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Ministry Highlight: East Indonesia
We began our ministry in East Indonesia in 2005, with the Child Sponsorship Program and in 2006, we started the Child Survival Program.
Ministry Highlight: Haiti
We began our ministry in Haiti in 1968 with the Child Sponsorship Program and in 2008, we celebrated our 40th anniversary in Haiti.
Making a House, or a Cattle Shed, a Home
When 29-year-old Vanitha got married, parents from both sides were not very happy about it. When they didn't have a place to live, she and her husband were given a cattle shed for their home.
Teaching Home Economics With Common Sense
Moms in our Child Survival Program typically lack the opportunity to learn basic home economics skills. Knowledge that we consider common sense is not always common for them.
Ministry Highlight: Sri Lanka
Our work in Sri Lanka began in 2010 with the Child Survival Program. The Child Sponsorship and Leadership Development Programs have not yet been implemented.
Homeless No More: One Haitian Mother's Story
Forty-year-old Jesula was a homeless lady who slept at the church daily. While staying at the church one night, Jesula heard about the Child Survival Program.
Ministry Highlight: Burkina Faso
We began our ministry in Burkina Faso in 2004 starting with the Child Sponsorship Program. So far we have 20,000 registered children in Burkina Faso.
Would you join me in praying for all the mothers in the Child Survival Program, that they would give birth to healthy babies and accept the support and help they need?
Inigodawela's Child Survival Program staff suggested that its members build playhouses for their little ones. The Child Survival Program provided toys for the children as part of this effort to promote the importance of play and family togetherness.
Could You Be a Mother in Haiti?
Life in Haiti can be very difficult – especially when you are a mother. Test your knowledge of how a mother in Haiti helps her children survive.
A table, a photo of a child, and a curious young boy all led us to a trip we never imagined possible!
Do Dreams Come True?
Fides was seven months pregnant and living in a rented single room with her husband and their two children. The Child Survival Program offered to help her with her pregnancy so that she could deliver safely.
Helping Mothers and Babies Thrive
Losing a child and seeing your child suffer are two of the most painful things a mom can face in life. This is why we are working with churches to provide care for mothers and babies through our Child Survival Program.
Whether walking into a coffee shop or walking down a dirt road to a child development center, fathers can use their powerful influence to change the life of a child.
The question to measure the success of interventions to the poor is, "Did the person delivering the service and the person receiving the service build trust in each other?"
María lives in the La Victoria Alta neighborhood, a place with limited access to public transportation and public services. It is one hour away from Quito's downtown area, a place where the cold weather is so intense that people feel chilled to the bone. María is one of the hundreds of mothers who cry at…
Mothers in the Child Survival Program (CSP) are under the care of an expert CSP implementer during deliveries. This decreases the chance of infant mortality. The awareness program, baby training and other assistance (like nutrition and baby kits) provided through the program helps ensure a healthy mothers and babies.
Giving Birth in the Developing World
Most Papuan women still give birth with traditional methods in a traditional Papuan house made of wood with a grass bed. They prefer to give birth at home because they are also afraid of the service from health workers who are not always friendly. Many believe that it is more efficient to give birth at…
"Sponsors have had a great impact into our lives and have supported us in many ways. Really, we could have died. I urge them not to feel tired when they are helping us. I know that God will bless them. I'd like to give the sponsors this verse — Lamentations 3:22-24. It inspires me a…
These babies are beneficiaries of our Child Survival Program.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." —Jeremiah 1:5, NIV
"I Felt Like Ruth in the Bible"
"I felt so lonely in this village. I did not know anyone and I did not have any friends due to the language barrier. My family who I can count on is in another country so they could not help me. I was so hopeless. I felt like Ruth in the Bible who lives in…
Saving Baby Girls From Infanticide in India
The 21st century has witnessed a great rise in development around the world. Communications and scientific research are developing at a rapid pace. The world is moving toward great change in culture and lifestyle. Gender equality is becoming common in many places, and girls are achieving heights once thought not possible.
However, even as the…
In the countryside of Bolivia, it's normal to have your baby at home with the help of relatives or neighbors, rather than going to a hospital. But being only 6 months pregnant, 14-year old Marta wasn't prepared. She had gone to the hut with her two younger brothers to put her family's animals away, when…
At My First Graduation, I . . .
I knew our Leadership Development Program has graduations. I knew our Child Sponsorship Program has graduations. But I had no idea that our Child Survival Program (CSP) has graduations, until I saw this precious little gem…
The kids obviously take the graduation ceremony very seriously. (Or maybe they're simply concentrating on holding such a large…
What Difference Does the Child Survival Program Make in the Lives of Mothers and Babies?
Marisa is a member of a the Lawa tribe, a minority group with its own distinct dialect and tradition found only in certain isolated areas in northern Thailand. She lives in Laoop, a village located in a very high, remote area.
Even though Marisa finished grade nine, the quality of education she received at the…


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The Democrats' 30-year-old candidate for lieutenent governor took in about $8,000 over the last month, bringing her haul for the cycle to about $15,000.
Gekas said she has an additional $27,000 or so in pledges, and that she expects the war chest grow at a faster clip after the passage of an Aug. 28 primary that has commanded most of Democrats' attention this summer.
Gekas said she'll be bringing on a paid fundraiser next week, which should also help bring in the dollars she'll need to get her name in front of Vermonters. No word yet on Phil Scott's latest numbers. The Republican incumbent had taken in about $31,000 as of mid-July.

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Catholic Parishes Network in Informal Settlements,
Nairobi – Kenya
Presentation of AFRICITIES at the KUTOKA MEETING
7th September 2006
AFRICITIES: Presentations by:
a) Presentation by UN HABITAT ( Clara & Tekla)
UN HABITAT collects data on slum dwellers from all over the world to find better ways of enhancing their living conditions.
Urbanization: A turning point
By 2007, urban population will exceed rural population. Significant urban growth factors include: natural population increase; reclassification of rural areas as urban areas; and rural to urban migration. More than half of the world's urban population lives in cities of less than 500,000.
Is urbanization good for development
- Cities drive the national economy
- They are engines of rural development
- Higher the urbanization, higher GDP
- Cities generate jobs , provide opportunities for investment, create formal & informal markets and offer more facilities that make countries rich.
Development indicators in cities are generally better than in villages:
- Health of urban dwellers is better.
- Education attainment is higher.
- Per capita income is higher.
- Urban growth rates & slum growth rates are almost identical in some regions.
- By 2030, the urban population of Africa will be larger than in Europe. Asia alone will account for more than half the world's urban population (26 b out of 5 billion).
- There was unprecedented slum growth during 1990-2001 of 18 million new slum dwellers.
- Slum population will reach 1.4 billion in 2020.
What is a Slum?
It lacks one or more of the following: Access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, durability of housing, secure tenure, lack of access to improved water in cities (official coverage of water is 95% in urban areas safe, affordable, sufficient & accessible).
The Urban Penalty
Hidden hunger in cities: In various low-income countries 4 out 10 slum children are malnourished.
- Slum dwellers die earlier, experience more hunger, have less education, have fewer chances of employment, suffer more ill-health than the rest of the urban population.
- Surveys in 7 African countries showed that in all countries HIV was higher in urban than rural areas. It was also higher in urban women than rural women.
- Urban poverty can be as intense, dehumanizing and life-threatening as rural poverty.
- MDGs will have to be waged in cities and slums.
- Economic growth does not automatically lead to slum reduction.
- Development aid or government investments must be directed at slums.
b) PRESENTATION BY AFRICITIES SECRETARIAT (Kinuthia Wamwangi, Deputy
Director, Africities Secretariat)
Africities is a conference of African Mayors residing in cities, councilors, town clerks, chairmen of local governments and other stakeholders. The Nairobi summit is the 4th since inception of Africities. Previous summits were held in Abidjan (1998), Windhoek (2000), and Yaonde (2003). Africities was started to provide a voice for African government movements. This year's theme is: "Building local coalitions for the implementation of the Millenium Development Goals (MGDs) in African local government, including their targets".
In 2000, poverty became a concern for most nations in the world. They pledged to harmonize wealth in the world by 2020. MGDs are known at the level of the state yet, they should be popularized to the grassroots and poor communities should be allowed to participate in their implementation.
Mr. Wamwangi took the meeting through the program of the Africities summit in details. He presented some information materials for the Africities including brochures and CDs.
c) PRESENTATION BY JUA KALI REPRESENTATIVES
MSEA (Micro & Small Enterprise Association) Kenya group was formed to cater for all stakeholders in the Jua Kali sector. Its main objectives are geared towards addressing the following challenges:
- lack of proper health care among Jua Kali artisans.
- Lack of accessible credit faicilites
- Lack of adequate security in work stations.
- Raising awareness on HIV/AIDS among the artisans.
Questions to Wamwangi & MSEA representatives:
Q. How is the representation of the church in Africities conference?
Q. How is the representation of slum dwellers in Africities?
Q. What is the interest of Africities to the poor?
Q. What is MSEA doing about settling the problem of hawkers in Nairobi city business district?
- Hawkers need better places/locations of selling their wares.
- Mr. Wamwangi advised KUTOKA to present its documents to the Secretary General for vetting so that they can be circulated to the delegates.
- The church, being a major stakeholder in helping the poor can become a main participant in Africities but she has to push for the opportunity


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Fury at plan to sell off antique books in the Mendham Collection
Posted: August 15, 2012|
PLANS to break up and sell a collection of 5,000 medieval manuscripts, books and pamphlets have been branded "an act of vandalism" by a leading historian.
Items from the Mendham Collection, which is owned by the Law Society of England and Wales, are due to be sold at auction to fill a funding hole.
In an attempt to preserve the historic documents, Canterbury Cathedral and the University of Kent have launched a campaign, including an online petition attracting nearly 3,000 signatures.
Among the supporters is historian and TV presenter Diarmaid MacCulloch, who said: "This really is an act of vandalism on a collection which contains the annotations of the collector: always a reason for maintaining the collection's integrity, quite apart from the intrinsic historic interest and value of the individual books."
The collection has been held under the custodianship of the university and cathedral for nearly 30 years, but on Wednesday, July 18, auctioneers Sotheby's took away up to 300 books.
Alixe Bovey, the director of the university's Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, said: "The collection is a valuable witness to the development of Protestantism and Catholicism, and the tensions between them, from the time of the Reformation up to Mendham's lifetime."
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As Loveable As Ever, Drives Beautifully, Quality Too
BMW Banks On The Proven Formula
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"It feels like a turbo-charged limpet"
BARCELONA, Spain - Everything about the new Mini is different, although you'd be hard pressed to see any differences from the old model. The only real giveaway is the yellow indicator light lodged in the new headlight assembly.
The new car is bigger, but lighter than the old one, thanks to the use of new technology. But all this talk of bigger shouldn't detract from the fact that the Mini is still, er, small. There's not practical space for normal humans in the rear seats. The boot is pitifully small. Prices are scary high, and if you look rationally at what's on offer…… but that's the secret of BMW's success. It has capitalised on the iconic, loveable, and cute, not to say cult nature of the Mini and made buyers go weak at the knees and spend more money than common sense should allow.
And the Mini is a joy to drive and a welcoming place to be in. The first two new iterations are the Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S, which are powered by a new 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine designed with Peugeot. The engine is also in the Peugeot 207, but don't mention that to BMW. The Cooper engine produces 120 bhp, 126 mph and gets to 62 mph from rest in 9.1 seconds. This does feel on the sluggish side. The turbocharged 175 bhp engine in the S is altogether more responsive (for more details see table below), and sounds terrific with it. Both versions go on sale later this month, in Europe and the U.S.
Mini One next year
The Mini handles to the manner born, with the four-wheels at the corner giving it the famed go-kart handling. It feels like a turbo-charged limpet, at least the "S" does. The old hydraulic steering has been replaced by an electrically assisted system.
"the massive, centrally mounted speedo looks cartoonish and out of place. My first thought was that this was BMW''s little joke, and they'd rip it off to reveal a sensible one underneath"
On the fantastic mountain roads to the north-west of Barcelona, the Mini would plunge into scary looking corners, only to emerge at the other end unflustered; it's hard even to make the tyres squeal. The suspension was on the harsh side. On motorways the car is fine. The new 6-speed speed box is terrific, accurate and quick. Build quality is truly premium the doors clunk shut with a meaty kerlunk. The new paint jobs look great.
Performance from the "S" was electrifying and the turbo-charged motor sounds great. BMW eschewed the weighty supercharger from the first generation Mini, and the direct injection engine produces 175 bhp, with an "overboost" system (whatever that is) raising power output at peak revolutions. The standard Mini Cooper though felt as though it lacked poke.
Residuals are amazingly strong.
"Come on" prices
Don't forget, although this is a beautiful little car, it is a bit short in the utility department. It can only seat two adults comfortably. There's no room in the boot.
The previous Mini, launched in 2001, looked like the original pumped up on steroids. Inside it had a classy, retro feel to the dashboard with the chrome switches and big dials. I seem to remember likening it to the cockpit of a 1930s DC-3 Dakota airliner.
BMW's little joke
The rev counter is set behind the steering wheel on the column. I couldn't see it properly, but when I tried to manoeuvre the steering wheel, it moved too. Maybe there was some subtlety there I was missing. Same with the radio, which seemed impossibly complicated. The switches and controls don't seem up to the general premium feel of the car.
Tender loving care
It is a little beauty, but a pricey one.
Neil Winton October 24, 2006


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Upstream Theater's Ancient Mariner Is a Triumph
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St. Louis Shakespeare's Blood Reigns Is Fit for a King
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The Rep's Buyer & Cellar Looks Inside Babs' Fantasyland
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Parents Lead By Example in Carnage
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Soderbergh's interest in the archives extends well beyond the potential that lies in the stack of screenplays--which is enormous, as Nile estimates that of the 44 bankers boxes moved to the New York Public Library, "80 percent of that is unmade scripts." He is lobbying Warner Bros. to release on DVD the 1970 film End of the Road, a supremely bizarre film Terry co-wrote in which James Earl Jones plays a gonzo psychiatrist with at least one patient who screws chickens. He talks about publishing a scrapbook of Southern's work, which he would annotate, and says he's gotten a very notable writer-director, whom he wishes to remain nameless, interested in filming Blue Movie.
When asked if, somewhere down the road, he envisions himself making a film based on one of Terry's works, Soderbergh answers quickly and enthusiastically: "Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah."
Yet Soderbergh scoffs at the suggestion that what he's done, by rescuing Terry's archives (and, by extension, Nile himself), is "noble." Actually, he treats the word as some kind of insult. To him, this ain't about being righteous, but doing the right thing for Terry and Nile--"putting back in," he likes to say, since he can afford to do so. Besides, somewhere down the road people will forget he had anything to do with this, which is the way he wants it.
"I so much wanted to be a part of the Terry world," Soderbergh says. "Part of me just wanted to glom onto the shine and just be connected to it somehow. If somebody was in a magazine saying, 'Yeah, I've got the rights to some of this early Beatles stuff, but, like, I can't seem to find anyone to help me with it,' it felt to me like the same thing."
Yet, even with the burden now lifted, Nile continues to work on projects devoted to his dad's work, including several books. But he can now do this without taking odd jobs to support his family, without wondering who will show up demanding money from a dead man's pockets. Soderbergh, like Terry, proved to be a generous man, and Nile is a deeply grateful one.
"When I first met my wife, she knew me as a creative downtown filmmaker and writer," Nile says. "But even on our wedding day in 1992, I was at Kinko's doing a proposal for the next seven Terry books. I mean, my wife and I are in Boulder walking up this mountain with a box from Kinko's--and I am in my wedding suit." He laughs. "My dedication is a bit too much, so I need to do a radical shift. I can get creatively jazzed from Terry's stuff, but it's great to have Steven now. It's up to him to take the ball, and I can now kick back. I look forward to that."
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The Best Defensive Move In Tampa Yesterday
December 30, 2008 at 01:18am by Scott • 1 Comment »
From a Raiders fan who attended the Oakland/Tampa Bay game at Raymond James yesterday:
The game went without incident up until the first score of the game by the Raiders. I stood in celebration, and before the extra point was even kicked, I was being led away by stadium personnel. Once out of the stands, I was placed in handcuffs, although I was not resisting the stadium personnel's requests, or read my rights and placed under arrest. I was lead to a single person holding cell where my possessions were removed, and I was subjected to a full body frisking. After being detained for roughly 30 minutes, I was released outside of the stadium, and informed that I could not return to the stadium.
And then he stabbed twelve Bucs fans on the way to his car.
I'm just glad the Text to Tattle system in the stadium is finally paying off. It's a pretty safe bet that if you see a Raiders fan in your home stadium, a crime is about to be committed. I'm actually pissed they released him into the wild of Tampa. You watch, in ten years this guy will be shouting "Go Raiders!" from his execution chamber for something he did in Tampa. Like this guy. Fuck you, Oakland.
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They should have tasered him, too.
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Parents all over Arkansas are packing lunches, filling backpacks and getting ready to send their kids on the bus to school.
Pediatrician Susan Averitt said going back to school is an adjustment for both parents and kids. She said the biggest change is in eating and sleeping habits for children.
"Most children need about 8-10 hours of sleep every night, so I recommend you determine what time your child needs to get up in the morning and then go back 8-10 hours from that time, and that's what time your child needs to go to bed," Dr. Averitt said.
She said breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and parents can't forget about lunch either. She said kids should start their day with proteins, fruits and vegetables. She said a multi-grain sandwich with milk, an apple and carrots would be an example of a well-rounded meal.
Averitt said the right diet and plenty of sleep is the key to get kids through the first week of school.
"Just like whenever you start anything new, that fatigue and tiredness wears off as you develop your routine," Dr. Averitt said.
Fayetteville parents Jennifer and Ryan Martin have four girls in first grade through tenth grade. They said they've learned tricks to make their mornings a little less hectic.
"We'll try to make all the sandwiches for the whole week tonight, and we'll freeze some so it's one less thing in the morning to try to do with them," Ryan Martin said.
They said the hardest part is getting their girls' sleep habits back into the routine of early to bed and early to rise. Jennifer said the girls would go to sleep around 10 p.m. on most summer nights, and not wake up until 8 a.m. or 9 a.m.
"During school though, we will get them to bed right around 8 or 8:30 p.m. because they'll get up at 6 in the morning, and the high schooler will get up earlier than that…she'll get up around 5 or 5:30 a.m. to get ready," Jennifer said.
Dr. Averitt said she recommends possibly having dinner earlier the first week of school, so kids can go to bed earlier and be ready to learn the next day.


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Just got to see Nightbreed The Cabal Cut last night at its first Australian screening. It was a wonderful experience. All the extra footage really helps flesh out the story and makes for a much more rewarding experience. The footage is still in pretty rough shape and you can hardly see what is going on in some of the darker scenes. We were told that once it gets released to disk (if the negatives still haven't shown up) it will get a lot of restoration work to bring those old VHS looking scenes to dvd quality.
Also, the director of the Cabal Cut told us the film is still changing. There are one or two exra scenes he is looking to re-insert and he is hoping some more footage will show up that he knows existed at one point.
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J.D. Heilmann begins his seventh season as one of the Musketeer assistant coaches, his third as recruiting coordinator. His primary responsibility will be Xavier's pitching staff, as well as being the head of XU's recruiting efforts.
In his first two seasons at Xavier under head coach John Morrey, Heilmann's primary on field duties were outfielders, base running and bunting and he also assisted in local and regional recruiting. During those two years, he coached outfielder Jay Johnson, who was eventually a 13th round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox.
Heilmann served as an assistant under former head coach Dan Simonds for the 2005 season and continued to be a crucial part of the Xavier coaching staff. While assisting Simonds, Heilmann's on-field responsibilities included working with the pitchers, as well as bench coach. Recruiting locally and outside of Cincinnati were also major responsibilities given to Heilmann. In his first season as pitching coach, Heilmann's staff ended the 2005 season with a 4.86 team ERA, which was almost a point lower than the previous season when XU finished with a 5.47 ERA in 2004.
In 2008, Heilmann coached a pitching staff that posted a league-best ERA of 3.39 in Atlantic 10 play, including 2008 draft pick Charlie Leesman and free-agent signee Michael Lucas. Both are currently assigned to the White Sox's minor league system. Leesman was the second-highest draft pick in program history.
Heilmann joined the Musketeer coaching staff after a brief stint at Division II Northern Kentucky University. While a member of the Norse coaching staff, he was in charge of the development of the pitching staff, as well as assisting in recruiting.
Prior to joining Northern Kentucky, Heilmann was an assistant coach at local Division III power Mount St. Joseph. During his three years at the Mount, he served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. Heilmann played a key role in the Lions' success, which included a Heartland Conference Championship in 2000 and a NCAA Regional runner-up finish that same season. Also that year, one of Heilmann's pitchers, Mike McNutt was a 25th round draft pick of the Florida Marlins.
In addition to his years on the collegiate level, Heilmann spent five summers as both an assistant and head coach in the nationally recognized Midland summer baseball organization. He helped guide his teams to success on the national level, as evidenced by a fourth place finish in 1999 and two second-place finishes in 1997 and 2002.
Heilmann earned a communications degree while completing his eligibility at the University of Cincinnati following a transfer from Ball State. He graduated from Cincinnati's Moeller High School in 1993 after helping the Crusaders capture a State Baseball Championship. While at Moeller, Heilmann earned All-City and All-League honors.
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Undefeated contender Manuel Charr (21-0, 11 KOs) is hoping to send WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KOs) into retirement on September 8th fight at the Olympisky Sport Hall in Moscow, Russia.
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Vitaly has brought in a sparring partner to defend his paper title against. Here's Charr's most recent fight. Its no wonder he was hand picked.
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Damn .. this guy is hittable & dude is talkin' shet to boot.
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As much as I like Vitali, Charr was clearly, and literally handpicked. Charr has virtually no defense. Mediocre power. Mediocre skills. Is an average sized heavyweight. And has looked horrible in all his biggest fights.
Zack Page beat his ass and got robbed. Page is a solid journeyman, but that's as far as it goes. He also struggled very badly with heavily faded Owen Beck. If Vitali looks anything but spectacular, it will look bad. This will be over inside 6 rounds. But to be exact, I'm predicting a 2nd round stoppage.
Charr's horrible defense, added up with his lack of experience at this level, and the fact he doesn't have the skills or the strength to keep Vitali at bay equates to a nightmare for Charr. Vitali knows this, so he'll likely be charging Charr from the opening bell. I really wish we'd all get to see a Solis rematch. Solis is the only guy with the skills to potentially beat Vitali. Sucks the first fight ended like it did. A rematch would be a great chess match.
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Vitali disappointed big time with this one. It's clear he didn't want a real fight, and I just don't know why. If age or doubt has anything at all to do with it, he should just retire now. He doesn't have anything to prove.
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charr is a joke, everybody laughs at him. he's considered the worst boxer in the history of german boxing to ever get a title shot, the guy is not even up to the level of many amateurs. if vitali can't knock him out within 3 rounds his legacy will be destroyed and people will see him for the type of boxer he really is and always was. a guy who was just good enough to give other guys a good fight, thats it. i mean a washed up lennox lewis in his final fight destroyed his face and vitali was in his prime then. he's fighting cans only, just like his brother.
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Unless Charr ends up having a cast-iron chin, he is probably not going to last too many rounds in this fight. Vitali is not a puncher at this stage in his career but Charr is impossible to miss. He is a brawler without a punch.
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This tree is in the gardens of Petworth House and looks amazing now (May). Does anyone know what it is?
I'd love to cut my neighbours' sycamore down with a chainsaw, think they may have something to say about it! Oh and have plenty of rabbits too. They don't know that they are not supposed to eat half the stuff they eat. No-one seemed to tell them that they don't like laurel or hebe or rose, pesky little things!
Thanks Jim and Verdun. Glad I don't have to worry about the lawn and I'll definitely look at getting at Swoe Hoe! Thanks
My neighbour has a sycamore tree which unfortunately overhangs a bit of my garden. Normally this is not a problem but this year I seem to have a million zillion seedlings all growing strongly in my flowerbed and on the lawn.
I will pick them all out of the flowerbed (my back aches thinking of it) but do I need to worry about the lawn, as will just mowing the grass keep them in check?
Anything else I should be doing to get rid of them?
Seems all the rain has meant every single seed has germinated. Anyone else have this problem?
I don't have a conservatory no. Not sure where I'd put them as all quite exposed. The one that is losing its leaves is also looking droopy whereas the other one is very perky and still green and only a little bit smaller. It certainly doesn't look like normal autumn leafdrop. Would I damage it further by moving?
I'm in Sussex and my garden is quite exposed. My aunt has a huge garden and to be honest not sure where her abutilons are. will have to ask. Is now an OK time to move them as I think probably they are too exposed? Can I save the one that looks like it's dying?
I was given two Abutilons by my aunt who lives in Northern Ireland and has them in her garden. They were young plants and I planted them out into my garden in the spring. They have been growing very well and one of them is still doing well but the other has turned yellow and seems to be dying. It's now about 6ft tall. I now read they don't do well in gardens so am confused. I don't have a greenhouse. Can I dig up the dying one or should I leave well alone?
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Capsule descriptions and starred mini-reviews by John Beifuss.
OPENING Friday
The Details (R, 91 min.) Homeowner Tobey Maguire's battle with raccoons sets off a chain reaction of adultery and worse in this dark comedy, co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Kerry Washington and Ray Liotta.
Ridgeway Four.
Keep the Lights On (Not rated, 101 min.) See review on Page 14.
Studio on the Square.
Skyfall (PG-13, 143 min.) See review on Page 12.
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Forest Hill 8, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Majestic, Palace Cinema, Paradiso, Ridgeway Four, Stage Cinema, Studio on the Square, Summer Quartet Drive-In.
Opening Thursday
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 (PG-13, 116 min.) After four years and five films, the story of pretty Bella, vampire Edward and werewolf Jacob reaches its romantic/bloody/hairy climax.
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Forest Hill 8, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Majestic, Palace Cinema, Paradiso, Stage Cinema, Studio on the Square.
Americano (Not rated, 90 min.) Mathieu Demy — the son of New Wave cinema icons Agnes Varada and Jacque Demy — makes his directorial debut with this drama about a Parisian real estate agent (Demy) who travels to Los Angeles to find the mystery woman named in his mother's will. The cast includes Salma Hayek and Geraldine Chaplin.
2 p.m. Sunday, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Tickets: $8, or $6 for museum members. Visit brooksmuseum.org.
Ballet in Cinema: Swan Lake (Not rated, 180 min.) Tchaikovsky's romantic masterpiece (made familiar to moviegoers recently in "Black Swan") is presented by the London Royal Ballet, in a performance filmed live onstage.
2 p.m. Sunday, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Tickets: $15, or $12 for museum members. Visit brooksmuseum.org.
Barrymore (Not rated, 129 min.) In the role that earned him a Tony Award in 1997, Christopher Plummer stars as John Barrymore (who was regarded as the greatest actor of all time in his heyday), as the alcoholic, larger-than-life stage and screen star rehearses an ill-fated 1942 Broadway revival of his 1920 triumph, "Richard III." This is essentially a filmed version of what was basically a one-man play, spiced with flashbacks and some other cinematic devices.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Paradiso. Tickets: $20. Visit malco.com.
Born To Be Wild: The latest IMAX film is "an inspiring story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals" that focuses on efforts to reintroduce rescued elephants and orangutans into the wild. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. Runs through Nov. 16.
IMAX Theater at Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central. Call 901-636-2362 for show times, tickets and reservations.
Metropolitan Opera: Otello (Not rated, 210 min.) An encore presentation of Verdi's Shakespearean masterpiece, filmed live onstage in New York.
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Paradiso. Tickets: $20. Visit malco.com.
Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest (Not rated, 215 min.) Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan premiere of his own work, inspired by Shakespeare's play about the island sorcerer, Prospero. Presented live via satellite from New York.
11:55 a.m. Saturday, Paradiso. Tickets: $20. Visit malco.com.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R, 100 min.) The monthly screening of the ultimate audience-participation sci-fi rock-and-roll cult stage classic.
11:30 p.m. Friday, Evergreen Theatre, 1711 Poplar. Admission: $10. Visit rockyhorrormemphis.com.
To the Arctic Narrated by Meryl Streep, this journey to the top of the world follows a polar bear family as it adapts to its changing environment. Runs through March 8, 2013. Tickets $8.25; $7.50 senior citizens, and $6.50 for ages 3-12.
IMAX Theater at Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central. Call 901-636-2362 for show times, tickets and reservations.
Tornado Alley: Narrated by Bill Paxton, this IMAX film follows storm-chasing scientists as they track raging tornadoes. Through Nov. 16. Tickets: $8.25 ($7.50 for senior citizens), $6.50 for children ages 3-12; combo/group tickets available.
IMAX Theater at Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central. Call 901-636-2362 for show times, tickets and reservations.
"Twilight" Marathon: The four previous films in the romantic vampire series will be screened back to back to back to back, in anticipation of Thursday's 10 p.m. premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2."
11 a.m., Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Paradiso, Stage Cinema. Marathon tickets: $20. Visit malco.com.
Alex Cross (PG-13, 102 min.) Tyler Perry trades Madea drag for the shoulder holster and scowl of a genius police psychologist-detective, but this movie couldn't be any sillier if the title sleuth pursued the story's sadistic professional killer in a gray wig and granny panties. A merger of late-period Charles Bronson brutishness with Perry's signature Lifetime-level bathos, the latest James Patterson adaptation — Morgan Freeman played Cross in two earlier, otherwise unrelated films — is pure pulp nonsense, with about as much relevance to police procedure as "Madea's Witness Protection."
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Majestic, Palace Cinema, Paradiso, Stage Cinema, Summer Quartet Drive-In.
Argo (R, 120 min.) Inspired by the unlikely true story of the secret rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran in 1980 (while 52 of their less-fortunate colleagues were held hostage by militants in the American embassy), this is an entertaining and intelligent suspense film, with a commitment to quality and what might be called self-consciously purposeful content that is typical of the producing team of George Clooney and Grant Heslov ("The Ides of March," "Good Night, and Good Luck"). Sporting a vintage Chuck Norris/porn star mustache and hairdo, increasingly confident director Ben Affleck stars as real-life CIA "exfiltration" specialist Tony Mendez, who concocts a rescue plan that requires the Americans to pose as science-fiction movie producers scouting locations in the Middle East.
Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Forest Hill 8, Palace Cinema, Paradiso, Stage Cinema, Studio on the Square.
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (PG-13, 112 min.) Paul Ryan, the wait is over: Here's the conclusion of producer and fitness-equipment magnate John Aglialoro's Ayn Rand adaptation.
Wolfchase Galleria Cinema 8.
The Bourne Legacy (PG-13, 125 min.) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz.
Bartlett 10.
Brave (PG, 101 min.) The latest from Pixar.
Bartlett 10.
The Campaign (R, 85 min.) Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis.
Bartlett 10.
Cloud Atlas (R, 172 min.) "Matrix" masterminds Andy and Lana Wachowski join "Run Lola Run" auteur Tom Tykwer to direct a centuries-spanning epic of interconnectivity, adapted from the novel by David Mitchell. The all-star cast includes Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Susan Sarandon.
Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Forest Hill 8, Paradiso, Studio on the Square, Wolfchase Galleria Cinema 8.
The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13, 165 min.) Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway.
Bartlett 10.
End of Watch (R, 109 min.) A sort of pulp-cinema Joseph Wambaugh, writer-director David Ayer ("Training Day," "Harsh Times," "Street Kings") returns with another vivid and gritty inner-city slice-of-life police drama; Wolfchase Galleria Cinema 8.
The Expendables 2 (R, 103 min.) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham.
Bartlett 10.
Flight (R, 139 min.) Heroic airline pilot Denzel Washington is caught in a troubling investigation. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Palace Cinema, Paradiso, Stage Cinema.
Frankenweenie (PG, 88 min.) Director Tim Burton expands his comic, career-defining 1984 short horror-movie homage into a Disney feature film that retains the original's black-and-white palette but replaces its flesh-and-blood actors with the puppety figures of the painstaking stop-motion animation process.
Wolfchase Galleria Cinema 8.
Fun Size (PG-13, 90 min.) A Nickelodeon comedy about a baby-sitting big sister (Victoria Justice) who loses her trick-or-treating brother on Halloween night.
Here Comes the Boom (PG, 105 min.) Likable Kevin James stars as slovenly Scott Voss, a Boston high-school biology teacher and ex-wrestler who moonlights as a mixed martial arts fighter in hopes of raising the $48,000 needed to save the job of a beloved music teacher played by Henry Winkler, who is as cuddly here as the Fonz once was cool. Directed by Frank Coraci, who previously guided James through the punishing "Zookeeper," this ostensibly pro-teacher film should reassure anti-public education ideologues eager to cut funding for schools. Budget woes a problem? Just hold a bake sale, or, as seen here, send a faculty member into the Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon at the MGM Grand.
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, DeSoto Cinema 16, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Stage Cinema.
Hope Springs (PG-13, 100 min.) Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones.
Bartlett 10.
Hotel Transylvania (PG, 91 min.) Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) opens a "human-free" castle hostelry in a computer-animated tribute to old-school ghouls that more or less pretends the past 50 years of horror movies never happened, even though it's aimed at kids who may be more familiar with Freddy, Jason and Chucky than Boris, Bela and Vincent. .
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Palace Cinema, Stage Cinema, Summer Quartet Drive-In.
House at the End of the Street (PG-13, 101 min.) Ignoring the concerns of mom Elisabeth Shue, teen Jennifer Lawrence befriends sensitive, soft-spoken Max Thieriot, whose parents were murdered in the scary house next door. The acting is persuasive, and the screenplay by David Loucka (from a story by Jonathan Mostow) has a nice twist that could have supported an inventively stylish giallo-esque thriller; unfortunately, director Mark Tonderai's delivers a real mess — an almost random tangle of choppy edits, handheld camera, "shock" sound effects and other clichés of the contemporary horror film.
Hollywood 20 Cinema, Majestic.
Looper (R, 119 min.) Making the leap from indieland ("Brick") to commercial Hollywood, writer-director Rian Johnson delivers a stunner from start to finish — a smart, exciting time-travel action film that respects its audience, its genre and even its characters. The story hook is ingenious, and the futuristic details are clever and convincing. (Mao's face is on the money, and recreational drugs are administered via eyedropper — a nice metaphor for the movie experience.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a "Looper," an assassin in the future who kills targets delivered to him via illegal time machine from an even further future; when his latest victim proves to be his older self (Bruce Willis), a cat-and-mouse chase ensues that leads to an isolated farm, where a tough single mother (Emily Blunt) is raising a little boy (Pierce Gagnon) with telekinetic powers.
Summer Quartet Drive-In, Wolfchase Galleria Cinema 8.
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (PG, 93 min.) The computer-animated zoo crew — Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) — joins a struggling traveling circus to elude a monomaniacal animal control officer (Frances McDormand) in this typically frenetic but wearying series entry, which lacks the Looney Tunes efficiency of its predecessors. Bartlett 10.
The Man with the Iron Fists (R, 96 min.) The RZA directs an old-school fists-of-fury martial-arts action epic.
Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Majestic, Paradiso, Stage Cinema.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG, 104 min.) CJ Adams is the title elfin urchin, a 10-year-old boy who mysteriously — magically — appears one stormy night in the spacious farm home of the Greens (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), a sadly childless working-class couple who went to bed after burying a box filled with notes delineating the wonderful attributes they'd love their dream offspring to possess. When you see the ragged hole in the ground from which the muddy Timothy has emerged, you may wish this "Odd Life" had been conceived by Stephen King rather than by Ahmet Zappa (yes, the son of Frank and brother of Dweezil and Moon Unit); unfortunately, Timothy is entirely lovable, despite the ivy-like leaves sprouting from his ankles and calves.
Bartlett 10.
The Paperboy (R, 107 min.) A Miami reporter (Matthew McConaughey), a death-row killer (John Cusack) and an aging sexpot (Nicole Kidman) are among the participants in this lurid Southern Gothic drama from director Lee Daniels ("Precious"), working from a novel by Pete Dexter.
Ridgeway Four.
Paranormal Activity 4 (R, 88 min.) The popularity of the reliable if repetitious "Paranormal Activity" franchise — this is the fourth film in five years — suggests that anxieties over the ubiquity and invasiveness of social media and its related technologies may trouble even the most enthusiastic members of the plugged-in generation. To this end, the new film focuses for the first time in series history on a pair of young teenagers, Alex (charming Kathryn Newton) and her computer-savvy boyfriend (likable Matt Shively), who place secret surveillance cameras in Alex's possibly haunted but otherwise bland suburban home after strange occurrences accompany the arrival of a "weird" little neighbor boy (Brady Allen).
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Majestic, Palace Cinema, Paradiso, Stage Cinema.
ParaNorman (PG, 92 min.) This second stop-motion 3D feature film from Laika, an Oregon-based animation studio, might be described as the little brother of its wonderful predecessor from 2009, "Coraline." Like most little brothers, it's ruder, rowdier, somewhat dumber and a good deal more gross and obvious than its sister; it's also funny, likable and smarter than the average movie, with a delightfully askew and Caligari-esque production and character design.
Bartlett 10.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13, 103 min.) Hogswart graduate Emma Watson plays the free-spirited crush of an emotionally troubled high-school freshman (Logan Lerman) in suburban Pittsburgh in this dewy, sympathetic early 1990s coming-of-age tale that is remarkable for its sensitivity and earnestness, even if its post-Salinger stations of the cross — first kiss, first drug experience, first gay friend (Ezra Miller), first cool English teacher (Paul Rudd), first exposure to The Smiths and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" — are almost entirely familiar. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, from his own 1999 novel.
Ridgeway Four.
Pitch Perfect (PG-13, 112 min.) Can freshman Anna Kendrick and her female singing group beat the men's team in the campus vocal competition?
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The Possession (PG-13, 92 min.) Inspired by a Los Angeles Times article about a supposedly haunted antique "dybbuk box," director Ole Bornedal's atmospheric, relatively low-key thriller benefits from a sympathetic lead performance by Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a basketball coach unsure how to respond when the youngest (Natasha Calis) of his two daughters becomes obsessed with an old box she bought at a yard sale. Is it the stress of her parents' separation and impending divorce that is causing the little girl to stab daddy with a fork and spit moths from her mouth, or could it be ... Satan?
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Silent Hill: Revelation (R, 94 min.) Why make a sequel to the 2006 chiller "Silent Hill"? Because its surreal supernatural shocks should look cool in 3D, that's why.
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Sinister (R, 98 min.) A desperate true-crime writer (Ethan Hawke) moves his unwitting family into a "murder house" that may be haunted by more than bad vibes, as he realizes when he discovers a cache of cutely titled ("Hanging Around") but gruesome home movies that appear to have been shot over several decades by a serial killer or some other evil auteur. The script by C. Robert Cargill and director Scott Derrickson is indebted to such welcome sources as Stephen King ("The Shining") and Michelangelo Antonioni ("Blowup"), as well as to the more recent Japanese-horror trend ("The Ring"), but the "shock" stutter-cuts, in-your-face "Boo!" moments and loud sound effects almost spoil the mood. Still, the movie is spooky, and the ending is not a cop-out.
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Taken 2 (PG-13, 91 min.) Auspiciously named director Olivier Megaton ("Colombiana") delivers a real dud: a sequel to the 2008 action-thriller that is so absurd and moronic we'd assume it was a spoof if not for its insistent score, which demands our earnest appreciation, whether returning CIA hero Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is giving his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), a driving lesson or watching his wife (Famke Janssen) have her throat punctured by Albanians. This time, Mills' loved ones are targeted by the vengeful gangster father (Rade erbedija) of the sex trafficker the retired superspy electrocuted in the earlier film; unintentional hilarity runs rampant as Kim tosses grenades off the rooftops of Istanbul, so her father can locate her by the sounds of the explosions, in what might be called the Luc Besson version of the game "Marco Polo." The lesson: If you lie with dogs, you get fleas; if you go to Europe with Liam Neeson, you get kidnapped.
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Trouble with the Curve (PG-13, 111 min.) Cantankerous old Clint is cast as a cantankerous old baseball scout with failing eyesight and a failed relationship with his daughter (Amy Adams) in this anti-"Moneyball" for the Honus Wagner fan base: The film equates computerized statistical analysis with evil, or at least smarminess (in the smirky person of Matthew Lillard, as Eastwood's Atlanta Braves clubhouse rival). Nicely calibrated to take full advantage of its octogenarian star's signature scowls, growls, squints and slow burns, the film is enjoyable hooey until it becomes a self-parody in its late innings, when director Robert Lorenz and writer Randy Brown grow more corn than Kevin Costner found in "Field of Dreams." With Justin Timberlake as former pitching phenom Johnny "The Flame" Flannagan.
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Wreck-It Ralph (PG) In the latest digitally animated Disney wonder, a lovable arcade game avatar (voiced by John C. Reilly) tries to escape his villainous programming. Imagine "Toy Story" transplanted inside a video game.
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A new mode that is a mock version of MultiPlayer with AI Enemy Bots that TreyArch has introduced to their latest Call of Duty game Black Ops
Access from MultiPlayer
You can earn experience point that goes toward your Level & Rank as well as Cod Points or credits i.e. money as part of the new economy progression system when unlocking varies items weapons attachments etc.
All of which is a standalone component separate from the actual online MultiPlayer in other words it's not universal
You can face off in 2 game modes Free For All FFA & Team Death Match TDM with up to 4 difficulties
I'm pleasantly surprised with this mode sporting the following setup
TDM 4 Vs. 8 on Regular
The kills are not handed to you the Bots are pretty deadly might I say better then most players themselves going for solid fire bursts at your head providing for a great overall challenge
You can also invite friends on you list to play with which I guess acts as a unofficial co-op mode as well
one other thing you may notice is if you have a lot of friends the Bots names will be of them so don't get surprised or scared ^__^
So what do you guys think about this new mode to the series?
For me I F'ing loving it!
if I had to give it a score on it's own I give it a 5 out 5 star rating!


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A year ago, Ridgway Area High School junior Angela DeAngelo took part in the school's powder puff game.
It piqued her interest for kicking with the varsity team and DeAngelo just completed her first season as the extra point kicker for the Ridgway Elkers.
JOHNSONBURG – A Highland Township supervisor and sewage treatment plant operator for the James City Sewage Treatment Plant waived his preliminary hearing in District Court 59-3-02 Wednesday on charges that he violated environmental laws in allegedly falsifying environmental reports and discharging some 10 million gallons of raw sewage from the treatment plant into a nearby stream.
The Ruffed Grouse Society seeks volunteers to hand plant gray dogwood along a stream to improve habitat for grouse, woodcock, and songbirds.
"Grouse eat the berries of gray dogwood," said Mary Hosmer, volunteer for the Ruffed Grouse Society. "Woodcock like to nest underneath dogwood shrubs, and some songbirds such as the chestnut-sided warbler build nests in small shrubs such as gray dogwood."
The Children and Youth Services in Elk County recently received a $6,000 grant from the Women Who Care, an affiliate of the Elk County Community Foundation to support the community's children with beds and bed linens.
ST. MARYS - A Byrnedale man, the alleged driver in a violent crash on SR 255 in Byrnedale that left 23-year-old Savannah O. Straub dead, was in District Court Tuesday for his preliminary hearing on charges including homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence.
Taxpayers employed within Ridgway Township will pay a local service tax [LST] following the adoption of an ordinance during Tuesday afternoon's board of supervisors meeting.
The body of Michael Snyder was recovered from the Kinzua Dam Tuesday, Nov. 20 at approximately 5 p.m. in the same area where the body of his wife was recovered on Nov. 11. The couple had drowned in a boating accident.
The Ridgway Borough Council adopted a tentative 2013 budget without a tax increase during Monday night's regular meeting.
LUDLOW – A State Police boat is scheduled to participate today in the search for the body of drowning victim in the Allegheny Reservoir.
Ardeth O. Lauffenburger, 71, passed into the next life Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, following an extended illness. She was born April 16, 1941, in Warren, to the late Wallace and Florence Fox Outrid.
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Seniors in New South Wales' Robertson will receive more support to stay in their homes thanks to a $994,350 boost to the Home and Community Care (HACC) program.
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler joined local Federal MP Deborah O'Neill at Coastlink in Woy Woy last Tuesday to announce the additional HACC funding.
"The very clear message I'm getting from seniors in my community is that they want more support to stay in their own homes, for as long as possible, if not for the rest of their lives," federal member for Robertson, Ms O'Neill, said.
"This funding of nearly $1 million means older people living in our community will be able to access a range of domestic assistance, personal care, social support and respite, to help them avoid a premature move into residential care."
Mr Butler claimed the federal government was continuing to make significant investments in the HACC program.
"In June, I announced HACC services would be boosted by $35.6 million bringing the total planned HACC expenditure to nearly $672 million annually," he said.
Mr Butler also joined locals for a forum on the Living Longer Living Better aged care reform hosted by Deborah O'Neill MP at the Ettalong 50+ Leisure & Learning centre.
"When we visited the Central Coast region in August last year, locals told us they wanted to remain in their homes and live independently in the community for as long as possible," Mr Butler said.
As part of the Living Longer Living Better aged care reforms, an additional $880.1 million is being provided to increase the number of home care packages by nearly 40,000 to 100,000.


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Mirror Mirror: A Novelby Gregory Maguire
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Maguire's latest retelling of a classic fairy tale is Snow White set in Renaissance Italy and features Lucrezia Borgia as the wicked stepmother. Intriguing, surreal, exotic, and sensual, the author's style is mature, assured, and utterly engaging. This is not your Disney bedtime tale.
"Entertaining as all this is, it's not child's play. In the best sense, Mirror Mirror is a novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain. Through this forest of wry, sometimes bawdy humor, Maguire leaves a trail of profound reflections on the nature of identity, the persistence of love, the self-destruction of evil. Observing the last unicorn in the forest, the narrator laments, 'There was no place for much mystery in the world anymore,' but Maguire is busy making room for it." Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor (read the entire CSM review)
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"Entertaining…profound….A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain."
Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale: Mirror Mirror. Setting his story amid the cultural, political and artistic whirlwind of Renaissance Italy—and casting the notorious Lucrezia Borgia as the Evil Queen—Maguire and Mirror Mirror will enthrall a wide array of book lovers ranging from adult fans of Harry Potter to readers of the sophisticated stories of Angela Carter.
"Wildly inventive...Maguire refreshes his source material capably....Almost everything works, in a pastiche that's a model of the form. Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good, in fact." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"Maguire has a lock on clever, elaborate retellings of fairy tales....
"The telling is sometimes too convoluted, with constantly switching viewpoints. But, like a Renaissance comedy, the wild story effectively captures the transcendent and the vulgar, beauty and beast." Booklist
"A brilliant achievement." Boston Herald
"[D]ark and vivid....This is a great addition to the Maguire shelf." School Library Journal
From the bestselling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (debuting on Broadway this fall), Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Lost comes a master retelling of the Snow White story set in Renaissance Italy.
A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror is set in Renaissance Italy, where Gregory Maguire draws a connection between the poison apple in the original Snow White story and the Borgia family's well-known appetite for poisoning its foes.
In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautiful—and madly vain—Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves—the creators of the magic mirror—who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own.
In the evocative style of Maguire's earlier novels, Mirror Mirror is a fresh, compelling take on a beloved classic tale.
About the Author
Gregory Maguire received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. His work as a consultant in creative writing for children takes him to speaking engagements across the United States and abroad. He is a founder and codirector of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. The author of numerous books for children, Mr. Maguire is also a contributor to Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence, a collection of short stories for gay and lesbian teenagers.
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In this course, author Bobby Owsinski reveals industry tips, tricks, and techniques for producing professionally mixed audio on any digital audio workstation. He offers recommendations for setting up an optimal listening environment, highlights the most efficient ways to set up and balance a mix, and shows how to build a powerful sound with compression. The course also explains how to master the intricacies of EQ; incorporate reverb, delay, and modulation effects; and generate the final mix.
Delay or echo as it's sometimes called is an integral part of the mixer's toolbox because it's able to make things sound larger than life or push them back in the mix, just like reverb, but does so by being somewhat less noticeable than reverb. In fact, there are some recordings where the only effect is delay and not a speck of reverb is used anywhere. In this segment, I am going to explain some of the principles behind adding a delay effect to your mix. Many of the reasons for using delay are the same as with reverb. For instance, delay can be used to push a sound back in the mix.
By using a longer delay, the track will seem further away from the listener if the level is high enough. Adding more repeats also enhances this effect. Make an instrument or vocal sound larger than life. A very short delay of under 40 milliseconds or so reinforces the dry signal, while artificially reproducing what's known as the first reflection in the room. This is the most powerful and audible part of natural room ambience. Also, panning the delay to one side of the mix and the dry signal to the other widens the sound of the track and the stereo soundstage.
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Diplodocus combed and raked leaves from branches rather than stripping them of bark scientists have uncovered, using techniques traditionally reserved for designing F1 cars and aeroplanes.
CT scan images of a Diplodocus skull showing 3 feeding scenarios, a. is normal biting, b. is stripping branches of leaves and c. is stripping bark. Red, orange, yellow, green, then light blue indicate the greater stress.
A team of scientists, including those at the Natural History Museum and University of Bristol, replicated the stresses and strains a Diplodocus skull and teeth would have experienced during 3 feeding scenarios, one for biting normally, one for stripping branches of their leaves, and one for stripping bark.
They used CT scans to create a 3D model of a complete Diplodocus skull. The model was then biomechanically analysed to test the different scenarios, using finite element analysis (FEA), a technique widely used for designing everything from aeroplanes to orthopaedic implants.
Diplodocus lived 150 million years ago and weighed about 20-25 tonnes. Evidence shows Diplodocus was a herbivore, but there has been much discussion about exactly how, with its unusual shaped head and teeth, it would have eaten enough vegetation.
The new research showed Diplodocus' skull received stress around the teeth and below the eye socket during normal vertical biting and stripping leaves from branches. However this stress wasn't enough to be unsafe for the bone.
They team says the teeth were used to grip rather than shear through vegetation, which would then be detached from the plant by pulling away or rotating the head, like a modern-day giraffe for instance.
The bark stripping scenario, however, produced much more stress in the same areas, especially around the teeth. These bones would not have been able to withstand the forces applied when stripping bark from trees.
'Using these techniques, borrowed from the worlds of engineering and medicine, we can start to examine the feeding behaviour of this long extinct animal in levels of detail that were simply impossible until recently,' says Dr Paul Barrett, dinosaur expert at the Museum.
Dr Mark Young at the University of Bristol says, 'Sauropod dinosaurs, like Diplodocus, were so weird and different from living animals there is no animal we can compare them with. This makes understanding their feeding ecology very difficult. That's why biomechanical modelling is so important to our understanding of long-extinct animals'.
The team conclude that the unusual skull shape of Diplodocus may have been an adaptation for food procurement and not simply a response to resisting bite forces. So, Diplodocus' unusual skull may have evolved for getting food rather than munching it.


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We are often asked about unrequited love. This is not an easy subject to just give a few words about so we decided to take our time to formulate an answer and devote a week to these questions specifically. Here is today's question:
I have been married for 12 years and I thought everything was going pretty good. Last month, my husband told me he didn't love me and believes he never loved me. I thought he was going to ask for a divorce and he told me that he will not leave me. I have been walking around in a fog ever since. I can't believe he doesn't love me. I don't know whether to pretend that he never said that or do something about it. Maybe counseling? What do I do?
First may I say that that conversation must have been devastating to you? I am sorry you had to go through that. That being said, counseling is for a couple who has an issue they wish to work through. The couple has to be committed to the marriage. He appears to be committed but what is the real issue? The issue is that he was honest with you and said he didn't love you. I know that is hard to hear but he was being honest with you.
Now, what you should do is totally up to you. You can pretend he never said that and you can go on with your life, oblivious to the knowledge that your husband does not love you. You can also decide that you deserve better. Yes, your husband is probably a good guy. He is great with the kids, nice to animals and considerate to all. However, he does not love you. I am not repeating this to make you angry but I am being clear with you.
He is your friend. He is not your husband. Yes, you may be legally married but I am referring to the deeper sense of someone who loves you. If you recall the vows you took they probably mentioned the word love, honor and cherish. He probably honors you but cannot cop to the rest. The real question is, are you really happy? Were things really "pretty good"? Did you feel loved and fulfilled as a woman? Did you feel wanted?
If you answered 'no' to any of these questions you need to ask yourself if you feel that you deserve better. You need to decide that you are an amazing woman and deserving of love, not friendship. You deserve a husband who is crazy about you and loves everything about you.
I understand that you are married and that there have been many married people who do not love each other who have had nice lives. However, the reality is they have settled for 'nice' when they could have been 'happy'! Ultimately it is your decision but I think a conversation is in order. Perhaps he is having a mid-life crisis or even a period of ennui. Regardless, discuss how you feel honestly with no expectation as to the outcome of the conversation. You may decide to go to counseling or perhaps he alone should go. Regardless of the outcome, choose to be happy and work at that. How it will look when you get there, your guess is as good as mine.
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So sorry to hear your tale. It must have been a devastating blow to hear such words from your husband. I can't even begin to imagine how that makes you feel so like the guys have said people can only offer advice from a rationale perspective which is always the kind of advice that is easier said than done but here goes... If your husband really doesn't love you I'm not sure such a thing can ever be mended. Sure you can stick together out of loyalty and friendship and some people cohabit for years together without any physical love but you need to ask yourself whether you can live with that. Life is fleeting and precious so you really need to think whether you are willing to live such a life or whether you deserve more. I'm feeling the latter as everyone deserves love and to be loved. So whilst the enormity of the situation probably puts the fear of God into your heart the sooner you deal with the situation a step at a time the better.
I say this because I have known couples stay together "for the kids" or "because no one else will have me" and they always tend to live to regret it. 10, 15, 20 years pass before they realize they should have started over and sometimes, by then, it is too late. So if you truly believe your husband doesn't love you, and you really do need to sit down and discuss that at length before going any further, then you may need to face difficult decisions. The only consolation being the sooner you start the sooner you are likely to find happiness again.
I wish you luck and big love.


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With GDC Europe 2015 less than a week away and the session schedule finalized, conference officials have taken the liberty of highlighting a collection of can't-miss sessions for the event.
Online registration for GDC Europe 2015 will close today, July 29th at 23:59 PM ET. If you miss your chance to register online before the window closes, you'll have to pay extra to register onsite.
GDC Europe will take place next Monday and Tuesday, August 3rd and 4th at the Cologne Congress-Centrum Ost in Cologne, Germany ahead of (and co-located with) the massive gamescom trade fair, with all GDC Europe passes guaranteeing entrance to gamescom.


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By: Adam Camp, KOB Eyewitness News 4
Small business owners in Albuquerque had a good day Saturday, and said they even competed with big corporate stores on Friday. Small Business Saturday became a nationwide trend in 2010, and since it started, Albuquerque merchants have seen an increase in their sales.
"Seems like yesterday, there was a lot more people out here shopping, and today, there were people as I was trying to open my door, people waiting outside to come in," Das Anastasiou, owner of Revolver in Nob Hill, said.
Another manager of a shop in Old Town said the same thing about shoppers. She said they could not wait for Saturday to come before they hit the local shops.
"Busy all day long. People were really into buying, they weren't just looking around," Barbara Earley said inside her shop - Hispaniae.
Earley said she loves the idea of a day honoring small businesses.
"I think it's a terrific idea because I've seen too many businesses close down around here in the past year, you know, with the economy being difficult" Earley said.
Even some shoppers at Nob Hill echoed Earley's opinion on Small Business Saturday.
"Being an ex-business owner, I like to support the small businesses. So she told me about today, and we came down," Thomas Gentry said.
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State Innovation forEnvironmental Improvements: Experimental FederalismWinston Harrington, Karen L. Palmer, and Margaret Walls
One of the virtues of the U.S. federal system of government is the ability to allow for geographic differences in policies and experimentation across state lines. But not enough experimentation takes place, because its costs are borne locally while the benefits spread across the country.
Mr. President, we urge you to use the power of the federal purse in a "policy auction"--a competition among states and localities for federal funds to implement creative new policies, ones that all other states could learn from and emulate.
We particularly urge you to focus the auction on the use of economic incentive-based policy instruments for environmental protection; two applications would be congestion pricing experiments for roads and incentive-based instruments to encourage product stewardship and recycling.
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The possibility of doing policy experiments is one of the greatest advantages of a federal system, but despite their value, practical barriers prevent many experiments from being implemented.
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Chapter 11. Pay as You Slow: Road Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion Ian Parry and Elena Safirova
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Chapter 15. A Broader View of Brownfield RevitalizationKris Wernstedt
Winston Harrington pursues research interests that encompass urban transportation, motor vehicles and air quality, and problems of estimating the costs of environmental policy. He has written or coauthored five books, including Choosing Environmental Policy: Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe.Chapter 9. Pay-As-You-Drive for Car Insurance
Karen L. Palmer explores the environmental and economic consequences of electricity restructuring and studies environmental policies focused on electricity generators. She also researches the economics of recycling and product stewardship. A former visiting economist at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, she is coauthor of Alternating Currents: Electricity Markets and Public Policy.Chapter 8. Cleaning Up Power Plant Emissions
Margaret Walls researches solid waste and recycling, urban land use issues, and transportation. Her work on waste and recycling includes analysis of "product stewardship" programs and the cost-effectiveness of alternative policies. In the land use area, she is currently analyzing transferable development rights programs for preserving open space.
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It was not particularly surprising to find Liza Minnelli at last night's amfAR Honoring With Pride benefit. It was entirely surprising, however, when Liza broke into a rap on her way into the Rainbow Room. "There's always a man that you love," Liza quasi-rapped for us. "There's always a man that you didn't love. There's always a man that you love to love, and a man that you love too much." She's working on a new album inspired by her godmother, Kay Thompson, and the rap will be on it. "She was the first rapper," Liza told us, proudly, of Thompson. Um, okay. If you say so. —Brett Amelkin
CORRECTION, June 7: Minnelli is work on an album of songs associated with Thompson. She is not working on an album with Thompson, who died in 1998, as that item initially stated.