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Greg Lombardo and Staci Sharp were married in a 3:30 p.m. ceremony Feb. 2, 2013, at Asbury United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dave Blystone officiated.
A reception followed at Clarion Hotel and Conference Center. The couple reside in Haslett, Mich.
The bride is the daughter of Jerry and Amy Sharp of Oneida Court. She is employed by Winegardner and Hammons Inc.
The groom is the son of Dennis and Mary Lombardo of Clarkston, Mich. He is employed by First Contracting Inc.
April Livieri of Wellington, Colo., was maid of honor, and Kathleen Figlak of Clarkson and Stephanie Stoppenhagen of Wyoming, Ohio, were bridesmaids. Hannah Stoppenhagen of Wyoming, Ohio, and Savannah Lombardo of Haslett were junior bridesmaids. Shelby Sharp of Columbus was flower girl.
Alex Mueller of Charleston, S.C., was best man. Kevin Mosher of Franklin, Tenn., and Alex Lombardo of Haslett were groomsmen. Andrew Stoppenhagen of Wyoming, Ohio, and Dominic Lombardo of Haslett were junior groomsmen. Jonathan Sharp of Columbus and Rick Lombardo of Haslett were ushers, and Jarett Sharp of Columbus was ring bearer.
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'Pulkoottil Pookalam,' a carol fest, will be held by the Department of Sacred Music and Communications, music wing of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, at St. Albert's School Ground, Banerji Road, Ernakulam on Sunday at 5.30 pm.
Seven choir groups from different Christian denominations will present old and new carols.
Sing India with Jerry Amaldev, DSMC Choir, Tiruvalla, St. George Orthodox Church, CSI Immanuel Church, Sharon Mar Thoma Church, Salem Mar Thoma Church and Jerusalem Mar Thoma Church will participate in the programme.
Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, head of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, will inaugurate the programme. Dr. Yakub Mar Irenius, Metropolitan of Orthodox Church, will deliver the Christmas message. Joseph Mar Barnabas Episcopa, DSMC president, will preside over the meeting and Rev. K G Daniel of CSI Church will offer felicitations. A new Christmas album 'Pulkoottil Pookalam' will be released at the programme.
Rev. Dr. John Joseph, Rev. Mathew Mathews and Babu Varghese are in charge of different committees, says Rev. John Mathai, Director, DSMC, in a press release.
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Greenwood initially pledged $8.5 million in taxpayer money to help entrepreneurial scientists start a pharmaceutical company in the city that could eventually lead to a science campus.
But about $4 million more has been spent along the way — first to pay for engineering and other costs as the company's building plans came together, then legal and accounting fees when the company became unable to pay its bills and closed its doors. No new jobs were created.
The owners of Elona Biotechnologies had agreed to build a facility and locate it in Greenwood if the city would financially back construction and offer other funding. The city borrowed $6.5 million to lend to Elona and offered a $500,000 cash grant paid out of special taxing districts known as tax-increment financing, or TIF, districts and a $1.5 million no-interest, forgivable loan through the redevelopment commission.
Money in TIF districts is captured from property taxes on new development and increased property values in a designated geographic area. The redevelopment commission oversees the city's TIF funds and channels the money into road and other infrastructure projects in the area where its collected with a goal of attracting development.
Elona owners Ron and Donna Zimmerman promised to create a minimum of 70 jobs with $55,000 average salaries. They told the city they expected their company would have a $59.5 million annual economic impact on Greenwood by 2014.
But the Food and Drug Administration approval process was long and expensive, and Elona couldn't find the private investors it needed to keep pursuing FDA approval of the generic insulin it planned to make. The company ran out of money this year.
The total of $8.5 million the city loaned and gave Elona is the largest business incentive the city has ever given. The amount and the way the city gave it diverged from how Greenwood typically gives money to companies to entice them into expanding in or relocating to the city. Usually, the city offers property tax breaks.
In the end, Greenwood will have spent more than $12 million on loans, attorneys' fees, building maintenance and other costs connected with giving and loaning money to Elona and dealing with the company's collapse, according to city records. The city recouped $2.2 million from selling Elona's building and generic insulin patents at auction last month, for a net loss of about $10 million.
"I'm very sad for the city that we lost that kind of money," city council member Bruce Armstrong said. "It's a shame that the opportunity they said they would provide the workforce never materialized."
Greenwood gave the company the $6.5 million loan to pay for construction of a 46,480-square-foot building, to be repaid over 17 years. The $1.5 million loan was given to fund Elona's efforts to get its drug FDA-approved. Forgiveness of the smaller loan was contingent on the company hiring as many employees as promised, paying the high salaries and buying as much equipment as committed. The $500,000 in TIF money was given to buy equipment and pay for some construction costs.
Elona used its building and patents as collateral for the loans. The company also agreed to give the city regular updates on the construction of their building and committed to investing $25.7 million on equipment.
When the company failed, Greenwood attempted to regain some of the money it invested by selling Elona's assets. But the patents, new building, office furniture and laboratory equipment sold at a September auction for $2.174 million, or less than 17 percent of what the city will have spent on the company after the bonds are paid off.
The city needs to investigate companies better before funding them, Armstrong said. He was the single city council member who voted against investing in Elona in 2010. The lack of FDA approval was a problem with Elona's promises to the city, because the FDA has never approved a generic insulin and the company's confidence about getting the approval quickly seemed unrealistic from the start, he said.
The city hasn't committed to not giving incentives similar to what Elona got, city attorney Krista Taggart said. Unlike with the Elona project, in the future the city won't promise public funding before a company finds private funding, she said.
The city will analyze the loan collateral better, making sure a building isn't as specialized as the Elona building, so it can be repurposed more easily. The city also will verify the value of a company's assets before providing loans and check with business placement companies to see if the incentives offered are comparable to what other cities are doing, she said.
Taggart declined to talk more specifically about possible mistakes the city made in investing in Elona and said advisers, such as attorney Steve Watson and financial consulting firm O.W. Krohn & Associates, did what they were told.
"The advisers that the city and commission relied upon at that time, if you read the reports, answered the questions they were asked to answer," she said.
The incentives for Elona got approvals from three boards with a total of 17 members and were discussed at public meetings for at least three months. Prior to that, about six months of research and negotiating with the company was done, according to redevelopment commission meeting minutes.
"Obviously, there's some great caution that needs to be exerted in the future," council and redevelopment commission member Mike Campbell said. "It would seem that either the due diligence was not sufficient or there was just stuff we didn't know."
He was not a member of the council or the redevelopment commission at the time.
The city council wasn't involved in the planning of the Elona agreement and didn't have the opportunity to ask questions about it early on, council member Brent Corey said.
At the time, the city council didn't have one of its members serving on the redevelopment commission, which is the group that came up with the plan to invest in Elona. Campbell's presence on the commission should help in the future, Corey said.
"They're in charge of a huge chunk of the city budget. I think we need to have a working knowledge of what they're doing. I think for so long they were operating as such a separate entity," he said.
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Three city boards had to approve the package of financial incentives given to Elona Biotechnologies, a pharmaceutical company that failed this year. The following describes each group that approved incentives and the path to final approval of each incentive.
The then-seven members of the Greenwood City Council were elected officials. The redevelopment commission has five members, two appointed by the city council and three appointed by the mayor. The economic development commission has five members, three appointed by the mayor, one appointed by the city council and one appointed by the county council. Some of the board members have changed since the approvals.
March 4, 2010
Economic development commission approves $6.5 million in American Recovery & Reinvestment Act bonds for Elona and recommends that the city council give them final approval.
March 9, 2010
The redevelopment commission votes to include the Elona property in the eastside tax-increment-financing, or TIF, district.
The redevelopment commission also commits TIF funds toward repaying the $6.5 million bonds, if necessary, and approves the project agreement with Elona.
The redevelopment commission approves two additional incentives, to be paid for with TIF funds: $500,000 in cash for equipment and construction costs and a $1.5 million loan to cover expenses related to pursuing Food & Drug Administration approval for generic insulin.
March 15, 2010
City council approves issuance of the $6.5 million in bonds.
March 29, 2010
Then-Mayor Charles Henderson and city Clerk-Treasurer Jeannine Myers, redevelopment commission president Lee Money and secretary-treasurer John Mulvey and Elona Biotechnologies president Ron Zimmerman sign the final project agreement, which includes all three financial incentives totaling $8.5 million.


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Jet, which has lost money in the past six years, said on Wednesday it was awaiting approvals from some regulators for the Etihad deal, without specifying. The agreement, struck to help Jet break out of a pattern of losses in India's airline business, won the cabinet's approval earlier this month.
An Etihad spokesman declined to comment, when asked if Jet's record quarterly loss would have any impact on the deal.
An economic slowdown meant lower yields, a gauge of the average fare paid per kilometre flown, Mumbai-based Jet said in a statement.
A fall in the value of rupee, the high cost of fuel and an increase in fees at some airports also led to the loss, it added.
The net loss for Jet, India's second-biggest carrier by domestic market share, was 8.91 billion rupees for the three months ended September 30, compared with a net loss of 997 million rupees a year earlier.
The loss is the biggest ever for Jet, the first of India's airlines to publish earnings for the quarter, according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters from company filings. It reported a net loss of 7.1 billion rupees in the September quarter of 2011.
Despite the sector's current problems, deep-pocketed foreign players such as Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), AirAsia Bhd (AIRA.KL) and Etihad have been lured to the country by longer-term growth prospects. The government expects passenger air traffic to almost triple during the current decade.
Etihad's $334 million deal for a 24 percent stake in Jet is the first investment by a foreign carrier in an Indian airline since the country last year changed rules to help channel capital into a sector.
But high costs of jet fuel and aggressive pricing as competition increases will likely hurt airlines' finances in the coming quarters, analysts say. Jet paid 8 percent more for fuel from a year earlier, it said.
Income from operations rose marginally to 37.88 billion rupees in the quarter ended September from 37.55 billion rupees a year earlier, Jet said, while expenses jumped nearly a fifth to 48.51 billion rupees. Some of its aircraft sat idle, accounting for 1.2 billion rupees in losses.
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Further Mr. Varney welcomed a fellow Brit speaker on board. But this Brit; although clearly sharp and knowledgeable, spoke in a more colorful style much like Americanish. So in welcoming his guest, Mr. Varney took a moment to make clear his highly developed precision with language was a tool and nothing more. Classism whether Old English or copycat American has no place in Mr. Varney's time and space.
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Food Warrior Series: How Did I Get Here? featuring Alisa Fleming
Alisa Fleming of godairyfree.com and alisacooks.com talks about her life long dairy allergy, ending up in the emergency room, and how her husband's support helped her make a life change that has transformed her life.
This is an amazing story. If you take anything from this episode, I'd love it to be this:
You know best. If something makes you feel sick, then it's probably making you sick. Trust your gut.
Please let me know what you think in the comments and don't forget to give Alisa a shoutout for being brave enough to sit in front of a camera and tell you about her journey to health.
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About the Author (Author Profile)Lillian's Test Kitchen is an online cooking web series. The recipes in this series are always grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and cane sugar-free. The recipes are also all (at this point) paleo. Some are vegan. Some are raw. I use the best ingredients I can find (and afford). But Lillian's Test Kitchen is not so much about food as it is about the experience of trying something you have never tried before and then finding the joy, comedy and laughter in those small moments in spite of and also often, because of dietary restrictions. My goal is to inspire others to take their health into their own hands and make their own food.
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Thank you so much for sharing this. Our daughter is allergic to dairy and will have immediate breathing problems if she drinks it. While she may not have the same reaction if it's been baked into something, we avoid it altogether. Besides, who needs milk from animals when homemade almond milk tastes so much better 🙂
100% agree with you Lillian. Trust your gut. Trust your gut for your children as well. Love your videos!
Thank you so much Sheri! That means a lot. And thank you for sharing your and your daughter's experience.
very very nicely cut lllian!
Thanks Bern! That's high praise coming from you. 🙂
Wow, thanks for that story! Empowering reminder to avoid that which makes me sick. 🙂
I love this video and Alisa! Yes, trust your guts is certainly the message!
What a powerful video! It's certainly the amazing back story behind Go Dairy Free. I wonder how many are needlessly suffering with a dairy allergy/intolerance (and of course, other food allergies/intolerances). Very compelling message. Watching this interview may truly save someone's life. Thanks so much, Alisa and Lillian!
I remember this day and this interview and feeling her emotion and frustration over being sick for so long and having no one help! This was such a great video and I hope it helps others with non-classical symptoms get some answers. Can't wait to see more!
I love this! Lillian, you did an awesome job. And Alisa, you are so amazing and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your emotions and your journey with us! Did you do this in Colorado last year?
Isn't it amazing that we just need medical professionals to sit down and LISTEN to us? That is why it is so important to be your own health advocate. I'm really happy you've found your way back to health, Alisa. Here's to good food and good health to all.


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Description Aspen House 8 is one of 24 Aspen Houses situated in a common area of aspen and fir forest that is frequented by wildlife. This common area gives a feeling of privacy even while sitting on the deck enjoying an afternoon cocktail or barbecue. It's a short walk from our cabin to see the ducks in Aspen Lake. There are three bedrooms and two baths in a living space of 1,175 square feet plus 412 square feet of deck, with propane barbecue and picnic table. There is a double-height ceiling over the living-dining-kitchen area. The loft bedroom has a queen-sized bed and a bathroom with stall shower. The master bedroom downstairs has a queen-size bed and shares a bathroom (with tub shower) with the third bedroom. The third bedroom has a bunk bed and a single bed (i.e., it sleeps three). Therefore, depending on sleeping arrangements, beds are provided for up to seven. All linens and towels are provided. In the living room there's a wood burning fireplace insert (firewood is provided), cable TV, VCR/DVD player, tape/CD-player, and a large number of books, puzzles, and games. Bring your computer and connect to our high speed internet by ethernet cable or wireless. In the kitchen we have refrigerator, stove/oven, dishwasher, microwave, toaster, blender, drip coffee maker (also a coffee grinder), cooking utensils, and complete service for eight. The utility area has a full-size washer and dryer. Two night minimum except summer, when we rent by the week, Sunday to Sunday.TripAdvisor property ID 3792372 ...Read more
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The entrance to BBR is near milepost 103 on Hwy 20. Valerian abuts Hawks Beard directly opposite the fire station. Find out more about BBR on its website: http://www.blackbutteranch.com
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Three-night minimum for holiday weekends. An $100 cleaning fee is a one-time fee for the duration of each stay. Deschutes County (8%) and Oregon Taxes (1%) are based on the total of rent + cleaning fee. Black Butte Ranch charges a $8 per person (over 7 years of age) per night "Access and Recreation Fee". This is payable to the Ranch at the time of registration. Fee covers access to all recreation areas, including pools and exercise facilities. After registering a parking permit and security gate code will be provided.
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We know Black Butte well and have going there for about 30 years. This is the first time we rented on the ranch, and it couldn't have been a better experience. Dealing with the owner was hassle-free and prompt. The cabin was as described and easy to manage, sleeping eight comfortably. Although we were in the middle of a heat wave, the cabin remained quite cool (with fans). An awesome experience for our family and friends.
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"Perfect location & family friendly rental"
We were surprised by the cleanliness and amenities of Aspen House #8. There was room to sprawl out and enough space for six to seven people comfortably. Would stay again at this rental since it is close to the Glaze Meadow recreation center.
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"Cozy cabin in the woods"
We had a wonderful weekend staying in aspen 8! John and Gretchen were very accommodating and made sure we were prepared for our weekend there. The cabin was homey and cozy with comfortable beds. Kitchen was fully equipped with everything we needed. Our kids loved the "kids" bunk room! There were plenty of working bikes and the cabin was centrally located so we could get to the GM pool quickly and our kids loved exploring around aspen lake. We would stay again!
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We returned to Black Butte after a 10 year hiatus and were wonderfully surprised at the aH8 Property. The cabin was nestled in the woods with deer walking by each morning. Our family of 4 fit comfortably in the cabin and it was perfectly suited for our needs. With three bedrooms and two baths - the kids had space to themselves and we also were able to relax and enjoy.
Being so close the the recreation facilities offered the kids freedom of movement around the Ranch itself, and a level of comfort for us as parents. We couldn't have asked for anything better.
Everything was very easy - from checking in and out to finding the cabin to closing everything up for the next lucky visitors. The Morris' made our visit fantastic!
We will definitely be back in the future and appreciate the opportunity to use this little 'gem' in the woods!
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This was a lot of house for the money. It's an older property but it is exceptionally well maintained and the pride in ownership is obvious. It is located in a perfectly central portion of the ranch near all kinds of things to do. We especially enjoyed the really nice bicycles which came with the house. We would definitely like to stay there again.
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"Cozy and wonderful location"
Aspen 8 is a great little cabin. It has a nice size deck with a very quiet view of the woods around aspen lake. I love how close it is to the lake without being right on the path! The Morrises are great owners and very fast and helpful in their communications.
This cabin is simple but well equipped. Our family of eight has stayed here 3 years now and we look forward to our next visit. Black Butte is so special to us we have been coming to the ranch almost every year since it opened!!;) so peaceful and so much for everyone to do and aspen Lake is my favorite area to stay. Thank you John and Gretchen for being such great hosts!
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"Excellent Value!"
Only my wife and I went, though there is room for 8. The price was still reasonable. We were there for hot august days, but the cabin stayed nice and cool if you captured the night air and then closed the windows. The kitchen was fully equipped, and the grill is better than mine. The view from the deck and master bedroom is totally private (we saw no one except for a family of deer). Black Butte is such a wonderful place, and this cabin is a great way to enjoy it!
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"A memory our family will never forget"
The experience of renting aH8 was flawless. J & G answered all of our bazillion questions promptly (we rented on short notice). They provided all of the information we needed in the mail or placed conveniently in the house.
While we stayed there we enjoyed barbeques on the deck, photographing the deer walking by the house, bike riding, relaxing in the Jacuzzi, making puzzles, preparing food in the kitchen, looking like we didn't know what we were doing on the driving range, disc golf, walking/hiking, photographing each other at the nearby pond and enjoying great conversations.
J & G had thought of everything. Instructions were clear and placed where we would need them. Starting up and shutting down the house was straight forward. The cable TV and WiFi worked great.
Creating family vacations where everyone has something to do and enjoys themselves are hard to do. Ah8 was a rare find that exceeded our expectations and gave us all a memory we will not forget.
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"Cozy and Comfortable Getaway House on Black Butte Ranch"
Aspen House 8 was the perfect place for our family of four (2 parents and 2 teens). It was ideally situated a short bike ride away from the Glaze Meadow Recreation Complex (yoga, pool, hot tub, spa, newspapers)and near a network of paved hiking/biking trails that encircled quaint aspen Lake and led to the Big Meadow where the magic of Black Butte Ranch unfolds with stunning views of the Three Sisters, Washington, Three-fingered Jack, Jefferson and Black Butte. Oregon blessed us with monsoon rains for two out of the six days of our stay here so we had plenty of time to enjoy the spacious living room and several toasty fires in the woodstove. The kitchen, though a tad small, was well equipped with working appliances and just about any kitchen gadget one might need. We easily served six guests and the four of us for dinner one night. John and Gretchen Morris were excellent renters. They responded quickly to emails and promptly provided us with the rental agreement, instructions for the amenities in the house and information aboutactivities on the Ranch. The entire rental process was the most seamless we have experienced from online rental websites. We highly recommend this house to others venturing to the Ranch. We will rent from the Morris's again in a heartbeat the next time our extended family gathers at Black Butte.
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"It was a teary farewell when we left."
Communication with the Morris's was exceptional -- I appreciated their detailed instructions and cordial responses to all my questions. Was eager to show my friend Black Butte and found aspen House 8 was the perfect house for two very old friends to relax, turn on the music maybe a little louder than at home, sit on the deck with our feet up, and sleep very comfortably in great beds. The kitchen is small but is open out to the living room and has every possible utensil, pan, dish, wine glass, and small appliance anyone would need for three days. The barbeque was a breeze to use(especially for two people not used to barbequing or having to replace the gas tank deal) and turned out some spectacular meals. There were bicycles available and the terrain was accommodating to us "older more mature" guests. Always a wonderful breeze through the house, soft towels, plenty of closet space, Wi-Fi available, and ample seating at the dining table. Maybe I could make one suggestion ... there is a chair in the living room that needs a new cushion. Otherwise, I thank the Morris's for making available aspen House 8 which provided us a divine and most comfortable long weekend at Black Butte.
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"Great and Relaxing Base"
The aspen House is a wonderfully equipped cabin that is well-located in Central Oregon. A great place whether you plan to spend the entire time in the cabin, or as little time as needed between adventures. My group has been staying here every year for a group retreat, and hope to keep coming back in the future. The hosts are well organized and responsive, and the cabin has everything we've ever needed.
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"Solid, good overall value!"
We stayed at aspen house 8 July 2010 as part of a family reunion. We all gathered at Black Butte Ranch and it is a wonderful place to stay especially with kids. The house was comfortable with everything we needed for our week stay. The Morris' were great to work with and we loved the setting of the house as we saw lots of wildlife daily. We hope to return again to Black Butte Ranch and stay at aspen House 8.
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"Great place for a getaway!"
We stayed at aH8 for an extended weekend with friends. The cabin was very comfortable and Black Butte Ranch is a great location for family fun! There is a wonderful trail system throughout the ranch. We walked to the swimming pool and the playground every day.
The cabin has a full kitchen, or you are just a short drive from the quaint town of Sisters. Everything you need is nearby, but you still have the sense of being away from it all. We will definitely return.
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How to Be a Better Field Hockey Player
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1Bend your knees and get down low to the ground. It is easier to maneuver the ball that way and you can get more power and accuracy out of pushes, hits, and drives. With the ball in front of you, there is less risk of your stick rolling over the ball.
2Become a faster sprinter and improve your endurance. This can go a long way to improving how well your perform.Take up strength training and work on overall fitness.
3Try to push as much as you can as opposed to slapping and hitting. Any type of hit where your lift your stick is an opportunity to get a penalty or to get the ball taken away from you.
4Watch your feet! Stepping on a ball or not moving your feet fast enough is something that can be easily corrected, but if not will result in the other team getting a free hit, so just move your feet!
5When blocking free hits, put your stick completely on the ground from end to end. This gives you a much larger area to stop the ball with and increases your chances of getting the ball greatly.
6When within your own 25, and especially in your own circle, hit the ball to the outside! Better it go out of bounds then for them to get a direct shot on goal.
7Use your sidelines as much as possible. Just trust me on this one, it is much easier to get up on the field this way as there are less players crowded over to the sides and it's easier to maneuver.
8Be aggressive and work hard. Listen to your coaches and your teammates.
9Try air dribbling by allowing the ball to go on your stick, then bandy with it
10Allow your opposition to use the side line. Channel them down the side, preventing them from passing in towards the middle. Run them out over the backline. They cannot score unless they come into the circle. Watch for the back pass from the baseline towards the spot though.
11Look around for team mates and pass to them.
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- Communicate with your teammates and listen to your coaches.
- Call for the ball.
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- Never cross the goal if you're within your circle, that only increases the chance of the opposing team scoring.
- If the ball is going out of bounds from the other team, let it. Your team will get the ball.
- Don't be afraid to take the ball.
- Stay on your player when you're on defense.
- Be alert.
- Do not smack and slap your stick on the opposing player when you want to steal the ball from them or block their shot on goals. Stay low, keep your stick down, and poke at the ball to force a turnover.
- Hold the stick with your right hand on the paint and you'll have a lot more control.
- If the opposition is coming towards you and there's no one in space for you to pass to, move quickly before they get you and dribble it forward for someone to then run into space until you can pass it to them.
- When in possession of the ball, run up the wings and avoid the center of the pitch.
- Wait for the opposition to make a mistake instead of tackling them- pressure on them is better!
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Seriously, this is just getting ridiculously old, not to mention just plain sad.
Jack Bauer is a fictional character on a fictional show that has become terror-porn for torture apologists everywhere. "See, Jack Bauer got the information out of the terrorists by shooting him in the leg and he saved the world! He saved the world!"
Cut to Antonin Scalia with this little gem…
Senior judges from North America and Europe were in the midst of a panel discussion about torture and terrorism law, when a Canadian judge's passing remark – "Thankfully, security agencies in all our countries do not subscribe to the mantra 'What would Jack Bauer do?' " – got the legal bulldog in Judge Scalia barking.
The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer, arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. … He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Judge Scalia said. Then, recalling Season 2, where the agent's rough interrogation tactics saved California from a terrorist nuke, the Supreme Court judge etched a line in the sand.
"Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?" Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges. "Say that criminal law is against him? 'You have the right to a jury trial?' Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don't think so.
Of course he's talking about "real-life" Jack Bauers, but guess what…this type of torture is notorious for providing FALSE intel. That's right. Jack Bauer is batting 1.000 right now because it is FICTION.
So to answer Scalia's question about whether or not Jack Bauer would get convicted, yes Antonin…probably. Because he wouldn't have saved Los Angeles from a nuke, he would have shot somebody in the leg who didn't know anything.
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But sometimes this message proves a little too persuasive. Last November, a U.S. Army brigadier-general, Patrick Finnegan, of West Point, went to California to meet with the show's producers. He asked if the writers would consider reining in Agent Bauer. "The kids see it, and say, 'If torture is wrong, what about 24?" he told The New Yorker in February.
He argued that "they should do a show where torture backfires." It's not just the military that's watching 24. It turns out that the judges who struggle to square the Guantanamo Bay prison camp experiment with the British Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 are watching the show, too.
Hmm, I wonder if the guy behind the conservative answer to The Daily Show, The 1/2 News Hour, is going to hold Jack Bauer's actions up to real scrutiny.
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Franz Ferdinand's Paul Thomson: Four-on-the-floor is never going to die
With retro-tinged singles like "Take Me Out," Franz Ferdinand got the indie kids dancing 10 years ago. After winning the Mercury Prize for their self-titled debut, the Glaswegian quartet quickly capitalized with the underrated You Could Have It So Much Better, and toured relentlessly. But their last two albums signaled a retreat, and a four-year gap led to their new full-length, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. The new material recalls the pulsing, rhythmic sounds of their early work, while also reflecting a more modern flair.
Ahead of their show at the Skyway Theatre tonight, Gimme Noise spoke with drummer Paul Thomson. Thomson detailed the recording sessions for the new album, how his DJ experience affects his approach to the rhythm of their songs, and his fanciful memories of playing an undersold Target Center early in the band's career.
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Gimme Noise: After releasing your first two albums in rapid succession, you took four years in between each of your last two records. What was the motivation behind slowing things down so drastically?
Paul Thomson: It seemed like most of that time we were on tour, and the world is quite large. And after touring, we needed a break, so we took some time off before we started writing again. But we took some time off so we could actually have some sort of normal life experiences to draw from, instead of living this artificial existence on the road all the time. We're even getting to that stage now -- it becomes mind numbing after a while. You need to get home for a bit and see your friends and stuff like that.
The new album was recorded at Alex's studio in Scotland and Nick's London studio -- what were the sessions like, and did the change in location affect the tone and tenor of the songs in any way?
Not so much --mainly it was our working practices being different that kind of affected the songs, because we'd only play and record for four days or so at a time and then take a week off. You don't want to overwork things, because we've been doing it for long enough now that we know where our limits lie. We know when we're getting to the point of diminishing returns. It's good to work on something and then leave it be for a little while, instead of overworking it. And also just knowing when something is finished as well, and to stop tinkering with it. Like the third record was kind of blighted by endless tinkering.
How did having such tremendous success straight away affect the band initially, and did that swelling spotlight ever prove to be difficult for you to handle?
I guess people start treating you differently -- people that you've never met before treat you differently, which is weird. I never quite get used to that. Just meeting people that know your name and you don't know theirs -- you've never met them before, but they know who you are, it's just a really weird thing to deal with. So there's a lot of that.
But at least you can get some free pints out of the deal I suppose, yeah?
Oh yeah [laughs]. But when the four of us are just making music together, and there's just the four of us in a room then none of that ever factors into it. It doesn't make any difference, because there's no one else there. We might have changed as human beings as we've grown up a bit, but we're still the same with each other. We're probably better now.
When you guys were coming up, how did the flourishing Glaswegian music scene influence or inform the band's sound and your approach to the industry?
Well, it was more in terms of attitude, really. In Glasgow's indie music scene, people just kind of tended to do it for themselves. And when we started out, we were doing it for ourselves because there wasn't anybody else there. I think I might have given a demo to a friend of mine whose band was based in London, and he passed it on to their manager, who now manages us. And it all really started to go off from there, really. But we still have this Glasgow sensibility about us, where we like being removed from London in terms of the music we make.
How does your lengthy DJ experience affect your approach to providing the rhythm to Franz Ferdinand's songs?
I guess since I DJ a lot of house and stuff like that, and four albums in and we're still doing four-on-the-floor, mid-tempo music. But you know, four-on-the-floor is never going to die.
Thank God for that.
Yeah, absolutely.
There is a distinctive, elegant artiness that is present on all of your album covers -- and even extends to your videos as well. What are the band's aims within that stylish sense of graphic design on your sleeves and your fashionable videos?
It's just a reflection of the stuff that we're into. It's more than just music that influences us. Just like most people, really -- I don't think there's anybody that just listens to music and doesn't appreciate other art forms. And when you finally get the opportunity to share what you do with a wider audience, it's all part of the fun that you get to create your visual identity as well, be it your videos or your album sleeves.
This album sleeve, most of it I kind of put together by hand. I spent a week cutting things out with a scalpel, and to me, doing that was as rewarding as making the music.
Have you always been that hands on with the album sleeve design?
No, it was more me this time around. I've never been as involved in the past, apart from just discussing things with the band. In the past it's been Bob and Alex who have done the sleeves mainly. And we've worked with a graphic designer that we've been with since the start named Matt Cooper, who's a really talented guy.
So, what does the title of the new record mean to you, personally?
What does it mean to me? As much as it means to you [laughs]. It's always a trip to hear what different people's interpretations of it is. The actual origin of it, and kind of where it came from, is out there and people have worked it out. But there's no right or wrong answer, really. And I think that goes for most of the lyrics of the record as well. The themes are sort of fairly broad, and I think anybody can relate to them, really.
Were you ever worried that the title was a bit too wordy for the record label folks?
I thought it was quite snappy, really! It sounds like a good advertising slogan.
You guys have now been in Franz Ferdinand for over 10 years now. How do you look back on all those years together, and what do you envision for the band going forward?
I think we're all sort of focused on the band going forward, really. We're not particularly nostalgic. We just want to keep making music and keep shaking things up a bit and progress musically. We're already sort of focused on what the next record is going to sound like, or at least what the next release is going to sound like. We feel like we're back on track a little bit.
We're all feeling a bit frazzled with all of the promos we've been doing in the last couple of months. You feel a bit winded talking about yourself non-stop, endlessly day after day. I can barely even remember making the last record now, I can just remember the last time that I spoke about it -- which was like yesterday.
I know everyone here in Minneapolis are all really excited to see you guys again. You've really played some memorable shows here over the years -- have you developed an affinity for the city in your times here?
I actually asked for this phoner by name, because I'm down with Minneapolis. You've got lots of stuff going on there, and we all look forward to playing there. One time we played in a venue there that was far too big for us [Target Center in 2005], and it was totally oversubscribed and they put these big drapes over the seats that hadn't sold -- this was a tour for our second record. And we went to this vintage bike shop -- I can't remember which one it was now --and we all bought a bunch of bikes. I can remember being on the top floor of this venue doing laps in tandem with Bob, and it was really good fun. So I've got really fond memories of that.
I remember that show. It's actually where our basketball team plays.
I thought it was a sports hall, yeah. It was a real fuck up by our agent, because he had booked this big U.S. tour before we finished making the record -- we were still mixing the second record -- so, by the time we were playing these enormous venues the record hadn't come out yet. So, the turnout was pretty poor for some of the shows being the size that they were. That wasn't their fault, that was our agent's fault.
I remember there being a crazy lightning storm that night as well.
Yeah, yeah there was. I love the weather that you get up in the Midwest, with the electrical storms and stuff like that. It's quite exciting, because we don't get weather as dramatic as that.
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The new version 6.0.05 of the document demonstrates among other things the introduction of associative arrays that Bash 4.0 announced the end of February. As an example of their use Cooper provides a simple address database. He also goes into the expanded syntax for the case construct, enabling parallel processes through the coproc built-in, and use of the mapfile built-in to load an array with contents of a text file.
In an editorial comment at the end of the Bash version 4 chapter, Cooper nevertheless asks the question whether so many new features are really necessary: "Whatever happened to the lean and mean Bash we have come to know and love?" His suggestion for more "essential" features would include for-each loops and multi-dimensional arrays.
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Buscher says the problem appeared on two "Kids on Demand" channels.
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U of M to sign national agreement
The University of Winnipeg is opting out of a national copyright deal the U of W says would be a waste of $200,000 a year.
University president Lloyd Axworthy said this week that the university senate will vote next week to opt out of a copyright licence agreement the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has signed with Access Copyright, a private company based in downtown Toronto.
The University of Manitoba and several of Canada's largest universities will sign the deal. University College of the North said it doesn't use enough copyrighted material to make it worthwhile.
Axworthy said the deal would cost the U of W $26 per full-time student, which he called "a big money grab."
The university library and bookstore already have licensing deals with various publishers, which ensure access to copyrighted materials while giving authors and publishers a fair return on their work, Axworthy said.
"The (campus) consensus is, this deal doesn't provide much protection" on copyright infringement the U of W doesn't already have, he said.
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A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them.
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A bizarre musical featuring a way too old Fred Astaire looking tired. Cyd Charrise is the reason to see this. Jules Munshin also injected some much needed life. Peter Lorre was an odd choice.
on perspective, this musical remake of 1939 Lubitsch's Ninotchka fails to justify it's existence. The musical numbers work, most of the times, like fillers, albeit 1 or 2 of them being visually rich; the intelligent comedy —reason of the 1939 genious — is almost washed away, and it has a miscasted wonderful dancer (Cyd Charisse), and her "father" Astaire. It lacks in energy. Silly Silk Stockings.
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LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The dollar rose against a basketof currencies on Tuesday as investors, already persuaded theFederal Reserve will keep policy ultra-loose in the near term,trimmed bets against it.
The dollar index gained for a second day, rising 0.3percent to 79.478, drawing support from a stabilisation in U.S.Treasury yields and prospects of month-end demand. However, itheld close to Friday's 78.998, its lowest since Feb. 1.
The index has shed about 1 percent this month, after a 2.3percent drop in September, as investors pushed back expectationsof when the Fed would scale back stimulus.
Traders said the latest moves were driven by positionadjustments before the Fed's two-day policy meeting starting onTuesday. Many have sold the dollar in recent weeks, suggestingthat if the Fed stands pat on monetary policy, as widelyexpected, investors could buy back the greenback.
"Investors are expecting a dovish tone from the Fed and thatis more or less priced in. There is a lightening of positionsbefore the Fed, but volumes are low - at least 20-30 percentlower than usual," said Alvin Tan, currency strategist atSociete Generale.
Traders said it was unlikely the dollar would be adverselyhit should the Fed choose to wait for more evidence of how badlyWashington's budget battle hurt the U.S. economy before decidingon whether to reduce stimulus.
That has left the dollar less vulnerable to bad news.Rather, there was scope for it to rally if U.S data began tobeat expectations again, traders added. On Tuesday, the focuswill be on September retail sales data, with economistsforecasting a modest rise.
One beneficiary of the dollar's recent decline has been theeuro, which hit a two-year high of $1.3833 on Friday.
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"One gets the feeling speaking to clients that moves in theeuro and expectations that the Fed will be dovish have gone toofar," said Manuel Oliveri, FX strategist at Credit Agricole. "Tothat extent, we think the dollar's downside is limited."
The Australian dollar retreated after Reserve Bank chiefGlenn Stevens tried to talk it down. It fell 0.8percent to $0.9496. Last Wednesday, it touched $0.9758,a four-month high.
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