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It didn't go well, to say the least, according to a statement they put out.
We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment. While claiming that no policy proposals would be "prejudged," this Task Force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners - honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans. It is unfortunate that this Administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation's most pressing problems. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen. Instead, we will now take our commitment and meaningful contributions to members of congress of both parties who are interested in having an honest conversation about what works - and what does not.From the Washington Free Beacon:
Biden said Thursday he sees a developing consensus on "universal background checks" and high-capacity magazine bans. The vice president is meeting with different advocacy groups, lobbyists, and corporate groups on gun issues this week. Biden said Wednesday that the administration is considering the use of executive orders on gun control.It sounds like this "developing consensus" is more of an end result he and Dictator Obama want to achieve, and they're just meeting with all these groups to strong arm them into helping them meet their goals of limiting the Second Amendment. Just like the phony Health Care Summit with Republicans before Obama shoved Obamacare down our throats. It was all for show. He wasn't interested in differing ideas except the ones he was planning.
Of course, Obama and the liberal gun-grabber crowd need to be asked what part of "...shall not be infringed" in the Second Amendment they don't understand.


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SCISSION provides progressive news and analysis from the breaking point of Capital. SCISSION represents an autonomist Marxist viewpoint. The struggle against white skin privilege and white supremacy is key. --- "You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future." FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY, SAVE THE EARTH
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Alcohol sales at Whiteclay, Nebraska devastate South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and should be stopped, Sheridan County commissioners were told March 6 by Indian activists, elders and others. The County commission ignored the warning. So did the Nebraska court system.
Indians have decided to deal with the situation themselves and plan a road blockade beginning next week.
Whiteclay is the infamous northwest Nebraska village which lies on the border of the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the sale, possession and consumption of alcohol have been prohibited since the 1960s. Whiteclay with a population of only 14 has since the early 1970s been the site of four offsale alcohol dealers responsible for the sale of over 12,000 cans of beer a day, largely to the residents of Pine Ridge, who have virtually no legal place to drink them. The licensing of dealers has continued under conditions of inadequate law enforcement and in the face of overwhelming evidence of dealer violations of liquor laws, including numerous sales to minors.
The Whiteclay liquor stores are so infamous that a gang used them in an internal business plan to market meth on various Indian reservations.
Assistant Wyoming U.S. Attorney Robert Murray, an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, helped prosecute and break up the drug gang's distribution ring. Murray said he was amazed and disturbed when he learned of the business plan used by the drug ring gangsters.
"It actually started with a news article they read in the Denver Post a few years ago," Murray said. The article described how liquor stores in the tiny town of Whiteclay, Neb., were profitably selling huge quantities of alcohol to American Indians from the nearby Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
Gleaned from several sources in the investigation, the following picture emerged, Murray said. The drug gang business plan was based on the following information:
* The Whiteclay liquor stores sold $4 million a year in beer and malt liquor primarily to residents of the nearby Pine Ridge reservation -- 18,000 Oglala Lakota Sioux.
* The reservation had an alcoholism problem of epidemic proportions.
* Liquor sales peaked each month shortly after monthly per-capita checks were sent in the mail.
* Gang members reasoned that if people who were addicted to alcohol could be given free samples of meth, the addicts would quickly switch over to being addicted to meth.
* The Mexican-national gang members figured they wouldn't stand out among American Indians.
According to Murray, the plan identified a potential consumer base (Indians living on reservations or nearby); successful businesses that already preyed on addicts (the liquor stores); a regular source of income their customers could use to buy meth (the monthly checks); and the conviction that alcohol consumers could be switched over to being meth consumers (free samples of meth).
"It was all there," Murray said, referring to the elements of a classic business plan. The gang led by Cruz and his brother, Julio Cesar Sagaste-Cruz could distribute the meth via customers who would be forced to become dealers to support their own habits. The meth could be supplied by "super labs" in California and Mexico, controlled by the Sinaloan Cowboys gang.
Law enforcement officials traced the connections from the Sinaloan Cowboys (headquartered in Sinaloa, Mexico) to the Los Angeles-based 18th Street Gang, to the Cruz brothers' cell in Ogden.
"They realized that if they could convert the addiction from alcohol to meth, they could reap the profits," Murray said.
The following is from the Lakota Times.
Whiteclay road blocks to start June 28
Dr. Archie B. Beauvais, Correspondent
PINE RIDGE - A number of organizers, including Nebraskans for Peace, Strong Hearts Civil Rights Movement, and supporters from the Cherokee Nation, are planning to set up a blockade on the South Dakota side of the state line to stop people who buy beer and transport it back to the Pine Ridge reservation.
June 28 is the target date when activists will set up the blockade with hopes to quell the purchase of an estimated 12,000 cans of beer a day in Whiteclay. The plan is to continue the blockade through the summer and into the fall.
Organizers would have their members posted in Whiteclay at any one of the four liquor establishments and would inform those at the blockade as to who was purchasing beer. The activists would then stop the car at the state line and proceed to confiscate their liquor purchases which are illegal on the Pine Ridge reservation.
Duane Martin, Sr. of the Strong Hearts Civil Rights movement is a fluent Lakota speaker and is at the forefront of the activism that seeks to make a change in the tremendous impact that alcohol is continuing to inflict on the social and health conditions of the Pine Ridge reservation. He said, "The elders came to me and asked. I and Russell Means took the fight to the Nebraska Liquor Commission. Frank LaMere and Mark Vasina also helped. They said we were bluffing. I presented the complaint to a couple of liquor stores and only one took me seriously, because I know him. This avenue will bring about change. Pine Ridge has the highest rate of involvement and activism. Senator John Thune called right before you did. The treaties are intact and give us a right to take a stand."
The March 13 decision by the Sheridan County Board of Commissioners to automatically grant liquor license renewals in Whiteclay and a March 31 by the Nebraska Supreme Court to allow a liquor license to the Arrowhead Inn prompted the decision to undertake the blockade, according to the Lincoln Start Journal. The Journal also included a "viewer comment" in which one reader wrote, "What about Native Americans in South Dakota who are also getting wealthy from selling packaged liquor to people from the reservation such as those who own bars in Oelrichs and Martin?" Another reader, Jon, wrote, "Well, good luck with that. The problem is free enterprise versus the disease of alcoholism. You can't really say that it's a moral issue because anyone who's willing to sell alcohol so close to the reservation doesn't have any."
Furthermore, Martin, Sr. said, "If we don't take a stand today, there won't be a stand tomorrow."
Mark Vasina, the President of Nebraskans for Peace is equally as committed to seeing the blockade succeed. His organization is relying on the Strong Hearts Civil Rights group as they seek to interpret treaty law as it applies to such questions as the legality of confiscating beer purchases and whether or not those in the blockade need to be deputized in order to stop vehicles at the border.
Vasina said, "The need to be deputized is a question for the Indians to resolve. We support what they are doing. We, of course, don't want to see violence. We hope the tribal police will support the blockade. Knowing responsible law enforcement, they have to be there."
Furthermore, Vasina said, "People are going to be stopping an illegal action.., my hope is that no other commercial traffic is impeded. People will not be detained or arrested, but simply to prevent alcohol from going in, which is unlawful."
Finally, Vasina said that Nebraskans for Peace support the blockade and are raising money which will be needed to feed people and provide other amenities, while a camp will most likely be erected. He said that his organization is also arranging for celebrities, politicians, and candidates to be at the blockade on June 28. Vasina, himself, will be at the blockade at least two weeks out of each month that it is in effect.
Alex White Plume, Acting President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe said, "This is a grass roots movement at Whiteclay. There will no more alcohol on the reservation. The Oglala Sioux Tribal council passed a tribal resolution declaring Whiteclay a public nuisance. Under the IRA, there is a 12 mile buffer zone to keep bootleggers and alcohol sales from the reservation. I am thinking of deputizing everyone on the blockade. We are inviting everyone from Rosebud and Pine Ridge."
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My name is Jessie Coleman I am from Porcupine, but right now I live in Wortrhington MN. I am gald to read that someone is going to do something about the alcohol coming from White Clay going into the Reservation. I am doing a Indictment Speech in a speech class and I choose to do my on White Clay and the alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Which I have finish but now I have to do a Propostional Speech and tell a solution about the problem. I am glad I came across this article. I just have one question why can't the Tribe try to put the Buffer Zone back in to Oder? Please reply back to whom it may concern. Thank You email@example.com
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I don't have the answer to your question about the buffer zone. I'd suggest contacting some of the people or groups mentioned in the article, perhaps, via the Lakota Times P.O. Box 386 . Martin, SD 57551 . Tele: 605-685-1868 or at their web site http://lakotacountrytimes.com/
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It is about time someone does something..But is there going to be hypocritical people helping? The reason why I say that is, "How can someone say drinking is bad , don't do it! and In the end they do it in return?" I hope everyone who is apart of this is very positive. I am glad that this is starting to come to a realize. Thank You, Hanna
I really agree with the blockage that will take place in June 2008,this will be a begining of a new life for a lot of people. Solomon

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Tsipras: ´In 2018, Greece will exit the memorandum programmes´
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis of supporting the views of "the most extreme circles" during the negotiations between the government and Greece's lenders, during a debate on the prior actions agreed with the institutions.
"You support the most extreme circles among our lenders. You went to Berlin and instead of wearing the shirt of the national team, you wore the shirt of the IMF," Tsipras told Mitsotakis in his reply to the latter's speech, AMNA repored.
He then said it is "a social, patriotic and leftist duty […] to lead the country out of the crisis, make it stand on its feet, and plan the new social and productive model."
In his first adress to parliament, Tsipras said that by the time the European elections come around in May 2019, Greece will have exited the memorandum programme since 2018 and the positive measures will have already provided relief to hundreds of thousands of Greek households.
"The review is concluding and after seven whole years we are heading toward a comprehensive agreement to extricate the country from the memorandums. We are passing to a positive agenda for the country and society," he said.
Replying to earlier criticism from Mitsotakis, he said ND΄s leader had presented the same tired arguments and had "thrown away an opportunity to change narrative".
"He brought nothing new to the arguments that he has been reproducing for some time, in spite of his supremacy in the systemic media. This supremacy is not enough because politics is more than communication. It also needs heart and mind," Tsipras said.
"In 2019 when we face each other at the polls you will have been the leader of a party that for 3.5 years predicted and asked for elections and cutters and nothing happened," he added.
ND΄s arguments today were that the government is bringing a fourth memorandum and the positive measures are non-existent, Tsipras said. When it has become clear that we are heading toward the longed-for debt relief and are able to stand on our own two feet, exiting the memorandums, both ND and the media would change their tune, he added.
"Now you are not saying that we are destroying the country because we are not signing an agreement. Now we are destroying it because we have an agreement and you are trying to convince us that the austerity measures are more severe than the positive measures. Your logic is that if reality does not agree with you, that΄s too bad for reality," the prime minister said, addressing Mitsotakis.
SYRIZA΄s parliamentary group formally tabled a request for a roll-call vote, both in principle and on the individual articles. A similar request is also expected from main opposition New Democracy. The voting procedure is expected to start around midnight.
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A typical experiment requires the following three steps:
- Reservation
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- Analyzing the results
Running the Experiment
During your approved time slot, you will be able to ssh into the console of the respective grid. A console is a dedicated machine that allows access to all resources on that grid.
During your approved time slot, you can then log into the console corresponding to the following table using SSH:
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For example, to access the sandbox1,
yourhost>ssh firstname.lastname@example.com
When you have successfully logged in, you can start an experiment using the Orbit Management Framework (OMF). First time users are highly encouraged to reserve time on a sandbox instead of the main grid, and start with the built-in Hello World experiment.
- Before we begin using the nodes, it's a good idea to check their status first. This is done with the omf stat command. This will typically produce a result like:
Individual nodes are identified by their fully qualified domain name (FQDN). This establishes their "coordinates" and the "domain" to which they belong. Nodes in different domains can NOT see each other.
- The node can be in 1 of 3 states:
POWEROFF Node is Available for use but turned off POWERON Node is Available and is on NODE NOT AVAILABLE Node is not Available for use
- It is recommended that the node be in the POWEROFF state prior to any experiment process. If the node is in the POWERON state you can use the omf tell command
to get the node into the off state.
firstname.lastname@example.com:~$ omf tell -a offh -t TOPOLOGYThe TOPOLOGY can take on many forms, the simplest being a comma separated list of FQDN's. There are special predefined topologies like: all, system:topo:circle, … For more details see OMF documentation If the node is in the NODE NOT AVAILABLE state, you may need to wait for it to recover the POWEROFF state (it some times requires a few moments for the service to sync up). If the node never comes out of the NODE NOT AVAILABLE state please contact an administrator.
- Prior to the experiment, users need to install an image on the hard disks of the nodes. If you have not created a custom image use the default starting image: baseline.ndz. This image is built on top of ubuntu 12.04, and is pre-configured with the proper modules and start up scripts to take advantage of the rest of the Orbit services. Loading an image is done with the omf load command
email@example.com:~$ omf load -t TOPOLOGY -i IMAGENAMEWhere TOPOLOGY is the set of nodes you wish to image , and !IMAGENAME is the name of the image you with to load. The most common sandbox starting image command would look like
email@example.com:~$ omf load -t all -i baseline.ndzwhich will load all the nodes of sandbox 1 (totaling 1) with the baseline image.
- The process start should look like:
- A key line to look for is INFO whenAll: *: 'status[@value='UP']' fires. This line indicates that all the nodes have come up and imaging has begun:
- The final result should look like:
- At this point the nodes are imaged with the basline image and need to be turned back on before proceeding.
firstname.lastname@example.com:~$ omf-5.2 tell on allGive the nodes a couple of minutes to turn on. To check the status of the node:
email@example.com:~$ omf-5.2 stat
- By default the driver modules for the wireless interfaces are disabled. It is up to the experimenter to decide which interface to use. For this tutorial experiment the ath_pci module will be used. So before running the tutorial experiment ssh into each node (ie. node1-1 & node 1-2) and load the driver modules.
email@example.com:~$ ssh root@node1-1From the node load the driver module:
root@node1-1:~# modprobe ath_pciVerify that the module has been loaded into the kernel
root@node1-1:~# lsmod
Now ssh into node1-2 and do the same.
- To run a tutorial experiment that involves one UDP traffic sender and one receiver, run the following command at the console.
firstname.lastname@example.com:~$ omf-5.2 exec --tutorial -- --tutorialName tutorial-1aMake note of the unique experiment ID as shown in the experiment output below. This ID can be used later to view the results from a database (sqlite3) file.
- Both, sender and receiver, report measurements to a database, using the OML measurement framework. The file is saved as a sqlite3 file; the file name for the experiment is shown in the last line of the tutorial's output and saved in the console under /var/lib/oml2
To dump the database file for this experiment:
firstname.lastname@example.com:~$ sqlite3 /var/lib/oml2/sb8.orbit-lab.org_2011_07_12_16_00_33.sq3 ".dump"
The experiment can be started with:
user#> nodehandler -t
- This experiment will send UDP datagrams of 1024 bytes from node 1-1 to node 1-2 at 300 kbps CBR traffic.
- Both, sender and receiver, report measurements to a database, using our OML measurement framework.
- As shown below, the experiment controller will power on the nodes involved in the experiment and will issue experiment commands to each node.
- Each experiment has a unique experiment ID as shown in the figure, that can be used later to view the results from the database
Alternatively, a specific script can be run as follows:
The experiment can be started with:
user#> nodehandler <full-path/script-name>
For e.g., if my script is called orbit-test.rb and it resides in /home/joenull/Ruby-Scripts/ (ORBIT home directory), I would execute it as follows:
user#>pwd /home/joenull user#>nodehandler ~/Ruby-Scripts/orbit-test
Note that I leave out the ".rb" at the end. This will execute the scripts and turn the nodes OFF at the end of the experiment. If you want to leave them ON after the experiment, use the "-k" flag. For e.g.
user#>pwd /home/joenull user#>nodehandler -k ~/Ruby-Scripts/orbit-test
The experimenter can also move to where the script resides and execute it (without giving the full path) since nodehandler will look for the script in the current directory.
More information on writing experiment scripts can be found in the Tutorial.
Analyzing Results
Orbit provides a sophisticated framework to efficiently collect measurements at runtime into a database. This database is accessible to the experimenter during the experiment from the console. At the end of an experiment, the database is copied to an external machine and is accessible without a reservation. More information can be found here.
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You asked for it, you got it... Lime Rock Park has again arranged a Fan Hospitality site, this time for the upcoming American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix 17 – 18 July. This was a huge hit during the Memorial Day Road Racing Classic weekend so, as promised, we're offering it for the ALMS weekend, too.
For $125 (plus track admission), on Saturday 18 July you'll be treated like a corporate bigwig: terrific catered food and beverage, flat-screen TVs showing the ALMS, Atlantic and Formula BMW races, exclusive paddock tours, chances to win a "hot lap" on the racetrack in a high-powered BMW, guest speakers – including Bobby Rahal – even a "bag of swag" (free goodies and what-not).
And, the Fan Hospitality will be set up at what many think is the best location at Lime Rock Park to watch the races: inside of West Bend, where if you want, you can get within a couple dozen feet of the track!
If you've already purchased tickets to the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix 17 – 18 July, you can still add Premier Fan Hospitality.
Admission to the Premier Fan Hospitality is limited to 150 people, and we're already well past the halfway point. So if you and your friends, family and colleagues have an interest in being a Lime Rock VIP, be sure to call soon!
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By Bobbianna Branch News Writer
On February 14, Keenan teachers, students and loved ones got the news that a Raider had passed away. Senior Brian Keith Davidson, Jr., (BJ) passed away. This tragic death took a toll on not only his family but also his peers at Keenan.
Junior Hannah Burton was one of the close friends of BJ, and she says that his death has had an positive and negative impact on her and her classmates.
"It shows me how important life is and how much more me and my friends need to take it seriously," Burton said.
Davidson touched a lot of lives; he was a very socially confident and caring person.
Senior Dominique Evins, another one of Davidson's peers, said he was a very outgoing person, and she will miss him joking in class and bringing her gum every day.
"I feel better about it now; it's bringing our peers together still trying to cope with it," Evins said.
Davidson's friends and family have come together and helped each other handle his death.
"I didn't really know him that well, but I think this should bring everyone together, and it should make some of our peers realize that life is short, but we should all come together and make BJ proud," Junior Jada Ramsey said.


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As state laws regarding both medicinal and recreational marijuana use become more lax, it comes as no surprise that workplace-related issues arise. Testing for marijuana is especially challenging since a person can test positive for days, sometimes weeks, after use, depending on how frequently the person uses. Therefore, even if a workplace policy prohibits a person from being "high" on the job, a drug test alone would not be conclusive proof.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that an employer unlawfully terminated one of its employees for testing positive for marijuana. The employer in that case, Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC (ASM), offered Cristina Barbuto an entry-level position, pending a drug test. Barbuto informed an ASM representative that she would test positive for marijuana because her physician prescribed her the drug to treat the side-effects of her Crohn's disease, making her a qualified medical marijuana patient under Massachusetts law. Barbuto stated that she would not use the drug before or during work, as she only uses small quantities of the drug at her home, two to three nights per week. The ASM told Barbuto that her medical marijuana use was not an issue and, after Barbuto submitted to the drug test, she started her first day of work. Later that evening an ASM Human Resources employee informed Barbuto that she was terminated for testing positive for marijuana and, in justifying the termination, stated, "we follow federal law, not state law." In response, Barbuto filed a complaint alleging, amongst other claims, handicap discrimination.
Barbuto alleged that, as a qualified handicapped person, a waiver of ASM policy on marijuana was an appropriate accommodation. The Superior Court of Massachusetts stated that even if an employer had a policy prohibiting the use of lawfully prescribed medication, the employee would still "have a duty to engage in an interactive process with the employee to determine whether there were equally effective medical alternatives to the prescribed medication whose use would not be in violation of its policy."
The court acknowledged that marijuana continues to be a Schedule I controlled substance under Federal law, regardless of whether it was lawfully prescribed by a physician pursuant to state law. However, the court was not persuaded by ASM's reliance on Federal law to justify the termination of Barbuto since, under Massachusetts law, a prescription for medical marijuana is treated the same as any other prescribed drug. The court, relying on the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Act which states that a qualified patient will not be denied "any right or privilege" due to his or her medical marijuana use, found that the use of medical marijuana was not a facially unreasonable accommodation. Even if it were, the employer nonetheless had a duty to explore other alternatives before terminating the employee. Some employers, such as Federal contractors or those receiving Federal grants, will be able to show that allowing the use of medical marijuana will cause an undue burden, thereby making it an unreasonable accommodation.
This case raises the question: "What are your workplace policies on marijuana use?"


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Referral programs are an easy way to generate new business. According to The New York Times, 65% of new business comes from referrals. Ideally, happy customers would use "word of mouth" to share their experiences with others and your business would "virally" grow. But often, we need to push that process along with a structured referral program. Incentives and rewards give those happy customers a tangible reason to make that referral.
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The Dorris Van Doren staff wishes you a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
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Don't forget we'll be open from 9 am-5 pm today (November 27, 2013), closed Thursday and Friday, and open Saturday, 9 am-5 pm.
Sometimes having a lot of time off, along with tryptophan and carbs pumping through your veins can leave you a little bored. The public libraries may be closed Thursday and Friday, but we can still help you fight the boredom!
Make a New Tradition
All El Paso Public Libraries are now accepting poetry entries for our annual poetry contest. Entries are due January 31, 2014 (one entry per participant please). If you're in grades 1-12, you can enter! If not, then you can encourage the children and teens in your life to enter. You can make it an annual Thanksgiving tradition to read and write poetry during the break.
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We're hosting two different donation drives here at the Dorris Van Doren and you can help! The boxes are up front, near the circulation desk. One box belongs to the Girl Scouts, who are collecting gently-used winter clothing (any size) up until the end of next week. The other box belongs to the Ronald McDonald House, which will be collecting new, unwrapped toys up until December 16.
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Nina Forever (2015) Film Review. Directed by Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine. Production Companies,Charlie Productions,Jeva Films, Produced by Cassandra Sigsgaard.
We all know sex is messy,exchanging bodily fluids,but this film from the Blaine Brothers is certainly the messiest,but with blood covered sheets instead,of any other bodily fluid.
Meet Nina, Rob's dead girlfriend,who only appears,whilst Rob,and his new flame Holly are having sex,a film that sounds preposterous,but is absolutely genius, in probably the best written film,I have seen in decades.
Forget about all the nudity in this film,and believe me their is a lot,behind this,is probably the most truthful,and genuine film about dealing with grief,and the loss of a loved one.
Nina is that Metaphor,that constant reminder,of that loved one,the reason you don't move forward,start new relationships,the memory,or constant reminder of a love,that in all reasons is holding you back.
I know this because three years ago I lost a loved one,my Dad,my rock you may call him,and like the character Rob,I suffered depression,withdrew from the world,and became suicidal,losing my job at the time,through depression and grief. That is why this film allowed me in.
With some of the finest acting on-screen I have seen in quite a while,especially New comer Abbi Hardingham,as Holly,who will try to persevere all the distractions of a bloody corpse,to stay with the man she loves,to make sure he is happy,and can help him move on from Nina. This is neither a horror film,or really a love story,it is a genuine story about life in general,that covers everything we all experience in life love,loss, relationships,and horror in grief,which is perfectly represented by the bloodied Nina.
I cannot stress how good this film is,yes it is deliberately slow,it is extremely bloody,and full of nudity,with genuine wit,especially from Fiona O'Shaughnessy as the sarcastic Nina,constantly goading Holly, with other great performances from Cian Barry as Rob,with probably the most moving scene from Nina's Dad Dan,played brilliantly by David Troughton,when he finally breaks down from the grief he has been surpressing,is truly genuinely moving.
With a fantastic soundtrack to boot,to complement the film,we have one of the decades,most different,but moving films, I have ever seen,being certainly the most original,praise to all involved,the actors,cinematography from Oliver Russel, to Ben,and Chris Blaine,be proud of yourselves,as this film is positively brilliant.


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In November, one of the few remaining original copies of William Shakespeare's "First Folio" — the first publication of his plays — will be in Louisville. In the meantime, Derby City will get a veritable feast of Shakespearean events, including plays by several companies and guest lectures.
It all kicks off this weekend, when a feast of a more sordid sort is retold in an unorthodox form as Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company presents a radio play of "Titus Andronicus," one of Shakespeare's earliest, bloodiest and least performed plays.
Kelly Moore, Savage Rose's artistic director and the director of this version of "Titus," tells Insider this novel approach came from a combination of several factors.
"I met with a gentleman from a group called Foreward Radio … they were looking for ideas and things, content," she explains. That meeting didn't lead to a collaboration, but it got Moore thinking. "We were looking for some new outlets, new ways to try new media, reach new people, particularly young people who tend to be maybe a little intimidated by classical theater."
At first glance, it may seem counterintuitive to resurrect the form of radio drama in order to reach younger audiences, but there really isn't much of a difference between a podcast and a long-form story told on radio. And setting "Titus" as a radio drama isn't just a staging gimmick; when the production is over, you'll be able to listen.
"We'll be recording it during performance, and it will be available for download on our website, then we'll kind of shop around and see if anyone else wants to use it as well," says Moore.
To prepare for the production, Moore started researching.
"I've listened to a couple of examples, just to get an idea for radio dramas and how others do it," she says, noting she was particularly interested in several BBC-produced radio dramas of Shakespeare's plays. The aural action can be just as exciting as seeing murder and revenge play out on stage. "I'll tell you, hearing someone get killed and gurgling and drowning in their own blood, right in your ear, is really effective," she adds.
Adapting and script cutting is almost always a concern when companies produce Shakespeare, but Moore found that the radio drama presented unique challenges, especially since she's trying to serve two artistic goals.
"So, it's thinking what will be interesting for a live audience to see," she says, describing aspects special to a live radio drama performance. "It's kind of a challenge for the actors. You get up to the mic and your instinct is to talk to the person you're in the scene with. No, no, no — you gotta keep it out in front of you. This is a radio drama, it's a whole different thing."
At the same time, Moore had to create a script and performance that works as a purely aural experience. "What's going to work for those who are just listening, for them to really visualize and see it in their mind, too? (Adapting the script) was marking all those spots where we need to help them visualize by creating that atmosphere and sound."
While some of Louisville's favorite Shakespearians will be performing — the cast includes treasures like Abigail Bailey Maupin and Neill Robertson — much of the performance will rest on the shoulders of the sound-effects team.
The three-person unit includes Moore, Ashley Beck Heimbrock and Sterling Pratt. Pratt, who has worked on multiple radio dramas, mostly with The Alley Theater, showed Insider a couple of the instruments used to create sound, including an adorable tiny door. Pratt "plays" each instrument briefly as he describes them.
"Here we have what I call the dinner xylophone," says Pratt, pointing out a plate, cup and bowl with several pieces of silverware. "So you can grab a couple of things, and you have people sitting at a table, and you create ambient noise behind the whole thing."
Pratt admitted to being a "radio drama nerd," and as he shared other instruments, Moore and Tom Schulz, one of the show's actors, maybe gave away the fact that they're nerds, too. "One of my personal favorites is this little guy, called the thunder tube, for truly dramatic sound effects," says Pratt, playing the sound as Moore and Schulz simultaneously started making ghost sounds from different places in the room. There was a sense of play and fun, despite the play's violent and upsetting subject matter.
But a zeal for the theater has always been in Savage Rose's DNA. In the six seasons of producing shows, the members of Savage Rose have established themselves as theater nerds as well, offering Louisville audiences a chance to engage with rarely seen classical works.
"Titus" will continue that trend and possibly offer a format for other rarely seen gems to come not only to Louisville audiences, but also anyone with a computer. Moore says she already is eyeing other plays for the radio drama treatment.
"Titus Andronicus: The Radio Play" runs Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-24, at Vault1031, 1031 S. Sixth St. Tickets are $10 for the show, or you can catch the preview performance on Thursday, Sept. 22, for $5. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., and you can purchase tickets online.


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The 16 barangays of the capital town of Aklan are urged to identify their respective areas suited for tourism.
Kalibo Sangguniang Bayan Member Philipp Kimpo Jr., who presented the proposal to the local council recently, said that tourism is more than just festivals and scenic destinations.
He said it can also focus on sports, culinary and cottage tourism, agri-tourism and activities of special interest.
Kimpo said the local government of Kalibo through its Tourism and Cultural Division will help the barangay officials of the 16 villages to discover and improve their tourism potentials.
Recently, Barangay Tinigaw, with its riverbanks as a highlight was launched as a sports tourism destination.
The village is being groomed to become a motocross destination in the province. Motocross is an off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits.
Kalibo is already known for its Ati-Atihan festival celebrated every second week of January and the Bakhawan Eco-Park, a 220-hectare mangrove forest. (Karen V. Bermejo/PNA)


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I warned them to quit telling lies and they refused. Now I turn up the heat with the 22 November 2011 email showing I provided the W-1 or whatever it is, along with their own self-contradicting Affidavit from stupidvisor Sylvania Flattery that admits that I provided my mother's bank account information in November, 2011. They caught themselves up on their own lies because case worker Diane Wood said last Friday in her Bad Faith bullshit Affidavit that I had never provided the banking information, in contrast to stupidvisor Flattery who admitted I provided it a long time ago. Whoops. Moreover, I provide an email I saved from Diane Wood in July, 2012 in which I ask here what the holdup is and she says, and I quote:
Unfortunately not. I am getting closer. The problem is there is a huge influx of new ones that at least need to be screened and initial requests made and older ones completed first. It is a never ending battle. I will attempt a.s.a.p.
The jig is up, guys. As I noted in my Reply Memorandum in Support of Rule 11 Sanctions against these lying-assed pigs, there is not one mention of any bank statements, W-1, divorce decree or any other documents due in because they had already been provided. It is oh-so important for them to win this because my reputation as a rebel who, according to some folks (not my clients), doesn't know how to effectively present a case.....But yet and still I have ripped them to shreds and they know it, and they hate it. I'm sure the Court is not too thrilled either but I don't care about any of that. I am here for the Justice and I don't care if they frown at me while they dispense it, I'm used to that. Wait for the movie on this one.


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If you read my work, you know that I haven't been the biggest fan of Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) stock.
I've always looked at SBUX stock as a case of slowing growth prospects converging on an outsized valuation, a combination which led me to label SBUX as the ultimate sideways stock.
But, in my bearish coverage on SBUX stock over the past 12-plus months, I've also stated that if the stock dropped in a big way, there would be an opportunity to buy the dip.
The logic was that Starbucks is still a global coffee powerhouse that has solid long-term growth prospects. Once the stock price fell and valuation compressed to match those growth prospects, then that would be the time to buy.
When does the price tag match the growth prospects on SBUX stock? Below $50.
Where is SBUX stock today? Below $50.
Thus, I think it may be time to start buying the dip on SBUX stock. I'm not saying there will be a big rebound here and now. But below $50, the stock price is supported by fundamentals, and as such, further downside seems limited.
Here's a deeper look.
The Starbucks Narrative Could Change Course Soon
I've always viewed the Starbucks narrative as one that has consistently weakened over the past several years. Competitive risks were mounting from fast-casual chains on one side and trendy indie coffee houses on the other side.
Growth was permanently slowing as a result, as evidenced by comparable sales growth falling below 5% for the first time in several years a few quarters ago and staying below 5% ever since. Margins have been under pressure because comparable sales growth has slowed, and the whole narrative has been rather weak.
But, I think that narrative hit a bottom recently.
The most recent leg lower in SBUX stock has been a big one. Indeed, the fall from $57 to $48 in a few weeks is an unprecedentedly big drop for SBUX considering the short time frame.
From a technical perspective, the drop seems overdone. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) has dropped to a five-year low and is now well into over-sold territory. The stock is as far below its 200-day moving average as it has been over the past five years, a divergence which implies a bounce back is coming soon.
From a fundamental perspective, the drop also seems overdone. Granted, the third quarter update wasn't great, and a bunch of top execs, including Howard Schultz, are leaving the company.
But, the valuation now seems to reflect a much more dour outlook on the stock. One of my biggest knocks on SBUX stock in the past was that this was a coffee house operator trading at a huge premium to the market. Now, though, the forward earnings multiple is at 18, which is essentially a five-year low and 30% lower than the five-year average forward multiple of 26.
In other words, SBUX stock has fallen far in a short amount of time because investors are worried about weakening growth prospects. But the technicals scream over-sold, and the fundamentals imply that a lot of pessimism is finally priced in. Thus, it looks like the Starbucks narrative could change course soon and that SBUX stock could bounce back.
Starbucks Stock Is Now in Fair-Value Territory
Over the past several quarters and years, I have been fairly consistent in my analysis on Starbucks.
This is a company which dominates the global coffee service market. But, the company is rapidly losing price-oriented customers to fast-casual chains who are building out robust breakfast snack and drink menus at discount prices (see McDonald's (NYSE:MCD)).
The company is also rapidly losing trend-oriented customers to indie coffee shops which offer a more mom-and-pop feel that Starbucks.
Thus, growth is slowing. And this growth slowdown is permanent. The era of 5%-and-up comparable sales growth is dead and gone.
That being said, Starbucks is the still the global leader in the coffee service game. The value prop is still strong, as prices are reasonable, and the quality is great. The company's brand is very strong. And the morning errand of going to a Starbucks to get a coffee remains a global standard.
As such, while the era of 5%-and-up comparable sales growth is dead and gone, we also aren't heading into an era where comparable sales growth will be negative and margins will compress. Comparable sales growth will still be positive, just in the 0-2% range, and margins will stabilize and/or head higher thanks to price hikes.
Overall, given mildly positive comparable sales growth, international unit expansion, and margin stabilization, Starbucks is a company which can grow revenues around 7% per year and maintain an operating margin profile in the 20% range. Under those modeling assumptions, Starbucks should be able to net $3.60 in earnings per share in five years.
A growth-average 20-times forward multiple on that implies a four-year forward price target of $72. Discounted back by 10% per year, that equates to a year-end price target of $54 for SBUX stock.
Bottom Line on SBUX Stock
The valuation finally appropriately reflects the company's slowing growth prospects. As such, below $50, now is the time to buy the dip in SBUX stock.
As of this writing, Luke Lango was long SBUX.


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The Impatient Crafter Free Holiday Craft Project Birds of a Feather Ornament
The Impatient Crafter™
Free Holiday Craft Project
Birds of a Feather Ornament
Copyright 2008 Margot Potter
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Two tiny red cardinals perch on a snowy branch suspended from a wire and crystal wrapped handle. This charming ornament is simple to make with a little basic wire wrapping skill and some easy to find and use basic craft supplies.
12 6mm crystal ab CRYSTALLIZED™-Swarovski Elements flower beads
1 pewter twig Ornamentea
2 feathered cardinals Nicole™ Mini Tree Treasures
Snow-Tex™ DecoArt™
Glass Glitter Shards Krystallos Barbara Trombly's
6" 16 gauge ColourCraft Wire Beadalon®
36" 24 gauge fine German Wire Beadalon®
Wire cutters
Chain nose pliers
Paint Brush or small spatula
1. Create the handle on twig using 16 or 18 gauge craft wire. Wrap wire around one end of twig three times tightly. Bend into a handle and repeat wrapping process on other side. Use fingers to bend wire gently creating some movement and interest in the shape. Cut off any excess wire. Tuck the wire tails under with chain nose pliers.
2. Wrap 24 gauge German style plated wire around one side of handle about 3 times. Continue to wrap it around the length of the handle leaving space between your loops.
3. When you reach the other side, wrap it tightly twice around bottom of handle, wrap back up about ten times coiling it around base wire. Thread a flower bead on wire. Position bead toward the front of the wire again leaving space and wrap around the base wire 3 times tightly.
4. Continue wrapping and adding beads leaving space between each beaded segment. The idea is to leave the wire underneath exposed for a vine like effect.
5. When you reach the opposite side wrap the wire around about 10 times, cut the excess wire and tuck it under with chain nose pliers. This wrapping doesn't have to be perfectly perfect, in fact the less perfect, the more rustic and primitive this design will be. It's up to you how you want it to look!
6. Paint snow on branch using the non-bristle end of a paintbrush to apply in chunks. Put as much snow as you like on the branch, some will come off after you add the birds and you can reapply carefully then.
7. Sprinkle the wet snow with a liberal dose of glitter. Allow to dry for several hours or overnight.
8. Use wires on birds to wrap them around the branch. You will lose some snow, reapply after the birds are secure on the branch and allow snow medium to dry again.
9. As always, after hanging on your tree, enjoy a tasty hot buttered rum, egg nog or beverage of your choice! Perhaps with a side of sugar cookies...
Until next time...craft on with your bad selves.
8 comments:
- gail said...
Hi Margot,,, I love this ornament! Its soooo cute. I hope your having great holidays! (())gail
- December 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM
- Leslie Gidden said...
Oh Margot! I LOVE THIS! But, I am a Cardinals fan after all, being from St. Louis. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
- December 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- email@example.com said...
Wow, another winner! Your creations are always gorgeous!!!
- December 18, 2008 at 11:31 AM
- Margot Potter said...
Thank all of you for your kind comments! This was one of those flash of inspiration things when I saw the tiny cardinals. I had the twigs and the snow already and it all sort of came together.
- December 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Ring by Ring Designs said...
Cardinals are so eye catching. I love the ornament and the idea in general. Thanks
- December 18, 2008 at 2:48 PM
So cute! We have cardinals down here in our yard all of the time.
- December 19, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- Jane said...
With all the broken branches and limbs on the ground after last week's major ice storm here in Massachusetts, I oughtta be able to find some good twigs to make lots of these to give as little gifts! Thanks for the inspiration!
- December 23, 2008 at 6:52 AM
- Margot Potter said...
Bev, Tammy and Jane
Thank you!
Happy Holidaze!
- December 23, 2008 at 11:57 AM


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I earn an income from my internet business and have have been doing it since 2014. It might not
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I've tried everything to make money online, from day trading (commodities & stocks) to kindle, to
Fiverr, to video marketing and as of now my main focus is blogging.
I actually started this blog because I enrolled in John Thornhill's coaching program called:
"Partnertship to Success"
BTW, English is not my first language, so please bear with me here.
Right now I live in Dubai, being here for many years, and here you can see easily that the world has
come together. They say there are aruund 120 nationalities living here, with so many languages
spoken around, that is amazing.
I have some technical background, fortunately for me is not something I crinch about.. I like it. The
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I am still OMG (One Man Gang ;-)). Really interested in hiring VAs to help me with this. Already
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I do not want to start another project as I am correcting a bad habit that I have, "Multitasking and No
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My main focus from now, as I said, it will be following the coaching from John Thornhill. Going week by week, learning and executing. I know that a stage in this process it will be Product Creation, it is little scary as I do not want to be in front of a camera. But this won't stop me, I will find an alternative.
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The Salon directors Nicci and Emma have a massive passion and drive to help bring more people in to the town by growing their business. We offer an apprentice programme to teach people the art of hairdressing. Nicci and Emma both do the in salon training for our trainee. Over the last few years the salon has grown from strength to strength, at layers we are a team of four, Danielle is our senior stylist & make up artist, Lhavynia is our salon stylist and was our first apprentice who qualified in June 2016.
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We discuss stories of sneaking into places you shouldn't be for drinks you shouldn't have, by acting like some one you are not. I recap Whiskey Fest from Portland and talk about how you can maneuver for free drinks as most big festivals. I then discuss how all drinking starts as an imposter, with fake IDs. Alec Pinkston talks about impersonating the friend of a wealth heir, to get out of a tab in Mardi Gras. Boozed In The News is about a man who had friends fake kidnap him and then Sean Patton shares a hilarious story about fake role playing and how it revealed new dynamics to a friendship.
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"Go for the Gold" (Adapted from a video script by Bishop Peggy A. Johnson) Many of us make New Year's resolutions in January every year. Health clubs and diet plans abound; but often we forget…
A witness to resilient hope and radical hospitality As we prepare to celebrate and share the timeless story of Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday, April 1, Eastern PA Conference members… Read more
I returned in February from a 10-day mission trip with an eight-person team of clergy and laity from both the Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware conferences. Our Philadelphia Episcopal Area has… Read more
Bishop Peggy Johnson: Notes from the mission field At the opening ceremony of our visit to the Central Congo Conference Center we were greeted by an enthusiastic group of young… Read more
"Now I can see and know." A smiling Dr. Adolphe Yamba Yamba, director and lead physician at Mpasa Medical and Nutrition Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), offered… Read more
A small, joint team of Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware Conference Cabinet members and church leaders arrived Wednesday night, Feb. 14, in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) capital… Read more
"We are God's ambassadors." That's how the Rev. Jonathan Baker described the faithful leaders working to better the health, education and lives of people in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…. Read more
EPC mission team to visit there in Feb. 2018 BY JOHN COLEMAN Eastern PA Conference members are urged to come meet the Central Congo Area's new bishop at Lima UMC… Read more
Central Congo Area Bishop David K. Yemba recently reported destruction caused by heavy rains and strong winds to Diengenga, where United Methodists have created a clinic, a trade school and… Read more
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Oberlin has a contract with Bon Appétit Management Company to operate the dining halls on campus. Bon Appétit is an on-site restaurant company that provides café and catering services to the college, and is especially committed to cooking from scratch with fresh seasonal ingredients in an environmentally sustainable fashion. Dining services staff work closely with the staff of Bon Appétit to provide the best services to Oberlin students.


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It's just that a week on Sunday (June 29) is my last "official" Sunday at Cemetery Road Baptist Church, where (for those who don't know), I've spent the last year as part of my training for becoming a minister. And Nigel, the minister, has given me a free choice of what I preach on, rather than have me fit in with the current series that's being looked at.
Which is great, except I haven't a clue what to preach on! It's a bit like when you were at school and were given a blank piece of paper and told to "draw something". But what? You had the whole of the world to choose from – how could you decide?
Similarly here: I've got the whole of the Bible (pretty much) to choose from. Do I just go with the lectionary readings for that week? Do I revisit one of my old sermons? Do I choose something that's vaguely related to moving on? I'm really, really, stuck!!


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Ashland Musical Variety Show Delayed by One Year!
Please read below for a major announcement. Our office is closed today (5/4/18) for a wedding but you may email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with any quesitons. Thank you all so much!
Ashland, VA–The producers, directors and music directors of the Ashland Music Variety Show, sponsored by the Hanover Arts & Activities Center, announce that the next Show will take place April 2, 3, & 4, 2020, instead of 2019.
Blackwell Auditorium, on the campus of Randolph-Macon College, is going to be renovated with exciting new construction that will include a new Black Box Theatre, studios, offices and some new areas for Blackwell.
Blackwell Auditorium will be restored to its orginal style with an orchestra pit and new sound and lights. All of this is very exciting for the college and the community.
The leadership team of the Show appreciates how the faculty, staff, and administration at the college has generously worked with the Show since 1982—making it possible for over 400 people to participate in each Show. We could not do this Show with out the support and generousity of R-MC and Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church—which provides the backstage space for the large cast.
After construction is complete, the Show can easily go on, with rehearsals and performances, that will not conflict with drama and musical instruction and performances of the college.
We know that there will be some disappointed cast members, as well as our faithful audience members who attend each Show. We ask your patience and understanding, as we all adjust to this big change in our calendars and planning.
The Ashland Musical Variety Show is an important fundraiser fot the Hanover Arts & Activities Center. Without the income from the show in 2019, the Center will be challenged to keep the lights on. Please consider making a donation to the Center in lieu of tickets to the Show in 2019.
Meanwhile, please share your show ideas and suggestions with Producers/Directors—Lorie Foley and Sue Watson and/or Music Directors—Fred Horn, Carter Flippo and Section Music Leader—Jim Jones. Thank you for helping us adjust to this change.
The Hanover Arts & Activities Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization. For more information, please visit www.hanoverarts.org.


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Award Season 2013 - "The Brits" Vs "NME Awards"Its that time of the year again! Its the season when the world gets all congratulatory and hands out trinkets to those whom esteemed panels and audiences have judged to be worthy of such honours. Of course the king of all award ceremonies is "The Oscars", but as my film preferences for the year were "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Ted" I am most probably under-equipped to review/satirise that particular event. However I do know a thing or two on music, so "The Brit Awards" and "NME Awards" are in the line of fire. So lets start off with The Brits...
Much has been said about this years ceremony, with the adjective "Bland" being thrown around a lot by the press and unfortunately its an adjective I'm inclined to agree with. The one overwhelming positive thing I have to say about the ceremony is that the live television production ran incredibly smoothly. Everything was on cue, there was no dead air and...yeah. A very well put together event, but an entertaining one? Not so much. To sum this point up, Taylor Swift was my second favourite thing about the event. Not meaning to be insulting to Ms Swift, but she's not my cup of tea music wise, so for her rendition of "Trouble" to be up there as one of the best moments of the night is a tad worrisome. Her performance was good though and is worth watching just for the costume change.
Apart from that and a few other lashings of quality...there was nothing to report. Robbie Williams struggled to hold a note and was visibly bored of the spectacle (he's also released a new song slamming the event), One Direction ran around after having too much lemonade and Emile Sande once again performed in front of the nation just in case you missed her at the opening ceremony...and the closing ceremony or on The Jonathan Ross show or The Graham Norton show or on every other television show requiring a musical guest. I won't even go into the winners and their speeches which ranged from the modest and the annoyingly modest. I'm being harsh, the show was OK! And you cant expect much more from ITV who were just happy to have large audience figures back after the departure of The X Factor.
Next on the agenda, and the rock and rollers got their chance to be honoured at the "NME Awards".
This years awards were pretty poorly publicised in my opinion, unless your an avid buyer of the magazine or a constant visitor to the website of course. Whether this was an intentional move or not, the lack of mainstream attention gave the ceremony an underground feel that if anything enhanced the event. Straight off the bat the awards gave music journos something to talk about when "new-mod" (im copywriting that description, it can also be spelled "nu-mod") Jake Bugg arrived on the red carpet and slammed The Brits, the scamp! The performances during these awards however would prove to please Mr Bugg a lot more, with heroes Paul Weller and Miles Kane performing and Johnny Marr and Ronnie Wood pairing up for a once in a lifetime rendition of The Smiths classic "How Soon is Now?".
Mr Marr was also honoured with the slightly blasphemus "Godlike Genius Award". The winners speeches were a lot more aggressive with the standard inclusion of naughty words (its not big and its not clever guys) and Biffy Clyro were rightfully crowned the best band in Britain, Hurrah! The awards are televised on channel 4 at 9:25am on Saturday the 3rd of March, so The Brits win the television slot battle with their prime time ITV position. They also win the award design battle, the middle finger award thing is looking more and more like a poor marketing gimmick every year now, and although Damien Hirst's polka dot trophy didn't burst any brain cells on his behalf they still look pretty sharp.
So! Overall, entertainment wise the NME awards come out on top this year with better performances, more controversial statements and a less sterile environment. The Brits win on production values and trophies, but their reputation has been damaged. No longer a place for controversial stars its the new home for family friendly musicians with their only agenda being ones their sponsors assign them. Also the Global Success Award? Oh dear. Anyway lets end on a positive note! Here's Biffy showing why they deserve their "Best British Band" award.


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In the classroom, I lead students to think critically about music's place in culture, and the intersections between musical thought, performance, technologies, and ideologies. I am committed to fostering students' expertise and original scholarship through student-led seminars and self-directed research, always with a strong commitment to fostering an inclusive learning environment that values the diversity of students' and authors' identities.
My courses place a high emphasis on writing as process and craft, and involve intermediate peer and instructor feedback in the service of extensive revision. My courses emphasize frequent low-stakes assignments that enable intentional practice and build student confidence before larger projects and papers. I viewed my "Sound in Sacred Spaces" course, a freshman writing seminar, as an opportunity to prepare first-years for collegiate work, introducing students to baseline skills of critical thinking, sound argumentation, and productive collaboration. This meant I made sure to include close study of academic abstracts, the thesis statement, introductions and conclusions, the convincing body paragraph supported by well-chosen and well-organized evidence and analysis. We talked extensively of conventions within the field of musicological writing, and I took special effort to make sure that students understood the importance of such expectations within academic disciplines in general and within textual genres. Sample assignments and their rubrics from "Sound in Sacred Spaces" can be found here. The ability to think critically about music, to analyze primary sources and secondary literature, and to write a compelling argument not only deepen students' engagement with and understanding of music, but are skills that will benefit them in many other fields they may choose to pursue.
My preferred mode of teaching centers on student-led discussions and activities, allowing students to invest in their own skill-building and knowledge acquisition. I have been most successful at empowering students to interact with each other rather than with me when I ask them to consider discussion questions individually or in small groups before coming back together as a class. I often ask my students to first spend a few minutes writing on their own or engaged in dialogue with one to four other students. This helps them identify and organize their thoughts and also gives them the confidence they need to speak up in the more intimidating setting of the full class discussion. Effective teaching requires bringing student interests into dialogue with the professor's expertise. In that way, instructors can pique students' curiosity and provide a structure for further study in the topics students have already identified for themselves as particular interests or commitments.
In "Sound in Sacred Spaces," the students themselves crafted a question that proved to be a central narrative of the course: "How do music and culture influence each other?" Following one early conversation on this topic, they asked me to show them an example of music influencing culture (rather than the other way around). In the next class, I provided an opportunity for them to investigate this question, bringing several video recordings of protest chants I had taken at a local political protest. I asked them to collaboratively describe the videos—what did they see? what did they hear?—and then posed several open-ended questions concerning the nature of these chants and the actions and intentions of the people creating them (see my lesson plan). Unless intervention or additional details were immediately needed, I stayed out of the subsequent discussion, which was among the most animated and thoughtful of the entire course.
As instructor of record and as a TA, my experiences leading discussion groups, mentoring students, and working with them on final projects, all with the goal of getting students excited about the interactions between music and culture, cemented my commitment to teaching undergraduates and especially non-music majors. In evaluations, students have praised my organization and feedback, and observers have commented on my courses' intellectual rigor, accessibility, and dynamic discussions. For examples of what peers, teaching mentors, and students have said about my teaching, see my Evaluations page.
I am eager to teach music history and music appreciation courses, and because my pedagogy is so heavily concentrated in writing skills and my research in archival work, I am particularly well-prepared for courses on writing about music, bibliography, and archival research. I am especially interested in teaching exciting, accessible courses for non-music majors, bringing increased non-major presence in a music department via courses like "Sound in Sacred Spaces," "Music in Fantasy Fiction," "Sex and Gender in Tudor Music," "Early Music in Contemporary Culture," and "Theology on Broadway." In these courses, I find great value in helping students think critically and contextually about what they hear, balancing discussion of musical developments with consideration of the social, religious, and political contexts that shaped them. Such courses will bring non-majors into contact with musicological topics while addressing questions and concerns highly relevant to their other studies, their hobbies, and their lives. I also hope to teach music history courses aimed at performers, such as "Women in Music" and "Technologies of Sheet Music," a practical history of music printing culminating in study of the contemporary trend of performers playing directly from iPads. You can see from these suggested courses that my pedagogy is committed to finding the connections between my work on Tudor music printing and contemporary culture, and the interdisciplinary nature of my research interests means that many of my courses could be cross-listed with departments of English, History, and Religion. To read more about my teaching experience, future teaching goals, and my Certificate in College Teaching and other pedagogical training, see my Teaching Experience and Goals page.
I strive to create an inclusive classroom environment and to create opportunities for under-represented groups to succeed. I check in frequently with all of my students regarding their expectations, needs, and concerns, and insist at all times upon courtesy and respect, asking the class to consciously work to create a safe, supportive, friendly, and collaborative environment that encourages disadvantaged and minority students to have an increased presence. I think carefully about identities: mine, my students', and the identities of the people whose writings they study. Students who are not white males deserve to hear voices that sound like theirs in the classrooms, because these academic classrooms themselves legitimate and inculcate cultural ideas. My white male students themselves need to read and converse with traditionally marginalized groups, so that everybody gains a richer understanding of the subject matter and history being taught. I teach my music history courses with as much preference for composers who are women and people of color as possible. When designing my syllabus for "Sound in Sacred Spaces," I chose readings on black gospel traditions, Buddhist meditation, and the voices of Muslim women, in addition to the more prevalent scholarship on white Protestant institutions. From the very first day of class, I emphasized the need for understanding the subjectivity of the researcher, and my students quickly came to emphasize this hermeneutic in discussions and in their own projects.
I hope that after taking my courses, students have improved their knowledge and skills in writing and analysis. But more importantly, I want them to recognize that music is not merely entertainment but shapes and is shaped by culture and identity, and to have the confidence to bring their own authentic voices and experiences into the fields in which they work and study.


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A digital approach to organisational transformation should be at the centre of shaping local government structure, services, strategy and culture. It is core to transforming an organisation, changing culture, focusing service delivery on the front line, and streamlining the back office. Advances in technology help to improve efficiency in quality services at a time of higher public expectations and stagnant budgets. Sustaining significant transformation is difficult to achieve. In this category local authority teams are invited to enter examples of digital innovation that have led to the successful transformation of a service, a department or an organisation.
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Tips for Introducing Your Child to a Tablet
Technology has hit all of us hard, and there is no doubt in the fact that kids of all ages are not only interested in such technological gadgets but also make regular use of them. When choosing a tablet for your kid and letting them use it for educational and entertainment purposes, there are a few things that need to be considered. Here are a few tips:
Wait Until Preschool
Because babies get a kick out of the chance to watch videos and push buttons does not mean they are prepared for a tablet. Specialists suggest holding up until your kid has at least reached preschool age. "Kids under two years old gain best from real life encounters and communications, and every moment spent before a screen-based gadget is a moment when your kid is not investigating the world and utilizing their faculties, which is critical in their improvement procedure. Be that as it may, by age three, numerous kids are dynamic media clients and can profit by electronic media with instructive substance. This substance frequently utilizes systems, for example, repeating a thought, displaying pictures and sounds that catch their attention, and utilizing kid as opposed to grown-up voices for the characters.
Your kid might be prepared at some point or another, contingent upon the level of supervision required. In a supervised environment, kids as young as four or five can take part in learning exercises utilizing cell phones and tablets of numerous types. On the contrary, in an unsupervised environment, we wouldn't prescribe a cell phone or tablet usage for a kid until in any case between the ages of 11 and 13.
Parental Guidance Suggested
Specialists prescribe parents be extremely attentive as far as they can be with electronic gadgets, particularly at a young age. Balanced exposure is supposed to be the goal there. Parents ought to keep media screens in family territories so that a kid's media usage can be observed, and TVs and tablets ought to be kept out of rooms. You can help your kid get more out of a cell phone or tablet by partaking in the experience. Draw in with your kid as he tries out another application, making inquiries about the application and bringing up various parts of the substance. This practice, ordinarily called "co-viewing" when connected to TV-watching, can help expand your kid's cognitive aptitudes.
Be that as it may, specialists caution not to think little of the learning force of reading a book with your kid or investing energy exploring the outdoors.
Parents should be models for their kids. While we're widely inclusive these awesome parts of these advanced gadgets, guardians need to strike an adjust, turn them off and invest genuine energy with their kids. This present reality is an imperative place for kids to create intellectual, social and dialect abilities. We propose permitting your kid to take photographs of bugs with your phone, then going on the web together to read more about the bugs in the pictures they catch.
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Regardless of whether you select a tablet for educational use or for entertainment purposes, there will be a lot of things you would need to consider. That is why it is suggested to purchase tablets that are specially designed for kids. With these kinds of tablets, you don't need to worry about settings like parental control and other restrictions. It's vital to concentrate on the substance and message when settling on age-suitable media decisions. What kids watch and play matters…


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Blackshepherd is not gone, just occupied for a bit.
There are times, in my line of work, that require me to be absent for a while. One of those times happened. Then it bumped up against a relocation.
I was taught a long time ago that education is important; it is also expensive. I was also taught that if you can get someone else to pay for your education, then you cannot afford not to let them. This is just such a situation. Someone else offered to pay for me get a Master's degree. As a result, I packed up Mrs. and Baby Blackshepherd and moved them to California. I know, I did not expect that either. This move necessitated a fair amount of work on my part, hence the absence.
I never expected to live in a place that is so blatantly anti-gun or anti-individual, but here I am.
I have some definite thoughts about the trip out here, and moving to this state of the Union. I am certain that there will be some tales to tell as I get my concealed carry permit and become a lawfully armed citizen of California. There will certainly be some disruption in my regular posting schedule, with school becoming a priority. But, the Blackshepherd is not gone…


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This event will be limited to 84 professionals:
2019 Members will have priority entry over all other players. Fields will be comprised of the first 84 paid professionals to register. Once we have reached that number a waiting will list be established. With a one out, one in policy based on the order entered.
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Players MUST ride if an event is designated a riding event. Groups will be limited to two (2) carts per group NO exceptions. Should a player have a caddy or spectator, they may ride with their player. In the event that there are more caddies/spectators than available seats, it is the decision of the group who will ride. The tour staff and officials will have no part in this decision.
Players may have a caddy at any event. Caddies must adhere to all rules that are set forth for the event and player. Caddies must also sign a Golf Cart Safety Agreement if they wish to drive.
Caddies and spectators may NOT ride on the on the back of golf carts due to safety concerns
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