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Friday the 13th Box Set Reviews by Tim HanniganPosted by: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan: Jason Finally laid out in a box.
The first eight "Friday the 13th" films finally get some respect from Paramount Pictures (it's hard to use the word final with this series – Part IV was 'The Final Chapter' and Part IX was 'The Final Friday'). It's unfortunate that Paramount owns so many great horror titles because they rarely give them proper DVD treatment.
The Friday the 13th series was an extremely successful franchise for Paramount, who own Parts I – VIII. The films cost very little to make – each one costing less than $5M, and yet they all made money. You don't need an MBA from Harvard to know that spending on average $3M on a movie that makes $20M - $40M is great business sense. But for some reason, the Friday series has always been the black sheep of the Paramount family. These movies made truckloads of money while a lot of Paramount's bigger pictures fell flat on their face.
Until now, Friday fans have had to buy the first eight films individually. No bonus features, except the odd trailer, and Paramount even changed the poster art for some of the films. With "From Crystal Lake to Manhattan", the series finally gets some extras, but unfortunately not the uncut versions of the films fans have been screaming for. It's ironic that New Line Cinema, who got the rights to the franchise when creator Sean S. Cunningham bought them back from Paramount, has produced excellent editions of the later films, which are the weakest films of the series.
As I review each film I need to declare a bias. These were my favourite films growing up, and each holds a huge nostalgia factor for me which makes it difficult to be objective.
Friday the 13th
People who are aware of Jason as a pop culture figure are shocked to know that Jason is not the killer in the first film (unless they learned this in a great piece of trivia in "Scream"). The film is about a group of counselors preparing Camp Crystal Lake for the season. Back in the 50s the camp was closed when a young boy named Jason drowned, and then two teenagers were murdered. The locals believe the camp is jinxed, and that the camp owner is crazy for trying to reopen it. On Friday the 13th, the counselors fall prey to a savage murderer. The audience is unaware of the killer's identity until the final act, when the lone survivor discovers that an old employee of the camp, Mrs. Voorhees, blamed camp counselors for letting her poor son Jason drown. She goes on a murderous rampage to prevent the camp from closing and to celebrate her son's birthday – Friday June 13th.
The film is scary and extremely gory thanks to Tom Savini's effects. The movie features a Carrie-inspired shock ending, which easily ranks in the top ten scariest moments in horror film history. What really makes the film work is the score by Harry Manfredini, which introduced the famous "ki ki ki ma ma ma". The score ranks with Psycho, Halloween and Jaws as the most memorable of the genre. I heard Wes Craven comment that he had seen the film without any music (he and director Sean S. Cunningham collaborated on "Last House on the Left"), and did not think it was very good. When he later saw the movie with the music he was blown away.
Friday the 13th Part II
The roles are reversed in the second film, which sees Jason avenging the death of his mother. He catches up with the survivor of the first film and demonstrates why she picked the wrong woman to decapitate. Jason survives in the woods around Crystal Lake as a sort of feral child/man/beast. Five years after the first film, a counselor training center opens on the lake. The counselors are told to stay away from the old "Camp Blood", but Jason shows up to take his revenge on "anyone who dares enter his wilderness". Most of the counselors go into town for one last night out, leaving behind a small group. The group is picked off one by one by Jason. In the end, a counselor working on her degree in child psychology tries to use Jason's oedipal complex against him.
This is one of my favourite Friday films. The pacing is quick, the acting is solid, and it has the most jump out of your seat moments of any of the films. Don't look for Jason's trademark hockey mask in this film. Jason hides his grotesque face under a sack with an eye hole cut out of it.
Friday the 13th Part III (aka Friday the 13th Part III in Super 3-D)
Picking up just after Part II, a group of College students go to an old summer house on Crystal Lake for the weekend. The woman whose family owns the house had been attacked by a grotesque man there years ago, and is uneasy about returning. Much drug use and fornication ensues, as does the murderous wrath of Jason.
Paramount really dropped the ball with this film by not finding a way to release it in 3-D. I was seven when the film was released theatrically, so until recently I had only seen it on TV or video. Fortunately, the Royal Cinema in Toronto puts on a 3-D festival every year, and I have seen the film in 3-D three times. The 3-D version is fantastic. Watching the movie without the 3-D effect is nowhere near as fun. The movie introduces the hockey mask for the first time, as well as the big hulking Jason (he was small in Part II) everyone is familiar with. The movie is a decent slasher flick, and the lead actor is very good. The 3-D version is considered by many to be the best 3-D film ever made.
GRADE: 2-D version C+
3-D version A
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
The first "Final" film in the series picks up immediately after the third. Jason escapes from the morgue where his body is taken, and returns to Crystal Lake. He finds a divorced mother and her two children living near the lake along with a house full of college kids who…wait for it…enjoy sex and drugs. One of the mother's children is Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman). Tommy is interested in horror, video games, and creates make-up effects and latex masks. Another interesting character in this film is Rob, who is the brother of Sandra from Part II (who got skewered by the spear). He is hunting Jason. He knows the history, and is prepared to take revenge for his sister's murder. He meets the Jarvis family, and tells them about Jason. By the time they realize Jason is there he has already cut his way through the teenagers and sets his sights on the Jarvis family. Tommy finally kills the unstoppable Jason in a very gruesome way.
This is considered by many to be the best film of the series. It is very gory, and Jason is ferocious. Director Joseph Zito keeps Jason in the shadows for much of the film. Tom Savini returned for this film and the make-up effects are second to none. A great, scary time.
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
The Final Chapter made sooooo much money, producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. decided they should make another one. From Part V on the box office tallies dropped. Given the cost of making the films, however, they were still profitable.
Tommy Jarvis is haunted by visions of Jason after killing him as a child. Now a teenager, he has been committed to a youth care facility located at a farm. One of the other resident psychos brutally murders another teen at the facility. Following the murder, the people at the farm begin to fall prey to a murderous psychopath wearing a hockey mask. The body count rises, and Tommy must face-off against the killer. Once the killer is dispatched, Tommy realizes that the killer was not Jason.
I would say this is the worst film in the series…but we're getting to Part XIII. Taking Jason out of a Friday the 13th movie was the dumbest thing they could do…with the exception of sending Jason to New York. Awful, mean-spirited, and definitely not the direction to take the franchise.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Just when you thought the franchise had finally died, along comes writer/director Tom McLaughlin to breathe new life into the series. The film focuses on Tommy Jarvis once again, who escapes from the mental institution to destroy Jason's body once and for all to end his delusions about the killer. In trying to destroy Jason, he accidentally brings him back to life (my bad). He runs to tell the Sheriff, and finds him self in jail for creating a disturbance. The town of Crystal Lake has changed its name to Forest Green. The last thing the locals want is someone stirring up Jason stories again – especially as Camp Forest Green is about to open. Tommy is driven out of town, as Jason makes his way back to the camp. With the help of the Sheriff's daughter, Tommy finally figures out a way to stop Jason for good – return him to the bottom of Crystal Lake.
The movie is very well done. It is very funny (intentionally), features some creative kills, and has some pretty good scares. It also feels like a much bigger movie than the other films with everything from guns, car chases and a wicked soundtrack featuring Alice Cooper. This movie has everything you could ever want from a Friday the 13th film, and bringing Jason back to life as an unstoppable zombie killer was brilliant.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
A teenager with telekinetic powers (think Carrie – only hot) killed her father in Crystal Lake as a child. Her psychologist, who is out to exploit her abilities, brings her back to the lake, hoping to create huge psychokinetic reactions. Of course next door to where they are staying, there is a group of kids renting a house for a party. The girl tries to bring her father back from the dead using her powers, but unleashes Jason from his watery grave instead. Much killing ensues, leading to a final showdown between the telekinetic teen and Jason.
The last twenty minutes of the film are probably the best twenty minutes of the franchise. It features a fantastic showdown between the telekinetic and Jason. She electrocutes him, drops a roof on him, hangs him, burns him, and smashes various objects into his face. The rest of the film is fairly typical, feeling more than just a little flat. This is the best Jason in the series, a combination of Kane Hodder's presence, and the outrageous makeup effects from director John Carl Buechler. Jason is rotting, and you can see his ribs exposed through his flesh. Even his knee joints can be seen as he stalks through the woods. And when the mask comes off it is great. They must have studied all the previous films, as every mark from every axe, machete, boat motor, etc. is here.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Writer/director Rob Hedden had been involved in the short-lived, and completely unrelated, 'Friday the 13th The Series" on television. He pitched two ideas to Paramount – one had Jason on a boat, and the other had Jason go to New York. They combined the two ideas and gave us the lowest point in the entire series. Jason is brought back to life by some stupid underwater electrical wire which was accidentally installed over top of him. He gets on a boat full of…dramatic pause…teenagers who like to…stop reading my mind…have sex and use drugs on their way to New York City. He kills people on the boat. Survivors leave the boat to go to Manhattan, and he follows. He then kills people there.
The only good thing about this film is that Kane Hodder got to play Jason for a second time – the first actor to do so in the entire series. Other than Kane, the movie is stupid. The lead character has a back story where Jason, as a child, tried to drown her in Crystal Lake. Jason learns to teleport, and people running away from him then find him in front of them. The ending is nothing short of moronic, as Jason is transformed by toxic waste back to a little boy.


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An early six run advantage was too much to overcome on the road as the University of Florida baseball team (26-11, 6-7 SEC) fell 11-2 to Mississippi State University (22-12, 6-7 SEC) Friday evening. The Gators and Bulldogs will play game two on Saturday with first pitch slated for 4 p.m. ET.
The Gators had just three hits and could not get to the Mississippi State pitching until the seventh. The Bulldogs led until Florida put a pair of runs on the board in that inning. The Bulldogs scored eight of their runs in the first five innings and then pulled way in the win.
Mississippi State used a Craig Tatum two-run home run in the first to take the early 2-0 lead. After a pair of outs to start the inning Brad Corley singled setting up the long ball for Tatum. The Bulldogs would reload the bases following the home run but Tommy Boss got a groundout to end the inning.
Boss would surrender four runs in the second as he was removed after 1 2/3 innings. Only one run in the inning was earned as a fielding error allowed Mississippi State to have the big run inning. The Bulldogs sent eight batters to the plate and had four hits.
Corley and Brad Jones each drove in a run with singles after ninth hitter Jeff Butts led off the inning with a double. A Thomas Berkery single scored Tatum for the fifth run of the contest single while the final run came in after reliever Adam Sanabria balked.
Sanabria would pitch a pair of scoreless innings in the third and fourth before the Bulldogs put a pair of runs across in the fifth. Berkery would score on a Butts double after leading off the inning with a single. Butts would later come home to give the Bulldogs an 8-0 lead when Jeffrey Rea had the second straight Mississippi State double.
Mississippi State starting pitcher Alan Johnson would pitch five innings of no hit ball before Gator pinch hitter Ryan Kennedy led off the sixth with a single to center.
Florida finally struck against Johnson in the seventh as Kennedy delivered his second hit of the contest. After an out back-to-back walks to Austin Easley and Jonathan Tucker brought Kennedy to the plate. Kennedy hit a rope over the bag at first base for a double bringing home both base runners. Florida had a chance to score more as C.J. Smith followed Kennedy with a single but a ground ball double play ended the inning.
Johnson would earn the victory as he went seven innings and gave up three hits and two runs with six walks and five strikeouts. He ran his record to 2-1 in the win.
Boss would take the loss on the mound to fall to 2-2 on the season. Three other Florida pitchers would see action in the contest.
The Bulldogs would tack on one run in the seventh and two more in the eighth. In the seventh Butts had a sacrifice fly RBI while in the eighth back-to-back doubles by Corley and Tatum drove in one run while Berkery singled in Tatum for the final Bulldog run of the contest.
Jones, Corley and Berkery each had three hits for the 19 hit Bulldog attack while Tatum drove in three runs.
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|Music Meets Visual Art in "Fantastic Fiddles"
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|Written by Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
|Tuesday, 01 March 2005 18:00
Although Steven Sinner is best known as an artist – making turned wooden vessels airbrushed in gold and silver acrylic paint – he also loves music, playing bass clarinet in the Black Hawk Community College Band and the Bettendorf Park Band.
So when the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) approached him about creating a work of art out of a violin for a fundraiser, it was a perfect marriage of two of his passions.
Unlike the majority of the nine artists selected for the fundraiser "Fantastic Fiddles," Sinner didn't paint his violin; he stained it on the sides and back with two different colors. "Since the back of the fiddle is made of maple, which is a wavy wood," he said, "when the light strikes it, the color changes." As I walked around the violin on display, it showed an array of colors, such as indigo, blue-green, and mauve, glinting in the sun.
Sinner gilded the violin's front entirely in silver leaf with a chemical patina. According to him, the gilding was the easy part; doing the patina took him a week. As an expression of his regard for classical music, Sinner used the patina to put images of three different violin-concerto scores – by Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, and Bruchner – on the violin itself.
Deb Sandry, the QCSO's development director, called "Fantastic Fiddles" the symphony's "best-kept secret." Although symphony season-ticket holders and concert-goers have seen the nine artistically embellished violins on display at every concert given so far this year, the general public might not be aware that these festively decorated instruments exist.
These unique works of art will be sold in a silent auction at the Symphony in Bloom's preview celebration from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at the RiverCenter. All but two violins have already been bid upon. QCSO decided to pre-sell the violins as a compliment to the artists for donating their time and effort. Interested buyers contacted the QCSO to bid a minimum of $1,200 on their violin of choice. Bids are still being accepted at this time, and at the silent auction, bidding will begin at $1,200. In other words, even if there are no interested bidders at the preview event, violins will still be sold.
Named "Fantastic Fiddles" by the QCSO board of directors, the project was presented by board member Joyce Bawden as a way to raise money for the QCSO Music Education Program. After reading an article in Symphony magazine on fundraising, Bawden looked on the Internet to further research the topic. Here she found that many symphonies across the U.S. have used this creative concept to make money for their organizations.
For instance, the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra in Indiana hosted a special Valentine concert with "Vacationing Violins – a Noteworthy Exhibit" on display to be raffled off that evening. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra commissioned 12 violins to be painted and to tour Georgia beginning in November 2004, with a few violins raffled off at each tour venue. Even the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra hosted a fundraiser called "Art of Note" featuring eight painted violins.
Our own Quad City Symphony Orchestra commissioned nine area artists to paint nine violins, one for each decade of its existence. The violins were supplied to the artists in their unfinished, unassembled forms. Board members personally hand-delivered them to each artist. The artists had the violins in their possession for about six months, and finished them in September.
Bawden was enthusiastic about "Fantastic Fiddles." "I just can't say enough nice things about the artists," she said. "They were very gracious about the project. I have been really impressed with the level of artistic ability in the Quad Cities."
The artists, too, couldn't say enough nice things about being chosen to paint the violins. Artist Corinne Smith said, "I had fun and I really appreciated being asked, because I consider the symphony to be a 'high level' group."
Smith drew upon her background in painting and collage to create an explosively colorful abstract fiddle. She chose an interesting mix of purple, chartreuse, red, and orange, and she used textures ranging from rough matte to a raised floral pattern on what is possibly wallpaper.
She found, as did many of the nine artists, that the violin shape was a challenge to work with. Her paintings are "strictly 2-D," she said, and moving to a third dimension was difficult. She found it hard to the paint the back side and keep the painting together (tying the back to the front).
Kathleen Van Hyfte, whose violin La Mer is featured on the Symphony in Bloom brochure cover, echoed Smith's words. "The hardest part is the shape and trying to keep the composition all together without having to turn it constantly," she said. However, she works in acrylic paints, which dry quickly, so she was able to work around the problem.
Because she considers the violin to be a traditional instrument, Van Hyfte wanted to do a traditional painting of the ocean and was inspired by Debussy's composition La Mer. She finds the ocean to be calm and healing. In addition, she thought the symphony's audience would appreciate a more traditional theme, and she wanted to be sure that her instrument would sell. Her violin is indeed calm and tranquil, painted in soft hues of blue and green with lavender, white, and purple for the clouds.
Susan Katz found the violin to be "extremely challenging." "It's that hump in the middle that throws the scale off," she said. Katz wanted to create a design that was contemporary with the era in which the symphony was founded, so she chose early Art Deco. Using silver, gold, deep red, and gray for colors, Katz strove to bring the illusion of motion to her violin entitled Earth Song. "I think of music as having motion/movement," she said. "I wanted to tie the two together." Her violin has an electrical energy about it. There appear to be bolts of lightning and leaves swaying in the wind. She even painted a vine up the violin's neck.
One of the reasons Katz accepted this unusual assignment was because her father played in the symphony years ago. She felt nostalgia for her father (now deceased) and painted the violin in his honor.
Akiko Koiso, a ceramicist, said the violin was "very small." Before starting in ceramics, Koiso painted, but she was used to working on a large canvas. "Every aspect of a violin is very curvy, sensual," she said. "I had to work in a small, tight area."
Koiso used acrylic paint, handmade Japanese papers, and colored pencil to create her simultaneously graceful and austere piece. She used colors sparingly (predominantly gray with a complement of green and splashes of red and blue) and kept her oriental design simple, yielding an elegant effect.
"Originally I was going to add small pieces of clay elements, but because nothing was flat, I had a hard time incorporating them," Koiso said. Although her work is untitled on the QCSO Web site, she did in fact name it Adagio to reflect its quiet, serene mood.
Unlike the artists mentioned above, Teresa Mesich did not find it difficult to paint the violin. "The paint took really well to the wood," she said. She did, however, join the consensus by saying the violin's shape is "unusual." "I'd never really worked on a 3-D thing like that," she said. "Once I had my idea, I just had to sketch it out and think of where to place the components."
A figurative artist, Mesich likes to paint women. She painted the violin to reflect the personality of her paintings. That personality is bold and sensuous. She uses bright colors and she loves curves. Because the violin is "an extremely feminine shape," she wanted to paint a woman on it. The woman's curves coincide with the curves of the violin. Her shoulders and breasts fill the top half, her waist the middle, and her hips the lower half. She sports a bright red bathing suit and has full red lips, heavily painted eyes, and long black hair that flows up the neck of the violin in a braid.
Mesich wasn't the only one to paint a female subject. Mardi Howell chose to copy one of the master painters who lived at the time the symphony got its start. She thought a Degas ballerina was ideal for the violin. "The ballet is so connected with symphonic music," she said. "So I thought, 'What better thing to portray music than dance?'"
Howell also found the violin shape a difficult one, but the ballerina's figure fit nicely on her fiddle, which she named after the master himself. Also, working in oil paints as she does, she waited a long time for them to dry. Like Smith and Katz, she was happy to help the symphony with this fundraising project. "It was a privilege to do it."
For three-dimensional artist Lisa Mahar, who paints furniture and found objects, the violin was not a technical challenge. As she said, "Painting and putting it together was more of a challenge than the shape." She had to paint a bit, let it dry, and then be careful setting it down.
Mahar named her violin The Splendor of the Sirens. Like Mesich, the shape of the violin inspired her to paint a woman with her hair coming up the neck, so she painted a mermaid on the front and a "moth woman" on the back. On the sides she painted small pictures and symbols – a design that she calls "tattooing." She used all colors of the rainbow in her work, and her pictures are filled with different kinds of images – from faces to fish.
Bill Wohlford is an accomplished sculptor of wood, so his challenge was a little different from everyone else's: he needed an idea that would allow him to work in three dimensions on the violin. That is to say: He did not want to just paint it. Instead, he cleverly added three-dimensional figures of a man, woman, and child to the instrument.
Wohlford was given to believe that the silent auction would occur at Christmas, so his theme was a parody of "The Gift of the Magi" – O. Henry's story of a struggling young couple who each sells a prized possession to buy the other a gift. The wife sells her long hair to buy her husband a watch fob, and the husband sells his watch to buy hair combs for his wife.
On his violin, entitled Marital Discord, the female figure is painting one half of the violin green for the male figure, and he's painting the other half red for her, "and when they get to the middle, there'll be a problem," Wohlford said.
And where did QCSO get the violins? Jim Reck, owner of Reck Violin Shop in Coralville, Iowa, was contacted by Concertmaster Allen Ohmes to donate them. Reck said that finding the violins took him a while because the QCSO wanted unused, unfinished instruments. He made a few calls and cashed in some favors, and was able to provide the nine violins, which together were valued at $2,000. Impressed by the project, Reck was happy to support regional arts and music.
Reck also has a more personal link to the symphony. While a student at the University of Iowa, he played for the QCSO and he has maintained a friendly relationship with orchestra members over the past 25 years. A professional cello player, he occasionally functions as a substitute musician for the symphony. In fact, he played in the organization's most recent concert.
Dennis Loftin, the QCSO's principal percussionist and program-notes writer, said, "I wish he could play with us all the time. He's an excellent cellist." Alas, operating a music shop is a full-time concern, but Reck likes to play for the symphony at least once a year to keep in practice.
For more information on Symphony in Bloom, visit (http://www.symphonyinbloom.com). For further information on the Quad City Symphony, go to (http://www.qcsymphony.com).
Sidebar: About Symphony in Bloom
The "Fantastic Fiddles" silent auction on the evening of March 3 kicks off the Symphony in Bloom (SIB) festival at the RiverCenter, running through Sunday, March 6. The public can admire a wide range of splendid gardens designed by professional landscapers, florists, amateur gardeners, sponsors, and volunteers. General admission is $6 for adults, $1 for children, or $5 in advance at the following locations: Green Thumbers, Iowa Machine Shed, Northwest Music Shop, Quad-City Times, Wallace's Garden Centers, all Whitey's Ice Cream stores, and Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) headquarters. Tickets are also available by calling (563)322-0931.
The 2005 Symphony in Bloom gardens are many and varied. "Fiddlin' Around" in the main concourse is a "larger than life" bass-fiddle-shaped garden featuring a pond, a bridge, and flowering plants. The "90th Anniversary Garden" displays the QCSO 90th-anniversary logo created completely with flowers. Relax in the "Sounds of Silence" garden by strolling under an arbor, down a flagstone path to a brook.
The "Oriental Garden Café" features the latest in Japanese and other Asian gardening, and the "Nine Fantastic Fiddles" garden is a violin-shaped garden created by the Garden Club. Here will be displayed the nine violins painted by area artists and commissioned by the symphony in honor of its 90th anniversary.
Don't miss "Reflections in Art" – the quintessential art lover's garden – and "Hosta Patch" – a tribute to old-fashioned gardens complete with a potting shed and water pump. These are but a few of the 19 gardens on display at SIB.
Beginning with its preview celebration on Thursday evening, SIB is hosting a series of special events for each day of the festival. On Friday morning, March 4, parents and children can enjoy "Family Time at SIB," sponsored by LaFarge North America and Piper Jaffray & Co., and, later that evening, listen to the Quad City Youth String Ensemble and Bix Youth Jazz Band.
On Saturday, March 5, SIB offers "Toole Time," a free seminar about new garden-tool products sponsored by Trissel, Graham & Toole. Also, help QCSO celebrate its 90th birthday from 5 to 8 p.m. Arrive during those hours and receive half-price admission and a special treat for the first 200 visitors.
The special events culminate with the Sunday morning Jazz Brunch Buffet sponsored by Quad-City Times Plus 60 Club and catered by Centro. There are two seatings, at 10:30 a.m. and noon, at the River Music Experience, 131 West Second Street, Davenport. The cost is $24 per person, and $22 for members of QCT Plus 60 Club. Also, artist Ralph Iaccarino will be giving live demonstrations at Art in the Garden – from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
– Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
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Next to Spain, nestled between the hills, Aïnhoa village was built in the XIII century by Prémontrés monks.
It was used as a stopping place on the way to Saint-Jacques de Compostelle and on the trade route between the French Kingdom and the Navarre Kingdom.
The houses, which were destroyed during the 30-year war and then rebuilt, date from around 1650.
The village is structured like a fortified town and the half-timbered fronts of its Labourd houses face the south-east.
Overlooking the village and offering a wonderful view , Notre-Dame-d'Aubépine Chapel( The Virgin Mary appeared here in an hawthorn bush to a young shepherd) has got a way of the Cross, a grotto and a calvary. A pilgrimage is organized there at Whitsun.
The forest that spreads over more than 400 ha provides a habitat for a rich wildlife. The high points of the village happen around 15 August (saint's day) and mid-october (wood pigeon celebration).
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Jefferson Hills Fall Festival to feature craft show, children's activities
Come buy a handmade purse or decorative wreath from one of the 25 craft vendors on two floors of the Jefferson Municipal Building.
Bring the children for free face painting, pumpkin painting, crafts and a magic show.
And don't forget to stop by the bake sale and dining areas for some treats. Try a "walking taco."
The fourth annual Jefferson Hills Fall Festival, to be held on Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. in the municipal building, 925 Old Clairton Road, will include something for everyone. "Mom can shop, the kids can play and dad can eat," festival coordinator Beverly Borneman said.
The event, sponsored by the West Jefferson Hills Historical Society, will include children's games, prizes and crafts, a basket auction and food and craft vendors.
The festival raises money for the Jefferson Hills Public Library.
Four years ago, when government funds to libraries were being cut across the state, Borneman and her daughter, Katie, started the festival as a way to support the Jefferson Hills Library financially, she said.
"We said, 'We have to do something,'" Borneman said.
No matter the dollar amount raised each year, the biggest contribution from the event is the community support that the fall festival offers, she said.
"It does bring the community out and the community comes together to support the library," Borneman said. "I just love seeing the kids running around laughing and having a good time."
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It was a night to chow down on pizza and talk about a specific current event involving our nation for students at Marietta College Thursday night.
Many students made their way to Thomas Hall eating pizza and listening in on the U.S. soldier's possibility of fighting in the war in Syria.
Doctor Mark Schaefer and Political Science Associate Professor, Michael Tager, were there to take questions and concerns students have of the soldiers getting involved in the war.
It's all part of the college's Current Event Series.
"I thought they asked some great questions. We had a woman who formerly served in the military who asked a great question. They're very sharp and come with a lot of interest and knowledge," says Tager.
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Surprise Surprise... Herm Edwards is fired. I think its a joke that it took this long. Now that most of the coaching vacancies for not only HC but coordinator positions have been filled. Maybe the raiders can nab him for DC? (this man can dream can he)
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Finally? Gee, took long enough. Looks like Mike Shanahan is going to take over as coach.
Reeves? I'm not sure what the Niners are doing anymore. We've had what? 7 interviews already?
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Shouldnt Dan Reeves just stay out in the pasture? How long has he been out of coaching? I dont know about that hiring, its not like the Niners have an offensive genius running the show and can afford to bring in a guy that everybody just reckognizes. For the sake of all Niners fans, I hope they just had to interview a guy from the AARP list to save face.
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Well, he wasn't hired. He's just being interviewed. And for the sake of us all, I hope that's as far as it gets. I don't want him here.
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Really?. I haven't read anything about it... but wouldn't be surprised. That way, Shanahan would have a chance to beat the Donkeys and Raiders twice per year.
Still, it makes no sense to fire him this late. Herm is a lousy coach, but he should have been fired right after the season, not now. I wonder what Pioli has mind for his new coach, if it's not Shanahan.
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Somebody please tell Larry Fitzgerald that he is a Wide Reciever. The dude is nothing but class. I've always digged his mild manner, his respect to his coaches, teammates and media. Everytime i see this guy on the field, on the sidelines, off the field, he seems so chill and calm. WR's are not suppose to be this way!
ANYWAYS, heres whats happen today. has now said he will restructure his contract so the team makes it a priority for the team to re-sign Boldin. I don't see TO ever doing anything like this. People like to have Marvin Harrison as the #1 classy WR, but Fitz IMO takes the reign. Plus he doesn't have any pending gun charges against him.
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November 26, 2015
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A new left-wing party in Poland has
demanded the removal of a crucifix that hangs in parliament, a move
seen by many citizens as a provocative challenge to a cherished symbol in the predominantly Catholic country.
The Palikot's Movement filed its request Wednesday with the new
parliamentary speaker, arguing that the crucifix violates a constitutional guarantee of a secular Polish state.
It's the party's first such appeal since the newly elected parliament held its first sitting Tuesday and follows a similar appeal last month.
The conservative Law and Justice party and a youth organization
have written to the speaker in support of the crucifix. They recalled that it was put up as a symbol of freedom after atheistic communism was toppled in Poland in 1989.
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Racing car takes out power pole, other Murray utilities
Two cars racing around a Murray curve collided, sending one careening into a power pole, a natural gas meter and nearby telephone and cable television control boxes Thursday, briefly triggering a small number of electrical and communications outages.
Unified Police Lt. Don Hutson said Friday that the accident, reported about 9 p.m. Thursday, occurred when the two vehicles side-swiped each other where Van Winkle Expressway curves into 700 East.
Both cars were believed totaled, but one of them slammed into the pole and utilities. Rocky Mountain Power, Comcast, Qwest and Questar crews had the damage repaired and services restored by 6:30 a.m. Friday. About a dozen homes were believed affected.
Neither of the male drivers, ages 19 and 20, suffered serious injuries. One of two teenage females with the males was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
Hutson said the incident remained under investigation and no citations had yet been issued.
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If you've got a smart phone or any kind of mobile device, no doubt you've heard about those apps that tell you how to burn calories, tone and build muscle by simply subscribing to that application. If you live in rural El Dorado County, you don't need an exercise app. Fire season is coming and it's coming on hard. Pick up a rake and a small saw, put on some tick repellant and head out for a full day of creating defensible space.
It's really sad, but you can't turn on the evening news without hearing about at least one fire, be it structure or ground fire. And we've only begun spring time in El Dorado County. Sure, the last couple of rains have helped, but once again Cal Fire is asking that we all do what we can to create defensible space around our homes.
I've lived up here so long that reading about burn permits and defensible space seems to be common sense, but not all of us have lived here that long. Some of us are first-time home buyers and having those pinecones and pine needles lying around the property make our homes seem so cozy and cabin-like.
Our neighbors have taken their tractor and actually cut a fire path around their property. Not all of us have a tractor, but most of us have a rake, a pair of gardening gloves and some kind of pruning equipment.
Cal Fire has released an alert to warn homeowners that we have had record low rainfall and the grass and brush across California is tinder dry. As of January of this year, Cal Fire has responded to over 300 wildfires that has charred over 700 acres. In a normal rain-fall year, they expect to respond to about 50 fires, with damage to a little over 100 acres. They report that many of these wildfires have been sparked with powered equipment like lawn mowers and weed trimmers. They suggest that homeowners work early in the morning when temperatures are down and humidity is up, hoping to avoid sparking a wildfire.
At this year's EDC Home and Garden show you'll have a chance to shake hands with some of the brave people who respond to dangerous situations where our homes or lives are in danger. It's easy to watch the news and see those men and women out there in their heavy firefighting gear and catch yourself in awe of how they can face those extreme temperatures, regardless of their own comfort and safety. Take a minute to stop by and introduce your kids to the crews and let them see firefighting equipment up close and personal. Real equipment, not that virtual equipment the kids find on their X-Box.
Learn to make a safety plan for your family, building a kit of supplies that will last you a few days should the worst happen and discussing where to go and where to meet up if you get separated.
Basic rules for defensible space are:
Remember, there was a time in your life, years ago, when you believed that firefighters and their trucks were bigger than life and your big dream was to grow up and someday drive one of those laddered trucks and blaring that powerful siren. The life of a firefighter was not unlike that of any super hero and it's time to share that vision with your kids or grandkids.
Visit Cal Fire's Website at ReadyForWildfire.org to learn more about defensible space.


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Sigh no more, Mumford & Sons fans: The folk rock balladeers have finally released a new album. Out Tuesday, Babel is the band's follow-up to Sigh No More, the 2009 record that featured songs "Little Lion Man," "The Cave" and "Awake My Soul." Sigh No More gave Mumford & Sons a larger profile here in America, something the band (made up of lead singer Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane) has capitalized on with nationwide tour dates and, most recently, an appearance on last weekend's "Saturday Night Live."
Mumford & Sons is having a moment ... so does that mean the band will go out on top? Lovett joked that Babel would be their last album together at a concert on Monday night. Per NME:
After one fan heckled the band, shouting that it had taken "ages" to make the follow up to their 2009 debut 'Sigh No More,' multi-instrumentalist Ben Lovett apologised, saying that he'd "try harder" with the next album, "if there is a next album."
Considering the fan anticipation for Babel, it's hard to imagine there not being a third album. And a fourth. Watch Mumford and Sons play their new single "I Will Wait" on "Saturday Night Live" below. Babel is out now.
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No copyright claimed by me, this belongs to Sony BMG. From their debut album, 'Sigh No More', released on 6/10/09 and available to buy via the itunes store. The whole album is absolutely amazing. Up there with The XX's debut, one of the top ones this year I think. support them, guys! www.myspace.com www.last.fm en.wikipedia.org
Mumford and Sons - The Cave - With Lyrics Lyrics - It's empty in the valley of your heart The sun, it rises slowly as you walk Away from all the fears And all the faults you've left behind The harvest left no food for you to eat You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see But I have seen the same I know the shame in your defeat But I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again Cause I have other things to fill my time You take what is yours and I'll take mine Now let me at the truth Which will refresh my broken mind So tie me to a post and block my ears I can see widows and orphans through my tears I know my call despite my faults And despite my growing fears But I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again So come out of your cave walking on your hands And see the world hanging upside down You can understand dependence When you know the maker's land So make your siren's call And sing all you want I will not hear what you have to say Cause I need freedom now And I need to know how To live my life as it's meant to be And I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again
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I feel like I can't control it. It's an addiction, and that scares me. I'm scared that I'm getting addicted.
I have people to help me through it, but they don't quite understand.
How do I stop myself?
How do I stop cutting away at the flesh, relishing the pain and the clarity? How do I stop the fear that someone will notice?
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Both Hawaii Sens. Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka voted yes on the bill to increase the nation's debt limit, saying the compromise legislation was necessary to avoid risking the country's economy and prevent disruption to its social programs.
The measure provides an immediate $400 billion increase in the $14.3 trillion U.S. borrowing cap, with $500 billion more assured this fall. That $900 billion would be matched by cuts to agency budgets over the next 10 years.
Inouye said the vote is not one that he takes any pride in, but "it is something we had to do for the good of the country."
"We must prevent disruptions to Social Security, Medicare, and other critically important safety net programs people in Hawaii and across the nation depend upon," Akaka said. "We now need to work to ensure the agreement does not harm programs Hawaii depends on."
Inouye said that as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, he will work to "ensure these cuts do not adversely impact the neediest among us."
"These cuts, $2.1 trillion over the next decade, are deep and significant and government services will suffer because of them," Inouye said. "This proposal contains no new revenue. But what can we expect? We were negotiating with a group of people who would see the country default before they backed off their campaign promises."
Inouye said it "is of the utmost importance" that a bipartisan congressional committee "not deadlock and fail to produce additional savings."
The bill sets up a special bipartisan committee to draft legislation to find up to $1.5 trillion more in deficit cuts for a vote later this year. They're likely to come from such programs as federal retirement benefits, farm subsidies, Medicare and Medicaid. The savings would be matched by a further increase in the borrowing cap. If the committee fails to agree on legislation, the bill calls for automatic cuts across much of the budget, including Pentagon coffers.
"It is of the utmost importance that this committee not deadlock and fail to produce the additional savings," Inouye said. "The triggers contained in this deal are real and would lead to extremely painful cuts to the Department of Defense, Medicare and domestic spending, if implemented. The committee should, and it must, produce a bipartisan comprise that can pass both chambers and Congress and be sent to the President."
"Compromise by definition means that not everything we want is in there," Akaka said. "I hope we can get back to the urgent business of getting Americans back to work and strengthening our economic recovery."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Obama quickly signs bill preventing feared U.S. default
Troop retirement, health care may be eyed for cuts
Debt deal sets up another round of Medicare cuts
Something the US debt limit doesn't do: limit debt
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After this weekend's taste of spring, York will get back to winter on Monday.
Monday will be sunny, with a high of 37 and low of 20, according to the National Weather Service. Winds will be from the northwest at 9-14 mph, increasing to 16-21 mph in the afternoon, with gusts up to 31 mph.
Tuesday has a chance of snow, mostly in the morning, with less than half an inch of snow expected, the forecast said. Tuesday's high will be 33 and the low 21, and winds will be from the west at 7-14 mph, with gusts up to 20 mph.
There's a chance of snow showers on Wednesday, with a high of 29 and low of 11, the NWS said. Winds will be from the northwest at 13-18 mph with gusts up to 28 mph.
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Awesome news! Not only are all five of the living classic Doctors in it, but also Leela, Nyssa, Peri, Ace, and Charley! And The Master! And more?!
it'll be 100 minutes long? AND they will be a five-disc limited special edition with more material?
Yeah. Big Finish, take my money. NOW.
As for BBC's plans, I'm not going to even bother speculating. What's the point? Why damper the wonderful news we just got?
Also, the synopsis is on the
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November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors…
It's the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart…
It's also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart…
From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology.
From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness.
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A REWARD of up to £2,000 is being offered after a wheelchair bound Royal Navy veteran was robbed in Weston-super-Mare.
Mark Hancock, 45, had left his home in Sunningdale Road, Worle, at around 10.40am on January 24 when he was approached by two men.
He was approached by two men that slashed him in the face and snatched his mobile phone and cash before running off in the direction of St Mark's Primary School and into Ebdon Road.
The mobile phone was found discarded a short time later.
The charity Crimestoppers is now offering the reward for information leading to the conviction of the robbers.
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Sarah Rizvi, said: "It is hard to believe someone could steal from a disabled man in a wheelchair, let alone cause him physical injury.
"We have been working hard to track down the men responsible and would like to ask the public for their help, as I believe there are people out there who have information and are yet to come forward."
Police are appealing to anyone who may have seen the two men acting suspiciously in the Sunningdale Road area around the time of the incident or who saw the robbers running off in the direction of St Mark'sPrimary School or Ebdon Road.
Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or police on 101.


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Happy Stitching,
Send me your address, I'll send you some reds. I wouldn't be concerned about repeats, just make sure they are your favs.
The farmers wife would have used what she had... and we look back on those quilts and know them as classics!
Use what you have or trade with the ladies around you like my granny did.
When a project isn't 'speaking to me' I set it aside for a bit on work on something else until it shouts back at me and decisions can be made. You'll know when it is right ;-)
I really like all the different blocks and fabrics. I think that if you put a sashing between the blocks then they would look differently to you and probably come together more. I also think it would be okay to use some of the fabrics again, maybe in different combinations, but you could always add to your stash, too!


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When on the beach in the waning days of August, there are a great many things that I don't want to think about. Some of the things that I don't like thinking about are very important: China's annexation of Taiwan, in 2012; Iraq's Civil War, in 2009; The Bush-junta's conquest of Iran, in November. The other things that I don't like thinking about are admittedly less important, but in some ways even more disturbing: Spider-veined geriatrics in bathing suits with skirts; fat kids in tidal pools standing all too still; sodomite mosquitoes that buzz up my shorts, then fall strangely silent. Yet not thinking is a notably difficult trick to pull off, as the contemplation of any non-contemplative state automatically distances a would-be non-thinker from the stultifying bliss of non-thought. And before you know it you're right back where you started, worried about suicide bombers, the vasculature of the lower extremities in post-menopausal women, and of course, the mosquito who has set up shop in your rectum.
For the longest time I felt that I could trust American celebrity magazines to aid me in my devolution towards homo non-sapiens. This August, all failed me. Star Magazine's cover story concerns Angelina Jolie's exceptionally thoughtful adoption of refugee children, and reading it might lead to inadvertent consideration of all sorts of humanitarian issues. People's Britney Spears cover falls down the same slippery slope. The girl who set so many hearts racing in a red latex bodysuit now wears a black maternity muumuu. She weighs, conservatively, six hundred pounds. All of this evokes man's bitter foe, entropyan intellectual no-fly zone if ever there was one. In Touch comes quite close to mindlessness with its cover and its giddy title: "Baby Crisis!" Yet the cover photo is a triptych of Jessica Simpson, Sienna Miller and Appalachia Spears. Does each of these women have her own unique baby crisis? Do these various baby crises connect to create a nuanced story? Might I have to think to follow that story? The Truth: In Touch magazine is in fact an advanced-stage experiment in extreme deconstruction undertaken years ago by Jacques Derrida and the philosophy department at NYU; it was once Lingua Franca.
It was only on the brink of despair that I first noticed what may be the stupidest magazine ever published, yet also the most perfectly suited for its times. Thank you England. Thank you God. Thank you, for OK!
OK! has of course been available in the UK for years, but is only in its third issue as an American publication. Yet a small red circle on the top left of the cover, itself thankfully dominated by too many fragmented images and quotes for processing, says it all. This is not just any third issue. It is, rather, the "New Third Amazing Issue!" And it is: OK! is what I have been looking for, all summer long.
Like a familiar lover, I cant stop saying its name: "OK!" Even the title evokes the sweet and innocent pleasure of broad and baseless consent. Think of a late-pubescent walking down the steps of a small school bus. Sucking on a lollipop, he wears a set of battered Mickey ears embroidered with someone else's name, and a faded Shamu t-shirt from some long-ago forgotten visit to SeaWorld. Socks pulled high, green neon backpack in place, the Shamu-loving popsicle-sucking man-child marches down the bus steps, plucks the lollipop from his mouth with a smack, and happily proclaims: OK!
So I sink back in my beach chair, alone save for the high afternoon sun and one sacred text: The New Third Amazing Issue of OK! Sarah Ivens' Editor's letter establishes early the unique tone of unrelenting sycophancy which runs throughout, and makes this magazine such a pleasurable read for a young man, or nation, intent on avoiding critical thought at all costs: "Not only is OK! a glam, fun read," she writes, "we are the magazine of record, where the celebrities go to set the record straight."
And do they ever: Hugh Grant loves to play cricket! Woody Allen loves to direct movies! Puff Diddy Daddy loves big boats! Paris Hilton and Paris Latsis love wait for it: Each other! And there are big pretty pictures on each page, not just to back up the fawning text, but also so that I can rest my eyes when I get tired. It's awesome. A seagull flies overhead, dropping its milky white guano all over my chair. "This Seagull loves to move his bowels." I can see the caption right away, and take a glamour shot of the bird in my mind, just so that I will have it.
By the time that I get to the end of OK!, I don't even care that I don't recognize half of the celebrities. Who is Brooke Burke? Why should I care about her divorce? I still don't know, but don't need to, because I can tell you this: That woman is a trooper, stronger now than ever before, and she is going to be just fine. Also, they have some wonderful shots of her in a bikini..
And all around me the things that I don't like to think about go on in ways that I further don't like to consider. Lunatic Neocons; Zombie-like Born Agains; Buggerous Mosquitoes; Puckered Flesh from Septuagenarian Thighs. Thankfully, I have lost myself in the glossy, airbrushed simulacra of a more perfect world which streams through the many pages of OK!. Soon I am in the vegetable daze that I have been after all this time. I have my Mickey ears in place, SeaWorld t-shirt stretched tight across my chest, neon-green backpack steady. I pull my socks up high, insert the delicious lollipop pacifier, and despite all of my efforts, cannot help but think of how very American it is to lie in this manner, at this time, on a beach, in the summer.
Dana Vachon is a writer living in New York. He has written for the New York Times, Black Book magazine and Salon. He previously wrote about Star magazine for mediabistro.


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US-based Amazon rival Shoprunner announced yesterday it will partner with Alibaba to sell American goods in the Chinese market, according to Forbes (via Reuters).
This comes after Alibaba's US$206 million investment for a 39 percent stake in the marketplace in October last year. ShopRunner will have access to Alibaba's logistics services and networks throughout China.
An Alibaba spokesperson declined to comment on the partnership. It's unclear how or if Shoprunner will be integrated into Alibaba's existing online marketplaces in China, Tmall and Taobao.
The alliance saves Shoprunner the trouble of adapting its current model to the Chinese market – a task many foreign ecommerce companies have tried and failed at in the past. When a customer in China buys a product, Shoprunner just ships it to a central U.S. location, where it is then taken overseas and delivered by Alibaba. Alibaba is estimated to make up 80 percent of all ecommerce within China.
The cost of all that extra shipping and handling will be passed on to the customer, so we expect most of ShopRunner's catalog in China to be premium brand-name items. The company sells products from thousands of brands like American Eagle, Calvin Klein, RadioShack, and Toys'R'Us.
ShopRunner isn't the only one of Alibaba's foreign investments that's making a move into China. The CEO of messaging app Tango, which received US$280 million from the ecommerce titan, has stated his intentions to enter China as a platform with more value-added services than the chat-centric WeChat, one of which includes ecommerce.
See: China's Alibaba finally files for US IPO
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The bottom rear of the case, with 6-32 threaded standoffs 3/8" high for the motherboard.
3/8" is sufficient clearance for most under-board components, such as Compact Flash.
The PCI slots were tricky..
You should be able to use any 2-slot PCI riser card, as the dimensions are relatively constant.
I chose this Flex Riser:
It's relatively inexpensive, and made by Morex.
Next steps are probably a horizontal support bar going across the middle top of the case - to strengthen the case, and provide a convenient mounting point for the PCI riser, and possibly a vertically mounted 2.5" hard disk.
Other thoughts are to include 1 or 2 3.5" hard disks, and an Opus 120W or similar power supply mounting point off to the left of the motherboard, mounted vertically.


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Photos: Richard Bachman, Stars struggle to keep high-flying Blackhawks off the board in 5-2 loss
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Chicago Blackhawks' Duncan Keith , left, and Niklas Hjalmarsson hug after Hjalmarrsson scored against the Dallas Stars during the third period in an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Monday, April 15, 2013. The Blackhawks won 5-2. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)
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Cyber attackers wired to beef up tricksComment on this story
Washington - Cyberattacks designed to steal valuable business information are becoming more refined and diverse.
Examples of new styles of attack include virus-laced e-mails sent to a mailing list used by employees who entered a company in the same year after it was infiltrated by a malicious party, and obtaining information through the use of smartphone viruses.
In one incident, using a style of attack that relies on social networking, a malicious party disguised itself as part of a group of same-year colleagues.
The police agency's investigations found the attacker had joined five information-sharing groups on the internet, possibly collecting personal information relating to group members and selecting targets.
The administrator of one group's mailing list – used to discuss drinking parties by colleagues who had joined their company at the same time – apparently endorsed the attacker's application for group membership, without confirming his or her identity.
The perpetrator then obtained an e-mail address similar to an authentic member of the group and sent virus-infected messages to targets. The agency categorised the attack as a new kind of identity fraud cyberattack.
"It is a highly skilled method of focusing on a narrow range of targets, which makes it difficult to detect the damage inflicted," a senior US National Police Agency official said.
Last year saw 492 cases of attacks where computer systems in businesses were infected with viruses after e-mails were sent to specific targets, resulting in information security breaches.
Among these were 37 incidents of a more sophisticated "correspondence"-style phishing attack, up from two in 2012.
In another case, an e-mail was initially sent to a company official tasked with firing new employees, saying the sender was looking for a job. Having reduced the probablility that subsequent e-mails would be treated with suspicion, the attacker sent a corrupted attachment as a CV.
The agency is building a framework to share information about cyberattacks with about 6 000 companies working with state-of-the-art technology in fields such as the space and nuclear industries. – The Washington Post
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Duke Johnson named ACC rookie of the year
Freshman honored by conference
Published On: Nov 27 2012 01:16:44 PM EST Updated On: Nov 27 2012 01:50:27 PM EST
Canes running back Duke Johnson is being honored by the ACC.
Johnson was named the ACC rookie of the year.
The former Miami Norland runner was also named ACC offensive rookie of the year.
Duke Johnson ended his season with a 3-touchdown performance at Duke.
He was a key cog in the Canes offense, as Miami finished 7-5.
For the second consecutive year, the Canes turned down a bowl possibility because of an ongoing NCAA investigation.
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Kids ages 8 to 12 can experiment with words and language in fun and creative ways in the upcoming Davis Art Center class "Creative Writing for Kids."
The class will run from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, April 21 to May 26.
All forms of writing are encouraged, with an emphasis on poetry. Students write in their journals in class and at home, and assignments provide students with motivation to write about the world from their own perspective.
The class fee is $70 for members of the Art Center and $80 for non-members, which includes a journal provided by the instructor. Pre-registration is required. To sign up, call the DAC at (530) 756-4100 or drop by 1919 F St.


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To better understand the nature of the problem of detention or waiting times in the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) industry and the potential safety impacts that can occur because of long detention times.
In 2001, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sponsored study found that drivers with more loads with longer-than-expected load times were associated with more driver fatigue (Crum, M. & Morrow, P., 2001). In this study, drivers reported that about 18 percent of their work time was used for schedule delays due to long wait times. Additionally, the study found a strong positive relationship between the percent of time spent loading and unloading and crash involvement.
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study reported that approximately two-thirds of CMV drivers experienced some detention time in the past month. Drivers reported that this detention time ranged from less than 2 hours to more than 8 hours and could occur at many different types of facilities (i.e., detention time was not restricted to certain facilities). Approximately 4 percent of drivers responded that they had driven beyond the legal hours of service (HOS) and misrepresented driving hours in their log books due to detention time. The GAO also examined carrier experiences with detention time and found that many had implemented systems to track detention times. Carriers reported that approximately 12 percent of deliveries experienced some detention time.
Long detention or waiting times can adversely affect CMV driver fatigue. This research effort is designed to better understand the nature of this problem and to develop strategies or regulations to mitigate driver risks. The intent of the study is to seek objective measures of detention time and the extent to which it contributes to drivers violating HOS requirements.
The output will be a report identifying the nature of the problem of detention or waiting times in the CMV industry. This study will also identify any changes in current regulations that would reduce driver wait times and could result in reduced work times for drivers. Part of the research effort also includes developing a Phase II.
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In today's New York Times, there is an excellent article on the ongoing battle between companies and consumers over online criticism. In addition to discussing the various lawsuits that have been brought, the article also noted the following:
Recognizing that lawsuits can bring more unwanted attention, one organization has taken a different tack. The group Medical Justice, which helps protect doctors from meritless malpractice suits, advises its members to have patients sign an agreement that gives the doctor copyright over a Web posting if the patient mentions the doctor or practice.
Dr. Jeffrey Segal, chief executive of Medical Justice, said about half of the group's 2,500 members use the agreement.
"I, like everyone else, like to hear two sides of the story," he said. "The problem is that physicians are foreclosed from ever responding because of state and federal privacy laws. In the rare circumstance that a posting is false, fictional or fraudulent, the doctor now has the tool to get that post taken down."
This so-called "agreement" strikes me as both legally and ethically suspect. Not only does copyright law generally require written assignments of copyright to be for some kind of payment (what is the payment here? The medical treatment? I thought that was what health insurance and co-pays were for?) but unless it is a work-for hire or some other kind of ongoing employment relationship, you generally can't force people to assign their copyright in a web posting before it is written.
Moreover, such an agreement seems unethical under the American Medical Association Ethics Code. AMA Ethics Opinion 8.03 states:
Under no circumstances may physicians place their own financial interests above the welfare of their patients. The primary objective of the medical profession is to render service to humanity; reward or financial gain is a subordinate consideration. For a physician to unnecessarily hospitalize a patient, prescribe a drug, or conduct diagnostic tests for the physician's financial benefit is unethical. If a conflict develops between the physician's financial interest and the physician's responsibilities to the patient, the conflict must be resolved to the patient's benefit.
Since the main concern of Medical Justice appears to be preventing harm to the physician's reputation (and thus financial interest), forcing patients to assign away their copyrights in exchange for medical care strikes me as close if not over this line. It certainly is not putting patients first. When a patient goes to see a doctor, they are often anxious, in pain, or worried and thus in a very psychologically vulnerable position, or what the law often calls a position of "duress" where they will often sign documents without giving them proper consideration. This hardly seems to me to be a fair time to demand they assign some unknown number of future copyrights to their doctor; instead it feels like a huge power grab by the physician.
Moreover, as Dr. Segal states in the article, these so-called "assignments" of copyright become a "tool" to take posts down from the Web. One can surmise that he intends for these doctors to invoke the notice-and-takedown provisions of Section 512 of the DMCA as a convenient way to censor criticism and cajole websites like Yelp! to remove the postings. However, this too strikes me as unethical and a potential abuse of the DMCA system. The DMCA takedown system was meant to allow copyright owners whose works were being posted online by others and costing them sales of copyrighted goods (e.g. movies and music) to enjoy an expedited process for stopping infringement and limiting economic harm to their content.
Here, it is clear that these web postings have no economic value as content to the physicians — rather they are, at best, potentially harmful to their reputations (note again, though, that this would likely be a violation of their ethical duty either way).
I should note that much of this is speculation on my part. I have not seen this so-called agreement and have not heard of any doctor taking things off the web based on it; but it does strike me as ironic that a group like Medical Justice, which proclaims its mission as "relentlessly protecting physicians from frivolous lawsuits" would embrace and endorse potentially frivolous, unethical, and abusive legal documents and actions to further its goals.


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Here are the entries:
Unfortunately, I only received these three entries. Luckily they were all amazing enough to deserve a place. That in mind, here are the winners:
Congrats to everyone and I hope you enjoyed participating. I certainly enjoyed hosting this competition. ^_^
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What a beautiful day! If you like it a bit warmer, we do have 80s in the 7 Day forecast. But, for today a mix of sun and high clouds and 74 degrees. Winds are NE 5-10 mph bringing a few more clouds to the Thumb Region and the east side of Metro Detroit.
The chill is on for Friday morning with 40s in the suburbs and low 50s in the city early on. We will see mid to upper 70s all across SE Michigan and Southern Ontario Friday afternoon with mostly sunshine and perfect weather for Friday Football Frenzy.
We are tracking a cold front sweeping in here late on Saturday. Before it gets here, temps will warm up to the low 80s but afternoon and early evening storms are possible. Track radar and your weekend forecast on the new ClickOnDetroit app (it's free!) in your app store.
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