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The 35th annual Arts & Crafts Festival, hosted by the Rolla Downtown Business Association (RDBA), will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in downtown Rolla.
"We have some amazingly talented artisans who bring their handcrafted items to our event," said RDBA Arts & Crafts Coordinator Dawn Smith. "We welcome anyone who has homemade or handcrafted items to sell. This is a great way to offset income while being creative."
The weekend that the festival falls on is planned each year to coincide with the Missouri University of Science and technology homecoming weekend. Many of the S&T alumni make the Arts & Crafts Festival a regular stop on their Rolla visit.
Craft vendors may reserve a 10-foot by 20-foot booth space for $45. Those who need electric need to pay $10 extra. Reservations have been underway for a few months.
Currently, there are about 45 vendors planning to attend and there is room for more.
Pine Street will be closed to through traffic and Ninth Street between Rolla City Hall and Pine Street also will be closed for the food court.
"We encourage woodcrafts, needlework, holiday creations, homemade jams, jellies and candles," said Smith. "This is a perfect time to buy those one of a kind Christmas gifts, holiday home decor and homemade delicacies."
For more information and to reserve a booth, call Smith at Central Federal Savings & Loan, 210 West 10th St. in Rolla at 573-364-1024.
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What the fook happened to Yahoo? since the 19-9-12 it seems Yahoo have been in meltdown.
Anyway, here we are!
Lazio are a good team, they have been impressive in the seire a games I've watched. For us, I felt Caulker inparticular looked superb. Anyone who can keep Mauri quiet or at least stop him from scoring must have a bright future.
So three goals chalked off! that ref will be lucky to work again! Clints dis-awlowed goal is almost understandable, the lino got the wrong decision, but it was exceedingly close. The decision to dis-allow Caulkers was awful, there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. On a positive, its encouraging to see that there are goals throughout the team.
We can only hope, the awful decision do not impact on our progression in this tournement.
The QPR game was the old cliche of a game of two halves.
We were shocking in the first half and if it had not been for the outstanding Friedel we would have been 2 or 3 down. He was class.
I felt we were much better in the second half, although not outstanding. The first goal was lucky and for a few seconds I really pitied Faurlin (sp?), I think the changes we made to the formation made a huge impact to the way we played. The QPR game also re-affirmed that Bale is not and should never play as a LB!
Although not his best game, I was impressed with Dembele, again he looks so assured on the ball. He appears to glide past players or they just bounce off him.
Delighted with the 3 points, delighted for AVB. QPR look a strong team, with enough depth to be well up the table by May, to be expected with the number of players they brought in.
Fingers crossed for the Manure game, sadly I fear we will need it, despite playing poorly they haven't dropped a point yet. The best we can hope for is a draw, surely?
Nice to be back on here! well done Yahoo.
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utd lost thier opening game to Everton.
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Ahhh the memory is short...have to agree on one thing though...Yahoo is really stinking the place up with these messageboards...anyone know what's going on...couldn't get a post in edge-wise yesterday (Sunday). I suspect this is going to happen a lot from here on out; as it is I have to come in through a side door as I have no clue where the link is anymore (and couldn't be arsed to try and find it...what the heck was wrong with putting the button on each team's front page...like it used to be?

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4.74 m
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1.35 m
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With both upper and lower steering stations, the Azimut Flybridge 53 will be as comfortable in inclement weather as she is on a nice day like this. Hullside windows both amidships and forward light up the master and VIP cabins.
A Cabin We Could Live In
Designers Stefano Righini (concept and exterior styling) and Carlo Galeazzi (interior design) managed to fit both the midships master suite and a conventional engine room into the 16.7 m LOA hull, with room left over for two more staterooms.
It's tough to beat Azimut for elegant styling, and the Flybridge 53's master cabin shows why. The angled berth has room on both sides for easy entry, although there are step-ups.
On the port side is an intimate booth-style dinette, the perfect place for breakfast when you don't feel like getting dressed and going topside.
The Azimut Flybridge 53's palatial master cabin is amidships, where the hull is widest and deepest. Her 15' 6" (4.74 m) of beam means there's room here not only for a queen-sized berth, mounted catty-corner to leave walk-around space, but also a booth-style dinette for two and a large head with stall shower. Headroom is a regal 6' 4" (1.93 m), surprising when you realize the main salon is right overhead. Triple hullside windows port and starboard pour in natural light.
The engine room is just a bulkhead away from one's head while sleeping in the master, so we hope Azimut's engineering department provided plenty of sound insulation. The VIP stateroom shares a head with the starboard twin-berthed cabin. Note crew cabin aft.
Where's the rub? The VIP cabin forward and the twin-berth third stateroom aren't as oversized as the master – how could they be? They are typical for a boat this size, and more than adequate. And they share a head; frequently the VIP cabin on a yacht like the Flybridge 53 has en suite facilities. But do we really care? No. The man, or woman, who foots the bill should have a roomy, comfortable cabin, even if it means taking a bit away from guests. Guests, after all, are just temporary; the owner is full-time.
The VIP cabin is typical of a yacht this size, with the berth pushed right into the bow. But with big hull windows port and starboard, this cabin, unlike most, gets natural light.
One way to gain room below is to put the galley in the salon, as Azimut did here. The galley, dinette and lower helm are on the same level, easier for the cook.
Azimut designers put the galley and a formal dining area on the same level as the lower helm, making it easy for the skipper to drive the boat while the cook cooks and the guests kibitz around the table. No one is banished belowdecks. The salon proper is a couple of steps down, and leads smoothly onto the aft deck through a wide sliding door.
The main salon bathes in natural light through tinted windows. Furniture is pickled oak with lacquered cognac inserts and dark leather tops. Seating is covered with a two-toned velvet and silk fabric. Note the two steps up to the raised galley/dining/lower helm areas.
A stainless-steel-framed sliding door leads from the salon onto the aft deck, shaded by the flying bridge overhang. We'd spend most of our time out there. The cabinet at left hides a TV.
It would be tough, but we could endure spending time on the Flybridge 53's aft deck. A wet bar, behind the camera, will hold extra libations; the steps to the flying bridge look wide and easy to navigate, with a sturdy stainless grab rail to help.
Don't like the aft deck? How about this sybaritic flying bridge, with another dinette, comfortable lounges and a sunpad? And an opening sunroof in the hardtop. We like the sinuous handrail around the stairway, to the left in this picture.
European-designed yachts often have lower arches than we like, but Azimut builds theirs plenty tall. The company calls the arch a "roll bar"; we hope never to test that function!
If you read BoatTEST.com regularly, you know that most yachts this size with midships master staterooms are pod-powered; one advantage of pod drives is the opening up of a boat's midsection for accommodations, thanks to the engines' aft placement. But the Azimut Flybridge 53 runs twin 715-hp Caterpillar C12 ACERT diesels bolted to conventional prop shafts. We haven't tested the boat ourselves, but the builder claims a top speed of 31 knots, cruising speed of 28 knots, half-load, with this power. The advantage to this power is ease of maintenance and repair: You can find a Caterpillar mechanic almost anywhere.
The lower helm is, in our opinion, the main steering station. There's room for two good-sized nav units, secondary electronics and necessary gauges and switches. Even the wheel is a work of art.
So how do you maneuver a yacht like this one without pods? Pods have been so heavily promoted recently you might have forgotten captains handled boats without them for decades, and expertly, too. Azimut makes it easier with their computer-controlled Easy Docking system. It manipulates the engines, steering and bow and stern thrusters to make close-quarters maneuvering as angst-free as it can be. Like pod drives, it's joystick controlled, and intuitive to use, but works with conventional props.
The upper helm, to port on the flying bridge, will seem backwards to many American skippers used to piloting from the starboard side. We expect most will quickly get used to manipulating the controls with their left hand.
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Figure on spending around $1,750,000 for a new Azimut Flybridge 53; we found several 2011 boats for sale at that price in the U.S. That's on the high end of the price range for this size yacht, but if you want Azimut design, engineering, style and panache, it'll cost you. Whether you enjoy your boat in the Med, southern Florida or any of the other world yachting centers, you'll stand out at the helm of an Azimut.
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Frank P. Ball, 93, of Paris, Mo, formerly of California, passed away at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, MO, on Sunday, October 14, 2012. Funeral services will be held in California with burial in RIverside National Cemetery at Riverside, CA. AGNEW Funeral Home in Paris is in charge of local arrangements.
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At Saturday night's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reception at the Imani Center, the message was clear. Have the youth forgotten about the struggles of King and about the Civil Rights movement?
As I scanned the crowd, which was much smaller than usual, I couldn't help but notice that there were few children in attendance. The crowd wasn't very diverse either.
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HOLLYWOOD -- Stanford is the two-time defending Pac-12 champion with back-to-back victories over North rival Oregon. Yet the Ducks were the overwhelming pick to win the division in the preseason media poll.
The Ducks collected 37 first-place votes; Stanford had two.
"It's just preseason stuff, and in the end it doesn't matter," said Cardinal safety Jordan Richards, declining to play the (lack of) respect card.
"Our goal is to win the Pac-12 championship and the national championship. That's going to take being 1-0 each Saturday.
"Anything short of a title will be a little disappointing.''
Oregon and Stanford have a comparable number of returning starters and both are replacing well-respected defensive coordinators. But the Ducks are under the command of Marcus Mariota, arguably the top quarterback in the country.
"The Oregon we saw last year is not the Oregon we'll see this year, and the Stanford we saw last year is not the Stanford we'll see this year,'' Richards said. "What we've done in the past doesn't mean anything.
"It's nice to have a target on your back, because it means you've done good work. But we're out there hunting; we're not defending all the time.''
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Bethesda = "House of Grace"
- A spring-fed pool with five covered porches where the sick (blind, lame, paralyzed) waited their turn to step into the stirring waters and be healed.
The man had been invalid for 38 years. (John 5:1-6)
- His problem (invalid) had become a "way of life".
- He was caught in a cycle of excuse giving
- He saw no options
Jesus asked him, "Do you want to get well?"
- Seems like an obvious "yes" answer
- But, the man did not answer Jesus' question
1. Stop Blaming and making Excuses
Invalid's answer: Blame, Excuses (John 5:7)
After 38 years his problem was a way of life:
- He doesn't answer the question
- He goes right to blame and excuses
- He's not responsible – "It is not my fault!"
- "I have no one to help me"
- Everyone else has someone to help them…
Q) When things go bad, how quick are we to blame someone or something for our situation or choices?
Check the excuses you may have used in your life:
___ I did not know – no one told me
___ It is not fair - they did it too
___ I was not ready – I was not prepared – I am too tired
___ I could not help it
___ My mom and dad, they………
___ My boss…
Note: If I were Jesus I would have said to the man, "Excuse Me, you didn't answer My question. You gave Me excuses. Let me clarify. My question is, Do you want to get well?"
Q) What issue / challenge do you have in your life that you are denying responsibility for or blaming others for:
2. Today, Christ asks us, "Do you want to get well?"
Q) Do you really want Christ at work in your lives?
- The man – Invalid - need physical healing
- You / I - Hurt - need inner healing
- - Guilty - need forgiveness
- - Discouraged - need courage
- - Arrogant - need humility
- - Fear of unknown - need trust
- - Unresolved conflict - need truth and peace
- - _____________ - need ______________
Considering the above areas, circle the issue God wants to work on in your life.
3. First Healing of Jesus: Physical & Emotional
"Jesus said to him, 'Get up! Pick up your mat and walk'
At once he was cured; he picked up his mat and walked."
(John 5:8-9)
Notice 1: Jesus does not even use the pool of Bethesda.
Notice 2: Critics focus on breaking man's rule not the miracle.
4. Second Healing of Jesus: Spiritual
The invalid could suddenly walk – what a miracle and joy!
There was even a greater miracle of him being forgiven of sin.
"Later Jesus found him at the Temple and said to him, "See you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well." (John 5:14-18)
Q) Take a quiet look at your life. Are you in need of spiritual healing? 1. Tell the Lord what you have done. 2. Admit where you are wrong. 3. Ask His forgiveness. 4. Enjoy life.


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1943: Holland is under Nazi occupation. In Amsterdam, Jack, an unassuming accountant, first meets Ina at a birthday party - a 20-year-old beauty from a wealthy family who instantly steals his heart. But Jack's pursuit of love will be complicated; he is poor and married to Manja, a flirtatious and mercurial spouse. When the Jews are being deported, the husband, the wife and the lover find themselves at the same concentration camp, living in the same barracks. When Jack's wife objects to the "girlfriend" in spite of their unhappy marriage, Jack and Ina resort to writing secret love letters, which sustain them throughout the horrible circumstances of the war. Steal A Pencil For Me is a compelling documentary feature film by Academy Award nominee Michele Ohayon about the power of love and the ability of humankind to rise above unimaginable suffering.
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Cyclists from across the county will mount their carbon horses this Sunday for the 10th annual Tour de Tahoe, a 72-mile supported bike ride around the lake that will raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Starting at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 9, riders will don arm and knee warmers before rolling out of the Horizon Casino Resort parking lot toward Emerald Bay and the ride's first rest station.
For the slightly less intrepid, there's the $140 cruise option. Riders can enjoy breakfast on the lake as they take the Tahoe Queen paddlewheeler to the North Shore where they will start the 35-mile ride back to the Horizon.
The $125 entrance fee for the whole loop buys the cyclists more than a few snacks at the rest stations. There might not be eggs benedict at the stops, but there will be Nature's Bakery fig bars, cookies, energy drinks and power bars. Riders are rewarded about halfway through the day with lunch at Kings Beach where they can consume the calories needed to get over the final grueling climb from Incline Village to Spooner Summit.
Event Director Curtis Fong said he expects about 1,800 riders to bike Big Blue this weekend in the event that he stresses is not a race but rather an opportunity to enjoy the basin's views and the food provided along the way - all while riding for a good cause.
"All people have to do is get on their bikes, ride and enjoy the scenery. I think a lot of people like to ride for a cause, and I think more than likely a ride around Lake Tahoe is one of those things on the bucket list," Fong said.
With signs lining the roadways and almost 2,000 cyclists on the route, riders are afforded more safety than they might otherwise get riding solo around the lake. Even though there won't be road closures, motorists are very aware of the bike traffic, Fong said.
It gives cyclists the chance to relax - if you can call pedaling over 72 miles of rolling road at altitude relaxing - and socialize with other riders from many different backgrounds along the way.
"It's a social ride. It's fun to get out and go around the lake. It's a good reminder of why we live here. For the most part, it's just beautiful and it reminds us that fall is coming" Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority Executive Director Carol Chaplin said.
Chaplin, who's ridden the Tour de Tahoe multiple times and plans to do so again this weekend, said the event provides an economic bump during the post-Labor Day weekend lull. According to the LTVA, visitors who come to Tahoe for special events spend on average about $100 a day. Multiply that by the number of visitors coming to the basin for the tour - about 7,000 including riders and their families, Fong said - and you have a significant economic impact.
"They're in the store now," Tahoe Sports Ltd. Manager Eric Bickert said on the Wednesday before the ride.
"There's definitely a bump. It's a critical bump for us after Labor Day. It's a destination event," he said.


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Companies across the U.S. innovation economy use patents.
Software companies are less likely to rely on the patent system.
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KD Kaiser, director of marketing at Holiday Inn Summit County, handed a $500 check to local resident and Susan G. Komen for the Cure representative Joan Davids on Monday. The money was a result of an online fundraising campaign, which will continue through March 3, the weekend of the annual Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer event held in Frisco. The Romp to Stomp is a snowshoeing event that raises money for breast cancer research. "If everybody does a little bit, it can make a huge difference," Davids said. "(For Holiday Inn) to go this extra mile is fantastic."
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The Office of the Dean of Students provides programs, services, and referrals that support student success and foster the development of citizen leaders.
Our staff is available to answer questions, point students and families in the right direction to get the information they need, and serve as a single point of contact for students and their families in time of crisis.
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The Dean of Students chairs the Care Team, a group of academic and student affairs partners, which identifies students that are struggling emotionally/socially and those whose decisions and practices impair their ability to fully engage as a student and member of the Longwood community.
This team develops appropriate interventions so that students can become connected to appropriate resources.
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The Dean of Students collaborates with partners across campus to provide services and programs that foster involvement, promote responsible decision-making, and enhance student learning. The Dean of Students also oversees Residential and Commuter Life and the Office of Disability Resources.
What Does the Dean of Students Do?
Everyone seems to ask the same question. What does the Dean of Students do all day? Well, there is no clear but answer to that question. The dean does what needs to get done, and every day is different. However, in the following paragraphs, the position is described in my own words, and hopefully, as you read this, you will say, "hey, that is what he does."
No one can deny the value of what a student learns in class, but we cannot forget that the out-of-classroom experience is as essential in the growth of that student. All university personnel and student employees must embrace the concept that everything we do is educational. Providing programs, acknowledging and celebrating differences, confronting unhealthy or unacceptable behavior, and encouraging a commitment to academics are important things we do with commitment. The Dean of Students is first and foremost an educator—not just to students but to the staff members who work with students as well. The dean must work to ensure that every student is encouraged, challenged, and validated. As importantly, the dean needs to develop a work environment in which staff members feel encouraged, challenged, and validated too.
I believe strong supervision is a mixture of excellent teaching and collaboration. It is essential to work with people to make decisions that will help them make the most of the administrative, supervisory, and disciplinary challenges with which they are presented. The dean must create an environment in which staff members are encouraged to grow. Staff members not only need to be provided developmental opportunities, but they need to see educational opportunities in everyday activities. Staff meetings can be utilized as classrooms if staff members are encouraged to take information and process not only the immediate implications but also the impact these changes will have on students and other offices across campus. Staff members need to see how any campus decision may impact everyone. This not only enhances communication, but it ensures that we are helping those we supervise prepare for bigger and better opportunities. If the Dean of Students provides staff members with this environment, staff will be inspired and will seek to foster the same environment and opportunities for our students.
The Dean of Students is a generalist who is actively involved in strategic planning. A university is made of many different departments with very different needs. The dean always needs to ensure that the best interests of students are considered before any final decisions are made. He/she also must understand that different departments, even within Student Affairs, have varying needs and completely different perspectives regarding how to best meet student needs. A dean does not have to be an expert in every aspect of Student Affairs, but he/she must understand the importance of being open to ongoing learning. He/she must ask questions and demonstrate a willingness to learn more about what a staff member is doing and why it is being done that way. This is essential in not only remaining current but also in demonstrating one's trust in the staff.
The dean is obviously an administrator who must stay on top of paperwork and model the importance of meeting deadlines and expectations. He/she must build and maintain relationships with others across campus and develop a reputation as a trustworthy professional who exceeds expectations. The dean also must reach out to faculty and develop ways to facilitate their involvement in the out-of-class experience. Our students benefit most when faculty and staff work together.
As an educator, the dean challenges people to think. Students should be exposed to many different concepts and encouraged to think about every perspective before they make decisions. Students should be empowered to grow as leaders. Moreover, the dean must give constructive feedback to every level of staff. And most importantly, the dean should understand that a good leader is also a good follower and serve as a role model through his/her willingness to listen to feedback and learn from students and staff alike.
Finally, the Dean of Students must be a student-centered advocate who is visible across campus. Students and their families must know who the dean is and what his/her position is. Families should feel comfortable contacting the dean and feel assured that he/she is looking out for the students' best interest. Students should know even when they do not like a decision that they have been heard and that their opinions matter. Students also should know that the dean embraces differences and is willing to learn about new perspectives and issues related to diversity. Most importantly, students must know that the dean cares about and values them.
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With all of the growth in Columbia County, it's time for River Watch Parkway to grow with it.
The Department of Transportation plans to extend the current four lane highway through Old Petersburg Road, which is currently only two lanes.
The project will cost at least $60 million.
Some people say it's also costing them their property.
Bob Wip has lived in his Lynwood Drive home for almost 40 years. He says originally he was told by the DOT that he wouldn't be affected by the expansion.
Now he's stuck looking at an eyesore next door soon to be covered in pine straw, and he's being told the state wants a piece of his property.
"I'll be the corner lot after 40 years," he told News 12. "I don't like it at all. I'll have to put up a wooden fence."
His home is among 283 the state needs to buy in order to widen Old Petersburg Road to a four-lane highway. The expansion will continue from Baston Road to Old Evans Road, ending on Belair.
Laverne Mock's business is right on Old Evans. She says her store has been in limbo now for six years.
"I'm very frustrated, because it cost me a lot of money to move here and put out all the advertising telling people about this location," she said. "And now you're telling me I have to pay all that again?"
Even though construction won't begin until 2010 on the new stretch of road, Ronnie Hutto with Columbia County says it is all designed to alleviate congestion on Washington Road.
"It allows the western part of Columbia County to have free access into downtown Augusta," he said.
So far, the expansion is getting mixed reaction from the community.
"I feel like it'd be a good idea because there's a lot of traffic on this road," said Amanda Malone, who lives near Old Petersburg Road.
"I just don't think it's a good idea because the road's already so close to the houses, and anyone with small children, I'd be concerned about their safety," said another neighbor.
Those being forced to move say they're for progress in Columbia County...they just don't want to be a part of it.
"I guess eventually they'll have to say move on. I might be the last thing standing here," Laverne said.
So far 12 of the 27 homes needed for this project have been bought and destroyed.
Eminent domain laws come into play here...and that's an issue on November's ballot.
The Department of Transportation will start construction in 2010. The project will take two years to complete.


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For many moms, breast is best
July 31, 2013
A mom may spend a lot of time at the doctor's office or the emergency room dealing with a whole list of childhood ailments and broken bone....
By the way. It was harder on me to wean my son than it was for him. Nursing nurtures a very strong bond between mother and child. There's something about knowing that everything your child needs to live, and grow is being provided by you alone. Knowing that bond, I would be upset if weren't able to nurse. When it was time to wean, he took pasteurized goat milk. After doing research, I learned goat's milk is the closest thing to mother's milk, making it easy to transition to and digest.
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I nursed my son until he turned 1 year old. It only makes sense that mother's milk is best for a child. Cows don't give birth to humans, how did we come to think formula made from cow's milk is the right thing to feed them? Anyway, I disagree with all the comments about how women should be able to feed whenever, where ever and however they choose. When I nursed, I did so privately, and discreetly out of respect for other people. If we were away from home, I nurse in the car, with a light blanket covering me and my son. At church, I found a private room to nurse, again covering up. It's called being considerate, so put aside your pride, get off your high horse, become considerate, and be discreet. You might get a little more understanding and support if you weren't so arrogant about it.
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Yes, for many mom's breast is best, but for babies, it is always the best. Human breast milk is the best nutrition for human babies and skin to skin bonding is an experience neither the mother or child can fully get with a bottle. I know some mom's can't for various reasons, but if you can, I highly recommend it! I'm an older woman, but have vivid memories of breastfeeding my children, and of being banished to a restroom to feed my baby. My mother-in-law was embarrassed by me feeding a baby in a restaurant, very privately I might add, with a blanket covering me and the baby.
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I've seen more skin showing on women in the grocery store, the mall, the park and just in every day activities than this mother is showing while nursing her son. If this picture offends anyone they might as well not leave their house or be on the internet. EVER! It's really nice to see women out there promoting breastfeeding. It is a natural, healthy and beautiful thing for the baby and the mother. I am proud to say I still breastfeed my 15 month old son. We would be there helping you ladies break a record if we were in town that day. Good luck!!
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It's so great to see breastfeeding being promoted and supported in the area. Rock on mamas! I wish I was still nursing to join in. To anyone offended - you need to get in touch with your body. We are not solely sexual beings and there is nothing offensive about a mother nourishing her child as nature designed. Our bodies are amazing, and the female body is designed to sustain the lives of our children. We are not meant to hide in our homes, be banished to restrooms or feed our children when it is convenient for others. It's a sad society that we live in, when we have come so far away from the truth of our nature and history.
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Good grief! Grow up and get your minds out of the gutter. If anyone takes offense to a mom breast feeding her child, than that person has a sick mind and underlying issues that need to be dealt with. Add to the other wonderful benefits stated in the article that breast feeding provides for the child, there is also the incredible bonding between the baby and mom.
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In the State of Ohio women can walk around topless if they want to it's perfectly legal.
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Article is fine but we do not need to see pics of moms breast feeding. It offends some and do not give me this is natural crap.
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PhRMA Releases New Data on Biopharmaceutical Industry's Contributions to Local, State Economies
Results from 17 states represent nearly $53 billion spent with broad network of large, small businesses
Washington, D.C. (November 13, 2012) — Today, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) released new data highlighting the biopharmaceutical industry's vital role in contributing to the U.S. economy. The data represent approximately $53 billion across 17 states, spent with businesses that provide important services and supplies in support of the industry's mission to bring new medicines to patients. The results provide data at the local level for a subset of biopharmaceutical companies, and offer an impression of the industry's impact on communities across the country.
"These findings illustrate the interconnectedness of the biopharmaceutical industry across communities," said John J. Castellani, President and CEO of PhRMA. "Our industry's contribution to the economy extends well-beyond the doors of biopharmaceutical companies to a wide range of businesses that are crucial to vast technology, research, and development efforts, the production and distribution of medicines for patients and to our nation's ongoing economic recovery."
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading innovative biopharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Since 2000, PhRMA member companies have invested over $500 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, including an estimated $49.5 billion in 2011 alone.
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How to downshift from HTTPS to HTTP in your web application
By jluehe on Dec 08, 2008
How to downshift from HTTPS to HTTP in your web application
Problem description
Web applications will normally protect any of their web resources that process security-sensitive information (e.g., the login page used by FORM authentication) with SSL, to ensure that the information submitted by the user (e.g., username and password security credentials) will not be transmitted in the clear.
Some web applications will only protect web resources that process security-sensitive information in this manner, while allowing requests for other resources to travel in the clear.
Imagine a user accessing some of the unprotected resources of a web application (over HTTP) before accessing a resource that requires FORM
authentication, where the FORM login page is guarded by a transport guarantee of
CONFIDENTIAL according to the web application's
deployment descriptor. In this case, the protocol will change from HTTP to HTTPS (to satisfy the transport guarantee of the login page), and will remain HTTPS even after the user has authenticated successfully and continues accessing any of the unprotected resources.
The fact that the protocol remains HTTPS once it has been changed to HTTPS, even though HTTPS may no longer be required, can be a problem for performance sensitive applications that do not want to incur the overhead of SSL unless required.
This blog explains how a web application can be written so that the protocol changes back to HTTP when HTTPS is no longer needed.
Imagine a very simple web application containing two servlets
UseHttp.java and
UseHttps.java, which are mapped to
/useHttp and
/useHttps, respectively. Further assume that the web application must satisfy the following requirements:
- REQ_1: Access to "/useHttps" must be over HTTPS (otherwise, the servlet will throw an exception). This means that if the current protocol is HTTP, it must be upgraded to HTTPS.
- REQ_2: Access to "/useHttp" must be over HTTP (otherwise, the servlet will throw an exception). This means that if the current protocol is HTTPS, it must be downshifted to HTTP.
REQ_1 will be handled automatically by the container, by declaring the following security constraint in the web application's
<web-resource-name>Protected resource</web-resource-name>
REQ_2 cannot be handled automatically by the container, and must be implemented by the application itself. In order to address REQ_2, we are going to implement a filter that intercepts every request and determines programmtically whether the target resource is guarded by a transport guarantee of
CONFIDENTIAL. If it is not, and the request came in over HTTPS, the filter will issue a redirect to the target resource over HTTP.
In order to determine if a requested resource is guarded by HTTPS, the filter leverages the JavaTM Authorization Contract for Containers (Java ACC), which defines new
java.security.Permission classes to satisfy the authorization model of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition. In our particular case, the filter creates and uses an instance of
javax.security.jacc.WebUserDataPermission to check if the target resource of a request is guarded by HTTPS.
The complete source code of the filter and the two servlets, as well as the
web.xml, are provided as part of the sample application's WAR file and may be downloaded from this link.
For the sake of simplicity, we assume the default GlassFish configuration of three HTTP listeners: one listener reserved for any admin requests, a second listener for user traffic over HTTP (on port 8080), and a third listener for user traffic over HTTPS (on port 8181). (Notice that when you are using GlassFish v3 Prelude, you must enable the HTTPS listener on port 8181, which is disabled by default.)
The port number of the HTTP port for user requests is fed into the filter via an init parameter in
This is necessary so that the filter will know which port number to use when redirecting from HTTPS to HTTP.
To see the upshift from HTTP to HTTPS, and downshift from HTTPS to HTTP in action, follow these simple steps:
- Download and install GlassFish v2 UR2 or GlassFish v3 Prelude.
- Download the sample web application
sample.war, and deploy it to GlassFish.
- Access this URL:
http://leah:8080/sample/useHttps. Notice how the request gets redirected to the HTTPS port, and how the protocol changes from HTTP to HTTPS:
- Now edit the above HTTPS URL in your browser's address window by removing the trailing s from useHttps, so that the URL reads:
https://localhost:8181/sample/useHttp, and hit return. Notice how the browser displays this warning message: You are about to leave an encrypted page. Information you send or receive from now on could easily be read by a third party, before issuing a redirect to the HTTP port and downshifting the protocol from HTTPS to HTTP:
I hope you found this blog useful. Please send any questions or comments you may have to the GlassFish webtier alias, or post them to the GlassFish webtier forum. I also would like to thank GlassFish security architect Ron Monzillo for his Java ACC related contribution to the idea behind this blog and to the filter code of the sample web application.


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Many Mid-Ohio Valley families will be seeing red this weekend. Red Grammer, that is.
The popular award-winning children's artist will perform at Graham Auditorium Saturday afternoon as part of the Evergreen Arts and Humanities series.
"I am planning to take my 4-year-old son Luca," said Angie Iafrate, 34, of Marietta. "I have heard Red's name and I looked him up. He seems to have a positive message about being kind to others and appreciating yourself. I think it will be fun."
Iafrate said she and her son have attended two other programs in the Evergreen series this season and have enjoyed both.
"(The series) is really good for families on a budget looking for something fun to do," she said. "People should take advantage of the program because it takes people showing up to keep these national acts coming."
Tanya Wilder, chair of the Evergreen Arts and Humanities series, said it is thanks in part to donations from area businesses and grants from Artsbridge and the Ohio River Border Initiative that these shows can continue.
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What: Evergreen Arts and Humanities presents Red Grammer in concert.
When: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Graham Auditorium on the campus of Washington State Community College.
Cost: Free to the public; for advanced seat passes, contact Tanya Wilder at email@example.com or 374-8716, Ext. 2107.
For information: www.wscc.edu.
Upcoming events in the series
8 p.m. April 20 - Cuba Forum: Human Rights Issues.
3 p.m. May 12 - Mother's Day Concert "From Ragtime to Reel Time" featuring Richard Glazier.
"The generosity of these groups allows us to work in a budget that enables us to bring performers the caliber of Red to the area," she said. "We are beginning our fundraising period and we really seek and need the support of the community to be able to do what we do."
Wilder said her children were fans of Grammer growing up and when she had the chance to ask him to come to the area, she didn't hesitate.
"It is because of performers like Red and Raffi that we have people like The Wiggles today," she said, referring to an Australian musical act with global and multi-generational popularity.
Red Grammer was nominated for a Grammy award in 2005 for his children's album "Bebop Your Best." Though Grammer has been to Ohio, this will be his first visit to the Mid-Ohio Valley.
"I have done lots of concerts down the Ohio River in the Cincinnati area but have never been to Marietta," Grammer said in an email to The Marietta Times Wednesday. "I am looking forward to coming as I hear it's a beautiful part of the country."
Grammer, who has been called the best voice in children's music by Parents magazine, said the audience can expect an "up-close, interactive show."
"This is a great family experience where parents have as much fun as kids and everyone leaves feeling better about themselves and the world we live in," he said. "Pure happiness!"
There is no cost for the event but to ensure everyone gets a seat, it is recommended to contact Wilder in advance to have your name placed on a list for seat passes. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 374-8716, ext. 2107.


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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral. A little obvious but I couldn't let this one pass.
( See here if you missed the entertainment as it happened. )
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This is, and I think that this is the case with several of these stripes, an extremely cheap shot.
If we were to contrast this with all the times that an X server died, we would not be particularly proud.
The previous cartoon where he stashes a live CD in the computer when he returns it was great, though.
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Of course it is
you are right that it's a cheap shot but it's cartoon humour (well it's supposed to be) and it's about the battle of words between these two particular fanboys. This kind of "cheap shot" jibe happens quite a bit between me and my Windows using friends - in Britain we call it banter. As it happens most of my Windows using friends thought the Olympics BSOD was hilarious and one of them sent me the link to the image as I missed it.
Yes I could cite several situations where my X-server has died unceremoniously but I can't honestly think of a three panel strip to write about them. Also I don't know of any so public as this which was probably the "entertaining" bit. It could be said that the previous strip was a cheap shot at Debian users as well.
I'm aware that the strips so far are a little one-sided but this is Free Software Magazine after all. Also I am planning to redress the balance a little as I did in strip 17.
thanks for your feedback though.
Did you mean "against SuSE users"?
Otherwise, the Debian slam just went right over my head.
Of course this was a cheap shot, but what else are political cartoons for?
Based on the link you posted though, it was unclear to me whether this BSOD thing at the Olympics really happened or not. An awful lot of the posters on that site seemed to think it was faked. OTOH, some claimed to have "confirmed" it. Unfortunately, I have no idea whether to trust any of their opinions.
It is kind of scary how "photographic documentary evidence" just isn't as trustworthy as it used to be. I mean I understand it would be hard to fake something like this -- but then, I could probably do it if I really wanted to. Once upon a time we accepted a photo as nearly absolute proof. Not anymore!
No I meant Debian
What I meant was that it could be considered to be a cheap shot at the fact that most Debian users value the freedom it gives and thus would consider it an outrage to have their machine "infected" by SuSE. Personally I don't know any Debian users who would react that strongly - but caricature is a basic cartoon device.
But my real point was that I wasn't being that deep. It was just supposed to be that the sheep found a good way to get back at the dog. Similarly this strip wasn't directly being some political comment on how often or publicly Windows gives the BSOD, it was just banter between a Windows and Debian user. If I wanted to make a political statment about Windows I wouldn't choose BSOD.
WRT the photo, yes it is true that we can no longer trust photo as authentic but that's been the case for many years. I refer you to the case of the Cottingley Fairies in 1917 but true it is a great deal more prevalent now. Can I guarantee this isn't a fake photo? no. Does it really matter in relation to this dialog in a cartoon? I don't think so as there have been several very public BSODs about which the Dog could make the same statement.
did it happen?
A bit of googling turned up this blogger who claims to have been there and took photo's.
Again it comes down to trust - the EXiF on at least one of the photos has the correct date and time but can EXiF be faked??? Perhaps we should get him to have his photo's signed by a CA (oops was that another cheap shot? ;-) )


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Fortress Wrapping Up
By Gls-Oracle on Jul 20, 2012
After working nearly a decade on the design, development, and implementation of the Fortress programming language, the Oracle Labs Programming Language Research Group is now winding down the Fortress project. Ten years is a remarkably long run for an industrial research project (one to three years is much more typical), but we feel that our extended effort has been worthwhile. Many aspects of the Fortress design were novel, and we learned a great deal from building an interpreter and an initial set of libraries. Nevertheless, over the last few years, as we have focused on implementing a compiler targeted to the Java Virtual Machine, we encountered some severe technical challenges having to do with the mismatch between the (rather ambitious) Fortress type system and a virtual machine not designed to support it (that would be every currently available VM, not just JVM). In addressing these challenges, we learned a lot about the implications of the Fortress type system for the implementation of symmetric multimethod dispatch, and have concluded that we are now unlikely to learn more (in a research sense) from completing the implementation of Fortress for JVM. We also note that, over the last ten years, other languages (Chapel, X10, Clojure, and Scala, among others) have explored some of the same issues that Fortress has addressed, and we have very much enjoyed conversations, collaboration, and friendly competition with those who have explored these ideas in alternative contexts.
The Fortress source code remains open-source, and the code repository will remain available for the foreseeable future to those who wish to work on it. The Programming Language Research Group will continue to respond to inquiries about Fortress (and requests for minor bug fixes as we can). We not do not plan to cease work on Fortress suddenly, but will spend the next few months getting the code and language specification into the best shape that we can. We also plan to write several academic papers about various aspects of the Fortress design and implementation technology. Going forward, we will look for opportunities to apply lessons learned and to transfer Fortress-related technology to other projects.
We thank everyone who has expressed an interest in or support for Fortress, especially DARPA (which funded in part some of the early work as part of its High Productivity Computing Program) and its HPCS review committees; former Programming Language Research Group team members and the many interns who contributed to the design and implementation effort; the management of Sun Microsystems Laboratories and Oracle Labs; and those who became part of the open-source effort, downloading the implementation, trying it out, and asking questions that kept us on our toes.
Here are some of the aspects of Fortress with which we are quite pleased, with commentary:
- Generators and reducers
This has turned out to be a powerful way to organize collections
classes and their use. It is related to the idea of "map-reduce"
but is a bit more general. Moreover, comprehension and "big
operator" syntax allows programmers to write code that sometimes
focuses on a single instance rather than having to adopt the
always-global point of view required by the use of higher-order
operators such as map and reduce; this is often a useful stylistic
- Implicit parallelism supported by work-stealing
We have found work-stealing to be an effective implementation
mechanism for parallelism on shared-memory processor clusters, and
especially for a style of programming in which the compiler can
implicitly extract parallelism because function arguments and tuple
elements are by definition assumed to be computationally
- Nested atomic blocks supported by transactional memory
We believe that this is a powerful and expressive alternative
to locks for expressing synchronization among threads in a
shared-memory environment.
- Parametrically polymorphic types that are not erased
There are advantages (we're talking performance here, not just
aesthetics) to being able to inquire, dynamically and cheaply,
what is the element type of a collection in order to select an
appropriate implementation.
- Symmetric multimethod dispatch and parametrically polymorphic methods
Avoiding the need for the "visitor pattern" makes code more flexible
and easier to extend; moreover, delegating dynamic dispatch on
arguments other than the receiver object to the runtime allows
greater opportunity for dynamic code optimization (an area that
deserves further exploration). We made excellent headway on
elucidating the interactions of this feature with polymorphic types
and polymorphic methods.
- Multiple inheritance, inheritance symmetry, and type exclusion
Like most modern object-oriented programming languages, Fortress
supports multiple inheritance among object types. Unlike most other
object-oriented programming languages, in Fortress inheritance is
completely symmetric. This led to a need for the programmer
sometimes to indicate explicitly when two types are intended to be
disjoint (that is, no object can belong to both), and constitutes an
interesting and unusual aspect of the Fortress type system.
- Mathematical syntax
The idea of "typesetting" the code using LaTeX has received mixed
reviews, and many potential users find the issue of keyboarding the
extended Unicode character set daunting. Nevertheless, even in its
more verbose ASCII form, the syntax of Fortress, especially the
notion of treating juxtaposition as a user-definable operation, has
proved to be very convenient.
- Components and APIs
The Fortress component/API system allows control over namespaces in
an unusually fine-grained manner; in particular, we figured out how
to allow exporting only part of a set of overloaded functions or
methods while correctly maintaining their execution semantics and
supporting separate compilation.
- Dimensions and units
We designed a way to write such expressions as "2 meters per second"
and "15.7 kg" and have them fit smoothly into the rest of the type
system and mathematical syntax—still a good idea that has yet to
reach fruition.
- Explicit descriptions of data distribution and processor assignment
Parallel programming languages still lack a good way to represent
complex hierarchical hardware resources so as to allow programs to
depend parametrically on these resources in even a moderately
portable fashion. We had a paper design for this but did no
implementation work.
- Conditional inheritance and conditional method definition
We wanted to express such ideas as "a list of elements of type T
implements a (lexicographic) total order provided that T implements
a total order" and "the binary OPLUS operator applies element-wise to
vectors provided that OPLUS is a binary operator on the vector
elements, and moreover vector OPLUS is associative (or commutative)
provided the OPLUS on the elements is associative (or commutative)".
We designed "conditional 'where' clauses" as a notation for
expressing such ideas, but never got to implementing them.
We thank you for YOUR interest in Fortress, and hope that you will be similarly interested in our future efforts in other areas.
—Guy Steele, for the Oracle Labs Programming Language Research Group


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According to Fox News, the Washington Monument may be tilting as a result of the 5.9 earthquake that just hit the area. Really?
the Washington Times:
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly reported at 2:30 pm that their bureau received information from a producer saying that a Capitol Hill Police officer says that the Washington Monument may actually be tilting as a result of the earthquake.
Seismologist John Rundle joined Kelly on her show and confirmed that the Washington Monument could very well be tilting as a result of the earthquake and the structure should be checked out
OK, so we have third-hand information—and two of those hands are employed by Fox News—and some seismologist (Rundle!) who says it "could very well be tilting." Based on this evidence, we're going to say it's likely the Washington Monument is actually straighter than before the earthquake.
But someone prove us wrong! Do people still go to the Washington Monument? Can you, like, put a ruler up to it and see? While you're at it, someone check and see if the earthquake rumbled old Abe to life at the Lincoln Memorial and sent him on a vengeful path of destruction around the Metro area.
Update: A National Park Service spokesman told the AP there was "absolutely no damage" to the Washington monument. Uh uh. That's what Obama's crony would say. Where are the protractor measurements!
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John C. McGinley on 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' Critics and Al Pacino
When John C. McGinley got a call asking him to play Dave Moss in "Glengarry Glen Ross" with Al Pacino on Broadway he immediately began memorizing. Five days a week, four hours a day, for four weeks straight, he learned every ellipsis and comma in the brutal Pulitzer-prize winning script by David Mamet. He turned his rehearsal space in Los Angeles into "Mamet Theater Boot Camp" he says, and hired a young actor to be the "text police."
"I told him what I want you to do is police the commas, the pauses, and the italics," says Mr. McGinley. "I don't ever want you to tell me how you think this is going, because you have no idea. All I want you to do is just be the word police," Mr. McGinley says. "I just became this Mamet zealot."
The technique worked. The most anticipated show of the fall – with Pacino as Shelley Levene and Bobby Cannavale as Ricky Roma – has gotten mixed reviews overall but McGinley, whose character plots to rob a third-rate real estate office, is often singled out for his performance.
Although he's friends with Ed Harris, who played Moss in cult-status movie version of the play, he wouldn't ask him for any advice or even watch the film. "I wanted to explore this one by myself."
He admits his co-stars were surprised when he showed up for the first rehearsal looking a little like the do-gooder student who actually completes all of his summer reading over the vacation.
"I came to New York so wired it wasn't even funny," he laughs. "They thought I was a jackass."
He spoke to Speakeasy about working with Pacino, memorizing Mamet, extending previews, and his not-so-delicate thoughts on critics. Following is an edited transcript.
How does it feel to be getting so many good reviews?
I've never gotten notices like this. I wouldn't even put that kind of stuff on my bucket list, because it would never have occurred to me before. I wouldn't put on my bucket list being on Broadway with Al Pacino and being directed by Daniel Sullivan — because it's just never gonna happen. So when it does, it's kind of astonishing.
I've done 70 films, 200 episodes of TV… as Dr. Cox on "Scrubs" I got some good write ups there, but not like this. You don't dream about this stuff. And so I'll see these different write-ups and it seems like I must have composed them in a dark closet somewhere and dispatched them myself.
You haven't been on Broadway in 27 years – not since "Requiem for a Heavyweight" in 1985. What took you so long?
The last time I was here we opened on a Thursday and closed on Sunday. It was shattering. It was profoundly upsetting. Enough to where I didn't want to do it anymore. I turned down a bunch of Broadway shows because it was too emotionally expensive.
You worked with Pacino on Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday." Is he the one who wanted you in this production?
I haven't had the spine to ask why I got offered this play. I'm sure someone must have championed me and I haven't asked yet. I don't know why. It's a little cowardly.
You often get cast as a jerk. Why is that? Are you one?
Sometimes I get cast as kind of a tough guy with a heart of gold. That's what I try to do. Because, if the character's just a jackass all the time there's nothing redeeming. You can't follow that character for nine years on TV. We tried to make Dr. Cox a tortured, damaged guy.
Dave Moss is the exploration of hopelessness, and what desperation spawns. All actors are familiar with hopelessness, we've all had a taste of hopelessness and it feels profoundly desperate. So if I plugged that into this character, all of a sudden I connected to that sense of hopelessness. When men are hopeless, it's game on.
You've said you followed Mamet's script exactly, breath for breath.
[In the script] there are pauses and words italicized and capitalized and in bold font for where David wants you to do this, that, and the other thing. I took that to be like Shakespeare – unless you're going to do Iambic pentameter you might as well do a different play. And in my brain I just figured unless you are going to respect what David put on the page — I mean the play only won a Pulitzer — I just think you might as well do a different play. You might as well dance the steps that he put down for you to dance. And I did, and I still do.
That's what people seemed to be a little miffed about with Pacino — that he wasn't doing that specific Mamet-speak.
I don't buy that stuff. Al's a god. You're lucky to be in a room with him for two hours. Give me a break. There are nights when I watch that guy from the side of the stage and I weep. He's one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema and he's astonishing on stage. I think they're taking cheap shots. Al's one of the great storytellers ever. You get to be in a room with him for two hours. Be quiet.
Well, people seemed to feel a little confused by the whole extended preview process and the price of the tickets.
Not people. Not people. A couple of writers at the New York Times. Not people. I don't agree with you. Not people. Here's the problem. It's real simple. If you're a reviewer and your review is rendered irrelevant because the run is sold out, you're going to be a petulant child and want to take your basketball and go home so the other kids in the playground can't play with it. Because your opinion is not going to move the meter. So of course you're going to have an axe to grind.
Who cares that there were more previews? What a jackass thing to reference. 1200 people are standing at the end of the show every night. What's that? That's because the previews were postponed? Yeah, it got tuned up, sure. So what?
(He laughs.) Now the New York Times is going to kill me the rest of my career.
Well the economics are a little bizarre for these plays. They would be hard to mount successfully without Al Pacino, but on the other hand, tickets were not cheap.
The business model worked out beautifully. There are only two or three people who can do this. Hugh Jackman, Al, and a couple other people where whatever the critics write is completely irrelevant. And that pisses them off. So what! These are the same people who hated "Les Mis" when it opened and tied to kill it. That didn't work either.


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Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.
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Hang En Cave, Vietnam
Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic
Going underground, expedition members enter Hang En, a cave tunneled out by the Rao Thuong River. Dwindling to a series of ponds during the dry months, the river can rise almost 300 feet (91 meters) during the flood season, covering the rocks where cavers stand.
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A field of penstemons surround burnt-out tree trunks in Tahoe National Forest, Nevada.
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Photograph by Jonathan Blair, National Geographic
A year-old Nile crocodile attempts to snap up a frog in the St. Lucia Estuary. Part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, which UNESCO named a World Heritage site in 1999, the protected area is Africa's largest estuarine system.
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Decken's sifakas appear right at home in their karst home in western Madagascar. These lemurs live among the unusual pinnacles of the Tsingy de Bemaraha, which started to form 1.8 million years ago as groundwater dissolved and shaped the porous limestone.
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I have been a cave diver since 1997, and I've always been amazed by the natural beauty and uniqueness that you can find in the cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. They are spectacular in many ways, some of them very obvious, like the enormous stalactites and stalagmites, crystal-clear water, and the mystery and history mixed in the middle of the jungle. But there is also a more subtle beauty in them, hidden in their unique colors and details that are not easily spotted by diving or snorkeling in them. So that is my goal, to capture the fantastic details hidden in these natural wonders.
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Photograph by Jennifer Jesse
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Five Flower Lake, China
Photograph by Michael Yamashita, National Geographic
Verdant trees reflect in the morning waters of Five Flower Lake, colored by mineral deposits and aquatic plant life. Five Flower is one of 118 lakes in Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, which came under Chinese protection in 1978.
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A dew-bathed juvenile leopard takes a peaceful moment atop a fallen tree on a wintery South African morning. Compared with other African game, leopards are famously shy and rarely seen, partially because of their largely nocturnal hunting habits. Leopards number among many other species of top predators whose population numbers are falling due to human impacts, making this a special sighting of a rare animal that is both powerful and extraordinarily gorgeous.
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Photograph by Olivier Grunewald
A camera's long nighttime exposure reveals the red glow of lava spilling from Mount Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania's Rift Valley. The volcano's lava, which appears brown to the naked eye, has the consistency of olive oil.
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It's hard to imagine this 1940s Chevrolet pickup moving down the road. Showcasing the ephemeral truth of automobiles, the earth has overtaken it.
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Organizers are well on the way to the June 16 start of the Mason-Dixon workcamp 2013 that will take place in Washington County and Waynesboro, according to Leigh Zahm, workcamp coordinator.
Trinity Lutheran Church in Smithsburg and Group Cares, the parent organization of Group Workcamps Foundation in Loveland, Colo., are sponsoring the weeklong workcamp.
"During this time, we are looking to bring up to 400 youth from across the country to work on repairing homes of those in need, particularly low income, elderly and those with special needs," Zahm said. "The work will be performed free of charge, but our biggest current challenge is locating the appropriately 80 home work sites."
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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Carthage is competing for a state title.
The soccer Tigers beat Lutheran South, from St. Louis, to advance to the MSHSAA Soccer State Championship game against St. Dominic High School, from O'Fallon, at noon Saturday, at Blue Springs South High School.
The Tigers held the Lancers scoreless for the 2-0 win, Carthage's sixth in a row. It moves the Tigers to 22-8 and within one win of Carthage's first soccer state title ever.
Carthage Head Coach Jacob Osborn said he's telling his team to enjoy the ride.
"I've gotten advise from different coaches who have been here before and they all tell me the same thing," Osborn said. "Don't put too much stress on yourself, don't put all the focus on winning, make sure you're still having fun. It's been a struggle though; it's been a real struggle to keep the focus there because we want to win so bad."
Carthage's Victor Marin scored the Tiger's first goal, 11 minutes into the game.
"Getting that early goal really helped us," Osborn said. "That made it so we could just hang back and let them make mistakes. Our pressure the entire game really gave them problems."
The Tigers maintain possession for much of the first half, something that has been a trademark of this team.
"Those are our strengths, our speed, our ability to pressure the ball and our skill, so that's part of our game plan, that's how we play," Osborn said.
Osborn said the Tigers used speed to counteract the Lancers' size advantage.
"I would rather have speed than size, personally, and just grind it on them," Osborn said. "That's why they were getting frustrated there because every loose ball, we were the first one there, whenever they had the ball there were two or three guys on them."
Ismael Seratos, the Tigers' all-time leading scorer, put the game out of reach with Carthage's second goal at the 50-minute mark.
The Tigers spent much of the rest of the game playing defense and keeping the Lancers out of Carthage's goal.
"It's a game of inches and half inches," said Lutheran South's head coach Jerry Amsler. "We hit the post once. If that shot goes in, it's a different ball game, but it didn't. They played a great game."
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