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This weekend, Collider got to participate in the press junket for Savages, the new film from three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone. Based on Don Winslow's best-selling novel, the story follows two Laguna Beach entrepreneurs, Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch), and their shared girlfriend O (Blake Lively), who run a very lucrative business selling some of the best marijuana ever developed, which attracts the unwanted interest of the Mexican Baja Cartel. For more on the film, you can watch six clips here.
While we will run the interviews about the film closer to its July 6th release in theaters, we did want to share what actor Aaron Johnson had to say to us about finally going into production on the Kick-Ass sequel, which is set to shoot in the Fall. He said that he has gotten to see a script, that it keeps the standard hard R feel of the first film, and that he's excited to get back in the suit. He also addressed the recent statement that American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis made on Twitter about how he would be a good choice for the male lead in the film adaptation of the much-talked-about erotic novel, 50 Shades of Grey. Check out what he had to say after the jump.

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Uptown's first modern movie theater complex will open Nov. 14 at the EpiCentre, featuring five screens, a luxury environment and adults-only atmosphere in the evenings.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based IPic Entertainment will run the theater, which will open with the release of the upcoming James Bond film "Quantum of Solace," said EpiCentre developer Afshin Ghazi of Ghazi Co.
IPic theaters feature VIP sections that allow moviegoers to buy their tickets online as much as a week ahead of time and reserve a specific seat – similar to purchasing a concert ticket, company spokesman Jim Lee said.
Seat availability is updated in real time online, so moviegoers can tell right away if the movie they want to see is sold out. It also helps the theater because it can make a more educated decision whether to make additional screens available.
"People love it because they don't have to rush and battle everybody to see the best movie of the year," Lee said. "This summer, when other theaters were dealing with lines and waits for 'Dark Knight,' our theaters were calm. People appreciate that."
In other cities, IPic theater VIP seats cost $14 in the evenings, compared to $9 for general seating. Lee said the Charlotte theater's pricing will be different, but he didn't have details.
Charlotte's IPic theater will also only allow moviegoers age 21 and up into the theater after 7 p.m. Visitors will be allowed to drink alcoholic beverages in the theater and bring in food from the attached restaurant to be named "Mez."
The theater also touts that it does not show any pre-show advertising. The featured movie begins promptly following the previews of coming attractions.
As the residential population uptown has boomed, many residents have wanted to see a movie theater come to the area. The nearest theaters showing popular blockbusters are on Park Road, at Phillips Place near SouthPark or at Northlake Mall.
IPic comes as the EpiCentre is adding other entertainment venues and eateries, said Bob Durkin, president of Bar Management Group, which runs many of the venues.
Among them:
Jason's Deli is expected to open this week.
Flemings Steakhouse is slated to open at the end of the month.
PJ's Coffee and Wine Bar is scheduled to open sometime within the next month.
Strike City, an upscale bowling alley, will open in late November.
Italian restaurant Bella Vita has begun construction and is expected to open by the end of the year.
EpiCentre is a three-story, 267,000-square-foot entertainment-retail center at College and Trade streets.
Most venues are under construction. In addition to entertainment, restaurants and bars, the project calls for a 48-story condo tower and 175-room hotel. The condo tower has been halted because of a dispute between developers and the Ghazi Co.
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Mr. Victor Danevich, Mr. Edmund Gleason, Mr. Harold= Lynde, Mr. Jean-Guy Bergeron, Mr. Tom Domenico, Mr. Tom Gaydos -Town Administra= tor
Also present:
Members of the press and general public.
(Gleason/Bergeron) To approve the
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(5-0-0) The motion carried.
The amendments to the minutes were as follows: page 2, paragraphs 7 – the words 'if different than the residential address' were added to the following sentences '…sketche= s and the owner's mailing address, if different than the residential addre= ss…'; paragraph 8 – the words 'if different from the assigned assess= ed residence..' were added to the following '..homeowner's address, when different from the assigned assessed residence…'; page 4 – the motion to authorize Mr. Gaydos to speak to Counsel was = made by Lynde/Domenico; page 5- Emergency Management – the words 'f= or the erection of a tower to relieve the site on Jeremy Hill' were del= eted and replaced with 'for communications equipment'; Fire Departm= ent – the following sentence was added 'It was agreed that this re= quest fell under the Emergency Safety category and should be in the Operating Bu= dget rather than a warrant article.'; page 8 – Legal (under the discussion and the motion)– the words 'regional water district= charter' were deleted and replaced with 'Merrimack Regional Water District= 217;; page 11 – Yield tax for logging operation – the words 'H= inds Lane Conservation Area' were deleted from the discussion and the motion.
EEE Correspondence Update
Mr. Danevich informed that the Town received an offic= ial correspondence from the State of New Hampshire Department of Health which = would be posted on the website. He= said the information is basic and states precaution should be taken and assume = EEE is in Pelham. He said there = had been some tests done in Pelham, but everything to date had come back negat= ive. There are no confirmed cases of E= EE or West Nile Virus in Pelham. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
Revaluation Update
Mr. Gaydos said notices went out earlier in the month;
individuals had the opportunity to contact Vision Appraisal. To date, 298 appointments (6%) ha=
d been
made for an informal hearing. Mr.
Gaydos said if anyone had a question regarding their assessment, they shou=
call prior to or on
Mr. Lynde asked if ther= e was a status of the utility process. Mr. Gaydos said he didn't have the status yet.
Mr. Danevich said once the appointment process was do= ne, the next step would be certification by the state and the last piece would be = to set the tax rate and send out the tax bills (late October early November).=
New Employee Introduction – Town Bookkeeper Richard Pette= ngill
Mr. Richard Pettengill = was not present.
Health Officer Appointment – Tim Monette / Deputy Health Officer Paul Zarn= owski
Mr. Gaydos said in the past the Town had both a Deputy
Health Officer as well as a Health Officer. He said Mr. Paul Zarnowski was the
Deputy Health Officer working with Article K issues and septic designs;
unfortunately, the then Health Officer past away and Mr. Zarnowski had been
asked to handle all the duties. He
said recently a problem arose with the threats of EEE and West Nile Virus;=
state has made it clear that communities are on their own and have to hand=
their own issues. He said th=
e Town
has tried to come up with a plan, and Mr. Zarnowski is stretched thin but =
interested in continuing his work as the Deputy Health Officer. Mr. Gaydos said he had met with M=
r. Tim
Monette and discussed the possibility of him working as the Town's H=
Officer. He said the state h=
as a
state Health Officer liaison officer that provides lots of information.
Fire Chief Michael Walker said Mr. Monette had been i= ntegral in the local emergency planning commission that the Town has developed int= o the Emergencies Operations Plan. He said Mr. Monette had worked closely with people at the local and state lev= el and seemed to be the best fit for the position.
Health Officer Paul Zarnowski and Mr. Tim Monette met= with the Selectmen. Mr. Zarnowski= said with the emergency planning the position is starting to get stretched a li= ttle thin. He noted that his basic expertise was with soils, septics and wells. He said he spoke with Mr. Gaydos = and worked out a way for things to work better; he would drop his position of Health Officer and just be the Deputy Health Officer.
Mr. Gleason asked if there was a need to post the pos= ition to the public to determine if anybody else was interested. Mr. Gaydos said they were under a= time constraint because of the amount of material that was being forwarded from= the state. He said he had discus= sions with Chief Walker and there was a small group of people familiar with the = overall situation that the Town had to deal with in the EEE and West Nile Virus fr= om the state. Mr. Gleason said = the position came along with a stipend. He felt the appointment was being made in a closed venue without pu= blic input. He was reluctant to s= upport the appointment until such time that he had confidence that there wasnR= 17;t someone else who was interested.
Mr. Bergeron asked if Mr. Zarnowski would still parti= cipate during Board of Health meetings. Mr. Zarnowski answered yes because he was familiar with the particu= lar situations. Mr. Bergeron rec= alled there being a discussion about Mr. Zarnowski's work load.
Mr. Domenico asked if Mr. Zarnowski would still handl= e all the inspections and approving all the plans for septics. Mr. Zarnowski answered yes. Mr. Domenico asked how the positi= on would be funded and what the budget impact would be. Mr. Gaydos said there was no impa= ct to the budget. He believed ther= e was $4000 set aside; the Deputy position would be $1000 and the Health Officer would be $3000.
Mr. Lynde said the process could be followed, but the=
result would be the same. He=
felt if
there was someone to fit the position they should be hired. He believed in the past the hiring
authority had been given to the Town Administrator to make the decision.
Mr. Danevich asked what Mr.
Lynde's position was. =
Lynde felt the Selectmen should make the appointment.
Mr. Domenico believed there should be an effort to po=
st this
type of position. Mr. Danevi=
agreed with Mr. Lynde, but also felt the position should be posted. He asked Mr. Gaydos to post the p=
so the Selectmen could make a formal decision on
Mr. Danevich said Mr. Z=
would remain the Town's Health Officer until another appointment.
Fire Station Presentation – Fire Chief Michael Walker
Fire Chief Michael Walker and Lieutenant Jack Tirrell= met with the Selectmen. Chief Wa= lker indicated that Father Ed Richards (Scribe), Mr. Brett Dunham of Dunham &am= p; Sweeney Architects and Lieutenant James Midgley were also on the Fire Department Building Committee a= nd present for the meeting.
A power point presentation was given to the Selectmen= that outlined what the Fire Department Building Committee was charged with. The committee brought forward the following objectives: 1) build a central fire station – Mills proper= ty; 2) choose an architect; 3) develop a process for construction – construction management; 4) use impact fees. Information was given regarding t= he condition/deficiencies of the current building. With regard to sub stations, the committee understood the need, but didn't recommend at this time due= to the lack of statistical information and absence of a logical plan. There was a discussion as to why = the Mills property was the preferred location for a central station. Lt. Tirrell explained the intervi= ew process for the architectural firm. = In conclusion, a request was made to utilize $509,000 in impact fees in order= to develop a parcel, including a bond price, for a March, 2007 Warrant Articl= e. They wanted to use the constructi= on management process and enter into a contractual agreement with the archite= cture firm of Dunham & Sweeney. Chief Walker asked the Selectmen's permission to move forward with the pro= ject, focusing on the Mills property.
Mr. Gleason asked if it was permissible to use the im= pact fees ($509,000). Mr. Gaydos answe= red yes. Mr. Gleason said an ind= ication was made that there was mold in the current Fire Station and questioned if= it had been tested. Chief Walke= r said it hadn't been tested yet. Mr. Gleason said a statement was made that the building wasn't designed for full-time, which is incorrect because the Police Department w= as full-time (when in the building). Lt. Tirrell clarified that the building wasn't designed to ha= ve people living there essentially 24-hours a day. Mr. Gleason questioned if the con= struction management firm provided a maximum cost and asked if the intention would b= e to have them define the maximum project cost that they would guarantee. Mr. Dunham (of Dunham & Sween= ey) said they would. Mr. Gleason confirmed that the people that the Town appointed to the oversight committ= ee would review all bids and be participants in the award of the bids to the = low bidder. Mr. Dunham said that= was correct and discussed how the selection process would be conducted. Mr. Gleason asked if the building= had been revisited to ascertain that everything in it was an absolute necessity. He inquired if th= ey had looked at building it for today's need with expansion capabilities. Chief Walker said they would addre= ss the issue during the process; he said there was a significant square footage t= hat would house apparatus. He wa= nted to do the project right the first time so they didn't have to go back t= o the taxpayers. Mr. Dunham said t= he space needs would be reexamined. = span>Mr. Gleason said he was an advocate to doing the project right, but wanted to = make sure that the package put together had fiscal responsibility. He wanted to address a recommenda= tion brought forward by a citizen that was to make the current station a sub st= ation and constructing a central fire station in another location. Chief Walker believed a central f= ire station should be located in the center of Town. Mr. Gleason questioned if they we= re cognizant of the restrictions placed on the property (by Judge Lynch). Mr. Dunham said he was.
Mr. Bergeron said he was asked to serve as Selectmen&=
Representative on the committee and being so, he didn't vote when th=
voted so he could remain non-biased and do his 'homework' on w=
was brought forward to the Selectmen.&nbs=
He discussed the construction management structure and questioned t=
risk the Town would be taking. He
felt it was important to have a group of volunteer contractors that lived =
Town that would be willing to be an advisory committee and research the op=
and related risks. Chief Wal=
ker discussed
the construction management process and said the Town wouldn't assum=
e any
more risk with a construction management process than it would with any of=
other processes. Mr. Dunham
believed the construction management process had the least risk. He said with either design bid/ b=
uild or
construction management it was prudent for a public entity to get a bond.<=
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> He said the best way to minimize =
was to get a good construction manager who gets good references for doing
similar kinds of buildings. =
He said
getting a bonding company to take over and finish a job is not an easy
task. Chief Walker said when=
committee was doing research they also reviewed processes that had failed.=
Mr. Bergeron asked if it was true=
the three usually worked on 15% on whatever the total dollar amount was.
Mr. Dunham answered no; it varied=
person to person, system to system or approach to approach. He said there was no way of knowi=
ng what
markup was built into the bid. He
said in construction management, when selecting one a bid goes out for the
overhead and profit; experience may offset the fee.
Mr. Lynde said whatever is approved should suit the T=
own for
20-30 years. He felt the cen=
ter of
Town was a location where the Fire Department could respond most expeditio=
to a majority of calls. Chief
Walker said based on general observation that was an accurate statement.
Mr. Lynde questioned what level of
staffing the building was designed for.&n=
Chief Walker said the special needs would be discussed. He said they wanted to look at so=
me of
the growth plans for the Town in the future. Mr. Lynde questioned if the equip=
bays were something that could be added on the future as equipment was acq=
uired. Chief Walker said when a construc=
committee was put together they would discuss the space needs. Mr. Lynde discussed the plan and
questioned where the apparatus would ingress/egress. Lt. Tirrell reviewed the proposed=
and showed where the primary emergency access would be located; this access
wouldn't compromise the integrity or safety of the general public us=
the Village Green. Mr. Lynde
confirmed that the current one-way traffic flow would remain the same. Chief Walker answered yes.
Mr. Domenico discussed his company and the fact that recently, over the last few years, they had shifted from the design/bid/bu= ild (on the more expensive projects) to more of a construction management model. He said it has been t= ested in the public arena and becoming more common.
Mr. Bergeron asked if a rendition of the station (wit= h the footprint) could be put together based on all the work that had been done.= Mr. Dunham answered yes, but note= d it would be a 'guesstimate' from a contractor that would mean virtually nothing. He said a= fixed price for doing work couldn't be obtained without defining exactly w= hat it was the person would do. = He said the quality of an estimate is directly proportional to the information tha= t is provided. Chief Walker noted= that impact fees were designed for use on public purposes. He discussed getting the job done= right the first time versus looking at the items 'hodge-podge' and t= rying to save $2000 here and there. Mr. Bergeron asked if a design could be done if a 'not to exceed' = number was provided. Mr. Dunham bel= ieved the prudent way to proceed would be to clearly define the number, versus h= aving a number that may be higher than necessary because a high contingency was = built in.
Mr. Danevich said he had spoken on the topic over the= past eight years and discussed the generation of the impact fees. He supported a new central fire s= tation and left the location up to the decision of the committee and people who use it. Mr. Danevich asked for a= copy of the presentation so the Selectmen could review further and so it could = be made available on the website. He discussed the proposal further and suggested a forum be created for public input. He discussed when the= next hearing could be scheduled. =
Mr. Dunham said the areas of decision that were most time-critical (to get a firm bond price for Town Meeting) was going forwar= d on the Mills site and going forward using impact fees. He said the decision regarding design/build or construction management could be postponed approximately s= ix weeks. Mr. Danevich said he was reluctan= t to commit the Mills property until hearing from the public.
Mr. Lynde felt it would be helpful to have a timeline=
if a
package was going to be put together for the Town Meeting. Mr. Danevich suggested scheduling=
public input session for the next meeting (
There was further discussion regarding a proposed timeframe. Mr. Gleason said = the specifications wouldn't be ready in time for the Selectmen to put together a warrant article to the people with a fire station price. Mr. Danevich informed that the en= d of the impact fees life was quickly approaching its end. He said state law doesn't r= equire public vote to expend impact fees raised through a building permit process. Mr. Bergeron couldn't see coming up with plans that would never be used.
Mr. Domenico asked how soon Mr. Dunham could come up = with a 'not to exceed' number for the construction of the fire station being discussed. Mr. Dunham = said if he could get started in two weeks, he could have a 'not to exceed= 217; number by the end of December. Mr. Domenico confirmed that Mr. Dunham could come up with a 'not to exceed' amount to construct a central fire station by the end of Dec= ember that could be placed on the ballot (in March, 2007). Mr. Domenico asked when conceptual drawings could be done. Mr. = Dunham said the conceptual drawings would be done in late October, early November and = by March (2007) the Town would have the final construction drawings and specifications. He said if t= he voters approved it in March, construction would be ready for the spring construction season. Mr. Dom= enico said the cost of not moving forward with a decision was about as much as it wou= ld cost as moving forward. He was co= ncerned with cost increases and giving back the impact fees.
Mr. Danevich suggested that the Selectmen discuss fur=
ther in
two weeks. He asked Mr. Gayd=
os to
add an agenda item for
Deputy Emergency Management Director Appointment=
Fire Chief Michael Walker recommended Lieutenant James Midgley for the position of Deputy Emergency Management Director. He said Lt. Midgley was the autho= r of the Emergency Operations Plans. He was comfortable with Lt. Midgley handling any emergency management incident that came up in his absence. Chief Walker discussed the position and what it entailed on a daily basis.
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(Gleason/Domenico) To appoint Lieutenant James Midg= ley as the Deputy Emergency Management Director.
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(5-0-0) The motion carried.
Mr. Gaydos said the chipping operation was done at
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(Lynde/Domenico) To confirm permission to move the crabapple tree and provide periodic maintenance.
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VOTE:<= /p>
(5-0-0) The motion carried.
Mr. Domenico informed that Peter McNamara, Jeff Gowan=
and he
met with representatives of the Spar & Spindle Girl Scout Counsel and =
developer who is proposing the lots off
Mr. Bergeron informed that the Selectmen had been inv=
ited to
a meeting
Mr. Gleason said the Budget Committee convened and wa= lked through the facility and discussed the problems with the buildings. He said they seemed to embrace the philosophy of working in conjunction with the Town. He further discussed the response= s from the Budget Committee. He sai= d the Budget Committee had provided a list of action items that were being worked through.
Mr. Lynde announced that the final concert on the gre=
en (Van
Gogh Cart)would be held
Mr. Danevich discussed = the upcoming Selectmen meeting dates and topics.
(Lynde/Bergeron) Request for a non-public session p= er RSA 91-A:3,II,a & c (Perso= nnel; Matters which if discussed publicly would adversely affect the reputatio= n of any person).
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Mr. Danevich-Yes; Mr. Gleason-Yes; Mr. Lynde-Yes; M= r. Bergeron-Yes; Mr. Domenico-Yes
Mr. Danevich noted that when the Board returned, afte= r the non-public session, the Board would not take any other action publicly, ex= cept to possibly seal the minutes of the non-public session and to adjourn the meeting. The Board entered i= nto a non-public session at approximately .
The Board returned to p= ublic session at approximately .
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(Bergeron/Gleason) To seal the minutes of the non-p= ublic session indefinitely.
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VOTE:<= /p>
(5-0-0) The motion carried.
(Bergeron/Gleason) To adjourn the meeting.
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(5-0-0) The motion carr= ied.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately .
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"Steven Spielberg told us 'We've written this film, the character is Marty McFly, and his favorite band is Huey Lewis and the News. How about writing a song for the movie?' I was flattered but didn't much fancy writing a song called 'Back to the Future.'"
A Flying Tomato, a guy who used to be in the News, a man your man could smell like, and more!
Plus Letterman on public apologies, on our regular late-night roundup.
Now that we can sleep at night knowing that third installment of the Most Important Franchise Ever is en route, let's turn to the real issues.
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Monopoly tournament returns April 30
The third annual Peachtree City Monopoly tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 30 at the Towne Club at 201 Crosstown Road. Players will be competing for $200 in cash prizes and over $250 in gift certificates from local restaurants and markets. Raffles during the first round of play will see most of the gift certificates given away.
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10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
It has been a long ride (one of our original goals was to "build a company that lasts at least 2 years" - we beat that one!) While we wish the site could live on, it has suffered from a number of challenges - changes in how people use the site, the advertising industry, and how search engines view the site. We wish the outcome was different – but we've always been realistic about when our goals are met and when they aren't.
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Overview:Holy Blossom Temple's Social Action Committee developed an educational and fundraising initiative in collaboration with the international organization Free the Children to build the first girls high school in Kenya.
Preparation:In November 2009, Holy Blossom Temple gave its annual humanitarian award to the Free the Children co-founders. Following this event, the social action committee hosted an African Marketplace with a variety of informative and cultural booths as well as African entertainment.
Through this event, the congregation learned of Free the Children's plan to build the first girls high school in Kenya and the social action committee unanimously chose to support the project. To do so, a large-scale initiative to educate and fundraise began. This effort included an education program about the plight of females in Africa and the arduous walk they do daily to carry water back to their families by holding its own Water Walk. In addition, the donation of funds raised in the past by an AIDS initiative were given to provide four scholarships to Kenyan girls studying at the high school.
Posters were prepared and advertisments were placed on the website to enable advance registragion to the Water Walk. Prior to the event, volunteers planned the route, invited speakers, organized set-up for registration and the water fill-up stations and prepared a booklet of water-related questions for each marked station. The sequence of events and outdoor set-up for the speaker presentation and ceremony was arranged as well. All participants were asked to make a donation to attend the event.
Project Implementation: The Water Walk was held on a Sunday in September 2010, immediately following the synagogue's family sukkah party. Volunteers helped to set up the registration area, water fill-up station, African craft and photo display area and the stage for the post-walk ceremony. Additional volunteers were sent to stand at different intersections in the neighborhood and help guide participants through the planned walking route.
One of Free the Children's co-founders attended the event, accompanied by two visiting Maasai Warriors (young men) who had never left Kenya before. As drummers led the way in starting the walk, these three special guests followed, along with the synagogue's rabbis and congregants of all ages carrying full water buckets. Participants walked with their buckets a full kilometer (about 0.6 miles) and some symbolically carried the buckets on their head.
The ceremony following the walk began with introductions by the congregation's senior rabbi. Each of the visiting Maasai Warriors were given gifts on behalf of the synagogue. The synagogue's student choir then sang two social justice songs. Following the check presentations, the crowd was charmed by brief greetings from each of the Maasai Warriors. The ceremony culminated in a motivating speech of thanks and inspiration by the attending Free the Children co-founder. Following the ceremony, participants were invited to meet and chat with the co-founder and the Maasai Warriors.
Results: The African Marketplace (held after the November 2009 humanitarian award ceremony) inspired the congregation to address the needs of Kenyan children; some traveled with Free the Children to Kenya, some made B'nai mitzvah donations to Free the Children and some made individual donations to the organization.
Three checks were presented to Free the Children at the Water Walk:
Synagogue embers expressed enthusiasm and gave positive feedback about all of these initiatives, revitalizing the Social Action Committee, which had been dormant. Holy Blossom Temple intends to continue working with Free the Children and provide support to the girls school in Kenya
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I agree with you Amy.
I was loaned 3 of the Target brand after my 2nd son and couldn't believe that I didn't have a singe nursing tank with my first. They are so convenient! I really like the closures on the Target brand and wear them for sleeping in because they hook and unhook with only one hand. Unfortunately, they give you a very unattractive uniboob and in my case I was between sizes (I'm a 36C and a medium was too tight but a large was too big.)
I guess what I'm leading up to is that I found the Bravado tanks, thought they were too spendy ($45), tried one on and WOW! They look good! No uniboob because there is ruching between the boobs and there is a slight V in the neck. The straps are sooo much more comfortable, there is no visible elastic line in the back that makes you look like you have back fat even if you don't like the Target ones and honestly, I could see myself wearing them after I'm done breastfeeding. The only catch is that the clasps are a little tricky, especially after being used to the Target tanks. Regardless, I plan on buying a couple more when I can.
I had a basic black glamourmom (from Motherhood) that I wore more than any other 'nursing' top. Frankly all of the nursing tops are odd - they either look weird to wear, or they have lackluster functionality. (The ones that make the nipple look like a bull's eye.) And I tried them all from the $10 ones to the $60 ones.
I mostly wore just regular tank tops, and pulled the top down for nursing, rather than playing peek-a-booby with the nursing tops.
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Alicia Amanda Stokes, or Mandy as she preferred to be called, had argued with her brother on the morning of Saturday, November 25, 2007, but according to Aaron Stokes everything was fine when the 33 year-old psychology major left their apartment to run errands.
"I yelled from the shower 'I love you …' She just tapped on the door and said goodbye," the 28-year-old Aaron man recalled.
Two days later, Mandy's car was found locked and abandoned near a ravine on Park Boulevard. Her purse, containing her wallet, identification, iPod, and cell phone, was found in the vehicle. A check of cell phone records revealed Mandy had been talking with her boyfriend in New York while she would have been driving. Further investigation uncovered the call had been disconnected but investigators are unsure of whether it was because of disrupted service or the phone was turned off. The car's battery was dead. It had been towed because it was blocking traffic.
In December 2007, investigators collected potential evidence which they believe indicates Mandy was murdered at the apartment. As a result, suspicion has fallen heavily on Mandy's brother who was known to have a serious drug addiction problem at the time of Mandy's disappearance. However, Aaron endured a nine hour interrogation with investigators and walked away a free man – as he still is today.
During a March 2010 interview, Deborah Murray, Mandy's mother, stated, "No one has heard from or seen her since. There has been no activity on her cell phone or bank account. Up until she disappeared, we never went a day without talking unless she was camping or otherwise unavailable. It is not like her not to communicate with someone in the family, especially me, but not one person has seen or heard from her since the morning she went missing."
Mandy is originally from North Carolina and had relocated to California to study psychology at John F. Kennedy University but had taken a semester off from school with the intent to relocate to the East coast to be closer to her boyfriend and mother. Mandy's father had died four years prior to her disappearance and friends and family say she continued to grieve her father's death at the time of her disappearance which, along with other personal issues, had lead to a "mental breakdown" but none believed it to be to the point of being suicidal.
If you have information about the disappearance or possible whereabouts of Alicia Amanda "Mandy" Stokes, please contact the Oakland Police Department at 510.238.3641.


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A great tragedy occurred last Friday.
Twenty small children and six adults were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. One adult, the mother of the suspect, was killed first, in her home.
Since then a major fuse has been lighted due to the significance of the event, and (predominantly in the DEM/MSM) the obvious and simple solution is to confiscate your weapons and proscribe personal ownership of firearms. Then, clearly, all will be well with the nation and the world.
In the meantime, the bloody deaths of small children is fodder for competition, job advancement and ratings in the national media:
Nothing that any logically-thinking and informed American didn't already know and expect, however, from the DEM/MSM maggots.
[A small aside for those unfamiliar with the firearms industry in America: there are, to the best of my knowledge, at least seven firearms or firearms-associated manufacturers located in the state of Connecticut, to include Smith & Wesson; Colt; Sturm, Ruger & Co.; Mossberg; Winchester; Remington; and Martin Firearms.]
Mr Obama made it very clear that he believes immediate action is necessary:
"And this must change. We can't tolerate this any longer. These tragedies must end. Are we prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage? That the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is the price of our freedom?"
Good and true words. To be utilized — like any tool — for good or for ill.
Involving Mr Obama and Demorats, Leftists and Progressives — in consideration of my inherently doubting and questioning nature — I cannot help but think that what Mr Obama has in mind isn't really much of an observance of our Bill of Rights.
But instead, something more along the lines of what Mr Bush created with Homeland Security — and worse. Much worse.
Texas Fred has an excellent installment regarding his post-Newtown thoughts here.
Further: "we all know that guns are evil," but do they ever save lives — and — who advocates them? None other than black rapper Ice-T:
Asked by a London news anchor about America's gun culture, Ice-T said: "Well, I'd give up my gun when everybody does. Doesn't that make sense? If there were guns here, would you want to be the only person without one?"
Anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 News: "So do you carry guns routinely at home?"
Ice-T: "Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police."
Anchor: "And do you see any link between that and these sorts of (Aurora-type) incidents?"
Ice-T: "No. Nah. Not really. You know what I'm saying, if somebody wants to kill people, you know, they don't need a gun to do it."
Anchor: "It makes it easier, though, doesn't it?"
Ice-T: "Not really. You can strap explosives on your body. They [Muslims! – BZ] do that all the time."
Anchor: "So when there's the inevitable backlash of the anti-gun lobby, as a result of this instance, as there always is–"
Ice-T: "Well, that's not going to change anything. The United States is based on guns."
Alas, finally, a truism. One that we must all face. Because history precludes us.
There is an American gun magazine that has featured a monthly column, for years, documenting incidents where the presence of a gun saved lives.
Check this from John Stossel:
Outrageous. More guns lead to more violence. Plainly. Or — dare we say it? — not?
But: "if someone breaks into your house, which would you rather have? A handgun, or a telephone?"
Clearly, Leftists, Demorats and Progressives would prefer this sign on their front yards:
Oh wait. No they wouldn't. Because those signs don't exist on front yards. ANYone's front yard. Does that mean that — gulp! — Demorats and Leftists and Progressives are slightly smarter than your average houseplant? Answer: yes. And calculatingly so. They say one thing and espouse and live another.
Yes, I know you're quite shocked. Shocked, I tell you!
Various other killings stopped by armed citizens? Click here.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch:
– Democrats vow to push for gun control measures in Congress
– Progressives Plan March On NRA In DC Monday
But if you're not retarded or an idiot or a Demorat or a Leftist or a Progressive or immature or ill-educated or homeless or autistic or a GOWP or a parasite or an advocate or consumer of Free Cheese. . .
. . . then your gun rights are under assault.
Oh, right. That would equate to a normal human being protected by the Constitution of the United States of America.


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Force Energy Corporation is a Lithium and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development Company based in Denver, Colorado.
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As I was thinking about this week's post and what I would talk about, so many things happened that I had to formulate how best to explain everything when everything is just so new to me…and in a way, it's just common sense.
First, I wanted to write about my redecorating project. I've upgraded mostly everything at home. The final installment (the new bed) arrived a couple of Saturdays ago. As I put the bed frame together and then hooked the frame up to my headboard I coveted so much from Neiman Marcus' Horchow, I realized just how much I had done everything wrong before.
The previous bed frame was a hand me down from my uncle when I first moved to NYC. When I took it apart and put it to the side to build my new bed frame, I saw how rusted it had gotten from years of wear and tear. Could this thing possibly be from the 1950s?
I was trying to decide whether to throw out the box spring or keep it. That's when I discovered that I had a really old box spring, but it was still in good shape. The cat had torn the cover to shreds…and thank God she did. I discovered there was yet a new life to that box spring and there was nothing wrong with it. I cut off the top cover that was stapled on in an apparent resale attempt…and uncovered the real box spring mattress underneath…with a cover the cat will not shred to pieces.
After the first couple of nights, the only thing waking me up in the middle of the night was the cat. The bed is now a few inches taller, so when I hear her climbing up the mattress beside my head, I have to help my little aging beauty up to make sure she doesn't fall off the bed. Otherwise, I'm sound asleep. No back pain. No waking up in the middle of the night tossing and turning. I'm getting a solid night's sleep…all thanks to the new mattress.
I thought to myself…why didn't I do this in the beginning? Buy something qualitative?
Because we are taught to get what we can afford that gives us the function we need it for. A bed? I've had hand me down beds all my life. To go and buy a new bed was unheard of. Bed is sagging? Just throw a feather bed on top of it…get a little more life out of it.
We're always trying to just put a band-aid on the situation rather than just do what is the right thing from the start.
That's not what I'm going to do anymore. Not in this new story. There are no more band-aids. There's just doing the right thing from the start. That includes buying a new bed because I plan on sleeping on it for the next 10+ years. Upgrading the things around me from trusted and true companies for all of the things that I use on a frequent basis…or would like to going forward (KitchenAid Mixer for all of those baking needs).
While I was organizing all of my magazines this weekend into the new file cabinets, I thought…if I really looked at the price tag of each of these file cabinets, the old me would have said I was crazy. Why pay that much for a file cabinet when you can get one for $20-$40 a piece? Why spend all of that money? The old me would have freaked out…felt guilty for what I had done. The new me said, "If you did it the old way, you wouldn't have been happy and would have put a band-aid on it just to feel better about your decision to save the money instead of splurging on the right thing that you loved."
Not sure how I would have mastered a mint green file cabinet the old way. Painted it? Boy, that would have looked horrible.
That's the key here…putting a band-aid on happiness. The old me put a band-aid on everything. After my boiler broke last month, I wondered what band-aid the landlord would put on this situation. It wasn't until I mentioned that I was afraid that the building would blow up and I refused to turn on the heat…that was when my landlord called to tell me that he would put in a new boiler just so I would feel safe in my own home. After all, I pay the most rent in his building. I should feel safe, right?
Most of these changes now have a little more to do with planning for my new home. I would rather buy the qualitative stuff right now so I can focus more on the refurbishing I'll have to do when I move into the new house. You should see all of the various shades of blues and green paint I have right now…all to decide which colors I'll be painting the walls. What colors can I live with? What colors are better as accent colors? What about wallpaper?
I'm redecorating my world, not just my home. I'm writing the new story.
Understanding that I am on that "qualitative," do it right the first time mentality, I returned to the Meditation Center this month. The last time I went was last year, but it's hard covering hockey and keeping a continuous meditation schedule, especially if you're attending classes there.
I emailed with one of the sisters before I went so that she was aware I was coming back. She had warned me last year that I would have to start from the beginning again and then they would decide if I was ready to return to the masters class. As much as I meditate outside of the Center, you can still become plagued with the issues of the world around you. They start to seep in and stay within you. You start to lose a sense of yourself and who you are. It's like a blanket has been tossed over your light and you're just trying to peel back the layers so your light can shine again.
I felt like I was losing a sense of myself and letting the distractions of the world seep in. It was time for me to take a few steps back and return to the things I know are true to me. The Meditation Center can help me with that.
Going back to the beginning and starting all over again is about purging everything you let inside. It's about re-learning how to find yourself again. Trust me, it is so easy to forget who you are when the world comes crashing in on you. You start to become the roles you play. You think those things are who you are…and you forget all about your soul and what brings peace inside of you. You lose sense of who you are. You feel a disconnect with yourself. You're just trying to get back to your own center…the place where you can say, "I AM."
I hate knowing I have to begin all over again, but at the same time, I see the positive in it.
The first time around, my mind became too powerful. Like it scared me because it became too powerful. When I foresaw my boss's death, it shook me up because I was the one who discovered he had committed suicide. I don't fare well with suicide deaths, so this was a big shake up. At the time, the sisters tried to help me, but at times it is best to forget and move forward. In this instance, I forgot myself.
This time, the sisters know what my mind is capable of doing. I have to keep reminding myself to stop listening in on other people's thoughts. I have to focus on just me.
In class last week, since there are a lot of new students trying to discover themselves, God and peace, I spent most of the class keeping my mouth shut. I tend to take over the classes when I'm there because I know much more than these students. What I have in knowledge, I lack in practice. I don't always use the knowledge I have and put it into practice at all times. This time, I let the teacher teach the class and kept quiet.
Asking myself in the beginning months the first time I learned how to meditate whether I chose to embrace the positive or the negative was what helped me reach positive change early on. I didn't think it was a matter of turning a switch on or off that determined what would happen next, until I put it into practice. I chose to do the positive thing.
In an instant, my life changed. It changed for the better.
I've seen over these last five years what choosing the positive can do for you. It can give you the most amazing adventure in life…one that you will absolutely love. The most important thing is…you don't need a band-aid to find happiness. Happiness begins from the source…that light you're choosing to let shine by embracing all of the qualities that benefit happiness.
Negativity does not equate to happiness. Only positivity leads to happiness.
I got into a conversation with two different men once re: the vices that people choose to embrace that their holy books strictly forbid. I spoke to a Christian and a Muslim about it. Both had the same idea: what's wrong with it? It's okay to sin.
My response to them was: And how's your life going for you? That choosing to sin life, despite what your holy book says about it? Did you find happiness that stayed with you? Or was it just a temporary band-aid to happiness? Did you, at any point, regret the sin? Did you feel guilt? Did you hurt in any way (suffer from a hangover) or hurt others in the process (made others around you breathe in second hand smoke)?
This is why vices are bad. Buddhists speak about it. Hindu speak about it. Why do you bring pain and suffering into the world just for a single moment of happiness that never stays with you?
We are constantly looking for a band-aid in life. Everything from going shopping when we're feeling down; eating something you know is bad for you because you feel like it (or because you believe it will make you feel better…cupcake, anyone?); to going to the movies to escape the harsh realities of the world; to going to a hockey game just to forget for a couple of hours the crap life you have outside of that arena…these are all things we do to find our band-aid in life…to forget for one moment what our true reality is…how unhappy we really are…how disconnected we are to ourselves and to something greater. We are lost and have no idea what direction to turn.
We have lost a sense of ourselves. We don't know how to be truly happy, so we seek momentary temporary happiness, instead of building true happiness right from the get go.
The only thing in this world that will make you truly happy is YOU. Not your children, not your pets, not your "when X happens, I'll be truly happy,"…NO. You could have children and not be happy with something else in your life. You could look into your pet's face every morning and find that happiness of watching them sleep…but it doesn't last. If you win the lottery, sure, you'll be happy at your good fortune…but it never lasts.
What makes happiness last in you? YOU embracing the true virtue of happiness that you can only find inside of you and your connection to who you really are…a soul. Not the roles you play…but YOU, your true essence…your soul.
The first time I practiced raja yoga, a Christian woman came up to me and asked me what I did. I told her I practiced raja yoga at a Meditation Center. She couldn't believe her ears. How could meditation…or yoga for the mind…make someone look like God is shining through them? How is it not Christianity?
This question has been posed to me many times. These days I answer it as, "Do not ask questions of things you are not yet prepared to know the answers to."
Happiness does not come from a religion. Happiness comes from God. It is a virtue all should seek to attain with God.
When I started this post, it was a few days before I left retirement to return to hockey writing. I've thought about the band-aids in life, how we are always trying to patch things up instead of just doing the right thing from the start.
When I went back to covering hockey, I sat in the press box feeling defeated. I didn't want to be there. I sat there with a heavy heart, almost in tears, because for some odd reason God was forcing me to go back to the beginning of this story.
There are so many things that happened over this last month that brought me back to a place where I had to start all over again.
Last week alone, I saw every single one of my all-time favorite hockey players. I bought tickets to the games, only to find out during that first game that I was going back to hockey writing. By Thursday night, I received the official confirmation from the Devils and off I went again.
Darius Kasparaitis…my very first interview…I not only saw him and spoke to him, he signed the hockey stick I received the day his article was released back in 2007.
Brendan Shanahan…another all-time favorite…gave me a little something to remember him by. While my Shanahan shirt had the #18 on it, he wrote #14. I had to laugh, because I remember when Dainius Zubrus got him to sign a few game used sticks in the locker room while we were interviewing him, he started to write #14 down. I stopped him and said, "Wait! You're #18 now." He stood there with a confused look on his face and explained how his brain was so used to signing #14, he forgot he was #18 now. So it's funny that a couple of years later he signed my #18 shirt with #14.
Those two guys, Jaromir Jagr and Martin Brodeur were the reasons why I fell in love with hockey and wrote about it. I was lucky to call Brodeur one of my professors of hockey. Every game, he explained things from his point of view. It opened my mind to understanding hockey through his eyes. I witnessed the genius of Jacques Lemaire. That man has magic up his sleeves when it comes to the Devils. I learned so much from him.
To see all four of my all-time favorites last week, begin classes again at the Meditation Center, and go back to my beat…this is what I mean when I say I had to go back to the beginning. Apparently the dream I left hockey for…it's not coming. That's why it's been hard emotionally for me to go back to the beginning. It's like admitting you failed at a dream. Your universe says…this is your life…this is your dream…when all you can think about is a baby you're not going to hold in your arms any time soon.
At the same time, I'm trying to remain positive about this. Maybe I missed something the first time around. Perhaps that's why I get this do over. Maybe it's meant for me to do this right…right from the beginning. Or maybe it's a sign that I can have both dreams and this time around, I'll see how I can have both.
Whatever lessons are to be learned, it may take years before I figure it out. All I know is that I get a redo in life. Not everyone gets something like that. This time there are no band-aids in life. It's just doing the right thing from the start.


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First things first… If you were following the 31 days series I'm sure you think I just gave it up. Truth is, I didn't think about the 18 page research paper due this Saturday, the mid-terms I had to take this week or that I volunteered to redo our entire matrices for all 10 of our magazines, you guessed it… this week. Man, when it rains, it pours. Luckily the tests have been taken, I just submitted the research paper and the matrices are finished. Phew… I need a drink!
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Each week we get some absolutely yummy-looking dishes and I'm always so excited to try them. Last week we tried out Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta made with Homemade Roasted "Sun" Dried Tomatoes from Life Currents and it was a hit! I don't like red sauce but this one made me a believer!
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If you get a new pair of boots, you should take them to a professional bootfitter to make sure they're completely dialed. But, let's say, for some reason (like you're leaving on a trip tomorrow or you can't afford the bootfitting), you need to heat mold your new ski boot liners yourself. Here's how to do it.