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Arthur Phillips' new novel is more triumph than tragedy, a clever, funny literary deceit that skewers everything in its path — scholars, Shakespeare lovers, anti-Stratfordians, family dynamics, the publishing world, bookish pretensions, even the author. It also slyly tackles some pointed questions about what we consider art and why, and if a rose by any other name would indeed smell as sweet. Yes. That's the sort of wonderful novel this is: It dredges up every familiar line that ever lodged itself in your consciousness.
The Tragedy of Arthur is structured as an introduction to a lost Shakespeare play written by a selfish, wounded, profoundly petty Arthur Phillips who shares many — but hopefully not all — the traits of the actual man. There's a play, too, at the end; it's not so interesting or well executed as the rest of the book, but it's also easy to skip or skim, should you lack curiosity about Phillips' ability to mimic the greatest playwright of all time.
This narrator Arthur — who, like the real guy, has written four novels entitled Prague, The Egyptologist, Angelica and The Song is You — would disagree with that last sentence. He is not exactly in awe of the Bard; in fact, he sort of hates him. "If it didn't have his name on it, half his work would be booed off the stage, dismissed by critics as stumbling, run out of print," he sneers. "Instead we say it's Shakespeare; he must be doing something profound that we don't appreciate." Don't even get him started on Harold Bloom's theories.
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CONCENTRATING on local politics is the next step for Veronica German after she lost her Assembly seat.
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The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame will induct its 12 member class of 2014, Thursday, October 16, at its annual Induction Ceremony and dinner. The event will be held for the first time ever at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The cash bar reception begins at 5 p.m. with a silent auction of sports memorabilia. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the induction ceremony. Proceeds from the dinner and the auction benefit the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame Amateur Sports Development Fund.Read Article →
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your humor is somewhere between will ferrell and napoleon dynamite, love it. haha Keep up the good work Chopperoo
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Are all the frames made with mdf? Any experienced woodworker that cares about quality would have at least used poplar or a hardwood of sort for the frames, not mdf. How craptackular.
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Cool man! Still learning.
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I suppose you don't want to advertise them but it is worth mentioning those handy if expensive Kreg Pocket hole clamps and fittings. Home Depot are a handy source for the screws and a stepped bit in case you break off the smaller diameter drill on the end.
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As one of my last adventures as an unmarried man, I'm heading out to New York city with my good friend Patrick to watch the Angels play (and hopefully beat) the Yankees. In fact, I'm 39,000 feet in the air as I type this (and it's rather bumpy, so please excuse any typos). I'm really really, really really really, really really, EXCITED, to say the least. We got an out-of-this-world-deal on some of the best seats The Bronx Bombers have to offer (pictured above). Just to give you an idea, the face value of each ticket is $1,000. Don't worry, though, I payed way less =). They call it The Legend Suites. We'll be directly behind home plate, only a few rows from the field. Each row has its own personal server, and comes with unlimited food and beverages (alcohol excluded). We'll be more towards the Angels dugout, so I'm hoping we can get snap some decent photos. Fanpost to follow!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rookie Dion Waiters hit seven 3-pointers and scored 28 points, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers stave off a fourth-quarter rally by the Los Angeles Clippers to win 108-101 on Monday night.
Kyrie Irving added 24 points, Tyler Zeller had 15 points and Anderson Varejao had 15 points and 15 rebounds as the Cavs snapped a 2-game skid.
Waiters set career highs in points and 3-pointers in his fourth NBA game.
Blake Griffin scored 20 points, Jamal Crawford added 19 and Chris Paul had 17 for the Clippers, who lost their second straight after opening the season with two wins in a row.
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The Linn County Sheriff's Office said the Iowa Medical and Classification Center inmate arrested Thursday for robbery is also the man who robbed a woman at gunpoint last month while impersonating a police officer.
On Jan. 30, a woman reported to the Linn County Sheriff's Office that she was pulled over on Highway 13 south of Central City by what she thought was a law enforcement officer in an unmarked squad car. A man dressed in dark clothing and wearing a ski mask approached the car, pulled what appeared to be a gun on the woman and demanded money. The woman complied with his demands and sped away from the suspect.
On Thursday, a joint investigation between the Linn and Dubuque county sheriff's offices resulted in the arrest of 40-year-old John M. Woerdehoff, of Cedar Rapids, on a Dubuque County warrant for first-degree robbery. Deputies executed a warrant at Woerdehoff's home at 4624 Spring Meadow Place NE connecting him to a robbery in Cascade. According to the Linn County Sheriff's Office, investigators also seized items that connected him to the Jan. 30 robbery in Linn County.
Woerdehoff works as a prison guard at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center at Oakdale, which is just north of Coralville.
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I'm sure most of you have heard the news that Suffocation is getting back together to tour and write a new album.
But it's going to be a little bit different of a line-up.
Doug Cerrito (one of the Guitarist's) isn't coming back, and neither is Josh Barohn (Bass).
the Bassist of Internal Bleeding is joining, and I think Chris is going to be the second Guitarist (I forgot what album(s) he was on).
I think this is good, and bad.
First off.....
Bad thing is, Mike Smith (Drums), and Terrance Hobbs (Guitars) aren't really into Death Metal anymore.
You can check out Mike Smith's current project titled "Grimm Evil" on mp3.com
And I don't think they will have that much attack as a Grind band as they did before, but then you have to think, they're old too.
The good thing is, that SUFFOCATION IS BACK TOGETHER!
I want all your thought's, and opinion's on this... whoever is interested.
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Well honestly after reading it all I...kind of don't have anything proper that I can really use all I can say is that things have gotten a lot more dramatic since they abandoned the farm and like I said I would've liked it if the Minder was dead (damn you Minder!) but anyway it seems that the friendship between Victory, Andrew and Gwenda is getting slimmer now that their personalities are clashing which coincides with Gwenda not being able to cope with her past and the fact that she has to share her best friend.
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I am going on vacation next week, therefore I am not firing off any big projects before I leave. Translation: it is going to be a slow week. I was trying to think of a good article idea and I saw one on the Cowboy's blog that was the opposite of this; players you would want to see on your team. Maybe I will do that for the next post, but for this one let's focus on people you would not want on your team. I am thinking of people that have talent to improve the Steelers, but there is something about them that just does not seem Steelers-like. Completely illogical arguments are not only accepted, they are encouraged. If you want to throw players from the past in, be my guest. Check out my list after the jump.
5. Cortland Finnegan
He is a punk. He must have always dreamed of being a MMA fighter, because it seems like he is always trying to turn the field into a cage match. Think Napoleon Complex. If you do a quick google image search of his name you can find him in tussels with more than just Andre Johnson last year. Need I say more?
4. Darrelle Revis
This is probably the most controversial one, but I've been comparing him to Ike Taylor since last year. In his last contract year, Ike Taylor chose to take a less than market deal for his services because he loved playing for Pittsburgh so much. This year, he hasn't spoken out a lot about the situation, but he has stated he wants a reasonable market deal and he really wants to stay in Pittsburgh. Revis, on the other hand, in the middle of a contract demands that he gets paid more money because his obese coach claimed he was the best defender in the league. He even refused to play until his contract was renegotiated. He is a great talent, but he has gotten a bit big for his britches.
3. Terrell Suggs
First and foremost, he is an idiot. When he threw that whole temper tantrum about a player half his size hitting him in a contact sport it made my head hurt. How could someone be that dumb to straight up say they were going to hurt a player? Stop being a whiny little Ratbird and take the whooping the Steelers give ya with some class. Secondly. Thirdly, he looks like a horse. I bet you did not realize that picture was actually a photoshop of a horse's face juxtaposed on his body. You opened it, said, "yeah, he kind of does look like a horse" and then closed it. Sarah Jessica Parker and him were a match made in horse heaven.
2. Terrell Owens
Do. I. Really. Need. To. Explain? (those are all separate images.) The freaking Bills didn't want him.
1. Tom Brady
Come on, who else did you expect? He is a very good QB, but since the second I laid eyes on this pretty boy I
disliked hated him. From his Uggs fashion to his whiny post game interviews, everything about him solidifies that he is not a Steeler. He kind of reminds me of LeBron James, in that I think he is very egocentric. I will always remember him scoffing at Plaxico Burress's SB prediction and that "I'm Tom Brady" retort. Lastly, something about the last two years has bugged me as well. After his playoff losses, he did not seem overly affected by it. Maybe I am overanalyzing it, but a true competitor would be devastated no matter how many rings he has on his hand. Oh, and he looks like Justin Beiber. Lastly, what about this picture makes you not worry about this poor little goat?
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Police say a Harrisburg man attacked his girlfriend while she was asleep in her Susquehanna Township apartment earlier Thursday, then choked her when she tried to defend herself.
According to township police, Andrew Scott Szivos, 32, entered his girlfriend's apartment in the 3600 block of Brookridge Terrace and confronted her while she was asleep in bed, slapping her awake before punching her several times with a closed fist. Szivos then maneuvered behind the woman and began to choke her, police said.
Despite suffering several injuries, including a severely swollen eye, the victim was able to arm herself with a pair of scissors and fought to defend herself, slashing Szivos' arm in the process, according to police.
Police arrived a short time later and both Szivos and the victim were taken to area hospitals fro treatment. The victim was treated and released for swelling to her eye and facial area, police said.
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"Argo" is on a roll. Ben Affleck's movie won again at the Producers Guild Awards, setting the tone for the weeks leading to the Oscars as one of statistical chances. Without also receiving a Best Director Oscar nomination, four other films have won the PGA's top prize ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Apollo 13," "Moulin Rouge," and "Little Miss Sunshine"). Since the PGAs have predicted the Oscars' Best Picture winner five years in a row, 2012 may be one for the history books. Or, this super-competitive year is not easy to call. "Lincoln" and SAg-favorite "Silver Linings Playbook" --not to mention "Life of Pi," are still in the running.
Before Affleck accepted the award for "Argo," (his speech started with "I'm really surprised, I am not even a member of the Producers Guild!"), the Guild presented many other awards--for Oscar doc fave "Searching for Sugar Man," cable series "Homeland," network comedy "Modern Family," cable movie "Game Change," comedy show "The Colbert Report" and others--and tributes were given during the black-tie event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Among the evening's honorees were Harvey and Bob Weinstein (Milestone award). JJ Abrams (Norman Lear Achievment in TV award), Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (David O. Selznick Achievement in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Russell Simmons (Visionary Award), and Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen's "Bully"--for its illumination of the issue of bullying.
The night opened with a video musical repurposing "Do Re Mi" for the plight of the producer, as sung by Mark Gordon, Hawk Koch, Paula Wagner, Michael DeLuca, and Norman Lear. "Do, Oh Shit, We Need More Dough," and "When you're job is on the brink, you'll be trashed by Nikki Finke…" You get the idea.
Presenter Chris Tucker personally thanked all of the producers who made him rich, while Nicole Kidman got right to the point while naming the Best Film. Other presenters included Bradley Cooper, Naomi Watts, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Garner and Channing Tatum. (Yes, he totally stripped on stage.)
In her flawlessly delivered introduction to Abrams (a gift she expects to be repaid for with more work; he gave her "Alias"), Garner gushed about the wunderkind producer/director. "The more excited he gets about the day, the taller his hair gets." Upon taking the stage, Abrams started, "Typical week…" He proceeded to deliver the night's best acceptance speech, concluding with the story of how Norman Lear--the namesake of his award--was the first person to show up at his parents' house for his mother's shiva this past June. He said there wasn't a chance he'd have done anything or been standing there without her influence.
While Hirsch and Lowen accepted their award for "Bully," Hirsch thanked Harvey Weinstein especially: "everything you promised happened."
Fellner and Bevan's award was introduced by Anne Hathaway, who took time to personalize her speech (she also sang her way through their highlight reel, via "Les Miserables"). Fellner stumbled charmingly through a long speech, at one point declaring that what they do is to ultimately enable "really talented people," and apparently have done so without ever once yelling at anyone.
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small correction: that was Chris Tucker, not Chris Rock.
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"Without also receiving a Best Director Oscar nomination, four other films have won the PGA's top prize."
You're right to point that out, but of those four films that won the PGA, only one went on to bag the Oscar; Driving Miss Daisy. I can't see Argo cutting passed Lincoln. It's an enjoyable movie, but it's nowhere near what it wants to be: a movie with something to say. Instead, it's just yet another easy gesture towards the madness of making movies... And when was the last time the Oscars gave Best Picture to a movie about making movies? Wait a minute... it was The Artist!


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Even if you don't care about crafting your own stages, the virtually limitless stream of everyone else's content will keep replay value high long after you've beaten all of the on?disc levels.
The gameplay is simple and easy to master, but it is also challenging enough to keep gamers pounding themselves in disgust because of whatever mistake they make in the game's 200+ levels.
Without a doubt one of the most addictive platform/puzzle games on the PSP, N+ is one of those games that will complete consume you in the best way possible.
Idiotic menu issues aside, N+ still provides a great value and tons of fun for anyone who picks it up. With over 40 different levels and a near-endless supply of downloadable user-generated content, it's hard to not see the value in such a simple and fun game.
It may not be the best looking game on the PSP, but N+ proves that it can more than hang with the big boys.
The game will make you sweat, curse, and yell. If you're actually fairly skilled, you may curse a little less. Whatever the case may be, I bet you'll keep playing this game for a long time and even come back to it after forgetting about it.
That's it: no guns, no dodge, no shields no nothing. Just you, your ninja, over 200 amazingly designed levels and some fiendish puzzles all wrapped up in one stylish and fun little platformer.
Even if you've played N+ over Xbox Live, or the free PC version, $20 is a small price to pay to brandish this bundle of gaming bliss in the palm of your hands anywhere you damn well please.
Although it lacks the convenient dual-screen set-up of the DS version, N+ is almost A+ caliber stuff, especially considering the $20 bargain basement price.
The addictive gameplay and stylish design of N+ fit almost perfectly into the tight confines of today's handhelds.
N+ demonstrates that simple but solid gameplay can make for a fun and challenging game.
N+ is great fun, especially in portable form, and is something any gamer on the go will enjoy.
It may not be an easy game, but N+ is certainly addictive, and its design makes it a fantastic portable game.
Figuring out how to solve each puzzle, creating your own and sharing them with others makes this an essential addition to your PSP library.
N+ is almost completely free of distracting bells and whistles, and I'm going to give it the best compliment I can for this type of game: it would have made an excellent '80s arcade game.
Even though I didn't like it as much as other gamers out there, the abundance of content and highly diverse level design make N+ an appetizing offer for anyone looking for gold. After all, this is a good game for on-the-go play sessions.
As an enjoyable, pick-up-and-play package with a sublimely simple design, N+ succeeds, and it's hard not to recommend for the price. Just be wary of the inevitable eyestrain, and if you're only going to play it at home, make sure you've exhausted the XBLA and PC versions first. It's still the most badass ninja simulator around...just less so.
Despite some of these nitpicks, N+ for the PSP is still as great a game as it ever was on XBLA or the Internet. While the formula is getting a bit passé, the physics and levels are still as sharp and tightly constructed as ever, even if the sound is repetitive and the multiplayer modes are inaccessible to most.
A classic platform game, with a great number of levels and a (complex) editor that allows player to create more stages.
While N+ is a polished game, I am fine leaving N as a nice Internet distraction, even if the controls aren't quite as tight as when you play these handheld versions.
Despite its addictive simplicity, N+ does eventually reach a breaking point. [Oct 2008, p.82]
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers are still "reflecting" on the situation revolving around head coach Bo Pelini.
"I'm not going to talk about football today," chancellor Harvey Perlman told the Omaha World-Herald. "We're disappointed and we are reflecting on the situation."
Perlman, who made the comments following his his annual state-of-the-university speech Tuesday, added that the university will reflect "until we decide not to."
Despite holding a 21-3 lead late in the second quarter, Pelini's Cornhuskers allowed the UCLA Bruins to score the last 38 points off the game, cruising to a 41-21 lead.
Afterwards, an audio tape from two years ago surfaced. In the audio, Pelini gives a profane-laced tirade, bashing several journalists and ultimately the Nebraska fans (without the fans who come in droves every Saturday, Nebraska wouldn't be the program they are).
Pelini also got into an argument with former Nebraska great Tommie Frazier. The two butted heads after Frazier called out Pelini's defense via twitter.
Pelini has since offered up an apology, but of course, after his comments, it doesn't sound all that sincere.
The Cornhuskers will be back in action Saturday when they host South Dakota State. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 EST.


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Appearing on Philadelphia radio station 97.5 the Fanatic, head coach Andy Reid tempered the mounting sentiment that the first-round selection of Baylor offensive lineman
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Justice has been the team's starter at right tackle the last two seasons, though he is on the road to recovery from a knee injury that hampered his play in the second half of the season. Dunlap, meanwhile, saw his first extensive game action in 2010, starting a combined five games at both tackle positions.
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Plenty still remains to be seen as to how this group of offensive linemen adjusts to new offensive line coach Howard Mudd's scheme. But right now, the Eagles appear to have a solid stable of options that extends to the second unit. At center,
Also of note during Reid's appearance on the Mike Missanelli show was his breakdown of the fourth-round selection of Nebraska kicker-punter
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However, it does appear that, once he joins the team, Henery will likely stick to one specialty. When asked if Henery would potentially fill the roles of both kicker and punter at some point in the future, Reid replied, "I don't think so."


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St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)
|St. Marys River
|Rivière Sainte-Marie
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge crossing the river at the Canada–United States border
|Canada, United States
|Ontario, Michigan
|United States: Bay Mills, De Tour, Sault Ste. Marie, Soo, Sugar Island, Canada: Bruce Mines, Echo Bay, Hilton Beach, Jocelyn, MacLennan, St. Joseph, Sault Ste. Marie
|Whitefish Bay (Lake Superior)
|- elevation
|600 ft (183 m)
|- coordinates
|North Channel (Lake Huron)
|- elevation
|577 ft (176 m)
|- coordinates
|74.5 mi (120 km)
|- average
|2,135 m3/s (75,397 cu ft/s) [1]
Location of the St. Marys River connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron in the Great Lakes system
The St. Marys River (French: rivière Sainte-Marie), sometimes written as the St. Mary's River, drains Lake Superior, starting at the end of Whitefish Bay and flowing 74.5 miles (119.9 km) southeast into Lake Huron, with a fall of 23 feet (7.0 m).[2] For its entire length it is an international border, separating Michigan in the United States from Ontario, Canada.
The most important area along the river are the rapids and the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with the most famous man-made feature being the Soo Locks on the US side of the border. The rapids of the St. Marys (Sault Sainte Marie in French) are just below the river's exit from Lake Superior.
Two of the Ontario tributaries of this river are the Garden River and the Bar River. Other Canadian tributaries include Fort Creek, the Root River, the Little Carp River, the Big Carp River, the Lower Echo River, Desbarats River, and the Two Tree River. The American tributaries to the St. Mary River are the Gogomain River, the Munuscong River,the Little Munuscong River, the Charlotte River, and the Waiska River.
Before Europeans arrived, native Americans fished, traded, and maintained a portage around the rapids. French explorer Étienne Brûlé was the first European to travel up the rapids in about 1621. In 1641 Jesuit priests Isaac Jogues and Charles Raymbault ventured the same route as Brûlé, finding many Ojibwe at the rapids, and named it Sault Ste. Marie (sault meaning "rapids" in Old French).
Fort St. Joseph was built on the Canadian shore in 1796 to protect a trading post, and ensure continued British control of the area. The fort fulfilled its role in the War of 1812.
The first modern lock was completed in May 1855 by Erastus Corning's St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal Company, and was known as the "American Lock". Today, there are four parallel locks on the American side of the river, although only two are in regular use. The Soo Locks were made a part of the Great Lakes Waterway system in 1959.[citation needed]
Competitive pressure[citation needed] led to the construction of a Canadian Lock in 1895. Another account states that American refusal to permit passage of a Canadian troop boat during Canada's North-West Rebellion led to the construction of a Canadian lock. The current Canadian Lock is used for recreational boats.
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, a steel truss arch bridge, takes road traffic across the river. Directly to the west is the Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, which carries rail traffic on a single set of tracks.
Power plants[edit]
The Edison Sault Electric Hydroelectric Plant, located at the eastern end of the Sault Ste. Marie Power Canal which runs between Lake Superior and Lake Huron through the city south of the American locks, is one of the longest hydroelectric plants in the world at 1,340 feet (410 m) in length.[3] The plant consists of 74 three-phase generators capable of generating 25 to 30 megawatts. It was completed in 1902. The hydro plant is faced with stone quarried during the excavation of the Sault Ste. Marie Power Canal.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers owns and operates a hydroelectric generating plant directly north of the American locks.[4]
Finally, the Francis H. Clergue Generating Station, owned and operated by Brookfield Renewable Energy, Inc., is a hydroelectric generating plant located directly north of the Canadian lock with a generating capacity of 52 MW. It was completed in 1981.
The Edison Sault Power Canal is used to power the Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant at its eastern end. The canal separated downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, from its mainland, making it an island. It was begun in September 1898 as the Michigan Lake Superior Power Company Canal, but completed by Edison Sault Electric Company in June 1902. Measured from its headgates to its end at the power plant, it is 2.25 miles (3.62 km) in length, between 200 feet (61 m) and 220 feet (67 m) wide, and 24 feet (7.3 m) deep.[5] The water runs down the canal at speeds upwards of 7 miles per hour (11 km/h).
The Soo Locks are located on the north and south sides of the river.
Other works[edit]
A set of compensating works are located at the mouth of the rapids, which are used to control the outflow of water from Lake Superior. The works consists of 16 gates, half of which are on the American side, and the other half on the Canadian side of the river. They were completed between 1901 and 1921.[6] This flow is controlled by the International Joint Commission.
A concrete berm was constructed along the north side of the rapids as remedial works to protect fish spawning habitat from lower outflow through the rapids. This was due, in part, to an increase of water outflow from the Francis H. Clergue Generating Station.
The Saint Marys River is listed as a Great Lakes Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario).
- Canadian Heritage web site for St. Marys River
- GreatLakes.net Real time Water levels on St. Marys River (with map)
- ^ Historic Connecting Channel Outflows, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District
- ^ "Great Lakes Atlas: Factsheet #1". United States Environmental Protection Agency. March 9, 2006, and French. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ Edison Sault Electric Company, Hydroelectric Plant page, accessed September 29, 2008.
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- ^ Edison Sault Electric Company, Hydroelectric Plant Discussion page, accessed September 29, 2008.
- ^ USACE, Outflows, Discharge Measurements, St. Marys River, accessed October 2, 2008.
- St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)
- Great Lakes Waterway
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Canadian Heritage Rivers
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Fairly open secret by now, but for the sake of paperback tour trivia: the song I mention on page 300 of Visiting Tom (the one my friend let me listen to in its early form) was this one, by Bon Iver:
Fairly open secret by now, but for the sake of paperback tour trivia: the song I mention on page 300 of Visiting Tom (the one my friend let me listen to in its early form) was this one, by Bon Iver:
This was recorded just down the road a piece. I got to be a little part of it. I'll say more when the time comes. It will be released September 30, but you can listen to one track right here right now.
(The link isn't real obvious, look for the little circled triangle).
Miscellaneous Fall Creek convergence trivia: The Bon Iver song featured on the page linked above floats through the final chapter of Visiting Tom.
Guy tries to do a simple interview and look who barges in waving his Grammys around.
Man, oh man.
And a re-interpretation.
…just this morning it occurred to me that not just one*, but two** of the musicians with whom I have written and recorded music have been nominated for Grammys.
So the pattern is established: If you want your name in a fancy envelope, book your studio time with me now.
*OK, so he was nominated long before we ever met. Technicality.
**Possibly the first time the phrase "from the get-go" was ever used in a Grammy interview.
For two nights in a row, I had the privilege of standing onstage beside a friend. I want to commit an impossible thank you, and this post is my attempt to get there.
Now and then way back when Justin was living on the change in his pocket (and less), we'd talk sometimes. He'll tell you I said and wrote some things that were a help. I hope that's true, although he's very kindly ignoring the exponentially larger amounts of meandering blather he had to siphon off first. More foam than beer, I fear. And for the record (this will be one of my all-time claims to bad-advice fame) when he emerged from the woods with For Emma, Forever Ago and asked my opinion before he released it, I said I could see what he was trying to do there but I wasn't sure this whole singing-in-falsetto thing was gonna pan out.
Cue the world tours and multiple Grammy noms.
I guess I'd say what I've said before: I'm proud of Justin in an avuncular way, not a proprietary way.
All the more gratitude in my heart then, for his invitation to join him for the two recent concerts. If you weren't there, I read John Denver's "Alfie the Christmas Tree" poem while Justin and the band played their song "Lisbon, OH." The poem is from John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, a source of many fond memories for Justin and his family. Roughly ninety seconds onstage each night, but my heart full at being there, at being asked to be there, and to stand just for that short moment as witness to what he has created. The greybeard uncle, hanging out for a heartbeat or two
People ask, and the deal is, I see Justin only now and then. We keep in touch, but not overly much. There comes with his level of success certain whirlwinds and I am truly removed from that, just packing my book boxes, typing in my room over the garage, feeding the chickens, trying to be a decent husband and dad, worrying about the mortgage, and so on. We're working different arenas in every sense of the word. If you're looking for some red-hot inside info, I will tell you that I snow-plowed his driveway not so long ago, a real neighborly thing to do except that I got a little off track and gouged a big swath of sod off his yard.
What's he like? those same people ask, and I say, well, he's the one with that answer, not me. Although once I told someone he's about the perfect blend of namaste and "hey dere," and I'd stand by that.
I invoke the word gratitude so often I suppose sometimes I'm coming off cornpone. I relish sarcasm and irony as much as the next postmodern pig farmer, but sometimes they're just a shiny sleeve to cover your heart. And so without cover let me say that as I drove home in the dark last night I drove in gratitude: for good things come my friend's way, for his gratitude, for the love shown him by the crowd, for this slow-motion pinball life of mine allowing me to witness from that stage, and – as I turned off the car and walked toward the house where my wife and daughters slept – for my full, small life.
Notice only one gray beard: Bon Iver photos from Volume One.
Like I said, I went to a poetry reading last night. Kinda. I read a poem. It was someone else's poem. The other poet present insisted on singing all of his poems.
Here was the scene just before things got going:
And this shot was taken right at the very end:
Thanks Vern. To the list of things I just never saw coming…
P.S. Here's the poem I did, in its original context (read it while the band played "Lisbon, OH"):


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That is the picture of our future Mateo Kovacic arriving at the ceremony where he will win the Premio Gentleman (Gentleman award) for being the best young Inter player. The recently turned 19 year-old player has done all that he could to convince everyone at Inter from management, coaches, teammates as also fans. To most people, Kovacic is the only reason why they are still watching Inter at this point of the season. The sky is a limit for this youngster and future is certainly very bright.
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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Dozens took steps to fight hunger in New Hanover County on Sunday afternoon. This was the 33rd year for the annual CROP Hunger walk at Hugh Macrae Park.
More than 100 people walked in the event, which raises money to fight hunger and poverty worldwide. Not all of the money goes overseas, 25 percent will stay in the area, going to programs in New Hanover County.


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Vos wins stage three of the Women's Tour (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
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Updated 3:03pm Friday 9th May 2014 in News By James Dwan
CYCLING fans turned out in force as racing superstar Marianne Vos stormed into Clacton.
More than 1,000 people flocked to Clacton's West Greensward to watch the finish of the Women's Tour cycling race.
Stage three of the five-day event started in Felixstowe on Friday at about 11am and made its way through Manningtree, Lawford, Wix, Great Oakley, Stones Green, Beaumont, Thorpe, Kirby, Great Holland, Great Clacton before finishing at the seafront in Clacton at 2.11pm.
Despite blustery and rainy conditions the weather improved as Vos crossed the line to claim the yellow jersey as race leader.
The fifth stage will start in Harwich on Sunday at 9.45am shortly before the annual Tour de Tendring takes place.


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Doesn't that sound like a really bad case of the flu? Or potentially some new disorder related to spending way to much time at the computer? It's not its a powerful new ego stroker. One thing is flawed potentially it claims the Blog Herald is more blogfluential than Tech Crunch. So it potentially has a few flaws. Actually it just lists it all backwards. This booger works. You just have to get used to it. Try it for yourself.
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Doesn't that sound like a really bad case of the flu? Or potentially some new disorder related to spending way to much time at the computer? It's not its a powerful new ego stroker. One thing is flawed potentially it claims the Blog Herald is more blogfluential than Tech Crunch. So it potentially has a few flaws. Actually it just lists it all backwards. This booger works. You just have to get used to it. Try it for yourself.
MySpace, Flock and Vidoop to Develop OpenID Identity for browser
MySpace, Flock and Vidoop have developed OpenID for Flock, an implementation of the broader Identity in Browser (IDIB) open source project. OpenID for Flock offers the most comprehensive discovery and management capabilities for OpenID currently available. Internet users can now not only store their existing identity credentials within their browser, but also reap the benefits of better discovery when OpenIDs are made available by the sites they are visiting. OpenID for Flock is now available to all Flock 2.0 users as an alpha extension available for download.
With OpenID for Flock, the process of discovering, configuring and using OpenIDs that allow the user to log onto website accounts and manage their identity is streamlined. Once a relationship is established between OpenIDs and the sites that can rely on them for authentication, an easy, seamless experience is created for users that frequently travel to multiple destinations across the Internet.
MySpace, Flock and Vidoop jointly developed OpenID for Flock because the browser is the common application used by everyone to make the connection between both OpenID providers and sites that support login using the OpenID standard. Vidoop was the catalyst behind the original Identity In Browser (IDIB) project. The collaboration started in October 2008 when Vidoop Labs produced a fledgling prototype of IDIB, shared the code with the community, and blogged about the need for online identity to be solved at the browser level. MySpace became involved because of their commitment to OpenID via the company's Data Availability Platform and Flock contributed their browser expertise based on their commitment to OpenID and furthering usability.
Trulia.com and Placecast partner to increase relevance of ads
As advertisers and publishers seek ways to improve performance to compensate for shrinking budgets, new technologies like location-based advertising provide a means of improving relevance and response rates. Real estate site Trulia.com, and media company 1020 Placecast, have announced their partnership, using location information to target specific audiences for advertisers and deliver more relevant messages to them on Trulia.com.
Placecast adds a new dimension to audience targeting by using location information as the key to relevance. In Trulia's case, the starting points are the real estate locations in which users express interest. Placecast's proprietary targeting algorithms correlate these with dozens of other demographic, psychographic and geographic data points.
For publishers in categories such as travel, events, tickets, real estate, weather, classifieds and career search, Placecast uses the location information already present on these sites to target audiences and customize messaging. Improved performance results in a dramatic increase in the value of ad inventory for advertisers, transforming remnant ad space into premium CPM real estate for publishers.
One of the first advertisers to take advantage of this approach with Placecast and Trulia is Avis-Budget. Approximately halfway through a three-month campaign, Avis has seen its ads on Trulia perform strongly relative to other publishers. The Avis-Budget campaign is just the first of many in the expanded partnership between Trulia and Placecast.
NBA team launches social network with KickApps
KickApps announced that the New Orleans Hornets have launched a social network for fans of the team powered by KickApps. The website is a destination for the supporters to gather online with other fans to share their passion for the Hornets and NBA basketball, create, share and discover fan submitted photos, videos and blogs, and interact exclusively with official club content.
Using social media, the Hornets capitalize on an opportunity to increase their connection with fans by extending the Hornets experience beyond the basketball court. The new website features its own social network with video and photo sharing functionality, forums, and the ability for members to take video and photos from the site to other social networks, blogs and websites using Hornets branded video and photo widgets.
To tip-off participation and activity on the site, the Hornets are holding a competition for fans to name the social network. Fans simply join the network and leave a comment with their proposed name and why they chose it. Additionally, the team has uploaded behind the scenes videos of the Honeybee cheerleaders and press conferences, with additional unique programming planned.
The New Orleans Hornets joins the Phoenix Suns' Emmy Award winning PlanetOrange.net, New York Knicks, Phoenix Mercury, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, New York Rangers and Arena Football League, as teams that have embraced the KickApps Platform.
Buy blog comments, anyone?
What can you say about buying and selling blog comments? Here's a new online service to ponder upon.
BuyBlogComments.com is a startup that offers unautomated, human-made blog comments aimed for, as said on their site, "blackhatters who are looking for good quality backlinks". (IMO, something's seriously wrong about having the word "blackhat" and "good quality backlinks" in one sentence.)
This one-of-a-kind startup offers three packages, starting at $20 which gives you 100 blog comments, $100 for 500 comments, and $200 for 1000 comments. The company claims to have a group of trained professionals who do the commenting themselves, making sure that the comments are related to the blog post they comment on so that they "look completely like legit comments."
While BuyBlogComments claims they're NOT spam, Darren Rowse, the Problogger himself, thinks that the service is "sick" and "disturbing". I think so, too. I'm very much aware that there are underground companies doing spam, but to go out in the open, offer your spamming service, and make it "look legit" is something else. I think it's just odd to be selling a service aimed at blackhatters so that their sites would "rank better in the SERPs" when we all know well that black hat is the bane of every search engine's existence.
Scott Karp: Journos should start blogging
Scott Karp over at Publishing 2.0 have a post up, basically saying that every journalist should start a blog. And of course, there's rebuttals to this stance, which also shows in the post and comments.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with Scott. While journalists have lots to gain from blogging, there's also the fact that a lot of them suck without an editor bringing out the best.
There, I said it. Self-publising isn't necessary a good thing, editors save us from crappy grammar and hollow stories in the print world. Editors also tend to miss out on lots of that, proving that it's not a universal law that print is better than web. But at least it's another set of eyes on the writer's piece of work, and that ups the chance of getting rid of errors. I know a lot of journalists, and have edited some, that definitely can't be left with a Publish button.
Not all journalists should blog, it might end up biting them in the neck. In other words, just the good ones should get into blogging – the rest would do us all a favor by shutting up.
New7Wonders becomes a global phenomenon
Started in 2001 as inspired by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber to "protect humankind's heritage across the globeâ€, New7Wonders Web site is now part of the prestigious top 1 percent of the world's most popular websites.
It is the first global election site poised to alter world history by choosing the New 7 Wonders of the world based on more than 45 million votes using modern communications technology like Internet and mobile phones. With only 46 days and 10 hours left as of this writing, official results of this exceptional campaign will be announced in Lisbon, Portugal and broadcasted globally on 07.07.07 (July 7, 2007).
"New7Wonders has one of the fastest-growing online communities. People from every country in the world have voted and continue to post photos and videos, submit slogans and spread the word. New7Wonders is a passionate movement that is making waves worldwide,†commented New7Wonders Founder and President, Bernard Weber.
New7Wonders has joined the ranks of other powerful Internet brands and organizations like Coke, Levis, UN, FIFA, Olympics, and BMW.
How New Media Leveled The Playing Field For Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel
It goes without argument that the Internet will play a big role in the 2008 presidential election, but I don't think anyone expected that an Internet based grassroots campaign could effectively level the playing field for unknown candidates like former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel. But that's exactly what is happening. Over the course of a few days, a candidate unbeknown to virtually everyone has generated buzz on the Internet like we've never seen before.
As the graph above shows, Mike Gravel's website now rivals that of the top tiered candidates in the race in reach, traffic and page views. What's even more amazing is that this happened in just under a week's time, and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Now of course this is only representative of Internet popularity, but with the new media on the Internet beginning to rival and even influencing old media mediums like television, this news is significant.
Update: As of May 3rd there has been a significant pitfall in traffic to Mike Gravel's website, which would normally indicate that he's lost all momentum, but in actuality the traffic is merely diverting to Students For Gravel, a new website that is devoted to building a grassroots campaign of students supporting Mike Gravel. Here's an image of the graph as it appears today.
Blogger, Name Thyself
Okay, maybe you don't think that a blogger needs to build a brand. But in light of the response that the infographic on the You're Brand One? post received, it's evident that branding is important for some bloggers. That is, if you plan to either earn a living from your blog professionally or indirectly. (Darren Rowse has a great post about making money because of your blog.) In which case branding is a necessity, be it a cool, memorable brand name, an infographic, or even just a picture of you.
If you want to blog professionally, even if just to promote your consulting or other services, I highly recommend getting a domain name with your name in it, or some variation. Set up a blog and make that your brand, to promote all your online and offline activities. You may even want to use a blog name that isn't your name. Remember that you have to compete with websites plus 70 million blogs. Or is it 15 million? Who knows. Fact is, you need to stand out, and there are many aspects to building a popular site (promotion, content, posts, etc.), but branding yourself is the glue that ties it all together.
For me, I want to be the geeky diagram/ screencast guy. Hence my brand "Internet UltraGeek". But here's something to consider: I didn't bother registering internetultrageek.com because I don't like the way it looks. This should be a factor when you decide on a brand name. For example, noted web designer Chris Pearson uses Pearsonified, which I think is great. It's more than his name, it's a brand. Be creative when you set up your "brand" blog. And you don't have to post every day. Each post should be well thought out and relevant to your brand. Once a week is probably sufficient.
If you need some branding pointers, NameWire, a blog about product naming, has a post on personal branding, with links to other relevant articles including, yes, my own. Though have a look at the rest of the blog and you'll realize how much thought goes into naming a product or service. Or at least, how much effort should go in.


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4:00pm Monday 10th June 2013 in News By Annette McIntyre, Reporter
Sunshine and a little Harry Potter magic helped bring out the crowds to a combined Rawdon Fun Day and Walk of Smiles.
Visitors enjoyed clear blue skies at the events which were raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Tommy's and Bethany's Smile.
And actor Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the blockbuster movies, turned up to support the event in his role as patron of Bethany's Smile, which raises money for the care of children with terminal and chronic illnesses.
The Walk of Smiles was the fourth organised by 13-year-old Bethany Hare, who began fundraising with a Charlie Chaplin style video at the age of ten. Since then she has raised more than £38,000 to help sick children.
Bethany's mum Yvonne said: "Everyone who took part had a wonderful time and the Rawdon Fun Day was a huge success. It was the busiest event they have had so far."
She added: "Matthew Lewis was the perfect Patron as usual. Although he was extremely busy with a rehearsal, he came out to send the walkers off and also made a wonderful speech afterwards at Rawdon Fun Day about Bethany's Smile. He then stayed around signing DVDs and autographs and having photographs taken with people."
MP Stuart Andrew also made a speech at the event and Bethany and her charity group B Cubed performed.
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance turned out to the event and entertainment went on into the evening with bands including girl group Voxe and Roadsight Light.
With an impressive turn out at the fun day the beer ran dry just before the end of the evening and volunteers had to go out several times during the day to get more champagne.
Yvonne said: "The Rawdon Fun Day team definitely deserve some kind of award for all the hard work they put in to organising this event, with the committee taking a week holiday, minimum, from the annual leave at work, to get everything ready, and some of them even sleeping at the field for days to make sure that all the equipment and tents are kept safe."


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Thomasville-- Berean Baptist church moved their congregation into the old VFW building 10 years ago. Their pastor Andrew Hamilton says they're working hard to improve the old building. "We need classrooms, we need to expand the building," says Hamilton. Along with some maintenance projects, the church needs a lot of work.
But like many other buildings and homes in Thomas county, the work can't be done without the proper tools. "It's a lot of sub-par housing simply because people don't have the money to do it the way it needs to be done," explains Terry Hurst, manager at Loblolly Lumber.
That's why RMI developed a library to help with home-maintenance. But you can borrow much more than books. Anyone in Thomas county, homeowner or not can come to the tool library and borrow a tool from as small as a hammer, to as powerful as a nail gun.
"As people have the opportunity to use the tools, then they have a better opportunity to finish the job and keep their house in better repair," says founder of the tool library, Graham Bell. Hurst adds, "We see it as a real enhancement to the community to be able to bring some of the houses into more of a standard for these people and their children to live in."
That's why Loblolly Lumber donated more than $2,000 worth of tools to get the tool library off the ground. "We're continually looking for more donations. We will take new or used tools, and we would appreciate any help the community can give," says Bell.
So people like Hamilton, who want to make repairs, have the means to do it affordably. "I can rent tools and work on the church at no cost. And I don't have to go out and buy a tool." Because even the smallest tool, can help make big changes.
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The Indiana Hoosiers' basketball program brought in some solid recruits in Will Sheehey, Victor Oladipo, and Guy-Marc Michel.
Basketball has always been something popular for Indiana University. Actually, basketball has been something popular for the whole state of Indiana. This is where they eat, sleep, born, breathe, and live basketball.
For IU, it's really something special. From Bob Knight and Steve Alford to Eric Gordon and D.J. White, IU is rebuilding their team with head coach Tom Crean.
Since the departure of White and Gordon as they entered the National Basketball Association, the Hoosiers have struggled and gone through some painful defeats.
They haven't even gotten over .500 since their departure.
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But I can't make up my mind. Turning $50 into $750 would be awesome - especially for something that I believe to be a real possibility. But, again, for some reason, I can't come to a decision on what to do. So I would greatly appreciate the help of AP here.
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