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Business After Hours
- The Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be at the Alto Artists Studio Tour Preview Party at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts.
- For more information, call the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce, 575-257-7395.
Alto Artists Studio Tour
The Alto Artists' Studio Tour celebrates its ninth anniversary this year on Friday. This free, self-guided tour offers participants the chance to explore behind the scenes of the Alto art community. The public is invited to visit private studios and homes to interact with 24 local professional artists.
Admission is free.
For more information, call artist Sam Blatchley, 575-937-4498.
Old Lincoln Days
Old Lincoln Days will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Lincoln.
There will be street vendors, food, parade and mountain man camp with activities happening throughout the day.
There also will be the "Last Escape of Billy the Kid" folk pageant. The episodes of the pageant are based on historical facts of the notorious Lincoln County War, and in particular its focus is centered upon the best remembered of its fighters, Billy the Kid. The pageant portrays many scenes to include the killing of John Tunstall, which precipitated Billy's wrathful vengeance, the Battle of Blazer's Mill in which the courageous "Buckshot Roberts" stood off Billy and his 12 cohorts, the siege of the McSween House, up to Billy's incarceration in the Lincoln County Courthouse and his remarkable escape. This re-enactment was first presented in 1940 and centers around the life of the legendary outlaw.
For more information, call the Lincoln State Monument, 575-653-4372.
Pro-Rodeo at the Mescalero Rodeo Grounds
The Pro-Rodeo at the Mescalero Rodeo Grounds will be at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday.
This cowboy extravaganza will feature barrel racing, bull riding, steer wrestling, team roping, calf roping, tie down roping and more.
More than $12,000 in prizes will be awarded.
Tickets are $10.
For more information, call the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 575-464-7777.
O'Keefe! at Mountain Annie's
O'Keefe! a one-woman show starring Carolyn Wickwire and directed by Ouida Whit, will be at Mountain Annie's Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The play is about the art, loves and life of Georgia O'Keefe, the iconic 20th Century artist.
Two forces shaped Georgia O'Keefe as an artist and a woman: her passionate quest to find her artistic voice and her tumultuous love affair and 31-year marriage to the revolutionary photographer and champion of the Modern Art Movement, Alfred Stieglitz. In "O'KEEFE!", Georgia - witty, irreverent and decades ahead of her time - shares revealing scenes from her life as she asks the audience to help her decide whether her iconic place in modern art was shaped by "me or Stieglitz"?
Mountain Annie's Center for the Arts is located at 2710 Sudderth Drive.
Tickets are $20 and can be bought at Mountain Annie's or at its website.
For more information, Mountain Annie's, 575-257-7982.
At the Capitan Public Library
The Capitan Public Library's First Friday Adult Lecture will present Steve Cromier and his program, "Music from the Ranch and Open Range," at 7 p.m. Friday. It is made possible through the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Cowboy music has evolved from the open range and ranch employees who worked and rode after cattle during the late 19th and early to mid 20th century. These include songs written by ranch hands about horses, cattle and lost love. Others add death and the devil to the story. But all have in common the expression of what ranch and farm work was like during this time. Cormier performs these and also songs he has written, reflecting his years as a ranch and farm hand.
Cormier earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, with a dissertation on 20th century New Mexico ranching. He has published chapters on ranching in two books, "Essays in Twentieth Century New Mexico History"(UNM Press) and "The Multicultural Southwest" (University of Arizona Press). From 1979 to 1988, he worked on ranches and farms in the Flint Hills of Kansas and around Santa Rosa and Fort Sumner. His music derives from that experience. He also has played supporting roles in numerous television shows and films, including "Breaking Bad," "Gunsmoke" and "Wyatt Earp." He has recorded several albums.
For more information, call Capitan Public Library, 575-354-3035.
"Spuds McGuffin Vanishes" At The Old Mill
SPATULA Band Presents "Spuds McGuffin Vanishes" at The Old Mill at 7 p.m. Saturday.
This is an unplugged concert in conjunction with a surreal romantic comedy of pseudo-couples in the fashion of Absurd Theater. The band consists of Pete Davis on drums, Rich Chornė on guitar/flute/harmonica, Tim McCasland on dobro/banjo, and Deanna and Blake Martin play percussion and bass. Their repertoire includes a fusion of reggae R & B and rock and roll. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The Old Mill is located at 641 Sudderth Drive.
For more information, call The Old Mill, 575-257-1090.
At the Spencer Theater
The Eagles Tribute Band, Hotel California, will perform at the Spencer Theater at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The band performs Eagles' classics like: "Desperado," "Take it Easy," "Witchy Woman," "Take It To The Limit," "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "One Of These Nights," "Lyin' Eyes," "Best Of My Love," "Hotel California," "Heartache Tonight," and more.
Tickets for the performance are $56 and $59. A baked tilapia buffet is at 6 p.m. for $20.
Fourth Annual Deacon Bob Open Golf Tournament
The Fourth Annual Deacon Bob Open Golf Tournament is at 1 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Championship Golf Course.
This is the signature charity golf tournament held annually to benefit Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) and The NEST Domestic Violence Shelter.
Entry fees are $125 per person and include green fees, cart rental, refreshments, a goodie bag, and a barbecue dinner.
Individuals or foursomes can register for the tournament at: http://helpendabuseforlife.org/2013-deacon-bob-open-registration and/or get more information by calling The Nest at 575-378-6378.
Lincoln County Fair
- A multitude of crafts and livestock cultivated by Lincoln County residents young and old will be on display from Aug. 5-10 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Capitan for the annual Lincoln County Fair.
- For contestants, the show begins on Aug. 5, from 4 to 7 p.m., with inside entries accepted then and on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Aug. 7, the fair opens to the public at 8 a.m.
- The goats have got the spotlight for a while that day, beginning at 9 a.m., before a 1 p.m. pie show takes the stage, followed with a swine time at 6 p.m.
- On Thursday, Aug. 8, at 9 a.m. a dairy heifer show starts the daily events, followed by a "Cabrito Show" at 2 p.m. and sheep at 5 p.m.
- Friday opens with beef heifers and market steer shows at 9 a.m. and a 6 p.m. dinner for buyers before the 7 p.m. junior livestock sale.
- Saturday, Aug. 10, will be the last day for the exhibits, with their creators treated to a complimentary breakfast at 9 a.m. before a 10 a.m. awards presentation. At 11 a.m. there will be a stick horse race, lead show and pet show to wind up the day before inside exhibits are released at 3 p.m.
- On Saturday, there also will be a special ranch rodeo at 6 p.m.
- For more information, ticket prices or to register and entry, contact the Lincoln County Extension Office at (575) 648-2311.
Improving balance class
- Anna Barrio, a certified orthopedic exercise specialist and personal trainer, will be offering a class on improving one's balance on Aug. 6 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. The Ruidoso Physical Therapy Clinic will be offering a series of classes that will improve your balance and boost your confidence with movement.
- The clinic is located at 439 Mechem Drive. Call 575-257-1800 for more information.
Tree Seedlings available for residents
- The Little Bear Fire Recovery Team in Lincoln County is proud to announce a donation of approximately 200 ponderosa pine tree seedlings that will be available to Lincoln County residents affected by the Little Bear Fire. This generous donation is being made by the Future Florists of Texas and New Mexico. This organization is made up of approximately 25 children aging from 3-12 years old. They started growing the saplings last year when they heard about the Little Bear Fire and the losses suffered by so many residents. The Future Florists are planning to bring the seedlings in person and deliver them to the Smokey Bear Ranger Station in Ruidoso on Aug. 3. The ranger station has arranged for a tour of Smokey's Community Garden including a visit from Smokey. The group will then head to the Smokey Bear State Park in Capitan for a guided tour and picnic lunch and other activities to finish up their visit. After the seedlings are received, they will be placed in the community garden adjacent to the Ranger Station front office where they will be available for residents to pick up at their convenience.
Living in the Wildland Urban Interface
- Wildfire Safe, Sound and Codesmart, a multifaceted approach to Wildland Urban Interface fire mitigation, will be the topics of discussion at a conference set for Aug. 12 and 13.
- This national program guides and supports community leaders as they develop and adopt a WUI code, while actively encouraging implementation of existing WUI educational programs in effected communities throughout the United States.
- Public education and awareness programs like Firesafe, Firesmart, Firewise, Firefree, Fireready and Ready, Set, Go play a vital role in reducing the risk of WUI fires by educating communities. Wildfire Safe, Sound and Codesmart programs incorporate these elements to proactively protect life and property before disaster strikes.
- The conference is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 12 and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Inn of the Mountain Gods.
- Visit scmrcd.org/conference/ for details and registration form.
Republican Party of Lincoln County
- Roger Allen of LBFRC will the guest speaker at the Republican Party of Lincoln County membership meeting on Aug. 12 at Cree Meadows Country Club in Ruidoso, according to Diane Harlan, first vice chair of the Republican Party of Lincoln County.
- Allen will speak about the Best Practices for Living in the Wildland Urban Interface Conference closing that afternoon at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. He'll speak about how citizens can be part of the solution in a multifaceted approach to fire mitigation in our Wildland Urban Interface. Public education and awareness programs play a vital role in reducing the risk of wild fires by educating Lincoln County communities. This national program guides and supports community leaders as they adopt a Wildlands Urban Interface code. These codes proactively protect life and property before disaster strikes.
- Dr. Jim Lowrance, chairman of the Republican Party of Lincoln County, will take time to discuss the Affordable Care Act and answer questions about how Obamacare will impact the citizens of Lincoln County.
- Dinner is set for 6 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.
- For information about the Republican Party of Lincoln County, call 258-2750, email to email@example.com or stop in at Room 313 in the Lincoln Tower at 1096 Mechem Drive in Ruidoso.
Democratic Party of Lincoln County
- There will be a Democratic Party of Lincoln County special meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 15 at Village Lodge Clubhouse in Ruidoso. The Village Lodge office is 1000 Mechem Drive. (corner of Mechem and Innsbrook) but the clubhouse is less than a block in on Innsbrook (on the left). The DPLC chair will be elected at this meeting. Democrats who would like to run for chair but will not be able to attend the Aug. 15 meeting should contact Steve Duffy at 575-648-4443. Candidates do not have to be present to run. The primary focus of the meeting will be the DPLC elections. All Lincoln County Democrats are encouraged to come and nominate candidates of their choice, even though only members of the County Central Committee can cast votes. If possible, please bring your voter registration card to the meeting. A meet and greet, with appetizers and refreshments, will precede the election at 5 p.m.
Free pickleball clinic
- For the months of July and August, the Ruidoso Pickleball Club is offering free beginner clinics from 5:30-7 p.m. each Wednesday for those 10 and older. The clinics will be held at the tennis/pickleball courts at White Mountain Sports Complex.
- Pickleball is a sport played on a badminton-sized court with a tennis-like net. It is played with a perforated plastic ball similar to a wiffleball and solid paddles about twice the size of a ping-pong paddle. It can be played indoors or outdoors, is easy for beginners to learn but can be developed into a fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. In addition to being fun, the game has developed a reputation for its friendly and social nature. Pickleball is played by all ages. It is a popular sport in schools and senior centers. It has great health and fitness benefits for all.
- For additional information about pickleball or the clinics, contact Andy Carter at 575-937-3991.
Ruidoso yoga by donation
- The Buddha Yoga Studio and Wellness Center offers six weekly yoga classes for beginning and intermediate students in Ruidoso. All classes include a relaxing meditation, a variety of physical postures with emphasis on preventing knee, joint and vertebrae injuries; and aromatherapy touch for stress reduction and relaxation. "Relax Yoga," Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4:30-5:30 p.m. to gain flexibility and balance. "Robust Yoga," Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6-7 p.m. to build heat, strength and endurance. The Buddha Yoga Studio is located at The Adobe Plaza, 200 Mechem with free parking at rear. Typically $10-$13, at Buddha Yoga students are encouraged to donate what they can. No student will be denied due to inability to pay. For studio and class info visit: buddhayogaclass.com or call Marianne Mohr at 575-802-3013.
Mountain Poets
- Mountain Poets meet the first Saturday of each month at the Ruidoso Public Library from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Bring your poems to read or just come by to hear our lively local poets Meeting in the conference room. For information call (575) 202-5709, Carol Borsello, who is a veteran of many words and local member of the New Mexico State Poetry Society.
- For more information call Ruidoso Public Library at 575-258-3704. The Ruidoso Public Library is located at 107 Kansas City Road, Ruidoso. Library hours are: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. http://youseemore.com/ruidosopl/
Aspenfest Arts and Crafts Fair
- The 28th Annual Aspenfest Arts and Crafts Fair is set for Oct. 5-6 in Ruidoso with openings for artisans.
- This show is for hand-crafted items only and no manufactured goods are allowed.
- Inquire at 575-378-4661 or email email@example.com


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The famous Barnum's Circus was in Leipzig today. As the performers, animals and equipment were being transported across the city centre, the truck carrying eight lions collided with a tramcar. The animals were able to escape causing panic to spread through the large crowd in the area.
Two of the lions were seen to enter a hotel doorway and climb the staircase. One lion broke the door of a bedroom, but fortunately the resident of the room managed to lock the animal into the bathroom. The other climbed to the top floor of the hotel, where waiters were able to lock it into an attic.
The lions on the street were a danger, and one attacked the horses that had been pulling their truck. The danger from the lions was heightened as the city was shrouded in fog. Once the police were aware of the danger posed by the lions a force of 60 men was dispatched with orders to shoot the animals on sight. It took four hours until all the animals were accounted for, and all of them, excluding the two in the hotel who were recaptured, were killed by police bullets.

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Regal Entertainment Group (RGC)
Q4 2008 Earnings Call
February 19, 2009 9:30 am ET
Michael Campbell – Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Amy Miles – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Don De Laria – Vice President, Investor Relations
Tony Wible – Janney Montgomery Scott
Analyst for James Marsh – Piper Jaffray
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Jake Hindelong – Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.
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Barton Crockett – Lazard Capital Markets
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I would now like to turn the call over to Don DeLaria, Vice President of Investor Relations.
Don De Laria
Hi and good morning. Before I begin today I would like to remind our listeners this conference call contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact communicated during this conference call may constitute forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that can cause actual results to differ materially from the company's expectations are disclosed in the risk factors contained in the company's annual report on form 10K dated February 26, 2008. All forward-looking statements are expressively qualified in their entirety by such factors.
Now I'll turn the call over to Mike Campbell.
Michael Campbell
Thanks Don. Welcome and thank you for dialing in to our fourth quarter conference call. Today I will provide an overview of the industry and Regal's fourth quarter results, a brief recap of the 2008 fiscal year and review current trends in the exhibition industry including some of our expectations regarding box office trends for the remainder of the first quarter and the summer 2009 film slate and also an update regarding the digital cinema roll out. Following my remarks Amy will provide a summary review of our financial results and as always we will complete the call with a question-and-answer session.
Now turning to fourth quarter industry results we are pleased to report continued strength in domestic box office results in a period when many other businesses are feeling the impact of a weak economy. The fourth quarter benefited from strong performances from the DreamWorks picture Madagascar II: Escape from Africa, from Sony's James Bond film Quantum of Solace and also the surprise hit Twilight from Summit Entertainment.
Quarterly results were achieved in spite of mid-year change in release date for the next Harry Potter film which was moved from its original release date in November 2008 to July 2009. The good news is Harry Potter should be one of the top grossing films in our 2009 fiscal year.
For the period that corresponds to Regal's fiscal fourth quarter industry sources indicate that United States box office revenue increased approximately 16%. The increase was driven by an additional accounting week in the fiscal 2008 fourth quarter which generated approximately $378 million of industry and box office revenue making it the second highest grossing week in the history of our industry.
Now turning briefly to Regal's fourth quarter results we were pleased to report the significant increases in total revenues, EBITDA and net income for the fourth quarter of 2008. Our fourth quarter results include the impact of an additional week in the 2008 quarter. The additional week falls between Christmas and New Year's and is a significant week for both the company and the industry. Amy will provide additional details with respect to the impact of the calendar on our fourth quarter results a bit later in the call.
The fourth quarter 2008 also includes the operations of the consolidated theaters that we acquired in May 2008 which have continued to meet our expectations and contributed very nicely to the company's operating results in the quarter and the 2008 fiscal year.
During the quarter we were particularly pleased by continued improvement in many of our key operating metrics. Our average ticket price grew by 2.3%, our average concession sales per patron increased by 5.4% which is our highest increase since the record setting second quarter of 2007, our film and advertising expense as a percentage of admission revenue declined by 10 basis points and we benefited as I said earlier from the 53rd week as our adjusted EBITDA for the current quarter grew by just over $33 million and our net income increased by 29.7%.
Now turning briefly to highlights of the 2008 fiscal year, we remain encouraged with the overall success of the 2008 box office during these challenging economic times. As we have said in the past, film exhibition industry revenues grew in five of the last seven recessions. We believe this supports our belief that the performance of the industry is significantly more correlated to perceived quality and appeal of the film slate rather than to prevailing economic conditions.
According to industry sources, 2008 calendar box office fell just short of a record 2007 which was by the way the highest box office total in nearly 50 years. In 2008 169 films, which compares to 189 films in 2007, reached wide release with 25 films grossing more than $100 million each, 6 films grossing over $200 million each and one film, Batman the Dark Knight, grossing over $500 million.
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Svetlana & Suzan from Rocco True Anal Stories 9:
This scene begins with the girls kissing and feeling over one another and the ground level pussy eating was briefbut very hot. We then see some guys added to the mix and each lady gets several cocks to take care of. Lots of good knob polishing including some POV style and soon after the hard hitting sex starts in all the positions you could want including anal with A2OGM. There is some hot dp action as well and the pops start flying also with a few being left in ass cracks to be licked out. No real ending to the scene which was kind of a pattern seen throughout this dvd.
bono-Meter: 8.5
Suzanne from Rocco True Anal Stories 10 :
We get an amusing beginning with a sex doll being featured and officer Suzanne is most interested in the goings on. Well soon the crowd is more interested in this woman's live body and why not she's pretty and what a set of funbags! There are plenty of cocks to keep her busy and she gets going soon enough plus the sex also gets started in a driving doggie anal. Lots of good closeups as they try out a few anal variations and her mouth is constantly full of cock as well. The pops are creatively shot with one to her hat dripping down to her face while another is right to her open mouth. Again not every guy pops, perhaps some were edited out?
bono-Meter: 8.5
Agnes from Rocco Invades Poland:
This scene stars a cute blond who starts the fun with Hakan who's standing on his head with his legs propped against the wall-- alas she doesn't suck him off. Soon there is some head being giving as she's sucking off Rocco no hands style and the sex begins with Rocco pounding Agnes from behind. There is also fun in RC before Mr. Siffredi takes her ass in the spoon position. Soon he decorates her face with his sperm and she does some cleanup. Agnes isn't done as there's more anal in doggie and there's another pop to her face. Not sure if Hakan was ever involved in this scene other than the beginning the actually the first pop might have been him as Agnes was riding another cock in RCA at the time, confusing but still good action.
bono-Meter: 8.0
Janice from Rocco Animal Trainer #5:
We watch as this fine looking woman comes strolling onto a boat where hands are soon roaming all over her body. Some good close pussy play leads into a floor level doggie. We see a few guys are looking on and soon Janice is surrounded by cock! There's finger play, ass fucking, and some skull fucking- I'd say Janice was in good hands. There's even some double anal in RC and this time we see more than two pops delivered plus some cleanup.
bono-Meter: 8.5
Caroline De Jaie, Angie, & Patricia Diamond from Rocco Animal Trainer #9:
You see a woman in some black fetish gear to open the scene which also has two other fine looking girls in the scene. Rocco quickly sets his sites on this woman in the fetish wear. A fine sitting doggie anal is shot and one of the other girls gets underneath to lick at his shaft plus do some A2OGM. There's also anal in mish with some gaping shown plus some regular A2M is shot before a nut blast is shown flying into an open mouth, loved how the girl looked up at Rocco while he was popping.
bono-Meter: 8.5
Melinda, Petra, & Milla from Rocco Animal Trainer #7:
We see some g/g play to start and Manuel Ferrara is here using lots of baby oil to coat one girls body and his cock. You see him fucking this girl from behind plus the girls are having fun with each other and soon both groups are combined. You see anal sex with plenty of A2OGM and some solo toy anal play gets shot. It looks like two of the three babes get ass fucked before Manuel launches his load across their faces. A bit disjointed is this action so far, wonder if that's the right word,lol. The scenes seem shorter than regular gonzo scenes.
bono-Meter: 8.0
Catherine Count, Sandra, & Vivien from Rocco Animal Trainer #7:
This scene leads off with some anal beads hanging out of a girls ass and we see two other ladies are on hand clad in appropriate fetish attire. It appears one has some sort of device clamped onto her pussy lips and her tits. There is also a strap on sucked and then Rocco enters the scene and soon there's some double sucking to his cock and the strap on plus the girls get throat fucked by Mr. Siffredi. There is also some anal sex in mish with A2OGM, A2M, also some doggie anal is shot and finally a frosty facial is served with some shared cleanup.
bono-Meter: 8.0
Sabina, Katy, Pussy, & Musky from Rocco Animal Trainer #6:
We have a small party here as Nacho gets to play. One girl is seen tied up in the bathroom and she's also riding a sex toy as Nacho frees her. He then replaces the toy with his cock as he pounds her from behind. Her head gets shoved under some running water while he fucks her pussy and Nacho even picks her up in RC. We then move back to the other room where the other girls were occupying themselves. A second cock is added and we see some cock sucking including one blowjob shot upside down. More sex as well in RCA plus some continued toy play as well as some g/g tit sucking gets shot. There is also some anal with A2OGM and the pops also come straight after guys pull out of an ass.
bono-Meter: 8.0
Savanna Samson & Carmen from Rocco Meets An American Angel In Paris:
Svanna is gorgeous in her lime green lingerie and Rocco leads her to meet Carmen who was most impressive in Ultimate Asses #2 from Platinum X Pictures. The two girls get cozy with one another. Savanna does some ass eating even licking Rocco's fingers fresh from Carmen's ass. Savanna then gets to gag on Rocco's cock before she leans back for some Cowgirl anal shot from Rocco's POV. Miss Samson then turns around to squat in RCA though again the view is from the Cowgirl perspective. Carmen then reenters the scene sucking on Savanna's tits. There is also some doggie anal for both with Savanna taking the pop to her face straight out of Carmen's ass. Best action so far I say.
bono-Meter: 9.0
Sharon, Claudia Jamsson, Monique, & Michelle Wild from Rocco Animal Trainer #5:
This next scene starts with Rocco walking over and caressing over a girls breasts and who do I see next but the lovely Michelle Wild grinding against Rocco's body. We move to a bathroom where Rocco passionately kisses Michelle while her ass is being munched on. A second cock is added and we see Michelle engulfing it while Rocco's is being devoured by the girl who had been eating Michelle's ass. There is some anal sex for Michelle doggiestyle plus she does A2M plus you see some sex for another girl but it's Michelle that's peaking my cocks interest! Moving to a different room we get some more group sex with g/g play including some A2OGM along with pussy eating. Claudia Jamsson is blond in this scene, I hardly recognized her, lol. Michelle does a hot RCA riding Franco's cock and we soon see a pop with Claudia taking a shot out of another girls ass and Sharon and Monique share the load from Franco's cock. Damn we don't get the Michelle bukkake style group pop which I thought was in this scene.
bono-Meter: 9.0
Sandra Romain, Vanessa, & Malorie from Rocco Animal Trainer #5:
We begin with a girl walking into a room sportin a strap on and two other girls are also on hand. There is some sucking done to the strap on plus some titty fucking as well. To much fetish gear for me but for fans of this you'll like it I imagine. Soon some live cocks are introduced and it's also anal on top of that when the sex gets going. There are some shadows which obscured some of the action for me but the sounds were certainly passionate enough. Moving outside actually helps some but I only see two girls now. Both do some hard anal plus some g/g fun before the pops fly. One is licked out of an ass by Sandra before Rocco spreads his load across both faces.
bono-Meter: 8.5
Olga from Rocco True Anal Stories #2:
Seems the guys are out for a horse ride when this beauty hails Rocco to come over so she can get some riding in. Olga has other ideas on her mind as well as while she's riding the horse there are a couple instances where she sees Rocco without his clothes! Soon the ride is over and Olga gets to live out this fantasy as Rocco favishes her body sucking her tits as well as fingering/ licking her pussy and ass. We see anal straight away in doggie as well as RC and Rocco's load comes early without any cock sucking so a brief scene perhaps to close this disc but it being all anal didn't hurt.
bono-Meter: 8.0
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So what an array of girls you get to see here. Unlike most gonzo I watch the scenes here seem shorter but the action is still pretty hot. I'm not as big into fetish gear as others are so that was kinda lost on me when this was shown. Savanna's scene with Rocco and Carmen was my favorite and seeing Michelle Wild was also a treat though I missed seeing the group cum bath she takes in this title featured. Xtra wise you get a bonus scene with Martina Mercedes so be sure to check that out plus there's also a photo gallery, Evil Angel Filmographies, a cast list by scene, and a bio of Rocco all under the Special Features Menu. Under the Fetish Menu you have blowjobs, anal, A2M, DP's, and the cumshots. If you want a lot of girls to see in a dvd then this one would certainly fit that bill though I prefer longer scenes with the girls than we get here but still some real gorgeous women get featured in this dvd so I highly recommend checking it out.


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MFF India Small Grant Projects - Call for Proposals
MFF India invites proposals for the third cycle of its Small Grants Projects (SGP) …
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IUCN Council elects Ms. Meena Gupta as Vice Chair of the Governance and Constituency Committee
The IUCN Council in its first meeting held on January 30, 2013 at Gland, Switzerland has elected Ms. Meena Gupta as vice-chair of the Governance and Constituency Committee. …
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Conservation planning for wild buffalo in central India
A three day workshop held in India and attended by the IUCN SSC Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group has identified methods of protecting the Wild Asian Buffalo (Bubalus arnee), a species listed as Endangered on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. …
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Experts call for a techno-economic feasibility study to restore water ways between Bangladesh and North East India
Guwahati, Assam, India, 10 January, 2013 (IUCN): An international policy dialogue of experts and civil society members from Bangladesh and India in Assam on Thursday called for a techno-economic feasibility study in the Ashuganj-Karimganj river route along the Kushiyara River to extend the protocol route up to Silchar for regional connectivity. It also suggested installing night navigation facilities as a mandatory provision for both countries along the protocol routes to improve Inland Navigation and Integrated Water Resources Management Goals. …
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Hydro-diplomacy: Bridging the gap between science, policy and action
How we use and share water is a complex issue. It involves diverse groups of people such as farmers and fishermen, energy suppliers and developers, all who are competing for a limited and precious resource. Water use issues typically cross natural, social and political boundaries and can be local, national, regional and global in nature. …
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Himalaya's little brother is bursting with biodiversity
Western Ghats World Heritage site, India …
18 Oct 2012 | Fact sheet
In a nutshell: Hyderabad Biodiversity summit - Week One
At the 2010 Biodiversity summit in Nagoya, Japan, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed the 'Big Plan to save nature' with its 20 Aichi biodiversity targets to be met by 2020. Today, the Parties meet again, this time in Hyderabad, India to discuss what progress has been made so far in turning the Big Plan into reality. …
14 Oct 2012 | News story
2020 global biodiversity targets centre stage at UN conference
An estimated 5,000 delegates from all over the world have gathered in the historic Indian city of Hyderabad to find solutions to the most pressing issues facing biodiversity conservation. …
09 Oct 2012 | News story
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The Convention on Biological Diversity, 11th meeting of Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 11) got underway at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India. An estimated 5000 delegates from all over the globe have congregated at the CBD COP 11 venue in this historic Indian city to find solutions to the most pressing issues facing biodiversity conservation. …
09 Oct 2012 | News story
Big Plan for nature needs Big Action now
Governments must take action and invest in nature to secure the diversity of life on earth and address today's development challenges – urges IUCN at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11), which starts today in Hyderabad, India. … | French | Spanish
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Seventeen seniors in Xavier University's All For One ROTC battalion were commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army.
Ronald Grethel of Loveland will graduate from Xavier with a bachelor of arts in political science. He is the son of R.J. and Wendy Grethel and the brother of Benjamin Grethel. While in ROTC, he was a squad leader, assistant S4, S6, MSII trainer and the cadet command sergeant major. Grethel was branched air defense artillery and will attend Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. He will be stationed in McConnelsville, OH, as part of the Ohio Army National Guard.


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The past weekend was the Motor City Con and the second time I have roped Paul into coming over to do a convention for us. It's always great to have him around as the loyal FA readers come out of the woodwork to meet him and confess their undying love for Jack, Sirkka or Arkady (who is just weirdly the most popular FA by a huge margin). It's also great because I get to spend time with him, his depth of artistic knowledge never fails to impress me, and we can talk about all the fun stuff we want to do in the future. He's just an amazing talent, stunningly gifted for his age, and I look forward to watching him continue to grow at Avatar.
The downside of having him over for a show is that it means he can't be drawing for 6 days, hence this skip week for which I apologize. But the good news is that after this break, we should be uninterrupted for more than a month as everyone is getting a bit ahead.
We are offering up a new design for the FA Field Bags this week, the last two we offered sold out so fast we couldn't believe it, but hopefully this one will be accessible for some new folks. We ran 150 this time, so that they should at least last past the first day for a change. Thanks to everyone who has been supporting the FA merch and the collected editions. This is an incredibly expensive project for us to give away for free and I really do appreciate each and every person who has been helping to support it.
I'll end on a tease – we do have a second weekly web comic on the horizon. Looks like a Fall launch, but we have already been working on it for many months. It is not written by Warren (I couldn't squeeze more than 6 books a month out of him, I tried) but another great writer and I am holding it to the same high standards as FA. I'm really pleased with how it is coming along and as the months roll past, I'm sure we'll begin to release more information.
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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that the people now want electricity instead of democracy and therefore he keeps the democratic system sans electricity on his toes.
He said that it was the people's right to protest against the existing woeful situation, while he was standing beside the people.
Talking to media outside the camp office under the shadow of Minar-e-Pakistan here, Shahbaz Sharif said that the people say that they want electricity not democracy. He said that the rulers have plundered the nation for four years and to set things right in the country, the thieved have to be driven away. He said he cannot remain standing by the side of the thieves.
Punjab CM said that he would prefer to step down and stand by the side of the people on matters of public interests.
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Artist Cathy Shepherd began the series of classes by teaching the students to create drawings based on their lives at KSB. The students illustrated many activities, including playing sports, studying various subjects and living in the dormitory. After these drawings were transferred to limestone, Al and Penny Nelson taught the students to carve them into the stone with hammers and chisels.
This partnership began when John Roberts, Director of Instruction for KSB, approached KMAC about contracting local, professional artists to work with students in grades K-5, 8 and 11 during the 07-08 school year. Other projects that will be completed in this school year include printmaking with Cathy Shepherd, ceramics with Wayne Ferguson, fiber arts with Leanne McDonald and puppetry with Jess Myers.
"We always want to do something unique for the students each year that relates to art, and we love to collaborate with others in our community," said Roberts. "When we heard about the Museum's Artist-in-Residency program, it sounded like a great fit."
The challenge put before the artists was to completely reexamine not only how they taught the students to create the art, but how they taught the students to experience the art as well.
"Most people enjoy art by looking at it," explains Roberts, "but since these children are visually impaired and some completely blind, they learned to appreciate art in other ways, like by touching it."
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Wave the checkered flag for the solar system's eighth planet. Since its 1846 discovery by a combination of mathematics and international cooperation, Neptune has completed one orbit of the sun, as of yesterday. Two informative posts are up at Universe … Continue reading
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Students who complete their terminal degree are traditionally invited to attend a ceremony where they are given their Doctoral Hood signifying their rank as "Doctor" and showing both the colors of their university and their degree of study. On Friday, June 22 2012, JIU was honored to host fifteen of our doctoral program graduates at the JIU headquarters in Denver, Colorado for this very special ceremony. Graduates arrived late in the afternoon on Friday and were greeted by JIU faculty and staff including University Founder Glenn Jones, University President Richard Cox, Chief Academic Officer Marijane Paulsen, and the Deans of the School of Education and School of Business. Once graduates donned their tams and robes, they proceeded into the JIU Presentation Room to the music of Pomp and Circumstance where their friends and family awaited to watch the official ceremony. Graduates were recognized one by one for their specialization and dissertation and given their hood and diploma. The ceremony was a proud moment for each graduate as well as for their families and friends beaming and clapping in the audience. Following the ceremony, graduates, faculty, family, friends and staff enjoyed the traditional post-commencement champagne and strawberries. Graduates relished the opportunity to get to know one another, take photos, and celebrate their achievements. The evening ended with a lovely dinner for graduates, their guests and university leadership.
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North Carolina Accident Highlights Concerns About Carbon Monoxide Euthanasia
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The pending closure of the largest oyster farm on the Marin County coast could lead to higher prices for shellfish and force grocery stores and restaurants to seek new suppliers.
Five remaining Point Reyes-area oyster farms are poised to capitalize on the looming departure of Drakes Bay Oyster Co., which was ordered last week to close within 90 days.
But devotees of the briny delicacies expressed unhappiness Wednesday at the prospect of losing a major North Coast supplier.
Carlo Cavallo, executive chef and owner of Meritage in Sonoma, said the coming shutdown, ordered by U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, will force him to fly in oysters from Oregon and Washington.
"Let the boys at the secretary's office and the Obama administration calculate the carbon footprint on that," said Cavallo, who like many restaurateurs serves hundreds of Drakes Bay oysters each week. "I'm furious about it."
Teejay Lowe, chief executive officer of G&G Supermarkets, agreed the loss of the farm owned by Kevin and Nancy Lunny is a blow to the local seafood industry.
Drakes Bay oysters make up the majority of the oysters sold at G&G, which has stores in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. Customers ask for them by name, he said.
"Local oysters truly are an art," Lowe said. "They did a really good job. It was a draw to our markets."
Last week, the Lunnys were given 90 days to pack up and leave the oyster farm, which has been in operation for about 80 years on the shores of Drakes Estero in the Point Reyes National Seashore.
At the urging of environmentalists, Salazar decided to return the 1,100 acres to wilderness and rejected Lunny's request to extend the farm's 40-year permit. Among the concerns was that the mariculture business on public land and water hurt harbor seals and eelgrass.


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David Trotter, 72, of Canton has been a shipwreck hunter on the Great Lakes since the 1970s. He holds a 50-pound dive helmet used by divers in the 1930s. He has found nearly 90 ships, most in Lake Huron. / ERIC SEALS/Detroit Free Press
David Trotter swims into the deep -- 200 feet down to where the light dims and the water presses, down to where the ghosts are found.
Trotter was once called the most prolific shipwreck hunter in the Great Lakes by the New York Times. And he lives in Canton, where -- even at 72 -- he plots his next big hunt.
QUESTION: Tell me about that first time, the first shipwreck.
ANSWER: The very first shipwreck I ever saw was the wreck of the Cedarville in the Straits of Mackinac. And it was just quite a unique experience, this giant freighter resting on the bottom, partially turned over. She'd had a collision with another vessel. ... Anyway, that got me very interested and fascinated with the ships and marine history. And then I began to find out that not all these ships had been found.
How many have you found now?
Well, somewhere around 90, give or take a few.
How many more are out there that you'd like to get your hands on?
There's another 30 or 40 out there in Lake Huron.
What's tops?
R.G. Coburn, and I would say the Whaleback Clifton. ... There's another one called the Water Witch, too. ... The R. G. Coburn was downbound, was a wooden steamer, lost control of her rudder in a tremendous fall gale. ... She disappeared, and she was carrying 80 hard casks of high-grade silver ore. ... She was one of the great tragic stories of the Great Lakes, with the loss of life.
How much you think that ore is worth?
That's hard to tell. It could have some value, but its value would be diminished by the inability to actually smelt it down and get the silver out of it. I'm not sure how they'd even do that.
I gotta be honest ... I couldn't imagine following a rope down to something that's 200 feet underwater and seeing a shimmering white image off in the distance. That would scare the bejeezus out of me.
Diving is not a risk-free sport.
Isn't is spooky swimming around these old wrecks?
I think for some people that's true. But there's something about the fascination. ... I've done solo diving a number of years. There's nothing more peaceful and beautiful than to be down there with that wreck, just yourself and the shipwreck. Looking at it, exploring it.
Why is it peaceful?
You're stepping back into history. You're actually part of a scene and an event that happened some time ago, 100, 150 years ago, and you're right there, and you're as relevant to that scene then as when it occurred.
You mentioned feeling a higher power or divine intervention on occasion.
Yeah. Sometimes, there's a very intense feeling. ... Down there, and swimming along the side of that ship, realizing that there were a number of people that perished in that tragedy and realize that was, for many of them, their final resting place somewhere inside that hull, very likely. It's quite respectful, and you just realize what a challenging situation people had in making livings 100, 125, 150 years ago.
Do you ever see remains?
Generally not. ... It's been twice that I've had that experience.
Was that a recent shipwreck or ...
One of them was the Kamloops, when we were diving that in Isle Royale in 1978. We were the first to get to the engine room and the engineer was still on duty there, if you know what I mean.
How long had that ship been down?
50 years.
Wow. So he's just preserved by the cold water?
That's correct. Inside the engine room, there was virtually no water movement, so the engineer was, and I say "engineer," he could have been another designation -- his body was much like, translucent.
So that doesn't spook you at all, when you run across the guy on duty still down there?
Well, there's something that's serene about being in the water, down on these ships.
What's your most unusual find?
I always like compasses, but we generally leave stuff down there. If I wanted artifacts, Jim, for my home, I could have a very nice collection. But that's never been my interest.
What have you left down there that's interesting?
The Frank Goodyear was a horrific loss in 1910. She was a 436-foot freighter that went down in a collision ... there were only three survivors ... the bell was still there. ... And we actually rang the bell in memory of the people that were lost. We rang the bell 18 times.
So you're 72 now. How long will you keep doing this?
That's a damn good question. And I don't know. ... I feel very fortunate that I've been able to participate in one of the great adventures in life.
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"Fathers be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers
So mothers be good to your daughters too"
John Mayer - circa 2003
The air was crisp and bitter cold. The sun was bright and amplified its strength as it reflected off the freshly fallen snow. Trees scattered throughout the cemetery were naked and leafless at the mercy of the coming months of bitter winter that lay waiting. The cemetery was etched into a large area of land lying in the rolling hills on the outskirts of town.
"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: For thou art with me"
The pastor continued the sermon as he looked into the crowd of people gathered around the two grave sites. There was one typical adult grave site with the hole dug and coffin hovering over it waiting and alongside it, a disturbing small coffin. There also sat a third coffin hovering over a third fresh hole off in the snowy distance a hundred or so yards away. The crowd was gathered around the adult coffin and the infant coffin. The adult coffin in the distance was agonizingly unattended. There was not a single person gathered around it. That coffin was silently lowered into the grave without a single person's acknowledgement or sorrow. No souls wept.
The mourners huddled around the child and adult graves comforting each other, crying and speechless. The attendees were gathered around an elderly man and woman both dressed in black.
A lone woman stood near the crowd of people. She was dressed in black and was visibly uncomfortable. She was standing apart from the rest of the crowd as she neared the elderly couple. She stood silent, standing near the couple crying and hanging head low. She did not want everyone to see how upset she was.
The sermon concluded and the crowd began to disperse back to their vehicles. They hugged, consoled for one final moment and parted with their heads low and quiet.
"Mr. & Mrs. Adams ? " the lone woman said quietly as she walked over and looked up into their swollen eyes and heavy faces. "My name is Carrie. I just wanted to offer my deepest sympathy for your daughter and granddaughter. I am truly sorry for what happened. I am so sorry for your loss."
"Thank you." the man said. The woman lifted her head quietly and looked at the woman who offered the condolences to her. She looked at her a little perplexed.
"Who are you Miss?" she quietly asked.
"My name is Carrie."
"How did you know my daughter and granddaughter ?"
"I actually didn't know them. I really hate to say this, but I knew Nick. We were together for several years a long time ago." Carrie muttered. She did her best to fight back her tears.
The woman looked at Carrie in shock. "What are you doing here ! What do you want here?"
"I am so sorry Mrs. Adams I came here to pay my respects to your daughter and granddaughter. I came to make sure that Nick is gone and buried forever."
"That bastard is going straight to hell. After what he did to my daughter." She cried out as she turned and put her hand in the air at Carrie. Her head was hung low as she began crying all over again."
Carrie was the last one at the gravesites. She sat quietly with her head low and cried for the woman and her daughter as their final resting place was being covered with earth by the grave workers.
She walked over to the third gravesite and looked at it and tears began to well in her eyes once again. "You horrible horrible man. How could you do this? How could you kill your wife and three year old child. You were evil when I knew you and you are evil now. I hope you burn in hell. You bastard!"
As these final words were being whispered to Nick's grave I walked over to the gravesite where Carrie stood, head low. I walked over and stood a moment beside her. She was unaware of my presence until I put an arm around her.
Startled, Carrie looked up quickly to see who was beside her. She thought she felt the presence of someone near her and thought someone was also maybe lingering around the three gravesites.
"Ray ?" Carrie said startled and still crying. She quickly wiped her eyes and face with the tissue she had been clutching. " What…. What are you doing here ? How did you know about this ? How did you know about Nick?" . She looked at him with confusion and bewilderment.
"I read it in the papers and internet. It's national news you know. It was on CNN and in our local paper. It was awful what happened. Just awful. When I saw that the murderers name was Nick Adams , I knew it had to be your old Nick. My stomach sank when I heard the name. I checked into it and found out that the funeral was today. I have business in Canada this week so I decided to make a stop along the way. I came here for the victims. I came here for closure . Is that why you are here?" I said.
"Yes. I came to make sure they buried Nick."
"It's over now, come on. Let's go. " I said softly as I crossed Carrie's arm into mine and turned her away from the coffin and away from the terrible scene of the gravesites. The infant gravesite was too much for her or anyone to be exposed to.
We walked away quietly as snow began to gently fall once again. It gathered on our black coat's lapels and shoulders.
"Where are you parked ? I'll walk you back." I asked.
"I am over there." She pointed at the farthest reach of the parking lot for the cemetery.
"Didn't want any attention drawn to you huh?" I said and tried to smile a bit.
She just shook her head no.
"Me either." As I pointed to the car that was parked four spaces away from hers.
She eeked out a slight smile. She held his arm tight and pulled me closer to her.
"You were always there for me and you are still here for me. What would I ever do without you Ray?"
I held her arm tighter in mine and rested my head on the top of her head. "You would have caved and not finished college. I don't even want to think about what could have happened."
"I know. Don't say it. I know it. That could have been me in that coffin...and my child."
We stood by our cars in the freezing cold and talked as the snow continued to fall on and around us. I discovered that she is in a childless marriage and that she and her husband work far too much. She discovered that I never married. She told me she made the trip to town alone and was staying at a motel not far from the cemetery. We discovered that we were not due to leave the city for a few days and that we had some time to catch up on where our lives had taken us since we last spoke years ago.
"Do you have dinner plans?" I asked knowing that I still had a lot of family in the city.
"I am going over to my parents from here and will probably only be able to handle a couple of hours of them saying "I told you so …….. about Nick of course. Need I explain further?"
"So uh……you didn't really answer the question. Is that a yes?" I smiled.
It was a relief to see her bright smile, which quickly turned into a roll of her eyes. We hugged and agreed to meet at the A House , our old college hangout at seven that evening. This allowed Carrie to spend the appropriate amount of time with her parents before bailing on them.
I folded my tall body into the little brown rental and turned the key to start the car. The bitter cold air and the frost on the windows reminded me that I was not used to the cold weather anymore. I was used to the sunny and subtropical beauty of the West Coast of Florida where I live my quiet life.
I sat in the car, hands cupped around my mouth as I tried to blow hot air into them and rub them to get the heat and circulation going again. I reached for the heater and cranked it to high. I flipped on the wipers to push away the bit of snow that had gathered on the windshield.
I saw Carrie leaning over her car brushing away the little bit of snow that had also gathered on her windshield.
My thoughts led to the A House and meeting Carrie there. The memories flooded in as they took me back to our first day at college and our profound effect on one another. It was almost twenty years ago.
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This is coming along so very well!
To be honest I think there were only two things in this video that stood out to be somewhat flawed.
1 would be the voice of the AI, I'm not sure if it's just a WIP voice or closer to what you want as the final but it sounds a little too distorted and computerised in my opinion.
2 would be the constant sound of the camera rotating. I found it began to get quite annoying after about a few minutes, and seemed unrealistic that you could hear it throughout the entire level.
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"Better results," he said.
The Flash have played better than their 0-1-1 record. With a couple of breaks they could be 2-0. While much of the buzz over Saturday night's home opener has been about the absence of star forward Abby Wambach, WNY's defense - not its attack - will be the key against the Boston Breakers (0-0-1). ...


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Good afternoon. I'm Paul Steiger, chairman of the Pulitzer Board for the coming year. I'm delighted to have this opportunity to congratulate all the winners, in journalism and in the arts and letters.
In the arts and letters, in addition to awards honoring outstanding accomplishment in the normal categories for work published in 2005, we have two special citations, in history and music. While I am an expert in neither field, I am deeply persuaded by those who are that these two awards honor two bodies of work representing achievements of the highest order. So to Professor Morgan and to the memory of Thelonius Monk: Congratulations!
For the journalism winners, I want to offer a special "well done" for a year of extraordinary work under unusually difficult conditions - economic, political, and physical.
In category after category, the winners and the finalists in this year's judging showed extraordinary achievement, so much so that in two categories the board made two awards.
That is something that in my years on the board we have been generally reluctant to do.
And yet paradoxically, this year's awards have in some instances drawn unusual criticism, with critics from the left and the right complaining that the awards as a group were sending a message that they took issue with, or that individual awards were an affront to this interest or that.
I'd like to suggest that critics of the supposed message relax, because we weren't sending any. To the best of my knowledge, no one on the board was about sending political messages. The deliberations were, as they always have been in my experience, about the journalism.
Before I continue, I'd like to give you some quick background. Every year at this lunch, the chair, who serves for one year only, gets to speak to a captive audience that includes the cream of American journalism.
In return, because the only real business of this lunch is to hand out awards, the chair traditionally inflicts himself or herself on this wonderful audience for only a brief time, in my case about 10 minutes.
As is also the tradition, I speak for myself, not for the board or for my employer, the Wall Street Journal. Finally, the specific deliberations of the board are private, and I won't reveal them.
With those caveats, I'd like to talk briefly about four issues: Political messages, clarity of sourcing, online journalism, and the scary environment.
Are we sending any political messages? Simple answer: No. This notion has never has come up in my 8 years on the board. This year, it is true, four of the awards are for journalism that embarrassed Republican politicians or a Republican administration. But last year, three of the awards were for journalism that damaged Democrats, none for work that damaged Republicans.
One complaint is that some of the work we are honoring today somehow hurt national security, in one case by revealing a secret government program to monitor some U.S. phone traffic without the apparently required court orders and in the other case by disclosing another program to send certain military prisoners to secret facilities in foreign countries.
In each case the reporting was solidly based, soberly presented, deeply detailed and totally exclusive, giving the public a chance to debate a serious issue they otherwise would not have known existed.
That to me is a pretty good definition of great journalism.
Another criticism, from the left, is that the wiretapping stories should have been published earlier, in time to influence the 2004 election. Nonsense. They weren't ready to run then.
Second topic: clarity of sourcing. One conclusion that an outside observer could confidently draw from watching the actions of this board over the last decade or so is that it consistently believes readers must be able to understand where information is coming from.
So, if you witnessed something personally, say so.
If you are recreating events by interviewing the parties to them, say so.
If you are borrowing someone else's facts or ideas, say so.
If you must grant some of your sources anonymity, say so.
The omniscient narrator has a well-founded role in fiction. When it appears in non-fiction or journalism, the work in question is unlikely to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Third topic: online journalism. Online coverage, very appropriately, figured more prominently in the journalism awards this year than ever before. This was by design, because more and more journalism is being delivered online.
The board last fall opened up all of the journalism categories to online material. Previously, only the Public Service category was allowed to include it.
Expect this process to continue, and to lead to tricky questions, perhaps the most fundamental of which is, What is a newspaper? Right now, an entry must include at least one print element. That excludes the vast majority of the blogs and such online publications as Slate. But should such sources be excluded forever? I don't know.
Fourth topic: the environment for journalism, which is as challenging as I have ever seen it. As this year's sale of the Knight Ridder chain demonstrates, the economic model for mid-sized and large-but-not-national papers is in trouble. Small papers and the very largest are doing better, but not much. So most journalists must live with constant concern about their jobs.
That is only the beginning.
Anger against reporters, mobilized on occasion by the Web's ability to transmit hate speech as well as useful information, is at the least sliming what has been for most of my life a hugely psychically rewarding occupation.
More journalists are dying on the job. According to the CPJ, some 69 journalists were killed in pursuit of their work last year, and 13 more so far this year. Most were killed by accident in Iraq, but some, like Atwar Bahjat, the reporter for al Arabiyah dragged away and murdered by insurgents when she was trying to do a standup, are being killed as a terror tactic. Such was the fate of my own colleague, Danny Pearl, in 2002; luckily, Jill Carrol of the Christian Science Monitor escaped a similar fate after having been kidnapped earlier this year; several others have not.
In our own country, reporters are being jailed, or threatened with jail, in an effort to force disclosure of their confidential sources. Some of the reporters who will receive awards here today may soon be hit with subpoenas demanding the names of their sources on these stories. The Attorney General has said he won't hesitate to go after reporters' phone records in efforts to pursue leakers of national security information. Last year a reporter spent 85 days in jail as part of an effort to compel her to reveal her sources.
What seems to be happening is that a longstanding informal compact between journalists and public officials is eroding. Under that compact, officials have been able to mark top secret just about any paper that moves through the bureaucracy, but when such documents have fallen into the hands of reporters, who then publish stories about them, the government has generally avoided fierce attempts to track down their sources and intimidate others so inclined. As a result, the public could learn what officials were doing while most secrets stayed secret.
Now, prosecutors and courts are looking more favorably on moves threatening to put an end to this unofficial regime, invoking obscure sections of old laws like the 1917 espionage act to pressure reporters and news organizations and unnerve potential whistle-blowers.
A federal shield law for reporters might help, but I'm not sure how much. I'm not sure a law can be passed in the current environment, and I'm not sure how useful such a law will prove even if it does pass. Any shield law that I have seen allows for a "national security" exception. Thus, even with such a law in place, Judith Miller could have been and probably would have been jailed last year.
Amid all these challenges, though, I find special encouragement in this year's Pulitzer awardees. You are still providing great service to the public.
One need go no further than the two awards made for Public Service, both for coverage of Katrina and its aftermath, one to the New Orleans Times Picayune, the other to the Biloxi Sun-Herald.
The Times Picayune made brilliant use of the Web to connect its community when floodwaters made it impossible to print the paper - and even after printing and delivery could resume, because so much of its audience was scattered around the country.
The Sun-Herald, though it also made use of the Web, found some of its greatest impact in simply being able to distribute itself on plain, familiar newsprint. People in a community that had a quarter of all its buildings destroyed and most of the remaining damaged found comfort in being able to get the paper, hold it and read it. In most cases, they couldn't go online, because they had no electricity. Despite all that devastation, the Sun-Herald's base circulation is now within 200 copies of what it was before the hurricane.
The comfort I draw from this is that the work you do has value that transcends what any algorithm or combination of algorithms can do, and that business models will emerge to sustain that kind of work.
Congratulations again to all of you. I am honored to be in your presence.


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Looking back on Mindcrime now, I think it holds up pretty well, hell it complains about the 1% ruling America, a problem that has only gotten worse in the years since.
Musically I don't think it was anything revolutionary, what made it stand out is that it was a complete concept album well told. Seventh Son had a few songs that dealt with a concept but it did not commit fully to the concept album cause like this one did. King Diamond was the master of concept albums during this time period but the music was more aggressive, King's singing can be an acquired taste and not everyone likes horror movies. Mindcrime musically is much more palatable to mainstream tastes.
I do think Queensryche was a one album wonder though, Rage For Order had its moments but I don't think they have done anything that even compares to Mindcrime in their entire history. I hated Empire upon release and only went to the concert for it since they were doing Mindcrime in its entirety for the first time since they were only an opening group when Mindcrime came out. Mindcrime II was a pale imitation of the original, although I give them credit for staging an interesting tour with the double Mindcrimes back in '06 when it came out.
Also thanks for making me feel old, I bought almost all the albums you reference in your opening bit in 1988. And for the record, other commenters are right, Conspiracy > Them and I would argue now is > Abigail, although Abigail deserves mega credit for reintroducing concept albums to the late '80s.
3-08 Nightwish
4-13 Iron Maiden
9-11 Black Sabbath
I know, and that was back in 1988. To think something like OWS only happened 3-4 years ago.
You know its true, bunny rabbits we have got lovely little fluffy bottoms. We do. That's why people often mistake us for Danny Devito.
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Hank Steinbrenner, in another outspoken moment, denounces Red Sox Nation
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Hank Steinbrenner has provided his share of Boss-like comments in the offseason, his first as one of the principal leaders running the
New York Yankees
He's made verbal digs at former manager Joe Torre and inserted himself during the contract negotiations with
Alex Rodriguez
, as well as the race for the services of pitcher
Johan Santana
The latest, no doubt, will send
Boston Red Sox
fans into a frenzy.
Steinbrenner, apparently trying to emphasize that he has no fear of the Yankees' American League competition, has amped up the rivalry between the two teams, intentionally or not.
"Red Sox Nation?" What a bunch of [expletive] that is," he said in an interview with The New York Times' Play magazine. "That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans.
"Go anywhere in America and you won't see Red Sox hats and jackets, you'll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We're going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order."
Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is ... This is a Yankee country. We're going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order.
-- Hank Steinbrenner
Like father, like son.
Hank Steinbrenner's interview, in the March 2 issue of the magazine, reveals a great deal of his personality and his style. He is not afraid to speak his mind, and he appears to have little sense of regret when he does, saying there was a need for him to take control.
"Everyone was hiding in their rooms. You can't do that and be a leader. You have to step up and take a position," he said.
He's not the only person who feels this way about the Red Sox. Hank's younger sibling, Hal Steinbrenner, who runs the business side of the Yankees, made similar, though not as vicious, comments in an interview with GQ.com on Feb. 19.
"The defending World Series champions have "a lot of talent, and [have] done very well the past few years, but let me put it this way: I don't think [they] wanted to play us in the ALCS," Hal Steinbrenner said. "So I will concede nothing. I think we're better than [them]."
Not even Torre, a favorite of Yankees fans, was immune. In late October, Hank Steinbrenner had sent a verbal missile in Torre's direction. "Where was Joe's career in '95 when my dad hired him?" he said to the New York Post. "My dad was crucified for hiring him ... Let's not forget what my dad did in giving him that opportunity -- and the great team he was handed."
In the March 2 magazine interview, Hank Steinbrenner was asked how he felt about new Yankees manager Joe Girardi. He responded that he was pleased to have a manager "with a little more fire in his belly" than Torre.
"Baseball's not as complicated as football, so I don't know that a manager means as much in baseball as he does in other sports, but Girardi is a great leader," Hank Steinbrenner said in the article.