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Boxed in, fetal position, between three hard surfaces - legs folded against the concrete wall, backs lying on the sticky tile floor, chins tucked in to rest heads on the metal lockers - in layers of pajama pants, kilts and hoodie sweatshirts. How many hours have we spent after school in that little rectangular world at the back of the locker room?
Enough so that in one sitting, the entire spectrum of human emotion passes through.
You cried and you tried to hide it but you couldn't and we tried to stop it but there was nothing anyone could do. Because the whole world is a box and it's expanding into nothing and it's only if you close your eyes and invert the entire picture, reach right into the center and squeeze the Saran wrap, twist and rip it off, that any of it really makes any sense. How can numbers and letters mean anything when we are all going to end up as bright specks of energy? Someday we are going to outrun light and we will turn around to watch our image catch up. But we'll be too fast.
It's so easy to lose perspective and stumble to fall into pace with the drum rolls of "honor," and all the calculators maiming you on your way down the stairs. But try to step back, stop repeating that self-deprecating man-tra, the self-fulfilling prophecy of failure.
We are all going to figure it out without killing ourselves. We will all find a place to be, a little niche to sit in; maybe it will be one that only a few others know about, but it will be comfortable and peaceful and beautiful all the same. Because it's the people you meet and the things you do and the ideas you share that give life value, not your GPA, not what college you go to, or any other stupid method people make up to evaluate you and stick you in a box.
Life is not a board game. There is no set pathway or finish line - there's no road to success. We go where we please. We win if we say we win because we make up the rules. That's how it's always been, and the people who don't see that are just boxing themselves in. Don't let them box you, too.
Damn the Man! No school name could ever do you justice anyway - you are perfect and radiant and human and infinite. And I am better just for having known you. All of you.
So please don't cry, because we live on a lake and we roast marshmallows on a fire on the bank and trees surround us and lean over us and the sun melts a path onto the tide and the mist is cool on our skin and we are gods in Avalon.
And that's better than any institution. You are better. And never let anyone tell you otherwise. Even you.
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Why can't we manufacture 'diamond'?
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True, Njorl, diamonds are grown in factories and dead people are made into jewelry, all you need is some carbon and just apply a LOT of pressure to that, over weeks (or months) this diamond will grow.
The major problems with these diamonds were that they had impurities, like oxygen and nitrogen, changing the color of the stone. I think they have mainly overcome this problem now and they are coming to the point that these synthetic diamonds are almost indistinguisable from natural diamonds. The only way to tell at this point is to irradiate the stone, synthetic and natural diamonds react differently to this.
To reply about your question about industrial use: synthetic diamond is not the ideal all-purpose hard material. When heated up by friction in the presence of air, the diamond tends to decompose into carbon dioxide. And hot diamond dissolves in iron, so it can't be used to cut steel. There is actually a material better fit for this purpose Cubic boron nitride (cBN), first made in 1956, half as hard as diamond but more stable under those extreme circomstances.
Here an article about the dead-person-made-into-a-diamond:

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Backpacker Magazine – June 1998
The Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park is a place of reckoning and, given its trackless nature, a place of choices. To a young man who came of age here, it offers perspective on paths not taken.
To the clap of late-afternoon thunder and the splatter of rain, I make up my mind. Fear of stray lightning overwhelms my fear of pushing through a herd of elk--even three bulls brandishing massive racks. I shoulder my pack and march purposefully down from the exposed tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park through scattering wapiti and into the safety of the trees. Great ionic exchanges between sky and ground are core to my memories of the park. Just above timberline on Longs Peak my ice axe once hissed with electrical charge as I ran headlong for the forest. Another time I watched a bolt sear the ground just across a valley, burning into it like a yellow tornado. This afternoon's weather isn't violent yet, but I'm taking no chances. It's my first day deep in Rocky Mountain in over a decade, and sometimes I'm not sure where the memories leave off and the present picks up.
These peaks along the continental spine are where destinies divide, mine included. A drop of rain, sweat, or a tear strikes the ground and begins its journey. A small ravine, a rock bulge, and the moisture flows eastward, over ragged cliffs, and toward the Mississippi. Or maybe the landscape twists a nip here, turns a tuck there, and the droplet slides westward into the Colorado River and off toward the Pacific. Rocky Mountain is a place of life-altering consequences.
Or at least it was for me.
I first came to the park when I was 23, half-way through a two-year effort to purge climbing from my system so that I could concentrate on a life in science. Five years later I waved good-bye, by then a professional mountain guide writing a series of climbing guides. In hindsight I should have known that you can't expunge mountains from your psyche, especially in a place as enchanting as Rocky Mountain National Park.
In the morning I wake to the eerie whistles of bugling elk, to a cow and calf grazing a stone's throw distant, to glorious solitude. This park greets 3 million visitors each year, but I wouldn't know it from my chosen hiking route. I saw half a dozen people yesterday during the first couple miles of hiking. I'll see just four more later today, then none until I drop out of the high country at the end of my journey. Once again I've found that with creativity and a bit of extra effort I can be as lonely as the black bear I watched crossing the divide earlier.
Other than the trail I followed into my first campsite (park regulations dictate sleeping below timberline), my route will be entirely cross-country tundra hiking. My plan is to follow the true Continental Divide south from Trail Ridge Road for three days, crossing nine peaks above 12,000 feet, including three 13,000 footers, before dropping into Wild Basin at the southern end of the park.
How you come to appreciate Rocky Mountain National Park depends entirely on how you approach it. From the west, the land slopes upward to the Great Divide at a steady but manageable pitch through classic Rockies high country. Trees dissolve to tundra, and at the 10,000-foot contour you might break into a zigzag course to catch your breath. As you crest this gentle mountainside, suddenly there's nothing but space underfoot. The eastern flank is cleaved away into vertical walls 1,000 feet high, as if a giant has taken a monstrous pickaxe to the land. During my earlier life here I spent my days on the craggy eastern face of the mountains. Occasionally I'd glance from the top of a cliff I'd just scaled to see the mountain's "backside" sloping westward. "Over there" was a place of gentler beauty that wasn't my direction at that time. Now a dozen years older, I'm back to explore this undulating landscape.
I hike up talus and tundra onto gentle summits ignored during my youthful obsession with challenge. With a modest mileage goal for the day, I find there's plenty of time to sit and reflect on a favorite topic: how life gets in the way of plans. In the naivetß of my youth, I would chart the direction of future events with absolute certainty. I thought I knew my life's flow-into this rivulet (two years off to climb), along that ravine (graduate school), down the gully (a professorship), toward the Pacific (research in Arctic ecology). But Rocky Mountain's captivating cliffs threw the first of many wrinkles in my plans. My life was redirected by a job guiding clients up rock faces, then swerved toward building an outdoor business, was swept up by writing, and carried 180 degrees off-course toward the Atlantic. I never would have guessed it. And I can't say I regret it.
In the middle of the afternoon I come face-to-face with my former self at McHenrys Notch. The notch and its namesake peak are infamous as the great obstacles to easy walking along the park's crest. My intention is to hike west off the divide to the timbered cirque where my permit says I must spend tonight, bypassing McHenrys altogether. But in my gut I carry a niggling adrenaline-tinged demon of youth. What does this mountain really look like?
At first glance my decision is sealed. The peak is a complex pattern of smooth granite facets too sheer to scramble up unroped. But as I'm walking down my eyes keep drifting back to McHenrys. At last I see it, a ramp leading diagonally across the west face to the summit ridge. It might go.
Sure enough, the route is a good one. Rarely during 500 feet of vertical scrambling must my hands leave the trekking poles I use for balance. A light touch here, a grabbed rock there, and I'm up. In my younger years, stronger but less wise, I might not have found this cloaked passageway through the crags. But now the youth trapped inside this 41-year-old body is swelling with giddy joy. The ascent, while easy, has awakened the climber within, strumming that internal chord that accompanies so many of my most joyful motions. The vertical dance.
That night on a rock ledge below timberline, I watch the moon rise full over the shoulder of Mt. Alice. Great sweeping white-granite walls curve upward all around. Moonglow bathes my cirque with such brilliance I could read by it. But I wouldn't consider reading. I don't need to be transported elsewhere. The here and now suffices.
I wander back upstream in the still-cool morning. From an unnamed tarn just above timberline a faint ridge gains 1,500 feet before emerging back onto the sharp divide. Here at a saddle between Chiefs Head Peak and Mt. Alice, I could easily drop south to the trails in Wild Basin at whose mouth my ride home awaits. Instead I go for one more peak along the Continental Divide, an easy scramble up the rocky east ridge of Mt. Alice. Six-hundred-foot cliffs cleave both sides of the ridge, but it's wide and the scrambling good. At the 13,310-foot summit I settle down for a snack so I can gaze across my last two-dozen miles to Ida Peak, which breaks the distant northern horizon where my journey began. So far away it's hard to believe that I was there just the day before yesterday.
A few hours of descending deposits me on the tree-covered shores of Thunder Lake. I follow the trail past a gaggle of teenagers fresh from a nearby campground. A few miles farther I come upon a ranger talking to a group of backpackers. He asks to see my permit. He stares at it dumbfounded. People don't enter on Trail Ridge Road and exit here in Wild Basin. I want to relate my adventure, but I can't bring myself to hang around fellow human beings just now, especially not a ticket-book-wielder who's analyzing whether I've been camping by the book. I feel storm clouds darkening in my head. Lightning still sizzles between my ears when the ranger relents, and I surge down the trail on a flood of emotions. I have no right to feel this way, I know. He's only doing his job. But he's wrenched me from the flow of my journey, from the freedom of "my" hills. This isn't how I thought my hike would end.
My journey on the crest has not been long as days are tallied, but it feels as if I've traveled through a lifetime. I stop and look back in the direction from which I've come. The divide is obscured by trees. My forward path seems fixed. Sore-footed, I continue down the trail.


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It's almost time to head back to school.
For all kids, that brings kind of worries and jitters: Who are you going to eat lunch with, is your teacher nice, and will you have a lot of homework?
But for some kids, there's another simple, but very serious concern: School supplies.
They may be a dollar here, a dollar there, but they add up, and students need them to succeed.
So, Friday July 26th you can help "stuff the bus!" It's doing just that--working to fill a Richmond County bus and a Columbia County bus with school supplies. That happens at the Kroc Center from 10-3.
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It's the end of summer, and that means it is time for AutumnFest at the Greenville State Farmers Market. The three-day event, held Sept. 21-23, features locally grown and seasonal produce as well as plants and flowers for the gardening enthusiast.
The South Carolina Department of Agriculture's annual AutumnFest at the Greenville State Farmers Market, located at 1354 Rutherford Road, showcases a wide variety of plants, flowers, and lawn decorations to spruce up any lawn or garden. There will also be a booth for Clemson Extension's Master Gardeners to answer gardening questions.
"Fall is always a great time to get out into your yard and garden and take advantage of cooler weather," said South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers. "You'll find just what you need for your yard projects at any of our three Fall Plant and Flower festivals."
AutumFest hours are Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. As always parking and admission are free. The Greenville State Farmers Market is open year round where shoppers can find Certified SC Grown products.
SCDA also hosts plant and flower festivals at the State Farmers Market in West Columbia and Pee Dee State Farmers Market in Florence. For more information on those events or more details about AutumnFest, call Jackie Moore with SCDA at 803-734-2210 or visit our website at www.agriculture.sc.gov.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Shriners Hospital for Children, 7th Floor Auditorium
Accreditation: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
"What's New for DSM-5: Anxiety and
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders"
presented by:
Katharine A. Phillips, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director of Research for Adult Psychiatry
Director, Body Dysmorphic Disorder Program
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence RI
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Educational Method: Lecture
Target Audience: MDs, Residents, Students, and Alumni
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Dr. Phillips has disclosed the following financial relationships with commercial interests: Grant/Research Support: NIMH, FDA, Forest Laboratories (medication only for NIMH-funded grant); Consultant: Janssen Research & Development; and Other Financial/Material Support: Honoraria or Royalties: Oxford University Press, Guildford Press, Elsevier; Speakers or Grant-Reviewing Honoraria and/or Travel Reimbursement from academic, federal institutions, and professional organizations, Merck Manual (future); Up-to-Date (future)


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Performing Arts Festival launching from Tokyo
F/T Stay is the new "hotel" service provided by Festival/Tokyo where visitors can encounter an experience like being in a "foreign country" during the Festival. Hotels and accommodation facilities that are usually frequented only by specific communities will open their doors to exciting experiences linked to the diversity of contemporary urban life.
Show the F/T festival brochure or F/T festival leaflet at participating F/T Stay locations to enjoy special discounts and perks. Valid Sep 16 (Fri) - Nov, 13 (Sun), 2011.
This unusual capsule hotel is notable for its welcoming staff and retro Eighties atmosphere. Perfect for refreshing yourself between performances!
A Japanese ryokan (inn) whose owner loves travelling and meeting people from around the world. Enjoy grass-roots international interaction in the hotel lounge!
Experience mainland Asia via Chinese staff and even Chinese on the emergency exit signs! Breakfast is available in Japanese, western or Chinese styles.
Popular with overseas guests, and featuring a café with food and drink from all over the world. While in Japan enjoy the experience of travelling abroad!
This guest house is a renovated 90-year old folk house, complete with a Mt. Fuji tumulus in the garden. The communal living room is great for meeting other backpackers.
This hotel is like a secret hideaway in the bustle of Ikebukuro. The service is friendly and the organic breakfast buffet is always popular with guests.


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August 30 2014 Latest news:
Sam Blewett
Saturday, February 1, 2014
A Wanstead pub has named Redbridge Mencap as their 2014 Charity of the Year.
The team of The Nightingale, Nightingale Lane, will hold a series of events to raise money for the learning disability charity.
Redbridge Mencap's chair, Karen Fineberg, said: "Support from The Nightingale is very much appreciated and will enable us to invest and ensure the members have more choice and opportunity in their lives."
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ACHICA > Royal Scot Crystal
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Royal Scot is known internationally for refreshingly different and beautifully designed, handmade, hand-cut and engraved crystal. In an era where mass production is the norm, the attraction of objects created by the hands of skilled craftsmen is even more appreciated. These stylish and elegant pieces are superbly presented and gift boxed to celebrate the very best in craftsmanship. Sure to turn heads at dinner parties, Royal Scot's glistening crystal evokes an air of sophisticated opulence.


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TERRE HAUTE — Avon's girls cross country team continued its three-year trend to set school records based on its state finals performances with the latest coming at the state finals held at the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute on Saturday.
Improving six spots from last year, Avon finished with a coveted podium spot, taking fifth.
"It's a school and county best showing," Avon coach Brad Rosebrock said. "I wanted them to get on the podium as a testament to all the hard work they put in this season."
Avon's one-two punch of Taylor Nicholson and Malyka Abramson both finished with all-state performances, taking fifth and 12th, respectively.
The pair broke to the front of the pack early on and then Nicholson said she did a double take as Abramson went down beside her as they headed into one of the first turns on the course.
Abramson recovered, but had to expend a lot of energy as she edged into third near the end of the race but just couldn't hold on.
"I was in great position and had my best start ever here… then there was a lot of jostling and I was tripped up from behind and fell flat on the ground," Abramson said. "I was at the back of the pack and tried to force myself back in it so I could place well for my team.
"I'm lucky enough to have Taylor who was able to pick up the slack."
Nicholson broke her own personal best time and Avon freshman record by nearly 10 seconds. At the runners' recovery area, Nicholson was still trying to process what she'd just accomplished.
"I was so excited and I saw the finish line and it was right there just waiting for me and I just gave it my all," Nicholson said. "I just still can't believe it. I didn't think about it and just ran."


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God's Good Man; A Simple Love Story Volume 1
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ... Show synopsis This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...purty face of 'er! Welcome 'ome to th' owld Squire's daughter, mates! D'ye 'ear me!" And he turned a dim rolling eye of command on Spruce and Bainton--"I sez welcome 'ome! And when I sez it I 'spect it to be said arter me by the both of ye, --welcome 'ome!" Spruce, unable to hear a word of this exordium, smiled sheepishly, --and twirling the cap he held, put his coloured handkerchief into it and squeezed it tightly within the lining. Bainton, with the impending fate of the Five Sisters in view, judged it advisable not to irritate or disobey the old gentleman whom he had brought forward as special pleader in the case, and gathering his wits together he spoke out bravely. "Welcome 'ome, it is, Josey!" he said. "We both sez it, and we both means it! And we 'opes the young lady will not take it amiss as 'ow we've come to see 'er on the first night of 'er return, and wish 'er 'appy in the old 'ouse and long may she remain in it!" Here he broke off, his eloquence being greatly disturbed by the gracious smile Maryllia gave him. "Thank you so much!" she murmured, sweetly; and then going up to Josey Letherbarrow, she patted the brown wrinkled hand that grasped the stick. "How kind and good of you to come and see me! And so you knew me when I was a little girl? I hope I was nice to you! Was I?" Josey waved his straw hat speechlessly. His first burst of enthusiasm over, he was somewhat dazed, and a little uncertain as to how he should next proceed with his mission. "Tell 'er as 'ow the Five Sisters be chalked;" growled Bainton in an undertone. But Josey's mind had gone wandering far afield, groping amid memories of the past, and his aged eyes were fixed on Maryllia with a strange look of wonder and remembrance commingled. "Th' owld Squire! Th' owld Squire!..".


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Conscious Capitalism Conference
February 25-28, 2014
The Center for Education on Social Responsibility, CESR, presented its fifth annual Conscious Capitalism Conference, February 25-28, 2014. Expanded to four days, the event featured a variety of sessions that showcased the Center's innovative curriculum and highlighted its commitment to shaping a different standard for tomorrow's business leaders.
Through class visits, expert panels and lectures, student competitions and showcases, attendees explored their own values and networked with like-minded professionals about applying positive values in a business setting.
The Conference also included the one-day Conscious Capitalism Symposium, a CESR flagship event, on Friday, February 28th.
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Military Family Gets a Huge Holiday Surprise!
Andrea thought she was bringing her family to New York City to take a family picture and meet Bethenny Frankel, but Jenni Pulos and Bethenny had a big surprise for her. Jenni Pulos, from Bravo's "Flipping Out," met Andrea at her hotel on a snowy New York City day and took her on a holiday shopping spree at JCPenney. Then, Andrea came on "bethenny" and was able to see her husband.
Watch these two videos and see their reunion.
Throughout the month of December, JCPenney invites customers to join them by rounding up in-store and online purchases to the nearest dollar in support of the USO. Learn more at JCPenney Cares.


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Mark 16: 17-18 says , "And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
Pastor Mack Wolford of Apostolic House of the Lord Jesus in Matoaka in West Virginia believed and practiced this biblical faith.He handled snakes ,he believed that even if the snake bit him,God would heal him.On Saturday the flamboyant pastor turned 44 years and on Sunday he organised an outdoor service where he planed a great manifestation of Gods power in various ways like speaking in tongues, handling snakes and much more.
Worfold's sister Robin Vanover narrated that just 30 minutes into the service, Wolford passed around a poisonous timber snake, and it bit him.He laid the snake on the ground and sat down next to it ,it bit him on the thigh.
Pastor Wolford was taken home in Bluefield. The situation worse , he was taken to a hospital where he later died.
So the snake Handling Pastor Mack Wolford died of the snake bite on Monday. Wolford's church, the Apostolic House of the Lord Jesus in Matoaka, will host a viewing Friday and a funeral service Saturday morning. Wolford will be buried at the Hicks Family Plot in Phelps, Ky.
While snake-handling is legal in West Virginia, other Appalachian states, including Kentucky and Tennessee, have banned the practice in public spaces.
Snake-handlers point to scripture as evidence that God calls them to engage in such a practice to show their faith in him.


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New Kiwanis officers
Neighbor News (Denville Edition)
Gordon Meth, Kiwanis Division 9 lieutenant governor, installed the 2012-2013 Denville Kiwanis Club officers and Board members on Oct. 15 at The Exchange in Rockaway. Ruth Incitti, left, was installed as secretary; Nancy Witte, club president and Alexis Schoerner, right, was installed as club treasurer. Installed as Board members were: Gus Contreras, John Guibert, Lance Incitti, Al Wiedman and Rick Yobs.


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Ossining village police on patrol stopped a car with one headlight out and recognized the driver as an Ossining woman who was wanted for failure to appear in Peekskill City Court.
During the arrest at 9:05 p.m. Jan. 29, police found marjuana in the car along with hydrocodone and oxycontin pills.
Kyisha Mackey, 33, and William Shelton, 32, were charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana. She was also charged with failure to appear.
Mackey was transferred to Peekskill police after she was booked in Ossining.


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If you haven't heard already (aka - if you live in a cave), Chris Kluwe is a pretty big proponent for same-sex marriage.
Now I work overnight shifts into the AM, so I like to listen to the 93X Half-Assed Morning Show towards the end of my shift (Brotherhood 2000 plus 12). If you are like me, and also listen to this, you know that Kluwe is a regular guest on the show, and he has affectionately been dubbed "Warcraft" by the guys on the show, due to his love for online gaming. But it looks like he has a new nickname, after posing for a photo shoot, with an accompanying article in "Out Magazine."
I can't take credit for the nickname, as it was submitted by a fellow H.A.M.S. listener, but it stuck.
Now, I saw that somebody else posted a fanpost about Kluwe's opinions on the topic, but that is not really why I posted this. I personally think it's funny to see a Punter get a shirtless photo spread in a magazine, and if you heard Christian Ponder's interview on the show this morning, it sounds like the locker room is having some fun with it.


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Toronto capsules — day 10
(FOR NOW, rather than post nothing until I can get the last few capsules finished, and holding off on other stuff until I do … I'm gonna post the one capsule I have done and update both this post and add a top post linking here when the other four movies get done.)
POLICE, ADJECTIVE (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 8)
I've frequently said that if Friedrich Nietzsche could ever have seen Kubrick's 2001 and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, I am convinced he would have cried out — "there is my philosophy on film." Similarly, if his acolyte Michel Foucault could have seen POLICE, ADJECTIVE, he would have had the same reaction. And there is no question that, even if I'm wrong about the specific influence, that POLICE is intended to be seen and understood as philosophical discourse (cue Mike's hissing). The bravura last scene, which radically recodes everything that had gone before and makes at least a rationale for what I acknowledge are the film longueurs, takes the form of a Platonic dialogue. Only here, the role of Socrates played by Vlad Ivanov, back to playing someone as utterly pragmatic as he did in 4 MONTHS. But this dialogue is not primarily about the search for wisdom (or even "language," per se) but more on that anon.
POLICE, ADJECTIVE centers on a working-class undercover drug cop named Christi investigating what may be a hashish ring involving some high-school students, who seem to be Romanian bourgeoisie. But he's not seeing more than personal use, which he doesn't think is really worth busting a couple of teenagers and marking them for life with a lengthy jail term. Though it takes the form of a "policier," these parts of the film is extremely slow-paced and action-free — entirely observing, following, and basically no confrontation or even much talk. I was a little frustrated with it at times, but POLICE, ADJECTIVE is ultimately a film about how discourse (what Foucault called power-knowledge) represses experience and shapes what an individual sees as his conscience. And so the pacing of the previous scenes have to "deliver the goods" to us in something more like "real time," i.e., in the form that Christi experiences, rather than in the conventions of theatrical time, which is closer to "discourse."
Besides the observational scenes, he film also has several that drop hints the relationships among discourse, words and power is the ultimate topic — the very first scene involves Christi refusing to let a fellow cop on the "foot tennis" team because "it's a rule" that if you're no good at soccer, you stink at foot tennis, to which the colleague responds "where's that written." Christi's new wife is a grammar teacher who sometimes corrects his usage ("it's what the Romanian Academy says," she explains). She also repeatedly listens to a song, which Poromboiu plays all the way through while the camera watches him eat dinner in the next room, and then restarts, that he doesn't like, saying its lyrics make no sense, taking a form of discourse (art) at its most literal.¹ Also, two or three times Porumboiu fills up the screen with the pages from Christi's police report and reads them aloud. The scenes feel inert as they impart no information we haven't seen and feel reductive and bureaucratically plain. But that's their function in POLICE, ADJECTIVE: to replace the experience we've had with an official discourse about it that will become the basis of everything that follows. In that last scene, Christi refuses to set up a sting, saying his conscience won't let him. And the Socratic debate, which centers on the meaning of words, commences. The effects of words are extended to the logic of images, in the film's very last shot, a coda of sorts about what will happen next, and which we never see (credit to Tweep James Hansen for spelling it out in exchanges with me, though I did get it).
As should be obvious, my love with POLICE, ADJECTIVE is intellectual and retrospective, and I've acknowledged sometimes getting a bit impatient with it as it unfolded. "There's too many shots of him eating soup," my notes say at one point. Porumboiu's first film 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST also had trouble with me early, though more as a not-terribly funny comedy than for slackly-paced emptiness, until it became essentially a one-room talking scene (a Romanian TV talk-show that would give Alan Partridge nightmares). I'll need to give POLICE, ADJECTIVE a second view to see if knowing everything makes the buildup less tedious. But for now, after having discussed the film, argued on Twitter, reread my notes, and written this review, my memories of POLICE, ADJECTIVE are entirely pleasurable. Oh, wait …
¹ I forget the specifics, but Christi basically does the equivalent of taking a line like "my love is like a red, red rose" and saying, "how … does it have thorns or petals, does it give off a scent, what's 'red' about it?" Which (1) couldn't more miss the point on artistic discourse, and (2) sets up the understanding of language that will be used against him later.
AIR DOLL (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, 7)
HADEWIJCH (Bruno Dumont, France, 9)
ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noe, France, 4 — though really an 8 for style and 0 for content)
ONG BAK 2: THE BEGINNING (Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai, Thailand, 5)
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It's almost the end of the decade and, as he did in 1999, Mike D'Angelo has asked us Skandie voters to pick our 10 favorite films of the decade and our 10 favorite performances (one category only; male and female, lead and supporting). He's about halfway through the countdown now at his blog Listen, Eggroll.
Here are my ballots, with the Mike-request proviso that I not give away the point totals. To that same end, I've also listed them in alphabetical order, so as not to suggest any order of preference. There's also links to those among the films and the actors' films that I've written about.
BEST FILMS OF THE 00s
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (Andrew Jarecki, USA) — review essay here
THE CHILD (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium) — review essay here
DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier, Denmark) — review essay here
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu, Romania) — TIFF review here; with expansions here and here
GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog, USA) — review essay here
MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, USA)
LA PIANISTE (Michael Haneke, France/Austria)
SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico) — TIFF review here; with review essay here
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Roy Andersson, Sweden)
TIME OUT (Laurent Cantet, France)
BEST ACTORS OF THE 00s
Bjork, DANCER IN THE DARK — review of the film here
Russell Crowe, CINDERELLA MAN — review of the film here
Ryan Gosling, THE BELIEVER
Olivier Gourmet, THE SON — review of the film here
Isabelle Huppert, LA PIANISTE
Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Maia Morgenstern, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST — review of the film here
Simon Pegg, HOT FUZZ
Aurelien Recoing, TIME OUT
Imelda Staunton, VERA DRAKE — review of the film here


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John Harrison is...
big name
Robert April?!
Holy @#*%!!!!!!
Well he's right. He could be joining dots where none exist but then he might not be.
I pretty much at this early stage am inclined to believe John Harrison is an alias. But an alias for whom...........
A very fascinating theory! I like it!
Given the villain's seeming superhuman physical abilities the conventional guesses based on the claim that he is an iconic TOS character, Mitchell or Khan, make more sense than this fairly
wild guess.
In STXI we saw the first flight of the E so there can be no captain of the Enterprise before Pike so April would have to hold a different position ... so why use the character in the first place?
Right now I would bet on Khan due to the two ingredients from TWOK being used.
I think those ingredients are a deliberate bait XD
Not going to be Khan. From the interview with JJ on Trekmovie.com I discern that the hands on the glass and other aspects are simply nods to the old verse and don't signify a repeat of previous events.
The hands on the glass are Spock and Harrison.
In other words, this double-layer strategical thinking stuff, "they say A and it looks like A but it certainly isn't A, they just wanna fool us", is dubious at best.
I stand behind what I have predicted since over a year or two. Khan. Thrice in a row. Probably better than during the last two failed attempts but still an unprecedented creative standstill of the franchise.
I'm starting to lean toward surrender in my hopes it was either Mitchell or Garth.
It is looking more and more like Khan.
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I have been a football fan (Rams) for over 40 years. I sometimes even think I know and understand a thing or two about the game. However, when it comes to terminology (especially the terminology currently in use for wide receivers) I sometimes get confused. The only term I understand fully is "wide receiver".
After that it gets a bit murky for me. I read posts and comments on TST (and elsewhere) and listen to announcers who all use many different terms to describe wide receivers. Sometimes its by number (#1 Receiver, #2 Receiver etc.), sometimes its by letter (x,y,z), sometimes its by name (slot, wideout, possession, vertical threat, flanker, etc.). This is very confusing for me. What makes it worse is that sometimes the terms are interchangeable or they overlap one another and there appears to be no consensus on which term means what. To top it all off it appears as though the terminology means different things to different teams, depending on their offensive philosophies and systems they have installed.
The reason I would like to know more about all of this is twofold: I would like to understand more about the game and its terms and strategies and I would like to be able to follow comments and posts better when these terms are used and understand how the terms are being used and in what context. Maybe there are a lot of us out there who feel the same way and would like a better understanding of the terminology?
Notwithstanding the terminology, I figure that the following holds true in an ideal world: in a three receiver set you would like to see one player who can stretch the field with speed and ability and is a constant threat to defenses because of their speed (Givens??).....one player who runs precise routes with great hands who is effective in the ten to fifteen yard range (Quick??).......and one player who catches a lot of balls in the 8-10 yard range (Amendola??). I realize that is somewhat simplified but it is as far as my understanding goes. I for one would love to know how these terms truly apply to the receivers currently on our team.
I would love to see comments/discussion related to this post. Your thoughts will help in understanding the terminology (maybe even getting a consensus as to what each term means).This would be most helpful to many of us.


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Pinot Grigio is a very popular wine just now, but a lot of people don't know that much about its origins.
Pinot Grigio hails from Italy, while Pinot Gris, which is from the same grape, is from France.
However, Pinot Grigio tends to be a lighter and easier to drink wine, while Pinot Gris is a heavier food wine with a richer style.
Generally from the north of Italy, Pinot Grigio are hugely popular in the UK and the USA, selling by the bucket load.
It is generally a good wine and tends to be a safe choice – if it was an ice cream flavour it would be vanilla. There are some really good Pinot Grigios, but around 90 per cent of them taste pretty much the same.
Wine expert Tom Cannavan has picked three of his favourites, to show you how to get a Pinot Grigio with a bit of a difference.
Here are his selections:
1. Recas Pinot Grigio 2008, priced at £4.98 at Wine Rack (or two for £8 until September 8th)
This wine is from Romania, which is one of the world's top 10 biggest wine producers. But since the overthrow of the dictator Ceausescu in 1989, it has been a long struggle for wineries to reclaim vineyards and modernise their facilities.
Now, companies like the Anglo-Romanian Recas are producing excellent, modern wines, like this one.
This wine, which has fruity flavours of apples, pears and lemons, goes well with fish, chicken or summer salads, but is also delicious to drink on its own.
2. The Co-operative Marlborough Pinot Grigio 2008, priced at £7.99 at The Co-operative.
Marlborough is New Zealand's largest winemaking region, and it's best known for its terrific Sauvignon Blanc, but they are expanding into other grapes in case the Sauvignon bubble bursts.
This Pinot Grigio has a creamier, richer character than many cheaper wines from Italy, and also a little exotic fruitiness.
it has flavours of mangoes, peaches and rose petals, and goes really well with creamy pasta dishes or shellfish pasta dishes, as well as smoked salmon.
3. Cave de Turckheim Pinot Gris 2007, priced at £8.99 from Majestic (on offer at £8.49 at the moment)
This wine hails from Alsace in France. The cool, northerly region (which was once part of Germany) is top class territory for aromatic white wines like Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris - the French name for the Pinot Grigio grape.
With this wine, expect a richer, fuller style of PG, with plenty of alcohol and weight.
It has tastes of white flowers, peaches and nectarines and goes really well with poultry, veal or pork, especially in creamy or mustard sauces.
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The San Diego Chargers added some offensive line depth on Tuesday, agreeing to a deal with free agent tackle King Dunlap, according to a report from Adam Caplan.
Dunlap started 12 games for the Eagles last season, including 11 starts at left tackle. The Chargers had issues at left tackle last season with Jared Gaither and Michael Harris both having issues. Harris started nine games as a rookie, but was one of the lowest graded tackles in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
Dunlap, a seventh round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, has experience both as a reserve and a starter. He appeared in 52 games during four seasons with the Eagles, including 19 starts. He won the left tackle job out of training camp and was graded as the 33rd most productive tackle last season according to PFF. Dunlap graded out better in pass protection than as a run blocker. He allowed five sacks while playing 838 snaps.
The acquisition of Dunalp comes after San Diego lost starting guard Louis Vasquez to the Denver Broncos in free agency.
More in the NFL:
• NFL mock draft: Changes on the eve of free agency
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• Tony Gonzalez will return to Falcons
• Victor Cruz wants No. 1 receiver money
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Say You're One of Them
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Carry the One
When a car of inebriated guests from Carmen's wedding hits and kills a girl on a country road, Carmen and the people involved in the accident connect, disconnect and reconnect throughout 25 subsequent years of marriage, parenthood, holidays and tragedies.
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Northanger Abbey
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Pride & Prejudice
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The Sense of an Ending
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Bissinger, H.G.
Friday Night Lights
The Permian High School football team gives the residents of economically-depressed Odessa, Texas, something to cheer about.
Bohjalian, Chris
The Buffalo Soldier
After losing their children in a flash flood, a couple's marriage is tested by grief, adultery, and the addition of an African American foster boy to their lives.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the nine-year-old son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Bradbury, Ray
Fahrenheit 451
A fireman whose job is to burn books meets two people who cause him to question his profession and change his ways.
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Here If You Need Me
The author documents her decision to pursue her husband's ambition to become a minister after his tragic accidental death, describing how she eventually became a spiritual counselor for families with missing loved ones during search-and-rescue missions.
Bronte, Charlotte
Jane Eyre
A governess's love for the father of her ward is frustrated by the revelation that he is married to an insane woman.
Buchan, Elizabeth
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
When her happy marriage and successful career fall apart after twenty-five years, a middle-aged woman struggles with the prospect of starting over until the reappearance of an old flame.
Burroughs, Augusten
Running with Scissors
Both horrifying and hysterical, the true story of a boy whose mother, a delusional poet, gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist.
Cheever, Susan
American Bloomsbury
Examines Concord, Massachusetts in the middle of the 19th century, and the melodrama that played itself out among the transcendentalist writers and thinkers who lived there.
Chen, Pauline
Final Exam
In a series of reflections on the world of modern medicine, a young doctor describes how physicians must deal with the inescapable reality of death and her personal experiences throughout her education, residency, and practice with mortality.
Chopin, Kate
The Awakening
A Victorian-era New Orleans wife and mother experiences desire and attraction to a younger man while on summer vacation with her children.
Cooper, Anderson
Dispatches From the Edge
The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
Day, Cathy
The Circus in Winter
From 1884 to 1939, a circus winters in a small Indiana town and provides a magical backdrop for the daily lives of the town's inhabitants.
Delinsky, Barbara
Not My Daughter
Diamant, Anita
The Red Tent
A fictional account of Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, her birth and childhood in Mesopotamia, her years in Canaan, and her death in Egypt.
Dickens, Charles
A Tale of Two Cities; and Great Expectations
In A tale of two cities, during the French Revolution, a ne'er-do-well goes to the guillotine in place of his look-a-like because of his devotion to the woman that both love. In Great expectations, a young man in 1820s London who expects to be reared by a rich patron and to marry a wealthy young woman finds his hopes dashed.
Donnelly, Jennifer
A Northern Light
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House of Sand and Fog
An Iranian immigrant buys a bugalow at public auction for his family, but the house's former owner and her lover go to extremes to get her house back.
Dugard, Jaycee
A Stolen Life
The memoir of Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old, and was missing for over 18 years before her reappearance in 2009.
Dyja, Thomas
Play for a Kingdom
In the spring of 1864, during the Civil War battle of Spotsylvania, the 14th Brooklyn company is challenged to a series of baseball games by an Alabama infantry.
Ebershoff, David
The 19th Wife
Intertwines the story of Ann Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, and a modern mystery in which a polygamous man has been found murdered and one of his wives is accused of the crime.
Edwards, Elizabeth
The author recounts some of the difficulties she has faced, including the death of her son, cancer, and her husband's public affair, and shares how she has managed to adapt and survive.
Eisenhower, Susan
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Aesthetic carport – The existence of the carport for the drive home, is ' mandatory ' law. Is a function of the carport car shelter outside the home. Therefore , despite being outside the home, each will be equipped with a roof carport to protect your car from the heat rays from the sun and rain shower. Under the carport, people can wash and prepare the car before leaving.
Because it also serves as a car park before going to a garage , carport floors must be solid so as not to muddy if it rains, or if the hot dusty. Carport is also required to keep a second or third car if the garage already contains. Of course the car is placed in the carport is a car that is not better than the other cars. Nevertheless there are different minded.
Usually, cars are placed outside the garage so that people can see that the master has a nice car and fancy. It could also be a car that is out is not always good or bad, but the views of other aspects, such as the antique cars, distinctive, rare, and attract people's attention.
Sometimes, intentionally omitted garage , converted to spaces in the other. So the cars on display in the courtyard, with more reason than relieved, too easy maintenance. As an extension of the garage or patio, porch or living room is narrow, carport are also often used as a multipurpose room, including to play for the kids.
In accordance with the function and nature , carport can be made in accordance with the type, namely permanent and fused with the body, semi- permanent, and less permanent , when seen from the material. There are at least three components of the carport, the roof, floors, doors and fences. The difference is, the materials used to build the carport.
For homes located in the cluster region , sometimes not fenced yard and no door. Nevertheless, for the sake of security vehicles, there is also a carport in the cluster are given fences and doors.
House with a lot of cars in non – cluster housing complex , more often given fences and doors. Even the form of fences and gates are made of high. High fenced house types often indicates lack of harmony in the complex neighborly relations. Impressed individualism. Neighborly rarely interact. Plausible reason is each house has a tremendous rush. Perhaps, the following model selection carport and fence gate reflects the character of its owner.
That 's why, carport, fence and doors are made with the matching shades or blend with the house. For example, if a minimalist house, carport were also made with a minimalist style anyway. Fused with the impression carport embodied in the selection of paint colors, flooring base material, and a model of the house roof.
So that also integrates with the page, it's good carport area decorated with plants at the edges. Suggested types of crops grown there include bamboo, bonsai, palm, or a small evergreen, or grass . Plant flowers in pots can be, in every corner or lined the edge. While this type of bamboo planted in planting against the wall.
Sometimes, shorter length of car carport. As a result, the door is often made out to protrude past the boundary ditch. It is less elegant, because, the area outside the fence is a public area.
Outside the fence there is a gutter and sidewalks , and a garden. Conversely, if the complex is not too wide, but wide enough for a car ran wide. Bridges or sewer cover at the front gate also should not be higher than the road. If that is done, will narrow the road is clear, and it was taboo.
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A pair of teams from different BCS conferences meet on Saturday night as the Texas Longhorns (2-0) visit Ole Miss (2-0) at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss.
The No. 14 Longhorns arrive in "The Grove" undefeated after dispatching a pair of Mountain West teams in Austin. Texas beat Wyoming and New Mexico by the combined score of 82-17 in the first two weeks.
While the dual-headed quarterback situation was the pre-season story for Texas, sophomore David Ash has thrown 49 of 58 total passes for the Longhorns. So far, Ash is off to a strong start, completing 74 percent of his passes with no interceptions in those 49 attempts. A pair of talented running backs in Joe Bergeron and Malcolm Brown has the Longhorns averaging 213 rushing yards per game.
Ole Miss is off to a 2-0 start under first-year head coach Hugh Freeze. The Rebels will be playing their third-straight home game after beating Central Arkansas (49-27) and UTEP (28-10) to start the season. With a new offensive look keyed by quarterback Bo Wallace, the Rebels are averaging 552 yards per game, 10th-best in the country.
Game time, TV channel: 9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
Point spread: Texas is favored by 9.5
For news, discussion and more, visit Texas Longhorns blogs Burnt Orange Nation and Barking Carnival. For more on the Ole Miss Rebels, head to Red Cup Rebellion.
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17th Annual Millet Soccer Tournament
Friday, June 15, 2012
Seventeen years of hosting this Millet Soccer Tournament is quite an accomplishment. One that the Alberta Soccer Association recognizes, and "awards seniority to, disallowing other soccer tournaments to take place on this same week-end" shares Tony Wadsworth, a loyal contributor to this 'historic' sports event who doesn't have kids in the program anymore, but whose enthusiasm for the sport remains vibrant.
On this mostly rainy and windy weekend, the action was spread out on Millet's numerous soccer fields. With fifty visiting teams and accompanying parents, grand-parents, siblings and other spectators, Millet's population actually doubles on this weekend every year!
An interesting fact is that the Town of Millet was scheduled to start a large construction project near the site of Pipestone Park Soccer Field, but Town Council reconsidered and postponed the start date to support the awesome hospitality job its Soccer Association delivers on this particular weekend. The City of Wetaskiwin was also eager to offer its hospitality to young Alberta soccer players and their families, so with 50 teams (yes, fifty!) on the roster, the Tournament Committee gratefully agreed to direct some of the 102 games to take place in that city.
Millet's Paul Pay Soccer Field on the south-west side of town is named after a former Millet resident who all those years ago, as a young dad, decided that soccer looked like a fun sport for his young son and created the Millet Soccer Association without any soccer knowledge. He worked hard at this, until work relocated him and his family to Ontario a few years later. The irrigation system was improved recently at Paul Pay Field: this is a dynamic Town's step towards improving the playing experience for soccer players of all ages.
Guests of this Millet Tournament hail from Stettler, Edmonton, Peace River, Olds, Carstairs, Acme, Viking, Ponoka and Rocky Mountain House. It is fascinating to observe that more than half of these soccer players are under the age of 12: a tender age to develop a competitive spirit! The first day of the Tournament saw blue skies and a bright sun compete with dark clouds and gusty winds: the Sunday games were played mostly in the rain, however that didn't slow down the play much. Nicole Luebke, a cheerful mom of two players shared that this tournament is a favorite of many Alberta teams: that she and her family always enjoy it and always plan to attend. Dee, a soccer mom who grew up in this region, was hospitable and helpful in directing this writer to the proper officials. A few quiet moments away from the pounding rain were gratefully gained in the Officials' shelter.
Sunday afternoon didn't see an improvement in the day's weather: a heavy rain created huge puddles in the fields, and it was amazing to witness the brave sportsmanship of both male and female players, who ran, kicked, scored and kept their balance despite the water splashes that sometimes reached above their heads. Being asked about their confidence when playing in such a weather, several youngsters, boys and girls alike, shared that it was fun but that there was also a tiny element of fear…
The logistics of planning 102 games within a two-day period are simply mind-boggling, but it was said that after seventeen years, the organisers knew what they're doing: the smooth delivery of the schedule and the fast-paced medals ceremonies proved it!
After each game on the second day, medals and trophies were handed out, and local teams proudly received their share of the tournament's hardware. MILLET'S U-12 GIRLS' TEAM The Lamborghinis in their yellow jerseys were proud to accept their individual silver medals, and their team trophy. One girl on this team was extra proud, as her dad Derwin Herrera got his company POWELL CANADA to loan a state-of-the-art barbecue to the tournament Committee at Pipestone Park. Concessions were set up at each of the three soccer fields, and volunteers worked together cheerfully despite the inclement weather. Aside from a young lady's sore hip, no serious injuries were reported due to the excessive amount of water flooding the fields.
The WETASKIWIN U-16 BOYS TEAM proudly received individual Gold Medals and an impressive trophy after their win against Peace River in a 4-0 final game. Soaked from head to toe, the young men were in great spirits: their Tournament Coach Steve Mulley along with their Head Coach Darrin Rasmuson shared with assistant coaches the pride of a tournament well played. Millet Soccer Association officials Wayne DiLallo and Jeannette Johnson were knowledgeable and helpful board members who seemed happy to share information about their tournament. Another impressive fact is that the Millet Soccer Association includes 30 kids in U-4 (younger than 4!) and seventy kids under 6.
All in all, the 17th Annual Millet Soccer Tournament was well planned and well played: the season is not over, and the Pipestone Flyer sends a heartfelt CONGRATS to all the participants.
Note: Pipestone Flyer writer Dominique Vrolyk is proud to share that four of her five kids played soccer through school in Calmar, and she always enjoyed the sport's outdoors benefits, the action on the field, and the other soccer parents!
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Way of the Samurai 4 Officially Announced!
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Written by Jayce Diaz Wednesday, October 27 2010 11:34
I'm probably one of the only Americans excited by this. Publisher Spike has announced the upcoming sequel as a PS3-exclusive, which is being developed with the spirit of the original title in mind.
I've always been a fan of the series, ever since I took a gamble and bought the first game the day after it came out. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure book, but as a game. With Samurai. And Ninjas. And a cool black guy living under a wooden bridge. Seriously.
This entry promises to be longer, while still providing the "play it a million times over" vibe the earlier games had. I'm psyched, to say the least.


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Michigan Wolverines Vs. 21 Mississippi St. Bulldogs
January 1st, Jacksonville, Florida
The Michigan Wolverines will be finally returning to a bowl game next week after a two-year absence. The Wolverines have the most exciting player in college football in Denard Robinson and the Bulldogs have not lost to a team outside of the current top 20 all year. The Bulldogs come from the deepest division in all of college football with five of the six teams being ranked currently. The Wolverines have struggled against ranked teams all year and have not beaten a team that is currently ranked.
The Wolverines started of the year red-hot winning their first five games and jumping into the top 20 for a brief period. Then Denard got banged up in conference play and really struggled against elite defenses. The Wolverines dropped their next three contests vs in-state rival Michigan State, a Iowa team that faded down the stretch, and a Penn St. team that was starting a walk-on quarterback. It was starting to look like a repeat 2009 season in Ann Arbor when the Wolverines played in one of the more offensive games in all of college football against Illinois the following week winning in triple overtime 65-63. The much-maligned Wolverine defense then won the game against Purdue in a game where the offense had five turnovers and really did not play well enough to win the defense had their best game, albeit against a team who had injuries to their starting quarterback, running back, and their number one receiver, allowing only 256 yards of total offense and forcing five turnovers of their own. Michigan limped to the finish line though getting blown out in their final two games by BCS bowl bound teams in Wisconsin and Ohio St. It will be interesting to see how Michigan's defense responds to having a month to prepare and hopefully the offense can rebound with a healthy Robinson.
Mississippi State started off the year by facing an overmatched Memphis team winning 49-7. The Bulldogs then proceeded by losing the following two weeks to divisional foes Auburn and LSU. Both of which are currently ranked in the top 15 and Auburn is heading to the national championship after an undefeated season. They responded by winning their next six games and surging to a 7-2 record. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs the month of November was not kind to them as they lost to Alabama and Arkansas in back to back weeks before finishing off with a win against in-state rival Mississippi. The Bulldog's passing offense is not the greatest ranking 91st in the country with 178.6 yards per game but they feature a strong running attack lead by junior Vick Ballard, who averages 5.4 yards per carry. The Bulldogs have a staunch defense allowing only 20.3 points per game and ranking 27th in the country.
The Gator Bowl should be a very competitive game featuring two teams that run spread offenses. The Wolverines could very well be playing for Rich Rodriguez's job and Mississippi State will be celebrating retaining theirs after Mullen was named a candidate for head coaching vacancies at both Florida and Miami (Fl). If Michigan wins and Rich Rodriguez retains his job they could very well be a very dangerous team next year in the Big 10 playing in a division that could be weaker then it appears right now with Iowa losing a lot of key players and Minnesota struggling and starting a new era under Jerry Kill. Mississippi State could enter the season in the top 20 next year with a win, especially if Cam Newton and Ryan Mallett both turn pro. Alabama also could lose a ton of talent if their draft eligible players leave and they also lose starting quarterback Greg McElroy. This might end up being one of the more entertaining bowl games and I suspect that a fully healthy Robinson will help Michigan score more points then they did in the final month of the season. Michigan's defense will play just good enough to win and force a couple of key turnovers including one in the final five minutes that will seal the win for the Wolverines.


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Lawrence County's general fund is short hundreds of thousands of dollars. County leaders are doing a juggling act so they can make the county payroll Friday.
The County Administrator said Thursday that employees are in no danger of not receiving paychecks. They are moving money around to make sure the workers get paid and counting on money they've been waiting for to help get through the end of September, when the fiscal year ends.
Currently, the general fund is roughly $700,000 in the hole. Two weeks ago, the County Commission agreed to apply for a $400,000 line of credit, but the bank is still processing the request. "We hope to have that done in the next week or two," said Administrator Tricia Galbreath. "In the meantime, we will have some money coming in." The county is expecting more than a quarter of a million dollars in federal disaster relief from the 2011 tornado outbreak.
For now, they will move money over from the Solid Waste Authority to cover more than $60,000 in payroll and hope the bank approves the line of credit soon. The county plans to pay back the SWA with either the federal funds or from the credit line. The credit line is expected to be paid back with ad valorem tax revenue by the end of the year.
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A construction worker is recovering Friday night after an accident on the job near the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Charlottesville's fire department used its newest engine for the rescue operation.
Gilbane, the construction company in charge of the UVA Medical Center Chiller Plant Project, says the worker lost his footing while moving a steel beam. The worker then fell off the platform he was standing on, and the beam hit him in the head.
The Charlottesville Fire Department, rescue squad, and UVA's Pegasus Ground Unit all responded to a report of an injury on the chiller plant being built at the medical center. The call came in shortly after 11 a.m.
Charlottesville fire crews used their new Tower 10 fire engine - equipped with a longer ladder and platform for technical rescue operations. They say it played a big role in securing the worker and taking him to the medical center quickly.
"The firefighters train each month for this type of rescue which is very unique and it really paid off today and showed that being prepared for this type of operation when it does come - the rescue was a very smooth success and everything went very well with no additional injuries to fire personnel or civilians," said Battalion Chief Richard Jones of the Charlottesville Fire Department.
Charlottesville and UVA police were also on the scene. They closed roads - including Eleventh Street - while the rescue was taking place.
A Gilbane representative says the worker was released from the medical center with minor injuries. They say proper safety gear and fall protection prevented the worker from getting more seriously hurt.


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A Staunton man faces a long time in prison after taking a plea agreement in a gang-related assault case. 20-year-old Trey Aaron Scott pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felony charges, including aggravated malicious wounding.
He will serve 14.5 years behind bars. Prosecutors say Scott is a Bloods gang member who pistol-whipped another man during a party near Verona in December 2011.
Scott still faces a trial next month for similar charges in Rockingham County.
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Staunton, VA - A Shenandoah Valley Bloods gang leader was sentenced today to 53 years in prison for felony gang participation, aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm during the commission of the felony, and cocaine possession. He has also been ordered to pay the victim, a 22-year-old Augusta County man, $3,500 in restitution for medical expenses.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced that Trey Aaron Scott, a lieutenant for the Bloods gang in the Shenandoah Valley area, entered guilty Alford pleas, which were accepted by Judge Victor Ludwig earlier this morning in Augusta County Circuit Court. An Alford plea is not an admission of guilt; rather, it is an admission by the defendant that the commonwealth has enough evidence to convince a judge or jury to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Judge Ludwig sentenced Scott to 53 years in prison with 38 years and six months of his sentence suspended, for a total active sentence of 14 years and six months.
On December 30, 2011, shortly after attaining the rank of lieutenant within the Bloods gang, Scott attended a party in Augusta County accompanied by several suspected Blood gang members. Scott and his entourage approached the victim, suspecting he was a member of the Bloods' rival gang, the Crips. Later that night, the victim bumped into Scott in a hallway, which Scott took as an act of disrespect. Scott attacked the victim, and the assault continued as the victim tried to escape the house. When he did escape, Scott pulled out a gun and fired it into the air. Scott then pistol whipped the victim to the point of unconsciousness. The victim suffered orbital skull fractures and numerous cuts and abrasions as a result of the attack. Following a manhunt by the police, Scott was arrested and found also to be in possession of crack cocaine.
"Violent gangs like the Bloods terrorize communities across the commonwealth," said Cuccinelli. "As this case demonstrates, violence and brutality are a way of life for gang members. Today's sentence should make it abundantly clear to gangs or potential gang members that this violence will result in a lengthy prison term.
"This successful prosecution is the result of continuing collaborative efforts between law enforcement, prosecutors, and my office to fight gang violence throughout the commonwealth," said the attorney general. "I would like to commend the extraordinary efforts of the Augusta County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, the Augusta County Sheriff's Department, the Virginia Department of Corrections, and others who worked tirelessly to bring this case to a successful conclusion."
This case was prosecuted by Virginia Assistant Attorney General Phil Figura and Augusta County Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Angie Landes.


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The New York Giants had been pitching a shutout against the Philadelphia Eagles, until Steve Weatherford set back the "punters are people too" movement by 20 years.
It's a high snap that sails about 10 yards over his head, that much can't be blamed on Weatherford -- but why in the world didn't he just dive on the ball or kick it out of the end zone for a safety? Instead he elects to try the under-utilized "crab walk over the ball" method, which results in an Eagles touchdown.
Suddenly an easy victory doesn't look quite so easy. The Giants currently lead 15-7 with just over three minutes left in the game, and another touchdown might be enough to flip this game on its head.
Your 2013 New York Football Giants. Even when they're winning they might find a way to lose.
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