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Editor's Note: The post below by Harold Luft is an abridged version of a longer White Paper. The full White Paper and additional information about Dr. Luft's work are also available.
The Current Options Under Discussion
There is substantial debate among Democrats about whether a public-plan option is a critical component of health reform; Republicans seem unified in opposing the idea. The "public plan" proposals are focused largely on expanding the population with coverage and on controlling federal costs. The proposal below focuses more on transforming the system to slow the growth in all health care costs. By doing so, it can facilitate the savings and political compromises necessary to allow coverage expansions.
The two options are the "strong" and the "weak" versions of a public plan, referring not to the strength of the proposals, but the power of the public plan. The "strong" version, as advocated by Jacob Hacker, among others, is a near-clone of Medicare adapted for those under age 65. It uses Medicare's buying power in setting fees for providers, thereby keeping down the premium cost relative to private plans without such leverage. Not surprisingly, providers and private insurers vigorously oppose the idea, which they see as inevitably leading to a "Medicare for all" single-payer system. The proposal has other important features largely tied to parallel changes that need to be legislated for Medicare. Holding out for the "strong" plan risks having a political stalemate kill any chance of reform, but even if passed, it will not transform the health care system.
Medicare already has the ability to force down physician fees. This may shift costs to other payers or reduce provider incomes, but it has no impact on improving efficiency in the overall use of services. The current Medicare fee structure is a major cause of the unpopularity of primary care as a profession, yet Congress has been unable to change the way Medicare pays physicians to slow the overall growth in costs. When legislative changes must be budget-neutral, modifications to the status quo are opposed by groups fearing a loss of revenue. The recent reaction of specialists to proposed fee increases for primary care is a case in point. A "strong" plan might work in a parliamentary system, but it will inevitably be hamstrung in the U.S. political environment.
A "weak" public plan, as proposed by Len Nichols and John Bertko, would compete with private insurers by being transparent, nonprofit, and well-intentioned. It would follow all the rules required of private plans and not leverage Medicare's buying power. Such a plan will need public funding to get started, probably bringing the public contracting, employment, and other rules that would hobble its ability to compete. An alternative to the "build your own" version is what many states have developed for their employees: a public plan that designs benefits and provider networks and carries risk, but leaves administration up to contractors.
This is not to excuse the behavior of private health insurance plans. They spend enormous amounts on marketing and underwriting. They have failed to be the innovators they claim to be. Market advocates believe that competitive forces lead to better outcomes; this is only true, however, if markets are structured appropriately. This is not the case for health care in the U.S.
Both the "strong" and "weak" plans envision an exchange allowing individuals to access a wide range of insurance options with transparent price and actuarial information, uniform rules about basic benefits, guaranteed-issue and -renewal clauses, premiums not based on health status, and risk adjustment across plans. None of these exists in the current market, and an exchange will be a significant improvement.
The weak links in the exchange idea are (1) the risk-adjustment mechanisms and (2) deciding on the basic benefit package. The proposal below addresses those two aspects. As has been learned in Massachusetts, however, to reduce the number of uninsured people, one needs to couple a requirement that everyone have some coverage with subsidies for those for whom coverage is too expensive. Expanding coverage within a system that doesn't work well, however, isn't enough — we need to transform the delivery system.
The Major Risk Pool
I propose an alternative avoiding the weaknesses of both the public solutions such as Medicare for all and current private insurance plans, while building on the strengths of each. It establishes a publicly chartered major risk pool that eliminates the need for the problematic behaviors of private health plans while enhancing choices for providers and patients.
The new entity would be publicly chartered, but nongovernmental. Independence from direct congressional oversight means that it avoids being hamstrung by special-interest groups. It has a publicly appointed board with long terms, similar to the Federal Reserve, with even higher expectations for transparency. Aside from some start-up funding, the pool is self-financing.
The major risk pool would not itself offer coverage directly to consumers; instead, it would offer reinsurance for hospitalization and chronic care — the most expensive components of health care — to health plans, which would sell comprehensive wraparound packages. In my book, Total Cure: the Antidote to the Health Care Crisis, I use the term "Universal Coverage Pool," or UCP to describe most of these functions. The plan for health reform called SecureChoice in Total Cure has income-based subsidies and other features that may or may not be included in the current legislative discussion. Here I use the term "major risk pool," or MRP, to describe a more narrowly construed publicly chartered plan.
The rationale for the MRP is twofold. (1) By pooling risk for the most expensive and financially threatening components of health care, it spreads risk broadly. Allowing health plans to buy coverage at demographically determined rates, it eliminates significant administrative and marketing expenses. (2) By paying in new ways for what covers, it will transform the delivery system.
Hospitalization and chronic illness costs account for more than 60% of all medical costs. Some hospitalizations are totally unpredictable, but most are related to chronic illnesses. People with chronic illnesses have above-average costs; plans incur substantial underwriting, marketing, and administrative costs attempting to avoid such people. Addressing plans' legitimate concerns about adverse selection eliminates such costs that add nothing to health care delivery.
Other proposals for reinsurance pools have surfaced over the years; in 2004 Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) proposed a reinsurance plan. The MRP, however, differs markedly from reinsurance that simply reimburses insurers after they have incurred unusually high costs. Classic reinsurance generates no incentives for more efficient behavior by providers and blunts incentives for insurers to manage high-cost cases. The primary purpose of the MRP is to change payment incentives for providers; it can best do so by attracting the high-cost cases. Unlike conventional insurers, the MRP seeks risk.
By not providing insurance directly to consumers, the MRP sidesteps the need to define a basic benefit package — many states have already done that. The MRP will rarely make decisions about paying for specific items and services, an area in which Medicare is often caught in the crossfire. Both issues are highly political, with lobbying by providers and manufacturers of specific products.
The MRP simply provides funds for certain broad types of illnesses: (1) major acute and interventional care requiring a facility, and (2) care for chronic illnesses. The clinicians involved and the health plans providing the wraparound coverage decide what services and products efficiently achieve the best outcomes. As discussed below, the MRP will make available the underlying data needed by independent analysts to inform providers' and patients' choices.
Paying For Inpatient Care
For inpatient care (including major interventional procedures provided in ambulatory settings), the MRP will be a direct payer offering two options: One is traditional fee-for-service (FFS) and diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based payment at Medicare rates, comparable to the "strong public plan option." This may satisfy those advocates of that strategy who believe that providers require such pressure.
The second option is a bundled amount for an episode of care including, not just facility and physician costs, but also appropriate pre-admission workup and postdischarge follow-up care. This payment will be made to a new entity — the Care Delivery Team, or CDT — willing to accept responsibility for delivering or paying for all necessary care during the episode. CDTs will be composed of those physicians and hospitals voluntarily choosing to participate and establish their own governance rules. Clinicians need not be employees of the CDT; they might be paid on an hourly, per service, or other basis and share gains (and losses).
Unlike the Accountable Care Organizations proposed by Elliott Fisher and others at Dartmouth, CDTs include only physicians whose work is largely within the participating facility. The CDT is responsible for coordinating inpatient care, but not for the decision to admit the patient. Those decisions are addressed through the approach the MRP uses for chronic illness management. CDTs, moreover, need not include all physicians practicing at the hospital — just willing participants. For patients not reinsured by the MRP, payments to physicians and hospitals are unaffected.
Providers preferring FFS will be paid Medicare rates by the MRP for its enrollees, and cannot balance-bill patients or plans. CDTs, however, can set their own prices for each type of episode of care, or expanded DRG. The MRP will pay them an amount, after adjusting for regional input cost differences, equal to the average prices set by those CDTs with better-than-average outcomes for those patients. CDTs may charge more than the MRP payment, but can anticipate pushback from health plans.
Transition issues must be considered. Medicare payments are typically below those of private payers. Legislation should include a transitional subsidy allowing the MRP to increase its FFS-based payments to providers at hospitals that have not yet formed CDTs. The MRP will not immediately have good measures of risk-adjusted patient outcomes. The MRP will engage panels of patients and professionals to transparently identify what outcomes matter to patients and how such outcomes can be measured. Until outcomes data are collected, each CDT's outcomes are assumed to be average. Health plans will try to steer patients to CDTs with lower net prices. CDTs will lower costs by avoiding complications and reducing the inputs used in an episode through creative and empowering use of both clinical and nonclinical staff.
Under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules, the MRP will make available its data to researchers and others developing risk models and other tools. (Fee and pricing data will not be released by the MRP.) CDTs will use the results of such analyses to identify new processes yielding higher quality at lower cost. Manufacturers, from pharmaceutical to device makers, will find increased demand for cost-reducing technologies that improve or maintain quality.
Covering Chronic Illnesses
Chronic illness management is often deeply intertwined with acute care. An office visit initiated for an ankle sprain may include a blood pressure check and ongoing monitoring of a patient's diabetes. Thus, a different payment model is needed for outpatient services, including primary and specialty care.
Each month the MRP will transfer to health insurers buying its coverage an amount for the chronic illness management (CIM) of their enrolled patients. These risk-adjusted CIM payments will reflect the average costs incurred by those achieving better-than-average outcomes. Although the monthly payments per case are set, the number and mix of patients are adjusted monthly. Plans must share with the MRP their billing and other data to allow it to determine eligibility, cost updates, and quality. Some will claim to have sicker patients within a chronic condition. The MRP will add appropriate risk adjustments as the plans forward the necessary clinical risk factors demonstrating this. Over time, the data will increase in value for quality measurement and improvement.
Health plans may bundle the experience of all the patients for whom they purchase reinsurance, or subdivide that experience by patients associated with selected providers, such as specific multispecialty groups. Physicians providing higher quality care can thus be recognized and rewarded. This approach is roughly equivalent to the outpatient component of Accountable Care Organizations. It is more feasible, however, because it does not need all physicians to participate.
Although effective management of chronic illnesses reduces the need for expensive hospital episodes, it may require more resources in outpatient settings. Consistent with Fisher and colleagues' approach, MRP payments for high-quality chronic illness management care may be higher if admission rates are lower.
Primary care physicians are undercompensated for their time and coordination of care. Health plans will be able to develop new payment arrangements that better reward primary care providers. Developing such fee schedules under the "strong public plan" will be stymied by those who might lose; independent health plans will have much more flexibility.
The Role Of Private Plans
The MRP operates as an option "in the background." No insurer need buy into the pool; those who prefer "cherry picking" incur underwriting and selective marketing costs avoided by their competitors that join the MRP. No inpatient provider is forced into CDTs accepting its newly structured payments. No outpatient provider need contract with health plans. Reinsurance will make coverage much more affordable for the sick. The real payoff, however, is through increasing numbers of patients choosing more-efficient providers.
Plans developing ways to steer patients to lower cost CDTs will reduce their net premiums to attract enrollees. CDTs, however, will be in a much better bargaining situation vis-á-vis plans than hospitals with independent physicians. If the private market does not seize these new opportunities, state-based public plans can lead the way.
Some health plans have tried to develop tiers of preferred providers. Those efforts appear focused largely on providers with lower fees, rather than lower overall cost relative to quality. Plans have fee information, but not data on overall resource use and quality. The MRP will have much better data and make those data available, but keep confidential physician identities in the raw data. Plans seeking the most efficient physicians will need to offer them more attractive payments. This may include payments for cost-reducing services not currently reimbursed, such as extended consultations, telephone consults, and care provided by nonclinicians.
The MRP's standard reinsurance is for both chronic illness care and hospitalization. This reinsurance will be sold to health plans on a demographic basis, and because the MRP "coverage" for chronic illness involves only a monthly transfer, it requires a wraparound plan to make coverage seamless from the patient's perspective. For "insured products," the insurer will be subject to state insurance regulations and other requirements.
Although the immediate need for the MRP is to lower the costs of coverage for individuals and small groups, large employment-based groups can also be an important market for the MRP. The MRP will also allow any insurer or self-funded (ERISA) plan to piggyback on its bundled payment arrangements with CDTs as an administrative service. Employers and health plans thereby get access to CDTs, measuring their quality and agreeing to bundled payments. CDTs will be free to charge more than the MRP payment, but the bundling saves billing and processing costs. From the CDT's perspective, uniform incentives for all similar cases will facilitate internal process changes.
Synergies Between The MRP And Medicare
Although the MRP will be independent of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the two should cooperate. The MRP should be allowed to use the Medicare fee schedules and DRG payments along with the Medicare prohibition of balance-billing for providers wishing to be paid FFS. Although similar to the "strong" public plan proposal, it is based on provider choice; after a while, most providers will probably choose to be in CDTs.
The MRP is intended to be more nimble and innovative than Medicare. Medicare beneficiaries can benefit directly from the MRP by opting out of Medicare FFS. Medicare Advantage plans currently take full risk for their enrollees, but the accuracy of the risk adjustment is controversial, and many believe that the plans are being overpaid. Medicare and the MRP will collaborate on risk-adjustment methodologies and rates to be paid the MRP for people who choose new Medicare Advantage Reinsured (MAR) plans. Unlike current MA plans that retain (but seek to avoid) risk, the MAR plans offload risk to the MAR. They will seek payment arrangements with providers — for example, offering primary care providers much higher fees and payment for services and care coordination not covered by Medicare. Specialists may be attracted to CDTs to capture savings achieved through inpatient process redesign and reductions in unnecessary services. Many of the new MAR plans will be regional and use arrangements that are not feasible nationally.
A Better Alternative To The Public Option
The appropriate rationale for a public option is to bring a long-term public perspective to covering and delivering care. Relative to the proposals currently on the table, the MRP emphasizes delivery system reform — a critical goal for long-term sustainability. It is, however, compatible with various subsidy and mandate programs to expand coverage; increasing efficiency in delivery will make such subsidies affordable.
Through its direct relationship with providers, the MRP will do a better job improving health care quality and achieving efficiency than either the strong or weak options. By operating in the background, the MRP does not threaten the survival of insurers. They will play a different role than in the past, restructuring payments and facilitating coordination and efficiency . In theory, the MRP could be a wholly private, but none of the players will trust such an entity with all the sensitive information the MRP needs to operate.
A publicly chartered MRP can receive some initial public start-up funding, be not-for-profit in the long run, and operate transparently with a publicly appointed board. It can use Medicare leverage with those providers wishing to stay with classic FFS. The bundled payments it makes directly to new care delivery teams give them incentives to improve efficiency and quality. The chronic illness management payments channeled through insurers reduce their risk while allowing them to develop creative new payment arrangements with ambulatory care providers. Both types of innovations would likely be stymied by politics if attempted though a public plan.
A publicly chartered plan can work well with private plans. A carefully crafted policy incorporating both can be more effective than either approach alone.


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Nemanja Vidic vows to make up for Rome heartbreak against Barcelona
Nemanja Vidic will put Manchester Unitedâs title celebrations to one side and focus on Saturdayâs Champions League final revenge mission against Barcelona.
United were officially crowned champions for a record 19th time at Old Trafford on Sunday, but while the Serbia defender is thrilled after collecting his first major trophy as skipper, he has revealed a burning desire to atone for a disastrous performance in the European showpiece final against the Catalan giants in Rome two years ago.
âWe are celebrating but everyone is now thinking about the next game,â said Vidic, the Premier Leagueâs player of the year.
âWe have to prepare as best as we can for Barcelona. We know what it feels like to go to the final and lose.
âThat match [in Rome in 2009] was one of the saddest moments of my career. I am sure all the players will not forget it.â
Sir Alex Fergusonâs side slumped after Samuel Etoâo scored early on at the Stadio Olimpico and were then killed off when Lionel Messi headed in a match-clinching second past Edwin van der Sar, who will play the last competitive game of his career at Wembley on Saturday night.
âWe know we are facing a very good team and have to be physically and psychologically ready,â Vidic added.
âAgainst this Barcelona team you have to be intelligent. They have qualities but we will work on their weaknesses and expose them to try and win the game.â
Reflecting on leading United to the title in his first season as captain, Vidic added: âI arrived in 2005 and every year has been better. In five years at this club I have won the Premier League four times and Iâm about to play in my third Champions League final.
âI was very proud when I was given the captaincy but if you are captain and you donât win a trophy, it is not a great feeling.
âOne of our main targets this year was to win the Premier League and go above Liverpool. But this is not going to stop. We want to improve and get better.â


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1 Gold studs are tots in so grab some thing with gold studs and wear!
2 If you don't have any gold studded clothes make a trip to your local shop and grab a small bag of them also some super glue or fabric glue.Then choose a black or army green jumper or top and glue the studs on the shoulders! This will lead to success!
3 Army colors are so in so grab anything with that color on and then accessories!
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Regardless of the militia looking folks, if they showed up and are in a protest I bet they also voted as well.
I am not about to care how I look. I might be working on my pond or driveway and get board and go shooting. In mud covered cloths, dirty smelly bearded me. And a sweat stained napa or old ratty hat.
I don't care what folks wear, I care if they know and follow safety rules properly and are respectful folks.
Stereotypes are some thing people who shoot tend to think of as well, mini van mommy ring some bells? The parents scared of a bb gun or slingshot ring some more?
The problem I see is the media, they choose who is on the talking box, they edit things to sound better with the required spin, and all sorts of things.
I will never be someone who showers once a month and has clothes that totally reek. I might be someone who wears the same work clothes for a few different days due to a nasty dirty job likely to ruin those clothes.
I do have to admit I live in the boonies. I ran from the burbs real fast and far then got tired and moved in. So my shooting might be at my place or at some local outdoor ranges. Being in the boonies you see a lot of the redneck stereotypes around.
I also know these guys tend to vote since whenever it is brought up they are interested in the loss of rights locally and federally.
I know this is not about a dress code, but I think the problem is the gun owner who is worried about losing mag capacity, certain guns, or whatever, and they do not vote.
Often some people say how the hunter with his scoped 308 is the one who does not care about the loss of some of the rights other gunners enjoy.
I see this as not embracing those who have not had the advantages you have had. I live in the boonies, I have seen folks living out of very small campers and they call it a house.
Accept all who safely use firearms for entertainment, protection, hunting, collecting, or whatever other reasons there are.
Complain to the news who chooses what is seen on the talking box.
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MONROE — The dynamic duo of Brian Bridgewater and Damian Jones powered Scotlandville High to its second straight Class 5A boys basketball title.
Both Hornets standouts had dunks, but the game was anything but a slam dunk when top-seeded Ouachita High rallied to force overtime. But the second-seeded Hornets had one last surge and scored the first eight points in the extra period en route to an 80-71 victory Saturday night.
The 5A game closed out the Louisiana High School Athletic Association/State Farm Top 28 Tournament at Louisiana-Monroe's Fant-Ewing Coliseum. A crowd of 7,379 attended the two-game evening session.
"I told them we let it slip away in regulation, and we just had to get back to our brand of basketball," Scotlandville coach Carlos Sample said. "We had been down this road before and taken everyone's best shot. We just had to focus on our ball-handling and executing our offense like we have all year long."
Bridgewater finished with 24 points and a game-high 13 rebounds to be named title-game Outstanding Player. Jones added 21 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots for SHS (34-3).
"It kind of felt like (Ouachita was) done," Bridgewater said. "I felt like we came out stronger than they did in overtime. We got the ball in the paint with a purpose, and we finished."
Tre'Lun Banks (18) and Ezekiel Brown (10) also scored in double figures for Scotlandville, which made its fourth straight finals appearance.
Cameron Sims finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds to pace Ouachita (31-5). Chris Sumbler (14), Yettra Specks (12) and Dearius Rollins (10) were the other leaders for the Monroe-based Lions.
With Sims and Sumbler covered by the Hornets defense, Josh Harris missed a shot in the lane with three seconds left in regulation that could have given OHS the win.
"You saw a great ballgame between very good basketball teams," Ouachita coach Casey Jones said. "I think both teams really laid it out on the line. What more could you ask for when we had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation? It just didn't go in."
Scotlandville fell behind 9-2 in the first quarter, with Sims scoring two baskets around the rim and adding a free throw. The Hornets scored 10 of the final 13 points in the period. Jones' jumper in the lane tied the score at 12 going into the second.
Ouachita soon gained the upper hand again. The Lions scored 13 of the next 15 points and led 25-14 with 3:54 left in the half after a basket by Joseph Mason.
The Hornets didn't score a field goal until Jones converted on a drop-step move in the lane with 2:32 left. A couple of Ouachita turnovers helped the Hornets seize momentum, and a dunk by Jones tied it at 25 at 1:29.
Specks and Brown traded 3-pointers, and Jones made one of two free throws with 2.1 seconds to give Scotlandville its first lead — 31-30 — at halftime.
Ouachita scored the first basket of the second half. Scotlandville responded with a 9-0 run that was aided by two turnovers. Bridgewater scored seven points in the run as SHS took a 40-32 lead.
The Lions got back within 46-41 on a reverse layup by Specks with 3:36 left. Scotlandville surged once more and led by as much as 13 points. Ouachita countered, but the Hornets took a 58-49 lead into the final quarter.
Ouachita cut the lead to 58-52 not long after Scotlandville's Jones left the game with four fouls. But Bridgewater came in and the Hornets got rolling, scoring the next eight points. A dunk by Bridgewater made it 66-52 with 4:35 remaining.
The Lions battled back with a 16-2 run, including 15-0 in the final 4:07 thanks in part to five turnovers by the Hornets. Sumbler's 3-pointer with 39 seconds left tied the score at 68, but Harris' miss sent the game to OT.
Scotlandville set the tone in overtime with a jumper by Banks in the lane. A layup by Vincent Sanders gave the Hornets a 72-68 lead with 3:20 remaining. A layup by Bridgewater and a basket by Brown put SHS up 76-68 with 1:29 to go, putting the game out of reach.


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Affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories
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- The taxonomy of Streptomyces and related generaA S Anderson
Natural Products Drug Discovery Microbiology, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51:797-814. 2001..This review addresses the current status of streptomycete taxonomy, highlighting the value of a polyphasic approach that utilizes genotypic and phenotypic traits for the delimitation of species within the genus...
- Detection of eubacterial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductases from natural populations of actinomycetesJ M Sigmund
Merck Research Laboratories, P O Box 2000, RY80Y 235, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
Microb Ecol 46:106-12. 2003..and 1 Nocardia sp.). These results suggest that type I HMG CoA containing pathways are rare in actinomycetes and their distribution within actinomycetes populations is not random...
- The detection of diverse aminoglycoside phosphotransferases within natural populations of actinomycetesA S Anderson
Merck Research Laboratories, P O Box 2000, RY80Y 230, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 29:60-9. 2002..The value of this as a method for obtaining novel compounds and the significance to the ecology of antibiotic biosynthesis are discussed...


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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn believed his team needed a perfect performance to keep its season alive against top-seed Virginia.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn believed his team needed a perfect performance to keep its season alive against top-seed Virginia.
It was clear by the third inning the Razorbacks weren't getting it.
Virginia took advantage of Arkansas starter Zach Jackson's struggles in the third and had a left-handed pitcher dominate the Razorbacks for the second straight night during a 9-2 win in the Charlottesville Regional. The Cavaliers (47-13) advanced to a Super Regional for the second straight year, while Arkansas (40-25) was eliminated.
It was the second straight season the Razorbacks lost in a regional final on the road.
"They have an outstanding team," Van Horn said. "They put together a couple of big innings the last couple days and held us down offensively.
"They're going to be awfully tough next weekend. … We just ran out of gas."
Arkansas knew it had to travel a daunting path after Virginia ace Nathan Kirby pitched the Cavaliers to a 3-0 win Saturday night. The Razorbacks needed two wins Sunday to force a deciding game Monday night, but carried some hope into its second game after beating Bucknell 10-0 earlier in the day.
The Razorbacks equaled a season-high with 16 hits against the Bison and got their 10th shutout of the season to earn another crack at the Cavaliers.
Jackson (2-3) got off to a promising start, too, retiring six straight to open the game a night after Virginia shelled Arkansas veteran Trey Killian in the early innings. The hard-throwing right-hander, who was making his second start after pitching out of the bullpen throughout the regular season, struck out three of the first six batters.
But everything unraveled for the Razorbacks in the third inning.
The freshman — whose longest stint was 3 2/3 — allowed a leadoff single to Virginia's John La Prise and hit Brandon Downes to start the inning. The bases were loaded with two outs when Jackson issued his third free pass of the inning by walking Bucknell first baseman Mike Papi to give Virginia a 1-0 lead.
"We're one pitch from getting out of the that jam," Van Horn said. "At the time we're thinking we're not going to throw (Papi) a fastball down the middle. Give up one on a walk instead of three or four …
"It's kind of what happened after that. We didn't make a play."
Back-to-back singles pushed Virginia's lead to 4-0, then an error by Arkansas shortstop Michael Bernal loaded the bases once again. La Prise came to the plate for the second time and got his second hit of the inning, driving in two more runs with a single off Arkansas reliever Landon Simpson to make it 6-0.
Arkansas allowed three hits, issued two walks, hit a batter and committed an error in the third inning. It gave the Cavaliers a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
"Everybody was being aggressive and taking really good swings," La Prise said. "Hitting is contagious. When people are being aggressive good things happen."
Virginia left-hander Brandon Waddell (8-3) continued the Cavaliers' impressive pitching performance in the regional, limiting the Razorbacks to two runs over his 6 2/3 innings Sunday. Arkansas threatened early when Brian Anderson and Tyler Spoon singled off Waddell, but he got designated hitter Krisjon Wilkerson to ground into an inning-ending double play to end the threat.
Waddell cruised until the seventh, when Wilkerson clubbed a two-run home run over the left field fence to cut Virginia's lead to 6-2. The runs were the first allowed by Virginia's three starters — Kirby, Waddell and Artie Lewicki — in 21 2/3 innings.
"Brandon Waddell was spectacular," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said. "He was in complete control and just did it again like all three of our starters did this weekend."
Reliever Whitt Mayberry got Virginia out of the seventh inning without any more damage and Virginia extended the lead to 9-2 by scoring three runs off the Arkansas bullpen in the ninth inning. Mayberry recorded the final out by striking out Wilkerson, kicking off Virginia's regional victory celebration Sunday night.
Arkansas, meanwhile, walked off the field with another disappointing end.
The Razorbacks — who went 9-3 down the stretch to secure an NCAA Regional berth for the 13th straight season — did reach the 40-win mark for the fifth time in the past six years. They also played in a regional final for the sixth straight season.
But Arkansas couldn't get the result it was hoping for when the regional began.
"I just appreciate the effort," Van Horn said. "When we had 18, 19, 20 wins and probably 14, 15, losses, it wasn't looking really good for us. But they kicked it into gear. They kept working. … The effort is what I'm going to remember."
Friday (5/30)
Game 1: No. 1 Virginia 10, No. 4 Bucknell 1
Game 2: No. 2 Arkansas 3, No. 3 Liberty 2
Saturday (5/31)
Game 3: Bucknell 5, Liberty 2 (Liberty eliminated)
Game 4: Virginia 3, Arkansas 0
Today (6/1)
Game 5: Arkansas 10, Bucknell 0 (Bucknell eliminated)
Game 6: Virginia 9, Arkansas 2 (Arkansas eliminated)


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An unearthed Apple patent indicates payment system NFC may be available in Apple's next iPhone iteration.
Discovered by Patently Apple, the patent relating to iTunes 'gifting' suggests Apple will offer new iPhone users to ability to send an iTunes playlist or movie downloaded to another iPhone user for them to buy also.
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Monterey County Superior Court Judge Susan Dauphine announced her retirement on Wednesday and anointed Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Hulsey as her chosen successor.
In a joint emailed press release, Hulsey confirmed her candidacy for Dauphine's seat.
Dauphine was appointed by Republican Gov. Pete Wilson in 1998. She announced she is retiring March 5.
Assuming Hulsey filed her candidacy paperwork before Dauphine announced her retirement, the news means Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, won't have time to make an appointment to fill Dauphine's seat because under law it must be up for grabs on the June 3 ballot.
Most Superior Court judges in California arrive on the bench by governors' appointments, and then run to keep the office in subsequent elections.
In Monterey County, most incumbent judges run unchallenged, and the term lasts six years.
If Hulsey wins the seat, the local bench will maintain its first-ever female majority that occurred last year after Carrie Panetta and former Salinas City Attorney Vanessa Vallarta were appointed by Brown.
In her announcement, she said she was honored and humbled to have "the endorsement and support of so many judges on our Monterey County bench, before whom I have appeared over the past 15 years."
She lists 13 sitting judges as supporters, as well as several retired ones.
Hulsey leads the district attorney's sexual assault and child abuse team and is handling the prosecution of accused child pornographer and molester David Stevens.
She serves on the Monterey County Children's Council, the Child Abuse Prevention Council, the Child Death Review Team, the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, and the Monterey County Restorative Justice Commission.
District Attorney Dean Flippo called Hulsey "incredibly hard-working, courteous, knowledgeable and abundantly fair."
Dauphine said Hulsey "will be fair and has a commitment to community that we honor here in Monterey County."
Dauphine has served 15 years on the bench, and before that was a partner in the law firms of Fenton and Keller and Hoge, Fenton, Jones and Appel. She served as president of the Monterey County Bar Association, founder and president of the Monterey County Bar Foundation, on the boards of the Monterey County Law Library, the Monterey College of Law and Legal Services for Seniors, and on the Blue Ribbon Commission for Monterey County.
Dauphine presides over misdemeanor criminal cases in Department 7 of the Salinas courthouse.
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wrestling / Video Reviews
ROH – Reborn: Completion, July 17, 2004, Elizabeth, New Jersey
ROH – Reborn: Completion, July 17, 2004, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Review by Brad Garoon and Jacob Ziegler
BG says: When ROH lost some of its top starts to TNA, it went through a rebirth process. In April, ROH showcased their remaining talent. The weekend was a huge success quality-wise. ROH finishes up its rebirth tonight.
ROH presented Do or Die 3 the afternoon preceding Completion, and tacked on a couple of matches to the end of this tape. We're gonna put it up here because we're cool like that.
JZ says: First off, forgive me if my reviews are even shorter than usual, as I only have about a million things going on between work and school. Oh, and I watched Homicide vs. Bryan Danielson from Reborn: Stage Two, and I liked it a little bit more. I'm now comfortable giving it a full ***. Now, I'll have to agree with Brad about Mr. Furious, as I believe he is the best ROH reviewer bar none, and his non-ROH stuff rules too. As far as this ROH show, we've got a huge six-man tag team main event, plus the crowning of a new Pure Champion. It could be Jay Lethal, Nigel McGuiness, Doug Williams, John Walters, Matt Stryker, Austin Aries, Alex Shelley, or CM Punk. Who will it be? But first:
DO OR DIE III – Afternoon Card
MATCH #1: Matt Sydal vs. Delirious
BG says: Delirious gets a wristlock to start. Sydal fights out and takes Delirious to the mat. He gets a fireman's carry into an armbar. They fight over an armdrag and Delirious gets a headlock and sings. Sydal takes it to the mat again and gets a 2 count. Delirious gets a double underhook submission but Sydal promises he can get out and does. Delirious hits a big shoulderblock but misses a dropkick and gets rolled up for 2. Sydal hits a seated dropkick and a bodyslam and springboard moonsault elbow for 2. Sydal goes up but Delirious cuts him off, only to get hung up and double stomped. Sydal goes for a tree of woe dropkick but gets knocked out of the ring where Delirious hits a FAST suicide dive. Back in Delirious slaps the back works the mat leading to boot scrapes for 2. He hits a huge headbutt and snap mare into a chinlock. Sydal gets the crowd behind him and escapes. They hit mirror moves on one another and knock each other down with dropkicks. Sydal hits a hurricanrana and a giant monkeyflip. Delirious rolls out so Sydal goes up top and hits a beautiful moonsault to the outside. Back inside it gets 2. Delirious calls for in vitro fertilization, but he never hits that move and Sydal blocks. Delirious hits the Honda slaps and gets a hurricane DDT for 2. Sydal gets a pumphandle driver of some kind for 2. Delirious blocks a supercanrana and hits Shadows over Hell for 2. He takes him back to the corner and goes up but Sydal blocks and hits the belly to belly superplex for 3. This was a nice, tight spot-fest that I liked better than their first match in ROH and most of the stuff from the evening card to boot.
Rating: ***
JZ says: I like both of these guys a lot, and it was nice to see them get a shot on the Midwest double shot in October. This would be their second match against each other in ROH, the first being in St. Paul back in April. These two know each other very well, and do a lot of cool chain wrestling and mat work, mixed in with some wicked high spots. Delirious has the coolest move names of any wrestler, with stuff like in vitro fertilization and Shadows Over Hell. Both guys really got a chance to show their stuff here, and it must have had an impact. Sydal gets the win with his awesome super belly-to-belly suplex after 13:01. A little slow in the middle but still really solid stuff.
Rating: **3/4
MATCH #2: Josh Daniels vs. B-Boy
BG says: When Round Robin Challenge III was looming and everyone was wondering who the mystery opponent for Joe and new member of the Rottweilers would be, I was sure it'd be B-Boy. It was actually Reyes and B-Boy got to make his only ROH appearance here. The crowd is firmly behind B-Boy. They chain wrestle to start, just like in almost every other match on this show. Daniels picks the ankle but gets slapped. They trade forearms and B-Boy hits a dropkick. B-Boy dominates with strikes and gets 2 off an elbow drop. He gets a drop toehold and crossface forearms for 2. Daniels gets a back elbow for 2 and a snap suplex for 2. He gets the leg-scissors and a bodyslam for 2. He chokes B-Boy out in the corner but hits knees and gets blockbustered. B-Boy attacks with forearms and a northern lights suplex. He gets a Sumo palm strike and brainbuster for 2. He goes up but gets cut off and superplexed. Daniels goes up but misses the headbutt and B-Boy hits a NASTY cross arm piledriver for 2. B-Boy hits a nice enziguiri but Daniels gets the dragon suplex for 2. B-Boy gets and armdrag and shining wizard. Dropkick in the corner gets 2 for B-Boy. Daniels gets an abdominal stretch and puts it to the mat to surprise B-Boy with a pin for the 3 count. Nothing offensive, but I can see how this wouldn't make ROH management fall over themselves to get B-Boy back.
Rating; ** 1/4
JZ says: B-Boy is crazy over, which figures since he dresses and wrestles a lot like Homicide. In fact I'm really surprised they didn't bring him in to team with Homicide, and the crowd here really liked him. However, to give management the benefit of the doubt, he didn't really do that much in this match to impress. He did hit a really sick piledriver on Daniels at one point though. These two styles didn't really mesh all that well, and Daniels got the win with a really quick rollup at 10:05. Not too bad, but I agree with Brad.
Rating: **1/4
BG says: And now, your feature presentation.
Sugar Sean Price is backstage and excited because he's with Samoa Joe! Joe hasn't been able to get people to get in Samoa Joe's Ring because Homicide has pushed Joe over the edge. The Havana Pitbulls are from Joe's dojo apparently, so Homicide is an evil genius for recruiting them. Joe respects the Briscoes, so he's asked them to help him against the Rottweilers. Hydro comes in post-interview. Joe tells him to get his act together, but in more threatening words.
JZ says: Samoa Joe must have had a real impact on Hydro, because he would morph into his alter-ego Jay Lethal in time for the second match on the show. Which actually really is all for the better, because Hydro had really outgrown Special K and was ready to break out on his own.
MATCH #1: Dixie & Izzy vs. Jack Evans & Roderick Strong
BG says: Does anyone remember when Izzy & Dixie were the ROH tag team champions? Neither do I. ROH has done a great job setting up the hard camera to make the crowd look humungous. Strong and Izzy start. Izzy takes it to Gen Next but gets pounded by Strong after a hurricanrana to Evans. Izzy hits the somersault kick on Strong and the moonsault kick on Evans and hits an ugly dive onto both opponents outside. Dixie comes in and pounds on Strong. He tries a hurricanrana, and gets sloppy. Strong hits a dropkick on Dixie for 2. Izzy gets a springboard blockbuster on Strong and a big kick for 2. Special K get a double dropkick for 2 but Evans saves. Punk, who is on commentary, rips on Nutly's commentary and thus becomes my lord and savior. All of Special K and all of Generation Next brawl on the outside until surprise, surprise – Evans gets a nutty dive onto all of them. Back in Strong beats the crap out of Dixie. Evans tags in and gets some kicks for 2. Fisherman's buster gets 2 for Evans. Strong comes back in and gets a double underhook suplex and a flying elbow drop for 2. He hits a stalling vertical suplex and tags Evans in. Izzy comes in and gets beaten down. Strong and Evans do their awesome double-team moonsault/backbreaker combo, but it only gets 2 on Dixie. That could and should totally be their finisher. Strong comes back in and eats a tornado DDT from Dixie. Izzy and Evans tag in. Izzy cleans house and gets a nasty reverse rana on Evans. Double flapjack gets 2 on Strong. Evans hits a 630 senton on Izzy for the win after some crazy Gen Next double teaming. This was a low-rent version of the Gen Next tag match from Survival of the Fittest, but it did a good job in getting the crowd fired up. All of Gen Next beat up all of Special K post-match, including a back breaker by Rod Strong on Becky. Notable by his absence is Hydro.
Rating: **1/4
JZ says: Jimmy Bauer and CM Punk are our hosts, thank goodness. Punk wastes no time making fun of people, knocking Jack Evans's ring gear (real interesting coming from a guy who wrestles in basketball shorts), and then addresses Mark Nutly's inability to pronounce Colt Cabana's name. Good for him. The match is really fun, and holy crap do I feel bad for Dixie having to take so many of Roderick Strong's chops. Jack Evans looks good in this match – he's getting better all the time. This match would be the debut of the awesome double team move in which Strong holds the man in the torture rack while Evans does a springboard off that guy's chest into a moonsault onto the other guy. Crowd pops huge for that, and it should have been the finisher. Evans eventually does get a big 630 splash on Izzy to get the win at 9:00. Really strong opener. After the match, a big brawl ensues, and Becky Bayless is the last person from Special K standing alone in the ring with Gen Next. Bauer says it's "not the first time she's been with four guys." Ouch, that's just mean. But to be even meaner, Rod Strong gives Becky the Back Breaking Benjamin.
Rating: ***
Backstage Promo
BG says: Dave Prazak is backstage with the New and Improved Carnage Crew. Danny Daniels lisps his way through a promo so much that I thought he was faking it. See he's mad because he was supposed to be the referee in the match that Loc was in that started the Carnage Crew. Masada is mad because he felt used by the Carnage Crew, I think. The feud ends tonight.
JZ says: Hey, Danny Daniels hates Loc more than anyone else in the world! I knew there was something I liked about him. Daniels and Masada had some potential as a team. But if they lose the weapons match tonight, they're done. D'oh.
MATCH #2: Pure Title Tournament, Four Corner Survival – Jay Lethal vs. Nigel McGuiness vs. Doug Williams vs. John Walters
BG says: This is one of two four-ways in which the winners will face one another to determine a new Pure Champion. AJ Styles was stripped of the belt when he was barred by TNA to work in ROH. ROH claims that this is a different title, but c'mon. I mean, come on! Lethal is Hydro, in a drug free, super enthusiastic form. Williams and Nigel get the crowd excited when they start the match off. Walters tags Williams out before any action, much to the dismay of the crowd. They chain wrestle to a stalemate. Williams tags Walters out, and the crowd gets excited for the U.K. showdown again until Lethal baits Nigel into his corner and tags in. Williams and Lethal chain wrestle until Williams grabs a leglock. Lethal rolls out but gets decked with a shoulderblock. Nigel makes the blind tag and the Brits trade European uppercuts. They do some arm work that is simultaneously confusing and pretty. Nigel headstands on the turnbuckle and baits Williams into a rollup for 2. Nigel tries to bait Williams again but he waits for him to come down. THEN he gets a pair of rollups on Williams for 2. They do the Johnny Saint stuff that we've already seen, with zero variation, and Williams gets a rollup for 2. Lethal and Walters break up the monotony by tagging both Englishmen out. Lethal gets a back elbow for 2. Walters reverses a hurricanrana to a Boston crab, then a half crab and then a Mutalock. He lets go and chops Lethal down. Walters puts on the leg scissors but Williams tags Lethal out while he's in the hold. Williams gets a strangle hold on Walters. Walters gets a Russian legsweep into a stranglehold of his own but Williams drags out. Williams levels Walters with a forearm but Lethal tags in and gets a back suplex for 2 and a backbreaker for 2. Williams comes back with a big boot. Nigel comes in and helps Williams torture Lethal, getting 2. Walters tags Williams out and gets the lung blower on Lethal in the corner. He puts on a leglock but Lethal punches out and gets a big clothesline for 2. Walters gets a big clothesline of his own for 1. Simultaneous clothelines knock both guys down. Nigel and Williams tag themselves in. Nigel gets a mini piledriver on Williams. Some extremely contrived work leads to Lethal getting dumped on his head. A springboard DDT gets 2 for Lethal on Walters. Williams hits a NASTY ocean cyclone suplex for 2 on Lethal. Nigel gets a pedigree for 2. Walters hits a lung blower on Nigel for 2. Nigel gets a nice neckbreaker for 2 on Lethal. Lethal rolls up Walters for 2. Nigel gets a backslide for 2. Walters gets a crossbody and Walters breaks up the pin with his top rope kneedrop. Walters hits the Chaos Theory on Lethal for 3, in a funny spot that saw Walters whiff while trying to break up the pin. This was all style over substance as the story completely outshined the work in the match. That and the match was pretty boring most of the way through.
Rating: **1/2
JZ says: Well, Brad, the title AJ Styles held was the Pure Wrestling Title, and the one they're fighting for tonight is just the Pure Title. That's clearly a different title, gosh. Wow, Doug Williams is pretty crazy over here. Bauer notes that "of course Nigel McGuiness versus Doug Williams is a dream match." Punk, being the commentary hero that he is, comes back with "that's a dream match across the pond, nobody cares about these limeys over here." Great stuff. Williams and McGuiness do have their confrontation, and while it should have been good, it pretty much looks like they're just going through the motions. The Johnny Saint stuff in particular looks so lame now because it's been done verbatim so many times already. It's played guys, played. Punk gets in another great line during the McGuiness/Williams confrontation – "the British stuff is all the rage on the Indy scene, and these are two of the best, everybody else does it like crap." Jay Lethal is lucky not to have broken his neck after a sick piledriver type move. A few moments later, Doug Williams forgets to kick out while Nigel is covering him, forcing Bauer and Punk to cover for that idiot Todd Sinclair. This one goes on way too long and never really gets into a groove because of the way the rules are structured two guys never really get a chance to establish anything. Williams finally gets the pin on Lethal after the Chaos Theory in 18:38. I liked it more the first time around. On the plus side, Doug Williams has a ring jacket, which is the surest way to get over in my opinion.
Rating: **3/4
MATCH #3: Weapons Match – New & Improved Carnage Crew vs. Carnage Crew
BG says: The losers must disband. The New Crew jump Loc to start. Devito beats on them with a crutch. Loc beats on Daniels outside but gets whipped into the guardrail. Daniels gets dumped into the crowd. Devito bleeds, as does Daniels. DeVito uses a crutch on Masada outside. Notice the matter of fact style of writing this match is getting, because it's never a good sign. Loc puts a wrench in Daniel's mouth and the Carnage Crew Carnage-plex him. Badly. Onto chairs. Masada gets clotheslined down by Devito. Devito gets the big forearms on Masada but gets booted in the face by Daniels. Daniels puts Loc in the tree of woe and Masada kicks a chair into his face. Devito hits a northern lights suplex on Daniels into the corner. Masada gets suplexed into the corner by Loc. Devito chokes out Daniels as Loc kicks Masada in the back. The Carnage Crew throw a ton of stuff into the ring as I realize this match isn't going in a direction I'm gonna like. A whole lot of nothing happens until Masada misses a 450 attempt on Loc. Daniels gets a suplex on DeVito for 2. Loc hits a swinging neckbreaker through a table from the apron. Devito gets a rock bottom on Daniels inside. Devito puts a trash can over Daniels and the Carnage Crew beat him with baseball bats for the pin. Well, there were 2 cool spots in the match, and I kinda liked the finish. The New Crew must disband. Considering the fact that I didn't like any of their matches, I can't say I'm too upset that they won't be teaming anymore.
Rating: 1/2*
JZ says: Strange that while I like both Danny Daniels and Masada, I really didn't like any of their matches that much either. Then of course there's the regular Carnage Crew, and I think we all know where I stand there. Punk again brings the funny, asking if Loc and Devito would have to quit their real jobs if they lost. More talk about Loc and Devito's shitty wives, lives, and you know the story. And hey look, it's a weapons match, so guys hit each other with stuff, and guys bleed. That's about it. The finish spot is kinda cool, but after 10:09 of absolute garbage I am in no mood to be nice to this match.
Rating: DUD
MATCH #4: Pure Title Tournament, Four Corner Survival – Matt Stryker vs. Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley vs. CM Punk
BG says: This is match 2 in the pure title tournament. Awesome moment as Punk throws his jacket at Shelley, so he elbow drops it. Gen Next jump Punk to start. Stryker helps out and he and Punk beat on Shelley. Punk gets dumped and the match proper starts with Stryker and Shelley. Shelley bails and Punk and Stryker go at it. They chain wrestle and thwart the attempts of Gen Next to interfere on 3 occasions. Eh, that was cool. Punk and Stryker tag Gen Next in, and I pray for them to lift the New Age Outlaws strategy (one man pinning the other) to send one of them to the finals, but instead they try desperately to tag out. They stall forever, then lock up in Stryker's corner and pull him in while he's not paying attention. They double team him for a while until Aries puts on a surfboard. Bauer spells out the new Code of Honor, and to say it's lacking is an understatement. Gen Next tag up on Stryker while Punk gets frustrated and thus keeps the ref distracted. Stryker tags Punk in and he cleans house. The crowd boos Punk and it becomes apparent that the match they were trying to go for won't work because there are no real babyfaces in it. Punk puts an abdominal stretch on Aries and tags to Stryker. Shelley comes in and takes a European uppercut for 2. Stryker goes for the Strykerlock but Shelley makes the ropes. He works the arm until Punk tags him out. Punk works the arm and slaps on a surfboard. He gets a couple 2 counts off of it. He hits a backbreaker and tags Stryker in. Stryker puts on a submission and Shelley yells that it's his move! Punk comes back in and gets choked by Aries on the apron. Shelley tags Aries who comes in with a senton and an elbow drop. He hits a big clothesline for 2. Shelley tags in and tries to mock Punk, but his arm hurts. Cute. He gets a neckbreaker into a submission but can't hold it because his arm hurts. Aries tags in with a legdrop. He gets a step over toehold armlock but Stryker saves. Gen Next get some cool double team stuff for 2 on Punk. Nothing happens for a while (it's always a bad sign when I say that), until Punk tags in Stryker who cleans house. Things break down with all four men in the ring until Gen Next take Punk out. Stryker gets a gutbuster right into the DVD on Aries but Shelley breaks up the pin. Strykerlock on Shelley but Aries hits the 450 on Stryker to break it up. Punk hits the shining wizard on Aries. Everyone hits everyone with chops and forearms and things get sloppy causing the crowd to turn on the match. Both members of Gen Next try victory rolls. Punk blocks Aries with his own pin attempt but Shelley's pin holds. The Shelley pin gets 3, I guess because he was legal. The finish was totally confusing; the legal man rule wasn't enforced at all until the end. The match was pretty boring and sloppy with a couple cute spots thrown in. Punk whines after the match and really just sounds more desperate than anything.
Rating: **1/4
JZ says: Just in case anyone's wondering, the "new" Code of Honor basically is:
1) Shake hands with your opponent before and after each match if you respect the match they're about to give you or the match you just had.
2) Keep the playing field fair and level.
3) Respect the officials.
Okay then. I was really hoping this match would be cool, and I kinda liked it the first time, but much like the previous Four Corner Survival, it doesn't hold up well at all, and it just falls apart. Alex Shelley cuts a great heel promo before the match, proving that he rules. The beginning of the match has two neat spots – the Alex Shelley elbow drop, and Austin Aries yelling "put me down." Since two Generation Next guys were in this match, they really didn't want to fight each other. They're also heels. CM Punk at this point is also a heel. Fans on the East Coast sadly couldn't care less about Matt Stryker. So the crowd really isn't sure how to react to this one. They end up settling into an almost tag team match, with Gen Next going against Punk & Stryker, which really doesn't work at all. Alex Shelley gets his arm worked on for a while, and he sells it like a man for the rest of the show. That is one of the reasons Shelley stands out amongst Indy workers. Anyway, this match kinda drags on for a way too long 19:31, and they do that double pin spot that Brad described, and it looked kind of strange, but protected Punk I guess. Punk calls Shelley "Baby Bear" is a post-match promo (where Shelley is still selling the arm), and kinda cries over spilt milk. Not very in character CM!
Rating: **1/2
MATCH #5: Falls Count Anywhere – Ace Steel & Colt Cabana vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
BG says: At Generation Next, Punk pinned Whitmer clean with the Pepsi Plunge, to seemingly end the feud. At World Title Classic however, The Prophecy was in the Ultimate Endurance match against Cabana and Steel. They beat them and pinned them, thus putting in question who the better team was. So the feud continues, only now Maff and Whitmer have dropped the Prophecy and Alison Danger. This is actually Maff and Whitmer's first match since leaving the Prophecy. They brawl on the outside to start. Steel gets a powerbomb on Whitmer but Maff saves. Cabana puts Maff down with a clothesline. The Saints double team Maff and Whitmer in opposite corners. Some more weak brawling blesses my screen until Maff and Whitmer charge each other up and beat down the Saints. The Saints get tossed into the guardrails outside and the action spills into the crowd. Maff puts Cabana in the bleachers and slams him in the face with a water bottle. Steel eats a really nasty chair shot on the bleachers. Cabana and Maff fight on the bleachers, with Cabana coming out on top. Maff gets suplexed on the floor by Steel. All four men go up to the balcony where Cabana gets tossed off the back end. That was cleverly shot by the ROH camera crew. Maff blinds Steel with the spotlight and nails him in the face with it. Maff and Whitmer hit the con-chair-toe on Steel and Whitmer gets the 3 count. This was just the third fall from ultimate endurance minus the blood plus a more clever ending. Allison Danger gets on the mic post-match and reminds Maff and Whitmer that she owns the rights to their contracts and therefore the power to book all of their matches.
Rating: *1/2
JZ says: Here's part 8,023,567 in the never ending feud of 2004. Ace Steel keeps screaming "they're gonna die" on his way to the ring. Bauer notes that there was no video package for this feud because "there's too many brawls, etc." No kidding. CM Punk returns to commentary and is very pissed off about the result of the last match, and takes some of his frustrations out on the absent Mark Nutly. That's okay CM, I do it too. As far as the match, it's just a big messy brawl that's not terribly interesting. In fact, CM is saving the match due to his incredibly biased commentary, which is awesome. They fight up onto a balcony, where Colt Cabana takes a big fall, and the ROH camera crew is able to make it not look lame. Good for them. Ace Steel can't possibly fight off both Maff & Whitmer, and falls victim to a con-chair-toe and a pin at 10:50. Good effort and Cabana's fall was neat. Allison Danger tells Maff & Whitmer that she is still booking all of their matches. You know, I could have sworn someone else did that. Weird.
Rating: *
BG says: Gary Michael Capetta is backstage with Special K who are in really bad shape. Dixie says he's tired of getting his ass kicked. Feel the dissention! Becky is left alone on the floor in pain from the backbreaker. I'm sure there's a joke somewhere in there, but I just don't have the time.
JZ says: Dixie's chest is so raw and red from Roderick's chops, it's really disgusting. Special K has an argument, and poor Becky is left flat on her back, alone. That would be the opposite of Breaking Benjamin's album "We Are Not Alone."
MATCH #6: The Newest Member of The Embassy vs. Trent Acid
BG says: The Embassy, which no longer includes Josh Daniels, comes out to the ring. Nana has emptied his bank accounts to bring in the newest member of his group… JIMMY RAVE! Well, I think it's safe to say he got taken. This segment was very well done however, and made Rave seem important.
This is actually the first singles match of the night. Rave is already crazy over as a heel. Punk reports that Cabana is shaken up but will be alright because he fell on some freeloading skateboarders. I love Edge. Acid tries to hide under the ring and catches the Embassy off guard with an Asai moonsault onto them outside. Acid dominates Rave with a moonsault and spinning legdrop. Rave comes back with a clothesline. Rave gets a climbing shining wizard in the corner and a shot below the belt for 2. He stomps the face for 2. Nana beats on Acid behind the refs back. Acid comes back with some chops and a superkick. Nana trips him allowing Rave to hit a back suplex for 2. Nana gets on the mic, cheering Rave on, but Acid hits a tornado DDT. Nana blocks an Acid top rope move and tells Rave to finish him, but Acid gets a super blue thunder driver for 2. Nana's talking seems to throw Rave off but he manages to hit a backbreaker and a legsweep for 2. Nana starts yelling 'clash' on the mic but Acid hits what I believe is called an orange crush for 2. If I'm wrong feel free to drop me a correction e-mail. Acid hits the Island Driver but Nana distracts the ref. He gets a backslide for 2. Rave hits the shining wizard for 2. Big boot for Acid as the match gets sloppy. Rave hits the Styles clash for 3. This was surprisingly watchable, if completely disjointed.
Rating: **
JZ says: Prince Nana & The Outcast Killaz aren't exactly the most intimidating stable around. Not that they got a lot more frightening by adding Jimmy Rave, but Rave somewhat has a name in ROH and he's a solid worker. Acid kisses girls and takes their $1 bills on the way out to the ring. Class act. This match was just kinda there, not sucking or anything, but nothing spectacular. Punk gets in more great commentary, as Prince Nana interferes (breaking the Code of Honor), and Acid goes after him. "You don't put your hands on Prince Nana, who does Acid think he is?" – CM Punk. Punk shows Nana love for the whole match actually. Acid, to hopefully no one's surprise, half-asses it when he's not on offense and the match suffers as a result. Acid kicks out of the shining wizard, but Rave finishes off with the Styles Clashh at 10:03 for the victory.
Rating: **
MATCH #7: Pure Title Finals – Doug Williams vs. Alex Shelley
BG says: Shelley is still selling the arm injury from earlier, which adds points to the yet-to-start match. Shelley won't shake hands because his arm hurts. Chain wrestling to start until Williams gets a drop toe hold and a leglock. Shelley slips out and gets a sort of devil lock on Williams. Williams slips out and they chain wrestle some more, very fluidly, and unlike in the 4 way. Williams ties Shelley up and leaves him in a knot on the mat. Shelley eventually escapes, but not before Williams has some fun with him. Williams gets a headlock and Shelley bumps out. He does his sweet escape from the leglock into a headlock. Shelley gets another leglock into an STF and then turns it into a front facelock. Williams wrenches the arm to escape. Shelley stops Williams from strapping on a complex submission with a reversal that gets him a 2 count. Shelley gets a wristlock and takes Williams down for 2. Tod Sinclair almost completely redeems himself for the bad referee work in the Gen Next tag matches on earlier shows by catching all of Shelley's cheating here and calling him on it. Williams rolls Shelley up for 2. Shelley gets an armbar but Williams reverses to the leg scissors. Williams wants a knucklelock but Shelley wisely denies but ends up getting caught in an armbar. Shelley gets sent shoulder first into the turnbuckle. Shelley uses his first rope break when Williams puts an armbar on the bad arm. Shelley bails and the ref starts the 20 count but he gets back in at 8. Williams goes back to the bad arm with a hammerlock. He keeps the hammerlock on with his shins but falls victim to an enziguiri. Shelley gets a neckbreaker and a fist drop, but closed fists aren't allowed in Pure title matches and the ref warns him. Slingshot legdrop gets 2 for Shelley. He gets an awesome elevated stomp on Williams. Dougie comes back with a big boot and an armbar causing Shelley to use his 2nd rope break. Shelley gets a neckbreaker and an elbow drop with the bad arm for 2 whilst selling awesomely. Another neckbreaker gets 2. He knees Williams in the back of the head 15 times. Now the crowd starts to stir. Shelley gets a kick to Williams' neck and he starts convulsing. Williams gets a shoulder breaker and the top rope kneedrop, which he's calling the Bomb Scare. He puts on a hammerlock but Shelley slips out. Williams puts on another hammerlock and Shelley uses his final rope break. Shelley gets a DDT for 2. Williams hits a big knee for 2. He lifts Shelley off the ground with a hammerlock, sort of reminiscent of the first time Ric Flair ever submitted. Oh yeah, I went there. Shelley gets out however and lands a superkick. Williams catches Shelley with an armbar but he reverses to the Border City stretch. Williams goes to the eyes to escape. Shelley hits the double knee in the corner and just barely lands the double stomp to the head. Shellshock gets 2. Williams catches him between the ropes with a knee to the face and puts on a hammerlock with rope assistance. With no rope breaks left Shelley is forced to tap. This was definitely the best Pure title match yet, filled with all sorts of cool stuff that should always go hand in hand with pure title matches. Doug Williams celebrates with the belt and his native flag. He offers Shelley a handshake but he chooses to disgrace the British flag instead. Williams puts over the win big, making the whole thing really feel worthwhile and finally give this show some momentum.
Rating: ***3/4
JZ says: Oh no, Todd Sinclair refereeing a match with complicated rules. Or so I thought. Sinclair does a terrific job with this match, and that helps it tremendously, because the Styles / Punk matches were really confusing. Doug Williams coming out with a ring jacket, that's key. Shelley is selling the arm before the match even starts, which confirms his ruling class. I love Edge. These guys do all kinds of great wrestling, none of looks contrived, and it's all very smooth. The only thing that sort of bothered me was that Shelley used all three of his rope breaks, and Williams didn't use any. It didn't really figure into anything in the match, but it was only mildly annoying, and Williams sold for and put over Shelley in fine fashion. Williams gets the win at 19:21, which could have maybe even been a little longer. The match and Williams make the Pure Title look very prestigious, and Alex Shelley acting like a total dick afterwards really caps off a fantastic match.
Rating: ****1/4
CM Punk / Ricky Steamboat Final Confrontation
BG says: Punk and Steamboat brawl immediately, with Steamboat coming out on top. Punk hits a piledriver and goes to the top rope with a ring bell. Steamboat cuts him off and throws him off the top, Ric Flair style. He grabs the mic and stands over Punk with the bell. He recognizes Punk's talent, but says he'll keep kicking his ass if he keeps up the smart-ass attitude. Steamboat offers up a truce, but before anything can happen Gen Next hits the ring and attacks him. Punk grabs a mic, and teases an alliance with Gen Next. He walks the path of righteousness however, and attacks Gen Next. 4 to 1 aren't great odds, but Steamboat gets up and the two of them clear the ring. Punk and Steamboat call Captain Planet, and all is right with the world again. This was soooo corny, but it succeeded in both cementing the CM Punk face turn and starting an insta-feud between the saints and Gen Next.
JZ says: We start off with some clips of the feud, from the CM vs. AJ match from At Our Best, the Cabana vs. Whitmer match from Reborn: Stage One, the end of Round Robin Challenge III, and the Generation Next confrontation. The crowd BOOS Gary Michael Capetta when he comes out, which just isn't right. GMC is a very nice man. CM actually comes out to his full entrance, again. Because if I were about to get into an unsanctioned fight with a guy I hated, I'd make sure the music guys had me cued up first. Steamboat and Punk engage in a physical confrontation that makes it look at though Steamboat might actually be able to work a match. Then comes the promo, and when Alex Shelley comes out with Gen Next, he's STILL selling the arm. That's awesome. CM and Ricky clean house and make nice-nice. It was a little corny, but it did succeed in getting Punk over as a face and jumpstarting the Saints/Gen Next feud.
MATCH #8: The Rottweilers with Julius Smokes vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe and ROH World Champion Samoa Joe
BG says: Flashback recalling the buildup to the 6 man tag main event. ROH likes to have these big 6 man tag matches when two groups have an issue. Joe and Homicide had been warring for almost two years at this point, and with Homicide's new faction the Rottweilers behind him, Joe needed some backup. This is billed as a 6 man war, so I'm guessing that it's no DQ. The Rottweilers attack right away. Homicide goes for a suicide dive but Joe slaps him down. Joe goes to give Smokes an ole kick but Homicide cuts him off. Joe suplexes Homicide into Smokes and gets the ole kick on J-Train. Smokes' expressions were hilarious there. Things calm down a bit while the Rottweilers regroup. Joe and Romero start off the match proper as Homicide takes a phone call in the entranceway. Romero lands a big kick but takes one in the face. Joe strikes Romero in the corner and doesn't let up. Jay and Reyes come in and take it to the mat. Reyes grabs a headlock but lets go to kick Jay around. Mark comes in and shoulders Reyes in his corner. He grabs a front facelock but gets backed into the Rottweilers' corner allowing Homicide to come in. He takes over and tags Reyes in. Reyes gets a snap suplex for 2. Mark backs him into his corner and tags Jay in. Jay grabs a headlock but Reyes counters with a stunner. He elbows Jay and tags Romero in. Bauer swoons over Punk as Romero tries to bait Jay into a trap. Mark begs for the tag so Jay tags him in. Mark examines Romero and lets pride get the better of him as he takes the hand on a dare from Homicide and gets caught in the Rings of Saturn. Joe makes the save with a big kick. Mark gets a gut wrench suplex and kneedrop for 2. He forearms Romero and Joe tags in. Romero tries to bait Joe into his trap, but he isn't retarded so he turns Romero over and kicks the crap out of him. Joe gets the Gory special into a pin attempt for 2. He gets a surfboard stretch but Romero escapes with a Rings of Saturn. He kicks Joe, but it's freaking Joe, who comes back with headbutts to the barred arm. Joe shoulder blocks Romero to the floor but Reyes tags in and wants Jay. Reyes gets a big shoulderblock but Jay comes back with a running forearm. He gets a superkick and tags in Mark. Reyes gets double teamed in the corner. Mark grabs a headlock but Romero kicks him off. Mark hits a northern lights suplex for 2. Joe comes in and he and Mark nail a double stalling suplex. Joe attacks Romero and Homicide on the apron and gives Reyes the Big Joe combo. Yeah, that's what I'm calling it.
Jay comes in and nails a dropkick for 2. Romero nails Jay from the apron as Reyes gets a side suplex and tags in Homicide. Homicide gets a neckbreaker for 2. He hits a vertical suplex for 2, and the hanging DDT for 2 and tags in Romero. Jay gets caught in the Rottweilers' corner and gets kicked a bunch. The Rottweilers triple team him and finish up with a low blow/dropkick to the face combo. Reyes hits a double underhook suplex for 2. He hits a big lariat and tags in Homicide. Homicide hits a back elbow tags Romero. Romero gets a crossface as Jay tries to get the crowd behind him. He fights out and hits a huge lariat. He hits a yakuza kick and tags out to Joe. Homicide comes in and gets powerslammed. Joe dominates both Pitbulls and Mark hits a spinning dive onto Jay after missing Reyes. Joe goes for a dive onto everyone but Homicide cuts him off with headbutts. You don't headbutt Joe, who comes back with an avalanche and a fatmanouttacontrol dive onto everyone. Homicide goes for the tope but won't give it to the crowd… so Mark drags him outside and beats on him. Joe catches Romero with an STO back inside for 2. Rocky gets an armbar but Joe lifts him up and Mark hits him with a springboard dropkick. Jay tags in and goes for the Jay driller but Romero fights out only to eat a big boot. Jay gets a top rope legdrop for 2. Romero gets an octopus stretch and the Rottweilers cut Mark and Joe off from making the save. Mark finds a way around and saves. Double team curtain call gets 2 for Reyes. He armdrags Jay and hits a fisherman's buster for 2. Jay reverses a German suplex into a rollup for 2. Mark tags in and they get the doomsday device for 2 even with Joe blocking the save. They go for another doomsday device but it's blocked and Reyes hits a German suplex. Mark goes for a springboard shooting star press but slips and lands ON HIS HEAD. That was really, really gross. Homicide comes in and beats on Mark but gets back suplexed. Romero comes in but gets taken down and Mark goes to the top again. Freakin' psycho. Homicide thankfully knocks Mark off the top and hits a tiger driver for 2. Joe tags in and gets a nasty DVD on Homicide for 2. Romero comes in and gets planted and kneed in the face. The camera kinda misses what happens here, but from what I gathered Homicide went to throw a fireball in Joe's face but Mark jumped in front of it and the ref calls for the bell. Joe and the Briscoes win by DQ. The ending looked really messed up due to Mark's brains being scrambled. The rest of the match was fun, feeling like 15 minutes when it was really over 30. However, that ending from Mark's incident on brought it down some.
Rating: ***3/4
Post-match Jay takes out the Pitbulls but gets knocked down by Homicide. Joe and the Briscoes get beaten down and declare that nobody can stop them. Low Ki's music plays and the crowd goes crazy! Ki comes out talks big about respect and the ROH title. He stands between Joe and the Rottweilers… but nails Joe in the face with the belt! Ki puts Joe in a triangle choke as Homicide declares him the newest member of the Rottweilers. They beat Joe down and bury him under the ROH banner. Nicely done.
JZ says: We start off with clips from Homicide vs. Samoa Joe from Reborn: Stage One, CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe from World Title Classic, and Survival of the Fittest. This one starts off hot and pretty much remains hot all the way through. All of these guys hit incredibly hard, and don't care how hard they get hit. Homicide is a total dick in this match, which is phenomenal. He answers a phone call partway through the match, and teases the tope but won't give it the crowd. The crowd is just going bananas over this one. When Mark went up for the shooting star press and landed on his head, I swore his neck was broken. He somehow continued, but the match did kind of fall apart after this. Chaos reigns until Homicide throws the fireball at Joe, only to hit Mark instead, so Joe and the Briscoes win by disqualification (an ROH rarity) at 32:01. Boy Mark sure got the fuzzy end of the lollipop in that match, landing on his head and getting fire thrown at him. After the match the chaotic brawl continues, but Jay and Mark are gone as they went to the back to get medical attention for the fireballed Mark. So Joe is left alone against the three Rottweilers, until Low Ki comes out to make the save … or so we thought. Low Ki turns on Joe and joins the Rottweilers, and they cover Joe with the ROH banner as Low Ki says he is the champion, or something like that. Awesome segment, even if I don't particularly care for Low Ki. However, most people do, and he can bring in some people for the shows he is on, so I'm all for it.
Rating: ***3/4
Post Show
BG says: Sugar Sean is backstage with Special K. Dixie and Angeldust don't want to party anymore, and leave without the rest of Special K.
JZ says: Dixie and Angeldust no longer have time to party. Well, that's the end of an era I suppose.
BG says: I'm going to have to give it to Alex Shelley again, for having the Match of the Night and selling like a champ, even if he didn't become one on this night.
JZ says: I'll also have to give it to Alex Shelley, for having for having the best match of the night and participating in a really great segment with CM and Steamboat. And he sold that arm the entire night.
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The 411: BG says: This reminded me of older WWF Pay-Per-Views where the under cards were brutal and the top of the card completely bailed everything out. In the case of this show, all the storylines progressed in a fun and satisfying manner. The layout of the show, however, was very much like early ROH shows, in that the main events were great but the under cards were most throwaway. If you decide to grab this one, fast forward until the Jimmy Rave heel turn, because the stuff leading up to it isn't that great, and all the stuff after is solid-really good.
JZ says: The 4-ways really drag this show down, but at least it has two great matches and a great segment to close the show, which makes it worth getting. The new Pure Champ is crowned, CM turned face, and Alex Shelley ruled. It's not enough to make it a really good show, but it's solid enough.
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I"m looking for links to cool cookie websites where I can get some inspiration, does anyone have any?
She also has a nice tutorial for decorating and some great recipes.
Always nice to look at new sites! thanks for sharing
http://www.haveyourcakeandeatit.org/ oh this is cakes nto cookies but a nice one anyway
Thanks for all the replies! These are some great websites.
Thanks for all the replies! These are some great websites.
http://www.haveyourcakeandeatit.org/ oh this is cakes nto cookies but a nice one anyway
THERE IS ACTUALLY A LINK FOR COOKIES ARE HERE...and they are really great!!
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I've suggested this before on the forum but a really good way to find new ideas for cookie decorating is to go to Google Image - then type in the type of cookie you want to find an example for - ie. crown cookie, rabbit cookie, frog cookie, star cookie - and the search result will bring up dozens of photos of that particular cookie request and will also connect you to the website. It works really well. Try it!
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I also like using google. But I love looking at these beautiful cookie sites and hope I can be that good one day.
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The comic book, Gang Busters, usually a hectic free-for-all of ricocheting bullets, cold-blooded criminals and implacable law enforcers, played host last week to a mild-mannered youth. In the midst of its bimonthly gallery of firebugs, homicidal maniacs, fight fixers, railroad wreckers, waterfront thugs and redblooded, straight-shooting minions of the law stood a pale blond youth named Buzzy. He was there to advise action-loving gangbuster fans not to join the ever-growing band of "stayouts" who decide each year that seeking their fortune in the world is more exciting than completing their public-school education....
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Indie filmmakers shoot a scene for "Approaching Normal" Monday, May 21 at the Garnet Hill Lodge in North River.
A young team of filmmakers from Boston's Emerson College began their three-week shooting of the indie film "Approaching Normal" on Monday, May 21 at the Garnet Hill Lodge.
The film promises additional publicity for the historic lodge in North River and a chance for local residents to become extras in this non-union production. While the lodge owners have no connection to the college, one of the filmmakers has a direct connection to the lodge.
"Somebody in his family had once stayed here many years ago, 15-20 years ago, and somehow that person recalled that and remembered it as a rustic lodge and would make a good setting for this script," said Garnet Hill Lodge co-owner Don Preuninger. "They came and looked at the place, and it just really clicked with them and fit exactly what they're looking for."
Preuninger has no aspirations on becoming famous. Although he was asked to play a bartender in a scene in the lodge's pub, he wasn't sure whether he would accept it. He'd rather keep his property in the limelight; the filmmakers are using the name Garnet Hill Lodge in the script.
"We are very pleased and excited to be able to make this film here at Garnet Hill Lodge," said Zack Bernstein, writer, director and co-producer of the movie. "The setting and atmosphere is just what we were looking for to provide the scenery and the feeling of rustic comfort and tradition that forms the backdrop of the script."
Various lodge locations will be used throughout the film, most prominently four of the guest rooms in the main lodge, the dining room, front lawn, the beach, and the old Buick car that sits just off the lawn and was once used to power the Garnet Hill Lodge ski tow.
Shooting for the film will continue until June 8, and locals are encouraged to drop by the lodge to become extras. During filming, the lodge will continue to be open to the public.
Sponsored and underwritten by students and alumni of Emerson College, the filming will involve a cast and crew of 40, not including extras. Funded and produced by Evil Mustache LLC, the script was written in 2011 by Bernstein, an Emerson College student.
After a "premiere" event at Garnet Hill, the movie will debut at numerous national and international film festivals, including Tribeca in 2013.
"We hope to see it do well in the film festivals and venues where it will be shown to the public," Preuninger said.
About the film
"Approaching Normal" is Zack Bernstein's first feature film, and he is working with an award-winning and seasoned crew. It is being publicized as "an independent feature film about what it means to become family again."
"It's the illusion of family — the family's an illusion or the family's real," Bernstein said in the "Approaching Normal" YouTube video. "At the end, you kind of find out that it's both. Family's an illusion and family's real."
The script explores what happens when a middle-aged man shows up at his father's 80th birthday celebration after not talking to his family for 20 years. Not everybody is happy to have him back. The film follows the reintroduction of Andy to his whole family as well as the problems that are occurring with each family member. Ultimately, it's a film about what it means to become family again.
"I love family dramas," Bernstein said in the YouTube video. "I love 'Little Miss Sunshine,' I love 'Another Year,' I love 'Another Happy Day.'"
One of the actors is Jack Burk Goldman, who is playing the father in "Approaching Normal," according to his page on the New England Actors website. Goldman is from Brookline, Mass. He shot three scenes on Monday, according to a post on the site, which ended with a simple, "Great fun."
NORTH RIVER — Extras are specifically requested to come to the Garnet Hill Lodge to participate in the film "Approaching Normal" on Saturday, May 26-27 and again on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, June 2-4. Garnet Hill will be hosting a Memorial Picnic on Sunday, May 27 for families with croquet on the lawn.
All ages and families are invited and may simply go to Garnet Hill Lodge between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Casual, vacation attire is requested.
Garnet Hill Lodge is a four season resort offering authentic Adirondack lodging, fine dining, and a variety of outdoor nature activities and experiences for friends, families and groups.
For more information visit our website at www.garnet-hill.com or call the lodge at (518) 251-2444.
For more information on the film, visit online at www.indiegogo.com/ApproachingNormal.
Indie filmmakers shoot a scene for "Approaching Normal" Monday, May 21 at the Garnet Hill Lodge in North River.
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