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It's the early evening on the East Coast, but I do have time to bring you some linkage. Lots of stuff to get to.
We'll begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Journal who reviews ESPN's new NFL studio shows which came as a result of its new Monday Night Football $2 billion rights fee.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that the NFL has put the Detroit Lions in the Week 13 Sunday night window in place of the lowly Indianapolis Colts.
Michael talks with ESPN College GameDay's Lee Corso who threw an "F" bomb on Saturday's show.
Sports Illustrated's Grand Wahl says ESPN is removing John Harkes as its main soccer analyst and also looks at the moves NBC and Fox Soccer will make for next year.
Michael O'Connor at the Hollywood Reporter notes that Sunday Night Football on NBC drew modest ratings over the American Music Awards on ABC.
Dan Hirschhorn of Advertising Age says Spike TV is looking to stay in the mixed martial arts arena despite losing UFC to Fox.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk writes that NFL Commish Roger Goodell is considering starting the Sunday Night flex earlier in the season.
Dave Scott from ESPN's Front Row has a recap of the best tweets from the weekend regarding some ESPN broadcasts.
Barry Janoff at The Big Lead speaks with officials from NBC Sports and the NHL about the new Black Friday game that both companies hope will become a tradition like the NHL Winter Classic.
CNN's Howard Kurtz speaks with Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News reporter Sarah Ganim about breaking stories on the Penn State scandal.
Glenn Davis of SportsGrid has video of Cris Collinsworth saying what we were all thinking when a promo for the new edition of Fear Factor popped up during Sunday Night Football.
Sports Video Group looks at the numbers for NASCAR.com's RaceBuddy feature for the Sprint Cup.
In SBNation Boston, Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch looks back at a busy week in local sports media.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post wants ESPN to stop with the crowd cutaways on its college football broadcasts.
Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call notes that WFAN's Mike Francesa wasn't happy with Philadelphia Eagles' running back Desean Jackson.
The Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik could no longer stand listening to CBS' Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf and decided to listen to the Ravens Radio Network.
Dan Steinberg at the Washington Post's DC Sports Bog has some amusing exchanges between DC NFL team radio announcers Larry Michael, Sam Huff and Sonny Jorgensen during yesterday's Dallas-Washington game.
Pat Dooley of the Gainesville (FL) Sun has ESPN college football analyst Urban Meyer denying reports that he interviewed for the Ohio State coaching job.
Sad news from Georgia as legendary Georgia Bulldogs football announcer Larry Munson died Sunday at the age of 89. Munson had retired a couple of years ago after numerous health problems, but is still revered by UGA fans. Munson had began as Voice of the Bulldogs in 1966 and remained until 2008. To many, he typified the love for college football in the South. Some of his calls were homerish, but Munson truly bled Georgia football. Fans loved him for it. But he could be fair as well.
Munson not only called the Bulldogs football team, he called the Atlanta Braves, the Falcons, and the Georgia basketball program.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an obituary written mainly by former staffer Tony Barnhart and Chip Towers.
Towers says Munson's calls are forever linked with the players.
The AJC's Mark Bradley says Munson will never be forgotten among Bulldog fans.
The AJC has reaction from fellow broadcasters to Munson's passing.
Atlanta TV station WSB has a special section devoted to Munson.
In the Athens (GA) Banner-Herald, Marc Weiszer says Munson's voice has finally been silenced.
The Banner-Herald's Andrea Griffth conducted a video interview with Munson about his career.
And here are the raw unedited interviews between Ms. Griffith and Munson.
If you're not from the South and don't understand the love for college football, try to think about the love for your local team and multiply it by 1,000,000 and you'll see the passion for the sport. Munson was part of that passion that remains today.
David Barron from the Houston Chronicle has some local overnight ratings from college football and the MLS Cup.
Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown crew wondered if Green Bay could go perfect this season.
Bob notes that NBC's Tony Dungy feels the Packers are vulnerable.
Dusty Saunders of the Denver Post talks about Bob Costas' interview with Jerry Sandusky.
Rob Davis from the Voice of San Diego writes about some interesting changes coming to the San Diego Union-Tribune sports section.
Tom Hoffarth at the Los Angeles Daily News has the sports calendar for this week.
Bob's Blitz has video of ESPN's Erin Andrews getting the Gatorade bath after the Oklahoma-Baylor game and her reaction afterwards.
Tony Manfred at the Business Insider Sports Page has the programming ESPN is using to replace NBA games in December.
And that will do it for us.


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Quote of the day: "'They attacked and they were killed,' General [Peter] Pace [vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] said of the insurgents [in
Quote of the day (2): "'It was like out of a movie,' said… private, Curtis Lawrence of
Quote of the day (3): "Even Samarra's US-appointed police chief, Ismail Mahmoud Mohammed, told the Financial Times that US forces had gone too far in "provoking" the town, and said they should stay out from now on. 'Were the French happy under the Nazis?' he asked. 'It is the same thing here.'" (Financial Times, "
There was a lot of firepower and a lot of shooting. That much we know for sure; that much the TV photos of pock-marked buildings and riddled cars indicate. But was it, as American spokesmen claimed (ABC News, 12/2), a "significant victory", with a group of sixty-plus well-coordinated rebels being crushed by Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, and 100 heavily armed American troops in the largest battle of the occupation era, or was it a case of Americans shooting wildly into civilian areas when facing tiny groups of guerrillas, twelve in all, attacking convoys bringing new Iraqi money to banks in Samarra as a (supposed) spokesman for the guerrillas claimed to Agence France Presse on Dec. 2?
Were 46 (or 54) rebels killed (at a cost of 5 wounded Americans), and their bodies then carried away by comrades? Or were only two rebels killed at a cost of six civilian dead and many more civilian wounded, as the bodies at the
Take those guerrilla dead. 46 or 54, or between 46 and 54, depending on which American spokesman you listened to and which of the first news reports you read. For those of us who lived through the
Now, just consider that battle in
And this sort of reportage, of course, was a small victory for the Bush administration in spinning the post-war war in a more comforting direction (first news impressions often being the lasting ones). On the front page, there was, however, one disquieting little bit of contextualization that indicated reportorial minds already heading in other directions: "The battle came on the final day of the bloodiest month for American soldiers in
As Joe Strupp of Editor & Publisher magazine on-line put the matter ("Coverage of Iraq firefight disputed," 12/2):
"After a run of bad news for the
By the next morning (12/2), however, the Times had quite a different front-page piece, this time by Dexter Filkins and Ian Fisher (at least one of whom had driven to
This pattern was followed, Strupp tells us, in papers across the country:
"On Tuesday, nearly every major newspaper was forced to report that the death toll and, indeed much of the original account of the 'battle,' were in dispute… The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times published similar follow-ups reporting the disputed death count and claims of indiscriminate firing on civilians, although the Post and L.A. Times did not lead with the new discrepancy. 'American forces and Iraqi residents of this loyalist stronghold sharply disagreed Monday over the death toll,' the Tribune said in its lead."
And the Times piece reflected that kind of a battle over the nature of Samarran reality throughout. Within two days, not surprisingly, the initial triumphalist American military accounts of "victory" were already in a state of collapse as almost every detail from those accounts seemed in danger of dissolving. Here, for instance, only two days later from another Agence France Presse report (12/2), is what an American spokesman is saying about two of those claims — that eleven insurgents were captured and that the insurgents were dressed in Fedayeen "uniforms" (assumedly in black):
"[Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, the US-led coalition's deputy director of operations in Iraq,] acknowledged that the one insurgent now confirmed in custody was a sharp reduction on the 11 claimed captured by the commanding colonel in Samarra earlier in the day. 'Some of those early reports might have been a bit off,' he said. Brigadier General Kimmitt also sought to play down earlier reports that many of the attackers wore the uniforms of the disbanded Saddam Fedayeen militia of the ousted regime."
But the crumbling details are far less interesting than what lies behind them. Let's just try to put into some context the initial battle pronouncements by our military, which themselves represented tactical decisions in an unannounced but heating-up propaganda war with an enemy that, on the surface of things, has no propaganda whatsoever (except what we provide when we wildly shoot up civilian areas). Here's how the Times piece framed the matter (on an inside page):
"The Pentagon typically does not publicize the number of enemy dead or wounded to avoid comparisons to the frequent enemy body counts in the Vietnam War, counts that ultimately proved to be a poor indicator of American military performance.
"But after weeks of suffering casualties from an enemy that detonates roadside bombs from afar and fires mortars under cover of darkness, American military officials seemed to relish the opportunity on Monday to claim credit for dealing the fighters a punishing blow. 'They got whacked, and won't try that again,' a senior military official in
Note that word "relish" — about as privately descriptive as a Times reporter is likely to get in a piece like this. So imagine, for a minute, the Bush administration, the Pentagon, and the military command in the field all dismayed by the last month and undoubtedly thoroughly frustrated.
After all, what's the news from the war that wasn't even supposed to be a war? The most powerful army in the world is in Iraq and day after day on the "home front," there are those wrenching photos on TV of dead young Americans, those small lists in the paper (like the little daily box that happened to fall, yesterday, right under the Filkins and Fischer piece, "Killed in Iraq," with the names of Stephen A. Berolino, staff sgt, Army, and Aaron J. Sissel, specialist, Army National Guard). There are those coffins coming home that must be hidden, those funerals the President must now duck to much criticism (or not duck with other complications sure to follow), the large numbers of wounded being flown back to the States at night, the steady drip, drip of dead allies.
Looked at in a certain way, of course, these are just batches of numbers as on any scorecard — and we know that we're all riveted by numbers adding up. Victories, deaths, Dow-Jones averages, batting averages — it hardly matters what the figures are; if you can keep count, they gain a reality of their own. Just stand at the gas pump and try to take your eyes off those gallons and dollars flipping by as you fill the tank. Like anyone else, Pentagon officials can easily see that all these numbers look like one disastrous side of a propaganda scorecard of which there seems to be no other side. The urge to fill up the enemy side is just a simple matter of human nature, with dollops of frustration and revenge thrown in – not always the best atmosphere in which to decide either tactics or strategy.
Hence, the body count, whatever you decide to call it. It's not that our military doesn't remember its
"U.S. military officials, in their regular news briefings in Iraq, have quietly begun reporting insurgent 'KIA,' or killed in action, after months of declining to detail the other side's losses.
"The Army had long resisted inclusion of such figures, in part fearing comparison to Vietnam War days, when enemy casualties always seemed to dwarf
But, of course, as the "battle of
In the meantime, whether we taught the Iraqi insurgents a "lesson" or not, a lesson is rearing its ugly head in recent accounts of death and mayhem in Iraq and it's that they have "intelligence" and we don't (or not enough and not reliable enough anyway), even though for months we've been recruiting Saddam's former intelligence officers to work for us (possibly against their former comrades). For instance, Elizabeth Nash of the British Independent, reporting recently on the ambush of those Spanish intelligence officers, wrote ("Asnar resists mounting pressure," 12/1):
"The attack on the eight agents was 'meticulously prepared,' a Spanish television reporter said yesterday from
Think of "Iraqification" (can you even stop the word "Vietnamization" from coming to mind?) in that context and then reread the quote I began with from the police chief of
Here's what Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post writes on the subject ("Battle Reveals New Iraqi Tactics," 12/2):
"'This was not done in a last-minute planning effort,' said [Col. Frederick Rudesheim, the brigade commander], who acknowledged that, despite the scale of the ambush,
Finally, here's part of a description from SFTT.org ("Soldiers for the Truth," picked up off the always interesting www.warincontext.org) by an anonymous American "combat leader" who claims to have been in the
"The ROE [rules of engagement] under 'Iron Fist' is such that the
"The Commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Colonel Frederick Rudesheim, said after this battle that 'We are going to continue to take the fight to this enemy. This is the most significant contact we have had to date in the city of
"This is a great attitude for a combat commander to have when fighting an armored force on force, but Colonel Rudesheim is not trained in Counter-Insurgency and my soldiers are taking the heat. We drive around in convoys, blast the hell out of the area, break down doors and search buildings; but the guerillas continue to attacks us. It does not take a George Patton to see we are using the wrong tactics against these people. We cannot realistically expect that Stability and Support Operations will defeat this insurgency."
The balance of power
If I try to make the comparison with
On the other side of the scale, a modest insurgency with perhaps a few thousand to ten thousand guerrillas actively under arms, with at best modest funding, with no nearby states to back it, no obvious "sanctuaries" just beyond the country's borders to retreat to for regrouping or resupply, no unified central command, and no obvious propaganda outlets, all this in a land whose infrastructure has already been wrecked, whose main industry — oil — is in catastrophic shape, and whose people have been sapped of wealth, health and strength by several wars and a decade of sanctions, and well more than half of whom are unemployed, a land whose former leader is a discredited tyrant.
By almost any of these standards, then, this is closer to the opposite of
The fact is that, though we don't quite know who "they" are, they seem to be increasingly in the driver's seat and the leaders of the imperium increasingly, frustratingly, driven from pillar to post. They clearly have the "intelligence" and we don't. They are doing the planning and we're continually walking into it. In the game of propaganda, which is crucial to what, since Vietnam, has been known as the "winning of hearts and minds," they look ever stronger and more successful despite the fact that they have no newspapers, issue next to no statements, and at least some (possibly many) of them represent a regime that most Iraqis clearly would prefer never to return.
This is their lesson: They have proven themselves organized and tactically as well as strategically canny (unless you want to propose the most striking string of luck in recent history). Take just a simple thing that's struck me from this distance — call it luck, call it planning but in all the death and mayhem in which private contractors, and Spanish intelligence officers and Japanese diplomats are dying along with American soldiers, journalists are not now dying. Some of that is certainly happenstance. But I have to believe that decisions have also been made not to target foreign journalists. If so, that's no small thing.
In the meantime, the international and care organizations and ngos have left; allies like Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, swearing up and down that nothing has changed or will change, that their commitment to Iraq is forever and a day, find themselves embroiled in controversy at home; the U.S. military is stretched to the limit and our troops are getting picked off, so far largely in ones and twos (which our spokesmen call "militarily insignificant") day after day (Senator Robert Byrd, months back, started to talk about our soldiers being sitting ducks in an Iraqi "shooting gallery"); polling figures for the presidential handling of Iraq have been dropping steadily; Shiite clerics are proving resistant to America's vision of Iraqi sovereignty, and plans for the previously unplanned occupation and for that future "sovereignty" seem to change by the hour. The only plans that seem unchanged are the bedrock ones — for the retention of permanent bases and so a permanent presence on Iraqi soil (see the latest Jim Lobe piece from Asia Times, 12/2) and for the privatization of the Iraqi economy.
I recommend to you the single best piece I've seen in a long while by a reporter in Iraq, Mark Danner's aptly entitled "Delusions in Baghdad" in the latest New York Review of Books (12/18). Though his analysis is complex — and fascinating — he offered the following provisional thoughts about the course of events in
"The United States fields by far the most powerful military in the world, spending more on defense than the rest of the world combined, and as I write a relative handful of lightly armed insurgents, numbering in the tens of thousands or perhaps less, using the classic techniques of guerrilla warfare and suicide terrorism, are well on the way toward defeating it."
This was, by the way, not the dispatch I meant to do today. But it seems that, though I meant to go elsewhere, I had my own appointment in
[This article first appeared on Tomdispatch.com, a weblog of the Nation Institute, which offers a steady flow of alternate sources, news, and opinion from Tom Engelhardt, long time editor in publishing and author of The End of Victory Culture and The Last Days of Publishing.]


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According to the U.S. government, 77 people receive transplanted organs each day. That's the good news. The bad news is that 19 people in the United States die each day waiting for an organ that never becomes available. At any given moment, approximately 100,000 Americans are awaiting the gift of an organ or body tissue from someone who has died.
Organ recipients, and the families of donors and recipients, find satisfaction in both the giving and receiving. Someone who receives a new organ or tissue will live a longer and healthier life, or the quality of his life will improve. The family of a donor often feels as if some of the grief of losing their loved one is lessened by the knowledge that someone else's life has been improved by the donation.
As patients consider their end-of-life wishes, they will want to include decisions about donating organs, tissue or even their entire bodies. The following questions and answers may help you make those decisions for yourself.
Q. What parts of the human body can be transplanted?
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One body may provide as many as 50 opportunities for transplantation, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Q. What do you mean transplantation helps extend someone's life?
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Q. How does organ or tissue transplantation improve someone else's quality of life?
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Q. If I decide to become a donor, who decides who will get the organs and tissue I donate?
A. The decisions about who will get those healthy organs and tissue need to be fair and objective. In the United States, organs cannot legally be bought or sold, and decisions about who will be granted the newly harvested organs are made based on level of need.
An organization called UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) is the overall governance for how those decisions are made. They maintain lists of patients' names, their geographic locations and their need. As patients get sicker waiting for organs to be available, those lists are updated.
At any given moment, you can check the UNOS website to see how many people in the United States are waiting for what specific organs or tissues.
Q. If I decide to donate my tissue and organs, what happens upon my death? What will my family's experience be?
A. If you die in a hospital or other facility, a procurement specialist will contact your next-of-kin immediately upon, or just prior to your death. Your family will be given information, asked questions about whether you would want to donate organs and tissues, or even your whole body (see below). If it's available, the specialist will check the back of your driver's license to see if you have designated your willingness to be a donor.
Your family will have a very short time, sometimes only minutes after your death, to decide whether they want that donation made. That's why it's critical you make your wishes known to your family while you are still healthy enough to have the conversation.
Q. What if I have a terminal illness? Why would they give someone my body parts if I was very sick before I died?
A. Regardless of how sick someone is when he dies, there may still be portions of the body that can be transplanted. It's true that some infectious diseases will cause the transplant decision-makers to reject a patient as a donor. Patients considering donation are advised to make the decision to donate, and let the professionals decide at the time of death whether a donation can be accepted.
Another kind of donation, but just as much of a gift, is whole body donation. When a body is donated to medical science, it provides the opportunity for student doctors to learn about anatomy and disease. It also allows researchers to learn more about diseases, how they start and progress, and perhaps some of the ways the disease could have been prevented or cured.
Medical universities and research labs are highly appreciative of donations of human bodies. The great majority of donations are accepted, although some infectious diseases may rule out donation.
Find more information about whole body donation by contacting an academic medical college near you, or one of the nationwide programs that accepts bodies. Two organizations that may be helpful are the Anatomy Gifts Registry, and Science Care.
Q. Some people object to organ, tissue or body donation due to religious reasons. How do I know what my religion dictates?
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For the cheese production traditional methods were adapted to the conditions of the South Indian climate, taking into account Western hygienic standards and concerns for a clean and sustainable environment. Our pasteurization, for instance, is done with biogas, our water is pumped by a windmill and our waste water is recycled.
The milk is supplied by farms in Auroville (including our own dairy) as well as by farmers from surrounding villages.
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At present our team with professional cheese makers from Italy and Holland, consists of twenty-five persons. Using natural ingredients only, we produce about 100 kg of handmade cheeses in over ten varieties daily.
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King Arthur's Gold for Linux (build 228)Dec 6, 2011 Full Version 0 comments
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The goal of the game is to build castles and watch your enemies crumble.
- Play as a Knight, Archer or Builder
- 64+ people real-time Multiplayer
- Mine resources and construct Siege Machines
- Zombie Fortress single and multiplayer - fight for your life and survive as long as possible!
- Full CTF mode with advanced workshops and gameplay elements
- Fully collapsible 2D Physics
KAG was coded and designed by Michal 'MM' Marcinkowski creator of the online 2D action classic Soldat. Co-designing and painting all the pixel graphics is Max 'Geti' Cahill from 1bardesign.com games. Additional development by Tom 'Shadlington' Robinson and Ryan 'FliesLikeABrick Rawdon. Music is being composed by David Pencil composer of Penny Arcade. It was started in 2011 after being inspired by Soldat, Minecraft, King Arthur's World for the SNES and Ace Of Spades.
The game is currently in alpha testing stage. Follow the development at:
Blog: Devlog.kag2d.com
Forums: Forum.kag2d.com
Wiki: Wiki.kag2d.com
View a picture TUTORIAL of the game to learn the basic.
On Mac OSX run the game through WineBottler.
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What players say about King Arthur's Gold.
"I love the exploding pixel-bodies!"
"This game if fu**ing awesome, fun and addictive"
Léo Razbinski
"Best free game since Soldat !"
"it's everything I've ever wanted Minecraft to be"
"A mix of Minecraft, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress, and it's free!"
Jase Robinson
"Most addicting thing on the net!"
"I am your father"
Darth Vader
0 comments by Michal.Marcinkowski on Oct 25th, 2013
Quite a few things, all of them somewhat minor but definitely worth mentioning:
Full changelog:[modified] JTG Map changes:
- boulder lake map has fewer boulders
- removed bison from newgetisburgmines map
[modified] rearranged ctf mapcycle a little
[fixed] crash on null pointer in blobplacement script
[modified] kaggen has caves and ruins
[fixed] flagbase is not tagged invincible (may be causing it to die by other means)
[fixed] kaggen generates trees overlapping ruins
[modified] updated fellere valley map
[fixed] a few missing default variables in gamemode.cfg - caused crash on omission
[modified] sandbox map is kaggen
[added] player light radius (set in gamemode.cfg as player_light_radius) returned - default 32, limit 255
[fixed] sound glitch on OSX when jumping
[added] fire extinguish sound
[added] player_light_intensity to gamemode.cfg - range 0 to 255 , default 128
[added] kaggen ruins can have wood in them
[added] sandbox again
[fixed] wierd line through the sky in fast graphics mode
[modified] keg gets a team when picked up -> no more keg slashed off your back by friendly knights
[modified] coins for building wood blocks decreased to 1
[modified] coins for building stone blocks and structures increased to 4
[fixed] moving spectator camera uses keybinds for move left right up down instead of hardcoded WASD
[modified] floating islands now "allowed" at map design time
[added] sandbox uses default png loader
[modified] warboat has +50% hp
[added] 3 new heads - horse head, diving helmet, alchemist head
[added] JTF_FirstBadlands map
[added] undercooked egg to quarters for 30c
[modified] chicken breeding parameters a little
Enjoy the build!Max/Geti
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unvelibable... here they sell the game at 25USD... go check out the steam store naaaaaw!!!
i tried the demo to possible buy the full version... but not works :( its appers Major updates avable :(
Same.. the creator needs to take a look at :I.
Indie of the year !
My hearts desire is 64-128 player matches X3.
King Arthur's Gold Beta - Let's Play - Episode 1: Single Player Gameplay - 2013: Youtu.be
Hope you ◣(∈°з°)'s enjoy XD.
This game is worth every red digital cent.
Please fix the steam keys bug :]
Did you try updating the game in the Desura client or running it via Steam?
Highest Rated (13 agree) 10/10
This is just a damn nice multiplayer game!
Of course a lot can still be added, but at the moment it is just great.
Keep adding stuff, and people will continue to play, because of the possibilities, team work and nice game play.
Jul 14 2011, 6:21pm by PhillipPhoenix
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Grayton Beach State Park, which spans the Gulf of Mexico and most of Western Lake, is where you'll find Florida as it should be, as it once was. Along this stretch, the sand is as soft, white and fine as you'll find anywhere. That's because the sand was once part of the southern Appalachian Mountains. The wide beach pushes into clear turquoise water every bit as beautiful as the Caribbean. Situated in the Panhandle halfway between Destin and Panama City, this idyllic spot is consistently ranked among the nation's most pristine beaches.


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Dubuque Police and local financial institutions warn residents of two scams reported in the area.
Residents have reportedly taken phone calls claiming that their ATM card has been deactivated. They are then prompted to give out their bank information. Some of these calls appear to originate from a company or agency called "National Debt," with a caller ID of 909-204-7750.
A second scam involves a phone call from a stranger claiming to represent Medicare. The caller typically asks for personal details like bank information and social security numbers.
"Regardless of the nature of the scam, preventative measures remain the same: always take time to verify the source and never provide money, account information and/or personal information to anyone unless you are absolutely positive the request is legitimate, and especially if the call, email or text was unsolicited and not initiated by you," Dubuque Police said in a press release.


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Enjoy a trip back into time as we mock battle with our adversary.
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The Japanese production company Media Factory began streaming a 41-second promotional video on Wednesday for the launch of a new original video anime project of Ikkitousen. The official website for the franchise has also been updated with the new Ikkitousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku anime project.
Geneon Entertainment once released the first Ikkitousen anime series in North America, and Funimation now has the license. Media Blasters has licensed both the second Ikkitousen anime series, Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny, and the third series, Ikkitousen: Great Guardians. Tokyopop held the license to the original manga in North America under the name Battle Vixens until the company closed its North American publishing branch.
Ikkitousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku is the third OVA in the Ikkitousen franchise, after Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny and Ikkitousen: Great Guardians both received OVA projects. The last entry in the franchise, Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor, aired in 2010.


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Terminating Employment
Terminating Employment — Waving a Final Farewell to the Work World
Once you've fixed your actual retirement date and worked out a plan for managing expenses and creating a retirement income stream, it's time to formally say goodbye to your job. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Update your professional connections before leaving work, so it will be easy to stay in touch with colleagues.
- Research company benefits — Go over your employee benefits documents and rules related to pensions, 401(k) plan distributions,and vesting (ownership) of any company contributions, company stock and deferred compensation. Review everything with your financial professional, tax professional and an employment attorney to make sure you understand how your "official" retirement date will affect all of your benefit eligibilities and payments now and going forward.
- Complete your paperwork — Your financial professional can help you complete all necessary financial paperwork and forms. Be aware of submission deadlines and keep copies of everything, including your formal resignation letter.
- Update your professional network — Social media outlets make it easy to keep in touch with personal and professional connections. Ensure that your Facebook, LinkedIn and other profiles include personal email and phone contacts and update your employment status. Consider sending invitations to professional colleagues not already in your networks.
- Make an announcement — Write a retirement announcement to thank managers, teams and coworkers for their support and friendship. Provide some details about what you'll be doing and include contact information so you can stay connected. You never know when these connections, may come in handy as you transition to the next phase. Coordinate with your manager on timing to determine if your announcement should precede or follow any formal announcements that may be planned.
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Andover — Mrs. Thomasine E. (Brucato) Runge, 73, a resident of Andover, and beloved wife to Wallace E. Runge, died surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday evening, January 9, 2014.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on November 25, 1940, she was the beloved daughter of the late Thomas and Edna (Henkel) Brucato. Mrs. Runge was a graduate of Andover High School and the American Bible College. She was a longtime member of the Free Christian Church in Andover, where she had served as Deaconess. She was employed by the Town of Andover for 47 years.
Besides her beloved husband of 53 years, Wallace, she will be very sorely missed by her loving daughters, Stephanie and her partner, Nasser, Dustine, and her husband William, and Kirsta and her husband, Stephen; siblings, Jeffrey, Peter, Gregory, Jamie, Deidra, and Tammy; grandchildren, Andrew, Tyler and Thomasine "Siney"; and many nieces and nephews. She was also the loving mother of the late Kordel L. Runge, and sister of the late Lawrence Brucato.
ARRANGEMENTS: Her funeral service was celebrated in the Free Christian Church, 31 Elm St., Andover, on Wednesday, January 15, at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends were welcomed. Calling hours were omitted. Interment will be held in Spring Grove Cemetery in Andover. Donations in Thomasine's memory may be made to www.mspca.org, or www.stopsarcoidosis.org.
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Most Anticipated of 2012: Steve's Picks
There's a lot to be excited for in 2012, and the Shacknews staff each have five games on their radar. The editorial team at Shacknews outlines their most anticipated games of 2012 individually. Next up we've got staff writer Steve Watts with his list of 2012 titles.
Final Fantasy XIII-2
I don't think I'm in the minority when I say that I had my share of problems with Final Fantasy XIII. The overlong tutorial, the few and far between likable characters, the completely nonsensical plot -- by any measure it should've been a game I hated. But the combat system was so fast and frenetic that it kept bringing me back. The game didn't get much right, but it made battles fun and engaging for a more modern RPG audience.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is an opportunity to make good on the wasted promise and potential of its predecessor. The combat system appears almost completely untouched, and this Square-Enix seems to trust us more without the hand-holding. While I could take or leave QTEs, the ability to train monsters reminds me of a personal favorite, Final Fantasy Tactics. Add a time-travel mechanic that's purported to be reminiscent of Chrono Trigger, and it's hard not to feel cautiously optimistic about this second journey into Cocoon.
Mass Effect 3
One of the best-known examples of a game declaring itself a trilogy from the start, BioWare's Mass Effect has been building to this installment for years. We've been promised a persistent, continuing story that we slowly shape ourselves. Mass Effect 2 made good on that to some extent, but the final battle with the Reapers is where I hope it will all come together.
I don't even remember some of my choices, but I want them to come back to reward or haunt me as they will. I want people I've angered to hobble my progress. I want those I've helped to give me a hand. I want my fallen crew members from the ill-fated suicide mission to be honored through my deeds. More than anything, though, I want to explore the detailed world BioWare has constructed. The series has become one of my favorite settings in modern games, and I want to visit it again.
Plus, I can't wait to see the sparks in Mass Effect 3 when Liara and Tali realize they're stuck in a love triangle. Rawr.
Borderlands 2
Borderlands caught my attention more than I expected it to. I've never been much of a loot fiend, but bringing it into a shooter context hooked me like nothing else has. The elemental powers lent the game a distinct RPG feel that other FPS games don't quite capture. I couldn't wait to find the next powerful acid-shooting SMG, or a better health-leeching grenade.
The concept of "more Borderlands" is powerful enough on its own. I don't need a better story or more varied environments, but I'm glad the sequel is including them. I don't tend to play games for the power fantasy, but Borderlands was the exception for me. I transformed from a lowly treasure hunter who would run from the smallest skags to a remorseless, unstoppable killing machine. I'm looking forward to that transformation again.
Paper Mario 3DS
Mario has visited every genre, some of them more than once. In the case of RPGs, he's appeared in three distinct incarnations. To me, the classic Super Mario RPG and still-strong Mario & Luigi series don't hold a candle to Paper Mario. Its distinct art style, expressive characters, fluid animation, and easy-to-understand, tough-to-master gameplay is the purest RPG distillation of what Mario is all about.
I'm sure we all had our own fantasy concepts when we heard about the Nintendo 3DS, and imagined which of our favorite franchises would make a strong case for the technology. For me, it was Paper Mario. The diorama style seems custom-tailored to the system. The videos available on the 3DS as previews provide an intriguing look at things to come, and I'm sure I'll lose too many hours exploring each nook and three-dimensional cranny.
BioShock Infinite
I enjoy the satisfying fun of scoring headshots as much as the next guy, but the element of video games that tickles my brain on an intellectual level is the narrative. While fans debate whether games are art, I think we can all agree that it stands as a unique story-telling medium. Nothing else invites the audience to be an active participant in our own story, to give us virtualized experiences that are fantastical or raw or depressing or uplifting. Games are special, and their potential has barely been tapped.
BioShock is one of the few series to showcase that potential. The first game told a story so specific to the medium that it could only properly be told as a game; what else can claim that? The second game wasn't terrible -- and in fact, the Minerva's Den downloadable content could go toe-to-toe with the first game's plot -- but it lacked some of Ken Levine's wit and heart. Maybe it's the part of me raised on debating politics with my family, but Levine's projects explore uniquely fascinating subject matter that most other games don't dare to touch.
BioShock Infinite looks like a fun shooter, of course, and I'll be happy to find my weapon upgrades and Vigors and zip-line around Columbia. I'll enjoy my time in the traditional "game" aspects of BioShock, but that's not why I'm looking forward to it. I want to pick through long, discussions with friends about the meta-meaning of Levine's next bit of interactive political commentary.
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KINMUNDY - During the 2013 season, St. Elmo's Connor Beasley has thrown a no-hitter and struck out 19 batters on two separate occasions. If the South Central Cougars had heard that, it certainly didn't show, as they brought the bats to Beasley and the Eagles on their way to a 12-0 win in the South Central Regional semifinal.The effort was keyed by three home runs, with Kyle Bray and Austin Schwarm each hitting a solo shot and Noah Powless connecting for a three-run home run. "That's a little more how we played in the fall, the last two or three games we've started to put it together," said South Central coach Curt Jones. "It's nice to see them bust out a little bit. I was just glad to see us hit the ball hard."Bray's home run got the Cougars going in the second inning, leading off the frame with a massive home run to right field after the Cougars went down in order in the first. Two batters later, Schwarm followed it up with a solo shot over the left field fence and made it 2-0. "We didn't know what to expect," Jones said. "Finally we're on the board, and it made everyone relax. I could tell by the mood as they came off the field, we've got the lead, we've got this."From there, Beasley and South Central starter Shawn Meyer dueled until the fourth inning, when the wheels came off for St. Elmo. South Central had 15 batters with a plate appearance on its way to 10 runs on nine hits and three errors, with the effort being capped off by Powless' three-run blast. The Cougars were up 5-0 with two outs, and then St. Elmo committed three errors to keep the inning alive for the Cougars. "We haven't had that type of defensive breakdown all year long," said St. Elmo coach Ryan Beccue. "It all just fell apart in one inning, we just couldn't get out of it."Beasley was on the hook for 11 runs on the game, with five of them being earned. He struck out five in 4.2 innings in his final start."He was leaving some pitches up, he never really got into a rhythm," Beccue said. "He did what we asked him, went out there and competed. We've got to make plays behind him and help him out."Meyer ended up easily winning the battle on the mound, allowing just one hit over four innings as he picked up the win. It was a steady effort for the Cougars' hurler as they advanced to the regional final against Altamont.The game will be played Saturday morning with the right to advance to sectional play. South Central's Dan Diss will oppose Altamont's Clayton Ruckman."I watched them play yesterday," Jones said. "They're athletic, they make plays and they don't boot the ball around." St. Elmo's season ends at 11-7, while South Central improves to 8-14.
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Cozy Home with Beautiful Views, Ski In/Out in Wintergreen
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 7
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**Brand-New Kitchen & Updated Bathrooms** Welcome to "Point of View"! Enjoy the beautiful year-round views from our cozy mountain home located directly on the Tyro ski slope. This is a true four-season get-away. In the winter, step out the door, put on
your skis and head down the mountain. If you need a break, you can ski right home and warm up by the fire. In the spring and summer, enjoy cool mountain temperatures as you hike, bike, play Wintergreen's championship golf course, or be pampered in the fabulous spa. In the fall, relax with views of the amazing changing colors of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Hopefully you won't mind sharing these views with the deer and other wildlife wandering on the slope in front of you!
Depending on the season, kids will enjoy a variety of activities including skiing, snowboarding, tubing, golf, tennis, arts and crafts, swimming, horseback riding and miniature golf. Older kids will love the skate park, climbing wall and paintball. The house has vaulted ceilings throughout and views from almost every room, plus a comfortable deck. The living room boasts a gas-burning fireplace - perfect for cool nights. There is a TV with a
VCR and DVD player, along with a stereo system with CD player, plus plenty of books and videos. The kitchen is fully equipped and a washer/dryer is available for your convenience. The house has free, hi-speed WiFi Internet access.
There are 3 bedrooms including a spacious loft. The 2 main-level bedrooms have queen beds and there are 3 twin beds in the loft. With its own TV and DVD, the loft is perfect for kids. There are 2 full baths on the main level.
Upon arriving you will find an extensive book of everything to do at Wintergreen. From dining menus to less-traveled hiking trails, our personalized book includes activities both on and off the mountain.
Our goal is for you to be comfortable and to have a truly relaxing stay in the mountains. Take advantage of all of the year-round activities that Wintergreen offers or choose to do absolutely nothing except enjoy the views!
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2 Queen Beds in Main Floor Bedrooms, 3 Twin Beds in Loft, Gas
Fireplace, Phone, Cable TV, VCR, DVD player, Stereo, CD Player, Full
Kitchen, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer& Dryer. Free hi-speed WiFi Internet access.
Linens, Towels & Professional Cleaning are included. NO Smoking & NO
Pets, please.
activities and attractions in Wintergreen Virginia
Downhill Skiing, Snowboarding, Tubing Park, Hiking, Rock Climbing,
Biking, Golf, Tennis, Fitness Center, Spa, Fishing, Wildlife
Viewing, Horseback Riding, Shopping, Restaurants, Wineries,
Kids'Activities, Sightseeing, Swimming, Boating.
vacation rental rates
Winter 2015: Jan 5 - Mar 8 $350/nt weekends, $275/nt weekdays $1,775/wk
Spring-Early Summer 2015: Mar 9 - Jun 7 $200/nt weekends, $150/nt weekdays, $975/wk
Mid Summer-Mid Fall 2014: Jun 9 - Oct 26 $225/nt weekends, $175/nt weekdays, $1,125/wk
Late Fall 2014: Oct 27 - Dec 14 $175/nt weekends, $125/nt weekdays, $825/wk
Holiday 2014: Dec 15 - Jan 4 $375/nt (3-night minimum)
2-night minimum except as noted. $200 refundable security deposit required.
Tom & Sue Keith 703-264-5334
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Top things to do in Wintergreen
- Ski
- Snowboard
- Golf
- Tennis
- Hiking
Top things to do on a budget
- Hike
- Swim
- Wine Tasting
- Relax
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2.93/5 rDev -12.8%
33cl Bottle opened at home on 4th March 2014: poured carefully into a Westmalle chalice.
No sediment appeared to leave the bottle (I had stored it for some months) so I got a clear, red beer with a thinning tanned wisp in my chalice, it looked clean and inviting, even though the head could have held longer.
Sweet malty molasses vie with yeast esters for attention in the nose, dark fruit notes in the background play along.
The taste is also malty, semi-sweet and with a dark fruit feel, mild hop presence balances the brew but the body seems thin and watery considering the ABV it carries. It almost turns 'Cola' in it's mouthfeel, a bit fizzy, with a 'Dandelion and Burdock' hint or two.
Not a huge disappointment, but not far off.
03-04-2014 20:52:20 | More by BlackHaddock
2.9/5 rDev -13.7%
Drank from my Ciney sniffer
A - Pours a deep mahogany colour with an off white creamy head that retains very well
S - Aromas of molasses and sweet sugars complimented with dark fruit.
T - up front some nice dark malts with some molasses, dark fruits are present but not too pronounced. Lacks a little boldness in flavours.
M - medium body and a little thin with medium carbonation
O - This is more of a Belgian dark rather than a tripel for me, it also has Belgian Royal Stout qualities. It is smooth an refreshishing without being spectacular. Lacks the true qualities of a tripel but well worth a shot. A pleasant beer without being complex.
09-29-2012 21:54:58 | More by eric5bellies
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05-17-2014 18:13:12 | More by beerpirates
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3.7/5 rDev +10.1%
On-tap at Le Trappiste in Bruges.
Novice Black Malheur Tripel is a deep, deep (like Olympic swimming pool-deep) brown in colour. Though thoroughly opaque even the dim lighting of this 13th century cave can't convince me that it is, as its name claims, authentically black. Authentically a tripel, on the other hand, I can believe: it pours with a super foamy, long-lasting head.
The bouquet, however, is not up to the style's usual dynamic standard of aromatics. The spicy phenols and fruity esters are somewhat dulled, perhaps in part to the darker malt which buds in with a mild, but prominent roastiness (a bit of smokiness too).
Novice Black Tripel definitely has a different flavour profile. It actually drinks somewhat like a German Schwarzbier; mild coffee bean roast, black licorice and wholesome, bready malt flavours override the style's typical cast of orchard fruits and peppery spices (though it has a rooibos tea-like quality and a subtle floral component that reminds me of hibiscus).
Even the beer's bitterness is like that of a strongly-steeped black tea. It weighs in at 8.5% and only tastes about as strong as 'standard' Tripels do (which is to say bolder than commercial ales, but not as strong as it actually is). It's an ok experiment but I think I'd just as well go with a Porter or Quad if I were in the mood for something darker.
Belgium and Germany have very similar flags but their beers, generally speaking, could not be any more different; Belgians typically produce ales that are flamboyant, spicy, higher in alcohol and better suited to savoring whereas the Germans prefer lagers that are clean, conventional and geared for high-volume consumption. Novice Tripel Black blurs the lines between the two.
10-01-2013 23:57:56 | More by biegaman
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
11-06-2012 02:13:38 | More by uturn
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
04-30-2013 22:09:42 | More by samEBC
North Carolina
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
09-16-2013 18:44:55 | More by Jeeb
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
05-01-2013 20:16:20 | More by BartMcStout
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
05-03-2014 08:02:14 | More by discodoni
Novice Tripel Black from Brouwerij De Landtsheer NV
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Each fall, The Home Depot works to educate customers about ways to protect their homes and families from potential safety risks. This year's Home Depot campaign runs from September 29 to November 2; the theme is "Care for Your Community".
As part of those efforts, The Home Depot actively support Fire Prevention Week each October by sponsoring an employee sales contest where top-selling stores will have the option to donate smoke alarms to their local fire departments. The Home Depot also works to educate customers about fire safety through kids' workshops in its roughly 2,000 stores nationwide.
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First Strike adds five new maps - Discovery, Ascension, Berlin Wall, Kowloon and Stadium - to Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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FPS titles dominate Microsoft's listings for the most-played games on Xbox LIVE for 2011, with Call of Duty titles occupying the top three slots.
20 million Call of Duty: Black Ops map packs sold
More than 20 million map packs for Call of Duty: Black Ops have been sold during the first nine months of 2011, Activision revealed last night during an earnings call.
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Activision Blizzard has reported digital revenues of $1.7 billion for the year ended June 2011, a 22 per cent increase over $1.4 billion the previous year.
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Treyarch and Activision have announced that another Call of Duty: Black Ops Double XP weekend is taking place on September 2 through to September 5. The event coincides with the first ever Call of Duty event, Call of Duty XP.
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Activision has announced Rezurrection - that's with a Z - the fourth map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, will be released for Xbox 360 on August 23. It will cost 1200 Microsoft Points.
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MIAMI (AP) -- A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.
The company said in a statement that 92 passengers and 13 crew members aboard the Ruby Princess were affected by Norovirus, which causes vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. The ship is expected to return to Fort Lauderdale Sunday.
Meanwhile, there has been an increase in the number of cases of gastrointestinal illness among passengers on the Crown Princess, which returned Saturday to Port Everglades.
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Fun Fun printed sweatshirt
Loose-fit sweatshirt with Fun Fun statement print by Dutch brand Zoe Karssen.The sweatshirt features a round neckline, long raglan sleeves with rib cuffs and padded shoulders, wide buttom rib trim and a loose fit. Pick your favourite of two great colours and team with anything from short ruffle skirts to cropped jeans and hard-edged leather leggings.
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Clay County officials say some voters are confused about the proposed school consolidation.
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The Senate convened for a legislative session.
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Steam Groups on Google Maps
The Steam Community Map Browser is a pretty visualisation of a large network of Steam Community members. The Steam computer game distribution platform allows players to create and join groups which the map has accessed through the Steam Web API.
The circles on the map represent Steam groups and are clustered close together if they share a large number of the same players. The map tiles were created using the Gephi interactive visualisation platform.
Some of the larger and more interesting groups on the map include map markers which when clicked on reveals information about the group in the map sidebar, including a link to their Steam Community page.
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The Merchants Walk 12 Cinema once again is one of the venues for the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.
While the festival continues through Feb. 20, the Merchants Walk schedule runs only through Wednesday.
The festival continues at Merchants Walk on Friday at 12 p.m. with "Paris-Manhattan," which involves a Woody Allen obsession.
That showing will be followed at 2:05 p.m. Friday with three short films, "All the Broken Pieces," starring Tovah Feldshuh as a grandmother with Alzheimer's, and "Audition," about an Auschwitz prisoner auditioning for the camp orchestra, and "The Basketball Game."
Tickets are available for the Thursday and all of the Friday screenings.
But Saturday's 8 p.m. showing of "A.K.A. Doc Pomus," a full-length feature about a rock and roll songwriting legend, is already sold out.
On Sunday, three films will be shown:
- 11 a.m., "Portrait of Wally;"
- 1:15 p.m, "Tiger Eyes;"
- 4 p.m., "Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy."
Monday's films include the following:
- 12:15 p.m., "My Best Holidays;"
- 2:35 p.m., "When Day Breaks,"
- 8 p.m., "The World is Funny."
On Tuesday, the screenings conclude:
- 12 p.m., "The Ballad of the Weeping Spring,"
- 2:30 p.m., "The Last White Knight,"
- 8 p.m., "Suskind."
Wednesday's final night at Merchants Walk features these films:
- 12 p.m., "My First Wedding,"
- 2:30 p.m., "Orchestra of Exiles,"
- 8 p.m., "Lore."
Tickets are still on sale for all of those showings.
The Merchants Walk Cinema is located at 1301 Johnson Ferry Road, located behind Marlow's Tavern in the Merchants Walk Shopping Center.
Other festival venues include the Regal Cinemas Atlantic Station Stadium 16, Lefont Sandy Springs, Tara Cinemas 4 and the North Point Market 8.
For more information and a complete schedule, please visit the AJFF website.
Tickets may be purchased at the AJFF's online ticket office.
You can read more about the festival and the featured films from Howard Pousner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


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Apple Cake Tea Room Chicken Salad
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Deb H. sent in this recipe, requested by Tammy.
Apple Cake Tea Room Chicken Salad2 cups mayonnaise
3/4 cup chopped celery
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 1/4 teaspoons poppy seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
10 cups cubed cooked chicken
Chopped pecans
Combine all ingredients except chicken and pecans. Fold in chicken, cover and chill 3-4 hours. Top with pecans before serving.