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Three Rivers State Park
Activities at Three Rivers State Park
BicyclingThere are over 7 miles of trails and paved roads in the park for bicyclists to enjoy (semi-rough terrain with moderate elevation changes). |
Boat RampThere are two small boat ramps within the park, suitable for smaller watercraft. One ramp is located within the campground, for use by registered campers only. The other ramp is located close to the picnic area, for general use by park visitors. There are also two county-maintained boat ramps that will accommodate larger craft; one of these ramps is found on the eastern boundary of the park, the other is found on the western boundary of the park. |
BoatingThree Rivers State Park borders on scenic Lake Seminole. The lake tends to be shallow in many areas, with considerable aquatic vegetation. Old tree stumps also are found throughout the lake. We find most of our seasoned boaters prefer shallow draft boats for these reasons. |
A one bedroom, one bathroom rustic cabin with air conditioning, heating and a wood-burning fireplace overlooks Lake Seminole. A queen size bed in a downstairs bedroom and a standard size bed in the loft provide comfortable sleeping accommodations. A fully equipped kitchen includes an electric stove, microwave, refrigerator and utensils. Bring linens, pillows, food and fishing gear.
There is a minimum two nights stay in cabins on weekends and holidays, either Friday and Saturday night, or Saturday and Sunday nights. A single Friday or Saturday night may be reserved only if the following Saturday or Sunday night is already reserved. |
Camping, Full Facility
Both Florida and Georgia are in view from the park's campground located near the banks of Lake Seminole. Water, electricity, a picnic table and a grill ring are available at each of 30 shaded, semi-private campsites. Pets are welcome at the campsites. Restrooms are located in the park. A dump station is located in the camping area. The campground includes a small boat ramp and a large fishing pier that extends out onto Lake Seminole. Reservations: Reservations may be made up to 11 months in advance through ReserveAmerica. Book Online or call (800) 326-3521 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) or TDD (888) 433-0287. |
Camping, GroupA Group Camp is available. Amenities include one group size grills and a large brick restroom with several showers, toilets and sinks. No pets or alcoholic beverages are allowed. Call the park at (850) 482-9006 to make reservations. |
Canoeing & KayakingLake Seminole provides an excellent venue for canoeing and kayaking. Aluminum canoes can be rented by campers at the park for $15 per day. Life preservers and paddles are provided. |
FishingFishing is a popular activity at the park since Lake Seminole is well-known for its yields. Largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish, bluegill, speckled perch, and bream are some of the fish that might be landed by anglers. A Florida freshwater fishing license may be required. |
Hiking/Nature Trail
Trail users can travel the rolling hills of our upland pine habitat and along the shoreline of |
PetsPets are welcome at the park as long as they are kept on a six-foot leash and are well behaved. Pets are also allowed to stay in the campground under the same guidelines. NOTE: Sorry, pets are NOT allowed to stay in the cabin or cabin area. Please pick up after your pet and do not allow them to run free or bark incessantly. |
Picnic PavilionThere are three picnic pavilions (open air) located in the park picnic area. Each of these pavilions can be reserved for $30 plus tax by calling the park at 850-482-9006. Pavilions can be used without a reservation on a first-come, first-served basis. |
PicnickingA large picnic area in the park overlooks Lake Seminole, providing spectacular views of the lake, and the Georgia shoreline on the opposite side of the lake. Three picnic pavilions, grills, picnic tables, and a restroom are located in the picnic area. A hiking trail also begins in the picnic area. A small fishing dock is also located in this area |
PlaygroundThere is a playground within the park, which has state of the art equipment and benches to sit on. |
Wildlife ViewingWildlife and bird viewing opportunities are bountiful at Three Rivers State Park! Bald Eagles make their nests within the park, and can be seen soaring over the lake. Waterfowl by the hundreds seek refuge in the quiet bays and sloughs that surround the park. Deer are a very common sight, along with the ubiquitous raccoon and our own population of eastern fox squirrels. These large squirrels are a sight to behold, with silvery white fur, often with a mask of black covering their faces. Many species of rare or uncommon plants can also be found throughout the park. Three Rivers is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail! Bird blinds, binoculars, and reference books are available upon request. Alligators are visible and present during the warm weather months. |


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Volume 3, Issue 2 (December 2010)
Rabindra Bhandari, Gyan Pradhan and Mukti Upadhyay
Another empirical look at the Kuznets curve
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Manish Kumar
A Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregression Model for Forecasting Emerging Market Exchange Rates
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Mihai Ioan Mutascu and Anne-Marie Fleischer
A VAR Analysis of FDI and Wages: The Romania's Case
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Athanasios Vazakidis and Stergios Athianos
Do Dividend Announcements Affect The Stock Prices in The Greek Stock Market?
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Norbert H. Meiners, Ulf Schwarting and Bernd Seeberger
The Renaissance of Word-of-Mouth Marketing: A 'New' Standard in Twenty-First Century Marketing Management?!
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Nagi Bairamli and Vassilis Kostoglou
The Role of Savings in the Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Ivan Ivanov and Julia Dobreva
Modeling Labor Supply through Duality and the Slutsky Equation
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Development of Protocol Stack for Wireless Modules
Project Name | Development of Protocol Stack for Wireless Modules |
Project Description | Design of architecture, implementation and testing of protocol stack for GSM/GPRS/EDGE modules, AT-commands implementation. Modify current solution to meet new GCF, PTCRB and AT&T criteria. |
End Customer | Cinterion Wireless Modules |
REC Customer | Cinterion Wireless Modules |
Technologies | Embedded applications: Kilobyte Virtual Machne (smaller JVM) Programming languages: C, C++ Interfaces: RS232, USB, I2C, RS485, SPI Architecture: UML, Rational Operating systems: RTOS: AMX (MEDIATEK), REXX (QUALCOMM), GBS (INFINEON) Test automation: Pegasus, ZOC Verification tester of GCF/PTCRB/AT&T compliance: R&S CRTUG Other testing equipment: Lauterbach, High Speed Logger GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks simulators: R&S CMU |
REC Services | Architecture design of protocol stack selected parts – REC is responsible for appropriate components delivery Project Management in Software Design and Test area – responsibility for selected items of the stack Development of selected stack items Functional tests – verification of wireless modules functionality in real networks Integration tests – integration and verification of wireless modules in simulated networks, in boundary conditions Acceptance tests – conformity with GCF, PTCRB and AT&T standards verification. For this matter Rohde and Schwarz certified testing equipment is used. |
Project Duration | Ongoing for newer generation modules and updates. |
Number of Resources/ Roles in the Project | Architects Developers Testers x 7 Project Managers |
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There was much rejoicing and anticipation throughout the land as rumors and innuendo suggested the Jays were one of the three possible landing spots for free agent slugger Prince Fielder. Of course, these stories ended up being mostly bunk but the yearning for Prince is very, very real.
For the purposes of self-flagellation, consider Prince on the Jays for a hot minute. An everyday lineup of Escobar/Rasmus/Bautista/Fielder/Lawrie/Snider/Encarnacion/JPA/Second baseman is pretty enticing, is it not? That team will score a couple runs. But is it enough to get the Jays into the playoff picture? Not so fast.
When it comes to adding or subtracting players, using Wins Above Replacement is the easiest and most logical choice. It doesn't account for everything but, as you can see below, it does relate very well to actual games won. The eight playoffs teams all fall in the top nine WAR finishers, with only the Red Sox failing to qualify (by a single game.)
The Orioles Nation post linked above shows the very same holds true in previous seasons, the newest iteration of WAR is simply more accurate thanks to the inclusion of baserunning runs.
The Toronto Blue Jays position players posted 21.3 WAR in 2011. The Yankees, Rays, and Red Sox all put up more than 31 WAR apiece. Based on this knowledge and Blue Jays home in the American League East, we can see the team must post at least 35 WAR as a collective on offense. Can they do it?
Look at the 2011 Blue Jays WAR breakdown, by position and main offender at each position:
Position (name) | 2011 WAR | 2012 WAR Guesstimation |
C (J.P. Arencibia) | 1.5 | 2 |
1B (Adam Lind/Prince Pujols) | 0.5 | 6 |
2B (Aaron Hill/???) | -0.8 | 3ish |
3B (Brett Lawrie) | 2.7 | 4.5 |
SS (Yunel Escobar) | 4.3 | 4 |
LF (Thames/Snider) | 1.2 | 3 |
CF (Colby Rasmus) | 0 | 4 |
RF (Jose Bautista) | 8.3 | 6.5 |
DH (EE/Lind) | 1.5 | 2.5 |
Bench (Assorted swine) | 2 | 2 |
Remember these aren't based in much more than the most pie in the sky hope and dreams for the Blue Jays starting lineup. There are massive — MASSIVE — assumptions built in. This total gets the Jays to 37.5 WAR for the offense, placing them in the top 3 in baseball based on 2011 numbers. That is an awful lot to ask.
Can Colby Rasmus bounce back to 4 WAR form while the Jays gets nearly league-average numbers in left from one of Eric Thames & Travis Snider AND Yunel Escobar turns in a nearly identical season to 2011 AND Brett Lawrie stays hot and healthy while playing at a level near Evan Longoria's rookie year AND the Jays pluck a 3 WAR second baseman out of the ether AND Jose Bautista settles into mere 2010 production levels AND Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind combine to hit better than Billy Butler AND all the main guys stay healthy AND the list goes on.
Impossible? No. But adding a nine-figure contract at first base isn't enough. Not on its own.
It takes a village to raise a child. The Jays have major hurdles to even reach this fabricated level of play. Waving a wand won't materialize a 3 WAR second baseman nor will it make Eric Thames and Travis Snider ready for their close-ups or transform Colby Rasmus back to his 4 Win form of 2009. The pitching questions — solidifying the bullpen and rotation depth — are for another day.
Adding one of these monsters gets the Jays close. But it doesn't get them all the way there. 2012 represents a very unique opportunity. If the league opts to add the Wild Card play-in game right away, the Jays must pounce before potential Wild Card rivals in the AL West get fat on a steady diet of Astros.
The back-end of either of these deals would surely end up a nightmare but a little playoff experience in Toronto in the short term is certainly the dream. If acquiring a player of this profile via free agency gives the team the talent boost required to compete at the highest levels, the Jays front office will think long and hard about pulling the trigger to on such a deal.
Adding high-impact players of this magnitude is a difficult trick to pull off. It isn't as if you can just trade a mere backup catcher or mid-rotation arm and end up with a franchise cornerstone, right? That just isn't the way it works in the inequitable world of Major League Baseball.
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Why Studios Really Alter Films After Tragedies
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on July 31, 2012 | Comments (5)In the wake of the horrific shooting that occurred almost two weeks ago at a multiplex in Aurora, Colorado during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros. made several last-minute cuts to their upcoming period action film Gangster Squad. The scene in question, which was featured prominently in the now-removed first US trailer and can be seen very briefly in this international trailer, depicted a bevy of gangsters or cops (as the original scene is difficult to find, I don't recall) shooting bullets from tommyguns through the back of a movie screen. Reportedly, this scene is rather instrumental to the film's plot, so several very late-in-the-game re-shoots will take place to allow the film to make sense without the now-controversial scene in question. This resulted in the film's release date being pushed back from September 7, 2012 to January 11, 2013. Altering films and their advertising campaigns has become common practice in recent Hollywood. After the Colorado shooting, many ads for The Dark Knight Rises that focus on the film's violent moments were removed from the airwaves. This weekend's The Watch, which opened to middling box office and mostly negative reviews, had its title and advertising campaign altered from the original Neighborhood Watch after the shooting of unarmed minor Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Florida this spring. Several movies also incurred changes, delays, and alternative ad campaigns after 9/11. In public relations terms, such changes are typically framed as a gesture of sensitivity to […]
Review: 'The Watch' Is a Funny and Foul Blend of 'Ghostbusters' and 'Attack the Block' Held Together By a Sticky Substance of Unknown Origin
Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on July 26, 2012 | Comments (1)It can be difficult making friends once you're past a certain age because the older people get the more set in their ways they become. Youth offers any number of bonding experiences that bring people together from grade school up through college, but once you enter the real world those opportunities start to dwindle. Husbands and wives, children, jobs, existing friends…these things tend to limit the time you have for meeting new people, becoming familiar with them and building new relationships. Past the age of thirty a catalyst of some kind is required to draw people together on short notice. Something big is good. Something of planetary importance is even better. Evan (Ben Stiller) is constantly on the lookout for friends and has formed more clubs than Tracy Flick ever dared to dream. He keeps busy with running club and Spanish for Senior Citizens, but when one of his Costco employees is viciously murdered Evan decides to form a Neighborhood Watch. Franklin (Jonah Hill) failed every test the police department threw at him, so the opportunity to join a "vigilante squad" appeals to him greatly. Bob (Vince Vaughn) is a recent transplant to town with his wife and teen daughter, and he jumps at the chance to hang out with the guys. And Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) is simply a responsible newcomer to our American shores. Together they form a local neighborhood watch. Together they will decide Earth's fate as they discover and attempt to stop an alien invasion. Together, if […]
'The Watch' Red Band Trailer: 'Neighborhood Watch' Gets a New Title and a New Focus On Filth
Movie News By Nathan Adams on May 4, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAfter five long years of waiting for Akiva Schaffer to direct a big screen follow-up to his ludicrous 2007 comedy, Hot Rod, the teaser trailer for his new film, Neighborhood Watch, finally hit the Internet back in February, promising more hilarity to come. But before excitement could really build for the film, its marketing efforts hit a pretty huge snag. A Florida teen named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a member of his local neighborhood watch, the story became national news, and suddenly Neighborhood Watch's teaser – which featured its protagonists suspiciously eying and threatening neighborhood children – looked to be in really poor taste. In response to the incident, the trailer was pulled from theaters. Though the aftermath of the Martin shooting is ongoing and is still fresh in everyone's minds, Schaffer and company still have a movie to promote, so Neighborhood Watch is back with a new title and a new red band trailer. From this point forward the film seems to be going by the name The Watch, and its new marketing has shifted its focus away from a group of overzealous men terrorizing their neighborhood and turned the spotlight more toward its alien invasion elements.
Good Taste/Self-Censorship: Fox Pulls Suggestive 'Neighborhood Watch' Ads in Florida Markets In Wake of Trayvon Martin Shooting
Movie News By Nathan Adams on March 28, 2012 | Comments (1)The tragic killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin is such a widely reported and consistently commented-upon national news item that it was bound to have impact beyond the family of the victim and the community in which it took place. The details of the shooting have yet to be poured over in a courtroom setting, which will probably entail another long stretch of media attention, and already the effects of the story have started to hit Hollywood. More specifically, they've affected the marketing of Akiva Schaffer's upcoming comedy, Neighborhood Watch, which stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade as a quartet of overzealous members of their local neighborhood watch program. The story and the movie are being connected because Martin's shooting came at the hands of a man who was both a member of a similar program, and also thought to be by many overzealous in his pulling of the trigger. The real big problem is that the film's teaser trailer features a moment in which Hill's character makes a gun with his finger and pulls the trigger while it's pointed at a group of neighborhood kids. As you can imagine, that plays as being fairly offensive in light of recent events, so Fox has pulled the ad and the film's first poster from Florida markets.
'Neighborhood Watch' Teaser Plays Like a Promo For a Great New TV Show
Movie News By Nathan Adams on February 29, 2012 | Comments (1)The first glimpse we're getting of Akiva Schaffer's star-studded new comedy Neighborhood Watch certainly isn't giving us much of a look at what the plot is going to be—and I guess that's why they call it a teaser—but there still seems to be something a little off with the way they're introducing this one to the world. The slow motion footage of lame suburban guys trying to look hard while driving, the slightly out of date rap song that makes up the soundtrack, somehow it all adds up to make something that feels a little less like a wide-release comedy that's about to hit theaters and a little more like the funny new show that's about to debut after Weeds on Showtime.
Reject Radio #123: A View From Below The Line
Features By Scott Beggs on February 29, 2012 | Be the First To CommentDirectors and writers aren't the only one with viewpoints on filmmaking, so we're starting at the beginning and the bottom as two production assistants give us their stories and share their insights into starting out in Hollywood. Plus, Fat Guy Kevin Carr joins us to play Good News/Bad News and deliver his own TED Talk. Download This Episode
The 52 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012
Cinematic Listology By FSR Staff on January 2, 2012 | Comments (33)It's already the second day of 2012, which means we'll all be sober within the next day or two. It also means that we can officially start looking (through blurry eyes) ahead to the future. A future of promise and potential. A future of hope. A future of tingling anticipation that the road stretched out in front of us that leads to the cinema will be paved with gold. Will there be piles of excrement along the way? Of course, but we don't know how many or how badly they'll tarnish our yellow-bricked roller coaster ride. All we can see from this far out is the shimmering wonder of movies to come – the vast unknown that looks wonderful (and might just live up to the hype). In past years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), we've gone with a fairly arbitrary count of 20-30 movies. This year, we decided to prove that there were 52 movies worth prematurely celebrating (even though what we found were many more). That's one for every week (even if there are some weeks with a few and some weeks with none at all). Regardless of the number, Rob Hunter, Neil Miller, Kate Erbland, Allison Loring, Landon Palmer, Brian Salisbury and Cole Abaius have joined forces to remind us all that there are a lot of great movies to hope for this year. Go grab a calendar and pencil in everything that gets your blood pressure up toward unsafe levels. It's going to be a busy, flick-filled […]
Billy Crudup Joins the Comedic Crew of 'Neighborhood Watch'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on October 4, 2011 | Be the First To CommentNeighborhood Watch has had a pretty dicey past, but under the eye of director Akiva Schaffer it seems to now be coming together nicely. The film has a new script penned by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg ready to go, and a bunch of casting maybes have become casting confirmations. Ben Stiller is set to star as a city guy who moves out to the suburbs and gets roped into joining a nutty neighborhood watch program. Big time comedic talents Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill have signed on to fill out the watch. Rachel Getting Married actress Rosemarie DeWitt has been tapped to play the Stiller character's wife. And now another big name is in negotiations to hop on boar as well. Almost Famous actor Billy Crudup is the latest addition, and according to Heat Vision, he's negotiating to play the character of a creepy and weird neighbor who catches the watch's attention. Seeing as past synopsis of the film's plot have pointed to the fact that Stiller and his new buddies find themselves stumbling into an alien plot to overthrow the planet, I think it's probably a good bet that we've just found ourselves our first alien. Seems like a good choice to me. Crudup is just too handsome. It's… suspicious.
Will the 'Neighborhood Watch' Have Enough Funding to Add Rosemarie DeWitt and Jonah Hill?
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on August 17, 2011 | Be the First To CommentThings seem to finally be coming together quite nicely for the long troubled comedy Neighborhood Watch. After a period of uncertainty where it was having trouble getting financed, it now has two big name comedic actors signed on to star in Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Sure, they may not be the freshest faces in Hollywood, and they might have been even bigger names a few years ago, but they've got a couple of in-the-now screenwriters, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, to take a pass at and freshen up the long gestating script they're working with. Plus, they've got an up and coming voice in The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer to direct. After failing as a Will Ferrell vehicle, Neighborhood Watch might be set up to be the most relevant things that Stiller and Vaughn have done in a while. One sign that a film is really going full steam ahead in its production is when it starts filling out its supporting cast, and this one seems to be doing that right now. In the last day or so there have been several stories popping up about new faces being added. The first rumor, and the one that's most likely, is that according to Heat Vision, Rachel Getting Married actress Rosemarie DeWitt is close to signing on as Stiller's wife. If you remember the synopsis of this one, Stiller plays a city boy who is forced to move out to the boring suburbs, and DeWitt's character would be the reason […]
Ben Stiller and Akiva Schaffer Eyeballing 'Neighborhood Watch'
Movie News By Nathan Adams on June 14, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWay back in 2009 there was supposed to be a movie called Neighborhood Watch starring Will Ferrel and directed by Wedding Crashers' David Dobkin, but talent clashed with studio to the point that it didn't ever happen. Fox isn't a studio to just lie down and die however. I guess somebody in charge must really like the project, because a whole new wave of talent has been tossed at the script. Things didn't work out with Ferrell and Dobkin creatively, but recently Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have written a new draft of the script. You might have heard of them, they did stuff like Superbad and Pineapple Express. Oh yeah, and Rogen has acted in so many movies over the last five years that you're probably sick of him. But don't worry, Rogen isn't the new guy rumored to star. Now that there's a spiffy new version of the script written by top talent comedy mega-star Ben Stiller is being courted to star in the film. Oh. His character would be a city boy who ends up moving to the suburbs and joining the neighborhood watch. What might seem like a pretty boring gig proves to be nothing of the sort when he finds himself right in the middle of some sort of extraterrestrial cover-up. Sounds goofy, so it's probably going to need a goofy guy to direct.
Ferrell and Dobkin Bail in Neighborhood Watch… Nothing to See Here
Movie News By Bethany Perryman on August 4, 2009 | Be the First To CommentDamn. Well, maybe now Tom Hanks and Corey Feldman will take the hint and make The Burbs II, so we can finally all sleep easier.
Will Ferrell Leads the 'Neighborhood Watch' in The 'burbs
In Development By Neil Miller on May 6, 2009 | Be the First To CommentWill Ferrell is currently in talks to take the lead in a new David Dobkin directed comedy called Neighborhood Watch, which sounds a lot like a remake of the great Tom Hanks comedy The 'burbs if you ask me.
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All Movie Fans Need to Watch HBO's 'Casting By'
Docu-Mental By Christopher Campbell on August 5, 2013 | Be the First To CommentOne of the best anecdotes in the documentary Casting By, which premieres tonight on HBO, relates the start of Warren Beatty's screen career on a 1957 episode of Kraft Television Theatre. We're told that like many young actors of the time he modeled himself way too much on Marlon Brando. Then we actually see a clip, and sure enough the future movie star looks and sounds like he's doing a comical impersonation. Fortunately, within the next five years he would find his own comfortable style and manage to break out in Hollywood in order to become one of his generation's finest. And apparently we have casting director Marion Dougherty to thank for giving him his first shot. There are a lot of first- and second-hand stories in the film about a lot of actors and actresses' beginnings. And a lot of rare clips to prove just how terrible or terrific they really were. There's Jon Voight's embarrassing performance on Naked City in 1963, which actually kind of foreshadows most of his later work (personally, I've always thought him to be one of the worst in the business). Jeff Bridges talks about how he witnessed audiences literally laughing at his tearful work in 1970's Hall of Anger. Bette Midler thanks Dougherty for allowing her to hide her Jewishness and play a missionary in Hawaii and earn a paycheck that would finally get her to New York. And then there's a claim that Michael Eisner, while President and CEO of Paramount Pictures, kept trying to […]
Review: Statham's Swagger Can't Save a Perpetually Bland 'Parker'
Movie Reviews By Luke Mullen on January 25, 2013 | Be the First To CommentAdapting material from one medium to another is never an easy proposition. Script to screen is perhaps the most dangerous transition of all as the phrase "the book was better" is so often a common sentiment. The waters are especially murky for an established character like Donald E. Westlake's Parker, the star of no less than 24 novels and a dozen or so mostly unofficial film appearances. Perhaps the most well-known is Mel Gibson's Porter from the 1999 film Payback. Using a different novel as the source material, screenwriter John McLaughlin and director Taylor Hackford are bringing the Parker character back to the big screen this weekend in the aptly, if simply, titled Parker. Adapted from "Flashfire," one of the more recent Parker novels, Parker sees our titular antihero (played by Jason Statham) teaming up with four other guys to rob the Ohio State Fair. Things go south after they make good their escape only to spring the news that they're using the take as seed money on a bigger score. Parker, of course, just wants to walk away with his share like they agreed on. After a heated disagreement in a Surburban, the four send the weakest guy to shoot Parker. Thinking him dead, they move on to planning their big job in Palm Beach. Injured but not dead, Parker sets out to hunt the four men down and settle the score.
'Ray' Director Plans to Get Musical Again for Aretha Franklin Biopic
In Development By Scott Beggs on October 10, 2012 | Comments (1)Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles were both in The Blues Brothers, but they're about to be connected in a different cinematic way. According to Cinema Blend, Taylor Hackford (the writer/director of the Charles biopic Ray) is set to direct a film about Franklin's life. Now the question becomes whether the actress playing her will also have to recreate her diner-set scene in The Blues Brothers in a meta move celebrating the singer's acting career. If she hangs out with Charles on the set of the set, things will get even more confusingly self-referential. Hackford is an inspired (and sort of obvious) choice, but the main difficulty here remains finding an actress who can handle the emotion and vocally portray perhaps the greatest female singer of the 20th century. The option is there to use recordings, but there's something about that method that dulls the impact as much as an actor not quite meeting the singer's talents. Franklin herself tossed out a wish list populated by Halle Berry, Jennifer Hudson and five-time Tony award winner Audra McDonald. She also suggested Denzel Washington for the role of her Baptist preacher father. It may be a challenge to fill her vocal chords, but at least they're on the right track. Hopefully the project will gain traction and find the money to bring in the talent required. Something tells me it needs a cheerleader to bring in the resources (studio or otherwise) that will ensure that it plays at the top level instead of […]
'Parker' Trailer Finally Teams Jason Statham Up With Some A-List Actors
Movie News By Nathan Adams on October 3, 2012 | Comments (1)Jason Statham has made so many movies where he plays a gun-shooting, high-kicking criminal who lives by a strict moral code that the Jason Statham Movie has become a genre unto itself. Generally all of these movies have forgettable one word titles, like Crank, Safe, or Blitz, but that doesn't end up mattering much, because you can just tell people that you're going to see the new Jason Statham Movie, and they'll know what you're talking about. Jason Statham Movies generally have another thing in common, as well. They feature Jason Statham's gruff charisma and high-impact fight scenes as their star, and offer up little else. Things like storytelling or supporting talent don't really matter when you know that you can trot Statham out a couple times a year, have him go through the motions, and still turn a profit. Parker looks like it's going to be a Jason Statham Movie with a couple more tricks up its sleeve, though. Instead of relying on the star power of Statham alone, director Taylor Hackford's new film teams him up with big names like Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, and Nick Nolte (and Bunk from The Wire!). The results are impressive at first glance, with Statham obviously having immediate chemistry with Lopez especially.
'Parker' Sounds a Lot Like Jason Statham
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on April 18, 2011 | Comments (9)Jason Statham isn't just an action star; he's an action star with such a specific style, and whose films have adhered to such a coherent aesthetic, that I think of him as having a genre completely unto himself. Jason Statham is the star of Jason Statham movies, and it looks like he's signing on to be in at least one more. He is under negotiations to star in Parker, which is under the direction of Taylor Hackford (Proof of Life, Ray) and coming from an adapted screenplay by John J. McLoughlin (Black Swan). What that screenplay is adapted from is the work of writer Richard Stark, or as he was known when he wasn't being all pen-namey, Donald Westlake. The man wrote 28 novels over the course of his career, and 24 of them were featuring the character of Parker, a single word named, cold-blooded criminal type who engages in ruthless behavior but lives by his own code. Sounds very Jason Stathamy. This is the first time that the Parker character has been brought to the big screen in name, but he has been used as source material before, for things like Lee Marvin's character in Point Blank, Robert Duvall's character in The Outfit, and Mel Gibson's character in Payback. There is no word on whether or not this film will be a direct translation of any of Westlake's works, or if it will just swim around in the Parker milieu, but I'm sure we can all bank on the […]
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I live in region 4, close to Montreal, Québec. I wonder if it's too late now (november 2nd) for planting garlic for next year's crop. I usually do this around october 15th. Thank you.
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I planted Alliums on Friday, the ground is still workable so you should be O.K. with garlic. |
I thought Montreal was zone 3b! Hummm... I'm in Hardwick, Vermont (about 30 miles south of you), maybe I'm NOT in top of zone 4, bottom of zone 3 after all! I was just discussing garlic at work today, and my co-workers are of the opinion that without a greenhouse, it's impossible to grow garlic up here, because the season is too short. Can you tell me how you are doing it? |
Seething, Zones are not exactly straight lines across the map. The reason Montreal is milder(5b) than parts of Vermont is because it is in a huge flat valley, with the St-LAwrence flowing through (and around, MTL being an island) whereas Vermont has elevation, mountainous parts etc.. |
Sorry for waiting so long. U must simply plant some cloves in the fall, around mid-november, about 1 1/2 inch deep, with the roots up. The frost will cause the cloves to germinate in the spring and grow in the summer, giving you the juiciest garlic bulbs in october. You can eat the shoots while they are young and tender in the summer: just steam them up and enjoy! |
Sorry, the garlic crop actually starts earlier, some time in september. It is the planting that takes places around mid october ;) |
I ordered some garlic for planting in June 2005. Will this yield a crop at all for the fall? We had frost mid-June last year and again the first week of August! |
Spring planted garlic is sensitive to daylength, in that it will bulb poorly during long days if it isn't mature enough by the time the really long days of June come around. If at all possible, try to get your spring garlic planted by mid April. I wouldn't be unduly worried about late spring frosts affecting it. If you can't get your bulbs planted until June, you will likely get bulbs back that aren't much larger than the original cloves. But you can dig them and replant in fall (Sept, maybe Oct) or try to store them till next spring and plant them earlier - but it might be just as easy to buy new stock. There are a few garlic specialists in Canada that will sell garlic for fall planting. Not all garlic varieties are equal in hardiness though. Fall planting is slightly risky here but generally gives far superior yields if the bulbs survive. You may have to experiment until you find an adaptable variety for your region. I tried 5 new (to me) varieties this past year (planted in Sept) and 1 totally winterkilled; best for me was Chesnok Red, with Inchelium Red in second place. |
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I think it's pretty good. To expand slightly - i only ever buy it on Fiora, but it's usually a first item directly behind vamp scepter and i credit that buy to solely winning me the game. I know SmashGizmo has a soft spot for it in his Xin Zhao builds (and the man plays an absurd number of solo Xin games). My feel is just that currently there aren't a lot of dudes who auto attack - and if they do auto attack (Like Xin, for instance) they're often jungling and being used for the utility they bring, so they focus on buys like Locket or Bulwark. Since S3, i've seen Ghostblade used/used myself on no less than Fiora, Xin, Tryndamere, Garen, Renekton, Olaf, and Nocturne to great effect. It's probably just geared towards a playstyle that isn't mega popular, despite being pretty useful (i get a ton of free stats, so let me stack some cheap multiplier steroids and run you over with them).
From what I've seen of GB, it's an item for certain Champions, and those champions tend to get significant use out of it. But yes, as an item, it feels like the stats are just all too low. Unlike many other choices, it doesn't feel like it fits a certain role.
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It's not only the time crunch but also boredom with the routine that kills passion for most long-term couples—because really, if you were excited about sex, you would make the time, says therapist Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence. Variety adds that proverbial spice.
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Steam users, you can now pre-order Tiny Brains! And if you do so before December 18th, you'll save 30%.
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The EFZ-120HA4 is fashioned like a typical tower style cooler. At the base you will find an aluminum plate holding five 8mm heatpipes that are milled flat and make direct contact with the CPU. Heat then has two options; travel into the Aluminum pre-cooler on the top of the base or it can continue up the five heatpipes on either side. It is then up to the forty-six, 0.45mm thick, aluminum pressed on fins to absorb the heat from the pipes and allow the EFZ-12025-HSF fan to do its job.
Speaking of fans, I was sent two different fans to test the EFZ-120HA4. Of course, there is the EFZ-12025-HSF that comes in the box. This fan can operate in the range of 5V to 12V, and offers up to 102CFM at less than 18dBA noise levels. They also had sent me an IXP-74-09 fan for testing. This fan offers the user up to 38CFM at around 9 dBA, but operates between 8V and 14V. From what I have seen so far, with the fan included in the box, I don't really see a need to drop down to 9 dBA, but to some it might just matter. For me the EFZ-12025HSF in conjunction with a fan controller can offer the same low end as the second fan they included for my testing.
This SilenX cooler is pretty fresh on the market, but that doesn't mean it isn't readily available. Searching via Google shows a couple locations in the U.S. where it can be purchased. Pricing will average around the $40 USD mark; well below my $50 cutoff. With that said, the SilenX boasts extreme silence, and not at an extreme price tag. Price and silence out of the way, it is definitely time to get a closer look at the EFZ-120HA4 and see how well the efficiency of this cooler holds up to the rest.


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Santa Maria city leaders must find a way to fill an $8 million dollar budget gap by the end of June. Tonight, the city council will look a various options to cut costs. Some of those options include new planning fees, cutting department budgets by three, six, or nine percent, continuing furloughs, and eliminating vacant full-time and part-time General Fund positions. The city projects $57 million in operating costs but only taking in $49 million in revenue.
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I am using MS Word. I inserted a picture but I want to flip it to face the opposite direction. How do I do this. I notice if I click on Draw > Rotate or Flip it is grayed out. What step(s) am I missing to accomplish this? Thank you. Sapphires |
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Here are some of the so-called Internet Network Marketing Secrets!
The terms "Internet marketing" and "network marketing" currently are getting confused, but fundamentally one can be used to promote the other.
Internet network marketing generally means promoting a product using social networking sites and blogs, or through forums or by building an Internet site, and the enormous difference between Internet and network marketing is that network marketers are constantly looking to build a team who also promote their products. One of the best thing is if you're marketing your product successfully, others who would like to get into the network marketing business will see that success, and they might wish to join your team.
If you promote Amazon products by building your own Internet sites and blogs, what would be a benefit of shifting into a multilevel marketing pro?
This is the secret inside the network-marketing world when you have initiated a team of Internet network marketing professionals who are also successful, they will be making money for you too, and it won't take much effort on your end to earn these additional commissions.
It's quite likely you'll finish up with a downline team of crowds of people; all making a reasonable income while you get a small bit of their revenue. Affiliate marketing on the other hand means selling a product, and then waiting to sell another product it's you doing all of the work!
With Internet Network MarketingSecrets leveraging (OPT) other peoples time is the key and the secret, (this is what rich dad has been teaching us for years) and with a downline team of thousands you can see how much simpler it is going to be to become wealthy and free with network marketing.
Say for instance you work 20 hours every week at your network marketing business and you bring on board 20 folks who also work twenty hours each week, then you have leveraged an additional 400 hours of time for yourself every week! Now you're in the realm of big business owners like the Forbes guys (you might not be as rich as them but your life would be less stressful and you'd have more freedom because you're a free agent)
Internet Network Marketing Secret Revenue Opportunity
I know some people that earn an income thru both internet marketing and network marketing and in the long run the very successful network marketers end up working less hours and making the most cash. Why?
Because the successful Internet marketing experts always have to keep on top of the most recent products to promote and continually have to build backlinks to their websites and get original content onto their websites on a constant basis.
Logically outsourcers usually do this, but even then you have to find the right writers and the right people to build backlinks for you. Some Internet marketing specialists have Hundreds of websites to control to make a decent living doing it; but I don't care how simple they are saying it is, it can't be!
Internet Network Marketing Secrets to know before you think this is a get rich quick. There is substantial degree of failure both in Internet and network marketing; the problem with most people is they want results now without doing any work. We live in a microwave culture and this is a crock-pot business!!!
If you remember that this is the way that you are going to pay for and build a lifestyle of freedom and location independence, then you must stop looking at this business as a spare time interest or something to do just when you feel like it.
Another "secret" is to focus a huge amount of time of your work on learning effective online selling and promotional techniques, with network marketing you will have to find a way to generate a massive amount of qualified leads.


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Virginia Attorney Gen. Ken Cuccinelli is urging pastors to practice their right to speak freely from the pulpit, telling them that failure to do so concedes the battle over Christian values to "the other side."
At a recent "Christian Citizenship and Godly Government" breakfast hosted by the Virginia Christian Alliance, he told an audience of 250 clergy that they can speak to any issue in America from the pulpit.
Donald Blake, chairman of the Richmond-based conservative organization, said Cuccinelli was invited to speak because church leaders are looking for assurance that they can talk about political issues without risking their tax-exempt status.
Cucinnelli said pastors can speak out on issues like gay marriage and abortion without risking their tax-exempt status.
And he noted that pastors can be politically active as long as they are careful not to endorse or advocate the defeat of a candidate on behalf of the church.
Cuccinelli said it's common for Christians to think "politics is dirty" and avoid getting involved.
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My best friend works at a handmade art market in Portland. She meets a lot of interesting people when she's sitting at her booth selling necklaces — earth mamas who share recipes for homemade toothpaste, wood carvers who claim very matter-of-factly that they were born on a different planet, chakra healers and aura seers and everyone in between. A few weeks ago, she texted me about a young hippie writer who had stopped by the market as part of his nomadic journey across the country and offered to pay for his items with "trippy treats" instead of money (I die for details like this).
"He said something really cool while we were talking," she wrote in her message. "He said that life is about choosing paths. We all must choose a path at any given time, and there is no right or wrong path, but there is always a path with more heart. When you choose the path with more heart, life becomes easier and happier."
I stared at her text for a moment, letting the words sink in. I thought about all the paths I've taken, the way I've drastically altered the course of my life over the past few years, the way I've been itching to alter it again, and damn, let me tell you: hippie kid knows what's up. Keep reading »


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3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world's most popular benchmark. Designed to measure your PC's gaming performance 3DMark 11 makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to consistently and reliably test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.
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For six years, I worked with Joanne Horowitz - who manages Kevin Spacey. It was while I was toiling in the depths of assistant hell that I decided to try my hand at writing after reading so many awful scripts. I've been a semi-finalist and finalist in several TV writing competitions, including the WB Writers Workshop and my short film "The Closer" is currently on the film festival circuit (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403141/). I'm so close...
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A review of Petty Crimeby Jonnymixx on 11/17/2009I thought this script was cute, but I feel it needs some major work. I hate to sound cliche, but what's the motivation of the characters in this story? Benny, Eddie and Zach, for me, seemed like they all just wanted to get laid and that is a tough theme to base a screenplay on. Further complicating things was the fact that we really don't get to know who Selena is. Why... read
A review of Here's To Revengeby Jonnymixx on 04/08/2008This is the most fun I've had reading a script in a long time. Kudos to the writer. I laughed out loud on several occasions. Good stuff. Here are a couple notes to make this a little better - for what it's worth. There are several spelling and grammar mistakes littered throughout. That should be the first thing the writer fixes, as it shows a lack of professionalism... read
A review of Can't Go Backby Jonnymixx on 03/26/2008This is a script that needs some work, yet I'm not quite sure how to fix it. For one thing, every single character in this script was extremely unlikeable and pretty darn rotten. Bobby was willingly bilking money from his so-called clients, Janie was having an affair, Michael was sleeping with married women...nobody had a likeable quality to relate to. Plot-wise, well there... read
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Thank you for reviewing Cant Go Back.
I would very much like your more in depth analysis. Im working on what Im sure will end up being several rewrites and Im sure your input would be valuable.
Some of the issues that Im reworking are making Janie more likable and sympathetic by showing how she ended up in the position she was in relation to Bobby, providing more background on Michael which will also help with the Palmero issue (something new) and fixing formatting errors (changing defaults in Final Draft).
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I'm as excited about the Kansas City Royal's future as anybody. They have the worst record in the AL Central…..again..and it appears they have the worst grounds crew, possibly ever. It was like watching the three stooges roll out the tarp. Watch the Royals Crew member stare fear in the eye, absolutely priceless.


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I bought a used J.D. 170 lawn tractor last fall. The machine was in basically good condition, and my mechanic went over it, changed the oil and replaced a few parts. A friend with a flatdeck brought the tractor over to my place from the mechanic's shop. We brought it down and started it and it ran just fine. I drove it about 75 feet into a shed, where it rested over winter. The engine started up readily and runs very well. Problem: I unlocked the parking brake, depressed the clutch pedal, put the shift lever (this is a gear model) into reverse to bring the tractor out of the shed - let up on the clutch pedal, but the tractor would not move. Put it into first gear: it would not move forward... not in second gear either. I put it into neutral and shut the engine off. Left the parking brake lever in "off" position, but I could not roll the tractor either forward or backward. I'm too unfamiliar with the machine to really know, but it's as though the parking brake is still "on" although the lever is in the "off" position. (I'm not quite convinced the parking brake is rusted into place - though maybe.) Is there some simple procedure I've missed? Unfortunately, the previous owner had lost the operator's manual, so I don't yet have one. |
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"Summertime, and the livin' is easy."
I can't help but think of the song "Summertime" by Gershwin on every beautiful day of the season. I will randomly break out singing it in my office, even the Janis Joplin version at times. Along with easy summertime livin' comes easy summertime DIY projects!
What's better than a worn-in pair of cutoffs? A worn-in pair of cutoffs with super-cool back pockets! I decided to take liberties with a pair of light-wash Old Navy jeans I found at Goodwill for $5 and refashion them into a pair of long cutoffs. I've worn them numerous times so far this summer and decided to take more liberties with them by adding tribal-print patches to my derriere!
Here's how I did it, and how you can, too:
As you can see, you don't need to be an expert sewer to make this look work. I did a messy zigzag stitch and it works so well with the fabric. Do what you like! Now people won't be able to resist taking a gander at your lovely derriere!


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Tangy Citrus Vinaigrette
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This tasty dressing can be made ahead and stored in an airtight container or glass jar in the refrigerator.
Makes about 2 cups
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2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard |
6 Tbsp. NOW Real Food® Agave Nectar* |
6 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons) |
6 Tbsp. fresh orange juice (from 1 1/2 oranges) |
6 Tbsp. Ellyndale Organics™ Extra Virgin Olive Oil* |
1 Tbsp. kosher salt |
1 Tbsp. freshly ground black pepper |
- Whisk together mustard, agave nectar, lemon juice, and orange juice in a medium bowl.
- While whisking, slowly drizzle in olive oil and then whisk in salt and pepper.
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Going Online to find love spells that really work has become a national hobby for millions of people who are concerned about finding the right partner or just being able to keep the one they currently have. Several well known shows recently featured stories about average everyday consumers who are becomming experts at love potions and spells.
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Team USA Defeats Venezuela In 12
Team USA� 6,� Venezuela� 3
Team USA had to wait out another rain delay, then play another extra-inning game, to earn the win over Venezuela this afternoon.� The victory gives USA a 7-0 record in the Pan-American tournament.
CF Mike Trout (Angels) got the game started with a bang — a solo home run over the center field wall for a 1-0 lead.� After an out, the next three batters walked — 3B Mike Moustakas (Royals), DH Brad Eldred (Rockies) on 4 pitches, and 1B Eric Hosmer (Royals) on 4 pitches.� But the USA could not capitalize on the gifts, and the next two batters struck out to end the inning.
Venezuela tied the score in the bottom of the 2nd, on a double and a single off USA starter Everett Teaford (Royals).� They took a 2-1 lead in the 3rd.� Teaford gave up a single and a walk, and a sacrifice bunt moved�both runners into scoring position.� Another walk loaded the bases with one out.� The next batter scorched a line drive into right field, and it might have cleared the bases — but RF Todd Frazier (Reds) made a spectacular full-layout diving catch for the out.� The runner on third was able to tag up and score, but it was one run and not three runs.�
Team USA came right back to tie the score at 2-2 in the top of the 4th.� Frazier was hit by a pitch, then scored on 2B Cord Phelps' (Cleveland Indians) triple.� SS Chase d'Arnaud walked and stole second base after the triple, but both he and Phelps were left on base.�
After that, there were a lot of donuts.� Teaford pitched 4 innings (and eventually got a no-decision), allowing those 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks, with 3 strikeouts.� Andre Lamontagne (Brewers) pitched 3 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits with 4 strikeouts.� Anthony Carter (White Sox) pitched a 1-2-3 inning,� then Bruce Billings (Rockies) added another 2 scoreless innings, with a double and 4 strikeouts.� Nick Hill (Mariners) came on to pitch the bottom of the 11th, and he also retired the side in order.
The USA bats were not having any better luck.� With two outs in the 6th, both Brian Barden (Marlins) and Chase d'Arnaud singled, but the Venezuelans brought in a new pitcher, who got a strikeout to end the threat.� Brad Eldred walked for the third time in the 7th (he had walked and stole second base in the 3rd), and Barden singled again in the 8th, but both were left stranded.� As the game went into extras, both teams went down in order in the 10th.� Phelps led off the top of the 11th with a single, and advanced to second base on an error by the right fielder.� Barden bunted Phelps to third base, but he was left standing there when d'Arnaud popped out to short and Trout struck out.�
The top of the 12th brought on the extra-inning tie-breaker rule that is used in international play.� Barden was "placed on first" and d'Arnaud was "placed on second", and Trout was up to bat.� Trout put down a grounder, but the base runners were speedy, and everyone was safe on a fielder's choice play.� C Jordan Pacheco (Rockies) ripped a double into left field, and both Barden and�d'Arnaud�came in to score (both "unearned").� Moustakas walked to load the bases.�� Eldred flied out, but it was too short for tagging up from third.� Then Hosmer grounded right to first for the second out of the inning.� The Venezuelan first baseman thought that he could also get Trout out at the plate, but his throw went well wide of his catcher.� Trout scored easily, and Pacheco raced around from second to score as well, and the USA�had a 6-2 lead.� Frazier was hit by a pitch for the second time, and he stole second base, but Phelps flied out to end the inning.
Venezuela was not done, though.� With Hill still on the mound, Venezuela also had two runners "placed" on first and second.� Hill hit the batter to load the bases.� He was relieved by Justin De Fratus (Phillies), who got a grounder to second base for a fielder's choice, allowing the runner from third to score.� But De Fratus got a pop out and another ground out to end the game and earn the save.� Hill was credited with the win.�
Team USA and Team Canada are scheduled to meet on Sunday at 2 pm (barring another rain issue, of course).
Canada� 9,� Panama� 5
Team Canada fended off elimination for at least one more day with a win today over Panama.� The Canadians exploded to score 8 runs in the 3rd inning.� Adam Stern smacked a double with the bases loaded, and he scored on�a 2-run homer by Jamie Romak.� (It was Romak's fourth homer of the tournament, and second in two days.)� Moments later, another homer by Shawn Bowman drove in 3 more runs.� Adam Loewen added a solo home run in the 5th.�
Phillippe Aumont pitched 5 scoreless innings in his start for Canada, and he earned the win.� Tom Boleska followed Aumont with�one scoreless inning of relief.� Panama scored 4 runs in the 8th inning, including a 2-run homer, and scored one more in the 9th, but the Canadians held on for the win.�
Redmond Leads Team USA To Victory
Team USA� 5,� Nicaragua� 0
Starter Todd Redmond pitched 7 shutout innings this afternoon to lead Team USA to victory over�Nicaragua in their first game of the second round of the Pan American Tournament.� Due to persistent rain in Puerto Rico, the location of the game was moved from Ponce to Carolina, then the time of the game was moved up to 4 pm.� The team barely had time to get dressed and stretch, and it was time to play.
Redmond started the game by getting into a jam in the top of the 1st.� He gave up a single to the lead-off hitter, then got two outs, then loaded the bases with a walk and a hit batter. But Redmond got out of the jam with a strikeout, and he sailed after that.� He gave up a single with two outs in the 2nd inning, but a base running blunder (don't round first base and then try to locate the ball)� let 1b Eric Hosmer tag the runner out to end the inning.� Two Nicaraguan coaches were ejected after arguing the play.� Redmond gave up two more singles — one in the 4th, leaving the runner stranded, and one in the 7th, who he erased with a double play.� He struck out a total of 6 batters in his 7 innings.�
Team USA got the bats going in the bottom of the�1st.� With one out, 2B Cord Phelps (Cleveland Indians) doubled, then 3B Mike Moustakas (Royals) walked.� When the Nicaraguan pitcher made a pick-off throw to first but forgot to make sure his first baseman was there to catch the ball, Phelps raced around to score on the error.� Moustakas ended up on third base, and a sacrifice fly by DH Brad Eldred brought him across the plate, to give Team USA a 2-0 lead.�
The bats were quiet in the 2nd inning, and SS Chase d'Arnaud walked and stole second base in the 3rd, but was left stranded.� Team USA added a run in the 4th inning.� Hosmer singled, then advanced to second base on a fly out by LF Todd Frazier (Reds).� C Erik Kratz's RBI single plated Hosmer, and the Americans were up 3-0.�
The next 9 USA batters went down in order, until the bottom of the 8th.� D'Arnaud led off that inning with another walk, and moved to second base on a wild pitch.� A fly out by CF Mike Trout (Angels) pushed d'Arnaud to third base, then he scored on an RBI single by Phelps.� Eldred reached base on an error, then an RBI single by Hosmer brought Phelps in with the USA's 5th run.�
Tim Collins (Royals) pitched the 8th inning, working around a lead-off single.� Justin De Fratus (Phillies) took the 9th.� He gave up a 2-out single, then ended the game with a strikeout.�
�The win guarantees that Team USA will finish at least in the top 7 of this tournament, which gives them an automatic spot in the 2011 Pan Am tournament.
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Dominican Republic� 5,�� Canada� 2
The Canadians also got a change in venue (from Ponce to San Juan) and an earlier start time due to the rain.� The Dominicans got started in the bottom of the 1st inning with a run on a bunt single, a walk, and a sacrifice fly.� They picked up two more runs in the 3rd, courtesy of a triple, a single, and a double.� Canada got one run back in the top of the 4th,�on a single by Pete Orr, followed by a single that bounced off the first base umpire and a throwing error by the first baseman, allowing Orr to score.� Former Pirate farmhand Jamie Romak added another run for Canada with a solo home run in the 8th.� But the Dominican team scored one run in the 4th and another in the 8th, to easily take the win.�
Canada is now in a tight spot — they must win their game against Panama on Saturday in order to advance to the semi-finals.
Team USA Prepares For Round Two
Round Two of the Pan American tournament begins on Friday night, and Team USA leads off with a game against Nicaragua, after having had a day off on Thursday.� They continue over the weekend with afternoon games against Venezuela on Saturday and Canada on Sunday.� Then they finish round two with a game (which�might even be a preview of the championship rounds) against Cuba on Monday night.� Both Cuba and Team USA had 5-0 records in Round One.
Some stats from Round One:
Chase d'Arnaud: batting average .412 (7-for-17) with 3 doubles and a triple, and 4 RBI.
Erik Kratz:� batting average .333 (4-for-12) with two doubles and 3 RBI, including a hit-by-pitch for an RBI.
Brad Eldred: batting average .381 (8-for-21) with two doubles, a triple, and a home run, and 4 RBI.
Todd Redmond:� had made one start and earned the win in that game, pitching 5.2 innings and allowing 3 rund (2 earned) on 6 hits, one walk, and 2 hit batters, plus 4 strikeouts.
The Arizona Fall League begins play on Tuesday, as well as the Mexican Pacific League and the Venezuelan Winter League… stay tuned!
Team USA Advances To Round Two
Team USA� 10,� Panama� 2
Team USA finished their first round play in the Pan American tournament with a victory over Panama, to give them a 5-0 record.
Playing at Roberto Clemente Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the Americans jumped out to a great start, batting around in the top of the 1st, bringing in 4 runs.� SS Chase d'Arnaud, 1B Eric Hosmer (Royals) and Todd Frazier (Reds) each contributed an RBI.� Mike Trout (Royals) led off the top of the 4th with a solo home run, bringing the score to 5-0.
Danny Duffy (Royals) made the start for Team USA.� He gave up a walk to the first batter he faced, then sailed through the rest of the first three innings.� Panama scored one run off Duffy in the bottom of the frame on two doubles.� They threatened again in the 5th, but Duffy got out of the jam without any more runs scoring.
Chase d'Arnaud got Team USA going again in the 6th with a triple, and Trout's single brought d'Arnaud across the plate.� Trout stole second base, then Pacheco was hit by a pitch.� That brought up Brad Eldred (Rockies) who pushed the score to 9-1 with his 3-run homer over the left field wall.
Bryan Henry (Diamondbacks) relieved Duffy to begin the 6th inning.� He gave up one run after a lead-off triple for Panama's second run of the game.� In the 7th, Henry got into a jam, but a timely double play ended the inning without a run scoring.
D'Arnaud and Trout combined to give Team USA one more run in the 9th.� With one out, d'Arnaud doubled, then moved to third base on a throwing error.� Trout's second RBI single of the game plated d'Arnaud with the USA's 10th run.
Team USA now moves on to Round Two, after a day off on Thursday.� Both Team USA and the Cuban team (in Group B) finished Round One with 5-0 records.� So far, three teams have been eliminated:� Colombia, Aruba, and the Netherlands Antilles.
Also today:
Canada 10,� Netherlands Antilles� 1 –� The Canadians ran over the Netherlands' Antilles team, holding them to just 4 hits and one run.� That one run came in the 7th inning on a walk, a double, and an RBI ground out.� Scott Diamond made the start for Canada and pitched 4 innings, allowing one hit and striking out 5 batters.� Five more pitchers got in one inning each, including former Pirate farmhand Dave Davidson. Davidson pitched the top of the 9th, and gave up one hit and a walk, but did not let a run score.�� Meanwhile, the Canadian batters were having their way with the Netherland Antilles' pitchers, putting up 12 hits.� The scoring started with CF Adam Stern's 3-run homer in the 2nd inning.� In the 3rd, they added another 3 runs with an RBI double by LF Adam Loewen, and an RBI ground out by Stern.� RF Jamie Romak added another home run, plus a single, accounting for 2 more RBI.
Team Canada will have Thursday off, then begin second round play on Friday, though their opponent has yet to be determined.
Team USA Overwhelms Dominicans
Team USA� 8,� Dominican Republic� 3
SS Chase d'Arnaud's 2-run double sparked a 5-run 3rd inning that led Team USA over the Dominican Republic in the Pan American tournament in Puerto Rico tonight.� The Dominicans scored a run in each of the first two innings, to take a 2-0 lead off American starter Chris Archer (Cubs).� Team� USA tied the score in the bottom of the 2nd inning, then burst out with 5 runs in the 3rd off Dominican starter Bartolo Colon. Mike Trout began the fun with a single, and moved to second base on a wild pick-off throw.� Cord Phelps' single scored Trout.� Phelps moved up to second base on the throw in from the outfield and advanced to third base on a fly out by Mike Moustakas (Royals).� DH Brad Eldred (Rockies) walked, then an RBI single by 1B Eric Hosmer (Royals) drove in Phelps.� Todd Frazier (Reds) worked a walk to load the bases, then C Erik Kratz picked up an RBI (Eldred) when he was hit on the hand by a pitch.� (Kratz was ok and stayed in the game.)� After another out, d'Arnaud's single up the middle scored Frazier and Hosmer, and Team USA had a 7-2 lead.� Each team scored one run in the 4th, and that was all the scoring for the rest of the game.
Brad Eldred also singled, scoring again.� Eric Hosmer had 3 hits and an RBI in the game.
Archer pitched 4 innings and allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits and 3 walks, with 5 strikeouts.� Reliever Nick Hill (Mariners) pitched the next three innings and held the Dominicans scoreless.� Anthony Carter (White Sox) and Tim Collins (Royals) each pitched one scoreless inning to wrap things up.
Team USA wraps up their first-round play on Wednesday evening, facing Panama.
Cuba� 4,� Canada� 2 –� RF Jamie Romak doubled twice, and one was a ground rule double that bounced over the left field wall to drive in both of Canada's runs in the 4th inning to give Team Canada the first lead of the game.� But Cuba got one run back in the bottom of the 4th.� They scored 3 more runs in the 6th with two outs, when a bases-loaded double cleared the bases to take the win. Reliever Tom Boleska pitched a scoreless bottom of the 8th inning, allowing no hits and striking out 2 batters.
Puerto Rico� 3,� Colombia 2 –� 3B Ramon Vasquez had 2 hits (a single and a double) and SS Luis Figueroa added 3 hits including a solo home run in Puerto Rico's victory.


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by Zach Mortice Associate Editor
Summary: The first stories of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) coming to the aid of architecture firms are starting to trickle in, and it's hoped that this stream can become a rising tide that lifts increasingly more firms out of the current design and construction market trough. There's good reason to believe it will. Although some of the funding is being designated for "shovel ready" projects, which may preclude design services, the ARRA is structured to release most of the money applicable to design and construction projects (which the AIA estimates to be $130 billion in total) later in its lifecycle. In 2009, only 12 percent of stimulus package funding will go towards transportation, energy, the environment, and community development projects. In 2012, as the focus of the ARRA shifts to long-term infrastructure development, 63 percent of expenditures will be dedicated to these kinds of initiatives. In line with the AIA Rebuild and Renew government advocacy plan, much of this funding will be applied directly to the built environment as new construction projects, renovations, repairs, and sustainability upgrades. Agency by agency, budget by budget, and (when possible) project by project, this updated guide focuses on money being spent directly by federal agencies and less on cash that must first be filtered through state and local agencies.
Visit the Recovery.gov Web site.
Visit the AIA's government advocacy Rebuild and Renew site and the Navigating the Economy site.
See what the Center for Communities by Design is up to.
Department of Health and Human Services The National Institutes of Health is receiving $500 million worth of ARRA funding to be used for repair, construction, and improvement projects on its own campuses. There are five primary projects. Just over half of this money ($266 million) will be dedicated to the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Bethesda, Md., which will consolidate the work of 10 divisions within NIH and contain most of the neuroscience research at the agency. A $7 million renovation will convert the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Mont., from mechanical space that is no longer used to laboratories providing critical additional space for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) research program. Three other projects will be $227 million worth of build-outs and renovations.
Recovery.gov Program Plan
The department's Indian Health Services agency is spending $227 million on health facilities construction, $100 million on maintenance and repairs, and $68 million for sanitation facilities construction. Two new major IHS health centers will be funded by the ARRA. These are the Eagle Butte Health Center in Eagle Butte, S. Dak., and the Norton Sound Regional Hospital in Nome, Alaska. Sanitation facility projects will be take place in 24 states, providing potable water, wastewater disposal, and solid waste systems to American Indian and Alaska Native communities. A complete list of ARRA-funded projects for the IHS is available on the HIS.gov site. These funds will be distributed via FedBizOpps.
National Science Foundation The NSF will be spending $400 million on research facilities as part of its Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account. This includes funding for the $146 million Advanced Solar Technology Telescope in Maui, Hawaii. Funds will be distributed via FedBizOpps.
Department of Defense In addition to their original $6.1 billion worth of ARRA funding, the Department of Defense is receiving an additional $835 million of ARRA money that will fund facility improvement projects. All of these new projects will take place at Army and Army National Guard facilities in 37 states and the District of Columbia. An additional $346 million will be spent on projects that make the military more energy-independent. In total, the military will spend $4 billion on facility renovations and modernizations and $2 billion on construction projects. An updated complete list of projects is available on DefenseLink.mil. These projects will be contracted out using FedBizOpps.
Recovery.gov Program Plan for military construction Recovery.gov Program Plan for facility restorations and modernizations
Department of the Interior The National Park Service is receiving $750 million in ARRA funding for 800 separate projects. This amount will pay for new construction and renovations of NPS properties and deferred maintenance costs. In many cases, sustainable design features and alternative energy sources will be installed. For example, in Boston, green roofs will be installed on historic Bunker Hill buildings, and solar water heaters will be installed at Everglades campgrounds in Florida. A complete list of projects is available on DOI.gov. These funds will be distributed via FedBizOpps.
The DOI's Bureau of Land Management has $41.5 million of ARRA money allocated for new construction projects and $76 million allocated to deferred maintenance projects that address visitor and employee health and safety needs, energy efficiency, and the sustainability of BLM facilities. A complete list of ARRA-funded projects is also available on DOI.gov. The BLM uses FedBizOpps for contracting opportunities, and potential contractors can consult this document for advice on how to work with the agency.
Congress has given a total of about $227 million to the U.S Fish and Wildlife Services for the construction or repair of over 650 facilities across the nation. Of this amount, $57.5 million will be devoted to new construction buildings at field units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and $43.4 million will be used for major renovations and deferred maintenance. Visitor buildings, maintenance facilities, and fish rearing facilities will all be the focus of this construction and renovation funding. Eleven headquarters offices and visitor centers will be built, all of them in accordance with sustainable design principles. Visitor center examples include the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina and the Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery in Arkansas. The agency will also use $8.4 million worth of ARRA to install alternative energy systems upgrades in its buildings, including energy-generating micro turbines at the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery in Michigan and photovoltaic panels at the Neosho National Fish Hatchery in Missouri. A list of all Fish and Wildlife Services projects is available on DOI.gov. These funds will be distributed via FedBizOpps.
The Bureau of Reclamation is receiving $13.5 million for the construction of a sustainable office building in Boulder Canyon, Nev., that will meet GSA standards for energy efficiency. Most of the bureau's $1 billion of ARRA funding will go towards meeting water infrastructure needs and ecosystem restoration. A complete list of projects is available on DOI.gov.
The U.S. Geologic Survey will spend $17.8 million on construction projects at its research facilities . This money includes the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge Research Center in Patuxent, Md; the Columbia Environmental Research Center in Columbia, Mo.; and the Upper Midwest Environmental Services Center in LaCrosse, Wisc.
Five hundred million dollars of the DOI's total $3 billion will be spent on Native American communities through the Indian Affairs department. Of this amount, $134.6 million will be used to replace deteriorated school buildings on tribal lands, and $143.1 million will be used to renovate and repair Native American Schools. An additional $19 million has been allocated for the Indian Affairs Housing Improvement Program, which will fund construction of new homes for Native American families. These funds will be distributed via FedBizOpps.
United States Department of Agriculture In addition to the $176 million the USDA is getting for agricultural research service facilities, the agency is also getting $24 million to renovate its own facilities and offices, including its Washington, DC headquarters. This money will be distributed using FedBizOpps.
Department of Transportation The Federal Transit Administration has released its list of ARRA funding for capital investments in transit systems by state and metropolitan area, totaling $8.4 billion. This money will be distributed via FedBizOpps and Grants.gov.
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He'll be on the right wing beside Sweetland and Bragg with the Clarenville Caribous by the end of 2015.
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Rufus Old Vic Theatrics Increased
Rufus Wainwright is extending his series of shows at London's Old Vic this May.
Due to demand for tickets that went on sale yesterday, the acclaimed singer songwriter will now play four nights at the stunning theatre.
Rufus will be showcasing his eagerly awaited new album "Release The Stars" with an eight-piece band, including a horn section. They are: Jeff Hill (bass), Gerry Leonard (Guitar), Matt Johnson (Drums), Jack Petruzzelli (Guitar, Piano, Keyboards), Will Vinson (Sax), Louis Schwadron (French Horn) and CJ Camerieri (Trumpet).
The full list of dates is now:
24th Portsmouth, Guild Hall (May 24)
25th Bristol, Colston Hall (25)
27th London, The Old Vic (27/28/29/31)
Tickets for the added shows went on sale today (March 31).
"Release The Stars" is released on May 14, with the first single "Going To A Town" out two weeks before on April 30.
Rufus also plays at US music festival Coachella on April 27.
More information about the new 12-track Lp and show details available here from rufuswainwright.com


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