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Colombo, Sri Lanka: The 12-metre fishing vessel called the Sithumina left Batticaloa on Sri Lanka's east coast at 2.30am on June 12.
The 41 passengers on board had met the ship several hundred metres from the beach after being ferried there in two small boats powered by outboard motors.
Most of the passengers were men who have since freely admitted that they were simply looking for new jobs and a better life in safe and far away New Zealand. After only 14 days at sea they were picked up by the Royal Australian Navy.
On Monday, all 41 passengers were returned by the Australian government to Sri Lanka. A destination where Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said this week, in the capital Colombo, he had no concerns about their safety or wellbeing.
But not everyone on board the Sithumina was just looking for work. Some of the families on board were carrying some dark secrets and now believe their lives are in danger.
In an attempt to bring their circumstances to the attention of the Australian government, or any other government or organisation that can offer them protection, these families have agreed to tell Fairfax Media the chilling stories that really drove them to flee their native country.
Each family has a different story to tell, each one as strange as the other.
Sujeewa Saparamadu, is a 42-year-old mother of three teenagers. She and her husband Ranjith, 44, were successful business people and have lived a life that puts them in the upper tier of Sri Lanka's middle class, able to afford private education for their children.
According to Saparamadu, her troubles began in November 2012 when eight of her relatives including her mother, three brothers, and some nephews and nieces, landed in Australia.
Outspoken supporters of the controversial Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, or People's Liberation Front, a Marxist-Leninist movement that has participated in two armed uprisings against Sri Lankan governments in 1971 and the late 1980s, Saparamadu says they fled for political reasons.
Four of that group of eight, including Saparamadu's mother, have been allowed to stay in Australia and are currently living in Brisbane.
But Saparamadu's three brothers were returned to Sri Lanka. She says two of her bothers, Ajith Krishantha Wanigasinhe, 32, and Susiripala Wanigasinhe, 39, have not been seen since they returned.
"I don't know if they are alive or dead," Saparamadu said on Thursday. "My third brother, Sunil Wanigasinhe, was arrested six months later ... I think he is in the prison in Negombo but I have no confirmation."
After her four family members were returned to Sri Lanka, Saparamadu gave an interview to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in which she says she was highly critical of the Sri Lankan government, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa since 2005.
"I started getting threats straight away. People calling me, threatening me. Stopping me in the street asking me how could I say such horrible things about my country," says Saparamadu.
As the harassment continued, her husband Ranjith, who is the owner of car export company in Japan where he is entitled to live and work, decided to proceed with an application for permanent residency which was, according to a number of documents shown to Fairfax Media, initiated during 2012.
But as the months passed, and Ranjith continued to work in Japan, the harassment became more threatening. On February 18, 2013, Saparamadu's son Preyon was kidnapped on his way home from school.
"The kidnappers rang me quickly, not more than one hour after he was taken, and demanded money. They wanted 500,000 rupees ($4200) but I told them I only had 400,000 rupees ($3300)."
She met the kidnappers at a nearby location and her son was handed back after she threw them a bag with the money in it.
"They told me if I went to the police, worse would happen to me."
Other things did happen. Windows at her house were smashed. She was being followed by people in white vans. On May 15, 2013, two masked men - one of whom was armed - tried to force their way into her house but could not get past the gate.
Saparamadu showed Fairfax a receipt for the police complaint she lodged that day, but says that no one followed up the incident.
Saparamadu took her children out of school and went into hiding, moving to different locations around the country
"I was very afraid. Two of my brothers are missing. One of my brothers is in a jail, but I cannot visit him."
With her husband home from Japan and, according to Saparamadu, restrictions placed on their ability to leave the country legally, she and her husband decided to take themselves and their children to Australia by boat in June 2013.
They were still on the beach, trying to board the boat, when the Sri Lankan army pounced, arresting all the passengers. Saparamadu showed Fairfax Media a newspaper clipping from June last year reporting their arrest.
Saparamadu alleges that after they were arrested, her husband was taken to a police station and she was taken into the jungle by seven soldiers, along with two other women.
Saparamadu gave a horrific account of what followed, but asked that the details not be published.
"My husband is the only person I have told," she said. "They threatened me, said they would kill me if I told anyone. Said they would kill my children."
Bailed to appear in court for trying to leave the country illegally, Saparamadu said she felt even more desperate.
"My husband could not go back to Japan to work. We didn't know what to do."
Sometime earlier this year, Ranjith and several friends who also felt endangered decided to try to flee the island, pooling their savings to buy the Sithumina fishing vessel. The purchase price was nearly $14,000 and it came with working GPS navigation equipment and not much else.
The boat was registered in Ranjith's name and when he faced a Sri Lankan court on Tuesday this week, he was remanded in custody, accused of being the ringleader of the enterprise.
Two other men who decided to join the voyage and helped pay for the boat were Hemantha Kuruppu, 41, a father of three and a former media co-ordinator for the Ministry of Defence, and his business partner Janaka Gayan Athukorala, 40, a father of two.
The two men run a building material supply company on the coast south of Colombo, but their account of what made them flee is as strange as it is frightening.
"During the civil war, when I was working for the MOD (Ministry of Defence)," says Kuruppu, "I became very friendly with a Buddhist monk in a temple in the north."
Kuruppu says that because his job involved taking video footage of the war, he was often in Sri Lanka's north, near the conflict zones.
"One day he asked me to do him a favour, and gave me a very ancient book, a very precious book," Kuruppu told Fairfax Media.
Kuruppu and Athukorala described the book as an ancient treasure map, that supposedly gave the location of the burial sites of gold and precious stones.
Both men described the book as weighing 13 kilograms, and say that there are several smaller versions in Sri Lanka's national museum. Whether or not the book is an accurate guide to hidden treasure is impossible to verify.
But it is no exaggeration to say that both men sincerely believe the book to be genuine. So did the monk who gave the book to Kuruppu, and so do many other people.
Kuruppu says the monk who gave him the book asked him to take it to another Buddhist temple in the south for safekeeping, because he said people had learned of its whereabouts.
Kuruppu says he did take it to the other temple, where it remained under the guard of a number of monks.
"In January 2013, the monks called me, and they asked me to please take the book away. They said criminal gangs had learned that the book was in their possession. And they felt threatened."
When Kuruppu was asked why he then didn't simply take the book to the police, or the government, he said he feared that they would arrest him for not having bought it to them back in 2008 when he was working for the Ministry of Defence.
"So I took the book, and I stored it, but gradually, because there were people who knew that I was very friendly with the monks in this temple, different gang members started to ask me to give them the book and started threatening me."
Why not give the book up? "At first I didn't want to. Then it was [several] different gangs who were asking and I feared that the ones who I didn't give it to would come after me."
Kuruppu says the gang kept harassing him and in June last year he was beaten, his four four front teeth smashed with the butt of a handgun: "All the time they are coming to my house, calling me, threatening me."
Athukorala says he was not beaten but received similar threats.
On October 20, 2013, both men decided to leave their homes and families and go into hiding together. First they fled to Sri Lanka's west coast.
"All the time, they were ringing our families, the families of our wives," says Athukorala.
On May 20 this year, Kuruppu went to his family home south of Colombo.
"They were waiting for me. They said if I didn't give up the book, they would kill my children. That was the night that I decided to leave the country. I rang Janaka (Athukorala), and he said he would come with me. We thought there was no other way."
When asked why he didn't leave legally by plane, both men said they feared they would be arrested, suspecting that Sri Lankan police were also looking for them to obtain the treasure map.
"I told the people who kidnapped me 'yes, I will give it to you, give me a month to get it and it's yours'," Kuruppu said.
Kuruppu and Athukorala and both their families spent the next weeks frantically organising their passage on board the Sithumina with Ranith and Sujeewa Saparamadu.
"Another gang caught me on June 8, I told them the same story, give me some time, I will give you the book."
On June 12 the two men and their families boarded Sithumina, hoping that once they made it to New Zealand they would be able to organise the sale of their property in Sri Lanka and set up a new life for themselves.
They tried to shield their faces when they appeared in court on Tuesday, but their names and pictures were published in the Sri Lankan media the next day.
"My wife's mother has already been threatened," Kuruppu said. As the interview was being conducted, his wife said she had just received another call, this time from one of her sisters, saying the gangs were also after her now. As Kuruppu's wife broke down in tears, Kuruppu wrung his hands.
Athukorala attested that members of his extended family had already been threatened since Tuesday. Both men believe they are stranded. They fear the Sri Lankan police as much as they fear the gang members.
"What can we do? We have called the United Nations, we have called everyone, no one says they can help us. We are fearing for our lives," Athukorala said.
Fairfax Media can also reveal that the Sri Lankan Special Task Force commando who has been remanded in custody and charged with being a ringleader of the enterprise, Mahinda Indika, 32, had decided to flee for a very different reason.
Although he was a member of the country's elite Special Task Force, Fairfax Media understands that Indika has, for the last eight years, been the driver for Sri Lanka's Inspector-General of Police, N. K. Illangakoon.
It is understood that earlier this year, Indika was approached by an underworld gang who wanted his help to assassinate Illangakoon.
"The gang wanted him to tell them the IG's whereabouts," said one source who briefed Fairfax Media on the matter. "He loved his boss, he didn't want to do that. But unless he cooperated with the gang they told him they would kill him."
Indika, whose wife had just given birth through Caesarean section four weeks earlier, took the only choice he believed was open to him.
"He learned about this boat that was leaving for New Zealand, and he decided that was his only choice to save himself," the source said.
All of people who were interviewed by Fairfax Media said that they each told their stories to Australian Immigration officials via satellite phone.
"The interviews were 20 to 30 minutes long, but it was very difficult to describe our situation," Saparamadu said. "The line kept dropping out, it was very noisy on the deck of the ship, they couldn't hear properly, I was crying a lot."
Hemantha Kuruppu and Janaka Athukorala spoke of the same experience, adding that they were further hampered because they had to conduct their interviews in front of the other Sri Lankan passengers.
"There were three phones, so when my interview took place, there were two standing next to me and I didn't want them to really know everything about my situation," Kuruppu said.
Several days later, Kuruppu and Saparamadu say the next thing they knew was they were being given a card by Australian Customs and Border Protection officials telling them they were being returned to Sri Lanka.
"I broke down on the floor of the ship, crying, begging them not to take me back to Sri Lanka," says Kuruppu.
Now they don't know their fate. They are hiding out in a half-built house with little bedding and no cooking facilities in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle, waiting for the unexpected.
"We are not poor, I know we are not refugees like other people, but we have reasons to fear. Somebody please help us," said Saparamadu..
Jason has been a journalist with Fairfax Media since 1995, including 10 years reporting on federal politics in Canberra, where he wrote for The Australian Financial Review, The Age and The Sunday Age. From 2008 to 2010 he was Fairfax Media's Middle East Correspondent.


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Herbert Small was convicted of misdemeanor medical assistance fraud and sentenced to a suspended sentence. He will be on probation for three years and could be sent to jail for up to six months if he violates his probation.
The convictions stem from an investigation by the Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that began in 2009. Eileen Small had been licensed by the State of Alaska as an advanced nurse practitioner. She had been the owner of A Woman's Place, where she worked as a nurse midwife. Herbert Small worked part time at the clinic and assisted with billing.
The Board of Nursing, as a result of several issues related to patient care, suspended Eileen Small's advanced nurse practitioner license in July 2009. After receiving notice of the suspension from the Board of Nursing, Ms. Small continued to treat patients and write prescriptions. Mr. Small submitted claims for reimbursement for the prohibited treatment of those patients.
At Friday's sentencing, Judge Carey commented that Ms. Small had no right to continue treating patients and writing prescriptions. Judge Carey observed that Ms. Small acted for financial gain but also because of hubris and pride. He hoped that Ms. Small's sentence would deter others from similar crimes and that it would reaffirm societal norms.
CONTACT: Assistant Attorney General Clint Campion @(907) 269-6324 at the Office of Special Prosecutions.
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Kerri-Anne Kennerley Marks 32 Anniversary By John's Bedside
She has never been far from her beloved husband's side, and Kerri-Anne Kennerley's 32nd wedding anniversary was no different.
The TV personality spent the momentous occasion at 75-year-old John's bedside as he continues to recover from a spinal cord injury sustained earlier this year.
And she marked the milestone with a gorgeous picture of the two, who look as in love as the day they were married.
"We've had a wonderful 32 years together," she captioned the Instagram post. "Can't wait until he comes home at the end of the year."
So sweet!
The 62-year old has been an unwavering support to John since his accident five months ago, which sadly resulted in a broken neck and partial paralysis.
But the two have overcome obstacle after obstacle, and while Kerri-Anne has said that his progress is "very slow", her unrelenting positive attitude has garnered nothing but praise and admiration from her fans.
It's hoped that John will be out of hospital by the end of the year, and the couple's house is undergoing renovations to make it wheelchair-friendly in time for his homecoming.
No doubt their 33rd anniversary will be spent in very different surroundings - although it'll be hard to top those beaming, happy smiles.
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BOURBONNAIS – Bears wide receiver Roy Williams jogged back to the huddle Wednesday, placed both hands on his knees and bent forward at the waist.
It's been awhile since Williams played in Mike Martz's offense.
"[I'm] getting my wind right," Williams said after a 21⁄2 hour practice at Olivet Nazarene University. "You have to be able to run in this offense. Run all day long."
Williams (6-3, 215) has worked with the first team since he joined the Bears on the practice field two weeks ago.
He has worked to improve his timing with quarterback Jay Cutler, who could benefit from a big-bodied No. 1 target.
"Roy's definitely getting back into shape, taking more plays every day," Cutler said. "You can see more glimpses of Roy Williams each and every day on film. So hopefully by Monday, he'll be ready to go."
Isn't conditioning meant for the offseason?
"I'm a firm believer in no matter what you do in the offseason, nothing will get you football-ready except for playing football," Williams said.
"It's tough. You can run all the hills and mountains that you want to, but when you get out here and play for four seconds and jog back to the huddle, that's what gets you in shape."
Staying mum: Bears wide receiver Devin Hester was polite but firm Wednesday when he said he would not discuss the scandal involving the Miami Hurricanes.
Hester is one of 72 former and current Miami players who allegedly received cash, jewelry, tickets, meals and other perks from an athletic booster over an eight-year span, according to an investigative report by Yahoo Sports.
"No comments about [Miami]," said Hester, who played with the Hurricanes from 2003-05. "Anything about Bears football, I'd love to talk about."
No controversy: Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz insisted that Caleb Hanie was the team's No. 2 quarterback and Nathan Enderle was the third-stringer.
Martz created questions Monday when he had Enderle practice with the second team while Hanie watched from the sidelines.
Hanie returned to the No. 2 role Tuesday and practiced with the second team again Wednesday.
Martz said he did not envision Enderle as his backup heading into the season.
"Not unless Caleb's arm falls off," Martz said.
Bears bits: The Bears waived offensive lineman Mike Lamphear, an undrafted rookie from Western Illinois. ... The Bears will practice at 7 p.m. today at ONU.


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Affinity Group Sells RVBusiness to G&G Media
March 30, 2011 by RVBusiness · 5 Comments
G&G Media Group LLC, a new Elkhart, Ind., publishing firm launched by two well-known RV industry veterans, has announced the acquisition of the flagship trade journal RVBusiness (RVB) from Affinity Group.
The sale to current RVB Publisher Sherman Goldenberg and Beverly Gardner, proprietor of Beverly Gardner & Associates, an Elkhart, Ind., publishers representative firm, includes the popular RVBUSINESS.com website and relevant trademarks.
"RVBusiness is a venerable and respected trade name with a strong following," said Goldenberg, who will transition from his position as a vice president and publisher for Affinity Group as a result of the sale. "And we're appreciative to the folks at Affinity Group for giving us the opportunity to continue providing both print and web services to North America's RV manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and distributors under the RVBusiness brand name."
"People around this industry recognize the prestige and sense of authority that RVBusiness brings to the table," added Gardner. "We're assembling a team in G&G that should greatly enhance that status."
The RVBusiness sale comes at a time of considerable change for Affinity Group, which is turning up the focus on its consumer-centric business and publications.
Affinity Group Inc. (dba Good Sam Enterprises) CEO Marcus Lemonis confirms that trade-oriented publications, events and promotions are no longer a good fit for the company, which is more focused on the end-consumer. It currently generates a range of consumer websites and print titles, including Highways, Trailer Life and MotorHome magazines plus the Trailer Life and Woodall's campground directory titles. Additionally the company operates the Good Sam Club, Camping World retail stores and a variety of insurance products and services.
"With RVBusiness and RVBUSINESS.com being such long-term pillars in the RV industry and the industry's reliance on RVBusiness for independent news on a daily basis," said Lemonis, "it's become difficult with the industry consolidation both on the manufacturing and dealer sides for us to remain independent as much as we try to be — because of industry perceptions — and to stay focused on our core competency.
"It is not the core competency of the company to provide independent news service, and the industry is in dire need of the true independent news source," added Lemonis. "Thus, we've decided to enter into a letter of intent with Sherm Goldenberg, a 26-year employee and contributor to RVBusiness and the Affinity Group, and his partner, Beverly Gardner, so that the longstanding success that RVBusiness has experienced can continue."
G&G looks to maintain and improve its web and print services, said Goldenberg, adding that the magazine also looks for a return in the near term to a monthly print publishing cycle from the bi-monthly format to which it turned a year ago coming out of the recession. Contact Gardner at firstname.lastname@example.com, Goldenberg at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Stinky feet!
Oh! Did you notice my new lamp for my desk? It's a Banker's Lamp, and I've wanted to have one for a long time. I don't care if it's a cheap version from Staples, I just like it.
Last week my son made a run to an European Grocery store, about an hours drive away from us. He brought back some delicious things, like these (Krapfen) donuts! They should be filled with Apricot marmalade, but were filled with Powidl (some dark plum sauce ) instead. Beggars can't be choosers.
To go with it I needed lots of hot tea. At the time I was working on the Peacock hat.
I was told I'm being very North American with these photos, but really, Maggie, that's not Lady like at all! Nobody wants to see THAT!
Denny was sleeping beside me, when she decided to position herself next to him. She needs support to be able to ly on her back, or she would fall over (not so Denny, who has a broad back, like a table, no problem with rolling over there). At first he didn't notice, but once she touched him, he woke up.
"Get your stinky feet off of me!", would have been what I said, maybe he thought so too? Once he was finished smelling her feet, he got up and relocated to the sofa.
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- Freyalyn said...
Yes, very American - but we love you for it. Lovely yarn and pup photos, as usual.
- August 31, 2011 3:48 a.m.
- Hege said...
Oh, we call those "Berliner boller". Usually they are filled with raspberry jam here :)
- August 31, 2011 4:31 a.m.
- knottygnome said...
i like the lamp. it reminds me of my college library. :-)
- August 31, 2011 10:11 a.m.
- Lifesastitch said...
Looks like comfort food.
- August 31, 2011 1:11 p.m.
- Lorraine said...
Maggie- for shame!
- August 31, 2011 5:23 p.m.
- Virginia said...
Those photos of the dogs are hilarious!
- August 31, 2011 7:23 p.m.
- Sharon V said...
That peacock hat is very nice. Is it for you? Lovely.
I cannot believe that Maggie (although showing little decorum) has stinky feet! LOL
- August 31, 2011 11:26 p.m.
- 2paw said...
I love your lamp, it's great and those Krapfel look so yummy, but an hour is such a long way to go!!
I don;t care if my Labradors show their bellies and bits and bobs!!Poor Maggie looks like she has been censored on a magazine cover. I am sure her feet are never smelly. (I have smelled my girls' feet, when they are clean, and they smell nice!!)
- September 01, 2011 2:50 a.m.
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
Oh Maggie! She's certainly not modest!
- September 01, 2011 8:03 p.m.
Sadie lets it all hang out like that, too. She has a big table back (I like that term) so she'll sleep sprawled on her back for hours.
- September 02, 2011 9:18 p.m.


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Carcassonne is a city in south-west France.
Restored and saved by Viollet-le-Duc, this beautifully walled city with its pointed towers and gleaming walls is reminiscent of medieval tales of knights in shining armour. The name is popularly derives from a legend that when the town was besieged, the mayor's wife had a pig force fed with the last of their grain and thrown over the parapets so that the enemy would think they had plenty of food and could withstand the siege; depending on who you ask, the name is then either from the French carcase sonne (carcass sound) or the Latin carcas sona (ringing of the bells, in celebration of the wife, a Ms. Carsac). In reality, though, the town's name seems to descend from a 6th-century BC Celtic trading post called Carsac.
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Historic fortress (built upon ruins predating Christianity). Carcassonne is an amazingly well preserved medieval fortress that was featured in the movie, Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves. Ville de Carcassonne is a beautiful castle and is the centerpiece of the medieval Carcassonne. It is a lovely place but can get very crowded at the height of the season.
Much to see in this somewhat neglected region of France. Get into the hills and visit little villages like Minerve. Try using the Michelin maps but forsake the red roads and take to the little white roads. You will be rewarded by seeing lovely little places that tour buses etc never visit.
Carcassonne can also be visited departing from Toulouse. Visit the website Ophorusto see all the tours that take place in this region. Day tours include mysterious Rennes le Château for the Da Vinci Code fans, Limoux and its famous Blanquette sparkling wine as well as wine tasting in the Corbières or Minervois vineyards. We also organise individual or group tours of the cité with fully licensed guides.
The eating places get crowded and the prices charged can be a bit over the top. My advice is to eat away from the cite, perhaps in the lower town, or better in one of the enchanting villages away from Carcassonne. Cassoulet will fill you full of beans and sausage in addition to the meat in there!!
If you just wanna eat cheap, then the bars around the train station ( Le gare)should be good enough
Be careful to not get to the town late when your hotels are far away from the city centre, because it is difficult to get a taxi.
The hotels around the train station are convenient but better book it earlier in the high season.
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As part of NYT's Home Economics series, author and blogger Toby Barlow writes about the potential for Detroit to become a new bicycle utopia.
"And lately, whether it's because of the economy or the price of gas or just because it's a nice thing to do, there are a lot more bikers out riding."
Detroit's bike culture is growing with the help of the Wheelhouse Detroit and the Hub of Detroit.
Last month, we wrote about New Urbanism and flipping car dealerships to bike shops. Also see a bank becoming a bike shop.
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No idea is too small, too big or too crazy.
That's what Mike Dowhan said at the start of a public hearing Tuesday at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet to solicit ideas on the future of Rocky Point. And there were some unique suggestions for what should be built at the former amusement park as well as impassioned statements for a piece of land that means so much to so many.
"We want to bring the park back; I don't know about you guys," said Amanda Augusta of Riverside to an audience of more than 350. Her remark was greeted with cheers. She went on to define what her table of eight would like to see. She listed a boardwalk, an aquarium, bike and walking trails – "something for everyone."
The ideas kept coming.
As Dowhan, senior landscape architect with the firm of Veri/Waterman that facilitated the forum run by the Rocky Point Foundation, moved from table to table with a cordless microphone, some suggestions, such as bringing back some or all of the rides, were repeated. There were just as adamant arguments to never go back to what it used to be.
The spokesman for one table – everyone was given about 40 minutes to discuss their ideas and mark them on an aerial photograph of the park – wanted to see an education center and a venue for classical, rock and jazz concerts.
"Stay away, Six Flags," he said to enthusiastic applause.
That sentiment was echoed more than once, although there was equal, if not more, support to bring back the rides on a permanent or seasonal basis.
There were suggestions for a zip line, outdoor ice rink, camp grounds and a luxury hotel at one end of the park offset by affordable cabins at the other end, where tenants would be chosen by lottery.
Ferry service to other state parks, a favorite of Gov. Lincoln Chafee who brought opening remarks, was a popular vision. Ferry service and water taxis are seen as a means of reducing neighborhood traffic and providing easy access to the park from the East Bay. Pointing out the park has a deepwater dock; William Hickey of Warwick said it could accommodate the QE2.
Themes included the use of wind and solar power, playing fields, a museum, a restaurant and place to bring back the now defunct state fair.
Kevin Corey of Cranston was so keen on that idea that he handed out a two-page proposal to the media and representatives of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Corey called the land "a blank slate" on which to "draw up a new destination and restart the Rocky Point and state fair traditions." His dream included a park with trails that covered coastal woodlands, marshlands and craggy cliffs, with platforms to view the bay.
There was a plea for rock climbing and for use of the park in all seasons with cross-country skiing and snowshoe trails in the winter.
Rob Cote of Warwick suggested a 300-room hotel with a cylindrical aquarium with a spiral staircase and an indoor water park with ferry service.
Another proposal called for dividing the park into three areas, with one left in its natural state and the others to have rides, video games and retail outlets.
Paul Earnshaw, president of the Buckeye Brook Coalition, advocated the development of existing park wetlands to gather runoff water and as outdoor classrooms.
Among the crazier ideas were hot air balloon and helicopter rides and that of Jason Mayoh, whose "crazy" idea was a "haunted walking tour" on Halloween. The suggestion was cheered, as his display of his collection of Rocky Point memorabilia was set up at the entrance of the ballroom especially for Tuesday's meeting.
Then there was the proposal that came toward the end of the two-hour meeting from a woman who had been frantically waving to get Dowhan's attention and a turn at the microphone.
She wanted a giant Rocky Point lobster, tipping a top hat and carrying a cane. This was to be so big and lit up at night that it could be seen from across the bay.
At the outset of the meeting, Dowhan highlighted some remaining features of the former park, including the iron tower for a swing ride built more than 100 years ago; and the remnants of an observation tower that is even older; stanchions for the Skyliner ride; and, of course, the arch. He said the Shore Dinner Hall and the Palladium restaurant; the two largest remaining structures on the property, can't be saved and will need to come down. DEM hopes to complete that demolition this summer and clean up other rubble on the land so that at least some of the property can be opened to the public by late this year. Gov. Chafee's budget allocates $2.5 million to the cleanup.
i think the amusement park being brought is an excellant idea, rebuilding the piers is a good idea, bike paths, wedding venue ideas is cool, and chowder and clam cake = shore dinner hall is fantastic. what an idea for Rhode Island! i was born and raised there met my husband there at quonset point! moved back when he retired from the navy. Finally we moved out of there because taxes where to high and the place was allmost a ghost town because there was nothing to do there unless you went out of town! Bring Rhode Island back to life! BRING ROCKY POINT BACK TO LIFE!
Bring back rocky point amusement park!!!!!
Bring back the amusement park. I miss it.
No matter what is decided, an homage to the memory of the park is in order. There is enough memorabilia to create a museum dedicated to the history of Rocky Point in all it's glory and decay. That and the original merry go round...
Restore it to it's former glory!!!!! I spent many summers there, either riding rides, or relaxing in the pool.. It was good clean, afordable family fun! Rhode Island could sure use the jobs and the revenue, and our children would have an amazing amusement park to call there own! No six flags!
I tend to be a vocal critic of local politics, but I didn't hear a single idea that's not worth pursuing. Even the governor's urging a restoration of the dock for ferry service has great merit. In the 1800's, Rocky Point was a focal point for ferry service from Providence to Newport. The shore dinner hall is clearly deteriorating badly, but you wonder if the structure is sound enough for a restoration.


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Rhodes College and Christian Brothers University will commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thursday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. in the Spain Auditorium at CBU, 650 East Parkway S. Civil rights activist Ann Sullivan will speak, and the Memphis Police Department Peacemakers will sing. Visit rhodes.edu or cbu.edu.
Christian Brothers University will host an opening reception for the Mid-South Woodturners Guild's woodturning collection Friday, Jan. 11, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery in Plough Memorial Library on the CBU campus, 650 East Parkway S. The exhibit runs through Feb. 3. Visit cbu.edu or midsouthwoodturners.com.
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Microsoft Patents Music Appreciation
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theodp writes "Ever find yourself agreeing with a rock critic's assessment that a certain Nirvana song is 'angry'? If so, beware! From here on in, you could be infringing on Microsoft's just-issued patent for Training a trainee to classify fundamental properties of media entities, which Microsoft explains covers teaching one to recognize that the Beastie Boys' Hey Ladies is an example of a 'fun song.'" And as you read the patent, it just gets better and better. The "process" involves a "double grooving" phase that allows the listener to become a "groover." Well, isn't that just double groovy? Does anyone actually read these patents?


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LA VERNE, Calif. - No. 13 Cal Lutheran maintained its unbeaten mark in conference play with a resounding 52-17 road win over La Verne on Saturday. Daniel Mosier rushed for 168 yards and a score while quarterback Jake Laudenslayer threw four touchdown passes in the win.
Box Score: CLU 52, ULV 17 - F
Laudenslayer capped off three touchdown drives with scoring throws to three different targets over the first four CLU drives of the game. Eric Rogers caught a 6-yard score to finish off a 15-play, 76-yard on the team's first offensive possession.
Frankie Jones hauled in a 29-yard catch on the following drive after La Verne botched a punt attempt inside its own red zone. Nick Bueno was on the receiving end of a 5-yard pass-and-catch two drives later putting the Kingsmen up 21-0.
The defense got in on the scoring as Justin Haulcy-Bateman took an interception to the house from 20 yards out. It was the first of his two second quarter interceptions as he halted a potential Leopards scoring drive in the final minute of the first half.
After completing 9-of-10 passes for 112 yards and three scores in the first half Laudenslayer threw only one time in the second half. The play covered 35 yards and was the second of Jones' receiving touchdowns on the day putting Cal Lutheran up 49-3.
Cal Lutheran used a similar offensive blueprint against La Verne as it did the week prior during its 56-0 victory over Whittier. The Kingsmen became a run-heavy offense in the second half with 21 carries for 153 yards.
Mosier carried the ball only four times for 109 yards and a touchdown in the second half alone. He finished with 168 yards on 16 carries averaging over 10 yards per rush. Over the past two games Mosier has rushed the ball nine times for 219 yards and three touchdowns in the second half.
La Verne managed to outgain Cal Lutheran 395-391 in total offensive yards. However the Leopards offensive unit used three different quarterbacks whom combined to complete 17-of-34 passes including one touchdown and two picks.
Garry Hedlund was the top performer of the ULV trio completing 9-of-16 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown pass to Andres Fernandez. The Leopards final scoring drive which featured a fourth down conversion was capped off by a Hedlund 3-yard touchdown run.
CLU's Jacob Norlock and La Verne's Manuel Macias led their respective teams with 11 tackles each.
Cal Lutheran (4-1, 3-0 SCIAC) will be on the road Saturday, Oct. 22, when it faces Pomona-Pitzer at 7 p.m.
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He was known to most people before 1294 as Peter Morrone, sometimes Peter Maiella. He was a hermit, who first lived on Mount Morrone, then on Mount Maiella, in the Ambruzzi area of Italy. He lived in caves and huts and founded a religious order, known as the Celestine Hermits. At the age of 84 on Aug. 29, 1294, Peter would forever be known as Celestine V, the only pope who abdicated — on Dec. 13, 1294 — until Benedict XVI in 2013. On March 5, 1313, Pope Clement V canonized St. Celestine V.
Jon M. Sweeney narrates the story in his well-researched book The Pope Who Quit. Subtitled A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation, the book begins with Peter's birth in a small village in Molise, the most remote region of Italy. By 1230, he had spent three years as a monk at Santa Maria of Faifula, but left the monastery to become a hermit in the mountains.
Nothing is known of his life for the next 50 years! After Pope Nicholas IV died in Rome, 12 cardinals assembled to elect the next pope, but remained in a stalemate for over two years. After reading the signs of his times, Peter, thinking in apocalyptic terms, wrote a letter to Cardinal Latino Malabranca Orsinsi, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. The cardinals were in Perugia, still attempting to elect a successor to St. Peter.
After Orsini received Peter's letter, he nominated Peter to be the next supreme pontiff, and he was elected. After the cardinals sent a delegation to the mountains to find Peter to notify him that he had become the next pope, Celestine V chose to be crowned in L'Aquila. For the length of his short reign he lived in the Kingdom of Naples which was ruled by Charles II. Sweeney does an excellent job of presenting all the politics — both secular and religious — involved before, during, and after Celestine V's reign.
After Celestine V abdicated, he attempted to return to his hermitage in the mountains, but his successor, Boniface VIII (Cardinal Benedict Gaetani), had Peter found during Christmastime and imprisoned him in Castle Fumone, near Anagni, where he died on May 19, 1296.
"I first heard about Celestine V a decade ago while doing research in Italy for a book about the inheritors of the spiritual legacy of St. Francis," Sweeney writes. "I wondered how history would be different if Celestine had stayed in power, or if he'd met with any success whatsoever as holy father during the fifteen weeks of his reign."
The Pope's Soldiers: A Military History of the Modern Vatican, by David Alvarez (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2011) is a general military history of the papacy from the French Revolution to the present. Alvarez emphasizes military generals and their soldiers, their campaigns, and their battles.
The 429-page book revolves around three generals, primarily reformers of the papal forces: Christophe de Lamoriciere, Hermann Kanzler, and Jules Repond. The four branches of the papal army are well developed: the Palatine Guard, the Noble Guard, the Pontifical Gendarmeria, and the Swiss Guard. By 1970 the Gendarmeria was transformed into the Vigilance Corps, or police force. The only military unit left was the Swiss Guard.
In the introduction to the book, Alvarez makes clear that it is neither a political nor a diplomatic history, although he must place the papal soldiers within the context of events taking place in Rome, Italy and Europe. He considers popes only to the extent that their attitudes and actions impinge upon the preparation and deployment of the papal forces.
After the assassination attempts upon the lives of Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II, the Vigilance Corps became more concerned with protecting the pope. They are seen today as plainclothes officers surrounding the pope at any public papal function. In 2002, they were named the Gendarmeria of the Vatican City State; they number 152 men.
Father Boyer, a priest for 37 years, is the author of 33 books primarily in the areas of biblical and liturgical spirituality as well as numerous articles in various magazines, including The Priest, for which he wrote Homily Backgrounds 1987-1993. He teaches in the Religious Studies Department of Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo.
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Zabbix SQL Injection/RCE – CVE-2013-5743
Published October 4, 2013 | By Corelan Team (Lincoln)
Introduction First off, please do not throw a tomato at me since this is not the typical Windows binary exploit article that is posted on Corelan! During a recent a penetration test, I encountered a host running Zabbix, an agent based monitoring application. Although I was unfamiliar with the product at the time, I decided […]
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Toronto International Film Festival 2011 - UPDATE #6
Directed by Nacho Vigalondo
Nacho Vigalondo's first film since 2007's Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial details the chaos that ensues among several characters after enormous spaceships appear over Spain - with the film primarily detailing the protagonists' dishearteningly sitcom-like exploits. Filmmaker Vigalondo does a complete 180 from the serious-minded, sci-fi-heavy nature of Timecrimes, as Extraterrestrial boasts a pervasively lighthearted vibe that immediately sets the viewer on edge - with the complete and total absence of laughs effectively exacerbating the movie's increasingly stagnant atmosphere. Vigalondo's decision to infuse Extraterrestrial with a seriously (and, eventually, oppressively) stagy feel proves disastrous, and there's simply never a point at which one is able to work up an ounce of interest in the characters' astonishingly dull exploits. Vigalondo's penchant for extreme silliness - eg the mere presence of a Kramer-esque wacky neighbor - ensures that Extraterrestrial, for the most part, comes off as an old-school farce, which is rather odd, to put it mildly, given the film's otherworldly premise. (The presence of the spaceships is ultimately meaningless.) The inclusion of a few earnest and sentimental moments towards the end are fine, sort of, though it's virtually impossible to wholeheartedly care about the characters or their respective fates by then. Extraterrestrial is, in the final analysis, nothing short of a disaster, and it's depressing to think that fans of Timecrimes or science fiction in general might be tricked into checking the film out based on the premise.
out of
Well intentioned yet ultimately underwhelming, Union Square follows Mira Sorvino's brash, loudmouthed Lucy as she arrives at her comparatively uptight sister's (Tammy Blanchard's Jenny) apartment to stay for a few days. Filmmaker Nancy Savoca does a nice job of immediately capturing the viewer's interest, as the director kicks off the proceedings with a fairly hypnotic sequence in which Sorvino's character runs the gamut of emotions while chatting with a lover over a cell phone. The gritty, handheld vibe initially seems to promise a low-key, Keane-esque character study, yet it becomes clear that Savoca has something far more conventional in mind - as the film morphs into a fairly typical Odd Couple-like story once Lucy arrives at Jenny's meticulously-kept home. The authenticity of the performances goes a long way towards initially compensating for the routine storyline, although it's worth noting that Savoca ultimately does push her uneventful modus operandi much, much farther than the narrative can withstand (ie it's just not interesting on an ongoing basis). The viewer's lack of affection for either of the central protagonists ensures that Union Square grows more and more tedious as it unfolds, with the inclusion of a fairly surprising twist somewhere around the one-hour mark not really helping matters (ie it's initially just confusing). It's finally impossible to label the movie as anything more than an earnest actor's showcase, which, given the strength of Sorvino's brash performance, isn't necessarily such a bad thing.
Unquestionably Morgan Spurlock's most entertaining effort since his debut, 2004's Super Size Me, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope essentially details the ins and outs of the annual comic convention that unfolds in San Diego every summer - with a specific emphasis on how the con impacts four different attendees (including Holly, a talented cosplayer, and Eric, a struggling comic-book artist). Spurlock, who actually doesn't provide narration for the first time in his career, does a fantastic job of immediately drawing the viewer into the briskly-paced proceedings, as it's impossible not to sympathize with and root for the film's immensely likeable subjects. And though it initially does seem as though the entire movie is going to unfold from their respective perspectives, Spurlock devotes much of the movie's midsection to an overview of the convention's goals and history - which he primarily accomplishes through engaging interviews with folks like Kevin Smith, Eli Roth, and Joss Whedon. (The latter offers one of the film's funniest lines, as he remarks of the con's attendees: "These are the people that buy the toy, then they buy another one so they don't have to open it.") Spurlock also offers up a number of entertaining digressions, including a toy collector's efforts at snagging a rare action figure and an attendee's nervous preparations for proposing to his girlfriend during Smith's panel. (This crowd-pleasing section undoubtedly stands as a highlight.) And although the film might be a little on the long side (which is a very minor complaint, admittedly), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope is primarily an engrossing, consistently entertaining documentary that takes the viewer deep into an alien world that certainly does, from the outside, seem quite appealing and warm.
Oren Moverman's follow-up to 2009's The Messenger, Rampart details a few weeks in the life of an increasingly beleaguered Los Angeles police officer (Woody Harrelson's Dave Brown) - with Brown's past indiscretions catching up with him after he beats an unarmed suspect. Moverman has infused Rampart with a jittery, documentary-like sensibility that initially proves rather off-putting, with the lack of an entry point for the viewer ensuring that Harrelson is simply unable to transform his inherently unlikable character into a wholeheartedly compelling figure. (This is despite the fact that the actor offers up an eye-opening, consistently riveting performance.) Just as the meandering atmosphere threatens to turn oppressive, Moverman injects the proceedings with some much-needed substance as Brown increasingly finds himself drawn into a high-profile scandal - with the passable atmosphere heightened by the impressive cavalcade of familiar faces (including Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, and, most entertainingly, Ben Foster as an off-kilter, bearded, homeless war veteran). It's worth noting, though, that even during this stretch Moverman is unable to wholeheartedly grab the viewer, as the filmmaker's reliance on less-than-engrossing subplots (eg Brown's relationships with the mothers of his children) ensures that the movie slowly-but-surely fizzles out to a demonstrable degree. By the time Brown winds up at an unreasonably sleazy sex club, Rampart has clearly taken a wrong turn somewhere and established itself as a progressively unpleasant piece of work - although the film admittedly does succeed as a low-key portrait of one man's downward spiral.
A complete disaster from beginning to end, Hick follows Chloe Grace Moretz's Luli as she runs away from home and attempts to make her way to Las Vegas - with her journey bringing her into contact with a number of unusual figures (including Blake Lively's flighty Glenda). It's clear right from the get-go that filmmaker Derick Martini has infused Hick with a painfully aimless sort of feel, as the movie boasts a hopelessly inconsequential opening half hour that revolves primarily around Luli's less-than-ideal relationship with her parents (Juliette Lewis' Tammy and Anson Mount's Nick). And though the performances are fine, there's just no hook to initially capture the viewer's interest - with the tedious, inauthentic atmosphere paving the way for a slow-moving roadtrip midsection that's nothing short of interminable. The almost remarkably uninteresting vibe is exacerbated by the underwhelming vignettes that come to dominate the proceedings, as Luli is subjected to one eye-rollingly stupid encounter after another (including a run-in with a hot-tempered Texan and a near-rape at the hands of a pool shark). The viewer is, as a result, forced to wonder just what the point of all this is, as the movie doesn't even work as a low-key coming-of-age story - since there's never a point at which Luli become developed enough to become worthy of our sympathy or interest. The increasingly inexplicable third act - which also boasts a head-scratching celebrity cameo - cements Hick's place as an utterly misguided and worthless piece of work, and it's finally impossible not to wonder just what Martini originally set out to accomplish here.
no stars out of
Based on the novel by Jo Nesbo, Headhunters follows slick corporate headhunter Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) as he augments his primary income by stealing high-profile paintings on the side - with problems ensuing as a potential mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's Clas Greve) inexplicably launches a full-scale assault against him. It's a fascinating premise that's initially employed to watchable yet far-from-engrossing effect by filmmaker Morten Tyldum, as the director essentially offers up a fairly standard crime drama that contains many of the beats and turns in the plot that one might've anticipated (eg Roger's problems with his beautiful wife, Roger's dealings with an unpredictable cohort, etc). The passable vibe persists right up until around the halfway mark, after which point the movie morphs into something completely unexpected - with the cat-and-mouse pursuit that ensues between Roger and Clas immediately injecting the proceedings with a palpably enthralling feel. Tyldum does a superb job of infusing the movie's action-oriented moments with a visceral, white-knuckle feel that proves impossible to resist, and it's worth noting that many of the movie's more overtly high-octane moments are much, much more exciting than anything cranked out by Hollywood as of late. The inclusion of a few astoundingly tense moments (eg Roger must play dead to evade Clas' advances) perpetuates the movie's shift into a seriously engrossing piece of work, and although the climax isn't quite up to the level of that which preceded it, Headhunters has, by that point, long-since established itself as one of the most exciting, flat-out captivating thrillers to come around in quite some time.
Though handsomely made and well acted, The Awakening, for the most part, comes off as an egregiously familiar ghost story that simply isn't able to wholeheartedly justify its existence (ie we've seen this type of thing countless times before). The narrative follows Rebecca Hall's Florence Cathcart, a famed debunker of ghost-related happenings, as she agrees to prove that a remote boys school is not, in fact, haunted, with the film primarily following Florence as she and a handful of staff members (includingDominic West's Robert Mallory) attempt to explain the spooky occurrences. It's a creepy setup that's unfortunately employed to pervasively tedious effect by filmmaker Nick Murphy, as the director's decision to infuse the proceedings with as deliberate a pace as one could possibly envision serves only to highlight the less-than-fresh nature of the storyline. And although Murphy has certainly peppered the proceedings with a number of suspenseful interludes, there's virtually nothing here that doesn't smack of excessive familiarity (eg a scene in which Florence skulks the enormous grounds armed with only a lamp). The presence of a few genuinely stirring moments - eg Florence's encounter with a creepy dollhouse - prevents the viewer from tuning out completely, while Hall does a decent job of stepping into the shoes of her almost eye-rollingly hackneyed character. There's finally little doubt that one's efforts at overlooking the conventional atmosphere are consistently stymied by the needlessly slow-moving atmosphere, which ensures that by the time the expectedly unexpected twist ending rolls around, The Awakening has confirmed its place as a hopelessly superfluous bit of horror filmmaking.


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