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Playing House
A witty memoir recounting one woman's search for the
perfect place to live
By Peter Terzian
Meghan Daum is a stickler about the difference between house (a building) and home (a place you spiritually inhabit). Her new memoir is a funny, chatty account of her quest for the perfect home as she restlessly moves from house to house—from Manhattan to Nebraska (a relocation spurred partly by finances, partly by a childhood obsession with Laura Ingalls Wilder), to Los Angeles, where she buys a crumbling bungalow before the housing bubble bursts. "This is the story of what happens," she writes, "when … your identity becomes almost totally wrapped up not in who you are or how you live but in where you live."
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House, Meghan Daum, $24.95; Knopf.

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My name is Etude!
Facts about Etude
- Breed: Oriental
- Color: Gray Or Blue (Mostly)
- Age: Young
- Sex: Male
- Hair: Short
Etude's Info...
I am already neutered and good with cats.
Etude the educator has always been the leader of the litter. First to open his eyes, first out of his nesting box, first to lap up food and first to leap off beds into cushioned baskets. Etude, while an acrobat at heart, studies his playmates before jumping into the foray. His favourite pastime is anything water. Shower or tub – he's in there on the periphery getting splashed on – up on his hind feet swatting at water droplets and supervising, - "You missed a spot, there... no, no, over there." - Drinking bowl – what a wonderful way to pass an afternoon seeing how far the droplets can fly. Not a snuggler for long periods Etude does like to be near enough for comfort and companionship but is not an in your face cat. These little guys are still kittens and must be adopted in pairs in order to be properly socialized. If you have room in your home and heart for this little fellow and his brother Rondo don't hesitate to fill out the adoption application. You won't regret adopting these cuties.
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Etude, a Mississauga, Ontario Oriental cat was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Oriental for sale in Mississauga, Ontario, or seeking a Oriental cat from a breeder in Mississauga, Ontario.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Mississauga, Ontario already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Mississauga, Ontario breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Oriental breeders who help with Oriental rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Mississauga, Ontario paves the way for another one to be saved.


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ryan atwood spotted in LA
May 29, 2008 | Filed Under day to day | 5 Comments
hotter (update! one more remix)
May 19, 2008 | Filed Under music, photography | 12 Comments
The temperatures in LA have been out of control lately. My normal bike route home which is usually very short and cool, resulted in me being drenched in sweat all week.
This is the time to have sweaty, debaucherous parties.
–but before all that, I need to finish school.
MANY Thanks to all the people who send me demos, advances, mixtapes, nudes, and especially all the big name labels who, as of late, have been flooding my inbox with complete bullshit (and arguably shitty incomplete SAMPLES of songs).
But most importantly, thanks to all the people who send me high-bitrate mp3s. I cannot stress how much this means to me. Things like this tell me that you VALUE you own work as an artist.
To me it says,
"Hey, my work is tops, I don't want it heard on anything but the best quality it can be. 320kbs all over your chest."
I am probably more apt to respect your shit if you demonstrate some level of respect for it as well.
Something I can't understand is an email consisting of,
"hey dude blogger guy, I don't really give a fuck but you're on the mailing list I made by crawling hypemachine, here's my 96kbs track, feel free to play it live and post a blog entry about it."
10 min later,
"oh sorry bro, i forgot to attach/link the file"
By this point, not only am I bothered that there was a message that failed to deliver with music, I was totally let down by the SHITness of the finally delivered track. Failure to deliver is such a bitch.
I will obviously not play a track that isn't appealing to me, but I will sure as shit not play something that sounds like it was:
recorded off a ford fiesta fm radio into a lawyer's spit-encrusted-dictaphone,
re-recorded onto your macbook through the built in microphone,
maxed out the input level because it wasn't loud enough,
and finally re-compressed.
There isn't enough time in a day.
hang in there, I've got a few weeks to go.
don't have time to say much more… so listen.
The Futureheads – Hounds Of Love (Phones' Wolves At The Door Remix)
ok, I GOTTA say something about this. Aside from all the Australian label inbreeding, I still can't seem to get over the magic of Midnight Juggernauts. The spacey synth, church organs, reverb, CASTLEVANIASOUNDS, everything fucking thing they do is so epic and executed in a way that dwarfs everything in comparison. (them being juggernauts and all, LOOK I MAKE THE JOKE)
Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire (Midnight Juggernauts remix)
UPDATE!: how could I forget this one?? FLIP, FLIP FLIP IT
Midnight Juggernauts – 45 and Rising (cut copy remix)
midterms come, and then keep going.
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It's late and I, just as the rest of the blog kingdom musicarius and genus Bloggerazoa, are all just listening to the latest sample track to come out of the Modular spam mailing list.
I am still on the fence about the Van She Tech remix of Ladyhawke's BOTV (Fred Falke's version still kills it).
But this next track can do no wrong. Taking 'big gay circle jerk' to the next NEXT level, Van She Tech remixes Van She.
So that's like, not even circle jerking, that's like if a person were to be born with male and female sexual reproductive systems –self inseminating his/her own sperm and fertilizing his/her own egg.
alright i'm over it. it's late. i'm waking everyone up. this is really loud right now.
make loud.
make sleep.
the chorus makes me want to self-sex.
oh. AND PROPS TO VAN SHE TECH FOR USING A NEW SYNTH! FUCK YEAAAAAAAA (not that i was getting tired of the old one they used for 2 years straight or anything)
Van She – Strangers (VST SELF-SEXING RMX)
oh and here's the ladyhawke remix, listen to it and tell me I'm out of my mind/an idiot/fucking idiot/ghey
Ladyhawke – BOTV (Van She Tech TURBO rmx)


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Father accused of driving drunk with kids in carSeptember 05,2013Police: Man drove drunk with his kids
BENNINGTON A local man faces criminal charges after police said he had a blood-alcohol level more than 2½ times the legal limit while driving with his two children, 7 and 10, in the car.
Michael A. Martin, 31, of Bennington was arraigned Tuesday in Bennington criminal court on a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol. The charge was modified because Martin had been convicted of the same charge in July 2006.
Trooper Elliott Justinger of the Vermont State Police said he had been dispatched to Shaftsbury for a citizen dispute at 8:50 p.m. Monday. But on the way he learned that one of the people involved, later identified as Martin, had left with two children in his car.
At Martins home on School Street, Justinger said, Martin told him hed had 14 beers that day but had slept for five hours before driving.
A preliminary breath test indicated Martins blood-alcohol content was 0.208 percent at 9:20 p.m., the trooper said. The legal limit for driving in Vermont is 0.08 percent.
At the police barracks Martin declined to give police a statement or provide a breath sample, according to Justinger.
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US business inventories flat in March, sales fall
BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER | AP Economics Writer May 13, 2013 9:28AM
WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses left their stockpiles unchanged in March for a second month while their sales fell sharply.
The Commerce Department says business stockpiles showed no increase in March on a seasonally adjusted basis. Businesses hadn't upped their restocking in February, either.
Sales fell 1.1 percent in March compared with February when sales had risen 1 percent.
A lack of inventory building could slow economic growth because it means businesses are ordering fewer factory-made goods.
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Man denies selling pot across from schoolBy ERIC FRANCIS
CORRESPONDENT | April 07,2014WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A Windsor man accused of dealing drugs from his apartment across from the State Street Elementary School allegedly kept meticulous records of his sales to customers, according to police.
Clint Tetreault, 56, pleaded innocent this past week to misdemeanor charges of sale and possession of marijuana before he was released from the criminal courthouse in White River Junction on pre-trial conditions.
Neighbors contacted Windsor Police in mid-February and said Tetreault, who has an extensive criminal history, appeared to be selling drugs from his apartment on a daily basis from sunup until about 9 p.m. each evening, with a steady stream of visitors, according to an affidavit filed with the court. Tetreault would also get into cars parked in front of the school while it was in session to conduct what appeared to be brief hand-to-hand sales transactions, the affidavit said.
Windsor Police Sgt. James Beraldi said after receiving the complaint he set up the same evening in an unmarked police car on State Street and, with the help of other officers, began surveillance on the apartment building.
Less than an hour later police watched as a silver van sped away from the building at an excessive rate of speed which led Beraldi to pull it over a minute later on Main Street. Beraldi said the driver of the van, Brandi Crimmin, 30, was crying and immediately surrendered a pot pipe and an eighth-ounce bag of marijuana which she retrieved from her pocket.
Crimmin advised she had just purchased the marijuana from Clint Tetreault for $50 at 114 State St., Beraldi noted in his report. Based on that encounter, the sergeant said he applied for a search warrant and just after midnight, with the help of a police dog, four officers knocked on Tetreaults door, taking him into custody when he answered without incident.
Beraldi said Tetreault claimed he only had a small amount of marijuana in a bedroom dresser drawer that he kept for personal use and that he did not sell any drugs. After telling Tetreault that they didnt believe him on either point, police searched the residence and Beraldi said he found two ounces of marijuana in a large freezer baggie behind a couch in the living room, $3,120 in cash, six cellphones, four notebook computers, a glass bong, a plastic bag full of glass pipes, seven methadone pills and a green ledger.
Police photographs documenting the raid showed a penchant for neatness throughout the apartment, with some of the money that was seized carefully folded into tiny origami sailboats. Beraldi said that flair for organization extended to the green ledger book which he said appeared to list over 62 phone numbers/contacts, mostly of persons (Tetreault) likely has been selling narcotics to.
Tetreaults criminal record stretches back 40 years and includes multiple felony convictions for burglary, breaking and entering, grand larceny, forgery, arson, destruction of property with several violations of probation as well as misdemeanor convictions for possession of narcotics and stolen property.MORE IN This Just InStaff Report Full StoryKILLINGTON -- Two people were badly hurt in a head-on collision caused by a drunken driver Monday... Full Story -
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The Lakeland Fire Department sponsored its annual toy drive from November 25 through December 18, 2013 to benefit the Dream Center and Children's Home Society charities of Lakeland. The joint effort, sponsored by both the department and the Fire Link community group, made up of LFD firefighter spouses, gathered several hundred toys and desired items for Lakeland's children in need in this year's drive.
LFD staff and Fire Link members were happy to be able to deliver over a truck load of toys to both charities, respectively. Generous donations were made by both LFD personnel as well as many community members who made donations at several of the fire station's drop boxes.
The toys donated to the Children's Home Society will be distributed to the over 200 foster children the nonprofit organization helps throughout the greater Lakeland area.
Items donated to the Dream Center will be distributed on Friday, December 20th to families in need just in time for the holidays, and prior to the toy distribution the LFD participated in a Cookies and Cocoa event on Thursday, December 19th to share some holiday cheer with Lakeland residents in the 5th and Lincoln area. Cookies and warm drinks were served, with appearances by Sparky the Firehouse Dog, and Engine tours for residents.
Additional pictures are available here.
St.1 Crew with Fire Chief Ballard and Fire Marshall Bass
The Fire Safety Management Team with donated goodies
Toys Donated by St. 4
Lt. Chuck Davis loading up the goods for donation
The Children's Home Society Staff accepting the donations
Toys at their final destination, the Dream Center of Lakeland
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 in a well-attended retirement ceremony, the Lakeland Fire Department bid a fond farewell to Driver Engineer (D/E) Dean Ayscue. The ceremony featured touching speeches by Fire Chief Gary Ballard, Battalion Chief Wayne Epperson, several lieutenants and fellow firefighters. Assistant City Manager Brad Johnson was in attendance to present Dean with a plaque recognizing his 32 years of service to the City of Lakeland. Driver Engineer Ayscue was joined at the ceremony by his lovely wife Penny of 37 years, his three children Hope, Brad, and Gary, and his six grandchildren.
D/E Ayscue enjoyed a long career with LFD starting in 1983 and was one of the more senior members of the department upon his retirement. Fellow firefighters shared funny and touching stories about Dean's athleticism, dedication to the job, excellent performance, and his devout faith. Dean serves as a Deacon at his church and plans to focus not only on that but also on his hobbies which include fishing, golfing, softball, and travelling. He also looks forward to the additional time he will have to spend with his family and working on the long honey-do list that awaits him at home.
Congratulations and sincere thanks to Dean for his many years of selfless and dedicated service to the people of Lakeland.
On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Shannon Turbeville was promoted to Fire Inspector in a well-attended ceremony. Well-wishers included Mayor Gow Fields and both the deputy and assistant city managers. Speakers shared fun stories about Inspector Turbeville's time with LFD and remarked on the great job they believe he will do due to his eye for detail and organizational skills.
Shannon Turbeville joined the Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) on October 4, 1999 as a firefighter and was promoted to Driver Engineer in 2006 prior to his promotion to Fire Inspector and Investigator. Inspector Turbeville has consistently sought out opportunities for professional development having received several certifications including Fire Officer I, Fire Safety Inspector, Fire Instructor, Public Information Officer, and Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting. He has also successfully completed the Lakeland Fire Department Fire Officer Leadership Development Program.
Shannon is a Lakeland native, born and raised, having attended and graduated from Lakeland Christian High School prior to seeking a career in the fire service. Shannon received fire standards and completed his Associate of Science degree in Fire Science from Hillsborough Community College in 1998 and completed EMT training in 1999. Shannon, who happily lives and serves in the community he calls, has been married to his wife Melissa for 14 years and has three growing boys, Nathan, Matthew, and Kenneth. Shannon enjoys boating and hunting during his free time.
Congratulations Inspector Turbeville!
This joyous time of year is marked primarily by gift giving holidays like Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanza and for many it is a time to celebrate family, friends, and everything they are thankful for but for some families in need it can be a distressing time due to not having the resources to provide gifts and toys for their children.
Firefighter's by nature are selfless, giving, and truly dedicated to helping others before themselves so it comes as no surprise that the Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) will be once again sponsoring its annual toy drive to benefit families in need in the Lakeland area. The toy drive will benefit the Dream Center and the Children's Home Society, respectively, who will provide distribution of the collected gifts to needy families in the Lakeland area.
Collection boxes are located at all 7 of Lakeland's Fire Stations and the Fire Administration Building. Community members are encouraged to bring an unwrapped gift for a child 18 years old and under to any of the drop off locations.
The collection boxes will be available at the fire stations from November 25, 2013 through December 11, 2013.
All donations of new unwrapped gifts are welcome and appreciated.
For drop off locations click here.
The groundbreaking ceremony also provided a venue for Fire Chief Gary Ballard to announce that the Lakeland Fire Department has improved its ISO Mitigation (Fire Suppression Rating Score). More information in regards to the announcement will become available once the executive summary is provided to the LFD.
Watch the entire ceremony here.
Additional photos are available here.
Media Coverage for the event available here.
On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Firefighter Steven Connors was promoted to Driver Engineer.
Steve Connors has been an integral part of the LFD since March 29, 2010. Steve understands the importance of duty and service to country very well, having joined the United States Army at the young age of 17 where he went on to serve with the 1st Ranger Battalion and 82nd Airborne Division prior to joining the LFD.
Connors, a Ruskin, Florida native is an avid outdoorsman having spent his childhood fishing and hunting along this great state's creeks and rivers. He proudly uses that experience and skill to his advantage at the annual Fire Olympics with repeated attempts to dethrone Gilman, Herndon and Brannen.
He is an East Bay High School graduate and has since gone on to receive his Associate of Arts degree from Hillsborough Community College and holds certification in law enforcement, fire standards, and is a paramedic. Steve credits his ability to have become a Driver Engineer to the training and support of his crew and all of his family at the LFD. Steve notes that he will deeply miss his brothers and sisters on B shift due the move from this new opportunity but looks forward to the day he can work closely with them again.
Congratulations to Steven Connors and sincere thanks for his dedicated service.
The Lakeland Fire Department will conduct the official groundbreaking ceremony for Fire Station 7 on Monday, November 18th at 1:30 p.m. The physical location of Station 7 is 3150 Drane Field Road.
The current station is housed in a temporary facility at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport until the new state of the art fire station is ushered in by late 2014. The building will stand out compared to the department's other stations due to its modern and environmentally conscious design. Once the facility is built it will house the recently purchased Fire Engine 71, the two ARFF units, a heavy rescue vehicle and nine personnel on a 24-hour rotation.
Lakeland Fire Chief Gary Ballard said, "Our design team has developed a station that will meet the safety needs of the airport, the needs of our residents and the commercial development around the airport." He added, "We are very eager to start providing much needed service to the citizens in Southwest Lakeland with the new permanent facility."
The construction costs associated with Station 7 are $3.5 million. The station once built will be 15,900 sq.ft. and it will house five bays and four fire fighting vehicles. The station is estimated to be completed November 2014 and it is being funded through City of Lakeland Public Improvement Funds and FDOT Grant funds.
The public is welcome to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, marking a historic event for the Lakeland Fire Department.
The Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) is proud to be able to honor veterans and recognize the many service men and women who have sacrificed very much in name of country and duty. The LFD employs many military veterans from all five branches of service and is excited to be able to participate in the upcoming Lakeland Veterans Day Parade, scheduled for Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Tower Truck 15 flanked by Fire Administration and Fire Fighting Personnel will lead the parade procession.
In addition to the departments participation in the parade, which has become an annual tradition, the LFD will also be participating in the Lakeland area Honor Flight reception scheduled for Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM. The event is organized by the Polk County Veterans Council. The reception will be attended by community members, Polk County School's JROTC groups, former military personnel, community organizations like the fire department, and many others to welcome back area WWII veterans who will be returning from visiting the National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. .
Particularly exciting is that two of LFD's very own, Lieutenant Harley Wilson and Driver-Engineer Kelvin Jones will be serving as a Guardians on this honor flight and have served as guardians on other flights before. Both are very involved with veteran related events and organizations as a way of giving back. Lt. Wilson served in the United States Navy. D/E Jones served in the United Stated Air Force and served multiple tours in the Gulf War.
Upon arrival the plane load of veterans will not only be greeted by the throngs of excited and thankful well-wishers but also by the LFD's Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) truck which will hose down the plane in an honorary gesture. The entire department is looking forward to participating in both the parade and Honor Flight reception. The public is welcome to attend and all LFD personnel are encouraged to participate.
For more information about the parade from the event organizer, please click here.
For more information about the Honor Flight reception from the event organizer, please click here.
For more information about the Honor Flight Network, please click here.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 in a well-attended retirement ceremony, the Lakeland Fire Department gave a fond farewell to Driver Engineer Joel Brown. D/E Brown was joined by his lovely wife and daughter as well as by many LFD personnel old and new, including some that are retired themselves.
D/E Brown enjoyed a noteworthy 30 year career with LFD which included a close call in a 1987 fire that led to a structural collapse. He was trapped with a fellow firefighter while fighting the blaze and fortunately made it through, making him a highly respected and experienced member of the department.
He plans to enjoy his well-earned retirement hunting, fishing, and spending more time with is family.
Congratulations and sincere thanks to Joel for his many years of selfless and dedicated service.
Firefighters that attended were:
Lt. Scott Gilbreath, Lt. Heath Seeber, D/E Dan Varner, D/E Kuikahi Kawailani, FF Jason Diaz


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Next Day Turkey Primavera Recipe
- 1 cup uncooked penne pasta
- 8 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2/3 cup julienned carrot
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 large fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow summer squash
- 1/2 cup chopped zucchini
- 1-1/2 cups shredded cooked turkey
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1 envelope Italian salad dressing mix
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute asparagus and carrot in butter for 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms, yellow squash and zucchini; saute until crisp-tender.
- Stir in the turkey, tomato, dressing mix and cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
- Drain pasta; add to vegetable mixture and toss to combine. Sprinkle with cheese and toss again. Yield: 4 servings.
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Jan. 29 3:11 PM PT4:11 PM MT5:11 PM CT6:11 PM ET18:11 ET23:11 GMT7:11 4:11 PM MST6:11 PM EST6:41 PM VEN3:11 UAE (+1)5:11 PM CT-Werth has pleaded guilty to reckless driving and been sentenced to five days in jail for driving 105 mph on the Capital Beltway. Analysis: Werth was convicted last month in Fairfax County and sentenced to 10 days in jail, but appealed his conviction to Circuit Court. The Washington Post reported that Werth entered a guilty plea Thursday. |
Jan. 9 2:50 PM PT3:50 PM MT4:50 PM CT5:50 PM ET17:50 ET22:50 GMT6:50 3:50 PM MST5:50 PM EST6:20 PM VEN2:50 UAE (+1)4:50 PM CT-Werth had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder, and the team says no structural abnormalities were found. Analysis: The operation was Friday at the Mayo Clinic. Washington says Werth's rehabilitation is expected to take two-to-three months. The 35-year-old was troubled by his right shoulder in early August, when he sat out a week. He wound up hitting .292 with 16 homers and 82 RBIs in the regular season for the NL East champions, then went 1 for 17 in the playoffs. |
Jan. 8 3:12 PM PT4:12 PM MT5:12 PM CT6:12 PM ET18:12 ET23:12 GMT7:12 4:12 PM MST6:12 PM EST6:42 PM VEN3:12 UAE (+1)5:12 PM CT-person familiar with the plans says Werth is scheduled to have surgery on his right shoulder Friday. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because no announcement about the operation had been made, says Werth is expected to be ready by the start of the regular season in April. Analysis: The 35-year-old Werth was troubled by his right shoulder in early August, when he sat out a week for the NL East champions. He wound up hitting .292 with 16 homers and 82 RBIs in the regular season. In Washington's four-game loss to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants in an NL Division Series, Werth went 1 for 17. |
Dec. 5 11:27 AM PT12:27 PM MT1:27 PM CT2:27 PM ET14:27 ET19:27 GMT3:27 12:27 PM MST2:27 PM EST2:57 PM VEN23:27 UAE1:27 PM CT-Werth has been convicted of reckless driving and sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving over 100 miles an hour on the Capital Beltway. Analysis: The 35-year-old Werth will have the option of appealing his conviction to Fairfax County Circuit Court. Werth batted .292 last season with 16 home runs and 82 RBIs in 147 games. |
Sep. 21 1:19 PM PT2:19 PM MT3:19 PM CT4:19 PM ET16:19 ET20:19 GMT4:19 1:19 PM MST3:19 PM EST3:49 PM VEN0:19 UAE (+1)3:19 PM CT-Werth went 3 for 4 in Saturday's 3-2 win at Miami. Analysis: Werth is batting .354 with three homers, 13 RBIs and 10 runs scored in 14 games against the Marlins this year. |
Aug. 13 3:58 PM PT4:58 PM MT5:58 PM CT6:58 PM ET18:58 ET22:58 GMT6:58 3:58 PM MST5:58 PM EST6:28 PM VEN2:58 UAE (+1)5:58 PM CT-Werth will remain sidelined for at least a couple of days after receiving a cortisone injection for his sore right shoulder. Analysis: Washington manager Matt Williams says Werth has a sprained AC joint, but an MRI showed no structural damage. Williams says Werth "should be good to go" after giving the shot a few days to take effect. |
Aug. 9 3:48 PM PT4:48 PM MT5:48 PM CT6:48 PM ET18:48 ET22:48 GMT6:48 3:48 PM MST5:48 PM EST6:18 PM VEN2:48 UAE (+1)5:48 PM CT-Werth has been scratched from the Nationals' lineup as he continues to be slowed by a sore right ankle and right shoulder. Analysis: Werth was listed in manager Matt Williams' original lineup in right field for Saturday night's game against the Braves but instead was held out for the second straight game. |
July 28 8:23 PM PT9:23 PM MT10:23 PM CT11:23 PM ET23:23 ET3:23 GMT11:23 8:23 PM MST10:23 PM EST10:53 PM VEN7:23 UAE (+1)10:23 PM CT-Werth is being held out of the starting lineup in Tuesday's game against the Miami Marlins after spraining his right ankle on Monday. Analysis: Werth left Monday's 7-6 loss to the Marlins in the seventh inning after sliding into second base awkwardly trying to stretch a single into a double |
July 27 12:20 PM PT1:20 PM MT2:20 PM CT3:20 PM ET15:20 ET19:20 GMT3:20 12:20 PM MST2:20 PM EST2:50 PM VEN23:20 UAE2:20 PM CT-Werth was 1 for 2 in a 1-0 loss to the Reds on Saturday. Analysis: Werth continues to see the ball well, going 25 for 68 (.368) over his last 19 games with 21 RBIs. He also drew 12 walks in that span. |
July 20 11:20 AM PT12:20 PM MT1:20 PM CT2:20 PM ET14:20 ET18:20 GMT2:20 11:20 AM MST1:20 PM EST1:50 PM VEN22:20 UAE1:20 PM CT-Werth was 2 for 3 with two runs Saturday. Analysis: Werth is sizzling at .383 in his last 13 games. |
July 14 4:02 PM PT5:02 PM MT6:02 PM CT7:02 PM ET19:02 ET23:02 GMT7:02 4:02 PM MST6:02 PM EST6:32 PM VEN3:02 UAE (+1)6:02 PM CT-Werth went 2 for 3 with a homer and four RBIs in Sunday's 10-3 win at Philadelphia. Analysis: Werth is batting .375 with six homers and 19 RBIs in 11 games this month. |
July 13 10:05 AM PT11:05 AM MT12:05 PM CT1:05 PM ET13:05 ET17:05 GMT1:05 10:05 AM MST12:05 PM EST12:35 PM VEN21:05 UAE12:05 PM CT-Werth homered and had three RBIs to lead the Washington Nationals to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. Analysis: Werth is hitting .351 (13 for 37) with five home runs, six doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in his 10 games this month. |
July 6 10:42 AM PT11:42 AM MT12:42 PM CT1:42 PM ET13:42 ET17:42 GMT1:42 10:42 AM MST12:42 PM EST1:12 PM VEN21:42 UAE12:42 PM CT-Werth helped the Nationals rough up the Chicago Cubs in a 13-0 victory. Analysis: Werth had three hits and two RBIs. He's sizzling with nine hits and eight RBIs in four games this month. |
July 5 3:42 PM PT4:42 PM MT5:42 PM CT6:42 PM ET18:42 ET22:42 GMT6:42 3:42 PM MST5:42 PM EST6:12 PM VEN2:42 UAE (+1)5:42 PM CT-Werth was 2 for 3 with his eighth home run of the season and second in as many games Friday against the Cubs. Analysis: Werth is 6 for 10 over his last three games with six RBIs. |
July 2 11:28 AM PT12:28 PM MT1:28 PM CT2:28 PM ET14:28 ET18:28 GMT2:28 11:28 AM MST1:28 PM EST1:58 PM VEN22:28 UAE1:28 PM CT-Werth had two doubles and three RBIs in the Washington Nationals' 7-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. Analysis: Werth, 7 for 52 (.135) in his last 13 games coming in, doubled home two runs in the first, another in the fourth and walked twice. |
June 24 11:23 AM PT12:23 PM MT1:23 PM CT2:23 PM ET14:23 ET18:23 GMT2:23 11:23 AM MST1:23 PM EST1:53 PM VEN22:23 UAE1:23 PM CT-Werth had three hits in a 3-0 win over Milwaukee on Monday. Analysis: Werth, batting .278, was 4 for 37 (.108) in his previous 10 games. |
June 9 3:21 PM PT4:21 PM MT5:21 PM CT6:21 PM ET18:21 ET22:21 GMT6:21 3:21 PM MST5:21 PM EST5:51 PM VEN2:21 UAE (+1)5:21 PM CT-Werth went 3 for 5 to help Washington pull out a 6-0 win at San Diego on Sunday. Analysis: Werth is batting .333 with three doubles and five RBIs over his last 11 games. |
May 17 1:18 PM PT2:18 PM MT3:18 PM CT4:18 PM ET16:18 ET20:18 GMT4:18 1:18 PM MST3:18 PM EST3:48 PM VEN0:18 UAE (+1)3:18 PM CT-Werth went 2 for 4 with an RBI in Friday's win over the New York Mets. Analysis: He's batting .389 in his last five games. |
May 7 3:11 PM PT4:11 PM MT5:11 PM CT6:11 PM ET18:11 ET22:11 GMT6:11 3:11 PM MST5:11 PM EST5:41 PM VEN2:11 UAE (+1)5:11 PM CT-Werth had two hits in a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday. Analysis: Werth, now batting .313, is 21 for 51 (.412) in his last 12 games. |
May 3 3:29 PM PT4:29 PM MT5:29 PM CT6:29 PM ET18:29 ET22:29 GMT6:29 3:29 PM MST5:29 PM EST5:59 PM VEN2:29 UAE (+1)5:29 PM CT-Werth collected three more hits - all singles - in Friday's win at Philadelphia. Analysis: Werth is batting .410 during a nine-game hitting streak. |
Apr. 30 1:43 PM PT2:43 PM MT3:43 PM CT4:43 PM ET16:43 ET20:43 GMT4:43 1:43 PM MST3:43 PM EST4:13 PM VEN0:43 UAE (+1)3:43 PM CT-Werth had two hits, including a solo homer, in a 4-3 win over Houston on Tuesday night. Analysis: Werth, batting .290 this season, is 12 for 31 (.387) during a seven-game hit streak. He's hitting .435 (10 for 23) in his past five contests. |
Apr. 28 12:56 PM PT1:56 PM MT2:56 PM CT3:56 PM ET15:56 ET19:56 GMT3:56 12:56 PM MST2:56 PM EST3:26 PM VEN23:56 UAE2:56 PM CT-Werth had two hits and drove in a run in a 4-2 loss to San Diego on Sunday. Analysis: Werth, batting .281, is 10 for 27 (.370) with three doubles during a six-game hit streak. |
Apr. 11 3:20 PM PT4:20 PM MT5:20 PM CT6:20 PM ET18:20 ET22:20 GMT6:20 3:20 PM MST5:20 PM EST5:50 PM VEN2:20 UAE (+1)5:20 PM CT-Werth hit a two-run homer and singled in a 7-1 win over Miami on Thursday. Analysis: After driving in a total of one run over the season's first seven games, Werth has seven RBIs in the past two. He also homered in a 10-7 victory Wednesday, part of Washington's three-game sweep of the Marlins. |
Apr. 10 3:28 PM PT4:28 PM MT5:28 PM CT6:28 PM ET18:28 ET22:28 GMT6:28 3:28 PM MST5:28 PM EST5:58 PM VEN2:28 UAE (+1)5:28 PM CT-Werth hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning off Carlos Marmol after Bryce Harper's upper-deck, three-run homer started a comeback from an early deficit, and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 10-7 Wednesday night. Analysis: Werth and Harper each delivered his first homer of the season as Washington overcame deficits of 5-0 and 7-6 in a topsy-turvy game. Werth's shot off Marmol (0-1) came with one out, after the reliever allowed a single, hit a batter, then intentionally walked Anthony Rendon to load the bases. Werth finished with five RBIs after driving in one run in his first seven games. |
Apr. 3 2:32 PM PT3:32 PM MT4:32 PM CT5:32 PM ET17:32 ET21:32 GMT5:32 2:32 PM MST4:32 PM EST5:02 PM VEN1:32 UAE (+1)4:32 PM CT-Werth went 4 for 5 with a run scored in Wednesday's 5-1 road win over the Mets. Analysis: Werth has hit third in the lineup in each of the first two games, and he could prove extra valuable if he sticks in that spot going forward. |


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7 But none of the people of Israel will be willing to listen; they will not even listen to me. All of them are stubborn and defiant. | 7 But the house of Israel is not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hardened and obstinate. |
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ana dieguez
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April 14, 2012 11:07:49 AM CDT
Hi!! Please pray for me I am having a procedure on April18 I am getting a cervical epidural injection pray that everything goes well and God will be there giving a hand to my doctor and that my chronic pain can be less Thank You!! God Bless You all!! Amen!!
vincent dores tagupa
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April 20, 2012 1:05:05 AM CDT
Lord please help Ana get through in all of these.. Please Give her Your strength in order for her to overcome the pain in her procedure.. Thank you Lord Godfor everything. Guide Ana from all her ways to Yours. This i ask through Jesus Christ , Our lord and Savior . Amen.
ana dieguez
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April 25, 2012 1:41:25 AM CDT
Thank You!! Vincent everything went good my pain is less the Lord answers prayers!! God Bless!! Amen!!


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In included that first typo because I wanted the world to know that I am okay with being imperfect. The second typo is because I was rushing and didn't proofread.
This is also my favorite posts. Serious a good moment in life.
I loved the ending of Lost.
I loved almost every episode of Lost.
Lost is one of the best television shows ever.
That's what happens when we all die.
"Grandma just passed away. I guess we need to see about a big X watermark for her cadaver."
Gabe wakes up and turns on the light. LiveJournal is in bed next to him.
"What is it?" LiveJournal asks.
Gabe says, "I just had the weirdest dream."
I remember the first time I saw the video for "Thriller." I was in elementary school the year it came out and my school was having a fall festival. There were games set up in the parking lot, easy games that cost a quarter a piece to play. You won tickets that could be redeemed for various prices–plastic rings and stickers.
In the second grade classroom, a room with the shades drawn and the lights out, a television and VCR were set up to screen the "Thriller" video. It cost twenty tickets to see it. I saved up all of the tickets I won all day long just so I could see it. It took a really long time because I wasn't very good at anything and there is a chance that I was given some tickets by older children who saw me weeping.
I watched the video in that dark classroom by myself because it was late in the day and everyone else who'd wanted to see it had already done so. Our school was really old and in the winter when they turned on the heat, the pipes knocked, a sound which the teachers assured us was caused by the ghost of the woman the school was named after.
Perhaps the video for "Thriller" seems quaint and silly now, but alone in that dark room, the distant voices of classmates and parents in the hallways fading as everyone left, I was utterly terrified and completely rapt. To this day when I hear the song, even Vincent Price's hammy monologue, I get goosebumps and remember the wonderful feeling of being young and believing in that which we cannot see.
When I left the fair to walk home and looked up and down the mostly empty streets of my little hometown, I know for certain that the world was a strange place.
A show about horrific, deathless creatures whose very existence is to experience and perpetuate endless, mind-numbing agony?
It is going to be about lawyers.
Wrong! I am a rotting corpse.
I didn't even know fitted existed!
I see. Thank you. I was unaware that there was any kind other than "snapback." How do you get that one kind to fit your head if you have an usually large or small noggin?
I did an AOL keyword search for "snapback" was and to be honest, I still don't quite know what they are talking about. Is it the same things as a baseball cap?
This is why I am happy that Youtube didn't exist when I was this age. And why I am happy that my parents didn't have a green screen in the living room. And why I am happy I didn't have friends or any sort of peer group.
I WASN'T TOLD I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY: A Four Hour Monologue on Various Dire Subjects (Pts I-III)
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The 2011 Gathering of Juggalos Infomercial (2011)
Returning to his explorations of Michigan history, Fassbinder finally realized his dream of adapting Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel "The 2011 Gathering of Juggalos Infomercial" in 2011. A monumental TV series running more than 13 hours, with a two-hour coda released in the U.S. as a 15-hour feature, it became his crowning achievement. It was the culmination of the director's inter-related themes of love, life, and power.
The Infomercial centers on Vanilla Ice, a former convict and minor pimp, who tries to stay out of trouble but is dragged down by crime, poverty and the duplicity of those around him. His best friend, Sugar Slam, makes him lose an arm and murders Ice's prostitute girlfriend, Coolio. The love triangle of Ice, Slam and Coolio is staged against the rising tide of the Tea Party in Michigan. The film emphasized the sadomasochist relationship between Ice and Coolio stressing its homoerotic nature.
I am pretty sure that a female gremlin is just water.
I am very excited to see a movie that might not be terrible.
STATELY, PLUMP Tracy Morgan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned:
–Why don't Catholics eat meat on Fridays? I'll tell you why: It's because the Pope owns Long John Silver's.
"A screaming comes across Alec Baldwin's thigh."
I also have a 3D movie in production based on my Internet persona. It will be 5 hours long and consist mostly of me just sitting in the mall looking at people with sorrow, disdain or a combination of the two.
The soundtrack is going to be "The Judd's Greatest Hits."
Once, Gabe was babysitting for this family. He'd put the two kids to sleep and was settling into watch his "227″ VHS compilation when the phone rang. He answered it and a voice said, "The show was sort of 'Meh.'"
Gabe gasped in horror and slammed the phone down. He tried to watch his tape, but was disturbed.
After a while, the phone rang again. Tentatively, he answered it and the voice said again, "The show was 'Meh.'"
At this point, Gabe woke the children up, because he was scared, and then called the police. The cops told him that they would trace the call the next time it happened.
Finally, after a few minutes the telephone rang again. "The show was 'Meh.'" He hung up, soul full of terror. Then the phone rang again. It was the police.
"Get out," they said. "The call is Lizzing from INSIDE THE HOUSE."
I knew this kid who's brother dated a girl who got a Coke once and was drinking it and when she got to the bottom of the bottle, she saw that there was a Lizzing inside it.


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Patricia Vilfroy of Burlington Township, passed away into God's loving and eternal care on Monday, June 2, 2014, at the Masonic Home. She was 83.
Born in Newark, she had been a local resident since 1960. Pat enjoyed playing the piano and attending yard sales.
Wife of the late Robert Vilfroy, she is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Patty Geoghan; her grandchildren, Heather Bogusko (Frank), Tina Montagano (Scott), and Alicia Belardo (Pasquale); and her great grandchildren, Brielle, River, Dominic, and Anthony. She is also survived by a sister, Mildred Delforno; a brother-in-law, Joe Urbano; as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins in North Jersey.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 6, at the Dennison-McGee Funeral Home, 869 Beverly Road, Burlington. Relatives and friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday evening and 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday, at the funeral home.
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In my 40s, married forever(I like it that way!), with 3 children, one of whom is special needs,a family physcian in central Iowa with NO TIME. Eventually I would like to become a Master Gardener but that's going to have to wait until the kids are older or I retire (in about 20 yrs then). My gardening style is sometimes "show me your will to live" when it comes to perennials. I try to Xeroscape as much as possible and I avoid chemicals when I can. I always have a few vegetables especially tomatoes. Hey, my heritage is Italian after all. What gives me the most enjoyment are my perennials and my flowers. My half-acre yard yard has 50+ trees so I am an avid fan of the Gardening in Shade Forum. I try to read as much as possible and I'm not afraid of trying new things. If I can get outside to scratch in the dirt I'm a happy gal. Maria
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- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
- Have you traveled around the world before?
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
- How do you think your round-the-world trip will change your life? How do you think it will affect and change you as a person?
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
- Why do you think people should go on round-the-world trips? Why not just take a regular old one- or two-week vacation instead?
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January 2007
1-2 Years
Charleston, SC, USA
Registered Nurse
It's my career
Austrailia to Thailand to Nepal to India to Amsterdam to Prague to France to Italy to Greece to Spain to Egypt to South Africa
I have become bored after only three years of the so-called professional life and truly believe that there has to be more than this mundane life!
That my boyfriend and I will end up hating each other instead of deciding to get married and I will get stuck in a foreign country all alone!
Supportive, intrigued and jealous!
Just Enough
Only the most essential items
I am hoping that it will make me a more rounded person and help me to "find myself" and have at least one epiphany about why I am here
I just can't wait.
Get out of your comfort zone and maybe you will realize that you aren't who you think you are. People define themselves by their material possesions and simple relationships, especially here in America
That it is dangerous
Because you are able to constantly discover new things about yourself and the person that you sre traveling with
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My wife and I bought a sofa/loveseat combo at RC Willey today. Here is the link to the sofa: Here
I don't know much about sofas or leather so I'm just wondering if we made a smart choice. We have a dog and 4 kids so it needs to be top quality leather to hold up. The leather felt thick at the store but I don't know if that's how to tell if it's good leather. Scratches show up very easily, but the scratches also come out easily by rubbing it. I scratched one of the pillows really really hard, and it came out with a little bit of rubbing - pretty surprising. The salesman said that's a sign of good quality leather. Was he feeding us BS? Our other choice was some really expensive custom King Hickory sofa, but the set was going to cost us nearly $9000 as opposed to the $5000 we spent on the R.C. Willey set. What do you guys think? |
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Jodi Skeris
Jodi Skeris is an actress and writer in Los Angeles.
Jodi started improvising and sketching back in WI in 2002ish until she moved to NY in 2004ish. She began her training in NY at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB) and expanded to Armando Diaz's Magnet Theater as well as the People's Improv Theater. Since moving to L.A. in 2010ish, she's continued her improv training at the iO West and UCB-LA. Jodi has performed in many sketches, indie/house/musical improv teams, plays, musicals, web series, video shorts and indie features in NY, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and WI. She's also written sketches, one person shows, video shorts, and web series as well. She's also been on the TV too! Ohh!
If you want to learn more about Jodi and her adventures, check out her website at: www.jodiskeris.com
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | |
Director | Peter Jackson[1] Andy Serkis (Second Unit Director)[2] |
Producer | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Carolynne Cunningham Philippa Boyens (Co-Producer) Ken Kamins (Executive Producer) Zane Weiner (Executive Producer)[1] |
Writer | Guillermo del Toro Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens[1] |
Starring | Martin Freeman Ian McKellen Richard Armitage[3] See cast section below for more |
Music | Howard Shore[3] |
Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie[3] |
Studio | New Line Cinema MGM WingNut Films[1] |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures[1] |
Released | 28 November 2012 (worldwide première) 14 December 2012 (North America)[4] |
Runtime | 169 minutes |
Country | New Zealand United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Website | TheHobbit.com |
IMDb | IMDb Profile |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. It was released on 14 December 2012 in North America. It was followed by The Desolation of Smaug in 2013 and by The Battle of the Five Armies in 2014.
Contents |
[edit] Synopsis
The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
—Warner Bros. Press Release[5]
[edit] Plot
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew Frodo. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the Dwarf Thrór was king of Erebor and brought an era of prosperity to his kin until the arrival of Smaug the Dragon. Drawn by the amount of gold that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of Dale before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, Thorin Oakenshield, sees King Thranduil and his Wood-elves on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of Elves.
Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the Wizard Gandalf the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his band of Dwarves, which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain Trolls, Tom, Bert, and William, but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' cave and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as Sting, which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the First Age, Gandalf says they glow when near Orcs or Goblins. However, only Sting actually does so.
The group encounters Radagast the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of Greenwood. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at Dol Guldur and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on Wargs, with Radagast drawing them off with his Rhosgobel Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to Rivendell as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. Elrond discloses the map's indication of a secret door that will be visible only on Durin's Day. Gandalf talks with the White Council (Elrond, Galadriel, and Saruman the White) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the Dark Lord. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at Weathertop, Yazneg, the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master Azog of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.
Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the Misty Mountains. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone giants, and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to Bofur, who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the Goblin King. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of Goblin-town, killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters Gollum, who accidentally drops a mysterious ring while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a Riddle-game, wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.
Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, Fíli, Kíli and Dwalin rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by Eagles, who fly them to safety on the Carrock. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.
[edit] Scenes
- Prologue: The Fall of Erebor **
- "In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"
- Very Old Friends
- Mr. Baggins *
- An Unexpected Party
- "Blunt the Knives" **
- A Map, a Key and a Contract
- "Misty Mountains"
- "... The World Ahead"
- The Battle of Azanulbizar
- Radagast the Brown
- Trollshaws
- Roast Mutton
- A Troll-hoard
- The Hill of Sorcery
- Warg-scouts
- Rivendell **
- A Short Rest **
- Moon Runes
- The Defiler
- The Last Homely House *
- The White Council **
- "Why the Halfling?"
- Over Hill
- Under Hill
- The Great Goblin **
- Riddles in the Dark
- Biter and Beater
- The Ring
- Escape from Goblin-town
- The Pity of Bilbo
- "Home Is Behind..."
- Out of the Frying Pan...
- A Good Omen
- Credits
* denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.
** denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.
[edit] Cast
- See also: The Hobbit (film series)#People involved
Actor | Role |
Ruby Acevedo | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Barbara Allen | Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Frazer Anderson | Moria Orc |
Richard Armitage | Thorin[6] |
Erin Banks | Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (Extended Edition only) |
Timothy Bartlett | Master Worrywort |
Joel Baxendale | Goblin |
Manu Bennett | Azog |
Jennifer Betham-Lang | Dwarf Civilian |
Jared Blakiston | Musical Elf |
Cate Blanchett | Galadriel[6] |
Glenn Boswell | Dwarf miner |
Shane Boulton | Rivendell Court ElfGoblin |
Jed Brophy | Nori[6] |
Adam Brown | Ori[6] |
Jessica Buckham | Dale Child |
John Callen | Óin[6] |
Luc Campbell | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Melanie Carrington | Musical Elf |
Brendan Casey | Thranduil's lieutenant |
Renee Cataldo | Goblin |
Marty Christopher | Dwarf Warrior |
Benedict Cumberbatch | The Necromancer Smaug |
Joan Dawe | Hobbit |
Dave Dyer | Dwarf of Erebor |
Luke Evans | Girion (Extended Edition only) |
Megan Fairweather | Dwarf trader |
Andrew Fitzsimons | Elf |
Sonia Forbes-Adam | Belladonna Baggins (Extended Edition only) |
Ben Fransham | Goblin |
Martin Freeman | Bilbo Baggins[6] |
Stephen Gledhill | Old Gammidge (Extended Edition only) |
Tim Gordon | Old Hob (Extended Edition only) |
Mark Hadlow | Dori[6] Bert[6] |
Zackary Hajek | Dale Citizen |
Peter Hambleton | Glóin[6] William[6] |
George Harach | Goblin |
Rose Harnett | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Jamie Harrison | Moria Orc |
Rebekah Hart | Dwarf trader |
Luke Hawker | Goblins (voice) |
Dan Hennah | The Old Took[7] (Extended Edition only) |
Allan Henry | Goblin |
Christian Hipolito | Hunter Orc |
Ian Holm | Older Bilbo Baggins[6] |
Brian Hotter | Otho Sackville-Baggins (Extended Edition only) |
Barry Humphries | Goblin King[6] |
Stephen Hunter | Bombur[6] |
Katie Jackson | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Peter Jackson | Erebor Dwarf refugee |
Cameron Jones | Thranduil's lieutenant |
Tim Jones | Dwarf guard |
Paul Kingdom | Dwarf Civilian |
William Kircher | Bifur[6] Tom[6] |
Christopher Lee | Saruman the White |
Eloise Masters | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Eva Matthews | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Ollie Matthews | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Sylvester McCoy | Radagast the Brown[6] |
Rose McGhie | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Ian McKellen | Gandalf the Grey[6] |
Bret McKenzie | Lindir |
Tim McLachlan | Goblin |
Graham McTavish | Dwalin[6] |
Honor McTavish | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Nathan Meister | Goblin |
Joseph Mika-Hunt | Moria Orc |
Isaac Miller | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Mike Mizrahi | Thráin |
Ravi Narayan | Goblin bruteHobbit (Extended Edition only) |
James Nesbitt | Bofur[6] |
Mary Nesbitt | Girl of Dale |
Peggy Nesbitt | Girl of Dale |
Terry Notary | Yazneg (pick-up shots) Goblin King (motion capture around the body) |
Dean O'Gorman[note 1] | Fíli[6] |
Ella Olssen | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Jabez Olssen | Erebor Dwarf refugee |
Sabin Olssen | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Lee Pace | Thranduil |
Findlay Price | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
John Rawls | Yazneg |
Thomas Rimmer | Goblin |
Thomas Robins | Young Thráin |
Gabrielle Roque López | Orc |
Nancy Ruck | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Andy Serkis | Gollum[6] |
Louis Serkis | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Ruby Serkis | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Sonny Serkis | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Kiran Shah | Goblin Scribe |
Jamie W.R. Smith | Goblin |
Merv Smith | Tosser Grubb (Extended Edition only) |
Oscar Strik | Young Bilbo Baggins (Extended Edition only) |
Conan Stevens[note 2] | Bolg[6] |
Ken Stott | Balin[6] |
Amelia Taylor | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Samuel Taylor | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Jeffrey Thomas | Thrór |
James Trevena-Brown | Goblin |
Mark Trotter | Goblin |
Aidan Turner | Kíli[6] |
Stephen Ure | FimbulGrinnah |
Eric Vespe | Fredegar Chubb (Extended Edition only) |
Ruby Vincent | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Terry Vincent | Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only) |
Hayden Weal | Dwarf holding gems |
Hugo Weaving | Elrond[6] |
James Wells | Dwarf blacksmith |
Richard Whiteside | Dwarf guard |
Elijah Wood | Frodo Baggins[6] |
John Wraight | Dwarf guard |
[edit] Deviations from the source material
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey covers the first six chapters of The Hobbit with a few elements added from the Appendices from The Lord of the Rings. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
- The film begins with a prologue in which Bilbo Baggins awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday in what would become the Red Book of Westmarch. In The Hobbit, he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to Bag End.
- Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of Erebor and Dale, and then the arrival of Smaug -- much of the same information recounted by Thorin and the other Dwarves during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the Arkenstone is found under Thrór's rule instead of that of Thráin I. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
- A long-standing feud between the Dwarves of Erebor and the Elves was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give Thranduil a payment of gems (seen only in the Extended Edition), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
- Elijah Wood also appears briefly as Frodo Baggins toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his Farewell Party, and Frodo leaving to await Gandalf's arrival.
- The Dwarves do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first Dwalin, then Balin, then both Fíli and Kíli, and then Óin, Glóin, Dori, Nori, Ori, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
- The morning after the Unexpected Party, Bilbo is excited about "going on an adventure" rather than initially reluctant. Unlike the books, where Gandalf essentially railroads Bilbo into going along with it, in the movie, he persuades Bilbo to live up to and take pride in the legacy of Bagginses as unconventional Hobbits.
- Bilbo was shown to be allergic to horses.
- The War of the Dwarves and Orcs is condensed into just the Battle of Azanulbizar (recounted by Balin in a flashback, and also referred to as the Battle of Moria throughout the trilogy), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of Orcs in an attempt to reclaim Moria as their home not long after the Sack of Erebor (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and the Quest of Erebor has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by Azog during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while Dáin Ironfoot (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
- Bilbo goes to the Trolls because they steal the Dwarves' ponies.
- Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal Tom's knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by William's "talking" purse.
- While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching Rivendell.
- The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
- Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the sun upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
- The Trolls' cave is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
- In the book, Bilbo finds Sting and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
- The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on Wargs on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
- Although Radagast the Brown is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in Greenwood the Great and having his home ambushed by spiders. After warding them off, he follows their path to Dol Guldur where he encounters a Necromancer and the Witch-king of Angmar, with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its Morgul blade. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his rabbit-pulled sled. In contrast, Tolkien never wrote of any such incidents.
- In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until The Fellowship of the Ring in the books, where Frodo sings it at the Prancing Pony.
- Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in Middle-earth having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
- The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
- In Tolkien's writings, the White Council already knew that the Necromancer was Sauron and was at Dol Guldur during the events in The Hobbit, since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and Saruman had discovered two years earlier that Sauron had learned of Isildur's loss of the One Ring at the Gladden Fields by the river Anduin and his servants were searching the area (though he did not inform the Council of this discovery).
- Also at the White Council meeting, Galadriel relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near Fornost Erain, had been killed and sealed in a tomb in the High Fells that could not be opened. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, Glorfindel had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, "Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."[8] (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in The Lord of the Rings in which Éowyn was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.) Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the Nazgûl had previously been fighting with Gondor and had captured (and presumably killed) the last King of Gondor at Minas Morgul in T.A. 2050, long after he had fled Fornost Erain.[9]
- When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone Giants hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
- It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the Goblin cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
- In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
- Bilbo's encounter with Gollum in the book occurs after he is lost during the Company's escape from Goblin-town, whereas here it happens concurrently with the Dwarves' audience with the Goblin King (due to Bilbo's eluding captivity from the Goblins and falling down a chasm during the struggle with one of them).
- In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with the same Goblin with whom he fell down the chasm, and then we see the Ring fall out of Gollum's loincloth during the tussle. After Gollum drags off the Goblin's body, Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
- Gollum has nine teeth in the film, rather than six.
- In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-coloured fire when lighting the pine cones.
- Bilbo and some of the Dwarves do not come down from the fir trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
- As in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf sends for the Eagles by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
- As in the Lord of the Rings films, the Eagles do not speak.
- The Eagles take the Company directly to the Carrock, bypassing the Eyrie.
[edit] Music
The score for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was composed by Howard Shore, and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.[10]
Two editions of the soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on 11 December 2012:
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition
The song featured in the credits to An Unexpected Journey, Song of the Lonely Mountain, was performed by Neil Finn and released 12 November 2012. It was first released on RollingStone.com.[11]
[edit] Distribution
[edit] Theatrical release
An Unexpected Journey had its world première in Wellington, New Zealand, on 28 November 2012. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on 12 December, 13 December in Europe, 14 December in India, Canada and United States, and 26 December in Australia.
[edit] Home media
An Unexpected Journey was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on 19 March 2013.[12] The release date in the United Kingdom was 8 April.[12]
An extended edition of An Unexpected Journey includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on 22 October and on Blu-ray and DVD on 4 November.[13]
[edit] Promotion
[edit] Promotional posters
Promotional posters for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | |||||||||
[edit] Trailers
[edit] See also
- The Hobbit (film series)
- Images from An Unexpected Journey
- An Unexpected Journey posters
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey tie-in books:
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion
[edit] External links
- TheHobbit.com (official website)
- TheHobbitBlog.com (official blog)
- Peter Jackson's Facebook page
- ↑ Rob Kazinsky was initially cast as Fíli. (see: Peter Jackson, "Casting news!" dated 30 April 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ Conan Stevens was initially cast as Azog. (see: Peter Jackson, "Casting News for The Hobbit" dated 19 May 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)).
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Titles and Release Dates Announced" dated 31 May 2011, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ "Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director" dated 8 April 2011, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Peter Jackson, "Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit" dated 20 March 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ "The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates" dated 2 September 2012, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 2 September 2012)
- ↑ "THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY" , Warner Bros. (accessed 19 November 2012)
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 Brian Sibley, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide (2012)
- ↑ Daniel Falconer, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design, p. 30
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A (I, iv).
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B
- ↑ Doug Adams, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11" dated 1 November 2012, Doug Adam's Blog (accessed 20 November 2012)
- ↑ "Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere" dated 12 November 2012, RollingStone.com (accessed 20 November 2012)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 lilymilos, "Sneak Peek of 'Desolation of Smaug' on Hobbit Blu-ray" dated 6 February 2013, Middle-earth Network News (accessed 9 February 2013)
- ↑ Orlando Parfitt, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)" dated 31 July 2013, Yahoo Movies (accessed 19 August 2013)
Licensed film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's works |
The Hobbit (1966) · The Hobbit (1977) · The Lord of the Rings (1978) · The Return of the King (1980) · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) |


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This fabulous ABC'S "THE BACHELOR" VIEWING PARTY was submitted by Tammy Mitchell of Pink Peppermint Prints.
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This spectacular MOVIE THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Jen Carver of Banner Events.
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This fabulous SHERLOCK HOLMES THEMED PARTY was submitted by Emily Waltenbaugh of Smarty Parties.
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This awesome ELVIS BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Erin McGee of The Gingers Spree.
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This adorable PINK HOLLYWOOD GLAM SEVENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Lina Manuel of Party Stock.
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This darling SHIRLEY TEMPLE SIPPIN' SOIREE SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Nicole Gould of Million Dollar $mile Celebrations.
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This amazing ROYAL PROJECT RUNWAY FASHION SHOW PARTY was submitted by Nicole Gould of Million Dollar $mile Celebrations.
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This fabulous UNDER THE STARS TWEEN BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Jenny Raulli of Bloom Designs.
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This fabulous VINTAGE MOVIE THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Katie of Petite Social. A movie party has always sounded like so much fun to me! This party definitely makes me want to t...SEE MORE
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In the 1990's, who came home from school to watch the epic TV series, Saved By The Bell?! This SAVED BY THE BELL PARTY submitted by Nicole of Million Dollar Smile Celebrations will...SEE MORE
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Title: | Charles W. Styer, Jr., Oral History Interview |
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Lennon, Donald R.
Styer, Charles W. |
Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
Languages: | English |
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Charles W. Styer, Jr., Oral History Interview (#OH0145), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Captain Styer, a Navy junior, enlisted in the Naval Reserves in 1936 before entering the U.S. Naval Academy the following year. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the USS ROWAN at Pearl Harbor. Captain Styer concentrates on his experiences on the ROWAN and the USS MATAGORDA, and his nine war patrols as a submarine officer. Commentary reflects patrols of the FLYING FISH, TILEFISH, and MACKERAL; postwar duty as assistant Naval Attaché in Paris; and assignments to the RAZORBACK, CUTLASS, and HOLLAND.
Online access to this finding aid is supported with funds created through the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). These funds come through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. This grant is part of the North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, Digitization Grant Program.


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Performing improvisations and compositions, saxophonist Neil Welch and drummer Chris Icasiano demonstrate their approach to effectively mixing electronic effects and acoustic instruments in the same piece. Bring your own electronics to explore group playing together! Open to all.
Bad Luck creates "powerful, virtuosic, cutting-edge music" according to All About Jazz. Chris Icasiano and Neil Welch use live loops and pedals to create an astounding range of sound in their original compositions. Bad Luck has released two albums (Bad Luck and Bad Luck Two) and an EP (Bloodroot) to date.
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