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Coquimbo nestled in Northern Chile, means "place of calm water", a happy accident of geography that encouraged its development as an important port. According to legend, the English corsair Sir Francis Drake has buried a considerable treasure in the city. In the early 19th century, Coquimbo was just a small fishing village, but when the railway reached the area joining the copper mines to the sea, the town and population increased dramatically. Today, Coquimbo offers the pleasures of a picturesque seaside promenade, the beautifully restored 19th-century architecture of the English Neighborhood and several fine beaches.
The following Shore Excursions are available for this port on this cruise, and may be reserved beginning 240 days before the cruise begins for guests receiving Concierge amenities, and 180 days before the cruise begins for all other guests. Guests receiving Concierge amenities will receive a 5% discount off of the prices shown below for Regent Choice tours.
As you drive through downtown Coquimbo, you will pass the Plaza de Armas or main square, where you will see a mix of colonial and modern architecture.
Continue on to La Herradura. During a brief stop at this seaside resort, your guide will regale you with legends of pirates and corsairs. Proceeding along the coast, you will see the old lighthouse, symbol of La Serena. Then make your way down the lovely tree-lined Francisco de Aguirre Avenue. You'll stop at the archaeological museum, which houses the most complete collection of pre-colonial artifacts from this region. There is a splendid display of Diaguita pottery as well as an original Moai from Easter Island.
A short walk from the museum brings you to La Recova Market, where you will have some free time to browse among handicrafts, pottery, papaya products, semi-precious stones and alpaca wool handicrafts. Your next stop is La Serena University and afterwards, you'll enjoy a panoramic view of the city and Coquimbo Bay before returning to the pier.
Please note: This tour is mostly panoramic with limited optional walking at the stops and during free time. The tour is available to wheelchair guests who have a collapsible wheelchair, are able to make their own way on and off the coach and have an able-bodied companion to assist them. Those guests with mobility concerns are cautioned only to participate to the extent of their personal stamina and ability. Weather appropriate clothing; sun cap; sunglasses; and flat, comfortable walking shoes are recommended. Only non air-conditioned transportation is available.
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News Bishop Paďour steps down as head of diocese
For health reasons, Bishop Jiří Paďour is stepping down as the head of the diocese in České Budějovice. The 70-year-old bishop tendered his resignation to Pope Francis last year. The Vatican confirmed on Saturday the move had been accepted. Bishop Paďour headed the diocese since 2002; he was a dissident under the former communist regime after refusing to collaborate with the StB, the secret police, in 1979.
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National soccer team coach accepts Ice Bucket Challenge
The coach of the Czech national soccer team Pavel Vrba is the latest Czech "celebrity" to join the Ice Bucket Challenge in support of ALS Research, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes reported on Friday. Vrba had two players douse his with a bucket of ice cold water and nominated Education Minister Marcel Chladek.
Strakonice bagpipe festival underway
The 21st international bagpipe festival opened in the south Bohemian town of Strakonice on Friday with a procession of the ensembles taking part winding its way through the city centre. Over 1200 musicians from 17 countries the world over are taking part in the festival this year. In the course of the next three days soloists and over 40 ensembles will be performing at various cultural venues around the city, including the courtyard of Strakonice Castle. The bagpipe festival which first took place in 1967 is one of the cultural highlights of the year and annually attracts thousands of visitors.
Prague's Dejvice district had E.coli bacteria in tap water
Hundreds of people living in Prague's Dejvice district have been at risk from E.coli bacteria which was found to be present in tap water in the area following water-pipe maintenance. The authorities reportedly pasted warnings on all blocks of flats and houses in the district, but it is not clear if the warning reached all inhabitants at risk. A number of people in the area are reportedly suffering from headaches, nausea and indigestion. Prague 6 city hall has criticized the city's waterworks for failing to report the problem so that it could warn its citizens properly. According to latest reports only one block of flats remains at risk, all other tests on tap water have proved negative.
Financial analysts dismiss President Zeman's claim that the Central Bank may have protected its own interests through forex interventions
Financial analysts have dismissed as nonsensical President Zeman's claim
that the Czech National Bank may have devaluated the Czech crown with the
intention to delay the country's entry to the Eurozone. President Zeman
said at a press briefing in Prague on Thursday evening that the bank may
have taken this step because after the adoption of the euro the Czech
central bank would automatically cede a significant part of its powers to
the European Central Bank. The bank board members have refused to comment,
but financial analysts have dismissed the notion pointing out that the
board members term in office would expire before the country could join the
euro anyway.
The Czech National Bank launched forex interventions in November of last year citing the need to avert the threat of deflation. It plans to continue the interventions until 2016. The move has come under fire from a number of economists and has repeatedly been criticized by the president.
Amnesty authorship dispute heading for court
Lawyer Pavel Hasenkopf and the Office of the President have failed to reach an out-of-court settlement on a drawn-out dispute over the authorship of ex-president Václav Klaus' controversial 2013 amnesty, the ctk news agency reports. Pavel Hasenkopf, who filed a law suit against the president's office for claiming that he was one of the authors of the amnesty, has decided to push ahead with a court battle saying that the claim had badly damaged his reputation. The amnesty which Vaclav Klaus declared at the end of his second term in office saw the release of over 111,000 prisoners and halted the prosecution of a number of high-profile cases of large-scale corruption and financial fraud.
Draft civil service law reworked
The governing coalition has reworked the draft of a new civil service law reflecting a recent compromise agreement reached with the opposition parties. The new proposal does not include the establishment of a public service directorate and an independent public service top official who would govern public administration and be immune from political interference. Under the new proposal, the civil service would fall under the interior ministry, and be overseen by a deputy minister in charge of public administration. The compromise agreement reached with the opposition caused a rift within the governing Social Democratic Party with the Minister for Human Rights Jiří Dienstbier saying the new arrangement would fail to depoliticize the civil service as planned. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has defended the compromise on the grounds that the country urgently needs a new civil service law. The new proposal will now be put to the opposition parties.
Human trafficking gang sentenced for forcing Ukrainian women into prostitution
A court in Brno has sentenced the ring-leaders of a gang which forced Ukrainian women into prostitution to seven years in prison. The gang brought over a dozen girls to the Czech Republic, arranging their visas and promising them work as waitresses, before taking away their passports and forcing them into prostitution at a nightclub outside the city. The owner of the nightclub received a five year sentence.
Former nurse charged with murder on suspicion of having performed euthsnasia
A former nurse who worked at a hospital in Rumburk has been charged with murder on suspicion that she may have performed euthanasia on a number of patients. The nurse allegedly claimed she was fulfilling terminally ill patients' wishes by giving them higher amounts of drugs in order to speed up their demise. Euthanasia is illegal under Czech law.
Charity run for soldiers killed in Afghanistan
A charity run to raise money for the families of the five Czech soldiers killed in Afghanistan at the beginning of June will take place on Saturday in the town of Chrudim, the site of the military base where four of them trained. The 3-kilometre run, in which many of their fellow servicemen will take part, is to start from the Cloister Gardens on Ressel Square at 10 pm and will end outside the barracks of the 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion in Chrudim. It is the last of a series of charity events which raised 4.5 million crowns for the soldiers' families.
Government helping Czech exporters find new markets outside of Russia
Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek and Trade Minister Jan Mládek on Thursday met with the country's business leaders to discuss the impact of the sanctions against Russia and consider alternative outlets for Czech export products. Minister Mládek said that while seen on a macroeconomic scale the potential losses were not significant firms entirely dependent on the Russian market could have serious problems. According to the minister Czech exporters might find new opportunities in Belorussia, Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan. The Czech foreign and trade ministries have been cooperating to help minimize the impact of the sanctions on the export-dependent Czech economy.


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Island View Lane ( Special reduced 2014) in Chatham
- bedrooms 4
- baths 3
- sleeps 10
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Island View
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Fabulous newer house near Cockle Cove Beach in Chatham. Open
floor plan accommodates large family activities. Rooms are equipped
with new furnishings and comfortable colors. A large deck with Weber
gas-grill and patio furniture runs the entire length of the house,
overlooking wooded conservation land. First floor: main full
bathroom, laundry room, master bedroom with private bath, living
room, dining room, center island eat-in kitchen, with very large
family room. Bedroom over garage is equipped with 3 twins. Second
floor: 2 bedrooms (1 with queen bed & 1 with 3 twins) plus full
bath. Wireless internet...
Home is located at end of private dead end street. This is a great
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Wireless Internet
BBQ grill with large deck Table (seats eight), +
Cooking utensils ( Lobster pot, Margarita Glasses..)
Digital Cable TV
DVD Player
Other Amenities: Outside 'after swim' shower
Bed Set-up: 2 queens, 6 twins
Outdoor croket set
No Pets & No smoking..sorry!!
activities and attractions in Chatham Cape Cod
Local activities: Golf, Tennis, Watersports, Fishing,
Beach, Swimming, Shopping, Art galleries,
Brand New Town Bike trail (1/4 mile away), Bird watching,
Seal watching,
Numerous restraunts, Outdoor concerts,... great
relaxing enviroment !!!
vacation rental rates
2014: No Pets & No Smoking..thank you
June 28 to August 22...... $3500 per week
August 23 to Sept 5... $3000 per week
$2500 per week off season ( 9/6/14 to 10/4/14 )
$300.00 Security Deposit
$185.00 Mandatory Cleaning Fee
50% deposit at time of lease signing,
balance 60 days prior to renting
Peter M. Barry 781-844-1641
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Chatham
- Beach
- Golf
- Fish
- Bike
- Relax
Top things to do with a family
- Beach
- Chatham A's Baseball Game
- Family Concert: Friday nite
- Ice Cream
- Seal Tour
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Belladonna To Host Headquarters New York City Party, New "Cirque de Bella" Stage Show Now Ready
Belladonna has been in the press a lot as of late, and we here at the Tony Batman's A Entertainment News are loving it, now Belladonna goes to one of our favorite clubs in the city, The Headquarters New York Gentlemens Club. Thursday Night is the night to catch Belladonna live….. Read All About it below……
Belladonna on the Ham Radio Show, Belladonna on the Strip Club Radio Show
New York, NY –Tony Batman's A Entertainment News – Porn star Belladonna will be hosting a party at Headquarters Gentlemen's Club on Thursday, January 24. Doors will open at 7pm; Belladonna is scheduled to arrive at 9pm.
"I am delighted to have been selected as one of the many beautiful ladies to host a party at Headquarters. I love New York City! I am so excited to have my first ever appearance in Manhattan," says Belladonna, who has recently started a new aerialist act aptly named "Cirque de Bella," inspired by the world-famous Cirque Du Soleil.
Headquarters has been host to once a month porn star appearances for gorgeous personalities such as the legendary Jenna Jameson, Kayden Kross, Jayden Cole, Jayden James, Brett Rossi, Capri Anderson, Monique Alexander, Amy Brooke, Juelz Ventura, Gabrielle Paltrova, Brandy Anniston and Lisa Ann. The club also hosts a monthly burlesque night with Fleshbot called Fleshbot Friday on the last Friday of every month, and have become the cool, hip hangout for tri-state area's hottest inhabitants.
"We are thrilled and consider it a privilege to be working with Headquarters in New York City," says Belladonna's agent, David Vincent, owner of Paradigm Entertainment Group. "HQ is easily one of the top clubs in a country. A fun destination for tourists and locals alike."
Headquarters, otherwise known as HQ, is considered the best strip club in Manhattan. Formed by industry stars in 2005 using decades of both nightclub and strip club experience, the space features a bi-level club and a four star bistro, with over a dozen executives suites and champagne galleries. The plush interior of HQ in New York City continues to attract photo shoots for models of Playboy and Penthouse, fashion runway shows, and music video shoots for artists appearing on MTV, VH1 and Fuse. They have also had the pleasure working with Sirius XM, FM radio personalities, The Independent Film Channel, and most recently the TLC channel, for which a scene was shot at HQ for TLC's new reality show, "Breaking Amish."
For more information go to www.hqnewyork.com and to twitter www.twitter.com/hqnyc
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Unique floral-and-dot cardigan embellished with soft chiffon petals in the same print. Faceted snaps bejewel the placket.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - If you plan to go sledding on Carmichael Hill in Richland this winter season, you can expect to see some new signs.
The safety signs at the middle school read "Warning: Sledding may be hazardous. Sled at your own risk."
The Richland School District put up the signs after briefly closing the hill last season when two children were seriously hurt.
The district hopes the signs will promote safety, and parents are responding.
"We're just gonna stay away from any objects, the dugout, any trees," said Vern Peterson, a father from Richland who brought his family to go sledding Wednesday morning, "just try to slide down some open road."
John Clark, who brought his wife and son to the park for sledding, told us, "my son, on his sled, I bought him a helmet and goggles to help protect his head just in case somebody hits him or something happens."
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Southern Europe hit by dangerous ozone levels in 2006
The report, 'Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2006' says that the highest one-hour ozone concentration occurred in Italy. Other high hourly ozone concentrations were reported in Austria, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain. North-western, central and eastern Europe did not escape either; these areas were hit by their second highest number of exceedances for a decade. A wide area of the United Kingdom was affected.
See report: Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2006
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After all the corruption that's plagued our city…19 Action News found…they're up to it again.
At a time when water and sewer bills are soaring, Cleveland is doing business with an ex-con, a man convicted of bribing a water department official.
So why didn't anyone catch on? It took an undercover investigation by Carl Monday to expose this city hall con job involving your tax dollars!
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The Google Nexus 7 can now shoot video in 720p on its front-facing camera thanks to a sneaky mod from a user at XDA Developers.
Audio Research was the original "high-definition" company in the early 1970s, long before HDTV came on the scene.
This week, retailer TigerDirect.com is offering up a free HDTV. Yeah, you can't beat that.
As the first 4K UHD film is downloaded, a camera capable of shooting 6K video makes high definition look like a flickbook.
Samsung will unveil an 85-inch Ultra High Definition TV in the new year, and it's already bagged a prestigious innovation award.
4K, the next-wave in high-res TV tech, has been officially redubbed Ultra High Definition, to avoid consumer confusion.
The Consumer Electronics Association has announced that the consumer name for 4K will be Ultra HD and gears up for displays to be shown off at next year's CES in Las Vegas.
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Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson will miss a fifth straight game as head coach Gary Kubiak has ruled the perennial Pro Bowler out for Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns.
The club had held out hope that Johnson would be ready for this week's game, an optimism that remained even as Johnson did not take not part in Wednesday or Thursday's practice. Johnson missed Friday's practice, as well, prompting the team to once again push back his return to the field.
Johnson himself has not established a target date for his return.
"To be honest, I haven't really targeted any date," Johnson said via Jeffrey Martin of the Houston Chronicle. "At first, I just felt like I'll miss a couple games and I'll be back out there. It just all depends on how your body responds. I thought I would be back playing by now. I'm not, so right now I just really can't set a date. I'm just taking it one day at a time."
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The co-main event of UFC on Fox 9 was centered around two of the best bantamweights in the world. Urijah Faber once again fought in front of his home fans in Sacramento, and he faced off against 22-year-old sensation Michael McDonald in what was effectively a title eliminator.
Faber came into this bout undefeated in 3 round fights and 3-0 in 2013. McDonald fought (unsuccessfully) for the interim bantamweight strap held by Renan Barao, but also bludgeoned and submitted Brad Pickett in August. The showdown was set for a highly intriguing matchup in the Sleep Train Arena, but it was abundantly clear that Faber was the superior fighter from the get-go. McDonald was immediately taken down just seconds into the 1st round, and while he tried to maintain an active guard and set up a possible submission, all he did was tie up Faber as he was able to remain on top, landing a few strikes before the referee stood them up.
Round 2 was just virtuoso stuff from "The California Kid". He was able to best McDonald on the feet and avoid "Mayday's" vaunted power. Faber cracked him with a right hand over the top that set the tone for what would occur moments later. Urijah clipped him with a right to the temple, sending McDonald staggering away from him and towards the fence, where he clipped him again and forced him to the canvas. From there, Faber locked in a tight guillotine choke and McDonald tapped. Urijah Faber def. Michael McDonald via submission (guillotine choke), 3:22 of round 2.
What was the high point of the fight?
The finishing sequence by Faber was just another highlight in the decorated career of the former WEC featherweight champion.
Where do these two go from here?
Faber (30-6) is expected to get another title shot against the winner of Dominick Cruz/Renan Barao, which is the main event of UFC 169. He's unquestionably earned it, although he did say at the post-fight press conference he's interested in fighting Frankie Edgar, who is fighting B.J. Penn some time next year.
McDonald (16-3) has lost 2 of 3 and while he's definitely a high level bantamweight, he's been submitted by the interim champion and top contender. He'll need a few more wins in order to prove himself ready to compete again with the absolute top tier of the division. At a guess, he could get Takeya Mizugaki, who is top 10 but unlikely to contend.
Watch it now, later, or never?
Now. Yes, the action is a bit slow in the 1st round, but Faber's 2nd round was a masterclass performance.


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PC gamers: Steam Spring Sale on now
Don't care about the Xbox One or PlayStation 4? PC gaming platform Steam's Spring sale is on now. The promotion runs 27 November - 3 December, with specials changing daily.
Don't care about the Xbox One or PlayStation 4? PC gaming platform Steam's Spring sale is on now. The promotion runs 27 November - 3 December, with specials changing daily.
The film and music industry has a long tradition of digging up and preserving their intellectual property so that it can continually be enjoyed by audiences both in the present and future.
Razer's been busy. The erstwhile peripheral maker took some time away from tinkering with mice and keyboards to create gaming laptops and Windows 8 tablets, and now they're dabbling in the VOIP space with Razer Comms.
The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZVB) has sued computer game distributor Valve because it prohibits Steam-gamers from reselling their games.
Reports of an upcoming and as-yet-unnannounced Counter-Strike game have appeared around the Internet within the last hour. Posts on Facebook and the Steam forums
Steam, it seems, is getting too big for its britches, or at least that's the sentiment conveyed by Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford in an interview with Maximum PC.
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For baseball lovers who hate training outdoors in winter, Illinois Baseball Academy will soon be offering a new option.
The new indoor training facility, The Yard, 164 Northfield Rd., Northfield, is outfitted with hitting cages, a pitching tunnel and an open area for fielding work.
"The batting cages allow us to give four lessons at any one time," said Chris Beacome, president of Illinois Baseball Academy. "We are able to move [our cages] and our cables. One space can look different if we move a cage off to a side."
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Slated to start programs on Nov. 5, the training center will be able to accommodate up to 18 players per hour, Beacome said.
"We opened the facility in Northfield mainly to serve New Trier communities that have youth baseball programs," Beacome said. "Northfield is really the only area that provides warehouse space for us to create this sort of a facility. There was no place in Winnetka or Wilmette that really fit this bill for the space we needed."
The Yard is designed to be an extension of Illinois Baseball Academy's outdoor programs and will be partnering with North Shore baseball organizations such as Glencoe Baseball Association, Kenilworth-Winnetka Baseball Association, Wilmette Baseball Association and New Trier Trevian Pony Baseball.
"This facility is here because the local baseball organizations encouraged us," Beacome said.
Sid Tepps, president of Wilmette Baseball Association, says the group has been looking for opportunities to enhance its baseball programs and improve the experience for players, especially when community interest in advanced baseball instruction has increased.
"In response to this need, we are pleased to announce that the Wilmette Baseball Association has joined forces with Illinois Baseball Academy and is supporting, along with a few other North Shore communities, this new indoor facility, The Yard," Tepps said in a release.
The 5,000-square-feet indoor training facility aims to provide year-round instruction and personalized development for youth participants ranging from first grade through high school, Beacome said.
The former head coach of the New Trier High School's baseball team says he is most excited that there will be a place for baseball fans to get "terrific instruction and be part of something community based."
The Yard at 164 Northfield Rd., Northfield, plans to open from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends.


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This is a great live CD. I listen to it over and over. It has all my favorites. Rob Zombie is a very talented performer.
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The long-awaited first live album from Rob Zombie has arrived. A brain-bashing, soul-shaking sonic earthquake, ZOMBIE LIVE (Geffen Records/UMe), released October 23, 2007, in both clean and explicit versions, spans songs from the hard rocker's entire career. Rob Zombie has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and continues to be one of Geffen Record's top selling artists. Recorded in 2006 during the tour supporting the Educated Horses album, which hit #5 on the Pop chart, ZOMBIE LIVE finds Zombie leading a supercharged band featuring guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D, drummer Tommy Clufetos and was produced by long-time co-writer and producer Scott Humphrey.
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rob zombie,s zombie live was released just in time for halloween of 2007.i really like most of this album.iv,e also heard that rob was going to release a live dvd in relation to this live album so far that hasn,t happened hopefully it will.for me the best of this great live record is;american witch,demon speeding,more human than human,house of 1000 corpses,super charger heaven,black sunshine,demonoid phenomenon,superbeast,dragula and thunder kiss65!!for any zombie fan this album would be a very good choice!!!
Normally I am not a fan of live albums. The quality can be very questionable, there usually isn't any new material, sometimes labels just release them to cash in on the artist, etc. However I saw a commercial for this CD that looked pretty promising, and after I saw the setlist, I just couldn't resist.
Zombie live features a vast array of material from the White Zombie, and the Rob Zombie era as well. Naturally it includes all the classics like "Dragula", "More Human than Human", "Never Gonna Stop", which are essentials. It also includes a number of tracks that weren't hit singles for the hardcore fan's enjoyment such as "Demon Speeding" and "House of 1000 Corpses". The band sounds great featuring John 5 on guitar, Piggy D on bass, and Tommy Clufetos on the drums. They really execute the songs with the intensity that they were meant to have. The producton is as clean as you could ask for for a live album, courtesy of Scott Humphrey, which is definietly something to consider when buying any live recording.
What else can I say, it's a very inclusive set put on by a tight band, and it sounds great! This will please old school fans, and it could serve as a great place to start for newcomers as it includes all the essential tunes. All in all I would recommend Zombie Live.
…..a few weeks ago, this was supposed to be a cd-dvd with a great art-book. As it turns out, no art-book (that I can go without) and, even worse, no dvd (that annoyed me quite a bit). That's right : no live footage, no animated videos. It seems that the live dvd will be released around spring 2008. In other words : we'll have to wait four or six more months before it comes out. So, yes, this live album is awsome, it rocks hard and Rob Zombie is still a genius. But it's not the audio/visual fest I was waiting for. However, I must insist on one point : this live album is f**king great. And sorry about my bad english : I'm from europe and doing my best.
As a unique personality and musical force to be reckoned with for almost twenty years now, it was only a matter of time before Rob Zombie's outlandish and outrageous live show was captured and released on CD (or DVD?). Afterall, aside from Trent Reznor, Rob has possibly the largest selection of non-album releases to choose from in the rock genre. So, honestly, who didn't see this one coming? "Zombie Live" is a fully comprehensive live set recorded during the 2006 "Educated Horses" Tour that spans both his solo career and his past days in White Zombie.
As far as the track listing goes, it couldn't possibly be more jam-packed with hits and classics than it already is. Although more White Zombie material would have been much appreciated — as it is, we are only treated to five songs from that era — the fact that we got any at all is a treat. The instantly recognizable, iconic tunes like "Dragula" and "More Human Than Human" sit amongst some more obscure but solid songs like "Dead Girl Superstar," "Creature Of The Wheel," and "Demon Speeding." For the most part, Rob's backing band — which consists of the legendary John 5 on guitar, Piggy D on bass and Tommy Clufetos on drums — performs the songs with ease, with the lone exception of "Living Dead Girl" which stutters and stumbles, trying to capture what made the original great. You would think with such a great player as John 5 on hand that the original compositions would be open for some retooling and tinkering, but unfortunately, the band pretty much sticks to format here.
The album is, overall, a pleasant listen for any fan that plays almost like a "Greatest Hits" of sorts. The sound quality is superb, and surely it's worth picking up for the Zombie enthusiast. But it's main downfall is that it does not include the previously promised DVD. A Live DVD would surely be more interesting, especially with all the effort Rob Zombie puts into his live show, and the fact that the DVD portion was left off is a bit vexing. But, the record label promises it will surface in the Spring, and this CD is pretty cheap in most places, so it's kinda hard to knock it.


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Saturday at Zona Rosa Kansas City's annual Easter parade began at 11 a.m. and it is free. Those who attend got to see storybook characters and, of course, the Easter Bunny. There were also bunny photos and crafts available.
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There are also several egg hunts going on in the metro over Easter weekend. Saturday Swope Park from noon to 2 p.m., Grove Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Anita B. Gorman Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will all host hunts. Sunday, Hyde Park will be hosting a hunt as well from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Thanks to everyone who sent me references.
The reason I wrote in the first place was to help out a graduate
student here -- I wanted to make sure there was something out there on
this topic and give her a head start on references. I discovered that
there is lots and lots of work going on about the influence of input
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Motherse in Second Language Acquisition -- References
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Meanings. Applied Linguistics 16(4), 409-41.
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The delegates and the ghost of Teddy R.
My Greyhound bus recently crossed the Colorado state line, putting me squarely back in HCN's coverage area. So perhaps it's now time to ask: what did I learn about the West – and Western environmental politics – in my journey away from the region?
The main thing I learned about Western Republicans is that they all see themselves as pro-environment. Many of them still don't believe in global warming. Many of them are excitedly hoping that Palin will influence McCain to become more in favor of oil and gas drilling. Most of them participated in the raucous chants of "Drill, baby, drill," that echoed through the Xcel Center on a nightly basis. Still, they think of themselves as supporting conservation.
"I get offended when people from the East say they love the land more than I do," said Enid Mickelson, a delegate from Draper, Utah. "I think we all care about conservation. I think we all want to make sure there are areas we set aside to keep pristine."
"When it comes to developing energy and protecting the environment, most Republicans are conservationists," delegate Chris Harriman from Idaho told me. And Chris has put his money where his mouth is: he owns a company involved in geothermal power exploration.
It's tempting to dismiss these sorts of comments as delegates trying to make themselves and their party sound good to a reporter. But I think the real story is more complicated. The Western Republicans I met in Minneapolis seemed pretty sincere in their expressions of environmental values. They were just convinced that a lot of our environmental regulations go too far.
This perception – common among the delegates I talked to – that existing environmental regulations are too onerous is probably the result of confusion about what those environmental regulations are. But can you really blame them for being confused? I've been living and breathing NEPA and the Endangered Species Act and the Roadless Rule for the past three months, and I still don't have them all the way figured out.
And the harder something is to understand, the easier it is to misconstrue. Case in point: the recent controversy over Colorado's regulations on oil and gas drilling. The usually industry-friendly Colorado oil and gas commission wanted to make some modest improvements to the rules governing streamside setbacks and winter habitat, among other things. They got slammed by a misleading industry ad campaign that claimed the regulations would destroy jobs.
Contrast that with a recent success story in Colorado conservation, the Telluride valley floor. A developer wanted to put a whole bunch of houses, apartments, stores, etc. on 572 acres on the outskirts of Telluride. The town was able to condemn the land. Then, through donations and a bond issue, the town came up with the $50 million to buy the land and preserve it.
My guess is that it would have been pretty easy to get Chris and Enid and many of the other Republicans I met this week to support the preservation of the Telluride valley floor. My guess is that it would have been very difficult to get them to support the new oil and gas rules. As we've discovered in the debate over global warming, it's hard to rebut a campaign of coordinated disinformation about a complicated topic, especially when that disinformation confirms people's prejudices.
I think the lesson for conservationists wanting to recruit help from Republicans is to be at once more and less ambitious. Less ambitious in proposing rule changes – like the Colorado oil and gas rules or the Roadless Rule – that affect the management of huge swaths of land. More ambitious in trying to preserve land outright, either through buying private land or designating public land as wilderness, instead of just making sure it gets developed "responsibly." The need to preserve specific beautiful pieces of land is something that anyone, even an RNC delegate, can understand. Incremental rule changes may seem more moderate, but in the end they open us up to being misconstrued as hair-splitting lovers of bureaucracy.
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Getting enough outside time?
Sarah Palin loves the environment, at least according to the bio video they just played on the big screen here at the Xcel Center. But she doesn't seem to be spending too much time outside in it, despite living amidst what's arguably some of the most beautiful scenery in existence. The video features the requisite panoramas of spectacular Alaska landscapes, and plenty of images in which Palin and her family are standing in front of those landscapes. But every single one of them has had the background photoshopped in. (Transparently photoshopped -- the videographers aren't trying to fool us on this one -- but photoshopped nonetheless.) Maybe I'm making too much of this, but if she's really the rugged (though lipstick-wearing) outdoorswoman she claims to be, shouldn't she have a few pictures of her and her family outside?
"As a teenager, Sarah would rise at 3 am to join her dad on pre-dawn moose hunts," the announcer tells us. Apparently she isn't doing that sort of thing any more. Or if she is, she isn't taking a camera.
Palin's identity politics
Everyone expected Sarah Palin's speech last night to be long on biography and short on concrete policy proposals. Focusing on herself and her story -- with occasional jabs at Obama -- was what she had to do to keep from being defined by that gosh-darn liberal commentariat, which doesn't think she's qualified to be VP. But what I realized last night was that focusing on her personal story -- to the complete exclusion of anything substantive -- was not just a defensive move but brilliant political offense.
That's because this year's Republican strategy is not about policy, not by a long shot. Voters know that George Bush has made a hash of governing the country, and they're becoming more and more concerned about the issues -- climate change, economic instability, the availability of health care -- on which Democrats have a clear policy edge. So instead of talking policy, the Republicans are offering us conservative politics as the new identity politics.Read More ...
Pickens pitches his plan
If you've watched TV recently, you've almost certainly heard from T. Boone Pickens. He's the Republican oil billionaire who recently saw the light on the need for alternative energy and has sponsored a flood of windmill-porn TV ads to make sure the rest of America gets the message. Now he's taking his pitch straight to the who most need to hear it -- the Republican politicians who have blocked the extension of the renewable energy tax credit, which are set to expire this December.
Pickens spoke today at a get-together for South Carolina delegates, explaining his support for renewable energy in terms of energy independence, not environmental benefits. When it comes to energy, "I'm for anything American," he says. He's worried not only about the security risk inherent in getting oil from overseas, but about the massive amount of wealth leaving the country as a result of oil imports. America spends almost $700 billion per year to buy oil from overseas.Read More ...
The future of the Idaho GOP?
I have seen the future of the Idaho Republican party. His name is Brett Peterson, he's a 24-year-old student at BYU-Idaho, and he's in favor of more domestic oil and gas drilling. So much in favor of it that he showed up at the Democratic convention with a group of college Republicans who proceeded to drown out Nancy Pelosi's main energy speech with chants of "Drill here, drill now."
Brett says he ended up front and center in the well-viewed YouTube video of the incident. After watching it, I can't figure out which of the protesters he is, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. He says that people have walked up to him at RNC-related receptions to congratulate him on his performance.
I suppose this is the point at which I should make a snide comment about Brett, and perhaps college Republicans in general. But you know what? Brett was a really nice guy. A little awkward, suffering from minor delusions of Youtube grandeur, but utterly sincere. He says he wants to "keep moving up and stay in politics my whole life."
When nice young guys like Brett are showing up to shout down alternative-energy proposals, progressives in the West should know they've got work to do.
Ron Paul rallies in the Twin Cities
The West has always had a libertarian streak, and the 2008 election year has proved no exception. Ron Paul, the Republican U.S. house member from Texas who was the favored presidential candidate of his party's libertarian wing, did an amazing job fundraising in the West. (This may be a better indicator of support than the number of votes he got, because Paul was effectively out of the running by the time many Western states got around to voting.) According to the FEC, he out-raised every Republican candidate except McCain in Montana and Wyoming, and everyone but McCain and Mitt Romney in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
For all the talk of PUMAs at the Democratic National Convention, it's Ron Paul and his fans who are this year's truly implacable primary losers. He didn't get an official speaking gig at the RNC, so today he's holding an all-day rally of his own. The New York Times is covering it more thoroughly than I ever could. It's worth following if you want a sense of how the Republican party could be fracturing in the West this year.
Lions and tigers and anarchists, oh my!
"Make sure you put these credentials in your pocket as soon as you step out of the convention center. The protesters are going through the streets looking for people who are here for the convention. Wearing your credentials around your neck will make you a target."
These were the stern words that the man handing out floor passes had for me yesterday afternoon. And he was not the first or the last person I heard worrying about violent protests. To hear the talk inside the Xcel Center, the leftist protesters were roaming the streets like packs of angry wolves, chanting "f**k Fox News" and having their way with Republican women who stepped outside unescorted.
OK, that might be a bit of an overstatement, but the delegates I talked to were honestly convinced that the protesters were slashing the tires of the delegate shuttle buses and maybe trying to set them on fire. I wasn't present on every shuttle bus in the Twin Cities yesterday, so I can't say for sure that no bus assault happened, but if it did the paper of record here never caught onto it.
It just goes to highlight the difference between the two conventions. The DNC had its share of protests, but it really felt like we were reporting on a city-wide wonk party. Being here feels more like reporting on a siege.
Environmental swing voters? Nah.
New Mexico is shaping up to be one of the most interesting
battleground states in the West this year. The presidential polls are
starting to look good for Obama, and Representative Tom Udall, a member
of the West's most famous environmentalist family, has a good chance of
taking the Senate seat currently held by the legendarily
anti-green Pete Domenici.
So New Mexico is just the sort of state where the Republican Party should be moving towards the center on environmental issues. Right? Not according to Heather Wilson, U.S House member from the state's first congressional district who recently lost a bid for the Republican nomination in New Mexico's Senate race. She lists jobs, the price of gas, and national defense as the three main issues for voters in her home state. The environment? "Not so much," she says. "The price of energy is a much bigger deal. The environment never even gets into double digits in the polls as the issue that voters think is most important."
Maybe she's right about the polls. Voters have plenty to worry about these days, what with a war and a recession going on. It's hard to get worked up about the Roadless Rule when job just got offshored. But my guess is that there are a lot of New Mexico voters who count the environment as at least the second or third most important issue on their list. And my guess is that a candidate's position on the environment could sway some of these people's votes. And maybe that's why the oddsmakers at the web's most sophisticated electoral projection site give Tom Udall a 77% chance of winning the election this November.
Guerilla blogging the RNC
If you ask me, HCN did a damn fine job covering the unreported, uniquely Western stories coming out of the Democratic convention in Denver. So what could we do for an encore? Well, one of your fearless correspondents jumped on a Greyhound bus to get the inside scoop on the other convention -- the convention of the party that, at least for now, controls the lion's share of the intermountain West.
What do Republicans think about the characteristically Western issues -- water, oil and gas development, the managment of public lands -- that HCN follows? Are they monolithic in their support of the Bush administration's environmental policies, or are some of them, as Ray Ring has suggested, begining to realize the importance of environmental issues to the moderates and independents whose votes they need in order to keep winning the West?
I'm going to spend the week trying to get some answers for you. Stay tuned.


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Lebanon —
Eleven people, including six developmentally disabled children, escaped serious injuries Thursday, Oct. 3, in a grinding collision at a Boone County intersection.
The impact of the crash late Thursday morning at County Roads 100 S and 400 E was so severe it bent the frame of the Brownsburg Community School Corp. bus. The children and their four adult chaperones were returning from a field trip at a Boone County farm.
It would require a tremendous impact to bend the bus's frame, said Boone County Sheriff's Deputy A.J. Naekel, one of the investigating deputies.
An unharvested cornfield at the southwest corner of the intersection may have contributed to the accident. Bus driver Megan Guard, 23, Zionsville, told Boone County Sheriff's Deputy Ron Mahoy she was going north on CR 400 E, and thought the intersection was a four-way stop. She was not familiar with the area, she said. Guard told Mahoy she could not see around the corn and inched into the intersection.
Arthur Janneck, 28, rural Lebanon, was going east on CR 100 E. He told Mahoy he saw the bus, a compact model painted a nontraditional white, too late to avoid impact. Skid marks suggest that Janneck hit the brakes on his black Kia Spectra a few feet before the intersection.
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CATEGORIES MoviesYou'd think a movie starring Marlon Brando at the height of his young-firebrand sex appeal, written by Nobel laureate John Steinbeck, and directed by the great Elia Kazan, would be better remembered today. Yet "Viva Zapata!", released exactly 60 years ago (on Feburary 7, 1952), is all but regarded as a footnote in the careers of Brando, Steinbeck, and Kazan. That's a shame, since it's at once a terrifically exciting action film, a heroic biopic, and a penetrating political study. Of course, even then, it was an odd one -- a movie about legendary figures in Mexican history portrayed by an almost Mexican-free cast; a movie about a pro-peasant revolutionary hero made at a time of anti-Communist hysteria in Hollywood. That it got made at all was remarkable, given the battles over censorship and casting, not to mention the battles between Brando and co-star Anthony Quinn, whose bitter tension often erupted into elaborate pranks and practical jokes. Read on for tales of the film's tumultuous production -- and its unlikely connections to "The Flintstones" and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
1. Throughout the 1940s, various studios were interested in making a Zapata biopic, but the Production Code Authority frowned on the idea, worried that a film about the revolutionary leader might be perceived as pro-Communist, that Zapata had an antagonistic relationship with Catholic Church leaders in Mexico, and that any inaccuracies in the film might damage U.S. relations with Mexico.
2. A Zapata biopic finally became a reality when "Grapes of Wrath" author Steinbeck, who'd been researching Zapata for years, teamed up with A-list director Kazan. Both men were former Communists who had become disenchanted with Communism as practiced by the tyrannical government of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. Their take on Zapata was a cautionary tale about how revolutionary movements tend to become as corrupt and oppressive as the established orders they overthrow. To them, Zapata was unique for gaining power via rebellion and then walking away from it.
3. Fox initially wanted swashbuckling Tyrone Power for the role of Zapata and Julie Harris for Josefa, the wealthy woman Zapata woos and marries.
4. Kazan, however, went with Brando, still largely an unknown in Hollywood. When he was cast, he had yet to make an impression on film audiences. Kazan knew him from having directed him on Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (and, soon, in the landmark film version as well), but he'd appeared in only one movie, 1950's "The Men," as a paraplegic war veteran, a role that failed to make him a star. By the time "Zapata" was released, however, "Streetcar" had made him a bankable leading man.
5. Quinn had played Brando's role of Stanley Kowalski in the road company version of "Streetcar." Many (including Quinn) thought he did an even better job than Brando. Kazan took advantage of their rivalry when he cast Quinn as Zapata's brother, allowing the tension between them to flourish off-camera. One legend from the set had them involved in a literal pissing contest, to see who could pee further into the Rio Grande. Brando won.
6. Fox starlet Marilyn Monroe unsuccessfully sought a part in the movie. Fox studio chief Darryl Zanuck nixed the idea, as Monroe had yet to prove herself as a box office draw or a dramatic actress.
7. Jean Peters, a beauty queen turned starlet (she'd made her debut opposite Power in "Captain from Castile") had been dropped from her 20th Century Fox contract after turning down a number of roles in scripts she didn't like. But when she heard about "Viva Zapata," she screen tested for the female lead before Kazan in New York, won the part, and was soon back under contract at Fox. Little known at the time was that she was discreetly dating Hollywood producer/aviation mogul Howard Hughes.
"Viva Zapata!" -- Trailer
8. Recognize the voice of the actor playing Pancho Villa? It's Alan Reed, future voice of Fred Flintstone.
9. Henry Corden, who went on to play Fred Flintstone in the '80s and '90s after Reed died, also appears in "Viva Zapata" as a military officer. Alas, he and Reed have no scenes together.
10. Another soon-to-be-famous animation voice actor in the film, playing another officer, was Ross Bagdasarian, eventually the voice of David Seville on the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoons and records.
11. Playing corrupt general Victoriano Huerta was Frank Silvera, a light-skinned black actor who, like Quinn, would make a career out of playing characters of various ethnicities. After starring in Stanley Kubrick's first two movies ("Fear and Desire" and "Killer's Kiss"), he'd go on to costar with Brando again as a Tahitian in "Mutiny on the Bounty."
12. Joseph Wiseman played journalist and revolutionary ideologue Fernando Aguirre in "Zapata," which was only his third movie. After spending the next decade working mostly in TV, he went on to lasting fame (or notoriety) as the first James Bond megavillain, playing the title character in the first 007 film, "Dr. No" (1962).
13. Kazan didn't want the film's scenes of village life and guerrilla warfare to look like glossy Hollywood product. He took inspiration from "Paisan," Roberto Rossellini's 1946 neorealist classic about Allied partisans fighting World War II in Italy.
14. Despite Kazan's efforts at verisimilitude, Brando complained about the lack of authenticity. No one in the film spoke with a Mexican accent, and few of the actors even looked like Mexicans. Brando said Zanuck often complained that Peters looked too dark-skinned (and that a movie with a dark-skinned love interest wouldn't sell tickets), and that the studio chief kept ordering the director to reshoot her scenes in brighter light and with lighter makeup. For his part, Brando chose makeup that did darken his skin; it also rounded his eyes and flared his nostrils.
Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn, and Joseph Wiseman in "Viva Zapata!"
15. None of the movie was actually shot in Mexico. Some was shot on the Fox lot, but most was filmed in such southwestern locations as Durango, Colorado and Roma, Texas.
16. One reason the movie didn't shoot in Mexico: A Mexican production about Zapata was in the works, and officials there didn't think it was beneficial to cooperate with a competing Hollywood production. Nonetheless, there were negotiations with the Mexican government over the script, in order to secure distribution in Mexico for the completed film. When it was released in Mexico, some scenes unflattering to Zapata were altered or cut out, particularly those depicting Zapata as illiterate (he wasn't). Also cut were a scene showing the aristocratic Josefa squatting outdoors while washing clothes by hand and the sequence where Zapata has to execute his friend Pablo for treason. In the Mexican edit, Zapata is elsewhere when the execution takes place.
17. Quinn, who was born in Mexico in 1915 (in the midst of the period covered in the film) but raised in Los Angeles, played on Kazan's fetish for authenticity by telling him tall tales about his father's experience in the revolution. He claimed that the guerillas had communicated in code by banging stones together and by whistling. "And so we whistled," Quinn recalled in his memoir. "Kazan was so gullible he even had me show the other actors the 'special' way my father used to trill!"
18. Despite his own serious insistence on authenticity, Brando was just as much a practical joker on the set as Quinn. Set lore has him shooting off fireworks in a hotel lobby, serenading Peters from a tree at 3 a.m., convincingly playing dead for several minutes after filming the scene where his character is shot, and lying to visiting reporters that he had dined on gazelles' eyes and grasshoppers.
Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn, and Jean Peters in "Viva Zapata!"
19. Kazan took the completed film to the 1952 Cannes Film Festival, where Brando won Best Actor, and where Kazan nominated for the festival's Grand Prix.
20. At the Oscar ceremony in 1953, Quinn finally won out over Brando, earning a Best Supporting Actor trophy. Also nominated were Steinbeck's screenplay, the film's art direction, and Alex North's musical score. So was Brando's lead performance, but just like the year before, with "Streetcar," he failed to win. Quinn wasn't present at the ceremony, but his wife Katherine was there, and she picked up his trophy. That same night, her father, Cecil B. DeMille, won Best Picture for "The Greatest Show on Earth."
21. Mildred Dunnock, who played Peters' mother, earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She had worked with Kazan on Broadway in "Death of a Salesman," where she originated the role of Linda Loman, a role she would reprise on film and on TV. She would work with Kazan again in the movie "Baby Doll" (1956).
22. Peters reprised her role in a one-hour radio drama version in late 1952.
23. After "Zapata," Peters found herself typecast in outdoorsy roles. She had perhaps her greatest success in "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954). Soon after, however, she married Hughes, dropped out of movies, and lived with her husband in seclusion for the next 14 years. They divorced in 1971. She resumed her acting career with guest spots on TV and never discussed with the press her marriage to the eccentric mogul.
24. Third time was the charm for Brando and Kazan. In 1954, Brando finally won his first Oscar for their third movie together, "On the Waterfront." It would also be their last project together.
25. In 1954, Kazan would work with Steinbeck on another film, "East of Eden" (based on Steinbeck's novel), a movie in which Kazan finally got to work with Julie Harris. Of course, today, the film is most famous for launching the all-too-brief movie career of James Dean.


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Howard McGillin, Rebecca Luker, John Lloyd Young and More Will Play Café Carlyle
By Andrew Gans
The winter season at the famed Café Carlyle, located within the Carlyle Hotel on East 76th Street, has been announced.
Former The Secret Garden co-stars Howard McGillin and Rebecca Luker will join forces for performances Jan. 15-26. Their show, which is entitled Broadway Romance, will feature musical direction by Ted Sperling.
The Broadway actors will be followed by Amanda McBroom and musical director Michele Brourman, who will play the intimate nightspot Jan. 29-Feb. 9. McBroom's show is titled A Valentine Rose.
Tony-winning actor John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) will follow, performing Feb. 12-23. Young, whose show is titled My Turn, will be joined by musical director Tommy Faragher.
For more information visit www.thecarlyle.com.
As previously announced, Howard McGillin will join Tony winner — and former Anything Goes co-star — Patti LuPone as well as Norm Lewis and Seth Rudetsky on Playbill's third Broadway on the High Seas cruise.
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Patriots placed OG Tyronne Green (undisclosed) on injured reserve, ending his season.
Browns released WR Nate Burleson.
Redskins waived or released RB Lache Seastrunk, RB Chris Thompson and RB Evan Royster.
Bills signed QB Kyle Orton to a one-year contract.
Seahawks waived QB Terrelle Pryor.
Raiders coach Dennis Allen is waiting for an update on Matt Schaub's elbow injury before naming his Week 1 quarterback.
NFL suspended 49ers OLB Aldon Smith nine games for violating the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies.
Bengals released RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
Profootballtalk.com reports the Bears are "very pleased" with Santonio Holmes and expect him to "have a real role" in Marc Trestman's offense.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Sammy Watkins "should be good to go" after re-injuring his ribs in Thursday's preseason finale.
The Bengals' website suggests the team "must have thunder and lightning dancing through their heads" following rookie Jeremy Hill's performance in Thursday night's preseason finale.
The San Francisco Chronicle's Vic Tafur believes there's a 100 percent chance Derek Carr is the Raiders' starting quarterback Week 1 against the Jets.


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The brilliant blogger Andrea Reiber inspired this post, when I found out about this travesty on her blog, Zap2it. She wrote, "This is one of those moments when we kind of want to hang our heads in shame and wish that Twitter didn't spit America's cultural ignorance back in our faces quite so overtly. But, there's no denying it -- we've somehow failed as a nation.
How? By allowing enough people to grow to an age old enough to be able to type "Who is Paul McCartney?""


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The ghost of David Belasco, which reportedly stalks Broadway's Belasco Theatre, must be extremely pleased to see his home not only lovingly restored but also carefully relit. Architect Francesca Russo, who oversaw The Shubert Organization's historic renovation for the theatre, notes that the restoration and general improvement of the lighting in the Belasco was "a key element. The overall lighting in the theatre is very artistic and many of the fixtures were created by Tiffany Studios following Belasco's instructions," she says, pointing out that Belasco and Louis Comfort Tiffany were good friends, and Tiffany's manufacturing firm received the commission to create the theatre's light fixtures.
When the theatre opened in 1907, the lighting was the talk of the town, as noted by Arthur David in Architectural Record at the time: "…lights veiled in tinted glass, whose color is borrowed from the decorations against which they are placed: the soothing color scheme in which the whole interior is floated—amber, golden brown, dusty gray, orange, and faded green blues." David Belasco lit the theatre as if entertaining guests in his living room.
Ted Jacobi, engineering project manager for The Shubert Organization, coordinating the restoration of the lighting, a major feature of which are the 22 octagonal panels of Tiffany glass set in the coffered ceiling as "lay lights." Jacobi notes: "They were part of the first phase of the restoration, two years ago." Also restored are 22 rosette-style fixtures on long pendants suspended from the ceiling. These beam uplight onto the elegant palace-like geometric pattern overhead. Femenella & Associates, Branchburg, NJ-based restoration specialists replicated new fixtures from the surviving examples. "We replaced the existing 11W incandescent lamps with 40 watts to enhance the visibility of the ceiling," Jacobi relates.
Three of the13 Tiffany stained glass fixtures on the orchestra and mezzanine balcony ceilings that were missing were also replicated to exactly matched the glass of the original century-old fixtures. "The originals, which had been in storage for 40 years, had eight sockets each which I assumed held 25-W lamps, or 200 watts per fixture, for a total of 2,600 watts," Jacobi says. "We installed a new bracket with four 6-W LEDs in each, or 24 watts each, a savings of 2,280 watts."
Thomas Stein, project manager for The Shubert Organization, notes that the new lighting accents the theatre's very warm palette of earthy colors comprising terra cotta, verdigris, wood graining, and gold. Tiffany-made stained glass glowing in the fixtures installed on column capitals in the orchestra and the mezzanine features bunches of purple glass grapes affixed to the upward tapering columns are now lit from behind with LEDs.
"The equipment installed in 1906 took up a great deal of space inside the capitals and blocked the reflective surface, making it impossible to light the lower half of the fixture," Jacobi says. "There were four 40-W lamps in each of the orchestra's five columns, or 3,200 watts total. I had it all removed and replaced with four 6-W 12-inch LED strips and four 3-W six-inch strips in each capital, a total of 36 watts each, a total of 180 watts, saving 3,020 watts. "The capitals over the box seating were given the same treatment," Jacobi continues. "There were approximately 12 40-W lamps in each of four fixtures, or 1,920 watts. We brought the total down to 118 watts by installing LED strips, a saving of 1,802 watts."
Broadway lighting designer Ken Billington consulted on the lighting of the restored murals on the first and second floors, as well as the lounge level and lobby. "Some of the murals had been painted over in the 1950s with white paint, totally hidden from view. Others were coated with dirt from a century of cigarette smoke and dust," Billington indicates. "Some of the reflectors on the fixtures were just black from age; they all needed to be thoroughly cleaned."
Once the murals were restored, Billington specified the wall washes to bring them to life. In the lobby, he opted for Philips Color Kinetics LED iColor Cove MX Powercore in 2700K white. "The lobby had never been lit like this before. You can really see the exceptional murals that were created by three artists, including Everett Shinn," he says. For the lounge level and first floor murals, he selected warm white LED strips, Westflex Covemax from TPR Enterprises. "They come with their own dimmer and can be dimmed down to 100 percent, which is better for house lights," explains Billington. On the second floor, the lamps had to fit into a very shallow ceiling space, so recessed MR16s dimmable downlights were specified. "The challenge," Billington notes, "is putting modern fixtures into a historic building like the Belasco and still be eco-friendly."
Billington set the levels for the mural lighting with the assistance of programmer Victor Seastone. An ETC Unison architectural lighting control system handles the house lights and lobbies. "We set several levels: walk-in; house to half, house out with lights in boxes and stairs still on, and a cleaning cue," notes Billington. "We never set the lights to 100 percent, to increase lamp life, to keep the house lights off as much as possible to save power."
"When you walk in and see the lighting, you might image that it looked just this way when the theater was constructed," Billington muses. "But of course today's lighting program meets all current safety standards and regulations." In the opinion of New York Times critic Charles Isherwood: "It is as beautiful as any theatre in the United States."
Related articles:
Belasco Theatre: Historic Renovation On Broadway
Francesca Russo: Restoring The Belasco


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The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators Innovation Award
The purpose of this call for proposals is to encourage small-scale pilot teaching projects to be completed within 15 months. We are interested in a broad variety of teaching innovations tools/techniques that can be applied to medical education. Highest priority will be given to projects that demonstrate potential for one or more of the following:
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RUGBY UNION: Welsh edge out Ponty to keep cup hopes alive (From Witney Gazette)
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RUGBY UNION: Welsh edge out Ponty to keep cup hopes alive
Updated 5:15pm Sunday 12th January 2014 in Rugby By Ed Mezzetti, Sports reporter specialising in Rugby, Cricket and Athletics. Call me on 01865 425456
London Welsh 26, Pontypridd 23
TWO tries from powerful wing Joe Ajuwa helped London Welsh defeat Pontypridd in today's British & Irish Cup clash at the Kassam Stadium.
Welsh's narrow win sees them still have a chance of reaching the knockout stages if they beat London Scottish next week, but Pool 2 remains very tight.
Fly half Will Robinson kicked 16 points in a flawless display for Welsh, which was just as well because they were outscored three tries to two.
Flanker Thomas Young, No 8 Jordan Sieniawski and centre Garyn Smith went over for Ponty, with fly half Simon Humberstone converting one and adding a penalty and a drop goal.
The winners of each of the six pools go through to the quarter-finals, plus the two best runners-up.
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The Great Ocean Road small group eco tour continues along the Shipwreck Coast to Loch Ard Gorge, site of many shipwrecks. The gorge is named for the Loch Ard which went down in 1878, sparing just two lives. Your final destination on your Great Ocean Road tour is London Bridge. Your return journey includes a stop for dinner (at own expense) and stunning views of the lights of Melbourne as you cross the West Gate Bridge at the end of your long day tour.
This unique small group tour operator is a member of Eco Tourism Australia and provides expert guided Great Ocean Road and Phillip Island tours, and winner of the 2007 Australian Tourism Award - Best Tour & Transport Operator.
Please note: Helicopter flight takes in the following sights; Gibson Step, the 12 Apostle's and Loch Ard Gorge and is approximately 10-minute in duration depending on weather conditions.
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From intimate private lunches or dinner with family, friends or colleagues, you are guaranteed to have yourself a merry little Christmas at The Montagu Arms hotel.
For luxury, fine dining and a festive dinner party unlike any other, discover the Michelin starred Terrace Restaurant at the Montagu Arms Hotel. Exquisite cuisine and excellent company is the only way to celebrate Christmas.
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For more information, or to make a booking please contact our Special Events Co-ordinator Clara Earp on 01590 614981
The three luxurious private dining rooms offer distinctive charm and elegance, outstanding banqueting options and unrivalled service making for exceptional Christmas parties in Hampshire.
Each room is beautifully set creating a delightful atmosphere for your guests, the richly appointed Terrace Restaurant with its large ornate windows and French doors opening out onto the Terrace comfortably caters for up to 100 guests. The opulent Oakwood Room, with its deep umber panels and views across the gardens caters for up to 32 guests. The Paris Room ideal for parties of up to 10 guests, boasts an ornate fire making this an intimate and cosy setting for your private party.
From the Luxurious festive treats, twinkling decorations to the exquisite Christmas tree in the foyer, roaring log fires and delectable menus from our Michelin star restaurant, you and your party are sure to get into the festive spirit at The Montagu Arms hotel.
For the perfect Christmas treat why not dine and be merry without the worry of having to travel home, stay in one our luxurious rooms or suites.
Exclusive Use of The Montagu Arms hotel is also available, with a minimum of 80 people plus all bedrooms must be taken at £130.00 per room per night. Early booking is essential.
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