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Of the many observances and practices of Judaism, the Jewish Sabbath or Jewish
Shabbat (in Hebrew) is the best known and most commonly practiced. The Jewish
Shabbat is a day of rest at the end of the week, beginning on sundown Friday
night, and ending on Saturday night, when three stars appear in the sky. It
is an eagerly awaited chance for the Jewish people to set aside so many of their
common concerns and worries and enjoy higher pursuits.
The Jewish Sabbath is a day of celebration as well as one of prayer. It is
the only rituals laid down by the Ten Commandments and is considered to be one
of the most important ritual observed by the Jewish faith. The day itself is
a day of rest and enrichment. The word "Shabbat" derives from a
root word in Hebrew that means "to cease, to end, to rest."
In Exodus, where it commands to remember Shabbat, it is more than just a reminder
to observe the day. It is to remember the meaning and significance of Shabbat.
It is written in Exodus 20:11 that the seventh day shall be set aside as the
Sabbath day. By resting on this day, you are emulating the divine offering of
creation and rest. If God was able to rest for a day after creating the heavens
and the earth, why should we be too important to do the same?
On Shabbat, two candles are lit for the two references to Shabbat in the Bible:
Deuteronomy 5:12 - "Observe the Sabbath," and Exodus 20:8 –
"Remember the Sabbath."
After the lighting of the candles, the woman covers her eyes with her hands,
waves her hands over the candles, as in welcoming Shabbat into the home, and
recites the following blessing:
"Barukh atah Adonai E1oheinu, melekh ha'olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav
v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat"
"Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has made
us holy through His commandments and commanded us to kindle the Sabbath light."
The Jewish Sabbath is more than a day of rest though. It is a day of remembrance
and of freedom. Slaves did not receive days off in Egypt. The leisure of taking
a day off to commemorate the decree of the Fourth Commandment is a reminder
of the freedom we enjoy to do so.
The Jewish Shabbat is a day of rest, and for that reason there are numerous
works that are not permitted under Jewish law. This does not solely mean physical
labor and employment though. The word used in Hebrew to describe work is "melachah"
which does translate directly as "work." However, the word more
literally means the kind of work that is creative or shows control over surroundings.
The word itself is often only used in the context of Shabbat as well as the
building of the sanctuary. From that, there arose 39 categories of work that
are forbidden on the Jewish Sabbath, those types that were involved in building
the sanctuary. Furthermore, any related act or act using the tools of these
39 acts is forbidden. See below for the 39 categories of activity
prohibited on the Jewish Sabbath.
Traditionally, Shabbat begins at sundown, as referenced by the Jewish belief
that the day begins at sunset. Actual candle lighting times though can very
from location to location. Within 18 minutes of sundown, the Shabbat candles
are to be lit and the blessing recited. The woman of the household is to perform
this ritual, lighting two candles for the two commandments to remember and observe.
There is a traditional 45 minute service held on Friday night for Shabbat which
many families choose to attend, followed by a leisurely dinner. Kiddush is recited
over the wine, sanctifying Shabbat and another prayer to bless the food is recited
over the Challah, a traditional egg-bread. Once dinner is complete, the birkat
ha-mazon is recited and the rest of the evening is given over to casual talk
and study of the Torah before sleep.
The day of the Jewish Sabbath itself consists of morning services, followed
by another Kiddush prayer and a leisurely midday meal. More study of the torah
and leisurely, relaxed activities fill the rest of the day before Shabbat ends
with sunset.
As the most important day of any week of the Jewish calendar, the Jewish Sabbath
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miracle of creation.
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4. Binding sheaves
5. Threshing
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Aerobic Interval Training (AIT)
What It Is
AIT, which some experts also call fitness interval training, focuses on working harder during your intervals, but not going all out, as you do with anaerobic training. AIT involves alternating moderate to high intensity exercise (e.g., running briskly) with a recovery period (e.g., walking). The idea is to work harder during work intervals while keeping the intensity below 85 percent of your maximum heart rate or at Level 7-8 on this perceived exertion scale.
Who It's For:
AIT is great for any level of fitness. Beginners can keep the work intervals at a moderate intensity to fit their fitness levels, while more advanced exercisers can change the length of each interval to make the workouts more challenging.
How to Do It:
- Choose any cardio activity - This can work with any machine or activity - Running, cycling, walking, elliptical, jumping rope, kickboxing etc.
- Choose the length of your workout - This might be 10-20 minutes for beginners or 30-60 minutes for more advanced exercisers.
- Choose the length of your work/recovery intervals - Because you're staying aerobic, you can create any work/recovery ratio you like. If you're a beginner, you might alternate 1-2 minutes hard with 5 or more minutes easy. The more advanced may make their work intervals longer (e.g., 10 minutes) and their recovery intervals shorter (e.g. 2 minutes).
- Start your workout with a 5-10 warm up followed by your work and recovery intervals. Alternate each for the length of the workout.
- End with 5 minute cool down and stretch.
How Often: This type of training (providing you're staying aerobic) can be done two or more times a week, depending on your workout schedule. More about How to Set Up a Cardio Program.
Aerobic Interval Training Workouts
- 20-Minute Cardio for Absolute Beginners
- 25-Minute Cardio for Absolute Beginners
- 30-Minute Cardio for Absolute Beginners
- Boredom Buster Treadmill Interval Workout - 30 Minutes
- Boredom Buster Treadmill Interval Workout - 45 Minutes
- Boredom Buster Cardio Medley Workout
- Interval Training
- Interval Training for Beginners
- Interval Workout for Beginners - 2
- Intermediate Interval Workout
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If you are a Blazer believer who is tired of watching games alone in the heart of Laker country and you want to get dressed in the ol' black and red to root the boys on in a MUST WIN. Join me tomorrow night at Dillons on Hollywood and Vine at 730.
Dillons is like an irish hooters, but they have 3 dollar beers and plenty of TVS. Now LETS GET IT!!!
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A Colorado woman was impaled by a light pole after she crashed because she was texting and driving.
In the Lowcountry, it's good news for hundreds of civilian workers from the local American Federation of Government Employees union.
All furloughed employees from the local AFGE union in Beaufort are now back to work at Parris Island and the Marine Corps Air Station. The only question that remains now is when they'll get paid.
This was the scene last Thursday as members of the union protested the government shutdown.
Over the weekend, hundreds of furloughed employees including local union president Sue Partridge got the call they've been waiting for.
"It was really unexpected, I'm glad for it. I'm excited that it happened sooner than later but it's nice to go back to work and do my job," said Partridge.
Partridge says the recall is an acknowledgement of how important these civilian employees are.
"This is our livelihood and we're good at what we do, when we're not there, our jobs don't get done. So we can't support our military the way they need us when we're not there," she said.
Nearly all of the 291 furloughed employees at Parris Island are going back to work, and all the closed facilities, like the commissary, are scheduled to reopen by Tuesday.
The Marine Corps Air Station recalled more than 400 furloughed employees.
But some say, the damage is done.
"Next time we have an election, we're going to vote them out because they didn't do a job and we don't want to take the chance of ever having this happen to us again," said MCAS employee Brenda Jenkins.
Partridge says the local AFGE union is still planning a rally on Wednesday for all non-DOD employees.
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Open Thread, 8/28, Braves vs. the wind
Fan and BJ are back together for the first time in a while. Thus, the wind. The Braves are not playing the kids' soccer team from that King of the Hill episode.
Truth is, Fredi needs to play Uggla and BJ. The elder Upton brother needs chances to get going. It might seem ridiculously unlikely, and I've advocated for Terdo, but he can play both. If BJ somehow finds his swing, he'd be a huge addition down the stretch and in October. His career OPS in September and October is 44 points higher than in any other month, so there's a chance. Not much of one.
Doesn't hurt to play him, though, with the 13-game lead. As for Uggla, he's had a couple stretches this season where he's hit big home runs. And despite the heinous season….well, I was going to mention that he's somehow maintained a nearly passable OBP. But it's only .307, so never mind. Still, you have to give him ABs and see what happens. All things considered, his power makes Uggla a better option than Elliot Johnson, even though his Tim Kurkjian impression kicks ass.
Onward. Oh, and 680 The Fan says Walden has a sore leg and will likely be held out another game or two. Makes sense. Tonight's lineup: Schafer, J. Upton, Freeman, C. Johnson, McCann, Uggla, BJ, Simmons, Maholm.


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Just a quick link to David Waldstein's article in the NYT in which he states that the Mets have already spoken to Satan's agent Scott Boras as to whether Carlos Beltran would consider signing again with the Mets after he's traded this month. The answer was yes! Surprise. Beltran has part ownership of a Puerto Rican restaurant in New York (Sofrito) and yes he obviously loves New York.
I have to say that I'm always against trading young pitching in a deal for a rental player. I viewed J.D. Drew that way, everybody viewed Texira that way and I think we should judge Beltran that way. You kind of get a feel about teams and like the pre-Texira Braves I don't think this team can win the WS. Certainly without more production from CF which of course is where Beltran would help.
However are you willing to see the team go into Citi field next season having to face Beltran and Mike Minor?


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Former Northwestern University football star Napoleon Harris is running to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress.
Harris was just elected to the Illinois Senate, but he tells the Chicago Sun-Times that he's been getting overwhelming support for his plan to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
Harris is a Dixmoor native who was a first-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and played seven seasons in the NFL. He now owns two Beggars Pizza franchises in the Chicago area.
Harris is joining what's expected to be a crowded field bidding to replace Jackson, who resigned last week - citing his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder.
Harris praised Jackson and says he'd like to continue the work he's done in Congress.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars are expected to part ways with general manager Gene Smith, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com.
Schefter is also reporting that Jason Licht and Tom Gamble are the two primary candidates for the general manager position with the Jaguars.
Licht currently serves as the director of player personnel for the Arizona Cardinals while Gamble holds the same position with the San Francisco 49ers.
A decision on first-year head coach Mike Mularkey has yet to be made according to Schefter. Mularkey is 2-13 entering the team's final regular season game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The Jaguars have lost four straight games heading into the season finale and their 13 losses overall is a new franchise record.
Jacksonville's only wins this season came against the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 23 and the Titans on Nov. 8.
At 2-13, the Jaguars are currently tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the worst record in the NFL.


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Can you feel it? The end of 2013 is hurtling toward us like a stampeding rhino. And as our year-end wind down is winding down, we're letting ourselves off the leash a little and assembling this unwieldy monster—an unashamedly scrappy and random list of The Most Memorable Movie Moments of the Year aka Every Damn Thing That We Couldn't Find Anywhere Else to Talk About. Those of you who like a little more formal rigor in your year-in-review programming may wish to check out Best Shots, or Best Music Moments, or Best Documentaries, or Best Soundtracks, or Best Scores or Action Sequences, Child Performances, TV Episodes, Worst Films… or really any of our other 2013 wrap-up features (just hit our "Best of 2013" tag) all of which were put together with about 83% more discipline than this one.
Because here we find ourselves nearly washed up on the far shore of 2013 and there are still a bevy of niggling details (from hairpieces to spectacular deaths to eyeroll-inducing plot turns to questionable nudity) that, good or bad, haven't slotted neatly into one of our other features, but deserve at least a pithy line or two before we lay the year to rest. Here then, in no discernible order, with a glorious, liberating lack of logic and fair warning of SPOILERS liberally dotted throughout, is our grab-bag assortment of the 2013 Movie Moments that are still rattling around our brains.
Sex/Nudity (AKA let's cut to the chase; we know what's most interesting)
Best Mentally Scarring Sex Scene With A Car
Everyone might have been talking about the "Blue Is The Warmest Color" sex scene this year, but the one that we can't stop thinking about—not necessarily in a good way—is that moment in Ridley Scott's "The Counselor," when Cameron Diaz has sex with a car. It's mostly off-screen, but the uncomfortably-turned-on shock on the face of Javier Bardem's Brian Grazer-haired drug dealer, as he describes the, uh, 'catfish' on his windshield pretty much gets the whole thing across. Some have thrown claims of misogyny at the film, but Bardem makes it clear that these are men who are terrified of female sexuality. And to be honest, many of the females on staff find this scene terrifying too. You can catch a glimpse of the scene at the 30s mark here and trust us, a glimpse is all you need.
Best Phone Sex
In a brave move for any filmmaker Spike Jonze chose to communicate the transcendence of the first sex (via voices only) scene between the romantic leads "Her"-- Samantha (a seemingly omnipotent but bodiless operating system AKA OS) and Theodore Twombly (the OS's owner)—as a fade to black, with just the ecstatic pants and moans of the two leads echoing around the theater. If anything was going to pull the audience any deeper into the romance between a bodiless artificially intelligent OS (but breathy voiced via Scarlett Johansson) and the emotionally damaged Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) it was this dark screen, which put us right in their shoes.
Most Unabashed Nudity
The top prize, purely because a few more people will have seen it (if only a very few) probably goes to Gaby Hoffmann for "Crystal Fairy" and the pubic hair which we've been summarily informed is, in fact not a merkin. But on a more serious note, Ulrich Seidl's grim but compelling "Paradise Love" may not have gained a wide audience outside cinephile circles, but the astonishing, frequently unclothed performance of Margarete Tiesel deserves broader recognition. Playing the pretty loathsome character of an overweight, overprivileged white woman on a sex tourism holiday to Kenya, Tiesel's absolutely fearless performance is remarkable for how she allows herself to be photographed in unflattering, and often downright degrading situations, especially since she is a first-time actress. In fact the nudity is only one facet of one of the most overlooked performances of the year (though it did get a shout it out last year from our writer in Berlin).
Most Gratuitous Female Nudity or Partial Nudity
Oh My LORD, okay we get it, we get it, Jennifer Aniston's super hot and has a rockin bod that a chick half her age would envy (bro-talk chestbump headbutt, everybody!). But seriously, the "We're the Millers" script requires her to prove to the assembled gentlemen that she's a stripper? By stripping? Because it's such an arcane and delicate profession that only someone with years of training and diploma in Thong Studies could ever hope to carry it off? Look at how she kinda takes off her underwear—btw is that 2 pairs?—she's clearly a fully qualified stripper like she said! The next time (and there will be one) we need to be reminded that Jen Aniston is super hot, rockin' etc., please spend, like 90 seconds more thinking about the scenario. You know, the same amount of time the writers spent working out how to have a handy shower of sparks rain down on her in slo-mo this time out (also, just let it be said this movie is terribly unfunny). Our runner-up shout-outs go to Alice Eve's unnecessary strip down in "Star Trek: Into Darkness" and Rosario Dawson in "Trance." You'll all catch your death.
(Over)Longest Lesbian Sex Scene
Well, it had to be here somewhere—one of the biggest controversies of the movie year was over the Palme-d'Or-winning Abdellatif Kechiche film "Blue Is The Warmest Color" and specifically its long, long graphic scene of lesbian sex. As we noted in our review, the scene's overlength is really the only fly in the ointment of what is otherwise a tremendous film, and we can't help but think that a lot of subsequent debates about the position of the 'gaze' and heteronormativity and whatnot, would have been headed off at the pass had the scene simply run, as graphically as it does now, but shorter, not giving anyone time to leave the film's spell. Because that's really what it does—the suddenly awkward pacing breaks the spell of what is otherwise a spellbinding movie. And that's just a shame.
Best Cocaine & Stripper Permutation
What's to say here other than Scorsese's "The Wolf Of Wall Street" has a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio blows (sucks?) cocaine into (out of?) a stripper's ass and a call girl shoves a candle into one of the character's butts. Oh, right and there's tons of snorting cocaine off desks, tits, butts, orifices, etc. Tony Montana would be proud. Your parents will be scandalized, so don't see this one with your family at Xmas. There's also the best ever quaalude scene of all time, but you can't really discuss it other than to spoil it so, we'll just say we're envious of your first time experience (and the image here above is a little teaser taste for you).
Wrongest Sexual Reveal Of The Year
SPOILER A young girl in "Bastards" gets debased and deflowered by sexual deviant sleezebags using raw cobs of corn. Claire Denis, you are sick.
Most Unintentionally Funny Masturbation Scene
Oh, "Stoker," you divisive mistress, you. Half The Playlist hates you (the good half), half The Playlist loves you (the bad half). Say what you will about its style-over-substance approach, however—that it's ghoulishly delightful a la Hitchcock or DePalma—what excuse is there for the masturbation scene/montage where Mia Wasikowska rubs one out in the shower while her creepy uncle kills her boyfriend and she climaxes just as he's beheaded? It was an effort to contain our laughter in the theater.
Me34 | January 6, 2014 11:06 AM
If Redford, Blanchett, Lawrence, Hanks for "Saving Mr. Banks", Bullock, Whitaker, Isaac and/or Franco get nominated (or any of the possible combinations of that), Streep is way too far from being the worst.
FP | January 2, 2014 4:15 PM
Wow, so many excellent takedowns of the risible films like MUD, SECRET LIFE OF WALTER, OUT OF THE FURNACE, COUNSELOR, WAY WAY BACK, while properly underlining Redford's cathartic expletive, Edge-of-Your-Seat PRISONERS, eyes aplenty in CANDELABRA, and GREAT BEAUTY's far more impressive party scenes. Hadn't even made that 'Great' connection, but as always, so right on target. Surprisingly worth the 8 pages of FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ads. Well done and thank you.
Soren | December 30, 2013 7:11 PM
When a person complains the sex scenes in Blue Is The Warmest Color are too long, I ask myself why are they not bothered that several of the scenes from that same movie are very lengthy. The café scene is almost 15 minutes long yet there are no complainst. Then I realize how prudish and how scared of sex on the big screen so many people are. Maybe a bit less watching movies and a bit more experiencing life would help?
kindred spirit | December 30, 2013 10:37 AM
Not sure how this missed the list but one of the best scenes of the year for me comes early in AMERICAN HUSTLE - when Bale and Adams form their partnership, London Associates, and the montage played against "I've got your number" as they fall madly in love, is in short: PERFECT. They have some of the best on screen chemistry I've seen all year, and it's just a great compilation of scenes.
Erik | December 28, 2013 5:04 PM
Best final shot? James Gray's THE IMMIGRANT. Breathtaking, gorgeous, stunning... And by a mile !
Liam | December 27, 2013 8:02 PM
My gosh, I disagree SO MUCH.
boda | December 23, 2013 12:06 PM
it is a good article
Candra Aditya | December 21, 2013 12:26 PM
You guys didn't get a chance to watch Snowpiercer yet. Evans deliver some amazing, creepy monologue towards the end of the movie. And the movie is better than over-the-top Gravity.
LOlZ | December 20, 2013 6:59 PM
See ya on your drive by tmw, pal.
Alissa (Ha, give me a break) | December 20, 2013 1:18 PM
Lol, hilarious Alan. If The Playlist is a house that puts up new decorations each day, Alan is the guy who claims to hate each one of them and yet everyday after work drives by to see what new decorations went up.
Jeff G. | December 20, 2013 12:01 PM
Drake's Cameo is probablt due to in some of his early songs Using and praising Will Ferrell films and movie characters. Particularly Ricky Bobby,Or maybe they were filming in Canada and helps with crossover appeal?
Oliver Lyttelton | December 20, 2013 7:07 AM
More complex minds, of course, are amused by reading every word of a movie website that they profess to hate, and then endlessly posting comments on it.
Gerard Kennelly | December 20, 2013 2:04 AM
i have been posting comments about At Any Price on sites like this all year
it is my favourite movie of 2013
i was afraid nobody else saw it
but a lot of people love this site
and this article will inspire them to search for /and watch it
dennis quaid has never been better /more fearless on screen
mcconaughey /hanks will more than likely win best actor
but Quaid deserves it
Lucille | December 19, 2013 10:34 PM
I agree with all of these, although I think for "Best Final Shot" The Bling Ring should have been in there, Emma Watson turning to the camera and talking about her website was truly chilling and captivated the entire essence of the film I thought.
James | December 19, 2013 8:43 PM
The final portion of The Counselor is actually set in London, so it's logical that it was shot there. The first two thirds, set in Texas, were all shot in Spain, but I think they did an amazing job of selling it as the US.
Leigh Richert | December 19, 2013 3:46 PM
In "Gravity", in regards to the dead guy you talk about, he's brains were not "sucked out". That's one of the stupid myths about space that "Gravity" so beautifully shows is NOT TRUE. What happened to the dead guy was that he got hit in the head with satellite shrapnel that was going REALLY fast, then he froze. No "sucking". If there was sucking, his head would not have stayed so intact...nor would have the rest of his body, or anybody else in the space shuttle who were shown frozen but still intact.
El Hanso | December 19, 2013 3:43 PM
Come on. If you write as a collective, Playlist Staff, try not to manipulate the collective's divisive opinion on a film by suggesting there's a right(er) opinion to be had. Re: The good half/bad half stuff regarding "Stoker."
But thanks for singling out "Ginger & Rosa." Seriously underrated and underseen that movie.
NewYorker | December 19, 2013 3:39 PM
my 20 favorite movie moments of 2013 are defently
1-james franco sucking the gun like it was a dick lol in Spring Breakers
2-Kane Hodder ripping Derek Mear's skull out of his body in Hatchet 3
3-Hugh Jackman with balls on his chin in Movie 43
4-Dwayne Johnson beating the shit out of the convicts in Pain and Gain
5-Loki turning into Captain America in Thor: The Dark World
6-Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano's cat fight in Fast and Furious 6
7-the Bus Scene in Man Of Steel
8-the whole fight scenes in Grown Ups 2
9-the News Team Anchor brawl in Anchorman 2
10-Johnny Knoxville getting his dick stuck in a vending machine in Bad Grandpa
11-Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger fighting in Escape Plan
12-Matt Dillion torturing poor frodo aka Elijah Wood in Pawn Shop Chronicles
13-the end credit scene in The Wolverine
14-Michael Shannon scene with James Franco
15-Chloe Mortez making those girls throw up in Kick-Ass 2
16-Chloe Moretz using her powers to destroy Portia Doubleday & Alex Russell in Carrie
17-Josh Brolin cutting up Sam Jackson's throat in Oldboy
18-James Franco and Danny McBride arguing about who gets to cum in This Is The End
19-Nathan Fillion calling himself an ass in Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
20-the axe fight scene between Sylvester Stallone and Jason Momoa in Bullet To The Head
Dan | December 19, 2013 3:37 PM
I'm a bit disappointed, I was looking forward for this year's best movie moments by ThePlaylist for some weeks now. I liked better the way you did it on previous years (enlisting the movie moments themselves, or like you did the Music Moments and Action Sequences this year). This was harder to read, and a much less interesting format for me.
Still, congratulations on all your other lists, they are great.


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The Road over at Cowboy Altitude (SBNation's Wyoming Cowboys site) has a nice recap of the latest developments in the MWC/CUSA Merger talks. Among the ideas being discussed: 1. Championship game between top team in MWC and CUSA. Winner goes to a BCS Bowl. 2. Moving members to balance the leagues. UTEP could join the Mountain West and be close to New Mexico. Conference USA could focus on the Eastern half of Texas and the Southeast. Not sure this has a big chance of occurring since the Miners seem pretty happy playing so many other Texas schools. 3. Media Partnerships. Both leagues play some of their games on CBS College Sports. The MWC teams also appear on Versus and it's own network The Mtn. A few CUSA games get picked up by ESPN. 4. Scheduling partnerships for out of conference games. Basketball scheduling could be easier with road trips that hit two or three schools at once.
Representatives from three MWC schools are meeting with representatives from three C-USA squads to take talks to the "next level." Let's see if the "merger" idea picks up steam in the coming days.
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In the 1970s, Shelagh Plunkett, a teenage girl from Vancouver, travels with her middle-class family to Guyana and Indonesia, where her father, a civil engineer, has been posted to help with those countries' water systems. On the surface, she lives a protected life, attending girls' schools run by nuns and surrounded by household staff. But there is also a fearlessness and recklessness in the girl—a hotel tryst at fifteen, swimming with piranhas, and cavorting with monkeys.
The secrecy and double life of this teenager in a foreign land is paralleled by the mysterious comings and goings of her beloved but distant father. Guyana is nationalizing Canada's bauxite mines, and Indonesians are slaughtering East Timorese a few miles away. Why is their phone tapped, why do they always have to have a suitcase packed, and why is her father working on a water project on a parched island? In The Water Here Is Never Blue, an adolescent comes of age and is indelibly marked by her years abroad. But it is the adult narrator who ultimately struggles with the truth of who her father was.
"A transplanted child musing in her soft hybrid voice becomes almost woman as she takes in the sins and confusions of her family and surroundings—first in Guyana and then Timor. Though fraught with political intensity and intrigue, the Guyanese world is strangely affirming and life-changing. But Timor is profoundly disturbing, a spiritual and social exile. Shelagh Plunkett's is a unique story, beautifully told."
—Linda Spalding, author of The Purchase, winner of the 2012 Governor General's Prize for Fiction
"Shelagh Plunkett's journeys to Guyana and Indonesia are fuelled by secrets and recounted with spirited detail. Her astute observations are rhythmic, fiery, like her own coming of age, and they echo the turbulence of change in both nations. In her hands, the outsider becomes insider, the onlooker becomes protagonist."
—Tessa McWatt, author of Vital Signs
"A multilayered memoir told in the raw yet innocent voice of the narrator, The Water Here Is Never Blue traces an adolescent's journey through politically fraught foreign soils with a loving yet mysterious father. Plunkett's poetic prose describes the intrigue surrounding her unusual family, and there is an undertow of danger that propels the narrative. I loved this book."
—Donna Morrissey, author of The Deception of Livvy Higgs
"I dreamt of my own father again after reading Shelagh Plunkett's tantalizing struggle to plumb the clandestine depths of her father's personality. Absorbing, evocative and haunting, The Water Here Is Never Blue is a template for every daughter's mission to penetrate that most mysterious and yet formative relationship."
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*Scott's Gimme Pick!* A Fish Called Wanda (Collector's Edition) -- One of the '80s very best comedies (FINALLY) gets the full-bore special edition it deserves! John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin and the (Oscar-winning) Kevin Kline bounce through this farce that's both sunny and acidic, smart and silly, goofy and great. And this package is absolutely stocked with goodies: Cleese commentary, 30 minutes of deleted scenes, some featurettes, a trivia track... I can't wait to add this into my collection! :)
Home Alone (Family Fun Edition) -- If you're a big fan of this celebration of holiday sweetness and hardcore slapstick, this new re-issue looks to be a solid buy. In addition to a Chris Columbus / Macaulay Culkin yack-track, you'll also get a whole bunch of extra goodies -- most of which are all-new to this edition!
Ice Age: The Meltdown -- Because your kid probably doesn't own enough animated movies about animals. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary return to add some personality to the prehistoric critters, and the DVD is predictably stocked with goodies for both old and young.
An Inconvenient Truth -- Al Gore gets all ecological and scares the bejeezus out of those of us who actually consider global warming a real threat. Extras include a pair of filmmaker commentaries, a few featurettes and a box composed of entirely recycled materials.
Independence Day -- Fox was planning to release a 10th Anniversary edition of this movie until someone reminded them that there'd already been a Special Edition, a Limited Edition and a Five-Star Collection edition. And the movie still kinda stinks.
Miracle on 34th Street (Special Edition) -- The 1947 holiday classic finally hits DVD with a swanky SE that's long overdue. The stocking-load of extras include an audio commentary from actress Maureen O'Hara, the 1955 made-for-TV remake, a bunch of documentaries both new and archival ... and you can choose between the (icky) colorized version or the (glorious) original B&W transfer!
The Punisher (Extended Cut) -- Everyone keeps telling me the extended cut of Daredevil is much better than the theatrical version, and I bet the same holds true for The Punisher. Thomas Jane does some solid work in this fairly standard (yet still watchable) little revenge story. New extras (aside from 17 extra minutes wedged into the main feature) include a still-deleted scene, a look at The Punisher's comic book history and some random featurettes.
Scoop -- Yep, Woody Allen's still making movies. This is the one with Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman, I think. And if you've ever owned a Woody Allen DVD, you know what kind of extras to expect here: None. (I think.)
You, Me & Dupree -- Owen Wilson is a wacky dude who squats in the house of newlyweds Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson. Since I have yet to see the movie, I can only assume that much wackiness ensues before a valuable life lesson is learned. Extras-wise you get a pair of audio commentaries, a few featurettes, some deleted scenes and the ever-popular alternate ending.


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Reaction to Honister Zipwire rejection
Plans for a huge zipwire at Honister in the Lake District were rejected yesterday (9th January).
Proposals for the half mile long zipwire at Honister Slate Mine were thrown out by the Lake District National Park Authority.
The decision led Sir Chris Bonington to quit his role as Vice-President of the organisation of Friends of the Lake District.
ITV Border viewers have been giving their reactions to the decision on Twitter:
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"Appalled at decision & even more at @FriendsofLakes telling @ChrisBonington to 'go away & calm down' on @ITVBorder"
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"Good job the LDNPA wasn't around when the mine was opened or Cumbria would never have had any jobs!"
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---- — Barbara Joyce Davis, 68, Russiaville, passed away at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, following a nearly two-year courageous battle with a liver infection, awaiting a liver transplant. She lived successfully with Carcinoid Cancer, a neuroendocrine cancer, since Nov. 17, 2004.
Born March 7, 1945 in Valparaiso, she is the daughter of the late John Preston Williams and Maxine Martha (McNeely) Williams. She graduated from Valparaiso High School in 1963. She earned her associate degree with honors from Indiana University Kokomo Campus in 1989 and received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration Suma Cum Laude from Indiana Wesleyan University in 1993. On April 11, 1964 in Valparaiso, she married William E. Davis, and he survives. She was a clerk for BW Manufacturing in Kokomo from 1964 to 1965; file clerk for executive offices of United Airlines 1965 to 1966; full time wife, homemaker, and mother to three children from 1966 to 1982. From 1983 to 1985, she was Avon district manager; 1985 to 1988 with Kelly Services; and from March 31,1988 to April 1, 2001, she was a Steno with Delphi, then a documentation specialist. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church from 1968 to 1978 and from 1992 to the time of her death, where she sang in the choir. She is a former member of St. Luke's UMC and West Middleton UMC. She also belonged to the Sounds of Hope Choir Group. She enjoyed family, music, church, travel, photography, horses, dogs, cats and staying in touch via email. She is present charter member of Savvy Sidekicks Natural Horsemanship Club. She was a volunteer, speaker, member and student riding instructor for the handicapped with PATH and Equiventure Therapeutic Riding from 2007 to 2012. She was involved in the Literary Coalition for 10 years, and trained over 450 tutors for the coalition. She is a recipient of the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award for her work in literacy, being recognized for over 500 hours in volunteer tutoring. She was involved in scouting, being a Cub Scout den leader, district den leader trainer, day camp director, Boy Scout badge counselor, assistant Brownie leader and Brownie and Girl Scout badge counselor.
Survivors include her loving husband of 49½ years, Bill Davis, Russiaville; two sons, Jeffrey William "Jeff" Davis and wife, Kelli, Cutler, Owen Earl Stone and husband, Christopher P. Stone, Oakland, Calif.; one daughter, Michelle Lynn Davis, Kokomo; one brother, John Dennis and wife, Ruth Williams, Valparaiso; three sisters, Judith Marline (Mrs. James Robert) Mobley, Okeechobee, Fla.; the Rev. Deacon Linda Fay Goble (Mrs. Ronald Ray), Valparaiso, and Karen Jean Taylor and husband Randy, Valparaiso; nine grandchildren, Abby Leigh Davis, Galveston, Clara Maxeen Davis, Kokomo, William Isaac Nicolaas Davis, Kokomo, Ashley (Deeds) Freeman, Peru, Amanda Deeds, Peru, Katelyn Lee, Cutler; and triplets, Logan Jeffrey Davis, Cutler, Madison "Maddi" Elisabeth Davis, Cutler, and Ethan Michael Davis, Cutler; three great-grandchildren, Kira Elise Ropes, Logansport, Caysen Jacob-Allen Freeman, Peru, and Lynlie Grace Sailors, Logansport; and also several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Main Street United Methodist Church, 830 S. Main Street, Kokomo. Pastor Nancy Blevins and the Rev. Harold Williams will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 S. Webster St., Kokomo; also, one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.
Memorials may be directed to Main Street United Methodist Church with envelopes available at the mortuary. You may read Barbara's obituary at www.ellersmortuary.com where you can sign the guestbook, order flowers, or share a personal message to the family.


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A local man protested a blood drive being held at an area church. But his gripe isn't with the church or the blood drive - he's challenging a federal policy that prohibits sexually active gay men from donating blood.
"I do not feel a part of everybody else in the community that's coming here to give blood," said Shane Hampton.
Hampton, who is gay, wants the chance to donate his blood. Being gay doesn't prevent him from taking part in the potentially lifesaving act, but since he is sexually active with other men, he is not allowed by law to give blood, according to federal law.
"Let gays give blood!" yelled Hampton from the side of the road in front of Messiah Lutheran Church in Midland County on Thursday afternoon.
Hampton says he's trying to change that federal law by drawing attention to his cause and conducting a one-man informational picket at a blood organized by Michigan Blood.
He's hoping to get the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to change their policy against allowing sexually active gay men to give blood.
"When they say I can't just because I choose to love differently than a straight person does, it makes no sense to me," said Hampton. "It's an out-dated law."
Hampton tells TV5 that he wants it made very clear that he is not protesting Messiah Lutheran Church or Michigan Blood.
"It wouldn't matter where the blood drive was," Hampton said. "It could be anywhere in Midland or the Tri-cities area and I would [protest]."
According to the FDA website, sexually active gay men are at a higher risk for HIV infections.
That website states that in 2010, sexually active gay men made up two percent of the entire U.S. population, but accounted for 61 percent of all new HIV infections.
Hampton admits the numbers don't look good, but he says those figures shouldn't be used to single people like him out.
"While the statistics are high, you know, higher in gay men having HIV, I don't [have HIV]," said Hampton. "And there are a lot of gay men that practice safe sex that are not infected that have good blood that would be going to save people's lives."
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March 9, 2006
Valdosta - You can get rid of your old electronics while helping the environment this weekend.
Southeastern Records Management in Valdosta is holding an electronic recycling collection on Saturday. They'll be recycling all kinds of electronics, from cameras to computers, radios and televisions.
The usuable parts will taken out for resale, and the rest will be disposed of in a safe way. Organizers say it's the best way to keep toxic materials found in electronics from ending up in our landfills.
"Our main concern and our main goal here is to protect our ground water and our sediment soil," said John Whitehead, Public Works Director.
You can drop your electronics off at Southeastern Records Management on the Madison Highway between 9:00 and 1:00 Saturday. There is a $10.00 charge to recycle televisions, but all other electronics are free.
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As Chrys Peterson plans to step away from WTOL , our entire staff wanted to take a moment to send her off.
Chrys has served our station for 20 unbelievable years, and while she has an enormous fanbase in our community, she's even more beloved by the rest of us in the newsroom.
The people in this video fill a wide range of jobs here at WTOL, but they all share one quality trait: an incredible amount of respect and admiration for who Chrys Peterson is, as both a journalist and as a human being.
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LAFAYETTE COUNTY (WKOW) -- A judge determined the man accused in a triple murder is competent to stand trial.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Foust reviewed the competency report on Jaren Kuester and made his ruling Monday.
After the ruling, court records show Kuester changed his plea from not guilty to not guilty due to insanity. The plea will deal with Kuester's state of mind at the time of the killings.
Kuester is accused of killing Gary, Dean and Chloe Thoreson.
His trial is scheduled to begin in October.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY (WKOW) – The Waukesha man accused of slaying three people in Lafayette County could learn if he is competent to stand trial on Monday.
Kuester has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation and will have a competency hearing Monday afternoon.
Kuester's attorney, Public Defender Guy Taylor, says an insanity plea cannot be ruled out.
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Making money when you're gone
Is it just me or is it weird that dead celebrities make SO much money?
The recent anniversary of Michael Jackson's untimely death generated a bunch of stories about the entertainer and his financial legacy. The bottom line is quite impressive, considering Jackson's estate was a reported $400 million in debt prior to his death.
In the past year, the singer's estate has generated hundreds of millions dollars and the cash flow is expected to continue for some time to come, according to a New York Times report.
Plenty of other celebrities make big bucks when they're gone, but you might be surprised by who's on Forbes annual ranking of the top earners among the celebrities who have passed on. (Forbes always has a list.)
Jackson is No. 3 on the 2009 list, just ahead of Elvis and just behind Rodgers & Hammerstein.
That's right, the estate of the guys who wrote musicals like Oklahoma! and South Pacific made more money in 2009 than the King and the King O' Pop. Actually, R&H made a whole lot more money than Michael and Elvis.
Click here, to see who's No. 1 on the Forbes list. (Think high fashion.)KNS photo archives:
News Sentinel file photo: Michael Jackson and his brothers perform the during the Victory tour on Aug. 10, 1984 at Neyland Stadium.
Associated Press: Elvis Presley is shown in uniform at company D 1st battalion 32nd US Army Armour at the barracks in Friedberg, Germany, in this file picture taken in 1958.


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Posted under Denver & Education Politics & Independence Institute & Innovation and Reform & innovation schools & PPC & Public Charter Schools & Urban Schools
While we certainly have our challenges and plenty of room to grow, Colorado is a state blessed with a healthy variety of public school choice. Among the growing number of options are innovation schools, made possible by a bipartisan 2008 state law.
Colorado was the first state to implement innovation schools — something I have written about numerous times here. The idea is to provide greater freedom from burdensome state regulations, district policies and collective bargaining provisions by allowing individual schools to formulate proposals that give them greater autonomy and flexibility over decisions surrounding personnel, program and budget.
Of course, even the best education reform ideas encounter problems being put into action. As Education News Colorado reported last week, Colorado's first three innovation schools (all based in the city of Denver — Manual High School, Montclair Elementary, & Cole Arts and Science Academy) have sought and received a formal legal opinion that school district officials are violating the Innovation Schools Act by refusing to relinquish control over key areas of budget and personnel.
Writing from up in Seattle, the Washington Policy Center's Liv Finne has taken a close interest in this issue and notes in detail the extent of the problem. Among other things, she brings readers' attention to an enlightening PowerPoint presentation created by Manual High School principal Rob Stein for a February event at WPC.
Looking at innovative advances like Cole's possible partnership with the successful DSST charter school, there is little doubt this problem needs to be resolved quickly. Denver Public Schools superintendent Tom Boasberg has given clear public statements in support of the innovation schools. What's needed is to get all the parties together to sit down and decide how action can be taken that breaks through the inertia and bureaucratic morass to give schools like Manual and Cole the freedom and accountability they are seeking to serve the high-need students who come through their doors.
One of Boasberg's right-hand administrators Kristin Waters (former principal of Bruce Randolph School, which effectively pioneered the Innovation Schools Act), chimed in last Thursday with a blog post stating the district's support of some general principles for providing services and dollars to innovation schools. But officials also need to decide and more clearly state which specific funds should be administered by the offices on 900 Grant Street and which funds should be administered at the individual school level.
You can bet my Education Policy Center friends and I will continue to keep our eye on this situation and provide the kind of reporting and analysis that helps to ensure Colorado's innovation schools can operate according to the full spirit of the 2008 law. Please stay tuned….
2 Responses to "Let's Find an Answer to Honor the True Spirit of the Innovation Schools Act"
Kit Freeman on 02 Nov 2010 at 11:07 am #
I have had the opportunity of 'visiting' the innnovation office of DPS and was stunned by the severe lack of innovation in its environment. No exciting buzz there – no collaboration – no apparent inspiration. It is worth a surprise visit. While the intent of the innovation schools is essential, the bureaucracy and 'stay inside the lines' oversight represents a psychological double bind. As a former teacher I realize that schools and administrators are under the gun to make budgets work, and meet the unbelievable government standards and requirements. As a taxpayer, i want the money spent wisely so it will work to reach students at risk. I no longer teach and probably wouldn't survive a week in the current environment – however I do work in industries where innovation is essential. You can't have innovation and have the instructional superintendents micromanage to 'stay inside the lines'.
Ed is Watching » Massachusetts Innovation Schools Expand, But Colorado Needs to Take a Close Look on 12 Jul 2011 at 3:00 pm #
[...] of the school, leading to tensions in Denver that still remain unresolved more than a year after I brought the topic to your attention. ("[Stein] now says that the lack of clarity on how much authority the school and principal [...]


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Daylight revealed the destruction brought on by Tuesday night's storm. Vulnerable trees proved no match for the strong winds produced by the storm.
One home at 1203 Woody Rd., off McDowell Rd. in south Jackson, lost two trees. Steven McDaniel who lives at the home said he could not believe the power of the storm.
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Caudecus's Manor
Guild Wars 2's Caudecus's Manor (also called CM for short) is a level 40 dungeon in the NE corner of Queensdale. The storymode of this dungeon is considerably easier and shorter than Ascalonian Catacombs (a good group can clear it in under 20 minutes). The explorable mode of this dungeon features three paths and are designed for players of L45 and above.
Boss Encounter: Prototype Golem
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|Tend to come after golem's spinning flame attack, hide behind walls etc or use projectile reflection.
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|Something that only melee characters have to worry about, good time for ranged DPS to burn the boss down.
|The golem will pull you in right before he does his spinning flame attack if you are close to him.
Trash Encounter: Door guard and ambushers
After you defeat the golem boss, you will have to fight a champion level Door Guard. He is melee character with loads of HP but you can kill him pretty easily via the normal kite and spank route (i.e. have him Crippled and just kite round the room).
Behind the door is a lot of trash mobs – Separatist Sergeants and Separatist fighters. The fighters are just normal mobs while the Sergeants are veteran ranged mobs that deal more damage to those running around. I personally like to funnel the mobs through the doorway to bunch them up for AoEs rather than having the entire group running into the room and get shot from all directions. Projectile reflection abilities work great against those separatists sergeants.
Boss Encounter – Wake SigfastSigfast is asleep and surrounded by three guards – Separatist Lieutenant, Separatist Sergeant, and Separatist Fighter. Both the Lieutenant and the Sergeant are ranged. We usually burn down the fighter first as he have very little health and won't cause trouble while we focus on the two ranged guards. The Sergeant have less HP than the Lieutenant so she is one usually killed next. Once against, projectile reflect abilities are handy against those ranged mobs.
Boss Encounter – Free Mia Kindleshot
Mia Kindleshot is held prisoner near a tree guarded by a large group of mobs with two Separatist Snipers on top of ramps. Before you rush in, you should consider clearing the two patrols near the tower as they might add in the fight. The two patrols are a group of hunting dogs with a Separatist Lieutenant.
Once you cleared the two patrols, you can pretty much just run straight into the group of mobs at the base of the tree. In the group are three Separatist Bombers, a two Separatist Snipers up on the ramp, a Separatist Lieutenant and a bunch of Separatist fighters. You can pretty much AoE down the fighters and bombers as they are normal mobs with very little HP. You will want to have some sort of projectile reflects for the snipers as they do hurt a bit.
Boss Encounter – Separatist Captain DeLana
DeLana come with three adds: two fighters and a sergeant. Both the sergeant and DeLana are ranged mobs. DeLana will put blindness on players (cause their next attack to miss) but have no special mechanics otherwise. We tend to burn the Sergeant down and then the two fighters (they are usually occupied attacking the friendly NPCs) before buring DeLana down. The fight is incredibly easy but the waypoint is a far away so don't die!
Explorable mode
There are three different explorable routes available to be challenged within this dungeon. From doing an explorable mode, on average you should receive 25 dungeon tokens.
Save the Butler: First Boss (third route) Immediately after starting this route, you will encounter the first boss, accompanied by a few ranged bandits. The simplest way to defeat this boss is to defeat his companions first, and this can be made simple by using one game mechanic that makes the whole explorable mode simpler: Reflection. Using reflection will result in the majority of the ranged mobs heavly damaging themselves.
After defeating the first boss' companions, you should proceed to deal with the boss himself. This boss will attempt to hit players with his shotgun, which if you get hit by it you are knocked back. He will then proceed to down, then kill you. In order to deal with the boss in the safest way, have one player grab his attention, then kite in circles around him. By doing this, he will stall himself unless another player grabs his attention, but kiting adjacent to him will result in players dying less often.
Route to second boss: After defeating the first boss a door near his location should open up to the basement of Caudecus's Manor. Do not rush into the first room, however, as there are 4 turrets set up, two of which will immobilize players until the accompanying bandits in the room kill the player. To safely proceed, pull the first few bandits outside and deal with them in the open, then proceed in to defeat the turrets.
After defeating all of the turrets, you should proceed to the hallway to the left of the entrance to the basement. In this hallway there are two rooms on the left side. However, at the end of the hallway there are three ranged bandits which will kill you if you stay in the hallway. To get past this hallway, you need to skip the first room and run to the second room on your left which has two flame turrets in its doorway. These two turrets can usually be easily passed. From this room, the three bandits at the end of the hallway can be fairly easily defeated.
Next, proceed to movable cabinet from the story version of the dungeon, and activate the button.
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