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You must download the patch if you are playing Grim Fandango on a computer faster than 400mhz. Get it here:
This will help solve the forklift problem for many people, as well as a few other areas that appear to be buggy.
Windows 2000
Can I just add that some people have experienced problems when trying to run the game on a Windows 2000 based system.
You must make sure you have the latest compatability patch installed, which you can find here:
Game on! :D
Direct X Compatability
We have recieved word that Grim Fandango dosn't always run with the latest version of DirectX installed, and this alone can prevent it from running in some cases.
If this is the case for you, then uninstall your current version (at time of writing v9.0) and install DirectX 6.0 ;)
Edit by Thrik (July 30th, 2007): Note that this will prevent most games from working nowadays, so this isn't recommended unless you're using an old machine dedicated to playing older games. In addition, DirectX 9 and DirectX 10's backwards compatibility should be a little better than when this post was written.
The Big Green Troubleshooting FAQ
If Grim Fandango won't load at all, or is jerky, jumpy, crashy, or trigger-happy, then you should try all the following (fun) options. If you're stuck on the conveyor belt / elevator, then you should also read on.
First of all
-> For the love of god, Get the patch. This should solve the forklift problem in year 2, and possibly the conveyor belt problem in year 4.
-> If the conveyor belt is still too fast, then your processor is too fast. The solution? Download the trial version of CPU Killer, and register if you like it. This little utility will slow down your processor so that Grim should run smoothly, although with the trial version you only get 20 minutes slow-run-time.
-> If you have Windows 2000, make sure you have the latest compatability patch, which you will find here. Use Windows Update if the link doesn't work.
-> Always set the colour depth to 16-bit. Grim doesn't like it any higher. Just Right-click your desktop, Click the 'Settings' tab, and select 16-bit from the pull-down menu. This may or may not help, it's just recommended.
-> There is a troubleshooting guide on the disc. Access this by inserting the disc, waiting until the box pops up, choosing "Readme & Troubleshooting" and then clicking "Troubleshooting Guide". You should also click "View Readme", as this may contain some important information as to why Grim isn't working properly.
Run it from the Hard Drive
-> Copy all the files on your CDs to the Grim Fandango directory on the hard drive.* If the operation times out or errors, then you'll have to use a program like Isobuster to rip the files. Simply right click the file you wish to rip, choose "extract raw data" and select the directory to place the newly ripped file in.
-> You now need to edit the registry so it can run without the CD. Click Start, Run, and type "regedit". Browse to:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC\Grim Fandango\v1.0". Right click, select "New -> String Value" and enter "good_times" as its name. Now double click this and enter "TRUE" as it's Value. Grim Fandango should now run without the CD, which can solve plenty of problems.
-> Alternatively, download and run the registry key by clicking here.
Run it Windowed
-> Running Grim Fandango in Windowed mode may solve your problem, if only temporarily. It may allow you access to the game, so you can in turn access the options menu and tinker around.
-> To run the game in windowed mode, download the shortcut here. This will only work if you have installed Grim Fandango to the default directory. If not, then click Start, click run, type "command" and hit Enter. Now type in your Grim Fandango directory, and then "GrimFandango -w" and hit enter. This should look something like this:
C:\blah\games\rox\grim\ GrimFandango -w
-> To stop Grim Fandango running in Windowed mode on startup, look in the options. Remember, you can push ALT + ENTER at any time to switch from Full-screen to windowed mode.
3D Hardware Acceleration
-> You can disable this at the in-game options screen. Just hit F1 while the game is loaded, and you can easily enable or disable it, or tinker around with the settings. You should try running Grim using the "DIBsection windowed display" and the "Primary display driver", using whatever Supported modes you can. You cannot use 3D Hardware Acceleration whilst in windowed mode, so when you switch it on Grim Fandango will switch to full screen mode.
-> You may wish to update your graphics card drivers - If you have an nVidia card visit the nVidia website etc.
Get rid of DirectX 8.1
The following is useless to you if you have Windows XP, as DirectX 8.1 comes as standard so it is impossible to "downgrade" it so to speak. It is not proven that removing DirectX 8.1 will affect Grim in any way, although a few have claimed it helps.
-> First of all, UPDATING DirectX may work. Now on with how to down-date it:
-> Browse to your Grim Fandango directory. There should be a file called "DXDiag.exe". Double click this. Click the "DirectX files" tab. If there are plenty of yellow warning signs all over the place, and you are told that several files are missing, then uninstalling DirectX might help. However, even with a lot of files missing, Grim Fandango can still run, and when DirectX is downgraded, there will still be files missing. Maybe you should try uninstalling DirectX.
-> Use this as a last resort. You can use this tool to remove DirectX 8.1. You can also backup your current DirectX settings, which is recommended.
-> Now reinstall DirectX using the version that is on the Grim Fandango disc. Either use the splash screen to install it (try to play Grim, or click "Readme & Troubleshooting" "Reinstall DirectX"), Or do it manually (recommended) by clicking "Start -> Run", typing "D:\DIRECTX" and running "DXSetup.exe"
-> If you receive a "DirectX Not Installed" type error when you try to run Grim Fandango, don't worry. This is normal, you just need to run Grim Fandango by using the file "GrimFandango.exe" in the main directory. You can download a desktop shortcut to this file here.
-> For more information regarding DirectX and Grim Fandango, read this thread here.
*The default Grim Fandango directory is C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Grim\
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We can all feel inferior to Jason Segel superfan Chelsea Gill. Rather than creating a Twitter account dedicated to her favorite celebrity or writing a secret five-act opera inspired by any one of his adorable features, the Indiana University student decided to actually do something about her little crush. Taking a page from last fall's Marine Ball invitation method of choice, Gill took to YouTube to express her feelings for the "fucking hot" Muppets star—through song. Making her way through an original arrangement, Gill sweetly and candidly won over HIMYM and LOTR diehards with creative lines like "Oh Jason Segel, you are the ring to my Smeagol," before easing into her request for a quirky ballad and a drinks date—on her. She's legal! And single! But she's flexible on the terms—"just friends" is acceptable, but certainly not preferred.
Sure, this gimmick is "hit or miss," considering Gill's clip currently has less than 2,000 views on YouTube and she may have come on a little strong. But it's all about which eyes are doing the viewing. "My favorite thing, maybe ever. I am in awe. Response on the way," Segel tweeted on Wednesday night. "I'm gonna need a couple days on this one." And with that, she's already won—be sure to check out the cute congratulations from the YouTube community. This also gives us hope that our homemade nursery rhymes for Babyonce will one day be played in the pristine Knowles-Carter home. Knowing Segel's predilection for music—and Muppets—we are confident part two of this glorious fan-celeb saga is going to be good. Vampire musical!


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A woman drank coffee as she fed her cat in Kiev Wednesday. The Ukrainian hryvnia tumbled to a historic low Wednesday, prompting an aide to President Viktor Yushchenko to admit that 60% of credit likely won't be paid back. The National Bank of Ukraine bought some of the currency Tuesday. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
A man cleared snow off of a walkway Wednesday in Detroit, home to the Big Three automakers. The Senate rejected General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC's $14 billion funding request last week. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Firefighters extinguished flames in an emergency-landing drill Wednesday at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. (Firdia Lisnawati/Associated Press)
An accident investigator assessed a school-bus crash scene Wednesday in Frankton, Ind., after the bus collided with a car. No life-threatening injuries were reported in the crash, which was blamed on icy roads. (Michael Conroy/Associated Press)
Two freight trains collided Wednesday near Dresbach, Minn., sending an engine and some railcars plunging into the Mississippi River, authorities said. No serious injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation. (Peter Thomson/La Crosse Tribune via Associated Press)
Dennis Baltimore Jr. walked along a Long Beach, Calif., sidewalk Wednesday with a sign attached to him that read "I am a juvenile delinquent who should be punished." The teen's father assigned the punishment after the boy was suspended from high school for writing on school property. (Scott Smeltzer/Press-Telegram via Associated PressDennis)
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Michelle Bogardus, a biotechnician with the Cape Hatteras National Seashore U.S. National Park Service, waited with an endangered North Atlantic right whale. Officials planned to euthanize the whale, since it was too young to fend for itself in the ocean. (Chris Curry/The Virginian-Pilot via Associated Press)
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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant went up for a dunk Tuesday in a game against the New York Knicks in Los Angeles. Mr. Bryant scored 28 points to help his team rally from a 15-point halftime deficit. The Lakers edged out the Knicks 116-114. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
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Kashmiri Muslims waited outside an India polling station Wednesday to cast their votes in state elections. Thousands of security forces protected voters across Jammu-Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, as separatists called a boycott. They claim the election will only strengthen India's hold on the Himalayan region. (Dar Yasin/Associated Press)
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Tony Naser wants to "put the word out there for eating good food, not food from big chains," and on Boston's State St. (107 State) last fall, he opened CRUSH, a Neapolitan pizzeria with pizza that goes into an Italian wood-fired oven and is done in 90 seconds.
Not only does it come out fast, hot and delicious but you get to literally make your own pizza - a generous single serving size that's topped with your choice of 36 toppings ranging from the usual - fresh mozzarella, sausage, red onion,and fresh basil to gourmet level choices such as house made pesto, truffle cream and Prosciutto Di Parma.
Owner Tony Nastase, a life-long food lover, went to culinary school and had several restaurants in New Hampshire before becoming a jeweler. He still owns a jewelry store, but pizza is his pride and joy. The original CRUSH is in Nashua, but Tony and his brother, Joe are thinking of further expansion into the Boston market.
Be healthy and top your meal off with a salad, then indulge in a house-made gelato! There are plenty of choices, it's quick, tasty and reasonably priced. Basic pizzas are $7.95 and toppings are $1 apiece. Or pick one of the specialty pies - Salsiccia, Pesto Blast, Greco, Hawaiian, Bourbon BBQ Chicken and more, priced from $9.95 to $11.95.
Your meal can be as extensive or small as you pick. Starters include Antipasto Misto, Insalata Caprese, and Polpette (Meatball) for $6 to $12.
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I cannot take this.
Ruby Dee, dead, at 91?
She and her hubby Ossie Davis lived in New Rochelle, not far from where I lived and closer to Jan Peerce, Walter and Jean Kerr and Iona College, from which I graduated.
I met and interviewed them many times throughout the years, always asking about Diana Sands and always asking about Dorothy Dandridge. They were always shocked that as a young white "kid" I knew Diana and Dorothy and their tragic demises. Ossie hugged me when I told him I often visited Diana's grave. Many know Ruby starred with Sidney Poitier and Diana Sands in the 1961 gen A Raisin in the Sun, but few know that Streisand Sands began their career together. They were also involved with the civil rights movement; the couple were master and mistress of ceremonies at the 1963 March on Washingon, and she was friends with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. (Whose grave is quite close to Sands'.)
Ossie was nicer than Ruby, though I gave her points for having my mother's name, and I love their son, blues musician Guy Davis.
The very first time I saw Ossie and Ruby perform was in a two-person show at SUNY Purchase (NY) in the '80s. They walked on stage, she paused and in a loud, demanding voice, uttered: "I is a nigger!"
It was a shocking start to a fascinating and disturbing and riveting evening of everything that touched she and Ossie. She said: "As an actor, I want to explore life and people rhythms and the sounds in the silences."
I cry in this silence.
Please pray for her . . . and what she put up with. (Ossie loved to fuck around on her she allowed it).Then they wrote a book about it.
First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted that she was "deeply saddened" by Dee's death. "I'll never forget seeing her in Do the Right Thing on my first date with Barack."
Michelle tweeted the right thing.
Ruby Dee dead at 91. Another underrated genius is gone
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What are you most proud of? My knitting designs are all intended to feature the yarns dyed by my extremely talented daughter Meg, of Twisted Fiber Art. For shawls, that means that we will be working with Evolutions, yarns which run through a series of colors. And with Evolutions, it is almost as important not to have too much yarn as not to have too little. I feel as though this design will allow the knitter to use however much yarn is available, with just a bit left over. I think I have taken Miriam's insightful advice and made it work with my special design constraints.
Very beautiful. The pattern is pretty and the color migration of the yarn is unique. I love it!
Thank you! I am so lucky to work with my daughter's yarns. Her color sense is so great.
Beautiful. I love how the yarn works with your stitch pattern.
Thanks so much - that's exactly what I was hoping for. This is a sample to show off one of my daughter's gorgeous colorways and I came up with the pattern to try to show it off well.
this is wonderful! i love the colors! I checked out the Twisted Fiber Art site and the Cuddy Evolutions are exactly what i've been looking for! hopefully i'll be able to get some soon! This lace design is absolutely beautiful as well. maybe i'll have to take this class too!
Thank you so much! I am still blown away by my daughter's color sense. I hope you will get some of her yarn. And I really recommend Miriam's course if you're interested in designing shawls.
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I am currently installing and and re-installing Arch Linux for learning purposes. As I don't have a secondary machine, I have to do it on my main one. The thing is - I couldn't find a way to avoid installing grub in the installation process of Arch.
That's another problem, but I fail to use
boot-repair as explained here to make Ubuntu my default OS again. After installing Arch I get grub1 booting, and it doesn't have entries to log into my Ubuntu system, and I don't really know how to edit grub. I prefer just restoring grub2 used by Ubuntu.
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"WWE 2K15" may feature newly designed belts on the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. According to a report from Wrestling Inc on July 20, WWE has ordered new plates for all championship hardware. This is because the company wanted to replace the old logo with the new one later this year.
WWE used the "scratch" logo during their most popular period, which was known by many fans as the Attitude Era. The symbol originally included the letter "F" when the company was known as the WWF. However, they lost a legal dispute with the World Wide Fund for Nature for the trademark, forcing them to become WWE and remove "F" from the logo.
The new logo has already been used for the WWE Network, which launched in Feb. of this year. The streaming service ended up putting the company in some financial hardships due to the lower-than-expected subscribers. The stock dropped significantly, resulting in the firings of some of the behind-the-scenes and on-air talents.
The same logo is also being used for "WWE 2K15." The company is apparently set to officially make the switch on the Monday Night Raw episode, which takes place on Aug. 18, after the Summerslam pay-per-view event. At around the same time, the complete roster of playable characters for the video game should also be announced. The Summerslam will feature John Cena, the cover star of this year's installment, going against Brock Lesnar.
"WWE 2K15" is set to arrive shortly after the new logo is made official. The video game is scheduled for a North American launch on Oct. 28 and then a European release several days later on Oct. 31. Two versions of Sting, who will be making his first appearance in the series, is being offered as pre-order bonuses. The box art of the software product can be viewed near the top of this article (courtesy of the official Twitter account of WWE Games).
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i absolutely love the abstract style! i also agree with CEC!
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AMORY – The former principal of West Amory Elementary School filed suit Thursday to challenge her job loss.
Leigh Todd of Aberdeen was fired after the controversial discipline of an 8-year-old who was forced to stick out his tongue for nearly six hours one day last March.
In a 19-page federal lawsuit, Todd insists she was denied due process and was discharged without cause.
Defendants in the legal action are the Amory School District, its superintendent Dr. Gearl Loden and Dr. Candace Moore, its special education director.
Todd is represented by Tupelo attorney Jim Waide.
She also insists that competition with Moore over an open curriculum director's job contributed to her problems with the district.
Loden and Moore could not be contacted for comment early today.
In the lawsuit, Todd claims the child's mother approved of his discipline, which Todd termed "an appropriate means of correcting his misbehavior."
Last week, the child's parents accepted a $75,000 settlement from the school district to avert a lawsuit.
Todd claims the child's parents did not complain about the matter until Loden visited them "in an attempt to inflame them against Todd."
She also insists Loden was in league with Moore to secure for her the curriculum director's job and wanted Todd out of the way.
And she blames Loden for allegedly advising school board members they should not attend her three-day hearing before the board fired her.
Todd says the district breached her contract and that Loden defamed her to the student's parents.
She's asking for a jury trial, actual and punitive damages, as well as reinstatement to her employment.
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We've been very very busy these last few weeks!
We've moved our Blog group to Firdale and we've now got some new members too.
Every Wednesday morning, we have Barry, Jean (see picture), Karen (see picture) plus Ricky, Derek, Neil and Tim, and in the afternoons Sue and Nicky join us too.
We're now called Ch@tterbox5 as we are all about getting our messages across and getting everyone talking together in our 5 day centres.
Last week we started work on our profile sheets for our notice board so everyone knows who's in the team. The week before we picked our name and started clearing all the notice boards and this week we've been typing up our profile sheets and making posters for when the Old Fire Station opens on the Thundersprint weekend.
We're serving up bacon and sausage batches, hot and cold drinks, face painting, being an helmet and leather drop and having a plant stall so we're going to be very busy then too!
Karen has been doing lots of laminating for us and Barry has been pinning everything up for us and have been a great help!
Next week we'll take a group photo and one of our lovely notice boards too.
We've also been asked to do some easy-read minutes for meetings so that veryone can understand them, and make a directory of things going on in the community for all our centres to use.
Watch this space!
Anyway, enough of that, here's what Barry, Karen and Jean have to say...
Barry says; "It was my birthday last Saturday and I went out to the motorway cafe at Knutsford Services to see all the trucks.
I had my photo taken beside lots of trucks, my favourite was a DAF one and there was a DAF tanker and a MAN one too. I saw Royal Mail, Eddie Stobart, Jack Richards and Saints trucks on the motorway. I had steak and kidney pie, chips, peas, gravy and a muffin for a treat. It was a good birthday . I am 63 now."
Jean says; "I moved to a downstairs bedroom in our house last weekend, it's really nice, it's much better not having to go up and down stairs.
I watched the Royal Wedding on TV and went next door for a party after, the buffet was lovely and we had takeaway later too - chicken and pineapple."
Karen says: "On 23rd May, it's my Dad's birthday and he'll be 70 so we're having a big party in the Mill Pool for him, with 15 people invited.
I'm having my nails done at Anita's specially for it and I'm really looking forward to it.
Last weekend I watched all of the Royal Wedding on TV, the kiss was the best bit, when she kissed him twice, and the car, and her dress was gorgeous!"
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Alice L. Newquist gave nearly 40 years of her time and effort to support the goal of advancing the credit union movement prior to her death. In 1983 she retired from the Sacred Heart Credit Union as president and manager after twenty years of dedicated service. Her leadership role has gained her a place in the Illinois Credit Union Hall of Fame.
Newquist was very active in the Sangamon Valley Chapter of Credit Unions. She held the position of president from 1986 to 1988. Other positions included the vice presidency.
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The Movie Trailers feature of Apple TV has been a long time favorite of mine. When friends come over we sometimes kill a little time just watching trailers and discussing upcoming movies. Before Apple TV you could also do this via the Apple QuickTime website. There are lots of ways to watch movie trailers, but one thing Apple has done well with this is the user interface and high quality nature of the trailers themselves with many streaming in HD. I always liked the Movie Poster way of seeing which trailers were available as well as doing searches. Apple has now brought this experience to iOS.
iTunes Movie Trailers on your iDevice
As you would expect Apple has done a good job with this App in that it looks very much like the Apple TV experience. You can scroll through the movie posters or do searches. Once you tap on a trailer you can choose to play it or in many cases see still photos in a gallery. Surprisingly the photos can be saved to your camera roll, tweeted or emailed. Beyond looking at trailers and stills the app goes further by giving you a calendar of movies that are about to hit theaters as well as what's already in theaters. You can save favorites of trailers and theaters.
This App just about does it all (almost). I'm not quite ready to give up Flixster just yet. There is no movie rating feature in Apple's App. While you can see Rotten Tomato ratings, you can't rate it yourself and share those ratings with friends. Also there is no way to buy movie tickets from within the App. I would very much like this to be the only App I need, but until Apple adds a couple more features I'll still need to keep at least one of my others. Other than that, iTunes Movie Trailers is a great App and there is no reason not to have it!


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This update is for iPads and iPhones that are using iOS7. This is a major update, as it deals with a security issue. This new patch fixes and corrects the SSL connection verification. What exactly does this mean?
This article is very close in content to the article I published regarding the update for iPhone users, but it does bear repeating. In addition, the directions for downloading and installing iOS 7.0.6, for the iPad, are slightly different.
For those who engage in secure sessions using their devices, such as purchasing on line, banking, etc., it was possible for a hacker to capture or modify data while you were using your iPad. Attackers/Hackers were defined as users with a privileged network position. When all of these factors were in place, SSL/TLS would not have protected you while you were engaged in "secure sessions."
Before this patch, iPad users were vulnerable to data theft, which included credit card numbers, user names, and passcodes. This was done by hackers who posed as trusted websites, and were then able to inject malware or intercept your communications.
This new update should now validate the authenticity of your connection, by providing the restoration of steps that were missing in the validation process.
If you see a red number one, in the Settings icon on your iPad desktop, it's time to update. To install iOS 7.0.6: tap Settings > tap Software Update > to read more about this update tap the link provided on this page > then tap Download and Install > read the terms and conditions, and tap Agree if you wish to continue > a window on the Settings page will appear beneath the top box, telling you that the software is downloading; the progress bar will be at the top of the page, next to the spinning Settings icon > allow your information to be validated > your screen will turn black > after the white apple appears and disappears, the apple will return with a progress bar underneath > your screen will turn black, and the apple will reappear with a second progress bar underneath > press the start button at the bottom of the device if your iPad has shut down > you are done . . . for now. Stay tuned for additional updates.
It is recommended that those who are using iOS7 for their iPads update immediately to correct this security issue. For more information regarding this major security breach please check Apple's site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
iPads and iPhones can be purchased locally at the Apple Store – Westfarms Mall, Farmington, CT and your local Best Buy (West Hartford and Enfield are two local options.)
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- iPhone iOS 7.0.6 major security update for Apple's iPhone
- Airbender 2.0 clamshell case/keyboard for the iPad Air
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Avon Players of Rochester Hills has announced its new season and it promises to delight patrons with variety, spectacle, drama, and even a holiday favorite. The community theatre continues its sixty-seventh season of quality entertainment at family-friendly prices. Five shows, each of which have thrilled audiences on the silver screen, are being offered.
"Big: The Musical" – September 5-20, 2014
This fun musical is based on the classic 1987 Tom Hanks motion picture fantasy of the same name. When frustrated adolescent Josh Baskin wishes he were "big" and wakes up the next morning a 30-year-old man, he discovers there's much more to being an adult than he's bargained for. A witty, moving, insightful story and an energetic, heartfelt, contemporary score reminds us that we must all grow up at our own pace and in our own time.
"Miracle on 34th Street" – November 28 – December 13, 2014
Another favorite flick brought to life is "Miracle on 34th Street," based on the beloved holiday cinematic classic starring Maureen O' Hara and Natalie Wood. When an old man named Kris Kringle steps out of his retirement home to work as Santa for Macy's Christmas selling season, he unleashes waves of good will with shoppers and the commercial world of New York City. Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy's vocational counselor, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Especially at stake is one little girl's belief in Santa. Revisit a time when people believed that love, decency, and generosity of spirit are their own rewards.
"Clue: The Musical" – January 23 – February 7, 2015
Mystery lovers and board game aficionados alike will love the musical based on a 1985 film based on the popular Parker Brothers board game. This comedic, interactive thriller brings the world's best-known suspects to life and invites the audience to help solve the mystery. There are 216 possible solutions! Only one hard-nosed female detective is qualified to unravel the merry mayhem. Comic antics, witty lyrics, a beguiling score and a twisty plot promise to deliver a fun evening out.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" – March 13 – 28, 2015
Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" may be better known to modern audiences through the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. This play is vintage Williams, with complex characters who deal with illness, alcoholism, deception, and family squabbles while they plan to celebrate the birthday of Southern patriarch Big Daddy. Maggie hopes to give Big Daddy the news that she's finally become pregnant by his favorite son, Brick. But first, Maggie must unravel and resolve the mysterious rift that has opened up between her and Brick.
"A Man of No Importance" – May 22 - June 6, 2015
The final offering of the season offers a fitting tribute to community theatre. "A Man of No Importance" is a sweet and stirring musical based on the Albert Finney movie of the same name. The title gives a nod to Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, whose plays figure into this heartfelt story, written by Terrence McNally. In 1964 Dublin, bus conductor Alfie Byrne is a working-class man with the soul of an artist. When he's not regaling his passengers with poetry, he's leading his scrappy band of amateur performers, the St. Imelda's Players. But Alfie's choice for the group's next play, the scandalous "Salome" by his idol, Oscar Wilde, creates a rift in this very Catholic community. As Alfie fights for his artistic ideals, he must confront the forces of bigotry and shame and come to terms with a secret he has tried hard to keep in the closet.
Avon Players has been performing shows in its unique A-frame theater since 1965. Season tickets are available in packages that offer discounts of up to 24% per ticket. Additionally, season ticket holders enjoy seating selection and voting privileges in Avon's annual "Stoney Awards." Additional information is available by calling the Avon Players box office at 248.608.9077 or by visiting the website. The theatre is located at 1185 Washington in Rochester.


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Rethinking the RSVPI was raised in a family that embraced all invitations, especially the oversize, engraved ones that call for an RSVP and a new outfit. There was no discussion — "Are we busy?" "Do we like these people?" "Is it worth the 10-hour round-trip in a Rambler without a radio?" Our weekends were gapingly free. When the relatives summoned us, we went.It was a different era, the 1950s and '60s. Aunts, uncles, and cousins constituted a social circle large enough that we rarely needed to go outside it. I don't believe either of my parents needed or kept a social calendar. They must have stepped out on some evenings, because I do remember my mother's collection of clutch purses, her special-occasion Estee Lauder perfume, and the Krysiak girls as babysitters. 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.
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(11:30 p.m.) -- Crown Princess, which yesterday suffered a severe list while at sea and was forced to return to port, is still docked at Port Canaveral. Princess confirms that 240 passengers were treated onboard for injuries, such as cuts, abrasions, bruises and fractures. Of these, 94 were transferred to local hospitals for evaluation and treatment.
As of 7 p.m. PST, only two passengers remain in the hospital; Princess' statement notes that both are "expected to make a full recovery."
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On Saturday, yoga enthusiasts converged on Large Marge for the second annual Yoga on Bridge event. Marvel at the view captured by a camera mounted on a drone.
Marvel also on the fact that it was 80 degrees just two days ago, and many of us are wearing long johns today.


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Thr 253 Makeup for Stage and Screen
MAKEUP for STAGE AND SCREEN - Spring 2015
Theatre 253-001
Monday: 4:00 - 7:00pm
Room: AC/W- 17
Kathleen Donnelly, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office: AC/W 220 - 424-7127
Office Hours: Mon/Wed: 11:30am-12:30pm, Thurs: 10:00am -11:00am, or by appointment
Text: Laura Thudium: Stage Makeup
Materials: Ben Nye: Theatrical Makeup Kit. (Required) (Kits will be available in University Books and More at the Customer Service Desk. Please buy kit specifically ordered for you.)
Based on goals established by the Theatre program, the goals of this course, for the student, are: 1. To have a broad knowledge of the processes of theatrical production; 2. To develop a commitment to the pursuit of artistic excellence and integrity.
Theatre is a collaborative creative process requiring a broad knowledge of the human condition to be successful. The importance of theatre in society is well documented, and understanding the role it plays in society contributes to the development of a well- rounded citizen. Theatre, as with all areas of the Liberal Arts, is most effectively employed when it is built on a broad base of knowledge.
The goals listed above will be achieved through the following objective of this course. The objective of this course is to provide the student with the knowledge of the fundamental materials and techniques used in stage, television and film makeup. The course will be presented as a series of lecture/demonstrations and practical application. The student's proficiency will be tested through projects that include age, character, and style.
At the beginning of each section of the course, a lecture/demonstration will be given to acquaint the student with the purpose, techniques and demands of the project. The student will be provided with step- by- step approaches to the various techniques.
Practical Application:
Following the lecture/demonstration, the student will utilize the techniques given, to accomplish the appropriate result.
In addition to the makeup kit, you should bring to class: a jar of cold cream (Ponds recommended), a towel, washcloth, and a shirt to cover your clothes while you are working on projects. If you have long hair, you might want to bring a clip or elastic band to keep it out of your face.
Project 1: FAMOUS PEOPLE - Due: Feb 23rd
The student will create the image of a famous person (present or past) using two -dimensional makeup techniques. The student should find photos of a person that has some similarity to your own physical traits, but provides a challenge. Bring in images of famous person to use as a guide.
Project will be graded on ability to work with modeling techniques to create a resemblance to the famous person chosen by the student.
Project 2: AGE MAKEUP - Due: March 9th
The student will create the makeup for a person 60+ years on face, neck and hands. For this project, the student should acquire a photo of a relative, if possible, which was taken after they had reached 60 years old, if possible. The photo will be used as a guide to analyze family traits in aging. Magazine photos of appropriate age and gender can be substituted if family photo is unavailable. Project will be graded on ability to work with aging techniques demonstrated in class to successfully create an aged character.
Project 3. GENDER REVERSAL - Due: April 13th
The student will use two dimensional makeup technique, facial hair and wigs/hairpieces, to create the image of the opposite gender. Bring in images to use as a guide. Project will be graded on the successful transformation of features to create the opposite gender.
Project 4. CHARACTER NOSES - Due: April 27th
The student will use techniques demonstrated in casting facial features to create a cast of their nose, and from this impression sculpt a stage nose for a fantasy or non- human character. From this the student will develop a final impression and generate a latex prosthetic. You will need visual images to work from for the character chosen. Project will be graded on process, successful production of a plaster nose, mold of character nose, and latex prosthetic.
Project 5. MAKEUP PRACTICUM - Due: May 4th
This is a production practicum for either a theatrical, film or television event. The student will do the makeup for someone who will appear in one of these venues for this semester. Reference or research material, and a description of techniques used should be submitted along with a photo/digital image of the actor in makeup.
Project 6. MAKEUP MORGUE - Due: May 11th
The student will create a notebook/spiral binder of visual references for makeup projects. There should be at least 50 references. The images should be at least 3" x 5" for clarity and be in color. Some black/white images are acceptable. The categories for this file are: age (note the age on the photo or magazine clipping), famous people (both women and men), gender reversal images, fantasy characters, animals and other non-human characters, and hair and makeup fashion. See p. 25 in your text for the specific breakdowns and recommendations. The materials should be presented in a binder or folder and be organized by category. There is an option to produce the morgue in a digital powerpoint or pdf file. Project will be graded on variety of images and sufficient attention to each category.
Project 7. FANTASY MAKEUP - Due: May 11th
The student will choose a fantasy or non-human character as the basis for this project. Any of the techniques and applications learned during the semester may be used to create this effect. At least 3 different techniques should be used in the creation of this project. The student will provide a list of techniques used, and the visual references/research used to develop the makeup design. Visual references/research may be a photo, magazine clipping or a detailed drawing. Project will be graded on successful representation of character chosen and process used.
Consistent attendance in class is critical to understanding the process and techniques of makeup. If a student is going to be absent for a lecture, they need to contact the professor in advance of the class. The student is also responsible for getting the material that was covered from another member of the class, and come prepared for the next class. Since this class meets once a week, each absence is equivalent to a week of missed classes. One unexcused class absence will not affect grade, however unexcused absences in excess of one will decrease your overall class grade by five points for each absence thereafter. Because it is important to keep up with the time schedule allotted, no late projects will be accepted unless it meets the Dean of Students criteria for excused absences, and documentation is provided in a timely fashion.
Grading will be based on choice of material relative to complexity, research, creativity,
techniques, and completeness of project.
Project 1 - Famous People 15%
Project 2 - Old Age 15%
Project 3 - Gender Reversals 15%
Project 4 - Character Noses 15%
Project 5 - Makeup Practicum 10%
Project 6 - Makeup Morgue 10%
Project 7 - Fantasy Makeup 20%
Schedule of classes
February 2nd: Introduction to course /Face Analysis/ Application of basic makeup (Chapter 1 - 4)
February 9th: Modeling with highlight and shadow. (Eyes, Cheeks, Nose, Eyebrows) (Chapter 5 – 6, 8)
February 16th: Aging Techniques – Part I (Chapter 7) /The Boy Inside Makeup Rehearsal
February 23rd: Project 1: Famous Persons
March 2nd: Aging Techniques – Part II/ Old Age Practicum
March 9th: Project 2: Old Age
March 16th: Intro to Gender Reversal Project/ Techniques – Part I (Chapter 13)
March 23rd: SPRING BREAK
March 30th: Gender Reversal Techniques- Part II - Wigs, Beards, Mustaches (Chapter 14)
April 6th: Intro to 3-Dimensional makeup/ Casting Facial Features (Chapter 15)
April 13th: Project 3: Gender Reversal / Sculpt Character Nose
April 20th: Intro to Fantasy Project/ Create Latex Prosthetic/ 3-D techniques: Using spirit gum and latex (Chapter 10 -12)
April 27th: Project 4: Character Noses due / 3-D techniques: gelatin / making blood
O Pioneers! Makeup Rehearsal
May 4th: Special Techniques/ Bruises, Burns, and Black Eyes/ Fantasy Character Practicum
Project 5: Makeup practicum due (Chapter 9)
May 11th: FINAL CLASS. Project 6: Makeup morgue due / Project 7: Fantasy Character.


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Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
Collections specialist Scott Wood examines the engine of the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, the first aircraft to be restored in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
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Windies well beaten by Lions
West Indies will report for next week's opening Test facing problems with their batting line-up after they slumped to a disappointing 10-wicket defeat against England Lions.
The tourists entered the four-day encounter at Derby desperate for their batsmen to fire before the start of the Test series at Lord's, having failed to reach 200 in two of their previous three innings on tour.
But after conceding a 108-run first-innings lead to the Lions on the third day, they were dismissed for a lowly 179 with their last six wickets falling for just 25 runs in eight overs.
It left the Lions with a victory target of 72, which they raced to in just 9.5 overs to win with a day to spare.
West Indies began the third day hoping to end the Lions' resistance quickly when they resumed 50 runs adrift on 143 for six, but a defiant century from wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose and 72 from Adil Rashid earned them a significant advantage.
Warwickshire wicketkeeper Ambrose showed considerable determination to hit 117, his second century of the season, in the week he was overlooked for England's squads for the first Test, ICC World Twenty20 tournament and one-day series against West Indies.
Ambrose hit 20 fours and a six and dominated a 152-run stand with Yorkshire leg-spinner Rashid, who survived being dropped on 19 by Shivnarine Chanderpaul at slip off seamer Jerome Taylor.
Ambrose fell in the over before lunch when he got a leading edge straight to cover off the medium pace of Lendl Simmons, while Rashid was caught in the deep attempting an upper cut.
Beginning their innings in mid-afternoon, the tourists were immediately plunged into trouble with their top order once again struggling to cope with the demands of batting against the seaming and swinging ball.
Opener Devon Smith continued his wretched tour by playing on to Lancashire seamer Sajid Mahmood in the third over and Chris Woakes continued his eye-catching first outing for the Lions by claiming two victims in a six-over new-ball spell.
The 20-year-old Warwickshire seamer, who claimed a career-best six for 43 in the first innings, captured the key wicket of Ramnaresh Sarwan when he was caught down the leg side, and then surprised Denesh Ramdin with a lifting delivery which he fended to second slip.
Simmons showed some defiance by hitting six fours and a six in his 63 before falling lbw to Rashid.
But it was the prized scalp of Chanderpaul that was the catalyst for West Indies' collapse when he failed to read Rashid's googly and was also given lbw with the tourists just 46 runs ahead.
Chanderpaul's demise spread panic with Brendan Nash mis-timing an attempted cut off Rashid to slip and Durham seamer Liam Plunkett wrapping up the tail with four wickets in three overs.
It left the Lions with six regulation overs of the day remaining and a possible eight more if they took the extra half hour to claim their victory target, which looked unlikely after they crawled to three in the first three overs.
Lions captain Rob Key, selected for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, realised the stage was set to prove his credentials for that event and quickly sparked the victory charge into life.
Key hit an unbeaten 33 off 29 balls, including three boundaries, while opening partner Stephen Moore finished on 30 as the Lions eased home.


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Feb. 2, 2013
STANFORD, Calif. -
No. 3 UCLA women's water polo team travels to No. 1 Stanford, which is hosting the 2013 Stanford Invitational this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 2-3 at Avery Aquatic Center.
All-session passes will cost $25 for adults and $15 for youth and seniors. Single-day passes will run $15 for adults and $8 for youth and seniors.
The Bruins (8-0), hit the road for their third straight tournament. The Stanford Cardinal (5-0), has won its home tournament the past three seasons, capping last year's title with a 9-5 win over UCLA.
Along with the Bruins and the Cardinal, this year's field includes six additional teams ranked in this week's CWPA Varsity Top 20 Poll in No. 4 California, No. 9 San Jose State, No. 12 Hawai'i, No. 13 UC Davis, No. 14 Indiana and No. 16 Hartwick.
The Bruins will open the tournament against No. 12 Hawai'i at 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 2 at Stanford's Belardi Pool. UCLA will conclude Saturday's action at 6:30 p.m. against No. 4 California at Stanford's Avery Pool.
Then on Sunday (Feb. 3), the Bruins will face No. 14 Indiana at 9:10 a.m. at Avery Pool. The Bruins already have an 8-4 win over the Hoosiers on Jan. 20, 2013 in the final game of the Michigan Invitational. In that game, Indiana led 3-1 after the first period. But the Bruins won the second and third periods, 2-0, to take a 5-3 lead into the fourth quarter. UCLA won the final period 3-1, and was led by Emily Donohoe's four goals in the game.
The first, third and fifth place games will all take place on Sunday afternoon. The seeding will be determined on how the Bruins do in Bracket B against Hawai'i, California and Indiana. Group A consists of Stanford, UC Davis and San Jose State.


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FEMA Aid for Sandy Hits $2.5M in the Mountain State
Written by Your 5News Team
Created on January 28, 2013 @ 1:49PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has disbursed more than $2.5 million to state and local governments since Superstorm Sandy.
FEMA's Charleston branch chief Gary Brand said Monday that covers 64 projects. But FEMA will likely dole out $13 million altogether, with another 180 projects.
Sandy dumped more than 2 feet of snow in the highest elevations, toppling trees and tearing down power lines in October.
The governor's office says the storm destroyed 36 homes, caused major damage to 56 and minor damage to 120. In the counties that were hit the hardest, the Small Business Association estimates 40 businesses had uninsured losses topping $2.4 million.
Eighteen counties were eligible for federal assistance to repair or replace public property such as buildings, roads and bridges, and parks.
Individual assistance wasn't approved.
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For more information about this meeting, contact Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Stephanie Zerby, Anatole Katok, Boris Kalinin.
|Singularly beautiful algebraic curves
|Center for Dynamics and Geometry Seminars
|Joel Langer, Case Western Reserve University
|The theorems of Gauss on constructible n-gons and Abel on uniform subdivision of the Bernoulli lemniscate place the circle and lemniscate among only a handful of algebraic curves known to possess such nice subdivision properties. For these curves, unit speed parameterization (or its norm) extends to meromorphic (elementary or elliptic) functions on the complex plane. Such parameterizations are already rare, as may be seen from the polyhedral geometry on a (complex) curve C; this is dened via the quadratic dierential on C induced by dx^2 +dy^2. The required behavior of this quadratic dierential forces rather special singularities of C and it follows, e.g., that Bernoulli lemniscates are the only curves of degree at most four with compact polyhedral geometry. In this talk, such results and related examples will be illustrated via a graphical technique for visualizing the (real) foci and polyhedral geometry of an algebraic curve.
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Microsoft dropped a blow out of information Tuesday for the "Halo" Mash-Up Pack for "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition." Details on the release date and price were joined by a new set of screenshots, trailer and much of the contents that will be available with the pack.
The "Halo" Mash-Up Pack will be released the morning of Wednesday, May 28 to the Xbox Store for $3.99. The pack comes with a Halo"-themed texture set, themed menus and user interface, craftable items and 31 music tracks across the "Halo" franchise.
Players will also be able to take their pick of 40 "pixel-perfect" character skins depicting "Halo" characters such as the Master Chief, Cortana, Sergeant Johnson, Arbiter, Admiral Hood, Dr. Halsey and members of Noble Team Six such as Kat and Emile. Even 343 Guilty Spark is available along with various other Covenant and Flood skins.
Update: Here is the complete list of skins from PlayXBLA.
The Master Chief
Rampant Cortana
Sergeant Johnson
Captain Keyes
Commander Keyes
Doctor Halsey
Lord Hood
Captain Thomas Lasky
Corbulo Cadet
Noble Six
UNSC Marine
343 Guilty Spark
Grunt Imperial
Brute Captain
Brute Chieftain
Brute Honor Guard
Jul 'Mdama
Elite Commander
Heretic Elite
Elite Honor Guard
Gek 'Lhar
Mister Chief
The pack also includes pre-made worlds based on iconic locations and multiplayer maps from the "Halo" universe. Those revealed include Silent Cartographer, Sandtrap, Valhalla, Blackout, Guardian, Blood Gulch and plenty of other well-known Halo vehicles and features.
Title Update 16 for "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition" was also recently released and comes with a numerous amount of bug fixes. More interestingly though is that a release date has finally been announced for "Minecraft" for the PS4, PS Vita and Xbox One. All three will be released in August with cheaper upgrade options for those that have already purchased the game for the PS3 or Xbox 360.
While the world sizes on the PS4 and Xbox One will not be infinite, 4J Studios confirmed that they are currently testing worlds that are 36 times larger than the existing PS3 and Xbox 360 world sizes. Comparison screenshots were also released that shows a vast improvement in the draw distance for the game as well.
Other new features that will be supported include the touchpad on the DualShock 4 and bringing saves over from the PS3 and Xbox 360 to the PS4 and Xbox One, respectively. Most DLC purchased for the PS3 and Xbox 360 will also transferable to the PS4 and Xbox One. The PS Vita will have all DLC available
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Yolanda Foster and David Foster's relationship is reportedly on the rocks.
After tying the knot in Nov. 2011, the pair went on to star on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." However, David has made it no secret that he isn't a fan of the women. On most occasions, he's only shown in scenes with Yolanda, and doesn't appear to have any interest in holding a conversation with any of the other women. At one point, he even called them "clowns" in an interview.
Still, Yolanda continues her gig on the series and doesn't appear to have any plans of leaving the show, which may be causing friction in their relationship.
In a new report, it is alleged that they pair's marriage is in serious jeopardy because of David's wandering eye.
"David definitely likes to flirt with women, especially much younger ladies….Yolanda's fellow housewives including Kyle Richards and Brandi Glanville are concerned about David's wandering eye. Don't forget, this is David's fourth marriage. He has had issues in the past with being in committed relationships," a source told Radar Online on March 27.
A separate source added, "The fact he has been married four times, says something. He would probably be better off single, but Yolanda absolutely worships the ground he walks on, and does treat him like a king."
At this point, the pair haven't taken any steps towards separation, besides putting their home for sale, and continue to insist that they are happy together.


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For the convenience of our guests, we've created several self-guided tours they can enjoy during their stay, each featuring some of our own favorite local destinations and hidden gems. We give you a written itinerary and map, and you get in your own car and explore at your own pace.
Our tours include: » Eat Your Way Through Amish Country » Pottery, Arts and Artisans of Central Ohio » The Wine and Cheese Trail » Antiques, Flea Markets, and Treasures » Country Roads and hidden gems
Of course the biggest attraction close to the Inn is Ohio's Amish area. Holmes County boasts the largest Amish population in the U.S. The Amish are renowned for their handmade quilts, fine woodworking, cheeses, and baked goods. There are farmers' auctions, quilt shops, cheese factories and furniture stores, antique stores and flea markets, bulk food stores, and gift shops. See a blacksmith at work or farmers plowing the fields with teams of horses. Taste the local cheeses, homemade candy, and local wine.
The restored community of Roscoe Village is a short drive from the Inn. It features costumed craftspeople and shopkeepers demonstrating the working crafts and history of the 1830s, as they practice the trades of blacksmithing, broom making, weaving, printing, bucket making, and more. From May to October, enjoy a 45-minute horse-drawn canal boat ride on the Monticello III.
Two delightful artists' workshops are located in Western Holmes County, a short drive from the Inn. Throughout the Inn, you can see many examples of pieces made by potter Cary Hulin at Holmes County Pottery. Cary mixes his own clays and glazes and fires his pieces in his wood-fired kiln. Kiln opening sales are held three weekends a year and are very popular events. Ten minutes from Holmes County Pottery, Vince and Jan Bowden at Bowden Bells create garden art, bells, wind chimes, and jewelry from salvaged and repurposed metal and glass. Two of Vince's large wind chime bells hang from trees in the inn yard.
South of the Inn, Longaberger Homestead offers a different experience. Tour the factory and learn the fascinating history of this Ohio business. Take a lesson in basket weaving in the restored Crawford Barn. See the world's largest basket. Enjoy one of the restaurants or shop in the Longaberger At Home shops. Bring your own basket to have signed by a Longaberger family member.
Fifteen minutes from the Inn, Gambier is home to the Kenyon College campus. In the 1800s, Lord Kenyon imported some of Europe's finest stonemasons and wood carvers to create the original buildings on this beautiful campus. The Kenyon bookstore has a wonderful selection of books and is open 365 days a year. Grab a bagel and coffee and curl up on a sofa with your favorite! Also open to the public is the Kenyon College Brown Family Environmental Center. The center features a bluebird trail, seven-acre prairie, butterfly garden, wetlands, bird feeding area, and hiking trails. It offers nature walks and workshops.
For some of the finest outdoor experiences, look no further than Knox County. Canoe or fish on the scenic Kokosing River, reportedly the best small-mouth bass river in the state. Try to catch a glimpse of the bald eagle nest close to the Inn. Walk, cycle, or rollerblade on the Kokosing Gap Trail, a rails-to-trails project running from Danville to Mount Vernon. East of Danville, the Mohican Valley Nature Trail features the 370- foot-long covered "Bridge of Dreams" over the Mohican River. For the ultimate outdoor thrill, Tree Frog Canopy Tours is Ohio's newest Zip Line that leads adventurers through the tree tops by means of zip lines, rappels and sky bridges.
Knox County has 9 different golf courses, including Apple Valley Golf Course.
Just 20 minutes from the Inn, The Olde Mill in Utica is home to Ohio's family-run Velvet Ice Cream. From May to October, you can tour the factory, visit the ice cream museum, and enjoy a sweet treat from the soda parlor. On Memorial Day weekend every year, Velvet hosts the Ice Cream Festival, featuring entertainment, a car show, motorcycle show, sheepherding demonstrations, pony rides, ice cream eating competitions, and lots of fun for the whole family. Sunday afternoons at Velvet feature live entertainment in the pavilion.
There are several wineries within an hour's drive of the Inn, most of which offer wine tastings to the public. For a fun day's outing, pick up a copy of our wine tasting tour during your stay. The White Oak Inn can also arrange private wine tastings or wine pairing dinners at the Inn for groups of 4 or more people.
From spring to fall there are local farmers' markets, market stands and produce auctions all over the area. Danville's farmers' market, just a 10 minute drive from the inn, is held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Nearby Mount Vernon has a local farmers' market every Saturday morning in summer and fall, featuring produce, meats, cheeses, and eggs, much of it from organic farms, as well as flowers, artisan breads, honey, and other products. The first Friday evening of every month, downtown Mount Vernon features live entertainment, gallery hops, and special events. In mid-August every year, Mount Vernon hosts the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival. Musical history comes to life as Mount Vernon's main street is closed for four days of music, food, artwork, and entertainment.
Other events in Knox County include the Utica Ice Cream Festival, The Danville Turkey Festival, Knox County Fair, Fredericktown Tomato Show, the Mohican Bluegrass Festival, The Great Mohican Pow-Wow, and the Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival.
For more information about events and attractions listed above, visit the following Web sites: » Apple Valley Golf Course » Amish Country Visitor Information » Kenyon College and Brown Family Environmental Center » Roscoe Village » The Longaberger Company » Velvet Ice Cream » Knox County Visitor's Bureau » Raven's Glenn Winery » Tree Frog Canopy Tours » Kokosing Valley Camp and Canoe


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i don't think ulquiorra is coming back .sob.
but i am hopeful that grimmy will appear at some point!
both will come back!!
only grimmjow
only ulquiorra
neither of them :(
don't know
don't care
i don't think ulquiorra is coming back .sob.
but i am hopeful that grimmy will appear at some point!
i feel sorry for ulquiorra but i hope grimmy doesn't appears ever again.....i hat his hideous skeletal looks....he gives me the creeps........
i wish both of them to come back
ulquiorra cuz i feel sad for him
and grimjoww cuz ....... hehe............you know
but doubt either of them will come back
I think those two are likely to come back, with Grimmy more likely as there hasn't been a word yet of whether he has officially died. I know he's alive and just knocked out somewhere. I would love for Ulquiorra to come back, but I'm more towards him coming back as a human than an arrancar.
I hope Ulquiorra doesn't come back. If he did, it would really show that Kubo can't kill off his favorite characters. Plus, what would Ulquiorra even do? He would be utterly useless to the plot and he would have nothing to do.
Grimmjow just may come back, though I don't care if he does. He's one of my favorite characters, but he met a good end. If he is shown again, it should just be to prove he's dead, because he, like Ulquiorra, has no purpose any more.
Im sure Kubo is really creative enough to use both or either Grimmjow and Ulquiorra in the storyline. We may not know some ideas and purposes what 6th and 4th espada can do for now on, but Kubo certainly can make a way.
I don't think Ulquiorra will make a come back.
However, I do think that Grimmjow will come back. After all, it isn't stated that he's dead yet. :>


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Located inside Kimpton Hotel's Hotel Solomar is JSix Resaurant. The menu as well as its interior went through a dramatic facelift. Executive Chef Christian Graves is now in charge of the kitchen, while Kimpton veteran, Nathan Howell (Of Cusp Dining & Drinks at the Hotel La Jolla) is in charge of the bar. American with a twist is the fare you'll find at JSix.
The space is more rustic, with brick walls, antique lighting and an overall casual, welcoming vibe. "American Tapas" would be an appropriate name for this place, because while there are many tasty bites, that's pretty much all they are, bites. The menu is separated into four courses; nosh, nibbles, starters, and mains. What's the difference between a nosh and a nibble? Well, a nosh is a bite you'd order at a bar, like chips and salsa, a nibble is a smaller appetizer, but can also be ordered as a regular appetizer. A starter is an appetizer or salad. Confused? The menu could use some simplifying.
I was looking forward to the crab pancakes (No, not crabcakes, crab PANcakes) these cakes consist of creamy potatoes, with heaping portions of crab piled on top, sprinkled with caviar, and doused with hollandaise sauce. Absolutely rich and delicious, but it was about the size of my palm. Perhaps once the popularity of the dish takes off, Chef Graves will expand it (at least, I hope so) but for now, it left me wanting more. The seasonal pea salad is as fresh as it gets. The peas taste like they've been picked from their backyard, the mint is refreshing, and the oranges burst in your mouth.
The braised rabbit and spinach pasta is interesting. Think of the largest fettuccine noodles you've ever had, with roasted fennel, mint leaves, chunks of sauced-up rabbit and ricotta cheese to finish. It's hearty, it's filling, the cheese is great, but the portion is also pretty small for a $25 plate. As cliché as it sounds, the rabbit really did taste like chicken, and wouldn't be missed if omitted. If you're looking for a vegetarian option, try asking for this dish sans bunny.
The cocktails are what you'd expect from renowned bartender, Nate Howell. He's brought his signature style to the cocktail menu, including his version of the Mai Tai, called, Our Own Backyard. It's made with Ballast Point rum, Marie Brizard Apry apricot brandy, salted orgeat syrup, with fresh lime and mint from the restaurant's rooftop garden. The daiquiri is a classic interpretation of the fruity, slushy version; made with white rum, simple syrup and lime juice, it's shaken and served in a coupe glass.
As for dessert, the not-to-be missed item is the s'mores pot de crème. It's decadent with a thick graham cracker crust on the bottom, creamy, rich chocolate in the middle, and a dollop of house-made marshmallow on top. The raspberry ginger float on the other hand, was a bit too sugar-tastic. Served in a tall glass, it tasted more like a cocktail than a dessert, but if you're looking for something fruity, fizzy, and gluten-free, this might be for you.
The wonderful thing about JSix is that it's not your average hotel restaurant. Locals come here too, and you'll never find a typical, continental-buffet-style-meal here. From the location (just steps from Petco Park) to the pleasant and attentive staff, it's definitely a cut above the rest.
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|Santee, Calif.
|High School:
|Cathedral Catholic
|High School
2011-12 : Tied for 12th place at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, helping UO tie overall for first place, shooting 7-under 206 (67-68-71) ... Helped lead UO to a first-place finish at The Prestige at PGA West, tying for fifth-place with fellow Duck Andrew Vijarro, shooting 9-under 207 (70-69-68) ... Was instrumental in helping the Ducks to a victory at the St. Mary's Invitational shooting 6-under 210 (72-68-70), placing third-place overall.
2010-11 : Tied for 54th
place at the NCAA Regional, shooting 9-over 225 (75-76-74) ... Finished in a
tie for 16th place at the Pac-10 Championship, assisting the Ducks to a tie for
first-place at 5-over 285 (69-69-80-67) ... Tied for 47th at the 65th Annual
Western Intercollegiate at 12-over 222 (71-79-72) ... Placed in a fourth place
tie to help Oregon take first place at the OGIO Santa Barbara Invite by tying
for first-place while shooting 4-under 212 (67-72-73) ... Tied for 13th at The
Duck Invitational at 1-under 215 (71-72-72) as the Ducks took second place ...
Finished in a tie for 10th place at the Bandon Dunes Championship, shooting
4-over 220 (72-74-74) ... Tied for 19th at the USC Collegiate Invitational at
3-over 216 (72-74-70) ... Won medalist honors at the Amer Air Invitational by
shooting 13-under 203 (62-69-72) and prevailing in a three-way playoff ...
Equaled the program record-low and set a course record with a 10-under 62 at
the Waikoloa Kings' Course in Round 1 of the Amer Ari Invitational ... Fall
2010: Competed in all five fall events and led the team with a 72.3 scoring
average ... Had a pair of top 10 finishes, highlighted by a tie for second at
the Gifford Invitational after a 2-under 211 (72-70-69).
2009-10 : Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors ... Named to the U.S. squad for the 2010 Palmer Cup at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland ... Finished the season with 70.62 stroke average, second on the squad and ninth in Division I ... Shot 9-over 225 (70-80-75), tying for 103rd at the NCAA Championships ... Placed second at the NCAA Southwest Regional, leading the Ducks to the team title with a 2-under 214 (72-69-73) ... UO's top golfer at the Pac-10 Championships, tying for sixth at 10-under 274 (68-71-64-71) ... Tied for 14th at the Western Collegiate with a 3-over 213 (72-69-72) ... Led the Ducks to the team title with a medalist performance at the U.S. Intercollegiate, shooting 8-under 202 (70-68-64) ... Tied for 11th overall at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational with a 3-under 210 (72-72-66) ... Closed with a 67 to shoot 1-over 217 (76-74-67) at the Barona Collegiate Cup, finishing tied for 11th and sharing the team lead ... Earned his first individual title, taking medalist honors at the Duck Invitational by shooting 7-under 209 (70-72-67) to lead UO to its second team victory of the spring ... Tied for 14th at the Fresno State Lexus Golf Classic with a score of 3-over 216 (72-74-70), second on the squad ... Fifth overall and third on team at the USC Invitational, shooting 4-under (69-68-72-209) ... Tied for tenth at the Mauna Lani Invitational, improving each day (74-73-70-217) to finish 1-over ... Fall 2009: Ranked second on the team with a 70.2 scoring average ... Tied for 13th in his first tournament of the fall, the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, by shooting 4-under 138 (67-71) ... Tied for 21st at the Del Walker Intercollegiate (67-73-69-209) ... Closed with a 67 to finish tied for eighth at the Pacific Invitational (73-69-67-209) ... Matched his collegiate career low (67) in first three tournaments of the fall ... Wrapped up fall as one of only 32 golfers nationally with an invitation to the prestigious College All-America Golf Classic ... Tied for 20th at 3-over 216 (71-71-74).
2008-09 : Named to the PING All-America honorable mention team by the College Golf Coaches Association of America, becoming the first Oregon freshman to garner All-America honors since Craig Griswold in 1970. All-Pac-10 second team selection. After playing in only one tournament during the fall, set off on a torrid spring that saw him become Oregon's top golfer with a 72.3 scoring average. Seven top-20 finishes in nine events in the spring. Led Oregon three times, at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, the Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA Championships. Began spring by tying for 19th at the Hilo Intercollegiate (72-74-73-219). Tied for 11th at the Braveheart Classic (71-76-73-220). Tied for fifth at the Duck Invitational (67-78-72-217), where he shot a season-low 67 in the opening round. Tied for 13th at the Western Intercollegiate (75-76-70-221). Oregon's top golfer at the ASU Invitational, where he tied for third at 2-under 211 (68-75-68). Terrific debut at the Pac-10 Championships, where he tied for third at 5-under 283 (74-69-70-70). Helped lead Ducks to their second straight NCAA Championships by tying for seventh at 7-under 209 at the NCAA West Regional (69-71-69). Capped college season as Oregon's top golfer at the NCAA Championships where he tied for 36th (75-71-73-219).
Before Oregon : Finished third at the 2006 World Junior Golf championships and placed seventh in that event in 2007. Played at Cathedral Catholic High School for coach Doug McLean. Team was four-time Western League champions, one-time Southern California regional champions. As an individual, finished second in the 2006 California State Championships.
Personal : Born Daniel John Miernicki in Philadelphia, Pa. Parents are Paul and Maryann Miernicki. Has one older sister, Celine. Father played college basketball for the University of Scranton. Hobbies include basketball and football. Major is undeclared.


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In this short time span we've seen at least a couple netbook generations pass by, with the concept itself getting a spin on each new revision. Today, we'll be taking a look at one of Asus' newer products in this segment, the Eee PC 1101HA 'Seashell'. You might recall, the last time we checked a Eee PC product was in late 2008 in our top netbook round-up. What we have today is a much stylized, equally lightweight and more usable offering than anything we reviewed back then.
The Eee PC 1101HA was Asus' first netbook to go beyond the 10-inch display size, sporting an 11.6-inch panel capable of a 1366�768 resolution -- they also have the 12.1-inch Eee PC 1201HA now. These larger screen netbooks provide a user experience that comes very close to that of a standard laptop, in fact, a few years back you would've had to pay a hefty premium for an ultra-portable notebook if you wanted the kind of mobility and flexibility a current generation netbook can provide.
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June 1, 2007
Head Coach John Savage
opening statement
"Today was about two great pitchers going at each other. Cody [Decker] had the big three-run homer to separate the score and then it was all about Tyson [Brummett]. He just went out there and competed and gave us a chance to win. It was a good way to start out the tournament."
on starting pitcher Tyson Brummett
"He was like that against Miami earlier in the season and we've seen so many performances like that from him this season. It's unfortunate that he couldn't complete the game, but he did exactly what a Friday night Pac-10 pitcher is supposed to do. He shut out a good team for eight innings."
on the Bruins offense
"It's all about offense and getting on any way you can. We had good production from 1-9 today and it was good to see because if you're going to win a regional tournament, you need to have everyone on board and have a lot of production all the way through."
winning pitcher Tyson Brummett
on his effort today
"You always want to finish what you started. I felt like I had pretty good endurance and I don't think my pitch count was too high, but that last inning they got to me a little bit. I just handed the ball off to [Tim] Murphy and he was able to get the win."
on not being able to get the complete game
"I've been fortunate enough to go deep in a lot of games throughout the whole season. We've got a good throwing program so going out there and finishing off the game is not something I feel fatigued or tasked to do."
on getting three first inning runs
"As a pitcher when you get runs up on the board and you feel like you have a cushion, you have it in the back of your mind that you can get through messing up a little bit. Its always good to pitch with the lead."
designated hitter Cody Decker
on his three-run first inning home run
"He started me off with a slider and gave me the pitch later on in the at-bat. I was looking to hit the ball deep and was able to turn on it."
on the Bruins' offense and playing at Blair Field
"We came into this series knowing we had no excuses and that this is a big field. We've played here before, and we know what we're about as an offense, so we all came in with the proper mentality and focused on driving the ball."


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The Rocky Mountain Herbarium
The Rocky Mountain Herbarium (brief history) was founded by Aven Nelson in 1893 based on a core of specimens collected by B. C. Buffum and exhibited that summer at the Chicago World's Fair. Subsequent curators were C. L. Porter and John R. Reeder, ably assisted by his wife Charlotte Goodding Reeder. Ronald L. Hartman became curator in 1977. B. E. Nelson has been the herbarium manager since 1974. Located on the third floor of the Aven Nelson Memorial Building, the herbarium (definition) contains the largest collection of Rocky Mountain plants and fungi in existence. Additionally, there is a good representation of the floras of other parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It ranks 17th in the nation with 825,000 accessions and is the largest facility of its kind between St. Louis, Missouri, and Berkeley, California.
The primary functions of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium are:
• Education of students in systematics, ecology, and the biological sciences in general. The herbarium is used extensively by upper-division undergraduates and graduate students involved in a variety of projects. Additionally, specimens are used to demonstrate the diversity of plant life worldwide in the teaching of courses, especially plant taxonomy. Likewise, material is placed on display for organized tours by public school and university classes and other interested groups.
• Research in floristic, systematic, and evolutionary botany. The past 31 years has seen a significant resurgence in inventorying the flora of the region. This is especially true for species of conservation concern. Furthermore, staff and associates are involved in three main areas of research. First, systematic and evolutionary studies of genera in the families Apiaceae (wild carrots; Hartman), Asteraceae (sunflowers; Brown, Hartman), Bromeliaceae (pineapples; Brown), Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds; Hartman), and Salicaceae (willows; Dorn). This includes the description of species new to science. Second, the writing of books or taxonomic treatments for volumes on the plants of the Black Hills (Dorn), San Juan Basin (Hartman), California (Brown, Hartman), the Chihuahuan Desert (Hartman), Flora of North America (Brown, Hartman), Medicine Bow Mountains (Nelson), Missouri (Hartman), the Rocky Mountains (proposed), and Wyoming (Dorn). Third, the publication of biographies (Williams) of Rocky Mountain botanists Aven Nelson and G. E. Osterhout, and French botanists Louis Gérard and J.-H. Jaume Saint-Hilaire and the letters of Dominique Chaix, as well as early botanical history of exploration of the Rockies.
• Service to the lay and professional communities. Often this is in the form of identifying, or verifying the determinations of, plants collected in the region or elsewhere submitted by ranchers, farmers, and other citizens, state and federal agencies, and academics. We fill numerous requests for information concerning the native flora, introduced weeds and poisonous plants, and species of conservation concern.
The Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM is the acronym) also includes the National Herbarium (USFS) of the U. S. Forest Service and the Wilhelm G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium (RMS). Thousands of specimens are loaned each year to recognized institutions throughout the world whose researchers require a knowledge of western North American plants.
Open to qualified students and researchers, the herbarium invites queries regarding the identification of plants. Persons wishing assistance in identifications should send a duplicate specimen of each plant to the herbarium with information about the date, habitat, and location where collected. The duplicate set of specimens often is a valuable addition to the herbarium. Following is a concise guide to collecting and preserving plant specimens and floras for use in the identification of plants in Wyoming and the region.
The Rocky Mountain Herbarium Library is an official non-circulating branch of the University of Wyoming Libraries. It contains an excellent collection of systematics literature for North America and major floristics and systematics treatments for the world.


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|A Very Rare/Fine Koryo Bronze Midium Sized Basin,13th C. Korea, Koryo dynasty (11th-14th century) A very well potioned middle sized bronze basin with a silver-black and blue patina on its surfaces around is a very rare with this condition. Its patination is more attractive to this basin. Its shape of basin is exactly a prototype of Koryo celadon ceramics in Koryo dynasty. Its in very fine condition but a tiny hole on the base. Measurements: 27cm x 6cm