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An Endangered Species: The Angels of Broadway
Where Love Outranks Power and Profit
By RICK LYMAN
Published: May 27, 1997
Stuart Zimberg's eyes shine in the reflected stage light. He is slender, scrupulously dressed, with dark, crepuscular eyes that come alive with every clap, every gasp, every whispered comment in the audience at the Barrymore Theater.
''Wait until you hear this,'' Mr. Zimberg says, cocking his head like a farmer waiting for distant thunder.
Onstage, Lillias White is finishing her show-stopping number, ''The Oldest Profession,'' as a tired old prostitute rubbing her sore feet in a bar off Times Square. The play is ''The Life,'' one of eight multimillion dollar musicals that have opened on Broadway in recent weeks. Mr. Zimberg, 39, a commercial real estate developer, investment adviser and aspiring Broadway impresario from the Five Towns region of Long Island, is one of the show's investors, or angels, and he is very, very happy to be here.
''It has to be a love in your heart,'' he says. ''That's the way it is with me.''
Mr. Zimberg is among the most elusive and endangered of Broadway creatures, a backer, willing despite all the considerable risks and the well-documented pitfalls to step forward and put his money where his heart is.
Even in a business where such apparent successes as ''Sunset Boulevard'' and ''Angels in America'' failed to turn a profit, they still come forward, real estate agents and stockbrokers and personal trainers and distant cousins, putting down $5,000, $10,000, maybe $50,000 to be part of a Broadway show.
''The truth is, they are really much less players than they used to be,'' said Roger Berlind, one of the producers of two of the season's musicals, ''The Life'' and ''Steel Pier.'' ''One of the problems is that production costs have gotten so high that it doesn't make sense to go out looking for $5,000 or $10,000 investors. It's hard to finance a $7 million show with $5,000's.''
As a result, Mr. Berlind and other producers said, Broadway has in recent years seen an influx of money from corporations, particularly entertainment conglomerates like Disney, and from producers around the world who depend on Broadway for popular productions to take on the road.
''The world has become our marketplace,'' Mr. Berlind said. ''Investors are coming from Japan, Germany, the Pacific Rim, a lot of other nations. They're interested in shows that can translate to their market. Producers and presenters from around the country also need shows for their regional venues, so they're investing because they want more control over what's coming down the road at them.''
Mr. Berlind, Martin Richards and other producers of ''The Life'' financed half of the production themselves and got the other half from smaller, individual investors, Mr. Richards said, a few of them, like Mr. Zimberg, who were new to Broadway.
At the start of his career, Mr. Richards said, he raised money from the people he knew. ''It used to be guys in the garment business, people with food chains,'' he said. ''Then, God willing, you become a successful producer, your social life changes, and you find yourself surrounded with more successful people, people of means, from Wall Street and from banks.''
When he began raising money for Broadway more than two decades ago, Mr. Richards said, the smaller scale, first-time investors tended to be those who loved the theater and just wanted to attend opening night and go to the cast party. ''Later, when the shows became astronomically expensive, the reasons became different,'' Mr. Richards said. ''They wanted billing below the title. Then they wanted billing above the title, so they could win the Tony, too. Then it was like selling your soul. You're giving away your points, you're giving away your billing, you're giving away your Tony and they're still there on opening night.''
Even some Broadway producers acknowledge that the stakes and the risks now may be too high for most smaller, individual investors.
''I'd say get as far away as you can,'' said John Hart, who produced the most recent revival of ''Guys & Dolls,'' ''Tommy'' and other Broadway shows. ''It's not for you. The business doesn't have the diligence necessary to make it as a real business. Stay away.''
Certainly, potential investors should be aware of the risks, Mr. Berlind said. ''It's just like venture capital on Wall Street or wildcatting for oil,'' he said. ''If you make it, you can get a very major return. In exchange for that extraordinary gain you incur extraordinary risk.''
Matt Garfield, whose Garfield Smelting and Refining Company sits near a crook of the Delaware River in northeast Philadelphia, understands the risks all too well. ''I have done seven or eight shows, on and off Broadway, and I have yet to make a nickel,'' he said. ''It's not the quickest way to riches. It can be a very expensive experience.''
Still, they come. Some these days are like Mr. Zimberg, aspiring young producers trying to break onto Broadway. Others are Wall Street people and others who suddenly find themselves with an unexpected pile of money and use it to buy entree into show business. And some are well-to-do retirees who are looking for investments that match their interests. (''You can't have a personal identification to 100 shares of I.B.M., but you sure can to a show that you've put some money in,'' Mr. Berlind said.)
With so many negative role models and the odds so high, what draws these new investors into the theater?
''You're either passionate about the theater or you really want some of the stardust or whatever it is,'' Mr. Richards said. ''They all want to wallow in it for a while.''


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just don't know what they are eating in the plots but they are there every year.
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I am having a hard time finding some black tandem cranks for our mountain tandem without breaking the bank. I have been kicking around the idea of just buying 2 single cranks and converting to same side chain configuration. I can buy 2 single cranks cheaper than what I have been finding tandem's for. Is there any thing that I need to be aware of before I spend the money? Was going to go with 104/64 BCD and a 44/36/24 ring setup.
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Based on Yasunari Kawabata's novel, Vadim Glowna's "House of Sleeping Beauties" follows Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, and who is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women who never awaken. The German film is being released stateside by First Run Features, and opens at the Quad Cinema in New York this Friday, November 14. indieWIRE talked to Glowna about the film and its U.S. release.
What initially attracted you to filmmaking, and how has that interest evolved during your career?
My first feature film was "Desperado City" about my youth in Hamburg-St.Pauli where I grew up. It was a hommage to these people in my beginning about that redlight-district, the prostitutes and pimps, the harbour and the Beatles, the gangsters and the kids who learned their first important lessons on the street. The film won 1981 the "Camera d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival and many others. My second film "Nothing Left To Lose" was shot 1983 in El Paso, Texas. About two Jewish families who escaped Nazi-Germany and got stuck somewhere in the desert and never made it to California.
As an actor, I appeared in more than 160 films. In the US the most popular and known film might be "Steiner - The Cross of Iron" by Sam Peckinpah. He was a great master to me and I learned a lot working with him. Maybe in some ways I'm obsessed like him to do films and live.
As an actor you are challenged with every part you get offered. One of the most difficult roles I did was Johann Sebastian Bach in "My Name is Bach" or "Jagged Harmonies". I'm not a musician so I had to learn instruments the hard way. A coach teached me for more than half a year to learn piano, spinett, organ and flute. Day by day because I was so ambitious to make possible that the camera could pan from my fingers to my face and back to give a convincing impression that I handle the instrument really by myself.
How did the idea for "House of Sleeping Beauties" come about?
A friend gave me Kawabatas' novel "House of the Sleeping Beauties" to read. I immediately thought what a strange and touching story about eroticism and death, about love and guilt, a desire for forgivingness and redemption, about transitoriness and loneliness. A subject so rich in all human facettes. I was dreaming along in the character and fate of Edmond.
Please elaborate a bit on your approach to making the film...
When I told Raymond Tarabay, my business partner and managing director, the story, he loved it and agreed and we decided to work on the film right away. From the idea to the first day of shooting it took only 2 and a half months. I didn't ask anybody to coproduce because I knew people in the business would say I'm crazy again. I put my own money in it.
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Homes and businesses along light-rail routes in Phoenix should save about $13 million a year on electricity bills from new energy-efficiency projects paid for by grants under the federal government's 2009 stimulus program.
Although city officials declared the Energize Phoenix program a success, an audit released earlier this year showed that energy savings from upgrades, which included better lighting, shade screens, cooling systems and duct repairs, were lower than predicted and that the return on the $25 million investment was particularly low for some buildings.
The return on investment for the two most expensive projects in the program, building renovations for Ballet Arizona and the Arizona Opera, were so low that it dragged down the average for the entire program, according to the audit.
Program officials said the investment was worth it to help the arts organizations.
Launched in 2010 to create jobs, boost the local economy after the Great Recession and save residents money with rebates for energy-conservation measures to lower power bills, the U.S. Department of Energy-funded program initially struggled to attract enough participants, and contractors overestimated energy savings.
The $25 million federal grant was spread among more than 2,000 residents and hundreds of businesses, ranging from small restaurants to large corporations such as Honeywell, the Heard Museum and hotels. Phoenix Newspapers Inc./Republic Med- ia took a $40,000 grant from the program.
But because of the original narrow limits restricting grants to areas along Phoenix-only light-rail lines, administrators found it difficult to market a program and were forced to change the rules numerous times to spend all the money by last year's federal deadline.
Project administrators, however, said recently that they were pleased both by the amount of savings and that the number of participating homes and businesses exceeded the original target.
"We are satisfied with the end results," Phoenix Energy Manager Dimitrios Laloudakis said. "In addition to helping residential customers, it allowed us to help a number of different organizations. ... We look at it as a very successful program."
The Energize Phoenix grants were managed by the city and added to rebates already being offered by Arizona Public Service Co. for efficiency upgrades such as new air-conditioning units or power-saving lights. Most customers paid little or nothing out of pocket.
One of the initial challenges was finding enough participants within a short distance of the light-rail tracks, because many homeowners were hesitant to spend money on their homes after the recession. The funds had to be spent by June 2013, and by late 2011, only a few homeowners had participated despite ASU students going door to door to spread the word.
Businesses were less reluctant, but a certain amount of money had to be spent on residential upgrades.
"The primary challenge that seemed to come out was that, during the 2010-to-2012 time frame, with home values declining, it was problematic," Laloudakis said. "Many homeowners were concerned with those values. Some were upside down. Energy upgrades were not on the top of their mind."
The city stretched the boundaries to draw from a wider area; changed income guidelines so moderate-income homeowners could get 100 percent of their expenses; and doubled rebates.
It opened participation to condo owners, then expanded it again to renters.
The cap for the amount of money businesses could collect was increased to $200,000 from $125,000, and some city and non-profit projects were allowed to far exceed that limit.
The analysis of the four-year program by Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability estimated that it created 359 total "job years," defined as one person having a job for a year. It was estimated to have added about $31 million in gross state product, and it generated more than $18 million in disposable income.
Energy savings
Energize Phoenix met some of its goals for overall participation, while it missed others for energy savings, according to the final ASU report.
One goal was to repair cooling systems, add shade screens and provide other renovations to 1,700 homes to achieve 30 percent savings on energy bills. The program exceeded the goal by upgrading 2,014 homes but realized electricity savings of only about 12 percent. The ASU report called the 30 percent goal "overly ambitious."
Another goal to renovate or improve 30 million square feet of commercial space in businesses, helping save 18 percent of electricity use, exceeded the total by upgrading 33 million square feet, but it saved the businesses only 10 percent of their electricity, based on one analysis, and 17 percent based on another.
Researchers compared the amount of electricity contractors expected to save on the participating businesses and what they actually saved and found "a major discrepancy," according to the ASU report.
It found that contractors routinely overestimated the amount of electricity businesses would save, especially for companies that installed lighting only, compared with more-comprehensive projects.
"Some contractors inflated the numbers by, like, 100 percent," said Mick Dalrymple, a senior sustainability scientist with the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives at ASU who wrote the final report on the project for the university. "It probably led to them getting more jobs."
The overestimates could just as easily have been the fault of the business owners as the contractors, Dalrymple said.
Estimates are based on the number of hours lighting and appliances are used.
If the contractor estimated lights were being used more than they actually were, the savings would have been overinflated.
But business owners had to sign off on the estimates and provide figures for how many hours lights and other equipment were used. The greater the estimated energy savings, the greater the rebate.
"Owners and contractors both had a financial incentive to overestimate operating hours on their rebate applications," the ASU report said.
However, Dalrymple said, APS officials reviewed the problems and adjusted their program to ensure the estimates contractors provide in the future are more realistic.
"Give APS a lot of credit," he said. "They agreed to the audit with us. They went through the projects one by one."
Pricey projects
The two most expensive projects in the Energize Phoenix program were Ballet Arizona and Arizona Opera, which received about $2.7 million combined.
Both projects involved renovating old buildings for new headquarters for the arts organizations, so rather than spend all the money on things that directly save energy, like window shades, some funds were used for demolition and other work, according to documents provided by the city.
Ballet Arizona received $1.9 million in federal funds for its $6.1 million renovation of an office warehouse for its new headquarters.
The funds were spent on things including new air-conditioning, and new roof and thermal insulation.
The Arizona Opera received $850,000 for its $1.5 million renovation project. Most of the money was used for an air-conditioning and energy-management system, according to city documents.
"What we were trying to accomplish was create very efficient buildings for the non-profits," said Dwight Walth, director of grants and community initiatives at the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture. "We didn't want them to start operating in a building that had utility costs and other costs that would tax their resources so they were not able to do the mission they are there to do — provide the art form for us."
All projects in the Energize Phoenix program were analyzed based on how much energy they would save relative to the money invested. They were compared using a cost in dollars per kilowatt of electricity saved in the first year of operations.
The average cost for all commercial buildings in the project was 35 cents per kilowatt saved.
The ballet and opera had the two highest figures, or lowest return on investment, of all commercial buildings in the program.
For the ballet building, it cost $8.30 per kilowatt of electricity saved in the first year of operation. For the opera, it was $4.83.
In the final ASU report, Dalrymple called this a "classic trade-off."
"While reducing the potential private-sector reach of the program, the (ballet and opera) projects appear to also be of substantial benefit to Phoenix residents, taxpayers, and the construction tradespeople involved," he said.
Dalrymple gave the overall program a neutral assessment.
"Energize Phoenix saved a lot of energy for many businesses, non-profit organizations, residents and the taxpayers — and it leveraged stimulus funds with private-sector money to put people to work," Dalrymple said. "It also raised awareness considerably in downtown Phoenix about energy efficiency's potential."


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I know its already been reported in the TDF forum but I think that there are many here who were fans of this man for a number of years.
Edit: I don't know about you, but I am thrilled.
I know its already been reported in the TDF forum but I think that there are many here who were fans of this man for a number of years.
Edit: I don't know about you, but I am thrilled.
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I think it will be fantastic. It will be the reuniting of Johan Bruyneel with Armstrong. Together, they are one of the winningest director / athlete combinations in pro sports - 7 world class wins in a row. I recently finished reading Bruyneel's book "We might as well win." Among many things, it discusses his relationship with Lance, their strategies for winning and professional cycling. I liked it.
That's really good news to me. I've read most of the books about Lance and he truly is a pro, in more ways than one.
I hope his return to racing will save the Tour de Georgia. But I think these are just rumors. Astana has denied the whole thing.
The more you ride your bike, the less your ass will hurt.
I've gotten used to rooting for other teams and riders. If he were not able to compete with the same intensity and ability as before it would be sad; few pros seem to compete much past 36. Maybe he will still be the same old Lance (with the same controversies?) and that would be interesting.
Yes, BD, I read that the TdG is in danger. That would be a real shame! Is it lack of sponsorship or lack of interest in the state (or both?)
I'm a Lance fan, but somehow, I don't really want him to unretire. I like the fact that he's moving on. I am always a bit disappointed when athletes unretire (are you listening Favre?). But I wish him the best.
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It would be a lot different than Favre retiring. Favre unretired 5 weeks before the next training camp. Technically, he barely missed a practice. And he never fully committed to retiring, never once telling the Packers that he was sure he was going to retire.
OTOH, Armstrong has missed 3 years of competitive racing.
What makes it more difficult for someone like Lance to unretire is that he probably wouldn't be satisfied with a 10th place finish in the TdF. Most athletes can slip a bit and still be satisfied. Say a baseball player who hit .310 with 40 hr in their prime, but in their later years slips to .280 w/30 hr. Or golfers that slip from winning 3-4 tournaments a year to having the occasional top 5 finish & rare win.
That's a problem for Favre too. He can't gracefully slide from being the ace pitcher to being an effective #4 starter for his last couple of years. He's got to be a starting NFL QB leading his teams to wins.
Lance could come back and compete for top 10 finishes or wins in minor races. Or compete for age group titles. But I'm not sure that would be enough for him. He'd want to make a run at major wins. At least that's my impression. I could be wrong.
He could be the catalyst for creating great interest in Master's events. Much like golfers like Arnold Palmer made the PGA Senior Tour more significant.
"Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen." Louis L'Amour
There are two types of road bikers: bikers who are faster than me, and me. Bruce Cameron - Denver Post
Referring to Bruyneel's book, Lance and Bruyneel are winners. Anything other than winning is not acceptable. If Lance returns, he must believe he can win. Otherwise, it will be similar to other so called comebacks that in many ways tarnished professional athletes' records. Unlike golf, this is no masters pro tour.
Bruyneel portrays Lance as having much more capability than he allowed him to use in winning the 7 TdFs. There were specific races where Lance was told to hold back. One of my favorite examples of this was a race up Alpe D'Huez. Bruyneel wanted Lance to let a credible racer but not a contender win the stage. As Lance is going through the motions of appearing to chase the lead group he radios Bruyneel that he could beat these guys on a tricycle. Assuming it is true, Lance is very tough. His retirement was more about "Hey, I am tired of the grind to do what is necessary to win. He is a smart guy and although nothing is certain, he must believe he can do what it takes to win....again. Welcome back.
Name - BA - HR - RBI
Mays .211 - 6 - 25
Aaron .229 - 10 - 35
McCovey .204 - 1 -16
Mantle .237 - 18 - 54 (and Mantle was only 36)
F. Robinson .224 - 3 - 10
Killebrew .199 - 14 - 44
Santo .221 - 5 - 40
E. Matthews .212 - 3 - 8
Ruth .181 - 6 -12
And so on and so forth. These were the stats from the last season played by these great players.
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He`s going to come back and ride for Astana? Can`t imagine Contador is going to be riding as a domestique for Lance. He`s won the Giro, he`ll very likely win the Vuelta. I`d be pretty shocked to see him riding in support anyone in a Grand Tour. In anycase, it`ll be interesting...
I'm glad he is back BUT he is going to ride for free but I'm sure he will get endorsements.
I'll enjoy The Tour next years
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I think it'll suck the oxygen out of American cycling.
Not to start another rumor, but I wouldn't be surprised if the reason Astana is unaware of this whole thing is because Columbia is still tying to ink the deal. Perfect fit for that team. Back with George and Kirchen for support. Think about it... an american team with great sprinters and great climbers all in one. Fantastic marketing move for Columbia.
Seems that this all started because LA signed back up for out-of-competition drug testing....
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If Lance does ride in the TdF next year, he would be just a couple of months short of his 38th birthday.
But then again, Dara Torres did well for herself at 40+, and the aforementioned Brett Favre was 2nd in the NFL MVP voting last year at 38. Michael Jordan averaged 20 points per game in the NBA at 40. Sometimes the great ones can perform at high levels well past what would be a normal person's prime.
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There are two types of road bikers: bikers who are faster than me, and me. Bruce Cameron - Denver Post
It is possible, that Lance might come back as a mentor, perhaps as an assistant manager on wheels (sort of like the player coaches in lower tiers of professional sports). This might point toward a position as team manager down the road. Certainly he has a wealth of knowledge to pass on to others.
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He'll probably get traded to the Jets.
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It would be interesting. I'd enjoy watching as long as he has a good attitude. I think the odds of him winning are infintesimal. If he's okay with not winning, should that be the case, then I'm for it (though of course I'd enjoy seeing him win his eighth; it would be even more miraculous than seven!) However, I'd MUCH rather see him get 19th place or 102nd, or not finish at all than to have him do well, only to find out that he'd been doping. I'm still giving him the benefit of the doubt on that. He's never tested positive and he says he didn't so he's innocent until proven guilty, as far as I'm concerned. It would really make me mad and disgust me if he doped this time.
It was just on the news that Lance himself said he's coming back. Too raise awareness of cancer worldwide.
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June 27, 2011
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Washington State's Jeshua Anderson, four-time Pacific-10 Conference intermediate hurdles champion, three-time NCAA champion and newly crowned USA champion, is the Pac-10 Male Track Athlete of the Year, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Monday.
Anderson, a senior from Woodland Hills, Calif., has had a stellar year including his win Sunday at the USA Track & Field Championships in a school-record and US-leading time of 47.93 seconds. He will represent the United States at both the World University Games August 12-23, in Shenzhen, China, and at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, August 27 - September 4, at Daegu, Korea.
He had run the previous US-leading time in the 400m hurdles of 48.13 seconds this spring in Tucson winning his fourth consecutive Pac-10 title. Anderson was selected the 2006 Pac-10 Track & Field Male Newcomer of the Year and is only the third man to go on to the Athlete of the Year award since the newcomer award began in 2000.
Anderson, who plans to continue training in Pullman with his collegiate coach Mark Macdonald, will make his professional debut July 22, at the Herculis Meet in Monaco, part of the Diamond League series.
Washington State's previous male athletes honored as track or field athletes of the year by the Pac-10 includes: Anson Henry, sprinter, 2002; Bernard Lagat, middle distance, 1999; Josephat Kapkory, distance, 1994; Samuel Kibiri, distance, 1991; Gabriel Tiacoh, 400m dash, 1986;
The Pac-10 Track & Field and Coach of the Year awards for 2011:
Women's track athlete of the year: Nia Ali, USC
Women's Field Athlete of the year: Brigetta Barrett, Arizona
Women's Freshman/Newcomer of the year: English Gardner, Oregon
Women's Coach of the year: Fred Harvey, Arizona
Men's track athlete of the year: Jeshua Anderson, Washington State
Men's field athlete of the year: Jordan Clarke, Arizona State
Men's freshman/newcomer of the year: Stephen Sambu, Arizona
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For his upcoming run of dates, Keel will be out with Natural Bridge promoting their latest album Classic, released this past spring to typically rave reviews.
Whichever side of the Bluegrass/Jam debate you lean toward, Larry Keel will put a smile on your face, a song in your heart and likely wear a couple of layers off the bottom of your best dancing shoes.
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July 12, 2013
On February 4, Long Beach State student and former 49er track & field athlete Liz Ramos went for a run through campus, just like she had many times before, but what happened on that Monday afternoon was unfathomable.
Ramos was jogging on Bellflower Boulevard and was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when she was hit by a car. Ramos was struck on her left side, the impact breaking the windshield of the car. She suffered heavy bruising, a broken arm and a broken leg, along with other injuries. She was placed in a medically induced coma for nearly five weeks to help her heal.
Several days went by before Ramos was even identified. Like many others do when going for a run, Ramos was not carrying any form of identification with her. A friend noticed she was missing functions that she normally wouldn't miss and started calling hospitals. She was able to find Liz and called her parents.
Liz was a senior majoring in nutrition at the time of the accident. Her friends in the dietician club came up with the idea to raise money for her medical and rehabilitation expenses through selling runner ID tags.
Liz attends physical therapy five times a week and hopes to be walking normally within a year. She will return to school in the fall, finishing her degree in nutrition, and then plans to apply for medical school.
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Wild dogs prompt citizen to call for rural shelter
By Lisa Treiber-Walter —
Dogs running wild in Gillespie County have prompted one local woman to speak out in favor of a leash law and the establishment of a countywide shelter.
"Each day when I try to walk my dogs, I get attacked by 18 animals — every day," said Sally Jarnecke on Monday as she approached Gillespie County Commissioners in their regular session at the courthouse.
"I have to carry a gun to protect myself and my dogs," she said, claiming that the unrestrained dogs have bitten several children, although those bites have gone unreported to authorities.
"No one knows if they've had a rabies shot or not," she said. "What I'm afraid of is that a kid or an adult is going to get rabies and we are all going to be liable for what happened because that wasn't enforced."
"All these animals run loose while their owners are at work," she added, saying that calls to law enforcement have been ineffective.
"I do not wish to walk down the road and shoot 18 dogs. If I did that, I know that retaliation would soon follow," she said. "They are irresponsible owners and they are at fault — not the dogs. All too often we think that that's the solution — and I know ranchers, if you have a loose dog on your property and it is going to attack your animals, you're going to shoot it. But somebody owned that animal … Somebody is responsible."
"I see dogs neglected everywhere. I see them tied to trees — no food, no water. This is against the law," Jarnecke said. "Anyone who dumps or abandons an animal should face the misdemeanor of a $4,000 fine."
Jarnecke said a county shelter and leash law enforcement are the answers to this problem.
"One of the reasons these things don't get enforced is our sheriff's department doesn't have the staff to run around this whole county and enforce this," she said. "We've got to find a way to do it."
Jarnecke said the mission of a county animal shelter is to provide a safe, humane environment and quality care for every animal brought there. It is designed to balance health safety, education and opportunity — not just for the animals, but also for pet owners.
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Blu-ray review: 'Take This Waltz'
'Take This Waltz'
A disturbing pattern is developing in the acclaimed career of three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, who is making a dubious habit of delivering superlative performances in films that frankly don't deserve her.
After winning an Academy Award nod for her credible portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in last year's "My Week with Marilyn," Williams reverts back to playing a marital malcontent with "Take This Waltz," actress/filmmaker Sarah Polley's unsatisfactory follow-up to her heartrending 2006 Alzheimer's saga "Away from Her."
Like director/co-writer Derek Cianfrance's 2010 drama "Blue Valentine," for which Williams earned her previous Oscar nomination, "Take This Waltz" seeks to reveal truths about marriage, attraction and relationships while never, ever letting you forget that it's an Important Independent Film. The contrived storytelling, clunky metaphors and self-consciously writerly dialogue dim the flashes of truthfulness that Williams and co-stars Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman, who bring likable humor without overt comedy to their dramatic roles, manage to achieve.
Set in Toronto, the film follows Margot (Williams), a comfortably married freelance writer who travels to the Canadian version of Colonial Williamsburg to retool the tourist trap's website. There she finds herself strongly drawn to handsome sightseer Daniel (Luke Kirby), who conveniently turns out to be her new neighbor, an aspiring artist who makes enough money as a rickshaw operator to live in a trendy loft in their bohemian neighborhood.
Just across the street, Margot shares a faux-shabby house with her good-guy hubby Lou (Rogen), a cookbook author distracted by the looming deadline for his new tome devoted to ways of preparing chicken. Margot considers Lou's sister Geraldine (Silverman), a recovering alcoholic, one of her best friends, and she and her husband have an affectionate relationship.
But after five years of marriage, Lou and Margot share little emotional intimacy and even less sexual warmth. In the too-bright heat of summer, she becomes increasingly attracted to Daniel.
Despite a few indelible moments, "Take This Waltz" stumbles along to its obvious conclusion without ever realizing the potential of its cast, filmmaker or story.
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Garth Brooks announces 2 new Atlanta concert dates after meeting with Ticketmaster
After meeting with Ticketmaster, Oklahoma country music supertar Garth Brooks has announced two new concert dates for Atlanta.
The shows will be at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, according to a news release issued this afternoon.
"I couldn't ask for a better partner. Ticketmaster's scalper screening system is a wonderful idea … with that said, all I saw were tickets on every scalping site and the people that just wanted to come to the show could not get in. The folks at Ticketmaster were totally devoted to achieving our mutual goal … that the on sale this Saturday runs faster and creates an easier process for people who want to come to the show," said Brooks in the release.
Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Eastern this Saturday. There will be a six-ticket limit per purchase. They can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or via Ticketmaster Express at (866) 448-7849. Please note there will be no sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on the sale date.
Tickets will cost $56.94 plus $4.56 tax, a $4 facility fee and a $6 service charge, totaling $71.50.
Brooks publicist issued a statement Monday that the Tulsa native would be meeting with Ticketmaster folks after fans encountered difficulties last weekend with the Atlanta on-sale.
According to TasteofCountry.com, tickets for the legend's Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 shows in Atlanta went on sale Friday morning and, as expected, sold out quickly. But when tickets for a third concert went on sale shortly thereafter, fans ran into trouble in trying to purchase, as the website failed. Sales were suspended as a result.
OnlineAthens.com reports that Brooks called into country station Kicks 101.5 in Atlanta and said that his tour had the same problem in Chicago, but that it "reared its head with Atlanta."
"Ticketmaster will figure this out and tell me," Brooks said. "Tell (the fans) for me that I love them to pieces. … I don't feel like we were prepared."
According to Brooks, some people still had not gotten tickets through Ticketmaster.com two hours after the tickets went on sale.
"I say we need to take a break and regroup because if we get a second shot we can't … mess that up," Brooks said.
"The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood" now numbers 10 dates in two cities. As previously reported, Brooks' long-awaited comeback tour will launch at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4 in at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Subsequent dates in Chicago are at 6 p.m. Sept. 5, 6 and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11, 6 and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 12, 6 and 10:30 p.m. Sept.13 and 7:30 pm. Sept. 14 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.
The first stop on "The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood" shattered the Oklahoma country music superstar's previous record for ticket sales in a single city in North America, according to a news release. Previously, the record was 162,822 tickets sold for the Target Center in Minneapolis from Oct. 6-14, 1998. Ticket sales for the opening Chicago dates on Brooks' long-awaited comeback have officially surpassed that and are continuing to sell.
Now, the tour will include five Atlanta shows: 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 at the Philips Arena.
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The tour boats to Islas del Rosario stops at Isla de San Martin de Pajarales where there is an aquarium. I was the only one from my boat who visited the aquarium, but there were many other boats there and lots of visitors. We had to go in a group with a guide. In the big pools of the aquarium there are dolphins, sharks, turtles and rays. There are also a few small aquariums with small fish and there is a crocodile. They had a dolphin show and as this was the first time I saw one I absolutely think I made the right decision to visit the aquarium (and not go snorkelling, or just wait outside the aquarium as some other tourists did.). By the entrance there are snacks and a few souvenirs for sale.
Admission to the aquarium was 15 000 pesos (August 2008).
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After four years, three series, and a hundred thousand highly explicit "Johnlock" fanfiction scenarios, there's no question that Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes is a serious hit with the ladies… and the gentlemen, and also anyone with a pulse. But in a surprising revelation from "Sherlock" creator Steven Moffat, it seems that the actor's unique allure was originally lost on the BBC.
In an interview with Radio Times, Moffat recalled the network's complaints about Cumberbatch's casting, claiming that he was told, "You promised us a sexy Sherlock, not him."
Which, needless to say, the BBC probably feels pretty silly about — considering that this show has been nothing if not a showcase for Benedict Cumberbatch's sex appeal since it premiered in 2010. Below, we look back on all the "Sherlock" moments which approached pants-incinerating levels of sexiness, beginning with…
When he nearly lost his bedsheet in Buckingham Palace.
When he received obscene phone calls from Moriarty.
When he showed this hat who was boss.
When he was the Lord of the Dance.
Every time he played his instrument.
When he came in like a wreeeeeecking ball!
When he did this winky.
When he did this winky.
When he stripped on his way out.
When he does the thing with his collar.
When he almost made out with Moriarty.
When he totally made out with Molly.
When he got drunk and showed us his butt.
When he OMG SOLVED IT.
When he made "covered in blood" the new black.
And of course, when the game was on.
Really, Benedict's hotness isn't hard to pick up on.
But if you haven't noticed by now that he's the sexiest consulting detective alive, it might be…
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May 27, 2016
Gregg Harper of Pearl has previously announced he's running for the third district seat in Congress. But he brought his message directly to Meridian Thursday.
Harper is the prosecuting attorney for the cities of Brandon and Richland.
He said Lauderdale County will probably decide who succeeds Cong. Chip Pickering, who is not seeking re-election, in Washington.
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Does anyone know what size seatpost a 2001 Homegrown Limited would use? I currently have a 26.8 in it, but am very suspicious. Schwinn's website is being funky.
Does anyone know what size seatpost a 2001 Homegrown Limited would use? I currently have a 26.8 in it, but am very suspicious. Schwinn's website is being funky.
The great cycling sage Sheldon seatpost Brown has a big page dedicated to seatposts.
Alas, my frame is not listed on Sheldon's page. It will be when I find out.
Find a local wholesale tool place and buy a cheap micrometer ($3USD)...this will answer all those nagging questions
I can't ride and Frown!
Should be a 26.8 but I'll find out for sure tomorrow. I know my 97 and 98 were and think they all were.
A year and a half or so ago I built up a bike on a non-branded but very standard Tange steel frame. I tried the seatpost from my old Bianchi which was clearly marked 26.8, a pretty standard size for steel frames. I could get it in but only with difficulty. So I tried an inexpensive 26.6 mm ATB stem from Nashbar. It worked like a charm. Then one day I wanted to move the mounting block for my Carradice SQR bag from the new bike to the Bianchi. Since the removing the block requires pulling the seatpost, it was quicker just to move the whole thing, seatpost, block and saddle, from one bike to the other. It was a couple of days before I realized that I was using a 26.6 mm seatpost in a seat tube that usually takes a 26.8. It fit securely and clamped just fine. I now have the same model and size seatpost on 4 older steel frame bikes, all three of which I'm pretty sure take 26.8. In several thousand cumulative miles on these 4 bikes the seatpost has never slipped. My point? If your 26.8 feels too snug, try a 26.6. two tenths of a millimeter is a PRETTY tiny difference, but it can mean the difference between a nice fit vs almost having to pound in the "right" size.
If it ain't broke, mess with it anyway!
Thanks for the info. The problem is, the seatpost has always squeaked since the bike was built. I used the seatpost off my 99 Homegrown. I've done all the usual tricks, cleaning the post and greasing it. This is why I'm suspicious. I think the 26.8 might be a little small.
The reason I'm "suspicious" is because you can rock his seatpost back and forth about this far. But he doesn't believe me.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...
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I've never quesitoned Dirtgrinder's authoriTIE (because he knows everything, just ask him ). I'd just like to know what size it should be.
I run a 28.6 on the my Schwinn Moab frame, and I believe it was the same on my really old Mesa. Don't know that you will find much on the Schwinn site now that they were bought out. Many of the names of Schwinn bikes before the buy-out have been applied to cheap Schwinn branded FS bikes or other designs. Your best bet would be to wait and see if anyone else here uses the homegrown frame.
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Sorry, I WILL find out tomorrow. It's entirely possible that they went to a 27.2 when Yeti stopped making them for Schwinn. My catalog doesn't give the size but we've got one at the shop.
my 01 moab is 26.8 but sorry not much help there.
i won't deny it i'm a straight ridah
It is most definitely a 26.8.
See if you can insert the seatpost with a paper wrapper. If so it is too thin.
email schwinn.
Pay a local LBS to figure it out. If they are good they have a special tool that does it.
Buy a cheap 27.0mm off ebay, that will settle it.
It may be possible that the radius of the cheapy tubing is variable so there is no right size.
2000 Montague CX, I do not recommend it, but still ride it.
Strida 3, I recommend it for rides < 10mi wo steep hills.
2006 Rowbike 720 Sport, I recommend it as an exercise bike.
1996 Birdy, Recommend.
Wieleder CARiBIKE (folding), decent frame.
Or if $3 is beyond your budget, find a LBS with a seatpost sizing device. Looks like a big tapered metal stake with the sizes in rings on the side of the thing. Put it down the seattube and find out what size it takes!Originally Posted by 1oldRoadie


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