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Oakland A's third baseman Josh Donaldson makes an unbelievable play on a foul ball in the 6th inning of Tuesday night's game against division rivals Texas Rangers. One of the announcers called it the "play of the year."
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OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 03: Third baseman Josh Donaldson #20 of the Oakland Athletics dives over the tarp to catch a foul ball off the bat of David Murphy #7 of the Texas Rangers in the sixth inning at O.co Coliseum on September 3, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) ( Thearon W. Henderson )

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The St. James "Concert In the Park" next concert will be Thursday, June 18, 2013.
This popular series of concerts, sponsored by the City of St. James and a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, will continue it's season with a talented group of teenagers from New Ulm, Minnesota who call themselves the "Barton's Hollow Bluegrass Band."
The six-piece bluegrass, folk, and acoustic band is made up of youth with the oldest member 21 and the youngest member who is 16 years old.
Their story began June 2011 when Kiley Ellingson decided she wanted to get a group together to play an open stage at the Minnesota Home Grown Kickoff. She contacted Ian Kimmel, whose father Dick is a very well known mandolin player, and Hugh Stier to get a start and worked up a few songs.
The three of them performed for the first time at the Ranch House Live Open Stage at MBOTMA. Later that year, at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, the group met the Halverson Brothers, John and Dan.
With all the great music and support Barton's Hollow became the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-time Music Festival 2011 Talent Show winners and performed in front of thousands of people on the Main stage. The group has performed with many well known artists including closing for Sierra Hull & Highway 111, opening for Dale Ann Bradley and other noted artists.
The musicians include Ian Kimmel (vocals, mandolin, guitar), Kiley Ellingson (vocals, guitar, fiddle), Hugh Stier (vocals, banjo, guitar), Carl Sones (vocals, guitar), Daniel Halvorson (fiddle, vocals), John Halvorson (bass, vocals).
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The beat goes on for Erica Dawson, who put 41 points on the board, including the first 16 of the game for Marietta, as the Lady Tigers defeated Warren 62-57 in a nail-biter at Sutton Gymnasium Wednesday night.
In a game that saw six lead changes in the second half, it was the Scott Cozzens-led Tigers who prevailed, outshooting Warren 40 percent to 33 percent.
Dawson, who broke Marietta's all-time scoring record last week, added 41 to the total on 14-for-27 (52 percent) shooting. She outscored Warren 16-10 in the first quarter.
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Marietta High's girls' basketball team breaks after a timeout. The Lady Tigers beat Warren, 62-57.
Taylor Smith's bucket to open the second quarter was the first points by another Tiger, as Marietta took an 18-10 lead.
Dawson later scored consecutive baskets to give the Tigers their largest lead of the night at 29-18. A layup by Warren's Taylor Foy and a 3-ball by Victoria Buzzard cut the deficit to 29-24. Lain Weppler hit a free throw followed by a trey from Luisa Barton to make it 33-24 at halftime.
Jordanna Rauch hit a 3-pointer to open up the second half. After Kristen Hill responded with a jumper for the Tigers, the Warriors scored 10 straight points, paced by four free throws from Rauch and a three point play from Amy Fleming, to take their first lead since early in the first quarter. A pair of Dawson free throws tied it back up at 37-37, before Mackenzie Ullman and Buzzard combined for four points to go up 41-37.
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Marietta 62, Warren 57
Warren 10 14 19 14 - 57
Marietta 16 17 12 17 - 62
Warren (5-4)
Mackenzie Brooks 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Ullman 4 1-2 10, Kendra Lynch 1 1-3 3, Amy Fleming 2 1-1 5, Taylor Foy 1 0-0 2, Victoria Buzzard 4 4-4 15, Jordanna Rauch 3 4-4 12, Emma Ryan 2 6-11 10. Totals 17 18-25 57.
Marietta (7-1)
Alexis Walsh 0 0-0 0, Luisa Barton 1 0-0 3, Taylor Smith 1 2-2 4, Lain Weppler 1 2-4 5, Erica Dawson 14 10-13 41, Kristen Hill 2 0-0 4, Kaitlyn Cozzens 0 2-2 2, Allie Moore 0 0-0 0, Starr Johnson 0 2-2 2, Gracie Haas 0 1-2 1. Totals 19 19-25 62.
Team stats: Warren: Shooting: 17-51 (33 percent); Rebounds: 24 (Ryan 7, Fleming 5); Steals: 3 (Ullman 2); Turnovers: 10; Marietta: Shooting: 19-47 (40 percent); Rebounds: 24 (Weppler 8, Dawson 8); Steals: 7 (Barton 3); Turnovers: 8.
Next games: Marietta at Huntington High at 5 p.m. Saturday; Warren at Jackson at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
After Dawson and Ullman traded buckets, Dawson, Starr Johnson and Smith hit six straight free throws to go up 45-43 to close the third quarter.
Dawson and Hill kept it going in the fourth quarter with back-to-back 2-pointers to extend the lead to 49-44. Ullman then answered with a clutch 3-pointer to make it 49-47. After Dawson hit a layup, Rauch scored five straight points to put Warren back on top at 52-51.
After Dawson made another basket, Buzzard connected on a jumper to give Warren one last lead before Dawson finally hit the deciding shot in the final minutes to make it 55-54.
Dawson, Cozzens and Weppler would all hit free throws to put the game out of reach at 60-54.
"My main thing was to get to the hoop, and if they collapse on me which I expect them to do, then dump it off to my teammates underneath," Dawson said. "A lot of times coach Cozzens just said to take it and go up strong with it and try to draw the fouls, and I ended up doing pretty well underneath tonight."
"She's done it for two years now," Cozzens said. "Her team trusts her. They want the ball in her hands.
"Erica had a big night, and it won't show up in the boxscore, but the other kids did make them pay in critical times."
While Marietta improves to 7-1 this season, the Amy Colgrove-coach Lady Warriors have now lost three straight to go to 5-4, and will look to get back on track at Jackson Saturday.
"I thought we played well," Colgrove said. "There were times where we broke down defensively and on the offensive end and that's what hurt us ultimately. But for the most part, I thought we played pretty well."
The Warriors opted not to defend Dawson as heavily as other teams, but rather focused on trying to shut down Marietta's other players. "(Dawson's) gonna get her points," Colgrove explained. "There's no point in throwing three or four people on her. She's gonna get hers. We just wanted to limit everyone else."
While the rest of Marietta was limited to 21 points, it was enough to put the Tigers over the top.
Although 7-1, it is very possible that Marietta's best basketball has yet to come.
"I think we're playing okay as a team," Dawson said. "As the season goes on we'll get into a flow and start playing better. We're still not as fluid as I think we will be at the end of the season. So we have a lot to work on but I think we'll get there."
Buzzard led Warren with 15 points. Rauch had 12 and Ullman and Emma Ryan had 10 apiece. Ryan also led the Warriors with seven rebounds. Dawson and Weppler each had a game-high eight boards for Marietta, while Barton led everyone with three steals.


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SAN RAMON VALLEY -- Three candidates are vying for two open seats on the school board of a district that is growing as more families move in -- attracted to San Ramon Valley's great schools that have some of the highest test scores in the state.
But the district is also facing a deteriorating budget picture.
Board President Greg Marvel, who has served as a trustee since 2000, is hoping voters return him to his seat. Certified public accountant Mark Jewett and retired businessman Dwight Winn Sr. are the challengers.
Since 12-year board member Paul Gardner decided not to run, at least one of the newcomers will join the board in January.
The candidates who win in November are going to have their hands full next year if voters reject Propositions 30 and 38, which seek to raise taxes for school funding.
The state has taken away $100 million from the district since the 2007-08 school year, and the district has been running budget deficits since. It has avoided layoffs and program cuts by relying on a hefty reserve fund built up in better times.
If the propositions fail, the district's reserve fund will be depleted in the 2013-14 school year, school officials say, meaning tough decisions will have to be made on increasing class sizes, cutting music, arts and sports programs, cutting benefits for teachers and staff and layoffs.
Even if the propositions succeed, the district will burn through its reserves around the 2014-15 school year if the economy doesn't turn around markedly.
All three school board candidates are fiscal conservatives who expect to make tough decisions if elected to the board. All three support Measure D, a $260 million school facilities bond measure that will fund school modernization projects and upgrades to technology infrastructure.
"What I bring to the table is 30 years of having to manage budgets," said Marvel, a retired vice chancellor of Contra Costa Community Colleges who now runs an education consulting business. "It's going to be a tough row to hoe if Prop. 30 doesn't pass, but this board will balance the budget while maintaining the quality of our schools to the best of our ability."
Jewett, who attended San Ramon Valley schools and who has two children attending Greenbrook Elementary, said he is the only candidate with a long-term vested interest in the district. He also said his finance and accounting experience will be useful in times like these.
"Using my background, I'm hoping to provide in plain language an explanation about the complex web of public school financing to build trust amongst all the key stakeholder groups of our district," he said.
Winn's two grown sons graduated from San Ramon Valley High School and he has coached youth sports in the area.
"I have a passion for wanting to be a volunteer," he said.
Winn served as an officer in the Army National Guard and said his business management experience at IBM and NUMMI have given him the organizational skills to tackle tough problems.
"You cannot sustain this current model," he said. "You have to think about where you want to be and then how you can get there. It's complicated, it's complex, and it's going to take some thinking power."
Contact Jason Sweeney at 925-847-2123. Follow him at Twitter.com/Jason_Sweeney.
Age: 45
Occupation: Certified public accountant
Civic involvement: Measure C Parcel Tax Oversight Committee; finance subcommittee member; auditor for the Greenbrook Elementary EAGLE Fund; member of the Sheriff's Posse of Contra Costa County
Education: B.A. in quantitative economics and decision sciences, UC San Diego; M.A. in professional accounting, San Diego State; M.A. in business taxation, USC
Age: 58
Occupation: Retired vice chancellor Contra Costa Community Colleges; runs an education consulting business
Civic involvement: San Ramon Valley Unified School District board of education president; volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and the Danville Community Band
Education: B.A. in public administration; M.A. in human resources/organization development, USF
Age: 65
Occupation: Retired businessman, sales; management, consulting at project management at IBM; quality control and project management at NUMMI
Civic involvement: Danville Parks and Leisure Services Committee; Christian Academy school board member
Education: B.S. in education, Shaw University
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San Ramon Valley school board candidates round table will be broadcast on Channel 27 at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7; 9 p.m. on Oct. 14; 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 21; 9 p.m. on Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30; and 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4.
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November 09, 2005
Renewable Energy Markets Showed Strong Growth in 2004
Global investment in renewable energy reached $30 billion in 2004, equal to 20 to 25 percent of the global investment in the power sector, according to a report released on November 6th by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). According to the report, global investment in renewable energy has grown steadily since 1995, when it was at about $7 billion. As a result, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and small hydropower technologies now supply 160 gigawatts of generating capacity, about 4 percent of the world total. The fastest growing technologies are grid-connected solar power, at 60 percent per year, and wind power, which grew 28 percent in 2004. REN21 is a global policy network aimed at providing a forum for international leadership on renewable energy. The report was authored and published by the Worldwatch Institute. See the Worldwatch Institute press release and the full report (PDF 904 KB). Download Adobe Reader.
The rising global investments in renewable energy have also had a positive effect on clean energy stock prices, according to New Energy Finance. The company has created a stock index of 50 clean energy companies, called the Global Energy Innovation Index (GEIX). The index finished the third quarter up 32.5 percent on the year and nearly 20 percent on the quarter. New Energy Finance claims that stocks for clean energy companies in countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases have outperformed their competitors by 66.6 percent, a trend the company refers to as the "Kyoto Effect." See the New Energy Finance press release (PDF 18 KB).
Meanwhile, a report released on November 1st by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) finds few barriers to international trade in renewable energy technologies. The report credits growth in renewable energy to government incentives, including those that stem from international agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol. It also credits technological advances that have improved the cost-competitiveness of renewable energy technologies, as well as concerns regarding the environment and energy security. According to the report, the United States is the world's largest market for biomass and geothermal power, while Germany leads the market for wind power, Japan for solar power, and France for ocean power. See the ITC press release and the full report (PDF 2.3 MB).


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Chacewater Holiday Cottages
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Sandwiched between Redruth and Truro in an old tin mining region, our Chacewater holiday cottages are ideal for those seeking a quiet, relaxing holiday at any time of year. And the village, though small, has local amenities for those every-day holiday essentials.
Hit the north coast, fifteen minutes by car for pounding surf and never-ending beaches. Or head south for around half an hour to the sandy bays and historic port of Falmouth. That's what's so great about our Chacewater holiday rentals - they're deep in the countryside yet within easy reach of the sea.
Discover the city of Truro and its splendid Gothic revival cathedral, rising proudly over a labyrinth of twisting streets, where you'll find all kinds of goodies from local art and designer surf gear to handmade cheeses. Unravel local history at the Royal Cornwall Museum, have fun at the festivals, check what's on at the theatre and don't miss the weekly food markets for replenishing stocks in your Chacewater cottage!
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Soak up breathtaking views over the Fal Estuary from Trelissick Gardens. Walk amid sweet-scented camellias at Trewithen House. Learn how to sail at Loe Beach. Sample the distinctive taste of scrumpy at a cider farm. Walk or cycle the Coast to Coast mineral trail. Or float along the Fal on a classic river cruiser.
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The Board of Trustees is accepting applications from volunteers who wish to serve on the Park Advisory Citizens Committee, according to a news release from the township. Applicants must be township residents.
Applications are available at the Township Administration Office at 5735 Wales Ave. NW from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The application deadline is Nov. 22.
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Monday, October 12, 2015 (All day)
Sunday, October 18, 2015 (All day)
In partnership with Harvesters: The Community Food Network, the Kansas City Public Library announces its annual Food for Fines Week from October 12-18, 2015.
During this period, Library patrons are encouraged to bring undamaged and unexpired boxed or canned non-perishable food items to any Library location. Each single food item will be applied as a $1 credit toward the reduction of existing overdue fines.
All food will be donated to Harvesters, Kansas City's only food bank — established in 1979 and currently networking with 620 nonprofit agencies throughout a 26-county direct service area that includes assistance for emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes, homes for the mentally disabled, and shelters for battered persons.
Food for Fines Week demonstrates the Library's commitment to community by reaching out and providing service throughout the metropolitan area.
Most-needed items include canned meat, peanut butter, canned fruit, canned vegetables, and boxed meals. Non-nutritional beverages such as soda, as well as any beverages in glass or plastic containers will not be accepted. Dented cans will not be accepted. The Food for Fines program is only applicable to Library overdue fines. No other fees are eligible.


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Barfield and ACLU sue Sarasota over 'StingRay' surveillance
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Last Modified: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 12:00 a.m.
SARASOTA - A lawsuit filed against the city on Tuesday claims that law enforcement officials have dodged public records requests related to secretive and controversial cell phone tracking equipment in Sarasota.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is suing the city of Sarasota for information from the police department about so-called "StingRay" cell phone surveillance equipment.
The StingRay devices are widely used by law enforcement to capture cell phone signals and track the movements of phones. But critics say they often capture innocent bystanders, and legal questions about the technology are being raised across the country.
Last month, Michael Barfield, vice president of the ACLU of Florida, made a public records request to the Sarasota Police Department as part of a statewide survey of cell phone surveillance. The city's response, according to the ACLU, "raised red flags."
Instead of delivering the requested records, police handed them off to members of the U.S. Marshals Service, who apparently came from Tampa and carried them away.
Attorneys for the city said the records belonged to the U.S. Marshals because the cell phone investigations were done by an SPD detective who is also assigned to a U.S. Marshals task force. Sarasota police officials have said they own no cell phone tracking equipment.
But Barfield said the ACLU has credible information that the police are using the cell phone surveillance equipment on loan from the U.S. Marshals for their own investigations. Barfield and the ACLU of Florida are suing the city and SPD Detective Michael Jackson to find the state court documents Jackson obtained for those investigations.
Faux phone towers
Law enforcement agencies have been quietly using StingRay devices for years to track cell phones.
The stingrays act as phony cell phone towers, forcing phones in the area to register their location and identifying information with the StingRay instead of with real cell towers in the area.
The ACLU argues that the records produced when police use that technology, including state court documents, should be available to the public. In order to debate the proper use of the StingRays, Barfield said, "We need to know exactly how it is being used, and under what circumstances."
In a statement, Benjamin Stevenson, staff attorney for the ACLU of Florida criticized the seizure of the records by the U.S. Marshals.
"That police use stingray devices is nothing new, but that the police would go to these lengths to evade a public discussion on how and when they use them is alarming," Stevenson wrote. "We have open records laws for a reason, but they mean nothing if the government can violate their clear commands at its whim."
It is unclear how the StingRays have been used in Sarasota. In an email responding to a reporter's query, SPD spokeswoman Genevieve Judge wrote that the "Sarasota Police Department does not own any cell phone tracking equipment."
Eric Werbeck, an assistant city attorney, said that the Sarasota police may have no records of any cell phone surveillance because they have not conducted any. "As far as I know, that has never happened," Werbeck said.
Werbeck said any records produced by Detective Jackson in his work with the U.S. Marshals are not the city's to hand over. "The city is kind of caught in the middle of the ACLU, which wants these records, and the U.S. Marshals, that has them," he said.
Lynzey Donahue, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals, said she could not offer any information.
Barfield said he believes city police have used the StingRay, and that the U.S. Marshals removed the files to avoid scrutiny of those practices. He also questioned how a police detective could be the sole custodian of court records.
Other cases
The case in Sarasota is just one of the ACLU's battles over cell phone surveillance and secrecy.
The group said it was also "stonewalled" by some of the other 36 state and local Florida law enforcement agencies it requested information from last month.
Other lawsuits have gone forward, by the ACLU and others, in Arizona and Texas, where a judge ruled that police needed a warrant to use StingRays and similar technology.
Meanwhile, the ACLU recently scored a victory in a Tallahassee case, in which a judge ordered the unsealing of court transcripts describing police use of the trackers.
Over the objections of state attorneys who cited Homeland Security and other federal statutes, the pages revealed that the Tallahassee police had used StingRays hundreds of times, and that the technology often captured information from innocent bystanders.
It also revealed that the devices could wear down the batteries of those bystanders' phones.
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Volunteers at the Joel Hill Civil War Era, Water-Powered Sawmill will give sawing demonstrations and sawmill tours on Saturday and Sunday, August 10 & 11, from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A great educational and entertainment opportunity for the whole family, the sawmill is operated five times a year: the second week-ends of July and August, and the 1st Saturday in October.
The mill has been in operation almost continually since the 1870's, and is presently operated in very much the same manner as it was in early days.
Located on Duck Harbor Rd. in Lookout, (part of Equinunk,) signs on Rte. 191 direct visitors down Creek Rd. to the easily-reached sawmill. The mill is under the operation of the Equinunk Historical Society. The Calder Museum and Calder Corner Gift Shop in the center of Equinunk open at noon both days. Call 570-224-6722 for information and directions.
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ASA Newsroom > Which Industries Employ Statisticians?
Statistics are becoming more important as court cases address increasingly complex problems. Sometimes the statistician analyzes data that can help the judge or jury decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or must pay damages for causing injuries.
A prosecutor who is offering hair fibers found at the scene of a crime as evidence may want to introduce testimony that a match with the defendant's hair would be more than coincidental.
A person claiming a business discriminates on the basis of race or sex when paying its employees may introduce a statistical study of the factors related to salaries.
In trademark cases, when one company uses another's trademark or something very similar to it, surveys of consumers may be done to see whether they recognize the brand name or are confused or misled by the competitor's advertising.
Medical statistics are crucial in judging whether a drug or medical device has toxic effects and was the probable cause of a disease contracted by the plaintiff.
Once negligence has been established, the amount of money the negligent party must pay may be based on statistical predictions. What would an employee have earned had there been no illegal discrimination? What would a company's sales have been had there been no unfair competition?
As these examples indicate, attorneys need to retain statisticians (and other professionals with statistical expertise) who may be consulted or asked to testify on a wide range of subjects. Such statisticians must know not only how to handle statistics, but also how to present their work effectively to lawyers, judges, and jurors who are not skilled in mathematics.
Forensic statistics is an especially challenging branch of applied statistics that draws on all kinds of statistical analyses and many areas of expertise.


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Rage in Society:
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It was just hockey practice. It wasn't a game, it wasn't for a title,
it wasn't for a contract with the National Hockey League and, most
importantly, it certainly wasn't a life-or-death situation. Unfortunately,
for Michael Costin—father of four—it ended up that way.
Costin was supervising some boys—his three sons, ages 13, 12 and
10, included—playing hockey at the local skating rink. Thomas Junta,
the father of a 10-year-old player, objected to the rough play and
confronted Costin. Junta was asked to leave the rink, but returned
soon after and confronted Costin again. Junta then allegedly attacked
Costin, knocked him down and repeatedly pounded his head into the
floor. Costin's sons were standing nearby, begging Junta to stop.
By the time emergency crews arrived on the scene, Costin was unconscious
with no pulse. He died two days later after being removed from life
an Epidemic
It seems that everywhere
one looks rage has become rampant. Every day, headlines tell the tale
that sports rage, road rage, air rage or rage for the sake of rage
has become the norm rather than the exception.
The same issue of People
magazine that featured the article on Costin and Junta also contained
an article on rage among airline passengers, featuring recent examples
of this growing trend.
According to a story
in U.S. News & World Report, "the number of 'air rage' incidents
has increased 400 percent over the past five years. (As defined by
the industry, air rage is a physical incident or verbal abuse that
becomes physically threatening.)"
Road rage has likewise
been on the rise. Increased traffic, speed and a sense of hurriedness
have created a deadly combination on our roadways.
Even our workplaces
have become dangerous as a result of rage.
Call to Conversion
The U.S. bishops addressed
the growing sense of rage and the ensuing violence in society in their
1995 document Confronting a Culture of Violence: A Catholic Framework
for Action. "Society
cannot tolerate an ethic which uses violence to make a point, settle
grievances or get what we want," the bishops said.
They also pointed out,
"We cannot ignore the underlying cultural values that help to create
the environment where violence grows: a denial of right and wrong,
education that ignores fundamental values, an abandonment of personal
responsibility, an excessive and selfish focus on our individual desires,
a diminishing sense of obligation to our children and neighbors, a
misplaced priority on acquisitions and media glorification of violence
and sexual irresponsibility. In short, we often fail to value life
and cherish human beings above possessions, power and pleasure."
the Answer?
According to the bishops,
"It doesn't have to be this way. It wasn't always this way. We can
turn away from violence...."
They remind us that
"our faith challenges each of us to examine how we can contribute
to an ethic which cherishes life, puts people before things and values
kindness and compassion over anger and vengeance.
"The Church must be
Church—a community of faith reaching out to affirm and protect life,
teaching right from wrong, educating the young, serving the hurting,
healing the wounds, building community, praying and working for peace."
As a part of that Church,
we each are called to do our part. So how can we as individuals counter
the current trend toward rage? Here are some suggestions:
Slow down. "Life
moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while,
you could miss it." This line from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day
Off is the antithesis of our current society. We live in an age
of bigger, faster, stronger. In a world of cell phones, fast food
and multiple appointments, it's time to slow down and take a break.
Relax. Perhaps
Jesus in Luke's Gospel said it best: "Can any of you by worrying add
a moment to your life-span? If even the smallest things are beyond
your control, why are you anxious about the rest?" (12:25-26)
Set an example.
It is said that children learn by example. Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be
the change you would like to see in the world." So what type of example
are you setting? If you find that you are part of the problem, make
an effort to work toward a solution. Try being a living example for
For example, rather
than speed up, slow down a bit and let the car trying to get in front
of you go. Or if you're stuck in line, try to remain courteous. The
bottom line is, getting upset won't get you there any quicker or make
the line move faster.
Celebrate nonviolence.
Throughout the year—especially this Jubilee Year—there are numerous
opportunities for us to show our commitment to nonviolence. For instance,
this month celebrate the Jubilee Day for Sports.
And while these are
just a few suggestions to address a very large problem, they're a
start. As the bishops said, "Commitment and conversion can change
us and together we can change our culture and communities. Person
by person, family by family, neighborhood by neighborhood, we must
take our communities back from the evil and fear that come with so
much violence. We believe our faith in Jesus Christ gives us the values,
vision and hope that can bring an important measure of peace to our
hearts, our homes and our streets." —S.H.B.


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BERKELEY -- Running back Daniel Lasco has a vivid image of Cal quarterback Jared Goff's demeanor in his debut game as a freshman last season against Northwestern.
"He was very timid. He had a lot on his plate. Just nervous. He was afraid to make mistakes -- that was the biggest thing I saw in him," Lasco said Tuesday as the Bears continued preparation for this season's opener at Northwestern on Saturday.
That "timid" freshman actually acquitted himself nicely in the Bears' 44-30 loss. Forced to pass the ball 63 times, Goff threw for 445 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also was sacked four times and threw three interceptions, two of them returned for touchdowns in the fourth quarter by linebacker Collin Ellis.
"For the first time out, I thought it was a heck of a ballgame," Cal coach Sonny Dykes said. "Hopefully we're not going to put that kind of pressure on him. He's a different player."
Lasco said, "I can't even put it in words the difference from the Jared Goff in 2013 and right now."
Goff said he feels more comfortable, and said everything on the field has slowed down. He's nervous before every game, he said, but less so now than a year ago.
"I didn't know what to expect," he said of his debut.
How does he think he performed? "Not well enough to win," Goff said.
Teammates saw enough offseason growth in Goff that they elected him one of five team captains.
"Last year his voice wasn't as powerful as it is now," Lasco said. "It's real comforting knowing we can look to him for leadership, and he can go out there and make those big-time plays. And not be afraid to make mistakes -- that's the most important thing."
Safety Stefan McClure said fooling Goff with coverages is much more difficult now.
"He has a lot more control and command over the offense," McClure said. "He's reading the defense a lot faster. Even when we try to disguise, he's picking up that stuff on the run."
Dykes isn't losing any sleep over the forecast. "In my next life," he said, "I want to come back as a weatherman."
Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald took exception to those comments at the time, telling the Chicago Sun Times, "If anybody were to question the integrity of myself, our program or our players, I question theirs. But if our guys get dinged up, they're instructed to go down, not hobble off to the sideline."
A year later, both men declined to be drawn into the conversation. "I haven't thought about it. There's not much you can do about that," Dykes said.
Big Ten officials will call the game, but Dykes said they don't have much influence on such things. "If someone's injured, they're injured," he said. "I don't anticipate it being an issue."
Asked about it on the Big Ten coaches teleconference call Tuesday, Fitzgerald said, "We haven't talked about it at all."
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at twitter.com/JeffFaraudo.
Saturday's opener
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OAKLAND -- Viewing the wild spectrum of artist Hung Liu's work -- from a massive mound of 205,000 fortune cookies atop intersecting railroad ties to giant ship-shaped canvases weathered with Liu's trademark technique of dripped linseed oil -- one would never guess the rigid training she received in her homeland China.
As a young artist learning her craft in the mid-20th century, Liu was limited to works that represented the official view of society under Chairman Mao Zedong. Even the artistic disciplines were firmly separated from one another.
"In China, when I went to the best art institute in Beijing, everything was so tight, so compartmentalized, only focused on one discipline -- you did sculpture only, or drawing only, or mural only. It's different here in America," Liu said, laughing gently at the Mills College Art Museum as she pointed to the mound of cookies, her striking installation, "Jiu Jin Shan" or "Old Gold Mountain," meant to symbolize the shattered dreams of Chinese workers who came West to find fortune.
"Is this sculpture?" she asked. "Who knows? Here you can do everything."
And she has. Liu, a professor of studio arts at Mills for more than 20 years and one of the first Chinese artists to establish a career in the West, is considered one of the most significant Chinese-American contemporary artists living today. This year her work is the focus of two back-to-back exhibits in the East Bay: "Hung Liu: Offerings" runs through March 17 at the Mills museum, followed by a major retrospective of her work, "Summoning Ghosts," at the Oakland Museum of California from March 16 through June. The show will then embark on a two-year national tour. And the San Jose Museum of Art, where she already has several works, offers a new exhibit, "Questions From the Sky: New Work by Hung Liu" June 6 through Sept. 29.
During her career, Liu has received two painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the National Museum of American Art and the Walker Center.
She's internationally known for her dramatic paintings, which often layer historical images with scenes from her own life or those of everyday people who didn't make it into the history books. The blurry linseed-oil technique is "to give the feel of distant memory," Liu said, and the inability to bring things from the past into focus.
"What I love about her work -- you can look at it and see all these layers of history embedded there, so many things you can pull out about immigration, emigration," said Stephanie Hanor, director of the Mills museum. "But it's not didactic. It's the history of China mingling with her own personal history."
For René de Guzman, OMCA's senior curator of art, Liu's body of work "reminds us of the important role of art to represent reality from the perspective of the individual's experience," he said.
Born in 1948 in Changchun, China, Liu came of age during Mao's Cultural Revolution. As a young woman, she was sent to labor in a remote village and learn a distorted account of Chinese history. She later earned a degree at Beijing Teacher's College before studying mural painting at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Art. After many years working as an artist and teacher in China, she was offered a scholarship in the graduate studio-art program at UC San Diego, finally immigrating to the United States in 1984.
"It took four years to get my visa," Liu said. "Chinese had started to come to the U.S. for education at that point, but most were studying engineering, chemistry -- you know, real things. It was pretty weird to be studying art from a socialist country."
Hanor is thrilled to display some of Liu's large-scale installations at Mills.
"Hung is well-known as a painter, a legacy that's really embedded in the studio arts program here," Hanor said. "But even many of her students don't know she's been doing installations from early in her career, stemming out of the mural tradition."
In the exhibit, the 40-foot-long mural spans one full wall. "Music of the Great Earth, 2" is a tribute to a public mural Liu created years ago in China, which was destroyed when the building was torn down. Against a background of deep blues and purples, scenes blur together in layers and layers of images, almost like double negatives.
"This is an image of my Chinese passport, and here's my green card," Liu said, moving back and forth along the wall to point out details. "Here's me when I was in college. We were sent to the military to learn to fight, so here I am with my semi-automatic rifle. I was a pretty good shooter."
She sees it as a joining of her personal history with that of China.
"It's a look at the way history plays out and how history is written by the winners," she says. "How with time and perspective, things are remembered differently."
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Hung Liu
Age: 65
Residence: Oakland
Claim to fame: Mills College professor, considered one of the most significant Chinese-American artists of our day.
Quote: "The exhibit, 'Offerings,' is about things in the past, long gone. It has a memorial kind of dimension to it."
Hung Liu exhibits
Mills College Art Museum
What: "Hung Liu: Offerings"
When: Through March 17
Where: 5000 Macarthur Blvd., Oakland
Details: http://mcam.mills.edu
Oakland Museum of California
What: "Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu"
When: March 16 through June 30
Where: 1000 Oak St., Oakland
Details: www.museumca.org
What: "Questions From the Sky: New Work by Hung Liu"
When: June 6-Sept. 29
Where: 110 S. Market St., San Jose
Details: www.sjmusart.org


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The wizard is a tank! and that's why I like it. It won't glide as much, or fade as much as the Aviar . Therefore I can put it on a line right at the bucket, and it either goes in (less then I'd like) or it's right there, 10 ft away. I'm not afraid to put some spin on it, whereas the aviar will "hook-up", turn left and glide far far away.
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Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Richmond County investigators are looking into two robberies that happened around the same time on Wednesday night.
The first robbery happened around 7:30 p.m. on the 300 block of Mike Padgett Highway at the Time Saver Food Store.
The clerk says two armed suspects came in, demanded money and left with an unknown amount of cash. The suspects fled from the scene on foot.
The first suspect is a black male and was wearing a camouflage jacket, a mask and had a handgun. The second suspect is a black male and was wearing a dark hoodie, dark jeans and had a handgun.
The second robbery happened just before 8 p.m. on the 1000 block of Central Avenue at Kuttin Up on Central barber shop. The shop was closed for business, but the owner told News 12 that a few regulars were there at the time.
Deputies say two black males came in pointing guns and demanding money. The victims say they got away with over $500.
The first suspect is a black male with a slim build who was wearing a camouflage jacket with a hood and a black ski mask covering his face. He held a black semi-automatic handgun in his right hand. The second robber is a black male and was wearing a dark jacket, a ski mask and was holding a silver automatic handgun in his right hand.
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Muscle Man
A husband and wife had been married for many years. The husband had long since passed his prime and rarely exercised. He still liked to think of himself as a handsome, well built man. One day, his wife touched his belly, which had expanded several inches, and said "Flabby".
The man took this statement to heart and resolved to do something about it. He detested exercise. The next time he saw her hand move towards him he tensed his muscles. She didn't say he was flabby. Over time, the man developed the habit of tensing up whenever his wife's hand moved towards his body.
One day the wife decided to test her husband. She moved her hand towards his shoulder, he tensed up. it was rock hard. She moved her hand towards his arm. He tensed up there too, she giggled. She moved her hand to his buttocks, he tensed up there too. She giggled again. Her hand gently roamed toward the back of his thigh. He tensed up there too. She laughed.
Then, with a twinkle in his eye, he said "How do you like your muscle man?"
"I wish the man I was feeling was the man I was married to." She replied with a smirk.
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Welcome to King of The Hill 5!!!!!
Thank you to Kirdaiht for the first King of The Hill and to Azn for making number 4 and for redefining KoTH.
1) No Godmodding
2) Say KoTH after killing the last KoTH
3) Be original (no repetitions)
4) No Post Edit cheats
5) Only some supernatural beings aloud as long as its not over the top
6) Obey all rules except for #14
8) Some Fictional items are allowed if its not over the top
9) You cannot build or add anything to the hill. Things like random walls, holes spikes, etc., are acceptable, but they are only there for that post. After that they disappear.
10) If a rule is broken the post is invalid and you must kill the person before the invalid post
11) You respawn back onto the hill on your next post, you cannot be "vanished" permanently and be made non-existent
12) This is a given, only me and Azn can create random events.
13) Saying a word or a name does not make you KoTH
14) Obey all rules except for #6
What are these random events?
they are events that me and/or azn will make up that you have to survive/pass through in order to be king
Why is TheAznSensation posting as if he is still running the game?
I decided to let him help me out with this game so he can create random events and stuff
When I win something in a random event, how long does it last?
the whole game
What the crap is an illegal player?
Its a player who continually breaks the rules in a way that ruins the game for someone else or for everybody. I will warn someone when they are about to become an illegal player and after the warning, they get three strikes before they become one. Once they become one, everyone must ignore him/her and i do give them the right to troll them in this thread.
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STOCKTON - Councilwoman Dyane Burgos will hold her monthly community office hours from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 425 N. El Dorado St.
Burgos represents District 5, which extends north to Smith Canal and Harding Way, west to the San Joaquin River, east to Airport Way and Highway 99 along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and south to Eighth Street west of Interstate 5 and to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard east of I-5. It also includes a portion of Stockton south of MLK Boulevard along Mariposa Road extending across Highway 99 and the Victory Park area and downtown Stockton.
People who want to speak with her should come to Room 200 A on the second floor.
Burgos is fluent in English and Spanish.
Information: stocktongov.com/district5 or (209) 937-8244.
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SAN JOSE -- The victim of San Jose's third homicide of the year, shot dead in the midst of bustling apartment complexes early Tuesday evening, has been identified as 34-year-old Steve Hyman of San Jose.
Police released no further details of the crime that occurred just after sunset on Loma Verde Drive near Eden Avenue, in the west San Jose neighborhood near Hamilton Avenue and Winchester Boulevard. No arrests have been made.
Numerous neighbors heard shots and scattered "in a panic, running in different directions, getting out of harm's way," San Jose Police Officer Albert Morales said earlier this week. The man was found facedown on the street, near the sidewalk.
Just what bystanders saw and what they were able to tell police is unclear. A call left with police for more information wasn't returned Thursday evening.
Anyone with information about the case can contact the San Jose Police Department's homicide unit at 408-277-5283 or leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867, or svcrimestoppers.org.
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WVU-P opens doors of its culinary facility
Program, kitchens a part of school's downtown presence
January 24, 2013
PARKERSBURG — More than 50 people attended the ribbon-cutting for West Virginia University at Parkersburg's downtown culinary arts center Wednesda....
excellent idea for downtown.
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I would hope this would make Parkersburg the best place to eat in the state. We should get some really great high end eateries coming to town instead of fast food or big chain restaurants. I hope WVU would open a taining restaurant for grads to test their skills on the public. Yummy...
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training, sorry
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What would you do differently if your were in office "LightsOut"
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Sad to say restaurants around here use a lot of pre-packaged ready to heat food. They don't need trained chefs and certainly won't pay what they should be getting. I hope it works out for them, but having been in the industry I know that not much more than minimum wage is what they can expect around here.
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Culinary etiquette 101: Would you like fries with that?
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90% will leave the area to find a job.
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I'm so glad that this program is beginning, especially in our downtown. Hopefully, these students, when they've acquired their certification will use their skills to stay in the area, either finding employment at one of the restaurants locally or maybe opening an establishment themselves. Personally, I would rather eat at a place that's owned locally that isn't a chain restaurant than others. Chams, Mango's, the Polo Club, Fishbone... all great places to eat and I know at least one of those proprietors doesn't have a culinary education at all. Marietta has a thriving downtown with lots of small, locally-owned eateries that offer a lot of variety. It would be great to see Parkersburg thrive like that as well.
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Well maybe Matt Jones can hire a graduate to cook at his new gambling location on 7th st.He'll have extra money since he won't have to pay B&O taxes for 5 years.
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I know Kyle set this date for the Newton Tournament. I haven't seen anything posted anywhere yet so I thought I would give a heads up.
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Bessie Marie Sites, age 88, of Fayetteville, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at Michaux Manor in Fayetteville. She was born Friday, March 21, 1924, in Freedom Township, Adams County, the daughter of the late George L. and Edna M (Bigham) Sites.
She was formerly employed by Fairfield Shoe Factory and later at Sylvania Shoe in Hanover. She had also worked in the bakery at Martin's Dairy in Gettysburg until her retirement. She was a member of Lower Marsh Creek Church of the Brethren.
Her husband Dwight E. Sites died in 2003. She is survived by two stepdaughters: Ellen Jane Sites of Thurmont, Md., and Anna Powell of Michigan; one stepson, Allen E. Sites of Florida City, Fla.; two sisters: Mae Sager of Fairfield and Martha Boyer of Biglerville; three stepgrandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by stepdaughter, Patty Chronister, son Clark Reever, stepson Wayne J. Sites, four brothers: George P., Samuel J., James D., and Harry L. Reever and two sisters: Frances Dick and Eva G. Reever.
Professional services are being handled by Dugan Funeral Home, Inc., 111 South Main St., Bendersville. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Dugan Funeral Home, Bendersville, with Rev. Harold Miller and Rev. Phillip Miller officiating.
Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg. A viewing will be held on Friday from 1 p.m. until time of services. Friends may express online condolences at:
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Definition of commoner in English:
1One of the ordinary or common people, as opposed to the aristocracy or to royalty: this is the story of the commoner who married a king
More example sentences
- A truly democratic medium, the radio is accessible to everybody, and as a result the famous and infamous, the royalty and commoners, all tune in and talk to each other.
- Wildly popular in his day, he was loved by royalty and commoners alike.
- After all, the marriage of royalty to commoners is not an entirely new concept.
2A person who has a right over another's land, e.g. for pasturage or mineral extraction: commoners' centuries-old grazing rights cattle and ponies owned by the commoners
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- The Act of 1965 dealt with these problems by creating local registers of common land and town and village greens which recorded the rights, if any, of the commoners and the names of the owners of the land.
- It's a 200 year old celebration of commoner's rights to the land, according to this article.
- In the event of conflicting priorities, the original property rights of owners and commoners should prevail.
3(At some British universities) an undergraduate who does not have a scholarship: a commoner's gown
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- In 1596, aged 14, he was enrolled as gentleman commoner at University College, Oxford.
- If no one wanted to give him an award, the choice went back to University College to take him as a commoner if they wished.
- He was educated at Charterhouse School in London and was nominated by his schoolmaster for an exhibition to Christ church College, Oxford to which he was admitted as a commoner in 1720.
Middle English (denoting a citizen or burgess): from medieval Latin communarius, from communa, communia 'community', based on Latin communis (see common).
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The fresh twists just keep coming on "Survivor."
The venerable CBS reality series on Wednesday announced the cast for its latest edition, "Blood vs. Water," which features 10 previous contestants who will compete with -- and ultimately against -- their loved ones. And, yes, Rupert is back. Again.
Here's the rundown:
RETURNING PLAYER: Tyson Apostol (Tocantins, Heroes Vs. Villains)
LOVED ONE: Rachel Foulger (girlfriend)
RETURNING PLAYER: Rupert Boneham (Pearl Islands, All-Stars, Heroes Vs. Villains)
LOVED ONE: Laura (wife)
RETURNING PLAYER: Aras Baskauskas (Panama—Exile Island)
LOVED ONE: Vytas (brother)
RETURNING PLAYER: Gervase Peterson (Borneo)
LOVED ONE: Marissa (niece)
RETURNING PLAYER: Kat Edorsson (One World)
LOVED ONE: Hayden Moss (boyfriend and Big Brother 12 winner)
RETURNING PLAYER: Candice Cody (Cook Islands, Heroes Vs. Villains)
LOVED ONE: John (husband)
RETURNING PLAYER: Laura Morett (Samoa)
LOVED ONE: Ciera Eastin (daughter)
RETURNING PLAYER: Monica Culpepper (One World)
LOVED ONE: Brad (husband)
RETURNING PLAYER: Colton Cumbie (One World)
LOVED ONE: Caleb Bankston (fiance)
RETURNING PLAYER: Tina Wesson (Australian Outback, All-Stars)
LOVED ONE: Katie Collins (daughter)
This edition of Survivor will feature the return of Redemption Island, where castaways who have been eliminated from the game can seek redemption and return for a chance to win the $1 million prize. The twist this season, however, is loved ones will be forced to choose whether to "save" their partner on Redemption Island and switch places with them, thus allowing their loved one to immediately re-enter the game, or leave them in exile to survive on their own.
"Survivor: Blood vs. Water" premieres with a 90-minute season opener at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18 (CBS).
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Ray Harryhausen, Stop-Motion Animation Pioneer, Dies at 92
Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation pioneer behind the special effects in such movies as "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958), "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963), and "Clash of the Titans" (1981) has died in London. He was 92 years old.
His passing was confirmed by Simon Mackintosh, his personal lawyer in England.
This note was posted on the Facebook page of The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation: "The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator. He was a multi-award winner which includes a special Oscar and BAFTA. Ray's influence on today's film makers was enormous, with luminaries; Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, John Landis and the UK's own Nick Park have cited Harryhausen as being the man whose work inspired their own creations."
Born on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, Harryhausen, like many small boys, grew up with a love of dinosaurs and fantasy worlds. In grade school he began making models, and drew inspiration from Charles R. Knight's murals of prehistoric creatures when he saw them in the museum in Los Angeles. In 1933, his parents took him to see "King Kong," and he was inspired to try to recreate the film's special effects by using marionettes and string puppets.
In his movie work, Harryhausen would complete the animation models himself, doing the filing and soldering by hand. His work was shot through with flights of imagination, humor and the macabre. In "Jason and the Argonauts," skeleton warriors sprout from the ground to do battle; in "Clash of the Titans" he gave Medusa a serpent's body, complete with rattle, to go with her snaky hair; and in "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad," a one-headed giant bird wasn't good enough–it had to have two.
In the 21st century, special effects in movies typically are powered by computer-generated imagery. Digital images can amaze, but they can also seem cold and impersonal. Harryhausen's stop-motion wizardry, with its handcrafted charm, was a constant visual reminder to moviegoers that even the biggest blockbusters are made by human beings.
In his memoir "Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life," Harryhausen wrote "Stop-motion dimensional animation is as old as the motion picture itself, and is an art more easily seen than achieved."
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World Vision's Kari Costanza documents her night under a bed net — a crucial line of defense in malaria-prone regions where the preventable, treatable disease has already caused suffering and death for so many.
Malaria was eradicated in the United States more than 60 years ago; but in places like Mozambique, it continues to wreak havoc on families and communities who don't have access to the resources they need to protect themselves from this preventable disease — like insecticide-treated bed nets.
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Ed Sheeran has proven he can do more than just sing ... he can rap (freestyle!) too. Sheeran stopped by iHeartRadio HQ in New York City, where he showed off his gangsta side by freestyling to Britney Spears' debut hit "Baby One More Time," with Paul the Web Guy.
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I'm a loyal advocate of PMS, I've informed so many people about it and hooked them on it. However, I'm hoping someone can develop an ESPN plug in. Playon seems to have it solved, but that's a pay service and I'm not all about that. PMS 4eva!
As far as I can tell, Playon doesn't have any exclusive rights with ESPN, they just copy over the streams from espn3.com and make them playstation suitable. Is there any reason PMS can't do this? I'd definitely be willing to donate if someone could come up with one. Apologies if this has been discussed before.


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USC running back Lattimore has successful surgery
Published: Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 5, 2012 at 1:30 a.m.
Marcus Lattimore is officially back on the road to recovery.
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The former Byrnes star had knee surgery Friday in Birmingham, Ala., in the first of many steps toward making a return to the football field.
According to South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier, Lattimore's surgery was a success, and the running back is back in Columbia resting comfortably.
"Some of the best doctors in the world operated on him. From what I've heard it went well," Spurrier said. "Marcus is resting comfortably back here in Columbia. And hopefully everybody will leave him alone for a while. It's amazing how many people I meet along the way here in Columbia who say, 'Man, I'd like to meet Marcus Lattimore.' He can't meet everybody, so hopefully our fans will let him rest up here the next week or two, and then there will be plenty of time for him to make some statements down the road."
While Lattimore rests, the Gamecocks will continue preparation for Arkansas.
Carolina, which remained No. 8 in the BCS standings released Sunday night, has been defeated by the Razorbacks in each of the last three meetings by an average of 18 points.
While this year's Arkansas team has struggled after losing head coach Bobby Petrino before the season, the Razorbacks have won three of their last four games following a 1-4 start.
Spurrier said earlier this week that USC can't take Arkansas lightly despite its 4-5 record.
"They think they've got our number and they have had our number," Spurrier said. "We need to play a whole lot better and get after them."
Spurrier expects quarterback Connor Shaw to be ready to go this week after hurting his ankle in the win over Tennessee.
Shaw missed practice last week but is expected to resume practicing today.
With Lattimore out, USC running back Kenny Miles will be counted on to carry the running game.
The senior has rushed for 149 yards and one touchdown on 42 carries this season.
Spurrier said that while it's nice to have a capable back like Miles, there's no replacing Lattimore.
"Kenny's ready to go. Nobody plays as well as Marcus, though. He's the best running back in the country," he said.
Miles said that while filling in for Lattimore will be tough, he just wants to do whatever he can to help his team get a victory.
"The main goal is to win. Plays haven't changed. It's definitely a tough situation, but I'm just ready to go out here and win," Miles said. "We've still got the pieces, still got the people, still got the coaches."
Freshman running back Mike Davis will also likely see his role increased in the coming weeks.
Davis has rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown on just 24 attempts for an average of over 6 yards a carry.
Brandon Wilds, who filled in for Lattimore last season when he was injured, was expected to redshirt this season after suffering an injury early in the year, but Spurrier said that could change if he's needed on Saturday.
"There might be a spot for him to play if one of the running backs sprains his ankle or something," Spurrier said. "We've got three ready to play."
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OAKLAND -- Sonny Gray was on a streak of six consecutive starts giving up zero or one earned run, so when he gets kicked around like he did in the A's 7-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon, it's easy enough to dismiss that as an aberration.
It's less easy to be quite as charitable with the Oakland offense, which has gone from potent to placid in the last week or two.
The team that even now leads the major leagues in runs scored (554) has gotten away from its stated mission of working the count on starting pitchers and forcing them out of the game early so the A's can tee off against second-level relievers. It's a formula that the A's made work in the season's first 101 games, averaging 5.0 runs per game.
In the last dozen games, though, the run production is down to 3.75 per game. That the A's have been able to go 6-6 during that stretch is primarily a credit to the pitching, including a bullpen that hasn't allowed a run in its last 26 innings.
"We just have to get through it," said first baseman Brandon Moss, who was hitless in three at-bats Wednesday and is now 0 for 17, matching the longest hitless streak of his career. "The key is to do the best you can to not give away at-bats. We have to work at-bats."
The A's are in a stretch where they're facing good pitching. They've done that before without falling down the rabbit hole. What's different now? The easy answer is to look at the July 31 trade of left fielder Yoenis Cespedes to Boston for pitcher Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes.
It's a little simplistic, because the A's, now 69-44, were on the skids offensively for a week before that trade went down. Moss was already struggling; he's hitting just .165 in his past 23 games. Coco Crisp wasn't even playing at that point, just returning to the lineup for the last two games after seven games off. The scoring was down three-quarters of a run per game before Cespedes departed.
"Obviously we miss Cespy,'' right fielder Josh Reddick said. "But we were struggling when he was here before he got traded. We're not hanging on that as a crutch. We know we're a good lineup. Somebody has got to step up. We haven't done it yet."
When the A's made the deal, the rationale was that by having Stephen Vogt and Gomes in a platoon, both men having much better on-base percentages than Cespedes, the loss could be mitigated. Vogt was hitting .351 at the time. He's hitless in his past 23 at-bats after an 0 for 3 on Wednesday. For Vogt, if for no one else, the departure of Cespedes has hurt, if only because Vogt, now at .315, has been trying to be the guy who steps up.
"I've got to be more mentally tough," Vogt said. "I know for the last week I've been mentally weak. I feel there are times with no one on base I try to get bigger, maybe try to drive the ball out of the park. And that's not the type of hitter I am. Home runs happen for me, I don't create them."
Cespedes was that type of hitter. Vogt will only be able to do his part to replace Cespedes' production by being the hitter he can be. And he needs to get back to what he was doing before the trade.
"You want to get one good swing that's going to get you back on it," Vogt said. "That isn't always a home run. But for some reason as baseball players, we're stupid. We think one big hit is going to get us right back to that feeling instead of just taking a good at-bat and hitting the ball hard somewhere.
"I don't know what I'm at right now; I know I haven't had a hit in a long time. I know when I got broken was when I took an 0 for 4 in Houston (on July 29). I hit two balls on the screws, right at people. The tendency for us is to change things when that happens when you don't need to. It makes me mad that I'm trying to change things. That goes for a lot of people in this room."
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Quote: In one of the most explosive, racist and vile outbursts by a celebrity ever caught on tape, Mel Gibson told the mother of his love child that the way she was dressed would get her "raped by a pack of n***ers," RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
It's a shocking and blockbuster development in the couple's bitter legal battle, and Mel's disgusting words are on audio tape. His racist, misogynist statement is one of the secrets lurking in his war with his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
RadarOnline.com has heard the tape, which also includes Mel telling Oksana he will burn down her home.
Drunken Mel previously shocked the world with his anti-Semetic comments when busted for DUI. Now, the new racist outburst has taken the Oscar winner to an even deeper low.
His outburst came during a series of explosive arguments with Oksana, mother of his infant daughter Lucia. They have been battling in court, with documents under seal, for the past several weeks.
And there is more than one disgusting outburst from Mel. RadarOnline.com has listened to the hate-fuelled rants the Braveheart star unleashed during fights with Oksana as their relationship unraveled.
"You're an embarrassment to me," Mel tells her at one point.
"You look like a f***ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault."
Mel's attorney told RadarOnline.com that he is no longer commenting on the case and said Mel's publicist is the only Mel official who will speak for him.
Mel's profane outbursts are littered with references to Oksana being a "whore" and "c**t".
In another tirade, Mel tells Oksana: "How dare you act like such a bitch when I have been so f**king nice."
He warns, "I am going to come and burn the f**king house down... but you will blow me first."
The emergence of the explicit tapes is a stunning development in the couple's bitter separation and court battle over custody of their young daughter.
RadarOnline.com first broke the story about how Mel, 54, and Oksana, 40, filed dueling restraining orders against each other under seal.
Published reports say Oksana is alleging Gibson punched her in the face twice during a fit of rage, giving her a concussion and knocking out two of her front teeth.
Gibson does not deny that they had a confrontation but has simply described it, through his lawyer, as a loud argument.
In a further outburst, Mel is heard telling her, "You're a bitch" to which Oksana insists, "I didn't do anything."
"Did so," Mel responds.
The tapes do not make it clear what the couple was arguing about.
But Mel tells Oksana, "Look what you did to me... look what you are... look what every part of you is... f**king fake... f**king fake.
"You are the most synthetic person... who the f*** are you?"
He also takes aim at Oksana's previous relationship with former James Bond star Timothy Dalton, with whom she has a 13-year-old son, Alexander.
A source close to the situation says Oksana claims she was forced to tape Mel after he made a series of death threats.
The source says she hopes the recordings will be admissible in any potential trial.
"Oksana's motivation for recording this was to show Mel how mean he was, and because she feared for her life," said the insider.
"She wanted to get evidence that he was dangerous and violent."
The source claims that Mel has heard two of the tapes.
Said the source, "Mel is doing everything he can to suppress this... they are the rantings of a mad man."
When cops arrested Mel in 2006 on suspicion of drunk driving, Mel barraged them with obscenities, tried to escape custody and spewed bizarre anti-Semitic remarks.
"F**king Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Mel said.
He also allegedly told a female officer, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar t*ts?"
The news sparked worldwide outrage and the Mad Max star later apologized.
Gibson has seven children with former wife Robyn, whom he split with in 2009 after 27 years of marriage.
Brynjar wrote: wow if raderonline says he said this it must be true.
Brynjar wrote: Just because he something about Jews you just figure this must true? Until I hear the tape I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Quote: Honestly, who the hell cares what Mel Gibbson said about his wife proclivity to dress like a slut thereby encouraging unwanted sexual advances by horny black men, the real news is that we have a traitor in The Oval Office destroying our country.
marshall84 wrote: The comments on that site are fucked.
marshall84 wrote:
Also, Mel Gibson isn't insane. He didn't say that anti-Semitic shit earlier because he's an alcoholic or whatever. He said it because he's an anti-Semitic piece of shit. If he said this shit, he didn't say it because he's insane. He would have said it because he's a racist, misogynist piece of shit.
Quote: He warns, "I am going to come and burn the f**king house down... but you will blow me first."
WrathChild wrote: I started a thread about something moronic and now I'm wondering why someone is saying "Who gives a shit?"
WrathChild wrote: marshall84 wrote:
Also, Mel Gibson isn't insane. He didn't say that anti-Semitic shit earlier because he's an alcoholic or whatever. He said it because he's an anti-Semitic piece of shit. If he said this shit, he didn't say it because he's insane. He would have said it because he's a racist, misogynist piece of shit.


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Vail official report; 0" new snow
Vail Daily field report:-Was snowing briefly this morning, but not enough to leave any real-accumulation.
Weather: Cold, but not very cloudy - looks like it should warm up.
Liftline status: Not bad today, no lines anywhere before 9 a.m.
Run of the day: Riva was groomed top to bottom
Breakdown: For a moment this New Year's Eve day morning, it was actually sunny and snowing at the same time. There was maybe a centimeter of dust on top of the regular surface, and that may be a generous estimate.-The full spectrum of snowriding is available at Vail today --we've had nearly 2 feet of snow in the last week, and it has stayed cold so the snow is soft and powdery in some spots and groomed well in others.
Snowcast: NOAA says snow is likely for today and tonight, with a slight chance for more tomorrow.-
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'Sound of Music' Co-Star Audra McDonald on Nuns, Singing Live, and Hate Tweets
Acclaimed actress and singer Audra McDonald has won five Tony Awards and two Grammys, but for her co-starring role as Mother Abbess in tonight's live NBC broadcast of "The Sound of Music," she's having to fend off some critics before the show airs. Even the hosts of the the ESPN sports talk show "Mike and Mike" were weighing in this morning. "They don't rewrite books!" host Mike Greenberg fumed, arguing that the new production shouldn't be performed.
McDonald, a two-time Grammy winner who has starred in such TV shows as "Private Practice" and Broadway shows like "A Raisin in the Sun," called Speakeasy from the the Long Island set of "The Sound of Music" to discuss the show, which stars Carrie Underwood as Maria.
The Wall Street Journal: Should you even be talking to me? Shouldn't you be conserving your voice?
Audra McDonald: Well yes, yes I should. But I'm talking to you anyway.
How did you first get involved with "The Sound of Music"?
They came to me. I have a relationship with [executive producers] Neil Meron and Craig Zadan having worked with them twice before on "Annie" and then on "Raisin in the Sun," and so they approached me. At first I thought they were crazy–not for doing this but for approaching me. And then we talked about it, and thought that sounds like an amazing thing and I'd love to be part of something like this. If you're willing to have me, then yeah, I'll do it.
You have two Grammys and five Tonys and a bunch of other awards. Why would you think it was crazy to be part of this?
It was never a show I thought I'd be a part of. You know what I mean? At the time when they approached me I thought, well, for lack of a better word, I'm too tall to play that role. But just in terms of whatever. And then I thought I was a little too young to play Mother Abbess. Then I did some research and I saw that the Mother Abbess on Broadway was actually 43 when she played it…So I thought, oh, maybe there's a different way in that I can find. And so yeah, once I thought I could get over those two things I was very excited about connecting with this character.
You were actually born in Berlin, right?
I was.
So you may have a closer regional connection to this material than anyone else in the cast!
This is true! I was given a music box when I was born that played "Edelweiss." My uncle gave me that. Germany was certainly trying to "bring Austria home" during that time. So I guess I could call Germany a homeland. It is the land of my birth.
So will you be performing this twice–once for the East coast and another for the West?
No, we'll just be performing it once. And then they'll broadcast it at the proper time for the West Coast. We will be absolutely live. There's been all this speculation about whether we're live or not. We're absolutely live…We had to record the soundtrack earlier. But for the TV broadcast, as we do it, you will see it.
You're very active on Twitter. Have you taken note of anything that's been said about the show before it airs?
Well, yes of course. I know Carrie has run into the hate tweets that she's not Julie Andrews, and she shouldn't be touching this, which is ridiculous. Everyone has been saying Julie Andrews is the original. And while Julie Andrews is absolutely iconic in the role, Mary Martin [who played the part on Broadway] is actually the original. And Mary Martin actually sang things lower and had a voice more similar to Carrie's actually. So Carrie's had to deal with that. And I've had to deal with the "Excuse me, a black Mother Abbess? What does this mean? There is no way there were black people in Austria in the 30s!' So I've had to deal with the hate tweets as far as that's concerned. And you just have to let it go. If that's what they want to spend their time doing, we can't be bothered with that. We can only approach the material with the greatest amount of love and respect which is what I think we're doing. Those who want to hate are going to hate regardless. If it wasn't this it would be something else. It says more about those people than it does about us.
Your character has to belt out "Climb Ev'ry Mountain." What are your feelings about having to perform that live?
Just focus on what Mother Abbess is really trying to do. And what's she trying to do is give Maria some serious tough love and kicking her out. She's saying no, you can't run from your problems. This is opportunity in your life knocking on the door saying here we are. Here is your life. This is your destiny. And I'm not going to let you run away from it because it seems scarey. So if I focus on that I think I'll be okay. If I focus on–"oh this is a hard song, I hope I don't screw up," then I'll screw up.
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In conjunction with the Village Center's Oktoberfest, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Patrol and Rescue Vessel, Marine 9, will be on display Saturday, Oct. 13, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Members of the community will be able to meet with volunteer members of Incline Marine Auxiliary and tour the boat. Auxiliary members will be offering a "Ride Along Raffle", which is available for a two-hour family cruise on Marine 9.
There will be a maximum of 250 tickets sold at a price of $10 for a single ticket, and three tickets for $25. Proceeds from this raffle will be used to support Incline Marine Auxiliary's goals of assisting WCSO missions of law enforcement, search and rescue and boater education.
As part of the raffle effort, Marine 9 also will be on display, with tickets available, at the Raley's Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.
While Marine 9 is available on the water for training and emergencies on the water year around, most volunteer participation is during the Tahoe boating season.
For the 2011 season, May through Labor Day, IMA volunteers contributed approximately 650 man hours to WCSO actually working on Marine 9. To put those hours in perspective, they are equivalent to 16 full duty weeks for a deputy.
Another way to look at it is one volunteer on Marine 9 six days a week for a six-hour shift for the full season. IMA volunteers are very proud of this contribution to the community and thank the citizens for their support.
If you are interested in contributing to your community and improving your boating skills you may be interested in becoming an Incline Marine Auxiliary member. IMA is looking for additional volunteers who are interested in promoting safe boating, assisting law enforcement and performing as first responders to marine emergencies. IMA provides very comprehensive seamanship and safety training to volunteers.
If you have interest in becoming a volunteer, check the web site Marine9.org or contact Don Morrison at 775-846-0035.


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STOCKTON – A quick-acting resident avoided being robbed Monday night after running into his house and locking the door when two men, one armed with a silver pistol, came into his garage demanding money.
The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. Monday in the 9200 block of Blue Grass Drive.
As soon as the resident locked out the suspects, police reported, they fled in a Honda or Mazda with dark primer paint. The gunman was described as a man of unknown race between 18 and 22 wearing a blue hat, light hooded sweatshirt and blue flannel shirt. His accomplice was described as an Asian man between 18 and 22 wearing a blue hat, blue windbreaker and blue jeans.
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