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Adirondack Big Pines in Caroga Lake
- bedrooms 7
- baths 2½
- sleeps 12
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community Pine Lake
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Adirondack Big Pines has it all! Centrally located in Fulton county with 44 lakes, state hiking trails minutes from your door, golf, horse back riding, boating, fishing, and endless star filled nights.
Our camp offers a great place to for friends and families to come together.
The first floor offers a main living room (26x16) with gas fireplace, entertainment center, and nice open space to gather.
The second living room is a little smaller with large TV, video library, gas fireplace, with a small game room adjacent (foosball, two man air hockey) and full size bathroom.
The kitchen is located toward the back of the house fully equipped with everything you will need. (Microwave, gas stove, fridge, coffee pot, toaster, dishes, cookware, washer/dryer etc). The seating is a large oval table seat 8 with 3-4 bar stools at kitchen counter.
A large deck flows off the kitchen. The deck offers a few of the acre and a half property that over looks an in ground 16x32 pools, volleyball pit, hammock, and outside firepit.
The deck also offers a 9 foot picnic table, and four seater bar and gas grill.
The second floor houses seven bedrooms: Three full sizes, one with tow twins, two rooms have a single twin, chair and dresser, and one has a queen size bed, dresser and small love seat. There is also a futon in the large living room that sleeps 2. There is also a half bath located on the second floor with a double vanity.
The camp is decorated comfortable, with traditional knotty pine in some rooms, or neutral base paints. Comfortable bedding, older nostalgic decor.
Our camp offers so much! Sit around the 16x32 in ground pool, enjoy dinner on deck, read a book under the 85 foot pines on a hammock, play a game of volleyball, watch a movie in either living room,. Spend every evening under the stars by the camp fire listening to our native loons, who call to each other in the evening!
We invite you to share our camp with your friends and families and make as many wonderful memories as we have over the years with ours.
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Patricia Isabella 518-866-1570
house rental amenities
In ground pool 16x 32
Large camp fire
Volleyball court
horse shoes
small game room
TV, dvd, movies, books, games.
activities and attractions in Caroga Lake Adirondacks
One block from beach -Pine Lake Park
Three blocks to state hiking trail with a lake at the end
2 Miles from Nick Stoner Golf
5 -eateries within minutes
Endless hiking, within minutes
44 lakes in the county
One hour from Saratoga Springs (spac out door concerts, plays) horse track, flat track, tons of shopping!
One hour from Cooperstown, lovely area baseball hall of fame.
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Call for Fall Foilage Weekend!
Patricia Isabella 518-866-1570
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Top things to do in Caroga Lake
- Hike right from the house
- Go to the beach one block from the house
- Golf
- Horse back ride
- Campfires
Top things to do on a budget
- Fish
- Canoe
- Hike
- Drive in
- Biking
Top things to do with a family
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Zoo
- Antique shopping
- Go out to eat
- Great Escape
Patricia Isabella , owner


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The Rebels' Ratification: Commemorating our federal Constitution lecture celebrates Constitution Day on September 17th
The nation will recognize Constitution Day on September 17, 2012. The day will be celebrated locally as part of Rockford College's forum series. Political Science and Economics Professor Robert Evans will provide the College's annual lecture to honor and commemorate the ratification of our federal constitution. Professor Evan's "The Rebels' Ratification" lecture will take place on Monday, September 17, at 4 p.m. in the Fisher Memorial Chapel located at on the Rockford College campus, 5050 E State Street, Rockford.
Robert Evans is an Associate Professor of Economics Business and Accounting and Associate Professor of Political Science. He also serves as the Chair of the Economics, Business and Accounting Department. Professor Evans earned his B.A. from Wake Forest University and M.A. from Northern Illinois University and has been teaching at the college since 1978.
Admission is free, however a ticket is required. Contact the Rockford College Box Office,815-226-4100 for tickets. To see the fall 2012 Forum Series line-up visit: http://www.rockford.edu/?ForumSeries.
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Bradenton tourism director resigns
Date: June 25, 2009
by: The Observer Staff
Larry White, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, stepped down from his position on the VISIT FLORIDA Board of Directors this week.
Serving as a board member under five Florida governors, White was appointed to the then Florida Tourism Advisory Council by Hon. Bob Graham. He began his tourism career in 1979 and has served as executive director of the Bradenton Area CVB for more than 16 years.
"It is time for me to step down from the board and let a new generation of tourism experts lead the way, but I will remain very involved in promoting Florida tourism," White said. "This change will allow me to focus my efforts on growing the Bradenton area's tourism product, which will continue to include participation in VISIT FLORIDA's numerous programs and advertising, marketing and public relations opportunities."
The board of directors comprises 48 tourism industry experts and VISIT FLORIDA partners from the private sector who work directly with VISIT FLORIDA executive staff to guide the organization's strategy.
"Larry's wisdom, wealth of tourism experience and industry insight has always proven invaluable to our team," said Richard Goldman, chair of the VISIT FLORIDA Board of Directors. "We're all richer for having shared so many years with Larry on our board, and I look forward to seeing the Bradenton Area CVB continue to thrive under his direction."
The Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau promotes tourism to Florida's Gulf Islands including Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch, through domestic and international advertising, public relations and marketing efforts. For more information, call 729-9177, Ext. 231 or visit
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A dish like this can be prepared in a rustic or elegant manner with the same fabulous results. The goat cheese is so creamy, it simply melts in your mouth–the perfect foil to crunchy walnuts. The apple-mango chutney adds its complex flavors and a luscious mouth-feel, and the pan vinaigrette brings in just the right note of acid. The is a great preparation for duck, but it also works well with beef.–Charlie Trotter
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Seared duck breast. Wilted greens. Creamy goat cheese. Toasted walnuts. Yup. Tastes like autumn to us.
Duck Breast Warm Goat Cheese Salad Recipe
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- Serves 4
- 4 medium duck breasts, skin on
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Four 1 1/2-ounce medallions goat cheese
- 1 egg, lightly whisked with 2 tablespoons water
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
- 4 cups mesclun greens, cleaned
- Gourmet or homemade fruit chutney
- 1/4 cup snow pea sprouts
- 4 teaspoons thyme leaves
- To prepare the duck
- 1. Carefully score the skin of the duck breast in a grid fashion, being careful not to pierce the flesh. Season with salt and pepper.
- 2. Place the duck breast a hot saute pan, skin side down, and cook for 4 minutes on each side, or until the skin is golden brown and crisp and the duck is cooked medium. Remove the breasts from the pan and strain and reserve the fat. Allow the duck breasts to rest on a cutting board for 5 minutes before slicing each into 4 pieces.
- To prepare the goat cheese medallions
- 3. Dip the goat cheese in the egg mixture and coat it with the bread crumbs, making sure the crumbs are firmly attached. Place the canola oil in a preheated saute pan and add the goat cheese medallions. Cook for 2 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
- To prepare the vinaigrette
- 4. Reserve 2 tablespoons duck fat and place the remaining fat in a small bowl. Whisk in the red wine vinegar. Using the back side of a chef's knife, smash 1/4 cup toasted walnuts into a purée of sorts. Add the nut paste to the vinaigrette and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- To prepare the greens
- 5. Place the mesclun greens and the reserved duck fat in a medium pan and quickly wilt the greens over medium heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper and fold in the remaining walnuts.
- Assembly
- 6. Arrange some of the wilted greens in the center of each plate and arrange 4 slices duck breast around each plate. Top the greens with a goat cheese medallion. Spoon the duck fat vinaigrette and some of the fruit chutney around the plates and sprinkle with the snow pea sprouts. Season with freshly ground black pepper.
Hungry for more? Chow down on these:
- Duck Breast with Apples from Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
- Duck Breast with Seared Foie Gras and Balsamic Cherries from Savory Simple
- Tea-Smoked Duck Breast from Leite's Culinaria
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Apparently Pavel Datsyuk has employed Justin Abdelkader as his personal bodyguard. Dave Bolland barely flicked the Detroit legend with his stick and Abdelkader immediately attacked him.
It was a dumb play by Abdelkader, as Bolland was headed to the box anyways. The sequence resulted in a 4-on-4 chance for both teams.
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Today's weather forecast: Land of Sunshine
Even though the opening of chef David Myers' new Century City restaurant Hinoki & the Bird had suffered from one delay after another (the grand opening is now slated for this Saturday*), one bit of good awesome news is that the chef has once again tapped New York mixologist Sam Ross (Milk & Honey) to handle the cocktail program.
[*UPDATE (3:08 p.m.): A publicist alerts us that the restaurant is open tonight for dinner.] For those not familiar with the name, Ross is responsible for training L.A.'s own superstar bartenders Julian Cox (Rivera, Playa, Picca) and Joel Black (Caña Rum Bar, Three Clubs) when he launched the cocktail program at West Hollywood's Comme Ça back in 2007. He's only been on the cocktail scene for less than a decade and already has a legacy. You can thank him for those big blocks of ice in cocktails, new twists on classics and Penicillin. Hinoki's drink menu features 14 cocktails with "a California flair but using a solid classic cocktail foundation." However, chef Myers also wanted it to be different from Comme Ça and more complementary to the new restaurant's Californian-Asian aesthetic. But rather than load it up with crazy nori infusions and Japanese names, the drinks are made in "Tokyo cocktail style," which means using produce that is at the height of its season. "Every couple of weeks we'll go to the chefs and say, 'Give us two fruits that are just perfectly in season,'" said Ross. The seasonal cocktails are divided up into four categories of "Cups," "Swizzles," "Negroni & the like," and "Quaffers." A quaffer is a double-tiered stacked glassware which divides the cocktail in two parts, one filled with the spirit and the other with fresh juice. The Negroni section presents four different variations on the classic cocktail, which happens to be Ross' favorite libation. In addition to the traditional Negroni—made with gin, sweet vermouth, and a bittering liqueur—there's also a rum Negroni, a White Negroni, and a delicious-sounding "Harajuku Negroni" with Hakushu Single Malt Whiskey, Gran Classico bitter, Byrrh Grand Quinquina, and chocolate bitters. But the Die Hard fan in me is excited to check out the quaffer cocktail called "Nakatomi Plaza" (Century City Fox Plaza's fictitious name in the Die Hard movie). Choya Umeshu plum wine, Yamazaki whiskey and fresh pressed green apple? Yippee-ki-yay, indeed. (All the cocktails are priced at $14.)
Negroni & the like
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A groundbreaking was held today on a new home for a local soldier.
Ben Tomlinson is a Marine who was wounded in Afghanistan and is now a paraplegic. Supporters have rallied together to create a "smart home" tailored just to Tomlinson's needs.
The Gary Sinise Foundation and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation joined forces to raise money for the house. One of the smart features includes iPad and iPhone-operated lighting and appliances.
"I've been involved with kind of designing the floor plan and everything. But they kind of kept the final thing at bay so they could kind of surprise me a little bit. But like I always say, I feel spoiled by these guys," Tomlinson said.
The funds for the house were raised through corporate donations and the proceeds from a concert by Gary Sinise and the Major Dan Band.
Foundation officials wouldn't comment on how much has been raised but they say the smart home will cost approximately $500,000.
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Dawes County fugitive in custody
The fugitive sought by Dawes County authorities since Monday night is now in custody. Sheriff Karl Dailey says Justin Pierce, who also uses the name Justin Beck, was arrested shortly before 1:00 this afternoon while hiding in a haystack on Bethel Road south of Whitney.
Although Dailey had been working through third-parties who had contact with Pierce by cell phone to get him to come in and surrender, Pierce was still trying to elude capture when he was arrested. Dailey says more details on the end of the 2-day manhunt will be released later this afternoon.
Dailey isn't surprised that Pierce managed to elude the manhunt and deal with chilly temperatures because he has military training in escape-and-evade practices.
Dailey also says that since nothing in Pierce's record suggests violence, he didn't consider him a threat to local residents...adding that he would have called in more resources from other agencies had he felt Pierce posed a physical threat.
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Wind turbines are a popular way to generate natural energy, but there's a price to pay for residents who live nearby.
The Falmouth Wind Turbine stands at almost 400 feet tall and has been in operation for 5 months. It's not the sound that bothers nearby residents, it's the low frequency pitches it can emit. Mark Cool lives less than a mile away from the turbine. He says the pitch can rattle his house and causes such severe headaches he has to sleep in his basement.
Manuel Gonzales also lives nearby. He is trying to sell his home, but blames the turbine for not being able to. Gonzales says that most prospective buyers are turned off by the nearby wind turbine.
Falmouth hasn't let the turbine complaints fall on deaf ears. They've put a sound restrictor on the turbine to cut down noise and they've also commissioned a sound study to help blend clean energy and a healthy piece of mind.
Wind energy is a clean, never-ending source of energy and the problems in Falmouth can serve as a learning process for future turbines. There are 28 proposed turbines in the permitting process from Buzzard's Bay to Wood's Hole and the recently approved Cape Wind Project in Nantucket Sound on the horizon.
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Homeless Burnley drunk abusive to 999 staff before falling into shopping trollies and bush (From Burnley and Pendle Citizen)
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Homeless Burnley drunk abusive to 999 staff before falling into shopping trollies and bush
1:00pm Thursday 27th February 2014 in News
A DRUNK in the back of an ambulance pushed a paramedic out, staggered off past Tesco, fell into some shopping trollies and ended up in a bush, a court heard.
Burnley magistrates were told how homeless Brian Fleming, 54, was banned from causing upset, alarm or distress by an anti-social behaviour order, but had been swearing and was aggressive.
He was abusive to police who helped him to his feet and who found a half-full bottle of sherry stuffed up his coat sleeve.
Fleming, who has a long criminal record, struck just 11 days after being given the ASBO.
The defendant, described by his solicitor as a 'chronic alcoholic' admitted breaching the order on February 7, was detained in the court building until 1pm and spent the two hours fast asleep in the corner of the courtroom.
Philippa White, prosecuting, said at 7.40pm, police went to Burnley Tesco after reports of a man in the back of an ambulance, being abusive to paramedics who were trying to help him.
Concerned shoppers outside the store entrance had called the ambulance after Fleming had collapsed.
Fleming pushed a paramedic out of the vehicle doorway, staggered off towards Tesco and was seen going past the main doors, where a young child was among those who saw him.
A police officer tried to detain him, the defendant attempted to move away from the ramp and fell into shopping trollies and then a bush. He was arrested and taken to the police station. Mrs White added the two-year ASBO had been imposed on January 27.
Fleming had a lengthy record and in recent years had many convictions for drunk and disorderly.
Mark Williams, for Fleming, said: "In terms of seriousness, his behaviour has never gone beyond the low-level, non-imprisonable, nuisance type of offending."
The defendant had managed to stay sober for a year, but relapsed last October.
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2:04pm Thu 27 Feb 14
Bluelizzy says...
3:17pm Thu 27 Feb 14
DaveBurnley says...
Of course that won't happen because of all the cuts, and also it might infringe his human rights.
3:33pm Thu 27 Feb 14
golazzo says...
4:06pm Thu 27 Feb 14
Bluelizzy says...
Looks like he has had one.
5:52pm Thu 27 Feb 14
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6:20pm Thu 27 Feb 14
Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
Even if he refused it I feel in some cases it should be done against his wishes.
7:05pm Thu 27 Feb 14
123Jon123 says...
Michael@ClitheroeSinOnly if he's deemed to lack capacity to make an unwise decision and there are grounds for a section.
ce58 wrote:
This Man has obviously got serious problems and needs professional help. Even if he refused it I feel in some cases it should be done against his wishes.
7:08pm Thu 27 Feb 14
sen c b l says...
The guy needs help. How many of you would go out of your way to guide him back on to the path of humanity or would you choose to continue being mthr -ukers.
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hairy mary says...
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daan wrote:What are you slvering on about you idiotic Baboon?????
Goes by the name "look up blackburn " apparently.
11:08pm Thu 27 Feb 14
BURNLEYITE40 says...
just cos ur life is better than his YOU DONT KNOW WHAT HES BEEN THRU TO END UP LIKE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:58am Fri 28 Feb 14
believe57 says...
8:30am Fri 28 Feb 14
crammedarse says...
BURNLEYITE40 wrote:Would you mind retyping this in English please !!
hes a poor man down on his luck YES he shudda got jail for pushing the paramedic cos when he needs them he wunt then,but he is a WASTER andlast time i saw him at the hossy he dunt look as tho hes got much life left............all u lot dogging him.
just cos ur life is better than his YOU DONT KNOW WHAT HES BEEN THRU TO END UP LIKE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:00pm Fri 28 Feb 14
Three fingered Ewood fan says...
Better still, if you assault someone - you pay their medical bills!
In Britain you'll have your arse wiped no matter what and regardless if you've even contributed 1p in NI or not...
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The Giants have a five-run lead after four innings. That is not insurmountable. That is not a sure thing. It's way, way too early to draw any incontrovertible opinions about how this World Series will go. It's way too early to say how this game will go.
But if you're in the market for omens, it's a buyer's market.
With two outs and no one one, Angel Pagan hit a ground ball that bounced off third base, which started a three-run rally. Okay. After the three-contact double from Hunter Pence, that's a little weird, a little ominous. But let's not make a big deal out of it.
Then, after a leadoff single to Prince Fielder, this happened:
That's a double play the hard way. Or, to be fair, a double play the incredibly easy way. Delmon Young didn't run, and it wasn't exactly Mike Trout running from first. And the nascent rally was over as quickly as it started.
Okay, okay. So there was a funny double play. There can't be any other omens and weirdness, right?
That's Zito with an RBI single against Justin Verlander and Delmon Young throwing a lawn dart.
F'n Mayans, man. How did they know?
On the other side, Justin Verlander has thrown 98 pitches through four innings. This isn't going as planned.


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PLATTSBURGH — With the race for the 21 District Congressional seat too close to call, both candidates made their final campaign push Monday.
Republican challenger Matt Doheny made stops in the eastern portion of the district with former Republican New York Gov. George E. Pataki before heading to the western shores, while incumbent Democrat Bill Owens held a rally in his hometown.
"We want to make sure that people know there is a clear choice," Doheny said, with Pataki by his side, at a stop at the Homestead Restaurant in Plattsburgh Monday morning.
"We are just asking for people to give us a chance."
Owens said he wants to return to Congress because there is more important work to be done.
"We want to lift up the middle class, and that will lift up all other boats," he told a crowd of supporters at his headquarters on Margaret Street Monday evening.
"That's the most important thing we can do."
The latest polls showed Doheny only one point behind Owens, indicating a virtual tie in the 12-county district. Owens, who beat Doheny in a close race in 2010, had held a double-digit lead in polls in late September.
Green Party candidate Donald Hassig trails far behind, with less than 5 percent in most polls. The Green Party has distanced itself from the controversial Hassig, who has been arrested six times during the campaign, mostly for disorderly conduct as he has refused to leave public venues when asked to do so by authorities.
Last week, Hassig called for his supporters to vote for Owens.
Doheny, an investor from Watertown, said he believes he is gaining momentum because voters in the district are fed up with high unemployment rates, high taxes and big deficits.
"We need a change," he said. "This is one of the races where people's votes will actually matter."


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"But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master / something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame."
"Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness."
"Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do."
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Note: This is the second part of a two-part story about the treasures of Death Valley National Park.
Part one of this story ended with hiking partner Nancy and myself on our overnight stay at 6,500 feet. We were in for a surprise when waking up to temperatures below freezing and shaking the ice from the tents surface. Hot coffee sure tasted good that morning.
I won't be repeating that statement this morning. This dry camp below Lippincott Mines is at 4,000 feet and all I can see surrounding me is sage brush, cactus, rock and sand. But I still need hot coffee to jump start my morning.
After researching the Death Valley map there are two old roads, upper and lower to the Lippincott Mines. First I attempted driving my Jeep following this abandoned desert road through a dry stream bed, only to realize my vehicle was lacking enough ground clearance, and I almost got stuck. Larger diameter tires would have solved this problem. I managed to turn around and drove back to the campsite. That is when I decided to refer back to my original mode of travel hiking you know, putting one foot in front of the other.
The minerals of copper, lead, silver and zink were the primary ore extracted from the Lippincott Mines. The earliest mining activity around these mines was in December 1906. There was a common ownership between each of these mines. Raven Mine, Lead King Mine and Southern Lead Mine all had unknown production until 1942. That was the time George Lippincott first leased then purchased the property for development. They even used the dry lake bed (race track) for a landing field for business purposes.
These were very rich mines with 65% lead and 35 ounces of silver per ton. Up until 1954 they produced 2,000 tons of lead, silver and zinc with a total value of only $80,000. It was still the third largest producer of lead in Death Valley.
Remaining today are the foundations from the abandoned cabins. Some artifacts still remain, like a huge water tank converted from a semi trailer. Huge wooden structures like storage bins and loaders made from wooden planks are located close to the mine entrances. History states that before 1942 over 2,000 feet of shafts are hidden within these mines.
Rather than walk back to the main area along the upper road we decided to descend down the mountain and create our own route to the lower road. Some areas of this route finding were class 3, but we saved over an hour of hiking in this desert heat.
Another huge mine with an adjoining wooden loader and storage bin were located at the end of this lower road. I musts confess I did explore the insides of a few of these mines. But using caution and limited myself to those mines with reinforced beams or tunneling through hard rock. I forgot to mention that the views of the distant canyons and mountains offer a great setting for photography.
After two days of adventure exploring around this remote campground, the time has come to break camp and continue the 26 mile drive back to Mesquite Campground. I just wanted to make a personal comment concerning this corduroy type road. If your vehicle had no rattles, it does now! If you had a few loose parts in your vehicles suspension, don't worry there not there now, because they have fallen off.
While we were setting up our new campsite we were approached by Jay and Liz who were seasoned Death Valley hikers. That evening they suggested two separate hiking adventures within a three mile radius of our campground.
The following morning we hiked across the Death Valley Wash, located the western canyon and climb its steep wall and started our hike across the plateau toward the Cottonwood Mountain Range. Our objective today is to locate the petroglyphs concealed somewhere inside one of these canyons. When we returned six hours later, our only comment was; we'll be back next year and search again.
This is the morning of our last full day and I'm looking forward to this six mile hike up the wash and locate another canyon which may have fossils dating back 10,000 years when Death Valley was a huge lake. Before noon we located three natural springs with foot prints of the local inhabitants. Next to cross the Death Valley wash and locate the remote canyon and follow it to the base of the Cottonwood Mountain Range once again. This adventure turned out to be a success because the fossils we found were embedded within the canyon walls.
On our return we stopped at the largest of the three natural springs and found obsidian chips and even a small piece of flint which the American Indians used to start fires.
Overall this was a successful six days hiking these remote canyons and mountains of Death Valley. The only disappointment of this adventure was the Barrel Cactus and Joshua Trees. Their blooms were a little larger, but no flowers to photograph. This was my fifth trip to this enchanting place and I'm looking forward to my next visit to unlock a few more secrets.


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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have authorized union leaders to schedule a one-day strike.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association says 83 percent of the nurses who participated in the secret ballot vote Thursday supported the measure. The result gives union leadership approval to call a strike at a future date if they feel it's necessary. The union represents 2,000 nurses at UMass Memorial.
The nurses are in contract negotiations over staffing levels and benefits. Negotiations have been going on for longer than a year.
The nurses contend layoffs over the past two years put patient care in jeopardy.
Hospital management says it was "disappointed" in the vote results.
Management says it is committed to maintaining appropriate staffing levels, and it disagrees with the union's mandatory staffing ratio proposal.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Braves manager Bobby Cox provided a glimpse toward the future Sunday, when he rested Billy Wagner and gave Craig Kimbrel a chance to notch the first save of his young career.
Extending his recent dominant run and further proving why he may serve as Atlanta's closer next year, Kimbrel notched three strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning that capped a 6-3 win over the Mets. The inning might have been perfect had Ike Davis' infield single not struck Kimbrel's right foot.
"It was really cool," Kimbrel said. "It's something I've been working for for a long time and I finally got it."
When Kimbrel escaped Spring Training without allowing a run, there was already speculation that he could serve as the club's future closer. With Wagner still planning to retire at the end of this year, it looks like this future could come as soon as next year.
In the five appearances he's made since ending his season with Triple-A Gwinnett, Kimbrel has worked five scoreless innings, allowed just one hit and recorded 12 strikeouts without issuing a walk.
"He can dominate," Cox said. "There's no doubt about that."
Saito could be ready to pitch this weekend
PHILADELPHIA -- When Takashi Saito was forced to exit Friday night's appearance against the Mets with right shoulder discomfort, Braves manager Bobby Cox was among those who gained the sense that the veteran reliever might not be able to pitch again this year.
But the Braves received some encouraging news Monday afternoon when they learned an MRI exam performed in Atlanta showed no structural damage in Saito's shoulder. It appears the discomfort might have been caused by tendinitis.
Saito will rejoin the club Tuesday and possibly be ready to pitch this weekend against the Nationals. The 40-year-old right-handed reliever may be cleared to throw a bullpen as early as Wednesday.
"I was prepared for the possibility that that would be it for him," Cox said. "But he's really a tough guy. He's telling the trainers all the time, 'Whatever it takes to get me out there, get me out there. I'll worry about next year, next year.' He's got a great attitude."
When Saito's right shoulder began bothering him during the All-Star break, the Braves began carefully monitoring his workload. In the 16 appearances he's made since July 30, he has worked 15 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run. In the process, he has limited opponents to a .158 batting average and recorded 20 strikeouts, while issuing just one walk.
Cox: Beachy best option on short notice
PHILADELPHIA -- When asked if he had any other choice other than to start Brandon Beachy in place of the injured Jair Jurrjens on Monday night, Braves manager Bobby Cox said, "Not for me."
Obviously, Atlanta could have opted to ask Kenshin Kawakami to make his second emergency start of the month. His first one proved disastrous when he started in place of Derek Lowe on Sept. 3 and allowed the Marlins five earned runs in three innings.
"Kawakami hasn't pitched in a long time," Cox said. "This kid [Beachy] is better prepared than he would be going out there right now."
Considering that Beachy also hadn't started since completing six scoreless innings for Triple-A on Sept. 3, Cox seemed to be characteristically protecting Kawakami.
But this seems to provide further reason to wonder if Kawakami will still factor into the Braves' plans for the 2011 season -- the final year of his three-year, $23 million contract.
Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe, Tommy Hanson, Mike Minor and Jurrjens are projected to once again fill the rotation next year. Even if Atlanta trades one of these pitchers, it could choose to fill the vacant spot with Beachy instead of Kawakami.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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---- — Back in April, we asked, "What's it going to take to make us stop texting and driving?"
Texting while driving is quickly becoming one of our country's leading killers.
Let that sink in.
Texting while driving causes 1,600,000 accidents per year, according to the National Safety Council. A Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study found it results in 330,000 injuries per year.
If you didn't flinch at those numbers, try this one: 11. That's the number of teen deaths every day attributed to texting and driving, according to Institute for Highway Safety. In case you missed it, that's 11 deaths every day. So, whatever day you read this, 11 teens will die. That's 11 sons or daughters that won't make it home from school, from practice or from the mall.
That's an unnecessary number.
Here are some more numbers: People who text and drive are about six times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated. Texting and driving is the same as having four beers and then getting behind the wheel.
Texting while driving makes you 23 times more likely to have an accident. At any given time across the country, 800,000 drivers are texting and driving.
So, what's the solution to this national epidemic? Something on this large of a scale must be hard to stop, right?
No, actually it's not. Here's the solution: Stop texting and driving. The end.
Our mayor, Ted Franklin, knows it's that easy, too. He has issued a proclamation designating Sept. 19 as "Drive 4 Pledges Day." He's calling for residents to take the pledge to never text and drive.
It's part of AT&T's "It Can Wait" campaign in Indiana and throughout the United States. The wireless provider is looking to educate the public about the dangers of texting while driving by encouraging consumers to take the personal pledge not to text while driving.
We echo their call to action.
Go to www.itcanwait.com to take the no-texting-while-driving pledge, and then share your promise with others via Twitter (#itcanwait) and Facebook.
It can wait.
No, really. It can wait.


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This Friday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. For numerologists, it's doubly significant this year because it happens to be 11/11/11. Nov. 11 used to be called Armistice Day because it was on this date in 1918 that an armistice to end World War I was signed in a railroad car in Compiegne, just outside of Paris. But the armistice that was signed that day would prove to make the numbers 11-11-11 unintentionally infamous for all time.
News of the ceasefire spread quickly by telegraph to all parts of the world. Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso got up early in New York City to celebrate and sang the American national anthem in English from his hotel balcony. Citizens in Windsor Locks ran along Main Street shouting, clanging pots and pans, and then burned Kaiser Wilhelm in effigy. Similar acts of celebration occurred throughout the country.
But the celebration was premature. The war had not really ended; it had about six hours to go, as the ceasefire was to begin at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month — 11-11-11.The Allied signers of the armistice thought it would be more memorable if the peace began at 11. Little did they realize the horrible consequences their desire for numerical symmetry would have upon the lives of thousands of people.
Historian Joseph Persico has done extensive research about the final six hours of the Great War. Persico has found that more than 10,000 were killed, wounded, or missing on both sides during those last six hours. That's more than the total casualties for both sides during the D-Day invasion during World War II!
American AEF Cmdr. Gen. John J. Pershing, who opposed the armistice, sent out an order to observe the ceasefire at 11 a.m. Pershing's orders did not specify what to do between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nine of the sixteen American divisional commanders, therefore, pressed on with their attacks against the Germans that morning. Seven commanders saw no point in putting their men's lives at risk to take land that would be theirs to control in just a couple of hours and refused to engage the enemy.
In one of the more peculiar attacks on the last morning of the war, Gen. William M. Wright, commander of the 89th Division, ordered his troops to take the French village of Stenay from the Germans. Wright had heard that Stenay had bathing facilities, and he wanted to capture them for his unit to enjoy. It cost his division 300 casualties. Stenay was the very last village captured by the Americans in World War I. Wright was replaced as commander the next day.
One of the divisions that continued to fight was the 26th, or "Yankee Division." The 26th consisted almost entirely of soldiers from the six New England states including, of course, Connecticut, and had been engaged in battle more days than any other American division except for the 1st Army Division.
Over 60,000 Nutmeggers fought in the 26th. Nearly 1,700 were killed and over 7,300 were wounded. At 9 a.m. on the 11th of November, the Yankee Division was ordered into battle; at 9:10 a.m. that order was rescinded. However, at 9:30, the 26th was once again ordered into battle. They fought from 9:30 a.m. until the ceasefire at 11 a.m. and suffered 120 casualties.
Probably the very last Connecticut man to die in World War I was Cpl. Harry W. Houghtaling of Chester, CT. Houghtaling was part of the 307th Infantry Regiment of the 77th Division — mostly a New York unit. He was killed in action that morning while attacking the Germans. Houghtaling was the only man from Chester killed in the Great War, and he died with just an hour or so to go before the ceasefire.
The fate of Pvt. Henry Gunther of the 79th Division is even more poignant. Gunther, from Maryland and of German descent, had endured a great deal of anti-German prejudice in the service. While advancing toward Metz on the morning of the 11th, Gunther charged a German machine-gun emplacement and was shot through the head and killed at 10:59 a.m. — just one minute before the armistice took effect. He was the last American killed in action during the Great War.
The German peace delegation had arrived in Compiegne on Nov. 8. Their lead negotiator, Matthias Erzberger, suggested that a ceasefire be immediately imposed while the two sides worked out the details of the armistice. French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, head negotiator for the Allies, adamantly refused, so the war continued for the next three days resulting in more than 21,600 casualties— dead, wounded, and missing. Three days later, the Allies insisted on establishing an 11 a.m. end to the hostilities on the 11th day of the 11th month so as to associate three 11s with the war's end; that insistence has made 11-11-11 an infamous combination for all time.
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For those who don't know, I was in a college A Cappella group called In The Buff for four years. you can check them out here:
This past weekend In The Buff celebrated their 18th Birthday. The alums came back and we watched the current members perform and took the stage with them for a couple of songs. In honor of In The Buff and our 18th birthday I am releasing a song from our last studio album, "LIVE From The Ambassador's Hot Tub"
Without further adieu, here is, "Feeling Good", a cover song that I sang when I was an active member of the group.
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UPDATE: The scene is now clear.
UPDATE: The Idaho State Police tells KHQ that a male driver made an unsafe lane change causing the crash. He walked away from the crash without serious injuries. As soon as we get more details we'll post them.
KHQ.COM - Right now crews are working to clear a rollover crash on I-90 near CDA in the eastbound lanes. As soon as we get details we'll post them here on KHQ.com, Facebook and our Twitter news feed.


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When Universal Pictures first announced they were going into production on Ted, I wasn't the only person who read the synopsis and thought it had to be an April Fool's Day joke or that we were all just being punked. However, Ted is a real movie and after seeing it on the big screen, it's easy to suspend disbelief and embrace the idea of a teddy bear who was wished into being real and 20+ years later has turned into a raunchy pot-smoking talking bear.
The brainchild of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane (who wrote, directed, and provides the voice of 'Ted'), Ted stars Mark Wahlberg as the lifelong buddy of the bear and Mila Kunis as his girlfriend of four years who loves her boyfriend but really wants him to grow up and stop spending all of his time with a stuffed bear. Together for a press conference to discuss the R rated comedy, MacFarlane, Wahlberg, and Kunis talked about the logistics of having a teddy bear as a lead character and what they admire about each other's sense of humor.
Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, and Mila Kunis Ted Press Conference
Seth, did the special effects turn out to be more of a pain than you expected, and did you rewrite a lot of Ted's dialogue in post?
Seth MacFarlane: "No, the special effects were surprisingly a smooth part of the process. We were trying a fairly new technique of doing it all live on set, to get a sort of improvisational feel, but it went surprisingly smooth. We had two great studios, Tippett and Iloura, that just knocked it out of the park for us. And yeah, we had a little bit of liberty to do new Ted lines in post, in case something didn't work. That was kind of a luxury that we took advantage of. We would screen the movie and if something didn't work, we'd try a different line at the next screening. That's one of the good things about an animated character."
Mark and Mila, when you initially signed on, were you worried about co-starring opposite a bear and how it would work in terms of looking at the eye-line and the stuff you'd have to do with him?
Mark Wahlberg: "I was a little nervous at first, but once we started getting into it, I felt comfortable pretty quickly. It was more of a problem working with Mila. She's a tough cookie, as you can see."
Mila Kunis: "You know what? It actually wasn't so bad. I didn't have very much physical interaction with the bear. Mine was very circumstantial, where the bear was to the left of me, to the right of me or in front of me or walk through. I think Mark had it really the hardest. For me, it wasn't so frightening. You have a stick and two eyes. As far as the animation or the look of the bear, I was never too concerned with. There's not a question in my mind that MacFarlane can do that, and do it incredibly well."
Mark Wahlberg: "They had done the test, too. We got to see a little bit of the bear before we started shooting. There was a concern of whether it would go into the scene seamlessly with the chemistry, even though Seth and I were having a great time acting opposite each other, would it translate when you're putting the bear into the actual scenes?"
Seth, what took so long for you to make your first movie? And there are a lot of references to Alien, what did you think of Prometheus?
Seth MacFarlane: "I'm pretty sure there's only one reference to Alien in the movie. Are there others?"
Tom Skerritt, the robot...
Seth MacFarlane: "Oh, you're right."
Mila Kunis: "Call him out on it. Call him out on it. Put him in his place."
Seth MacFarlane: "Ted cut in half, yeah. All right, Tom Skerritt, okay. That's tangential but you win. Family Guy had that little cancellation thing happen to it, and I wanted to make sure that it was fully on its feet after coming back before I stepped away to do a film because it did mean stepping away from the show completely for at least a year, and that was something that I hadn't done yet. This was an idea that had actually been floating around in my head for a while. I had originally conceived it as an animated series idea and for a number of reasons shelved it. And when it came time to do my first movie, it seemed like a story that would make a much better film than a series."
And Prometheus?
Seth MacFarlane: "You know, I haven't seen it yet."
What do you want college students to take away from the film?
Mark Wahlberg: "Well, go back and smoke another joint and go see it again. It's always better the second time around. You were so wasted the first time, you probably missed some jokes."
Seth MacFarlane: "That answer works for me, too."
Mark, your comic timing is just so impeccable. Who were comic idols, growing up?
Seth MacFarlane: "You said you were a Gallagher guy, right?"
Mark Wahlberg: "Yes. Were they twins? No, that's the other guy. That's the guy who smashes the watermelons, right? He's pretty funny. I just grew up watching a lot of old television with my father, whether it be F Troop, Barney Miller. Probably Wojciehowicz would probably be the best description of one of my comic idols. Does anybody know who Wojciehowicz is besides the guy who asked the question? I just grew up watching TV, but it's all in the material. I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible. Thankfully, Seth was into that. I was worried that maybe he'd want me to do a couple pratfalls and stuff like that, and that's not really my thing."
Seth, you're used to a TV-14 constraint. Did you find yourself pulling back with that and now that you had the freedom to push yourself forward more?
Seth MacFarlane: "Yeah. You're not dealing with the restrictions imposed by the FCC. They're self-imposed, so in a way that does make it harder. You actually have to think about it, as opposed to just taking for granted that you're not going to be able to do this. With a movie like this, most of it was language. This movie's been labeled hard R. I don't think of it as a hard R movie. It's a fairly moderately R movie. There's no graphic sex, there's no 'heavy' drug use but it's language. It's R for language. So if that doesn't bother you, you're fine. The first cut of this movie had a lot more uses of the word f*ck, and we did cut that down somewhat because we found that, even though it's an R-rated comedy and you can do whatever you want, it was starting to eat into the sweetness of the story a little bit. So you do have to impose restraints on yourself, and it is more difficult than just being told by someone you can't do something."
What is your interest in the clash between youth and adulthood in both this and your TV shows?
Seth MacFarlane: "You know, adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device. On Family Guy, you have Stewie who is a baby that acts like an adult and Peter who's a man that acts like a child. It's a fairly reliable comic device. This movie is a bit more textured and has a lot more shades to it. But in terms of the dynamic, we're essentially playing the teddy bear as the physical manifestation, in a symbolic or literal way, of John's inability to grow up and get on with his life."
Was the motel room fight an homage to Peter vs. the Chicken? And was it difficult to prepare?
Mark Wahlberg: "I didn't have to do anything to prepare other than just trust Seth. I just felt so ridiculous flopping around this by myself. But I was wrong. He was right. Everybody loves the scene."
Seth MacFarlane: "The chicken fight was very cartoony and broad in a lot of ways. This was supposed to be something very different. The whole joke of this was that we wanted to play it as realistically as possible. We wanted it to feel like a fistfight in The Bourne Identity, except one of the characters happens to be a teddy bear - and I think we pulled that off. I mean, Mark just sold it 150%. Even without the bear in there, when you look at that raw footage with the sound effects and him getting the sh*t kicked out of him by this invisible adversary, it actually still kind of works. Hopefully we made it painfully realistic."
For the actors, what do you think is unique or special about Seth's humor, both in cartoons and this movie?
Mila Kunis: "I've done so many interviews about Seth it's kind of redundant for me to say this, but over the years, from Family Guy to this, I think that Seth's humor is incredibly socially relevant. It's not humor for the sake of being humor. And I think that there's a certain linear story to his humor. It's very consistent. It's smart. It doesn't make you feel dumb. It's like lowbrow/highbrow humor, the two terms people use the most. I've always said that he's brilliant at what he does because he sets people up in lowbrow situations with highbrow humor, and I think that's one of the hardest things to do. That, and also all of his humor is rooted in truth and honesty. From Family Guy's flashbacks to the songs that some of the characters break into to the fact that there's a movie coming out about a talking teddy bear that nobody seems to be questioning, it's because it's all rooted in truth. It's very grounded humor. I think that nowadays it's very rare to get that."
Mark Wahlberg: "That was good. I was just going to say he's the funniest mother*cker I've ever met."
Mila Kunis: "I mean, I could have said that too. F*ck!"
When it comes to certain racial stereotypes like the Asian neighbor, how do you draw the line?
Seth MacFarlane: "Well, in a movie like this, we adhere to the same rule as we generally do with the animated shows, that if you're going to make fun of one group, you've got to make fun of them all. Of course, the cliche is equal opportunity offender. In this movie, pretty much every religion, race, creed is poked fun at. The white trash name alone is the white folks taking it. Of course the guy that brings the duck to a party is our little friendly jokey jibe at our Asian friends. It's all across the board so I think that if you're going to make fun of one group of people, you've got to go all across the board."
"As far as something going over the line, the systems that are in place as far as the screenings and audience testing, it's pretty clear what's over the line and what's not. If something gets a gasp eight times in a row at eight screenings, you know it's probably got to go. There's been a couple of those jokes. Even on Family Guy, we do screenings of each episode before it goes to full animation and our own staff is not shy about going, 'No, no, no, no, that's way over the line!' If you're getting enough laughs on the way there, then it's probably okay. If even your friends are telling you that it's offensive, then they're probably right."
How many gasps made you take jokes out of Ted?
Seth MacFarlane: "There was only one that I can think of that I won't repeat here because it didn't work. For the most part, by the time it got to the test screenings, we had excised most of that material. There was one that we pulled out because the audiences just thought it was too over the line."
Mark Wahlberg: "And every time I did a take, if this makes you feel any better, he said, 'Action, honky.' Three weeks in I was like, 'All right, dude, it's too much,' and he stopped."
Seth MacFarlane: "And I insisted that he watch Game of Thrones as all white people do."
Why do you love Sam Jones so much, and why do you hate Brandon Routh?
Seth MacFarlane: "I don't hate Brandon Routh. The jokes at the end of the movie are probably the closest things to what people may expect from me because of shows like Family Guy. It's a satirical jab. I'm sure he's a very, very nice guy.
Did he have to approve his image?
Seth MacFarlane: "Uh, no. No, he did not."
Mark Wahlberg: "Do you think he would?"
Why isn't Sam here today?
Seth MacFarlane: "My guess is he probably is here somewhere."
Mark Wahlberg: "And he'll force you to do a lengthy interview with him."
Seth MacFarlane: "The Flash Gordon idea was just it's a cult movie that a lot of people know and it's ridiculous and absurd and it seemed like a funny piece of pop culture for John and Ted to bond over. It was something that worked as their movie that was kind of the symbol of their friendship. We just looked up Sam Jones and asked if he wanted to come do it, and he was very enthusiastic."
In this film, Mila's character isn't the nasty, mean girlfriend. Can you talk about her character and choosing Mila to play her?
Seth MacFarlane: "Yeah, I will say nine times out of 10 in a movie like this you do see the image of the hands on the hips, 'Oh you. Stop this nasty behavior,' kind of tone. That's one of the reasons we wanted Mila for this. We tried to make sure it wasn't that on the page, but even where we missed spots, Mila was there to very shrewdly, with laser-light precision, make sure that that did not happen. And the character has a very valid point. In a lot of ways, she had the hardest job in the movie, but in a lot of ways, it's the character with the most realistic goal because she has this guy who's very childish and she likes those things about him. She likes the fact that he's not perfect. She likes the challenge of maybe having to fix this guy a little bit. But, at the same time, in the higher part of her brain, she wants the stability, she wants the responsible boyfriend who's going to step up. That's very, I hope, very relatable. I think her beef with him is legit in the movie."
Mila Kunis: "Everything that Seth said is correct. It was a hard thing to do because you want to play the fine line of not having to be too cool because then that's not realistic, but you don't want to be the nagging girl in the film because then you're stuck being the nagging girl in the film. Seth was very responsive to anytime that there was an argument that I had regarding the character's dialogue when the response wasn't justified. To his credit, in all honesty we had many discussions on set over it, and it was always because I was like, 'This is coming across too bitchy. It's not how a woman would react. This is not how a woman would fill in the blank.' He, more times than not, was like, 'Okay, how do you propose we fix the problem?' It was actually awesome because it allowed me to help make the character be what I wanted her to be, but with Seth MacFarlane's voice. So it was very collaborative and he was very open-minded to the idea."
"It's a hard character to write, especially for a man because I wouldn't even know where to begin, and I'm a female. You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. You're stuck in this weird limbo."
Ted seems to be very influenced by Boston. Was that Seth or Mark?
Mark Wahlberg: "The movie was already written taking place in Boston. I don't know if Seth even trusted that I could do a Boston accent. Nobody was really doing the accents. Everything that has to do with the movie in Boston is Seth. It was already on the page."
Seth MacFarlane: "That pretty much covers it. The comparison I always make is to Ghostbusters, as weird as that is because to me, one of the reasons that movie worked was that you had this ridiculous fantastical element to the story, but it was set against not just a realistic city but a city we all know. You had ghosts running around, these exterminators who had to eliminate them, but New York is the very familiar, very real New York with all of its warts that we know and it kind of grounded everything and kind of earned you the rest of the stuff. That was kind of what I wanted this movie to feel like. You have a talking bear. The rest of the movie should be as real and grounded as possible to earn that, and one of the things that you can accomplish that with is by setting it in an actual city with an actual regional flavor."
Seth, how did you choose the music and did Ted always look like he does now?
Seth MacFarlane: "Well, with the music, they're song choices that fit with the movie. I'm a film score junkie. I'm the world's biggest John Williams fan. I wanted this movie to have a classic film score because I felt like what it would do, it would play against the edginess of the comedy and earn you some of the harder jokes. You kind of have to have that to balance things out. With Family Guy for years that's what we've done is we've got these hard-edged jokes but we have a pretty serious musical style. I think it works in tandem with each other."
"As far as the bear's design, I wanted to keep it very simple. There's a style of 2D animation that The Simpsons employs and that Family Guy employs. I use Homer as an example. When Homer Simpson is being addressed and he's just sitting there listening, it's a blank stare. It's just a blank, wide-eyed stare and there's something 100 times funnier about that than if there were a series of Disney-esque subtle reactions because each audience member can kind of imprint what they think is going on inside his head based on their own bullsh*t. I wanted to do the same thing with Ted, and oftentimes CG characters are so humanlike that they come off kind of creepy looking. Did you ever seen Jack Frost, that movie with Michael Keaton, that terrifying snowman that just gave you nightmares? That would be an example of CG gone wrong, and they all acknowledged it after that movie. And I wanted to keep Ted simple. His eyes are very kind of blank. There's a little expressiveness with the eyebrows but it's a pretty simple design and that was deliberate. I wanted to leave enough to the imagination that what that expression is or what that thought process is would be maybe a little different for each audience member."
Mila, is comedy your favorite genre to act in, or are you interested in other avenues like Black Swan and Max Payne?
Mila Kunis: "Somebody yesterday was like, 'After Black Swan, we didn't really expect you to follow this up with Ted? And I literally went, 'Why, because it's funny?' So being funny somehow takes away from the quality? It doesn't. I've had this argument with Seth many times, I don't think I'm funny. I really don't."
Seth MacFarlane: "I disagree."
Mila Kunis: "Thanks, but I don't. That doesn't mean that I don't love comedy. I just would never be able to go on a stage and do a roast. I would never; I think I would panic. That being said, I love comedy when it's written well. When someone like Seth MacFarlane gives me dialogue to say that I think is brilliant, I will say the sh*t out of it, okay? And I will make it work to my best ability. But I will not go and do something that I don't believe in, whether that be comedy or a horror or a sci-fi or action or whatever genre. It doesn't matter. It's about quality. So if I love Ted and I think that's a good movie, I don't care if it's funny or sad, as long as it's good. It's just entertainment. So, I will go in whatever direction I'm drawn to."
"After Ted, I went and did Great and Powerful Oz. I am dying to know what genre people are going to put that movie in. And then after that one I went and did Hell & Back, which is a stop-motion animation R-rated movie. Then I went and did Blood Ties, which is a cop drama, and none of this makes sense. If you look at my movies, they all look like a crazy person chose them who's erratic and has no lineage whatsoever, but I choose the work that I believe in."
Seth MacFarlane: "It's worth saying too, coming out of animation, you bring in A-list actors to an animated show and it separates the men from the boys instantly. You see who is a pretty face and who actually has the chops. We've had plenty of A-list people who have come in and we've seen the Emperor's clothes. For all these years, we've thrown really a lot of very, very subtle comedy at Mila for the role of Meg, and you're not seeing her lovely face, you're hearing her voice. All you're getting is her ability, and it's tremendous. That, to me, is the best example of all. You are hearing her voice, you are hearing her skill, her comedic timing, and she's getting laughs and has been for 10 years. So that's worth noting."
Mila, how do you stay grounded and what makes you happy in life?
Mila Kunis: "I don't know. I guess I'm very honest and I speak my mind at all times. I think that that, if anything, helps me stay grounded because I will say what I think, but I don't expect the yes in return. If you ask a question, there's always two answers, a yes and a no. You're not always right but I will fight to prove that I'm right, but I will accept being wrong."
"I have an amazing family. I have an incredible group of friends, truly, truly and incredible group of friends that I can count on one hand. These two included. Look at it this way. MacFarlane I've known since I was 13 and I'm so blessed to be, and lucky, in the position to work with people, Mark included for the second film, that I respect and look up to and admire and actually want to show up to work with. So I think a lot of that speaks for itself. You are able to do the job that you love and surround yourself with the people that you like to go to work with and work for for 17 hours a day and people whose opinion you trust and people whose outlook you respect. So I don't really know how to answer that question because I'm sure many people would disagree and tell you that I'm a horrible human being. But I do believe that it all depends on who you surround yourself with and what you put out is what you get back in return. I work hard. I work my ass off, and I have worked that way for 20 years. But me working hard, I don't have to show you how hard I work. As long as I know how hard I work, that's all that matters. And I think people get so caught up in trying to prove to everybody else how hard they work that they lose all sense of what they do and why they do it. So as long as I do my homework and I know I did and I show up to work and do my job, end of day, that's it. That's all that matters - and then I can have a life."
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Ted hits theaters on June 29, 2012.


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AP reports: 'From Alex Van Pelt to Drew Bledsoe and now EJ Manuel, none of the eight quarterbacks who started at least eight games for Buffalo since 2000 has held the job beyond three seasons. And only one, Bledsoe in 2004, led the team to a winning record.'
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Bills' Alonso placed on Reserve/NFI list [1:41 AM]
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Bills awarded punter on waivers [1:40 AM]
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Bills dump QB Lewis, sign Palmer [1:39 AM]
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P Jordan Gay claimed by Bills [1:34 AM]
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CATEGORIES Trailers and Clips, Video, Best & Worst of 2009This year gave us some great movies, as well as some fantastic movie trailers.
When you think about it, a trailer has a big job to do. It has to grab us with a few short clips, tell us what the movie's about, and make us want to gallop to the theater and plop down our hard-earned cash for a couple hours of entertainment. Even better if we call our friends on the way home and tell them to go see the movie.
It's a tall order, and not every trailer is up to the task. But the ones who get it right shine big time. Here are our picks for the top ten movie trailers of 2009. This year gave us some great movies, as well as some fantastic movie trailers.
When you think about it, a trailer has a big job to do. It has to grab us with a few short clips, tell us what the movie's about, and make us want to gallop to the theater and plop down our hard-earned cash for a couple hours of entertainment. Even better if we call our friends on the way home and tell them to go see the movie.
It's a tall order, and not every trailer is up to the task. But the ones who get it right shine big time. Here are our picks for the top ten movie trailers of 2009. Feel free to add your own in the comments below.
10. 'Star Trek'
This trailer brings together all that has gone before and everything yet to come in the 'Star Trek' universe. The opening scene says it all: a brash young Kirk's joy ride nearly hurtles him over a massive cliff. Talk about living on the edge! We also meet the other crew members, feel the tension between Kirk and Spock, grab some sci-fi thrills, and catch a glimpse of the Enterprise. A quick glance at Kirk's butt doesn't hurt either.
9. 'Away We Go'
Postcard graphics and laid-back guitar riffs set the stage for this romantic road trip about a couple finding their way in the world. It's director Sam Mendes' love letter to 30-something slackers, and the trailer tells us right away that John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph have plenty of sparks to set this movie on slow simmer. Add in some kooky family members, a few life decisions, and lots of great dialogue, and it's a tasty trailer stew.
8. '2012'
"Mankind's earliest civilization warned us this day would come ... " So begins this trailer about the mysterious 2012, a year when all hell will break loose, if you believe the ancient Mayans. Oh never mind about that. We've got John Cusack dodging fireballs and saving his family while the world sinks into a chaotic mess of earthquakes, tsunamis, and every other natural disaster. This beautifully gloomy trailer makes us want to find out if anyone survives.
7. 'Up'
A crotchety old man and an enthusiastic Wilderness Explorer scout come together in this sweet and Up-lifting tale. We love the trailer because of the stunning graphics and unexpected story. You just know when Carl lets Russell into his house mid-air that these two are in for the adventure of a lifetime. Fortunately, we get to ride along. And we're still talking like that goofy dog Doug. "Squirrel!"
6. 'The Hangover'
You know you've got something special when you bring together Zach Galifianakis in his underwear, a tiger in the bathroom, Mike Tyson playing air drums, and a misplaced baby. That's what we get in this trailer about three guys on a road trip to Vegas for a bachelor party they'll never forget. If only they could remember what happened. Favorite line from Bradley Cooper: "Yeah, that's not gonna happen."
5. 'Up in the Air'
We don't see George Clooney's face at the beginning of this trailer, but his voice is all we need to get psyched for this dramedy about a corporate suit headed for his one-millionth frequent flyer mile. Will he experience a rebirth? Find a human connection? Heed the wake-up call? Makes you want to see the movie to find out, doesn't it? Oh, who are we kidding? We just want more of that bathtub scene.
4. 'Nine'
We're not sure what we love best about this trailer, so we'll just say the whole thing. The Old World charm, Broadway tunes, sexy romps, lush scenery, and sultry looks by Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz. It's like an extended dream sequence that makes you want to dive in feet first.
3. 'Zombieland'
Any time you've got Woody Harrelson in a cowboy hat and shades toting a big gun, you know good things are about to happen. Add zombies into the mix and we've landed in euphoria. There are plenty of them in this impressive piece of cinema about a zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Jesse Eisenberg) who teams up with a cowardly shut-in to survive a zombie apocalypse. Don't try to make sense of it. Just sit back and enjoy the grisly ride.
2. 'A Serious Man'
"The Rabbi is busy." Yeah, we've all heard that phrase in one incarnation or another, and we're just as sick of it as Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics professor whose life is rapidly spiraling out of control. What makes this trailer classic: the sound of a head being smacked into a wall (on beat!) as Grace Slick's powerhouse voice takes off. You wouldn't expect anything less from a Joel and Ethan Coen film.
1. 'Where the Wild Things Are'
Monsters really can be a thing of beauty, as we see in this trailer for one of the best book adaptations of 2009. The sleepy boy being carried by a horned creature with shimmery shots of sky-high trees and sunshine is just plain dreamy. It makes us want to take this journey with young Max and meet the monsters with scruffy fur and soulful eyes. And then there's the music. Rarely (never?) has a song (Arcade Fire's 'Wake Up') been so perfectly meshed with a movie montage. And we've seen A LOT.