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The work Symphonies nos. 1-10 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Musical, Music.
Includes biographical notes of performers.
No Dolphins are back in public form and are taking their rock n roll riffs to The Monkey House in Winooski, with special guests Mt. Sikes! Send it down the hill or across the bridge to hang with 2 of Saint Michael’s College finest noise makers.
No Dolphins Band is rock n roll at its purest. With hard-hitting sing-along classic rock covers and riff-heavy originals, this 4 piece band out of St. Michael’s College brings timeless hard rock flavor to the modern age. Just when you think you’ve figured out this dynamic group, they switch genres, singers, and even instruments. You’ll come for the gut-wrenching shred and stay for the happy-go-lucky lovable stage presence. No dolphins allowed.
MURFREESBORO -- The rivalry between Christian Brothers and Memphis University School is always intense but rarely had the stakes been this high.
It had been five years since the two met in the TSSAA Division II-AA state tournament. But while Christian Brothers returned to state after missing last year, the MUS players were happy to finally be there.
"I've never been to state and it's really special to come here," MUS senior John Bolton said.
While the rivalry is fun, baseball is where the differences are clear. MUS has never won a state championship. Christian Brothers has won 13, the last one coming in 2016.
Even with MUS winning three of four previous meetings this year, the players and coaches knew the state tournament meant they had to raise their game knowing Christian Brothers' history.
"If we lose, we want to walk out of there saying we gave everything we got," MUS coach John Jarnagin said.
At Wilson Central High School Wednesday, the fifth game between the teams proved the most exciting. Christian Brothers rallied for three runs in the fourth inning to tie the game after MUS had a three-run inning. MUS had the final blow with Hayden Stark's walk-off single.
Bragging rights had come but the MUS players downplayed it for the sake of the bigger goal.
"We had a job to do today, and I feel like we had to do that. I didn't mind stepping up," Stark said.
That attitude reflected a team with six seniors being everyday players in the lineup. Jarnigan even called this team special because his players have simply done their job and did it well.
It's all the Owls wanted to do after opening the state tournament with a loss to McCallie of Chattanooga Tuesday. Doing it against their rival Wednesday made it even more special but it was also a reminder of the respect between the schools.
"It's always great to beat those guys because they're so good," Jarnigan said, "They have great tradition, their kids play hard and they're hard nosed guys. For us, it's huge that we've been able to beat them four times this year."
A 12-year Secret Service agent who resigned in 2011 to run for a Senate seat in Maryland has written a book about his career.
Dan Bongino’s “Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away from it All” hit the bookshelves Tuesday, offering a look at the staffers, acolytes, lobbyists and bureaucrats who were surrounded with policy decisions.
Those people, he said, existed inside a “bubble” and lacked honor and integrity, according to a press release for the book.
Bongino also writes about the “Fast & Furious” scandal, the Boston Marathon bombing and terrorist attacks in Benghazi.
Posted: 11/22/13 at 8:22 AM under News Story.
One of the amazing things about Ray Bradbury (and there are many) is the way he managed to transcend boundaries and genres in his writing. Find ten random people and ask them what the name "Ray Bradbury" means to them, and you may get ten different answers: science fiction about Mars, stories about growing up in a small Midwestern town, horror tales that give you chills in the middle of summer — Bradbury wrote them all.
In the introduction to Shadow Show, just published this month, editors Sam Weller and Mort Castle begin by saying: "He published in Weird Tales and The New Yorker. Just how many writers can claim such a dichotomous literary distinction?" When you pick up something written by Bradbury and start reading, you never know if you're getting a slice-of-life realist tale or if there will turn out to be literal skeletons in the closet (dancing, probably). All you know for certain is that it'll be a great ride.
Shadow Show is a very fitting tribute to this man who never quit writing: a collection of stories by a diverse bunch of writers, inspired by and in celebration of Bradbury. Neil Gaiman's opening piece "The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury" (which io9.com posted last month) is a wonderfully meta sort of piece about memory and writing, made all the more poignant by Bradbury's passing last month. Along with a foreword by Bradbury himself, it's like the narthex into a grand cathedral of words built in honor of this master storyteller.
Sam Weller had the great privilege and tremendous responsibility to serve as Bradbury's biographer — I got to see him interview Bradbury on stage at Comic-Con two years ago, and his book Listen to the Echoes is a collection of more than a decade's worth of interviews. Mort Castle, an author and writing teacher, comes from the world of horror fiction — again, these two working together show the vast reach Bradbury had.
As with Bradbury's own stories, when you read this collection, you never know when you start whether it's going to be fantastical or realistic, whether that scraggly cat on the couch will turn out to be something more than a cat, whether those strangers are really people or ghosts or aliens or something else entirely, whether a story will make you laugh or cry or shiver. The author list (I've included it at the end of this post) is like a Hall of Fame, with some of my personal favorites and many that I'm now eager to read more of. I like that each author also includes a short explanation after the story so you have an idea of how Bradbury's writing touched them and whether their story was an homage to some particular piece.
Of course, it isn't Bradbury, and it could never be. But these stories are, as Bradbury says, his literary children, and they have all "come home to Papa." Shadow Show is a wonderful family reunion, and we're all invited.
The list of authors (in order of appearance in the book): Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Jay Bonansinga, Sam Weller, David Morrell, Thomas Monteleone, Lee Martin, Joe Hill, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, Mort Castle, Alice Hoffman, John Maclay, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Gary Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Audrey Niffenegger, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Dave Eggers, Bayo Ojikutu, Kelly Link, Harlan Ellison.
Disclosure: GeekDad received a copy of this book for review.
She Didn’t Brag or Leave Clues. She Killed Her Patients, Then Went Home to Play Computer Games.
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If students aren’t ready for the army, maybe the army can get them ready.
You know, I think for the longest time people have assumed that if you are a dropout from high school you can just go down and sign up for the military. The fact is that most branches of the military won’t take you unless you are a high school graduate.
Get yourself ready. Finish your high school diploma and then get into the military and pursue a career. I think it is a fantastic idea. It’s a great partnership between public education, between the public and people who have dropped out and the United States military to supply the needs of this country.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Ghana players needed a phone call from their country’s president to get them on a plane to Brasilia for the decisive group game against Portugal after an argument with officials over unpaid bonuses.
The Ghana Football Association said President John Dramani Mahama “personally spoke with the players” to reassure them they would get their money, avoiding an embarrassing squad strike.
According to Ghanaian media, the money — between $1.7 million and $2.3 million — was being flown over to Brazil in a specially chartered plane because the players didn’t trust that officials would make the electronic transfers.
Conceding that the players were “agitated” over the unpaid bonuses, the GFA says the squad is now focused on Thursday’s Group G game.
Player bonuses have been a big bone of contention for African teams at this World Cup. Before the tournament, Cameroon’s squad refused to board a plane to Brazil until their bonuses were improved, forcing the federation to take out a loan to pay them. There have also been rumblings of discontent over pay in the Nigeria and Ivory Coast camps.
TOKYO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose to a three-week high on Thursday as global cyclical stocks rose on improving investor confidence after the Federal Reserve hinted it was near the end of its rate hike cycle.
The Nikkei share average gained 0.8 percent to 22,356.55, after rising as high as 22,437.95, its loftiest point since Nov. 9.
On Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the policy rate is now “just below” estimates of the neutral level that neither brakes nor boosts a healthy economy, comments many took as signalling the Fed’s three-year tightening cycle is drawing to a close.
Powell’s comments boosted U.S. stock markets and pulled the dollar down from two-week highs.
“One of the three main concerns in the market is easing so that’s helping stocks,” said Nobuhiko Kuramochi, a strategist at Mizuho Securities, referring to the pace of the Fed’s rate hikes, U.S.-China trade tension, and a fall in oil prices.
Kuramochi said while a stronger yen is negative for Japanese exporters, the current dollar-yen level is still higher than where Japanese companies forecast the currencies would trade this fiscal year.
The dollar fell 0.15 percent versus the yen to trade at 113.52 Thursday.
Exporters attracted buyers, with Advantest Corp rising 2.7 percent, Sumco Corp gaining 2.5 percent and Nintendo Co surging 3.6 percent.
Kyocera Corp rose 3.4 percent after the manufacturer said it reached a settlement with Hemlock Semiconductor over long-term purchase agreements for the supply of polysilicon materials for harvesting solar energy.
On the other hand, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd fell 1.5 percent after South Korea’s top court ruled on Thursday that the Japanese heavy machinery maker must compensate 11 South Koreans for their forced labour during World War Two.
The broader Topix advanced 0.8 percent to 1,666.05.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN—Thousands of Taiwanese, taking a page from France’s yellow vest movement, protested Thursday for the third time in a week to demand lower taxes and the fair handling of tax disputes.
Wearing yellow vests, they shouted slogans and blared air horns outside the Ministry of Finance in Taipei, the capital city, and waved banners calling Taiwan’s tax collection policies illegal. Some wore clear plastic raincoats over their vests in a light rain.
“This is about our futures,” said Joanna Tai, a 23-year-old English-language graduate student who plans to teach after graduation next year.
The Tax & Legal Reform League, an activist group, called the protest after marshalling about 20,000 people outside the presidential office in an initial demonstration a week ago, and another 10,000 on Saturday, according to organizers and Taiwanese media.
The organizers said they were inspired by the success of the recent French protests, which turned violent and were blamed for 10 deaths. The Taiwanese protests have been peaceful.
French President Emmanuel Macron eventually agreed to scrap a tax hike for gasoline and diesel and increase the minimum salary for full-time workers, as well as other steps.
A ministry spokeswoman said earlier this week that anti-tax activists have been pushing for lower taxes for about 20 years. Tsai Meng-chu said that the ministry has responded to some of their complaints on its website, including a rebuttal to allegations that the tax system contributes to poverty.
“Their complaints are just that they’re not satisfied with the tax system,” she said, noting that Taiwan offers payment deferrals to low-income individuals.
Protesters said they had received tax bills sent in error or asking for too much tax. An appeal costs too much, they said, and tax collectors sometimes keep hounding them for taxes even after losing in court. Income taxes add hardship to young people in low-paid, entry-level jobs, some said.
The average monthly wage in Taiwan is $1,364 (U.S.), and the minimum wage is set to rise to $750 in January. During her campaign, President Tsai Ing-wen said she would work on wages and welfare for youth.
Taiwanese who earn less than $2.42 million New Taiwan dollars (about $78,500) a year pay no more than 20 per cent in taxes, according to data compiled by professional services firm KPMG.
KPMG ranked Taiwan 33rd for the world’s highest taxes on a list of 135 countries and regions. France ranked 12th.
Authorities say a father kidnapped his infant daughter Thursday in north Mississippi, then shot himself and the girl as law enforcement closed in.
Authorities say a father kidnapped his infant daughter Thursday morning in north Mississippi, then shot himself and the girl as law enforcement closed in.
Their bodies were found along a Delta roadside inside the pickup 23-year-old Lavonta Lloyd had been driving. The girl was about a year old.
Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said the child's mother had previously filed a restraining order against Lloyd. He also told the Associated Press that Thursday marked the third day this week that Lloyd sought to take Kamaya Lloyd from her mother, Kimberly Outlaw.
“It’s a terrible situation,” March said.
March said Lloyd first took his daughter Kamaya from a day care on Monday, but Kamaya was returned to her mother later that evening. Then, on Tuesday, deputies were called when Lloyd resurfaced at the mother’s home in the 400-person town of Cruger, about 70 miles north of Jackson, the AP reported. Deputies chased Lloyd down some railroad tracks but lost his trail after he escaped into a cornfield. March said deputies were called off the search because someone escaped from the county’s jail.
Charlie Luckett of the Holmes County Chancery Clerk’s office said Outlaw attempted to get a permanent domestic violence protective order against Lloyd at Holmes County Justice Court Monday.
Luckett said she called a law clerk to schedule a hearing but, due to the July Fourth holiday Wednesday, the case wasn't heard before Lloyd's death Thursday.
March said, according to the child's grandmother, the father kidnapped the child from her mother at gunpoint from her home.
March said his office received a call around 6:30 a.m. from the child's grandmother who, while at work, had been alerted by the child's grandfather of the situation.
March said deputies were en route to the home when a second call came in saying that Lloyd was headed north on U.S. 49 into Leflore County driving a white truck with a water tank in the truck bed.
Lloyd fled Cruger before deputies arrived, March said, but after he reportedly fired shots. No one was injured.
March said Lloyd was chased across Leflore County and into Sunflower County before his truck ran into a ditch near Moorhead. March says that’s when the man shot and killed the girl and himself.
Deputies could not see inside the vehicle due to its tinted windows, March said, and a shield was brought to the scene to protect deputies as they broke the windows to the truck, where they discovered the bodies.
“The baby was on top of him and had been shot,” Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks, whose deputies also took part in the chase, told The Greenwood Commonwealth.
The investigation is ongoing, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting.
Regarding the protective order, Mississippi requires the hearing be held within 10 calendar days from the date the petition is filed. Justice courts and municipal courts in Mississippi can issue both temporary and emergency protective orders. Since Outlaw was seeking a permanent order, she was referred to the chancery court.
The AP reported that police records show Lloyd was arrested twice in Jackson on domestic violence charges in 2016 and 2017, but a preliminary search of court records there turned up no convictions.
Clarion Ledger reporter Sarah Fowler and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the timeframe in which a permanent protective order hearing must be held. That information has been corrected.
Avengers: Infinity War earned $23.4 million domestically and $64.5m internationally on Tuesday, according to Deadline.
That brings the total to-date up to $808.4m globally, with the film likely breaking $1 billion as soon as Friday - which would be faster than the current highest-grossing domestic film ever, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, reached that mark.
Avengers: Infinity War is open now in most international markets, with Russia and China joining them on May 3 and May 11, respectively.
Tell me again why we should feel supportive of the county’s request for federal funding. You seem to have approved this project, blindly confident in your county’s behavior.
That’s where the ideal of socialism falls apart. When good people let bad things happen. Who told you anyway, that sewer pipes can’t cross a creek Bianchi? The same county staff who wasted three years and $7 million to block competition?
Way to go, Shirley Bianchi! Your Viewpoint article is right on (“Taxes, socialism and weak links,” July 3). I’ve wondered for months (years?) what those who oppose taxes would say if suddenly there was no police force, no fire department, no road repair and no education for their children.
Of course, these are not the only services we buy with our tax dollars, but I don’t want to have to provide for any of these myself. Thanks for a well-thought-out article.
Thank you, Shirley Bianchi, for your excellent synopsis of the effects of the two polarizing political philosophies that are rending our society into irreconcilable camps (“Taxes, socialism and weak links,” July 3).
It is abundantly clear that our current tax structure cannot support even the fundamental requirements of a modern society: education, law enforcement, infrastructure and help for those in need. You made a very good point that depriving others of needful services affects all of us.
Whatever happened to the America that was on the cutting edge of innovation? Other countries are besting us in almost every area, including health care, manufacturing, infrastructure and transportation. Why? Because we don’t want to pay the price — not only of progress, but even of the maintenance of what we once took for granted.
I don’t like taxes any more than the next person, but public education, infrastructure construction and maintenance, helping our most vulnerable citizens (kids, seniors, the ill), national defense, border security, etc. can only be done by government.
We must elect smart politicians who understand that the fiscal challenges our state and our nation face can be solved only with a blend of both cutbacks and increased taxes. Simplistic solutions, intractable positions and bumper sticker slogans just don’t work on complex issues.