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Ubisoft at E3 2014: five games announced, none for Nintendo platforms
By Dave Tach on May 22, 2014 05.22.14
Ubisoft announced today that it will bring at least five games to E3 2014, none of which are slated for release on Nintendo platforms. The company will showcase the games "and more" at its booth and during its media briefing at the Orpheum Theatre (pictured above), which is scheduled for June 9 at 6 p.m. ET and will hosted once again by Aisha Tyler. The games confirmed to appear at E3 and their platforms include: Assassin's Creed Unity, the next installment in the open-world franchise, headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC The Crew, Ivory Tower's driving game headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC with Android and iOS companion apps Far Cry 4, which is headed to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Windows PC Tom Clancy's The Division,...
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Ubisoft on early Wii U adoption: 'we believe in Nintendo'
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Aug 22, 2013 08.22.13
Ubisoft will continue to develop for Nintendo Wii U despite the console's poor sales — as well as continue to be early adopters of new hardware — due to the company's dedication to exploring new ways of gaming, EMEA managing director Alain Corre told Polygon. Corre said that the Wii U's struggle to get off the ground almost one year after its launch has not affected its treatment of the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Xbox One; rather, Ubisoft is eager to work with new technologies and will continue to try and be the first out of the gate to develop games for them. "We believe in Nintendo," he said. "Nintendo is a company that has proven in the last 30 years that they are able to fascinate tens of millions of gamers. "Nintendo is a great game creator; they are magic to a lot of gamers....
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ZombiU unprofitability convinced Ubisoft to take Rayman Legends multiplatform, CEO says
By Dave Tach on Jul 08, 2013 07.08.13
ZombiU, Ubisoft's zombie-infested Wii U launch title, was unprofitable and convinced the company to make the once Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends multiplatform, CEO Yves Guillemot told GamesIndustry International. Because of ZombiU's performance, Guillemot said there are no plans for a sequel and that porting Rayman Legends to to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 was a way to "ensure the creativity of those games could have a big enough audience." This echoes his statement form earlier this year that the game was delayed because of the developer's concern that it would not sell enough games on the console. "We hope it will take off," Guillemot said of the Wii U. "At the moment, we've said, 'Let's do through Christmas and see where we are from there.'" Nintendo's dual-screen console launched...
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Too many cooks in the kitchen: Video game writers discuss frustrations, techniques and authority
By Dave Tach on Mar 29, 2013 03.29.13
At a roundtable event at GDC 2013, a roomful of video game writers shared the tips and techniques that have helped them navigate some of the more precarious positions in their careers. Richard Dansky, the roundtable's moderator, who writes for the Tom Clancy series at Ubisoft, began the roundtable saying that he hoped that the writers could talk about their craft "and hopefully come away a little better." Throughout the panel, the writers spoke of a common misconception that many perceived: What they do is easy enough to be done by anyone. As a result, well-intentioned designers, producers and others on the product team often tell them how to do their jobs. Antony Johnston, who wrote ZombiU and Binary Domain, characterized the situation as a perceived "lack of authority" on behalf...
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ZombiU's permadeath mechanic built to move narrative forward, says writer
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Mar 25, 2013 03.25.13
ZombiU's core mechanics, notably its permadeath feature, are tailored to keep the narrative moving forward even when a controlled character is killed, according to story design director Gabrielle Shrager. Speaking in a panel at the 2013 Game Developers Conference today, Shrager said that the game's infection mechanic inspired "one of the creepiest thing you will do in a game this year": killing your former self. After a character is bitten, players in ZombiU will leave that character behind to become a zombie and start with a new character. In order to get back all the gear and items the old character carried, you have to hunt down your former character and kill them. "Permadeath has huge consequences for gameplay, and big consequences for narrative." "The daring design choice was...
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ZombiU, Assassin's Creed 3 and other Ubisoft games 30 percent off in Wii U eShop
By Michael McWhertor on Feb 22, 2013 02.22.13
Six Ubisoft titles for Wii U — Assassin's Creed 3, ZombiU, Rabbids Land, Just Dance 4, ESPN Sports Connection and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 — are now 30 percent off their regular price through Nintendo's eShop. The promotion, which is exclusive to Nintendo's online store, runs until Tuesday, Feb. 26, Nintendo said in an email. Other Wii U games on sale through the eShop include Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition and Trine 2: Director's Cut. Wii U owners can also get another game on the cheap for a limited time through Nintendo's eShop: classic SNES racing game F-Zero. The Virtual Console title is currently $0.30.
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Voting open online for the Game Developers Choice Award
By Dave Tach on Feb 19, 2013 02.19.13
The virtual ballet box is open for the Game Developers Choice Audience Award and accepting nominations today through 5 p.m. ET March 1, according to the official website. Voters need to select a game from a list provided and enter an email address, from which you'll be prompted to confirm your vote. The list of nominated games includes: Assassin's Creed 3 Borderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Dishonored Dust: An Elysian Tail Far Cry 3 Fez FTL: Faster Than Light Gravity Rush Halo 4 Hero Academy Hotline Miami Journey Kid Icarus: Uprising Mark of the Ninja Mass Effect 3 PlanetSide 2 The Room Sound Shapes Spelunky Spec Ops: The Line Trials Evolution The Unfinished Swan Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward The Walking Dead XCOM: Enemy Unknown ZombiU In late...
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Wii U bundle featuring ZombiU launching Feb. 17 for $389.99
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 08, 2013 02.08.13
Nintendo is bundling Ubisoft's ZombiU with the Wii U in a package that launches Feb. 17 for $389.99, Nintendo announced today. It will be the first time a game aside from Nintendo Land, a pack-in, has been bundled with the console in North America. The bundle has been available in the U.K. since the Wii U's launch there on Nov. 30. The Wii U ZombiU Deluxe Set includes a non-standard Deluxe Set — all the contents of a typical Deluxe Set are there, including a black 32 GB Wii U and GamePad, but the included copy of Nintendo Land is a downloadable game instead of a disc title — as well as a copy of ZombiU and a Wii U Pro Controller. A book featuring ZombiU artwork and "never-before-seen developer commentary," according to a press release from Nintendo, also comes in the bundle. And...
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ZombiU servers contain 300K zombified players, could be used for future content
By Dave Tach on Jan 17, 2013 01.17.13
Ubisoft's ZombiU servers contain more than 300,000 zombified ex-players that the developer could use for future content, according to an interview with producer Guillaume Brunier published in Nintendo World Report. Character death is permanent in ZombiU. When players meet their end, they continue the campaign as a new character who inevitably runs into the zombie version of the recently departed. Encounters can also include characters from other players' games, which are stored on Ubisoft's servers. Those undead assets could serve as a beacon for additions to the game, according to Brunier. "We're having a lot of fun doing this," he said. "And we have many ideas to get this ball rolling. One in particular is about our 300,000-plus zombified friends stored on our servers. Who knows...
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Best Buy and Amazon slash prices on Wii U games like ZombiU, Assassin's Creed 3 and more
By Tracey Lien on Jan 07, 2013 01.07.13
Best Buy and Amazon are taking $10-25 off recently released Wii U games like ZombiU, Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition and Wipeout 3 in a price-matching game sale. Dealzon spotted the following deals, all for the Wii U, which are available both at Best Buy and Amazon. Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition — $49.99 (normally $60) ZombiU — $44.99 (normally $60) Assassin's Creed 3 — $44.99 (normally $60) Wipeout 3 — $39.99 (normally $50) Transformers Prime — $39.99 (normally $50) Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (for Wii U, Xbox 360 and PS3) — $34.99 (normally $60) Just Dance 4 — $34.99 (normally $50) ESPN Sports Connection — $34.99 (normally $50) Rise of the Guardians: Video Game — $29.99 (normally $40) Ben 10: Omniverse — $29.99 (normally $40) Funky Barn...


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UPDATE: After Oro Valley police asked for the public's help locating this suspect, he turned himself in. He was booked into Pima County Jail Thursday on charges of domestic violence/aggravated assault and domestic violence/kidnapping
On Monday night, Oro Valley Police says officers responded to a home in the area of La Cañada Dr. and Lambert Lane. A woman said she had been strangled and held against her will by 38-year-old Adam Christopher Sheafe. Officers were unable to locate Sheafe at the residence.
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Josh Philpart listed among top 10 receivers nationally
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Senior Josh Philpart already has set the single-season and career records in his first three years at Jacksonville. The wide out netted another accomplishment this offseason, earning a spot on The Sports Network's Football Championship Subdivision's Preseason Top-10 Receivers list and College Football Performance Awards wide receiver watch list.
Philpart was an integral part of JU's high-octane passing attack, posting 12 touchdown catches as a junior. His 48 receptions were 20 more than the next closest teammate; racking up 800 receiving yards en route to claiming a first team all-conference spot for the second time in his career.
At 6-1, 175 pounds, Philpart is a vertical threat that propelled a JU offense that led the FCS in scoring, averaging 42.2 points per game in 2010. Over the last two seasons, he has caught 25 touchdown passes and is the school's all-time leader in receiving yardage with 2,156 with one more season of eligibility remaining.
"Coach Kerwin Bell lauds Philpart's ability to run routes," The Sports Network wrote in its release. "Philpart's best attribute might be his hands because he rarely drops a pass."
A native of Deerfield Beach, Fla., Philpart also was named a top-10 wide receiver last season. As a sophomore in 2009, he set the school record for most receiving yards in a season (912) and receiving touchdowns (13) to earn unanimous first team all-Pioneer Football League honors.
Philpart caught four-or-more passes in nine of JU's 11 games last season, leading the Dolphins to a 10-1 record and the second PFL championship in the program's history.


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Keystone in Jupiter
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 5
- pool yes
- hot tub no
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- rates (USD) $ 1,800 - $ 2,100 / month
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Nice 2 bedroom 2 bath second floor condo on the fifth fairway of Indian Creek golf course with beautiful sunset views of golf course and pond from screened in porch. King size bed in master bedroom with 2 twin beds in 2nd bedroom, sleep sofa in living room pulls out to a double bed. This unit has just been repainted and recarpeted throughout and is very nicely furnished. No smoking or pets please.
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Nice heated pool and clubhouse on property. There are beach chairs umbrellas and coolers for your use in the utility closet on porch.Washer and dryer in unit all linens pots, pans,plates,utensils beach towels , barbeque included.
activities and attractions in Jupiter Atlantic Coast South
Shopping of all kinds is within 2-3 minutes of home. Beautiful Jupiter Inlet beach and Dubois Park are app. 5 mins away.
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There is a 3 month minimum per condo association @$2,100.00 per month from January thru March $1800.00 per month for December April and May.half of rental fee due with lease agreement with remainder due before 1st. month. there is also a $500.00 security deposit due with signed lease agreement.
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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 Jupiter
- Beaches
- Lion country safari in West Palm
- St. Louis Cardinals spring training
- Florida Marlins spring training
- Lots of affordable dining
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- Jonathon Dickson State Park
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University gives education pledge to military
Wales's first Armed Forces Covenant between the military and a university has been signed at Cardiff Castle.
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FORT MYERS, FL -- The JU men's soccer team's 2012 season came to a close Wednesday night as they fell to the #3 seed ETSU Bucs in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. ETSU was able to score the game's only goal less than five minutes into the match.
In what turned out to be a very even and hard-fought contest, the early mistake by the Dolphins in the opening minutes of the game proved to be the difference.
The conference's leading scorer and newly crowned Player of the Year, David Geno, helped create the early score like he has done all season.
Geno dribbled the ball to the right corner of the field, holding off a Dolphin defender until unfortunatnely for JU that defender slipped and fell. Geno then delivered a low cross to the center of the box that teammate Itode Fubara found and shot past the outstretched hands of JU goal keeper Gavin Carlin.
Carlin did well to erase the goal out of his mind and keep the Dolphins within striking distance. He came up with four saves on the night including a save late in a one-on-one situation with Geno that would have iced the game for the Bucs.
The JU offense struggled to muster up a real threat at times during the game. Sophomore forward and first team All-Conference selection Matheus Saroli came up with four of the Dolphins' six shots and was the only JU player to really test the ETSU keeper.
ETSU will advance to the semifinal round of the A-Sun Tournament to take on the #2 seed Mercer Bears.
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Lamely Opens 2011 PGA Season at Tournament Of Champions
KAPALUA, MAUI, Hawaii – Former FGCU men's golfer Derek Lamely and 33 other Tour winners from last year will open the 2011 PGA Tour season on Thursday at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions played on the Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii.
Lamely earned his way into the 34-player field by winning the Puerto Rico Open last March in a season in which he finished 104th in the FedEx Cup standings with 487 points. He also posted top 20 finishes at the Bob Hope Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Paired with Jonathan Byrd, who won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open with a hole-in-one on the fourth playoff hole last October, Lamely will begin his round on the par-73, 7,411-yard course at 3:50 p.m. ET.
Live coverage of the Tournament of Champions can be seen on the Golf Channel beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Golf Channel will carry each round with coverage starting on Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m. and 6-10 p.m. for Sunday's final round. The first three rounds can also be heard live on Sirius XM Radio.
Lamely participated in 28 PGA events in 2010, making 13 cuts and posting a stroke average of 71.4. His tournament season was highlighted by the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and PGA Championship at historic Whistling Straights.


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Orchestra of Opera North: Ripon International Festival
Autumn 2014
6th Sep 2014
Ripon Cathedral
Adult ticket: £16 - £28
Beethoven's 'little symphony' is full of optimism and playfulness, bursting with exuberance, its whirling finale a masterpiece of invention. Mozart's intricate flute concerto is played by one of Europe's finest and most imaginative musicians: Samuel Coles has performed with l'Orchestre National de Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Philharmonia, the ECO and l'Orchestre du Monde. Mendelssohn's moving evocation of Scotland's dramatic landscape and history, with its dark undertones, is told in glorious melody.
Presented by Ripon International Festival
Orchestra of Opera North
Janusz Piotrowicz | Conductor
Samuel Coles | Flute
Beethoven | Symphony no 8 in F
Mozart | Flute Concerto no 2 in D
Mendelssohn | Symphony no 3 "Scottish"
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Autumn 2014
18th Sep 2014
Howard Assembly Room
Adult ticket: £5
"A weepie like they don't make them like anymore" The Independent
'By the time you read this letter, I may be dead.'
Set in Vienna at the turn of the century, a former concert pianist receives a letter from a woman (Joan Fontaine) which reveals her lifelong love for him, and the devastation that their encounters have caused her. The story is told in a series of flashbacks, as the pianist struggles to recall the author of the letter.
Letter from an Unknown Woman portrays Ophüls' favourite theme of woman ill-met in love with a mix of European style, Hollywood muscularity and lyrical camera work.
Dir Max Ophüls; 1948; America; 86 Mins; cert U
This showing accompanies Opera North's production of La Traviata.
Introduced by Dr Claudia Sternberg, Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds.
Please note the time indicated is the actual start of the performance. Doors to the event will open approximately 15 minutes before.
A Time and Place - Sam Lee and members of The Unthanks
Autumn 2014
19th Sep 2014
Howard Assembly Room
Adult ticket: £15
Musical meditations on the First World War
Rachel Unthank, Becky Unthank, Sam Lee, Adrian McNally and more
Video design by Matthew J Watkins.
A Time and Place presents an evening of music inspired by the folk song, stories and poetry of the First World War created for audiences today.
Known for their ability to take traditional repertoire and reinvent it for contemporary ears, Mercury Prize nominated folk artists Sam Lee, Rachel and Becky Unthank collaborate for the first time in this poignant project to mark the centenary of the First World War.
As part of an 11 strong line-up they will perform original repertoire from the time alongside new material inspired by personal stories and arrangements to First World War poetry, all against the backdrop of Matthew J Watkins striking video design.
Rachel and Becky Unthank return to the Howard Assembly Room following two sell out shows in 2009 and 2011.
'Intimate, epic, overflowing with feeling and musical intelligence' - The Independent on The Unthanks
'Just beautiful' - Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music on The Unthanks
'Sam Lee: The heart of folk' - The Times on Sam Lee
'Lee's unique take on folk music needs to be heard.' - The Guardian on Sam Lee
Co-produced by the Barbican, sounduk, and Opera North in partnership with Town Hall & Symphony Hall, Birmingham. A Time and Place is part of the Imperial War Museums Centenary Partnership Programme.
Please note the time listed on your ticket/webpage is the start time for the performance. Doors open approximately 30 minutes beforehand. Where there is a support act, this will also be stated on the website/ticket. We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes before show time as latecomers will only be admitted during a suitable break in the performance.
La traviata
Autumn 2014
20th Sep 2014 - 27th Mar 2015
Touring 5 theatres
Adult ticket: £15 - £68
Giuseppe Verdi (1853)
New production
Violetta is a courtesan who is enjoying the Parisian high-life when, to her surprise, she falls in love. But she cannot escape the consequences of her past life, and circumstances conspire to force her to sacrifice what may be her only chance of real love.
Asked some years after its premiere which of his operas he liked best, Verdi replied 'Speaking as a professional, Rigoletto; as an amateur La traviata'. He poured some of his most heartfelt music into this intimate story of family tensions and blighted love, and the result is one of opera's most profoundly moving masterpieces.
Director Alessandro Talevi and designer Madeleine Boyd (The Turn of the Screw, Don Giovanni) set Opera North's first new production of La traviata for 15 years in Belle Époque Paris. Two South Korean artists with burgeoning international careers, the soprano Hye-Youn Lee and the tenor Ji-Min Park, are Violetta and Alfredo; and the young Italian conductor Gianluca Marcianò makes his Opera North debut.
Free Inside Opera
Thu 23 October from 5.45-6.30pm, Howard Assembly Room
Members of the cast and creative team offer an exclusive insight into the production. Limited capacity, book early on 0844 848 2700.
Free pre-show talks
Sat 27 September, Fri 3 & 17 October, Tue 28 October, Sat 1 Novemeber.
Talks by Opera North Chorus member Sarah Estill. Begins 1 hour before the performance. Limited capacity, book early on 0844 848 2700.
Sung in Italian with English titles
Performance lasts approximately 2 hours 45 minutes
Follow our production blog on Tumblr for the latest news from the making of La travita.
Making an Opera: Monteverdi's Poppea
Autumn 2014
23rd Sep 2014
Emerald Grand Hall
Adult ticket: Priority booking now open. Tickets: Free, but must be booked in advance.
General sale from Mon 1 September at 10am
The Coronation of Poppea has a notoriously tangled textual history. Although the opera is regularly attributed to Monteverdi it is almost certain that some of its most famous music wasn't written by Monteverdi at all - and there isn't anything close to a definitive version of the score. In this special event, director Tim Albery and conductor Laurence Cummings discuss the opera and the making of a new performing edition for Opera's North's first ever production of one of opera's earliest masterpieces - whoever it's by.
Tickets: Free, but must be booked in advance
Music: Classical Greats
Autumn 2014
26th Sep 2014
Dewsbury Town Hall
Adult ticket: £7 to £19
The Kirklees Concert Season opens with masterpieces by two of the greatest exponents of the classical style, together with a symphony by a 20th-century master. Haydn is widely acknowledged as the Father of the Symphony, and it's impossible to imagine the great works of Mozart, Beethoven and all who came after him without his example. But Haydn's symphonies are also wonders in their own right, brimming with invention, humour, drama and surprises; this is some of the most sheerly enjoyable music you will ever hear. Like Haydn's 'London' symphony, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto is a work that came late in its composer's career. Tailor-made for Mozart's friend, the clarinettist Anton Stadler, it is one of the best-loved pieces of all time, its enduring popularity boosted by its use in films such as Out of Africa.
Haydn | Symphony No.104 'London'
Mozart | Clarinet Concerto, K622
Sibelius | Symphony No. 3 in C
Eugene Tzigane | Conductor
Colin Honour | Clarinet
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - Still Smiling
Autumn 2014
26th Sep 2014
Howard Assembly Room
Adult ticket: £17.50
A special UK performance brings an alliance of the highest order to the Howard Assembly Room. Still Smiling sees German-born Blixa Bargeld (former Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Einstürzende Neubauten founder) join forces with Italian electronic composer Teho Teardo.
Theirs is a dark collaboration in which Bargeld's sardonic, poetic lyrics and unmistakeable voice combine with a palette of strings, experimentation and a dose of theatrical flair. The result is a multi-lingual masterpiece of intimacy and controlled grandeur.
Programmed by Opera North Projects as part of the Recon Festival.
'Still Smiling is a playful, intelligent album, a series of personal and observational sketches of a disquieting world.' - The Quietus
Please note the time listed on your ticket/webpage is the start time for the performance. Doors open approximately 30 minutes beforehand. Where there is a support act, this will also be stated on the website/ticket. We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes before show time as latecomers will only be admitted during a suitable break in the performance.
James Yorkston and David Thomas Broughton - with Juice Vocal Ensemble
Autumn 2014
27th Sep 2014
Howard Assembly Room
Adult ticket: £10
Starting out as an integral part of the Fence Collective, Scottish folk singer-songwriter James Yorkston's solo career rocketed when his debut solo single was endorsed by John Peel. Since then Yorkston has firmly put his stamp on traditional folk music, creating a loyal following including international folk-star KT Tunstall, The Pictish Trail and King Creosote to name a few. Performing a collection of songs from his anthology, this talented multi-instrumentalist will draw you in with his heart-felt lyrics, Scottish-lilted vocals and catchy, stripped-back melodies.
'The time for Fife's softly spoken James Yorkston to be ranked as one of the country's great songwriters is long overdue. His honesty, wry humour and rippling folk guitar are on peak form' - NME
Otley-born folk singer and guitarist David Thomas Broughton's music is by turns delightful, disturbing and heartbreaking. Here he performs with Juice Vocal Ensemble in music that spans from hymnal to human beatbox, discord to angelic harmony, with lyrical themes, ranging from love to pub brawls.
'Arguably the most staggering live musician in the country' Mojo on David Thomas Broughton
This concert is available on the multi-buy Save 20%. To take advantage of this offer please call 0844 848 2727, Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm. Not available online.
This event was previously scheduled with Dark Northumbrian, unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the line-up has been changed. Tickets held before this change are still valid. Any queries please contact Box Office on 0844 848 2727.
Please note the time listed on your ticket/webpage is the start time for the performance. Doors open approximately 30 minutes beforehand. Where there is a support act, this will also be stated on the website/ticket. We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes before show time as latecomers will only be admitted during a suitable break in the performance.
Music: Mozart Requiem
Autumn 2014
2nd Oct 2014
Huddersfield Town Hall
Adult ticket: £8 to £24
The opening concert of the season in Huddersfield also features a masterpiece of Mozart's final year, 1791. The Requiem was Mozart's very last work, left unfinished at the time of his death aged just 35. All sorts of myths have sprung up over the years surrounding the commissioning and composition of the work, but however intriguing the mysteries, the actuality of this most human of Requiems in all its beauty and terror remains a wonder to behold when encountered live. The joint forces of the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North are conducted by maestro Jac van Steen in a programme that also features Sibelius's Fourth Symphony and the Prelude to Wagner's opera Lohengrin. All in all, a very special start to the Huddersfield season.
Wagner | Lohengrin Prelude to Act I
Sibelius | Symphony No.4 in A minor
Mozart | Requiem
Jac van Steen | Conductor
Aoife O'Sullivan | Soprano
Rosie Aldridge | Mezzo
Rupert Charlesworth | Tenor
Matthew Brook | Bass
Chorus of Opera North
Light Night: I am yours, yours am I
Autumn 2014
3rd - 4th Oct 2014
Howard Assembly Room
Adult ticket: Free drop in
Something strange has happened in the Howard Assembly Room. Trees have taken root in the floor and birds are singing from the treetops, indoors, on a cold, dark October night…
Experience opera as never before, for as the clock strikes, singers and musicians appear around you, bringing one of the most achingly beautiful love songs ever written. From the final moments of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, this is a moment of magic where all is not as it seems...
Sit where you like, stay as long as you want, this is opera for everyone in 3d and surround sound.
The Coronation of Poppea is at Leeds Grand Theatre in October.
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Fri 3 October: 5.30pm-10.00pm
Sat 4 October: 5.00pm - 7.30pm
A performance will begin approximately every 10 minutes.
'Light Night is an annual event showcasing some of Lees' best examples of its culture. For one night only, cultural venues open up for artists to temporarily transform small ad large spaces to show their work to the residents of Leeds' The Public Reviews
The Coronation of Poppea
Autumn 2014
4th Oct - 29th Nov 2014
Touring 4 theatres
Adult ticket: £15 - £68
Claudio Monteverdi (1643)
New production
Based loosely on actual events in 1st-century AD Rome, The Coronation of Poppea charts the consuming erotic obsession of the Emperor Nero for the beautiful Poppea Sabina. Ruthlessly sweeping aside anyone who stands in the way of their union – including Nero's wife Octavia and the poet and philosopher Seneca – Nero and Poppea triumph over all their opponents and rejoice in one of the most sexually-charged love duets ever written.
The moral ambivalence of one of opera's earliest masterpieces ensures that it remains to this day one of the most shocking and compelling. Tim Albery, who directed a ravishing production of Handel's Giulio Cesare for Opera North in 2012, has prepared a new performing version of a dramma musicale about which almost everything is disputed, including its authorship.
A cast of superb singer-actors is led by the American soprano Sandra Piques Eddy (Poppea) and the British counter-tenor James Laing (Nerone). The conductor is Laurence Cummings, one of Britain's most exciting and versatile exponents of historically-informed performance.
Free Inside Opera
Thu 23 October from 5.45-6.30pm Howard Assembly Room
Members of the cast and creative team offer an exclusive insight into the production. Limited capacity, book early on 0844 848 2700.
Free pre-show talks
Sat 11 October, Thu 30 October. Talks by Assistant Director Emma Black and Opera North Editor Stuart Leeks. Begins 1 hour before the performance. Limited capacity, book early on 0844 848 2700.
Sung in English
Performance lasts approximately 3 hours
Production supported by Friends of Opera North
King Creosote
Autumn 2014
11th Oct 2014
Howard Assembly Room
Adult ticket: £15.00
With Support
King Creosote is the stage name of Scottish folk singer and songwriter Kenny Anderson. His powerful and cinematic new album From Scotland With Love, released to coincide with Glasgow's Commonwealth Games, has received universal critical acclaim.
His first since his Mercury-nominated collaborative record with Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine, From Scotland With Love was originally composed to accompany a documentary film, so for the first time King Creosote found himself writing the stories and perspectives of other people. The result is a sweepingly charismatic set of songs with themes of love and loss, war and resistance.
"King Creosote's voice – a light, reedy tenor with departures, occasionally uncertain, into counter-tenor – is a thing of extraordinary beauty" - The Independent
'Stately songs of disarming passion'- The Guardian
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If you are living debt free with a decent emergency fund, please forward this post to someone who isn't. If you are living with debt, this information will help you change that. First and foremost, if you are considering paying someone to consolidate your debt, stop it. No one needs to benefit financially to move your debt around. With the right (free) tools, you can become debt-free on your own.
While the focus of this blog is not typically my personal story. This one is important! It demonstrates that you can change your life anytime just by making the choice to change.
My Debt Free Story
I got my first credit card when I was 19, my second when I was 20, and was using one to make payments on the other by the time I was 21. Eventually I defaulted on payments and scarred my credit report. With a less than perfect credit score, I figured I may as well continue to live in debt. That's what everyone else did, and I was still being offered more credit so what the heck! I made minimum payments on credit cards, bought a car with a horrible interest rate (because that's what people with bad credit get), got a student loan, or 2 or 3 and figured that was the way life was supposed to be.
Fast forward to my late 20s. I got a better job, made more money, and did what everyone else was doing. I bought a better car, financed with a crappier interest rate, and said yes to almost every store card that was offered. I did clear up my past due balances and improved my credit score but I kept spending. I had a credit card with the Gap, Victoria's Secret, Macy's, JC Penny and others. I had more credit, more stuff and bills arriving daily.
Here is the crazy part. I had to work harder, to make more, to keep up with what I owed everyone and I thought that was ok. In fact, until I was 30 something and heard this weird guy, Dave Ramsey on the radio, I thought the rest of my life would include more spending, more bills, more collection calls and more stress.
Listening to Dave say some of the following things made getting out of debt top priority for me.
- Live like no one else, so you can live like no one else.
- Financial peace isn't the acquisition of stuff. It's learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can't win until you do this.
- If you buy a $28,000 car, in four years it will be worth about 11,000 bucks.
- How you handle or mishandle your money tells us who you are and, more important, it tells you who you are. Your priorities, passions, goals, and fears are shown clearly in the flow of your money. Your value system, or lack of one causes money to flow around you, past you, or to you. When money is in your possession, what you do with it screams loudly who you are.
- Debt is normal. Be weird.
I didn't start working Dave's program until after I listened to him for a year or more, but hearing people call in and ask for help, or tell their debt-free stories inspired me to make a change. I closed my credit accounts and cut up my cards and vowed to carry less debt. Becoming completely debt free sounded too weird. Wouldn't I always have a car payment?
The less we owed, the weirder it got! My husband and I started saying no. We stopped buying things we didn't need, got rid of the stuff we bought that we didn't want and cleared up our debt. We mad our last car payment in 2010, paid off everything else and today, we are debt free. We are building our e-fund, and the freedom and peace of mind that comes with that, can not be bought. It's weird right? I always thought that I would always have a car payment or owe someone something! With no debt and a padded e-fund, our family can make choices based on something other than money.
There are many ways to get out of debt but not many that show you how to change your behavior. Dave recommends a set of "baby steps" that look like this:
- Build up an emergency fund of $1000.
- List all non-mortgage debts from smallest to largest and pay them off using the debt snowball method.
- Save a larger emergency fund of 3-6 months worth of expenses.
- Invest 15% of income into retirement accounts.
- Save for college for the kids.
- Pay of the mortgage.
- Build wealth.
I highly recommend listening to Dave's radio show or free 1 hour podcast for a few weeks. Then, take a look at The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness. You can also check with a local church to see if Dave's Financial Peace University is offered. This will be money well spent but you can do this without the class.
I want to add two pre-baby steps to the plan.
- Say no to spending. You have to tell yourself no to even the littlest wants. Cover your needs and deal with the wants when you are debt free. By then, you won't want for much!
- Let go of whatever guilt or frustration you have about your spending habits and debt. It won't be easy, especially if you have collection agencies calling to remind you about your shortcomings, but do it. Do it for you and your family. You didn't spend money maliciously. You didn't incur debt to end up in a mess. You just did what everyone else was doing. You were living the dream. Now that you have decided to be different and weird, you can let the emotions that you have tied to your poor money habits go, and focus on your new and improved habits.
When I made the decision to become debt free, I felt lighter even though I still had debt. When our family became debt free, we got closer and more determined to live life our way. You may be wondering, now that we have no payments, what do we do with the money we make. The answer is anything we want. Weird is better. Less is better.
Living debt free is one of the most important thing you can do in choosing to live a simpler life. I plan to tell you more about how to tell you to live debt free. Tell me your debt free story or ask me anything about getting there.
Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to Be More with Less and connect with me. Check out courtneycarver.com for simple ideas for your life and business.
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We are out of debt too. We just finished financial peace and the best part about the class was getting my husband fully on board with all the things I wanted to do. We are now working on paying off the mortgage and we are building our retirement savings. We even bought a car with cash-so much fun to write that check!
We use to use credit cards, keep a tally of expenses and pay then off each month but now we stopped that too. I don't want to support credit card companies in any way, anymore! We are actually spending less-I didn't even think that was possible.
It is creation to live a life of debt free, very inspiring
Courtney, great timing. I'm just in the process of examining my finances and this advice is great. I'm debt free and mortgage free, but still feel like I could be doing more to have a better picture of where and how I spend so that I can focus my money more directly on my dreams – like travel. Thanks for this.
Absolutely doing it yourself is the best way. Don't pay anybody to help you fix your credit. If you must do something, go through CCCS.
Thanks for writing this post, Courtney. We did FPU, the baby steps, and are debt free including the house for 4 years now. It's awesome to be debt free. I especially love the fact I can pay my daughters college tuition with a check, and no school loans. Today I offered to my son and his fiance to go to FPU and I'd pay for it. The program really works.
What I think is really interesting is that the almightly "credit score" really is a "I love debt" score, as Dave says. That was a hard thought for me to wrap my brain around. You have to stay in debt and make payments on time to have a "good" credit score. Now I'd rather have cash than good credit!
Hi Courtney,
I'm 25 and will soon begin payments on student loans. I already can't wait to be debt-free and plan to be just that once I pay off my car (which I hope to sell eventually once I can work without it) and student loans. Definitely not planning on taking any further debt. Thanks for the post.
Hi Courtney,
Why do people throw so much credit at students?! I had every loan and credit card going and got in a huge mess. I cut all all my cards a couple of years ago, and while I am still paying back some things, it feels good to know my debt is shrinking rather than growing and I'll never be in that situation again.
Hi Courtney,
The Financial Peace program has played a huge part in our lives and on our journey towards minimalism. We took the course early this year and since then we have paid off all student loans, credit cards, and other miscellaneous debt. At the end of this year we will have no more car payments and by March we will be completely debt free! For those who are wavering, don't. The program is common sense and works!
Hi Courtney,
Hubs and I have been married over 38 years and we've saved tons by not having new cars. My volkswagon beetle is 11 years old and still purrs like a kitten;) When it dies we're going back to one car. How exciting that you were wise enough to follow the plan and walk your talk.
Perfect timing – exactly what I needed TODAY!
I love Dave's budgeting approach for irregular incomes. My husband and I both earn irregularly and I've never found a budget planning approach that actually copes with that. His suggestions for both budget planning and snow ball debt reduction both make sense and fit more logically with our income pattern.
We're looking forward to being debt free. Bring it on!
Hurray for you, Courtney!
Our daughter and son in law are doing FPU right now and they're so excited. My husband and I are planning to take the course soon even though we have been debt free for many years (mostly thanks to my husband's training from his mother). We love the freedom and choices we have now!
Fantastic post Courtney, it helped so much. I have made a committment : NO UNECESSARY PURCHASES UNTIL MY DEBT IS PAID OFF (see my newly created blog zen-journey.com) and would appreciate your help:
My question for you is around two items I want to purchase … I am in a dilemma as to whether they are necessary:
1. Compost Bin. I am a recent gardener (just learning) and have started collecting compost using the bokashi system. However, this requires burying the goods in the garden and letting them compost there. I have a very small garden with little left over room for burying things so would like a proper compost bin. However, I already have the Bokashi system, so is this really necessary? (please don't say just make a compost pile, I am terrifed of rats).
2. Vacuum Cleaner. A bit like the above, I already have a vacuum cleaner but its not that great. I have two cats and my girlfriend is allergic to them. I want a better vacuum cleaner (not top of the line, but just a good one as mine is a real cheapy). But – is it a necessity? to be very honest with you, since I have started vacuuming twice a week, her allergies have reduced, so the crappy vacuum cleaner is working. I could live with it.
I would appreciate yours or anyone's thoughts so much.
Hi, i also have a cat and am allergic (small one) to cat but mostly to dust. Since I have the dyson allergic parquet it really changed my life, i use less eyes drop and can breath better in my apartment. Really a good investment, if i had known before i would have avoid so many problems in the past.
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thank you very much. this is most helpful. i have hit rock bottom and is now little by little payin off 6 credit cards. i have already paid of 2 and will continue to strive til im debt free. thanks so much for inspiring me
Great post and I like your suggestions and insight. I've always been interested int the financial savvy, so I really enjoy your website.
I always pay off my credit cards at the end of the month…like there is no other way. And use similar methods like you mentioned to pay off my auto and mortgage. I like to think that interest is my enemy.
Great post. I especially love the part about forgiving the mistakes you made in the past. That part can be difficult but is so necessary to really get on the path to debt freedom and financial freedom. Congrats on living weird and being debt free. We're still working on it but stories like yours help us keep going so we can be weird too
I had 7 credit cards (35k) loaded in May 2012. I'd reached the end. I'd been paying minimums for years, but some big car repairs finally put me over the edge. I totaled up all the cc debt at 15.24% interest and realized it was costing me $4,000 a year just in interest! Facing that fact finally did the trick, and I began to pay off the 1st card. Six months later my car was totaled, which led to a new used car and another 12k of debt, but I didn't give up. Now I'm into 17 months of repayment. Along the way, I've jettisoned all the 15% interest cards and switched them for the 0% transfer balance cards, so I am only paying 1 card at 7% and the car loan at 3.4% ($100 mo. interest). I will be finished by February 2015. It's been a long haul because I have had to stay home, and it gets boring…boring…boring (but I have become a better cook)! Still, I think you will find that once you are into it, you want to continue and finish just to see what it's like to be debt-free (not including the mortgage – another story).
Hello to all and congrats on your achievement. I wanted to share my family's experience as well. My wife and I are in our early thirties and 100% debt free. We own are house and cars completely and no credit card debt. However, I would have to disagree with some of you, we still use credit cards for our daily expenses and get the cash back benefits every months (something you don't get if you pay cash).Anyways, keep up the good work and live life to the fullest, that 's my advice!
Thank you Courtney! We just refinanced from 30yr mortgage @4.75% to a 15yr mortgage @3.5%. NO cash out. We have debt and we are paying little by little. The last few years with economy, we used savings and credit. Still, I was shopping. I am now challenging myself to a year of no shopping…I started in November. It's actually been a relief! Donating, letting go, giving away is changing our home life. I bring bags and bags to donate every week. I am determined to be debt free…even though we have a freshman in college now and a senior in HS who will be going to college in the fall. We are on our way. I believe we can do it. I am listening to Dave Ramsey as well. It's a joy to let go of the physical, mental & money clutter!
This post is awesome. I am currently on a journey to becoming debt free. I totally understand when you say you felt lighter when you decided to become debt free. Just the hope of knowing that I am working on making a better life for me and my daughter, makes me feel really good. Yes I have had to make a lot of sacrifices, but it no longer matters….debt free is all I want to be. Thank you for this post.
This is a great post! We too used Dave Ramsey's program to get out of debt. We just celebrated that sweet milestone with a trip to Las Vegas and Los Angeles earlier this month. It was our way of celebrating debt freedom. Of course we paid for everything in cash and are looking forward to saving more and building wealth. Kudos to you and hubby for making it a reality as well!
I love this site. I have a question about paying off credit cards. Do you pay off the smallest balance first or the largest? I am struggling to get out of debt. But it is happening slowly. I was guilty of opening a credit account at Sears just to save $15.00 on a purse I bought. I already had an account with Sears, but this was a Sears Discover. I already had a Discover card! I have never used the card since the purse & closed it. I joined the Minimalism movement in February of 2014 and have not purchased anything except food and cat items. I love getting rid of things!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I also did/am doing the Dave Ramsey program … and he would say to pick the smallest balance first, pay it off; then use the payments you were making toward that smallest balance and add that to what you are paying on the next card etc. This allows you to have some quicker positive feedback … getting ONE Thing paid off can feel pretty good when you have tons of debt.
As Dave says, mathematically it works best to take the debt with biggest interest rate and focus everything extra there. But, that paying off debt is a BEHAVIORAL challenge, not so much a math challenge. We all need that positive reinforcement quickly, whether it's paying off debt, losing weight, etc. to keep motivated and moving forward. Best of luck, it is definitely worth it!!
–Martha (paid off 2/3 of my debt – $10K – in last 10 mos)
I make $9.20 per hour which is 10 cents above minimum wage in my state. I get between 20 & 40 hours per week. My mother provides free childcare. I have atleast $20,000 of debt. I live at a place that I can't even afford the rent of $450 per month. And I have a disability and a toddler so it's not like I can get a second job to work really hard to make extra money. I can't see how I could get out of debt. If anyone has ideas I would appreciate them. Thank you! I can't wait to have a debt free story too.


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When/Where: Saturday, September 1, 7 p.m. / 27 Firemens Memorial Dr., Pomona
Why Go: Check out Rockland's local ballplayers, and stick around afterward for an impressive firework show.
Cost/Contact: $9 - $17 / http://rocklandboulders.com/
New City Street Fair And Carnival
When/Where: Sunday, September 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m./South Main Street between Congers Road and Third Street, New City
Why Go: Join a "fun in the sun" day along South Main Street on one of last days of summer. Come for a unique shopping experience, arts and crafts vendors, local food tastings, rides and entertainment at its best! Pony rides; petting zoo and arcade games are just some of the special activities.
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When/Where: Thursday, Aug. 30 and Friday, Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Orangetown Parks and Recreation Office.
Why Go: Looking for a deal on theme park tickets? The last chance to buy them through the Orangetown Parks and Recreation Dept. for the 2012 season ends Friday. Included are Dorney Park (Allentown, PA), Great Escape (Lake George, NY), Hershey Park (Hershey, PA), Lake Compounce (Bristol, CT), Morey's Piers (Wildwood and Vernon, NJ), Sesame Place (Langhorne, PA), Six Flags Great Adventure (NJ), Great Adventure Hurricane Harbor. No minimum purchase but the maximum is 10 per family. Tickets are non-refundable
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text: How to Take Cool Kid Pictures Little Hipsters! 10 Tips For Taking the Coolest Kid Photos Ever by Katharine Stahl 9/13/12 3 Reactions 115 Shares Print 20 85 10 0 0 Not every photo shoot has to make your child look like a little angel. "I found that there's a high demand for a more sophisticated, fashion-y, hipster feel for children's portraiture," says Chicago-based fashion and commercial photographer Maria Ponce — the camera star who also captured these amazing pregnancy pics. Ponce's newest endeavor, Born and Raised Photography, follows those bumps as they grow into their own unique people, and yes, she likes to bring a little edge into her camera work. Whimsical and hip, Ponce is more likely to shoot a kid under the train tracks than in a field of flowers. If you share a similar aesthetic — i.e. would rather put your daughter in Babiators than a bow (full disclosure: that's my daughter, Mae, rocking shades and black) — then follow Maria's tips to make your little one look like the coolest kid in town at your next photo shoot. Source: Born and Raised Photography Think Location What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The typical family portrait takes place in a lovely field of flowers, at an architectural landmark, or on the beach. But a gritty background can look great too. An old train track and those fresh faces? Too beautiful. Source: Born and Raised Photography 1 / 10 Wait Until They're Able to Support Themselves What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I think around 1 year old is the perfect time to bring a kid into a professional photographer," Maria says. "It's a supercute age, and you can put them in cool clothes that you'll actually be able to see, because they can sit or support themselves with a block." A vintage crate made for an edgy accessory for this adorable little boy. Source: Born and Raised Photography 2 / 10 Don't Get Fancy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "For an edgy portrait, don't put them in their Sunday best," Maria says. "I like to shoot kids wearing clothes that show their personality a little more. But remember: it can be harder to pull together a casual outfit than it is a dressed-up one. It takes some thought to look that effortlessly cool." Source: Born and Raised Photography 3 / 10 Think Hobbies What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Kids often don't know what to do in front of camera, and that can lead to that fake smile that every little kid has," Maria says. "If you bring in a prop that shows off their personality (a musical instrument, a ball from their favorite sport), they can interact with it, and that usually creates a more relaxed, natural photo." 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The last thirty years haven't exactly been kind to the labor movement. It's been a story of slow death, with decades of falling union numbers, stagnant wages and disappearing pensions–all signs pointing toward total oblivion. It's been the era as former UAW President Doug Fraser put so aptly, "The one sided class war."
That's why it's so important for anyone who wants a fighting labor movement, to take a moment and remember the late president of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), Gene Upshaw. Upshaw died on Wednesday at age 63 of pancreatic cancer. In addition to a storied Hall of Fame playing career with the Oakland Raiders, Upshaw headed the NFLPA since 1983. When Upshaw started, the average NFL salary was $112,000. Today it is more than $2 million. Of course the game has exploded with cable television and publicly funded stadiums turning revenue streams into floods. But Upshaw led victorious fights at the negotiating table for free agency and higher wages against the wealthiest, most well-connected and most conservative ownership class in sports. Dave Meggyesy, former NFL player who headed the West Coast office of the NFLPA until his retirement last year, said to me yesterday, "I worked with Gene for twenty-five years. We did hundreds of team meetings together and so well complimented each other. I knew intimately how good a leader he really was, how much he cared for the players and how strong and tough, relentless really he was to 'make it right' for the players. We shared that vision, we would do whatever it took until the last man standing."
The great criticism against Upshaw was that he and the union didn't do enough to help retired players. In a charge led by Mike Ditka–an anti-union zealot–they said the union was allowing former players, broken down by the game, to live penniless and destitute. I have written about this before and I find these charges to be without merit. It's like blaming an oil workers union for high prices at the pump. Yes, the way some former players live, old and broken before their time, is a sin. But to put that on the feet of Upshaw and the union, is simply wrong. As former NFLPA President Troy Vincent pointed out to me, the last collective bargaining agreement saw pensions for players who retired before 1982 increased 25 percent. After 1982, they went up 10 percent.
For people disabled by the game has seen annual benefits rise from $48,000 to $224,000. For non-football injuries, the rates have gone from $9000 per year in 1982 to $134,000 by 2000. Upshaw "has done an excellent job," NFL player Mike Minter said a year ago to ESPN "You've got a lot of older guys who are hurting and it seems like we're not taking care of them. But where we started, when the man took the job, to where we are today, it's unbelievable. For anybody to say that this guy is not doing a great job, doesn't know." Robert Smith, the former Minnesota Viking who was their team union rep for seven years said on ESPN yesterday, "My criticism of Gene was that he didn't defend himself more forcibly."
Well, now Gene Upshaw can't defend himself at all so I will do it now and proudly. His legacy is about showing that solidarity and collective bargaining actually work. The greatest tribute to Upshaw may have been this off-season when the NFL owners voted unanimously to rescind the most recent collective bargaining agreement. The owners, a band of hostile brothers with more factions than the old politburo, had actually united in fury that Upshaw had pulled too much money out of their billion dollar pockets. The rest of the labor movement should take note, and give due to a man who did right by his players and his sport. There are lessons here in how to turn around the "one sided class war" and winning back the wages and benefits torn from the working people of this country. A Meggyesy once said to me about their organizing style, "We're athletes. And we just really hate to lose."
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Dice-K sharp as Sox down Bucs
Right-hander allows one run and two hits in three innnings
at Fort Myers, Fla.
Tuesday, March 4
Up next: Jon Lester will make his second start Wednesday, as the Cincinnati Reds visit City of Palms Park for a 1:05 p.m. ET contest. Javier Lopez and Manny Delcarmen are also expected to see action. The Reds will counter with right-hander Homer Bailey, their top pitching prospect and a leading candidate for the No. 3 spot in their rotation. Edinson Volquez and Ramon Ramirez are due to follow for Cincinnati.
The Pirates return to Bradenton, Fla., on Wednesday to host the Tigers in a 1:05 p.m. tilt at McKechnie Field. Ian Snell will start for Pittsburgh against Detroit's Yorman Bazardo. The Pirates are also expected to pitch Sean Burnett, Marino Salas, Hector Carrasco, Josh Sharpless, Masumi Kuwata and Matt Capps.
Mike Petraglia is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Twins Short Hops: Game 3
An afternoon of mistakes dooms Minnesota to elimination
OAKLAND -- Fielding the Twins' Game 3 loss to the Athletics on a short hop ...In < 30 words...
Brad Radke was unable to keep the Twins alive, allowing four runs in the first three innings. The Twins trailed 4-0 after three innings and were done. Frozen moment
Torii Hunter tried to score from second on a one-out single by Rondell White in the sixth. But right fielder Milton Bradley made a strong throw to the plate and Hunter was out as he tried to slide around catcher Jason Kendall's tag. Big number
.053 -- The Twins' final average with runners in scoring position after getting just one hit in 19 at-bats in those situations. Game balls
Justin Morneau -- 2: He went 2-for-4 at the plate, but his seventh-inning error cost the Twins four runs.
Hunter -- 3: He had a double and a home run, but also a curious sacrifice bunt in the second inning. He was also thrown out trying to score from second on White's single in the sixth. Twins bullpen -- 1: They couldn't keep it close, giving up four runs in the eighth inning. Sense of October
Manager Ron Gardenhire announced before Game 3 that Carlos Silva would pitch Game 4 and Johan Santana would pitch Game 5. He acknowledged that the Twins had to win Game 3 to make that possible. But in the first week in October, it's three and done. Lines of the Game
Twins' first four hitters
16 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 1 HR 1 RBIs
Comment: Morneau hit a home run in the eighth, but there wasn't much offense generated by the top of the lineup from Luis Castillo, Nick Punto and Joe Mauer.
Brad Radke
4 IP, 4 R, 3 ER 5 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks
Comment: This is obviously not the way he wanted to go out. Spoken
"I'm in shock. Three games? After the way we played in the second half? We played so well. Now, to be swept in three games, it doesn't much sense." -- Hunter, on Minnesota's early exit from the 2006 postseason.
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Ritzen named 2nd team All-Academic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Chadron State's Nikki Ritzen has been named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic Second Team.
Ritzen, a senior from Chadron, has a 3.69 grade point average while majoring in business administration.
To qualify for all-academic teams, student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.30 or better, be a starter or reserve, and completed two consecutive semesters or three quarters at their current institution.
Ritzen, a four-year starter and three-time RMAC All-Academic honoree, is hitting .245 this season and has scored a team-high 20 runs. She's also knocked in 10 runs and stolen nine bases.
Three other CSC softball players earned honorable mention. They are Amanda Einspahr of McCook, Ashlynn Marino of Fresno, Calif., and Rebecca Wetsch of Erie, Colo.
The RMAC All-Academic Player of the Year is Chelsea Rodriguez of Fort Lewis.
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Outback Bowl: Updates on Florida Gators as they prep for Penn State
By Jason Lieser
The Florida football team arrived in Tampa late last night and promptly joined with Penn State to consume the following: 750 pounds of sirloin, 750 pounds of chicken, 900 pounds of ribs, 200 pounds of green beans, 950 pounds of cheese fries, 1,200 pounds of cheesecake and a staggering 80 gallons of barbeque sauce.
See, that's why you want to go to a bowl sponsored by a mid-range steakhouse chain rather than a fast-food drive-thru. I wonder how many chicken nuggets and waffle fries South Carolina and Florida State ate last night.
No word on the number of bloomin' onions the two teams took down. I've already had three and it's only Day 1. I'm shooting for a dozen by kickoff (1 p.m., Raymond James Stadium).
Anyway, the Gators are practicing at the University of Tampa, getting ready for Saturday's Outback Bowl against Penn State. Both teams are 7-5 and unranked. One coach is 46 and says he's retiring. The other is 83 and says to hell with retirement.
Here's the rest of what we know:
– Four Gators are out to due injury: CB Janoris Jenkins (right shoulder), OG Maurice Hurt (right knee), DT Terron Sanders (right shoulder) and DT Lawrence Marsh (right hip). For more, click here.
– Per a program spokesperson, no Gators have been ruled out due to academic or other off-field problems. That could change throughout the week, obviously. Georgia Tech suspended some players for breaking curfew in Shreveport, La., and there's a lot more trouble to be found in Tampa than Shreveport.
– The following notable players practiced this morning: SS Matt Elam (possible head and other injuries), QB John Brantley (possible transfer), FS Will Hill (possible Will Hill moment), DT Dominique Easley (recently on Meyer's 'bad'-list), DT Jaye Howard (ankle).
– New coach Will Muschamp was not at practice today, but did attend multiple practices in Gainesville earlier this month.
– Brantley said he remains undecided on whether he will play his senior season at Florida. He also said he has not contacted any other programs and intends to make a decision with his family after the bowl game. For more, click here.
– WR Frankie Hammond and TE Omarius Hines said they have spoken with Brantley and Brantley told them he'll be back.
– TE Jordan Reed and QB/TE/SL/FB Trey Burton have continued taking snaps at quarterback this month and will do so against Penn State, according to Brantley and OG Jon Halapio.
– RB Jeff Demps (sprain and stress reaction in left foot) said he feels much better than he did during the season and plans on playing this week. Demps feels less pain when he cuts and plants on the foot.
– Demps future plans? Begin practicing with the track team Jan. 3, then prepare for his senior season at Florida.
– Hammond still does not know if he will be on scholarship next semester. Meyer pulled it after Hammond was arrested for DUI last summer and said Hammond would pay his own way for at least one semester, possibly two. Hammond said he thinks the decision is Meyer's, not Muschamp's.
– DT Omar Hunter is in charge of keeping Sharrif Floyd and Dominique Easley out of trouble this week. Sidenote: Hunter says he is confident Easley will be back with Florida next season.
– DE Justin Trattou barely made it to Tampa on time yesterday. Trattou, traveling from the blizzard-swarmed northeast, said he was the last player to arrive at yesterday's team meeting.


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Bethlehem City Council appears likely to kill Mayor John Callahan's proposal to switch to a single-hauler system of garbage collection.
Though no official vote was taken during a marathon seven-hour City Council budget hearing that began Tuesday night and stretched into early this morning, four out of seven council members appeared to be opposed to the plan.
An overwhelming majority of those who attended the hearing also appeared to be opposed to the change. Twenty-nine of them got up to address City Council and only two of them expressed support for single-hauler trash collection.
A tense, standing-room-only crowd – most of them there to talk about or hear the discussion about garbage collection – spilled out through the doorways of the Town Hall rotunda at the start of the meeting.
But the crowd would have to wait for council to get to the trash discussion. For the first three hours, council heard from and discussed city emergency services departments – fire, emergency medical services and police.
Included in that discussion was the city's 911 emergency call center, for which Callahan has proposed a new dedicated .76-mill tax to support. That accounts for 60 percent of the mayor's proposed 8½ percent real estate tax increase.
Even after the trash discussion began, the impatience among some audience members boiled over while council discussed the proposal with members of the administration.
"Some of us have to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning," said one trash hauler who kept trying to interrupt the discussion, but was asked by Council President Eric Evans to stay seated and be quiet.
"We've had a 50 percent attrition rate [since the start of the meeting] and I don't think that's a good model for participatory democracy," said Al Wirth, a Lehigh University politics professor and a member of the Sierra Club who said he opposed single hauler for environmental reasons.
Many of those who spoke out against single-hauler collection were the owners of small hauling companies currently licensed to serve clients in Bethlehem who feared they would not be able to stay in business if single hauler is initiated.
Many were customers who said they preferred to have a choice of collectors that gives them the option of paying less for putting out less garbage and providing a higher quality of service than they believe they would get with a single city-contracted hauler.
Currently, city residents are required to hire their own trash collector, making Bethlehem the largest city in Pennsylvania without single-hauler trash collection.
City officials argued that the lack of a single hauler has led to illegal dumping on empty lots and out-of-the-way corners of the city.
At one point, administration officials showed a slide show that depicted trashed front yards, empty lots and sidewalks, while acting Health Director Kristen Wenrich talked about the prevalence of garbage complaints that come through her office.
She estimated that the equivalent of one full-time department employee deals with garbage complaints continually.
Wenrich and Mike Palos, the city's chief housing inspector, held out single hauler as the solution to the illegal dumping problem. In hundreds of cases where a home has been trashed, the resident's lack of a trash hauler has been the reason, officials said.
"This is a difficult decision you are going to have to make if you want to improve the quality of life in Bethlehem," Palos told council. "It's not the haulers. It's the system. Our system isn't working."
A majority of council members appeared unmoved by the argument, however.
Evans said he has never received such a negative reaction out in the community for any proposal. Councilman Robert Donchez said he thought single hauler needed more debate and discussion.
Councilwoman Jean Belinski said her father was an independent trash hauler and that she favored keeping the existing system. Councilman David DiGiacinto also seemed to be in opposition to the administration's plan.


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It could be after noon on Thursday before the 4,229 people stranded on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico step foot on land.
Wednesday, a fourth tugboat was dispatched to join the other three that have been slowly towing the ship to Mobile, Alabama.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the ship was still more than 100 miles of the port.
Aboard the Triumph are 10- and 12-year-old East Texas girls who are anxious to get off the ship. Back on shore, their mothers Mary Poret and Kim McKerreghan from Lufkin are just as eager to see them. "She called me and she was hysterical-- screaming and crying that she was so scared. She was scared not only of what was happening on board, but she was afraid she wasn't going to ever see her mom again. For me to be at work and to hear that from my 12-year-old daughter... I was devastated," says Mary Poret."I said, 'Well, okay. I will be there for you. I will meet you wherever the boat is going to end up. I don't know what is going on, but I will be there. Mommy is going to be there,'" says Kim McKerreghan, the mother of one of the girls.Cell phone reception on the boat is spotty. Passengers report only getting reception when another Carnival ship is nearby brining them supplies. Those who have called out, say the crew is handling the situation the best way they know how. "We're eating a lot of fruits and vegetables and things they can keep out for us, so they're keeping us fed pretty well. The worst part is the bathrooms. There's no water. You can't really flush, so everyone is going in little plastic baggies and putting it outside their room," says Donna Gutzman, a passenger stranded on the ship."The smells are... I can't even describe them. Our room is flooded. There is sewage, raw sewage," adds another passenger, Ann Barlow.Carnival has released multiple updates and is answering questions. Wednesday they tweeted,"We evaluated a wide range of options including using another ship to transport guests, but the safest solution was towing the ship back to port."
The president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines continues to apologize.
"No one here from Carnival is happy about the conditions onboard the ship. We obviously are very very sorry about what has taken place. There's no question that conditions onboard the ship are very challenging," says Gerry Cahill.
Late Wednesday afternoon Carnival announced the passengers on the Triumph would receive a refund on their cruise and travel expenses, credit for a free cruise on Carnival as well as $500 per person.
"We know it has been a longer journey back than we anticipated at the beginning of the week under very challenging circumstances. We are very sorry for what our guests have had to endure. Therefore, in addition to the full refund and future cruise credit already offered, we have decided to provide this additional compensation," Cahill says.
The port in Mobile is calling in extra security and making other plans for the ship's arrival. They'll be ready for those passengers eager to step foot on land, by Thursday morning, even though they're not expected until later in the day.
Carnival says the passengers were given two options for travel when they get to Mobile. Some guests have opted to board buses immediately and head directly to Houston and Galveston. More than a thousand others will be bussed to New Orleans, stay the night there, then fly out on private charters Friday morning.
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PLATTSBURGH — Empire State Development has released more than $14.5 million in broadband funding, initially announced in March, for nine projects.
The money will boost service through four projects in the North Country.
Locally, Nicholville-based Slic Network Solutions has projects in the towns of Schroon and North Hudson, Bellmont, Dannemora and Long Lake. Those broadband expansions get $2.1 million, $1 million, $976,426 and $1.3 million, respectively.
North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council, said the finalization of these broadband projects is more welcome news for the North Country as 2013 comes to a close.
"Communities like Lyon Mountain, Schroon Lake, Bellmont and Long Lake are now on the cusp of 21st-century technology, which will open a variety of opportunities in the years ahead," he told the Press-Republican by email.
"And the latest award of $81.3 million to our region includes a further $6 million for additional broadband progress in the coming months."
Most of the funding is for "last-mile" connection to broadband service, which is frequently the most expensive part and seen as one reason rural areas continue to lag behind in broadband availability.
The $14.5 million represents the first broadband grants released through Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $25 million Connect NY Broadband Grant program.
The money is expected to expand broadband access to nearly 30,000 residents and more than 2,000 businesses.
"Access to high-speed Internet is a critical resource for businesses and residents in today's global economy," Cuomo said in a press release.
"These grants will connect underserved and rural communities to the many benefits of broadband access, including giving local businesses the opportunity to reach consumers from around the world.
"As the state works to grow the upstate economy, these nine projects will provide the support necessary to attract and retain businesses and help create jobs for the region."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) says the control tower at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington will remain open.
Durbin said Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has confirmed to him that control towers slated for closure at five Illinois airports will remain open.
Towers at the Bloomington airport, St. Louis Regional Airport, Decatur Airport, Southern Illinois Airport and Waukegan Regional Airport were previously scheduled to close on June 15. The closures were a direct result of sequestration cuts.
In April, Congress passed legislation to redistribute funding and avoid air-traffic controller furloughs. Earlier this week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that three Illinois airports, including Peoria International Airport, will not have their midnight shifts eliminated as previously announced.
"We fight for air service in downstate Illinois and closing the contract towers would have, at a minimum, slowed down flights to five airports," said Durbin. "I worked with Secretary LaHood and the White House to avoid this unfortunate impact of sequestration and appreciate this positive response."
Officials at Central Illinois Regional Airport estimated they would have had to increase the annual operating budget by 22 percent to make up for the sequester cuts.