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9 November 2012 at 4.44pm | 1 Comment
Laurent Pelly's new production of Robert le diable, which opens on 6 December, brings Meyerbeer's grand opera to the Covent Garden stage for the first time since 1890.
Though hugely successful when it had its premiere in Paris in 1831, the opera subsequently fell out of favour with the French public and was rarely performed in the 20th century. Find out more about grand opera at the time of the work's premiere.
We caught up with Laurent to find out why it is such an important work in the operatic canon and why he has been drawn to it.
Described by Laurent as a big-budget blockbuster, the opera depicts a grand battle between good and evil. A mix of romance and the supernatural, the work features one of Meyerbeer's most memorable scenes – the notorious ballet of the nuns. Find out more about Robert le diable's ballet of the nuns scene.
Laurent's production, for which he collaborated with set designer Chantal Thomas, is set in medieval France and brings the colourful world of courtly entertainments and jousting tournaments to the main stage. Find out more about the set design.
Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's playful L'elisir d'amore will also be staged this season, opening on 13 November. Robert le diable runs from 6 December to 21 December. Tickets are on sale now.


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The organization's Third Annual Pomonok Community Farmers Market is set to reopen on Friday, July 13, in front of the Pomonok Neighborhood Center at 67-09 Kissena Blvd. It provides a variety of seasonal produce for those who often have trouble accessing healthy alternatives.
"If the market was not here, I could not purchase the same amount of healthy food at a supermarket," says Miriam, a regular customer of the market.
Staged directly across from the Queens College main gate, the farmers market will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on every Friday through November and provide the community with a variety of local products like raw honey, organic fair trade nuts, seeds, dry fruit and more.
The John Bowne High School agriculture program will provide a majority of the produce at the market.
With cooking demonstrations from local chefs and information on how to sustain a healthy lifestyle, volunteer chef Evelyn Banker says the farmers market is much more than just a place to shop.
"For me, as a chef, the market opened up new doors, seeing the beautiful and colorful vegetables," Banker said. "The market provides a space for socializing, eating and learning. I gained a lot of knowledge and met a lot of different people."

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Quite an amazing photo, particularly as one of the gentleman has his trench tied tightly around his waist.
This photo is fantastic. It really speaks "late 1930s" not only because of the styles, but based on their grim and serious expressions. It really tells a story. Fantastic.
I LOVE their hats! Vintage costumes are so much beauty
Thanks for sharing this photo with us. I wish I had a picture of my grandfather at his work.
xoxo Sandra
Lovely photo...
Amazing photo! And there is no doubt jackets are the greatest pieces of clothing!
This is an amazing photo. The jackets, the motion....incredible! x
This photograph is really fab. captured the atmostphere perfectly. great blog!
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hah, first thing I thought when I saw the dude in the light coloured coat was 'this guy looks like a trader'.
Love the way your grandpa and his friend wore their hats. The way you wear a hat says a lot about you. I think your grandpa's saying, I'm a straight-shooter with a little style.
What an incredible photo to have. I am now completley inspired, such style.
the trench, will always be a classic!
Nice photo...love the scarf tied under the jacket. Some styles are timeless.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all the vintage photos you have posted, Scott. I often draw inspiration from the classic items worn by men of that era and it seems that some couturiers of today do the same.
Gentlemen, burn your board shorts and throw your flip-flops in an incinerator.
I mean, no, continue undeterred. It gives men like me an opportunity to stand out from the heaving throngs of mediocrity.
I love the way that photos can tell a story so adequately without needing words... Also, I love the very tailored look. It's so vintage - I wish everyone still cared about the way they looked as much nowadays.
Love it!!! I just got a book called "the 20th century fashion" it covers 100 years of fashion and u see images like these that are so inspirational!!!
Vintage always trumps! Thanks for sharing. Definitely something we should all aspire to replicate! Always the best Sartorialist!
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This is really telling, when even the people in the background are dressed in suits to walk along the streets. I wasn't even around in those days, but I miss them.
I was going through some of the fashion blogs i always visit, that includes this one, and i saw this picture.
I think it is really a good scene. Your grandfather is in it, the advertisement is in it to. But is it taken in UK? Who is the one talking the picture? Your grandpa is the only one looking at the camara....and are those his friends? I think it has a lot of fashion in it, with the trench coats and the hats, but it does really have MISTERY to.
ps: i just started to study the decade of the 30´s in class, so it is really exitin, for me, to see this.
Loopty Loop
The juxtaposition of vintage Americana and contemporary Japamania is like blasting Metallica on your headphones in church.
wow i wish men could dress like that right now!!
that is amazing, I am so jealous you have photos of your grandpa! and it is in such good condition
I do like this photo and the details she pointed out the advertisement and the water.
I'm always fascinated by pictures like this, and of how people, like grandparents, looked young when you've only ever seen them as older versions of themselves.
This is fantastic. The 1930s witnessed some really major changes in fashion. The whole photograph is amazing, but I especially love the squared, pronounced shoulders and narrow waist of the jacket that the man on the right is wearing. Really great photo.
This photo is absolutely superb; the man on the right's hair and glasses especially.
I really, really, really love this image---the way the polka dots draw white from the background, and the way his feet seem to draw him forward.
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This picture blows my mind. So full of action and swiftness. I love the downcast eyes behind circular glasses of the figure on the right, and I love his almost-feminine silhouette. All of them look so sullen. Very beautiful.
Haha, I also have to say that I get a kick out of the "Best is Best" truck in the back.
Keep posting,
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what a beautiful picture!
Love vintage pics and this is great! wow!
great vintage photo contest
Fabulous picture. I am sorry to say that the majority of guys dress sense today is by comparison woefully lacking. It is not that modern clothes don't lend themselves to style.( the classic jeans and white T) but that most modern men simply have little or no idea how to dress. Sad
I love looking at all these vintage photos - I have boxes and boxes of old images that I love pouring over. I'm quite interested in design, and take so much inspiration from photos from decades such as the thirties or sixties.
I like the movement in this image, and the way the three men both contrast and compliment each other.
It's not indispensable to wear Armani to be an intouchable of Eliot Ness (1987, Brian de Palma).Great Style!
great photo
Scott, check it out this Victorian lady I found, that is amazing!!
This photo is beautiful.
80 years later, these classic styles still look good. You don't get the sense that years after they were asking themselves, "What were we thinking when we put THAT on?"
I do think it is sad that hats are now considered costumey or a trend piece. They are one of the most functional items during cold and inclement weather, and I wear headgear all the time during the winter.
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Love the vintage photo...thank you for sharing it with us and thank you for publishing it as well.
As a pro photographer, I have a deep appreciation for the skill, technique and artistry...especially at that time period.
Tim Courtney, Tim Courtney Photography
i love how there's something slightly off with the fit (ie shoulder pads on the left droop a bit).
makes the feel a bit less contrived, and more at ease.
Too bad she is pigeon toed.
I rattle on about this but I've been annoyed about the pigeon toe thing for several years now. In this case, not the poser's fault.
So first, I see the man on the left's uncertain but challenging glance, as though he's the heavy here, but new at it. And then, "beer is best." :) Those old-timey simple ad slogans ... don't know whether to love em or hate em.
Its amazing how you can find these photos... so rare... thanks for sharing! Brings a tear to my eye...
The Skirt - Lia Belle, Sydney:
This is a fabric from south India with a temple border.... a very traditional design that is seen often in the Indian national dress 'Sari'.
This photo is amazing! Some outerwear styles will never go out of style and this is one of them, classic!
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David Tetreault COO of ClearTV Announces Partnership with Pivot TV
April 16, 2014 (PRLEAP.COM) Entertainment NewsApril 16, 2014 - Pivot, Participant Media's TV network targeting Millennials (18-34) and ClearTV announced today a programming initiative that brings premium content to ClearTV's airport television network ClearVision. Under the new relationship, the first Pivot original series ClearVision will be providing to air travelers is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's collaborative and critically acclaimed "HITRECORD ON TV" which has already been renewed for a second season. Clear TV Ltd. is a world leading media and entertainment company creating, developing, producing and distributing entertainment, news and information to a global audience. ClearTV owns and operates a valuable portfolio of television platforms that deliver highly relevant content to targeted audiences inside airports, and healthcare facilities and throughout the entire social media landscape.
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A silithid colossus is a huge creature with brutal strength. In each of the three hives of Silithus sleeps one, awaiting battle.
After The Scarab Gong was rung and the ancient Gates of Ahn'Qiraj opened, the horrors of the silithid and their qiraji masters were revealed. Massive qiraji resonating crystals broke through the earthen crust of Kalimdor and the colossi of the hives in Silithus emerged from their cocoons beneath the hives. They heard the call to battle and rose to serve their masters. They cast their massive shadow upon the whole of Silithus and marched into war.
The possibility that more of those beasts existed deep within Ahn'Qiraj was confirmed when the instance was opened. Buru the Gorger, along with the Three Bugs, are silithid colossi.
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Akshay cuts his remuneration to half for 'Special Chabbis'
"I am not worried. I don't have any kind of pressure. For me this film ('Special Chabbis') is very important and this movie can be made in a certain budget. Every film has different budget and different set of audience. Looking at the audience for this film I have charged half my remuneration for this film in comparison to what I charge for other films," Akshay said.
"I did so because I did not want to put pressure on this film. It is a great product and I am sure people will like it .. I enjoyed it. I am proud to be associated with it," he added.
Directed by Neeraj Pandey of 'A Wednesday' fame, 'Special Chabbis' is a heist drama film, starring Akshay, Kajal garwal, Jimmy Shergill, Manoj Bajpai and Anupam Kher. The movie is set in the early 1980s.
It is reported that the film takes its concept from the real-life daring heist dated back to 1987 where an unknown man posing as a CBI officer executed a daylight income tax raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri in Mumbai, and disappeared with jewellery worth lakhs.
"Its a different story.. Its inspired from a real story. In 1986, there have been quite a few incidents where fake CBI people looted politicians and all. It is a real incident so that is what attracted me to do this film. To do a film on a real incident is a different experience. We all know Neeraj is an asset," the 45-year-old actor said.
The film will see Akshay playing the role of a fake CBI officer named Ajay Singh.
"Neeraj did all the homework as its his story, screenplay.. I only followed what he said. I do three-four films a year.. this is Neeraj's second film after 'A Wednesday'.. He knows his work best. So he did all the homework ," Akshay said.
Akshay, who has been paired up with 'Singham' actress Kajal for the first time, is all praise for her.
"She is beautiful, talented and professional as she has learnt so much from down south. She fitted the character very well. The bonding was very good with her. I enjoyed working with her," he said.
The 'Khiladi' star also claimed that he became good friends with senior actor Anupam Kher during 'Special Chabbis'.
"I have worked with Anupam Kher in the past.. I think I have got a new friend in him while doing this film. I had a great time. We became close friends.. We talk in every two-three days. I found a new friend in him. Manoj Bajpayee is also good," he said.
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Playoffs return to Toronto as Leafs host Bruins in Game 3
The Toronto Maple Leafs will host their first playoff game in nine years on Monday, as they battle the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of a deadlocked Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
Toronto finished the regular season seeded fifth in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 2004 and ending the longest postseason drought in club history.
On Monday, the Maple Leafs will stage the first playoff game at Air Canada Centre since May 4, 2004, when Philadelphia's Jeremy Roenick scored in overtime to lift the Flyers to a series-clinching victory in Game 6 of the conference semifinals.
Toronto carries some momentum into Monday's contest after tying this best-of- seven series with a 4-2 victory in Game 2 at Boston. Former Bruin Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk each scored in the third period to help the Leafs rebound from a 4-1 rout in Game 1 at TD Garden.
It was Toronto's first playoff win since April 30, 2004, when it won Game 4 of the conference semifinals against Philadelphia.
The Maple Leafs were up 2-1 heading into the third period on Saturday and Kessel scored just 53 second into the final stanza to extend the cushion. He skated down the middle of the ice on a breakaway and snapped a wrister through the pads of Tuukka Rask.
Kessel, of course, was acquired by the Maple Leafs from Boston for two first- round draft picks and a second-rounder prior to the 2009-10 season. Although he's led the Maple Leafs in goals and points in each of his four seasons in Toronto, he hasn't had much success against the Bruins. His tally on Friday gives him four goals in 24 career games versus Boston.
Boston cut the deficit to 3-2 on Johnny Boychuk's goal at 10:35 of the third, but van Riemsdyk restored the two-goal lead with 3:07 remaining.
Joffrey Lupul supplied two second-period goals for the Maple Leafs, while James Reimer, who surrendered four goals on 40 shots in his playoff debut in Game 1, rebounded with a 39-save effort to earn his first career postseason win.
"The tempo of the game was a lot different from our standpoint. We moved the puck more effectively, didn't turn it over. That was the biggest difference between tonight and Wednesday," said Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle.
Nathan Horton added the other goal for Boston, while Rask was beaten four times on 32 shots.
"We were prepared for those adjustments (made by Toronto), but our execution wasn't as good tonight," said Bruins head coach Claude Julien.
Boston played Game 2 without defenseman Andrew Ference, who was forced to sit out the contest due to a suspension for an illegal check to the head of Toronto's Mikhail Grabovski in the opener. Ference is eligible to return tonight and expects to skate on a pairing with Boychuk.
The Bruins won three of four meetings against Toronto during the regular season, but the clubs split the two encounters at Air Canada Centre. Boston has claimed five of its past seven tests in Toronto.
Toronto, which will also host Game 4 on Wednesday, was 13-9-2 as the host this season. The Bruins had a 12-9-3 record on the road.
This is the 14th time these Original Six teams have met in the playoffs, but the first since 1974, when Boston swept Toronto in the opening round.


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Boomer23 wrote:Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but re johnr's recent photo above, I'm just beginning to realize that a front license plate in the shape of US plates, especially a white one, gives the Leaf a rather buck-toothed appearance. My first thought was of Kukla, the one-toothed serpent from the old puppet show (circa 1950s, go ahead and flame me for being old).
I'm not saying this is a deal breaker for me. I have gotten over the fact that this is the first car I'll own of which I don't particularly like the styling. It does, however, make me want to risk not putting on a front plate, against state law. I'm sure that I'll wind up ignoring the appearance eventually.
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New picture from today's event:
So, the mirrors and the antenna are changed...but which one will be the production version? I hope they don't use those ugly square mirrors!
Also look in this lower picture, there's a little cover over where the towing hook would be.
And I see the rear windows are tinted
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Something is either unique or it's not. There are no degrees of uniqueness.
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A Letter to the Editor in the Jan. 17, 2012, Tomahawk Leader:
The county's Public Property Committee has yet again changed its position on whether to charge user groups for the use of the county's Fairgrounds. The committee's original, no lease charge for the Fair Board-now Fair Association went to a proposed $2,000 for the month of July lease under Option III, but is now back to no lease charge at all. The Rodeo Association went from an approximate lease fee of $1,650 in 2011 to a proposed $700. lease fee under Option III to no lease fee. Lessees have and would continue to cover utilities.
Some of the current user groups (Animal Market and Show, American Cancer Relay for Life, Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts of America, Good New Church Computer Recycling, and the Republican Party) would have actually seen a decrease in their lease fees under Option III, while some groups (Merrill Riders, Merrill Park and Recreation, 4-H Horse Project, 4-H Dog Program, Kelly's Concessions, Merrill High School Float Building, and the Merrill Historical Society Old Schoolhouse Tours) would have seen an increase. The committee has now decided that since various user groups are staffed by volunteers that are also taxpayers, they should not have to pay for a county facility's use.
Granted, comparing large income-generating lessees like the Fair Board-now Fair Association to simple user groups such as the 4-H Dog Program or Horse Project is comparing oranges to apples. No one expects blood from a turnip. Conversely, if some user groups are generating hundreds of thousands of dollars through their use of the Fairgrounds, that use can also help pay for the added costs of maintaining the facility.
Throughout the confusing process, no one has yet to address how Fairground maintenance costs that always fall back onto the tax levy will be covered. Although the $22,000 maintenance budget for the Fairgrounds is small relative to the entire county budget, it represents that much less available for the county's general maintenance costs. And, it will not even begin to cover upcoming Fairground renovation costs.
Everyone is focusing on what it will cost him or her personally. And although every user group, for-profit or not, is arguably worthy, they represent a minority of groups, for-profit or not, in the county at large. Perhaps it is time to consider selling the facility to one or more of the user groups. That way those who have complained about being micro-managed by the county will not have that barrier to their use of the Fairgrounds and it will generate some much-needed income for the county.
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Aaron Erickson is technology writer and author of The Nomadic Developer: Surviving and Thriving in the World of Technology Consulting on which this article is based. Aaron can be contacted at http://nomadic-developer.com/. Courtesy Addison-Wesley Professional. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved.
Technology consulting isn't a good fit for everyone. Is it for you? It is important to understand that not everyone is a good fit for technology consulting. There are many good reasons for this, and this article focuses on the five main reasons you may want to consider not being a technology consultant:
- Lack of risk tolerance
- Incompatible personality
- Incompatible lifestyle and/or responsibilities
- Single product focus -- desire to work on one product over a long period of time
- Desire to do it "for the money"
These enumerated factors, although not exhaustive, are typical reasons why consultants either burn out quickly or never really manage to get their careers into a trajectory that allows them to have success. Indeed, whereas trying something out and discovering it isn't for you may not be as career limiting as, say, surfing for pornography at work or serving time for fraud, choosing to become a consultant when the career isn't a good fit can be quite a mistake. Going down this path when it isn't a good fit presents risks of continually being frustrated, weary, and possibly left unemployed at inopportune times. Although not career ending or, for that matter, even limiting, there is a serious risk of its wasting time and giving you a lot of avoidable grief if you are ill-suited to consulting.
Sign #1: Lack of Risk Tolerance
Talking about lack of risk tolerance might strike you as odd when I have made the case in The Nomadic Developer that in technology consulting, your actual level of risk is lower than working in an IT position. Although I believe this to be true, based on the kinds of networks you build over time supporting you regardless of company, the apparent risk, based on the clarity in which your position is directly related to revenue, will feel high at times.
The "Corporate Bench"
You might be surprised to learn that in IT jobs at non-IT companies, there are periods when you are at great risk of job loss. Especially, but not exclusively, during budget time during a recession, because most companies look at software developers as a cost, software developers, middle managers, project managers, and many others who have advanced in their career and look expensive on the budget spreadsheet are at acute risk of being laid off.
I call this situation the "Corporate Bench" because what happens, prior to the big layoff, is that many low-impact projects are created for IT staff only to give people something to do while the decisions are being made. These projects feel like work, and therefore they feel productive. However, the bottomline impact in many cases is simply not there to make the CFO overlook the position when cost-cutting time comes around.
Let's face it: For good reasons, nobody does profit cutting. In most cases, working for a company in an IT department, you are considered a cost center (note that many believe this designation to be a mistake).When it's time to cut costs, that means cut those who work in the cost center. This especially means people with titles that, if there are no new projects and everything is in maintenance mode, are probably not really needed.
Why Technology Consulting Feels Riskier
What's the difference in technology consulting? Frankly, it's more honest. When you are not billing, you know you are not generating revenue. Because the question as to whether you are earning your keep in technology consulting is more cut and dry, there is little choice in this business but to realize that if you are not billing, selling, or owning, you probably are not contributing. Working in IT masks the risk because you may be on the bench for months or years and not even know it because nobody will tell you that you are vulnerable. In consulting, you know that when you hit the bench, the clock starts ticking. In IT, you probably don't even know where the clock is!
Early in my career, I took a job at a company working on "internal projects." I was one of the only developers who wasn't required to have billable hours, and I was (foolishly) proud of that fact. Looking back, it comes as no surprise that when heads started rolling, mine was one of the first on the block. That was a real eye-opener.
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Of course, on a case-by-case basis, some consultancies are far riskier propositions than certain IT departments, so this rule is more of a guideline. Consider technology consulting firms with weak demand-generation capability -- for example, a sales department that isn't getting out and meeting customers, or worse, cutting bad deals. Staying at a consultancy like that is probably riskier than almost any other situation you could ever work in. By contrast, in some IT departments all jobs are probably pretty much secure.
The guy who runs servers for Google is probably in a pretty secure position!
Why Avoid Technology Consulting Then?
Why should the risk-averse avoid consulting? The answer really has to do with the fact that there are many people for whom blissful ignorance of their risk is probably a better choice. If the thought of hitting the bench and having daily, visceral fear that you might be let go is going to prevent you from sleeping at night, working in an IT department or for a software company might be a better career choice. You have to feel somewhat secure in your job to be able to do your best work. Of course, almost nobody is truly 100 percent secure. That said, if you are constantly feeling at risk -- be it lack of self-confidence or, more likely, lack of confidence in the ability of your company to keep you busy -- you will be miserable, and you probably won't succeed. Rest assured, nobody does good work for very long when suffering from insomnia.
Refuge for the Risk-Intolerant?
Of course, if you happen to be risk-intolerant, and you have just read this section and decided that maybe neither consulting nor IT departments are the right place for you, should you avoid technology altogether? Of course not.
On the risk continuum, for software developers, the least risky position is to be a software product developer for a successful company that sells software. Although this position is not completely without risk, you could be on a team that makes a less than successful product and again find yourself out of work. On balance, this position combines the aspects of being in a revenuegenerating capacity but provides a business model that has less of a "feast or famine" revenue profile.
The downside to this plan is that there are, sadly, far fewer jobs as software product developers than there are jobs in IT and technology consulting. For every software company with a product that is selling well, there are probably 10 consulting companies and 50 IT departments in companies writing software. And just like everything else, there are proportionally as many poorly run software companies with bad products and miserable owners who hate software developers as there are consulting companies that fit the mold of the Seven Deadly Firms from Chapter 2 of The Nomadic Developer.That said, if you love software but simply hate risk, this is probably the best option for you.


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Three events are planned Nov. 25 in Morenci marking the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of the three Skelton boys.
Unveiling a plaque and releasing lanterns are among the events scheduled at Wakefield Park, with other activities planned at the fire hall.
Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton disappeared from their home Nov. 26, 2010, and have remained missing ever since. Their father, John, is in prison serving a sentence for the unlawful imprisonment of his sons and police consider the case a murder investigation.
"AAT Awareness Event" will begin at 3 p.m. in the park with the unveiling of a plaque that will be placed on a memorial rock. The rock and three trees were placed in the park a year ago.
Age-progressed photographs of the three boys will be shown if the work is completed on time by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. When the boys disappeared, Andrew was nine years old. His brother Alexander was seven and Tanner was five.
At the fire station, commemorative holiday ornaments will be decorated and refreshments will be served. A bake sale and other fund-raising activities will take in donations for AAT Awareness.
Following those events, Chinese lanterns will be released at Wakefield Park. The lanterns will be available for purchase for anyone who wants to participate.
To obtain more information about the Skelton case, visit the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/missingskeltonbrothers.
Morenci Chief of Police Larry Weeks told city council members Monday the Skelton case remains active and barely a day goes by without some activity related to the case.


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LOS ANGELES, May 11 (UPI) -- A sizeable portion of Hollywood's A list gathered at actor George Clooney's home Thursday for a fundraiser for President Barack Obama.
Speaking to the Hollywood audience, Obama said his public endorsement of same-sex marriage was "a logical extension of what America is supposed to be."
"Are we a country that includes everybody and gives everybody a shot and treats everybody fairly and is that going to make us stronger?" Are we welcoming to immigrants? Are we welcoming to people who aren't like us? Does that make us stronger? I believe it does," he said.
The guest list for the dinner at Clooney's home included Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Barbra Streisand, director-producer J.J. Abrams, and DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of the event's organizers, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The event was expected to raise an estimated $15 million. Tickets sold for $40,000 but two-thirds of the total proceeds were expected to come from the public, through an online contest offering a chance to rub elbows with the stars, the newspaper said.
Katzenberg spoke to the crowd, saying, "Once again the entertainment industry has stepped forward in a very big way."
As the president's motorcade traveled from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank to Clooney's home in Studio City -- where helicopters hovered overhead and traffic patterns were disrupted for miles around -- fans and supporters of the president held up signs saying "Obama 2012"; "We (heart) U Obama"; "Our gay family says thanks Mr. President"; and "Will trade Lakers for Bulls if you stop!"
Speaking at a fundraiser in Seattle Thursday afternoon, Obama told supporters "your country needs your help."
"You did not join the campaign because of me," he said, speaking of the 2008 campaign. "You came together -- we came together -- because of a shared vision. We came together to reclaim that basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth.
"We came together because we believed that in America, your success shouldn't be determined by the circumstances of your birth," the president said.
Obama said his administration is making progress but "we've got more work to do."
"But here's what else we know: That the last thing we can afford is a return to the policies that got us here in the first place," he said.
"What Governor Romney does not seem to get is that a healthy economy doesn't just mean maximizing your own profits through massive layoffs or busting unions," the president said.
Obama said government "shouldn't try to solve all our problems."
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I'd like to slowly move the codebase into something more maintainable and organized. I put MVC in this title, but truthfully all I really mean is an organized and maintainable.
Key objectives of this effort are:
- Not degrade the customer experience in any sort of way while this overhaul takes place (a rewrite is not an option)
- Fully separate views from logic
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Classic Southern Fried Shrimp
The Cajun and Dad have been out shrimping a few times since the inland waters finally opened up, and while the catch has been fairly small compared to past years, there have been shrimp! And I have still been busy putting up shrimp - about 21 pounds and counting, but I'm just about done.
And y'all, I have to say, fresh from the Gulf shrimp simply scream out for some southern fried shrimp - so, yes, we have already had fried shrimp, not once, but twice. Hot from the deep fryer, crunchy and salty, I'm tellin' ya ... it just don't get much better than this folks!
Dad's got some traps too, so Mom also sent me over not 1, but 2 pounds of crabmeat, which frankly if I would have picked all those crabs, I sure would have had a hard time letting go of.
Have I mentioned how much I love my in-laws???
Since we are on the subject of frying, I have to say that I love love love using a deep fryer. I recently upgraded mine and I really love the features - larger capacity than my old Waring and this one has a filtration system where you can filter out and drain your oil, getting a lot more use out of it. A deep fryer heats up super fast and foods fry really quick, so that there is no greasy residue, so I use it all the time now when I'm frying. Everything comes out quick, crisp, crunchy and delicious. Yes, you do have to contend with the frying odor, but unless that's very disturbing to you, it's not troublesome to us. I can't believe I waited so long to upgrade and this fryer was worth every penny. I especially love it for frying shrimp!
We love to eat fried shrimp right out of hand as a main dish, right along with some standard fare of potato salad, maybe a cup of gumbo, or other sides, but one of our favorite ways to consume them is as a po'boy. Here's how to build a shrimp po'boy.
First you gotta fry up those shrimp. Use this recipe... you don't need any other. Seriously! These are the perfect shrimp for a shrimp po'boy y'all. You won't find any better, promise.
Cut up some French bread into serving sizes, usually about six inches per serving unless you're really hungry. In South Mississippi we often use the thin, New Orleans style French bread, but here I'm using a standard French bread you can find at pretty much any deli.
I like to toast mine so I butter the insides and toast it in a skillet.
Slather on a little mayonnaise, or if you're feeling fancy, use some remoulade or even some Comeback sauce. Remember though, it's a po'boy - a very simple sandwich with a humble history and not intended to be too fancy, so mostly it's just good ole mayo down here and that's the way I like my shrimp po'boy. If you like your po'boy dressed, and I do, top that with a thick slice of tomato. I'm using some beautiful Creole tomatoes here.
Salt and pepper on the tomato and top with a little shredded lettuce. Throw some thin sliced dill pickles on too if you like!
Load it up with shrimp and I like to give them a generous sprinkling of some hot sauce myself, though some folks prefer good ole ketchup.
And there you have a delicious shrimp po'boy, South Mississippi style!
Now, you can eat them just like this, but in South Mississippi we like to return the whole thing to the pan - or use a sandwich press if you have it - and press it. This gives the bread a creamy interior and a nice crunchy exterior, but unlike New Orleans style, it doesn't crumble when you bite into it. We call this "dressed and pressed" here in South Mississippi. I hope y'all will excuse me while I dive into this one!!
I really do feel privileged to have a husband who goes out shrimping every year with his dad, so we get to stock up our freezer with fresh Gulf shrimp. But, even if you don't have that luxury, wild caught shrimp from America are available in your local grocery store. You just gotta look for the seal.
So, once again, please allow me the opportunity to soapbox and ask you to PLEASE stop buying that imported shrimp they sell in the grocery stores. Our fishermen and women right here in the good old US of A are suffering because of these imports, and they really need your support. And besides Wild American Shrimp just tastes, well ... superior over the imports and isn't loaded with the vast chemicals that imports often are. So, flip over that package and look for the country of origin. If it's not the United States, continue looking. Okay, off the soapbox now and on to the fried shrimp recipe!
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If you make this or any of my recipes, I'd love to see your results! Just snap a photo and hashtag it #DeepSouthDish on social media or tag me @deepsouthdish on Instagram!
Recipe: Classic Southern Fried Shrimp©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish Blog
Prep time: 20 min |Cook time: 4 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 tablespoon hot sauce
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama)
- 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- Deep fryer filled with fresh peanut or canola oil
Preheat the deep fryer or heat oil in a large heavy pot to 350 degrees. Peel and devein shrimp, rinsing well. Pat dry with a paper towel to remove most of the water. Whisk together the egg, milk and hot sauce; add shrimp to mixture. Stir together the flour, Cajun seasoning, Old Bay, salt and peppers. Dunk the shrimp from the milk mixture to the flour mixture and then to a colander set over a plate or tray. Let sit for a moment, then return the shrimp to the flour mixture a second time and toss around. Place back into the colander and shake well to remove excess flour.
Fry in small batches (to avoid overloading the fryer and cooling down the oil too much), for about 3 to 4 minutes per batch, or until golden brown. Shake fryer basket and turn out onto a platter covered with paper towels. Sprinkle with just a bit of additional salt and continue frying the remaining shrimp in batches until all are done.
Cook's Notes: I use White Lily self-rising flour. Self rising flour contains baking powder, which contains cornstarch and gives a more crisp and crunchy result than plain all purpose flour will. For a little more zing, whisk in 2 teaspoons of hot sauce and 2 teaspoons of creole mustard with the milk. May also use buttermilk for a thicker crust.
Variation: Use half self-rising flour and half all-purpose yellow cornmeal, crushed saltines, or cracker meal.
Air Fryer: Brands and wattage of air fryers differ. Be sure to keep an eye on the food the first time that you cook a recipe and adjust as needed. Preheat air fryer for 3 minutes at 400 degrees F. Batter shrimp as above. Spray basket and shrimp with cooking oil and air fry at 400 degrees F in batches at 6 minutes each, turn, spray again and fry for 2 to 4 minutes longer. I recommend the EVO sprayer.
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Pattie Lewis, was born August 29, 1921 in Belozoni, Mississippi to Johnny and Helen Lloyd. She married Leon Lewis Sr. on December 1, 1937. In 1954 the couple relocated to Stockton, California where they later united with the Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church. Pattie was a prayerful, faithful and loving woman to her family, church and community and was affectionately known as "Mother Lewis".
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Reading 1: Setting the Stage for a Battle
Tension between the British government and the American colonists had been steadily mounting during the months after the battles of Lexington and Concord. The British sent three important major generals--John Burgoyne, William Howe, and Henry Clinton--to help Royal Governor Thomas Gage deal with the increasingly rebellious colonists in New England. American militiamen established encampments along the Mystic and Charles Rivers and in nearby Roxbury. Early in the evening of June 16, 1775, about 800 Massachusetts and 200 Connecticut troops assembled and marched in review on Cambridge Common past patriot commander Col. William Prescott of Massachusetts.
The only man wearing a uniform at this mustering of troops was Colonel Prescott. He was also the only one who knew that the farmers and artisans turned soldiers would soon be preparing for battle against the British. Colonial spies had alerted the Massachusetts Committee of Public Safety to British plans for an imminent attack. Gen. Artemas Ward, the commander of the American forces gathered around Boston, ordered Prescott and his men to provoke an attack, hoping that surprise would allow the patriots to outmaneuver the British. Ward and Prescott decided that the best place for this gambit was Bunker Hill, on the Charlestown Peninsula.
The soldiers themselves knew nothing of this plan. They were told to be prepared to congregate on Cambridge Common and to be armed. Most carried muskets with the ammunition in pouches slung crossways over their vests. They wore jackets or long coats and lowheeled shoes with buckles. Only the very rich could afford to wear more practical boots.
After the troops had passed in review, they took part in a prayer and then were told that under cover of darkness they would march to prepare for battle. So they would not give their position away to the British, they were to march as quietly as possible and to stay absolutely silent. At about 9 p.m. they set out, led by two sergeants who carried lanterns, and followed by carts filled with shovels, pick axes, and other tools appropriate for excavating and moving earth.
Near Charlestown Neck they were called to a halt while several other officers joined the column of men. As they began the march again, the Mystic River was to their left and the Charles River to their right. They crossed the neck, and then climbed up and over a hill. By now they were surrounded by water on three sides. Off to their right were the buildings of Charlestown. Across the water ahead they could see Boston. They had reached Bunker Hill.
Again the men were called to a halt. Prescott and Gen. Israel Putnam of Connecticut called the engineer, Col. Richard Gridley, and other officers to gather round them to discuss the written orders they had received from General Ward. The orders had stated for them to fortify Bunker Hill, which stood 110 feet high, the largest of the hills around Charlestown. After a prolonged discussion, however, the officers eventually decided to move closer to Boston and fortify the smaller, lesser known, 62-foot-high hill known as Breed's Hill.
By now it was nearly midnight, and the troops had to hurry their work if they were to have it completed by dawn. They were to build a redoubt and a breastwork in only a few short hours. The redoubt was to be a rectangular fort about 160 feet long and 80 feet wide, with six- to eight-foot-high earthen walls (see Drawing 1). Within the walls would be platforms for the soldiers to use as they shot out at the enemy. The breastwork, a long arm of logs and dirt, was to run from the redoubt to a swamp at the bottom of the hill, adding protection for the patriot militiamen. They dug the redoubt's foundation, using the excavated dirt for the redoubt's walls. To support those walls they used tree branches, whole and broken barrels—anything they could find that would provide strength. Then they packed the walls with mud to stabilize the structure and dug a trench around the redoubt. All this work was made especially difficult by the need for silence. The men were on top of a hill and they were surrounded by water, an excellent carrier of sound. Some troops were sent to patrol the shore watching for indications that sailors aboard the British warships had heard them and raised an alarm. Some of the men were sent to Charlestown to keep watch on the shoreline of Boston. All through the night Colonel Prescott watched and encouraged the men. He worried about what was to come. He knew the capabilities of his own men who had been well-trained, but he knew that most of the soldiers had never before heard gunfire except on a hunt. He did not know how they would react to combat.
By dawn, the redoubt was nearly completed, but there was still much work needed on the breastwork. Some of the men tried to get a little rest and have a bite to eat before they continued their efforts. They had little food with them, however, because they had been told to travel light. As dawn broke, sailors on the British sloop-of-war Lively noticed the fortifications and opened fire. The Battle of Bunker Hill that took place on Breed's Hill was about to begin.
Questions for Reading 1
1. Why would both the British and the colonists have wanted to control the Charlestown Peninsula?
2. When did the patriot troops realize they were preparing for battle and not simply taking part in a training exercise?
3. Why do you think the colonists disregarded their orders to fortify Bunker Hill and moved forward to Breed's Hill?
Compiled from David Rubel, America's War of Independence: A Concise Illustrated History of the American Revolution (New York: Silver Moon Press/Agincourt Press, 1992); and Philippa Kirby, Glorious days, Dreadful Days: The Battle of Bunker Hill (Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1993).
Compiled from David Rubel, America's War of Independence: A Concise Illustrated History of the American Revolution (New York: Silver Moon Press/Agincourt Press, 1992); and Philippa Kirby, Glorious days, Dreadful Days: The Battle of Bunker Hill (Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1993).


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"L was a Lady": Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon and An Illustrated Comic Alphabet
The following text was prepared to accompany a workshop presentation I gave this June at the Canadian Library Association (CLA) conference in Toronto, Ontario. The theme of the workshop was "The Art of Children's Book Illustration: A Critical Approach." I chose to speak about the life and work of Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon, who is acknowledged as creating the first Canadian children's picture book. The prestigious CLA award for children's book illustration is named in her honour.
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Viva la Print?July 29th, 2011 by admin
A few months ago I was on a train to Brussels, Belgium, leafing through the International Herald Tribune and a story caught my eye. It was a story about a newspaper that refused to have a website…they only had a print edition.
I have heard this line too many times: "If we put our stories up on the Internet, who would buy the paper on Wednesday?" the publisher, Claude Angeli, asked. "We believe in print."
What made it different this time was that it was a publisher of a newspaper in Paris, France saying it.
The newspaper, Le Canard Enchainé, is a satirical weekly that targets politicians, entertainers and the elite with great success. In a climate where France's other papers are beginning to struggle, Angeli is succeeding. His readership is up. His subscriptions are up. Profits are up.
"Well if he can do it, why can't everyone else? Let's just stop with this website experiment we've been doing and go back to print?" Is that what you were thinking?
Before you buy into Claude's thinking, there are some important questions to answer:
- What's the future of print?
- How will you distribute it?
- Will your competitors fill the online void?
- How unique is your content?
- Does your community REALLY want print?
The Future of Print
When you look at all the newspapers that are, at best, just getting thinner, it raises the question about supply and demand of newsprint and other print supplies in the future. Taking just the Detroit Free Press, which has recently become a weekly paper, as an example, how much newsprint is no longer needed to stay in business? Using numbers from last year, the paper had a weekday circulation of just under 300,000 copies and Sunday was as high as 580,000. Even though they are still printing and distributing to newsstands, the elimination of print editions to households six days of the week is a substantial decrease in the amount of newsprint being used in Detroit.
As this trend continues among large dailies, how is this going to impact the cost of print supplies and the availability of suppliers in rural areas?
Some questions you should be prepared to answer today are: "How much of an increase in printing cost can I sustain under my current pricing structure?" and "What would I do if my printer closed his doors?"
I'm not trying to scare anyone. Okay, I am. I talk with so many publishers of papers who are convinced newspapers will survive in printed form forever. I don't see it that way. The trends are showing otherwise.
Can you rely on the post office for distribution?
The United States Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately. It's already begun closing branches and has 3600 more in its sights. The numbers in various articles jump around, but no matter what you read, it's not an optimistic future for small papers that rely on the local post office to distribute the paper each week.
I'm not a postal expert, but I would guess having to work with a post office in a different town would have some impact on price. If not, at the very least that paper would have the added expense and time of delivering it further.
Last week there was an article in USA Today about the USPS anticipating an $8.38 billion loss this year. How are these loses going to impact the price per piece for newspaper distribution?
Back to an earlier question: "How much on an increase on postage rates and delivery can I sustain with my current pricing structure?"
Who will fill the online void?
This may be my biggest concern for publishers who only want to do print editions. What impact will it have on your paper when the local Chamber of Commerce starts putting up feature stories of local businesses and events on a website they name anytowntoday.com, or whatever fits. What will happen when the school booster club starts a website with hundreds of color pictures of all the school activities, including sports, and you only have a couple of black and whites on the sports page each week.
I would like to say that I'm spit-balling here, but it's happening.
And what about the various "suck" sites in your community already, like topix or americantowns.com. And then there's Patch.com, which AOL started to compete with papers with an online edition right in their communities.
Is your content unique enough?
So how does the future fare for Claude in Paris? Provided he can get the paper printed and distributed in a cost-effective manner, he might continue to do well. He is the only one in his country with the staff and connections to deliver the type of investigative, satirical content his readers crave. It would be very difficult for someone to start an online version of his paper with the same content. As long as he remains unique in that niche with his print product he may do fine.
Provided his readers continue to want print…
Does your community really want print?
Statistics are starting to show otherwise. Publishers are often so protective of their paid circulation and the risk of losing it to online, they don't take a hard look at just who the paid subscribers are. An attendee at one of my seminars recently told me the average age of his subscribers was 65. That's 65. A sixty and a five. If you look at the consuming public that the advertisers are trying to reach, they're not in the demographic. So this paper is protecting 2000 paid seniors at the risk of a larger public that is younger, web savvy, mobile device savvy and has money to spend on what your advertisers are selling: tires, cars, furniture, groceries, etc.
I suggest newspapers take a hard look at the community as a whole, as well as the subscribers, and really find out what they want and what they are willing to pay for. And as fast as the trends are changing, this is a question that needs to be asked often. What they wanted yesterday isn't what they may want today.
I've speculated that we won't be printing newspapers in seven years. It's an educated guess, but I'll put it in writing and hope I'm wrong.
Seven years, think about that…that's like the day after tomorrow in dog years (or something like that).
To make this prediction I'm looking back seven years at how things have changed. To name a few milestones and how they have changed the way we communicate.
- Facebook launched in 2004
- iPhone released June 2007
- Twitter launched March 2007
- iPad released 2010
So now what?
Be prepared. Put together a five year plan and take a hard, honest look at what's happening in the media today and don't hide behind a hope.
I'm a print guy. My background is print. I want to be wrong. I've made a living teaching people how to produce a better newspaper faster…in print. I still do. But I also spend a lot of time these days helping newspapers and magazines embrace electronic media and enjoy the many benefits. For now, there is room for both.
In this plan focus on two things:
- Improving the Print product
- Developing an electronic edition
We must work now to make our print editions the best they can be. It's important we show our community we are the news providers they can rely on, not the Chamber of Commerce or PTA. We can do this through better design, better photos, better ads and better writing. All of these add up to the ONLY product like it in most communities…and we need to take advantage of that.
At the same time, we need to develop a plan to offer online editions to our readers. This allows us to get new readers who don't read print, offer more photos and other content in color and enjoy an additional revenue stream as we sell ads on the website.
For those who might accuse me of preaching doom and gloom I'll conclude with "I would buy a paper today." I still believe in community journalism. I still believe there is a future for small newspapers. I just don't have a lot of faith, long term, in the United States Postal Service or the printing industry as it is today.


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Zac Efron shoots a sly smile to the cameras while filming Are We Officially Dating? in New York City on Thursday afternoon (December 20).
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