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Official Review by Paul Derrick, Stadium Journey Regional Correspondent
Originally built to hopefully lure an NFL franchise to San Antonio, the Alamodome has been a city staple since its opening in 1993. Even though the Alamodome was unsuccessful in landing an NFL franchise, it was the home of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs from 1993 to 2002 until the Spurs moved into the newly built AT&T Center. The Alamodome has hosted one thing throughout its existence in 1993 and that is the Alamo Bowl. The Alamo Bowl has been sponsored by a variety of companies from Builders Square, Sylvania, and Mastercard to now Valero who has been sponsoring the bowl since 2007.
The conference tie-ins for the Alamo Bowl have changed over the years, but currently it pits a PAC-12 and Big 12 conference school against each other. The Alamo Bowl always seems to be a closely contested matchup with every game but one since 2005 finishing with a margin of victory of 10 points or fewer. The Alamo Bowl is usually a definite watch game come bowl season and the 2011 Alamo Bowl definitely didn't disappoint.
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The Alamodome offers about everything you would expect from a venue this size with the basics like burgers, nachos, fries, pretzels, chips, candy, etc. You will notice that there isn't a lot of variety though at the Alamodome. They did have what they call The Dome Dog which was a football hall of famer Earl Campbell sausage link that you could get either hot or smoked. I tried the smoked one and found it rather tasty and worth the $4 price tag. Your drink options at the Alamodome include soda, water and beer. The soda will run you 5 bucks, a water 4 bucks and a 24 oz beer will cost you 7 bucks. Overall the prices are decent, but I would definitely like to see a tad more of a variety when it comes to edible options.
The 2011 Alamo Bowl was one for the ages. It was the highest scoring regulation bowl game in history with the Baylor Bears winning 67-56 over the Washington Huskies. Waco, Texas is only about three hours from San Antonio, so the Bears had their fair share of fans in attendance. However, do not let that fool you in to thinking that all 65,256 fans in attendance were all Baylor fans as the University of Washington had quite a section of fans as well. The Alamodome is a perfect venue for a bowl game and it shows as it sold out in 2011 for the 7th time in bowl history. The fans are great, the venue is great and not to mention the 2011 game was one for the record books.
When it comes to great cities in Texas, San Antonio is right near the top of the list. You have plenty of great options for entertainment from The Alamo to the River Walk, San Antonio fails to disappoint. If it is your first trip to San Antonio I couldn't recommend The Alamo or River Walk to you anymore than possible.
The Alamo is, of course, the location of one of the biggest battles during the Texas Revolution. It is a definite must see for anyone in the area and is a true staple of not only San Antonio, but the state of Texas and United States history. Maybe if you're lucky you can even help Pee Wee find his bicycle in the basement.
The River Walk is another definite must see while visiting San Antonio. The River Walk is a network of different walkways along the San Antonio River, just one story beneath downtown San Antonio. With a slew of different bars, restaurants, and shops the River Walk is a tourist dreamland. I recommend taking a ride on one of the boat ferries throughout the River Walk as well as grabbing a bite to eat at Casa Rio which serves some of the best authentic Mexican food.
San Antonio is an absolute haven for things to do whether it be tourist sites like The Alamo or the River Walk or for the sports fan the chance to maybe catch a Spurs and minor league San Antonio Rampage game, the options are all out there for the taking.
With any bowl game, the fans will always be different depending on the bowl so I'm rating this based on the fans in attendance for the 2011 Alamo Bowl. The Alamodome was sold out with a variety of not only green and gold Baylor fans but a lot of purple Huskie fans as well. The fans definitely didn't disappoint as they were on their feet throughout the entire game and they definitely had plenty to cheer about as each team continued to put points on the board. I can only say that I hope the Alamo Bowl continues to have great showings like this as this will only push this bowl more and more into the national picture.
Public access to the Alamodome can be pretty difficult as there are only a few lots for the public and they are $20 a car. If you do not have a parking pass I would recommend parking downtown or at one of the Park and Rides and taking a shuttle to the game. It will cost you a little more than 5 bucks, but will take the hassle out of getting in and out of the stadium. I will say that getting back on a shuttle can be a little bit of a pain though as the line can be pretty hefty right after the game. Access around and inside the dome is pretty easy due to wide concourses and there are plenty of bathrooms inside the Alamodome so you should never have to wait in line even during peak times.
Tickets range anywhere from $48-$100, depending on a couple of factors like where you want to sit and who is playing. I would definitely be willing to pay that, especially to see the type of game that was put on in 2011. San Antonio is a beautiful town and if you haven't visited, the Alamo Bowl would be a great reason to do so. You can't go wrong on this investment.
One extra point for the city of San Antonio. This is an absolutely beautiful city rich in history, and it offers a massive variety of things to do and see.
My second point goes to the city of San Antonio for continuing to find a use for the Alamodome. Even though the Spurs have moved out, the University of San Antonio Roadrunners call the Alamodome home as well, as do the San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League. It is great to see that the city has not let this beautiful gem go to waste.
My last two points go to the 2011 Alamo Bowl. I can't describe in words just how amazing this game was. If you are a defensive football kind of guy, then you were definitely cringing throughout the game, but if offense is your forte then it was right up your alley. With 1,397 yards of combined offense and a combined 123 points, offensive battles just don't get much better than that.
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It's not the University of San Antonio, it's the University of Texas at San Antonio, and it's simply referred to as UTSA. Many places will say Texas-San Antonio, that's not preferred either. Please, just UTSA.
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Member Review by JasonBartel on Oct 13, 2013
I went to the 2010 version of the Alamobowl, which featured my Arizona Wildcats getting crushed by Oklahoma State. It was a fun experience, but wish the game had gone a little better for Zona. Out of the several bowl games I've experienced in person, the Alamo Bowl probably ranks just behind the Holiday Bowl as my favorite. The one thing that was awesome about the trip to San Antonio were the pre-bowl events that I was part of with the Pride of Arizona drumline. We played while riding on a gondola on the Riverwalk, and did several other cool gigs in our few days there. Definitely worth checking out the Alamobowl if your team's in it.
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March 13, 2013
By Gregg Bell
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SEATTLE - Marques Tuiasosopo is the last Huskies quarterback to win the Rose Bowl. He was the relentless passing and running dynamo that beat Purdue a dozen years ago.
He was the Pac-10 offensive player of the year in 2000. The year before that, as a junior, he became the first player in NCAA Division-I history to pass for 300 yards and run for 200 in the same game.
In other words, he's done some things here.
Yet when the 34-year-old Tuiasosopo walked off the East Field last Tuesday night following his first practice as a full Huskies coach, after he got done with two hours of teaching the position that became his life starting a quarter century ago in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville, I saw a small smile.
The grin was one of familiarity, one that signified his return home. It came after he spent 15 minutes after practice tutoring quarterbacks Keith Price, Cyler Miles, Jeff Lindquist, Derrick Brown, and Troy Williams more nuances. Then Tuiasosopo and Price, the wondrous 2011 record setter turned 2012 frustration, talked together alone in the center of the field side by side for 10 minutes more.
"This has just been a fantastic opportunity for me so far. Just an honor," Tuiasosopo said, wearing a gray UW pullover and a black lanyard with a red marker dangling from his neck instead of his old, purple No. 11.
It was almost two months to the day after Steve Sarkisian brought him home from two seasons of being an assistant at UCLA.
"It's a blessing to have the chance to come back here and coach with Coach Sark and this staff. I really, really like these guys. A lot," he said.
"To be out here practicing spring ball in March is just awesome. I don't have to wait a month to get after it.
"It's just awesome."
Price has another term for Tui's return: "Perfect."
The about-to-be fifth-year senior quarterback was talking about the timing of getting to work with Tuiasosopo, who as UW's assistant strength coach in 2009 was part of the installation of Sarkisian's offense at UW when Price was redshirting his first season. Now he is back for Price's last one as a Husky.
Tui isn't the only one smiling about it. His quarterback is being "Teeth" Price again.
During that initial UW apprenticeship, Tuiasosopo watched how then-offensive coordinator and QBs coach Doug Nussmeier taught Jake Locker and Price. Tui was on the headsets during games listening to how Nussmeier handled Locker, how the coach who left before last season to call plays for eventual national-champion Alabama handled the quarterback position in pressure situations.
Now, Tuiasosopo and Sarkisian have the Huskies in overdrive. They are installing far more no-huddle offense with a far faster tempo than Washington's inconsistent offense had in 2012. The offense ran 130 plays, by Sarkisian's count, in a little more than an hour of the first spring practice last week.
"Let's GOOO!" Tuiasosopo bellowed repeatedly at Price that night.
Once, Price sent a perfectly lofted ball onto the hands of receiver DiAndre Campbell down the sidelines for a long gain. Price did a spin and an elaborate slamming motion with his arm toward the turf to celebrate the throw.
"Oh, man, he reminds me so much of Coach `Nuss,' it's scary. Very up tempo," Price said. "But he's on me."
Tui did a double take and bellowed at number 17.
"What are you DOING?!" he yelled into the center of the field. "Get back up field! Get going!"
"Oh, man, he reminds me so much of Coach `Nuss,' it's scary. Very up tempo," Price said. "But he's on me."
Because Tuiasosopo knows the system so well, Sarkisian and Price think this is the ideal time to tweak the offense to hyper speed.
"Oh, it's perfect," the quarterback said. "With how much he knows the offense, and then all he did at UCLA, learning how the no-huddle offense worked, it's perfect.
"It's fun."
Tuiasosopo's hiring in early January may prove to be one of the best things to happen to Price - and thus the Huskies - in 2013.
Familiarity and trust are the two things Price lacked last season. He had 19 touchdowns, 13 interceptions and a completion rate of 60.9 percent while getting sacked 37 times. At times he tried to do too much.
Familiarity and trust are what Price had in 2011. He set the UW single-season record with 33 touchdown passes and a completion rate of 66.9 percent taking over for Locker. He had a veteran, relatively healthy offensive line and dependable, senior receivers such as Jermaine Kearse and Devin Aguilar. And he had Nussmeier.
Now, he's got Nussmeier's coaching clone.
"Their coaching styles are similar. Obviously, he was around Coach Nuss and able to see the way he coached us," Price said of Tuiasosopo.
"Yeah, I'm excited."
That's not necessarily why Sarkisian brought back Tui. But if that's how Price feels, well, hey, even better.
"One thing that definitely Marques brings in is a lot of familiarity with the offense. He was in the meetings when we put the offense in here," Sarkisian says. "That was as much it as anything, the trust in the system.
"If this is the beginning signs of Keith being comfortable in knowing and trusting Marques, that's tremendous."
Tuiasosopo was watching on television amazed with the rest of America in December 2011 when Price set a bowl record with seven touchdowns (four passing) in the Huskies' zany shootout with Baylor in the Alamo Bowl. Though he was still coaching tight ends at UCLA in his first full-time coaching job last fall, Tuiasosopo followed Price's more mortal 2012, too.
"I kept with him - as an alum, to see how the Huskies were doing. I didn't get into too much detail," he said. "I watched the film. I wouldn't say it was great. But it wasn't terrible, either.
"There were a lot of differences from two years ago to last year. There were a lot of good, young players, players that were new to the program. But different players, guys who hadn't been around the program for a long time, guys he wasn't playing with the year before. And, I think after having such a great bowl game (in 2011) I think some of the outside expectations maybe led to him putting a little bit too much pressure on himself. That's natural."
Price admits to that. He said then and says again now that he tried to be more than he was, tried to carry the entire team - a team he didn't fully trust because he hadn't played with many of its starters before 2012.
"I think he's moved on. We've all moved on from that," Tuiasosopo said. "He is focused on this year. I think that's why you see that smile is back, that pep in his step. It's fun to see him out here having fun.
"It's just, it's different, the trust level. When you really know a receiver and you are running a certain route there is this intuition, a me-to-you factor where you just lay it out and you know that he is going to be there. And I think along with that he had - even though they were very talented, young players - that's just a little bit different. He had some injuries on the offensive line, so now you are playing with guys that are freshmen, or true freshmen. Never played before. So I think it was a little bit of a perfect storm."
The Huskies finished 7-6 and made a bowl for the third consecutive season - yet they still feel they should have been 9-4. They are still bitter over losing an 18-point lead late in the Apple Cup and then allowing Boise State to score late in a 28-26 loss in December's MAACO Bowl Las Vegas.
"It wasn't terrible. You go to a bowl game. You finish with a winning season," Tuiasosopo said of Price's and the Huskies' 2012. "Obviously, the expectations are high - like they should be."
He would know.
"I think we are right where we need to be," Tuiasosopo says of 2013. "We are in a great position, in position to win the North."
Marques is one of the athlete-star sons of Manu Tuiasosopo, the former Seahawks and 49ers defensive tackle who played collegiately at UCLA. Marques' sister Leslie Gabriel (Tuiasosopo) is currently an assistant on UW's national-power volleyball team. She started on that from 1995-98.
Marques is so athletically gifted the Minnesota Twins selected him in the 28th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft. And many Division-I football programs wanted him as a defensive back.
Jim Lambright offered him the chance to stay home and to play quarterback at UW.
Talk about a wise move on both sides.
Tuiasosopo's legend status at UW began growing on Sept. 20, 1997, a sunny Saturday inside Husky Stadium. He entered as a true freshman for injured Brock Huard, his eventual roommate, and threw for 270 yards with two touchdowns in the final three quarters against Nebraska, that season's national champion.
He finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting late in the Rose Bowl season of 2000. The Oakland Raiders drafted him in the second round in 2001.
I covered him in Oakland for four seasons when I was a Raiders beat writer. He was the consummate pro, meticulously prepared each week despite the fact his playing time was blocked by Rich Gannon, who became the NFL's MVP while leading the Raiders to a Super Bowl.
Ever dutiful, Tuiasosopo was one of the most popular Raiders - and that was on a team with future Hall of Famers and dominant personalities in Jerry Rice, Tim Brown and Charles Woodson. Everyone from Al Davis to the security guards at the team's headquarters in Alameda, Calif., liked him, even though he never played.
He finally got his first chance to start in the NFL midway through Oakland's disastrous 2003 season, when Gannon hurt his shoulder.
In that game, early November in Detroit, I still remember Tuiasosopo scrambling to create a play out of nothing up the middle. As the Lions' defense flailed at him up field, his knee buckled into Ford Field's fake grass. Just over than one quarter into his first chance as a full-time NFL starter, Tuiasosopo tore a ligament in his knee.
The following year a young assistant from USC and former quarterback at Brigham Young joined the Raiders to coach Gannon and Tuiasosopo as the Raiders quarterback coach. Some guy named Steve Sarkisian.
Tuiasosopo didn't start again until 2005, well after Gannon had suffered what essentially was a career-ending neck injury. Tui had a poor game, and the notoriously quick-triggered Davis - yes, the owner called all the shots in Oakland -- benched him following that lone start. It was the last one of his NFL career.
He backed up for a season with the New York Jets and then for a final one in 2008 back in Oakland, which by the time he came back was being coached by Lane Kiffin.
The year he retired, Sarkisian brought in Tuiasosopo for a trial to see if he liked coaching.
Turns out, he loves it.
Asked if he ever thought when he left for UCLA's full-time gig in 2010 that he'd get back to Washington, Tuiasosopo says: "You just never know. I just knew in my heart that I wanted to coach. In this profession, beggars can't be choosers. You are going to go where the jobs are, where people are willing to hire you.
"Coach Tui, his attention to detail. He cares about every little point. To your feet being too far to the side, keeping your body aligned ... And that helps you in the long run."
"I had a great opportunity coming right out the NFL for Coach Sark and the administration here to me and learn the coaching profession, to see if this is what I wanted to do, and I was grateful. Obviously I would have loved to have the opportunity to come back. You just never know if you would have to the opportunity to."
I made Tui feel old by asking him - and his players - how much they ask about him as a Huskies player.
"I don't remember watching him when I was young," admitted Miles, the redshirt freshman from Colorado.
He was, oh, six when Tuiasosopo was a Husky QB.
"But I recently watched some old films of him just in the dorms, actually," Miles said. "It was against Cal, I think. I saw him break one for about 30 yards. That was pretty cool to see him."
More than asking advice, the Huskies are gleaning intangibles each day from one of Washington's legends - and its newest coach.
"Oh, man, it's great. It's great. We get along great," said Miles, who is battling Lindquist, Williams and Brown to be Price's primary backup. "He's on you, every little detail. That's what's going to make us better.
"Coach Tui, his attention to detail. He cares about every little point. To your feet being too far to the side, keeping your body aligned. Just every little detail. And that helps you in the long run."
That is exactly the Huskies' idea behind bringing him back.
So, indeed, welcome home Tui. I know of at least one Husky who is so glad you are back.
"Thank you," he said softly, smiling a grateful smile again. "Appreciate it.
"Glad to be back."
About Gregg Bell Gregg Bell is an award-winning sports writer who joined the University of Washington's staff in September 2010 as the Director of Writing. Previously, Bell served as the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press. The native of Steubenville, Ohio, is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He received a master's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000.
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Three Second Period Goals Key Victory
OMAHA, Neb. — Frustration had ruled the roost in and around the Nebraska-Omaha hockey program in recent weeks, with the Mavericks performing reasonably well on the ice but having little to show for it in terms of results.
You wouldnt have known it on Friday, though, as the Mavericks scored three second period goals in a frenzied span of 1:27 en route to a lopsided 7-2 win over visiting Northern Michigan at Qwest Center Omaha.
The two teams largely canceled each other out throughout Fridays first period and into the second, which at one point saw the teams deadlocked at 2-2 after Andrew Cherniwchan scored the Wildcats second and final goal of the night 3:19 into the games middle frame.
The host Mavericks opened the floodgates soon thereafter, though, and after a trio of second-period goals from Terry Broadhurst, Dan Swanson and a second goal on the night from Rich Purslow, UNO rarely had to look over its collective shoulder the rest of the way.
We never took our foot off of the gas — we just kept coming and coming, said Purslow, who also had an assist on Friday after setting up Brandon Richardson on the freshmans goal 3:07 into the third period.
The bounces were going our way, and when that happens, you just have to put everything on net. Goalies in this league are so good that your first shot isnt going to go in most of the time, unless theres a screen, so we harped on this week about getting in front of the net and getting those second and third chances, and it paid off tonight.
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Theres not much you can do when that happens, Kyle said. UNO did a great job, and we just have to understand that, reload and get back out there tomorrow.
I thought we did a decent job in the first period, but we started making mistakes all of a sudden, and it was just bang-bang-bang, and we had to call time-out. They capitalized on our mistakes, and, quite frankly, I think the game couldve been worse (for us).
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Needless to say, UNO assistant coach Mike Hastings was delighted for his Mavericks, who improved on Friday to 11-11-5 overall and 7-10-2-1 in the CCHA. UNO had been struggling in recent weeks, with only two wins to its name so far in 2010, but Hastings felt that the team has been better than its recent record, and that it was time for the teams efforts to finally bear fruit.
Its just good for the guys to be rewarded for their work, Hastings said. Watching some of the game film from last week, (our players) did a lot of good things but werent rewarded for their work. Tonight, we had some things go our way, but we worked really hard to do that, to make some breaks for ourselves.
We can enjoy this tonight, but tomorrows a new day, and thats a good hockey team that we just played. Theyre going to be excited to have another crack at us tomorrow.
UNO and NMU (10-9-6, 6-7-4-1) will meet once more again on Saturday night in Omaha. It will be the long-standing rivals final regular-season league meeting before the Mavericks move onto the Western Collegiate Hockey Association next season.
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Proving that there are caring people in the world, a customer left a bartender a $1,000 tip with instructions to put the money toward the care of her dog, according to CNN.
Christina Summitt, mother of three, was tending bar (one of her three jobs) in Clinton, New Jersey when she met a couple who asked about her paw print tattoo. This prompted a conversation about how much she loves animals, and also volunteers for a pit bull rescue. She spoke of her own dog, Tucker, a Great Dane mix, who was currently at the veterinarian after emergency surgery, remarking how worried she was about him.
The couple mentioned how the surgery must have been expensive – removal of a plastic ball – to which she admitted it cost around $2,700. Like most animal-loving dog guardians, Summitt said she would do whatever was necessary to care for her "baby".
The friendly conversation ended and the night went on. When the couple paid, Summitt discovered their receipt had a $1,000 tip, for an $80 charge of drinks and dinner. After shaking and crying, Summitt went back to the couple and said "Sir, I cannot accept this, what is this for, why would you do this?" as reported by CNN. They told her to put the money toward Tucker's veterinarian bill.
The bar's hotel manager verified the tip was legitimate and that the couple often tips generously but wished to remain anonymous.
Summitt posted the story on Facebook because she wanted to publicly thank the couple for their generosity. Tucker is now recovering from his surgery and is resting comfortably at home.
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Rufus King, unsung figure of American history, helped crusade end of slaveryAugust 29th, 2009
This article originally appeared in the Daily News on Saturday, August 29th 2009.
BY Nicholas Hirshon
His role in shaping the fledgling nation likely fell into obscurity because he never ascended to the presidency – and few historians explored his accomplishments in crucial yet unsung roles as senator and ambassador to Great Britain.
But a researcher who is combing through King's 2,200-title library – among the most extensive in early America – hopes findings about books he read and notes he took may someday vault him into the national spotlight.
"Right now, Rufus King would be considered a second-tier founding father," admitted David Gary, 31, who is exploring King's volumes for his doctoral dissertation. "My research is trying to make him a first-tier." (more…)


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Cast: Tommy Gunn, James Deen, Andi Anderson, Mick Blue, Bree Olson, Missy Stone, Rebeca Linares, Danny Mountain, Evan Stone, Kristina Rose
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It's a close encounter of the anal kind! Today's reigning queen of ass-loving, Bree Olson, stars in this outrageously orgasmic anal adventure! In this campy comedy, Bree and ass-hungry girlfriends Kristina Rose, Andi Anderson, Rebeca Linares and Missy Stone invade earth looking for interplanetary booty. They get it in all ends from the hot, hung men they find to fill their tight fannies! A smoldering sextravaganza from the mind of Madness.
Andre Madness has done the improbable … mix five extraordinary anal sex scenes with all great-looking babes, add some absurdist comedy and come up with the best anal feature of the year so far.
Terrestrial women who crave ass sex return to earth to begin their anal invasion. With cheesy special effects that would make Ed Wood proud, each anal girl pops up, space gun in hand, and proceeds to ravage a guy. For example, Mick Blue wakes up from his sleep, gets dressed and is shocked when Bree Olson appears in his room and holds him up. Well then he fucks her in her pussy and ass in an intense scene and she kills him for good measure.
Tommy Gunn is listening to his iPod when alien Kristina Rose starts shooting in his house and they end up having a raucous anal scene. Andi Anderson is a filthy talker and as she talks about getting finger-fucked while being ass-pounded by James Deen, the sexual chemistry intensifies.
The sexy, sultry Missy Stone walks in on drunk cowboy Danny Mountain, swallows his dick and gets her shaved pussy pounded before a fervid, close-up anal scene.
And in the goofiest segment, Evan Stone thinks space woman Rebeca Linares is the cleaning women (a la John Leslie in the classic Sex World) and that her gun is the vacuum cleaner. She cannot speak any English, except the words "fuck my ass" and Stone ably complies.
Andre Madness' light touch makes for amusing erotic viewing and all of the scenes are incredibly steamy. Clever extras include BTS, interviews, bloopers and a bonus sex scene. This is a must-have movie.


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(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Breastfeeding your baby can raise their odds of moving up the social ladder by 24% as well as decrease their chances of downward mobility by about 20%, finds a recent study. This suggests that the developmental, behavioral, and health advantages of breastfeeding can last into adulthood.
Following a group of individuals born in 1958 and 1970, researchers recorded whether or not the participants were breastfed and their social class as children. The study also controlled for other factors which could influence the participants' movement on the social ladder such as brain development and stress scores at ages 10 and 11. Researchers found that adults who were breastfed were consistently more likely to have climbed the social ladder.
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Climbing Trees in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom
Seven years ago, he told us, he was working down in Connecticut in the aerospace industry and someone showed him this piece of wooded land. Like so many workers in his field, he was laid off a few years later, but during his working years he bought that 35 acre piece of land with a view of Mount Washington about 50 miles away to the east. Four years ago he made it his home and built a big house with plenty of room for his grandkids to come visit. The sweeping view from the deck was impressive, and the cold beers he served made it even better.
"So tell us about this tree climbing," I said. First of all, he said, safety is the most important thing. With insurance costs and liability, they do many things to ensure that no one gets hurt, including using a double set of ropes just in case. We'd be starting out with a short lecture showing us the harnesses he uses, practiced upon a dummy on ropes in the office. You put on the harness and use specially knotted ropes to inch your way up and then down the trees. Tall spruce trees that have been shorn of branches are climbed. We would begin on a 25 footer right outside Allan's garage.
My friend Jack and I suited up and made our way to the foot of the tree. Allan said that only out of state people come to him to climb, he hasn't gotten much of a local business following at all. People from Canada love coming down and climbing. It's only about 30 miles north of Danville, he said.
But before anyone climbs a tree, assessments must be made. Are there any bees or insects up there? Since no nails or spikes are used, it's important to have a tree that's cleared of branches. We cannot just go out to a random tree in the forest. His ropes are placed in the crook of branches using a cambium, or leather strap to protect the bark from being scraped. But first, "how do you get that all the way up there, " I asked. Allan said there are several ways---- a good underhand toss might work. Or, he grabs a crude slingshot. Or we can use this!
The Chinese Visitor
He told us about a Chinese man who came to learn to climb trees, who became quite enamored of this slingshot device. He spent two days learning as much as he possilbly could about climbing trees. The sling catapults a little sandbag tied to the end of a narrower rope, that's attached to the larger ropes used to climb.
We inched our way up the tree and after a while we both felt ready for something bigger. Allan wanted to show us his property, so we jumped into a Gator 4x4 and rumbled across his land toward a pond he dug. "I had a big wedding there last year," he said, "we put in working toilets here and down by the pond. Easier than renting them!"
Another far taller pine tree stood near a treehouse up about 10 feet in a big pine tree. It was shorn of branches and a rope waited for us, dangling from about 60 feet up. But first we had to check out the treehouse, which he said he rents out for $100 a night.
Two big pine poles formed the sides of a stairway/ladder that lead up to the 12 x 12 structure. A loft bed, a nice little deck, and a view of the pond awaited his next intrepid treehouse guest. "Sometimes bears take a swim in this pond," he said, as his dogs enjoyed swimming themselves during the humid Vermont afternoon.
If you have ever wanted to learn how to climb trees and experience it in a beautiful place like the Northeast Kingdom, contact Twin Pines Recreational Tree Climbing in Danville, www.newenglandtreeclimbing.com. 299 Maple Lane Danville VT
Farmers Rule the Kingdom
We had heard about the near reverence with which the local farmers are regarded up here in Vermont's north. It was true...they were the local rock stars. We drove to the sleepy village of Hardwick and met Monte, who runs the Center for an Agricultural Economy.
His job is to promote, encourage and facilitate a food network that's closed from end to end...from locally grown and produced meat and veggies, to securing local retail space and restaurants to consume it, and even composting to take care of closing the loop.
Monte was enthusiastic about the number of young people coming up to his region learning how to farm. Many of them take apprenticeships with two of the local stars in this regard--Tom who runs High Mowing Organic, a local seed company, and Pete the man behind Pete's Greens.
Pete's large farm operation offers Vermonters a top quality CSA--Consumer Supported Agriculture, which delivers a full bag of an assortment of fresh vegetables weekly to locals who sign up and commit to a season's worth for a flat fee.
We toured Pete's Green's large greenhouse and refrigerated operation to see locals and some Mexican workers packing garlic scapes, lettuce, spinach, squash and other veggies for that week's deliveries. You can find so much great produce up here, it seems every other house has a stand out front.
To sample some of these local delicacies we were pointed at Claire's restaurant a fixture in downtown Hardwick. Chef Steven Obranovich lists every single local purveyor on the menu, and the results are light, creative and beautiful to look at on the plate. Local beers like Trout River Brewing Co were also available, as well as ice cider made by Eden in West Charleston VT and hard cider from Woodchuck, in Woodstock VT.
Eden Ice Cider
We wanted to know more about what ice cider was, so the next morning we drove north from our hotel, the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville to West Charleston. Eleanor and Albert Leger got interested in their unique product on a trip to Montreal in 2006. Ice Cider is a dessert wine made by freezing the grapes in a method first perfected in the Eastern townships of Quebec.
On their former dairy farm, we walked through an orchard of more than 1000 trees of dozens of different varieties, that the Legers grow to be used for ice cider in addition to the tons they buy from other Vermont apple growers. An advantage to their process is that they use dropped fruit, which isn't used for eating apples.
We sampled a range of aged ice ciders and liked it so much we both bought some bottles to take home!
One of the highlights of this region is Kingdom Trails, a network of 120 miles of trails that is considered by Bicycle Magazine to be among the best you can find in North America. Why?
Because of the flow, we learned from Lilias Ide, Kingdom Trail's operations manager. She said that the things most mountain bikers are looking for are nice flow, no stops, and no dead ends to stop their motion. Bikers also like narrow trails, preferring nose to nose versus side by side riding. Kingdom Trails certainly covers this, with gloriously thin, steep rides that don't require a huge amount of exertion to get to.
They also use nearby Burke Mountain as a trail riding area, for an extra $15 you can use their ski lift and enjoy the wheeee all the way down as you criss-cross the mountain.
Where to Stay
Wildflower Inn
2059 Darling Hill Rd.
Lyndonville, VT
Mountain Biking
Kingdom Trails
476 Route 114
East Burke Village, Vermont
Fancy: Claire's Restaurant
41 South Main St.
Hardwick, VT
Breakfast: Besides the lovely breakfast offered at the Wildflower Inn, we enjoyed the atmosphere and eclectic menu that included grilled tempeh and blueberry pancakes at the Lydonville Freighthouse, which uses a local farm for most of their food they prepare.
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Key West has long been a port of call for boaters seeking a safe harbor and a good meal. Today, this is still the case for international yachts, cruise ships and transient boaters seeking shelter. Among all of these visitors, one thing rings true; each seafaring visitor wants a taste of Key West's Caribbean inspired cuisine. Here are two you shouldn't miss.
Dock & Dine Ops:
Key West Bight serves as the epicenter for transient boaters in Key West and although there are numerous restaurants here, the Hyatt Resort's Shor Seafood Grill stands above the rest. With dishes like their chilled seafood tower or the chef's specially prepared Florida lobster, your palate will be begging for more. This elegant restaurant is also ideal for taking in Key West's classic sunset on its plantation style outdoor porch.
Located in the historic part of Key West Bight is the ever-funky Schooner Wharf Restaurant & Bar. Billed as "a last little piece of old Key West," the restaurant lives up to this adage by offering a laid back open-air atmosphere chocked full of entertainment, while providing classic Key West dishes. Try the conch chowder or their ever-popular fresh mahi mahi fish tacos for a meal you will not forget.
Dock It:
Docking is much more complicated here in Key West, but totally doable. If you are a transient boater, your best bet is to tie up at the Key West City Marina, which is just a short walk to either restaurant. This dock & dine friendly marina offers hourly or daily dockage at their fixed docks. Be sure to run four lines to the dock and pilings along with a spring line. Schooner Wharf also offers daily rates and can be contacted via their website.
Stuff To Do:
Visitors have literally dozens of attractions, all within walking distance from Key West Bight. Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum is one not to miss. The museum features many of the artifacts found by this iconic salvor, with many from early Spanish wrecks like the Atocha or Margarita. A great way to see the entire town and all of its offbeat sites would be to hop on the Conch Train. Finally, a trip to Key West would not be complete without doing the "Duval Crawl" and stopping in at Sloppy Joes Bar, a known haunt of Ernest Hemingway.


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Here's the latest news about Beyonce and Jay Z, including Beyonce's plan to address marriage rumors at the MTV Video Music Awards, the lawsuit by Blue Ivy's alleged surrogate mother, and a divorce update. This news update is based on information published on Aug. 18 and Aug. 17 by multiple media outlets including NewsMax.com, Celebrity Café, Yahoo News, Elle and the sources below.
Beyonce's VMA Rumor reveal.
According to the International Business Times on Aug.18, Beyonce plans to address the rumors about her marriage to Jay Z at the upcoming 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. Apparently Beyonce has come to the conclusion that her Instagram pictures are not worth a thousand words and it's time for her to verbally speak out.
As of Aug. 18, other sources, such as Christian Post Entertainment are confirming that Beyonce wants to address the rumors onstage during her VMA performance in a way that will silence all the haters and critics and stop further speculation in its tracks. Her plan is to make an official statement that will have people talking for a very long time. At this point, no one is sure whether Beyonce will say that the rumors are false, or whether she will announce that she's and Jay Z are getting divorced. Fans will be waiting anxiously to hear what she has to say.
Surrogate mother lawsuit
A woman claiming to be the biological mother of Beyonce and Jay Z's 2-year-old daughter has filed a maternity lawsuit against Beyonce and Jay Z. According to Enstarz.com on Aug.18, the woman whose name is Tina Seals, filed a federal lawsuit in New York City requesting that she be financially compensated for the eggs she allegedly provided to Beyonce and Jay Z for the conception of Blue Ivy. Seals claims she is "associated with the power couple and that the arrangements for the alleged donor eggs were made through a mutual acquaintance. She wants court-ordered DNA testing done on Blue Ivy to confirm her allegations that the little girl is her biological child.
Although many people immediately concluded that Seals' lawsuit confirms the rumors that Beyonce faked her pregnancy and used a surrogate mother to give birth to Blue Ivy two years ago, this is not the case. It has been well-documented that Tina Seals has a history of filing frivolous celebrity lawsuits of this kind, including one recently involving Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and baby North. All of Tina Seals' previous lawsuits were dismissed, and it's expected that this one will be dismissed too.
Divorce update
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Beyonce and has finalized the paperwork for the dissolution of her 6-year marriage to Jay Z. Lawyers are now involved and the documents will reportedly be filed sometime within the next few weeks. According to a report from Popcrush.com on Aug.17 and other celebrity gossip sites, Beyonce plans to wait until she and Jay Z complete the last two concerts in their joint On the Run tour. The final two performances are scheduled to take place in Paris on Sept. 12 and 13.
However, other news outlets are reporting that Beyonce has not yet made up her mind whether to divorce Jay Z or give their marriage another chance. Jay Z is said to be going all out to win Beyonce back, but the couple has reportedly drafted an official divorce announcement, just in case. Meanwhile, Beyonce is be leaning on her mother and her sister, Solange, to help her get through this ordeal.


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Table of Contents - 15 April 2011 - Volume 8, Issue 01 (Special Issue: Racial Inequality and Health)
a1 Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health
a2 Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
a3 Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health; Departments of African and African American Studies and of Sociology, Harvard University
Despite the widespread assumption that racial differences in stress exist and that stress is a key mediator linking racial status to poor health, relatively few studies have explicitly examined this premise. We examine the distribution of stress across racial groups and the role of stress vulnerability and exposure in explaining racial differences in health in a community sample of Black, Hispanic, and White adults, employing a modeling strategy that accounts for the correlation between types of stressors and the accumulation of stressors in the prediction of health outcomes. We find significant racial differences in overall and cumulative exposure to eight stress domains. Blacks exhibit a higher prevalence and greater clustering of high stress scores than Whites. American-born Hispanics show prevalence rates and patterns of accumulation of stressors comparable to Blacks, while foreign-born Hispanics have stress profiles similar to Whites. Multiple stressors correlate with poor physical and mental health, with financial and relationship stressors exhibiting the largest and most consistent effects. Though we find no support for the stress-vulnerability hypothesis, the stress-exposure hypothesis does account for some racial health disparities. We discuss implications for future research and policy.
(Online publication April 15 2011)
c1 Michelle J. Sternthal, 1656 Park Road NW, Washington, DC 20010. E-mail: email@example.com
Michelle J. Sternthal is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Environmental Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on social determinants of physical and mental health, using a life course perspective, and their connection to racial and socioeconomic health disparities. Her most recent research explores the biosocial pathways through which cumulative exposure to stress impacts childhood asthma susceptibility and onset.
Natalie Slopen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. She completed her PhD in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on socioeconomic, racial, and gender disparities in health, and how early life conditions influence mental and physical health over the life course. She is currently engaged in research on the biological and psychological effects of early stress, and the mechanisms by which these experiences are embedded to create long-term health risks.
David R. Williams is the Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology at Harvard University. His prior academic appointments were at Yale University and the University of Michigan. His research has focused on trends and determinants of socioeconomic and racial disparities in health, the effects of racism on health and the ways in which religious involvement can affect health. He is the author of more than 250 scholarly papers in scientific journals and edited collections and he was ranked as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2008. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1 This study was in part supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grants HD38986 and HD050467. M. J. Sternthal was supported by grant T32-ES07069-29 and the Leaves of Grass Foundation.


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Think you can't get a great workout without money for equipment or a gym membership? Think again! There are many exercises you can do which will shape, tone and sculpt your entire body without spending a penny.
Here are a few ways to get in your cardiovascular exercise:
• Got stairs? Run up and down the stairs-It's the same workout you'd get on a Stairmaster.
• Go for a walk, jog or run outside. Strive for a target heart rate zone that's challenging yet doable.
• Tune into your local fitness channel and find a fitness program you enjoy. If the time it's airing isn't
convenient for you, record the show and play at your convenience.
• Jump rope for an intense cardio blast. You can create your own "boot camp" cardio class by jumping rope
to get your heart rate up, then doing upper and lower body resistance exercises to tone, sculpt and
Here are some ways to build muscle from head to toe:
• Push ups-Pushups are the perfect upper body workout. Vary your form from beginner to advanced
depending on your level of fitness.
• Chair dips- Chair dips are a great way to tone your triceps-the muscle in the back of our arms we
immediately notice isn't toned when we raise our arms to wave at someone!
Here are some ideas to strengthen your abdominals for core strength:
• Bicycle- Strengthens all areas of the abs when done correctly.
• Crunches: Make sure your form is correct to get the most out of this exercise.
• Plank: A great alternative to ab exercises performed when lying on your back.
Here are some exercises for your lower body:
• Lunges- With many variations to choose from, make sure your knee doesn't go past your toes (keep them
over your heels for best results.
• Squats- A great all over lower body toner. Imagine a chair is placed far behind you. Then, pressing your
weight through your heels, lower down to a 90 degree angle, stop, squeeze and slowly raise back to a
standing position.
Becoming fit doesn't have to mean costly gym memberships or even moderately priced home equipment. What is needed however are just a few ideas and the desire to look, feel and live your best.


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Coronation Street star Samia Ghadie was cagey about her love life in a revealing interview. Asked about partner Will Thorp, she said: "I don't want to talk about Will, not with everything that's going on at the moment... it's really stressful."
She was chatty and friendly during the interview with the Sunday Mirror's Celebs magazine, still to be published. But as soon as Will or Jennifer Metcalfe were mentioned she went quiet and avoided eye contact.
And when she talked about Sylvain Longchambon she was bright eyed, had a massive smile and couldn't stop saying how great he was. We asked her...
What's Sylvain like? I've only got good things to say. He's brilliant. He's patient and kind and thoughtful. It's weird you get to know each other so intensely in such a short period. They ask you what you want in a partner and I said, someone nice, someone strong, someone patient and someone with a good sense of humour and he's got all that.
Have you met Jennifer Metcalfe, Sylvain's other half? Yes, she came down a couple of weeks ago to watch us training. I met her briefly.
What's she like? She was lovely but I don't think I should talk about her, should I, because that's Sylvain's partner. In fact don't mention that because he might not want me to.
Can you see how people can become a couple while training for the show? This is, like, a lot of physical contact so I guess I could. But when you work closely with people on a lot of jobs there's always that element. You literally have to trust them with your life. Especially with the lifts I've been doing.
Do you get the giggles when he grabs you in all kinds of places? Yeah, he's not grabbing me in any places that are... too intimate shall we say. The muscles between your ribs have gone into spasm from where Sylvain has been lifting you. Do you get cross with him for inflicting pain on you? No I couldn't he's so lovely. He's really good. I know he's not going to drop me. I'm kind of glad he holds me that tightly. I'd be worried if he didn't.
Has your other half (Will) noticed any difference in your shape since you've been training for the show? I don't really want to talk about that if that's all right. Not at the moment.
So why do you think you've lost your appetite? Is it just adrenalin? Whenever I get stressed I can't eat. It's just kind of everything at the moment. Everything's kind of stressful at the moment and my appetite always goes when I'm stressed. So it'll come back.
Have you lost your appetite like this in the past? I've lost my appetite during stressful times so I know it'll come back when things get better. It's not just due to the show that I've lost my appetite.
What's stressing you out other than the show? I don't want to talk about it.


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Meet 'The Spirit Farmer' of South Georgia
June 22, 2016, 3:26 p.m. by Morgan Lovering
Colquitt, Georgia is home to the largest hand-painted mural in the U.S., a mural that depicts what life is like as a farmer.
How to make New York's Penn Station even more harrowing? Top it with a thrill ride
June 21, 2016, 5:52 p.m. by Matt Hickman
Train to Buffalo delayed? Just take a spin on a nauseating free-fall attraction.
The ultimate solstice viewing spot is in the middle of the Utah desert
June 20, 2016, 5:30 a.m. by Catie Leary
Pack your bags and head out to the Great Basin Desert to see Nancy Holt's land art masterpiece, "Sun Tunnels."
Panoramic coffee cup art depicts slices of life in Tokyo
June 17, 2016, 3:48 p.m. by Catie Leary
Instead of throwing away their paper coffee cups, these two artists upcycle them into a one-of-a-kind panorama sketches.
For 16 days only, you can walk on water at this gorgeous Italian lake
June 16, 2016, 1:27 p.m. by Matt Hickman
A leisurely stroll across 'The Floating Piers' of Lake Iseo is like 'walking on the back of the whale.'
In wake of Orlando massacre, world landmarks are awash in rainbows
June 13, 2016, 11:53 a.m. by Matt Hickman
Forming a rainbow that spans the globe, numerous iconic structures are illuminated in remembrance of those lost.
Miners discover 500-year-old shipwreck loaded with gold coins
June 8, 2016, 2:18 p.m. by Michael d'Estries
Diamond mine off the coast of Namibia yields the remains of ancient Portuguese vessel carrying $13 million in gold coins.
What happened to these Olympic venues?
June 6, 2016, 3:42 p.m. by Josh Lew
When the Olympics are over, their venues are left behind to either be transformed or forgotten.
The Louvre enacts art evacuation plan as historic flooding hits Paris
June 3, 2016, 3:55 p.m. by Matt Hickman
But don't fret, the 'Mona Lisa' is staying put for now.
How much is that famous painting really worth?
June 3, 2016, 12:37 p.m. by Noel Kirkpatrick
When a painting sells for a jaw-dropping price, it makes headlines. Do you know how much these works of art went for?
Animated silhouettes capture the essence of iconic films
June 3, 2016, 6:50 a.m. by Catie Leary
U.K. digital artist Ben Charman adds an extra dose of whimsy to some of our favorite films by rendering their most iconic scenes as 6-second Vine animations.
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The rarest of colors have mummies, insects and heavy metals to thank for their existence.


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Mercy Jets to London
Posted by Native NYker in adoption, madonna, malawi, mercy james, people magazine on June 21, 2009
Madonna Malawi Adoption Denied
Posted by Native NYker in adoption, court ruling, madge, madonna, malawi, mercy james, us magazine on April 3, 2009
Reading the rounds, I was caught up in not only this news, but the overall responses being posted by the dumbasses of the blog readers in the universe. These have been mainly negative and leave me thinking that there are a LOT of bitter fuckers in the world.
In his decision, Judge Chondo states that "Put simply courts do make law by the process of precedence and Miss Madonna may not be the only international person interested in adopting the so-called poor children of Malawi."
"By removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children the courts by their pronouncements could actively facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals who would take advantage of the weakness of the law of the land."
"Anyone could come to Malawi and quickly arrange an adoption that might have grave consequences on the very children that the law seeks to protect."
"Having considered this then, at the end of the day I must decline to grant the application for the adoption of the infant CJ."
As usual, I am left in the minority. I seldom think that the laws and the sanctimonious fuckers who sit on the benches and shield their biases with em have the best interest of the child at hand. Were the childs' welfare to be the priority they would have orchestrated a parade to see her off to a swank address on Central Park West!
Madonna has received the approval of the childs uncles' Peter Baneti and John Ngalande, who signed off on the adoption proceedings earlier this week, reports Us Magazine. "Mercy is now assured of a good education away from the abject poverty of our village," they are quoted as saying to Us.
"We support her adoption process," Information Minister Patricia Kaliati said yesterday, Us goes on to report. "Madonna's been good to us. She's supporting over 25,000 orphans in this country, and she's proved she can take care of David."
As with any adoption proceeding that gets caught up in the bureaucracy of red tape, it is the child who suffers and is left to muddle through the system. Damn shame…
I haven't lost faith in Madge. What she wants she always gets! I am sure she isn't going to let some half assed attention seeking fucker on some bench in Malawi stop her from getting this to happen…
Mercy Madonna James
Posted by Native NYker in adoption, madge, madonna, malawi, mercy james on March 28, 2009
"The adoption is going ahead," Malawi's Director of Child Welfare Services, Penstone Kilembe, tells Usmagazine.com. "It has been at an advanced stage for some time."


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Ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum, who faces fraud and corruption charges, will have his preliminary hearing next year in June.
Applebaum was in court Monday for a hearing to map out dates and procedures for his case. He faces 14 charges including fraud, breach of trust, conspiracy and corruption in municipal affairs in connection with two real estate projects in Côte-des-Neiges/NDG where he was borough mayor.
The parties agreed to set aside five days for the preliminary inquiry. Applebaum's lawyer, Jean-Claude Hébert, said they will confirm later if they want a trial by jury or by judge alone.
Two others face similar charges linked to the projects: ex-city councillor Saulie Zajdel and ex-permits director for the borough Jean-Yves Bisson. All three were arrested last June.
Zajdel was also present for this morning's case management hearing. His lawyer Jeffrey Boro said they elected to go straight to trial before judge alone.
"We did not need a preliminary hearing to vet the evidence that the crown had," Boro said.
"The other parties believed that it was in their interest in view of the nature of charges against them to examine the crown's evidence at a preliminary hearing and if that evidence is sufficient, then a trial will be ordered for them."
Boro said since his client will not be having a preliminary hearing, he will have a separate trial, just as he wanted. It's set for three days, also in June of next year.
Boro said he has seen the evidence which is covered by a publication ban.
"I can't tell you very much but I can say that the crown is going to have certain difficulties making their case in this matter," Boro said.
Bisson was not in court. His lawyer said his client is recovering from a serious accident. They will set his court dates later on.
Applebaum and Zajdel sat apart in the courtroom. They did not speak to reporters.


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We can all agree Justin Randall Timberlake's second year as a tricenarian was a fruitful one. He payed SNL a memorable visit, scored a major motion picture, released his first single in seven years, and got friggin' married.
But does all of this matter when the boys who you grew up with—who "knew you when"—give you the electronic cold shoulder on your birthday? We're speaking, naturally, of Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey Fatone, his former NSYNC bandmates. As of the time this article was published, none of them has tweeted at JT. No, not even Lance.
In their defense, Chris, Lance, and JC haven't tweeted today. JC hasn't tweeted since his own birthday last August. Joey, however, might have some 'splaning to do. Peep his most recent tweet:
@driverminnie happy bday woman hope all is well !
— Joey Fatone (@realjoeyfatone) January 31, 2013
That's right, folks. Joey had time to wish Minnie "I got her number, how do you like them apples" Driver a bon anniversaire, but no amour for Justin.
Could this all be because no NSYNCers were invited to the wedding? If so, listen to your own lyrics, Justin: What goes around comes around.


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MacMohan Line – India and China dispute boundary
Where is MacMohan Line? What is its significance? The McMahon Line is a demarcation line drawn on map referred to the Simla Convention, a treaty between Britain and Tibet signed in 1914. Although its legal status is disputed, it is currently the effective boundary between China and India. It is within the State of Arunachal Pradesh, which is currently among the Indian State.
The line is named after Sir Henry McMahon, foreign secretary for the British-run Government of India and the chief British negotiator of the convention. It extends along the crest of the Himalayas for 550 miles (890 km) from Bhutan in the west to the great bend of the Brahmaputra River in the east. After Simla, the line was forgotten until 1935 when British civil service officer Olaf Caroe revived interest in it and convinced the government to use it on official maps. (source)
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Right now this Internet Deals reporter has two little pedometers attached to her jeans' waistband. Of course, one of these ibitz™ by GeoPalz® wireless pedometers was intended for my son, seeing as though the new ibitz Kid and Adult Wireless Pedometers, are devices intended to help adults and kids track their level of activity throughout the day. (I heard somewhere that we're supposed to get 10,000 steps of walking in daily.)
The things that seem cool about the iBitz Unity pedometers is that they are linked to an app to encourage kids to use them, which makes for working out seem like a game or a fun challenge because it is synced up with a rewards system that lets them earn coins and content on Disney's Club Penguin™, a place they're probably familiar with from previous gameplay.
For us adults, they can track our steps – reminds me of that "Order My Steps" song my dad loved – along with the distance we walk and other factors like BMI and our weight, which we can add manually. I'm already a fan of adding my weight to calorie-tracking apps to help keep my eating and weight loss in line.
I loved how easy the thing was to set up with my iPhone 5 (it's not compatible with Android devices – another reason to love those Apple products!) and the fact that you can clip it on your hip or shoe and go. I put in one of the codes from the back of the iBitz and went through the steps of entering my email and even reluctantly entered my credit card number when they requested that information according to some child privacy act. Then I got started, at least with the colorful kid's version on my hip, and dismissed the message in order to get started and see the steps tracking even in real-time at certain times, within an asteroid-like game.
Planning to check up on my daughter's pedometer to see how many more steps had been taken since I last checked it, I laughed when she said she'd been shaking it up. Ingenious.
So there you go for another way to inspire the people in your family to get more exercise.
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The End of Year Transition Is such a Process
Here we are heading towards the end of another year, this month marked three years…
I have been having writers block, a major headache that will not go away, and am just plain exhausted from a busy week of chasing my children everywhere and so I felt this morning I would honor YOU … link up below with any post you think we should read, giveaway we should enter, review we should read, etc etc! I can't wait to read everyone's links later today …
All I ask in return is for you to please try to visit at least two of the people who linked above you so we can all share some comment love and get to know a new blog and possibly virtual friend …
Make it a Happy Day!
What a great idea to get to know you blog neighbors. You're very welcome for the gift card and I'm glad you got it. Hope it comes in handy. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.
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I would request to write a guest post on your blog if you may so permit. I promise to write on of the best posts I have written for you if you may accept my request.
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I couldn't think of one best so I just left my home page link. Often the ones I think are great no one else does and the ones I think are pretty lame everyone else thinks are fantastic. I'm not objective I guess.
I'm having a hard time coming up with ideas for posts too. I might steal your idea.
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Great idea! Entered one of the latest letters that were submitted- it is so sweet! Off to visit other links now!
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AMC Studio 30 and Edwards Houston Marq'E Stadium 23 movie theaters in Houston are both great places to enjoy a movie with a friend or love interest. Sadly though there are some who rarely go out with others, and if they do go to the movies it is usually alone. Isolation and loneliness is a deep dark pit. One of the causes can be a critical mindset.
Being critical of others focuses the attention on someone else's flaws. When the focus is on their negative aspects, a person is blinded to all the positive qualities that others possess. Being critical inhibits being able to truly enjoy other people for who they are, and what they have to offer.
Now a critical mindset comes from two extremes. One extreme is that a person believes that they are superior and therefore everyone around them is inferior. They look down on other people's actions as well as their opinions. The other extreme is that a person feels enferior in some way. Instead of wanting to look at themselves, they focus on others shortcomings to make themselves feel better. Whether the root is from pride or self-conciousness, being critical puts up a wall between the person practicing it and people they are around. Having a critical attitude will always lead to isolation and loneliness.


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While Keanu Reeves may be taking his career to the next level with his directorial debut, the martial arts film "Man of Tai Chi," fans can't help but look back at the movie that kicked his career into high gear way back in 1989: "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure."
The time-traveling buddy comedy spawned a sequel in 1991 ("Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey") and has earned a devoted cult following — one that's constantly asking what's holding up the long-delayed "Bill & Ted 3."
"It's a long story," Reeves told MTV News' Josh Horowitz while at the Toronto International Film Festival. "There's lots of subterfuge and conspiracy theories. There's a whole thing… I might have to do one of those independent press, conspiracy, other-name kind of [statements] explaining why it hasn't happened yet, because it's pretty dark out there."
Getting a film made can be a tough thing, especially if the previous films are from a few decades past, but Reeves continued to hint at darker forces at play.
"There is [a script]," revealed Reeves. "There's all sorts of stuff and it just can't — it's just — there's darkness out there that's keeping it from happening… It's that part of the story where it's looking grim. It's the dark period of the idea!"
Horowitz tried to look on the bright side, stating that it is always darkest before the dawn — but Reeves wasn't budging. His co-star Alex Winter, who played Bill, had a more positive outlook back at South by Southwest, but maybe that was before the darkness came.
"There's no drama," Alex Winter told MTV News in March. "There's no legal skirmish. There's no nothing. There's me, Keanu, [screenwriters] Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, the original core. We built a story. They wrote a script. We're tinkering with the script to get it perfect. Then we will go get the money. Then we will shoot it. And that's really all there is to it."
While Reeves kept any specific "Bill & Ted 3" details shrouded in mystery, he did offer up a story from the good old days. "One day we're going in — Alex and I both, once we heard that we got the roles, we thought we were playing the other guy's role. So I thought I was going to be playing Bill and he thought he was going to be playing Ted. It was weird. We both went to wardrobe fittings and they told us we had the other roles, and then we said, [disheartened] 'OK.' "
Reeves can be seen next in the fantastical action film "47 Ronin," which opens on December 25.


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Play the Songs
- Move (You're Steppin' On My Heart)
- Fake Your Way to the Top
- Cadillac Car
- Steppin' to the Bad Side
- Family
- Dreamgirls
- Press Conference
- And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
- Ain't No Party
- When I First Saw You
- I Am Changing
- I Meant You No Harm
- The Rap
- Firing of Jimmy
- I Miss You Old Friend
- One Night Only
- Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love
DREAMGIRLS is a show about a time in American musical history when rhythm and blues blended with other styles of popular music creating a new American sound. Act One is set in the fabulous sixties — a time when we were still screaming at Elvis and listening to the Beatles, but were dancing to the new beat of countless girl and boy groups like The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Temptations and The Shirelles. DREAMGIRLS is not just about the singing and the dancing and the performing. The play is also about the behind-the-scenes reality of the entertainment industry — the business part of show business that made possible this cultural phenomenon. Act Two shows the creation and the arrival of disco — though the word is never used in the script. The subject matter of this play deals with a musical contribution to America of such importance that only now — decades later — are we beginning to understand.
-Michael Bennett
*Music samples provided courtesy of Decca Broadway.
- Synopsis
- Credits
- Orchestration
- Rehearsal Materials
- Cast List
- Brief History
- Upcoming
Act One opens at the world-famous Apollo Theatre in New York City, where 'The Dreamettes' arrive late for a talent contest that they hope will launch their career as rhythm and blues singers. 'The Dreamettes' include Effie (the overweight lead singer), Deena (the attractive back-up singer) and Lorrell (the second back-up singer). They are accompanied by C.C., Effie's brother, who writes all their material. Smooth-talking Curtis Taylor manipulates the contest, and 'The Dreamettes' do not win the trophy. Instead, Curtis becomes their manager, and he negotiates a job for the girls as back-up singers for a star, James (Thunder) "Jimmy" Early.
The three girls begin touring with Jimmy, and 'Jimmy and The Dreamettes' record their first song, Cadillac Car, written by C.C. They find, however, that C.C.'s song has also been recorded and made popular by a white group in a bland, pop style. The girls, C.C., Curtis and Jimmy's agent Marty are outraged. In the song Steppin' to the Bad Side, Curtis vows that the group will not be taken advantage of again.
Curtis responds by booking 'Jimmy and The Dreamettes' as the first black act to appear in Miami Beach. Everyone is elated. Meanwhile, Curtis has developed a relationship with Effie, primarily to manipulate the fortunes of the group; and Jimmy, despite being married, has developed a relationship with Lorrell. Success for Jimmy and the three girls continues.
At this point Curtis feels the girls are popular enough to go out on their own with a more sophisticated name:'The Dreams', but first he decides to remove Effie as the lead singer and replace her with Deena. Although Effie has the best voice of the three girls, Curtis believes Deena has the 'look' of success. Effie is destroyed, feeling betrayed by Curtis and C.C., and has to swallow her pride to sing back-up . C.C. and the group try unsuccessfully to comfort her in the song Family. Jimmy is enticed by Curtis' aggressive management style and leaves his agent, Marty.
Led by Deena 'The Dreams' are successful and they perform their signature number Dreamgirls. Privately, however, relationships among members of the group continue to deteriorate. Effie's behavior and appearance continue to decline. Curtis is forced to replace Effie with Michelle, and tells her in the song It's All Over. Effie's pain and frustration are then expressed in the song (And I'm Tellin' You) I'm Not Goin'. The group is renamed 'Deena Jones and The Dreams.' They headline at the Las Vegas Hilton and their future is bright.
Act two opens five years later with 'Deena and The Dreams' at the pinnacle of their career. Effie, on the other hand, is trying to overcome her disappointments and pull herself together in Chicago with Marty as her agent. She attempts to land a job in a local club and sings I'm Changing. However, all is not well with 'Deena and The Dreams.' C.C. and Curtis are having serious artistic differences over C.C.'s new song One Night Only, and, to Curtis' dismay, Deena wants to follow her own dream and begin a movie career. Curtis sings to her in You Are My Dream. With Jimmy's career in serious decline, Lorrell leaves him, because after seven years Jimmy never divorced his wife.
Back in Chicago C.C. apologizes to his sister for deserting her, and they reconcile. He offers her One Night Only, since he did not like Curtis' disco interpretation of the song for Deena. Effie's version of One Night Only moves toward the top of the charts. Curtis is incensed and uses his influence to undercut Effie's version. Marty uncovers Curtis' illegal business practices. Deena leaves Curtis, and Effie and Deena reunite after years of bitterness. 'The Dreams' perform their farewell concert and , as the curtain closes, they invite Effie on stage for one final performance of Dreamgirls.
Book and Lyrics by Music by
Tom Eyen Henry Krieger
Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by
Michael Bennett
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Produced on Broadway by
Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records and
The Shubert Organization
Such credits for all purposes shall be in a type size equal to that of any other credits except for those of the stars billed above the title. Credits for Messrs. Bennett, Eyen and Krieger and the Broadway producers shall be in a type, size and prominence at least 50 percent of the larger of that used for the title or stars of the play and that the Broadway producer credit will appear in final position on the billing page.
The title page of the program shall contain the following announcement in type size at least one-half the size of the authors' credits:
is presented by arrangement with
560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022
Full Orchestration
1 Reed I: Alto Saxophone, Piccolo & Flute
1 Reed II: Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe & English Horn
1 Reed III: Baritone Saxophone, Flute & Bass Clarinet
1 Trumpets I & II (both double on Flugelhorn)
1 Trumpets III (doubles Flugelhorn)
1 Trombone I (Tenor Trombone)
1 Trombone II (Tenor Trombone with Bass attachment)
1 Bass (electric)
1 Guitar
1 Synthesizer ("string" sounds only)
1 Piano: Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes) & Synthesizer (Prophet)
1 Percussion: (Mallet instruments)
Timpani (2 Pedal Drums)
Bongo Drums
Conga Drum(s)
Cow Bell (for Conductor)
Triangle (2 Sizes)
Bell Tree
Cymbals – Suspended
Shaker (2 Sizes)
"Cute Toys":
Temple Block
Wood Block
Tambourine & Triangle
1 Drums: (Trap Set)
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Tom Tom (2 Sizes)
Floor Tom Tom
Bongo Drums
Cymbals: Hi-Hat
"suspended" (several)
Roll with "swell"
Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material.
1 Piano Conductor's Score (Four Volume Set)
1 Prompt Book for Director
20 Prompt Books for Cast
30 Chorus-Vocal Parts
(4 female; 4 male)
Effie Melody White — lead singer of the Dreamettes
Deena Jones — backup singer of the Dreamettes; later lead singer
Lorrell Robinson — backup singer of the Dreamettes
Michelle Morris — backup singer; replacement for Effie
Jimmy (James Thunder) Early — principal soul singer
C.C. (Clarence Conrad) White — composer and brother of Effie
Curtis Taylor, Jr. — Cadillac dealer and manager of the Dreams
Marty — theatrical agent for J.T. Early
Stepp Sisters — four girl singers; non-speaking
Charlene — backup singer for J.T. Early
Joann — backup singer for J.T. Early
M.C. — master of ceremonies, Apollo Theatre
Tiny Joe Dixon — winning talent contest singer; non-speaking
Little Albert & The Tru-Tones — male quintet; non-speaking
Band (The James Early Band) — six male singers; non-speaking
Wayne — record producer/director
Dave — solo tenor; non-speaking
Sweethearts — two girl backup singers; non-speaking
Frank — press agent
Jerry Norman — nightclub owner
Carl — nightclub pianist; non-speaking
Five Tuxedos — male quintet; non-speaking
Les Styles — girls' backup quartet; non-speaking
Edna Burke — applause meter reader; non-speaking
Dwight — TV studio director
Stage Manager — TV studio
Brian — pit orchestra drummer; non-speaking
Mr. Morgan — Effie's lawyer
Security Guard — backstage, Chicago
Chorus Men & Women
Party Guests
Film Executives
The original Broadway production had a cast of 32 performers, including chorus. Some doubling was employed in the minor parts.
DREAMGIRLS played for 1521 performances on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre starring Ben Harney, Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph. It was revived on Broadway in 1987 for 177 performances at the Ambassador Theatre.
Awards (1982)
6 Tony Awards for Book, Choreography, Lighting Design, Actor, Actress and Featured Actor
4 Drama Desk Awards for Set Design, Lighting Design, Actress and Featured Actor
The Theatre World Award (Jennifer Holliday)
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Organization City, State First Performance Last Performance Dallas Theater Center DALLAS, TX 06/10/2016 07/24/2016 Virginia Repertory Theatre RICHMOND, VA 06/23/2016 08/07/2016 Cocoa Village Playhouse COCOA, FL 06/24/2016 07/03/2016 Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Inc. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 06/28/2016 07/02/2016 ArtsCentric BALTIMORE, MD 07/22/2016 09/11/2016 Clocktower Players, Inc. IRVINGTON, NY 09/10/2016 09/10/2016 Music Theatre Riverside CHINO HILLS, CA 09/17/2016 09/25/2016 Landmark Community Theatre, Inc. THOMASTON, CT 10/15/2016 10/30/2016 Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, Inc. JACKSONVILLE, FL 11/11/2016 11/27/2016 Pittsburgh Musical Theatre PITTSBURGH, PA 03/09/2017 03/19/2017 Franklin Learning Center PHILADELPHIA, PA 04/20/2017 04/21/2017 Footlite Musicals, Inc. INDIANAPOLIS, IN 05/05/2017 05/21/2017 Village Theatre ISSAQUAH, WA 05/10/2017 07/02/2017 ANKH Repertory Theatre WASHINGTON, DC 06/09/2017 06/25/2017


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Schwarzenegger Unveils Dramatic Climate Change Map Which Shows Flooded San Francisco In The Future
Republican Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has received a great prophesy from God. We all know one of the most foul cities on Earth is San Francisco, a land marinated in the combustible juices of homosexual agenda and liberal talking points.
For years we've known that the Fag City would get struck down just like Sodom and Gomorrah, but the way it is actually going to happen double warms the heart.
I personally speculated that God would strike the city down with meteors while others thought perhaps a month of great fires and earthquakes, but Governor and now Prophet Schwarzenegger's great map shows the true fate of San Francisco. Drown!
I let out a cheer of praise when I saw the climate change map Schwarzenegger unveiled before the world today.
If you look closely, you can see how God has caused the Pacific Ocean to suddenly rise up and drown every single sinner in San Francisco. I bet they shall yell and holler for mercy as their lungs fill with water and they feel the air squeezing from their sin enabled bodies.
They will sink to the bottom of the ocean and not stop until the reach the driest, hottest depths of hell! A watery death and fiery eternity! A great irony and perfect fate for those who support the sick city of San Francisco!
Schwarzenegger also revealed this final judgment would not take place until about the year 2112, still giving San Francisco a chance to repent and turn from their wicked ways. Just know, it is now been shown and San Francisco is slated to receive a final judgment and all sinful residents shall die. Glory!
Several months ago we created a tv commercial campaign where we asked the nation to help us drown the gays. Now we see God give his official endorsement of our program and that means you should be joining in too. What a great day. Drown gays, drown!
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