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Autism Talk TV – Episode 10
This is a guest post by Alex Plank, an autistic adult who founded the online community Wrong Planet. Alex is a graduate of George Mason University.
In this 18 minute episode of Autism Talk TV I sit down with Lindsay Oberman at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to talk about TMS, a technology that allows researchers to use magnets to affect the brains of individuals with autism. First we have an interview with Lindsay and then you can watch me undergoing TMS.
Lindsay discusses the details of TMS and how it relates to autism. She has been interested in autism since she was a graduate student and clearly has a passion for finding out how autistic brains differ from neurotypical ones.
I was surprised that the TMS researchers were able to use a magnet to move my hand and individual fingers. The region they affected on me was the motor cortex which governs movement. The idea that you can use a magnet to make changes to the brain sounds like science fiction, but it isn't fiction at all.
Lindsay is close to conclusively figuring out exactly how autistic brains differ from neurotypical brains. There is great potential for TMS being used as a diagnostic tool as well as a theraputic tool. I think you will be fascinated by this episode of Autism Talk TV.
Check out Alex's work on Wrongplanet here.
October 28, 2010 at 12:19 pm
It is an outrage that autism speaks picks up the tab for Plank's videos and allows him to write posts on his blog. While he insults parents that are trying to help their kids and disenfranchizes pro cure autistics such as myself and speaks for me and states that "most of us" don't want to be cured.
October 28, 2010 at 1:23 pm
SO-O-O-O profoundly interesting that I needed 2 replay sum segments 1c or twice 2 get the full value of what was said… (I was TRYING 2 multitask by working at my desk job at the same time!) TY, Alex Plank, 4 a GRRRRRR8 job!!
October 28, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Interesting. I've got a two question for Alex Plank? What degree did you graduate with while you were at George Mason? Finally are you employed, or are you like me right now trying to search for a job?
October 31, 2010 at 12:24 am
Adam, I majored in Film and Video studies at George Mason. I'm currently searching for a job.
Diana, Thanks!!


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True to its Roman god namesake, Janus, we have entered the month of beginnings. Janus, usually depicted as having two faces - one looking forward and the other looking back - was believed by the Romans to be the god of transitions. January is certainly a time of transitions. As we all try to get used to writing 2013 in our checkbooks, it's a time to reflect back on the year that has just ended, as well as look forward to the one that we have just entered.
It's not hard coming up with sad and tragic memories as we think about 2012. There was last July's Aurora theater shootings, and of course the horrible shootings at the elementary school in Connecticut in December. Last summer also saw some deadly and destructive wildfires in Colorado. The economy continued to sputter, and lawmakers allowed us to fall off the fiscal cliff, albeit temporarily.
But beyond these sad and bad times we experienced collectively as a state or nation, all of us undoubtedly experienced many personal problems, sorrows and tragedies. Some probably happened through no fault of our own. But others were undoubtedly brought on by our own actions. All of us certainly said and did things in the year that has just ended that we deeply regret and wish we could take back. Wouldn't it be nice if we could start the new year with a clean slate, and leave those bad choices and bad memories in the past?
In a very real sense, we can. While we may not be able to completely leave all the ill effects of our bad behavior behind, God can. In fact, God has already done that. The Bible promises, "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us" (Psalm 103:12). God assures us, "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more" (Hebrews 10:17). All of the hateful thoughts, hurtful words, and sinful actions we did last year have already been atoned for. All of the good we should have done but failed to do has also been paid for and forgiven. That happened long ago. It happened nearly 2,000 years ago on the cross of Calvary.
God has forgiven us, completely and permanently. We can begin a new year with a clean slate, a clean heart, and a clean conscience. Leave the sins of last year in the past. Live 2013 in confidence and peace. Strive to avoid falling back into those sins, and move forward into this new year in God's grace. "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13,14).

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As the liner notes say, the band played this show for Eric Larson, who watched Marley when Trey was away. Marley barks throughout the show and Trey commonly sings to her. Listen for references to her the whole show.
On to the music...set one starts out with a blistering Alumni with Wilson teases and Marley calls. From the get-go, it is clear that Fish has really been practicing. He's on point the whole show and has improved immensely since the Spring. A quiet Curtis Loew follows. Sneakin Sally here is great. A vocal jam with tribal screaming ensues and the band breaks back into the jam, which closes with some nice Trey work.
Makisupa is looong, very slow, and features some hazy layers from Trey and Page, including that weird scratching effect Trey uses on the 3/13/92 Campus Club Antelope. It's a nice jam actually, a very relaxing Makisupa. BBFCFM rages here but Flat Fee calms everyone down. The last vocals-included version of Lushington is next. It seems like the band finally has a handle on the song, but I guess they thought otherwise. This is clearly the best version of the song, definitely worth a spin if you haven't heard the song yet.
The band teases Fish with HYHU before moving into a slow and goofy Suzy. Both Trey and Mike tease HYHU during the song. There's also a Phil Collins Psuedio tease from Trey in there if you listen carefully. At the end of the jam, Trey screams 'Wait a minute...' while the band launches into a James Brown-like Jam. The precursor to the 'WAIT' the band would play a few years later perhaps?
Anyways, Mustang Sally is next, and the band slays it. Don't know why they don't bring this one back. Afterwards, the band teases 'Surfin Bird', you know, the Papa-Oom-mow-mow song. Then, in an interesting historical moment, Trey asks someone from the audience, who is a doctor, whether Golgi is pronounced Gol-gee or gol-ghee! (Interesting in that Trey actually is pronouncing it incorrectly and just realizes it here. It's Gol-gee!) Trey announces that it's the 'mar-mar' gig, and they play Ya Mar for her, with plenty of references for her in the song. A pretty TMWSIY is next, which ends the long set.
Set 2 opens with Clod, but seems like it's missing the attack of other versions. Slave is really pretty here, one of the first versions to sound anything like what the band plays today. One of the best versions of the year. Chariot is short, and the Curtain jam just kind of fizzles out. McGrupp is very spirited, and was featured on an Archives set from Kevin Shapiro (maybe at 8?). This is probably as short as the song can get and still be complete, but it's well played from beginning to end. It flows nicely into a jam that morphs into Possum.
Hood features a nicely drawn out intro and the jam starts as a lullabye, but ends with nice Trey work and the same draw over the chords as the 8/21 version. If you like dissonance, check out this Timber - loud and screechy! Bag is standard. Divided Sky is in short form, but is really fast. The most interesting part of the set features a Harpua>Bundle of Joy> Harpua except, perhaps for the only time, features an ending jam complete with some additional lyrics from Trey. Is it blasphemous to say that this is the best ending to Harpua there is? Take a listen for yourself and see!
A screechingly short La Grange and a standard Corinna preceed a very interesting Mike's. Besides being the first pairing of its long-time life partner Hydrogen, this version actually has the real feel of today's Mike's. Another screeching jam is in this Mike's which teases AC/DC bag for a bit. Hydrogen isn't standard here, but contains POETIC LYRICS, and contains the beautiful second jam which moves into Who Do We Do. Awesome stuff here.
Bowie contains some meat here as well, as there are TMWSIY teases from Trey, and a full band jam on Bad to the Bone for 3 minutes. It's pretty much a cover except for the lyrics and smoothly glides into JJLC. She Caught the Katy is a short closer, but nothing really to write home about.
I really like the Alumni and Makisupa from the first set. Lushington is the one you should get if you want 1 version of the song. I'd also pick out the Mustang Sally, which really represents a solid '87 jam. Personally, the Harpua is a favorite of mine, if only for the way they bring closure to the song in a unique way, much more so than 8/21. I also like the first pairing of Mikes>Hydrogen (with lyrics)>Who do We Do. It's a long show, so definitely pick and choose here as many of these songs were outshined on 8/21. If you don't have an 87 show, this is a nice choice.


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Q&A: What Really Happens Oct. 17 If There's No Debt Deal?
Dear Washington Wire, I'm watching TV and listening to the radio and everyone is saying that Thursday Oct. 17 is the deadline for budget talks. Is that right? What happens tomorrow if Congress doesn't come to an accommodation today? Does the country head off the cliff? Do we default?
Yours sincerely,
Confused of America
Dear Confused, It's a source of some irritation to us that so few people appear to understand the sequence of events here. This is hugely important to the terms of the debate, and yet the political debate has largely obfuscated the situation.
Let's be clear about one thing: There is a lot of legitimate debate about what happens. And it's actually that same lack of clarity that worries a lot of people, especially on Wall Street.
C: This really isn't helpful.
WW: Sorry, let's start again. Earlier this year, the U.S. hit its borrowing limit of $16.7 trillion. Ever since, the Treasury has been using what it calls "extraordinary measures" to keep below that limit and issue new debt. These are short-term accounting moves that it often deploys in these kinds of circumstances, such as delaying putting money in certain pension funds. On Oct. 17—meaning tomorrow—the Treasury has said it will run out of fiddles.
C: Well, that sounds bureaucratic. Does it matter?
WW: Yes, quite a bit. With no emergency measures in hand, the Treasury will have to pay a series of bills using the cash it happens to have lying around. Its most-recent estimate put that number at about $30 billion. Those bills include interest on the debt and payments to veterans. They aren't really avoidable. On Oct. 23, for example, the U.S. is set to pay $12 billion in Social Security checks. (Debt-Ceiling Dates, Explained)
C: What about incoming tax revenue? Couldn't the government live like regular people and pay its bills based on what it earns, thereby avoiding a default?
WW: Not really. It could do that for maybe a few days and then the money would run out. Don't forget this essential point: Every day the U.S. spends more money than it earns in taxes and other revenue. The Congressional Budget Office says that moment could come as soon as Oct. 22 and no later than Oct. 31. This was the same situation faced by the U.S. before the 2011 debt deal.
C: But after Thursday, couldn't the government make some payments, say interest owed to the Chinese, and not others, therefore not technically defaulting on the debt?
WW: No one knows. The last time we had this fight, in 2011, the government said it wasn't technically able to do that because its computer systems couldn't be reprogrammed. It's possible this has been fixed in the interim. The Treasury won't say whether this is the plan. But even if it's technically possible, many on Wall Street say that missing ANY kind of payment would send markets into a tizzy and threaten the U.S.'s ability to borrow in the future. What country would hold U.S. debt under such dicey circumstances? And at what price?
C: So what you're saying is that we don't default on Oct. 17 but could soon after when the cash runs out?
WW: Precisely.
C: When will we run out?
WW: You're pretty demanding. No one knows. The best we can say is that Nov. 1, if we get that far, would truly be a drop-dead deadline. That day the U.S. will owe $55 billion in Medicare, Social Security and military payments. But we'd guess that a sharp market reaction would force the Congress's hand long before that point.
C: But markets have been so blasé. What do they know that we don't?
WW: Nothing. The markets—stock markets in particular—assume a deal will get done. They may be right. They may also be spectacularly wrong. They're making judgments just like everyone else. Meanwhile bond markets are showing clearer signs of anxiety.
C: Would a default be so bad? Couldn't we survive?
WW: The global financial system and American pre-eminence is based in part on Treasury debt being a risk-free investment. It's the cornerstone of modern finance. So, no. Not really. At least, not without turmoil that would rival the collapse of Lehman Bros. Even minor previous debt-ceiling mishaps in 1979 and 1957 had pretty sharp economic consequences.
C: Didn't the shutdown save the federal government a bunch of money?
WW: Maybe, yes. But even if so, it would only postpone the inevitable by perhaps a few days.
C: What does the White House or Treasury say will happen?
WW: They've been very tight-lipped for political and substantive reasons. If they laid out a post-Oct. 17 plan, that would reduce the pressure on Congress to get a deal. It would also signal that moving past that date would be OK, when they sincerely believe it isn't. That said, the lack of clarity is frustrating to many, including those who believe the Obama administration has a secret trick to get us out of this mess.
C: Does it?
WW: Highly unlikely.
C: Come on. There has to be a silver lining?
WW: It isn't much, but here's one: The U.S. might be ruining its reputation on the international stage, prompting the Chinese to talk of a "de-Americanized" global economy, but as yet, there's no one stepping up to take its place.
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Jimi Jamison, lead singer for the bands Cobra and Survivor, was found dead Monday morning in his Memphis home.
His booking manager, Sally Irwin, tells TMZ that Jamison apparently died of a heart attack on Sunday night and was found early the next morning by his son. He was 63.
Jamison had performed with a reunited Survivor on Saturday at Morgan Hill's Downtown Amphitheater and on Friday at Reno's Grand Sierra Resort.
Jamison joined Survivor in 1984, after the band found success with "Eye of the Tiger." He was the lead singer on songs including "The Moment of Truth" (from "The Karate Kid"), "The Search Is Over," "Burning Heart" (from "Rocky IV") and "Is This Love."
As a solo performer he was co-writer and vocalist for the "Baywatch" theme song "I'm Always Here."


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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Today's Writing Prompt: Meetup
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9 comments:
- June Calender said...
I have belonged to an site called Swap-bot for a few years. Within it are interest groups including one for people over 50. There is a chat forum where many women share their interests; I feel they are truly friends from all of the US and the world. Meeting them, especially if it could be a weekend gathering, would be a delightful experience.
- January 31, 2012 at 6:41 AM
- Divenita said...
Ah Poetry -- We have this group for poets across the country.
WE started from Orkut and now moved on to Facebook.
Its a place where most of us have found our calling and continue to write and urge others to write! :)
I would love to meet all of them
- January 31, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- MoiraG said...
Before the days of forums I used to belong to an email group of Lesbian gardeners from all over the world. Getting busier I unsubscribed but a year later one of them contacted me and came to visit me in the UK from Canada and we looked at my tiny garden. Wonderful!
- January 31, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- Tasha Stewart said...
If there is one I would like to meet up with lesbian mothers to find out how thier children deal with it and see what they tell them if they have issues with it. I think that it would help me and my son.
- January 31, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- buddhafulkat.com said...
This question feels like a parent asking a child to say which is their favorite. I participate in several online communities and there are individuals in each that I would love to meet. So I have to keep it general and say bloggers that I've started to connect with.
- February 1, 2012 at 12:11 AM
- Graciegreen said...
Day late...but yes there is a group I would like to meet. The book bloggers! Bibliophile by the Sea..I just want to sit on her porch. Serendipitous...look at her backyard mountain view. Bookworm...talk book talk. Old Front Porch...(me) make a good cup of tea for y'all!
- February 2, 2012 at 7:24 AM
- davidseven said...
If I say I want to meet C Beth, will that help me win?
- February 2, 2012 at 9:35 AM
- Lorraina said...
I'm a member of a Facebook group who all have the same disease as me. Most live in the UK; i think i'm the only Canuck. I enjoy their chatter and hearing about their lives very much. I'd love to attend one of their meetups.
- February 8, 2012 at 2:26 AM
- Snellopy said...
I visited a fair number of guildmates from World of Warcraft a few years back. Flew to Canada, then went to 15 states in America, meeting a bunch of people I'd gamed with for years. And what surprised my parents the most is I didn't get chopped into pieces and stuffed in a serial killer's freezer. I met a range of people, from Mormons to furries.
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Moody's Investor Services will soon unveil new pension standards that could peel away gimmicks used to hide the shocking size of government retirement debt.
Final details have not been released. But if the rating company adopts the standards it suggested in a proposal circulated last year, unfunded pension liabilities for most state and local governments would be about $2.2 trillion, nearly triple what they currently report.
The new numbers will be used by Moody's when it examines government agency finances to rate their bonds. The standards will not require governments to better fund their pension systems or affect official balance sheets. Moody's doesn't have that authority.
But the standards could drive up borrowing costs for local governments that suffer ratings downgrades because of the more transparent accounting. That might encourage public agencies to pay off pension debt faster.
Marcia Van Wagner, Moody's vice president spearheading the changes, told me they stem from frustration about disparate ways governments calculate pension debts. Comparing one public agency's pension debt to another's is often apples to oranges.
So Moody's plans to recalculate pension debt by applying the same accounting assumptions. "This is a cultural shift in the way people are thinking about their liabilities," Van Wagner said.
John Dickerson, pension watchdog and financial analyst, calculated the potential effect on the pension system in his home county, Mendocino, and five in the Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma.
Using current accounting rules, he found the six systems combined in 2011 had 77 percent of the funds they should have. But applying Moody's suggested standards drops that to 58 percent.
It's actually worse. Most of the counties also borrowed money, by issuing bonds, to prop up their pension funds. So taxpayers owe money not only to the pension systems but also to bondholders. When pension bond debts are included, the six systems, serving primarily county employees and retirees, fall to an average 50 percent funded, with a combined $11.6 billion shortfall.
To understand the proposed Moody's standards, consider what pension debt represents and how it's calculated.
Employees earn future pension benefits each year they work. Those benefits should be pre-funded with contributions from employers and often employees. That money, combined with investment returns, should provide sufficient funds to pay the future pension benefits.
Pension systems periodically examine whether they're on target. They look at liabilities, the current value of the future pension benefits employees have already earned. They compare that to current assets. If there's a shortfall, that's the unfunded liability -- a debt that must be paid.
When calculating liabilities, public pension systems in California make assumptions about future investment returns. The higher the assumed return rate, the less money needed now.
California systems aggressively assume returns of 7 percent to 8 percent annually. Moody's would be much more conservative, tying that rate to returns on corporate bonds, currently about 4 percent annually. As a result, Moody's would show significantly greater current liabilities.
When calculating assets, pension systems ease in the effect of investment gains and losses. For example, at the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension plan, changes in one year are spread over 15 years. Consequently, CalPERS has yet to account for most Great Recession losses. Moody's would immediately recognize gains and losses, leading to fewer assets in most cases.
Thus, Moody's would generally show greater liabilities and less money on hand. That mostly explains the projected tripling of unfunded liabilities.
The next issue is paying off that debt. Pension systems treat it like a long-term credit card balance, with annual installment payments. CalPERS, for example, spreads repayment over 30 years, keeping payments low but pushing today's debt onto future generations.
Moody's would standardize the repayment period at 17 years. That would mean greater annual pension contributions. Again, the government agencies won't have to make those higher payments, but Moody's would use those amounts to evaluate their credit worthiness.
The best part is that Moody's plans to make these numbers public. That will help all of us better understand the magnitude of government pension debt.
Daniel Borenstein is a Contra Costa Times columnist and editorial writer. Reach him at 925-943-8248.


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Every year at this time scarecrows come out of hiding. It's a sure sign of autumn, falling leaves and Halloween.
The 7th annual "Scarecrows on the Square" is a community wide project that takes place at Public Square in downtown Carrollton. Any individual, family, school, civic organization, or company is encouraged to participate. Awards are given for first, second and third place in several different categories. The construction of the scarecrows is actually built at the square during a 3-hour period and will remain on display through October 19th.
They are all so creative in design that it is quite difficult to select the winners. I have included a couple of photos. What do you think? Why not come to Carroll County to see them and tour the area this time of the year – the colors are beautiful, the air is crisp and we are waiting to serve you hot apple cider at Whispering Pines.
Hope to see you soon,
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Today marks the release of the second issue in writer Jen Van Meter and artist Javier Pulido's four-issue Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat miniseries. I recently had occasion to email interview Van Meter about the project, the overall collaboration experience and transitions, as well as near-term Hopeless Savages (Oni) plans (plus heist genre recommendations and covert gardening tips). After you read the interview, please be sure to check out the seven-page preview that CBR posted last week.
Tim O'Shea: In prepping for this miniseries, did you go back and read past Black Cat appearances for background? Are there any writers in particular whose approach to the character appealed to you more than others?
Jen Van Meter: I spent the most time with the early Marv Wolfman material, honestly. I like to go back to the beginning whenever I'm asked to take on a character I don't feel I know well. The things I loved about her, particularly in Amazing Spider-Man 195, were her fierce determination and her strength — the Femme Fatale stuff is there, but it's really overshadowed by her toughness in his treatment of her. I looked at or revisited many other appearances and caught up on the most recent stuff, but I think I really relied on Wolfman the most to tell me who she is.


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London/Rockville - GlaxoSmithKline and its American partner Human Genome Sciences, Inc. announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for belimumab (Benlysta) as an add-on therapy in adult patients with active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus, with a high degree of disease activity (e.g. positive anti-dsDNA and low complement), despite standard therapy. "We and GSK are committed to making Benlysta available in countries worldwide," said H. Thomas Watkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, HGS. "We are particularly honoured to be bringing this medicine forward in Europe, where a number of key academic research institutions were very important to its clinical development." Belimumab received approval from the U.S. FDA on March 9, 2011. GSK and HGS announced approval from Health Canada on July 12, 2011. Regulatory applications have been submitted and are currently under review in Australia, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, The Philippines, Israel, Singapore, Taiwan and Colombia. HGS and GSK have been working together on belimumab since 2006. Under the agreement, HGS had responsibility for conducting the belimumab Phase 3 trials, with assistance from GSK. The companies share equally in Phase 3/4 development costs, sales and marketing expenses, and profits of any product commercialised under the current agreement.


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Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford Township is open for tours through the end of October. Tours are offered every day on the hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A 10 a.m. 3-floor tour also is offered on Saturdays and Sundays.
Below are brief descriptions of their other public programs this month.
SATURDAY, OCT 19: THE GREY TOWERS LANDSCAPE: AUTUMN IN CORNELIA'S GARDENS, 1:30 pm. Brilliant red, yellow and orange leaves will be ablaze for this landscape tour through Cornelia Pinchot's gardens. Meet at the Visitor Pavilion to view the fabulous foliage displays of the native shrubs, the Japanese maple display, the historic Sugar Maple planted by General William T. Sherman and the historic landscape. NEW THIS YEAR: Enjoy the new Trees of Grey Towers trail through the landscape: identifying signs include QR codes that can be scanned for more information. Call or email: 570-296-9630, firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a spot or for more information. Regular tour fees apply.
SATURDAY, OCT 26: DRAMATIC READING: FOREVERMORE: A TRIBUTE TO EDGAR ALLAN POE, 6 PM AND 8 PM. The American Readers Theatre Company will perform a dramatic reading of selected works of Edgar Allan Poe in this seasonal favorite program. Tickets: $20 per person through Grey Towers Heritage Association, 570-296-9625, email@example.com and on-line at www.greytowers.org. Note: The 8 pm show will go on sale when 6 pm sells out.
SUNDAY, OCT. 27: CEMETERY WALK, 1:30 pm. Join us for a walk through the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford's original town graveyard, on the grounds of Grey Towers. Meet at the Visitor Pavilion in the parking lot. Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather. NEW THIS YEAR: Learn about the restoration work and on-going improvements to this community treasure. Call or email: 570-296-9630, firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a spot or for more information. Regular tour fees apply.
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The SJSU/Pebble Beach Special Event Management Team is self-managing. Team members are responsible for organizing, coordinating, deciding, and implementing many of the team's policies, needs, and arrangements.
In addition to the assigned hospitality area you will be managing (On-Course F&B Operations, Chalet, or Skybox Hospitality) you will also be required to assist with team needs by participating in one of the team's departments (Housing/Uniforms, Transportation, Food & Beverage, Human Resources/Medical/Safety Department, Convention Services, Catering, Communications/Historian Department).
Within these departments you have additional team duties and responsibilities. Please read the department responsibilities and submit the following form.
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Lafourche online school's enrollment more than doubles
Published: Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 11:17 p.m.
Enrollment at the Virtual Academy of Lafourche has more than doubled since the fully online school began in August.
Students started with only one site to visit for additional help, but the enrollment increase has allowed the school to add three more sites.
"We have two here in Thibodaux, and we also operate at a site in the central area and a site in Cut Off on Highway 308," Academy Director Julie Bourgeois said.
The charter school is run under the Lafourche Parish public school system but also has its own board and rules. Students complete classes using online videos from classroom teachers and take online quizzes and tests.
In its first year, the academy had 109 students and operated on a $900,000 budget. It now has 240 students and a $2.3 million budget.
"We have 40 wait-listed," Bourgeois said. "We've really boosted enrollment, and it's been by word of mouth, mostly."
One attraction, she said, is that screening processes target students' needs more specifically than in a traditional classroom.
"For example, say if you're in the fifth grade and you're having difficulties and actually working at a third or fourth grade level, we may actually start you in the third or fourth grade curriculum," she said. "This way, you can help build yourself back to that fifth grade level.
"The other spectrum is for other kids who are super bright. It's very personalized, and no two students are in the same place at the same time."
Students move through their coursework on their own with parents playing large role. To accommodate parents, the academy makes available eight hours of support services from educational consultants at the four parish sites should the student need extra help or tutoring.
"It has been absolute blessing for the students in this parish. For the students who I am serving as well, they can do the same method of education but be able to do it as a public school and get it funded," said Nancy Toups, owner and administrator of eLearning.
eLearning is Louisiana's first online education system for students in grades K-12 and the provider of curriculum for the Virtual Academy of Lafourche.
Last year, seven students graduated from the Virtual Academy, and nine more are expected to graduate this year, Bourgeois said.
She expects enrollment to continue to grow as more parents begin to see the advantages of online learning.
"It's a pretty even split between the number of elementary students we have and the number of middle and high school students," Bourgeois said. "More parents are starting to hear about all the great things our program has to offer, and I don't anticipate enrollment to slowing down."
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The first thing developer Marvin Dean does is whisk me to the top of the cul-de-sac to take in the stunning view.
"Those are the Monashee Mountains," he tells me.
"Those are the reason we bought this land in 2006."
Since the purchase, Grizzly Ridge Developments built a luxury duplex on the plot at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., and sold the units for $800,000 and $1 million.
"That was just as the market peaked in 2008 and then later in 2008 it crashed," says Dean. "We decided high-end was not the way to go anymore."
So the next project on the 10 acres of land are eight moderately priced townhouses called Cascades at Grizzly Ridge.
"These are beautiful townhouses - threebedroom, three-bathroom, three-level units of 1,850 square feet for $399,000," explains Dean.
"Really, I don't think you can find a better time to buy at Big White than now. Pre-recession these townhouses would be priced $625,000 to $650,000."
Cascades at Grizzly Ridge was completed last season and attracted one buyer - a helicopter pilot who commutes up north to Fort St. John for his job, but then spends all his spare time skiing and enjoying Big White.
"We hope this season will be better," says Dean.
Stepping through the front door of the handsome green-sided townhouse with stone accents, we enter the hall, which features heated slate floor giving way to carpet, leading to the lower-floor bedroom and bathroom.
Adjacent is the heated garage with automatic door.
Up the carpeted stairs is the main floor, with dining room and living room. On this level, expansive windows look out to a view of the Monashee Mountains, and a fireplace warms the space.
Dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and counter seating ensure that the kitchen will be both a functional space and an inviting gathering place.
The floor on this level is a dark knotty alder, contrasting nicely with the neutral tones on the walls.
From the kitchen, a slate floor leads to the sizable back deck, with panoramic views and ski-in ski-out access to the Serwa's run.
A ski locker is built in to the deck and there's plenty of space for the addition of a hot tub and barbecue.
Upstairs, the master bedroom offers commanding views of the Monashees and features a roomy ensuite. The second bedroom looks out over the Serwa's run and there's a third bathroom off the hall
Big White has 118 runs served by 16 lifts covering 1,100 hectares, and 750 centimetres of snow annually.
For more information on the Cascades townhouses at Grizzly Ridge, check out GrizzlyRidgeEstates.com or call toll-free 1-877-469-3173.


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Kos & Mo
Evert Geradts was one of the main representatives of the Dutch underground comix movement of the 1970s. Born in The Hague, he had several non-artistic jobs before publishing his first strip, 'De Diertjes', in Hitweek in 1968. This was followed by several other short strips for Hitweek/Aloha in the period 1968-73, such as 'Moe Koe' and 'Jan Zeiloor'. Shortly afterwards, several magazines took an interest in his work, which is characterized by a mildly critical look at society.
In 1970 he founded the magazine Tante Leny Presenteert (named after his girlfriend of the time, Leny Swalve), for which he wrote many humorous comics, featuring (mainly animal) characters like 'Karel Kater de Karrenhater', 'Klotekat' and 'Olsen de Olifant'. Most of his work at this time appeared in this undergound magazine - but he also published comics and illustrations in such magazines as Avenue, Suck, Modern Papier and several American underground magazines.
In the 1980s, Evert Geradts was a member of Studio Arnhem and he moved to a more mainstream audience. He was present in the magazine Eppo, creating 'De "Alsjemaar Bekend" Band' between 1984 and 1988. For Sjors & Sjimmie Stripblad he made 'Henk Hond', written by Ruud Straatman, in 1989. He also wrote scripts for series like 'Sjors en Sjimmie' and 'De Muziekbuurters'. Geradts is one of the most versatile writers of Disney comics for the Dutch Donald Duck weekly since 1982.
He now lives near Toulouse, France, where he continues to write for Donald Duck magazine and for the series 'Claire' (together with Jan van Die). In 2000, Evert Geradts created the children's comic 'Kos & Mo', which is completely made by computer and was published in magazine OKKI until about 2007. His comic 'Mynga & Ramzy' for Hello You! was created with the same technique. He additionally contributed to a couple of volumes in the collection 'Graphic Classics'.
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Top Three Barriers to Paying Teachers $90k a Year
Matt Damon made headlines a few years ago when he went on an expletive-laced screed about teachers' poor (not his word, but close) salaries. It's personal to him because Damon's mother is an early childhood education professor.
Let's agree with Damon that good teachers should earn a lot. The job can be very demanding, and it is crucial to society. So what would it take to pay teachers a great salary — say, something around $90,000 a year or more? That's actually possible, without raising taxes or adding to the great American debt mountain. Here are three major barriers to that.


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from Burk Parsons Aug 03, 2009 Category: ArticlesSeveral years after my father's death in 1992 I found an old shoebox among my father's belongings. Among the various items in the shoebox, I came across a stack of letters that my father had written just prior to his death. As I began to read the first letter I quickly realized he had written them to me but that he never had the opportunity to give them to me because his cancer consumed his body more quickly than the oncologist had expected. In one of the letters, my father wrote, "Learn to live with a little less." Keep Reading
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from Various Aug 01, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe August edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "In Gold We Trust: The Money Issue." It explores the necessity of practicing faithful stewardship of all our resources to the glory of God's kingdom. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, David and Joshua Eby, James Harvey, Rosemary Jensen, Ken Jones, John Piper and David Wells. Keep Reading
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A state panel approved the 30-year state lease of Belle Isle, according to reports in Crain's Detroit.
The state panel Board met in Lansing Tuesdy afternoon. The board, all appointees of Gov. Rick Snyder, did not consider Detroit City Council's counterproposal for a 10-year lease, and passed the 30-year lease unanimously.
On Oct. 1, Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and Snyder signed the proposed 30-year lease of Belle Isle to turn it into a state park.
Included in the announcement of the proposed lease was the promise that the state would invest $10 million to $20 million in the 985-acre park within the next three years.
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Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu, March 16, 2013 - June 30, 2013
Oakland Museum of California
The exhibition Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu is the first comprehensive survey of the artwork of Hung Liu—one of the most prominent Chinese painters working in the United States today. Featuring approximately 80 paintings, as well as personal ephemera such as photographs, sketch books, and informal painting studies from private and public collections around the world, the exhibition celebrates Liu's career accomplishments and includes work completed in China before the artist arrived in the U.S.
Amir H. Fallah: The Collected, March 14, 2013 - April 27, 2013
Gallery Wendi Norris
By going into people's homes and collecting and arranging the knick-knacks, figurines and other objects that will appear alongside his subjects in his portraits, Fallah has been both obstructing and perpetuating the history of portraiture and patronage.
Shih Chieh Huang: Synthetic Seduction, March 1, 2013 - June 30, 2013
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Shih Chieh Huang creates sculptural ecosystems using computer parts and common objects, such as plastic bags and bottles, which he animates in installations that mix a machine aesthetic with an organic impulse. Gathering inspiration from marine biology, Huang explores bioluminescence and its role in seduction and reproduction in the deep sea.
The Moment for Ink: Shaking off tradition, February 23, 2013 – May 18, 2013
Chinese Culture Center
Coloring far outside the lines of traditional ink-wash painting, works by eight equally diverse contemporary artists explode the once- staid genre in The Moment for Ink, an exhibition opening on February 23 at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco.
China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy, February 22, 2013 - May 27, 2013
Asian Art Museum
The exhibition features 120 rare objects from the great tomb complex of China's First Emperor (259-210 BCE), including 10 life-size terracotta figures—the maximum number of figures permitted outside China in a single exhibition. Captivating the world since its discovery in 1974, the First Emperor's tomb complex is one of the largest burial sites ever constructed. Estimated at nearly 250,000 square feet—or more than four American football fields—it includes a scale replica of the emperor's imperial palace, complete with stables, offices, an armory and even a zoo. Ancient historians also described "flowing rivers" of mercury, of which trace amounts have recently been confirmed by scientists.
New Stories from the Edge of Asia: This/That, February 21, 2013 - September 15, 2013
San Jose Museum of Art
In video, film, multimedia works, photographs, and performance art, these artists conjure temporary identities that reflect the precarious balance between different worlds. Erica Cho, Mike Lai, Candice Lin, Mail Order Brides/M.O.B., and T. Kim-Trang Tran.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul / MATRIX 247: Emerald, February 15, 2013 - April 21, 2013
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
As three ghostly voices share their stories, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 2007 video installation Morakot (Emerald) lingers on dust, light, and memory in the empty rooms and hallways of a defunct Bangkok hotel. The Morakot Hotel was a haven for Cambodian refugees fleeing the Vietnamese invasion in the 1980s.
Eye Level in Iraq: Photographs by Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson
de Young Museum
This exhibition presents the photographs of Kael Alford (American, b. 1971) and Thorne Anderson (American, b. 1966), two American-trained photo journalists who documented the impact and aftermath of the US-led allied invasion of Iraq in 2003. They made these photographs during a two-year span that began in the months leading up to the allied invasion in spring 2003 and covers the emergence of the armed militias that challenged the allied forces and later the new central Iraqi government.
Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography, February 2, 2013 - June 30, 2013
San Jose Museum of Art
The first twelve years of the 21st century have seen astounding social and economic transformation in China. This exhibition showcases images by Chinese photographers working in their homeland during this period.
Himalayan Pilgrimage: Sacred Space, December 5, 2012 - May 26, 2013
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The third and final rotation of Himalayan Pilgrimage explores the theme of Sacred Space with a pair of magnificent large mandala paintings, two-dimensional representations of a three-dimensional architectural space where a specific deity resides. Dating to the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, these paintings represent, in vivid colors, a cosmology of the deity Hevajra. Several other paintings on view depict historic teachers of various Tibetan orders.
Batik: Spectacular Textiles of Java, November 2, 2012 - April 28, 2013
Asian Art Museum
Few art forms are so strongly associated with a particular region as batik is with Indonesia. Although the technique of patterning cloth through the application of wax is known in other parts of the world, in Indonesia—especially on the island of Java—this art form has reached the highest level of complexity.


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The vast majority of beer is made with one grain. You'll find barley in nearly 98 percent of all beer made. Wheat is second, but even in most wheat beers, the grain bill -- the mix of different malts in a beer recipe -- is half wheat and half barley.
Wheat accounts for just 1 to 2 percent overall, according to Paul Schwarz, director of the Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences in Fargo, N.D., and rye even less -- perhaps as little as a tenth of 1 percent. But lately, rye has cropped up in a growing number of craft beers, especially in pale ales and IPAs.
Like barley, rye is a cereal grass, grown as a grain and used as a forage crop. Rye originally grew wild in the area that we know now as Turkey. Domestication began during the Neolithic era, about 10,200 B.C.
You only need a small amount of rye malt to greatly affect the taste of the beer. Its flavor is the most assertive of all brewing grains. It also imparts a distinctive spiciness and gives the beer a tartness that's similar to hopping, but tart and dry. Personally, I love the certain something -- that added oomph -- that rye brings to the beer.
Rye was not an uncommon ingredient in Bavaria before the 15th century. Its use was restricted -- and the restriction was made part of the law under the Reinheitsgebot, a beer purity law, in 1516 -- so they would have enough grain to keep making rye bread.
One German beer made with rye was roggenbier. It was similar to dunkelweizen (a dark wheat beer) but used rye instead of wheat for about half the grain bill. It nearly died out after the Reinheitsgebot was implemented, but it made a comeback in the late 1980s.
Roggenbiers now are being made both in Germany and here, although there are not many. Gordon Biersch makes one occasionally for its brewpubs. Bear Republic makes a draft-only version, and New Bavaria is a roggenbier made year-round by Sonoma Springs Brewing Co. Rogue bottles its version as Roguenbier Rye Ale, and a few German imports can be found at well-stocked beer stores.
American brews
The first rye beer I can recall from the modern microbrewery era was brewed in San Mateo at the long-gone Hops and Barley brewpub. Brewer R.J. Trent, a good friend of mine, says he didn't know of any other rye beer when he made what was essentially a rye pale ale.
It was 1994, and he was picking up specialty malt from his San Leandro supplier when he noticed some pallets of rye malt, earmarked for Anchor Brewery, undoubtedly destined for whiskey. At the time, no one yet knew about Anchor's plans to make its Old Potrero rye whiskey. Trent thought he'd see if he could make beer with rye, too. The result was his very tasty Rye Beer -- and a short-lived surge of interest in rye beers in the 1990s.
Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye, for example, was inspired by Trent's efforts; while others fell by the wayside, Bear Republic has continue to bottle it, and Hop Rod Rye deservedly has become one of its most popular beers.
Modern rye beers
We're now seeing a resurgence of rye in beers. Hundreds are being made, and the list of local brewers includes Speakeasy, Marin Brewing, Iron Springs, Lagunitas, Triple Rock, Sonoma Springs, Palo Alto Brewing, FiftyFifty, Magnolia and 21st Amendment.
Three really good ones to watch for include Heretic Gramarye, Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye and the new Mavericks Rye Pale Ale.
Gramarye is a rye session pale ale. It's fairly low in alcohol -- 4.4 percent alcohol by volume, or abv -- but it's loaded with flavor. The rye adds a touch of magic, which makes perfect sense, since the name gives a nod to grimoire, a book of magic. With grapefruit and other citrus aromas, the rye malt gives a breadlike taste and character to the flavor profile, which is well-conditioned and hits all the right notes.
Sierra Nevada's Ruthless Rye IPA also makes good use of the spiciness in the rye to spruce up an IPA with some great aromas and flavors that run the gamut from herbal to fruity, black pepper and other tart notes. You want hops to dominate an IPA, and they do, but the rye adds another dimension.
The newest rye beer may well be Mavericks Rye Pale Ale. Mavericks is a new beer label of session beers -- meaning low alcohol, but full-flavored -- from Half Moon Bay Brewing. Working with Pete Slosberg, the founder of Pete's Wicked Ales, they're launching a line of session beers in cans. Draft versions of the beer are being released this week, and the cans will hit stores in April.
One of these is Back in the Saddle Rye Pale Ale, a beer that's only 3.75 percent abv, but it doesn't sacrifice flavor, thanks to the addition of rye. Its strong presence creates bigger flavors in the session beer.
Bottom line: If you want a beer that's a little to the left of ordinary, try a beer brewed with rye -- perhaps with your next Reuben sandwich.
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Or, more accurately, lewd behavior. For the fourth time in two years, Marshall has been charged with public indecency/disorderly conduct with a teddy bear. In this instance, employees at a health clinic caught the man masturbating with his bear in the alley.
His previous crimes include masturbating with the teddy bear in a public library bathroom (February 2010), "masturbating w/a stuffed animal (teddy bear)" (November 2010), and "masturbating using a teddy bear in a public place where minors were likely to be present" (August 2011).
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Less than two years after a career-threatening concussion, Giants second base prospect Brock Bond is happy just to be back on a diamond.
The 27-year-old lost nearly a full year of baseball after being struck near the temple by a line drive during batting practice on May 3, 2011, while playing for the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. Now, after a fast start this spring and a good season last year at Fresno, he's in the mix to make the Giants' 25-man roster as a spare infielder.
Bond's concussion two seasons ago wasn't his first. He suffered a concussion as a high school quarterback in Missouri, so he didn't think the line drive would lead to any problems. He tried -- unsuccessfully -- to talk his way into that night's lineup.
"The trainers asked me where I was, and I had to think about it for a minute," he said. "They asked me what day it was, and I had to think about that, too."
Bond said the serious symptoms started later that night, when his head started pounding and he couldn't sleep. Soon, he started dealing with memory loss and dizziness when he walked.
Major League Baseball instituted a seven-day disabled list for concussions in 2011, and high-profile players such as Minnesota's Justin Morneau and Seattle's Jason Bay have missed significant time in recent years with post-concussion issues. For the most part, however, baseball has remained immune to the concussion problems that have gripped other sports.
Bond, in his fifth year in the minors at that point, knew plenty about bumps and bruises. But he quickly learned that there's no timetable when it comes to brain injuries.
"I was hoping it would get better, but it just never did," he said. "For a while, doctors were saying we don't know if you can ever play again."
Bond tried to return in August of 2011, but when he joined the Giants' rookie ball camp, he had trouble with coordination. He was sent to see Dr. Michael Collins in Pittsburgh, a concussion expert who has worked closely with Tim Tebow, Sidney Crosby and dozens of other prominent athletes. Collins asked Bond to keep a journal of his symptoms and prescribed new medication that helped him recover.
After missing nearly an entire minor league season and having to pass on playing winter ball in Australia, Bond finally was able to return to game action in 2012, albeit with an equipment change.
Bond now takes the field with thin, soft-shell padding tucked into his baseball cap, adding an extra layer of protection against batted balls. While many -- including Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who took a line drive to the head while pitching for the A's last season -- have complained about protective headgear options, Bond said he has never felt uncomfortable.
"It's not really a big deal," he said. "You don't ever really notice it when you're playing."
Back at the plate after nearly a year off, Bond showed last season that the concussion didn't rob him of the skill set that has edged him close to a big league debut. He hit .332 with a .422 on-base percentage at Fresno last year, continuing a trend -- he has a .410 career OBP -- that has helped him stay in the lineup despite a lack of power.
"That's impressive -- I don't care where you're at," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's intriguing. He'll throw out some good at-bats."
Bond has just four homers in 1,800 minor league at-bats. He surprised with two in his first seven Cactus League at-bats, and has played a solid second base.
"He's not known for his defense, but he's played well here," Bochy said. "It's important for these guys to come in and show they can play on both sides. He's had a great spring."
As the Giants headed for their first off day this spring, Bochy said the races to fill backup spots in the outfield and infield are wide open. And with so many starters off at the World Baseball Classic, the manager is throwing a handful of minor leaguers significant playing time, hoping one or two show enough to merit an opening-day roster spot.
Bond has six hits -- including the two homers -- in his first 12 spring at-bats. But with only one infield spot open and several veterans in camp, he is a long shot to make the roster.
Even if Bond ends up back in Triple-A for what would be the fourth straight season, the fact that he is running neck and neck with veterans can be considered a victory of its own less than two years after the concussion.
"We weren't sure if he would play again," assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. "We thought that maybe he could return physically, but could he return effectively? We wondered if he could come back and compete like he used to, and he has."
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UMMA Projects: Heather Rowe
October 17, 2009 through January 3, 2010
Heather Rowe (b. 1970, New Haven, CT) produces hybrid constructions whose aesthetic frisson stems from her (or their) refusal to adhere to the norms of any one discipline. Located at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, and installation, these works often focus on transitional spaces such as corridors, stud-walls, windows and doorways. Interior and exterior space collapse into one another as the raw materials of construction—modular units of drywall, lumber, glass, and metal—are combined with more decorative elements. Interstitial spaces often reveal swatches of carpet or wallpaper, while shards of mirror incorporate the surrounding space in a fragmented patchwork of reflections. Rowe's spatial practice builds on the legacy of architecturally inclined works by artists Bruce Nauman, Robert Smithson, and Gordon Matta-Clark, as well as a deep appreciation for the architecture of Bruno Taut, Peter Eisenman, and Paul Rudolph. For her exhibition at UMMA, Rowe has created a new sculptural installation, which as with all of her work, will be conceived of and installed in close dialogue with the architectural setting.
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"Sinister" is a frightening new thriller from the producer of the Paranormal Activity films and the writer-director of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." Ethan Hawke plays a true crime novelist who discovers a box of disturbing home movies, which plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror. Sinister will terrify audiences and have them jumping out of their seats. (1:45) R.
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in "Skyfall," the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. (2:30) PG-13.
In this action-packed mystery thriller, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault, and what really happened on that plane? (2:25) R.
Director Rich Moore (TV's "The Simpsons," "Futurama") take moviegoers on a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey in "Wreck-It Ralph." Ralph is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, the "good guy" star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he's tired of playing the role of a bad guy. (1:55) PG.
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The final installment of the Twilight Saga franchise reveals the secrets and mysteries, and ties up the storylines, of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions. (2:05) PG-13.
Based on true events, "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis - the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On Nov. 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. (2:10) R.


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Anyone Want a Patch? Going Once, Going Twice…
Hundreds will be laid off and many sites are set to be closed down, but AOL still seems to believe in the potential of Patch, its network of local news sites. Alongside its announcement of the job cuts today, it sent out figures saying the sites produce a new item of content every ten seconds and have 4.7 million registered users, up 181% from a year ago.
But some are obviously doing better than others: Of the 900 local sites in the Patch network, about 150 will be closed down, and AOL is looking to find a "partner" for another 150 of them.
What does that mean? AOL isn't being generous with the details, but according to people familiar with the matter it is open to partnerships with other companies that could potentially take over the editorial responsibilities, advertising sales, or both, for the sites in question. (We don't know which specific 150 Patch sites are being shopped to potential partners.)
Whether it will find anyone willing to bite is another question, because the so-called hyperlocal online news business has had a troubled history. Over at USA Today, Rem Reider writes that idea — once a bright new hope for the industry — has been a kind of graveyard of empires for ambitious media companies:
Armstrong is hardly the first person to be thrown off his game by the travails of establishing a hyperlocal news enterprise. It is a seductive pursuit that has broken many hearts. The reason: After a decade and a half of experimentation, a business model remains elusive. In other words, it's a very tough place to make a buck.
Hyperlocal is like a lovely river whose dazzling, sun-drenched surface gives no inkling of the rocks below and the danger of shipwreck.
In the column, Reider lists six examples of failed or struggling hyperlocal sites, mostly launched or run by big media businesses.
Big media backing might not be such an advantage though, according to Alex Kantrowitz at AdAge. His piece takes a look at a few successful local news sites, and what they have in common is their smallness: Being owner-operated and genuinely local can help capture traditionally local advertisers as well as make for a site that is cheaper to run.
"I don't see a network of hyperlocal sites supporting a corporate structure that has a lot of middle management," one successful local news site operator told AdAge.
"With a lot of local advertisers, you only have one chance to prove your value and you have to over deliver on your promises," said another. "I do think it's easier to do that on a smaller network than on a grand scale."
So who might want to team up with AOL to run the Patch sites the company doesn't want to keep on its own? No obvious partners have emerged, but here's an idea: Local newspapers could turn out to be a good bet. What AOL can offer — industrial strength tech infrastructure, IT talent — is something small papers have never been able to put together (plenty of big ones also struggle in this area). And what small papers already have going for them — local credibility, editorial content, local ad salesmen — could certainly help breathe life into an undervalued Patch.
Print newspapers stepping in to bail out struggling online news sites that were set up amid the decline of print newspapers? Stranger things have happened. We just can't think of an example right now.
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Have the San Antonio Spurs ever "won" an offseason?
No, bless their souls, they have never rushed to make the splashiest, richest acquisitions or been feted as the NBA's July Darlings.
They leave the showy summer extravagance to the Knicks or Rockets or Nets ... or, once upon a time, the Heat.
The Spurs' standard offseason motto: Stop looking at us, nothing going on here!
But the Spurs won their fifth NBA title Sunday -- and first one in seven years -- blasting the Heat mini-dynasty into little pieces along the way.
Four blowout San Antonio victories in five games in this series, and it felt like it was even more lopsided than that.
Which means something, underlines San Antonio's quiet and enduring franchise philosophy, and maybe points to a saner and more lasting way of doing business.
OK, let's not go overboard and say this championship proves that any single kind of franchise is superior to every other kind.
San Antonio has done what it has done since the late 1990s mostly because it was lucky enough to draft Tim Duncan and hire Gregg Popovich, and it has added incredible players around that powerful base.
Winning big is always about having great players and great coaching and finding the right moment in time. Always.
The Spurs have had playoff flops and faced tough questions. They've gotten older; they've been taken down by bigger or more athletic teams in years past.
But they haven't torn up their foundation, they haven't run out of patience, they haven't chased expensive short-term fixes, and, most of all, they let Popovich, Duncan and then later Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili carry this as far as they could, year after year.
Then they added Kawhi Leonard a few years ago, and all he did was play LeBron James to a standstill and win the NBA Finals MVP at 22 years old.
If you have those guys, you can be patient and you can contend year after year and then strike when everything coalesces.
Which is what happened this season -- calmly, coolly and as confidently as this mild-tempered team has ever allowed itself to sound.
The Spurs' 15-year run is the ultimate antidote to the current short-attention-span sports universe, really.
And it's a poetic way to conclude Miami's instant-gratification bonfire.
The Heat put together the "Big Three" -- James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh -- in 2010, which was the splashiest offseason "win" of all-time.
It led to the 2012 and 2013 championships, and that cannot be ignored.
Yes, if you acquire the best player in the world and add him to two great players, you can win championships.
But Miami built everything around the "Big Three," which meant that if one or two of them started to wobble, there was almost nowhere else to turn.
What happened? Wade lost his legs and apparently his desire to run back on defense this postseason, Bosh lost his appetite for inside play, and suddenly the Heat was all about James and only James.
Against every other team in the league, that might've been enough to get Miami its third consecutive title. But against the Spurs, who move the ball so gracefully and who have built their roster with so much balance, All LeBron All the Time just wasn't going to work.
Of course, the Spurs fell to Miami in the Finals last year, famously losing Games 6 and 7 in Miami and causing a summer of anguish in San Antonio.
So how did they react in the offseason?
They acquired Marco Belinelli from the discount bin and re-signed Tiago Splitter after a poor performance against the Heat.
And that's about it.
The Spurs sure didn't "win" the offseason, because they knew they didn't have to; they had Leonard ready to bloom, they had Patty Mills waiting in the wings, and they had that beautiful, flowing offense ready to roll.
This might be San Antonio's last title, but there's room for one or two more. Duncan just won his fifth championship at 38; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won his last of six at age 41.
So what happens to Miami? The Heat will have to see what James wants to do -- like Wade and Bosh, James can become a free agent this summer.
James didn't dominate this series, but he realistically shoulders zero blame for the loss. He was great in flashes; his teammates were a constant debacle.
Maybe James will want a change of scenery; I doubt it, but I think he'll certainly ask for upgrades in Miami. We'll see if the Heat can provide them.
Obviously, if LeBron publicly weighs leaving Miami, that'd be the biggest story in the NBA. There will be bellows and headlines and predictions about James' team and the team that "wins" this offseason.
And the Spurs will sit quietly and chuckle; then the season will start, and they'll just go about moving and passing and defending and winning games, just like always, maybe forever.
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In honor of the NCAA Tournament and the Madness that is March, The Fresh Heir will be hosting a tournament of its own to determine the official TFH Hip-Hop Freshman of 2012. The list was created using a majority of the original 50 candidates listed by XXL Magazine for their 2012 cover, as well as a small selection of artists The Fresh Heir has supported and/or worked with in the past year. The match-ups will have open voting for 24 hours each, and the tournament will conclude on Monday, April 2nd, the same night of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.
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