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Turner Sports' Ernie Johnson: 'Charles changed the landscape of sports TV'
Turner Sports NCAA host Ernie Johnson Jr. concedes that when he first started on the "Inside the NBA" show with Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, it could get scary.
"Back in the early days there was a little more trepidation, just because you didn't know exactly where Charles was going to go sometimes," Johnson said this week during a telephone interview. "Back then he was just trying out the line. I can go this far, but I can't go that far. Now the line is pretty much ingrained. So he can kind of stop himself.
"Almost every time he goes off the beaten path, it's usually pretty darn funny," Johnson said. "So it's not trepidation so much as anticipation of where this is going."
Johnson (left) will host the studio show for the Final Four on Saturday night, which for the first time will be carried on TBS. The tournament hybrid version of the breezy, conversational quality that has won so many fans on the NBA side is in evidence, but with a new element this year - analyst Clark Kellogg.
Kellogg has fit in seamlessly.
"I've known Clark for years," Johnson said. "I think that helps any transition like that, when you have a relationship with somebody. Clark and I do. So all I could tell him before we started was, 'Look, you've seen our show. You know Charles and Kenny both. You have known them for awhile. So you know that anything can happen on the show.' Clark is sharp, he's quick, he's smart. So it was not going to be a huge adjustment. It's a little different from the Saturdays during the regular season when he would be in the studio and basically be breaking down highlights and talking the game. We veer off on tangents from time to time, but he has hung right with them. Not a surprise at all. He's a pro."
Tangent taking, flights of fancy, improvisation - whatever you want to call it, is one of the key reasons the Ernie-Kenny-Chuck show has worked so well from the start and why the tournament show is entertaining and informative.
"It resonates with fans, because it's more a living room situation when they are hanging out with their buddies watching a game," Johnson said. "Nobody's really asking for permission to talk. Everybody has got an opinion. Not everybody is polite. You can get cut off. And nobody sits around at a commercial break and figures out what everybody is going to say when the commercial is over. We just kind of let it rip. The unpredictable nature of it, the spontaneous nature of it, the off-the-cuff, unrehearsed part of it has probably been the trademark of the show over the years."
The show works because Barkley works. And that's the reason it has been imitated but not matched.
"Charles changed the landscape of sports TV," Johnson said. "Especially of studio shows. Where it just didn't have to be talk about the game. Here's the thing. Charles had built up this equity in the course of his career. He was the most quotable person in the league when he played, and to his credit he did not change a bit when he got into TV. Some guys will be kind of out there as players, say things in the media, off the wall, then the red light goes on and suddenly, oh, I'm going to play it safe. Charles never did that.
"We like that Charles kind of guy," Johnson said. "But not everybody can do that. Charles naturally comes to it. He's just a funny guy and expresses an opinion in a certain way that not everybody can in the same way. Nobody can. "
There are differences between what can be said about players on the NBA show and players in college basketball.
"On the NBA show we are dealing with millionaires," Johnson said. "On the college level we are dealing with some teenagers. A lot of times it's players who will never play the game past this level. So you are not going to be as harsh. You are not going to talk about somebody trying to earn that max contract that they got. You're more apt to criticize an NBA player than you are a college players. Some of these guys are freshmen. They are learning the game. The other guys have taken it to the biggest stage there is. That's the NBA. So they are going to get more heat if they don't perform."
Johnson, 57, was born in Milwaukee and lived in a home on N. 68th St. until the Milwaukee Braves left for Atlanta. His father, Ernie Johnson Sr., was a broadcaster for the Braves, a team he pitched for during playing career.
Johnson said he has been back to see his boyhood home a few times when he has been in Milwaukee to broadcast a Brewers game on TBS and to cover the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
On one such occasion Johnson took his son, who was 18 at the time, back to his old neighborhood.
"We walked up and knocked on the door, said, 'Hey, I used to live here. I don't suppose I could show my son my old room?' We were invited right in. We got a little tour of the house. It was amazing how little things had changed. It was just like I remembered it. Not just appearance of it, but the hospitality of it. It was really a special deal."
Johnson is not surprised by Wisconsin's tournament run.
"I had them in my Final Four, I can proudly say," Johnson said. "It doesn't surprise me one bit. Bo Ryan has just done an unbelievable job with those guys. I'm thrilled by the way that team plays. I thought Charles' post-game interview with (Frank) Kaminsky was great. Gave him his due, told him he was a big fan. I think that's not lost on these kids either. To have one of the 50 greatest NBA players, a Hall of Famer, say hey, I really like your game. I mean I think that's really cool."
(Photo credit: Turner Sports)
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Ok, i just finished watching Tuvix, and at the end, they beam him apart into Tuvok and Neelix. They stated earlier in the episode though, and this was the whole point of how and why it happened in the first place, that they were merged with alien orchids. So at the end, why didnt they beam tuvix into Tuvok, Neelix, and a flower, also wearing an operations uniform, in between them. Or did they just leave the plant genetic material in both of them?--Cyno01 16:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- It's one of those instances where having something like that happen would be too confusing to those people who don't actually care that much. :P – – Tranchera 14:48, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- The missing flower is a lapse, but the uniform changed because several weeks had passed and Tuvix was no longer wearing the uniform that he was when the accident occurred. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs).
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You know a summary is bad when a bio on the central person is in better detail than the general episode summary. --Lord Hyren 21:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Then fix it. :P --OuroborosCobra talk 21:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
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I removed the following note, that has lacked citation for over a year now:
- UPN had issues with the ending to the episode, and wanted Tuvix to willingly sacrifice himself in order to bring back Tuvok and Neelix. Michael Piller managed to persuade the network that the episode would have no impact if it ended with Tuvix surrendering his life without a fight, and the ending remained as originally written.
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Brunswick accepts free park space from housing group
BRUNSWICK — Families who live in the affordable housing units on McKeen Street will soon have an improved and revitalized park after the Town Council accepted the free land Monday from Affordable Midcoast Housing.
The town also conditionally accepted a few adjoining streets to the park from the housing group.
"This is a huge asset , a huge opportunity," Councilor David Watson said. "And as we go on, I think public-private partnerships are going to be on the rise."
While many councilors lauded the park space as a great asset to the neighborhood and town, one councilor voiced concerns about safety and parking.
Councilor John Perrault said that while he supports the general idea of the park, he opposed the proposal because he thinks power lines in the area pose a safety risk for those who will use a baseball field and basketball court.
The council voted 7-1 for the acquisition.
According to memo from Town Manager Gary Brown, the acceptance is another step in further integrating the former Navy housing into the town. He said the town met with Central Maine Power Co. to investigate concerns about the power lines and determined there wouldn't be a problem.
"There is no concern regarding a possible situation where a basketball or baseball or other object could hit the lines and result in the lines falling down," Brown wrote.
Perrault also took issue with the lack of dedicated parking in the area.
"I do understand there is parking along (McKeen Street), but then it will narrow what people can do," Perrault said. "They didn't widen the street to encourage more parking, they did it to make the road safer."
As part of the agreement between the town and Affordable Midcoast Housing, the housing group will pay the town to improve and maintain the land, based on estimates made by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Affordable Midcoast Housing's first check will amount to more than $95,000.
David Gleason at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage said this new development will be beneficial for the neighborhood and the town. So far, he said, his brokerage has sold 17 units and 10 more are pending.
"Whenever you have this high-density residential area, I think its important to preserve open space," Gleason said. "I can't tell how many people have said that it's important to keep these open lands available."
The park land is located between houses on the McKeen Street block between Moore and Columbia avenues, continues on the block between Columbia and Shobe avenues, and then goes to the west of Columbia.
Scott Howard of Affordable Midcoast Housing said the third batch of land that goes west of Columbia Avenue is being conveyed for added neighborhood connectivity and the potential for new trails.
In addition to the park space, the town accepted roads that adjoin the neighborhood and some of the park space – including Columbia and Moore avenues, along with Emanuel Drive – on the condition that they pass review by the town engineer.
According to an Oct. 11 memo from Brown, the acceptance of the roads was "necessary to facilitate the next round of sales of some of the homes."


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Dec 05 2008
I'm feeling very miscellaneous today. You know, as opposed to most other days, when I feel absolutely focused, full of purpose, and clear-minded. Not. It snowed lightly last night. I just ate wheat toast with blackberry jam. I own eleven black turtleneck sweaters. I wonder how Marguerite is doing? I haven't started Christmas shopping yet. I'm making cinnamon rolls today. My baby needs a haircut. My jeans feel tight.
On that note, I forgot to order a load of diesel—no one will be able to fill up their pickups. And if that weren't enough, I'm a Capricorn. Not that that matters, because I don't subscribe to the principles of astrology. And besides, I hate doing the Stairmaster. And I'm not going to do it any more. But it's a good thing there's a live cattle auction on TV today, because I need to change about thirty lightbulbs in my house. To top it all off, my dad is a Vietnam vet. And the Dow is down 220.
I KNEW there was a reason I preferred red onions to white!
See? I told you. Oh, don't worry. There's more.
This is Tim & Missy's new dog, Scout. He's a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Do you know why they're called Ridgebacks?
It's because they have a ridge of hair (running down their BACKS) that grows in the opposite direction of the rest of their hair.
Fur, I mean.
They're really magnificent creatures.
Here's Matteo, Marlboro Man's cousin:
Matteo grew up 'round these parts, but he's a city boy now, deeply entrenched in the seedy world of commercial real estate. Still, Marlboro Man forces him to chap-up and join us to work cattle anytime he's in town. Translation: Marlboro Man denies him the luxury of sleeping in when he's home for a visit. Matteo and Marlboro Man are good friends in and out of the cattle pen, and it's always fun to have him around.
(As you watch the video, notice how Marlboro Man continually tries to brush off the sand from Pesky Tim's arena. Marlboro Man doesn't like sand. It disturbs his delicate sensibilities.)
(And because I'm a full-service videographer, here's the HD version for you nerds out there with fast internet connections):
Moving on…
I'm so madly in love with Toni Collette, I can't see straight.
I almost can't watch her act—it's like looking into the sun. Please, if you haven't yet seen "Muriel's Wedding", go rent it today. And tell them Toni Collette's one true love sent you.
This is the big sister of Cousin T., our ALMOST FORMER "Ranchelor", seeing that he's been in a relationship for the past few months.
That leaves Josh, our tall, lanky cowboy, or…hmmm…what about Cousin T's SISTER, and we'll change the name to "The Ranchelorette?"
I'm such a troublemaker.
But doesn't she have the nicest smile?
If you haven't been keeping tabs, I've been posting daily updates on PW Home and Garden, leading up to Christmas, when we'll be kicking out all the painters, electricians, and contractors whether they're finished or not.
We're having a rip-roaring good time.
I think.
But one thing I do know: I don't like deer hunting.
Not that I've ever been deer hunting. But if I did, I know I wouldn't like it.
Why? Because I majored in gerontology. That's why.
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Dana On Friday, December 5 at 10:46 am
Boy, your thoughts are almost as random as the ones that run through my head!
You have a Girl Crush on Toni Collette. I can see why…LOLOL!!
Tina On Friday, December 5 at 10:47 am
I've never been first before………….
Rubberwalls On Friday, December 5 at 10:48 am
wow – can I be first??? LOL……I thought I was the only one having one of those scattered days – just wanted to say thanks for breaking up the monotony of my paper pushing days……and todays post really suited my scattered brain!!
Rubberwalls On Friday, December 5 at 10:49 am
doggone it, how did that happen, not only do I have a scattered brain, but my eyesight is shot to pieces as well!!!
Dana On Friday, December 5 at 10:49 am
Did you catch Matteo peeing? ROFLOLOL!!
Deb On Friday, December 5 at 10:49 am
I feel like you feel today. My mind is everywhere! Snowed here in WI too.
Heather E On Friday, December 5 at 10:50 am
Yep…I would say that is random…its good to be random, it keeps people guessing!
Angela On Friday, December 5 at 10:50 am
We have a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Rebel he is the best dog ever. Our 4 year old daughter lays all over him and he lets her. My Mom has been showing them for about 20 years now so lets just say my family has had about 10 of them in in the time frame. Mom still has 4 and we have one. They are fantastic dogs with alot of personality.
Babs On Friday, December 5 at 10:50 am
Love the video — you all seem to be having so much fun while working! I'm a little random wandering mind today also! Have a good weekend!
J. On Friday, December 5 at 10:51 am
I love the videos you've been doing lately! Also – did you really major in gerontology???
Julie at Elisharose On Friday, December 5 at 10:51 am
I just want the dog. Too cute.
juliette On Friday, December 5 at 10:51 am
I love the videos too… keep them coming.
voyeurism at its best…. I love to pretend to have your life///
Gina On Friday, December 5 at 10:52 am
I thought my mind was the only one that rambled like that- sometimes when my husband ask what Ii'm thinking I tell him the string of ramblings that just ran through my head. they all logically connect to me. He just stares at me with his mouth open. 25 years-too late to turn me in now.
Did you know Toni Colette is in a new series on Showtime? Not sure when it premieres. It looks funny-She is a mom with split personalities-her family knows it and "plays" along…..Kind of like mine——-
ErinMN On Friday, December 5 at 10:52 am
Please lots of videos! It's so fun to hear your world in full color!
Dana On Friday, December 5 at 10:52 am
I don't like deer hunting either! I'm in the same "no Christmas shopping done yet" club! Guess I may start that next week! There are lots of days that i have similar random thoughts, i think it just goes with motherhood!Enjoy the cinnamon rolls I know they're delish!
Marti On Friday, December 5 at 10:52 am
Toni Collette is awesome and you have good taste.
Black turtlenecks are great if you can get away with them. I go mock neck. I have two.
She DOES have a lovely smile!
Not all Rhodies have ridges. I know a fam that has a ridgeless Ridgeback. It's kinda sad, but a lot of breeders put down the ridgeless dogs when they're born.
I totally should have had wheat toast with blackberry jam this morning for breakfast, but I just wasn't thinking.
Bridget B On Friday, December 5 at 10:53 am
Scout is adorable! And I don't like deer hunting either.
Jayma On Friday, December 5 at 10:53 am
I just love it when others thoughts are as scattered as mine. Now, I feel so normal! LOL!
Phoo-d On Friday, December 5 at 10:53 am
I love your random thoughts Ree! Here's one for you – when I saw Friday above that picture of Matteo I thought, "We need a Cowboy Calendar!". Think you could put one together?
LauraR On Friday, December 5 at 10:53 am
The videos are great!
gscott On Friday, December 5 at 10:53 am
You are a hoot. I think I have A.D.D. because seriously my mind works like that sometimes. But it could be because I am a Mom of 4 and I always have something that NEEDS to be done… Have a great Friday!!!
Amy On Friday, December 5 at 10:53 am
Kirsten On Friday, December 5 at 10:54 am
You crack me up oh queen of random.
LauraB On Friday, December 5 at 10:55 am
My dog, Ranger, had a barking fit at the video. Was trying to find you guys…
LOVE the vids – continue the effort, pls!!!
gingela5 On Friday, December 5 at 10:55 am
Ummm…WHAT?! haha Sadly all of that randomness somewhat made sense to me!
Heidi Malott On Friday, December 5 at 10:56 am
This sounds like my Friday, Ree, very random. Love your site. I love Toni Colette also, and I haven't seen Muriels Wedding. This frigid weekend would be a great time to sit by the fireplace and rent it. Have a Great Weekend!!
Shirley J. On Friday, December 5 at 10:56 am
I think you need a vacation, Ree.
Dawn in CA On Friday, December 5 at 10:56 am
Loving the "slice of ranch life" videos. Keep 'em coming. Thanks!
Marcie On Friday, December 5 at 10:57 am
I love Toni Collette, too. haha
melindasue On Friday, December 5 at 10:58 am
hahahahaha ho hoh hho heheeheheh ha ha ha
i think you are my twin. you probably hear that a lot.
Leila in Texas On Friday, December 5 at 10:58 am
I love how random your post is today, kind of like what's going on in my mind RIGHT now!
Tabitha (From Single to Married) On Friday, December 5 at 10:58 am
You've got a lot on your mind, don't you? Must be the lodge's doing!
love Toni Collette too – especially in "In Her Shoes."
Oh – and love the pictures of Scout, so cute!
Tabitha @ http://www.fromsingletomarried.com
Darlene On Friday, December 5 at 10:59 am
That's probably the most beautiful hallway ever!
Karen On Friday, December 5 at 11:00 am
What I wouldn't give to spend a day at your place. Looks like everyone has fun while doing their JOB. I like deer hunting, with my camera. And I like the fact that the guys are always on the look out for you.
Aliya On Friday, December 5 at 11:00 am
Wow, I don't think I've ever made it into the comments this early before, not that I really care, but somehow you just feel when you're way down on the list, that you'll never see it Ree.
I love the videos you've been doing, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, deer hunting? well, I personally don't think I'd like it, and random thoughts… it's so nice to know I'm not alone in the world of disordered thoughts……
I need to go pack, but I have a way of getting sidetracked by your site Ree; we're going up to our cabin in Estes park for the weekend, it's been snowing here in Colorado too..
Thanks for all you do, and the smiles you bring to so many people every day Ree.
michelle On Friday, December 5 at 11:02 am
I haven't started shopping either. I don't like deer hunting.
Catching Matteo peeing would have been a hoot! And I love the doggie!
Melanie On Friday, December 5 at 11:02 am
That was the best post ever!!! The brain of a true multi-tasker??? Sounds like mine – no wonder I can't get anything done!!!
Heidi On Friday, December 5 at 11:03 am
you are whacky – and we love it
Lone Maas alias Female Farmer On Friday, December 5 at 11:04 am
Like that kind of brain work !!!
shelley On Friday, December 5 at 11:04 am
What?! Cousin T has a girlfriend?!?!! Now who's my sister supposed to marry, huh? I can't believe you just sprung that on me all random-like on a Friday!
Kathy On Friday, December 5 at 11:04 am
Whoa woman – back away from that coffee pot…
Tell MM I hate sand too.
But nice shots of MM and Matteo's errr.. chaps.
jewels martin On Friday, December 5 at 11:04 am
You got to try deer hunting, plus your husband likes it when he see's his hot wife all dressed up in that cameo gear. Go for it girl!
Angie C. On Friday, December 5 at 11:06 am
Are you on a sugar high? 'Cause you sound like I do when I've been drinking too much tea and eating too many cookies! lol
hayseed On Friday, December 5 at 11:06 am
Oh hey, I'm a Capricorn too, I also have a dog named Scout. And randomly speaking, I'm having an egg for lunch today…oh wait, just got distracted by something-gotta go!
Nikki H. On Friday, December 5 at 11:07 am
All that miscellaneous info nearly fried my brain.
Chelle On Friday, December 5 at 11:07 am
he he…love the schizophrenic post, Ree I find it hilarious that MM comes home covered head to toe in cow poop, but HATES getting sand on him, lol. That's priceless.
p.s. Matteo is cute
Anne On Friday, December 5 at 11:08 am
Is there ever any stress on the ranch? I can't tell because everyone is having such a good time. Can I apply for a job there? Scooping poop or raking the sand into some kind of Japanese meditation garden thingy or doing your laundry? LOL
Kristi On Friday, December 5 at 11:08 am
That is an excellent entry!
Lisa Marie On Friday, December 5 at 11:09 am
I feel dizzy….LOL thanks for making me feel better. And so not alone.
Brandy Brooke On Friday, December 5 at 11:09 am
I'm a Taurus and my husband is a Capricorn. According to the astrology folks, we are a perfect match.
I knew there was a reason I liked your blog so much!
Also, I love Rhodesian Ridgebacks! Beautiful dogs!
Maryann On Friday, December 5 at 11:10 am
Power to randomness. And power to Toni Collette. Thanks for the nonsense, it validates me in some strange way.
elizabeth On Friday, December 5 at 11:10 am
did someone double your espresso shot this morning – or quadruple it? ; )
jensamom On Friday, December 5 at 11:10 am
I am scared!!! I kept up with you and understood every owrd. My Dad used to say that when I started a story, I began in the middle and then went back and forth between the beginning and the end! Hard to keep up, I guess. Have a wonderful day!
p On Friday, December 5 at 11:12 am
did you know ridgebacks were/are used to hunt lions in africa? my sister has had two of these gorgeous animals and while large and imposing, they make the best pets, especially with kiddos. very protective.
chocolatechic On Friday, December 5 at 11:12 am
I just finished my laundry.
I love bananas.
I love the flavor of orange, but hate to eat oranges, and I need a new pair of jeans too.
Laurel from Simple Spoonful On Friday, December 5 at 11:13 am
I love pretty puppies.
And I say skip the stairmaster and wrangle some cows or kids instead. Or really throw your weight into kneading the dough for cinnamon rolls. I made homemade bread yesterday….yum!
By the way, I wasn't aware Marlboro man had delicate sensibilities, much less that said sensibilities could be disturbed by sand.
Power to the scatterosity.
Debbie On Friday, December 5 at 11:14 am
I am a Capricorn too. I would never go hunting either. It is hard enough for my husband to get me to go out fishing. Capricorns are fun people! I am an oldest child though not a middle child. I can tell you looking at my sister who was the middle child and watching my middle child I can tell you middle children have more fun than us oldest people do!
Laurel from Simple Spoonful On Friday, December 5 at 11:14 am
Wow. I guess using html in here is a bad idea. Sorry, all.
Jennifer On Friday, December 5 at 11:14 am
I love random thoughts……..it's my life!
Kathy, in Oregon On Friday, December 5 at 11:14 am
The scary thing is that that all made perfect, logical sense to me.
wookie On Friday, December 5 at 11:15 am
tee hee, loved how you zoomed in on their conversation about how you like to zoom in them.
Kim Wolfe On Friday, December 5 at 11:15 am
I recognize that look in their eyes when they know you're there with a camera AGAIN! Carrying a camera constantly is probably not all that different from being a deer hunter, your prey gets the same look in their eyes and start trying to hide from you.
Susan's Sister On Friday, December 5 at 11:15 am
You forgot to order the diesel?
Hope no one gets too mad.
Brandi On Friday, December 5 at 11:16 am
I'm having a random day, too.
There are two pit bull puppies running around my FENCED IN back yard. They're not mine. They will soon belong to animal control.
My bra that fit yesterday? Completely too big by about 2 cup sizes today.
Weird things like that have been going on all day.
Ashley On Friday, December 5 at 11:16 am
My mom's dog is half ridgeback and half shepherd. He puffs up like a cat when he barks, it's so funny.
Laura S On Friday, December 5 at 11:16 am
Love the randomness – it reminds me of something a highschool friend wrote in my senior book – it makes me laugh 16 years later.
I'm with MM and the sand – I'd much rather not be in or near it. It's gross and sneaks into EVERYthing.
Oh, yeah, good for Cousin T.
Your guys are good sports – my family walks around with their hands over their faces when I have my camera around.
Nataliya On Friday, December 5 at 11:17 am
I think time out is needed lol
Erin On Friday, December 5 at 11:18 am
You're the ranch life paparazzi! You've got people afraid to pee. LOL How funny!
Your randomness is how I feel most days, somehow I'm able to filter most of the crap out before I speak. Blogging, I just use backspace as my filter =)
Traveldoc On Friday, December 5 at 11:18 am
You ever heard of things like writing a post about one thing, as opposed to rambling across two dozen subjects and leaving your poor and loyal readers in a daze?
Jeca On Friday, December 5 at 11:18 am
Are you going to find time in your crazy life to watch The United States of Tara? A true Toni Collette's one true fan can't miss it. It is on Showtime this January. Your rambling reminded me of her character with DID (I always see the previews during Dexter).
Robin from Oklahoma On Friday, December 5 at 11:19 am
I have a girl crush on Toni Collette also so I get you!
Yes, beautiful teeth…they are perfect and WHITE:-)
You know, your a funny gal and i like you.
Rhonda in Oklahoma On Friday, December 5 at 11:19 am
Talk about random thoughts!! Wow!
Thank you so much, Ree, for putting these various videos in your posts. I am really enjoying them!
Did Matteo actually say that he …. "went?" Gasp!!
rebel On Friday, December 5 at 11:20 am
Love the videos. Love 'em. I'm nosey. I wonder what the private one showed. Hmmmmm
OH-Ang On Friday, December 5 at 11:21 am
Cute doggie.
Triple love Toni also. She'll be in a series on Showtime
No Ranchelor…oh..man..
I also like the idea of a cowboy calendar.
Leslie On Friday, December 5 at 11:22 am
I'm loving the videos too!! Thanks for sharing!
Jersey Lou On Friday, December 5 at 11:22 am
Goshdarnit, Ree! Now i have DOG envy! I just love that furrow (really, those furrowS) on his brow! Have mercy on me, woman!
Ten years ago I would've squirmed reading today's post, but now, as I am a pre-menopausal 45 year old woman, I read it without so much as a twitch… sounded like a normal conversation to me!
And yeah, she has a GORGEOUS smile! Hook her up with Cowboy Josh and be done with the matchmaking, Ree. Remember Emma!
Linda On Friday, December 5 at 11:22 am
The Ridgeback is adorable! Love the rings on his tail!
You talk about Charile more than George & Hamilton. Are they more the ranch dogs and Charlie the house pet? Charlie being the pup is probably the more fun/funny of the three.
Just wondering.
Karen From NC On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
Randomness is my life! You are such a nut, Ree!
I totally LOVE your videos! MM has a great smile and his cousin, Matteo is a riot! Don't you wish we could just "go" anywhere when the need arrives? Men have it made!
Unless, they have to be on the alert for the paparazzi, that is!
Rhodesian Ridgebacks are great dogs. Their great watch dogs too! How cute is that "ya wanta play" stance?
Have a fantastic Friday, Ree!
Penny On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
I was going to tell you to stop stressing over the lodge paint color and just grab the punks and drive into town for a break …
BUT I can see from today's post that is not possible. So first go order that DIESEL, now I am going to worry for you! HA HA!
BUT I have to tell you that chocolate milk stuff of yours is going to kill me! With every spoonful I hear your voice saying "Do Not Eat this with a spoon. Do Not put a spoon in this and eat it. I am telling you to not eat this."
I have not started Christmas shopping either, but we have finished all the Thanksgiving leftovers. It always makes me sad when the turkey is gone. Mostly cause I have to start cooking again instead of just fixing sandwiches!
My sister just called and the cows are out on the road … gotta go now. Bye
Brenda On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
I don't like sand all over me either.
And I hate deer hunting. I have been… years and years ago but I was too noisy and kept scaring Bambi away.
Did you know the deer hunters in South Carolina sit by the side of road in with their kids playing in the dirt around their feet while they drink beer and keep their gun across their lap. Then the beaters chase the deer towards them through the woods and then at the opportune moment the "hunters" stand up and shoot Bambi as he runs out of the woods? I lived there for several years and I never ceased to be nauseated at this annual "tradition."
Run Bambi Run!
Krystina On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
lmao I love the random thoughts! Thats how my whole week has felt. And the house is looking absolutaly lovely! I am so jealous! You never cease to amaze me.
brigid of Calif On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
I really enjoyed this "stream of consciousness" post. I've kept a journal for years that is mostly this kind of stuff.
Julie K. On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
Love your videos! How can someone hate the beach? Random thoughts are how my brain works. My husband has a hard time keeping up with my brain when it all spills out of my mouth. Sometimes the words I say sound good inside my head, but when they come out, they don't come out like they should.
Betsy On Friday, December 5 at 11:23 am
must be in the stars Ree, even thou you don't cotton to that sort of nonesense, somethings going on…….everyone I talk to is scatter brained lately….Kind of scary…because I kept up and understood everything you said…lolol.. and I have 9 black turtlenecks and 3 black mock turtlenecks..what's up with that?? I'm just sayin'… and I didn't count my white ones…I love white as much as black and I hate my treadmill…we had black ice over night and I slid down our road only to slide back home..no gym for me..just my old treadmill and I hate that machine..I hate it and today I decided its outta here…wanna trade?? I love stairmasters…..just sayin'…
Keep looking at the sun ladies and gents….face up and keep smiling….another 533,000 jobs lost in Nov according to CNN this morning…face to the sun folks..chins up…
Thanks Ree ……
Meg On Friday, December 5 at 11:25 am
Ree, what are you using to shoot video? You don't have one of those fancy new D90s, do you?
paperdiva On Friday, December 5 at 11:25 am
these sort of miscellaneouses happen to me in the middle of the night and make me not be able to sleep!
Kari On Friday, December 5 at 11:26 am
Living in Florida I sometimes I forget that it isn't normal for everyone to have have sand in their yards.
Also, my 19 month old loved hearing and seeing the cows.
DivaHick On Friday, December 5 at 11:27 am
I think I have those gloves…
The Mother Ship On Friday, December 5 at 11:27 am
Wow….very random thoughts.
Donna On Friday, December 5 at 11:27 am
"I own eleven black turtleneck sweaters.'
-Steve Jobs
Laurene"LIps" Ross On Friday, December 5 at 11:27 am
Sometimes you just have to get al your thoughts out of your head so you can refocus. Done? Good, now you can relax.
Alicia W. On Friday, December 5 at 11:28 am
Love the randomness, Ree. It totally fits my day. I try to stay away from my MIL's Wii Fit, but she wants all to try it. It is pretty fun, as long as you don't let anyone watch you get weighed and stuff. I am almost tempted to save up for one.
Stargurrl13 On Friday, December 5 at 11:28 am
I loved this post!I needed the laugh!!!!
The Lodge will look so nice decorated for Christmas! You are going to decorate it, aren't you?
Barb 1230 On Friday, December 5 at 11:28 am
I love the fact that your kids get out there and work right along side everybody. Are they truly that agreeable? I can't imagine my kids doing all that without crabbing and moaning the whole time. Bravo, mom! (and MM!).
Annie On Friday, December 5 at 11:29 am
I love Toni Collette too! It's snowing up here today in Canada, we'll be putting more pics up on the blog later today….it looks so pretty out there!
Heather R On Friday, December 5 at 11:31 am
I would sign up for cowboy josh…
kath On Friday, December 5 at 11:31 am
A stream of consciousness post … I love it!
Tami in NY On Friday, December 5 at 11:31 am
Love this entry. It is how I write and why I'm scared to start a blog. Just a bunch of mumbo jumbo!
We also have a Rhodesian Ridgeback, however she is ridgeless. My husband said that we could adopt a kitten when he saw how much our two year old loved her. I told him that we couldn't because Ridgebacks are African lion hunters and deep down her instict to hunt would probably kick in. Not because of her personality simply becuase of nature.
We didn't know what breed she was when we adopted her from the humane society until a woman walked up to our door one day and asked if she could breed our bitch. Unfortunately, we had to have her fixed before they would let us adopt her. I would have loved for her to have puppies. She would have made an awesome mother! This dog is absolutely the best dog I've ever had in my life! I've had dogs all my life and have never had a smarter dog than her. Now my husband never had pets as a child and this was his first pet. He's been spoiled by her and I've warned him that any other animal we get will never measure up to our girl. Unfortunately, she is very old now. She is about 15 years old. She has survived, Chem-Lawn poisoning, and two bouts of pneumonia within the past 5 years. She definately has 9 lives. The pneumonia came from a condition that she has called "megaesohagus". Her esophagus no longer works. After she eats or drinks anything we have to hold her upright for about a half an hour so that gravity will take her food and water into her stomach. The pneumonia resulted after she aspired her spit up of whatever was sitting in her esophagus. God Bless my husand who holds this dog upright two to three times a day. He loves her so. I often wonder if she won't go because of the strength of this love. I think she is getting close though. In the past couple of days I've caught her staring into weird dark places like a dark bathroom or a dark corner. She also pooped in the house this morning and that is so unlike her. We will miss her so much. Even though she is old and a bit crotchity she is still wonderful with our two year old. My husband said that when he got a dog he wanted to name it Stashu which is Polish for Stanley. When he found her he was a bit disappointed about her being a her and not being able to use his name so I said why don't we just name her Stasha.
Carolyn Online On Friday, December 5 at 11:32 am
I really believe they don't need the chaps but you need the chaps and insist every day that they get worn.
Stephanie On Friday, December 5 at 11:33 am
ok, head is spinning now


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Judge awards employers $860M for overcharges
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge ruled Wednesday.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard McMonagle's decision involving the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation affects about 270,000 mostly small-business owners, many unaware they are covered by the class action. His order rejected the state's arguments for paying a smaller amount.
The lawsuit, which began in 2007, said the bureau gave discounted premiums to companies that joined group insurance plans and charged companies not in the groups excessive rates to pay for the discounts.
McMonagle ruled in December in favor of business owners who didn't participate in the group rating program, agreeing they had been charged unfair premiums from July 2001 to June 2009.
Lawyers for the businesses argued companies paying group rates were not charged premiums that covered their losses, which forced the other companies to cover the difference. The bureau discounted its group plans as high as 90 percent.
A new fee structure took effect in July 2009, after McMonagle ordered the bureau to change its system for setting premiums for injury insurance. The maximum discount set by the bureau for group plans is 53 percent.
The amount employers are owed in overcharges has been a matter of dispute. Employers suing Ohio in 2007 originally asked for $1.3 billion, which included interest on the amount claimed, but McMonagle asked them to revise the figure downward after declining to award the interest.
During an evidentiary hearing last week, the state argued the employers did not suffer any harm that entitles them to restitution.


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This is how I fixed my banner brick today:
Problem: Installed bad wad created with WADder
Banner brick type: black screen
System: Wii v4.0u
Drivechip: YAOSM v2 (not autoboot)
Trucha bug: Not available
Bootmii: Not installed
Preloader: not installed
Third party GC controller (I.con)
I could not:
Use any preloaded (not installed)
Boot the Universal Nintendo disk (or any custom disk)
Boot any disk that been scrubbed/trucha signed
Boot SSBB NTSC to perform the smashstack
Boot any original wii disk
What I could do:
I downloaded Bootmii ( Wii BootMe - WiiBrew )
This tool let you modify games ISOs so they autoboot
I managed to autoboot Super Smash Bros Brawl PAL
I could not use the smashstack bug with this version, but it is a great game to use to fill your Wii memory.
So this is that I done:
I played a few games, tried a few things like stage builder, and also save tons of replays.. but all this took so much time. (12+ replays to fill 1 block) I had to find something else. So I noticed that you can take snapshots during the game. 1 picture = 1 block. That was perfect. Within a few minutes I filled my Wii memory up to 99%.
Now what... I read on another post that certain games will bring you to the data management screen if the wii is full. such as the series MySims.
I got a copy of this game, made it autoboot then started it.
It brought me to the data management screen but I ran into another issue:
I could not use the banner bomb to restore my Wii.
As soon as I was entering the banner screen, the Wii was freezing right away, probably for the same reason that my wii wasn't starting.
I could still access the save files so I could have probably tried to find Lego Indiana Jones and attempt to run the Indiana Pwns exploit, but I didnt have this game and something else caught my attention: the Wii setting screen was available. So I went there and used the "format Wii memory" option.
I lost all my stuff but now my Wii is working.
So here are the basic steps:
1. Boot in the recovery menu to start an autoboot game (SSBB), either with savemii, or with a GC remote
(I found that the proper way to successfully do this is by turning off the Wii, hold the 4 directions on the GC then power on the wii by inserting the disk in)
2. Fill the Wii memory with game snapshots
3. Try booting TheSims kingdom, if the game don't prompt you do go to the management screen, this means that the wii is NOT full enough. Stop the game and try to fill it more with another game. (If you played the game before, it will most likely not work as the game don't let you manage the saves, it only overwrite old or create new ones. )
4. When you successfully get to data management, there you can fix the wii with banner bomb, Indiana Pwns, or Wii format.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- May 22, 2003 -- The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery will exhibit "Creating a New World," which includes works by URI, Rhode Island College, and Community College of Rhode Island faculty, students, and alumni from June 227. The campus is located at 80 Washington St., Providence.
A gallery night reception will be held June 19 from 59 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The mixed media/multi-media group exhibit illustrates the quality of training in arts education and contributions to the field of the visual and performing arts made by the three state institutions of higher education.
The exhibit includes costuming and scenic design, film and video, sculpture, pottery and ceramics, drawing, painting and mixed media. Among the alumni represented in the show are professional artists working in New York and Chicago along with the local art scene. For information, call 277-5206.
The show will feature work by:
Name Hometown Affiliation
Sam Ames Providence RIC faculty
Denise Baxter Scituate RIC alumna
Richard P. Bennett Chicago RIC alumnus
Mary Ellen Benoit Providence URI alumna
Chelsea Biladeau Providence URI student
Jim Bradley Kingston URI staff
Philip Brose Providence URI student
Charlotte Dunning Burgess Providence RIC faculty
John Campopiano, deceased Cranston RIC alumnus
Marco Cannon Providence URI alumna
Wendy Crooks Jamestown CCRI student
Andre Carpentier Burrillville URI student
Mary Cosowski Smtihfield RIC alumna
Joanne Delomba Cranston RIC alumna
Denis Delomba Cranston RIC alumnus
Lilian Engel NYC RIC alumnus
Mark Freedman Providence RIC
Susan Garland Providence RIC alumna
Alice Bevie Gebhart unavailable RIC alumna
Susan Grimes unavailable RIC student
Carla Gonsalves Providence URI student
Darcie Haraway unavailable RIC student
Carole Moses Harman Providence RIC faculty
V. R. Johnson Pawtucket URI student
Justin Lang Providence URI student
Nora Lewis Newport URI staff
Sara Malekzadeh Connecticut URI alumna
Don Martone Providence CCRI student
Fred Meli Coventry URI faculty
David Miller Scituate URI faculty
Tom Morrissey Lincoln CCRI faculty
Brian OMalley Providence URI alumnus
Barbara Pagh Wakefield URI faculty
Sam Peck unavailable URI alumnus
Steven Pennell Cranston URI staff
Jerry Perrino Pawtucket RIC Alumni
Lynn Petronio Coventry URI staff
Elizabeth Popiel NYC RIC alumnus
Robert Renzi unavailable URI staff
Gary Richman Exeter URI faculty
Michael Salerno Kingston URI alumnus
Mary Salerno Providence URI staff
Nicholas Sevigney Warwick CCRI faculty
Sharon Sousa Mello Bristol RIC alumna
Anthony Tomaselli Cranston RIC alumna
Qiong Xia unavailable RIC student
Sarina Wyant Newport URI faculty
Stephen Wood Narragansett URI faculty
Marcia Zammarelli Cranston RIC staff designer
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Obamacare enrollees older, sicker than insurer forecast
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina officials said Thursday that they found that the people who enrolled in the individual Affordable Care Act plans it sold on the online health exchanges were older and sicker than expected.
That may mean higher rates for Affordable Care Act plans in the future, said Barbara Morales Burke, the insurer's vice president of health policy.
"(It's) a concern when we think about future premiums," she said.
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is the federal health law that requires most Americans to have health insurance. The roll-out of the online insurance marketplaces – where insurance companies sold plans that met certain requirements of the law -- was a provision of the act.
Blue Cross, the state's largest insurer and the only company that sold Affordable Care Act plans statewide, saw fewer people enroll by May 1 than company officials expected.
Morales Burke said the insurer saw 232,000 people enroll by May 1 in the health plans that it offered through the federal online health marketplace in the state.
Ninety-one percent of those customers qualified for government subsidies to help them pay for he plans, she said.
And based on historical information, the majority were not Blue Cross customers last year.
Morales Burke said they expected 50 percent of enrollees to be 34 years of age or younger, she said, but they got 32 percent in that range.
About 69 percent of enrollees were between the 35 and 54, while the insurer expected 49 percent in that range.
It's important to an insurance company to have healthy customers in the mix to balance out the cost of paying for customers with chronic conditions, she said.
"We need to have customers with low healthcare costs (to) offset claims of customers with high health care needs," she said.
Morales Burke said an optional survey showed that the enrollees also had more chronic conditions like diabetes, depression, asthma, cancer and heart disease.
And because of the federal health law, she said the insurer can no longer charge those customers higher rates.
She said preliminary data also showed the enrollees were using more cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and orthopedics services, and seeking prescription drugs for mood and attention deficit disorders, HIV and infectious hepatitis.
"Blue Cross (Affordable Care Act) customers are older, have more chronic conditions than we anticipated than when we set rates for 2014 last year," she said. "So when we set rates this year for 2015 ACA plans, those rates will need to be higher to reflect anticipated healthcare needs and usage of new ACA customers."
She said enrollment differed from expectatons because the plans attracted a sicker population, and because the Obama administration's change in policy to allowed customers to keep existing, non-compliant plans for two years. Morales Burke said the majority of the Blue Cross customers who were eligible to do so, did.
"We didn't plan for (transition health care plans) -- the possibility of it didn't exist," she said. "They're paying rates that match the plans they have."
Adam Linker, health policy analyst for the N.C. Justice Center, a liberal-leaning Raleigh-based group that advocates for low-income people, pointed to another statistic in Morales Burke's presentation – that about 91 percent of people who enrolled in ACA plans through Blue Cross got a subsidy to help pay for the cost.
He said the premiums are determined as a percentage of income, so even if the insurer's rates do go up, the customer would not pay a larger share of his or her income.
Linker said his reaction to the raw numbers was that he thought they had a "pretty good age mix." He also said that Blue Cross is still "dominating the market," and perhaps the state's high overall enrollment numbers would entice other insurers to enter the market.
Across North Carolina, 357,584 people enrolled in plans through the federally run exchange between Oct. 1, 2013, and March 31, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The state was one of the top in the nation for enrollment, exceeded only by California, Florida, New York and Texas.
David Ridley, faculty director of the health program at Duke University's' Fuqua School of Business, said Blue Cross got a less healthy mix than expected, but he asked if the population purchased higher-cost plans to help offset that.
In the call, Morales Burke said about 80 percent of its exchange customers purchased a Silver Plan. That level of plan comes with higher premiums than the Bronze plans.
Ridley also said he's curious to see numbers from the other insurer that sold plans through the federal insurance exchange in the state -- Coventry Health Care of the Carolinas. Coventry sold plans in select markets. He said that even if other insurers enter the market, it's "entirely possible" that Blue Cross would remain the only insurer in the less desirable parts of the state.
"I'm really curious about whether the mix of patients for North Carolina was less healthy, or if Coventry attracted a healthier population in part because Coventry was not in every county," he said. "So just because of location they might have had a healthier mix, or maybe Blue Cross and Blue Shield's strong brand name works against them if they attract a less health group of patients."


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My kids are big enough that I no longer ride them on the back of my bike, and I can't remember when I last wore a skirt and that's not just a memory problem, either. But I do commute on a bicycle, shine or rain. For rain I wear a rain parka. For heavy rain I wear a rain parka plus rain pants and overshoes.
The parka is long enough that it used to get caught in the rear spokes, which tended to mess it up.
Bicycle skirt guards are sort of under-represented on Instructables. 1lenore has a good one using tulle, which seems to be a type of fabric. I wanted something a bit sturdier.
There is now a YouTube video that is sort of a survey of Japanese skirt guard designs. Full disclosure: I did the video, and it's based on photos I took during my recent Japan trip, which came AFTER doing this instructable. If I redo my skirt guards, I think I may go smaller.
Step 1: Tools & Materials
1 bicycle
netting material
zip ties
side cutters (nippers)
metal snips (to cut the netting)
Step 2: Quick Run Through
I chose to have the netting ride outside the mud guard and its stays, but inside the stays for the rear luggage rack. I did not want the netting rubbing on the rear wheel or interfering with the brakes.
One thing I might point out is selecting the places for attachment points. You want the zip ties to pull the netting tight when they are snugged up, so choose attachment points accordingly.
But it was bad. Bad.
Prevention is definitely to be preferred.
I volunteer at a bike coop where I have been able to salvage a few single speed chain guards. I've been pondering what would balance "Good/Quick/Cheap" and you've give me some great ideas.
I'm not sure if the "sport" would be better if the skier used a longboard or a mountainboard, or possibly either/or. Ideas?
Current notes on project:
-Anti-spoke trap (this 'ible)
-retractable tow-rope


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In Captivate 5 Essential Training, author James Lockman demonstrates the core features of Captivate 5, the popular tool for authoring e-learning content such as interactive presentations, click-through simulations, and customized assessments. He shows how to import and sync PowerPoint presentations, add interactivity, and incorporate audio, video, and voiceovers. The course also includes tutorials on assessment reporting and integrating with SCORM-compliant learning management systems. Exercise files accompany the course.
In this lesson we are going to see how we can add pop-up captions to our slides. A Pop-up Caption is a text area that appears when you hover over certain content. When we use Pop-up Captions we tend to treat him like a speech bubble that you might see in a cartoon. Captions can have little triangular tabs that stick off the sides. These can help you to pinpoint the exact area to which that caption refers. Let's see how we can create some Pop-up Captions now. We're going to be using the Chapter 7_e file that we created earlier in the chapter.
Once you've got it opened, let's go to slide number 2. Once again, we are going to add an image to our slide. Switch to the Library, and if you don't have it available then you can switch to the Classic workspace and get it back. The image that I want is called flower storefront. It's in your library already. Select it and then drag it onto the Stage and release it about here. We'll need to reduce it to fit, so under Properties > Fit to Stage and then we'll reduce it some more from the upper left-hand corner.
Hold down your Shift key and drag it down on to the right. Set it to be about there and then we'll make it a little bit bigger. And this time, drag in the lower left- hand corner. Hold down your Shift key and then expand it. That's about right. Now let's add our pop-up caption. Under Insert choose Standard Objects and then choose Rollover Caption. While I've been using pop-up and rollover interchangeably, the actual name of this object is a rollover caption.
The rollover caption consists of two pieces. It consists of the rollover area and the caption itself. Let's move the caption out of the way while we adjust the rollover area. If your text to selected, hit the Escape key and then you can drag the caption out of the way. Here's our rollover area, and I'd like to highlight the baskets. Adjust it so that it's just the size of the baskets and then drag the caption up to the baskets area.
You'll notice that the little triangle is in the upper right-hand corner. We need it to be in the upper left-hand corner so that it's touching the basket. You can see the Callout Type indicator here and there are five. There is No Callout, which is that one, but what we want is the callout in the upper left-hand corner. So let's choose that now. Ensure that the tip is touching one of the baskets. Now, double-click on the cption, select all with Command+A, or Ctrl+A, and type Top Quality Baskets.
Hit Escape to complete editing your text. Now that we've made that change, let's preview from here. Move your mouse over the baskets and the caption pops up. That caption is going to hang out there until you move your mouse off of the rollover area. I don't happen to like that blue outline so I am going to go remove it now. Select the rollover area and then change the stroke to 0. Let's add one more rollover caption.
Insert > Standard Objects > Rollover Caption. In this one type "Fragrant Bouquets" and then Escape to end editing. Move that down here so that the tip is touching these bouquets and then let's adjust the size of the rollover area to match the size of the bouquet display. Select the rollover area, drag it to this point, grab the lower right-hand corner and expand it.
Lastly, we'll get rid of the outline. We'll preview and then we'll save it. Now I have two rollover areas. This one is for the baskets and this one is for the bouquets. Let's exit and save. We'll call this Chapter 7_f and save.
Rollover captions are a great way for you to very easily provide more information about images and other parts of your slides. They are easy to build and very effective at calling attention to specific items on your slide.
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There will be a challenging road bike hill climb time trial up the infamous 'Struggle' to Kirkstone pass, an open water swim in Lake Windermere, fell running races around the local hills suitable for all levels and abilities, guided bike rides, bushcraft and foraging demonstrations, a fell walkers foot clinic and a chance to have a go at rock climbing. There'll also be loads of films and lectures, art and photography exhibitions. It's sure to be an amazing weekend.
The Climbers Shop are heavily involved with this exciting project along with other local businesses such as Bike Treks, Zefferellis and Hawkshead Brewery. Our staff will be helping out and on hand to give expert advice throughout the festival. So come along, bring the family and whatever your outdoor sport of choice you'll be guaranteed a great time.
For our full program of events have a look at this page on the Climbers' Shop website.
The Ambleside Outdoor Festival website has all the details of what's on at the festival and of course any event updates www.amblesideoutdoorfestival.co.uk.
If you want to keep abreast of the latest developments with the festival you can also check out their Facebook page Ambleside Outdoor Festival.
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Dance Criticism
To the Editor:
The operative phrase in B.H. Haggin's review of Arlene Croce's Afterimages [Books in Review, August] . . . is "expressive precision." This phrase encapsulates the differences between the two critics, as registered in Miss Croce's comment on an unnamed (by Mr. Haggin) critic, as paraphrased by Mr. Haggin: ". . . it works for someone who sees what that critic sees, but not for someone who doesn't see it," and Mr. Haggin's response to the comment. According to Mr. Haggin, "the fact is precisely that the critic reports not the truth about a work of art, but the truth for him, which becomes true for those others who find it confirmed by their experience of the work."
[But] . . . Arlene Croce is . . . no more concerned with "the" truth about a work of art . . . than is anyone past the undergraduate level of, say, 1923. Miss Croce's explicit concern, manifest . . . throughout both her dance and earlier film critiques, is with the critic's obligation to express . . . the actuality which he or she sees and hears; yes, perhaps one might say "the truth," indeed, as it impinges on the critic; the obligation, prior even to the critic's judgment on it, to transmit the event with what Nabokov once called "the precision of the artist, and the passion of the scientist"; with that reverence for the concrete experience and the world in which it occurs, its total context. And, if the critic succeeds, this act of identification elucidates a scale of relationships, and a corresponding structure of perspectives, which may actually enlarge, illuminate, others' "experience of the work," by elucidating for them the processes being observed and considered. Prior to the (indispensable) magisterial decisions, the sheep-goat divisions involved, criticism . . . is an endless assessing of locations, of which the central, ultimate location is the critic's; relative to the universe of whatever artwork is being appraised, and . . . relative to the world at large. Criticism is the critic's self-testing against the world, and, through expressive precision, defining himself or herself, albeit indirectly, even as every creative artist does. All this is attested for me by the work of Conrad Aiken, Guy Davenport, George Bernard Shaw, Manny Farber, James Agee, Stark Young, Eric Bentley, and . . . Arlene Croce. . . . The vitality of her critical writing, on movies no less than on the dance, abides in her fluid and precise sustaining for the reader, not merely a succession of isolate works, but the total context in which they occur, meaning the organic situation of every work, and performance, which she discusses. . . .
Mr. Haggin's "review" . . . is crowned by the grotesque assertion that Miss Croce, for all her "critic's perceptive eye" . . . is lacking in "personal" (whatever can that mean?) and "intellectual discipline." Mr. Haggin's dress parade of these virtues relies almost totally on examples of opinions expressed by Miss Croce with which Mr. Haggin differs; at times, to be sure, in degree only (as in the comment on Patricia McBride. . .). In the case of the comment on Suzanne Farrell's successors, which Mr. Haggin quotes, the difference lies plainly between Miss Croce's attempt to formulate, perceptively and imaginatively, the nature of the dancers' inadequacies; while Mr. Haggin settles for the flat, judgmental dictum that they are inadequate. . . .
Even a minimal attempt at analysis is lacking [in the review], as is any effort to locate these alleged errors and lapses in an overall pattern. . . . I find, indeed, a total indifference . . . to the critic, Arlene Croce, as a human being, possibly amenable to instruction and correction by a man many years her senior, and of appreciable reputation in his and her field. . . . The only detectable unifying tone throughout most of the piece is the sort of peevish hostility aroused in diehard royalists by an act or work of lèse majesé.
But whose majesty? The question . . . brings up Mr. Haggin's extensive comment, in the review's concluding section, on some remarks by Miss Croce, supposedly directed at Edward Villella's praise of Violette Verdy. I say "supposedly," because checking the original passage in Afterimages has confirmed for me what vagrant memory had hinted: both the brief opening and lengthy concluding comments were abstracted by Mr. Haggin from an extended critique by Arlene Croce—of B. H. Haggin. The remarks addressed to Villella's words are actually directed at Mr. Haggin's employment of those words. . . . I doubt that Mr. Haggin intended to deceive anyone. Rather, he assumes his pronouncements to be so inviolable, so much a premise of the universe, . . . that any attack on them as mere local opinions may be automatically discounted. . . .
Donald Phelps
New York City
B. H. Haggin writes:
Any reader, it seems to me, must note in Donald Phelps's letter Arlene Croce's being "no more concerned with 'the' truth about a work of art . . . than is anyone past the undergraduate level of, say, 1923," and her "explicit concern," in the very next sentence, "with the critic's obligation to express . . . the actuality which he or she sees and hears; yes, perhaps one might say 'the truth,' indeed, as it impinges on the critic"—must note, that is, this distinction without a difference. And as for the soaring prose of Mr. Phelps's further description of the critic's operation, the reader might prefer Balanchine's description of that operation in 1940, after I had written about ballet for the first time and expressed doubt whether I had any business writing about it without technical knowledge. "You look; you see; you write what you see," said Balanchine, "and that is good." He might also have said in 1923—when I had begun to write about music without any ideas on criticism acquired from the aesthetics courses I had not taken or books I had not read in my earlier undergraduate years—"You listen; you hear; you write what you hear; and that is good."
Moreover, any reader who rereads my review of Arlene Croce's book and then reads Mr. Phelps's letter can perceive that he misanswers his misreading and misstatement of what I wrote about her performance. There is, then, no need of my wasting time and COMMENTARY's space on a point-by-point demonstration of that fact. But since I did not, in my review, speak of Croce's criticism of me for quoting Villella, but discussed only her comments on the statement of his that I quoted, I must correct Mr. Phelps's erroneous assertion that her comments "supposedly" (in my review) "directed at Edward Villella's praise of Violette Verdy . . . are actually directed at Mr. Haggin's employment [i.e., quotation] of [Villella's] words." Mr. Phelps read Croce as inaccurately as he read me, failing to recognize that she did two different things, which were to criticize me for quoting Villella and to criticize the statements of his that I quoted; and that the words in which she criticized me were different from the words in which she criticized Villella's statements.
Her criticism of me was that I "resorted to extended quotations of other dancers' remarks about Violette Verdy to back up" my statements about her, instead of supporting my statements with my own analyses of the qualities and powers I attributed to her. This, like everything else in her extensive criticism of my comments on dancers, misstated what it referred to. That is, after concluding my report on the New York City Ballet in the Fall 1965 issue of the Hudson Review, I began a new paragraph with this explicit statement: "Wondering what the dancer's eye was aware of in Verdy's dancing, in addition to the elegance and style that enchanted the non-dancer's eye, I asked members of the company." And Villella, in the statements I quoted, did in fact speak only of some of the things he had perceived in Verdy's dancing that I had not perceived, and said nothing about what I had written. Croce's misrepresentation of my explicitly stated reason for quoting Villella revealed the same lack of intellectual discipline that I pointed out, in my review, in her manner of dealing with Villella's statements. And her allowing personal considerations to influence critical judgment in her absurdly effusive statement about McBride as "the shyest, most tenderly true, bravest, and least corruptible of classical dancers," and her disdainful "interesting, if you are interested in Verdy," revealed a lack of personal discipline.


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With around three minutes left in the first half of Wednesday's Class 2A West Region semifinal girls basketball game, South Carroll looked like it just might survive early foul trouble experienced by its top player, Makeba Ndifang, who received her second foul with 4 minutes, 15 seconds left in the first quarter and sat the rest of the half.
The Cavaliers trailed by a single point at 12-11, but after missing four layups and numerous other shots, host and second-seeded Poolesville went on an 11-2 run to take a 23-13 halftime lead and never looked back en route to a 46-33 victory and a spot in Friday's 2A West Region championship game against Frederick County's Middletown.
"Makeba got early fouls and we had to sit her," South Carroll coach Liz Padgett said. "I thought we were almost out of that quarter and then it was boom, boom, boom. Give Poolesville's credit, they did what they wanted to us tonight. They were ready to play and they looked like they've been in this situation."
Neither team could get much going offensively for much of the first half until two straight baskets by Jocelyn Bodmer (10 points), a layup by Rosie Barry (9 points) and then five straight points by Kelsey Carnahan (13 points) staked the Falcons to that 10-point halftime advantage.
"We just started making some shots and creating momentum in the game," said Carnahan, who netted a 3-pointer with about 26 seconds left in the second quarter and then added a steal and layup in the final 10 seconds of the half. "We passed a lot better and we were outrebounding them the whole time."
The Cavaliers (16-8) scored the first basket of the second half, but Poolesville responded with a 7-0 run, including a transition layup by Carnahan and a 3-pointer by Kelley Hughes, to extend its lead to 30-15 with 5:42 left in the third quarter. "The last 2, 3 minutes of the first half kind of broke it open a little bit," Falcons coach Fred Swick said.
Poolesville's lead grew to as much as 20 points in the third quarter before a 7-0 run by South Carroll, including a 3-pointer by Paige Baxter, trimmed the deficit to 37-23 going into the final eight minutes.
Ndifang, a double-double machine all season, finally got loose in the fourth quarter, but her seven points in the closing quarter was not nearly enough to avoid the end of South Carroll's season. Ndifang finished with a game-high 14 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.
"I thought defensively we did a nice job in the zone, collapsing on [Ndifang] and I thought we did a fairly decent job of getting out on their shooters," Swick said. "They didn't have a whole lot of easy looks."
Poolesville 46, South Carroll 33
South Carroll 9 4 10 10 — 33
Poolesville 7 16 14 9 — 46
South Carroll (16-8): Kristine Tennyson 2, Makeba Ndifang 14, Nicole Levy 6, Paige Baxter 5, Miranda Sharp 2, Brianna Heim 4.
Poolesville (19-5): Whitney Carmack 2, Kelsey Carnahan 13, Anna Murgia 2, Rosie Barry 9, Kelley Hughes 6, Jocelyn Bodmer 10, Shannon Hemp 4.


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Comment Reliability depends largely on the make and model. (Score 0) 131 131
I've even heard a live call where an Apple representative said, and I quote:
"Thank you for calling Apple, where we believe you should throw (your iPhone) in the garbage and get an Android!", after which he had hung up immediately. Alas, I was not permitted to make a copy of the recording for comedic use on the public internet.
Comment Apple's stance: It's AT&T's fault, no matter w (Score 1) 98 98
Try talking to Apple thirteen months after you've bought your phone. Then try talking to your phone service provider at the same time. See who tries to charge you for help.
Comment Heart (Score 1) 544 544
Comment Re:Apple IS to blame. (Score 1) 170 170
Comment Re:Bandwidth != Usage (Score 1) 247 247
Comment Re:Unlimited Costs (Score 1) 247 247
Comment Re:False advertising - Pick One (Score 1) 247 247
Comment Funny how everyone is against the T-Mobile merger. (Score 1) 39 39
Comment Of course Anonymous isn't anonymous. (Score 5, Insightful) 407 407
Comment Article is useless tripe. Want a real loophole? (Score 1) 121 121
In an "unrelated" note, if you already have a smartphone-class device with unlimited data, even if you migrated from another carrier that was absorbed into AT&T, you're entitled to keep your unlimited data if you change to another smartphone, be it through upgrading or simply just acquiring another phone through your own means. All iPhones are smartphone-class devices, even if they aren't truly smartphones.
I'll leave it up to the people with more sense than that of a mayonnaise jar to connect the dots.
Comment Re:Bait & switch (Score 1) 364 364
Of course, not every CSR reads the contract text, so you may need to speak to the right person.
Not the case for phones, though.
Comment Re:The main reason people lose unlimited data (AT& (Score 1) 327 327
I had a home phone and a backup prepaid cell, so eh, nothing to lose.
I've never tried to start service with VZW, T-Mobile, or Sprint, so I don't know what information you get up front with them, but with any US cell provider, you still get a trial period during which, if you decide that the service is no good where you live/work/hang out, you can return the phone, cancel, and depending on how soon into your service you are, pay nothing, or a partial month plus activation fees.
AT&T's policy is if you return by the third day, you only pay for each day of service you had, and your activation fees get refunded.
Anyway, I started service with AT&T after learning how over 90% of all persistent dropped call issues on AT&T involve some model of iPhone.
If it were the network, then it would be every phone, no? So I bought a BlackBerry Curve 8900, and I've had three dropped calls in 19 months.
Comment The main reason people lose unlimited data (AT& (Score 3, Informative) 327 327
People frequently drop their iPhone in a mug of beer (HOW?!), or jump in the pool, or some other stupid way of destroying it, then put their SIM card in a basic phone. Then they have a store or customer support remove their unlimited data because oh it's soooo expensive, then expect to get it put back on well after it was announced that the only way to get it back was to never voluntarily remove it. If you already have a smartphone or iPhone unlimited data feature, you are more than welcome to keep it if you upgrade or simply swap phones to another smartphone or iPhone.
If it was removed because someone at Walmart bungled an upgrade or something similar, it can be restored, just don't wait six months to call in about it.
Now, maybe Verizon doesn't know, but some of the heavy abusers of cellular data with iPhones use upwards of 40-50 GB per month. You're not going to use that much data browsing the web, but with a jailbroken iPhone, you can get a 7 to 14 megabit connection shared with a whole network of computers for all of $30 per month... and that is spelled out as abuse of the service in the ToS, which is written in very basic English.
I assume that unlimited data will be revoked again once LTE rolls out, or it will be exclusive to the first iteration of CDMA iPhone.
FYI, the only data services available for the original iPhone are all unlimited data, with varying amounts of SMS message allotments. Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more.


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Thanks for the tips kaizerdu. Any idea what sets a rugelach apart from a kiffle?
Are there any other Hungarian cookie recipes you'd care to share?
I would try to roll the dough as thin as you can for before you use a cookie cutter, because it has a light, airy consistency. And it may take a little longer to bake, but I think they should turn out alright. I wouldn't try to make bars with this recipe though. The flavors of the soft gingerbread go really well with the sweet vanilla icing. I think you should definitely try it out! And if you're feeling ambitious, I found cookie presses at Hobby Lobby for about $15. Have fun baking!
*in addition to an entree.
Moongirl, it sounds like you may have caught them on a bad night, which isn't hard to imagine for a restaurant that's only been open for a mere 44 days. Part of what I loved about eating at Phoenicia is that I knew the relaxed pace meant my food was being cooked when I ordered it. That 'slow' wait is typical of European restaurants where diners sit and enjoy their food and the company they brought. It's true that American chains will get you in and out of that table in under an hour, but that's a testament to how your food is prepared... out of a bag with little to no thought put into how they'll serve it and made in huge quantities before you even sit down. When I ate at Phoenicia, the vegetables were crisp and fresh, the hommous and baba ganoush were delicately prepared and after talking to the owner himself, I understood that the baklava he served for dessert was a pastry that took more than five hours to make.
I hope that you'll chalk this up to a bad dining experience and give them the second chance they deserve. The owners truly care about the food they serve and the health and enjoyment of the customers who frequent their restaurant.
You're absolutely right Alyssa, the worst part about planning a wedding is watching all those incremental costs creep up. I never figured I'd have to factor in strange fees like a cake-cutting cost, price per waiter per butlered hor d'ouerve and price for extras like (a wider color range for tablecloths, napkins and chair covers). Sheesh! There's no end to the "Oh, yeah...we forgot to mention we're charging you for this" payments.
I really think the judges were too harsh on Tyler. Hands down, he had the most memorable performance. Granted his stage presence outshined his vocals, but still the kid has the moves. He definitely left an impression on the audience, more so than my other favorite Andrew Garcia did with his dragged out song. Other contestants like Jermaine Sellers and John Park left a lot to be desired and really didn't choose songs that showed their skills or personality. I think Tyler needs to strengthen the vocals, but really made a connection and had fun with the audience and stayed true to his image. A good deal of the contestants chose sad songs, which I was disappointed with. Give me an upbeat, corny version of "Buttercup" anyday and I'm sure you'd get the judges and the audience on their feet (hint, hint Tyler). Here's hoping our local star makes it through this week.
You don't always have to come up with a bouquet either. Try single stems of big flowers for bridesmaids or mothers. The long stems of cala lilies, sunflowers, hydrangeas, even gerbera daisies make them able to stand alone. Plus it will add a little punch of color and not break the wallet. Now, cala lilies may be a bad example because they're notoriously over-priced, but you could find single stems of a flower you like (even at a grocery store) without having to go through a florist and promise them your salary for the next five years.
I also knew a girl who had her maids carry candles (at an evening wedding) because she didn't want to go through the flower hassle. Word of warning though, tell the hairdresser to go lightly on the hairspray so your bridesmaids aren't flammable...
I found the older the family member, the more expectations they will voice. Grandparents, for example, are of the mindset that friends/relatives/co-workers of theirs and the bride-to-be's parents throwing the wedding should be definites on the guest list, in place of friends/relations/co-workers of the bride and groom, even if those 'strangers' hadn't seen the couple since they were in diapers. We had a rule that if a guest couldn't pick out my fiance or I in Wal-mart, then they had no place on our guest list. There comes a point where you have to draw the line between your day and your parents' or grandparents' vision of your wedding.
I went to Alcatraz a few years ago with my family and let me tell you that no threat works better on a family vacation to make your kids behave than "Don't make me take you back to Alcatraz."
It's an interesting tour, but I was definitely creeped out when I thought of all the people that lived behind the bars (and the ones that never made it back out alive). It's eerie to see the sights of beautiful San Francisco and then take a boat to an island to visit an abandoned prison. But I guess it makes sense to send prisoners so lethal, normal jails couldn't hold them, to an island fortress in the middle of the Pacific.
That is one of the mistakes to catch. See answers 9 and 10 -- it's actually a two part answer.
When I got married, the photographer kept telling me our day would be perfect -- even if it wasn't.
What she meant was, no one at the wedding will know how things should or could have turned out because they weren't the ones planning it. As long as the rings are exchanged and you both look great -- it's a perfect wedding. The only ones who will pick up on the flaws or get worried about the details will be you and the groom.
The advice calmed me down anytime I got stressed in the planning and it turned out she was absolutely right.
12.) Giant Food Stores announced today they will give away an Earth-day inspired Honda Insight Hybrid at the end of this month. Customers will be automatically entered after purchasing five participating General Mills' items, using a reusable bag and swiping their Giant Bonuscard. Check out the full list of participating items at giantfoodstores.com. Giant also encourages customers to bring back their plastic shopping bags to be reused.
Why is Don still paying the mortgage on a house he no longer lives in for a wife he is no longer married to? Maybe he thinks that if he pulls out the rug from under them, Betty will spill the beans about his double life. I have to say BMW nailed the advertising spot -- what better audience to try out a nuanced ad on than a TV audience infatuated with the world of advertising? Classy.
Hi Branok. You are going to have to give them your name and email address for your vote to count.
Happy to hear you found the dress! It's all smooth sailing from here on out, because now everyone else has to match you!
Hi Elizabeth,
Sorry to hear you had rotten luck with the cookies. I checked the recipe and all the ingredients are right. The lace cookies may just be a little different than flour-based recipes since they are gluten-free. But I did some digging and found another cookie recipe you may enjoy. It's a chocolate base and is gluten-free, but uses gluten-free cake mix and instant pudding mix for a chewy cookie.
Chocolate Cloud Cookies
1 package (15 ounces) chocolate gluten-free cake mix
2 Tablespoons chocolate instant pudding mix
8 Tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 large egg
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set aside 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
Place cake mix, pudding mix, melted butter and egg in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until all ingredients are incorporated and nearly come together in a ball, about 45 seconds. Place the confectioners' sugar in a shallow bowl. With your hands form the cookie dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball into the confectioners' sugar and arrange 12 balls on each baking sheet 2 to 3 inches apart.
Place the baking sheets in the oven and bake the cookies until they are puffed up, firm around the edges, but still slightly soft in the center, about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the baking sheets to wire racks and let the cookies cool for 5 minutes. Using a metal spatula, transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely, about 15 minutes. Cookies stay fresh for up to 1 week in cookie jar or tin.
Source: "The Cake-Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free: Classic cakes, cookies, brownies, bundts and bars" by Anne Byrn, (Workman Publishing, $14.95)
RedLips -- what's your favorite Cosmic Cup latte. There are so many flavors to choose from I think the only problem's going to be deciding!
WestWardWarrior -- thanks for the comment! Glad to hear someone out there shares my passion for a local food find. You'll have to let me know if you come across other cafes or restaurants worthy of a profile.
I'm with you Sue. I'm the type of person to watch the Superbowl solely for the ads and the halftime show. This year neither of them cut the mustard. The sound alone, was worth unplugging the TV.
If you're looking for tickets to the individual shows, here's a link that provides the phone number or e-mail for each school's box office. http://www.freddyawards.com/pdf/2011FreddyTicketInfo.pdf
The Freddy Awards ceremony will start at 7 pm May 26 at the State Theatre. Tickets go on sale to the participating schools first, and leftover seats open up to the public May 23 at 10 a.m. Here's more info http://www.freddyawards.com/ceremony.php


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Long has been linked with a move to the KC Stadium but his wife, who is expecting their second child, tweeted that she told her husband that a move wasn't worth the stress while he was still under contract.
"Not going anywhere! Told Shane, I'm happy here and with baby on way, it's not worth the stress when still in contract! He agreed," she said.
Hull defender Davies, who lives in East Yorkshire with his girlfriend, said: "I wouldn't have my missus telling me what to do.
"I'd say she would have to move because that is what is best for him and his family.
"This is football. What I would say to any wife or girlfriend is, 'This is what's paying the bills'.
"If this is the right move for him and this is the right contract, I'd say she would have to move because that is what is best for him and his family."
Hull manager Steve Bruce issued an apology to West Brom on Thursday following reports that the Tigers had agreed a deal to sign Long.


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