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Hooker Field was probably one of the worst parks in use in the minor leagues during its final years of use as a pro facility, but this mattered little. The Appalachian League is one of the few leagues left that hasn't sold out to big time investors looking to make a buck. And I hope they never do. While Hooker Field was not a great place to see a game, it was nice to know that a small town like Martinsville with a subpar ballpark could still play host to professional baseball. And it is just about the baseball in the Appy League. There really isn't much to Hooker Field - a small grandstand behind home plate with individual seats, a metal bleacher section down the first base line, and some benches built into the hill down the 3rd base line. Sightlines are terrible here as there is a fence blocking the view from almost every seat in the park. Concessions are located below the press box and feature only basic ballpark fare, but at reasonable prices. A souvenir stand ("Astros Attic") is located above the 3rd base seating area. The Astros had a mascot ("Orbit") and did the standard between inning games (Race The Mascot, Dizzy, etc.) But overall it was a very pure baseball experience and had the feel of a high school game more than a pro game. In some way, though, it's enjoyable to watch a 13-10 game with 20 walks as I witnessed here. Unfortunately, the Astros moved to a new ballpark in Greeneville, TN for the 2004 season. But Hooker Field still receives some use by amateur teams, as a collegiate league team, the Martinsville Mustangs, has set up shop here. |


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Snoqualmie Pass might reopen in the morning
Snoqualmie Pass will stay closed all day today and possibly longer as state Department of Transportation crews work to clear the highway which has been hit with six feet of snow this week.
Seattle Times staff reporters
Snoqualmie Pass could open between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Saturday "if all goes well," the Department of Transportation (DOT) said this evening.
DOT officials had previously refrained from predicting when the pass might reopen, saying only that it would open when officials believed it was safe.
Those safety concerns were heightened this morning after an avalanche dumped snow near the summit and whiteout conditions were reported.
Stevens Pass also closed this morning in both directions at the summit because of several collisions. It reopened at 11:20 this morning.
The National Weather Service said that as of today, the snow is 130 inches deep at Snoqualmie Pass, 165 percent of the normal 79 inches. The record was 154 inches for this date was set in 1964.
"It's not a record, but 165 percent of normal is a lot of snow," said forecaster Dennis D'Amico. "Though it's not a record, that doesn't mean it's not a year to remember."
Forecasters said 135 inches of has accumulated at Stevens Pass, far above the average 87 inches, but below the 152-inch record, also set in 1964.
Don Whitehouse, regional administrator for the DOT, said crews at Snoqualmie Pass will do nine hours of blasting today on up to 15 avalanche chutes to bring down loose snow and will reassess conditions about 8 p.m.
"We're doing an hour by hour assessment," he said. "We'll open when I believe it's safe for my family to travel this pass."
Whitehouse said he could not predict when the pass might open. "We know these truckers have been waiting and what it means to the economy," he said.
DOT avalanche control experts have enlisted the help of avalanche crews from the Alpental and West Summit ski resorts to stabilize the slopes above the Interstate 90 corridor. Further, DOT is bringing additional snow blowers from other areas of the state. About 40 crew members will be working throughout the day today.
DOT and the Washington State Patrol had been shuttling residents on and off the mountain, but due to the avalanche risk and control efforts, shuttles have been discontinued for today.
The good news, said Whitehouse, is that the snow may be tapering off. He said up to a foot of snow is predicted over the next 24 hours, three to six inches the following 24 hours before getting a weather break on Monday.
This morning's avalanche covered about 200 feet of roadway with four feet of snow, and 60 DOT workers were working to clear the highway.
On Thursday, hundreds of drivers waited in heavy snowfall for a police escort to guide them down to Seattle. Scores of truckers sleeping in their cabs and watching movies, their cargo also stranded.
This is how commerce fades when heavy snow shuts down the state's major east-west highways. The week's relentless storms have stretched over 15 counties, causing accidents and overwhelming state and local authorities, Gov. Christine Gregoire said in declaring a state of emergency Thursday.
Her declaration will allow government agencies to contract with private business to get snow-clearing equipment more quickly. It's welcome relief statewide but won't help open Interstate 90, where state Department of Transportation crews are struggling to stabilize snow-covered mountainsides that have given way twice this week to avalanches that blocked Snoqualmie Pass.
The pass, about 50 miles east of Seattle, is where the state's economy and mobility have been hardest hit. It's been closed for all but about three hours since early Tuesday.
Eastern Washington has also been hit hard. Spokane, where schools were closed for a fourth straight day, had its deepest snow in more than a decade, with 20 inches recorded Thursday morning. Classes at Washington State University in Pullman were canceled Thursday and today because of snow.
The counties covered in the governor's emergency declaration are Adams, Clark, Columbia, King, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman and Yakima.
This time of year is typically one of the slowest for shipping, said Jack Ziebarth, vice president of operations for Pacific-based Gordon Trucking Inc. The added snow delays are going to make it difficult for some of the smaller companies to survive.
Interstate 90 was closed Thursday eastbound at Edgewick, milepost 34, and westbound near Ellensburg, milepost 106. Semitrucks were parked along the highway and at a truck stop at Edgewick, waiting to be allowed through.
Productivity is at a standstill, Ziebarth said. "Out here on the West Coast we've had virtually every pass closed from the Canadian border down to California" at one time or another.
A trucker going from Seattle to Utah could have to chain and unchain four or five times if he isn't stopped entirely, Ziebarth said. It's a health and safety issue that's "taking a physical toll on the drivers," he said. "Just take it easy on those guys, they've had a tough week."
Trucker Barry Wagner, 60, ate lunch at Ken's Restaurant in Edgewick on Thursday afternoon and said he wasn't expecting to leave anytime soon. He was supposed to transport a cryogenic tank from Seattle to Pennsylvania, but he's been stuck in Edgewick since Monday.
The worst drawback to not driving — besides loss of income — is boredom, he said.
His daily routine all week, Wagner said, has been: "Sit in my truck, come into the restaurant to eat, watch a little TV, watch a movie, talk on the radio."
Frank Allen, 48, was forced to park his truck Wednesday night on his way to unload cargo in Superior, Wis. At least he was accompanied by his wife and four mini-dachsunds, he figured, but the delay still hurt.
"If the wheels aren't turning, we're not making money," he said.
On a typical weekday, about 6,500 to 7,000 trucks drive over the pass. State officials said Thursday they had no estimate of how much money has been lost.
Ski areas at Snoqualmie Pass were "on standby until further notice" due to the closure of I-90, but Mount Baker has been open each day, and Thursday reported a 173-inch base and 14 inches of new snow.
Deb Darrow, 56, of Renton, was returning from a business trip in Eastern Washington when troopers forced her to turn back on I-90. She rushed to the packed Summit Lodge and snagged a room with a woman who offered her the second bed. She later learned the woman lives a mile from her in Renton.
The two women made the best of it. "So we spent the night drinking wine," Darrow said, as she scraped snow off her Subaru Outback. "What more do you need?"
Nearby, Casey Graham, 50, drove a large grader up and down the road, pushing aside several feet of snow.
Graham, who has worked for WSDOT for 20 years, said it's the worst snow he's ever seen at the pass. He started work at 6:30 a.m., his second straight day with a 12-hour shift. But he was in good spirits.
"If you like pushing snow, it's great," Graham said. "Nothing like it."
Seattle Times staff reporters Brian Alexander, Jack Broom, and Susan Gilmore contributed to this report.
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It's Wednesday, which means it's a day when another detail of Aaron Hernandez's past will emerge and remind us that he's a horrible person. And it seems that 2007 was an especially scummy year for the former Florida Gator who was once in the virtuous presence of Tim Tebow.
Yesterday afternoon the latest Hernandez dirtbag evidence came in the form of a busted eardrum. Yes, a punch from Hernandez is capable of causing that damage, even one from a 17-year-old Hernandez who really didn't want to pay for his drinks at a Gainesville establishment. The damaged ear belonged to a security guard who attempted to show him the door and may or may not have been all up in the former tight end's grill. Tebow tried to stop the fight, but failed, and charges were never filed because the only entity more disgusting than Hernandez is college football. Neat.
Alright then, so are you ready for today's fun? Of course you're not. But here we go…
From Outside The Lines:
Authorities in the Massachusetts murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez have reached out to the police in Gainesville, Fla., in hopes of determining if Hernandez had any role in a 2007 shooting that left two men wounded, a source with knowledge of the murder investigation told ABC News. One of the men was shot in the back of the head.
The shooting occurred when Hernandez was a freshman, and both Corey Smith (the 28-year-old who was shot in the back of the head) and Justin Glass, who was shot in the arm, were left wounded. The two were at a stop light a few blocks away from a nightclub when their car was fired upon. Randall Cason, the third person in the car, was unharmed.
Cason was then a witness, and although several other witnesses maintained that the shooter was black, here's the description he gave police:
Cason, then 20, told police that shooter was a "Hawaiian" or "Hispanic" male who had a large muscular build, stood about 6-foot-3 or 6-foot-4, weighed about 230 or 240 pounds and had a lot of tattoos. Cason said there was also a black male with the shooter, and Cason identified the black male as Reggie Nelson, a former Florida Gator who was a rookie with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Nelson, in an interview with the Gainesville police, said he had been at the nightclub earlier but denied he was even on the same street as the shooting.
There were five quick shots from a handgun pointed at the front right window after the shooter approached the vehicle, according to the police report, and the shooter is again identified as "the Hawaiian".
Nelson and Hernandez had been at The Venue nightclub with Mike and Maurkice Pouncey, and Cason allegedly stole a necklace which belonged to one of the twins. Prior to that, Cason's brother had an altercation with some Florida football players.
Two days after the shooting, both Hernandez and Nelson were cleared as suspects. However, the police report noted that Hernandez declined to speak with the authorities nine days later, invoking his right to counsel. Also, on Oct. 9, Cason rescinded his original statement that a "Hispanic or Hawaiian" was the shooter along with Nelson. Mmmm, smells like fish.
UPDATE (10:40 a.m. ET): About 10 minutes after I passed along the latest Aaron Hernandez possible murder details above, the Gainesville Police Department issued this statement…
The Gainesville Police Department is aware that members of the national media are reporting on GPD Case 02-07-020053, a shooting investigation from an incident report obtained from sources outside of the Department. The stories also mention that Massachusetts law enforcement agencies have contacted the Gainesville Police Department about the investigation.
The Gainesville Police Department has not been contacted by any other law enforcement agency about this incident. The Gainesville Police Department has not released any incident report concerning this case, due to it being an open criminal investigation. Any alleged reports currently circulating may or may not be accurate, since the Gainesville Police Department did not release any reports. The origin of these alleged reports is unknown.
So yeah, I dunno.
Maybe the original report is completely bunk, and the cops in Gainesville really haven't been contacted by any of their brothers in blue to the north. Or maybe — and I know I'm reaching here — Gainesville police will always and forever protect the sacred college football players who walk the streets of their town, because it's their sworn duty.


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With the two biggest names on the free agent pitcher list off to Miami and Anaheim and Yumania hitting a fever pitch, Scott Boras client Edwin Jackson sits at home and waits. Right-handed and well-traveled as Jackson might be, he represents a tidy free agent acquisition for any team in need of rotation help.
As Joe Sheehan pointed out earlier this week, Edwin Jackson isn't that much different than Mark Buherle. Edwin Jackson is durable. But is Edwin Jackson good?
It isn't that Edwin Jackson is a bad pitcher. Far from it. Edwin Jackson is an effective pitcher. He eats innings and keeps the ball in the ballpark. Judging by his stuff, you may expect more strikeouts than the 18% or so he manages.
Jackson throws four pitches..I think. Looking at his usage numbers on Fangraphs one thing jumps out: there is a problem with the Pitch f/x system in Chicago. His slider usage jumped and his pitch chart…well it looks like this.
Somewhere in there we learn Jackson throws a fastball, slider, and change with a curveball? He is mostly fastball/slider, with the fastball clocking in around 94 and a slider he at 88 or so. He goes to the slider a lot at 30%. That is the third-highest rate among pitchers over the last three years.
Jackson curbed his control problems from his Devil Ray-days and became a very functional big leaguer. But is he worth the contract he's about to land?
Darvish. RT @jonmorosi: A legitimate question right now: Who will be better in 2012, Edwin Jackson or Yu Darvish?
— Kevin Goldstein (@Kevin_Goldstein) December 15, 2011
Edwin Jackson is a league average pitcher. That is not a bad thing. But it is not a sexy thing. Any team signing Edwin Jackson and expecting him to set the world on fire should prepare for significant disappointment. The biggest thing to consider when the Edwin Jackson signing is announced is sticker shock. It might seem like an awful lot of money but he assuredly won't be overpaid.
But League Average is not a four-letter word. That Edwin Jackson will sign a contract so lucrative it will make your head spin is not an indictment of him, it is an indictment of our slightly warped view. If Edwin Jackson is the third-best pitcher on your team, your team is very good. If he is the best pitcher…you're doomed.
It just so happens that the going rate for 200 inning pitchers who don't walk the planet or serve up gopher balls is $15 million dollar per year, for five years. That's just the way it works.
I could jazz up this post with heat maps and other sexiness but it doesn't change the facts. Edwin Jackson throws hard enough to keep himself out of trouble for now. He keeps his slider out of the middle of the plate and doesn't shoot himself in the foot.
The fifth year of his contract won't be pretty as his fastball loses a few ticks and the high number of sliders take their toll but if you're a team like the Yankees or the Red Sox or the Rangers, that is the risk your run. You need to know those 200 innings are in the bank this season, the future will sort it self out in time.
They can hope and pray for health or kids to get it together but the new Wild Card reality suggests the margin for error is increasingly thin. Why trifle around with a scrap heap find or kid on an innings limit when you can plug Jackson in and put those innings pretty much to bed.
Again, this isn't criticism of Edwin Jackson. If anyone could pitch 200 innings with a SIERA around 4.00, they would. Jackson isn't some kind of Jon Garland jerryrig. There is no shame in being a rich man's Jeff Weaver. Some people take great pride in being Jeff Weaver, including one of the great crime fighters of our time.
Consider Edwin Jackson something of a humble brag. If he joins your favorite team, it means your team is in need of the very best workmanlike starter available. That probably means they have designs on the playoffs, like the Cardinals last year when they brought him in at the deadline. Or the White Sox before that. And the Tigers before them. You get the picture.


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I noticed when I made the cake in a round tin slightly smaller than the recommended 9 inches for the recipe the cake rose beautifully and had no bubbles.
When I mix the chocolate sauce and egg/oil/buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients bubbles form. I mix slowly with a large spoon as the recipe suggests so I can't be over mixing. I have tapped the tin on the counter so air bubbles can rise up and out but many remain on the surface. Should this happen? I have attached a photo.


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Police: Man was on school grounds at night with shotgunAugust 17,2013Police: Man had shotgun at school
BENNINGTON A local man was arraigned this week after police said he brandished a shotgun on the grounds of the Mount Anthony Union Middle School on Wednesday.
School is not currently in session and the man does not work for the school.
Thomas R. Dwyer Jr., 58, pleaded innocent in Bennington criminal court Thursday to misdemeanor charges of possessing a weapon at a school with intent to injure another person, reckless endangerment, grossly negligent operation of a motor vehicle and disorderly conduct. Dwyer was released without bail but has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation.
In an affidavit, Sgt. Michael Plusch of the Bennington Police Department said he was dispatched to the parking lot of the middle school on East Road in Bennington, around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday.
Plusch said when he was approaching the school, he saw a man, later identified as Dwyer, coming out of the woods with a shotgun. Plusch said he got out of his police cruiser, drew his weapon and told Dwyer to drop the gun.
While Plusch said Dwyer initially continued toward him holding the shotgun and saying he had a right to protect himself, Dwyer did put the gun on the ground after being told to do so a second time.
Plusch said Dwyer told him he was sick and tired of being pushed around and watched all the time.
According to police, Dwyer had been holding a 20-gauge shotgun with a one round in the chamber.
Police also spoke to the people who had called to report Dwyer. Plusch said they told Officer David Faden, also of the Bennington Police Department, that they had pulled into the schools parking lot because their car was overheating. While they were trying to fix the car, Dwyer drove at them twice, almost hitting them, they told police.
According to the affidavit, the two people, a man and a woman, Dwyer pulled up next to them and asked them in what they believed was a threatening way if they were looking for him. They said Dwyer left after they told him they hadnt been looking for him but they were afraid he might return and hurt them so they left.MORE IN This Just InPolice: Man robbed Full StoryIllegal gun buy Full StoryPolice are looking for a hit-and-run driver. Full Story -
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There is no Twisted Metal DLC in the works
Those who are holding their breathe for one, aren't making a healthy choice, says developer.
Other than the odd double XP weekends, Twisted Metal is almost done for – at least in terms of content, says developer David Jaffe.
In an interview with IGN, Jaffe revealed that as far as he knows, Eat Sleep Play, the development team behind the gruesome racer, has no plans to release new downloadable content for the game.
"No one has asked me [about working on DLC]," he said. "I don't know what Eat Sleep Play is working on other than I'm pretty sure they're not working on DLC for Twisted Metal. My understanding is that there is no plan for DLC for Twisted Metal, and I don't see that changing in the foreseeable future."
He joked that players who are holding their breathe for a DLC aren't making a "wise health choice."
So, what about Twisted Metal, then? Should players just bin it and move on? Jaffe said a Kickstarter could be a choice but that's unlikely to happen.
"I'm sure [co-director] Scott [Campbell] out in Utah would be more than open to hearing a proposal if Sony would, but I don't see it happening," he said.
Jaffe has since split up with Eat Sleep Play to work on other of his projects. He has yet to announce what they are though.
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Directorate of Education Issues Fresh Guidelines for Private Tuition Centers
QUETTA: The Directorate of Education and Colleges Balochistan has asked all private tuition centers in the province to renew their expired non-objection certificates (N.O.Cs) and follow certain newly underlined guidelines in order to avoid official action.
The Directorate said here on Wednesday that all private tuition centers should renew their N.O.C.s from the government and also clearly mention the word "tuition" in their newspaper advertisements so that people interested in admissions do not confuse these tuition centers as real regular private colleges and universities.
These guidelines would be applicable to all private tuition centers that offer preparatory classes.
The Directorate said the the last date for the renewal of N.O.C. is March 31st and action would be taken against such private centers that do not adhere to these guidelines.
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Broken Hearts Style Diary: Future Beauty Launch
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Did someone say 'Japanese style'?!
We never like to miss an opportunity to dress to a theme, so we were pretty excited to choose our outfits for the launch of the Barbican's Future Beauty exhibition.
We definitely recommend a visit to this fantasic exhibition which showcases inspirational avant-garde Japanese fashion from the past 30 years. However our wardrobes are sadly lacking in outfits by Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake, so we had to get a little bit creative...
Here's what we came up with:
We wore headpieces that a friend brought back from a trip to the Far East for us; vintage silk kimonos from Beyond Retro; delicious black perspex Lips clutch bags from Lulu Guinness; and Vivienne Westwood for Melissa 3-Strap-Elevated plastic shoes.
This little ensemble was completed with the addition of impossibly delicate paper eyelashes from new brand Paperself. We wore their 'Peacock' and 'Peony' styles. Here's a close-up:
We're DJing at the Barbican's Beauty Party on Thursday October 21st, where there will also be make up demonstrations by Alex Box, nail art by Wah Nails and hair sculptures by Charlie Le Mindu. Fun times! Book your tickets here and come along!
We'd love to see you there!
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Supreme Court Judge David Fraser has ruled that Leighton Livity Coke has a case to answer at the gun trial now underway against him.
Livity is the brother of former Tivoli Gardens crime lord Christopher Dudus Coke.
Livity was remanded until March 21 when he returned to the Gun Court today.
At that time, Livity is expected to state his defence.
Livity, who has been charged with shooting with intent and illegal possession of a firearm has been in custody since July 2010.
On Monday after the crown closed its case, Livitys defence lawyer Carolyn Reid-Cameron made a no case submission on behalf of her client.
Reid-Cameron contended that Livity should not be called upon to answer to the charges.
But prosecutors opposed the legal submission, claiming that the crown had proved its case against Livity.
The Crown is alleging that in May 2010 Leighton Coke fired at the police when they went into Tivoli to arrest his brother, Christopher Dudus Coke, to execute a warrant of arrest on him in relation to a request from the US for his extradition.


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Copenhagen International Airport (CPH)
The biggest airport in Scandinavia, Copenhagen International Airport (commonly referred to as Kastrup or Kastrup Airport) is located on the island of Amager, five miles (8km) south of downtown Copenhagen. The facility sees 21 million passengers each year, of which more than 90 percent come on international flights. Despite the high volume of traffic, Copenhagen International Airport is an efficient facility with plenty to see and do inside. Excellent restaurants serving international cuisine and a number of good duty-free and luxury brand shops provide entertainment for adults, while play areas keep the little ones occupied. There are also hot showers and saunas in the airport's Transfer Hotels, which are a great way to relax between long flights.
Copenhagen Airport is situated five miles (8km) southeast of Copenhagen city centre.
Getting to the city
Buses, trains and taxis provide transport to Copenhagen city centre. There are several local bus routes servicing the airport from the city centre which take approximately 45 minutes. Train and metro tickets are available from the ticket office above the railway station in Terminal 3. The metro is serviced every few minutes during the day and every 15 minutes at night. Taxis can be hired from outside the arrival areas and the roughly DDK 250-300. Fares can be paid by credit card.
GMT +1 (GMT +2 from last Sunday in March to the Saturday before the last Sunday in October).
Tel: +45 3231 3231.
Car rental
EuropeCar, Hertz, Budget and Avis are among the companies represented at the airport.
Airport Taxis
Taxis pick up passengers outside of Terminals 1 and 3. Fares can be paid for with cash or credit card.
Transfer between terminals
A free shuttle bus runs between Terminal 3 and Terminal 2 (International), and Terminal 1 (domestic).
All terminals have banks, bars, restaurants, meeting rooms and Internet access. Wifi access is available in Terminal 2 and 3. There are a wide variety of shops in the Copenhagen Airport Shopping Centre, including 48 'specialty' shops and 16 duty-free shops. There is a VAT refund desk for non-EU residents who are travelling to a non-EU destination. Disabled facilities are good, and children and those with special needs can make use of the Passenger Escort Service.
There are eleven parking areas at Copenhagen International Airport, which charge higher fees the closer to the terminal they are located. Most offer 15 minutes' free parking, and all are connected to the terminal via a complimentary shuttle.
Departure Tax
Flights to Copenhagen International Airport are available on Air France, Emirates, British Airways, Cimber Sterling, Singapore Airlines, easyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and Scandinavian Airlines.
There is fast, free wifi available throughout Copenhagen International Airport for passengers who sign up for free to its CPH Advantage programme. Regular rates are at DKK 60 for an hour or DKK 80 for four hours.
Business Lounges
The Hilton Busines Centre on the fourth level of Terminal 3 offers meeting and conference rooms for up to 50 people.
Copenhagen Airport Taxis: the taxi fares above are intended as a guideline only.


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What if Tarzan was a girl and had grown up in Central Park instead of the African jungle, and what if her best friend wasn't a chimp, but a squirrel?
What if the first human she made friends with turned out to be the mayor's son? Toupou is an eight-year-old orphan who has grown up in the midst of Central Park like a real wild child. She's alone with the pigeons and the squirrel. Until along comes Norton, the well-behaved little son of the mayor of New York. What could be stranger, more explosive and more enlightening than the meeting of these two diametrically opposed worlds? As Norton is going to emerge from his shell and turns into a fearless adventurer, Toupou is going to encounter our so-called "civilization."
Toupou and Norton prove that you can be worlds apart and still be the best friends. Together, Toupou and Norton are unbeatable.
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Edwards Is Baby Daddy
"I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves," Edwards said.
In a statement to NBC, former Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards has publicly admitted he fathered a now 2-year-old daughter with Rielle Hunter, through an affair with a campaign worker.
The former Senator from North Carolina senator said of the daughter Frances Quinn Hunter:
"I am Quinn's father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. I have been able to spend time with her during the past year and trust that future efforts to show her the love and affection she deserves can be done privately and in peace.
Edwards carried on the affair even while he disclosed that his wife was ailing with terminal cancer. He had also hoped for Obama to pick him as running mate after bowing out of the race.
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Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: 45 min
Cook: 1 hr
LEVEL: Easy
2 1/8 cups sunflower oil
1 ounce dried chamomile flowers or 2 1/8 ounces fresh
20 drops lavender essential oil
1/2 cup coconut cream
Mix the oil and chamomile flowers together in a glass heatproof bowl. Cover and place the bowl above a pan of simmering water. Simmer gently away for 1 hour, being careful the pan does not boil dry (make sure there is no gap between the pan and bowl), then leave to cool.
Once cool, strain the oil and discard the spent flowers. Stir in the lavender essential oil. The resultant chamomile and lavender-scented oil also makes a brilliant soothing skin and massage oil that will keep for up to 1 year.
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Even for a director who feeds on outrage, Oliver Stone has topped himself with Natural Born Killers (Warner Bros., R). Feverish, psychedelic, insanely bloody, the movie is unlike anything you've seen before. It seems to have exploded directly from the filmmaker's psyche, a gonzo-poetic head trip about America's escalating culture of ultraviolence. Stone unfurls the tale of two good-looking young lovers, Mickey and Mallory Knox (Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis), who spend three weeks on a reckless homicidal bender, slaughtering strangers as if they were knocking off mosquitoes. They kill cops, waitresses, storekeepers, hitchhikers; they kill people they don't like and people who are nice to them. Overnight, they become celebrity psychopaths, superstars of the tabloid-media age.
Subversive in a way that recalls A Clockwork Orange (which mined a similar vein of pitch-black satirical horror), Natural Born Killers depicts violence, both real and imagined, as a kind of drug, a ruthlessly addictive force that has hooked an entire society. Stone's audacity, like Stanley Kubrick's before him, is that he dares to turn his film into one more hit of the drug, as hypnotic in its sensationalism as the world it's portraying. I think Natural Born Killers is brilliant the most haunting experience I've had at the movies this year yet it may turn out to be the love-it-or-hate-it film of the decade. Either you go with the flow of Stone's scabrous, seductive images or you don't.
Woody Harrelson's Mickey is a demented good ol' boy with a wily sneer and a twinkle in his eye. He and Mallory, a cackling punk nymph, aren't meant to be realistic characters. They're more like supercharged updates of the glamorous killerlovers in Bonnie and Clyde, Badlands, and other young-outlaws-on-the- lam fables. At no point do we feel much emotion for these two remorseless maniacs. What makes their lurid odyssey so mesmerizing is Stone's revolutionary cinematic style, a visual language at once lyrical, hallucinatory, and as deliriously assaultive as Mickey and Mallory themselves. Shooting on more than a dozen film and video stocks, and splicing in bits of old footage along with images of fire, predatory desert animals, and quivering devils, Stone makes you feel as if you're zapping through a 500-channel cable- TV system while stoned on peyote. At any given moment, Mickey and Mallory's story has the texture of a home movie, a documentary, a lush Hollywood romance, a slapdash reenactment on a TV crime show, or an image caught by a surveillance camera. The effect is to deny the characters any true ''reality.''
Stone has caught the surreal everyday madness of the image culture, in which our brains have been colonized by the mass media, jaded by mayhem, heightened by drugs. Natural Born Killers' fever-dream aesthetic may seem the apotheosis of MTV, except that Stone works with a free-associative dexterity that transcends MTV. His virtuoso image layering creates portents, echoes, sinister juxtapositions of past and present. The film is saying that the more we become full-time image receptors (even when the images are banal), the more life itself seems a collection of raw sensations divorced from empathy or meaning. Murder becomes just another cheap kick. Watching Natural Born Killers, we're really inside Mickey and Mallory's heads-we're watching the two of them watch themselves.
Though the movie sometimes has the feel of a crazed Godardian essay, Stone hasn't lost his entertainer's instincts. A flashback to Mallory's adolescence is staged as a foulmouthed sitcom, with her fetid, incestuous father played by Rodney Dangerfield-a bit of casting that quickly turns your laughter to shock. The shoot-out in which Mickey and Mallory are captured by the police is an operatic tour de force, with the strains of Carmina Burana creating an ironic backdrop to a ready-made media event. It's at this point that the film, after its impressionistic first half, begins to attain a true narrative thrust. In prison, Mickey grants a live TV interview to Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.), the unctuous Aussie host of American Maniacs, who works himself up into sputtering fits of ''outrage.'' Harrelson's performance takes on a menacing charisma when Mickey, head shaved, sits down before the TV cameras, elevating his bloodlust into a scarily lucid nihilism.
The final section of Natural Born Killers is the most powerfully audacious filmmaking of Stone's career. As Mickey and Mallory launch their escape, transforming the prison into a charnel house, they take as a hostage Downey's hilariously self-righteous Wayne, who in the midst of broadcasting his predicament makes contact with the monster in himself. In Natural Born Killers, the demons that rise up from the natural world are reflected back at us through pop culture, and vice versa. The film isn't blaming violence in society on violence in the media. It's saying that they've become symbiotic, part of an apocalyptic chicken-and-egg cycle. Stone takes his characters right over the top, rubbing our noses in our own lust for excess, and some viewers are bound to say that he's gone too far. Yet this may be one case where too far is just far enough-where a gifted filmmaker has transformed his own attraction to violence into an art of depraved catharsis. A


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We believe that our products can be designed, sourced, and manufactured in ways that are good for people and good for the environment. We are dedicated to creating high-quality products that are more sustainable. To demonstrate our commitment, we recently set three bold targets, which we plan to achieve by 2020:
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- Reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of brewed beverages by 25% versus a 2012 baseline.
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From the design of our brewers and the cultivation of coffee and tea, all the way through end-of-life disposal, our aim is to understand our impacts and leave communities and people better off as the result of our business. We are innovating across our value chain — from offering recycling programs to developing recyclable portion packs and addressing the environmental impact of our operations. In addition, we've undertaken greenhouse gas and water footprinting studies to better understand our overall impact, and we're developing partnerships across industries to address broader issues such as packaging and waste. We also encourage our consumers to use their purchasing power to favor products such as certified coffee and tea that support farmers and help to build strong, healthy communities around the world.
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For the coffee side of our business, there are seven basic stages in the value chain. From the cultivation of coffee beans to the perfect cup of coffee and end-of-life disposal, we seek to understand the impacts of our business and collaborate with others to make meaningful and lasting contributions to solving social and environmental challenges.
Farm management techniques — including fertilizer and pesticide applications along with water and energy use — can affect coffee cultivation. In addition to following our own sourcing guidelines, we also source coffee from Fair Trade, organic, and Rainforest Alliance® certified farms. These certification programs encourage socially- and environmentally-responsible farming and business practices.
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Once we receive green coffee at our facilities, we roast it and grind it for packaging. We have established an infrastructure to track the energy use of our roasting operations in a new way, providing data that is more useful for managing energy efficiency.
After we roast our coffee, we package it. This stage of the value chain includes the physical packaging of the roasted coffee as well as the upstream material requirements for the packaging itself (e.g., plastic, foil, filter paper). Addressing the environmental impact of our packaging materials is a top priority for us.
After packaging, coffee is stored in a warehouse before being distributed. Environmental impacts of this stage include the energy use of warehouses and retail locations as well as fuel to transport the coffee to its destination and to transport consumers to retail locations.
Brewing a K-Cup® pack requires energy and water. However, when it comes to limiting coffee waste, single-cup brewing may minimize negative value chain impacts. About 12-15% of brewed batch coffee is thrown away without being served,1 wasting resources used from cultivation to brewing.
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- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Black (All)
- Age: Kitten
- Sex: Female
- Hair: Short
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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, and good with cats.
Sometimes even a girl looks awesome with a moustache! Duskywing is often called Groucho or Charlie Chaplin by visitors, but all she wants to hear is that she is your new kitty. Born in May 2010, she is waiting for her new person or family to take her home! Visit Harmony House and choose from 140+ cats and kittens in our relaxed cageless shelter atmosphere. Every Harmony House cat or kitten is spayed/neutered prior to adoption, vaccinated, microchipped, and has tested negative for Feline Leukemia and FIV. Adoption hours are Friday 4-8 pm, Saturday and Sunday 12-4 pm. To be able to adopt the same day, you must arrive at least one hour before closing, but we recommend that you allow as much time as possible. All household members must be present including roommates, and children. Adopters must be 21 years or older, currently employed, and live in a home, condo or apartment where cats are welcome. Please bring the following:
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* If you pay your bills online, you may print a copy at home to show the adoption counselor. We do not allow visitors internet access on our computers at Harmony House.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Duskywing, a Chicago Domestic Shorthair kitten was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Chicago, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair kitten from a breeder in Chicago.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Chicago 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 Chicago 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 Domestic Shorthair breeders who help with Domestic Shorthair rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Chicago paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Perusing the ingredient list, we saw nothing obvious that would cause the tingling we felt or that would prompt L'Oreal to issue that cautionary statement. This lipstick is oil-based and greasy enough to slip into lines around the mouth, but it's only unique ingredient is argan oil, and the formula contains only a tiny amount of it. We suspect the tingling came from the fragrance chemicals that are present, or simply from the amount of fragrance itself.
In either case, the tingling is a sign that your lips are being irritated, and in no way is this lipstick head and shoulders above many other cream lipsticks. One more thing: The ingredient list does not include collagen or xylane, but that's OK because they have no anti-aging effect on lips anyway.
Just like its sister company Lancome, L'Oreal doesn't have its act together when it comes to skin-care products. For all their talk of advanced formulas, fancy double-page ads in fashion magazines, and impressive-sounding quotes from scientists at their research and development facilities, most of what L'Oreal offers for skin care is a whole lot of nothing—or at least nothing tremendously helpful for helping skin look and feel its best.
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Aside from the sunscreen frustrations, L'Oreal's moisturizers are a yawn-inducing, fairly repetitive bunch. A cursory review of their formulas demonstrates that L'Oreal is simply not keeping pace with the competition, just as Lancome isn't at the department-store level. When it comes to moisturizers or serums, just about anything from Dove, Olay, Neutrogena, or Aveeno is preferred. L'Oreal does well with most of their cleansers, along with scrubs and self-tanning products, but given the widespread availability and financial resources of this line they could be doing so much more. (You have to wonder if they're more interested in advertising and public relations than in advancing skin-care expertise.) The makeup has made major strides and now ranks as the best overall color collection at the drugstore—imagine the results if their skin care followed suit!
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L'Oreal's displays in many drugstores have been updated to reflect better-organized products and shade categories (though testers are still scarce). Given the number of lipsticks they sell, it only makes sense to put them in color families so consumers have a better shopping experience. Their True Match products are also sensibly laid out, but the rest of the foundations aren't as organized, likely due to the smaller selection of shades. Speaking of foundations, L'Oreal has made further strides by offering more that provide sufficient UVA protection. Revlon still has the edge for consistently launching impressive foundations with sunscreen, but at least L'Oreal is (finally) catching up. The bottom line is that every category of L'Oreal's makeup has some winning (and in some cases, benchmark-setting) products. They fall short with their powder eyeshadows, but not enough to warrant avoiding them, especially if you prefer sheer eye makeup. Still, with only minor tweaking and consistent adherence to the importance of UVA protection in their cosmetic products with sunscreen, L'Oreal could pull ahead to be the hands-down winner when it comes to shopping for makeup at the drugstore.
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Ronald Crowder, Jr. Insurance Agency, Inc. filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately twenty years ago on Tuesday, November 14, 1995 as recorded in documents filed with Texas Secretary of State.
Ronald Crowder served as the President Ronald's past corporate affiliations include Ronald Glenn Crowder Insurance Agency, Inc.
The registered agent for the company is Ronald Glenn Crowder. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
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Date Filed: | Tuesday, November 14, 1995 |
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Gold Technical Analysis – XAUUSD Trading Near 1-Month High – WC 21/1/13
- Gold hit a one-month high during trading late last week. The XAU/USD & XAG/USD pairs have now rallied over the past two weeks and seem to be carrying strong upside momentum.
- The precious metals are now moving in a tight range during early week trading on the 21/1/13.
- The January 4th low (a hammer candle) has proved to be a near term turning point for the XAU/USD. This area of technical confluence had the following elements aligned from a gold technical analysis perspective: 61.8% Fibonacci retrace, FE 100 expansion (giving an ABC pattern) and previous resistance range highs. We highlighted this key technical level prior to the latest turn around.
- The $1700 area has held as resistance during the past week. Any breakout higher has the 50% corrective retrace and upper channel trend line as a technical focus.
- The prevailing trend is to the upside; nonetheless, we note that the initial attempt to break above the 2/1/13 $1794 area prior swing high did not see any immediate follow through. This is an area of technical confluence with a Fibonacci 38.2% and 50% retrace aligned with a previous support/resistance flip zone.
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Actors in a Mike Leigh joint sign on knowing nothing about the movie they'll make. But for his latest working-class drama, the director granted an exception for Imelda Staunton, telling the character actress (''Shakespeare in Love'') that her saintly London matriarch leads a stealth life as an abortionist. ''He just said that,'' says Staunton, ''and it's gonna be in the '50s, and that's all you need to know. But he also said there's not going to be a moral. Rather than pro or against, we're showing it as it was.'' At just under a million dollars, the film's budget was small even by Leigh's standards. ''My last picture, 'All or Nothing,' was not a commercial success,'' he says, ''so that affected the backing for 'Drake.' But then, it's never easy making pictures when the deal is total freedom.'' For Leigh, total freedom involved six months of improvisation and research for the actors to develop their roles. ''It feels luxurious but never indulgent,'' Staunton says. ''Ask any actor who's worked with him, they'll say it's the only way to work.''
WHAT'S AT STAKE An Oscar push for Staunton. And, apparently, the budget of Leigh's next film.


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A stellar showcase of R&B, soul, hip-hop and dance music artists. Featuring: Grammy Award winner Estelle; festival fave Deborah Cox; the "New Motown Sound" of Jully Black; Neon Hitch loving u betta; local dance-pop sensation REVERSE; the fabulous, legendary House of Xtravaganza; and a very special Pride edition of the Tangled Festival event "Krip Hop" featuring the spitfire talent of Wheelchair Sports Camp and more. Australian darling DJ Kitty Glitter returns to Toronto, mixing and scratching an extended closing set.
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Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum selling recording artist Deborah Cox is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress (Toronto-born and raised). She has achieved eleven number-one hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart and is often cited as Canada's top R&B artist.
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There's nothing like showing some pride for a city you love by naming your clothing brand after it. While it doesn't exactly say "New York," the 5boro 2011 summer shirts pretty much demonstrate the love it they for the Big Apple.
The 5boro 2011 summer shirts are one of the upcoming fashion collections I think are worth looking out for. The apparel have basic graphics that represents New York such as skyscrapers. Others contain typographic shirts in big bold letters with the brand's name and the five boroughs that make up the Big Apple. As basic as it appears, its simplicity doesn't take away from the collection's appeal at all.
According to MashKulture.net, the 5boro 2011 summer shirts have already arrived in a few retailers. So look out for them in the stores!


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The Third Estate is Expanding
There is nothing wrong with your computer screen. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… The Third Estate!
For the past few months we have been proud to bring you top quality comment, analysis, news, reviews and interviews on a daily basis. Oh and we had something about mushrooms as well. Having six regular writers has allowed us to produce at least one decent piece every day. However, with our readership climbing every day, it's time for us, like Mr Creosote with a waffer thin mint in his mouth, to expand. As well as producing more and better content every day, we are particularly looking to expand into original reporting and bring you some top exclusives. That's why we're taking on two great new writers.
Liz Stephens is a political hack and comedy writer, who spends her time writing the news and mocking it. She has written for The News Quiz and The Now Show on BBC Radio 4 and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival. After two excellent guest pieces, Liz will be taking up a regular Tuesday column and adding some much needed oestrogen to a testosterone-heavy blog. The Third Estate poached her from politics.co.uk and they're not getting her back!
JW Arble has written a couple of guest pieces over the last few months and after bringing us his exclusive interview with Nick Davies, he's earned his columnist badge. He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is a qualified journalist who has written for City AM, Richmond and Twickenham Times, The Ilford Recorder, The Chiswick Times, The Hounslow and Brentford Times. With a penchant for irreverent reviews and surreal satire, he promises to bring us some interesting articles.
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Beer Can Robot: Not Good for Bender, but Related to Him
We've featured several robots that can dispense, fetch or even serve beer, but this deceptive little fella is the beer. Can. Invented by Ron Tajima, the transforming beer can robot reminds me of the scene in Transformers when all sorts of metal objects and gadgets were brought to life by the All Spark.
The robot is controlled using a Wii-mote, and can be made to walk, roll and revert to its default – Alcobot? Beericon? – mode.
Tajima's "much to improve in future" remark sounds ominous. But surely such a loving family man wouldn't think of installing surveillance equipment or weapons to his beer can robot right? RIGHT?
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The organization's big winter event saw large numbers of retail, foodservice and wholesale buyers converge on the Sunshine State.
Terry Vorhees, the Riverview-based council's executive director, said 1,340 people registered to attend the March 3-5 retail and foodservice conference and exposition, up from the 1,300 that participated last year. He said several retailers came in at the last minute.
On March 3, the council's yearly golf tournament saw 270 contestants, up from last year's 225, Vorhees said.
On March 4, buses loaded with retail and foodservice buyers visited central Florida citrus groves and a citrus research center to see harvesting, packing and learn about fruit variety development.
Visiting the 102-year-old Haines City Citrus Growers Association, Haines City, which markets its fruit through DNE World Fruit Sales, Fort Pierce, buyers saw the fresh citrus packing process from grove to packaging and shipment.
"Our industry has a rich tradition that is able to overcome hurricanes and diseases," said Greg Nelson, DNE's president. "One of the reasons is due to the fortitude of the people in this business."
At the association, buyers visited a valencia grove to see late-season fruit being harvested and saw grapefruit and valencias running on the packing line, which has seen up to $15 million in packinghouse improvements over the last decade, Nelson said.
At the Florida Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, Peter Chaires, director of strategic management and business development for Florida Citrus Packers Inc., Lakeland, and executive director of the industry's New Varieties Development & Management Corp., discussed how the industry is trying to speed the process of bringing new varieties into commercial use.
"We have a tremendous opportunity for replacing many of our specialty varieties (tangerines) and the capacity for introducing many new varieties into the market-place," he said.
In March 5 sessions, industry leaders learned more about how to successfully introduce new produce products at retail and how to engage their target audience through social media.
Don Goodwin, owner and president of Golden Sun Marketing, Minnetrista, Minn., said staying in tune and designing promotions relevant to consumers and what consumers care about remains relevant to the process of introducing new items.
"If we were to analyze why most new items fail, it's because of execution at store level," Goodwin said. "Introduction of successful items requires a very comprehensive strategy. You just can't do it by just handing a list of components to a retailer anymore. You have to find ways to engage a retailer more strongly and more professionally and have more of a plan in place."
John Avola, social media strategist and co-owner of 90 Days to Marketing Success, said social media should remain part of a company's marketing strategy.
"I'm not recommending you dump everything else and only focus on social media because it's not going to work," Avola said. "You need to tie everything together from direct mail pieces to phone service calls, and integrate that into your social media strategy."
The meeting continued on March 5 with a keynote luncheon, a large trade show featuring 200 exhibits as well as the conference's closing reception.


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Westfield, NY, Feb 22, 2013 -- United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced a grant of $750,000 and a loan of $335,000 to the Town of Westfield to replace the water distribution system for the Barcelona Water Benefit District.
"The new distribution system will benefit those being serviced by blocking potential contaminants and providing safe drinking water for the rural residents of Westfield," said Dave Schermerhorn, USDA RD NY State Director.
Funding was provided by USDA's Water and Environmental Programs (WEP). WEP provides loans, grants, and loan guarantees for drinking water, sanitary sewer, solid waste, and storm drainage facilities in rural areas and cities and towns of 10,000 or less. Public bodies, non-profit organizations, and recognized Indian tribes may qualify for assistance. WEP also makes grants to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance and training to assist rural communities with their water, wastewater, and solid waste problems.
President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses, and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America's economy and strengthening small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values. President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are committed to a smarter use of existing Federal resources to foster sustainable economic prosperity and ensure the government is a strong partner for businesses, entrepreneurs, and working families in rural communities.
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, has an active portfolio of more than $181 billion in loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America. For more information on USDA Rural Development programs, contact Rural Development's state office at (315) 477-6400, or visit the Rural Development web site at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ny.


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There Might Not Be a Golden Globes Ceremony Next Year
Movie News By Scott Beggs on January 24, 2011 | Comments (3)We take these things for granted (until there's a writer's strike), but it seems natural that every January, there will be a Golden Globes presentation where actors get drunk and start yelling at each other while brandishing blunt metal objects. In fact, they should make a reality show out of it. Sadly, the awards show where the awards mean about as much as the points on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, might not air in 2012 because of a legal dispute that threatens to keep them in court either right up to December 2011 or well into March of 2012. One date would leave too little time to secure advertisers and network contracts while the other date leaves a 2012 show out the question completely. The case is between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and show producer Dick Clark Productions. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the HFPA believes that Dick Clark Productions is attempting to take over complete control of the show by working a deal with NBC to produce the show through 2018 without the HFPA's knowledge. Both are trying to get the trail date moved up, but if the show skips a year, it might give everyone time to forget they hate Ricky Gervais. Then they can hire him to tell hilarious jokes and people can feign shock despite being in on them from the beginning.
'Transformers 3′ Gets Sued, Changes Its Name
Movie News By Scott Beggs on October 6, 2010 | Comments (3)One doesn't have to do with the other, but both are happening. The extra who was injured when a cable ripped through her vehicle and her skull last month is now suing Paramount Pictures for negligence. Gabriel Cedillo might also want to think about suing them for the name they've changed the movie to. It was inevitable, following the pattern of Revenge of the Fallen that we'd see a Noun of the Noun name, but why they saw fit to cause hundreds of Pink Floyd references crop up is unclear. The new title, of course, is Transformers: The Dark of the Moon. [Cinematical]
MacGyver Creator Fails to Understand Law, Sues 'MacGruber'
Movie News By Scott Beggs on February 3, 2010 | Comments (12)Fox stood idly by while Warner Brothers developed Watchmen. Even though they allegedly owned the rights. Now their day in court might push back the film's release date.
If you've been too busy hitting the clubs, flashing your privates and carrying around your miniature teacup chi-poodle to notice, the newest hot trend is suing the pants off someone.
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