Luke Judge

LONDON–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today that it has been selected to provide exchange traded fund (ETF) administration services to the LGIM Commodity Composite Source ETF, launched earlier this month by leading ETF provider, Source.

“we partnered with Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) to create an ETF to track this groundbreaking index, and are delighted to continue to work with Northern Trust whose specialist and proven expertise, systems and operations in the field of ETF servicing will ensure our specific requirements are met.”

the fund, which tracks the LGIM® Commodity Composite IndexTM , is designed to offer high quality, diversified exposure to commodities in a UCITS compliant ETF. the LGIM Commodity Composite Source ETF complements Source’s existing range of exchange traded commodities.

“We saw the need for a well-constructed commodity index, providing diversified exposure, at a reasonable cost and in a UCITS-compliant fund,” said Ted Hood, CEO of Source. “We partnered with Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) to create an ETF to track this groundbreaking index, and are delighted to continue to work with Northern Trust whose specialist and proven expertise, systems and operations in the field of ETF servicing will ensure our specific requirements are met.”

“We are delighted to continue to provide ETF administration to Source’s range of ETF solutions, and, in particular, this new fund,” said Liam Butler, managing director of Northern Trust Securities Services Ireland (NTSSI). “Northern Trust understands the dynamics and challenges of the European ETF market and has implemented solutions to support both primary and secondary market activities and overcome many of the challenges presented by cross-border distribution.”

Northern Trust’s global funds services group has been providing award winning fund administration solutions for European ETFs for more than 10 years. it administers a broad range of global assets, including equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, listed private equity, regional and sector specific ETFs and can support physical, synthetic and hybrid ETF models, including both cash and in-specie dealing methodologies.

® LGIM is a registered trade mark in the UK and in the rest of the European Union in the name of Legal & General Group plc.

TM LGIM Commodity Composite Index is the subject of a pending trade mark application in the European Union in the name of Legal & General Group plc.

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, banking solutions and fiduciary services for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Northern Trust, a financial holding company based in Chicago, has offices in 18 U.S. states and 16 international locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. as of December 31, 2011, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$4.3 trillion, and assets under investment management of US$662.9 billion. for more than 120 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader in combining exceptional service and expertise with innovative products and technology. for more information, visit northerntrust.com.

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Published: 2:00 AM – 01/20/12

American Glory — Karaoke with DJ Ed, 342 Warren St., Hudson, 8 p.m. Jan. 26. 518-822-1234. americanglory.com.

Aqua Terra Band — Black Dirt Band, 420 N. Middletown, Road, Pearl River, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. 920-1340. aquaterragrille.com.

Aroma Thyme Bistro — Keith Newman, 165 Canal St., Ellenville, 8 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Jazz from 8-11 p.m. every Thurs. with John Simon and the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio, no cover. 647-3000. aromathymebistro.com.

Babycakes Cafe — Victor Catanzaro, 1-3 Collegeview Ave., Poughkeepsie, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: The Trapps, 8 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Blue in Green Quartet, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 485-8411. babycakescafe.com.

Backstage Studio Productions — Jeremy Bernstein with Maya Coppala, 23 Wall St., Kingston, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Vaudeville Circus & Masquerade Ball with Metropolitan Hot Club, the Lucky Jukebox Brigade, Gigi & Pop, Dr. Lucky, 7 p.m. Jan. 21. 338-8700. bspinfo.net.

BeanRunner Cafe — The Two Guitars with Gus Wieland and Brian Conigliaro, 201 S. Division St., Peekskill, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20, $7. Also: Midnight Slim with Michael T, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, $10. Also: Dean Friedman, new Middle Class, Dan Pelletier, Sarah Knapp and Steve Alper, 7 p.m. Jan. 22, $15. beanrunnercafe.com.

Bearsville Theater — Professor Louie & the Crowmatix, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, $15. Also: Aimee Mann with Ivan & Alyosha, 9 p.m. Jan. 21, $25 standing room only. Also: miss Angie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Jan. 26, no cover. 679-4406. bearsvilletheater.com.

Billy Bob’s BBQ — Lick the Toad 35 Fairmont Ave., Poughkeepsie, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. 471-7870.

Billy Joe’s Rib House — Holla back, 26 Front St., Newburgh, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. 565-1560. ribworks.com.

Bourbon Street — DJ, 78 mill Pond Parkway, Monroe, 10 p.m. Jan. 20-21 and 26. 782-8501. bourbonstreetbarandgrill.net.

Brian’s Backyard BBQ — Faceless the Ultimate Godsmack Tribute, 1665 Route 211, Town of Wallkill, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, no cover. Also: Felix Cabrera, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. briansbackyardbbq.com.

Bull and Buddha — Jan. 26: Singles Night, 6-8 p.m., and Thursday Music Series, 9 p.m., 319 Main St., Poughkeepsie. 337-4848. bullandbuddha.com.

Cafe Internationale — DJ Octavius, Ramada Inn, Route 300, Newburgh, 10 p.m. Jan. 20, $5. Also: Bosco and the Storm, 10 p.m. Jan. 21, $5. Also: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 25. 567-9429. cafeinternationale.com.

Cafe Mezzaluna — Allen Murphy Trio, Route 212, Saugerties, 7 p.m. Jan. 20. 246-5306. cafemezzaluna.com.

Captain’s Table — Sugar Loaf Station, Route 17M, Monroe, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. 783-0209. captains-table.com.

Catamount Restaurant at Emerson Resort and Spa — Ross Rice’s very Sexy Trio, 5340 Route 28, Mount Tremper, 7 p.m. Jan. 25. 688-2828. emersonresort.com.

CB Kitchen and Bar — Kelty Twins, 190 Main St., new City, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 499-2294. cbkitchenandbar.com.

The Chance — back in Black, Willis Avenue, the Grean, Probable Cause, Euphoric Euphonic, 6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20, $10. Also: Dr. Dirty John Valby, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, $5-$20. 471-1966. thechancetheater.com.

Chapala Grill — Leo B., 335 Windsor Highway, new Windsor, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 563-0902.

Christopher’s Bistro — Sarah Morr, 69 Brookside Ave., Chester, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Leo B., 9 p.m. Jan. 21. 610-5400. christophersbistro.net.

Club Harmony at Wok ‘n Roll Cafe — Open mic with JR Longyear & Marilyn Kiby, 52 mill Hill Road, Woodstock, 8 p.m. Jan. 25. Also: Saturday Night Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m. Jan. 26. Visit Harmony Music Woodstock Facebook page.

Club Helsinki Hudson — Teddy Thompson, 405 Columbia St., Hudson, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, $20-$25. Also: Michael Packer Blues Band, 8 p.m. Jan. 23. Also: Open mic, 8 p.m. Jan. 24. 518-828-4800. helsinkihudson.com.

Copperfield’s, Millbrook — Creation, Route 44, Millbrook, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 677-8188.

Coral’s Kitchen at MaMA (Marbletown Multi Arts) — “Ancient 2 Future Sound Healing: Awakening to 2012 with Thomas Workman” and guests Dona Ho Lightsey and Kate Loye, 3588 Route 209, Stone Ridge, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 687-4143. cometomama.org.

Dancing Cat Saloon — The Raddyos, 2037 Route 17B, Bethel, 8 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Jazz Lunch & Brunch, 1 p.m. Jan. 22. Also: Stacy & Friends, 8 p.m. Jan. 26. 583-3141. dancingcatsaloon.com.

Dautaj — Judith Tulloch Band, 36 Oakland Ave., Warwick, 8 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Pianist-vocalist Richard Wiggins, 8 p.m. Jan. 21. 986-3666. thedautaj.com.

Dave’s Coffeehouse — Jazz Wednesdays with Tom DePetris, Jody Sumber, Allen Murphy, 69 Main St., Saugerties, 8 p.m. Jan. 25. 246-8424.

Drew’s-on-the-Square — Open mic, 2 Idlewild Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. 534-3687. drewsonthesquare.com.

Dubliner Irish Pub — Dance party with DJ Frankie Milo and DJ Ill bill, 796 Main St., Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. Jan. 20-21. Also: Roundabout Ramblers, 5 p.m. Jan. 22. Also: Karaoke, 10 p.m. Jan. 25. 454-7322. dublinerpubny.com.

Elmendorph Inn — “Acoustic Medicine Variety Show” with Michelle Rubin, Tim Ryans, Alexia Evans, Grass Fed, 7562 N. Broadway (Route 9), Red Hook, 7 p.m. Jan. 21, $10. 758-5887. elmendorph.org.

Empty Bottle Saloon — DJ Victor Vargas, 30 W. Main St., Middletown, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Nuts in a Blender, DJ Artic C, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. 344-4446. emptybottlesaloon.com.

Erhardt’s Waterfront Restaurant — Gary Dillon, 205 County Route 507, Hawley, Pa., 8 p.m. Jan. 20. 570-226-4388. ehrhardts.com.

Erie Hotel & Restaurant — Leo & the Lizards, 1 Jersey Ave., Port Jervis, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, no cover. Also: Vixen Dogs Band, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. 856-6325. theeriehotel.com.

The Falcon — Ed Palermo Big Band, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, 7 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Don Byron Quartet with Eric Wood, 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Jeremy Baum Organ Trio, 10 a.m. Jan. 22. Also: The Funk Junkies, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 236-7970. liveatthefalcon.com.

Gloria’s Pub 151 — Country music and line dancing, 151 N. Plank Road, Newburgh, 9 p.m. Fri. Also: Karaoke, 8 p.m. Wed. 565-8171.

Gold Fox Restaurant — Off-key Karaoke with Tina and Roger, 600 Route 208, Gardiner, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. 255-3700. thegoldfoxrestaurant.com.

Grappa Ristorante — Stephen Davenport with Piet Koster, 22 Railroad Ave., Warwick, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22. 987-7373. grapparistorante.com.

High Falls Cafe — Voodelic, Route 213 and Mohonk Road, High Falls, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Acoustic Thursday, hosted by Kurt Henry, with C.B. Smith, the Levins (Ira and Julia), Josh Roy Brown, 6 p.m. Jan. 26, $5. 687-2699. highfallscafe.com.

Holiday Bowl — River Rats, 1677 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. 297-8110.

Holiday Inn, Kingston — Hot Rod, Gather’s Lounge, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 20, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 21, no cover. 338-0400. holidayinnkingstonny.com.

Holiday Inn, Town of Wallkill — Rich Lentino Jazz Trio, 68 Crystal Run Road, Town of Wallkill, 8 p.m. Jan. 24.

Howland Cultural Center — Open mic hosted by Thom Joyce and Tom Lynch, 477 Main St., Beacon, 8 p.m. Jan. 20, $3. 831-4988. howlandculturalcenter.org.

Hyde Park Brewing and Steakhouse — Nailed Shutt, 514 Route 9, Hyde Park, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Steve Black, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Open Mic Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 25, no cover. 229-8277. hydeparkbrewing.com.

Inquiring Mind Bookstore & Cafe — Open mic hosted by Chrissy Budzinski, 65 Partition St., Saugerties, 7 p.m. Jan. 24. 246-5775. inquiringmindbookstore.webs.com.

Joe’s Irish Pub — Crossroads Band, 455 Main St., Beacon, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. 838-1779.

Junction 52 Bar & Grill — Karaoke with DJ Tim E, 1955 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, 8 p.m. Jan. 20. 765-0723. junction52.com.

Karma Lounge — DJ Parag, 202 Main St., Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. 473-4294. karmalounge.us.

Keegan Ales — Connor Kennedy Band, 20 St. James St., Kingston, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, no cover. Also: Perfect Thyroid, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Chris Cernak, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 853-7354. keeganales.com.

La Puerta Azul — Acoustic Sunrise, 2510 Route 44, Millbrook, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Tracy de Lucia Band, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Dinner music with Tom Schoonmaker, 6:30-9 p.m. Jan. 26. 677-2985. lapuertaazul.com.

Loft — This is Hell, 6 Crannel St., Poughkeepsie, 6 p.m. Jan. 20, $12. Also: The Break Contest, noon Jan. 21, $21. Also: Plug in Stereo, the Scene Aesthetic, 5 p.m. Jan. 22, $12. 471-1966. thechancetheater.com.

Loughran’s — Live Irish music, Route 94 and Schoolhouse Road, Salisbury Mills, 7-10 p.m. Jan. 26. 496-3615.

Luzon Station Eatery and Saloon — Patti Greco Sunshine, 3 Horseshoe Lake Road, Kauneonga Lake, 7-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Also: Karaoke, 10:30 p.m. Sat. 583-4200. luzonstation.com.

Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant — Holla back, 35 Main St., Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Billy and the Barfights, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: McCana, Jan. 22, call for time. Also: Karaoke with Madd Mike, 8 p.m. Jan. 25. Also: DJ Madd Mike, 10 p.m. Jan. 26. 471-3027. mahoneysirishpub.com.

Market Market Cafe — Mike Lovesick, Madeline Lane, Rosendale, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Open mic, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. marketmarketcafe.com.

Max’s on Main — Charlie Sabin, 246 Main St., Beacon, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: TJay, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 838-6297. maxsonmain.com.

McGillicuddy’s Restaurant and Tap House — DJ Chris Gilbert, 84 Main St., new Paltz, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: DJ Joe Fresh, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: DJ Horn, 9 p.m. Jan. 23. Also: DJ ZamZam, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. 256-9289. cuddysny.com.

Millbrook R&B — Reality Check, 3264 Franklin Ave., Millbrook, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Sunday Movie Night, 7 p.m. Jan. 22. Also: DJ Benni C, 9 p.m. Jan. 24. Also: Karaoke, 9 p.m. Jan. 25. Also: Open mic, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. 677-3432. millbrookrandb.com.

Monticello Casino and Raceway — DJ Sean E Roc, Route 17B, Lava Lounge, Monticello, 8 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Prime cut Band, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. 794-4100. monticellocasinoandraceway.com.

Music at the Mission — Emerging Artist Showcase with Caleb Hawley, the YaYas, Chasing June, the Twangtown Paramours, 1452 Union Valley Road, West Milford, N.J., 8 p.m. Jan. 21, $22-$25. 800-613-1455. musicatthemission.org.

The National — 4 Dogs Playing Poker, 73 Clinton St., Montgomery, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Charlie Sabin, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 457-1123. thenationalhotelbarandgrill.com.

New World Home Cooking — “Dave Leonard’s July in January Dance Party,” 1411 Route 212, Saugerties, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Celtic session, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23. 246-0900. ricorlando.com.

Noble Coffee Roasters — Music for Humanity, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 294-1056. nobleroasters.com.

Orient Ultra Lounge — Ted the Dillinger, 319 Main St. Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. Jan. 21, no cover. Also: Jazz Thursdays, 10 p.m. Jan. 26, $4 cover. 337-3546. orientpoughkeepsie.com.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church — Overflowing Cup, a Christian coffeehouse, open mic, 15 Mount Carmel place, Poughkeepsie, 7 p.m. Jan. 21. ofcup.net.

Palaia Vineyards Winery — Jack Higgins, Sweet Clover Road, Highland Mills, 3:30 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Nailed Shutt, 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Peter Sando, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 22. 928-5384. palaiavineyards.com.

Peekskill Coffee House — Joe Duraes, 101 S. Division St., Peekskill, 8 p.m. Jan. 13. Also: Open mic hosted by Andy Rice, 8 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Charles & Bernard, 1 p.m. Jan. 22. 914-739-1287. peekskillcoffee.com.

Pennings Harvest Grill and Brew Pub — Pete Holmgren and Matt Price, Route 94 and Warwick Turnpike, Warwick, 8 p.m.Jan. 20. Also: Jeremy Langdale Band, 8 p.m. Jan. 21. 986-1059, 986-5959. penningsfarmmarket.com.

Piano Piano Wine Bar — Ray Horan, 1064 Main St., Fishkill, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 896-VINO. pianopianowinebar.com.

Quiet Man Pub — Buckeye Rooster, 2652 E. Main St., Wappingers Falls, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. 298-1724.

Rainbow Mountain — Music videos in the dance hall plus karaoke with Tom in the Down Low Lounge, 210 Mount Nebo Road, East Stroudsburg, Pa., 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: DJ dance party in the nightclub, plus karaoke with John in the Down Low Lounge, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Karaoke with Barb in the Down Low Lounge, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. 570-223-8484. rainbowmountain.com.

Rambler’s Rest — DJ, 2578 Route 55, Poughquag, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. 478-2223. ramblersrestny.com.

Rhodes North Tavern — Wisenheimers, 40 Orange Turnpike, Sloatsburg, 10 p.m. Jan. 20, no cover. Also: past Masters, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Acoustics of Chris Brown, 3 p.m. Jan. 22. Also: Open mic with Ray Longchamp, 9 p.m. Jan. 23. Also: Karaoke with DJ Tracy, 9 p.m. Jan. 24. Also: DJ Tracy, 9 p.m. Jan. 25. Also: Rusty Paul & Friends, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. 753-6438. rhodesnorth.com.

River Bank Restaurant — Winter Jazz Series, 3 River Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25. 534-3046. theriverbank.biz.

River Station Restaurant — House music with Nick P. and Scott T., 1 N. Water St., Poughkeepsie, 9 p.m. Jan. 24. Also: House music with miss Katie, 9 p.m. Jan. 25. Also: House music, 9 p.m. Jan. 26. 452-9207. riverstationrest.com.

River Terrace — DJ K Super Thursday Party Night (Gay Night), all welcome, 2 Beekman St., Beacon, 8 p.m. Jan. 26. 831-5400. beaconriverterrace.com.

Rosendale Cafe — Stefan Grossman and Steve Katz, 434 Main St., Rosendale, 8 p.m. Jan. 20, $15. Also: Irish song and tune session hosted by Sarah Underhill and Ian Worpole, 4 p.m. Jan. 20, no cover. Also: Singer-songwriter Tuesday with host John P. Hughes and guests Wayne Montecalvo, Kira Velella, Scott Barkan, Joseph McNulty, bill Buttner, and Amber Rubarth, 8 p.m. Jan. 24, no cover. Also: Salsa lessons and dance with Bryant “Drew” Andrews, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26, $10. 658-9048. rosendalecafe.com.

Savona’s Trattoria — Jazz Thursdays with Jim Curtin & Ken McGloin, 11 Broadway, Kingston, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26. 339-6800. savonas.com.

Schlesinger’s Steak House — The Differents, 475 Temple Hill Road, new Windsor, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Pumping Madonna, 10 p.m. Jan. 21. 561-1762. schlesingerssteakhouse.com.

Shadows on the Hudson — Soulsystem Orchestra, 176 Rinaldi Blvd, Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: DJ Joey Bumps, 10:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 486-9500. shadowsonthehudson.com.

Silvio’s Italian Villa — E’lissa Jones Band, 274 Route 94, Warwick, 9 p.m. Jan. 21, reservations requested. 987-1500. silviositalianvilla.net.

Skytop Steakhouse — 4G (formerly 4 Guys in Disguise), 237 Forest Hills Drive, Kingston, 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Also: Open jazz jam led by guitarist Matthew Finck, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 340-4277. skytop.moonfruit.com.

Sounds Asylum — “Hip-hop: Battle of the Beats” with the Prophets, Mad Beast with DJ Gully Gee, No Nonsense, J-Riv, Ralphy Superfly, Terencio, Rofl, 59 North St., Middletown, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 343-8668. soundsasylum.com.

Spotty Dog Books & Ale — Lea Bertucci, Hexbreaker Quartet, C. Lavender, 440 Warren St., Hudson, 8 p.m. Jan. 21. 518-671-6006. thespottydog.com.

Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe — Steven Spost, 40 W. Market St., Red Hook, 1 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Joe Tobin, 1 p.m. Jan. 22. Also: Open mic, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26. 758-9500. tastebudds.com.

Towne Crier Cafe — Southside Johnny & the Poor Fools, Route 22, Pawling, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 20, $55-$60. Also: Marc Black Band featuring Amy Fradon & Warren Bernhardt, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 21, $20-$25. Also: Rethink Pink featuring Connor Kennedy and Jeremy Baum, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, $40-$25. Also: Open mic, 7 p.m. Jan. 25-26, $4. 855-1300. townecrier.com.

Trestle Restaurant — Hudson Blue, 2 Idlewild Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 21. 534-2400.

Turning Point — Mayra Casales & Friends, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, $20. Also: Stefan Grossman and Steve Katz, 9 p.m. Jan. 21, $30. Also: Jon Herington Trio, 8 p.m. Jan. 25, $20. 359-1089. turningpointcafe.com.

Tuscan Cafe — The Flops, Ottovonbismark, Lurker, Conor and the Stonehill Kids, 5 South St., Warwick, 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Open mic, 7 p.m. Jan. 26. 987-2050. tuscancafe.net.

12 Grapes Music & Wine Bar — The Track, 12 N. Division St., Peekskill, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 20, $10. Also: Pocket Change, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 21, $10. Also: Singer/songwriter Showcase with Norma Jean Martine and, Melissa Frabotta, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22, no cover. Also: Sessions with JP Patrick and his band, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26, no cover. 914-737-6624. 12grapes.com.

Unitarian Fellowship Hall — Scott Berwick, followed by an open mic, Hudson Valley Folk Guild, Poughkeepsie chapter coffeehouse, 67 S. Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, $8, $6 guild members and senior citizens and students, $20 families. 849-1775. hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org.

Virgo’s Sip N Soul Cafe — Open Mic Jam, 469 Fishkill Ave., Beacon, 5 p.m. Jan. 22. Also: Jazz Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26. 831-1543.

Warwick Valley Winery — Tim O’Donohue, 114 little York Road, Warwick, 2 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: Steve Wells, 2 p.m. Jan. 22. 258-4858. wvwinery.com.

Waterwheel Cafe — Blues jam, 150 Water St., Milford, Pa., 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26. 570-296-2383. waterwheelcafe.com.

Wherehouse — take one Car, 119 Liberty St., Newburgh, 9 p.m. Jan. 21. Also: James Patrick Cunningham acoustic, 8 p.m. Jan. 24. 561-7240. thewherehouserestaurant.com.

Whistling Willie’s — Open Book, 184 Main St., Cold Spring, 8 p.m. Jan. 26. 265-2012. whistlingwillies.com.

Wild Hive — Mama Tried, 2411 Salt Point Turnpike, Clinton Corners, 5 p.m. Jan. 21. 266-5863. wildhivefarm.com.

Windsor Grille — Funk That!!!!, 425 Route 59, Nanuet, 8 p.m. Jan. 20. 623-6000.

Bananas Comedy Club — JJ Ramirez, Clarion Hotel, Route 9, Poughkeepsie, 9 p.m. Jan. 20, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 21, $20. 462-3333. bananaspk.com.

Jester’s Comedy Club — Angel Salazar with will Morales, 109 Brookside Ave., Chester, 9 p.m. Jan. 21, $17.50, two-drink minimum. 345-1039 or 469-2116. jesterscomedyclubny.com.

Levity Live — Jim Breuer, 4210 Palisades Center Drive, A-401, West Nyack, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 20, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Jan. 21, $25 plus two-item (food or drink) minimum. Also: Russell Peters, 8 p.m. Jan. 26; 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 27; 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 28; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29, $40. 353-5400. levitylive.com.

Railroad Playhouse — NYC’s Mission Improv-able presents “Improv Olympics,” with outside groups now allowed to compete. 27 S. Water St., Newburgh, 8 p.m. Jan. 21, $10-$15. Call 565-3791 or visit rrplayhouse.org.

Silvio’s Italian Villa — Comedy Night with Rich Burns and Rich Ramirez, 274 Route 94, Warwick, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 20. 987-1500. silviositalianvilla.net.

Turning Point — LoHud Comedy with Brian Scott McFadden, Brett Eidman, Emma Willmann, Adam Oliensis, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, 9 p.m. Jan. 21, $22-$25. Also: LoHud Comedy open mic, 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 23, $5 a minute to perform. 359-1089. turningpointcafe.com.

Westchester Broadway Theatre — Comedy Night with Ross Bennett, Richie Byrnes, John Iavaronne, Rodney Laney, Joe Mulligan, Rich Ramirez, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford, Jan. 23, 6:15 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. show, $75. Call 914-592-2222 or visit broadwaytheatre.com.

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The verdict is in: kids love tablets. There’s something ultra-natural about the tactile nature of a touch screen that drives kids wild, even though these devices weren’t really made for them.

iPads are great for kids and toddlers, but they simply aren’t “kid proof.” this is where the emergence of special, soft and friendly cases come to play. Those have been around for a while and can be found at many Apple Stores, but one company, Totoya Creatures, is taking this kidification process further than ever before.

YetYet is the company’s first creature (along with the Robotto), and it works simultaneously as a soft, fuzzy case and an integrated app. Parents simply launch the app, zip their iPad or iPhone into the case and hand it over to their kids. 

When kids interact with Totoya, it reacts to everything they do. it blinks, makes sounds and even talks back. As the iPad is safely protected “in the belly of the beast,” kids can throw and punch the creature and not only will it withstand the ordeal, it’ll also communicate its feelings — like a next-generation Furby that actually shuts off.

There’s also a strange backstory to the make-believe species (like Furby), which “came to the Totoya island many-many years ago. Maybe from outer space, nobody remembers.”

According to the creators:

Totoya Creatures is a digital / physical hybrid app-cessory toy that we designed and developed in-house. Imagine a furry plush toy for toddlers, a friendly monster, that’s the body. Encased inside you have an iPad, running a specially designed app, that’s the soul.

Overall it’s a weird, charming and cuddly toy that’s likely a much better alternative for kids than a bare iPad. the whole package isn’t all that expensive, but you can also try out the app for free to see what you think!

?  YetYet, by Totoya Creatures (free app, $50-80 case)

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PANAMA CITY BEACH — Whether it was flip flops or heels, friends and family flocked to watch fireworks light up the sky and beach balls rain on the streets of Pier Park Saturday night for the fourth annual New Year’s Eve celebration.

Glitter and excitement reigned supreme for children, as they prepared to greet the new year with the party designed specifically for them. Michael Newman, 9, said he couldn’t wait for the inflated beach balls to drop.

“I’m ready for the new year and I want to watch both ball drops, but I want to take home some of the beach balls,” Newman said.

The first beach-ball drop, during which 10,000 beach balls fell to the delight of the children, was at 8 p.m. Then as the clock neared midnight, a second beach ball drop was to mark the new year.

Natalie Campbell, 20, and Dillan Black, 21, came out for Campbell’s first ball drop and they weren’t the only ones enjoying the festivities for the first time. Charles and Mariyln Orr and Karen and Doug MacDuff of Lindsay, Ontario, are spending their winter in PCB.

“It’s the first time at the park for New Year’s for all of us. We wanted to experience all of it. We’re watching the beach ball drops, having dinner and drinks and we’re wandering around enjoying everything,” Karen MacDuff said.

One family traveled from Indiana for vacation, unable to resist the fun and sun of Florida and made plans to celebrate at Pier Park because the kids would have so many things to do. Heather Wilson, 9, and her cousin Jason Smith camped out under the beach ball nets waiting for the drop.

Preparations

Four generations of the Robinson family, ranging from 1 year old to 70-plus, gathered with other volunteers in Pier Park Friday to inflate more than 10,000 beach balls in preparation for the fourth annual New Year’s Eve festivities Saturday night.

Director of marketing and business development at Pier Park, Felicia Cook, said her family, the Robinsons, come down from Indiana each year to help.

Every year sees changes and additions to the New Year’s Eve celebration, such as adding the family oriented beach ball drop, using a professional rigger to set up the beach ball drop so it is easier for the kids to catch the balls, and this year, even more beach balls.

“every year, we critique and try to do something better,” Cook said. “That’s the ultimate goal, every year add an element and do something nicer than we did the year before.”

This year, there were two fireworks shows from PyroShows, who did nine separate shows on the coast. The first show was at eight and the second, accompanied by and synchronized to music, at midnight.

Another addition this year was technologically and gift-giving focused. Simon Property Group gave away chocolate squares for people checking in at the celebration on Foursquare and gift cards as prizes for text-to-win contests. other prizes came from sponsors and included gift bags, surfboards, and stays at various resorts.

Sarah Darling was set to sing “Auld Lang Syne.” almost There, the Barry Fish Band and Ryan Starr all were scheduled to entertain the crowd with live music until after midnight.

Cook said the TDC and the event sponsors have all come together to put this event on.

“We’re just trying to work as a community to make things better. It’s really going to be a good time,” Cook said.

Several people on The News Herald’s Facebook page wrote about their plans.

Christy Knight said her family goes to Pier Park every year and their youngest child, who is 8, enjoys it.

“Our youngest loves the beach balls for the kids,” Knight said.

Some people opted not to be in the midst of the crowds at Pier Park, and made other plans such as going to places like the Skate Factory and then having a party at home for adults or staying at home and eating oysters, soaking black eyed peas and watching football.

Jacob Nelson said he had loaded up on fireworks for a traditional neighborhood competition.

“I plan to sit on my lake front home on Crystal Lake and have fireworks competition with the other homeowners around the lake till the wee hours of the morning,” he said.

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BOWIE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SHOPPERS® Food & Pharmacy encourages healthy eating in 2012 with the expansion of its exclusive in-store nutritional navigation program, “nutrition iQ®,” to include the fresh food departments. The expanded program —which also includes robust nutrition information for the center store —features additional signage, nutritional attributes and health benefit information, offering consumers an enhanced solution for identifying better-for-you foods.

“The expansion of the nutrition iQ program coincides with the new year, the perfect time to get on track and eat better-for-you foods as well as to create a healthy lifestyle.”

“At SHOPPERS, we strive to make healthy eating convenient and enjoyable,” said SHOPPERS registered dietitian Jennifer Shea. “The expansion of the nutrition iQ program coincides with the new year, the perfect time to get on track and eat better-for-you foods as well as to create a healthy lifestyle.” Shea suggests that shoppers use the nutrition iQ® program to help them stay on top of these 2012 snacking trends:

• Eat More often throughout The Day, but in Small Amounts: Get in the habit of doing this to help keep the pounds at bay, as long as you keep your calories in check! Not skipping meals and eating every few hours helps keep your metabolism going strong, which helps burn calories. Plus you’ll never feel overly hungry, so are less likely to overeat. Just make sure those mini meals or snacks are nutrient packed and include some fiber and protein, both which are satisfying and help keep you full longer. Focus on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans, lean protein, low-fat dairy and fish. and drink water throughout the day, jazzed up with orange or lime slices.
• Be on The Lookout for new Snacks: Keep your eye out for new snack foods hitting the marketplace, such as lentil or edamame hummus, different nut varieties and trail mixes, new kid-friendly produce snacks and gluten-free snacks. look for the SHOPPERS nutrition iQ® tags and signs to help guide you to better-for-you snacks.

Developed in collaboration with Joslin Clinic, part of an academic medical center affiliated with Harvard Medical School, nutrition iQ® uses color-coded shelf tags and signs on more than 3,200 food items throughout the store.

to learn more about how SHOPPERS can help you think and eat healthier in 2012, visit the SHOPPERS website and or Facebook page for tips from registered dietitian Jennifer Shea. Follow Jennifer on Twitter @jennyshea. to learn more about nutrition iQ, visitshoppersfood.com/healthy-eating/nutrition-iq.jsp.

About SHOPPERS:SHOPPERS® Food & Pharmacy, part of the SUPERVALU family of grocery stores, offers consumers in Baltimore, northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. a full-service supermarket with the finest quality and largest variety of fresh produce, USDA choice beef, family pack meats, fresh seafood and steamed shrimp, as well as hot foods, full-service pharmacies and in-store full-service banks. with 56 stores in its banner, SHOPPERS targets the price-conscious consumers offering over 30,000 everyday low prices and a commitment to save up to 15 percent or more every day with no card needed. for more information, please visit shoppersfood.com.

About SUPERVALU INC.SUPERVALU INC. is one of the largest companies in the U.S. grocery channel with annual sales of approximately $37 billion. SUPERVALU serves customers across the United States through a network of approximately 4,290 stores composed of 1,107 traditional retail stores, including 801 in-store pharmacies; 1,283 hard-discount stores, of which 907 are operated by licensee owners; and 1,900 independent stores serviced primarily by the company’s traditional food distribution business. SUPERVALU has approximately 140,000 employees. for more information about SUPERVALU visit supervalu.com.

About Joslin ClinicJoslin Clinic, part of an academic medical center affiliated with Harvard Medical School in Boston, is internationally recognized for its work in the area of nutrition, especially relating to obesity and diabetes. joslin.org.

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Photo Gallery: Rosary service for former Sen. Ruben Ayala

CHINO HILLS – it was a celebration of his life rather than mourning for the late Sen. Ruben Ayala during his memorial service on Thursday.

More than 150 gathered in the multi-purpose room of Ruben S. Ayaya High School listening to multiple speakers describe Ayala as an “American first and Democrat second,” someone who lead by example, a citizen’s politician, a man of many accomplishments and “a giant among giants.”

But above all, Ayala was always described as someone who not only cared for his community but for his family.

“As long as the memory of Ruben remains, all of us are going to be a little stronger, a little braver and a lot prouder. Senator, we respect you, we thank you, and via con dios,” said Glenna Ramsay, who was Ayala High’s first principal when it opened its doors in 1990.

Ayala died Jan. 4 of natural causes at the Inland Christian Home in Ontario. He was 89.

A rosary service also was held Thursday at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church.

Both services were attended by family, friends, local and state officials.

Born and raised in Chino, Ayala graduated from Chino High School in 1941. After serving in the Marine Corps, he was elected to the Chino school board.

Ayala was also Chino’s first elected mayor in 1964 and was a member of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and for more than 20 years he served as a state senator.

When Ayala was elected to the Senate in 1974, he was the first Mexican-American to serve in the chamber since 1911.

In addition to Ayala High, parks and streets are also named in his honor and in 2005 Ayala wrote an autobiography, “Up From 2nd Street.”

More recently, he was recognized by members of the Chino Citizens Recognition Committee as the 2011 Hall of Fame Recipient.

The award was presented to his youngest son, Gary Ayala, at the Tuesday Chino City Council meeting.

“When I was teaching government (to seniors) at Chino High School he would come into my classroom and talk to the kids about what his daily duties were and Irene, his wife, would always be in the back of the room signing up kids to vote, that is if they could,” said Laurentine Gates, who met Ayala in 1965 when she was serving on an advisory board.

She said Ayala was a frequent to her classroom in the late 1970s.

“It’s one thing for the students to hear it from me, but it’s another when they were hearing it from a man who was living that job, day to day, it was great,” Gates said.

During the service, Ayala’s youngest granddaughter, Amy, shared one of her stories that made the whole room laugh.

“One time we were eating candy with him, they were Pop Rocks which are these sugar candies that pop in your mouth. He took it and we were waiting for his reaction, we were waiting and we waited maybe 30 seconds and he said, ‘What’s supposed to happen?’ Apparently he swallowed it …so that was my grandpa and I was his little girl …his life was my grandma, and the people the he served and with out them he really didn’t have as purpose, except for the USC versus UCLA games,” said Amy Ayala, 20.

Ruben Ayala was born March 6, 1922, in Chino and was the fourth of six children. He attended elementary school in the city, attended Chino Junior High and graduated from Chino High School in 1941.

He is survived by his children, Bud, Maurice and Gary Ayala, and his grandchildren, Danielle, Sarah and Amy, and great-grandchild, Luke. his wife died in 2008.

A private family burial service will be held today at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona with six marine pallbearers who will be accompanied by a traditional Marine Color Guard and Marine rifle squadron will salute the senator.

“I think that everyone who knew him was a little better for having experienced him,” Ramsay said. “He was special and he an energy about him.”

Reach Canan via email, call her at 909-987-6397 ext. 425, or find her on Twitter @ChinoValleyNow.

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by Mettler Toledo Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 3:16PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio – METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce its newest line of PC-based touchscreen counter scales, the UC Evo Line. The UC Evo Line, an evolution of METTLER TOLEDO’s successful UC Line, will become the technology centerpiece of the Fresh department, a portal for communications, a productivity workhorse, and a shopper marketing channel.

Supported by a PC-based operating system, UC Evo Line scales are capable of running third party applications (web browser, Fresh Item Management, e-mail, Meal Planner, etc.) right on the scale. with the vast amount of processes store associates are responsible for on a daily basis, consolidating or integrating those systems can help simplify workflows and improve operational efficiency. “Enabling back office business functions to be performed at the counter allows department leaders to stay in the fresh department,” says David Ciolek, METTLER TOLEDO Network Product Manager.

The larger, 12.1” color LCD operator touchscreen is fully configurable with optional graphical presets making it easier to use, resulting in reduced operator training time. and, retailers’ expanding PLU databases are easily accommodated by the virtually unlimited number of preset keys available.

with its sleek and modern profile and in-store marketing capabilities, the UC Evo Line will enhance the store’s brand and improve shopper experience. The fresh department is one of the few places in the store where the shopper is both making a purchasing decision and waiting to place and receive their order. Retailers can take advantage of this captive audience by displaying advertisements, cross-promotions, and videos to capture their attention and boost sales.

Combining robust performance with energy savings, the UC Evo Line is environmentally friendly. its LED backlit displays provide better contrast, are brighter and more vivid, and reduce power consumption. in addition, the UC Evo offers energy-saving modes, a lightning-fast processor that uses less power, and waste heat is dissipated via the aluminum housing.

“The UC Evo Line is designed to maximize operational efficiency, improve the shopper experience, and increase energy efficiency,” says Ciolek.

For additional information on the UC Evo Line counter scales, please visit METTLER TOLEDO’s booth #1983 at the NRF Annual Convention and Expo or mt.com/retail.

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Source: METTLER TOLEDO

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Last week, as has happened many times before, the Prime Minister gave a speech.

He began by telling us things we already know — unemployment is up, confidence is down, Labour is to blame and the Tories are here to save the day — and said to us, with all of the stern and confident authority of an Etonian schoolmaster, that “we won’t build a better economy by turning our back on the free market. We’ll do it by making sure that the market is fair as well as free.” Adding for the sake of prudence that “of course there is a role for government, for regulation and intervention,” he took great pains to explain that “the real solution is more enterprise, competition and innovation” — platitudinal Occidental nothingspeak with which it is virtually impossible to disagree. in order to give effect to these sweet nothings he whispered in our collective national ear, the Prime Minister proposed that the UK adopt a kind of “Popular/Moral Capitalism”, a system of economic organisation without any consistent philosophical grounding which, broadly speaking, holds that we should make “markets work for all of us, to spread wealth, freedom and opportunity.” (As if they don’t do that already.)

I should begin by thanking the Prime Minister: mere seconds of exposure to his outrageous oeuvre of political tripe instantaneously shattered the writer’s block from which I’ve suffered since Christmas. Eamonn beat me to the punch by publishing the post that I wanted to write. As we have come to expect from Eamonn, his reply was both succinct and persuasive; “Capitalism,” he wrote, “is perfectly moral and responsible, if only politicians let it be.” I would have a difficult time stating the libertarian position any better. however, I fear that Eamonn — by discussing economics at all — conferred upon the day’s political dialogue a degree of coherence and dignity that it did not deserve. For, despite the media headlines and the earnest debate in which the two (three?) major parties have struggled to engage, what is perfectly clear is that none of them are talking about capitalism, at least not capitalism in a form that a libertarian would recognise.

Cameron’s speech — which I have, unfortunately, read in full — revolved around three pillars. The first, “social responsibility,” espoused a belief that “companies have obligations, too”; ignored was the fact that corporate salaries house, feed, clothe, and generally cater for all of the needs of the vast majority of British families, either directly in salary, or indirectly through redistributive taxation, better than almost anywhere on Earth. The second was “responsible capitalism,” in short, that “everyone should share in the success of the market”; the Prime Minister failed, however, to mention that it was the market which provides all goods and services — the X Factor, Hermes ties, cut-price Addidas trainers, toothbrushes, and CD recordings of Prokofiev’s fifth Piano Concerto — to every living person in Britain today at a reasonable price. his third plank was the proper allocation of “risk and reward” — which was not, as might be sensible, a critique of Beveridge’s bankrupt post-war Welfare State which has, for decades, laid the cost of lassitude and sloth firmly at the feet of the taxpayer, but rather a crass and pedestrian snipe at bankers’ bonuses and executive remuneration, backed neither by evidence nor anything resembling sound economic argument. And after all of this, the Prime Minister had the unmitigated gall to suggest that his non-philosophy was compatible with a world where the UK supports “the new, the innovative and the bold;” and that, when this country is “fizzing with business potential,” the consolidation of “seventeen… out-dated pieces of legislation” into a single new Parliamentary Act regarding co-operative businesses was an acceptable panacea for the economic ills we face.

If this was, as billed by the Conservative Party, meant to be a major statement of economic policy, it failed, and utterly. The new Statesman called the speech “hollow”, “desperately short on specifics”, “abstract and often contradictory”; the Guardian, a “cop-out”. Michael Deacon, writing for the Telegraph, was even more damning: “so familiar have these words and phrases become, and so elementary are the messages they’re employed to convey, that the speakers need hardly bother filling in the gaps between them to create whole sentences: they might as well just recite the buzzwords, one after another, for 20 minutes.” even the hapless Ed Miliband managed to get the proverbial jump on the Prime Minister when he proposed populist, but nonetheless practical and concrete, policy proposals for a “fairer” market, arguing for the abolition of bank charges and fare rises on trains, to name a few.

Indeed, on closer examination, nowhere in the Prime Minister’s proposals was there to be found any idea to enhance “enterprise, competition and innovation” — no reduction of the tax burden, no loosening of employment law to enable greater private-sector hiring, no paring back of the Welfare State (which is, in effect, a subsidy for labour for which everyone pays) — in other words, nothing which would actually improve the British economy or the lot of the British population. furthermore, his proposals for the improvement of the market were not proposals, but rather, descriptions of the market’s essential characteristics; markets necessarily reward their participants as they, per Hayek, teach consumers “who will serve us well: which grocer or travel agency, which department store or hotel, which doctor or solicitor,” which shop floor assistant, which tube driver, which banker — and teach suppliers how “to provide the most satisfactory solution for whatever particular personal problem we have to face.” There is no room for morality here: either a man provides a service well, or he does not, and in a free society, should he fail, it is fair and right that his client — not some indeterminate and fluffy Big Society ethics — be the ultimate arbiter of his success.

In short, the mainstream debate which we read about in last week’s papers has nothing to do with morality and capitalism: what the Prime Minister proposes is not moral and is not capitalism. And it is incumbent upon us to remind him of that.

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Watford beat Bradford City to reach round four of FA Cup

5:02pm Saturday 7th January 2012 in Latest Football News by Anthony Matthews

Hornets hit four in FA Cup win

Watford are safely through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after beating League two Bradford City 4-2 at Vicarage Road.

the Hornets got off to the ideal start when Troy Deeney headed them in front inside three minutes but the visitors might have sensed they could pull off a shock after James Hanson equalised five minutes later.

however, the hosts didn’t let that setback affect them and gradually began to take charge before Marvin Sordell took his tally for the season into double figures with his side’s second shortly before the break.

two goals in three second-half minutes from Craig Forsyth – the second a fine strike following great work by John Eustace – effectively confirmed their place in tomorrow’s draw, although they did make a bit awkward for themselves at the end after Nahki Wells netted a consolation.

Sean Dyche was always going to have to make two changes following Scott Loach’s suspension and the end of Michael Kightly’s loan but in the end he opted for four after Nyron Nosworthy was given clearance to play by Sunderland before his loan spell ends tomorrow.

Jonathan Bond came in for his first senior start in goal, while Kightly’s place went to Forsyth, who returned for his first outing since the beginning of November. John Eustace was also back as captain, with Prince Buaben dropping to the bench, but the most significant inclusion in historic terms was Lee Hodson making way for Lloyd Doyley, who became only the 12th player to make 350 appearances for the Hornets.

Watford’s bench was strong and Adam Thompson made it for the first time this season, as did Tom James, who was in a Hornets matchday squad for the first time.

the hosts almost had a chance inside two minutes when, following a mini game of head tennis after a mark Yeates free-kick, Forsyth nodded the ball through to Deeney just outside the six-yard box but his goal-bound effort was blocked. But the former Walsall man was not to be denied moments later.

Watford kept the attack going and Sordell received the ball wide on the left and played over a fine cross for the unmarked Deeney to head down and inside Jon McLaughlin’s left-hand post and get his side off to the ideal start.

That should have been the platform for the Hornets to kick on in the early stages but within five minutes Bradford were level.

the home side failed to really get to grips with the situation following a throw-in from the left, allowing Ricky Ravenhill to fire in a shot from the edge of the area that was blocked but fell ideally for Hanson, who took one touch before slamming the ball into the roof of Bond’s net to make it 1-1.

Watford gradually began to get back on top after that setback but they didn’t create another opening until the 20th minute when Eustace tested McLaughlin with a fine left-footed volley from outside of the right angle of the area after the Bantams had failed to properly clear a Jonathan Hogg ball.

McLaughlin made a more comfortable save four minutes later from Deeney’s header after Yeates had flicked on a lofted cross from Sordell, who was catching the eye with his movement in the channels.

another Hornets chance came and went in the 32nd minute when Yeates was played in on the by-line to the left of goal and found Deeney in the six-yard box but the striker was unable to get the ball out of his feet quick enough to get in an effort.

Ravenhill picked up the game’s first yellow card moments later after catching Eustace full in the face with a raised boot but then the Bantams had a chance, with Hanson heading over the top after Bond had been unable to get to a corner.

Watford responded, with Deeney forcing McLaughlin to parry away his scuffed shot before the keeper had to tip over Yeates’ clipped effort from the right side of the area.

But the Hornets did go back in front five minutes before the interval when Yeates found Sordell in space on the right side of the area and he jinked past a challenge before smartly prodding in his tenth of the campaign to make it 2-1.

Deeney blotted his copybook by picking up a yellow card in first-half injury-time but the hosts went into the break deserving of their lead.

Eustace, who had gone off early at the end of the first half to get more treatment to the head wound that was continuing to pour blood, came out for the second period sporting a large bandage on his head.

and it was his side who continued where they left off before the break, with Yeates doing well on the right to get over a cross but Forsyth was unable to direct the bouncing ball on target with his head.

the visitors asked a few attacking questions of their own at the start of the second half, without creating too much, and it was their opponents who had the next opening, with Yeates placing a shot wide of the near post from around 20 yards after being played in by Eustace.

But Watford effectively made the game safe in the 56th minute when they scored their third.

again Sordell was involved, with a deep cross from the right which McLaughlin could only help on to Deeney on the left side of the area. he came inside before unselfishly finding Yeates, who in turn laid the ball off to Forsyth for the simplest of close-range finishes.

Not content with scoring once, Forsyth doubled his tally with a cracking first-time strike from the left edge of the area three minutes later but a lot of the credit for the goal went to Eustace, who, having won two important defensive headers, led the charge out on the counter attack and set up his team-mate for the goal with a fine pass.

Dyche decided to change his front two with 20 minutes left, bringing on Chris Iwelumo and Joe Garner for Sordell and Deeney.

Watford thought they’d scored a fifth five minutes later when Yeates blasted home after Iwelumo had swung and missed at a Garner cross but the flag was already up for offside.

Bradford mustered only their second on-target attempt of the afternoon when a corner from the left rather Hanson in the six-yard box and Bond was able to safely drop on the ball.

there was a moment to remember for James with four minutes remaining when he came on for his Hornets debut in place of Forsyth.

Bradford were allowed to score a second two minutes before the end of normal time when sloppy marking allowed Wells to get on the end of an in-swinging ball from the right and steer it right footed past Bond.

and Wells thought he’d set up a nervous last couple of minutes for the hosts when he beat Bond again in the first minute of injury time but, fortunately for the hosts, the offside flag was raised.

Watford: Bond; Doyley, Nosworthy, Mariappa, Dickinson; Forsyth, Eustace, Hogg, Yeates (James 86); Sordell (Iwelumo 70), Deeney (Garner 70). Not used: Jenkins, Buaben, Thompson and Bonham.

Bradford City: McLaughlin; Seip, Oliver, Davies, Threlfall; Fagan, Ravenhill (Dean 75), Jones (Bullock 64), Taylor; Wells, Hanson (Hannah 84). Not used: O’Brien, Stewart, Mitchell and Duke.

Bookings: Ravenhill for a foul on Eustace (33); Deeney for a foul on Davies (45); Bullock for a foul on Deeney (68).

Referee: Gavin Ward.

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Resolve to give Altrincham’s Sunday market a go in 2012

2:31pm Friday 6th January 2012 in Community News

THE first vintage, craft and producers’ market of 2012 takes place on Sunday (January 15) in Altrincham from 11am to 3.30pm.

There will be 60 stalls selling everything from locally-produced crafts and foodstuffs to jewellery to vintage clothing, homewares and collectables so you’re sure to find something to suit everyone.

Organiser Gail Titchener said: ‘Money’s always tight in January but a trip to the market is a great way for the whole family to spend Sunday together. Browsers are always welcome, and there will be lots of New Year bargains to be had.”

to add to the atmosphere, there will be music from resident DJ Twisted Vinyl and a selection of delicious homemade cakes, muffins and sandwiches in Silver Apples’ pop-up tearoom.

Gail added: “The market did so well in 2011. I’ve such positive feedback from people, all of whom have said how nice it is to see the market really busy again. We’ve lots of great things planned for the coming months so let’s hope that 2012 is another great year for us.”

this month’s market takes place in the historic covered market on Greenwood Street and admission, as always, is free.

for more information, email organiser Gail Titchener at or call 07795 167902.

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Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce the new single, “Other Side of Lonesome” by the multi-award winning bluegrass band, Brand New Strings. The song was written by band member, Randall Massengill who also provides lead vocals guitar, and metal body guitar. He is joined by Mike Ramsey (mandolin); Stuart Wyrick (banjo); Preston Schmidt (fiddle); Tony Mowell (upright bass); Corey Meuchel (percussion). The song was produced by Preston Schmidt and Brand New Strings and highlights the band”s tight harmony and powerful instrumentation work.

“Other Side of Lonesome” is the first single release from Brand New Strings upcoming album, Stay Tuned set for release on Rural Rhythm Records in March 27, 2012. The song is now available to radio at AirplayDirect and via the label”s Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks CD.

Brand New Strings really hit the ground running ever since their 2010 debut album, no Strings Attached, garnering chart hits, the band”s selection as a 2010 International Bluegrass Music Association Official Showcase Artist, and inclusion on two Rural Rhythm live event albums The All-Star Jam — Live at Graves Mountain and the bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration – Live at Bean Blossom.

“Brand New Strings plays hardcore bluegrass for the hardcore fan. These are exciting, fresh, songs played and sung by superbly talented musicians and singers in a take-no-prisoners, no apologies, strictly bluegrass style. This is bluegrass the way it ought to be!”Kyle Cantrell (SIRIUS XM Radio)

“It”s not much of a stretch to call Brand New Strings the most exciting traditional bluegrass debut since Dailey & Vincent.”The Bluegrass Special

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Bruce Rosenbaum bought a fixer-upper in 2001 and promptly went into renovation mode. After dealing with the roof, chimney, wallpaper and floors of the century-old house, he prepared to tackle the kitchen.

That’s when Rosenbaum fell in love with a Victorian-era stove named Defiance. The affair transformed Rosenbaum from a handy homeowner into a steampunk wizard adept at turning intriguing antiques into functional modern furniture.

“This gorgeous sculptural stove commands the kitchen and brings back this nostalgia for a period when people put pride and craftsmanship into objects,” Rosenbaum tells Wired.com by phone. “There’s all this ornate detail even behind the thing, where nobody would see it. You can’t get that type of quality nowadays, so we decided to bring it back and give the piece a modern use.”

he and his team updated the stove with a sleek glass cooktop, and the rest is steampunk history. Today, Rosenbaum’s house in Sharon, Massachusetts, brims with weird eye-examination contraptions, gleaming nautical devices and other antique oddities picked up from nearby flea markets and repurposed with fully functional digital guts.

besides serving as home for Rosenbaum, his wife and their two sons, the house showcases his credentials as a go-to guy for all things steampunk. Rosenbaum, who runs steampunk shop Steampuffin, curated a retro-Victoriana exhibition at a Manhattan tattoo gallery earlier this winter and has partnered with a producer of The biggest Loser on a reality-based steampunk series that’s being pitched to cable TV networks next month. Later this year, he’s outfitting a Nantucket hotel, a Los Angeles nightclub and a new York City office building with turn-of-the-century objects embedded with modern technology.

Check the gallery above for a guided virtual tour of Rosenbaum’s steampunk house.

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Bruce Rosenbaum lifts the lid of a digital scanner that he incorporated into an 1880s-era pump organ. “When I saw this organ, I said, ‘This is a desk,’” he recalls. “I pulled out all the stuff, the bellows and stuff, and that created a perfect cavity for all the technology.”

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STERLING — Sterling Elementary and the Standish Citizen’s Bank have kicked off a program to open an in-school bank staffed by students.

The program’s goal is to help kids learn how to be responsible with their money and hone their math skills, according to Sterling fifth-grade teacher Cathy Wendel.

“(The bank) came to us and asked if they could do the program,” said Wendel. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the kids, and the ones who get the jobs get good exposure.”

The in-school bank was opened in a ribbon cutting ceremony Jan. 17, and will be open every other Tuesday. it will be staffed entirely by fifth-grade students who were interviewed by Citizen’s Bank personnel for positions such as bank tellers, branch manager, and security officers.

According to Wendel, the plan is to host the bank in the school’s library.

To participate in the banking program, parents need to fill out an application form for the students and return it to the school’s main office. Theresa Kraatz, branch manager at the Standish Citizen’s Bank office, spearheaded the program. she said the bank will open an actual “Let it Grow” savings account for the students, where they can deposit money.

In addition to helping kids open the account by putting in the initial 25 cents, Kraatz said the bank would also provide children with a piggy bank and a register book so the students can write down and keep track of their deposits.

The exact hours have not been determined, though Kraatz anticipates the school bank office will be open from the first hour of the day until students stop coming in to make deposits.

Kraatz visited the fifth grade class to explain what the bank wanted to do, and said the students seemed very interested and excited about it. Additionally, she said the program was well received by the Sterling Elementary staff, and they have been very cooperative.

“We hope to give kids practical banking experience,” Kraatz said. “The students were very excited, and they all wanted to be tellers or managers.”

Kraatz said the interviews went much like a standard job interview, and the notes that she and Bay City branch manager Stephanie Kolomak made were passed along to the school’s staff.

Students participating in the program are responsible for making up the work they miss while staffing the bank. Kraatz said the school made the final call on who would be hired.

“We gave our thoughts to the teachers for the last word, since they know more than we do about the kids,” she said.

Children who were hired received training on Friday, Jan. 13, though Wendel said she believed it would take some time for them to get the hang of things.

Kraatz has ran similar programs while working out of the Saginaw office, but said this is the first time it has been tried in Arenac County.

Kraatz said she had hoped to get it started in the fall near the beginning of the school year, but was “too new” to the community.

Having had some time to settle in now, Kraatz believes the program will now run through the end of the school year, and will pick back up again early in the upcoming school year.

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CONWAY — the Keeping Kids Safe Project by S.I.P. Kids, a national child safety organization who tours the country providing free FBI quality digital fingerprints for children, is coming to Conway to host a free child safety fair. “Police officials say time is crucial in the recovery of missing children. One major problem that costs precious time is gathering current photographs, fingerprints, and personal information to assist law enforcement agencies,” says National Director of S.I.P. Kids, Lytishya Borglum.

The free child safety fair will be inside the showroom at the Profile Motors auto dealership on Friday, Jan. 27 from 2 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to fingerprinting, they have extended invitations to local organizations and law enforcement agencies to help educate children and their families on how to avoid dangerous situations.

“As parents, we have a common passion for helping others keep their children safe and with the help of Profile Motors, we are able to do just that,” says mrs. Borglum. Profile Motors is located at 38 Towle Road in Conway.

For more information, contact Hillary Menken at (319) 268-4111 or hillary@sipkids.com.

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THE Davao City Private Schools Athletic Association (DC-Prisaa) Meet had just opened on Friday but the group’s top official urged athletes and coaches to aim for the overall championship in the upcoming Prisaa National Collegiate Games in Cebu City.

BEGINNERS will be among 100 judokas seeing action in the Pahalipay ni Mayor Inday Sara and Vice Mayor Rody Duterte Judo Invitational Tournament set to open at SM City Events Centre today, Sautrday.

Organizer Paolo Tancontian of the Davao Holiday Judo Club said it will be a venue to scout…

FROM 259 that made the cut last weekend, the top 120 players will be known today, Saturday, in the final try-outs and drafting for the 3rd Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup that will open on January 29 at the Almendras Gym Davao Recreation Center.

Organizer Goldie Delvo bared this…

THE 2nd Mayor Inday Sara Duterte Invitational National Tournament will get underway on March 16 to 18 at the Woodridge Park and Country Club tennis courts in Maa.

ELEVEN teams have been invited to join the Duterte Basketball League-Phoenix Petroleum Philippines inc. (DBL-Phoenix) 36-Above Invitational Basketball Tournament that will unfurl on January 28 at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center.

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THE Sony Open in Hawaii concluded last Sunday, January 15.

Johnson Wagner won first place. He won by a margin of two strokes. Tied for second place are Carl Pettersson, Sean O-Hair, Harrison Frazer, and Charles Howell III. Wagner won $990,000 as prize money.

THE Assumption College of Davao (ACD) and Holy Child School of Davao (HCSD) are all set to battle for honors in the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) National U-16 Championship slated January 22 to 28 in Baguio City.

The ACD cagebelles, the 2011 Liga Dabaw girls champion, and HCSD…

TOP-notch players of the past two Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup conferences will play in an exhibition match as a prelude of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 1 in Digos City today.

Almendras Gym-Davao City Recreation Center (DCRC) officer-in-charge Goldie Delvo, organizer of the…

EXCITING commercial basketball action will dazzle local fans anew in Davao City with the staging of the Mayor Inday Sara-Vice Mayor Rody Duterte Araw ng Dabaw basketball tournament starting March 17 at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center.

IT’S all systems go for the 2nd DCHS-BKCC Inter-High School Invitational Under-16 Tournament set on Feb. 4 at Davao Christian High School main lobby along V. Mapa St.

BKCC director Ronnie Tabudlong said registration will start at 9 a.m. before games get going at 10 a.m.

The one-day…

THE Mayor Inday Sara and Vice Mayor Rody Duterte post-Pahalipay sa Pasko Judo Invitational Tournament is all set to kick off at SM City Davao Events Center on Saturday.

Organizer Paolo Tancontian bared this in an interview at the Sports Development Division of the City Mayor’s Office (SDD…

THE Barangay Mintal United FC emerged 12-under champion of the just-concluded CMU-Mindanao Champions Tour 9th Edition at the Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon.

OVER 1,000 players joined the first round of Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup try-outs held at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center (DCRC).

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines inc. marketing supervisor Neb Bulaclac said coaches trimmed the number to 300.

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THE Holy Child School of Davao (HCSD) Reds will try to redeem last year’s setback when it leaves Saturday to compete in the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) National Juniors Championship slated January 21 to 29 in Baguio City.

The Reds earned the right to represent the city to the…

THE Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Sining at Komunikasyon (Sinikom) of the Ateneo de Davao University will host the “Love run: Fun run with your loved One” that will hit the road on February 11 in an out-and-back course from NCCC Mall Davao.

The fun run aims to benefit the Davao School and…

BROKENSHIRE College’s Daniel Diego and April Joy Diaz topped the men’s and women’s 10K events of the just-concluded BIMP-Eaga Friendship run and Marathon held in General Santos City.

DOÑA Carmen Denia National High School (DCDNHS) bet John Ray Batucan stunned top-seed Jimmy Dano in the final round en-route to bagging the 2012 Toril Absolute Chess Championships title at the Toril Chess Club over the weekend.

This came on the heels of his winning the boys’ 20-under…

THE tandem of newly-elected Sunday Bowlers Club (SBC) president Panfilo “Ping” Efondo and Boying Magdaye drew first blood in this year’s first SBC Weekly Dalawahan Tournament at the Fairlanes Bowling Center Sunday evening.

Efondo and Magnaye hit a total of 486 pinfalls to pocket the P1,…

THE Crossing Bayabas National High School (CBNHS) emerged over-all champion in boys and girls High School categories of the post-Pasko Fiesta athletics competition that wrapped up at the Davao City National High School (DCNHS) grounds Sunday.

CBNHS garnered a total of 138 points, 113…

CYNTHIA Jaro, Arnie Macarenas, Criselyn Jaro, and Elmer Bartolo ruled their respective categories in the new Balance run Club Challenge 2012 at the Pryce Business Park J.P. Laurel Avenue in Bajada.

OUR days were filled with press conferences and sports fora in the opening media salvo for the year of bounty, peace and health, our basic needs for staying alive.

From Monday to Sunday, doctors Malou Lacanilao and Karen Alabado had been present from SM’s Davao Press Club, Royal Mandaya…

PAVEL Jervis dela Cruz Bacayo stands five feet and 10 inches. Exceptionally tall for a 16-year-old karatedo player.

EMAR Learning Center standout Niña Tatoy clinched the girls 100-meter gold medal at the start of the post Pasko Fiesta athletics competition at the rain-soaked Davao City National High School on Saturday.

The Davraa Meet-bound Tatoy, a Davao City Athletic Association (DCAA) Meet twin gold…

SOME 1,500 footracers will vie for honors in the new Balance run Club Challenge 2012 that kicks off at 5 a.m. Sunday in an out-and-back course from the Pryce Business Park JP Laurel Avenue in Bajada.

The fund-raising event will benefit Sendong victims in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities…

THE supposed Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup third season tryouts and drafting at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) gym on Saturday was re-scheduled Sunday due at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines marketing supervisor Neb Bulaclac, in a…

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