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There wasn't much snow on the fields around Palmer's Sugar House last Saturday for the season's inaugural sugar on snow fest. What frozen crust there was had a besotted, mud-season look, discolored by soot and fine particulates. This was not snow you even wanted to think about licking, much less drizzle hot syrup on.
The Palmer clan was undeterred. Their Shelburne sugar house has an ice shaving machine, which produces something akin to real snow — a bit coarser, sure, but at least it's clean. Besides, the main point of the ritual is to eat the sugar, not the snow. Once you've eaten the sugar you can simply toss the snow, and the mavens of sugar on snow etiquette will not complain.
Unless you toss the pickle with it. That's not OK.
People new to the Vermont-sugar on snow experience tend to ask the same question, said Holly Rivers, who was in charge of boiling the syrup that Saturday. They're handed a bowl or plate loaded with the famous troika: sugar on snow, dill pickle, doughnut. Then they look up and say: "Why the pickle?"
"Sweet and sour, sweet and sour," Rivers recited.
Not so many people ask about the doughnut. Most Americans know instinctively that doughnuts never need any justification. Rivers has one, though, just in case:
"Savory," she said.
The sugar on snow event, which continues at Palmer's on weekends into April, is a Palmer family tradition. David Palmer, the current patriarch who has a day job as an insurance agent, recounted how his grandmother, Marjorie Palmer, got started sugaring around 1945, in the face of the World War II sugar shortage. She became an sugaring expert and wound up in the Maple Hall of Fame (a Free Press profile in 1998 called her a "grande dame of maple.") Her son, David, a dairy farmer, took up the cause on a spread the family owned in Shelburne, and he became an expert, too.
After the elder David died two years ago, it fell to the next generation to carry on the family sugaring tradition. The Palmers still have about 3,000 taps. That Saturday, the evaporator was turning out Grade A dark amber, which they planned to sell for $57 a gallon.
Shortly before the sugar on snow debut, they were all rushing to get ready. David the younger (the insurance agent) was helping his 5-year-old daughter, Lilly, get set up to help in the kitchen. Holly, David's sister, was tending three pots on the stove — one of which she was bringing up to the prescribed sugar on snow temperature (232 degrees F).
Mike Rivers, Holly's husband, was tending the steam-billowing evaporator at the other end of the sugar house, where the syrup-generating temperature was at 219 degrees. Michele Palmer, David's wife, was in the kitchen spreading maple glaze on doughnuts. Meghan Hanley, a younger cousin of David's, was at the cash register. Brad Wainer, a neighbor, was running the ice machine and stacking bowls of ice in a freezer.
Nobody knew how many customers would show up — maybe 100, maybe 150. That first day turned out to be busy. Less than an hour after the noontime opening, the queue at the counter ran all the way back to the evaporator and bent back around.
Sugar on snow, at $5.50, was the big draw. The doughnuts came from Koffee Kup, the pickles from Costco, and the sugar from one of Holly's pots. There were other offerings, too: Maple hot dogs (stewed in syrup), fried dough, maple cotton candy.
Jane Thompson, 79, of Essex, was one of the early customers. Sugar on snow was what she came for. She grew up on a dairy farm in Derby. Her dad had a sugar house, so she remembers the sugar on snow back then.
Was it on real snow? she was asked. She paused between bites of her doughnut.
"You better believe it," she said.
A little history
A lot has been written about sugar, and a lot about snow, but not so much about sugar on snow.
Who threw the first sugar on snow party? Who introduced the pickle? These are not questions that have preoccupied the sugaring historians, but who knows, maybe an enterprising cultural anthropologist could work them into a Ph.D. dissertation.
A superficial review of the literature suggests that anthropologists have been divided over whether the American Indians were boiling syrup to make sugar before the Europeans arrived. Did the Indians teach the Europeans to sugar or vice versa?
At some point long ago, in any case, the Indians of the Northeast are known to have been collecting maple sap and boiling it to make hard sugar, which could be readily stored and transported. We now know that the boiling temperature to make sugar cakes — the Palmers call it Indian sugar — is about 244 degrees. (The prescribed temperatures vary somewhat with barometric pressure.)
Back before anyone had thermometers, there was a way to tell if the syrup was hot enough. Andy Baker, who cut his sugaring teeth in Townsend and Charlotte, and who now gives sugaring demonstrations in his capacity as administrator of a farm park near Kirtland, Ohio, describes it this way:
You "make a loop from a twig stick, (put) it in the molten sugar and blow through it like blowing a bubble. According to one account, when you could get a strand of sugar three feet long the sugar was ready," Baker wrote in an email. He cited an 1845 oil painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson, "Sugaring Off," that shows a man blowing a sugar ribbon.
But syrup hot enough to form a sugar ribbon is too hot for sugar on snow quality. As Holly put it, you don't want the sugar on snow to be pulling off the crowns of customers' teeth.
So, how did the early settlers — or the American Indians, for that matter — know when the boiling syrup was just hot enough for sugar on snow? They'd drizzle it on the snow, and if it stayed on top, in a waxy form, it was ready. If it sank into the snow, it wasn't hot enough.
Johann Georg Kohl, a German travel writer, detailed sugar-making by American Indians in a book published in 1859. He described how they made grain sugar, and cake sugar, and "wax sugar," produced by throwing thick-boiled sugar onto snow. Kohl is cited in Helen & Scott Nearing's "Maple Sugar Book" (1950) a comprehensive work on that pays scant attention sugar on snow.
Betty Ann Lockhart's more recent book, "Maple Sugarin' in Vermont: A Sweet History" (2008) offers an engaging, carefully researched account of the enterprise but doesn't have much to say about sugar on snow either — except for some tantalizing illustrations, from Indian children pouring hot syrup on snow, to a Currier & Ives print of 1856, "American Forest Scene," that seems to depict sugar on snow eating, to the von Trapp family of "Sound of Music" fame convening outdoors over snow, apparently with pickles and doughnuts.
Lockhart, who lives in Charlotte, said sugar on snow parties have long been a spring rite — a communal way to mark the end of winter — but she couldn't say when the pickle and doughnut made their appearance. She wasn't aware of many historical references, but she did seem to recall that there was a sugar on snow-party scene in "Little House in the Big Woods," a children's classic by Laura Ingalls Wilder published in 1931.
"Little House" describes life in "the Big Woods of Wisconsin" in the 1870s, as Wilder herself experienced it. Sure enough, in Chapter 8, "Dance at Grandpa's," there's this: The children go outside with plates and scoop up snow, then go back in the kitchen, where grandma "poured hot syrup on each plate of snow. It cooled into soft candy, and as fast it cooled they ate it."
Then there's this:
"When they had eaten the soft maple candy until they could eat no more of it, then they helped themselves from the long table loaded with pumpkin pies and dried berry pies and cookies and cakes. There was salt-rising bread, too, and cold boiled pork, and pickles. Oo, how sour the pickles were!"
No doughnuts in the old-time Wisconsin variant, apparently.
Fast-forward to contemporary Quebec — which is, after all, the world's leading maple syrup producer. sugar on snow — "la tire d'érable sur la neige" — is a longstanding tradition there, too. Paul Rouillard, assistant director of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, called it a custom that's in people's blood.
"(E)ach spring, a lot of urban people go in sugar bush in the sap house to have sugar parties (parties de sucre)" he wrote in a series of emails. "First, people go in the sap house for eating scrambled eggs, beans, pancakes with a lot of maple syrup on, bacon rinds (oreilles de crisse) and little roasted potatoes. These meats are all prepared in the kitchen of the sap house. And after this huge meal, people go outside for the dessert with the famous maple taffy on the snow."
No pickles or doughnuts, but who would have room for them anyway?
Back in Vermont, the pickle remains an important part of the tableau. Michael Lange, an associate professor at Champlain College and an anthropologist, has been researching the meaning of maple and sugaring to the identity of Vermont. As he considers "the communal and ritual process of sugar on snow," he comes back to that inevitable question from the newcomer: Why the pickle?
"In so doing, that person marks themselves as not part of the community, while at the same time providing the community an opportunity to enroll them," Lange wrote in an email. "An answer is given to the question ('the sour pickles cut through the intense sweetness of the sugar on snow'), and the outsider is brought into the shared identity. The ritual of sugar on snow not only maintains the connection between Vermont identity and maple, but it also allows newcomers to encounter Vermont and maple is a communal way."
There's something else that's special about sugar on snow, wherever it's made. It can't be bottled or preserved or exported. You just have to be in the right place and the right time to experience it.
You better believe it
At Palmer's Sugar House, the the picnic tables were all occupied.
"It's something special," said Edith Heiss, visiting from Germany, of her sugar on snow. "Unusual for me. Strange, but I like it."
Many of the sugar on snow eaters were kids. Adults were more likely to go for the maple dogs
"These are the best hot dogs ever," said Jeff Strawbridge. He was eating his second as his wife, Jill, and his daughter, Reeves, did sugar on snow.
At another table, Garrett Gruendling, 11, was apparently enjoying the sugar ("Good!" he pronounced), but gave his pickle to his dad, Kurt. Kurt was eating a maple dog that he said was "unbelievable."
On the other side of the room, Jane Thompson was eating her sugar on snow and recalling the old days in rural Derby, back in the '30s and '40s. Did they have sugar on snow parties back then?
"You better believe it," she said.
She thought maybe the pickles and doughnuts were made at the farm, but she couldn't recall for sure — maybe the pickles came from the general store.
She had a clear memory, though, of what they did with the hot syrup.
"We poured it on the bank," she said, meaning snowbank.
So, what did they do then? Stick their faces in the snow to eat the sugar?
"We had forks," she said.
They were civilized, back then.
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As part of their Paddle8 Armory preview, the Tokyo based Galerie Sho Contemporary has featured four of Helmut Newton's "Domestic Nudes". Shot in 1992, the series is emblematic of Newton's provocative style of portraiture. The selection by Galerie Sho shows shoe-clad but otherwise nude women posing in various locations. Newton shot many of the "Domestic Nudes" at the famed Chateau Marmont where he frequently stayed.
Since 1967, Whitestone Gallery has largely exhibited Post Impressionist Japanese artists. Featured in the preview are abstracted paintings by artists, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka and Sadamasa Motonaga. Kazuo Shiraga is well known for his action paintings where he painted using his feet and launched himself into wet clay. All three artists were prominent members of the Gutai Group and were among the first to carry out "happenings". The work by the Gutai artists during the 1950s anticipated later Conceptual art, Happenings and the Fluxus movement outside of Japan.
Be sure to check out the rest of Galerie Sho Contemporary and Whitestone Gallery's offerings on the Armory Show for Paddle8.
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Should this acting thing not work out, George Clooney has a backup career as a pedicurist. ''His vocation in life has been missed -- at the spa!'' says Catherine Zeta-Jones, after the actor delicately finishes painting her toes in a suite in New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
''I wasn't so bad. It was my first try,'' notes Clooney, who's here with Zeta-Jones to pose for EW's fourth annual Photo Issue. ''If I had won the Oscar, she'd be painting my nails!''
True, Clooney's mantel holds one measly Golden Globe (for 2000's O Brother, Where Art Thou?), but he and Zeta-Jones, who picked up an Academy Award earlier this year for Chicago, are dastardly equals in Intolerable Cruelty. In the decidedly unorthodox romance, which opens Oct. 10, Clooney is Miles Massey, a slick divorce attorney who cheats Zeta-Jones' divorcee Marylin Rexroth out of millions. Marylin then decides to woo Miles and take him for all he's worth, but before long -- of course -- the scoundrels fall for each other. Despite its being categorized as a comedy, Cruelty is no One Fine Day, warn the stars. ''It's not a straight-up romantic comedy,'' says Clooney. ''It's out there.'' Indeed, one of the film's most darkly funny moments is a shocking death scene.
Since their on-screen courtship is less than smooth, we decided to set the couple up on the perfect New York City date:
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While Cruelty teams filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen with megaproducer Brian Grazer for the first time, it reunites them with their O Brother star Clooney and The Man Who Wasn't There's Billy Bob Thornton, who appears as one of Zeta-Jones' hubbies. So the actress was a bit of a newcomer. ''I was a little dubious,'' she remembers. ''It was like, Oh, the new girl coming into the family.'' Fortunately, she felt instant chemistry with Clooney. ''The first scene I shot was a scene in a restaurant, where George says to me, 'Are you a carnivore?' And I say, 'Oh, you have no idea, Mr. Massey.' That was the line where it just went, Click!'' (Viewers may notice a special glow in the actress' face throughout the film, partly due to a different kind of chemistry: ''I found out I was pregnant three days before we wrapped,'' says Zeta-Jones, who delivered daughter Carys in April. ''Every time I've been pregnant I've always felt more sexy.'')
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- preset day, year 2000-ish
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- most of population became zombies (like 'The Walking Dead')
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Testimony from witnesses would have shown that in 2008, VARGAS-SAENZ possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it.
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How will countries in East Asia and Pacific raise enough finance to reduce emissions, cope with the impacts of unavoidable climate change and deploy new technologies, while continuing to grow and reduce poverty?
Worldwide, mitigation and adaptation will require massive annual investments. Rich countries must take the lead in developing effective mechanisms to help bring the world within a reasonable temperature range. Although developing countries have historically contributed very little to climate change, their growing contributions make low-carbon development imperative for the future. Climate-smart development will also have important benefits in reducing pollution at the local level.
But current levels of climate finance fall far short of foreseeable needs (see chart). Compounding the shortfalls in climate finance are significant inefficiencies in how funds are generated and deployed. Looking forward, the WDR argues that pricing carbon (whether through a tax or through a cap-and-trade scheme) is the optimal way of both generating carbon finance resources and directing those resources to places where the mitigation costs are lowest and the adaptation needs greatest. In the near future, however, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other performance-based mechanisms for carbon offsets are likely to remain the key market-based instruments for mitigation finance in developing countries and are therefore critical in supplementing direct transfers from high-income countries.
Creative approaches to climate finance are emerging in the region.
Expanding carbon finance. Investments facilitated by the trade of carbon emission reduction credits have been made in thousands of successful individual projects but have not resulted in massive emission cuts so far. As the limitations of the project-based approach have to come to be recognized, and with the regulatory period of the Kyoto protocol coming to an end in 2012, greater emphasis is now being placed on larger scale government policy reforms and investments that have long-term emission reduction potential.
The Bank's new Carbon Partnership Facility is designed to support this shift. For example, Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is working toward integrating carbon finance to enhance the viability of Indonesia's nascent geothermal sector to meet the country's sustainable energy development target. In Vietnam, the Facility helps the government administer programs that support commercial lending and investments in a large number of small hydropower plants by private sector developers.
Tapping all sources of financing. Beyond alternative energy options, Indonesia is considering a wide range of mitigation measures, from reducing energy intensity to developing carbon credits from reduced deforestation through the REDD initiative. The country is therefore working to mobilize financing and create the right environment for change. Indonesia rationalized energy pricing by reducing fossil-fuel subsidies in 2005 and 2008. It is reducing deforestation through improved enforcement and monitoring programs, and provides incentives for import and installation of pollution control equipment through tax breaks.
The Finance and Development Planning Ministries have established a national blueprint and budget priorities for integrating climate change into the national development process. And the Finance Ministry is examining fiscal and financial policies to stimulate climate-friendly investment, move toward lower-carbon energy options, and improve fiscal incentives in the forestry sector.
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Creating environmental synergies. Climate-friendly projects often respond to several environmental, economic and social objectives. Examples include improving energy efficiency while eliminating ozone depleting substances in industrial chillers; reducing air pollution in cities to address both global and local environmental issues; or pursuing mitigation and adaptation goals simultaneously by restoring coastal mangrove forests. Such projects reflect the interconnectedness of natural systems in a sustainable world and can help attract wider financial resources.
Linking up. The integration of carbon finance with other financing sources is essential to accelerate the deployment of low-carbon technologies. For instance, the GEF may fund policy work and provide risk coverage; low-interest loans from the Clean Technology Fund along with regular lending and equity may finance physical investments; and carbon credits may create an income stream that sustains a project's long-term financial viability. In combination, these instruments are a powerful force to transform the market for climate-friendly solutions.
Responding strategically. Because the East Asia and Pacific region is highly vulnerable to the impacts of natural disasters, responding quickly and strategically when disaster strikes is vital. When floods, tsunamis or earthquakes take their toll, governments work with international development partners to help assess the extent of damage and work on long-term reconstruction plans that aim to "build back, better" what was destroyed. The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)—a partnership of 24 countries and international organizations coordinated by the World Bank—supports long-term risk reduction and rapidly provides resources to assist countries in sustainable recovery and reconstruction planning, such as recently in Samoa, Tonga, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Do the so-called experts pointing out inaccuracies in the space epic realize it's just a movie?
Let's review the three basic laws of inevitability.
1. If you change lines at the bank, the line you left behind will always move faster than your new line.
2. If you take your car into the shop because of a strange noise coming from your engine, that noise will stop just before the mechanic lifts the hood.
3. If you release a science fiction movie on Friday, somebody on Monday will complain that it is not 100 percent accurate.
No sooner had Sandra Bullock's 3D space thriller "Gravity" landed on the peak of Mount Box Office than a gaggle of self-styled critics attacked its accuracy.
Ignoring the notion that "Gravity" is a fictional movie and not a NASA documentary, these critics, encouraged by a bored media with Monday morning space to fill, were quick to nitpick the film, which was directed by Alfonso Cuarón and is considered one of the frontrunners for a best picture Oscar.
I interviewed two astronauts who had seen the film, and even they were willing to suspend their disbelief in the interest of entertainment, so why can't these naysayers just sit back, eat their popcorn and enjoy the show?
I suspect the answer is that they enjoy their 15 minutes in the spotlight, but I decided to find out exactly what motivates these people.
You probably didn't realize but these attacks are not random. In fact, they are coordinated by a national watchdog organization called the Coalition for Accuracy in Hollywood Movies of Anaheim. We sat down with the head of the organization, Dr. Clarke Gabel, to find out why he finds Hollywood films so objectionable.
Q. Good morning, Dr. Gabel. Any relation?
A.To whom?
Q. Clark Gable.
A.I'm Clarke Gabel.
Q. No, I meant the movie star.
A.There's a movie star named Clarke Gabel?
Q. Yes, but obviously you're not related. Would you mind if I asked what your doctorate is in?
A.I have a doctorate in generating publicity.
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(UNDATED) -- The Tennessee basketball team will begin play at the 2012 SEC Tournament Friday when it faces the winner of Thursday's opening-round game between Ole Miss and Auburn. Tip-off for the Volunteers' quarterfinal contest is set for 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. ET on WVLT) at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, La. The game will be televised regionally on the SEC Network.
Tennessee heads to New Orleans as the tournament's No. 2 seed after winning eight of its last nine games and finishing with a 10-6 record in SEC play (18-13 overall). The Vols join No. 1 seed Kentucky, No. 3 seed Vanderbilt, and No. 4 seed Florida as the four teams who earned first-round byes and are not playing on Thursday. Tennessee departs for New Orleans Wednesday afternoon.
Ole Miss is the No. 7 seed in next week's tournament, while Auburn is seeded No. 10. Tennessee won each of its regular-season contests against the Rebels and Tigers this year, with both victories coming in Knoxville. The Vols are 8-3 all-time against Auburn in the SEC Tournament, but own a 5-6 record against Ole Miss.
The Big Orange have fared well in their second meeting with SEC opponents this season, going 4-1 in regular-season rematches. The Vols won their second games vs. Florida, Vanderbilt, Georgia and South Carolina but were defeated in their second clash with Kentucky.
The other teams on UT's side of the SEC Tournament bracket are No. 3 seed Vanderbilt, No. 6 seed Mississippi State and No. 11 seed Georgia.
During years in which the SEC Tournament was seeded 1-12 and not divisionally (1979-91), Tennessee twice entered the event as the No. 2 seed. In 1979, the second-seeded Vols downed Auburn and Kentucky en route to the tournament championship. In 1982, the second-seeded Vols defeated Vanderbilt before falling to Alabama.
Tennessee's four all-time SEC Tournament championships (1936, 1941, 1942 and 1979) are third-most among league schools. Only Kentucky (27) and Alabama (6) have more SEC Tournament crowns.
The Vols boast a .561 winning percentage in the SEC Tournament (60-47 in 51 appearances). That percentage also ranks third in the conference, behind Kentucky (.842) and Alabama (.567).
Since 1979 – when the SEC Tournament was resumed following a 26-year absence – the Vols are 3-3 in their first tournament game under a new head coach. Don DeVoe (1979), Jerry Green (1998) and Buzz Peterson (2002) all notched victories in their tournament debut with the Vols.
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"Shark" bites again; on last corner!
Fall Taxi Cab Open October 19th
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Marysville CA - October 6, 2013
--- For the 2nd time this season, Roseville's Sean "The Shark" Becker took home the lion's share of the purse this season in open competition sprint car racing at Paul and Kathy Hawes' Marysville Raceway Park. Becker pulled of a startling, crowd pleasing, last lap, last corner, high side move to win the 22nd Gold Fever Open Saturday night. A near capacity crowd enjoyed the rapid fire program presented on a superbly prepared surface. Marysville's Cort Dozier grabbed the laurels in the companion wingless sprint car feature with some late race heroics of his own.
After the 4 heat races and B main events went into the books with few slowdowns, the feature event was staged. Front row starter Andy Gregg aboard the Russell #14r bolted into the lead. He effortlessly seemed to have the rest of the field covered through ½ way when a multitude of quick yellow flag periods slowed the pace of the event allowing the cars to bunch up repeatedly behind Gregg.
7th starting Becker hovered in 5th place as he and Jonathan Allard had found the cushion and started to press forward. 3rd starting, 3 time MRP champion, Billy Wallace was a factor early up front, but had issues that caused the Grass Valley star to fade during the middle portion of the event.
The 30 lapper was 20 laps old when Becker and Allard in the Tri-C 3 started to show their hands and started to pick off cars; getting to 2nd and 3rd places respectively. With 3 to go Gregg was under relentless pressure as Becker looked low and high for a way around Gregg. As the white banner flew Becker looked low in turn 1 and Gregg protected the bottom. Then with only 2 corners to go, Becker jumped back onto the cushion that had so effectively brought him to the front. With 50 yards to go Becker had the line coming out of 4 and whistled past Gregg on the high side to the line. Allard jumped to the bottom off of 4 and nearly got Gregg as well. The capacity crowd was on their feet and screaming as the spectacular event roared to its nearly 3-wide conclusion.
It was simply a classic sprint car race and it was vigorously contested all the way. It is the 4th consecutive outstanding winged sprint car event that has been presented at the venerable raceway in its 45th year of continuous operation. It was a short 3 weeks ago that Colby Wiesz of Colfax and Mike Monahan of Sparks, Nevada were side by side at the stripe and only 2 weeks ago that Monahan edged Billy Wallace by a whisker in another great finish.
MRP continues to present quality sprint racing programs with few major crashes and virtually no tire wear for the competing car owners on the pristine MRP clay. The winged sprint car events have also consistently been completed before the 10:00 hour. Spectators were cruising through the pits early on Saturday talking to their favorite drivers.
The Legal Shield Quick Time Shootout was won by Gregg and he picked up the C-Note once again offered by Legal Shield representative Rod Engberson. Wiesz, Monahan, Branden Mansfield and New Zealand's Jamie Duff grabbed heat race honors. Kevin Lovell grabbed B main honors; then climbed from 14th starting position in the feature to an impressive 7th.
Behind Allard, pole sitter Shawn Wright finished 4th in front of hard charging Mason Moore, Wallace and Lovell.
The companion wingless feature was a thriller in its own right. Like Gregg in the winged car race, MRP Wingless Sprint Car champion Rowdy McClenon of Anderson seemed to have the field covered until a late race caution put Marysville veteran Cort "Iron Man" Dozier on his tail for the final restart. Dozier reached into his bag of tricks and somehow came to life and stayed with McClenon after the restart. Then with 2 to go, Dozier pulled along side McClenon on the inside of turn 2 as the crowd jumped to its feet. McClenon and Dozier touched wheels and McClenon's car jumped into the air, pirouetting around and then back on all fours. McClenon motored on, but from that point on, Dozier was in control.
The 2009 MRP Wingless champ won by a wide margin and was greeted by well wishers in victory lane. The emotional win capped a successful season in which Dozier competed in the MRP Winged Sprint Car class, the MRP Super Stock class and the MRP Wingless Sprint Car class, thus the title "Iron Man".
The bay areas' Shawn Jones finished 2nd with Peter Paulson, Scott Hall, Jerry Cisco and Jeremy Hawes following across the finish line.
A mid-race dice between Hawes and Hall raised some eyebrows as they battled relentlessly to get to the front. Hall spun and Hawes had to make a pit stop putting an end to any real challenges they could mount for the victory. Veteran racer Tony Godwin tipped it over in turn 2 bringing out the evening's only red flag. Godwin was not injured. Dozier and McClenon won the heats.
MRP will be dark next week before bringing back a major 3-division stock car event on Saturday night October 19th. The Fall Taxi Cab Open will feature Limited Late Models, Super Stocks and a Hobby Stock/Pure Stock class. The single night extravaganza will showcase the best stock car drivers in northern California. The event will bring down the curtain on MRP's 45th consecutive season of operation. Stay tuned. Pit gates will open at 3 and the grandstands open at 5. Drivers meeting will be at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm with racing after hot laps.
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Apotheon is one of the more interesting games on the horizon. It's a stunningly pretty action RPG set in ancient Greece, where you'll wander an open-world Mount Olympus as you attempt to overthrow Hera. It's from Alien Trap Games, who made the splendid Capsized, and they've just announced that if you pre-order Apotheon you'll get Capsized for free.
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By Craig Pearson on December 4th, 2013.
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By John Walker on October 18th, 2012.
Alientrap, they behind the absolutely superb Capsized, have released a trailer for their new game – Apotheon. Sit up and take notice, because if you didn't play Capsized, you missed out on one of the best PC platformers in ages. Apotheon is calling itself a 2D Action RPG.
Hera Worship: Apotheon Is The Prettiest Of Pretties
By Craig Pearson on February 25th, 2012.
Alientrap's new platform game, Apotheon, is pretty. A 2D platform action-RPG set in Greek mythology, where you'll fight your way to the top of Mount Olympus. It's the age old tale of a champion fighting for humanity against the wife and usurper of Zeus, Hera. We've all been there, battling Greek gods, stealing their powers, controlling the elements. I was doing just so last night, cleverly disguised as eating pork dumplings and prawn crackers while slumped in bed rewatching Doctor Who. If you squinted, you'd have seen the truth.
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Tom Wilkinson stars in a new vignette from Wes Anderson's team.
There's a case you can make for the movie's campy ingenuousness.
He loves that middle space.
For when you're planning your next vacation to the Overlook or the Park Hyatt.
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Thank you, Wes Anderson, for putting Fiennes back in a morning coat.
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Pedestrian hit by car in West Allis
A pedestrian was hit by a car Monday afternoon in West Allis.
Police said the person was crossing Greenfield Avenue near 70th Street about 3:30 p.m. when a car turning south on to 70th Street from westbound Greenfield Avenue hit the person.
Police said the person's injuries are non-life-threatening.
The driver stopped and is cooperating with police. Alcohol and speed have been ruled out as factors in the crash, police said.
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A majority of the residents in Iowa are insured through their employers; 59% of the population. Those who are insured with Medicaid make up 12% of the population and 9% of the residents aren't insured at all; this is lower than the national average at 16%.
For the citizens who are having trouble with obtaining traditional health insurance due to pre-existing health conditions can apply for the Health Insurance Plan of Iowa (HIPIOWA); this is a high-risk pool insurance policy. There is a limit on premiums that are charged to the individuals who carry this plan.
Health Insurance Options in Des Moines
Families that are considered low-income may be eligible for health insurance plans like Medicaid. Children, pregnant women and the disabled are usually automatically qualified for this state program. If a child isn't eligible for Medicaid because of income requirements, there is another optionIowa's SCHIP program called Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i).
When seeking health insurance policies, you should consider why you need the plan. Are you looking for access to emergency-only care or do you require frequent doctor visits? You will also need to look into health insurance companies before signing any contracts; see how long they've been in business. You don't want to invest a year's worth of money into a company that folds before you even receive benefits.
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Sherwood Cordier, Ph.D. 1963, published "Finland's Armed Forces: Continuity and Change," in the Summer 2005 issue of Scandinavian Review, 54-59. He gave a lecture on the peaceful development of Norwegian independence at the Scandinavian Interest Group's celebration of Norway's Centennial, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In July 2006, Sherwood Cordier's article on the Swedish Air Force, "Shield of Sweden," appeared in Aviation History, 46-52.
Stanford Lehmberg
Stanford Lehmberg continues to enjoy living in Santa Fe. His recent publications include English Cathedrals: A History (London: Hambledon, 2005) and Churches for the Southwest: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of John Gaw Meem (New York: W.W. Norton, 2005). His textbook The Peoples of the British Isles continues to sell well in both American and English editions. He serves as a member of the board of the Santa Fe Concert Association and the library of St. John's College and is frequently a substitute church organist.
Allan Spear
Allan Spear is a member of the Advisory board of the Steven J. Schochet Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at the University. Among the board's functions is oversight of the Allan Spear lecture series, which was established six years ago at the time of Allan's retirement. This year's Spear lecture was delivered in September by Faisal Alam, founder of Al-Fatiha Foundation for GLBT Muslims.
In March, Allan participated in a roundtable session for graduate students at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Minneapolis. The title of the session was "Beyond the Pale: Alternative Careers for the Ph. D. in History", and Allan's role was to discuss careers for historians in politics.
Allan has been chosen to be one of the "Minnesota 150"—an exhibit at the Minnesota History Center to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Minnesota statehood in 2008. The exhibit will feature 150 people, objects, and products representative of Minnesota's 150 years. The Minnesota Historical Society chose those to be featured from nominations made by the public. Allan is currently working with MHS staff to design the display. He will be joining such Minnesota icons as Hubert Humphrey, Bob Dylan, Prince, Spam, and the Greyhound bus. The exhibit will open in October, 2007, and last for five years.
William Wright
Bill served as chair for the jury that awarded the R. John Rath Prize for the best article published in the Austrian History Yearbook during the first three years. In the last few years, he has written book reviews for the American Historical Review and the German Studies Review. He teaches courses in European and Austrian history and current affairs in the Adult Education Program for the Minneapolis Public School System.


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Roberta is a registered dietitan, certified diabetes educator and is board certified in sports nutrition (CSSD). Roberta received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University in dietetics and nutrition. She is currently the Director of Sports Nutrition at Texas Children's Hospital providing nutritional guidance for athletes and adolescents with eating disorders or other complex medical nutritonal concerns. In addition to her work at TCH, she is a sports dietitian for local professional teams and counsels student athletes Rice University and the Houston Ballet. Roberta has honored for her work in the field and most recently honored with the SCAN (Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition Dietetic Practice group) Achievement Award in 2011. In addition, Roberta received the Texas Distinguished Dietitian Award in 2008, the Texas Dietetic Association Media Award in 2006. Roberta has served as a national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Roberta and her husband Bob have three children, Keith, Katie and Kevin. Keith is a forensic chemist, Katie is a graduate nutrition student and a dietetic intern at the University of Texas, and Kevin a graduate student and sprinter at the University of Oregon.
Hastings, ES, Anding, R, Middleman, AB. Correlation of anthropometric measures among obese and severely obese adolescents and young adults. Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition 2011; 3:171-174.
Middleman AB, Anding R, Tung C. The effect of needle length when immunizing obese adolescents and young adults with hepatitis B vaccine. Pediatrics 2010; 125(3):e508-12.
Chacko, MR., Anding, R., Kozinetz, CA, Grover, JL, and Smith ,PB. Neural Tube Defects: Knowledge and Preconceptional Prevention in Minority Young Women. Pediatrics 2003; 112:536-542.
Raney, M.S., Anding, R., Fay, V. and Polk, G. A Pilot Study to Assess the Use of Megesterol Acetate to Promote Weight Gain in Frail Elderly Persons Residing in Long Term Care. Journal of American Medical Director's Association 2000; 1: 154-158.
Anding, R Nutrition for Physically Active People, Texas Dietetic Association Diet Manual 2008
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Another option is to invite clients to your home office and show them presentations on one of the impressive new PC-TV devices. These so-called convergence technologies, including the PC Theatre 9000 from Compaq Computer, are drawing considerable attention because they take the best from computer, stereo and video technology and meld them into one digital media product. One advantage of showing your presentations on such a device in your home office is that you can completely control the environment. Plus, displaying it on one of these state-of-the-art systems is sure to impress clients (and it's great for watching movies with the kids after hours, too).
One model to consider is the Destination Digital Media Computer (starting at $2,499) from Gateway 2000. As with any PC, you can use it to create presentations with popular presentation programs. The base model comes with a 166 MHz Pentium processor, 32MB RAM and a 2GB hard drive. But when it's time to give your presentation, you can roll out the red carpet and show it in style on a 31-inch VGA color monitor that resembles a big-screen television and boasts a high-resolution display (36-inch monitors are also available). The Destination Digital Media Computer also has a high-quality sound system, a DVD-ROM drive (optional), and a wireless keyboard and remote control to conduct your presentation from anywhere in the room.
Yet even when you're using such impressive technology, keep in mind that having the right technology to create and show your presentation is just one part of the process. To give successful presentations, you also need to spend a considerable amount of time on your delivery. Spend plenty of time practicing your presentation out loud, perfecting its delivery and learning how to use your presentation technology smoothly. Says Wilder, "Remember, you are still the message."


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The U.S.–based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) updated its overall quarter-over-quarter sales growth to 3.5%. SIA said the sales growth was previously misstated at 2.1%.
SIA also corrected the misstated growth rates for the Japan region. It updated quarter-over-quarter growth to 14.9% (it was previously misstated as 13.7%). All other global sales growth calculations remain unchanged.
September 2011 worldwide semiconductor sales were $25.8 billion, up 2.7% from August sales of $25.1 billion. SIA's monthly sales numbers represent a three-month moving average.
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text: Male Vocalist of the Year Brandon Heath added a rare highlight to his growing list of accolades with his recent Emmy Award win, presented to the celebrated songwriter for his blockbuster hit "Give Me Your Eyes." The song served as the catalyst for Nashville Rescue Mission's Hunger to Hope 2009 PSA Campaign on the local CBS affiliate.Rounding out Heath's week was the selection of the award-winning song by NASA as the wake-up call for the Endeavour shuttle crew, on their first day in orbit, in honor of first-time flyer Pilot Terry Virts. Virts invited Heath to join his family as a special guest at the launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In regards to the NASA wake-up call, Heath adds, "I'm still geeking out over this, it's the coolest thing ever!"


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If a womans nails arent done, she's not totally dressed, says Essie Weingarten. And, being well-manicured makes us feel goodits better than any psychiatrist. Weingarten should knowshes the founder and president of Essie Cosmetics, a.k.a shes the reigning expert on all things nail-related. Since launching her namesake Essie nail polish line back in 1981, she has released over 900 polishes sold around the world and helped invent the industry as we know it today. (Nail polishes didnt used to have clever names on the bottom of each bottlethey were numbered.) Weingarten has a new gig as AOL.coms resident beauty expert, where shell be answering all your burning questions about nail shapes and the best polish color for your wedding, debuting on the site in mid-May. Before the video series rolls out, we caught up with Weingarten to get a few of our questions answered on the spot. Here, she dishes on the nail polish naming process, the color for summer, and more.
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Standoff with armed man on motel balcony ends
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A standoff between police and an armed man on a motel balcony along 87th Street has ended without incident, Kansas City, Mo., Police said.
The standoff started at 2:51 a.m. when police were called to 6101 E. 87th Street for a report of an emotionally disturbed person.
When officers arrived they found the man armed.
Police said they attempted to negotiate with the man. They were able to safely take the man into custody by 5:24 a.m.
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Nick White managed to take a seven-inch knife on board a plane, moments after his 13-year-old daughter had a bottle of fizzy drink confiscated by security staff. Nick realized that he had the lock knife in his pocket as he reached the security gate at Birmingham Airport in the United Kingdom.
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Entertainment calendar (Jan. 24-30, 2013)
AFRICAN-AMERICAN Cultural Celebration will be held 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday at the N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. It features the Winston-Salem State University Burke Singers, an all-female a cappella group. Events also feature other musical performances, drama, film, programs by writers and crafters. The theme of events is "Defining Freedom." Free, ncmuseumofhistory.org
BLACKSMITHING demonstrations will be given 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Historical Park, High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave. Free
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"THE SHORT TREE and the Little Bird That Could Not Sing" will be performed at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in Annie Sellars Jordan Parlor Theatre, Main Building, Greensboro College, 815 W. Market St., Greensboro. The quirky fable tells the story of a tree that resents its roots and a bird with the worst singing voice in history. Free
MUSIC FACULTY at Greensboro College perform "Winter Recital" at 4 p.m. Sunday in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel on the campus at 815 W. Market St. Free
ZAC BROWN Band is in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St. The band is touring in support of its latest album, "Uncaged." $45, $59.50, $69.50, plus fees, Ticketmaster
VENICE BAROQUE Orchestra performs at 7:30 tonight in Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. The group from Venice, Italy, performs an all-Italian program. $16-$25, 758-5295
KEVIN LAWRENCE and Dmitri Shteinberg perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Watson Hall, UNC School of the Arts, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. The violinist and pianist, respectively, will perform works by Tartini, Beethoven, Ravel and Joan Tower. $15, $13 for students and seniors, 721-1945, www.uncsa.edu/performances
NU Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Watson Hall, UNC School of the Arts, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. The program is composed of music for small ensembles by UNCSA composers. $15, $13 for students and seniors, 721-1945, www.uncsa.edu/performances
RODNEY CARRINGTON gives his stand-up comedy show at 8 tonight in War Memorial Auditorium at the Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St. $44.75, plus fees, Ticketmaster
GEEKSBORO'S "Criterion Tuesdays" series of classic foreign and independent film features "The Spirit of the Beehive" at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema, 2134 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro. The Spanish film follows the journey of a small girl who is possessed by the memory of seeing James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein." $6, $5 with student identification, includes beer, soda or coffee, www.geeksboro.com, 355-7180
"THE ALIENS" by Annie Baker will be performed by Paper Lantern Theatre Company through Sunday at UpStage Cabaret, Triad Stage, 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro. Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. In the play, two 30-something slackers find a protege in Evan (performed by High Pointer Owen Hickle-Edwards), an awkward 17-year-old. $20, $18 for seniors and students, 272-0160, www.paperlanterntheatre.com
THE GARAGE, 110 W. 7th St., Winston-Salem, features the following:
• Women of the World Poetry Slam — 9:30-10:30 tonight, $5;
• Mipso Trio — 9 p.m. Friday, $8;
• Luna Arcade — 9 p.m. Saturday, $7;
• The Hooten Hallers — 9 p.m. Wednesday, $5.
777-1127, www.the-garage.ws
A CONTRA dance sponsored by Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers will be held 8-10:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clemmons Civic Club, 2870 Middlebrook Drive, Clemmons. Lessons for newcomers are at 7:30 p.m. No partner is necessary. Reel Shady will provide live music, and Kristin Seibert will call dances. $7, $5 for full-time students, 272-3245
"THE DEVIL is in the Details: Old Scratch" opens Friday and continues through Feb. 25 in Anne Rudd Galyon Gallery, Cowan Humanities Building, Greensboro College, 815 W. Market St. The exhibit of fine-art photography is by Ross Holt and Becky VanderVeen. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays.
"HILLSBOROUGH Gallery of Arts" continues through March 27 at Center for Creative Leadership, 1 Leadership Place, Greensboro. The exhibit of fine art and craft is by 21 artists who work together and exhibit art at the locally owned and operated artist cooperative in Hillsborough. To view the exhibit during office hours, call 510-0975 for an appointment.
"WINTER ART EXHIBIT" continues through Feb. 24 at Theatre Art Galleries, 220 E. Commerce Ave. Exhibit are:
• "Surfacing Connections" in the Main Gallery and Gallery B. Featuring artists are: Kiki Farish of Raleigh (graphite on board), Sarah West of Raleigh (jewelry and sculpture), Jerry Jackson of Penland (sculpture), Jane Wells Harrison of Lenoir (encaustic collage) and Jill Eberle of New Bern (paintings).
• "Forgotten Faces: Portraits from the High Point Museum" in the Hallway Gallery. The exhibit of approximately a dozen portraits are from the museum's collection, but they have not been on view for a long time. Most were created in the 1930s and 1940s, and many portray High Point's founding fathers.
• "TAG's Annual Middle School Art Exhibit" in Kaleidoscope Youth Gallery. Works are by young artists from Southwest Guilford Middle School, Wesleyan Christian Academy, High Point Christian Academy, High Point Friends School, Westchester Country Day School, Welborn Middle School and Archdale-Trinity Middle School.
Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and Saturdays by appointment only. www.tagart.org, 887-2137.
JERRY BLEDSOE'S personal collection of art is the focus of an exhibit, "Orphaned Art," that continues through Tuesday at Randolph Arts Guild, 123 Sunset Ave., Asheboro. Bledsoe, a New York Times best-selling author and journalist, has collected art using the guidelines: Always try to buy originals and always spend less than $40. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. .Saturdays. 629-0399, www.randolphartsguild.com
"THE ART OF MISS VICTORIA CHRISTIE" continues through Sunday at Yalik's Modern Art, 710 Washington St. Victoria is a fifth-grader at Oak View Elementary School, and this is her first gallery exhibit. She moved to High Point two years ago and previously lived in Louisiana and Iowa. She began creating drawings, paintings and other art at a young age and is particularly interested in use of patterns, geometrical designs and vibrant colors to convey emotions. www.yaliksmodernart.com
THE ARMORY Show: One Hundred Years Later" continues through June 23 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. The exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the original "The Armory Show" in 1913 in New York. The ground-breaking exhibit showcased progressive American artists (George Bellows, Robert Henri, John Sloan) and works by European artists (Cezanne, Duchamp, Picasso, Gauguin) that shocked Americans. The Reynolda exhibit includes works from the museum's collection and private collections. www.reynoldahouse.org, 758-5150
WATERWORKS Visual Arts Center, 123 E. Liberty St., Salisbury, sponsors the following exhibits through Feb. 9: "Art of Faiths - Religions of the World: Diversity and Tolerance" by Syed Ahmad of Salisbury; "Works in Cloth," fiber art by Alice Levinson of Hillsborough; "An Endless Quest," photography by Robert Radin of California; a group show by Shireen Alborno of Charlotte, G. Carol Bomer of Asheville, Robert Crum of Salisbury and Betti Pettinati-Longinotti of Winston-Salem; sculpture by Glenn Zweygardt of New York. www.waterworks.org
"THE CONE SISTERS Collect" continues through Feb. 17 at Weatherspoon Art Museum, Spring Garden and Tate streets, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The exhibit displays pieces donated to the museum in 19499, when Etta Cone bequeathed part of her and her sister Claribel's collection to the museum. The 242 works included pieces by Matisse, Picasso and Jacques Villon. A list of related programs is online at www.weatherspoon.uncg.edu.
"KAOLIN TO CLAYMOUNT: Demystifying James River Valley Stoneware" continues through March 31 at Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 924 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. The exhibit is composed of boldly decorated stoneware and recovered archeological fragments from the area of the James River near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., where potteries thrived in the early 19th century. Free, www.mesda.org
"SCHOOL OF ART and Design Faculty: Past, Present and Future Exhibition" continues through Feb. 28 in Sechrest Art Gallery, Hayworth Fine Arts Center, High Point University , 833 Montlieu Ave. It is designed to highlight the lineage of HPU's faculty through works from past decades to the present. Works include paintings, mixed media pieces, furniture designs, photography and prints. Gallery hours are 1-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; the gallery is closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas. 803-1815
"REAL TO REEL: The Making of 'Gone With the Wind' " continues through April 14 at the N. C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. The exhibit is designed to tell the story of how the book by Margaret Mitchell became a record-breaking, historic film. It includes authentic memorabilia: costumes, scripts, screen tests, scene props and Vivien Leigh's Academy Award. Admission is free. www.ncmuseumofhistory.org, (919) 807-7900


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SPIKE has a new show coming, and it's one you won't want to miss. Players is about two opposite brothers who are trying to run their own sports bar - and the hilarities that ensue. It stars Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts, both of the acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade. They're funny guys, we promise. Don't believe us? Hit the jump to check out five great guy comedies that these guys have been in . These are the ones that are sitting in your DVD collection, and are bound to be classics. Make sure to tune in March 2nd at 10:30pm/9:30c for the premiere of Players!
1. Role Models - with Matt Walsh as Davith of Glencracken
A couple of guys are forced to partake in a live action role playing game, otherwise known as LARPing. Matt Walsh plays the evil king LARPer – a.k.a. King Dork.
2. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - with Ian Roberts as the stage manager.
Ron Burgundy is the world's most renowned anchorman. He's a master of scotch, love, and jazz flute playing. He tells San Diego to go F*** themselves, and Ian Roberts freaks.
3. The Hangover - with Matt Walsh as Dr. Valsh
Dr. Valsh provides the guys with a clue to solve the mystery of where the best man has gone missing. He is a venal man and he's not afraid to disrobe an old dude right before your very eyes.
4. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - with Ian Roberts as Kyle
Ricky Bobby's father ditched him at an early age, and ever since he's been proving that you're either first or you're last.
Ricky Bobby's father ditched him at an early age, and ever since he's been proving that you're either first or you're last.
5. Old School - with Matt Walsh as Walsh
Walsh is an office drone who just wants to join the new fraternity he's heard about. He gets slapped around a little bit, but in the end he gets the job done.
Bonus points if you know which one of these guys was in Bring it On.
Don't forget to tune in March 2nd at 10:30pm/9:30c for the premiere of Players!


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