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Griffin (cousin)
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Ashley Juergens (ex-girlfriend)
Angie (ex-girlfriend)
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|Medicine, chess, skiing
|Harvard University
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Grant is the cousin of Ashley Juergens's best friend, Griffin. Like all the other men in his family, he has a name that starts with a "G." He first appears in "The Second Time Around" when Griffin decides to set up Ashley on a date, by sending Grant to deliver her a pizza. Grant admits that he's older than her and has had sex before, but doesn't want to pressure her to do the same. This moves her to decide that she wants to make her own decisions about sex, including getting on the birth control pill.
In the Season 2 finale, Grant gets jealous of the way Ashley is looking at and talking to Ricky Underwood, the father of Ashley's nephew, and shatters the glass he's holding in anger.
In Season 3, he decides he wants to switch to Grant High to continue pursuing a relationship with Ashley, against Ashley's wishes. After not getting her way with Ricky, however, Ashley tells Grant she'll give him a shot even though she really doesn't want to date him, in an attempt to make Ricky jealous.
He dated Grace, and revealed his love for her in Mirrors.
Grace leaves for Zimbabwe to work with Jeff, her stepdad, as a volunteer who takes care of newborns. In When Opportunity Knocks, Grace returns from Zimbabwe, and Grant finds out that Grace cheated on him with a new guy, named Daniel. He is at dinner with Griffin and Peter, (who are now official) and Griffin plants the idea into his head. What Grant doesn't know, at first, is that they've kissed several times and they've slept together. He tells Grace that he hopes that they can still be friends, to which Grace is shocked, and she tells him that that's a little too nice, even for him. Then she asks him what he did, implying that Grant may not be so truthful after all.

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Black Ink. Bacon. Revolution.
Three essential things in the mind of aspiring cartoonist Oliver, who may have finally produced something of value.
In a not-so-distant future, where mobile phone 'security' has reached a new level of absurd, Oliver hopes to unveil a secret that will open everyone's eyes. But there are some people who would rather not know. And some who would go to great lengths in order to conceal the truth.
Including cartoons of its own, What Are You Looking At is an intrusive story of surveillance, perspective and stolen bacon. A harrowing forecast of what's already on its way.
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According to a popular Korean forum, Cheon Min-Ki from team AHQ Korea tried committing suicide by jumping from a twelve story building. Why would he do such a thing? Apparently his team's manager made him intentionally lose games to profit of illegal eSports bets. Crazily enough, his fall was broken by a ceiling.
Cheon stated this on the forums:
"I'm not in this world after 5 minutes, AHQ Korea was a team made by Noh to profit off illegal gambling, teammates didn't know and we had to fix games because of this. AHQ Taiwan never sponsored our team, it was a lie. I am sorry for all of this, and I can't tell you everything, but I'm leaving now as I can't deal with this anymore."
The next day a bystander heard Cheon screaming "help me" in the room that he fell in. As of right now, Cheon is currently recovering from the fall at a local hospital in stable condition. And thankfully enough, he is even out of the coma.
What would you do in this situation? Do you think Cheon actually did this because of his gaming career or because of his unfortunate upbringing that his friends always talked about?


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The Voting Station gets guests involved in the party and is bound to start cocktail chatter when people don their I VOTED stickers – with lips or mustaches depending on their vote. For the big reveal, I wanted to do something, well…BIG. I'm loving the extra large round balloons these days, so I opted to have a giant balloon "float" out of the box for the parents' reveal. No leaning over shoulders to see what's inside the cake filling…just look up!
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William R. Marett, 82, of Norwalk, died Wednesday, April 29 at his home. He was born February 22, 1927 in Fitchville, and has lived in the Norwalk area most of his life.
He was a 1945 graduate of New London High School and the Bowling Green State University, with a Bachelor's Degree in Business. He retired from the Huron County Highway Department in 1992. He was an avid bowler and baseball player, he collected coins and boating as well.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joan (Bachelder); son Richard Marett of Norwalk; daughter, Barbara Hanshue and her fiance, Raymond Reams of Medina; brother, Gordon (Carol) Marett of New London; grandchildren, Katie, Emily, Billy, Brent and Megan; great-grandchildren, Austin and Abigail; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Reginald and Christine (Hunter) Marett; and brother, Arden Marett.
Friends may call Friday, May 1, 2009 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Morman Funeral Home, 16 Cooper St., Wakeman, where services will be held Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 11 A.M. Burial will follow at the Wakeman Cemetery. Pastor Adrian Doll will officiate.
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Cheap Cordless Tool Shortcomings
I've seen lots of cordless power tools lately that are under $50. We even sell some. But what that makes many people wonder is what are the shortcomings? Are the more expensive tools really that much better?
Gears are one of the places many cheap tools are lacking. Many are plastic or nylon, making them lightweight and cheap but lacking durability. That's what I call disposable.
Batteries can be made inexpensively by using lower ratings. The smaller cells typically have the ratings measured in mAh (milli-amp hours) instead of Ah (amp hours). The difference is a factor of 1000, so 800 mAh (like many inexpensive tools) is much less than a 1.7 Ah tool. The result is a battery that doesn't last as long on a charge.
The main place that cheap cordless tools lack is in the charger. A decent charger, such as a Makita DC1804, will run around $50 by itself. Why is that? The most expensive part of a charger is the protection circuit. This protects the charger in the event of a bad cell in the battery. Cheap cordless tools don't have a protection circuit.
Who cares?
The answer is that anyone buying a tool that they expect to last longer than a battery should. Once a battery cell goes bad and it gets placed on that charger, the charging circuit gets literally fried. If you, as most people do, spend weeks to find a source to buy a replacement charger in this situation, it will get fried just as soon as you put your dead battery on the charger. At this point, you've got 2 fried chargers and a bad battery. You'll need to buy another charger and another battery now to get it working. This tends to lead to practicing 4 letter words as you throw things in the trash.
Why should you pay more?
Simply because it will cost less in the long run. The batteries will do more work per charge, the tool won't break as easily, and replacement parts are much easier to find. The "I'm not going to use it much" argument doesn't hold up, either. The less a battery is used, the more likely it'll get drained and sit around, which is one of the main causes of bad cells. Do yourself a favor and spend a little extra.


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If police do not release the person who has been arrested, they must bring him before a justice for a bail hearing within 24 hours or as soon as possible. A bail hearing is a procedure where a judge or a justice of the peace determines whether a person charged with an offence should be released or held in custody pending trial.
If you are arrested for a criminal offence, police can release you from the place where the arrest is made or from the police station. Or they may hold you for a bail hearing later that day or the next.
Except for murder and a few other very serious offences, a person arrested without a warrant can be released by way of a summons, appearance notice or promise to appear. Police will do so unless one or more of the following circumstances apply:
In addition to a summons or promise to appear, police may make a person's release conditional on his or her entering into a recognizance without sureties in an amount up to $500 and without deposit of money. An out-of-province resident can be asked to enter a recognizance without sureties and deposit up to $500 cash.
Following arrest, a person also may be released on entering an undertaking with one or more of the following terms:
Detention is justified only if deemed necessary on one or more of the following grounds:
to ensure that you attend court; e.g., if you have a history of failing to attend court or abide by other court orders
to protect the public; e.g., you could be detained if you have a criminal record for similar offences; in the case of an assault or threatening charge, a history of violence against the same complainant works in favor of detention
to maintain confidence in the administration of justice; the court will consider the apparent strength of the prosecution's case, the gravity of the offence, the circumstances surrounding its commission and the potential for a lengthy jail term
The onus is generally on the Crown to show cause why the accused should not be released (a bail hearing is also called a "show cause" hearing). In some situations, the onus is switched and it is the accused who must show cause why he should not be detained. For example:
if you are charged with an indictable offence allegedly committed while you were on a release for an indictable charge that is still pending, e.g., if you are facing an impaired driving charge and get charged with a new drinking and driving offence; or if you're facing an assault charge and are arrested on another assault charge. If the Crown has elected summarily on the first charge, it is no longer considered indictable and it is the Crown that must show cause.
NOTE: The Crown may delay its election to proceed summarily so that if you're arrested on a new charge, the onus will be on you to show cause why you should not be detained. Your lawyer can request the Crown to make its election early in the proceedings.
if you're charged with an indictable offence and are not ordinarily resident in Canada
if you're charged with failing to comply with a condition of a recognizance or undertaking, or failing to attend court or appear for fingerprinting, while you were on release for a charge that is still pending
if you're charged with trafficking or possession for the purpose of trafficking in heroin, cocaine, more than three kilograms of marijuana or hashish, or importing any amount of these drugs
The court can release you on an undertaking or upon your entering into a recognizance specifying a sum of money that is payable to the Crown if you fail to attend court or abide by the other conditions of your release (see forfeiture of bail below). Conditions can be attached to an undertaking or a recognizance.
Besides those conditions noted above in respect to an undertaking entered into at a police station, the court can impose any other reasonable condition it thinks desirable (e.g., a curfew for a youth, treatment for substance abuse in cases where drugs or alcohol are involved or counselling for anger management in assault cases).
In the case of an offence involving violence and serious drug charges, the court can prohibit you from possessing a firearm, ammunition and explosives. An accused who is ordered detained also can be directed to abstain from communicating with a witness.
Question: "I had a vacation planned before my arrest. If I am ordered to reside with my surety, can I go on vacation without my surety?" Temporary absence from your place of residence is likely permissible. However, to avoid the risk of arrest and a charge of breach recognizance, get the court to add an exception to your bail conditions.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives everyone the right not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause. Accordingly, bail must be set at an amount within your reach or that of your sureties. A recognizance can be with or without sureties. A surety supervises the accused and is liable for the amount of the recognizance. Unless the accused is from out of province or lives far from the place of custody, the money specified in the recognizance need not be deposited with the court.
It may be important to seek a publication ban on the information disclosed at a bail hearing. You have an automatic right to such a ban; at your request, the court must ban publication of the evidence taken, the information given, the representations made, and the reasons given by the court for its decision. The ban remains in place until the charge is disposed of. The decision granting or refusing release is not subject to the ban, nor is your identity or information journalists obtain from police.
The court can adjourn a bail hearing at the request of the Crown or accused. Unless the accused consents, an adjournment cannot exceed three days.
As a detention order can result in the accused person losing his job, it is vital to prepare carefully for a bail hearing, even if such preparation necessitates an adjournment. Be warned: if you are detained, it may be a week or more before a bail review can be held. By then it may be too late to save your job. A bail review can be costly. It generally costs less to hire a lawyer to prepare for a bail hearing.
As the Charter protects you against arbitrary detention, Crown discretion to seek an adjournment must not be abused. For example, it would be improper for the Crown to adjourn a bail hearing to pressure you to make a statement confessing to the crime or identifying accomplices.
Your lawyer may be able to negotiate the terms of release from the police station or those to be recommended by police to the Crown Attorney at a bail hearing. This could be the key to obtaining a release order rather than a detention order.
While a state-funded lawyer (duty counsel) may be available to assist you with a bail hearing at no cost, it may be helpful to hire a lawyer for the following reasons:
Duty counsel invariably has other cases to handle and cannot give yours all the attention it may need.
A privately retained lawyer can take the time to carefully interview you and potential sureties, and line up treatment, if required, for psychiatric or substance abuse problems. Demonstrating that treatment is in the works will help allay possible concern that you will reoffend.
A lawyer can help arrange letters from your school or employer and help arrange post-release accommodation. The court may fear that without proper accommodation there is increased risk you will reoffend.
A lawyer can take steps to have police officers or other witnesses attend the bail hearing to testify about weaknesses in the Crown's case; the weaker the Crown's case, the harder to justify your detention.
A lawyer can arrange for electronic monitoring to give the court confidence that you will abide by conditions such as house arrest, curfew, alcohol abstinence or movement restrictions.
A lawyer can help prevent the imposition of unreasonable or onerous bail conditions. For example, the Crown may seek bail in an amount beyond the financial reach of your proposed sureties. Or it may seek a curfew or demand that you report frequently to a faraway police station when such terms are unjustified.
If your bail hearing is unsuccessful and you are ordered detained, you may apply to a higher court for a review of the detention order. But it may be a few weeks before a "bail review" can be launched and there is no guarantee that a higher court will order your release. And a bail review can be costly.
Securing your release can be critical to the successful defence of a charge. Often, persons who are ordered detained plead guilty because they are desperate to get out of jail.
It is much easier for you and your lawyer to prepare for trial if you are out of custody. Custody will encumber communication between you and your lawyer, who is restricted to jail visits at certain hours. Telephone access is not always available. In addition, jail visits may entail increased legal fees.
Further, if you are out of custody you can participate in counselling and treatment that may help achieve a lighter sentence in the event you are found guilty or even assist in getting the Crown to drop or reduce the charges.
A surety is responsible to ensure that the accused attends court as required until the case is over. He or she is also responsible to ensure that the accused abides by the conditions of his release, including any reporting, curfew and non-contact clauses. The surety is the "jailer" of the accused as he or she must provide some measure of supervision over the accused's daily activities. He or she should maintain daily contact with the accused.
The following persons would not be acceptable:
Because the surety is expected to supervise the accused, he or she should be someone who is able to do so. Relevant factors are length of their acquaintanceship, whether they are related and live in close proximity, and the frequency of their contact.
It is best that the surety have no criminal record. A conviction for a serious offence or one related to the administration of justice, such as for breach of a court order, could render the surety unsuitable. He or she may not be considered suitable if he or she is awaiting trial on a criminal offence.
The surety must have sufficient funds or personal assets in Ontario (i.e., the province where the accused stands charged) to cover the recognizance, that is, the amount of the bail. He or she should attend court with proof of his or her ability to do so (e.g., bankbooks, proof of property ownership), and photo ID, such as driver's licence or passport. If bringing a bankbook, make sure it's updated. It is a criminal offence to accept payment to act as a surety. Offering such payment is also an offence.
A surety who has a change of heart, disapproves of the accused's conduct on release, fears the accused may abscond, or for any other reason, may apply to a judge or justice of the peace to be relieved of his or her obligations. The surety does not have to give a reason; his or her right to be relieved of his or her obligations is unconditional. If this occurs, the accused must return to custody and reapply for release; he may be able to avoid returning to custody if a judge or justice of the peace accepts a new surety in place of the old one.
If the accused breaches his bail conditions, the Crown can go after his surety for the money acknowledged to be owed to the Crown in the recognizance. This procedure is called estreatment of bail. A forfeiture hearing is held where the surety has an opportunity to establish why the recognizance should not be forfeited.
If the surety has taken all reasonable steps to ensure the accused keep his conditions, he or she may avoid penalty. Such steps include informing authorities immediately if the accused absconds or when the apprehension of absconding arises. If the surety made some, though insufficient, effort to discharge his or her obligations, he or she may be ordered to pay an amount less than the full recognizance.
The Crown need not establish a link between the lack of due diligence by the surety and the breach of conditions of a recognizance by an accused.
An Ontario mother acting as surety for her son was found guilty of breach of recognizance in 2001 after her son violated a bail condition requiring that he reside with her. The court found the mother guilty as a party to the commission of the offence by her son. The son lived at the new address for a few months; his mother had visited him and phoned him there. Noting that the mother could control her son by revoking her suretyship, the court ruled that her failure to stop him from breaching the condition showed an intention to aid him in carrying out the offence.
What Sureties Need to Know (Ontario government publication)
If an accused is detained at a bail hearing, he may apply to a higher court for a review of the detention order. It can take a week or longer to convene a bail review as the detainee nearly always has to first obtain a copy of the transcript of proceedings from the bail hearing. The Crown can apply to a higher court for review of an order releasing the accused.
The court can vary the conditions of release if the prosecutor consents. In domestic assault cases, the accused frequently seeks to delete the no-contact condition which keeps him separated from his family and compels him to take up residence outside the family home. As a matter of policy, the Crown generally will not consent to such a change. The accused's only recourse is thus a bail review. Often, an accused will plead guilty just to quicken his return home.
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The games may have finished, but the action off the pitch continues.
Manchester City announced their plans to own the 20th MLS franchise this week, and in section one we discuss the implications for the Citizens and MLS. What do you think? Are billionaires what the league needs to progress?
In section 2, it's all about Wembley baby. Not since the Kraftwerk world tour has England had such a popular German invasion as 'holistic' meets manufactured in Dortmund v Munich. With Mario Gotze forced to watch from the stands, we look to decipher just why the team resembling bumblebees have captured the hearts and minds of so many neutrals. We also tread into the dreaded waters of prediction – think that's easy? Then drop your own in the comments and take a chance on eternal pod prestige.
It wouldn't be the off-season without transfer rumours. Has that really brilliant striker been spotted house hunting? Maybe an international looking defender just got off the train at your local station. Thanks to science, and Morgan's Shreeves-o-meter (patent pending) we try to give you an indication into which rumours are runners and which are better served to train your puppy on.
We're not always serious at EPL Talk though, and after 40 odd minutes of chat, we need just a bit of Suarez Menu to keep us energised. Thought of one you haven't heard? Drop it in the comments, it would be rude to turn up to the party without something.
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The Developmental Disabilities Councils of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties honored Dr. Allen Wong, assistant professor at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, with the Excellence in Service Award for Health Care during an awards ceremony on June 6. Wong's efforts to improve access to dental care for people with developmental disabilities over the past 18 years prompted the award.
In addition to the award from the Developmental Disabilities Councils, Wong also received several certificates of recognition from the California State Legislature and U.S. Congress, including one from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Las Trampas, a Lafayette, California-based non-profit organization supporting adults with developmental disabilities, nominated Wong for the honor. Wong, who serves as the assistant director for Pacific's Advanced Education in General Dentistry program, has been instrumental in developing a mentoring program to encourage general dentists to treat patients with special needs.
"Dr. Wong and his team provide on-site dental screening services for our consumers at Las Trampas, as well as providing the majority of dental care for those with developmental disabilities in the Northern California area," said Sandra Jackson, executive director of Las Trampas, in her letter of nomination.
Wong serves as the regional vice president of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, is a diplomate with the American Board of Special Care Dentistry and is the Northern California Coordinator for the Special Olympics Special Smiles ® program. He earned his DDS degree from Pacific in 1986.
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Kate McGarry: It Might As Well Be Spring
It Might as Well be Spring
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Kate McGarry (vocals), Keith Ganz (guitar), Gary Versace (piano), Reuben Rogers (bass), Greg Hutchinson (drums).
Composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
Recorded: New York, no date given (CD released in 2007)
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
McGarry has developed a conversational way of phrasing that is very effective in bringing a lyric to life. Other vocalists may hit the notes, but McGarry tells a story. Even an old song, such as this Rodgers and Hammerstein warhorse, sounds fresh in her arrangements. She feints, she slides, she slows down and speeds up, she chirrups brightly or whispers darkly, she twists the melody into unfamiliar shapes – but all very unaffectedly. Even when she reaches for a high note or a dramatic flourish, the move seems natural and essential to the emotional content of the music. I expect great things from this young singer.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
If you liked this track, also check out
- Kate McGarry: Let's Face the Music and Dance
- Norah Jones: The Nearness of You
- Sasha Dobson: Without You
Related Links
The State of Jazz Vocals Today by Ted Gioia
Jazz Vocals in the New Millennium: Selected Listening by Ted Gioia
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As a city official, the chief must reside in D.C., so she bought a town house in the Northeast area, near Trinidad. She still owns the five-acre home she bought in Anne Arundel County with her boyfriend of 10 years, D.C. police sergeant James Michael Schaefer, who lives there full-time, helping to care for Lanier's mother and the five dogs Lanier has taken in. He often drops by her town house if he's working late, she says. "And some days I can get out at five or six o'clock, and we can go get dinner." She says Schaefer has taken her appointment to top cop in stride. "We've been together so long, he's not at all bothered . . . Actually, we're doing really well," she says, sounding a bit surprised.
What Will Be Lanier's Second Act?
Police chiefs rarely serve longer than five years—three, in fact, is about the norm—because their term is usually linked to that of the mayor who appointed them. Fenty is up for reelection in 2010; if he loses, Lanier may be out soon after him. So Lanier has thought about what might come next. She wouldn't mind working in animal rescue or having more time for gardening at her suburban home. But leaving the profession that has defined her adult life? "It's a sad realization," she says. "I remember when it dawned on me that I've lost control of when I will leave the department—someone else will make that decision. I probably would've stayed long past my 20 years, as long as I felt useful. Because I love it."
But as we ride through the tough neighborhoods of D.C., retirement feels far away. We discuss an event I witnessed earlier in the week, a meeting of the Foggy Bottom Association, in a very different part of the city. The audience, all white, was polite and well-dressed; a table was laid with shrimp, Brie and crackers. Speaking to the group, Lanier was professional, but there were no hugs, none of the warmth I've seen her display out on the streets tonight. The group's main concern seemed to be the loss of a well-liked officer, who had been transferred to another district. Lanier was a bit short. He was needed elsewhere, she said. Her unspoken message seemed clear: Get over it, folks.
"They deal mostly with property crime in that area," she says. Car theft, the occasional break-in. Perhaps hearing how she sounds, she hastily adds, "But it's still crime; it still feels like an invasion."
"People who haven't been [east of the park] are missing out," she muses, staring out the car window at the cold, clear night. "I've been all over—Europe, Israel, New York—and this is one of the most historic cities in the world. And all of it's beautiful, east of the park too. Just as beautiful, just as historic. With the nicest people."
The kind she understands.
Judy Oppenheimer is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C.
Originally published in the June 2009 issue of MORE magazine.


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I'm not a huge sparkling wine drinker, but many of the wine lovers I know are Champagne nuts. They literally rave about the stuff as if it's the nectar of the gods. Usually the bigger the wine nut, the greater the ravings. I used to detest the stuff, but like many things often go in the wine world, I eventually discovered I had just been drinking the wrong stuff. Champagne is indeed a wonderful beverage, and the best of them can be transcendent. I've learned to love them with sushi and as the last drink of the evening, something to sip when everyone has left the dinner table and migrated to the living room.
Today is Wine Blogging Wednesday number twenty-five, hosted by my friend Sam over at Becks and Posh, and she has asked us all to drink Champagne today, and I like scores of bloggers everywhere have willingly obliged. Though, oddly, I did not end up drinking the bottle I thought I would. That's because our friends Pim and David came over on Monday night, and they brought with them a lovely bottle that I have continued to nurse for the last two days.
To say that Serge Billiot runs a small winery would, to a certain extent, be understating the case. This family run winery in the tiny town of Ambonnay produces merely 3750 cases of wine per year, eked out of about 12 acres of limestone-rich, exclusively Grand Cru vineyards planted mostly with Pinot Noir.
Like many small producers, or at least the ones I find myself attracted to, Billiot refuses to make wine like everyone else. While his neighbors tend to make heavier sweeter Champagne, Billiot strives for brightness and attack. To this end, he does not use dosage (a standard practice in the production of sparkling wine, and especially Champagne, whereby at the very end of the wine production a small amount of wine mixed with sugar syrup is added to each bottle). Dosage is often used to compensate for unusually high acidity in Champagne -- usually the result of grapes being picked before full ripeness. Billiot seems to get his grapes ripe enough to make a balanced wine, and he seems to value the clarity he gets without the final addition of sugar. Billiot never fines or filters his wines in any way, nor do they go through any secondary, malolactic fermentation.
This wine takes a little explaining since it is not your ordinary production Champagne. First of all it is a Tete de Cuvée, which is a fancy way of saying that it's a flagship or "top" bottling from the estate. Remarkably, for an estate as small as it is, Billiot produces two such wines, of which this is his best.
The wine, unlike the rest of his production which is mostly Pinot Noir based (75%), is made from mostly Chardonnay, and apparently the percentage of Chardonnay keeps increasing every year. As a non-vintage wine it is made solera style, meaning that each year is a blend of wine from the current crop of grapes along with wine from past years. The current mix, according to its importer Terry Theise, goes back to 1983.
Speaking of Theise, I'm not in the habit of including tasting notes from other sources in my wine reviews, least of all from the importers or wineries, who obviously have something to gain by talking up a wine, but Theise is such a character and quite a funny writer, that I couldn't help sharing one of the phrases he uses to describe this particular bottling: "wonderfully direct with ultra-fine diction."
If this wine were a speech, I'd definitely sit through the encore. Thanks David and Pim!
Only 350 cases of Billiot wines make it to the US every year, and of those only a few can be this wine. Grab it where you can find it.
Tasting Notes:
Light gold in the glass with medium-fine bubbles this wine smells of unripe pears and warm sun-drenched fields of wheat. In the mouth it has a soft, plush mousse (foam) and a bright acidity. Perfectly dry, the wine remains aromatic enough as it passes over the palate to give you pause to think it might not be fully dry. The flavors are a light yeasty character, crisp minerality, some pure light green pear fruit, and a fabulous balance with (in the end) no real hint of sweetness (a characteristic I treasure in good Champagne). The finish is pleasant and surprisingly long and deep, resonating through the throat in a soft glow.
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This wine went incredibly well with a dish that I had actually made to match a brisk rosé of pinot noir: sautéed morel mushrooms and shallots with fresh thyme over goat cheese crisps.
Overall Score: 9/9.5
How Much?: $80
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This past weekend we went back into the woods (just as we did last year). It was the perfect weekend to sneak away into a world that is abundantly autumn-like at that very moment. Without the pulls of technology, we hiked, cooked, laughed, and biked.
Although we weren't too far away from home, we were far enough south to enjoy the leaves at peak along with slightly warmer weather. We spent our days completely outside under the sun, breathing the fresh forest air. Coming home from an unplugged trip is always hard. Life seems so much more simple when the phone does not have service and the electricity is limited.
Upon returning home, I kept the computer turned off for the rest of the day and enjoyed the quiet of being home, cooking dinner, and folding laundry. It's the simple things that make a get-away last just a tad longer.
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[Harry] and [Hermione] fly up to [Flitwick's office], rescue [Sirius] on [Buckbeak]'s back, and Sirius takes off with a fond farewell.
Time Travel
[Harry] and [Hermione] sneak through the woods over near the [Whomping Willow], to watch the scene unfold. They watch themselves disappear underneath the tree and then watch as [Lupin], [Hagrid], and [Snape] pass as well.
While waiting for themselves to re-emerge from the [Whomping Willow], [Harry] tells [Hermione] about the [Patronus] that drove the [dementors] away - and that he thinks he saw being cast by his father.
Expecto Patronum!
As they watch themselves reappear from the [Whomping Willow], [Harry] and [Hermione] realize they must get out of the way of the oncoming [werewolf], and take off for [Hagrid's hut]. There Harry decides to set off to watch the scene unfold, and departs alone.
[Harry] rushes over by the lake, watching the [dementors], and runs to see who cast the [Patronus]. After a moment, though, he realizes that he hadn't seen his father, but himself. He casts the Patronus, and just has time to see that it's a stag before it vanishes.
[Hermione] returns and drags [Harry] into hiding once more, where he tells her about the [Patronus], they watch [Snape] take themselves and [Sirius up to the castle], and they see [Macnair] pass by with a [dementor], making them realize it's finally time to rescue Sirius.
Chapter 22 - "Owl Post Again" - In which Harry and Hermione safely return to the hospital wing, where Snape arrives to blame them for Black's escape but cannot prove it. Lupin resigns, returning the invisibility cloak and Marauder's Map to Harry. Term ends, HRH return home on the Hogwarts Express, Harry gets owl post from Black, and Ron gets a new owl.
Meanwhile, Back in the Hospital Wing...
With [Sirius Black] gone, [Harry] and [Hermione] realize they have only ten minutes to get back to the [hospital wing], and after hiding from [Fudge] and [Snape] and then [Peeves], they only just make it in time for [Dumbledore] to lock them inside.
[Madam Pomfrey] comes in to give [Harry] and [Hermione] [chocolate], but they're interrupted by an irate [Snape], accompanied by [Fudge] and [Dumbledore]. Snape tries to blame Harry for [Sirius Black]'s escape but has no luck, and finally storms off. Once Fudge and Dumbledore leave, [Ron] awakens, and [Hermione] begins to explain all that's happened.
Exit Professor Lupin
[Harry], [Ron], and [Hermione] wander the school grounds together, talking about all that's happened, when [Hagrid] stops by, celebrating. He also mentions that [Lupin] has resigned, so Harry runs off to see him before he leaves.


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Four employees of Gadsden State Community College are among the 12 applicants selected for further review by the committee named to help find a successor to Gadsden State Community College President W. Darryl Harrison, who vacated the position in October 2010.
More than 45 people from across the nation had applied for the job and the committee has completed the first selection phase. They will meet again Friday to reduce the number to five semi-finalists.
Among those still in contention from Gadsden State are Susan W. Brown, assistant to the dean of instructional services and division chair of mathematics and engineering; Martha G. Lavender, assistant to the president – Gadsden State Cherokee and Health Sciences; James R. Prucnal, dean of financial and administrative services and Valerie A. Richardson, vice president for institutional advancement and student services. Other applicants include Sylvia M. Burgess, associate vice president for academic affairs and director of adult and continuing education, Southwest Oklahoma Area Health Education Center; Phillip Charles Cleveland, interim president of Chattahoochee Valley Community College, Phenix City; Ralph Lee Ford, vice president of student services, Union County College, Cranford, N.J.; Lynn C. Kreider, president, Colby Community College; Dorothy A. Latuszek, provost vice president for academic affairs, Gateway Community and Technical College, Covington, Ky.; Raymond William Staats, chief academic officer, John Wood Community College, retired Air Force Officer; Marlene A. Tignor, acting president of Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and Suresh Chandra Tiwari, vice president for academic and student affairs, Central Lakes College, Baxter, Minn.
The next meeting of the search committee will be March 18 when they will reduce the field to five. Those five will be introduced April 13 at a community reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Inzer Cafeteria on the Wallace Drive Campus of Gadsden State. On April 14, the search committee will interview the five, and select the top three finalists. The top three finalists will be interviewed by the Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System Freida Hill on April 15. She will make a recommendation to the State Board of Education at their meeting on April 28.


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Fact: Wilmington will grow by more than 50,000 people over the next 25 years.
Fact: There are only 3,700 acres of buildable land left inside Wilmington's city limits.
On Sept. 24, interested citizens learned about coming changes such as the facts above and provided input about how the city should deal with those changes.
This was one of several meetings being held by the City of Wilmington to get citizen input for the development of a long-term plan that will serve as a policy foundation to proactively manage the city's growth and development.
The meeting included a presentation on factors that influence Wilmington's growth, as well as information on an exciting new public input opportunity.
In February, City Council appointed 15 community members to serve on a steering committee that will oversee development of the plan. The city-wide kick-off meeting for the plan was held in May.
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Sept. 9, 1999
Pioneer Classic (host: Denver)
September 10-11, 1999 -- Denver, CO
LOS ANGELES -- The 1999 season is underway for the Bruin women's volleyball team, and it started with a runner-up finish at the 12th-Annual Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic over Labor Day weekend.
The 10th-ranked Bruins posted wins over Pittsburgh and Minnesota (#30, AVCA) before falling to the fourth-ranked host Hawai'i in the tournament's championship match.
Next up for the Bruins will be this weekend's Pioneer Classic, and four matches in two days against the likes of Wright State, host Denver, Idaho State and Lamar. Of those four teams, it will be a first-time meeting with UCLA for three of them, as Lamar is the only opponent the Bruin women's volleyball team has previously faced. The Bruins lead that all-time series 6-0.
Pioneer Classic Tournament Field
All of the remaining teams in the round-robin field have opened their 1999 schedules. Idaho State came out of the gate quickly, topping Western Montana in their home- and season-opener before cruising to the championship match of the UC Irvine Tournament. The Bengals fell to host UC Irvine, 3-2 in the title match.
After losing its season opener to Louisiana-Lafayette at home, Lamar rebounded with three wins at Louisiana Tech's tournament, with 3-1 wins over the host Lady Techsters, Tulane and Georgia State. Wright State is off to an 0-4 start with losses to North Carolina State, Utah, SMU and host Texas Tech at the Texas Tech/Four Points Classic in Lubbock, Texas.
This weekend's host, Denver, is 1-2, coming off a season-opening home win over Wyoming and losses at Colorado and a 3-1 loss to Cal at home on Saturday.
Porter, Bowles All-Tournament at Wahine Classic
For the second time in as many years, sophomore OH Ashley Bowles was named to the All-Tournament team at the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Over the weekend, Bowles averaged 3.58 kills, 2.92 digs and 0.33 blocks per game while starting all three matches.
Fellow All-Tourney sophomore Kristee Porter, however, was one of the stars of the tournament, averaging an eye-popping 5.92 kills, including a 31-kill effort on Monday night in a 3-1 loss to Hawaii. It was the fifth time in her Bruin career that Porter had topped the 30-kill plateau, but the first time she had accomplished the feat in less than five games.
Head Coach Andy Banachowski
Entering his 33rd season on the Bruin bench, UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski remains one of the top coaches in his profession. On October 24, 1997, he was the first women's volleyball coach to be inducted into the National Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, MA, and was the first women's coach in history to record 800 career wins (847-201, 33rd year). The only other collegiate volleyball coach, men's or women's with more career wins than Banachowski is UCLA men's coach Al Scates, who notched career victory number 900 during the 1997 season. Banachowski played under Scates at UCLA and also got his start in coaching with Scates. Under Banachowski's leadership, the Bruins have won six national championships, including three NCAA titles.
Middle Blockers Shine in Opener
The UCLA trio of starting middle blocker Tamika Johnson, team captain Elisabeth Bachman and Amy Nihipali combined for an impressive .642 hitting percentage on 18 kills with no errors in Friday's opener against Pittsburgh. As the tournament progressed, Tamika Johnson posted double-digit kills in the next two matches, with 11 against Minnesota and 15 against Hawai'i. She was also involved in seven BA's against the Golden Gophers and five total blocks (1BS/4BA) against the Rainbow Wahine.
When the Bruins ran out of subs in the key third game against Minnesota, both Johnson and Bachman wound up with some rare playing time in the back row. Both responded with successful serving and passing, despite limited drills in those aspects of the game during the pre-season.
Golden Gophers Give Bruins a Scare
Nobody who was present in the Stan Sheriff Center in Hawaii on Sunday afternoon had ever seen anything like it. With Minnesota serving at match point, up 14-12 in game three, UCLA's Kristee Porter hit into a block that caromed off of the antenna and onto the floor, in-bounds. The play was originally called a legal block, and both officials signaled a point for Minnesota and match-over. After conferring with the linesman, however, the up-official overturned her call, giving the Bruins a sideout and new life.
Porter then served three straight points to give the Bruins a 15-14 advantage. Following a series of six sideouts, which included serves by middle blockers Bachman and Johnson, Porter's 25th kill of the match put the game away, giving UCLA a 16-14 win. From there, the Bruins took game four 15-5, and went out to a 9-3 lead in the rally-scored fifth game, eventually taking the game, 15-9, and the match.
Fendrick, Millichap Shine in Hawaiian Sun
Two freshman saw playing time during the Wahine Classic, with Lauren Fendrick starting on the right-side, and Stacy Millichap serving as a back-row sub for middle blocker Tamika Johnson. Fendrick played in 11 of the 12 possible tournament games, averaging 1.64 kills, 2.73 digs, and a team-high 1.00 blocks per game. Millichap racked up three service aces (0.25/gm) to go with a 1.58 digs per game average. The team's third freshman, Ella Harley, traveled with the team but did not play.
Porter Begins 1999 With All-Tournament Performance
There was no doubt about it, UCLA sophomore outside hitter Kristee Porter was one of the stars of the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Volleyball Classic. During tournament play, Porter extended her double-figure kills streak to 27 matches, and finished off the weekend with a 31-kill performance in Monday night's 3-1 loss to Hawaii. For the duration of the tournament, Porter averaged 5.92 kills per game (72 kills, 12 games) and never left the floor. She has four service aces, one shy of the team lead (0.33 average), and has 30 digs for a 2.50 average and one block assist.
Quon Digging for More
Despite seeing action only in the back row as a sub for middle blocker Elisabeth Bachman or Amy Nihipali, Michelle Quon is comfortably leading the team in digs per game average. Over the course of 12 tournament contests, Quon is averaging 3.08 digs/game and is the only bruin over the 3.00 mark. The player Banachowski describes as "the best pure defensive player we've had," Quon has also notched three service aces and four attacks during her back-row action.
Bruins Second Marathon Match of Weekend vs. Hawaii
UCLA's last two matches have gone more than two hours, with the four-game loss to Hawai'i checking in at 2 hours, 16 minutes, just 12 minutes shorter than the five-game win over Minnesota. Each game against Hawai'i took longer than the previous one, finishing with a 34-minute game four that included 39 sideouts as opposed to 26 points scored. Game scores and times were as follows: 7-15 (25 min), 15-11 (26 min), 15-10 (32 min), 15-11 (34 min).
Amy Nihipali is the only Bruin to see game action who does not have a dig to her credit ... Four rostered players will not make the trip to Denver: #5 Taylor Rodger, #9 Lyn Embree, #13 Jackie Levin and #19 Lauren Hogan ... After taking off the 1998 season for a medical redshirt (knee injury) Celeste Peterson saw action in three games during last weekend's tournament, giving Ashley Bowles a break in the matches against Pittsburgh and Minnesota. Peterson recorded six kills, one ace and two digs in her three games of action ... As a team, the Bruins have recorded 37 more kills than their opponents and are hitting at a .253 clip as opposed to their opponents' .208 ... UCLA's high kill production is contributing to the team's 15.4 kills/game average ... Bruin setter Erika Selsor is averaging 13.50 assists/game ... UCLA has been out-blocked by a 2.58-1.92 per-game margin, but the Bruins are out-digging their opponents by 1.6 digs per game (15.4-13.8).
This Week's Schedule - September 7-12
The Bruins have a quick turnaround between tournaments this weekend, returning from Hawaii to Los Angeles at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning and leaving for Denver on Thursday afternoon. The Pioneer Classic has a round-robin format with each of the five teams playing four games in two days.
Fri. Sept. 10 vs. Wright State Denver, CO 2:30 p.m. MT Fri. Sept. 10 at Denver Denver, CO 7:30 p.m. MT Sat. Sept. 11 vs. Idaho State Denver, CO 10:00 a.m. MT Sat. Sept. 11 vs. Lamar Denver, CO 5:00 p.m. MT
UCLA Quick Facts
1999 Overall Record: 2-1 1998 Overall Record: 16-14 1998 Pac-10 Record: 13-5 (3rd) Ranking: 10th, AVCA/USA Today Head Coach: Andy Banachowski Career Record: 847-201 (33rd season) Media Relations Contact: Amy Symons SID Phone: 310/206-6831 Website: www.uclabruins.com
VCA/USA Today Poll (9/6/99)
No. School (1st place) Points 1. Pacific (34) 1445 2. Penn State (8) 1364 3. Hawai'i (9) 1359 4. Long Beach State (8) 1332 5. Nebraska 1242 6. Florida 1190 7. Stanford (1) 1162 8. Texas 1059 9. UC Santa Barbara 1005 10. UCLA 1004 11. Pepperdine 842 12. BYU 778 13. Wisconsin 656 14. Ohio State 597 15. Arizona 595 16. Arkansas 467 17. Texas A&M 465 18. Clemson 462 19. Colorado State 440 20. USC 396 21. Univ. of San Diego 369 22. Illinois 229 23. Colorado 192 24. Kansas State 148 25. Michigan 133
Received Votes (rank): Minnesota (32nd)
Volleyball Magazine Poll (9/7/99)
No. School 1. Pacific 2. Penn State 3. Long Beach State 4. Nebraska 5. Texas 6. Florida 7. Hawai'i 8. Stanford 9. BYU 10. UCLA
1999 UCLA Record ... all matches 2-1 vs. conference opponents 0-0 vs. ranked opponents(at match time) 0-1 vs. all district ranked teams 0-1 home matches at Pauley Pavilion 0-0 playing on a Friday 1-0 playing on a Saturday 0-0 playing on a Sunday 1-0 playing Monday through Thursday 0-1
The 1999 Bruins' Record When They... Won 1st game 1-1 Lost 1st game 1-0 Won 2nd game 1-0 Lost 2nd game 1-1 Won 3rd game 2-0 Lost 3rd game 0-1 Won 4th game 1-0 Lost 4th game 0-1 Played five games 1-0
Tournament Ticket
Wright State
Nickname: Raiders
Current Ranking: not ranked
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Enrollment: 16,033
Head Coach: Joylynn Tracy, 2nd year
1999 Record ('98 record): 0-4 (11-18,5-7 MCC)
Series: First meeting
Nickname: Pioneers
Current Ranking: not ranked
Location: Denver, Colo.
Enrollment: 8,870
Head Coach: Beth Kuwata, 4th year
1999 Record ('98 record): 1-2 (8-17,NA)
Series: First meeting
Idaho State
Nickname: Bengals
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Enrollment: 12,553
Head Coach: Bill MacLachlan
1999 Record ('98 record): 3-1 (8-20,1-15 Big Sky)
Series: First Meeting
Nickname: Lady Cardinals
Location: Beaumont, Texas
Enrollment: 8,194
Head Coach: Jim Barnes, 4th year
1999 Record ('98 record): 3-1 (19-12,11-9 S'land)
Series: UCLA leads 6-0
Last Meeting: UCLA won 2-0, 1992
1999 Bruins in the Rankings
AVCA/USA Today VB Magazine Preseason 10 10 9/6/99 10 10
1999 UCLA Bruins Numerical Roster
Head Coach: Andy Banachowski, 33rd year (UCLA '68)
Assistant Coaches: Kim Jagd, 7th year (UCLA '87), Burt Fuller, 6th year (Chico State '86)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School)
1 Elisabeth Bachman MB 6-3 Jr.* 2V Lakeville, MN (Lakeville)
2 Ashley Bowles OH/S 6-0 So. 1V Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)
3 Kate Dwyer S 5-7 So. 1V Laguna Beach, CA (Laguna Beach)
4 Kristee Porter OH 5-11 So. 1V Tyler, TX (John Tyler)
5 Taylor Rodger OH 5-8 Fr.* HS San Diego, CA (Francis Parker)
6 Stacy Millichap OH/DS 5-7 Fr. HS Woodside, CA (St. Francis)
7 Ella Harley OH 6-0 Fr. HS Santa Cruz, CA (Archbishop Mitty)
8 Erika Selsor S 5-6 So. 1V Linden, CA (Linden)
9 Lyn Embree OH 5-10 Sr. 2V Los Angeles, CA (Beverly Hills)
10 Tamika Johnson MB/OH 6-3 Sr. 3V Indianapolis, IN (Cathedral)
12 Celeste Peterson OH 5-11 So.* 1V Boca Raton, FL (Spanish River)
13 Jackie Levin S/DS 5-7 So.* 1V Novato, CA (The Branson School)
14 Lauren Fendrick OH 6-2 Fr. HS Carlsbad, CA (Carlsbad)
15 Michelle Quon DS 5-5 Jr. 2V Dana Point, CA (Dana Hills)
16 Angela Eckmier MB 6-1 So. 1V North Hills, CA (Van Nuys)
17 Amy Nihipali MB 6-1 Jr. 2V Anaheim, CA (Esperanza)
18 Danielle Ryba MB 6-0 So. 1V Palos Verdes Estates, CA (Peninsula)
19 Lauren Hogan OH 5-11 So. 1V Long Beach, CA (Wilson)
* indicates already utilized redshirt year
Head Coach: Andy Banachowski, 33rd year (UCLA '68) Assistant Coaches: Kim Jagd, 7th year (UCLA '87), Burt Fuller, 6th year (Chico State '86)


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Perhaps the longest running console MMO in history coming to an end.
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Way back in February 2003, Sony Online Entertainment released a somewhat revolutionary console MMO in the form of EverQuest Online Adventures. Taking advantage of the PlayStation 2's Network Adaptor, to this day it's one of the few MMOs to be released on a console and almost certainly the most successful.
Nine years and one expansion pack later (Frontiers), SOE has announced that it will finally shut down the servers for EQOA on March 29th, 2012, with billing stopped on March 1st. Those who have purchased prepaid time SOE will provide a pro-rated refund for any unused time, automatically applied to a valid credit card on file or sent as a check if no credit card is active on the account. As a "thank you" (and a way to hopefully retain some of its customers) SOE is also giving subscription holders 3 months of Gold Membership to both EverQuest and EverQuest II.
Sony Online Entertainment sent the following notice to active subscribers:
Dear EverQuest Online Adventures Community Member,
We write to you today to inform you that on March 29th, 2012, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will end all services for EverQuest Online Adventures (EQOA). The shutdown of EQOA is a very difficult decision, but we have decided that the end of March is the appropriate time to end the game.
We will stop all billing for EverQuest Online Adventures subscriptions on March 1, 2012. For players who have purchased prepaid time via a membership/subscription plan, SOE Game Card or other retail game card that extends the subscription period past February 29, 2012, SOE will provide a pro-rated refund for the unused time left on the subscription after that date. If a valid credit card is active on your account, any refund will be applied to such credit card. If your account is paid via an SOE Game Card or other retail game card, we will send a check in the refund amount to your current billing address within 90 days after the game ends. Please be sure to update your email and mailing address in your Station Account as this may be critical to the refund process.
If you have an All Access pass, please note that billing for All Access passes will continue after March 1, 2012 and we will not be issuing any refunds for All Access Passes.
We are extremely grateful to all of the EQOA fans and we truly appreciate the support we've received from each and every one of you over the course of the past nine years.
As a token of our appreciation for your loyalty, EQOA subscription holders will get 3 months of Gold Membership status in both EverQuest and EverQuest II (to those with accounts in good standing) beginning 3/16/12. Those who already have an EQ or EQII Gold Membership will have 3 months of free time added to their account at the end of their current billing cycle. If you are an All Access customer with an account in good standing you'll get 3 additional months of All Access time added to your current plan.
Again, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to our player community for making EQOA one of the best online communities in gaming history. Sincerely,
Sony Online Entertainment
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"Astonishing in its simple beauty, amazing performances, and hypnotic pace. The real thing."
- John Waters, ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL
"Shot on 16mm for just $50,000, with a nonprofessional cast, and five years in the making, Hamilton is a tribute to the power of observation and mood."
- V.A. Musetto, THE NEW YORK POST
"The crucial thing to know about director Matthew Porterfield's feature debut, Hamilton, is that it's fantastic. It meets world-class art-film standards often set but rarely met by indie filmmakers."
- Eric Allen Hatch, BALTIMORE CITY PAPER
"A delicate, meditative drama. [Hamilton] takes the time to let events unfold at their own pace, to linger over an image for long moments after the action has moved on, to give audiences the chance to digest and ponder what they've seen. There's an honesty to the film that's hard to resist."
- Chris Kaltenbach, THE BALTIMORE SUN
"A minor miracle. Matthew Porterfield's first film, barely an hour long, made for a pittance in his native Baltimore with nonprofessional actors on 16mm film, is one of the most original, moving, and accomplished American independent films in recent years. The story alone is touchingly simple — a teenage mother, about to leave town for a month, wants her baby's young father to pay her a visit — but Porterfield's genius is revealed above all in the way he brings it to life. Exquisitely composed, unfolding gradually, suffused with light and color, his tender yet unsentimental images convey the graceful rhythms and quiet sorrows of young lives on hold. Porterfield is a master of time: here, an eight-minute trip takes eight minutes, but its progress is rich in visual epiphanies. The film builds to an unlikely, wondrous chase, and leaves the viewer hungry for more, and eagerly anticipating what Porterfield, who is still in his twenties, will do next."
- Richard Brody, THE NEW YORKER
"Matt Porterfield directs in a near-subliminal style…his frequently wordless images capture mood and emotion with surprising effectiveness. [Hamilton] builds an ineffable sadness around the loneliness of teenage parenting and the disconnect between sex and its consequences."
- Jeanette Catsoulis, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Languid and frequently beautiful. Porterfield and cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier can find drama in something as small as the complex rhythm of children on a swing set."
- J.R. Jones, CHICAGO READER
"It recalls the films of Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, particularly Dust in the Wind. Eschewing cuts, dialogue and plot in general, it teeters between minimal storytelling and pure Warholian observation, and such deliberate reticence is easy to admire."
- Ben Keningsberg, TIME OUT CHICAGO
"A boldly minimalist feat of insinuation. The influences on Matthew Porterfield's lovely, limpid Hamilton could be sassed as generally as Terrence Malick or Gus van Sant and more specifically, a laconic picaresque like David Gordon Green's George Washington. Cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier has a fine and worthy eye."
- Ray Pride, NEWCITY CHICAGO
"Visual poetry aside, what makes Hamilton a treasure is its thoughtful, unsentimental fleshing out of lives often glimpsed (in movies and elsewhere) but rarely considered."
- Mark Holcomb, TIME OUT NEW YORK


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5. loadrunner 4 years ago
And who's gonna do the laundry and the dishes?
Agree with #7 on the "I like it the way it is" part...
wtf guys are you all a bunch of wimps??!
I like women strong and confident, not cocky and obnoxious...
9. librabooks 4 years ago
#8 I like them in the kitchen makin' me a sammich!
12. krillemaster 4 years ago
phuck yeah
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wimps trying getting laid anyway
cant blame them cant say dont want to be them, have you seen the bodies of these chicks
strong and confident my ass
I'm into what everthingy in that body
15. ringmaster 4 years ago
#3, ask Fringe Division.
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What a twist.


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That Kid Rock's new Rebel Soul album possesses a rather sizeable defiant streak shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's followed his career over the past two decades, though there are some subtler moments mixed in with all the stompers … namely, a pair of tracks — "Midnight Ferry" and "Mirror" — where Rock stops raging, and, instead, ruminates on life and death.
You know, within reason, of course.
"'Midnight Ferry,' it's really dark, but it's not a dark song; it's reflective, but it's happy, it's celebratory. I know what I want played at my funeral: That's the song!" he told MTV News. "I was telling that to somebody recently and they were like 'Dude, that's dark.' And I'm like, 'No, everything's cool, trust me. I'm in the bonus round of life now.' God forbid I gotta check out any time soon, but, I'm like, 'It's cool, it's been a good ride.'"
Those same sentiments apply to "Mirror," where Rock takes a long look at himself and the life he's led. And while you might think the track is downright dour, well, remember, this is Kid Rock we're talking about here … and like he said; his life has been a good ride indeed.
"I just pictured myself having an honest conversation in the mirror … you know, Bob Richie talking to Kid Rock. But it's not, you know, 'Oh, I'm so successful and I feel alone," he laughed. "Because I'm so fortunate and blessed to be still making music and have people come out and see me play; you're not gonna catch me bitching on any level. It's a song that's better to be heard, it's tough to talk about. I can talk all day about 'Cucci Galore.'"
Okay then. "Cucci," as you are probably aware, is perhaps the most unrepentant — and over-the-top — moment on Rebel Soul, a callback to Kid Rock's hard-partying heyday that — not surprisingly — he's just released an appropriately ridiculous video for. One that very prominently features his brand-new alter ego, a dude named Bobby Shazam.
"Oh, man, Bobby. He probably came from having too many adult beverages, and trying to come up with something fun and different to do musically, and maybe have this character that could come out at shows," Rock explained. "He's just this psychotic rock and roller. Like, I picture his dad being a roadie for REO Speedwagon, and his mom was a high-priced call girl somewhere, and he's just out of his mind. So we named him Bobby Shazam, and we'll see if we can bring him to life onstage or not."
And, in a lot of ways, both Bobby and "Cucci Galore" sum up Rock's Rebel Soul album perfectly … after all, he's put in the work, he's suffered through lean times and now, you know, he wants to share the good times with us all.
"It's great, but it was a ton of work when I was young. I really busted my butt for a long, long time," he said. "When I look back now, I think about how scary it was, because I'm convinced I'd still be playing music at some level now, and I'd be a working-class musician; and that's a tough life. So I feel lucky and blessed every single day to still have people want to hear the music and come see it live."
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Margaret Anne "Maggie" Minardi, 54, of Medina, found peace Wednesday, August 27, 2014. She was born January 6, 1960 at a United States Army Base in Germany. She and Steven Minardi were married September 3, 1981; sharing 32 years together.
Maggie always went out of her way to help people and found joy in making people laugh. She was a devoted wife and mother, a proud United States Army Veteran and dedicated to serving her community.
She will be missed by her husband, Steven; children, Andrea (Ernest) Brewer, Joseph (Kimberly) Minardi, Zachary Minardi and grandchildren, Annabelle Minardi, Fiona Brewer; her parents, Eugene, Sr. and Beverly Nichols; brother, Eugene (Patricia) Nichols, Jr. and sister, Mary Katherine (John) Harmke.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Daniel Nichols. Friends may join the family for a Memorial Mass Thursday, September 4, 2014, 11 A.M., at St. Francis Xavier Church, 606 E. Washington Street, Medina.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to Vision Research ROPARD Foundation, 39650 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 200, Novi, MI 48375. www.ropard.org
Family arrangements were entrusted to Carlson Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, 3477 Medina Road, (corner of River Styx and Rt. 18) Medina. Online Memorials at carlsonfuneralhomes.com. www.funerallocation.com


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Moonkin BiS pre-raid gear
Posted 09 January 2012 - 04:36 AM
Posted 09 January 2012 - 05:10 AM
Posted 09 January 2012 - 08:23 AM
Now for real - Every mage gear should be suited for you.
Zoki, after fake casting about a hundred Scorches.
He's everywhere.
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Being a Good Tankadin - A Guide
Egozy - Level 70 Human Paladin, Protection.
Kifkef - Level 70 Night Elf Druid, Restoration.
Fearspam - Level 70 Gnome Warlock, Affliction.
Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:19 AM
Further in you find BiS pre for warlock which is almost exactly the same for any caster class except for a few differences, in your case replace: D2 gloves/sageblade
But given the fact that you can't get spell hit from talents you need a boatload of +hit and there are no leather items with spell hit in pre-raid content as far as I know.
Anarchos, dude of chaos.
Anarcha, dudette of chaos.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 01:15 AM
Head: Spellweaver's Turban http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22267
Neck: Diana's Pearl Necklace http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22403
Shoulders: Burial Shawl http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=18681
Back: Vote shop: Cloak of the Hakkari Worshipershttp://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22711
Chest: Bloodvine Vest http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19682
Bracers: Rockfury Bracers http://db.valkyrie-w...21186#reward-of
Hands: Vote shop: Bloodtinged Gloveshttp://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19929
Waist:Ban'thok Sash http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=11662
Legs: Bloodvine Leggings http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19683
Boots: Bloodvine Boots http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19684
Ring: Rune Band of Wizardry http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22339
Ring: Don Mauricio's Band of Domination http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22433
Trinket: Eye of the Beast http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=13968
Trinket: Briarwood Reed http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=12930
Mainhand: The Lost Kris of Zeddhttp://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=21802
Offhand: Scepter of Interminable Focus http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22329
Staff: Lord Valthalak's Staff of Command http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22335
Note: You should scan the AH for the lost kris of zedd all the time, and get the staff while doing so if you like. You should also vote for the Gloves before Cloak, also after that start voting for the ZG ring caster set. So don't farm the rings like a mad man either. But I guess you will need to run like 30 UBRS for the head. Also GET TAILORING. Full bloodvine with the set bonus is incredible for moonkin.
Basic stat prioritation is: Hit > Crit > Spelldmg > Int > mp5 > Spi
VS certain bosses you should squeeze in some spell penetration if possible as well, but I can't think of a single good item for a moonkin with that. Crit is really good for Nature's grace obviously and druids scale better crit wise than mages and warlocks with intellect, 50 intellect is 1% crit for a druid.
Hit is the most important stat untill you reach the cap obviously, which you probably never will without Neltharion's tear and items like that.
Rotation is pretty simple, in 5-10mans you could probably spam wrath if the mana allows you to and keep moonfire up, which is the highest DPS rotation you got but it ooms you quick. In 20-40man the bosses got higher resistance and there are no curse of nature, but arcane is included in CoS.
With that being said it is pretty obvious that starfire is the way to go in Raids. I don't think there are a debuff limit atm, so feel free to throw in a moonfire from time to time of the mana allows you to (Which it should, even without innervate).
Moonkins ooming fast is just false if you ask me. Starfire mana cost is 309 as boomkin spec if I am not misstaken. And compare to some other spells:
Starfire 3sec cast: 309mana
Mind blast 1.5s: 350mana. 2x Mind blasts 700mana 3s cast.
Frostbolt R11 2.5s with frost spec: 246mana. Fb R11 for 3sec: 295.2mana cost
As you can see you can see starfire mana cost is low. Even though you might end up having like 15% 2.5 Casts starfire mana shouldn't be a problem.
Just a lot of guys playing moonkin half assed, running around with D2 and shit and raiding without consumeables. If you get that pre raid list I linked, use all consomeables I can guarantee you that you will do almost as good dps as most frost mages in MC guilds if not better (considering most mages are retards).
Consumeables: Elixir of the Sages, Mageblood, Greater intellect, supreme power, wizard oil and sagefish delight, Crystal Force. And scrolls if possible.
Posted this in another thread, bis pre raid and some other usefull info.
Head: Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19375
Neck: Malice Stone Pendant http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22943
Shoulders: Rime Covered Mantle http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22983
Back: Cloak of the Necropolis http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=23050
Chest: Bloodvine Vest http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19682
Bracers: Bracers of Arcane Accuracy http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19374
Hands: Dark Storm Gauntletshttp://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=21585
Waist:Angelista's Grasp http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19388
Legs: Bloodvine Leggings http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19683
Boots: Bloodvine Boots http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19684
Ring: Zanzil's Band http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19905
Ring: Zanzil's Seal http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19893
Trinket: The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=23046
Trinket: Neltharion's Tearhttp://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=19379
Staff: Brimstone Staff http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=22800
This is what I think is BiS in the end, so make sure you get 300 tailoring for bloodvine set bonus. The items you really should try to get when you start raiding is a cloak with +hit, a weapon with 2% hit (Regalia or brimstone) and neltharion's tear. The rest of the items is obtainable through voting or a pretty small upgrade.
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 08:25 PM
Blade of Eternal Darkness http://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=17780
Mainhand: The Lost Kris of Zeddhttp://db.valkyrie-wow.com/?item=21802
much better than Zedd imo and I believe it can be farmed solo with some skill and feral gear.
P.S. But this dagger really shines in hands of a mage. Especially when he starts to AOE.
Posted 25 January 2012 - 07:33 AM
The 30 second hidden CD is bugged here?
P.S. But this dagger really shines in hands of a mage. Especially when he starts to AOE.
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Posted 25 January 2012 - 10:38 AM
No hidden CD on this.
The 30 second hidden CD is bugged here?
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Posted 25 January 2012 - 10:47 AM
ah, database did show it wrong then
No hidden CD on this.
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Posted 24 April 2014 - 08:42 PM
ah, database did show it wrong then
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If you like things relatively cool and dry, you will enjoy this week. High pressure builds in with a northwesterly flow that will make it feel like late autumn even though some sunshine during the day may push afternoon readings into the 60s.
I would expect that, with the expected clearing skies, many areas around the county will see their first frost — maybe on Tuesday morning. So we may officially be able to exclaim, "frost on the pumpkin!" The average first frost in the urban areas is usually around Oct. 17, so it would be a little late this year. Many folks reported seeing frost on rooftops and the like last week, especially in the Battle Ground area.
As we begin the month of November, I feel we may see a real change to cooler and wetter weather with heavy mountain snows. Could November be a repeat of last year? Maybe. I remember, driving from Vancouver to Sunriver for last Thanksgiving, there was snow either on the roadway or along the road the whole way. And plenty of snow over the passes. Makes for a festive mood I think.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its official winter outlook last week and calls for us to have a wetter and cooler winter. Of course they factor in the return of La Niña, and also throw in a wild card, the Arctic Oscillation. This less-known event tends to produce dramatic but sometimes short swings in temperatures. Translated for us, it means we could see several intrusions of arctic air from Canada via east winds.
This happened many times last winter in the upper Midwest, which brought a massive amount of snow on the ground and then the resulting spring floods along the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.
And here I was just thinking it would be a somewhat "normal" winter.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency issued its winter prediction, which shows a rather cold pattern along Japan and all the way up and around the Pacific Ring of Fire! If cold air pools up north, we generally get something out of it — either a direct hit of cold, dry air or strong storms that form in the Gulf of Alaska and bring heavy mountain snows as well as low-level snow in the foothills.
We will see what some local experts have to say this Saturday at OMSI. I will provide more details in my columns this week.
Meanwhile, enjoy the weather and your week.
Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://weathersystems.com.