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College Hockey:Spartans Grab Weekend Sweep Of Notre Dame With 2-1 Win
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Drew Miller tipped home a David Booth slapshot with 5:29 remaining, leading Michigan State to a 2-1 victory over visiting Notre Dame on Saturday.
"I didn't even know it went in until I heard the crowd," said Miller. "The tip was on my forehand and I was able to get it up and over the goalie's shoulder."
With the score knotted at 1-1, it seemed the Spartans were headed for a school-record 11th overtime game and yet another tie, but Miller's heroics gave MSU the win, completing a critical weekend sweep and netting four points to be used in an increasingly tight CCHA race.
"The best thing about this weekend was taking four points plain and simple," said MSU coach Rick Comley. "It does not matter how you get them. We found a way to win and it's much better to win ugly than lose pretty."
For an idea of just how much of a swing a sweep can be, four points currently separate the second-place Spartans from eighth place.
Michigan State had plenty of reasons to pack things in late in the third period. After fighting off bad penalties, the Spartans hit the left post three times in the final frame.
"We've been battle-tested, we've been through a lot of tough games they knew it wasn't their best hockey game and [it] was sitting there to be won or lost," said Comley.
Before Miller's game-winner, video replay could not persuade referee Craig Lisko that the captain had knocked one past Brown on a rebound.
"There was zero chance that one was going to count," said Comley. "We never expected a goal on that one."
For the second night in a row, Notre Dame did a sound job of dictating the tempo of the game. The Irish kept things tight defensively and neutralized the Spartans' speed and skill.
"I was pretty pleased with our effort tonight," said Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson. "I thought we were much better at executing our game plan than last night. I'd rather play an up-tempo style, but we have to play a game that will give us a chance to win."
Booth opened the scoring, tipping home an Ethan Graham shot past goaltender David Brown and into the net. The goal extended Booth's scoring streak to nine games.
The senior forward seems to be coming into his own, especially in his new role on the point on the MSU power play.
"He gives it up, he receives it, and he can shoot it," said Comley. "That has been a great group for us, and that was a great shot."
After Booth's tally, the Spartans had opportunities to expand their lead in the middle frame, but failed to do so. The most notable was a five-on-three toward the midpoint of the period, but MSU only controlled for one brief possession before Tim Crowder was whistled for interference battling for possession along the Irish blue line, short-circuiting the two-man advantage.
Although Notre Dame is 1-13-0 on the season when allowing the first goal, the Irish stuck to their game plan, clogged the neutral zone and patiently waited for an opportunity to counterpunch.
Finally, with just 43 seconds left in the second period, Notre Dame struck back. Five seconds after an Irish power play expired, Erik Condra beat netminder Jeff Lerg with a shot from a tough angle below the bottom of the left faceoff circle.
"That's my best friend," said Lerg. "I knew he was going to score on me. He scored the most out of anyone on me in juniors and I heard about all summer. I knew he was going to shoot it, that's his game he's usually the one getting goals off his skates or he's not looking and he gets one off of his back, but I'll be hearing about this one all summer long."
Although Condra will have a chuckle on Lerg's behalf, the Spartans got the last laugh this weekend. MSU will look to continue its unbeaten streak against Ohio State on Thursday while Notre Dame has a home-and-home with Ferris State.
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Heide Bursch teaches Art and Science of Nursing, Advanced Concepts in Nursing, Maintaining Wellness in Aging and Chronicity and the final clinical discussion section for Senior nursing students. Her clinical expertise comes from years of medical, surgical, and critical care nursing at UIHC where she also served as a preceptor and new staff mentor. Her Master's portfolio consisted of an evidence-based project to improve communication about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. As a Hartford Scholar, her doctorate work was sponsored by Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity through the John A. Hartford Foundation. Her research focuses on nursing ethics, and the care of older adults with advanced chronic illness. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International. She taught at the University of Iowa and loved being a parish nurse before joining the faculty at Coe College. She has participated in international mission projects in Mexico and Tanzania. As a life-long learner, she quotes Louisa May Alcott to her students: "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Joan Copper
Joan Copper teaches Nursing Research, Introductory Concepts in Nursing, Nursing Issues, and the first clinical course in the hospital setting. Her clinical expertise includes medical, surgical, critical care, and intravenous therapy nursing while in the role of staff nurse, float nurse and avid nurse preceptor. She has also held leadership administrative positions in staff education and professional development. Her Master's research was a qualitative study exploring the male nurse experience in nursing and her doctorate work was comprised of building and measuring the effectiveness of a nurse residency programs for newly graduated nurses. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society. Joan enjoys being a BIG (mentor) for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids, making a positive impact on children and empowering them to succeed.
Anita Nicholson
Anita Nicholson teaches Pathophysiology, Health Assessment, Medical-Surgical Nursing, and Nursing Research. She is deeply committed to teaching the May Term Southern Africa course. A highlight of the course is working with Parish nurses in remote underprivileged areas. Her research interests involve active-learning teaching strategies for nursing students. She has published and presented at national and international nursing conferences. Her clinical experience is in medical-surgical nursing and critical care. She has been a faculty member in the Nursing Department at Coe since 2000.
Sara Balik Scott
Sara Scott coordinates the nursing skills labs and is a clinical coordinator. She also teaches Information Literacy and Management, Pharmacological Principles, and Maternal Newborn Nursing. Sara's clinical expertise is in Neonatal Nursing. Sara has held positions as a Staff Nurse, Assistant Nurse Manager, a PICU/NICU Float Nurse and a Research Nurse at the University of Iowa and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Her unit interests have been in Quality Management. Sara holds certification in NIDCAP (Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program). She has been a member of NANN, IANN and Sigma Theta Tau. She is an active member in community organizations including Playtime Poppy and the Parent Teacher Association. She has been teaching in the Nursing Department at Coe since 2010.
Mary L. Taylor
Mary L. Taylor teaches part-time for the nursing department. Her clinical experience included work in medical ICU and post surgical care. Her legal experience included clerking for Iowa's Sixth Judicial District and teaching business and health care law and ethics courses at the University of Iowa and other colleges. She currently teaches a required course on legal and ethical issues in health care, and teaches other courses as needed. In the community, Mary volunteers with Camp Hitaga -- a local summer camp for youth. She has been teaching at Coe since 2004.
Mary Tobin
Mary Tobin teaches courses in the areas of Nursing Leadership, Medical Surgical, Pediatrics and Community Health Nursing. She also teaches the first clinical course in the nursing program. Her research interests include: family dynamics, attachment, nursing informatics, and organizational commitment and empowerment in nursing. She enjoys pediatric nursing, camp nursing, serving in social justice groups and teaching about nursing among vulnerable populations. She is an active member in community organizations serving families with internationally adopted children. She has been a faculty member in the Nursing Department at Coe since 2003.

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The gig will showcase upcoming electronica acts that have created great alternative music during the year.
Wild City has partnered with gig venue CounterCulture and HUB, India's first anthology of electronic music, to launch Epoch, an annual gig that will showcase the best new alternative Indian music of the year. The first edition of Epoch will take place on December 31, 2012, (provided the world hasn't ended before that) and will showcase artists from New Delhi, Mumbai Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Munbir Chawla, editor of Wild City, spoke to us about the event
We're hoping to make this a yearly event, maybe even quarterly if it goes well. The idea is to showcase producers and alternative musicians who've been pushing out new material throughout the year, hence the lineup. We've tied up with HUB and Counterculture for this, I'll be playing representing Wild City, Teddy Boy Kill (pictured outside) will represent HUB (he was one of the writers), then there's Schizophonic from Bangalore, and others representing Hyderabad and Mumbai. We're hoping this will be a platform for newer musicians and producers to play alongside more established ones.
HUB is India's first anthology of electronic music, which includes artist profiles, features, and a history of Indian electronica all the way from 1982. The book is a collaboration between the Goethe-Institut, Music Gets Me High and Samrat B aka Teddy Boy Kill. Interested? You can download a copy here.
Check out a full lineup for Epoch #1 below.
Epoch takes place from 7pm onwards on December 31, 2012 at CounterCulture, Bangalore. Ticket prices haven't been announced yet. More on that as we hear it.


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"The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult"
"The Naked Gun Trilogy Disc 3"
Soundtrack Album Review Part 3
Music By Ira Newborn
La-La Land Records
36 Tracks/Disc Time: 70:37
Grade: B- (BEST OF 2014)
Back in 1980, the comedy directing and writing team of Jerry Zucker, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams were coming off the success of hilarious and underrated "Kentucky Fried Movie" working with Director John Landis until the biggest surprise happend, "Airplane!" which was released during that Summer to become one of the years' biggest hits but also one of the greatest comedies ever made according to the American Film Institute. Due to their success on the film, they pooled their resources into what would be a great reviewed and hilarious comedy series on ABC that only lasted six episodes which would feature a scene stealing Leslie Nielsen from "Airplane!". "Police Squad" was a spoof of all of those cop buddy shows that were running rampid from late 60's to early 80's which starred Nielsen as the goofy and somewhat inept Lt.Frank Drebin who with his partner (Alan North) would solve crimes all throughout Los Angeles despite how silly and bizzare they were. ABC pulled the plug as they did with many series in during that time including "Bosom Buddies" starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scorlari after two seasons, "Working Stiffs" featuring the debuts of both Michael Keaton and Jim Belushi and many other shows.After scoring some success with the hilarious WW2 spoof "Top Secret!" starring Val Kilmer, the troupe would go back to "Police Squad" to revive it as a film with Nielsen returning to reprise his now famous character.
After "The Naked Gun" was released during Christmas 1988 to a surprise blockbuster success, it was all but assured that Paramount had a potential franchise in its hands and with that, "Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear" was spawned and released three years later during the Summer of 1991 to strong box office. Now assured of success and now a franchise, Paramount was confident with going forward with "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" which would be released during the Winter of 1994 and despite plenty of positive reviews (including one from me which I think this is a stronger sequel than than the second), the film wasn't quite able to match the box office numbers of the first two films and plans for a fourth film titles naturally "Naked Gun 444.4" were then put on hold. A planned reboot starring "The Hangover's" Ed Helms is now in the works with Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Granat of "Reno 911" and "A Night At The Museum" now in charge of the franchise.
This film under the direction of then newcomer Peter Segal, who would go to direct the hit films "Anger Management" with Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler and "50 First Dates also with Sandler and Drew Barrymore features the return of a now happily married former Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) now retired from Police Squad and married to Jane (Priscilla Presley) now a lawyer, while he's a bored stay at home husband. Things change when a group of terrorists led by Papshimir (Raye Birk), who was featured in the original film returning to hire Rocco (Fred Ward, "Exit Speed") a professional master criminal and bomber who with his mother and his girlfriend Tanya (the late Anna Nicole Smith) are paid to bomb the Academy Award ceremony. Drebin is approached by his former Captain Hockin (George Kennedy) to infiltrate the prison where Rocco is and join his gang to find out more about his master plan. Hilarity ensues when Drebin in a series of mishaps and disguises literally crashes the famous ceremony in order to prevent a disaster of epic proportions.
Along for this fun ride and has been since the television series is Composer Ira Newborn for the final time in this series, who scored the original "Police Squad" episodes and creating a very memorable main theme. Newborn would go on the score John Hughes' hit films "Sixteen Candles", "Weird Science", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Planes, Trains & Automobiles and "Uncle Buck". Newborn would re-team with The Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams for a reunion for "The Naked Gun" providing one of the 80's best comedy scores as well his chance to really shine using a wonderful big band approach that would give the series its' signature sound featuring two great distinctive themes in "Drebin The Hero" and the classic "Main Title" music ("Midnight Romance/Main Title") that is pure wonderful big band that Glenn Miller would've been proud of which have been given one last memorable go around. The main title this time around is given a more sultry and fuller approach than the other two films to give it a distinctive sound and had there been a fourth film, he would've given it another variation much like the late Henry Mancini did for his "Pink Panther" scores.
The score to "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" is a little more broad and expansive than the original and just as suspenseful and urgent as "Naked Gun 2 1/2", but definitely keeps what made the original score so brilliant and expands upon the solid material in the sequel. Leading off is Newborn's material for Drebin's attempts to foil the plot (again!) which results in well, not so positive results at first which has Newborn ramping up action, suspense and slapstick all at the same time. Highlighted by the tracks "Mom Visits Rocco/Visit From Dr. Papshmir", "Undercover Sperm Bank", "Deciding to Go Undercover/Denver Jock Strap/The Bighouse Yard/Entering The Bighouse/Letter to Jane", "Frank's Escape/Trucker Jane/Frank's Escape Part 2", "Who's The Skirt?/Let's Bump Her Off/Rocco's Crowning Achievement", and "Best Picture Award/It's The Bomb/The Final Straw/Give Up Rocco/Happy Ending To Awards" which are much broader and a little more aggressive thematically that would make good suspense music for an action picture if Newborn had been given the opportunity. Newborn also does touch upon his jazz vamp material this time around for Anna Nicole Smith's character Tanya, which works to perfection in the tracks "Tanya/Do I Know You?", "Rocco & Tanya Backstage/Tanya's Sexy Leg/Ma in Sunroof/Tanya's Tassels", and "Tanya, Tanya, Tanya" The score ends with the audacious and rousing finale to both the score and the series with "The Delivery Room/End Credits" that reprises the main theme in a more romantic and slower vain leading up to the more uptempo big band jazz version that we're used to hearing for a fond farewell to "Police Squad".
La-La Land's latest release which features all three complete scores from the films for the first time ever after being released in a brief CD featuring music from the first two films by Varese Sarabande in 1991, but the third film never had a soundtrack released when the film was released. While this score isn't quite as good as the first two scores, but there is plenty to like here and watching Newborn really expanding his musical pallette from the very beginning of the series to its conclusion is a great thing to see and always great to hear. This set is a wonderful package of CD's that really were a long time in coming for a series of films that really are still some of the well written and feature some hilarious gags and Nielsen became a comedy legend because of it. Twenty years later, "The Naked Gun" films still hold their own with the best of them. Ira Newborn's music is still a classic and really deserves even more attention now as it did back then. Thumbs up for this score. Big thumbs up for this box set!


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Deals of the Day: Obama Fumbles Financial Reform's Opening Kickoff
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal Journal's homepage is http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. You can see real-time updates of our posts and our favorite deal-related articles on other Web sites through our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Actividades de Construccion y Servicios: The Spanish construction giant said it will bid around $3.55 billion for the 70% of Hochtief that it doesn't already own. [WSJ]
Foster's: Potential private-equity buyers of Foster's wine assets will need a strong head. [WSJ]
Financial Institutions
J.P. Morgan Chase: The bank struggled with problems with its website for a third day, and offered a more detailed explanation for the outage to customers, who had been frustrated by the bank's initial muted reaction. [WSJ]
Leaving Goldman: A team of high-producing financial advisers left Goldman Sachs Group to join Credit Suisse Group's U.S. private-banking unit. [WSJ]
AIG: As American International Group gets closer to becoming an independent company again, it is making risk-management changes internally to make sure it can stay one. [WSJ]
Sidelining Liz: David Weidner writes that Obama puts Elizabeth Warren in a tough spot with "special adviser" tag at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [WSJ]
Window Dressing: The SEC is poised to propose new disclosure rules targeting "window dressing," a practice undertaken by some large banks to temporarily lower their debt levels before reporting finances to the public. [WSJ]
Derivatives: The European Commission presented draft legislation designed to reduce the risks to the financial system posed by over-the-counter derivatives trading by driving more transactions through clearing houses and by encouraging a greater standardization of products. [WSJ]
Money funds: Two years after a big money-market mutual fund "broke the buck," some funds are making new bets on risky securities—raising the chances for problems despite a raft of new rules designed to make the market safer. [WSJ]
Betting on the Yen: Japan's move to weaken its currency dealt a blow to a group of fast-trading hedge funds that had been piling up profits betting on a stronger yen. [WSJ]
PE: As buyout shops rush to the IPO market, they may be forced to accept lower valuations for portfolio companies and make it tougher for other firms to raise money. [WSJ]
Goldman Sachs: The firm proprietary traders who created a hedge fund within the firm in 2007 have generated a return of about 3 percent this year, beating the industry average. [Bloomberg]
Capital Markets
GM: The auto maker's new CEO Dan Akerson said he will keep the auto maker's management team intact as the company heads toward a fall initial public offering. [WSJ]
Mapletree Industrial Trust: The real-estate investment trust, a unit of a firm owned by Singapore's state-run investment company Temasek, is looking to raise about $598 million through an IPO in the city state. [WSJ]
People & Players
Steve Trauber: UBS's mergers-advisory business continued to lose stars from its roster after prominent energy banker Steve Trauber and some colleagues defected to Citi. [WSJ]
Tom Nides: Morgan Stanley's chief operating officer and a long-time aide to the bank's chairman, John Mack, is in discussions to take a senior post in Hillary Clinton's state department. [FT.com]
Robert E. Grady: The former Carlyle partner is set to become chairman of the panel that guides investment policy for New Jersey's $68 billion pension fund. [Bloomberg]


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The success of black comedy "Horrible Bosses", which has pulled in over $200 million worldwide from a $35 million budget, means New Line is quickly moving ahead with a sequel says The Hollywood Reporter.
The first film's scribes John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have already signed deals to pen it, while talks have begun with director Seth Gordon to helm it.
The main trio of stars - Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis - are all expected to return alongside what'll no doubt be some more big names to play a new set of awful superiors worthy of rubbing out.


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Flieger, Verlyn. "Fantasy and Reality: J.R.R. Tolkien's World and the Fairy-Story Essay." 4-13.
Christopher, Joe R. "Three Views of Faerie in C.S. Lewis's 'The Queen of Drum'." 14-25.
Hammond, Wayne G., and Christina Scull. "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Achievement of His Literary Life." 27-37.
Versinger, Georgette. "The Commonplace Book: Charles Williams's Early Approach to the Arthurian Poetry." 39-54.
Farrell, Eleanor M. "King Arthur 'Lite': Dilution of Mythic Elements in Arthurian Film." 55-65.
Khoddam, Salwa. "Balder the Beautiful: Aslan's Norse Ancestor in The Chronicles of Narnia." 66-76.
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A recent Las Vegas visit was the perfect time to check out the best places for brunch. When a #winelover thinks of a Las Vegas brunch the search is on for a restaurant that not only offers good food but wine. We were also not interested in dining in restaurant that featured buffet brunches. The result was we focused on brunch recommendations that were not buffets. After consulting online sources our decision for brunch was the Marché Bacchus, a French Bistro and Wine Shop.
When we arrived at the restaurant we were seated at a table away from the window. If you want a table by the window you should request it when you make your reservation. Since we used OpenTable to make our reservation we could have easily added the request in the comment section. However, even setting away from the window we still had a view of the lake.
We were asked if we would like a mimosa. We decided instead to select a wine. With a wine shop adjacent the restaurant it was an easy decision. In fact our waitress suggested that we go to the wine shop and select a wine. The wine we selected was a Charles de Cazanova, Brut Rosé Champagne NV. This was a great choice of wine for brunch.
For our main courses we decided on Mushroom Crepe and Quiche dishes. We finished brunch with a cheese plate and a Grahams tawny port. Brunch was delightful, the service was great and the setting was so inviting. You can check reviews of Marché Bacchus on OpenTable, Tripadvisor, Urbanspoon and Yelp.
Dining at Marché Bacchus with a wine shop adjoining the restaurant is definitely a plus. Check out my earlier article where I gave tips on how you can increase your odds of a great Las Vegas dining experience. My overall recommendation however, is to know what you are looking for in a dining experience. It will help to narrow your list and improve your odds of having a great dining experience. I invite you to join me in my travels in Las Vegas and elsewhere in search of the best in Spaswinefood. You may also visit my travel column at the Examiner.
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Evan Almighty
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|Tom Shadyac
|Rated PG
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Evan Almighty belongs to that sorry cinema subgenre, Comedy without the Funny Bits. It's a flabby morality tale about Evan Baxter (Steve Carell), a freshman congressman from upstate New York who arrives in Washington in his Hummer with his wife Joan (Lauren Graham) and three sons to begin his term. He settles in an ersatz mansion in a subdivision in suburban Virginia, and is taken under the wing of two powerful figures: Congressman Long (John Goodman), a corrupt committee chairman, and God (Morgan Freeman).
Long wants Evan to cosponsor a bill to enable the despoiling of pristine lands for enormous personal profit. God wants him to build an ark. Evan is much more enthusiastic about the former plan than the latter, but God the Father has ways of making an offer that can't be refused.
Evan was a character in the original of this Almighty franchise, Bruce Almighty, which starred Jim Carrey as a television reporter who takes the Lord's name in vain, and is invited by the Creator to run things for a bit if he thinks it's so easy. I did not see that one, but it apparently did enough business to convince writer Steve Oedekerk and director Tom Shadyack that there was more blood to be wrung from this stone.
Carrey passed up the sequel, and in the meantime Carell's star had risen with the success of Little Miss Sunshine and The 40 Year Old Virgin, and TV's The Office. So his Evan Baxter character was moved to center stage as a news anchor who gets elected to congress on a platform promising to "Change the World."
Evan's campaign slogan apparently attracts God's notice, although one can't help but suspect the Almighty hasn't been paying a lot of attention if this is the first politician he's seen spouting rhetoric along these lines. God delivers a box of vintage tools to Evan's front door, and a pallet of gopher wood, and tells him to get busy. Evan resists. He doesn't believe. Soon animals start turning up, two by two, following Evan wherever he goes. Birds swarm after him, and invade his office. Still he doesn't believe. God is everywhere, smiling his indulgent smile, and still Evan doesn't believe. But when he starts growing a beard that can't be shaved off, and finds himself dressed willy-nilly in Biblical robes, he has no choice but to accept Morgan Freeman as his personal savior.
Washington is in the midst of a drought, so Evan becomes something of a figure of fun in the media when he predicts a flood on a certain date and starts building an ark. His family thinks he's crazy. His staff thinks he's crazy. Rep. Long begins to have his doubts about this freshman cosponsor who turns up in the halls of congress looking like an Old Testament prophet. Locals show up at the ark to catcall and jeer and crack labored witticisms. The forces of law order him to cease and desist, or they will come and tear the ark down. The deadline: the same day Evan has named for the impending flood.
There is not a thing I can think of to say that would ruin any surprises, because there is nary a surprise to be found in this lifeless retread of comedy scripting scraped off the floor of some down-market Hollywood branch of Goodwill Industries. Still, there are some things that even in this context could have stood a little more thought. The animals continue to turn up, two by two, of every species on the planet. We know it's a jungle there inside the Beltway, but you'd think even the cynics might start to suspect something was up when lions and hippos and giraffes start massing over at Evan's place watching the boat grow, cubit by cubit, into a full-fledged ark.
Carell tries gamely, but there must have been moments when he looked at the pages of his script and saw yet another deposit of bird poop splattering him from above, and wondered if he'd made the right career choice. There's plenty of physical humor, and the philosophy behind it is of this order: if Carell hits his thumb with a hammer once, it's funny; if he hits his thumb with a hammer five times, it's five times as funny. Hair is a thematic leitmotif – in addition to the beard and lank long hair that grows no matter how much he cuts and shaves, there is an extended sequence early in the story in which Evan wages war on his nose hairs.
The supporting cast is composed mostly of a lot of comedians grateful for the work, if not the material. The only one who manages to wrest some laughs is the acerbic Wanda Sykes (TV's Curb Your Enthusiasm) as Evan's office manager.
Evan Almighty, with a budget reported at $175 million, is said to be the most expensive comedy ever made. One is hard pressed to see where the money went. It can't be cheap to build an ark. And there are all those animals. And there's the flood at the end, which we watch with stunned fascination as it rolls down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol Building, presumably cutting a very localized swath of death and destruction while leaving the neighboring streets dry.
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St. Louis -- New Orleans Saints kicker Shayne Graham was nearly on the hook for a crucial and almost game-changing missed extra point in the team's 26-24 win over the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome on Friday night.
Of course, had this been the regular season, Graham wouldn't have been attempting the PAT from 33 yards.
For the first two weeks of the preseason, the NFL is placing the ball at the 15 on extra-point tries. The idea is to make automatic extra points slightly less automatic. For now, the change is only experimental. It won't carry over to the regular season.
Graham has made 375 of 380 extra points in his career, so the miss Friday night probably stung -- even more so because Graham is fighting for a job.
His competition, Derek Dimke, kicked a 37-yard field goal to retake the lead for the Saints in the third quarter and later connected on an extra point.
Before his miss, Graham kicked a 37-yard field goal of his own in the first quarter, and added a successful PAT in the second.
Dimke and Graham have both had solid camps, and the preseason games could serve as a tiebreaker.
Coach Sean Payton has suggested that Graham will be tough to beat because of his consistency and experience. But he also doesn't like missed extra points.
"Listen, the ball's on the 15-yard line, so we're not talking about hitting a 50-yard field goal here," said Payton when asked his opinion of the experimental rule. "I'd like to think we can hit a field goal when it's on the 15."


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Ok, even I have trouble putting a heritage spin on this one. Although I usually try to have some sort of heritage angle, no matter how hard I try it just isn't coming to me. Perhaps this is a post which can exist just for the sake of documenting something in our region. Perhaps this is documenting future heritage.
All day long I have heard the rumble of engines as motorcycles make their way down the streets of Annapolis Royal. As I sit at my computer writing this, I can hear a bike (or group of bikes) drive by about every two minutes. When the wind is blowing the right way I can also heard bikes heading down the Granville Road across the water in Granville Ferry. These are the unmistakable sounds of the Wharf Rat Rally.
Those of you not familiar with the motorcycle scene may not know about this rapidly growing event. For the past few years our neighbouring community of Digby has hosted an event known as the Wharf Rat Rally. From humble beginnings this event has quickly grown into a staple for both the motorcycle world and the local economy. While there is some variance in the predictions I have heard that there will be upwards to 20 000 motorcycles and 80 000 people visiting Digby for the rally this year. These are phenomenal numbers for any sort of event. To the credit of the participants and the organizers, this has always been a very peaceful and positive event.
Since motorcycles by their nature are made to be driven, many of the participants in the Wharf Rat Rally have made their way into Annapolis Royal over the past few days. There is even a parade of lights planned for 9:00 this evening (Friday). To get in the spirit of things, maybe next year we can organize an event for some of the older or antique motorcycles to be shown in Annapolis Royal.
All for now,
Friday, September 4, 2009
Wharf Rats in Annapolis Royal
Posted by rgsheritage at 4:47 PM
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My parents and I were on the Trans Canada on Friday (driving me up to Guelph for school) and we passed so many motorcycles on the road. We suspected almost all were headed to Digby. I agree with you that the Wharf Rat Rally will some day be an interesting part of the local heritage!ReplyDelete
Tourism/highway historian that I am, I'm racking my brain trying to think of a connection to NS history/heritage. I'm drawing a blank, although I can tell you that in 1922, the first year of motorcycle registration in the province, 145 bikes were registered. By 1940 there were 468 registered motorcycles, but 45,000 personal vehicles - so a mere drop in the bucket!
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The beautiful new Cameron model home is completed at Herriman Towne Center. Come and check out this great location with new homes in Herriman. Here are a few photos to entice you to visit! :)
What do you think of the decor? Pace Interiors did the interior design and I think they did a fantstic job. They also did our Cordova model home at Thanksgiving Meadows, which we love!
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A former Oakhurst businessman, Steve Stair, 57, was shot and killed in Phoenix, Ariz. Monday, Feb. 11. Stair and his wife, Cheryl, owned and operated the Kentucky Fried Chicken on Highway 41 in Oakhurst for 11 years before selling the business in 2006, eventually relocating to Arizona in 2009.
The Stairs' owned about 100 condo units in Phoenix, and were working at one of the properties on the evening of Feb. 10, when Cheryl noticed a light on in one of the units. Stair, due to previous issues with trespassers, took his pistol and went to investigate the following morning. When Steve entered the apartment, the shooter, who was in the process of committing a burglary, shot Stair twice in the upper body.
Stair was transported to a hospital where he later died from his wounds.
Police arrested the 31-year-old shooter in front of a school as he was walking away from the complex. When stopped by police, he was found to be carrying a loaded .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun, a loaded .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun and a shorten barrel shotgun in his backpack. The .380 handgun belonged to Stair. The shooter was also in possession of methamphetamine.
The couple had two sons, Jared, 25, and Jordan, 23. Both sons graduated from Yosemite High School -- Jared in 2006 and Jordan in 2008. Both sons are working in the hotel industry in Phoenix.
Stair, who was an avid golfer and loved to fish, camp and hunt with his family, also has two daughters from a previous marriage.
"My dad worked hard everyday on all these properties and everyone of his tenants loved him," Jared said. "If someone could not pay the monthly rent, my dad would let them work it off by painting or other work at the condos. We are still in shock and can't believe this has happened."
Family friend Peggy Potter remembers Steve was like a dad to her son Jon Potter.
"My son Jon and his son Jared were best friends throughout elementary school, junior high and high school," Potter said. "They were always together and about four years ago, Jon became co-owner of a house with Jared and Jordan in Phoenix while they were all attending Paradise Valley Community College."
Potter said the couple were big contributors to the community.
"Steve and Cheryl always contributed to Little League, area fire fighters, Yosemite High athletics and numerous other community organizations," Potter said. "Both Steve and Cheryl loved Oakhurst and they worked long hours to make their KFC the success that it was."
Joe Smith, former trustee with the Bass Lake Joint Union School District now serving on the Yosemite Unified District board of trustees, remembers Stair as a person who loved his family and community and was very involved with both.
"You would always see Steve at community, school and sports events supporting his kids," Smith said. "He touched a lot if people's lives and always brighten the day of the seniors who came to his KFC for the buffet. His greatest accomplishment was his family -- they are fine people who will miss him deeply."
An account has been established for the family at Chase Bank and donations can be made to the Steven Russell Stair Estate, account number 3022964661, or through PayPal.com under firstname.lastname@example.com.
Services were Feb. 18 at Chapel of the Chimes in Phoenix followed by burial at Rest Haven Cemetery.
Sympathy cards can be sent to the family at 31613 North 19th Ave., Phoenix, AZ., 85085-8004.


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Um, yuck. The prep (oven roasting) is standard for making tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs, so no complaints there. But - the rub was bland, and adding the rib 'juice' to purchased barbecue sauce (I used Stubbs - as recommended by others) made the sauce thin and tasteless. I don't understand the raves here. This was a disappointing Father's Day dinner for sure.
This is the best rib recipe. I have made this for about 10 bbq's and everytime its perfect. Its even better the next day (or later that evening during a midnight craving for more). Serve with blue cheese cole slaw and you will have nirvana. So good!!! Its so important to use baby backs on this one. Less is more.
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Made these ribs and they were very tasty. However they were WAY to salty.
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7/4/15: Without doubt, these were the best ribs I ever made. In the past had tried pre-boiling, pre-baking, etc. with less than good results. Made these for 4th of July dinner party. Two days before followed directions wrapping in double foil, slow baking for 2 1/2 hrs. saving liquid from ribs and refrigerating; rewrapped drained ribs in foil and refrigerated. About and hour before guests arrived, removed fat from the rib "broth" and added Sweet Baby Rays. Hubby basted ribs and put on hot grill, continued basting until grill marks appeared. Ribs were perfect, juicy with a great flavor. I did use smoked paprika in the rub though. Would highly recommend this recipe and will only use this one in the future.
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I made these for Father's Day and they were so moist and tender, fall off the bone. I made them a couple of days ahead for 3 hours in the oven. I left them in the foil and kept refrigerated until grill time. There was no liquid in the packages so I used chicken broth and Stubbs BBQ Sauce which was very thin. My husband would like a thicker, more flavorful sauce.... so next time. We bought 1 rack of baby backs and 1 of St. Louis and the St. Louis won the tastier meat test. Also, 2 1/2 tablespoons of Kosher salt was too much, definitely too salty.
I love salt and 1.5 tablespoons was plenty. Forget wrapping the ribs in foil; I covered the ribs with the dry rub and left them in a roasting pan (covered with foil) for two days until I got around to roasting them in the pan. Refrigerated cooked ribs overnight before grilling . VERY SUCCESSFUL. Everyone LOVED them.
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The Blu-ray Disc Association is the major body behind Blu-ray that sets the standards and specifications for the format. The BDA has announced new enhancements are coming to the format in the next few months.
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The other enhancement is a new IH-BD also known as intra-hybrid disc. The new disc has a BD-ROM layer that can only be read. It also has a BD-R layer that users can write their own data to as well.


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GRANGEVILLE: Frederick D. Sullivan, 85 of Grangeville passed away Wednesday, June 22 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane.
Frederick was born June 30, 1919 at Montague, Massachusetts, a son of Frederick and Lillian Cromack Sullivan. He attended schools in Turner Falls, Massachusetts and graduated from high school in 1936. He graduated from Tufts University in Boston before enlisting in the US Navy during World War II. He was a lieutenant and was involved in the Normandy Invasion and served in the South Pacific. After serving 4 years he was honorably discharged. He then entered dental school at Tufts University. Following his graduation from dental school the university hired him as a professor and he also was a partner in a private dental practice. He taught until 1981 when he retired. He then enjoyed traveling throughout the US. He moved to Idaho in 1997. He married his wife Abagail on December 5, 1997 and adopted his daughters, Cheyenne and Jessica in 1998.
He was very proud of his girls and dearly loved his wife.
He enjoyed reading, gardening and nice cars with big engines. He was a member of the Massachusetts Dental Society.
He is survived by his wife, Abagail, daughters Cheyenne and Jessica, brothers, Donald Sullivan of Spokane, Gayle Sullivan of Boston, and Dennis Sullivan of Grangeville and a sister Anna Marie Amidon of Mass. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Alan, and three sisters, Lucille, Elaine and Jean.
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Cheeky Sandwiches' Spinoff Opens in Greenpoint
There's even a "Gold Room."
Our friends over at Bedford + Bowery have the first look at Bread for the Eater, the new Greenpoint café opened by Din Yates of Cheeky Sandwiches on the Lower East Side. Po' boys aren't on the menu, but egg sandwiches and short ribs on challah bread are, and the all-day space includes a mysterious back area known as the "Gold Room," where Yates will serve a separate menu, the details of which he's keeping under wraps for now. [Bedford + Bowery, Earlier]


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Huskies Look to Go 11-0 For First Time
Huskies Meet UMass in Gillette Stadium at 11 a.m. Saturday
NIU's Huskie Stadium, MAC Win Streaks on the Line
Huskies Play First MAC West Opponent Saturday
2010: Started all 14 games at tailback for the Huskies. Led the MAC and ranked 20th nationally in rushing yards with 1,388. Averaged 99.1 yards per game. Led the league and tied for fourth nationally in scoring with 132 points, an average of 9.4 per game. Led the Football Bowl Subdivision with 22 rushing touchdowns to break the NIU single season record. His 132 points is the most points ever scored in a season at NIU. Won the 2010 Vern Smith Leadership Award as the most valuable player in the Mid-American Conference as voted on by league coaches. Also named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. A consensus first-team All-MAC selection and was also named the MAC MVP and Offensive Player of the Year by rivals.com. Recorded six 100-yard rushing games and scored at least one rushing touchdown in 11 straight games. Eight of his runs went for 25 yards or longer with the longest a 79-yard effort versus North Dakota (9-11). Finished the North Dakota game with 140 yards on 21 carries. Named Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for a career-high 223 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries at Minnesota (9-25). Rushed for 80 yards on 17 carries and added 14 yards on three receptions in the season opener at Iowa State (9-2). Earned NIU's Co-Big Hit of the week after rushing 24 times for 100 yards against Temple (10-9), beginning a string of four straight 100-yard performances. Posted a career-high in carries with 31 for 111 yards and scored two touchdowns versus Buffalo (10-16). Totaled 101 yards on 23 carries with three rushing scores. Recorded his sixth 100-yard game of the season and 10th of his career versus Western Michigan (10-30). Tallied a career-best three rushing touchdowns against both Toledo (11-9) and Ball State (11-20). Rushed for 88 yards on seven carries and scored two touchdowns, while playing only the first half at Eastern Michigan (11-26). Finished the season rushing for 95 yards and two scores on 15 carries against Fresno State in the 2010 Humanitarian Bowl (12-18).
2009: Played in all 13 games with starts against Western Michigan (10-3), Ball State (11-12), Central Michigan (11-27) and South Florida (1-3). Earned consecutive first team All-MAC accolades after rushing for a career-high 1,038 yards on 179 carries. Scored his 19th rushing touchdown of the season on a six-yard run at Central Michigan (11-27) to tie NIU's single season record for rushing scores. Posted his eighth multi-touchdown game of the season with two one-yard runs at Ohio (11-21). Ranked second in the MAC and tied for 12th in the nation in scoring with 120 points, as he averaged 9.2 points per game with 20 touchdowns. Ranked fourth in the league in rushing, with 79.8 yards a game and 5.8 yards a carry. Led the Huskies in both scoring and rushing. Led NIU in all-purpose yards, woith1,160, averaging 89.2 yards per game. Totaled 122 receiving yards on 10 catches, while catching passes in six games. In three-game stretch against Miami, Akron and EMU, rushed for over 100 yards in each game to average a 151.67 rushing yards a game. Totaled 455 yards on 53 carries and six touchdowns, averaging 8.59 yards per carry in the three game stretch. Earned his second MAC West Offensive Player of the Week honor in as many weeks after rushing for a career-high 174 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns against Eastern Michigan (11-5). Scored on his first two touches versus EMU on career-long runs of 79 and 65 yards. Named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 125 yards on 21 carries and scoring two rushing TDs versus Akron (10-31). Scored on carries of one and two yards against Wisconsin (9-5), sparking a 14-point comeback by NIU, while catching two passes for 30 yards in the contest. Carried the ball for a seven-yard touchdown, and added a three-yard touchdown in the opening quarter against Western Illinois (9-12). Scored his lone receiving touchdown of the year on a 20-yard catch against the Leathernecks. Led the Huskies with two touchdowns against Purdue (9-19), including a one-yard carry in the second and an top all-purpose day of 109 11-yard run in the third quarter. Ran the ball 22 times for 132 yards against Western Michigan (10-3), rushing for three touchdowns in the game. Ran for touchdowns of one-yard, 20 and five against the Broncos. Rushed for 156 yards against Miami (10-24), including touchdown runs of 40 and 42 yards. Had 11 carries for 63 yards against Ball State (11-12), with a six-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Carried the ball 93 yards on 20 catches and added three catches for 30 yards to total 123 yards of offense against South Florida in the International Bowl(1-3).
2008: Played in all 13 games with starts against Ball State (11-5) and in the Independence Bowl against Louisiana Tech (12-28). Ranked second on the team in scoring with 48 points on eight rushing touchdowns. One of four Huskies to rush for over 400 yards, totaling 429 on 88 carries. Posted the top Huskie rushing average (min. 20 attempts) at 4.9 yards per carry. Caught four passes for 31 yards. Had his best game of the year against Toledo (10-18), setting season-highmarks for carries (15), yards (82) and touchdowns (2). Scored the opening touchdown against the Rockets on a 12-yard burst in the first quarter, and added a second touchdown on a two-yard rush in the second. Carried the ball three times for 73 yards against Indiana State (10-20), including a career-long 55-yard sprint for a touchdown. Scored on carries of one and three yards in the Central Michigan game (11-12), helping the Huskies come back from 24 points down to send the game to overtime. Caught a pass for a career-long 10-yard gain versus the Chippewas. Ran the ball 14 times for 79 yards against Louisiana Tech, including a 27-yarder, his second-longest rush of the year. Made two receptions for 15 yards against the Bulldogs. Totaled four tackles, two solo, as a member of the Huskie kickoff coverage unit.
2007: Appeared in 10 games as a reserve tailback. Missed the final two games of the season after suffering a knee injury in the win over Kent State (11-10). Carried the ball 11 times for 61 yards on the year to rank fourth among running backs. Rushed for a season-high 32 yards on six tries vs. Southern Illinois (9-8). Totaled 23 yards on three attempts vs. Eastern Michigan (9-15), including a season-long 14-yard burst. Had two carries for six yards at Idaho (9-22). Performed on special teams, where he recorded five tackles and was in on a tackle for loss. Credited with three stops in his collegiate debut vs. Iowa (9-1). Came to NIU as a walk-on and earned a scholarship.
High School: A first team all-state selection as a senior after earning second team honors his junior year. Named to the Bloomington Herald Top 33 All-State team and the Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 All-State team after his senior season. A first team all-area and all-conference choice as a senior and was a second team all-conference selection his junior year. Set school records with 1,935 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns while averaging 8.8 yards per carry during his senior season. Owns school career record for rushing touchdowns with 34 and totaled 3,522 rushing yards during his prep career. Set school marks for most rushing yards in a game (318) and most touchdowns in a game (5) during his senior year. Selected as captain and MVP for the Indiana South All-Star team. Totaled 1,187 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior and rushed for 400 yards as a sophomore. Also competed in track and set a school record for the indoor long jump with a mark of 22.8 feet. A three-time state qualifier in the long jump and qualified for the outdoor 200m as a senior. Earned track team's MVP and top scorer honors during his senior year.
Personal: Born Aug. 8, 1988 in Indianapolis, Ind. Son of Wanda Spann-Roddy and George Roddy III. Majoring in English. Plays the tenor saxophone. Admires Barry Sanders and Bob Sanders.
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Since it is officially Christmas season (Rite Aid had stuff out the day after Halloween) I lead this with a Santa-like Ho-Ho-Holy Crap.
Tatum Bell has returned to the Broncos – and that tells you how bad things are in the mile High City. After the Detroit Lions/Rudi Johnson/Hamburglar shenanigans of late this summer, I figured you could stick a fork in him. Insane, is what this is.
Footballguys/Dive Block co-host Cecil Lammey is banging the phones for updates and says that – and I quote – 'If Bell is in game shape he will be the starter. This statement was followed up with a "but really, who the hell knows?"'
Who the hell knows indeed. Cecil says – and I agree – that this does not make Hillis a load of nothing. The Broncos will throw a lot, and let's face it – again as Cecil put it – Bell ain't known for his work ethic. What are the chances he 1) is in game shape or 2) lats more than a half hour?
As with any other back, and depending upon your bench depth, he's worth a hail mary spot, but I think this isn't going to end well in Denver for Bell. Who knows – he is familiar with the offense and personal and maybe – just maybe – his time off was a brutal reminder that you get out what you put in.
I really am sitting here, shaking my head though.


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September 13, 2014 @ 11:00 am - September 14, 2014 @ 11:00 pm
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You're invited to "Forever Neverland" at the Avila Beach Golf Resort on Saturday and Sunday, September 13th and 14th! The festival kicks off both days at 11am! This 21 and over event will feature a zip line, foam pit, adult bounce houses and more! There will also be a ton of live music both days including Everclear and Vertical Horizon! For more information, check them out at foreverneverland.Us! Come by and say hi as we're hanging out at the festival all day on sunday! It's Forever Neverland with New Rock 107.3!


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Republicans Object to Mortgage Settlement Proposal
By Alan Zibel and Nick Timiraos
House Republicans on Wednesday raised numerous objections to a draft proposal by state attorneys general to settle allegations that mortgage companies broke state laws when handling foreclosures.
In a letter being sent to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday, the lawmakers said they have "significant concerns" about the settlement proposal, floated to banks last week by state attorneys general and several regulators.
Last week, state attorneys general and federal agencies delivered a 27-page proposed set of rules that would reshape the way mortgage servicers deal with troubled borrowers.
The proposal was drafted in response to revelations that banks used "robo-signers" who didn't review documents their colleagues prepared. The proposed rules cover every aspect of the foreclosure process, including the appropriate fees that mortgage servicers can charge, the way that they evaluate homeowners for modifications, and the way banks must demonstrate loan ownership when they proceed to foreclosure.
State and federal officials are moving to address longstanding complaints from consumers and housing advocacy groups that getting assistance is an extremely difficult process for consumers. Republican lawmakers and banks, however, call the proposed rules an effort by the government to micromanage industry practices.
"The settlement would transform the mortgage servicing industry and fundamentally change the rules that have historically governed relationships among borrowers, servicers and investors," wrote the lawmakers, led by Rep. Scott Garrett (R., N.J.). "The breadth and scope of the draft settlement proposal raise significant concerns about its effect on the financial system."
In the letter, the lawmakers asked Geithner for a detailed response to their questions by next Friday.
Also signing the letter are the House Financial Services Committee's chairman, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R., Ala.), and fellow lawmakers Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R., Texas), Patrick McHenry (R., N.C.) and Pete Sessions (R., Texas.)
The lawmakers also said they were concerned about the role being played by the fledgling Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, which they said "does not yet have any regulatory or enforcement authority." The proposed servicing rules would put that agency in charge of overseeing specific steps over how banks evaluate borrowers for loan modifications.
Officials have been discussing whether to impose large financial penalties on servicers. Those penalties could include requirements that banks write down more than $20 billion of loan balances for borrowers who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.
The Republican lawmakers questioned that concept, asking, "What is the legal basis for using funds collected in an enforcement action to benefit parties who have not been harmed by the purported wrongdoing?"


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GIS Map Gallery: August 2004
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Public Huntable Lands in Virginia
The Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (DGIF) received a grant from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc (NSSF) through its 2004 Hunting Heritage Partnership ("HHP") Grant Program. This grant is to help DGIF pursue hunting recruitment and retention activities. As part of this grant DGIF developed and produced DGIF regional maps that will identify and label all public huntable lands for the whole state in a series of 5 maps. Wildlife biologists in each region produced a list of properties to be included in each map. This map is just one example of the maps produced in this effort.
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But no scheduling conflict ever required us to send our regrets for missing the weddings, anniversary parties, bar mitzvahs, or milestone birthdays for which our presence was requested.So it was an alien no that entered my family's consciousness in 1969 when my sister married her high school sweetheart and his many aunts and uncles began feting the couple. One uncle-in-law-to-be, Uncle X, attended nothing. "Antisocial!" his siblings cried. I, the 18-year-old maid of honor, agreed. Who gets invited to an engagement barbecue in a Lowell, Massachusetts, backyard and doesn't show? Inconsiderate black sheep, I concurred.Today I look back and marvel at the preponderance of relatives who did say yes. Uncle X most likely did what I do now: open the invitation and perform the social algebra. Will this occasion — this sit-down salmon, in a hard-to-find hall where career updates will be shouted over loud music — be fun, or will it be a trial?Learning from MistakesNot responding with an automatic yes may be generational. Relatives are far-flung. We work, we travel, we make friends, and we keep in touch more easily than ever before; our social expansion begets invitations, also from far-flung places and not all appealing. Most influential in prompting me to write "not" between "will" and "attend" was the joint husband-and-wife 50th birthday party that my husband, Bob, and I injudiciously attended when I was in my mid-40s. The first clue that we should have made our excuses was the invitation itself: a phone call explaining that the couple was adding a table, and we were the lucky beneficiaries of the expanded guest list. Arriving at the luncheon, we picked up our place card, which indicated that we were at table 1,000, or so it seemed. We took our seats in Siberia with our fellow also-rans. As we chatted, it became clear that our hosts had stuck with the literal conceit of adding a table, failing to integrate us into the general mix, because our perfectly pleasant tablemates barely knew the celebrants and seemed equally at sea. The rub here was that as we made our early escape, the hostess gushed that head tablers A, B, and C were great fans of my books, and over there at priority tables 2, 3, and 4 were former colleagues of Bob's, doctors with the same subspecialty. What a shame we had to leave early before we could circulate!Then there was the baby shower that made me realize I am too old for baby showers. The mother-to-be oohed and aahed over every present, be it a gorgeous handmade layette or a yellow onesie, until time stood still. More excruciating, she didn't believe in tearing off wrapping paper. Gingerly and lovingly, she slid a fingernail under every piece of tape, preserving every scrap, until I thought I'd scream. Worst of all, I had carpooled to the party and couldn't leave. (That baby is now a freshman in college, and I haven't been to a shower since.)As I confess to evaluating invitations with this combination of vanity and emotional stinginess, I must point out that many of my "no thanks" represent contentment with my lot. When asked whether I want to join friends for that play that got the rave review I failed to notice — $120 for the second balcony — I think, "But I could stay home, watch the Project Runway episode I taped on Wednesday and be in bed with a book by nine o'clock." It's not a tendency I'd have advertised at an earlier age. But now more than ever, I apply the life-is-too-short test: Would I rather be home getting work done, drinking my own coffee, reading a book or watching Hardball than having breakfast, lunch, or dinner with this person?Experience has identified and jelled another inclination, and that is honest self-assessment of my dependability. For example, phone calls come in from various national charities, asking not for my money but for my time. Will I address envelopes and deliver them to my neighbors on — the caller pauses, checks her list — "Winterberry Lane?" I used to say yes. Now I say, "I'm a very bad candidate for this. I'm not reliable. You'd send me the envelopes, and they would just sit in a pile of mail. Really, you could do much better."A disclaimer: I still do say yes a lot. There's nothing better than a night out with good friends involving good food. Only a bona fide conflict would keep me home from dinner with my nearest and dearest. A prime example of that would be any social summons from our son, now 24, whether he's coming East or we're crossing the country to visit him.Not quite as tempting are certain professional obligations. Because my first novel came out 16 years ago — coincidentally, the same year I turned 40 — I've had a long time to sniff out what may be the less-desirable venues, which is to say the readings where nobody comes and/or the attendees aren't — as my late mother would say — from the book buyers. When invited to those events where I would be a keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Friends of Any Given Library or X Worthwhile Charity, I have learned to ask, "Would it be all right if I arrive after the, um, business items?"Experience has taught me that I am not always interested in the raffle of items donated by local merchants, or last year's minutes, or this year's awards and thank-you gifts to the hardest-working cochairs without whom…, and so on. Accordingly, I inquire in advance, "Your event begins at seven o'clock? And what time, might I ask, would I actually be needed?"I don't want to be seen as a diva and certainly want to be a trouper on behalf of my publisher and our mutual wares. More social algebra: Will I flop, or will I draw a crowd? What if I say no and I'm wrong? Can I ever really be sure what to accept and what to decline? Yes, if I've done the event in the past and know it's a dog. Take the pre-Christmas bookstore sale-a-thon where at least 10 authors sit with their works, thereby encouraging customers to confuse the event with a crafts fair. They browse; they pick up your book, turn it over, read the flap, compare the photo to the live person in front of them, smile weakly — then move on to the best-selling author two chairs down. The first time I attended, I consoled myself that there was a payoff: the deli downstairs had corned beef and chopped liver and really good pickles. Second year, I brought my knitting; the same year I noticed that the paperbacks piled at my station had been signed by me at the first author-thon. Third year, I declined, and I told the truth: too many authors, not enough customers, snow predicted.Sending Regrets and Not Regretting ItA fellow author tells me that I once intoned, "You never regret saying no." She reminded me of this recently when I told her I'd accepted an invitation to keynote a writing retreat in New Hampshire and to stay for two nights."I'm surprised you said yes," she scolded. "In fact, I keep your advice on a note by my computer: 'You never regret saying no.'" "There was a clincher," I told her.She waited."They're sending a car to get me. And it's at a spa.""Got it," she answered.As I'm turning someone down, the good girl inside me winces. But almost immediately after I've uttered, "I'd love to, but…," I feel relief — and something akin to backbone. Ahead of me lies one less obligation, one less sticky note on my screen saver, one less trip to plot on MapQuest. My calendar thanks me: A blank day means I write all morning in my pajamas, savoring the dividend of calling my time my own.I have a companion quirk to the saying of no: I must explain why I'm turning down an invitation. I always respond with an excellent reason, fiction or nonfiction, and I ask the same in return. When I invited someone to a recent reading of mine, 100 yards from her door, she answered with the same recycled excuse: "I have tickets for a play that night." I e-mailed back, "...but you'd have loved to come and meet me after all these years of doing business by phone?" Rude or hypocritical — or both? It's just that I expect a little effort, a gushing, convincing so-sorry-but-no along with the offer of future social intercourse. This way, one can then infer from the turndown that it is merely the result of a regrettable and unavoidable scheduling conflict, and not a divorce.Another thing I've learned is that almost everyone accepts no with grace, as if it's what he or she expected to be the answer all along. The committee that recruits talent for the conference moves down the list to the next author's name. The parents of the bride cheer when my turndown arrives, reducing their bottom line by one hugely expensive rack of lamb and my share of fashion-forward canapes.Off the hook, I send a gift, regrets reiterated on the card. Later I hear about the deeply disappointed dentist couple slated for my table; they've been keen to meet me because their daughter is a talented writer in need of advice.I am tempted to say, "Whew. That was close. Nothing worse than a stage mother with a writing sample in her purse." But I don't. A fiction writer's job, after all, is to spin tales and sound convincing. "Greatly looking forward to next time," I reply.Originally published in MORE magazine, November 2006.


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BELFAST (Reuters) - Two men arrested by police in Northern Ireland hunting for those responsible for the manslaughter of a prison officer who was shot as he drove to work were released without charge on Sunday, police said.
According to a security source one of the men released was Colin Duffy, a prominent Irish nationalist acquitted earlier this year of the manslaughter of two British soldiers.
The men were detained on Friday, a day after the prison officer, David Black, 52, was shot dead.
Black's manslaughter was the first killing of a prison officer in Northern Ireland in almost 20 years and the fifth fatal attack on a member of the security establishment since the 1998 Good Friday peace deal.
The pact largely ended three decades of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland between Protestants loyal to British rule and mostly Roman Catholic nationalists who want to unite with the southern Irish republic.
Police chiefs have blamed militant nationalists opposed to the peace process for the manslaughter which has prompted condemnation from both sides of the political divide.
Black, a father of two, was shot while driving his car in County Armagh. He worked at the top security Maghaberry prison where militant nationalists have been protesting against their living conditions.
A third man arrested south of the Irish border in the county of Leitrim later on Friday is still being questioned.
Life-long Irish nationalist Duffy was acquitted in January of the manslaughter of two British soldiers shot dead outside Massereene army barracks in Antrim by the Real IRA in 2009.
He had been acquitted of manslaughtering members of the security forces twice before.
(Reporting by Ian Graham, editing by Padraic Halpin and Christopher Wilson)
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Today is World Climate Day is March 23rd and is hosted by the World Meteorology Organization. http://www.wmo.int/worldmetday/index_en.html This has connections to the health of the Earth, which of course effects what happens to the inhabitants and natural resources. Just prior to this, their page notes World Water Day, celebrating the benefits and importance of fresh clean water sources remaining pure and renewable for all.
This organization and their webpage is kind of new, so perhaps it is World Climate Day big news. The World Meteorology Organization is located in Switzerland, and the webpage translates so users worldwide can access the information and education there.
The World Meteorolgy Organization supports youth education on the subject heavily, and it notes the "Youth Corner" has been revamped, to provide entertainment, activities that are climate focused and information sheets. http://www.wmo.int/youth/
The World Meteorology Organization provides general education about weather and climate, but also about education that advances to careers in this earth and atmospheric science realm.
Here is a local example of same https://www.ou.edu/content/ags/degrees.html at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma. Which is also where the National Weather Service is located.
NWS http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/ is a vital part of Oklahoma's weather awareness and safety. It is an integral part of the studies of Climatology and Meteorology for OU students in this progam, and Oklahoma is home to EF5 in deuces, which even surprised the highly specialized, cutting edge staff at the NWS in Norman.
Local weather, Nationa Weather Service,World Weather and World Climate are different things.
Happy World Climate Day 2014.


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There once was a band, born in New Jersey and they are known as Skid Row! Within a decade this band sold 20 million copies of their solidifying first three albums. The story of an enduring success, is a band that picks up that baton and finishes the race...Skid Row is racing forward and not yet ready for the finish line!
As of 2010, there were some final adjustments made and this current line up is undoubtedly, the Skid Row of the now and yet to come! Changes in the line up have only kept this heartbeat pounding with Johnny Solinger on lead vocals and Rob Hammersmith on the drums added to the core of: Rachel Bolan, Scotti Hill and Snake Sabo. All five great gentlemen that know how to rock and do it so well!
Being a fan that has seen Skid Row play live since 1989, I can honestly say that this progression is a successful one and it is better than ever. Rolling strong with Mr. Solinger at the helm since 1999, the only way to see for yourselves is to catch a show on this tour that, yes, is still continuing. Next up on the Skid docket is Australia and more, so keep up on dates here to not miss any.
This has been truly successful in not only solidifying themselves as an American Rock staple; but, they have only just begun to write an entirely new page in music history. Skid Row had just completed a long European leg of this tour that has already run pretty much as long as these five gents struck chords together, with simple breaks in between legs of touring. Skid Row sold out every date across the pond (most with Ugly Kid Joe) and returned to the States for two dates in the state of Texas; which is home to Johnny Solinger. We were fortunate enough to be invited to capture the final show, at Warehouse Live, just before Santa made his rounds.
There is an EP out currently and available for sale and download formats as well, this is a a lovely fresh take on a classic recipe and it sounds even better, live. Sample United World Rebellion - Chapter One.
The way these brothers are playing together on a stage right now, they are obviously playing and doing something musical all the time. This level of interaction and ease to simply enjoying what you do and having the time and opportunity to live doing it -- and making it work on all fronts, is truly an amazing feat within today's industry. Stay tuned as well, as there is more new stuff coming shortly and a full length release, hopefully, will also bring more dates right here in the States!
This final date on the roster, in Houston, was a real gem of a treat for any lifer of a Skid Row fan as this band is still loved deep in the heart of American rock fans. Just under one quarter of a century together and sounding better, tighter and more united as a team within the roster than this fan can recall.
There was a good vibe in Houston and a great show on the docket. The first opening act was a wicked trio of sound, known as Junk and they hail from Dallas, Texas. Visually this band tips their hats to the music past, with the guitarist Billy Blair, sporting an 'Ant' style strip across his face and nose, but black in color and thinner. The bass player Benjamin Bachman, in attitude and style of performing brought hints of a younger Joe Strummer to the brain!
A glimpse of past influences, possibly, but in a fresh and harder sense in the delivery and very well done, The drummer, Rico, drives this band to the hilt and that is key to the power of these three on a stage. All original, 'in your face', heavy rock with a great stage presence in their live show...check out Junk right here.
Next to the stage, were the Glam pros of Faster Pussycat, still rocking it almost thirty years later! One thing is for sure with Faster Pussycat and Taime Downe out front, the show must go on and it still does in grand fashion. They were a great preparation band for the Skid crowd for this evening and it may be why Faster Pussycat does accompany Skid Row quite a bit on these dates and thank goodness they do! The future has presented itself to Glam Rock as it has all genres across the industry and bands like Faster Pussycat and Skid Row show example as to how bands solidified in rock history can still endure and sell out dates in 2014 and beyond. Part of this success is in the live show that is shared with the enduring fans and in many cases, the children of fans now attend and past generations get to catch up and fly the future with these talented road touring souls.
There was a boost in the electricity within Warehouse Live, as next this packed house all awaited the tour selling machine that Skid Row has worked to become since the addition or Rob Hammersmith on their kit, in 2010. These five lads have released music and toured semi-non stop over the last few years and it was great to have the opportunity to travel to yet another state to experience the live show of Skid Row and to witness the love returned from their fans, after all these years.
This was out third stop to capture on this tour, upon different legs and before, during and after the release of this latest EP: United World Rebellion - Chapter One (*with chapter two coming). It all started at the Cape Coral Legends of Rock Tour, in 2012 and one later date at Club LaVela, along Panama City Beach. This stop was different entirely, as this band had just accomplished great success selling out Europe, yet again, and were celebrating their feat; yet still in that zone as a band where things are yet to come and they are not stopping anytime soon!
Skid Row is on their best channel to date, as this band has found the 'unit' that a band should be in order to create freely and successfully. This show proved that undoubtedly, in this fan's eyes and ears. This line up can lay out the cemented favorites of the classic Skid singles, as well as slamming us with the new flavor that Skid Row is presenting withinin this time in music. The crowd still sings the lyrics clearly and loudly with Johnny and crew, so they still got it!
Each member of Skid Row thanked this crowd, for their support over the years - mixed of middle aged fans and those barely in their twenties, discovering this show. In the process too, each lead the band in their own favored single to rip into live, so it was a great thing to take in. These gents of Skid Row are happy, smiling, laughing and playing so well together that it is a sin to miss it on a stage. Stop by the Skid Row website for all the latest that is Skid Row and find some dates in the States to take it in, right here.
There are a few more articles to come on Skid Row and this past year that we are so fortunate to have shared or captured at all, so stay tuned. We are very blessed to cover the shows we have these past two years and there are favored shows along our journey, but the best photo pit on tour is crowned with Skid Row!
Special thanks out to: Skid Row - Rob Hammersmith, Johnny Solinger, Rachel Bolan, Scotti Hill and Snake Sabo for always making room for us! This was the one of the best shows to date and we are grateful to have shared it at all. Thanks to Faster Pussycat, Junk, Warehouse Live, Blackhorse Limo and the city of Houston for a great trip, show and experience! We can only hope to see you all in the future again! Your future sounds great out here, so thank you, again.
Skid Row website
Skid Row tour dates
Sample the EP and purchase: United World Rebellion - Chapter One
See what the future has brought to your seasoned favorites in live music, it is a wonderful thing!


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Eros Hoagland Wins $20k Grant for Conflict Photogs
The Aftermath Project, a grant making organization focused on funding photojournalism covering post-conflict stories, recently awarded a special $20,000 grant to photographer Eros Hoagland, who will work on a personal project that explores how photographing conflicts has affected his own life.
In the announcement of the award, Aftermath Project founder and director Sara Terry said: "Hoagland's project, 'The Green Room,' stood out for his candid discussion of several themes, including emotional disconnect; the consequences of being the son of a war photographer, John Hoagland, who was killed in El Salvador at the age of 34; the impact that choices made by war photographers have on loved ones; the mythology of war photographers; and the desire to foster a public conversation on war, photography, PTSD and our understanding of these topics."
Hoagland, who is represented by Redux, has worked in Iraq, El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala, among other conflict-torn areas.
The special grant for conflict photographers was established in honor of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who died in April while covering the uprising in Libya. Joan Morgenstern, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Chris Meledandri, Martha Kellner, Betsy Karel and Neal Baer supported the grant.
According to Terry, the proposals The Aftermath Project received for the grant were so impressive that the organization aims to repeat the grant next year if it can find funding.
The Aftermath Project also awarded a grant of $5,000 to an unnamed translator/fixer to create a story about his work. According to the announcement, the recipient is an Iraqi citizen who worked closely with photographer Andrea Bruce and other Western journalists during the war in Iraq. He will remain anonymous until he and his family complete their emigration to the United States. Photographer Elizabeth Rappaport funded the fixer/translator grant.
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Sanctuary Retreats Philanthropy has recently begun sponsoring
Sin Kyun, a small remote village just north of Mandalay. It has a
population of just under 1,000 inhabitants and specialises in
farming and hat making. Our guests will be able to witness
first-hand the way of life in this unspoilt location seldom viewed
by outsiders.
Following the village Chief's request for a library and a house
for an English teacher, Sanctuary Retreats Philanthropy donated the
money necessary to begin this new partnership.
We hope that with the support of Ananda guests, we will be able to provide
further funds to improve the quality of life of the