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If Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty ever wondered what his purpose on earth was, now he knows. This family could change the road we have been going down if they will stand firm against anyone who tries to silence them and if we who are called by His name will humble ourselves, pray and seek the courage to stand for the truth. Then and only then will this land be healed.
I support Phil 100 percent and hope the family will realize what a gem they have in him and his beliefs. His right to speak is guaranteed.
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Thank a young person
If you see a young person you should thank them for taking it on the chin. They actually voted for Obama and Obamacare, so now they are ready to get out there and work to start paying the piper.
Oh, those jobs aren't really out there? Tuition keeps rising, interest rates will go up, the national debt will be theirs to pay off, etc., etc. So much for our educational system teaching economics and government.
Obamacare is compared to Social Security and Medicare when it started up, which won't be there for their generation either. Anyways, they will get a job and pay the high deductible which will be like not having insurance at all except for catastrophic. All the birth control and abortions won't be free for them.
Anyways, you will know what the people not working will be doing. (By the way, was the war on women really about women on their backs wanting birth control and abortions?) As a man it sounds like a lot less responsibility. Did Bill Clinton come up with that? That dirty dog.
Anyway, don't be all depressed, paint on a smiley face and enjoy the New Year.
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Thomas Kinkade, inspiring hate among critics
My editor Jim Higgins, a down-to-Earth humanist if there ever was one, loves to ferret out my inner snob. The simple use of the term "decontextualized" draws out a refrain that anyone who sits near us in the newsroom knows by heart by now.
A few weeks ago, in a bout of his usual ribbing, he asked me who I loathed more, Dale Chihuly or Thomas Kinkade. I bristled at the question. How to choose? Like a lot of art critics, I dislike them both immensely, though I take less pleasure in calling their work garish, gushing, sentimental schlock than some, even if I believe that to be utterly the truth.
Chihuly's confections in glass and Kinkade's bucolic landscapes represent the cotton candy, the Harlequin Romance, of the art world and, if we're honest, terrify the average art critic to tears. Why? Because Kinkade sold more art than almost anyone. People love the stuff. These hugely popular artists represent the chasm between what art critics do and what most people seem to want.
The death of Kinkade, the self-proclaimed Painter of Light, over the weekend at the age of 54 brought a lot of this disdain and sense of conflict to the surface this week. And make no mistake, it's personal.
Kinkade, who was a conservative and a Christian, said his paintings were messages of God's love. If the polarization this taps into wasn't evident enough, Laura Miller, at Salon, called Kinkade the George W. Bush of the art world:
"I felt compassion for the ripped-off (Kinkade) gallery operators, and at the same time I was aware that quite a few of them had probably also fallen for the similarly sanctimonious, bogus folksiness of George W. Bush, thereby subjecting our nation to one of the worst presidents in its history. Kinkade and Bush struck me as of a piece, probably because they had both borrowed from Ronald Reagan in promising that we could get back to a better way of life that never existed in the first place."
John Seed at the Huffington Post, contrasted Kinkade's passing with the early death of another California artist Mike Kelley, who represents another aesthetic extreme, challenging (at times impenetrable) conceptual art. He called Kinkade and Kelley "red" and "blue" artists, both of whom attempted to recapture their childhood and ideas of "home" in their work:
"Utimately, both men seem to have suffered in catering to the almost schizophrenically divided tastes of American society. In public they both maintained powerful identities -- a bad boy and a good boy -- while in private each one got a bit lost trying to find his way "home" to private peace and reconciliation with his childhood experiences. It might be said -- in psychoanalytic terms -- that both Kelley and Kinkade ultimately failed to sublimate their impulses and idealizations into workable connections with the world. Both men had empty centers that they couldn't quite fill."
Susan Orlean, who profiled Kinkade for The New Yorker a little more than a decade ago, wrote a two paragraph epitaph that focused on Kinkade's fall from grace and seems to insinuate suicide was at play.
"The last few years had to have been tough, even for someone as cock-sure as Kinkade. A number of his galleries closed, bankrupted by a waning interest in his radiant village scenes. There were complaints of misrepresentation, a drunk-driving arrest, turnover in his company, and reports of bizarre behavior, including an incident in which he urinated on a statue of Winnie the Pooh at a Disneyland hotel. A federal investigation related to securities fraud was in the works at the time of his death this week. He was only fifty four. My guess is that he had already figured out his next act in the event that his reign as the Painter of Light was about to come to a close. He was just one of those people who seemed like he would always find a way."
Jerry Saltz , critic for New York magazine and always willing to see the art world take it on the chin, suggested Kinkade's work be judged by the artist's own words and standard: "I view art as an inspirational tool," Kinkade once said. "People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls."
Saltz continued:
"The reason the art world doesn't love Kinkade isn't that it hates love, life, goodness, or God. We may be silly or soulless or whatever, but we don't automatically hate things with faith and love or that other people love. We're not sociopaths. (Well, most of us aren't.) The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none — not one — of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original."
All of this brings Morley Safer's recent diatribe about the art world to mind, too. It is the hating headed in the other direction. A week before Kinkade died, Safer was on "60 Minutes" doing his level best to pillory the "established" art world, using Art Basel Miami, an annual international art fair, as a stand-in for the whole of the art world. You could almost hear the Kinkade devotees cheering him on.
Art has a way of making people angry. It taps into our differences and identities in profound ways, no matter how dismissive some are about it. And good art, like good ideas, can get lost in the extremes. The art world, the very best of it anyway, can be exceedingly hard to locate. If nothing else, this gives an art critic something to do.
Image: Thomas Kinkade unveils his painting, "Prayer For Peace," at the opening of the exhibit "From Abraham to Jesus," in Atlanta, 2006. AP Photo/Gene Blythe
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I wasn't aware of the utter hatred that exists in the art community. Get over yourselves.Hide replies
"The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none — not one — of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original."
And the reason many of us (not myself personally) respond to his artwork is that none of those things are factors when purchasing his work. Especially orginality. I think I watch one original movie idea every 5 years, yet I still go to the movies. I like a few of his paintings; most I don't, but I never stopped liking something because someone else told me to.
People appreciate what they are unable to do, whether it be playing sports, repairing a car or, in this case, painting. I don't care what an art critic thinks of a painting any more than I care what movie critic has to say about a movie. We like what we like.
And the second an artist's critically beloved work becomes too popular, critics simply move the bar as to what is considered to be "art". So I appreciate Kincade for painting as he wanted to paint and not wasting his time painting for critics.Hide replies
The funny thing is Mr. Kinkade didn't give a rats you know what about what the critics thought. I love this quote of his re: art critics. "I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York." Perhaps the art "establishment' were mad because they knew they couldn't control a maverick like Mr. Kinkade? Quite possibly.
Good comment, I never really liked the work because of the iights that looked too bright, or the houses that I thought looked fake, but I loved the colors and the pretty scenes.
The way I see it there is only one obvious reason why the art snobs have an antipathy toward Thomas Kinkade. Professional jealousy. Yes, JEALOUSY! I couldn't believe the way the art mafia ganged up on Kinkade and the poor guy not even dead one day! Insane...even vultures don't swoop that quickly! Well, it looks like the mainstream Americans that the pretentious ones love to hate are pushing back...with their wallets! Sales of Kinkade works are skyrocketing. People don't like to be dictated to about they should or shouldn't like when it comes to arts, music, sports and entertainment. So go ahead you hater big bad wolves, huff and puff all you want but you'll NEVER blow in THE Cottage! LOL. Those who love and purchase Mr. Kinkade's works do it because he reflected what was their goals and dreams and aspirations, and you can't take that away from them. Mr. Kinkade understood his fans, and they understood his work and that's all that matters.Hide replies
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38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
and what exactly is your point John?
Which verse did you not understand?
John, what hermeneutic are you using? Grammitcal/historical? What exegetical resources are you using? Important questions if you want to interpret Scripture for us. Instead of going down that road, why don't you just come on out and say what you want to say. And yes, I pastor a congregation.
Jim, what's the name of your Congregation?
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"hermeneutic"? "Grammitcal/historical"? "exegetical"? Really? It's all "ig-pay attin-lay" to me. Does your congregation understand any of this gibberish, or do they just drop in on Sunday morning for a pleasant snooze?
I find it ironic that one would quote the Sermon on the Mount, which in part, teaches us that contempt for our brothers leads us to lives full of anger and hate and to the gates of hell, and then he comes back with a snarky comment that could be seen as contemptuous. Please read what you are quoting and take it to heart. If you profess to be a Christian then you should act as the Teacher has taught. It is GOOD NEWS, not a hammer to be struck upon an anvil. Please stop making my Jesus look bad through your actions.
Art Critics prefer Christ on a crucifix immersed in urine.. Kincaid brought art to more people than any critic which is the basis for their self inflicted hate.. A critic is someone who can't do what they critique..Hide replies
Had no idea you were such a fan of Andy Warhol. He and Kincaid had a lot in common. http://glasstire.com/2012/04/09/art-marketing-pioneer-thomas-kinkade-dies-unexpectedly-at-age-54/
Seems strange to me how people want to revile Mr. Kinkade for doing exactly what Andy Warhol did.
I love how everyone always mentions the urine! That was one bizarre stunt, and it got everyone talking, and still talking. Ironically that's one definition of good art!
Well, Mary Louise (oh my, what a pretentious, tight butt elitist name, so fitting) extrapolate from your "hatred" of those two highly successful and popular artists, the hatred we feel for the "schlock artist" people like you elected to the "Hopey, Changey" presidency. As for your passing on of all the nasty scuttlebutt about Kincaid from other "haters" like yourself, what would we find out about you if we started asking those ex-boyfriends of yours?
I couldn't stand Kinkade but I think bringing politics into this is a stretch.
A well-researched and well-written article. The purpose of art and literary criticism is to make one think.
"I bristled at the question. How to choose?"
This made me laugh out loud, awesome. I wonder if Heaven is as corny-looking as I imagine it to look? RIP Painter of Light. Welcome home.
Interesting article. Thanks.
I love journalism's capability to turn anything into a rant against the political right. Ms. Schumacher, you forgot to mention collective bargaining and Sarah Palin.

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A 1-month-old baby was taken into emergency protective custody Friday after Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) narcotics investigators arrested the child's parents during a methamphetamine lab seizure at a Lugoff motel.
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested two men believed to be responsible for a break-in several weeks ago at a former school facility on St. Matthews Road southeast of Camden. The stolen items included at least one old computer and 300 old reels of 35mm film.
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New Year's weekend turned out to be a relatively quiet one, according to the heads of the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and Camden Police Department (CPD).
Nickolas Jermaine Miller, 23, of Jefferson, the man accused of the abduction, rape and murder of Beverly Hope Melton, 30, of Kershaw, now faces additional charges filed by the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO).
Ambulance crews took six people to KershawHealth to be treated for injuries sustained in a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of West DeKalb and Campbell streets in Camden around 2 p.m. Friday. The Camden Fire Department (CFD) assisted emergency services personnel in stabilizing three of those victims before transport.
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It will be a fine arts weekend for Ashford University when several campus organizations present a play and two music events Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 and 2.
"Life: It's All Relative," a play consisting of nine short skits – including six written by students – is being staged by the Ashford University Fine Arts Club on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Mullany Theater at 7 p.m. There will be no charge to see the skits – most of which are comedies – but donations will be accepted.
Earlier Saturday, the Ashford University Wind Ensemble will present its "Concert for Winter" in St. Clare Hall (C3600) at 2 p.m. Included in the concert will be a performance of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" arranged for band by Jim Curnow, with narration by Dr. Curt Lowe, Ashford's dean of the College of Liberal Arts. The band will also perform "High Bridge March" by Jim Curnow; "Jacomo" by Frank Erickson; the "Flower Duet" from the opera "Lakme of Leo Delibes," featuring two Ashford student flutists; "A Carole King Portrait" arranged by John Cacavas, and "Roaring 20's Medley" arranged by Andrew Balent.
In honor of the season, the band will play three Christmas selections: "A Child is Born" arranged by Elliot Del Borgo, "I Saw Three Ships" arranged by Larry Kerchner and "Away in a Manger" arranged by Tom Wallace. As is customary, the band will finish with a surprise selection. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Ashford University Concert Choir wraps up the special weekend when it participates in Clinton's annual performance of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, at Zion Lutheran Church, 439 Third Ave. South. The choir will join RiverChor, soloists, and an orchestra in presenting Handel's oratorio. The public is invited and there is no charge to attend the event.


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Molly Sullivan scored late in the first half, Kelsee Winston early in the second and the Chiawana Riverhawks held off Pasco for a 2-0 shutout win over the visiting Bulldogs in Mid-Columbia Conference girls soccer Tuesday.
The victory kept the Riverhawks (12-1) on pace to at least tie with Kamiakin (11-1) for the MCC title with Saturdays match against Southridge the regular-season finale before district play begins next week.
Both goals came off assists from Braydey Hodgins.
It was a pretty even game, said Chiawana coach Rich Zoller. I think Pascos a good team. Our girls just did a great job finding ways to win. We havent always necessarily been dominating games, but the girls just find a way to get it done. Weve done that all year long.
Zoller praised his teams defense, led by senior backs Danika Pink and Lexi Ellingsen, and added that Shayla Storaci came through big at left back as an injury replacement.
Scoring1, C, Molly Sullivan (Braydey Hodgins) 34th. 2, C, Kelsee Winston (Hodgins) 45th min. ShotsChiawana 11, Pasco 12. SavesPasco, Kerrie Nolan 7. Chiawana, Cydni Cottrell 8.
Richland 10, Walla Walla 0: Tate Kautsky assisted on the Bombers first three goals and scored one of her own as Richland ran away with the Mid-Columbia Conference road win.
Samantha Heilman scored three goals and assisted on two others, Andes Archibald two goals and two assists, and Katherine Virden had two goals and an assist.
Scoring1, R, Courtney Carter (Tate Kautsky) 5th. 2, R, Katherine Virden (Kautsky) 8th. 3, R, Samantha Heilman (Kautsky) 10th. 4, R, Heilman (Andes Archibald) 19th. 5, R, Archiblad (Heilman) 23rd. 6, R, Virden (Heilman) 42nd. 7, Kautsky (Archibald) 54th. 8, R, Archibald (Hannah Lea) 57th. 9, Heilman (Virden) 60th. 10, Cami Fliger (Madison Hemenway) 71st. ShotsRichland 16, Walla Walla 2. SavesRichland, Gracelyn Fine 2. Walla Walla, Emily Gilmore 5, Alyssa Rodriguez-James 1.
Prosser 6, Selah 0: Jamie Fasslers header in the first minute was just the beginning, as she scored again two minutes later and finished with a hat trick to lead the Mustangs to the CWAC win at home.
Prosser locked up the third seed into next weeks district tournament, though first comes Thursdays match with Toppenish.
Scoring1, P, Jamie Fassler (Jasmine Lemos) 1st. 2, P, Fassler 3rd. 3, P, Rylee Suhadolnik (Luz Herrera) 8th. 4, P, Fassler 20th. 5, P, Matti Boyle (Makensie Forsyth) 31st. 6, P, Forsyth (Maggie Elliot) 54th. ShotsProsser 22, Selah 11. SavesProsser, Izzy Thornbrugh 7. Selah, Lilly Kikendall 11.
Othello 1, Grandview 0: Kaylee Martinez scored in the 11th minute and the Huskies defense made it stand up, despite being down a player for the final 20 minutes after a red card.
Jennelle Garza made eight saves in goal for host Othello, which locked up a district playoff spot with the victory.
Scoring1, Othello, Kaylee Martinez (Tori Cantu), 11:00. ShotsGrandview 12, Othello 33. SavesGrandview, unavailable, 15; Othello, Jennelle Garza, 8
Connell 3, Royal 1: Brittany Vickerman scored a pair of goals and the visiting Eagles got back on the winning track after having their nine-game winning streak snapped.
Connell remained unbeaten in the SCAC East.
Scoring1, R, Cynthia Cid-Beltran (Jackie Guadarrama) 30th. 2, C, Brittany Vickerman 45th. 3, C, Vickerman (Madison Clawson) 77th. 4, C, Jessica Garcia 90th. ShotsConnell 14, Royal 1. SavesConnell, Gloria Gomez 1, Shelby Cournya 0. Royal, Guadalupe Guadarrama 8.
Eisenhower 3, Sunnyside 1: Jessica Gonzales scored for the visiting Grizzlies, but it wasnt enough in a CBBN loss.
Scoring1, Eisenhower, Haley Wammock (Sarah Sudven), 33:00; 2, Eisenhower, Wammock, 42:00; 3, Sunnyside, Jessica Gonzales, 57:00; 4, Eisenhower, Wammock, 62:00. ShotsSunnyside 17, Eisenhower 8. SavesSunnyside, Vanessa Loera, 3, Jessica Cardenas, 0; Eisenhower, Ellie Alexander, 9.


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The Enabler slips three tarnished quarters into a coin slot. Pool balls rattle down a chute, and she rounds them up in a triangle. Finished racking, she faces her foe. He's Australian. How good can he be at American bar pool?
Still, this is the Smog Cutter, a rough-and-tumble dive on Virgil, which runs like an arthritic spine through the underappreciated backside of Silver Lake. The Enabler has spent enough time on this tattered table to know one thing for sure: Men generally hate it when a woman beats them at pool.


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A person close to Alex Rodriguez told Joel Sherman of the New York Post that the veteran third baseman will be in Houston this weekend.
Anthony Rizzo continued his hot hitting on Tuesday, blasting two home runs in the Cubs' 6-0 win over the Padres.
Gregory Polanco drove in three of the Pirates' 12 runs in a slugfest win over the Dodgers on Tuesday.
Donovan Solano reached base in all five plate appearances in Tuesday's win over the Braves, drawing a walk, hitting a double, and tallying three singles.
Jose Reyes stole a base, homered, and doubled in a run in five at-bats as the Jays slugged their way to a win against the Red Sox on Tuesday.
Manny Machado was scratched from Tuesday's lineup with lower back tightness.
ESPN's Jim Bowden reports that the Reds and Phillies "continue trade talks" involving Marlon Byrd.
Scooter Gennett left Tuesday's game against the Reds with right quad tightness.
Pedro Alvarez exited Tuesday's game against the Dodgers with left knee discomfort.
George Springer (knee, quad) remained out of the Astros' lineup Tuesday.
MLB.com's Joe Frisaro reports that the Marlins are likelier to extend Casey McGehee than trade him.
Alex Rios (ankle) is expected to return to the lineup on Wednesday.


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The Mayan calendar would have allegedly seen the world end a week ago, but for First Night, the only effect is to inspire enormous serpent puppets and smoke-breathing temple boats. The arts-based, family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year's Eve celebration has rocked Tacoma's theater district for the past six years after a rebirth in 2007. And, despite holding to the same budget, has expanded the offerings inside and outside, as well as making the whole program smartphone-friendly.
"It's the same budget as last year, but we're trying to be judicious with dollars," says co-organizer Lance Kagey. "We feel like we're transitioning from a small community event to a big blow-out event. We're trying to give people lots of options."
Among those options is the annual opening tradition of the World's Shortest Parade, a noisy, dancing procession that begins near the graffiti garages on Broadway and ends just one block later at the Pantages Theater. Each year, the First Night nonprofit group commissions a giant puppet to add to the parade, honoring the Chinese zodiac with rabbits or dragons. This lunar New Year (actually beginning in February) is the Year of the Snake, and puppet-builder Annette Matteo is creating a giant, hand-held, lamp-lit one similar to her previous ones. Last year's metal fire-breathing dragon also will take part.
But the attraction of the Mayan calendar was impossible to resist. First Night organizers had Metro Parks Tacoma organize the decoration of three derelict boats into an enormous flaming Mayan serpent, with a replica temple in the middle spouting dry-ice fog. Led by artist Allison Greer Morse, the snake boats were created out of papier-mché and painted by community members and local schoolchildren attending MetroParks' after-school SPARX program.
"We did a snake because in Mayan culture the snake is responsible for taking the sun and stars across the heavens," said Metro Parks organizer Mary Tuttle. "So the kids are learning about the symbols and beliefs of the culture, as well as about repurposing things and how to protect the environment."
Also joining the parade will be Tubaluba, a New Orleans funeral-style marching band, Brazilian carnival band VamoLa and other dancers and musicians.
Other new items this year are an Ice Walk and two art scavenger hunts. One hunt is on paper: Festival-goers look up and down the First Night "footprint" along Broadway from the graffiti garages to the Hotel Murano (including the Rialto Theater) looking for various pieces of public art, including a new mural at 11th and Market streets that has space for viewers to chalk their own contributions. Secret words will be written at all of the art points, and those who compile the whole list can enter their answer slip in a drawing for a night at the Hotel Murano.
The other hunt is for glass medallions made by Monkeyshines, the anonymous glassblowers who hide Asian New Year glass balls around town.
And if you don't find anything, you can still brave the Ice Walk: a stretch of ice outside the Woolworth Windows on Broadway (which will have new installations) that passes through a 20-foot-high crystalline sculpture and rewards those who make the whole walk barefoot with a free cup of hot cocoa.
"We did the Ice Walk in 2004, and are reviving it," says Kagey.
While the budget may be the same, the musical line-up is definitely more extensive, with plenty of crowd-pleasers on multiple stages indoor and outdoor. Opening the main stage near the Pantages is local indie rock favorite Owl Parliament; others include Goldfinch, Shogun Barbie, Death by Stars, and Ivan and Alyosha – fresh from a Brandi Carlile tour. There's folk from the Tune Stranglers and Tallboys, hot club jazz from Pearl Django, kindie rock from the Fun Police and Latin from VamoLa, Mariachi Guadalajara and Los Flacos, plus various hip-hop, singer-songwriters and dance.
Hilarious old-guy trio The Mud Bay Jugglers are back, and other family acts include the Clay Martin Punch and Judy puppet show, magician Louie Foxx and a magic lantern show.
There also are plenty of hands-on activities: a drum circle, Xbox contest, a hip-hop class and art-making. Vendors will be selling crafts and art just inside the empty space behind the fountain at 11th and Broadway, and outside at each end of the footprint will be food vendors.
First Night has made a tradition of using fire (not fireworks) to usher in the new year, and this year a new influx of volunteers is making more possible, Kagey says. Fire hoopers and dancers will perform at the end of the parade, sporadically through the night and again at 11:45 p.m., when there'll also be the burning of the 2013 numbers and the snake effigy with all of the wishes that participants have thrown in during the night. Ongoing outside Theater on the Square will be the Zen fire gardens, where you can draw fiery patterns in sand, and at 7 p.m. artist Kyle Dillehay will pour molten metal into ice.
"It will be spectacular," says Kagey.
How to find out where things are going on? Well, there'll still be paper programs available at downtown locations and at the First Night information booth near the Broadway Center's box office, but this year the First Night crew has beefed up the website and made it smartphone-friendly. Big visuals and easy navigation help festival-goers scan different acts, and on the night itself, the display will automatically pop up to the current line-up depending on the time.
Outside events at First Night are free, including the parade, the main stage, the fire events and the midnight closing finale. For inside access, a button gets you into all venues, including the Museum of Glass and the Children's Museum. They also get you free skate rental at Polar Plaza ice rink on Pacific Avenue. Buttons are available on brownpapertickets.com, as well as at various downtown locations (see information box).
Parking is free at the Tacoma Dome Station garage, and the Link light rail runs until 1 a.m. into the downtown area. Many downtown restaurants and cafes will be open, including Varsity Grill, El Toro, Sundance Café, Ravenous Restaurant, Broadway Quickstop, Tully's, Mad Hat Tea Party and AmeRAWcan Bistro.
First Night
What: First Night celebration of indoor and outdoor arts events
When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 31 at Museum of Glass (1801 Dock St., Tacoma) and Children's Museum (1501 Pacific Ave., Tacoma); Fun Run 6:15 p.m.; opening parade 6:30 p.m., stage acts 7 p.m.-11:30 p.m., closing celebration 11:45 p.m.-midnight
Where: Various locations in downtown Tacoma including Pantages Theater (901 Broadway), Rialto Theater (310 S. Ninth St.) and other indoor and outdoor venues on Broadway between Seventh and 13th streets; opening parade goes down Broadway from Seventh to Ninth streets; main stage and closing celebrations on Broadway from South Ninth to South 11th streets.
Admission: Limited-edition buttons allow access to event performances and museum entry, plus skate rental at Polar Plaza. $10 through Sunday, $14 on Monday, free for ages 10 and younger, available from BCPA box office, Columbia Bank branches, Tacoma Art Museum, Hotel Murano, King's Books and other downtown locations and at brownpapertickets.com. Stickers will be available when buttons sellout.
Information: firstnighttacoma.orgRosemary Ponnekanti: 253-597-8568 rosemary.ponnekanti@ thenewstribune.com blog.thenewstribune.com/arts


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The Bijou Theatre in association with Eli Newsom is proud to present a one-night-only performance of the critically acclaimed "un-holiday pop/rock musical" Striking 12. Striking 12 is a funked-up, rewired version of "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Anderson that tells the story of a grumpy, overworked New Yorker who resolves to spend New Year's Eve alone in his apartment when an unexpected visitor brings some much-needed cheer.
The eclectic score combines rock, blues, musical comedy, and old-fashioned melodies with a healthy dose of 21st-century quirky skepticism to create a unique hybrid of musical theatre and rock concert. Striking 12 was created by the piano/violin/drum theatrical power trio GrooveLily and Tony Award-winning writer Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).
The all-local cast features Charles Casimiro (Bass), Dwayne Condon (Keyboard/Vocals), Tahlia Cott (Violin), Jenifer Menedis (Vocals), Gabriel Nappi (Drums), Jim Nassef (Vocals), Christy Newsom (Vocals), Eli Newsom (Keyboard/Vocals), Maggie Pangrazio (Vocals), Brian Michael Riley (Narrator/Disgruntled Foley Artist).
General Seating: $20
Cabaret Seating: $25


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Margaret Viola Craven, 86, of Quinlan passed away in Rockwall on Oct. 24, 2012.
She was born in Duncan, Okla., on April 4, 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snow.
She is survived by her son, Randy Craven; daughter Joyce and husband David Milan; grandchildren Ryan Craven, Audrey Craven, Christina McGraw and Jennifer Skaggs and husband Travis, and great-grandchildren Greyson McGraw and Madilynn McGraw.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Craven, and her parents.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lynch Funeral Service in Greenville with interment at Lynch Memorial Park to follow.
Online condolences may be made at www.lynchfuneralservice.com


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ASHTABULA — Virginia L. "Ginny" Gustafson-Trebilcock, age 48, of Ashtabula, died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at the Hospice House of the Western Reserve in Cleveland.
Born Oct. 17, 1964, in Ashtabula, she was the daughter of Gunnard and Kermetta (Davis) Gustafson. Ginny graduated from Harbor High School class of 1982.
She was currently employed at Rite Aid on Lake Ave. in Ashtabula. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Aux. Post 103, currently serving as Chaplain. She enjoyed gardening, shopping, her feline friend, "River" and most of all her children.
Survivors include her children, Ryan Ash, Kyle Ash, Rachel Ash, Brooke Ash and Alexis Ash, all of Ashtabula; grandchildren, Vincent Ash and Ezra Ash; brothers, Gary and Helen Gustafson and their children, Tom and Ben, all of Virginia and Mark and Annette Gustafson and their son, Gunny, all of New York; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Trebilcock; and her parents.
Funeral Service will be 11 a.m., Friday, June 14th, at GUERRIERO FUNERAL HOME, 1550 W. 19th St., Ashtabula, with the Rev. Dr. Michael Meranda officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memory Gardens.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., TODAY, June 13th, at the Funeral Home.
Obituary and condolences at starbeacon.com.


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Reject Bonita Lakes location for sports complex
I urge everyone to reject the Bonita location for the proposed sports complex. It's a great project, but choose another site!
Dr. McGrew has picked a highly-utilized and beloved area, which is a main horse trailhead and access area for bikers and hikers as well as horsemen from all over the state. So many people come to Meridian for ag-center events, horse shows, trail rides and family trips just because of the trails and natural terrain there.
Many of the most popular routes he ignores are not on the official Bonita map, but have been heavily enjoyed since before the mall and the ag-center were built.
In addition, the terrain is extreme, with steep hills and hollows, old growth timber, and creeks which are both irreplaceable and completely unsuited for a large flat endeavor. The environmental impact to the watershed is massive, and probably will be challenged.
Bonita Lakes Saddle Club, with its broad membership across the state, calls on bikers, hikers, boaters, joggers and all who love Bonita to help save this natural treasure.
Again, we are NOT OPPOSED to the sports complex - just NOT AT BONITA!
Cherry Clark
Promised neighborhoods;
Can we achieve it?
We want to first thank the Meridian Public School District superintendent and its board members for allowing the NAACP, The Boston Red Sox World Series champion hitting coach Ron "Papa Jack" Jackson Baseball Foundation and Real Life Junction, Inc., the opportunity to come before them at their recent school board meeting.
The Promised Neighborhoods Community Reform Grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education was presented to them and the public. The (RFP) request for proposal displaying five areas of concern the (DOE) has centers around safe communities, healthy children, better parental involvement, technology and being school ready was clearly expressed in our proposal. I advise the public to look this grant up and formulate your own opinion as to if this will work here in our beloved Meridian.
The leading concern from the DOE is stated in the applicant's letter; "If poverty is a disease that infects an entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation."
They point to a pattern of concentration, targeting our (4-14 year old) grade school children; centered on giving all community 501c3 certified nonprofits organizations a cohesive pattern of collaboration and potential funding opportunities to serve and meet these community needs. It was not mentioned at the meeting, but we can also employ 60 percent of Meridian High School students, ages 15 and above, with job opportunities to work with this grant. Thus, redirecting motives, time and energy into giving back to generations where they came from!
Our next move is to go before the city council, county supervisors and Meridian Housing Authority Board to present our community efforts to help in getting this grant approved. Ultimately, we would like to bring together a (CAST) model Community and Schools Together; members of the MPSD (preferably MHS Wellness/Athletic Departments), City of Meridian Park Services and the Meridian Housing Authority; all serving the same child from time to time, but unfortunately seemingly going into different directions; to sit down at the table to get on one accord!
Once again, thank you Dr. Taylor and Chief Reed for installing reformed practices, polices and procedures when it comes to bringing in outside local law enforcement to handle inside school issues. If this pipeline did not exist, we can all assure ourselves now, it won't exist. If you would like to work with this initiative, contact the local NAACP Branch for more information.
NAACP Community Education Reform Division


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ANGELS CAMP - Someone, possibly an organized crime syndicate operative, has been placing tiny electronic devices called skimmers inside gas pumps in Calaveras County.
The devices are used to steal the credit card or debit card data from unwitting customers. At least four of the devices were found during July, according to representatives of the service stations.
"Generally, it looks like a black wad of tape with some wires on the end," said Clyde Nash, owner of a Chevron station in Angels Camp.
Law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and experts on privacy offer the following tips to avoid losing money to skimming and credit card fraud:
• If possible, pay inside a gas station rather than at a pump. Outdoor machines are more likely to be tampered with.
• Don't use an ATM if you see signs of tampering such as an additional camera attached to the exterior, an overlay on the number pad, or an additional card reader installed over the machine's card slot.
• Cover your hand as you input your PIN to avoid having a camera record your number.
• In restaurants, don't let your card out of your sight when you pay for a meal. Employees could use a hand-held skimmer to record your card's data.
• Look at your bank and credit card accounts daily to watch for fraudulent transactions.
The device found at Nash Chevron on July 23 was the first to get widespread attention. Nash reported it to the Angels Camp Police Department, and then it issued a media release alerting card holders to take precautions.
Angels Camp Police Chief Todd Fordahl said his agency is working with the U.S. Secret Service to investigate the skimmer found there.
Fordahl said he's been aware since earlier this year that organized electronic fraud gangs may at times be active in the area. He said a man arrested in Angels Camp several months ago on counterfeiting charges turned out to have a number of fraudulent credit cards in his possession as well as stolen data for more cards on his computer.
Fordahl said the Secret Service is also assisting with that case.
"A lot of the credit card numbers were being used overseas," he said. "It is very organized, very much international, very sophisticated and hard to track down."
Skimming and selling card data is a big national and international business. Consumers face a variety of skimming threats, including cameras and card strip readers attached to the exterior of ATM machines, devices planted inside gas pumps, and even hand-held skimmers used by unscrupulous restaurant employees to swipe data while a card is on the way from table to cash register, say law enforcement agencies, bank officials and business operators.
Federal agencies, including the FBI and the Secret Service, have reported it as a growing problem for years. On July 24, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma reported that Kevin Konstantinov, 50, and Elvin Alisuretove, 36, had been arraigned in federal courts on wire fraud charges for allegedly taking $400,000 through card skimming.
Federal investigators allege that from April 2012 to January 2013, the two regularly flew from their homes in Washington state to Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas to plant skimmers in the pumps of Murphy USA gas stations next to Walmart stores.
The data harvested from those skimmers, in turn, was used to produce fraudulent cards. Some of those fraudulent cards were used for transactions in Russia and Eastern Europe, according to the indictment filed in the case.
Ties to organized crime in Russia and Eastern Europe crop up frequently in large skimming cases. The FBI has reported a number of skimming cases involving foreign nationals, including a 2010 case in which two brothers from Bulgaria were indicted for taking more than $1 million by installing surveillance equipment on New York City ATMs. The equipment allowed them to record card data and customer PINs that could then be used to create fraudulent cards.
"There is quite an underground market for those cards," said Michael Savelli, vice president and chief administrative officer for Bank of Stockton.
Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy for Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego, said thieves may sell the stolen data on the black market for as little as $10 per card.
Savelli said thieves can get higher prices for cards that are more likely to yield more money. He said thieves may test the quality of cards before they sell them by doing extremely small transactions worth only a few pennies through online vendors such as e-Bay.
Consumers, he said, should be on the lookout for such tiny transactions as an early warning sign that something is wrong.
In addition to Nash Chevron, Calaveras County sites where skimmers were found in the last month include the Copper Station and Car Wash on Reeds Turnpike in Copperopolis, and Murphys Chevron and Murphys Square Minimarket, both on Highway 4 in Murphys.
Employees at the Calaveras County stations say they are doing regular checks for skimmers, and one station is even shutting off the pumps at night when employees can't guarantee their security.
How well other businesses are doing at detecting and removing skimmers is unclear. Les Garcia, spokesman for the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, said in an email that his office has never had a report of thefts involving the devices.
Officer Joe Silva, spokesman for the Stockton Police Department, said his agency has received reports of skimmers over the years but has not seen any increase recently.
Savelli, with Bank of Stockton, said his organization makes frequent checks of its ATMs and has never had one of its machines compromised. An independent gas station owner in Stockton, in contrast, said he did not know himself how to check for the devices and was depending on contracted pump maintenance workers to be on the lookout during their occasional visits.
National experts on skimming say there is some evidence that organized skimming rings focus on resort areas or cities such as San Francisco, where they are more likely to record the cards of individuals with larger bank accounts and higher credit limits.
Although Bank of Stockton ATMs have not been compromised, Savelli said many credit and debit cards issued by Bank of Stockton have been compromised. In one case, he said Bank of Stockton even helped identify a Rio Vista restaurant where employees had been surreptitiously skimming customer cards.
Often, however, it is virtually impossible to determine where a particular card's data was stolen, said Savelli and other experts on card security.
European nations have now switched to the so-called "chips and pins" system for credit cards, in which cards have embedded identification chips, and users are required to enter a PIN to use the card.
As a result, the European ATM Security Team reported on July 25 that the United States is the top nation for fraudulent transactions done using cards whose data was stolen in Europe. The reason: fraudulent cards made with only the data strip work fine here, since U.S. merchants aren't set up to read chips or require PINs for credit cards.
Contact reporter Dana M. Nichols at (209) 607-1361 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at www.recordnet.com/calaverasblog.


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Your May 7 article "House OKs wider gun freedoms" is titled wrong. It should read, "House votes to place guns in the hands of drunks."
I am sure that proponents of this bill and those that voted for it will receive large contributions from the NRA (read, gun manufacturers). I hope "legislators" understand that their vote will cost lives. People will die because of the fact that killing force was available to them while under the influence of alcohol.
As I read the Second Amendment, nowhere does it suggest placing killing instruments in bars or schools. I was a physician who witnessed gunshot trauma in ERs over a 40-year career. I shudder to think of the kind of state North Carolina will become with this style of leadership.
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A huge tree still hung precariously over one of the busiest roads in Central Bucks on Wednesday, just another casualty of unprecedented storm damage.
New Britain Borough still is awaiting the arrival of a PECO or PennDOT crew to tackle the tree down across Route 202 near Keeley Avenue, borough mayor David Holewinski said Wednesday.
Hurricane Sandy brought the tree down earlier this week, and it has remained there since.
"We're trying to get somebody out to handle it, but they can't give us any idea of when they might be out here," said Holewinski.
The mayor said he has spoken with Ted Dorand, the municipality's PECO liaison, and gave him the location of all trees known to be down on roads or wires in New Britain.
Dorand couldn't give him an estimated time when the utility would be able to respond, Holewinski said.
Until that happens, the busy road that connects Central Bucks remains closed. Drivers are being detoured over Tamenend Avenue to avoid the closure.
Meanwhile, Holewinski said power remains out to nearly everyone in the 3,100-person town.
"To my knowledge, no one has power. The only ones who have power are those who have a generator," said Holewinski, who is without power himself.
PECO has about 700 customers in New Britain Borough. The company's outage map gives only a range of customers out, but the "501 - 1,500" designation seems to back up Holewinski's assessment of total or near-total power loss.
Many in the borough have been helping each other out, checking on older neighbors and making sure people have food and water as they wait for power to be restored, the mayor said.
Still, Holewinski said he has sympathy for the company, which he described as "overwhelmed."
"I'm not one who gives people a pass real easily, but I'm more apt to give PECO a pass this time," said the mayor. "In this case, I think all of us just need to realize the magnitude of the damage and the magnitude of that storm.
"This shows us it's going to come down to people helping people," Holewinski said. "That's the spirit that we all need to pick up and learn from this."
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On Monday the Free MLB system Play is on Arizona. Game 910 at 9:40 eastern. Arizona fits a nice system that has won 21 of 29 times the last 9 seasons and plays on home teams off a home win by 2 or more runs at -140 or higher, if they scored 5 or more runs and had 5 or more men left on base, vs an opponent off a road loss by 5 or more runs and they scored 2 or less runs with 10 or more men left on base. Arizona has won 3 of 4 as a home favorite from -100 to -125. The Phillies are still struggling at the plate and are scoring just 2.7 runs per gam at night and under 2 runs in road games. They have K. Kendrick making the start here tonight and he allowed 5 runs in 5 innings in his only start here. Look for Arizona to take the opener of this series tonight. On Monday we have a solid 4 game Power Pack up, led by the 100% American League Game of the Month Power system and a Never lost totals system. We also have an MLB Dog with bite that wins outright from an 88% system and an NBA Blowout system that has lost once in 17 years. MLB is on a big run and has cashed big all week and again on Sunday. Jump on and start the week big. I will also have another free play on the Monday night sports talk radio show at 7:05 eastern. Listen in at 88.9 wsia on the FM Dial or listen online at http://tunein.com/radio/WSIA-889-s22807/. For the free Play tonight take the Arizona Diamondbacks. GC


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America Has Lost a Trusted Ally in the Middle East
The resignation of Salem Fayyad as Palestinian prime minister bodes ill for the well-being of Palestinians and hopes for a two-state political solution.
There were two explosions at the end of April in the Middle East, one military, one political, and neither got the attention it deserved.
The first was Grad rocket fire from Gaza that sent civilians rushing to shelter in southern Israel. Since the peace agreement last November, cross-border attacks have diminished. Hamas blames the now-sporadic attacks on an extremist group of Salafists, and that may be so, but Hamas runs Gaza and must take responsibility. Start counting how long it takes for any of the usual critics of Israel to rebuke Hamas for risking the fragile peace.
No one was injured by the Grads. That was pure luck. The intention was to kill and maim. But the shock waves from the second explosion, the resignation of Salem Fayyad as Palestinian prime minister, will persist. That bodes ill for the well-being of the Palestinian people and lingering hopes for a two-state political solution, just as the new Secretary of State John Kerry's three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank raises hopes of revived peace talks. Fayyad has been prime minister for six years, after five years as finance minister. He has made a huge difference on the West Bank. He is a member of the third party, independent of Fatah, and an internationally respected economist. By the time he became finance minister, the donor countries – the U.S., the Arab League and the European Union – were fed up with how much of their contributions was being siphoned off into the private pockets of many of the leaders of the Palestinian Authority. He inherited a Ministry of Finance that was not in control of the Palestinian Authority's receipts. There was a profusion of spending centers. Those with an eye on enrichment and building personal power stole so much that the entire P.A. was on the edge of collapse.
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Fayyad, as finance minister and then prime minister, conducted a relatively honest government that didn't waste the money given to it. In fact, Fayyad's embrace of economic transparency was critical to attracting increased international aid. He put the P.A. budget on the Internet. It was a symbol of his reforming zeal, sound administration, and intolerance of corruption. He brought a Western notion of efficiency, productivity and clean government. He made the prospects of a two-state solution brighter. He resisted the folly of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who grand-standed his P.A. bid for U.N. recognition at the General Assembly last November. Fayyad reasoned correctly that theatrics would impede Palestinian progress, and he was so right. Congress further delayed U.S. aid. Israel stopped the monthly transfers of tax rebates it collects on the P.A.'s behalf. And for what? For a resolution that accomplished nothing!
Fayyad pressed hard for contributions to be restored, since without foreign aid the West Bank is not viable: Foreign aid accounts for some 14 percent of GDP. Yet Fayyad has a vision for a prosperous, independent Palestinian state, a self-sustaining entity, built on private enterprise and innovation of the kind that has made its neighbor so renowned for being, in Bill Gates's words, "by many measures, the country, relative to its population, that's done the most to contribute to the technology revolution." (Those achievements are recorded in the new book "Tiny Dynamo" by Marcella Rosen). Fayyad appreciates the real potential in Palestine if peace can be achieved and security restrictions relaxed: His vision for the future state, he has said, is not that of "a beggar nation, dependent on the world to feed our people."
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On the contrary, Fayyad was dedicated to building state institutions, including effective and responsible security forces – security cooperation with Israel became the norm, and enabled Israel to lift many of its West Bank checkpoints – not to mention hundreds of community development programs, schools and health facilities. By the end of 2011, public support for his government was at 53 percent, way ahead of the Hamas government in Gaza, according to Khalil Shikaki's Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research.


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Thou shalt have no gods – it only causes trouble in the long run.
Thou shalt find divine joy in art, architecture and Pop music – and yes, the Devil does have the best tunes.
Thou shalt not dismiss tweed garments; there's nothing more fetching than a herringbone tweed.
Thou shalt discover enlightenment in the works of Saint Derek Jarman and the Pet Shop Boys.
Thou shalt not buy a sofa from DFS or World of Leather. For this sin there is no forgiveness.
Thou shalt never let hedonism distract thee from the true value of friendships. After all, a city is a large community where most people are lonesome together.
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Prep10 m
Ready In10 m
"This is strong and fruity, but not too sweet at all. A few fresh blueberries finish the presentation. Enjoy!"
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Original recipe yields 1 cocktail
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in blueberry vodka, vanilla vodka, and limoncello. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker is frosty. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with fresh blueberries.
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I didn't make this for myself - I made it for my wife (this kind of drink isn't my thing). And she liked it - she said she really, really liked it. Not too sweet, not too strong (although she said be careful, it DOES pack a little punch) and, just as simple as this, it just plain tasted good. Won't replace her favorite chocolate martini, but it made her all happy.
Took the advise of a previous reviewer and tossed some crushed blueberries into the shaker. Very tasty!
Very good but, I would cut back on the limoncello next time and muddle a few blueberries into the mix. Cheers & thanks for the recipe!
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