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Bryce Dallas Howard
|Bryce Dallas Howard
Howard at a press conference for Hereafter in October 2010
March 2, 1981
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|Other names
|Bryce Howard
|Alma mater
|Tisch School of the Arts
|Actress, writer, director
|Years active
|Seth Gabel (m. 2006)
|Ron Howard (father)
Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American film actress, writer and director. The daughter of director Ron Howard, she made her acting debut as an extra in her father's film Parenthood (1989) and went on to have small roles in films and make stage appearances for the next several years. During this time she also attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, later receiving a BFA and went to drama schools. After she came to the attention of M. Night Shyamalan, he cast her in what would be her breakout film, the psychological thriller The Village (2004) and then in the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006). Her performance in As You Like It (2006), directed by Kenneth Branagh based on the As You Like It by William Shakespeare earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2006, she co-wrote and directed the short film Orchids.
Howard became more recognizable to audiences as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3 (2007) and as Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). Those two projects, as well as Terminator Salvation (2009), were financially successful, but all three films garnered mixed reviews from the press. Her most recent films include the drama The Help and the comedy-drama 50/50 (both 2011). She played a lead role, Claire Dearing, in the science fiction adventure film Jurassic World (2015), the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park film series and her most financially successful film to date.
Early life[edit]
Conceived in Dallas, Texas – from which her middle name is derived[1] – Howard was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of writer Cheryl Howard Crew (née Alley)[2] and actor-director Ron Howard, on March 2, 1981.[3] Her paternal grandparents are actors Rance and the late Jean Howard. Her uncle is actor Clint Howard[3] and her godfather is actor Henry Winkler,[4] who co-starred on Happy Days with her father.[1]
She and her younger sisters, twins Jocelyn Carlyle Howard and Paige Carlyle Howard (born 1985), and their younger brother, Reed Cross Howard (born 1987), were named after the places they were conceived.[3] All of the Howard children were raised away from the world of show business. Their parents did not allow them access to television[1] and instead encouraged outdoor activities and hobbies. At the age of 7, however, she was allowed to be an extra in her father's movies.[5] In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, she mentioned that she and her siblings were babysat by family friend Tom Cruise on several occasions.[6] She was raised in Westchester County, New York and on a farm in Greenwich, Connecticut.[1][5][7]
Howard attended Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts camp in upstate New York, with actress Natalie Portman.[3] After graduating from high school, she studied at New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts for three years, during which time she also attended the Stella Adler Conservatory, The Experimental Wing, and International Theatre Wing in Amsterdam.[8] During her schooling, she took part in the concept recording of the Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities.[9] She graduated with her BFA in Drama in 2003.[3] Howard is also an alumna of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's School at Steppenwolf in Chicago, and of The Actors Center in New York City.[8] During her time in New York, Howard was also a member of downtown theater company Theater Mitu, in residence at New York Theatre Workshop, who are known for their exploration of theatrical forms.[8][10] When she had applied to drama schools she dropped her last name to avoid special treatment because of her father. She later had second thoughts because she felt her first and middle name combined made her sound like a porn star.[3]
After her film debut, Parenthood, as an uncredited extra,[5] Howard played an extra in her father's critically lauded Apollo 13 (1995) and the 2000 holiday live action Universal Studios film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[11] While on her father's film sets, she would often socialize with the crew rather than the actors.[1] For the next several years, Howard appeared in New York plays. Among these were House and Garden, a 2002 Alan Ayckbourn production held at the Manhattan Theatre Club, in which she portrayed a disdainful, flirtatious teen.[11] While performing as Rosalind in the critically acclaimed 2003 William Shakespeare comedy production As You Like It, Howard caught the eye of director M. Night Shyamalan.[11] Howard was not familiar with the play and was cast just one day before it started.[12] She then starred in the Alan Brown-directed 2004 drama Book of Love, about a young woman having an affair with a lonely teenage boy, destroying her marriage. It was generally ignored by critics and movie goers alike.[13]
Her breakthrough role came in Shyamalan's fantasy thriller The Village (2004).[14] When Kirsten Dunst could not commit to the schedule,[10] Howard was cast without having to audition two weeks after Shyamalan first saw her onstage.[1] Its story is about a "turn-of-the-20th-century" village whose residents live in fear of the creatures inhabiting the woods beyond it. She plays the female lead, the chief's blind daughter and love interest to Joaquin Phoenix's part. Her performance was applauded by critics and Howard was nominated for several awards, mostly in the category of "Best Breakthrough Performance".[7] The Village did well commercially, but had a mixed reception.[15][16] Following that, Howard was cast by Lars Von Trier to replace Nicole Kidman as Grace Mulligan in Manderlay, the 2005 sequel to Dogville (2003). The director said that it is "quite clear" his movie, set in a plantation, can be seen as an allusion to the Iraq War.[17] Manderlay was a box office bomb, making only $674,000 of its $14.2 million production budget.[18]
Howard reunited with Shyamalan for Lady in the Water, in which she acts as Story, a type of water nymph called a narf. Howard wore minimal clothing for the part.[14] The 2006 fantasy film release also stars Paul Giamatti as the co-lead. Shyamalan's project follows the story of Giamatti's character rescuing what he thinks is a young woman (Howard) from his pool. Once he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to get back home, he teams up with his tenants to protect her from creatures that try to keep her in their world. It underperformed at the box office, falling short of its $75 million budget, and got largely negative reviews from critics.[19][20] When asked about what message she hoped viewers would get from the film, Howard said "I would say it's very simple - it's that if you have faith, all that is meant to be will happen."[14] Next, she once again played Rosalind in Kenneth Branagh's 2006 film version of Shakespeare's As You Like It. It played in theatres in Europe before going directly to cable in the United States, premiering on HBO.[12] Howard was nominated for a Golden Globe Award at the 2008 ceremony.[21] The project got soundly negative reviews from the British media,[22] while American reviewers gave it more favorable notice.[23] Writing in USA Today, Robert Bianco observed: "As Rosalind, the show's leading lady, Bryce Dallas Howard is a bit uncontrolled, particularly compared with such more precise co-stars as Alfred Molina, David Oyelowo and Brian Blessed. But she's incredibly appealing, and that in itself sells the love story."[24] That year, she wrote and directed a short film, Orchids, as part of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" series funded by Cartier and FilmAid International.[25]
In 2007, Howard starred in her first blockbuster, Spider-Man 3 as Peter Parker's classmate Gwen Stacy, a fan favorite.[26] A challenge that came with playing Gwen was reminding fans of the good-intentioned character who was Peter's first love in the comics, yet came off as "the other woman" in the movie.[26] Howard dyed her naturally red hair blonde for the role and performed many of her own stunts, unaware that she was several months pregnant.[27] Grossing $890 million.[28][29]Terminator Salvation was her next project.[30] Cast in June 2008, she replaced Claire Danes as Kate Connor.[31] Howard was already a fan of the series.[32] It grossed a total of $370 million,[30] but was not well received critically.[33]
Howard starred as the lead character in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond in 2009. Based on a 1957 screenplay by Tennessee Williams, it did not play at many theaters.[34] She played the role of Victoria, a vampire seeking revenge, in the Twilight series' third installment The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.[5] She landed the part after Rachelle Lefevre was dropped due to a scheduling conflict and filming started in August 2009.[35] Howard had already been a huge fan of the books and considered Victoria to be an "incredible character".[34] Released on June 30, 2010 the film made nearly $700 million[36] and although reviews were mixed,[37] Critics gave very positive reviews for Howard in the role.[38][39]
In December 2009, Howard was cast in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter (2010),[40] as a burgeoning love interest of Matt Damon's character.[41] When Howard first read the script to Hereafter, she was hooked on it, having been attracted to its central character (Damon) – a reclusive man with the ability to speak to the deceased. "It's personal for me because a lot of my family members actually have that ability. It's kind of wild," Howard said.[41]
In early January 2011, Howard became the first celebrity ambassador for purse designer Kate Spade.[42] Her first film of 2011 was The Help, a movie adaption of Kathryn Stockett's 2009 best-selling novel of the same name. She received critical acclaim for her performance in the film, and was nominated for many Best Supporting Actress Awards, along with winning awards shared with the rest of the cast. [43] Howard then teamed up with her father to help produce Gus Van Sant's Restless, a dark coming of age movie about a teenage boy and girl who are engrossed with death.[44] She had a supporting role opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the cancer dramedy 50/50, which was based on a true story. "It's viewing that experience through a very truthful lens of humour", she stated of 50/50's take on its heavy subject matter.[45] Both films had September releases. Also in 2011, she announced that she would be directing a film called The Originals. She co-wrote the screenplay with her brother-in-law Dane Charbonneau and described it as "a Breakfast Club for my generation". This would mark her feature directorial debut.[46]
Howard has recently finished directorial duties for the short film When You Find Me, a social film developed through a collaboration with Canon. The film was developed under the premise of gathering inspiration through images selected from a photography contest. 96,362 entries[47] were accepted, while only eight final images were selected to be utilized for the production of the film.[48]
Personal life[edit]
Howard became a devoted vegan when Joaquin Phoenix, a co-star in The Village, showed her a documentary on animal cruelty called Earthlings.[3] However, in August 2006, Howard announced that she had switched her diet from vegan to vegetarian in order to help boost her amino acid levels in preparation for her pregnancy. Due to a rare medical condition she developed after her pregnancy, she began eating meat.[49]
During her senior year of high school, Howard learned of existentialism. "I was like, 'This is it! This is my religion.' I had never felt a connection to any sort of spirituality before that. It was very basic - you're responsible for the choices that you make - but it was mind-blowing at the time."[1] Her hobby is writing[32] and she is good friends with Kirsten Dunst, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal.[3] Howard has said that she gets "freaked out" by "the Hollywood scene" and has never had a sip of alcohol in her entire life. She credits seeing the negative effects of alcoholism in her family as the reason behind the decision. "When I was in high school, I would never go to parties because I would be embarrassed to say no. Consequently, I had almost no social group," Howard recalled.[1]
Marriage and family[edit]
Howard met actor Seth Gabel at New York University[12] and the two dated for five years before marrying on June 17, 2006.[26] [3][26] She had only one previous boyfriend and claims to have pursued Gabel vigorously after first meeting him.[5][50][51] [52] They had planned to start a family together in their 30s;[5] however, seven days after their wedding, she learned that she was expecting their first child.[53] Howard gave birth to their child, a son named Theodore Norman Howard-Gabel, nicknamed Theo, on February 16, 2007.[3][54] Theo's godfather is actor Josh Gad.[55] Howard openly discussed having experienced post-partum depression. Howard had difficulty breast-feeding, which she found to be more painful than experiencing natural child birth and would often cry in the shower.[53] Rather than refer to her son by his name, she would call him "it". She was often disgusted when she saw her son. Feeling overwhelmed and unable to make decisions, Howard also felt not only disconnected from her husband and baby, but herself as well.[5] With the help of a physician and a therapist she recovered from the depression,[53] which lasted for about 18 months.[5] Howard said of the depression in 2010,
Do I wish I had never endured post-partum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am. I still mourn the loss of what could have been, but I also feel deep gratitude for those who stood by me, for the lesson that we must never be afraid to ask for help, and for the feeling of summer that still remains.[53]
Howard gave birth to the couple's second child, daughter Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel, on January 19, 2012.[56]
|Strawberry Blonde girl in audience
|Apollo 13
|Girl in yellow dress
|How the Grinch Stole Christmas
|Surprised Who
|Book of Love
|Village, TheThe Village
|Ivy Elizabeth Walker
|Grace Margaret Mulligan
|As You Like It
|Lady in the Water
|Short film; co-writer, director
|Spider-Man 3
|Gwen Stacy
|Good Dick
|Kissing woman[57]
|Terminator Salvation
|Kate Connor
|Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, TheThe Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
|Fisher Willow
|MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (with Xavier Samuel and Robert Pattinson)
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
|Help, TheThe Help
|Hilly Holbrook
|Breaking Dawn: Part 2
|Archive footage cameo
|Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
|TV film; director
|Jurassic World
|Claire Dearing
|Also in Lego Jurassic World
|Pete's Dragon
Awards and nominations[edit]
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- ^ http://cherylhowardcrew.com/bio-text.htm
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- ^ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBCUniversal, June 24, 2010.
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- ^ "Tale of Two Cities – Biography". ATaleofTwoCities. Retrieved 2011-05-23.[dead link]
- ^ a b "BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, ; RON HOWARD'S DAUGHTER, MAKES A NAME FOR HERSELF IN M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN'S `THE VILLAGE'". Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). 2004-08-03.
- ^ a b c "Bryce Dallas Howard". Yahoo!. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b c Fradkin, Lori (2007-08-20). "Interview: Bryce Dallas Howard, As You Like Her". New York Magazine. New York Media LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ "Book of Love (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b c Fienberg, Daniel (2006-07-20). "Bryce Dallas Howard becomes a mystical 'Lady'". Malaysia Star. Star Publications. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "The Village (2004)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ^ "The Village (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (2005-05-17). "Lars von Trier acts as a slave to controversy". The Guardian (London: Guardian News and Media Limited). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Manderlay". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Lady in the Water". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Lady in the Water". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b Bruno, Mike (2007-12-14). "Golden Globes: The 2008 nominees". Entertainment Weekly (Time Warner Inc). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "As You Like It (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "As You Like It: Season 1". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Bianco, Robert (2007-08-20). "Critic's Corner Tuesday". USA Today (Gannett Company, Inc). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Film Orchids". Palm Springs International Film Festival.
- ^ a b c d "Howard's new life includes Spidey and a family". Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network Inc. 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Daly, Steve (2007-04-26). "World Wide Web". Entertainment Weekly (Time Warner Inc). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Spider-Man 3". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Spider-Man 3 (2007)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b "Terminator Salvation". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Bryce Dallas Howard is Kate Connor in Terminator 4". /Film. Peter Sciretta. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b Toal, Drew (2009-05-20). "Terminator Salvation star Bryce Dallas Howard has a dark side". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Huddlestone, Tom (June 2009). "Terminator Salvation (2009)". Time Out London. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b Kung, Michelle (2009-12-30). "'The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond' Star Bryce Dallas Howard on Tennessee Williams and 'Twilight'". The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones & Company, Inc). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (2009-07-29). "Howard to replace Lefevre in 3rd 'Twilight' film". Reuters (Thomson Reuters). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse". Box Office Mojo. IMDB Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (2010-06-22). "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Film Review". Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ MCnary, Dave (2009-12-10). "'Hereafter' calls Bryce Dallas Howard". Variety (Reed Business Information). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b Caparell, Adam (2010-10-17). "'Hereafter' star Bryce Dallas Howard can see into her own future - and it's red hot". New York Daily News (Mortimer Zuckerman). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Harman, Justine (2011-01-03). "Bryce Dallas Howard Springs into Fashion with Kate Spade Ads". People magazine (Time Warner Inc). Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Sperling, Nicole (2010-05-17). "Octavia Spencer nabs key role in 'The Help'". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (2009-10-08). "Mia Wasikowska in talks for 'Restless'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Jordan, Richard (2011-05-15). "Cannes 2011: Bryce Dallas Howard on 50/50". Total Film. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Bartyzel, Monika (2011-03-01). "Bryce Dallas Howard to Become Writer/Director With 'Breakfast Club'-Type Film". Moviefone. AOL. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ number of entries is noted at the end of the completed film at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrW26tkT7Q
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- ^ Howard, Bryce Dallas (2010-06-17). "3 Things Worth Repeating From: Bryce Dallas Howard". Self. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Bryce Dallas Howard". The Mail on Sunday (Associated Newspapers Ltd). 2011-01-09.
- ^ Lipworth, Elaine (2011-01-14). "Bryce Dallas Howard". Daily Mail (London).
- ^ Howard, Bryce Dallas. "From Bryce Dallas Howard:". Gwyneth Paltrow. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ a b c d Marikar, Sheila (2010-08-04). "Gisele Bundchen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bryce Dallas Howard: Hollywood's Pregnancy Pundits". ABC News. American Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Serpe, Gina (2007-02-20). "Bryce Dallas Howard Welcomes Son". E! Online (NBCUniversal).
- ^ Erin Hill (2011-06-14). "Bryce Dallas Howard: I've Always Wanted My Dad to Direct Me". Parade.com. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
- ^ Raftery, Liz (2012-01-22). "Bryce Dallas Howard Has a Baby Girl". People. Time Warner Inc. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ "Jason Ritter Exclusive Interview – Good Dick". Collider. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ Soares, Andre (2005-01-10). "2005 Online Film Critics Society Awards". ALT Film Guide. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "The Empire Awards Nominees Are Announced!". Empire Awards. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Cosgrove, Ben (2005-05-04). "Vicious Teens And Happy Drunk Lead 2005 MTV Movie Awards Nominees". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Teen Talent". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). 2005-08-16.
- ^ Milet, Sandrine (2010-06-28). "Teen Choice Awards 2010: Second (Giant) Wave Of Nominees Announced!". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ MTV Movie Award Staff (2011-05-03). "'Eclipse,' 'Inception' Lead 2011 MTV Movie Awards Nominations". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ MTV Movie Award Staff (2012-05-01). "2012 MTV Movie Awards Nominees: The Full List". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- ^ NAACP Image Awards nominees announced
- ^ SAG Award winners announced
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When Jury Duty Happens To Good People
Since the whole country is reeling from the recent not guilty verdict handed down in the Caylee Anthony murder trial it got me reflecting on my own experience as a member of a jury. Like many of you, I received my notice for jury duty convinced that it would amount to nothing. And even if on the rare instance I was actually required to report for jury duty, I wouldn't be chosen or the case would be dismissed. I planned on being back to work by lunchtime. The exact opposite happened. I was required to report, chosen and soon found myself as Juror #2 in a rape case that would last the duration of the week.
Initially I was not pleased. I didn't want to miss a week of work, I wouldn't be able to talk about the case with anyone, and I would have to dress up every day. There is no casual Friday in jury duty. But as I saw the Justice System at work and was able to take part I found the experience to be quite rewarding. I also really enjoyed having a room full of people stand up for me every time I entered or exited the room.
My personal opinion is that Casey Anthony is guilty, but I can see how a jury would come back with a non guilty verdict. Without compelling evidence and if there is even a shred of doubt, a jury has no choice but to let a defendant go free. This was how I approached my own experience. I listened to both sides and did my best to show no emotion, even though there were times I wanted to. Especially when the victim had to recount her experience. It was all I could do not to run up to the witness stand and give her a hug. But when it came time to deliberate I had to push my emotions aside and look at the facts only. Unfortunately for the defendant my fellow jurors and I found him guilty.
When it was all over we were able to spend a couple of hours talking to the judge and getting a history of the case. We were also able to talk to the lawyers and find out even more. The most rewarding part was being able to meet with the victim afterwards and see the relief on her face. I also was able to give her the hug I so desperately wanted to in the court room.

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Gallery: World's First Solar Kiosk Now Open For Business in Ethiopia
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Craig Schaffer November 11, 2014 at 8:03 am
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It is exciting to see solar used in this way. Rural communities in the poorer parts of Africa need these solutions and I'm really interested in these empowerment ideas.
We have a company in Somaliland and are working os Solar solutions as well for all sectors. I think your company has a brilliant idea, but what about cost. Is this feasible in a low income generating economy? I would love to know more about this unit and the modular system to see if we can get this in more places.
Keep up the good work!
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No changes within the top 3, but the two bubble teams from last week made their case for top-5 inclusion.
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Through games played 5/7/12
1. Essex (7-2): No losses to in-state teams yet and a late victory over rival Champlain Valley. Pretty good week for the Hornets. Freshman attacker Brendan Gleason is one to watch. Last week: 1.
2. South Burlington (8-1): The Rebels needed all four periods to outlast improved BFA. Last week: 2.
3. Champlain Valley (7-3): They might have lost Game 1 of the inaugural Battle of the Bucket, but with a one-goal differential, it should make for an interesting second meeting May 25. Last week: 3.
4. Brattleboro (8-1): The Colonels are on a four-game winning streak, adding three more wins last week including one over Burr and Burton. Last week: Unranked.
5. BFA-St. Albans (5-5): The Bobwhites' three-game winning streak was snapped Monday by South Burlington, but this team could be a sleeper come playoff time. Last week: Unranked.
On the bubble: After losses, Middlebury (4-4) and Burr and Burton (7-2) each drop out of the top 5.


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Anheuser-Busch: Tales from the Crypt
Until the InBev acquisition last year, the top floor of A-B's Pestalozzi Street headquarters served as the stomping grounds for brewery luminaries such as August Busch III, August Busch IV, chairman Patrick Stokes and others. Now, according to my friend, it's nothing but "dead space."
Movers spent the week before Christmas clearing out the company's last executive offices. Among the loot hauled from the building were huge bronze medallions engraved with quotes from founders Adolphus Busch and Eberhard Anheuser, a turn-of-the-century mural depicting a harvest, and a horseshoe conference table so big it's rumored it had to be airlifted into the building years ago.
By the time my friend showed up in late December the office of former president and chairman August Busch III was almost totally empty save for an ornamental hutch cabinet.
But the office of his son (and outgoing A-B CEO) August Busch IV was almost completely intact. It was August IV who closed InBev's $52-billion purchase of A-B in November, making him one of the last V.I.P.'s to leave the company. He supposedly walked away with $91.4 million from the sale. His father, August III, collected $427 million, according to reports.
Inside August IV's office movers packed up an exercise bike, a large flat-panel television, and thousands of dollars worth of high-end furniture. Despite his clout with the company, August IV's suite -- equipped with its own bathroom -- wasn't the most luxuriously appointed office on the ninth floor. That distinction would go to some of the company's vice presidents.
"This wasn't the kind of furniture and decor you buy at Carol House," noted my friend. "I was hauling out a desk from an office that someone said was probably worth $10,000."
Down the hall, movers packed up a high-end conference room decorated with a leather floor (yes, you read that correctly, leather) and a glass map of the world that lit up to show all the company's breweries and international partnerships.
Carpenters made wooden crates to store some of the valuables -- including the aforementioned bronze medallions and a mural dating back to the 1904 World's Fair. An A-B archivist was on hand to orchestrate some of the move. Items with historical significance were delivered to a cavernous A-B warehouse in south St. Louis where they'll be stored for safekeeping, a la Raiders of the Lost Ark.
As my friend packed up the last of August IV's suite, he couldn't help but play with the electronic window shades -- opening and closing them to reveal sweeping views of St. Louis and then darkness. He left the shades closed as he departed the empty office.
"It's sad," he said. "The King is dead."
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"Basis for eating disorders found in children as young as eight," The Guardian reports. A new UK survey of around 6,000 children found the roots of unhealthy thinking about body and weight can predate adolescence.
Researchers collected data from 6,140 boys and girls aged 14 years as part of an ongoing study into childhood health. Information had already been collected from the same group of children about a range of factors, including their body dissatisfaction, body mass index (BMI) and self-esteem, and whether there was a history of maternal eating disorders and family economic disadvantage.
The study reported childhood body dissatisfaction, weight and shape concern, and pressure to lose weight were all significantly higher in girls compared with boys. This predicted eating disorders in girls at age 14. Higher childhood self-esteem seemed to have a protective effect against teenage eating disorders, particularly in boys.
This study has both strengths and limitations. One of the biggest strengths is its size. It also assessed early risk factors in childhood before the onset of eating disorder behaviours.
However, though the study demonstrates associations, it does not prove causation. There was also a high drop-out rate - only 59% of children completed assessments at the age of 14. This means the results may not be representative.
Spotting the warning signs
The two most common eating disorders that affect teenagers are anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Warning signs include:
- missing meals
- complaining of being fat, even though they are a normal weight or are underweight
- repeatedly weighing themselves and looking at themselves in the mirror
- claiming they've already eaten or they'll be going out to eat somewhere else
- cooking big or complicated meals for other people, but eating little or none of the food themselves
- only eating certain low-calorie foods in your presence, such as lettuce or celery
- feeling uncomfortable or refusing to eat in public places, such as at a restaurant
You can talk in confidence to an adviser from the eating disorders charity, Beat by calling their helpline on 0845 634 1414. They also have a designated youth helpline on 0845 634 7650.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from the University College London Institute of Child Health, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and King's College London in the UK, and Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the US.
It was jointly funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Wellchild.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Psychiatry on an open-access basis. It is free to read online or download as a PDF.
Overall, the UK media reported the story accurately, although some of the limitations were not fully explained.
The Guardian included a useful quote from Lorna Garner, chief operating officer at eating disorders charity, Beat: "It is evidence that one of the causes or contributing factors towards an eating disorder or something that could trigger an eating disorder is the whole thing around body image and self-esteem.
"It doesn't cause it, but it could be a large influencing factor. It is almost as though seeds that are sown pre-teens come to fruition later.
"Knowing that is incredibly helpful because it gives everybody who is involved with wanting to prevent and manage eating disorders an indication that we need to start earlier."
What kind of research was this?
This population-based prospective cohort study aimed to investigate the prevalence of eating disorder behaviours in 14-year-old children, and how this may be associated with childhood, physical and parental risk factors.
The data source for this study was the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which recruited all pregnant women in Avon in the UK who were expected to have a baby between April 1 1991 and December 31 1992.
Prospective cohort studies like this one, which follow a group of people over time, are useful for looking at how different exposures may be associated with different outcomes.
They can suggest the possible causal chain of a problem, but cannot definitely prove cause and effect because unmeasured factors (confounders) could be involved in the relationship.
What did the research involve?
This research involved a group of 6,281 children who completed assessment at the age of 14. This was representative of 59% of people taking part in the cohort.
At age 14, eating disorder behaviours were assessed using the Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance System questionnaire.
Binge eating was assessed using a two-part question where the participants were asked about how often they had eaten a very large amount of food during the past year. Those who answered "yes" were asked a second question about whether they felt out of control during these episodes.
Purging was assessed by asking how often in the past year participants made themselves sick or used laxatives to lose weight or avoid gaining weight.
Weight and shape concerns were also assessed at 14 years using three questions as part of another survey:
- In the past year, how happy have you been with the way your body looks?
- In the past year, how much has your weight made a difference to how you feel about yourself?
- In the past year, how much have you worried about gaining a little weight (as little as 1kg)?
Pressure to lose weight (from peers, family, the media, for example) was also assessed using another scale. Childhood and parental risk factors were assessed in earlier childhood.
At the age of 10.5 years, body dissatisfaction was assessed using gender-appropriate rating scales, and body mass index (BMI) was obtained from direct assessment. Self-esteem was also assessed using another scale.
Data on family financial problems was obtained from maternal reports at regular intervals throughout childhood by means of questionnaires.
Data was also collected on maternal eating disorder when the mothers were pregnant by asking them if they ever experienced anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
The researchers used various statistical methods to investigate the association between each predictor and outcome, divided by gender.
What were the basic results?
Body dissatisfaction, weight and shape concern, and reported pressure to lose weight were all significantly higher in girls compared with boys.
Prevalence of eating disorder behaviours and cognition at 14
- 18% of girls and 3% of boys reported they felt quite a lot of pressure from the media to lose weight
- 40% of girls and 12% of boys reported dieting in the previous year
- 7.5% of girls and 3.5% of boys reported bingeing
- 7.6% of girls and 1.6% of boys reported frequent dieting
- 0.4% of boys and 0.5% of girls reported they binged and dieted
Predictors of eating disorder cognitions
- Maternal eating disorder with a history of both anorexia and bulimia nervosa predicted greater adolescent body dissatisfaction in girls, but not in boys.
- Weight and shape concern in the maternal eating disorder group was higher in 14-year-old girls compared with boys.
- Family economic conditions affected both girls and boys.
Eating disorder behaviours
- Maternal lifetime anorexia and bulimia and economic disadvantage predicted dieting in boys, but not in girls.
- Family economic disadvantage was associated with bingeing in both boys and girls. Overall, higher self-esteem was associated with lower odds of bingeing in girls.
- Higher self-esteem at eight years old was associated with lower odds of purging in boys. A high odds of purging was noticed in maternal lifetime eating disorder group children.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
Researchers said that, "We identified a strong effect of childhood body dissatisfaction on adolescent body dissatisfaction, weight and shape concern, and pressure to lose weight and dieting in girls.
"In contrast, in boys the effect of body dissatisfaction on later eating disorder outcomes was seen mainly in interaction with BMI. Boys with high BMI and high childhood body dissatisfaction had higher levels of eating disorder cognitions and behaviours, but there was no association with childhood body dissatisfaction among leaner boys."
They added that, "Maternal history of anorexia and/or bulimia nervosa was predictive of high levels of body dissatisfaction and weight and shape concern in girls, and dieting in boys. The effect was more pronounced for children of women who reported both anorexia and bulimia over their lifetime (up to child age seven years)."
This population-based prospective cohort study showed body dissatisfaction, weight and shape concern, and pressure to lose weight were all significantly higher in girls compared with boys.
The study reported these concerns about body image were all significantly higher in girls compared with boys. This predicted eating disorder in girls at age 14.
This study has several strengths and limitations. One of the biggest strengths is its size. It had a large population size, which is said to be representative of the overall UK population. This allowed a clear identification of gender-specific patterns. It also assessed various early risk factors in childhood before the onset of the eating disorder behaviours.
However, though the study demonstrates associations, it does not prove causation. Various health, lifestyle and personal factors may be involved in the development of an eating disorder, not all of which have been assessed here.
It is difficult to identify which factor or combination of factors could have been directly involved in the development of an eating disorder.
This is particularly relevant given that assessments on eating disorders or the child's body image and self-esteem are limited to the scope of the few questions used on the assessment questionnaires. These may not always give a reliable indication of how the child or adolescent may feel or what factors have contributed to this.
Another limitation is that despite the use of a large representative cohort, the study is not representative of all people - only 59% took part in the assessment at age 14. Assessment of the whole cohort may have given different results.
It is important to cultivate healthy eating and exercise habits from an early age, and children should be educated about the harmful effects of dieting and binge eating.
If you're concerned about your or your child's weight or body shape, you should see your GP or a dietitian before making any sudden changes to your diet.
Read more advice for parents on eating disorders.
"Basis for eating disorders found in children as young as eight," The Guardian reports. A new UK survey of around 6,000 children found the roots of unhealthy thinking about body and weight can predate adolescence.
Links to Headlines
Basis for eating disorders found in children as young as eight. The Guardian, July 23 2015
Childhood anxiousness about appearance can lead to eating disorders in later life, study finds. The Independent, July 23 2015
Links to Science
Micali N, De Stavola D, Ploubidis G, et al. Adolescent eating disorder behaviours and cognitions: gender-specific effects of child, maternal and family risk factors. The British Journal of Psychiatry. Published online July 23 2015
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A survivor needs a home
In July, Remy weighed just less than 17 pounds.
The bulldog/Staffordshire puppy, just 8 or 9 months old, was emaciated, tethered and abandoned outside her home.
"She had been put on a chain and left in the backyard to die," said Shafonda Davis, the director of Durham's animal shelter.
Today Remy is a healthy, robust 42 pounds and looking for a new home, while her former owner faces a hefty fine.
Laquita Renee Brown of 1402 Wydlewood Road pled guilty in district court Tuesday to one charge of misdemeanor cruelty to animals, and received a 15-day suspended sentence, one year probation and must pay more than $1,200 in restitution. She is prohibited from owning dogs.
Sheriff's deputies found Remy at 2811 Owen St. last July 11 after a neighbor called to report the dog had been tethered outside for days in 100-plus degree heat with no food, water or shelter.
"She was in really bad shape," recalled Dep. Paul Sherwin. "You can see that by how little she weighed. We brought her to the APS."
At the shelter, "we gave her lots of food, lots of love and good medicine," said Davis. "When she came to us, she was so starved, a very shy, scared little dog. We fed her many times a day and put her on a socialization and walk schedule. She's doing really well now."
Now, fully healthy and happy, Remy needs a home. Anyone interested in adopting her can see Remy's profile at www.apsofdurham.org/remy or call 919-560-0640 during normal business hours.
Meanwhile, the sheriff's department's new Animal Services Division continues to field dozens of calls concerning other mistreated dogs.
The division "is just as busy if not more so than the guys on regular patrol," Sherwin said. "We're getting hundreds of calls a month — about illegally tethered dogs and injured animals. There's a big backlog."


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After many years of study, I have arrived at a realization that I can no longer debate. It is not that I have adopted the teachings of a denomination or individual; it is my personal theology, which has come into focus at last. People of faith who want to believe in something, cannot adopt a lasting faith unless it has a foundation. That foundation is not, and cannot be, Holy Scripture.
We cannot begin with Scripture and arrive at an intelligent faith. The Bible is such an all-encompassing document that we must have a basis to analyze it before we can believe it. I remember sitting in church when I was a child and wondering what was wrong with me when I didn't like some of the weekly readings.
I was somewhat shy as a child, and I never asked any questions of my father, a priest, nor did I know how to go about putting a question into words and talk about it. That did come to me later, and my father's admirable reaction was to introduce me to his theological library, which lived in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in his office.
But in my impressionable childhood, I sat there listening to the story of Noah's Ark and I was appalled. Like many children, I simply felt sorry for the poor animals who must have been swept away in their innocence, never to know why their lives were ending. I thought about children much as I thought about animals, like a baby falling into a swimming pool with no family or good Samaritan to help them. It seemed wrong, but as I sat in church all those years I was repeatedly told that it was a wonderful work of God.
Your children are going through this just as I did in the Fifties. The faith of children isn't hard to undermine, and no "missionaries" have to visit them and plant doubts or conflicts in their minds. The faith of a child is as pure as their emotions, and their concept of God is as simple as "Jesus loves me, this I know..."
So if we want to arrive at a faith, we must first arrive at a concept of what theologians formally call The Nature Of God. By that we mean "what God is like." That is expandable to: "what God has to be like in order for us to worship him in spirit and in truth." So let's answer the question. What does God have to be like in order to be a proper object of worship?
Personally, I believe that one group we can rule out as objects of worship are the old, superhuman gods and goddesses. Divine beauty and power are just fine, but human failings blown up to supernatural proportions are not good at all. There is nothing more admirable in the behavior of Zeus towards human women than there is in an ordinary human "ladies' man." Being a god doesn't make it all right. So we cannot, in all intellectual honesty, worship this kind of being--not if the word "worship" means what we use it to mean.
Nor do I speak of God as an object of fear. You can see the fear of God's anger in countless evangelicals who live in terror of the Old Testament. You see the fear of God in the politicians who pass laws discriminating against LGBT people because they feel that they must demonstrate their compliance with the Book of Leviticus and proof quotes taken out of context, rattled off as is they would answer a question. It is said that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. I don't think so; the fear of God is the beginning of atheism as far as I am concerned.
God may have advantages over human beings, but if even once he uses those advantages to do us wrong, we can no longer find it in our hearts to worship him. The only thing God can do, in perfect fairness, is help us through his powers, following whatever Rules he is subject to. Anything beyond that lowers God to a level of a god.
I speak of God as the proper object of worship, and worship is very much like love. We love but usually do not worship our significant others, and we sometimes idolize public figures who are presented to us as the incarnation of some quality that we admire. But an idol merely shows us what we cannot be: no one can ever be as beautiful as Elizabeth Taylor or Marilyn Monroe. No one can be as perfect as a celebrity idol, which is why we run into difficulties when we discover that even Marilyn Monroe was not what she seemed to be. In real life she was mentally unstable, dealing with chronic depression until it took her life. Elizabeth Taylor had freckles. Even the heroic celebrity figure Mother Theresa dealt with episodes of self-doubt and being unsure of her vocation.
Should this confuse us? Should we worry about whether we can be as sure of ourselves and as perfect as celebrity idols seem? Or should we forgive everyone for being human, up to and including Jesus?
When we encounter a figure who truly appears to present us with a viable example of how to be, or an example of perfection that we can relate to, we fall into a frame of mind that we call worship. It is not the same as love, because worship involves a self-surrender that gives us impetus to change our lives. Yet there is not that much separation between love and worship.
But there is a vast difference between worship and terror. In fact, I say that it is impossible to conjure up feelings of worship in your soul if you are terrified of the God who is presented to you as a being who can, at any moment, send you calamities, diseases and death--and after that, when you die, send you to everlasting torment no matter how much you suffered in this life. You simply cannot worship that creature.
But that creature is the God of the Old Testament. The Jewish people came to an understanding of the qualities of God, as they understood him, and consequently they encountered the Jewish Existential Predicament: the nature of human beings compared to the supposed nature of an angry, judgmental God. Something had to give.
It was Jesus who ended the intellectual impasse between the Old Testament and his contemporary Jewish culture by proclaiming that God was more than what they could read in the Law and the Prophets. Jesus told them that God was not just lawful, righteous and good--he was also unconditionally loving and compassionate. He did not preach belief in a new faith, but sought rather to enlarge Judaism to include the understanding that a perfect God understands that we, his worshipers, are imperfect human beings.
Contrary to the idea of "justification," we as human beings cannot deserve or earn the salvation that is preached by the Christian Church. No good works, no religious observances and no social action will make us worthy of the revelation that we received from Jesus: that we need no longer fear God. We must choose between fearing God and loving God, and we base that choice on what we read in Scripture and decide to accept. But it doesn't work out in the end if you choose fear.
The fear that is imparted to readers of the Old Testament will make it impossible to love God as Jesus loved God--to love in him in such a way that we can address him as "Daddy," as Jesus did (abba, father, a child's word). We will be trapped in a universe of fear if we do not listen to Jesus--and we will be in a situation that pre-empts the Christian religion of St. Paul, St. Peter, St. James and the early Church. The early Christians were full of joy; their beliefs separated them out of Judaism as the generations went on, through today. Even though the development of the Church was contaminated in some areas by Greek philosophy, the early teachings are there for us to read--but not in the Old Testament. You find these teachings in St. Paul's letters, and you see the evolution of his thought from intolerance to inclusiveness. This is the story of Christianity: a faith that evolved out of Judaism from the concept of being unique and chosen, to the concept of being the children of a loving Father, whom we now understand. He is not the stern figure on his throne ready to rain down fire from the heavens, and he never was. Those ideas in the Old Testament are mistaken.
To realize that the human interpretations of the nature of God are sometimes mistaken is the only way that we can reconcile Scripture with our decision that God has to be unconditionally loving, good and just. That is the God we can worship from--the raging God with a whip in his hand is a creature that we flee from or grovel before. Begging for mercy to forestall punishment is entirely different for begging for mercy out of shame for our sinful nature. The sooner we realize that the Bible was written by fallible human beings, the sooner we can start finding the finger of God sending some thoughts to the writers--but not all their thoughts.


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Facebook may be about to grow its range of apps with Pages joining Messages and the main iOS app. Pages would give users access only to the non-personal profile pages that they manage
Facebook is working on a new app for iOS devices which would give users separate access to the Pages they control on the social network.
Similarly to the Messages app, which got its own gig on multiple platforms last year, the Pages app would live outside of the main Facebook app.
The idea would be for members to keep business and personal interests separate, so you're not inundated with notifications for your personal account from your small business or outside interests.
The early-stages app, as you can see from the picture above, also throws away some of the clutter and allows you to focus on analytics and gives you the ability to navigate between different pages very easily.
The app is currently being tested on a small cross-section of users in Australia, with many being prompted to download Pages.
However, Facebook says it is in no rush to push out this feature, in a statement offered to The Next Web: "We're testing an app that helps owners of small to medium Pages more easily manage their Facebook presence."
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The most recent two Stetson Hatter women's basketball games have been important, not only because they both produced victories to extend the home winning streak, but also because of the tie-ins with special events.
Feb. 11 was the Play4Kay Night for Awareness Against Breast Cancer, with a crowd of 1,358 on hand, boosted by support from several other athletic teams.
The Hats exploded with a 48-point first half, and cruised past South Carolina Upstate, 79-55. It marked the 12th-straight win for the locals on the Glenn Wilkes Court this season, and their 16th in a row overall. They improved to 11-2 in the Atlantic Sun Conference and 18-6 overall. The visitors slipped to 5-8 and 9-15, respectively.
Shanasa Sanders poured in 23 points, and grabbed nine rebounds for SU. Victoria McGowan, 13; Cherisse Burris, 12; and Jama Sharp, 11, added to the balanced attack.
Stetson will be closing on the road Saturday, Feb. 16, at Northern Kentucky, and then Monday, Feb. 18, at Lipscomb. Florida Gulf Coast, Kennesaw State and Mercer will round out the 2012-13 regular-season slate here.
Earlier Feb. 9, the Hats enjoyed another solid, 44-24, first-half lead over the East Tennessee State Bucs, en route to a 74-65 ASC win. This was a DeLand Kiwanis Club event, with advance-ticket sales going to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Volusia and Flagler Counties, with a check for $2,000 presented by the effort.
In this one, Sasha Sims bucketed 20 points. Sanders contributed 17 points, with six rebounds, while McGowan added 14 points, with five assists. Tiana Burley netted a double-double for the visitors, with 20 points and 12 rebounds.
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Nineteen years ago today, China's People's Liberation Army slaughtered unarmed citizens in the streets of Beijing and in Tiananmen Square, the spiritual heart of China. The Communist Party since then has remained unapologetic even though almost everyone in China who lived through that time knows that the atrocity was wrong. "When will the national flag be lowered for our children?" asks Ding Zilin, whose son was cut down then.
China's flag, while it remains red, will never be lowered for the victims of the massacre. The leaders of the Communist Party, always obsessed with their legitimacy, believe they will never have to admit error or say they're sorry. They think their government can outlast those who remember Tiananmen. They say that no one died on June 4 or that only soldiers perished in the darkness. Chinese children are not taught about the event in their schools, and so many have not heard of the army's indiscriminate killing as it marched from the outside of the capital to its center.
And why should we care? Chinese leaders, emboldened by our silence, think that time is on their side and that in a few short decades they will sit at the center of the international system in a century they possess. Unless we confront them, they will in time subvert our institutions and, when we are weak, demand we see things their way. They are already poisoning American society.
Now, China's autocrats have succeeded in getting presidents and prime ministers to legitimize them by traveling to their capital for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. At a time when he should speak out, the leader of the world's free states will instead go to participate in what Beijing sees as a display of submission. Worse, China's supremos have already cited President Bush's upcoming trip to China as America's rejection of the regime's critics.
If we believe in our values and wish to defend our society, then we must remember this day, the fourth of June, for as long as the Communist Party of China refuses to acknowledge the great crime it committed almost two decades ago. It's not just about the fate of the great Chinese people; it's about ours as well.


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WOONSOCKET -- The final tally on shots on net in Monday night's contest between Mount St. Charles and Barrington was an astounding 78-32 count in favor of the Mounties.
And while the Mounties managed to claim the Division I crossover game by an 8-0 score, they weren't able to put away the visiting Eagles until the start of the third period, as they netted four goals in the first 7:18 of play to finally send the fans to Adelard Arena's parking lot.
Junior center Brian Belisle scored a pair of goals and set up another to lead a balanced offensive assault for the Mounties, who are now 5-4 in the division and in fourth place in the division's power standings.
Ryan Berard also added a goal and a pair of assists to help the Mounties cop a 3-0 lead after two periods of play, and Brian Campbell also had assists on those first three goals.
The Eagles, who fell to 4-5-1, saw their goaltenders, starter Chris Calitri and backup Nick Marra, team up to stop 70 shots, with Calitri turning away 59 of them before being replaced by Marra 5:49 into the final period.
The Mounties, meanwhile, received an excellent effort from their netminder, Brian Larence. He recorded 32 saves for the shutout and made a handful of brilliant stops in the second period when the Eagles managed to unload 16 shots on him.
The Mounties outshot the Eagles (4-5-1) by a 28-7 margin after a period of play, but only had Belisle's first goal of the night (with 4:33 on the clock) to show for their efforts.
While Larence found himself busy in the middle period, the Mounties took 25 shots on Calitri and managed to put two past him on rebounds in front of the net, as Berard and Belisle lit the lamp during the first eight minutes of play.
The Mounties finally put the game away in the third period on an unassisted, shorthanded goal by Brandon Borges 1:52 into play that was soon followed by goals from Ben Handanyan, Callan Morisseau, and James Casilli. Steve Donahue's goal with 1:36 to play sealed the victory.
The Mounties will now face a very big weekend against two of the parochial rivals. On Friday at 9:30 p.m., they head to Warwick's Thayer Arena to face unbeaten Bishop Hendricken (10-0-1), and the following night at 9, they host second-place La Salle (6-3-1) at Adelard.
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First period: MSC -- Brian Belisle (Ryan Berard, Brian Campbell), power play, 10:27.
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Shots on goal: Barrington 32, Mount St. Charles 78. Goalie saves: B -- Chris Calitri (59 saves-65 shots), Nick Marra (5:49, third period, 11 saves-13 shots), MSC -- Brian Larence (32 saves).
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June 8, 2010
By Richard Stevens -- Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
For Lobo Lisa Meeter, the destination isn't simply Brazil. Oh, that's where the New Mexico senior-to-be will extend her volleyball experience from June 12-22 with the Bring It Promotions Development Team.
Meeter will do her kill thing in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
But Meeter isn't on this volleyball junket simply to tour South America and improve her skills for the Lobo volleyball season of 2010. She also is probing into her future.
Does she want to play overseas as a professional?
Right now, the answer is "Yes," but Meeter will join New Mexico teammates Kelly Williamson and Taylor Hadfield on the BIP team and take a deeper look into playing the game on foreign soil.
"I love volleyball. I'm not burnt out and I still want to play after college," said Meeter. "This is another opportunity to see if I like playing overseas and if I really want to continue to play after my senior year."
Meeter went with the New Mexico team to Argentina in May/June of 2008, but that was a team thing with Coach Jeff Nelson and most of his staff there to take care of the young Lobos on the faraway road.
Meeter, Williamson and Hadfield will be only a trio in Brazil. "I'm not going with my whole team this time and I'll be playing with a different coach and with different teammates," said Meeter. "It should be a totally different experience."
Meeter said she just spend a weekend with ex-Lobo Jeanne Fairchild talking about life as a pro volleyball player. Fairchild has been on the pro circuit for two seasons. Basically, a would-be pro has to consider life outside the U.S. and life away from the security blanket of home and family. It can be fun. It can be a challenge.
"Jeanne had some great experiences and she had some hard experiences," said Meeter. "It's real life out on your own. But I'm pretty sure that's what I want to do."
The New Mexico volleyball program is taking advantage of the Bring It Promotion tour for the fourth straight summer. Fairchild and Gayle Tripp were BIP players in 2007, Rose Morris was the lone Lobo on the road in 2008, and Ashley Rhoades and Allison Buck went BIP in 2009.
Williamson is from South America. She was born in Brasilia, Brazil, moved to Argentina and played on the Argentine Junior National Team before coming to UNM. Hadfield is from Corte Madera, Calif.
Meeter, Williamson and Hadfield will play some of the top-level club teams in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. They also will battle the Brazilian Junior National Team.
"I'm super excited to do this," said Meeter. "I wish I could say I was fluent in Portuguese, but I'm not. I just know the basics.
"It will be interesting to be around a new language, a different culture. I think South America in general has a great atmosphere surrounding their volleyball. I hear the people love it down there and a lot of fans come to the games. I'm anxious to get a different perspective on volleyball.
"I'm always trying to get better in volleyball and this is an opportunity to maybe see a different style. I seems there is more of a power game there, but I know there is a lot of energy from the game and the crowd and you can thrive off it."


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When Jackson Rathbone visited the BULLETT offices one recent Tuesday for a photo shoot and interview, he came equipped with his crimson-haired better half, stylist Sheila Hafsadi and 6-month-old baby son, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI. Asking for style advice from the teensy little progeny, Rathbone was a decidedly warmer, more soulful version of the character he has been known for over the past 4 years, Twilight's blood-lusting Cullen clan vampire, Jasper Hale. With the Twilight movie franchise taking its final lap in theaters, the world is entering a new life cycle, and so is Rathbone. This month he debuts his first solo album, Billy Badass, an explorative work of multiple genres, blues and country included, where Rathbone takes his love of storytelling into record form. Here Rathbone talks about the last night on the Twilight set, his sartorial choices choices (one crushed red velvet suit in particular), and his childhood travelling the world.
How many interviews do you think you've done since the whole Twilight franchise has started?
Since it began?
Are you going to miss all that craziness?
Yes and no. I like crazy. I was born on the run. I was born travelling. I was born in Singapore, so I like moving around. I like being in constant motion. So I'll miss that aspect of it. As an actor, I like being someone else. So it's kind of like the hardest part of it all—doing the press. It's one of those requisites of the business that you don't find out about until you're in the business. When I was a little actor back on the stage in high school, I was just playing parts. That's what I love: being someone else.
What was the craziest or most memorable moment from the Twilight experience?
The first Twilight premiere. Pulling up in the car with my parents in town and seeing all the people out there, that was weird. That was a trip. We didn't think it would be as big as it was or had become. It was gaining steam as we were filming and by the time we were done filming, it was a lot bigger than we had anticipated. But when we got to the red carpet there were a lot of people screaming and taking pictures of us, and yelling our names, which was really weird.
Are you going to keep in touch with anyone from the cast?
I think so. Definitely. We've become good friends over the years, and Nikki Reed's the godmother of my baby, so I think we're going to see plenty of her.
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The women's fashion and bamboo toothbrush shop that was Animal Lovers by Neo Tokyo gradually morphed into a vegan cafe over the past couple of years, first by reducing and selling off the fashion and by selling coffee, then by introducing meals and also selling organic fruit and vegetables. Then it did some dinners in addition to the standard breakfast and lunch daytime cafe service.
But now it's closed, with the claim in the window that it's hibernating – in other words that the closure is temporary and that it will reopen after renovations. A rather breathless article in a real estate website discusses, without linking to, supposed online outrage about the presumed permanent closure.
I'm cynical as I've seen this before – supposed temporary closures being announced as amateur small business owners struggle with reality before becoming permanent as reality gets too real. Their coffee was good so it will be a shame if they are gone for good, and it will be a loss to the otherwise growing vegetarian and vegan food precinct on Brunswick St.


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Bath head teacher apologises over wording of letter asking parents for "voluntary contributions"
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A Bath head teacher has apologised for the wording of a letter sent to parents asking them to donate up to £30 a month to boost school coffers.
Andrew Davies at Beechen Cliff School has said he wants to clarify that he was requesting voluntary contributions, with all the money being used to enhance extra-curricular activities and educational opportunities.
The letter told parents that the opportunities at Beechen Cliff were "on a par" with any other state or independent school, but that the lack of Government funding made it difficult to sustain this or improve it.
It said: "Independent school fees are normally over £10,000 a year per pupil. At Beechen Cliff education is free but, if parents are willing to give a fraction of that money, we could achieve so much more.
"We are asking all families for a voluntary contribution of £30, £20 or £10 per month to the new top-up scheme. We believe that this isn't a great sum to contribute towards a child's education."
It added: "Of course we appreciate that some parents do not have the resources to contribute. Thankfully there are some generous parents who are already contributing significantly."
The letter was flagged up by parent Jane Middleton, who wrote about it on the Local Schools Network website.
She said that not only did it put "financial and moral pressure on parents", but it also ignored the fact that parents already paid for state schools through their taxes.
Mr Davies told the BBC that the voluntary contribution scheme was something widely used by schools in Bath and across the country and that it brought in around £20,000 a year for Beechen Cliff.
However, he said the letter's wording was "not helpful" and that he was sorry he had not checked it more thoroughly before it went out.
He said he would be clarifying in a school newsletter that the scheme, which has been running for ten years, was entirely voluntary.
Mr Davies also told the BBC that virtually no child was asked to pay for after-school clubs and extracurricular activities unless external coaches were involved.
"We have an incredible range of activities and we try to make sure that no one is disadvantaged by the lack of money," he said.
The Chronicle contacted Bath's other secondary head teachers to find out if they ran similar voluntary contribution schemes.
Adam Williams, from Bath Community Academy, said the only time parents were asked for money was for an "extraordinary" school trip, but then the school would also clearly state that it would cover the cost if they could not.
Ralph Allen head Tim Withers said it needed to be clear that state education was always free and that parents would never have to pay for it.
However, he said his school did ask for parents' help with fundraising.
"We do hold fundraising activities through the student body to raise money for the school and other charitable organisations, and this can involve direct requests to parents for sponsorship or gift aided donations.
"Our documents make it explicit for what and when we are raising money (an example our new all weather pitch installation or Cancer Research), and the voluntary nature of the request.
"Key fundraising enables equipment and facilities to be available for students more quickly than our normal school budget would allow. Fundraising for others is an important part of our citizenship."


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You've probably heard the adolescent expression "Talk to the hand, cause these ears aren't listening." In recent months, I've seen and heard similar comments from a few Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Research and Technology Advisors (RTAs). Their own version of this expression was "I'm just following policies – if you disagree, take it up with Ottawa."
The disturbing aspect of such statements is not the refusal of an RTA to acknowledge that they are actively interpreting the law whenever they make a decision about whether a taxpayer's claimed work met the technical criteria for SRED. The determination made by an RTA is always ultimately expressed in terms of whether the claimed work "met the requirements of the Act".
An RTA who expresses disinterest in the law and an unwillingness to explain their decision making in the context of the law and CRA policies is about as credible as a fish denying that it gets wet. And … they are also violating CRA's own policy guidance on dealing with taxpayers on a technical review. CRA's Technical Review Manual states that a taxpayer should be clearly informed about the nature of an RTA's concerns, and the rationale for those concerns, by the end of a technical review meeting. There should be no surprises! There needs to be a healthy, respectful and well informed dialogue between the RTA and the taxpayer about the nature of the work. Such a dialogue is consistent with the model of an interaction in which the RTA is, in some measure, providing guidance and some level of "coaching" and mentoring to the taxpayer, assisting them toward a greater level of what CRA describes as "self-compliance". That is an ideal, not always realized in practice.
It is not the proper role of the RTA merely to arrive at a taxpayer's place of business with the attitude (or the intent) that "I'm here to deny your claim and no level of documentary or verbal evidence will persuade me otherwise."
Such RTAs are quick to provide the taxpayer with the documents about recourse to the appeals mechanism, which they are required to do even when going through the motions. Or especially when going through the motions, because even the most inexperience claimant can begin to tell when an RTA is just stringing them along.
Going through the motions?
You can tell an RTA is only going through the motions when:
The entire SRED program and the technical review process are founded in law, even before the application of scientific or technical knowledge; without the law, there is no basis for the technical dialogue. And there is a manual (portions available on CRA website) that governs most aspects of the interaction that constitutes a technical review. So it is somewhat incomprehensible that individual RTAs would communicate, in any sense, a disinterest in the legal foundations of what they do. And such attitudes are not at all consistent with the messaging, attitudes and behaviour of CRA leadership.
I personally believe that CRA leadership are actively listening. We need to continue to focus on creating well-founded, well-supported, and clearly eligible claims. If necessary, we will engage in a civil dialogue where necessary to help clarify and defend the work.
A wise man in this field once pointed out to me that the first and best step to a successful claim is to assemble a package that can pass the initial desk review without triggering a technical review. This also means having the evidence, and answering the necessary questions up front. Having your claim "accepted as filed" is a whole universe ahead of trying to have a policy discussion with an RTA who may very well not be inclined to listen. Avoiding the argument is the best approach to winning it.
- Bruce Madole


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