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NILES, IL, April 20, 2009 — Once again filling the MGM's Grand Garden Arena, the 44th Academy of Country Music Awards drew Nashville's hottest acts to the glittering desert oasis, where Shure wireless proved to be the choice of a number of artists performing at the annual event.
"From an audio and RF standpoint, Shure's UHF-R® Series and the SM58® capsule continued to provide us with maximum stability and flexibility," production mixer J. Mark King said, commenting on the stage blueprint responsible for capturing the night's live performances. Giving credence to King's statement, the show opened with Brooks and Dunn, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, and other A-list artists, all using UR/SM58 wireless to sing a medley of hits.
Shure endorser Heidi Newfield and her UR/SM58 mic took the stage shortly thereafter, as did Toby Keith, who broke slightly with the night's established standards by singing into a UR/KSM9 wireless handheld mic. Falling back into the gravitational pull of the UR/SM58 like iron shavings orbiting a powerful magnet, George Strait, Lee Ann Womack, Keith Urban, and Shure endorser Montgomery Gentry each took their turn in the spotlight, as did Carrie Underwood, who sported additional dazzle by bringing her custom-studded UR/SM58.
The show's UR/SM58 highlight, however, came when Trace Atkins relied on the mic to sing "Till the Last Shot's Fired" accompanied by the West Point Glee Club, who were also captured by UR/SM58s. Rascal Flatts closed the evening with "Here Comes Goodbye," done with — you guessed it — UR/SM58s.
Certainly no stranger to this awards show, Burbank, California-based ATK Audiotek managed RF coordination and all other logistical aspects of implementing the wireless systems. Comprised of some of Nashville's best studio musicians, the house band included Brent Mason on electric guitar, Glenn Worf on bass, Paul Franklin on steel guitar, Eddie Bayers on drums, and Steve Gibson on acoustic guitar. Not to be left out of the action, Shure hardwired mics figured prominently in the performances in the form of KSM32s on overheads, Beta 98s on toms, and SM57s on snare and guitar amps. Newcomer Jamey Johnson sang on a hardwired SM58, the same choice of John Rich.
"The strong showing of all these Shure products was gratifying," noted Ryan Smith, Shure's Regional Artist Relations Manager, who flew in from Nashville for the event. "I am also thankful to the artists and crews behind the scenes who showcased our products."


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I love the Little Red Express and would really get a kick out of owning one!
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Beautiful bunch of trucks in your garage. The Express looks great! Hats off to you and your "pit crew".
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Funny enough, I had never heard of the "little red express" until I went to my first Nats after I got the Charger long ago. They were all over the place at the track. I fell in love with them instantly. Nice ride, take care of her.


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What planet are you living on? Did you miss the recent article that talks about EA being one of the few companies to recently stand-up against the Defense of Marriage act?
Did you miss the homosexual relationships in both Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
Fucking hell man. Get educated.
It's just mindless pandering,(and patronizing pandering at that) do you honestly think they care about gay people at all?
Plus the homosexual relationships in DA and ME where nothing more than a marketing ploy, they had no depth at all and they seemed to fall on that old trope of gay guys want to fuck any man simply because they are man, I'd almost find it offensive if it wasn't so laughably sad and desperate.
If you want a good portrayal of Homosexuality in an RPG play New Vegas
News flash most video game characters and stories have no depth at all. The difference is that SOME have gay stories, and some DO NOT.
And yes, I honestly do think they care about gay people at all. Because they're standing up for against a law, I don't give a shit what their motivations are, I don't pretend to know their motivations like the rest of you do, but their actions speak for themselves.
Is Valve standing up against that shit? Activision? Ubisoft? No. From what I know they're doing NOTHING AT ALL. And I'm sorry, but I will give a company credit for doing SOMETHING over another company doing NOTHING.
The bounds to which people delude themselves is amazing. Hate EA for the anti-consumer shit they do like SimCity DRM, but when you hate them for not caring about gay people when they're the only fucking company who's doing anything it's a little pathetic.
Having gay stories doesn't automatically make you progressive
I give credit to those companies because they don't desperately jump on to bandwagons in an attempt to seem relevant, and the unlike EA they treat me like a person and don't see my sexual preferences as something to be pandered to or milked, I mean does EA think all gay people are retards or something and that we'll lap up their shit if they say they're on our side?
I don't care if they don't care about gay people but what I do care about is them putting up this facade that they do. And frankly this attitude of, 'oh who cares about their motives as long as they're doing it' is moronic, their cynical attitude to LGBT issues does nothing but undermine them.
Dude this is the internet. As long as the internet exists, there are going to be assholes. There won't be anymore assholes on the internet when there aren't anymore assholes in the Human race.
Um... How about fuck no? Even if you're just talking from the perspective of a consumer with no outside context, there are still far worse companies. Come on, internet. Buck up.
Well yeah, but maybe if we as a community did a better job of letting the assholes know their comments are not welcome, they'd be sitting in the corner instead of dominating the conversation.
We can't police the entire internet. We can control what happens on the Escapist, that is the limit of our power.
The fact that you assume it's a facade is unhealthy quite frankly. Your beliefs you should be based on experienced, not assumptions, building up an idea around some pre-conceived notion and then manipulating information to suite that theory is erroneous.
And yes you have experience with DragonAge/MassEffect apparently but your lesson from that should be about how the story failed rather than "what they tried to do". Most hetero video game relationships come down to just having sex as well.
The fact is that EA has homosexual relationships in the products they publish. They've stood up in the public eye to oppose what many view as an unfair law. These are measurable actions. They're actions that are not actively undertaken by all developers and publishers. If you think they are failing in an area, then voice your disappointment with the ACTION but don't ASSUME you know the INTENT.
Ie "I appreciate that EA put homosexual relationships into DA, but I didn't care for the execution"
But holding to the blind truth that the world is black and white is unhealthy and will ultimately lead to you alienating yourself when you assume things without either proof or a comparable amount of experience. Assumptions should be based on patterns, educated guesses, if the pattern of EA is to promote homosexuality even in a banal manner than that's the pattern. And if their goal is for wider-market appeal and to include more gamers (and subsequently make more money) then this is a GOOD THING.
Trying to include everyone is a noble goal regardless of the motives. If people are screwed over by EA after buying a game, then the thing to criticize is not their attempt to include everyone, it's how everyone is treated after the fact.
And with one final note to the Marriage Act. You know, instead of people making guesses as to why EA is doing what they're doing making in opposing DOMA, you should instead be spending your time asking your favourite company why in the hell they're not fighting the bloody thing as well.
Well, we're not doing a very good job of cleaning up the Escapist. The staff is all fine, but not the commenters.
I'll give you that. These threads alone are filled with people throwing insult after insult at each other for not having the "right" opinion.
My only reason for being ok with the outcome.
Bank of America is horrible. I won't deny it. I won't come out and try to say that it didn't deserve the award. I bleed for people who has suffered it's wrath, including my brother who had a little rattling up due to something we're still not sure of.
But there are organizations set up to police banks or support those who are victims of banks. They won't have the Bank Lawyer's fire power, but there are places to go, Government sponsored help, and the like. Do they work and help one hundred percent of the time? no. But there is something out there.
EA and companies who follow suit make it so to even view if their product is able to work for you, you give up your rights to a lawsuit. Click here to accept the game and install it, but by doing so you give up your rights to sue or anything. Suggesting as much allows us to terminate your account, meaning you lose all access to your games (Origin). That I do find horrendous.
Bank of America did some illegal things and screwed a lot of people over. They should not have any more of your business and if you were hurt by them, you do have the right to receive compensation.
EA made it legal to screw you over. They made you sign your rights away and roll the dice to see if you got a viable product. They will determine if they want to sate your requests, but don't hold your breath. And if you threaten anything, more of your rights can be taken away and you are left with nothing.
Does the loss of a game equal to a loss of your savings or chance at a house? No. Is Bank of America guilty of a lot of suspect things that are reprehensible? Yes. But from what I know, when you enter a contract with them, you don't sign away your right to actually try to receive compensation for the crimes committed against you. I don't bank with them, so I don't know. If someone can tell me otherwise, I will change my mind. But a company who sees fit to serve me an inferior product and hide behind a statement that to even see if it works for me, I am not able to put a lawsuit against them is the pinnacle of how I do not want to see companies act in the future.
I do not wish to ignore the wrong the other companies have done. But I do not want to ignore what EA and it's ilk are doing. If we ignore it, it spreads to any company (gaming or no). Imagine the fine print on the back of your cookies that says by opening the package, you give up your rights to ask for a refund if stale or inedible in anyway. That by opening up the ikea package, the sale is final and if any parts are missing, you must buy a replacement pack at 25% of the original item's price.
I find EA's methods deplorable and worthy of stamping out before it spreads as acceptable business practice to other industries. That is all.
Paraphrasing Jim Sterling "IT'S A GOLDEN PILE OF SHIT." If this was some vote of "Which company should be dismantled" and the winning company actually got their company destroyed then yeah it'd be stupid if EA won over BofA. This is an internet poll and the only consequence of this poll is getting mailed a gold poop statue.
I think the Escapist should have a commenting system similar to Reddit, where comments can be voted on and the best ones float to the top. It would make the comments a better reflection of the community, instead of the loudest people getting all the attention.
Not denying you made good points, but did you quote the wrong person? Because I see no substantial relation between what I said and what you said. I'm honestly just looking for clarification here.
... I might have...
nor do I remember which actual page the comment I was looking for resides.
Can we pretend I meant you?
Pretend? Why would we need to pretend? You clearly meant me the whole time, and that statement brooks no further discussion.
You've got to be kidding. BofA regularly screws over its customers and has made financial decisions that have been atrocious to its customers. Comcast is part of an oligopoly and keeps regions of the US back in its internet capability because they're too unwilling to dip into their profit margins to provide internet to their customers that's actually stable and on par with other nations in the world. And you really think only video game companies influence each other? BofA and BP never influence the other companies in their respective industries? That's...really flawed logic.
EA is an entertainment company that is making financial decisions based on what their customers are doing. If dumb gamers support those types of financial systems and keep giving game companies money, then the game companies will keep doing those things. Things like the BP oil spill that have caused massive damage that persists to this day, and Comcast's horrible customer service and absolute apathy to the requirements of their consumers are far, far worse than EA's shenanigans.
If anyone seriously thinks that EA deserves that title more than any other company on that list, their priorities are unbelievably flawed and they have no understanding of how the real world works whatsoever. Which is fine I guess, but for those of us that aren't teenagers living off their parents' income the real world matters and what those other companies do are appalling and infuriating, far beyond what EA has done.
I will when they stop providing evidence like this...
YOU may not be stupid, but the overwhelming majority are showing that they are VERY clearly.
The pretend thing was a joke. You were right I didn't mean you. I meant Aeonknight's post where he says that we can justify the reasons why EA deserves it. I had multiple pages of this up at once. Your 'fuck no' response wasn't what I was looking to respond to, and as you pointed out, nothing I said had anything to do with what you said.
Oh could you please stop it? A mass disagreement in opinion does not equal stupidity!
FYI your post comes off as offensive and can get you in trouble. And im not saying that the other companies are not bad, or even worse then EA, but EA is shady as fuck too, and they treat there employees like utter shit too. Plus, which other company do you know that has the freaking Cobra logo in there courtyard? Though, funny enough, they are right next to Bank of America.
Im not kidding, look it up 209 Redwood Shores Pkwy, Redwood City, CA 94065, google maps.
No, but claiming that your video games are more important than the complete destruction of millions of lives is. Gamers are honestly claiming that a company that makes bad video games is worse than a company that nearly destroyed the world economy. If that isn't pure stupidity, I don't know what is.
It's been pointed out that the Bank of America has been forced to pay billions in reparations, but EA has gotten off scott free with everything that they've done. Again, I'm going to ask you to kindly ask you to not insult people for thinking differently from you.
You mean make bad video games, a product that has zero relevence outside the world of gaming? You need some perspective. On a world scale, games matter less than dirt. They are a tiny fraction of a tiny section of the world economy. Compared to a company that destroyed millions of lives (which didn't get their lives recovered when Bank of America made their token payments, by the way), they aren't even in the same galaxy.
This is an opinion in the same way claiming the Earth is flat is an opinion. When every piece of evidence is against you, YOUR OPINION CAN AND IS WRONG.
Ok, I think that we're done here. My opinion is wrong? Yeah I think I'll just stop right here.
Many people really don't seem to get the point of this "contest" and why EA was the winner.
2)Yes they "only" sell video games. You're on a website right now that wouldn't exist without the video game industry, just to give you a hint at how much weight entertainment industries pull. As a consumer, it is much more noticeable to be deprived of entertainment, than of a specific brand of store or outlet. Which brings me to my next point...
3)EA, in a way, runs a monopoly. On a large scale, yes you can just buy another game from another company, much like going to the supermarket a little bit farther than you. But on the smaller scale, every video game is different. It would be like trying to buy oranges but only one store in your area sells them and will only accept $20 per orange. Outrageous, you would say. But don't worry, you can buy apples, bananas, and any other fruit at the store across from your house, someone tells you. You would think they were a bit dim-witted, wouldn't you? Sure, you can live the rest of your life without oranges, they're not necessary, but should you even have to consider that as an option? this is what EA has done with Origin. It's not a monopoly, because most people only go as far as to see "fruit," but nothing more particular than that.
If you dislike Bank of America so much, you can switch to a different bank and receive all of the same benefits. If you want to play Mass Effect 3, You MUST choose EA.
Sorry if this reads incoherently, it's late and I'm a bit loopy from studying all day.
I'd really like to see some proof on that. Like, really. Because, if you're going to make such broad, sweeping statements, it'd be nice if you could, you know, back it up somehow.
By the way, this is a joke poll where the "winner" gets a golden poo award (though, it's a great way to get EA's attention, obviously). If anybody is taking this seriously, it's EA and people such as yourself getting all flustered over a -- have to emphasize this once again -- a joke poll.
By the way,
Did you even read any of the other points anybody has made in this thread? If not, I'd highly suggest you do because you seem to lack some of that perspective there.
You know, I've actually reconsidered my stance. I don't think EA cares about this any more than the Bank of America would have. As far as I'm concerned the only reason they acknowledged it at all was to promote these exact comparisons between EA and other nominated companies in order to sideline and trivialise actual criticisms. But I do know they'd make not winning seem like a reward, so I suppose after all it is good that they kept their dubious position.
I think you're failing to mention the part where EA lays off hundreds of workers a year with their studio closures, fails to fund creative endevors, tries to skirt several laws regarding the treatment of employees, shady security dealings on Origin and there attempts to back SOPA.
I wouldn't call them worse, but Bank of America never tried to invade my privacy to the same degree that EA has.
It's an Internet poll. Gamers frequent the Internet, so EA was always going to win. If it was a phone poll, Bank of America probably would've won because your average American doesn't know the ins and outs of the AAA game industry, but does know how horrible BoA is at everything. If it was a poll held at concerts, then Ticketmaster
(pauses, holds back violent vomit)
...sorry, that company has fucked me over so many times I can't say their name without wanting to puke. Anyway, they would've won.
It's all about location of the polling.
You know, call me when we withdraw troops from afghanistan to invade EA. This wasn't a poll on the most important government matter or a vote on tax policies or military deployment or health care.
I mean, dude, it's just an internet poll and award. In terms of importance, they probably rank below internet petitions and right above internet quiz results.
If actual government funding is redirected to a "Take down EA and their tyrannical DRM" rebellion group, then maybe you'll have something worth going after.
And yeah, the other guys are horrible, I won't question that. But I don't see any real reason to get angry over this.
Oh no, Bank Of America and monsanto didn't get a poo trophy. What a big free pass that is!
If someone were to reprimand you for not thinking of starving african children every time you complained about games, that would probably get quite annoying, wouldn't it?
If the shit Monsanto and Bank Of America have already gone through hasn't caused a massive shift in business practices, I don't think a poo trophy is going to seal the deal.
Plus, EA doesn't provide any important products for daily life, unlike the other two dick businesses. They aren't "Too big to fail", so I think giving the trophy to these guys will probably send a bigger message than if "We provide most of your corn and have a huge stake in the economy so we have you by the balls" monsanto got it.
A lot of people voted for EA not necessarily because they are the worst company but more because they actually care about being called something mean in an internet poll. If Bank of America had won they would have just ignored and continue on.
I hope am not the only one who thinks that this whole EA hatred has gone too far. I'm not going to deny that the company has screwed up one or two times, but which gaming company hasn't?
Oh and don't say Valve. Valve doesn't employ 100 000 game designers. Valve doesn't have shareholders. Valve doesn't have to make tough business decisions and they are an incredibly small company that makes all their money from third party sales on Steam.
What we need here is constructive criticism, and personally, I haven't seen too much constructive criticism aimed at EA. It's more along the lines of "stop with your bullshit, i'm angry, arghh".
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Saturday, after months of concern that it wouldn�t happen, the city of Laurel Hill will present its annual Hobo Festival.
LAUREL HILL � Saturday, after months of concern that it wouldn�t happen, the city of Laurel Hill will present its annual Hobo Festival.
More than 50 vendors, a bounce house, live entertainment from local musicians, an auction and � of course, food � will take focus in downtown Laurel Hill, event organizers said. Among participating organizations are The Spanish Trail Cruisers, which will display vintage cars, and members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Department horse posse. Local country music artist Robert Wayne, The Twin Hills Drummers and the local country music band River Chase will perform.
The Rev. Mike McVay, of First Baptist Church of Laurel Hill, said he plans to reprise his role as the festival�s iconic hobo, which honors the city�s railroad history. After the Civil War, soldiers-turned-migrant-workers traveled the railroads and gave labor to local farms during pit stops in town.
However, honoring the city�s heritage and enjoying community fellowship almost didn�t happen, organizers said. Earlier this year, low volunteer participation threatened the event�s occurrence.
In July, festival committee members Anita Miller and Betty Williamson stressed the need for volunteers. Miller sent out a news release stating, "If we have no response, the October festival will be canceled due to lack of support."
One Laurel Hill dad wasn�t about to let the latter happen.
Elgin �Trae� Duley III, festival committee chairperson, said parents rely on events like the Hobo Festival to entertain their kids, but he believes the event serves a greater purpose.
"I want my son to see what it means to help your community," Duley said. "I want him to see what it takes to put this together."
That�s why Duley signed up to help out. Soon, members of Crestview�s Elks Lodge No. 2624 pooled resources.
"We are doing what we can to keep the festival going," lodge member Betty Clark said, adding that 10 members would volunteer at the festival. The lodge also loaned its drug-awareness trailer for selling festival T-shirts and bottled water.
More than 50 food and arts-and-crafts vendors have signed up for the event, Duley said. Vendor registration deadline is Oct. 12, �but the earlier (the vendors) can get in contact with us, the better.�
The Hobo Festival tradition began in 1992. The annual event had relied on volunteer support except in 1995, when Hurricane Opal forced its cancellation.
Last year�s event drew nearly 500 people, according to festival committee member Betty Williamson.
Duley said that, despite its shaky start, community support will ensure the event returns for several years to come.
�We have made this far,� Duley said. �We just need the people to show up.�
Want to go?
The Hobo Festival runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Gene Clary Park on New Ebenezer Road.
Find it online:
For more information on the festival, contact City Hall at 652-4441.
See the Hobo Festival's Facebook page, facebook.com/Laurelhillhobofestival, for a list of items to be auctioned Saturday.
To volunteer:
Volunteers can visit the festival's Facebook page or email Duley at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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8 and 9 year olds participated in the Southwest Hoop Shoot Monday
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Together Again!
You won't want your students to miss the exhibition
Monet's Water Lilies
coming to SLAM October 2, 2011–January 22, 2012. For the first time in 30 years, the 42-foot-long triptych will be on view in its entirety in St. Louis.
In addition to the three panels of water lilies, the exhibition will include archival photographs of the artist and his garden, four additional paintings of wisteria and water lilies on loan to the Museum, and rarely seen film footage of Monet painting outdoors.
To ensure that your students can experience and be inspired by
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Last fall, teachers from two schools got together to explore using art to develop leadership qualities in middle school artists. Museum Teacher Advisory Group members Jill Welsh from Gateway Academy of Chesterfield and Rochelle Bower from Selvidge Middle School led students in a collaborative studio workshop on two consecutive Saturdays.
Students were introduced to the work of Claude Monet and challenged to create a mural-sized landscape triptych. Inspired by Monet's paintings of his garden, the group apportioned canvas, mixed paint and executed their collective vision. Listening, visualization, speaking, and team-building were emphasized as students worked together.
This project is one of many that will accompany a new Monet curriculum poster being developed by members of the Museum's Teacher Advisory Group. Look for the poster and accompanying teacher and student programs this fall in conjunction with the exhibition
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Come Witness the Recovery of a Hidden American Treasure
Restoring an American Treasure: The Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley
Main Exhibition Galleries, June 12–August 21, 2011
This summer, visitors to the Saint Louis Art Museum can watch as a team working under Museum paintings conservator Paul Haner restores the largest painting in the Museum's collection — a massive 348-foot panorama of the Mississippi Valley painted by John J. Egan.
Executed ca. 1850, long before the advent of movies, the dramatic
was designed to be wound on rollers to display a moving series of 25 different scenes. As audiences watched, the wonders of the Mississippi Valley were revealed offering the illusion of travel along the great river.
Too fragile from heavy use to be shown this way any longer,
has languished in storage for most of the last century. Now visitors can watch as this treasure is conserved and restored so that it can be viewed as a permanent display in the galleries of the Museum.
Museum Announces 2011 Master Teacher Summer Fellow
The Saint Louis Art Museum is proud to announce that Nicole Post has been awarded the 2011 Master Teacher Summer Fellowship.
Nicole currently teaches at The Soulard School in the City of St. Louis, where she serves as elementary teacher and special education consultant. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor's Degree in Education with an emphasis on environmental studies, both from Webster University.
Nicole has a wide range of experiences, skills, and talents that will make her an excellent Master Teacher Fellow, and the Museum is thrilled to have her join its educational team this summer. Watch for updates on Nicole's progress in future editions of
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Valley Park Elementary Fifth Graders
Lois Jacobs
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Lois writes:
Our entire Valley Park Elementary School fifth grade's visit to the Saint Louis Art Museum was truly the favorite field trip of this year. The students were able to see first hand works of art studied in their classrooms and during art classes. They responded in writing and drawing, making the experience very personal. Docents guided the groups through varying thought processes and encouraged them to respond to the art.
Here is what some of our fifth grade students had to say about their Museum visit:
To me the Art Museum was a great opportunity to learn about art, and we also had a tour guide who made it like a field trip to a new, colorful, and imaginative world.
Both Art Museum trips were a great learning experience. When I see the paintings and artifacts, it makes me wonder what inspired those artists to create the artwork. Looking at the pictures tell a story that each and every person creates themselves. I love the Art Museum and always will.
When I went to the Art Museum, I felt full hearted and related while learning, drawing, and being with my friends. It was a great experience that I shared with my family. I wish to go again soon.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, January 22, 1907:
The large fleet of barges and schooners anchored off the east shore of the island left this morning for their destinations.
From the Newport Daily News, January 23, 1907:
The thermometer registered from six to nine degrees above zero at various points on the island at sunrise this morning.
From the Newport Daily News, January 25, 1907:
Several of the local grammar school pupils are taking the mid-year examinations at the high school in Newport.
Ice on the ponds has attained the thickness of seven inches, and both Littlefield and Clarke have commenced to fill their houses. With a few more days of continued cold a good crop of ice will be secured.
From the Newport Daily News, January 26, 1907:
I. H. Clarke and N. S. Littlefield each housed about 300 tons of six and seven-inch ice yesterday.
From the Newport Daily News, January 28, 1907:
The launch between Fort Greble and Jamestown is obliged to land at Fort Getty, Fox Hill, owing to the drift ice that has shut in at the west ferry.
From the Newport Daily News, January 29, 1907:
Ice cutters are at work on the north reservoir, filling A. L. Peckham's ice house, and on Mrs. Mary Clarke's pond on Southwest avenue.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, January 23, 1932:
The committee appointed by Jamestown Post, No. 22, American Legion, to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop held it s first meeting Thursday evening. … Applications for membership will be acted upon Tuesday evening, January 26.
From the Newport Daily News, January 26, 1932:
The ringing of Box 14 at 7:10 this morning called the fire apparatus to the lumber yard of R.G.P. Hull on Swinburne street, where a fire of undetermined origin was in progress. Smoke was pouring from the long lumber shed, which was filled with lumber of various kinds. Shortly after the alarm sounded, the firemen were on the scene and soon had the fire under complete control.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, January 22, 1957:
Arguments in support of the Commerce Oil Refinery Corp.'s application to build a pier on the east shore of Jamestown were heard by Henry Ise, chief of the Division of Rivers and Harbors this morning. . . . The hearing was attended by approximately 100 people.
From the Newport Daily News, January 23, 1957:
The Navy formally opposed the proposed $39,000,000 Jamestown oil refinery at an eight-hour public hearing conducted yesterday by Henry Ise.
From the Newport Daily News, January 29, 1957:
The Gulf Oil Corp., one of the petroleum industry's giants, last night was disclosed as the major concern interested in the establishment of a $39,000,000 oil refinery in Jamestown.
Changing the town financial year to coincide with that of the state government and a two-year term for town officers were recommended to the Jamestown Town Council last night by Vincent A. Sisson, town treasurer.
From the Newport Daily News, January 30, 1957:
Counsel for Jamestown property owners opposing the construction of a pier by the Commerce Oil Refinery Co. rested their case in Providence Superior Court today.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, January 26, 1982:
The Town Council has complained to Gov. Garrahy that a promised review on the width of the proposed Jamestown Bridge had not been completed. The Council said that it saw no evidence that the state Department of Transportation has made any attempt to bring the project within reasonable dimensions.
From the Newport Daily News, January 29, 1982:
Island teachers have agreed to put off all pay raises for six months to help the School Department lower the budget for the fiscal year beginning March 1.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, January 23, 1992:
A school budget that is 6.9 percent higher than last year's will be forwarded by the Jamestown School Committee to the Town Council. At the regular meeting of the committee Thursday night, school officials pored over a $4 million budget for the 1992-93 school year, looking for items that could be trimmed.
Whether or not Jamestown's police department should be reorganized in accordance with recommendations made in a 32-page manpower study is an issue the Town Council began weighing at a work session Tuesday night. The study proposes that a new position of captain be created within the department by taking one officer from the existing force of 13 officers.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, January 23, 1997:
Jamestown property owners can relax - they will see no increase in their taxes this year. After the Town Council heard a presentation of the School Committee's budget last Thursday, Town Administrator Frances Shocket told the council that although the school's $5.3 million operating budget and debt service would normally raise the tax rate of $14.41 per each $1,000 of property valuation by 10 cents, she wanted to cover the $50,000 increase in school spending with one-time capital expenditures from the town's budget surplus.
The Town Council has approved a $370,000 capital improvements fund, about $20,000 less than last year's, as part of the town's general government budget for the 1997-98 fiscal year that begins March 1.
Town Administrator Frances Shocket urged the council last week to pay a consultant $15,000 to find out if all the town's offices and records storage could be centrally located on the two lots where Town Hall and the planning and recreation offices are now located.


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Fatalities involving heavy trucks like the one that killed a Youngstown, Ohio, driver on Interstate 80 Monday rose slightly last year. But deaths of those drivers are up sharply.
Fatalities involving heavy trucks like the one that killed a Youngstown, Ohio, driver on Interstate 80 Monday rose slightly last year. But deaths of those drivers are up sharply.
The number of people killed in crashes involving large trucks nationwide grew by 1.9 percent in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
But of those fatalities, the truck drivers themselves suffered 20 percent more deaths.
NHTSA's definition of large trucks includes anything greater than 10,000 pounds.
The number of fatalities in truck-involved crashes rose by 71 — from 3,686 in 2010 to 3,757 in 2011.
Five people died in Monroe County during 2011 involving heavy trucks.
Two were on Interstate 80 alone, the same roadway where a tractor-trailer driver was killed Monday after running into a tractor-trailer in a crash that involved four of the heavy trucks.
According to police, Daniel Snyder was killed as he was trying to maneuver his tractor-trailer carrying aluminum extrusions around a large concrete slab in the left lane of the eastbound roadway.
The slab had fallen off a flatbed tractor-trailer.
Snyder rear-ended another tractor-trailer that pulled over with a flat after hitting the slab moments earlier.
The majority of heavy truck crash fatalities in Pennsylvania, Monroe County and Interstate 80 were the result of rear-end collisions, like the one that killed Snyder, in the early Monday morning fog, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation data.
Fatal crashes involving heavy trucks may be on the upswing in Monroe County, bucking a national trend.
Six people died in the county during 2010 as the result of a large truck crash, according to federal data.
That was a 50 percent increase in one year and a five-year high.
The county rated 10th in the state in large-truck crash fatalities.
Monroe County features three major highways, Interstates 80 and 380 and Route 33, that provide a major route between distribution centers and the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.
In Monday's case, it was the loss of the flatbed's load that triggered the chain-reaction crash, officials said.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations specify that truck trailers, semitrailers and full trailers must have their "cargo secured "� to prevent the cargo from leaking, spilling, blowing or falling from the motor vehicle."
The regulations also state that "cargo must be contained, immobilized or secured"� to prevent shifting upon or within the vehicle to such an extent that the vehicle's stability or maneuverability is adversely affected."
Regulations regarding securing loads, along with all safety aspects of trucks, are enforced by specially trained personnel, said Sean Brown, a spokesman with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
That includes mostly state police, but there are several local police officers and other personnel with this training.
"However, if an officer without this training pulls over a truck for a traffic violation and has a concern about a safety issue with the truck, they will often call a trained officer to inspect the truck," he said.
The National Highway and Safety Administration reported Monday that all highway deaths fell to 32,367 in 2011, marking the lowest level since 1949 and a 1.9 percent decrease from the previous year.
The report showed a decreasing trend in deaths and represent a 26 percent decline in traffic fatalities overall since 2005.
Americans drove fewer miles last year, but the drop in fatalities outpaced the loss of driver miles.
The 2011 report indicated the lowest fatality rate ever recorded, with 1.10 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2011, down from 1.11 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2010.
Pennsylvania reported the fourth most fatalities among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with 1,324 in 2011.
Texas reported the most deaths, with 3,016.
Vermont had the least among the states with 55.


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Hi Maggie lovers,
Welcome back and thank you all for joining us in our last challenge, we were thrilled by the number of entries and thoroughly enjoyed popping over to your blogs.
I am going to start by announcing the winners of our last challenge:
The winner of the Ribbon Girl voucher picked by random.org is....
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Before I tell you what this months challenge is, we are super excited to tell you that we are having a DT call. We are looking for 4 crafters to join us. The team are very friendly, helpful and lovely and are always there for each other.
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The universe of great theatrical sports is rather small. There's roller derby and wrestling, but that's about as far as it goes.
But there's a new addition to this little corner of the sports world: women's arm wrestling. Jayme Dyer didn't know what to expect when she signed up for her first event in Durham, N.C., two years ago.
The sport seems to combine all the right ingredients — promising empowering, women-centered bawdiness that raises money for good causes. Not to mention some suggestive outfits.
"The first time I competed in arm wrestling, I had no idea what I was doing," says Dyer, a woman in her mid-20s with short brown hair and a slight physique. "And I won."
"I won the first round. I won the second round. And I almost won the championship round," she says. "I was like, 'Holy cow, if this is how well I can do when I haven't even been training, then man, I gotta start lifting weights."
Sitting on a bed in a Charlottesville, Va., hotel room, you'd have no idea by looking at her that she was about to make a transformation into a lingerie-clad burlesque entertainer. She looks more like the person she is during her day-job: a genetics researcher at Duke University.
"It's theatrical, and it's crazy, and wild, and really, really fun," she says.
Dyer represented Durham at the very first national championships of the Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers — or CLAW — held in Charlottesville this summer. The competition, dubbed SuperCLAW, brought together eight women from around the nation for a DIY sport that's spreading from coast to coast — and may soon have leagues in Europe and South America.
Dyer's character is an invention named "Ze Dirty Butcher" — someone who wanted to be a burlesque dancer but couldn't make the cut. Dyer had a professional hair and make-up treatment before the bout, including a liberal splattering of fake blood on her minimally-clad body. For a woman who only wears makeup a few times a year, it was a dramatic transformation.
There are a range of women who compete — some with a better chance of winning than others. Dyer knew that with her slight stature she didn't have great odds for glory, but for her it was more about raising money for women's charities than taking home the title.
She grew up with a single mom in Colorado Springs, Co. At 16, she was removed from her home after witnessing her mom's suicide attempt. Her mother was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
"I felt like Pig-Pen," the shabby boy from the Peanuts comics, Dyer says. "I remember walking around with this cloud of dirt. I remember walking to work and thinking that everyone driving by could see this stain on my soul. And I had to survive either by shutting down or by looking at it. And I looked at it."
Ze Dirty Butcher, she says, is a big part of her growth.
"I want to be happy. I want to be more relaxed. Letting go is not easy for me whatsoever. I think the costume helps with it. I put on this costume, I put on this different character, and Jayme doesn't have to let go anymore. Because, it's 'Ze Dirty Butcher' and that's what she does."
Dyer wrestled two different women, and eventually lost to a bruiser of a woman who ended up taking home the crown.
Standing outside in front of the historic theater after the bout, she didn't look like she'd suffered defeat. In fact, she beamed.
"I didn't win the championship, I knew I wouldn't," Dyer said. "But the crowd loved me."
It was late, but the downtown pedestrian arcade was still full with the late-night crowd. Many people made double-takes at Dyer in her heels and red lingerie.
"What I love about women's arm wrestling is that it's about women being strong. And in our culture, what makes a woman sexy is being really skinny – and skinny women aren't strong," she said. "These arm wrestling events have women go up on stage and flex their muscles, and the crowd goes wild."
The list of great theatrical sports is a pretty short one. There's roller derby, there's wrestling, and, well, that's about it. So Jayme Dyer didn't know what to expect two years ago when she signed up for a women's arm wrestling event in Durham, North Carolina. But for her, it had all the right ingredients: it empowered women, it was bawdy, it was fun, and it raised money for causes like domestic violence shelters.
So this past summer, she found herself representing Durham at the very first National Championships of CLAW, the Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers. Producer Brad Horn followed Dyer through multiple costume changes as she set out to bring home the championship cape.
JAYME DYER: The first time I competed in arm wrestling, I had no idea what I was doing, and I'd never arm wrestled anybody before. And I won.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: All performers are allowed two alcoholic drinks during the event.
DYER: I won the first round.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Wrestlers may not induce any messy substance...
DYER: I won the second round.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Performers may not reveal genitalia.
DYER: And I almost won the championship round. And I was like, holy cow, if this is how well I can do when I haven't even been training, then man, I got to start lifting weights.
HEADLEE: CLAW is a Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers, which is the overarching umbrella of many smaller leagues throughout the country. SuperCLAW is the first arm wrestling event with one representative from each league coming together and arm wrestling each other.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Let me bring out some special people for you. We got eight, eight, eight lovely beauties from all over the country here tonight.
DYER: I'm competing as Ze Dirty Butcher, somebody who wanted to be a burlesque dancer but couldn't make the cut. So she got a job, which happened to be at the local butcher shop. But she never gave up her dream of wanting to be a burlesque dancer.
The woman who's going to win tomorrow night, I'm fairly certain she's going to be a large woman. It's not going to be me.
DYER: But I am going to pull a T-bone steak out of my underwear. Look, I'm really excited to have a professional do my hair. I wear makeup about three times a year. OK. But not like, Mohawk. More like, bring it all up, and then maybe have some curls. So we're mixing Mohawk with burlesque.
I grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Single mom, single daughter. It was the two of us kind of against the world. And she has bipolar disorder, and we didn't know that until after I left. But when I was 16, she attempted suicide, and I saw it. And the police took me out of her home.
I felt like Pig-Pen. I was walking around with this cloud of dirt. And I remember walking to work and thinking everybody who's driving by could see this stain on my soul. They all know that I'm this horrible person. And I had to survive either by shutting down or by looking at it. And I looked at it.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: So where's that outfit from?
DYER: (as Ze Dirty Butcher) That is a good question. Sometimes it is from France, sometimes Jamaica and sometimes Germany.
DYER: I want to be happy. I want to be able to be more relaxed. Letting go is not easy for me, whatsoever. But I think the costume helps with it. I think I put on this costume, and I put on this different character, and Jayme doesn't have to let go anymore because it's Ze Dirty Butcher. And, you know, that's what she does.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: She'll slice, dice and cut you. Eww. Gross. It's Ze Dirty Butcher.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: One, two, hey.
DYER: I didn't win the championship. I wasn't strong enough. There were some very strong women. I knew there would be. But the crowd loved me.
DYER: What I love about women's arm wrestling is that it is about women being strong. And in our culture, what makes a woman sexy is being really skinny. And skinny women aren't strong. These arm wrestling events have women go up on stage and flex their muscles, and the crowd goes wild.
HEADLEE: That's Jayme Dyer, professional arm wrestler. CLAW's next event will be Friday in Washington, D.C. To see photos of Jayme's vaudevillian run at the arm wrestling championship, visit npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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- Stir in oil, milk and vanilla. Mix well. Then, sift and fold in flour and baking soda.
- Heat a non-stick pan, transfer two tablespoons (I used a small ladle) of batter onto the pan. Let it spread slightly to make a circle about 8cm in diameter.
- Flip over once the bottom side is browned. Cook another side for few seconds until it is lightly browned.
- Assemble: Place a tablespoonful of red bean paste in the middle of a pancake, cover the filling with another pancake and press gentle with palm to spread out the red bean a little.
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Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve were, according to the Book of Genesis, the first-created man and woman. In the Septuagint (though not in liturgical texts or icons), Adam's wife is identified with the name Zoe ("life").
The story of the Fall of Man is the primary context in which Adam and Eve are remembered, and the suffering which they undergo as a result of having sinned against God by eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil they share together. Adam is traditionally identified as the one ultimately responsible for the introduction of sin into humanity, but in the creation accounts of Genesis, both Adam and Eve are listed as having been created without any sense of subordination of one to the other. Thus, Adam's place is not as a lord over Eve, but rather as the representative of the family. As such, he is her equal, but the introduction of human sin is placed at his feet.
In terms of their place in theology, Adam and Eve are the starting point for anthropology, which is the doctrine of the nature of mankind. Additionally, in terms of soteriology, Adam and Eve are seen as types of Christ and of his mother, the Theotokos, who are the New Adam and the New Eve, respectively.
Though the couple are remembered most for their sin, in many icons of the All Saints type, they are depicted as worshiping at the throne of God, and the traditional nimbus (halo), signifying holiness, is around each of their heads. There are also many liturgical references to Christ's redemption of "the first-created," so the Church's tradition is clearly that they are among the saved. Many icons of the Resurrection depict Christ raising Adam and Eve out of their tombs.


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NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in disgrace, leads the race for the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, a Wall Street Journal poll indicated.
Weiner leads City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for the first time while running neck-and-neck with her in a potential runoff, results of the Journal/WNBC-TV/Marist poll released Wednesday indicated.
Weiner, who resigned his U.S. House seat two years ago in the midst of a sexting scandal, captured 25 percent of registered Democrats polled, compared with Quinn's 20 percent, the Journal said. Comptroller Bill Thompson received 13 percent, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio 10 percent and city Comptroller John Liu 8 percent.
In a potential runoff match-up, Quinn leads Weiner 44 percent to 42 percent, results indicated.
"Things are changing -- the race has been scrambled by Weiner's candidacy," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. "Weiner's candidacy has gotten more acceptable to voters since he announced, [and] Quinn's having a difficult time reversing what has been a slow but steady decline in her numbers."
To win the Democratic nomination, a candidate must secure 40 percent of the vote or a runoff is held between the top two vote-getters.
Results are based on a survey of 1,421 voters, of which 689 were registered Democrats, conducted June 17-21. The overall margin of error is 2.9 percentage points. The margin of error is 3.7 percentage points for results involving the registered Democrats polled.


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The Klu Klux Klan was at its most powerful in the 1920's and even elected officials to high government post. It was estimated that four to five million men belong to the Klan at its peak. Ironically, the force in the Klan at that time was in Northern cities who were appalled at immigrants coming into America from Eastern Europe. Detroit had over 40,000 members of the KKK.
In 1928, they marched on Washington, DC and here is video of that astounding event.