sure how I did it, but I'm fine,'' Ross said.
"We're just being careful.''
Substitute lineup
The original Red Sox lineup had Darnell McDonald playing left field, Kelly Shoppach catching, and David Ortiz hitting sixth. It seemed a little strange given that the Twins were starting a righthander.
Then bench coach Tim Bogar posted a new lineup. Sweeney was back in there, as was Jarrod Saltalamacchia. And Ortiz was hitting sixth.
"The one that was posted was for the lefthander that I thought was pitching today,'' Valentine acknowledged with a hearty laugh.
Turns out Twins starter Liam Hendriks is righthanded. Saltalamacchia caught the mistake, and no harm was done.
Atchison does the job
The Red Sox bullpen has been in shambles. But not Scott Atchison.
The 36-year-old righthander has appeared in six games, allowing two runs on eight hits over 11 2/3 innings. He has walked two and struck out 11.
Atchison pitched two perfect innings Tuesday. Of his 26 pitches, 19 were strikes.
"I've liked the way Atch has thrown the ball from the first day I saw him,'' said Valentine. "It's not just strikes - it's quality strikes.''
Said Atchison, "To be honest, I've felt good since spring training. It was good to make the team and get the opportunities.''
Red Sox to see Humber
The Red Sox open a four-game series in Chicago Thursday and will immediately face righthander Philip Humber, who threw a perfect game against Seattle Saturday. Humber has faced the Sox twice in his career, allowing eight runs in 12 1/3 innings. Both starts came last season . . . Wednesday was Daniel Bard's "throw day'' in the bullpen, and the Red Sox considered making him available for the game. But Bard rejected that idea. "We talked and figured that it was not the right thing to do,'' Valentine said . . . Lefty reliever Rich Hill pitched a perfect inning for Triple A Pawtucket Wednesday, striking out two. It was his second game in two days and his eighth appearance on his injury rehabilitation assignment. Hill, who is coming back from Tommy John surgery, could join the team this weekend. "I think he's close,'' said Valentine. "But that's just from afar.'' Hill has allowed two runs on five hits in nine innings with two walks and 18 strikeouts . . . Infielder Nate Spears, designated for assignment Monday, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Pawtucket . . . Valentine will manage against one of his former players for the first time Friday. Robin Ventura, who played for Valentine with the Mets from 1999-2001, manages the White Sox. Ventura's third base coach is Joe McEwing, who also played for Valentine.
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Chevy Chase and the producers of NBC's "Community" are parting ways effective immediately and by mutual agreement.
Almost all thirteen episodes of the upcoming fourth season have already been filmed including the finale. Chase's character Pierce Hawthorne won't appear in the remaining one or two episodes left to shoot.
Chase has voiced his displeasure with the role and the show over the years, which lead to very public feuding between him and creator Dan Harmon (who left at the end of last season).
His absence will only truly be felt if the show gets renewed for a fifth season, which itself is far from a sure thing at present.
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Thanks to a 35,000 square foot expansion of the convention center's exhibit space, the 51st annual show will offer the largest array of exhibits in its history — from A to Z.
This year's show will come just before most farmers kick off the new season, notes Lee Todd, executive vice president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, which sponsors the show.
"It will offer an opportunity for growers to get the latest outlook on crops and markets from two Ag Update seminars, plus meeting face to face with representatives for a wide range of equipment, products, and services," he says.
The event, co-sponsored by Delta Farm Press, will have hundreds of exhibits, and is the largest indoor assembly of agricultural products and equipment in the Mid-South, and the largest cotton equipment trade show in the nation.
"For the past three years, our exhibit space has been curtailed by construction at the convention center," Todd says. "With the completion of the project, we were able to open up new space to potential exhibitors who'd been on a waiting list, and to offer more space to long-time exhibitors who wanted to expand.
"The additional space will also allow a more efficient, easier-to-navigate traffic flow for those who attend. We'll also have a broader food service selection for breaks and meals.
"For those who may not have been to the show in the last year or two, it'll almost be a completely new event, thanks to all the changes we've been able to make as a result of the added space. We hope everyone is making plans to come to Memphis and help us kick off our second half-century with our biggest-ever show."
This year's event will continue the perennially popular Ag Update seminars. "We always have a packed house for these sessions," Todd says, "and this year should be no exception as growers try to get as much information as possible on which to base their decisions for the new year.
Here's the lineup for the sessions:
Friday, Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m.
•Richard Bell, Riceland Foods chief executive officer, will present the market outlook for grains.
•Bobby Greene, the new National Cotton Council chairman, will provide an update on council activities.
•Memphis cotton merchant William Dunavant will give his annual forecast for U.S. and world cotton.
Saturday, March 1, 8:30 a.m.
•Berrye Worsham, president of Cotton Incorporated, will discuss how the producer-funded research and promotion organization helps U.S. growers.
•Dr. O. A. Cleveland, Jr., cottonexperts.com, will discuss cotton economics for 2003.
•A Senate Agriculture Committee staff member will present a farm legislation update.
The Southern Cotton Ginners Association and its member organizations will also be holding their annual meetings during the week of the show. They include the Arkansas-Missouri Cotton Ginners Association, the Mississippi Cotton Ginners Association, the Tennessee Cotton Ginners Association, and the Louisiana Cotton Ginners Association.
Most association meetings and events, including an honors reception/banquet, will be held at the historic Peabody Hotel.
At the annual meeting of the association Thursday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in the Venetian Room at the Peabody, speakers will include: Rick Holder, president, National Cotton Ginners Association; Jerry Marshall, Cargill Cotton Inc., and Dr. Jerry Gilbert, Mississippi State University.
Delta Farm Press will publish the official program for the show, which will be distributed to all subscribers in the Feb. 21 issue and to the Alabama circulation of the Feb. 19 Southeast Farm Press. The program will also be available to all show attendees.


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Stobi, Western Necropolis - 1st cent.BCE - 1st cent.CE
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Fox News' Idea Of Immigration "Loophole" Is Long-Standing Asylum Policy
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Fox News repeatedly trumpeted a report from a local Fox affiliate claiming that immigrants crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border are using a "loophole" to enter and stay in the United States illegally by saying key phrases, namely that they have a "credible fear" of the drug cartels. But as even its own reporting admitted, this so-called "loophole" is long-established asylum policy of allowing foreigners who fear persecution in their own country to state their case in immigration court. Moreover, the evidence doesn't support Fox's claims that these immigrants are using the tactic to ultimately skip out on their asylum hearings.
Phoenix Fox-Owned Station: Immigrants Taking Advantage Of Asylum "Loophole" To Stay In U.S.
Phoenix Fox Station KSAZ: "A Loophole Is Allowing Hundreds Of Immigrants Across The Mexico Border In To The United States." KSAZ, a Fox-owned and operated station in Phoenix, started the claim that a "loophole is allowing hundreds of immigrants across the Mexico border in to the United States." The report featured an interview with "a person who did not want to be identified on camera" who asserted that immigrants "are being told if they come across the border, when they come up to the border and they say certain words, they will be allowed into the country." KSAZ also reported that in one day, "Border Patrol agents say about 200 people came through the Otay Crossing claiming a quote: 'credible fear' of the drug cartels." [KSAZ, 8/10/13]
Fox News Used Report To Claim Immigrants Are Gaming System To Disappear In U.S.
Ainsley Earhardt: "Hundreds Of Immigrants Are Taking Advantage Of A Loophole" To Gain Entry Into U.S. On Fox & Friends First, correspondent Ainsley Earhardt claimed that according to a U.S. Border Patrol official, "hundreds of immigrants are taking advantage of a loophole and using some key words and phrases which permit them to enter America from Mexico and then stay here." Fox then aired the comments from the anonymous person in KSAZ's report before claiming that one of the key phrases was "credible fear of drug cartels." She went on to assert that when those who are admitted into the country receive a date for their asylum hearings, "many times, they don't show up." [Fox News, Fox & Friends First, 8/12/13]
Tucker Carlson: Immigrants "Are Taking Advantage Of A Loophole To Cross The Border And Get Asylum." Reporting on the story on Fox & Friends, co-host Tucker Carlson called the asylum report "stunning" and went on to repeat the claim that "hundreds of illegal aliens are taking advantage of a loophole to cross the border and get asylum here in the U.S." He added that the phrase "credible fear of drug cartels" were some of the "magic words" immigrants can use to stay in the country. [Fox & Friends, 8/12/13]
William LaJeunesse: "Critics Say" It's About "Getting A Court Date For Which No One Shows Up." On America's Newsroom, host Martha MacCallum claimed the report uncovered a "massive loophole," with correspondent William LaJeunesse adding: "Critics say this is an orchestrated sham. It's not about getting asylum -- 91 percent of those claims are ultimately denied. It's about overwhelming the system and getting released, getting a court date for which no one shows up." LaJeunesse later admitted, however, that according to the Department of Homeland Security, "this is a long-standing policy." MacCallum added:
MacCALLUM: There's no doubt that some individuals do have a very legitimate fear but then you've got this clogging with everybody claiming that that's their concern and that's why they need to get across the border." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 8/12/13]
Jenna Lee: "Folks Trying To Get Into The United States Now Have A New Tactic." On Happening Now, host Jenna Lee claimed that it is a "a new tactic" for those crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border to ask for political asylum by saying they have a credible fear of persecution. During his report, LaJeunesse stated: "Some call it a loophole, others a sham: With illegal immigrants making bogus claims of having a credible fear of persecution meant to overwhelm the system and existing bed space to get a date in court, for which they never show up." LaJeunesse added:
LaJEUNESSE: Now the administration says it is simply following the law that credible fear determinations are dictated by statute not discretion, during the initial asylum interview process. A spokesman said, and I'm quoting, "The legal threshold for 'credible fear' is broad and low to ensure that individuals who may face a 'significant possibility' of persecution have an opportunity to have their case heard before an immigration judge."
Lee went on to note however that "there are people that are legitimately seeking asylum and we don't know what's the case in this particular scenario but it certainly raised our antenna on it, if you will, because so many people were starting to use it." [Fox News, Happening Now, 8/12/13]
In Fact, "Credible Fear" Of Persecution Is Long-Standing Asylum Policy
Immigration Official: "Credible Fear Determinations Are Dictated By Long Standing Statute, Not An Issuance Of Discretion." In an article by LaJeunesse in which he legitimized the "loophole" language and claimed that "illegal immigrants have learned they can attempt to get asylum by using a few key words -- namely, by claiming they have a 'credible fear' of drug cartels," he nevertheless quoted a Department of Homeland Security press office statement that said, "Credible fear determinations are dictated by long standing statute, not an issuance of discretion." LaJeunesse reported:
Fox News spoke to four agencies responsible for the San Diego situation last week. All deferred to the Department of Homeland Security press office in Washington, D.C., which issued this statement:
"Credible fear determinations are dictated by long standing statute, not an issuance of discretion. The USCIS officer must find that a 'significant possibility' exists that the individual may be found eligible for asylum or withholding or removal.
"If the credible fear threshold is met, the individual is placed into removal proceedings in Immigration Court. The final decision on asylum eligibility rests with an immigration judge." [FoxNews.com, 8/12/13]
U.S. Immigration Law: Applicants Who Cite A "Credible Fear Of Persecution" Must Be Considered For Asylum. According to the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), individuals who ask for asylum upon entering the country have to establish a credible fear of persecution to qualify for it. The law states that if the immigration officer "determines at the time of the interview that an alien has a credible fear of persecution ... the alien shall be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum." According to the INA, "credible fear" means that "there is a significant possibility, taking into account the credibility of the statements made by the alien in support of the alien's claim and such other facts as are known to the officer, that the alien could establish eligibility for asylum." [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, accessed 8/12/13]
LA Times: "More Mexicans Seek Asylum In U.S. As Drug Violence Rises." In an October 2012 article, the Los Angeles Times reported that asylum requests from Mexicans were on the rise as cartel violence increased in Mexico:
As cartel violence increased in Mexico, so did requests for asylum. Such requests can basically be made in two ways, and the method often reflects the resources and circumstances of the applicant.
Some applicants seek asylum "affirmatively," meaning they already have entered the United States, sometimes with a border crossing card, and then approach U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Last fiscal year, 4,042 Mexicans sought asylum this way, more than triple the number of applications five years earlier. During the same period, the agency approval rate increased slightly -- to 9% from 7%.
People may also seek asylum "defensively." A defensive claim is made when a person seeks asylum at a port of entry -- such as a bridge or airport -- or if the person is picked up for entering the country illegally and faces proceedings in immigration court. In the last fiscal year, 6,133 Mexicans sought asylum defensively, up from 4,510 the year before, according to U.S. Justice Department figures.
Experts say this method is more adversarial because the asylum seeker is often fighting in immigration court hoping to avoid deportation.
In fiscal years 2007 through 2011, U.S. immigration courts received 21,104 defensive asylum claims from Mexicans. During the same time period, 2% of such Mexican asylum applications were granted. By contrast, out of all U.S. asylum applicants during the same period, about 24% were granted.
Among the top 25 nationalities granted asylum, Chinese often top the list. Last fiscal year, Mexicans ranked 23rd -- the first time they made the list in five years.
U.S. officials say Mexican asylum applicants are reviewed like any others.
Timothy Counts, a spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said that each asylum applicant must show "credible fear," defined as "a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion." [Los Angeles Times, 10/28/12]
Nearly All Immigrants Appear For Court, Deportation Hearings
DHS: Only 11 Percent Of Immigrants Fail To Appear For Immigration Hearings. Contrary to Fox's claims that immigrants do not show up for their immigration hearings, DHS data show that only about 11 percent of immigrants fail to appear for their court hearings:
Of the immigration judge decisions rendered in FY 2012, 11 percent involved aliens who failed to appear. The number of aliens who failed to appear decreased by 31 percent from FY 2008 to FY 2012 while the number of immigration judge decisions decreased by 18 percent in the same time period. The failure to appear rate has remained fairly consistent from FY 2009 to FY 2012. [U.S. Department of Justice, March 2013]
Boston Globe: "96 Percent Of Participants Attended Their Final Court Hearings And 77 Percent Showed Up For Deportation." In an article profiling BI Incorporated, a private company that monitors immigrants facing deportation hearings, The Boston Globe reported that according to BI, "96 percent of participants attended their final court hearings and 77 percent showed up for deportation." [The Boston Globe, 3/17/13]
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There are 3-4 more orange trees, i'll have to count when im there next.
I have to be careful not to get these plants mixed up.
Had a few spurts but I still have to bend over to look at it.
Seems to be doing OK, no major growth but its still there and it does have a little fruit on it.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A senior Israeli diplomatic official told Army Radio on Tuesday that the Jewish state is perfectly capable of striking Iran's nuclear facilities on its own, should America fail to join such a mission.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said that the Israeli government very much doubts the Obama Administration's seriousness about preventing Iran from attaining nuclear weapons at all costs.
Washington's weak and ineffective approach to the crisis in Syria, not to mention its utter failure to react when clear red lines were crossed, has created the feeling that the current American government would never take the step of going to war to keep the Islamic Republic from going nuclear.
Quite to the contrary, Israel believes US President Barack Obama is going to use the election of new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as an excuse to loosen sanctions, make concessions and downgrade the situation, even as Iran continues to race toward an atomic bomb.
Israeli leaders have repeatedly warned that while Rouhani is far more tactful than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he remains the servant of Iran's supreme leader and has long been a key proponent of Iran's nuclear program.
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The Seattle Seahawks have been missing three starters along their offensive line for their last two games against the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts. At least one missing piece is expected to get back in the lineup this week.
Head coach Pete Carroll said the Seahawks are counting on Unger being able to play this Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. Unger fully participated in practice for Seattle on Wednesday for the first time since suffering a triceps strain against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 3.
"It's really good to have him back," Carroll said. "Lemuel Jeanpierre doing a really fine job for us in filling in but Max Unger is really the guy that has the greatest command of what we're doing up front and he'll help other guys play well and make the right choices and decisions."
Unger and right tackle Breno Giacomini have both missed the last two games for Seattle while left tackle Russell Okung has missed the last three games while on the short-term injured reserve list. It's forced the Seahawks to move Paul McQuistan – a natural guard – to left tackle and insert backups into the lineup at left guard, center and right tackle. J.R. Sweezy at right guard is the only constant for Seattle from the line they opened the season with against Carolina in September.
The lack of continuity has been an issue for Seattle as Russell Wilson has frequently had to run for his life before being able to find open targets in the passing game.
"The combination of the new guys has made it challenging to be right all the time and that's just to get the scheme right and calls right," Carroll said. "Then physically, you've got to come through and get your blocks as well and your combinations and things have to be carried out well. Which, within experience, there's some slippage in there."
Unger's return would help stabilize the group in the interim as Seattle hopes to weather the storm until Giacomini and Okung can return in the coming weeks.


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5 New South Dakota Properties Listed on National Register
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Five South Dakota properties have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The South Dakota State Historical Society says the five structures are at least 50 years and have historical significance.
The five structures are made up of a home in Pierre, cabins in Deadwood and Hill City, a chapel in Rapid City and a historic district in Yankton.
The earliest structure built of the five is the Pearson Cabin in the Deadwood vicinity, which was built in 1876.
State historic preservation officer Jay Vogt says that when properties get listed on the National Register, it shows owners take pride in preserving culture, heritage and history.
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Officials at the California bullet train agency have pushed back by months a key milestone in the upcoming construction, though they say the project is not falling behind and that they will be able to build 130 miles of track in the Central Valley by 2017.
Jeff Morales, chief executive officer of the project, acknowledged long-standing rumors in the construction industry that the deadline for submitting bids on the first segment would be pushed back from this week to Jan. 18, coming after an earlier revision that pushed the deadline back from September. It now appears that the agency will not issue a formal notice to proceed with construction until July.
Originally, the California High-Speed Rail Authority had said it would begin construction of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco rail project this year. The timetable is critical, because federal funding deadlines require that the first segment be completed by September 30, 2017.
Construction industry experts say the authority is attempting to execute an extremely aggressive construction schedule, which will grow even more compressed if the starting point is delayed.
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Former Goldman Sachs vice president Fabrice Tourre\'s new job at the University of Chicago has evaporated.
The former executive who was convicted of six counts of securities fraud last summer in a civil suit with the Securities and Exchange Commission, was to have become an economics teacher at the prestigious school, according to a report in The New York Post.
However, the school abruptly reversed course, according to an email first reported by the school newspaper March 3.
\"As preparations continue for the spring quarter, Fabrice Tourre will no longer be assigned as an instructor for Honors Elements of Economic Analysis in the College. Instead he will be able to fulfill the teaching requirements for his Ph.D. program through opportunities in his department's graduate-level curriculum," a university spokesman said in the email, according to the report.
Tourre, who is a doctoral student at the University, was supposed to teach a class called \'Elements of Economic Analysis\' on Thursday afternoons, followed by a discussion on Monday evenings, according to reports.
The SEC wants Tourre to pay more than $1 million in penalties but he wants to pay $65,000. The former Goldman executive has claimed that he did not know the extent of the fraud.
Goldman Sachs settled the case in 2010 for $550 million and did not admit or deny any wrongdoing.
The media coined the nickname "Fabulous Fab" after emails revealed the nickname he signed off to others.
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Engaging visitors has always been the primary goal of both publishers and advertisers in the affiliate marketing industry, but for most of the existence of the Internet, their collective ability to interact with consumers has been limited, to say the least.
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The deal adds to LinkShare's arsenal of affiliate marketing services and solutions, as well as its search marketing and lead generation tools, to help online retailers drive multi-channel, integrated marketing campaigns using the mediaFORGE Consumer Engagement display platform. This platform gives online advertisers the opportunity to prospect, retarget, nurture and engage customers for higher conversions.
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The first-ever nighttime airplane flight is made at Orville Wright's flying school near Montgomery. Walter Brookins and Archibald Hoxsey piloted the plane, which the Montgomery Advertiser described as "glinting now and then in the moonlight" during flight. The flying school closed shortly after the historic event, but the site eventually became home to Maxwell Air Force Base.
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During the early weeks of Federal occupation of Mobile, the city suffers one of its worst disasters as twenty tons of captured Confederate gunpowder explodes in a warehouse being used as an arsenal. Property loss was put at $5,000,000 and the number of casualties was never determined, although it has been estimated at possibly 300. The entire northern part of the city was laid in ruins by the explosion.
President Richard Nixon visits Mobile to mark the start of construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The waterway, when completed in 1985, ran from Pickwick Lake to Demopolis, Alabama, to connect the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River. A link between the two rivers had long been desired, having been first proposed by the French in the eighteenth century.
A United States arsenal is established at Mt. Vernon, near the juncture of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers. It had previously been the headquarters for General Claiborne in the Creek War of 1813-1814. In 1873 the Arsenal was converted into a barracks, which from 1887 to 1894 housed Apache Indian prisoners, including Geronimo. In 1895 the land was conveyed to the State of Alabama and became the site of the Mt. Vernon Hospital.
Batting for the New York Giants against the Boston Braves, Alabama native Willie Mays gets his first hit in the Major Leagues--a home run. Born near Birmingham, the "Say Hey Kid" went on to be named National League Rookie of the Year and hit 660 homers in a legendary Hall of Fame career.
Listen: Click the play button below to hear Archives Staff discuss this event on Alabama Public Radio.
Seven days into the Constitutional Convention of 1901 a petition submitted by Booker T. Washington and twenty-three other African-American leaders is read to convention delegates, all of whom are white. The petition asked that the black Alabamian be given "some humble share in choosing those who shall rule over him." Nevertheless, with the ratification of the Constitution of 1901 in November, blacks--along with poor whites--were effectively disfranchised.


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Healthy and well-managed ecosystems reduce the risk of disasters and strengthen our ability to adapt to the effects of climate change, according to a new book launched by the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR).
The role of ecosystems in disaster risk reduction is one of the first volumes to compile latest knowledge and evidence on the links between ecosystems and disasters. It provides case studies from various geographical locations, types of ecosystems and hazards from around the world. The book was co-edited by experts from the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), IUCN's Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
"This book scientifically demonstrates what local people around the world intuitively know: that healthy ecosystems offer protection and resources for resisting and surviving disasters," says Karen Sudmeier-Rieux of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and one of the editors of the book. "This is why it is better to work with, rather than against nature."
During the past few decades the number of disasters and their impacts on communities worldwide has increased. As a result of climate change, this trend is set to continue, with an increase in the number of extreme weather events.
In many circumstances, healthy and well-managed ecosystems such as wetlands, forests, mangroves and reefs reduce this risk and act as physical protection for the people and the environment that are exposed to it.
"There is no such thing as a natural disaster, only natural hazards that due to a combination of social, political, economic and environmental contexts may cause severe damages to a community and result in a disaster," says Marisol Estrella, UNEP's Project Coordinator on Disaster Risk Reduction and the book's co-editor. "This book shows evidence that restoring ecosystems and sustainably managing natural resources can play an essential role in strengthening people's ability to prevent and recover from such events."
"Ecosystems allow us to address all the dimensions of risk: they can reduce the intensity and frequency of some environmental hazards and minimize the vulnerability of communities and their exposure," says Fabrice Renaud, Head of Section at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and lead editor of the book. "There is increasing evidence for this and examples are provided in the book."
In the Chinese Hubei Province, a wetland restoration programme has reconnected lakes to the Yangtze River and rehabilitated 448 km2 of wetlands with a capacity to store up to 285 million m3 of floodwater. The local government subsequently further reconnected eight lakes covering 350 km2. In addition to contributing to flood mitigation, restored lakes and floodplains have enhanced biodiversity, increased income from fisheries by 20-30 % and improved water quality to drinkable level.
In Argentina, extensive areas of natural forest are protected for flood control, which is seen as a low-cost alternative to infrastructure, with added biodiversity benefits.
European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland and the Eastern European countries bordering the Danube River aim to mitigate floods by removing built infrastructure such as concrete river channels and restoring wetlands and rivers to improve their water retention capacity.
Many forests in the Alps protect people and their assets from rock falls, avalanches, erosion, landslides, debris flows and flooding. The management of these forests is five to ten times less expensive than the construction and maintenance of technical measures. In monetary terms, this risk reduction corresponds to approximately 1,000 Swiss francs per ha per year.
The book was written by 59 professionals from science and practice communities from around the world, representing state of the art knowledge, practices and perspectives on the topic. It was launched yesterday at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction taking place in Geneva, Switzerland.
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