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Life of Pi (2012)
Life of Pi SynopsisDirector Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a tragic disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While marooned on a lifeboat, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with the ship's only other survivor -- a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Life of Pi Release Date
In Theaters November 21, 2012
Life of Pi Credits
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, and Rafe Spall
Written by: David Magee
Directed by: Ang Lee
Produced by: Ang Lee, Gil Netter and David Womark
MPAA Rating: [ PG ]
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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"Life of Whoopie Pie" is a story of an unlikely friendship and incredible survival. A boy named Whoopie Pie is stranded in the middle of the ocean in a boat made of chocolate chip cookies. As if this situation weren't harrowing enough, he's not alone on the boat. He shares it with a ravenous beast: Cookie Monster! Can Cookie control himself so he doesn't eat their boat right out from under them?
by Kristy Puchko January 8, 2014 comments
Shocking Report Reveals The Truth About Animal Treatment On Movie Sets
In an extended feature that will be printed in the December 6th issue of the magazine, the trade has gone into extreme detail about some serious and upsetting malfeasance that has been going on behind the scenes of major blockbuster films over the last few years, resulting in many animal deaths due to carelessness and cover-ups.
by Eric Eisenberg November 25, 2013 comments
Ang Lee's Next Film Is A 3D Drama About Boxing History
Have we lost another great director to 3D experimentation? James Cameron seems to really only be making Avatar sequels so he can play with the 3D cameras he invented, and now Ang Lee is riding his Life of Pi success to another 3D effort, which seems to be less about the storytelling than the effects
by Katey Rich August 8, 2013 comments
Fox Is Building A Theme Park In Malaysia With Alien And Life Of Pi Rides
This actually isn't the first time that Fox has tried to launch a theme park of their own. In 1999 the studio opened the doomed Fox Studios Backlot in Australia, but the idea wound up flopping and the park closed two years after it opened. The Genting Outdoor Theme Park that currently exists will begin the upgrade process in September...
by Eric Eisenberg July 26, 2013 comments
The Avengers, Skyfall, Life Of Pi & Cabin In The Woods Named Big Winners At The Saturn Awards
In retrospect, last year was an absolutely amazing year for genre films. Both The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises exploded at the box office; The Hunger Games birthed a new beloved big screen sci-fi franchise, Skyfall ended up being one of the best James Bond movies in the history of the series...
by Eric Eisenberg June 27, 2013 comments
Life Of Pi Blu-ray Sponsors Some Stunning 3D Sidewalk Art
Tracy Lee Stum is kind of a badass. The 3D-chalk artist has been creating temporary street art for years, but this time around she has been commissioned by the Life of Pi crew to create art to raise awareness for Ang Lees films Blu-ray and DVD release.
by Jessica Rawden March 13, 2013 comments
This Week In Home Entertainment: Rise Of The Guardians, Willow And More
This weeks Oscar-winning release, Life of Pi has sort-of been overshadowed by a bunch of re-releases from companies as varied as Disney, 20th Century Fox, Paramount. There should be a little something out there for everyone this week. Read on to learn about some of this weeks best releases, and maybe even a few that slipped under your radar.
by Jessica Rawden March 12, 2013 comments
Ang Lee Criticized After Oscar Win As Visual Effects Artists Continue Protests
Far from the cameras that were trained on starlets and their gowns, more than 400 visual effects artists were protesting the awards. When Life of Pi won for Best Visual Effects, winner Bill Westenhofer attempted to bring attention to the fact that his company is facing bankruptcy and was cut off by the theme from Jaws
by Katey Rich February 26, 2013 comments
Life Of Pi Visual Effects Artists Protest Oscar Red Carpet
Technicians who contributed to Ang Lees Life of Pi gathered outside the Dolby theater in Hollywood. The protest was organized after the popular Rhythm & Hues effects house filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy shortly after winning a BAFTA award for the work they did on Lees mystical film.
by Sean O'Connell February 24, 2013 comments
Oscar Winners 2013: Full List Of Academy Award Results
The biggest night in Hollywood is over, and now we've got another year in movies remembered with a whole bunch of big gold trophies. Argo was the big winner of the night, taking home Best Picture in addition to Best Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing, but there were plenty of statues to go around
by Katey, Eric & Sean February 24, 2013 comments
The Hobbit And Life Of Pi Lead Saturn Award Nominations
It's famously difficult to get a sci-fi or fantasy film any major Oscar nominations, with the Lord of the Rings trilogy standing out as the one massive exception. But that's where the Saturn Awards can come in. The awards handed out by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, the Saturns find a way to honor the best in genre every year, and this year they've produced a list of nominees with a huge range
by Katey Rich February 20, 2013 comments
For Your Consideration: Life Of Pi Is The Best 3D Picture, Not Best Picture
Life of Pi is an absolutely breathtaking movie. I won't pretend otherwise. When I saw it at the New York Film Festival last fall, I wholeheartedly believed it was a serious contender for the Academy Awards' most prestigious honor of Best Picture. And yet when the Oscars were finally announced, I had no enthusiasm for Life of Pi's nomination. Worse yet, I realized I'd be angry if it actually won.
by Kristy Puchko February 18, 2013 comments
Life Of Pi Drifts On To 3D Blu-ray In March
Its that time of year when Oscar talk is everywhere. For some releases, the Oscars present an opportunity to slap a bunch of winner stickers or notes on a Blu-ray or DVD box, which is why the months following the awards often feature some of the home releases of the previous years best films. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, Life of Pi very much falls into this category and will be hitting 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on March 12.
by Jessica Rawden January 29, 2013 comments
Argo, Lincoln, And Life Of Pi Score ACE Editing Nominations
Individual guilds often help paint the picture of which films are going to emerge triumphant on Oscar night. Case in point, the movie that takes home the top award at the 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards honoring achievements in editing likely have to be considered the frontrunner for the Academy Awards.
by Sean O'Connell January 11, 2013 comments
Honest Posters For The Best Picture Nominees
Now that the year's Best Picture Oscar nominees have been announced, we've got a long six weeks to go before the awards ceremony-- which means, of course, that it's time to start making fun of the nominees. Some of them are familiar to everyone, like Django Unchained and Argo, but plenty of people only heard of Amour and Beasts of the Southern Wild
by Katey Rich January 11, 2013 comments
Skyfall, Lincoln And More Nominated By The American Society Of Cinematographers
Skyfall may be seen by some as just another silly blockbuster action movie, but the truth is that it really was one of the most beautiful films to be released in 2012, the Shanghai sequence alone deserving tons of recognition. But do you think that he deserves the top prize from the ASC?
by Eric Eisenberg January 9, 2013 comments
Lincoln, Les Miserables And Life Of Pi Lead BAFTA Award Nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, aka BAFTA, is roughly the British equivalent of the Academy Awards, honoring the best in English-language film with a slight bend toward homegrown product. The group announced their award nominations today, just one day before the Academy Award nominations go out
by Katey Rich January 9, 2013 comments
President Obama Reveals His Favorite Movies Of 2012
These past couple of weeks hundreds if not thousands of film critics have worked to try and put together their top 10 lists for 2012, determining which titles, above all the rest, stood out over the last 12 months. These personal lists are great because they really help audiences understand critics' individual tastes, and it's also a great way to discover movies that otherwise may have been missed.
by Eric Eisenberg December 31, 2012 comments
The Top 10 Movies Of 2012: Mack's List
The following ten movies are the ones that have really stuck with me. Theyre the ones that have gotten better with months or weeks of age and have separated themselves from the pack. Some of them will definitely be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards and others will not even be considered. Some of them youll probably agree with, and some of them will probably make you laugh and doubt my credibility.
by Mack Rawden December 28, 2012 comments
Life Of Pi And Breaking Dawn Stay Strong At Thanksgiving Box Office
Is this going to be the best Thanksgiving ever? Well if we're talking about your family, that's pretty much already been determined-- either you guys got in a blow-out fight over the right way to carve the turkey, or you had a merry and wine-fueled dinner that ended with naps on the couch for everyone. But if we're talking about Hollywood and the box office, it might still be happening
by Katey Rich November 23, 2012 comments
9 Big Differences Between The Life Of Pi Movie And Book
The movie works because it takes all of the visions readers have created in their heads while reading Life and Pi and makes those visions bigger, bolder, and brighter. It works because it streamlines a lengthy tale without making us feel as we are missing anything key to the narrative. As a film, Life of Pi is a visual masterpiece, but isnt better than the book.
by Jessica Rawden November 21, 2012 comments
To 3D Or Not To 3D: Buy The Right Life Of Pi Ticket
Life of Pi is being sold as this year's Avatar, the 3D movie explosion that must be seen on the big screen, that must be seen more than once, and that must be considered the holiday moviegoing event for the entire family. That's a whole lot of pressure, but with director Ang Lee behind it and a lot of critical raves
Thanksgiving Movie Guide: How To Choose Between Life Of Pi, Rise Of The Guardians, And More
Luckily there's one solution out there for all of us, every year: the movies! Hollywood, a place that understands better than anyone how your family can make you nuts, obliges us every year by releasing a whole ton of movies around the holiday, at least one of which is bound to appeal to everybody. And while there are a few films you can take almost anyone to and guarantee a success
Operation Kino 90: At Sea With Life Of Pi And Trying To Take Our Families To The Movies
This week on Operation Kino, we're only got each other, a lifeboat, and this giant Bengal tiger, as we review Ang Lee's Life of Pi. From there we talk about the dilemma on the minds of many movie fans this week, as we attempt to take our families and loved ones to the movies and toe the line between picking movies everyone will like and actually trying to seek out the good stuff
Oscar Eye: Life Of Pi And Silver Linings Playbook Make Their Case For Best Picture
If your Thanksgiving is going anything like mine, you're realizing with a mix of excitement and dread that the movie year is almost over, and there's a lot left to catch up on. Without even digging into movies that are on DVD, there are a ton of films out in theaters right now or on VOD that at least deserve awards consideration
by Katey Rich November 20, 2012 comments
5 Oscar Hopefuls You Should Catch Up With Over The Holiday
This time of year you're probably overwhelmed figuring out your holiday plans and making a list of everyone you need to give presents, but there's another list you probably have in mind as a movie buff: the Oscar nominations. No, the nominees won't be announced until January 10, but now is the time to start catching up on the names that will probably be read that day
by CB Staff November 19, 2012 comments
This Rotten Week: Predicting Life of Pi, Red Dawn And Rise of the Guardians Reviews
We are headed into the greatest holiday ever created by anyone ever. Black Friday. I cant wait. Theres a 103 Beovision 4 on sale for $3 at Best Buy thats got my name written all over it. But until then weve got Tigers, Wolverines and Guardians
by Doug Norrie November 18, 2012 comments
Now Streaming: Netflix Instant Alternatives To Life Of Pi, Hitchcock & Silver Linings Playbook
For the Thanksgiving holiday, we looked to Life Of Pi, Hitchcock, & Silver Linings Playbook for inspiration, and so have provided a selection of fantastical tales, scandalous showbiz stories, and loony love yarns for your home viewing entertainment.
by Kristy Puchko November 16, 2012 comments
New Clip From Life Of Pi Has Fighting Flying Fish
Earlier this year I had the chance to trek down to Las Vegas for the annual CinemaCon convention and while attending the 20th Century Fox presentation I got to see some pretty amazing stuff from Life of Pi. One of those scenes involved the pain character, Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) simultaneous battling a school of flying fish as well as a stowaway tiger on his lifeboat.
by Eric Eisenberg October 18, 2012 comments
Oscar Eye: Beasts Of The Southern Wild Hits A Hurdle While Life Of Pi Dazzles In 3D
Last Friday I lined up two hours early, with an early autumn rainstorm crashing down, to catch the New York Film Festival press screening of Life of Pi, because the festival has exactly one press screening for all of their films, and there was no way I was going to miss that one. Even on the surface the movie seemed to tick all the boxes of Oscar season
by Katey Rich October 2, 2012 comments
Review: Life Of Pi Opens The New York Film Festival With Heartfelt Spectacle
Like Scorsese did with Hugo, Lee uses Pi's simple story to spin off in bold visual directions, balancing on the razor's edge between fantasy and outright surrealism that provides some of the most gripping and gorgeous images on screen this year. And it's not all just glittery poetry like seen in the image above
by Katey Rich September 28, 2012 comments
Ang Lee's Life Of Pi Shares Beautiful Mosaic Poster Ahead of NY Premiere
Ang Lees adaptation of Yann Martels Life of Pi opens the New York Film Festival later this week, meaning that Fox has just a few days left to ramp up its promotional campaign to capitalize on the exposure of a splashy film-fest premiere, setting the stage for the films eventual November 21 release date.
by Sean O'Connell September 25, 2012 comments
Life of Pi Lands Second Gorgeous Trailer Ahead Of New York Premiere
Thankfully, Ang Lees anticipated Life of Pi isnt only going to be the story of a boy trapped on a raft with a tiger - not that it wouldnt make for a compelling cinematic challenge for the director. I mean, how do you make that story interesting for the bulk of a movies run time? But the latest trailer for the film suggests more scope to the narrative, and the presence of Irrfan Khan, which always makes a movie better.
by Sean O'Connell September 24, 2012 comments
Tobey Maguire Has Been Cut Out Of And Replaced In Ang Lee's Life Of Pi
Studios are always concerned that their movies won't have enough star power to attract big audiences, but apparently the opposite is true in the case of Ang Lee's Life of Pi. While Tobey Maguire was previously cast as author Yann Martel in the upcoming adaptation, apparently it's been decided that Maguire is too well known and he has been cut out of the film and the character has been recast.
by Eric Eisenberg September 6, 2012 comments
Ang Lee's Life Of Pi To Open This Year's New York Film Festival
Last week we learned that Robert Zemeckis' Flight will be the final film of this year's New York Film Festival, and today we have learned the title that will be kicking the whole thing off. It has been announced by the Film Society and Lincoln Center that Ang Lee's Life of Pi will be opening this year's festival, which also happens to the 50th anniversary of the event.
by Eric Eisenberg August 13, 2012 comments
First Gorgeous Trailer For Ang Lee's Life Of Pi
Based on the Man Booker Prize winning, not to mention best-selling, novel by Yann Martel, Ang Lee's Life of Pi finally has a full trailer. The film from the Academy Award winning director hits theaters in less than four months so it's about time that more than just the Cinema-Con attendees got a look at the highly anticipated literary adaptation. And, as described, it is absolutely gorgeous.
by Jesse Carp July 25, 2012 comments
Life Of Pi Site Reveals Growling New Footage And Colorful Images
Yann Martel's Life of Pi was one of the ubiquitous reads of the early 2000s. But as much of a bookworm as I am, no amount of friends' urgings and passionate recommendations could get me past its peculiar premise: a boy and a 450 pound tiger trapped on a lifeboat together for 227 days. I just couldn't imagine a story there, but the latest images from Ang Lee's upcoming adaptation have piqued my interest...
by Kristy Puchko June 14, 2012 comments
Life Of Pi Extended Scene To Be Previewed Before 3D Showings Of Prometheus And Other Movies
If ever there's a story that could benefit from proper use of 3D technology, it's the big screen adaptation of Yann Martel's adventure novel Life of Pi. Martel paints a vivid, colorful picture in the telling of Pi's story, which offers real potential for a visually stunning feature film. Factor in Ang Lee's involvement as director, and Life of Pi may just be one of the must-see-in-3D movies this year.
by Kelly West June 4, 2012 comments
Ang Li's Life Of Pi Changes Its Release Date
Fox announced it will potentially dodge all of the Oscar-friendly films that are piling on top of each other for a Christmas Day release by moving Ang Lees Life of Pi from Dec. 21 to Nov. 21. Great move. Shifting Pi to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend gives it room to breathe, which it needs.
by Sean O'Connell May 24, 2012 comments
Life Of Pi CinemaCon Footage Attacks With Flying Fish
Just yesterday the first official image for Ang Lees The Life of Pi came online. The picture featured a Indian teenager with a turban standing on one end of a lifeboat, with a roaring Bengal tiger on the other. For those that havent read Yann Martels novel, or are at least not familiar with the story, it could have been perceived as a very odd still. Luckily, Ive just come back from watching the first footage from the film and Im happy to explain what its all about.
by Eric Eisenberg April 26, 2012 comments
First Look At Ang Lee's Life Of Pi
There are a lot of unrealistic and surreal things happening in that shot, from the size of the tiger to the stark cleanliness of the boat to even the serene colors of the sky. This picture still gives no indication of how Lee will be telling the story, but the look is intriguing
by Katey Rich April 25, 2012 comments
Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger Gallops To A December 2012 Release Date
Heigh Ho Silver, away! Ride like the wind to Dec., 21 2012, which is when Walt Disney intends to open Jerry Bruckheimers big-budget reboot of The Lone Ranger.Armie Hammer, last seen playing twins in David Finchers The Social Network
by Sean O'Connell June 8, 2011 comments
Tobey Maguire Signs On For A Supporting Role In Life Of Pi
For whatever reason Life of Pi will be shot in 3D, and it's set for a December 14 release this year. WIth the Sundance comedy The Details coming later this year, and the Baz Luhrmann-directed Great Gatsby still on the horizon, Maguire will be fairly busy in the coming months
by Katey Rich April 8, 2011 comments
Gerard Depardieu Will Go Cannibal For Life Of Pi
Gerard Depardieu will play a cannibalistic chef, while Adil Hussain and Irrfan Khan have also signed on as the main character's father and a grown-up version of the main character himself respectively
by Mack Rawden December 8, 2010 comments
Ang Lee Casts Newcomer Suraj Sharma In Life Of Pi
Unless he was dead set on casting Dev Patel, Ang Lee pretty much had no choice but to go with an unknown when finding a lead actor for Life of Pi, his adaptation of Yann Martel's novel about an Indian boy stuck
by Katey Rich October 26, 2010 comments
Ang Lee's Life Of Pi On Hold Thanks To Budget Disputes
$70 million honestly already sounds kind of low for a project this elaborate, but given that it's the kind of literary adaptation that almost never makes any money, it's probably even more than the studio can afford
by Katey Rich May 28, 2010 comments
Interview: Micmacs Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Creates His Own Paris
If your summer thus far is lacking a certain amount of whimsy and joy, you need to go directly to a theater this weekend and catch Micmacs, the new film from Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
by Katey Rich May 26, 2010 comments
Ang Lee To Adapt Life Of Pi
Ang Lee will adapt Yann Martel's best seller "Life of Pi," though he has yet to bang out all of the details about the project. The book follows a young Indian boy named Piscine who, while sailing to Canada with his zookeeper father
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Trey Metoyer: Tough year 'happened for a reason. And the reason was, I wasn't ready'
NORMAN — After a breakout performance in the last year's spring game, Oklahoma receiver Trey Metoyer said he'd never use inexperience as an excuse if his freshman season didn't go the way he thought it would.
The sophomore stuck to that Tuesday, when he was made available for his first media interviews since spring practices began last month.
Metoyer started the first four games of his freshman season, but was removed from the lineup and finished the year with only 17 receptions, 148 yards and one touchdown.
"It was tough," Metoyer said. "It was a struggle. I'm used to being on the field. But I sat back and I realized that it was something I had to do. I tried to turn my negative into a positive.
"It happened for a reason. And the reason was, I wasn't ready."
Metoyer was a five-star prospect when he signed with OU out of Whitehouse, Texas, in the Sooners' class of 2011, but academic issues forced him to spend a semester at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia.
Metoyer said his time there made him a "better person."
"Going to Hargrave, I can say I got more patient," Metoyer said. "I wanted to come here right away, and couldn't. Had to go through some things to get here, you know, waited. It made me a better person. Now that I'm here, I'm more humble. I'm just waiting on my opportunity.
"I told myself after I left Hargrave that I wasn't gonna have no more setbacks. That was it. Not playing last year kinda hurt me, but this year, you're gonna see a whole nother me."

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Mobile, AL (Sports Network) - Rakeem Dickerson scored 15 points, swiped five
steals, and pulled down five rebounds to lift the Arkansas State Red Wolves to
a 63-54 victory over the South Alabama Jaguars in a Sun Belt Conference bout
at the Mitchell Center.
Brandon Peterson also tallied 15 points to go along with seven rebounds for
ASU (8-5, 2-2 SBC). Trey Finn and Ed Townsel grabbed nine board each as the
Red Wolves won their second consecutive game.
For the Jaguars (6-6, 3-1), Augustine Rubit recorded a double-double with 20
points and 17 rebounds. Antoine Allen added 11 points as USA had its two-game
winning streak snapped and suffered its first setback in league action.
ASU took a 28-23 lead into the break after it hit 33.3 percent of its field
goal attempts and converted 9-of-13 at the charity stripe in the first half.
The Jaguars went into halftime trailing after being held to 25 percent
shooting from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
USA faced a 13-point deficit with just under 10 minutes remaining in
regulation before it used an 11-2 run to cut the margin on the scoreboard to
52-48. Dickerson drained a 3-pointer on ASU's next possession to end the
threat and the Jaguars were unable to recover. The Red Wolves outscored the
hosts, 18-12, in the paint in the second half to help power the nine-point
The Jaguars finished the game 17-of-62 from the field including a 4-of-27 mark
on shots from beyond the arc. ASU outscored the hosts, 13-3, in points off of
turnovers even though both sides were guilty of 17 miscues.
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Experts say the trick for merchants is to use after-Christmas sales to lure some of the people returning gifts Thursday to do just a little more shopping.
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Ridin' Hawg Wild will raise money for autism
Published: Monday, October 14, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
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Riding wild for a good cause sums up an annual fundraiser that raises money for and awareness of autism.
Want to ride?
Ridin' Hawg Wild 2013 is Saturday starting at RCR Racing Museum, 236 Industrial Drive in Welcome. Registration for the motorcycle ride will be 10 a.m. to noon. Bikes depart at noon and will arrive at Top of the Rock, 339 N. Shore Drive, around 4 p.m. Those not participating in the ride can meet at Top of the Rock at 3 p.m. where live music, a silent auction and games will take place. Proceeds will benefit Autism Speaks. For more information, go to www.ridinhawgwild.com or email email@example.com.
Ridin' Hawg Wild, an official Barbecue Festival 2013 event, features entertainment, prizes and a poker run through Davidson County on Saturday.
Ridin' Hawg Wild will leave from RCR Racing Museum in Welcome at noon and end at Top of the Rock on High Rock Lake by 4 p.m.
"I think it's a wonderful event that (creator) Mandy (Jones) and a group of volunteers have really put a lot of work and effort into planning," said Stephanie Saintsing Naset, executive director of the festival. "I'm proud of what they've accomplished. It raises awareness and money for autism."
Registration will be from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $21 and $27 with a rider. The price includes one poker hand, one meal and one-day membership to Top of the Rock. Additional poker hands are $5. A card will be pulled at the beginning, at each of the three stops and at the end.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Autism Speaks. The nonprofit organization assists families affected by autism and conducts research for a cure and cause. Its mission is to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders.
"Autism is the least funded of all childhood diseases and yet the fastest growing," Jones said. "After researching the best organization to help, I chose Autism Speaks. They are truly making a difference and huge strides in early intervention, and they also provide family support services. Our motto is 'help us help them.'"
Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders may cause difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.
Those not participating in the ride who want to show support can meet at Top of the Rock around 3 p.m. At that time there will be live music until 8 p.m. The music will be provided by Carolina Moonshine, Elusive Groove and DJ Greg Russell. Patrons will be able to eat with a small donation.
There will also be a silent auction, cornhole game, 50/50 raffle and motorcycles from Tilley Harley-Davidson of Salisbury. Trophies will be awarded to favorite bikes. Cash prizes will be given to the best and worst poker hands.
Jones emphasized it is a family event for all ages to come out and enjoy. The event started five years ago with 11 bikes involved. Last year around 70 bikes participated, and $6,000 was raised. Jones noted they usually have more than 200 people participate.
"We have an overwhelming amount of return riders," Jones said. "Our goal is to spread our wings and reach out to North Carolina. These children need us. Our hope is people will continue to open their hearts to support autism."
Jones has a 13-year-old son, Sammy, who is blind and was diagnosed with autism at an early age. She created the event to bring awareness and to help the cause after seeing firsthand struggles.
"The help these kids need breaks your heart. They need all the support they can get," Jones said. "It blows me away that autism is the least funded and yet the fastest growing. It's under the radar. It's a lot for a parent. We will keep pushing forward."
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Seriously. It may be a bar, but it's still a place of business and if you get wasted it could reflect poorly on your fuck buddy. At least try to stay standing at all times.
You wouldn't want whoever you're hooking up with hanging around your place of work, so it's important to know when it's time to leave.
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If you're banging a bartender, you're definitely in for free drinks. But be cool about it. There's no sense in taking advantage of a good thing.
A couple free rounds for you and your friends is great! But you should pay for more of them than the ones you score for free. It's called being decent -- oh, and you also don't want your lover/fuck buddy/friend with benefits etc getting in trouble.
Seriously. It may be a bar, but it's still a place of business and if you get wasted it could reflect poorly on your fuck buddy. At least try to stay standing at all times.
Bartenders flirt. Accept it, deal with it and get over it. It's part of the job.
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Even if you're just casually sleeping with a particular bartender, don't start sleeping with their co-worker. If you have a thing for bartenders, at least branch out and find another one across town.
No one wants to be the talk of the neighborhood because they're slowly making their way through every bartender at one bar.
Duh. This is for the exact same reason as why sleeping with multiple bartenders at one bar is a completely moronic idea. Don't be a moron.
If it's the bartender at your favorite bar whom you're bedding, you need to find a new favorite bar. Yeah, you can stop by your "old" favorite bar to visit, but that's where it should end.
Like we said, if you're dating a bartender, you have to know when to leave. Lingering is never good for business... or your relationship for that matter.


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This was a real hit with the family as a snack at Christmas.
Made this for a holiday party - very easy and fast to make. Making it again for our holiday party!
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Welcome back so! Pretty map.
Some comments : I don't really like the fonts (especially the one u used for the areas and town which is overused imho). A little shadow on the trees trunks could add more depth to the forests and the dark area around coastline should be closer on some places (we can still see irregular clear zones between the coastline and the dark area, near Icemeet, north east of Ulfenguard and on the north (right next to the 2nd N letter of Mountains)


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Monday at 6:30 a.m., "Rush Plus" begins. The major service adjustment for Metrorail affects about 110,000 riders on the Green, Yellow, Blue and Orange lines.
Customers will need to pay close attention to their destinations and the trains they're boarding on the start of Metro's new plan to make commuting faster and more comfortable.
According to Metro, the plan will improve service on the Green, Yellow, and Orange lines by adding six trains to each of the 21 stations during rush hour.
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Metro says the Orange line between Vienna and the Largo Town Center will have about 18 percent more capacity or 2,600 seats per hour as a result of three additional trains in each direction during both the morning and evening rush hours.
9News Now spoke with riders who said if the plan works it will provide some extremely welcome and long overdue relief from their long and difficult commute.
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With five-plus years since their last project Idlewild, fans have been feverishly anticipating the return of the original ATLiens Outkast. Now, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the duo's less prolific member Andre 3000 speaks on the possibility of his solo career and a reunion with his partner Big Boi.
Three Stacks explained that he's been wavering in his desire to make music as of late. While he didn't rule out any kind of a return to music either as a solo artist or a group, he said that his focus is more on film these days. Still, he added that his indecision hasn't kept him writing and recording new music, whether it's for other artists or himself.
"Things are kind of up in the air with me, and some days, I feel like yeah, I'll do it," he said. "Some days, I feel like, I don't. I don't know the future of music right now. I have no idea what I do. I honestly don't. I record and I write ideas. I think I'll always do that, for some reason. But I don't know if it will go to another artist or will it be my stuff or will it go to some movie? I don't know. I just kind of keep creating and hopefully, it'll fall into a slot."
He added, "My whole motivation is, I don't want to mess these people's songs up, more than anything than let me do something great. I try to do great, but it's just a different mind frame now. I don't sit around and rap everyday. I don't."
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Fallon is doing the show from New York, where he hosted "Late Night" for five years.
Fallon's version of the "Tonight" show won't be much different from Late Night.
He's keeping his house band The Roots and his announcer, Steve Higgins.
He'll keep doing bits like Slow Jam the News and Thank-you Notes.
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text: By Pastor Vince CarrigSports Writer Paige Spady grabbed teammate Valeria Cervantes' missed free throw and sent a free throw of her own through the net with 14.7 seconds left in overtime to give Chase County a 37-36 win and kick the Lady Plainsmen down to Saturday's fifth-place game last Tuesday night (Jan. 15) at the SPVA tournament in North Platte. Reserve guard Mariah Curtis miraculously put back an offensive rebound after Michi Prante stole a Chase County pass to tie the game 32-32 with 0.7 seconds left to dramatically send the game to overtime. "Although points were at a premium, the girls fought back, found a way to send it to OT and ultimately had a chance to win it at the end," Perkins County Head Coach Deanne Bishop said after the game. "This was a hard-fought match between two 'blue-collar' teams." Swing forward Bethany Sorenson's sixth jumper of the game seemed to have clinched a Lady Longhorns win with 25 seconds left in the fourth quarter and a 32-30 lead. Curtis had come off the bench and turned two steals into three Perkins County points in the middle of the fourth quarter. Lady Plainsmen center Shania Metcalf spun and blistered in two shots at the basket to give her team a 21-20 lead early in the fourth quarter. Metcalf also hit all four free throws she took for eight points in the quarter and 10 for the game. Jessi Hoffert's second three pointer of the third quarter tied her Lady Plainsmen with Chase County, 17-17, but guard Morgan Fisher answered with a "three" of her own to send the Lady Longhorns into the fourth quarter with a 20-17 advantage. A Michi Prante back-door cut and high and hopeful shot from Curtis pulled their Perkins County team back into contention in the third quarter after the opponents in black and orange threatened to run away with the lead. Sorenson struck from the farthest lane hash and Paige Spady scored a transition basket to send Chase County ahead 15-7 early in the third quarter.Sorenson swished another jumper in the second quarter, and Spady hit the back iron with two foul shots yet watched both of them go through netting. Chase County missed 14 shots in the second quarter but committed just two turnovers and went to halftime leading 11-7 Prante's high-arching jumper from the elbow counted for points in the Lady Plainsmen's second quarter. The Perkins County girls doubled their missed shot total by missing another 13 in the second quarter, but sliced turnovers down to just three. Sorenson swished two jumpers and Cervantes hit two free throws in Chase County's first quarter. Prante found Metcalf cutting hard to the basket for and underhanded layup and Humphrey scored for Perkins County despite taking a foul for the Lady Plainsmen's only field goals in the first quarter. Perkins County missed 13 shots and turned the ball over nine times, and the Lady Longhorns missed eight shots and committed eight turnovers in the first quarter, keeping even the combined total point output very low.C.C. 37, P.C., 36 OTChase Co. 7 4 9 12 5–37Perkins Co. 5 2 10 15 4–36 Scoring leaders–Perkins County: Metcalf 3FG 4/6FT–10; Curtis 3 2/4–8; Prante 2 4/6–8; Hoffert (2[x3])–6; Chase County: Sorenson 6 0/2–12; Spady 2 3/4–7; Fisher 1 (1) 1/2–6; Langin 2 1/2–5; Cervantes 1 3/5–5.


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - A pair of highly touted girls' soccer teams met Monday night at rain-soaked Red Devil Stadium in St. Clairsville.
Linsly (4-2) rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to score twice in defeating the host Red Devils (3-1) by a 2-1 count.
St. Clairsville entered the game ranked No. 1 in the initial OVAC Class 4A standings. The Cadets checked in at No. 3 in 1A/3A.
Linsly coach Erica Hall wasn't worried about her team's early deficit.
''It was only a matter of time before we put the ball in the back of the net,'' she said. ''We had plenty of opportunities. If we went by how many shots we had on goal, we'd be in good shape.
''We just need to mature a little bit. We just had trouble finishing, but some times that's how it goes.''
St. Clairsville took the early lead when senior Carlee Gillespie headed in a corner kick by Eberle Ferrell at the seven-minute mark.
Ferrell sent a perfect lob to the middle of the box, and Gillespie outleaped several other players, using her head to tickle the twine.
Red Devils coach Scott Dutton said an injury to Emily Delguzzo shortly after the goal forced his team to switch players around.
That allowed the Cadets to apply pressure for the remainder of the first half as they held an 8-2 edge in shots at the half.
One of those shots found its mark, however, and tied the game. Taylor Cunningham took advantage of a misplayed ball in the left corner. The senior tri-captain wheeled around and drilled a right-footed shot into the wide-open net in the 23rd minute.
''We had an injury that forced us to change up some things,'' Dutton said, but not using as an excuse. ''We made a mistake there, and it cost us.''
Just mor than 10 minutes later, St. Clairsville had a golden opportunity to go back on top. Junior Madison Keenan broke free down the middle of the field. Her left-footed laser from point-blank range was knocked down by Linsly keeper Morgan Brunner and then smothered.
Neither team scored in the remaining time as the rain started to fall with a minute left.
Mother Nature continued her wrath in the second half and St. Clairsville threatened early when Gillespie's drive from the box was swallowed up by Linsly's freshman keeper.
Linsly had a chance to snap the deadlock in the 49th minute, but Kaitlyn Snyder's shot from the left wing rolled across the crease and just wide of the target.
The Cadets also threatened in the 59th minute as Catherine Stephens sent a blast from 30 yards out that St. Clairsville keeper Brianna Sowers made a two-handed leaping snag of.
Just past the halfway point of the second half, the Red Devils worked a perfect give-and-go between Ferrell and Gillespie, but Brunner hustled out of her crease to beat Gillespie to the ball.
Linsly pushed the ball down the field and Snyder let lose with a shot from 20 yards out on the right wing that barely rolled past a diving Sowers before glancing off the left post and into the net in the 60th minute.
St. Clairsville got three final shots on Brunner, but she was up to the task each and every time.
''We've got some young girls on our team,'' Hall said. ''It's taking us some time to gel, but we like what we see.''


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BTS says surface trade with NAFTA partners is up 4.6 percent in July
September 27, 2012 - LM Editorial
The United States Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said today that trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was up 4.6 percent in July 2012 compared to July 2011 at $75.7 billion.
BTS said that the value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico in May was up 5.7 percent compared to July 2008 and up 75.0 percent from May 2009. And it was up 82.8 percent compared to July 2002. July imports were up 66.7 percent and exports were up 105.1 percent during the same period.
Surface transportation, according to the BTS, is comprised mainly of freight movements by truck, trail, and pipeline, mail and Foreign Trade Zones, and nearly 90 percent of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico moves by land. According to the BTS 86.3 percent of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved on land in July, with 10.0 percent moving by vessel, and 3.7 percent by air.
The BTS said the value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico in July dipped 8.4 percent from June.
U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade in July at $42.9 billion was up 1.0 percent annually. Illinois paced all states in surface trade with Canada in July at $4.9 billion for a 9.3 percent annual gain. BTS said this marks the first time Illinois was ahead of Michigan in this category since October 2009. And it added that the main reason for this is that "many automotive plants in Michigan retool their production facilities in July for the upcoming model year, which reduces Michigan trade with Canada, as much of that trade is in automobiles and auto parts."
The value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Mexico was up 9.7 percent year over year in July at $32.7 billion. Texas led all states in surface trade with Mexico in July at $11.9 billion, up 11.8 percent annually.
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I installed a set of these in 2 TieRods without too much trouble. I had seen some questions about if these would work with Thule racks (would be nice, I have a Thule hitch rack), and they look virtually identical to Thule lock cores. I called Rocky Mounts and turns out the locks are made by the same company, but one brand's lock cores are slightly shorter and are likely to get stuck in the rack. Supposedly this is due to the lock maker having a rule against supplying the same lock to two companies.
As noted by mccuden, it is probably not the best idea to use the key to pop out the plastic cover in the racks, I used the allen wrench included with the rack and it worked fine.
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Cool Blue in a 1940 Ford CoupeWritten by on November 18, 2004 Charley Herd's '40 Ford Coupe
Every hot rodder probably knew somebody like Ray when they were young--some older guy in the neighborhood who built cars and didn't mind letting a kid hang out in his garage watching him work.
Charley Herd was a teenager in the '70s when he met Ray McMoran, who ran a body shop in Comanche County, Kansas. He took his '60 El Camino to Ray for a pearl white paint job with red panels and scallops, and became a regular at the shop. "Ray was in his early 30s, with his hair combed in a ducktail style," Charley recalls. "He would regale us with car stories, race stories, custom paint tricks, and lore about local iron. I was in teenage heaven."
Ray owned a bunch of rods and customs, including '40 coupe, which had been hot rodded in the '50s with a later-model flathead, a floor-shifted three-speed and white tuck 'n' roll upholstery. Charley remembers Ray describing his plans for the car--while laughing at what the purists would do if they knew about his plans.
After Charley sold the El Camino, graduated from high school and went on to college, he still maintained occasional contact with Ray. After he got married, he took his wife to Ray's ranch, so she could meet the man who had influenced him so much as a teenager.
In 1992, Charley got word that Ray had died unexpectedly. The following year, Charley was able to buy the '40 from Ray's family. At first, he planned to retain the engine and transmission and build a nostalgia rod, but mechanical problems with the flathead changed his mind.
Waco Davis lives in the same town as Charley, and has been working on cars since he was 7 years old. He opened his own shop, Waco's Rods & Restorations, while still taking classes at McPherson College of Restoration. He'd only been in business for a year when Charley called to talk about building the '40. Waco was eager to get busy on the project and in 2001, after a lot of back-and-forth phone calls, showed up at Charley's to pick up the coupe.
At Waco's, the car was completely disassembled and stripped to bare metal. Having been in storage for a long time, the old coupe was in pretty good shape, but the sheetmetal still needed some attention. While Waco reworked the body, Heinzman Street Rods modified the '40 chassis with independent front suspension. The flathead was replaced with an injected crate small-block, and the interior was completely revived, highlighted by white tuck 'n' roll upholstery. The blue metallic paint, shot by Waco, was a personal choice by Charley, who chose it to match a similar blue metalflake paint that Ray had used on his '55 Crown Victoria.
After 2 years, the completely reworked coupe was finished as a traditionally-designed rod with a few hidden hints of high-tech. Charley lets Waco take the coupe to national events to show off the first frame-off build-up to come out of his small-town shop. Ultimately, though, Charley's '40 is a tribute to Ray and the to encouragement his old friend gave to a young kid just getting started in hot rodding.
Charley Herd
Greensburg, Kansas
'40 Ford Coupe
Drivetrain: Rather than deal with rebuilding the old flathead engine, Charley went in the opposite direction by ordering up a trouble-free 2002 GM 350ci fuel-injected crate engine, equipped with a K&N air cleaner, and a pair of 2-inch-diameter S&S headers with 18-inch glass pack mufflers. The original frame was modified to accommodate the column-shifted 700-R4 transmission, and a new oil pan was built to fit around the rails
Chassis: While Waco Davis worked on the rest of the coupe, the chassis was sent to Phillips, Nebraska, where Heinzman Street Rods muscled up the stock frame with an independent front-end system from Heidt's Hot Rod Shop. Coilover shocks and Wilwood disc brakes were also installed in the front. In the rear, a light-duty Ford 9-inch with 3.55:1 gears is suspended by parallel leaf spings and standard shocks.
Wheels & Tires: Since the overall outward theme of the car is clean, simple, and bright Charley chose rolling stock to complement the look, filling the fenders with Coker wide whitewall tires mounted on chrome 15x6 and 15x7 Gennie rims from Wheel Vintiques. The tires are P165/75R15s in the front with P215/75R15s in back.
Body & Paint: All bodywork was done on bare sheetmetal at Waco's Rods & Restorations in Greensburg, KS. Waco added more than a quarter-inch of steel to align the hood and cowl, and built a new firewall around the small-block. In keeping with Charley's original decision to build a nostalgia rod, hinges, handles, and chrome trim pieces retained. Replacement bumpers and headlights are from Vintique. The paint is PPG Medium Maui Blue poly metallic, sprayed by Waco Davis.
Interior: The interior was created by Waco and his wife Brook. The stock dash was painted in blue and white and packed with a cluster of VDO gauges, in addition to vents for the Vintage Air A/C system. The LeCarra wheel completes the look. Gary Martin at Goldfield Trim & Upholstery in Lindsburg, KS, covered the split bench seat and panels in white vinyl with pleated sections and blue piping. At a show last summer, Waco noticed a little boy hopping up and down to see inside. He opened the door to give the kid a better look. After getting an eyeful, the kid was all grins. "It looks like heaven in there," he said.


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Housing the new headquarters of the financial giant Bank of America, the green features implemented in this design quickly allowed it to rack up all the points it needed to garner its LEED Platinum rating. Quite uncommon for a tower of its size, the new building
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Sweet idea! I mean... well, you know what I mean.
MWAHAHAHA!!!! I shall build a dungeon capable of holding GOD HIMSELF!!!!!
Nooooo! I refuse to participate in your evil nasty captivity!
Whether an impenetrable island fortress in the vein of Alcatraz, a genie's lamp, or the Labyrinth of Crete, the idea of this challenge is to map a prison of some sort. Anything built to keep its occupant contained qualifies.
Sweet idea! I mean... well, you know what I mean.
Nice i vote for
Prison maps are fun, I'm in.
My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407
So we've got a unanimous yes so far! Any other votes or comments?
Actually need to make a prison level for one of my dungeon maps, so this might encourage me to do so
Interesting idea...
I have an idea for a really intense and intricate magical prison, but I'm not sure I have the skills to pull it off from an artistic standpoint. If this ever makes it into the line-up I will find out. At the very least I'd be pushing myself.
Six by ten. Job done.
A prison for what? If we use Terry Pratchett's diskworld, with 8 as the magic number, I wonder if you could build a map based on Amman-Beenker tiling, which has an 8-fold symmetry. A prison to confine That Which Must Not Be Named!
Dark, damp, foul smelling of sweat and fear. Guards that long ago lost their compassion and now only live to dole out brutal punishment for the smallest of perceived offenses. Not to mention the wagering on "to the death" fights between prisoners. Forgotten souls lost in the "Black Palace" justice forsaken for vengeance...... What's not to love about this idea
I am the breath of Dragons...The Song of Mountains...The Stories of Rivers....The Heart of Cities.... I am A Cartographer....
Finished Maps
Kingdom Of Shendenflar Campaign Setting (WIP)
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MARIETTA, Ga. -- The campus of Southern Polytechnic State University was placed on lockdown Tuesday evening, after shots were fired near a class building.
Marietta Police Officer David Baldwin said the altercation happened around 6pm involving two men. It happened in a parking lot behind the school's Engineering Technology Center.
Police are releasing very few details about the two men, only that one shot at the other and both left the scene before police arrived. Police won't say whether the two are students, or if the intended victim was actually hit.
Witnesses heard the gunshots and called 911. Marietta and Cobb police responded and placed the campus on lockdown; no students were allowed to enter or leave campus. The lockdown was lifted by 7:30pm.
Baldwin called the lockdown a "precaution" and said the campus was never in danger. Officers blocked campus entrances and searched buildings for nearly an hour and a half before ending the lockdown.
Officers found the victim around 9:30 Tuesday night, but declined to give any further details about his condition.


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If pro skiing brings to mind mountain guides, helicopters, and the latest ski porn, the Life-Link Pro Ski Pole/Probe will bring it back to quiet mornings in the backcountry. You and your partner starting out in the dark with headlamps, hitting the ridge at sunrise, and laid your tracks down, being back to car for a warm thermos of coffee before packing it up till tomorrow morning.
- Strong and reliable featherweight carbon fiber stands up to the abuse of guides, patrollers and enthusiastic 'oops I just whacked another tree with my pole' skiers
- The ovalized non-slip locking system reduces means this pole acts like a one-piece pole once you have it locked down
- Replaceable carbide duraflex tips offer flex to decrease breakage in the backcountry
- 10in (25cm) of pole adjustability for long ascents and quick descents
- Adjustable release breakaway strap for safety
- Lower shafts screw together to form an emergency avalanche probe (not to replace a true avalanche probe)
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What do you think about this product?
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Not recommended
These poles are difficult to adjust and the locking mechanism does not stay tight, so you're constantly adjusting them. Also, they don't telescope down for boot packing steeps.
a bad pole for backcountry use.
i have had the red version of these for along time and used them for a few years until they let me down one too many times. thankfully my companions on an alaska glacier trip had an extra set of leki's or i would have been left without functioning poles. the locking mechanism failed. i had it fixed and it failed again and again. i have asked others about them and the universal opinion is that they suck.
I disagree. I've had a pair for six years now. They're old and battered and ugly. And the locking mechanism on one side keeps coming loose, so that I have to tighten it every couple of days. BUT they are great poles. Light, strong, reliable. Bulletproof.
Yes, as I said, the locking mechanism is not as reliable as the cam-lock type. But actually, I think that's a good thing. Many years ago, I had a bad fall where the pole hit me in the face hard enough that I thought my cheekbone had fractured. But the pole telescoped down, and in doing so, saved me from a hospital visit. Each time I tighten my poles now, I'm careful not to overtighten them: I *want* them not to lock too hard!
how does sizeing work on these poles are...
how does sizeing work on these poles are the options in inches?
There are marked off sections in centimeters to guide you as you adjust the length on the pole.
Although I to purchase backcountry has the length listed as "centimeters" but this is actually inches. For example you can adjust the first choice from 40 inches to 50 inches.


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Patriots go cold against TCC
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 12:09 a.m.
TALLAHASSE — The College of Central Florida women's basketball fell 79-29 to Tallahassee Community College on Saturday afternoon in the Eagle Classic. Sarah Hunter led the Patriots (3-14) with 11 points.
"We had a cold night shooting and we got beat on the boards," said CF coach Sharrona Reaves, whose team shot just 21 percent on the night. "We have a lot of work to do to get ready for the conference season. We need this week of practice."
CF opens Mid-Florida Conference play on Saturday at home against Hillsborough at 5:30 p.m.
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Accessories by force
Healthcare | Moves against conscience protections threaten more than pro-life doctors and pharmacists
The year is 1971. MacArthur Hill has the dream. Again. He is standing in front of a jury, holding a live baby in his arms, staring down into a bucket of water, deliberating: Should he, or should he not, drown the child? The former obstetrician/abortionist says about his practice, "I knew that what I was doing was wrong. My body just instinctively knew. Clearly, conscience was involved here."
The issue of conscience has come to the fore ever since President Barack Obama took office with a pledge to eliminate pro-life measures passed by state legislatures. His chief vehicle for doing that: the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which Donna Harrison, president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), calls a "sweeping elimination of conscience, because it establishes abortion as a fundamental right, like free speech, and puts abortion under anti-discrimination law."
But most doctors I interviewed said that FOCA, being so extreme, is not currently the main threat. They fear more the subtle loss of conscience protections that could pave the way for more drastic measures, like FOCA, later on. They are paying attention to President Obama's announced plan to rescind the Bush administration's Provider Conscience Regulations, which protect health care professionals who are morally opposed to certain medical procedures.
Such conscience protection goes back three decades to laws passed during the 1970s that forbid discrimination against health care personnel for their religious or moral objections to procedures such as abortion. Congress in 1996 added Public Health Service Act 245, which prohibits discrimination against institutions or individuals who refuse to perform, refer for, or be trained in objectionable procedures such as abortion. The Hyde/Weldon Conscience Protection Amendment enacted in 2004 provided additional protection for those who do not want to perform, pay for, provide insurance coverage for, or refer for abortions.
The problem, according to Dr. David Stevens, CEO of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA), is that these laws provide no venue for physicians to file claims of discrimination, nor are mechanisms in place to discipline health care institutions that discriminate against conscience: "It's like tomorrow the government announces they have speeding laws, but won't enforce them." According to Stevens, the Bush administration's Provider Conscience Regulations provided the "teeth" needed to protect health care professionals.
The Bush regulation specifies that individuals have the right to be conscientious objectors to abortion and other acts they deem immoral. The regulation threatens health care institutions with loss of federal funding should they force conscience violation. Crucially, the regulation establishes the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services as the entity for health care providers to complain to, should they experience any incidence of discrimination.
But soon after Obama moved into the White House, his administration signaled its intent to undo Bush's regulation. A 30-day public comment period that saw tens of thousands of pleas to keep the protections intact ended in April, and since then pro-life medical professionals have been bracing for the official demise of the conscience protection.
This regulation became important because of two policies of medical groups that have made their peace with abortion. In 2007 the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) issued its Opinion No. 385, "The Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine." The opinion states that if health care providers cannot, in good conscience, perform certain medical procedures, they must refer a patient to someone who does-even if abetting an abortion in that way is abhorrent to an obstetrician called to bring life into the world, not aid in its killing.
Once ACOG issued its opinion, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) issued a follow-up policy publication that linked compliance with ACOG to board certification. Between ABOG and ACOG, pro-life physicians were under pressure to become cogs in the abortion machinery. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt criticized that pressure when he announced last year the Bush administration's regulation: "Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience. This rule protects the right of medical providers to care for their patients in accord with their conscience."
Although abortion is the main and most obvious battlefront, other conscience issues are also involved. Freedom2Care, an umbrella group of 45 organizations, lists on its website more than 50 instances of discrimination against anesthesiologists, medical students, nurses, hospital administrators, EMTs, secretaries, Catholic hospitals, and pharmacists. Whether it is refusing to anesthetize a woman for an abortion, refusing to be trained to perform abortions, assisting in abortions, dispensing drugs deemed harmful to life, or artificially inseminating a woman in a lesbian relationship, it seems an increasing number of professionals may be forced to choose between their convictions and their careers.
Considered by some a soft target, pharmacists could be risking their jobs if they refuse to dispense a prescription they suspect could be used for suicide, or if they refuse to dispense Plan B, commonly called the "morning-after" pill, an abortifacient now given without prescription to women 17 or older. In 2005, Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich-he has since been thrust from office because of corruption-paid off his pro-abortion backers by issuing an executive order that required pharmacies to dispense all prescriptions "without delay." This rule contradicted an existing law that protected conscience in all health care settings.
The responses indicated what may happen nationwide. Some pharmacists and pharmacy owners like Luke Vander Bleek, could not, in good conscience, obey the governor's order, which would essentially require him to dispense Plan B. In front of the U.S. House of Representatives, Vander Bleek stated, "I will not practice in an environment, [in] which we are legally obligated to be involved in the destruction of human life." Vander Bleek and fellow pharmacist Glenn Kosirog sued the state, and in April Sangamon Circuit Judge John Belz issued a temporary restraining order on enforcement of the executive order against the two pharmacists while the case is pending.
Other pharmacies, in an attempt to tiptoe around the issue, refused to stock the time-sensitive Plan B, hoping women would find it at another pharmacy. Retired pharmacist Lynn Parr, after a hand slapping from his manager for telling a customer that for religious reasons he would not dispense Prevenz, an "emergency contraceptive," was told to "stay quiet and try not to order it" or risk being fired. From then on, his manager told him to tell people they did not stock Plan B but could order it, knowing full well that women would have to find the drug elsewhere, since it is time sensitive and must be completely taken within 72 hours of intercourse.
Sandy Christiansen of the pro-life resource network CareNet remembers the time that she, as chief of obstetrical services, refused to participate in a patient's late-term abortion and suffered a public reproach from the attending physician: "She accused me of abandoning my patient, of shirking my responsibilities, and being insensitive to my patient. Not once did she acknowledge that I had a legitimate reason to take such a stand." Christiansen recently taught at the University of Maryland and found medical students with life-affirming values not sure whether they could complete the program.
If Obama does rescind the Bush regulations-a decision is expected soon-the face of health care will have new wrinkles. "Health care institutions with federal funding will believe they are not legally obligated to respect the conscience of health care staff, with the result being that pro-life doctors and pharmacists will be driven out of their professions," predicted Steve Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund. "Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups will spare no money in hounding pro-life doctors and pharmacists, who will then have to kowtow or go out of business."
David Christensen of the Family Research Council reports that some doctors, anticipating Obama pressure, are dropping Medicaid patients so that they will not be forced to violate conscience in order to receive federal funds. For physicians like MacArthur Hill, this would mean a loss of 40 percent of his patients and the end of his practice.
John Brehany of the Catholic Medical Association says it is "highly unlikely" that Catholic hospitals under the Obama administration will be forced to do abortions, but foresees pressure on them to add abortion, sterilization, and contraceptives to their medical offerings in order to continue receiving federal funding. Catholic hospitals make up 17 percent of U.S. health care institutions, but Brehany notes that "with increased federal control over health care, the ability to be independent is going to be compromised."
Physicians concerned about abetting suicide also oppose the Obama plans. Family medicine professor William Toffler, who is executive director of the Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation, argued in a recent Los Angeles Times article on assisted suicide that opponents of the Bush regulation "want to force doctors to act against their conscience and to become essentially vending machines for individuals who requisition overdoses to kill themselves."
But pressure from pro-abortion groups seems likely to override such concerns: Planned Parenthood states on its website, "While we firmly believe that all people have a right to their own opinions and moral beliefs, it is unethical for health care providers to stand in the way of a woman's access to safe, legal, and professional health care." Question: Should pro-life obstetricians be able to practice, and should the majority of Americans who declare themselves pro-life (51 percent in a May Gallup Poll) have access to a doctor who shares their views? (Eighty-eight percent of Americans feel it is important to have a doctor with similar views, according to a recent survey by the Polling Company.)
The politics of conscience protection are likely to be crucial. More than half of Democrats recently polled support conscience protection regulation, while a full 80 percent of Obama supporters surveyed believe that health care professionals should not be forced to practice medicine that violates conscience. Obama may have trouble responding to that majority while keeping his pledges to extreme pro-abortion backers: He declared in his May 18 Notre Dame speech that he wanted to "honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics and sound science, as well as respect for the equality of women."
But some who support legalized abortion express concern: Dickinson College philosophy professor Crispin Sartwell criticized in the Los Angeles Times "the idea that, in assuming some function-some career, for instance-I resign my conscience to the institution or to the state." He called that "perhaps the single most pernicious notion in human history. It is at the heart of the wars and genocides of this century and the last."
MacArthur Hill, now a pro-life Christian, says that his practice is booming, mainly because of his unapologetic public stance against abortion. In 2008, he was voted "Doctor of the Year" at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., and delivered 270 babies-not bad for a 67-year-old former abortionist. Should conscience protection for health care professionals be removed, though, he has some advice for new doctors: "Go into dermatology."
The recent history of conscience rules
1973: The Church Amendment states that hospitals and individuals receiving federal funds will not be forced to participate in abortion or any other procedure that violates their moral or religious convictions.
1996: Public Health Service Act Section 245 prohibits discrimination against individuals or institutions that refuse to undergo or require abortion training. It also protects those who refuse to perform or provide referrals for abortion.
2004: The Hyde/Weldon Conscience Protection Amendment is an appropriations rider that prohibits discrimination against federally-funded health care providers (including individuals, hospitals, and health insurance companies) who will not pay for, provide, or refer for abortion.
2007: American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) issues Opinion No. 385, "The Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine," stating that health care providers have a duty to refer patients for services the provider finds morally objectionable or move their practice in close proximity to a provider of such services. ACOG warns OB/GYNs that "disqualification or diplomatic revocation . . . may occur whenever" they come into conflict with this ethical code, putting at risk board certification needed for hospital privileges and medical practice in general.
Dec. 18, 2008: Bush's Provider Conscience Regulations provide a way to enforce conscience protection.
March 5, 2009: The Obama administration signals its intent to rescind Bush's Provider Conscience Regulations.
April 9, 2009: The 30-day public comment period on Obama's proposal to eliminate Bush's Provider Conscience Regulations ends. An organization set up to fight the repeal, the Freedom2Care Coalition, reported sending nearly 50,000 protest comments to the Department of Health and Human Services.


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USCCB chair for Promotion and Defense of Marriage to speak at Thomas Aquinas College commencement
On May 14, the Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, will give the commencement address to Thomas Aquinas College's graduating students. During the event, Archbishop Cordileone will be honored with the school's highest award, the St. Thomas Aquinas Medallion, in recognition of his life-long fidelity and service to the Catholic Church.